There are now rumors that there may be plans to place El Torito in the Royal Rumble match to continue an angle with Ryback which took place on this week’s Smackdown Taping when Torito hit a plancha on Ryback and it was said that Ryback sold it as if he was very embarrassed. It’s likely we could see Torito come in, hit some of his aerial moves, and either eliminate, or face an elimination from Ryback. This is supposedly one of many scenarios being discussed at this time, and it would still be more entertaining than the 3MB, Prime Time Players and several other stars not yet involved in the match.
Santino Marella Undergoes Neck Surgery
If you’re wondering where Santino Marella has been the past several weeks, he has been dealing with a chronic neck injury, which kept him out the better part of a year before his brief return in 2013. Santino tweeted the following today in regards to a surprise neck surgery he underwent.
“Waiting in the hospital, I question what I’d do if I couldn’t wrestle anymore, I love what I do, it’s an honor, the best is yet to come”
“Success! more blood and pain this time but doctors are happy with the out come”
“Now it’s comeback time! and this time I have @BattleArtsMMA behind me! #timeforamiracle”
“I will still be me, still be funny and entertaining, but I’m gonna kick some serious ass this time straight up”
Potential Royal Rumble SPOILER
As noted earlier this week, there was a lot of back and forth on the Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. New Age Outlaws tag team title match scheduled for the Royal Rumble Kickoff show on Sunday.
Originally, WWE wanted to do the tag title match on Smackdown last week, but instead decided to run the non-title match to give the Outlaws a win so they could book the title match on the pay-per-view. It appears there are plans to put the titles on the Outlaws as part of the Authority angle heading into WrestleMania.
Goldust is now tweeting that he’ll be “unveiling something special” during the Royal Rumble kickoff show on Sunday. Goldust had already mentioned in an interview he wanted to eliminate Cody Rhodes from the Royal Rumble match this year as a piece of revenge for when Cody eliminated him in the 2013 match.
It now sounds like Goldust may turn on Cody in the Kickoff show to begin the set up of a Goldust vs. Cody Rhodes feud leading into the Elimination Chamber or WrestleMania 30 pay-per-view. The Rhodes Brothers have been lobbying for a feud and WrestleMania match for the past several years. We’ll know one was or the other in less than 3 days time.
Hulk Hogan & The Iron Sheik Comment on 30th Anniversary of Hulkamania
If you ignore his AWA heyday, today (January 23rd) marks the 30th Anniversary of “Hulkamania”, as Hulk Hogan burst back onto the scene in the WWF as a baby face and defeated the Iron Sheik in Madison Square Garden to become the WWF World Heavyweight Champion for the first of five times. Both men comment on their legacy, now 30 years later.
Hulk Hogan tweeted “30 years ago a dream came true,I became WWE Champion and HULKAMANIA has been runnin wild ever since,30 years ,seems like yesterday brother HH”
The Iron Sheik commented “30 year ago today me and the @HulkHogan sold out the most famous arena in the world to make Hulkamania. Now I am the legend & he the legend”
St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1970
(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 1970
Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick
1/3/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Roger Kirby draw Frank Hester
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Joe Tomasso
Wilbur Snyder won two straight falls over Mike Rolinsky
1/9/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,434 sellout)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Dick the Bruiser. Bruiser took the first fall and appeared to have a three count on Funk for a second straight fall before referee Joe Schoenberger saw Bruiser using the ropes. The referee reversed the decision and disqualified Bruiser for the second fall. Bruiser went berserk, punched Schoenberger, hit Funk with a chair and was then DQ for the third fall and the match. Afterward, Athletic Commissioner Eddie Davidson suspended Bruiser indefinitely.
Wilbur Snyder and Dewey Robertson won a handicap match over Von Raschke. First Raschke defeated Robertson, but Snyder then defeated Raschke.
Waldo Von Erich, Bob Geigel and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, won over Ernie Ladd, Tommy Martin and Lou Thesz when Lanza defeated Martin Pat O’Connor defeated Luke Graham
Crimson Knight defeated Ronnie Etchison
Frank Hester defeated Mike Rolinsky
Thor Hagen defeated The Viking
1/10/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bob Geigel defeated Ronnie Paul
Wilbur Snyder defeated Bill Russell
Von Raschke defeated Jose Betancourt
Tommy Martin and Frank Hester defeated Roger Kirby and Mike Rolinsky when Martin defeated Rolinsky
1/17/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Von Raschke defeated Bill Christian
Wilbur Snyder defeated Luke Graham
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, and Crimson Knight defeated Terry Martin and Pat O’Connor when Knight defeated Martin
Lou Thesz defeated K.O. Cox
Von Raschke punched Wilbur Snyder during an interview with the two
1/23/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6354)
Pat O’Connor defeated Waldo Von Erich
Von Raschke defeated Wilbur Snyder
Jack Brisco and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, ended in a drawdraw
Crimson Knight and Bob Geigel defeated Reggie Parks and Tommy Martin when Knight defeated Parks
Roger Kirby defeated Terry Martin
Frank Hester defeated Kinji Kimura
Dee Davis and Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli and Patty O’Hara. 1-O’Hara beat Antone. 2-Antone defeated O’Hara. 3-Davis defeated Nicoli.
1/24/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
K.O. Cox defeated Terry Martin
Crimson Knight draw Lou Thesz
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Bill Christian
Luke Graham draw Dewey Robertson
1/31/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bob Geigel defeated Don Drummer
Pat O’Connor defeated Joe Turko
A tag elimination bout ended in a draw with Jack Brisco, Crimson Knight and Von Raschke. Brisco was with NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. and Tommy Martin, while Roger Kirby was with Knight and Raschke. 1-Brisco defeated Kirby. 2-Knight beat Martin. 3-Raschke defeated Funk. The 20-minute limit expired during the next fall with Brisco against Knight and Raschke.
2/6/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6669)
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Jack Brisco 2/3 falls when Brisco could not continue in the third fall. Brisco took the first fall in only 50 seconds before Lanza won the second with a piledriver. His neck injured, Brisco tried to continue the final fall, but after a few minutes referee Joe Schoenberger stopped the bout.
Crimson Knight draw Pat O’Connor
Bob Geigel won a Wrestle Royal over in order out Angelo Poffo, Dewey Robertson, Moose Cholak and Tommy Martin
Wilbur Snyder defeated Ernie Bemis
Roger Kirby defeated Luis Martinez
Ronnie Etchison and Frank Hester defeated Rick Renaldo and Joe Tomasso. 1-Renaldo beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Renaldo. 3-Hester defeated Tomasso.
2/7/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Crimson Knight defeated Don Drummer
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Killer Cox
Von Raschke defeated Bob Sabre
Jack Brisco defeated Joe Turko
2/15/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Crimson Knight no decision Tommy Martin
Von Raschke defeated Dewey Robertson
Pat O’Connor defeated Rick Renaldo
Roger Kirby draw Chief Little Bear
2/20/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,055)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Von Raschke 2/3 falls. Whipper Billy Watson was special referee.
Dick the Bruiser (his suspension ended) and Ernie Ladd Double DQ against Bob Geigel and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan
Pat O’Connor defeated Dick Murdoch
Jack Brisco defeated Roger Kirby
Crimson Knight defeated Guy Mitchell
Lars Anderson and Angelo Poffo defeated Tommy Martin and Thor Hagen. 1-Anderson defeated Martin. 2-Martin defeated Poffo. 3-Anderson defeated Hagen.
2/21/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Dewey Robertson defeated Joe Tomasso
Crimson Knight defeated Steve Thomason
Tommy Martin and Chief Little Bear defeated Rick Renaldo and Roger Kirby. 1-Renaldo defeated Bear. 2-Martin defeated Kirby. 3-Bear defeated Renaldo.
2/28/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jack Brisco defeated Rick Renaldo
Bob Geigel defeated Guy Mitchell
Crimson Knight defeated Rex Allen
Thor Hagen defeated Sugi Sito
3/6/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9615)
Ernie Ladd defeated Bob Geigel
Dick the Bruiser double DQ Crimson Knight
Pat O’Connor won a tag elimination bout which sent O’Connor, Jack Brisco and Dewey Robertson against Lars Anderson, Bobby Heenan and Blackjack Lanza. 1-Anderson beat Robertson. 2-Brisco defeated Anderson. 2-Lanza defeated Brisco. 4-O’Connor defeated Lanza.
5-O’Connor defeated Heenan.
Von Raschke defeated Joe Blanchard
Roger Kirby defeated Jack Pesek
Tommy Martin defeated Rick Renaldo
3/7/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Crimson Knight defeated Thor Hagen
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. draw Pat O’Connor, each man winning one fall within the 30-minute limit
Jack Brisco and Tommy Martin defeated Lars Anderson and Bob Geigel via DQ
3/14/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Joe Blanchard defeated Joe Tomasso
Von Raschke won two straight falls over Jack Pesek
Jack Brisco draw Lars Anderson, each man winning one fall within curfew limit
3/20/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9206)
Pat O’Connor defeated Von Raschke
Wilbur Snyder and Jack Brisco won a handicap match over Blackjack Lanza, with Bobby Heenan. Snyder went the entire 30-minute limit with Lanza, so Lanza had to forfeit the decision and Brisco never entered the ring. By order of Sam Muchnick, Bob Windham and Buddy Smith sat with Heenan to keep Heenan from interfering.
Crimson Knight defeated Bob Windham (later to be billed as Blackjack Mulligan)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Buddy Smith (later to be referee Eddie Smith)
Ernie Ladd and Dewey Robertson defeated Moose Cholak and Lars Anderson. 1-Ladd beat Anderson. 2-Anderson defeated Robertson. 3-Robertson defeated Cholak.
