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Post by Kriss on Dec 9, 2022 19:03:55 GMT
According to Wrestling Title Histories Volume 4 published by Royal Duncan and Gary Will, Verne Gagne was awarded the AWA World Title on August 16, 1960 after NWA Champion Pat O'Connor failed to defend against Gagne in a 90 day period.
8/16/60 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski no contest Verne Gagne & Joe Scarpello when the ring broke Gene Kiniski beat Don Man Mountain Campbell in 7:10 Bob Geigel beat George Grant via pin in 12:02 Len Montana beat John Swenski via pin in 6:23 Att: 6,213
8/19/60 Mankato, MN Stan Kowalski beat Joe Scarpello Man Mountain Campbell beat Tiny Mills Roy McClarty drew Len Montana 8/27/60 Lincoln, NE – Pershing Municipal AuditoriumJack Pesek defeated Taro Myaki (10:40)Emil Dusek defeated The Mighty Atlas via DQOtto Von Krupp defeated Joe Costello in two straight fallsJack Pesek & Ernie Dusek defeated Dr. Bill Miller & Taro Myaki in three falls
8/30/60 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & Joe Scarpello beat AWA Tag Team Champions Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski dq Gene Kiniski beat Bob Rasmussen Roy McClarty beat Bill Wright Len Montana beat George Grant
9/5/60 Mooreton, ND Roy McClarty vs. Larry Hennig Aldo Bogni vs. Tiny Mills Lenny Montana vs. George Grant
9/6/60 Lincoln, NE – Pershing Municipal Auditorium The Mighty Atlas vs. Thor Hagen Kathy Starr & Millie Stafford vs. Judy Glover & Jessica Rogers Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bill Miller via DQ The Sheik defeated Jack Pesek
9/8/60 Mankato, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Stan Kowalski Gene Kiniski beat Larry Hennig Len Montana beat George Grant Att: 1,025
9/10/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski beat Joe Scarpello & Roy McClarty Gene Kiniski beat Aldo Bogni in 13:20 Len Montana beat Jack Allen via pin in 21:55 Bob Rassmussen beat Tiger Joe Tomasso via pin in 10:15 Att: 2,894
9/13/60 Minneapolis, MN Gene Kiniski beat Stan Kowalski via pin in 15:05 Joe Scarpello beat Tiny Mills dq Len Montana beat Bill Wright in 15:08 Bob Geigel beat Floyd Ude via pin in 17:42 Att: 3,289
9/17/60 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski beat Roy McClarty & Joe Scarpello Gene Kiniski beat Aldo Bogni Len Montana beat Jack Allen Bob Rasmussen beat Joe Tomasso
9/20/60 – Pershing Municipal Auditorium – Lincoln, NE Emil Dusek vs. George Drake Lord Littlebrook & Cowboy Bradley vs. Bull Brummell & Tiny Roe Jack Pesek vs. Ivan Mulkovitch The Sheik defeated The Mighty Atlas in three falls
9/24/60 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Hard Boiled Haggerty (sub Gene Kiniski) & Len Montana beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski 2/3 to win AWA Tag Team Title 1 Kowalski pinned Montana in 11:45 2 Montana pinned Kowalski in 5:20 3 Haggerty pinned Kowalski in 6:20 (titles were returned to Mills and Kowalski due to the substitution) Joe Scarpello beat Black Jack Daniels in 19:43 Roy McClarty beat Sailor Jim Clark with a sleeper hold in 8:30 Bob Rasmussen drew Pepper Martin 20:00 Att: 7,412
9/27/60 Hastings AWA Tag Team Champions Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski beat Bob Rasmussen & Roy McClarty
10/1/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Gene Kiniski beat Tiny Mills in 16:45 Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Joe Scarpello Roy McClarty beat Len Montana dq Pepper Martin drew Jim Hady Att: 3,502
10/4/60 Minneapolis, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski to win AWA Tag Team Title Joe Scarpello beat Pepper Martin via pin Bob Geigel beat Guy Hill via pin Jim Hady beat Black Jack Daniels via pin
10/5/60 Mankato, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tiny Mills dq Stan Kowalski drew Joe Scarpello Ella St. John beat Mars Monroe Bob Rasmussen beat George Grant
10/5/60 Fargo, ND Jim Hady beat Larry Hennig
10/8/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee Larry Hennig Gene Kiniski beat Stan Kowalski via pin AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Joe Scarpello & Pepper Martin Roy McClarty beat George Grant Guy Hill beat Jack Allen Att: 2,446
10/8/60 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium – 1,810 Bob Orton defeated The Mighty Atlas via DQ Thor Hagen defeated Joe Costello Ernie Dusek defeated Nikita Mulkovich in three falls Bob Orton & Bill Miller defeated The Mighty Atlas & Otto Von Krupp in three falls
10/11/60 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski Gene Kiniski beat Roy McClarty Joe Scarpello drew Jim Hady Bob Geigel beat Pepper Martin Att: 5,784
10/15/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Gene Kiniski beat Tiny Mills Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bob Rasmussen Joe Scarpello beat Len Montana dq Don Eagle beat Black Jack Daniels Stan Kowalski beat Guy Hill via pin Att: 2,613
10/18/60 Minneapolis, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tiny Mills Gene Kiniski beat Stan Kowalski Roy McClarty beat Len Montana dq Don Eagle beat Pepper Martin via pin Att: 3,046 Note: Another listing has an additional result Joe Scarpello beat George Grant.
10/19/60 Mason City, IA @ Roosevelt Fieldhouse Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski vs Verne Gagne & Joe Scarpello Gene Kiniski vs Bob Rasmussen Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe
10/22/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee Larry Hennig Hard Boiled Haggerty no contest Stan Kowalski Len Montana beat Tiny Mills Joe Scarpello beat Pepper Martin Don Eagle beat Aldo Bogni Guy Hill beat Black Jack Daniels Att: 2,307
10/25/60 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium – 1,803 The Mighty Atlas fought Emile Dupre to a draw George Drake defeated Emil Dusek Ernie Dusek defeated Rocky Hamilton via DQ World Heavyweight Champion Bill Miller fought Hercules Cortez to a double-CO in three falls
10/25/60 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Gene Kiniski beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana drew Roy McClarty & Joe Scarpello Don Eagle beat Black Jack Daniels (sub Stan Kowalski) Jim Hady drew Bob Geigel
10/26/60 Mankato, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Don Eagle & Bob Rasmussen Jim Hady beat George Grant Pepper Martin beat Guy Hill Att: 300
10/29/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Don Eagle & Joe Scarpello dq Gene Kiniski beat Roy McClarty Bob Rasmussen beat Kurt Von Brawner Larry Hennig beat Paul DeMarco Att: 2,326
11/1/60 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski dq in 25:00 when Kiniski attacked referee Bronko Nagurski Joe Scarpello beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq in 14:00 Len Montana beat Roy McClarty Don Eagle beat George Scott via pin in 11:42 Jim Hady beat Pepper Martin via pin in 20:15 att: 5,387
11/2/60 Duluth, MN Gene Kiniski beat Joe Scarpello Bob Rasmussen beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Len Montana vs Guy Hill Pepper Martin vs Blackjack Daniels
11/2/60 Fargo, ND Larry Hennig beat George Scott
11/5/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana no contest Joe Scarpello & Jim Hady (sub Don Eagle) Gene Kiniski beat Floyd Ude Al Szasz beat Black Jack Daniels via pin Bob Rasmussen beat George Scott via pin
11/8/60 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium – 2,139 Otto Von Krupp fought Emile Dupre to a draw Jessica Rogers defeated Millie Stafford (16:40) Ernie Dusek defeated The Sheik via DQ in three falls Bill Miller defeated Rocky Hamilton in three falls (15:45)
11/9/60 Fargo, ND Bob Rasmussen beat Larry Hennig Larry Hennig beat Guy Hill
11/10/60 Rochester, MN Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Len Montana beat Roy McClarty Bob Geigel drew Jim Hady Bob Rasmussen beat George Grant Att: 1,300
11/12/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee Roy McClarty Joe Scarpello & Jim Hady beat AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana dq Gene Kiniski beat Nick Roberts Wilbur Snyder beat Buddy Blake in 55 seconds Bob Rasmussen beat John Swenski via pin
11/15/60 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Gene Kiniski beat Len Montana via pin in 11:30 after Montana butted the ringpost when Kiniski moved out of the way Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Nick Roberts via pin in 13:45 Wilbur Snyder beat Aldo Bogni by submission in 7:15 Bob Geigel beat Bob Rasmussen in 18:03 Jim Hady beat John Swenski in 14:30 att: 2,974
11/16/60 Duluth, MN Gene Kiniski vs Joe Scarpello AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana vs Jim Hady & Bob Rasmussen Wilbur Snyder vs Nick Roberts
11/18/60 Mankato, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Joe Pazandak & Joe Scarpello Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts Joe Scarpello beat Len Montana
11/19/60 St. Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Roy McClarty & Joe Scarpello Gene Kiniski beat Nick Roberts AWA US Champion Wilbur Snyder beat Cowboy Rocky Lee Bob Rasmussen beat Bill Green
11/21/60 Austin, MN @ Armory Chief Don Eagle vs Bob Geigel Hard Boiled Haggerty vs Jim Hady Larry Hennig vs Len Montana
11/24/60 Rochester, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana no contest Roy McClarty & Jim Hady Mars Monroe beat Lady Atlas Bob Geigel drew Nick Roberts Jim Hady beat Len Montana Referee: Joe Valento att: 2,100
11/24/60 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium The Mighty Atlas fought Thor Hagen to a draw Tona Tomah defeated Kathy Starr Emile Dupre defeated Rocky Hamilton in three falls Texas Death Match: Bill Miller defeated Otto Von Krupp
11/24/60 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski Joe Scarpello beat Bill Brown via pin Judy Glover & Annette Palmer beat Lorraine Johnson & Ella St. John Bob Rasmussen drew Larry Hennig 30:00 Att: 10,661
11/26/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee George Grant Wilbur Snyder & Roy McClarty beat AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana dq Joe Scarpello beat Mike Blazer via pin in 16:20 Lorraine Johnson beat Judy Glover in 16:25 Nick Roberts beat Bob Massey in 10:45
11/29/60 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Verne Gagne & Joe Scarpello Gene Kiniski beat Bob Rasmussen via pin in 18:15 Wilbur Snyder beat Tommy O'Toole via pin in 4:45 Nick Roberts beat Guy Hill in 20:10 Att: 2,163
11/30/60 Duluth, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski dq AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Jim Hady & Nick Roberts Wilbur Snyder (sub Joe Scarpello) beat Larry Hennig Jim Hady drew Hard Boiled Haggerty
12/1/60 Minot, ND Bob Geigel beat Roy McClarty Aldo Bogni beat Guy Hill Nick Roberts beat George Grant
12/3/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Wilbur Snyder & Roy McClarty drew AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana Gene Kiniski beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 19:35 Bob Rasmussen beat Lou Whitson via pin in 15:25 Nick Roberts beat Bill Wright in 13:20 Att: 2,574
12/6/60 Minneapolis, MN Gene Kiniski no contest Wilbur Snyder AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Joe Scarpello & Nick Roberts Roy McClarty drew Jim Hady Bob Geigel beat Guy Hill Att: 4,467
12/6/60 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Rocky Hamilton fought George Drake to a draw Otto Von Krupp defeated Thor Hagen in three falls Don Leo Jonathan defeated Ernie Dusek in three falls
12/8/60 Rochester, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Roy McClarty & Jim Hady Gene Kiniski beat Floyd Ude Wilbur Snyder beat Lou Whitson Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Jim Hady att: 1,800
12/10/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Verne Gagne (sub Wilbur Snyder) beat Len Montana Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tony LaBarba in 18:40 Joe Scarpello beat Count Corroni in 16:05 Nick Roberts beat Lou Whitson in 19:30
12/13/60 Minneapolis, MN Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder COR to win AWA US Title Roy McClarty beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Nick Roberts beat Len Montana dq Bob Geigel beat Lou Whitson Jim Hady beat Guy Hill in 20:27 Att: 4,031
12/14/60 Duluth, MN AWA U.S. Champion Gene Kiniski beat Nick Roberts AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Roy McClarty & Joe Scarpello Floyd Ude beat Larry Hennig
12/17/60 St. Paul, MN Referee Duke Mercier AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski dq Jim Hady beat Larry Hennig via pin Joe Scarpello beat Paul DeMarco via pin Nick Roberts (sub Roy McClarty) beat Bill Wright Att: 2,534
12/27/60 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder & Joe Scarpello beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana & Gene Kiniski when Snyder pinned Kiniski in the 3rd fall Nick Roberts drew Bob Geigel Cowboy Bradley beat Tiny Roe via pin in 14:40 Bob Rasmussen beat Bill Wright via pin in 17:10 att: 8,976
12/29/60 Rochester, MN Texas Death Match AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Roy McClarty & Jim Hady Joe Scarpello beat Bob Geigel dq Cowboy Bradley beat Tiny Roe Nick Roberts beat Bill Wright Att: 3,325
12/30/60 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski Lorraine Johnson beat Mars Monroe Jim Hady beat Bill Wright Nick Roberts beat Black Jack Daniels
12/30/60 Duluth, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Gene Kiniski
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 1/4/61 Duluth, MN AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Tiny Mills AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Nick Roberts beat Joe Scarpello & Nick Roberts Lorraine Johnson beat Mars Monroe
1/10/61 Grafton Bob Geigel beat Joe Scarpello dq Lorraine Johnson beat Millie Stafford Tex McKenzie beat Larry Hennig
1/10/61 St. Paul, MN Fence Match AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bob Rasmussen in 14:25 Len Montana drew Jim Hady 30:00 Roy McClarty beat Bill Wright Nick Roberts beat Speedy Larance Att: 6,017
1/11/61 Bismarck, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Aldo Bogni Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Jim Hady Roy McClarty beat Len Montana dq
1/11/61 Fargo, ND Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts Annette Palmer & Millie Stafford beat Lorraine Johnson & Mars Monroe
1/12/61 Minot, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Roy McClarty Bob Geigel beat Joe Scarpello Tex McKenzie beat Len Montana dq
1/12/61 Rochester, MN Jim Hady beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Annette Palmer & Millie Stafford beat Lorraine Johnson & Mars Monroe Gene Kiniski beat Nick Roberts Lorraine Johnson beat Annette Palmer Referee: Larry Hennig att: 2,162
1/13/61 Mankato, MN Wilbur Snyder vs Bob Geigel Annette Palmer & Millie Stafford beat Lorraine Johnson & Mars Monroe Jim Hady vs Bill Wright
1/14/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Joe Scarpello & Jim Hady Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts in 16:10 Lorraine Johnson beat Millie Stafford Roy McClarty beat Blackjack Daniels in 17:35 Att: 1,972
1/17/61 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & Bob Rasmussen & Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana 2/3 Snyder took an injured Rasmussen's place in the third fall Gene Kiniski beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 17:20 Nick Roberts drew Larry Hennig Att: 3,528 Note: Another listing has an additional result George Scott beat George Grant.
1/18/61 Duluth, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Millie Stafford & Mars Monroe beat Lorraine Johnson & Ella St. John AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Nick Roberts Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig
1/19/61 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory AWA tag team title: Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana (c) vs. Roy McClarity & Joe Scarpello Lorraine Johnson vs. Annette Palmer Len Montana vs. Roy McClarity
1/20/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Whipper Billy Watson beat Gene Kiniski on a 3rd fall dq 1 Watson beat Kiniski with a sleeper hold in 12:15 2 Kiniski pinned Watson at the 14 minute mark of the 2nd fall 3 Kiniski was dq’ed for refusing to break a choke hold. Floyd Ude & Bill Kuusisto helped referee Eakin break up the melee. Tex McKenzie (sub Wilbur Snyder) beat Nick Roberts in 13:40 Jim Hady beat Bill Wright in 16:20 Floyd Ude beat Lee Henning dq Joe Scarpello beat George Scott with a cradle hold Att: “standing room crowd of over 4,000-the largest of the season-“ Promoter: Alex Turk Notes: No mention of Kiniski’s AWA United States Title. Kuusisto said not to have wrestled in “years.”
1/20/61 Winona, MN @ Winona State College Memorial Hall Bob Geigel beat Bob Rasmussen (2-1) 1-Rasmussen in 13:40 2-Geigel in 6:25 3-Geigel in 7:00 Lorraine Johnson beat Millie Stafford (sub for Mars Monroe) 2-1 Roy McClarty beat Blackjack Daniels in 18:00
1/21/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Wilbur Snyder & Jim Hady beat Gene Kiniski & Bob Geigel 2/3 Joe Scarpello beat Joe Costello Roy McClarty beat Johnny Rebel George Scott beat George Grant Att: 2,015
1/23/61 Fergus Falls, MN @ Roosevelt Park High School Auditorium Bob Geigel vs Roy McClarty 2/3 60:00 Lorraine Johnson vs Millie Stafford 45:00 Tex McKenzie vs Larry Hennig 30:00
1/24/61 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder with aid from Gene Kiniski AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Jim Hady via pin in 14:53 Lorraine Johnson beat Millie Stafford via pin in 16:50 Joe Scarpello beat Nick Roberts via pin in 20:00 Att: 3,102
1/24/61 Grand Forks, ND Bob Geigel beat Roy McClarty Little Beaver & Red Taylor beat Tom Thumb & Sky Low Low Tom Thumb beat Red Taylor
1/25/61 Fargo, ND Bob Geigel beat Tex McKenzie Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Roy McClarty & Jim Hady Nick Roberts beat George Scott
1/25/61 Mankato, MN AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Joe Scarpello Little Beaver & Juan Jiminez beat Sky Low Low & Tom Thumb Sky Low Low beat Little Beaver
1/26/61 Rochester, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Jim Hady Little Beaver & Red Taylor beat Sky Low Low & Tom Thumb Roy McClarty beat Len Montana Referees: Joe Snyder and Johnny Carroll att: 2,250
1/29/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Bob Geigel via pin in 15:10 Jim Hady beat Nick Roberts via pin in 15:50 Little Beaver & Tom Thumb beat Red Taylor & Sky Low Low Joe Scarpello beat George Scott Att: 2,210
1/31/61 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Gene Kiniski 60:00 Wilbur Snyder beat Len Montana via pin in 10:32 Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Joe Scarpello Jim Hady beat George Drake via pin in 10:05 Nick Roberts drew George Scott 20:00 Att: 5,001
2/1/61 Duluth, MN Referee: Floyd Ude AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder dq AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Jim Hady & Joe Scarpello George Drake beat Bill Wright
2/2/61 Minot, ND Bob Geigel beat Aldo Bogni Tex McKenzie beat Nick Roberts Roy McClarty beat George Scott
2/4/61 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Paul DeGalles
2/4/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Handicap Match Roy McClarty & Jim Hady beat Gene Kiniski when Kiniski couldn't pin both in 1 hour (Kiniski pinned McClarty in 47:00) Len Montana beat Wilbur Snyder dq Joe Scarpello beat Charles Rodriquez via pin Bob Rasmussen beat Paul DeGalles Att: 2,557
2/7/61 Fargo, ND Aldo Bogni & Tex McKenzie beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel Jim Hady beat George Drake Roy McClarty beat Nick Roberts
2/8/61 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel (sub Len Montana) via pin in 26:00 Roy McClarty beat Paul DeGalles (sub Bob Geigel) with a sleeper hold Joe Scarpello beat Bill Wright (sub Jim Hady) via pin in 15:00 after an airplane spin Att: “large crowd”
2/8/61 Duluth, MN Special Referee: Bronko Nagurski Wilbur Snyder beat AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski dq Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Nick Roberts Bob Rasmussen beat George Scott Jim Hady beat George Drake Att: 2,000
2/9/61 Rochester, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Jim Hady beat Len Montana Gene Kiniski beat Joe Scarpello Wilbur Snyder beat George Drake Referee: Floyd Ude Att: 2,978
2/11/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Jim Hady 2/3 Joe Scarpello (sub Roy McClarty) beat Len Montana dq Bob Rassmussen beat George Drake Nick Roberts beat George Scott Att: 2,388
2/14/61 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski in 34:00 (fan hit Kiniski with chair) Wilbur Snyder beat Roy McClarty in 10:00 Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Nick Roberts in 12:00 Len Montana drew Jim Hady (sub George Scott) 30:00 Joe Scarpello beat Bob Rassmussen
2/15/61 Bismarck, ND Tex McKenzie beat Len Montana Aldo Bogni beat Roy McClarty Steve Druk beat Jules LaRance
2/15/61 Duluth, MN Special Referee: Bronko Nagurski Wilbur Snyder beat Gene Kiniski to win AWA US Title Joe Scarpello beat Nick Roberts George Scott beat Paul DeGalles Floyd Ude beat Blackjack Daniels
2/15/61 Fargo, ND Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Bob Geigel Jim Hady beat Bob Rasmussen Rory Hunter beat Bill Wright
2/16/61 Grand Forks, ND Bob Geigel beat Roy McClarty Aldo Bogni beat Nick Roberts Joe Scarpello beat George Scott
2/16/61 Rochester, MN Special Referee: Bronko Nagurski AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Jim Hady drew Gene Kiniski Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts Len Montana beat Bob Rasmussen att: 3,000
2/17/61 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Dan Miller defeated Prince Nero Jack Pesek defeated Paul DeGalles in two straight falls Rocky Hamilton defeated Pampero Firpo in three falls (20:01)
2/17/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Whipper Billy Watson drew Gene Kiniski when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Kiniski beat Watson in 20:00 2 Watson beat Kiniski with a sleeper hold in 12:00 3 The time limit expired before either wrestler could score the deciding fall Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Jim Hady & Joe Scarpello 2/3 1 Montana beat Hady in 12:15 2 Hady beat Haggerty in 1:30 3 Haggerty won 3rd fall in 11:50 Wilbur Snyder beat “Handsome” Bob Geigel by submission with an abdominal stretch in 18:30 George Scott beat Nick Roberts Att: “standing room only crowd” Promoter: Alex Turk Notes: Once again, no mention of Kiniski’s AWA US Title or the AWA Tag Title held by Haggerty & Montana.
2/20/61 Minot, ND Bob Geigel & Len Montana beat Tex McKenzie & Roy McClarty Aldo Bogni beat George Drake Roy McClarty beat Len Montana
2/21/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Yukon Eric in Gagne's corner AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski COR AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts via pin in 21:05 Jim Hady drew Bob Geigel 30:00 Att: 7,123
2/28/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder & Yukon Eric beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana & Gene Kiniski Tiny Mills beat Nick Roberts via pin Jim Hady beat Stan Kowalski dq Joe Scarpello beat George Scott Att: 6,108
3/1/61 Duluth, MN Wilbur Snyder beat Gene Kiniski to win AWA US Title with help from Tiny Mills Nick Roberts beat George Scott via pin in 20:00 Jim Hady beat Krusher Kowalski in 25:00 Tiny Mills beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 21:00
3/1/61 Fargo, ND Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bob Geigel Roy McClarty beat Len Montana Tex McKenzie beat George Drake Aldo Bogni beat Rory Hunter
3/2/61 Grank Forks, ND Roy McClarty beat Bob Geigel Aldo Bogni beat George Scott Tex McKenzie beat Nick Roberts
3/2/61 Rochester, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tiny Mills Wilbur Snyder & Jim Hady beat Gene Kiniski & Len Montana Joe Scarpello beat Stan Kowalski dq Bill Wright beat George Drake att: 2,200
3/3/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Red Eakin Gene Kiniski dcor Wilbur Snyder in 3rd fall 1 Snyder beat Kiniski by submission with an abdominal stretch in “about 20 minutes” 2 Kiniski beat Snyder in 6:00 3 Both men were counted out of the ring. Roy McClarty & Jim Hady beat Stan Kowealski & Tiny Mills 2/3 1 Mills pinned Hady 2 McClarty pinned Mills 3 Hady beat Mills Bob Geigel drew Joe Scarpello 30:00 Bill Wright beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 16:00 Promoter: Alex Turk Note: No mention of Snyder’s AWA US Title.
3/4/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee Pete Bevins AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana no contest Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills Joe Scarpello beat George Drake Nick Roberts beat Bill Green George Scott beat Paul Demarco Att: 1,866
3/8/61 Bismarck, ND Bob Geigel beat Tex McKenzie Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe Stan Kowalski beat Aldo Bogni
3/11/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Stan Kowalski 2/3 AWA US Champion Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts via pin Joe Scarpello beat Tiny Mills dq Jim Hady beat Aldo Bogni Att: 2,338
3/13/61 Austin, MN @ Armory Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Gentleman Jim Hady Joe Scarpello beat Stan Kowalski by DQ Len Montana beat Rory Hunter (aka Steve Bolus)
3/14/61 Minot, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel dq Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tex McKenzie George Scott beat Rory Hunter
3/14/61 Ellendale, ND @ Ellendale High School Gynmasium Aldo Bogni vs. Roy McClarty Jim Hady vs. George Drake Len Montana vs. Joe Scarpello
3/15/61 Fargo, ND Bob Geigel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Roy McClarty beat Vic Christy Tex McKenzie beat Tiny Mills dq Aldo Bogni beat George Scott
3/16/61 Grafton, ND Bob Geigel beat Tex McKenzie Aldo Bogni beat Bob Chase George Scott beat Rory Hunter
3/16/61 Rochester, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Wilbur Snyder & Jim Hady Roy McClarty beat Tiny Mills dq Stan Kowalski drew Nick Roberts Joe Scarpello beat Vic Christy Referee: Larry Hennig att: 2,200
3/17/61 Mabel, MN Roy McClarty vs. Hard Boiled Haggerty Texas Bob Geigel vs. Gentleman Jim Hady Tiny Mills vs. Nick Roberts
3/18/61 St. Paul, MN Leo Nomellini & Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski & Len Montana 2/3 Len Montana reportedly suffers a broken leg and has to vacate his half of the AWA Tag Team Title. Hard Boiled Haggerty chooses Gene Kiniski as his new partner. AWA US Champion Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty by reverse decision Stan Kowalski beat George Scott via pin Joe Scarpello beat Vic Christy via pin Att: 4,896
3/20/61 Minneapolis TV Vic Christy beat Verne Gagne dq
3/21/61 Minneapolis, MN Referee: George Drake Hard Boiled Haggerty beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Haggerty wore a protective mask for his broken nose Leo Nomellini drew Gene Kiniski 30:00 Wilbur Snyder beat Tiny Mills in 11:03 Bob Geigel beat Nick Roberts Att: 4,001
3/22/61 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory Gene Kiniski vs Stan Kowalski 2/3 Jim Hady vs Joe Scarpello Tiny Mills vs Nick Roberts
3/23/61 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski vs. Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana Bob Geigel vs. Jim Hady Tiny Mills vs. Len Montana
3/24/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder 0-1 cnc 1 Snyder beat Kiniski by submission with an abdominal stretch in 14:00 2 Between falls, Snyder took a flying leap at Kiniski and missed him. Wilbur landed outside the ring and could not continue the match. Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Nick Roberts via pin in 15:20 Jim Hady beat George Drake with a backbreaker in 17:00 George Scott beat Rory Hunter via pin Notes: Snyder’s AWA US Title not mentioned. Haggerty wore a boxer’s headgear and a nose guard to protect his broken nose.
3/25/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA US Champion Wilbur Snyder beat Gene Kiniski dq Jim Hady beat Stan Kowalski via pin Tiny Mills drew Joe Scarpello 30:00 Bob Geigel beat George Drake via pin Att: 2,222
3/27/61 Fergus Falls, MN @ Roosevelt Park High School Auditorium Bob Geigel & Len Montana vs Roy McClarty & Tex McKenzie 2/3 60:00 Stan Kowalski vs Joe Scarpello 30:00 Len Montana vs Roy McClarty 20:00
3/28/61 Bismarck, ND Bob Geigel beat Jim Hady Tex McKenzie & Joe Scarpello beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski Roy McClarty beat Tiny Mills dq
3/28/61 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Yukon Eric beat Rocky Lee via pin Leo Nomellini beat Taro Myaki AWA US Champion Wilbur Snyder beat Tony Nero via pin Nick Roberts beat George Drake
3/29/61 Fargo, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel dq Yukon Eric beat Tiny Mills Roy McClarty beat George Scott Stan Kowalski beat Rory Hunter
3/30/61 Grand Forks, ND Stan Kowalski & Bob Geigel beat Roy McClarty & Rory Hunter George Drake beat Nick Roberts Roy McClarty beat Stan Kowalski
3/30/61 Rochester, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Yukon Eric dq Wilbur Snyder & Jim Hady beat Gene Kiniski & Tiny Mills Joe Scarpello beat George Scott Referees: Floyd Ude and Joe Snyder att: 2,100
4/1/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder to win AWA US Title Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Stan Kowalski Jim Hady beat Tony Nero via pin Joe Scarpello beat Bill Green Att: 2,235
4/3/61 Minot, ND Bob Geigel beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Roy McClarty beat Len Montana Joe Scarpello beat George Scott
4/3/61 Austin, MN @ Armory Yukon Eric vs. Tiny Mills Wilbur Snyder vs. Stan Kowalski Jim Hady vs. George Drake
4/5/61 Mankato, MN @ Mankato Armory Verne Gagne vs. Tiny Mills Stan Kowalski vs. Nick Roberts Jack Daniels vs. George Scott
4/5/61 Rochester, MN Referee: Steve Druk Hard Boiled Haggety beat Yukon Eric COR Eric was fighting outside the ring with Gene Kiniski. The fans reportedly rioted. Wilbur Snyder & Jim Hady beat Gene Kiniski & Len Montana Joe Scarpello beat George Scott
4/6/61 Grand Forks, ND Roy McClarty & Rory Hunter no contest Stan Kowalski & Bob Geigel Tiny Mills beat Larry Hennig Rory Hunter beat Bob Geigel
4/8/61 St. Paul, MN Special Referee: Tiny Mills, non title match Yukon Eric beat AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty via pin in 10:25 Leo "The Lion" Nomellini beat Tiny Mills Joe Scarpello drew Stan Kowalski 30:00 Nick Roberts beat Paul DeGalles Att: 8,172
4/11/61 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Tiny Mills & Yukon Eric Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski Joe Scarpello beat Paul DeGalles Leo Nomellini beat Tony Nero
4/12/61 Duluth, MN Leo Nomellini beat Gene Kiniski Wilbur Snyder drew Hard Boiled Haggerty Joe Scarpello beat George Scott Nick Roberts beat Tony Nero Referee: Bill Kuusisto Att: 1,200
4/12/61 Fargo, ND Bob Geigel beat Yukon Eric dq Tex McKenzie & Roy McClarty beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills Bill Wright beat Rory Hunter
4/13/61 Rochester, MN Cage Match Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Yukon Eric Gene Kiniski & Bob Geigel beat Jim Hady & Roy McClarty George Scott beat Paul DeGalles Referee: Larry Hennig att: 2,264
4/15/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Yukon Eric beat Stan Kowalski Jim Hady beat Paul DeGalles via pin Joe Scarpello beat George Scott via pin Referee Floyd Ude Att: 1,875
4/18/61 Grafton, ND Roy McClarty & Jim Hady beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills Kathy Starr beat Judy Glover Stan Kowalski beat Roy McClarty
4/19/61 Mankato, MN Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski vs. Nick Roberts & Leo Nomellini Lorraine Johnson vs. Millie Stafford Steve Druk vs. Jack Daniels
4/19/61 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Tiny Roe defeated Cowboy Bradley (11:59) Bobby Managoff defeated Lenny Montana via DQ Lenny Montana & Tiny Roe defeated Bobby Managoff & Cowboy Bradley in three falls Jack Pesek defeated Pampero Firpo via DQ in three falls
4/20/61 Grand Forks, ND Roy McClarty beat Paul DeGalles Millie Stafford & Judy Glover beat Kay Starr & Lorraine Johnson
4/22/61 Mellen, WI @ Mellen H.S. Gym AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski vs Jim Hady Nick Roberts vs Tony Nero Joe Scarpello vs Bill Wright
April 22, 1961- St. Cloud, MN St. Cloud Armory Roy Hunter vs. George Scott Lorraine Johnson and Kathy Starr vs. Judy Glover and Millie Stafford 2-3 falls Hard Boiled Haggerty vs. Leo Nomellini 2-3 falls
4/25/61 St. Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Yukon Eric & Tiny Mills Wilbur Snyder & Leo Nomellini beat Stan Kowalski & Bobby Bruns Jim Hady & Tony Baillargeon beat Paul DeGalles & Tony Nero Millie Stafford & Judy Glover beat Lorraine Johnson & Kathy Starr Att: 4,182
4/26/61 Duluth, MN AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Leo Nomellini Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski Kathy Starr beat Annette Palmer Millie Stafford beat Kathy Starr
4/26/61 Fargo, ND Yukon Eric beat Bob Geigel Roy McClarty beat Tiny Mills Lorraine Johnson beat Judy Glover Tony Baillargeon beat Paul DeGalles
4/27/61 Rochester, MN Lumberjack Match, Special Referee: Tiny Mills Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Yukon Eric Wilbur Snyder & Jim Hady beat Gene Kiniski & Bob Geigel Lorraine Johnson beat Judy Glover Leo Nomellini beat Tiny Mills att: 1,865
4/28/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder & Whipper Billy Watson 2/3 1 Kiniski pinned Watson in 17:00 2 Watson beat Kiniski with a sleeper hold in 5:00 3 Haggerty pinned Snyder Roy McClarty beat Nick Roberts in 13:00 Tony Baillargeon drew Bob Geigel Jim Hady beat Rocky Lee Note: Haggerty & Kiniski were billed as tag team champions. The AWA itself was not mentioned.
4/29/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Jim Hady & Tony Baillargeon Leo Nomellini beat Don Lee Lorraine Johnson beat Judy Glover Stan Kowalski beat Nick Roberts Att: 1,769
5/2/61 Minneapolis, MN Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski dq Tony Bailargeon beat Don Lee via pin in 11:15 Jim Hady beat Stan Kowalski dq Bob Geigel drew Roy McClarty 30:00 Att: 2,139
5/3/61 Duluth, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski dq Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Jim Hady beat Bob Geigel dq George Scott beat Paul DeGalles
5/3/61 Mankato, MN Leo Nomellini & Tony Baillargeon beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski Roy McClarty beat Don Lee Tony Baillargeon beat Stan Kowalski dq
5/6/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Jim Hady in 14:40 Leo Nomellini beat Stan Kowalski in 18:15 Tony Baillargeon beat Tony Nero in 16:20 Roy McClarty beat George Scott in 18:40 Att: 1,608
5/8/61 Austin, MN @ Armory Gentleman Jim Hady vs. Tiny Mills Leo Nomellini vs. Stan Kowalski Bob Geigel vs. Tony Baillargeon
5/9/61 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder Tony Bailargeon beat Paul DeGalles via pin Stan Kowalski beat George Scott via pin Larry Hennig beat Rocky Lee Att: 3,192
5/10/61 Fargo, ND Non Title Bob Geigel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne Leo Nomellini beat Tiny Mills Roy McClarty beat Don Lee Rory Hunter beat Paul DeGalles
5/10/61 Rochester, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder & Jim Hady Stan Kowalski beat Tony Baillargeon George Scott beat Tony Nero Referee: Larry Hennig att: 1,100
5/11/61 Duluth, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder Leo Nomellini vs Don Lee Jim Hady drew Tony Baillargeon
5/18/61 Bismarck, ND Leo Nomellini beat Tiny Mills Roy McClarty beat Stan Kowalski Jim Hady beat Paul DeGalles
5/19/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Texas Death Match, Referee Chico Garcia Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Whipper Billy Watson & Wilbur Snyder AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Stan Kowalski via pin in 19:00 after a series of dropkicks Leo Nomellini beat Don Lee Tony Baillargeon beat George Scott (sub Bill Wright) Att: “roaring crowd of 8,000” Notes: Haggerty was not allowed to wear to his protective nose mask. The Winnipeg Free Press stated Gagne was “recognized in many quarters as as world champion.” The AWA itself was not mentioned. Since Gagne was mentioned as world champion, this card probably is the first official AWA card in Winnipeg. Promoter: Alex Turk
5/20/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tiny Mills 2/3 AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Roy McClarty in 20:30 Tony Baillargeon beat Don Lee in 22:35 Paul DeGalles beat Roy Hunter in 20:45
5/23/61 Minneapolis, MN Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski to win AWA Tag Team Title Tiny Mills beat Tony Baillargeon
5/24/61 Duluth, MN Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski Leo Nomellini beat Stan Kowalski Jim Hady drew Tony Baillargeon
5/25/61 Rochester, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder & Jim Hady Leo Nomellini beat Stan Kowalski Tiny Mills beat Tony Baillargeon Referees: Bill Kuusisto and Moose Ryan att: 800
5/26/61 Northwood, IA @ Worth County Fairgrounds Paul DeGalles beat Tony Baillargeon Leo Nomellini beat Tiny Mills Gentleman Jim Hady beat Stan (Krusher) Kowalski
5/27/61 St. Paul, MN Referee Moose Ryan Hard Boiled Haggety beat Tiny Mills Jim Hady beat Stan Kowalski dq Tony Baillargeon beat George Scott Roy McClarty beat Paul DeGalles
6/3/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills 2/3 Roy McClarty drew Jim Hady 30:00 Tony Bailargeon beat Marquis de Paree Att: 635
6/6/61 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski Jim Hady beat Tom Burns Little Beaver & Bouncing Burke drew Fuzzy Cupid & Pee Wee James 30:00 Tony Baillargeon beat George Scott via pin Att: 3,187
6/7/61 Duluth, MN Leo Nomellini beat Don Lee
6/7/61 Fargo, ND @ Fargo City Auditorium Texas Bob Geigel vs. Hard Boiled Haggerty Jim Hady vs. Marquis DePare Sky Low Low & Fuzzy Cupid vs. Little Beaver & Bouncing Burke
6/9/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Texas Death Match Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Whipper Billy Watson & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 1. Watson beat Haggerty by submission with a Casa Loma Sleeper Hold in 15:00 2. Haggerty pinned Watson on the concrete Arena floor in 8:00. Watson was injured badly and was taken back to the locker room. 3. Kiniski beat Snyder at the 37:00 mark. Little Beaver & Bouncing Burke beat Pee Wee James & Fuzzy Cupid 2/3 Bob Geigel beat Tony Baillargeon Jack Pesek beat Stan Kowalski Att: 6,000 Note: Haggerty & Kiniski still billed as World Tag Team Champions in Winnipeg. They may have been Canadian Open Tag Team Champions.
6/10/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski ddq Leo Nomellini Roy McClarty beat Tiny Mills dq Little Beaver & Bouncing Burke beat Fuzzy Cupid & Pee Wee James 2/3 Tony Baillargeon drew Bob Geigel 20:00 Att: 686
6/14/61 Duluth, MN Texas Death Match AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder Little Beaver & Bernie Burke beat Fuzzy Cupid & Pee Wee James (sub Sky Low Low) Leo Nomellini beat Bob Geigel Tony Baillargeon drew George Scott
6/15/61 Rochester, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Leo Nomellini Little Beaver & Bernie Burke beat Fuzzy Cupid & Pee Wee James Jack Pesek beat Tiny Mills dq Tony Baillargeon drew Bob Geigel att: 800
6/20/61 Minneapolis, MN Non Title Death Match Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder Tiny Mills beat Roy McClarty Jack Pesek beat Marquis de Paree Bob Geigel beat Tony Baillargeon Att: 4,059
6/21/61 Duluth, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Wilbur Snyder AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Jack Pesek Bob Geigel beat Tony Bailargeon George Scott beat Marquis DeParee
6/27/61 Minneapolis, MN AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Leo Nomellini in 24:30 Wilbur Snyder beat Tiny Mills Stan Kowalski beat Tony Baillargeon Jack Pesek beat Marquis de Paree Bob Geigel beat George Scott Att: 2,089
7/7/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Winner to meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne Gene Kiniski beat Wilbur Snyder 2/3 1. Snyder beat Kiniski by submission with an abdominal stretch in 11:00 2. Kiniski pinned Snyder 3. Kiniski pinned Snyder Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Roy McClarty 2/3 Leo Nomellini beat Bob Geigel dq Tony Baillargeon beat Tiny Mills Notes: Kiniski’s AWA US Title not mentioned. Gagne billed as World Heavyweight Champion.
7/7/61 Fargo, ND Bob Geigel beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Bouncing Burke & Little Beaver beat Fuzzy Cupid & Pee Wee James Roy McClarty beat Marquis DeParee
7/11/61 Minneapolis, MN Gene Kiniski beat Verne Gagne to win AWA Title AWA Tag Team Champions Leo Nomeilini & Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski & Bob Geigel 2/3 Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Roy McClarty via pin in 17:17 Tony Baillargeon beat Aldo Bogni via pin in 18:12 Att: 6,057
7/19/61 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium (was scheduled for the 18th, but was rained out) Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder to win AWA Tag Team Title (Kiniski holds Tag Title, AWA US Title and AWA Heavyweight Title) Stan Kowalski beat George Scott in 15:05 Roy McClarty drew Bob Geigel 30:00 Tony Baillargeon beat Marquis de Paree Att: 2,133
7/22/61 Hurley, WI AWA World and US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Leo Nomellini dq when Nomellini hit the referee Tony Baillargeon beat Speedy Loranz Smoky Williams beat Marquis de Paree Att: 850
7/22/61 Kasson, MN @ Dodge County Fairgrounds Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel vs. Roy McClarty & Jack Pesek Millie Stafford vs. Mars Monroe Bob Geigel vs. Jack Pesek
7/25/61 Minneapolis, MN Special Referee: Joe Pazandak AWA Champion Gene Kiniski drew Verne Gagne 60:00 Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Leo Nomellini beat Bob Geigel in 15:03 Dale Lewis beat Harry Simpson Jack Pesek drew George Scott Att: 4,021
7/28/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Larry Hennig Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Gene Kiniski on a 3rd fall dq in 38:15 1. Kiniski beat Gagne in 17:00 2. Gagne beat Kiniski with a sleeper hold 3. Kiniski was dq’ed when Hard Boiled Haggerty interfered to prevent Gagne from applying the sleeper hold Referee Frenchy Champagne Wilbur Snyder dcor Hard Boiled Haggerty in 17:00 Roy McClarty & Leo Nomellini beat Tiny Mills & Harry Samson 2-0 in 17:25 Tony Baillargeon beat Larry Hennig Att: “more than 5,000 slightly delirious supporters” Note: Kiniski billed as World Heavyweight Champion by the Winnipeg Free Press.
7/30/61 Menomonie, WI @ Dunn County Fairgrounds Roy McClarty vs. Hard Boiled Haggerty Millie Stafford vs. Mars Monroe Bob Geigel vs. Tony Baillargeon
8/7/61 Austin, MN @ Marcusen Park Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/3 Texas Bob Geigel beat Tony Baillargeon 2/3 Dale Lewis drew Tiny Mills 30:00 Referee for all bouts: Gene Anderson of South St. Paul, MN Promoter: Jim Cahill
8/8/61 Bloomington, MN @ Met Stadium Cage Match Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski to regain AWA title in 32:45 after Hard Boiled Haggerty accidentally threw dirt in Kiniski's eyes Kay Noble & Lord Littlebrook beat Jessica Rogers & Beau Brummel Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel beat Wilbur Snyder & Dale Lewis Tiny Mills beat Tony Baillargeon via pin in in 15:27 Att: 8,055 Note: Haggerty and Kiniski split as partners in the United States after the above dirt mishap.
8/9/61 Duluth, MN @ Armory Gene Kiniski vs Wilbur Snyder Mars Monroe & Jessica Rogers vs Annette Palmer & Kay Noble Lord Littlebrook vs Tiny Roe
8/15/61 Minneapolis, MN Referee Larry Hennig AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Roy McClarty in 22:05 Mr. M beat Bob Rassmussen in 9:01 Dale Lewis beat Tiny Mills via pin in in 15:20 Att: 4,600 Note: Mr. M aka Dr. Big Bill Miller
8/15/61 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bobby Managoff defeated Marquis de Paree (13:08) Kay Noble defeated Evelyn Stevens (14:56) Ronnie Etchison defeated Rocky Hamilton via DQ Wilbur Snyder fought Bobo Brazil to a no contest in three falls
8/16/61 – Gage County Fairgrounds – Beatrice, NE Jack Pesek fought Ronnie Etchison to a draw Peggy King defeated Dot Dotson in three falls Bill Miller defeated Otto Von Krupp in three falls
8/18/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Non Title Texas Death Match AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty in 34:00 after 9 falls. Gagne won 5 falls. Haggerty won 4. Mr. M beat Roy McClarty by submission Gene Kiniski beat Tiny Mills in 8:04 Tony Baillargeon beat Guy LaRose Dale Lewis beat Marquis de Paree Att: “close to 6,000” Promoter: Alex Turk
8/26/61 Fargo, ND Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Larry Hennig
8/29/61 Minneapolis, MN Referee Larry Hennig AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski no contest Hard Boiled Haggerty Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski via pin Mr. M beat Roy McClarty via pin Karl Krauser beat Tiny Mills via pin Dale Lewis drew Bob Geigel Att: 5,051 Note: Karl Krauser aka Karl Gotch
9/5/61 Minneapolis, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty drew AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski Mr. M beat Roy McClarty Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski Bob Geigel drew Dale Lewis Karl Krauser beat Tiny Mills
9/6/61 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bobby Managoff defeated Don McClarity (11:11) Rocky Hamilton defeated Bobby Graham Ernie Dusek defeated Buddy Austin via DQ in three falls Texas Death Match: The Sheik defeated Don Leo Jonathan
9/12/61 Minneapolis, MN Mr. M beat Wilbur Snyder via pin in 28:04 Gene Kiniski beat Jack Pesek via pin in 19:41 Karl Krauser beat Bill Wright via pin in 11:01 Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tiny Mills via pin in 13:42 Bob Geigel drew Dale Lewis
9/13/61 Fargo, ND Bob Geigel & Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Wilbur Snyder & Karl Krauser Dale Lewis beat Gene Kiniski Jack Pesek beat Tiny Mills
9/15/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Two Referees Larry Hennig & Red Eakin Tag Team Champions Gene Kiniski & Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Verne Gagne & Karl Krauser 2/3 35:00 1. Kiniski beat Krauser with a backbreaker in 7:10 2. Krauser beat Kiniski in 6:00 with a Finische Uberworf aka Finnish Overthrow 3. Kiniski pinned Gagne Mr. M beat Tiny Mills with a hangman’s hold Jack Pesek beat Ripper Collins 2/3 Dale Lewis beat Joe Tiger Tomasso in 12:35 Att: “crowd of over 5,000” Note: Kiniski & Haggerty still billed as tag team champions in Winnipeg. Collins billed as the Southern Gentleman by the Winnipeg Free Press.
9/16/61 St. Paul, MN Gene Kiniski beat Tiny Mills 2/3 Dale Lewis beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Bob Rassmussen beat Bill Wright Larry Hennig beat Gene Anderson in 17:05 Att: 1,843
9/19/61 Minneapolis, MN Mr. M beat Wilbur Snyder Bob Geigel & Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Dale Lewis & Bobby Graham Gene Kiniski beat Carlos Rodriguez via pin in 4:20 Karl Krauser beat Emil Dusek via pin in 10:28 Att: 3,200
9/19/61 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Danny Miller defeated Don McClarity (14:04) Rocky Hamilton defeated Guy LaRose (15:27) Don Leo Jonathan defeated Ronnie Etchison in three falls (27:00) Bobo Brazil defeated The Sheik via DQ in three falls
9/27/61 St Paul, MN Death Match Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Gene Kiniski (17:53) for rights to AWA Tag Team Title. Haggerty chooses Bob Geigel as his new Championship partner. Mr. M beat Tiny Mills 11:20 Karl Krauser beat Frank Marconi (2:52) Dale Lewis drew Bob Geigel (20:00) Att: 5,543
9/27/61 Fargo, ND Karl Krauser beat Bob Geigel dq Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tiny Mills Dale Lewis beat Frank Marconi Paul DeMarco beat Bill Greene
10/4/61 Mankato, MN Mr. M beat Dale Lewis Karl Krauser beat Juan Hernandez Otto Von Krupp beat Maurice LaPointe
October 6, 1961- St. Cloud, Minnesota (8:30 PM) St. Cloud Armory Dale Lewis vs. Bon Geigel Hard Boiled Haggerty vs. Juan Hernandez 2-3 falls Karl Krauser vs. Mysterious Mr. M 2-3 falls -If Karl Krauser beats Mr. M he will unmask and Krauser will collect the $1,000
10/10/61 Minneapolis, MN Referee Larry Hennig Mr. M beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq in 13:50 Karl Krauser beat Maurice LaPointe in 16:28 Otto Von Krupp beat Pat Kennedy in 12:44 Bob Geigel beat Juan Hernandez in 17:40 Dale Lewis beat Frank Marconi Att: 4,562
10/11/61 Fargo, ND Karl Krauser drew Bob Geigel Dale Lewis beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Otto Von Krupp beat Bobby Graham
10/13/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Texas Death Match, Referee Steve Druck of Chicago Mr. M beat Hard Boiled Haggerty in 13:21 Two Referees Red Eakin & Frenchy Champagne Karl Krauser & Dale Lewis beat Otto Von Krupp & Bob Geigel 2/3 1 Lewis beat Geigel by submission with a “crab hold” in 15:00 2 Von Krupp beat Lewis by submission with a “chin hold” in 15:00 3 Krauser pinned Von Krupp in 10:00 Pedro (Juan?) Hernandez beat Larry Hennig by reverse decision when Hennig refused to break a hold Bobby Graham beat Maurice LaPointe in 15:10
10/16/61 Mankato, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Karl Krauser Otto Von Krupp beat Frank Marconi Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe
10/17/61 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Referee Floyd Ude Mr. M beat Hard Boiled Haggerty to win AWA US Title in 15:24 Karl Krauser beat Ernie Dusek in 13:15 Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy beat Bob Geigel & Frank Marconi Otto Von Krupp beat Maurice LaPointe with a hangman's hold in 18:22 att: 3,901
10/20/61 St. Cloud, MN - St. Cloud Armory Larry Hennig vs. Irish Pat Kennedy Dale Lewis and Irish Pat Kennedy vs. Larry Hennig and Frank Marconi 2-3 falls Karl Krauser (European Champion) vs. Hard Boiled Haggerty 2-3 falls -Referee for all matches is injured wrestler Floyd Uderman
10/21/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Karl Krauser beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq for using brass knuckles Mr. M beat Larry Hennig with a sleeper hold in 19:24 Att: 2,081
10/23/61 Austin, MN @ Armory Mr. M beat Dale Lewis 2/3 Irish Pat Kennedy beat Bob Geigel 2/3 Tony Baillargeon (sub Bob Rasmussen) beat Frank Marconi
10/26/61 Rochester, MN Mr. M no contest Hard Boiled Haggerty Otto Von Krupp beat Tony Baillargeon Maurice LaPointe beat Pat Kennedy Dale Lewis beat Bob Geigel att: 1,100
10/27/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Harold Nelson Mr. M beat Karl Krauser 2/3 1 Krauser beat Mr. M with an overthrow hold in 22:38 2 Mr. M beat Krauser in 3:00 with a hangman’s hold 3 Mr. M pinned Krauser Otto Von Krupp beat Tony Baillargeon 2-0 1 Von Krupp beat Baillargeon in 13:00 2 Von Krupp beat Baillargeon in 9:00 Bob Geigel beat Bobby Graham via pin in 23:25 after Graham missed a dropkick Dale Lewis beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 16:00 with a cradle
10/28/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M beat Tex McKenzie Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Dale Lewis Irish Pat Kennedy beat Maurice LaPointe Tony Baillargeon beat Frank Marconi Att: 2,049
10/29/61 Fargo, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel
10/30/61 Mankato, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty no contest Karl Krauser Pat Kennedy beat Juan Hernandez Steve Druk beat George Armstrong
10/31/61 Minneapolis, MN Mr. M beat Karl Krauser Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Pat Kennedy Tony Baillargeon beat Frank Marconi Bob Geigel beat Maurice LaPointe Doug Gilbert drew Juan Hernandez 20:00 Att: 2,435
11/1/61 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium – 1,810 Ernie Dusek fought Thor Hagen to a draw Killer Karl Kox defeated Danny Dale Millie Stafford defeated Judy Glover in three falls Texas Death Match: Don Leo Jonathan defeated Bobo Brazil
11/2/61 Grand Forks, ND Frank Marconi & ? beat Dale Lewis & George Carter Bob Geigel beat Karl Krauser Bob Geigel beat Pat Kennedy Bill Blunt beat Joe Snyder
11/4/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M beat Tex McKenzie in 21:02 Hard Boiled Haggerty dcor Karl Krauser Doug Gilbert beat Steve Druk in 17:29 Tony Baillargeon beat Juan Hernandez Att: 2,068
11/7/61 Minneapolis, MN Mr. M beat Karol Krauser 2/3 Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Frank Marconi in 2:27 Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy beat Juan Hernandez & Harry Simpson Bob Geigel drew Tony Baillargeon 20:00
11/11/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel beat Karl Krauser & Tex McKenzie 2/3 Karl Krauser beat Bob Geigel in 18:42 Tony Baillargeon beat Maurice LaPointe Dale Lewis beat Juan Hernandez via pin Att: 1,902
11/13/61 Mankato, MN Karl Krauser beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Dale Lewis beat Harry Sampson Tony Baillargeon beat Frank Marconi
11/14/61 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA US Champion Mr. M beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq in 17:21 when Haggerty hit referee Floyd Ude with a chair Karl Krauser beat Harry Sampson via pin in 19:43 Otto Von Krupp beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 16:40 Tex McKenzie beat Frank Marconi via pin in 4:32 Tony Baillargeon drew Pat Kennedy 25:00 Att: 2,133
11/15/61 Fargo, ND Otto Von Krupp beat Bob Geigel Karl Krauser beat Dale Lewis Pat Kennedy beat Maurice LaPointe
11/15/61 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium – 1,230 Bobby Managoff defeated Emil Dusek (15:15) Don Leo Jonathan defeated Thor Hagen (20:30) Cowboy Bradley & Tiny Bell defeated Tiny Roe & Farmer McGruder in three falls (23:45) Killer Karl Kox defeated Bill Melby in three falls (21:30)
11/16/61 Grand Forks, ND Karl Krauser & Harry Simpson no contest Otto Von Krupp & Larry Hennig Karl Krauser beat Otto Von Krupp Bob Blunt vs Jules LaRance
11/16/61 Ashland, WI @ Ashland High School Gym AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Tony Baillargeon Mars Monroe vs Millie Stafford Larry Hennig vs Maurice LaPointe
11/16/61 Rochester, MN Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel to win AWA tag title Mr. M beat Tex McKenzie 2/3 Steve Druk beat Joe Marconi via pin in 16:38 Notes: Pat Kennedy aka Bobby Hercules Graham. A fan hit Mr. M over the head with a board after the match. M didn’t press charges and identified himself to police as Robert Hall.
11/17/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Maurice LaPointe Mr. M beat Karl Krauser on a 3rd fall COR 1 Mr. M pinned Krauser in 23:30 2 Krauser bear Mr. M in 2:30 3 Krauser was counted out of the ring in 5:20 Referee Frenchy Champagne Otto Von Krupp beat Hard Boiled Haggerty via pin in 19:00 Tony Baillargeon & Bobby Graham beat Bob Geigel & Harry Sampson 2/3 Maurice LaPointe beat Lee Henning
11/18/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M no contest Wilbur Snyder Tex McKenzie beat Bob Geigel (Baily) Pat Kennedy drew Tony Baillargeon 30:00 Dale Lewis beat Frank Marconi Att: 2,149
11/22/61 Fargo, ND Otto Von Krupp beat Karl Krauser Bob Geigel beat Pat Kennedy Bouncing Burke & Little Beaver beat Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie
11/23/61 Minneapolis, MN Death Match Mr. M beat Hard Boiled Haggerty in 11:22 Haggerty didn't respond after one minute from M's sleeper. Karl Krauser beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 14:40 Tex McKenzie beat Juan Hernandez via pin in 5:10 Little Beaver & Bernie Burke beat Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie Tony Baillargeon beat Frank Marconi via pin in 17:08 Att: 6,389
11/23/61 Rochester, MN Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp beat Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy to win AWA Tag Team Title Millie Stafford & Annette Palmer beat Jessica Rogers & Mars Monroe George Armstrong (sub Steve Druk) beat Jules LaRance Referee: Bill Kuusisto Att: 1,400 Note: Otto Von Krupp aka Boris Malenko
11/25/61 Austin, MN Bob Geigel beat Pat Kennedy 2/3 Annette Palmer beat Kathy Starr 2/3 Bouncing Bennie Burke beat Fuzzy Cupid
11/25/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA US Champion Mr. M beat Larry Hennig in 20:10 Midget Champion Little Beaver beat Irish Jackie Millie Stafford beat Jessica Rogers via pin Karl Krauser beat Maurice LaPointe Dale Lewis beat Tony Baillargeon with the Boston crab Att: 2,684
11/27/61 Mankato, MN Karl Krauser beat Dale Lewis Millie Stafford & Annette Palmer beat Kathy Starr & Jessica Rogers Otto Von Krupp beat Tony Baillargeon
11/28/61 Minneapolis, MN Mr. M beat Tex McKenzie Otto Von Krupp beat Tony Baillargeon in 15:02 Dale Lewis beat Maurice LaPointe in 20:11 Millie Stafford beat Jessica Rogers Pat Kennedy beat Juan Hernandez Att: 2,123
11/28/61 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium – 1,751 Nikita Mulkovich defeated Danny Dale (16:20) Evelyn Stevens defeated Mae Goodson (14:02) Danny Dale & Evelyn Stevens defeated Nikita Mulkovich & Mae Goodson (15:31) Don Leo Jonathan defeated Corsica Joe in three falls Jack Pesek defeated Killer Karl Kox via DQ in three falls
11/29/61 Duluth, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel Little Beaver & Bernie Burke beat Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie Millie Stafford beat Jessica Rogers Att: 511
11/30/61 Grand Forks, ND Karol Krauser beat Larry Hennig Millie Stafford beat Jessica Rogers Juan Hernandez beat Frank Marconi
11/30/61 Rochester, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp beat Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy Little Beaver & Bouncing Burke beat Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie Tony Baillargeon beat Maurice LaPointe Irish Jackie beat Bouncing Burke Att: 1,500
12/1/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Frank Marconi Otto Von Krupp beat Mr. M on a 3rd fall dq 1 Mr. M beat Von Krupp 2 Von Krupp beat Mr. M by submission with a wrist lock 3 Mr. M was dq’ed for attacking referee Marconi Little Beaver & Bouncing Burke beat Irish Jackie & Fuzzy Cupid Karl Krauser beat Bob Geigel via pin in 14:00 after an airplane spin Tony Baillargeon drew Bobby Graham 30:00 Promoter: Alex Turk
12/2/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M drew Karl Krauser 60:00 Pat Kennedy beat Maurice LaPointe in 12:39 Otto Von Krupp beat Bill Green in 21:15 Tony Baillargeon beat Paul DeMarco in 16:18 Att: 2,045
12/5/61 Minneapolis, MN Handicap Match Mr. M beat Karl Krauser & Tex McKenzie 1. Mr. M beat Tex McKenzie in 20:15 2. Mr. M beat Karl Krauser in 39:18 Otto Von Krupp beat Pat Kennedy in 18:20 Dale Lewis beat Frank Marconi in 12:13 Bob Geigel beat Tony Baillargeon in 18:03 Att: 2,435
12/6/61 New Ulm, MN @ National Guard Armory Karl Krauser vs. Otto Von Krupp Jessica Rogers vs. Millie Stafford Bob Geigel vs. Tony Baillargeon
12/8/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium No Countout, No dq Match, Ring roped off two rows back Mr. M beat Karl Krauser 2/3 1 Mr. M pinned Krauser in 18:52 after a series of bodyslams 2 Krauser beat Mr. M with a hangman’s hold 3 Mr. M pinned Krauser in 2:55 Referee Red Eakin Otto Von Krupp beat Dale Lewis 2/3 Tony Baillargeon beat Larry Hennig dq Maurice LaPointe beat Harry Sampson Note: Larry Hennig replaced Red Eakin as referee when Eakin was injured during the Von Krupp vs Lewis match.
12/9/61 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Larry Hennig & Karl Krauser Pat Kennedy beat Juan Hernandez in 13:42 Dale Lewis beat Harry Sampson in 21:32 Steve Druk beat Frank Marconi in 23:25 Att: 1,665
12/11/61 Mankato, MN Mr. M beat Tony Baillargeon Larry Hennig beat Maurice LaPointe Floyd Ude beat Juan Hernandez
12/12/61 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Tommy O’Toole fought Danny Dale to a draw Dan Miller defeated Karl Von Schober via DQ (20:04) Bobby Managoff defeated Roy Collins in three falls (19:53) Verne Gagne defeated Killer Karl Kox via DQ in three falls (18:34)
12/13/61 Minneapolis, MN Mr. M beat Bobo Brazil 2/3 Tony Baillargeon beat Maurice LaPointe in 28:06 Tiny Mills beat Juan Hernandez in 8:32 Bob Geigel drew Pat Kennedy 20:00 Att: 1,506
12/13/61 Fargo, ND Otto Von Krupp beat Tex McKenzie Bob Geigel beat Dale Lewis Aldo Bogni beat Pat Kennedy
12/14/61 Rochester, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp beat Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy Mr. M beat Tiny Mills in 20:22 Tony Baillargeon beat Juan Hernandez Referee: Larry Hennig
12/15/61 Grand Forks, ND Otto Von Krupp beat Bob Geigel Aldo Bogni beat Pat Kennedy Larry Hennig drew Juan Hernandez
12/15/61 St. Cloud, MN - St. Cloud Armory Juan Hernandez vs. Tony Baillargeon Tiny Mills vs. Maurice LaPointe 2-3 falls Floyd Uderman vs. Mysterious Mr. M -If Floyd Uderman pins Mr. M in the first 20 minutes he will unmask and Uderman collects $1,000
12/16/61 St Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M beat Tiny Mills Bob Geigel drew Larry Hennig 30:00 Pat Kennedy & Dale Lewis beat Blackjack Daniels & Maurice LaPointe Tony Baillargeon beat Steve Druk in 19:54 Att: 1,848
12/26/61 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Otto Von Krupp dq Mr. M beat Bobo Brazil in 27:10 Tiny Mills drew Nick Roberts 30:00 Larry Hennig beat Maurice LaPointe in 16:22 Att: 5,828
12/27/61 Fargo, ND Nick Roberts drew Pat Kennedy Bob Geigel beat Tiny Mills Aldo Bogni beat Otto Von Krupp
12/27/61 Superior, WI Mr. M vs Dale Lewis Stan Kowalski vs Lou Sjoberg Maurice LaPointe vs Larry Hennig
12/28/61 Rochester, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel on a 3rd fall dq Pat Kennedy drew Stan Kowalski 20:00 Mr. M beat Nick Roberts 2-0 Att: 1,100
12/29/61 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Mr. M beat Otto Von Krupp 2/3 1 Mr. M beat Von Krupp in 19:00 2 Von Krupp beat Mr. M in 5:00 3 Mr. M beat Von Krupp with a hangman’s hold Winner to Meet Mr. M on next Winnipeg card Bulldog Brower beat Tiny Mills via pin in 6:50 after a top rope knee drop Bob Geigel beat Nick Roberts Bob Graham beat Maurice LaPointe
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1/1/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Tiny Mills beat Stan Kowalski in 20:32 Larry Hennig beat Pat Kennedy via pin in 16:40 Dale Lewis beat Blackjack Daniels in 15:35 Bob Geigel beat Nick Roberts via pin in 16:11 Att: 1,749 Note: Kowalski was billed as the Texas Heavyweight Champion.
1/2/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Dan Miller fought Roy Collins to a draw Ernie Dusek defeated Nikita Mulkovich via DQ Don Leo Jonathan defeated Duke Hoffman in three falls (32:05) Killer Karl Kox defeated Hercules Cortez in three falls (17:40) Att: 1,170
1/3/62 Fargo, ND Mr. M beat Tex McKenzie Dale Lewis beat Tiny Mills Aldo Bogni beat Bob Geigel
1/6/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M beat Tiny Mills in 25:32 Dale Lewis beat Maurice LaPointe Larry Hennig beat Nick Roberts in 17:02 Tony Baillargeon drew Pat Kennedy in 20:01 Att: 2,020
1/9/62 Minneapolis, MN Mr. M beat Verne Gagne to win AWA title in 38:10 Nikita Kalmikoff beat Tony Baillargeon in 18:35 Bob Geigel no contest Tiny Mills Nick Roberts beat Pat Kennedy in 18:17
1/10/62 Austin, MN @ National Guard Armory Pat Kennedy vs Nikita Kalmikoff 2/3 60:00 Barbara Baker vs Mars Monroe Roy Collins vs Nick Roberts
1/10/62 Mankato, MN AWA Champion Mr. M beat Bob Geigel Tiny Mills beat Don Jardine Larry Hennig beat Tony Baillargeon
1/11/62 Rochester, MN Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel AWA Champion Mr. M beat Pat Kennedy Tiny Mills beat Nick Roberts Referee: Bill Kuusisto att: 1,700
1/12/62 Winona, MN @ State College Jessica Rogers (sub Annette Palmer) beat Barbara Baker 2/3 Tony Baillargeon beat Maurice LaPointe dq Bob Geigel beat Irish Pat Kennedy 2/3 Att: Over 2,500
1/15/62 St. Paul, MN Tournament for AWA Tag Title First Round Ivan Kalmikoff & Nikita Kalmikoff beat Joe Scarpello & Tony Baillargeon Verne Gagne & Leo Nomellini beat Aldo Bogni & Roy Collins Mr. M & Rojo Cara beat Pat Kennedy & Don Jardine Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel beat Tiny Mills & Nick Bockwinkel Second Round Ivan Kalmikoff & Nikita Kalmikoffbeat Verne Gagne & Leo Nomellini Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel Mr. M & Rojo Cara bye Semi Finals Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman beat Mr. M & Rojo Cara Ivan Kalmikoff & Nikita Kalmikoffbye Finals Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Nikita Kalmikoffto win AWA tag title Att: 3,671 Notes: Rojo Cara aka Dandy Dan Miller, Duke Hoffman aka Bob Leipler, Nick Bockwinkel’s first appearance in the AWA.
1/16/62 Fargo, ND Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Tiny Mills & Aldo Bogni Barbara Baker beat Maude Stevens Joe Scarpello beat Tony Baillargeon
1/16/62 New Ulm, MN Verne Gagne beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Hennig beat Don Jardine
1/17/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Steve Druk AWA Champion Mr. M beat Bulldog Brower on a 3rd fall dq Bob Geigel & Duke Hoffman beat Joe Scarpello & Tony Baillargeon when Geigel pinned Baiilargeon in the 3rd fall Nikita Kalmikoff beat Steve Druk Don Jardine beat Maurice LaPointe Att: “crowd of over 6,000” Promoter: Alex Turk Note: Mr. M’s AWA title was not mentioned. The Winnipeg Free Press pushed the Mr. M has to be pinned twice in a 2 out 3 fall match to lose his mask gimmick.
1/20/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Verne Gagne beat Maurice LaPointe in 12:45 AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman beat Tiny Mills & Roy Collins Bob Geigel beat Don Jardine in 19:38 Att: 1,841
1/22/62 Bismarck, ND Bob Geigel beat Aldo Bogni Barb Baker beat Evelyn Stevens Joe Scarpello beat Roy Collins
1/22/62 Fergus Falls, MN @ Roosevelt Park High School Auditorium Mr M vs Tiny Mills 2/3 60:00 Larry Hennig vs Maurice LaPointe 2/3 45:00 Don Jardine vs Duke Hoffman Note: Mr M’s AWA Title not mentioned in newspaper ad.
1/23/62 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mr. M dq in 16:16 when Mr. M attacked referee Jersey Joe Walcott Yukon Eric beat Tiny Mills via pin in 8:37 Joe Scarpello beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 13:08 Bob Geigel beat Don Jardine via pin in 19:08 Att: 6,542
1/23/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Emil Dusek defeated Bob Boyer (13:38) Pampero Firpo defeated Nikita Mulkovich (11:38) Cowboy Bradley defeated Tiny Roe in three falls (24:37) Texas Death Match: Don Leo Jonathan defeated Killer Karl Kox Att: 1,800
1/24/62 Mankato, MN Yukon Eric beat Tiny Mills Larry Hennig beat Don Jardine Eddie Sharkey beat Steve Druk
1/25/62 Rochester, MN Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Verne Gagne & Tiny Mills Yukon Eric beat Roy Collins Evelyn Stevens beat Barbara Baker Referee: Larry Hennig Att: 2,700
1/26/62 Austin, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Mr M vs Tiny Mills 2/3 60:00 Joe Scarpello vs Bob Geigel 2/3 45:00 Duke Hoffman vs Don Jardine 30:00
1/27/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Yukon Eric beat Karl Von Schober (sub Nikita Kalmikoff) AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman beat Bob Geigel & Roy Collins Barbara Baker beat Kay Noble via pin in 14:04 Don Jardine beat Pete Bevans in 15:30 Att: 1,804
1/30/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mr. M beat Yukon Eric dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman beat Tiny Mills & Karl Von Schoberg Joe Scarpello beat Don Jardine in 21:05 Nikita Kalmikoff beat Eddie Sharkey via pin in 14:25 Att: 3,701
1/31/62 Fargo, ND AWA Champion Mr. M beat Aldo Bogni Yukon Eric beat Karl Von Schoberg Bob Geigel beat Don Jardine Joe Scarpello beat Roy Collins
2/1/62 Grand Fork, ND AWA Champion Mr. M beat Joe Scarpello Aldo Bogni beat Don Jardine Larry Hennig beat Eddie Sharkey
2/3/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Mr. M beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Duke Hoffman beat Karl Von Schober dq Tiny Mills beat Don Kramer via pin in 10:40 Don Jardine beat Strangler Jackie O'Dell via pin
2/6/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium – Bobby Managoff fought Stan Stasiak to a draw Tony Borne defeated Marcel DuPont (17:15) Pampero Firpo defeated Maurice LaPointe in three falls Bill Miller defeated Don Leo Jonathan in three falls (33:53) Att: 1,536
2/8/62 Rochester, MN Death Match Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel AWA Champion Mr. M beat Tiny Mills dq Joe Scarpello drew Nikita Kalmikoff Referee: Roy Collins Att: 2,800
2/9/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Mr. M beat Bulldog Brower 2/3 1 Brower pinned Mr. M in 22:00 2 Mr. M beat Brower by submission in 5:00 3 Mr. M beat Brower Yukon Eric beat Karl Von Schoberg Bob Geigel drew Joe Scarpello Duke Hoffman (sub Eddie Sharkey) beat Nikita Kalmikoff dq Att: 6,000 Promoter: Alex Turk Note: Once again no mention of the AWA Title in the Winnipeg Free Press. The lose two falls and be unmasked gimmick was still being pushed.
2/10/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Bob Geigel beat Tiny Mills dq Larry Hennig drew Stan Kowalski 30:00 Duke Hoffman beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 19:00 Don Jardine beat Karl Von Schober dq
2/13/62 Minneapolis, MN Yukon Eric beat AWA Champion Mr. M COR Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski beat Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman to win the AWA Tag Team Title Joe Scarpello beat Karl Von Schoberg via pin Nikita Kalmikoff beat Don Jardine via pin
2/14/62 Fargo, ND Yukon Eric beat Nikita Kalmikoff Bob Geigel beat Aldo Bogni Stan Kowalski beat Duke Hoffman
2/15/62 Rochester, MN Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mr. M dq Bob Geigel beat Joe Scarpello Yukon Eric beat Nikita Kalmikoff Referee: Roy Collins Att: 1,100
2/16/62 Winona, MN @ National Guard Armory Referee Joe Snyder AWA Champion Mr M beat Tiny Mills 2/3 1. Mr M beat Mills with a hangman’s hold 2. Mills pinned Mr M 3. Mr M pinned Mills Bob Geigel beat Joe Scarpello 2/3 1. Geigel beat Scarpello 2. Scarpello pinned Geigel after an airplane spin 3. Geigel pinned Scarpello Nikita Kalmikoff beat Duke Hoffman via pin Att: SRO 1,000
2/17/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee: Butch Levy US Champion Pat O'Connor beat Bob Geigel dq Duke Hoffman beat Stan Kowalski Larry Hennig beat Tiny Mills Don Jardine beat Roy Collins Att: 2,193
2/20/62 Minneapolis, MN Pat O'Connor drew AWA Champion Mr. M 60:00 AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski beat Joe Scarpello & Tiny Mills Nikita Kalmikoff beat Roy Collins Duke Hoffman beat Jack Daniels
2/20/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Emil Dusek defeated Chief Little Eagle (12:03) Bobby Managoff defeated Corsica Joe (16:27) Ernie Dusek defeated Killer Karl Kox via CO in three falls Tony Borne defeated Pampero Firpo in three falls (23:52) Att: 940
2/21/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Bob Brown AWA Champion Mr. M beat Yukon Eric on a 3rd fall dq 1 Mr. M pinned Eric after a top rope knee drop 2 Eric beat Mr. M with a bear hug 3 Eric was dq’ed Pat O'Connor beat Karl Schoberg 2-0 Duke Hoffman beat Ray Collins Joe Scarpello beat Crusher Stan Kowalski dq Promoter: Alex Turk Note: Once again no mention of the AWA Title in the Winnipeg Free Press. The lose two falls and be unmasked gimmick was still being pushed.
2/22/62 Rochester, MN Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Yukon Eric & Tiny Mills dq Joe Scarpello beat Karl Von Schober Duke Hoffman beat Don Jardine Referee: Roy Collins att: 1,300
2/23/62 New Ulm, MN Stan Kowalski beat Tiny Mills
2/24/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Yukon Eric no contest Bob Geigel Tiny Mills beat Don Jardine Doug Gilbert beat Karl Von Schober Duke Hoffman beat Aldo Bogni
2/27/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mr. M beat Yukon Eric Duke Hoffman beat Nikita Kalmikoff Joe Scarpello beat Aldo Bogni via pin Barb Baker beat Kay Noble Doug Gilbert beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Att: 3,001
2/28/62 Fargo, ND Stan Kowalski & Nikita Kalmikoff beat Joe Scarpello & Yukon Eric Bob Geigel beat Duke Hoffman Tiny Mills beat Aldo Bogni
3/1/62 Rochester, MN Lumberjack Match Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Yukon Eric & Tiny Mills Joe Scarpello beat Duke Hoffman Doug Gilbert beat Roy Collins att: 1,700
3/2/62 Austin, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski beat Tiny Mills & Larry Hennig 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Nikita Kalmikoff 2/3 Stan Kowalski beat Larry Hennig in 16:00
3/3/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski beat Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman Doug Gilbert beat Roy Collins in 17:10 Nikita Kalmikoff beat Gene Anderson via pin in 12:13 Eddie Sharkey beat Blackjack Daniels dq in 20:30 Att: 1,778
3/9/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott AWA Champion Mr. M no contest Yukon Eric in 3rd fall 1 Mr. M pinned Eric in 19:43 2 Mr. M was dq’ed in 3:30 3 Walcott ended the match when both wrestlers took the match out of the ring. Bob Geigel beat Nikita Kalmikoff 2-0 Joe Scarpello beat Ray Collins Doug Gilbert beat Tony Nero Att: “the throng neared 4,000 strong” Note: Once again no mention of the AWA Title in the Winnipeg Free Press. The lose two falls and be unmasked gimmick was still being pushed.
3/10/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Mr. M beat Larry Hennig via pin in 23:10 by using his loaded mask Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel 2/3 Tiny Mills beat Karl Von Schoberg Duke Hoffman beat Tony Nero via pin in 16:03 Att: 2,392
3/12/62 Mason City, IA @ Roosevelt Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mr M vs Tiny Mills 2/3 60:00 Bob Geigel vs Duke Hoffman Blackjack Daniels vs Don Jardine
3/13/62 Minneapolis, MN Non Title Match Doug Gilbert beat AWA Champion Mr. M in 16:52 collecting $2,000 for pinning M in less than 20 minutes Women's Champion June Byers beat Kay Noble Tiny Mills no contest Stan Kowalski Bob Geigel beat Duke Hoffman via pin Joe Scarpello beat Karl Von Schoberg via pin Att: 4,257
3/13/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Chief Little Eagle defeated Corsica Joe (12:18) Tarzan Tyler defeated Thor Hagen (19:33) Bobby Managoff fought Rocky Hamilton to a draw (45:00) Steel Cage Match: Killer Karl Kox defeated The Sheik via DQ in three falls Att: 2,065
3/14/62 Fargo, ND Joe Scarpello beat Nikita Kalmikoff June Byers beat Barbara Baker Stan Kowalski beat Roy Collins Tiny Mills beat Karl Von Schoberg
3/14/62 Mankato, MN Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Doug Gilbert & Larry Hennig Duke Hoffman beat Blackjack Daniels Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel dq
3/15/62 Rochester, MN Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat Mr. M & Bob Geigel Women’s Champion June Byers beat Barbara Baker Joe Scarpello beat Nikita Kalmikoff Att: 1,400
3/17/62 St. Paul, MN Special Referee: Larry Hennig AWA Champion Mr. M beat Verne Gagne dq Doug Gilbert & Pat O'Connor beat Roy Collins & Stan Kowalski Women’s Champion June Byers beat Barbara Baker Nikita Kalmikoff beat Duke Hoffman Att: 9,457
3/21/62 Fargo, ND Stan Kowalski & Bob Geigel beat Tiny Mills & Joe Scarpello
3/22/62 Rochester, MN Death Match Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert Dale Lewis beat Duke Hoffman Roy Collins beat Karl Von Schober Referee: Floyd Ude Att: 1,700
3/22/62 Grand Forks, ND Tiny Mills beat Larry Hennig Kay Noble beat Barbara Baker Nikita Kalmikoff no contest Joe Scarpello
3/24/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Doug Gilbert beat Nikita Kalmikoff 2/3 Joe Scarpello beat Stan Kowalski in 16:02 Bob Geigel beat Dale Lewis via pin in 15:15 Tiny Mills beat Duke Hoffman via pin in 17:12 Att: 1,712
3/27/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mr. M drew Doug Gilbert 60:00 Dale Lewis beat Stan Kowalski Little Beaver & Brown Panther beat Fuzzy Cupid & Sky Low Low Nikita Kalmikoff drew Duke Hoffman Att: 3,800
3/27/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ernie Dusek fought Ivan Gorky to a draw Johnny Kostas defeated Tarzan Tyler Judy Glover defeated Dot Dotson in two straight falls Texas Death Match: Tony Borne defeated Killer Karl Kox Att: 2,146
3/28/62 Fargo, ND AWA Champion Mr. M beat Joe Scarpello Little Beaver & Brown Panther beat Sky Low Low & Fuzzy Cupid Dale Lewis beat Karl Von Schoberg
3/28/62 Winona, MN @ National Guard Armory Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel 2/3 1 Geigel pinned Gagne in 25:00 2 Gagne beat Geigel with a sleeper hold in 10:00 3 Gagne pinned Geigel in 20:00 Barbara Baker beat Kay Noble 2/3 1 Baker pinned Noble in 20:00 2 Noble pinned Baker in 20:00 after a drop kick 3 Baker pinned Noble with a cradle Doug Gilbert beat Roy Collins via pin in 25:00 Att: “900 fans”
3/29/62 New Ulm, MN Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel
3/30/62 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Joe Scarpello vs Nikita Kalmikoff 2/3 60:00 Barbara Baker vs Millie Stafford 2/3 45:00 Jack Daniels vs Ed Sharkey 30:00
3/30/62 Mabel, MN @ High School Tiny Mills vs Bob Geigel Fuzzy Cupid vs Little Beaver Ricky Lopez vs Karl Von Schober
3/30/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mr. M on a reverse decision 3rd fall dq 1. Mr. M beat Gagne by submission with a Hangman's hold 2. Gagne beat Mr. M with a Sleeper Hold 3. Mr. M apparently beat Gagne by submission with a Boston Crab but Frenchy Champagne, Doug Gilbert and Larry Hennig alerted referee Red Eakin that Mr. M used the top rope for illegal leverage and the decision was reversed. Doug Gilbert beat Stan Kowalski Larry Hennig beat Ray Collins Little Beaver & Brown Panther beat Sky Low Low & Fuzzy Cupid 2/3 Att: “over 5,000” Note: Last AWA card under promoter Alex Turk.
From the column Time Out With Maurice Smith in the Winnipeg Free Press dated Saturday March 31, 1962.
Wrestling War?
After 17 years, promoter Alex Turk and the Minneapolis wrestling interests headed by Vern Gagne and Wally Karbo, have come to the parting of the ways. Friday night’s match at the Winnipeg Arena was the last in which Turk will use wrestled supplied by Messrs. Karbo and Gagne. Instead, he (Turk) has formed an alliance with west coast and eastern Canada promoters who will now provide him with grapplers. His first show will take place April 13 with Whipper Watson and Gene Kiniski billed to meet for the Britsh Empire Title now held by Watson.
Meantime, the Minneapolis group will continue to stage bouts in Winnipeg. It is the understanding here that Sam Diamond, local pharmacist, whose place of business is a well known meeting spot for the (Winnipeg) Blue Bombers, will take over as local promoter for Gagne and Karbo. And the best guess is Bud Grant will be standing in the wings watching Promoter Diamond in action.
Any way you wish to look at it, there is now a wrestling war in Winnipeg and it could be fans will see some of the best entertainment ever as the rival factions battle for public favor.
Note: John Cyclone Macalpine became the promoter for the AWA not Sam Diamond.
4/2/62 Austin, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Mr. M beat Tiny Mills Doug Gilbert & Eddie Sharkey beat Pretty Boy Collins & Nikita Kalmikoff 2/3 Eddie Sharkey beat Pretty Boy Collins
4/3/62 Garner, IA AWA Champion Mr. M vs Tiny Mills Bob Geigel vs ? Kay Noble vs Barbara Baker
4/4/62 Mankato, MN Doug Gilbert & Joe Scarpello beat AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski dq Kay Noble beat Barbara Baker Joe Scarpello drew Bob Geigel
4/5/62 Grand Forks, ND Stan Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey Tiny Mills beat Blackjack Daniels Joe Scarpello beat Nikita Kalmikoff
4/5/62 Rochester, MN Bob Geigel beat Doug Gilbert AWA Champion Mr. M beat Dale Lewis Kay Noble beat Barbara Baker Ricki Lopez beat Roy Collins
4/7/62 St. Paul, MN Doug Gilbert & Joe Scarpello beat Mr. M & Stan Kowalski 2/3 Dale Lewis beat Tiny Mills dq Ricky Lopez beat Blackjack Daniels Roy Collins beat Eddie Sharkey Att: 2,211
4/10/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mr. M beat Doug Gilbert AWA Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski beat Dale Lewis & Joe Scarpello Tiny Mills beat Roy Collins via pin Ricky Lopez beat Blackjack Daniels Att: 6,312
4/10/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek defeated Gene Anderson Rocky Hamilton defeated Thor Hagen Bobby Managoff defeated Ivan Gorky in three falls Tony Borne defeated The Sheik via DQ in three falls Att: 1,900
4/11/62 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory AWA Champion Mr. M beat Tiny Mills 2/3 in 24:00 Kay Noble beat Barbara Baker 2/3 in 20:00 Blackjack Daniels beat Floyd Ude in 23:00 Att: 400+
4/13/62 Mason City, IA @ Roosevelt Fieldhouse Non Title Match Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat AWA Tag Team Champions Stan Kowalski & Bob Geigel 2/3 Joe Scarpello beat Dale Lewis on a 2nd fall COR Roy Collins beat Ricky Lopez
4/14/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Mr. M beat Joe Scarpello dq Bob Geigel beat Dale Lewis via pin Doug Gilbert beat Ricky Lopez via pin Buddy Lane beat Bill Green Note: Art Neilson & Stan Neilson were awarded the AWA Tag Team Title by allegedly winning a tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio
4/17/62 Minneapolis, MN Referee Floyd Ude Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Doug Gilbert & Verne Gagne Tiny Mills beat Stan Kowalski dq Joe Scarpello beat Ricky Lopez Dale Lewis beat Roy Collins via pin Att: 4,008
4/17/62 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Chico Santana defeated Tiny Roe Evelyn Stevens defeated Jessica Rogers (13:20) Evelyn Stevens & Tiny Roe defeated Jessica Rogers & Chico Santana in three falls Tony Borne defeated Rocky Hamilton in three falls
4/19/62 Rochester, MN Cage Match, Referee: Bill Kuusisto Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel Tiny Mills & Ricky Lopez beat Stan Kowalski & Roy Collins Joe Scarpello beat Blackjack Daniels Stan Kowalski beat Ricky Lopez Referee: Joe Snyder Att: 1,700 Note: This card was originally scheduled for 4/12/62 but was postponed.
4/21/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Joe Scarpello & Frank Townsend Doug Gilbert beat Stan Krusher Kowalski Bob Rasmussen beat Ivan Gorky via pin Ricky Lopez beat Chief Little Eagle via pin Att: 2,010
4/24/62 Minneapolis, MN Doug Gilbert & Verne Gagne beat Mr. M & Bob Geigel Stan Kowalski drew Joe Scarpello 30:00 Bob Rasmussen beat Tiny Mills dq Roy Collins beat Ricky Lopez via pin Att: 2,739
4/24/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ernie Dusek defeated Ivan Gorky (16:55) Haystack Muldoon defeated Rocky Lee (6:30) Bobby Managoff fought Rocky Hamilton to a draw (45:00) Tony Borne defeated Killer Karl Kox in three falls (27:52) Att: 1,355
4/26/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Lumberjack match, Referee Tiny Mills AWA Champion Mr. M beat Yukon Eric dq Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski 2/3 1 Geigel pinned Gilbert 2 Gilbert pinned Geigel with a victory roll 3 Gagne pinned Stan Krusher Kowalski Joe Scarpello beat Tiny Mills via pin after an airplane spin Roy Collins beat Ricky Lopez in 18:00 Att: “More than 9,000 fans, the second largest crowd in the history of professional wrestling in Winnipeg” Note: First card promoted by John Cyclone Macalpine
4/27/62 New Ulm, MN Bob Rasmussen beat Tiny Mills dq
4/28/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Doug Gilbert beat AWA Champion Mr. M dq Bob Geigel vs Joe Scarpello Bob Rassmussen vs Don Lee Ricky Lopez vs Bill Green Att: 2,367
4/29/62 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski 2/3 1. Geigel & Kowalski won 1st fall 2. Gilbert won 2nd fall 3. Gagne & Gilbert won 3rd fall Joe Scarpello beat Tiny Mills 2/3 1. Mills won 1st fall 2. Scarpello won 2nd fall 3. Scarpello won 3rd fall Doug Gilbert beat Stan Kowalski dq Att: 600
5/1/62 Minneapolis, MN Referee Floyd Ude Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat AWA Tag Team Champions Art Neilson & Stan Neilson dq AWA Champion Mr. M beat Bobby Managoff in 27:21 Bob Geigel beat Stan Stasiak via pin in 19:32 Joe Scarpello beat Don Lee in 14:57 Att: 2,924
5/2/62 Albert Lea, MN AWA Champion Mr. M beat Tiny Mills
5/3/62 Rochester, MN Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert & Tiny Mills beat Mr. M & Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski Joe Scarpello beat Don Lee Doug Gilbert drew Stan Kowalski Referee: Bill Kuusisto Att: 1,400
5/4/62 Webster Armory, SD Joe Scarpello vs Stan Kowalski Note: This card may have been held in Aberdeen.
5/5/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Frank Townsend beat AWA Champion Mr M dq Bob Geigel beat Joe Scarpello 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Ricky Lee via pin Stan Kowalski beat Ricky Lopez Att: 2,100
5/11/62 Lime Springs, IA @ LeRoy High School Gym Mr. M & Bob Geigel vs Doug Gilbert & Tiny Mills 2/3 60:00 Joe Scarpello vs Ricky Lopez 2/3 45:00 Bob Geigel vs Doug Gilbert 20:00
5/15/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Rocky Hamilton fought Johnny Kostas to a draw Ernie Dusek defeated Roy Collins (19:58) Bobby Managoff defeated Killer Karl Kox via DQ in three falls (21:07) World Tag Team Champions Art Neilson & Stan Neilson defeated Tony Borne & Leo Newman in three falls (26:10) Att: 1,781
5/19/62 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Mr. M dcor Pat O'Connor Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert drew AWA Tag Team Champions Art & Stan Neilson Joe Scarpello beat Stan Kowalski via pin in 16:00 Bob Geigel beat Giant Geno Morrello (Gino Marella?) in 14:15 Cowboy Bradley & Chico Santana beat Tiny Tinker & Pedro ?
5/20/62 Hurley, WI @ J.E. Murphy Gym AWA Champion Mr. M vs Doug Gilbert Joe Scarpello vs Bob Geigel Annette Palmer vs Kay Noble
5/22/62 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Judy Glover defeated Beverly Lehmer Millie Stafford defeated Barbara Baker via DQ Millie Stafford & Judy Glover defeated Barbara Baker & Beverly Lehmer in three falls Ernie Dusek & Jack Pesek defeated Tony Borne & Leo Newman in three falls
5/25/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Floyd Ude AWA Champion Mr. M beat Verne Gagne 2/3 1 Mr. M beat Gagne in 11:00 2 Gagne beat Mr. M in 5:00 3 Mr. M pinned Gagne after Bob Geigel interfered Referee Frenchy Champagne Doug Gilbert & Pat O'Connor beat Bob Geigel & Don Leo Jonathan on a 3rd fall dq 1 Geigel beat Gilbert in 15:00 2 Gilbert beat Geigel in 5:00 3 Geigel was dq’ed for hitting O’Connor with a chair Joe Scarpello beat Stan Stasiak in 18:00 Stan Kowalski beat Tiny Mills Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine
5/26/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Mr. M beat Tiny Mills via pin in 13:00 Pat O'Connor beat Bob Geigel 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Stan Kowalski dq Joe Scarpello beat Stan Stasiak 14:20 Att: 2,044
5/29/62 Minneapolis, MN Pat O'Connor beat AWA Champion Mr. M dq Doug Gilbert drew Bob Geigel 30:00 Thor Hagen beat Tiny Mills via pin in 19:05 Joe Scarpello drew Stan Kowalski 20:00 Att: 2,894
5/30/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bobby Managoff defeated Roy Collins (15:13) Killer Karl Kox fought Pierre LaSalle to a draw Rocky Hamilton defeated Tony Borne via DQ Central States Women’s Champion Millie Stafford defeated Judy Glover in three falls World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Bill Miller via DQ in three falls Att: 3,179
6/2/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Joe Scarpello & Doug Gilbert Larry Hennig beat Gene Anderson with his new sleeper hold in 8:46 Tiny Mills beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 15:00 Thor Hagen drew Stan Kowalski 30:00 Att: 1,917
6/9/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Joe Scarpello & Doug Gilbert Larry Hennig beat Steve Druk via pin in 7:30 Stan Kowalski beat Jackie Nichols in 19:50 Thor Hagen beat Blackjack Daniels in 18:10 Att: 1,828
6/12/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mr. M beat Larry Hennig Pat O'Connor & Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski Joe Scarpello drew Crybaby Cannon 30:00 Jack Pesek beat Jackie Nichols via pin
6/13/62 Austin, MN @ Mancusen Park Pat O’Connor vs Bob Geigel 2/3 60:00 Doug Gilbert vs Thor Hagen 2/3 45:00 Joe Scarpello vs Jackie Nichols 30:00
6/16/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Doug Gilbert beat AWA Champion Mr. M dq Larry Hennig beat Tiny Mills via pin in 17:45 Thor Hagen beat Crybaby Cannon dq Bill Wright drew Jackie Nichols Att: 1,902
6/19/62 Minneapolis, MN Larry Hennig beat AWA Champion Mr. M dq Doug Gilbert beat Crybaby Cannon in 15:36 Kay Noble beat Jessica Rogers via pin Jack Pesek beat Stan Kowalski Joe Scarpello beat Jackie Nichols Att: 2,570
6/26/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mr. M beat Larry Hennig in 16:49 Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel & Crybaby Cannon Joe Scarpello beat Stan Kowalski via pin in 15:15 Jack Pesek drew Jackie Nichols 20:00 Att: 3,229
6/28/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Canadian Open Tag-Team Tournament First Round Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Sandor Kovacs & Jack Pesek Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat Blackjack Daniels & Bill Wright Ilio DiPaolo & Joe Scarpello beat Stan Krusher Kowalski & George Cannon Don Leo Jonathan & Larry Hennig beat Zinda Pasha & Ali Baba Semi Finals Referee Bob Brown Mr. M & Bob Geigel beat Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert dq when Gagne refused to quit using his fists Ilio DiPaolo & Joe Scarpello beat Don Leo Jonathan & Larry Hennig when Hennig could not continue due to an injured leg Finals, Referee Frenchy Champagne Ilio DiPaolo & Joe Scarpello beat Mr. M & Bob Geigel 2/3 to become the first AWA Canadian Open Tag Team Champions 1 Geogel beat Scarpello 2 Scarpello pinned Mr. M after an airplane spin 3 DiPaulo pinned Geigel
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/6/62 Bemidji, MN Verne Gagne & Joe Scarpello beat Mr. M & Bob Geigel dq
7/8/62 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Doug Gilbert won a 12 man battle royal by eliminating Bob Geigel Doug Gilbert beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Kay Noble beat Mars Monroe Bob Geigel beat Thor Hagan Larry Hennig beat Bill Wright Att: 3,853 Notes: This card was originally scheduled for July 7, 1962 but was rained out. Verne Gagne also competed in the battle royal.
7/10/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mr. M beat Joe Scarpello COR Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel in 25:58 Ilio DiPaolo beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 9:42 Doug Gilbert beat Thor Hagen via pin in 22:03 Bill Wright drew Jackie Nichols 20:00 Att: 3,280
7/12/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Non Title Cage match, Referee Thor Hagen Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mr. M and unmasked him as Bill Miller Don Leo Jonathan vs Stan Krusher Kowalski was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Ilio DiPaolo (sub Doug Gilbert) drew Bob Geigel when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall Doug Gilbert beat Blackjack Daniels in 20:00 Joe Scarpello beat Bill Wright (sub Jackie Nichols) in 12:00 Jackie Nichols (sub Crybaby Cannon) drew Thor Hagen Att: “crowd of well over 5,500 fans”
7/17/62 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert (sub Joe Scarpello in 3rd fall) beat Mr. M & Bob Geigel Doug Gilbert beat Jackie Nichols Ilio DiPaolo beat Stan Kowalski Moose Evans beat Blackjack Daniels Att: 2,862
7/18/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Roy Collins defeated Frank Townsend (14:04) Sonny Myers defeated Rocky Hamilton via DQ in three falls (32:33) Handicap Match: Don Leo Jonathan defeated Tony Borne & Leo Newman in three falls (18:08) Att: 2,560
7/20/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Bill Miller & Bob Geigel beat Ilio DiPaolo & Joe Scarpello 2/3 to win the Canadian Open Tag Team Title 1 Geigel pinned Scarpello 2 Scarpello pinned Geigel in 2:00 after an airplane spin 3 Geigel pinned Scarpello Doug Gilbert beat Tiny Mills Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig in 5:00 Jackie Nichols beat Johnny King
7/24/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mr M drew Doug Gilbert 60:00 Ilio DiPaolo beat Tiny Mills via pin in 9:10 Moose Evans beat Bill Wright Thor Hagen beat Jackie Nichols via pin Jack Lanza beat Blackjack Daniels Att: 2,603
7/31/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mr. M beat Moose Evans dq Ilio Dipaolo & Joe Scarpello beat Bob Geigel & Blackjack Daniels Jack Nichols drew Bill Wright Jack Lanza beat Johnny King Att: 4,528
8/7/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Danny Plechas fought Sonny Myers to a draw (20:00) Bobby Managoff defeated Jack Daniels (14:12) Doug Gilbert fought Stan Kowalski to a draw in three falls (45:00) Bill Miller defeated Dan Evans via DQ in three falls Att: 1,980
8/9/62 Austin, MN @ Mower County Fairgrounds Mr M & Bob Geigel beat Doug Gilbert & Joe Scarpello 2/3 1. Mr M beat Gilbert with a Sleeper Hold 2. Gilbert pinned Mr M 3. Geigel pinned Scarpello Moose Evans beat Ilio DiPaulo dq Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel by submission with a Boston Crab in 14:03
8/10/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Cage Match, Referee Bob Brown Bill Miller & Bob Geigel beat Ilio DiPaolo & Joe Scarpello when Miller pinned Scarpello in the 3rd fall Doug Gilbert beat Roy Collins (sub Thor Hagen) in 30:00 Moose Evans beat Tiny Mills in 19:11 Jack Lanza (sub Jackie Nichols) beat Bill Wright dq Att: “crowd of around 2,000”
8/14/62 Beatrice, NE – Gage County Fairgrounds Jack Pesek fought Stan Kowalski to a draw (30:00) Evelyn Stevens defeated Jessica Rogers in three falls World Heavyweight Champion Fritz Von Erich defeated Rocky Hamilton in three falls
8/21/62 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne beat Mr. M via pin to regain AWA Title and unmasked Mr. M as Bill Miller Moose Evans & Tiny Mills beat Ilio Dipaolo & Joe Scarpello Bob Geigel drew Doug Gilbert Jack Lanza beat Bill Wright via pin Att: 7,653
8/28/62 Minneapolis, MN Bill Miller beat Bob Geigel via pin in 24:30 Moose Evans beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 16:32 Ilio DiPaolo drew Doug Gilbert 30:00 Larry Hennig beat Bill Wright Jack Lanza beat Blackjack Daniels Att: 2,842
9/3/62 Fonda, IA @ Ball Park AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs The Shiek 2/3 60:00 Bobby Managoff vs Danny Plechas Jack Pesek vs Rocky Hamilton
9/8/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ilio DiPaolo via pin in 20:02 Bill Miller beat Bob Geigel in 31:18 Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Crusher beat Floyd Ude via pin Doug Gilbert beat Johnny King via pin Att: 4,150 Note: The September 8, 1962 card marked the AWA debut of Reggie "The Crusher" Lisowski
9/13/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Gene Kiniski beat Bill Miller 0-1 cnc 1 Miller beat Kiniski with a sleeper hold 2 Between falls, Kiniski attacked Miller and Bill was unable to answer the bell for the 2nd fall. Verne Gagne & Whipper Billy Watson beat Bulldog Brower & The Outlaw 2/3 The Krusher beat Jack Allen Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Doug Gilbert Moose Evans beat Jack Lanza Roy McClarty beat Bill Wright Att: “ 5,000-odd spectators” Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine Note: The ads and results clippings from the Winnipeg Free Press just say The Krusher. So it might be Lisowski or possibly Stan Kowalski. I’m thinking Lisowski because Reggie made his AWA debut 5 days earlier in Minneapolis.
9/15/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Bill Miler & Crybaby Cannon beat Doug Gilbert & Larry Hennig Crusher beat Jack Allen in 11:30 Cowboy Cassidy beat Irish Jackie in 11:50 Att: 2,087
9/16/62 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Johnny King Fuzzy Cupid beat Pancho Lopez Bill Miller beat Kenny Jay Crusher beat Steve Druk
9/17/62 Austin, MN @ Armory Referee Joe Snyder Bill Miller beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 1. Miller won 1st fall in 12:00 2. Gilbert won 2nd fall in 2:55 3. Miller won 3rd fall in 7:02 Sonny Boy Cassidy & Pancho Lopez beat Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie 2/3 1. Cupid pinned Cassidy in 9:30 2. Cassidy pinned Irish Jackie in 7:02 3. Lopez pinned Cupid in 5:00 after an airplane spin Big John "Moose" Evans beat Johnny King with a bear hug in 15:02
9/18/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Miller 2/3 The Crusher beat Jack Lanza Moose Evens beat Crybaby Cannon Doug Gilbert beat Ox Olson Att: 2,881
8/21/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Sonny Myers fought Lee Henning to a draw Stan Kowalski defeated Roy Collins Thor Hagen defeated Taro Myaki Texas Death Match: Fritz Von Erich fought Don Leo Jonathan to a no contest Att: 2,883
9/4/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Stan Kowalski vs. Danny Plechas Bobby Managoff vs. Roy Collins Judy Glover & Evelyn Stevens defeated Jessica Rogers & Ann Regan in three falls (26:18) Don Leo Jonathan defeated The Sheik via CO in three falls Att: 1,869
9/22/62 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center The Crusher vs Doug Gilbert Moose Evans vs George Cannon Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie vs Tiny Tim & Farmer Pete
9/25/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Guy Mitchell fought Danny Plechas to a draw Haystack Muldoon defeated Black Jack Dillon (9:15) Don Leo Jonathan defeated Stan Kowalski via DQ in three falls Fritz Von Erich defeated Bobby Managoff in three falls A free show sponsored by the local TV station. Att: 5,820
9/26/62 Mankato, MN Jack Lanza (sub Crusher) beat Tiny Mills Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Doug Gilbert beat Crybaby Cannon Rocky Hamilton beat Johnny King
9/27/62 Boston, MA @ Garden AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall COR Dr. Bill Miller beat Ricky Sexton (sub Pat O'Connor) The Yankee Bulls vs Kenny Ackles & Paddy Sullivan (said to be for the "East Coast Tag Team championship.") Johnny Cannon vs "Cowboy" Cal West Antone "Ripper" Leone vs Ricky Sexton Promoter: Dom Papaleo Referee: Tom McNeeley for main event Note: Sexton was a substitute for Pat O'Connor.
9/29/62 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Bill Miller dq Moose Evans & Tiny Mills beat Jack Lanza & Larry Hennig Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Allen Crybaby Cannon drew Steve Druk
10/3/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Gene Kiniski beat Bill Miller 2/3 1 Miller beat Kiniski in 3:00 2 Kiniski beat Miller in 3:00 3 Kiniski beat Miller by submission in 6:00 with a step over toe hold AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Hard Boiled Haggerty Hercules Cortez beat Tiny Mills in 3:00 Doug Gilbert beat Johnny King (sub The Crusher) in 17:00 Moose Evans beat George Cannon Notes: The Winnipeg Free Press stated Miller was wearing his mask. Gagne’s AWA Title was not mentioned in any of the clippings.
10/3/62 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Bobby Managoff vs. Guy Mitchell Peggy Allen vs. Evelyn Stevens Haystack Muldoon vs. Stan Kowalski
10/6/62 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Doug Gilbert Saloon Match Crusher beat Bill Miller (Crusher aided by Rocky Hamilton) in 22:00 Jack Lanza beat Crybaby Cannon Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Allen Larry Hennig beat Tiny Mills Att: 7,320
10/10/62 Mankato, MN Crusher beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Sonny Boy Cassidy & Pablo Lopes beat Irish Jackie & Billy the Kid Jack Lanza beat Crybaby Cannon
10/11/62 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory Referee Hal Masem The Crusher beat Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall COR Doug Gilbert beat Moose Evans on a 3rd fall dq Crybaby George Cannon vs Johnny King
10/13/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Antonino Rocca & Doug Gilbert beat Moose Evans & Tiny Mills Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin Rocky Hamilton beat Angelo Savoldi Jack Allen beat Crybaby Cannon dq Att: 2,541
10/15/62 Fargo, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Miller Crusher beat Doug Gilbert Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Allen Moose Evans beat George Cannon
10/16/62 Minneapolis, MN Antonino Rocca beat Stan Kowalski in 21:04 Rocky Hamilton dcor Bill Miller Crusher beat Tiny Mills in 8:32 Jack Lanza beat Angelo Savoldi via pin Jack Allen beat George Cannon via pin Att: 3,048
10/16/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Danny Plechas vs. Thor Hagen Pierre Robert vs. Guy Mitchell Evelyn Stevens vs. Ann Regan Bobby Managoff & Doug Gilbert defeated World Tag Team Champions Art Neilson & Stan Neilson via DQ in three falls Att: 1,178
10/17/62 Boston, MA @ Garden AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Dr. Bill Miller 60:00 Promoter: Dom Papaleo Referee: Tom McNeeley main event
10/18/62 Kansas City, KS @ Memorial Hall Pat O’Connor & Sonny Myers vs Bob Geigel & Lee Henning AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Bob Orton Bulldog Danny Plechas vs Red Bastien Matt Jewell vs Fred Hackenschmidt Note: Gagne's AWA Title not mentioned in ad.
10/19/62 Rochester, MN Argentina Rocca & Doug Gilbert beat Tiny Mills & Moose Evans 2/3 Crusher beat Jack Lanza 2-0 Rocky Hamilton beat Angelo Savoldi via pin Att: 1,000
10/19/62 St. Joseph, MO @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel 2/3 US Champion Pat O’Connor beat Lee Henning 2/3 Sonny Myers dcor Bob Orton Thor Hagen beat Danny Plechas dq Matt Jewell beat George Anderson Att: 2,600 Note: Gagne billed as world heavyweight champion.
10/20/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Argentina Rocca & Doug Gilbert beat Rocky Hamilton & Kurt Von Brawner Dick Steinborn beat Angelo Savoldi Floyd Ude beat Crybaby Cannon dq Jack Lanza beat Johnny King via pin
10/23/62 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Doug Gilbert via pin in 15:32 Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Lanza via pin in 19:42 Dick Steinborn beat Kurt Von Brawner Tiny Mills beat Jack Allen via pin Larry Hennig beat Crybaby Cannon via pin in 17:01 Att: 1,601
10/24/62 Fargo, ND Crusher beat Doug Gilbert Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Lanza Jack Allen beat George Cannon Kurt Von Brawner beat Eddie Sharkey
10/24/62 Mankato, MN Dick Steinborn & Larry Hennig beat Moose Evans & Tiny Mills dq Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe Dick Steinborn beat Tiny Mills
10/26/62 Austin, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 1. Crusher pinned Gilbert in 14:30 2. Gilbert pinned Crusher in 9:10 3. Crusher pinned Gilbert Dick Steinborn beat Rocky Hamilton on a 3rd fall dq Jack Lanza beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin in 17:40 Referee Jack Allen
10/27/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Bob Geigel Moose Evans beat George Cannon Doug Gilbert beat Kurt Von Brawner Dick Steinborn beat Johnny King Jack Allen beat Jack Daniels Att: 2,235
10/30/62 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Moose Evans Rocky Hamilton beat Tiny Mills via pin in 9:52 Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat George Cannon & Kurt Von Brawner Larry Hennig drew Jack Lanza 30:00 Att: 3,431
11/2/62 St. Cloud, MN Doug Gilbert vs Rocky Hamilton Crusher vs Jack Lanza Dick Steinborn vs Kurt Von Brawner
11/3/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Rocky Hamilton & Bob Geigel beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn dq Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brawner with a bear hug Larry Hennig beat Crybaby Cannon in 16:00 Jack Lanza beat Bob Sabre in 15:10 Att: 2,103
11/6/62 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium Promotor Ralph Sheets AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Pierre Robert 2/3 Kathy Starr beat Christy Clark (sub Evelyn Stevens) 2/3 Guy Mitchell drew Krusher Kowalski
11/6/62 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Moose Evans in 10:47 Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Bob Geigel & Rocky Hamilton 2/3 Jack Lanza beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin in 9:09 Jack Allen drew Crybaby Cannon 20:00 Att: 3,869
11/6/62 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Guy Mitchell fought Stan Kowalski to a draw Kathy Starr defeated Christa Clark in three falls World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Pierre Robert in three falls
11/7/62 Fargo, ND Crusher beat Bob Geigel Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Dick Steinborn beat George Cannon Kurt Von Brawner beat Jack Allen
11/8/62 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory Rocky Hamilton beat Doug Gilbert on a 3rd fall dq The Crusher beat Larry Hennig 2/3 1. Crusher beat Hennig 2. Hennig beat Crusher 3. Crusher beat Hennig Dick Steinborn beat Johnny King via pin in 20:00 Referee Jack Allen
11/9/62 Winona, MN @ Cathoilic Recreation Center The Crusher beat Larry Hennig (sub Moose Evans) 2/3 Jack Lanza beat Kurt Von Brawner 2/3 Eddie Sharkey (sub Larry Hennig) beat Johnny King via pin in 25:00
11/10/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Doug Gilbert COR Rocky Hamilton beat Dick Steinborn via pin Jack Lanza beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Jack Allen beat Johnny King via pin Larry Hennig vs Moose Evans Referee Eddie Sharkey Att: 2,433
11/10/62 Waterloo, IA @ Hippodrome Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Tarzan Tyler 2/3 Lee Henning & Tiny Mills vs Bob Geigel & Ray Gordon Lumberjack Match The Vulture vs Ralph Bartleman Tiny Roe vs Cowboy Bradley Ray Gordon vs Lee Henning
11/13/62 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Moose Evans in 11:42 Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Ivan Zukov & Bob Orton Larry Hennig beat Crybaby Cannon Jack Allen beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Att: 4,085
11/14/62 Mankato, MN Dick Steinborn beat Moose Evans dq Larry Hennig & Jack Allen beat Blackjack Daniels & Kurt Von Brawner Larry Hennig beat Kurt Von Brawner
11/14/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Guy Mitchell fought Pierre Robert to a draw Jack Pesek defeated Stan Kowalski via DQ Bobby Managoff defeated Ivan Zukoff in three falls (18:02) Bill Miller defeated The Crusher via DQ in three falls Att: 1,280
11/15/62 Rochester, MN Rocky Hamilton beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Crusher beat Larry Hennig in 12:30 Dick Steinborn beat Crybaby Cannon via pin in 15:21 Moose Evans beat Jack Lanza in 14:41 att: 1,100
11/18/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher won a 12 man battle royal Blackjack Daniels beat Jack Allen via pin in 13:15 Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay Pee Wee James beat Farmer Pete Att: 3,576
11/20/62 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory Rocky Hamilton beat Dick Steinborn 2/3 1. Hamilton pinned Steinborn 2. Steiborn pinned Hamilton 3. Hamilton pinned Steinborn Pee Wee James & Mars Monroe beat Farmer Pete & Annette Palmer 2/3 Farmer Pete beat Pee Wee James
11/21/62 Fargo, ND Crusher beat Moose Evans Annette Palmer & Farmer Pete beat Mars Monroe & Pee Wee James Dick Steinborn beat Kurt Von Brawner
11/22/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Moose Evans 2/3 Battle of the K(C)rushers, Loser no longer can use the name K(C)rusher Crusher beat Krusher Stan Kowalski via pin in 12:22 Farmer Pete & Nan Regen beat Pee Wee James & Mars Monroe Jack Lanza beat Crybaby Cannon via pin in 16:13
11/22/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Pierre Robert defeated Ivan Zukoff Guy Mitchell defeated Lee Henning Evelyn Stevens defeated Kathy Starr Pat O’Connor fought Don Leo Jonathan to a draw in three falls (60:00) Att: 1,500
11/22/62 Rochester, MN Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Rocky Hamilton & Blackjack Daniels 2/3 Annette Palmer & Christa Clark beat Mars Monroe & Adrian Ames Rocky Hamilton drew Doug Gilbert Referee: Larry Hennig att: 1,800
11/23/62 St. Joseph, MO @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Sonny Myers Bob Geigel vs Red Bastien Nelson Royal vs Thor Hagen Tiny Mills vs Bill Dromo Roy Collins vs Stan Stasiak Note: Gagne billed as world heavyweight champion.
