(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, Jim Zordani, and various news clippings)

St. Louis Wrestling Results 1976

Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick

1/2/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,290)
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Pat O’Connor when O’Connor took the first fall, but was injured in losing the second fall to Funk’s spinning toehold and could not continue for the final fall
Dick the Bruiser and Rocky Johnson defeated Ox Baker and Stan Stasiak when Bruiser beat Stasiak
Harley Race draw Rufus R. Jones (non-title as regarded Missouri championship)
Nick Bockwinkel, w/Bobby Heenan, double DQ Joe Blanchard
Jerry Oates defeated Lord Alfred Hayes via DQ
Betty Niccoli and Sandy Parker defeated Sharon Brooks and Jean Antone. 1-Parker beat Brooks. 2-Antone defeated Parker. 3-Niccoli defeated Brooks.
Tank Patton defeated Ronnie Etchison

1/3/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Nick Bockwinkel, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated ChiChi Rosario
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Raoul Guzman
Jerry Oates and Mike George defeated Ox Baker and Rico Pantera when Oates beat Pantera
Bob Backlund draw Les Thornton

1/11/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday show preempted for hockey)
Joe Blanchard defeated Bennie Ramirez
Dick Murdoch defeated Charlie Pullins
Harley Race defeated Rick McGraw two straight falls, as McGraw was injured in first fall and could not continue
Akio Sato draw Lord Alfred Hayes, each man winning one fall within curfew

1/16/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4877)
Bruno Sammartino defeated Dick Murdoch in a “no DQ” match
Dick the Bruiser and Sailor Art Thomas (sub for Rocky Johnson) defeated Lord Alfred Hayes and Ox Baker via DQ
Harley Race won a handicap tag match over Ron Fuller and Jerry Oates by beating Oates
Pat O’Connor defeated Otto Von Heller
Joe Blanchard defeated Denny Albert
Ronnie Etchison and Johnny Loyal defeated Tank Patton and Bobby Blaine. 1-Loyal beat Blaine. 2-Patton defeated Loyal. 3-Etchison defeated Blaine.

1/17/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dick Murdoch defeated Gary Nevins
Harley Race defeated Joe Blanchard
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Mike Hubert
Tank Patton defeated Johnny Starr

1/25/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday show was preempted for hockey)
* KPLR mistakenly aired a portion of the show taped for airing on 2/8 and a portion of the show for airing 1/25. Both cards were among three taped on 1/18.
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Frank Hill
Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli
Harley Race won a handicap tag bout over Akio Sato and Johnny Starr by pinning Starr
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Gary Nevin
Dick Murdoch defeated Mike Hubert

1/31/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Akio Sato defeated Bobby Blaine
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Denny Albert
Ox Baker won two straight falls over Vito Martino

2/6/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9132)
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Harley Race 2/3 falls
Dory Funk Jr., Pat O’Connor and Sailor Art Thomas defeated Tommy Tsuruta, Giant Baba and Dick Murdoch when Funk defeated Tsuruta
Dick the Bruiser double DQ Blackjack Lanza
Ox Baker defeated Ron Fuller
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Red Bastien
Otto Von Heller and Tank Patton defeated Akio Sato and Joe Blanchard. 1-Von Heller beat Sato. 2-Sato defeated Von Heller. 3-Patton defeated Blanchard.

2/8/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday show preempted for hockey)
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Frank Hill (also aired 1/25)
Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli (also aired 1/25)
Ox Baker defeated Denny Albert
Akio Sato and Joe Blanchard defeated Tank Patton and Bobby Blaine when Blanchard beat Blaine for the only fall in curfew

2/14/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Frank Hill defeated Bobby Blaine
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Joe Blanchard
Ox Baker defeated Caesar Bavan
Akio Sato and Johnny Loyal defeated Vito Martino and Tank Patton when Sato beat Martino for the only fall in curfew

2/21/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Otto Von Heller defeated Billy Lee
Pat O’Connor and Dave Reynolds defeated Harley Race and Lord Alfred Hayes when O’Connor defeated Race after he was accidentally slugged by Hayes. Race and Hayes then got into a brawl.
Betty Niccoli defeated Brenda Hoffman
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Mike Pappas

2/27/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7173)
Jack Brisco defeated Dory Funk Jr.
Pat O’Connor and Rufus R. Jones defeated Harley Race and Blackjack Lanza (sub for Dick Murdoch) via DQ
Ox Baker defeated Sailor Art Thomas
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Ted Oates
Tank Patton defeated Joe Blanchard
Chuck O’Connor and Otto Von Heller defeated Rick McGraw and Ted Oates (sub for Ron Fuller). 1-O’Connor defeated Oates. 2-Oates defeated O’Connor. 3-Von Heller beat McGraw.

2/29/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday preempted for hockey)
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Rick McGraw
Harley Race defeated Dave Reynolds
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Vito Martino
Betty Niccoli and Chee Chee Rivera defeated Jean Antone and Brenda Hoffman when Niccoli defeated Hoffman for the only fall in curfew

3/6/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Mike Pappas (Harley Race attacked Hayes at the end of the match, starting an impromptu brawl)
Jean Antone defeated Chee Chee Rivera
Vic Rivera (previously billed as Rico Pantera) defeated Harley Race via DQ
Pat O’Connor won a Wrestle Royal outlasting in order out Billy Lee, Vito Martino, Mike Pappas, Rick McGraw and Otto Von Heller together, and Bulldog Bob Brown

3/12/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9608)
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Lord Alfred Hayes
Dick the Bruiser won a Wrestle Royal outlasting in order out Frank Valois, Allen Klein, Ronnie Etchison, Pat O’Connor, Ox Baker, Tank Patton, Andre the Giant and Moose Cholak together, Rufus R. Jones, Killer Karl Krupp, Ray Candy, Blackjack Lanza and Dick Murdoch
Andre the Giant won a handicap tag bout over Tank Patton and Ox Baker by beating Patton
Dick the Bruiser and Pat O’Connor defeated Blackjack Lanza and Killer Karl Krupp when Bruiser defeated Krupp
Rufus R. Jones defeated Gary Fulton
Dick Murdoch defeated Allen Klein
Ray Candy defeated Brute Bernard
Ronnie Etchison defeated Moose Cholak

3/13/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Rick McGraw
Jack Brisco defeated Gary Fargo
Harley Race defeated Mike Pappas
Ray Candy and Wolf Wiskoski draw

3/20/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Mike Pappas
Jack Brisco defeated Joe Capolo
Harley Race defeated Kevin Clayton
Bulldog Bob Brown and Otto Von Heller draw Ray Candy and Pat O’Connor. 1-Von Heller defeated Candy. 2-Candy defeated Von Heller. Curfew expired before another fall.

3/26/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8510)
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Jack Brisco 2/3 falls
Blackjack Lanza and Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Dory Funk Jr. and Pat O’Connor when Hayes defeated O’Connor
Bob Backlund won a non-title bout over Missouri Champion Harley Race via DQ
Vicki Williams, Brenda Hoffman and Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli, Toni Rose and Sylvia Hackney. 1-Williams defeated Rose. 2-Niccoli defeated Hoffman. 3-Antone beat Hackney.
Ray Candy defeated Frank Hill
Tank Patton defeated Tommy Martin

3/27/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rick McGraw defeated Gary Fargo
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Joe Capolo
2/3 Falls: Harley Race, Wolf Wiskoski, Bulldog Bob Bob Brown and Otto Von Heller won over Pat O’Connor, Kevin Clayton, Mike Pappas and Ray Candy. 1-Brown defeated Pappas. 2-Wiskoski defeated Clayton.

4/4/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday show prempted)
Ray Candy defeated Vito Martino
Dick the Bruiser and Omar Atlas defeated Lord Alfred Hayes and Mike York when Bruiser defeated York
Bob Backlund defeated Frank Hill
Ox Baker defeated Allen Klein

4/9/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4848)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Blackjack Lanza
Gene Kiniski defeated Bob Backlund
Harley Race draw Pat O’Connor in a non-title 30-minute match. Before the bout, Rocky Johnson introduced.
Wilbur Snyder and Ray Candy defeated Chuck O’Connor and Ox Baker when Snyder beat O’Connor
Betty Niccoli defeated Joyce Grable
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Guy Mitchell
Tank Patton defeated Paul Christy

4/11/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday show preempted)
Ox Baker defeated Dave Reynolds
Dick the Bruiser defeated Tank Patton
Bob Backlund defeated Vito Martino
Lord Alfred Hayes draw Omar Atlas

4/17/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ray Candy draw Lord Alfred Hayes
Dick the Bruiser won a handicap tag bout over Vito Martino and Frank Hill by beating Martino
Bob Backlund defeated Dave Reynolds
Tank Patton and Mike York defeated Omar Atlas and Allen Klein when Patton beat Klein for the only fall in curfew

4/23/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7567)
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Dick the Bruiser 2/3 falls, the final fall via DQ
Bob Backlund won the Missouri State Championship by beating Harley Race
Pat O’Connor and Chris Taylor defeated Blackjack Lanza and Von Raschke when Taylor defeated Raschke
Wilbur Snyder defeated Kim Duk
Ray Candy defeated Bulldog Bob Brown
Haiti Kid and Little Coco defeated Billy the Kid and Little John. 1-Billy defeated Coco. 2-Coco defeated Billy. 3-Haiti defeated John.
Russ Francis defeated Tank Patton

4/24/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Akio Sato defeated Tank Patton
Gene Kiniski defeated Charlie Pullins
Bob Backlund and Omar Atlas draw Wolf Wiskoski and Lord Alfred Hayes
Ray Candy defeated Gary Nevins

5/1/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Backlund defeated Wolf Wiskoski via DQ when Lord Alfred Hayes attacked Backlund
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Akio Sato
Gene Kiniski defeated Pat O’Connor via DQ
Omar Atlas defeated Gary Nevins

5/7/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4680)
Missouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Lord Alfred Hayes
Gene Kiniski defeated Wilbur Snyder
Pat O’Connor and Ray Candy defeated Jim and John Valiant via DQ
Greg Gagne (sub for Russ Francis) draw Von Raschke
Blackjack Lanza defeated Lanny Poffo (sub for Randy Poffo – Angelo’s son who later became Macho Man Randy Savage)
Ronnie Etchison and Paul Christy defeated Tank Patton and Gary Fulton. 1-Patton beat Christy. 2-Etchison defeated Fulton. 3-Christy defeated Fulton.

5/8/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Omar Atlas and Bob Backlund draw
Gene Kiniski defeated Gary Nevins
Pat O’Connor defeated Lord Alfred Hayes, who was counted out outside the ring
Ray Candy and Akio Sato defeated Wolf Wiskoski and Tank Patton. 1-Sato beat Wiskoski via DQ. 2-Candy defeated Patton.

5/15/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Gary Fulton defeated Frankie Gurerro
Gene Kiniski and Roger Kirby defeated NWA Champion Terry Funk and Missouri Champion Bob Backlund when Kiniski defeated Funk and those two had a melee after the bell
Mike York defeated ChiChi Rosario
Lanny Poffo defeated Raoul Guzman

5/21/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7656)
Jack Brisco and Gene Kiniski defeated NWA Champion Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. Pat O’Connor, special referee. 1-Dory defeated Brisco. 2-Brisco defeated Terry. 3-Kiniski defeated Dory.
Missouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Roger Kirby
Harley Race defeated Jerry Brisco
Wilbur Snyder and Ray Candy defeated Killer Karl Krupp and Tank Patton. 1-Candy beat Patton. 2-Patton defeated Candy. 3-Snyder defeated Krupp via DQ.
Hubert Gallant defeated Buddy Wayne
Ronnie Etchison defeated David Shultz (yes, that David Schultz)

5/28/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Backlund defeated Gary Fulton
Gene Kiniski won a handicap tag bout over Raoul Guzman and Gary Nevins by pinning Guzman
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Rico Pantera (was also billed as Vic Rivera)
Roger Kirby defeated Lanny Poffo

5/29/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Backlund defeated Juan Zapata
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Lanny Poffo
Gene Kiniski defeated ChiChi Rosario
Mike York, Raoul Guzman and Gary Fulton defeated Frankie Gurerro, Rico Pantera and Gary Nevins. 1-Fulton defeated Gurerro. 2-York defeated Pantera. No more falls scored within curfew.