Roger Kirby and Tommy Martin draw
Ronnie Etchison defeated Angelo Poffo via DQ
Betty Niccoli and Jessica Rogers defeated Linda Klein and Barbara Galento. 1-Rogers beat Galento. 2-Galento defeated Rogers. 3-Niccoli defeated Klein.
3/21/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Lars Anderson defeated Dale Mann
Pat O’Connor defeated Joe Blanchard
Crimson Knight defeated Bill Eskew
Jack Brisco defeated Kinji Kimura
3/28/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Von Raschke defeated Bob Turnbull
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Bob Windham
Pat O’Connor defeated Roger Kirby
Lars Anderson draw Gino Caruso
4/3/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,581 sellout)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Pat O’Connor, Funk winning the only fall (at 54:20) scored within the one-hour limit
Wilbur Snyder, Jack Brisco and Ernie Ladd defeated Crimson Knight, Lars Anderson and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, when Snyder defeated Anderson
Moose Cholak defeated Jim Valen
Von Raschke defeated Tommy Martin
Angelo Poffo draw Dewey Robertson
Ronnie Etchison and Luis Martinez defeated Kinji Kimura and Killer Cox. 1-Etchison beat Cox. 2-Martinez defeated Kimura.
4/4/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Lars Anderson defeated Buddy Smith
Von Raschke defeated Gino Caruso
Jack Brisco and Tommy Martin defeated Killer Cox and Crimson Knight. 1-Cox beat Martin. 2-Brisco won via DQ. 3-Brisco defeated Cox. (My memory fails, but this is likely Karl Kox, or Herb/Tony Gerwig, as the weight and home are listed as the same for all these names)
4/11/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jim Valen defeated Johnny Kace
Pat O’Connor won a Wrestle Royal over in order out Angelo Poffo, Jack Brisco, Black Jack Lanza, Wilbur Snyder and Lars Anderson
Crimson Knight defeated Jose Acosta
4/17/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,618)
Gene Kiniski defeated Pat O’Connor, who was counted out outside the ring
Wilbur Snyder won a Wrestle Royal over in order out K.O. Cox, Bobby Brunnell, Billy Howard, Bob Windham, Ernie Ladd and Killer Kowalski and Black Jack Lanza all together, Jack Brisco, Lars Anderson, Tommy Martin and Bobby Heenan
Dick the Bruiser defeated Billy Howard
Ernie Ladd and Killer Kowalski draw
Blackjack Lanza defeated Bob Windham (later billed as Blackjack Mulligan)
Von Raschke and Wilbur Snyder draw
Jack Brisco defeated K.O. Cox
Lars Anderson defeated Bobby Brunnell
Tommy Martin defeated Bobby Heenan via DQ
4/18/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Lars Anderson defeated Bob Kappel
Blackjack Lanza and Von Raschke defeated Jim Valen and Wilbur Snyder. 1-Lanza beat Valen. 2-Snyder defeated Raschke. 3-Raschke defeated Valen.
Jack Brisco defeated Angelo Poffo
4/25/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Tommy Martin defeated Bill Russell
Gene Kiniski defeated Bobby Brunnell
Von Raschke defeated Bob Windham
Jack Brisco and Killer Kowalski draw
5/2/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Betty Niccoli defeated Fran Gravette
Gene Kiniski and Von Raschke defeated Tommy Martin and Gino Caruso. 1-Kiniski beat Martin. 2-Raschke defeated Caruso.
K.O. Cox defeated Billy Howard
5/8/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6577)
Gene Kiniski and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated NWA Champion
Dory Funk Jr. and Wilbur Snyder. 1-Snyder defeated Lanza. 2-Kiniski defeated Snyder. 3-Lanza defeated Funk.
Jack Brisco draw Pat O’Connor
Ernie Ladd double DQ Von Raschke
Lars Anderson defeated Joe Blanchard
Betty Niccoli defeated Jean Antone
Rick Renaldo and Angelo Poffo defeated Ronnie Etchison and Cal Pullins. 1-Etchison beat Poffo. 2-Poffo defeated Pullins. 3-Renaldo defeated Etchison.
5/9/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Lars Anderson defeated Bobby Brunnell
Killer Kowalski defeated Bob Windham
Gene Kiniski defeated Thor Hagen
Jack Brisco defeated K.O. Cox
5/16/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Pat O’Connor defeated John Higgins
The Crimson Knights defeated NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. and Dory Funk Sr. 1-Junior defeated Knight #2. 2-Knight #2 defeated Senior. 3-The Funks were DQ for pulling the mask off Knight #2, who turned out to be Gene Kiniski. Earlier, Sam Muchnick had announced that Junior would defend the title against Crimson Knight 6/12. After the bout, Kiniski claimed he was the Knight who had signed to face the champion. In an interview with Kiniski and the still masked Knight, who was the original Knight, Knight agreed to give Kiniski the crack at the title as long as Kiniski agreed to give the Knight the first crack at Kiniski if he defeated Funk. Muchnick then agreed to Kiniski versus Funk.
Jack Brisco defeated Bill Crabtree two straight falls
5/23/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jack Brisco draw Crimson Knight
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Pedro Amessa
Gene Kiniski defeated Johnny Carr
Dory Funk Sr. defeated Bill Crabtree
5/30/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Sugi Soto defeated Bob Sabre
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Tamayo Sato
Von Raschke defeated Bobby Van
Cal Pullins defeated Don Drummer
6/6/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Tape problems kept Angelo Poffo beating John Bollas from airing; it was replaced by an out-of-town match between Roger Kirby and Tommy Martin.
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Sugi Soto
Von Raschke defeated Jose Betancourt
Johnny Kace and Cal Pullins draw
6/12/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,344)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Gene Kiniski 2/3 falls. Whipper Billy Watson was special referee.
Crimson Knight, Von Raschke and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, won over Dewey Robertson, Wilbur Snyder and Pat O’Connor. 1-Lanza defeated O’Connor. 2-O’Connor defeated Lanza. 3-Knight defeated Robertson.
Dick the Bruiser defeated Lou Klein
Luis Martinez defeated Lars Anderson via DQ
Dory Funk Sr. defeated Johnny Kace
Cal Pullins draw Angelo Poffo
Out-of-town wrestling shows were aired from 6/13/70 through 7/25/70
8/1/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Angelo Poffo defeated Jerry Vickers
Killer Kowalski and Von Raschke defeated Luis Martinez and Pat O’Connor. 1-Kowalski defeated Martinez. 2-Kowalski defeated O’Connor via DQ.
The Viking defeated Ken Hudson
8/8/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Luis Martinez defeated Juan Gacia
Pat O’Connor defeated Boris Kosloff
Killer Kowalski defeated The Viking
Von Raschke defeated Jerry Vickers
8/15/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Roger Kirby and Steve Bolus draw
Rufus R. Jones defeated Oki Shikina
Dick the Bruiser defeated Dale Mann
Pat O’Connor defeated Bill Russell
8/21/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,580)
Pat O’Connor defeated Killer Kowalski in a Texas Death Match
Dick the Bruiser won a tag elimination match sending Bruiser, Jack Brisco and Dewey Robertson against Bob Geigel, Crimson Knight and Lars Anderson. 1-Geigel beat Robertson. 2-Knight and Brisco were both counted out outside the ring. 3-Bruiser defeated Geigel. 4-Bruiser defeated Anderson.
Rufus R. Jones defeated Brutus
Wilbur Snyder draw Tarzan Tyler
Angelo Poffo and Moose Cholak defeated Frankie Hart and Guy Mitchell. 1-Poffo beat Mitchell. 2-Mitchell defeated Poffo. 3-Cholak defeated Hart.
8/22/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Rufus R. Jones defeated Boris Kosloff
Dick the Bruiser defeated Angelo Pofo
Roger Kirby and Oki Shikina defeated Freddie Rogers and Steve Bolus. 1-Shikina beat Rogers. 2-Kirby defeated Rogers.
8/29/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Von Raschke and Rufus R. Jones draw
Crimson Knight defeated Frankie Hart
Dick the Bruiser defeated Guy Mitchell
Pat O’Connor defeated John Fogarty
9/5/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jack Brisco defeated Pepe Lopez
Dick the Bruiser defeated Jim Valen
Crimson Knight and Von Raschke defeated Rufus R. Jones and Guy Mitchell. 1-Knight beat Mitchell. 2-Raschke defeated Mitchell.
9/11/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9807)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Blackjack Lanza 2/3 falls. Bobby Heenan was allowed to tag in and out of the ring, but had any falls been made involving Heenan, they would have been charged to Lanza.
Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor draw Crimson Knight and Von Raschke
Jack Brisco defeated Tarzan Tyler
Bob Geigel defeated Guy Mitchell
Harley Race defeated Luis Martinez
The Viking and Roger Kirby defeated Steve Bolus and Chief Little Bear. 1-Viking beat Bolus. 2-Bolus defeated Viking. 3-Kirby defeated Bear.
9/12/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Dick the Bruiser defeated Frankie Hart
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Bennie Ramirez
Von Raschke defeated John Fogarty
Rufus R. Jones defeated Pepe Lopez
9/19/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Luis Martinez draw Pancho Ramirez
Dick the Bruiser defeated Bobby Burns
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Kato Gordo
Von Raschke draw Jack Brisco
Dory Funk Sr. served as color commentator from the start of the show. After Bruiser’s match, Dick did an interview with Senior and produced an egg with the face of Dory Jr. drawn on it. Bruiser then smashed the egg, but Senior grabbed the shell and rubbed it in Bruiser’s face, opening a cut. Bruiser went berserk and battered Senior. Junior ran to the ring and jumped Bruiser until Pat O’Connor and the referees restored order.
9/26/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Eddie Graham defeated Tito Kopa
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Pancho Ramirez
Dick the Bruiser defeated Luis Martinez
Rufus R. Jones defeated Tony Russo
10/2/70 – The Arena (Attendance: 12,051)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. won 2/3 falls over Dick the Bruiser, taking the third fall when Bruiser submitted to the spinning toehold. Pat O’Connor, special referee.
