(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 1968

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

1/5/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,015 sellout)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Edouard Carpentier. The special referee was Buddy Rogers. 1-Carpentier won. 2-Carpentier was counted out outside the ring after missing a flying head scissors, sailing over the top rope to the floor and taking a back breaker from Kiniski on the floor. 3-Carpentier was injured so Rogers stopped the match and awarded the decision to Kiniski….although an argument between the two ended when Rogers punched Kiniski.
Pat O’Connor, Moose Evans and Wilbur Snyder defeated Dr. Scarlet, Johnny Powers and Moose Cholak. 1-O’Connor won via DQ. 2-Scarlet defeated Evans. 3-Snyder beat Cholak, while Scarlet and Powers got into a scrap.
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ox Baker
Princess Little Cloud defeated Kay Noble
Joe Blanchard and Ronnie Etchison defeated Mitsu Arakawa and Tor Kamata. 1-Blanchard defeated Arakawa. 2-Kamata defeated Blanchard. 3-Etchison defeated Kamata.
Thor Hagen defeated Ed Sharkey

1/6/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Calvin Pullins defeated Dennis Hall
Guy Mitchell won two straight falls over Chief White Eagle
Bobby Shane and Pat O’Connor defeated Jim Starr and The Viking. 1-Shane beat Viking. 2-O’Connor defeated Starr
Guest color commentator was Penny Banner

1/13/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Paul Christy defeated Johnny Kace
Johnny Powers defeated Thor Hagen
Dr. Scarlet won a handicap tag bout over Ox Baker and Tiny Mills by beating Baker
Joe Blanchard defeated Bob Boyer

1/19/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5007)
Dr. Scarlet won a Texas Death Match over Johnny Powers
Dory Funk Jr. and Edouard Carpentier defeated Moose Evans and Bob Geigel. 1-Geigel beat Funk. 2-Funk defeated Geigel. 3-Carpentier defeated Evans.
Kay Noble pinned Jean Antone to win a girls’ Wrestle Royal that also included Betty Nicoli, Princess Little Cloud and Carmen Monge. The final two in the ring met one fall to a finish.
Ronnie Etchison draw Joe Tangaro
Calvin Pullins defeated Mike York
Ed Sharkey defeated Joe Tomasso

1/20/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Sonny Myers defeated Tiny Mills
Dr. Scarlet defeated Joe Blanchard
Johnny Powers defeated Gerald Brown (later Jerry Brown)
Thor Hagen draw Johnny Kace

1/27/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Joe Tangaro defeated Nikita Mulkovich
Stan Moose and Sonny Myers draw
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Ronnie Etchison
Bobby Shane defeated Mike York

2/2/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,181)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski and Edouard Carpentier draw, each man winning one fall within the one-hour limit
Wilbur Snyder and Pat O’Connor defeated Dr. Scarlet and Stan Moose when Snyder beat Moose
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Moose Cholak via DQ
Dick the Bruiser defeated Joe Tangaro
Ronnie Etchison defeated Jose Betancourt
Tor Kamata and Mitsu Arakawa defeated Steve Bolus and Eddie Graham. 1-Kamata beat Graham. 2-Bolus defeated Kamata. 3-Arakawa defeated Bolus.
Bob Boyer defeated Johnny Kace

2/3/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Stan Moose draw Ronnie Etchison
Dr. Scarlet defeated Jack Daniels
Dick the Bruiser defeated Pedro Valdez
Bobby Shane defeated Nikita Mulkovich

2/10/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Roger Kirby defeated Bob Boyer
Edouard Carpentier defeated Jack Rice
Dick the Bruiser defeated Red McKim
Bobby Shane defeated Jack Daniels

2/16/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6052)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Edouard Carpentier
Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Moose Cholak and “Crusher” Stan Kowalski (sub for Moose Evans) when Dory defeated Kowalski
Dr. Scarlet double DQ Pat O’Connor
Wilbur Snyder defeated “Crusher” Stan Kowalski via DQ
Bobby Shane defeated Jack Rice
Mitsu Arakawa defeated Red McKim
Bob Boyer defeated Jack Daniels

2/17/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Red McKim draw Bob Boyer
Dick the Bruiser defeated Chuck Bowman
Bobby Shane and Edouard Carpentier defeated Jack Rico and Roger Kirby. 1-Shane won via DQ. 2-Shane defeated Rice.
Jack Daniels double DQ Ronnie Etchison

2/24/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Crusher Kowalski defeated Bob Boyer
Carmen Monge draw Betty Nicoli
Pat O’Connor defeated Cyclone Castro
Pedro Valdez defeated Mike York

3/1/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6121)
Lou Thesz no contest Dory Funk Jr. Thesz eluded a drop kick by Funk, who caught his legs on the top rope and landed on his head, knocking himself cold. Thesz refused to accept the victory, so the match was ruled no contest.
Dr. Scarlet defeated Pat O’Connor
Terry Funk and Joe Tangaro defeated Stan Moose and Dick the Bruiser when Funk beat Moose
Bobby Shane defeated Jim Dalton
Crusher Kowalski draw Ronnie Etchison
Cowboy Lang and Lord Littlebrook defeated Little Jumbo and The Atom. 1-Lang beat Atom. 2-Littlebrook defeated Jumbo.
Carmen Monge defeated Jessica Rogers
Red McKim defeated Chuck Bowman

3/2/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Joe Tangaro draw Crusher Kowalski
Bobby Shane defeated John Fogarty
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won two straight falls over Pedro Valdez
Bob Boyer defeated Cyclone Castro

3/9/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bobby Shane defeated Bob Boyer
Dr. Scarlet defeated Thor Hagen
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ronnie Etchison
Paul Christy defeated John Fogarty

3/15/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8765)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski no contest Dick the Bruiser. Pat O’Connor, special referee. 1-Kiniski won. 2-Bruiser won. Both were disqualified in the third fall. O’Connor was joined by two more referees, Bobby Bruns, Crusher Kowalski and The Crusher to restore order, except that The Crusher threw Kiniski over the top rope.
Wilbur Snyder and Edouard Carpentier defeated Krusher Kowalski and The Crusher when Snyder defeated Kowalski (Kowalski’s nickname was changed from “c” to “k” on this show)
Dr. Scarlet defeated Joe Blanchard
Bob Geigel draw Cowboy Bob Ellis
Bobby Shane defeated Danny Dusek
Bob Brown defeated Steve Bolus
Ronnie Etchison defeated John Fogarty
Bobby Bruns resigned as booker to take a job with the Buffalo, New York, promotion. Behind the scenes and unannounced to the public, Pat O’Connor was named the
booker.

