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St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1965

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(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 1965

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

 

1/1/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,149 sellout)
Pat O’Connor and Fritz Von Erich won a handicap tag bout from Gene Kiniski when O’Connor pinned Kiniski. Whipper Billy Watson was the special referee. Kiniski and Von Erich had a pull-apart brawl after the match.
Betty Nicoli, Joann Phillips and Jean Antone defeated Sherri Lee, Mae Goodson and Kay Noble. 1-Phillips defeated Lee. 2-Nicoli defeated Lee.
Wilbur Snyder defeated Ralph Bartleman
Dick the Bruiser and Bobby Graham draw Johnny Valentine and John Paul Henning. 1-Bruiser defeated Henning. 2-Henning defeated Graham. 30-minute limit expired.
Lorenzo Parente defeated Dan Plechas
Ronnie Etchison defeated Joe Tomassso
Ray Gordon draw Johnny Kace

1/2/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (show still 90 minutes and telecast Saturday at 8:30 p.m., repeated Sunday at 3pm)
Lorenzo Parente defeated Johnny Kace
Bobby Graham defeated Guy Mitchell
Dan Plechas won 2/3 falls over Chuck Bowman
Johnny Valentine defeated Ralph Bartleman
Ray Gordon draw Roger Kirby

1/9/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Wilbur Snyder defeated Joe Tomasso
Betty Nicoli defeated Kay Noble
Fritz Von Erich defeated Ray Gordon
Dick the Bruiser defeated Lorenzo Parente
Johnny Kace and Angelo Poffo draw

1/15/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6320)
Fritz Von Erich defeated Gene Kiniski
Dick the Bruiser defeated Wilbur Snyder
Moose Evans and Johnny Valentine defeated Angelo Poffo (sub for Bill Miller) and Bobby Graham. 1-Valentine defeated Graham. 2-Graham defeated Valentine. 3-Evans defeated Poffo.
Ilio DiPaolo defeated Dan Plechas
Joe Blanchard draw Ray Gordon
Lorenzo Parente defeated Johnny Ramirez

1/16/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Geigel defeated Guy Mitchell
Ray Gordon draw Johnny Kace
Ilio DiPaolo defeated Bob Clark
Lorenzo Parente and Joe Tangaro defeated Dan Plechas and Ralph Bartleman. 1-Plechas defeated Tangaro. 2-Tangaro won via DQ. 3-Tangaro defeated Bartleman.

1/23/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby Graham and Moose Evans draw
Ilio DiPaolo defeated Joe Tomasso
Pat O’Connor defeated Dan Plechas
Bob Geigel won 2/3 falls over Joe Blanchard

1/30/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Mark Starr draw Guy Mitchell
Joe Blanchard defeated Joe Tomasso
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Bob Geigel
Johnny Valentine won two straight falls from Gene Anderson
Joe Tangaro defeated Jim Grabmire (previously billed as “Hans”)

2/5/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,186 sellout)
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Pat O’Connor, taking the only fall of the one-hour match after 54:58. After this bout, the NWA ruled that if O’Connor had won the only fall within the time limit, he would have taken the title. Some time later, however, the rule was changed so that the challenger had to win two falls, and the deciding fall not by disqualification or count out, to get the championship. In a one-fall title duel, of course, the challenger could not earn the crown if he won by either disqualification or count-out.
Ilio DiPaolo defeated Bobby Graham
Gene Kiniski defeated Moose Evans
John Paul Henning and Dick the Bruiser both counted out outside the ring
Dory Funk Jr. and Joe Tangaro defeated Bob Geigel and Dan Plechas. 1-Plechas beat Tangaro. 2-Tangaro defeated Geigel. 3-Funk defeated Plechas.
Guy Mitchell draw Ralph Bartleman

2/6/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Mark Starr
Dan Plechas and Joe Tangaro draw
Moose Evans won two straight falls from Harry Madison
Ralph Bartleman won two of three falls from Steve Bolus
Rocky Hamilton defeated Johnny Ramirez

2/13/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Harry Madison defeated Dan Plechas
Dick the Bruiser defeated Bob Clark
Pat O’Connor and Fritz Von Erich draw. 1-O’Connor won. 2-Von Erich won. Time expired during third fall.
Bobby Graham and Bob Geigel defeated Joe Tangaro and Guy Mitchell. 1-Tangaro beat Graham. 2-Geigel defeated Tangaro. 3-Graham defeated Mitchell.

2/19/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7685)
Fritz Von Erich defeated Johnny Valentine
Gene Kiniski defeated Ilio DiPaolo
Pat O’Connor and John Paul Henning defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bobby Graham. 1-O’Connor defeated Graham via DQ. 2-O’Connor defeated Bruiser after he was accidentally hit by Graham.
Taro Myaki draw Wilbur Snyder
Moose Evans defeated Ralph Bartleman
Angelo Poffo defeated Johnny Ramirez
Dan Plechas defeated Guy Mitchell

2/20/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Don Madison (originally billed as “Harry”) draw Steve Bolus
Doug Lindsey defeated Ralph Bartleman via DQ
Bob Geigel won 2/3 falls over Angelo Poffo
Ron Reed (later to be Buddy Colt in the South) and Bobby Graham draw, as each wins one fall within 25-minute limit

2/27/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rocky Hamilton defeated Bill Brown (to be billed later as Bulldog Bob Brown)
Ron Reed defeated Don Madison
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls from Dutch Savage
Bobby Graham defeated Steve Bolus
Doug Lindsay (changed spelling to “a”) draw Bob Geigel

3/5/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7366)
Pat O’Connor defeated Fritz Von Erich via DQ
Dick the Bruiser defeated John Paul Henning
Cora Combs defeated Dianna Lynn
Ilio DiPaolo, Wilbur Snyder and Moose Evans defeated Hans Schmidt, Bobby Graham and Taro Myaki. 1-Schmidt defeated Evans. 2-Evans defeated Myaki. 3-Snyder defeated Schmidt.
Rocky Hamilton defeated Steve Bolus
Ronnie Etchison and Angelo Poffo draw

3/6/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Steve Bolus defeated Frank Altman
Pat O’Connor defeated Bobby Graham
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Dick the Bruiser via DQ in a match that ended with Bruiser knocking Thesz out with a chair after he delivered an atomic drop from the apron onto Thesz who was on the floor. Bobby Bruns, Bill Longson, Joe Tangaro, Pat O’Connor and two referees restrained Bruiser, who punched Bruns and got into another brawl with O’Connor.
Joe Tangaro and Moose Evans defeated the Sheik of Araby and Rocky Hamilton. 1-Sheik defeated Tangaro. 2-Tangaro defeated Sheik. 3-Hamilton, on his own after Sheik started talking to the ceiling and left the ring, lost to Evans.
3/13/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby “Hercules” Graham draw Ilio DiPaolo
Fritz Von Erich defeated Moose Evans
Pat O’Connor defeated Taro Myaki
Betty Nicoli defeated Cora Combs
Wilbur Snyder draw Bob Clark

3/19/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7285)
Dick the Bruiser won a handicap tag bout from Pat O’Connor and John Paul Henning by pinning O’Connor.
Johnny Valentine and Ilio DiPaolo defeated Bobby “Hercules” Graham and Taro Myaki. 1-DiPaolo defeated Graham. 2-Myaki defeated DiPaolo. 3-Valentine defeated Myaki
Wilbur Snyder draw Fritz Von Erich
Gene Kiniski defeated Joe Blanchard
Tim Woods defeated Johnny Kace
Bob Clark defeated Chuck Bowman

3/20/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Clark defeated Steve Bolus
Wilbur Snyder defeated Bill Brown
Dick the Bruiser defeated Joe Blanchard
Johnny Valentine defeated Don Madison
Bobby “Hercules” Graham defeated Dennis Hall

3/27/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Taro Myaki defeated Chuck Bowman
Tim Woods defeated Bob Clark
Ilio DiPaolo defeated Dutch Savage
Bobby “Hercules” Graham and Bob Geigel defeated Doug Lindsey and Joe Blanchard. 1-Graham defeated Blanchard. 2-Geigel defeated Lindsey.