11/23/62 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee: Frenchy Champagne Yukon Eric beat Gene Kiniski on a 3rd fall dq Crusher beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Dick Steinborn vs Kurt Von Brawner was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping. Farmer Pete beat Pee Wee James in 17:00 Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Lanza? Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine Note: The results clipping from the Winnipeg Free Press states “Rocky Hamilton won the opener.” Jack Lanza was his advertised opponent.
11/24/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Moose Evans ddq Rocky Hamilton Doug Gilbert beat Karl Von Schober Farmer Pete & Annette Palmer beat Pee Wee James & Mars Monroe Jack Lanza beat Jack Allen via pin
11/29/62 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory Referee Larry Hennig Rocky Hamilton beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Referee Hal Masem Larry Hennig beat Crybaby Cannon via pin Jack Lanza beat Blackjack Daniels
11/29/62 Grand Forks, ND Crusher beat Dick Steinborn Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brawner Jack Allen beat John King
11/30/62 St Cloud, MN Crusher (sub Verne Gagne) beat Doug Gilbert 2-0 Moose Evans (sub Crusher) beat Larry Hennig Dick Steinborn beat Crybaby Cannon via pin
12/1/62 St Paul, MN Crusher beat Bob Geigel Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Rocky Hamilton & ? dq Karl Von Schoberg beat Crybaby Cannon via pin Jack Allen beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Att: 2,531
12/4/62 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Moose Evans 2/3 Crusher beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Kurt Von Brawner & Karl Von Schober Jack Lanza beat Jack Allen Att: 5,003
12/4/62 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ernie Dusek fought Pierre Robert to a draw Guy Mitchell defeated Danny Plechas via DQ (17:35) Bobby Managoff defeated Stan Kowalski in three falls (31:55) Don Leo Jonathan defeated The Sheik via DQ in three falls (13:30) Att: 2,000
12/5/62 Fargo, ND Crusher beat Moose Evans Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Larry Hennig & Rocky Hamilton Rocky Hamilton beat Dick Steinborn
12/6/62 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center Referee Joe Snyder The Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 Rocky Hamilton beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Dick Steinborn beat Jack Allen via pin Att: “near capacity crowd”
12/7/62 Forest City, IA @ City Auditorium Rocky Hamilton vs Doug Gilbert 2/3 60:00 Moose Evans vs Larry Hennig 2/3 45:00 Jack Allen vs Kurt Von Brawner 30:00
12/8/62 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Bobby Managoff via pin Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Larry Hennig & Karl Von Schober (sub Rocky Hamilton) Gene Anderson beat Kurt Von Brawner Crybaby Cannon beat Jack Allen in 13:25 Att: 2,078
12/11/62 Minneapolis, MN Crusher no contest Rocky Hamilton Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Boris Volkoff & Nicoli Volkoff Moose Evans beat Firpo Zbyszko Jack Lanza beat John King
12/13/62 Rochester, MN Rocky Hamilton beat Moose Evans in 12:46 Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Larry Hennig & Stan Kowalski Jack Lanza beat Jack Allen in 12:32 Referee: George Crybaby Cannon att: 1,647
12/16/62 St. Paul, MN Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Art Neilson & Stan Neilson to win AWA Tag Team Title Crusher beat Moose Evans Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Lanza Larry Hennig beat Jack Allen via pin Stan Kowalski beat John King Att: 5,657
12/18/62 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Rocky Hamilton AWA Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski & Larry Hennig Moose Evans beat Bob Orton Jack Lanza beat Karl Von Schoeber
12/19/62 Fargo, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Kurt Von Brawner & Karl Von Schoberg Butch Levy beat Moose Evans Doug Gilbert beat Karl Von Schoburg dq Dick Steinborn beat Kurt Von Brawner
12/22/62 Minneapolis, MN Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski & Larry Hennig (this match was a free to the public workout match in the morning)
12/22/62 St. Paul @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn no contest Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin in 11:00 Stan Kowalski beat Gene Anderson in 15:18 Dale Lewis beat Karl Von Schober in 14:20 Att: 1,843
12/26/62 St Cloud, MN Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Larry Hennig & Stan Kowalski 2-0 Moose Evans beat Karl Von Schober Doug Gilbert drew Larry Hennig 20:00
12/27/62 Rochester, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Rocky Hamilton Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Moose Evans (sub Dick Steinborn) Judo Match Steve Druk vs Eddie Sharkey att: 2,700
12/28/62 New Ulm, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski & Karl Von Schoberg
12/29/62 Minneapolis, MN Referee Larry Hennig AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Crusher dq Doug Gilbert beat Moose Evans in 19:52 Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Jack Allen & Pepe Gonzales Dick Steinborn drew Stan Kowalski 20:00 Att: 6,599
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1/1/63 Minneapolis, MN Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn to win AWA Tag Title Larry Hennig beat Karl Von Shoberg Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe Pepe Gonzales drew Johnny King Att: 2,929
1/1/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ernie Dusek defeated Ray Gordon (8:37) Danny Plechas defeated Bill Dromo (5:33) Tex McKenzie defeated Roy Collins (4:44) Bob Orton defeated Jack Wilson (11:23) Tex McKenzie won an 8-man Battle Royal (other participants: Roy Collins, Danny Plechas, Ernie Dusek, Ray Gordon, Bill Dromo, Bob Orton, Jack Wilson) Don Leo Jonathan defeated Dan Evans via DQ in three falls Att: 1,540
1/2/63 Fargo, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Moose Evans AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Larry Hennig & Pepe Gonzales Karol Kalmikoff drew Pepe Gonzales
1/3/63 Rochester, MN Non Title Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Rocky Hamilton Gene Anderson beat Pepe Gonzales att: 1,900 Referee: Bill Kuusisto
1/5/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Crusher Bob Ellis beat Bob Orton Tex McKenzie beat Lee Henning Guy Mitchell beat Sonny Myers Att: 2,753
1/5/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmilkoff beat Larry Hennig & Rocky Hamilton 2/3 Moose Evans beat Stan Kowalski COR Dick Steinborn beat Gordon Nelson via pin Doug Gilbert beat Gene Anderson via pin Att: 2,225
1/7/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski & Rocky Hamilton Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe 2/3 Stan Kowalski drew Dick Steinborn 20:00 Note: The main event was originally scheduled to be an AWA Tag Title defense by Steinborn & Gilbert but they lost the AWA Tag Title to the Kalmikoffs 6 days before this card took place.
1/8/63 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne against The Crusher
1/9/63- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (8:30 PM) Sioux Falls Coliseum Verne Gagne (World Champion) vs. Rocky Hamilton 2-3 falls Plus 2 more matches
1/10/63 Rochester, MN Referee: Bill Kuusisto Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Crusher beat Gordon Nelson via pin in 17:00 Moose Evans beat Gene Anderson in 13:40
1/11/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Ivan Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn 2/3 Crusher beat Stan Kowalski Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans dq Gordon Nelson beat Johnny King via pin Att: 1,820
1/15/63 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory Doug Gilbert (sub Rocky Hamilton) beat Moose Evans 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Jack Lanza & Gordon Nelson 2-0 Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gordon Nelson Note: Hamilton reportedly was suffering from a knee injury
1/15/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bobby Managoff fought Bob Orton to a draw Ernie Dusek defeated Roy Collins (20:23) Stan Kowalski defeated Tex McKenzie in three falls Bill Miller defeated The Crusher via DQ in three falls Att: 1,050
1/16/63 Fargo, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn Rocky Hamilton no contest Crusher Gordon Nelson beat Eddie Sharkey
1/16/63 Altoona, WI @ Altoona High School Gym-8pm Moose Evans vs. Rocky Hamilton Annette Palmer vs. Mars Monroe Dale Lewis vs. Gene Anderson
1/17/63 Rochester, MN Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq Rocky Hamilton beat Dick Steinborn via pin in 12:01 Crusher beat Moose Evans via pin in 14:42 Karol Kalmikoff beat Gordon Nelson in 23:40 Att: 1,100 Referees: Pepe Gonzales and Joe Snyder
1/18/63 Winona, MN @ Memorial Hall AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans & Jack Lanza 2/3 Rocky Hamilton beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Jack Lanza beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq
1/20/63 St. Paul, MN No dq, No Time Limit, Special Referee: Moose Evans AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Crusher via pin AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Moose Evans Rocky Hamilton beat Gordon Nelson via pin Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski Att: 10,284
1/22/63 Minneapolis, MN Rocky Hamilton won a 12 man Battle Royal Rocky Hamilton beat Gordon Nelson via pin in 14:56 Doug Gilbert drew Bob Geigel 30:00 Jack Pesek beat Johnny King via pin in 14:22 att: 1900
1/23/63 Rochester, MN Dick Steinborn won an 8 man battle royal Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gordon Nelson in 14:30 Dick Steinborn beat Bob Geigel dq att: 1,327
1/23/63- Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls Coliseum (Return Match- No DQ/No Time Limit) Verne Gagne (World Champion) vs. Rocky Hamilton 2-3 falls Plus 2 more matches
1/24/63 St Cloud, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Rocky Hamilton in 3rd fall Jack Lanza beat Jack Pesek 2/3 Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe via pin att: 500
1/24/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Frenchy Champagne, Non Title Match AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Gene Kiniski & Crusher 2/3 1 Ivan pinned Kiniski in 12:00 2 Kiniski beat Ivan in 5:00 3 Karol pinned Crusher Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brawner (sub Kinji Shibuya) with a bear hug in 8:00 Gord Nelson (sub Doug Gilbert) & Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski & Duke Hoffman (sub Rocky Hamilton) 2/3 1 Hoffman beat Nelson 2 Nelson beat Hoffman 3 Steinborn beat Kowalski in 15:30 Ed Sharkey (sub Pepe Gonzales) beat Johnny King Att: “crowd of close to 3,000” Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine
1/26/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn Hercules Cortez beat Gene Anderson via pin Doug Gilbert beat Gordon Nelson via pin Jack Pesek beat Duke Hoffman with a cobra hold Att: 2,695
1/28/63 Watertown, SD @ New Arena Verne Gagne vs. The Crusher Rocky Hamilton vs. Moose Evans Jack Lanza vs. Gene Anderson
1/29/63 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Rocky Hamilton Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Duke Hoffman & Stan Kowalski Hercules Cortez beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Jack Pesek beat Gordon Nelson Att: 2,939
1/29/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Guy Mitchell defeated Tony Nero (9:05) Ernie Dusek fought Waldo Von Erich to a double-CO The Rebel defeated Bobby Managoff in three falls The Crusher defeated The Sheik via DQ in three falls
1/30/63 Fargo, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Crusher
1/31/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Referee Speedy Gonzales AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn & Moose Evans on a 3rd fall dq Hercules Cortez beat Duke Hoffman 2-0 Ivan Kalmikoff drew Dick Steinborn 20:00 Att: "Slim"
2/2/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Sheik Fritz Von Erich beat Crusher Waldo Von Erich beat Gordy Nelson The Rebel beat Big Dan Evans Ann Regan beat Peggy King Att: 2,597
2/2/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champion Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Hercules Cortez beat Duke Hoffman Jack Lanza beat ? Jack Pesek beat ? Att: 2,758
2/5/63 Winona, MN @ Winona Armory Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills (sub for The Crusher) 2-1 Pee Wee Lopez beat Frenchy Semard (2-1) Marquis DePare beat Lee Mattson ATT: 200
2/7/63 Rochester, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Rocky Hamilton in 24:24 Handicap Match Moose Evans beat Gene Anderson & Karl Von Schober in 16:07 Jack Pesek beat Jack Lanza via pin in 20:50 Doug Gilbert beat Johnny King via pin in 14:33 att: 2,132
2/7/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Match Gene Kiniski & Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff 2/3 1 Kiniski pinned Ivan in 11:40 2 Ivan pinned Crusher 3 Crusher pinned Karol Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski 2/3 1 Kowalski beat Steinborn 2 Steinborn beat Kowalski 3 Steinborn beat Kowalski Hercules Cortez beat Kurt Von Brawner in 4:00 Gordy Nelson beat Duke Hoffman dq Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine
2/9/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff drew Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert 60:00 Handicap Match Moose Evans beat Karl Von Schober & Karl Von Brauner 2-0 in 16:05 Evans pinned both men Jack Pesek beat Tony Nero in 15:05 Jack Lanza beat Duke Hoffman via pin Att: 2,920 Note: Lanza was billed as a former Italian Heavyweight Champion.
2/9/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Rebel Hercules Cortez beat Stan Kowalski Rocky Hamilton drew Bobby Managoff Gordon Nelson beat George McArthur Att: 3,368
2/10/63 Austin, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn & Moose Evans on a 3rd fall dq Doug Gilbert beat Johnny King (sub Stan Kowalski) Dick Steinborn beat Karol Kalmikoff Att: “jam-packed” 700
2/13/63 Mankato, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff no contest Doug Gilbert & Hercules Cortez Jack Pesek beat Duke Hoffman Doug Gilbert beat Karol Kalmikoff Referee: Joe Snyder
2/14/63 Rochester, MN Crusher & Rocky Hamilton beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Handicap Match Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans when Evans couldn't pin either in 30 minutes Hercules Cortez beat Duke Hoffman Referee: Jack Pesek att: 1,182
2/15/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Non Title Death Match Crusher beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne when Gagne suffered a broken shoulder in the 5th fall Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn & Moose Evans beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff & Rocky Hamilton Eddie Sharkey beat Johnny King Jack Pesek beat Gordon Nelson Hercules Cortez beat Stan Kowalski via pin Referee: Bill Kuusisto Att: 10,802
2/16/63 Waterloo, IA @ Hippodrome Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Pat O’Connor Plus 3 other matches
2/19/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Boot Match Crusher beat Moose Evans via pin in 18:10 Hercules Cortez beat Karol Kalmikoff via pin Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Pesek via pin Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kamilkoff Dick Steinborn beat Gordon Nelson via pin Att: 5,220
2/21/63 Rochester, MN Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert & Moose Evans beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff & Rocky Hamilton Crusher beat Stan Kowalski Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff 30:00 Att: 821 Referee: Duke Hoffman
2/22/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Hercules Cortez won a 12 man battle royal Dick Steinborn beat Karol Kalmikoff dq in 18:00 Kinji Shibuya beat Jack Lanza with a sleeper hold in 12:00 Gene Kiniski beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff Haystack Calhoun beat Duke Hoffman Att: “crowd of 4,000 highly excited wrestling fans with hundreds of others turned away” Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine
2/23/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Danny Plechas fought Ray Gordon to a draw Guy Mitchell defeated Roy Collins Bobby Managoff defeated Ivan Zukoff in three falls Waldo Von Erich fought The Rebel to a double-DQ in three falls
2/24/63 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory Moose Evans vs Rocky Hamilton 2/3 60:00 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 60:00 Ivan Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert
2/26/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Referee Johnny King Crusher beat Hercules Cortez dq AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Rocky Hamilton beat Duke Hoffman via pin Jack Pesek beat Stan Kowalski Att: 5,696
2/27/63 Mankato, MN Hercules Cortez & Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Duke Hoffman (sub Karol Kalmikoff) Dick Steinborn beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff
2/28/63 St Cloud, MN Hercules Cortez beat Moose Evans 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Stan Kowalski 2/3 Duke Hoffman beat Johnny King (sub Jack Lanza)
3/2/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Jack Lanza & Jack Pesek 2/3 Jack Lanza drew Karol Kalmikoff Att: 500
3/7/63 Fargo, ND Crusher beat Moose Evans AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff
3/8/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Red Eakin Gene Kiniski beat Bruno Sammartino via pin Referee Bob Brown Whipper Billy Watson beat Kinji Shibuya on a 3rd fall dq when Kinji hit referee Brown with a judo chop after Watson ducked Hercules Cortez beat Moose Evans in 35:00 Crusher beat Dick Steinborn Doug Gilbert beat Rocky Hamilton in 12:00 Att: “near sellout crowd”
3/9/63 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Crusher beat Hercules Cortez 2/3 Doug Gilbert won a 6 man battle royal Larry Hennig drew Jack Pesek 30:00 Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer via pin Jack Lanza beat Duke Hoffman via pin in 18:20 Att: 10,783, gate: $22,173 a local record
3/10/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Referee Floyd Ude Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq 1. Ivan beat Steinborn 2. Steinborn beat Ivan by submission with an abdominal stretch 3. The Kalmikoffs were dq’ed Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek with a sleeper hold in the 3rd fall Ivan Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn in 12:00 with a reverse Boston crab
3/10/63 Rochester, MN Rocky Hamilton beat Hercules Cortez dq Crusher vs Moose Evans Jack Lanza vs Duke Hoffman Kay Noble vs Annette Palmer Att: 1,485
3/12/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn Moose Evans beat Duke Hoffman Hercules Cortez beat Juan Hernandez Larry Hamilton beat Jack Pesek Jack Lanza beat Tony Nero
3/12/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bobby Managoff fought Guy Mitchell to a draw The Rebel defeated Ray Gordon in three falls Darling Dagmar defeated Baby Cheryl in three falls Pat O’Connor defeated Waldo Von Erich in three falls
3/13/63 Little Falls, MN @ Junior High School Gym AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert & Jack Pesek Rocky Hamilton vs Hercules Cortez Note: The City might be Brainerd.
3/14/63 Paynesville, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Dick Steinborn & Jack Pesek Rocky Hamilton vs Doug Gilbert Ivan Kalmikoff vs Dick Steinborn
3/15/63 Mabel, MN @ High School AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Jack Lanza & Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert vs Rocky Hamilton Karol Kalmikoff vs Jack Lanza
3/16/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Dick Steinborn 2/3 Moose Evens beat Karol Kalmikoff dq Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff Guy Taylor drew Duke Hoffman
3/17/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans & Hercules Cortez dq Crusher beat Sonny Myers via pin in 20:06 Doug Gilbert beat Guy Taylor via pin Dick Steinborn beat Juan Hernandez Larry Hennig put Tony Nero to sleep with his good-night hold Att: 5,593 Referee: Duke Hoffman
3/20/63 Fargo, ND Crusher no contest Hercules Cortez Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Jack Lanza beat Juan Hernandez
3/22/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Canadian Open Tag Team Title Tournament First Round Gene Kiniski & Fritz Von Goering beat Cowboy Carlson & Dan Miller when Kiniski pinned Carlson Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Bulldog Brower & Crusher Whipper Billy Watson & Hercules Cortez beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff but Watson was injured and could not compete in the rest of the tournament. Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa bye Second Round Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa beat Gene Kiniski & Fritz Von Goering Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert bye Final Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa beat Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert 2/3 to claim the vacant Canadian Open Tag Team Title 1 Arakawa beat Gilbert with a claw hold 2 Gilbert pinned Shibuya 3 Shibuya beat Steinborn Att: “More than 5,000 wrestling fans” Note: The Canadian Open Tag Team Title was the recognized tag title in Winnipeg at this time. The AWA Tag Team Title was not recognized.
3/23/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee Joe Snyder Crusher no contest Moose Evans Doug Gilbert beat Rocky Hamilton dq Handicap match Hercules Cortez beat Juan Hernandez & Tony Nero Jack Lanza beat Eddie Sharkey Guy Taylor beat Pepe Gonzales
3/24/63 Chippewa Falls, WI @ Senior High School Gym (evening show) Referee Joe Snyder AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff no contest Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert in 3rd fall 1 Steinborn pinned Ivan 2 Karol pinned Gilbert 3 Referee Joe Snyder disqualified both teams. A ring rope came loose and he lost control of the match. Rocky Hamilton dcor Hercules Cortez in 3rd fall 1 Cortez won 2 Hamilton won 3 both men were counted out of the ring Jack Lanza (sub Johnny King) beat Pepe Gonzales in 17:00 when Gonzales injured his arm and could not continue Att: 2,000 Notes from George Lentz: Originally Gene Anderson was scheduled to be on it. His name disappeared and then the line-up was announced as: Kalmikoffs defending against Cortez and Gilbert; Steinborn vs. Hamilton; Lanza vs. Juan Hernandez. Then they changed the card, saying Steinborn and Cortez would switch spots as Steinborn was a more experienced tag team wrestler. The opener then was announced as Johnny King vs. Pepe Gonzales. Some of the wrestlers ended up being delayed the night of the card (no doubt arriving from Rochester, MN so Lanza and Gilbert came out and gave an explanation of the rules and a bit of a wrestling demonstration to stall for time.
3/24/63 Rochester, MN (afternoon show) Rocky Hamilton beat Hercules Cortez via pin in 18:15 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn & Moose Evans 2/3 Guy Taylor beat Juan Hernandez via pin
3/25/63 Mason City, IA @ Roosevelt Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Hercules Cortez & Jack Landis? (sub Doug Gilbert) 2/3 Dick Steinborn beat Pepe Gonzales (sub Rocky Hamilton) 2-0 Jack Landis? (sub Doug Gilbert) beat Ivan Kalmikoff Note: Probably Jack Lanza
3/26/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Hercules Cortez beat Moose Evans via pin in 9:21 Crusher beat Rocky Hamilton via pin in 6:02 Dick Steinborn drew Ivan Kalmikoff 30:00 Karol Kalmikoff beat Johnny King via pin in 11:53 Guy Taylor beat Juan Hernandez via pin Att: 3,737
3/26/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Guy Mitchell fought Bob Geigel to a draw Bobby Managoff defeated Bob Orton via DQ (20:45) Doug Gilbert defeated Mike Paidousis in three falls Waldo Von Erich defeated Jack Pesek in three falls
3/28/63 Mankato, MN Hercules Cortez beat Rocky Hamilton 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Juan Hernandez in 18:00 Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer 2/3 Crusher was scheduled to wrestle Moose Evans but the match did not appear in the results clipping.
3/28/63 St Cloud, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Jack Lanza beat Guy Taylor (sub Duke Hoffman) Floyd Uderman (Ude) beat Tony Nero via pin
3/29/63 Leroy, MN @ Ostrander High.School Gym The Crusher vs Dick Steinborn Jack Lanza vs Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Hennig vs Juan Hernandez
3/29/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center Hercules Cortez beat Ivan Kalmikoff 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Rocky Hamilton dq Guy Taylor beat Duke Hoffman via pin Att: 500
3/30/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Hercules Cortez & Dick Steinborn beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza Guy Taylor beat Ted Christy via pin Eddie Sharkey beat Juan Hernandez Referee Tony Nero Att: 2,088
3/30/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Crusher ddq Waldo Von Erich Fritz Von Erich beat Doug Gilbert Kathy Starr beat Christa Clark Joe Scarpello beat Blackjack Daniels Att: 1,700
4/1/63 Watertown, SD @ Watertown Civic Arena The Crusher vs. Doug Gilbert Rocky Hamilton vs. Karol Kalmikoff Annette Palmer vs. Kay Noble
4/2/63 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Guy Mitchell defeated Ivan Zukoff Roy Collins fought Ernie Dusek to a draw Bobby Managoff fought Waldo Von Erich to a draw Waldo Von Erich won a 6-man Battle Royal (order of elimination: Ernie Dusek, Ivan Zukoff, Bobby Managoff, Guy Mitchell, Roy Collins) The Crusher fought Doug Gilbert to a double-CO in three falls
4/2/63 Austin, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn & Guy Taylor (sub Hercules Cortez) 2/3 1. Steinborn pinned Karol in 15:00 after a series of drop kicks 2. Karol pinned Steinborn 3. Ivan pinned Taylor in 8:45 Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Lanza 2/3 1. Lanza beat Hamilton in 8:30 2. Hamilton beat Lanza with a backbreaker 3. Hamilton pinned Lanza in 1:00 Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer via pin in 13:20 after a series of dropkicks Referee: Larry Hennig
4/5/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Waldo Von Erich dq Doug Gilbert beat Crusher COR Duke Hoffman beat Guy Mitchell Bobby Managoff drew Jack Pesek Att: 3,249
4/7/63 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Butch Levy Hercules Cortez beat Crusher COR AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Kay Noble & Annette Palmer & Jessica Rogers beat Kathy Starr & Mars Monroe & Ann Regan Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Lanza Larry Hennig beat Ted Christy Att: 4,121
4/9/63 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Handicap match Hercules Cortez beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Rocky Hamilton beat Dick Steinborn Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza Att: 1,816
4/13/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Texas Death Cage Match Waldo Von Erich beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne Doug Gilbert beat Fritz Von Erich dq Duke Hoffman drew Ernie Dusek Rocky Hamilton beat Guy Mitchell Att: 3,581
4/13/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Hercules Cortez beat Bulldog Lee Henning Crusher beat Larry Hennig in 10:10 Bearcat Wright beat Texas Bob Geigel Kay Noble beat Kathy Starr to win the womans world title (vacated by June Byers) Jessica Rogers beat Mars Monroe via pin Att: 1,824
4/15/63 Little Falls, MN @ Junior High School Gym AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Rocky Hamilton Also In Action: Ivan Kalmikoff, Karol Kalmikoff, Doug Gilbert and Guy Taylor
4/16/63 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Bearcat Wright Doug Gilbert beat Larry Hennig dq in 18:02 Hercules Cortez beat Jack Pesek in 16:55 Eddie Sharkey beat Pepe Gonzalez via pin in 11:14 Guy Taylor beat Ted Christy via pin Att: 2,746
4/18/63 Rochester, MN Hercules Cortez beat Rocky Hamilton in 20:21 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Jack Pesek 2/3 Guy Taylor beat Ted Christy via pin in 9:54 att: 1,000
4/19/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Frenchy Champagne Gene Kiniski ddq Kinji Shibuya Non Title Match Verne Gagne (sub Dick Steinborn) & Doug Gilbert beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff when Gagne pinned Karol in the 3rd fall Whipper Billy Watson beat Fritz Von Goering COR Cowboy Carlson beat Ted Christy Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine
4/20/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Butch Levy & Hercules Cortez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Crusher beat Jack Pesek via pin in 11:20 Doug Gilbert beat Rocky Hamilton dq in 18:10 Guy Taylor beat Fred Hackenschmidt via pin in 13:15 Referee Bill Kuusisto Att: 2,052
4/23/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Guy Mitchell fought Bobby Managoff to a draw Kay Noble defeated Annette Palmer Doug Gilbert defeated Duke Hoffman via DQ in three falls (25:42) Waldo Von Erich defeated Jack Pesek in three falls (13:14)
4/24/63 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Rocky Hamilton 2/3 60:00 Hercules Cortez vs Karol Kalmikoff 2/3 45:00 Juan Hernandez vs Eddie Sharkey 30:00
4/25/63 Mankato, MN Hercules Cortez & Doug Gilbert beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Rocky Hamilton beat Guy Taylor Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff
4/26/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Karol Kalmikoff 2/3 Referee Bill Kuusisto Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor via pin Att: 501
4/27/63 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hercules Cortez 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Joe Scarpello 2/3 Crusher beat Butch Levy in 12:40 Women’s Champion Kay Noble beat Jessica Rogers via pin in 11:15 Rocky Hamilton beat Bob Boyer in 9:10 Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Green via pin in 9:20 Att: 5,619
4/29/63 Mason City, IA @ Roosevelt Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Hercules Cortez & Dick Steinborn Rocky Hamilton vs Doug Gilbert Guy Taylor vs Juan Hernandez
4/30/63 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Crusher & Rocky Hamilton Crusher and Hamilton fought among themselves Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 11:00 Butch Levy beat Tiny Mills via pin in 23:43 Doug Gilbert beat Guy Taylor via pin in 16:02 Att: 2,851
5/3/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Waldo Von Erich Duke Hoffman beat Bobby Managoff Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig Guy Mitchell drew Jack Pesek (sub Archie Gouldie) Att: 2,996
5/3/63 St Cloud, MN Crusher vs Doug Gilbert Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Butch Levy & Floyd Ude Kay Noble vs Mars Monroe
5/4/63 South St. Paul, MN @ Wakota Arena Crusher beat Ivan Kalmikoff Don McClarty beat Bob Boyer via pin Doug Gilbert beat Pedro Gordy via pin Butch Levy beat Karol Kalmikoff dq Hercules Cortez beat Roy Collins va pin Att: 2,158
5/7/63 Minneapolis, MN Death match Crusher beat Hercules Cortez in 22:45 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Larry Hennig & Tiny Mills dq Butch Levy beat Bob Orton Sr in 15:15 Don McClarty beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 9:23 Referee: Joe Snyder Att: 3,145
5/7/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Guy Mitchell defeated Bob Boyer Bobby Managoff defeated Pepe Gonzales Ernie Dusek defeated Bill Taylor Waldo Von Erich & Duke Hoffman defeated Doug Gilbert & Jack Pesek in three falls
5/9/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Two Referees Frency Champagne & Red Eakin Kinji Shibuya beat Gene Kiniski 2/3 1 Shibuya pinned Kiniski 2 Kiniski beat Shibuya 3 Shibuya pinned Kiniski after Mitsu Arakawa tripped Gene Non Title Match Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq Crusher beat Hercules Cortez Mitsu Arakawa beat Pepe Gonzales in 15:00 Att: “crowd of over 3,000”
5/10/63 Rochester, MN Crusher vs Moose Evans
5/10/63 St. Joseph, MO @ Auditorium Pat O'Connor beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq Rock Hunter beat Larry Hamilton on a 3rd fall COR Jessica Rogers & Cowboy Bradley beat Barbara Baker & Tiny Roe Steve Bolus drew Joe Scarpello 15:00 Steve Kovacs beat Bob Orton dq Att: 1,800
5/11/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Fritz Von Erich & Waldo Von Erich beat Verne Gagne & Don Leo Jonathan Pat O'Connor beat Roy Collins Doug Gilbert beat Guy Mitchell Bobby Managoff drew Larry Hennig Att: 2,634
5/11/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy & Tiny Mills 2/3 Rocky Hamilton beat Bill Green via pin in 16:20 Don McClarty beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 17:50 Guy Taylor beat Paul DeMarco via pin in 16:15 Att: 1,678
5/13/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Frenchy Semard & Tiny Tim vs Tiny Bell & Pee Wee James Ivan Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert Frenchy Semard vs Tiny Bell
5/14/63 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Butch Levy Don McClarty beat Karol Kalmikoff via pin Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff Marcel Semard & Tiny Bell beat Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor Att: 1,984
5/15/63 Duluth, MN Don McClarty & Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Tiny Bell & Marcel Semard beat Pee Wee Lopez & Irish Jackie Doug Gilbert no contest Ivan Kalmikoff
5/17/63 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory Crusher beat Ivan Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq Referee Tiny Bell Pee Wee Lopez beat Chico Santana Blackjack Daniels (sub Karol Kalmikoff) beat Don McClarty Notes: Last Card of the Season. Tiny Bell was reportedly injured in a car accident on the way to the show so the midget tag bout became a one on one match instead of a tag team match.
5/18/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center The Crusher vs Doug Gilbert 2/3 60:00 Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez vs Tiny Bell & Tiny Tim 2/3 60:00 Chico Santana vs Tiny Bell
5/20/63 Mason City, IA @ Roosevelt Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty Tiny Bell & Tiny Timm vs Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana
5/23/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Ronnie Etchison beat Kinji Shibuya on a 3rd fall dq when referee Frenchy Champagne saw Mitsu Arakawa trip Etchison Gene Kiniski beat Mitsu Arakawa 2/3 1 Arakawa beat Kiniski 2 Kiniski beat Arakawa 3 Kiniski beat Arakawa Marcel Semard & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana Karol Kalmikoff drew Joe Brunetti 20:00 Att: “crowd of around 3,000” Promoter John Cyclone Macalpine
5/24/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Duke Hoffman Bill Miller ddq Waldo Von Erich Dolly Darcel beat Baby Cheryl AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Guy Mitchell Att: 3,139
5/25/63 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Missouri Rules match, Special Referee: Tiny Mills Crusher beat Rocky Hamilton Hamilton was unconscious Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff & Waldo Von Erich Little Boy Blue & Marcel Semard beat Chico Santana & Pepe Lopez Butch Levy beat Duke Hoffman via pin Att: 6,487
5/26/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Ivan Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert Pee Wee James & Tiny Bell vs Frenchy Semard & Tiny Tim Tiny Bell vs Frenchy Semard This card was originally set for May 13 but was postponed when midgets could not appear.
5/27/63 Chippewa Falls, WI @ High School Gym Crusher Lisowski beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 in 42:00 1 Crusher won 2 Gilbert won in 36:00 3 Crusher won AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy & Don McClarty 2/3 1 One of the Kalmikoffs beat Levy in 30:00 2 Levy pinned Ivan 3 Karol pinned McClarty Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor via pin in 22:00 Att: 500
5/28/63 Minneapolis, MN Referee Larry Hennig AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert dq Don McClarty beat Stan Kowalski via pin in 20:53 Waldo Von Erich beat Guy Taylor via pin in 7:20 Tiny Mills beat Duke Hoffman in 13:45 Att: 1,911
5/30/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Danny Plechas defeated Tom Hawk Mars Monroe defeated Kathy Starr Duke Hoffman fought Guy Mitchell to a draw Pat O’Connor defeated Waldo Von Erich via DQ in three falls
5/30/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Amarillo World Champion Dory Funk Jr when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1. Dory Jr beat Gagne with the spinning toe hold in 19:00 2. Gagne beat Dory Jr with the sleeper hold in 55:32 3. The 60 minute time limit expired before either man could score the winning fall Referee Billy Romanoff Tokyo Tom beat Dory Funk Sr 2/3 after Sputnik Monroe interfered Bob Ellis & Wahoo McDaniel & Ricky Romero beat Killer Karl Kox & Mike DiBiase & Sputnik Monroe when Wahoo pinned Kox in 10:25 Jose Lothario beat Dick Dunn with an abdominal stretch in 9:48
6/1/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher no contest Ivan Kalmikoff Pat O'Connor vs Tiny Mills Doug Gilbert vs Karol Kalmikoff Don McClarty vs Jerry Hannigan
6/3/63 MN @ Municipal Stadium Doug Gilbert vs Dale Lewis Jessica Rogers vs Kay Noble Jack Lanza & Billy Red Cloud vs Larry Hennig & Bob Geigel
6/4/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Crusher beat Pat O'Connor COR Don McClarty beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq Doug Gilbert beat Karol Kalmikoff via pin Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills beat Jack Pesek & Jerry Hannigan Eddie Sharkey beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Referee: Joe Snyder Att: 1,520
6/6/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Verne Gagne won a 10 man battle royal for $2,000 Special Referee: Whipper Billy Watson Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa beat Gene Kiniski & Ronnie Etchison 2/3 1 Shibuya beat Kiniski in 14:00 2 Kiniski beat Shibuya “a few minutes later” 3 Shibuya pinned Etchison Dan Miller beat Larry Hennig Doug Gilbert beat Jack Pesek Joe Brunetti beat Blackjack Daniels Don McClarty beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq Att: “some 4,000 winnipeg fans” Also in Battle Royal: The Crusher
6/15/63 St. Paul, MN Crusher beat Waldo Von Erich Non Title Lumberjack match Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel dq Don McClarty beat Red Grupe Eddie Sharkey beat Jerry Hannigan via pin
6/19/63 Lubbock, TX @ Fair Park Coliseum Dory Funk Jr won a 13 man Battle Royal (other participants: Dory Funk Sr, Verne Gagne, Fritz Von Erich, Tony Borne, Jose Lothario, Bob Geigel, Tokyo Tom, Dick Dunn, Roy McClarity, Bill Romanoff, Alex Perez, Wahoo McDaniel) Fritz Von Erich beat Verne Gagne dq Dory Funk Jr & Bob Geigel & Jose Lothario beat Tony Borne & Dick Dunn & Tokyo Tom Judy Glover beat Marge Ramsey (sub Peggy Allen)
6/20/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena North American Title Match, Referee Don Slatton Verne Gagne beat North American Champion Dory Funk Sr on a 3rd fall dq 1. Gagne beat Funk Sr with a sleeper hold in 12:30 2. Funk Sr beat Gagne with a spinning toe hold in 9:43 3. Funk Sr would not release his spinning toe hold while Gagne had reached the ropes in 10:10 Dory Funk Jr & Bob Geigel beat Tony Borne & Tokyo Tom on a 3rd fall dq Jose Lothario beat Dick Dunn via pin in 19:00 Judy Glover beat Mary Carpenter via pin in 10:38 Billy Romanoff beat Roy McClarty via pin in 10:12 Note: Gagne's AWA Title not mentioned in the newspaper clipping.
6/25/63 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne no contest Larry Hennig Crusher beat Jack Pesek AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty 2/3 Iron Mike DiBiase beat Joe Tomasso via pin Att: 3,012
6/28/63 Lewiston, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty 2/3 1. Kalmikoffs won 1st fall in 7:15 2. Gilbert & McClarty won 2nd fall in 3:55 3. Kalmikoffs won 3rd fall in 3:55 Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Karol Kalmikoff in 10:45 Att: 1,500
6/29/63 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski Don McClarty beat Joe "Tiger" Tomasso via pin Doug Gilbert no contest Iron Mike DiBiase Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer Referee: Larry Hennig
6/29/63 Waterloo, IA @ Hippodrome AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Bob Orton The Medics vs Steve Bolus & Steve Kovacs Bob Geigel vs Ray Gordon Sonny Myers vs Rock Hunter Steve Bolus vs Medic II
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/3/63 St. Cloud, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Ivan Kalmikoff Doug Gilbert vs Larry Hennig Don McClarty vs Karol Kalmikoff
7/9/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Referee Floyd Ude The Crusher beat Verne Gagne on a 3rd fallCOR to win AWA Title with help from Dick the Bruiser AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski Dick the Bruiser beat Doug Gilbert via pin in 16:47 Don McClarty beat Maurice Vachon via pin in 9:58 Eddie Sharkey beat Joe Tomasso via pin in 10:23 Att: 8,065
7/9/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Steve Bolus defeated Pedro Godoy Iron Mike DiBiase defeated Steve Kovacs Sonny Myers defeated Danny Plechas in three falls Pat O’Connor defeated Fuji Tanaka via DQ in three falls
7/11/63 Eau Claire, WI @ Carson Park AWA Champion The Crusher vs Don McClarty AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Eddie Sharkey & Larry Hennig Ivan Kalmikoff vs Eddie Sharkey Note: Newspaper does not mention Crusher's AWA Title or the Kalmikoffs AWA Tag Team Title.
7/17/63 Paynesville, MN @ Ball Park AWA Champion The Crusher vs Don McClarty Baby Cheryl vs Darling Dagmar Karol Kalmikoff vs Jerry Hannigan
7/20/63 Minneapolis, MN Special Referee: Joe Blanchard Verne Gagne beat The Crusher to regain AWA Title Jack Pesek & Roy McClarty beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills Iron Mike DiBiase beat Billy Goelz via pin Larry Hennig beat Paul Christy via pin in 9:28 Darling Dagmar beat Baby Cheryl via pin in 10:03 Att: 7,039
7/23/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Danny Plechas defeated Black Jack Daniels (15:20) Don Whittler defeated Jose Quintero (14:10) Pat O’Connor defeated Tiny Mills in two straight falls Fuji Tanaka defeated Doug Gilbert in three falls (19:35)
7/26/63 Winona, MN @ Gabrych Park AWA World Title: The Crusher (c) beat Ivan Kalmikoff with a full nelson in the 3rd fall Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe 2/3 Roy McClarty beat Karol Kalmikoff by default Att: 400
7/27/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Fritz Von Erich beat Verne Gagne to win AWA World Title Fuji Tanaka beat Guy Mitchell Mike DiBiase beat Dory Funk Don Whittler beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Att: 1,875
8/1/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena Non Title Match AWA Champion Fritz Von Erich vs Dory Funk Jr Masked Rasputin vs Mr Kleen Tokyo Tom vs Jose Lothario Ricky Romero vs Killer Karl Kox Handicap Match Leo Newman vs Sputnik Monroe
8/3/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Omaha and AWA Champion Fritz Von Erich drew Verne Gagne Fuji Tanaka beat Waldo Von Erich Rocky Hamilton beat Harley Race Dory Funk Jr. beat Gene Hamilton Millie Stafford beat Kathy Starr Att: 3,016
8/3/63 Minneapolis, MN Haystack Calhoun won a 15 man battle royal Order of elimination from first to last Gary Kevins, Stan Kowalski, Paul Christy, Larry Hennig, Don McClarty, Iron Mike DiBiase, Bill Wright, Bill Green, Pat O'Connor, Butch Levy, Bruiser and Karol Kalmikoff (together), Ivan Kalmikoff and last man The Crusher. Haystack Calhoun beat Red Grupe via pin in 4:15 Dick The Bruiser beat Jack Thornton via pin in 7:02 Don McClarty beat Stan Kowalski via pin Larry Hennig beat Gary Kevins via pin in 10:15 Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Green via pinin 9:59 Att: 7,386
8/5/63 Austin, MN @ Mower County Fair Haystacks Calhoun vs Mad Russian
8/6/63 Onawa, IA @ Monona County Fairgrounds-8pm Verne Gagne vs. Werner Von Erich (most likely Fritz; they worked together elsewhere that week in the Midwest)
8/7/63 Mankato, MN Haystack Calhoun won an 8 man battle royal Order of Elimination 1 Eddie Sharkey 2 Don McClarty 3 Gene Anderson 4 Tiny Mills 5 Ivan Kalmikoff 6 Karol Kalmikoff 7 Butch Levy Karol Kalmikoff drew Don McClarty Butch Levy beat Gene Anderson Eddie Sharkey beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq
8/8/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena Verne Gagne beat Fritz Von Erich 2/3 to regain AWA Title 1. Von Erich beat Gagne with the Iron Claw in 8:30 2. Gagne beat Von Erich with a Sleeper Hold in 9:55 3. Gagne pinned Von Erich in 14:20 Dory Funk Sr & Dory Funk Jr beat Sputnik Monroe & Tokyo Tom on a 2nd fall dq Masked Rasputin beat Ricky Romero in 8:50 with a Rasputin Crab hold Leo Newman beat Bob Geigel who failed to pin Newman in 5 minutes Jose Lothario beat Killer Karl Kox in 6:05 Enrique Torres beat Billy Romanoff in 7:17
8/10/63 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Fence Match AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig in 21:15 The Crusher beat Haystack Calhoun 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy & Don McClarty Eddie Sharkey beat Gene Anderson via pin in 18:30 Iron Mike DiBiase beat Stan Kowalski via pin in 12:15 Att: 6,064
8/12/63 Blue Earth, MN @ Carnival Grandstand AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Ivan Kalmikoff vs Don McClarty & Eddie Sharkey 2/3 60:00 Larry Hennig vs Jerry Hannigan 2/3 45:00 Karol Kalmikoff vs Eddie Sharkey 20:00
8/12/63 New Ulm, MN Battle Royal Tiny Mills beat Bill Wright
8/15/63 St. Cloud, MN Haystack Calhoun won an 8 man battle royal by eliminating Crusher The Crusher beat Karol Kalmikoff Butch Levy beat Larry Hennig Don McClarty beat Stan Kowalski
8/16/63 Winona, MN @ Gabrych Park Haystack Calhoun won an 8 Man Battle Royal by eliminating The Crusher Ivan Kalmikoff beat Eddie Sharkey Stan Kowalski beat Larry Hennig dq Karol Kalmikoff beat Don McClarty Att: 700 Note: Paul Christy and Tiny Mills were advertised for the card but did not appear in the results clipping.
8/20/63 Minneapolis, MN Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff to win AWA tag title Haystack Calhoun beat Mike DiBiase via pin in 9:45 Don McClarty beat Tiny Mills via pin in 13:45 Larry Hennig beat Jack Allen via pin in 10:03 Paul Christy beat Bill Wright via pin in 6:45 Att: 5,408
8/20/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Danny Plechas defeated Ricky Ramirez Don Fuller defeated Bob Geigel via DQ Cowboy Bradley & Sam Thomas defeated Tiny Roe & Chico Espinoza in three falls World Heavyweight Champion Fritz Von Erich defeated Jack Pesek in three falls
8/23/63 Mankato, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Marquis De Paree Rene Goulet beat Marquis De Paree
8/28/63 Lubbock, TX @ Fair Park Coliseum AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dory Funk Sr 2/3 Ricky Romero beat Rasputin Art Nelson beat Treach Phillips Sputnik Monroe & Tokyo Tom beat Joe Blanchard & Jose Lothario Att: 6,000
8/29/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dory Funk Jr 2/3 Joe Blanchard & Dory Funk Sr & Ricky Romero beat Sputnik Monroe & Art Nelson & Tokyo Tom 2/3 Lou Newman beat Treach Phillips who failed to beat Newman in 5 minutes Masked Rasputin beat Jose Lothario COR
8/31/63 Minneapolis TV Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Jerry Hannigan & Eddie Sharkey Crusher beat Lorne Corlette Paul Christy beat Bill Green Stan Kowalski drew Bill Wright
8/31/63 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Roy McClarty Crusher beat Haystack Calhoun Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Paul Christy & Stan Kowalski Larry Hennig no contest Tiny Mills Bill Wright drew Eddie Sharkey Att: 3,800
9/7/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher ddq Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Larry Hennig drew Don McClarty 30:00 Paul Christy beat Bill Wright via pin in 18:00 Stan Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey via pin Att: 5,006
9/7/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Omaha Champion Fritz Von Erich on a 3rd fall COR to unify the two titles Referee Ernie Dusek Waldo Von Erich ddq Mitsu Arakawa Guy Mitchell & Don Whittler beat Rocky Hamilton & Bulldog Danny Plechas 2/3 Bob Geigel drew Jack Pesek 15:00 Att: 4,012
9/10/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Guy Mitchell vs. Bob Geigel Danny Plechas vs. Don Whittler Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Harley Race Mitsu Arakawa defeated Waldo Von Erich
9/13/63 Denver, CO @ Coliseum AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Fritz Von Erich 2/3 1 Von Erich beat Gagne in 8:20 2 Gagne beat Von Erich in 5:53 3 Gagne beat Von Erich in 7:07 Southwest Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Tokyo Tom beat Buddy Fuller & Dale Lewis 2/3 1 Monroe & Tom beat Fuller & Lewis in 10:19 2 Fuller & Lewis beat Monroe & Tom 3 Monroe and Tom beat Fuller & Lewis in 11:40 The Sheik beat The Lawman Ricky Romero beat Rasputin Att: 2,000 fans
9/16/63 Duluth, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty Rene Goulet beat Marquis DeParee Paul Christy beat Duke Hoffman
9/21/63 Minneapolis, MN Dick the Bruiser beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Don McClarty beat Larry Hennig Rene Goulet beat Marquis de Paree Paul Christy & Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Wright & George Catalina Drake Att: 4,501
9/24/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Don Whittler defeated Harley Race Guy Mitchell fought Jim Grabmire to a draw Jean Antone defeated Ann Regan in three falls Mitsu Arakawa defeated Rocky Hamilton in three falls
9/24/63 Kansas City, MO @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Rock Hunter Pat O’Connor vs Fritz Von Erich Bob Geigel vs The Sheik Mongolian Stomper vs Enrique Torres Black Orchid vs Jose Garcia Jack Allen vs Johnny Kace referee Richard Moody NOTE: Rock Hunter was billed as the United States heavyweight champion.
9/25/63 Mankato, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty George Drake beat Mitsu Arakawa Larry Hennig vs Marquis DeParee
10/3/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena The Sheik beat Dory Funk Jr COR in 6:02 after burning Dory Jr with a fireball and Dory Jr could not return to the ring for the 2nd fall AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dale Lewis 2/3 1. Lewis beat Gagne in 12:20 2. Gagne pinned Lewis in 13:20 after two dropkicks 3. Gagne pinned Lewis in 13:35 Referee Treach Phillips Tokyo Tom beat Luis Martinez via pin in 11:45 after an illegal karate thrust Sputnik Monroe drew Ricky Romero Joe Gump beat Rudy Kay with a neckbreaker in 6:30
10/4/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mitsu Arakawa beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Stan "Krusher" Kowalski drew Bobby Managoff Mongolian Stomper beat Jim Grabmire Duke Hoffman drew Don Whittler
10/5/63 St. Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Bob Geigel beat Moose Evans dq Don McClarty beat Larry Hennig Rene Goulet beat George Catalina Drake Paul Christy beat Marquis de Paree via pin Att: 6,661
10/7/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Green
10/8/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Don Whittler defeated Jim Grabmire Duke Hoffman defeated Jack Allen Dan Evans defeated Stan Kowalski in two straight falls Pat O’Connor defeated Mitsu Arakawa via DQ in three falls
10/11/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Don McClarty dq Larry Hennig beat Tiny Mills via pin Moose Evans beat Stan Kowalski Rene Goulet beat Marquis De Paree Att: 1,677
10/12/63 Cedar Rapids, IA @ Coliseum AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Pat O'Connor COR Johnny Kace & Bob Geigel vs Reggie Parks & Jack Allen Mongolian Stomper vs Enrique Torres Johnny Kace vs Reggie Parks
10/12/63 St Cloud, MN Special Referee: Stan Kowalski Moose Evans vs Larry Hennig Tiny Mills vs Paul Christy Rene Goulet vs Marquis de Paree Referee: Stan Kowalski
10/14/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat John Ramirez
10/14/63 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Dale Lewis Sputnik Monroe vs Ricky Romero Judy Grable vs Brenda Scott Dory Funk & Rocky Smith vs Andy Gump & John Long
10/15/63 Minneapolis, MN Mitsu Arakawa beat Crusher dq Dick The Bruiser beat Stan Kowalski Moose Evans beat Tom Bradley Rene Goulet beat Don McClarty Paul Christy & Eddie Sharkey beat Marquis DeParee & John Ramirez Att: 4,002
10/19/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Rene Goulet
10/19/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreational Center The Crusher beat Don McClarty 2/3 Rene Goulet beat Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall dq Paul Christy drew Eddie Sharkey 30:00 att: "slim crowd of 200."
10/20/63 Minneapolis, MN Handicap match Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brauner & Marquis DeParee Larry Hennig beat Don McClarty Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer Rene Goulet beat Eddie Sharkey
10/23/63 Mankato, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty
10/26/63 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa 2/3 Handicap Match Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brawner & Marquis de Paree Larry Hennig beat Don McClarty Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer Rene Goulet beat Eddie Sharkey via pin Att: 3,965
10/28/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Howard
10/28/63 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bruiser beat Gagne 2 Gagne beat Bruiser 3 Bruiser was dq'ed Dory Funk Jr beat Sputnik Monroe 2/3 Dory Funk Jr & Dory Funk Sr beat Bill Fletcher & The Sheik dq Alex Perez drew Rocky Smith 15:00 Att: 2,480 fans
10/29/63 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym The Crusher vs Don McClarty 2/3 60:00 Moose Evans vs Larry Hennig Rene Goulet vs Marquis de Paree
10/29/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Paul Christy defeated Kenny Jay Don Whittler defeated Marquis De Paree Jo-Ann Hayden & Jean Antone defeated Ann Regan & Mars Monroe in three falls Mitsu Arakawa defeated Duke Hoffman via DQ in three falls
10/29/63- Fargo, ND @ Fargo Auditorium AWA World Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Geigel on reverse.decison 1-Gagne pinned Geigel in under 20 seconds 2-Geigel pinned Gagne in 16 minutes after a reverse backdrop. 3-Geigel pinned Gagne in 11 minutes after.another reverse backdrop but bracing his feet on the ropes. After a protest by fans and matchmaker Abe Wallace, referee Joe Snyder restarted the match. Gagne pinned Geigel who was quarreling with Snyder, in under 30 seconds. Pat Kennedy & Dale.Lewis beat Larry Hennig & Juan Hernandez 2-0 1-Kennedy pinned Hernandez in 9:00 2-Lewis beat Hernandez in 15:00 Northwest Dakota Women's Champion Annette Palmer beat Kay Noble in 19:00. Bout originally scheduled as 2/3 falls. Pat Kennedy beat Larry Hennig in 15:00 by DQ
11/1/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 Rene Goulet beat Stan Kowalski dq Larry Hennig beat Maurice LaPointe via pin Don McClarty beat Kurt Von Brawner in 14:00 Att: 1,612
11/2/63 Stillwater, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty
11/5/63 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig The Crusher beat Rene Goulet Mitsu Arakawa beat Don McClarty Moose Evans beat Marquis de Paree
11/7/63 Durand, WI @ Durand High School Gymnasium The Crusher beat Rene Goulet plus Maurice LaPointe, Moose Evans. Don McClarity, Marquis Depare
11/9/63 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig COR in 14:22 The Crusher beat Rene Goulet in 11:33 Maurice LaPointe drew Don McClarty Tiny Mills beat Lee Mattson Marquis de Paree beat Kenny Jay Att: 5,569
11/12/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Rocky Hamilton defeated Don Whittler Duke Hoffman defeated Ted Christy Mitsu Arakawa defeated Paul Christy in three falls World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne fought Pat O’Connor to a no contest in three falls
11/13/63 Monroe, NE AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Rocky Hamilton Mitsu Arakawa vs Don Whittler Duke Hoffman vs Paul Christy
11/16/63 St. Paul, MN The Crusher beat Verne Gagne 2/3 to win AWA Title when Gagne couldn't answer the bell for the 3rd fall Larry Hennig dcor Moose Evans Tiny Mills beat Johnny Kace Maurice LaPointe beat Kurt Von Brawner Marquis De Paree beat Kenny Jay Att: 7,647
11/19/63 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion The Crusher beat Rene Goulet Mitsu Arakawa beat Maurice LaPointe Moose Evans beat Tiny Mills Larry Hennig beat Bill Weems (sub Don McClarty) att: 4,000
11/21/63 Brooklyn Center Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig
11/26/63 Albert Lea, MN Mitsu Arakawa vs Maurice LaPointe Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana vs Bernard Semard & Marcel Semard Chico Santana vs Marcel Semard
11/26/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Don Whittler fought Tony Manos to a draw Enrique Torres defeated Johnny Kace Rocky Hamilton defeated Paul Christy in three falls Reggie Parks defeated Duke Hoffman via DQ in three falls
11/28/63 St. Paul, MN Referee: Tom Novak AWA Champion The Crusher no contest Verne Gagne Moose Evans beat Marquis de Paree Rene Goulet & Maurice LaPointe beat Larry Hennig & Tiny Mills Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez beat Marcel Semard & Bernard Semard Mitsu Arakawa beat Tony Manoussis att: 5,594 (+ 1,300 free children)
11/30/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Rene Goulet & Maurice LaPointe beat Marquis De Paree & Tony Manoussos Marcel Semard beat Chico Santana Pee Wee Lopez beat Bernard Semard Att: 1,246
12/1/63 Austin, MN Rene Goulet beat Larry Hennig
12/3/63 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Two Referees AWA Champion The Crusher beat Rene Goulet Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Marcel Semard & Bernard Semard beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana Mitsu Arakawa beat Marquie de Paree (sub Paul Christy)
12/4/63 Lubbock, TX @ Fair Park Coliseum Referee Rudy Kay AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ricky Romero on a 3rd fall dq North American Tag Team Champions Dory Funk Sr & Dory Funk Jr beat Kinji Shibuya & Tokyo Tom 2/3 The Sheik beat Harley Race Sputnik Monroe drew Luis Martinez Dale Lewis beat Pat Kelly Note: Gagne billed as AWA Champion even though he did not hold the title.
12/4/63 St Cloud, MN AWA Champion The Crusher vs Rene Goulet Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana vs Marcel Semard & Bernard Semard Marquis De Paree vs Maurice LaPointe
12/5/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena The Sheik beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq 1. Sheik beat Gagne with a camel clutch in 5:58. Between Falls, Gagne put the sleeper hold on The Sheik. 2. Gagne pinned The Sheik in 10 seconds 3. Gagne was dq'ed in 6:13 for failing to break a hold while The Sheik was in the ropes. North American Tag Team Champions Dory Funk Sr & Dory Funk Jr beat Kinji Shibuya & Tokyo Tom when Dory Jr beat Tokyo Tom with a spinning toe hold in the 3rd fall Harley Race drew Ricky Romero Ken Lucas beat Rudy Kay via pin in 8:23 after a judo chop Note: Gagne billed as AWA Champion even though he did not hold the title.
12/5/63 Mankato, MN Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Maurice LaPointe beat Kenny Jay Marcel Semard beat Chico Santana
12/5/63 Winona, MN @ Armory Mitsu Arakawa vs Rene Goulet Bernard Semard vs Pee Wee Lopez Marquis DeParee vs Lee Mattson
12/10/63 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Duke Hoffman defeated Tony Manos Mitsu Arakawa defeated Don Whittler in three falls Reggie Parks defeated Rocky Hamilton in three falls
12/11/63 Litchfield, MN AWA Champion The Crusher beat Rene Goulet
12/14/63 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne beat The Crusher 2/3 to regain AWA Title Bill Miller drew Moose Evans 30:00 Tiny Mills & Larry Hennig no contest Rene Goulet & Maurice LaPointe Marcel Semard beat Pee Wee Lopez via pin in 14:02 Marquis DeParee beat Lee Mattson via pin in 21:47 Att: 6,423
12/15/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher & Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet & Maurice LaPointe Pedro Lopez beat Marcel Semard Moose Evens beat Jim Grabmire via pin Dr. Bill Miller beat Tiny Mills Att: 1,399
12/21/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Lorne Corlette
12/23/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jack Wilson
12/26/63 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Rene Goulet The Crusher beat Moose Evans dq Larry Hennig beat Maurice LaPointe Mitsu Arakawa beat Red Kelly
12/27/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Reggie Parks beat The Crusher dq Pat O'Connor beat Tiny Mills Bob Geigel beat Kenny Jay (sub Eddie Sharkey) Jack Pesek drew Ronnie Etchison
12/27/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Frenchy Champagne Verne Gagne & Whipper Billy Watson beat Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa on a 3rd fall dq 1 Shibuya beat Watson in 17:00 2 Watson beat Shibuya in 2:00 3 Shibuya & Arakawa were dq’ed Bill Dromo beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 19:00 Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Rene Goulet beat Red Kelly Att: “crowd of approximately 2,000”
12/28/63 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher & Larry Hennig beat Verne Gagne & Moose Evans Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet COR Kinji Shibuya beat Maurice LaPointe via pin Bill Dromo beat Red Kelly via pin Att: 7,000
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1/4/64 Minneapolis TV Bill Miller beat Country James
1/4/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Reggie Parks Mitsu Arakawa beat Duke Hoffman Mad Dog Vachon beat Maurice LaPointe Jack Pesek beat Tiny Mills Att: 4,098
1/6/64 Minneapolis TV Bill Miller beat George Crammer
1/7/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon defeated Tony Manos Ronnie Etchison fought Rocky Hamilton to a draw Reggie Parks defeated Bob Geigel via DQ in three falls Jack Pesek defeated Duke Hoffman in three falls to win the Nebraska Heavyweight Title
1/10/64 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Miller The Crusher & Larry Hennig & Mitsu Arakawa beat Moose Evans & Rene Goulet & Doug Gilbert Mitsu Arakawa vs Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat Doug Gilbert
1/11/64 Minneapolis TV Bill Miller beat Maurice LaPointe
1/11/64 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Rene Goulet on a 3rd fall COR 1 Gagne beat Goulet with a sleeper hold 2 Goulet beat Gagne 3 Goulet was counted out of the ring The Crusher beat Bill Miller 2/3 1 Miller beat Crusher in 13:20 2 Crusher beat Miller in 5:00 3 Crusher pinned Miller after using a “foreign object” Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Bulldog Danny Plechas beat Floyd Ude Tiny Mills beat Maurice Lapointe via pin att: “6,328 fans”
1/11/64 Winona, MN @ Winona State’s Memorial Hall Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Kay Noble beat Mars Monroe 2/3 Eddie Sharkey beat Marquis De Pare
1/13/64 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Marquis de Paree Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay Danny Pleches beat Bill Green Bill Miller beat Pete Bevins
1/14/64 Des Moines, IA @ Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Pat O’Connor Sonny Myers & Ronnie Etchison vs Mongolian Stomper & Bulldog Danny Plechas Art Thomas vs Jim Grabmire Mongolian Stomper vs Ronnie Etchison
1/14/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Lumberjack Match The Crusher beat Moose Evans Bill Miller beat Jack Pesek Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet Doug Gilbert beat Marquis de Paree att: 7,200
1/17/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium No dq Match Reggie Parks beat The Crusher Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert Mad Dog Vachon beat Eddie Sharkey Moose Evans beat Tiny Mills dq Att: 2,508
1/18/64 Minneapolis TV Bill Miller beat Marquis de Paree
1/18/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 Bill Miller beat Larry Hennig COR Doug Gilbert & Rene Goulet beat Pete Bevins & Marquis de Paree Mitsu Arakawa beat Maurice Lapointe via pin Att: 2,883
1/20/64 Minneapolis TV Bill Miller beat Maurice LaPointe
1/21/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon defeated Steve Bolus Kay Noble defeated Mars Monroe Reggie Parks defeated Stan Kowalski in two straight falls World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Mitsu Arakawa via DQ in three falls
1/21/64 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Bill Miller dq Doug Gilbert beat Larry Hennig dq Moose Evans beat Danny Plechas Rene Goulet beat Gene Anderson via pin Eddie Sharkey beat Marquis de Paree Att: 3,099
1/22/64 Osseo, MN The Crusher beat Doug Gilbert
1/23/64 River Falls, WI The Crusher & Larry Hennig beat Moose Evans & Rene Goulet
1/25/64 Stillwater, MN Rene Goulet beat Bill Miller dq
1/25/64 Waseca, MN Larry Hennig beat Floyd Ude Kay Noble beat Mars Monroe Moose Evans beat Marquis de Paree
1/27/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Gene Anderson Bill Miller beat Lee Mattson
1/28/64 Minneapolis, MN Death match The Crusher beat Bill Miller in 19:35 Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet in 10:04 Moose Evans beat Great Dane in 4:22 Doug Gilbert beat Gene Anderson Mauruce Vachon beat Maurice LaPointe Att: 3,109
1/29/64 Sterling, IL @ Sterling Coliseum Crusher Lisowski vs. Rene Goulet Doug Gilbert vs. Dr. Bill Miller Gene Anderson vs. Eddie Sharkey Freddie Rogers vs. Billy Goelz
1/30/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Crusher Bill Miller beat Larry Hennig Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert Rene Goulet beat Gene Anderson att: 5,800
1/31/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa Pat O'Connor (sub Reggie Parks) beat Larry Hennig Mad Dog Vachon beat Doug Gilbert Jack Pesek beat Jim Grabmire Att: 1,687
2/1/64 Minneapolis TV Rene Goulet beat Bob Sabre The Crusher beat Maurice LaPointe Doug Gilbert beat Jose Quintero Moose Evans beat Tim O’Brien
2/1/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Moose Evans & Verne Gagne beat The Crusher & Larry Hennig 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Maurice Lapointe Rene Goulet beat Tim O’Brien Marquis de Paree beat Jose Quintero Att: 2,810
2/3/64 Minneapolis TV Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero Mitsu Arakawa beat Gene Anderson The Crusher beat Tim O’Brien Moose Evans beat Maurice LaPointe
2/5/64 Hammond, WI The Crusher beat Moose Evans Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills
2/5/64 New Ulm, MN Verne Gagne vs Doug Gilbert
2/8/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Rene Goulet 2/3 Dick the Bruiser beat Black Bart Mitsu Arakawa beat Billy Goelz via pin Kay Noble beat Dorothy Carter Eddie Sharkey beat Marquis de Paree via pin
2/9/64 Minneapolis, MN Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott Moose Evans & Verne Gagne beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher to win the AWA Tag Team Title Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert Rene Goulet beat Marquis de Paree Princess Little Cloud beat Bette Boucher Bob Geigel beat Maurice Lapointe Att: 6,501
2/10/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero
2/11/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher beat Bill Miller Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet Doug Gilbert beat Tiny Mills Billy Goelz beat Marquis de Paree
2/11/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Pat O’Brien defeated Pancho Gordo (9:58) Danny Plechas defeated Jim Grabmire (20:42) Reggie Parks defeated The Great Dane in two straight falls Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon defeated Moose Evans in three falls
2/13/64 Mankato, MN Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert Judy Grable & Princess Little Cloud beat Dorothy Carter & Mars Monroe Dorothy Carter beat Judy Grable
2/14/64 St. Cloud, MN @ The Armory The Crusher beat Rene Goulet 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Gene Anderson via pin Princess Little Cloud & Judy Grable beat Betty Boucher & Dorothy Carter 2/3
2/17/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Marquis DeParee Tiny Mills beat Lee Madsen Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Brown Dick the Bruiser beat Gene Anderson The Crusher beat Jose Quintero
2/21/64 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium; Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat The Crusher & Hans Schmidt 2/3 1 Schmidt pinned Snyder 2 Gagne beat Schmidt 3 Gagne pinned Schmidt after Crusher slugged Hans Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert via pin after a judo chop Moose Evans beat Ox Anderson with a bear hug Rene Goulet beat Marquis de Paree Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine.
2/22/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Chuck Santell Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Gene Anderson & Dick Wilson Wilbur Snyder beat Marquis DeParee
2/23/64 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Moose Evans & Verne Gagne to regain the AWA Tag Team Title Mitsu Arakawa beat Tiny Mills Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo via pin Rene Goulet beat Hans Schmidt dq Doug Gilbert beat Marquis DeParee Att: 6,971
2/24/64 Minneapolis TV Mitsu Arakawa beat Kenny Jay Gene Anderson beat Eddie Sharkey Hans Schmidt beat Armando Rodriguez Wilbur Snyder beat Dick Wilson The Crusher beat Tim O’Brien
2/24/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Hans Schmidt beat Bobby Managoff Wilbur Snyder beat Rene Goulet Moose Evans beat Gene Anderson Doug Gilbert beat Billy Goelz Att: 4,200
2/25/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ronnie Etchison fought Vince Montana to a draw The Mongolian Stomper defeated Stan Kowalski (5:13) Reggie Parks defeated Baron Von Strauss in two straight falls Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon fought Hans Schmidt to a double-DQ in three falls
2/29/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Great Dane Mitsu Arakawa beat Eddie Sharkey
3/2/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jim Grabmire Wilbur Snyder beat Great Dane Doug Gilbert & Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills & Jose Quintero Eddie Sharkey beat Mitsu Arakawa dq
3/4/64 Mankato, MN Mitsu Arakawa beat Moose Evans dq Doug Gilbert & Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills & George Drake Doug Gilbert beat George Drake
3/7/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat George Drake
3/7/64 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa 2/3 Crusher knocks out Mitsu between 2nd and 3rd fall Fight To The Finish Lumberjack Match The Crusher beat Moose Evans Wilbur Snyder beat Tiny Mills via pin in 10:05 Rene Goulet beat George Drake in 16:00 Kay Noble beat Mars Monroe via pin Gene Anderson beat Lee Mattson via pin att: 8,646
3/8/64 St. Cloud, MN @ The Armory The Crusher vs Rene Goulet Moose Evans vs George Drake Doug Gilbert vs Mitsu Arakawa
3/9/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Pete Bevans
3/10/64 Preston, MN Tiny Mills vs Moose Evans
3/10/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Vince Montana defeated Pancho Gordo (8:22) Pat O’Connor defeated Baron Von Strauss (11:27) Reggie Parks defeated Danny Plechas in three falls Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon defeated Mitsu Arakawa in three falls
3/11/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa The Crusher beat Wilbur Snyder dq Doug Gilbert drew Rene Goulet Billy Goelz beat George Drake att: 5,000
3/12/64 Altoona, WI @ High School Gym The Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 Tiny Mills vs Gene Anderson Mars Monroe vs Kay Noble
3/12/64 Rock Falls, IL @ (High School) AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Doug Gilbert Rene Goulet vs Mitsu Arakawa George Catalina Drake vs “Jumping Joe Snyder”
3/13/64 Mabel, MN @ High School Auditorium The Crusher vs Doug Gilbert 2/3 60:00 Moose Evans vs Tiny Mills Kay Noble vs Mars Monroe
3/13/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Reggie Parks Mad Dog Vachon beat Seaman Art Thomas Pat O'Connor beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Mongolian Stomper beat George Drake Len Montana drew Joe Scarpello Att: 4,945
3/14/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Wilbur Snyder beat The Crusher dq Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet Moose Evans beat Red Kelly Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Volkoff Gene Anderson beat Billy Goelz via pin Att: 2,355
3/16/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat George Drake Wilbur Snyder beat Nicoli Volkoff The Crusher beat Billy Goelz Mitsu Arakawa beat Red Kelly
3/17/64 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Red Eakin AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Bill Miller & Pat O’Connor 2/3 1 Bruiser beat O’Connor 2 O’Connor beat Bruiser 3 Crusher pinned Miller Referee Frenchy Champagne AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa on a 3rd fall dq Doug Gilbert beat Rene Goulet in 14:00 Gene Anderson drew George Drake
3/21/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Red Grupe Moose Evans & Wilbur Snyder beat George Drake & Red Kelly Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay Mitsu Arakawa beat Jim Eskew Gene Anderson beat Tiny Mills.
3/21/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher & Tiny Mills beat Moose Evans & Rene Goulet 2/3 Mitsu Arakawa beat George Drake Wilbur Snyder beat Red Grupe Doug Gilbert beat Jim Askew att: 1,849
3/24/64 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa dq in 22:15 The Crusher beat Wilbur Snyder COR Lumberjack Match Moose Evans beat Tiny Mills Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer via pin Doug Gilbert & Rene Goulet beat Gene Anderson & Stan Kowalski in 16:30 att: 6,012
3/24/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium George Drake defeated Baron Von Strauss (16:38) Vince Montana defeated The Great Dane (9:22) Reggie Parks defeated Bob Geigel via DQ in three falls Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon defeated Hans Schmidt in three falls
3/30/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Moose Evans & Wilbur Snyder Hans Schmidt beat Rene Goulet Mitsu Arakawa beat Billy Goelz Doug Gilbert beat Nicoli Volkoff
3/31/64 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Karate legal, No dq Match, One fall to a Finish AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin in 18:00 AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Moose Evans & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 1 Crusher beat Evans 2 Snyder pinned Crusher 3 Crusher pinned Snyder Hans Schmidt beat Rene Goulet with a backbreaker Doug Gilbert drew Jack Pesek 20:00 Att: “crowd in the neighborhood of 3,000”
4/1/64 Hastings, NE The Crusher beat Doug Gilbert Tiny Mills beat Floyd Ude
4/1/64 Mankato, MN Mitsu Arakawa beat Moose Evans Gene Anderson & Hans Schmidt beat Rene Goulet & Jack Pesek Jack Pesek beat Gene Anderson
4/1/64 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Vince Montana fought George Drake to a draw Reggie Parks defeated The Great Dane Mad Dog Vachon defeated Baron Von Strauss Reggie Parks won a 6-man Battle Royal (order of elimination: The Great Dane, Vince Montana, Baron Von Strauss, George Drake, Mad Dog Vachon)
4/2/64 Sterling, IL @ Newman Central Catholic High School The Crusher vs Moose Evans Hans Schmidt vs Doug Gilbert Billy Goelz vs Mitsu Arakawa
4/5/64 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dick the Bruiser in 21:00 The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa in 17:00 Doug Gilbert & Rene Goulet beat Bob Geigel & Tiny Mills Moose Evans ddq Hans Schmidt Wilbur Snyder beat Nicoli Volkoff via pin att: 7,715
4/6/64 Minneapolis TV Hans Schmidt beat Gene Anderson
4/6/64 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Mitsu Arakawa vs Rene Goulet 2/3 60:00 Moose Evans vs Tiny Mills 2/3 45:00 Gene Anderson vs Doug Gilbert 30:00
4/7/64 Des Moines, IA @ Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Pat O’Connor when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall Sonny Myers ddq Mongolian Stomper Kathy Starr beat Jean Antone Steve Bolus (sub Don Jardine) beat Lee Henning
4/7/64 Glenwood City, WI The Crusher beat Doug Gilbert
4/7/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium George Drake defeated The Great Dane Jessica Rogers defeated Betty Niccoli Reggie Parks defeated Vince Montana via DQ in three falls Texas Death Match: Hans Schmidt defeated Mad Dog Vachon to win the Nebraska Heavyweight Title
4/11/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Hans Schmidt beat Moose Evans dq Rene Goulet drew Tiny Mills Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer via pin Jack Pesek refused victory when Gene Anderson was unable to continue Kenny Jay drew Ken Yates att: 1,657
4/14/64 St. Paul, MN Mitsu Arakawa beat The Crusher dq Wilbur Snyder beat Dick The Bruiser via pin Doug Gilbert & Rene Goulet beat Gene Anderson & Great Dane Hans Schmidt beat Moose Evans via pin Att: 3,000
4/15/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder Moose Evans beat Mitsu Arakawa Doug Gilbert beat Hans Schmidt Rene Goulet beat Nicoli Volkoff
4/17/64 Moorhead, MN The Crusher beat Moose Evans Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet in 29:00 Hans Schmidt beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert drew Tiny Mills 30:00 Att: 1,100
4/18/64 Minneapolis TV Hans Schmidt beat Great Dane
4/18/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Wilbur Snyder 2/3 Doug Gilbert drew Hans Schmidt 30:00 Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet Jack Pesek beat Great Dane att: 1,808
4/22/64 Altoona, WI @ High Schhol Gym The Crusher beat Rene Goulet Mitsu Arakawa vs Jack Pesek 2/3 45:00 Kenny Yates vs Kenny Jay
4/22/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium George Drake fought Vince Montana to a double-CO Reggie Parks defeated Harley Race Mad Dog Vachon defeated Joe Gump in three falls World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Hans Schmidt in three falls
4/25/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Great Dane
4/25/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Rene Goulet via pin in 16:29 Mitsu Arakawa beat Moose Evans dq Doug Gilbert beat Stan Kowalski (sub Hans Schmidt) Great Dane beat Ken Yates via pin att: 1,778
4/27/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Ken Yates
4/28/64 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Hans Schmidt split a $14,000.00 Battle Royal purse rather than fight each other Dick the Bruiser ddq Moose Evans Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig dq in 11:40 Rene Goulet beat Nicoli Volkoff via pin in 13:11 Doug Gilbert beat Great Dane via pin in 16:12 att: 6,412
4/29/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Crusher dq Hans Schmidt drew Wilbur Snyder Mitsu Arakawa beat Moose Evans Doug Gilbert beat Nicoli Volkoff att: 2,000
4/30/64 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dick the Bruiser via pin in 21:00 The Crusher beat Wilbur Snyder Doug Gilbert & Rene Goulet beat Hans Schmidt & Tiny Mills 2/3 Mitsu Arakawa beat Jack Pesek Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine Note: Tiny Mills billed as “Original Beatle” by the Winnipeg Free Press.
5/1/64 Moorhead, MN The Crusher beat Moose Evans via pin in 16:22 Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Jack Pesek drew Doug Gilbert 30:00 Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills via pin Att: 800
5/2/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Gene Anderson
5/2/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne to win AWA Title Bill Miller beat Reggie Parks Mongolian Stomper beat Harley Race George Drake beat Frisco Montana Att: 6,025
5/5/64 Minneapolis TV Hans Schmidt beat Eddie Sharkey
5/5/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Vince Montana defeated Rudy Kay Reggie Parks defeated Joe Gump George Drake fought Harley Race to a draw Mad Dog Vachon fought The Mongolian Stomper to a double-CO Reggie Parks won an 8-man Battle Royal (other participants: Mad Dog Vachon, The Mongolian Stomper, Rudy Kay, Joe Gump, George Drake, Vince Montana, Harley Race)
5/6/64 Mankato, MN Butch Levy beat Hans Schmidt dq Doug Gilbert & Rene Goulet beat Great Dane & Larry Hennig Doug Gilbert drew Larry Hennig
5/7/64 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym Verne Gagne vs Moose Evans Hans Schmidt vs Rene Goulet Doug Gilbert vs Larry Hennig
5/8/64 St. Cloud, MN @ The Armory The Crusher vs Moose Evans Hans Schmidt vs Rene Goulet Jack Pesek vs Doug Gilbert
5/9/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Eddie Sharkey
5/9/64 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat Moose Evans in 19:45 The Crusher beat Hans Schmidt to win the $14,000 that was held up from the battle royal on 4/28 Mitsu Arakawa beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert drew Larry Hennig Little Boy Blue & Marcel Semard beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana
5/13/64 Mankato, MN Butch Levy beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Marcel Semard & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana Art Thomas beat Larry Williams
5/15/64 Columbus, NE @ City Auditorium 6 man wrestle royal Mad Dog Vachon vs George Drake 30:00 Reggie Parks vs Bulldog Danny Plechas 30:00 Jack Pesek vs Frisco Montana 30:00 Note: Vachon beat Verne Gagne for the AWA title in Omaha on 5/2/64 but is not listed in the newspaper ad as AWA champion.
5/16/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon COR to regain AWA Title Reggie Parks beat Frisco Montana Mongolian Stomper beat George Drake Rocky Hamilton drew Jack Pesek Att: 5,520
5/18/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Great Dane
5/19/64 Moorhead, MN The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa 2/3 Marcel Semard & Little Boy Blue beat Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez Doug Gilbert (sub Rene Goulet) beat Great Dane
5/19/64 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek fought George Drake to a no contest Pat O’Connor defeated Vince Montana via CO Reggie Parks defeated Bob Geigel in three falls Bill Miller defeated Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon via DQ in three falls
5/20/64 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Wilbur Snyder in 48:47 Handicap Match Butch Levy beat The Crusher when the Crusher couldn't pin Levy twice in 15:00 Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet in 9:52 Art Thomas beat Vince Montana in 10:23 Little Boy Blue & Marcel Semard beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana att: 3,319 Note: Another listing has an additional result Larry Hennig beat Doug Gilbert
5/21/64 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Mitsu Arakawa & The Crusher beat Moose Evans & Art Thomas 2/3 Mitsu Arakawa beat Moose Evans Marcel Semard & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana Art Thomas beat Vince Montana in 9:00 Promoter John Cyclone Macalpine Note: Verne Gagne was originally scheduled to wrestle The Crusher and Tiny Mills was originally scheduled to wrestle Art Thomas. Gagne & Mills no showed so the card had to be revamped. Gagne said to be suffering from boils according to the Winnipeg Free Press.
5/23/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Freddie Rogers
5/25/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Lee Mattson
5/27/64 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Reggie Parks fought Jack Pesek to a draw Mitsu Arakawa defeated George Drake in three falls The Mongolian Stomper defeated Mad Dog Vachon via DQ in three falls
5/30/64 Minneapolis, MN Referee Larry Williams Sailor Art Thomas beat The Crusher COR Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert via pin in 17:35 Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Goelz via pin in 8:08 Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet via pin in 15:12 Kay Noble beat Judy Grable via pin in 11:33 Eddie Sharkey beat Johnny Kace in 14:22 att: 3,979
6/6/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Ken Yates
6/6/64 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium The Crusher beat Art Thomas dq Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert in 18:30 Larry Hennig beat Jack Kelly in 6:45 Jack Lanza beat Shelby Adcock (sub Nicoli Volkoff) in 7:50 Rene Goulet beat Larry Williams in 17:28 att: 2,568
6/9/64 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Art Thomas 2/3 1 Crusher beat Thomas 2 Thomas beat Crusher 3 Crusher beat Thomas Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert via pin Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet via pin Jack Lanza beat Larry Williams via pin Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine
6/12/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Fritz Von Erich on a 3rd fall dq 1 Gagne beat Von Erich in 7:53 with a sleeper hold 2 Von Erich beat Gagne in 6:46 with a clawhold 3 Von Erich ws dq'ed in 18 seconds for throwing the referee across the ring The Crusher beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa dq when Arakawa used an illegal judo hold Sailor Art Thomas beat Don Strauss in 6:37 Referee: Danny Loos Att: 2,583 fans, gate: $5,200 Note: This probably was the first AWA card in Denver. Verne bought Denver from Dory Funk Sr according to Dory Funk Jr.
6/13/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne no contest Great Dane Rene Goulet beat Great Dane
6/13/64 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher (sub Verne Gagne) beat Sailor Art Thomas Wilbur Snyder & Doug Gilbert beat Larry Hennig & Danny Plechas Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet Jack Lanza beat Great Dane
6/17/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Ken Yates Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson Mitsu Arakawa beat Larry Williams Art Thomas beat Great Dane
6/20/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay Billy Red Cloud beat Jack Wilson Art Thomas beat Johnny Kace Mitsu Arakawa beat Gene Anderson Jack Lanza beat Great Dane
6/22/64 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Gene Anderson Mitsu Arakawa beat Johnny Kace Art Thomas beat Jack Wilson
6/24/64 Winona, MN @ Gabrych Park Art Thomas beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet Eddie Sharkey drew Jack Lanza
6/26/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Fritz Von Erich in 14:20 when Gagne received some help from Art Thomas, who ran to the ring and knocked Von Erich out Mitsu Arakawa beat Wahoo McDaniel in 12:12 Larry Hennig beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 The Crusher beat Sailor Art Thomas dq Att: 2,000 fans
6/27/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Bill Green Jack Lanza beat Ken Yates Mitsu Arakawa beat Paul Caruso Art Thomas beat Gene Anderson
6/30/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Bill Green Dale Lewis beat Gene Anderson Doug Gilbert beat Great Dane Mitsu Arakawa beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Paul Caruso
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/3/64 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hans Schmidt Art Thomas beat Larry Hennig (sub Crusher) Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Mad Dog Vachon (sub Danny Hodge) beat Rene Goulet
7/3/64 St. Cloud, MN @ Municipal Stadium Larry Hennig & Bob Geigel vs Jack Lanza & Billy Red Cloud Kay Noble vs Jessica Rogers Doug Gilbert vs Dale Lewis Note: Hennig appeared in Davenport, Iowa that night.
7/4/64 St Paul, MN @ Met Stadium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dick the Bruiser (sub Crusher) 2/3 Wilbur Snyder & Sailor Art Thomas & Dale Lewis beat Larry Hennig & Hans Schmidt & Mitsu Arakawa Mad Dog Vachon beat Doug Gilbert via pin Bob Geigel beat Rene Goulet via pin
7/4/64 Fargo, ND Eddie Sharkey beat Gene Anderson Jack Lanza beat Great Dane
7/4/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Mike Spangler Wilbur Snyder beat Kenny Jay Mitsu Arakawa beat Paul Caruso Art Thomas beat Gene Anderson Hans Schmidt beat ?.
7/6/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Mackey Dale Lewis beat Great Dane Mitsu Arakawa beat Mike Spangler Art Thomas beat Paul Caruso
7/10/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Mad Dog Vachon & Fritz Von Erich beat Verne Gagne & Art Thomas Mitsu Arakawa beat Wilbur Snyder dq Jack Lanza beat Larry Hennig Otto Von Krupp beat Guy Mitchell
7/11/64 Minneapolis TV Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Brown Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Mitsu Arakawa beat Gene Anderson Billy Red Cloud beat Great Dane Jack Lanza beat Paul DeMarco.
7/11/64 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Dale Lewis & Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski & Larry Hennig Art Thomas beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Jack Lanza beat Great Dane via pin Billy Red Cloud beat Tiny Mills att: 1,200
7/13/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Ken Yates Jack Lanza & Dale Lewis beat Bob Brown & Paul DeMarco Art Thomas beat Gene Anderson
7/17/64 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium The Crusher beat Art Thomas dq Mitsu Arakawa beat Pat O’Connor Pat O’Connor (sub Billy Red Cloud) beat Larry Hennig Kay Noble beat Mars Monroe (sub Annette Palmer)
7/17/64 Menomonie, WI Jack Lanza beat Bob Geigel Butch Levy beat Jack Wilson Joe Scarpello beat Gene Anderson
7/18/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Reggie Parks drew Otto Von Krupp Billy Red Cloud beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Pat Barrett beat Guy Mitchell Att: 3,586
7/18/64 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Art Thomas Jack Lanza & Dale Lewis beat Bob Geigel & Larry Hennig dq Mitsu Arakawa beat Joe Scarpello Jean Antone & Kay Noble beat Mars Monroe & Ann Regan att: 2,956
7/18/64 Minneapolis TV Jack Lanza beat Gene Anderson Dale Lewis beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Fred Rogers Art Thomas beat Jack Wilson
7/20/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Mitsu Arakawa beat Fred Rogers
7/21/64 Burlington, IA @ Community Field Mitsu Arakawa beat Sailor Art Thomas The Crusher beat Cowboy Bill Goelz Dale Lewis beat Johnny Kace Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane Att: 921
7/24/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Fritz Von Erich 2/3 1 Crusher beat Von Erich 2 Von Erich beat Crusher 3 Crusher beat Von Erich in 10:50 Cowboy Jack Lanza beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Mitsu Arakawa beat Sailor Art Thomas Wilbur Snyder beat The Sheik on a 3rd fall COR
7/25/64 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny Kace Mitsu Arakawa beat Billy Goelz Jack Lanza beat Great Dane
7/25/64 Minneapolis, MN Referee: Johnny Kace The Crusher beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza via pin Larry Hennig drew Dale Lewis Billy Red Cloud beat Great Dane Note: Another listing has an additional result Mitsu Arakawa beat Wilbur Snyder.
7/26/64 Pine City, MN @ Pine County Fair Mitsu Arakawa vs Sailor Art Thomas Billy Red Cloud vs Great Dane Dale Lewis vs Kenny Jay
7/27/64 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Billy Goelz Cowboy Jack Lanza beat Johnny Kace
7/31/64 Fairmount Larry Hennig vs Dale Lewis
8/1/64 Minneapolis TV Harley Race beat Wilbur Snyder Dale Lewis beat Great Dane (John Danti) Cowboy Jack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Mitsu Arakawa beat Bill Green (Bob Brown) The Crusher beat Paul Caruso (Lorne Corlette)
8/1/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Reggie Parks Nebraska Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Art Thomas Billy Red Cloud beat Otto Von Krupp dq Jack Pesek drew Paddy Barrett
8/1/64 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium The Crusher beat Wilbur Snyder 2/3 Mitsu Arakawa beat Larry Hennig in 13:45 Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane via pin Jack Lanza & Dale Lewis beat Tiny Mills & Harley Race att: 2,489
8/3/64 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Green Cowboy Jack Lanza beat Great Dane Mitsu Arakawa beat Kenny Yates Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay Dale Lewis beat Paul Caruso
8/8/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Dynamite Jim Dunn Mitsu Arakawa beat Freddie Rogers Reggie Parks beat Kurt Von Brawner (Jack Wilson) Cowboy Jack Lanza beat Great Dane Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Yates
8/10/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Freddie Rogers Mitsu Arakawa beat Dynamite Jim Dunn Reggie Parks beat Great Dane Cowboy Jack Lanza beat Kurt Von Brawner Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay
8/10/64 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium The Crusher beat Art Thomas Larry Hennig beat Dale Lewis Mitsu Arakawa beat Jack Lanza Eddie Sharkey beat Joe Snyder
8/14/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Wilbur Snyder 2/3 1 Crusher beat Snyder in 8:25 2 Snyder pinned Crusher in 1:14 after an airplane spin 3 Crusher beat Snyder in 9:15 Mitsu Arakawa beat Cowboy Jack Lanza 2/3 Dale Lewis beat Otto Von Krupp dq Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Pesek Att: 2,000 fans
8/15/64 Minneapolis TV Wilbur Snyder beat Jack Wilson Verne Gagne beat Freddie Rogers Billy Red Cloud beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Eddie Sharkey Moose Cholak beat Ken Yates
8/15/64 Arlington, MN Billy Red Cloud beat Tiny Mills on a 3rd fall dq Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane Women’s Champion Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer
8/15/64 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Reggie Parks dq in 18:53 Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig dq in 19:42 Moose Cholak beat Art Thomas Jack Lanza & Dale Lewis beat Jim Dunn & Kurt Von Brawner 2-0 att: 4,018
8/17/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza dq Mitsu Arakawa beat Eddie Sharkey Moose Cholak beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Dynamite Jim Dunn Billy Red Cloud beat Kurt Von Brawner
8/22/64 Minneapolis TV Jack Lanza beat Tiny Buchanan Mitsu Arakawa beat Al Perry Verne Gagne beat Jim Eskew Dale Lewis beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Eddie Sharkey
8/24/64 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Crusher Billy Red Cloud beat Larry Hennig Mitsu Arakawa beat Sailor Art Thomas Cowboy Jack Lanza beat Kurt Von Brawner
8/28/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Crusher 2/3 Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Mitsu Arakawa beat Dale Lewis Dory Funk Jr. beat Dan Miller Att: 2,100 fans
8/29/64 Minneapolis TV Live Tiny Mills beat Guy Mitchell Dale Lewis beat Bill Green Mitsu Arakawa beat Paul Caruso Cowboy Jack Lanza beat Great Dane Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay
8/29/64 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium rained out The Crusher vs Verne Gagne
8/31/64 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Guy Mitchell Cowboy Jack Lanza & Dale Lewis beat Bill Green & Paul Caruso Butch Levy beat Kenny Jay 2-0 Mitsu Arakawa beat Eddie Sharkey 2/3
9/5/64 Minneapolis TV Moose Cholak beat Guy Mitchell Mad Dog Vachon beat Bozo Brown Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay Paddy Barrett beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Dale Lewis beat Great Dane
9/5/64 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Loser Leaves Town match AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Crusher via pin in 18:50 Mad Dog Vachon beat Pat Barrett via pin Jack Lanza & Dale Lewis & Billy Red Cloud beat Mitsu Arakawa & Stan Kowalski & Moose Cholak 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Guy Mitchell in 14:25 Att: 4,548
9/6/64 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium or 9/7 Mitsu Arakawa won a 10 man $5,000 battle royal Moose Cholak beat Dale Lewis Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet Jack Lanza beat Art Kenney (sub Crusher) Moose Evans beat Tiny Mills Wilbur Snyder beat Great Dane att: 3,500
9/7/64 Minneapolis TV Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay Reggie Parks beat Bill Green Mitsu Arakawa beat Guy Mitchell Reggie Parks beat Great Dane
9/9/64 Des Moines, IA @ Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum No Time Limit AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Pat O’Connor Missouri Mauler vs The Lawman Moose Evans vs The Krusher Betty Niccoli vs Jessica Rogers
9/9/64 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Paddy Barrett defeated Harley Race Otto Von Krupp defeated Guy Mitchell in three falls Reggie Parks defeated Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon via DQ in three falls
9/11/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa on a 3rd fall dq 1 Arakawa beat Gagne in 16:51 2 Gagne beat Arakawa in 6:19 3 Gagne won by dq when Arakawa threw salt at him Moose Cholak beat Cowboy Jack Lanza via pin in 18:01 Larry Hennig beat Dale Lewis 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Cowboy Jack Lanza (sub Tiny Mills) in 13:35 Att: 2,000 fans benefit for the United States Olympic Wrestling Team
9/12/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne no contest Great Dane Larry Chene & Reggie Parks drew Larry Hennig & Ivan Kalmikoff
9/12/64 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne beat Ivan Kalmikoff Mitsu Arakawa beat Dale Lewis via pin Reggie Parks beat Jack Pesek Larry Hennig beat Eddie Sharkey Larry Chene beat Great Dane Att: 2,493
9/14/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Eddie Sharkey Dale Lewis beat Kenny Jay
9/19/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Red Cloud COR Nebraska Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Paddy Barrett Reggie Parks beat Stan Kowalski Otto Von Krupp beat Guy Mitchell
9/19/64 St. Paul, MN Mitsu Arakawa won 15 man $5,000 battle royal by eliminating Moose Cholak Mitsu Arakawa beat Dale Lewis due to injury in 19:35 Moose Cholak beat Cowboy Jack Lanza in 10:10 Larry Chene beat Nicoli Volkoff in 11:10 Rene Goulet beat Bill Frazier via pin in 10:45 Larry Hennig beat Lupe Gonzalez via pin in 9:50 Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny King in 7:05 Pampero Firpo beat Floyd Ude in 4:45 Att: 3,508
9/21/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Great Dane Larry Hennig beat Ken Yates
9/25/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak on a 2nd fall dq 1 Parks beat Moose 2 Moose was dq'ed Larry Hennig drew Ricky Romero Guy Mitchell beat Larry Chene in 17:28
9/25/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey & Ken Yates
9/26/64 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin in 23:13 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Larry Chene & Jack Lanza 2/3 in 38:00 Moose Cholak beat Johnny Carr via pin in 3:02 Reggie Parks beat Bernie Dunn via pin in 11:12 Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay via pin in 4:53 Att: 4,194
9/28/64 Minneapolis TV Kenny Jay & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq
10/1/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa Moose Cholak beat Jack Lanza Reggie Parks beat Harley Race Larry Hennig beat Larry Chene
10/3/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne drew Reggie Parks Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Eddie Sharkey
10/3/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks 2/3 Moose Cholak beat Jack Lanza in 17:00 Tony Nero beat Bob Caruso in 11:25 Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Green in 18:00 Rocky Hamilton vs Butch Levy Att: 1,936
10/5/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey & Mike Spangler
10/6/64 Minneapolis, MN Moose Cholak beat Reg Parks by referee's decision Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Jack Lanza Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey Billy Red Cloud beat Tony Nero
10/7/64 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium
10/9/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Art Neilson beat Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 Cowboy” Jack Lanza beat Harley Race dq Jean Antone beat Jessica Rogers in 9:38 Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak Cholak suffered an arm injury Att: 2,000 fans
10/10/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Claude Patterson
10/10/64 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Reggie Parks when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Lanza & Wilbur Snyder Butch Levy beat Otto Von Hess Moose Cholak beat Claude Patterson Billy Red Cloud beat Chris Markoff Att: 3,466
10/12/64 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Eddie Sharkey Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Chris Markoff & Otto Von Hess
10/15/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Lanza & Billy Red Cloud Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak Ivan Kalmikoff beat Eddie Sharkey Billy Goelz beat Tony Nero
10/17/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates
10/17/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Reggie Parks 2/3 Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza via pin in 19:50 Dolly Page beat Baby Cheryl Eddie Sharkey beat Tony Nero in 18:20 Att: 2,244
10/19/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Tony Nero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Jose Quintero Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
10/20/64 Minneapolis, MN Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne to win the AWA Title in 22:28 Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak in 13:22 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Geigel & Art Thomas Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tony Russo via pin in 1:04 Bob Boyer beat Tony Nero in 13:47 Att: 3,979
10/22/64 St. Cloud, MN - St. Cloud Armory Larry Hennig vs. Cowboy Jack Lanza Bob Boyer vs. Moose Cholak 2-3 falls Larry Hennig and Harley Race vs. Cowboy Jack Lanza and Butch Levy 2-3 falls
10/24/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tony Longario Verne Gagne beat Johnny King Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero George Drake beat Tony Nero
10/24/64 Spring Valley, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & George Drake Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Lanza Bob Boyer beat Harley Race
10/26/64 Minneapolis TV Bob Boyer & George Drake beat Johnny King & Jose Quintero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tony Longario & Guy Mitchell Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay Eddie Sharkey beat Tony Nero
10/30/64 Denver, CO @ Coliseum AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Pat O’ Connor 2/3 1 Vachon pinned O'Connor in 5:45 after a piledriver 2 O’Connor beat Vachon in 10:27 3 Vachon beat O'Connor in in 6:40 Verne Gagne drew Reggie Parks when the 45 time limit expired in the 3rd fall Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ricky Romero & Wilbur Snyder Ivan Kalmikoff beat Dan Miller (sub Dory Funk Jr) Att: 3,000 fans
10/31/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Bill Green Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Kenny Jay Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero Ivan Kalmikoff beat Ken Yates Bob Boyer beat Tony Nero
10/31/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud Pampero Firpo beat George Drake Pat Barrett drew Rocky Hamilton Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff Att: 2,983
11/2/64 Minneapolis TV Ivan Kalmikoff beat Paul Caruso Reggie Parks beat Bill Green Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tony Nero & Jose Quintero Bob Boyer beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates
11/4/64 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Rocky Hamilton 2/3 1 Vachon beat Hamilton with a backbreaker in 12:07 2 Hamilton pinned Vachon after a knee drop 3 Vachon pinned Hamilton in 2:30 Nebraska State Champion Billy Red Cloud beat Pat Barrett 2/3 1 Barrett beat Red Cloud 2 Red Cloud beat Barrett 3 Red Cloud beat Barrett Reggie Parks drew Pampero Firpo 30:00 Att: "large turnout", "near record attendance"
11/5/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Cholak Verne Gagne drew Reggie Parks Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Jack Lanza Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Boyer
11/6/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo Billy Red Cloud drew Don Jardine Art Thomas beat Tiny Mills Pat Barrett beat Bulldog Danny Plechas dq Rene Goulet drew Jack Pesek Att: 2,028
11/7/64 Minneapolis TV Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bill Green Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero Reggie Parks beat Otto Von Hess Mad Dog Vachon beat Claude Patterson Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates
11/7/64 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & George Drake Ivan Kalmikoff beat Otto Von Hess Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bill Green Jack Lanza beat Jose Quintero Att: 5,187
11/9/64 Minneapolis TV Bob Boyer beat Ken Yates George Drake beat Kenny Jay Reggie Parks beat Bill Green Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Claude Patterson & Otto Von Hess
11/11/64 Mankato, MN Bob Boyer & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Reggie Parks beat Harley Race Eddie Sharkey beat George Drake
11/13/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall dq 1 Parks pinned Vachon in 10:30 after an airplane spin 2 Vachon beat Parks in 9:13 with a backbreaker 3 Parks was dq'ed for not breaking a hold Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 1 Hennig pinned Gagne in 11:21 2 Gagne pinned Race in 6:55 3 Race pinned Snyder in 6:14 Pat O’Connor beat Art Neilson in 14:20 Ricky Romero beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 14:25 Att: 3,128 fans
11/14/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne dq Pampero Firpo beat Pat Barrett Ivan Kalmikoff beat Billy Red Cloud Don Jardine beat Rene Goulet Igor Vodik beat Bob Brown Att: 4,506
11/14/64 Minneapolis TV Jack Lanza beat Danny Plechas Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Great Dane & Jose Quintero Reggie Parks beat Tony Nero Bob Boyer beat Otto von Hess George Drake drew Eddie Sharkey
11/14/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Bob Boyer & Reggie Parks ddq Larry Hennig & Harley Race in 3rd fall Jack Lanza beat Otto Von Hess via pin George Drake beat Danny Plechas Eddie Sharkey beat Tony Nero via pin Att: 2,978
11/16/64 Minneapolis TV Reggie Parks beat Danny Plechas Mad Dog Vachon beat George Drake Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Otto Von Hess Bill Green & Tony Nero beat Bob Geigel & Ivan Kalmikoff dq
11/17/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Lanza & Pat O’Connor Bob Boyer beat George Drake Butch Kelly beat Joe Snyder (sub match for Ivan Kalmikoff vs Tony Nero)
11/17/64 Sioux City, IA Verne Gagne W The Mongolian Stomper Billy Red Cloud W Kurt Hess Pampero Firpo D Rene Goulet Jack Pesak W Tiny Mills Att: 1,475.
11/18/64 Fremont, NE AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Mongolian Stomper Tiny Mills vs Billy Red Cloud Jack Pesek vs Kurt Hess
11/19/64 Mankato, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Reggie Parks Mighty Igor Vodik performed feats of strength
11/20/64 Minneapolis, MN Reggie Parks drew AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon 60:00 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Eddie Sharkey drew Bob Boyer 30:00 Jack Lanza beat George Drake via pin Att: 5,488
11/21/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Drake & Eddie Sharkey Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates
11/21/64 Stillwater AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Eddie Sharkey
11/23/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Tony Nero Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
11/25/64 Fremont, NE AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mongolian Stomper dq Billy Red Cloud beat Tiny Mills Jack Pesek beat Kurt Hess
11/26/64 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks Mighty Igor Vodik beat Klondike Bill via pin Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey 30:00 Ivan Kalmikoff beat George Drake Att: 9,109
11/27/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall COR Dick the Bruiser beat Sailor Art Thomas in 14:33 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pat O’Connor & Ricky Romero in a disputed finish the match was going to be appealled to the State Athletic Commission Dan Miller beat Tokyo Tom in 16:45
11/27/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne beat Otto Von Krupp dq Mighty Igor Vodik beat Joe Tomasso Billy Red Cloud beat Tom Clark Pampero Firpo drew Rene Goulet Don Jardine beat Jack Pesek Mighty Igor Vodik won Rodeo battle royal over: Verne Gagne Billy Red Cloud Rene Goulet Tom Clark Don Jardine Jack Pesek Pampero Firpo Joe Tomasso Att: 3,517
11/28/64 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Tony Nero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Art Kenny & Ken Yates
11/28/64 Buffalo, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Ivan Kalmikoff
11/30/64 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jose Quintero & Ken Yates Mad Dog Vachon beat Bob Brown
11/30/64 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Ivan Kalmikoff & Bob Boyer Harley Race vs Bob Boyer Note: Vachon's AWA Title not mentioned by newspaper.
12/1/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse No dq match AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks COR Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race dq Larry Hennig beat Art Thomas Mighty Igor Vodik beat Butch Kelly Ivan Kalmikoff drew Jack Lanza
12/2/64 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Otto Von Krupp Betty Niccoli defeat Jean Antone 2/3 Rene Goulet beat Pamperio Firpo dq Don Jardine drew Billy Red Cloud
12/2/64 Willmar, MN Art Thomas beat Larry Hennig Larry Hennig & Tony Nero beat Reggie Parks & Art Thomas
12/3/64 Mankato, MN Larry Hennig & Tony Nero beat Reggie Parks & Art Thomas Eddie Sharkey beat Jack Lanza Art Thomas beat Larry Hennig Harley Race, Otto Von Krupp and Bob Boyer were no shows.
12/4/64 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik won an 11 Man Battle Royal Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig dq Eddie Sharkey drew Jack Lanza 20:00 Ivan Kalmikoff beat Art Thomas via pin in 10:00 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Tony Nero via pin after a series of bodyslams Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero via pin in 8:30 Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine
12/5/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Freddie Rogers Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates
12/5/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Don Jardine Mongolian Stomper beat Harley Race George Drake beat Frisco Montana Pampero Firpo beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq Att: 1,976
12/5/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Harley Race beat Art Thomas Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks
12/7/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Freddie Rogers & Otto Von Hess Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Tom Poulos
12/11/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne 2/3 1 Vachon beat Gagne in 14:41 with a backbreaker 2 Gagne beat Vachon in 6:55 with a stepover toe hold 3 Vachon beat Gagne in 5:17 with a backbreaker Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pat O’Connor & Ricky Romero 2/3 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Butch Kelly in 5:25 Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Pesek in 15:13 Att: 3,500 fans
12/12/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bill Christy & Ken Yates
12/12/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon ddq Mighty Igor Vodik Pampero Firpo & Otto von Krupp drew Ivan Kalmikoff & Billy Red Cloud Jack Pesek beat Bob Brown Rene Goulet drew Danny Plechas Att: 4,618
12/12/64 St. Paul, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks 2/3 Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey via pin in 27:00 Don Jardine beat Jack Lanza Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe Kenny Jay beat Tony Nero via pin Att: 6,527
12/14/64 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Tony Nero & Jose Quintero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bill Christy & Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates Jack Lanza beat Jim Dunn
12/15/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Mighty Igor Vodik won battle royal Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak Larry Hennig no contest Ivan Kalmikoff Harley Race drew Reggie Parks Igor Vodik beat Tony Nero Jack Lanza beat Otto Von Krupp (sub Kurt Von Brawner)
12/19/64 Minneapolis TV Live Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Billy Goelz & Johnny Kace Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero Ivan Kalmikoff beat Great Dane Wilbur Snyder beat Tony Nero Moose Cholak beat Ken Yates
12/19/64 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall dq in 30:10 1 Gagne beat Race in 8:00 2 Race beat Parks in 10:00 3 Gagne & Parks were dq’ed Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak in 7:20 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Johnny Kace in 4:56 Ivan Kalmikoff beat Billy Goelz in 13:31 Jack Lanza beat Jose Quintero in 8:52 Att: 4,406
12/21/64 Minneapolis TV Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Quintero Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny Kace Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Billy Goelz & Great Dane Moose Cholak beat Tony Nero
12/26/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Nebraska Heavyweight Title Don Jardine beat Ivan Kalmikoff Pat O'Connor beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Rene Goulet drew Jack Pesek Att: 5,048
12/26/64 Minneapolis TV Live Dick The Bruiser beat Kenny Yates Plus four more bouts
12/26/64 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks & Wilbur Snyder beat Dick the Bruiser & Larry Hennig & Harley Race when Bruiser turned on his teammates. Moose Cholak beat Jack Lanza via pin Billy Red Cloud beat Great Dane Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso via pin Bob Boyer beat Stan Kowalski dq Att: 5,764
12/28/64 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser beat Al Spangler Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Rocky Monroe. Reggie Parks beat Great Dane Billy Red Cloud beat Tony Nero Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Quintero
12/28/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Bob Boyer beat Jack Lanza Reggie Parks beat Claude Patterson
12/29/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq when Vachon tossed Gagne over the top rope Larry Hennig & Harley Race drew Dick the Bruiser & Wilbur Snyder when the 45 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Bruiser & Snyder won the first fall in 21:17 2 Hennig & Race won the second in 10:32 3 The 45 minute time limit expired before either team could score another fall Ivan Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy in 12:13 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Pat Patterson in 9:30 Promoter: Gene Reed
12/30/64 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Ivan Kalmikoff & Bob Boyer Harley Race vs Bob Boyer Plus feats of strength with Mighty Igor
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1/1/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks in 23:43 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Jack Lanza beat Tiny Mills dq Bob Boyer drew Bob Geigel Eddie Sharkey beat Joe Tomasso via pin att: 6,941
1/2/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Art Kenny & Tony Nero Eddie Sharkey beat Rocky Monroe Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Yates Reggie Parks beat Joe Tomasso Bob Geigel beat Jose Quintero
1/4/65 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Rocky Monroe Eddie Sharkey beat Joe Tomasso Reggie Parks beat Art Kenny
1/5/65 Spring Lake Park, MN card scheduled
1/7/65 Mankato, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud beat Masked Man & Harley Race Reggie Parks drew Harley Race Note: The Masked Man was Tony Nero.
1/8/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Cholak in 17:31 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud Eddie Sharkey beat Johnny Kace Bob Boyer beat Jack Allen att: 1,786
1/9/65 Minneapolis TV Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Great Dane Tiny Mills beat Tony Nero Verne Gagne beat Johnny Kace Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Allen & Claude Patterson
1/9/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Don Jardine beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo Billy Red Cloud beat Joe Tomasso Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer (sub Gene Anderson) Att: 5,078
1/11/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Johnny Kace & Tony Nero Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay Jack Allen beat The Great Dane The Crusher beat Claude Patterson
1/12/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak Jack Allen drew Bob Boyer
1/13/65 Red Wing, MN Scheduled: Eddie Sharkey, Bob Boyer
1/14/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne 2/3 1 Vachon beat Gagne in 11:08 with a backbreaker 2 Gagne beat Vachon in 5:24 3 Vachon pinned Gagne in 7:51 During the third fall, the referee was knocked out.In that time, Gagne pinned Vachon, but there was no official score of the win. When the referee revived, Vachon pinned Gagne. NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey 2/3 1 Hodge beat Sharkey in 1:09 2 Sharkey beat Hodge in 11:45 3 Hodge beat Sharkey in 4:00 Sharkey’s loss was billed as his first in two years Sharkey was billed as being from Santa Monica Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Mighty Igor Vodik Art Neilson drew Reggie Parks 30:00 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 4,500 fans
1/15/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Cage Match Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Mad Dog Vachon & Don Jardine Danny Hodge beat Pampero Firpo Reggie Parks drew Rene Goulet Darling Dagmar beat Diamond Lil Att: 4,564
1/16/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Pedro Santos Danny Hodge beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Sid Freeman Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Todd The Crusher beat Kenny Jay
1/16/65 Anoka, MN Moose Cholak vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills
1/17/65 St. Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey Mighty Igor Vodik beat Pedro Santos Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Allen att: 10,993
1/18/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jack Allen Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rocky Monroe & Bill Todd Bob Boyer beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Pedro Santos
1/20/65 Glenwood City, WI Larry Hennig/ Harley Race vs Reggie Parks/ Bob Boyer Jack Allen vs Tiny Mills Harley Race vs. Bob BoyerAshford, Wisc. November 8, 1967 Crusher beat Harley Race Ramon Torres beat Big K Mighty Igor vs. Chris Markoff
1/21/65 Mankato, MN Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig (sub Harley Race) Jack Allen drew Bob Boyer Larry Hennig beat Eddie Sharkey
1/23/65 Minneapolis TV Reggie Parks beat Jack Wilson Pete Bevins & Great Dane beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Bob Boyer drew Ricky Lopez
1/23/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Danny Hodge beat Bulldog Plechas Ivan Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Bolus Att: 2,517
1/24/65 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Harley Race dq Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey Tiny Mills beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Jack Allen beat Rick Lopez att: 7,708
1/25/65 Minneapolis TV Bob Boyer beat Rocky Monroe Eddie Sharkey beat Ricky Lopez Billy Red Cloud beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pete Bevins & Mike Spangler Jack Allen beat Great Dane
1/26/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & Wilbur Snyder Bob Boyer vs Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge Mark Starr vs Mighty Igor Vodik
1/27/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Maurice Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall COR 1 Bruiser beat Vachon in 3:28 2 Vachon beat Bruiser in 6:12 3 Bruiser was counted out of the ring Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 1 Hennig beat Gagne in 9:27 2 Gagne beat Hennig in 7:07 3 Gagne beat Race in 8:02 NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge ddq The Crusher in 13:03 Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer in 24:30 promoter: Gene Reed Att: 4,500 fans
1/30/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA World Heavyweight Title Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match Mad Dog Vachon (c) defeats Verne Gagne by Count Out [2-1] - Gagne defeats Vachon (14:55) - Vachon defeats Gagne (17:45) - Gagne is counted out - Don Jardine tried to interfere on Vachon's behalf. Verne chased him down the aisle and was counted out Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Pampero Firpo & Don Jardine Danny Hodge beat Joe Tomasso Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff Att: 2,710
1/31/65 Minneapolis, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title Wilbur Snyder beat Iron Mike DiBiase Bob Boyer beat Eddie Sharkey Billy Red Cloud beat Black Bart Sid Freeman beat Rick Lopez Att: 9,176
2/1/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Allen & Mike Dibiase
2/2/65 Hastings, MN Card scheduled
2/3/65 Wilmar, MN Card scheduled
2/4/65 St. Cloud, MN St. Cloud Armory Reggie Parks beat Harley Race by pin Bob Boyer beat Jack Allen 2-3 falls Larry Hennig and Harley Race (World Tag Team Champions) beat Reggie Parks and Tiny Mills 2-3 falls -Referee: Farmer Floyd Ude
2/5/65 Prior Lake, MN Card scheduled
2/6/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Tony Borne beat Billy Red Cloud Jack Pesek beat Don Jardine dq Rene Goulet drew Pampero Firpo Att: 2,922
2/6/65 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 2nd fall dq 1 Gagne pinned Vachon in 11:30 after a series of drop kicks 2 Vachon was dq’ed in 24:30 The Crusher beat Tiny Mills in 6:05 World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Bob Boyer via pin in 20:10 Reggie Parks beat Nicoli Volkoff via pin Sid Freeman beat Jose Quintero Att: ”6,389 fans”
2/8/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & The Great Dane The Crusher beat Bill Todd
2/8/65 Rock Falls, IL @ Rock Falls High School Gym The Crusher vs. Bob Boyer Rene Goulet vs. Jack Allen AWA World title: Mad Dog Vachon (c) vs. Reg Parks
2/9/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher beat Rene Goulet AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Evans AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer (sub Wilbur Snyder) & Reggie Parks Jack Allen beat Joe Snyder
2/10/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Non Title Texas Death Match Dick the Bruiser beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon in 23:30 when Vachon was unable to continue Bruiser had taken two falls, and Vachon had taken three Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall dq when Race punched referee Danny Loos The Crusher beat Reggie Parks Sid Freeman beat Bob Boyer promoter: Gene Reed referee: Danny Loos Att: 3,700 fans
2/13/65 Grappler Race Stabbed in Scuffle
Harley Race, one of the wrestlers on shows in the Twin Cities, was reported in serious condition in Hennepin General Hospital Friday night. Race suffered a stab wound during a scuffle in a Minneapolis restaurant.