3/16/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Moose Cholak draw Ronnie Etchison
Dr. Scarlet and Krusher Kowalski defeated Paul Christy and Joe Tangaro. 1-Scarlet beat Tangaro. 2-Tangaro defeated Kowalski. 3-Scarlet defeated Christy.
Thor Hagen defeated John Fogarty

3/23/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bobby Shane and Mitsu Arakawa draw
The Crusher defeated Tony Lazzeri. When Crusher kept beating on Lazzeri, Wilbur Snyder ran to the ring and slugged Crusher.
Wilbur Snyder defeated Tamayo Sato
Edouard Carpentier defeated Corsica Joe

3/30/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Pat O’Connor defeated Vic Rosettani
The Crusher won two straight falls over Gene Dundee
Edouard Carpentier defeated Stan Moose

4/5/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4983)
Dr. Scarlet defeated NWA Champion Gene Kiniski in a non-title handicap match. Kiniski had agreed to win two straight falls within one hour or forfeit the match, but Scarlet pinned Kiniski for the first fall, thus getting the victory.
The Crusher defeated Wilbur Snyder
Edouard Carpentier defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Joe Tangaro draw Bob Geigel and Moose Cholak. 1-Geigel beat Tangaro. 2-Ellis defeated Cholak. The 30-minute limit expired during the third fall.
Bobby Shane defeated Jack Daniels
Tor Kamata defeated Bob Boyer

4/6/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Bob Boyer
Bulldog Brower draw Pat O’Connor, each winning one fall within the 30-minute limit
Bob Brown and Bobby Shane draw

4/13/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bulldog Brower defeated Bobby Shane
Dr. Scarlet, Vic Rosettani and Pat O’Connor defeated NWA Champion Gene Kiniski, Jack Daniels and Moose Cholak. 1-O’Connor defeated Daniels. 2-Kiniski defeated Rosettani. 3-Scarlet defeated Kiniski.
Corsica Joe defeated Bob Boyer

4/19/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4717)
Edouard Carpentier defeated Bulldog Brower
Dory Funk Sr., Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk defeated The Crusher, Moose Cholak and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Bruiser defeated Senior. 2-Senior defeated Bruiser. 3-Terry defeated Cholak.
Dr. Scarlet defeated Big John
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Stan Moose
Calvin Pullins defeated Krusher Kowalski
Bobby Shane defeated Corsica Joe

4/20/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Stan Moose defeated Gene Dundee
Bulldog Brower defeated Vic Rosettani
Dr. Scarlet won two straight falls over Gerald Brown
Pat O’Connor defeated Corsica Joe

4/27/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
The Crusher defeated Gerald Brown
Dr. Scarlet defeated Bob Blondell
Wilbur Snyder defeated Jack Daniels
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, draw Joe Tangaro
During an interview, Dr. Scarlet announced that he had agreed to Sam Muchnick’s order that Scarlet unmask before his title match with Gene Kiniski 5/3.

5/3/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9479)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won 2/3 falls over Cowboy Bill Watts, who unmasked as Dr. Scarlet before the match. Special referee, Whipper Billy Watson. When Kiniski pinned Watts for the third fall, Watts’ arm was on the ropes but Watson missed this, leading to an outburst by Watts.
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Pat O’Connor defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Brower when O’Connor defeated Brower after Brower was accidentally floored by Bruiser
Terry Funk defeated Black Jack Lanza via DQ for interference by Bobby Heenan
Edouard Carpentier defeated Hans Schmidt
Bob Brown and Bob Geigel (billed as Central States tag team champions) won from Bobby Shane and Thor Hagen. 1-Geigel defeated Shane. 2-Shane defeated Brown. 3-Brown beat Hagen.
Joe Tangaro defeated Jack Daniels

5/4/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
The Crusher defeated Joe Tangaro
Wilbur Snyder won two straight falls over Stan Moose
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Gerald Brown

5/11/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Wilbur Snyder defeated Baron Von Heisinger
Dick the Bruiser defeated Thor Hagen
Pat O’Connor defeated Stan Moose
Lou Thesz defeated Tor Kamata
Lou Thesz was a guest of Joe Garagiola on the NBC-TV Tonight Show 5/15, when Garagiola subbed for Johnny Carson

5/17/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5080)
Wilbur Snyder won a Texas Death Match over The Crusher
Dick the Bruiser won a handicap tag bout over Pat O’Connor and Bulldog Brower when Bruiser defeated Brower
Edouard Carpentier defeated Dan Miller
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated The Spoiler, who unmasked as Dale Lewis
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Vic Rosettani
Bob Geigel and Bob Brown defeated Steve Bolus and Sonny Myers. 1-Myers beat Geigel. 2-Brown defeated Bolus. 3-Geigel defeated Myers.