4/3/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente defeated Bill Brown
Bobby “Hercules” Graham draw Wilbur Snyder
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ron Reed
The official signing of Lou Thesz versus Dick the Bruiser happened without incident. Afterward, Thesz did a workout session with Bobby Graham, Bob Geigel and Lorenzo Parente.

4/9/65 – Arena (Attendance: 13,046)
NWA Champion Lou Thesz won 2/3 falls over Dick the Bruiser. After Bruiser won the first fall, Thesz won as Bruiser was counted out outside the ring when Thesz hit Bruiser with a series of drop kicks that knocked Bruiser over the ropes and head first into the ring bell, leaving Bruiser bloody and stunned. Thesz pinned Bruiser for the third fall. John Paul Henning, Pat O’Connor and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Fritz Von Erich, Hans Schmidt and Gene Kiniski. 1-Kiniski defeated O’Connor. 2-O’Connor won via DQ. 3-O’Connor defeated Schmidt while Kiniski and Von Erich got into an argument and began brawling.
Johnny Valentine defeated Bobby “Hercules” Graham
Wilbur Snyder defeated Taro Myaki
Betty Nicoli defeated Barbara Galento
Lorenzo Parente and Joe Blanchard draw
Dory Funk Sr. defeated Dutch Savage

4/10/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente defeated Guy Mitchell
Bob Geigel defeated Steve Bolus
Moose Evans won 2/3 falls over Bob Clark
Johnny Valentine defeated Dutch Savage two straight falls, the first via DQ

4/17/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente defeated Gene Dundee
Joe Tangaro defeated Danny Dusek
Johnny Valentine won two straight falls from Mike York (who was the brother of Jay York, known as The Alaskan)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Doug Lindsay
Lorenzo Parente defeated Andres Corea

4/23/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7019)
Johnny Valentine and Fritz Von Erich won an “All In” tag team match (later billed as a Texas tornado match elsewhere) over Dick the Bruiser and Gene Kiniski. 1-Von Erich won via DQ for Bruiser jumping off the top rope. 2-Bruiser defeated Valentine. 3-Valentine defeated Bruiser.
Wilbur Snyder draw Pat O’Connor, each winning one fall within the 30-minute limit
John Paul Henning defeated Bob Geigel via DQ
Bobby “Hercules” Graham defeated Joe Blanchard
Joe Tangaro defeated Dan Plechas
Lorenzo Parente defeated Roger Kirby

4/24/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente defeated Don DeSoto
Johnny Valentine defeated Buddy Johnson
Gene Kiniski was set to face Nick Bockwinkel, when Kiniski was attacked right after the introductions by Fritz Von Erich, who applied the Iron Claw. Kiniski was bleeding and helped from the ring. Thus, Bockwinkel met Dan Plechas and Bockwinkel won two of three falls.
Fritz Von Erich no contest Ronnie Etchison. During the bout, Gene Kiniski attacked Von Erich, who was cut after Kiniski leaped on him from the top rope. Fritz then had to be helped to the dressing room.
Don DeSoto draw Buddy Johnson
5/1/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Doug Lindsay draw Ron Reed
Joe Tangaro defeated Buddy Johnson
Gene Kiniski defeated Ken Hollis
Johnny Valentine and Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bob Geigel and Mike York. 1-Geigel beat Bockwinkel. 2-Bockwinkel defeated Geigel. 3-Valentine defeated York.
(At that start of the show on 4/24, the main events for 5/14 at Kiel Auditorium were announced as Ellis vs. Kiniski and O’Connor vs. Von Erich. After the melee involving Von Erich and Kiniski, Sam Muchnick changed the 5/14 lineup and announced on the 5/1 television program a Texas Death Match with Kiniski versus Von Erich.)

5/8/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dan Plechas defeated Don DeSoto
Mike York draw Lorenzo Parente
Fritz Von Erich defeated Joe Tangaro
Bobby “Hercules” Graham won 2/3 falls over Ron Reed

5/14/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,644 sellout)
Gene Kiniski won a Texas Death Match over Fritz Von Erich
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Wilbur Snyder defeated Bob Geigel and Bobby “Hercules” Graham. 1-Ellis defeated Graham. 2-Geigel defeated Ellis. 3-Snyder defeated Geigel.
Johnny Valentine defeated Hans Schmidt
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ronnie Etchison
Pat O’Connor defeated Lorenzo Parente
Rita Cortez defeated Barbara Galento
Kit Fox defeated Roger Kirby

5/15/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dutch Savage draw Joe Tangaro
Moose Evans defeated Bob Clark
Doug Lindsay won 2/3 falls over Mike York
Lorenzo Parente draw Dutch Savage

5/22/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy Mitchell defeated Roger Kirby
Joe Tomasso defeated Doug Kinslow
Pat O’Connor draw Mongolian Stomper, each won one fall within the 30-minute limit
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Bobby “Hercules” Graham

5/29/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy Mitchell defeated Ray Duran
Roger Kirby defeated Doug Kinslow
Bobby “Hercules” Graham defeated Moose Evans
Doug Lindsay and Joe Tangaro defeated Dutch Savage and Joe Tomasso. 1-Tomasso beat Lindsay. 2-Lindsay defeated Savage. 3-Tangaro defeated Tomasso.

6/5/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Dutch Savage defeated Guy Mitchell
Rita Cortez defeated Cora Combs
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Joe Tangaro
Gene Kiniski defeated Bobby “Hercules” Graham
Roger Kirby draw Ron Reed

6/12/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby “Hercules” Graham defeated Ken Hollis
Joe Tangaro draw Bob Geigel
Wilbur Snyder defeated Dutch Savage
Pat O’Connor defeated Mongolian Stomper via DQ
Lou Thesz did a workout with Bobby Graham, Joe Tangaro and Ronnie Etchison

6/18/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9510)
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Gene Kiniski 2/3 falls. Kiniski won the first and Thesz the second. When Kiniski lost his temper and attacked Thesz between falls to deliver three back breakers, referee Joe Schoenberger disqualified Kiniski for the third fall before the bell actually started the fall.
Jean Antone and Rita Cortez defeated Kay Noble and Jessica Rogers. 1-Antone beat Noble. 2-Cortez defeated Rogers.
Wilbur Snyder defeated Hans Schmidt
Dory Funk Sr. and Dory Funk Jr. defeated Bobby “Hercules” Graham and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Sr. won when Bruiser was DQ’ed. 2-Graham was mad at Bruiser for the DQ, the two traded punches, Bruiser floored Graham and Sr. pinned Graham.
Joe Tangaro draw Taro Myaki
Ronnie Etchison defeated Dan Plechas

6/19/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (The Sunday repeat time was moved to 7 p.m. at this point)
Joe Tomasso defeated Jerry Miller
Dutch Savage defeated Ken Hollis
Ronnie Etchison draw Bobby “Hercules” Graham. Each won one fall within 30-minute limit.
Mongolian Stomper won two straight falls over Buddy Johnson

6/26/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby defeated Jerry Miller
Joe Tomasso draw Ken Hollis
Joe Tangaro won 2/3 falls over Dan Plechas
Taro Myaki won 2/3 falls over Guy Mitchell

7/3/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Valentine defeated Guy Mitchell
Joe Tangaro defeated Ken Hollis
Angelo Poffo won 2/3 falls over Roger Kirby
Wilbur Snyder won two straight falls from Joe Tomasso

7/10/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy Mitchell and Bob Geigel draw
Joe Tomasso defeated Jerry Miller
Gene Kiniski defeated Ronnie Etchison
Angelo Poffo won 2/3 falls over Dutch Savage
Bobby Shane (this was Bob Schoenberger from St. Louis, no relation to the referee) draw Johnny Kace

7/17/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tomasso draw Guy Mitchell
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Johnny Kace
Johnny Valentine defeated Dan Plechas
Wilbur Snyder and Fritz Von Erich Double DQ
Taro Myaki defeated Jerry Miller