Promoter Wally Karbo of Minneapolis announced Mad Dog Vachon will pair with Larry Hennig in place of Race against Dick The Bruiser and Crusher tonight in the Minneapolis Auditorium.
2/13/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Ricky Lopez Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Jack Allen & Rocky Monroe
2/13/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Death Match Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Mad Dog Vachon (sub Harley Race) Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey in 23:20 Reggie Parks drew Wilbur Snyder Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Boyer via pin Sid Freeman beat Jack Pesek Jack Allen beat Ricky Lopez via pin
2/14/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Danny Hodge beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Larry Hennig & Hercules Graham (sub Harley Race) Verne Gagne beat Nebraska Champion Don Jardine dq Tony Borne drew Pampero Firpo Att: 3,541
2/15/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Paul Caruso The Crusher beat Bill Todd
2/16/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Jack Allen
2/19/65 Golden Valley, MN Billy Red Cloud vs Tiny Mills
2/20/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Jack Allen Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bill Green Mad Dog Vachon beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Jose Quintero
2/20/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq Billy Red Cloud beat Bill Green via pin Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Allen Bob Boyer drew Sid Freeman att: 7,745
2/22/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Greene
2/23/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher & Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak & Larry Hennig Sid Freeman & Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills Sid Freeman beat Tiny Mills (sub Ivan Kalmikoff) Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Boyer Note: Freeman was billed as Mr. America
2/24/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Texas Death Match with the title on the line AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser when Bruiser was unable to continue at the end of the 11th fall ten seconds between falls Vachon won seven falls and Bruiser won four Wilbur Snyder beat The Crusher dq Mighty Igor beat Tiny Mills in 4:08 Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 12:19 Danny Loos Jr beat Jack Allen in 13:28 promoter: Gene Reed Att: 6,100 fans
2/27/65 Anoka, MN The Crusher vs Larry Hennig
2/28/65- Brainerd, MN National Guard Armory Tiny Mills vs. Sid Freeman Billy Red Cloud vs. Bob Boyer Larry Hennig vs. Reg Parks -The Hennig vs. Parks match is the only match listed on page 1 of this thread
3/1/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Claude Patterson
3/6/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Eddie Sharkey
3/6/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium 10 Rounds of Boxing, Non Title Danny Hodge beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon KO in 1:48 of the fifth round Igor Vodik beat Don Jardine 2/3 to win Nebraska State Title 1 Igor beat Jardine in 7:02 2 Jardine beat Igor in 2:55 3 Igor pinned Jardine in 7:45 after a squash Tony Borne beat Sonny Myers after manager Leo Newman interfered in the 3rd fall Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bulldog Danny Plechas in 15:50 Rene Goulet drew Jack Pesek Att: 4,649
3/8/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Great Dane
3/8/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Verne Gagne no contest Reggie Parks Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills Sid Freeman beat Bob Boyer
3/9/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak via pin Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer via pin att: 7,997 Note: Another listing has an additional match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race
3/10/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser Mighty Igor Vodik on a 3rd fall COR 1 Hennig beat Bruiser for the first fall 2 Igor pinned Hennig in 3:09 3 Igor was counted out of the ring in 7:14 during the third fall, Igor fell from the ring and knocked into a girl in the crowd. According to the Rocky Mountain News, it was Igor’s extended apologies to her that caused his countout Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa 2/3 Danny Loos Jr. beat Jack Pesek in 16:10 The Crusher beat Sid Freeman in 14:42 promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,500 fans
3/12/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Larry Hennig dq Harley Race beat Billy Red Cloud COR Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer Rocky Hamilton beat Harry Madison Eddie Sharkey drew Steve Bolus 20:00
3/13/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Great Dane Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Steve Bolus & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Chris Popovich
3/14/65 Elmwood, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud Bob Boyer vs. Eddie Sharkey Harley Race vs. Reggie Parks
3/15/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Steve Bolus & Art Kenny The Crusher beat Great Dane
3/16/65 St. Cloud, MN Verne Gagne beat Harley Race 2/3 Reg Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Bob Boyer beat Billy Red Cloud
3/17/65 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Tony Borne beat Rene Goulet 2/3 Don Jardine drew Sid Freeman
3/17/65 Mankato, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud vs Bob Boyer Larry Hennig vs Reggie Parks Note: This card was originally scheduled for 3/2/65 but was canceled due to a snowstorm.
3/19/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Reggie Parks Handicap Match Tony Borne & Leo Newman beat Mighty Igor Vodik Don Jardine beat Rene Goulet Sid Freeman beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Att: 5,666
3/20/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Bob Boyer The Crusher beat Paul Caruso
3/20/65 St. Paul, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig COR Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills Billy Red Cloud beat Great Dane Harley Race beat Paul Caruso
3/22/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Todd
3/22/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne dq Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race
3/23/65 Rock Falls, IL @ High School AWA Tag Team Champios Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & The Crusher Bob Boyer vs Billy Goelz Reg Parks vs Larry Hennig
3/23/65 Osseo, WI @ High School AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Eddie Sharkey Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe Great Dane vs Kenny Jay
3/24/65 Denver, CO @ Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak Pat O’Connor beat Art Neilson dq Betty Niccoli vs Kay Noble Danny Loos Jr vs Danny Plechas Promoter: Gene Reed
3/28/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Mighty Igor Vodik dq The Crusher beat Rocky Hamilton in 6:20 Reg Parks beat Angelo Poffo in 18:32 Pampero Firpo beat Jack Pesek in 11:20 Billy Red Cloud drew Bob Boyer Att: 5,328
3/29/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pete Bevins & Great Dane
3/30/65 Anoka, MN Pampero Firpo vs Verne Gagne
4/1/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq The Crusher beat Harley Race Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks Pampero Firpo beat Jack Pesek
4/2/65 Mound, MN Verne Gagne beat Harley Race Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills
4/2/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Larry Hennig in 18:50 Pampero Firpo beat Reggie Parks dq Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek via pin in 20:15 Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane Att: 2,077
4/3/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Johnny Carr Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Jack Pesek
4/3/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Tony Borne & Leo Newman beat Mad Dog Vachon & Don Jardine (subs for Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff) Don Jardine beat Steve Bolus Sid Freeman drew Rocky Hamilton Att: 3,731
4/4/65 St Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Crusher beat Bob Geigel in 14:49 Billy Red Cloud beat Pampero Firpo in 9:49 Reggie Parks beat Jack Pesek Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer
4/5/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kurt von Brauner Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Jack Pesek
4/6/65 Lincoln, NE Verne Gagne vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Rocky Hamilton & Don Jardine vs Ivan Kalmikoff & Igor Vodik Sid Freeman vs Danny Plechas Frank Hickey vs Sonny Myers
4/7/65 Mankato, MN Verne Gagne beat Harley Race Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo (sub Larry Hennig) Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills (sub Pampero Firpo)
4/9/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks 2/3 1 Vachon beat Parks in 15:05 2 Parks beat Vachon in in 8:15 3 Vachon beat Parks in 37 seconds AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne on a 3rd dq 1 Race pinned Crusher in 8:15 2 Crusher beat Hennig by submission in 3:23, 3 Crusher was dq'ed when he refused to release his stomach claw on Race outside of the ring Sid Freeman beat John Tolos in 17:04 Danny Loos Jr. beat Pampero Firpo dq in 9:04 Promoter: Gene Reed Referee: Leo “Bozo” Bahl Att: 3,800 fans
4/10/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo 2/3 Reggie Parks drew Harley Race Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer via pin Tiny Mills beat Chris Markoff dq Att: 2,927
4/12/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero
4/17/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Mike Pulaski
4/17/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne dq Pampero Firpo beat The Crusher via pin in 11:02 Eddie Sharkey beat Chris Markoff dq Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero Kenny Jay beat Lee Mattson via pin att: 8,982 Notes: Another listing had an additional match Reggie Parks beat Mike Pulaski. Harley Race no showed and the card had to be changed.
4/20/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Lee Mattson
4/20/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo dq Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey
4/21/65 Lincoln, NE Sonny Myers vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Rocky Hamilton vs Igor Vodik Don Jardine vs Ron Reed Sid Freeman vs Mike York 8-man battle royal
4/23/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher on a 3rd fall dq 1 Vachon pinned Crusher after a piledriver in 8:25 2 Crusher beat Vachon in 2:17 with a stomach claw 3 Vachon won by dq in 6:10 when Crusher used a pair of brass knuckles Vachon introduced the brass knuckles from his wrestling trunks, but Crusher took them away and used them on the bloody champion Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Danny Loos Jr. beat Great Dane in 15:33 Pampero Firpo beat Chris Markoff by submission with a bearhug in 6:35 Ricky Romero (sub Pepper Gomez) beat Bob Orton Sr. in 17:25 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,100 fans
4/26/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay
4/28/65 St. Cloud, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff
4/30/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher won an 8 man battle royal by eliminating Larry Hennig at the 16:20 mark Order of elimination from first to last Chris Markoff, Eddie Sharkey, Tiny Mills, Rene Goulet, Reggie Parks, Pampero Firpo, Larry Hennig The Crusher beat Chris Markoff dq Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey via pin Rene Goulet drew Larry Hennig Reggie Parks beat Tiny Mills dq att: 2,403
5/1/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Paul Caruso & Great Dane Larry Hennig beat Bill Todd The Crusher beat Kenny Jay
5/1/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Tony Borne & Leo Newman Sid Freeman beat Haru Sasaki dq Betty Boucher & Darling Dagmar beat Diamond Lil & Toni Rose Don Jardine drew George Drake Darling Dagmar beat Diamond Lil Toni Rose beat Betty Boucher Att: 3,505
5/3/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Bill Todd
5/4/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Pampero Firpo beat The Crusher AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks Rene Goulet vs Chris Markoff Kenny Jay vs Eddie Sharkey
5/6/65 Mankato, MN Reggie Parks & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff dq
5/7/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff 2/3 1 Markoff pinned Parks in 8:16 2 Parks pinned Hennig in 6:32 3 Gagne pinned Markoff in 7:28 The match was originally scheduled to be a tag team title match between Hennig and Harley Race and Gagne and Parks, but Race reinjured his ribs during the early moments of the match. Race could not continue and was replaced by Chris Markoff. Race was suffering from injuries sustained in a motor scooter accident. Pampero Firpo beat The Crusher COR in 11:47 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Haru Sasaki in 13:03 Chris Markoff drew Bill Melby Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,100 fans
5/8/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero & Kurt von Brauner Larry Hennig beat Carlos Rodriguez Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat Great Dane
5/8/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff (sub Harley Race) The Crusher ddq Pampero Firpo Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey via pin Rene Goulet beat Jack Wilson via pin Jose Quintero beat Carlos Rodriguez via pin att: 6,001
5/10/65 Minneapolis TV Chris Markoff beat Great Dane Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay Pampero Firpo beat Pedro Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat Eddie Sharkey The Crusher beat Jack Wilson
5/11/65 Rochester, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks The Crusher vs Bob Geigel Pampero Firpo vs Eddie Sharkey
5/12/65 Menomonie, WI @ Menomonie Senior High School The Crusher vs. Harley Race Larry Hennig vs. Reg Parks Pampero Firpo vs. Rene Goulet
5/13/65 Mora, MN Rene Goulet & Chris Markoff in action
5/14/65 Buffalo, MN The Crusher vs Harley Race Reggie Parks vs Larry Hennig Rene Goulet vs Chris Markoff Mars Monroe vs Annette Palmer
5/15/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay & Jose Quintero The Crusher beat The Great Dane Chris Markoff drew Eddie Sharkey Rene Goulet beat Harley Race COR
5/15/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Dog Vachon to win AWA title Sid Freeman beat Pampero Firpo Haru Sasaki beat George Drake Ivan Kalmikoff beat Joe Tomasso Att: 5,201
5/15/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Harley Race Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills Chris Markoff drew Eddie Sharkey Kenny Jay beat Great Dane via pin Att: 3,233
5/17/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Great Dane The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Eddie Sharkey beat Chris Markoff dq Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero
5/21/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks 2/3 1 Hennig beat Gagne in 8:52 with a backbreaker 2 Parks beat Hennig in 8:43 3 Hennig pinned Parks in 5:52 The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo in 9:34 Bill Melby beat Danny Plechas in 14:42 Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey in 15:45 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,300 fans
5/21/65 Monroe, NE Haru Sasaki billed as The Jap & Mad Dog Vachon & Ken Hollis vs Mighty Igor Vodik & George Drake & Sid Freeman Mad Dog Vachon vs George Drake AWA Champion Mighty Igor Vodik vs Ken Hollis Haru Sasaki billed as The Jap vs Sid Freeman Note: No mention of the AWA Title in the ad even though Igor won the title from Vachon on 5/15.
5/22/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Danny Plechas Pampero Firpo beat Claude Patterson Reggie Parks beat Bob Brown Chris Markoff beat Great Dane
5/22/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik to regain AWA title Johnny Valentine drew Sid Freeman Haru Sasaki beat Ivan Kalmikoff George Drake beat Ken Hollis Att: 3,473
5/24/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Danny Plechas Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Claude Patterson The Crusher beat Bob Brown Eddie Sharkey beat George Drake Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
5/26/65 Norfolk, NE Ivan Kalmikoff vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon also on card: George Drake, Haru Sasaki & Mighty Igor Vodik
5/27/65 Minneapolis, MN Cage Match The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey Rene Goulet drew Tiny Mills
5/29/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat The Great Dane The Crusher beat Jack Wilson
5/29/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Harley Race 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo dq Rene Goulet beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills att: 2,254
5/31/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Kenny Jay
6/2/65 Eau Claire, WI @ Carson Park The Crusher vs Pampero Firpo AWA World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks Reggie Parks vs Harley Race
6/3/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race 2/3 Bill Melby drew Johnny Valentine 30:00 Mighty Igor Vodik beat The Mongol in 7:06 Igor’s opponent was billed as Oulon Baton by the Rocky Mountain News Wilbur Snyder beat Pampero Firpo 2/3 promoter: Gene Reed referees: Leo Bahl, Danny Loos Att: 4,500 fans
6/5/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat George Drake Verne Gagne beat Bob Brown Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Tiny Mills
6/5/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Great Dane 2/3 Rene Goulet drew Chris Markoff 30:00 Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Green in 9:08 Gene Anderson beat Kenny Jay in 11:40
6/7/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Mike Spangler Gene Anderson beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Bob Brown Chris Markoff beat Great Dane
6/12/65 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Chris Markoff (sub Larry Hennig) & Harley Race 2/3 Gene Anderson drew Eddie Sharkey 20:00 Rene Goulet beat Roger Kirby via pin Tiny Mills beat Guy Mitchell att: 2,172
6/14/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Danny Plechas Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay
6/17/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Rene Goulet Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills
6/18/65 North Branch AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey
6/19/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Great Dane & Rocky Monroe
6/19/65 Zimmerman, MN Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet Tiny Mills beat Chris Markoff dq
6/21/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Ox Baker Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Claude Patterson
6/25/65 Lewiston, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Harley Race & Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe 2/3 Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Att: 800
6/26/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Rene Goulet The Crusher beat Danny Plechas
6/26/65 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall COR The Crusher beat Chris Markoff via pin in 12:51 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race via pin in 9:02 Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin in 16:51 Wilbur Snyder beat Pampero Firpo dq in 12:30 Gene Anderson drew Rene Goulet att: 9,713
6/28/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat The Great Dane The Crusher beat Bill Green
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/3/65 Minneapolis TV Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race The Crusher beat Jack Wilson
7/7/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne dq Pampero Firpo no contest Wilbur Snyder Mighty Igor Vodik beat Haru Sasaki Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff
7/10/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Paul Caruso
7/10/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey Tex McKenzie beat Pampero Firpo Chris Markoff beat Bill Green Jessica Rogers beat Mars Monroe via pin att: 5,710
7/12/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Tiny Mills
7/17/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kurt von Brauner Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Tiny Mills The Crusher beat Matt Schmeling
7/17/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Mighty Igor Vodik Danny Hodge beat Pampero Firpo Haru Sasaki beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq Bobby Shane (sub Eddie Sharkey) drew Bulldog Danny Plechas
7/17/65 City Unknown, WI @ Dunn County Fair The Crusher vs Tiny Mills Women's match Note: City might be Eau Claire
7/17/65 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Tex McKenzie 2/3 Varon Dandy & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana 2/3 Rene Goulet beat Harley Race via pin in 16:40 Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane via pin in 15:20
7/19/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Matt Schmeling The Crusher beat Bill Todd
7/20/65 Rockford, IL @ Roy Gayle Park Crusher beat Pampero Firpo Tex McKenzie beat Larry Hennig dq Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez vs Little Boy Blue & Varon Dandy
7/21/65 Sterling, IL @ Speed Bowl Park The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Harley Race vs. Tex McKenzie plus a midget tag team match
7/22/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne COR Danny Hodge beat Pampero Firpo Tex McKenzie beat Gene Anderson Rene Goulet drew Chris Markoff
7/24/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Great Dane The Crusher beat Bill Todd
7/24/65 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher & Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race to win AWA tag team title Tex McKenzie beat Chris Markoff Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Gene Anderson via pin Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero att: 8,156
7/31/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Roger Kirby Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Gene Anderson
7/31/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Hodge Nebraska Champion Mighty Igor Vodik beat Haru Sasaki dq Reggie Parks beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Brown Att: 2,731
7/31/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Tex McKenzie beat Roger Kirby Baron Dandy & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana Rene Goulet beat Pampero Firpo dq Chris Markoff beat Guy Mitchell
8/2/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Roger Kirby
8/3/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Cage Match The Crusher beat Harley Race Death Match Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Tex McKenzie beat Tiny Mills Pampero Firpo beat Rene Goulet Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff
8/5/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Ramirez
8/5/65 Sidney, IA @ 4-H Fairgrounds AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge vs Eddie Sharkey Plus one other bout
8/7/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Jerry Miller The Crusher beat Danny Plechas
8/7/65 Minneapolis, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne to regain the AWA Tag Team Title Danny Hodge beat Rene Goulet via pin in 23:30 Tex McKenzie beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin in 2:16 Chris Markoff beat Larry Hennig in 13:51 Danny Plechas drew Eddie Sharkey 20:00
8/9/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jerry Miller & Claude Patterson The Crusher beat Jack Wilson
8/14/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Bill Todd The Crusher beat Jose Ramirez
8/14/65 Arlington, MN @ Sibley County Fairgrounds Larry Hennig vs The Crusher 2/3 Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe 2/3 Harley Race vs Tex McKenzie
8/14/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Nebraska Tag Team Champions Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Hodge & Mighty Igor Vodik Reggie Parks beat Tony Borne dq Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills Ernie Dusek beat Leo Newman dq Att: 4,366
8/14/65 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher & Verne Gagne & Kenny Jay beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race 2/3 1. Markoff pinned Jay 2. Jay pinned Markoff 3. Jay pinned Hennig Gene Anderson beat Danny Plechas via pin Eddie Sharkey beat Rene Goulet via pin Tex McKenzie beat Jose Ramirez via pin
8/16/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Danny Plechas Larry Hennig beat Great Dane
8/17/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Danny Hodge & Tex McKenzie Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet
8/21/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Momberg & Steve Druk
8/21/65 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin to win the AWA Title in 20:15 World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Ellis & Tex McKenzie 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat Chris Markoff dq Larry Heiniemi beat Johnny Carr via pin Att: 6,345
8/23/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Momberg & Great Dane
8/24/65 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Harley Race vs Tex McKenzie Gene Anderson vs Rene Goulet Chris Markoff vs Eddie Sharkey
8/25/65 Eau Claire, WI @ Carson Park AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs The Crusher & Tex McKenzie 2/3 60:00 Chris Markoff vs Rene Goulet 2/3 45:00 Eddie Sharkey vs Gene Anderson 30:00
8/28/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Bill Todd The Crusher beat Paul Caruso
8/28/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Nebraska Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Haru Sasaki beat Tony Borne & Leo Newman Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Jim Grabmire & Bob Rader Jessica Rogers beat Dorothy Carter Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Brown dq Att: 2,730
8/28/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion The Crusher beat Harley Race Larry Hennig beat Tex McKenzie Reggie Parks drew Chris Markoff 30:00 Rene Goulet beat Danny Plechas Eddie Sharkey beat Gene Anderson dq Larry Heiniemi beat Paul Caruso Att. 5,610
8/30/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Todd
9/4/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Santiago Acosta Guy Taylor vs The Crusher
9/4/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne & Tex McKenzie beat Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 to win Nebraska Tag Team title 1 McKenzie beat Sasaki in 9:35 2 Sasaki pinned Gagne in 9:00 3 Gagne pinned Vachon in 31:12 after Sasaki mistakenly hit Mad Dog with a karate chop Mighty Igor Vodik beat John Ramirez 2-0 1 Igor beat Ramirez in 7:30 2 Igor beat Ramirez in 17:53 Reggie Parks beat George Drake in 27:15 Ivan Kalmikoff drew Jack Pesek Att: 3,455
9/4/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion The Crusher beat Chris Markoff COR Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 17:22 Eddie Sharkey drew Harley Race 20:00 Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor via pin in 13:00
9/5/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Non Title Death Match Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Champion The Crusher AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson
9/10/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne
9/11/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt The Crusher beat Phil Christy
9/11/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin in 22:10 Harley Race beat Tex McKenzie via pin in 11:45 Chris Markoff beat Santiago Acosta via pin in 10:05 Reggie Parks beat Guy Taylor by submission in 16:45 Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Sabre via pin in 8:10 Jose Betancourt beat Mike Sanchez via pin in 14:32 Att: “5,018 fans”
9/16/65 Hamel Verne Gagne vs Harley Race Larry Hennig vs ?
9/18/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne & Tex McKenzie to regain Nebraska Tag Team title Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Mighty Igor Vodik COR Danny Hodge beat Rene Goulet Reggie Parks drew Jack Pesek Att: 3,696
9/18/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt
9/21/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Verne Gagne beat Harley Race
9/25/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Guy Taylor
9/25/65 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud & Tim Woods beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor via pin Eddie Sharkey drew Lorenzo Parente Att: 4,923
9/27/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Johnny Carr & Kurt Von Brawner
9/28/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Tim Woods beat Harley Race Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks Chris Markoff beat Lorenzo Parente
9/29/65 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium The Crusher & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race COR Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff dq Tim Woods beat Lorenzo Parente
10/2/65 Minneapolis TV Live Verne Gagne beat Mike Pulaski The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Mike Spangler Tim Woods beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas Lorenzo Parente beat Bob Sabre
10/2/65 St. Paul, MN Chris Markoff beat Reggie Parks Tim Woods beat Lorenzo Parente Larry Heiniemi drew Gene Anderson Eddie Sharkey beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas Kenny Jay beat Bob Sabre
10/2/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon dq Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Mighty Igor Vodik to win Nebraska Heavyweight title Danny Hodge beat Bob Rader Billy Red Cloud beat Ivan Kalmikoff Att: 3,321
10/4/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Mike Pulaski Tim Woods beat Bob Sabre Mad Dog Vachon beat Eddie Sharkey Reggie Parks beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas Lorenzo Parente beat Mike Spangler
10/7/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dick the Bruiser beat Larry Hennig Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race dq Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey Mighty Igor Vodik beat Lorenzo Parente Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff
10/9/65 Minneapolis TV Live Verne Gagne beat Shelby Adcock The Crusher beat Lorenzo Parente Mad Dog Vachon beat Chris Belkas Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Claude Patterson Igor Vodik beat Kenny Jay
10/9/65 St. Paul, MN Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Champion The Crusher dq Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race COR Larry Heiniemi beat Lorenzo Parente via pin Tim Woods beat Gene Anderson Chris Markoff beat Jose Betancourt Att: 6,614
10/11/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Shelby Adcock Igor Vodik beat Lorenzo Parente Chris Markoff beat Claude Patterson Tim Woods beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt Harley Race beat Chet Belkas
10/12/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Danny Hodge beat Harley Race Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff Mighty Igor Vodik beat Lorenzo Parente Tim Woods beat Gene Anderson
10/16/65 Minneapolis TV Live Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Mike Loren Igor Vodik beat Johnny Carr Chris Markoff beat Kurt Von Brawner Larry Heiniemi beat Lorenzo Parente
10/16/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik Tim Woods beat Chris Markoff dq Jack Lanza beat Lorenzo Parente via pin Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren via pin Gene Anderson beat Johnny Carr Att: 6,785
10/18/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mike Loren & Kurt von Brauner The Crusher beat Johnny Carr Larry Heiniemi beat Gene Anderson dq Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay Tim Woods beat Lorenzo Parente referee: Joe Snyder
10/21/65 St Cloud, MN AWA Champion The Crusher beat Harley Race Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson Larry Heiniemi beat Lorenzo Parente Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff
10/22/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Bob Ellis beat Haru Sasaki Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff Promoter: Gene Reed Note: Hennig and Race were handed a 30 day suspension for their illegal tactics.
10/23/65 Minneapolis TV Live Verne Gagne beat Bob Rader Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Mike Spangler Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Sanchez Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Jack Sadiski
10/23/65 Minneapolis, MN Non Title The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2-0 Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 17:01 Bob Ellis beat Bob Rader Tim Woods beat Gene Anderson via pin Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Sanchez via pin Att: 6,315
10/25/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Mike Sanchez Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jack Sadshi Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Bob Rader
10/26/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Danny Hodge Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bob Rader Chris Markoff beat Tim Woods Bob Ellis beat Gene Anderson
10/28/65 New Richland, MN Scheduled: Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff
10/30/65 Minneapolis TV Live Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Paul Caruso Igor Vodik beat Bob Rader
10/30/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Stan Pulaski beat Haru Sasaki COR Jack Pesek beat Mad Dog Vachon Billy Red Cloud beat Claude Patterson Att: 2,472
10/30/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Chris Markoff beat Tim Woods (sub The Crusher) in 19:20 Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gene Anderson & Red Kelly Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Rader in 11:00 Jack Lanza beat Guy Taylor via pin in 12:51 Att: 2,093
11/1/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Guy Taylor Tim Woods beat Red Kelly Verne Gagne beat Bob Rader Igor Vodik beat Paul Caruso
11/2/65 Howard Lake, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race in action
11/2/65 Sioux City, IA Verne Gagne beat Stan Pulaski dq Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks Jack Pesek drew Billy Red Cloud Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Morgan
11/3/65 Princeton, MN Cowboy Jack Lanza, Tiny Mills, Chris Markoff, Professor Steve Druk all in action
11/3/65 Wilbur, NE @ Sokol Auditorium Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder vs. Haru Saski & Mad Dog Vachon Jean Antone vs. Betty Nicolli Wilbur Snyder vs. Haru Sasaki
11/6/65 Minneapolis TV Chris Markoff beat Bob Kappel Harley Race beat Guy Taylor Igor Vodik beat Mike Loren Mitsu Arakawa beat Santiago Acosta Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Johnny Carr
11/6/65 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Bob Ellis beat Harley Race via pin in 14:00 Mitsu Arakawa beat Bob Kappel Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren via pin Tim Woods beat Guy Taylor Att: “6,818 fans”
11/8/65 Minneapolis TV Jack Pesek beat Guy Taylor Tim Woods beat Bob Kappel Larry Hennig beat Santiago Acosta Harley Race beat Kenny Jay Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Mike Loren Igor Vodik beat Johnny Carr
11/9/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Bob Ellis beat Jack Pesek Chris Markoff beat Tim Woods
11/10/65 Buffalo, MN Scheduled: Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff, Larry Hennig, Mike Loren, Chris Markoff, Tim Woods
11/10/65 Red Wing, MN Scheduled: Jack Pesek, Cowboy Bob Ellis, Larry Heiniemi, Harley Race
11/12/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher 2/3 to win the AWA Title 1 Vachon beat Crusher in 9:22 2 Crusher beat Vachon in 2:30 3 Vachon beat Crusher in 6:06 Bob Ellis beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik on a 3rd fall dq Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 16:40 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 4,000 fans
11/13/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Nebraska Champion Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Billy Red Cloud Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki beat Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks to win Nebraska Tag Team title Non Title Mr Wrestling beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Bulldog Danny Plechas drew Bob Rader Att: 2,453
11/13/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Todd Bob Kappel beat Chris Markoff dq Harley Race beat Hector Vargas Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Guy Taylor Igor Vodik beat Mike Pulaski
11/13/65 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher ddq Chris Markoff Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race COR Bob Ellis beat Angelo Poffo via pin in 5:52 Jack Pesek beat Mike Loren Larry Heiniemi beat Gene Anderson via pin Bob Kappel beat Guy Taylor
11/15/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Loren Mad Dog Vachon beat Guy Taylor Igor Vodik beat Hector Vargas Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay Harley Race beat Mike Pulaski Jack Pesek beat Bill Todd
11/15/65 Kewanee, IL @ Kewanee High School Gymnasium The Crusher beat Pretty Boy Larry Hennig (2-1) Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gene Anderson Igor beat Angelo Poffo (sub for Harley Race) Bob Kappel beat Mike Santchez Tiny Mills vs. Blackjack Lanza did not take place as advertised, but was billed as unconfirmed in preview artcle; recap articles state no-shows were due to a death in one wrestler’s family and a rib injury to another wrestler. Att: 2,200
11/16/65 Burlington, IA The Crusher beat Harley Race Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson Bob Kappel beat Mike Sanchez
11/16/65 St. Francis, MN Verne Gagne in action
11/17/65 Beatrice, NE @ Auditorium Nebraska Champion Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Haru Sasaki 2/3 AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Reggie Parks when the 45 time limit expired in the 3rd fall Mr Wrestling beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Billy Red Cloud drew Jack Pesek 30:00
11/17/65 St. Cloud, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren
11/18/65 Lakeville, MN Scheduled: The Crusher, Harley Race, Larry Hennig, Ivan Kalmikoff, Igor Vodik, Chris Markoff, Jack Pesek
11/19/65 Owatonna, MN card scheduled
11/20/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Corsica Joe Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jose Betancourt & Mike Loren The Crusher beat Guy Taylor Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Great Dane Chris Markoff beat Santiago Acosta
11/20/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee Joe Snyder AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis on a 3rd fall dq Chris Markoff beat Mike Loren in 10:25 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson in 8:10 Larry Heiniemi beat Jose Betancourt via pin in 12:56 Att: 3,020
11/22/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt Mad Dog Vachon beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor Igor Vodik beat Great Dane Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Corsica Joe
11/23/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis dq Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Jack Pesek beat Mike Loren (sub Jack Lanza) Ivan Kalmikoff beat Guy Taylor
11/23/65 Sioux City, IA AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Reggie Parks beat Haru Sasaki dq Mitsu Arakawa drew Billy Red Cloud Tim Woods beat Danny Plechas
11/24/65 Lincoln, NE Mitsu Arakawa & Stan Pulaski & Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks & Jack Pesek & Billy Red Cloud & Tim Woods Billy Red Cloud vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Mitsu Arakawa vs Jack Pesek Haru Sasaki vs Tim Woods Reggie Parks vs Stan Pulaski
11/25/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Larry Heiniemi & Mighty Igor Vodik Professor Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin Chris Markoff beat Gene Anderson via pin Kenny Jay beat Mike Loren via pin att: 8,116
11/26/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Ellis & Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq Bob Ellis beat Harley Race Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Donovan promoter: Gene Reed Att: 4,000 fans
11/27/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Great Dane & Bill Todd The Crusher beat Paul Caruso Chris Markoff beat Mike Loren Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor Bob Ellis beat Bob Morgan
11/27/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat both Paul Caruso & Mike Loren 2-0, both falls by pin Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills Ivan Kalmikoff beat Great Dane via pin att: 2,511
11/29/65 Minneapolis TV Harley Race beat Guy Taylor Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren Igor Vodik beat Bob Rader Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Paul Caruso Chris Markoff beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Bill Todd
11/30/65 Blaine, MN Scheduled: Larry Heiniemi, The Crusher, Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff
12/1/65 Wilmar, MN Scheduled: The Crusher, Jack Pesek, Larry Hennig, Harley Race, Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff
12/2/65 Mankato, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff The Crusher beat Jack Pesek Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race att: 1,000
12/3/65 St. James, MN The Crusher beat Harley Race Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff
12/4/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Betancourt Harley Race beat Kurt Von Brawner
12/4/65 Lesueur, MN Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff dq Jack Pesek beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor Att: 1000
12/4/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Referee Bob Rader AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mr. Wrestling on a 3rd fall dq 1 Mr. Wrestling beat Vachon in 9:17 2 Vachon beat Mr. Wrestling in 21:50 3 Mr. Wrestling was dq’ed for tossing Vachon over the top rope in 37:05 Texas Death Match Verne Gagne beat Haru Sasaki when Sasaki could not answer the bell for the 7th fall Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks 30:00 Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson via pin in 16:02 Att: 3,923
12/6/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Guy Taylor The Crusher beat Jack Wilson Jack Pesek beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Mike Loren Igor Vodik beat Mike Sanchez Harley Race beat Jose Betancourt
12/7/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis Mighty Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff Jack Pesek beat Guy Taylor
12/8/65 Red Wing, MN Scheduled: Harley Race, Larry Hennig
12/9/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher on a 3rd fall dq 1 Vachon beat Crusher in 9:57 2 Crusher beat Vachon in 2:18 3 Crusher was dq'ed for using a chair in 6:07 Chris Markoff beat Reggie Parks 2/3 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Ivan Kalmikoff beat Professor Steve Druk Kalmikoff was billed as Igor’s trainer and manager Druk was the manager of Markoff Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,500 fans
12/10/65 Litchfield, MN Scheduled: Larry Hennig, Harley Race, Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff
12/11/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Danny Plechas Santiago Acosta & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race The Crusher beat Guy Taylor Gene Anderson beat The Great Dane Chris Markoff beat Bob Kappel
12/11/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium No dq match AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Mr Wrestling Reggie Parks beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Haru Sasaki beat Billy Red Cloud Bob Rader beat Kenny Jay Att: 2,505
12/11/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Hall Turkey Neck Main Event The Crusher beat Steve Druk AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Jack Pesek Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Larry Heiniemi beat Great Dane via pin Bob Kappel beat Danny Plechas via pin att: 5,551
12/13/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Guy Taylor Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Kappel & Carlos Rodriguez Mighty Igor Vodik beat Danny Plechas The Crusher beat Great Dane
12/14/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq The Crusher beat Steve Druk Larry Heiniemi beat Gene Anderson Chris Markoff beat Jack Pesek
12/16/65 Buffalo, MN Card scheduled
12/17/65 New Ulm, MN Crusher beat Larry Hennig Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Harley Race & Chris Markoff Jack Pesek beat Guy Taylor Att: 1,000
12/18/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Paul Caruso Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Freddie Rogers Chris Markoff beat Danny Plechas Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor
12/18/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Hall Non Title Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Chris Markoff beat The Crusher dq Ivan Kalmikoff beat Danny Plechas Larry Heiniemi beat Jack Pesek Terry Funk beat Guy Taylor Att: 7,129
12/25/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik dq Chris Markoff drew Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson via pin Big Luke Brown beat Bob Morgan via pin George Drake drew Eddie Sharkey att: 5,598 Note: Another listing has an additional match Larry Heiniemi beat Ivan Kalmikoff.
12/27/65 Minneapolis TV Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Morgan George Drake beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & The Great Dane Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Raizo
12/27/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 to apparently win AWA Tag Title 1 Race pinned Igor in 9:03 2 Igor beat Hennig in 7:49 3 Igor pinned Hennig in 3:34 Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a reverse decision in the 3rd fall 1 Vachon pinned Snyder in 37 seconds 2 Snyder beat Vachon in 18:06 3 Snyder won by dq after Vachon initially won the fall in 3:33 After winning the third fall, Vachon proceeded to beat on his opponent, and was dq'ed Mighty Igor Vodik (sub Butch Levy) beat Chris Markoff in 7:28 Professor Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 14:55 Druk was accompanied by Markoff Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 7,000+ fans Note: The Rocky Mountain News reported that Gagne and Igor won the World Tag Team Title, but the title change was apparently never recognized as an official title switch.
12/28/65 Mankato, MN Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor Att: 3,000
12/28/65 Sioux City, IA AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud Haru Sasaki beat Eddie Sharkey Mr Wrestling beat Tiny Mills
12/29/65 Beatrice, NE @ Auditorium Mr Wrestling & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race on a 3rd fall dq Haru Sasaki drew Billy Red Cloud when the 45 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall Reggie Parks beat Harley Race dq
12/29/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik Chris Markoff beat The Crusher Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Heiniemi beat Tiny Mills
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1/1/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Bill Todd Verne Gagne beat Mike Loren Mad Dog Vachon beat Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Paul Caruso Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bob Morgan
1/1/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Larry Hennig & Harley Race & Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff & Billy Red Cloud Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Morgan Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor Att: 3,815
1/3/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Mike Loren Chris Markoff beat Bob Morgan Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Caruso Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bill Todd
1/4/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Handicap Match The Crusher beat Chris Markoff & Steve Druk Harley Race beat Moose Cholak Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Angelo Poffo beat Eddie Sharkey
1/5/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Chris Markoff AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Wilbur Snyder Bill Melby beat Eddie Sharkey Moose Cholak drew Ivan Kalmikoff
1/5/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Mars Monroe vs. Jessica Rogers Mitsu Arakawa vs. Billy Red Cloud Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki & Mars Monroe vs. Tim Woods & Billy Red Cloud & Jessica Rogers World Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs. Reggie Parks
1/8/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 to win AWA Title 1. Woods beat Vachon in 7:42 2. Vachon beat Woods in 24:35 3. Woods pinned Vachon in 33:57 but had both of his feel on the top ring ropes for leverage Reggie Parks drew Haru Sasaki Mitsu Arakawa beat Jack Pesek in 13:30 Billy Red Cloud beat Jim Wehba in 12:35 Att: 4,581 Notes from historian Tim Hornbaker: Mr Wrestling unmasked before the match with Vachon revealing “Tim Woods of Michigan State.” Promoter Joe Dusek indicated Mr Wrestling was a “former Big Ten and Pan-American Games titlist.” The Omaha World Herald’s article states “Mr Wrestling Lifts Mask, Then Whips Dog For Title.” Woods would no longer wear his mask for local bouts.
The Tuesday, January 11, 1966 promotional piece in the Omaha World Herald said that “Mr Wrestling lifted Mad Dog’s title” last Saturday.
The Friday, January 14, 1966 edition of the Omaha World Herald reported that AWA President Stanley Blackburn reviewed the match between Vachon and Woods and “ruled that bout no contest after evidence was presented that the ex-masked man got the decisive third fall with both feet braced in the ring ropes.” Thus, Vachon was still AWA Champion.
1/8/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tank Morgan & Hector Vargas Mighty Igor Vodik beat Great Dane Steve Druk beat Francisco Rios
1/8/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Congo Death Match for NWA Title, WWA Title not on the line NWA Champion Gene Kiniski beat WWA Champion Dick the Bruiser with help from Johnny Valentine Johnny Valentine no contest Wilbur Snyder Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff The Assassins beat Dennis Hall & Huey Long The Crusher beat Prince Pullins Jose Bentancourt beat Boris Volkoff
1/8/66 Owatonna, MN Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig Larry Heiniemi beat Chris Tolos dq Eddie Sharkey beat Gene Anderson
1/9/66 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik via pin Handicap match The Crusher beat Chris Markoff & Steve Druk Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey Chris Tolos beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Morgan Att: 8,846
1/10/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Francisco Rios Mighty Igor Vodik beat Raul Alitore Chris Tolos beat Hector Vargas Eddie Sharkey beat Chris Markoff
1/11/66 Sioux City, IA Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Haru Sasaki dq Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Brown Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks
1/12/66 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium Billy Red Cloud beat Mad Dog Vachon - Indian Chain Match Nebraska Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki drew Mr Wrestling & Reggie Parks when the time limit expired during the rest period between the 2nd and 3rd falls 1. Mr Wrestling & Reggie Parks won 1st fall 2. Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki won 2nd fall 3. The time limit expired during the rest period between the 2nd and 3rd falls Mr Wrestling beat Mitsu Arakawa dq in 12:00 Att: Nearly 1,000 fans" Note: No mention of the AWA Title in the results clipping.
1/13/66 St Cloud, MN Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Larry Heiniemi beat Chris Tolos dq Chris Markoff beat Gene Anderson
1/14/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods 1-0 60:00 After the bout, Woods tore the referee’s shirt in anger. AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Haru Sasaki beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 15:20 Mitsu Arakawa drew Billy Red Cloud Att: 4,743 Referee: Charlie Triggs More Notes from Historian Tim Hornbaker: The article in the Omaha World Herald stated “Title Returns to Mad Dog,” even though in the article it indicated Vachon was “the champ.” So, Tim Woods did gain a tainted victory, and may have claimed the AWA Title for a few days, but Blackburn voided out the switch and Vachon remained the official titleholder. Thanks to Tim for getting to the bottom of this mystery. It has confused me and others for years. Please visit Tim’s website at legacyofwrestling.com.
1/15/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Frank Clark & Johnny Zenda The Crusher beat Art Kenney Chris Tolos beat Kenny Jay Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bob Morgan
1/17/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Great Dane Chris Tolos beat Bob Morgan Chris Markoff beat Frank Clark Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
1/18/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik The Crusher beat Moose Cholak Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey Chris Tolos beat Ivan Kalmikoff
1/19/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik Wilbur Snyder vs Mad Dog Vachon Danny Hodge vs Bill Melby Dory Funk Sr. vs Treach Phillips
1/19/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Reggie Parks vs. The Viking Haru Sasaki vs. Don Soto Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Tim Woods vs. Lee Henning Indian Death Match: Billy Red Cloud vs. Mitsu Arakawa
1/20/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Fence Match The Crusher beat Chris Markoff & Professor Steve Druk AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dale Lewis & Larry Heiniemi 2/3 Chris Tolos beat John Zendejas Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Morgan att: 5,006
1/21/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon no contest Mighty Igor Vodik AWA World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods Mighty Igor Vodik (sub Billy Red Cloud) beat Haru Sasaki Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks Att: 1,742
1/22/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Johnny Valentine no contest Dick the Bruiser AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder COR Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Angelo Poffo & Bobby Managoff Dale Lewis drew Guy Mitchell Jose Bentancourt beat Huey Long
1/22/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Johnny Zenda Chris Tolos beat Great Dane Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mike Spangler Chris Markoff beat Bob Morgan
1/24/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Morgan Rader Verne Gagne beat Johnny Zenda Chris Tolos beat Mike Spangler Chris Markoff beat Great Dane Mighty Igor Vodik beat Paul Caruso
1/25/66 Sioux City, IA Billy Red Cloud W Haru Sasaki Betty Nicoli & Reggie Parks W Gene Anderson & Jessica Rogers Mitsu Arakawa D Tim Woods Jessica Rogers W Betty Nicoli Reggie Parks W Gene Anderson
1/27/66 Mankato, MN Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Chris Markoff & Steve Druk The Crusher beat Chris Tolos Eddie Sharkey beat Juan Zendejas
1/29/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tank Morgan & Jack Task Verne Gagne beat Paul Caruso The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Chris Tolos beat Johnny Zenda Mad Dog Vachon beat Great Dane
1/29/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Cage Match AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Reggie Parks & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Nebraska Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki dq Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Billy Red Cloud Ivan Kalmikoff drew Danny Plechas
1/29/66 St Paul, MN @ Armory Chris Tolos won a 12 man battle royal The Crusher no contest Larry Hennig Harley Race beat Tiny Mills Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Morgan Chris Tolos beat Gene Anderson Steve Druk beat Johnny Zenda Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey att: 2,031
1/30/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 but the AWA title was returned to Vachon due to interference by referee Tiny Mills The Crusher beat Harley Race Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq Chris Tolos beat Eddie Sharkey Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Heiniemi beat Juan Zendejas Att: 6,700 Note: Johnny Zenda, John Zendejas and Juan Zendejas are all the same person.
1/31/66 Minneapolis TV Chris Markoff beat Great Dane Chris Tolos beat Bob Morgan Larry Hennig beat Johnny Zenda The Crusher beat Paul Caruso
2/1/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Non Title Death Match The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Mitsu Arakawa beat Ivan Kalmikoff Chris Tolos beat Gene Anderson Jose Betancourt beat Johnny Kace
2/2/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Non Title Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race
2/4/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Chris Tolos dq Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Chris Markoff & Steve Druk Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey Larry Heiniemi beat Juan Zendejas
2/5/66 Minneapolis TV Eddie Sharkey beat George Drake
2/5/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre WWA Champion Dick the Bruiser beat Johnny Valentine AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Pat O'Connor Moose Cholak beat Guy Mitchell Bobby Managoff beat Prince Pullins Jose Bettancourt beat Steve Stanlee
2/5/66 Minneapolis TV Eddie Sharkey beat George Drake
2/5/66 St Cloud, MN The Crusher & Larry Heiniemi beat Chris Markoff & Steve Druk Chris Tolos beat Eddie Sharkey Kenny Jay beat Johnny Zenda
2/7/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Armstrong & Johnny Zenda The Crusher beat Morgan Rader Tiny Mills beat Dave Jones Chris Tolos beat Francisco Rios Larry Heiniemi beat Great Dane
2/8/66 Deerwood, MN Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills
2/9/66 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium Lumberjack Match AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Haru Sasaki 2/3 60:00 Toni Rose vs Mars Monroe 2/3 45:00 Mad Russian Stan Pulaski vs Billy Red Cloud 30:00 Mitsu Arakawa vs Reggie Parks 30:00
2/10/66 Sioux City, IA Mad Dog Vachone W Billy Red Cloud Igor Vodik W Mitsu Arakawa Bette Boucher W Toni Rose Reggie Parks D Stan Pulaski
2/11/66 Golden Valley, MN The Crusher beat Chris Markoff Harley Race vs Mighty Igor Vodik
2/12/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Armstrong & Tank Morgan The Crusher beat Johnny Kace Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat George Armstrong Chris Tolos beat Johnny Zenda
2/12/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Verne Gagne & Tiny Mills beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race & Mad Dog Vachon when Gagne pinned Vachon in the 3rd fall Mighty Igor beat Chris Markoff dq Chris Tolos beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin Larry Heiniemi beat Johnny Kace Kenny Jay beat Juan Zendajas Att: 6,291
2/13/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Tim Woods Lumberjack Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Bette Boucher beat Toni Rose Reggie Parks beat Haru Sasaki dq Billy Red Cloud drew Mitsu Arakawa Att: 3,602
2/14/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Armstrong & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat The Great Dane Chris Markoff beat Johnny Zenda Mad Dog Vachon beat Johnny Kace
2/15/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat the Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik Chris Tolos beat Ivan Kalmikoff Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff dq Mitsu Arakawa beat Eddie Sharkey
2/16/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Mighty Igor Vodik won a battle royal Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig The Crusher beat Moose Cholak Danny Hodge drew Chris Markoff Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mitsu Arakawa Chris Tolos beat George Drake Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race
2/16/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Stan Pulaski vs. Jerry Owens Tim Woods vs. The Mongolian Stomper Haru Sasaki vs. Bobby Shane Mad Dog Vachon vs. Billy Red Cloud 8-man Battle Royal
2/17/66 Mankato, MN Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Chris Markoff & Steve Druk Larry Heiniemi beat Juan Zendajas Chris Markoff beat George Drake
2/17/66 New Ulm, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig
2/18/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Freddie Rogers Verne Gagne beat Juan Zendajas
2/19/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Johnny Zenda Harley Race beat George Drake Mighty Igor Vodik beat Johnny Zenda Chris Tolos beat Paul Caruso Chris Markoff beat Bob Morgan
2/19/66 Anoka, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Heiniemi vs Chris Tolos George Drake vs Chris Markoff
2/21/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Gene Anderson Eddie Sharkey beat George Drake Chris Tolos beat Bob Morgan Harley Race beat Johnny Zenda Mighty Igor Vodik beat Paul Caruso
2/22/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Chris Tolos beat Reggie Parks in 23:10 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Steve Druk in 10:15 Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 16:10 Larry Heiniemi drew George Drake 20:00 att: 4,860
2/24/66 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran's Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs The Crusher & Bobby Managoff Nicoli Volkoff vs Jose Betancourt Angelo Poffo vs Juan Zendejas
2/24/66 Olivia, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Steve Druk & Chris Markoff Danny Hodge vs Eddie Sharkey George Drake vs Chris Tolos
2/24/66 Sioux City, IA AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Stan Pulaski beat Billy Red Cloud Reggie Parks beat The Viking Mitsu Arakawa drew Ivan Kalmikoff
2/25/66 Harlan, IA @ High School AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Billy Red Cloud Mitsu Arakawa vs Tim Woods Reggie Parks vs Stan Pulaski Jack Pesek vs Haru Sasaki
2/25/66 Medelin, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Eddie Sharkey beat Juan Zendajas Larry Heiniemi beat Chris Tolos dq
2/26/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Steve Stanlee Chris Tolos beat Bob Sabre Mighty Igor Vodik beat Francisco Rios Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso Tiny Mills beat Juan Zendajas
2/26/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Title vs WWA Title AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat WWA Champion Dick the Bruiser COR Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Chris Markoff beat Guy Mitchell Moose Cholak beat Huey Long The Assassin beat Jose Betancourt Santiago Acosta drew Angelo Poffo Note: Bruiser was billed as WWA Champion in the rematch. Many people think the WWA Title was held up.
2/26/66 Hastings, MN The Crusher vs Chris Tolos
2/27/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Great Dane
2/28/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Kenny Jay Crusher beat Sam Rios Chris Tolos beat Paul Caruso Mighty Igor Vodik beat Steve Stanlee
2/28/66 Sioux City, IA AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud
3/1/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Chris Tolos beat Reggie Parks Chris Markoff beat George Drake Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Heiniemi
3/2/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff Chris Tolos beat Bill Melby
3/5/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig drew Eddie Sharkey Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Gene Anderson & Bob Sabre Verne Gagne beat Juan Zendajas Ivan Kalmikoff beat Chris Tolos dq Mighty Igor Vodik beat Steve Druk
3/5/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski dq Nebraska Champion Tim Woods beat Mitsu Arakawa Reggie Parks drew Billy Red Cloud Paul Vachon drew Victor Rivera Haru Sasaki beat George Drake
3/5/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Non Title Death Match Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race in 33:00 Mighty Igor beat Chris Markoff dq Ivan Kalmikoff beat Steve Druk Chris Tolos beat Larry Heiniemi Eddie Sharkey beat Juan Zendajas Att: 8,450
3/7/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Gene Anderson Chris Tolos beat Bob Sabre Mighty Igor Vodik beat Juan Zendajas Harley Race beat Kenny Jay
3/8/66 Sioux City, IA Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Reggie Parks beat Mongolian Stomper Stan Pulaski beat Ivan Kalmikoff Mitsu Arakawa beat Juan Zendajas
3/8/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Billy Red Cloud vs. The Viking George Drake vs. Jim Wehba Bob Geigel vs. Pat O’Connor Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Haru Sasaki vs. Tim Woods
3/9/66 Owatonna, MN Non Title Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat AWA Tag team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Chris Tolos beat Juan Zendajas Larry Heiniemi drew Chris Markoff
3/10/66 Mankato, MN Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff & Tiny Mills beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race & Chris Markoff Larry Heiniemi beat Chris Tolos dq Tiny Mills drew Chris Markoff
3/12/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Drake & Eddie Sharkey Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor The Crusher beat Bob Morgan Chris Tolos beat Juan Zendajas Kenny Jay drew Chris Markoff
3/14/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Drake & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Guy Taylor Mad Dog Vachon beat Juan Zendajas Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bob Morgan
3/15/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & Danny Hodge beat AWA Tag team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race no tag title change because Hennig was injured during 1st fall and Mad Dog Vachon replaced him for the 2nd and 3rd fall. The team of Hennig and Race didn’t lose two falls so they didn’t lose the Awa Tag Title. AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik The Crusher beat Don Slatton Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff
3/16/66 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Mitsu Arakawa vs. Billy Red Cloud Bulldog Plechas vs. Tim Woods Stan Pulaski vs. Ivan Kalmikoff Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Haru Sasaki vs. Igor Vodik
3/17/66 St. Peter, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Chris Markoff Danny Hodge beat Chris Tolos dq Harley Race beat George Drake
3/18/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Mighty Igor Vodik Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Juan Zendajas Billy Red Cloud drew Ivan Kalmikoff Att: 1,878
3/19/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Drake & Eddie Sharkey Kenny Jay drew Chris Markoff Chris Tolos beat Juan Zendajas Verne Gagne beat Mark Starr The Crusher beat Guy Taylor Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Caruso
3/19/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder COR Chris Markoff beat Mark Starr Chris Tolos beat Eddie Sharkey George Drake beat Guy Taylor Att: 8,647
3/21/66 Minneapolis TV Tiny Mills beat Bob Morgan Steve Druk beat Guy Taylor Chris Tolos beat Paul Caruso Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Juan Zendajas The Crusher beat Mark Starr
3/21/66 Moline, IL Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig The Crusher beat Harley Race Chris Tolos beat Mighty Igor Vodik Chris Markoff beat George Drake
3/22/66 Kewanee, IL @ Wethersfield High School Gym The Crusher beat Chris Markoff (2-1) Igor beat Pretty Boy Larry Hennig by DQ Chris Tolos beat Ivan Kalmikoff Handsome Harley Race beat George Drake
3/22/66 Sioux City, IA AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud & Tim Woods beat Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Ron Reed Butcher Vachon beat Victor Rivera
3/26/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Guy Taylor Chris Tolos beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Bob Morgan Chris Markoff beat George Drake Eddie Sharkey drew Mark Starr
3/26/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser dq to win WWA Title Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat the Assassins Johnny Valentine beat Bobby Managoff Pat O'Connor beat Angelo Poffo Cora Combs beat Kathy O'Brien Ernie Ladd beat Lee Henning Santiago Acosta beat Steve Stanlee Note: This was a Chicago only title change. Bruiser continued to hold the title in Indiana. Vachon was billed as AWA and WWA Champion in Chicago. Slowly but surely the WWA Title was phased out in Chicago.
3/26/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher no contest Larry Hennig Harley Race beat Tiny Mills in 13:35 Chris Tolos beat George Drake Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mark Starr in 10:30 Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 9:45
3/27/66 Holy Cross, MN The Crusher beat Chris Markoff
3/28/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mark Starr Chris Markoff beat Juan Zendajas Harley Race beat George Drake Chris Tolos beat Bob Morgan Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor
3/28/66 Edginton, IL Larry Hennig beat Mighty Igor Vodik Dale Lewis beat Harley Race dq Chris Tolos beat Ivan Kalmikoff
3/30/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Tim Woods Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki vs Billy Red Cloud & Mighty Igor Vodik Reggie Parks vs Stan Pulaski Great Dane vs Ivan Kalmikoff
3/31/66 Mankato, MN Reggie Parks & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Big Luke Brown drew Chris Markoff Dale Lewis beat Chris Tolos dq
4/1/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race & Mad Dog Vachon Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Chris Markoff beat Dale Lewis Dory Funk Jr. beat Chris Tolos
4/2/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mark Starr & Guy Taylor The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Eddie Sharkey beat Chris Tolos dq The Alaskan beat Juan Zendajas Reggie Parks beat Bob Morgan
4/2/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Texas Death Match AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Haru Sasaki Luke Brown beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mitsu Arakawa Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff Billy Red Cloud drew Pat O'Connor (sub Bob Geigel) Att: 3,256
4/2/66 St. Paul, MN @ Park High School The Crusher beat Chris Markoff in 18:00 Chris Tolos beat Eddie Sharkey Dale Lewis beat George Drake Juan Zendajas beat Kenny Jay Att: 2,000
4/4/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Juan Zendajas The Crusher beat Guy Taylor The Alaskan beat Mark Starr Chris Tolos beat Jose Quintero Dale Lewis beat Bob Morgan
4/5/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Chris Tolos beat the Crusher Reggie Parks & Eddie Sharkey beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Ernie Ladd beat Moose Cholak The Alaskan beat Dale Lewis
4/5/66 Sioux City, IA Mad Dog Vachone W Igor Vodik Luke Brown & Tim Woods W Stan Pulaski & Haru Sasaki Butcher Vachone W Ivan Kalmikoff Billy Red Cloud W Scandor Akbar
4/9/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Special Referee: Ernie Ladd Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Special Referee: Tiny Mills Crusher beat Chris Tolos dq Harley Race beat Dale Lewis Ernie Ladd beat Moose Cholak Reggie Parks drew Chris Markoff The Alaskan beat Bob Morgan Att: 8,404
4/9/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Big Luke Brown Mighty Igor Vodik & Tim Woods & Billy Red Cloud beat Haru Sasaki & Tor Kamata & Oki Shikina Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Ivan Kalmikoff Tim Woods beat Oki Shikina Att: 3,027
4/12/66 Sioux City, IA AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Luke Brown & Tim Woods beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski & Haru Sasaki Butcher Vachon beat Ivan Kalmikoff Billy Red Cloud beat Jim Wehba
4/16/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bob Morgan Chris Tolos beat Guy Taylor The Alaskan beat Steve Stanlee Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay Tiny Mills beat Jose Quintero
4/16/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Verne Gagne beat Johnny Valentine dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & Pat O'Connor dq Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey Angelo Poffo beat Joe Blanchard Bobby Managoff beat Ivan Volkoff Jose Betancourt beat Mark Starr
4/16/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Chris Tolos beat Crusher dq in 33:20 The Alaskan beat Tiny Mills Reggie Parks drew Dale Lewis Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli Steve Druk beat Steve Stanlee
4/18/66 Minneapolis TV Harley Race beat Mark Starr Chris Markoff beat Guy Taylor Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero The Alaskan beat Bob Morgan The Crusher beat Steve Stanlee
4/19/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher beat Chris Tolos Ernie Ladd beat Chris Markoff Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey The Alaskan beat Tiny Mills Reggie Parks beat Bob Morgan
4/20/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ivan Kalmikoff vs. Jim Wehba Tim Woods vs. The Viking Mad Dog Vachon vs. Billy Red Cloud Luke Brown & Igor Vodik vs. Haru Sasaki & Stan Pulaski
4/21/66 Mankato, MN Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig The Alaskan beat Tiny Mills Chris Tolos beat Eddie Sharkey Johnny Zenda beat Mark Starr
4/22/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Dale Lewis 2/3 Handicap match The Alaskan beat Bob Morgan & Mark Starr Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills Chris Tolos beat Eddie Sharkey Att: 1,683
4/23/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Chris Tolos in 14:30 AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Pat O'Connor 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Bob Morgan in 16:30 Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey via pin in 22:00 Bob Kappel beat Mark Starr via pin in 16:30 att: 3,690
4/25/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Guy Taylor The Crusher beat Bill Todd Steve Druk beat Johnny Zenda Chris Tolos beat Bob Morgan The Alaskan beat Stan Pulaski
4/26/66 Sioux City, IA Luke Brown W Stan Pulaski Butcher Vachone W Igor Vodik Haru Sasaki D Tim Woods Dale Lewis W Billy Red Cloud
4/27/66 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Verne Gagne vs Chris Tolos Ernie Ladd vs Moose Cholak Chris Markoff vs Reggie Parks Mark Starr vs Guy Taylor
4/28/66 New Ulm, MN Larry Hennig vs Reggie Parks Tiny Mills vs The Alaskan
4/29/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Special referee: Everett Marshall Ernie Ladd & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race on a 3rd fall dq The Crusher vs Chris Tolos 2/3 Dick The Bruiser vs Dory Funk Verne Gagne beat Bill Melby
4/30/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mark Starr Verne Gagne beat Johnny Kace Chris Tolos beat Kenny Jay Johnny Zenda beat Larry Hennig dq The Alaskan beat Guy Taylor Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero
4/30/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Cage Match Crusher beat Chris Tolos 2/3 Special Referee picked by Hennig: The Alaskan Larry Hennig beat Verne Gagne dq when Gagne hit the referee Alaskan Steve Druk beat The Alaskan who failed to pin The Professor with one arm tied behind him in 10 minutes Reggie Parks beat Bob Morgan Chris Markoff beat Johnny Kace Mark Starr beat Guy Taylor Att: 7,045
5/2/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Guy Taylor The Crusher beat Johnny Kace Chris Markoff beat Bob Morgan Reggie Parks beat Mark Starr The Alaskan beat Johnny Zenda
5/3/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne & Ernie Ladd beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq The Crusher beat The Alaskan dq Chris Tolos drew Reggie Parks Lord Littlebrook beat Frenchy LaMont
5/4/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bobby Hart vs. Haru Sasaki Dale Lewis defeated Billy Red Cloud Cowboy Bradley defeated Fuzzy Cupid Luke Brown & Tim Woods defeated Mad Dog Vachon & Stan Pulaski via DQ
5/6/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Luke Brown & Verne Gagne beat Paul Butcher Vachon & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Dale Lewis beat Reggie Parks Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Haru Sasaki dq Billy Red Cloud drew Bulldog Danny Plechas Att: 2,873
5/7/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Bob Morgan
5/7/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Crusher & Chris Markoff beat The Alaskan & Harley Race & Larry Hennig Reggie Parks drew Chris Tolos Billy Red Cloud beat Mark Starr Dick Morgan beat Johnny Zendajas Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero Att: 4,326
5/9/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Mark Starr The Crusher beat Steve Stanlee Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay The Alaskan beat Bob Morgan Reggie Parks beat Guy Taylor
5/10/66 Eau Claire, WI @ Altoona High School AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & Tiny Mills Chris Tolos vs Chris Markoff Harley Race vs Reggie Parks
5/10/66 Sioux City, IA Luke Brown W-DQ Butcher Vachone Dale Lewis & Stan Pulaski W Reggie Parks & Tim Woods Haru Sasaki W Lee Henning Reggie Parks D Stan Pulaski
5/14/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Bill Todd Harley Race beat Mark Starr The Alaskan beat Stan Pulaski Billy Red Cloud beat Jose Quintero
5/14/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Alaskan beat Chris Markoff dq Harley Race drew Reggie Parks Chris Tolos beat Tiny Mills Billy Red Cloud beat Dirty Dick Morgan Johnny Zendajas beat Mark Starr Att: 2,112
5/16/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tank Morgan & Jose Quintero Billy Red Cloud beat Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Stan Pulaski The Alaskan beat Bill Todd Reggie Parks beat Mark Starr
5/17/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher & Ernie Ladd & Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race & The Alaskan Reggie Parks beat Angelo Poffo Ernie Ladd beat Larry Hennig Chris Tolos beat Chris Markoff
5/18/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek vs. Haru Sasaki Tim Woods vs. Butcher Vachon Stan Pulaski vs. Ron Reed Luke Brown & Tim Woods vs. Butcher Vachon & Dale Lewis
5/21/66 Minneapolis TV Ernie Ladd beat Steve Stanlee The Alaskan beat Guy Taylor Billy Red Cloud beat Johnny Kace Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Jose Quintero Verne Gagne beat Johnny Zenda
5/21/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Non Title Congo Death Match Dick the Bruiser beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Chris Tolos beat the Crusher dq The Assassins beat Moose Cholak & Wilbur Snyder The Destroyer drew Pat O'Connor Sharon Lass beat Kathy O'Brien Luis Martinez beat Dirty Dick Morgan
5/21/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Verne Gagne & Ernie Ladd beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race on a 3rd fall dq The Alaskan beat Chris Markoff Reggie Parks beat Johnny Kace Billy Red Cloud beat Guy Taylor Tiny Mills beat Steve Stanlee Att: 4,627
5/23/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tank Morgan & Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Jose Quintero Reggie Parks beat Steve Stanlee The Alaskan beat Juan Zendajas Ernie Ladd beat Johnny Kace
5/24/66 Sioux City, IA Verne Gagne W Butcher Vachone Dale Lewis & Stan Pulaski W Reggie Parks & Tim Woods The Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver W Fuzzy Cupid & Sky Low Low Luke Brown W Haru Sasaki
5/27/66 Milwaukee, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race (Decision later reversed, wrong man pinned) The Crusher beat Chris Markoff Ernie Ladd beat Moose Cholak The Alaskan beat Reggie Parks Reggie Parks beat Guy Taylor att: 2,823
5/28/66 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Johnny Kace & Mike Sanchez Verne Gagne beat Bob Morgan The Alaskan beat Joe Rodriguez Billy Red Cloud beat Luis Montez Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero
5/28/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title 1st fall Bruiser pinned Hennig 2nd fall Hennig pinned Crusher 3rd fall Crusher pinned Hennig The Alaskan beat Moose Cholak in 14:56 Chris Markoff beat Mike Sanchez (sub Chris Tolos) via pin in 10:20 Reggie Parks beat Dick Morgan via pin Billy Red Cloud beat Johnny Kace Att: 3,020 Note from weaselsuit: The "Convention Center" was just a smaller room, laid out on the flat that was part of the Minneapolis Auditorium off to the side.
5/28/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Big Luke Brown beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Midwest Tag Team Champions Dale Lewis & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Jack Pesek & Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Att: 2,582
5/31/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Eddie Sharkey Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor The Alaskan beat Luis Montez Billy Red Cloud beat Mike Sanchez
5/31/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Handicap Match Ernie Ladd beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race The Alaskan beat Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud beat Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Bob Morgan
6/1/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Tim Woods vs. Bulldog Plechas Dale Lewis vs. Butcher Vachon Luke Brown vs. Haru Sasaki Mad Dog Vachon & Dale Lewis vs. Stan Pulaski & Butcher Vachon
6/4/66 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Kenny Jay & Jose Quintero The Alaskan beat Paul Caruso Moose Cholak beat Bob Hirsch The Big K beat Johnny Zenda Chris Markoff beat Guy Taylor
6/4/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center No Time Limit, Special Referee: Joe Blanchard AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 The Alaskan beat Billy Red Cloud Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak Eddie Sharkey won an 8 man battle royal Chris Markoff beat Juan Zendajas Att: 4,593
6/6/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Stan Pulaski Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Hirsch The Big K beat Kenny Jay Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso The Alaskan beat Juan Zendajas Ernie Ladd beat Bob Morgan
6/9/66 Sioux City, IA Dale Lewis vs. Tim Woods The Alaskan vs. Luke Brown Jack Pesak vs. Butcher Vachone Reggie Parks vs. Haru Sasaki
6/11/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Guy Taylor Mad Dog Vachon beat Mike Sanchez Doug Gilbert beat Luis Montez Big K beat Bill Nixon Chris Markoff beat Jose Quintero
6/16/66 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Dale Lewis defeated Jack Pesek Luke Brown defeated Bulldog Plechas Tim Woods defeated Haru Sasaki Mad Dog Vachon defeated Reggie Parks in three falls
6/17/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat The Alaskan & Mad Dog Vachon Verne Gagne beat Angelo Poffo via pin in 14:45 Wilbur Snyder beat Guy Mitchell with a cobra twist in 13:15 Moose Cholak beat Luis Martinez in 13:30 Ernie Ladd beat Chris Markoff via pin in 13:50 after a body slam att: 3,309
6/18/66 Minneapolis TV Juan Zendajas beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Ernie Ladd beat Guy Taylor The Alaskan beat Mike Murlaski Big K beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Paul Caruso
6/18/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Cage match Dale Lewis beat Luke Brown Reggie Parks & Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Haru Sasaki beat Bobby Hart Butcher Vachon drew Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Att: 3,325
6/20/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan beat Juan Zendajas Billy Red Cloud beat Guy Taylor Ernie Ladd beat Mike Murlaski Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Caruso Doug Gilbert beat Kenny Jay
6/21/66 Princeton, IL The Crusher beat The Alaskan Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey Doug Gilbert beat Big K dq Billy Red Cloud beat Juan Zendajas
6/22/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ron Reed vs. Haru Sasaki Luke Brown vs. Butcher Vachon Dale Lewis vs. Jerry Kozak Midwest Tag Team Champions Luke Brown & Tim Woods vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
6/23/66 Eau Claire, WI @ Carson Park The Crusher beat Big K The Alaskan beat Eddie Sharkey (sub Billy Red Cloud) Doug Gilbert drew Chris Markoff
6/23/66 Sioux City, IA Big Luke Brown beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Dale Lewis beat Billy Red Cloud Tim Woods beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Jack Pesek drew Haru Sasaki
6/24/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Wilbur Snyder drew AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Snyder beat Vachon with an abdominal stretch 2 Vachon pinned Snyder after a piledriver 3 The 60 minute time limit expired before either man could score the winning fall AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest The Assassins Chris Markoff beat Doug Gilbert Ernie Ladd beat the Alaskan The Destroyer beat Prince Pullins Luis Martinez beat Ivan Volkoff
6/25/66 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta The Alaskan & The Big K beat Jose Betancourt & Juan Zendajas Billy Red Cloud beat Jose Quintero Doug Gilbert beat Guy Taylor The Crusher beat Haru Sasaki.
6/25/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq when Haru Sasaki interfered in 23:00 The Alaskan & Big K beat Chris Markoff & Doug Gilbert 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat Haru Sasaki via pin Larry Heiniemi drew Eddie Sharkey Juan Zendajas beat Jose Quintero Att: 5,651
6/27/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Johnny Zenda Doug Gilbert beat Jose Quintero Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt, The Alaskan & Big K beat Santiago Acosta & Eddie Sharkey The Crusher beat Guy Taylor
6/28/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & the Alaskan Billy Red Cloud beat Chris Markoff Wilbur Snyder beat Big K dq Eddie Sharkey drew Doug Gilbert
6/30/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Bill Green
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/2/66 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Jose Quintero The Alaskan & Big K beat Paul Caruso & Tiny Mills Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt Paul Caruso beat Leroy Hirsch Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Hirsch The Crusher beat Bob Morgan
7/4/66 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Paul Caruso The Alaskan & Big K beat Eddie Sharkey & Juan Zendajas Chris Markoff beat Bob Hirsch The Crusher beat Bob Morgan Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Stanlee Ernie Ladd beat Bob Morgan Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt
7/7/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher beat The Alaskan & Big K Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo Doug Gilbert beat Steve Druk
7/7/66 Sioux City, IA Luke Brown W Chris Markoff Tim Woods W Dale Lewis Stan Pulaski W Carlos Colon Ron Reed D Haru Sasaki
7/9/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Danny Plechas The Alaskan & Big K beat Tiny Mills & Guy Taylor Doug Gilbert drew Eddie Sharkey Mad Dog Vachon beat Frankie Hester
7/9/66 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher The Alaskan & Big K beat Billy Red Cloud & Doug Gilbert Chris Markoff beat Steve Druk Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero
7/11/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Billy Red Cloud beat Frankie Hester Doug Gilbert beat Steve Druk The Alaskan & Big K beat Kenny Jay & Eddie Sharkey Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Plechas
7/14/66 Sioux Falls, SD - ColiseumTim Woods defeated Stan Pulaski via DQ Ron Reed defeated Bulldog Plechas Dale Lewis defeated Doug Gilbert in three falls Midwest Tag Team Champions Luke Brown & Tim Woods defeated Stan Pulaski & Haru Sasaki in three falls
7/15/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Haru Sasaki vs. Carlos Colon Tim Woods vs. Dale Lewis Ron Reed vs. The Mongolian Stomper Midwest Tag Team Champions Luke Brown & Tim Woods vs. Dale Lewis & Stan Pulaski
7/16/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Mike Murlaski Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Plechas Tiny Mills beat Mike Murlaski Big K beat Paul Caruso Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay
7/16/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick The Bruiser dq The Crusher beat The Alaskan Wilbur Snyder & Doug Gilbert beat Moose Cholak & Chris Markoff Ernie Ladd beat Johnny Kace Luis Martinez beat Jose Quintero att: 3,448
7/18/66 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Kenny Jay Steve Druk beat Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Jose Quintero Billy Red Cloud beat Paul Caruso The Big K beat Mike Murlaski
7/19/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Billy Red Cloud Crusher beat Big K Doug Gilbert beat Chris Markoff Tiny Mills beat Steve Druk The Alaskan beat Eddie Sharkey
7/21/66 Sioux City, IA Mad Dog Vachone W Tim Woods Luke Brown & Jake Smith W Stan Pulaski & Haru Sasaki Dale Lewis D Ron Reed Harley Race W Carlos Colon
7/23/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan & Big K beat Paul Christy & Eddie Sharkey The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta Billy Red Cloud beat Danny Plechas Doug Gilbert beat Jose Quintero
7/23/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Dale Lewis & Harley Race beat Luke Brown & Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Pat O'Connor beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Jake "Tiny" Smith beat The Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Ron Reed beat Haru Sasaki
7/25/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero The Alaskan beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta The Crusher beat Paul Christy Doug Gilbert beat Danny Plechas
7/25/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Ernie Ladd AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat the Assassins Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo The Alaskan beat Johnny Kace Luis Martinez drew Moose Cholak
7/28/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Lou Thesz COR
7/29/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq The Alaskan & Big K beat Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert Killer Kowalski beat Jack Pesek Angelo Poffo beat Santiago Acosta Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero
7/30/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Frankie Hester Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay The Alaskan & Big K beat Tiny Mills & Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Danny Plechas Verne Gagne beat Santiago Acosta
7/30/66 St Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher no contest The Alaskan & Big K AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud dq Verne Gagne beat Stan Pulaski via pin Wladek "Killer" Kowalski beat Chris Markoff Jack Pesek beat Kenny Jay Jose Quintero beat Santiago Acosta via pin Att: 5,474
7/30/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Luke Brown defeated Harley Race via DQ Ron Reed defeated Alex Perez (18:10) Luke Brown & Jake Smith defeated Harley Race & Jack Donovan in two straight falls Dale Lewis defeated Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Tim Woods via DQ
8/1/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay The Alaskan & Big K beat Bill Cox & Eddie Sharkey Jack Pesek beat Blackjack Daniels Mad Dog Vachon beat Frankie Hester Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Danny Plechas & Stan Pulaski
8/3/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Crusher beat The Alaskan Billy Red Cloud beat Big K Killer Kowalski beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert drew Eddie Sharkey
8/4/66 Kewanee, IL Crusher & Billy Red Cloud beat The Alaskan & Big K dq Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert (2-1) Eddie Sharkey drew Chris Markoff
8/4/66 Sioux City, IA Luke Brown D Dale Lewis Harley Race D Tim Woods Jake Smith W Stan Pulaski Ron Reed W Johnny Zenda
8/5/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Crusher on a 3rd fall dq The Alaskan & Big K beat Wilbur Snyder & Verne Gagne 2/3 Killer Kowalski beat Guy Mitchell The Destroyer beat Jack Pesek Luis Martinez beat Joe Tomasso Doug Gilbert drew Chris Markoff
8/6/66 Mankato, MN Big K beat Leroy Hirsch Crusher beat Mike Murlaski Big K beat Paul Caruso Doug Gilbert beat Jack Wilson
8/13/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher beat The Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert Billy Red Cloud beat Stan Pulaski Wilbur Snyder beat Chris Markoff Eddie Sharkey drew Jack Pesek Att: 5,113
8/15/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Non Title Match Billy Red Cloud beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon The Alaskan & Big K beat Doug Gilbert & Pat O'Connor Killer Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey Chris Markoff drew Jack Pesek
8/15/66 Litchfield, MN The Crusher beat Jack Daniels Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe Steve Druk beat Johnny Zenda
8/19/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq, non title match Crusher beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 1 Crusher beat Vachon 2 Vachon beat Crusher 3 Crusher beat Vachon Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan via pin Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Big K Kowalski Billy Red Cloud drew Chris Markoff 20:00 Killer Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey (sub Doug Gilbert) att: 3,109
8/20/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan & Big K beat Eddie Sharkey & Johnny Zenda Billy Red Cloud beat Luis Martinez Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Big K beat Santiago Acosta Tiny Mills beat Steve Druk
8/20/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Non Title Chain Match Billy Red Cloud beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Verne Gagne beat Big K via pin in 19:19 The Alaskan beat Tiny Mills Killer Kowalski beat Billy Wicks Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Betancourt Steve Druk beat Santiago Acosta Att: 5,227
8/20/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek fought Doug Gilbert to a draw Ron Reed defeated Harley Race via DQ Luke Brown & Jake Smith defeated Stan Pulaski & Bulldog Plechas Midwest Tag Team Champions Dale Lewis & Harley Race defeated Tim Woods & Ron Reed via DQ in three falls
8/22/66 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt & Luis Montez The Big K beat Johnny Zenda Billy Red Cloud beat Santiago Acosta
8/22/66 Hutchinson, MN Killer Kowalski vs Billy Red Cloud
8/26/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat the Crusher Verne Gagne beat the Alaskan dq Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak Killer Kowalski drew Doug Gilbert Luis Martinez beat Chris Markoff The Assassin beat Prince Pullins
8/27/66 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Steve Druk & Kenny Jay Killer Kowalski beat Johnny Zenda Mad Dog Vachon beat Frankie Hester Wilbur Snyder beat Joe Tomasso The Alaskan drew Doug Gilbert
8/27/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Mad Dog Vachon Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Moose Cholak Billy Red Cloud beat Joe Tomasso Doug Gilbert drew Chris Markoff
8/29/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Blackjack Daniels The Alaskan & Big K beat Chris Markoff & Johnny Zenda Killer Kowalski beat Frankie Hester Mad Dog Vachon beat Frankie Hester (?) Kenny Jay drew Wilbur Snyder
8/30/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat the Alaskan & Big K Larry Hennig beat Tim Woods Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey
8/31/66 Estherville, IA Big K vs Roy McClarty George Grant vs Bob Rasmussen Len Montana vs Joe Scarpello
9/1/66 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Stan Pulaski defeated Luke Brown via DQ Ron Reed defeated Dale Lewis via DQ Jake Smith & Luke Brown defeated Bulldog Plechas & Stan Pulaski in three falls Tim Woods & Ron Reed fought Harley Race & Dale Lewis to a draw in three falls (60:00)
9/3/66 Minneapolis TV Big K beat Frankie Hester Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski Wilbur Snyder beat Kenny Jay
9/3/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Harley Race fought Jack Pesek to a draw Luke Brown defeated Bob Geigel via DQ Luke Brown & Jake Smith defeated Bob Geigel & Bulldog Plechas in three falls Dale Lewis fought Ron Reed to a double-DQ in three falls
9/5/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Stanlee Doug Gilbert beat John Gadoski Killer Kowalski beat Frankie Hester Eddie Sharkey beat Pete Peterson Big K beat Santiago Acosta Wilbur Snyder beat Jose Quintero
9/7/66 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Ron Reed defeated Jim Wehba Jake Smith & Luke Brown defeated Dale Lewis & Stan Pulaski in three falls Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Tim Woods defeated Harley Race via DQ in three falls
9/8/66 Rock Falls, IL @ Stadium The Alaskan & Big K beat The Crusher & Doug Gilbert Doug Gilbert beat Big K Billy Red Cloud beat Moose Cholak (sub Chris Markoff)
9/8/66 Sioux City, IA Dale Lewis & Harley Race W-DQ Luke Brown & Tim Woods Jake Smith W Stan Pulaski Ron Reed W Danny Plechas Carlos Colon D Johnny Zenda
9/10/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Leroy Hirsch Mad Dog Vachon beat Johnny Zenda Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny Kace The Alaskan & Big K beat Kenny Jay & Tiny Mills
9/10/66 St. Paul, MN Billy Red Cloud beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Wilbur Snyder Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff Eddie Sharkey drew Larry Heiniemi
9/12/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey & Johnny Zenda Killer Kowalski beat Paul Caruso Billy Red Cloud beat Johnny Kace Reggie Parks beat Leroy Hirsch The Alaskan beat Kenny Jay
9/13/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Tim Woods vs. Jim Wehba Reggie Parks vs. Stan Pulaski Luke Brown & Jake Smith vs. Harley Race & Alex Perez Dale Lewis vs. Ron Reed
9/16/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat the Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Pat O'Connor Mitsu Arakawa beat Bobby Managoff The Destroyer beat Jose Betancourt Angelo Poffo beat Prince Pullins Luis Martinez beat Larry Heiniemi
9/16/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Referee John Snider AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dcor Wilbur Snyder Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Chris Markoff drew Ron Reed Dale Lewis (sub Eddie Sharkey) beat Tiger Joe Tomasso via pin with a “rolling reverse body scissors” Jim Raschke beat Johnny Kace with a backbreaker att: 2,127 Note: This was Raschke’s pro debut.
9/17/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Francisco Rios Verne Gagne beat Great Dane Mad Dog Vachon beat Luis Gonzales Killer Kowalski beat Johnny Zenda
9/17/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud COR The Alaskan beat Doug Gilbert Reggie Parks beat Big K Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey Jim Raschke beat Great Dane via pin
9/18/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Bob Hirsch Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny Kace Mad Dog Vachon beat Johnny Zenda The Alaskan & Big K beat Kenny Jay & Tiny Mills
9/20/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan beat Johnny Zenda Billy Red Cloud beat The Great Dane Killer Kowalski beat Luis Gonzalez Reggie Parks beat Francisco Rios Mad Dog Vachon beat Carlos Diaz
9/20/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Killer Kowalski AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Big K beat Chris Markoff The Alaskan beat Doug Gilbert Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Druk
9/22/66 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Luke Brown defeated Stan Pulaski Jack Pesek fought Reggie Parks to a draw Tim Woods & Ron Reed defeated Harley Race & Dale Lewis via DQ
9/24/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Johnny Zenda Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski The Alaskan beat Frankie Hester Killer Kowalski beat Kenny Jay Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud beat Johnny Kace & Steve Stanlee
9/24/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 23:00 Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff via pin The Alaskan beat Jack Pesek via pin Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski via pin Jim Raschke beat Steve Stanlee via pin Att: 2,119
9/24/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Midwest Tag Title Match, AWA Tag Titles not on the line Midwest Tag Team Champions Luke Brown & Jake Smith beat AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher dq Dale Lewis beat Doug Gilbert Nebraska Champion Tim Woods drew Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Ron Reed beat Harley Race
9/27/66 Minneapolis TV Alaskan & Big K beat Steve Stanlee & Johnny Zenda Frankie Hester beat Killer Kowalski dq Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski dq
9/28/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Killer Kowalski won battle royal Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert Dick The Bruiser beat Len Miller Reggie Parks beat Tim Woods Billy Red Cloud beat Larry Hennig dq The Alaskan beat Eddie Sharkey
9/28/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jake Smith vs. Bob Brown Jack Pesek vs. Stan Pulaski Harley Race vs. Pat O’Connor Dale Lewis vs. Ron Reed
9/29/66 Sioux City, IA Luke Brown & Jake Smith W-DQ Dale Lewis & Harley Race Ron Reed W-DQ Stan Pulaski Reggie Parks W The Big K The Alaskan D Tim Woods
10/1/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay The Alaskan beat Johnny Zenda Killer Kowalski beat Mike Murlaski Jack Lanza beat Paul Caruso Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski & Leroy Hirsch
10/1/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Killer Kowalski dcor Reggie Parks in 23:00 The Alaskan & Big K beat Eddie Sharkey & Jack Pesek 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski via pin Jim Raschke beat Juan Zendajas via pin Att: 1,863
10/4/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan & Big K beat George Gadaski & Leroy Hirsch Billy Red Cloud beat Mike Murlaski Killer Kowalski beat Paul Caruso & Johnny Zenda Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay
10/5/66 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Ron Reed defeated Stan Pulaski via DQ Jake Smith & Luke Brown defeated Harley Race & Bob Geigel in three falls Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Tim Woods defeated Dale Lewis via CO in three falls
10/6/66 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Reggie Parks fought Stan Pulaski to a draw Luke Brown defeated Stan Kowalski Jake Smith defeated The Alaskan in three falls Harley Race & Dale Lewis defeated Tim Woods & Ron Reed in three falls
The Winnipeg Free Press Friday, October 7, 1966 from a column called Time Out with Maurice Smith A New Promoter Recently it was mentioned in this column that Alex Turk after 22 years in the game, had given up promoting wrestling in Winnipeg. But local mat enthusiasts will still be able to enjoy their favorite sport for Al Tomko, himself a wrestler of note, has decided to get into the business of promoting and wuill stage his first card October 17. Tomko will work with the Minneapolis based group headed by Vern Gagne and Wally Karbo. These two men by the way, are probably the largest promoters of wrestling in the United States. They provide matches for such cities as Milwaukee, Chicago, Denver, Omaha and many other smaller centres in the mid-west United States. In addition, they recently took over in Montreal, once one of the greatest hotbeds for wrestling in North America. Gagne is also in the boxing business. He’s manager of Ron Marsh, a young heavyweight out of Kansas, who has built up quite an impressive record within the last year. The other night in Milwaukee, he won his 13th fight. Most of his victories have come via the TKO route. Gagne thinks his man is just about ready to take on the likes of George Chuvalo and might be interested in promoting the fight here. Marsh, by the way, is unique among the ranks among professional boxers in that he holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas. He often is a substitute teacher in Minneapolis High Schools.
10/8/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski The Alaskan beat Frankie Hester Killer Kowalski beat Kenny Jay Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud beat Johnny Kace & Steve Stanlee.
10/8/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center The Alaskan beat Verne Gagne dq Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks dq Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski via pin Doug Gilbert beat Steve Druk Jim Raschke beat Juan Zendajas Att: 4,019
10/8/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Midwest Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Harley Race dq Luke Brown beat The Crusher Dale Lewis beat Jake "Tiny" Smith Haru Sasaki beat Ron Reed Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Dick Murdoch Att: 2,459
10/10/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne no contest The Alaskan Doug Gilbert drew Harley Race Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks Jim Raschke beat Roy Burke
10/10/66 Vancouver, BC @ PNE Agrodome Special Referee: Archie Moore Gene Kiniski & Domenic Denucci beat Canadian Tag Team Champions Dutch Savage & Don Jardine on a 3rd fall dq AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Paul Jones John Tolos beat Roy McClarty Rene Goulet beat Duke Miller Alexander the Great beat Paul DeGalles Eric Froelich beat Red McNulty att: 3,487 Note: Even though he held the title, Mad Dog Vachon was not billed as AWA Champion on that card.
10/11/66 Minneapolis TV Jack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Killer Kowalski beat Johnny Zenda Reggie Parks beat Ray Burke Billy Red Cloud beat Jose Quintero
10/12/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan dq Killer Kowalski beat Jack Pesek Killer Kowalski drew Jack Lanza Doug Gilbert beat Stan Kowalski Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud Danny Plechas beat Dan Husar
10/12/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jake Smith defeated Stan Pulaski via DQ Luke Brown defeated Haru Sasaki Reggie Parks & Tim Woods defeated Dale Lewis & Jack Donovan to win the Nebraska Tag Team Title Ron Reed defeated World Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon via DQ in three falls
10/13/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq when Vachon hit the referee 1 Vachon beat Snyder 2 Snyder beat Vachon 3 Vachon was dq’ed for hitting the referee The Alaskan beat Verne Gagne dq Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud via pin Larry Hennig drew Doug Gilbert 20:00 Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski att: 2,549
10/13/66 Sioux City, IA Jack Pesak D Haru Sasaki Tim Woods W Stan Pulaski Ron Reed W The Big K Luke Brown & Jake Smith W-DQ Dale Lewis & Harley Race
10/15/66 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Caruso Big K beat Kenny Jay Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Dave Cox & Johnny Zenda Jack Lanza & Jack Pesek beat Killer Kowalski
10/15/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Handicap match Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Killer Kowalski Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek via pin Jack Lanza beat Chris Markoff Big K beat George Gadaski via pin Jim Raschke beat Kenny Jay via pin Att: 2,162
10/17/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Killer Kowalski beat Don Leo Jonathan via pin in 21:00 AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Doug Gilbert via pin in 17:00 Larry Hennig & Harley Race drew Reggie Parks & Jack Lanza Jack Pesek drew Lorne Corlette 20:00 Promoter Al Tomko
10/18/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Dave Cox Killer Kowalski beat Leroy Hirsch Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Paul Caruso & George Gadaski Mad Dog Vachon beat Johnny Zenda
10/20/66 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Haru Sasaki fought Ron Reed to a draw Jake Smith defeated Stan Pulaski Tim Woods defeated The Alaskan Handicap Match: Luke Brown defeated Harley Race & Dale Lewis
10/21/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser beat the Alaskan Wilbur Snyder beat Killer Kowalski dq Verne Gagne beat Big K Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Billy Red Cloud Mitsu Arakawa beat Luis Martinez Chris Markoff beat Prince Pullins
10/22/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan via pin in 19:00 Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza COR in 16:50 snapping Lanza's victory streak of 91 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert on a 3rd fall dq Big K drew Billy Red Cloud 20:00 Jim Raschke beat Paul Caruso via pin in 14:10 Att: 5,496 .
10/22/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Frankie Hester Jack Lanza beat Mike Murlaski George Gadaski beat The Alaskan dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Roy Burke & Paul Caruso Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Dave Cox & Kenny Jay
10/25/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Frankie Hester Jack Lanza beat Paul Caruso Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Roy Burke & Mike Murlaski
10/25/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dick The Bruiser beat The Alaskan dq Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Billy Red Cloud beat Big K
10/25/66 Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Ron Reed when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall The Kentuckians beat Dale Lewis & Gus Kallas (sub Jim Grabmire) Nebraska State Champion Tim Woods beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Haru Sasaki beat Carlos Colon
10/26/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Alaskan beat Verne Gagne dq Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert Larry Hennig drew Billy Red Cloud Jack Lanza beat Big K
10/27/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne beat the Alaskan Larry Hennig & Harley Race drew Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Big K drew Jack Pesek Jack Lanza beat Moose Cholak
10/27/66 Sioux City, IA AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Tim Woods Luke Brown & Jake Smith beat AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher dq Ron Reed beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Dale Lewis beat Dick Murdoch
10/29/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Mike Murlaski Killer Kowalski beat Roy Burke Jack Lanza beat Kenny Jay The Alaskan & Big K beat Dave Cox & George Gadaski Reggie Parks beat Leroy Hirsch
10/29/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Dale Lewis beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Midwest Tag Team Champions The Kentuckians Luke Brown & Jake “Tiny” Smith beat Luke Graham & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Nebraska Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Haru Sasaki Ron Reed beat Lee Henning
10/29/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert dq Billy Red Cloud beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert drew Harley Race Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski
10/31/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert Killer Kowalski beat John Tolos Jack Lanza beat The Alaskan Jack Pesek drew Stan the Moose Mykatowich
11/1/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dave Cox & Leroy Hirsch Jack Lanza beat Mike Murlaski Reggie Parks beat Roy Burke Killer Kowalski beat George Gadaski
11/2/66 St Cloud, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Tiny Mills & Billy Red Cloud
11/2/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Stan Pulaski fought Luke Brown to a draw Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli Ron Reed & Tim Woods defeated Dale Lewis & Haru Sasaki World Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon defeated Jake Smith via DQ
11/3/66 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Jake Smith defeated Chris Markoff Dale Lewis defeated Jim Meyer Tim Woods & Ron Reed defeated Haru Sasaki & Stan Pulaski Mad Dog Vachon defeated Billy Red Cloud Luke Brown defeated Dale Lewis in three falls
11/4/66 Spring Lake Park, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Killer Kowalski vs Jack Pesek Blackjack Daniels vs George Gadaski
11/5/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bobby Cox & Jack Pesek Verne Gagne beat Roy Burke The Alaskan beat Frank Hester Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski Killer Kowalski beat Leroy Hirsch
11/5/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Rope Match AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dale Lewis COR Midwest Tag Team Champions The Kentuckians beat Tor Kamata & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Luke Graham drew Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods Ron Reed beat Haru Sasaki
11/5/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Referee: Tiny Mills Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Billy Red Cloud drew Doug Gilbert Reggie Parks beat Bob Hirsch via pin Jim Raschke beat George Gadaski via pin Att: 4,973
11/8/66 Columbus, NE @ Platte County Agricultural Exhibit Hall AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Ron Reed Jake Smith & Luke Brown vs Haru Sasaki & Dale Lewis Tim Woods vs Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
11/9/66 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Luke "Big Boy" Brown 2/3 1 Vachon won 1st fall 2 Brown won 2nd fall 3 Vachon won 3rd fall Jake “Tiny” Smith beat Haru Sasaki Tim Woods & Ron Reed drew Dale Lewis & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Woods & Reed won first fall 2 Lewis & Mad Russian won 2nd fall 3 The time expired before either team could score another fall
11/9/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza The Alaskan & Big K beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud beat Larry Hennig dq Jim Raschke beat George Gadaski
11/10/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan via pin in 20:00 Killer Kowalski beat Dick the Bruiser dq Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 1 Hennig & Race won 2 Parks & Gilbert won 3 Parks & Gilbert won Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin Jack Lanza drew Chris Markoff 20:00 att: 2,300
11/10/66 Rock Valley, IA @ Community Gym AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Tim Woods Luke Brown & Jake Smith beat Dale Lewis & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Haru Sasaki beat Ron Reed
11/11/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Big K & the Alaskan Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Verne Gagne beat the Assassin Pat O'Connor beat George Gadaski Chris Markoff beat Jose Bettancourt
11/11/66 Sioux City, IA Sioux City, IA Luke Brown W Stan Pulaski Mars Monroe W Jean Antone Ron Reed & Tim Woods W Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki Jake Smith W Dale Lewis
11/12/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Drake & Kenny Jay Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Stanlee Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Al Barr & George Gadaski
11/12/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Dick the Bruiser beat Mad Dog Vachon to win AWA title Title Change only recognized in Omaha Verne Gagne beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Midwest Tag Team Title Match Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki vs The Kentuckians Dale Lewis vs Wilbur Snyder Ron Reed drew Tim Woods Note: Unclear whether or not Arakawa and Sasaki won the tag straps.
11/15/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan & Big K beat Dave Cox & George Drake Jack Lanza beat Steve Stanlee Killer Kowalski beat Pete Peterson Reggie Parks beat Al Barr
11/15/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest The Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Doug Gilbert drew Billy Red Cloud Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski
11/15/66 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Ron Reed defeated Kenny Jay Tim Woods fought Wilbur Snyder to a draw Midwest Tag Team Champions Luke Brown & Jake Smith defeated Haru Sasaki & Stan Pulaski World Heavyweight Champion Mad Dog Vachon defeated Dale Lewis via DQ in three falls
11/16/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne dq Dick the Bruiser beat The Alaskan Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Wilbur Snyder & Jack Lanza Bill Melby beat Eric the Great
11/17/66 Mankato, MN Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Killer Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey Jim Raschke beat George Drake
11/19/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Killer Kowalski beat Phil Christy The Alaskan & Big K beat George Drake & Jim Sails Harley Race beat Bob Kappel Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski
11/19/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser to regain AWA title Ron Reed & Tim Woods beat Dale Lewis & Haru Sasaki Jake Smith beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski dq Luke Brown beat Luke Graham
11/19/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Alaskan & Big K beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert dq Killer Kowalski beat Chris Markoff via pin in 21:00 Harley Race beat George Drake via pin in 19:00 Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski via pin in 18:20 Att: 1,848
11/21/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium No dq Match Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert & beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Billy Red Cloud beat Big K Stan Mykatowich beat George Gadaski in 12:00
11/22/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Christy & George Drake The Alaskan beat Bob Kappel Billy Red Cloud beat Jim Sails Killer Kowalski beat George Gadaski
11/22/66 St. Paul, MN The Alaskan & Big K beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks dq Killer Kowalski beat Chris Markoff Harley Race beat George Drake Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski
11/22/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jake Smith defeated Luke Graham Darling Dagmar defeated Baby Cheryl Tim Woods & Ron Reed defeated Haru Sasaki & Stan Pulaski Dale Lewis defeated Luke Brown via DQ
11/23/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan Jay York Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Harley Race & Larry Hennig Billy Red Cloud beat Killer Kowalski Doug Gilbert drew Harley Race
11/24/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Thanksgiving card The Alaskan & Big K beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Killer Kowalski won a 14 man battle royal Billy Red Cloud drew Reggie Parks Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert Verne Gagne beat Progessor Steve Druk Jim Raschke beat Blackjack Daniels Att: 7,462
11/24/66 Sioux City, IA Dale Lewis D Jake Smith, Luke Brown W Thor Hagen Tim Woods W Stan Pulaski Ron Reed W Ray Burns Darling Dagmar W Diamond Lil Tim Woods won 8-man battle royal
11/26/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Frankie Hester & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Paul Caruso
11/26/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Reggie Parks beat Alaskan dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Lanza & Jim Raschke 2/3 Jack Pesek beat Big K dq Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay att: 1,713
11/28/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Alaskan & Big K beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Killer Kowalski beat Reggie Parks dq Billy Red Cloud beat Moose Cholak Doug Gilbert beat Jack Pesek
11/29/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & ?.
11/30/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Killer Kowalski vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 The Alaskan vs Verne Gagne Bill Melby vs Joe Millich
12/2/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Killer Kowalski beat Dick the Bruiser dq Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig dq Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Mad Dog Vachon (sub The Alaskan) & Big K Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race Jim Raschke (sub Mitsu Arakawa) drew Billy Red Cloud att: 2,431
12/3/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Pete Peterson Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Roy Burke & Great Dane Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Reggie Parks beat Steve Stanlee Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver drew Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Killer Kowalski beat Guy Taylor.
12/3/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Alaskan & Big K 2/3 Handicap match Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud & George Drake 2-0 in 17:10 Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza Harley Race drew Doug Gilbert Att: “crowd of 4,893”
12/5/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Pat O'Connor beat Killer Kowalski dq Little Brutus & Sky Low Low beat Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig via pin Harley Race drew Doug Gilbert 20:00
12/6/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Steve Stanlee Killer Kowalski beat The Great Dane Reggie Parks beat Pete Peterson Mad Dog Vachon beat George Drake
12/6/66 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Billy Red Cloud beat The Alaskan Doug Gilbert beat (Killer Kowalski) Reggie Parks beat (Larry Hennig) Big K beat (George Drake). Att: “Good-sized.” Note: Names in parenthesis were the scheduled opponents. Only the winners were named in those results.
12/7/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne & Billy Red Cloud beat Alaskan & Big K Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus Larry Hennig beat George Drake Little Brutus beat Jamaica Kid
12/7/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Tim Woods defeated Haru Sasaki Stan Pulaski fought Ricky Hunter to a draw Jake Smith defeated Lee Henning Ron Reed defeated Dick Murdoch Luke Brown defeated Dale Lewis via DQ Ron Reed won a 10-man Battle Royal (order of elimination: Dick Murdoch, Luke Brown, Ricky Hunter, Lee Henning, Stan Pulaski, Tim Woods, Jake Smith, Dale Lewis, Haru Sasaki)
12/8/66 coliseum AWA Tag Team Tournament -TEAM ONE Jake "Tiny" Smith vs Luke (Big Boy) Brown -TEAM TWO Dale Lewis vs The Mad Russian -TEAM THREE Ron Reed vs Tim (Mr. Wrestling) Woods Jean Antone vs Betty Niccoli
12/8/66 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Tor Kamata defeated Kenny Jay Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli Round Robin: Dale Lewis & Stan Pulaski defeated Luke Brown & Jake Smith and Ron Reed & Tim Woods
12/9/66 Sioux City, IA Ron Reed W Tor Kamata The Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver W Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Jake Smith W-DQ Stan Pulaski Dale Lewis W Tim Woods
12/10/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat George Drake Larry Hennig beat Francisco Rios Killer Kowalski beat Santiago Acosta Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Porforio Longerio & Guy Taylor Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski.
12/10/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Winner to wrestle AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on 12/17 Verne Gagne beat Killer Kowalski dq Alaskan & Big K beat Eddie Sharkey & Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Doug Gilbert beat Jack Pesek Jim Raschke beat George Drake Att: 3,278
12/12/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Killer Kowalski beat the Alaskan Little Beaver & Jamacia Kid beat Little Brutus & Sky Low Low George Gadaski (sub Harley Race) beat George Drake
12/13/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Francisco Rios Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski The Alaskan & The Big K beat Santiago Acosta & George Drake Billy Red Cloud beat Porforio Longerio
12/13/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks dq Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus Jack Lanza beat Harley Race dq Doug Gilbert beat Stan Mykatowich via pin
12/14/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dick the Bruiser & Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan Verne Gagne (sub Dory Funk Jr.) beat Haru Sasaki Killer Kowalski vs Chris Markoff
12/14/66 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Ron Reed defeated Dick Murdoch Jake Smith & Luke Brown defeated Dale Lewis & Tor Kamata in three falls Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Tim Woods defeated Stan Pulaski in three falls
12/15/66 Mankato, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks COR Chris Markoff beat George Drake Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Referee: Jim Raschke
12/16/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne dq Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa Chris Markoff beat Jack Lanza Reggie Parks beat Joe Tomasso Doug Gilbert beat Igor Volkoff
12/16/66 St. Cloud, MN Billy Red Cloud vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver vs Little Brutus & Sky Low Low George Drake vs Jim Raschke
12/17/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kurt Von Steiger Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski Reggie Parks beat Nick Adams Killer Kowalski beat George Drake The Alaskan & Big K beat Bill Todd & Ken Yates Little Beaver beat Little Brutus
12/17/66 Minnneapolis, MN @ Convention Center AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks (sub Verne Gagne) Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus Chris Markoff drew Doug Gilbert The Alaskan beat Billy Red Cloud Jim Raschke beat George Drake Att: 5,891 Note from justahamandegger: The paper said Verne had been injured earier in the evening. I don't know if they meant at the convention center or on t.v. (it was a Saturday). I don't know how either, but on the first 2 cards for 1967, Verne seems to be feuding with Killer Kowalski. I think Kowalski attacked him.
12/24/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dave Cox & Jack Pesek Mad Dog Vachon beat George Drake Killer Kowalski beat Bob Hirsch The Alaskan & Big K beat Porfirio Longerio & Francisco Rios Reggie Parks beat Kurt Von Steiger.
12/26/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Chris Markoff & Billy Red Cloud The Alaskan drew Doug Gilbert Eddie Sharkey beat George Gadaski
12/27/66 Sheboygan, WI @ Armory Killer Kowalski vs Doug Gilbert Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe The Alaskan & Big K vs Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt
12/28/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey & Bob Kappel Jim Raschke beat George Gadaski Bob Kappel beat Harley Race dq
12/28/66 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne vs Killer Kowalski Nick Adams vs Steve Druk Blackjack Daniels vs Kenny Jay The Alaskan & Big K vs Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Mars Monroe vs Annette Palmer
12/28/66 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Dick Murdoch defeated Tor Kamata Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Tim Woods defeated The Viking Dale Lewis & Stan Pulaski defeated Ron Reed & Jack Pesek in three falls to win the Midwest Tag Team Title
12/29/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Killer Kowalski no contest AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge drew Reggie Parks Ivan Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy
12/29/66 Sioux City, IA Dale Lewis NC Ron Reed, Jean Antone & Tim Woods W Betty Nicoli & Stan Pulaski Pat O'Connor D Bob Orton Betty Nicoli W Jean Antone Tim Woods W-DQ Stan Pulaski
12/30/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Porforio Longoria Verne Gagne beat Nick Adams Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta The Alaskan beat Ken Yates
12/30/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Wilbur Snyder & Dick the Bruiser 2/3 Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin in 14:00 Killer Kowalski beat Reggie Parks via pin in 14:00 with a reverse cradle Jack Lanza beat Joe Tomasso via pin in 11:00 after a bulldog headlock Doug Gilbert drew Chris Markoff 20:00 att: 2,115
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1/1/67 Minneapolis, MN The Alaskan & Big K drew Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Chris Markoff drew Billy Red Cloud Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe Jack Lanza beat Nick Adams
1/3/67 St. Paul, MN Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne The Alaskan & Big K no contest Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe Chris Markoff drew Billy Red Cloud Jack Lanza beat Nick Adams
1/5/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Ron Reed defeated Stan Pulaski via DQ Jack Pesek defeated Black Jack Daniels Harley Race defeated Billy Red Cloud Tim Woods & Ron Reed defeated Dale Lewis & Stan Pulaski to win the Midwest Tag Team Title
1/6/67 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Steve Stanlee
1/6/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher to win AWA Tag Team Title Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne dq Reggie Parks beat the Alaskan Jack Lanza beat Big K Chris Markoff beat Doug Gilbert The Assassin drew Santiago Acosta Att: 7,185
1/7/67 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan beat Bob Post Billy Red Cloud beat Ken Yates Reggie Parks beat Eric the Red Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jim Sails & Eddie Sharkey
1/10/67 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat George Drake
1/10/67 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks Killer Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey The Alaskan beat Bob Boyer
1/11/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Tim Woods fought Francis St. Clair to a draw Bob Orton defeated Francisco Rios Ron Reed defeated Stan Pulaski in two straight falls Dale Lewis fought Billy Red Cloud to a draw
1/12/67 Mankato, MN Killer Kowalski beat The Alaskan Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig Doug Gilbert beat Harley Race dq Cowboy Jack Lanza (sub Nick Adams) beat George Gadaski
1/12/67 Sioux City, IA Dale Lewis W Ron Reed Billy Red Cloud W-DQ Stan Pulaski Tim Woods W Francisco Rios, Bob Orton W Eddie Sharkey Sir Francis St. Clair W Bob Boyer
1/13/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne vs Killer Kowalski AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Eddie Sharkey vs The Alaskan Kurt Steiger vs Bob Boyer Note: Could not find results in the Winnipeg Free Press. The partial result comes from Jim Melby’s Larry Hennig record book.
1/14/67 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Paul Caruso Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Killer Kowalski beat Mike Murlaski
1/14/67 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Killer Kowalski ddq AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Alaskan & Big K in 23:40 Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak in 13:00 Doug Gilbert beat Jose Betancourt via pin in 18:25 Bob Boyer beat George Gadaski in 17:10 att: 4,981
1/17/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Wilbur Snyder (sub Mad Dog Vachon) beat Killer Kowalski dq The Alaskan beat Reggie Parks Harley Race beat Billy Red Cloud Doug Gilbert beat George Gadaski (sub Bob Boyer)
1/17/67 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Dick Murdoch defeated Francis St. Clair Betty Niccoli defeated Laverne Bottoms Francis St. Clair & Laverne Bottoms defeated Dick Murdoch & Betty Niccoli in three falls Tim Woods & Ron Reed defeated Dale Lewis & Bob Geigel in three falls
1/18/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick The Bruiser & Mighty Igor Vodik when Race pinned Igor in the 3rd fall Verne Gagne beat Killer Kowalski dq Wilbur Snyder beat The Alaskan via pin in 15:13 Terry Funk (sub Dory Funk Jr) drew Chris Markoff
1/21/67 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Jose Quintero Billy Red Cloud beat Guy Taylor Mad Dog Vachon beat Jim Diamond The Alaskan beat George Gadaski
1/21/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks 2/3 Verne Gagne beat Killer Kowalski dq Sharon Lass beat Mars Monroe via pin Santiago Acosta beat Kenny Yates (sub Johnny Kace) att: 3,140
1/22/67 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium No dq Match, Referee Jim Raschke AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Killer Kowalski via pin in 12:00 Larry Hennig beat The Alaskan dq in 14:00 Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert Reg Parks beat Kenny Yates (sub Chris Markoff) via pin in 9:45 Bob Boyer beat George Gadaski via pin in 18:00 Att: 6,901
1/24/67 Beulah, ND @ High School Auditorium The Alaskan vs. Reggie Parks Bob Boyer vs. Doug Gilbert Jim Raschke vs. Nick Adams
1/24/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Tim Woods vs. The Great Dane Mars Monroe vs. Annette Palmer Midwest Tag Team Champions Tim Woods & Ron Reed vs. Tor Kamata & The Great Dane Dale Lewis vs. Harley Race
1/25/67 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne dq Alaskan beat Reggie Parks Jack Lanza no contest Chris Markoff Doug Gilbert beat Bob Boyer
1/26/67 Sioux City, IA Billy Red Cloud W Dale Lewis Ron Reed & Tim Woods W Chris Markoff & Bob Orton Francis St. Clair W Eddie Sharkey Chris Markoff D Ron Reed
1/28/67 St. Peter, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Doug Gilbert vs Harley Race Steve Druk vs Eddie Sharkey
1/28/67 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Ken Yates Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero The Alaskan & Killer Kowalski beat Leroy Hirsch & Jack Pesak Jack Lanza beat Kurt Von Steiger Steve Druk beat Great Dane
1/28/67 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Nebraska Champion Dale Lewis beat Verne Gagne dq Bob Orton beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Ron Reed beat Tor Kamata Sir Francis St. Clair beat Victor Rivera
1/30/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon no contest Killer Kowalski AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski The Alaskan beat Bob Boyer
1/31/67 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks 2/3 60:00 Killer Kowalski vs Billy Red Cloud 2/3 60:00 The Alaskan vs Jack Pesek 30:00
2/1/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & The Crusher & Reggie Parks (subs for Dick The Bruiser & Mighty Igor Vodik) beat Larry Hennig & Killer Kowalski & Harley Race 2/3 1. Crusher pinned Hennig 2. Race beat Crusher 3. Crusher pinned Race Verne Gagne (sub Dick The Bruiser) beat Larry Hennig dq The Crusher (sub Mighty Igor Vodik) beat Harley Race via pin The Alaskan drew Reggie Parks 30:00
2/2/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon no contest Killer Kowalski Verne Gagne beat Reggie Parks Devils Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff beat Jack Lanza & Wilbur Snyder Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert The Alaskan beat Prince Pullins Moose Cholak beat Joe Tomasso
2/3/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium No Time Limit, No dq Match Verne Gagne vs Killer Kowalski AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Billy Red Cloud & Bob Boyer The Alaskan vs Reggie Parks Kurt Steiger vs Doug Gilbert Card canceled due to Killer Kowalski and Harley Race being injured. Note Kowalski and Race both wrestled in Minneapolis the next night.