5/18/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Joe Tangaro defeated Stan Moose
Pat O’Connor and Lou Thesz draw, each man winning one fall within the 30-minute limit
Tor Kamata defeated Thor Hagen

5/25/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Paul Christy
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated John Fogarty
Edouard Carpentier defeated Mike York
Bobby Shane draw Angelo Poffo

6/1/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Angelo Poffo defeated Paul Christy
Edouard Carpentier and Pat O’Connor defeated Gerald Brown and Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. 1-Lanza defeated O’Connor. 2-O’Connor defeated Lanza. 3-Carpentier beat Brown.
Bobby Shane defeated Mike York

6/8/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7049)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Edouard Carpentier as Kiniski won the only fall within the one-hour limit
Dick the Bruiser double DQ Bulldog Brower
Bob Geigel and Bob Brown defeated Joe Tangaro and Steve Bolus. 1-Tangaro beat Geigel. 2-Geigel defeated Tangaro. 3-Brown defeated Bolus.
Pat O’Connor draw Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan
Bob Boyer defeated Corsica Joe
Betty Nicoli and Carmen Monge defeated Sarah Lee and Jean Antone. 1-Monge beat Antone. 2-Antone defeated Monge. 3-Nicoli defeated Lee.

6/15/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV (After being preempted 6/8, from this point the show added a repeat telecast Sunday at 11 a.m. after the first showing Saturday at 8:30 p.m.)
Gerald Brown draw Paul Christy
Pat O’Connor and Bob Boyer defeated Moose Cholak and Baron Von Heisinger. 1-Boyer won via DQ. 2-Cholak defeated Boyer. 3-O’Connor defeated Von Heisinger.
Angelo Poffo defeated Gene Dundee

6/22/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jean Antone defeated Carmen Monge
Thor Hagen won 2/3 falls over Angelo Poffo, the third via DQ after both had won a fall
Bob Geigel defeated Paul Christy

6/29/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Betty Nicoli defeated Jean Antone
Bob Geigel won 2/3 falls over Thor Hagen
Angelo Poffo defeated Paul Christy

7/6/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Mark Starr draw Paul Christy
Tor Kamata won 2/3 falls over Duane Peale
Bob Boyer defeated Stan Moose

7/13/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Tor Kamata defeated Gene Dundee
Bob Boyer, Paul Christy and Pat O’Connor defeated Moose Cholak, Stan Moose and Corsica Joe. 1-O’Connor defeated Moose. 2-Cholak defeated Christy. 3-Boyer defeated Joe.
Gerald Brown defeated Duane Peale

7/20/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Gerald Brown defeated Bobby Burns
Moose Cholak draw Ronnie Etchison
Boris Volkoff defeated Carlos Cruz
Bob Boyer defeated Nick Volkoff

7/27/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Lord Littlebrook defeated Little Jumbo
Boris and Nick Volkoff defeated Bob Kappel and Ronnie Etchison. 1-Boris beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Boris. 3-Nick defeated Kappel.
Moose Cholak defeated Bob Boyer

8/3/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
The Viking draw Bob Boyer
Lou Thesz and Bob Kappel defeated Angelo Poffo and Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. 1-Thesz defeated Poffo. 2-Lanza defeated Kappel. 3-Kappel was stunned
after the Lanza piledriver and Thesz refused to allow him to continue, taking on Poffo and Lanza himself. At one point, Thesz knocked Bobby Heenan into the announcer’s table. Then Lanza dropped Thesz with a knee drop to the throat, so Thesz won via DQ before he was also the recipient of a piledriver by Lanza.
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Phil Tyler

8/10/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Angelo Poffo defeated Duane Peale
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Tor Kamata
Lou Thesz defeated The Viking
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Bob Boyer

8/17/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Danny Dusek draw Steve Bolus
Bulldog Brower defeated Pepi Lopez
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Luis Garcia
Pat O’Connor defeated The Viking, winning the only fall with a television curfew time limit

8/24/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bob Geigel defeated Stan Moose
Mitsu Arakawa, Danny Dusek and Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Pat O’Connor, Pepi Lopez and Cal Pullins (originally billed as Calvin) when Lanza beat Lopez
Bulldog Brower defeated Luis Garcia
The Viking draw Steve Bolus, each winning one fall within curfew

8/31/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Paul Christy
Whipper Billy Watson defeated Gerald Brown
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Mike Loren
Lou Thesz defeated Cyclone Atlas (later to be Omar Atlas), winning the only fall within curfew

9/7/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
The Viking draw Paul Christy
Moose Cholak won a handicap match over Mike Loren and Mack York, taking one fall over each foe
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Angelo Poffo
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, won the only fall in curfew over Cyclone Atlas

9/7/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6148)
Lou Thesz defeated Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, via DQ of special referee Pat O’Connor.
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Whipper Billy Watson
Lord Littlebrook won a midget battle royal over in order Wee Willie Wilson, Cowboy Lang, The Atom and Little Jumbo
Bulldog Brower defeated Ronnie Etchison
Bob Geigel defeated Sonny Myers
Terry Funk and Bob Boyer defeated Tor Kamata and Mitsu Arakawa. 1-Funk beat Arakawa. 2-Arakawa defeated Boyer. 3-Boyer won via DQ.

9/14/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Moose Cholak defeated Tony Barbetta
Dick the Bruiser defeated Stan Moose
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls over Bob Frazier
The Viking and Marvin Cheatham draw

9/20/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4765)
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Pat O’Connor who was counted out outside the ring
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Moose Cholak
Dory Funk Sr. defeated Dick the Bruiser via DQ. After the verdict, Terry Funk aided his bloody father by attacking Bruiser.
Bob Geigel defeated Mike Bowyer
Earl Maynard defeated Stan Moose
Sonny Myers and Terry Funk defeated Bulldog Brower and Baron Von Heisinger. 1-Brower defeated Myers. 2-Myers defeated Brower. 3-Funk defeated Von Heisinger.