7/24/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Cora Combs defeated Jessica Rogers
Fritz Von Erich defeated Angelo Poffo
Wilbur Snyder defeated Taro Myaki
Johnny Valentine and Dory Funk Jr. were declared the winners against Dutch Savage and Dick the Bruiser. Originally, Guy Mitchell began as Valentine’s partner. 1-Bruiser defeated Mitchell. 2-Mitchell won via DQ. 3-Valentine missed a brainbuster aimed at Bruiser and knocked out Mitchell, who was helped to the dressing room while Bruiser and Savage ganged up on Valentine. Dory Funk Jr. was sent out to replace Mitchell and Funk knocked Bruiser out of the ring. Valentine then pinned Savage.
Jerry Miller draw Johnny Kace
7/31/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Danny Dusek defeated Jerry Miller
Mongolian Stomper draw Ronnie Etchison
Pat O’Connor won two straight falls from Jim Wehba (who later became Skandor Akbar)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Joain Corea
Joe Tangaro draw Dan Plechas

8/7/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy Mitchell draw Danny Dusek
Joe Tomasso defeated Dennis Hall
Wilbur Snyder defeated Tim Tyler
Gene Kiniski won two straight falls from Bob Griffin
Angelo Poffo defeated Roger Kirby

8/14/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby defeated Jerry Miller
Guy Mitchell draw Mongolian Stomper
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Joe Tomasso
Bob Geigel and Dick the Bruiser defeated Angelo Poffo and Ronnie Etchison. 1-Geigel beat Etchison. 2-Poffo defeated Geigel. 3-Bruiser defeated Poffo.
Originally for 8/20 at Kiel Auditorium, Dick the Bruiser was to face Dory Funk Sr. and Dory Funk Jr. in a handicap match, having to win one fall from each man or forfeit the decision. Dory Sr., however, was injured in an auto accident so the match was changed to Bruiser having to win two straight falls from Dory Jr. or forfeiting. Dory Sr. was announced as being at ringside to second his son.

8/20/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9108)
Dory Funk Jr. won the handicap match from Dick the Bruiser, who won the first fall. But Dory Jr. won the second fall, pinning Bruiser after he was distracted arguing with Dory Sr.
Fritz Von Erich defeated Wilbur Snyder via DQ
John Paul Henning draw Gene Kiniski
Ronnie Etchison and Pat O’Connor defeated Mongolian Stomper and Hans Schmidt. 1-Etchison defeated Schmidt. 2-Stomper defeated Etchison. 3-O’Connor defeated Stomper.
Bob Geigel draw Angelo Poffo
Guy Mitchell defeated Joe Tomasso

8/21/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Corsica Joe defeated Bob Hamby
Lorenzo Parente defeated Danny Dusek
Hans Schmidt won 2/3 falls over Guy Mitchell
Gene Kiniski defeated Tarzan Baxter
Jim Wehba defeated Johnny Ramirez

8/28/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente defeated Bill Brown
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Corsica Joe
John Paul Henning won two straight falls from Jim Wehba
Pat O’Connor defeated Ronnie Etchison
Jerry Miller and Duane Peale draw

9/4/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jim Wehba defeated Jerry Miller
Wilbur Snyder defeated Hans Grabmire
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Roger Kirby
John Paul Henning draw Gene Kiniski in a Texas Death Match that had a 30-minute limit due to television. Each won two falls before time ran out.
Angelo Poffo defeated Danny Dusek

9/10/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6765)
Wilbur Snyder defeated Fritz Von Erich
Dory Funk Jr., John Paul Henning and Pat O’Connor defeated Bob Geigel, Mongolian Stomper and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Stomper defeated O’Connor. 2-O’Connor defeated Stomper. 3-Henning defeated Geigel.
Bette Boucher defeated Dorothy Carter
Corsica Joe draw Angelo Poffo
Jim Wehba defeated Danny Dusek
Lorenzo Parente defeated Hans “Jim” Grabmire

9/11/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente draw Roger Kirby
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Jim Wehba
Dorothy Carter defeated Betty Nicoli
John Paul Henning defeated Corsica Joe
Gene Kiniski defeated Angelo Poffo

9/18/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Chris Belkas defeated Pedro Zapata
Joe Tangaro defeated Corsica Joe via DQ
Verne Gagne defeated Alphonso Martinez
Pat O’Connor defeated Bob Raider
Jim Wehba draw Lorenzo Parente

9/24/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6485)
Gene Kiniski defeated John Paul Henning (Kiniski also got into brawl with Wilbur Snyder when Snyder entered the ring for his match)
Wilbur Snyder defeated Mongolian Stomper
Fritz Von Erich defeated Johnny Powers
Dick the Bruiser won a handicap tag bout from Angelo Poffo and Pat O’Connor when Bruiser defeated Poffo
Dory Funk Jr. and Joe Tangaro defeated Sheik of Araby and Moose Cholak. 1-Cholak defeated Tangaro. 2-Funk defeated Sheik via DQ. 3-Funk defeated Cholak.
Dan Plechas defeated Guy Mitchell

9/25/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (The Sunday repeat was moved to 2 p.m.)
Johnny Powers defeated Corsica Joe
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Bob Raider
Wilbur Snyder defeated Dan Plechas
Dick the Bruiser defeated Thor Hagen
Cowboy Bob Ellis draw Moose Cholak

10/2/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tangaro defeated Tarzan Baxter
Fred Blassie defeated Len Caruso
Gene Kiniski defeated Rip (Ray) Collins
Fritz Von Erich won two straight falls from Chief Little Bear
Johnny Powers defeated Don Martin
Len Caruso defeated Tarzan Baxter, an added stand-by match

10/8/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6245)
Dick the Bruiser defeated Dory Funk Jr.
Johnny Powers and Fritz Von Erich were Double DQ
John Paul Henning and Pat O’Connor defeated Moose Cholak and Mongolian Stomper. 1-Henning won via DQ. 2-O’Connor defeated Stomper.
Gene Kiniski defeated Nikita Mulkovich
Joe Tangaro defeated Joe Tomasso
Angelo Poffo defeated Jim Grabmire
Dan Plechas draw Thor Hagen

10/9/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Thor Hagen defeated Roger Kirby
Joe Tangaro defeated Jerry Miller
Moose Cholak defeated Jim Grabmire
Wilbur Snyder and Pat O’Connor defeated Joe Tomasso and Dan Plechas. 1-Snyder beat Tomasso. 2-Snyder defeated Plechas.
The official signing of NWA title match between Lou Thesz and Wilbur Snyder.
Followed by Thesz workout with Roger Kirby, Jerry Miller and Moose Cholak. Thesz and Cholak got into a heated argument and brief tussle during the workout.

10/16/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Moose Cholak defeated Jim Wehba
Pee Wee Lopez defeated Boy Blue
Johnny Powers won two straight falls from Tor Kamata
Fritz Von Erich defeated Thor Hagen
Frank Altman draw Tony Baillergeon

10/22/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8365)
NWA Champion Lou Thesz won 2/3 falls over Wilbur Snyder
Johnny Powers, Dory Funk Jr. and John Paul Henning defeated Gene Kiniski, Bobby Graham and Fritz Von Erich. 1-Funk won via DQ. 2-Powers defeated Graham.
Moose Cholak draw Pat O’Connor
Mongolian Stomper defeated Angelo Poffo
Tiny Bell and Boy Blue defeated Pee Wee Lopez and Chico Santana. 1-Bell beat Santana. 2-Blue defeated Lopez.
Lorenzo Parente defeated Roger Kirby

10/23/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Thor Hagen defeated Bob (Bill) Brown
Cora Combs defeated Kathy O’Brien
Fritz Von Erich won two straight falls from Tony Baillergeon
Johnny Powers defeated The Viking
Moose Cholak defeated Frank Altman

10/30/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby Graham, now billed mostly as Hercules Graham, defeated Gus Kalas
Johnny Powers no contest Fritz Von Erich. Originally, Von Erich was to face Lorenzo Parente until Powers got into the ring and demanded to meet Von Erich which Sam Muchnick approved. When referee Milo Occhi was injured, missing a potential pin by Powers while officials went to aid Occhi, Athletic Commissioner Charlie Pian tried to restart the match but the entire battle got out of hand and was ruled no contest.
Dory Funk Sr. and Dory Funk Jr. defeated Joe Tomasso and the Black Shadow. 1-Shadow won via DQ when the Funks were disqualified for pulling off Shadow’s mask. Shadow was Johnny Long. 2-Sr. defeated Tomasso. 3-Jr. defeated Long.
Lorenzo Parente defeated Jim Wehba
(Larry’s thoughts… Many observers felt that the trend of making a match for a television show like Raw was so new and inventive. Granted, today’s creative team probably had no idea that this had been done before, but scanning through the St. Louis results will demonstrate a few moments when Muchnick changed or made a match on TV to further an angle. Because it was not over done, it meant something when it happened and usually led to a big gate. In fact, some of the 90-minute programs and usage of mid-level talent against stars very much resembles what happened on WWE television at times in the 2000s.)