Jack Brisco, Wilbur Snyder and Rufus R. Jones defeated Moose Cholak, Crimson Knight and Von Raschke when Brisco defeated Cholak
Dewey Robertson and Bob Geigel draw
Terry Funk defeated Bob “Ox” Baker
Betty Niccoli defeated Kay Noble
Dory Funk Sr. and Luis Martinez defeated Don Kent and Angelo Poffo. 1-Poffo beat Martinez. 2-Martinez defeated Poffo. 3-Funk defeated Kent.
10/3/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Dory Funk Sr. defeated Boris Kosloff
Jack Brisco and Eddie Graham defeated Tito Kopa and Tony Russo when Brisco beat Russo
Von Raschke defeated Bobby Burns
Rufus R. Jones defeated Kato Gordo
10/10/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Dewey Robertson defeated Bob Baker
Jack Brisco and Luis Martinez draw Crimson Knight and Rock Hunter. 1-Knight beat Martinez. 2-Brisco defeated Hunter. The 30-minute limit expired with no more falls, although Brisco did yank off Knight’s mask only to find that he had a second mask underneath.
Von Raschke defeated Bobby Van
10/16/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6139)
Crimson Knight defeated Jack Brisco
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, and Von Raschke draw Rufus R. Jones and Pat O’Connor. 1-Lanza defeated Jones. 2-Jones defeated Lanza. The 30-minute limit expired with no more falls.
Bob Geigel defeated Reggie Parks
Cowboy Lang defeated Mighty Atom
Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Billy Howard
Moose Cholak and Rock Hunter defeated Tex McKenzie and Dewey Robertson. 1-Hunter defeated Robertson. 2-Robertson defeated Hunter. 3-Cholak defeated McKenzie.
10/17/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Von Raschke defeated Bob Sabre
Crimson Knight defeated Dewey Robertson
Jack Brisco defeated Kato Gordo
Rufus R. Jones defeated Bob Baker
10/24/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Dewey Robertson draw Bennie Ramirez
Von Raschke defeated Billy Howard
Rufus R. Jones defeated Johnny Kace
Crimson Knight defeated Ronnie Paul
10/31/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Crimson Knight defeated Dale Mann
Pat O’Connor and Rufus R. Jones defeated Bennie Ramirez and Angelo Poffo. 1-O’Connor won via DQ. 2-O’Connor defeated Ramirez
Von Raschke defeated Jim Alexi
11/6/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9289)
Rufus R. Jones defeated Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, via DQ
Von Raschke defeated Pat O’Connor
Wilbur Snyder, Dick the Bruiser and Jack Brisco defeated Rock Hunter, Bob Geigel and Moose Cholak. 1-Snyder defeated Hunter. 2-Geigel defeated Snyder. 3-Brisco defeated Cholak.
Hans Schmidt defeated Dewey Robertson
Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Billy Spears
Angelo Poffo defeated Luis Martinez
11/7/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jack Brisco defeated Johnny Kace
Crimson Knight defeated Billy Howard
Rufus R. Jones and Dewey Robertson defeated Von Raschke and Angelo Poffo. 1-Robertson defeated Poffo. 2-Raschke defeated Robertson. 3-Jones defeated Poffo.
11/14/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Hans Schmidt defeated Billy Spears
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Rock Hunter
Crimson Knight defeated Ricky Hamilton
Wee Willie Wilson defeated Mighty Atom
11/20/70 – The Arena (Attendance: 12,515)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. won 2/3 falls over Crimson Knight, who unmasked as Big Bill Miller
Pat O’Connor and Rufus R. Jones defeated Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, and Thunderbolt Patterson when O’Connor defeated Patterson
Von Raschke double DQ Dick the Bruiser
Jack Brisco defeated Hans Schmidt
Lord Littlebrook and Wee Willie Wilson defeated Cowboy Bradley and Mighty Atom. 1-Bradley defeated Littlebrook. 2-Wilson defeated Atom. 3-Littlebrook defeated Bradley.
Luis Martinez defeated Bennie Ramirez
Steve Bolus and Angelo Poffo draw
Boxing great Jersey Joe Walcott was a special referee on the card
11/21/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Eddie Graham and Hans Schmidt draw
Von Raschke defeated Buddy Fuller
Jack Brisco defeated Ricky Hamilton
Rock Hunter defeated Billy Spears
11/28/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jack Brisco defeated Bill Russell
Pat O’Connor won a Wrestle Royal over in order out Big Bill Miller, Billy Spears, Bob Kappel, Angelo Poffo and Hans Schmidt
Von Raschke defeated Ronnie Paul
12/4/70 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9902)
Jack Brisco won a 16-man Wrestle Royal by defeating Big Bill Miller. After everyone else was eliminated over the top rope, the final two entrants met one fall to a finish, The order out was Al Costello, The Viking, Cato Gordo, Don Kent, Jack Pesek, Luis Martinez, Angelo Poffo, Dick the Bruiser and Von Raschke, Dewey Robertson, Moose Cholak, Pat O’Connor, Wilbur Snyder and Hans Schmidt.
Dick the Bruiser defeated Moose Cholak
Big Bill Miller defeated Jack Pesek
Wilbur Snyder and Dewey Robertson draw Hans Schmidt and Von Raschke
Rufus R. Jones defeated Cato Gordo
Jack Brisco defeated Billy Howard
Luis Martinez defeated Don Kent
12/5/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Angelo Poffo defeated Ricky Hamilton
Jack Brisco defeated Billy Spears
Von Raschke and Hans Schmidt defeated Pat O’Connor and Bob Kappel. Schmidt won the only fall within the 20-minute limit over Kappel, who was injured and replaced by Jack Brisco for the remainder of the time
12/12/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Hans Schmidt defeated Billy Howard
Jack Brisco defeated Tony Russo
Von Raschke defeated Jack Pesek
Betty Niccoli defeated Jean Antone
12/19/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jack Pesek defeated Cato Gordo
Chief Little Bear draw Hans Schmidt
Jack Brisco defeated Roy Klein
Rock Hunter defeated Tony Russo
12/26/70 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bob Geigel defeated Bobby Whitlock
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Killer Cox
Pat O’Connor defeated Bennie Ramirez
Aired a tape from Florida of Pat O’Connor working out with Jack Brisco and showing Brisco a way to counter the spinning toehold of Dory Funk Jr.
SPOILERS: TNA iMPACT 1/23/14 (Genesis “Night 2”)
The following are Spoilers for “Night 2” of the TNA Genesis tapings, scheduled to air on SpikeTV next Thursday, January 23rd, 2014.
* Kurt Angle defeats Bobby Roode in a Steel Cage Match
* Austin Aries defeated Chris Sabin to capture the X Division Title. Velvet Sky was put in a small cage for the duration of the match.
* Samoa Joe defeated Rockstar Spud
* Gunner defeated James Storm to retain the Title Shot Briefcase.
– The BroMans & Zema Ion attacked Eric Young. Abyss makes the save.
* TNA Champion Magnus defeats Sting. Per the match stipulations, Magnus rips up Sting’s contract after to match to signify that Sting has been fired from TNA.
Even though the Wolves (Edwards & Richards) were advertised as competing on next week’s iMPACT, no such match took place. I assume they will continue this “investor” angle. May God have mercy on our souls.
St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1966
(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 1966
Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick
1/1/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tangaro defeated Jerry Miller
Ray Gordon defeated Johnny Kace
Cowboy Bob Ellis won 2/3 falls over Hercules Graham
Gene Kiniski defeated Angelo Poffo
Bulldog Henning draw Lorenzo Parente
1/7/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,612)
Gene Kiniski won the NWA championship by beating Lou Thesz. 1-Thesz won with a series of drop kicks in 18:08. 2-Kiniski won via DQ. Thesz was stunned by a back breaker from Kiniski, after Kiniski caught Thesz in mid-air when Thesz tried a flying head scissors. Trying to fight Kiniski off following the back breaker, Thesz lifted him and flipped him backwards over the top rope. Referee Joe Schoenberger called for the DQ at 4:28. 3-Kiniski won after three back breakers in 1:17.
Johnny Powers and Bobby Managoff defeated Hercules Graham and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Bruiser defeated Managoff. 2-Managoff defeated Bruiser. 3-Powers defeated Graham.
Wilbur Snyder defeated Moose Cholak
Fritz Von Erich won a handicap tag bout over Ray Gordon and Cowboy Bob Ellis by beating Gordon
Bulldog Henning draw Joe Tangaro
Angelo Poffo defeated Johnny Long
1/8/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tangaro defeated Jim Wehba via DQ
Angelo Poffo draw Johnny Kace
Ray Gordon defeated Jim Wehba (sub for Moose Cholak, who missed flight to St. Louis)
Bulldog Henning and Hercules Graham draw Sonny Myers and Johnny Weaver. 1-Graham defeated Weaver. 2-Myers defeated Graham. 25-minute limit expired during third fall.
1/15/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tomasso defeated Bob Boyer
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Pedro Mesa
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Chief Little Bear
Fritz Von Erich defeated Victor Rivera
Sonny Myers defeated Don DeSoto
1/21/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6185)
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Fritz Von Erich
Dick the Bruiser defeated Johnny Powers
Pat O’Connor defeated Bulldog Henning
Bobby Managoff draw Moose Cholak
Dory Funk Jr. and Joe Tangaro defeated Joe Tomasso and Johnny Kace. 1-Kace beat Tangaro. 2-Tangaro defeated Tomasso. 3-Jr. defeated Kace.