9/21/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Dick the Bruiser defeated Marvin Cheatham
Bob Geigel defeated Tony Barbetta
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won a handicap match over Bob Boyer and Bob Frazier, taking a fall from each man
The Viking defeated Stan Moose

9/28/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Stan Moose
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Jerry Usher
Dick the Bruiser defeated Duane Peale
Angelo Poffo and Ronnie Etchison draw

10/4/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8673)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski won 2/3 falls over Cowboy Bill Watts
Lou Thesz and Edouard Carpentier double DQ Bob Geigel and Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan
Pat O’Connor defeated “Baron” Von Raschke (The quotation marks on Baron and the word Baron were later dropped from Raschke’s billing, because Sam Muchnick said, “He’s not a Baron. He played football and wrestled at Nebraska.”)
Dick the Bruiser won a handicap tag bout over Terry Funk and Dory Funk Sr. via DQ
Bulldog Brower defeated Chief White Owl
Betty Nicoli defeated Mae Young
Sonny Myers defeated The Viking

10/5/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Gerald Brown defeated Jerry Usher
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ronnie Etchison
Angelo Poffo and Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Pat O’Connor and Bobby Whitlock. 1-O’Connor defeated Poffo. 2-Poffo defeated Whitlock. 3-Lanza beat Whitlock.

10/12/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Bobby Whitlock
Terry Funk defeated Angelo Poffo
Bob Geigel defeated Paul Christy
Edouard Carpentier defeated Jimmy Stuart

10/18/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6211)
Dick the Bruiser won a Texas Death Match over Terry Funk
Edouard Carpentier defeated Bob Geigel
Pat O’Connor defeated Dan Miller
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, and Bulldog Brower defeated Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers. 1-Brower defeated Myers. 2-Etchison defeated Brower. 3-Lanza beat Etchison.
Earl Maynard defeated The Viking
Sonny Myers (sub for Gil Hayes) defeated Stan Moose

10/19/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Terry Funk defeated Jimmy Stuart
Edouard Carpentier and Pat O’Connor defeated Angelo Poffo and Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. 1-Lanza defeated Carpentier. 2-Carpentier defeated Lanza. 3-O’Connor beat Poffo.
Bob Geigel defeated Bob Kappel

10/26/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bulldog Brower defeated The Viking
Pat O’Connor defeated Dick Murdoch via DQ
Bob Geigel defeated Pepi Lopez
Dusty Rhodes draw Ronnie Etchison

11/1/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5224)
Pat O’Connor was the survivor and winner of the first tag elimination match sending O’Connor, Dory Funk Jr. and Edouard Carpentier against Bulldog Brower, Dick the Bruiser and Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. 1-Bruiser beat Funk. 2-Carpentier defeated Bruiser via DQ. 3-Lanza defeated Carpentier. 4-O’Connor defeated Brower. 5-O’Connor defeated Lanza after Heenan got into the ring and accidentally collided with Lanza.
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Ox Baker
Wilbur Snyder defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Terry Funk and Bob Geigel draw
Earl Maynard defeated Baron Von Heisinger via DQ
Sonny Myers defeated Tor Kamata

11/2/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
The Viking defeated Frank Marconi
Bulldog Brower defeated Pepi Lopez
Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch draw Earl Maynard and Ronnie Etchison. 1-Murdoch defeated Maynard. 2-Maynard defeated Rhodes. Curfew expired during the third fall.

11/9/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Baron Von Heisinger
Pat O’Connor defeated Johnny Long
Bob Geigel defeated Terry Martin
Angelo Poffo defeated Bob Kappel

11/15/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5955)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski draw Pat O’Connor as no falls were scored within the one-hour limit
Dick the Bruiser and Bob Geigel defeated Dory Funk Sr. and Terry Funk when Geigel defeated Senior
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, draw Edouard Carpentier, who arrived late from the airport. Sonny Myers wrestled the first nine minutes before Carpentier rushed to the ring, tore off his coat and shirt, and took Myers place for the remainder of the 20-minute limit.
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Moose Cholak
Bob Brown defeated Paul Christy
Sonny Myers and Ronnie Etchison defeated Stan Moose and Angelo Poffo when Myers beat Poffo

11/16/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Frank Marconi
Paul Christy defeated Mitsu Kapayana
Tommy Martin (Leo Burke in Canada) defeated Johnny Long
Bob Geigel and Baron Von Heisinger defeated Terry Martin and Bob Kappel. 1-Von Heisinger defeated Martin. 2-Geigel defeated Kappel.

11/23/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Terry Martin and Bob Brown draw
Edouard Carpentier defeated Bob Frazier
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Jimmy Stuart
Tommy Martin defeated Gerald Brown

11/30/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Terry Martin defeated Mitsu Kapayana
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Stan Moose
Pat O’Connor and Edouard Carpentier won an “all in” battle over Bob Frazier and Johnny Long. 1-O’Connor defeated Frazier. 2-O’Connor defeated Long.

12/6/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6210)
Black Jack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Cowboy Bill Watts
Edouard Carpentier and Dory Funk Jr. no contest Dick the Bruiser and Bob Geigel in a “All In” match. 1-Bruiser defeated Carpentier. 2-Carpentier defeated Bruiser. 3-Both teams were DQ’ed after both referees had been floored and the battle ended up on the floor.
Pat O’Connor defeated Lord Patrick Patterson (Pat Patterson elsewhere)
Wilbur Snyder defeated Baron Von Heisinger
Bulldog Brower defeated Sonny Myers
Bob Brown draw Ronnie Etchison

12/7/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Ronnie Etchison defeated Frank Marconi
Betty Nicoli defeated Kay Noble
Pat O’Connor defeated Angelo Poffo
Bob Geigel defeated Luis Martinez

12/14/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Black Jack Lanza defeated Tony Russo (Bobby Heenan was suspended 30 days by State Athletic Commissioner Eddie Davidson for Heenan’s actions at Kiel Auditorium 12/6)
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Corsica Joe
Bob Geigel defeated Ronnie Etchison
Fred Blassie defeated Mac York