11/5/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6989)
Pat O’Connor defeated Moose Cholak
Dick the Bruiser won a handicap match from Dory Funk Sr. and Jr. 1-Bruiser beat Sr., whipping Sr. into Jr. when Jr. got on the apron to urge his father on. 2-Bruiser defeated Jr. via DQ when Jr. hit Bruiser over the head with a chair.
Wilbur Snyder defeated Mongolian Stomper
Gene Kiniski and Bobby “Hercules” Graham defeated Joe Tangaro and Bobby Managoff. 1-Graham defeated Managoff. 2-Managoff defeated Graham. 3-Kiniski defeated Tangaro.
As Wilbur Snyder entered ring for his bout with Stomper, Kiniski also attacked Snyder.
Sonny Myers defeated Corsica Joe
Angelo Poffo defeated Francisco Rios

11/6/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Moose Cholak defeated Kenny Mack
Bobby Managoff defeated Johnny Long
Dick the Bruiser won two straight falls from Francisco Rios
Gene Kiniski defeated Gus Kalas
Hercules Graham defeated Paul Rica

11/13/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Cowboy Bill Watts draw Hercules Graham
Rita Cortez and Cora Combs defeated Kathy O’Brien and Jessica Rogers. 1-Rogers beat Combs. 2-Combs defeated O’Brien. 3-Cortez defeated Rogers.
Fritz Von Erich defeated Angelo Poffo
Johnny Powers defeated Lee Henning

11/19/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,106)
Pat O’Connor defeated Dick the Bruiser
Fritz Von Erich won a Texas Death Match by defeating Johnny Powers
Gene Kiniski and Hercules Graham defeated Sonny Myers and Bobby Managoff. 1-Myers defeated Graham. 2-Kiniski defeated Managoff via DQ. 3-Kiniski defeated Myers.
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Johnny Long
Angelo Poffo draw Moose Cholak
Thor Hagen defeated Joe Tomasso

11/20/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Brown defeated Chris Belkas
Pat O’Connor, Guy Mitchell and Thor Hagen defeated Joe Tomasso, Hercules Graham and Gene Kiniski. 1-O’Connor defeated Graham. 2-Graham defeated Mitchell. 3-O’Connor beat Tomasso.
Joe Tangaro draw Lee Henning
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Joe Tomasso

11/27/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lee Henning draw Gus Kalas
Victor Rivera defeated Danny Dusek
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Tor Kamata two straight falls when Kamata could not answer the bell for the second fall
Hercules Graham defeated Dale Bennett
Ray Gordon defeated Frank Altman

12/3/65 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8698) (A “Super Spectacular” to celebrate Sam Muchnick’s 20 anniversary as promoter)
Gene Kiniski defeated Pat O’Connor
Fritz Von Erich defeated Cowboy Bill Watts
Judy Grable, Cora Combs and Betty White defeated Mae Goodson, Jessica Rogers and Kathy O’Brien. 1-O’Brien defeated Combs. 2-Combs defeated Rogers. 3-Grable defeated Goodson.
Dick the Bruiser and Bobby Managoff both counted out outside the ring
Dory Funk Sr. and Dory Funk Jr. defeated Hercules Graham and Lee “Bulldog” Henning. 1-Sr. won via DQ. 2-Jr. defeated Henning.
Moose Cholak defeated Gus Kalas
Corsica Joe defeated Chief Little Bear

12/4/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Viking defeated Gus Kalas
Victor Rivera defeated Bulldog Henning via DQ
Joe Tangaro draw Hercules Graham, each winning one fall within the 30-minute limit
Cowboy Bill Watts defeated Corsica Joe
Dale Bennett and Danny Dusek draw

12/11/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Johnny Long
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Corsica Joe
The Masked Marauders no contest against Guy Mitchell and Bobby Managoff. 1-Managoff defeated Marauder #1. 2-Marauder #2 defeated Mitchell. By this point, it was apparent that the Marauders were Gene Kiniski and Hercules Graham. 3-Mitchell could not continue, leaving Managoff on his own. NWA Champion Lou Thesz, on hand for a match against Ray Gordon, rushed in to aid Managoff. Thesz pitched Marauder #1 over the top rope and, while Managoff held Marauder #2, Thesz yanked off the mask to reveal Kiniski. Thesz then threw Kiniski over the top rope before all four began battling and the match was stopped.
Ray Gordon draw Johnny Long, who was a sub for Thesz

12/18/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Tangaro defeated Baby Blimp Harris
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Tamayo Sato
NWA Champion Lou Thesz won 2/3 falls over The Marauder, who unmasked as Hercules Graham. Marauder got the pin for the first fall, but Thesz took the next two falls.
Official signing of Thesz vs. Kiniski for 1/7/66 match
Dick the Bruiser defeated Don Desoto
Ray Gordon defeated Jim Wehba

12/25/65 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Moose Cholak defeated Guy Mitchell
Hercules Graham defeated Johnny Long
Pat O’Connor defeated Ray Gordon
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bulldog Henning
Angelo Poffo defeated Joe Tomasso

St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1959

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

St. Louis Wrestling Results 1959

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

 

According to Larry Matysik, on May 23, 1959, the first edition of “Wrestling at the Chase” aired on KPLR-TV, Channel 11 from the Khorassan Room of the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel. Dates for WatC are the air dates, as the programs were taped usually one or two weeks earlier.

May 23, 1959 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (First Chase show ever – w/Joe Garagiola doing commentary.)
Jim LaRock and The Mighty Atlas draw
Rip Hawk defeated Ray Spindola
Whipper Billy Watson defeated Bob Orton. Watson won the first fall, but the television show ran out of time, thus going off while Orton and Watson battled in the second fall. The following week announcer Joe Garagiola noted that Watson had also won the second fall.

Oct. 9, 1959 – Kiel Auditorium
Lou Thesz and Cowboy Bob Ellis won from Rip Hawk and Gene Kiniski. 1-Kiniski pinned Ellis. 2-Ellis won by disqualification. 3-Thesz pinned Hawk.
Kinji Shibuya defeated Thor Hagen after the ring ropes collapsed.
Argentine Rocca defeated Roberto Pico
Attendance: 9310

Oct. 30, 1959 – Kiel Auditorium
Lou Thesz and Cowboy Bob Ellis won a return match from Rip Hawk and Gene Kiniski. 1-Ellis pinned Kiniski. 2-Kiniski pinned Ellis. 3-Thesz pinned Hawk.
Dick Hutton defeated Ray Gordon
Kinji Shibuya defeated Thor Hagen in a rematch
Farmer Marlin defeated Otto Von Krupp (who would become Boris Malenko of Florida fame)
Rock Hunter and Jim LaRock draw

Nov. 27, 1959 – Kiel Auditorium
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor and Lou Thesz went to a one hour draw. Thesz won the first fall and O’Connor the second before time expired.
Cowboy Bob Ellis, Whipper Billy Watson and Ray Gordon won from Rip Hawk, Kinji Shibuya and Dick Hutton. 1-Hawk pinned Gordon. 2-Watson pinned Hawk. 3-Ellis
pinned Shibuya.
Lorraine Johnson, billed as Central States Champion, defeated Jessica Rogers
Thor Hagen defeated Stan Lisowski (yes, this was the brother of Reggie Lisowksi, who was booked as “The Crusher” a few years later – both Stan and Reggie Lisowski worked a few St. Louis dates during the no-tv period in the 1950s)
Jim LaRock defeated Jerry Gordett
Attendance: 9000+

Dec. 11, 1959 – Kiel Auditorium
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Dick Hutton. Hutton won the second fall, but O’Connor took the first and third.
Killer Kowalski and Gene Kiniski were both disqualified (Bill Longson helped break up the brawl and, in the process, knocked Kiniski cold with a piledriver. Longson had tried to restrain Kiniski and Bob Ellis during a brawl on television a few months earlier. It led to a feud between Ellis and Kiniski, and ill feelings between Longson and Kiniski.)
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Don Lee
Lorraine Johnson defeated Barbara Baker
Rip Hawk and Rock Hunter won from Bobby Managoff and Jim LaRock. 1-Hunter pinned Managoff. 2-Managoff pinned Hunter. 3-Hawk pinned LaRock.
Tommy O’Toole defeated Don McClarity
Attendance: Estimated 6000

Ultimate Warrior’s Rep Blasts Jake Roberts Apology

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For those who haven’t been following the saga of the Ultimate Warrior vs. Jake Roberts War of Word, here’s a quick recap… Jake Roberts was recently interviewed about his recent return to Raw and current well being. During the interview he was asked on his thoughts about the Warrior being inducted, and being inducted before him. Roberts response was something along the lines of “I guess they let assholes in before good workers”. You can read the original comments/interview here.

