Wrestling On The 4th Of July

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It was far from being a major title but Kerry,Kevin and David Von Erich won the WCCW six man title today in 1983 from the Freebirds.



In 1984 the Freebirds won the same title from Kerry,Kevin and Mike in a Badstreet match (all six in the ring at the same time) and it was named Wrestling Observer's Match of the Year.

[Red Bastien beat The Spoiler 2/3 so The Spoiler had to unmask]




Never knew that happened (the unmasking)




[Terry Garvin & Duke Myers beat Ivan Putski & Igor Putski when Myers beat Ivan in the 3rd fall]




Igor Pustki ??

Clawmaster



The Spoiler unmasked in late 1967 as well by losing a bout to Fritz Von Erich. Bastien was booking when the other unmasking happened.



Igor Putski was Ricky Ferrera. He was billed as Ivan's brother. Biggest push Ferrera ever got his in his career. He was mainly an undercard performer when he used his real name. He later became a referee for Watts.



1973



7/4/73 Asheville, NC @ City Auditorium

NWA Champion Harley Race beat Johnny Weaver

Bobo Johnson & Wee Willie Wilson beat Billy The Kid & Little Bruiser

Scott Casey beat Tony Romano

Amazing Zuma beat Johnny Heidman

George Two Ton Harris beat Pedro Columbo



7/4/73 Miami Beach, FL @ Auditorium

Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Dale Lewis

Eddie Graham & Mike Graham & Kevin Sullivan beat The Samoans & Stan Vachon

Southern Champion Johnny Valentine beat Great Malenko

Lou Thesz beat Chris Markoff

Bonnie Watson beat Eva Seedorff

Gorgeous George Jr beat Roberto Soto

Lou Klein beat Frank Martinez



7/4/73 Los Angeles, CA @ Olympic Auditorium

Black Gordman beat Raul Reyes dq for "unnecessary roughness"

Ruben Juarez & El Solitario beat Masked Vigilantes

Victor Rivera beat Jan Madrid

Luke Graham beat Sal Lothario

Colosso Colisetti beat Lou Anthony

Tony Rocco beat The Beastman



7/4/73 San Jose, CA @ Civic Auditorium

Pat Patterson & Rocky Johnson beat Kinji Shibuya & Mr Saito

Red Bastien & Don Muraco beat Fritz Von Goering & Masked Intern I

Jim Gagne drew Pedro Godoy



1974



7/4/74 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena

Dory Funk Jr & Ricky Romero beat The Patriots to win Western States Tag Title

Karl Von Steiger beat Gorgeous George Jr

Kung Fu Lee drew Bob Backlund

Note: Likely missing a few opening bouts



7/4/74 Greensboro, NC @ Coliseum

Sonny King beat Mid Atlantic Champion Johnny Valentine dq when Valentine tossed King over the top rope

Rip Hawk & Ric Flair beat Bob Bruggers & Paul Jones to win the Mid Atlantic tag team title in 26:00 when Hawk beat Jones

Fence Match

Super Destroyer beat Swede Hanson

Tommy Seigler beat Ricky Ferrara

Abe Jacobs & Danny Miller beat Mike Paidousis & Bill White



7/4/74 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum

Southern Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Pak Song

Ron Fuller beat Buddy Colt dq

Bill Watts beat Robert Fuller

Bobby Duncum & The Assassin beat Don Muraco & Mike Graham

Bob Armstrong & Tony Charles beat Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown dq

Jerry Brisco drew Greg Valentine

Kevin Sullivan beat The Samoan Reno Tuufuli



7/4/74 Indiana, PA @ Lion's Health Camp

WWWF Tag Team Champions Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant vs Tony Garea & Dean Ho

Dominic DeNucci vs Red Demon



7/4/74 Marietta, GA @ Southern Technical Institute Gymnasium

Georgia Champion Mr Wrestling II vs Great Mephisto

Ronnie Garvin & Terry Garvin vs Jack Welch & Frank Hurricane Hester

Women's Champion Fabulous Moolah vs Daisy Mae



7/4/74 New Orleans, LA @ St Bernard Civic Auditorium

Bob Sweetan beat Rip Tyler dq

Steve Lawler & Jim White beat Chief Whitecloud & Chief Thundercloud

Ken Mantell beat The Medic 2/3

Frank Goodish beat Jimmy Unser



7/4/74 Norfolk, VA @ Scope Exhibition Hall (Evening Card)

NWA Champion Jack Brisco beat Ivan Koloff

Johnny Weaver beat Chuck O'Connor

Tiger Conway Jr & Nelson Royal beat Mr Ota & Mr Hyashi

Ed Wiskowski beat Gene Lewis

Bill Crouch drew El Gaucho



7/4/74 Rocky Mount, NC @ Municipal Stadium (Afternoon Card)