12/21/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Ronnie Etchison defeated Mac York
Bob Geigel defeated Les Thatcher
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Baron Von Heisinger
Black Jack Lanza defeated Corsica Joe

12/27/68 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4444)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Bulldog Brower in a non-title one fall bout
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Bob Geigel
Pat O’Connor and Terry Funk defeated Al Costello and Ox Baker. 1-O’Connor beat Baker. 2-Funk defeated Costello.
Jean Antone defeated Betty Nicoli
Baron Von Heisinger defeated Ron Bresnic
John Smith and Sonny Myers draw
Corsica Joe defeated Chief White Owl

12/28/68 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Angelo Poffo defeated Duane Peale
Bob Geigel defeated Jimmy Hines
Black Jack Lanza defeated Jose Betancourt
Baron Von Heisinger defeated Terry Martin

(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 1969

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

1/4/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Pat O’Connor defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, won two straight falls over Luis Martinez
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Ox Baker

1/10/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7695)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. Lanza won the first fall when Kiniski was DQ’ed for throwing Lanza over the top rope after 30:52. Lanza injured his knee in the fall and could not continue, so the decision was awarded to Kiniski.
Pat O’Connor and Edouard Carpentier defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Brower when O’Connor defeated Brower
Dory Funk Jr. and Waldo Von Erich both counted out outside the ring
Bob Geigel defeated Luis Martinez
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Stan Moose
Lord Littlebrook defeated Little Jumbo
Terry Martin draw Angelo Poffo

1/11/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Kay Noble defeated Jean Antone
Pat O’Connor defeated Ox Baker
Dory Funk Jr. and Luis Martinez defeated Mitsu Arakawa and Angelo Poffo. 1-Poffo beat Martinez. 2-Martinez defeated Poffo. 3-Funk defeated Arakawa.

1/18/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Waldo Von Erich defeated Terry Martin
Edouard Carpentier defeated Billy Scott
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Joe Scott
Tommy Martin defeated Gerald Brown

1/24/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4095)
Lou Thesz defeated Terry Funk
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Waldo Von Erich via DQ
Yvon Koloff (billed as Ivan Koloff elsewhere) and Bob Geigel defeated Ronnie Etchison and Thor Hagen. 1-Koloff defeated Hagen. 2-Koloff defeated Etchison.
Pat O’Connor defeated Baron Von Heisinger
Earl Maynard draw Bulldog Brower
Terry Martin draw The Viking

1/25/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Waldo Von Erich defeated Joe Scott
Dory Funk Jr. and Edouard Carpentier defeated Johnny Long and Gerald Brown when
Funk defeated Brown
Pat O’Connor defeated Billy Scott
Tommy Martin draw Bob Geigel

2/1/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV (30-minute show due to hockey game)
Bob Geigel defeated Stan Moose
Yvon Koloff defeated Terry Martin
Dick Murdoch draw Tommy Martin

2/7/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7677)
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski draw Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. Each man won one fall within one-hour limit. Whipper Billy Watson, special referee.
Waldo Von Erich and Dick the Bruiser defeated Terry Funk and Dory Funk Sr. when Waldo defeated Senior
Yvon Koloff draw Edouard Carpentier
Bob Geigel defeated Paul Christy
Rudy Martin defeated Angelo Poffo via DQ
Ronnie Etchison and Thor Hagen defeated Stan Moose and The Viking. Hagen and Viking traded falls before Etchison won the third fall over Moose.

2/8/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Tommy Martin defeated Baron Von Heisinger
Bob Geigel defeated Rudy Martin
Yvon Koloff and Dick Murdoch defeated Don Kent and Terry Martin. 1-Koloff beat Kent. 2-Kent defeated Murdoch. 3-Murdoch defeated Martin.
Dory Funk Jr. won the NWA title from Gene Kiniski in Tampa, Fla., 2/11/69

2/15/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Yvon Koloff defeated Rudy Martin
Dory Funk Sr. defeated Angelo Poffo
Waldo Von Erich defeated Paul Christy
Dick the Bruiser defeated Luis Martinez
During an interview with Dory Funk Sr., Waldo Von Erich got into an argument with Funk and then battered Dory Sr. until Waldo was restrained

2/22/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,104)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Waldo Von Erich. While losing the first fall to Funk, Von Erich injured his shoulder and could not continue. This was originally scheduled to be a Texas Death Match, but was changed to best-of-three falls after Funk won the title.
Dick the Bruiser, Blackjack Lanza and Bob Geigel no contest Edouard Carpentier, Terry Funk and Whipper Billy Watson in a tag elimination bout. 1-Carpentier beat Geigel. 2-Bruiser defeated Carpentier. 3-Lanza defeated Watson. 4-Bruiser was DQ’ed when he threw both Funk and his own partner, Lanza, over the top rope. Neither Funk nor Lanza could continue, and Bruiser had been disqualified, so the bout was ruled no contest.
Harley Race draw Pat O’Connor
Yvon Koloff won a handicap match over Dusty Rhodes (sub for Moose Cholak) and Baron Von Heisinger, first beating Von Heisinger and then beating Rhodes
Rudy Martin defeated Joe Tomasso (replaced Rhodes, who was sub for Cholak)

2/22/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Don Kent draw Angelo Poffo
Yvon Koloff defeated Luis Martinez
Dick the Bruiser and Dusty Rhodes defeated Paul Christy and Pat O’Connor. 1-Bruiser defeated O’Connor. 2-O’Connor defeated Rhodes. 3-Rhodes defeated Christy.