Warrior being Warrior, couldn’t sit back and let it go. UW responded fairly quickly with comments “Question for former talents now ‘hypocrite’ born-again Christians. Where do we go to find you practicing the beliefs of Christianity? Hell?” Warrior tweeted. “One a-hole instills honor and pride, The other horror and pity. One grows wise on great stories. One reads bathroom stalls and still grovels.”.  After the Warriors comments, Jake replied with an apology, claiming that his comments were mean as entertainment and nothing more. You can view the original post here.

Warrior’s rep has now fired back at the Snake man’s so called apology. Steve Wilton, Warrior’s official rep, tweeted the following in regards to Jake’s apology… “@JakeSnakeDDT More likely you let your guard down and the real Jake surfaced. Smart business move as usual. Your whole act is a scam.”

We’ll keep you posted if anything further comes of this. If you ask me, both guys should know better than this type of negative publicity after their recent resurgence in the public’s eye. Jake speaks before he thinks, and Warrior loves nothing more than to defend himself by belittling others. It’s not a good combo. Some kids just need to stay off Twitter.

Dolph Ziggler’s Heat Finally Revealed

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It became very imminent following the Summerslam PPV that Dolph Ziggler’s push was not only slowing down, but it has since become completely nonexistent. All sources at the time suggested that it was something Ziggler said in a media interview that cost him his big push, but it was unclear when, where, or what he said. It’s now being reported that an interview Dolph did on MLive.com back on Setptember the 4th is what got him in hot water. Ziggler made comments about “taller stars”, and specifically mentioned Randy Orton. This apparently didn’t go over well with Orton or WWE officials.

“I’ve made it clear; I’m not patient at all – several times. I’ve been very vocal about my position on the card and in the company. I’m not trying to say ‘Hey, everybody sucks and I’m great!’ But I love doing this, and at some point you go ‘OK, It’s not my time right now and I got to figure something out’ And when it’s time, that’s when I must go out there and make as huge of an impact as I can and let everyone know ‘I dare you to follow that, I dare you try something better.’ And when they don’t (counter or match what I’m doing in the ring) I’m very outspoken about it and it can get me into very hot water (with the company). Then you never know where we’re going. Everybody can be just so outspoken about taller guys, and guys like Randy Orton being the face of the WWE, the WWE Championship. I dare you to put me in a back alley with Randy Orton or someone like that. I guarantee I’m not afraid of someone taller.”


In my opinion, while Ziggler should learn to control some of his comments at times, WWE has gotten out of control with burying people based on them expressing their thoughts. It’s killed careers and hurt their own product.

Fighting Spirit Review: New Japan “FANTASTICA MANIA” on 1/14/14

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Date: January 14th, 2014
Location: Osaka, Japan
Announced Attendance: 1,300 (Super No Vacancy Full House)

CMLL and New Japan have a great relationship, and sometimes this leads to the promotions directly teaming up together to put on joint shows. This leads to some unique match-ups, and Osaka has a lot of lucha fans so it is bound to be an excited crowd. Here is the full card:

– TAKA Michinoku and Taichi vs. Titan and BUSHIROAD
– OKUMURA, Vangelis, and Niebla Roja vs. Stuka Jr., Fuego, and Rey Cometa
– Jado and Gedo vs. Jushin Thunder Liger and Maximo
– Máscara Dorada and KUSHIDA vs. Tetsuya Naito and Volador Jr.
– La Sombra and Rush vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Ultimo Guerrero
– Tanahashi, Mistico, and El Desperado vs. Okada, Mephisto, and Rey Escorpión

Some of these wrestlers I have not seen before, so it should be a new experience. Let’s get straight to the matches!

TAKA Michinoku and Taichi vs. Titan and BUSHIROAD

Taichi and BUSHIROAD start things off. BUSHIROAD immediately tags in Titan, who flips around the ring and points to the sky. Taichi in turn goes back out to the apron as if to flip back in as well, but he thinks better of it and just walks through the ropes the normal way. Titan goes to go to the apron to show him up, but Taichi attacks him from behind. Taichi picks up Titan and rakes his eyes. Irish whip by Taichi, reversed, Titan ducks the lariat and the heel kick before doing a handstand backflip into a spinning headstand headscissors. Bonkers move and totally gif worthy as I feel this entire event may be. Taichi falls out of the ring and Titan flies out with a handstand backflip, but he lands on his feet since Taichi has moved well out of the way. Hurricanrana by Titan out on the floor, while BUSHIROAD and Michinoku take over in the ring.

Headscissors by BUSHIROAD to Michinoku and he dropkicks Michinoku out of the ring. BUSHIROAD then gets a running start but is tripped by Taichi and pulled out of the ring. Taichi throws Michinoku into the announcer’s table, gets a chair and hits BUSHIROAD with it. A second chair hit by Taichi, while on the other side of the ring Michinoku slides Titan back in. Michinoku jabs his knuckle into Titan’s mask, Taichi comes in the ring and they both kick at Titan. Michinoku starts going for Titan’s mask, he then picks up Titan and throws him into the corner. Taichi comes back in the ring, double Irish whip to Titan and they hit a double big boot. Titan falls out of the ring so BUSHIROAD comes into it, BUSHIROAD fights off both Michinoku and Taichi for a moment until Michinoku pokes him in the eyes.

Taichi puts BUSHIROAD up on the top turnbuckle and starts untieing his mask, but Taichi gives up after a moment. Michinoku drags BUSHIROAD towards the middle of the ring and starts elbow dropping his leg before applying a stretch hold. Rocking Horse by Michinoku and he then applies a reverse chinlock. Michinoku tags in Taichi, Taichi picks up BUSHIROAD and throws him into the corner. Double Irish whip to BUSHIROAD, Taichi hits a lariat and Michinoku follows with a jumping knee. Taichi kicks BUSHIROAD low, cover, but the referee doesn’t see the cover. BUSHIROAD gets out of the ring so Titan comes in, but he is also double teamed. Taichi picks up Titan, he puts him up on the top turnbuckle and starts untieing his mask as well. Taichi slaps Titan in the back of the head, he then puts him in the Tree of Woe and stomps him in the face. Taichi picks up Titan, snapmare, and Michinoku hits a running knee. Cover, but it gets a two count.

They wait for Titan to get up but he avoids Taichi’s kick, double Irish whip to Titan but he comes off the ropes with a rebound handstand double elbow strike. Titan then goes off the ropes and is catapulted by Taichi to Michinoku, who he dropkicks out of the ring. Hurricanrana by Titan to Taichi, and he falls out of the ring as well. BUSHIROAD then gets a running start and sails out of the ring on both of them with a tope suicida. Now it is Titan’s turn, and he flips himself out to the apron and hits a top rope Asai Moonsault onto his opponents. Back in the ring, BUSHIROAD hits a missile dropkick onto Taichi, Irish whip from the corner, reversed, but BUSHIROAD kicks Taichi in the face. Taichi goes for a sunset flip but Taichi rolls through it, kick attempt by BUSHIROAD but Taichi rips off his mask and rolls up BUSHIROAD for the three count! Your winners: TAKA Michinoku and Taichi

Post match: Taichi and Michinoku go for Titan’s mask and they rip it off as well, and they then put on their opponent’s masks before posing to the crowd. Meanwhile BUSHIROAD and Titan are laying in the ring with towels over their heads so no one can see who they really are. Good stuff.