6/4/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7153)
NWA Champion Terry Funk and Gene Kiniski was declared a draw by special referee Verne Gagne. After each man won one fall, Kiniski knocked Gagne out of the ring, Funk hit Kiniski with a chair and a free-for–all developed that led to both being DQ.
Dick the Bruiser, Ray Candy and Pat O’Connor defeated Ox Baker, Bobby Heenan and Von Raschke when Bruiser defeated Heenan
Missouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Killer Karl Krupp
Bob Geigel (sub for Harley Race) defeated Paul Christy
Roger Kirby defeated Guy Mitchell
Russ Francis and Greg Gagne defeated Tank Patton and Kim Duk. 1-Gagne won by DQ. 2-Francis defeated Duk.

6/5/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Omar Atlas defeated David Shultz
Bulldog Bob Brown won two straight falls over Buddy Wayne
Ray Candy defeated Seki, with the only fall in curfew coming when Seki was DQ’ed

6/12/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tank Patton defeated Hubert Gallant
Mike George and Wolf Wiskoski draw
Omar Atlas and Akio Sato draw Bulldog Bob Brown and Seki. 1-Brown defeated Atlas. 2-Atlas defeated Seki. Curfew expired before another fall.

6/19/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Wolf Wiskoski defeated Buddy Wayne
Mike George defeated David Shultz
Bulldog Bob Brown, Seki and Tank Patton defeated Akio Sato, Hubert Gallant and Ray Candy. 1-Brown defeated Sato. 2-Sato defeated Patton. 3-Seki defeated Gallant.

6/25/76 – Kiel Auditorium
Closed circuit of the Antonio Inoki versus Muhammad Ali bout from Tokyo was presented along with Andre the Giant versus Chuck Wepner from New York and wrestling from Atlanta. Attendance was 3027.

Out-of-town wrestling programs were telecast from 6/26/76 through 7/24/76

7/31/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Pat O’Connor defeated Seki
Bob Backlund and Guy Mitchell no contest Harley Race and Ox Baker when Race and Backlund were Double DQ
Bob Geigel defeated Joe Palardy
Gary Nevins draw John Foley

8/7/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ox Baker defeated Gary Nevins
Originally, Pat O’Connor was to meet Harley Race. Bob Backlund demanded to meet Race, agreeing to risk the Missouri title. Sam Muchnick approved. During the bout, Race pinned Backlund while using the ropes. Muchnick came to ringside, told the referee and ordered the bout re-started. But Backlund threw both referee Bobby Whitlock and Race over the top rope and was DQ’ed. He kept the title, due to the DQ.
Bob Geigel defeated John Foley
Black Gordman and Goliath defeated Guy Mitchell and Joe Palardy, Goliath beating Palardy for the only fall in curfew

8/13/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9996)
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Gene Kiniski 2/3 falls inside the chain-link fence
Missouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Ox Baker
Dick the Bruiser and Pat O’Connor defeated Von Raschke and Blackjack Lanza via DQ
Guy Mitchell defeated Harley Race via DQ, when Race kept beating Mitchell after Race had pinned Mitchell and the referee reversed the decision
Bob Geigel defeated Hubert Gallant
Bulldog Bob Brown draw Mike George
Black Gordman and Goliath defeated Akio Sato and Chief Thundercloud. 1-Gordman beat Sato. 2-Sato defeated Gordman. 3-Goliath defeated Thundercloud.

8/14/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy Mitchell defeated Seki
Harley Race defeated Joe Palardy
Bob Backlund defeated John Foley
Goliath and Black Gordman defeated Gary Nevins and Pat O’Connor when Gordman beat Nevins

8/22/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday show preempted)
Skip Young and Bulldog Bob Brown draw
Bob Backlund defeated Roger Kirby via DQ when Harley Race jumped Backlund
Harley Race defeated Hubert Gallant
Goliath and Black Gordman defeated Joe Palardy and Mike George when Gordman beat Palardy

8/27/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4785)
Harley Race defeated Missouri Champion Bob Backlund 2/3 falls, but Backlund kept the title because special referee Pat O’Connor disqualified Backlund in the third fall. Like the NWA crown, the Missouri prize could not change hands on disqualification in the deciding fall.
Rufus R. Jones and Mike George defeated Ray Clark (previously and later billed as Tom Andrews, was sub for Roger Kirby) and Bulldog Bob Brown when Jones defeated Clark
Bob Geigel defeated Guy Mitchell
Rick Gibson defeated Wayne Hammer (sub for Don Lambrick)
Skip Young defeated John Foley
Black Gordman and Goliath defeated Akio Sato and Joe Palardy. 1-Gordman defeated Sato. 2-Sato defeated Goliath. 3-Goliath defeated Palardy.

8/28/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Harley Race defeated Joe Palardy
Skip Young defeated John Foley
Bob Backlund defeated David Novak
Goliath and Black Gordman draw Akio Sato and Mike George. 1-Sato defeated Gordman. 2-Gordman defeated Sato. Curfew expired without another fall.

9/4/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Mike George defeated David Novak
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Hubert Gallant
Roger Kirby defeated Joe Palardy
Bob Backlund, Skip Young and Akio Sato defeated Goliath, Black Gordman and John Foley when Young defeated Foley

9/10/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5262)
Missouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Harley Race 2/3 falls in a lumberjack match
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ox Baker
Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor defeated Moose Cholak and Bulldog Bob Brown when O’Connor defeated Cholak
Bob Geigel draw Mike George
Skip Young defeated Mitsu Hata
Pedro Morales and Rick Gibson defeated Goliath and Black Gordman. 1-Gibson won via DQ. 2-Gordman defeated Gibson. 3-Gibson defeated Goliath.

9/11/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Skip Young defeated Mike Hammer (who was billed as Wayne Hammer 8/27)
Bob Backlund defeated Mitsu Hata
Ox Baker defeated Ruben Gold
Mike George defeated John Foley, winning the only fall within curfew

9/18/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ox Baker draw Mike George
Bob Backlund defeated Joe Palardy
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Dave Barker
Skip Young and Rick Gibson defeated Mike Hammer and Mitsu Hata, when Gibson beat Hammer for the only fall within curfew

9/24/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 3540)
Jack Brisco defeated Pat O’Connor 2/3 falls
Pedro Morales, Bob Backlund and Wilbur Snyder defeated Von Raschke, Bob Geigel and Tank Patton when Backlund defeated Patton
Ox Baker defeated Guy Mitchell
Bob Slaughter (later to become Sgt. Slaughter) defeated Buddy Wolfe
Akio Sato and Skip Young defeated John Foley and Mike Hammer. 1-Young beat Hammer. 2-Sato defeated Foley.

9/25/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bulldog Bob Brown draw Rick Gibson
Bob Backlund defeated Steve Sypert
Skip Young defeated Mitsu Hata via DQ
Ox Baker, Mike Hammer and John Foley defeated Mike George, Ruben Gold and Dave Barker when Baker defeated Barker for the only fall within curfew

10/2/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rick Gibson defeated Tank Patton via DQ
Bob Backlund defeated Joe Turko
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Akio Sato
Bob Slaughter draw Mike George

10/8/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7830)
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Bob Backlund by winning the only fall scored (at 46:30) within the one-hour limit
Dick the Bruiser and Rocky Johnson defeated Blackjack Lanza and Von Raschke by DQ
Jack Brisco defeated Ox Baker
Vicki Williams defeated Leilani Kai
Wilbur Snyder and Bob Geigel draw
Skip Young defeated Joe Palardy
Ronnie Etchison defeated David Novak

10/9/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Slaughter defeated Joe Palardy
Little Tokyo defeated Sonny Boy
Pat O’Connor defeated Tank Patton
Rick Gibson and Skip Young draw Bulldog Bob Brown and Mitsu Hata. 1-Brown beat Gibson. 2-Gibson defeated Hata. Curfew expired.

10/16/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rick Gibson defeated Joe Turko
Bob Backlund, Mike George and Skip Young defeated Bulldog Bob Brown, Tank Patton and Bob Slaughter when Young defeated Patton
Pat O’Connor defeated Joe Palardy
Mitsu Hata draw Akio Sato

10/22/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4211)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Lord Alfred Hayes
Harley Race double DQ Dory Funk Jr.
Bob Backlund and Jack Brisco defeated Buddy Wolfe and Moose Cholak. 1-Backlund defeated Wolfe. 2-Wolfe defeated Brisco after Backlund accidentally threw Cholak into Brisco. 3-Brisco defeated Cholak.
Pat O’Connor defeated Moose Morowski (previously billed as Stan Moose)
Pedro Morales defeated Ox Baker via DQ
Skip Young and Akio Sato defeated Gary Fulton and Denny Albert. 1-Fulton defeated Sato. 2-Sato defeated Fulton. 3-Young defeated Albert.

10/23/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dutch Mantell draw Akio Sato
Vicki Williams defeated Leilani Kai
Harley Race defeated Johnny Starr
Bob Backlund defeated David Novak

10/30/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Akio Sato defeated Tom Novak
Harley Race draw Bob Backlund
Vicki Williams defeated Jean Antone
Skip Young defeated Dutch Mantell via DQ

11/5/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6979)
Superstar Graham won a Wrestle Royal by outlasting in order out Sam Bass, Gary Fulton, Skip Young, Akio Sato, Andre the Giant, Don Fargo, Buddy Wolfe, Pat O’Connor, Lord Alfred Hayes, Wilbur Snyder, Bob Backlund and Von Raschke together
Harley Race defeated Dory Funk Jr.
Andre the Giant won a handicap tag bout over Buddy Wolfe and Von Raschke by beating Wolfe
Superstar Graham won a tag elimination match sending Graham, Don Fargo and Lord Alfred Hayes against Pat O’Connor, Bob Backlund and Wilbur Snyder (sub for Bobo Brazil). 1-Snyder and Hayes were both counted out outside the ring. 2-Graham defeated Backlund. 3-O’Connor defeated Fargo. 4-Graham defeated O’Connor.
Akio Sato draw Buddy Wolfe (both subs, for Jack Brisco and for billed as Dutch Malone, most likely Mantell)
Skip Young defeated Gary Fulton
Akio Sato defeated Sam Bass

11/6/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Skip Young defeated Tom Novak
Akio Sato defeated Harley Race via DQ after referee Johnny Ramirez had been decked, did not see Race give Sato a piledriver on the floor and counted Sato out. Referee Charles Venator told Ramirez, who DQd Race.
Bob Backlund defeated David Novak
Dutch Mantell defeated Johnny Starr, winning the only fall within curfew

11/13/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rick Gibson defeated Gary Fulton
Harley Race defeated Steve Regal
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Sam Bass
Superstar Graham defeated Mike Hubert

11/20/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Superstar Graham defeated Don Lambrick
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Don Fargo
Harley Race defeated Mike Hubert
Skip Young draw Bulldog Bob Brown

11/26/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9238)
NWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Harley Race 2/3 falls
Jack Brisco won the Missouri State Championship by beating Bob Backlund
Superstar Graham defeated Ray Clark (also billed as Tom Andrews)
Greg Gagne and Pat O’Connor draw Ernie Ladd and Von Raschke
Jean Antone defeated Early Dawn
Akio Sato and Ronnie Etchison defeated Don Fargo and Roger Kirby. 1-Kirby beat Sato. 2-Sato defeated Kirby. 3-Etchison defeated Fargo.

11/27/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Skip Young defeated Don Fargo via DQ
Superstar Graham won a handicap tag bout over Gary Fulton and Don Lambrick by beating Fulton
Rick Gibson defeated Sam Bass
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Steve Regal by winning the only fall achieved within curfew

12/5/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday show preempted)
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Randy Brewer
Blackjack Lanza defeated Joe Palardy
Dick the Bruiser defeated Tom Novak
Akio Sato draw Don Fargo

12/10/76 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4351)
Missouri Champion Jack Brisco defeated Bob Backlund two straight falls. Backlund injured his knee and then was caught in the figure four leglock to lose the first fall. Referee Joe Tangaro stopped the bout when Backlund could not continue the second fall.
Dick the Bruiser defeated Blackjack Lanza
Bobby Duncum was the winner of a Wrestle Royal outlasting in order out Dennis Stamp, Ronnie Etchison, Akio Sato, Superstar Graham, Moose Morowski, Ox Baker, Ernie Ladd and Pat O’Connor together, Blackjack Lanza, Chief Peter Maiva and Bulldog Bob Brown.
Superstar Graham defeated Dennis Stamp
Chief Peter Maivia and Pat O’Connor defeated Ernie Ladd and Ox Baker via DQ
Bobby Duncum defeated Ronnie Etchison
Chief Peter Maivia (sub for Scott Casey) and Akio Sato defeated Bulldog Bob Brown and Moose Morowski. 1-Brown defeated Sato. 2-Sato defeated Brown. 3-Maivia beat Morowski.