3/1/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Harley Race defeated Tommy Martin
Edouard Carpentier defeated Buddy Wayne (who had been billed as Duane Peale previously)
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Ben Sharp
Waldo Von Erich defeated Bobby Whitlock

3/7/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5199)
Whipper Billy Watson and Terry Funk won a handicap match over Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. Lanza defeated Watson first, but was DQ’ed against Funk when Heenan interfered. Therefore, Lanza had to forfeit the decision.
Waldo Von Erich and Bob Geigel defeated Wilbur Snyder and Luis Martinez when Geigel defeated Martinez
Yvon Koloff and Dick the Bruiser defeated Pat O’Connor and Angelo Poffo when Koloff defeated Poffo
Edouard Carpentier defeated Moose Cholak
Betty Nicoli defeated Cora Combs
The Viking and Tommy Martin draw

3/8/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Tommy Martin draw Mitsu Arakawa
Harley Race defeated Bobby Whitlock
Waldo Von Erich, The Viking and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, won over Edouard Carpentier, Pat O’Connor and Duane Peale/Buddy Wayne when Lanza beat Peale.
Tape of Dory Funk Jr. winning the NWA title from Gene Kiniski aired.

3/15/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Jerry London draw Tommy Martin
Terry Funk defeated The Viking
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Don Kent
Yvon Koloff defeated Rudy Martin

3/21/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6681)
Edouard Carpentier defeated Yvon Koloff via DQ
Blackjack Lanza (w/Bobby Heenan barred from ringside by the athletic commission) won a Texas Death Match over Terry Funk
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ronnie Etchison
Bob Geigel and Harley Race defeated Wilbur Snyder and Rudy Martin when Geigel beat Martin
Luis Martinez defeated Johnny Kace
Wee Willie Wilson and Cowboy Lang defeated Little Jumbo and Fuzzy Cupid. 1-Wilson defeated Cupid. 2-Lang defeated Jumbo.

3/22/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
The Viking defeated Jerry London
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Tommy Martin
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Dick Murdoch
Ivan Koloff defeated Stan Moose

3/29/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Dory Funk Sr. defeated Corsica Joe
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Jose Acosta
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Boris Volkoff
Bob Geigel defeated Bruce Kirk

4/5/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Yvon Koloff defeated Paul Christy
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Bruce Kirk
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Jim Dalton
Tommy Martin draw Harley Race

4/11/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9585)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Blackjack Lanza 2/3 falls. Pat O’Connor, special referee. Since Lanza was arguing with O’Connor when Funk scored with a drop kick and cradle for the pin in the third fall, Lanza and Heenan blamed O’Connor and jumped him after the match.
Harley Race and Bob Geigel defeated Wilbur Snyder and Ray Gunkel when Race beat Gunkel
Ronnie Etchison defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Edouard Carpentier and Dory Funk Sr. won a handicap match over Yvon Koloff. After Koloff defeated Senior, Carpentier defeated Koloff in 15 seconds.
Frank Hester draw The Viking
Angelo Poffo and Vic Rosettani defeated Luis Martinez and Rudy Martin. 1-Martinez beat Rosettani. 2-Rosettani defeated Martinez. 3-Poffo defeated Martin.

4/12/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Yvon Koloff defeated Jose Acosta
Pat O’Connor defeated Boris Volkoff
Harley Race and Bob Geigel defeated Rudy Martin and Luis Martinez when Race beat Martin
Tommy Martin defeated Jim Dalton

4/19/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Frank Hester defeated Mack York
Pat O’Connor defeated Ox Baker
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, and Ivan Koloff defeated Edouard Carpentier and Ray Lewis. Lanza defeated Lewis for the first fall. Lewis could not continue and Carpentier was left on his own. Pat O’Connor came to the ring and joined Carpentier for the remainder of the 20-minute limit in which there were no more falls.
Harley Race won two consecutive falls over Vic Rosettani

4/25/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9353)
Blackjack Lanza defeated Pat O’Connor. Had O’Connor won, he would have battled Bobby Heenan in a five minute bout.
Edouard Carpentier defeated Harley Race
Dick the Bruiser and Bob Geigel defeated Ronnie Etchison and Cowboy Bob Ellis when Bruiser defeated Etchison
Terry Funk defeated Ox Baker
Yvon Koloff defeated George Gaiser
Frank Hester defeated Tor Kamata
Tommy Martin draw Angelo Poffo

4/26/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Harley Race defeated Angelo Poffo
Yvon Koloff defeated Buddy Hackney
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Ox Baker
Edouard Carpentier defeated Jim Dalton

5/3/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Mitsu Arakawa draw Luis Martinez
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated George Gaiser
Edouard Carpentier defeated Boris Volkoff
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Ox Baker

5/10/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Boris Volkoff defeated Jose Acosta
Harley Race defeated Luis Martinez
Edouard Carpentier defeated Mitsu Arakawa. Blackjack Lanza and Bobby Heenan were “Wrestling at the Chase”hing at ringside when Arakawa threw Carpentier out of the ring. Carpentier saw Heenan, grabbed him, and slammed Heenan’s head into the ring post.
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, and Ivan Koloff defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis and George Gaiser when Koloff defeated Gaiser

5/16/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7966)
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Edouard Carpentier
Pat O’Connor defeated Yvon Koloff via DQ
Terry Funk and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bob Geigel and Dick the Bruiser when Funk defeated Geigel
Wilbur Snyder and Harley Race draw
Stan Pulaski defeated Tommy Martin
Luis Martinez and Frank Hester defeated Mitsu Arakawa and Tor Kamata. 1-Kamata beat Hester. 2-Hester defeated Arakawa. 3-Martinez defeated Kamata.

5/17/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Johnny Kace draw Luis Martinez
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, won two straight falls over Al Ramsey
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bill Russell
Bob Geigel defeated Tony Russo

5/24/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bill Russell defeated Tony Russo
Bob Geigel and Cowboy Bob Ellis draw
Pat O’Connor and Luis Martinez defeated Johnny Kace and Blackjack Lanza, with Bobby Heenan. 1-Martinez defeated Kace. 2-Lanza defeated Martinez. 3-O’Connor defeated Kace.