2/4/67 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Alaskan & Killer Kowalski Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer & Eddie Sharkey Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski Steve Druk beat Great Dane
2/8/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Tim Woods defeated Tor Kamata Francis St. Clair defeated Ricky Hunter Bobby Shane defeated Dale Lewis via DQ Bob Orton defeated Ron Reed in three falls
2/9/67 Sioux City, IA Pat O’Connor W-DQ Sir Francis St. Clair Larry Hennig & Harley Race W Ron Reed & Tim Woods Dale Lewis W Billy Red Cloud Bobby Shane W Bob Orton
2/11/67 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Doug Gilbert drew Billy Red Cloud Reggie Parks beat Mark Starr Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Mike Murlaski Killer Kowalski beat Ken Yates
2/11/67 Owatonna, MN @ Armory Winner to meet Vachon soon Killer Kowalski vs Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud vs The Alaskan Doug Gilbert vs. Harley Race
2/12/67 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dale Lewis Bob Orton beat Art Thomas Bobby Shane beat Butcher Vachon Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Sir Francis St. Clair dq Ron Reed beat Len Miller
2/12/67 St. Paul, MN Verne Gagne beat Killer Kowalski AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks The Alaskan beat Billy Red Cloud Eddie Sharkey beat George Gadaski Bob Boyer beat Mark Starr
2/13/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Non Title Death Match Killer Kowalski beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Jean Antone & Mars Monroe beat Betty Niccoli & Annette Palmer The Alaskan beat Billy Red Cloud Bob Boyer drew Doug Gilbert
2/14/67 Albert Lea, MN Killer Kowalski vs Billy Red Cloud Jean Antone & Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe & Betty Niccoli Jean Antone vs Betty Niccoli
2/15/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Referee Leo Bahl Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race in 3rd fall 1. Hennig pinned Crusher in 3:15 2. Crusher pinned Race in 5:05 3. Referee Leo Bahl declared the bout a no contest as all four men battled in the ring Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak 2/3 Waldo Von Erich beat Art Thomas 2/3 Terry Funk beat Bobby Duncum Terry Funk beat Waldo Von Erich dq Moose Cholak beat Bobby Duncum Att: 3,500 Note: Hennig & Race arrived late for the card so promoter Gene Reed provided two unscheduled matches just in case of no shows by Larry & Harley.
2/16/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Referee Jack Wilson AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race ddq Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Referee Tiny Mills Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne COR Sharon Lass & Jean Antone beat Mars Monroe & Betty Niccoli 2/3 Wilbur Snyder beat Chris Markoff via pin Att: 3,421
2/18/67 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne beat Killer Kowalski The Alaskan beat Billy Red Cloud Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli Jack Pesek drew Chris Markoff
2/20/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne dq Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest Devils Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff Wilbur Snyder beat The Mongol Jack Lanza drew Moose Cholak Mitsu Arakawa beat Reggie Parks Guy Heenan beat Jose Betancourt Att: 5,325, Gate: $13,806
2/21/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Killer Kowalski beat Reggie Parks Wilbur Snyder beat The Alaskan Doug Gilbert beat Bob Boyer
2/22/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Tim Woods fought Dale Lewis to a draw Francis St. Clair defeated Victor Rivera Bobby Shane defeated The Pear Midwest Tag Team Champions Tim Woods & Ron Reed defeated Dale Lewis & Bob Orton in three falls
2/23/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Bobby Shane defeated George Gadaski Tim Woods defeated Bob Orton via DQ Francis St. Clair fought Ron Reed to a draw Dale Lewis defeated Harley Race via DQ
2/24/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium No Time Limit, No dq Match Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks 2/3 The Alaskan beat Billy Red Cloud Kurt Steiger drew Bob Boyer
2/26/67 St. Paul, MN Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon to win the AWA Title Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Killer Kowalski beat The Crusher dq Doug Gilbert drew The Alaskan Eddie Sharkey beat George Gadaski Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero
2/27/67 New Ulm, MN Larry Hennig vs Killer Kowalski
3/1/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Two Referees, No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher when Race pinned Bruiser in the 3rd fall Wilbur Snyder beat Waldo Von Erich 2/3 ? beat The Alaskan Danny Hodge beat Harley Race dq Terry Funk beat Silento Rodriguez via pin in 19:19 Att: 5,000
3/1/67 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Killer Kowalski beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne Jack Lanza beat Chris Markoff dq Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer Doug Gilbert beat George Gadaski
3/1/67 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Betty Boucher defeated Donna Christanello Bobby Shane defeated Francis St. Clair Princess Little Cloud defeated Toni Rose Tim Woods defeated Bob Orton via DQ Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Dale Lewis defeated Ron Reed in three falls
3/2/67 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Larry Hennig beat The Alaskan Harley Race beat Reggie Parks Doug Gilbert beat Jack Pesek (sub Billy Red Cloud) George Gadaski beat Bob Boyer Att: “Large”
3/4/67 St. Paul, MN The Crusher beat The Alaskan dq Jack Lanza beat Harley Race dq Doug Gilbert drew Bob Boyer Earl Maynard beat George Gadaski Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Quintero
3/6/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Killer Kowalski dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Alaskan & Tiny Mills Doug Gilbert beat Jack Pesek Bob Boyer beat George Gadaski
3/7/67 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Killer Kowalski dq The Alaskan beat Reggie Parks Earl Maynard beat Harley Race Chris Markoff drew Doug Gilbert Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey
3/8/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Texas Death Match, Special Referee: Jack Pesek AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Killer Kowalski COR AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Alaskan & Tiny Mills 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Stan The Moose Mykietowich Bob Boyer beat Tony Condello (sub Kurt Steiger)
3/8/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ron Reed defeated Bob Orton via DQ Betty Boucher defeated Jessica Rogers Tim Woods & Princess Little Cloud defeated Dale Lewis & Toni Rose Francis St. Clair defeated Bobby Shane via DQ
3/9/67 Mankato, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Killer Kowalski & the Alaskan Billy Red Cloud vs Bob Boyer Doug Gilbert vs Johnny Carr
3/11/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Pat O'Connor Lou Thesz beat Bob Geigel Reggie Parks drew Killer Kowalski Johnny Valentine beat Eddie Graham Dory Funk Sr drew Joe Blanchard Att: 9,812
3/13/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall COR AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ernie Ladd & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 World’s Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge no contest Eddie Sharkey in 28:50 when Sharkey could not continue due to a groin injury Terry Funk beat Butch Levy in 8:10
3/14/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena Reggie Parks beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Ernie Ladd beat Killer Kowalski COR Larry Hennig beat The Alaskan Chris Markoff drew Doug Gilbert Att: 2,400
3/14/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Toni Rose defeated Donna Christianello Bobby Shane & Princess Little Cloud defeated Francis St. Clair & Betty Boucher Midwest Tag Team Champions Tim Woods & Ron Reed defeated Bob Boyer & Bob Orton Texas Death Match: Dale Lewis defeated Harley Race
3/15/67 Minneapolis, MN Killer Kowalski beat The Crusher Ernie Ladd beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Earl Maynard beat Larry Hennig Harley Race beat Tim Woods Bob Boyer beat Eddie Sharkey Reggie Parks beat Jack Pesek
3/16/67 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon beat Killer Kowalski Ernie Ladd beat The Alaskan Doug Gilbert beat Jack Pesek Bob Boyer beat George Gadaski
3/16/67 Sioux City, IA Bobby Shane W-DQ Bob Orton Francis St. Clair W Tim Woods Princess Little Cloud & Ron Reed W Dale Lewis & Toni Rose Bette Boucher W Donna Christanello
3/19/67 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium (Afternoon Show) Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat The Alaskan & Killer Kowalski 2-0 AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard dq Doug Gilbert beat Eddie Sharkey in 24:00 Jim Raschke drew Chris Markoff 20:00 att: 2,857
3/20/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher beat Chris Markoff (sub Killer Kowalski) Earl Maynard (sub Jack Lanza) beat Harley Race dq Chris Markoff beat Jack Pesek Earl Maynard beat Big K The Alaskan beat Blackjack Daniels (sub Larry Hennig)
3/21/67 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Mike Murlaski Earl Maynard beat Leroy Hirsch
3/22/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ron Reed fought Tor Kamata to a draw Jack Pesek defeated Dale Lewis via DQ Tim Woods & Ron Reed defeated Bob Orton & Tor Kamata Nebraska Heavyweight Champion Bobby Shane defeated Francis St. Clair
3/25/67 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Steve Tuck The Alaskan beat Kenny Jay Doug Gilbert beat Jose Quintero Johnny Powers beat Leroy Hirsch Eddie Sharkey beat Ken Yates
3/25/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Killer Kowalski & The Alaskan when Race pinned The Alaskan in the 3rd fall Princess Little Cloud won a 7 woman battle royal over Mars Monroe, Annette Palmer, Bette Boucher, Donna Christanello, Toni Rose and Kay Noble Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks via pin in 15:00 Doug Gilbert beat Mitsu Arakawa (sub Chris Markoff) dq when Arakawa used karate Moose Cholak drew Jack Lanza att: 4,387
3/26/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & The Alaskan dq Bob Boyer vs Chris Markoff 6 girl tag match Plus one more match Att: 2,500
3/27/67 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Larry Hennig vs Doug Gilbert 2/3 60:00 Princess Little Cloud & Donna Christantello vs Betty Boucher & Toni Rose 2/3 60:00 Harley Race vs Jim Raschke
3/28/67 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Leroy Hirsch The Alaskan beat George Gadaski Johnny Powers beat Ken Yates Eddie Sharkey beat Steve Tuck
3/28/67 Bemidji, MN @ High School Gym Princess Little Cloud & Donna Christantello beat Betty Boucher & Toni Rose 2/3 Eddie Sharkey (sub Jack Lanza) beat Chris Markoff 2/3 Betty Boucher beat Princess Little Cloud
3/28/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Don Leo Jonathan & Verne Gagne beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race to win the belts 1. Hennig & Race won 1st fall 2. Gagne pinned Hennig 3. Gagne beat Race Decision later reversed. The wrong man (Race) was pinned. Hennig & Race still the champs. The Alaskan beat Reggie Parks Doug Gilbert beat Mitsu Arakawa Jack Pesek (sub Bob Boyer) drew Stan The Moose Mykatowich Att: “2,500 people”
3/29/67 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Princess Little Cloud & Donna Christianello beat Betty Boucher & Toni Rose Doug Gilbert beat Mitsu Arakawa Jack Lanza beat Bob Boyer
3/29/67 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Ron Reed vs. Stan Kowalski Bob Orton vs. Victor Rivera Dale Lewis & Francis St. Clair vs. Tim Woods & Bobby Shane
3/30/67 Sioux City, IA The Big K D Steve Bolus Pat O’Connor W Blackjack Daniels Dale Lewis & Francis St. Clair W Ron Reed & Tim Woods Bob Orton W-DQ Bobby Shane
3/31/67 Golden Valley, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Harley Race Larry Hennig vs Doug Gilbert
4/1/67 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Eric the Red Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Guy Taylor Doug Gilbert beat Ken Yates Bette Boucher & Toni Rose drew Donna Christanello & Princess Little Cloud
4/1/67 St. Peter, MN Doug Gilbert vs Big K Mars Monroe & Bette Boucher vs Princess Little Cloud & Annette Palmer Princess Little Cloud vs Bette Boucher
4/2/67 St. James, MN Doug Gilbert vs The Alaskan Bette Boucher & Toni Rose vs Donna Christantello & Princess Little Cloud Toni Rose vs Donna Christantello
4/3/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Johnny Powers drew Reggie Parks Donna Christianello & Princess Little Cloud & Annette Palmer beat Bette Boucher & Mars Monroe & Toni Rose Bette Boucher vs Princess Little Cloud
4/4/67 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan & Big K beat George Gadaski & Ken Yates Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor Johnny Powers beat Eric the Red Doug Gilbert beat Jim Sails
4/5/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin in 16:41 AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pat O'Connor & Danny Hodge 2/3 1. Race pinned Hodge in 19:46 2. O’Connor pinned Race in 3:02 3. Race pinned O’Connor in 5:48 Johnny Powers drew Reggie Parks 30:00 Princess Little Cloud beat Bette Boucher 2/3 1. Boucher won 1st fall 2. Little Cloud won 2nd fall 3. Little Cloud won 3rd fall
4/5/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek defeated Francis St. Clair Ron Reed defeated Roberto Pico Bob Orton defeated Ricky Hunter Midwest Tag Team Champions Dale Lewis & Francis St. Clair defeated Bobby Shane & Jack Pesek in three falls
4/6/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Ron Reed defeated The Great Dane Bob Orton defeated Jack Pesek Bobby Shane defeated Francis St. Clair Lumberjack Match: Dale Lewis defeated Harley Race
4/7/67 New Ulm, MN Doug Gilbert vs Mad Dog Vachon Bette Boucher & Mars Monroe & Ann Regan vs Annette Palmer & Princess Little Cloud & Jessica Rogers
4/8/67 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig beat Mike Murlaski Johnny Powers beat Kenny Jay
4/8/67 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon dq at 21:00 when Johnny Powers interfered AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Big K & the Alaskan in 23:50 Princess Little Cloud won a six woman battle royal by eliminating Betty Boucher Johnny Powers beat Billy Red Cloud in 14:20 Bob Boyer beat Blackjack Daniels in 18:00 att: 5,371
4/11/67 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Leroy Hirsch Bob Boyer beat Mike Murlaski Johnny Powers beat George Gadaski The Alaskan beat Ken Yates
4/13/67 Sioux City, IA Dale Lewis won 8-man battle royal John Gadoski & Bobby Shane W Bob Boyer & Francis St. Clair Bobby Shane W Bob Boyer Francis St. Clair W John Gadoski Bob Orton W Jack Pesak Dale Lewis D Ron Reed
4/14/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Killer Kowalski & The Alaskan Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Reggie Parks drew Johnny Powers Moose Cholak beat Santiago Acosta att: 3,463
4/14/67 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium
4/15/67 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates
4/15/67 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon Danny Hodge beat Bob Boyer Johnny Powers beat The Alaskan Doug Gilbert beat Big K dq Billy Red Cloud beat Blackjack Daniels Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero
4/15/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Wilbur Snyder beat Killer Kowalski Moose Cholak beat Reggie Parks Chris Markoff beat Jack Lanza Mitsu Arakawa beat Prince Pullins Guy Heenan beat Santiago Acosta Att: 11,425
4/17/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Johnny Powers won a 10 man battle royal The Crusher beat Killer Kowalski Mad Dog Vachon beat Doug Gilbert Johnny Powers beat Reggie Parks Danny Hodge beat The Alaskan
4/18/67 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks 60:00 Ernie Ladd vs The Alaskan 45:00 World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge vs Bob Boyer 60:00 Doug Gilbert vs Jim Raschke 20:00
4/19/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Ernie Ladd won a 10 Man Battle Royal for $6,000 by simultaneously eliminating Larry Hennig & Harley Race The Crusher & Wilbur Snyder (sub Dick The Bruiser) beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race when Crusher pinned Race Ernie Ladd drew Killer Kowalski 20:00 Danny Hodge beat Art Nelson via pin in 12:53 Chris Markoff beat Reggie Parks via pin in 16:06 Att: 4,000
4/19/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Laverne Bottoms defeated Jean Antone Bob Orton defeated Jack Donovan Ron Reed & Jean Antone defeated Francis St. Clair & Laverne Bottoms Bobby Shane defeated Stan Kowalski Luke Brown defeated Dale Lewis via DQ
4/19/67 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon Bob Geigel beat Jack Lanza Doug Gilbert beat The Alaskan Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Boyer
4/21/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Don Leo Jonathan 2/3 1. Hennig & Race won 1st fall 2. Gagne & Don Leo won 2nd fall 3. Hennig & Race won 3rd fall with help from Mad Dog Vachon Mad Dog Vachon beat Doug Gilbert World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge drew Bob Boyer 30:00 Ernie Ladd beat The Alaskan Stan The Moose Mykatowich beat Bob Tuck via pin
4/23/67 Minneapolis, MN Non Title Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Danny Hodge beat Mad Dog Vachon Johnny Powers beat Killer Kowalski Johnny Valentine beat Bob Boyer Rene Goulet beat The Alaskan Johnny Powers won battle royal
4/25/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Ernie Ladd defeated Francis St. Clair Bob Orton defeated Stan Pulaski Mad Dog Vachon defeated Ron Reed Ernie Ladd & Bobby Shane defeated Midwest Tag Team Champions Dale Lewis & Francis St. Clair via DQ
4/28/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Larry Hennig interfered Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Bob Boyer Larry Hennig beat Doug Gilbert Johnny Valentine beat The Alaskan via pin Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley vs Sky Low Low & Little Cassidy Stan The Moose vs Jake Banham
4/29/67 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Bill Kolchin
5/1/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher beat Johnny Powers dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard Danny Hodge beat Bob Boyer Little Beaver beat Sky Low Low
5/2/67 Minneapolis TV Johnny Valentine beat Bill Kolchin Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Carlos Rodriguez & Steve Tuck Danny Hodge beat Guy Taylor Doug Gilbert beat George Gadaski Rene Goulet beat Kurt von Brauner
5/2/67 Albert Lea, MN afternoon Ernie Ladd vs The Alaskan Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge vs Rene Goulet Sky Low Low & Little Brutus vs Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid Cowboy Bradley vs Sonny Boy Cassidy
5/2/67 Owatonna, MN evening
5/3/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No Time Limit Larry Hennig beat The Crusher via pin in 10:45 Johnny Powers beat Ernie Ladd on a 3rd fall dq when Ladd refused to break a choke hold Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley beat Sky Low Low & Sonny Boy Cassidy Johnny Valentine beat Jack Lanza in 13:10 Little Beaver beat Sonny Boy Cassidy
5/3/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon Harley Race beat The Alaskan 2/3 Danny Hodge beat Bob Boyer Rene Goulet beat Jack Daniels Att: 3,853
5/4/67 Sioux City, IA Verne Gagne W-DQ Dale Lewis Mad Dog Vachone W Stan Pulaski Bob Orton W Ron Reed Bobby Shane D Francis St. Clair
5/5/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 1 Vachon pinned Gagne after a piledriver 2 Gagne pinned Vachon after a drop kick 3 Gagne beat Vachon with a sleeper hold Devils Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff beat Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard dq when Ladd attacked manager Bobby Heenan Wilbur Snyder beat The Alaskan Mitsu Arakawa beat Jack Lanza Moose Cholak beat Guy Heenan Joe Tomasso beat Jose Betancourt Att: 6,245
5/5/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race ddq Lou Thesz & Crusher in the 3rd fall Johnny Valentine beat Reggie Parks in 15:00 Danny Hodge beat Bob Boyer via pin in 17:00 Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley beat Sky Low Low & Sonny Boy Cassidy 2/3 Johnny Powers beat Rene Goulet in 11:30 att: 2,730
5/6/67 Minneapolis TV Johnny Powers beat George Gadaski Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates Johnny Valentine beat Jim Sails The Crusher beat Guy Taylor Lou Thesz beat Jose Quintero
5/6/67 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Danny Hodge The Crusher & Lou Thesz no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Johnny Powers beat Ernie Ladd Johnny Valentine beat The Alaskan Rene Goulet beat Blackjack Daniels
5/10/67- St. Cloud, MN St. Cloud Armory Bob Boyer vs. Big K Johnny Valentine vs. Cowboy Jack Lanza Harley Race vs. Rene Goulet 2-3 falls Larry Hennig vs. Doug Gilbert 2-3 falls
5/13/67 St. Louis Park, MN @ St. Louis Park High School Gym Doug Gilbert vs. Johnny Powers Rene Goulet vs. Johnny Valentine Bob Boyer vs. Harley Race The Big K vs. George Gadaski
5/12/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Johnny Valentine beat Bob Boyer (sub Billy Red Cloud) in 25:00 Johnny Powers beat Doug Gilbert with the Powerlock Harley Race drew Rene Goulet Stan The Moose beat Jake Barman in 10:00 Note: Powers willing to give any man $1,000 if they can break out of the Powerlock.
5/13/67 Minneapolis TV Harley Race beat Ken Yates Johnny Powers beat Steve Tuck Johnny Valentine beat George Gadaski Rene Goulet beat Mike Murlaski Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero
5/13/67 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Bobby Shane in 39:08 when Shane could not continue in the 3rd fall due to a wrenched knee. Gagne then refused the victory. Cowboy Bradley & Little Beaver beat Jack Cassidy & Sky Low Low Midwest Tag Team Champions Dale Lewis & Sir Francis St. Clair beat Ron Reed & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski 2/3 Bob Orton beat Billy Red Cloud in 14:05 Ron Reed beat Sir Francis St. Clair dq att: 3,377
5/16/67 Minneapolis TV Johnny Powers beat Jim Sails The Crusher beat Ken Yates Lou Thesz beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero
5/16/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Johnny Powers beat the Crusher Ernie Ladd beat Harley Race Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley beat Jack Cassidy & Sky Low Low Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer
5/17/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No Time Limit AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig via pin Johnny Powers beat Ernie Ladd 2/3 Danny Hodge beat Johnny Valentine on a 3rd fall dq Harley Race beat Silento Rodriguez via pin
5/17/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Little Beaver defeated Jack Cassidy Sky Low Low defeated Cowboy Bradley Bob Orton defeated Steve Bolus Ricky Hunter & Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley defeated Stan Pulaski & Sky Low Low & Jack Cassidy in three falls Midwest Tag Team Champions Dale Lewis & Francis St. Clair defeated Ron Reed & Billy Red Cloud in three falls
5/17/67 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Steve Bolus vs. Francis St. Clair Ron Reed vs. Bob Orton Ricky Hunter vs. Dale Lewis Bobby Shane vs. Stan Pulaski 8-man Battle Royal
5/18/67 Sioux City, IA Dale Lewis NC Bob Orton Verne Bottoms & Francis St. Clair W Jean Antone & Ron Reed Ernie Ladd W Ken Yates Ron Reed W-DQ Francis St. Clair Jean Antone W Verne Bottoms Stan Pulaski D Billy Red Cloud
5/18/67 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena Referee Juan Garcia AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Nick Kozak & Ricky Romero when Race pinned Romero in the 3rd fall Australian Rules, ten 3 minutes rounds Dory Funk Sr no decision Thunderbolt Patterson in 3rd round when Jack Cain interfered The Alaskan beat Chief Little Eagle with a backbreaker in 10:35 Medic I drew Alberto Torres
5/19/67 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Johnny Valentine vs Doug Gilbert 60:00 Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley vs Sky Low Low & Jack Cassidy 2/3 60:00 Rene Goulet vs Harley Race 20:00
5/20/67 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Ken Yates
5/20/67 St. Paul, MN Auditorium. Attendance 4,255 Bob Boyer defeats The Great Dane (17:00) Cowboy Bradley & Little Beaver defeat Jack Cassidy & Sky Low Low (24:50) Larry Hennig defeats Rene Goulet by DQ (19:00) Earl Maynard vs. Harley Race - Draw Johnny Valentine defeats Doug Gilbert (28:00) Johnny Powers defeats The Crusher by DQ (12:00)
5/23/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Harley Race & Larry Hennig beat Verne Gagne & The Crusher dq Johnny Powers beat Reggie Parks Betty Niccoli beat Mars Monroe Jack Lanza drew Bob Geigel 30:00 Att: 3,500
5/24/67 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne & Bob Geigel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq The Crusher beat Chris Markoff Johnny Powers beat Reggie Parks Betty Niccoli beat Mars Monroe
5/25/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Stan Pulaski defeated George Gadaski Mars Monroe defeated Jean Antone Bob Orton defeated Ken Yates Doug Gilbert & Jean Antone defeated Francis St. Clair & Mars Monroe Dale Lewis defeated Bobby Shane
5/26/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Non Title Death Match Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race after 9th fall Cowboy Bradley & Little Beaver beat Sonny Boy Cassidy & Sky Low Low 2/3 Chris Markoff beat Reggie Parks via pin Mitsu Arakawa drew Jack Lanza Sky Low Low beat Little Beaver via pin with a cradle Att: “about 3,200”
5/26/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Johnny Powers dq Johnny Valentine beat Edouard Carpentier Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer Doug Gilbert beat Bobby Jones Bob Tuck drew Bill Kochen 15:00
5/27/67 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Jose Quintero Verne Gagne beat Great Dane
5/31/67 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Referee Leo Bahl Verne Gagne (sub Danny Hodge) & Ernie Ladd beat Johnny Powers & Johnny Valentine on a 3rd fall dq 1. Valentine pinned Ladd in 15:27 2. Ladd beat Powers in 5:12 3. Referee Bahl dq’ed Powers when Johnny refused to release the Power Lock as Gagne had made it to the ring apron Lou Thesz beat Larry Hennig 2-0 Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley beat Sky Low Low & Irish Jackie 2/3 Alberto Torres beat Bobby Duncum via pin in 14:28
5/31/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Donovan defeated Buster Gordon Reggie Parks defeated Butcher Vachon Bob Orton fought Doug Gilbert to a draw Dale Lewis defeated Stan Pulaski in three falls
6/2/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Devil’s Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Wilbur Snyder drew Johnny Powers Johnny Valentine no contest Earl Maynard Cowboy Bradley & Little Beaver beat Jack Cassidy & Sky Low Low Jack Lanza drew Reggie Parks Mitsu Arakawa beat Doug Gilbert
6/3/67 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Ken Yates Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Kenny Jay Johnny Valentine beat Jose Quintero Verne Gagne beat Santiago Acosta Johnny Powers beat Al Rodriguez
6/5/67 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Texas Death Match Johnny Powers beat the Crusher AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Earl Maynard Jack Lanza beat Big K Bob Boyer drew Chris Markoff
6/8/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Johnny Powers & Johnny Valentine on a 3rd fall dq when Powers refused to release his Power Lock on Hennig Rene Goulet beat Big K Jack Lanza beat The Beast John Banman beat Bobby Jones Note: Lanza vs The Beast was advertised for almost two weeks. The results clipping from the Winnipeg Free Press says “Cowboy Jack Lanza defeated The Beast and his manager, Johnny Powers, in a special event.” It really isn’t clear if the bout was a handicap match or if the bout just had Powers serving as manager.
6/8/67 Sioux City, IA Dale Lewis W Reggie Parks Doug Gilbert won 5-man battle royal Thor Hagen W Ray Burns Bob Boyer W Jose Quintero
6/10/67 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero Bob Boyer beat Johnny Powers dq Johnny Valentine beat George Gadaski Wilbur Snyder beat Ken Yates
6/10/67 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Danny Hodge AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dale Lewis & Wilbur Snyder Johnny Powers beat The Crusher dq Johnny Valentine beat Doug Gilbert Rene Goulet beat Big K
6/15/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Doug Gilbert defeated Jack Donovan via DQ Stan Kowalski defeated George Gadaski Bob Orton fought Rene Goulet to a draw Doug Gilbert & Ronnie Etchison defeated Dale Lewis & Jack Donovan
6/17/67 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Frankie Hester Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero Big K beat Ken Yates Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay
6/19/67 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium The Crusher beat Johnny Powers - Cage match Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay (Sub for Cowboy Jack Lanza) Chris Markoff beat Billy Wicks Big K beat Bob Boyer Joel Kolsrud notes The Crusher vs Johnny Powers bout was the first ever Cage Match in the Quad Cities.
6/20/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena Harley Race beat The Crusher Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza Johnny Powers beat Doug Gilbert Rene Goulet beat Big K Att: 3,000
6/22/67 Sioux City, IA Ron Etchison W The Big K Betty Nicoli W Verne Bottoms Rene Goulet D Harley Race Dale Lewis W-DQ Bob Orton
6/23/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Devils Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff beat Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard Johnny Powers no contest Wilbur Snyder Lou Thesz beat Moose Cholak Johnny Valentine beat Guy Heenan Jack Lanza beat the Assassin
6/24/67 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Eric the Red Johnny Powers beat Jim Sails Johnny Valentine beat Rene Goulet Lou Thesz beat Ken Yates George Gadaski & Kenny Jay drew Larry Hennig & Harley Race
6/24/67 Minneapolis, MN Cage match Johnny Powers beat The Crusher AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Lou Thesz dq Johnny Valentine beat Billy Wicks Big K beat Bob Boyer Kenny Jay drew George Gadaski
6/26/67 El Paso, TX @ Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Medics Light Heavyweight Champion Gory Guerrero beat Jerry Kozak North American Champion Dory Funk Jr beat Thunderbolt Patterson by submission with a spinning toe hold Texas Women's Champion Kay Noble beat Pat Howard Jack Cain beat Alberto Torres Att: 3,100+
6/28/67 Lubbock, TX Lights Out Match, $500 vs Mask Medic vs Medic AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race drew Dory Funk Sr & Dory Funk Jr Jerry Kozak no contest Kinji Shibuya Bobby Duncum dcor Jerry The Duke Miller Thunderbolt Patterson beat Big Bad John Mad Dog Maurice beat Silento Rodriguez The Lawman beat The Alaskan
6/29/67 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena Nick Kozak won a Russian Roulette battle royal for $1,000 Kinji Shibuya beat Dory Funk Jr to win North American Title Bearcat Wright & Thunderbolt Patterson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Nick Kozak drew The Alaskan
6/30/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Referee Marty Miller AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher 2/3 in 25:00 1. Bruiser & Crusher won in 9:00 2. Hennig & Race won 2nd fall 3. Hennig & Race won 3rd fall Rene Goulet (sub Lou Thesz) beat Chris Markoff on a 3rd fall COR Big K (sub Ernie Ladd) beat Moose Cholak dq Dale Lewis drew Mitsu Arakawa att: 2,291
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/1/67 Minneapolis TV Harley Race beat George Gadaski Rene Goulet beat Kenny Yates Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay Stan Kowalski beat Roy Burke Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero
7/6/67 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Two Referees one of which is Jack Lanza If Powers loses, all the Ticket Money is refunded. Johnny Powers beat the Crusher Harley Race beat Jack Lanza Chris Markoff beat Jose Betancourt (sub Johnny Valentine) Bob Boyer beat Jack Cain (sub Steve Druk) Big K vs Eddie Sharkey
7/6/67 Hallock, MN @ Kittson County Fairgrounds Harley Race vs. Rene Goulet Annette Palmer vs. Mars Monroe Mike Murlowski vs. Bob Hirsch
7/6/67 Sioux City, IA Tor Kamata D Jack Pesak Earl Maynard W Jose Quintero Doug Gilbert D Dale Lewis Bob Orton W-DQ Ron Etchison
7/7/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa Dick the Bruiser beat Harley Race Devil’s Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff beat Rene Goulet & Jack Lanza Lou Thesz beat Johnny Powers Moose Cholak drew Ernie Ladd The Assassin beat Jack Cain
7/8/67 Minneapolis TV Johnny Powers beat Jose Quintero Verne Gagne beat Roy Burke The Crusher beat Jim Sails Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Kenny Yates
7/8/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bob Geigel defeated George Gadaski Jack Pesek defeated Dale Lewis via DQ Doug Gilbert defeated Stan Kowalski Bob Orton fought Rene Goulet to a draw Doug Gilbert won a 8-man Battle Royal (order of elimination: George Gadaski, Stan Kowalski, Jack Pesek, Bob Geigel, Rene Goulet, Bob Orton, Dale Lewis)
7/10/67- St. Cloud, Minnesota St. Cloud Municipal Stadium Bob Boyer vs. Jack Sharkey Larry Hennig and Harley Race (Tag Team Champions) vs. Rene Goulet and Cowboy Jack Lanza The Crusher vs. Johnny Powers
7/11/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher beat Harley Race Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff (sub Johnny Valentine) Johnny Powers beat Reggie Parks Larry Hennig beat Doug Gilbert Att: 3,850
7/13/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Johnny Powers & George Crybaby Cannon (sub Johnny Valentine) 2/3 Rene Goulet vs Chris Markoff Bob Brown vs Bob Boyer Paul Caruso vs Eddie Sharkey Stan The Moose vs Jake Banman Note: Valentine reportedly suffered an eye injury in a dressing room brawl with Rene Goulet.
7/13/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Doug Gilbert defeated Stan Kowalski via DQ Ronnie Etchison defeated Jose Quintero Bob Orton defeated Jack Pesek Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert defeated Dale Lewis & Stan Kowalski
7/14/67 Detroit Lakes, MN Lineup unavailable
7/15/67 Minneapolis TV Johnny Powers beat Mark Starr Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Roy Burke & Jose Quintero Rene Goulet beat Kenny Yates Eddie Sharkey beat George Gadaski
7/15/67 Minneapolis, MN Steve Druk won battle royal AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Johnny Powers Larry Hennig beat Big K Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr Dick Morgan beat Guy Taylor
7/17/67 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Johnny Powers beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks Eddie Sharkey beat Chris Markoff Bob Boyer drew George Gadaski
7/20/67 Sioux City, IA Bob Orton W Ron Etchison Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks W Tor Kamata & Dale Lewis Harley Race W Eddie Sharkey Reggie Parks W Tor Kamata
7/21/67 Menomonie, WI @ Fairgrounds Grandstand 8:15 PM Start time The Crusher vs Big K 2/3 60:00 Mars Monroe vs Princess Little Cloud 2/3 45:00 Bob Boyer vs George Gadaski 20:00
7/21/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Johnny Powers beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne COR AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Lou Thesz & Rene Goulet 2/3 Jack Lanza beat The Mongol via pin Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey att: 2,330
7/22/67 Minneapolis, MN Johnny Powers beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race & Steve Druk beat Lou Thesz & Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks Princess Little Cloud beat Mars Monroe Steve Druk beat Eddie Sharkey Stan Kowalski beat Bob Boyer
7/25/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena Handicap Match The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race (one opponent at a time as the other was handcuffed to the ring post. After the match they bloodied Crusher using the handcuffs) The Crusher said "next time he would bring his cousin". Rene Goulet beat Eddie Sharkey Big K beat George Gadaski Princess Little Cloud beat Mars Monroe Att: 3,670
7/27/67 Mankato, MN @ State College Blakeslee Field AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Harley Race dq Eddie Sharkey & Kenny Yates beat Steve Druk & Jose Quintero Johnny Powers beat Rene Goulet Eddie Sharkey drew Steve Druk
7/28/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne Double Knock out with Lou Thesz after coliding in the middle of the ring Devil’s Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff beat Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher dq Wilbur Snyder ddq The Destroyer Johnny Valentine beat Rene Goulet Jack Lanza drew Johnny Powers Cora Combs beat Sarah Shawn Att: 6,046
7/29/67 Minneapolis TV Johnny Powers beat Guy Taylor Harley Race beat Kenny Jay Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Jose Quintero & Mike Murlowski Johnny Valentine beat Kenny Yates Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski
7/29/67 Maplewood, MN @ Aldrich Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher Rene Goulet drew Johnny Valentine Johnny Powers beat Earl Maynard Eddie Sharkey beat Mike Murlowski att: 2,234
7/31/67 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Johnny Powers Earl Maynard beat Mitsu Arakawa (sub Larry Hennig) Rene Goulet beat Harley Race Big K drew Reggie Parks Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Boyer
8/4/67 Nisswa, MN @ Nisswa Airport Arena Verne Gagne vs. Harley Race Larry Hennig vs. Rene Goulet Eddie Sharkey vs. Big K
8/4/67 Brainerd, MN Nisswa Airport Rodeo Grounds (Open Air) Eddie Sharkey beat Big K Stan Kowalski Rene Goulet beat Larry Hennig 2-3 falls Verne Gagne beat Harley Race 2-3 falls -Arena will be sprayed for Mosquitos before the matches -The newspaper ad listed the city as Brainerd. At the bottom of the ad it has Nisswa Airport is 13 miles north of Brainerd and 2 miles south of Nisswa.
8/5/67 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Leroy Hirsch The Crusher beat Kenny Yates Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero Verne Gagne beat Paul Caruso Stan Kowalski drew George Gadaski
8/5/67 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & The Crusher & Rene Goulet beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race & Johnny Powers Rene Goulet drew Steve Druk Chris Markoff beat Bob Hirsch Big K drew Eddie Sharkey Al Kashey beat Paul Caruso
8/7/67 Burlington, IA @ Community Field The Crusher beat Harley Race Pat O’Connor beat Bob Boyer Big K beat Al Kashey
8/10/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Chris Tolos & John Tolos
8/10/67 Sioux City, IA Bob Orton D Reggie Parks Pat O'Connor W-DQ Dale Lewis Princess Little Cloud W Verne Bottoms Doug Gilbert W Jack Pesak
8/10/67 Austin, MN @ Mower County Fairgrounds Granstand Professor Steve Druk drew Jose Quintero Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills by DQ Stan (The Big K) Kowalski beat Kenny Jay in 16:10 Annette Palmer (sub for Princess Little Cloud) beat Mars Monroe Stan Kowalski won a 7-man battle royal over Druk, Quintero, Mills, Markoff, Jay and Allan Rock* Bout advertised that did not take place: Ken Yates vs. Johnny Valentine
8/11/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Lou Thesz COR Devil’s Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Dick the Bruiser beat Johnny Valentine Wilbur Snyder beat Blackjack Lanza dq The Destroyer beat Eddie Sharkey Rene Goulet beat the Assassin
8/12/67 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat George Gadaski Al Kashey beat Stan Kowalski
8/12/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dick The Bruiser vs Johnny Powers The Crusher vs Larry Hennig Earl Maynard vs Joe Tomasso Note: Card rescheduled for 9/1 due to unrest in the city
8/12/67 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Orton COR Midwest Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Mistu Arakawa & Dale Lewis Princess Little Cloud beat Laverne Bottoms Reggie Parks beat Mitsu Arakawa
8/14/67 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Loser Leaves Town The Crusher beat Johnny Powers Mighty Igor Vodik (sub Earl Maynard) beat Larry Hennig Rene Goulet & Igor Vodik & Al Kashey (sub Earl Maynard) beat Steve Druk & Harley Race & Larry Hennig Al Kashey beat Jack Pesek
8/17/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Ronnie Etchison defeated The Great Dane Doug Gilbert defeated Steve Bolus Princess Little Cloud defeated Laverne Bottoms Dale Lewis defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion Bob Orton via DQ
8/19/67 Minneapolis TV Mighty Igor Vodik beat Kenny Jay Johnny Powers beat Mark Starr Al Kashey beat Jose Quintero Verne Gagne no contest Jack Pesek (A Masked Man later known as Dr. X interfered and injured Gagne) Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski
8/19/67 Minneapolis, MN Johnny Powers no contest Mighty Igor Vodik Non Title Match Al Kashey & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr Rock Rogowski beat Jose Quintero
8/19/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ron Reed defeated Stan Kowalski Princess Little Cloud defeated Betty Niccoli Dale Lewis defeated Steve Bolus Bob Orton fought Doug Gilbert to a draw
8/24/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena Non Title Match, Special Referee: Tiny Mills Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Mighty Igor Vodik beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Professor Druk Al Kashey beat George Gadaski att: 4500
8/25/67 Mankato, MN @ National Guard Armory The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race on a 3rd fall dq Rene Goulet beat Steve Druk Al Kashey beat Jose Quintero (sub George Gadaski) att: 1,500
8/25/67 Sioux City, IA Bob Orton W Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud W-DQ Dale Lewis Princess Little Cloud W Annette Palmer Doug Gilbert W The Big K
8/26/67 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat George Gadaski Mighty Igor Vodik beat Jose Quintero Harley Race beat Steve Stanlee Al Kashey beat Kenny Jay
8/26/67 St. Paul, MN Dr. X beat The Crusher Johnny Powers beat Mighty Igor Vodik Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff Al Kashey beat Steve Druk Harley Race beat Chris Markoff Rock Rogowski beat Steve Stanlee
8/28/67 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Handicap match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Al Kashey beat Chris Markoff Rene Goulet beat Big K Rock Rogowski beat Big K
8/30/67 Burlington, IA @ Community Field AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor & Rene Goulet Rock Rogowski vs George Gadaski Rene Goulet vs Larry Hennig Att: Approx. 1000
9/1/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dick the Bruiser beat Johnny Powers 2/3 The Crusher beat Moose Cholak via pin Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff Dale Lewis beat Big K Rock Rogowski beat Kenny Jay with a backbreaker Note: Rogowski actually billed as “Brute” in the newspaper
9/1/67 Nisswa, MN @ Nisswa Airport Arena Harley Race & Larry Hennig vs. Rene Goulet & Al Kashey Mars Monroe vs. Princess Little Cloud Eddie Sharkey vs. Professor Druk
9/2/67 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Guy Taylor Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso Steve Druk beat Steve Mackey Rock Rogowski beat George Gadaski
9/2/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny Powers The Destroyer beat Reggie Parks Rene Goulet drew Blackjack Lanza Moose Cholak beat Jack Pesek Big K beat Al Kashey
9/7/67 Sioux City, IA Pat O'Connor beat Bob Orton dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Bob Ellis beat Chris Markoff Mike Dibiase beat Eddie Sharkey
9/9/67 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Ken Yates The Crusher beat Bill Mackey Dr. X beat Steve Druk Ramon Torres beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Paul Caruso
9/9/67 St. Paul, MN Dr. X beat The Crusher dq Ramon Torres beat Harley Race Larry Hennig beat Al Kashey Rock Rogowski beat Big K Chris Markoff beat Steve Druk Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso
9/11/67 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat the Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik The Mystery Man aka Dr X beat Reggie Parks Al Kashey beat Rene Goulet Ramon Torres beat Big K
9/12/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Dr. X beat Al Kashey Mighty Igor Vodik beat Professor Steve Druk Ramon Torres beat Big K
9/14/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Reggie Parks defeated Stan Kowalski Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated George Gadaski Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Stan Kowalski Midwest Heavyweight Champion Bob Orton defeated Dale Lewis in three falls
9/15/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena NWA Champion Gene Kiniski beat Don Leo Jonathan 2/3 John Tolos & Chris Tolos beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff Ramon Torres beat Big K Al Kashey beat Bobby Jones Att: “crowd of about 4,000”
9/16/67 Minneapolis TV Ramon Torres beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat Al Kashey Chris Markoff beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Paul Caruso
9/16/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo Johnny Valentine beat Moose Cholak dq Dr X beat Rene Goulet Dr Moto beat Bob Boyer Blackjack Lanza beat Al Kashey
9/16/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Doug Gilbert defeated Bob Geigel Jack Pesek defeated Steve Bolus Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Bob Geigel in three falls Midwest Heavyweight Champion Bob Orton defeated Ronnie Etchison in three falls
9/20/67 New Ulm, MN The Crusher beat Harley Race Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig Rene Goulet beat Big K Al Kashey beat Steve Druk
9/20/67 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Reggie Parks fought Bob Brown to a draw Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Viking Ron Reed defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion Bob Orton via DQ in three falls Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Bob Brown in three falls
9/21/67 Albert Lea, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Ramon Torres beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Al Kashey Rock Rogowski beat George Gadaski
9/21/67 Sioux City, IA Bob Orton W Reggie Parks Bob Ellis NC Harley Race Betty Nicoli W Verne Bottoms Mike DiBiase NC Doug Gilbert
9/23/67 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Larry Hennig Handicap match Johnny Powers & Big K beat Mighty Igor Vodik Dr. X beat Al Kashey Harley Race beat Chris Markoff Ramon Torres beat Guy Taylor Rock Rogowski beat Bob Boyer
9/23/67 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Al Kashey Mighty Igor Vodik beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat Bob Boyer Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor
9/25/67 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium AWA Tag Team Team Champions Harley Race & Larry Hennig vs The Crusher & Igor
9/26/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena Handicap Match The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Professor Druk 2/3 Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Dr. X beat Rene Goulet Al Kashey drew Big K Ramon Torres beat Johnny Powers dq Att: 2,500
9/27/67 Mankato, MN @ National Guard Armory The Crusher beat Johnny Powers Mighty Igor Vodik beat Big K Dr X beat Al Kashey Ramon Torres beat Chris Markoff
9/28/67 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mike DiBiase 2/3 1. DiBiase won 1st fall 2, Gagne won 2nd fall 3. Gagne won 3rd fall Midwest Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Krusher Kowalski & Chris Markoff 2/3 Midwest Heavyweight Champion Bob Orton beat Rene Goulet Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff att: 1,000
9/28/67 Virginia, MN The Crusher beat Johnny Powers Harley Race beat Al Kashey Mighty Igor Vodik beat Professor Steve Druk Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski
9/29/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Masked Man aka Dr X beat Dick the Bruiser dq when Bruiser roughed up referee Marty Miller AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Rock Rogowski 2/3 1 Hennig & Race won 2 Igor & Rogowski won 3 Hennig & Race won Rene Goulet beat Johnny Powers dq Ramon Torres beat Big K via pin in 13:00 att: 2,349
9/30/67 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Doug Gilbert Verne Gagne beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat Great Dane
9/30/67 Minneapolis, MN Handicap match Verne Gagne beat Harley Race & Steve Druk Mighty Igor Vodik beat Johnny Powers Dr. X beat Al Kashey Larry Hennig beat Doug Gilbert Ramon Torres beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek
10/3/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Dr X beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Ramon Torres Chris Markoff beat Al Kashey Rock Rogowski beat Big K
10/5/67 Sioux City, IA Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks W Mike DiBiase & John Gadoski Fabulous Moolah W Betty Nicoli Ron Reed W The Big K Reggie Parks W John Gadoski Bob Orton W-DQ Igor Vodik Att: 1,718
10/6/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Verne Gagne 2/3, 1st fall by dq 1. Igor was dq’ed 2. Gagne & Igor won 2nd fall 3. Hennig & Race won 3rd fall Dr. X beat Rene Goulet Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski (sub Chris Markoff) Bill Dromo beat Bob Tuck
10/7/67 Minneapolis TV Ramon Torres beat Kenny Jay Dr. X beat Jim Sails
10/7/67 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bob Orton Midwest Tag Title Match, AWA Tag Titles not on the line Midwest Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Women’s Champion Fabulous Moolah beat Princess Little Cloud Bob Ellis beat Bob Geigel Mike DiBiase beat Bob Boyer
10/11/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Reggie Parks fought The Viking to a draw Cowboy Bob Ellis fought Harley Race to a draw Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & The Viking Pat O’Connor defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion Bob Orton via DQ
10/12/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Doug Gilbert defeated Chris Markoff via DQ Igor Vodik defeated Stan Kowalski Midwest Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Chris Markoff in three falls Midwest Heavyweight Champion Bob Orton defeated Harley Race
10/14/67 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Mighty Igor Vodik beat Ken Yates The Crusher beat Steve Druk Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Doug Gilbert
10/14/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher no contest Dr X AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ramon Torres & Rene Goulet Rock Rogowski beat George Gadaski Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff Att: 3,600
10/16/67 Kewanee, IL @ Kewanee High School Igor beat Harley Race Doctor X beat Rene Goulet Ramon Torres beat The Big K Chris Markoff beat George Gadaski
10/17/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Dr X beat Igor Vodik Harley Race drew Pat O'Connor Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig Chris Markoff beat Big K Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski (sub Steve Druk)
10/18/67 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Rene Goulet & Mighty Igor vs AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 60:00 Dr. X vs Chris Markoff 45:00 Ramon Torres vs George Gadaski
10/18/67 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Princess Little Cloud vs. Verne Bottoms Jean Antone vs. Betty Niccoli Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Steve Bolus Princess Little Cloud & Jean Antone vs. Betty Niccoli & Laverne Bottoms Midwest Heavyweight Champion Bob Orton vs. Doug Gilbert
10/19/67 Mankato, MN Dr X beat Chris Markoff Ramon Torres & Annette Palmer beat Big K & Mars Monroe Rock Rogowski beat Steve Druk
10/19/67 Sioux City, IA Larry Hennig & Harley Race W Doug Gilbert & Ron Reed Igor Vodik W-DQ Bob Orton Mike DiBiase W Rene Goulet Harley Race D Ron Reed
10/20/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Dr. X beat Rene Goulet Ramon Torres beat Bill Dromo dq Chris Markoff beat Bob Tuck via pin Bobby Jones drew Jake Banman
10/21/67 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates Mighty Igor Vodik beat Al Rodriguez Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto beat George Gadaski & Joe Scarpello
10/21/67 Minneapolis, MN Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Dr. Moto & Mitsu Arakawa Mighty Igor Vodik beat Steve Druk Chris Markoff drew Joe Scarpello Big K beat Kenny Jay Rock Rogowski beat George Gadaski
10/21/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat the Destroyer 2/3 Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Rene Goulet beat Igor Volkoff Blackjack Lanza beat Reggie Parks Moose Cholak beat Bob Boyer Ramon Torres beat the Assassin Att: 1,143
10/25/67 Burlington, IA AWA Tag Team Champions Harley Race and Larry Hennig vs. The Crusher and Igor
10/26/67 Spooner, WI The Crusher beat Harley Race
10/26/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli Princess Little Cloud defeated Laverne Bottoms Igor Vodik defeated Ken Yates in two straight falls Jean Antone & Princess Little Cloud defeated Betty Niccoli & Laverne Bottoms in three falls Iron Mike DiBiase & Bob Orton defeated Midwest Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks via DQ in three falls
10/27/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Harley Race via pin in 8:00 Dr X beat Wilbur Snyder (sub Dick The Bruiser) when Snyder could not answer the bell for the 3rd fall due to a leg injury 1 Snuder beat Dr X with an abdominal stretch 2 Dr X beat Snyder with a figure four leg lock Mighty Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff (sub Larry Hennig) via pin in 20:00 Rene Goulet drew Ramon Torres 30:00 Rock Rogowski beat Big K via pin in 16:20 att: 3,249 Notes: Rogowski was billed by the newspaper as simply The Rock. Bruiser was reportedly hospitalized in Indianapolis and Hennig allegedly was hospitalized in Toronto.
10/28/67 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat George Gadaski Harley Race beat Ken Yates Verne Gagne beat Bob Boyer Dr. X beat Guy Taylor
10/28/67 St. Paul, MN Harley Race beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Dr. X ddq Crusher Ramon Torres beat Chris Markoff Larry Heineimi beat Bob Boyer Big K beat Ken Yates
11/1/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Dr X no contest the Crusher Reggie Parks beat Big K (sub Larry Hennig) Harley Race drew Ramon Torres Mighty Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff Rock Rogowski beat Doug Gilbert
11/2/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr X beat the Crusher Harley Race beat Ramon Torres dq Chris Markoff beat Professor Druk Rene Goulet beat Big K Att: 2,350
11/2/67 Sioux City, IA Igor Vodik W Mike DiBiase Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks W Earl Maynard & Bob Orton Rock Rogowski W Mike York Earl Maynard D Reggie Parks
11/3/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Harley Race & Chris Markoff Dr X beat the Crusher Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Ramon Torres & Santiago Acosta Blackjack Lanza beat Rene Goulet Mighty Igor Vodik beat Steve Druk Rock Rogowski beat George Gadaski (sub Big K)
11/3/67- Canistota, SD High School Auditorium Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Doug Gilbert Princess Little Cloud vs. Mars Monroe Bob Orton vs. Reggie Parks
11/4/67 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat George Gadaski Harley Race beat Frankie Hester Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mark Starr Ramon Torres beat Ken Yates
11/6/67 Savanna, IL Savanna High School Sponsored by the Savanna Rotary Club Larry Hennig vs. Ramon Torres Dr. X vs. Bob Boyer Larry Hennig and Harley Race vs. Rene Goulet and Ramon Torres
11/8/67 Ashland, WI The Crusher vs Harley Race Chris Markoff vs Mighty Igor Vodik Big K vs Ramon Torres
11/9/67 Moorhead, MN The Crusher beat Harley Race dq Dr. X beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Rene Goulet beat Ramon Torres
11/9/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Frenchy Lamont defeated Cowboy Lang Lord Littlebrook defeated The Mighty Atom via DQ Rock Rogowski defeated Stan Kowalski Cowboy Lang & Lord Littlebrook defeated Frenchy Lamont & The Mighty Atom Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Bob Orton
11/10/67 Wilbur Snyder & Pat O'Connor beat Harley Race & Chris Markoff to win the AWA Tag Team Title. This is now believed to be a phantom switch.
11/10/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Dr X beat The Crusher 1-0 utc 1. Dr X submitted The Crusher with the figure four leg lock 2. Crusher was unable to answer the bell for the 2nd fall Harley Race & mystery partner Rock Rogowski beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Al Tomko Rene Goulet beat Lorne Corlette via pin in 18:00 Bob Boyer drew Ramon Torres Stan The Moose beat John Banman in 9:00 Att: “3,000 fans”
11/11/67 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bob Boyer Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto beat Santiago Acosta & Al Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Mark Starr Harley Race beat George Gadaski Rene Goulet beat Ken Yates
11/11/67 Minneapolis, MN Harley Race beat Verne Gagne - No DQ match Dr X beat the Crusher - No DQ match Big K & Blackjack Daniels beat Ramon Torres & Rene Goulet Jack Pesek beat Mark Starr Bob Boyer drew George Gadaski att: 5,930
11/14/67 Fairmont, MN Dr X vs Ramon Torres
11/15/67 Mankato, MN Dr X beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq
11/17/67 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Mighty Igor Vodik vs Harley Race Dr X vs Ramon Torres Big K vs Rene Goulet
11/17/67 Sioux City, IA Mike DiBiase & Bob Orton W Rock Rogowski & Igor Vodik Reggie Parks NC Harley Race Lord Littlebrook W The Mighty Atom Doug Gilbert W The Big K
11/18/67 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Ramon Torres Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Mighty Igor Vodik beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat Bob Hirsch
11/21/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr X beat the Crusher Victor The Bear beat Harley Race dq Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Blackjack Daniels & Ken Yates Bill Watts beat Big K Att: 3,000
11/21/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Lord Littlebrook defeated Frenchy Lamont Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks defeated Bob Orton & Bob Geigel in three falls Jean Antone & Lord Littlebrook defeated Betty Niccoli & Frenchy Lamont in three falls Midwest Heavyweight Champion Rock Rogowski defeated Iron Mike DiBiase via DQ in three falls
11/22/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Lord Littlebrook defeated The Mighty Atom Reggie Parks defeated Jim Starr Jean Antone & Lord Littlebrook defeated Betty Niccoli & The Mighty Atom Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert & Rock Rogowski defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Bob Orton & Jim Starr
11/23/67 Minneapolis, MN Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr X Victor the wrestling Bear beat Harley Race Bill Watts & Rock Rogowski beat Big K & Blackjack Daniels Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek Kenny Yates drew Guy Taylor att: 4,951
11/24/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Referee Marty Miller The Crusher no contest Dr X in 15:00 for fighting outside the wing Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ramon Torres 2/3 Victor the Bear beat Moose Cholak COR Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Bill Watts beat Joe Tomasso att: 3,647
11/24/67 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Doug Gilbert Midwest Champion Bob Orton ddq Dick the Bruiser Rock Rogowski beat Krusher Kowalski Mike DiBiase beat Ron Reed Reggie Parks beat The Viking
11/25/67 St. Paul, MN Auditorium Verne Gagne beat Harley Race via pin Cowboy Bill Watts & Rock Rogowski beat Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto Victor the Bear beat Dr. X dq Mighty Igor Vodik beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Big K beat Jack Pesek Mark Starr beat Ken Yates via pin Att: 6,261 Notes: Harley Race was managed by Bobby Heenan. This was Heenan's debut as a manager in the Twin Cities.
11/25/67 Milford, IA @ Milford High School Midwest title: Al (The Rock) Rogowski vs. The Viking Midwest Tag Team title: Bob Orton & Mike DiBiase vs. Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert Jean Antone vs. Jessica Rogers
11/27/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Dr X beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race Moose Cholak beat Reggie Parks Bob Boyer beat Mark Starr
11/28/67 Mankato, MN Victor the Bear beat Blackjack Daniels Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Kenny Jay beat Tuffy Truesdale
11/29/67 Moorhead, MN Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr. X dq Victor The Bear beat Harley Race Rene Goulet beat Big K
11/30/67 Grand Forks, ND Dr X vs Rene Goulet
11/30/67 Sioux City, IA Rock Rogowski W Bob Orton Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks W Mike DiBiase & Jim Starr Jean Antone & Lord Littlebrook W The Mighty Atom & Betty Nicoli Doug Gilbert D Jim Starr
12/1/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr. X by submission 1-0 Harley Race beat Al Tomko dq when Rene Goulet interfered to save Tomko from any more punishment Bill Watts vs Stan the Moose was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Rene Goulet beat Bobby Jones Bob Tuck drew Lorne Corlette
12/2/67 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor Rene Goulet beat Mark Starr Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Harley Race beat George Gadaski Dr. X beat Bob Boyer
12/2/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dr X beat Dick the Bruiser dq Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Wilbur Snyder & Pat O'Connor to win the AWA Tag Team Title Mighty Igor Vodik beat Big K Blackjack Lanza drew Moose Cholak Harley Race beat Jack Pesek Bill Watts beat the Assassin
12/5/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr X Bill Watts beat Jim Bowie Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr att 3,119
12/6/67 Marshall, MN Dr X beat Rene Goulet
12/7/67 St Cloud, MN Dr X beat Rene Goulet
12/7/67 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Iron Mike DiBiase fought Doug Gilbert to a draw Reggie Parks defeated Jim Starr via DQ Pat O’Connor defeated Mike York Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert & Rock Rogowski defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Bob Orton & Jim Starr
12/9/67 Minneapolis TV Hard Boiled Haggerty & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Bill Watts beat Mark Starr Verne Gagne beat Eric the Red Dr. X beat Jim Sails Luke Brown beat Ken Yates
12/9/67 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & Bill Watts no contest Harley Race & Hard Boiled Haggerty Dr X beat Rene Goulet Handicap Match Luke Brown beat Blackjack Daniels & Big K Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay Steve Druk drew Mark Starr att: 3,240
12/11/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Bill Watts & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race & Dr X Rene Goulet beat Moose Cholak dq Bob Geigel beat Bob Boyer Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr
12/12/67 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Mighty Igor Vodik vs Dr X Harley Race & Secret Partner vs Bill Watts & Rene Goulet Harley Race vs Rene Goulet
12/13/67 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Doug Gilbert defeated Stan Kowalski Lord Littlebrook & Cowboy Lang defeated Little Bruiser & The Mighty Atom Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Stan Kowalski Rock Rogowski defeated Bob Orton
12/14/67 Sioux City, IA Mike DiBiase & Bob Orton vs. Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks The Big K vs. Rock Rogowski Jack Pesak vs. Jim Starr George Gadaski vs. Mark Starr
12/15/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dr X beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq when Igor failed to break a hold before the count of five Dick the Bruiser ddq Harley Race when manager Bobby Heenan interfered Bill Watts beat Bob Geigel via pin Princess Little Cloud (sub Mars Monroe) beat Betty Niccoli att: 2,883
12/16/67 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Igor Vodik beat Steve Tuck Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto beat George Gadaski & Jack Pesek Rock Rogowski beat Ken Yates Rene Goulet beat Leroy Hirsch
12/17/67 St Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Bill Watts & Rock Rogowski Dr X beat Mighty Igor Vodik Harley Race beat Bob Geigel Luke Brown beat Bill Green Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff dq Eddie Sharkey beat Steve Druk
12/23/67 Minneapolis TV Rock Rogowski & Bill Watts beat Big K & Tuffy Truesdale Dr. X beat Mark Starr Luke Brown beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Ken Yates Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay
12/25/67 Minneapolis, MN Bill Watts won an 11 man battle royal Dr X beat Johnny Powers Bill Watts beat Chris Markoff Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Luke Brown beat Big K Rock Rogowski beat Blackjack Daniels Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr att: 3,168
12/26/67 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Dr X beat Bill Watts Mighty Igor Vodik beat Johnny Powers Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey Handicap Match Luke Brown beat Mark Starr & Kenny Yates
12/27/67 Duluth, MN @ Arena Bill Watts beat Dr X dq Hard Boiled Haggerty & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Mighty Igor Vodik Luke Brown beat Big K Rock Rogowski beat Mark Starr
12/28/67 Moorhead, MN Harley Race beat Bill Watts dq Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Rene Goulet Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr
12/28/67 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Lloyd Antonation Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr. X on a 2nd fall dq 1 Igor beat Dr X by submission 2 Dr X was dq’ed Abdullah The Butcher beat Eric Froelich via pin in 17:00 Al Tomko beat Bob Brown dq Big Luke Brown beat Stan The Moose in 11:00 Bob Tuck beat Bill Kochen Att: “2,300 fans”
12/28/67 Sioux City, IA Doug Gilbert, Reggie Parks & Rock Rogowski W Bob Orton Jim Starr & Baron von Raschke, The Rebel W John Gadoski Doug Gilbert W-DQ Baron von Raschke Jim Starr W-DQ Reggie Parks
12/29/67 St Paul, MN Bill Watts & Rock Rogowski beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Harley Race dq Rene Goulet drew Baron Von Raschke Luke Brown beat Blackjack Daniels Mighty Igor Vodik beat Steve Druk att: 1,749
12/30/67 Minneapolis TV Hard Boiled Haggerty & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Bill Watts beat Mark Starr Verne Gagne beat Eric the Red Dr. X beat Bob Boyer Luke Brown beat Ken Yates Rene Goulet beat Steve Tuck Cowboy Bradley & Little Beaver beat Sonny Boy Cassidy & Sky Low Low
12/30/67 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser no contest Dr X AWA Tag Team Champions Dr Moto & Mitsu Arakawa beat Rock Rogowski & Bill Watts Pat O'Connor beat Johnny Powers dq Joe Scarpello beat Guy Mitchell Bob Geigel beat Dennis Hall Jose Betancourt drew Bob Boyer
12/30/67 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Harley Race beat Mighty Igor via pin in 22:00 Rene Goulet beat Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/3 Baron Von Raschke & Black Bart beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert 2/3 Eddie Sharkey drew Johnny Kace
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1/4/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Rock Rogowski defeated The Rebel Reggie Parks fought Bob Orton to a double-DQ Midwest Heavyweight Champion Igor Vodik defeated Jim Starr via DQ in three falls Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert & Rock Rogowski defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Bob Orton & The Rebel in three falls
1/5/68 Fairmont, MN Dr X beat Luke Brown Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Mark Starr drew George Gadaski
1/6/68 Minneapolis TV Luke Brown beat Mark Starr Dr. X beat Ken Yates Verne Gagne beat Bob Boyer
1/6/68 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Hall Special Referee: Joe Blanchard Bill Watts beat Dr X 1-0 Harley Race beat Luke Brown dq Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer Rock Rogowski beat Steve Druk Mark Starr drew Kenny Yates Notes: The convention hall was next to the Minneapolis Auditorium. Rogowski billed in newspaper ad simply as The Rock.
1/8/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dr X beat Wilbur Snyder dq AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Vodik Harley Race beat Jose Betancourt Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski
1/10/68 Mankato, MN Dr X beat Rene Goulet Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race Luke Brown beat George Gadaski
1/10/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bob Orton vs. Doug Gilbert Rock Rogowski vs. Jim Starr Joe Castro vs. Dale Lewis Iron Mike DiBiase & Bob Orton & Jim Starr vs. Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert & Rock Rogowski
1/11/68 Sioux City, IA Reggie Parks W Jim Starr Dale Lewis NC Bob Orton Rock Rogowski W Harley Race Doug Gilbert W-DQ Mike Dibiase
1/12/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Harley Race via pin in 26:10 Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq in 22:10 when Haggerty would not release a choke hold Bill Watts beat Jose Bentancourt via pin in 10:00 Dale Lewis beat Black Bart (sub Guy Mitchell) in 19:20 with a step over toe hold Att: “2,387 fans”
1/12/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X beat Mighty Igor Vodik on a 3rd fall COR Mad Dog Vachon (sub Reg Parks) beat Rene Goulet Al Tomko beat Mark Starr in 9:00 Handicap Match Big Luke Brown beat Bill Kochen & Wilf Caron (sub Ken Seymour) Bob Tuck beat Dennis Mehling Att: “3,200 fans” Note: Mighty Igor Vodik usually billed as Great Igor by the Winnipeg Free Press.
1/13/68 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mark Starr & Ken Yates Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Bill Watts beat Steve Tuck Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Mark Starr
1/13/68 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Hall AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Bill Watts & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr X & mystery partner Mad Dog Vachon Harley Race beat Rock Rogowski Luke Brown beat George Gadaski Rene Goulet beat Mark Starr Note: Rogowski billed again as simply The Rock. Original lineup had Igor & Big Luke Brown vs Dr X & Mystery Partner and Watts vs Big Jim Murdoch.
1/17/68 Moorhead, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Bill Watts no contest Harley Race Mad Dog Vachon beat Eddie Sharkey Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski
1/19/68 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Hard Boiled Haggerty & Harley Race vs Big Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Dr X vs Rene Goulet Harley Race vs Big Luke Brown
1/20/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat George Gadaski Hard Boiled Haggerty & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Ken Yates Luke Brown beat Steve Tuck Bill Watts beat Stan Thornton
1/21/68 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Bill Watts beat Dr X dq Luke Brown & Bill Watts (sub Mighty Igor Vodik) beat Harley Race & Hard Boiled Haggerty Mad Dog Vachon beat Rene Goulet Rock Rogowski beat Steve Druk Mark Starr beat Kenny Jay
1/22/68 Fairmount, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty & Harley Race beat Luke Brown & Rene Goulet Mad Dog Vachon beat Bob Ramstead Rene Goulet beat Harley Race
1/23/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Bill Watts beat Dr X dq Harley Race drew Pat O'Connor Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski
1/23/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Reggie Parks defeated Iron Mike DiBiase Doug Gilbert defeated Jim Starr via DQ Rock Rogowski defeated Chuck Adcox Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert & Rock Rogowski & Dale Lewis defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Jim Starr & Bob Orton & Chuck Adcox in three falls
1/24/68 Sterling, IL Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon COR Dr. X beat Mighty Igor Vodik Rock Rogowski beat George Gadaski
1/25/68 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr. X forfeit Mad Dog Vachon beat Rock Rogowski Cowboy Bill Watts beat Jose Betancourt Note: Rogowski again billed simply as The Rock
1/25/68 Thief River Falls, MN @ City Auditorium Hard Boiled Haggerty & Harley Race vs. Big Luke & Rene Goulet Bob Ramstad vs. The Rock Handsome Harley Race vs. Rene Goulet
1/26/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bill Watts via pin in 20:00 Luke Brown beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Harley Race beat Al Tomko via pin in 11:00 Bob Tuck drew Bob Jones Rene Goulet beat Mark Starr in 16:00 Att: “2,000 wrestling fans”
1/26/68 Sioux City, IA Rock Rogowski W-DQ Jim Starr Reggie Parks W Art Kenny Dale Lewis W Bob Orton, Doug Gilbert, Reggie Parks & Rock Rogowski W Mike Dibiase Art Kenny & Jim Starr
1/27/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dr X beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder Blackjack Lanza beat Rock Rogowski Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bob Geigel Moose Cholak beat Santiago Acosta Paul Christy drew Eddie Sharkey
1/27/68 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Bill Watts & Luke Brown beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Harley Race dq Mad Dog Vachon beat Joe Scarpello Rene Goulet beat Steve Druk Winner to meet Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge on a future card Bob Boyer beat Mark Starr Kenny Jay beat Leroy Hirsch
1/31/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Rock Rogowski & Bill Watts beat Dr. X & Mad Dog Vachon Luke Brown beat Harley Race dq Bob Ramstad beat Rene Goulet Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr Att: 2,500
2/1/68 Bemidji, MN @ High School Gym Harley Race vs Big Luke Brown 2/3 60:00 Dr. X vs Rene Goulet 2/3 45:00 Mark Starr vs Bob Ramstead
2/3/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Bill Watts beat Dr X via pin Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race Mad Dog Vachon beat Rene Goulet Luke Brown beat George Gadaski Bob Ramstead beat Kenny Jay Att: 4,278
2/5/68 Moline, IL Bill Watts beat Dr X COR
2/8/68 Madelia Dr X beat Luke Brown
2/8/68 Moorhead, MN Bill Watts beat Harley Race Mad Dog Vachon beat Rene Goulet Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr
2/9/68 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Bill Watts & Mighty Igor Vodik vs Mad Dog Vachon & Dr X Harley Race vs Rene Goulet Dr X vs Mighty Igor Vodik
2/9/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Reggie Parks fought Jim Starr to a draw Dale Lewis defeated Art Kenny Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert defeated Jim Starr & Cyclone Castro in three fallsBob Orton defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion Iron Mike DiBiase via DQ in three falls
2/10/68 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor Dr. X & Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay & Eddie Sharkey Bill Watts beat Mark Starr Luke Brown beat Ken Yates Dutch Savage beat George Gadaski
2/10/68 Minneapolis, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty barred from the State of Minnesota AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Harley Race Dr X beat Luke Brown Mad Dog Vachon no contest Bill Watts Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr & George Gadaski Kenny Jay beat Guy Taylor
2/14/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Mike York vs. Dale Lewis Cowboy Lang vs. The Mighty Atom Rock Rogowski vs. Bob Orton Dale Lewis & Cowboy Lang vs. Mike York & The Mighty Atom Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert vs. Iron Mike DiBiase & Jim Starr
2/16/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq when Haggerty hit Crusher with an announcer’s microphone stand outside the ring Mad Dog Vachon beat Luke Brown 2/3 Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet via pin in 14:00 Al Tomko beat Great Dane (sub Big K) in 12:00 Bob Tuck beat Cry Baby Wilf Caron in 19:00
2/17/68 Minneapolis TV Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bill Kolchin Hard Boiled Haggerty & Dutch Savage beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates Bill Watts beat George Gadaski
2/17/68 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mike Dibiase dq Midwest Tag Team Champions Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Stan the Moose & Jim Starr Dale Lewis beat Steve Bolus Reggie Parks beat Stan the Moose
2/17/68 Perryville Pat O’Connor beat Big K
2/17/68 St Paul, MN Bill Watts beat Dr X Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Dutch Savage Mad Dog Vachon beat Rock Rogowski Eddie Sharkey drew Mark Starr Rene Goulet drew Bill Kochian
2/19/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Mighty Igor Vodik & Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon & Dr X Luke Brown beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet Bob Ramstead beat George Gadaski
2/20/68 Kewanee, IL @ Kewanee High Gym Cowboy Bill Watts vs. Bob Savage Igor beat Doctor X by DQ The Big K vs. Big Luke
2/20/68 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Jim Starr vs. Doug Gilbert Bob Orton vs. Vic Rossitani Rock Rogowski & Doug Gilbert & Vic Rossitani vs. Bob Orton & Jim Starr & Chuck Adcox Midwest Heavyweight Champion Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Reggie Parks
2/21/68 Brainerd, MN National Guard Armory Eddie Sharkey vs. Bob Ramstead (Draw) Igor beat Big K Stan Kowalski 2-3 falls Cowboy Bill Watts beat Hard Boiled Haggerty 2-3 falls (DQ)
2/22/68 Crookston, MN @ High School Gym Mighty Igor Vodik vs Hard Boiled Haggerty Big K vs Eddie Sharkey George Gadaski vs Bob Ramstad Mark Starr vs Bob Hirsch
2/22/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr X beat Bill Watts Mad Dog Vachon beat Luke Brown dq Cowboy Bradley & Pee Wee Russell beat Fuzzy Cupid & Frenchie LaMont Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet Att: 5,055
2/23/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Dr X beat Bill Watts & Mighty Igor Vodik on a 3rd fall dq when Watts rammed Dr X’s head into the ring post Luke Brown beat Hard Boiled Haggerty by submission with a bear hug Cowboy Bradley & Joey Russell beat Fuzzy Cupid & Frenchy Lamonte 2/3 1 Cupid & Lamonte won 2 Bradley & Russell won 3 Bradley & Russell won Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet via pin att: 3,890
2/24/68 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bob Boyer Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor Dr. X & Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay & Joe Scarpello Dutch Savage beat Mark Starr
2/24/68 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Bill Watts no contest Dr X Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Dog Vachon & Dutch Savage Rock Rogowski beat Rene Goulet Joe Scarpello beat Bob Boyer Note: Rogowski billed in newspaper ad as The Rock.
2/27/68 Spooner, WI Dr X beat Luke Brown
2/27/68 Sioux City, IA Doug Gilbert, Dale Lewis, Reggie Parks & Rock Rogowski W Mike DiBiase, Bob Orton, Dutch Savage & Jim Starr Dale Lewis W Dutch Savage Reggie Parks W-DQ Bob Orton Doug Gilbert D Jim Starr
2/29/68 Moorhead, MN Dr X vs Bill Watts Mighty Igor Vodik vs Mad Dog Vachon Big Luke Brown vs Hard Boiled Haggerty
3/2/68 Minneapolis TV Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bill Kolchin & Al Spangler Dr. X beat Mark Starr Bill Watts beat Johnny Carr Dutch Savage beat Kenny Jay George Gadaski drew Hard Boiled Haggerty
3/2/68 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Big Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr X & Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Bill Watts Dutch Savage beat Joe Scarpello via pin Rock Rogowski beat Eddie Sharkey Rene Goulet beat Mark Starr via pin Note: Rogowski billed simply as The Rock.
3/4/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto dq Dr X beat Wilbur Snyder dq Dutch Savage & Mad Dog Vachon (sub Hard Boiled Haggerty) beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks Rene Goulet beat Dutch Savage
3/5/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto Bill Watts beat Dr X Blackjack Lanza no contest Wilbur Snyder Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mark Starr Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Christy Dutch Savage beat Prince Pullins
3/6/68 Moorhead, MN Bill Watts beat Dr. X Princess Little Cloud beat Mars Monroe Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet Luke Brown beat Big K
3/6/68 Spring Grove, MN @ Spring Grove High School-8pm Big Luke vs. Doctor X Rene Goulet vs. Mad Dog Vachon Dutch Savage vs. Johnny Carr
3/7/68 Marshall, MN Dr X beat Luke Brown
3/8/68 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym Dr. X & Mad Dog Vachon vs Hard Boiled Haggerty & Dutch Savage Bill Watts vs Johnny Carr Mark Starr vs Rene Goulet
3/9/68 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Kenny Jay Dutch Savage beat Mark Starr Mad Dog Vachon beat Frankie Hester Verne Gagne beat Ken Yates Luke Brown beat Johnny Carr
3/9/68 Mound, MN Verne Gagne & Bill Watts vs Hard Boiled Haggerty & Dutch Savage
3/9/68 St Paul, MN Dr X beat Luke Brown dq Rock Rogowski beat Big K Eddie Sharkey beat Johnny Carr
3/12/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Dr X beat Johnny Carr (sub Mighty Igor Vodik) Luke Brown beat Dutch Savage Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Rene Goulet Att: 3,500
3/13/68 Moorhead, MN Dr X vs Bill Watts
3/13/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Stan Pulaski defeated Bob Geigel Dale Lewis defeated Stan the Moose Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert defeated Bob Orton & Jim Starr Midwest Heavyweight Champion Iron Mike DiBiase defeated Rock Rogowski
3/14/68 Thief River Falls, MN @ City Auditorium-8:15pm Big Luke vs. Doctor X Hard Boiled Haggerty vs. Mad Dog Vachon Rene Goulet vs. Dutch Savage
3/15/68 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mike DiBiase Bob Orton & Mad Dog Vachon beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks to win the Midwest Tag Team title Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Jim Starr Dale Lewis beat Mark Starr
3/15/68 Redwood Falls, MN Dr X vs Mighty Igor Vodik
3/16/68 Minneapolis TV Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Johnny Carr & Ken Yates Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Rock Rogowski drew Dutch Savage Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski Bill Watts beat Mark Starr
3/16/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Club Mad Dog Vachon & Dr X beat Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 Bill Watts beat Moose Cholak Big Luke Brown beat Big K Bob Ramstead drew Mark Starr Att: 2,531
3/16/68 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Reggie Parks fought Stan Pulaski to a draw Doug Gilbert defeated Bob Orton via DQ 3) Jim Starr defeated Bob Hamby in three falls 4) Dale Lewis won a 6-man Battle Royal (order of elimination: Doug Gilbert, Stan Pulaski, Reggie Parks, Bob Orton, Iron Mike DiBiase)
3/17/68 Minneapolis, MN Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet Princess Little Cloud beat Mars Monroe Bob Ramstead beat Kenny Yates
3/18/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dr X beat Bill Watts Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dutch Savage Mad Dog Vachon beat Rene Goulet Luke Brown beat Big K
3/19/68 Virginia, MN Dr X vs Luke Brown
3/20/68 Ironwood, MI @ Luther L Wright High School Gym Bill Watts beat Dr X on a 2nd fall dq 1. Watts pinned Dr X in 20:00 2. Dr X was dq’ed at the 35 minute mark Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 1. Vachon pinned Igor in 15:00 2. Vachon was dq’ed 3. Igor beat Vachon by submission with a bear hug Rene Goulet beat Dutch Savage via pin in 20:00 Att: 4,000
3/20/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Doug Gilbert Jim Starr vs. Reggie Parks Lord Littlebrook & Cowboy Lang vs. Little Bruiser & The Mighty Atom Iron Mike DiBiase & Jim Starr & Bob Orton vs. Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert & Stan Pulaski
3/22/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr. X 1-0 60:00 Big Luke Brown beat Dutch Savage dq Mad Dog Vachon beat Al Tomko via pin Rene Goulet beat Eddie Sharkey via pin in 15:00 Bob Tuck beat Bob Jones dq Orest Antonation drew Herr Von Mehling Att: “some 4,500 excited fans”
3/22/68 Sioux City, IA Stan Pulaski W-DQ Mike DiBiase, Doug Gilbert, Dale Lewis & Reggie Parks W Bob Orton, Stan the Moose & Jim Starr Cowboy Lang & Lord Littlebrook W Little Bruiser & The Mighty Atom Lord Littlebrook W The Mighty Atom Reggie Parks W Stan the Moose
3/23/68 Minneapolis TV Rock Rogowski & Bill Watts beat Big K & Tuffy Truesdale Dr. X beat Guy Taylor Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Kolchin Verne Gagne beat Steve Tuck
3/23/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Bill Watts beat Dr X dq AWA Tag Team Champions Dr Moto & Mitsu Arakawa beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Big Luke Brown The Crusher no contest Blackjack Lanza Wilbur Snyder beat Big K Sonny Boy Cassidy & Irish Jackie beat Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Paul Christy beat Johnny Kace
3/26/68 Fairmont, MN Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Watts dq Eddie Sharkey beat Rock Rogowski Irish Jackie beat Little Brutus
3/26/68 Mitchell, SD Corn Palace Bob Orton vs. Stan Pulaski Jim “Hangman” Starr vs. Reggie Parks Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Doug Gilbert Doug Gilbert, Reggie Parks and Stan Pulaski vs. Iron Mike DiBiase, Bob Orton and Jim Starr 2-3 falls
3/27/68 Amboy, IL Mad Dog Vachon vs Big Luke Brown Rene Goulet vs Dutch Savage Little Brutus vs Sonny Boy Cassidy
3/27/68 McGregor, IA Dr X vs Luke Brown
3/28/68 Burlington, IA Mad Dog Vachon vs Big Luke Dutch Savage vs Rene Goulet Sky Low Low & Little Brutus vs Cowboy Bradley & Little Beaver
3/30/68 Minneapolis TV Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto beat Kenny Jay & Johnny War Eagle Bill Watts beat Ox Anderson Dutch Savage beat Ken Yates Mad Dog Vachon beat Mark Starr Larry Hennig beat Frankie Hester
3/30/68 Bloomington, MN Hard Boiled Haggerty & Dutch Savage & Larry Hennig beat Bill Watts & Rock Rogowski & Rene Goulet AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr X dq AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Luke Brown & Mighty Igor Vodik Irish Jackie & Sonny Boy Hayes beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus Princess Little Cloud beat Mars Monroe Mad Dog Vachon drew Pat O'Connor Eddie Sharkey beat Mark Starr att. 9,923
4/1/68 Bemidji, MN @ Junior High School Gym Dr X vs Big Luke Brown Mighty Igor Vodik vs Dutch Savage Eddie Sharkey vs Kenny Yates
4/2/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Mad Dog Vachon & Dr X beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bill Watts Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq Sonny Boy Cassidy & Irish Jackie (sub Little Bruiser) beat Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Dutch Savage no contest Luke Brown
4/2/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Reggie Parks defeated Chuck Adcox Doug Gilbert defeated Iron Mike DiBiase via DQ Dale Lewis defeated Stan Kowalski Stan Pulaski defeated Jim Starr Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks & Dale Lewis & Stan Pulaski defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Jim Starr & Chuck Adcox & Stan Kowalski in three falls
4/3/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr X beat Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/3 Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dutch Savage Sonny Boy Cassidy & Irish Jackie beat Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Att: 2,000
4/4/68 Moorhead, MN Bill Watts beat Dr. X Luke Brown beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Irish Jackie beat Sky Low Low Larry Hennig beat Johnny War Eagle
4/5/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X beat Mighty Igor Vodik when Igor was unable to continue due to a mysterious eye injury Mad Dog Vachon beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Irish Jackie & Cowboy Cassidy beat Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet via pin Al Tomko beat Bobby Jones Att: “4500 fans”
4/5/68 Sioux City, IA Stan Pulaski W Mike DiBiase Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks W Larry Hennig & Art Kenny Dale Lewis W Jim Starr Reggie Parks W-DQ Larry Hennig
4/6/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Santiago Acosta Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Dutch Savage beat Kenny Jay Mighty Igor Vodik beat Phil Christy Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Billy Goelz
4/6/68 St Paul, MN Dr X beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Bill Watts & Luke Brown beat Larry Hennig & Dutch Savage Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bob Ramstead Rene Goulet beat Billy Goelz
4/10/68 Crookston, MN @ High School Gym Bill Watts vs Mad Dog Vachon Rock Rogowski vs Big Luke Brown Big K vs Rene Goulet
4/13/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Eric the Red Mighty Igor Vodik beat Al Spangler Larry Hennig beat Phil Christy Mad Dog Vachon beat Bob Sabre Luke Brown beat Bill Kolchin & Steve Tuck Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay
4/13/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Vachon punched referee Geoege Gadaski Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Luke Brown 2/3 Princess Little Cloud beat Mars Monroe Johnny Kace drew Santiago Acosta Att: 3,403
4/13/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Bill Watts beat Dr X dq AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Moose Cholak & Rock Rogowski Blackjack Lanza beat Igor Vodik dq Wilbur Snyder beat Black Bart Dutch Savage beat Paul Christy Prince Pullins beat Igor Volkoff
4/16/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dr X beat Dutch Savage dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Luke Brown & Bill Watts Big K drew Rene Goulet Johnny War Eagle beat Kenny Yates
4/17/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Stan Pulaski defeated Jack Pesek Lord Littlebrook defeated Little Beaver Dale Lewis defeated Reggie Parks Doug Gilbert defeated Stan Kowalski Stan Pulaski & Lord Littlebrook defeated Jack Pesek & Little Beaver Midwest Heavyweight Champion Iron Mike DiBiase defeated Luke Brown via DQ
4/18/68 Tracy, MN Larry Hennig vs Johnny War Eagle Dr X vs Bill Watts
4/19/68 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym Dutch Savage & Big Luke Brown vs Larry Hennig & Dr. X Johnny War Eagle vs Rene Goulet Larry Hennig vs Big Luke Brown
4/19/68 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium
4/20/68 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Chuck Edwards & Bob Ramstead Dr. X beat Bob Kappel Bill Watts beat Bob Sabre Dutch Savage beat Phil Christy Mighty Igor Vodik beat Kenny Jay
4/21/68 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Dutch Savage dcor Dr X in 3rd fall 1 Savage beat Dr X 2 Dr X beat Savage 3 both men were counted out of the ring Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bill Watts & Luke Brown 2/3 Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Big K beat Rene Goulet Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Kappel Att: 3,114
4/22/68 Ironwood, MI @ Luther L. Wright Gym Dr X vs Big Luke Brown 60:00 Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Mighty Igor Vodik & Dutch Savage 2/3 60:00 Tiny Mills vs Rene Goulet 30:00
4/23/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Referee Tiny Mills Dr X beat Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Luke Brown & Bill Watts Dutch Savage beat Mad Dog Vachon Rene Goulet beat Bob Ramstead
4/23/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Doug Gilbert vs. Dale Lewis Reggie Parks vs. Stan Pulaski Johnny War Eagle vs. Black Jack Daniels Midwest Heavyweight Champion Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Pat O’Connor
4/24/68 Cambridge, IL @ Community Hall lineup unavailable
4/25/68 Oxford Junction, IA Mighty Igor Vodik vs Mad Dog Vachon Luke Brown beat Larry Hennig Dutch Savage vs Big K
4/26/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik & Dutch Savage beat Dr X & Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Rene Goulet beat Bob Brown dq Big Luke Brown beat Orest Antonation (sub Tiny Mills) Bill Kochen (sub Bob Tuck) beat Von Mehling Eddie Sharkey vs Bobby Jones was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping. Att: “3,600 fans”
4/26/68 Sioux City, IA Mike DiBiase W Stan Pulaski Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks W-DQ Blackjack Daniels & Vic Rositanni Johnny War Eagle W Stan the Moose Dale Lewis W Jack Pesak
4/27/68 Minneapolis TV Rene Goulet & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Dr. X beat Ken Yates Bill Watts beat Phil Christy Dutch Savage beat Bob Sabre Verne Gagne beat Freddie Rogers
4/27/68 St Paul, MN Dutch Savage beat Dr X COR Mad Dog Vachon drew Luke Brown Larry Hennig beat Tiny Mills Bob Ramstead drew Rene Goulet
4/29/68 La Moille, IL Bill Watts vs Mad Dog Vachon Mighty Igor Vodik vs Harley Race Big K vs Dutch Savage
4/30/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dutch Savage beat Dr X COR Larry Hennig & Harley Race & Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert (sub Mighty Igor Vodik) & Bill Watts Big K beat Rene Goulet Mad Dog Vachon drew Doug Gilbert (sub Mighty Igor Vodik)
5/1/68 Moorhead, MN Bill Watts beat Dr. X Mad Dog Vachon no contest Dutch Savage Rene Goulet & Luke Brown beat Big K & Tiny Mills
5/2/68 Red Lake, MN @ High School Gym Dr X beat Big Luke Brown 2/3 Johnny War Eagle beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 1. Eagle beat Vachon in 13:10 2. Vachon beat Eagle in 9:40 3. Eagle beat Vachon in 9 or 10 seconds Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet via pin in 19:40 Att: “packed house”
5/4/68 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Dutch Savage beat Freddie Rogers
5/4/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr X Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto dq Pat O'Connor beat Johnny Powers Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet Big K drew Prince Pullins The Assassin beat Santiago Acosta
5/4/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Bill Watts & Luke Brown no contest Larry Hennig & Harley Race in 3rd fall Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik in 14:40 Dale Lewis beat Tiny Mills in 9:00 Bob Ramstead drew Jack Wilson (sub Eddie Sharkey) 20:00 Att: 3,724
5/8/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Doug Gilbert vs. Vic Rossi Johnny War Eagle vs. The Avenger Dale Lewis vs. Baron Von Heisinger Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Stan Pulaski
5/9/68 Burlington IA @ Memorial Auditorium Cowboy Bill Watts beat Dr. X dq Harley Race & Larry Hennig beat Mighty Igor & Dutch Savage Harley Race beat Dutch Savage
5/10/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Dr X beat Dutch Savage in 22:00 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bill Watts & Luke Brown 2/3 Rene Goulet beat Bobby Jones (sub Al Tomko) in 7:00 Bob Tuck beat Von Mehling Att: “3,700 fans”
5/10/68 Sioux City, IA The Avenger W Dale Lewis Mike DiBiase W Johnny War Eagle Stan Pulaski W Blackjack Daniels Doug Gilbert D Vic Rositanni
5/11/68 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Rene Goulet Bill Watts beat Jim Diamond Dr. X beat Buddy James Dutch Savage beat Kenny Jay Luke Brown beat Ken Yates
5/11/68 St Paul, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Bill Watts Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Dr X beat Dutch Savage Bob Boyer drew Bob Ramstead Luke Brown beat Big K
5/13/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bill Watts & Dutch Savage 2/3 Pat O'Connor beat Dr X Mad Dog Vachon beat Rene Goulet Big K beat Johnny War Eagle
5/15/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr X beat Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Harley Race beat Bill Watts Luke Brown beat Larry Hennig dq Dutch Savage beat The Big K Att: 3,007 Another listing has an additional match, Mad Dog Vachon beating Rene Goulet.
5/17/68 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Dr X vs Big Luke Brown 2/3 60:00 Mad Dog Vachon vs Dutch Savage 60:00 Mighty Igor Vodik vs Larry Hennig 60:00
5/18/68 Minneapolis TV Dutch Savage beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat Johnny War Eagle Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Harley Race beat Bob Ramstead Luke Brown beat Bill Kolchin & Steve Tuck Bette Boucher & Toni Rose drew Donna Christanello & Princess Little Cloud
5/21/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Doug Gilbert defeated Johnny War Eagle Vic Rossi fought Stan Pulaski to a double-DQ Luke Brown defeated The Avenger via DQ Midwest Tag Team Champions Dale Lewis & Stan Pulaski defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Vic Rossi in three falls
5/24/68 Milwaukee WI, @ Auditorium Harley Race beat Bill Watts dq when Watts would not let Race back in the ring Dick the Bruiser beat Larry Hennig via pin Dutch Savage beat Rene Goulet via pin Luke Brown beat Big K via pin Bob Ramstead drew Johnny Kace 20:00 Att: 3,671
5/24/68 Sioux City, IA Mike DiBiase W Dale Lewis The Avenger W Stan Pulaski Vic Rositanni W Johnny War Eagle Doug Gilbert W The Great Dane
5/25/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Luke Brown beat Ken Yates Bill Watts beat Eduardo LaClure Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Chuck Edwards & Rene Goulet Dutch Savage beat Bob Sabre
5/27/68 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Harley Race beat Bill Watts dq Dr X beat Pat O'Connor Larry Hennig beat Luke Brown Dutch Savage beat Big K
5/28/68 Moorhead, MN Dr. X beat Bill Watts Rene Goulet & Luke Brown beat Big K & Larry Hennig Dutch Savage beat Tiny Mills
5/28/68 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Luke Brown & Rene Goulet Dr X vs Bill Watts
5/29/68 St Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Luke Brown Harley Race beat Bill Watts dq Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet Dutch Savage beat Rock Rogowski Big K beat Bob Ramstead Kenny Jay drew Kenny Yates
5/29/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Doug Gilbert Pat O’Connor vs. Bob Geigel Vic Rossi vs. Steve Bolus Midwest Tag Team Champions Iron Mike DiBiase & The Avenger vs. Dale Lewis & Doug Gilbert
5/31/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Bill Watts dq when Watts was caught using brass knuckles that Hennig originally brought into the ring Dutch Savage beat Tiny Mills via pin Rene Goulet beat George Gordienko via pin with his feet on the ropes Big Luke Brown beat Big K via pin Orest Antonation beat Bobby Jones via pin Att: “near capacity crowd” Note: Thanks to Marty Goldstein for the undercard results.
6/1/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Eric the Red Verne Gagne beat Bill Kolchin Larry Hennig beat Harley Race beat Al Spangler & Steve Tuck Bill Watts beat Ox Anderson Big K beat Kenny Jay
6/1/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher Dr X beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Bill Watts drew Larry Hennig Rene Goulet beat Harley Race via pin Blackjack Lanza beat Luke Brown via pin Dutch Savage beat Johnny Kace via pin
6/4/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Doug Gilbert fought Stan Kowalski to a draw Vic Rossi fought Dale Lewis to a double-CO Harley Race defeated Iron Mike DiBiase via DQ The Avenger defeated Luke Brown in three falls
6/6/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Harley Race beat Bill Watts dq Dr X no contest Dutch Savage Luke Brown beat Big K Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet Att: 2,490
6/8/68 Minneapolis TV Dutch Savage beat Kenny Jay Dr. X beat Bob Kappel Harley Race beat Bob Sabre Wilbur Snyder & Bill Watts beat Mike Dibiase & Ken Yates Verne Gagne beat Joe LaCour
6/8/68 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne DDQ'd Larry Hennig Bill Watts & Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race & Dr X Luke Brown beat Mike DiBiase Dutch Savage beat Big K Rene Goulet drew Rock Rogowski
6/10/68 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium No dq Match Bill Watts beat Harley Race Dr X beat Dutch Savage Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet Big K beat Blackjack Daniels
6/14/68 Sioux City, IA Bob Ellis W-DQ The Avenger Mike DiBiase W Luke Brown Harley Race W Doug Gilbert Dale Lewis D Vic Rositanni
6/15/68 Minneapolis TV Dutch Savage beat Bobby Jones Larry Hennig beat Bill Kolchin The Crusher beat Jim Sails Mad Dog Vachon beat Phil Christy Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Rene Goulet beat Al Spangler
6/18/68 Knoxville, IL Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Bill Watts & Mighty Igor Big K vs Dutch Savage Tiny Mills vs Luke Brown
6/18/68 Maquoketa, IA @ Jackson County Fairgrounds Bill Watts vs Larry Hennig Mighty Igor Vodik vs Harley Race Tiny Mills vs Dutch Savage Big K vs Big Luke Brown
6/21/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Bill Watts beat Harley Race via pin in 35:00 Dr X beat Dutch Savage 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet in 10:00 Handicap Match Man Mountain Mike beat Bill Kochen & Big K in 18:00 George Gordienko beat Bobby Jones (sub Al Tomko) in 7:00 Att: 4000
6/22/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bob Boyer Verne Gagne beat Bob Sabre The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Man Mountain Mike beat Ken Yates Larry Hennig beat Bobby Jones
6/22/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Bill Watts beat Harley Race via pin in 16:30 Dutch Savage beat Dr X on a 3rd fall dq Luke Brown beat Larry Hennig Man Mountain Mike beat Big K via pin Rene Goulet beat Frankie Laine via pin att: 2,875
6/22/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Iron Mike DiBiase fought Dale Lewis to a draw Doug Gilbert defeated Stan the Moose Midwest Tag Team Champions Iron Mike DiBiase & The Avenger defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis & Dale Lewis Stan Pulaski defeated Vic Rossi in three falls
6/24/68 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Dr X no contest AWA Champion Verne Gagne Dutch Savage & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Man Mountain Mike beat Big K Doug Gilbert beat Frankie Laine
6/25/68 Hurley, WI @ Hurley High School Gym Dr X beat Dutch Savage 2/3 Bill Watts beat Harley Race on a 3rd fall dq Frankie Laine drew Big K 20:00 Att: 800
6/25/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Iron Mike DiBiase fought Luke Brown to a draw Stan Pulaski defeated Vic Rossi Dale Lewis defeated Black Jack Daniels in three falls Cowboy Bob Ellis & Luke Brown defeated Midwest Tag Team Champions Iron Mike DiBiase & The Avenger via DQ in three falls
6/26/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Verne Gagne & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 Wilbur Snyder beat Dr X 2-0, 2nd fall by dq Man Mountain Mike beat Big K Dutch Savage beat Frankie Laine via pin att: 3,100
6/28/68 Sioux City, IA The Avenger & Mike DiBiase NC Bob Ellis & Stan Pulaski Cowboy Bradley & Little Beaver W Sonny Boy Cassidy & Frenchy Lamonte Dale Lewis W Vic Rositanni Little Beaver W Frenchy Lamonte
6/29/68 Minneapolis TV Man Mountain Mike beat Bob Sabre Wilbur Snyder beat Dr. X The Crusher beat Kenny Yates Harley Race beat Chuck Edwards Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley drew Sonny Boy Cassidy & Frenchy LaMonte
6/29/68 Bloomington, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Harley Race & Dr. X Mad Dog Vachon beat Dutch Savage Handicap match Man Mountain Mike beat Big K & Blackjack Daniels Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley beat Sonny Boy Cassidy & Frenchy Lamont Frankie Laine beat Kenny Jay att. 7,593
6/29/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Wilbur Snyder & Moose Cholak Blackjack Lanza beat Pat O'Connor Mighty Igor Vodik beat Angelo Poffo Luke Brown beat Tiny Mills Princess Little Cloud beat Cora Combs Igor Volkoff (sub Johnny Kace) drew Doug Gilbert
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7/5/68 Red Lake, MN @ Ball Park Bill Watts vs Harley Race Dutch Savage vs Big K Big Luke Brown vs Blackjack Daniels
7/6/68 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Chuck Edwards Harley Race beat Kenny Jay
7/6/68 Deadwood, SD @ Deadwood Armory Cowboy Carlson vs. Steve Druk Man Mountain Mike vs. Tiny Mills Main Event will be a four man Tag Team match
7/9/68 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium The Crusher won a 9 man battle royal by eliminating Dr. X Bill Watts beat Harley Race Dr X beat Frankie Laine Man Mountain Mike beat Tiny Mills Dutch Savage beat Luke Brown
7/10/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr. X beat Wilbur Snyder utc Bill Watts beat Harley Race The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Man Mountain Mike beat Blackjack Daniels att: 3,300
7/12/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dick the Bruiser won a 9 man battle royal Dr X no contest Wilbur Snyder in 32:00 Snyder was injured and did not compete in the battle royal. Bill Watts beat Harley Race in 13:50 Dick the Bruiser beat Big K in 7:23 Man Mountain Mike beat Blackjack Daniels in 7:30 Dutch Savage beat Johnny Kace in 9:40 Att: “4,480 fans”
7/12/68 Sioux City, IA The Avenger & Mike DiBiase W Bob Ellis & Stan Pulaski Dale Lewis & Carmen Monge W Bob Geigel & Betty Nicoli Betty Nicoli W Carmen Monge Bob Geigel D Dale Lewis
7/13/68 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Kenny Yates & Big K Dr. X beat Steve Tuck Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Boyer Bill Watts beat Bill Kochian Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
7/13/68 Minneapolis, MN Dr X beat Wilbur Snyder 2/3 Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Bill Watts no contest Harley Race Handicap Match Man Mountain Mike beat Bill Kochian & Steve Tuck Dutch Savage beat Big K Frankie Laine beat Bob Boyer
7/18/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium NWA Champion Gene Kiniski beat Bill Watts dq when Watts tossed Kiniski over the top rope The Crusher won a 12 man battle royal for $5,280 by eliminating Dr X Dr. X beat Man Mountain Mike via pin The Crusher beat Harley Race Dutch Savage beat Luke Brown Al Tomko beat Big K dq Stan The Moose (sub Frankie Laine) beat Bobby Jones Bob Tuck beat Bill Kochen Att: “4000 fans” Notes: Harley Race did not compete in the Battle Royal due to injuries inflicted by the Crusher in their match. Big K was the third man left in the Battle Royal. It took four wrestlers to eliminate Man Mountain Mike in the Battle Royal.
7/19/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Iron Mike DiBiase fought Cowboy Bob Ellis to a draw Stan Pulaski defeated Jerry Brown via DQ Dale Lewis defeated The Viking in two straight falls Midwest Tag Team Champions Iron Mike DiBiase & The Avenger defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis & Man Mountain Mike via DQ in three falls
7/20/68 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Bob Sabre Dr. X beat Kenny Yates Harley Race beat Bob Marlan Verne Gagne beat Phil Christy Frankie Laine drew Kenny Jay
7/20/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Iron Mike DiBiase fought Dale Lewis to a draw Man Mountain Mike defeated Jerry Brown The Avenger fought Stan Pulaski to a draw Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Viking Man Mountain Mike won an 8-man Battle Royal
7/22/68 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Dr X beat the Crusher dq Harley Race beat Man Mountain Mike Bill Watts beat Dutch Savage Frankie Laine beat Big K
7/24/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher won a 10 man battle royal The Crusher beat Harley Race Luke Brown drew Dr. X Bill Watts beat Dutch Savage Frankie Laine beat Blackjack Daniels
7/26/68 Wabasha, MN @ St. Felix Auditorium Man Mountain Mike, Big K, Big Luke Brown and Mars Monroe in action.
7/26/68 Mankato, MN Dr. X beat Man Mountain Mike Frankie Laine beat Chris Markoff Big Luke Brown beat Kenny Yates (Harley Race and Big K were no shows)
7/26/68 Sioux City, IA The Avenger, Mike DiBiase & Chris Tolos W Jerry Brown, Bob Ellis & Stan Pulaski Bob Geigel & Kay Noble W Bob Hamby & Carmen Monge Kay Noble W Carmen Monge Bob Geigel W Bob Hamby
7/27/68 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher won an 11 man battle royal Dr X beat Dick the Bruiser dq The Crusher beat Harley Race Man Mountain Mike beat Steve Druk Chris Markoff drew Frankie Laine
7/27/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Marty Miller Frankie Laine beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Stan the Moose & Bill Kochian Chris Markoff beat Mike Spangler Harley Race beat Bill Cody
Promoter Bob Luce has installed 1,000 extra seats for Saturday’s International Ampitheatre card in anticipation of an all-time indoor record turnout for Chicago that may exceed 12,300.
The arena normally seats 11,000 for wrestling. The Amphitheatre record is 12,011 set Dec. 9, 1960- when standing room was permitted.
The headline event is what Luce calls a “natural” attraction pitting world champion Verne Gagne against 27 year old Blackjack Lanza, a virtual unknown preliminary wrestler until a year ago. Lanza is undefeated in 12 straight Chicago bouts beginning Aug. 11, 1967.
Lanza has the statistical edge. He outweighs Gagne by 44 pounds, 276 to 232, and is taller by seven inches.
In Chicago bouts this year Lanza has beaten Wilbur Snyder, The Crusher, Igor Vodik, Big Luke and Pat O’Connor in that order. It will be the first time Gagne has ever wrestled Lanza.
No idea which newspaper published the above article. I found the article in Terry Robert Justice’s book of the year 1968.
7/27/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto no contest Bill Watts & Wilbur Snyder Mad Dog Vachon beat Dutch Savage Moose Cholak beat Big K Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Litte Beaver & Mighty Atom Angelo Poffo beat Bob Boyer
7/31/68 Clinton, IA Dr. X over Frankie Laine Bob Boyer vs. Harley Race The Crusher vs. Dutch Savage
8/1/68 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium The Crusher beat Harley Race Dr. X beat Dutch Savage Bob Boyer beat Frankie Laine Att: 1500
8/2/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dr. X beat Dick the Bruiser The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa Bill Watts beat Dutch Savage Frankie Laine drew Chris Markoff 20:00 Johnny Kace beat Bob Kappel (sub Bob Boyer) Att: “3,642 professional wrestling fans”
8/2/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum The Avenger defeated The Viking Stan Pulaski defeated Bob Brown Iron Mike DiBiase defeated Jack Pesek Chris Tolos defeated Ronnie Etchison Man Mountain Mike won a 9-man Battle Royal (other participants: Iron Mike DiBiase, The Avenger, Chris Tolos, The Viking, Jack Pesek, Bob Brown, Ronnie Etchison, Stan Pulaski)
8/3/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bill Cody The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Verne Gagne beat Bill Kochian Luke Brown beat Steve Tuck
8/6/68 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Harley Race & Dr X Moose Cholak beat Dutch Savage Frankie Laine beat Blackjack Daniels Luke Brown (sub Nick Kozak) beat Johnny Kace
8/8/68 Marengo, WI @ Ashland County Fairgrounds Dr. X vs Big Luke Brown 2/3 60:00 Dutch Savage vs Frankie Laine 2/3 45:00 Big K vs Nick Kozak 30:00 Note: Kozak no showed Davenport two nights earlier. I don't think he made this card.
8/10/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Hank Meadows Harley Race beat Stan the Moose Verne Gagne beat Roberto Pico Big K beat Kenny Jay Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley beat Sky Low Low & Sonny Boy Cassidy
8/10/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dr X beat Wilbur Snyder The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Bill Watts beat Harley Race Blackjack Lanza beat Dutch Savage Angelo Poffo beat Frankie Laine Moose Cholak beat Johnny Kace
8/10/68 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat Luke Brown & Cowboy Bob Ellis dq Dick The Bruiser beat The Avenger Handicap Match Man Mountain Mike beat Mike DiBiase & Ken Yates dq Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Chris Tolos
8/14/68 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School The Crusher vs Larry Hennig Dutch Savage vs Dr X Frankie Laine vs Big K
8/16/68 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Dr X beat the Crusher COR Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Frankie Laine & Dutch Savage Chris Markoff beat Big K Bob Boyer (sub Angelo Poffo) beat Roberto Pico
8/16/68 Sioux City, IA Bob Ellis NC Chris Tolos Luke Brown & Man Mountain Mike W-DQ The Avenger & Mike DiBiase Lord Littlebrook won 5-midget battle royal Little Bruiser W Lord Littlebrook Cowboy Lang W The Mighty Atom
8/17/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bob Sabre The Crusher beat Buddy James Harley Race beat Kenny Jay Wilbur Snyder beat Roberto Pico Verne Gagne beat Kenny Yates
8/17/68 Bloomington, MN @ Met Sports Center Dr X beat Verne Gagne to win the AWA Title Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Crusher & Lord Littlebrook Wilbur Snyder beat Dutch Savage Cowboy Lang & Wee Willie Wilson beat Little Bruiser & Mighty Atom Chris Markoff drew Big Luke Brown Frankie Laine beat Roberto Pico Att: 8,970
8/20/68 Moorhead, MN The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Dr X Dutch Savage vs Nick Kozak Frankie Laine vs Big K Note: Kozak likely no showed.
8/20/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Chris Tolos fought Stan Pulaski to a draw Kay Noble defeated Princess Little Cloud Stan Pulaski & Princess Little Cloud defeated Chris Tolos & Kay Noble Man Mountain Mike defeated Iron Mike DiBiase via DQ The Avenger defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis
8/21/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher dcor AWA Champion Dr. X in 3rd fall Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq Harley Race beat Frankie Laine Big Luke Brown drew Chris Markoff att: 3,100.
8/22/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Cage Match AWA Champion Dr. X beat Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & secret partner Al Tomko 2/3 Chris Markoff beat Bob Tuck (sub Stan The Moose) via pin Frankie Laine beat Bill Kochen (sub Bobby Jones) Mike Bowyer beat Bobby Jones Notes: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the cage match between Dr. X and Igor was the first one ever held in Winnipeg. Fans often referred to Dr. X as “quack.” Bowyer was not advertised to be on the card which was changed around when Stan The Moose no showed. Att: “5,860 fans”
8/24/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bill Cody The Crusher beat Bobby Jones Verne Gagne drew Steve Tuck Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Hank Meadows Chris Markoff beat Marty Miller
8/24/68 Mankato, MN 8 man battle royal Blackjack Daniels vs Tiny Mills Steve Druk vs Kenny Jay one other match
8/24/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Bill Watts (sub Verne Gagne) beat AWA Champion Dr X on a 3rd fall dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik (sub Bill Watts) Mighty Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff Bob Kappel beat Mike Bowyer
8/27/68 St. Cloud, MN Municipal Stadium Nick Kozak vs. Big K Larry Hennig vs. Frank Laine Dr. X vs. Big Luke Verne Gagne vs. Dutch Savage
8/28/68 Omaha TV The Avenger & Mike DiBiase W Frankie Laine & Marty Miller Chris Tolos W Mike Bowyer Billy Red Cloud W The Big K.
8/31/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Steve Bolus defeated Jerry Brown Billy Red Cloud fought Chris Tolos to a draw The Avenger fought Frankie Laine to a draw Midwest Heavyweight Champion Iron Mike DiBiase defeated Man Mountain Mike in three falls
8/31/68 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Hank Meadows & Bob Sabre The Crusher beat Ken Yates Bill Watts beat Bill Kolchin Verne Gagne beat Bob Lewis Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X with the figure four leg lock
8/31/68 Mendota, IL @ Fairgrounds A four event card featuring Mighty Igor, Dutch Savage, Luke Brown and Moose Cholak held as part of the Tri-County Fair.
8/31/68 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat Dr X on a 3rd fall COR to regain the AWA Title Harley Race beat the Crusher in 12:23 The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq in 24:37 Billy Red Lyons beat Big K in 16:02 Kenny Jay beat Bob Sabre in 17:28 Att: 6,450
9/2/68 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Cage match Dr X beat the Crusher Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Bill Watts Billy Red Lyons beat Big K Frankie Laine drew Chris Markoff (sub Angelo Poffo)
9/2/68 Omaha TV The Avenger W Bob Sabre Mike DiBiase W Jose Lopez Chris Tolos W Bob Lewis Billy Red Cloud W Frankie Hester
9/3/68 Clinton, IA Dr X vs Luke Brown
9/6/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Handcuff match The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Dr X beat Bill Watts Luke Brown vs Chris Markoff Billy Red Lyons vs Big K Al Tomko vs Bobby Jones Note: I could not find results for the card in the Winnipeg Free Press. The results listed came from the Doctor X record book published by Jim Melby and the Crusher Lisowski record book published by George Lentz.