12/11/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Billy Red Cloud defeated Don Fargo via DQ
Dick the Bruiser defeated Tim Cochran
Blackjack Lanza defeated Akio Sato
Bulldog Bob Brown and Mitsu Hata defeated Joe Palardy and Randy Brewer when Hata beat Brewer for the only fall in curfew

12/18/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Billy Red Cloud
Dick the Bruiser, Randy Brewer and Akio Sato defeated Blackjack Lanza, Mitsu Hata and Don Fargo. 1-Sato defeated Hata. 2-Hata defeated Brewer. 3-Bruiser defeated Fargo.
Joe Palardy draw Tom Novak, each winning one fall within curfew

12/25/76 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Geigel draw Mike George
Superstar Graham defeated Don Burdick
Pat O’Connor defeated BobbyVan
Ernie Ladd defeated Randy Brewer

(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, Jim Zordani, and various news clippings)

St. Louis Wrestling Results 1975

Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick

1/3/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,314 sellout)
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Dick the Bruiser 2/3 falls, the third via DQ
Dory Funk Jr. and Bobo Brazil defeated Harley Race and Lord Alfred Hayes when Funk beat Hayes
Pat O’Connor defeated Von Raschke
Dick Murdoch draw Rufus R. Jones
Big Bill Miller defeated Ronnie Etchison
Tommy Martin, Ted Oates and Frank Martinez defeated Rock Riddle, Ricky Hamilton and Rene Goulet. 1-Goulet defeated Martinez. 2-Oates defeated Riddle. 3-Martin defeated Hamilton.

1/4/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Omar Atlas draw Lord Alfred Hayes
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Ronnie Piper
Ted Oates defeated Frenchy Martin
Kim Duk, Don Fargo and Bobby Jaggers defeated Frank Gurerro, Sailor Art Thomas and Terry Martin. 1-Fargo defeated Martin. 2-Martin defeated Fargo. 3-Duk defeated Gurerro.

1/11/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tommy Martin defeated Frenchy Martin
Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor draw Big Bill Miller and Lord Alfred Hayes
Rene Goulet defeated Frank Martinez
Ted Oates defeated Ricky Hamilton

1/17/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4750)
Missouri Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Killer Kowalski, which was Kowalski’s last St. Louis match
Rufus R. Jones defeated Lord Alfred Hayes via DQ
Big Bill Miller and Dick Murdoch draw Bobo Brazil and Pat O’Connor
Wilbur Snyder defeated Moose Cholak
Tommy Martin defeated Bobby Jaggers (sub for Yugo Babich)
Ted Oates and Jim Johnson defeated Bobby Jaggers and Gary Fulton. 1-Jaggers beat Johnson. 2-Oates defeated Jaggers. 3-Oates defeated Fulton.

1/18/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Frank Martinez
Pat O’Connor and Ted Oates won a handicap bout from Big Bill Miller. First, Miller defeated Oates but then O’Connor defeated Miller.
Rufus R. Jones defeated Frenchy Martin
Tommy and Terry Martin defeated Rene Goulet and Ricky Hamilton when Tommy beat Hamilton

1/26/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tommy Martin defeated Tony Russo
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Jim Johnson
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls from Gary Fulton.
Tape of Dory Funk Jr. training for his 2/7 bout against Jack Brisco was inserted

2/1/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Omar Atlas draw Oki Shikina
Big Bill Miller defeated Denny Alberts
Lord Alfed Hayes defeated Mike Wayne
Tommy Martin and Malcolm Monroe defeated Tony Russo and Gary Fulton when Martin defeated Russo

2/7/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,087)
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Dory Funk Jr. 2/3 falls. Joe Higuchi from Japan, special referee. The one-hour time limit was waived.
Harley Race and Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Bobo Brazil and Pat O’Connor when Race beat O’Connor
Big Bill Miller and Rufus R. Jones won a handicap match from Giant Baba. Miller was DQ first and then Jones battled Baba for the remainder of the 30-minute limit. Thus, Baba had to forfeit.
Chuck O’Connor (later to be Big John Studd) defeated Jim Arnett
Jean Antone and Kathy McCoy defeated Betty Niccoli and Kay Casey. 1-Antone beat Casey. 2-Niccoli defeated McCoy. 3-Antone defeated Casey.
Tommy Tsuruta defeated Tommy Martin
Ted Oates defeated Bobby Jaggers

2/8/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Omar Atlas defeated Tony Russo
Big Bill Miller and Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Mike Wayne and Tommy Martin. 1-Hayes defeated Wayne. 2-Miller defeated Wayne.
Jim Johnson defeated Oki Shikina via DQ
Gary Fulton defeated Malcolm Monroe

2/15/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday only due to telethon)
Tommy Martin defeated Billy Howard
Dory Funk Jr. and Johnny Valentine draw Harley Race and Lord Alfred Hayes. Funk requested he replace Tony Russo, which Sam Muchnick approved.
Chuck O’Connor defeated Tony Russo
Jim Arnett draw Terry Martin

2/16/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Live during telethon from 11 a.m. to noon)
Ted Oates draw Chuck O’Connor
Pat O’Connor defeated Lord Alfred Hayes 2/3 falls. Each man won one fall before Hayes was DQ in the final fall.
Tommy Martin defeated Bobby Jaggers

2/21/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4299)
Harley Race won the Missouri State Championship by beating Dory Funk Jr. 2/3 falls
Johnny Valentine and Sailor Art Thomas defeated Chuck O’Connor (sub for Dick Murdoch) and Lord Alfred Hayes when Valentine defeated O’Connor
Pat O’Connor draw Big Bill Miller
Chuck O’Connor defeated Jim Johnson
Kasrow “Ali” Vaziri (later to be Iron Sheik) defeated Billy Howard
Stan Stasiak and Bobby Jaggers defeated Tommy Martin and Ted Oates. 1-Stasiak beat Martin. 2-Martin defeated Jaggers. 3-Stasiak defeated Oates.

2/22/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Chuck O’Connor defeated Billy Howard
Johnny Valentine defeated Jim Arnett
Harley Race defeated Tommy Martin
Terry Martin draw Lord Alfred Hayes

3/2/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday show was preempted for hockey)
Stan Stasiak defeated Caesar Bavan
Harley Race defeated Frank Hill
Johnny Valentine defeated Armando Rodriguez
Tommy Martin and Ali Vaziri defeated Lord Alfred Hayes and Bobby Jaggers when Vaziri defeated Jaggers
As Harley Race was being interviewed, he invited Johnny Valentine to the ring and the two ended up in a brawl.

3/7/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9675)
Missouri Champion Harley Race no contest Johnny Valentine. After each man won one
fall, both were DQ in the third fall with Pat O’Connor and Edouard Carpentier helping
three referees restore order
Dick the Bruiser, Pat O’Connor and Edouard Carpentier defeated Big Bill Miller, Dick
Murdoch and Lord Alfred Hayes. 1-Murdoch defeated O’Connor. 2-O’Connor defeated Hayes.
3-Carpentier defeated Murdoch.
Sailor Art Thomas defeated Don Fargo (sub for Ox Baker)
Ox Baker (sub for Stan Stasiak) won a handicap match from Tommy Martin and Ronnie
Etchison, first beating Etchison and then beating Martin
Chuck O’Connor defeated Ted Oates
Ali Vaziri defeated Yugo Babich

3/8/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Stan Stasiak defeated Jim Johnson
Johnny Valentine defeated Bobby Jaggers
Ali Vaziri defeated Caesar Bavan
Harley Race and Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Frank Hill and Tommy Martin when Race beat Hill

3/15/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Chuck O’Connor defeated Frank Martinz
Harley Race and Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Mike George and Frank Gurerro when Race defeated Gurerro
Edouard Carpentier defeated Abdul Zaatar
Ali Vaziri defeated Frank Dalton

3/21/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,250 sellout)
Edouard Carpentier won a Wrestle Royal over in order out Bill Costello, Ed Wiskoski, Ali Vaziri, Chuck O’Connor and Rufus R. Jones together, Ted Oates, Andre the Giant and Lord Alfred Hayes together, Terry Funk and Tommy Martin together, Big Bill Miller, Bobo Brazil and Stan Stasiak
Johnny Valentine won a Texas Death Match from Harley Race, whose Missouri title was not at stake
Andre the Giant defeated Big Bill Miller
Edouard Carpentier and Bobo Brazil defeated Stan Stasiak and Chuck O’Connor when Carpentier defeated O’Connor
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Ted Oates
Terry Funk defeated Tommy Martin
Rufus R. Jones defeated Ed Wiskoski
Ali Vaziri defeated Bill Costello

3/22/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ali Vaziri defeated Abdul Zaatar
Edouard Carpentier defeated Frank Dalton
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Frank Gurerro
Chuck O’Connor draw Mike George

3/29/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jerry Oates defeated Frank Gurerro
Edouard Carpentier defeated Jim Arnett
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Bill Costello
Lord Alfred Hayes and Chuck O’Connor defeated Johnny Starr and Tommy Martin when Hayes defeated Starr

4/4/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7759)
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Edouard Carpentier 2/3 falls when Carpentier was counted out outside the ring in the final fall
Dory Funk Jr. and Pat O’Connor defeated Lord Alfred Hayes and Stan Stasiak. 1-Hayes defeated O’Connor. 2-O’Connor defeated Hayes. 3-Funk defeated Stasiak.
Harley Race draw Bobo Brazil
Ray Stevens defeated Red Lyons
Big Bill Miller defeated Clem Turner
Ted Oates defeated Gary Fulton
Tommy Martin and Ronnie Etchison defeated Ed Wiskoski and Chuck O’Connor. 1-Etchison defeated Wiskoski. 2-Wiskoski defeated Martin. 3-Martin defeated O’Connor.

4/5/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ali Vaziri defeated Bill Costello
Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Johnny Starr
Tommy Martin defeated Jim Arnett
Chuck O’Connor draw Jerry Oates

4/12/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Big Bill Miller draw Ted Oates
Edouard Carpentier and Tommy Martin defeated Lord Alfred Hayes and Terry Funk after Funk and Hayes were DQ for battling each other
Stan Stasiak defeated Clem Turner
Via tape from out-of-town, Harley Race defeated Bob Backlund
Announce change on 4/18 Kiel Auditorium card from Hayes vs. Dory Funk Jr. to Hayes vs. Terry Funk

4/18/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7564)
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Johnny Valentine 2/3 falls
Edouard Carpentier and Bobo Brazil defeated Big Bill Miller and Stan Stasiak when Carpentier defeated Stasiak
Terry Funk defeated Lord Alfred Hayes
Pat O’Connor defeated Bulldog Bob Brown
Ray Stevens defeated Terry Martin
Ali Vaziri and Don Wayt defeated Chuck O’Connor and Ed Wiskoski. 1-O’Connor beat Wayt. 2-Vaziri won via DQ. 3-Vaziri defeated O’Connor.

4/19/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Stan Stasiak defeated Tommy Martin
Terry Funk defeated Gary Fulton
Ox Baker defeated Red Lyons
Big Bill Miller and Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Clem Turner and Edouard Carpentier when Miller defeated Turner

4/26/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Edouard Carpentier defeated Johnny Starr (#2 – second wrestler using same name)
Ox Baker and Big Bill Miller defeated Akio Sato and Pat O’Connor when Baker beat Sato
Zulu defeated Abdul Zaatar, winning the only fall achieved within the curfew
Via tape from Indianapolis, Ox Baker defeated Dick the Bruiser who was counted out outside the ring

5/2/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6912)
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Terry Funk 2/3 falls
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ox Baker
Pat O’Connor and Edouard Carpentier defeated Von Raschke and Bobby Heenan when Carpentier defeated Raschke
Ray Stevens defeated Ted Oates
Rocky Johnson draw Big Bill Miller
Ronnie Etchison and Sailor Art Thomas defeated Angelo and Lanny Poffo. 1-Angelo beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Angelo. 3-Thomas defeated Lanny via DQ. Originally, Lanny pinned Thomas after leaping onto Thomas from the top rope. The referees missed the move. Before the fourth bout, after Sam Muchnick spoke with Athletic Commission representatives; the decision was changed to the DQ.