Match Thoughts: I was all ready to kvetch about the unnecessary attempted removal of the masks which normally makes no sense since it doesn’t hurt your opponents or lead to a victory, but then it lead to a victory. I love that taking off the mask of a Mexican wrestler (or a Japanese wrestler in a mask) is like an automatic victory since protecting their identity is more important than winning a match. Anyway good heel work by Michinoku and Taichi here, it did drag at parts since they were so focused on the masks but overall things went at a fast pace. I hadn’t seen Titan before, he has some nifty move, I’ve always loved the Asai Moonsault off the top rope instead of the middle rope, just looks so much more difficult. Solid opener. Score: 6.0

OKUMURA, Vangelis, and Niebla Roja vs. Stuka Jr., Fuego, and Rey Cometa

If I mis-type any of the action, I apologize in advance, I imagine this will be a fast-paced affair. Just be happy I actually know which wrestler is which, that research took longer than this match actually was. Anyway, Roja and Stuka Jr. start things off. Irish whip by Stuka Jr., Roja ducks a lariat and Stuka Jr. hits a monkey flip. Roja gets back on the apron and Stuka Jr. hits an armdrag, sending Roja flying out of the ring. Fuego and OKUMURA are tagged in, Irish whip by Fuego but OKUMURA shoulderblocks him down. Irish whip by OKUMURA but Fuego flips a few times, Fuego ducks a lariat and does a dance. Headscissors by Fuego, he goes off the ropes and hits a hurricanrana. OKUMURA falls out of the ring, Fuego fakes a flip but lands back in the ring. Vangelis comes in the ring so Cometa does as well. Cometa and Vangelis face-off and trade chops. Cometa goes off the ropes and hits a hurricanrana and Vangelis falls out of the ring. OKUMURA comes in the ring but Cometa knocks him back out of it. Cometa then goes out to the apron and hit an Asai Moonsault onto OKUMURA. Stuka Jr. and Roja get into the ring and Roja shoulderblocks Stuka Jr. down.

Chop by Roja against the ropes but Stuka Jr. reverses positions with him and clubs him in the chest. Roja goes back to the chops, Stuka Jr. goes off the ropes but Stuka Jr. flips himself off the ropes and hits a headscissors. Roja falls out of the ring and Stuka Jr. slides out after him, hitting a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. He gets back in the ring but Vangelis runs in and hits him with a spear. Punches by Vangelis, he picks up Stuka Jr. and Roja comes in the ring with a dropkick. Fuego comes in the ring, double Irish whip to Fuego and they hit a double team move. Dropkick by Vangelis to Fuego and Fuego falls out of the ring. OKUMURA and Cometa come in the ring and OKUMURA hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker onto Cometa. Vangelis then hits a spinning heel kick, and Roja finishes with a thrust kick. OKUMURA holds Cometa and Cometa and Roja go for a double chop, but Cometa moves and OKUMURA gets chopped on accident. Fuego and Stuka Jr. run in to the ring and dropkick Vangelis and Roja, and they get them out of the ring. Stuka Jr. then goes out to the apron and Fuego flies through his legs out onto Vangelis with a tope suicida. Stuka Jr. then does an Asai Moonsault down onto Roja, and Cometa is left in the ring with OKUMURA. Cometa goes for a Frankensteiner but OKUMURA rolls through it and picks up the three count pinfall! Your winners: OKUMURA, Vangelis, and Niebla Roja

Match Thoughts: Way too short, on a six match card I don’t understand having a six man match not even go seven minutes. The action was perfectly fine but obviously you can’t any type of flow going when each wrestler is in the ring for such a short period of time. It wasn’t even long enough to let any of the luchadors really display their skills as it wasn’t really even a spotfest. Disappointing as Fuego and Niebla Roja in particular caught my eye but they just didn’t do enough to really stick in my memory. Score: 4.0

Jado and Gedo vs. Jushin Thunder Liger and Maximo

Gedo and Maximo start things off, but Gedo doesn’t want to get involved with Maximo so after a few minutes Liger is tagged in. Liger and Gedo tie-up, wristlock by Liger and he takes Gedo to the mat before he can tag in Jado. Hammerlock by Liger but Gedo gets a foot in the ropes. Liger grabs Gedo’s wrist and tags in Maximo, but Gedo tags Jado when he isn’t looking and bails out of the ring. Gedo tells Jado to get in the ring since he is the legal man now, they play rock-paper-scissors and Gedo wins. Jado gets into the ring with Maximo while Maximo twirls around, tie-up, Jado pushes Maximo into the rings and he gives a clean break. Tie-up again, this time Maximo pushes Jado into the ropes and he rubs Jado on the sides as he gives a clean break. Chops by Jado, but Maximo takes him down, Maximo goes off the ropes and hits a hurricanrana. Jado charges Maximo but Maximo gives him a kiss, sending Jado to the mat. Gedo runs in the ring but Gedo slaps him. Maximo gets sad, Liger comes in the ring but he is jumped by Jado. Gedo kicks Liger in the corner and stomps Liger in the corner. Gedo tags in Jado, and Jado steps on Liger in the corner. Jado picks up Liger but Liger rolls out of the ring, Maximo comes in the ring, Jado rams Maximo in the corner and hits a chop. Gedo comes in the ring and stomps Maximo, and both continue stomping Maximo while he is on the mat.

Gedo picks up Maximo and slaps him before poking Maximo in the eyes. Gedo picks up Maximo and punches him, and Maximo falls out of the ring. Liger comes in the ring, he is attacked by Gedo as Jado comes in the ring, double Irish whip to Liger but Liger hits a DDT on both of them. Shotei by Liger on both men, Liger charges Gedo in the ring and hits another Shotei. Liger picks up Gedo and goes for a powerbomb, but Gedo gets out of it. Gedo goes off the ropes but Liger hits a tilt-a-whirl headscissors. Gedo falls out of the ring, Liger then goes out to the apron and hits a cannonball down to the floor. Maximo and Jado get back into the ring, Irish whip by Jado to the corner but Maximo hits a rebound jumping knee. Jado falls out of the ring and Maximo sails out onto him with a tope suicida. Maximo picks up Jado and slides him back into the ring, stomp by Maximo and he goes off the ropes but Jado kicks him in the stomach and knees Maximo in the head. Lariat by Jado, cover, but it gets a two count. Gedo comes back in the ring, Irish whip to Maximo to the corner and both men hit running lariats. Side Russian leg sweep by Jado and Gedo hits a thrust kick. Cover, and but he gets a two count. Jado picks up Maximo and hits a DDT with his feet on the second rope, cover, but Liger breaks it up. Gedo throws Liger out of the ring, Jado waits for Maximo to get up but Maximo give him a kiss, dropkick to the knee and he applies La Magistral for a three count! Your winners: Jushin Thunder Liger and Maximo

Match Thoughts: Just to explain, Maximo is an exotico and acts kinda girly, which is why Gedo was avoiding him and he was, you know, kissing his opponents. Kinda like a slightly toned-down Danshoku Dino, if that helps any. This was an odd blend of comedy and real action, I can see that having Maximo in a match does change the dynamic since while he does know how to wrestle he has to get in his ‘exotico’ spots. It wasn’t a bad match, it was just disjointed between the wrestling spots and the comedy spots since there was only one comedy wrestler. On the plus side, unlike Ultimo Dragon in the last event I reviewed, Maximo did hit a nice La Magistral. Score: 4.5

Máscara Dorada and KUSHIDA vs. Tetsuya Naito and Volador Jr.

KUSHIDA and Naito start things off. Tie-up, takedown by Naito and he goes off the ropes, they run back and forth, armdrag by KUSHIDA but Naito gets out of it and both men return to their feet. Naito tags in Volador so Dorada is tagged in as well. Volador goes off the ropes, duckdown by Dorada and both men flip off the ropes. Headscissors by Volador, he goes off the ropes and sails out onto Dorada with a tope con giro. Naito and KUSHIDA get in the ring, they go off the ropes and Naito hits a dropkick. Naito picks up KUSHIDA, elbow by Naito and Volador gets back into the ring, double Irish whip to KUSHIDA and they slam him into the mat.