Johnny Valentine & Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones & Sonny King

Tiger Conway Jr vs Chuck O'Connor

Nelson Royal & Johnny Weaver vs Mr Ota & Mr Hyashi

Scott Casey vs Rick Ferrara



1975



7/4/75 Atlanta, GA @ Municipal Auditorium

Georgia Champion Abdullah the Butcher vs Mr. Wrestling II

Georgia Tag Team Champions Dick Slater & Bob Orton Jr beat Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller

Toru Tanaka beat Bulldog Bob Brown

Mike McCord beat Billy Spears

Nikolai Volkoff beat Dennis Hall

Rick Martel beat Butch Malone



7/4/75 Charleston, SC @ County Hall (Evening Card)

US Champion Johnny Valentine vs Ken Patera

Rufus R Jones vs Boris Malenko

Mr Fuji & Jerry Blackwell vs Ron Starr & Danny Miller



7/4/75 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ National Guard Armory

Cage match

Adnan Kaissey beat Florida Champion Bob Roop dq

Southern Champion Killer Karl Krupp beat Bob Backlund dq

Mike Graham & Tiger Conway Jr vs Dutch Mantell & John Foley

Bonnie Watson beat Early Dawn

plus one more match



7/4/75 Knoxville, TN

14 Man Battle Royal for $5,000

Tennessee Tag Team Title Match

Ron Fuller & the Assassin vs Ron Wright & Tommy Seigler

Jimmy Golden vs Rock Hunter

Don Wright vs Phil Hickerson

The Outlaws Cowboy Ray Parker & Ken Dillinger vs Dennis Condrey & Rocky Smith



7/4/75 Houston

Al Madril won a 16 man two ring battle royal

Billy Graham & Steve Strong & John Tolos beat Al Madril & Jose Lothario & Geoff Portz

Brass Knuckles Match

Mad Dog Vachon drew Terry Funk

Gran Markus beat Billy Howard

Jos Leduc beat Frankie Hester

Grizzly Smith beat Gordon Nelson

Superstar Billy Graham beat Tiger Conway



7/4/75 Los Angeles, CA @ Olympic Auditorium

Jerry Brown beat Great Goliath

Black Gordman beat Buddy Roberts

Choi Sun & Hiroshima Joe beat SD Jones & Frank Hurricane Hester

Fabulous Aussie beat Mickey Doyle

Les Thornton drew Tony Rocco

Reno Tufuuli beat Butcher Brannigan



7/4/75 Marion, NC @ McDowell High School (Matinee Card)

Andre The Giant & Ken Patera vs Johnny Valentine & Boris Malenko

Toni Rose & Donna Christian vs Susie Green & Sheila Shepherd

El Gaucho vs Bob Burns

Sandy Scott vs Frank Valois



7/4/75 Richmond, VA @ Coliseum (Evening Card)

NWA Tag Team Champions Gene Anderson & Ole Anderson drew Paul Jones & Wahoo McDaniel 60:00

Andre The Giant beat Super Destroyer dq

Swede Hanson & Sonny King beat Ric Flair & Doug Gilbert

Sandy Scott & Bob Bruggers beat Charlie Fulton & Blue Scorpion

Greg Peterson beat Larry Sharpe

Klondike Bill beat Joe Soto

Steve Keirn drew Art Nelson



7/4/75 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium

TV Champion Jim Dillon vs Rocky Johnson

Ciclon Negro vs Roger Kirby

Ron Bass & Don Bass vs Tony Charles & Danny Little Bear

Mike George vs Ronnie Paul

Pepper Gomez vs Doug Somers

Joey Rossi vs Mr Hayashi



Not much for 1976



7/4/76 Charlotte, NC @ Coliseum (Afternoon Card)

Andre The Giant & Paul Jones beat Angelo Mosca & Blackjack Mulligan

Wahoo McDaniel beat Mid Atlantic Champion Ric Flair COR

Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Dino Bravo beat Geto Mongol & Bolo Mongol

Women’s Champion Fabulous Moolah beat Joyce Grable

Tony Atlas beat Michel DuBois (sub Jerry Blackwell)

Jacques Goulet beat Mr Hayashi

Danny Miller beat Jack Evans



7/4/76 Greensboro, NC @ Coliseum

NWA Champion Terry Funk beat Wahoo McDaniel COR

Non Title

Paul Jones & Andre the Giant beat NWA Tag Team Champions Gene Anderson & Ole Anderson

US Champion Blackjack Mulligan beat Rufus R. Jones dq

Johnny Weaver beat Jerry Blackwell

Princess Littledove beat Marie Laveau

Steve Bolus drew Angelo Poffo

Johnny Eagles beat Dr Fujinami

Hans Schroeder beat Klondike Bill



1977



7/4/77 Augusta, GA @ Bell Auditorium

Dick Slater ddq Mr. Wrestling II

NWA Tag Team Champions Ole Anderson & Gene Anderson beat Tony Atlas & Thunderbolt Patterson