5/3/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Akio Sato defeated Johnny Starr (#2)
Edouard Carpentier defeated Big Bill Miller via DQ
Ox Baker defeated Abdul Zaatar
Pat O’Connor defeated Jesse Ventura, winning the only fall within curfew

5/10/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Zulu draw Ted Oates
Edouard Carpentier defeated Jesse Ventura
Ox Baker defeated Akio Sato
Mack Patton (later to become Tank) and Big Bill Miller defeated Charlie Pullins (not Calvin) and Omar Atlas when Patton defeated Pullins

5/16/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4447)
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Edouard Carpentier 2/3 falls
Omar Atlas won a Wrestle Royal by outlasting in order Zulu, Ronnie Etchison, Angelo Poffo, Lanny Poffo, Terry Funk, Pat O’Connor, Ray Stevens, Ox Baker, Bobo Brazil, Buddy King, Wilbur Snyder, Bobby Heenan and Big Bill Miller
Bobby Heenan and Ox Baker were the winners of a tag elimination match sending Heenan, Baker and Ray Stevens against Bobo Brazil, Pat O’Connor and Terry Funk. 1-Stevens defeated Brazil. 2-Funk and Stevens were both counted out outside the ring. 3-Baker defeated O’Connor.
Big Bill Miller draw Wilbur Snyder
Ronnie Etchison defeated Zulu
Omar Atlas and Buddy King defeated Angelo and Lanny Poffo. 1-Angelo defeated King. 2-King defeated Angelo. 3-Atlas defeated Lanny.

5/17/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Akio Sato defeated Abdul Zaatar
Ox Baker, Big Bill Miller and Zulu draw Edouard Carpentier, Omar Atlas and Ted Oates. 1-Baker defeated Oates. 2-Carpentier defeated Zulu. The 20-minute limit expired with no other falls.
Mack Patton defeated Charlie Pullins

5/24/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ox Baker defeated Bobby Van
Rocky Johnson and Tom Demarco won a handicap tag bout from Harley Race when Johnson defeated Race
Ray Stevens defeated Johnny Starr (#2)
Omar Atlas defeated Mack Patton

5/31/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rocky Johnson defeated Raoul Guzman
Harley Race and Ray Stevens defeated Omar Atlas and Akio Sato when Stevens beat Sato
Ox Baker defeated Tom Demarco
Mack Patton defeated Don Wayt

6/6/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7635)
Dick the Bruiser won a Texas Death Match from Ox Baker
Missouri Champion Harley Race double DQ Rocky Johnson
Ray Stevens and Big Bill Miller defeated Terry Funk and Omar Atlas when Miller beat Atlas
Pat O’Connor defeated Bobby Heenan
Wilbur Snyder defeated Rene Goulet
Ronnie Etchison and Ben Justice defeated Lanny and Angelo Poffo. 1-Angelo beat Justice. 2-Justice defeated Angelo. 3-Etchison defeated Lanny.

6/7/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Omar Atlas defeated Bobby Van
Ray Stevens defeated Don Wayt
Rocky Johnson and Akio Sato defeated Ox Baker and Raoul Guzman when Johnson beat Guzman
Mack Patton defeated Tom Demarco, winning the only fall within curfew

6/14/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ted Oates defeated Bobby Van
Ox Baker and Pat O’Connor both counted out while battling on the apron
Omar Atlas and Abdul Zaatar defeated Pedro Zapata and Mack Patton when Atlas beat Zapata

6/20/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7229)
NWA Champion Jack Brisco no contest Dick the Bruiser. Each man won one fall before a collision in the third fall. Brisco was tangled in the ropes and Bruiser was down on the mat while special referee Lou Thesz counted both men out at “ten.”
Rocky Johnson, Pat O’Connor and Rufus R. Jones defeated Chuck O’Connor (sub for Ray Stevens), Big Bill Miller and Harley Race when Johnson defeated Miller
Ox Baker defeated Ted Oates
Mack “Tank” Patton defeated Omar Atlas
Betty Niccoli and Marva Scott defeated Jean Antone and Lucille Dupree. 1-Scott beat Antone. 2-Antone defeated Scott. 3-Niccoli defeated Dupree.
Ronnie Etchison defeated Don Wayt

6/21/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Omar Atlas defeated Pedro Zapata
Ox Baker defeated Abdul Zaatar
Pat O’Connor defeated Don Wayt
Ted Oates and Buddy King defeated Bobby Van and Tank Patton when King defeated Van

Out-of-town wrestling programs were telecast from 6/28/75 through 7/19/75

KPLR mistakenly aired the second tape first on 7/27, then the correct tape 7/28. The following dates indicate when shows were actually telecast on KPLR Sat., 7/27/75…Sat., 8/2/75 and Sun.,

8/3/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Accidentally aired on 7/27 as well)
Jerry Oates defeated Buddy King
Chuck O’Connor defeated Prince Tapu
Ox Baker defeated Akio Sato
Don White defeated Oki Shikina via DQ

Aired 7/28/75 only – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jerry Oates defeated Don Wayt
Chuck O’Connor defeated Don White
Ox Baker defeated Prince Tapu
Akio Sato and Buddy King draw
Aired tape of Giant Baba beating Jack Brisco for NWA title 12/2/74 in Japan

8/8/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7188)
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Giant Baba 2/3 falls
Wilbur Snyder and Rocky Johnson defeated Harley Race and Ox Baker when Johnson beat Race
Pat O’Connor and Ray Stevens draw
Bobo Brazil defeated Chuck O’Connor via DQ
Jerry Oates defeated Bobby Heenan
Rene Goulet, Soldier LeBeouf and Don White defeated Danny Little Bear, Prince Tapu and Akio Sato. 1-White defeated Sato. 2-Bear defeated White. 3-Goulet defeated Tapu.

8/9/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ox Baker defeated Don Wayt
Jerry Oates defeated Chuck O’Connor via DQ
Tank Patton, Buddy King and Oki Shikina defeated Don White, Akio Sato and Prince Tapu. 1-King defeated White. 2-White defeated King. 3-Shikina defeated Tapu.

8/16/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jerry Oates defeated Jesse Ventura
Von Raschke double DQ Ox Baker
Ed “Wolf” Wiskoski defeated Akio Sato
Tank Patton and Ted Oates draw

8/22/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5164)
Missouri Champion Harley Race draw Rocky Johnson with each man winning one fall within the one-hour limit. Pat O’Connor, special referee.
Jerry Oates won a tag elimination sending Oates, Wilbur Snyder and Bob Geigel (sub for Bobo Brazil) against Bobby Heenan (sub for Ray Stevens), Big Bill Miller and Wolf Wiskoski. 1-Snyder and Wiskoski were both counted out outside the ring. 2-Geigel beat Heenan. 3-Miller defeated Geigel. 4-Oates defeated Miller.
Dick Murdoch defeated Mike Thomas
Rene Goulet defeated Prince Tapu (sub for Robert Fuller)
Tank Patton defeated Akio Sato
Danny Little Bear defeated Soldier LeBeouf

8/23/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Prince Tapu defeated Ron Burdick
Jerry Oates won a Wrestle Royal by outlasting in order out Ox Baker, Don Wayt, Akio Sato, Jesse Ventura and Tank Patton
Von Raschke draw Pat O’Connor
Ted Oates defeated Wolf Wiskoski via DQ

8/30/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Von Raschke defeated Charlie Pullins
Wolf Wiskoski defeated Prince Tapu
Ox Baker defeated Don Wayt
Jerry and Ted Oates defeated Jesse Ventura and Tank Patton when Jerry defeated Ventura for the only fall within curfew
Jesse Ventura Interview closes the show

9/5/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5512)
Missouri Champion Harley Race ruled draw against Dick the Bruiser. After each man won one fall, both were disqualified in the third fall.
Rocky Johnson defeated Von Raschke
Jerry Oates and Pat O’Connor defeated Ox Baker and Dick Murdoch when Oates beat Baker
Wilbur Snyder defeated Chuck O’Connor via DQ
Jim and John Valiant defeated Akio Sato and Bob Geigel when Jim defeated Sato
Bobby Heenan draw Danny Little Bear

9/6/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Akio Sato defeated Don Wayt
Rocky Johnson defeated Don White
Jim and John Valiant defeated Ron and Don Burdick when Jim defeated Ron
Chuck O’Connor defeated Mike Thomas

9/13/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Chuck O’Connor defeated Don Burdick
Jim and John Valiant defeated Mike Thomas and Prince Tapu when John defeated Tapu
Rocky Johnson defeated Frenchy Martin
Don “Whipper” White draw Akio Sato

9/19/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7447)
Dick the Bruiser won a Texas Death Match from Harley Race with the Missouri title not at stake. Afterward, Sam Muchnick again did an interview stating that the Texas Death Match was not being officiated properly. This again had been the dreaded ten-count finish after a fall, with Bruiser up just before ten and Race on one knee – hardly disabled.
Rocky Johnson and Jerry Oates defeated Jim and John Valiant when Johnson defeated Jim
Pat O’Connor draw Dick Murdoch
Red Bastien defeated Chuck O’Connor via DQ
Stan Stasiak defeated Ronnie Etchison
Bobby Heenan and Tank Patton defeated Prince Tapu and Don Wayt. 1-Heenan beat Tapu. 2-Tapu defeated Heenan. 3-Patton defeated Wayt.

9/20/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Akio Sato defeated Frenchy Martin via DQ
Chuck O’Connor defeated Prince Tapu
Pat O’Connor and Rocky Johnson draw Jim and John Valiant
Whipper White defeated Don Burdick

9/27/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Whipper White defeated Bobby Blue
Harley Race and Jerry Oates draw
Dick Murdoch defeated Don Burdick
Stan Stasiak defeated Prince Tapu

10/3/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9168)
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Rocky Johnson 2/3 falls
Harley Race and Dick Murdoch defeated Pat O’Connor and Jerry Oates when Murdoch beat O’Connor
Stan Stasiak defeated Red Bastien
Wilbur Snyder defeated Buddy Wolfe (billed before as Les Wolfe)
Chuck O’Connor defeated Akio Sato
Tank Patton defeated Whipper White
Ali Vaziri and Ronnie Etchison defeated Alofa and Sika. 1-Sika defeated Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Sika. 3-Vaziri defeated Alofa.

10/4/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Stan Stasiak defeated Tom Demarco
Harley Race and Dick Murdoch defeated Jerry Oates and Akio Sato when Race beat Sato
Tank Patton defeated Don Burdick
Whipper White defeated Prince Tapu

10/12/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday showing was preempted by hockey)
Stan Stasiak defeated Don Wayt
Jerry Oates defeated Whipper White
Harley Race defeated Akio Sato
Dick Murdoch and Tank Patton defeated Tom Demarco and Prince Tapu when Murdoch defeated Demarco
Insert via tape Bruno Sammartino defeated Toru Tanaka via DQ

10/17/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4740)
Bruno Sammartino defeated Stan Stasiak
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Jerry Oates
Nick Bockwinkel and Dick Murdoch double DQ Dick the Bruiser and Pat O’Connor
Rocky Johnson defeated Chuck O’Connor
Big Bill Miller defeated Tank Patton
Ali Vaziri and Ronnie Etchison defeated Rene Goulet and Soldier LeBeouf. 1-Goulet beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Le Beouf. 3-Vaziri defeated Goulet.

10/18/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Red Bastien defeated Sika
Nick Bockwinkel and Bobby Heenan defeated Jerry Oates and Mike Hubert (later billed as Spike Huber). 1-Bockwinkel defeated Oates. 2-Oates defeated Heenan. 3-Bockwinkel defeated Hubert.
Stan Stasiak defeated Tony Atlas (yes, that Tony Atlas)

10/26/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Saturday episode was preempted for Basketball)
Jerry Oates defeated Alofa
Nick Bockwinkel, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Don Wayt
Red Bastien and Rocky Johnson draw Chuck O’Connor and Stan Stasiak
Ali Vaziri defeated Sika

11/1/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Stan Stasiak defeated Mike Hubert
Rocky Johnson defeated Alofa
Nick Bockwinkel, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Tony Atlas
Ali Vaziri, Jerry Oates and Red Bastien defeated Sika, Don Wayt and Chuck O’Connor when Bastien defeated Wayt

11/7/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4233)
Dick Murdoch double DQ Bruno Sammartino
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Red Bastien
Rocky Johnson and Pat O’Connor defeated Big Bill Miller and Stan Stasiak when Johnson defeated Stasiak
Jerry Oates (sub for Bull Bullinski) defeated Ox Baker via DQ
Jerry Oates defeated Kim Duk
Ali Vaziri and Ronnie Etchison defeated Tank Patton and Bennie Ramirez. 1-Patton beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Patton. 3-Vaziri defeated Ramirez.