5/31/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Viking
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Jerry Myatt
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Bruce Kirk
Pat O’Connor defeated Stan Moose
Bill Russell draw Frank Hester

6/7/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Cora Combs defeated Ann Jeanette
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Dale Mann
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Tor Kamata
Frank Hester and Luis Martinez defeated The Viking and Bill Russell. 1-Hester beat Russell. 2-Martinez defeated Russell.

6/14/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,850 sellout)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. Funk won the first fall with a spinning toehold after Lanza missed a knee drop from the ropes. Lanza was injured and the referee stopped the match, giving the decision to Funk.
Ernie Ladd, Terry Funk and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Yvon Koloff, Bob Geigel and Harley Race when Funk defeated Race
Pat O’Connor defeated Jack Armstrong
Betty Nicoli defeated Bernice LaRue
Lord Littlebrook defeated Little Jumbo
Luis Martinez and Frank Hester defeated The Viking and Stan Moose. 1-Martinez beat Viking. 2-Viking defeated Hester. 3-Martinez defeated Moose.

6/14/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
The Viking defeated Bruce Kirk
Betty Nicoli defeated Cora Combs
Luis Martinez, Pat O’Connor and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bill Russell, Stan Moose and Jerry Myatt. 1-Moose defeated Martinez. 2-Ellis defeated Myatt. 3-Martinez defeated Russell.
Beginning 6/21 and through 7/19, a series of out-of-town wrestling programs were aired. This started a practice that continued through 1982.

7/26/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bob Geigel defeated Ronnie Paul
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated K.O. Cox
Gene Kiniski defeated Bill Eskew
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Ronnie Etchison

8/2/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Ronnie Etchison defeated Ronnie Paul
Blackjack Lanza defeated Bill Eskew
Pat O’Connor defeated Dale Mann
Gene Kiniski and K.O. Cox draw Cowboy Bob Ellis and Chief Little Bear (also billed as Danny Little Bear)

8/9/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Moose Cholak and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Tony Russo and Chief Little Bear when Cholak defeated Russo
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Pepi Lopez
Bob Geigel defeated Tim Brooks (later to be Killer Brooks)
Pat O’Connor defeated Rex Allen

8/15/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7204)
Gene Kiniski defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis
Jack Brisco and Blackjack Lanza draw in the finale of a tag elimination bout. The rules stated that if one man was left from each team, they would meet in 2/3 falls with a 30 minute limit. Lanza and Brisco each won one fall within that limit. Originally Brisco, Whipper Billy Watson and Pat O’Connor battled Lanza, Bobby Heenan (his first actual bout in St. Louis) and Moose Cholak. 1-Lanza defeated Watson. 2-Brisco defeated Heenan. 3-Lanza defeated O’Connor. 4-Brisco defeated Cholak.
Bob Geigel double DQ Wilbur Snyder
Betty Niccoli defeated Cora Combs
Ronnie Etchison and Chief Little Bear defeated Dick Murdoch and K.O. Cox. 1-Etchison defeated Cox. 2-Murdoch defeated Etchison. 3-Little Bear defeated Murdoch.

8/16/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Moose Cholak defeated Rex Allen
Bob Geigel defeated Tony Russo (Lou Thesz, special referee)
Pat O’Connor, Tim Brooks and Chief Little Bear defeated K.O. Cox, Pepi Lopez and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. 1-O’Connor defeated Lopez. 2-Cox defeated Brooks. 3-Little Bear defeated Lopez.

8/23/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Luis Martinez defeated Ronnie Paul
Jack Brisco and Ronnie Etchison draw Gene Kiniski and Corsica Joe. 1-Kiniski beat Etchison. 2-Brisco defeated Joe. Time expired without another fall.
Betty Niccoli defeated Princess Partlowe

8/30/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Luis Martinez draw Dick Murdoch
Gene Kiniski defeated Eddie Sullivan
Jack Brisco defeated Danny Dusek
Ronnie Etchison defeated Ronnie Paul

9/6/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Luis Martinez defeated Eddie Sullivan
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Jose Betancourt
Von Raschke defeated Duke Savage
Pat O’Connor defeated Leon Ward
Angelo Poffo defeated Pancho Villa

9/13/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV (The Saturday time moved to 10:30 p.m. with Sunday continuing at 11 a.m.)
Angelo Poffo defeated Jose Betancourt
Von Raschke defeated Eddie Sullivan
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, won a handicap match by first beating Leon Ward and then beating Rex Allen
Luis Martinez defeated Duke Savage

9/19/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9058)
Gene Kiniski defeated Jack Brisco
Dory Funk Sr. and Terry Funk no contest Dick the Bruiser and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan
Little Beaver won a midget Battle Royal. Order of elimination: Frenchy Lamont, Jamaica Kid, Little Brutus and Tom Thumb
Waldo Von Erich and Pat O’Connor draw
Von Raschke defeated Ronnie Etchison
Luis Martinez defeated Angelo Poffo

9/20/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Chief Little Bear draw Baron Von Heisinger
Von Raschke defeated Bob Jones
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Kinji Kimura
Luis Martinez draw Great Kojika, each winning one fall within curfew

9/27/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bob Geigel defeated Bob Sabre
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Baron Von Heisinger
Von Raschke and Great Kojika defeated Bob Baker (now billed as Bob “Ox” Baker or just Bob Baker) and Chief Little Bear. 1-Kojika defeated Bear. 2-Bear defeated Kojika. 3-Raschke defeated Baker.

10/4/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Von Raschke defeated Bobby Price
Gene Kiniski defeated Dale Mann
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Ernie Bemis
Ernie Ladd won a handicap tag bout over Rick Sanchez and Kinji Kimura by beating Kimura
An interview with Gene Kiniski and Dory Funk Sr. ended with Kiniski attacking Funk and battering him. Dory Jr. came to help, but Kiniski pounded him too and threw Junior out of the ring.