Paul Jones beat Waldo Von Erich

Don Kernodle beat French Angel

Bob Slaughter beat Randy Alls

Jerry Stubbs beat Charlie Fulton



7/4/77 Fayetteville, NC @ Cumberland County Memorial Arena

Andre The Giant & Bobo Brazil beat Blackjack Mulligan & Missouri Mauler

Abe Jacobs beat Brute Bernard

Danny Miller beat Scott Irwin

Steve Kovacs beat Blue Scorpion

Ted Oates beat Lanny Poffo



7/4/77 Fort Worth, TX

Tommy Seigler beat Bruiser Brody dq

Lights Out Match

David Von Erich beat John Studd

Jimmy Snuka beat Iron Sheik Farouk

Ox Baker beat Mike York

Wee Willie Wilson beat Lord Littlebrook

Reno Tufuuli beat Randy Collie



7/4/77 Greenville, SC @ Memorial Auditorium

NWA Champion Harley Race beat Wahoo McDaniel

Mighty Igor beat Masked Superstar

Tiger Conway Jr beat Jerry Blackwell

Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Dino Bravo beat Mr X & Kim Duk

Tully Blanchard beat Larry Sharpe



7/4/77 Memphis, TN @ Mid South Coliseum

$4,000 Challenge Match. (Lawler must pin Dundee in twice in 15 minutes)

Bill Dundee beat Jerry Lawler

Bob Ellis & Jim Garvin (sub Tommy Gilbert) beat Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey to win Southern Tag Title

No Time Limit, No dq

Jim Garvin & Bobby Bold Eagle beat The Exterminators

Arman Hussian beat Ratamyus

Hollywoods Blondes beat Paul Orndorff & Jerry Bryant

LeRoy Brown beat King Cobra

Bob Ellis & Leroy Brown no contest Ratamyus & Mickey Poole

att: 5,371

Note: The Hollywood Blondes here were not Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown. They were Jerry Brown and Dick Roberts, Buddy's real life brother who also wrestled as Sonny Rogers during the mid 1970s.



7/4/77 Tulsa, OK @ Pavilion On Expo Square

Killer Karl Kox & Jerry Oates beat The Medics

Mike George beat Doug Somers

Vicki Williams & Princess Little Dove beat Leilani Kai & Marie Leaveau

Lord Jonathan Boyd beat Gene Lewis





1978



7/4/78 Columbia, SC @ Township Auditorium

NWA Champion Harley Race beat Dick Murdoch

Non Title Match

Tony Atlas beat US Champion Ric Flair

Richard Blood & Jay Youngblood beat Mr X I & Mr X II

Ted Oates beat Jacques Goulet dq

Roberto Soto beat Joe Furr

Frank Monte beat Mr Sato



7/4/78 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium

Bruiser Brody beat Killer Karl Krupp COR

Kevin Von Erich & David Von Erich beat Killer Brooks & Gino Hernandez

Rocky Johnson drew Al Madril

Leroy Brown beat Dave Patterson (sub Tom Chitwood)

Colosso Colosetti beat Dave Patterson



7/4/78 Dixon, IL

Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq

Bob Orton Jr beat Steve Olsonoski

Wee Willie Wilson beat Mighty Cupid

Pat Patterson beat Evan Johnson

George Gadaski beat Steve Cooper



7/4/78 Louisville, KY

Chain match

Jimmy Valiant beat Jean Louie dq

Bill Dundee & Tommy Gilbert & Bearcat Brown & Pork Chop Cash beat Hans Schroeder & Frankie Laine & Mike Boyer & Bounty Hunter

Jack Welch drew Hans Schroeder

Tommy Gilbert beat Frankie Laine



7/4/78 Macon, GA @ Coliseum

Tommy Rich & Stan Hansen beat Georgia Tag Team Champions Ole Anderson & Ivan Koloff dq

Thunderbolt Patterson beat Georgia Champion Angelo Mosca dq

Mr Wrestling II beat French Angel

Steve Regal beat Len Denton

Rick McGraw beat Barry Orton

Charles Daugherty beat Roger Howell



7/4/78 Raleigh, NC @ Dorton Arena

Andre The Giant beat Mid Atlantic Champion Ken Patera dq

NWA Tag Team Champions Baron Von Raschke & Greg Valentine drew Ricky Steamboat & Paul Jones

Johnny Weaver dcor Gene Anderson

Swede Hanson beat Bill Howard

Bryan St John beat Bill White

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1966- Don Leo Jonathan & Haystacks Calhoun defeat John Tolos & Tony Borne to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Title.