11/8/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jerry Oates defeated Don Wayt
Dick Murdoch and Pat O’Connor both counted out outside the ring
Rocky Johnson defeated Juan Sebastian
Stan Stasiak defeated Whipper White

11/15/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ali Vaziri defeated Whipper White
Dick Murdoch defeated Prince Tapu
Rocky Johnson defeated Tank Patton
Jerry Oates and Pat O’Connor defeated Stan Stasiak and John Heideman when Oates beat Heideman

11/21/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7811)
NWA Champion Jack Brisco draw Rocky Johnson as both men won one fall within the one-hour limit
Pat O’Connor and Dory Funk Jr. defeated Von Raschke and Nick Bockwinkel, who was DQ for Bobby Heenan’s interference
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Sailor Art Thomas
Jerry Oates defeated Moose Cholak (sub for Dick Murdoch)
Ox Baker defeated Omar Atlas
Jim and John Valiant defeated Mike Hubert and Red Bastien when John defeated Hubert
Ali Vaziri defeated Tank Patton

11/22/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dick Murdoch defeated Don Wayt
Jerry Oates defeated Juan Sebastian
Ali Vaziri defeated John Heideman
Pat O’Connor won a Wrestle Royal by outlasting in order out John Heideman, Don Wayt, Juan Sebastian, Stan Stasiak, Prince Tapu, Tank Patton and Whipper White

11/29/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jerry Oates defeated Bennie Ramirez
Nick Bockwinkel, w/Bobby Heenan, draw Pat O’Connor. Each won one fall
before the 20-minute limit expired.
Ox Baker defeated Akio Sato
Ali Vaziri defeated Gary Nevins

12/5/75 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6049)
Terry Funk won a Wrestle Royal by outlasting in order out Stan Stasiak, Ox Baker, Johnny Starr, Tank Patton, Ali Vaziri, Bob Backlund and Les Thornton together, Lord Alfred Hayes, Jerry Oates, Bulldog Bob Brown, Dick the Bruiser, Blackjack Lanza, Bobby Heenan and Pat O’Connor together
Dick the Bruiser and Rocky Johnson defeated Blackjack Lanza and Nick Bockwinkel, w/Bobby Heenan, via DQ
Terry Funk defeated Stan Stasiak
Pat O’Connor defeated Lord Alfred Hayes
Ox Baker defeated Les Thornton
Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Bob Backlund
Ali Vaziri and Jerry Oates defeated Johnny Starr and Tank Patton when Oates defeated Starr

12/6/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ali Vaziri draw Akio Sato
Nick Bockwinkel, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Omar Atlas
Jerry and Ted Oates defeated Bennie Ramirez and Tank Patton when Jerry defeated Ramirez
Ox Baker defeated Gary Nevins
Terry Funk won the NWA Championship from Jack Brisco in Miami, Florida 12/10/75

12/13/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ted Oates defeated Tank Patton via DQ
Nick Bockwinkel, w/Bobby Heenan, and Ox Baker defeated Akio Sato and Jerry Oates when Baker defeated Sato
Pat O’Connor defeated Bennie Ramirez
Omar Atlas defeated Gary Nevins

12/20/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
* This show was taped 12/7, before Terry Funk won the NWA title, so Funk appeared with no mention as champion and various audio and video edits were inserted to update the program
Jerry Oates draw Lord Alfred Hayes
Pat O’Connor defeated Raoul Guzman two straight falls
Terry Funk defeated Rico Pantera
Nick Bockwinkel and Bobby Heenan defeated ChiChi Rosario and Mike George when Bockwinkel defeated Rosario for the only fall within curfew

12/27/75 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
* This program was also taped 12/7, thus requiring edits to include that Terry Funk was now NWA champion
Terry Funk defeated Raoul Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel, w/Bobby Heenan, and Ox Baker defeated Les Thornton and Mike George when Bockwinkel defeated Thornton
Jerry Oates draw Bob Backlund. Only the last five minutes of the 10-minute draw aired as Funk beating Jack Brisco from 12/10 in Miami was edited over the first half of the match.
Pat O’Connor defeated Rico Pantera

(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, Jim Zordani, and various news clippings)

St. Louis Wrestling Results 1973

Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick

1/5/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,116)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Harley Race 2/3 falls as Race was counted out outside the ring for the final fall
Jerry Brisco, Johnny Valentine and Pat O’Connor defeated The Invader, Hans Schmidt and Big Bill Miller when Valentine defeated Schmidt
Rufus R. Jones defeated Dan Miller
Yvon Koloff draw Tony Marino
Jean Antone and Marina Rey defeated Betty Niccoli and Estela Molina. 1-Niccoli beat Antone. 2-Antone defeated Niccoli. 3-Rey defeated Molina.
Ronnie Etchison defeated Bob Seitz

1/6/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase” was replaced by a show from Kansas City

1/13/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
(The program was moved back to the KPLR studio. The title remained the same, but with the following explanation: “Wrestling at the Chase” from the KPLR-tv studio in the Chase Hotel complex.)
Jerry Brisco defeated Frank Diamond
Harley Race defeated The Amazing Zuma
Johnny Valentine defeated The Invader via DQ. Valentine pulled off The Invader’s mask, only to find another mask underneath. At that point, Harley Race attacked Valentine to bring on the DQ.
Abe Jacobs and Pat O’Connor defeated Dan and Big Bill Miller via DQ

1/19/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,750)
Johnny Valentine won the vacant Missouri State Championship by beating Harley Race 2/3 falls
Jack Brisco and Rufus R. Jones defeated Big Bill Miller and Yvon Koloff when Brisco beat Miller via DQ
Terry Funk draw Pat O’Connor
The Invader defeated The Viking
Dan Miller defeated Ben Justice
Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers defeated Bennie Ramirez and Juan Sebastian. 1-Etchison defeated Ramirez. 2-Myers defeated Sebastian.

1/20/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Abe Jacobs and Jerry Brisco were both knocked out
Pat O’Connor draw The Invader
Johnny Valentine defeated Bob Seitz
Dan and Big Bill Miller defeated Frank Diamond and Amazing Zuma when Bill beat Zuma

1/27/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Invader defeated Bob Lanchester (later billed as Jim Lancaster)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Rick Luba
Johnny Valentine defeated Joe Gordon
Terry Funk defeated The Viking

2/2/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,544)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Johnny Valentine 2/3 falls
Rufus R. Jones and Dick Murdoch went to a 20-minute draw as the survivors of a tag elimination bout sending Jones, Jack Brisco and Pat O’Connor against Invader, Yvon
Koloff and Big Bill Miller. 1-Koloff and O’Connor were Double DQ. 2-Brisco defeated Miller. 3-Invader defeated Brisco.
Harley Race defeated Jack Pesek
Terry Funk and Dory Funk Sr. defeated Sonny Myers and Steve Bolus. 1-Myers beat Senior. 2-Terry defeated Myers. 3-Senior defeated Bolus.
Dan Miller defeated Rick Renaldo
Ronnie Etchison defeated Bennie Ramirez

2/3/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Viking defeated Frank Diamond
Terry Funk won two straight falls over Rick Luba
The Invader and Joe Gordon defeated Bob Seitz and Bob Lanchester when Invader beat Lanchester

2/10/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby defeated Amazing Zuma
Terry Funk won the Missouri State Championship from Johnny Valentine
Dan and Big Bill Miller defeated Jack Pesek and Rick Renaldo. 1-Dan defeated Renaldo. 2-Bill defeated Pesek.

2/16/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6463)
Missouri Champion Terry Funk defeated Jerry Brisco
The Invader double DQ Pat O’Connor
Pat O’Connor won a Wrestle Royal over in order out Don Anderson, Ronnie Etchison, Bennie Ramirez, The Viking, Yvon Koloff and Rufus R. Jones, Steve Bolus, Terry Funk and Jerry Brisco, Dan Miller, Stan Pulaski, Jim Steele, Sonny Myers, The Invader and Big Bill Miller
Big Bill Miller and Yvon Koloff defeated Sonny Myers and Rufus R. Jones when Miller beat Myers
Jim Steele defeated Don Anderson
Dan Miller defeated Steve Bolus
The Viking and Ronnie Etchison defeated Bennie Ramirez and Stan Pulaski. 1-Pulaski beat Viking. 2-Etchison defeated Pulaski. 3-Viking defeated Ramirez.

2/17/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby defeated Kenny Nichols
Jack Brisco draw Terry Funk
The Invader defeated Jack Pesek
Big Bill Miller defeated Steve Bolus

2/24/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Invader defeated Rick Renaldo
Jack Brisco defeated Bennie Ramirez
Terry Funk defeated Kenny Nichols
Dan and Big Bill Miller defeated Steve Bolus and Amazing Zuma when Bill defeated Zuma

3/2/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4898)
Missouri Champion Terry Funk defeated Pat O’Connor 2/3 falls
Jerry Brisco and Rufus R. Jones no contest Yvon Koloff and The Invader. 1-Jones beat Koloff. 2-Invader defeated Brisco. 3-Both teams DQ.
Harley Race defeated Sonny Myers
Big Bill Miller defeated The Viking
Steve Bolus defeated Stan Pulaski
Jim Steele and Dan Miller defeated Amazing Zuma and Ronnie Etchison. 1-Steele beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Steele. 3-Miller defeated Zuma.

3/3/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Pat O’Connor defeated Jim Dalton
The Invader defeated Steve Bolus 2/3 falls. Invader won the first and third falls, but was DQ’ed in the second fall.
Terry Funk defeated Amazing Zuma

3/10/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Invader draw Pat O’Connor
Terry Funk defeated Steve Bolus
Jim Dalton defeated Amazing Zuma, winning the only fall achieved within curfew

3/16/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9238)
Gene Kiniski won the Missouri State Championship by beating Terry Funk 2/3 falls. Kiniski was a last-second sub for Johnny Valentine, who had been hospitalized late on 3/15 in Houston.
Harley Race and The Invader draw Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor when Race and O’Connor were both counted out outside the ring
Sweet Daddy Siki draw Big Bill Miller
Steve Bolus defeated Dan Miller (sub for Jim Steele) via DQ
Little Bobo Johnson defeated Wee Willie Wilson
The Viking and Ronnie Etchison defeated Dan Miller and Bennie Ramirez. 1-Miller beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Miller. 3-Viking defeated Ramirez.

3/17/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rufus R. Jones defeated Bob Lanchester
Harley Race defeated Johnny Beach
Terry Funk won two straight falls over Kenny Nichols
Abe Jacobs and Jim Dalton draw

3/24/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jim Dalton defeated Johnny Beach
Terry Funk and Harley Race defeated Amazing Zuma and Abe Jacobs. 1-Funk beat Zuma, who was injured and replaced by Rufus R. Jones for the rest of the 20-minute limit.
Bennie Ramirez defeated Tom Reesman

3/31/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Omar Atlas defeated Bennie Ramirez
Gene Kiniski defeated Jim Dalton
The Invader defeated The Viking
Terry Funk defeated Abe Jacobs

4/6/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9639)
Missouri Champion Gene Kiniski defeated The Invader via DQ when Invader punched special referee Pat O’Connor
Bruno Sammartino defeated Yvon Koloff
Harley Race and Rufus R. Jones draw
Terry Funk defeated Steve Bolus
Billy Robinson and Jack Brisco defeated Dan and Big Bill Miller. 1-Bill beat Robinson. 2-Robinson defeated Bill. 3-Brisco defeated Dan.
Betty Niccoli defeated Jean Antone
Ronnie Etchison defeated Rick Lucha

4/7/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Harley Race defeated Amazing Zuma
Gene Kiniski defeated Mike George
The Viking, Omar Atlas and Abe Jacobs defeated Terry Funk, Jim Dalton and Bennie Ramirez. 1-Jacobs defeated Ramirez. 2-Funk defeated Viking. 3-Atlas defeated Dalton
In special challenge match, Terry Funk draw Omar Atlas

4/14/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Steve Bolus defeated Ken Dillinger
Pat O’Connor and Abe Jacobs defeated Gene Kiniski and Harley Race. 1-Kiniski beat O’Connor. 2-O’Connor defeated Kiniski after Race was accidentally hit Kiniski. 3-O’Connor won when Kiniski and Race were counted out outside the ring while battling each other after Kiniski had accidentally slugged Race.
The Adonis defeated Higo Hamaguchi
(At the start of the show, Kiniski vs. Terry Funk was announced for Kiel Auditorium 4/27. After the tag match, Sam Muchnick announced he had changed the 4/27 feature to Race vs. Kiniski.)