They throw KUSHIDA into the corner and Naito hits a catapult dropkick. Cover by Naito but Dorada breaks it up. Dorada is thrown out of the ring, Naito picks up KUSHIDA and hits a reverse DDT onto his knee. Reverse chinlock by Naito to KUSHIDA, cover, but it gets a two count. Punch by Naito to KUSHIDA, Irish whip, but KUSHIDA kicks Naito when he puts his head down. Dropkick by KUSHIDA as he flips himself out to the apron and he twists Naito up in the ropes. Dorada then runs in the ring and dropkicks Naito. KUSHIDA and Dorada pick up Naito, Irish whip, kick by Dorada, KUSHIDA dropkicks Naito in the knee and finishes with another dropkick. Volador comes in the ring but he gets double teamed as well, standing moonsault but KUSHIDA but it gets a two count.

Volador gets up but Dorada hits a swandive hurricanrana, sending Volador out of the ring. Dorada then goes out to the apron and hits a hurricanrana off the apron, sending Dorada down the aisle. In the ring, backslide by KUSHIDA but it gets a two count. KUSHIDA then tries La Magistral but that gets a two count as well. Dorada gets back in the ring and chops Naito in the corner, double Irish whip from the corner but Naito avoids KUSHIDA and hits a hurricanrana onto Dorada. Dropkick by Naito to KUSHIDA, and he hits a dropkick in the corner followed by the slingshot dropkick. Volador gets back in the ring, double Irish whip to KUSHIDA and they deliver a double team combination. Cover by Naito, but it only gets two.

Volador picks up KUSHIDA but KUSHIDA hits a handstand springboard elbow strike. Irish whip by KUSHIDA to Naito and KUSHIDA does a handstand kick, sending Naito out of the ring. KUSHIDA then goes up on the top turnbuckle and flies out to the floor with a tope con giro to Naito. Back in the ring, Dorada hits a swandive bodypress to Volador but it gets a two count. Dorada goes off the ropes but Volador dropkicks him in the back, cover but it gets a two count. Volador goes off the ropes and he nails the Volador Special, cover, and he picks up the three count! Your winners: Tetsuya Naito and Volador Jr.

Match Thoughts: This was a better display even if it was still shorter than I’d have preferred. There were a few miscommunications here, honestly I am surprised there are not more of them on this card but nothing horrible. The front flip piledriver somehow is still an awesome move even after Petey Williams tried to kill it all by himself, and there were some great high flying moves in this match. So for the spots, really good match, just don’t go in expecting structure or anything like that. Score: 6.0

La Sombra and Rush vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Ultimo Guerrero

Rush and Sombra start things off. They circle each other to start, waistlock by Rush, reversed by Nakamura and they jockey for position on the mat. Hammerlock by Rush, Nakamura gets back up to his feet and Rush gives a clean break. Tie-up, Rush pushes Nakamura against the ropes, Nakamura reverses positions with him and he gives a clean break. Chop by Rush but Nakamura returns with kicks and pushes Rush to the mat. Rush ducks a stomp and a kick and delivers a dropkick, Nakamura rolls out of the ring but Rush immediately goes out after him. Punches by Rush outside the ring and he throws Nakamura into the ring post. Rush returns to the ring and tags in Sombra, and Guerrero comes into the ring as well.

Sombra and Guerrero circle each other, tie-up, waistlock by Guerrero, reversed by Sombra and they trade wristlocks, side headlock by Sombra but Guerrero gets out of it and applies a leg lock. Sombra wiggles to the ropes to force a break, and both men return to their feet. Sombra and Guerrero lock knuckles, drop toehold by Guerrero and he goes back to the leg. Back up, armdrags Guerrero to the mat after a flip. Guerrero and Sombra circle each other, monkey flip by Guerrero and he pushes Sombra to the mat, they trade flips but neither man can get the upperhand. Elbow by Guerrero, he picks up Sombra, Irish whip, but Sombra flips off of Guerrero and hits a headscissors. Sombra charges Guerrero, Guerrero moves out of the way, Sombra lands on the apron and Guerrero dropkicks Sombra from laying on the apron to the floor. Guerrero gets Sombra back in the ring and tags in Nakamura, double Irish whip to Sombra and Nakamura hits a jumping knee in the corner. Guerrero followed with the handstand splash in the corner, he picks up Sombra but Sombra gets away and tags in Rush. Rush is double teamed in the corner, double Irish whip, and Nakamura hits a running knee into Rush’s ribs. Rush rolls out of the ring so Sombra comes in his place, Nakamura attacks him from behind and he knees Guerrero in the corner. Double Irish whip attempt by Nakamura and Guerrero but Rush roars back into the ring and hits a dropkick.

Sombra goes to the top turnbuckle and hits a hurricanrana, which sends Guerrero out of the ring. Sombra then goes up to the top turnbuckle and flies out of the ring with a moonsault onto Guerrero. Rush and Nakamura get into the ring, and the two trade elbows. Knee by Nakamura and Nakamura hits a heel kick. Nakamura kicks Rush down in the corner but Rush moves when Nakamura comes in and hits a thrust kick. Rush picks up Nakamura and tags in Sombra, they push Nakamura into the corner, double Irish whip, and Rush hits a lariat. Sombra then follows with a running knee, Rush picks up Nakamura and he takes Nakamura to the mat. Senton by Rush, cover, but it gets a two count when Guerrero breaks it up. Rush tags in Sombra, and Sombra dropkicks Guerrero into the corner. Rush then gets a running start and hits a dropkick as well, Sombra covers Guerrero but Nakamura breaks it up.

Nakamura picks up Sombra and throws him out of the ring, Sombra puts Guerrero up on the top turnbuckle and hits the Misteriorana. Cover by Sombra, but Guerrero gets a shoulder up. Sombra grabs Guerrero, Irish whip to the corner, Guerrero puts himself up on the top turnbuckle, Sombra goes for a Frankensteiner but Guerrero reverses it with an avalanche powerbomb. Cover by Guerrero, but Sombra kicks out. Guerrero grabs Sombra and goes for a suplex, and Sombra hits a powerslam. Sombra goes for a quebrada, Guerrero rolls out of the way but Sombra hits a standing moonsault anyway. Cover, but it gets a two count. Guerrero grabs Sombra as they end up on the top turnbuckle, but Guerrero throws him off with a front suplex. Cover, but Rush breaks it up. Nakamura comes in the ring, lariat by Rush to Nakamura but Nakamura kicks him back. Inverted powerslam by Nakamura to Rush, Nakamura waits for Rush to get up but Rush avoids the Boma Ye. Belly to belly suplex by Rush and he dropkicks Nakamura out of the ring. Rush then goes out to the apron and hits a diving lariat on Nakamura. Guerrero and Sombra get back in the ring, Sombra avoids a Guerrero splash in the corner and slams Guerrero in front of the corner, Sombra goes up to the to turnbuckle but Guerrero pushes him into a seated position. Guerrero joins Sombra up top and nails his Guerrero Special! Cover, and he picks up the three count. Your winners: Shinsuke Nakamura and Ultimo Guerrero

Match Thoughts: Oh this match. I haven’t watched Lucha Libre in probably five years so I don’t know if this is the norm, or they are just putting on a display for Japan. But man they weren’t even trying to sell moves, there were times a wrestler would do a big move, and their opponent would just casually get up first and they’d go to the next spot. They also were really cooperative with each other for top turnbuckle moves. On the flip side I do enjoy the big moves, I saw moves in this match I haven’t seen in a good while, they certainly know how to put on a display. So as a…. Lucha Libre Exhibition I think it was fine, there just was a minimal attempt to make it look like a real competition. Score: 5.0

Tanahashi, Mistico, and El Desperado vs. Okada, Mephisto, and Rey Escorpión

El Desperado and Escorpión start things off. Waistlock by El Desperado, reversed by Escorpión, but El Desperado reverses it back. Back up, wristlock by El Desperado into an arm wringer, but Escorpión trips El Desperado. Escorpión and El Desperado circle each other, they jockey for position and Escorpión hits an armdrag. Drop toehold by Escorpión but El Desperado rolls him up for a two count. they take turns rolling each other up but neither man can get the three count. El Desperado goes for a dropkick but Escorpión moves out of the way. Mistico and Mephisto get tagged in. Mistico goes off the ropes, leapfrog, and Mistico hits an armdrag. Mephisto falls out of the ring, Mistico goes off the ropes but Okada runs in the ring and elbows Mistico in the chest. Okada picks up Mistico, Irish whip to the corner, but Mistico moves when Okada charges in.