Ken Hollis defeated Jim Wehba
1/22/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Kace defeated Jerry Miller
Alex Perez draw Don DeSoto
Bobby Managoff defeated Tamayo Sato
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ken Hollis
Bulldog Henning double DQ Moose Cholak
1/29/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ken Hollis draw Alex Perez
Victor Rivera defeated Johnny Long
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Viking
Dory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Frank Martinez
Pedro Mesa draw Guy Mitchell
2/4/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9454)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won two straight falls over Cowboy Bob Ellis. Kiniski won the first fall with several back breakers and Ellis could not continue in the second fall. (Before the bout, Fritz Von Erich and Wilbur Snyder both came to the ring to challenge the winner and ended up fighting each other.
Fritz Von Erich and Moose Cholak defeated Bobby Managoff and Johnny Powers when Cholak defeated Managoff
Wilbur Snyder defeated Alex Perez
Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Henning. 1-Terry defeated Henning. The 30-minute limit expired without another fall. This was Terry’s St. Louis debut.
Betty Nicoli defeated Jean Antone
Ken Hollis defeated Gus Kalas
2/5/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Viking defeated Victor Rivera
Danny Dusek defeated Greg Peterson
Sonny Myers defeated Pedro Zapata
Bulldog Henning won 2/3 falls over Don DeSoto
Gus Kalas defeated Tarzan Baxter
2/12/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Wilbur Snyder defeated Tor Kamata
Fritz Von Erich defeated Duane Peale
Dick the Bruiser defeated Gus Kalas
Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Danny Dusek and Joe Tomasso. 1-Terry beat Dusek. 2-Jr. defeated Tomasso.
2/18/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8340)
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Moose Cholak (Von Erich jumped Ellis before the match and there was brief skirmish.)
Fritz Von Erich defeated Wilbur Snyder
Dick the Bruiser, Dan Plechas and Bulldog Henning defeated Dory Funk Sr., Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk. 1-Sr. defeated Plechas. 2-Bruiser defeated Jr. 3-Bruiser defeated Sr. via DQ
Bobby Managoff defeated Tor Kamata
Sonny Myers defeated Johnny Kace
Cowboy Bradley and Irish Jackie defeated Tiny Tim and Sky Low Low. 1-Bradley beat Tim. 2-Jackie bet Low Low.
Ken Hollis defeated Joe Tomasso
2/19/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Cowboy Bradley defeated Sky Low Low
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Johnny Kace
Fritz Von Erich defeated Charlie Laye
Ernie Ladd defeated Dan Plechas
Bulldog Henning won 2/3 falls over Duane Peale
2/26/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bulldog Henning defeated Charlie Laye
Sonny Myers defeated Jack Brisco
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Tamayo Sato
Johnny Powers no contest Dick the Bruiser. Powers and Bruiser each won one fall
before both men DQ in third fall.
Bulldog Henning draw Ken Hollis
3/4/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,895 sellout)
Fritz Von Erich defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis
Dory Funk Sr. was awarded a Texas Death Match on a reversed decision over Dick the Bruiser. Special referee Bobby Bruns had given Bruiser the victory when Sr. could not go on, but Bruiser continued to defeated Sr. after the bell. Thus, Bruns changed the decision. (In later publicity, Muchnick explained that Bruns had been wrong since it was a Death Match and that Bruiser should have gotten the victory but been suspended by the Athletic Commission.)
Ernie Ladd and Johnny Powers defeated Moose Cholak and Bulldog Henning. 1-Powers won via DQ. 2-Powers defeated Cholak after a Ladd drop kick on Cholak.
Dory Funk Jr. defeated The Viking
Dan Plechas draw Terry Funk
Joe Tangaro defeated Alex Perez
Angelo Poffo defeated Corsica Joe
3/5/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Mario Milano defeated Tarzan Baxter
Bulldog Henning draw Bobby Managoff
Johnny Powers defeated Sonny Myers
Moose Cholak defeated Guy Mitchell
Johnny Kace defeated Tamayo Sato via DQ
3/12/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tangaro defeated Victor Rivera
Johnny Powers defeated Corsica Joe
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Thor Hagen (Before the bout, Fritz Von Erich came to the ring and challenged Kiniski – but they were kept separated.)
Moose Cholak and Fritz Von Erich defeated Ken Hollis and Angelo Poffo. 1-Cholak beat Hollis. 2-Von Erich defeated Poffo.
3/18/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,617)
Lou Thesz defeated Johnny Powers
Ernie Ladd defeated Moose Cholak
Pat O’Connor and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Great Goliath and The Crusher. 1-Crusher defeated Ellis. 2-Ellis defeated Crusher. 3-O’Connor beat Goliath via DQ.
Bulldog Henning draw Dory Funk Jr.
Sonny Myers defeated Alex Perez
Dan Plechas defeated Victor Rivera
Mario Milano defeated Danny Dusek
3/19/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tamayo Sato draw Guy Mitchell
Mario Milano defeated Jim Wehba
Fritz Von Erich defeated Gene Anderson
Dick the Bruiser defeated Joe Tangaro
Joe Tomasso defeated Charlie Laye
3/26/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Doug Lindsay defeated Bob Hamby
Bulldog Henning defeated Victor Rivera
Dan Plechas defeated Chief Little Bear
Great Goliath double DQ Ernie Ladd
Dory Funk Jr. won 2/3 falls over The Viking
4/1/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,844 sellout)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Fritz Von Erich 2/3 falls. Kiniski won the first fall by DQ, Von Erich won the second and Kiniski pinned Von Erich to win the third.
Ernie Ladd and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Great Goliath and Moose Cholak. 1-Goliath defeated Ladd. 2-Ladd defeated Goliath. 3-Ellis defeated Cholak.
Johnny Powers draw Pat O’Connor
Dick the Bruiser defeated Sonny Myers
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Taro Myaki
Joe Tangaro defeated Hercules Graham via DQ
Guy Mitchell draw The Viking
4/2/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy Mitchell and Joe Tangaro defeated Joe Tomasso and Tamaya Sato. 1-Tomasso beat Mitchell. 2-Tangaro defeated Tomasso. 3-Mitchell defeated Sato.
Gene Anderson defeated Kenny Mack
Mario Milano draw Hercules Graham. Each won one fall in the 30-minute limit.
4/9/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Victor Rivera draw Corsica Joe
Joe Tangaro defeated Johnny Carr
Dory Funk Sr. won two straight falls over Don Lortie
Ernie Ladd defeated Steve Stanlee
Hercules Graham defeated Victor Rivera
4/15/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9859)
Ernie Ladd defeated Great Goliath, who was unmasked as Moose Evans
Dick the Bruiser defeated Dory Funk Sr.
Pat O’Connor and Bobby Managoff defeated Johnny Powers and Fritz Von Erich. 1-Managoff won via DQ. 2-O’Connor defeated Powers, leading to a scuffle between Von Erich and Powers.
Moose Cholak draw Cowboy Bob Ellis
Kathy O’Brien defeated Jean Lane with Cora Combs as special referee
Bulldog Henning defeated Joe Blanchard
Mario Milano defeated Dan Plechas
4/16/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Don Lortie defeated Victor Rivera
Joe Tangaro defeated Tamaya Sato via DQ
Moose Cholak won 2/3 falls over Steve Stanlee
Bulldog Henning won 2/3 falls over Ken Hollis
4/23/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Kace draw Joe Tangaro
Kathy O’Brien defeated Cora Combs
Verne Gagne defeated Corsica Joe
Pat O’Connor defeated Joe Blanchard
Ernie Ladd defeated Bulldog Henning
4/30/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dan Plechas defeated Corsica Joe
Joe Blanchard defeated Johnny Kace
Bulldog Henning defeated Duane Peale
Pat O’Connor and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Steve Stanlee and Moose Cholak. 1-Cholak defeated Ellis. 2-Ellis defeated Cholak. 3-O’Connor defeated Stanlee.
5/6/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,850 sellout)
Lou Thesz and Pat O’Connor defeated NWA Champion Gene Kiniski and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Kiniski defeated O’Connor. 2-O’Connor defeated Bruiser via DQ. 3-Thesz beat Kiniski.
Ernie Ladd draw Fritz Von Erich
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bulldog Henning
Mario Milano defeated Moose Cholak via DQ
Terry Funk defeated The Viking
Angelo Poffo defeated Johnny Kace
5/7/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Geigel defeated Bobby Hart
Mario Milano defeated Johnny Kace
The Destroyer draw Angelo Poffo. Each man won one fall with the 30-minute limit.
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls over Don Lortie
5/14/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Thor Hagen draw Moose Cholak
Luis Martinez defeated Joe Tomasso
Angelo Poffo won two straight falls over Ivan Volkoff
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Jim Wehba
Guy Mitchell double knock out Johnny Kace.
5/21/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Thor Hagen defeated Charlie Laye
Guy Mitchell defeated Duane Peale
Lou Thesz defeated Angelo Poffo
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Luis Martinez
Dick the Bruiser won two straight falls over Harry Morgan
Kiniski and Thesz officially signed for their June 3 match
5/28/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Luis Martinez defeated Johnny Kace
Joe Tomasso draw Ron Reed
Dick the Bruiser defeated Thor Hagen
Sonny Myers and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Moose Cholak and The Viking. 1-Viking beat Myers. 2-Myers defeated Cholak. 3-Ellis defeated Viking.
6/3/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,804 sellout)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski and Lou Thesz went to a draw, each winning one fall within the one hour limit
Ernie Ladd, Cowboy Bob Ellis and Pat O’Connor defeated Fritz Von Erich, Dick the Bruiser and Moose Evans when Ellis defeated Evans
Mario Milano defeated Ivan Volkoff
Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Moose Cholak and Dan Plechas. 1-Plechas beat Terry. 2-Terry defeated Cholak via DQ. 3-Jr. defeated Plechas.