9/7/68 Minneapolis TV Frankie Laine & Billy Red Lyons beat Mike Spangler & Ken Yates Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Bob Lewis The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Dr. X beat Bob Sabre Igor Vodik beat Mike Spangler
9/6/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Princess Little Cloud defeated Carmen Monge The Avenger defeated Pat O’Connor Round Robin: Billy Red Cloud & Princess Little Cloud defeated Iron Mike DiBiase & Betty Niccoli and Chris Tolos & Kay Noble
9/7/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dr X beat Wilbur Snyder dq Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Devils Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff Larry Hennig beat Bob Heisinger Harley Race beat Frankie Laine Moose Cholak beat Luke Brown COR Billy Red Lyons beat Big K Moose Cholak beat the Assassin
9/7/68 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium The Avenger beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Mike DiBiase beat Billy Red Cloud Jean Antone won a 5 Girl Battle Royal Chris Tolos beat Jack Pesek Princess Little Cloud beat Carmen Morse Kay Noble beat Jean Antone
9/9/68 Omaha TV Frankie Laine W Chuck Adcock The Avenger & Mike DiBiase W The Big K & Mike Bowyer Billy Red Cloud W Frank Altman Chris Tolos W Bob Hamby
9/10/68 Knoxville, IL @ Knox County Fairgrounds The Crusher vs. Chris Markoff The Big K vs. Igor Vodik Red Lyons vs. Bob Boyer Johnny Kace vs. Bob Kappell
9/11/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Saloon match The Crusher beat Dr X Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Luke Brown & Bill Watts Chris Markoff beat Mike Boyer Billy Red Lyons beat Blackjack Daniels Att: 2,988
9/13/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Referee Jack Wilson AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr X on a 3rd fall COR Dr. X actually pinned Gagne in the 3rd fall but Gagne’s legs were on the ropes. Dr. X started heading back to the locker room thinking he had won the AWA Title. The Crusher stopped Dr. X on the way to the locker room grabbing the AWA Title from Dr X and tossed the strap back in the ring. Referee Wilson finally realized Gagne’s feet were on the ropes and ordered the 3rd fall to be restarted. By this time, Dr. X was back in the locker room and was counted out of the ring. Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat the Crusher & Bill Watts 2/3 Billy Red Lyons beat Big K Chris Markoff beat Mike Bowyer (sub Frankie Laine) via pin att: 3,880
9/13/68 Sioux City, IA The Avenger & Mike DiBiase W Pat O'Connor & Billy Red Cloud Jean Antone W Kay Noble, Betty Nicoli W Jean Antone Chris Tolos W Bob Geigel The Avenger D Pat O'Connor
9/14/68 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat ? Billy Red Lyons beat Bobby Jones Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Ken Yates
9/16/68 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium The Crusher & Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Dr X & The Viking (sub Harley Race) Chris Markoff beat Luke Brown Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig Big K beat Eddie Sharkey
9/16/68 Omaha TV Billy Red Cloud W Bob Hamby Woody Farmer W Jerry Brown The Avenger & Mike DiBiase W Mike Bowyer & Frankie Hester
9/20/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Luke Brown fought The Avenger to a draw Woody Farmer defeated Chris Markoff Reggie Parks fought Chris Tolos to a double-DQ Midwest Tag Team Champions Iron Mike DiBiase & The Avenger defeated Billy Red Cloud & Luke Brown in three falls
9/21/68 Minneapolis TV Luke Brown beat Bob Sabre Frankie Laine & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race The Crusher beat Tiger Malloy Dr. X beat Bob Lewis
9/21/68 St Paul, MN Billy Red Lyons beat Dr X While Crusher wrestles one man in the handicap match, the other man with be handcuffed to the ring post. The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Mighty Igor Vodik beat Big K Luke Brown beat Blackjack Daniels Chris Markoff beat Mike Bowyer Att: 5,001
9/27/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Harley Race Dr. X beat Bill Watts dq when The Crusher interfered Larry Hennig beat Big Luke Brown Billy Red Lyons beat Chris Markoff by submission Big K drew Al Tomko Pete Mymko drew Wilf Caron Att: 4,100 “near capacity crowd”
9/28/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre The Crusher beat Dr X dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & Wee Willie Wilson Bob Geigel beat Sonny Myers Paul Christy beat the Assassin
9/28/68 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mighty Igor Vodik in 26:57 Billy Red Lyons & Frankie Laine beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto dq in 33:00 Handicap Match Luke Brown beat Steve Druk & Kenny Yates in 18:51 Joe Scarpello beat Blackjack Daniels in 8:31 Ivan Kalmikoff beat Kenny Jay in 11:52 Att: 3,319
9/28/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Iron Mike DiBiase fought Reggie Parks to a draw Woody Farmer defeated Bob Hamby Chris Tolos defeated The Viking Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud defeated Midwest Tag Team Champions Iron Mike DiBiase & The Avenger via DQ
10/2/68 Sioux City, IA The Avenger & Mike DiBiase D Larry Hennig & Harley Race Billy Red Cloud W-DQ Chris Tolos Reggie Parks W John Gadoski Woody Farmer W Bob Hamby
10/3/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Bill Watts & Verne Gagne & The Crusher beat Dr. X & Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 in 18:00 1 Race pinned Gagne 2 Crusher pinned Race 3 Crusher beat Dr. X Chris Markoff beat Luke Brown in 11:45 Billy Red Lyons beat Angelo Poffo by submission in 28:00 Frankie Laine beat Big K via pin in 17:50 att: 3,377 Note: The ring collapsed under the 1,589 pound combined weight of the six men in the main event.
10/4/68 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym Billy Red Lyons & Frankie Laine vs Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 60:00 Dr. X vs Big Luke Brown 2/3 60:00 Billy Red Lyons vs Harley Race 20:00
10/5/68 Minneapolis TV Mike Riker beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat George Gadaski Frankie Laine & Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Jay & Bob Sabre Larry Hennig beat Santiago Acosta Steve Druk beat Marty Miller
10/5/68 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest The Avenger Danny Hodge beat Mike DiBiase Billy Red Cloud beat Chris Markoff Harley Race drew Reggie Parks Chris Tolos beat Woody Farmer
10/7/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Red Cloud beat Dr X The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Luke Brown beat Big K Chris Markoff no contest Mike Riker
10/8/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Woody Farmer defeated Mike Bowyer (16:45) Frankie Lane fought Chris Tolos to a draw Reggie Parks defeated Iron Mike DiBiase Indian Chain Match: Billy Red Cloud defeated The Avenger
10/9/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts beat Dr X & Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig
10/10/68 Moorhead, MN Dr. X beat The Crusher dq Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig Frankie Laine beat Chris Markoff dq Big K beat Mike Riker
10/11/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher & Bill Watts & Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X & Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff 2/3 in 29:00 The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin in 7:00 Big Luke Brown beat Big K (sub Blackjack Daniels) Frankie Laine beat Bobby Jones (sub Big K) Mike Riker drew Al Tomko Att: “3,970 fans”
10/12/68 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat Pete Memco Billy Red Lyons beat Bobby Jones Pampero Firpo beat Bill Cody Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay
10/12/68 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig in 13:37 Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X on a 2nd fall COR 1. Lyons beat Dr X with a figure four leg lock in 26:59 2. Dr. X was counted out of the ring Luke Brown beat Steve Druk cor in 7:00 Pampero Firpo beat Mike Bowyer Frankie Laine beat Blackjack Daniels in 16:45 Mike Riker beat Kenny Jay in 13:38 att: 4,368
10/15/68 Sioux City, IA Billy Red Cloud W Chris Tolos The Avenger W Reggie Parks Luke Brown W-DQ Mike DiBiase Woody Farmer D Pampero Firpo
10/16/68 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium The Crusher vs Dr. X Billy Red Lyons vs Larry Hennig Harley Race vs Frankie Laine Chris Markoff vs Mike Riker
10/16/68 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Luke Brown defeated Chris Tolos via DQ Reggie Parks fought Pampero Firpo to a draw Iron Mike DiBiase defeated Woody Farmer in three falls Billy Red Cloud defeated The Avenger in three falls
10/17/68 Red Lake, MN @ High School Gym Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Bill Watts & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 60:00 Mike York vs Dr X 2/3 Larry Hennig vs Billy Red Lyons 30:00
10/18/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Referee George Gadaski The Crusher & Bill Watts beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto on a 2nd fall dq 1 Crusher won with the stomoach claw in 16:30 2 Dr. Moto was dq’ed for punching referee Gadaski Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X by submission with a figure four leg lock in 26:00 Pampero Firpo beat Frankie Laine in 11:10 Johnny Kace beat Mike Bowyer in 11:30 Att: 3,273
10/19/68 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jose Betancourt & Santiago Acosta Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat Mike Bowyer Pampero Firpo beat Marty Miller Billy Red Lyons beat Narcisco Ortiz
10/22/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dr. X no contest Billy Red Lyons The Crusher beat Harley Race Pampero Firpo beat Frankie Laine Mike Riker drew Mike Bowyer
10/25/68 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Bill Watts vs Pampero Firpo Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Billy Red Lyons & Big Luke Brown Chris Markoff vs Mike Riker
10/26/68 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Frankie Laine & Hank Meadows Bill Watts beat Mike Riker Pampero Firpo beat Mike Spangler Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Billy Red Lyons beat Bill Kolchin
10/26/68 St. Paul, MN The Crusher & Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons dq Pampero Firpo beat Frankie Laine Bill Watts beat Big K Mike Riker beat Mike Bowyer
10/28/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Billy Red Lyons beat Dr X Harley Race beat Luke Brown Pampero Firpo beat Frankie Laine Mike Riker beat Mike Bowyer Att: 2,478
10/29/68 Sioux City, IA Larry Hennig & Harley Race W-DQ The Avenger & Mike DiBiase Woody Farmer & Reggie Parks W Chris Tolos & Mike York Billy Red Cloud W Blackjack Daniels Harley Race W Mike DiBiase
11/1/68 Moorhead, MN Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X Luke Brown beat Mike Riker Pampero Firpo beat Frankie Laine
11/1/68 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Chris Markoff fought Reggie Parks to a draw The Avenger defeated Black Jack Daniels Billy Red Cloud defeated Iron Mike DiBiase in three falls Midwest Tag Team Champions Woody Farmer & Reggie Parks defeated Chris Tolos & Chris Markoff in three falls
11/2/68 Minneapolis TV Pampero Firpo beat Jose Acosta Lars Anderson beat Santiago Acosta Billy Red Lyons beat Adale Cavera Mitsu Arakawa beat Mike Bowyer
11/2/68 St. Paul. MN Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons when referee George Gadaski stopped the 3rd fall when Lyons was helpless Mitsu Arakawa beat Frankie Laine (sub Verne Gagne) via pin in 28:00 Big K beat Santiego Acosta via pin Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer 12:05 Mike Riker beat Jose Acosta 13:45 Att: 3,991
11/2/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Bill Watts beat Dr Moto Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Christy Moose Cholak beat Johnny Kace Chris Markoff beat Luke Brown Jose Betancourt beat Tiny Mills
11/4/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons dq Pampero Firpo beat Mike Bowyer Lars Anderson beat Frankie Laine
11/5/68 Detroit Lakes, MN @ Armory Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Bill Watts & Billy Red Lyons Larry Heinemi vs Big Luke Brown Billy Red Lyons vs Larry Hennig
11/6/68 Bemidji, MN @ Junior High School Gym Bill Watts vs Dr X 2/3 60:00 Billy Red Lyons vs Harley Race Pampero Firpo vs Frankie Laine
11/7/68 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Woody Farmer fought Mike York to a draw Billy Red Cloud defeated The Avenger Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Woody Farmer defeated Chris Tolos & Mike York Luke Brown defeated Iron Mike DiBiase
11/8/68 Blue Earth, MN Bill Watts beat Dr. X dq Billy Red Lyons beat Chris Markoff Pampero Firpo beat Frankie Laine
11/9/68 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Mike Riker Dr. X beat Pete Memco Pampero Firpo beat Mike Spangler The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay Big K beat Ken Yates
11/9/68 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mike Dibiase beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Midwest Tag Team Champions Woody Farmer & Reggie Parks beat Chris Tolos & The Viking Bob Geigel drew Billy Red Cloud Luke Brown beat The Avenger
11/9/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match The Crusher & Bill Watts beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto No Title Change Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons on a 3rd fall dq Harley Race beat Frankie Laine Pampero Firpo beat Mike Bowyer Lars Anderson beat Mike Riker att: 5,476
11/11/68 Fort William, Ontario, Canada Dr. X vs Bill Watts Billy Red Lyons vs Pampero Firpo plus two other matches
11/12/68 Sioux City, IA Harley Race W-DQ Mike DiBiase Woody Farmer & Reggie Parks W The Big K & Chris Tolos Luke Brown W The Avenger Billy Red Cloud W Jack Pesak
11/13/68 Brainerd, MN Dr X vs Bill Watts Billy Red Lyons vs Pamper Firpo Frankie Laine vs Chris Markoff
11/13/68 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Jack Pesek vs. Frank Marconi Indian Chain Match: Billy Red Cloud vs. Chris Tolos Iron Mike DiBiase & The Avenger vs. Reggie Parks & Woody Farmer
11/15/68 Marshall, MN Bill Watts beat Dr. X dq Chris Markoff beat Mike Riker Pampero Firpo beat Frankie Laine
11/16/68 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts beat Mike Riker & Ken Yates Dr. X beat Jose Acosta Pampero Firpo beat Santiago Acosta The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer
11/16/68 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Dr. X via pin in the 3rd fall in 27:09 Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 in 24:00 Pampero Firpo beat Chris Markoff in 8:33 Lars Anderson beat Frankie Laine in 15:52 Mike Riker beat Mike Bowyer in 14:18 Att: 4,370
11/18/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Non Title The Crusher & Bill Watts beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto dq Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli Billy Red Lyons beat Bob Geigel Pampero Firpo beat Luke Brown
11/19/68 Amboy, IL @ Amboy High School Bill Watts vs Pampero Firpo Bob Geigel vs Frankie Laine Betty Niccoli vs Jean Antone
11/19/68 Moorhead, MN Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons Harley Race beat Luke Brown Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer
11/20/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Dr X beat Billy Red Lyons dq Luke Brown beat Pampero Firpo dq Lars Anderson beat Frankie Laine
11/22/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Dr. X 2-0, 1st fall by COR 1. Dr X was counted out of the ring 2. Crusher pinned Dr X Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 Pampero Firpo beat Big Luke Brown Al Tomko beat Mike Riker Bob Jones (sub Orest Antonation) beat Wilf Caron Att: “4,000 fans”
11/23/68 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Ken Yates Chris Markoff beat Bob Lewis Billy Red Lyons beat Tiger Malloy Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay
11/23/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza COR Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Edouard Carpentier beat Mitsu Arakawa Bill Watts beat Mike Riker Pampero Firpo beat Fernando Stampos Paul Christy drew Prince Pullins
11/26/68 Moorhead, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Dr X Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts
11/28/68 Minneapolis, MN Dr. X beat The Crusher via pin in 17:39 with help from Pampero Firpo Bill Watts beat Harley Race 14:24 Pampero Firpo beat Luke Brown in 6:42 Larry Hennig drew Billy Red Lyons Lars Anderson beat Blackjack Daniels Mike Riker beat Frankie Laine 12:04 Att: 6,722
11/29/68 Sioux City, IA Harley Race W-DQ Mike DiBiase Woody Farmer & Reggie Parks W Chris Tolos & Baron von Heisinger Darling Dagmar W Diamond Lil Billy Red Cloud W Frankie Laine Reggie Parks D Baron von Heisinger
11/30/68 Minneapolis TV Pampero Firpo beat Mike Spangler Larry Hennig beat Hank Meadows Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Mike Riker beat Ken Yates
11/30/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Club The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa Billy Red Lyons no contest Dr. X Bill Watts beat Harley Race Pampero Firpo beat Luke Brown Lars Anderson beat Frankie Laine att: 2,845
12/2/68 Ortonville, MN Bill Watts beat Dr X dq Billy Red Lyons beat Pampero Firpo COR Mike Riker beat Frankie Laine
12/4/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Harley Race beat The Crusher Larry Hennig no contest Bill Watts Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X dq Pampero Firpo beat Chris Markoff Lars Anderson beat Mike Riker Att: 1,540
12/6/68 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School New Referee Mike Bowyer Bill Watts & Billy Red Lyons vs Larry Hennig & Harley Race Pampero Firpo vs Big Luke Brown Billy Red Lyons vs Larry Hennig
12/7/68 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bob Sabre Pampero Firpo beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Ken Yates Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer & Frankie Laine Bill Watts beat Bob Lewis
12/7/68 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher no contest Pampero Firpo Lars Anderson & Harley Race & Larry Hennig beat Bill Watts & Billy Red Lyons & Luke Brown Chris Markoff beat Frankie Laine in 14:35 Mike Riker beat George Gadaski in 13:50 Big K beat Kenny Yates in 15:20 att: 3,504
12/10/68 Fergus Falls, MN @ Armory Bill Watts & Billy Red Lyons vs Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 60:00 Frankie Laine vs Dr X 2/3 60:00 Billy Red Lyons vs Lars Anderson 30:00
12/11/68 Grand Forks, ND Bill Watts beat Dr X Billy Red Lyons beat Pampero Firpo Victor The Bear beat Chris Markoff Frankie Laine beat Tuffy Truesdale
12/11/68 Red Lake, MN @ High School Gym Bill Watts vs Larry Hennig 2/3 Luke Brown vs Chris Markoff 2/3 Tiny Mills vs Mike Riker
12/11/68 Sioux City, IA Mike DiBiase W Harley Race Woody Farmer & Reggie Parks W-DQ Lars Anderson & Chris Tolos Larry Hennig W The Avenger Billy Red Cloud W Mike York
12/12/68 Moorhead, MN Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons Pampero Firpo beat Luke Brown Victor The Bear beat Chris Markoff Mike Bowyer beat Tuffy Truesdale
12/13/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson dq Dr. X beat Chris Markoff Pampero Firpo beat George Gadaski Mike Riker beat Frankie Laine Jack Wilson beat Bill Howard att: 2,931
12/14/68 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Bobby Jones Pampero Firpo beat Tuffy Truesdale The Crusher beat Al Spangler Dr. X beat Mark Starr Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer & Ken Yates Marty Miller drew Mike Riker
12/14/68 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher no decision Pampero Firpo on a 2nd fall dq in 14:37 1. Crusher beat Firpo 2. Firpo was dq’ed Victor The Bear beat Dr. X dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Billy Red Lyons & Frankie Laine in 26:18 Bill Watts beat Chris Markoff in 8:27 Luke Brown beat Blackjack Daniels in 9:38 Mike Riker beat Mark Starr in 13:43 Att: 4,387
12/17/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto beat The Crusher & Bill Watts Victor The Bear beat Dr X dq Billy Red Lyons beat Chris Markoff (sub Pampero Firpo) Lars Anderson beat Mike Riker
12/18/68 St. Cloud, MN Benefit for St. Cloud State College Scholarship Fund St. Cloud Armory Les Wolff vs. Mike Riker Victor the Bear vs. Chris Markoff Lars Anderson and Larry Hennig vs. Billy Red Lyons and Cowboy Bill Watts 2-3 falls
12/19/68 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Bill Watts beat Dr X dq when X hit the referee Victor the Bear beat Chris Markoff via pin Billy Red Lyons drew Lars Anderson
12/20/68 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium British Empire Champion Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X in 22:00 with a figure four leg lock Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig dq in 17:00 Pampero Firpo beat Al Tomko by submission in 6:00 Lars Anderson beat Bill Kochen Mike Riker beat Bobby Jones Att: “3000 fans”
12/21/68 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Big K & Bob Sabre Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat Mike Bowyer Billy Red Lyons beat Mark Starr Mike Riker beat Marty Miller
12/26/68 Moorhead, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr. X Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Lars Anderson drew Billy Red Lyons Pampero Firpo beat Mike Bowyer
12/27/68 Duluth, MN @ Arena Referee Tiny Mills The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo via pin Non Title Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto but did not lose the tag straps because the wrong man was pinned Joe Scarpello beat Blackjack Daniels via pin after an airplane spin Mike Riker beat George Gadaski Att: 2,576
12/27/68 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Club AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Sharon Lass beat Cheryl Miller Dr X beat Santiago Acosta Lars Anderson beat Santiago Acosta Jose Betancourt beat Mike Bowyer att: 1,861
12/27/68 Sioux City, IA Billy Red Cloud W Mike DiBiase The Avenger W Frankie Laine Reggie Parks W-DQ The Avenger Jack Pesak W Frankie Hester
12/28/68 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay & Joe Scarpello Bill Watts beat George Gadaski Billy Red Lyons beat Stan the Moose Verne Gagne beat Bill Green Pampero Firpo beat Ken Yates
12/28/68 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall dq when Lars Anderson intefered Handicap Match Bill Watts beat Stan Moose via pin in 11:45 Pampero Firpo beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 13:32 Billy Red Lyons beat Big K via pin in 14:53 Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski via pin in 10:12 Mike Riker beat Kenny Jay via pin in 11:37 Note: Bill Green was scheduled to be Stan Moose’s partner in a handicap match against Bill Watts but no showed the card.
12/28/68 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick The Bruiser & Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto to win the AWA Tag Team Title and the WWA Tag Team Title Dr. X beat Moose Cholak Moose Cholak beat Blackjack Lanza dq Luis Martinez beat Chris Markoff Prince Pullins drew Johnny Kace Angelo Poffo beat Mike Bowyer Mike Nolhas beat Bob Sabre
12/30/68 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr X dq Lars Anderson no contest Bill Watts Pampero Firpo beat Billy Red Lyons Chris Markoff beat Joe Scarpello (sub Luke Brown) Mike Riker beat Johnny Kace (sub Bob Boyer)
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1/3/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X beat British Empire Champion Billy Red Lyons on a 3rd fall dq when Lyons tossed X over the top rope Handicap Match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bill Watts in 14:00 Pampero Firpo beat Chris Markoff Mike Riker beat Bill Kochen Al Tomko beat Stan The Moose att: “2,000 fans”
1/4/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Hank Meadows & Tiny Mills The Crusher beat Stan the Moose Pampero Firpo beat Mike Bowyer Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Lars Anderson beat Ken Yates
1/5/69 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo via pin after Dr X mistakely hit Firpo instead of Crusher from outside the ring Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons dq Bill Watts beat Big K via pin Lars Anderson beat Chris Markoff via pin Blackjack Daniels beat Kenny Yates Mike Riker beat Mike Bowyer Att: 4,172
1/11/69 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay & Mike Riker Dr. X beat George Gadaski Pampero Firpo beat Bob Sabre Billy Red Lyons beat Bob Lewis Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Hank Meadows & Stan the Moose Chris Markoff beat Ken Yates
1/11/69 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Chris Tolos Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Woody Farmer & Reggie Parks Mike Dibiase beat Stan Pulaski dq The Avenger drew Earl Maynard
1/14/69 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher (sub Billy Red Lyons) & Bill Watts Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer Chris Markoff beat Mike Riker
1/15/69 Moorhead, MN @ Alex Nemzck Field House AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Dr X Bill Watts vs Lars Anderson Larry Hennig drew Billy Red Lyons Chris Markoff beat Mike Riker
1/17/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr. X dq Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts Pampero Firpo beat Chris Markoff Lars Anderson beat Luke Brown Mike Riker beat Mike Bowyer att: 4,859
1/18/69 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bill Cody Pampero Firpo beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Mike Bowyer & Chris Markoff Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Bobby Jones & Ken Yates
1/18/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto in 26:00 Dr. X ddq Pampero Firpo in 22:00 Billy Red Lyons drew Mad Dog Vachon 30:00 Butcher Vachon beat Chris Markoff via pin in 7:10 Lars Anderson beat Mike Riker via pin in 13:32 Att: 6,061
1/21/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger Edouard Carpentier beat Dr X Mitsu Arakawa beat The Bat Pampero Firpo beat Paul Christy Mike Riker beat Jose Betancourt Paul Christy beat Joe Tomasso
1/22/69 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Dick The Bruiser (sub Cowboy Bill Watts) & The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto Pampero Firpo beat Larry Hennig (sub Sabu) Mike Riker beat Mike Bowyer (sub Santiago Acosta)
1/22/69 Grand Forks, ND Dr X vs Billy Red Lyons Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Luke Brown & Joe Scarpello Lars Anderson vs Chris Markoff
1/24/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X beat Pampero Firpo via pin in 20:00 Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons & Joe Scarpello 2/3 Lars Anderson beat Bill Watts dq Mike Riker beat Chris Markoff Big Luke Brown beat Bill Kochen Bobby Jones beat Orest Antonation
1/25/69 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Chris Markoff Dr. X beat Bob Lewis Verne Gagne beat Bob Sabre Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Cody & Kenny Jay
1/26/69 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa with a sleeper hold Special Referee: Bill Watts Pampero Firpo beat Dr. X COR Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Luke Brown via pin Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello via pin
1/27/69 Minot, ND Pampero Firpo & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X dq Pampero Firpo drew Lars Anderson
1/27/69 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa & Dr Moto Bill Watts beat Butcher Vachon Mad Dog Vachon beat Joe Scarpello (sub Chris Markoff) Rene Goulet beat Mike Riker
1/28/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto Dr. X beat Joe Scarpello Pampero Firpo beat Larry Hennig Billy Red Lyons beat Lars Anderson dq Att: 2,070
1/28/69 Rock Falls, IL @ High School Gym Chris Markoff & Bill Watts vs Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Rene Goulet vs Angelo Poffo 2/3 Chris Markoff vs Butcher Vachon
1/29/69 Brainerd, MN National Guard Armory Big Luke vs. Chris Markoff Pampero Firpo vs. Rene Goulet 2-3 falls 45:00 The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig 2-3 falls 60:00
1/30/69 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium The Crusher beat Larry Hennig dq whem Lars Anderson interfered Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons & Joe Scarpello (sub Chris Markoff) 2/3 Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer via pin Att: 1,300 George Lentz notes Markoff originally was to be Lyons' partner, but he was said to have been injured against Cowboy Bill Watts earlier in the week in Minneapolis.
2/1/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Roger Nelson Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Joe Scarpello & Chuck Williams Pampero Firpo beat Ken Yates Dr. X beat Hank Meadows
2/1/69 St. Louis Park, MN @ Benilde High School Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Chris Markoff & Cowboy Bill Watts Pampero Firpo vs. Blackjack Daniels Paul Vachon vs. Chris Markoff
2/3/69 Edington, MN Dr X vs Bill Watts Larry Hennig vs Mike Riker
2/3/69 Monroe, MN Pampero Firpo & Billy Red Lyons vs Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon Lars Anderson vs Rene Goulet Billy Red Lyons vs Butcher Vachon
2/4/69 Brainerd, MN @ Armory Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Watts & Rene Goulet 2/3 1. Vachons won 1st fall 2. Watts won 2nd fall 3. Vachons won 3rd fall Billy Red Lyons beat Dr X on a 3rd fall dq in 37:00 1. Dr X beat Lyons with a figure four leg lock 2. Lyons beat Dr X with a figure four leg lock 3. Dr X tossed Lyons over the top rope and was dq’ed Rene Goulet beat Butcher Vachon in 12:00
2/5/69 Moorhead, MN Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Rene Goulet & Billy Red Lyons Pampero Firpo beat Dr. X dq Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson Rene Goulet beat Mad Dog Vachon
2/6/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo via pin in 11:30 Victor The Bear beat Dr. X dq Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Lars Anderson beat Billy Red Lyons in 11:30 Butcher Vachon beat Rene Goulet in 12:35 Att: “crowd of 5,584 persons”
2/8/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Pancho Zapata Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Jose Acosta & Rene Goulet Dr. X beat Santiago Acosta Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Jay
2/8/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Handicap Match Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher in 17:00 as Crusher lost the 2nd fall Bill Watts no contest Lars Anderson Dr. X beat Big Luke Brown in 28:00 Pampero Firpo beat Blackjack Daniels in 10:32 Billy Red Lyons beat Mike Riker in 14:18 Rene Goulet beat Mike Bowyer in 15:07
2/11/69 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Pampero Firpo beat Dr X dq Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon Lars Anderson beat Billy Red Lyons Butcher Vachon beat Rene Goulet
2/12/69 Goose Lake, IA Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts vs Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Dr X vs Rene Goulet Billy Red Lyons vs Butcher Vachon
2/13/69 Red Lake, MN @ High School Gym Crusher vs Lars Anderson Billy Red Lyons vs Butcher Vachon Mad Dog Vachon vs Rene Goulet
2/14/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X beat The Crusher Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Pampero Firpo & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Lars Anderson beat Al Tomko Rene Goulet beat Bobby Jones Orest Antonation beat Wilf Caron Att: “4,100 fans”
2/15/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Mike Bowyer & George Gadaski Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Jack Wilson
2/15/69 Owatonna, MN Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Lars Anderson beat Rene Goulet Bill Watts beat Butcher Vachon dq
2/16/69 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher & Pampero Firpo Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig (sub Lars Anderson) via pin Dr. X beat Pat O’Connor 2/3 Billy Red Lyons drew Larry Hennig Rene Goulet beat Mike Riker Att: 6,183
2/17/69 Staples, MN Sponsored by the Staples Jaycees and Lettermen's Club Mike Bowyer vs. Mike Riker Ken Yates vs. Kenny Jay Larry Hennig and Lars Anderson vs. Big Luke and Cowboy Bill Watts
2/18/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr. X beat Pampero Firpo dq Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts Lars Anderson beat Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat Mike Riker
2/19/69 Grand Forks, ND Dr X vs Bill Watts Mad Dog Vachon vs Rene Goulet Butcher Vachon vs Billy Red Lyons
2/21/69 St. Cloud, MN St. Cloud Armory Rene Goulet vs. Mike Riker Lars Anderson vs. Pampero Firpo Butcher Vachon and Mad Dog Vachon vs. Billy Red Lyons and Cowboy Bill Watts 2-3 falls
2/22/69 Minneapolis TV Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Mike Bowyer & Bill Cody Rene Goulet beat Dr. X dq Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne & Bill Watts beat Bill Kerr & Mike Spangler
2/22/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Dr. X beat The Crusher & Pampero Firpo & Billy Red Lyons in 31:00 Verne Gagne & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson by referee’s decision Pampero Firpo beat Dr. X dq Rene Goulet beat Bill Kerr Mike Bowyer drew Kenny Jay
2/25/69 Edgerton, IL The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Butcher Vachon beat Bill Watts Rene Goulet beat Mad Dog Vachon
2/26/69 Kewanee, IL The Crusher beat Moose Cholak Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig Johnny Kace beat Santiago Acosta
2/26/69 Moorhead, MN Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo dq Lars Anderson beat Luke Brown Butcher Vachon drew Billy Red Lyons Rene Goulet beat Mike Riker
2/26/69 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Dale Lewis vs. Woody Farmer Betty Niccoli vs. Kay Noble Midwest Tag Team Champions Stan Pulaski & Chris Tolos vs. Iron Mike DiBiase & The Avenger
2/27/69 Mankato, MN Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts Pampero Firpo beat Lars Anderson Billy Red Lyons beat Butcher Vachon
2/28/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon Lars Anderson beat Bill Watts Pampero Firpo drew Butcher Vachon Larry Hennig beat Al Tomko via pin Rene Goulet beat Mike Riker Bobby Jones drew Orest Antonation
3/1/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Hank Meadows & Stan the Moose The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Pampero Firpo beat Bill Kerr Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Bill Watts beat Jack Wilson
3/1/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher beat Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger Edouard Carpentier beat Pampero Firpo Pat O’Connor drew Blackjack Lanza Wilbur Snyder beat Mike Riker Moose Cholak beat Blackjack Daniels Luis Martinez beat Joe Tomasso
3/1/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon Lars Anderson beat Bill Watts COR Billy Red Lyons beat Mitsu Arakawa Butcher Vachon beat Luke Brown Rene Goulet drew Larry Hennig att: 5,800
3/2/69 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Pampero Firpo & Billy Red Lyons vs Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 60:00 Lars Anderson vs Rene Goulet 2/3 45:00 Billy Red Lyons vs Butcher Vachon 20:00
3/3/69 Elmwood, WI @ High School Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Bill Watts & Billy Red Lyons Lars Anderson vs Pampero Firpo 2/3 Billy Red Lyons vs Mad Dog Vachon
3/4/69 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson COR Handicap match Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat the Crusher Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Lyons Rene Goulet beat Mike Riker
3/8/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Mike Bowyer & Kenny Jay Pampero Firpo beat Jack Wilson The Crusher beat Mike Riker Lars Anderson beat Johnny Stewart Bill Watts beat Jim Klobucher Billy Red Lyons beat Narcisco Ortiz
3/8/69 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Butcher Vachon dq Lars Anderson beat Bill Watts Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo Larry Hennig beat Luke Brown Billy Red Lyons beat Mike Riker Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay Att: 5,286
3/12/69 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Dr X beat Bill Watts & Billy Red Lyons & Luke Brown
3/15/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Mike Bowyer & Hank Meadows Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Blackjack Daniels & Bobby Jones Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Jack Wilson The Crusher beat Bob Sabre
3/15/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Red Bastien (sub Verne Gagne) beat Dr. X Lars Anderson beat Bill Watts Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet Att: 5,316, “largest turnout in recent years”
3/18/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dr X beat Edouard Carpentier Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon no contest Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder Blackjack Lanza beat Luis Martinez Pampero Firpo beat Rene Goulet Prince Pullins drew Mike Riker
3/19/69 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium The Crusher vs Lars Anderson Dr X vs Bill Watts Rene Goulet vs Mike Riker
3/19/69 Moorhead, MN Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig Butcher Vachon beat Luke Brown Red Bastein beat Blackjack Daniels
3/20/69 Ottawa, IL The Crusher & Bill Watts vs Lars Anderson & Dr X Lars Anderson vs Bill Watts Rene Goulet vs Mike Riker
3/22/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Jose Acosta & Rene Goulet Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Jay & Pancho Zapata Dr. X beat Santiago Acosta
3/22/69 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Avenger dq Edouard Carpentier beat Mike DiBiase Midwest Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & The Viking beat Stan Pulaski & Chris Tolos Ron Reed beat Woody Farmer
3/23/69 Bloomington, MN @ Met Sports Center AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher ddq Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in 3rd fall Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson in 14:28 Dr. X beat Pampero Firpo 2/3 in 18:27 Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig dq in 9:16 Billy Red Lyons beat Rene Goulet in 13:52 Kenny Jay beat Mike Riker in 11:38 Att: 6,008
3/24/69 Minot, ND Dr X vs Pampero Firpo Red Bastien vs Mike Riker Billy Red Lyons vs Mad Dog Vachon
3/25/69 Bismarck, ND Dr X vs Billy Red Lyons Red Bastien vs Blackjack Daniels Pampero Firpo vs Mike Riker
3/25/69 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher & Larry Hennig Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson dq Rene Goulet beat Angelo Poffo Kenny Yates (sub Johnny Kace) beat Santiago Acosta
3/26/69 Fergus Falls, MN @ Armory Bill Watts vs Dr X Rene Goulet & Big Luke Brown vs Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 60:00 Plus one additional match
3/27/69 Mankato, MN @ Armory Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq when Mad Dog attacked referee Mike Bowyer Red Bastien beat Mike Riker 2-0 Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons in 13:00
3/27/69 Rugby, ND @ Rugby Armory Dr. X vs. Big Luke Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Pampero Firpo & Rene Goulet Rene Goulet vs. Lars Anderson
3/28/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Two Referees Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson via pin after an Oklahoma Stampede Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons & Pampero Firpo 2/3 Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig via pin Bobby Jones beat Al Tomko dq Rene Goulet beat Stan The Moose att: “sellout crowd of 4,300 wrestling fans”
3/29/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Ornesto Gonzalez & Lee Mattson Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Jose Orlando & Ken Yates Bill Watts beat Stan the Moose Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer Pampero Firpo beat Bob Sabre
3/29/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Red Bastien won a 10 man battle royal Pampero Firpo beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Bill Watts beat Butcher Vachon Luke Brown beat Larry Hennig dq Red Bastien beat Stan the Moose Lars Anderson beat Rene Goulet att: 4,500
3/30/69 Minneapolis, MN Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Rene Goulet beat Butcher Vachon Billy Red Lyons beat Lars Anderson Note: Questionable card
4/3/69 Red Lake, MN Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson on a 3rd fall dq Butcher Vachon beat Rene Goulet Billy Red Lyons drew Lars Anderson
4/5/69 Minneapolis TV Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Bob Sabre & Tony Shepard Butcher Vachon beat Ken Yates Bill Watts beat Jack Wilson Mad Dog Vachon beat Mike Bowyer
4/7/69 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Bill Watts & Luke Brown beat Butcher Vachon & Big K (sub Mad Dog Vachon) 2/3 Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello 2/3 Mike Bowyer drew Blackjack Daniels att: 1,000
4/8/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dr X beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier dq Lars Anderson beat Luis Martinez Cowboy Lang & Wee Willie Wilson beat Fuzzy Cupid & Little Bruiser Pampero Firpo beat Joe Scarpello
4/9/69 Tracy, MN Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons vs Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon Rene Goulet vs Larry Hennig
4/10/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Lars Anderson beat Bill Watts dq when Watts refused to pin Anderson and kept beating on him Referee Tom Dorf Dr. X beat Pampero Firpo 2/3 1 Dr. X pinned Firpo in 14:25 after hitting Pampero with a foreign object 2 Firpo beat Dr. X by submission with a bear hug in 2:20 3 Dr. X pinned Firpo in 6:00 Referee Mike Bowyer Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bastien pinned Butcher in 13:20 2 Butcher beat Bastien by submission in 9:30 with a hangman’s hold 3 Mad Dog Vachon was dq’ed Referee Jack Wilson Cowboy Lang beat Fuzzy Cupid via pin in 13:05 after an airplane spin Larry Hennig beat Joe Scapello via pin in 15:35 Att: “11,308 frenzied fans”, Gate: “approximately $30,000”
4/10/69 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Rudy Martin vs. Ronnie Etchison Rene Goulet vs. Stan the Moose Luke Brown vs. Mike York Iron Mike DiBiase vs. Stan Pulaski
4/11/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium No dq Match, Larry Hennig barred from Auditorium Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Dr. X beat Pampero Firpo Joe Scarpello beat Bobby Jones in 12:00 Al Tomko beat Stan The Moose
4/12/69 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Stan the Moose Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Hank Meadows & Joe Scarpello Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Red Bastien beat Kenny Jay Mike Bowyer drew Larry Hennig
4/12/69 Robbinsdale, MN @ High School Gym Loser must ride a mule AWA Champion Verne Gagne ddq Larry Hennig Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello Red Bastien drew Butcher Vachon Att: 1,500
4/15/69 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Lars Anderson beat Bill Watts Joe Scarpello beat Jack Pesek
4/16/69 Ironwood, MI @ Luther L. Wright High School Gym Cowboy Bill Watts beat Dr X dq Lars Anderson beat Big Luke Brown 2/3 Joe Scarpello beat Black Jack Daniels Att: 1,300
4/16/69 Moorhead, MN Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Pampero Firpo & Billy Red Lyons Larry Hennig vs Red Bastien Pampero Firpo vs Butcher Vachon Mike Riker vs Rene Goulet
4/18/69 St. Cloud, MN St. Cloud Armory Mike Riker vs. Kenny Jay Rene Goulet vs. Butcher Vachon Larry Hennig vs. Billy Red Lyons The Crusher vs. Lars Anderson
4/19/69 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Rene Goulet & Hank Meadows Bill Watts beat Jack Pesek Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski Dr. X & Butcher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Mike Bowyer & Joe Scarpello & Ken Yates The Crusher beat Stan the Moose
4/19/69 Bloomington, MN @ Met Sports Center AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts utc in 2nd fall 1. Watts beat Gagne 2. Watts sustained a cut above the eye and the match was stopped at 23:17 The Crusher & Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Dr. X Pampero Firpo beat Larry Hennig dq Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid & Cowboy Lang beat Billy The Kid & Cowboy Bradley & Little Bruiser in 28:00 Lars Anderson beat Jack Pesek in 10:32 Rene Goulet drew Joe Scarpello att: 7,681
4/20/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Billy the Kid & Cowboy Bradley Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Cody & Kenny Jay Pampero Firpo beat Bill Kerr Mitsu Arakawa beat Mike Bowyer
4/20/69 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 45:00 Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid vs Billy The Kid & Fuzzy Cupid 2/3 60:00 Red Bastien vs Butcher Vachon 20:00
4/22/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Red Bastien beat Dr X 2/3 Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo dq Billy Red Lyons beat Butcher Vachon Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy Lamonte
4/23/69 Grand Forks, ND Mad Dog Vachon vs Bill Watts & Pampero Firpo Pampero Firpo vs Butcher Vachon Midget Tag
4/23/69 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Stan Pulaski defeated The Viking Texas Death Match: Pat O’Connor defeated Iron Mike DiBiase Midwest Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & The Viking defeated Stan Pulaski & Tommy Martin in three falls
4/24/69 Maquorata, IA Lars Anderson vs The Crusher Larry Hennig vs Rene Goulet Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver vs Billy the Kid & Fuzzy Cupid
4/25/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Bill Watts beat Dr. X on a 3rd fall dq Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Pampero Firpo beat Stan The Moose (sub Big K) Joe Scarpello beat Mike Riker Bobby Jones beat Bill Antonation Att: “about 2,500 fight fans”
4/25/69 Cambridge, IL @ Community Hall The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig Little Beaver & Jamaican Kid vs. Fuzzy Cupid & Billy the Kid Lars Anderson vs. Rene Goulet
4/26/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Riker Pampero Firpo beat Tuffy Truesdale Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Jose Acosta & Rene Goulet Bill Watts beat Stan the Moose Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Billy the Kid & Cowboy Bradley
4/26/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 1 Hennig & Andeson won in 7:15 2 Bruiser & Crusher won in 3:05 3 Bruiser & Crusher won in 4:55 Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Cowboy Bradley & Billy The Kid 2/3 Butcher Vachon beat Joe Scarpello Angelo Poffo beat Mike Bowyer Att: "announced as 6,000"
4/26/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X Wilbur Snyder & Bill Watts no contest Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger Moose Cholak beat Pampero Firpo dq Blackjack Lanza beat Rene Goulet Mr. Kleen beat Mike Riker Luis Martinez drew Comrade Nick
4/27/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Lars Anderson beat Santiago Acosta Bill Watts beat Mike Riker Pampero Firpo beat Mike Spangler Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Hank Meadows & Stan the Moose
4/27/69 Ontonagon, MI Red Bastien vs Mad Dog Vachon Rene Goulet vs Butcher Vachon Larry Hennig vs Bruce Kirk
4/27/69 Rochester, MN Mayo Civic Auditorium Cowboy Bradley and Frenchy Lamont vs. Little Bruiser and Jamaica Kid Mad Dog Vachon and Butcher Vachon vs. Red Bastien and Billy Red Lyons 2-3 falls
4/28/69 Fort Williams, ON Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Billy the Kid & Cowboy Bradley Billy Red Lyons beat Butcher Vachon Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello
4/29/69 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory The Crusher beat Lars Anderson Billy Red Lyons beat Butcher Vachon Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig
4/29/69 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Dr X vs Pampero Firpo Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy LaMonte vs Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid Rene Goulet vs Big K att: 1,350
4/29/69 Sioux City, IA Ed Carpentier W Art Nielson Stan Pulaski W Mike Dibiase Rene Goulet & Lord Littlebrook W The Mighty Atom & Mike York The Mighty Atom W Lord Littlebrook Rene Goulet W-DQ Mike York
5/1/69 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Lars Anderson beat Bill Watts dq Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy Lamont Pampero Firpo beat Butcher Vachon Billy The Kid beat Jamaica Kid
5/1/69 Marshall, MN Billy Red Lyons beat Dr X dq Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig Joe Scarpello drew Big K
5/3/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Ken Yates Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Luis Martinez & Joe Scarpello Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Blackjack Daniels & Bob Sabre Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay Bill Watts beat Stan the Moose
5/3/69 Mound, MN Red Bastien vs Butcher Vachon Lars Anderson vs Billy Red Lyons Big K vs Luke Brown Cowboy Bradley vs Jamaica Kid
5/3/69 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Algerian Death Match The Crusher no contest Mad Dog Vachon in 14:51 when referee George Gadaski was knocked out Bill Watts beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin Pampero Firpo & Little Beaver beat Larry Hennig & Billy The Kid Joe Scarpello beat Blackjack Daniels Luis Martinez beat Mike Bowyer Att: 5,691
5/4/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Pampero Firpo beat Bill Kerr Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Hank Meadows & Stan the Moose
5/6/69 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dr X vs Pampero Firpo Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Larry Hennig vs Rene Goulet Lars Anderson vs Joe Scarpello
5/8/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Four Corners Match, Three Referees Bill Watts & Billy Red Lyons & Red Bastien beat Dr. X & Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 1. Dr X & The Vachons were dq’ed for tossing Watts over the top rope 2. Dr X and Vachons won 2nd fall 3. Watts pinned Mad Dog Vachon Pampero Firpo beat Lars Anderson dq Joe Scapello drew Rene Goulet Bobby Jones beat Hank Watsko Att: “near capacity crowd of 3,300”
5/9/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Lars Anderson The Crusher beat Butcher Vachon with a stomach claw in 9:30 Wilbur Snyder & Billy Red Lyons & Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig & Dr. X & Angelo Poffo Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo Rene Goulet drew Joe Scarpello att: 5,843
5/10/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Angel Rivera Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Rene Goulet & Ricky Zapata Bill Watts beat Santiago Acosta Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates Dr. X beat Joe Scarpello
5/10/69 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Dr X beat Pampero Firpo Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons drew Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Rene Goulet beat Joe Scarpello att: 3,903
5/11/69 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Lyons beat Stan the Moose Lars Anderson beat Mike Bowyer Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Dr. X beat Hank Meadows
5/14/69 Grand Forks, ND Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Lars Anderson vs. Pampero Firpo Rene Goulet vs Larry Hennig
5/14/69 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium
5/17/69 Minneapolis TV Pampero Firpo beat Jack Wilson Dr. X beat Cesar Polong Bill Watts beat Tim Klobucher Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Yates Mike Bowyer drew Larry Hennig
5/17/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher no contest Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig dq Red Bastien beat Mitsu Arakawa Moose Cholak drew Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza beat Joe Scarpello Angelo Poffo beat Prince Pullins
5/17/69 St. Paul, MN Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons Bill Watts beat Jack Wilson Pampero Firpo beat Blackjack Daniels Rene Goulet beat Kenny Yates
5/18/69 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Stan the Moose Dr. X beat Ricky Zapata The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Santiago Acosta & Rene Goulet
5/19/69 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher vs Mad Dog Vachon Lars Anderson vs Bill Watts Pampero Firpo vs Butcher Vachon Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy LaMonte vs Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid
5/20/69 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dr X vs Bill Watts Red Bastien vs Mad Dog Vachon Billy Red Lyons vs Butcher Vachon Pampero Firpo vs Rene Goulet
5/22/69 Fort Williams, Ontario, Canada The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Dr X beat Billy Red Lyons Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon Lars Anderson beat Pampero Firpo
5/23/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon on a 2nd fall dq 1. Crusher pinned Vachon in 21:00 2. Mad Dog was dq’ed when Butcher Vachon interfered Red Bastien beat Dr. X via pin in 20:00 Bill Watts beat Butcher Vachon in 9:00 Billy Red Lyons beat Lars Anderson in 13:00 Larry Hennig drew Pampero Firpo Rene Goulet beat Bobby Jones via pin in 9:00
5/24/69 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Hank Meadows Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Kenny Jay & Bob Johnson Lars Anderson beat Bob Miller Red Bastien beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat John George
5/24/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon The Crusher beat Lars Anderson Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig Pampero Firpo beat Rene Goulet
5/25/69 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Lyons beat Jack Wilson Dr. X beat Tim Klobucher Pampero Firpo beat Caesar Polong Lars Anderson beat Ken Yates Bill Watts beat Mike Riker
5/28/69 Moorhead, MN Billy Red Lyons & Red Bastien & Pampero Firpo beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Larry Hennig Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson Red Bastien drew Mad Dog Vachon Billy Red Lyons beat Butcher Vachon Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski
5/29/69 Red Lake, MN Dr X vs Bill Watts 2/3 Larry Hennig vs Pampero Firpo 2/3 Red Bastien vs Butcher Vachon 30:00
5/31/69 Minneapolis TV Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Big K & Ken Yates Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bob Kappel & Joe Scarpello Verne Gagne beat Willie Zapp Bill Watts beat Bob Sabre Pampero Firpo beat Mike Spangler
5/31/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Handicap Match Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher 1 Crusher pinned Butcher Vachon 2 Mad Dog Vachon pinned Crusher Wilbur Snyder beat Dr. X on a 3rd fall dq Pampero Firpo beat Angelo Poffo Rene Goulet beat Johnny Kace Luis Martinez beat Kenny Jay att: “sellout crowd of 5,812”
5/31/69 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Lars Anderson Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race on a 3rd fall dq Bill Watts beat Bob Geigel Joe Scarpello drew Big K Bob Kappel beat Kenny Yates att: 5,405
6/1/69 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Stan the Moose Bill Watts beat Mike Spangler Dr. X beat George Gadaski Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Hank Meadows & Joe Scarpello
6/7/69 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Billy Red Lyons beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Tim Klobucher & Larry Polan Verne Gagne beat Stan Pulaski Bill Watts beat Jack Wilson
6/8/69 Minneapolis TV Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Bob Sabre & Tony Shepard Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay
6/11/69 Grand Forks, ND Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Dr X vs Bill Watts Red Bastien vs Larry Hennig
6/12/69 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Billy "Red "Lyons/ Red Bartein beat Larry Hennig/ Lars Anderson by DQ Dr. X vs Cowboy Bill Watts dcor Red Bastein drew with Lars Anderson
6/13/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Red Bastien beat Dr. X Billy Red Lyons beat Big K George Gadaski drew Bob Kappel Att.-1,563
6/14/69 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Johnny Polong Red Bastien beat Bob Sabre Lars Anderson beat Bob Kappel Verne Gagne beat Bobby Jones Bill Watts beat Bill Cody
6/15/69 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Bill Watts beat Jack Wilson Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Blackjack Daniels & Bob Sabre
6/15/69 St Paul, MN Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig dq Tarzan Tyler beat Bob Kappel Big K beat Stan Pulaski
6/16/69 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Battle Royal Dr X vs Bill Watts
6/19/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X beat Red Bastien on a 3rd fall dq when Red tossed X over the top rope Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig Billy Red Lyons beat Big K Al Tomko beat Stan The Moose via reverse decision Bobby Jones beat Bob Tuck
6/20/69 Sterling, IL Larry Hennig vs Billy Red Lyons Dr X vs Bill Watts Red Bastien beat Big K
6/21/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Dick The Bruiser & Bobby Heenan 2/3 Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons 2/3 1. Dr X beat Lyons 2. Lyons beat Dr X 3. Dr X beat Lyons Edouard Carpentier beat Lars Anderson dq Angelo Poffo beat Luis Martinez via pin Joe Scarpello beat Santiago Acosta Johnny Kace beat Kenny Jay Att: 10,000
6/21/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Two Referees Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon no contest The Crusher & Pampero Firpo when both referees were injured Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig Red Bastien beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Black Jack Daniels Bob Kappel beat Kenny Yates att: 5,812
6/21/69 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Little Bruiser defeated Bennie Sah Betty Niccoli defeated Sandy Partlow K.O. Cox defeated Jim Knapp Sandy Partlow & Bennie Sah defeated Betty Niccoli & Little Bruiser in three falls Tarzan Tyler defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion Stan Pulaski via DQ in three falls
6/21/69 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Stan Pulaski Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski
6/23/69 Clinton, IA Larry Hennig vs Billy Red Lyons Dr X vs Pampero Firpo Red Bastien vs Big K
6/24/69 Burlington, IA @ Community Field Larry Hennig & Dr X vs Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Pampero Firpo beat Big K Johnny Kace vs Bob Kappel
6/25/69 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Stan Pulaski Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Luis Martinez & Joe Scarpello Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Bob Sabre & Johnny Zapata Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski
6/27/69 Hayward, WI AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Larry Hennig Bill Watts vs Billy Red Lyons Wilbur Snyder vs Pampero Firpo Red Bastien vs Joe Blanchard
6/28/69 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat George Gadaski Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Rene Goulet & Juan Kato Verne Gagne beat Santiago Acosta Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Wilbur Snyder beat Stan The Moose Red Bastien beat Ricky Mendez
6/28/69 Bloomington, MN Non Title Match Bill Watts beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Wilbur Snyder beat Dr. X dq Pampero Firpo beat Stan the Moose Bob Geigel beat Rene Goulet Betty Niccoli beat Sandy Partlow Joe Scarpello drew Big K
6/29/69 Babbit Larry Hennig vs Billy Red Lyons Dr X vs Bill Watts
6/30/69 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Larry Hennig vs Bill Watts Dr X vs Red Bastien Big K vs Pampero Firpo Angelo Poffo vs Billy Red Lyons Johnny Kace vs Rene Goulet
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/1/69 Sioux City, IA Rene Goulet W The Big K Bob Ellis W The Viking Bob Geigel D Stan Pulaski Tarzan Tyler W-DQ Billy Red Lyons
7/3/69 Red Lake, MN @ Baseball Diamond Big K & Dr. X vs Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Bill Watts vs Larry Hennig Billy Red Lyons vs Big K
7/5/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig Dr X beat Luke Brown Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo Rene Goulet beat Big K dq Luis Martinez beat Comrade Nick Johnny Kace beat Prince Pullins
7/5/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Red Bastien 2/3 1 Bastien pinned Gagne 2 Gagne beat Bastien in 6:00 3 Gagne pinned Bastien Blackjack Daniels (sub Mad Dog Vachon) & Butcher Vachon beat Pampero Firpo & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli in 12:00 Blackjack Daniels beat George Gadaski att: "crowd of 4,100"
7/5/69 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bob Geigel vs. Alex Medina Bobby Roberts vs. George Gadaski Midwest Tag Team Champions Bob Geigel & The Viking vs. Cowboy Bob Ellis & Alex Medina Midwest Heavyweight Champion Stan Pulaski vs. Tarzan Tyler
7/11/69 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Auditorium Billy Red Lyons beat Dr X on a 3rd fall dq Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig (sub Mad Dog Vachon) 2/3 Professor Steve Duk (sub Butcher Vachon) ddq Rene Goulet Att: "standing room only crowd estimated at over 3,000"
7/12/69 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Yates Chain Gang Frank & Jack Dillinger beat Rene Goulet & Hank Meadows Dr. X beat Bill Cody Steve Druk beat Wilf Caron
7/12/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq US Women’s Champion Betty Niccoli beat Jean Antone Winner to meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne in the near future Bill Watts beat Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza beat Pampero Firpo Wilbur Snyder beat Big K Luis Martinez beat Johnny Kace att: 9,512
7/12/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Chain Gang Frank Dillnger & Jack Dillinger beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Larry Hennig dcor Dr X in 18:37 Big Luke Brown beat Blackjack Daniels in 10:20 Rene Goulet beat Leroy Hirsch in 14:31 Steve Druk beat Bill Cody via pin in 14:52 Att: 3,753
7/13/69 Minneapolis TV Chain Gang Frank & Jack Dillinger beat Bill Cody & Wilf Caron
7/15/69 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Rene Goulet beat Big K Angelo Poffo beat George Gadaski
7/19/69 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Yates Verne Gagne beat Steve Tuck Bill Watts beat Bill Cody Red Bastien beat Bobby Jones Dr. X beat George Gadaski
7/19/69 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium George Gadaski vs. Jim Knapp Cowboy Bob Ellis vs. Butcher Vachon Mad Dog Vachon vs. Rene Goulet Texas Death Match: Stan Pulaski vs. Tarzan Tyler
7/22/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne 2/3 Luke Brown drew Dr. X Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig dq Professor Steve Druk beat Bill Watts COR!! Att: "crowd of 1,900"
7/22/69 Sioux City, IA Billy Red Lyons NC Tarzan Tyler Stan Pulaski W Bob Geigel Bob Ellis W Bobby Paul Joe Scarpello W John Gadoski
7/23/69 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X vs Billy Red Lyons Red Bastien vs Mad Dog Vachon Butcher Vachon vs Bill Watts Rene Goulet vs Larry Hennig Battle royal
7/24/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Dr. X 2/3 Bill Watts beat Rene Goulet Al Tomko beat Bobby Jones Big K (sub Golden Boy) beat Orest Antonation via pin
7/25/69 Burlington, IA @ Community Field No Time Limit, No dq match Dr. X vs Billy Red Lyons Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Red Bastien & Bob Geigel Betty Niccoli vs Jean Antone Mad Dog Vachon va Red Bastien
7/26/69 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Rene Goulet & Hank Meadows Wilbur Snyder beat Kenny Yates Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski Billy Red Lyons beat Chico Toledo Dr. X beat Angel Rivera Steve Druk beat Ricky Zapata
7/26/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger 2/3 AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts on a 3rd fall COR Edouard Carpentier drew Blackjack Lanza Moose Cholak vs Big K Luis Martinez beat Johnny Kace Blackjack Daniels beat Joe Scarpello Att: 10,000
7/26/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson when Anderson was injured and could not continue Dr X beat Wilbur Snyder in 29:00 Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Angelo Poffo & Steve Druk Rene Goulet beat Kenny Yates in 7:15 Wee Willie vs Mighty Atom was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Att: 3,717
7/29/69 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Bill Watts beat Butcher Vachon Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet Steve Druk beat Luis Martinez
8/2/69 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Lyons beat Bob Sabre Bill Watts beat Bulldog Drummer Dr. X beat Phil Christy Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay
8/2/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena No dq match AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Red Lyons COR Red Bastien beat Dr. X Bill Watts beat Angelo Poffo Luis Martinez drew Big K Bill Howard beat Angel Rivera Att: ”crowd of 8,708”
8/2/69 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jean Antone vs. Betty Niccoli Pat O’Connor vs. Bob Geigel Cowboy Bob Ellis vs. The Viking Handicap Match: Stan Pulaski vs. Tarzan Tyler & Jack Donovan
8/3/69 Minneapolis TV Chain Gang beat Moose Cholak & Ben Jarrells Bill Watts beat Jack Wilson Dr. X beat Johnny Polong Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Angel Rivera & Chico Toledo Steve Druk beat Wilf Caron
8/6/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Referee George Gadaski Dr. X beat Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq when Butcher Vachon interfered Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Bill Watts beat Professor Steve Druk Rene Goulet drew Big K 30:00 Att: "1,947 fans"
8/8/69 Princeton, IL @ Fairgrounds Grandstand Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon vs. Cowboy Bill Watts & Wilbur Snyder plus 2 more bouts Rene Goulet vs. Angelo Poffo Butcher Vachon vs. Cowboy Bill Watts
8/9/69 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Steve Tuck Red Bastien beat Bill Cody Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Lee Mattson & Bill Cody Verne Gagne beat Stan The Moose Larry Hennig beat Kenny Yates
8/9/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Jack Dillinger Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Wilbur Snyder beat Frank Dillinger Dr X beat Moose Cholak Bill Watts beat Big K Luis Martinez drew Rene Goulet
8/12/69 Sioux City, IA Tarzan Tyler W Billy Red Lyons Reggie Parks D Jack Pesak Bob Ellis W-DQ Butcher Vachone Bob Ellis & Stan Pulaski W-DQ Butcher & Mad Dog Vachone
8/14/69 Marengo, WI @ Ashland County Fair Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 60:00 Professor Steve Druk vs Kenny Jay 2/3 45:00 Butcher Vachon vs Billy Red Lyons
8/14/69 Morrison, IL @ Bureau County Fairgrounds-1pm The Chain Gang (Jack Dillinger & Frank Dillinger) vs. Cowboy Bill Watts & Rene Goulet George Gadaski vs. The Big K Jack Dillinger vs. Rene Goulet
8/16/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Lee Mattson & Kenny Yates Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski Bill Watts beat Jack Wilson Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Kenny Jay & Bill Howard Dr. X beat Bruce Kirk
8/16/69 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons dq in 36:15 Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig in 29:00 Dr X beat Jack Pesek in 35:00 Butcher Vachon beat Rene Goulet Big K beat Luis Martinez Bruce Kirk beat Kenny Jay att: 4,092
8/18/69 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Dr X beat Billy Red Lyons Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Moose Cholak beat Butcher Vachon Big K drew Bruce Kirk
8/21/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr. X COR Non Title Match Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Canadian Tag Team Champions Dutch Savage & Bulldog Bob Brown 2/3 Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin Butcher Vachon beat Rene Goulet Al Tomko beat George Gadaski Bob Tuck beat Golden Boy Att: “6,300 fight fans”
8/23/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Wilbur Snyder beat Lars Anderson in 15:40 Blackjack Lanza beat Rene Goulet in 15:20 Bill Watts beat Butcher Vachon in 11:00 Angelo Poffo drew Luis Martinez 20:00 att: 5,281
8/23/69 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser beat Jim Valen Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Bruce Kirk Moose Cholak beat Angel Rivera Dr. X beat Jose Betancourt
8/23/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Dr X Dick the Bruiser beat Mad Dog Vachon Moose Cholak beat Blackjack Daniels Larry Hennig beat Jim Valen Bruce Kirk beat Angel Rivera
8/24/69 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Stan Pulaski Larry Hennig beat Bob Kappel Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Acosta & Rene Goulet Billy Red Lyons beat Narcisco Ortiz
8/26/69 Sioux City, IA Jack Pesak W Bruce Kirk Stan Pulaski W-DQ Butcher Vachone Larry Hennig W Rene Goulet Tarzan Tyler W Mad Dog Vachone
8/27/69 Ontonagon, MI @ Ontonagon Area High School Gym Red Bastien vs Mad Dog Vachon Butcher Vachon vs Rene Goulet Larry Hennig vs Bruce Kirk
8/28/69 Burlington, IA @ Community Field Mad Dog Vachon vs Red Bastien Cowboy Bill Watts vs Butcher Vachon Professor Steve Druk vs Bob Kappel
8/29/69 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Billy Red Lyons beat Dr X on a 3rd fall dq Bill Watts beat Butcher Vachon Mad Dog Vachon beat Joe Scarpello Jack Pesek drew Jerry Kozak
8/30/69 Minneapolis TV Bill Watts beat Jim Valen Larry Hennig beat John George Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Santiago Acosta & Ricky Mendez Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Bulldog Drummer & Bob Sabre Verne Gagne beat George Grant
8/30/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title Blackjack Lanza no contest Wilbur Snyder Edouard Carpentier beat Big K Pat O'Connor beat Angelo Poffo Baron Von Raschke beat Rene Goulet Luis Martinez beat Kenny Jay Att: “approximately 10,000”
8/30/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr X on a 3rd fall dq Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig in 14:19 Red Bastien dcor Steve Druk in 9:53 Big Luke Brown beat George Grant in 6:45 Billy Red Lyons beat Bruce Kirk in 13:16 Blackjack Daniels beat Jim Valen in 15:43 Att: "5,359 wrestling fans"
9/6/69 Los Angeles, CA AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dick The Bruiser on a 3rd fall dq Lou Thesz beat Larry Hennig AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Watts & Wilbur Snyder Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Lex Byrd Sandy Starr & Lita Morey beat Jane O'Brien & Astro Nite Luis Martinez vs George Gadaski
9/6/69 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Dr X beat Man Mountain Mike 2/3 Moose Cholak beat Angelo Poffo via pin Blackjack Lanza beat Bruce Kirk via pin Rene Goulet beat Jim Valen via pin
9/7/69 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Hank Meadows Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Blackjack Daniels & Bob Sabre Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Luis Martinez & Joe Scarpello Bill Watts beat Stan the Moose Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay
9/8/69 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Dr X vs Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons & Bill Watts Larry Hennig vs Man Mountain Mike Big K vs Moose Cholak Rene Goulet vs Bruce Kirk
9/9/69 Sioux City, IA Jack Pesak W Dave Cox Butcher Vachone W Rene Goulet Stan Pulaski W Larry Hennig Mad Dog Vachone W-DQ Tarzan Tyler
9/12/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Man Mountain Mike beat Larry Hennig dq Mad Dog Vachon beat Bruce Kirk Bill Watts beat Rene Goulet Al Tomko beat Bob Tuck (sub Bobby Jones) via pin Att: “about 3,400 fans” Note: Man Mountain Mike billed at 545 pounds. Larry Hennig billed at 270 pounds.
9/13/69 Minneapolis TV Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Hank Meadows & Jim Valen Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Billy the Kid & Cowboy Bradley Bill Watts beat Ox Baker Larry Hennig beat Bill Cody Man Mountain Mike beat Bobby Jones
9/13/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser beat Dr X 2-0 AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder when Mad Dog Vachon pinned O’Connor in the 3rd fall Billy Red Lyons beat Blackjack Lanza dq Baron Von Raschke beat Bruce Kirk via pin Mr Kleen beat Joe Tomasso Prince Pullins drew Johnny Kace Att: 10,000
9/13/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts dq in 28:00 when Watts tossed Gagne over the top rope Chain Gang Frank Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Man Mountain Mike & Moose Cholak 2/3 Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig Luis Martinez beat Rene Goulet Cowboy Lang & Lord Littlebrook beat Mighty Atom & Little Bruiser 2/3 Att: 6,476 Note: Frank Dillinger aka Kenny Mack was shot after this card and never wrestled again. The WWA stripped the Chain Gang of the WWA Tag Team Title. Frank was replaced in the Chain Gang team by Jim Dillinger aka Chris Colt. The new version of the Chain Gang would eventually face Dick the Bruiser & Moose Cholak in a match to determine new WWA tag champs.
9/13/69 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Stan Kowalski vs. Thor Hagen The Viking vs. Bobby Paul Stan Pulaski vs. The Great Kimura Handicap Match: Tarzan Tyler & Gentleman X vs. Jack Pesek
9/14/69 Minneapolis TV Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Bill Watts beat Mike Spangler Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay Dr. X beat Johnny Polong Edouard Carpentier beat The Bat
9/17/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Mad Dog Vachon beat Dr X COR Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Jack Dillinger & Chris Markoff billed as Chain Gang 2/3 Man Mountain Mike beat Larry Hennig COR Bill Watts beat Butcher Vachon in 11:00 Att: "crowd of 2,577"
9/19/69 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Red Lyons beat Dr X on a 3rd fall dq Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon Man Mountain Mike beat Larry Hennig dq Jack Pesek drew Joe Scarpello
9/20/69 Minneapolis TV Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Johnny Kace & Chris Markoff Larry Hennig beat Jim Valen Man Mountain Mike beat Ken Yates Edouard Carpentier beat Mark Starr Mad Dog Vachon beat Bruce Kirk Wilbur Snyder beat George Gadaski
9/20/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons dq in 33:11 Edouard Carpentier beat Dr X 2/3, one fall by dq Bill Watts drew Wilbur Snyder Man Mountain Mike beat Larry Hennig COR in 9:03 Bruce Kirk beat Johnny Kace in 12:31 Chris Markoff beat Mark Starr in 11:06 Att: "7,038 pro wrestling fans"
9/23/69 Bismarck, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon dq
9/26/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Watts & Man Mountain Mike Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Chain Gang Jack Dillinger & Jim Dillinger Edouard Carpentier (sub Bruce Kirk) beat Larry Hennig Bruce Kirk (sub Jack Graham) beat Rene Goulet via pin Bobby Jones beat Bob Tuck via pin Att: “more than 3000 pro wrestling fans”
9/27/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bruce Kirk & Julio Menendez Chain Gang Jack Dillinger & Jim Dillinger beat Jose Betancourt & Kenny Jay Bill Watts beat Wilf Caron Larry Hennig beat Jim Valen Man Mountain Mike beat Hank Meadows Edouard Carpentier beat Bobby Jones Red Bastien beat Bill Cody
9/27/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Edouard Carpentier & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 Billy Red Lyons beat Baron Von Raschke Man Mountain Mike beat Larry Hennig Red Bastien beat Rene Goulet Angelo Poffo beat Bruce Kirk Joe Scarpello beat Tokyo Joe Att: 10,000+
9/27/69 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Tarzan Tyler won a Six Man Battle Royal Bill Watts beat Tarzan Tyler dq Pat O'Connor drew Reggie Parks Jack Pesek beat Jose Quintero
10/3/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser & Moose Cholak 1 Bruiser & Cholak beat Vachons in 3:30 2 Vachons beat Bruiser & Cholak in 7:10 3 Vachons beat Bruiser & Cholak in 2:30 AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts dq in 24:00 after hitting the referee Handicap Match Man Mountain Mike beat Angelo Poffo & Johnny Kace when MMM pinned both men in 6:20 Blackjack Lanza beat Wilbur Snyder dq in 16:20 when Snyder tossed Lanza over the top rope Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig via pin in 12:25 Red Bastien beat Bruce Kirk in 16:06 Att: “6,154 screaming wrestling fans”
10/4/69 Minneapolis TV Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Jay & Bobby Jones Larry Hennig beat Bruce Kirk Edouard Carpentier beat Mark Starr Blackjack Lanza beat Hank Meadows Verne Gagne beat Steve Tuck Luke Graham beat George Gadaski
10/4/69 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq in 31:00 Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig in 16:00 Blackjack Lanza beat Rene Goulet via pin in 14:20 Luke Graham beat Bruce Kirk in 11:10 Kenny Yates drew Kenny Jay 15:00 Att: "Crowd of 4,072"
10/7/69 Sioux City, IA Tarzan Tyler W Ed Carpentier Stan Pulaski W Masao Kimura Man Mountain Mike W-DQ Larry Hennig Reggie Parks D Butcher Vachone
10/8/69 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Joe Scarpello vs. K.O. Cox Edouard Carpentier vs. The Great Kimura Stan Pulaski vs. Bob Geigel Tarzan Tyler vs. Reggie Parks
10/9/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Chain Gang Jack Dillinger & Jim Dillinger 2/3 Bill Watts beat Crazy Luke Graham dq Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon in 12:00 Blackjack Lanza beat Rene Goulet in 19:00
10/10/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Edouard Carpentier won a 12 Man Battle Royal by eliminating the Chain Gang Jack Dillinger & Jim Dillinger Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon Red Bastien beat Jim Dillinger via pin Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Lyons Jack Dillinger beat Bruce Kirk via pin Rene Goulet vs Jack Graham was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Att: “3,300 fans” Note: Bill Watts and Man Mountain Mike also competed in the Battle Royal.
10/11/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Rene Goulet & Buddy Smith Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Ricky Mendez & Mark Starr Man Mountain Mike beat Jose Betancourt Edouard Carpentier beat Angel Rivera Luke Graham beat Bruce Kirk Blackjack Lanza beat Bobby Jones
10/11/69 Chicago, IL @ Donovan Hall AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons on a 3rd fall dq Edouard Carpentier beat Jim Dillinger Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig Man Mountain Mike beat Bob Sabre & Angelo Poffo Bill Watts beat Rene Goulet Bruce Kirk beat Ken Russell Att: 10,000
10/13/69 Los Angeles, CA @ Fabulous Forum AWA Tag Team title: Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon (c) vs. Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Hard Boiled Haggerty vs. Edouard Carpentier Pretty Boy Larry Hennig vs. The Black Shadow Lex Byrd & Pepe Leal vs. The Chain Gang (Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger) Leta Marez vs. Jane Sherrill Handicap Match: Man Mountain Mike vs. Two opponents
10/14/69 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Reggie Parks defeated Bruce Kirk Man Mountain Mike defeated The Great Kimura Joe Scarpello defeated Tarzan Tyler via DQ Elimination Match: Tarzan Tyler & The Great Kimura & Bruce Kirk defeated Man Mountain Mike & Reggie Parks & Joe Scarpello Midwest Heavyweight Champion Stan Pulaski defeated Bob Geigel
10/17/69 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Bill Watts
10/18/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat George Gadaski & Bruce Kirk Bill Watts beat Eric the Red Larry Hennig beat Buddy Smith Man Mountain Mike beat Johnny Kace Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Billy Red Lyons beat Mark Starr Luke Graham beat Kenny Jay
10/18/69 St Paul, MN @ Audtorium Non Title Death Match Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in 22:00 when the Vachons could not answer the bell for the 9th fall Bill Watts beat Blackjack Lanza dq Bodyslam Challenge Match Man Mountain Mike beat Luke Graham in 10:00 Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard via pin Bruce Kirk beat Rene Goulet Buddy Smith beat Mark Starr via pin Att: 6,001
10/21/69 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School 8 Man Battle Royal for $3,000 and a chance to wrestle AWA Champion Verne Gagne Man Mountain Mike vs Larry Hennig Rene Goulet vs Luke Graham Big Luke Brown vs Dale Roberts aka Buddy Smith Bruce Kirk vs Kenny Yates
10/21/69 Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center Butcher Vachone vs. Red Bastein Cowboy Bill Watts vs. Black Jack Lanza 2-3 falls Mad Dog Vachone and Butcher Vachone vs. Biily Red Lyons and Red Bastein 2-3 falls
10/21/69 Sioux City, IA Ed Carpentier W-DQ Tarzan Tyler Stan Pulaski W The Viking Reggie Parks W-DQ Ali Ben Khan Bob Geigel D Jack Pesak
10/22/69 Cottage Grove Man Mountain Mike beat Larry Hennig dq
10/24/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Blackjack Lanza won a 12 man battle royal Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Watts 2/3 Man Mountain Mike beat Luke Graham Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon via pin Larry Hennig beat Bruce Kirk via pin Att: “6,112 roaring fans” Notes: The October 25, 1969 edition of the Milwaukee Sentinel reported “Several hundred fans were turned away.” Also in the Battle Royal were Bob Windham, Red Bastien, Wilbur Snyder and Billy Red Lyons.
10/25/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Lee Mattson & Buddy Smith Verne Gagne beat Rene Goulet Luke Graham beat Jim Valen Edouard Carpentier beat Ken Yates Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Bill Watts beat Mark Starr
10/25/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Bill Watts won a 12 man Battle Royal for $10,000 and earned an AWA Title shot against Verne Gagne on November 8 Edouard Carpentier beat Mad Dog Vachon dq in 15:06 Larry Hennig drew Billy Red Lyons Luke Graham beat Rene Goulet in 16:26 Blackjack Lanza beat Buddy Smith in 14:58 Bodyslam Challenge Match Man Mountain Mike beat Bobby Heenan Att: 4,367 Note: Not in Battle Royal was Bobby Heenan.
10/28/69 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Referee Ernie Dusek AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 in 29:35 Bill Watts beat Midwest Champion Tarzan Tyler on a 2nd fall dq 1. Watts beat Tyler 2. Tyler was dq'ed Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Geigel via pin in 14:25 Reggie Parks & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Ali Ben Khan & Joe Blanchard 2/3 Joe Scarpello beat Bobby Paul att: 2,084 Note: The newspaper clipping states Parks & Pulaski regained the Midwest Tag Title from Khan & Blanchard. I think that's a mistake and it should have said retained.
10/28/69 Red Lake, MN @ High School Edouard Carpentier vs Larry Hennig Red Bastien vs Crazy Luke Graham Bruce Kirk vs Buddy Smith
10/29/69 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig Luke Graham beat Bruce Kirk
10/30/69 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq
11/1/69 Minneapolis TV Edouard Carpentier beat Steve Tuck Blackjack Lanza beat Jim Valen Bill Watts beat Bobby Jones Larry Hennig beat Bob Armstrong
11/1/69 St Louis Park, MN @ High School Gymnasium Bill Watts beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon Luke Graham beat Buddy Smith Bruce Kirk beat Bob Armstrong (sub Bob Windham)
11/1/69 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Man Mountain Mike in 14:20 Special Event Bobby Heenan failed to bodyslam Man Mountain Mike in 5:00 so MMM was declared the winner Man Mountain Mike beat Bobby Heenan Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig dq Billy Red Lyons beat Bob Windham Jim Valen beat Kenny Jay
11/4/69 Moline, IL Wharton Field House Crazy Luke Graham vs. Bruce Kirk Edouard Carpentier vs. Butcher Vachone Black Jack Lanza vs. Buddy Smith Red Bastien vs. Mad Dog Vachone Verne Gagne (AWA World Heavyweight Champion) vs. Cowboy Bill Watts
11/5/69 Sioux City, IA Tarzan Tyler W Man Mountain Mike Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski W Bob Sweetan & Butcher Vachone Joe Scarpello W-DQ Ali Ben Khan Reggie Parks D Bob Sweetan
11/6/69 Rochester, MN First Card of the Season Mayo Civic Auditorium 8-man Battle Royal- Butcher Vachon, Edouard Carpentier, Red Bastien, Crazy Luke, Larry Hennig, Man Mountain Mike, Billy Red Lyons, Black Jack Lanza + 4 matches
11/8/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Cody & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Eric the Red Edouard Carpentier beat Bill Howard Blackjack Lanza beat Buddy Smith Bill Watts beat Ken Yates Irma Acevedo & Patty O’Hara drew Black Venus & Sandy Starr
11/8/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Moose Cholak beat Larry Hennig Pat O'Connor beat Luke Graham dq Handicap Match Man Mountain Mike beat Big K & Johnny Kace Women’s Champion Betty Niccoli beat Jean Antone Paul Christy beat Johnny Kace Man Mountain Mike beat Luke Graham in a 10 minute bodyslam challenge Att: 10,000
11/8/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts 2/3 Blackjack Lanza dcor Edouard Carpentier Sandy Starr & Black Venus beat Patty O'Hara & Irma Acevedo Joe Scarpello beat Billy Howard in 14:32 Bob Windham beat Buddy Smith in 14:03
11/11/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Edouard Carpentier beat Crazy Luke Graham Sandy Starr & Black Venus beat Litta Morez & Patty O'Hara Bruce Kirk drew Buddy Smith Att: 2,779
11/11/69 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Reggie Parks defeated Ali Ben Khan via DQ Jack Pesek defeated George Gadaski Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks defeated Frank Hester & Ali Ben Khan Bob Windham defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion Tarzan Tyler via DQ
11/13/69 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Bill Watts beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq Blackjack Lanza beat Man Mountain Mike Irma Acevedo & Black Venus beat Patty O’Hara & Sandy Starr 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello
11/13/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Club Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Edouard Carpentier beat Crazy Luke Graham via pin in 17:00 Wilbur Snyder beat Buddy Smith in 14:00 Yukon Moose Cholak beat Johnny Kace in 12:30 Dr X beat Bruce Kirk via pin in 18:00 Att: 2,245
11/14/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Edouard Carpentier & Bill Watts beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Billy Red Lyons beat Luke Graham Blackjack Lanza beat Man Mountain Mike via pin Larry Hennig beat Bruce Kirk Leroy Hirsch beat Bob Tuck Att: “2,800 spectators”
11/15/69 Minneapolis TV Luke Graham beat George Gadaski Edouard Carpentier beat Ivan Gorky Blackjack Lanza beat Bruce Kirk Larry Hennig drew Bob Windham Dr. X beat Buddy Smith Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Jay & Hank Meadows
11/15/69 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Dr X beat Edouard Carpentier on a 3rd fall dq Blackjack Lanza beat Man Mountain Mike via pin Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon Buddy Smith drew Bruce Kirk Betty Niccoli won an 8 woman Battle Royal featuring Irma Acevedo, Black Venus, Patty O’Hara, Sandy Starr, Mars Monroe, Dee Davis & Jean Antone
11/17/69 Burlington, IA @ Minett Gymnasium Edouard Carpentier vs Larry Hennig Butcher Vachon vs Bruce Kirk Patty O’Hara & Janie O’Brian vs Sandy Starr & Lita Marez
11/18/69 Cambridge, IL @ Community Hall Edouard Carpentier vs. Butcher Vachon Larry Hennig vs. Bruce Kirk Patty O’Hara & Jane O’Brien vs. Lita Marez & Kathy Starr
11/18/69 Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center Buddy Smith vs. Bob Windham Red Bastein vs. Doctor X 2-3 falls Mad Dog Vachone vs. Billy Red Lyons 2-3 falls
11/18/69 Sioux City, IA Tommy Martin W Tarzan Tyler, Joe Scarpello W Jose Quintero, Masao Kimura D Reggie Parks, Ali Ben Khan D Stan Pulaski, Tommy Martin, Reggie Parks Stan Pulaski & Joe Scarpello W Ali Ben Khan, Masao Kimura Jose Quintero & Tarzan Tyler
11/19/69 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory Bill Watts beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Man Mountain Mike beat Luke Graham 2/3 Kenny Jay beat Blackjack Daniels
11/19/69 Goose Lake, IA Bruce Kirk vs Butcher Vachon Irma Acevedo & Lita Marez vs Jane O’Brien & Patty O’Hara Edouard Carpentier vs Larry Hennig
11/20/69 Redlake, MN @ High School Gym Bill Watts vs Blackjack Lanza 2/3 60:00 Patty O'Hara vs Lita Marez 2/3 45:00 Red Bastien vs Bruce Kirk 30:00
11/20/69 Eau Claire, WI - Regis High School Gym Buddy Smith vs. Billy Red Lyons Janie O'Brian vs. Sandy Starr 2-3 falls 45:00 Butcher Vachon and Mad Dog Vachon vs. Edouard Caprentier and Man Mountain Mike 2-3 falls 60:00
11/21/69 Ortonville, MN Bill Watts vs Butcher Vachon Edouard Carpentier vs Crazy Luke Graham Bob Windham vs Man Mountain Mike
11/22/69 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Angel Rivera Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Johnny Kace & Chris Markoff Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta Dr. X beat Bruce Kirk Bob Windham beat Ken Yates
11/22/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Baron Von Raschke won a 12 man battle royal to win $10,000 and the right to meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne on January 3, 1970 Order of Elimination from first to last: Luke Graham, Man Mountain Mike, Billy Red Lyons, Butcher Vachon, Red Bastien, Edouard Carpentier, Bill Watts & Blackjack Lanza were eliminated simultaneously, then Raschke tossed out Moose Cholak and the Chain Gang three at a time. Bill Watts beat Blackjack Lanza dq in 12:20 when Lanza pulled out a small piece of wood from his trunks and struck Watts in the throat with it. Moose Cholak beat Jack Dillinger with a bear hug in 9:08 Baron Von Raschke beat Red Bastien via pin in 10:50 Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon via pin in 10:10 with a rolling reverse cradle Billy Red Lyons drew Jim Dillinger 15:00 Att: 10,000
11/25/69 Los Angeles, CA @ Forum AWA Tag Team Champions Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Crazy Luke Graham dq Edouard Carpentier beat Johnny Vander Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig Hard Boiled Haggerty beat El Magnifico Jane Sherrill beat Lita Marez Lex Byrd beat Eric Von Werner
11/26/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena Blackjack Lanza won a 10 Man Battle Royal Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon Bill Watts beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Blackjack Lanza beat Buddy Smith Dr. X beat Bruce Kirk Also in Battle Royal: Man Mountain Mike & Bob Windham Att: 2,696
11/26/69 Moorhead, MN Edouard Carpentier beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Black Venus & Irma Acevedo beat Mae Weston & Patty O'Hara Billy Red Lyons beat Luke Graham
11/26/69 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Stan Pulaski defeated Killer Cox Danny Little Bear defeated Ali Ben Khan Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks fought K.O. Cox & Killer Cox to a draw Handicap Match: Luke Brown defeated Tarzan Tyler & Gentleman X
11/27/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 in 35:52 Dr X beat Hard Boiled Haggerty on a 3rd fall COR in 19:52 Blackjack Lanza beat Reggie Parks in 15:32 Bob Windham drew Bruce Kirk Joe Scarpello beat Kenny Yates in 13:13 Att: "5,900 onlookers" Note: The AWA ruled the wrong man (Butcher Vachon) was pinned in the 3rd fall negating the tag title win by the Flying Redheads
11/27/69 Rochester, MN at Mayo Civic Auditorium Edouard Carpentier & Buddy Smith vs. Pretty Boy Hennig & Crazy Luke Irma Acevedo & Black Venus vs. Party O'Hara & Mae Weston Edouard Carpentier vs. Pretty Boy Hennig Buddy Smith vs. Crazy Luke
11/28/69 Mellen, WI Red Bastien vs Dr X Patty O'Hara & Irma Acevedo vs Black Venus & Sandy Starr Bruce Kirk vs Buddy Smith
11/28/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Edouard Carpentier & Bill Watts 2/3 1. Carpentier & Watts won 1st fall 2. Vachons won 2nd fall 3. Vachons won 3rd fall Billy Red Lyons beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Blackjack Lanza beat Joe Scarpello (sub Bruce Kirk) Bruce Kirk (sub Luke Graham) drew Bob Windham Leroy Hirsch beat Orest Antonation Att: “crowd of 3,200”
11/29/69 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Eric the Red Dr. X beat Bill Howard Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Ox Baker Mad Dog Vachon beat Buddy Smith
12/2/69 Sioux City, IA Tommy Martin W-DQ Tarzan Tyler Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski W Ali Ben Khan & Joe Turco Jack Pesak W-DQ Ox Baker Stan Pulaski W Joe Turco
12/3/69 Bemidji, MN @ Junior High School Gym Billy Red Lyons beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 1 Vachon pinned Lyons in 12:30 after a piledriver 2 Lyons beat Vachon in 5:30 with a Sleeper Hold 3 Lyons beat Vachon in 8:30 with a Figure Four Leg Lock Red Bastien beat Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/3, 2nd fall by dq 1 Haggerty pinned Bastien in 12:12 2 Haggerty was dq'ed when he hit the referee after Bastien ducked 3 Bastien beat Haggerty with a Boston Crab in 8:30 Referee Marty Miller Butcher Vachon beat Buddy Smith (sub Bruce Kirk) with a hangman's hold in 16:00 Att: "large crowd"
12/4/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagle's Club Winners to meet AWA Tag Team Champions on a future card Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Luke Graham & Larry Hennig 2/3 Bill Watts beat Dr X on a 3rd fall dq 1 Dr X pinned Watts in 9:15 2 Watts beat Dr X 3 Dr X was dq’ed for interfering with the referee Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty in 16:32 Angelo Poffo beat Billy Howard in 15:00 Att: 2,443
12/5/69 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Reggie Parks vs. Ox Baker Midwest Heavyweight Champion Tarzan Tyler vs. Terry Martin Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Ali Ben Khan & Ox Baker
12/6/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Buddy Smith & Bob Windham Bill Watts beat Johnny Kace Pepper Gomez beat Bruce Kirk Dr. X beat Bob Kappel Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Ken Yates
12/6/69 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons when Bastien & Lyons were injured in the second fall and could not continue 1 Bastien & Lyons won 2 Bastien & Lyons were injured and could not continue Winner to Meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne on December 14 Bill Watts beat Dr X Edouard Carpentier beat Luke Graham Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Big Luke Brown Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig dq Bob Brunelle drew Bruce Kirk
12/8/69 Fergus Falls, MN Fergus Falls Armory Butcher Vachon vs. Bruce Kirk Black Jack Lanza vs. Bob Windham 2-3 falls 45:00 Mad Dog Vachon vs. Billy Red Lyons 2-3 falls (60:00)
12/8/69 Rice Lake, WI = Rice Lake High School Gym Buddy Smith vs. Crazy Luke Larry Hennig vs. Edouard Carpentier 2-3 falls 45:00 Dr. X vs. Red Bastien 2-3 falls 60:00
12/10/69 Collegeville, MN St. John’s University Gymnasium Billy Red Lyons beat Hard Boiled Haggerty (DQ) Red Bastien and Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig and Mad Dog Vachon (2-1) -Newspaper advertisement listed Edouard Carpentier vs. Mad Dog Vachon and Larry Hennig vs. Big Bob Windham
12/11/69 Mankato, MN @ National Guard Armory Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Luke Graham 2/3 1 Hennig & Graham won in 10:00 2 Bastien & Lyons won in 16:00 3 Bastien & Lyons won 3rd fall Edouard Carpentier beat Hard Boiled Haggerty on a 3rd fall dq 1 Haggerty beat Carpentier in 9:00 2 Carpentier beat Haggerty in 14:00 3 Haggerty was dq'ed Bob Windham drew Bruce Kirk 20:00
12/12/69 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Luke Graham AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Bill Watts beat Bob Geigel Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig dq
12/12/69 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X beat Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/3 Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza dq Bulldog Bob Brown & Leroy Hirsch (sub John Tolos) beat Bruce Kirk & Bob Windham 2/3 1 Brown & Hirsch won 1st fall 2 Kirk & Windham won 2nd fall 3 Born & Hirsch won 3rd fall Bob Tuck beat Golden Boy Dale Roberts beat Bobby Jones (sub Bob Windham) via pin Att: “2,808 fans”
12/13/69 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Santiago Acosta & Bob Brunelle Verne Gagne beat Bobby Jones Edouard Carpentier beat Ox Baker Blackjack Lanza beat Jose Betancourt Pepper Gomez beat Angel Rivera Dr. X beat George Gadaski Red Bastien beat Buddy Smith
12/13/69 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Tarzan Tyler Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Dr Moto & Great Kimura dq Betty Niccolli beat Dee Davis Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Dr Moto
12/13/69 South St Paul, MN Red Bastien no contest Hard Boiled Haggerty Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon Gorilla Lopez beat George Gadaski Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Brunelle
12/14/69 Bloomington, MN @ Metropolitan Sports Center No Time Limit AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts via pin in 21:31 Hard Boiled Haggerty ddq Dr X Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez & Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Larry Hennig 2/3 in 23:36 Billy Red Lyons beat Blackjack Lanza dq in 18:52 Luke Graham beat Bob Brunelle via pin in 14:44 att. 3,221
12/15/69 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X beat Edouard Carpentier COR Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Watts Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon
12/16/69 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Chain Gang Jack Dillinger & Jim Dillinger beat Dick the Bruiser & Moose Cholak 2/3 1 Jack Dillinger pinned Moose Cholak in 6:06 2 Bruiser pinned Jim Dillinger in 7:19 3 Jim Dillinger pinned Bruiser after punching Dick in the throat with a studded black leather gloved fist Baron Von Raschke beat Pat O'Connor with a stomach claw in 20:11 Bill Watts beat Mr Kleen via pin in 7:10 after an Oklahoma Stampede Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig via pin after a steamroller flip Pepper Gomez beat Joe Tomasso via pin in 9:18 Dr X beat Luis Martinez via pin in 18:20 after a knee to the chest
12/19/69 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Referee Bob Windham Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 1-0 60:00 1 Lyons won the first fall in 49:45 2 The 60 minute time limit expired before either team could score another fall. The Vachons retained their tag team title because the challengers did not win 2 falls. Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Watts in 11:35 Dr X beat Luke Brown in 14:55 Pepper Gomez beat Bruce Kirk in 7:15 Luke Graham beat Buddy Smith in 15:10 att: 5,182
12/20/69 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Buddy Smith Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Cody Larry Hennig beat Steve Tuck Pepper Gomez beat Bobby Jones Dr. X beat Bob Brunelle
12/21/69 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons & Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham & Larry Hennig & Dr. X Bob Brunelle drew Buddy Smith Butcher Vachon beat Bruce Kirk Att: 1,100
12/26/69 Eau Claire, WI - Regis High School Gym Buddy Smith vs. Bob Windham Pepper Gomez vs. Butcher Vachon 2-3 falls 45:00 Larry Hennig and Crazy Luke vs. Red Bastien and Billy Red Lyons 2-3 falls 60:00
12/27/69 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bill Cody Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay & Bruce Kirk Pepper Gomez beat Steve Tuck Billy Red Lyons beat Ken Yates Hank Meadows beat Butcher Vachon dq Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bob Brunelle
12/27/69 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Dr X beat Hard Boiled Haggerty via pin in 21:14 Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race & Lars Anderson in 31:17 Butcher Vachon beat Big Luke Brown in 6:12 Luke Graham beat Bruce Kirk in 15:27 Bob Brunelle drew Kenny Jay Att: "5,235 wrestling fans"
12/29/69 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts in 24:00 Dr X beat Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza dq Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bob Brunelle
12/30/69 Moorhead, MN Red Bastien beat Dr. X Billy Red Lyons beat Lars Anderson Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon Luke Graham beat Bruce Kirk
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1/2/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons no contest Dr. X & Larry Hennig Bill Watts beat Blackjack Lanza dq Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham Bob Windham beat Buddy Smith
1/3/70 Minneapolis TV Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates Dr. X beat Johnny Polong Pepper Gomez beat Bruce Kirk Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Hank Meadows & Stan the Moose Larry Hennig beat Jim Valen Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski Blackjack Lanza beat Jose Betancourt
1/3/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No Time Limit AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 The Crusher beat Luke Graham in 9:00 Dr X beat Joe Scarpello in 16:10 Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Windham in 17:50 Lars Anderson beat Buddy Smith in 11:55 att: 6,112 sellout
1/3/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bill Watts 2/3 1 Gagne pinned Watts in 11:42 2 Watts pinned Gagne in 13:49 after an Oklahoma Stampede 3 Gagne pinned Watts Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Wilbur Snyder & Moose Cholak 2/3 1 Cholak pinned Jim Dillinger 2 Jim Dillinger pinned Cholak 3 Jack Dillinger pinned Snyder Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig (sub Luke Graham) via pin in 14:14 Pepper Gomez beat Angelo Poffo via pin in 11:21 Luis Martinez beat Jack Pesek via pin Jim Valen beat Ken Russell via pin
1/3/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Reggie Parks fought The Great Kimura to a draw Ali Ben Khan defeated Frank Hester Tarzan Tyler defeated Ox Baker Midwest Tag Team Champions Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks defeated Tor Kamata & The Great Kimura
1/4/70 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Pepper Gomez beat Dr X 1-0 The Crusher beat Butcher Vachon with a stomach claw Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson dq Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Windham via pin Luke Graham beat Buddy Smith (sub match for Kenny Jay vs Bob Brunelle) Att: 3,142
1/9/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Dr. X beat The Crusher dq Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons & Pepper Gomez (sub Edouard Carpentier) beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Larry Hennig 2/3 Bob Brown beat Bob Windham in 23:00 Leroy Hirsch beat Buddy Smith via pin Bob Tuck drew Bobby Jones Att: “Four thousand pro wrestling fans” Notes: The name Buddy Smith was used in the advertisement but the name Dale Roberts was used in the results clipping. Same guy Dale Hey. The name Bob Brown was used in the advertisement. The name Bobo Brewer was used in the results clipping.
1/10/70 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Kenny Jay Pepper Gomez beat Hank Meadows Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Cody & Bruce Kirk The Crusher beat Bobby Jones Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bob Brunelle & Buddy Smith Red Bastien beat Ken Yates
1/13/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Mad Dog Vachon ddq Dr. X Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza drew Red Bastien 20:00 Luke Graham beat Bob Windham via pin Att: "crowd of 1500"
1/14/70 Rochester, MN @ Mayo Civic Auditorium Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons & The Crusher beat Dr. X & Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon 2/3 Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham Att: 1,600
1/16/70 Fairmont, MN Pepper Gomez & Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Pepper Gomez beat Lars Anderson Luke Graham beat Bruce Kirk
1/16/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Midwest Champion Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Ali Ben Khan Tor Kamata drew Reggie Parks Great Kimura beat Terry Martin
1/16/70 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Buddy Smith drew Bob Brunelle Dr. X beat Bob Windham 2/3 falls Da Crusher beat Black Jack Jones 2/3 falls Att: 1,253
1/17/70 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jose Betancourt Pepper Gomez beat Ken Yates Edouard Carpentier & Bruce Kirk no contest Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Verne Gagne beat Angel Rivera Billy Red Lyons beat Buddy Smith
1/17/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Pepper Gomez beat Dr X 2/3 but X didn’t lose his mask because Gomez won one fall by countout The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson dq Billy Red Lyons drew Blackjack Lanza Luke Graham beat Bruce Kirk Att: 6,400
1/20/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke on a 3rd fall dq when Von Raschke rammed Gagne's head into the ring post 1 Von Raschke pinned Gagne 2 Gagne beat Von Raschke with a sleeper hold 3 Von Raschke was dq'ed for ramming Gagne's head into the ring post Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 1 Jack Dillinger pinned Bastien in 7:25 2 Lyons beat Jack Dillinger with a figure four leg lock in 9:25 3 Jack Dilinger pinned Lyons Wilbur Snyder beat Butcher Vachon via pin in 12:15 Blackjack Lanza beat Mr Kleen via pin in 12:15 after a knee drop across the chest Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham via pin in 7:15 Prince Pullins beat Buddy Smith via pin in 14:10
1/20/70 Bismarck, ND - Bismarck Civic Center Joe Scarpello vs. George Gadaski Edouard Carpentier and Bob Windham vs. Larry Henning and Lars Anderson 2-3 falls The Crusher vs. Doctor X
1/22/70 Eau Claire, WI - Regis High School Gym Buddy Smith (substitute for Bob Brunelle) beat Bruce Kirk Dr. X beat Bob Windham 2-3 falls Red Bastien and Billy Red Lyons beat Black Jack Lanza and Butcher Vachon 2-3 falls
1/23/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez on a 3rd fall dq Harley Race beat Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Bill Watts beat Luke Graham Bob Windham beat Jack Pesek Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 7,015 fans Stock Show Week Wrestling Event
1/23/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Dr. X on a 3rd fall COR when Dr. X fled the ring to conceal his identity after Crusher ripped his mask off. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Joe Scarpello 2/3 Buddy Smith beat Bruce Kirk via pin Leroy Hirsch beat Bob Tuck Bob Brunelle beat Bobby Jones Att: “4,100 fans” Note: The unmasked Dr. X was described as a “blond, brush cut-man” by the Winnipeg Press.
1/24/70 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bruce Kirk Pepper Gomez beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Bob Brunelle Blackjack Lanza beat Frankie Hester The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat Buddy Smith & Ken Yates Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello Luke Graham beat George Gadaski
1/24/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Great Kimura Ali Ben Khan drew Reggie Parks Cowboy Lang beat Mighty Atom
1/24/70 Owatonna, MN @ Armory Dr X vs Edouard Carpentier Larry Hennig vs Pepper Gomez Luke Graham vs Bruce Kirk
1/25/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (Matinee show 3 PM start time) Non Title Match, No Time Limit The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham Lars Anderson beat Mike Lavine Larry Hennig beat Bruce Kirk Billy Red Lyons beat Buddy Smith att: 6,905
1/28/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin after hitting Vachon with a chair that Mad Dog brought into the ring Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson on a 3rd fall dq Luke Graham vs Buddy Smith Bob Windham vs Blackjack Daniels att: "3,100 fans" Note: Crusher was reportedly fined $250 for using the chair.
1/28/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza dq Butcher Vachon beat Bruce Kirk George Gadaski drew Bob Brunelle
1/28/70 Sioux City, IA Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski W-DQ Tor Kamata & Masao Kimura Jean Antone & Cowboy Lang W The Mighty Atom & Betty Nicoli Ali Ben Khan NC Tommy Martin Cowboy Lang W The Mighty Atom Betty Nicoli W Jean Antone
1/29/70 Rochester, MN @ Mayo Civic Auditorium Referee Mike Lavine Red Bastien beat Dr X by reverse decision in the 3rd fall Billy Red Lyons & Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Pepper Gomez beat Mike Lavine via pin Att: "crowd of 1,132"
1/30/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin in 11:12 Referee Bob Windham Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza dq when manager Bobby Heenan interfered Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 1 Hennig & Anderson won 2 Bastien & Lyons won 3 Bastien & Lyons won Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Smith in 11:00 Luke Graham beat Bob Brunelle via pin in 13:45 att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/1/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (matinee show 3 PM start time) The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon COR Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X & Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Pepper Gomez & Joe Scarpello Edouard Carpentier beat Luke Graham Butcher Vachon beat Bob Windham Buddy Smith beat Mike Levine Att: 6,495
2/3/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Edouard Carpentier no contest Mad Dog Vachon The Crusher beat Butcher Vachon Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Baron Von Raschke beat Wilbur Snyder COR Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Smith Moose Cholak beat Jim Valen
2/3/70 Hiroshima, Japan AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Strong Kobayashi Great Kusatsu & Thunder Sukiyama beat Michael Nador & Monster Rousimoff to win IWA World Tag Title Quasimodo dcor Takeshi Oiso Bad Boy Shields beat Tadharu Tanaka Asataro Sano beat Seikichi Hongo Taro Kuroshio drew Tetsunosuke Daigo Note: Gagne’s debut for IWE and this started the working relationship between the AWA and IWE.
2/4/70 Geneseo, IL @ Geneseo Junior High Gym The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza Edouard Carpentier vs. Butcher Vachon Big Bob Windham vs. Pepper Gomez
2/5/70 Osaka, Japan @ Prefectural Gym AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Shozo "Strong" Kobayashi in 3rd fall Mighty Inoue & Takeshi Oiso & Thunder Sugiyama beat Michael Nador & Quasimodo & Monster Roussimoff Great Kusatsu beat Bad Boy Shields Tadaharu Tanaka beat Isamu Teranishi Tetsunosuke Daigo beat Asataro Sano Taro Kuroshio beat Onizo Murasaki Mr. Hamaguchi drew Seikichi Hongo
2/6/70 Tokyo, Japan AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Shozo "Strong" Kobayashi 2/3 Great Kusatsu & Thunder Sukiyama beat Quasimodo & Monster Roussimoff Michael Nador beat Mighty Inoue Bad Boy Shields beat Tadaharu Tanaka Takeshi Oiso beat Ogiyama Isamu Teranishi beat Taro Kuroshio Asataro Sano beat Seikichi Hongo Tetsunosuke Daigo beat Onizo Murasaki
2/6/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 1. Crusher pinned Vachon after a knee drop 2. Vachon won 2nd fall 3. Crusher pinned Vachon after a Bolo punch Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon 2/3 Harley Race beat Reggie Parks Bob Windham beat Buddy Smith Joe Scarpello drew Jack Pesek Promoter: Gene Reed
2/6/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Dr. X beat Edouard Carpentier Luke Graham beat Bob Brunelle Leroy Hirsch beat Mike Lavine Orest Antonation beat Golden Boy (sub Hank Watsko) Att: “2,500 fans”
2/7/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Lavine Dr. X beat Bill Cody Pepper Gomez beat Hank Meadows Red Bastien beat Bobby Jones Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski
2/7/70 Choshi, Japan Mighty Inoue & Strong Kobayashi & Thunder Sukiyama drew Michael Nandor & Bad Boy Shields & Monster Roussimoff Non Title AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mighty Inoue Tadaharu Tanaka beat Quasimodo Takeshi Oiso beat Taro Kuroshio Isamu Teranishi beat Asataro Sano Tetsunosuke Daigo beat Mr. Hamaguchi Onizo Murasaki beat Ogiyama
2/7/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski drew AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Lars Anderson beat Billy Red Lyons Ali Ben Khan beat Bobby Roberts Frankie Hester beat Buddy Smith dq
2/8/70 Utsunomiya, Japan Non Title AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Thunder Sukiyama COR Monster Roussimoff dcor Strong Kobayashi Great Kusatsu & Takeshi Oiso & Tadaharu Tanaka beat Michael Nador & Quasimodo & Bad Boy Shields Mighty Inoue beat Taro Kuroshio Isamu Teranishi beat Onizo Murasaki Tetsunosuke Daigo beat Seikichi Hongo Asataro Sano beat Mr. Hamaguchi
2/9/70 Morioka City Gym, Iwate Japan AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Great Kusatsu Strong Kobayashi & Takeshi Oiso & Thunder Sukiyama beat Michael Nador & Quasimodo & Monster Roussimoff Bad Boy Shields beat Mighty Inoue Tadaharu Tanaka beat Takeshi Oiso Isamu Teranishi beat Asataro Sano Taro Kuroshio beat Onizo Murasaki Ogiyama beat Mr. Hamaguchi
2/10/70 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Billy Christian drew Bob Bruenelle Pepper Gomez pinned Butcher Vachon Billy Red Lyons & Red Bastein beat Dr. X & Black Jack Lanza
2/14/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Howard & Bob Kappel The Crusher beat Angel Rivera Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Smith Blackjack Lanza beat Santiago Acosta Billy Red Lyons beat Ken Yates Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay
2/14/70 Duluth. MN @ Arena Non Title The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Lanza when promoter Harvey Solon reversed the decision Red Bastien beat Luke Graham via pin in 26:00 Larry Hennig beat Bob Windham via pin in 16:00
2/15/70 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Cage Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon in 19:00 Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig Red Bastien drew Lars Anderson Luke Graham beat George Gadaski Bill Howard beat Buddy Smith Att: "Crowd of 10,048 paid a record gate of $28,793.75" "Several hundred fans were turned away"
2/16/70 Winona, MN @ Senior High School Gym Red Bastien beat Dr X dq Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig (sub Butcher Vachon) Luke Graham beat Bill Howard
2/19/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Non Title Match The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2-0 1 Crusher pinned one of the Vachons in 11:25 after a bolo punch 2 Crusher beat one of the Vachons in 17:40 with a stomach claw Pepper Gomez beat Dr X in 20:30 Lars Anderson drew Billy Red Lyons 20:00 Red Bastien beat Luke Graham in 12:40 Larry Hennig beat Bob Brunelle in 13:30 att: 6,112, “3rd straight sellout”
2/20/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium If Butcher Vachon interferes, he gets suspended by the AWA. The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon via pin Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig via pin Luke Graham beat Bill Howard Leroy Hirsch beat John Lee Bob Brunelle drew Buddy Smith Att: “sellout crowd of 4,786”
2/21/70 Minneapolis TV Pepper Gomez beat Bill Christian Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Wilf Caron & Bill Cody Verne Gagne beat Buster Matthews Mad Dog Vachon beat Bob Brunelle Edouard Carpentier beat Hank Meadows
2/22/70 Caledonia, MN @ High School Gym Billy Red Lyons vs Buddy Smith Pepper Gomez vs Mad Dog Vachon Red Bastein vs Larry Hennig
2/22/70 Rochester, MN 3pm matinee @ Mayo Civic Auditorium Bill Howard vs Buddy Smith Larry Hennig vs Pepper Gomez Butcher & Mad Dog Vachon vs Red Bastein & Billy Red Lyons
2/23/70 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Big K & Kobayashi vs. The Crusher & Bull Bullinski Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig Bill Christy vs. Jack Pesek
2/23/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Harley Race via pin in 18:30 after a body slam Non Title Match The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2-0 Red Bastien drew Lars Anderson 20:00 Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X in 22:13 Att: 7,560
2/24/70 Bismarck, ND - Bismarck Civic Center Big Bob Windham vs. Bill Howard Crazy Luke Graham vs. Pepper Gomez 2-3 falls The Crusher and Edouard Carpentier vs. Mad Dog Vachone and Butcher Vachone
2/25/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Edouard Carpentier beat Luke Graham Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon dq Pepper Gomez beat Bill Howard
2/24/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Patty O’Hara defeated Jean Antone Pat O’Connor defeated Ali Ben Khan via DQ Stan Pulaski defeated K.O. Cox Pat O’Connor & Jean Antone defeated Ali Ben Khan & Patty O’Hara Reggie Parks fought Lars Anderson to a draw in three falls (60:00)
2/26/70 Bottineau, ND @ Thatcher Hall Gym-8pm Mad Dog Vachon vs. Red Bastien Bob Windham vs. Butcher Vachon Bill Howard vs. Crazy Luke
2/27/70 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom Dick the Bruiser beat Baron Von Raschke on a 3rd fall COR 1 Von Raschke pinned Bruiser with a stomach claw in 12:50 2 Bruiser pinned Von Raschke with a stomach claw in 6:36 3 Von Raschke was counted out of the ring in 4:30 Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez 2/3 1 Jim Dillinger pinned Carpentier in 11:12 after an elbow to the throat 2 Carpentier pinned Jim Dillinger in 6:05 3 Jim Dillinger pinned Gomez Dr X beat Luis Martinez with a figure four leg lock in 13:55 Moose Cholak beat Blackjack Lanza dq in 14:25 when manager Bobby Heenan interfered Angelo Poffo beat Prince Pullins via pin in 13:45 after an Italian neckbreaker Paul Christy beat Ken Russell via pin in 12:40
2/27/70 Bagley, MN @ High School Gym AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 60:00 Jon Lee vs Luke Graham 2/3 45:00 Bob Windham vs Bob Brunelle 30:00
2/27/70 Marshall, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin
2/28/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Kenny Jay & Buddy Smith The Crusher beat Bill Christian Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Brunelle Lars Anderson beat Bill Howard
2/28/70 Eau Claire, WI - Regis High School Gym Buddy Smith vs. Pepper Gomez Butcher Vachon vs. Bill Howard 2-3 falls 45:00 Edouard Carpentier and The Crusher vs. Lars Anderson and Larry Hennig 2-3 falls 60:00
3/1/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier dq when Crusher tossed the referee out of the ring at the 28:43 mark of the 3rd fall Dr. X drew Red Bastien Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham in 8:03 Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard in 5:37 Lars Anderson beat Buddy Smith in 9:30 Billy Red Lyons beat Buster Matthews in 12:32 Att: "4,925 fans"
3/4/70 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Crazy Luke beat Bill Howard Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig Pepper Gomez DCOR with Black Jack Lanza Red Bastein won by DQ over DR. X
3/6/70 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Reggie Parks vs. Buddy Smith Mike Davis vs. Bill Howard Midwest Tag Team Champions Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Ali Ben Khan & Buddy Smith
3/7/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Christian & Kenny Jay Dr. X beat Jose Betancourt Pepper Gomez beat Angel Rivera Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Wilf Caron & Bill Cody Blackjack Lanza beat Jim Valen Verne Gagne beat Bruce Kirk
3/7/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Billy Red Lyons beat Luke Graham Red Bastien drew Blackjack Lanza Dr X beat Bob Windham Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig att: “6,112 fans”, sellout
3/8/70 Bemidji, MN Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Billy Red Cloud beat Butcher Vachon 2/3 Bob Brunelle (sub Bob Windham) beat Jim Osborne
3/10/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Red Bastien in 23:25 AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier on a 3rd fall dq Blackjack Lanza beat Wilbur Snyder Pepper Gomez beat Joe Blanchard Promoter: Gene Reed
3/10/70 St. Croix Falls, WI @ High School Gym Scheduled: Bob Brunelle, Larry Hennig, Buddy Smith, Lars Anderson, Billy Red Lyons, Doctor X
3/14/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Cody & Jack Pesek The Crusher beat Buddy Smith Dr. X beat Bob Brunelle Pepper Gomez beat Bobby Jones Red Bastien beat Mike Spangler Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard
3/14/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & The Crusher ddq AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon at the 25:47 mark of the 3rd fall Red Bastien beat Dr. X on a 3rd fall dq Lars Anderson drew Pepper Gomez Billy Red Lyons beat Luke Graham in 9:32 Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Brunelle in 18:02
3/16/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Dick the Bruiser & Moose Cholak 2/3, 1st fall by COR 1 Bruiser was counted out of the ring in 13:19 2 Bruiser pinned Jack Dillinger in 5:19 3 Jack Dillinger pinned Cholak in 6:36 The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon 2-0, 1st fall by dq 1 Vachon attacked Crusher before the bell and was dq'ed in 23 seconds 2 Crusher pinned Vachon in 15:22 after a Bolo Punch Baron Von Raschke beat Red Bastien via pin in 7:06 Edouard Carpentier beat Luke Graham via pin in 10:52 Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig via pin in 7:18 Billy Red Lyons drew Blackjack Lanza 20:00
3/17/70 Sioux City, IA Reggie Parks W-DQ Lars Anderson Stan Pulaski W Bob Sweetan Beautiful Brutus W Ken Russell, Ali Ben Khan D The Viking
3/18/70 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory The Crusher beat Butcher Vachon 2/3 Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Brunelle via pin after a bulldog headlock Att: “packed house”
3/19/70 Winona, MN @ Senior High School Red Bastien & Bob Brunelle beat Butcher Vachon & Blackjack Lanza dq Lars Anderson beat Bob Brunelle Att: 200 Note: Weather delayed the matches until 9 PM.