1974- Ric Flair & Rip Hawk defeat Paul Jones & Bob Bruggers in Greensboro, North Carolina to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title.



1983- World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Fort Worth, Texas, with the following results:

- Michael Hayes defeated Iceman King Parsons in a Lights Out match.

- Bruiser Brody vs. Kamala ended in a double disqualification.

- David Von Erich defeated Jimmy Garvin to win the vacant World Class Texas Heavyweight Title.

- The Von Erichs (Kerry, Kevin & David) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) in a three falls match when Kevin pinned Hayes to win the deciding fall.



1984 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Fort Worth, Texas, with the following results:

- Killer Khan defeated Mike Reed.

- Scott Irwin & The Missing Link defeated Jose Lothario & Buck Zumhoffe.

- World Class American Heavyweight Champion Gino Hernandez defeated Jules Strongbow.

- Kelly Kiniski defeated George Weingroff.

- The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) defeated The Von Erichs (Kerry, Kevin & Mike) to win the World Class Six-Man Tag Team Title when Hayes pinned Kevin.

- Iceman King Parsons defeated Bill Irwin in a singles match to win the World Class American Tag Team Title. Parsons chose Buck Zumhoffe as his partner.

- Gino Hernandez won a "Pole Battle Royal" in which a check was affixed to the top of a pole in the corner of the ring and the wrestlers had to try and climb the pole to be the first to get it.

- Chris Adams & Stella Mae French defeated Jimmy Garvin & Precious in a Loser Leaves Town steel cage match when Adams pinned Garvin.



1985 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Fort Worth, Texas, with the following results:

- Steve Casey defeated Jack Victory.

- Brian Adidas vs. Jim Powers ended in a no-contest.

- The Fantastics defeated Rip Oliver & Kelly Kiniski in a three falls match in two straight falls.

- Iceman King Parsons defeated Tim Brooks.

- Kerry Von Erich defeated The One Man Gang in a Chicago Death Match.

- The Great Kabuki defeated Chris Adams.

- Sunshine defeated Jim Cornette. Cornette had to wrestle with one arm tied behind his back and a blindfold on.

- Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez defeated Kerry & Kevin Von Erich when Adams pinned Kerry.



1986 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Dallas, Texas, with the following results:

- The Grapplers defeated Brad & Bart Batten.

- Buzz Sawyer defeated Brian Adidas to win the World Class Texas Heavyweight Title.

- Abdullah the Butcher defeated The Great Kabuki to win the World Class Brass Knuckles Title.

- Sunshine defeated The Raven.

- Steve Simpson defeated Tim Brooks.

- Bruiser Brody vs. Abdullah The Butcher ended in a double disqualification.

- Chris Adams defeated Rick Rude to win the World Class World Heavyweight Title.

- World Class Six-Man Tag Champions The Von Erichs (Kevin, Mike & Lance) defeated Butch Reed, Buzz Sawyer, & Matt Borne.



1987 - Jim Crockett Promotions holds the main show of their 1987 Great American Bash tour in Atlanta, Georgia at the Omni, featuring the debut of "War Games: The Match Beyond". The match features two rings, side by side, covered by a large steel cage with a roof. The bout saw The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger) & manager JJ Dillon vs. Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors & manager Paul Ellering. The match started with Rhodes vs. Anderson for five minutes, then the teams alternated sending in a wrestler in two minute intervals. Once both teams were completely inside the cage, the match could only end by submission or surrender. Dillon surrendered, giving Rhodes' team the victory. Dillon was injured during the match, and was replaced in the other War Games matches on the Bash tour by "The War Machine" (Bubba Rogers under a mask). The match would become a staple of Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW for years to come.

Here are results from the rest of the card:

- Kendall Windham defeated Gladiator #1.

- Sting defeated Thunderfoot #1.

- Lazertron defeated Spike of the Mod Squad.

- Jimmy Valiant defeated Basher of the Mod Squad.

- UWF Western States Champion Barry Windham defeated Rick Steiner.

- Ronnie & Jimmy Garvin defeated Vladimir Petrov & The Barbarian.

- UWF Tag Team Champions Tim Horner & Brad Armstrong defeated Big Bubba Rogers & Angel Of Death.

- Chris Adams defeated Black Bart via DQ.

- The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) defeated Ivan Koloff, Manny Fernandez & Paul Jones.

- NWA World Tag Team Champions The Rock N' Roll Express defeated The Midnight Express via DQ.

- Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch in a Texas Death Match.



1990 - John Tatum defeats Bill Dundee in Dallas, Texas to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title for a third time, ending Dundee's third reign, and putting an end to a back and forth series of title switches between the two.



1997 - Michael Modest defeat Donovan Morgan in a tournament final to win the APW Universal Heavyweight Title.