Sonny Myers and Joe Blanchard ruled no contest when Blanchard was injured and Myers refused the victory
Joe Tomasso defeated Thor Hagen
6/4/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Luis Martinez defeated Tamayo Sato
Guy Mitchell defeated Ivan Volkoff
Luke Graham draw Sonny Myers, each winning one fall with the 30-minute limit
Bob Geigel defeated Harry Morgan
The Viking defeated Rocky Starr
6/11/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tomasso defeated Rocky Starr
Ron Reed defeated Dan Plechas via DQ
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls over Boris Nicoli
Luis Martinez defeated Raymond Zavalza
Sonny Myers defeated Johnny Kace
6/18/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy Mitchell defeated Boris Nicoli
Ron Reed defeated Raymond Zavalza
Sonny Myers, Pat O’Connor and Angelo Poffo defeated Joe Tomasso, Moose Cholak and Dan Plechas. 1-Plechas defeated Poffo. 2-Myers defeated Plechas. 3-O’Connor beat Tomasso.
Dick the Bruiser defeated Luis Martinez
6/25/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente defeated Johnny Kace
Paul Vachon draw Joe Tangaro
Sonny Myers won two straight falls over Chuck Carbo
Jerry Kozak won 2/3 falls over Joe Tomasso
7/2/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Timothy Geohagen defeated Tamayo Sato
Joe Tangaro defeated Tarzan Baxter
The Crusher (Reggie Lisowski) defeated Jerry Kozak
Sonny Myers defeated Alex Perez
Paul Vachon draw Lorenzo Parente
7/9/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jerry Kozak draw Johnny Kace
Lorenzo Parente defeated Alex Perez via DQ
The Crusher defeated Timothy Geohagen
Pat O’Connor and Sonny Myers defeated Moose Cholak and Paul Vachon. 1-Cholak beat Myers. 2-O’Connor defeated Cholak via DQ. 3-Myers defeated Vachon.
7/16/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Geigel defeated Duane Peale
Joe Tangaro defeated Corsica Joe
Fritz Von Erich no contest Dory Funk Jr. 1-Von Erich won when Funk lost his temper, went berserk and was DQ’ed. There never was a second fall since the two continued battling during the rest period, thus referee Milo Occhi ruled the match no contest. Help including other wrestlers was needed to restore order when Von Erich and Funk had a pull-apart brawl.
Sonny Myers won 2/3 falls over Jack Vansky
7/23/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Kace defeated Bobby Hart
Moose Cholak defeated Joe Wolfe
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Herb Larson
The Crusher defeated Joe Tangaro
Dan Plechas draw Lorenzo Parente
7/30/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Angelo Poffo defeated Jack Vansky
The Viking draw Timothy Geohagen
Dory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Johnny Long
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Sonny Myers defeated Jack Donovan and Moose Cholak. 1-Myers won via DQ. 2-Donovan defeated Myers. 3-Ellis defeated Donovan.
8/6/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Kace defeated Mike York
Lorenzo Parente defeated Corsica Joe
Sonny Myers won two straight falls over Eric Von Braunner
The Crusher won two straight falls over Thor Hagen
8/13/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tangaro defeated Tommy Phillips via DQ
Luis Martinez defeated Johnny Kace
Dory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Jerry Dean
Fritz Von Erich defeated Jose Betancourt
Bob Clark draw Cowboy Bob Ellis
8/20/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jose Bertancourt draw Angelo Poffo
Hercules Graham defeated Luis Martinez
Sonny Myers won 2/3 falls over Jack Donovan
Moose Cholak won a handicap match over Guy Mitchell and Jose Betancourt, first beating Mitchell and then beating Betancourt.
8/20/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,205 sellout)
Lou Thesz defeated The Crusher
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Fritz Von Erich in only 5:50 when Fritz began to argue with Dory Sr. at ringside and was hit from behind by a drop kick from Jr. just as Sr. reached under the ropes and tripped Von Erich.
Pat O’Connor and Bobby Managoff defeated Moose Evans and Moose Cholak. 1-Evans defeated Managoff. 2-O’Connor defeated Cholak. 3-Managoff defeated Evans.
Hercules Graham won a handicap match over Sonny Myers and Whipper Billy Watson. 1-Graham defeated Myers. 2-Graham defeated Watson via DQ.
Dory Funk Sr. draw Bob Geigel
Eddie Graham defeated Tommy Phillips
Joe Tangaro defeated The Viking
Betty Nicoli defeated Mae Goodson
Angelo Poffo defeated Tamayo Sato
8/27/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby Managoff draw Moose Cholak
Dory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Roger Kirby
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Sonny Myers
Mitsu Arakawa and Hercules Graham defeated Angelo Poffo and Luis Martinez. 1-Arakawa defeated Martinez. 2-Martinez defeated Arakawa via DQ. 3-Graham defeated Poffo.
9/3/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Thor Hagen defeated Johnny Kace
Luis Martinez draw Timothy Geohagen
The Viking won 2/3 falls over Angelo Poffo
Hercules Graham defeated Joe Wolfe
Lorenzo Parente defeated Danny Dusek
9/10/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Luis Martinez defeated Joe Tomasso
Angelo Poffo defeated Steve Stanlee
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Chris Markoff
Hercules Graham won two straight falls over Don Acosta
Jack Donovan double knock out Thor Hagen
9/16/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,995)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Dory Funk Jr. Funk won the first fall and Kiniski took the second with back breakers after Funk missed a flying tackle, flew from the ring and crashed into the press table. Referee Joe Schoenberger refused to allow the injured Funk to continue in the third fall.
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Johnny Valentine defeated Moose Cholak and Johnny Powers. 1-Powers defeated Valentine. 2-Valentine defeated Powers. 3-Ellis defeated Cholak.
Fritz Von Erich won a handicap match over Terry Funk and Dory Funk Sr. 1-Von Erich defeated Sr. 2-Von Erich won via DQ when both Funks attacked him.
Sonny Myers draw Hercules Graham
Bob Geigel defeated Timothy Geohagen
Lorenzo Parente defeated The Mongol
The Viking defeated Thor Hagen
9/17/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jack Donovan defeated Dick Murdoch
Johnny Powers defeated Jerry Timmons
Wilbur Snyder defeated Jim Wehba
Dick the Bruiser and Hercules Graham no contest Johnny Valentine and Lorenzo Parente. 1-Graham defeated Parente. 2-Valentine, after Bruiser accidentally punched Graham, pinned Graham. 3-Bruiser and Graham ended up in a pull-apart brawl, thus the referee threw out the match.
9/24/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jack Donovan draw Luis Martinez
Wilbur Snyder defeated Mitsu Arakawa via DQ
Dick the Bruiser defeated Timothy Geohagen
Hercules Graham defeated Angelo Poffo
The Viking draw Bobby Managoff
10/1/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Mitsu Arakawa defeated Marvin Marlin
Luke Graham draw Lorenzo Parente
Terry Funk defeated The Alaskan
The Crusher won 2/3 falls over Chuck Conley. Each man was awarded a fall in a double DQ before Crusher won third fall.
Sonny Myers defeated Jim Wehba
Lorenzo Parente draw Mitsu Arakawa
10/7/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9410)
Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk won 2/3 falls over Fritz Von Erich and The Crusher. 1-Crusher defeated Terry. 2-Terry defeated Crusher. 3-Dory defeated Fritz via DQ. The referee had stopped the bout and given the decision to Fritz, who had Dory in the Iron Claw, but when Von Erich refused to release the hold, he was DQ’ed.
Dick the Bruiser won a Texas Death Match over Hercules Graham
Pat O’Connor defeated Johnny Powers
Wilbur Snyder defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Sweet Daddy Siki defeated Dan Plechas
Chris Markoff defeated Luis Martinez
Angelo Poffo draw Jack Donovan
10/8/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tomasso defeated Don Acosta
Joe Tangaro defeated Steve Stanlee
Chris Markoff draw Luke Graham. Each won one fall before the 30-minute limit expired.
Mitsu Arakawa and Jack Donovan defeated Lorenzo Parente and Luis Martinez. 1-Parente defeated Arakawa. 2-Arakawa defeated Parente. 3-Donovan defeated Martinez.
10/15/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Viking defeated Dick Murdoch
Ronnie Etchison defeated Phil Brummett
Pat O’Connor defeated Luke Graham
The Crusher defeated Gus Kalas
Don Acosta draw Lorenzo Parente
10/22/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Kace defeated Bobby Hart
Wilbur Snyder defeated Tor Kamata
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls over Pedro Zapata
Waldo Von Erich won two straight falls over Luis Martinez. Waldo took the first fall with a blitzkrieg, where he held onto Martinez’s head and jumped from the top rope into Martinez’s neck and back. Martinez could not continue the second fall. Athletic Commissioner Charles Pian came to ringside and banned the move, calling it a leap off the top rope.
Ronnie Etchison defeated Joe Tomasso
10/28/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7408)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Pat O’Connor
Wilbur Snyder defeated The Crusher via DQ
Waldo Von Erich defeated Ronnie Etchison
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Chris Markoff
Sweet Daddy Siki defeated Luke Graham
Moose Cholak defeated Gus Kalas
Lorenzo Parente and Joe Tangaro defeated Dan Plechas and Mitsu Arakawa. 1-Tangaro won via DQ. 2-Parente defeated Plechas.
Timothy Geohagen defeated Johnny Kace
10/29/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Thor Hagen draw Johnny Kace
Jessica Rogers defeated Dianna Lynn
Lorenzo Parente won 2/3 falls over Pedro Zapata
Luke Graham and Moose Cholak defeated Ronnie Etchison and Jose Betancourt. 1-Graham defeated Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Graham. 3-Cholak defeated Betancourt.
11/5/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jack Donovan defeated Luis Martinez
Sweet Daddy Siki defeated Steve Stanlee
Waldo Von Erich defeated Angelo Poffo
Dick the Bruiser defeated Lorenzo Parente. NWA Champion Gene Kiniski was doing color commentary with George Abel during the match. At one point, Bruiser was knocked from the ring and, on the floor, began arguing with Kiniski. Bruiser decked Kiniski, picked up the announcer’s table and slammed it on the champion.