3/19/70 Park River, ND @ Walsh County Agricultural School Gym Pepper Gomez vs. Mad Dog Vachon Dr. X vs. Bill Howard Buddy Smith vs. Big Bob Windham
3/20/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Cage Match Reggie Parks & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Red Bastien beat Ali Ben Khan Beautiful Brutus beat Mel Turnbull Jack Pesek beat Billy Howard
3/21/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bob Brunelle & Bill Howard Pepper Gomez beat Kenny Jay Red Bastien beat Angel Rivera Santiago Acosta beat Blackjack Lanza dq Verne Gagne beat Bill Christian Edouard Carpentier beat Buddy Smith
3/22/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Holy Cross High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Butcher Vachon with a sleeper hold in 19:42 Pepper Gomez beat Mad Dog Vachon in 12:18 Luke Graham beat Bob Windham in 18:04
3/24/70 Bismarck, ND - Civic Center Edouard Carpentier won 2/3 falls from Mad Dog Vachon on a reversed decision. 1-Vachon won in 7:57. 2-Carpentier won in 1:01. 3-Vachon pinned Carpentier in 13:50 then was disqualified) Pepper Gomez drew with Lars Anderson Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon in 17:17 Bob Brunelle pinned Crazy Luke Graham in 14:21.
3/25/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson Luke Graham no contest Bill Howard Butcher Vachon beat George Gadaski
3/26/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Referee Danny Loos Edouard Carpentier beat Mad Dog Vachon on a reverse decision 3rd fall dq 1 Vachon beat Carpentier in 10:04 2 Carpentier beat Vachon in in 3:42 3 Carpentier won by reverse decision after Vachon scored a pinfall in 4:40 when the referee ruled that Vachon had used the ropes to score the pin Blackjack Lanza beat Pepper Gomez when Pepper could not continue due to a knee injury after winning the 1st fall Butcher Vachon beat Reggie Parks via pin Bob Windham beat Luke Graham Bill Howard drew Buddy Smith 20:00 Att: 5,000 Promoter: Gene Reed
3/26/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Kiniski dq in 9:00 Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien when Red could not continue due to a knee injury after winning the 1st fall Bob Brown beat Ivan Kalmikoff Leroy Hirsch beat George Gadaski Bob Brunelle beat Bobby Jones Orest Antonation beat Wilf Caron Att: “record crowd of 4,780” Note: Bulldog Brower was listed in the advertisement. Bulldog Brown was listed in the results clipping.
3/28/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Jack Pesek & Tony Savoldi Pepper Gomez beat George Gadaski Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Bill Cody & Mike Spangler Blackjack Lanza beat Jim Valen Edouard Carpentier beat Ivan Gorky Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello
3/28/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Special Referee Jack Pesek Edouard Carpentier beat Mad Dog Vachon when referee Pesek reversed his decision Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon via pin in 12:00 Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham in 15:00 Billy Red Lyons beat Bob Windham via pin in 15:00
3/28/70 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Edouard Carpentier vs Mad Dog Vachon Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons vs Blackjack Lanza & Lars Anderson Pepper Gomez vs Butcher Vachon Luke Graham vs Bob Windham
3/29/70 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 via disputed decision Referees George Gadaski and Bob Brunelle disagreed on the outcome of the match thus the Vachons retained their tag title Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 13:45 Pepper Gomez beat Lars Anderson dq in 11:30 Jack Pesek beat Luke Graham in 14:35 Bob Windham drew Jim Osborne Att: "crowd of 4,823"
4/1/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ali Ben Khan vs. Reggie Parks Tommy Martin vs. Roger Kirby Billy Red Cloud vs. Killer Cox Midwest Tag Team Champions Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Beautiful Brutus & Ali Ben Khan
4/4/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Dr. X drew George Gadaski Pepper Gomez beat Angel Rivera Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Edouard Carpentier beat Ricky Ramirez Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta Luke Graham beat Jim Osborne dq
4/4/70 Elk River, MN Red Bastein beat Luke Graham Edouard Carpentier vs Butcher Vachon Buddy Smith vs Bill Howard
4/7/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon no contest The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier Pepper Gomez beat Dr X Wilbur Snyder beat Lars Anderson dq Jack Dillinger beat Billy Red Lyons Red Bastien drew Blackjack Lanza Bob Windham beat Luke Graham
4/7/70 Sioux City, IA Stan Pulaski W The Viking Reggie Parks W-DQ Beautiful Brutus Billy Red Cloud W Tor Kamata Ali Ben Khan W Frankie Hester
4/8/70 Bemidji, MN @ Junior High School Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq 1 Mad Dog pinned Bastien in 1:30 2 Bastien beat Mad Dog in 1:10 with a sleeper hold 3 Mad Dog was dq'ed in 7:30 for hitting the referee Billy Red Cloud beat Butcher Vachon 2/3, 1st fall by dq 1 Butcher was dq'ed in 13:30 for hitting the referee 2 Butcher pinned Red Cloud 3 Red Cloud pinned Butcher Bob Windham vs Jim Osborne 20:00
4/8/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza COR The Crusher beat Dr. X in 18:30 Lars Anderson drew Edouard Carpentier Billy Red Lyons beat Jim Osborne via pin Pepper Gomez beat Luke Graham via pin att: “crowd of 6,112”, “5th consecutive sellout”
4/9/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Dr. X 2/3 Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall COR Edouard Carpentier beat Lars Anderson via pin Red Bastien beat Jack Pesek Bob Windham beat Jim Osborne Att: 5,961 Promoter: Gene Reed
4/10/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Match The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2-0 Red Bastein beat Lars Anderson Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X via pin Pepper Gomez beat Jim Osborne dq Bob Tuck beat Wilf Caron via pin Att: “another sellout crowd”
4/11/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bill Howard & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Wilf Caron Dr. X beat Bob Brunelle Red Bastien beat Don Reilly Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Ken Yates
4/11/70 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Dr. X on a 3rd fall COR Red Bastien ddq Mad Dog Vachon Billy Red Lyons beat Butcher Vachon Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier Pepper Gomez beat Jim Osborne via pin Bob Brunelle beat Bill Howard Att: "4,441 wrestling fans"
4/11/70 Hayward, WI @ Hayward High School The Crusher vs. Butcher Vachon
4/12/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Pepper Gomez beat Bob Windham Billy Red Lyons drew Jim Osborne Att. 2,800
4/13/70 Hayward, WI The Crusher vs Butcher Vachon 2/3 Blackjack Lanza vs Pepper Gomez 2/3 Bob Brunelle vs Bill Howard
4/13/70 Mayville, ND @ Lewy Lee Fieldhouse Billy Red Cloud vs. Bob Windham Dr. X vs. Red Bastien Billy Red Lyons vs. Mad Dog Vachon
April 14, 1970- St. Cloud, MN - St. Cloud University Halenbeck Hall Billy Red Cloud vs. Jim Osborne Red Bastien and Billy Red Lyons vs. Butcher Vachon and Mad Dog Vachon Lars Anderson vs. The Crusher
4/14/70 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Blackjack Lanza Dr X vs Pepper Gomez Joe Scarpello vs Jim Dillinger Bob Windham vs Bill Howard
4/14/70 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Tommy Martin defeated Tor Kamata Stan Pulaski defeated Killer Cox via DQ Jack Pesek defeated Beautiful Brutus in three falls Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks & Tommy Martin defeated Ali Ben Khan & Tor Kamata & Killer Cox in three falls
4/15/70 Cottage Grove, MN @ Park Senior Gym Dr. X & Les Mattson beat Bob Windham & Kenny Jay Bob Windham beat Dr. X dq Kenny Jay drew Les Mattson Notes: A fundraiser promoted by George Schire for Park High School Gym. Pepper Gomez was originally scheduled to wrestle Dr. X but did not compete due to an ear infection. Blackjack Lanza was originally booked to wrestle Bob Windham but missed his plane connection. This card had to be changed.
4/16/70 Bagley, MN @ High School Billy Red Lyons vs Mad Dog Vachon Dr X vs Red Bastien Billy Red Cloud vs Jim Osborne
4/16/70 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium The Crusher vs Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza vs Edouard Carpentier Bob Brunelle vs Bill Howard
4/17/70 St. Paul, MN @ Park Junior High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Red Lyons in 28:00 with a sleeper hold Dr X beat Bob Windham Blackjack Lanza beat Jim Osborne Att: "crowd of 987"
4/17/70 Stillwater, MN Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X dq Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon Jim Osborne no contest Billy Red Cloud
4/17/70 New Bedford, IL @ Bollman Field House The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier vs. Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger Bob Windham vs. Pepper Gomez Johnny Kace vs. Santiago Acosta
4/18/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Jones Dr. X beat Ricky Menendez
4/18/70 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 No dq Match Dr. X beat The Crusher 2/3 in 28:00 1. Crusher won 1st fall 2. Dr X won 2nd fall 3. Dr X won 3rd fall Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza in 11:45 Pepper Gomez beat Rodeo Jones in 9:45 Jim Osborne beat Kenny Jay in 13:55 Att: "crowd of 4,301"
4/21/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon drew The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Crusher pinned Mad Dog Vachon in 1:03 after a Bolo punch 2 Crusher was counted out of the ring in 56:30 3 The 60 minute time limit expired before either team could score another fall Jack Dillinger beat Pepper Gomez via pin in 11:35 after Jim Dillinger distracted Gomez from rinside allowing Jack Dillinger to elbow Gomez in the back of the neck Jim Dillinger beat Wilbur Snyder dq in 13:30 when Snyder tossed Jim Dillinger over the top rope Baron Von Raschke beat Bob Windham with a Stomach Claw in 15:12 Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard via pin in 11:20 Lars Anderson beat Paul Christy via pin in 9:10 after an Atomic Drop
4/22/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X Edouard Carpentier drew Jim Dillinger Double X beat Billy Red Cloud
4/23/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Dr. X & Double X Edouard Carpentier beat Steve Druk Bob Brunelle beat Mike Spangler
4/24/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 in 15:30 to win AWA Tag Team Title. However the wrong man was pinned and the tag title was returned to the Vachons. Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Windham Joe Blanchard drew Jack Pesek Promoter: Gene Reed Att: “turn away crowd of 8,000+”
4/24/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Lars Anderson & Dr. X beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Edouard Carpentier beat Leroy Hirsch in 7:00 Double X beat Billy Red Cloud Bob Brunelle beat Steve Druk Bobby Jones beat Wilf Caron
4/25/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Jones Dr. X beat Ricky Menendez Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Bulldog Drummer & John George Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Brunelle Lars Anderson beat Wilf Caron Edouard Carpentier beat Steve Tuck
4/25/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon in 14:20 The Crusher beat Dr. X on a 3rd fall COR Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Lyons via pin Pepper Gomez drew Red Bastien (sub Bill Howard) Double X beat Bob Windham att: 6,112, "sixth consecutive sellout"
4/28/70 Sioux City, IA Bob Ellis, Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski W Beautiful Brutus Bob Geigel & Ali Ben Khan Cowboy Lang W Little Bruiser Reggie Parks W-DQ Bob Geigel Bob Ellis D Ali Ben Khan
4/29/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Handicap match The Crusher beat Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon Lars Anderson & Blackjack Lanza beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X dq Bob Brunelle drew Bob Windham 25:00 att: "about 2,000"
5/2/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Julius Rodriguez Dr. X & Double X beat Bob Brunelle & Jack Pesek Red Bastien beat Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat Santiago Acosta Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Howard Verne Gagne beat Angel Rivera
5/2/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Dr. X on a 2nd fall dq when Double X interfered 1. Crusher beat Dr X 2. Dr X was dq’ed Red Bastien & Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello in 13:32 Double X beat Bill Howard in 14:38 Bob Windham beat Bob Brunelle in 16:32 att:" 4,264 fans"
5/4/70 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Bill Howard vs Bob Bruenelle Pepper Gomez vs Jim Osborne DR. X Double X vs Red Bastein & Billy Red Lyons
5/5/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick The Bruiser dcor Baron Von Raschke in 3rd fall 1 Von Raschke beat Bruiser with a head claw 2 Bruiser pinned Von Raschke 3 Both men were counted out of the ring Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier 2/3, 1st fall by dq 1 Crusher was dq'ed in 6:32 2 Carpentier pinned Jack Dillinger in 5:26 3 Jim Dillinger pinned Carpentier in 4:48 after Jack Dillinger tripped Carpentier while the referee was ushering Crusher back to his corner Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X on a 3rd fall dq 1 Dr. X pinned Gomez after a body slam 2 Gomez pinned Dr. X after hitting X in the head with an unhinged steel turnbuckle 3 Dr. X was dq'ed for hitting Gomez with an unhinged steel turnbuckle Dr. Bill Miller beat Billy Red Lyons via pin in 7:28 fter a knee to Billy Red's head Ernie Ladd beat Bob Windham via pin in 5:28 Mitsu Arakawa beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 9:22
5/6/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Danny Little Bear defeated Ali Ben Khan via DQ Harley Race fought Reggie Parks to a draw Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bob Geigel in three falls Lars Anderson defeated Bob Windham in three falls
5/7/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Verne Gagne & the Crusher 2/3 1 Butcher pinned Crusher 2 Gagne beat Mad Dog 3 Butcher beat Gagne Blackjack Lanza ddq Wilbur Snyder Angelo Poffo beat Jack Pesek via pin in 10:10 Billy Red Lyons beat Joe Scarpello in 13:15 Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig via pin in 10:00 Pepper Gomez beat Lars Anderson in 15:00 att: 7,365
5/8/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier on a 3rd fall dq Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons with a figure four leg lock to win British Commonwealth title Red Bastien beat Double X via pin Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig dq Bob Brunelle drew Bill Howard (sub Bobby Jones) Att: “sellout crowd”
5/9/70 Minneapolis TV Bill Howard & Jack Pesek beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq The Crusher beat Steve Tuck Dr. X & Double X beat Kenny Jay & Joe Scarpello Pepper Gomez beat Wilf Caron Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Cody Lars Anderson beat Bob Brunelle
5/9/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat Dr. X & Double X in 23:57 Blackjack Lanza beat Jack Pesek via pin in 14:38 Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello in 15:04 Larry Hennig beat Bill Howard in 9:27 att: 3,201
5/15/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Dr. X on a 3rd fall dq 1. Crusher pinned Dr X in 8:19 after a bolo punch 2. Dr X pinned The Crusher in 9:08 3. Double X interfered and Dr X was dq’ed Pepper Gomez & Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Double X beat Jack Pesek Reggie Parks beat Ali Ben Kahn via pin Promoter: Gene Reed
5/16/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Ken Yates Paul Diamond beat Dr. X Pepper Gomez beat Bob Brunelle Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Howard
5/16/70 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium No Time Limit The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon in 17:52 Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X & Double X dq Edouard Carpentier drew Blackjack Lanza Paul Diamond beat Jack Pesek via pin in 12:35 Joe Scarpello beat Billy Howard in 13:45 Att: 4,054
5/18/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger beat Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher Baron Von Raschke beat Ernie Ladd Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons Red Bastien drew Pepper Gomez Princess Jasmine beat Mary Jane Mull Bob Windham beat Jack Pesek
5/19/70 Bismarck, ND - Civic Center – Last card of the season Red Bastien, Billy Red Lyons and Pepper Gomez (substitute for The Crusher) won 2/3 falls from Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon and Black Jack Lanza 1-Vachons/Lanza won in 11:01. 2-Lyons/Bastien/Gomez won in 8:36. 3-Lyons/Bastien/Gomez won in 5:48 Pepper Gomez pinned Doctor X in 18:07 Billy Red Lyons beat Butcher Vachon in 11:39 (substitute match for the scheduled Butcher Vachon vs. The Crusher grudge match) Double X pinned Bob Brunelle in 15:06
5/20/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons & Pepper Gomez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Dr. X & Blackjack Daniels Paul Diamond beat Blackjack Daniels Double X beat Bob Brunelle
5/20/70 Sioux City, IA Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig W Bob Ellis & Reggie Parks Ali Ben Khan W Don Soto Bob Windham W Bill Eskew Bob Ellis W-DQ Larry Hennig
5/21/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Dr X via pin in 17:10 Blackjack Lanza & Lars Anderson beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 1 Anderson pinned Bastien in 12:50 2 Bastien beat Anderson in 9:20 3 Lanza beat Lyons in 8:00 Paul Diamond beat Butcher Vachon via pin in 9:50 Edouard Carpentier beat Bob Windham via pin in 13:30 Pepper Gomez beat Double X via pin in 20:10 att: 4,335
5/22/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Cage Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin in 29:00 Dr. X & Double X beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons 2/3 Edouard Carpentier beat Butcher Vachon via pin Lars Anderson drew Paul Diamond George Gadaski beat Bobby Jones Att: “record 6,500 fans”
5/23/70 Minneapolis TV Dr. X & Double X beat Santiago Acosta & Bob Windham Pepper Gomez beat Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat Ken Yates Paul Diamond beat Jose Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Ricky Menendez Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
5/23/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Pepper Gomez beat Double X Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham
5/26/70 Stanley, ND @ High School Gym Dr. X vs. Red Bastien Double X vs. Pepper Gomez Paul Diamond vs. Bob Windham
5/26/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek defeated Ali Ben Khan Reggie Parks fought Bob Geigel to a draw (30:00) Lars Anderson defeated Rene Goulet in three falls Midwest Heavyweight Champion Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Larry Hennig
5/29/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq 1. Butcher pinned Gomez in 6:30 after a body slam 2. Gomez won 2nd fall in 2:01 3. The Vachons were dq’ed when Mad Dog entered the ring illegally No dq Match, No Time Limit Dr. X beat Billy Red Lyons Paul Diamond beat Double X Edouard Carpentier beat Lars Anderson dq Promoter: Gene Reed Note: Another listing has Red Bastien beating Double X and Paul Diamond beating Jack Pesek.
5/30/70 Minneapolis TV Pepper Gomez beat Wilf Caron Lars Anderson & Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Cody & Rene Goulet Paul Diamond beat Double X dq Verne Gagne beat Bobby Jones Edouard Carpentier beat Angel Rivera
5/30/70 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Tiny Mills AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr. X on a reverse decision 3rd fall dq in 28:55 Blackjack Lanza & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez Edouard Carpentier drew Double X Paul Diamond beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Bob Windham beat Bill Howard via pin Battle Of The Losers Kenny Jay beat Kenny Yates via pin
6/2/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Chain Gang Jim Dillinger & Jack Dillinger Baron Von Raschke beat Edouard Carpentier Wilbur Snyder beat Dr X dq Dr Big Bill Miller beat Pepper Gomez Moose Cholak beat Double X Paul Diamond beat Johnny Kace (sub Joe Tomasso) Att: 12,000
6/7/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Santiago Acosta & Bob Brunelle Dr. X beat Bill Cody Pepper Gomez beat Wilf Caron Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Paul Diamond beat Bobby Jones Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Billy the Kid & Cowboy Bradley
6/9/70 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Butcher Vachon vs Pepper Gomez Paul Diamond vs Double XX Roger Littlebrook & Cowboy Lang vs Little Bruiser & Mighty Atom
6/11/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Lars Anderson beat Bob Windham via pin in 21:00 Lord Littlebrook & Cowboy Lang beat Mighty Atom & Little Bruiser 2/3 Paul Diamond beat Les Wolff via pin Handicap Match Larry Hennig beat Wilf Caron & Orest Antonation Att: “2,600 fans”
6/13/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Jones Dr. X & Double X beat Kenny Jay & Joe Scarpello Larry Hennig beat Mark Starr Verne Gagne beat Bruce Kirk Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Howard Paul Diamond beat Jose Rodriguez Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Billy the Kid & Cowboy Bradley
6/13/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Steel Cage Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon in 19:30 Dr X & Double X beat Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez Roger Littlebrook & Cowboy Lang beat Mighty Atom & Little Bruiser 2/3 Paul Diamond beat Larry Hennig via pin in 11:40 Blackjack Lanza beat Moose Cholak via pin in 12:30 Butcher Vachon beat Billy Howard in 11:40 att: “an audience of 12,076”, gate: $58,270 Note: That card set a new Wisconsin indoor gate and attendance record.
6/13/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek defeated Jim Knapp Les Wolff defeated Kenny Jay Reggie Parks defeated Black Jack Daniels in three falls Lars Anderson defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis in three falls to win the Midwest Heavyweight Title
6/15/70 Princeton, IL @ Bureau County Fairgrounds Pepper Gomez vs. Blackjack Lanza Lord Littlebrook & Cowboy Lang vs. Little Bruiser & Mighty Atom Moose Cholak vs. Butcher Vachon
6/16/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr Big Bill Miller AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Ernie Ladd & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 Baron Von Raschke beat Pepper Gomez Cowboy Lang & Lord Littlebrook beat Little Bruiser & Mighty Atom Blackjack Lanza beat Angelo Poffo Moose Cholak drew Mitsu Arakawa
6/17/70 Stanton, ND Paul Diamond vs. Dr. X Lars Anderson vs. Bob Windham George Gadaski vs. John Wolf
6/17/70 Virginia, MN @ Miner's Arena Dr. X vs Pepper Gomez Lord Littlebrook & Cowboy Lang vs Little Bruiser & Mighty Atom Blackjack Lanza vs Larry Hennig
6/18/70 Red Lake, MN @ High School Gym Dr X vs Paul Diamond Double X vs Pepper Gomez Cowboy Lang & Little Bruiser vs Mighty Atom & Tiny Tim
6/19/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr. X & Double X beat Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez Paul Diamond beat Butcher Vachon Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Windham Lord Littlebrook & Cowboy Lang beat Mighty Atom & Little Bruiser 2/3 Att: 1,990
6/20/70 Minneapolis TV Dr. X & Double X beat Bob Brunelle & Joe Scarpello Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza dq Paul Diamond beat Ken Yates
6/20/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Paul Diamond beat Dr X & Double X 2-0 in 33:00 Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Lanza dq when manager Bobby Heenan interfered Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello (sub Edouard Carpentier) in 13:23 Lord Littlebrook & Cowboy Lang beat Little Bruiser & Mighty Atom 2/3 in 27:42 Billy Howard drew Kenny Jay Att: 4,370
6/25/70 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Blackjack Lanza vs Pepper Gomez Larry Hennig vs Bob Windham Betty Niccoli vs Jean Antone
6/25/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium British Empire Champion Dr. X beat Edouard Carpentier 2/3 in 32:00 Paul Diamond beat Double X via pin Lars Anderson drew Red Bastien (sub Dean Higuchi) Butcher Vachon (sub Bob Brunelle) beat Stan The Moose Morowski by submission in 5:00 George Gadaski beat Wilf Caron Orest Antonation beat Dave Muir Att: “smallest crowd of the year, only 1,746 fans”
6/26/70 Hayward, WI Red Bastien vs Butcher Vachon Paul Diamond vs Double X Bob Brunelle vs Les Wolff
6/26/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School No Countouts but each time a wrestler leaves the ring, he will be fined $1,000.00 The Crusher beat Dr. X on a 3rd fall dq Blackjack Lanza & Lars Anderson beat Edouard Carpentier & Pepper Gomez Larry Hennig beat Bob Windham Billy Howard beat Johnny Kace
6/27/70 Minneapolis TV Butcher Vachon beat Santiago Acosta Paul Diamond beat Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat Ricky Mendez Pepper Gomez beat Kenny Yates Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Lee Mattson & George Gadaski Red Bastien beat Angel Rivera
6/30/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher & Ernie Ladd beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Blackjack Lanza Baron Von Raschke beat Red Bastien Mitsu Arakawa beat Paul Christy Pepper Gomez beat Bob Windham Paul Diamond beat Double X Joe Scarpello beat Lars Anderson
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/1/70 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Dr X vs Paul Diamond Black Jack Lanza & Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Bob Windham Black Jack Lanza vs Pepper Gomez Double X vs Bill Howard
7/3/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Paul Diamond took 2 straight falls from Dr. X, but was then dq'ed for taking X's mask off Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson dq Patty O'Hara beat Betty Niccoli Kenny Yates beat Kenny Jay (Yates' first pro win. Jay was presented a trophy for keeping his 100 match losing string alive)
7/4/70 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Mike Spangler Red Bastien beat Hank Meadows Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay & Dave Muir Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard Bull Bullinski beat Wilf Caron
7/8/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bobo Brazil & Ernie Ladd on a 3rd fall COR 1 Butcher Vachon pinned Bobo Brazil in 5:15 2 Bobo Brazil pinned Butcher Vachon in 13:10 3 Ladd was counted out of the ring Baron Von Raschke beat Dr Big Bill Miller with a face claw in 14:44 Paul Diamond beat Dr X with a reverse chin lock in 14:15 Lars Anderson drew Red Bastien 20:00 Pepper Gomez beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin in 11:47 Blackjack Lanza beat Joe Scarpello with a Cobra hold in 13:31 Note: I've also seen this card dated July 7, 1970.
7/9/70 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Gym Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dr X & Double X 2/3 Paul Diamond beat Frank Bullinski 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Windham
7/10/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne 2/3 Paul Diamond beat Double X 2/3 Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza dq Pepper Gomez beat Bad Boy Shields dq
7/11/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Daniels & Bill Howard Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Kappel Bad Boy Bullinski beat Julio Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Ben Vat
7/11/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Paul Diamond beat Dr X Mighty Igor Vodik beat Angelo Poffo Kenny Jay beat Kenny Yates Att: 10,812
7/11/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Referee: Bob Windham Blackjack Lanza beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Gagne hit Lanza with a chair in 23:32 Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Double X beat Joe Scarpello in 12:27 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Howard in 11:33 Bob Kappel drew Blackjack Daniels 20:00 Att: "4,600 fans"
7/11/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Roger Kirby vs. Rufus R. Jones Harley Race vs. Pat O’Connor Beautiful Brutus vs. The Viking Midwest Heavyweight Champion Cowboy Bob Ellis vs. Tarzan Tyler
7/15/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Paul Diamond bear Dr X 2/3 and unmasked him as Bruce Marshall Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Bob Windham beat Double XX Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig in 8:00 Bad Boy Bullinski drew Lars Anderson Att: 1,800
7/15/70 Mankato, MN @ Armory Paul Diamond & Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X & Double XX 2/3 Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski (sub Red Bastien) Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bob Windham via pin att: 800 Notes: Frank Bad Boy Shields in the ad. Bad Boy Bullinski in the results clipping.
7/17/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Dr. X Bob Windham vs Frank Shields Paul Diamond vs Double X Blackjack Lanza vs Pepper Gomez
7/18/70 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bill Howard Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Santiago Acosta & Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Bad Boy Bullinski beat Angel Rivera Paul Diamond beat Julio Rodriguez Mr. M beat Ken Yates
7/18/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Mr M beat Dr X 2-0 but Dr X had switched places with Double X outside the ring. Double X was beaten in the 2nd fall and unmasked as Jim "Red" Osborne Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bob Windham & Paul Diamond 2/3 Blackjack Lanza dcor Bad Boy Bullinski Pepper Gomez beat Double X Billy Howard beat Kenny Yates via pin att: "3,691 pro wrestling fans"
7/24/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Paul Diamond beat Dr. X 2/3 (then unmasked him as Bruce Marshall) Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Bob Windham beat Double X Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig in 8:00 Bad Boy Bullinski drew Lars Anderson Att: "1,800 All Star Wrestling fans"
7/25/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Guards around the ring Dr X beat Mr M 2/3 in 38:57 1. X won 1st fall 2. M won 2nd fall 3. X won 3rd fall Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Paul Diamond beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Jim Osborne in 25:37 Blackjack Lanza beat Wilbur Snyder dq in 23:16 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 8:57 Bob Windham beat Billy Howard via pin in 13:25 Att: 4,603
7/25/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium The Bushman vs. Oki Shikina Skandar Akbar vs. Pat O’Connor Beautiful Brutus vs. Rufus R. Jones Tarzan Tyler defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis to win the Midwest Heavyweight Title
7/27/70 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Dr X vs Paul Diamond Red Bastien vs Black Jack Lanza Pepper Gomez vs Bull Bullinski Double X vs Bob Windham
7/30/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq in 26:00 Paul Diamond beat Dr. X via pin Pepper Gomez drew Lars Anderson Bull Bullinski beat Double X Red Bastien beat George Grant George Gadaski beat Dave Muir att: 5,280
7/31/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Non Title Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Pepper Gomez beat Tarzan Tyler Ken Yates beat Kenny Jay
7/31/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza Mighty Igor Vodik & Paul Diamond beat Dr X & Double X Ernie Ladd beat Bob Windham Lars Anderson drew Bad Boy Bullinski att: 6,330
8/1/70 Minneapolis TV Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski & Ken Yates The Crusher beat Julio Rodriguez Red Bastien beat Ricky Menendez Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Killer Dave Cox Bull Bullinski beat Lee Mattson
8/8/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X & Blackjack Lanza Bad Boy Bullinski beat George Grant Paul Diamond beat Frank Hickey Lars Anderson beat Bill Howard Bob Windham beat Wilf Caron
8/8/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Dr X, X unmasked Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez dq Truck Driver Bullinski beat Double X (Jim Osborne) Paul Diamond beat George Grant via pin in 12:29 Billy Howard beat Frank Hickey via pin in 8:42 Att: "4,776 fans" Note: One veteran fan said Dr X looked like Gene Kiniski.
8/12/70 Sioux City, IA Beautiful Brutus & Tarzan Tyler NC Larry Hennig & Harley Race Bob Geigel W Steve Bolus Stan Frazier W Boris Kosloff Rufus R. Jones D Roger Kirby
8/14/70 Chicago, IL @ Comiskey Park AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher 2/3 AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke 2/3 1. Raschke won 1st fall 2. Gagne beat Raschke with a Sleeper Hold 3. Gagne won 3rd fall Dr X beat Paul Diamond Ernie Ladd no contest Blackjack Lanza Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa Pepper Gomez beat Double X (XX unmasked) Dr Big Bill Miller ddq Bobo Brazil Larry Hennig beat Red Bastien Jean Antone & Lucille Dupree beat Linda Klein & Betty Niccoli att: 21,000+
8/15/70 Minneapolis TV Pepper Gomez beat Frank Hickey Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bob Windham & Ken Yates Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Bad Boy Bullinski beat Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Kenny Jay
8/20/70 Duluth, MN @ Wade Stadium Blackjack Lanza beat Dr. X (who wrestled without his mask as Bruce Marshall) Pepper Gomez drew Paul Diamond when the 30 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson via pin Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig dq att: "audience of 1,124"
8/21/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Blackjack Lanza beat The Crusher Bad Boy Bullinski vs Dr. X Edouard Carpentier vs Double X Paul Diamond vs Butcher Vachon George Gadaski vs Bill Howard
8/22/70 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay & Jim Valen Blackjack Lanza beat Hank Meadows Bad Boy Bullinski beat Julio Rodriguez Paul Diamond beat Dave Cox Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Daniels
8/22/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Blackjack Lanza beat Dr X (unmasked as Bruce Marshall) Bob Windham beat Big Luke Brown Mighty Igor Vodik beat Frank Hickey Billy Howard beat Angel Rivera att: 6,854
8/22/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski no contest Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in 3rd fall Paul Diamond (sub Edouard Carpentier) beat Double X in 20:11 Blackjack Daniels beat Jim Valen via pin in 14:52 Kenny Yates drew Kenny Jay 20:00 Dave Cox beat Chico Rodriguez via pin in 13:30 att: 5,094
8/24/70 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Mask at Stake/No dq Match Dr X vs Black Jack Lanza The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski vs Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson plus other bouts
8/27/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Blackjack Lanza beat Dr. X in 25:00 and unmasked him to reveal Bruce Marshall Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Double X 2/3 in 20:00 and Double X was unmasked as Jim Osborne Paul Diamond beat Butcher Vachon in 8:00 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bob Windham in 11:00 Bobby Jones beat Dave Muir in 13:00 att: 4,100
8/28/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Cage Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin in 17:38 after a body slam Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Butcher Vachon 2/3 No dq Match, No countouts Blackjack Lanza beat Dr. X Paul Diamond beat Double X Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski Att: 10,260 “record crowd”
8/29/70 Minneapolis TV Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay & Bob Windham Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Edouard Carpentier beat Frank Hickey Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels
8/29/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Dq Rule Waived Blackjack Lanza beat Dr X Dr X voluntarily unmasked before the match and was revealed to be Dick Beyer No dq match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski on a 3rd fall COR Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon Edouard Carpentier beat Killer Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Jack Daniels Bill Howard beat Frank Hickey att: 8,758
9/1/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza beat Dr X (X unmasked himself) Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent beat Wilbur Snyder & Luis Martinez Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Howard Moose Cholak beat Lars Anderson dq Pepper Gomez beat Paul Christy Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bob Windham
9/4/70 Ontonagon, MI @ Ontonagon Area High School Gym Paul Diamond beat Butcher Vachon 2/3 Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Pepper Gomez (sub Bad Boy Bullinski) beat Frank Hickey Att: “enthusiastic crowd”
9/5/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Wilf Caron & Blackjack Daniels Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig beat Santiago Acosta & Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat Hank Meadows Verne Gagne beat Dave Cox Edouard Carpentier beat Angel Rivera Bull Bullinski beat George Grant
9/5/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier dq Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham Billy Howard beat Frank Hickey Att: 6,351
9/5/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Frank Hester defeated Frank Altman Billy Red Cloud defeated Dave Cox Jean Antone defeated Kay Noble in three falls Handicap Match: Stan Frazier defeated Tarzan Tyler & Beautiful Brutus
9/9/70 Sioux City, IA Stan Frazier & Pat O'Connor W-DQ Tarzan Tyler & Butcher Vachone Pepper Gomez W-DQ Beautiful Brutus Larry Hennig W Paul Diamond Billy Red Cloud D Bob Windham
9/11/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 in 22:00 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dave Cox in 9:00 Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham via pin Tex McKenzie beat Frank Hickey via pin Dave Muir beat Pete Mymko Att: 2,300
9/12/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat George Gadaski & Bill Howard Edouard Carpentier beat Dave Cox Julio Rodriguez beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Verne Gagne beat Frank Hickey Big K beat Kenny Jay
9/12/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 1. Hennig pinned Mad Dog in 1:16 2. Mad Dog pinned Hennig in 4:03 3. Mad Dog beat Anderson in 3:37 Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 18:27 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dave Cox via pin in 6:53 Paul Diamond drew Big K 20:00 Billy Howard beat Frank Hickey via pin in 12:22 Att: "5,319 fans"
9/15/70 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center AWA World Tag Team Championship: Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon © won 2/3 falls from Lars Anderson and Larry Hennig Red Bastien beat Paul Diamond when Diamond was injured and unable to continue Bull Bullinski beat Frank Hickey
9/15/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent beat Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez Baron Von Raschke beat Bob Windham Mitsu Arakawa beat Bill Howard Big K drew Angelo Poffo
9/15/70 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Dave Cox fought Frank Hester to a draw Tex McKenzie defeated Kenny Jay Stan Frazier defeated Beautiful Brutus Billy Red Cloud defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion Tarzan Tyler via DQ
9/17/70 Eau Claire Ed Carpentier & Paul Diamond vs. Butcher & Mad Dog Vachone Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien Pepper Gomez vs. Bob Windham
9/18/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Paul Diamond when Diamond was injured in a collision and was unable to continue Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier on a 3rd fall dq Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Frank Hickey att: 5,000+
9/19/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dave Cox & Ken Yates Larry Hennig beat Wilf Caron Blackjack Lanza beat Hank Meadows Bad Boy Bullinski beat Frank Hickey Mad Dog Vachon beat Mike Spangler Paul Diamond beat Steve Tuck
9/23/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Blackjack Lanza vs Edouard Carpentier Butcher Vachon vs Bad Boy Bullinski Paul Diamond vs Larry Hennig Bob Windham vs Pepper Gomez
9/24/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez drew AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza dq Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Paul Diamond drew Big K Att: "2,000 fans"
9/25/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bad Boy Bullinski & Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Larry Hennig drew Red Bastien Edouard Carpentier beat Big K Bob Jones beat Bob Tuck Att: 2,186
9/26/70 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Bill Howard Blackjack Lanza beat Santiago Acosta Bad Boy Bullinski beat Raoul Rodriguez Edouard Carpentier beat Carlos Rodriguez Big K beat Ken Yates Paul Diamond beat Dave Cox
9/26/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Beautiful Brutus beat Tarzan Tyler dq Stan "Plowboy" Frazier beat The Viking Tex McKenzie beat Gato Gordo Att: 2,749
9/26/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig via pin Arm Wrestling Larry Hennig beat Bad Boy Bullinski in 40 seconds Blackjack Lanza ddq Edouard Carpentier Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham via pin Big K beat Billy Howard via pin Billy Red Cloud beat Frank Hickey via pin Att: "5,601 fans"
9/29/70 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent beat Dick the Bruiser & Bad Boy Bullinski dq Edouard Carpentier no contest Blackjack Lanza Pepper Gomez beat Mitsu Arakawa Moose Cholak beat Bob Windham Paul Diamond beat Ken Dillinger
9/30/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Pepper Gomez beat Big K Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Bob Windham
9/30/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium The Viking fought Frank Hester to a draw Jack Pesek defeated Tito Kopa Tarzan Tyler defeated Billy Red Cloud Tex McKenzie & Stan Frazier defeated World Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon via DQ
10/3/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Santiago Acosta & Kenny Jay Pepper Gomez beat Wilf Caron Larry Hennig beat Mark Starr Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Daniels Bad Boy Bullinski beat Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat Hank Meadows
10/3/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza & Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Paul Diamond beat Big K Bob Windham drew Billy Howard att: 10,371
10/5/70 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Black Jack Lanza vs Edouard Carpentier Bad Boy Bullinski vs Larry Hennig Red Bastien vs Bob Windham Big K vs Paul Diamond Pepper Gomez vs Bill Howard
10/7/70 Sioux City, IA Billy Red Cloud W Tarzan Tyler Stan Frazier & Tex McKenzie W Gato Gordo & Roger Kirby Pat O'Connor D Reggie Parks Tex McKenzie W Gato Gordo
10/9/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium British Empire Champion Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier dq Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig via pin to win $1,000 Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Diamond via pin Red Bastien beat Billy Red Cloud Pepper Gomez beat Bob Windham via pin Bobby Jones beat Bill Antonation Att: 1,260
10/10/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dave Cox & Blackjack Daniels Larry Hennig beat Hank Meadows Blackjack Lanza beat Steve Tuck Edouard Carpentier beat ? Bull Bullinski beat Wilf Caron
10/10/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium No dq Match Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon & Big K 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat Killer Dave Cox Billy Howard beat Frank Hickey via pin Lee Mattson drew Blackjack Daniels Att: "more than 5,000 fans"
10/14/70 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Reggie Parks defeated Butcher Vachon Stan Frazier defeated Ken Yates Tex McKenzie defeated Black Jack Daniels World Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon defeated Billy Red Cloud & Reggie Parks
10/15/70 Red Lake, MN @ High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Big K Red Bastien vs Larry Hennig Billy Red Cloud vs Bob Windham
10/16/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Red Bastien (sub Bad Boy Bullinski) beat Larry Hennig & Big K 2/3 Paul Diamond beat Mad Dog Vachon dq in 20:00 Billy Red Cloud beat Blackjack Daniels in 20:00 Pepper Gomez beat Bob Windham in 10:00 Note: Bullinski said to be injured.
10/17/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Dave Cox Larry Hennig beat Ken Yates Blackjack Lanza beat Angel Rivera Verne Gagne beat Mark Starr Paul Diamond beat Kenny Jay Edouard Carpentier beat Jay Rodriguez
10/17/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat "Plowboy" Stan Frazier & Tex McKenzie Red Bastien beat Stan "Krusher" Kowalski Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Daniels Reggie Parks beat Frank Hester
10/17/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Referee Lee Mattson Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq in 23:00 when Gagne tossed Carpentier over the top rope Handicap Match The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Blackjack Lanza in 16:20 Paul Diamond beat Mark Starr via pin in 18:45 Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Windham in 14:50 Joe Scarpello beat Kenny Jay via pin in 17:00 Att: "A total of 5,677 watched" Note: The ad had Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski vs Hennig & Lanza. The results clipping had Crusher beating both Hennig & Lanza. No Bullinski.
10/19/70 Bismarck, ND - Civic Center AWA World Tag Team Championship: Red Bastien and Pepper Gomez beat Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon © on a third fall disqualification Black Jack Lanza won 2/3 falls from Paul Diamond Billy Red Cloud (substitute for Bull Bullinski) beat Big Bob Windham
10/20/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Handicap Match, Bruiser promised to pin both wrestlers within 30 minutes; he vowed to give both $2,000 if he failed. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall COR 1 Bruiser pinned Lanza 2 Lanza pinned Bruiser 3 Bruiser was counted out of the ring while chasing Bobby Heenan. The legal man Lanza was inside the ring. AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon ddq Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez in 3rd fall 1 Mad Dog pinned Bastien 2 Bastien pinned Mad Dog 3 Both teams were dq'ed when all four men started fighting inside the ring Edouard Carpentier beat Dr Big Bill Miller via pin in 4:15 Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 11:25 after a knee to the chest Bobo Brazil beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin in 10:35 after a coco butt Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham via pin in 12:40
10/23/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Bull Bullinski no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Edouard Carpentier beat Big K Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard Pepper Gomez drew Paul Diamond Arm Wrestling Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig att: 6,112 sellout
10/24/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christian & Ken Yates Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Wilf Caron & Bob Windham Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Pete Memko Edouard Carpentier beat Bobby Jones
10/24/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher ddq Blackjack Lanza when Bad Boy Bullinski (the Crusher's second) and Bobby Heenan (Lanza'a second) entered the ring and began a fight which resulted in referee Billy Red Cloud being knocked out. Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Big K 2/3 Edouard Carpentier beat Bob Windham via pin in 14:07 Bull Bullinski beat Bill Christian via pin in 9:06 Larry Hennig drew Paul Diamond Att: 4,169
10/24/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Reggie Parks defeated Dave Cox Stan Pulaski defeated Black Jack Daniels Cowboy Lang & Wee Willie Wilson defeated The Mighty Atom & Little Bruiser in three falls Midwest Heavyweight Champion Tex McKenzie defeated Butcher Vachon
10/27/70 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory Paul Diamond beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Windham 2/3 Kenny Jay beat Killer Dave Cox
10/27/70 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Blackjack Lanza vs Edouard Carpentier The Big K & Butcher Vachon vs Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez Mitsu Arakawa vs Bad Boy Bullinski Larry Hennig vs Bill Howard
10/28/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Pepper Gomez beat Bob Windham Edouard Carpentier beat Big K Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig
10/28/70 Sioux City, IA Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski W-DQ Butcher & Mad Dog Vachone Tex McKenzie W Benny Ramirez Cowboy Lang W The Mighty Atom Fred Sweetan W Frankie Hester
10/29/70 Fosston, MN @ High School Mad Dog Vachon vs Paul Diamond Butcher Vachon vs Billy Red Cloud Kenny Jay vs Dave Cox
10/30/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq when Mad Dog slugged referee Leo Ball No Time Limit, No dq Match Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier via pin Larry Hennig beat Bad Boy Bullinski Paul Diamond beat Gene Dubuque
10/31/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Santiago Acosta & George Gadaski Red Bastien beat Dave Cox Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Kappel Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christian Paul Diamond beat Chuck Edwards Edouard Carpentier beat Kenny Jay
10/31/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Arm Wrestling Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Regular Match Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig in 12:05 Edouard Carpentier beat Big K via pin in 14:10 Blackjack Lanza beat Santiago Acosta in 10:05 Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham via pin in 15:05 Att: 5,000
11/4/70 Hurley, WI @ J E Murphy Gym Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall dq Bad Boy Bullinski beat Big K Paul Diamond beat Butcher Vachon Att: 1,000
11/6/70 Marshall, MN Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon
11/7/70 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza beat Jose Rodriguez Edouard Carpentier beat Angel Rivera Verne Gagne beat Bill Christian Strong Kobayashi beat Kenny Jay Bad Boy Bullinski beat Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Bill Howard
11/7/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez Rock Rogowski beat Tex McKenzie to win Midwest title Stan Pulaski beat Gato Gordo Reggie Parks beat Ben Ramirez Att: 1,646
11/7/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 24:46 The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig & Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Windham via pin Paul Diamond beat Billy Christian via pin Big K beat Bill Howard via pin Att: "crowd of 5,678"
11/9/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez Edouard Carpentier no contest Baron Von Raschke Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Windham Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Kenny Dillinger
11/11/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Non Title Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Kobayashi vs Bob Windham Big K vs George Gadaski
11/12/70 Towner, ND @ Towner High School Blackjack Lanza vs. Paul Diamond Mark Starr vs. Edouard Carpentier John Lee vs. Billy Red Cloud
11/13/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez 2/3 1. Butcher beat Bastien 2. Gomez beat Mad Dog 3. Mad Dog pinned Bastien The Crusher beat Lars Anderson 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Joe Scarpello Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christian
11/13/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier via pin Paul Diamond beat Big K via pin Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Red Cloud via pin Bobby Heenan beat Bob Tuck via pin in 4:00 Moose Morowski beat Wilf Caron Att: 3,600
11/14/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Joe Tomasso Big K beat Bill Howard Strong Kobayashi beat Bill Christian Dr Big Bill Miller beat Blackjack Daniels
11/14/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Two Referees AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat the Crusher & Bull Bullinski via decision Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson dq Pepper Gomez beat Angelo Poffo Edouard Carpentier beat Johnny Kace Billy Red Cloud beat Santiago Acosta Att: 6,112
11/14/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond via pin in 19:25 after manager Bobby Heenan interfered Bill Miller beat Big K dq when the referee caught Big K with a foreign object in his knee pad Billy Christian drew Billy Howard 20:00 Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay in 3:10 Note: Another listing has Strong Kobayashi beating Blackjack Daniels on this card
11/16/70 Bottineau, ND @ Thatcher Hall Auditorium Pepper Gomez vs. Mad Dog Vachon Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien Billy Red Cloud vs. Butcher Vachon
11/17/70 Bismarck, ND - Civic Center AWA World Tag Team Championship: Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon © won 2/3 falls from Red Bastien and Pepper Gomez 1-Bastien/Gomez – 11:57. 2-Vachons – 4:34. 3-Vachons – 2:10 Lars Anderson won 2/3 falls from Billy Red Cloud Bad Boy Bullinski beat Billy Christian (substitute for Mark Starr).
11/17/70 Moline, IL Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond The Crusher beat The Assassin Edouard Carpentier beat Big K Strong Kobayashi beat Bill Howard
11/18/70 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Stan Pulaski vs. Black Jack Daniels The Claw vs. Dave Cox Wee Willie Wilson vs. The Mighty Atom Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Gato Gordo & Black Jack Daniels
11/20/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 to win title 1 Crusher & Bullinski beat Vachons in 4:00 2 The Vachons beat Crusher & Bullinski in 60:00 3 Crusher & Bullinski beat Vachons in 1:00 Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson dq in "about 20 minutes" Edouard Carpentier beat Bill Howard in 15:00 Paul Diamond beat Billy Christian in 12:30 att: 2,591 Note from justahamandegger: The story I heard on this was that before the match, Crusher and Bullinski had been having a few beers, (I know hard to believe) and decided to shot on the then tag champs, Vachon brothers. This didn't go over very well with Solon, Karbo and Gagne and it was decided to just ignore the decision.
11/21/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Rodeo Jones & Joe Tomasso Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Nixon Verne Gagne beat Ricky Menendez Strong Kobayashi beat John the Greek Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Billy the Kid & Cowboy Bradley
11/21/70 Golden Valley, MN The Crusher beat Butcher Vachon
11/25/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien dq Lars Anderson beat Pepper Gomez Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Cowboy Bob Bradley & Mighty Atom Bill Christian drew Dave Cox
11/25/70 Willmar, MN Bull Bullinski & Paul Diamond vs Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Kobayashi vs Joe Tomasso Big K vs Kenny Jay
11/26/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Strong Kobayashi won a 12 Man Battle Royal for $12,000 in 18:00 Lars Anderson beat Pepper Gomez via pin in 10:28 Paul Diamond drew Red Bastien Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christy via pin in 7:32 Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels in 2:57
11/26/70 Sioux City, IA Stan Pulaski won 8-man battle royal Bobo Johnson W Billy Colt Reggie Parks W Bobby Paul Tom Andrews W Jack Pesak Gato Gordo D Billy Red Cloud Stan Pulaski W Dave Cox
11/27/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Non title The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon when Crusher pinned Mad Dog in the 3rd fall Pepper Gomez beat Big K (sub Harley Race) 2-0 Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Cowboy Bradley & Mighty Atom 2/3 Hercules Cortez beat Bill Christian Att: 7,252
11/27/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Lars Anderson & Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond & Edouard Carpentier dq Strong Kobayashi beat Red Bastien in 11:00 Bulldog Bob Brown beat Bob Tuck (sub Bill Cody) in 21:00 Bobby Jones beat Pete Mymko in 16:00 Wilf Caron beat Dave Muir in 12:00 Att: 2,750
11/28/70 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza beat Julio Rodriguez Hercules Cortez beat Joe Tomasso Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta Bad Boy Bullinski beat Pancho Zapata Paul Diamond beat Bill Christian Strong Kobayashi beat Ken Yates
11/28/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Rock Rogowski Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Butcher Vachon Reggie Parks beat The Claw dq Pepper Gomez beat Killer Dave Cox
12/2/70 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Big K pinned Bobby Cox (sub for Hercules Cortez) Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Mighty Atom & Cowboy Bob Bradley Bad Boy Bullinski beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 falls Att: 1,100
12/3/70 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory The Crusher beat Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Bad Boy Bullinski beat Big K Red Bastien beat Joe Tomasso Att: 2,733
12/4/70 Fairmont, MN @ VFW Auditorium Red Bastien vs Mad Dog Vachon Hercules Cortez vs Butcher Vachon Strong Kobayashi vs Tiger Tomasso
12/4/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza dq
12/5/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels & Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Lars Anderson beat Julio Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Dave Cox Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
12/5/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Edouard Carpentier dq Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Mil Mascaras beat Big K Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Diamond Att: 6,112 sellout
12/9/70 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Stan Pulaski vs. Roger Kirby The Claw vs. Steve Bolus Kay Noble vs. Sandy Partlowe Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Roger Kirby & Ben Ramirez
12/10/70 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Auditorium Card canceled because of inclement weather Red Bastien vs Blackjack Lanza Strong Kobayashi vs Pepper Gomez 2/3 Mil Mascaras vs Big K
12/11/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Gagne threw Carpentier over the top rope Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond 2/3 Mil Mascaras beat Joe Blanchard Nick Bockwinkel drew Wilbur Snyder Pepper Gomez beat Tiger Joe Tomasso
12/11/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Red Bastien (sub The Crusher) & Bad Boy Bullinski 2/3 Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson in 9:00 Strong Kobayashi beat Bobby Jones via pin in 11:00 Big K beat Bob Tuck in 19:00 Pete Mymko beat Dave Muir via pin in 18:00
12/12/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Bill Christian & Joe Tomasso Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Zapata Mad Dog Vachon beat Julio Rodriguez
12/12/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent ddq Dick the Bruiser & Bobo Brazil in 3rd fall 1 Bruiser was dq'ed 2 Bobo Brazil beat Don Kent with an abdominal stretch 3 Kent pinned Brazil after Costello interfered but the commissioner ruled both teams were dq'ed Baron Von Raschke beat Pepper Gomez via pin in 9:38 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr Big Bill Miller COR in 8:58 Mil Mascaras beat Big K in 8:12 with a flying body press Strong Kobayashi beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin in 6:22 after a karate chop to the throat Lars Anderson beat Paul Christy via pin
12/12/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Red Bastien The Crusher & Wild Bull Bullinski beat Mad Dog Vachon & Blackjack Lanza (sub Butcher Vachon) 2-0 Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Edouard Carpentier beat Joe Tomasso Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Howard via pin Rock Rogowski beat Billy Christy Att: 6,000 Note: Butcher Vachon reportedly was stranded in Winnipeg.
12/16/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Lars Anderson won an 8 Man battle Royal for $5,000 Strong Kobayashi beat Pepper Gomez via pin Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond via pin in 17:00 Red Bastien drew Big K Lars Anderson beat Billy Christian via pin Att: "1,900 fans"
12/16/70 Polo, IL @ High School Gym The Crusher vs Butcher Vachon also included Mad Dog Vachon Att: 1400
12/17/70 Grand Forks, ND Red Bastien vs Lars Anderson
12/18/70 Rugby, MN Red Bastien vs Strong Kobayashi Lars Anderson won battle royal Red Bastien drew Big K
12/19/70 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza beat Ken Yates Nick Bockwinkel beat Rodeo Jones Strong Kobayashi beat Bobby Van Verne Gagne beat Ox Baker Lars Anderson beat Dave Cox Kenny Jay beat John the Greek
12/26/70 Minneapolis TV Strong Kobayashi beat Santiago Acosta Verne Gagne beat Bob Kappel Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Hercules Cortez beat Ox Baker Mad Dog Vachon beat Julio Rodriguez Edouard Carpentier beat George Gadaski Big K drew Ken Yates
12/26/70 Milwaukee Wi @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza COR Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Angelo Poffo beat Bob Windham Billy Howard beat Bill Christian Johnny Kace drew Les Wolff Att: 6,112 sellout
12/26/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium One Fall to a Finish, No Time Limit AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 33:32 Strong Kobayashi beat Pepper Gomez via pin Hercules Cortez beat Butcher Vachon via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Bob Kappel via pin Big K beat Kenny Jay via pin Att: "Just over 6,000 watched the matches"
12/26/70 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek vs. John Lee Wee Willie Wilson vs. Lord Littlebrook Reggie Parks vs. The Claw Midwest Heavyweight Champion Stan Pulaski vs. Rock Rogowski
12/28/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Lars Anderson beat Pepper Gomez Larry Hennig beat Les Wolff in 12:00 Bob Tuck beat Bobby Jones Pete Mymko beat Wilf Caron
12/29/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Bull Bullinski & The Crusher Pepper Gomez beat Kobayashi dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks Hercules Cortez beat Stan Pulaski
12/29/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Lars Anderson via pin after Larry Hennig's interference backfired Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Les Wolff via pin Big K beat George Gadaski in 15:00 Att: "1,900 fans"
12/30/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Strong Kobayashi beat Pepper Gomez Nick Bockwinkel beat Big K Mad Dog Vachon beat Les Wolff
12/30/70 Le Mars, IA @ Community Gym AWA Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski vs Les Wolff & The Masked Claw (2/3 falls) Wee Willie Wilson vs The Mighty Atom Reggie Parks vs Les Wolff
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1/2/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez dq Blackjack Lanza beat Phil Patterson Strong Kobayashi beat Bill Howard Hercules Cortez beat Rodeo Jones Ox Baker beat John the Greek Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski
1/2/71 St Paul, MN @ National Guard Armory Referee George Gadaski Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez no contest Strong Kobayashi & Big K in 3rd fall Larry Hennig beat Ox Baker dq in 16:01 Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Howard via pin in 18:05 Lars Anderson beat Billy Christian in 17:50
1/7/71 DePere, WI @ St. Norbert College Gym The Crusher vs Butcher Vachon Edouard Carpentier vs Mad Dog Vachon Strong Kobayashi vs Bill Howard Nick Bockwinkel vs Bob Windham Att: 1,500 sellout
1/8/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Strong Kobayashi beat Red Bastien Edouard Carpentier beat Bob Windham Nick Bockwinkel beat Big K
1/9/71 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Wilf Caron & Dave Cox Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Wilf Caron & Dave Cox Hercules Cortez beat Pancho Zapata Nick Bockwinkel beat Bobby Jones Bad Boy Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels Edouard Carpentier beat Frank Hickey
1/9/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent no contest The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Johnny Kace Strong Kobayashi beat Prince Pullins Hercules Cortez beat Big K
1/11/71 Menomonie, WI Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Lanza (2-1; won 2nd and 3rd falls) Nick Bockwinkel beat Butcher Vachon (2-1; won 2nd and 3rd falls) Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay Att: 750
1/13/71 Owatonna, MN Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig dq Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Christy
1/14/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Two Referees, No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat the Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski COR Red Bastien beat Strong Kobayashi dq Lars Anderson beat Billy Howard (sub Edouard Carpentier) Hercules Cortez beat Big K US Women’s Champion Betty Niccoli vs Sandy Partlow Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond att: 10,840
1/15/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Hercules Cortez & Bad Boy Bullinski & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Red Bastien beat Strong Kobayashi 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel drew Paul Diamond Edouard Carpentier beat Big K via pin in 13:42 after a double backflip Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 5,103
1/16/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Santiago Acosta & Julio Rodriguez Strong Kobayashi beat George Gadaski Hercules Cortez beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Bad Boy Bullinski beat Kenny Jay Paul Diamond beat Angel Rivera
1/16/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Strong Kobayashi beat Edouard Carpentier Bad Boy Bullinski beat Big K via pin Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin Kenny Jay drew Kenny Yates att: "crowd of 6,899"
1/16/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek defeated John Lee Ben Ramirez defeated Steve Bolus Rufus R. Jones defeated Killer Cox Rock Rogowski & The Claw defeated Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks to win the Midwest Tag Team Title
1/19/71 Bismarck, ND (Civic Center) AWA World Tag Team Championship: Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon © drew with The Crusher and Bull Bullinski when both teams were disqualified in the third fall. . . Black Jack Lanza won 2/3 falls from Red Bastien (1-Lanza – 15:23. 2-Bastien – 4:31 Bastien was disqualified – 8:09) The Big K (substitute for Dave Cox) pinned George Gadaski in 18:00. Att: 3,000.
1/20/71 Mason City, IA (Newman H.S. Gym) Black Jack Lanza vs. Red Bastien Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski Bill Howard vs. Bill Christy
1/20/71 New Town, ND @ High School Auditorium Butcher Vachon vs. Paul Diamond George Gadaski vs. Mad Dog Vachon Dave Cox vs. Big K
1/20/71 Spring Grove, MN @ High School Auditorium lineup unavailable
1/21/71 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Blackjack Lanza beat Bad Boy Bullinski via pin in 14:15 Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson dq when Lars hit the referee in 23:10 Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig via pin in 12:25 Nick Bockwinkel (sub Bill Christy) beat Billy Howard via pin in 26:00
1/22/71 Fairmont, MN Paul Diamond beat The Big K Kobayashi beat Red Bastien Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig by DQ
1/23/71 Minneapolis TV Strong Kobayashi beat Santiago Acosta Hercules Cortez beat Ox Baker Mad Dog Vachon beat Tony Savoldi Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Big K beat Wilf Caron
1/23/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Al Costello & Don Kent & Blackjack Lanza beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski Mighty Igor Vodik beat Butcher Vachon Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig Nick Bockwinkel beat Ivan Kalmikoff Red Bastien beat Strong Kobayashi dq Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond
1/26/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bobby Paul fought John Lee to a draw Billy Red Cloud defeated Ben Ramirez Ronnie Etchison defeated Dave Cox Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks defeated Midwest Tag Team Champions Rock Rogowski & The Claw via DQ
1/27/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Big K beat Kenny Jay
1/30/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat Santiago Acosta Strong Kobayashi beat Pancho Zapata Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard Billy Red Cloud beat Abdullah Ahma
1/30/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi dq when manager Big K interfered Blackjack Lanza beat Hercules Cortez Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Edouard Carpentier & Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Big K via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Att: 6,801
1/30/71 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Reggie Parks vs. Killer Cox Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Claw vs. Jack Pesek Midwest Tag Team Champions Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Killer Cox & John Lee
1/31/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Special Referee: Tiny Mills Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez on a 3rd fall dq when Cortez hit referee Tiny Mills Big K beat George Gadaski (sub Edouard Carpentier) Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Red Cloud Att: "crowd of 2,862"
2/1/71 Red Lake, MN Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Bad Boy Bullinski & Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Red Bastien vs Butcher Vachon 2/3 Billy Red Cloud vs Lars Anderson
2/3/71 Oshkosh, WI The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon Edouard Carpentier beat Lars Anderson via referee's decision Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon dq Att: 2,000
2/4/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Bad Boy Bullinski beat Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall dq when Nick tossed Bullinski over the top rope The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall COR Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Diamond in 12:27 Al Kashey (sub Tom Andrews) drew Jack Pesek 20:00 Kay Noble beat Sandy Partlow in 7:05 att: 6,324
2/4/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson no contest Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez in 3rd fall Winner to meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a future card Strong Kobayashi beat Edouard Carpentier via pin Butcher Vachon beat Billy Howard via pin Billy Red Cloud drew Big K Johnny Kace beat Santiago Acosta via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/6/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Christy Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Julio Rodriguez & Ken Yates Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Santiago Acosta & Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Strong Kobayashi beat Kenny Jay Billy Red Cloud beat Dave Cox
2/6/71 Honolulu, HI King Curtis drew AWA Champion Verne Gagne Frankie Laine beat Ripper Collins to win Hawaiian Title Lonnie Mayne beat Beauregard Don Muraco beat Mr. Fujiwara Dale Lewis beat Pierre Duranton
2/7/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (Matinee show, 3 PM start time) No dq Match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Big K drew Paul Diamond 20:00 Billy Red Cloud beat Butcher Vachon in 14:18 Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 17 seconds!! Blackjack Lanza beat Bull Bullinski in 19:13 Att: "crowd of 4,307"
2/8/71 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Auditorium Larry Hennig vs The Crusher Kobayashi vs Ox Baker Butcher Vachon vs Bull Bullinski
2/9/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Big K
2/10/71 Sioux City, IA Reggie Parks W-DQ Tom Andrews Stan Pulaski W Baron von Heisinger Jean Antone W Kay Noble Jack Pesak W Bobby Paul
2/11/71 Mankato, MN @ National Guard Armory Luscious Lars Anderson & Pretty Boy Larry Hennig vs. Paul Diamond & Bad Boy Bull Bullinski Blackjack Lanza vs. Billy Christy Nick Bockwinkel vs. Big Ox Baker
2/13/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Dick the Bruiser no contest Blackjack Lanza Bull Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon The Crusher beat Big K Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Prince Pullins
2/13/71 Honolulu, HI King Curtis & Lonnie Mayne & Dale Lewis & Ripper Collins beat Don Muraco & Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson & Frankie Laine Sam Steamboat beat Bill Dromo Lonnie Mayne beat Pierre Duranton Dale Lewis beat Beauregard
2/14/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena (Matinee Show 3 PM start time) Lars Anderson barred from Arena Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig COR Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon in 12:00 Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski dq when Bullinski hit the referee Paul Diamond beat Strong Kobayashi via pin in 18:00 Billy Red Cloud drew Big K Att: "2,100 fans"
2/15/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Two Referees Tony Condello & Bill Kochen, Winning team to meet AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on 3/15/71 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Death Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon in 15:00 Frank “Bull” Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel (Winnipeg debut) beat Paul Diamond in 25 seconds Bob Tuck beat Dave Muir Ox Baker beat Bobby Jones via pin Att: 8,700
2/16/71 Geneseo, IL @ Geneseo Junior High Gym Ox Baker vs. Jack Pesek Billy Red Cloud vs. Butcher Vachon Pretty Boy Larry Hennig vs. The Crusher
2/16/71 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center No Disqualification: Red Bastien vs. Black Jack Lanza Hercules Cortez won 2/3 falls from Lars Anderson 1-Cortez won in 8:32. 2-Anderson won in 4:29. 3-Cortez won in 3:32 Bull Bullinski beat Shozo Kobayashi by disqualification in 16:32 (Kobayashi hit Bullinski with a chop to the throat) Nick Bockwinkel pinned Paul Diamond in 21:17 Red Bastien beat Bill Christy with an abdominal stretch in 14:36 Att: 2,000. Note: The headline in the newpaper said that Anderson won the match against Cortez, taking the last two falls.
2/17/71 St. Cloud, MN @ Cathedral High School Gym
2/17/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski no contest Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Nick Bockwinkel vs Mark Starr Big K vs Edouard Carpentier Paul Diamond vs Strong Kobayashi
2/18/71 DePere, WI @ St. Norbert College Gym Edouard Carpentier vs Mad Dog Vachon Hercules Cortez vs Lars Anderson Red Bastien vs Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Red Cloud
2/18/71 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Auditorium The Crusher beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Bull Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon 2/3 Strong Kobayashi beat Ox Baker Att: “near capacity crowd”
2/18/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jack Pesek vs. Killer Cox Reggie Parks vs. Ben Ramirez Stan Pulaski vs. John Fogarty Bobby Whitlock vs. The Claw 8-man Battle Royal
2/19/71 Fairmont, IA @ VFW Auditorium The Crusher & Billy Red Cloud vs Strong Kobayashi & Big K Mad Dog Vachon vs Jack Pesek
2/20/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Ox Baker & Wilf Caron Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Jack Pesek & Mark Starr Blackjack Lanza beat Mike Savoldi Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Yates Bad Boy Bullinski beat Dave Muir Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski
2/20/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq when Mad Dog jumped on the referee Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Ox Baker drew Jack Pesek Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond
2/22/71 Bagley, MN @ High School Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier Jon Lee beat Bobby Heenan (sub Ox Baker) COR
2/23/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Death Match The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi & Big K Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
2/23/71 Portland, OR Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon to win AWA World Tag Title Title change only acknowledged in Portland. The Vachons were on their way to Japan for a lengthy tour and decided to drop the AWA Tag Straps to the Von Steigers in Portland without Verne Gagne's knowledge or permission. Stan Stasiak beat Sailor White Dutch Savage beat Les Thornton Bobby Nichols drew Haru Sasaki Eric Froelich drew Moose Morowski
2/24/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christian
2/24/71 Honolulu, HI Sam Steamboat beat King Curtis Lonnie Mayne beat Frankie Laine to win Hawaiian title AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Robinson & Verne Gagne Dale Lewis drew Don Muraco Ripper Collins beat Beauregard
2/25/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Bad Boy Bullinski 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel drew Edouard Carpentier 20:00 Paul Diamond beat Jack Pesek in 16:10 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 6,859
2/26/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Lanza COR Edouard Carpentier & Bull Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi & Big K 2-0 Red Bastien drew Nick Bockwinkel Lars Anderson beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 12:35 Larry Hennig beat Paul Diamond via pin in 14:45 att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/27/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels & Raoul Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat Dave Cox Blackjack Lanza beat Jose Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Bull Bullinski beat Wilf Caron
3/1/71 Red Lake, MN @ High School Kobayashi vs Bill Christy Nick Bockwinkel vs Bull Bullinski Black Jack Lanza vs Billy Red Cloud
3/1/71 Sendai, Japan @ Miyagi Prefectural Sports Center AWA Tag Team Champions Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon & Paul "Butcher" Vachon beat Thunder Sugiyama & Great Kusatsu 2/3
3/2/71 Tokyo, Japan AWA Tag Team Champions Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon & Paul "Butcher" Vachon beat Thunder Sugiyama & Great Kusatsu 2/3
3/3/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig 2-0 in 19:30 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Lars Anderson on a 3rd fall dq Red Bastien drew Nick Bockwinkel 20:00 Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Red Cloud Att: “sell out crowd”
3/04/71 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School
3/5/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Blackjack Lanza beat The Crusher default? Bad Boy Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat Bobby Jones Dave Muir beat Wilf Caron att: 7,090
3/6/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Christy Blackjack Lanza beat Steve Tuck Bad Boy Bullinski beat Dave Cox Big K beat George Gadaski
3/6/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Handicap Match Dick the Bruiser beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson dq The Crusher no contest Nick Bockwinkel Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Red Cloud Ox Baker beat Jack Pesek Paul Diamond beat Kenny Dillinger
3/6/71 Honolulu, HI Pier 9 brawl Billy Robinson beat King Curtis Sam Steamboat beat Dale Lewis Lonnie Mayne & Ripper Collins drew Don Muraco & Verne Gagne Frankie Laine beat Beauregard
3/7/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (Matinee Show 3 PM Start Time) Blackjack Lanza beat The Crusher Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig Red Bastien & Paul Diamond beat Strong Kobayashi & Big K Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels Jack Pesek beat Kenny Jay
3/7/71 Austin, MN @ National Guard Armory (Evening Show) Hercules Cortez beat Lars Anderson dq Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek Att: "packed to capacity" "largest crowd ever"
3/8/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Strong Kobayashi drew the Crusher Blackjack Lanza beat Bad Boy Bullinski Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien drew Big K
3/10/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Hercules Cortez & Bad Boy Bullinski & Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Blackjack Lanza Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Lars Anderson beat Bad Boy Bullinski Red Bastien beat Bill Christy
3/12/71 Amboy, IL @ Junior High School Red Bastien vs Strong Kobayashi Lars Anderson vs Bull Bullinski Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Red Cloud
3/12/71 Owatonna, MN @ National Guard Armory Hercules Cortez vs Blackjack Lanza Paul Diamond vs Larry Hennig Jean Antone vs Betty Niccoli
3/13/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels & Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Strong Kobayashi beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Betancourt Lars Anderson beat Jose Rodriguez
3/13/71 Honolulu, HI AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon Lonnie Mayne drew Mil Mascaras King Curtis beat Bobby Shane Billy Robinson beat The Pro Don Muraco & Frankie Laine beat Ripper Collins & Dale Lewis
3/15/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat The Crusher when Crusher was deemed too bloody to continue after manager Bobby Heenan hit Crusher with a foreign object Bull Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat Bobby Jones via pin Dave Muir beat Wilf Caron Att: “7,090 wrestling fans”
3/16/71 Portland, OR NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr drew Lonnie Mayne AWA Tag Team Champions Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Pat O'Brien beat Haru Sasaki dq Dutch Savage drew Steven Little Bear Stan Stasiak beat Moose Morowski Tony Borne beat Bing Ki Lee Eric Froelich drew Bobby Nichols
3/17/71 Sioux City, IA Ox Baker won 8-man battle royal Reggie Parks W-DQ Ox Baker Stan Pulaski W The Viking Paul Diamond W Blackjack Daniels Billy Red Cloud W Nick Russo
3/18/71 Jackson, MN @ National Guard Armory Hercules Cortez vs Lars Anderson Edouard Carpentier vs Big K Larry Hennig vs Bad Boy Bullinski
3/18/71 Salem, OR Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger dq to regain AWA Tag Title Lonnie Mayne beat Dutch Savage dq Bobby Nichols beat Moose Morowski Bing Ki Lee drew Pat O'Brien
3/19/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Blackjack Lanza beat the Crusher Bad Boy Bullinski beat Mad Dog Vachon Paul Diamond drew Harley Race Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Big K (sub Kenny Jay) beat Jack Pesek
3/19/71 Sheboygan, WI @ Armory Card canceled because of snow. Rescheduled for March 25, 1971.
3/20/71 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat George Gadaski & John the Greek The Crusher beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Haystack Calhoun beat Ken Yates Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones
3/20/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon no contest Verne Gagne (sub Edouard Carpentier) & Haystack Calhoun on a 3rd fall dq If Crusher wins, he gets 5 minutes with Bobby Heenan The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza but didn't beat Bobby Heenan in 5 minutes Larry Hennig beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Rodeo Jones Lars Anderson drew Bull Bullinski
3/20/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent no contest Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Baron Von Raschke beat Dick the Bruiser Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Christy Wilbur Snyder beat Hans Schmidt Moose Cholak beat Ox Baker Billy Red Cloud beat Angelo Poffo
3/21/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena No dq Match Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson COR Bull Bullinski beat Big K via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin Billy Red Cloud beat Blackjack Lanza dq att: "over 3,100"
3/22/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Bad Boy Bullinski Big K vs. Billy Red Cloud
3/23/71 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig vs Big K & Kobayashi Blackjack Lanza vs Billy Red Cloud Blackjack Daniels vs Paul Diamond
3/24/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel beat Bad Boy Bullinski Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat Billy Christian
3/24/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Pat O’Connor vs. Frank Marconi Danny Little Bear vs. Baron Von Heisinger Paul Diamond vs. Ox Baker Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Ben Ramirez & Bob Geigel
3/25/71 Sheboygan, WI Winning team to face Vachons on a future card Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Christy Angelo Poffo vs Big K
3/25/71 Park River, ND @ Walsh County Agricultural School Gym Bad Boy Bullinski & Billy Red Cloud vs. Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel Butcher Vachon vs. Billy Red Cloud
3/26/71 Whitehall, WI @ High School Gym AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Paul Diamond & Bad Boy Bullinski Nick Bockwinkel vs Jack Pesek Paul Diamond vs Butcher Vachon
3/26/71 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium The Mighty Atom vs. Lord Littlebrook Jean Antone vs. Betty Niccoli Jean Antone & Lord Littlebrook vs. Betty Niccoli & The Mighty Atom Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Ox Baker & Black Jack Daniels
3/27/71 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Christy Strong Kobayashi beat Kenny Jay Hercules Cortez beat Dave Muir Nick Bockwinkel beat Tony Savoldi Verne Gagne beat Wilf Caron
3/27/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Strong Kobayashi beat Angelo Poffo Big K beat Bill Christy
3/29/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena If Crusher beats Lanza in 20 minutes, he gets 5 minutes with Bobby Heenan The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 13:00 then Bobby Heenan beat The Crusher dq when Crusher & Lanza started brawling Hercules Cortez beat Lars Anderson Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig dq Bull Bullinski drew Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel beat Bob Tuck Bob Jones beat Dave Muir Att: “More than 7,000 wrestling fans”
4/1/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School The Crusher vs Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza vs Bull Bullinski Billy Red Cloud vs Butcher Vachon Paul Diamond vs Nick Bockwinkel
4/3/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Dave Cox & George Gadaski Strong Kobayashi beat Tony Savoldi Hercules Cortez beat Wilf Caron Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Paul Diamond beat Dave Muir
4/3/71 St. Paul, MN @ Civic Center Sleeper Hold Barred AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon COR in 9:23 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Hercules Cortez & Kenny Jay (sub Bull Bullinski) 2/3 Strong Kobayashi beat Bill Christy via pin in 9:45 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond in 12:31 Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud in 16:45 Big K beat George Gadaski via pin in 13:50 Att: "4,538 fans"
4/6/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Hercules Cortez & Bull Bullinski (sub Red Bastien) Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Lanza Paul Diamond beat Strong Kobayashi Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud *Haystack Calhoun & Bull Bullinski originally advertised vs Lars/Hennig
4/7/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Hercules Cortez & Haystack Calhoun 2/3 Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Lanza dq Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Howard (sub Paul Diamond) via pin Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat George Gadaski via pin att: “5,874 fans”
4/10/71 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Chuck Edwards & Bill Howard Strong Kobayashi beat Bobby Vann Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Lars Anderson beat John the Greek Haystack Calhoun beat Rodeo Jones
4/10/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Non Title Match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Haystack Calhoun beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Billy Red Cloud beat Bill Christy Joe Scarpello drew Billy Howard George Gadaski beat Rodeo Jones via pin Att: 3,266
4/10/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi dq Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent Wilbur Snyder no contest Blackjack Lanza Baron Von Raschke beat Jack Pesek Big K beat Prince Pullins Paul Diamond drew Don Fargo
4/13/71 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center AWA World Heavyweight Championship: Verne Gagne © won 2/3 falls from Black Jack Lanza 1-Lanza – 20:13. 2-Gagne – 3:22 3-Lanza was disqualified in 5:36 when manager Bobby Heenan entered the ring and refused to leave) Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond in 18:34 Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud in 21:42 Jack Pesek beat Bill Christy in 16:32
4/13/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Strong Kobayashi ddq Nick Bockwinkel Big K beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 25:00 George Gadaski drew Kenny Jay Att: "over 2,000 fans"
4/14/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Jack Pesek Strong Kobayashi beat Joe Scarpello
4/14/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Stan Pulaski fought Ox Baker to a draw Alberto Torres defeated Ali Ben Khan Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Mark Starr in three falls Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks defeated Ox Baker & The Claw in three falls
4/16/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Big K drew Joe Scarpello Nick Bockwinkel beat Jack Pesek (sub Paul Diamond)
4/17/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Rico Guzman & Angel Rivera Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bill Howard & Joe Scarpello Blackjack Lanza drew Jack Pesek Strong Kobayashi beat Julio Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Dave Cox Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Christy
4/17/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Best of 5 falls Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Strong Kobayashi & Big K 3/4 in 28:00 Mad Dog Vachon beat Larry Hennig Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Red Bastien beat Billy Red Cloud Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Howard Joe Scarpello beat Angel Rivera via pin Att: "3,742 fans"
4/20/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder Billy Red Cloud beat Blackjack Lanza Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Howard
4/21/71 Platteville, WI @ Williams Fieldhouse-8pm The Crusher vs. Butcher Vachon Lars Anderson vs. Hercules Cortez Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
4/21/71 Sioux City, IA Tom Andrews W Reggie Parks Stan Pulaski W-DQ Ox Baker Stan Pulaski & Alberto Torres W Ox Baker & Ali Ben Khan Alberto Torres W Ali Ben Khan
4/24/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Strong Kobayashi beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall COR Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez ddq AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in 3rd fall Wilbur Snyder beat Al Costello Baron Von Raschke beat Bill Howard Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello
4/25/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Advertised as professional wrestling’s return to the Arena after more than 10 years The Crusher vs Mad Dog Vachon Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs Shozo Strong Kobayashi & Big K Paul Diamond vs Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Red Cloud
4/27/71 Grafton, ND @ Grafton Armory-8pm Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Hercules Cortez & Billy Red Cloud Kobayashi vs. Bill Howard Lars Anderson vs. Billy Red Cloud
4/28/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond & Billy Red Cloud Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Kenny Jay beat Ken Yates
4/29/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Haystack Calhoun beat Nick Bockwinkel dq
4/29/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi 2/3 in 33:00 1 Kobayashi beat Gagne 2 Gagne beat Kobayashi 3 Gagne beat Kobayashi Gene Kiniski beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 in 29:00 1 Lanza beat Kiniski 2 Kiniski beat Lanza 3 Kiniski beat Lanza Wilbur Snyder beat Big K in 4:00 Bobby Jones beat Pete Mymko in 13:00 Dave Muir beat Bob Tuck in 12:00 Bobby Heenan beat Tony Condello in 10:00 att: “more than five thousand”
4/30/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena If Crusher beats Lanza, he gets 5 minutes with manager Bobby Heenan The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza but did not beat Bobby Heenan in 5:00 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Haystack Calhoun & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Joe Scarpello beat George Gadaski Bill Watts beat Jack Pesek Promoter: Gene Reed Note: I’ve also seen Billy Red Cloud listed as the opponent for Jack Pesek.
4/30/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Strong Kobayashi beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Gagne would not release a choke hold AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Kay Noble & Betty Niccoli beat Jean Antone & Sandy Partlow Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Billy Howard drew Big K att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
5/1/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Tony Savoldi & Joe Scarpello Hercules Cortez beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Bull Bullinski beat Dave Muir
5/1/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Handicap Match The Crusher no contest Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan in 2nd fall 1 Crusher pinned Heenan in 7:00 2 The referee declared the match a no contest Bull Bullinski beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien Hercules Cortez beat Big K via pin Billy Howard drew Joe Scarpello
5/2/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Strong Kobayashi beat The Crusher COR Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski dq when Bullinski tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope Big K beat Bill Howard via pin in 15:00
5/3/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Howard Big K beat Paul Christy
5/5/71 Bemidji, MN @ Jr. High School Gym Bull Bullinski (sub Hercules Cortez) beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Scarpello (sub Paul Diamond) 2/3 Kenny Yates beat Kenny Jay "small crowd"
5/8/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Kenny Jay & John the Greek Blackjack Lanza beat Angel Rivera Strong Kobayashi beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Dave Cox Bull Bullinski beat Rodeo Jones
5/8/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium No dq Match Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 11:22 Strong Kobayashi & Big K beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Sailor Art Thomas beat Blackjack Lanza dq Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay via pin Joe Scarpello beat Kenny Yates Att: 3,610
5/11/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
5/12/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym The Crusher vs Shozo Strong Kobayashi 60:00 Red Bastien vs Blackjack Lanza 2/3 60:00 Sandy Partlow vs Kay Noble 30:00 Big K vs Bill Howard 20:00
5/12/71 Sioux City, IA Bob Ellis, Jerry Miller, Alberto Torres & Bobby Whitlock W Tom Andrews, Ox Baker Ali Ben Khan & Benny Ramirez Jerry Miller W Benny Ramirez, Alberto Torres W-DQ Ox Baker Bob Ellis W Ali Ben Khan Tom Andrews W Bobby Whitlock
5/14/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Bull Bullinski beat Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bockwinkel beat Bullinski 2 Bullinski beat Bockwinkel 3 Bockwinke was dq'ed No dq Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Blackjack Lanza beat Sailor Art Thomas dq Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay Joe Scarpello beat Bill Christy Promoter: Gene Reed
5/14/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No Time Limit, No dq Match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Gene Kiniski beat Strong Kobayashi dq Haystack Calhoun beat Butcher Vachon Big K beat Gil Hayes (sub Dave Muir) Bob Tuck beat Wilf Caron via pin
5/15/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Strong Kobayashi no contest AWA Champion Verne Gagne Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke beat Moose Cholak & Haystack Calhoun Wilbur Snyder beat Dr Big Bill Miller Blackjack Lanza beat Joe Scarpello Paul Christy beat Johnny Fargo Don Fargo beat Jack Pesek
5/15/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena No dq Match Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 to win AWA Tag Team Title The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Lars Anderson beat Sailor Art Thomas Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay George Gadaski beat Bill Christian att: 10,271
5/18/71 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center AWA World Tag Team Championship: Hercules Cortez and Red Bastien © won 2/3 falls from Shozo Kobayashi and The Big K 1-Kobayashi/Big K – 14:30. 2-Cortez/Bastien – 5:23. 3-Cortez/Bastien – 2:09 Black Jack Lanza beat Bill Christy (substitute for Joe Scarpello) in 21:33 Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan on a third fall disqualification.
5/19/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Strong Kobayashi beat the Crusher COR Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Blackjack Lanza beat Jack Pesek Bobby Heenan beat Billy Howard (sub Kenny Jay) Big K beat Joe Scarpello
5/20/71 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym 8:30pm Red Bastien & Rock Rogowski vs. The Big K & Kobayashi Nick Bockwinkel vs. Joe Scarpello Red Bastien vs. The Big K
5/21/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien
5/22/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Dave Cox & Ken Yates Strong Kobayashi beat Jose Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Angel Rivera Lars Anderson beat Hank Meadows Verne Gagne beat Raoul Guzman
5/22/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi in 26:33 with sleeper hold Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien via pin in 16:25 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin in 21:18 Hercules Cortez beat Big K via pin in 10:57 Bull Bullinski drew Bobby Heenan Joe Scarpello beat Bill Christy via pin in 15:12 Att: 6,116
5/25/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jerry Miller defeated Hank Meadows Jack Pesek defeated Treach Phillips Midwest Tag Team Champions Cowboy Bob Ellis & Alberto Torres defeated Ox Baker & Ali Ben Khan in three falls Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Claw defeated Red Bastien
5/28/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Handicap, Handcuff Match The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan 2-0, 2nd fall by dq 1. While Lanza was handcuffed to a corner ring post during the 1st fall, Crusher beat Bobby Heenan via pin after a Bolo punch. Referee Danny Loos then unlocked Lanza from the ring post. 2. Lanza was dq'ed Hercules Cortez beat Strong Kobayashi with a one arm back breaker in the 3rd fall Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Bull Bullinski beat Big K Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello Promoter: Gene Reed
5/29/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Wilf Caron Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Bill Christy & Dave Muir Larry Hennig beat Tony Savoldi Strong Kobayashi beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay
5/29/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Hercules Cortez beat Strong Kobayashi 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Big K Kenny Jay drew Dale Curzy (sub Kenny Yates) att: "1,512 fans"
5/30/71 Fond Du Lac, WI @ Fairgrounds Recreation Center Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski & Red Bastien 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin Big K beat George Gadaski
6/1/71 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Treach Phillips fought Jack Pesek to a draw Jerry Miller defeated Ali Ben Khan Cowboy Bob Ellis & Jack Pesek & Jerry Miller defeated Ox Baker & Treach Phillips & Ali Ben Khan Alberto Torres defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Claw via DQ
6/4/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Loser Leaves USA Dick the Bruiser beat Strong Kobayashi Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke beat Moose Cholak & Wilbur Snyder Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski COR Paul Christy beat Dr Big Bill Miller dq Paul Diamond beat Big K dq Angelo Poffo beat Billy Howard
6/5/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Dave Muir Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & John the Greek Strong Kobayashi beat Tony Savoldi Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Zapata Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones Dave Cox drew Kenny Jay
6/5/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Strong Kobayashi beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 15:11 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin in 18:20 Sailor Art Thomas beat Blackjack Lanza dq Big K drew Joe Scarpello att: “crowd of 5,876”
6/9/71 Sioux City, IA Bob Ellis & Alberto Torres W-DQ Ox Baker & Treach Phillips Tom Andrews W Paul Diamond Kay Noble W Jean Antone Ali Ben Khan D Jerry Miller
6/11/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 1 Vachons won 1st fall 2 Bastien & Cortez won 2nd fall 3 Bastien & Cortez won 3rd fall Death match The Crusher beat Strong Kobayashi in 13:00 Blackjack Lanza beat Dr. Big Bill Miller in 8:00 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond by submission in 24:00 Dr. Big Bill Miller (sub Bob Tuck) beat Bobby Heenan Tony Condello beat Wilf Caron in 7:00 Att: “7,000 fans”
6/12/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Angel Rivera Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Bill Christy & Dave Muir Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Rodriguez
6/12/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Midwest Champion The Claw beat Dr. Big Bill Miller Midwest Tag Team Champions Bob Ellis & Alberto Torres beat Ox Baker & Ali Ben Kahn Jerry Miller beat Treach Phillips
6/14/71 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Death Match The Crusher beat Strong Kobayashi dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Bobby Heenan beat Bull Bullinski Big K beat Lars Anderson *original lineup listed Big K vs. Bill Howard and Lars Anderson vs. Joe Turco
6/18/71 Appleton, WI @ Xavier High School The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi & Big K 2/3 1 Crusher & Bullinski won 2 Kobayashi & Big K won 3 Crusher & Bullinski won Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello Bill Howard beat Billy Christy
6/19/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Freddie Rogers Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat George Grant & Bobby Vann Blackjack Lanza beat John the Greek Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Strong Kobayashi
6/19/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Cage Match The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan at 17:20 Billy Robinson (sub Hercules Cortez) beat Strong Kobayashi via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr. Big Bill Miller Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond & Sailor Art Thomas Bull Bullinski beat Big K via pin Joe Scarpello beat Fred Rogers via pin Att: 8,229
6/23/71 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Tony Russo defeated Treach Phillips Jack Pesek defeated Ali Ben Khan Jerry Miller defeated Ox Baker Midwest Tag Team Champions Cowboy Bob Ellis & Tony Russo defeated The Claw & Treach Phillips
6/25/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski
6/26/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Freddie Rogers & George Grant Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Lars Anderson beat Rodeo Jones Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Verne Gagne beat Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Steve Tuck
6/26/71 Milwaukee WI @ Arena Loser Leaves Town The Crusher beat Strong Kobayashi Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Moose Cholak & Paul Diamond Don Muraco beat Black Jack Lanza dq Big K beat Bill Howard att: 10,374
6/26/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Baron Von Raschke beat Wilbur Snyder Hans Schmidt beat Sailor Art Thomas Billy Robinson beat Angelo Poffo Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Joe Scarpello beat Johnny Kace
6/29/71 Sioux City, IA Red Bastien W-DQ Tom Andrews Bob Ellis & Jack Pesak W Ox Baker & Treach Phillips Jerry Miller W The Big K Ali Ben Khan D Don Muraco
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/3/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Tony Russo fought Treach Phillips to a draw Jerry Miller defeated Ali Ben Khan Texas Death Match: Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Ox Baker Jack Pesek defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Claw via DQ
7/4/71 Robbinsdale, MN Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Hercules Cortez & Bull Bullinski dq Big K beat Bill Christy Billy Robinson beat Dave Cox
7/5/71 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Bull Bullinski beat Joe Turco Billy Robinson beat Big K Jack Bence drew Don Muraco
7/7/71 Sheboygan, WI @ Auditorium Hercules Cortez dcor Nick Bockwinkel in 3rd fall 1 Bockwinkel beat Cortez 2 Cortez beat Bockwinkel 3 Both men were counted out of the ring Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Joe Turco Billy Howard beat Jack Bence att: 2,263
7/7/71 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Auditorium Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig by 3rd fall DQ (2-1; won 2nd and 3rd falls) The Big K beat Kenny Jay (sub for Paul Diamond) 2-1 Don Muraco beat Billy Christy
7/10/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Aldo Bogni Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Jack Bence & Julio Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Betancourt Billy Robinson beat Carlos Diaz Don Muraco beat Joe Guzman
7/10/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Big K via pin Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Art Thomas beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Aldo Bogni via pin Att: "crowd of 4,884"
7/10/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 33:14 Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick The Bruiser COR Wilbur Snyder dcor Baron Von Raschke Bull Bullinski beat Joe Turco via pin Angelo Poffo drew Bill Howard att: 6,112 sellout
7/15/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel beat Hercules Cortez COR Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Joe Turco
7/16/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez on a 3rd fall dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Big K Don Muraco beat Jack Bence
7/17/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke beat AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Wilbur Snyder beat Mad Dog Vachon Nick Bockwinkel beat Ernie Ladd dq Billy Robinson beat Big K Lars Anderson beat Billy Howard Don Muraco beat Jack Bence
7/17/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Tony Savoldi Bull Bullinski beat Hank Meadows Billy Robinson beat Aldo Bogni Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Kenny Jay drew Joe Turco
7/17/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Ali Ben Khan defeated Tony Russo Bobo Johnson defeated The Mighty Atom in three falls Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Claw defeated Jerry Miller Ox Baker defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis
7/19/71 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Nick Bockwinkel beat The Crusher dq Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Joe Turco
7/20/71 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center AWA World Tag Team Championship: Lars Anderson and Larry Hennig beat Hercules Cortez and Red Bastien © on a third fall disqualification Billy Robinson pinned The Big K in 18:26 Bull Bullinski pinned Jack Bence in 15:35 Don Muraco beat Aldo Bogni in 14:27
7/21/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Bull Bullinski (sub Red Bastien) beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Hercules Cortez beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Don Muraco beat Big K Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence
7/21/71 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium Non Title Match Thunderbolt Patterson beat American Champion Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Non Title Match AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Toru Tanaka Wilbur Snyder beat Bronko Lubich Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Jerry Timmons Benny Matta beat George Harris III dq Note: Gagne was not billed as AWA Champion. Instead he was billed as a former World Champion.
7/23/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Nick Bockwinkel beat Hercules Cortez dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Billy Robinson beat Big K Don Muraco beat Moose Morowski Jack Bence beat Bob Tuck
7/24/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Jose Betancourt & Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Zapata Edouard Carpentier beat Aldo Bogni Andre the Giant beat Moose Morowski Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay
7/24/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Non Title Match Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne (sub Hercules Cortez) in 18:21 Bull Bullinski & Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 16:08 Ray Stevens beat Jose Betancourt (sub Red Bastien) in 12:05 Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble via pin in 8:32 Kenny Jay drew Joe Turco 15:00 Att: "6,123 mat fans"
Professional wrestler Hercules Cortez, 39, died early Saturday morning in a one car accident near St. Cloud, Minn., where he and fellow wrestler Red Bastien were returning to the Twin Cities for last night's card after a Friday card in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Cortez, who lives in North Royalton, Ohio, was driving the car and died en route to a St. Cloud hospital. Bastien, 40, of Minneapolis, was treated and releaeed and will miss about a week of wrestling. Last night's card at the Minneapolis Auditorium went on as scheduled, with promoter Wally Karbo brining in a replacement for Cortez, whose real name is Alfonso Chicharro. Cortez was a native of Spain. Cortez and Bastien were World Tag Team Champions.
7/25/71 Depere, WI @ Minahan Stadium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski & The Crusher 2/3 (subs for Hercules Cortez & Red Bastien) Nick Bockwinkel vs Paul Diamond was advertised but did not take place Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble 15:00 Billy Robinson beat Big K via pin in 18:43 Don Muraco beat Jack Bence via pin in 11:23 att: 4000+
7/27/71 Sioux City, IA Bob Ellis & Jerry Miller W Tom Andrews & Ox Baker Vivian Vachone W Kay Noble Treach Phillips W John Gadoski Ali Ben Khan W John Lee
7/28/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq when Robinson tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope Bull Bullinski beat Lars Anderson via pin Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe in 17:00 Don Muraco beat Joe Turco Ray Stevens beat Jack Pesek (sub Red Bastien) 2/3 att: "1,400 fans"
7/31/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Dave Cox Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Don Muraco beat Carlos Diaz Kay Noble drew Vivian Vachon Butcher Vachon beat Julio Rodriguez
7/31/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Andre The Giant & Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2-0, forfeit in 2nd fall when Larry Hennig refused to continue Billy Robinson beat Big K Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Butcher Vachon beat Jack Bence att:10,245 Note: Another listing has an additional bout, Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble.
8/4/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel no contest Billy Robinson Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Lars Anderson drew Bull Bullinski Bill Howard beat Joe Turco Don Muraco beat Jack Bence
8/5/71 Davenport, IA @ John O’Donnell Stadium The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Hans Schmidt vs. Billy Robinson Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski Don Muraco vs. The Big K
8/6/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien (sub Hercules Cortez) 2/3 1 Bastien pinned Bockwinkel in 13:35 after a piledriver 2 Bockwinkel pinned Bastien in 1:00 3 Bockwinkel won by submission in 4:09 Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig in 16:35 Ray Stevens beat Ramon Torres with a Boston Crab Bull Bullinski beat Lars Anderson dq Don Muraco beat Big K in 14:13
8/7/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay & John the Greek Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Ken Yates Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Art Thomas beat Rodeo Jones
8/7/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 22:45 Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan in 13:00 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello & Jack Pesek 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin in 13:25 Bill Howard beat Rodeo Jones in 14:20 Att: "Crowd of 3,225"
8/7/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Nick Bockwinkel drew Dick The Bruiser Baron Von Raschke & Hans Schmidt beat Red Bastien & Wilbur Snyder Dr. Big Bill Miller no contest Moose Cholak Paul Christy beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Joe Turco Prince Pullins beat Blackjack Daniels
8/7/71 Alta, IA @ Buena Vista County Fairgrounds-8pm Lineup Unavailable
8/13/71 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel vs Red Bastien Billy Robinson vs Larry Hennig Lars Anderson vs Bull Bullinski
8/14/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Joe Turco Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Ray Stevens beat Tony Savoldi Wilbur Snyder beat Wilf Caron Hans Schmidt beat Hank Meadows
8/14/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Edouard Carpentier beat Jack Bence Billy Red Cloud beat John The Greek Sailor Art Thomas beat Bobby Heenan COR att: 6,112 sellout
8/14/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Hans Schmidt & Big K Nick Bockwinkel beat Wilbur Snyder Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Don Muraco beat Joe Turco Dennis O'Brien drew Dennis Stamp att: 3,190
8/15/71 Ashland, WI Red Bastien vs Ray Stevens
8/15/71 Marengo, WI @ Ashland County Fairgrounds-3:30pm Bull Bullinski vs. Lars Anderson Jack Bence vs. Ray Stevens Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco
8/17/71 Sterling, IL @ Sterling High School Fieldhouse Larry Hennig vs. Red Bastien Lars Anderson vs. Billy Robinson Joe Turco vs. Jack Bence
8/18/71 Burlington Nick Bockwinkel beat Jack Bence Red Bastien vs Lars Anderson
8/19/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan on a 3rd fall dq 1 Lanza & Heenan won 2 Bastien & Bullinski won 3 Lanza & Heenan were dq'd Billy Robinson beat Big K Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Joe Turco in 13:13
8/20/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza dq The Crusher no contest Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Bobby Heenan beat Bull Bullinski Bob Brown beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Joe Turco
8/21/71 Cambridge, MN Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Nick Bockwinkel vs Bull Bullinski Bill Howard vs Ray Stevens Big K vs George Gadaski
8/21/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & The Crusher beat John the Greek & Rodeo Jones Nick Bockwinkel beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat Carlos Diaz Ray Stevens beat Ken Yates
8/24/71 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Robinson Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Don Muraco beat Jack Bence
8/24/71 Sioux City, IA Jerry Miller W-DQ Ox Baker Great Kusatsu D Greg Valentine Mr. Kleen W Frank Diamond Ali Ben Khan W Tony Russo
8/25/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Billy Robinson Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Don Muraco beat Joe Turco
8/26/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Don Muraco drew Lars Anderson Jack Bence beat Joe Turco
8/27/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall dq when Bobby Heenan interfered Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien when Bastien was unable to continue after injuring his leg Sailor Art Thomas beat Larry Hennig Joe Scarpello beat Joe Turco
8/28/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & Julio Rodriguez Blackjack Lanza beat John the Greek Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Vann Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Ken Yates
8/28/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick the Bruiser dq Ernie Ladd no contest Gene Kiniski Dr. Big Bill Miller beat Joe Blanchard Paul Christy beat Joe Turco Joe Scarpello beat Kenny Jay
8/28/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Ray Stevens won 12 man Battle Royal by eliminating Don Muraco Handicap Match Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 10:22 Ray Stevens beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 10:27 Big K drew Bull Bullinski 15:00 Sailor Art Thomas beat Jack Bence via pin in 10:36 Don Muraco beat Jack Pesek via pin in 9:04 Att: "5,082 persons" Note: Robinson was injured in his match with Lanza and did not compete in the Battle Royal
8/29/71 Appleton, WI Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Bobby Heenan beat Bull Bullinski COR Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Don Muraco beat Joe Turco
8/31/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Lanza Bull Bullinski beat Ray Stevens dq Billy Red Cloud beat Joe Turco Don Muraco beat George Gadaski att: 1,538
9/4/71 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Julio Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones Billy Red Cloud beat Angel Rivera The Crusher beat Freddie Rogers Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & John the Greek
9/4/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson on a 3rd fall dq Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Blackjack Lanza drew Don Muraco Robinson must beat Heenan in 5 minutes Billy Robinson drew Bobby Heenan 5:00 so Heenan was declared the winner att: 6,112 sellout
9/4/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Steve Bolus fought Ali Ben Khan to a draw Steve Bolus (sub. Mr. Kleen) defeated Stan Kowalski via DQ Midwest Tag Team Champions Jerry Miller & Johnny Valentine, Jr. defeated The Great Kusatsu & Tor Kamata in three falls Midwest Heavyweight Champion Ramon Torres defeated Ox Baker
9/6/71 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay & Billy Robinson Billy Red Cloud beat Ray Stevens
9/9/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence Blackjack Lanza beat Tony Condello Karl Von Steiger beat Bob Tuck att: 4000
9/10/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 20:44 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Bobby Heenan beat Billy Robinson (Billy didn't beat Bobby in 5 mins) Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco in 8:45 att: 4,363
9/11/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Ken Yates Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence & Tony Savoldi Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso Don Muraco beat Wilf Caron
9/11/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Robinson must beat Heenan in 5 minutes or lose the match Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan in 5:02 so Heenan was declared the winner Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco drew Lars Anderson Sailor Art Thomas beat Paul Caruso Larry Hennig beat Jack Bence via pin
9/14/71 Grand Rapids, MN @ IRA Arena Larry Hennig vs Bull Bullinski Lars Anderson vs Billy Robinson Ray Stevens vs Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco vs Jack Bence
9/15/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza dq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Sailor Art Thomas Don Muraco beat Jack Bence Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud
9/15/71 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Jerry Miller defeated The Great Kusatsu via DQ Mr. Kleen defeated Ali Ben Khan in three falls Midwest Tag Team Champions Jerry Miller & Johnny Valentine, Jr. defeated The Viking & The Great Kusatsu in three falls
9/17/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Sailor Art Thomas beat Jack Bence Billy Red Cloud beat Dennis O'Brien
9/17/71 Granville, IL (Putnam H.S. Gym) 1-Billy Robinson and Don Muraco vs. Lars Anderson and Larry Hennig 2-Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson 3-Rodeo Jones vs. Joe Scarpello
9/18/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Paul Caruso Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Zapata Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Bob Kappel Don Muraco beat Carlos Diaz
9/18/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Bobby Heenan won a 12 man Battle Royal for $12,000 by simultaneously eliminating Blackjack Lanza & Billy Robinson Order of elimination from first to last: 1 Joe Scarpello 2 Paul Christy 3 Lars Anderson 4 Sailor Art Thomas 5 Larry Hennig 6 Nick Bockwinkel 7 The Crusher 8 Wilbur Snyder 9 Ray Stevens Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski in 15:32 when Hennig pinned Bullinski Bobby Heenan beat Billy Robinson when Robinson was unable to pin Heenan in 5 minutes Nick Bockwinkel beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin in 11:38 Ray Stevens beat Paul Christy via pin in 11:33 Blackjack Lanza beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 9:15 after a boot to the face
9/20/71 Minot, ND Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco
9/21/71 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center Billy Robinson pinned Nick Bockwinkel in 26:30 Ray Stevens pinned Bull Bullinski in 16:04 Don Muraco pinned Jack Bence in 16:05 Vivian Vachon pinned Kay Noble in 14:05 (said to be first women’s match ever in Bismarck).
9/22/71 Sioux City, IA Jerry Miller & Greg Valentine W Great Kusatsu & Larry Hennig Blackjack Daniels W Mark Starr Ali Ben Khan W George Hultz Great Kusatsu D Jerry Miller
9/24/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Verne tossed Nick over the top rope Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Handicap Match Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan Billy Red Cloud beat Ray Stevens
9/25/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Wilf Caron Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence & Hank Meadows Billy Robinson beat Mike Spangler
9/25/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher ddq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza beat Bull Bullinski Bobby Heenan beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Kenny Yates beat Kenny Jay Dennis Stamp beat George Gadaski att: 6,112 sellout
9/25/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson with help from Ray Stevens Dr X no contest Ray Stevens Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Don Muraco beat Butcher Vachon Sailor Art Thomas beat Jack Bence
9/26/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan beat Billy Robinson & Bull Bullinski 2/3 1 Robinson & Bullinski won 2 Lanza & Heenan won 3 Lanza & Heenan won Nick Bockwinkel beat Sailor Art Thomas Ray Stevens beat Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco beat Jack Bence
9/29/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Ray Stevens beat Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco beat Dennis O’Brien
10/2/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Vann Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Jack Bence & George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Ken Yates Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Angel Rivera Don Muraco beat ?
10/2/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski Handicap Match Sailor Art Thomas beat Kenny Yates & Angel Rivera Larry Hennig drew Don Muraco Jack Bence beat Dennis O’Brien att: 5,135
10/2/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Frank Diamond fought Mark Starr to a draw Kay Noble defeated Barbara Galento Midwest Tag Team Champions Jerry Miller & Johnny Valentine, Jr. defeated Ali Ben Khan & Bob Geigel 4) Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Great Kusatsu defeated Billy Red Cloud in three falls
10/5/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Death match Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens* Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco Dennis Stamp beat Jack Bence * Also have seen that match listed as Crusher & Bullinski over Bockwinkel & Stevens.
10/6/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel beat The Crusher Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Don Muraco & Bull Bullinski Jack Bence beat Dennis Stamp
10/7/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel COR Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence Bob Tuck beat Wilf Caron Att: 7000
10/7/71 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Jerry Miller defeated Ali Ben Khan Dennis O’Brien defeated Mark Starr Midwest Tag Team Champions Jerry Miller & Johnny Valentine, Jr. defeated Ali Ben Khan & Black Jack Daniels Billy Red Cloud defeated Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Great Kusatsu via DQ
10/8/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza in 17:00 Don Muraco drew Lars Anderson 30:00 Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence in 6:00 Att: 1,951
10/9/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Red Bastien beat John the Greek & Rodeo Jones Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bill Howard & Joe Scarpello Blackjack Lanza beat Jack Pesek Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Vann Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso
10/9/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Ivan Koloff won a 12 man battle royal The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Billy Robinson drew Ray Stevens Blackjack Lanza drew Sailor Art Thomas Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence att: 12,300 sellout
10/9/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Great Kusatsu beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Midwest Tag Team Champions Jerry The Duke Miller & Johnny Valentine Jr ddq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Ramon Torres beat Ali Ben Khan Ox Baker beat Luis Marquez Bobo Johnson beat Tiger Thomas (sub Lord Littlebrook)
10/10/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym The Crusher beat Ray Stevens dq Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Robinson on a 3rd fall COR Don Muraco beat Bobby Heenan Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence
10/13/71 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Blackjack Lanza vs Billy Robinson Bull Bullinski vs Ray Stevens Don Muraco vs Dennis O'Brien Mars Monroe vs Vivian Vachon
10/14/71 Red Lake, MN Billy Robinson vs Lars Anderson Billy Red Cloud vs Ray Stevens Larry Hennig vs Don Muraco
10/16/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Mark Starr & Ken Yates Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Hans Schmidt beat Kenny Jay
10/16/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien dq Billy Robinson beat Hans Schmidt via pin Ivan Koloff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Bull Bullinski beat Mark Starr via pin Don Muraco beat Jack Bence via pin Att: "crowd of 6,129"
10/19/71 Bismarck, ND The Crusher pinned Ray Stevens in 15:30 Billy Robinson pinned Larry Hennig in 13:25 Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski in 15:05 Billy Red Cloud drew with The Big K.
10/19/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Dennis Stamp *original lineup listed Vivian Vachon vs. Pat Davis, Jack Bence vs. Sailor Art Thomas and Lars Anderson vs. Don Muraco
10/20/71 Grand Forks, ND Lars Anderson beat The Crusher Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud
10/20/71 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Kay Noble vs. Patty Davis Jerry Miller & Johnny Valentine, Jr. & Frank Diamond vs. Ox Baker & Ali Ben Khan & The Great Kusatsu
10/22/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien on a 3rd fall dq 1. Bockwinkel tied a corner rope around Bastien's neck & held him to the canvas with a knee to the chest to gain the 1st fall at 11:40 2. Bastien pinned Stevens with an atomic drop at 4:01 3. The Crusher was dq'ed for throwing Stevens over the top rope Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson in 24:12 Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence with a back breaker Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble in 11:42
10/23/71 Minneapolis TV George Gadaski & Bill Howard beat Dr. X & Larry Hennig dq The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Jack Bence & Jose Quintero Ray Stevens beat Tony Savoldi Don Muraco beat Hank Meadows Ivan Koloff beat Mark Starr
10/23/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien via pin Ray Stevens beat Dr. X dq Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski via pin Don Muraco beat Mark Starr Bill Howard drew Jack Bence Att: "crowd of 4,285"
10/24/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 22:55 Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan via pin in 3:45 Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud by submission in 14:15 Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence in 13:34 Don Muraco beat Big K via pin in 14:05 att: 5,516
10/26/71 Fairmont, MN Red Bastien vs Larry Hennig
10/26/71 Minot, ND The Crusher vs Blackjack Lanza
10/27/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien dq Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Lars Anderson drew Don Muraco Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence
10/28/71 Peoria, IL The Crusher vs Larry Hennig
10/29/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson
10/30/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Christy Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Bill Howard Bull Bullinski beat Ken Yates Billy Robinson beat Carlos Diaz Billy Red Cloud beat Angel Rivera
10/30/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza beat Dick The Bruiser COR Dr Big Bill Miller beat Bobby Heenan The Professor beat George Gadaski Paul Christy beat Billy Red Cloud Angelo Poffo beat Kenny Jay
10/30/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson dq Bobby Heenan was in the corner of Bockwinkel & Stevens for that match. Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Sailor Art Thomas beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Dennis Stamp att: 6,112 sellout Note: Another listing has an additional match, Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe
11/1/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Big K
11/2/71 Breckenridge Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Lars Anderson beat Billy Red Cloud Dennis Stamp beat Jack Bence
11/2/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat George Gadaski
11/3/71 Aberdeen, SD Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson 2/3 Vivian Vachon beat ? Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig dq Billy Red Cloud beat Jack Bence
11/3/71 Dixon, IL The Crusher vs Blackjack Lanza
11/3/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Pat O’Connor vs. Ali Ben Khan Wee Willie Wilson vs. Little Bruiser Jerry Miller & Johnny Valentine, Jr. vs. Ox Baker & Tor Kamata 4) Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Great Kusatsu vs. Red Bastien
11/4/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Non Title Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Vivian Vachon beat Betty Niccoli Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco beat Jack Bence Bob Tuck drew Bill Kochen Bobby Jones beat Wilf Caron att: 5000
11/5/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Lars Anderson dq when Anderson refused to let Muraco re-enter the ring Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski in 12:56 Referee Danny Loos att: 4,377
11/6/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Chuck Edwards & John the Greek Dr. X beat Bobby Van Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Don Muraco beat ?.
11/6/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien ddq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in 3rd fall 1 Bockwinkel pinned Bastien 2 Bastien pinned Stevens 3 Both teams were dq'ed Dr. X beat Larry Hennig via pin in 14:12 Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 13:21 Bull Bullinski drew Big K Don Muraco beat Bill Howard via pin in 10:32 Att: "crowd of 5,579"
11/6/71 Hammond, IN @ Civic Center Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson dq Marlene Parker & Mary Pringle beat Lynn Cory & Sandy Partlow Angelo Poffo drew Johnny Kace Freddy Rogers beat Big Daddy Nixon
11/8/71 Grand Forks, ND Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson
11/9/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Kenny Dillinger Moose Cholak beat Jack Bence
11/10/71 Clinton, IA The Crusher vs Ray Stevens
11/11/71 Burlington, IA The Crusher vs Big K Red Bastien vs Ray Stevens
11/11/71 Oshkosh, WI Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Sailor Art Thomas & Don Muraco 2/3 1 Hennig & Anderson won 2 Thomas & Muraco won 3 Hennig & Anderson won Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski (sub Billy Red Cloud) Bill Howard beat Jack Bence
11/11/71 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Tiger Thomas defeated Wee Willie Wilson Barbara Galento defeated Kay Noble Reggie Parks & Wee Willie Wilson defeated Mark Starr & Tiger Thomas Midwest Tag Team Champions The Great Kusatsu & Ox Baker defeated Jerry Miller & Johnny Valentine, Jr.
11/12/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Dr. X 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Big K Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard att: 6,112 sellout
11/13/71 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Jack Bence & Bill Howard Dr. X beat Pancho Zapata Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Ivan Koloff beat Luis Gonzales Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero
11/13/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien dq Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Jerry The Duke Miller COR Reggie Parks beat Ali Ben Khan Ox Baker drew Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Att: 2,572
11/13/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon when Bockwinkel pinned Mad Dog in the 3rd fall Dr. X could not pin Bobby Heenan in 10 minutes so Heenan was awarded the victory Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud & Bill Howard Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence via pin Don Muraco beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Att: "4,301 fans"
11/14/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Dr. X beat Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) dq Big K beat Billy Howard via pin in 18:00 Vivian Vachon vs Betty Niccoli was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud att: "2,700 fans"
11/15/71 Grand Forks, ND Red Bastien vs Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
11/16/71 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center – Last card of the year Red Bastien pinned Lars Anderson in 19:07 Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence in 15:07 Don Muraco beat Dennis O’Brien (replaced Lars Anderson) in 15:27 Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud in 13:09 Note: The original line-up had Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel in the main event with Ray Stevens wrestling Billy Red Cloud. Then the main event was changed to Bastien vs. Stevens with Ivan Koloff going against Red Cloud.