4/21/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Steve Bolus defeated Bob Lanchester
Gene Kiniski defeated Tom Reesman
Harley Race defeated The Adonis
Abe Jacobs draw Rick Lucha

4/27/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,387)
Missouri Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Harley Race, who was DQ’ed by special referee Joe Louis
Bruno Sammartino defeated The Invader inside the 7-foot high chain link fence.
Invader unmasked to be Dick Murdoch.
Terry Funk and Big Bill Miller defeated Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor when Funk beat O’Connor
Rip Hawk draw Jerry Brisco
Billy the Kid and Little Bobo Johnson defeated Little Jumbo and Johnny Reb. 1-Reb beat Kid. 2-Kid defeated Jumbo. 3-Johnson defeated Reb.
George Steele (no longer billed as Jim) defeated Louis Tillet
Dan Miller draw Ronnie Etchison

4/28/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Pat O’Connor defeated Rick Lucha
Harley Race defeated Frankie Gurerro
Steve Bolus, Abe Jacobs and The Adonis defeated Ken Dillinger, Higo Hamaguchi and Bob Lanchester. 1-Hamaguchi defeated Adonis. 2-Adonis defeated Dillinger. 3-Bolus beat Lanchester.

5/5/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rip Hawk defeated Louis Tillet
Gene Kiniski defeated L.D. Lewis
Harley Race defeated Johnny Beach
George Steele and Big Bill Miller defeated Tom Reesman and Rick O’Toole when Steele defeated Reesman

5/12/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rip Hawk defeated Amazing Zuma
Harley Race defeated Rick O’Toole
Gene Kiniski defeated Bob Lanchester
Dan, Miller, George Steele and Big Bill Miller defeated Rufus R. Jones, L.D. Lewis and Louis Tillet when Bill defeated Lewis
(Kiniski and Race get into brief brawl during an interview)

5/18/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8138)
Missouri Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Harley Race 2/3 falls in a no DQ match
Bruno Sammartino defeated Rip Hawk
Jack Brisco draw Terry Funk. Each man won one fall within the 30-minute limit.
Pat O’Connor defeated George Steele via DQ
Jerry Brisco defeated Jim Johnson
Ron Fuller defeated Rick Lucha
Dan and Big Bill Miller defeated Sweet Daddy Siki and Luis Martinez. 1-Bill defeated Siki. 2-Siki defeated Bill. 3-Dan defeated Martinez.

5/19/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
George Steele and Rufus R. Jones draw
Big Bill Miller defeated Johnny Beach
Dan Miller defeated Amazing Zuma
L.D. Lewis defeated Bob Lanchester

On 5/24/73, Harley Race won the NWA Championship from Dory Funk Jr. in Kansas City

5/26/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ron Fuller defeated Ken Dillinger
Bruno Sammartino defeated Rick Lucha
Gene Kiniski defeated Jim Johnson
George Steele and Big Bill Miller defeated Mike George and L.D. Lewis when Steele beat Lewis

6/2/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
George Steele defeated Omar Atlas
Gene Kiniski defeated Mike George
Bruno Sammartino defeated Dan Miller
Ron Fuller and Big Bill Miller draw

6/9/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Gene Kiniski defeated L.D. Lewis
Omar Atlas defeated Ken Dillinger
Bruno Sammartino defeated George Steele
Dan and Big Bill Miller defeated Jim Johnson and Ron Fuller when Dan defeated Johnson

6/15/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,043)
NWA Champion Harley Race draw with Bruno Sammartino, each man winning one fall within the one-hour limit. Lou Thesz, special referee.
Missouri Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Jack Brisco
Bobo Brazil, Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor defeated George Steele, Dan and Big Bill Miller when Brazil defeated Dan
Ron Fuller and Terry Funk draw
Ethel Johnson defeated Marva Scott
Ben Justice and Ronnie Etchison defeated Mike Loren and Jim Dalton. 1-Dalton beat Justice. 2-Justice defeated Dalton. 3-Etchison defeated Loren.

Out-of-town wrestling programs were telecast from 6/16/73 through 8/4/73

Jack Brisco won the NWA Championship from Harley Race on 7/20/73 in Houston

8/11/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby defeated Johnny Beach
Ron Fuller defeated Bob Lanchester
Rufus R. Jones defeated Percy Pringle
Jim Dalton defeated Frank Diamond

8/18/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby and Pat O’Connor draw
Ron Fuller won a handicap tag bout over Percy Pringle and Jay French by beating Pringle
Rufus R. Jones defeated Rick O’Toole
Bob Lanchester and Jim Dalton defeated Johnny Beach and Frank Diamond when Lanchester defeated Beach

8/24/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5738)
Missouri Champion Gene Kiniski won 2/3 falls over Ron Fuller, who could not continue in the third fall
Rufus R. Jones defeated Big Bill Miller via DQ
Johnny Valentine and Pat O’Connor defeated Terry Funk and Hans Schmidt when Valentine defeated Schmidt
Bob Geigel defeated Lord Al Hayes
Jerry Brisco and Roger Kirby draw
Tokyo Joe and Togo the Great defeated Jim Brunzell and Danny Little Bear (billed before as Chief). 1-Togo defeated Bear. 2-Bear defeated Togo. 3-Tokyo defeated Brunzell.

8/25/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Pat O’Connor defeated Rick O’Toole
Ron Fuller defeated Jim Dalton
Rufus R. Jones, Johnny Beach and Frank Diamond defeated Roger Kirby, Bob Lanchester and Percy Pringle. 1-Jones defeated Pringle. 2-Kirby defeated Diamond. 3-Jones beat Lanchester.

9/1/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Hans Schmidt defeated Tom Conway
Gene Kiniski and Terry Funk no decision Johnny Valentine and Ron Fuller. 1-Valentine defeated Kiniski. 2-Kiniski defeated Fuller. 3-Both teams DQ.
Big Bill Miller defeated Vic Nichols

9/7/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6539)
Missouri Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Johnny Valentine 2/3 falls
Ron Fuller, Pat O’Connor and Rufus R. Jones defeated Hans Schmidt, Dick Murdoch and Big Bill Miller when Fuller defeated Murdoch
Bobo Brazil double DQ Terry Funk
Danny Little Bear draw Roger Kirby
Lord Al Hayes defeated Jim Johnson
Togo the Great and Tokyo Joe defeated Vic Nichols and Mike George. 1-Togo beat Nichols. 2-Tokyo defeated Nichols.

9/8/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Terry Funk defeated Frank Diamond
Ron Fuller defeated Tom Conway
Gene Kiniski defeated Jim Arnett
Hans Schmidt draw Rufus R. Jones

9/15/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Big Bill Miller defeated Vic Nichols
Gene Kiniski defeated Jim Johnson
Pat O’Connor defeated Tom Reesman
Ron Fuller and Rufus R. Jones defeated Togo the Great and Tokyo Joe when Jones beat Togo

9/21/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4753)
Missouri Champion Gene Kiniski and Terry Funk won 2/3 falls over Rufus R. Jones and Ron Fuller. 1-Kiniski defeated Jones. 2-Jones defeated Funk. 3-Funk defeated Fuller.
Harley Race defeated Pat O’Connor
Bearcat Wright defeated Big Bill Miller via DQ
Hans Schmidt defeated Mack Quarry
Cowboy Lang defeated Little Louie
Togo the Great and Tokyo Joe defeated Ronnie Etchison and Randy Curtis. 1-Togo beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Togo. 3-Joe defeated Curtis.

9/22/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Big Bill Miller defeated Jim Johnson
Gene Kiniski defeated Vic Nichols
Lord Al Hayes defeated Jay French
Togo the Great and Tokyo Joe defeated Ron Fuller and Johnny Beach and Ron Fuller when Togo defeated Beach

9/29/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Black Angus and Harley Race draw
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Jim Dalton
Gene Kiniski defeated Johnny Beach
Togo the Great and Tokyo Joe defeated Ron Fuller and Mack Quarry when Togo beat Quarry

10/5/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7952)
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Gene Kiniski 2/3 falls
Johnny Valentine and Rufus R. Jones defeated Harley Race and Big Bill Miller when Valentine defeated Miller
Ron Fuller defeated Yvon Koloff via DQ
Bobo Brazil defeated Hans Schmidt
Buddy Wolfe defeated Jim Johnson
Dan Miller defeated Nick Kozak
Tokyo Joe and Togo the Great defeated Eddie Graham and Ronnie Etchison. 1-Togo beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Togo. 3-Tokyo defeated Graham.

10/6/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ron Fuller defeated Jim Dalton
Harley Race defeated Mack Quarry
Black Angus draw Tokyo Joe in a tag elimination bout which sent Angus, Johnny Beach and Frank Diamond against Tokyo, Togo the Great and Bob Lanchester. 1-Tokyo beat Beach. 2-Tokyo defeated Diamond. 3-Angus defeated Lanchester. 4-Angus defeated Togo, to leave Angus and Tokyo for the rest of the curfew

10/13/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Larry Matysik becomes commentator)
Hans Schmidt and Ron Fuller draw
Harley Race won the Missouri State Championship by beating Gene Kiniski 2/3 falls
Black Angus defeated Togo the Great
Race and Kiniski got into brief brawl when Kiniski interrupted Race’s interview

10/19/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6042)
Missouri Champion Harley Race draw Dory Funk Jr., with each man winning one fall within the 45-minute limit
Gene Kiniski defeated Johnny Valentine
Pat O’Connor and Bobo Brazil defeated Yvon Koloff and Big Bill Miller via DQ
Black Angus defeated Buddy Wolfe
Ron Fuller defeated Dan Miller
Kobayashi and Tokyo Joe defeated Reggie Parks and Billy “Red” Lyons. 1-Kobayashi beat Lyons. 2-Lypons defeated Kobayashi. 3-Tokyo defeated Parks.

10/20/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Cora Combs defeated Sylvia Hackney
Harley Race defeated Nick Kozak
Gene Kiniski defeated Jim Johnson
Black Angus and Ron Fuller defeated Tokyo Joe and Togo the Great when Angus beat Togo

10/27/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Black Angus defeated Sato
Ron Fuller and Jose Rivera defeated Terry Funk and Ken Dillinger when Fuller beat Dillinger. Funk and Fuller had a melee after the bout.
Big Bill Miller won two straight falls over Frankie Gurerro

11/2/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6071)
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Gene Kiniski 2/3 falls
Terry Funk and Blackjack Lanza defeated Bobo Brazil and Ron Fuller when Funk beat Fuller
Black Angus draw Big Bill Miller
Rufus R. Jones defeated Hans Schmidt
Cora Combs defeated Betty Niccoli
Kit Conway defeated Kobayashi
Steve Bolus draw Billy “Red” Lyons

11/3/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Black Angus defeated Ken Dillinger
Terry Funk defeated Jose Rivera
Big Bill Miller and Sato defeated Frank Martinez and Ron Fuller when Miller beat Martinez
A tape was shown demonstrating how Terry Funk could reverse the figure four leglock

11/10/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Kit Conway defeated Bill Reeves
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Hans Schmidt
Baron Scicluna defeated Steve Bolus
Billy “Red” Lyons draw Big Bill Miller

11/16/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7449)
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Terry Funk 2/3 falls. Funk won the first fall, Funk was DQ’ed in the second fall, and Brisco took the third.
Dory Funk Jr. and Rufus R. Jones defeated Harley Race and Big Bill Miller when Funk beat Miller
Black Angus defeated Yvon Koloff
Ron Fuller and Billy “Red” Lyons won a handicap tag match over Blackjack Lanza, who agreed to win two straight falls for victory. Lanza defeated Fuller for the first fall, but Fuller defeated Lanza for the second and the win.
Dan Hodge, billed as the Junior Heavyweight Champion, defeated Tokyo Joe
Baron Scicluna and Hans Schmidt defeated Steve Bolus and Kit Conway. 1-Scicluna beat Conway. 2-Conway defeated Schmidt. 3-Schmidt defeated Bolus.

11/17/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Kit Conway defeated Kobayashi
Harley Race defeated Billy “Red” Lyons
Ron Fuller, Steve Bolus and Black Angus defeated Baron Scicluna, Big Bill Miller and Hans Schmidt. 1-Angus defeated Schmidt. 2-Schmidt defeated Bolus. 3-Angus won via DQ.