Luke Graham draw Ronnie Etchison
11/11/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7352)
Waldo Von Erich and Moose Cholak won a handicap match over Lou Thesz. First, Thesz pinned Cholak but went the remainder of the 30-minute limit with Waldo and had to forfeit the decision.
Fritz Von Erich defeated Dory Funk Jr.
Terry Funk and Joe Tangaro defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Henning. 1-Bruiser beat Tangaro. 2-Funk won via DQ. 3-Tangaro defeated Henning.
Sweet Daddy Siki double DQ Hercules Graham
Dianna Lynn and Cora Combs won two straight falls over Mae Goodson and Jessica Rogers. 1-Combs defeated Goodson. 2-Lynn defeated Rogers.
Toru Tanaka (later billed as Professor Tanaka) draw Ronnie Etchison
11/12/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tomasso draw Timothy Geohagen
Hercules Graham defeated Tarzan Baxter
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Ronnie Etchison
Dick the Bruiser defeated Rickey Hunter
Bulldog Henning draw Thor Hagen
11/19/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Timothy Geohagen defeated Luke Graham
Rickey Hunter draw Toru Tanaka
Ronnie Etchison won 2/3 falls over Tor Kamata
Hercules Graham, Bulldog Henning and The Crusher defeated Thor Hagen, Lorenzo Parente and Dory Funk Jr. 1-Henning defeated Parente. 2-Hagen defeated Henning. 3-Graham beat Hagen.
11/25/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,892 sellout)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Dick the Bruiser 2/3 falls
Lou Thesz defeated Hercules Graham
Waldo Von Erich and The Crusher defeated Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. 1-Crusher defeated Dory. 2-Dory defeated Crusher. 3-Waldo defeated Terry.
Wilbur Snyder defeated Chris Markoff
Dory Funk Sr. defeated Joe Tomasso
Bulldog Henning defeated Ronnie Etchison
Lorenzo Parente defeated Jose Betancourt
11/26/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rickey Hunter defeated Luke Graham via DQ
Sweet Daddy Siki defeated Bulldog Henning
Waldo Von Erich defeated Timothy Geohagen
The Crusher defeated Ronnie Etchison
Hercules Graham draw Dory Funk Jr.
12/3/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Thor Hagen defeated Joe Tomasso
Bulldog Henning defeated Dick Murdoch
Lou Thesz defeated Jack Donovan
Hercules Graham defeated Bob Atlas
Mitsu Arakawa defeated Tarzan Baxter
12/9/66 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7939)
Lou Thesz defeated Waldo Von Erich
Fritz Von Erich defeated Sweet Daddy Siki
Pat O’Connor and Johnny Valentine defeated The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Crusher defeated Valentine. 2-Valentine defeated Crusher. 3-O’Connor won via DQ.
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bulldog Henning
Moose Cholak defeated Steve Stanlee
Johnny Kace draw Angelo Poffo
12/10/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dick Murdoch draw Johnny Kace
Hercules Graham defeated Ronnie Etchison
Lou Thesz defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Bulldog Henning and Jack Donovan defeated Angelo Poffo and Thor Hagen. 1-Henning defeated Poffo. 2-Hagen defeated Henning. 3-Donovan defeated Hagen.
12/17/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente defeated Johnny Kace
Hercules Graham defeated Bronco Jack Kelly
Pat O’Connor defeated The Viking
Johnny Valentine defeated Chin Lee
Joe Tomasso double DQ Steve Stanlee
12/24/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tangaro defeated Johnny Kace
Sonny Myers defeated Mitsu Arakawa
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Lorenzo Parente
Wilbur Snyder won two straight falls over Bob Baker (later to be Ox Baker)
Official signing for Kiniski vs. Thesz on 1/6/67, and then Thesz clinic with Sonny Myers, Rocky Ford and Joe Tangaro
12/31/66 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jack Lanza (later to be Black Jack Lanza) defeated Joe Tomasso
Penny Banner defeated Cora Combs
Moose Cholak defeated Bronco Kelly
Bulldog Henning and Joe Tomasso defeated Herb Larson and Sonny Myers. 1-Henning beat Myers. 2-Myers defeated Henning. 3-Tomasso defeated Larson.
St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1967
(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 1967
Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick
1/6/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,048)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won 2/3 falls over Lou Thesz
Bearcat Wright and Wilbur Snyder defeated Waldo Von Erich and Hercules Graham. 1-Wright defeated Graham. 2-Waldo defeated Wright. 3-Snyder defeated Waldo.
Pat O’Connor defeated Moose Cholak
Johnny Powers draw Cowboy Bob Ellis
Joe Tangaro and Lorenzo Parente defeated Bulldog Henning and Mitsu Arakawa when Tangaro defeated Henning
Jack Donovan defeated Angelo Poffo
1/7/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (Sunday replay now begins at 1:30 p.m.)
Ray Gordon defeated Johnny Kace
Lorenzo Parente draw The Viking
Handicap Match: The Crusher vs. Thor Hagen and Wilbur Snyder was ruled no contest. First, Crusher defeated Hagen but then Crusher and Snyder got into a brawl that ended with both men swinging chairs so the no contest was declared.
Sonny Myers won 2/3 falls over Bulldog Henning
1/14/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ray Gordon draw Hercules Graham
John Paul Henning (returning to action following nine months off after being injured in an auto crash) defeated Jack Donovan
The Crusher defeated Bob Blondell
Bearcat Wright and Wilbur Snyder defeated Bob Baker and Johnny Powers. 1-Wright won via DQ. 2-Snyder defeated Baker.
1/20/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7499)
Wilbur Snyder and Bearcat Wright defeated NWA Champion Gene Kiniski and The Crusher. 1-Snyder won via DQ. 2-Snyder defeated Kiniski.
John Paul Henning double DQ Johnny Powers
Dick the Bruiser defeated Jack Lanza
Pat O’Connor defeated Jack Donovan
Hercules Graham draw Sonny Myers
Ray Gordon defeated The Viking
Chris Markoff defeated Guy Mitchell
1/21/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Hercules Graham defeated Don Acosta
Bob Baker draw Sonny Myers
Moose Cholak won 2/3 falls over Bob Blondell
Dick the Bruiser defeated Guy Mitchell
Rickey Hunter defeated Johnny Kace
1/28/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy Mitchell defeated Bob Baker
Wilbur Snyder defeated The Viking
The Crusher defeated Rickey Hunter
John Paul Henning, Sonny Myers and Ray Gordon defeated Bulldog Henning, Moose Cholak and Hercules Graham. 1-Myers defeated Cholak. 2-Bulldog Henning defeated Gordon. 3-John Paul defeated Bulldog.
Johnny Kace draw Don Acosta
2/3/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9906)
Wilbur Snyder defeated The Crusher
Johnny Powers won a Texas Death Match over John Paul Henning
Ernie Ladd, Johnny Valentine and Pat O’Connor defeated Fritz Von Erich, Bulldog Henning and Hercules Graham. 1-Valentine won via DQ. 2-Ladd defeated Henning.
Edouard Carpentier defeated Mr. X, who was unmasked as Ken Miller
Betty Nicoli defeated Verne Bottoms
Ray Gunkel defeated Johnny Kace
Cowboy Bradley and Jamaica Kid defeated Fuzzy Cupid and Jack Cassidy. 1-Kid beat Cupid. 2-Cassidy defeated Kid. 3-Bradley defeated Cassidy.
2/4/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Geigel defeated Francisco Rios
Sonny Myers defeated Joe Tomasso
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Billy Goodman
Hercules Graham won 2/3 falls over Guy Mitchell
John Paul Henning defeated Mitsu Arakawa
2/11/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ray Gunkel draw Mitsu Arakawa
Johnny Powers won two straight falls over Chief White Eagle
Waldo Von Erich defeated Bob Atlas
Lorenzo Parente defeated Billy Skye
John Paul Henning defeated Hercules Graham
(A special referee for this show was former boxing champion Jack Sharkey)
2/17/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9988)
Lou Thesz defeated Johnny Powers
Fritz Von Erich double DQ Johnny Valentine
Edouard Carpentier and Pat O’Connor won a handicap match over Waldo Von Erich. First, Waldo defeated Carpentier via DQ and then wrestled O’Connor for the remainder of the 30-minute limit. Thus, Von Erich had to forfeit.
Ernie Ladd defeated Moose Evans
John Paul Henning and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Jack Donovan and Bulldog Henning. 1-Ellis won via DQ. 2-Ellis defeated Donovan.
The Viking draw Lorenzo Parente
2/18/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Due to tape problem at start, repeated
1/28 Guy Mitchell defeated Bob Baker
Bulldog Henning defeated Bob Atlas
Wilbur Snyder defeated Jack Donovan
Sonny Myers defeated Tor Kamata
Guy Mitchell draw Mitsu Arakawa
2/28/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Atlas defeated Bobby Skye
Edouard Carpentier defeated Don Davis
Pat O’Connor defeated Steve Kovacs
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Ernie Ladd defeated Herb Larson and Johnny Powers. 1-Powers beat Ellis. 2-Ellis defeated Powers. 3-Ladd defeated Larson.
3/3/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,693 sellout)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won 2/3 falls over Wilbur Snyder
Pat O’Connor and Johnny Valentine defeated Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher. 1-Crusher defeated Valentine. 2-Valentine defeated Bruiser. 3-O’Connor won when Crusher was counted out outside the ring after a drop kick.
