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1/2/80 Springfield, MO
Bruce Reed (sub Justin Gross) d. Don Bass
Ken Wayne d. Cuban Assassin (sub Otto Krueger, note this may be Jack Kruger which I believe was a Cuban Assassin)
Herb Calvert and Brian Blair d. Steve Lawler and Ron Starr
Jim Garvin d. Oki Shikina - Loser Leave Town
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1/4/80 Oklahoma City, OK - International Building Fairgrounds
Ken Wayne drew Cuban Assassin
Butch Reed beat Ron Bass
Herb Calvert & Brian Blair beat Steve Lawler & Ron Starr dq
Jim Garvin beat Oki SHikina (Loser Leaves Town)
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1/9/80 Springfield, MO
Cuban Assassin d. Jim Marshall
Brian Blair d. Don Bass
Ron Starr d. Ken Wayne
Seigfried Steinke and Steve Lawler d. Herb Calvert and Bruce Reed
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1/14/80 Tulsa - Fairgrounds Pavillion
Tommy Gilbert & Herb Calvert & Bruce Reed beat Siegfreid Stanke & Steve Lawler & Ron Starr (Elimination)
Don Bass beat Don Factor
Bill Ash beat Jim Marshall
Ken Wayne drew Cuban Assassin
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1/18/80 Oklahoma City,OK
Tommy Gilbert beat Ken Wayne
Bruce Reed beat Ron Starr
Don Bass beat Don Factor
Seigfried Stanke & Steve Lawler beat Herb Calvert & Brian Blair
The Spoiler ddq Dick Murdoch
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1/21/80 Tulsa, OK - Fairgrounds Pavillion
Don Bass d. Ken Wayne
Herb Calvert d. Don Factor
Brian Blair and Bruce Reed d. Don Bass and Ken Milsap
Tommy Gilbert d. Ron Starr
David Von Erich and Kerry Von Erich d. Steve Lawler and Siegfried Stanke by DQ
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1/25/80 Oklahoma City,OK
Don Bass beat Ken Wayne
Bill Irwin beat Gene Lewis
Bruce Reed beat ROn Starr dq
Herb Calvert & Brian Blair & Tommy Gilbert beat Ron Starr & Spoiler, Siegfried Steinke & Steve Lawler
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1/28/80 Tulsa, OK - Fairgrounds Pavillion
Herb Calvert d. Don Bass
Tommy Gilbert d. Gene Lewis
Ron Starr d. Ken Wayne
Brian Blair d. Bill Irwin
Bruce Reed d. Steve Lawler
David Von Erich d. Siegfried Stanke (sub The Spoiler)
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1/30/80 Springfield, MO - Shrine Mosque
Don Bass DREW Ken Wayne
Gene Lewis d. Don Factor
Tommy Gilbert d. Bill Irwin
Siegfried Stanke d. Herb Calvert
Bruce Reed d. Steve Lawler
Brian Blair d. Ron Starr (Russian Chain Match)
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2/1/80 Oklahoma City, OK
The Spoiler d. Les Thornton
Steve Lawler & Seigfried Stanke d. Bruce Reed & Brian Blair
Herb Calvert d. Ron Starr DQ
Tommy Gilbert d. SCott Irwin
Don Bass d. DOn Factor
Kenny Wayne DREW Gene Lewis

2/4/80 Tulsa, OK - Pavillion
The Scorpion (Bill White) d. Ken Wayne DQ
Herb Calvert and Bruce Reed d. Steve Lawler and Siegfried Stanke
Candy Malloy and Vivian St. John d. Leilani Kai and Judy Martin
Les Thornton d. Brian Blair (Junior Heavyweight Tournament)
Ron Starr d. Tommy Gilbert (Junior Heavyweight Tournament)

2/6/80 Springfield, MO
Brian Blair d. Gene Lewis
Herb Calvert and Tommy Gilbert DREW Siegfried Stanke and Ron Starr
Candy Malloy and Vivian St. John d. Leilani Kai and Judy Martin
Steve Lawler d. Bruce Reed