11/24/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Hans Schmidt and Ron Fuller draw
Billy “Red” Lyons defeated Bill Reeves
Harley Race defeated Ricky Hamilton
Black Angus won a Wrestle Royal over in order out Steve Bolus and Kobayashi together, Kit Conway, Big Bill Miller and Baron Scicluna together

12/1/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dan Hodge defeated Ricky Hamilton
Harley Race and Big Bill Miller defeated NWA Champion Jack Brisco and Black Angus. 1-Miller defeated Angus. 2-Angus defeated Race. 3-Race defeated Brisco.
Hans Schmidt draw Red Lyons

12/7/73 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7412)
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Black Angus
Bobo Brazil won a Wrestle Royal by outlasting in order out Terry Funk and Black Angus together, Steve Bolus, Don Duffy, Ronnie Etchison, Hans Schmidt and Ron Fuller together, Red Lyons, Bearcat Wright, Bob Orton, Baron Scicluna, Big Bill Miller, Pat O’Connor, Yvon Koloff and Blackjack Lanza
Terry Funk, Yvon Koloff and Big Bill Miller defeated Bobo Brazil, Bearcat Wright and Pat O’Connor when Funk defeated Wright
Ron Fuller double DQ Blackjack Lanza
Dan Hodge defeated Don Duffy
Baron Scicluna defeated Red Lyons
Hans Schmidt and Bob Orton defeated Ronnie Etchison and Steve Bolus. 1-Schmidt beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Schmidt. 3-Orton defeated Bolus.

12/8/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Baron Scicluna defeated Perry Reid
Harley Race defeated Jose Rivera
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Frank Reid
Ron Fuller and Black Angus defeated Hans Schmidt and Big Bill Miller. 1-Schmidt beat Fuller. 2-Fuller defeated Schmidt. 3-Fuller won via DQ.

12/15/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ron Fuller draw Baron Scicluna
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Rick Hamilton
Dan Hodge defeated Perry Reid
Hans Schmidt and Big Miller defeated Jose Rivera and Black Angus when Miller beat Rivera

12/22/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tokyo Joe defeated Frank Diamond
Harley Race defeated Jim Ledford
Bobo Brazil defeated Don Drummer
Rufus R. Jones and Bob Orton draw

12/29/73 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rufus R. Jones defeated Roger Kirby via DQ
NWA Champion Jack Brisco defeated Kobayashi
Harley Race and Bob Orton defeated Bobo Brazil and Pat O’Connor when Race beat O’Connor
Lord Al Hayes defeated Frank Diamond
Tokyo Joe defeated Jim Ledford
Harley Race punched Jack Brisco during an interview with the two

(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, Jim Zordani, and various news clippings)

St. Louis Wrestling Results 1972

Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick

1/1/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,305 sellout)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Rufus R. Jones 2/3 falls
Johnny Valentine, Jack Brisco and Pat O’Connor defeated Big Bill Miller, Hans Schmidt and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, when Valentine defeated Miller
Central States Champion Harley Race defeated Jerry Miller
Bob Geigel defeated Ben Justice
Penny Banner defeated Kay Noble
Johnny Weaver and Ronnie Etchison defeated Stan Pulaski and Great Kusatsu. 1-Pulaski defeated Weaver. 2-Weaver defeated Pulaski. 3-Etchison defeated Kusatsu.

1/1/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bennie Ramirez defeated Bobby Whitlock
Omar Atlas defeated Frank Diamond
Johnny Valentine and Pat O’Connor defeated Ron Sanders and Harley Race when O’Connor defeated Sanders
Bob Geigel defeated Freddie Rogers

1/8/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bennie Ramirez defeated Tom Demarco
Harley Race defeated Freddie Rogers
Johnny Valentine defeated Bobby Blaine
Pat O’Connor defeated Tim Brooks
On the taping 1/8/72, Pat O’Connor won the Central States title from Harley Race. Although this had not aired yet, the card for 1/14 at Kiel Auditorium was changed so that O’Connor defended the title. Ads were posted and announcements were made throughout the time prior to 1/14 were made so fans knew what had happened.

1/14/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6189)
Harley Race defeated Johnny Valentine
Central States Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan
Dick the Bruiser and Jack Brisco no contest Pak-Son and Hans Schmidt. 1-Schmidt beat Brisco. 2-Brisco defeated Schmidt. 3-Both teams were DQ.
Rufus R. Jones defeated Mike Loren
Bob Geigel defeated Luis Martinez
Bob Orton and Bennie Ramirez defeated Steve Bolus and Ronnie Etchison. 1-Etchison beat Ramirez. 2-Ramirez defeated Bolus. 3-Orton defeated Etchison.

1/15/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Steve Bolus defeated Jimmy Honda
Pat O’Connor won the Central States title from Harley Race 2/3 falls. Each man won one fall before O’Connor took the third when Race was counted out outside the ring.
Bob Orton defeated Tom Novak

1/22/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Rufus R. Jones defeated Bobby Van
Harley Race defeated Buddy Lever
Bob Orton and John Bollas defeated Steve Bolus and Tom Novak. 1-Orton defeated Bolus. 2-Bolus defeated Bollas. 3-Orton defeated Novak.

1/29/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Betty Niccoli defeated Pat Davis
Bobby Heenan defeated Frank Diamond
Pat O’Connor defeated Rick O’Toole
Rufus R. Jones defeated Jimmy Haines

2/4/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9716)
Central States Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Harley Race
Dick the Bruiser won a Texas Death Match over Pak-Son
Jack Brisco and Rufus R. Jones (sub for Johnny Valentine) defeated Hans Schmidt and Blackjack Lanza when Brisco defeated Schmidt
Rufus R. Jones won a handicap match over Bobby Heenan. Jones had to win one fall within 15 minutes or forfeit, plus the head butt was banned.
Betty Niccoli and Kay Noble defeated Barbara Galento and Pat Davis. 1-Noble beat Galento. 2-Galento defeated Noble. 3-Niccoli defeated Davis.
Bob Orton defeated Bobby Whitlock
Sam Muchnick withdrew recognition of the Central States Championship when he discovered that Harley Race was still carrying the belt and defending the title in other cities of Missouri, Iowa and Kansas

2/5/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Betty Niccoli defeated Lucille Dupree
Rufus R. Jones defeated Tom Reesman
Steve Bolus and Frank Diamond defeated Bob Orton and Jimmy Haines. 1-Orton beat Diamond. 2-Diamond defeated Haines. 3-Bolus defeated Haines.

2/12/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV (Larry Matysik starts as “guest commentator” with George Abel)
Blackjack Lanza defeated Herbert Haggie
Pat O’Connor defeated Jack Black
Rufus R. Jones defeated Al Ramsey
Ronnie Etchison and Pak-Son draw

2/18/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8957)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Pat O’Connor 2/3 falls
Von Raschke, Blackjack Lanza and Hans Schmidt defeated Dick the Bruiser, Jack Brisco and Rufus R. Jones when Raschke defeated Brisco
Giant Baba defeated Sonny Myers
Don Curtis and Harley Race draw
Bob Orton defeated Luis Martinez
Ben Justice and Ronnie Etchison defeated Cyclone Negro and Frank Martinez. 1-Negro beat Justice. 2-Justice defeated Negro. 3-Etchison defeated Martinez.

2/19/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bob Orton defeated Herbert Hagie
Jack Black defeated Al Ramsey
Rufus R. Jones and Ronnie Etchison defeated Pak-Son and Hans Schmidt. 1-Pak-Son beat Etchison. 2-Etchison won via DQ. 3-Jones defeated Pak-Son.

2/26/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV (Larry Matysik becomes commentator)
Hans Schmidt defeated Ronnie Etchison
Johnny Valentine was the survivor and winner of tag elimination sending Valentine, Ben Justice and Rufus R. Jones against Frank Martinez, Blackjack Lanza and Von Raschke. 1-Raschke defeated Justice. 2-Valentine defeated Martinez. 3-Both Raschke and Jones were counted out outside the ring. 4-Valentine defeated Lanza via DQ when Raschke jumped onto Valentine from the top rope
Don Curtis draw Bob Orton

3/3/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6567)
Rufus R. Jones won 2/3 falls over Von Raschke, taking the final fall via DQ after each had won one fall
Blackjack Lanza and Johnny Valentine draw. Each won one fall within the 45-minute limit.
Cowboy Bill Watts double DQ Dick the Bruiser
Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Pak-Son and Hans Schmidt. 1-Pak-Son defeated Jack. 2-Jack defeated Pak-Son. 3-Jerry defeated Schmidt.
Bobo Johnson defeated Little Jumbo
Bob Orton and Bennie Ramirez defeated Terry Martin and The Viking. 1-Ramirez beat Martin. 2-Viking defeated Ramirez. 3-Orton defeated Viking.

3/4/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Blackjack Lanza defeated Ben Justice
Von Raschke defeated Don Curtis
Johnny Valentine defeated Frank Martinez
Ronnie Etchison and Bob Orton draw

3/11/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Herbert Haggie
Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Von Raschke and Blackjack Lanza. 1-Raschke beat Jack. 2-Jerry defeated Lanza. 3-The Briscos were awarded the win via DQ when Lanza and Raschke attacked special referee Pat O’Connor before the third fall.
Johnny Valentine defeated Al Ramsey

3/17/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6207)
Jerry Brisco defeated Von Raschke
Cowboy Bill Watts and Blackjack Lanza draw Dick the Bruiser and Pat O’Connor with no falls scored in the 30-minute limit
Johnny Valentine defeated Pak-Son
Jack Brisco defeated Bob Orton
Rufus R. Jones defeated Moose Cholak
Angelo Poffo and Hans Schmidt defeated Terry Martin and Steve Bolus. 1-Poffo beat Martin. 2-Martin defeated Poffo. 3-Schmidt defeated Bolus.

3/18/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
A tournament to determine a Missouri State Champion was started.
MO. Title Tourney: Jerry Brisco defeated Bennie Ramirez
MO. Title Tourney: Johnny Valentine won by decision over Von Raschke after 15-minute limit expired
MO. Title Tourney: Cowboy Bill Watts defeated The Viking
Jack Brisco draw Blackjack Lanza

3/25/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
MO. Title Tourney: Pak-Son defeated Frankie Gurerro (later billed as Gil Gurerro)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Jack Black
Jerry Brisco defeated Hector Lopez
Al Ramsey and Steve Bolus draw

4/1/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jack Brisco defeated Frank Marconi
Jerry Brisco defeated Al Ramsey
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated George Dupree
MO. Title Tourney: Pak-Son defeated Steve Bolus

4/7/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7501)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Jerry Brisco two straight falls, when Brisco could not continue after losing the first fall to Funk’s spinning toehold
Jack Brisco and Harley Race went to a 20-minute draw as the survivors of a tag elimination bout sending Brisco, Pat O’Connor and Rufus R. Jones against Race, Cowboy Bill Watts and Pak-Son. 1-Watts defeated O’Connor. 2-Jones defeated Pak-Son. 3-Watts and Jones were both counted out outside the ring.
Johnny Valentine defeated Big Bill Miller via DQ
Bob Geigel defeated Sonny Myers
Ethel Johnson defeated Marva Scott
Bob Roop and Hans Schmidt defeated Sonny Myers (sub for Luis Martinez) and Terry Martin. 1-Schmidt defeated Myers. 2-Myers defeated Schmidt. 3-Roop defeated Martin.

4/8/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Steve Bolus draw Jack Black
Pak-Son defeated Hector Lopez
Jerry Brisco and Frankie Gurerro defeated Al Ramsey and Frank Marconi. 1-Brisco beat Ramsey. 2-Brisco defeated Marconi.

4/15/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jack Brisco defeated Jack Black
MO. Title Tourney: Harley Race defeated Jerry Brisco when Brisco was DQ’ed for brother Jack attacking Race
Bob Roop and Big Bill Miller no decision Johnny Valentine and Billy Howard. 1-Roop beat Howard. 2-Valentine defeated Roop. 3-Miller and Valentine were both counted out outside the ring.

4/21/72 – Kiel Auditorium (at. 7051)
Johnny Valentine won a Texas Death Match over Big Bill Miller
Harley Race no decision Jack Brisco. Each man won one fall before they collided in the third fall, as Race was counted out on the mat and Brisco was counted out outside the ring.
Dick the Bruiser and Pat O’Connor defeated Pak-Son and Blackjack Lanza, with Bobby Heenan. 1-Lanza defeated O’Connor. 2-O’Connor defeated Lanza. 3-Bruiser defeated Pak-Son.
Rufus R. Jones defeated Angelo Poffo (sub for Hans Schmidt)
Blackjack Mulligan, now w/Bobby Heenan, draw Wilbur Snyder
Moose Cholak (sub for Bob Roop) and Dan Miller defeated Ronnie Etchison and Billy Howard. 1-Etchison defeated Miller. 2-Miller defeated Howard. 3-Cholak defeated Etchison.