Edouard Carpentier defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Sweet Daddy Siki draw Johnny Powers
John Paul Henning and Joe Tangaro defeated Chris Markoff and Bulldog Henning when Henning defeated Markoff
Jack Donovan defeated Jack Lanza
3/4/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Mitsu Arakawa defeated Bob Atlas
John Paul Henning defeated Joe Tomasso
Dick the Bruiser defeated Bob Blondell
The Crusher defeated Lorenzo Parente
Jack Donovan draw Guy Mitchell
3/11/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Atlas and Moose Cholak draw
Jack Donovan defeated Angelo Poffo
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls over Len Miller
Victor Rivera defeated Mitsu Arakawa via DQ
Bulldog Henning draw Guy Mitchell
3/17/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8765)
Pat O’Connor defeated Dick the Bruiser
Edouard Carpentier defeated Waldo Von Erich
Ernie Ladd and John Paul Henning defeated The Crusher and Jack Donovan. 1-Crusher beat Henning. 2-Ladd defeated Crusher. 3-Henning defeated Donovan.
Killer Kowalski draw Wilbur Snyder
Moose Evans defeated Bob Atlas
Victor Rivera defeated Bulldog Henning
Reggie Parks defeated The Viking via DQ
3/18/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Atlas defeated Joe Tomasso
Angelo Poffo defeated Tor Kamata
John Paul Henning and Pat O’Connor defeated NWA Champion Gene Kiniski and Moose Cholak. 1-Kiniski defeated Henning. 2-O’Connor defeated Kiniski. 3-Henning beat Cholak.
Thor Hagen defeated The Viking via DQ
3/25/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Viking and Bob Atlas draw
Jack Donovan defeated Tommy Phillips
Pat O’Connor defeated Professor Hito
John Paul Henning won two straight falls over Len Miller
Tor Kamata draw Guy Mitchell
4/1/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tangaro defeated Herb Larson
Guy Mitchell defeated Danny Dusek
Rickey Hunter won 2/3 falls over Roberto Pico
John Paul Henning won two straight falls over Jerry Dean
Rocky Ford defeated Bob Atlas via DQ
4/7/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,604 sellout)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won 2/3 falls over Pat O’Connor
Johnny Valentine, Ernie Ladd and John Paul Henning defeated Fritz Von Erich, Johnny Powers and Moose Cholak. 1-Von Erich defeated Ladd. 2-Ladd defeated Cholak. 3-Valentine defeated Powers.
Edouard Carpentier defeated Moose Evans
Joe Tangaro and Lorenzo Parente defeated Mitsu Arakawa and Tor Kamata when Tangaro defeated Kamata
Verne Bottoms defeated Jessica Rogers
Jack Donovan defeated Guy Mitchell
4/8/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Blondell defeated Len Miller
Steve Kovacs draw Jack Donovan
Fritz Von Erich defeated Victor Rivera
Edouard Carpentier defeated Eric Von Braunner
John Paul Henning defeated Tor Kamata via DQ
4/15/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Victor Rivera defeated Jerry Dean
Jack Donovan defeated Luis Garcia
Killer Kowalski and Bulldog Henning defeated Guy Mitchell and Wilbur Snyder when Kowalski defeated Mitchell
Edouard Carpentier defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Sonny Myers defeated Bobby Skye
4/21/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7136)
Edouard Carpentier defeated Fritz Von Erich via DQ
Wilbur Snyder defeated Killer Kowalski
The Crusher (subbing for Dick the Bruiser) defeated Steve Kovacs
Johnny Valentine double DQ Moose Cholak
Sweet Daddy Siki and John Paul Henning defeated Moose Evans and Bulldog Henning. 1-Bulldog defeated Siki. 2-John Paul defeated Evans. 3-Siki defeated Bulldog.
Bob Atlas defeated Bob Blondell
Victor Rivera defeated Tommy Phillips
4/22/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tommy Phillips defeated Luis Garcia
Guy Mitchell defeated Jerry Dean
Edouard Carpentier defeated Jack Donovan
Mitsu Arakawa draw Sonny Myers, each winning one fall within the 30-minute limit
Bob Atlas draw Victor Rivera
4/29/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby Duncum draw Bob Geigel
Bulldog Henning defeated Bob Blondell
Rickey Hunter won 2/3 falls over Mitsu Arakawa, the third fall via DQ
Wilbur Snyder defeated Roberto Pico
Guy Mitchell defeated Bob Atlas
5/6/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy Mitchell defeated Nick Adams
John Paul Henning defeated Joe Tomasso
Edouard Carpentier defeated The Viking
Pat O’Connor defeated Bulldog Henning
Mitsu Arakawa and Joe Tangaro draw
5/13/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Blondell defeated Roberto Pico
Angelo Poffo draw Bulldog Henning
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won two straight falls over Rickey Hunter
Guy Mitchell defeated Moose Cholak via DQ
Bobby Duncum defeated Tor Kamata
5/19/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,659)
Edouard Carpentier and Dick the Bruiser won a handicap tag team bout against NWA Champion Gene Kiniski. It was a 2/3 fall match with the title obviously not at stake. 1-Kiniski defeated Bruiser via DQ. 2-Bruiser defeated Kiniski. 3-Carpentier beat Kiniski.
Dory Funk Jr. no contest Pat O’Connor, when O’Connor injured knee and Funk refused to accept the victory
Bearcat Wright and Wilbur Snyder draw Johnny Powers and The Crusher. 1-Powers beat Wright. 2-Wright defeated Powers. The 30-minute limit expired without another fall.
Jack Donovan defeated Chris Markoff
Don Curtis draw Rickey Hunter
Bobby Duncum defeated Bulldog Henning
5/20/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Viking double DQ Tor Kamata
The Crusher defeated Thor Hagen
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Guy Mitchell
Sonny Myers and Edouard Carpentier defeated Bulldog Henning and Jack Donovan. 1-Donovan defeated Myers. 2-Myers defeated Henning. 3-Carpentier defeated Donovan
5/27/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rickey Hunter and The Viking were both knocked out
Earl Maynard defeated Nick Adams
Edouard Carpentier won two straight falls over Tor Kamata
Mitsu Arakawa draw John Paul Henning. Each man won a fall within the 25-minute limit.
6/3/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tor Kamata defeated Don Sharpe
Jack Donovan defeated Rickey Hunter
Edouard Carpentier defeated Lorenzo Parente
Earl Maynard, Thor Hagen and Guy Mitchell defeated The Viking, Bulldog Henning and Mitsu Arakawa. 1-Henning defeated Hagen. 2-Mitchell defeated Arakawa via DQ. 3-Mitchell defeated Henning.
6/10/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Earl Maynard draw Bob Geigel
Betty Nicoli defeated Jean Antone
Jack Donovan won 2/3 falls over Steve Bolus
The Crusher double DQ John Paul Henning
Lorenzo Parente defeated Nick Adams
6/16/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,860 sellout)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won 2/3 falls over Edouard Carpentier
Dory Funk Jr., John Paul Henning and Wilbur Snyder defeated The Crusher, Moose Evans and Fritz Von Erich. 1-Snyder won via DQ. 2-Snyder defeated Evans.
Dick the Bruiser and Johnny Valentine draw (Valentine’s plane was delayed and Guy Mitchell met Bruiser for the first three minutes until Valentine rushed to the ring and wrestled in his street clothes for the rest of the 20-minute limit)
Jessica Rogers defeated Adrienne Ames
Earl Maynard and Guy Mitchell defeated Mitsu Arakawa and Jack Donovan when Maynard defeated Donovan
Angelo Poffo defeated Tor Kamata
6/17/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ronnie Etchison defeated Johnny Kace
John Paul Henning defeated Angelo Poffo
Sonny Myers won 2/3 falls over Jack Donovan
Moose Cholak won 2/3 falls over Guy Mitchell
6/24/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tor Kamata draw Ronnie Etchison
Earl Maynard defeated Paul Christy
Jack Donovan won 2/3 falls over Bob Kappel
Ron Reed defeated Steve Stanlee
Johnny Kace and Angelo Poffo draw
7/1/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Kace defeated Bob Kappel
Moose Cholak defeated Tiny Mills
Verne Gagne defeated Tor Kamata
Ron Reed and Wilbur Snyder defeated Mitsu Arakawa and Steve Stanlee. 1-Stanlee beat Reed. 2-Reed defeated Arakawa. 3-Snyder defeated Stanlee.
7/8/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Geigel defeated Bill Skye
Earl Maynard defeated Johnny Kace
Ron Reed won two straight falls over Rick Miller
John Paul Henning defeated Jim Starr
The Viking draw Angelo Poffo
7/15/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Sonny Myers and The Viking draw
Ron Reed defeated Jack Donovan via DQ
Jim Starr no contest Cowboy Bob Ellis. Each man won one fall before both were DQ in the final fall.
Lou Thesz defeated Bob “Ox” Baker
Earl Maynard defeated Frank Altman
7/22/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Kace defeated Ivan Volkoff
Ron Reed defeated Frank Altman
Jim Starr won 2/3 falls over Angelo Poffo
John Paul Henning and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Mitsu Arakawa and Tor Kamata. 1-Arakawa defeated Ellis. 2-Ellis defeated Arakawa. 3-Henning defeated Kamata.
7/29/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tor Kamata defeated Luis Garcia
Ronnie Etchison defeated Ivan Volkoff
Jack Donovan won two straight falls over Billy Spears
Ron Reed defeated Joe Tomasso
Bob Boyer draw Johnny Kace
8/5/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Kace defeated Bob Hamby
Sonny Myers defeated Rick Miller
Jim Starr won two straight falls over Johnny Long
John Paul Henning defeated The Viking
Ron Reed defeated Tor Kamata
8/12/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tangaro defeated Frank Altman
Ron Reed defeated Johnny Kace
Sonny Myers and Wilbur Snyder defeated Jack Donovan and Mitsu Arakawa. 1-Donovan defeated Myers. 2-Myers defeated Arakawa. 3-Snyder defeated Donovan.