2/11/80 Tulsa, OK - Pavillon
Tommy Gilbert & Bruce Reed NC Seigfried Stanke & Steve Lawler
Ron Starr d. Les Thornton to win tournament for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title
David DVon Erich d. Spoiler COR
Lelani Kai & Judy Martin d. Vivian St. John & Kandi Maloy
Brian Blair d. Gene Lewis
The Scorpion d. Herb Calvert
Kenny Wayne d. Don Bass

2/13/80 Springfield, MO - Shrine Mosque
Leilani Kai and Judy Martin d. Vivian St. John and Candy Malloy
Brian Blair d. Scorpion
Ron Starr d. Herb Calvert
Tommy Gilbert d. Siegfried Steinke
Bruce Reed d. Steve Lawler (Texas Death Match)

2/15/80 Oklahoma City - International Building Fairgrounds
Kevin & David VOn Erich d. Seigfried Stanke & Steve Lawler
The Spoiler d. Herb Calvert
Brian Blair d. Ron Starr
Vivian ST. John & Candi Maloy d. Lei Lani Kai & Judy Martin
Tommy Gilbert d. The Scorpion
Bruce Reed d. Gene Lewis

2/18/80 Tulsa, OK - Pavillion
David Von Erich d. The Spoiler - Lumberjack
Bruce Reed d. Steve Lawler
Ron Starr d. Herb Calvert
Tommy Gilbert d. Seigfried Steinke DQ
The Scorpion d. Gene Lewis
Don Bass d. Don Factor

2/20/80 Springfield, MO
Don Bass d. Ken Wayne
Gene Lewis d. Scorpion by disqualification
Herb Calvert and Tommy Gilbert d. Steve Lawler and Siegfried Stanke by DQ
Brian Blair DREW Ron Starr

2/25/80 Tulsa - Fairgrounds Pavillion
Herb Calvert d. Gene Lewis
Brian Blair d. Scorpion
Ron Starr d. Bill Ash
Steve Lawler and Siegfried Stanke d. Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Gilbert
Bruce Reed d. Skandar Akbar

2/27/80 Springfield, MO - Shrine Mosque
Herb Calvert d. Gene Lewis
Brian Blair d. Steve Lawler
The Scorpion d. Ken Wayne
Ron Starr d. Bruce Reed
Tommy Gilbert d. Siegfried Steinke

2/29/80 Oklahoma City - International Building
Herb Calvert drew Gene Lewis,
The Scorpion d. Kenny Wayne,
Bill Ash d. Don Bass,
Steve Lawler d. Tommy Gilbert,
David VOn Erich d. Seigfried Stanke loser leaves town,
Brian Blair d. Ron Starr dq.

3/3/80 Tulsa - Pavillion
Tommy & Eddie Gilbert d. Seigfreid Stanke & Steve Lawler to win the United States Tag Team Titles
Ron Starr drew Les Thornton
Brian Blair d. Don Bass
Mr. Pogo d. Gary Black
Gene Lewis d. Bill Ash

3/5/80 Springfield, MO - Shrine Mosque
Bill Ash DREW Don Bass
Mr. Pogo d. Gary Black
Gene Lewis d. Scorpion
Brian Blair and Tommy Gilbert d. Steve Lawler and Ron Starr

3/7/80 Oklahoma City - The Myriad Convention Center
Bill Ash d. The Scorpion
Mr. Pogo d. Gary Black
Brian Blair d. Gene Lewis
Tommy Gilbert DCOR Scandor Akbar
Brian Blair & Les Thornton d. Steve Lawler & Ron Starr

3/10/80 Tulsa, OK - Fairgrounds
Gene Lewis d. Gary Black
Don Bass d. Bill Ash
Brian Blair d. Jerry Brown by DQ
Tommy Gilbert and Bruce Reed d. Steve Lawler and Skandar Akbar by DQ
Les Thornton d. Super Destroyer (sub Ron Starr) (SD was Sonny Myers)

3/12/80 Springfield, MO
Tommy Sharpe d. Gene Lewis
Don Bass d.Tommy Sharpe
Tommy Gilbert d. Super Destroyer DQ
Brian Blair and Bruce Reed d. Jerry Brown and Steve Lawler DQ

3/14/80 Oklahoma City, OK
Les Thornton d. Sweet Brown Sugar (sub for Ron Starr) -- to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title
Tommy Gilbert and Bruce Reed d. Jerry Brown and Steve Lawler
Brian Blair d. Bill Ash
Tommy Sharpe d. Gene Lewis
Gene Lewis d.Gary Black

3/17/80 Tulsa, OK
Bruce Reed DREW Steve Lawler
Bill Ash (sub Gene Lewis) d. Don Bass DQ
Mr. Pogo d. Tommy Sharpe
Brian Blair, Tommy Gilbert and Bruce Reed d. Jerry Brown, Steve Lawler and Skandar Akbar (Elimination Match)
Les Thornton d. Super Destroyer (No Disqualification)


--from March 18, 1980 Tulsa World..