10/11/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
K.O. Cox defeated Bobby Pitts
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Rick Sanchez
Dory Funk Sr. defeated Kinji Kimura
Ernie Ladd and Pat O’Connor defeated Von Raschke and Bill Russell when Ladd beat Russell

10/17/69 – The Arena (Attendance: 15,099)
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Gene Kiniski 2/3 falls. Lou Thesz, special referee. Kiniski won the first fall and Funk won the second. Thesz stopped the bout and awarded the decision to Funk when Kiniski could not continue after hurting his knee and being caught in the spinning toehold to end the second fall.
Von Raschke, Dick the Bruiser and Waldo Von Erich defeated Whipper Billy Watson, Ernie Ladd and Pat O’Connor when Raschke defeated Watson
Wilbur Snyder defeated K.O. Cox
Bob Geigel defeated Dennis Hall
Terry Funk and Dory Funk Sr. defeated Blackjack Lanza and Bobby Heenan. Joe Louis, special referee. 1-Lanza defeated Senior. 2-Terry defeated Heenan. 3-Heenan was DQ for taking a punch at Louis, who then decked Heenan.
Jessica Rogers defeated Kay Noble
Ronnie Etchison defeated Eddie Sullivan

10/18/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV (Mickey Garagiola makes his debut as a commentator along with George Abel)
Bob Geigel defeated Ronnie Paul
Pat O’Connor double DQ Von Raschke
Bob Baker defeated Tim Brooks
Luis Martinez defeated Pepe Villa

10/25/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Von Raschke defeated Billy Wolff
Tommy Martin and Luis Martinez defeated Dick the Bruiser and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. 1-Bruiser defeated Martinez. 2-Bruiser and Lanza got into a battle, sparked by Heenan, and had to be pulled apart. Thus they were DQ for the second and third falls.
Pat O’Connor defeated Jose Quintero
Wilbur Snyder defeated Rick Sanchez

11/1/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Von Raschke defeated Ronnie Paul
Dick the Bruiser defeated Eddie Sullivan
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Jim Valen (later billed as Jim Valiant)
Wilbur Snyder won two straight falls over Bob Baker

11/7/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,275 sellout)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Blackjack Lanza who was counted out outside the ring after Bruiser slammed Bobby Heenan on top of Lanza on the floor
Pat O’Connor defeated Von Raschke via DQ
Ernie Ladd and Wilbur Snyder defeated Bob Geigel and Waldo Von Erich when Ladd beat Geigel
Dewey Robertson defeated Angelo Poffo
Terry Funk defeated Tommy Martin
Moose Cholak and K.O. Cox defeated Ronnie Etchison and Luis Martinez. 1-Etchison beat Cholak. 2-Cholak defeated Etchison. 3-Cox defeated Martinez.

11/8/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Bob Baker drew Tommy Martin
Wilbur Snyder defeated Bill Russell
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, won two straight falls over Billy Wolff
Von Raschke defeated Rick Sanchez

11/15/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Waldo Von Erich defeated Ronnie Paul
Von Raschke defeated Jim Valen
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Bob Baker
Dewey Robertson defeated Bob Sabre

11/21/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7146)
Dick the Bruiser and Wilbur Snyder defeated Von Raschke and Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan. 1-Bruiser defeated Raschke. 2-Raschke defeated Snyder. 3-Bruiser won via DQ for Heenan’s interference.
Ernie Ladd defeated Unknown Gladiator, who unmasked as Johnny James
Pat O’Connor defeated Moose Cholak
Dewey Robertson defeated Joe Turko
Bob Geigel defeated Jerry Monte
Luis Martinez and Tommy Martin defeated K.O. Cox and Bob Baker. 1-Cox beat Martinez. 2-Martinez defeated Cox. 3-Martin defeated Baker.

11/22/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Tommy Martin defeated Mike Rolinsky
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Bob Jones
Dewey Robertson defeated Bob Baker
Waldo Von Erich and Von Raschke defeated Pat O’Connor and Bob Sabre when Raschke defeated Sabre

11/29/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Dewey Robertson defeated Mike Rolinsky
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, defeated Thor Hagen
Von Raschke defeated Johnny James
Tommy Martin double DQ Bob Geigel

12/5/69 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,360 sellout)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, in a Texas Death Match. Whipper Billy Watson, special referee.
Ernie Ladd defeated Waldo Von Erich via DQ
Wilbur Snyder and Dewey Robertson defeated Moose Cholak and Von Raschke. Snyder defeated Cholak for the only fall achieved within the 30-minute limit.
Pat O’Connor no contest Tommy Martin when O’Connor refused the victory after Martin was injured
Bob Geigel defeated Ronnie Etchison
Angelo Poffo defeated Jerry Monte
Luis Martinez defeated Joe Turko

12/6/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Johnny James draw Tommy Martin
Von Raschke defeated Thor Hagen
Blackjack Lanza, w/Bobby Heenan, and Bob Geigel defeated Bob Baker and Dewey Robertson. 1-Lanza defeated Baker. 2-Lanza defeated Baker again.

12/13/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Tommy Martin defeated Kinji Kimura
Wilbur Snyder defeated Angelo Poffo
Thor Hagen defeated Jose Betancourt
Von Raschke defeated Tim Brooks

12/20/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Dewey Robertson defeated Kinji Kimura
Von Raschke defeated Don Drummer
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ronnie Paul
Thor Hagen defeated Mike Rolinsky

12/27/69 – “Championship Wrestling” TV
Angelo Poffo and Tommy Martin draw
Dick the Bruiser defeated Thor Hagen
Dewey Robertson defeated Bob Jones
Von Raschke and Bob Geigel defeated Wilbur Snyder and Tim Brooks when Raschke beat Brooks