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Steve Stanlee
8/19/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tommy Phillips draw Jack Donovan
Waldo Von Erich defeated Thor Hagen
Dick the Bruiser won two straight falls over Bob Boyer
Johnny Powers defeated Ronnie Etchison
Ron Reed defeated Jim Starr via DQ
8/25/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7868)
Lou Thesz defeated Johnny Powers
Fritz Von Erich defeated John Paul Henning
Wilbur Snyder and Sonny Myers defeated Jim Starr and Moose Cholak. 1-Myers beat Cholak. 2-Starr defeated Myers. 3-Snyder defeated Starr.
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ron Reed
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Joe Tangaro won a handicap match over Waldo Von Erich. Waldo first defeated Tangaro, but then he and Ellis were Double DQ so Von Erich had to forfeit the decision.
Jean Antone and Betty Nicoli defeated Rose Kelly and Verne Bottoms. 1-Bottoms beat Antone. 2-Antone defeated Bottoms. 3-Nicoli defeated Kelly.
Earl Maynard defeated The Viking
Ronnie Etchison defeated Jack Donovan
8/26/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tommy Phillips defeated Ivan Volkoff
Thor Hagen and Joe Tomasso draw
Ronnie Etchison and Ron Reed defeated Tor Kamata and Mitsu Arakawa. 1-Arakawa beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Arakawa. 3-Reed defeated Kamata.
Moose Cholak draw Pat O’Connor as each won one fall within 20-minute limit
9/2/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Boyer draw Mitsu Arakawa
Wilbur Snyder defeated Joe Tomasso
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls over John Fogarty
Jack Donovan defeated Tommy Phillips
Thor Hagen defeated Frank Altman
9/9/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ronnie Etchison defeated John Fogarty
Waldo Von Erich defeated Bob Boyer
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Fritz Von Erich defeated Angelo Poffo
Calvin Pullins defeated Ivan Volkoff
9/15/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8497)
Fritz Von Erich defeated Lou Thesz via DQ
Cowboy Bob Ellis won a Texas Death Match over Waldo Von Erich
Dick the Bruiser draw Edouard Carpentier
The Crusher defeated Lorenzo Parente
Wilbur Snyder and Johnny Valentine defeated Mitsu Arakawa and Jack Donovan. 1-Snyder defeated Arakawa. 2-Ellis defeated Donovan.
Calvin Pullins defeated Joe Tomasso
9/16/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ron Reed draw Mitsu Arakawa
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Jack Donovan
Fritz and Waldo Von Erich defeated Thor Hagen and Ronnie Etchison. 1-Waldo beat Etchison. 2-Fritz defeated Hagen.
The Viking and Calvin Pullins draw
Bob Boyer defeated John Fogarty via DQ
9/23/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (At this point, the telecast is changed to a one-hour show aired Saturday at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.)
Tor Kamata defeated Tommy Phillips
Waldo Von Erich defeated Billy Garrett
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Tom Bradley
Fritz Von Erich defeated Sonny Scott
9/29/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6382)
Fritz and Waldo Von Erich won 2/3 falls over Cowboy Bob Ellis and Lou Thesz. 1-Waldo defeated Thesz. 2-Thesz defeated Waldo. 3-Fritz defeated Ellis.
Edouard Carpentier defeated the Masked Monster, who unmasked as Ray Collins
Wilbur Snyder and The Crusher draw
Ronnie Etchison no contest Pat O’Connor when Etchison was injured and O’Connor refused to accept the win
Calvin Pullins and Ron Reed defeated The Viking and Jack Donovan. 1-Pullins beat Viking. 2-Donovan defeated Pullins. 3-Reed defeated Donovan.
Mitsu Arakawa defeated Tommy Phillips
9/30/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tommy Phillips defeated Tom Bradley
Billy Garrett draw The Viking
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski met Waldo Von Erich, but Fritz came to ringside and tried to interfere. Kiniski was enraged and Sam Muchnick came to ringside. Kiniski challenged both Von Erichs to a handicap match then and there, to which Muchnick agreed. Fritz started and defeated Kiniski with the Iron Claw.
Ron Reed defeated Tor Kamata
10/7/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Calvin Pullins defeated Bob Boyer
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Moose Cholak
Ronnie Etchison defeated Jack Donovan via DQ
Mitsu Arakawa defeated Don Acosta
10/14/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Wilbur Snyder defeated Carlos Mendoza
Fritz Von Erich defeated Ronnie Etchison
Dick the Bruiser defeated Johnny Sullivan
Bob Boyer defeated Bob Jones
During an interview, Fritz Von Erich vowed that if he did not win the NWA title from Gene Kiniski on 10/20, he would never return to St. Louis
10/20/67 – The Arena (Attendance: 8929)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Fritz Von Erich 2/3 falls (Pat O’Connor, special referee)
Cowboy Bob Ellis, Edouard Carpentier and John Paul Henning defeated The Crusher, Waldo Von Erich and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Waldo defeated Henning. 2-Henning defeated Waldo. 3-Ellis won when Bruiser was DQ’ed.
Lou Thesz defeated Hans Schmidt
Wilbur Snyder defeated Moose Evans
Calvin Pullins and Ronnie Etchison defeated Mitsu Arakawa and El Diablo. 1-Arakawa beat Etchison. 2-Pullins defeated Arakawa. 3-Etchison defeated Diablo, who unmasked as Mike Paidousis.
Ron Reed defeated The Viking
10/21/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Boyer defeated Mike York
Ed Sharkey and John Paul Henning defeated Mitsu Arakawa and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Bruiser defeated Sharkey. 2-Henning defeated Arakawa. 3-Henning defeated Bruiser via DQ due to Arakawa’s interference.
Ronnie Etchison draw Hercules Graham
10/28/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Hercules Graham defeated Bob Hamby
Edouard Carpentier defeated Bob Boyer
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ron Reed
John Paul Henning defeated Mike York
11/3/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4840)
Edouard Carpentier and John Paul Henning won a handicap match over Dick the Bruiser. First, Bruiser defeated Henning but then Carpentier defeated Bruiser via DQ.
Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. defeated Hans Schmidt and Waldo Von Erich. 1-Schmidt defeated Terry. 2-Terry won via DQ. 3-Dory defeated Schmidt.
Ronnie Etchison defeated Moose Evans
Hercules Graham defeated Ron Reed
Calvin Pullins defeated Mike York
Ray Gunkel defeated Jack Donovan
11/4/67 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Mitsu Arakawa draw Sonny Myers
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls over Jose Betancourt
Hercules Graham defeated Don Acosta
Ron Reed defeated Mike York
11/11/67 – Three things happened as of this date. First, the program began telecasting in color. Second, the show was moved to the KPLR studio in the Chase complex. Third, the title was changed to “Championship Wrestling.”
Waldo Von Erich defeated Ray Gunkel
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski and Wilbur Snyder draw. Each man won one fall before the 25-minute limit expired.
Hercules Graham defeated Thor Hagen
11/17/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5218)
Edouard Carpentier won 2/3 falls over Dick the Bruiser, the final fall when Bruiser was counted out outside the ring
Wilbur Snyder and Pat O’Connor defeated The Crusher and Waldo Von Erich. 1-O’Connor won via DQ. 2-Snyder defeated Crusher.
Hercules Graham defeated Ronnie Etchison
Princess Little Cloud defeated Betty Nicoli
John Paul Henning draw Moose Cholak
Lord Littlebrook defeated The Atom
Ron Reed defeated Johnny Kace
11/18/67 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Ronnie Etchison defeated Johnny Kace
Wilbur Snyder defeated Hercules Graham
Dick the Bruiser won two straight falls over Paul Christy
11/25/67 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Hercules Graham draw Sonny Myers
Lord Littlebrook won two straight falls over Little Jumbo
Moose Cholak and Hercules Graham defeated Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers. 1-Graham defeated Myers. 2-Etchison defeated Graham. 3-Cholak defeated Etchison
12/1/67 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6654)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won 2/3 falls over Wilbur Snyder
Edouard Carpentier defeated Moose Cholak
Waldo Von Erich draw Pat O’Connor
Dick the Bruiser won a handicap tag match over Joe Tangaro and Ron Reed by pinning Reed. Bruiser was scheduled to have Hercules Graham as his partner, but Graham was injured in an auto accident so Bruiser went it alone.
Dr. Scarlet defeated Jose Betancourt
Lord Littlebrook defeated Cowboy Lang
Mike York defeated Bob Boyer
12/2/67 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Ronnie Etchison defeated Jack Donovan
Mitsu Arakawa won 2/3 falls over Ron Reed
Joe Tangaro defeated Mike York
12/9/67 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bob Boyer defeated Ivan Volkoff
Edouard Carpentier won two straight falls over Tor Kamata
Mitsu Arakawa won 2/3 falls over Thor Hagen
12/16/67 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Tor Kamata defeated Bob Boyer
Edouard Carpentier and Wilbur Snyder defeated The Viking and Mitsu Arakawa. 1-Snyder defeated Arakawa. 2-Carpentier defeated Viking.
Thor Hagen draw Moose Cholak, each winning one fall in 20-minute limit
12/23/67 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Chief White Eagle defeated Mike York
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Ox Baker
Dr. Scarlet draw Ronnie Etchison. Etchison won 1st fall via DQ, Scarlet pinned Etchison for 2nd fall and 20-minute limit expired without another fall.
12/30/67 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bobby Shane (Bob Schoenberger, no relation to referee Joe, from St. Louis) beat Bob Hamby
Kay Noble and Penny Banner draw
Edouard Carpentier defeated Dennis Hall
The signing between Gene Kiniski and Edouard Carpentier for 1/5 ended in a brawl and with Carpentier ripping off Kiniski’s sport coat and shirt before Bobby Bruns and Wild Bill Longson restored order.