Wrestler Says Pro Matches Fake Nutt Sues Promoter McGuirk Claims Title Taken Away (By GREG RUBENSTEIN Of the World Staff)

The outcomes of professional wrestling matches and championships are decided ahead of time claims pro wrestler Bobby Eugene Nutt in a $267,000 lawsuit filed Monday in Tulsa District Court against local promoter Leroy McGuirk, Nutt moved to Tulsa from Kansas City, Mo in late 1979 after McGuirk promised him $100 per night to wrestle a $500-per-week minimum guarantee and use of the Junior Heavyweight Title belt for at least one year the lawsuit says “Such an offer was usual and customary in the professional wrestling business since championships are not decided by contests of wrestling skill the outcome of which is undecided until the end of the match but are rather decided beforehand by the promoter and choreographed to maximize the entertainment of the public" it says in the action.

Nutt who wrestles under the name Ron Starr received the title February 11 and alleges that he learned soon afterwards McGuirk intended to strip it from him “The defendant said he would take the title away from plaintiff and give it to one Les Thornton because Les Thornton would draw more money” Nutt claims McGuirk told him, according to the action, was then told by McGuirk he would meet Thornton in a 90-minute wrestling match March 10 that would “end in a draw to set the stage for a subsequent match in which plaintiff’s title would be taken from him and given to Thornton” .

The wrestler objected refusing to participate in the match McGuirk announced afterwards “in various places across the United States” that Nutt had been stripped of his title the wrestler claims. Nutt says losing the Junior Heavyweight title will cost him $250,000 in potential earnings. Nutt says he is afraid other promoters will not let him use the title his ability “to draw and please the public will be seriously questioned” and the loss stops him from “practicing and enjoying his profession”.

Presiding Judge William W Means signed a temporary restraining order Monday ordering McGuirk not to publish or communicate to anyone that Nutt is no longer the Junior Heavyweight Professional Wrestling Champion A hearing on a permanent injunction is set for April 3 at 10 am. The wrestler also wants $10,000 for earnings lost by refusing a trip to Japan after agreeing to come here, $2,000 moving expenses and an additional $5,000 because McGuirk paid him $50 per night rather than $100.

McGuirk declined to comment after talking to his lawyer John K Harlin Jr “I haven’t seen the petition yet so I have no way of knowing what the accusations are” Harlin said.


3/21/80 Oklahoma City, OK
Brian Blair d. Skandor Akbar (Street Fight)
David von Erich and Brian Blair d. Skandor Akbar and Mr. Pogo DQ
LArry LAne d. The Super Destroyer
Brian Blair d. Mr. Panhandle
Noble Price d. Gino Garuso

3/21/80 Arkansas City, KS - Auditorium
Tommy Gilbert and Tommy Sharpe vs Steve Lawler and Jerry Brown
Don Bass vs Herb Calvert
Bill Ash vs Ken Milsap
plus 1 more..

3/27/80 Hot Springs, AR - Boys Club Gym
Tommy Gilbert and Bruce Reeed vs Skandor Akbar nad Steve Lawler
Tommy Sharpe vs Karl Krupp
Brian Blair vs Jerry Brown
Bill Ash vs Mr. Pogo

3/31/80 Tulsa, OK
Les Thornton d. Tommy Gilbert (sub Ron Starr) to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title
David Von Erich d. Karl Krupp
Tommy Sharpe d. Don Bass
Brian Blair DREW Steve Lawler
Jerry Brown d. Tommy Sharpe (sub Tommy Gilbert)
Bruce Reed d. Mr. Pogo DQ

--note, ad for above paper lists the Thornton-Starr match as winner will be "Official" NWA World Junior Champion.