11/17/71 St. Cloud, MN Sponsored by St. John’s University and Cathedral High School Wrestling Teams Cathedral High School Gymnasium Dennis Stamp vs. Jack Bence Billy Red Cloud vs. Don Muraco Treach Phillips vs. Bull Bullinski Red Bastien and Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson and Larry Hennig 2-3 falls
11/18/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien dq Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson Larry Hennig beat Dr. X Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips Bob Tuck beat Dave Muir
11/19/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Referee Leo Ball Nick Bockwinkel beat The Crusher on a 3rd fall COR Dr. X beat Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson dq Bull Bullinski beat Big K
11/20/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Julio Rodriguez Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bobby Jones & Tony Savoldi Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Verne Gagne beat Treach Phillips Big K beat Mike Spangler
11/20/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien Dick The Bruiser no contest Blackjack Mulligan Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Robinson dq Ivan Koloff beat Art Thomas Don Muraco drew The Professor Bull Bullinski beat Danny Miller
11/21/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips Bill Howard beat Jack Bence
11/23/71 Minot, ND Red Bastien vs Nick Bockwinkel
11/23/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips Ivan Koloff beat Bobby Heenan Bill Howard beat Jack Bence
11/24/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson won battle royal Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson Red Bastien drew Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan COR Dennis Stamp beat Treach Phillips
11/25/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan when Crusher pinned Lanza Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco via pin Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud Att: 6,302
11/26/71 Peoria, IL Red Bastien vs Lars Anderson Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson
11/27/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Danny Miller Billy Robinson beat Ox Baker Reggie Parks drew Jerry Miller (sub Ray Stevens) Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Stan Kowalski Att: 2,780
11/27/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dr. X & The Crusher no contest Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ivan Koloff beat Sailor Art Thomas Bill Howard beat Big K George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay
11/30/71 Mankato, MN @ Armory Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Dr X & Bull Bullinski 1 Dr X & Bullinski won 2 Hennig & Anderson won 3 Hennig & Anderson won Billy Robinson vs Big K Ivan Koloff vs Dennis O'Brien
12/1/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Dr. X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Big K beat George Gadaski Kenny Jay drew Trench Phillips Att: 1,700
12/1/71 Mitchell, SD @ The Corn Palace-8:15pm Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson Bull Bullinski vs. Nick Bockwinkel Jack Pesek vs. Dennis Stamp Joe Scarpello vs. Jack Bence
12/2/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Robinson & Dr. X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Treach Phillips & Bobby Jones Jack Bence beat Dave Muir
12/2/71 Sioux City, IA Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski W Ox Baker & Great Kusatsu Cowboy Lang & Bobby Whitlock W Mark Starr & Tiger Thomas Jerry Miller W Tor Kamata Cowboy Lang W Tiger Thomas Mark Starr W Bobby Whitlock
12/3/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Wilbur Snyder & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Dr. X beat Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence Bill Howard drew Big K att: 6,112 sellout
12/4/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jack Bence Nick Bockwinkel beat Julio Rodriguez Lars Anderson beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera Ivan Koloff beat Treach Phillips Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang drew Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas
12/4/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig beat The Crusher MidWest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Bill Miller Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Jerry Miller drew Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Ox Baker drew Reggie Parks Att: 1,620
12/4/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Lars Anderson beat Dr. X Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson beat Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas Bull Bullinski beat Big K Bill Howard beat Treach Phillips
12/5/71 Sheboygan, WI @ Auditorium Red Bastien beat Ray Stevens 2-0 Larry Hennig beat Dr. X dq Bull Bullinski (sub Billy Robinson) beat Big K Ivan Koloff beat Billy Howard att: 3,231
12/8/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Dr. X beat Larry Hennig Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson beat Tiger Thompson & Little Bruiser Bill Howard beat George Gadaski
12/10/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig beat Dr X Lars Anderson beat Joe Blanchard Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Tiger Thomas & Little Bruiser att: 5,209
12/11/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Julio Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Guzman Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard
12/11/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza beat Dick The Bruiser & Dr. X The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Lars Anderson beat Moose Cholak dq Baron Von Raschke beat Danny Miller Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips The Professor beat Ken Dillinger
12/11/71 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Stan Pulaski vs. Tor Kamata Bobby Whitlock vs. Ben Ramirez Jerry Miller vs. Ox Baker Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. The Great Kusatsu & Tor Kamata
12/12/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien on a 3rd fall dq when Crusher rammed Anderson into a ring post Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks via pin Billy Robinson beat Ox Baker via pin Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Little Bruiser & Wee Willie Wilson Bill Howard beat Treach Phillips
12/13/71 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Billy Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 60:00 Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang vs Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas Bull Bullinski vs Jack Bence
12/14/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson Dr X beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips
12/15/71 Grand Forks, ND Red Bastien vs Nick Bockwinkel Dr X vs Bobby Heenan
12/15/71 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bobby Whitlock fought Yasu Fuji to a draw Terry Jones defeated Tor Kamata Jerry Miller defeated Apache Gringo in three falls Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski defeated The Great Kusatsu & Ox Baker in three falls
12/16/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dr. X beat Larry Hennig Bob Lueck beat Angelo Mosca dq The Crusher & Little Bruiser beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips Dave Muir beat Lloyd Antonation
12/16/71 - Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Jerry Miller fought Ox Baker to a draw Dennis Stamp (sub. Red Bastien) defeated Lars Anderson Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks defeated Great Kusatsu & Stan Kowalski 4) Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel via DQ
12/17/71 Brainerd, MN @ Armory Dr. X won 2/3 falls from The Big K Midgets: Bobo Johnson and Cowboy Lang won 2/3 falls from Little Bruiser and Wee Willie Wilson Dennis Stamp beat Lars Anderson by disqualification (Anderson substituted for Larry Hennig, said to have been injured the night before). Att: 750.
12/18/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Rodeo Jones Nick Bockwinkel beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay Bill Howard beat Angel Rivera
12/18/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Great Kusatsu Midwest Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Reggie Parks & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Dennis Stamp (sub Billy Red Cloud) beat Ox Baker dq Jerry Miller beat Treach Phillips Att: 2,219
12/19/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin in 15:20 Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson beat Little Bruiser & Wee Willie Wilson (sub Tiger Thomas) 2/3 1 Bruiser & Wilson won 2 Lang & Johnson won 3 Lang & Johnson won Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 11:47 Dennis Stamp beat The Big K dq in 26:50 att: 4,676 George Lentz notes the Stamp/Big K bout was apparently a substitute match for Lars Anderson against Billy Red Cloud.
12/25/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bobby Van Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Luis Gonzales & Joe Guzman Bull Bullinski beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Art Thomas beat Pancho Zapata
12/25/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Dr X & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Bull Bullinski beat Ox Baker via pin Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Billy Red Cloud drew Les Wolff Att: "4,469 fans"
12/26/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq at 21:35 when Bockwinkel threw Robinson over the top rope Dr X beat Larry Hennig 18:35 Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Jerry Miller & Joe Scarpello Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan beat Dale Lewis & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone att: 6,112 sellout
12/27/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Dr X & Double X when Hennig pinned Dr X in the 3rd fall Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq in 19:10 Great Kusatsu beat Jerry Miller via pin in 14:32 after a series of judo chops to the throat Jack Pesek beat Stan Pulaski by submission with an Abdominal Stretch in 16:10 Big K beat Dennis O’Brien via pin in 12:27 Att: 3,870
12/27/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Billy Howard beat Joe Scarpello
12/28/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Death Match Dr. X beat Lars Anderson Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Billy Robinson Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay Joe Scarpello beat George Gadaski Att: 2,500
12/28/71 Peoria, IL The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig Big K beat Bill Howard Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone
12/29/71 Minot, ND Dr X & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
12/29/71 Sterling, IL Larry Hennig beat Angelo Poffo Big K beat Dennis Stamp Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone
12/30/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski beat Big K & Great Kusatsu & Ivan Koloff Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Joe Scarpello drew Billy Red Cloud Billy Robinson beat Big K
12/30/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Dr X dq Ray Stevens no contest Moose Cholak Sailor Art Thomas beat Johnny Kace Angelo Poffo drew Paul Christy Bill Howard beat Treach Phillips
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1/1/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Pancho Zapata Andre the Giant beat Moose Morowski Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence & Tony Savoldi Ivan Koloff beat Mark Starr Billy Robinson beat Strong Kobayashi
1/5/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens Dr X drew Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Bull Bullinski beat Big K Treach Phillips beat Billy Howard
1/6/72 Blue Earth, MN Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien 2/3 Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig dq Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Att: 100
1/7/72 Marshall, MN Dr X & Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Billy Red Cloud beat Big K
1/8/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Pedro Powles Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Howard & Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski
1/8/72 Macomb, IL Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Billy Howard beat Treach Phillips
1/9/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 28:50 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Dr X & Billy Robinson 2/3 1 Hennig & Anderson won 3 X & Robinson won 3 Hennig & Anderson won Don Muraco beat Big K via pin in 12:20 Ivan Koloff beat Billy Howard by submission in 21:04 att: sellout 5,800 with 1,000 turned away
1/11/72 Bismarck, ND Billy Robinson and Doctor X won 2/3 falls from Larry Hennig and Ray Stevens (substitute for Lars Anderson) Ray Stevens pinned Bull Bullinski in 10:22 Dawn Lemke pinned Lynn Cory (substitute bout for Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone) Dennis Stamp pinned Treach Phillips.
1/11/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Don Muraco beat Big K Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Howard Joe Scarpello beat Dennis O'Brien
1/11/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Johnny Valentine, Jr. vs. Frank Diamond Betty Niccoli vs. Barbara Galento Ox Baker vs. Jerry Miller The Great Kusatsu & Yasu Fuji vs. Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski
1/12/72 Mendota, IL The Crusher vs Big K Red Bastien vs Nick Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes vs Don Muraco Joe Scarpello vs Bill Howard
1/13/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Special Referee: Joe Blanchard The Crusher & Little Bruiser beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan 2-0, 2nd fall by dq in 27:20 Lars Anderson beat Dr X via pin Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig via pin Billy Robinson beat Red Bastien via pin Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Scarpello via pin att: 10,363
1/13/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski 2/3 1. Nick won 1st fall 2. Bullinski won 2nd fall 3. Nick won 3rd fall Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski beat Ivan Koloff & Great Kusatsu Jerry Miller drew Buddy Wolff Johnny Valentine Jr beat Ox Baker
1/14/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Bull Bullinski & Andre the Giant beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2-0 Larry Hennig beat Dr. X dq Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Scarpello Att: 1,500
1/15/72 Minneapolis TV Andre the Giant beat Bobby Van Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Billy Robinson beat Jose Quintero Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom Demarco Dusty Rhodes beat John the Greek Lars Anderson beat Treach Phillips
1/15/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 13:12 Billy Robinson beat Red Bastien via pin in 16:13 Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Andre Rousimoff & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 16:04 Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Howard via pin in 9:36 Att: “7,329 fans”
1/19/72 Huron, SD @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig 2/3 1. Anderson pinned Bastien 2. Bastien pinned Hennig 3. Crusher pinned Anderson Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone via pin Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski via pin Don Muraco beat Big K via pin Att: “approximately 6,000 wrestling fans”
1/19/72 Grand Forks, ND Dr X vs Ray Stevens
1/20/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title 1. Bockwinkel beat Crusher in 13:36 2. Crusher won in 1:23 3. Stevens pinned Bastien in 4:04 Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Don Muraco beat Bobby Heenan 2-0 Promoter: Gene Reed att: 8,000
1/20/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dr X & Andre The Giant (Winnipeg debut) beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 in 28:00 1 Hennig beat Dr X 2 Dr X pinned Hennig 3 Andre pinned Hennig Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq when manager Big K interfered Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat George Gadaski (sub Bull Bullinski) Bobby Jones beat Dave Muir Att: “4,800 fans”
1/21/72 Peoria, IL Billy Robinson & Dr X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Joe Scarpello
1/22/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Van Dr. X beat Dave Muir Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Bill Howard Ivan Koloff beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera.
1/22/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq The Crusher & Red Bastien & Dr X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Nick Bockwinkel Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski & Paul Christy Don Muraco beat Big K Dusty Rhodes beat Frank Adonis Joe Scarpello beat Treach Phillips
1/22/72 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Stan Pulaski vs. Buddy Wolff Johnny Valentine, Jr. vs. Buddy Wolff Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Great Kusatsu vs. Jerry Miller Midwest Tag Team Champions Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Ox Baker & Buddy Wolff
1/23/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Billy Robinson & Dr X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 1 Hennig & Anderson won 2 Robinson & X won 3 Robinsopn & X won Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Dusty Rhodes beat Dennis Stamp Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips
1/25/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Dr X & Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq Dusty Rhodes beat Dennis Stamp
1/26/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Koloff beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Dr X beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Big K dq Dennis Stamp beat Treach Phillips
1/26/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Dennis O'Brien drew Billy Howard
1/27/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Ray Stevens vs Red Bastien Nick Bockwinkel vs Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes vs Bill Howard Vivian Vachon vs Jean Antone Note: show was likely canceled for some reason. The ad for the next show (2/7/72) states “tickets purchased for Jan. 27 are good for this event.”
1/28/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Dr X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq in 15:00 Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien via pin in 16:30 Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski in 12:50 Don Muraco beat Big K in 13:35 Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips in 3:50 att: “crowd of 6,112,” sellout
1/29/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Treach Phillips Dr. X beat Caesar Pavlon Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Julio Rodriguez
1/29/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Dr X beat Chris Markoff Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski att: "near sellout"
1/30/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr. X & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Dusty Rhodes beat Red Bastien Chris Markoff beat Dennis Stamp (sub Bullinski) Att: 2,434
2/3/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel in 17:46 Pepper Gomez beat Lars Anderson 2/3 1. Gomez beat Anderson at 9:55 2. Anderson beat Gomez at 10:50 3. Gomez beat Anderson at 2:33 Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza dq in 13:55 Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan via pin at 8:48 Dusty Rhodes beat Bill Howard in10:33 att: 6,097
2/3/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Texas Death Match Dr X beat Larry Hennig in 20:00 when Hennig could not answer the bell for the 9th fall Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Don Muraco & Don Leo Jonathan 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Jack Pesek in 24:00 Leroy Hirsch beat Bob Tuck via pin in 11:00 Chris Markoff beat Wilf Caron in 7:30 Att: “5000 spectators” Note: Dr X won 6 of the 8 falls against Hennig.
2/5/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jose Betancourt Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ric Ferrara & Jack Pesek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero
2/5/72 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Great Kusatsu Midwest Tag Team Champions Mad Russian Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks beat Lars Anderson & Buddy Wolff dq Jerry Miller beat Chris Markoff Ox Baker beat Johnny Valentine Jr Att: 4,125
2/6/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Ray Stevens via pin in 15:10 Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr X dq in 19:40 when Dr X hit the referee Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Howard (sub Bull Bullinski) via pin in 9:40 Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek via pin in 14:10 Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco via pin in 11:30 att: 5,800
2/7/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard Dusty Rhodes beat Chris Markoff Att: 2,500
2/8/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Dr X Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Chris Markoff Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco
2/8/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Kay Noble vs. Rhonda Jean Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Great Kusatsu vs. Johnny Valentine, Jr. Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski vs. Ox Baker & Rick Ferrara Texas Death Match: Jerry Miller vs. Buddy Wolff
2/9/72 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Billy Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Bull Bullinski & Dr X Dusty Rhodes vs Dennis Stamp Don Muraco vs Treach Phillips
2/10/72 Red Lake, MN Don Muraco vs Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes vs Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp vs Rick Ferrera
2/12/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Sailor Art Thomas no contest Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan Dr X beat Lars Anderson Billy Robinson drew Bobby Heenan Chris Markoff drew Paul Christy Billy Red Cloud beat Angelo Poffo
2/12/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco via pin Dusty Rhodes beat Ricky Ferrera via pin Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig dq Billy Howard beat Jack Pesek att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/13/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (afternoon show) Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff & Big K 2/3 Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Ray Stevens beat Lars Anderson Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Bull Bullinski beat Chris Markoff dq att: "near sellout"
2/13/72 Green Bay, WI (evening show) The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr X dq Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Bill Howard Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek
2/15/72 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Dr X Lars Anderson beat Billy Robinson Bull Bullinski drew Chris Markoff Treach Phillips beat Dennis Stamp Att: "Capacity crowd"
2/16/72 Mankato, MN Dr. X beat Lars Anderson Bull Bullinski beat The Big K Don Muraco beat Rick Ferrara Chris Markoff beat Dennis O'Brien Att: 300
2/17/72 Minot, ND Dr X & Billy Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Larry Hennig vs Bull Bullinski
2/17/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Don Muraco beat Big K 2/3 1 Muraco won 2 Big K won 3 Muraco won Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Howard via pin George Gadaski drew Treach Phillips
2/18/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Billy Robinson dq Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Bill Howard George Gadaski drew Treach Phillips
2/19/72 Minneapolis TV Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig dq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Bill Kolchin
2/19/72 Willmar, MN Dr X & Bull Bullinski vs Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
2/20/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Pete Carlos Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Howard & Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski
2/20/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Mad Dog Vachon Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Chris Markoff beat Treach Phillips Big K beat Dennis Stamp Att: 1,925
2/21/72 Fairmont, MN Dr X vs Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig vs Don Muraco
2/22/72 Bismarck, ND The Crusher pinned Nick Bockwinkel in 14:03 Doctor X pinned Ray Stevens in 12:15 Larry Hennig pinned Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp pinned Treach Phillips.
2/22/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dusty Rhodes beat Mad Dog Vachon Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff & Big K Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera Bill Howard beat Jack Pesek
2/23/72 Cheyenne, WY Billy Robinson beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Don Muraco beat Big K Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski
2/23/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Dr X beat Nick Bockwinkel Dennis Stamp beat Larry Hennig dq Chris Markoff beat Treach Phillips
2/23/72 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Stan Pulaski defeated The Great Kusatsu via DQ Kay Noble defeated Barbara Galento Jerry Miller defeated Ox Baker in three falls Midwest Tag Team Champions Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks defeated The Great Kusatsu & Buddy Wolff in three falls
2/24/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Death Match Pepper Gomez beat Lars Anderson in 5 falls Dusty Rhodes beat Mad Dog Vachon in 18:03 Billy Robinson beat Big K in 18:10 Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco in 14:12 Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski in 14:18 att: 6,630
2/24/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien 2/3 1 Crusher pinned Stevens in 8:00 2 Crusher was dq’ed 3 Bockwinkel pinned Bastien Dr X beat Larry Hennig Chris Markoff beat Rick Ferrera Leroy Hirsch beat Treach Phillips Dave Muir drew Bill Kochen Att: “4,500 All Star Wrestling fans”
2/25/72 Peoria, IL The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Lars Anderson & Dusty Rhodes Mad Dog Vachon beat Lars Anderson dq The Crusher beat Big K
2/26/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Rod Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Rick Ferrara Billy Robinson beat Rodeo Jones Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Don Muraco beat Angel Rivera
2/26/72 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson dq Dr X beat Ray Stevens Dusty Rhodes beat Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Big K Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrera
2/27/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jack Bence Ivan Koloff beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Rodriguez Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang drew Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas
2/27/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Dr X 2/3 in 21:45 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Robinson & X won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won Ivan Koloff beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin in 16:40 Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 13:10 Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips via pin in 10:55 att: sellout 5,816
2/29/72 Fergus Falls, MN @ Junior College Gym Don Muraco vs Big K 2/3 60:00 Dusty Rhodes vs Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig beat Dennis Stamp (sub Ramon Torres) Rick Ferrera vs Chris Markoff Att: 500
2/29/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Betty Niccoli vs. Barbara Galento Stan Pulaski vs. Ox Baker The Great Kusatsu & Higo Hamaguchi vs. The Viking & Frank Diamond Brass Knuckles Match: Jerry Miller vs. Buddy Wolff
3/3/72 Cottage Grove, MN Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig dq Don Muraco beat Chris Markoff Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Treach Phillips beat Rick Ferrera
3/3/72 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Stan Pulaski defeated The Great Kusatsu Jerry Miller defeated Ox Baker via DQ Kay Noble vs. Rhonda Jean (result not listed, match did occur) Midwest Tag Team Champions Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks defeated Buddy Wolff & The Great Kusatsu in three falls
3/4/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Dave Muir Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Julio Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Pancho Zapata Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera Don Muraco beat Juan Diaz
3/4/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan Baron Von Raschke beat Dr X COR Billy Red Cloud beat Bobby Heenan Sailor Art Thomas beat Larry Hennig dq Moose Cholak beat Ricky Ferrera Kenny Dillinger beat Dennis O'Brien
3/4/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski via pin Don Muraco beat Chris Markoff via pin Ramon Torres beat Treach Phillips att: “sellout of 6,112”
3/5/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Rodeo Jones Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Nick Bockwinkel beat John the Greek Bill Howard beat Angel Rivera
3/5/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff & Big K Ramon Torres beat Dusty Rhodes dq Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello Chris Markoff drew Bull Bullinski Att: 2,000
3/10/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Ramon Torres beat Chris Markoff dq Big K beat Joe Scarpello
3/11/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Rick Ferrara Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay
3/12/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jose Betancourt Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ric Ferrara & Jack Pesek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera
3/12/72 Ashland, WI Dr X vs Larry Hennig
3/13/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Big K Treach Phillips drew Rick Ferrera
3/14/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco 2/3 1. Muraco won 1st fall 2. Koloff won 2nd fall 3. Koloff won 3rd fall Dr. X beat Larry Hennig Ramon Torres drew Buddy Wolff Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks beat Great Kusatsu & Higo Hamaguchi dq
3/15/72 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Stan Pulaski vs. Higo Hamaguchi Bobo Johnson vs. Little Bruiser Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks Midwest Heavyweight Champion The Great Kusatsu vs. Jerry Miller
3/16/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher beat Ray Stevens via pin Kay Noble & Dawn Lemke beat Barbara Galento & Vivian Vachon 2/3 1 Galento & Vachon won 1st fall 2 Noble & Lemke won 2nd fall 3 Noble & Lemke won 3rd fall Dr X beat Chris Markoff via pin in 23:00 Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera in 8:00 Bobby Jones drew Bob Tuck Note: The Noble & Lemke vs Galento & Vachon was billed as the first ever Women’s tag bout in Winnipeg by the Winnipeg Free Press.
3/17/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq when Koloff's manager The Big K interfered Pepper Gomez & Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Dr X beat Chris Markoff Don Muraco beat Big K
3/17/72 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Midwest Champion The Great Kusatsu beat Bull Bullinski Buddy Wolff beat Dennis Stamp Jerry Miller drew Higo Hamaguchi Att: 2,449
3/18/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard
3/18/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Ivan Koloff in 3rd fall when Big K & Billy Robinson interfered Dr X beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Chris Markoff via pin Billy Howard beat Rick Ferrera via pin Att: “crowd of 9,135”, Gate: “record of $36,743
3/19/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jose Betancourt Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Rick Ferrara & Jack Pesek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera
3/19/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq in 22:50 Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres 2/3 in 28:20 1 Hennig & Rhodes won 2 Muraco & Torres won 3 Hennig & Rhodes won Chris Markoff beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 11:37 Billy Howard beat Dennis O'Brien by submission in 12:50 att: 5,816
3/22/72 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs Ivan Koloff & Big K Larry Hennig vs Ramon Torres Dr X vs Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp vs Rick Ferrera
3/23/72 Muscatine, IA @ Muscatine High School Gym The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq Bull Bullinski beat Bill Howard (sub Ray Stevens) Treach Phillips beat Jose Quintero Bill Howard beat George Gadaski Att: SRO 2200+ with several hundred fans turned away
3/24/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson Dr X beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Ramon Torres & Don Muraco Bill Howard beat Treach Phillips
3/25/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Julio Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Treach Phillips Ivan Koloff beat Bobby Vann Billy Robinson beat Bill Kolchin Dusty Rhodes beat Caesar Pavlon
3/25/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat the Crusher & Red Bastien Wilbur Snyder beat Dusty Rhodes dq Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig Dr X beat Chris Markoff Angelo Poffo beat Bob Sabre Johnny Kace beat Treach Phillips
3/26/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata
3/26/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Bill Watts beat Ivan Koloff & Big K 2/3 in 23:25 The Crusher beat Ray Stevens via pin in 11:10 Dusty Rhodes beat Red Bastien Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig dq Chris Markoff beat Rick Ferrera att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
3/28/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Billy Robinson Dusty Rhodes beat the Crusher Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig Chris Markoff drew Bull Bullinski
3/28/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Lord Littlebrook vs. Wee Willie Wilson Barbara Galento vs. Kay Noble Barbara Galento & Lord Littlebrook vs. Kay Noble & Wee Willie Wilson Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski vs. The Great Kusatsu & Higo Hamaguchi Jerry Miller vs. Buddy Wolff
3/29/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Billy Robinson Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrera
4/1/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Treach Phillips Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud dq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
4/1/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Watts & Dr X in 28:36 when Bockwinkel pinned Dr X in the third fall Billy Robinson beat Big K via pin in 10:00 Dusty Rhodes ddq Don Muraco in 14:00 Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 13:30 Ramon Torres drew Chris Markoff 20:00 Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrera via pin in 17:00 att: 5,213
4/2/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Howard & Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski
4/3/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Dr. X beat Ray Stevens Bull Bullinski vs Nick Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes vs Billy Red Cloud Ken Dillinger vs Don Muraco
4/4/72 Bismarck, ND Ramon Torres won 2/3 falls from Larry Hennig in 19:30 Billy Robinson pinned The Big K in 16:53 Chris Markoff pinned Joe Scarpello in 11:10 Rick Ferrera beat Treach Phillips in 12:43
4/4/72 Peoria, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Billy Red Cloud beat Ken Dillinger Angelo Poffo drew Paul Christy
4/5/72 Erie, CO Dr X vs Ray Stevens
4/5/72 Grafton, ND @ Grafton Armory-8pm Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig The Big K vs. Ramon Torres Joe Scarpello vs. Treach Phillips
4/6/72 Cheyenne, WY Billy Robinson no contest Dusty Rhodes Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Chris Markoff George Gadaski beat Jack Pesek
4/6/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2-0 in 25:00 Ivan Koloff beat Dr X via pin in 23:00 Bull Bullinski beat Big K dq in 12:00 Joe Scarpello beat Treach Phillips in 13:00 Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrera (sub Leroy Hirsch) in 14:00 Dave Muir beat Wilf Caron via pin in 8:00 Att: “about 5,000 fans”
4/7/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Pepper Gomez & Ramon Torres 2/3 Billy Robinson no contest Ivan Koloff Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff
4/8/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bobby Vann Bull Bullinski beat Ric Ferrara Ivan Koloff beat John the Greek Ray Stevens beat Tom Demarco Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero
4/9/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Ken Yates Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence & Tony Savoldi Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso Don Muraco beat Wilf Caron Blackjack Lanza beat Angel Rivera
4/9/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Dr X beat Ray Stevens Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig via pin Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco via pin Ivan Koloff beat Chris Markoff via pin Bull Bullinski drew Big K
4/10/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Dr X Dusty Rhodes beat the Crusher Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Big K beat Rick Ferrera
4/11/72 Tampico, IL @ High School Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff Ramon Torres vs. The Big K Treach Phillips vs. Ric Ferrara
4/11/72 Sioux City, IA Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski W Great Kusatsu & Higo Hamaguchi Wee Willie Wilson W Billy the Kid Jerry Miller NC Buddy Wolfe Treach Phillips W George Gadaski
04/12/72. Grand Forks, ND @ Auditorium Armory Ric Ferrara beat Dennis Stamp Big K drew Don Muraco Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Big K & Ivan Koloff
4/14/72 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Jerry Miller vs. Higo Hamaguchi Reggie Parks vs. The Great Kusatsu Wee Willie Wilson vs. Lord Littlebrook Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks & Jerry Miller vs. The Great Kusatsu & Higo Hamaguchi & Buddy Wolff
4/15/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Don Muraco beat Armando Rodriguez
4/15/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan beat the Crusher & Bill Watts Billy Robinson no contest Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Wilbur Snyder beat Big K Moose Cholak beat Chris Markoff Paul Christy beat Treach Phillips
4/16/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Dr X 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Bill Watts via pin Don Muraco drew Dusty Rhodes Ramon Torres beat Big K by submission Chris Markoff beat Billy Howard via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
4/17/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Dr X Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Bull Bullinski beat Chris Markoff Big K beat Billy Howard
4/18/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Larry Hennig beat Dr X in 7:00 Dusty Rhodes drew Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco 2/3 Stan Pulaski beat Great Kusatsu dq Reggie Parks beat Buddy Wolff
4/19/72 Jamestown, WI AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Don Muraco Ivan Koloff beat Jack Pesek Big K beat Dennis Stamp
4/19/72 Mankato, MN @ Mankato National Guard Armory-8pm The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig Doctor X vs. Chris Markoff Dusty Rhodes vs. Joe Ferra (Ric Ferrara?) Treach Phillips vs. George Gadaski
4/19/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Terry Jones vs. Higo Hamaguchi Reggie Parks vs. Black Jack Daniels Jerry Miller vs. Buddy Wolff Midwest Heavyweight Champion Stan Pulaski vs. The Great Kusatsu
4/20/72 Winona, MN @ Winona Junior High School Doctor X vs. Pretty Boy Larry Hennig plus 3 more bouts
4/21/72 Brainerd, MN The Crusher & Dennis Stamp beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Chris Markoff beat Rick Ferrara (sub Wahoo McDaniel) Treach Phillips beat George Gadaski
4/22/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Julio Rodriguez Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Vann Verne Gagne beat Rick Ferrara
4/22/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres Wahoo McDaniel beat Kenny Jay (sub Big K) Ivan Koloff beat Chris Markoff
4/23/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Treach Phillips Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Armando Rodriguez
4/23/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco Wahoo McDaniel beat Blackjack Lanza Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrera
4/23/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Ivan Koloff beat Dr. X 2/3 1 Koloff beat Dr X 2 Dr X beat Koloff 3 Koloff beat Dr X Larry Hennig beat Ramon Torres Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan Paul Christy beat Tom Demarco via pin (sub match for Billy Red Cloud vs Big K)
4/24/72 Minot, ND Larry Hennig vs Dr X
4/25/72 Huron, SD Larry Hennig vs Ramon Torres
4/25/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr X Dusty Rhodes beat Jack Pesek Treach Phillips drew Dennis Stamp
4/26/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Koloff beat the Crusher Dr X beat Ray Stevens dq Dusty Rhodes beat Jack Pesek Wahoo McDaniel beat Chris Markoff
4/26/72 Shakopee, MN Nick Bockwinkel vs Bull Bullinski Don Muraco vs Larry Hennig Rick Ferrara vs George Gadaski Treach Phillips vs Kenny Jay
4/26/72 Beatrice, NE - City Auditorium Higo Hamaguchi fought Jerry Miller to a draw The Great Kusatsu fought Reggie Parks to a draw Buddy Wolff defeated Mark Starr Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks fought The Great Kusatsu & Higo Hamaguchi to a draw Stan Pulaski won a 7-man Battle Royal
4/27/72 Boulder, CO The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Markoff Wahoo McDaniel beat George Gadaski
4/27/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Ivan Koloff beat Dr X Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres 2/3 Big K beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 14:00 Rick Ferrera beat Treach Phillips via pin in 13:00 Jack Pesek beat Dave Muir via pin in 13:00 Att: “about 4,800 fans”
4/28/72 Chippewa Falls, MN Larry Hennig vs Jack Pesek
4/28/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Pepper Gomez beat Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall dq 1. Gomez pinned Bockwinkel with a rolling jacknife 2. Bockwinkel pinned Gomez after a backbreaker 3. Referee Leo Ball dq'ed Bockwinkel for throwing Gomez over the top rope Ivan Koloff beat the Crusher Don Muraco beat Butcher Vachon Wahoo McDaniel beat Chris Markoff Ray Stevens beat Ramon Torres
4/29/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Dr. X beat Bill Kolchin Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski & Jack Pesek Ray Stevens beat Hank Meadows Wahoo McDaniel beat Treach Phillips
4/29/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Dick Kroll, The Crusher in Gagne’s corner to counter Koloff’s manager Big K AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall COR when Koloff was fighting with the Crusher outside the ring The Crusher beat Ray Stevens in 14:20 Wahoo McDaniel & Dr X & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in 22:45 Chris Markoff drew Bull Bullinski 20:00 Jack Pesek beat Rick Ferrera in 13:45 att: 8,732
4/29/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Higo Hamaguchi defeated Mark Starr Jerry Miller fought The Great Kusatsu to a draw (30:00) Buddy Wolff defeated Ramon Torres in three falls Midwest Tag Team Champions Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Tarzan Tyler
4/30/72 Lake Benton, MN Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat Big K Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrara
5/2/72 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace The Crusher vs Nick Bockwinkel Don Muraco vs Ray Stevens Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel Treach Phillips vs Dennis Stamp
5/5/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Dr X 2/3 Dusty Rhodes beat Ramon Torres via pin Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig via pin Bill Watts beat Big K via pin Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera via pin att: “6,060 fans”
5/6/72 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Angel Rivera
5/6/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Ivan Koloff beat Wilbur Snyder Bull Bullinski no contest Chris Markoff Beulah Brown & Princess Jasmine beat Mary Jane Mull & Paula Steele Big K beat Jack Pesek Prince Pullins beat Treach Phillips
5/6/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ray Stevens beat Dr X Don Muraco beat Blackjack Daniels George Gadaski drew Kenny Jay Rick Ferrera beat Jose Quintero
5/7/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher no contest Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff beat Dr X via pin Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig COR when Hennig fled the ring Rick Ferrera beat Treach Phillips via pin Dawn Lemke beat Paula Steele via pin
5/9/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher no contest Ivan Koloff Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X & Don Muraco Wahoo McDaniel beat Big K Chris Markoff drew Ramon Torres
5/9/72 Sioux City, IA Stan Pulaski won 6-man battle royal Buddy Wolfe W Jerry Miller Higo Hamaguchi W Mark Starr Great Kusatsu D Reggie Parks Stan Pulaski W Rick Ferrara
5/10/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff beat Dr X Don Muraco drew Chris Markoff Ramon Torres beat Big K
5/12/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher no contest Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Big K Ramon Torres drew Chris Markoff
5/12/72 Columbus, NE - City Auditorium Reggie Parks vs. Higo Hamaguchi Jerry Miller vs. Mark Starr Lord Littlebrook vs. Bull Brummell Midwest Tag Team Champions Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Buddy Wolff & Higo Hamaguchi
5/13/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Angel Rivera Kenny Jay & Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes dq Bull Bullinski beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat Caesar Pavlon Ramon Torres beat Armando Rodriguez
5/13/72 Mound, MN Dr X vs Ivan Koloff
5/13/72 New Hope, MN Larry Hennig vs Ramon Torres
5/15/72 Madison, WI Larry Hennig vs Bull Bullinski
5/14/72 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Luis Gonzales & Joe Guzman Bull Bullinski beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso
5/15/72 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Kangaroo I Bulldog Bob Brown beat Dutch Savage Gene Kiniski & Emir Akbar beat Buck Ramstead & James Blears Steven Little Bear beat Kangaroo II Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Eddie Morrow & Fred Barron beat Ed Francis & John Foley Hahn Lee drew Mr. Ota
5/16/72 Bismarck, ND Dr X vs Ray Stevens also including Wahoo McDaniel, Ivan Koloff, Bull Bullinski, Big K, Ramon Torres
5/17/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Ivan Koloff beat Dr. X Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Ray Stevens beat Ramon Torres Bull Bullinski drew Chris Markoff
5/18/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Dr X & Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski via pin Ramon Torres beat Chris Markoff Rick Ferrera beat Bobby Jones Treach Phillips beat Dave Muir via pin
5/19/72 Yanktown Dr X vs Big K Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel
5/20/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Hank Meadows & Mike Spangler Billy Robinson beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero Bill Kolchin beat Chris Markoff dq
5/20/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Ivan Koloff 1 Koloff defeats Gagne 2 Gagne defeats Koloff 3 Double DQ when the Big K and Wilbur Snyder got involved and became a four way brawl Bill Watts & Red Bastien beat Graduates Angelo Poffo & Ken Dillinger Bull Bullinski beat Great Kasatsu Mary Jane Mull beat Princess Jasmine Wee Willie Wilson beat Billy the Kid Wilbur Snyder beat Big K Moose Cholak beat Ricky Cortez
5/20/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Dr X 2/3 Dusty Rhodes no contest Wahoo McDaniel when the referee stopped the match because both men were bleeding too badly Lars Anderson drew Ramon Torres Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff via pin George Gadaski beat Rick Ferrera via pin
5/21/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Julio Rodriguez Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bobby Jones & Tony Savoldi Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Verne Gagne beat Treach Phillips Big K beat Mike Spangler
5/21/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig via pin in a real blood bath Dr X beat Chris Markoff (sub Nick Bockwinkel) via pin Dusty Rhodes beat Ramon Torres via pin Bull Bullinski beat Chris Markoff George Gadaski beat Treach Phillips via pin
5/22/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X & Ramon Torres Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Chris Markoff beat George Gadaski
5/23/72 Peoria, IL Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq Dusty Rhodes beat Ramon Torres Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Big K drew Chris Markoff
5/23/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr X 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Stan Pulaski via pin Buddy Wolff beat Mark Starr Jerry Miller beat Great Kusatsu via pin Higo Hamaguchi beat Treach Phillips
5/26/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel & Pepper Gomez 2/3 1. Wahoo pinned Hennig after a tomahawk chop 2. Wahoo was dq'ed when he tossed Hennig over the top rope 3. Hennig pinned Gomez after a body slam Ivan Koloff beat The Crusher dq Dr X beat Big K via pin Bull Bullinski drew Chris Markoff 20:00
5/26/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Buddy Wolff & The Viking defeated Stan Pulaski & Jerry Miller Ramon Torres & Terry Jones defeated The Great Kusatsu & Higo Hamaguchi Lord Littlebrook defeated Tiny Todd Buddy Wolff & The Viking defeated Ramon Torres & Terry Jones to win the vacant Midwest Tag Team Title
5/27/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Caesar Pavon Rick Ferrara beat Treach Phillips
5/27/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Great Kusatsu via pin Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres by submission Dr X beat Big K Bull Bullinski drew Chris Markoff att: “crowd of 6,080”
5/28/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Rick Ferrara Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay
6/2/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson drew Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff beat Dr X Chris Markoff drew Big K Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski
6/3/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Ray Stevens dq Bull Bullinski beat Angel Rivera Ivan Koloff beat Pancho Zapata Billy Robinson beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Jose Rodriguez
6/4/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard
6/6/72 Sioux City, IA Jerry Miller W-DQ Buddy Wolfe Lord Littlebrook W Billy the Kid Stan Pulaski W-DQ Higo Hamaguchi Chris Markoff W Mark Starr.
6/10/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Mike Spangler Billy Robinson beat Dave Muir Don Muraco beat Bobby Jones Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera Big K beat George Gadaski
6/10/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan & Dusty Rhodes beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher & Billy Red Cloud Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Sailor Art Thomas beat Great Kasatsu Chris Markoff drew Paul Christy Angelo Poffo beat John the Greek
6/11/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Julio Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Rick Ferrara Billy Robinson beat Rodeo Jones Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips
6/11/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes via pin Billy Robinson dcor Ivan Koloff after both men tumbled over the ropes Bull Bullinski beat Big K via pin Chris Markoff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay via pin
6/14/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel Ray Stevens beat Ramon Torres or Stevens over Art Thomas Ivan Koloff beat Chris Markoff Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera
6/15/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq in 19:00 when manager Big K interfered Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ramon Torres 2/3 1 Hennig pinned Torres 2 Wahoo pinned Hennig 3 Rhodes pinned Torres Bill Dromo drew Bull Bullinski George Gordienko beat Big K Bobby Jones beat Dave Muir (sub George Gadaski) Bob Tuck beat Dave Kochen dq att: “about 7000 fans”
6/16/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Clem Turner beat George Gadaski Ramon Torres beat Big K
6/17/72 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig drew Jack Pesek Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Julio Rodriguez & Joe Scarpello Don Muraco beat Rick Ferrara Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Bill Watts beat Chuck Edwards
6/17/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Saloon Match The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes via pin in 13:21 Ivan Koloff beat Edouard Carpentier via pin Wee Willie Wilson & Tiny Tot beat Billy The Kid & Lord Littlebrook 2/3 1 Billy The Kid & Lord Littlebrook won 2 Wee Willie Wilson & Tiny Tot won 3 Wee Willie Wilson & Tiny Tot won Billy Robinson beat Big K via pin Battle of the Losers George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay via pin Armando Rodriguez drew Johnny Kace att: 12,062 Note: A saloon match was a fancy name for a lumberjack match.
6/17/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Bill Watts Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco dq Ramon Torres beat Joe Scarpello Jack Pesek beat Rick Ferrera Jose Quintero beat Julio Rodriguez
6/20/72 Detroit Lakes, MN Wahoo McDaniel beat Ray Stevens Don Muraco beat Big K Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Kenny Jay beat Rick Ferrera
6/20/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski 2/3 Jerry Miller beat Mark Starr Stan Pulaski drew Higo Hamaguchi
6/21/72 West Liberty, IA @ Fairgrounds Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig Nick Bockwinkel beat Rod Rodriguez (sub Wahoo McDaniel) George Gadaski beat Rick Ferrera (sub Ramon Torres) Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera Att: 1,000+ despite chilly weather Note: McDaniel/Bockwinkel was scheduled to be the main event. Muraco/Hennig became the main event when Wahoo reportedly could not appear because he was injured Tuesday night June 20 in Detroit Lakes.
6/22/72 Peoria, IL Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Nick Bockwinkel Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrera Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski
6/23/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrera Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski
6/24/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Wahoo McDaniel beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Tom Demarco Bill Watts beat Jose Quintero
6/24/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan no contest Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Baron Von Raschke beat Sailor Art Thomas Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Bobby Heenan beat Billy Red Cloud Ramon Torres beat Kenny Dillinger Clem Turner beat George Gadaski
6/24/72 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Wahoo subbed for Bill Watts in the third fall of the tag title bout. No title change because of the switch. Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes dq Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero Rick Ferrera beat John The Greek
6/24/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Mark Starr vs. Bill Howard Betty Niccoli vs. Jean Antone Stan Pulaski & Jerry Miller vs. Bob Geigel & Higo Hamaguchi Cowboy Bob Ellis vs. Chris Markoff
6/25/72 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Julio Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Guzman
6/27/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig (sub Dusty Rhodes) beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Ramon Torres
6/27/72 Sioux City, IA Chris Markoff W-DQ Jerry Miller Stan Pulaski W The Big K Bob Ellis W-DQ Higo Hamaguchi Mark Starr W Kenny Jay
6/28/72 Burlington Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel
6/29/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Cage match The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco Ramon Torres beat Big K
6/30/72 Aitkin Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/1/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera & Julio Rodiguez Ivan Koloff beat Jose Quintero Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Kenny Jay Bill Watts beat Rick Ferrera
7/1/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff vs Ramon Torres Ray Stevens vs Don Muraco Bull Bullinski vs George Gadaski
7/3/72 Robbinsdale, MN Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel
7/4/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Robinson & George Gordienko no contest Ivan Koloff & Big K in 3rd fall 1 Koloff & Big K won 1st fall 2 Robinson & Gordienko won 2nd fall 3 The referee declared the bout a no contest Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes dq Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig Ramon Torres beat Dave Muir (sub George Gadaski) Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Jones Bob Tuck beat Wilf Caron (sub Dave Muir)
7/8/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Steve Tuck Don Muraco beat Blackjack Daniels Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Mr. Fuji & Dave Muir Ramon Torres beat Bill Kolchin Hans Hermann beat Angel Rivera
7/8/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 18:30 Bull Bullinski & Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Bill Watts beat Chris Markoff via pin in 16:15 Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble via pin in 9:45 Sailor Art Thomas beat Big K dq Armando Rodriguez drew George Gadaski att: “crowd of 8,391”
7/8/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser no contest Blackjack Mulligan The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza Graduates Angelo Poffo & Kenny Dillinger beat Billy Red Cloud & Prince Pullins Baron Von Raschke beat Wilbur Snyder Bobby Heenan beat Jose Martinez Joe Scarpello beat Jack Pesek
7/8/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Ramon Torres beat Blackjack Daniels Hans Hermann beat Jerry Miller Betty Niccoli beat Mars Monroe Don Muraco beat Mr Fuji att: 5,289 Note: The Mr Fuji listed here was Higo "Animal" Hamaguchi.
7/9/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Howard & Treach Phillips Ivan Koloff beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bobby Vann
7/9/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes dq 1 Hennig & Rhodes won 2 Wahoo & Muraco won Hennig & Rhodes were dq'ed Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin Hans Hermann (sub Joe Scarpello) beat Ramon Torres by submission Sailor Art Thomas beat Big K via pin Att: “over 6,000 fans”
7/10/72 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco won by DQ over Ivan Koloff & Big K vs Billy Robinson drew Dusty Rhodes (sub for Larry Hennig) Ramon Torres drew George Gadaski
7/11/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Larry Hennig drew Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat Angelo Poffo
7/12/72 Aledo Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel
7/13/72 Peoria, IL Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Wahoo McDaniel beat Don Muraco Larry Hennig beat Ramon Torres
7/14/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Don Muraco Larry Hennig beat Ramon Torres Hans Herrmann beat Bull Bullinski
7/15/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Armando Rodriguez Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Daniels Ramon Torres beat Caesar Pavlon
7/15/72 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Jack Pesek but was unable to beat Don Muraco within the 30 minute time limit Hans Hermann beat Caesar Pavlon Ramon Torres beat Armando Rodriguez Kenny Jay beat Blackjack Daniels
7/15/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Higo Hamaguchi defeated Omar Atlas Christopher Colt defeated Mark Starr Jerry Miller defeated Bob Geigel in three falls Cowboy Bob Ellis fought Chris Markoff to a double-DQ
7/16/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Hank Meadows & Mike Spangler Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Rick Ferrara
7/17/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Billy Robinson drew Ivan Koloff when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1. Koloff won the 1st fall 2. Robinson won the 2nd fall 3. The two wrestlers battled for 30:00 without reaching a decision in the 3rd fall Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Chris Markoff beat Mark Starr Jerry Miller beat Christopher Colt
7/18/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Texas Death Match Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones Zodiac & Buddy Colt beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Johnny Walker Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Louie Tillet & Hiro Matsuda Mike Graham beat Mike Webster Redbeard beat Gene Yates Cowboy Lang beat Wee Willie Wilson Note: Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens wrestled in Florida rings for much of the next five weeks. They were not billed as AWA Tag Team Champions.
7/19/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium $5,000 Karate Match, Special Referee Don Curtis Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Paul Jones Johnny Walker beat Buddy Colt Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ron Fuller & Johnny Kace Cowboy Lang beat Wee Willie Wilson Hiro Matsuda beat Redbeard dq Tony Garea & George McCready drew Phil Robley & Smasher Sloan
7/19/72 Princeton, IL Billy Robinson vs Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff vs Bull Bullinski Don Muraco vs Ramon Torres George Gadaski vs Angel Rivera
7/19/72 Sioux City, IA Chris Markoff W Jerry Miller Bob Ellis W The Viking Chris Colt W Bill Howard Higo Hamaguchi W Mark Starr
7/20/72 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall dq 1 Koloff beat Wahoo 2 Wahoo beat Koloff 3 Koloff was dq'ed for tossing Wahoo over the top rope Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig via pin in 17:20 Ramon Torres beat Angelo Poffo (sub Don Muraco) in 19:00 by submission Referee George Gadaski Hans Hermann beat Paul Christy in 3:25 (sub match for Bull Bullinski vs George Gadaski) Att: 3,000+
7/20/72 Tampa TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Hiro Matsuda to win Florida Tag Title Paul Jones beat Gene Yates Jack Brisco beat Taurus Jack Brisco no contest Buddy Colt
7/20/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Louie Tillet & Johnny Walker Southern Champion Zodiac beat Jack Brisco dq Hiro Matsuda beat Buddy Colt dq Bob Griffin & Cowboy Lang beat Dick Slater & Wee Willie Wilson Redbeard beat Mike George Gene Yates beat Phil Robley
7/21/72 Menomonie, WI Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Dawn Lemke beat Paula Steele Kenny Jay drew George Gadaski
7/21/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig in 10:58 Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Don Muraco beat Big K in 15:56 Ramon Torres beat Hans Hermann dq Note: The Hennig/Rhodes vs Muraco/McDaniel bout replaced the scheduled midget tag match of Sky Low Low & Lord Littlebrook vs Farmer Jerome & Sonny Boy Hayes
7/22/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Peter Lee Wahoo McDaniel beat Joe Guzman Dusty Rhodes beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata Wilbur Snyder beat Ralph Crouch Hans Hermann beat Bob Randy
7/22/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel drew AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Wilbur Snyder beat Dusty Rhodes dq Hans Hermann beat Bull Bullinski Ramon Torres drew Larry Hennig att: 5,034
7/23/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat John the Greek Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Verne Gagne beat Caesar Pavlon
7/24/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium Buddy Colt & Phil Robley beat Don Curtis & Eddie Graham Southern Champion Zodiac beat Jerry Brisco Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Johnny Walker & Louie Tillet Mike Graham beat Taurus Scorpion beat Mike George
7/25/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Winner to meet NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr Buddy Colt beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Paul Jones beat Don Curtis Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Jack Brisco & Johnny Walker 30:00 Louie Tillet & Hiro Matsuda beat Red Beard & Mike Webster Mike Graham beat Phil Robley Mike George beat George McCreary
7/25/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Handicap match Bull Bullinski & Ramon Torres beat Ivan Koloff Don Muraco beat Angelo Poffo Hans Hermann beat Billy Robinson
7/26/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium Paul Jones beat Jack Brisco on a 3rd fall dq when Brisco refused to release the Figure Four Leg Lock Don Curtis beat Buddy Colt dq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Hiro Matsuda & Ron Fuller Johnny Walker beat Dick Slater Mike Webster beat Johnny Gray Phil Robley beat George McCreary
7/26/72 Princeton, IL Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson
7/26/72 Columbus, NE – Agriculture Park Jerry Miller vs. Higo Hamaguchi Christopher Colt vs. Mark Starr Cowboy Bob Ellis & Jerry Miller vs. Chris Markoff & Higo Hamaguchi
7/27/72 Tampa TV Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Johnny Gray beat Buddy Colt & Buck Robley Taurus beat Mike George Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Johnny Walker & Ron Fuller
7/27/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum Jack Brisco & Don Curtis vs Buddy Colt & Paul Jones Nick Bockwinkel vs Johnny Walker Ray Stevens vs Hiro Matsuda Sandy Parker vs Lily Thomas Redbeard vs Gene Yates Dick Slater vs Johnny Gray
7/27/72 Burlington, IA @ Community Field Dusty Rhodes vs Billy Robinson Ivan Koloff vs Don Muraco Hans Hermann vs Bull Bullinski Ramon Torres vs Larry Hennig
7/28/72 Lanark, IL @ High School Stadium Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson Dusty Rhodes vs Don Muraco Hans Hermann vs Ramon Torres
7/29/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Betancourt Wahoo McDaniel beat Mr. Fuji Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Rick Ferrara
7/29/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Andre The Giant Rousimoff Dick the Bruiser beat Larry Hennig Wahoo McDaniel beat Hans Hermann (sub Dusty Rhodes) via pin Don Muraco drew Rene Goulet Dawn Lemke beat Vivian Vachon dq att: 6,112 sellout Note: According to the Milwaukee Sentinel, “Dusty Rhodes did not appear because he was suffering from high fever.”
7/29/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson COR Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Mulligan beat Ramon Torres & Sailor Art Thomas Billy Red Cloud beat Angelo Poffo Moose Cholak beat Chris Markoff Big K beat Joe Scarpello
7/30/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Mike Spangler Don Muraco beat Bobby Jones Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat Dave Muir Big K beat George Gadaski
7/31/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium Don Curtis & Mike Graham & Eddie Graham beat Jim Dillon & Phil Robley & Buddy Colt Florida Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dale Lewis & Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods Sandy Parker beat Lilly Thomas Johnny Walker beat Mike Webster Mike George beat George McCreary
8/1/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres Wahoo McDaniel beat Hans Herrmann Ramon Torres beat Rene Goulet dq
8/1/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Jack Brisco dq Florida tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Ron Fuller Zodiac beat Dale Lewis Buddy Colt beat Johnny Walker Hiro Matsuda beat Jim Dillon Robert Fuller beat Mike Webster Lilly Thomas beat Sandy Parker
8/2/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium Winner to meet NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr Zodiac beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Hiro Matsuda & Ron Fuller Buddy Colt beat Louie Tillet dq (sub Johnny Walker) Lilly Thomas beat Sandy Parker Tony Garea beat Dick Slater dq Taurus beat George McCreary
8/2/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Handicap match Don Muraco & Bull Bullinski beat Ivan Koloff Ramon Torres beat Rene Goulet Hans Herrmann beat George Gadaski
8/3/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum Florida Champion Paul Jones drew Jack Brisco Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Louie Tillet (sub Johnny Walker) Buddy Colt & Phil Robley beat Eddie Graham & Don Curtis Mike Graham beat Taurus Bob Griffin vs Mike Webster The Scorpion vs Tony Garea
8/4/72 Peoria, IL The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff & Big K Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Ramon Torres beat Rauol Guzman Hans Hermann beat Cesar Pablon
8/5/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Bobby Jones Don Muraco beat Hank Meadows Wahoo McDaniel beat Jim Preacher Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Frank Diamond Rene Goulet beat Mike Spangler
8/5/72 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel COR Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Don Muraco beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski Buddy Wolff beat Frank Diamond
8/5/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Jerry Miller defeated Mark Starr Christopher Colt defeated Steve Bolus Stan Pulaski defeated Higo Hamaguchi in three falls Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Chris Markoff in three falls
8/6/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Dr. X beat Bill Kolchin Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski & Jack Pesek Ray Stevens beat Hank Meadows Wahoo McDaniel beat Treach Phillips.
8/6/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1. Crusher & Wahoo won 1st fall 2. Hennig & Rhodes won 2nd fall 3. Crusher & Wahoo won 3rd fall Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Don Muraco beat Hans Hermann by submission Rene Goulet drew Ramon Torres
8/8/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr beat Buddy Colt Jack Brisco beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Ron Fuller Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Red Beard & Mike Webster Tim Woods beat The Zodiac Taurus beat Mike George
8/9/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr beat Bob Orton Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Brisco & Ron Fuller Buddy Colt beat Louie Tillet Mike Graham beat Taurus Red Beard beat Bob Griffin Mike George beat Scott Casey
8/10/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. beat Paul Jones Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Buddy Colt & Phil Robley Ray Stevens beat Louie Tillet Nick Bockwinkel drew Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Mike Webster beat Mike George Dick Slater beat Kenny Yates
8/11/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski Ramon Torres beat Big K
8/11/72 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Pirate's World Arena NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. vs Florida Champion Paul Jones Southern Champion Unmasked Zodiac vs Ron Fuller Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Hiro Matsuda & Robert Fuller Margie Ramsey vs Peggy Allen Tony Garea vs Taurus Corsica Jean vs Scott Casey
8/12/72 St. Petersburg, FL @ Bayfront Center Florida Champion Paul Jones beat NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Zodiac in overtime to win Southern Title and unmasked him as Bob Orton Sr Jack Brisco beat Buddy Colt dq Florida Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ron & Robert Fuller Bob Griffin beat Taurus Mike George beat George McCreary att: 6,641
8/12/72 Minneapolis TV Dusty Rhodes beat Jack Gordon Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Big K & Ivan Koloff beat Tony Charles & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Pancho Zapata Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski
8/12/72 Tripp, SD @ Hutchington County Fair Don Muraco vs Larry Hennig
8/13/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Julio Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Ric Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Rodeo Jones Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero
8/14/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Special Referee: Hans Hermann Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel Billy Robinson & Ramon Torres beat Big K & Ivan Koloff Don Muraco drew Rene Goulet Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski
8/15/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Eddie Graham beat Redbeard Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Paul Jones Bob Orton & Hiro Matsuda beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens to win Florida Tag Title Bonnie Watson beat Peggy Allen Bob Orton beat Bob Roop Taurus beat Tony Garea
8/16/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Bob Orton Sr Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Bob Roop Hiro Matsuda beat Ray Stevens dq Bonnie Watson beat Peggy Allen Hiro Matsuda & Bob Griffin beat Buddy Colt & Dick Slater Mike Webster beat Mike George
8/16/72 Sioux City, IA
8/17/72 Tampa TV Ray Stevens beat Mike George Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat George McCreary Redbeard & Mike Webster beat Bob Roop & Bob Griffin Buddy Colt beat George Grant
8/17/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum Lights Out Match, Special Referee: Dick Kroll Buddy Colt beat Eddie Graham Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Bob Roop Florida Tag Title Match Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Jack Brisco beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Unmasked Zodiac Bob Orton Sr drew Hiro Matsuda Florida Women's Champion Bonnie Watson beat Peggy Allen Mike George beat Taurus
8/17/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Cage Match Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 17:00 Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Ramon Torres beat Hans Hermann Bull Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon (sub Rene Goulet) Rene Goulet beat Dave Muir (sub Bull Bulinski) via pin Bobby Jones beat Bill Kochen Bob Tuck beat Wilf Caron (sub Dave Miuir) Note: Butcher Vachon was not advertised so the undercard was shuffled as a result. The original card had Goulet vs Bulliniski and Muir vs Tuck along with Jones vs Kochen. Wilf Caron was added to the opener to give the card an extra match.
8/19/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 No title change because the wrong man (Stevens) was pinned by Crusher in the 3rd fall Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Ivan Koloff beat Wilbur Snyder Billy Robinson beat Hans Hermann Rene Goulet beat Ramon Torres Don Muraco beat Big K att: 11,951
8/20/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jose Rodriguez & Joe Scarpello Don Muraco beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero Bill Watts beat Chuck Edwards
8/21/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt Special Referee: Danny McShane, Karate legal Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Hiro Matsuda Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mike George & Bob Griffin Louie Tillet beat Unmasked Taurus (Dennis Hall) Tony Garea drew Phil Robley
8/22/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Buddy Colt (sub Paul Jones) beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Hair vs Hair Eddie Graham beat Redbeard Florida Tag Team Champions Hiro Matsuda & Bob Orton beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ron Fuller beat The Scorpion Buddy Colt beat Louie Tillet Mike Webster beat Mike George
8/22/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson COR Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Dr. X beat Krusher Kowalski Chris Colt drew Stan Pulaski Jerry Miller beat Higo Hamaguchi
8/23/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Don Muraco & Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff & Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Dr X beat Hans Herrmann Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski COR Big K beat George Gadaski
8/23/72 Winter Haven, FL Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Bob Orton Sr drew Hiro Matsuda Mike George beat Taurus George McCreary beat Bob Orton Jr (sub Dick Slater) Scott Casey drew Smasher Sloan
8/24/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1. Wahoo pinned Bockwinkel 2. Bockwinkel won 2nd fall 3. Bockwinkel & Stevens were dq'ed when Stevens entered the ring illegally Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco Dr X beat Hans Hermann Ramon Torres drew Rene Goulet
8/25/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym Crusher beat Ivan Koloff dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig 2/3 1 Hennig beat Wahoo 2 Wahoo beat Hennig 3 Wahoo beat Hennig Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski COR Big K beat George Gadaski
8/25/72 Peoria, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Dr X beat Dusty Rhodes dq Ramon Torres beat Raul Guzman Hans Hermann beat Pedro Zapata
8/27/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & John the Greek Wahoo McDaniel beat Ricky Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Tom Demarco Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Bill Watts beat Jose Quintero
8/27/72 St Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig & Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1 Rhodes & Hennig & Bockwinkel won 2 Bastien & Robinson & Wahoo won 3 Bastien & Robinson & Wahoo won Ray Stevens beat Dr X dq when Dr X jumped off the top rope Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco via pin Hans Hermann beat Bull Bullinski via pin Kay Noble beat Dawn Lemke via pin Rene Goulet drew Ramon Torres
8/29/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Wahoo McDaniel beat Hans Hermann Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson dq Dr X beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Big K Bull Bullinski drew Rene Goulet
8/29/72 Sioux City, IA Bob Ellis & Stan Pulaski W Higo Hamaguchi & Chati Yokouchi Chris Colt W Jerry Miller Jean Antone W Belle Starr Frank Diamond D Mark Starr
8/30/72 Honolulu, HI Johnny Barend drew NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Wahoo McDaniel & Fred Curry Lonnie Mayne beat Jimmy Snuka Sam Steamboat beat Al Costello Ed Francis drew Fred Blassie Tahiti Kid & Farmer Jerome beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus
8/30/72 Leigh, NE – Colfax County Fairgrounds Jerry Miller vs. Higo Hamaguchi Jean Antone vs. Betty Niccoli Stan Pulaski & Jerry Miller vs. Christopher Colt & Higo Hamaguchi
9/1/72 Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff Steel Cage Match, Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel Handicap Match Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig & Butcher Vachon Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud Bobo Johnson beat Little Bruiser Sailor Art Thomas beat Hans Hermann Ramon Torres beat Angelo Poffo Rene Goulet beat Don Muraco att: 12,000
9/2/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Dr. X beat Mike Spangler Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Don Muraco beat Rodeo Jones
9/2/72 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Municipal Auditorium Bobby Whitlock vs. Higo Hamaguchi Jerry Miller vs. Bill Howard Cowboy Bob Ellis vs. Buddy Wolff Midwest Heavyweight Champion Stan Pulaski vs. Christopher Colt
9/3/72 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Caesar Pablon & Armando Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera Verne Gagne beat Pete Carlos
9/8/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dr X beat Ray Stevens in 11:29 with the figure four leg lock Don Muraco & Ramon Torres & Pepper Gomez beat Ivan Koloff & Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1. Rhodes pinned Torres in 7:30 2. Gomez pinned Koloff in 7:12 3. Muraco pinned Hennig in 7:42 Mad Dog Vachon beat Hans Hermann in 7:07 Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek in 11:03 att: 4,528
9/9/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Wilbur Snyder beat Pancho Poskowski
9/9/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Bill Watts & Moose Cholak (subs for Andre Rousimoff) beat Ivan Koloff & Big K on a 3rd fall dq 1 Koloff & Big K won 2 Watts & Cholak won 3 Koloff & Big K were dq'ed Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1 Hennig & Rhodes won 2 Muraco & Wahoo won 3 Muraco & Wahoo won Ramon Torres beat Higo Hamaguchi by submission Rene Goulet beat Billy Howard via pin George Gadaski beat Cesar Pabon att: “5,346 fans”
9/9/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Mad Dog Vachon Wilbur Snyder beat Hans Hermann Bull Bullinski beat Joe Guzman Jack Pesek beat Kenny Jay Jean Antone & Mars Monroe beat Belle Starr & Betty Niccoli Att: 3,369
9/12/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Wahoo McDaniel beat Hans Hermann Dr X beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski & Moose Cholak beat Big K & Angelo Poffo Joe Scarpello beat Hans Hermann
9/12/72 Sioux Falls, SD - Coliseum Rene Goulet defeated Jack Pesek Stan Pulaski defeated Higo Hamaguchi Betty Niccoli defeated Mars Monroe Larry Hennig defeated Ramon Torres Wahoo McDaniel defeated Dusty Rhodes
9/13/72 Grand Forks, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski dq
9/14/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dr X beat Ray Stevens with a figure fur leg lock in 19:00 The Crusher & Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff & Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes George Gordienko beat Butcher Vachon in 14:00 Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski in 15:00 Ramon Torres beat Big K by submission in 12:00
9/16/72 Minneapolis TV Don Muraco beat John the Greek Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Vann Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski
9/16/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq Dr X beat Higo Hamaguchi Rene Goulet drew Don Muraco Ramon Torres beat Big K
9/17/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Armando Rodriguez Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Daniels Ramon Torres beat Caesar Pablon
9/17/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Crusher & Wahoo won 3 Bockwinkel was dq'ed for tossing Wahoo over the top rope Dusty Rhodes beat Art Thomas via pin Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres via pin Dr X beat Big Kby submission with a figure four leg lock Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek (sub Don Muraco) via pin
9/19/72 Greenville Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Moose Cholak beat Dusty Rhodes dq Rene Goulet drew Ramon Torres
9/20/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes Dr X beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq Ramon Torres beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski COR
9/20/72 Honolulu, HI AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq WWWF Champion Pedro Morales & Wahoo McDaniel Cage match Ed Francis beat Fred Blassie Giant Baba ddq The Sheik Jimmy Snuka beat Ray Kamaka Sam Steamboat beat Mr. XXX Fred Curry beat John Quinn dq
9/21/72 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs Don Muraco & Dr. X 2/3 60:00 Ramon Torres vs Ivan Koloff Rene Goulet vs Bull Bullinski 20:00 Hans Hermann vs Jack Pesek 20:00 Note: First card of the season.
9/22/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Dr X beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes in 8:58 Lani Kealoha beat Ivan Koloff in 17:49 Ramon Torres beat Higo Hamaguchi in 12:50 att: 4,325
9/23/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bob Sabre Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Higo Hamaguchi & Angel Rivera Dusty Rhodes beat Tom Demarco Wahoo McDaniel beat Pancho Vasquez
9/24/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Peter Lee Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata Wilbur Snyder beat Ralph Crouch Hans Hermann beat Bob Hamby Wahoo McDaniel beat Joe Guzman
9/26/72 Bismarck, ND Doctor X and Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens on a third fall disqualification Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig George Gadaski beat Hans Hermann (substitute for Kenny Jay in what was to be the “Battle of the Losers”).
9/26/72 Peoria, IL The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Ivan Koloff & Big K Rene Goulet beat Stan Darro Angelo Poffo beat Angel Rivera
9/27/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ray Stevens beat Dr X dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Nick Bockwinkel beat Ramon Torres Rene Goulet drew Don Muraco Lani Kealoha beat Big K
9/28/72 Red Lake, MN @ Red Lake High School Gym Ivan Koloff & Big K vs Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha Wahoo McDaniel vs Rene Goulet Ramon Torres vs Hans Hermann
9/30/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Andre The Giant Rousimoff won a 14 man battle royal for $15,000 Order of elimination from first to last 1- Rene Goulet 2-Higo Hamaguchi 3-Hans Hermann 4-Bull Bullinski 5-Moose Cholak 6-Ramon Torres 7-Sailor Art Thomas 8-Ivan Koloff 9-Bobby Heenan 10-Wilbur Snyder 11-Wahoo McDaniel 12-Dusty Rhodes 13-Blackjack Lanza Andre The Giant Rousimoff beat Ivan Koloff via pin Dusty Rhodes beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Heenan Blackjack Lanza beat Ramon Torres Wilbur Snyder beat Hans Hermann via pin Rene Goulet drew Moose Cholak Bull Bullinski beat Higo Hamaguchi dq att: 10,169
9/30/72 Minneapolis, MN Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig beat Dr X George Scott beat Dick Murdoch dq Don Muraco beat Joe Scarpello Lani Kealoha beat Big K
10/1/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pablon Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Don Muraco beat Armando Rodriguez Ramon Torres beat Pete Carlos
10/1/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski & Andre the Giant 2/3 1 Hennig & Rhodes won 2 Bullinski & Andre won 3 Hennig & Rhodes won Ray Stevens beat Dr X dq when Dr. X threw the referee from the ring George Scott beat Dick Murdoch dq when Murdoch threw Scott over the top rope Lani Kealoha beat Hans Hermann via pin
10/2/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Dr X Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski Lani Kealoha beat Hans Hermann
10/5/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel 1 Dr X & Wahoo won 1st fall 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2nd fall 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3rd fall George Gordienko beat Dusty Rhodes dq in 12:00 Lani Kealoha beat Hans Hermann (sub Big K) George Scott drew Hans Hermman (sub Rene Goulet) Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski in 14:00 Att: “sparse crowd”
10/7/72 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Dick Murdoch beat Kenny Jay Lani Kealoha beat Mike Spangler
10/7/72 Chicago, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Andre Rousimoff & Dr X Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Wilbur Snyder beat Higo Hamaguchi Moose Cholak beat Hans Hermann Rene Goulet beat Prince Pullins Don Muraco beat Kenny Dillinger
10/8/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Bobby Jones Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Frank Diamond Wahoo McDaniel beat Jim Preacher
10/10/72 Grand Forks, ND Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski Dave Muir beat Bobby Jones dq
10/10/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Wahoo McDaniel & Dr. X def Nick Bockwinkel & Rene Goulet (sub for Ray Stevens) two falls to one Superstar Billy Graham def George Scott (12:00) Joe Scarpello def Billy Howard (replaced Ramon Torres vs Rene Goulet) The Big K def Jack Pesek
10/11/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski 22:00 Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble 17:00 Superstar Billy Graham beat George Gadaski via pin in 12:00 att: 1,230
10/11/72 Honolulu, HI AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bearcat Wright & Bobo Brazil Fred Curry beat Fred Blassie The Sheik beat Tony Rocco Sam Steamboat beat Fidel Castillo Ed Francis drew John Quinn
10/13/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel dq when referee Leo Bahl said Bockwinkel was using a "illegal device." Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Rene Goulet drew Ramon Torres Kay Noble beat Dawn Lemke
10/13/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dr X beat Blackjack Lanza Sailor Art Thomas beat Dusty Rhodes dq Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski George Scott beat Hans Hermann Superstar Billy Graham beat George Gadaski
10/14/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Vann Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Guzman & Ramon Torres Billy Graham beat Tom Demarco Lani Kealoha beat Hans Hermann Rene Goulet beat Angel Rivera
10/14/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Nick Bockwinkel A countout of Gagne was interrupted when the referee fell unconscious while Gagne was outside the ring. Bockwinkel grabbed the Championship belt and left the ring, but officials said the dispute would go to the AWA for a decision. George Gadaski, the referee, had been knocked out in a corner collision. Bockwinkel knocked Gagne out of the ring with a pile driver and revived Gadaski who started the count, but fell unconscious before he could finish it. Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Lani Kealoha beat Larry Hennig dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski via pin George Scott beat Hans Hermann via pin Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay via pin att: 6,107
10/15/72 Minneapolis TV Dusty Rhodes beat Jack Gordon Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Tony Charles & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Jose Zapata Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski
10/21/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Tom Demarco Don Muraco beat George Gadaski Dusty Rhodes beat Bob Kappel Dr X beat Bill Kochen Ric Drasin beat ? Reeves
10/21/72 Honolulu, HI Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff 2/3 The Sheik beat Fred Curry 2/3 Sam Steamboat beat Rick Ferrara Ed Francis beat Bill Dromo Bull Bullinski drew Mighty Inoue Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson beat Little Tokyo & Wee Willie Wilson 2/3
10/21/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mad Dog Vachon & Andre The Giant Rousimoff 2/3 in 26:25 Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig via pin George Scott drew Rene Goulet Superstar Billy Graham beat Ramon Torres via pin Kenny Jay beat Cesar Pabon via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
10/21/72 St Paul, MN The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq Dick Murdoch beat Dr X Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Big K & Blackjack Lanza Ric Drasin beat George Gadaski Joe Scarpello beat Bob Kappel
10/22/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Pete Carlos Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Ivan Koloff beat Peter Lee Dusty Rhodes beat Caesar Pavlon
10/24/72 Huron, SD @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens 2/3 1. Stevens won 1st fall 2. Gagne won 2nd fall 3. Gagne won 3rd fall Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott Joe Scarpello (sub Billy Robinson) beat Rene Goulet Att: 3,500
October 24, 1972 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center Ivan Koloff vs. Doctor X Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch vs. Don Muraco and Lani Kealoha Ric Drasin vs. The Big K .
10/25/72 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & George Scott (sub Billy Robinson) 2/3 1. McDaniel pinned Bockwinkel 2. Bockwinkel beat McDaniel 3. Scott fell prey to a double team by the champs and was beaten in the 3rd fall Sailor Art Thomas (sub Angelo Poffo) beat Larry Hennig dq Billy Graham beat George Gadaski (sub George Scott) Joe Scarpello beat Johnny Kace att: 3,500+
10/25/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Lani Kealoha beat Rene Goulet Big K drew Chris Markoff
10/26/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher ddq Dusty Rhodes in 16:00 AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Dr X 2/3 Dick Murdoch beat George Scott via pin in 17:00 Rene Goulet beat Bobby Jones (sub Ric Drasin) via pin in 7:00 Butcher Vachon (sub Bobby Jones) beat Dave Muir via pin in just under 5 minutes
10/28/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & George Scott Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Ralph Crouch Billy Graham beat Frank Monte Wahoo McDaniel beat Kenny Jay
10/28/72 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff 2/3 The Sheik beat Fred Curry 2/3 to win Ring Magazine belt Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Wee Willie Wilson & Little Tojo
10/29/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin Dick the Bruiser beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Ivan Koloff & Big K 2/3 1 Muraco & Kealoha won 2 Koloff & Big K won 3 Muraco & Kealoha won Rene Goulet drew George Scott
10/31/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Superstar Billy Graham & Rene Goulet Bull Bullinski beat Dick Murdoch George Scott beat Big K
11/1/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott Dick Murdoch beat Don Muraco Lani Kealoha beat Big K The Crusher beat Larry Hennig
11/2/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Lani Kealoha beat Rene Goulet Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel
11/3/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Baron Von Raschke Sailor Art Thomas drew Blackjack Lanza Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott Moose Cholak beat Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski
11/3/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha Dr X beat Big K Ramon Torres beat Joe Scarpello
11/4/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Steve Tuck Billy Robinson beat Bill Kolchin Wahoo McDaniel beat Mike Spangler Billy Graham beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Wilbur Snyder beat Chris Markoff
11/4/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ray Stevens beat Dr X Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha George Scott drew Rene Goulet Joe Scarpello beat George Gadaski
11/4/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel in 13:00 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq when Koloff's manager the Big K interfered Handicap match Superstar Billy Graham beat Chris Markoff & Jose Quintero Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig Big K beat Kenny Jay att: 5,003
11/5/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Dr. X beat Mike Spangler Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Don Muraco beat Bobby Jones
11/8/72 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Steve Tuck Rene Goulet beat Dave Muir Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff
11/8/72 Redfield, SD @ Redfield Armory Dr. X vs Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens vs Wahoo McDaniel Big K vs Ric Drasin George Scott vs George Gadaski
11/9/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham won a 12 man Battle Royal No dq Match The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes COR Mad Dog Vachon beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Superstar Billy Graham (Winnipeg debut) Billy Robinson beat Butcher Vachon via pin Ivan Koloff drew Lani Kealoha George Gordienko drew Rene Goulet Dick Murdoch beat Dave Muir Att: “7,823 fans” Note: The Crusher & Dusty Rhodes were deemed too bloody from their singles match to compete in the Battle Royal.
11/11/72 Minneapolis TV Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Tom Demarco & Reggie Parks Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero
11/11/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 19:10 Dick the Bruiser beat Big K Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Bobby Heenan & Rene Goulet George Scott beat Larry Hennig dq Kenny Jay drew Armando Rodriguez att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
11/11/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Mad Dog Vachon in 12:13 Superstar Billy Graham beat Moose Cholak in 7:10 Reggie Parks drew Chris Markoff Joe Scarpello beat Jose Quintero in 13:52
11/12/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Wilbur Snyder beat Pancho Vasquez Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos
11/14/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Lights Out Match Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones Mike Graham handcuffed to Phil Robley Southern Champion Buddy Colt beat Eddie Graham dq Bobby Shane beat Boris Malenko AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ronnie Garvin Sputnik Monroe & Norvell Austin beat Frank Hester & Bearcat Wright Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat The Professsional Robert Fuller beat Mike Webster
11/14/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco Lani Kealoha beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Tom DeMarco
11/14/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) beat Dr X Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks Joe Scarpello beat George Gadaski
11/15/72 Honolulu, HI @ International Center Arena Ed Francis & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 to win AWA Tag Team Title Title change only recognized in Honolulu Dusty Rhodes beat Sam Steamboat 2/3 to win North American title Giant Baba beat Bulldog Brown dq when Brown hit the referee Lonnie Mad Dog Mayne beat Jack Carson Tony Borne drew Ray Glenn
11/15/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dick Murdoch beat the Crusher COR Wahoo McDaniel drew Superstar Billy Graham Ivan Koloff beat Lani Kealoha Rene Goulet beat Don Muraco
11/16/72 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Dr X vs Ivan Koloff Wahoo McDaniel vs Dick Murdoch Plus other preliminary bouts
11/17/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson 2/3 1. Murdoch pinned Crusher after a flying elbow smash in 12:03 2. Crusher pinned Rhodes after an elbow smash in 5:53 3. Rhodes pinned Robinson in 4:18 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 11:39 Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott via pin in 15:46 after a body slam Lani Kealoha beat Larry Hennig dq in 13:07 att: 7,191
11/18/72 Minneapolis TV Don Muraco beat Chuck Richards Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Peter Lee & Frank Monte Billy Robinson beat Jose Quintero Chris Markoff beat Joe Guzman
11/18/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham beat Moose Cholak Rene Goulet drew George Scott Kenny Dillinger beat Johnny Kace Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello
11/18/72 St. Cloud, Minnesota (8:30 PM) St. Cloud University Halenbeck Hall Kenny Jay vs. George Gadaski Billy Robinson vs. Dick Murdoch Don Muraco vs. The Big K Dirty Dusty Rhodes vs. Dr. X
11/19/72 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Reggie Parks & Ramon Torres beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch dq Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Billy the Kid & Little Tokyo Joe Scarpello drew Chris Markoff att: 1,252
11/19/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Dr X 2/3 in 23:18 1 Dr. X pinned Stevens 2 Stevens pinned Wahoo 3 Bockwinkel pinned Dr. X Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco via pin in 17:25 Ivan Koloff beat George Scott by submission in 16:12 with a Russian reverse bearhug Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski (sub Lani Kealoha) via pin in 15:30 att: 5,202
11/21/72 Bismarck, ND Dusty Rhodes, Dick Murdoch and Ivan Koloff won 2/3 falls from Don Muraco, Doctor X and Joe Scarpello (substitute for Lani Kealoha) Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff Doctor X beat The Big K.
11/21/72 Sterling, IL @ Sterling High School Fieldhouse Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel Original Lineup listed in an earlier ad: Armando Rodriguez vs. Jack Pesek Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
11/22/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X Dusty Rhodes & Big K beat Don Muraco & Joe Scarpello Dick Murdoch beat Chris Markoff Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski
11/22/72 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1. Bockwinkel pinned Robinson 2. McDaniel beat Bockwinkel 3. Robinson pinned Hennig Superstar Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez (sub Sailor Art Thomas) George Scott beat Bill Amel Jack Pesek beat Bill Crouch att: 2,300
11/25/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Pete Carlos Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Caesar Pavlon & Armando Rodriguez Wahoo McDaniel beat Ralph Crouch Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero
11/25/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Non Title Match Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq in 12:32 when Gagne hit Bockwinkel with a chair Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Billy Robinson & Joe Scarpello 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco via pin Ivan Koloff beat George Scott via pin Reggie Parks beat Big K via pin
11/26/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bob Sabre Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Higo Hamaguchi & Angel Rivera Dusty Rhodes beat Tom Demarco Wahoo McDaniel beat Pancho Vasquez
11/28/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch George Scott & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Hennig dq Dick Murdoch beat Reggie Parks Joe Scarpello beat Jose Quintero
11/29/72 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Ed Francis & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq After their successful tag title defense, Robinson & Francis were stripped of the Tag Title for failure to defend it in other AWA cities. The Destroyer beat Dory Dixon Tosh Togo drew Jack Carson Sam Steamboat beat John Foley Ray Glenn beat Beto Casto
11/30/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in 21:00 George Gordienko beat Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel Don Muraco beat George Scott via pin Rene Goulet beat Bob Tuck Lani Kealoha beat Dave Muir Att: “crowd of 4,000” Note The advertisement incorrectly had Goulet vs Kealoha and Muir vs Tuck.
12/1/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes dq Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid Dick Murdoch beat Don Muraco Chris Markoff beat Joe Scarpello att: 1,597
12/1/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel 2 Bockwinkel beat Robinson with a Boston Crab 3 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel after an atomic drop Lani Kealoha beat Ivan Koloff dq Billy Graham beat George Scott via pin Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski by submission
12/2/72 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Vann Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay Superstar Billy Graham beat Angel Rivera Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid drew Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang
12/2/72 St Paul MN @ St Paul Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat George Scott & Joe Scarpello Don Muraco beat Big K Larry Hennig drew Rene Goulet (sub Billy Robinson) Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid
12/3/72 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Bill Amel & Ralph Crouch Dr. X beat Caesar Pavlon Dick Murdoch beat Peter Lee Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski Lani Kealoha beat Armando Rodriguez
12/3/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco via pin in 15:05 Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 9:53 George Scott drew Chris Markoff 20:00 att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
12/3/72 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks Big K beat Kenny Jay Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble
12/5/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson ddq Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in 3rd fall 1. Wahoo & Billy won 1st fall 2. Rhodes & Murdoch won 2nd fall 3. Both teams dq'ed Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks Rene Goulet drew George Scott Bob Bruggers beat George Gadaski
12/6/72 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Wahoo McDaniel vs Dick Murdoch 2/3 45:00 Dusty Rhodes vs Billy Robinson 2/3 45:00 Superstar Billy Graham vs George Scott 30:00 Rene Goulet vs Reggie Parks 20:00
12/6/72 Grand Forks Big K & Ivan Koloff vs Lani Kealoha & Don Muraco Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang vs Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo Big K vs Lani Kealoha Al Tomko vs Steve Tuck
12/7/72 Huron, SD @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham hit the referee Dusty Rhodes beat George Scott 2/3 1. Scott won 1st fall 2. Rhodes won 2nd fall 3. Rhodes won 3rd fall Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang beat Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid 2/3 Jose Quintero beat George Gadaski via pin Att: 1,200
12/8/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dusty Rhodes via pin in 17:04 after a drop kick Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch via pin in 21:00 Farmer Pete & Little Tokyo beat Billy The Kid & Cowboy Lang 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco via pin in 19:28 after beating Muraco in an Arm Wrestling Match Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks 20:00 att: 4,000
12/9/72 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat Ricky Mendoza Billy Graham beat Jose Quintero Wahoo McDaniel beat Pancho Vasquez Lani Kealoha beat Carlos Rodriguez Dick Murdoch beat Kenny Jay
12/9/72 Willmar, MN Ken Patera vs George Gadaski
12/10/72 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Caesar Pavlon & Armando Rodriguez Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero
12/10/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq when Wahoo hit Graham over the head with a chair Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco dq 10:21 Ivan Koloff beat Lani Kealoha via pin in 10:27 Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet via pin in 7:09 George Scott beat George Gadaski via pin in 12:22 Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang beat Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid
12/11/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham George Scott drew Rene Goulet Bob Bruggers beat Joe Scarpello George Gadaski & Rene Goulet beat Bob Bruggers & George Scott
12/11/72 Rice Lake, WI @ High School Ivan Koloff vs Don Muraco Rene Goulet vs George Scott Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang beat Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook Ken Patera beat George Gadaski
12/12/72 Moline, IL Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid vs. Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete George Scott vs. Rene Goulet Bob Bruggers vs. George Gadaski
12/13/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig dq Lani Kealoha beat Dick Murdoch Rene Goulet beat Ric Flair
12/13/72 Honolulu, HI Don Muraco won a battle royal AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Curtis Iaukea Dusty Rhodes drew Sam Steamboat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco & Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Jack Carson Ed Francis beat Sueno Tosh Togo drew Bull Bullinski Spiros Arion beat Dennis Stamp
12/13/72 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott Big K (sub Chris Markoff) beat Bob Kappel Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble att: 1,500 Note: Another listing has an additional match Bob Bruggers drew Joe Scarpello
12/14/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Robinson dcor Superstar Billy Graham Angelo Mosca (Winnipeg Debut) beat Dick Murdoch dq when Murdoch hit Mosca with a bottle Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat Bob Bruggers Lani Kealoha beat Bobby Jones Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid Att: “estimated 7,000 fans” Note: A Newspaper ad listed Patera vs Hennig, Goulet vs Bruggers and Jones vs Bob Tuck
12/15/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Ivan Koloff beat Rene Goulet Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Billy the Kid & Little Tokyo Dick Murdoch beat George Scott
12/16/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Ernie Ladd & Sailor Art Thomas when Ladd refused to tag Thomas who was then easily beaten Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson ddq Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham beat Billy Red Cloud Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig Moose Cholak beat Kenny Dillinger
12/17/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Armando Rodriguez Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Daniels Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos
12/17/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Superstar Billy Graham won a 15 man battle royal for $10,000 Order of elimination from first to last 1-Bill Crouch 2-Big K 3-Ken Patera 4-Rene Goulet 5-Ric Flair 6-Larry Hennig 7-Reggie Parks 8-George Scott 9-Dusty Rhodes 10-Dick Murdock 11-Nick Bockwinkel 12-Ivan Koloff 13-Wahoo McDaniel 14-Billy Robinson Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff in 13:04 Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott (sub Lani Kealoha) in 11:35 Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet with a bear hug in 8:05 Bob Bruggers (sub George Scott) beat Dusty Rhodes dq in 1:17 when Rhodes tried to attack the referee Dick Murdoch drew Reggie Parks 15:00 Big K drew Ric Flair 10:00 att: Record Crowd 6,337
12/24/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Tom Demarco Dr. X beat Bill Kolchin Don Muraco beat George Gadaski Dusty Rhodes beat Bob Kappel Ric Drasin beat Don Reese
12/26/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Billy Robinson vs. Dick Murdoch Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bull Bullinski Lani Kealoha vs. Larry Hennig The Big K vs. Bob Bruggers
12/27/72 Decatur, IL Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig dq Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski George Scott drew Bob Bruggers
12/27/72 Mitchell, SD Superstar Billy Graham vs Billy Robinson
12/28/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Andre The Giant beat Dick Murdoch dq George Scott beat Larry Jones Bob Bruggers drew Jack Pesek Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble Superstar Billy Graham vs Lani Kealoha
12/28/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Ray Stevens beat Dr. X Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet George Gadaski beat Jose Quintero
12/28/72 Moorhead, MN Nick Bockwinkel drew Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks beat Big K Dennis Stamp beat Jim Brunzell
12/29/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1. Graham beat McDaniel in 3:25 2. McDaniel beat Graham in 1:19 3. Graham beat McDaniel in 2:15 Graham also beat McDaniel in an Arm Wrestling match Wahoo McDaniel beat Dr X 11:30 Superstar Billy Graham beat Joe Scarpello 10:48 Dr X beat Joe Scarpello with a small package in 18:55 att: 5,000 Note: Nick Bockwinkel, Ray Stevens, Billy Robinson, Ivan Koloff, Bull Bullinski, Ken Patera and Larry Hennig were all no shows
12/29/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Wilbur Snyder won a 15 man battle royal when Andre Rousimoff, Blackjack Mulligan, Blackjack Lanza and Dusty Rhodes were simultaneously eliminated order of elimination: Ric Flair, Dale Lewis, Jack Pesek, Johnny Kace, Billy Red Cloud, Reggie Parks, Sailor Art Thomas, Larry Hennig, George Scott, Dick Murdoch, Andre Rousimoff (the giant) took the Blackjacks and Dusty Rhodes with him Dusty Rhodes beat Wilbur Snyder Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Blackjack Lanza beat Jack Pesek Sailor Art Thomas beat Johnny Kace Blackjack Mulligan drew George Scott Dick Murdoch beat Billy Red Cloud
12/30/72 Milwaukee WI @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wahoo McDaniel in 12:40 when the referee stopped the match Ivan Koloff beat Dr X in 22:22 by submission Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet in 8:50 by submission with a bear hug Dick Murdoch beat Reggie Parks via pin at 14:40 Big K drew Jim Brunzell Dale Lewis drew George Scott att: 6,112 sellout
12/30/72 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens to win the AWA Tag Team Title Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Bob Bruggers beat Blackjack Daniels Ric Flair drew George Gadaski att: 7,091
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1/6/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Johnny Heidman Wahoo McDaniel beat Tinker Todd Billy Graham beat George Gadaski
1/6/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson 2/3 to regain the AWA tag team title 1. Bockwinkel beat Robinson 2. Robinson pinned Stevens 3. Stevens pinned Gagne The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks Bob Bruggers beat Big K dq Ric Flair beat Johnny Heidman via pin Jim Brunzell drew Tinker Todd att: 10,003
1/7/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 16:20 Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham hurled Wahoo into referee George Gadaski at the 9:35 mark Dusty Rhodes beat George Scott via pin in 24:12 Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks via pin in 15:47 Bob Bruggers drew Rene Goulet 15:00 att: 5,354
1/9/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Ray Stevens beat the Crusher Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel Bob Bruggers beat Tinker Todd Jim Brunzell beat Joe Scarpello
1/9/73 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace-8pm Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Reggie Parks & Lani Kealoha Dawn Lemke vs. Kay Noble plus other bouts
1/10/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud Ivan Koloff beat Joe Scarpello Bob Bruggers beat Big K
1/11/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR in 12:00 when Graham walked back to the dressing room Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat George Gordienko & Reggie Parks 2/3 Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble via pin Rene Goulet drew George Scott (sub Lani Kealoha) Bob Bruggers beat Bobby Jones (sub George Scott) via pin Ric Flair beat Johnny Heidman Jim Brunzell beat Tinker Todd (sub match for Bob Tuck vs Dave Muir)
1/13/73 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Johnny Heidman Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez Reggie Parks beat Tinker Todd Ivan Koloff beat Bob Amel
1/13/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel 15:21 Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Danny Hodge & Bill Miller 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat George Scott via pin Reggie Parks beat Big K via pin Bob Bruggers beat Johnny Heidman via pin Jim Brunzell beat Tinker Todd via pin
1/16/73 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Murdoch Reggie Parks beat Billy Graham dq George Scott beat Tinker Todd Bob Bruggers beat Johnny Heidman
1/17/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr drew Billy Robinson North American Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco Ed Francis beat The Sheik to win Hawaiian Title Ripper Collins beat Rick Drasin Tony Borne drew Sam Steamboat Fred Blassie did not beat Lord Blears in 10 minutes
1/17/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Bob Bruggers beat Johnny Heidman Reggie Parks beat Tinker Todd Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Murdoch
1/18/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR 10:25 Dusty Rhodes beat the Crusher dq when Crusher tossed Rhodes over the top rope at the 8:30 mark Billy Robinson beat Reggie Parks in 14:11 via pin with a back bridge Don Muraco beat Dick Murdoch 11:15 Bob Bruggers drew George Scott 20:00 att: 5,647
1/19/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq in 7:42 when referee George Gadaski caught Rhodes using brass knuckles Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco 2/3 in 16:57 1. Muraco was counted out of the ring 2. Muraco pinned Graham 3. Graham pinned Muraco George Scott beat Tinker Todd by submission in 12:39 Bob Bruggers beat Johnny Heidmanin 16:10 att: 3,734
1/20/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Johnny Heidman Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez Reggie Parks beat Tinker Todd Ivan Koloff beat Bob Amel
1/20/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wahoo McDaniel The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Ernie Ladd beat Moose Cholak Mitsu Arakawa & Higo Hamaguchi beat Reggie Parks & George Scott Jimmy Valiant beat Bobby Bold Eagle Angel Rivera drew Tinker Todd
1/20/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Non Title Match Ivan Koloff beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne by submission Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq 1 Murdoch & Rhodes won 2 Robinson & Muraco won 3 Rhodes was dq'ed when he tossed Robinson over the top rope Bill Watts beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Rene Goulet beat Bob Bruggers via pin Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
1/22/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Ray Stevens beat the Crusher Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch George Scott beat Rene Goulet Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman
1/23/73 Fergus Falls, MN @ Junior College Gym Ivan Koloff vs Wahoo McDaniel Superstar Billy Graham vs Reggie Parks Bob Bruggers vs Rene Goulet Big K vs Tinker Todd
1/23/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes Jim Brunzell (sub Ric Flair) beat Johnny Heidman George Scott beat Rene Goulet (sub Jim Brunzell)
1/24/73 Decatur, IL The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Don Muraco beat Dick Murdoch dq George Scott beat Dusty Rhodes dq Johnny Heidman beat Jim Brunzell
1/26/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Reggie Parks beat Bob Bruggers George Scott beat Tinker Todd
1/27/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Wahoo McDaniel beat Mr. Fuji Superstar Billy Graham beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Peter Lee & Frank Monte
1/27/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Regular Match Superstar Billy Graham vs Bill Watts Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham vs Bill Watts Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel Ivan Koloff beat George Scott Bob Bruggers beat Johnny Heidman Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks att: 5,121
1/28/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR Reggie Parks & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch dq when Murdoch was caught using a foreign object Rene Goulet drew George Scott 20:00 Jim Brunzell beat Tinker Todd Khosrow Vaziri no contest Johnny Heidman att: 3,000
1/30/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Don Muraco ddq Dusty Rhodes Dick Murdoch beat Reggie Parks Rene Goulet beat George Scott Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman Note: Wahoo and Superstar were scheduled to arm wrestle prior to their singles match
1/31/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wahoo McDaniel Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks in 17:00 Rene Goulet beat George Scott Khosrow Vaziri beat Tinker Todd Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman via pin
2/1/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 1. Rhodes pinned Robinson 2. Muraco beat Rhodes in 2:37 with a cobra submission hold 3. Murdoch pinned Muraco in 2:17 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq in 8:17 when Koloff jumped off the top rope onto McDaniel Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks in 14:47 via pin after a knee drop Arm Wrestling Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham 3:18 George Scott beat Johnny Heidman in 13:14 with a cobra twist submission hold att: 5,130
2/3/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Johnny Heidman & Tinker Todd Billy Graham beat Red Mendez Wahoo McDaniel beat Blackie Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Bill Watts beat Pancho Vasquez
2/4/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in 3rd fall at 15:55 1. Bruiser pinned Murdoch in 9:55 2. Murdoch pinned Bruiser 3. The referee stopped thematch when he was unable to control the wrestlers Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig via pin in 12:45 Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks via pin in 10:30 Nick Bockwinkel (sub Don Muraco) beat George Scott via pin in 14:30 Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman via pin in 13:55 att: 6,384
2/5/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks Ivan Koloff beat George Scott Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell
2/6/73 Jamestown, ND Larry Hennig vs Tinker Todd
2/6/73 Mendota, IL @ High School Gym Dusty Rhodes vs Wahoo McDaniel Don Muraco vs Dick Murdoch Dawn Lemke vs Kay Noble Rene Goulet vs George Scott
2/7/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Ripper Collins ddq Neff Maiava in 3rd fall Ken Patera beat Tapia Paul Jones beat Harley Race dq Ed Francis beat Lord Nelson Jimmy Snuka beat Pepto Castro Bulldog Bob Brown drew Sam Steamboat
2/7/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Larry Hennig beat Big K (sub Wahoo McDaniel) Ivan Koloff vs Reggie Parks Jim Brunzell vs Johnny Heidman
2/9/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Mulligan 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder Ernie Ladd beat Lord James Blears Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks Blackjack Lanza beat Jim Brunzell
2/10/73 Moline TV Billy Graham beat Poncho Vasquez Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat Armando Rodriguez Don Muraco beat Bill Crouch Dusty Rhodes beat Mike Spangler
2/10/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 1 Robinson & Muraco won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won Superstar Billy Graham beat Bill Watts via pin Ken Patera beat Johnny Heidman by submission Reggie Parks beat Lord James Blears Rene Goulet beat George Scott via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/11/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (Afternoon show 3 PM start time) Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Wahoo McDaniel & Bill Watts 2/3 The Crusher ddq Dusty Rhodes Handicap Match Ken Patera beat Jose Quintero & Johnny Heidman via pin Larry Hennig beat Lord Blears via pin Ric Flair drew Rene Goulet Note: Another listing has an additional result Big K drew Ed Francis
2/13/73 Minot, ND Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Big K & Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks & George Scott Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman Ric Flair drew Rene Goulet
2/14/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco dq Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat George Scott Ric Flair beat Lord Blears
2/16/73 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1 Robinson beat Rhodes 2 Rhodes beat Robinson 3 Robinson beat Rhodes Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco via pin Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks via pin Rene Goulet beat George Scott via pin
2/17/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay Wahoo McDaniel beat Angel Rivera Larry Hennig beat Bobby Vann Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Bill Crouch & Blackie Guzman
2/18/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff (sub Dusty Rhodes) beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera 2/3 1. Wahoo was dq'ed for accidentally hitting the referee 2. Patera beat Koloff with a bear hug 3. Graham pinned Patera Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet 20:00 Ric Flair beat Jose Quintero Kenny Jay beat Bill Crouch (sub Jack Daniels) att: 2,703
2/18/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 in 31:10 The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes via pin in 9:00 Larry Hennig beat George Scott Jim Brunzell beat Big K dq 15:45 Khosrow Vaziri beat Johnny Heidman via pin in 12:20
2/19/73 Moline, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham beat Lord Blears Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet Big K beat Ric Flair
2/20/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Don Muraco & Ken Patera & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Reggie Parks (sub Wahoo McDaniel) beat Rene Goulet Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman (sub Tinker Todd)
2/21/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin at 11:25 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall dq 1. Koloff won 1st fall 2. Wahoo pinned Koloff 3. Koloff was dq'ed for jumping off the top rope Superstar Billy Graham beat Lord Blears Ric Flair (sub George Scott) drew Big K att: 2,800+
2/22/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Indian Strap Match, Winner must drag his opponent around the ring twice Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham in 11:05 Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes in 12:05 Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco COR in 12:00 Ivan Koloff drew Reggie Parks 30:00 Dick Murdoch beat Lord Blears via pin att: SRO 7,949, record attendance
2/24/73 Moline TV Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero Billy Graham beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Bill Crouch Nick Bockwinkel beat Johnny Heidman
2/24/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 1. Rhodes beat Muraco in 14:22 2. Robinson beat Murdoch in 20:54 3. Muraco beat Rhodes in 27:11 Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig 2/3 1. Hennig won 1st fall 2. Parks won 2nd fall 3. Parks won 3rd fall Superstar Billy Graham beat Rene Goulet in 8:57 Ken Patera beat Johnny Heidman att: 2,001
2/28/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham in 16:30 Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Reggie Parks & Ken Patera 2/3 1. Parks pinned Murdoch in 9:00 2. Murdoch pinned Parks at the 18:00 mark 3. Rhodes pinned Parks Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel in 23:00 Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell in 12:00 Khosrow Vaziri beat Johnny Heidman Att: “11,379 fans” Note: Patera billed as a 300 pound rookie Olympic weightlifter turner pro wrestler in the advertisement.
3/3/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Jones Ivan Koloff beat Bill Kolchin Jim Brunzell beat Dave Muir Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Crouch
3/3/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera dq Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks Vic Rossitani beat Ric Flair via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
3/4/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Superstar Billy Graham beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Gagne tossed Graham over the top rope in 22:02 Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 1 Rhodes & Murdoch won 2 Wahoo & Patera won 3 Wahoo & Patera won Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks Don Muraco beat Rene Goulet via pin Jose Carlos beat Armando Rodriguez (sub Cesar Pablon) via pin Att: Record Turnaway Crowd – 6,428
3/4/73 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq when Nick & Ray jumped off the top rope Ivan Koloff beat Bill Watts via pin Ric Flair beat Big K Khosrow Vaziri beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Bill Crouch
3/7/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham won a battle royal Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks Ivan Koloff beat Vic Rossitani Nick Bockwinkel beat Rene Goulet Ric Flair beat Larry Hennig dq Big K drew Khosrow Vaziri
3/7/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena The Sheik beat NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr COR Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 Jimmy Snuka beat Ripper Collins Ken Patera beat Tony Borne Ed Francis beat Haru Sasaki Sam Steamboat drew Masked Executioner
3/9/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera COR Bob Ellis drew Ernie Ladd Billy Robinson beat Reggie Parks Ivan Koloff beat Vic Rossitani Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell Note: Patera and Graham also arm wrestled.
3/10/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Dick Murdoch beat Armando Rodriguez Jim Brunzell beat Carlos Colon Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pabon Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & George Scott
3/10/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell
3/12/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks Rene Goulet drew Vic Rossitani Khosrow Vaziri beat Big K dq
3/15/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Merv Unger Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1 Koloff pinned Robinson in 7:30 2 Robinson pinned Koloff in 13:00 3 Graham won 3rd fall with an assist from Koloff’s manager The Big K Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco COR in 15:00 Dusty Rhodes beat Ken Patera dq when Patera would not break his bear hug hold on Rhodes who was outside the ring Dick Murdoch beat Vic Rossitani via pin in 16:00 Reggie Parks beat Jim Brunzell via pin in 12:00 Rene Goulet beat Ric Flair in 16:00 Att: “6,000 intense fans”
3/16/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Winning team to meet AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on next Denver card Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 1. Koloff pinned Wahoo in 8:47 2. Koloff and Graham were dq'ed for double teaming 3. Robinson pinned Koloff in 5:17 Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco COR in 12:09 Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig with a bear hug in 9:07 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet dq when Goulet jumped off the top rope onto Parks att: 7,121
3/17/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Tom Demarco Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch Ivan Koloff beat Chuck Edwards Verne Gagne beat Blackie Guzman
3/17/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 26:09 Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq when Wahoo rammed Graham's head into the ring post Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani Reggie Parks drew Don Muraco 20:00 att: 4,000 with 1,000 turned away
3/18/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1. Robinson beat Rhodes 2. Rhodes beat Robinson 3. Robinson beat Rhodes Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks when Parks injured his knee and could not continue in the third fall Larry Hennig beat Vic Rossitani Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell att: 1,251
3/18/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera 2/3 in 30:00 1. Wahoo was pinned 2. Wahoo pinned Stevens after a series of tomahawk chops 3. Bockwinkel beat Patera Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq Ric Flair beat Big K Khosrow Vaziri drew George Gadaski Att:”just under 3,200”
3/20/73 Burlington IA @ Memorial Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Ken Patera & Reggie Parks Vic Rositanni beat Jim Brunzell Att: 1500
3/21/73 Detroit Lakes, MN @ Detroit Lakes High School Big K vs Ric Flair beat Big K Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco Wahoo McDaniel by DQ over Ivan Koloff
3/21/73 Lanark, IL @ High School Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs Billy Robinson & Ken Patera Nick Bockwinkel vs Vic Rositanni Jim Brunzell vs Reggie Parks
3/22/1973 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes Dick Murdoch vs. Ken Patera Vic Rossitani vs. Reggie Parks Kenny Jay vs. Jim Brunzell
3/23/73 Ironwood, MI @ Luther L. Wright Gym Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Robinson Wahoo McDaniel vs Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks vs Larry Hennig Jim Brunzell vs Vic Rositanni
3/24/73 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Ken Patera beat Bobby Vann Dusty Rhodes beat Red Mendez Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera
3/24/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre No dq Match Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Bill Watts beat Blackjack Lanza Superstar Billy Graham beat Sailor Art Thomas Ernie Ladd beat Reggie Parks Jimmy Valiant beat Ric Flair Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell Note: Graham and Thomas were also scheduled to arm wrestle
3/24/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ken Patera beat Ivan Koloff dq Larry Hennig beat Vic Rossitani
3/25/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham in 11:20 Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Bill Watts beat Ivan Koloff dq Rene Goulet beat Bill Crouch via pin at 9:23 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair via pin at 11:12 Jim Brunzell drew Kenny Jay
3/26/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Reggie Parks beat Jim Brunzell Rene Goulet drew Vic Rossitani
3/27/73 Amboy, IL @ High School The Crusher vs Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens vs Reggie Parks Vic Rositanni vs Jim Brunzell
3/28/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Koloff's manager the Big K barred from Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 in 26:25 Dick the Bruiser dcor Dusty Rhodes Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig via pin in 9:25 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair via pin in 15:50 Rene Goulet beat Khosrow Vaziri via pin in 12:15 att: 9,881
3/28/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 Ken Patera beat Dick Murdoch dq Lars Anderson beat Vic Rossitani Jim Brunzell drew Big K
3/29/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch & Vic Rossitani (sub Billy Graham) Horst Hoffman beat Big K (sub Ivan Koloff) Vic Rossitani drew Reggie Parks Big K drew Jim Brunzell Note: Graham and Koloff reportedly were fogged in at the Milwaukee airport and were unable to wrestle in Duluth as a result
3/30/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel The Crusher beat Dick Murdoch dq Dusty Rhodes drew Horst Hoffman Don Muraco beat Rene Goulet
3/31/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Tinker Todd Don Muraco beat Bill Crouch
3/31/73 Decatur, IL Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Ivan Koloff vs Ken Patera Rene Goulet vs Reggie Parks Vic Rossitani vs Khosrow Vaziri
4/1/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham dq at the 11:25 mark when Graham would not stop using rough tactics at the referee's count of five Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco by submission in 29:38 Ivan Koloff drew Ken Patera 20:00 Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Horst Hoffman beat Rene Goulet via pin at 11:18 Reggie Parks beat Vic Rossitanni by submission in 13:35 att: 6,189
4/4/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel vs Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham vs Reggie Parks Geoff Portz beat Larry Hennig dq Rene Goulet vs Jim Brunzell
4/4/73 Honolulu, HI @ Honolulu International Center AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Ken Patera Ed Francis beat Ripper Collins dq Sam Steamboat beat Jose Quintero Jimmy Snuka beat Haru Sasaki Cowboy Lang & Hillbilly Pete beat Tokyo Kid & Lord Littlebrook
4/5/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch 2/3 in 27:00 1. McDaniel pinned Murdoch 2. Murdoch pinned McDaniel 3. Robinson pinned Koloff Horst Hoffman beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Ray Stevens vs Don Muraco was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani in 12:00 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair in 17:00 Geoff Portz beat Bobby Jones in 6:30 Att: “more than 5,000 fans”
4/7/73 Moline TV Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Peter Lee & Frank Monte Wahoo McDaniel beat Bob Amel Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Horst Hoffman beat Pete Carlos Billy Robinson beat Kenny Jay
4/7/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco & Wilbur Snyder Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Reggie Parks beat Ivan Koloff dq Sailor Art Thomas beat Higo Hamaguchi Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani Khosrow Vaziri beat Ken Dillinger
4/8/73 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco Billy Robinson beat Reggie Parks Jim Brunzell drew Vic Rossitani
4/9/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera Don Muraco beat Superstar Billy Graham Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks
4/13/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Lars Anderson (sub Nick Bockwinkel) & Ray Stevens 2/3 1. Rhodes pinned Anderson in 12:40 2. Anderson pinned Rhodes in 7:40 3. Rhodes beat Stevens in 7:45 Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco dq at the 9:00 mark when Muraco would not stop choking Graham with the ring rope Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks 20:00 European Rules Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz after 5 rounds att: 5,181 Note: Bockwinkel reportedly injured his knee the night before and was unable to compete in Denver
4/14/73 Moline TV George Gadaski & Kenny Jay beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch dq Horst Hoffman beat Joe Guzman Billy Robinson beat Chuck Edwards Geoff Portz beat Angel Rivera Ric Flair beat Tom Demarco
4/14/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco & Reggie Parks (sub Billy Robinson) in 20:46 when Stevens pinned Muraco Joe Scarpello (sub Reggie Parks) beat Lars Anderson Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet via pin Khosrow Vaziri beat Ric Flair dq att: 1,286
4/15/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 Horst Hoffman beat Lars Anderson dq Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Greg Gagne in his pro debut beat Kenny Jay
4/15/73 Houghton, MI @ Michigan Tech Students Ice Arena 3 PM Start Time Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera Superstar Billy Graham vs Ken Patera Vic Rositanni vs Larry Hennig Ric Flair vs Khosrow Vaziri Note: First time for wrestling here
4/18/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR when Graham walked out on the match after taking a severe beating Ken Patera beat Dusty Rhodes COR when Rhodes ran out of the ring Ed Francis drew Sam Steamboat Ray Stevens drew Don Muraco Tony Borne beat Jimmy Snuka dq Neff Maiava beat Wild Bill Howard Sandy Parker beat Bambi Ball
4/21/73 Moline TV Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Bill Kolchin Nick Bockwinkel beat Johnny Heidman Verne Gagne beat Bill Crouch
4/21/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Billy Robinson via pin European Rules Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz TKO Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani by submission Ric Flair beat Jim Brunzell via pin att: “capacity crowd 6,112”
4/25/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium No Time Limit, No dq Match Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin Winner gets Tag Title shot against Bockwinkel & Stevens Ken Patera & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch European Rules Geoff Portz drew Horst Hoffman after 4 rounds Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq
4/26/73 Muscatine, IA @ High School Fieldhouse Ken Patera & Don Muraco beat Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe 2/3 1 Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe won 1st fall 2 Ken Patera & Don Muraco won 2nd fall 3 Ken Patera & Don Muraco won 3rd fall Reggie Parks beat Pretty Boy Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall dq Greg Gagne beat Vic Rossitani in 15:55 Referee George Gadaski
4/26/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Special Referee: Hard Boiled Haggerty AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq 1. Murdoch won the first fall in 22:00 2. Bockwinkel won the 2nd fall at the 37:00 mark 3. Rhodes smashed Stevens' head into the ring post and Murdoch tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope earning a dq from referee Hard Boiled Haggerty Superstar Billy Graham beat Angelo Mosca in 4:00 Superstar Billy Graham beat Angelo Mosca in an arm wrestling match refereed by Nick Bockwinkel Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz after five 4 minute rounds Rene Goulet beat Bill Crouch (sub Jim Brunzell) in 9:00 Stan Moose Morowski beat Dave Muir in 4:30 Ric Flair vs Khosrow Vaziri was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Att: “5,243 fans”
4/27/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School No Time Limit, No dq Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR in 15:21 when Graham walked back to the locker room Referee Bill Finter however declared Wahoo the winner on a submission decision since the match carried a no time limit, no dq stipulation. Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco via pin in 11:01 Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani by submission in 9:41 Reggie Parks beat Angel Rivera in 15:48 Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski in 12:19 att: 4,400
4/28/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Mark Starr Billy Graham beat Frank Monte Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Bill Crouch
4/28/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Hard Boiled Haggerty AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 Special Referee: Len Montana Superstar Billy Graham beat Bill Watts in 15:20 Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig in 12:10 Billy Robinson beat Tosh Togo via pin in 14:25 Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet in 16:23 Reggie Parks beat Vic Rossitani in 14:45 att: 4,098
4/29/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Robinson & Wahoo won 3 The time limit expired before either team could score the winning fall Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin at 9:30 5 Round European Style Match Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz 20:00 Each round was 4 minutes. Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell (sub Reggie Parks) via pin in 12:06 att: 5,211
5/1/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig No dq match Wahoo McDaniel beat Ray Stevens Geoff Portz beat Don Muraco Vic Rossitani beat Rene Goulet
5/2/73 Springfield, IL @ Coliseum Billy Graham & Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson Horst Hoffman vs Rene Goulet
5/5/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero Billy Graham beat Mark Starr Billy Robinson beat Bobby Jones Ken Patera beat Bill Kolchin
5/5/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Jimmy Valiant 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham & Ernie Ladd beat Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Bob Ellis no contest Baron Von Raschke Billy Robinson drew Wilbur Snyder Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski Ric Flair beat Kenny Dillinger
5/6/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Auditorium matinee Billy Robinson won a 16 man battle royal in 32:00 by eliminating Superstar Billy Graham Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes COR Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco Horst Hoffman beat Reggie Parks Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Jim Brunzell beat Mark Starr att: 5,409
5/9/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne
5/11/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Rene Goulet (sub Larry Hennig) beat Jim Brunzell European Style Match Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq
5/12/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Red Mendez Geoff Portz beat Mark Starr Ken Patera beat Angel Rivera Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay
5/12/73 Milwaukee WI @ Arena Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Rhodes & Murdoch won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won European Rules Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair (sub Larry Hennig) Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay att: 11,418
5/14/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson & Ken Patera beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham Horst Hoffman drew Ric Flair Geoff Portz beat Greg Gagne Lord Littlebrook beat Wee Willie Wilson
5/15/73 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Geoff Portz beat Vic Rossitani Bull Bullinski beat Ric Flair Wee Willie Wilson & Lord Littlebrook beat Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo Horst Hoffman beat Rene Goulet Ray Stevens vs Billy Robinson was advertised, but no mention in the newspaper results.