4/22/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Big Bill Miller defeated Frank Diamond
MO. Title Tourney: Harley Race defeated Terry Martin
Johnny Valentine defeated Jack Black
Bob Roop and Pat O’Connor draw

4/29/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Nick Adams defeated Billy Howard
MO. Title Tourney: Harley Race defeated Pat O’Connor after an extra 5-minute session past the original 15-minute limit which ended in a draw.
Johnny Valentine defeated Dick Richie
Ronnie Etchison defeated Frank Diamond

5/6/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Harley Race defeated Tom Novak
Ronnie Etchison defeated Dick Richie
Johnny Valentine defeated Nick Adams
Pat O’Connor defeated Tom Reesman

5/12/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6249)
Dick the Bruiser won a handicap tag bout over Bobby Heenan, Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza by pinning Mulligan
Johnny Valentine and Rufus R. Jones defeated Terry Funk and Dory Funk Sr. when Jones defeated Senior
Harley Race defeated Don Curtis
Pat O’Connor defeated Moose Cholak
Betty Niccoli defeated Jean Antone
Dan and Big Bill Miller defeated Billy Howard and Sonny Myers. 1-Dan defeated Myers. 2-Myers defeated Dan. 3-Bill defeated Howard.

5/13/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Terry Martin draw Bennie Ramirez
Mo. Tourney: Harley Race defeated Tom Demarco
Johnny Valentine defeated Jack Black
Rufus R. Jones defeated Nick Adams

5/20/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Terry Martin defeated Bob Sabre
Johnny Valentine defeated Bennie Ramirez
Harley Race defeated Billy Howard
Ronnie Etchison and Rufus R. Jones defeated Nick Adams and Jack Black when Etchison defeated Adams
The new Missouri Championship belt is unveiled. Valentine announces he is dropping out of Missouri title tourney due to NWA title match 6/2.

5/27/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Roger Kirby defeated Billy Howard
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Yaso Fuji
Harley Race defeated Jim Padaruski
The Stomper defeated Bennie Ramirez

6/2/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8331)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Johnny Valentine 2/3 falls. Each man won a fall, but Valentine could not continue in the third fall after losing the second to Funk’s spinning toehold.
Jack Brisco, Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor defeated Pak-Son, Harley Race and Big Bill Miller when Jones defeated Pak-Son
The Stomper (originally The Mongolian Stomper) defeated Hans Schmidt
Betty Niccoli defeated Donna Lemke
Lord Littlebrook defeated Tiny Todd
Moose Cholak and Dan Miller defeated Terry Martin and Ronnie Etchison. 1-Cholak beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Cholak. 3-Miller defeated Martin.

6/3/72 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Yaso Fuji draw Terry Martin
Harley Race defeated Harry Lane
The Stomper, Jim Padaruski and Billy Howard defeated Bennie Ramirez, Carl Cox and Roger Kirby. 1-Howard defeated Ramirez. 2-Kox defeated Howard. 3-Stomper defeated Cox.

Out-of-town wrestling shows were telecast from 6/10/72 through 7/29/72

The program was moved back to the Khorassan Room of the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel. Sam Menacker became the commentator, with Mickey Garagiola doing the ring announcing. Note the change in the name of the TV program back to WatC

8/5/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby defeated Billy Howard
Harley Race defeated Roy Bess
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Joe Chun
The Stomper (originally Mongolian Stomper) won two straight falls over Juan Sebastian

8/12/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Billy Howard draw Juan Sebastian
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Chati Yokouchi
Harley Race defeated Bobby Whitlock
Roger Kirby and Yaso Fuji defeated The Stomper and Roy Bess. Kirby defeated Bess for the only fall within the curfew.

8/18/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7747)
Jack Brisco defeated Harley Race
Gene Kiniski defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis
Pat O’Connor and Rufus R. Jones defeated Von Raschke and Moose Cholak when O’Connor defeated Cholak
The Stomper defeated Stan Pulaski
Dick the Bruiser defeated Blackjack Mulligan (sub for Jack Lanza) via DQ
Roger Kirby and Yaso Fuji defeated Les Thornton and Omar Atlas. 1-Fuji beat Thornton. 2-Thornton defeated Fuji. 3-Kirby defeated Atlas.

8/19/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby defeated Roy Bess
The Stomper defeated Joe Chun
Harley Race defeated Billy Howard
Yaso Fuji draw Bobby Whitlock, each man winning one fall within curfew

8/26/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Larry Matysik returns as “color” commentator with Sam Menacker)
Roger Kirby draw Steve Bolus
Rufus R. Jones defeated Rick O’Toole
The Stomper defeated Jim Preacher
Harley Race defeated John Novak two straight falls

9/2/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rufus R. Jones defeated Jimmy Honda
Harley Race defeated Emanuel Veach
The Stomper defeated Tom Reesman
Yaso Fuji and Roger Kirby defeated Bobby Whitlock and Steve Bolus. Kirby beat Whitlock for the lone fall within curfew.

9/8/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6224)
Gene Kiniski defeated Jack Brisco
Dick the Bruiser and Steve Bolus won a handicap match over Roger Kirby when Bruiser beat Kirby; Bolus never entered the ring.
The Stomper was the winner of a tag elimination bout sending Stomper, Cowboy Bob Ellis and Pat O’Connor against Harley Race, Pak-Son and Von Raschke. 1-Raschke beat Ellis. 2-O’Connor defeated Pak-Son. 3-Raschke defeated O’Connor. 4-Stomper defeated Race. 5-Stomper defeated Raschke.
Rufus R. Jones and Blackjack Lanza draw
Les Thornton defeated Moose Cholak via DQ
Omar Atlas defeated Yaso Fuji

9/9/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rufus R. Jones defeated Jim Preacher
The Stomper defeated Rick O’Toole
Harley Race defeated Steve Bolus
Roger Kirby defeated Billy Howard

9/16/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Mo. Tourney: Harley Race won the Missouri title by beating Pak-Son. Bill Watts was disqualified for not appearing.
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. and Pat O’Connor defeated Yaso Fuji and Chati Yokouchi when O’Connor defeated Yokouchi
Funk and O’Connor were then challenged by Gene Kiniski and Harley Race. Sam Muchnick agreed to the bout. Kiniski and Race won when Race defeated Funk after Kiniski attacked Funk outside the ring.
Rufus R. Jones defeated Juan Sebastian

9/22/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7143)
Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Dick the Bruiser 2/3 falls. Both won one fall when Bruiser injured his knee in the second fall and could not continue.
Rufus R. Jones won a Texas Death Match over Blackjack Lanza (In the next “Wrestling News” magazine for 10/13, Sam Muchnick declared that the referee did not understand what a Death Match was and that the bout should not have been stopped when it was)
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Pat O’Connor draw Hans Schmidt and Big Bill Miller with no falls scored within the 30-minute limit
The Stomper defeated Von Raschke via DQ
Betty Niccoli defeated Belle Starr
Ronnie Etchison and Steve Bolus defeated Dan Miller and Juan Sebastian. 1-Miller beat Bolus. 2-Bolus defeated Miller. 3-Etchison defeated Sebastian.

9/23/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Stomper defeated Billy Howard
Gene Kiniski defeated Steve Bolus
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Yaso Fuji
Rufus R. Jones defeated Chati Yokouchi

9/30/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Stomper defeated Chati Yokouchi
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. no contest Steve Bolus because Funk refused to accept victory after Bolus was injured
Gene Kiniski defeated Billy Howard
Yaso Fuji draw Hank James

10/7/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Harley Race defeated Chati Yokouchi
Gene Kiniski defeated Hank James
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Juan Sebastian
The Stomper defeated Yaso Fuji

10/13/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,881)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. won 2/3 falls over Gene Kiniski
Missouri Champion Harley Race won 2/3 falls over Pat O’Connor
Hans Schmidt and Big Bill Miller defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis and Jack Brisco when Miller defeated Ellis
The Stomper defeated George Hultz
Steve Bolus defeated Juan Sebastian
Al Costello and Don Kent, billed as The Kangaroos, defeated Guy Mitchell and Ronnie Etchison. 1-Kent defeated Etchison. 2-Mitchell defeated Kent. 3-Kent beat Mitchell

10/14/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Steve Bolus defeated George Amell
Big Bill Miller and Harley Race defeated Bobby Whitlock and Rufus R. Jones when Miller defeated Whitlock. Brief skirmish between Race and The Stomper after the bout.
The Stomper defeated Armando Rodriguez

10/21/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Stomper defeated Carlos Colon
Big Bill Miller defeated Caesar Bavan
Steve Bolus and Pat O’Connor defeated Harley Race and Armando Rodriguez. 1-Race beat Bolus. 2-Bolus defeated Rodriguez. 3-O’Connor defeated Rodriguez.
Rufus R. Jones defeated George Amell

10/28/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Stomper defeated Rocky Montana
Big Bill Miller defeated Steve Hagan
Harley Race defeated Billy Howard
Rufus R. Jones defeated Frank Martinez

11/3/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6644)
Missouri Champion Harley Race won 2/3 falls over The Stomper
Rufus R. Jones defeated Big Bill Miller
Jack Brisco and Pat O’Connor defeated Dan Miller and Hans Schmidt when Brisco beat Schmidt
Ethel Johnson defeated Marva Scott
Guy Mitchell draw George Hultz
Steve Bolus and Ben Justice defeated Al Costello and Don Kent, The Kangaroos. 1-Kent defeated Bolus. 2-Justice defeated Kent. 3-Bolus defeated Costello.

11/4/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Steve Bolus defeated Rocky Montana
Harley Race defeated Frank Martinez
Pat O’Connor defeated Yaso Fuji
The Stomper defeated Juan Sebastian

11/11/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Big Bill Miller defeated Billy Howard
Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor defeated Yaso Fuji and Chati Yokouchi. 1-O’Connor beat Yokouchi. 2-Jones defeated Fuji.
Harley Race defeated Steve Bolus

11/17/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5515)
Johnny Valentine and Jack Brisco won a non-title handicap match over Missouri Champion Harley Race. Valentine and Race went for the full one-hour limit, Brisco never entered the ring, and Race had to forfeit the decision.
Little Bobo Johnson won a midget Wrestle Royal over in order out Farmer Pete, Cowboy Lang, Billy the Kid and Little Tokyo
Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor defeated Hans Schmidt and Dan Miller when Jones beat Miller
Big Bill Miller defeated Steve Bolus
Guy Mitchell defeated Hank James via DQ
Jim Steele (later to be George Steele) defeated Ben Justice

11/18/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rufus R. Jones defeated Juan Sebastian
Big Bill Miller draw Pat O’Connor
The Stomper, Steve Hagan and Steve Bolus defeated Frank Martinez, Yaso Fuji and Chati Yokouchi. 1-Bolus defeated Martinez. 2-Fuji defeated Hagan. 3-Stomper defeated Yokouchi.

11/25/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Billy Howard and Omar Atlas draw
Rufus R. Jones defeated Armando Rodriguez
Pat O’Connor defeated Chati Yokouchi
Harley Race defeated Caesar Bavan

12/1/72 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8702)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. draw Rufus R. Jones, as each man won one fall within the one-hour limit
Jack and Jerry Brisco defeated Dan and Big Bill Miller when Jerry defeated Dan Missouri Champion Harley Race defeated Guy Mitchell
Johnny Valentine defeated Hans Schmidt
Jim Steele defeated Billy Howard
Juan Sebastian and Bennie Ramirez defeated Ben Justice and Steve Bolus. 1-Sebastian beat Bolus. 2-Bolus defeated Ramirez. 3-Ramirez defeated Justice.

12/2/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Steve Bolus defeated Billy Howard
Harley Race defeated Bob Hamil (originally George Amell)
Omar Atlas and Bobby Whitlock defeated Chati Yokouchi and Yaso Fuji. 1-Fuji beat Whitlock. 2-Whitlock defeated Yokouchi. 3-Atlas defeated Fuji.

12/9/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Billy Howard defeated Armando Rodriguez
Harley Race defeated Bobby Whitlock
Pat O’Connor, Omar Atlas and Steve Bolus won a tag elimination bout as all three survived against Juan Sebastian, Chati Yokouchi and Yaso Fuji. 1-Bolus defeated Yokouchi. 2-Atlas defeated Sebastian. 3-O’Connor defeated Fuji.

12/16/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Omar Atlas defeated Billy Howard
Harley Race double DQ Johnny Valentine. Sam Muchnick held up the Missouri title and belt after the brawl.
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Carl Cox (likely Karl Kox)
The Invader defeated Jim Padaruski

12/23/72 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Hans Schmidt draw Omar Atlas
Harley Race defeated Bob Seitz
Johnny Valentine defeated Juan Sebastian
The Invader defeated Frank Diamond

12/30/72- “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Invader defeated Steve Bolus
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Les Thornton
Harley Race defeated Jim Reeves
Johnny Valentine, Billy Howard and Omar Atlas defeated Bennie Ramirez, Carl Cox and Hans Schmidt when Valentine defeated Cox