5/16/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Indian Death Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham North American Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson dq Ivan Koloff ddq Ken Patera Sam Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka beat Mad Dog Vachon (sub Tarzan Tyler) & Lars Anderson Ed Francis beat Bob Ramstead Neff Maiava beat The Masked Man
5/16/73 Eau Claire @ Regis High School Gym Horst Hoffman (substitute for Don Muraco) beat Nick Bockwinkel (Bockwinkel vs. Muraco was scheduled for 2/3-60) Lord Littlebrook and Wee Willie Wilson beat Little Tokyo and Frenchy LaMonte (2/3-60) Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair (1-45) Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet (1-20) – result not given.
5/17/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Ken Patera beat Nick Bockwinkel & Rene Goulet (sub Ray Stevens) European Rules Match Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Little Tokyo & Frenchy Lamont Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani
5/18/73 Decatur, IL Don Muraco & Ken Patera vs Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch The Crusher vs Ray Stevens Rene Goulet vs Vic Rossitani Jim Brunzell vs Geoff Portz
5/18/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham dq at the 14:07 mark when Graham tossed Robinson over the top rope Nick Bockwinkel beat Horst Hoffman via pin in 14:37 Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Frenchy LaMonte & Little Tokyo 2/3 1. Tokyo pinned Littlebrook in 11:40 2. Wilson pinned Lamont in 16:00 3. Littlebrook used a cradle to pin Tokyo at the 22:48 mark Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 20:00 att: 2,514
5/19/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Horst Hoffman & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo Kenny Jay drew Mark Starr
5/19/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Chuck Edwards Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera Ken Patera beat Armando Rodriguez
5/19/73 Peoria, IL Dusty Rhodes won a 10 man battle royal by eliminating The Crusher The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks beat Dick Murdoch dq Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 20:00 Jim Brunzell beat Khosrow Vaziri
5/20/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Suerstar Billy Graham vs The Crusher
5/23/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera & Billy Robinson Billy Graham beat Horst Hoffman Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet (sub Dick Murdoch) Greg Gagne vs Kenny Jay
5/24/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch when Stevens pinned Murdoch after using brass knuckles Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Wahoo McDaniel & Angelo Mosca 2/3 1. Mosca beat Koloff 2. Mosca was counted out of the ring after missing a flying tackle and was unable to compete in the rest of the match as a result 3. Graham beat McDaniel European Rules Match Horst Hoffman no decision Billy Robinson when Hoffman was injured in the 5th round and Robinson refused to accept the victory Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet in 17:00 Lord Littlebrook beat Frenchy LaMonte Ken Patera vs Vic Rossitani was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Att: “5,412 fans”
5/25/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel beat Ernie Ladd & Superstar Billy Graham Bob Ellis beat Blackjack Lanza Baron Von Raschke beat Sailor Art Thomas Red Bastien drew Vic Rossitani Moose Cholak beat Rene Goulet Mitsu Arakawa beat Joe Scarpello
5/25/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch when Bockwinkel pinned Murdoch in 14:08 European rules match Billy Robinson no contest Horst Hoffman when Hoffman injured his shoulder in the 5th round. Robinson refused to accept the victory since Hoffman was unable to continue. Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo 2/3 1. Tokyo pinned Wilson in 8:56 2. Littlebrook pinned Lamont in 6:02 3. Wilson beat Tokyo in 4:31 Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks via submission in 16:48 att: 4,413
5/26/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Mark Starr Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Wahoo McDaniel beat Rodeo Jones
5/27/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff & Buddy Wolff Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff (sub Lars Anderson) Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell Billy Graham was a no show att: 1,050
6/1/73 Springfield, IL Superstar Billy Graham vs Wahoo McDaniels Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs Little Tokyo & Frenchy LaMont
6/2/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs Little Tokyo & Frenchy LaMont Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Wahoo McDaniel beat Blackjack Lanza Bob Bruggers beat Jim Brunzell Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne att: 8,222
6/2/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera & Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall dq Buddy Wolff beat Pat O'Connor Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Joe Scarpello beat Rene Goulet Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch (sub Lars Anderson) via pin
6/2/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Graham beat Caesar Pablon Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Wahoo McDaniel beat Kenny Jay Ric Flair beat Ivan Koloff dq
6/3/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2-0 1 Wahoo beat Graham 2 Crusher beat Koloff Dusty Rhodes dcor Billy Robinson Geoff Portz beat Dick Murdoch via pin in 16:05 Greg Gagne (sub George Scott) beat Rene Goulet dq in 15:25 Att: 4,222
6/6/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Ed Francis beat Sam Steamboat 2/3 to win Hawaiian Title Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes 2-0 to win North American title Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera & Don Carson 2/3 Neff Maiava beat Frankie Castro Jimmy Snuka drew Tony Borne The Alaskan vs Jack Bence
6/9/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Johnny Heidman
6/9/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Moose Cholak drew Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks beat Ken Dillinger Jim Brunzell beat Ric Flair Rene Goulet beat Prince Pullins
6/11/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Geoff Portz beat Bob Bruggers
6/14/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 1. Wahoo pinned Graham 2. Koloff pinned Wahoo 3. Crusher beat Koloff Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) beat Billy Robinson dq Handicap Match Ken Patera beat both Bobby Jones & Bill Kochen (subs for Nick Bockwinkel) in 5:13 Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz 20:00 Rene Goulet beat Bob Bruggers in 17:00 Att: “over 5,000 fans” Note: Kochen and Jones were originally scheduled to wrestle each other in the opening bout.
6/15/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson Ken Patera vs Nick Bockwinkel Geoff Portz vs Rene Goulet Greg Gagne vs Reggie Parks
6/16/73 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Ken Patera beat Nacho Berrera Lars Anderson beat Red Mendez Geoff Portz beat Angel Rivera
6/16/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Carlos Colon Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Bob Amel
6/20/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Stretcher match Sam Steamboat beat Ed Francis North American Champion Billy Robinson dcor Superstar Billy Graham in 3rd fall Ripper Collins beat Jimmy Snuka Lord Littlebrook & Haiti Kid beat Tokyo Joe & Frenchy Lamont Ken Patera beat The Alaskan Neff Maiava beat Tony Borne
6/23/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Carlos Colon Ivan Koloff vs Caesar Pabon Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Bob Amel
6/23/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham beat Red Mendez Billy Robinson beat Chuck Edwards Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski The Crusher beat Tom Demarco Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay
6/23/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Wilbur Snyder dq when Snyder tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz Sailor Art Thomas beat Rene Goulet Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch via pin att: “crowd of 6,078”
6/27/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet Larry Heiniemi beat Jim Brunzell (sub Ken Patera) Greg Gagne beat Bob Bruggers
6/29/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 1. Koloff pinned McDaniel 2. McDaniel pinned Koloff 3. The Crusher pinned Graham Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq when Stevens rammed Robinson's head into the ring post Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet via pin after a flying spin Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch via pin att: 6,431
6/30/73 Moline TV Billy Graham beat Red Mendez Billy Robinson beat Chuck Edwards Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski The Crusher beat Tom Demarco Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay
6/30/73 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Red Mendez & Motro Mavassa Ken Patera beat George Grant Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Larry Heiniemi beat Kenny Jay Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch
6/30/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Ernie Ladd no contest Wahoo McDaniel Sailor Art Thomas drew Jimmy Valiant Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Bobby Heenan drew Reggie Parks Pepper Gomez beat Johnny Kace
6/30/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera & Bill Watts Larry Heiniemi drew Geoff Portz Bob Bruggers beat Rene Goulet Jim Brunzell beat George Grant Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/1/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 in 26:25 Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson dq in 18:45 Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera via pin in 12:30 Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet via pin in 13:25 after an airplane spin Att: 6,182
7/3/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Billy Robinson beat Rene Goulet dq Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Reggie Parks beat Bill Crouch
7/5/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 to apparently win the AWA Tag Team Title but the decision was later overturned when AWA President Stanley Blackburn ruled the wrong man (Stevens) was pinned in the 3rd fall. 1 Crusher beat Bockwinkel 2 Bockwinkel beat Crusher 3 Stevens was pinned while Bockwinkel was on the arena floor Winner to meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne on 8/16 Superstar Billy Graham beat Billy Robinson dq when Robinson tossed Graham over the top rope Larry Heiniemi beat Ken Patera Ivan Koloff dcor Geoff Portz in 24:00 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet George Gordienko beat George Grant Att: “4,832 fans”
7/6/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq when Wahoo hit the referee Ivan Koloff dcor Ken Patera Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch in 8:00 Greg Gagne drew Joe Scarpello (sub Bob Bruggers) att: 2,500
7/7/73 Moline TV Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Red Mendez & Motro Mavassa Ken Patera beat George Grant Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Larry Heiniemi beat Kenny Jay Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch
7/7/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Vann Reggie Parks beat Tom Demarco Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Ivan Koloff beat Prince Pullins Larry Heiniemi beat Joe Guzman
7/7/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Reggie Parks beat Larry Heiniemi dq Bob Bruggers drew Joe Scarpello Billy Red Cloud beat Joe Guzman
7/12/73 Aledo, IL @ Mercer County Fairgrounds-8pm Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel Nick Bockwinkel vs. Geoff Portz Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski
7/13/73 Springfield, IL Bob Bruggers vs Joe Scarpello Larry Heiniemi vs Geoff Portz AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson
7/13/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No Time Limit The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq in 11:02 when Ivan Koloff interfered Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera 2/3 1. Koloff beat Patera in 9:57 2. Patera beat Koloff in 6:28 3. Koloff beat Patera in 2:42 Ricky Romero beat Roger Kirby in 15:59 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet via pin with a back cradle hold in 20:39 Greg Gagne drew Bob Bruggers 20:00 att: 5,397
7/14/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Bobby Vann Reggie Parks beat Tom Demarco Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Ivan Koloff beat Prince Pullins Larry Heiniemi beat Joe Guzman
7/14/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Frank Diamond Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco & Prince Pullins Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & George Scott Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Lars Anderson beat Percy Pringle Ken Patera beat Bobby Van
7/14/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Non Title Human Cage match Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Bob Ellis no contest Ivan Koloff Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani Pepper Gomez beat Rene Goulet Bob Bruggers beat George Gadaski Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch Note: A cage match was scheduled but the cage did not arrive. So they came up with the idea of a Human Cage Match aka a Lumberjack Match.
7/14/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Gagne Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan 2/3 Larry Heiniemi beat Bill Watts dq when Watts tossed Heiniemi over the top rope Geoff Portz beat Joe Scarpello via pin Reggie Parks beat Billy Red Cloud via pin att: “crowd of 6,093”
7/18/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq Geoff Portz drew Lars Anderson Reggie Parks beat Vic Rossitani Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch
7/19/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham via pin after receiving some help from Billy Robinson Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson via pin after receiving some help from Superstar Billy Graham Larry Heiniemi beat Reggie Parks via pin Geoff Portz beat Bob Bruggers via pin Greg Gagne drew Vic Rossitani att: 1,500
7/20/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson
7/21/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Frank Diamond Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco & Prince Pullins Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & George Scott Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Lars Anderson beat Percy Pringle Ken Patera beat Bobby Van
7/21/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jay French Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Superstar Billy Graham beat Farmer Vick Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski
7/21/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 in 31:15 Billy Robinson beat Larry Heiniemi COR 12:15 Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks via pin in 12:00 Ray Stevens beat Ken Patera via pin in 11:20 Geoff Portz beat Frank Diamond via pin in 7:15 Vic Rossitani beat Farmer Vick via pin in 8:00 Greg Gagne beat Jim Dalton via pin in 11:20 Bob Bruggers beat Jay French via pin in 8:55 att: 4,380
7/23/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera Larry Heiniemi beat Reggie Parks dq Geoff Portz beat Vic Rossitani Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch
7/25/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall dq when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Gagne AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ken Patera & Billy Robinson Ripper Collins & Ed Francis beat Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat 2/3 to win Hawaiian tag title Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Ric Flair Bill Francis drew Bull Ramos
7/27/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Mad Dog Vachon & The Crusher dq in 21:43 Nick Bockwinkel beat Dusty Rhodes at the 5:45 mark of the 3rd fall Larry Heiniemi beat Reggie Parks via pin in 18:39 Greg Gagne drew Vic Rossitani 20:00 att: 6,758
7/28/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Jay French Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Superstar Billy Graham beat Farmer Vick Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski
7/28/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Percy Pringle Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Diamond Reggie Parks beat Bobby Vann Billy Robinson beat Caesar Pavlon Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom Demarco Lars Anderson beat Prince Pullins Geoff Portz beat Joe Guzman
7/28/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Ernie Ladd beat Dick the Bruiser COR Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder Bob Ellis drew Ray Stevens Pepper Gomez beat Ken Dillinger Sailor Art Thomas beat Vic Rossitani Billy Red Cloud drew Joe Scarpello
7/28/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff via pin Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz & Reggie Parks 2/3 1 Portz & Parks won 2 Heiniemi & Wolff won 3 Heiniemi & Wolff won Greg Gagne drew Ric Flair Bob Bruggers beat George Gadaski att: “crowd of 5,262”
7/29/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham COR in 12:45 Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1 Wahoo beat Bockwinkel 2 Bockwinkel beat Wahoo 3 Wahoo beat Bockwinkel Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 in 28:15 1 Robinson & Portz won 2 Heiniemi & Wolff won 3 Heiniemi & Wolff won Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch via pin in 13:52 att: 6,488 Note from One Fan Gang: The lineup originally billed as two singles bouts: Heiniemi vs Robinson and Wolff vs Portz.
7/30/73 Decatur, IL Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Heiniemi drew Geoff Portz Buddy Wolff beat Bob Bruggers
8/4/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom DeMarco The Crusher beat Jay French Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Superstar Billy Graham beat Farmer Vick Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski
8/4/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Wahoo McDaniel beat Angel Rivera Superstar Billy Graham beat Nacho Berrera Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & Caesar Pabon Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Ken Patera beat Bobby Vann
8/4/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Ivan Koloff interfered AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 17:00 Bob Bruggers beat Larry Heiniemi dq Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch via pin att: 4,482
8/5/73 Pueblo, CO Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks
8/10/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel on a 3rd fall COR 1. Wahoo pinned Stevens in 5:12 2. Bockwinkel beat Wahoo in 8:03 3. Wahoo was counted out of the ring at 3:20 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera in 12:14 Red Bastien drew Ivan Koloff 20:00 Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair in 15:48 att: 4,501
8/10/73 Warren, IL Buddy Wolff beat Bob Bruggers Geoff Portz beat Vic Rossitani Larry Heiniemi beat Reggie Parks
8/11/73 Minneapolis TV Geoff Portz & Billy Robinson beat Frankie Diamond & Percy Pringle Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Bobby Van Reggie Parks beat Prince Pullins
8/11/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Wahoo McDaniel beat Angel Rivera Superstar Billy Graham beat Nacho Berrera Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & Caesar Pabon Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski
8/11/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre The Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Ernie Ladd beat Moose Cholak Sailor Art Thomas beat Ric Flair Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke beat Bob Ellis & Reggie Parks (sub Ken Patera) Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan
8/11/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School (Matinee show) Ken Patera won a 10 Man Battle Royal Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin when the referee did not see Nick’s feet on the ropes Larry Heiniemi beat Ken Patera via pin Geoff Portz beat George Gadaski via pin Buddy Wolff beat Bill Crouch via pin
8/13/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Vic Rossitani
8/16/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham in 18:00 After the match, Graham along with Ivan Koloff attacked Gagne and Verne ended up being stretchered out of the Arena. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1. Wahoo pinned Stevens 2. Bockwinkel pinned Bastien 3. Stevens pinned Wahoo US Women's Champion Betty Niccoli beat Jean Antone in 22:00 Billy Robinson beat Larry Heiniemi in 17:00 Geoff Portz beat Vic Rossitani Greg Gagne (Winnipeg debut) beat Bill Crouch in 14:00 George Gordienko beat Stan Moose Morowski in a little over 10 minutes Att: “7,946 spectators” Notes: The Winnipeg Press often billed Superstar Billy Graham as Super Chicken Graham. The United States Women’s Title was occasionally referred to as the AWA Women’s Title in the Winnipeg Press.
8/17/73 Peoria, IL Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Reggie Parks & Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Bob Bruggers drew Billy Red Cloud
8/18/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson dq Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Larry Heiniemi drew Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Vic Rossitani via pin Ric Flair beat Billy Red Cloud via pin att: “crowd of 8,747”
8/18/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Frank Diamond & Percy Pringle Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Bobby Vann Reggie Parks beat Prince Pullins
8/18/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera Buddy Wolff beat Peter Lee Ken Patera beat Bob Amel & Caesar Pabon
8/19/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Saloon Match The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham via pin in 17:17 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 9:43 Red Bastien & Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff on a 3rd fall dq in 28:00 1 Patera beat Heiniemi by submission 2 Wolff beat Bastien 3 Wolff was dq'ed for jumping off the top rope Greg Gagne beat Vic Rositanni via pin at 21:42 att: 6,488
8/21/73 Knoxville, IL @ Knox County Fairgrounds Superstar Billy Graham vs Billy Robinson Red Bastien vs Ivan Koloff Geoff Portz vs Larry Heiniemi Bob Bruggers vs Vic Rossitani
8/22/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Ken Patera & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq when Bockwinkel hit Patera with a chair WWWF Champion Pedro Morales dcor Ed Francis Betty Niccoli & Ripper Collins beat Jean Antone & Paul Jones Sam Steamboat beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Bill Francis beat Tony Borne dq
8/24/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Saloon match The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham via pin Non Title Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq when Wahoo was tossed over the top rope Red Bastien beat Larry Heiniemi via pin at 17:50 Geoff Portz beat Vic Rositanni via pin at 13:03 after an airplane spin att: 6,980
8/25/73 St Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera COR Larry Heiniemi drew Reggie Parks Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Ivan Koloff beat Bob Bruggers Greg Gagne beat Vic Rossitani dq Att: 10,000
8/25/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera Buddy Wolff beat Peter Lee Ken Patera beat Bob Amel & Caesar Pabon
8/25/73 Minneapolis TV Bill Howard & Geoff Portz beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq The Crusher beat Bob Amel Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Red Bastien beat Bill Crouch Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay
8/28/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi dq when Heiniemi hit the referee Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Ric Flair drew Bob Bruggers (sub Greg Gagne) 20:00 att: 850
8/31/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq
8/31/73 Springfield, IL Greg Gagne vs Rick Flair Billy Red Cloud vs Geoff Portz Ken Patera vs Larry Heiniemi AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson
9/1/73 Moline TV Bill Howard & Geoff Portz beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq The Crusher beat Bob Amel Superstar Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Red Bastien beat Bill Crouch Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay
9/1/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Big K & Bobby Vann Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Buddy Wolff beat Bill Howard Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski
9/3/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Cage match The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair
9/7/73 Granville, IL @ Putnam County High School Gym-8pm Nick Bockwinkel vs. The Crusher Ken Patera vs. Vic Rossitani Billy Red Cloud vs. Geoff Portz
9/8/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Big K & Bobby Vann Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Buddy Wolff beat Bill Howard Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski
9/8/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser no contest Ernie Ladd Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski & Wilbur Snyder Bob Ellis beat Bobby Heenan COR Red Bastien beat Buddy Wolff Pepper Gomez beat Vic Rossitani Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch
9/8/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher via pin at 11:59 Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Ivan Koloff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin in 9:44 Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz Ric Flair beat Billy Howard via pin in 15:52 att: 6,059
9/12/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Ed Francis beat Sam Steamboat to win Hawaiian Title Neff Maiava & Tosh Togo beat Tony Borne & Ripper Collins Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera Ivan Koloff beat Al Madril Billy Francis beat Jack Bence
9/13/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Verne Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1. Koloff beat Wahoo in 16:00 2. Wahoo pinned Graham at the 23:00 mark 3. Graham pinned Gagne after Koloff hit Gagne in the back of the head with brass knuckles while Gagne had Graham locked in the sleeper hold Red Bastien beat Ray Stevens via pin in 18:00 Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff dq when Wolff rammed Robinson's head into the ring post Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair Reggie Parks beat Bobby Jones in 8:00 Att: “close to 5,000 fans”
9/14/73 Kenora, Canada Billy Robinson vs Ivan Koloff Ric Flair vs Reggie Parks Geoff Portz vs Buddy Wolff Zodiac vs Bob Tuck
9/15/73 Moline TV Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Bill Crouch & Bob Amel Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Starr Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Wahoo McDaniel beat Rodeo Jones
9/15/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon Billy Robinson beat Bill Howard Andre the Giant beat Bill Crouch Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski
9/15/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Two Ring Battle Royal Ring one winner Superstar Billy Graham beat Ring two winner Andre The Giant to claim the prize money Andre the Giant beat Buddy Wolff COR Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson dq Ivan Koloff drew Ken Patera Red Bastien beat Reggie Parks via pin Geoff Portz beat Billy Howard via pin att: 9,000+
9/18/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall COR Red Bastien & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera Ric Flair beat Bull Bullinski Geoff Portz beat Billy Howard Patera was also scheduled to Arm Wrestle Wolff att: 1,420
9/19/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair Leroy Hirsch drew George Gadaski
9/19/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham Red Bastien beat Bobby Heenan COR Pepper Gomez beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin Bull Bullinski beat Bill Howard by submission Bill Crouch drew Tom DeMarco 20:00
9/20/73 Springfield, IL Illinois State Fairgrounds Coliseum Bull Bullwinski vs Bill Crouch Pepper Gomez vs Bill Howard Red Bastien vs Mitsu Arakawa Wahoo McDaniels vs Jim Valient Superstar Billy Graham vs The Crusher
9/21/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Ken Patera won a 12 man battle royal by eliminating Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham to earn $20,000 Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens COR in 11:10 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera in 9:22 Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 9:07 Ricky Romero beat Ric Flair via pin in 8:50 Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 att: 7,660
9/22/73 Moline TV Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon Billy Robinson beat Bill Howard Andre the Giant beat Bill Crouch Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Peter Lee Red Bastien beat Armando Rodriguez
9/22/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Joe Guzman & Bobby Vann George Gadaski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Ken Patera beat Pancho Vasquez Buddy Wolff beat Red Mendez Arena Tape 9/15 Battle Royal won by Superstar Billy Graham
9/22/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin in 13:10 after Patera beat Graham by dq in an arm wrestling match Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien dq Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Bobby Vann via pin in 5:10 and then Raoul Guzman via pin in 12:35 Ric Flair beat Billy Howard in 13:20 Att: 3,160
9/23/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bruiser & Crusher won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Stevens was dq’ed for jumping off the top rope Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig via pin Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff COR Arm Wrestling Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair via pin
9/24/73 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center Ric Flair beat George Gadaski Buddy Wolff drew Geoff Portz Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham - Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera & Red Bastien
9/24/73 Sapporo, Japan @ Nakajima Sports Center Shozo "Strong" Kobayashi beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq in 34:20 Lars Anderson & Blackjack Mulligan beat Animal Hamaguchi & Great Kusatsu Rusher Kimura beat Tadaharu Tanaka Willem Hall beat Takeshi Oiso Handicap Match Moose Cholak beat Mr. Chin & Katsuzo Oiyama Greg Gagne beat Isamu Sakae Dale Lewis beat Tsutomu Yonemura Mighty lnoue beat Bob Bruggers Att: 5,000
9/26/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Red Bastien (sub The Crusher) & Ken Patera beat Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff North American Champion Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava beat Ripper Collins & Ed Francis Tosh Togo (Odd Job) beat Johnny Powers Sandor Kovacs drew Bill Francis
9/27/73 Nagoya, Japan @ Aichi Prefectural Gym AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Shozo "Strong" Kobayashi via pin in 21:11 Cage Match Rusher Kimura KO Lars Anderson 22:20 Mighty Inoue beat Great Kusatsu Willem Hall beat Dale Lewis Animal Hamaguchi beat Greg Gagne Bob Bruggers & Blackjack Mulligan beat Tadaharu Tanaka & Isamu Teranishi Handicap Match Moose Cholak beat Mr. Chin & Isamu Sakae Takeshi Oiso beat Frikkie Alberts Katsuzo Oiyama beat Tsutomu Yonemura Att: 5,000
9/28/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Red Bastien drew Buddy Wolff Ric Flair beat Jim Brunzell
9/29/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Joe Guzman & Bobby Vann George Gadaski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Ken Patera beat Pancho Vasquez Buddy Wolff beat Red Mendez
9/29/73 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Monte Wahoo McDaniel beat Mark Starr Larry Hennig beat Bill Crouch Billy Robinson beat Caesar Pabon
9/29/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino beat Ernie Ladd & Jimmy Valiant Red Bastien no contest Ray Stevens Bull Bullinski beat Vic Rossitani Cora Combs & Princess Jasmine beat Mary Jane Mull & Tanya West Larry Hennig beat Bobby Vann
9/29/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Cage match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Bill Watts beat Buddy Wolff via pin Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard via pin att: “12,300 fans”, gate: $64,571
10/2/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Superstar Billy Graham and Billy Robinson were respective winners of a two ring battle royal Red Bastien beat Mitsu Arakawa Superstar Billy Graham beat Hans Schmidt Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan
10/3/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel no contest Superstar Billy Graham Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 40:00 Red Bastien drew Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair via pin Reggie Parks beat Billy Howard via pin att: 2,500
10/4/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena 20 man, 2 ring battle royal for $50,000 Superstar Billy Graham won ring 1 by eliminating Wahoo McDaniel, The Crusher won ring 2 by eliminating Ivan Koloff Graham to meet Crusher on 10/25 in Winnipeg for the $50,000 prize money Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff when Wahoo pinned Koloff in 10:00 Red Bastien drew Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson beat Hans Schmidt via pin in 13:00 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks via pin Geoff Portz beat Billy Howard via pin Att: “crowd of 8,239”
10/6/73 Moline TV Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Monte Wahoo McDaniel beat Mark Starr Larry Hennig beat Bill Crouch
10/6/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Non Title Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Wahoo McDaniel beat Red Mendez Billy Graham beat Tom Demarco John the Greek drew Ivan Koloff Ken Patera beat Bill Howard
10/6/73 St Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff att: 4,589
10/9/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium No dq Match Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin after Graham hit Wahoo with a chair Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien via pin in 21:10 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair via pin in 19:30 Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 Billy Red Cloud beat Billy Howard via pin in 9:23 att: 1,508
10/10/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Ed Francis beat Billy Robinson dq Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Bill Francis beat Betto Castro Tosh Togo drew Rick Drasin Ripper Collins beat Al Madril
10/10/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall dq Buddy Wolff vs Reggie Parks Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard plus an opening bout
10/11/73 Fergus Falls, MN @ Community College Wahoo McDaniel vs Ivan Koloff Buddy Wolff beat Red Bastien Billy Howard vs Reggie Parks
10/11/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig
10/12/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien when Stevens pinned Bastien at 5:25 of the 3rd fall Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Wolff dq Geoff Portz beat Tokyo Joe in 11:54 Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco
10/12/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Non Title Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Wahoo McDaniel beat Red Mendez Billy Graham beat Tom Demarco Ken Patera beat Bill Howard
10/13/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Santiago Acosta & Tom Demarco Billy Robinson beat Frank Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Mendez Verne Gagne beat Juan Rivas Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch
10/14/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 1 Crusher & Wahoo won 2 Graham & Koloff won 3 Crusher & Wahoo won Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 2:45 Non Title Match Jean Antone beat US Women's Champion Betty Niccoli via pin in 10:00 Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco 20:00 att: 4,836
10/20/73 Minneapolis TV Kenny Jay beat Ivan Koloff dq Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Geoff Portz beat Joe Guzman Tony Rocco beat Bill Crouch Red Bastien vs Red Mendez was scheduled but never took place because Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens knocked out Bastien. Bastien later that night missed a Tag Title match with partner Billy Robinson against Bockwinkel and Stevens because of the injury sustained in the TV match.
10/20/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz (sub Red Bastien) beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 Since Portz was not originally scheduled to be in the match, no title change occured. Weightlifting Contest Superstar Billy Graham attacked Patera and injured him before the contest Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks via pin Tony Rocco beat Pancho Vasquez via pin Ric Flair beat Red Mendez via pin att: 6,169
10/22/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham Nick Bockwinkel beat Mighty Igor Vodik Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi Larry Hennig drew Tony Rocco George Gadaski beat Tom DeMarco
10/23/73 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Ken Patera & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi (sub Ivan Koloff) dq Geoff Portz beat Bull Bullinski Tony Rocco beat George Gadaski
10/23/73 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Wahoo McDaniel vs Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson vs Ray Stevens Plus other bouts
10/24/73 Springfield, IL Ivan Koloff & Superstar Billy Graham vs Red Bastien & Ken Patera Tony Rocco vs Larry Heiniemi Frenchy LaMont & Billy the Kid vs Little Louie & Cowboy Lang Geoff Portz vs Buddy Wolff
10/25/73 Peoria, IL Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud Tom Demarco beat George Gadaski att: 800
10/25/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena $50,000 Battle Royal Prize Wrestle off Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher dq when Crusher rammed Graham into the ring post AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1. Wahoo pinned Stevens 2. Bockwinkel pinned Wahoo 3. Bockwinkel pinned Kiniski Handicap Match Ken Patera beat Bill Kochen & Dave Muir (sub Ivan Koloff) Bobby Jones beat Roddy Piper 10:00 Tony Rocco beat Ric Flair 18:00 Att: “7,200 pro wrestling fans” Notes: Koloff said to be “sick” but that didn’t stop Ivan from interfering in the main event between Crusher & Graham. Muir was originally scheduled to wrestle Bob Bruggers.
10/27/73 Moline TV Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Geoff Portz beat Joe Guzman Tony Rocco beat Bill Crouch Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Mendez
10/27/73 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Nacho Berrera Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Roberto Gonzales
10/27/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Mitsu Arakawa beat Ken Patera Ric Flair beat Kenny Jay att: 6,112 sellout
10/30/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud Tony Rocco beat Bob Bruggers Ric Flair beat George Gadaski
10/30/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham in 12:10 Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Ken Patera (sub Bull Bullinski) Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli via pin Reggie Parks beat Bob Geigel via pin att: 1,312
10/31/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien COR Jimmy Valiant beat Bull Bullinski Bob Ellis beat Larry Heiniemi Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wilbur Snyder Pepper Gomez beat Ric Flair Geoff Portz beat Tony Rocco
11/1/73 Duluth, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when the referee caught Graham using brass knuckles Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Tony Rocco & Geoff Portz Reggie Parks beat Bill Crouch (sub Bob Bruggers) via pin att: 2,000
11/2/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena WWWF Champion Pedro Morales beat Ray Stevens 2/3 The weightlifting contest between Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham was cancelled when Patera was injured by Graham before the contest began Their subsequent singles bout was also cancelled Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero beat Nick Bockwinkel Greg Gagne drew Tony Rocco Billy Red Cloud beat Ric Flair (sub Ivan Koloff) att: 5,700
11/2/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Larry Heiniemi Geoff Portz beat Buddy Wolff dq Moose Cholak beat Bill Crouch Reggie Parks beat Bob Bruggers
11/3/73 Moline TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Nacho Berrera Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Roberto Gonzales Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Joe Guzman & Bill Howard
11/3/73 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski Ken Patera beat Bill Kochen Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay Geoff Portz beat Dave Muir Arena Tape 10/20 Weightlifting Contest between Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham
11/3/73 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera dq Larry Heiniemi drew Reggie Parks Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco Greg Gagne beat Dave Muir
11/4/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens via pin in 15:50 with a reverse cradle Arm Wrestling Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff (sub Ivan Koloff) Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff dq in 10:45 when Larry Heiniemi interfered Geoff Portz beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 13:42 with a reverse cradle Larry Heiniemi beat Tony Rocco via pin in 15:15 Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair via pin in 14:37 Att: 2,377
11/6/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski Tony Rocco beat Blackie Guzman Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch
11/7/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks (sub Larry Hennig) Ric Flair beat George Gadaski Leroy Hirsch beat Roddy Piper Reggie Parks vs Ivan Koloff
11/9/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Dick the Bruiser & Billy Robinson Moose Cholak beat Rene Goulet Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Wolff Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne beat Ken Dillinger Tony Rocco beat Bill Crouch
11/9/73 Decatur, IL @ Kintner Gym Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera dq when Patera tossed Graham over the top rope Geoff Portz beat Johnny Valentine Jr (sub Ivan Koloff) via pin Billy Red Cloud beat Prince Pullins (sub Larry Hennig) via pin Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair att: 1,550
11/10/73 Moline TV Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski Ken Patera beat Bill Kochen Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay Geoff Portz beat Dave Muir Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez
11/10/73 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Dave Muir Verne Gagne beat Bobby Jones Ric Flair beat Roddy Piper Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch Billy Red Cloud beat Bill Kochen
11/10/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel drew The Crusher 15:00 Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens COR Weightlifting Contest Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 505 pounds Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco 2/3 Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet in 15:45 att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
11/13/73 Peoria, IL @ Exposition Gardens Referee Bill Franklin Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens COR Nick Bockwinkel beat Geoff Portz via pin in 19:30 Billy Graham beat Moose Cholak in arm wrestling then beat Cholak via pin at 10:00 in a singles match Pepper Gomez drew Bobby Heenan (sub Ivan Koloff) 20:00 Tony Rocco beat Mitsu Arakawa (sub Bobby Heenan) att: near capacity 1,200
11/14/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ed Francis AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat Ripper Collins beat Tosh Togo COR Ken Patera beat Masked Executioner Greg Valentine beat Rick Drasin Bill Francis beat Betto Castro
11/14/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Vachon hit the referee Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 26:52 Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud when Heiniemi pinned Red Cloud in 25:15 Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair via pin in 16:20 att: 1,615
11/15/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No dq Match Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher with an assist from Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Rene Goulet drew Billy Red Cloud Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair Moose Morowski beat Scotty Campbell (sub Tony Rocco) Note: The Winnipeg Press occasionally billed Scotty Campbell as Herb Campbell.
11/16/73 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pabon Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Armando Rodriguez
11/16/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson & Ken Patera & Geoff Portz beat Nick Bockwinkel & Larry Heiniemi & Billy Graham 2/3 1. Patera pinned Bockwinkel 2. Bockwinkel beat Portz 3. Robinson beat Heiniemi Ken Patera beat Billy Graham dq in 2:41 when Patera would not stop choking Graham Greg Gagne beat Tony Rocco 21:04 Larry Heiniemi beat Reggie Parks via pin in 15:10 att: 4,778 Note: Ray Stevens no showed and the advertised main event of Stevens & Bockwinkel against Robinson & Portz had to be changed.
11/17/73 Moline TV Ivan Koloff beat Dave Muir Verne Gagne beat Bobby Jones Ric Flair beat Roddy Piper Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch Billy Red Cloud beat Bill Kochen
11/17/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Mendez Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco & Jack Pesek
11/20/73 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Ken Patera vs Ivan Koloff 2/3 Billy Red Cloud vs Buddy Wolff Reggie Parks vs Larry Heiniemi Greg Gagne vs Bill Crouch Note: Koloff wrestled in Moline that night.
11/20/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ivan Koloff (sub Ray Stevens) The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Ivan Koloff beat Ric Flair Ric Flair beat George Gadaski
11/21/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson won a 12 man Battle Royal Billy Robinson drew Ivan Koloff 60:00 Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Reggie Parks (sub Geoff Portz) beat Buddy Wolff Larry Heiniemi beat Billy Red Cloud Tony Rocco beat Ric Flair Note: Goulet & Patera may have arm wrestled on this card too.
11/22/73 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco Rene Goulet drew Billy Red Cloud Big K drew Ric Flair
11/23/73 Canton, IL Ken Patera vs Superstar Billy Graham Geoff Portz vs Buddy Wolff Arm Wrestling Ken Patera vs Superstar Billy Graham Larry Heiniemi vs Billy Red Cloud Tony Rocco vs Rene Goulet
11/24/73 Moline TV Billy Graham beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Mendez Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco & Jack Pesek
11/24/73 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Armando Rodriguez
11/24/73 Duluth, MN @ Auditorium $10,000 Battle Royal Superstar Billy Graham vs Ken Patera Reggie Parks vs Ivan Koloff Buddy Wolff vs Billy Red Cloud Geoff Portz vs Ric Flair Tony Rocco vs Rene Goulet
11/25/73 Green Bay, WI @ Veteran's Memorial Arena Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Robinson & Portz won 3 Stevens was dq'ed for hitting the referee Handicap Match Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski & Billy Red Cloud in 10:59. Graham pinned both men in succession. Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet 20:00 Buddy Wolff (sub Ric Flair) beat Tony Rocco via pin in 14:48 att: 4,222
11/27/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall dq Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Bob Ellis & Reggie Parks Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch att: 1,120
11/27/73 Springfield, IL Billy Red Cloud vs Tony Rocco Bull Bullwinski vs Rick Flair Ivan Koloff vs Pepper Gomez AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs The Crusher & Billy Robinson
11/28/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena North American Champion Billy Robinson beat Fred Blassie 2-0 Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine beat Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava 2/3 to win Hawaiian tag title Billy Graham beat Ken Patera dq Bobo Johnson & Haiti Kid beat Little Bruiser & Tokyo Joe Ed Francis no contest Al Madril
11/29/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Weightlifting Ken Patera beat Billy Graham dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Tony Rocco beat Ric Flair Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet
11/30/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq Match Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin Little Louie & Cowboy Lang beat Johnny Reb & Billy the Kid 2/3 Ricky Romero beat Bill Crouch Geoff Portz beat Tony Rocco att: 5,420
11/30/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Verne Gagne beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bruiser & Gagne won 1st fall 2 Stevens pinned Bruiser after a body slam 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens were dq’ed Larry Heiniemi beat Sailor Art Thomas Pepper Gomez beat Baron Von Raschke Bob Ellis beat Buddy Wolff Rene Goulet beat Billy Red Cloud Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne
12/1/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Armando Rodriguez The Crusher beat Frank Diamond Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski
12/1/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Crouch Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Red Mendez Billy Robinson beat John the Greek Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco Tony Rocco beat Kenny Jay Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson drew Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo
12/1/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 17:00 The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens in 13:45 Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks via pin in 14:20 Greg Gagne drew Tony Rocco 15:00 Rene Goulet beat Ric Flair via pin in 9:25 att: 7,777
12/3/73 Rice Lake, WI Ken Patera vs Ivan Koloff Paul Perschmann beat Bob Remus
12/4/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Cage Match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Larry Heiniemi beat Ken Patera Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet
12/5/73 Grand Forks, ND Billy Graham vs Larry Hennig Yugo Babich vs Ivan Putski Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes vs Cowboy Lang & Little Louie Big K vs Rock Riddle
12/5/73 Peoria, IL @ Exposition Gardens The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when referee James Bunting caught Graham with Brass Knuckles Ken Patera beat Ivan Koloff by submission with a bear hug Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Greg Gagne & Reg Parks 2/3 1. Gagne & Parks won 1st fall 2. Heiniemi & Wolff won 2nd fall 3. Heiniemi & Wolff won 3rd fall Rene Goulet beat Tom DeMarco via pin in 12:01 att: 1,250
12/6/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Ivan Koloff handcuffed to ringpost The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham on a reverse decision dq when promoter Al Tomko ruled Koloff had given Graham brass knuckles AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 1. Robinson pinned Stevens 2. Bockwinkel pinned Robinson after Stevens hit Robinson in the head with a chain 3. Bockwinkel beat Portz Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid 2/3 in almost 25 minutes 1. Little Louie won 1st fall 2. Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid won 2nd fall by beating Little Louie 3. Cowboy Lang won 3rd fall Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks in 17:00 Rene Goulet drew Tony Rocco 15:00 Ric Flair beat Dave Muir Bobby Jones beat Scotty Campbell Att: “6,469 assembled witnesses”
12/7/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher & Greg Gagne beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Lord Littlebrook & Billy The Kid beat Farmer Pete & Wee Willie Wilson Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann George Gadaski drew Kenny Jay
12/7/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera dq Sailor Art Thomas beat Ken Dillinger Reggie Parks drew Tony Rocco Rene Goulet beat Tom Demarco via pin att: “crowd of 6,084”
12/8/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Bill Crouch Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Red Mendez Billy Robinson beat John the Greek Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco Tony Rocco beat Kenny Jay
12/8/73 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne beat Dave Muir Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Larry Heiniemi beat Scotty Campbell Ken Patera beat Bobby Jones
12/8/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien The Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham Chris Taylor (pro debut) beat Rene Goulet via pin in 5:00 Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Tony Rocco att: 5,445
12/10/73 Bismarck, ND Superstar Billy Graham no contest Ken Patera Little Louie & Cowboy Lang beat Lord Littlebrook & Billy The Kid Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski (sub for Regie Parks) Reggie Parks (sub for Paul Perschman) beat Ric Flair
12/11/73 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Superstar Billy Graham vs Reggie Parks Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs Ken Patera & Greg Gagne Frenchie LaMont & Billy The Kid vs Little Louie & Cowboy Lang Ric Flair vs Paul Pershmann
12/11/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair (sub Rene Goulet) Betty Niccoli beat Candy Kane Tony Rocco beat Bill Crouch
12/12/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Weightlifting Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 505 pounds Red Bastien beat Ray Stevens dq Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid Chris Taylor beat Bill Crouch by submission with a bear hug
12/13/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson & Red Bastien no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in 3rd fall 1. Bastien pinned Stevens 2. Stevens pinned Robinson 3. The referee dq'ed all four men for fighting inside the ring at the same time Superstar Billy Graham beat Luis Martinez in 15:55 Chris Taylor beat Bill Crouch via submission with a bear hug in 6:52 Buddy Wolff beat Tony Rocco 15:44 att: 3,752
12/14/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amhitheatre Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Wilbur Snyder beat Ray Stevens Pepper Gomez beat Rene Goulet Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair Sailor Art Thomas beat Johnny Kace
12/14/73 Springfield, IL The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Heiniemi beat Luis Martinez Greg Gagne beat Tony Rocco
12/15/73 Moline TV Greg Gagne beat Dave Muir Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Larry Heiniemi beat Scotty Campbell Ken Patera beat Bobby Jones Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Bill Crouch & Bill Howard
12/15/73 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Tony Rocco beat Bob Amel Arena Tape: 12/8 Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham
12/16/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien dq Weightlifting Contest for $10,000 Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 465 pounds Little Louie & Cowboy Lang beat Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid 2/3 in 24:25 Chris Taylor beat Rene Goulet via pin in 4:58 Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne (sub Tom Demarco) 20:00 Bob Remus beat John Paul 2-0 in a 20:00 workout match
12/19/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Ken Patera won a battle royal Shohei Giant Baba & Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava beat Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine & Billy Graham Barbi Doll beat Sandy Parker Cowboy Lang beat Little Louie 2/3 Ken Patera beat Mr. Fujiwara Bill Francis drew Toru Tanaka
12/21/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell
12/22/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Frank Hill Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Bob Amel Lars Anderson beat Caesar Pavlon Bull Bullinski beat Bill Crouch
12/22/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Angel Rivera Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Diamond Red Bastien beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Tony Rocco beat Bob Amel
12/26/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Greg Gagne & Verne Gagne beat Buddy Wolff & Larry Heiniemi Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Greg Gagne drew Jim Brunzell Bob Remus beat Bill Crouch
12/26/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair
12/27/73 Mendota, IL Billy Robinson beat Billy Graham dq Chris Taylor beat Rene Goulet Ken Patera beat Ric Flair
12/28/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena One Fall, No Time Limit AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien when Stevens pinned Bastien at 16:45 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff 2/3 1. Koloff won the 1st fall in 5:45 2. McDaniel won the 2nd fall in 0:58 3. McDaniel won the 3rd fall in 5:43 Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair with a bear hug in 6:28 Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli via pin in 12:42 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet via pin with a jacknife in 17:18 att: 3,612
12/28/73 Peoria, IL @ Exposition Garden The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Larry Heiniemi interfered Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Greg Gagne & Ken Patera Jim Brunzell (sub Bull Bullinski) beat Bob Remus in 11:21 John Paul drew Tom Demarco 20:00
12/29/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Frank Hill Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Bob Amel Lars Anderson beat Caesar Pavlon Bull Bullinski beat Bill Crouch
12/29/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham beat Tom Demarco Verne Gagne beat Nacho Berrara Buddy Wolff beat Roberto Gonzales Ric Flair beat Joe Guzman Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
12/29/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Fence Match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera COR Vivian Vachon beat Princess Jasmine Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet Ric Flair beat Bull Bullinski via pin Kenny Jay beat Tom Demarco via pin att: sellout 7,986 with over 4,000 turned away
12/29/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Moose Cholak beat Johnny Valiant dq Pepper Gomez no contest Ivan Koloff Mitsu Arakawa beat Reggie Parks Sailor Art Thomas beat Bob Remus Jim Brunzell beat Great Saki
12/30/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Ray Stevens via pin Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks Larry Heiniemi beat Ken Patera dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski via pin Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair with a bear hug att: “crowd of 6,112” sellout
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1/5/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel & Peter Lee Red Bastien beat Bill Crouch Mad Dog Vachon beat Armando Rodriguez Ken Patera beat Frank Hill Superstar Billy Graham beat Kenny Jay
1/5/74 St Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Mad Dog Vachon no contest Superstar Billy Graham Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera Chris Taylor beat Redbeard Munson Reggie Parks drew Tony Rocco Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann
1/6/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien 2/3 in 27:31 1 Robinson & Bastien won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin in 18:53 Larry Heiniemi beat Tony Rocco via pin in 16:51 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet via pin in 16:17 att: 3,668
1/9/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Billy Graham beat Ed Francis 2/3 to win Hawaiian Title AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq Billy Robinson & Red Bastein Pak Song ddq Ripper Collins Tosh Togo drew Bill Francis Sam Steamboat beat Peace Brother I Neff Maiava beat Peace Brother II
1/11/74 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff dq Reggie Parks beat Tony Rocco Bull Bullinski drew Ric Flair
1/11/74 Springfield, IL Rene Goulet vs Billy Red Cloud Chris Taylor vs Bob Remus Larry Heiniemi vs Wahoo McDaniel The Crusher vs Superstar Billy Graham
1/12/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Tony Rocco & Scotty Campbell The Crusher beat Bobby Jones Buddy Wolff beat Roddy Piper Ken Patera beat Dave Muir Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Ric Flair & Bill Crouch
1/15/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Weightlifting Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne
1/16/74 Peoria, IL Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff Wahoo McDaniel beat Ray Stevens dq Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet
1/16/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff dq Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair
1/17/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Billy Robinson in 28:55 Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien 15:20 Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Ricky Romero & Luis Martinez 2/3 1. Romero pinned Wolff at 12:15 2. Wolff pinned Romero 3. Wolff pinned Martinez Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair via pin in 13:34 after a body slam Tony Rocco beat Reggie Parks via pin in 11:32 with a cradle att: 4,457
1/17/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Cage match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski by submission with a bear hug in 11:00 Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet dq Dave Muir beat Roddy Piper Bobby Jones beat Scotty Campbell George Gadaski drew ?? Att: “more than 11,000 fans”
1/18/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham were co-winners of the two ring $50,000 Battle Royal Chris Taylor beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Nick Bockwinkel drew Red Bastien Pepper Gomez drew Jimmy Valiant Bob Ellis no contest Ivan Koloff Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Sailor Art Thomas drew Tony Romano Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski Note: Wilbur Snyder competed in the two ring Battle Royal
1/19/74 Minneapolis TV Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Buddy Wolff beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Red Mendez & Tom DeMarco
1/19/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match, One Fall to a Finish Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens when Crusher pinned Bockwinkel in 16:20 Title did not change hands because Crusher did not pin the legal man in the ring Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski by submission Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann via pin Geoff Portz drew Ric Flair att: 6,112 sellout
1/20/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Chris Taylor & Ken Patera & Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair & Moose Morowski & Larry Heiniemi Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff (sub Billy Graham) dq when Larry Heiniemi interfered Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski via pin Ric Flair beat Tony Rocco Note: Billy Graham was reportedly stranded in Milwaukee due to heavy fog
1/21/74 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham jumped off the top rope but missed Patera Rene Goulet beat Paul Perschmann (sub Greg Gagne) via pin Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair via pin Larry Heinimi beat Geoff Portz
1/24/74 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Robinson Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne vs Bill Crouch
1/26/74 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson beat Pancho Vazquez Superstar Billy Graham beat Tom DeMarco Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay & Nacho Berrera Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Greg Gagne beat Julio Rodriguez
1/27/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Crusher must beat Stevens in 15 minutes or forfeit $5,000 The Crusher drew Ray Stevens 15:00 Ken Patera & Chris Taylor beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Wahoo McDaniel beat Moose Morowski via pin Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski via pin Geoff Portz beat Tony Rocco Bill Crouch beat Tom DeMarco
1/29/74 Jamestown, WI Larry Heiniemi beat Greg Gagne Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff COR Greg Gagne drew Geoff Portz Ric Flair beat Tony Rocco
1/29/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Crusher must beat Stevens in 15 minutes or forfeit $5,000 The Crusher drew Ray Stevens 15:00 Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Moose Morowski beat Ken Patera Rene Goulet beat Bob Remus
1/30/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff Greg Gagne beat Larry Heiniemi Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Tony Rocco beat Bob Remus Ric Flair drew Geoff Portz
1/31/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Red Bastien & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall COR 1. Robinson pinned Graham 2. Bockwinkel pinned Bastien 3. Bockwinkel was counted out of the ring Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero beat Larry Heiniemi dq when Heiniemi tossed Romero over the top rope Superstar Billy Graham (sub Moose Morowski) beat Reggie Parks Greg Gagne beat John Paul att: 3,320
2/1/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ric Flair drew Geoff Portz
2/2/74 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Joe Guzman & Carlos Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Bill Crouch Ric Flair beat Tom DeMarco Geoff Portz beat Kenny Jay Arena Tape 1/27 Ray Stevens beat The Crusher
2/2/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi on a 3rd fall dq in 21:12 Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens via pin Buddy Wolff beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Chris Taylor beat Bob Remus via pin Greg Gagne drew Tony Rocco att: 6,045
2/4/74 Bismarck, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel Chris Taylor beat Rene Goulet Lars Anderson beat Tony Rocco Geoff Portz beat Moose Morowski
2/5/74 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Two Referees AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi 2/3 1 Heiniemi beat Patera 2 Patera beat Heiniemi 3 Patera beat Heiniemi Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann att: 1,280
2/6/74 Jacksonville, IL @ JHS Bowl Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Wahoo McDaniel vs Ray Stevens Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair Tony Rocco vs John Paul or Rene Goulet Note: Newspaper clipping has Rocco vs Paul. Arena program has Rocco vs Goulet.
2/6/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi Ken Patera beat Nick Bockwinkel Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Tony Rocco & Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann
2/7/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien 2/3 in 24:00 1. Bockwinkel pinned Robinson 2. Robinson beat Stevens 3. Stevens pinned Bastien with a small package Weightlifting Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham to win $10,000 Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq when Heiniemi rammed Wahoo's head into the ring post Baron Von Raschke beat Reggie Parks by submission with the claw hold Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Moose Morowski beat Bob Slaughter Scotty Campbell beat Dave Muir Att: “just over 5,000 fans” Note: The Slaughter vs Morowski match was not listed in the ad for the card but was listed in the results clipping.
2/8/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Arm Wrestling Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Baron Von Raschke beat Wilbur Snyder dq Chris Taylor no contest Jimmy Valiant Bob Ellis no contest Horst Hoffman Pepper Gomez beat Tony Romano Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann
2/8/74 Grand Forks, ND Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Tony Rocco beat George Gadaski
2/9/74 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Caesar Pabon The Crusher beat Bob Amel Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Bob Remus & Kenny Jay
2/9/74 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair Rene Goulet drew Greg Gagne
2/10/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson dq when Billy threw Verne over the top rope Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz 2/3 1 Wolff pinned Portz 2 Bastien pinned Wolff 3 Heiniemi & Wolff won Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski by bearhug submission in 4:14 Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco by submission in 13:16 Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet via pin in 12:35
2/11/74 Huron, SD @ Arena Tony Rocco beat Moose Morowski Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Red Bastien
2/12/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera Larry Heiniemi beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Horst Hoffman beat Tony Rocco
2/13/74 Fulton, IL The Crusher vs Buddy Wolff
2/13/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne to apparently win the AWA Title but the decision was reversed the next week on television when it was ruled Gagne's feet were on the ropes when Robinson pinned him. Hawaiian Champion Billy Graham drew Ed Francis Chris Taylor beat Igor Volkov (sub Butcher Vachon) 8:00 Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat beat Dale Brown & Peace Brother II 2-0 Ripper Collins beat Guy LaRose Bill Francis beat The Phantom
2/14/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Ray Stevens beat the Crusher dq when Crusher tossed Stevens over the top rope Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel 15:30 Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Tony Rocco drew Moose Morowski
2/15/74 Springfield, IL Greg Gagne vs Rene Goulet Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolf vs Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Superstar Billy Graham vs Wahoo McDaniels
2/16/74 Minneapolis TV Ken Patera beat Nacho Berrera Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco Wahoo McDaniel beat Pancho Vazquez Moose Morowski beat Joe Guzman
2/16/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi via pin in 14:02 Superstar Billy Graham beat Mad Dog Vachon dq in 18:25 Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 in 33:10 1 Hoffman pinned Portz 2 Robinson pinned Hoffman 3 Baron beat Portz by submission Greg Gagne beat Bob Remus by submission in 21:00 Tony Rocco drew Ric Flair 20:00 att: 5,853
2/17/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (no title change, wrong man pinned) Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman dq in 15:00 Larry Heiniemi beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin at 14:02 Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski via pin at 11:01 Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco via pin at 13:5? Greg Gagne beat Bob Remus via pin at 20:15 Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann via pin at 13:05 att: 7,240
2/20/74 Moorhead, MN Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera COR Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair
2/21/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera default Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair via pin
2/22/74 Decatur, IL - MacArthur High School Rene Goulet pinned John Paul ((sub for Paul Perschman) Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair The Crusher & Red Bastien won by DQ over AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Att: 2,000
2/23/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Dave Muir Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Rene Goulet & Scotty Campbell Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Jones Superstar Billy Graham beat Roddy Piper Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay Arena Tape 2/17 Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi
2/23/74 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Billy Robinson & Ken Patera beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 2nd fall dq Baron Von Raschke beat Red Bastien via pin in 14:02 Horst Hoffman beat Tony Rocco by submission with a claw hold Geoff Portz beat Bob Remus via pin in 15:22 att: 2,238
2/24/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Chris Taylor and Baron Von Raschke were co-winners of a two ring, $15,000 battle royal Taylor and Von Raschke scheduled to wrestle each other for the $15,000 in Duluth on 3/17 Ken Patera vs Larry Heiniemi Red Bastien vs Ray Stevens plus 5 other bouts Others in Battle Royal: Billy Graham, Wahoo McDaniel, Buddy Wolff, Rene Goulet, Nick Bockwinkel, Billy Robinson, Ric Flair, Horst Hoffman, Bob Remus, Moose Morowski and Tony Rocco att: 3,000
2/25/74 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco Chris Taylor & Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff & Larry Heiniemi 2/3 falls Att: 600
2/26/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Ken Patera & Chris Taylor beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz
2/27/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz Note: Another listing had The Crusher beating Larry Heiniemi by countout.
2/28/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Graham beat Mad Dog Vachon dq at 11:37 when Vachon knocked down the referee Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera & Chris Taylor 2/3 1. Hoffman pinned Patera 2. Patera beat Hoffman 3. Von Raschke pinned Patera Buddy Wolff beat Red Bastien via pin in 19:00 Ricky Romero beat Ric Flair (sub Rene Goulet) via pin at 6:02 after a drop kick Greg Gagne beat Bob Remus via pin at 17:57 after a drop kick att: 3,818
2/28/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher beat Larry Heinemi COR in 12:00 AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 1 Stevens beat Robinson by submission in 12:00 2 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel after a backbreaker at the 18 minute mark 3 Portz was pinned Wahoo McDaniel beat The Brute via pin after a tomahawk chop Moose Morowski beat Tony Rocco in 13:00 Rene Goulet beat Paul Pershmann Bobby Jones beat Bob Tuck Notes: The Brute billed as a newcomer from Vancouver. Pershmann billed as a rookie.
3/1/74 Cheyenne. WY Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Red Bastien & Greg Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff Ric Flair drew Bob Remus
3/2/74 Minneapolis TV Geoff Portz beat Pete Carlos Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Bob Amel Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon Tape from Texas: Ivan Putski feats of strength
3/2/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino no contest Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Bob Ellis beat Bob Remus Pepper Gomez beat Ric Flair Moose Cholak drew Big K Note: Another listing has Bruiser & Bruno beating the Valiants.
3/6/74 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Lothario & Wahoo McDaniel Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Orton Jr & Black Angus Roger Kirby beat Jerry Oates Great Mephisto beat Jerry Timmons Bob Roop beat Joe Cassidy
3/7/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum Great Mephisto beat Wahoo McDaniel AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan dq Bob Orton Jr drew Bob Roop Roger Kirby beat Jerry Oates
3/8/74 Houston, TX @ Sam Houston Coliseum Wahoo McDaniel beat Texas Champion Great Mephisto Ray Stevens beat Jose Lothario Nick Bockwinkel beat Ivan Putski American Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan vs Ron Pritchard & Black Angus Bull Ramos beat Jerry Oates Bob Orton Jr beat Roger Kirby dq Notes: These results came from a newsletter called Wrestling Roundup published by Corey Meyer of Chicago, Illinois. The original lineup from a Houston newspaper had McDaniel vs Mephisto, AWA Tag Team Champions Bockwinkel & Stevens vs Lothario & Putski and American Tag Team Champions The Blackjacks vs Ron Pritchard & Black Angus. Which is correct? I don’t know. I did not attend the show and have not come in contact with anyone that did.
3/8/74 Peoria, IL The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi dq Buddy Wolff vs Billy Robinson Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs Ken Patera & Red Bastien Geoff Portz vs Tony Rocco
3/9/74 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Red Mendez Buddy Wolff beat Paul Perschmann Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell & Tom DeMarco Rene Goulet drew Ric Flair
3/9/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien 2/3 in 28:50 Arm wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher Greg Gagne beat Ken Dillinger via pin in 16:55 George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay in 14:30 Moose Morowski beat Cesar Pabon 12:12 att: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
3/9/74 Minneapolis, MN Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera & Chris Taylor Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi dq Jim Brunzell drew Ric Flair Rene Goulet beat Paul Perschmann
3/9/74 Champaign, IL @ Centennial High School Lineup unavailable
3/10/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena No dq Match Larry Heiniemi beat the Crusher via pin in 13:53 after Superstar Billy Graham interfered Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Bastien via pin in 15:00 Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz & Ken Patera 2/3 Greg Gagne beat Moose Morowski dq att: 4,140
3/12/74 Valley City, ND Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Ric Flair beat George Gadaski
3/13/74 Grand Forks, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Wahoo McDaniel vs Buddy Wolff Ken Patera vs Moose Morowski Tony Rocco vs Ric Flair
3/14/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Handicap Match, Crusher must beat Bockwinkel in 15 minutes or lose the match Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher when Crusher couldn’t defeat Nick in 15 minutes Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1 Patera & McDaniel won 1st fall 2 Wolff beat McDaniel 3 Heiniemi beat Patera Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien via pin Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz with a claw hold Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell via pin in 10:00 after a suplex Moose Morowski drew Rene Goulet 20:00 Att: “4,000 fans”
03/15/74 Amboy, IL - Amboy High School Geoff Portz vs Rene Goulet Horst Hoffman vs Tony Rocco Chris Taylor vs Buddy Wolff Superstar Billy Graham vs Red Bastien
3/16/74 Minneapolis TV Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Jack Pesek & Tom DeMarco
3/16/74 Springfield, IL Ken Patera won a Battle Royal Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera dq Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastein Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell Moose Morowski beat George Gadaski
3/17/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Buddy Wolff no contest Wahoo McDaniel Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastien Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Moose Morowski beat Jim Brunzell Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann
3/18/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera & Geoff Portz Larry Heiniemi beat Red Bastien Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell
3/20/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff dq Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann Rene Goulet beat Caesar Pabon
3/20/74 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium Non Title Match Jose Lothario & Bob Orton Jr beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Blackjack Lanza beat Ivan Putski Bob Roop beat Great Mephisto The Texan beat Jerry Oates Black Angus beat Roger Kirby Bull Ramos beat Doug Somers
3/21/74 Corpus Christi, TX AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan on a 3rd fall dq Bob Roop beat Bull Ramos Handicap Match Ivan Putski beat Leo Seitz & Gordo Marco Black Angus beat Jerry Timmons
3/21/74 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq when Wahoo hit the referee Horst Hoffman & Baron Von Raschke beat Red Bastien & Ken Patera 2/3 1 Hoffman & Raschke won 2 Bastien & Patera won 3 Hoffman & Raschke won Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet via pin Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair by submission Wahoo McDaniel beat Baron Von Raschke
3/22/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Ernie Ladd no contest Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Bastien Pepper Gomez beat Bobby Heenan COR Sailor Art Thomas drew Big K Chris Taylor beat Rene Goulet Larry Heiniemi beat Ric Flair
3/22/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat the Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff COR Billy Robinson drew Horst Hoffman Ricky Romero beat The Beast Greg Gagne drew Moose Morowski
3/23/74 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Paul Perschmann Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Ronnie Piper & Scotty Campbell Ivan Putski beat Dave Muir
3/24/74 St Paul, MN The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff COR Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet dq Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann Note: Another listing says this card took place in Minneapolis.
3/26/74 Jamestown, ND Wahoo McDaniel beat Horst Hoffman dq Baron Von Raschke beat Red Bastien Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet
3/27/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff COR Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet dq Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann
3/27/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Center Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq Crusher & Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi & Billy Graham Ripper Collins drew Ed Francis Sam Steamboat beat Len Shelly dq Neff Maiava beat Tony Borne Oddjob Tosh Togo Sakata beat Peace Brother I Note: Another listing has Robinson beating Gagne by dq.
3/27/74 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium Parade of Champions NWA Champion Jack Brisco drew Dory Funk Jr AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jose Lothario & Bob Orton Jr Blackjack Lanza & The Texan beat Black Angus & Ivan Putski Roger Kirby beat Texas Champion Great Mephisto dq Bob Roop drew Bull Ramos
3/28/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum NWA Champion Jack Brisco drew Dory Funk Jr when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Ivan Putski & Bob Orton Jr 2/3 International Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan beat Black Angus & Jose Lothario Bull Ramos beat Texas Champion Great Mephisto dq TV Title Match Bob Roop vs Roger Kirby
3/29/74 Houston, TX NWA Champion Jack Brisco beat Wahoo McDaniel AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Ernie Ladd & Ron Pritchard Bob Roop beat Bull Ramos Jose Lothario beat Roger Kirby Blackjack Lanza beat Doug Somers Blackjack Mulligan beat Jerry Oates
3/30/74 Minneapolis TV rerun of 1/26/74 show
3/30/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq when Buddy Wolff intefered Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera & Chris Taylor Buddy Wolff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski via pin Rene Goulet beat Paul Perschmann via pin att: “crowd of 5,853”
3/30/74 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Superstar Billy Graham beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair Tom Demarco beat Raul Guzman
4/2/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff dq Red Bastien beat Baron Von Raschke Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski
4/4/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon when Bockwinkel pinned Vachon after hitting Mad Dog with brass knuckles Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Bastien in 18:00 Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Raschke refused to obey the referee’s orders to break the claw hold from outside the ring Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera Geoff Portz drew Greg Gagne 15:00 Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski in 11:30 Att: “6,200 fans”
4/5/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Superstar Billy Graham beat Ernie Ladd dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien & Wilbur Snyder Pepper Gomez beat Bobby Heenan Mad Dog Vachon beat Prince Pullins Mitsu Arakawa drew Greg Gagne
4/5/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz drew Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski Buddy Wolff beat Rene Goulet att: 4,120
4/6/74 Minneapolis TV Ric Flair beat Nacho Berrera Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Pancho Vazquez & Chi Chi Rosario Ivan Putski beat Frank Montero Larry Heiniemi beat Kenny Jay
4/6/74 Springfield, IL Geoff Portz vs Rene Goulet Little Tom vs Mighty Atom Ken Patera vs Nick Bockwinkel Superstar Billy Graham vs Billy Robinson
4/7/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 19:33 Cage match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi in 12:00 when Vachon pinned Heiniemi Baron Von Raschke beat Ken Patera in 11:55 Ivan Putski beat Rene Goulet in 6:20 Vivian Vachon beat Princess Jasmine via pin in 10:49 Geoff Portz beat Prince Pullins via pin in 13:45
4/10/74 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Black Gordman & Great Goliath Indian Strap Match Mil Mascaras vs Bull Ramos International Champion Ciclon Negro vs Jose Lothario $5,000 at Stake Bob Roop vs Bob Orton Jr Stan Hansen vs Doug Somers
4/11/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Black Gordman & Great Goliath Mil Mascaras & Jose Lothario vs Blackjack Mulligan & The Texan International Champion Ciclon Negro vs Bob Orton Jr Bob Roop vs Black Angus Benny Matta vs Doug Somers
4/13/74 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Frank Montero Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski & Tom Demarco Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Vazquez Ivan Putski beat Paul Perschmann
4/13/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera & Dusty Rhodes Buddy Wolff beat Ric Flair Handicap Match Ivan Putski beat Raoul Guzman & Pancho Vazquez Greg Gagne beat Rocky Montero Paul Perschmann beat Tom DeMarco att: 8,500
4/14/74 Bushnell, IL Baron Von Raschke vs Geoff Portz
4/15/74 Grafton , ND Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair in the opener Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski Larry Heinimi beat Rene Goulet Superstar Billy Graham disqualified against Geoff Portz
4/18/74 Dixon, IL - Polo High School Rene Goulet vs Paul Perschman Ivan Putski vs Moose Moroeski Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
4/18/74 Polo, IL @ Polo High School Gym Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman (subs for Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff; ads updated) Rene Goulet beat Paul Perschmann (sub for Baron Von Raschke; ads updated) Ivan Putski vs. Moose Morowski
4/19/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff in 15:55 Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 2-0 Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 13:06 Ivan Putski beat Ric Flair in 8:00 att: 5,259
4/20/74 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Roddy Piper & Scotty Campbell Ivan Putski beat Dave Muir Superstar Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Greg Gagne beat Jose Verrera Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay
4/20/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Dusty Rhodes beat Ray Stevens via pin Larry Hennig beat Red Bastien Moose Morowski beat Prince Pullins Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann att: “crowd of 6,112” sellout
4/20/74 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Arm wrestling, referee George Gadaski Ivan Putski no contest Superstar Billy Graham Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet Bull Bullinski beat Dave Muir via pin att: 3,919
4/22/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Indian Strap match Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Larry Heiniemi beat Rene Goulet Ivan Putski beat Ric Flair
4/24/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Buddy Wolff beat Wahoo McDaniel after Buddy received help from Larry Heiniemi Ivan Putski beat Larry Heiniemi COR Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Larry Hennig beat Ric Flair Paul Perschmann beat Kenny Jay att: 2,500
4/24/74 Woodstock, IL @ Woodstock High School Gym-8pm Greg Gagne, Horst Hoffman scheduled
4/25/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Black Gordman & Great Goliath 2/3 60:00 International Tag Team Champions Blackjack Mulligan & The Texan vs Jose Lothario & Mil Mascaras 2/3 60:00 International Champion Ciclon Negro vs Bob Orton Jr 2/3 60:00 Bob Roop vs Black Angus Doug Somers vs Benny Matta
4/25/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff dq when Larry Heiniemi interfered and hit Wahoo in the head with a chair Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 1. Raschke beat Robinson in 22:00 2. Robinson won 2nd fall 3. Hoffman beat Portz Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski in 19:00 Ivan Putski beat Ric Flair via pin in 9:00 after a Polish Hammer Referee: Red Eakin Greg Gagne beat Moose Morowski dq in 14:00 Larry Hennig beat Roddy Piper in 2:00 Dave Muir beat Scotty Campbell via pin
4/26/74 Elgin, IL @ Larkin High School Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez beat Superstar Billy Graham & Rene Goulet Art Thomas beat Moose Morowski Jose Martine & midget beat Ken Dillinger & midget Greg Gagne beat Tony Romano
4/27/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Bob Amel Superstar Billy Graham beat Caesar Pabon Verne Gagne beat Frank Hill Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann Larry Hennig beat Armando Rodriguez
4/27/74 Peoria, IL Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Ric Flair beat Tom Demarco
4/28/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff dq when Larry Heiniemi interfered Ivan Putski beat Larry Heiniemi via walkaway COR Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 1 Raschke & Hoffman won 2 Robinson & Portz won 3 Raschke & Hoffman won Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski via pin in 17:43
4/30/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig beat Ivan Putski Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff
5/1/74 Thief River, MN Buddy Wolff vs Ivan Putski Larry Hennig beat Geoff Portz Bull Bullinski vs Larry Heiniemi Greg Gagne vs Paul Perschmann
5/2/74 Cherokee, IA @ Washington High School-8pm Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski Paul Perschmann vs. Ric Flair Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet Billy Robinson vs. Larry Heiniemi
5/3/74 Ames, IA @ Hilton Coliseum Verne Gagne & Bob Geigel vs Baron Von Raschke & Tokyo Joe Chris Taylor vs Roger Kirby Billy Robinson vs Black Angus Greg Gagne vs Ric Flair
5/3/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 1. Heiniemi pinned Crusher in 8:05 2. Crusher beat Heiniemi in 3:27 3. Wahoo pinned Wolff in 4:35 Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz 19:33 Dusty Rhodes beat Tosh Togo via pin in 5:35 Ivan Putski beat Rene Goulet att: 4,016
5/3/74 Houston, TX @ Sam Houston Coliseum Superstar Billy Graham beat Jose Lothario 2/3 Red Bastien & Ken Patera beat AWA Tag Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Ivan Putski vs Great Mephisto
5/4/74 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Chi Chi Rosario Baron Von Raschke beat Tom DeMarco Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bill Howard & Joe Guzman Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski Bull Bullinski beat Pancho Vasquez
5/4/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Superstar Billy Graham beat Oddjob Baron Von Raschke beat Ric Flair Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard Bull Bullinski beat Horst Hoffman dq att: 6,872
5/04/74 Decatur, IL - MacArthur High School Paul Perschman drew Cesar Pabon Larry Heiniemi beat Moose Morowski Chris Taylor beat Rene Goulet Wahoo McDaniel won by DQ over Buddy Wolff when Larry Heiniemi interfered. Ric Flaiir vs Bull Bullinski was advertised, but didnt happen. Att: 500
5/6/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Horst Hoffman Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Greg Gagne & Chris Taylor Jim Brunzell (sub Chris Taylor) beat Ric Flair
5/7/74 Detroit Lakes, MN Ric Flair drew Moose Morowski
5/7/74 Grand Forks, ND Ivan Putski beat Larry Hennig COR
5/10/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski Bull Bullinski beat Horst Hoffman
5/11/74 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Joe Guzman Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Frank Diamond & ? Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Howard Baron Von Raschke beat Percy Pringle Buddy Wolff beat Tom DeMarco Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel & Peter Lee
5/11/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff Larry Heiniemi beat Wilbur Snyder dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Pepper Gomez & Sailor Art Thomas 2/3 Kim Duk beat Paul Perschmann Geoff Portz beat Tony Romano
5/11/74 Kenosha, WI @ Carthage College Fieldhouse The Crusher & Chris Taylor beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Larry Hennig beat Tosh Togo (sub Ivan Putski) Bull Bullinski beat Moose Morowski Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski
5/16/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff on a 3rd fall COR 1. Wahoo beat Wolff in 16:00 2. Wolff pinned Wahoo after Heiniemi hit McDaniel with brass knuckles 3. Heiniemi & Wolff left the ring area and were counted out of the ring Gene Kiniski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Kiniski Tosh Togo (sub Horst Hoffman) beat Bull Bullinski via pin after a karate chop Greg Gagne (sub The Brute) beat Moose Morowski Larry Hennig beat Scotty Campbell (sub Ivan Putski) in 5:00 Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann Roddy Piper drew Dave Muir Att: “5,183 fans”
5/17/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall COR to win the AWA Tag Team Title. Superstar Billy Graham beat Geoff Portz via pin in 12:29 Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski by submission in 9:41 with a bear hug Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 10:38 after an elbow slam Greg Gagne beat Odd Job Tosh Tojo dq when Tojo hit Greg over the head with an iron derby hat att: 5,027 Note: Wahoo & Crusher were billed as the AWA Tag Team Champions on the next Denver card on June 12.
5/18/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Armando Rodriguez Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pabon Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski
5/18/74 Peoria, IL Chris Taylor & Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolf & Larry Heinimi Horst Hoffmann beat Bull Bullinski Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Bill Howard beat Tom DeMarco (sub for Kenny Jay)
5/19/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 1. Crusher & Wahoo won 1st fall 2. Heiniemi & Wolff won 2nd fall 3. Crusher & Wahoo won 3rd fall Superstar Billy Graham beat Geoff Portz via pin in 19:47 Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski via pin in 12:37 Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinskivia pin in 14:12 Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 16:21 att: 2,862
5/20/74 Fort Worth, TX Ciclon Negro vs Bob Roop Ken Patera & Bob Orton Jr. vs AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Fritz Von Erich vs Blackjack Lanza Jose Lothario vs Roger Kirby Gran Markus vs Pierre Martin
5/21/74 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Bill Watts beat Buddy Colt Pak Song beat Dusty Rhodes COR Non Title AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Red Beard Ron Fuller beat Johnny Valentine dq Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Danny Hodge & Don Muraco Les Thornton beat Kevin Sullivan Lorenzo Parente beat Silento Rodriguez
5/22/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Superstar Billy Graham dq after Graham rammed Geoff's head into the ring post Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Hennig & Paul Perschmann Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski via pin
5/23/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum International Champion Ciclon Negro vs El Solitario AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Red Bastien & Jose Lothario Bob Roop vs Ken Patera Blackjack Lanza vs Bob Orton Jr Gran Markus vs The Texan
5/24/74 Houston, TX @ Sam Houston Coliseum NWA Champion Jack Brisco vs Mil Mascaras 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Gran Markus & El Solitario International Champion Ciclon Negro vs Jose Lothario 2/3 Ken Patera vs Blackjack Lanza Red Bastien drew Bob Roop Bob Roop vs Pierre Martin
5/24/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne ddq Larry Heiniemi in 19:43 Buddy Wolff beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin in 18:58 Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay via pin in 8:44 Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz & Moose Cholak 2/3 Billy Howard beat George Gadaski via pin in 24:15 att: 4,153
5/25/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Bob Amel Verne Gagne beat Joe Guzman Larry Hennig beat Nacho Berrera Kenny Jay beat Chi Chi Rosario Superstar Billy Graham beat Tom DeMarco
5/25/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel no contest Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Superstar Billy Graham beat Ivan Putski Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Geoff Portz beat Horst Hoffman dq Greg Gagne beat Tom DeMarco Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann
5/29/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel vs Buddy Wolff Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski vs Larry Heiniemi Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski
6/1/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mike Snyder & Tom DeMarco Superstar Billy Graham beat Bill Nixon Larry Hennig beat Bobby Vann
6/1/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Baron Von Rashcke & Horst Hoffmann beat Geoff Portz & Chris Taylor Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne beat Billy Howard Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann
6/5/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Moose Cholak & Chris Taylor Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Bill Howard drew Paul Perschmann
6/6/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Indian Strap Match with Buddy Wolff strapped to Ivan Putski outside the ring Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heinemi Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Ray Stevens beat Gene Kiniski dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Pershmann & Buddy Wolff 2/3 1. Buddy Wolff won 1st fall 2. Gagne & Brunzell won 2nd fall 3. Gagne & Brunzell won 3rd fall Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz by submission with a claw hold Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski by submission with a claw hold Mike Snyder beat Bobby Jones in 12:00
6/8/74 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Caesar Pabon Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Kenny Jay & George Gadaski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Bob Amel Ray Stevens beat Armando Rodriguez Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard
6/8/74 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Dick Murdoch 2/3 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Hennig & Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Horst Hoffman beat Billy Howard via pin Geoff Portz beat Caesar Pavlon via pin att: 9,000+ SRO
6/12/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena 10th Anniversary Show Steel Cage Match, Special Referee: George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel to regain the AWA Tag Team Title when Stevens pinned McDaniel in 16:12 Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq in 7:19 when Baron Von Raschke interfered and pounded Putski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 1. Wolff beat Brunzell in 11:22 2. Heiniemi & Wolff were dq'ed at 3:13 for tossing Gagne over the top rope 3. Brunzell pinned Wolff in 5:32 Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz in 21:59 Kay Noble (sub Cora Combs) beat Vivian Vachon via pin in 12:14 Larry Hennig beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 8:00 att: 7,206 Note: Crusher & Wahoo were billed as the AWA Tag Team Champions by two different newspapers going into this match. Both papers reported Bockwinkel & Stevens regained the AWA Tag Team Title from Crusher & Wahoo.
6/14/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Chris Taylor beat Ray Stevens Geoff Portz beat Mitsu Arakawa Pepper Gomez beat Baron Von Raschke Mike Snyder beat Ken Dillinger
6/15/74 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Inca Peru Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel & Peter Lee Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard & Percy Pringle Larry Hennig beat Tom DeMarco Billy Robinson beat Frank Diamond Superstar Billy Graham beat Chi Chi Rosario
6/15/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke were co-winners of a two ring 24 man $50,000 battle royal Nick Bockwinkel drew Wahoo McDaniel Baron Von Raschke beat Frank Nixon Superstar Billy Graham beat Oddjob via pin Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Paul Perschmann also in Battle Royal: Geoff Portz, Ray Stevens, Horst Hoffman, Andre Rousimoff, Larry Heiniemi, Chris Taylor, Buddy Wolff, Billy Robinson, Ivan Putski, Moose Cholak, Ken Patera. att: “10,550 fans”
6/16/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq The Crusher & Billy Robinson in 3rd fall 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Crusher & Robinson won 3 Both teams were dq'ed Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff via pin Baron Von Raschke beat Bill Howard with the claw hold Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski with the claw hold Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann (sub Baron Von Raschke) via pin
6/19/74 Peoria, IL Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne beat Bill Howard Larry Hennig beat Jim Brunzell att: 1,800
6/19/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Billy Graham beat The Crusher dq Gene Kiniski beat Dory Funk Jr Sam Steamboat beat Horst Hoffman dq Neff Maiava beat Igor Volkoff Reggie Parks drew Mad Dog Griffin The Destroyer beat Betto Castro Susan Green beat Paula Kaye
6/20/74 Cambridge Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig
6/20/74 Davenport, IA John O'Donnell Stadium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Baron Von Raschke vs. Ivan Putski Odd Job vs. Larry Heiniemi Bull Bullinski vs. TBA This card was rained out and rescheduled for July 10th.
6/21/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff & Larry Heinimi Baron Von Rashcke beat Bull Bullinski Jim Brunzell beat George Gadaski
6/21/74 Springfield, IL - Springfield Speedway Billy Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens vs Moose Cholak Geoff Portz vs Tosh Togo (Odd Job) Jim Dillinger vs John Paul One of the posters there is pretty sure that John Paul listed here is Paul Perschman aka Playboy Buddy Rose.
6/22/74 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Juan Zapata Superstar Billy Graham beat Kenny Jay Ivan Putski beat Joe Guzman Baron Von Raschke beat Jose Martine Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Vasquez
6/22/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Larry Hennig interfered AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig when Larry couldn't pin Greg in 10 minutes Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff (sub Odd Job)
06/23/74 Mattoon, IL - Mattoon High School Prince Pullin vs Ken Dillinger Princess Jasmine vs Tina West Baron Von Raschke & Mitsu Arkawa vs Dick the Briser & Pepper Gomez
6/26/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Chris Taylor & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke (sub Billy Graham) beat Tosh Togo Ivan Putski beat Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig beat Geoff Portz
6/27/74 Wapello, IA @ Wapello High School Stadium Billy Robinson vs Baron Von Raschke Chris Taylor vs Larry Heiniemi Greg Gagne vs Geoff Portz Jim Brunzell vs Bill Howard
06/28/74 Decatur, IL - Fans Field Att: 1,000 Tom DeMarco beat George Gadaski Ivan Putski beat Odd Job AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Chris Taylor won by DQ over Baron Von Raschke
6/28/74 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin in 10:08 Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi (sub Billy Graham) 2/3 in 23:48 1. Heiniemi pinned Wahoo in 11:40 2. Wahoo pinned Heiniemi in 14:40 3. Wahoo pinned Heiniemi in 23:48 Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff dq in 19:25 when Wolff tossed Greg over the top rope Jim Brunzell beat Bill Howard via pin in 14:57 Note: Billy Graham reportedly missed his plane connection in Houston, Texas.
6/29/74 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Ivan Putski beat Doug Somers Superstar Billy Graham beat Juan Valez Billy Robinson beat Tom DeMarco The Crusher beat Paul Perschmann Larry Heiniemi beat Kenny Jay
6/29/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham COR Billy Robinson beat Larry Heiniemi via pin Handicap Match, Hennig must beat both men within 20 minute time limit Larry Hennig beat Jim Brunzell in 13:00 but was unable to beat Greg Gagne in the remaining 7:00 Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe via pin Bull Bullinski beat Tom DeMarco via pin Paul Perschmann beat Doug Somers via pin att: 6,426
6/29/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor Bobo Brazil beat Baron Von Raschke dq Moose Cholak drew Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Oddjob Jose Martine beat Tony Romano Billy Howard beat George Gadaski
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Joined: Wed Oct 17th, 2007 Location: Posts: 1665 Status: Offline Mana: 7/3/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson 2/3 1 Stevens beat Robinson 2 Robinson beat Stevens by submission with a spinning toe hold 3 Bockwinkel pinned Gagne after a piledriver Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Superstar Billy Graham interfered Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel after Baron Von Raschke interfered Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 Jim Brunzell beat Bull Bullinski George Gordienko beat Tom DeMarco Att: “more than 5,000 fans” Note: Brunzell incorrectly billed as a “rookie sensation” by the Winnipeg Press.
7/6/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski The Crusher beat Tom DeMarco Larry Hennig beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat Julio Rodriguez Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay
7/10/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke Chris Taylor beat Larry Heiniemi Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski
7/11/74 Springfield, IL Bull Bullwinski vs Paul Perschmann Larry Henning vs Geoff Portz Larry Heiniemi vs Billy Robinson Ivan Putski vs Superstar Billy Graham
7/12/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Ivan Putski beat Billy Graham dq in 10:15 when the referee caught Graham using brass knuckles The Crusher beat Ray Stevens dq in 12:00 after Stevens jumped off the top rope onto Crusher Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke dq in 14:55 when Baron tossed Billy over the top rope Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Hennig & Paul Perschmann 2/3 att: 5,112
7/13/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena $50,000 Purse The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke dq The Crusher did not receive the money because Raschke claimed the match could not end in disqualification Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor beat Blackjack Lanza & Al Costello 2/3 Oddjob beat Billy Howard via pin Tom DeMarco drew George Gadaski att: “9,141 fans”
7/13/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Don Curtis AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Hennig & Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Wilbur Snyder beat Bull Bullinski in 15:45 Paul Perschmann beat Kenny Jay att: 5,320
7/17/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Center AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski Ivan Putski & Sam Steamboat beat Peace Brothers Ed Francis beat Masked Marvel Sam Steamboat beat Peace Brother I Neff Maiava beat Bepo Castro Little Tokyo & Sonny Boy Hayes beat Cowboy Lang & Haiti Kid
7/18/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Winning team to challenge AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in Duluth on August 7 The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Larry Hennig & Superstar Billy Graham 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski (sub Chris Taylor) Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann att: 3,000
7/19/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard
07/19/74 Decatur, IL - Fans Field Att: 1000 Johnnie Kase (sub for Tom DeMarco) drew John Paul Chris Taylor beat Larry Heiniemi Greg Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolfe - Strap Match
7/20/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne 2/3 (no title change, Gagne's foot ruled to be on rope) AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq Mitsu Arakawa beat Moose Cholak dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Mike Snyder beat Paul Perschmann
7/21/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena No dq match, Special Referee: Greg Gagne The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title 1 Crusher & Robinson won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Baron Von Raschke interfered Baron Von Raschke beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin Greg Gagne drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 att: 6,448
7/23/74 Mankato, MN Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski
7/24/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Superstar Billy Graham Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig
7/25/74 Peoria, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig
7/26/74 Sac City, IA @ Sac County Fairgrounds-7:30pm Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz Horst Hoffman vs. Bull Bullinski Paul Perschmann vs. Tom DeMarco
7/27/74 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill & Armando Rodriguez Horst Hoffman beat Kenny Jay Ivan Putski beat Bill Howard
7/27/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Baron Von Raschke beat the Crusher & Ivan Putski 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard & Paul Perschmann
7/29/74 Thief River Falls, MN @ Sports Arena Superstar Billy Graham vs. The Crusher Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo McDaniel Ray Stevens vs. Geoff Portz Baron Von Raschke vs. Ivan Putski
7/31/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel 15:00 Nick Bockwinkel beat Geoff Portz via referee's decision Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski via referee's decision Baron Von Raschke beat Jim Brunzell via pin in 8:30
8/3/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Armando Rodriguez Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pabon Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Pancho Vasquez
8/3/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser beat Ray Stevens Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman dq Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk beat Pepper Gomez & Mike Snyder Bobby Heenan beat Pepper Gomez COR Sgt. Jacques Goulet beat Sailor Art Thomas Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann
8/3/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Superstar Billy Graham 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq when Bockwinkel rammed Robinson's head into the ring post Larry Hennig beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin in 11:50 Greg Gagne drew Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard via pin in 12:50 att: 7,560
8/7/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson dq Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff att: 1999 Note: Another listing has Crusher & Robinson winning the main event in two straight falls
8/8/74 St. Cloud, MN @ St. Cloud Armory Jim Brunzell vs. Kenny Jay Greg Gagne vs. Paul Perschmann Geoff Portz and Billy Robinson vs. Horst Hoffman and Baron Von Raschke Ivan Putski vs. Buddy Wolff
8/9/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham & Baron Von Raschke 2/3 1. Crusher pinned Von Raschke 2. Von Raschke beat Crusher 3. Putski pinned Graham Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson Handicap Match: Larry Hennig must beat both Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell in 20 minutes Larry Hennig beat Jim Brunzell via pin in 9:10 but could not beat Greg Gagne within the 20 minute time limit so Gagne & Brunzell were declared the winners Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski by submission with a claw hold att: 5,212
8/10/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Bill Howard Larry Hennig beat Julio Rodriguez Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Bull Bullinski beat Pancho Vasquez Kenny Jay beat Angel Rivera
8/10/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat The Crusher & Ivan Putski dq
8/13/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson dq Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz Horst Hoffman drew Jim Brunzell
8/15/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel in 19:00 The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Superstar Billy Graham 2/3 1. Baron pinned Putski in 10:00 2. Putski pinned Baron in 8:00 3. Crusher pinned Graham Larry Hennig no contest Geoff Portz when Portz suffered an injury and Hennig refused to accept the victory Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson in 18:00 Jim Brunzell & Bull Bullinski (sub Greg Gagne) beat Big K & Buddy Wolff Dave Muir beat Scotty Campbell (sub Bobby Jones) in 12:00 Att: “7,000 fans”
8/16/74 Peoria, IL Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat The Crusher & Ivan Putski dq Larry Hennig no contest Geoff Portz Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Khosrow Vaziri beat Tom Demarco
8/17/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann & Frank Hill Horst Hoffman beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Armando Rodriguez Buddy Wolff beat Caesar Pabon Geoff Portz beat Kenny Jay
8/17/74 Minneapolis, MN Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions the Crusher & Billy Robinson dq Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski COR Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Khosrow Vaziri att: 9,120
8/18/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher via pin in 11:28 after Baron Von Raschke interfered Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke by reverse decision dq in 18:02 when Raschke would not release the claw hold Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 16:23 Geoff Portz (sub Greg Gagne) & Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard & Paul Perschmann 2/3 1 Portz & Brunzell won 2 Howard & Perschmann won 3 Portz & Brunzell won Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski by submission with a claw hold in 12:03 att: 5,478
8/23/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson dq Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski COR Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Ali Vaziri (sub Jim Brunzell) via pin att: 4,137
8/24/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Pancho Vasquez Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Angel Rivera & Chi Chi Rosario Larry Hennig beat Joe Guzman Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay
8/24/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena No dq Match for $50,000 Battle Royal purse The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke via pin in 15:43 to finally win the Battle Royal money Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Arm wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat Ivan Putski Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell via default Bull Bullinski drew Khosrow Vaziri att: “9,337 fans”
8/28/74 Springfield, IL @ State Fairgrounds Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Superstar Billy Graham vs Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne - Handicap Match Geoff Portz vs Billy Howard Bobby Heenan vs George Gadaski
8/28/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig
8/29/74 Knoxville, IL @ Knox County Fairgrounds The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham COR Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Greg Gagne vs Bill Howard Jim Brunzell vs Bobby Heenan
8/29/74 Virginia, MN Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
8/30/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson dq
8/31/74 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Buddy Wolff beat Paul Perschmann Verne Gagne beat Bob Amel
8/31/74 St Paul, MN The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Verne Gagne Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski dq Baron Von Raschke beat Khosrow Vaziri Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay
9/2/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski dq Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman dq Paul Perschmann beat Khosrow Vaziri
9/7/74 Chicago, IL @ Comiskey Park AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson COR The Sheik & Bobby Heenan beat Dick the Bruiser & Bobo Brazil The Crusher & Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham when Hennig pinned Graham after an “Axe” Chris Taylor beat Ox Baker dq Pepper Gomez no contest Baron Von Raschke Wilbur Snyder beat Sgt. Jacques Goulet Kim Duk beat Jim Brunzell Greg Gagne drew Buddy Wolff Vivian Vachon beat Lucille DuPree
9/8/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell 1 Hennig & Brunzell won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won Baron Von Raschke handcuffed to Ivan Putski The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham via pin Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman dq Bull Bullinski drew Khosrow Vaziri (sub Bobby Heenan)
9/10/74 Peoria, IL AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski Khosrow Vaziri beat Tom Demarco
9/11/74 Grand Forks, ND Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman dq Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell dq Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff
9/12/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson on a 3rd fall dq 1 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel after a backbreaker 2 Stevens beat Robinson by submission at the 20 minute mark 3 Crusher was dq’ed for tossing Stevens over the top rope Ivan Putski beat The Brute by submission with a bear hug in 18:00 Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 16:30 Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs Paul Pershmann & Yugo Babich Dave Muir beat Frenchy Dubois in 19:00 Att: “7,231 fans” Note: The Winnipeg Press reported Jim Brunzell and Kozrow [sic] Vaziri scored a victory over Paul Perschmann and Kozrow [sic] Vaziri.
9/13/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Horst Hoffman beat The Crusher via pin in 9:50 Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Larry Hennig dq Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff via pin Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell att: 4,897 Note: Another listing has The Crusher winning the main event
9/14/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom DeMarco The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann & Joe Guzman Ivan Putski beat Bobby Vann Yugo Babich beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Red Mendez
9/14/74 Minneapolis, MN Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan beat Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson dq Handicap Match Ivan Putski drew Buddy Wolff & Paul Perschmann Chris Taylor beat Khosrow Vaziri Yugo Babich beat Bull Bullinski att: 5,189
9/15/74 St Cloud, MN @ St. Cloud Municipal Arena Jim Brunzell and Greg Gagne vs. Yogo (Yugo Babich) and Paul Perschmann Horst Hoffman vs. Chris Taylor Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff- Already Listed Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ivan Putski
9/16/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 20:00 Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson dq Buddy Wolff drew Geoff Portz Larry Hennig beat Yugo Babich dq
9/17/74 Granville, IL @ Putnam County High School Gym-8pm Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Geoff Portz & Billy Robinson Greg Gagne vs. Bobby Heenan Larry (The Ax) Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell vs. Horst Hoffman
9/18/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell
9/19/74 Springfield, IL @ State Fairgrounds Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 25:08 Brunzell (sub for Larry Hennig) beat Buddy Wolff by DQ 20:00 Yugo Babich beat George Gadaski 14:23 Geoff Portz drew Horst Hoffmann 20 mins
9/20/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Larry Hennig beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Geoff Portz (sub Billy Robinson) Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Paul Perschmann 2-0 Khosrow Vaziri drew Yugo Babich
9/21/74 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Julio Rodriguez & Andrew Doren Ray Stevens beat Tom Leon Yugo Babich beat Chi Chi Rosario Horst Hoffman beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski
9/21/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson on a 3rd fall dq European rules match Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski via pin Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff via pin Geoff Portz beat Stan Pulaski via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Billy Howard att: 8,870
9/23/74 Bismarck, ND AWA Tag Team title: The Crusher & Billy Robinson (c) vs. Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman vs. Ivan Putski
9/26/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman dq Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz Bob Backlund beat George Gadaski
9/28/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Bob Amel Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Caesar Pavlon & Armando Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Billy Howard
9/28/74 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Horst Hoffman dq when Hoffman refused to release a claw hold on Gagne while both were outside the ring at 26:00 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens when Nick & Ray were unable to beat Greg & Jim within 20 minutes Billy Robinson beat Stan Pulaski in 16:30 Geoff Portz beat Bull Bullinski in 13:20 Bob Backlund beat Billy Howard Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe in 11:15 att: 5,101
9/28/74 Hammond, IN @ Civic Center The Crusher & Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Ivan Putski beat Bobby Heenan COR Moose Cholak beat Yugo Babich Chris Taylor beat Paul Perschmann Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk beat Pepper Gomez & Wilbur Snyder dq Tom Demarco drew Jose Martine
9/29/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1. Bockwinkel & Stevens won 1st fall 2. Crusher & Robinson won 2nd fall 3. Bockwinkel & Stevens were dq’ed Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Paul Perschmann 2-0 Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff
10/2/74 Red Lake, MN @ High School Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi
10/3/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne on a 3rd fall COR 1 Hennig won 1st fall with The Axe 2 Hennig lost 2nd fall 3 Gagne was counted out of the ring Billy Robinson beat Yugo Babich in 20:00 Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski dq in less than 8 minutes when Putski hit the referee Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Vicki Williams beat Sarah Swearingen in 14:00 to earn a shot against US Women’s Champion Vivian Vachon Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann (sub Bobby Heenan) in 16:00 Roddy Piper beat Frenchy Dubois in 15:00 Att: “more than 5,000 fans” Notes: Bobby Heenan now the manager of Bockwinkel & Stevens. Heenan refused to wrestle Brunzell.
10/4/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Horst Hoffman via pin Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Larry Heiniemi beat Larry Hennig Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz att: 3,117
10/5/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann & Frank Hill Horst Hoffman beat Caesar Pavlon Larry Hennig beat Bob Amel Larry Heiniemi beat George Gadaski Jim Brunzell beat Armando Rodriguez
10/5/74 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Larry Hennig no contest Larry Heiniemi Horst Hoffman beat Chris Taylor COR Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Stan Pulaski Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff
10/9/74 La Crosse, WI The Crusher won the 10-Man Battle Royal The Crusher beat Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi dq Chris Taylor beat Paul Perschmann Bull Bullinski drew Yugo Babich
10/9/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson dq Kim Duk beat ? George Gadaski beat ? Note: El Bracero Jose Martine lost to either Duk or Gadaski.
10/12/74 St Paul, MN The Crusher & Larry Hennig no contest Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Match stopped by the referee during the 3rd fall when things went out of control. The Crusher was hurt during the 2nd fall, so Hennig continued alone for the 3rd fall. Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan via forfeit when Heenan failed to appear Buddy Wolff beat Julio Rodriguez Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich att: 5,361
10/14/74 Bismarck, ND Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
10/17/74 Cheyenne, WY The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
10/18/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan AWA Tag Team Champions Billy Robinson & The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann att: 3,567
10/19/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Horst Hoffman beat the Crusher COR Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ivan Putski beat Yugo Babich via pin Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff via pin Geoff Portz beat George Gadaski via pin att: “6,112 fans” sellout
10/19/74 Hammond, IN @ Civic Center Larry Hennig no contest Bobby Heenan
10/20/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 1 Hennig & Putski won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Hennig & Putski won European Rules Match Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson via pin in 5th round Jim Brunzell beat Buddy Wolff COR Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski (sub Bobby Heenan) Heenan refused to wrestle claiming a "sore arm" Yugo Babich drew Geoff Portz
10/22/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski dq Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich Bobby Heenan drew Greg Gagne Note: Some sources don't list the main event.
10/23/74 Peoria, IL Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich Bobby Heenan beat Tom DeMarco
10/24/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No dq Match Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson to regain the AWA Tag Team Title when Bockwinkel pinned Crusher after manager Bobby Heenan interfered Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi in 17:41 Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke in 10:18 Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell in 14:47 Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski (sub Greg Gagne) in 17:47 Moose Morowski beat Roddy Piper (sub Geoff Portz) in 10:23
10/26/74 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Roddy Piper & Kenny Jay Chris Taylor beat Doug Somers Boris Breznikoff beat George Gadaski Ivan Putski beat Paul Perschmann Larry Hennig beat Steve Merrick
10/26/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq Geoff Portz drew ?
10/27/74 St Paul, MN Non Title Verne Gagne & Larry Hennig beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson dq European Rules Ivan Putski drew Horst Hoffman in 5 rounds Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Paul Perschmann Boris Breznikoff beat Doug Somers att: 6,233
10/28/74 Eau Claire, WI @ University Arena Boris Breznikoff vs. Geoff Portz Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman plus: Buddy Wolff, Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell, Yugo Babich
10/29/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson vs Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski vs Baron Von Raschke Larry Hennig vs Larry Heiniemi Greg Gagne vs Bobby Heenan Jim Brunzell vs Yugo Babich
10/30/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff Boris Bresnikoff beat Geoff Portz
11/2/74 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Pancho Lopez Boris Breznikoff beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Paul Perschmann dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat George Gadaski & Tom Leon Ivan Putski beat Joe Guzman Jim Brunzell beat Andrew Duran
11/2/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell COR Billy Robinson & Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Larry Heiniemi Mil Mascaras beat Yugo Babich Geoff Portz beat Torpedo Guzman
11/7/74 Lewistown The Crusher vs Baron Von Raschke Larry Hennig vs Larry Heiniemi
11/8/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Saloon Match The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne Ivan Putski beat Great Goliath
11/9/74 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Paul Perschmann Horst Hoffman beat Armando Rodriguez Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Caesar Pabon & Bob Amel
11/9/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Larry Hennig no contest Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan Bobo Brazil beat Bill Miller dq Handicap Match Chris Taylor beat Big K & Yugo Babich Prince Pullins beat Johnny Kace Rock Riddle beat El Bracero Jose Martine
11/9/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Frank Hill Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann att: 6,112 sellout
11/10/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig ddq Superstar Billy Graham & Bobby Heenan & Boris Breznikoff in 3rd fall Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz via pin in 21:03 Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich via pin in 12:59 Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle via pin in 15:23 att: 6,244
11/12/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Ivan Putski beat Horst Hoffman Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Larry Hennig Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle Vivian Vachon beat Pam Drake
11/14/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher beat Bobby Heenan COR in 6:00 when Heenan ran back to the dressing room Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman on a 3rd fall dq 1. Putski pinned Von Raschke 2. Von Raschke won 2nd fall 3. Von Raschke jumped off the top rope on to Hennig was was dq’ed Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich via pin after a big splash Boris Breznikoff beat Geoff Portz Ivan Crankovic drew Bobby Jones Att: “3,851 wrestling faithful”
11/16/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Chuck Edwards Superstar Billy Graham beat Andy Duran Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Boris Breznikoff beat Tom Leon Chris Taylor beat Paul Perschmann
11/16/74 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Superstar Billy Graham 2/3 Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell COR Geoff Portz drew Larry Heiniemi 20:00 Yugo Babich beat George Gadaski via pin Rock Riddle beat Kenny Jay att: 5,817
11/20/74 Albert Lea, MN @ Armory Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq Boris Breznikoff beat Geoff Portz Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes Big K beat George Gadaski (sub bout for Rock Riddle vs Kenny Jay). Att: 300
11/20/74 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Billy Robinson in 3rd fall 1. Gagne beat Robison with a sleeper hold in 20:48 2. Robinson pinned Gagne in 15:21 pin 3. Both men were counted out of the ring in 9:35 Great Kusatsu & Kimura beat Ray Stevens & Buddy Wolff 1. Stevens pinned Kimura in 6:50 2. Great Kusatsu beat Wolff with a figure four leg lock in 3:45 3. Kimura pinned Stevens in 3:11 Mighty Inoue beat Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1. Both men were counted out of the ring in 13:05 and each man was credited with losing a fall. 2. Mighty Inoue pinned Bockwinkel in 3:25 Chiyo Obata beat Vickie Williams Att: 4,500
11/21/74 Osaka, Japan @ Pref. Gym AWA Tag Title vs IWA Tag Title AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & beat IWA Tag Team Champions Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu on a 3rd fall dq 1: Kimura pinned Bockwinkel in 14:22 2: Bockwinkel pinned Kimura in 7:19 3: Kimura & Kusatsu were dq'ed in 3:00 * No title change due to dq Billy Robinson vs Animal Hamaguchi Cuban Assassins vs. Tadaharu Tanaka & Jiro Inazuma Buddy Wolff vs Isamu Teranishi Chiyo Obata & Terumi Sakura vs Donna Christantello & Vickie Williams Katsuzo Oiyama vs Snake Amami Hart Smith vs Tsutomu Yonemura AWA Title vs IWA Title AWA Champion Verne Gagne double knockout IWA Champion Mighty Inoue in 3rd fall 1. Gagne beat Inoue with a sleeper hold in 17:17 2. Mighty Inoue pinned Gagne in 4:55 3. Both men were knocked out in 8:59
11/21/74 Stevens Point, WI @ Quandt Gymnasium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Von Raschke rammed Putski in to the ring post Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes 2/3 Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz 20:00 Att: 3,600
11/22/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Boris Breznikoff beat Larry Hennig in 10:18 Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne COR at 15:35 Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero beat Rock Riddle in 9:28 Cowboy Lang & Little Lonnie beat Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy The Kid Judo Jacket Match Akio Sato beat Mr Okuma in 11:54 att: 4,104
11/22/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke
11/23/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Armando Rodriguez Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson drew Little Tokyo & Frenchy LaMont Greg Gagne beat Frank Hill Horst Hoffman beat Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Paul Perschmann Ivan Putski beat Armando Rodriguez
11/23/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Chris Taylor dq Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy The Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes 2/3 Geoff Portz drew Larry Heiniemi Yugo Babich beat Bull Bullinski via pin att: 5,262
11/23/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser no contest the Sheik Boris Breznikoff beat Larry Hennig Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk Pepper Gomez beat Big K Rock Riddle drew Clem Turner Mike Snyder beat Mark Manson
11/24/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne dq Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes Boris Breznikoff beat Geoff Portz
11/25/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan Geoff Portz drew Jim Brunzell
11/26/74 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan Geoff Portz vs Baron Von Raschke Larry Hennig vs Yugo Babich
11/27/74 Grand Forks, ND @ Civic Auditorium Chris Taylor & Ivan Putski vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes Mil Mascaras vs Larry Heiniemi Paul Perschmann vs Rock Riddle
11/27/74 Polo, IL @ Polo High School Gym Larry (The Axe) Hennig vs. Boris Breznikoff Jim Brunzell vs. Bobby (The Brain) Heenan Greg Gagne vs. Yugo Babich Geoff Portz vs. Bull Bullinski Att: 900
11/28/74 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne COR Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman dq Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich
11/28/74 Dixon, IL - Polo High School Geoff Portz vs Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne vs Yugo Bobisch Larry Hennig vs Boris Breznickoff Jim Brunzell vs Bobby Heenan
11/29/74 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat Ivan Putski Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq in 24:11 Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi 2/3 1. Hennig pinned Heiniemi 2. Heiniemi beat Hennig 3. Hennig pinned Heiniemi Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Paul Perschmann (subs for Yugo Babich & Rock Riddle) 2/3 in 28:40 1. Brunzell won 1st fall with a submission hold in 10:20 2. Heiniemi pinned Brunzell in 20:40 3. Gagne & Brunzell won 3rd fall in 28:40 Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 12:16 att: 3,431
11/29/74 Detroit Lakes Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi
11/30/74 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Bobby Jones The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Paul Perschmann & Steve Merrick Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Wilf Caron Boris Breznikoff beat Scotty Campbell
11/30/74 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Superstar Billy Graham vs Ivan Putski Bobby The Brain Heenan vs Greg Gagne Jumping Jim Brunzell vs Larry Heiniemi Larry The Axe Hennig vs Rock Riddle Bull Bullinski vs Yugo Babich
12/2/74 Red Lake, MN @ High School Ivan Putski vs Big K Little Louie & Cowboy Lang vs Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy the Kid Yugo Babich vs Rock Riddle
12/3/74 Jamestown Larry Hennig vs Big K
12/4/74 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Larry Hennig beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Ivan Putski vs Yugo Babich Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs Billy The Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes Big K vs Rock Riddle
12/5/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ricky Romero & Pepper Gomez Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan COR Geoff Portz drew Jim Brunzell Larry Heiniemi beat Jack Pesek att: 3,249
12/5/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham (sub Ray Stevens) 2/3 1. Graham won 1st fall 2. Hennig pinned Graham after an Axe 3. Putski pinned Graham Arm Wrestling for $10,000 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ivan Putski dq when Putski grabbed the arm wrestling table for added leverage Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy The Kid in 27:00 Chris Taylor beat Big K via pin in 14:00 Yugo Babich beat Bobby Jones via pin after a backbreaker Rock Riddle beat Scotty Campbell Att: “5,844 fans”
12/6/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez Arm Wrestling Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Rock Riddle Larry Heiniemi beat Clem Turner Geoff Portz beat Big K
12/6/74 Eau Claire, WI @ Arena-8pm Lineup unavailable
12/7/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Superstar Billy Graham beat Paul Perschmann The Crusher beat Junior Hernandez Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon
12/7/74 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Baron Von Raschke dq Larry Hennig beat Big K (sub Boris Breznikoff) via pin Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich via pin after a splash Greg Gagne beat Rock Riddle by submission with the sleeper hold Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy The Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes 2/3 att: 4,501
12/8/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Baron Von Raschke won a 15 Man, $12,000 Battle Royal Order of elimination: 1-Bull Bullinski 2-Buddy Wolff 3-Chris Taylor 4-Geoff Portz 5-Boris Bresnikoff 6-Jim Brunzell 7-Superstar Billy Graham 8-Horst Hoffman 9-Greg Gagne 10-Bobby Heenan 11-Ivan Putski 12-nick Bockwinkel 13-Ray Stevens 14-The Crusher The Crusher beat Horst Hoffman via pin in 8:41 Ivan Putski (sub Larry Hennig) drew Baron Von Raschke 15:00 Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 11:06 Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan COR in 10:20 when Heenan walked out Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz 15:00 Originally the Battle Royal was scheduled to include 16 men but Larry Hennig was reportedly forced to withdraw due to a death in his family. att: 5,945
12/10/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Boris Breznikoff dq Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq Buddy Wolff drew Geoff Portz Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich
12/11/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff
12/12/74 Lincoln, IL @ Lincoln HS Gymnasium Baron Von Rashcke vs Ivan Putski Larry Hennig vs Boris Breznikoff plus Buddy Wolfe, Jim Brunzell & Geoff Portz will appear
12/14/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Julio Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Angel Rivera Ivan Putski beat Andy Duran Baron Von Raschke beat Chi Chi Rosario Jim Brunzell beat Doug Somers Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay
12/14/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat the Crusher & Ivan Putski Boris Breznikoff beat Larry Hennig dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle & Yugo Babich Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke Geoff Portz beat Bob Sweetan att: 6,112 sellout
12/15/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Larry Hennig no contest Boris Breznikoff
12/21/74 Minneapolis TV Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann Boris Breznikoff beat Scotty Campbell Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bob Amel & Frank Hill Larry Hennig beat Dick Reynolds
12/21/74 Peoria, IL Death Match Greg Gagne beat Bobby The Brain Heenan Larry The Axe Hennig beat Ox Baker Jim Brunzell beat Baron Von Raschke Khosrow Vaziri beat Rock Riddle Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich Note: Another listing has Larry Hennig beating Sgt. Jacques Goulet
12/26/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Boris Breznikoff
12/27/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq The Legionairres Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Private Don Fargo beat Wilbur Snyder & Larry Hennig Ray Stevens no contest Pepper Gomez Moose Cholak no contest Ox Baker Chris Taylor beat Big K Khosrow Vaziri beat Kim Duk
12/27/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq, No Time Limit Match The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke beat Superstar Billy Graham Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff 2/3 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Rock Riddle 2-0 att: 4,327
12/28/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Scotty Campbell & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Yugo Babich Ivan Putski beat Steve Merrick Baron Von Raschke beat Moose Morowski Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski
12/28/74 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher & Ivan Putski no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Khosrow Vaziri & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff & Rock Riddle Larry Hennig beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke beat Scotty Campbell Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich att: 5,276
12/29/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig via pin Chris Taylor & Ivan Putski beat Kim Duk & Mitsu Arakawa 2-0 Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich via pin Khosrow Vaziri beat Rock Riddle via pin
12/29/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff in 12:20 Superstar Billy Graham beat Baron Von Raschke dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Pepper Gomez drew Dale Lewis Sailor Art Thomas beat Big K Paul Perschmann drew Caesar Pablon att: 6,112 sellout
12/30/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig dq Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Big K beat George Gadaski Bob Remus beat Kenny Jay
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