Hurricanrana by Mistico and he tags in Tanahashi. Double Irish whip to Okada and they hit a double dropkick. Escorpión and Mephisto run in the ring to knock down Mistico and Tanahashi, and Tanahashi is left alone in the ring with them. Double Irish whip to Tanahashi and they connect with a double big boot. Okada comes in the ring too, and Tanahashi is triple teamed ending with an Okada powerbomb. Tanahashi is knocked from the ring, El Desperado comes in but he is punches by Mephisto and Escorpión in the corner. Irish whip, Mephisto hits a lariat and Okada puts El Desperado across the top rope so that Escorpión can hit a catapult club to the back. He falls out, Mistico comes in but he eats a big boot by Okada. Irish whip by Escorpión to Mistico and he throws Mistico into the air. All three men stomp on Mistico, Escorpión picks him up and throws Mistico out of the ring. Tanahashi comes into the ring, Escorpión chops Tanahashi into the corner, double Irish whip to Tanahashi, but Tanahashi avoids their attacks and he gets the upperhand.

El Desperado then comes off the top turnbuckle with an armdrag to Escorpión, Mephisto punches El Desperado to the mat but Mistico comes off the top turnbuckle with a hurricanrana to Mephisto. Mephisto falls out of the ring and just Mistico remains in the ring, he goes off the ropes and sails out onto Mephisto with a tope con giro. Escorpión and El Desperado get in the ring, but El Desperado catapults Escorpión out of the ring to the floor. Tanahashi then goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving crossbody down to the floor onto Escorpión. Okada and El Desperado are in the ring, and Okada drops El Desperado with a DDT. Scoop slam by Okada, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving elbow drop. Okada grabs El Desperado but El Desperado goes off the ropes and hits an armdrag. Okada falls out of the ring and El Desperado hits a tope con giro through the ropes, taking out Okada and various other ringside obstacles in the process. Mistico and Mephisto are in the ring, Mistico goes off the ropes and hits a hurricanrana for a two count.

Mephisto charges Mistico but Mistico puts Mephisto onto the ropes and then goes off the side ropes and hits another hurricanrana. Cover, but Escorpión breaks it up. Escorpión and Mephisto Irish whip Mistico but Mistico ducks the lariat and hits a hurricanrana onto Escorpión. Mistico throws Mephisto into the corner, Mephisto throws Mistico out to the apron but Mistico knocks him down and then sails from the top turnbuckle to the floor with a hurricanrana onto Escorpión. El Desperado gets in the ring to pair off with Mephisto, and El Desperado kicks Mephisto in the face. Cover, but Okada breaks it up. Irish whip by Okada to Mephisto and he hits a one man flapjack. Tanahashi takes his place, Tanahashi dropkicks Okada in the knee but Okada catches him with a dropkick. Okada then goes out onto Tanahashi with a pescado. Mistico and Escorpión get into the ring for their turn, Mistico goes off the ropes, trades moves with Escorpión and Mistico hits La Mistica! Escorpión quickly taps out. Your winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Mistico, and El Desperado

Match Thoughts: Just to be clear, this of course is not the original Mistico but the wrestler that took over the gimmick once the original went to WWE. New Mistico looks bigger than old Mistico, but he sure can hit a mean hurricanrana. Like the last match this was more of a match for fun than anything else. But it was certainly fun, although not a long match so no one wrestler got much of a chance to do anything except fly around the ring. Even Tanahashi got in on the flying, and El Desperado naturally looked right at home since he had been in Mexico the last few years. A more entertaining spotfest than the match before, but still just a big ‘ol spotfest. Score: 6.5

Final Thoughts:

Best Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Mistico, and El Desperado vs. Kazuchika Okada, Mephisto, and Rey Escorpión. I guess on an event with spotfests, the “best” spotfest is the best match and I think this was the best one on this event. Mistico did lots of flying around, as did all the other wrestlers as well. Definitely some fun spots and worth watching just as mindless enjoyment.

MVP: Mistico. The King High Flyer! I am not sure how many times Mistico left his feet during his match but it was the biggest lasting impression of the show. He isn’t as smooth as the original Mistico but he appears to be good at this type of match anyway. I am always a sucker for the hurricanrana from the top turnbuckle down to the floor, ever since I first saw Mysterio do it way back in the day.

Overall: The biggest problem with this card is simply that there wasn’t much wrestling. Actual in-match time for the entire event was under an hour, which to me is not really enough. There were only six matches and five clocked in right at ten minutes or less. That being said for a kinda laid back fun display of Lucha Libre it did its job in that regard, and I am sure it was an absolute blast to be at live. I just wish there was a match at the top that was longer and more of a “real” match and less of an exhibition. So worth watching since most of the matches are entertaining, there just isn’t much of it and there isn’t anything that you need to go out of the way to see.

Grade: C-

SPOILERS: WWE Main Event for 1-22-14

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WWE MAIN EVENT SPOILERS

Taped 1-21-14 for airing on 1-22 on the ION Channel
From the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI

* R-Truth scores the pin on Damien Sandow. Lots of near falls, surprised to see Sandow lose here. Xavier Woods was on commentary for the match.

A video is shown of Aksana mocking Brie’s engagement to Daniel Bryan. The Bellas respond. This leads to a match. Of course it does.

* Nikki & Brie Bella defeated Alicia Fox & Aksana

* Alberto Del Rio submitted Sin Cara with the Cross Armbreaker. At one point in the match, Cara’s mask was completely removed, likely to be edited out. Match went a decent amount of time and featured a lot of close falls. That concluded the show.

Following his win, Alberto Del Rio attempted to cut a promo about the Royal Rumble, but was attacked by Sin Cara.

In a dark match, Naomi defeated Emma.

St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1950

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

St. Louis Wrestling Results 1950

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

 

1/6/50 St Louis
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Wladek Kowalski
Ernie Dusek drew with Enrique Torres
Gyspy Joe and Al Williams defeated Fred Blassie and George Drake
Cyclone Anaya defeated Rudy Kay

1/13/50 St Louis
Wild Bill Longson defeated Bobby Managoff via DQ
Al Lovelock drew Lucky Simunovich
Kay Bell defeated Tiger Jack Moore
Ray Villmer defeated Bobby Nelson
Eric Pederson defeated Renee Adoree via DQ

1/20/50 St. Louis
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Wladek Kowalski via DQ
Whipper Billy Watson defeated Ernie Dusek
Arjan Singh defeated Larry Moquin
Mr. Quebec and Otto Kuss defeated Jack Conley and Finis Hall

1/27/50 St Louis
Bill Longson defeated Frankie Talabar
Sky Hi Lee drew Enrique Torres
LeRoy McGuirk defeated Angelo Savoldi via DQ
Ernie Hefner and Yukon Eric defeated Lucky Simunovich and Ray Villmer

2/3/50 St Louis
Whipper Watson defeated Ski Hi Lee
Wladek Kowalski defeated Otto Kuss
Ovila Asselin defeated Gypsy Joe
Jack Conley and Ernie Dusek defeated Fred Blassie and Ben Sharpe

2/10/50 St Louis
Wild Bill Longson defeated Enrique Torres
George Koverly defeated Dutch Hefner
Vic Christy defeated Jack Moore
Pete Peterson drew Ray Villmer
Finis Hall and Carlos Rodriguez defeated Fred Blassie and Eric Pederson

2/16/50 St Louis
Wladek Kowalski defeated Ski Hi Lee
Vic Holbrook defeated Ben Sharpe
Ernie Hefner defeated Mr. Quebec
Ray Gunkel and Otto Kuss defeated Jack Conley and Joe Dusek

3/1/50 St Louis
Bill Longson defeated Wladek Kowalski in 14:07
Dutch Hefner drew Vic Holbrook
Vic Christy defeated Big Ben Morgan
Ray Gunkel and Pete Peterson defeated Ellis Bashara and Jack Moore

3/17/50 St Louis
Handicap match
Bill Longson defeated Enrique Torres in 34:38 then Wladek Kowalski defeated Bill Longson in 1:47
Bobby Bruns defeated Ernie Hefner
Tommy O’Toole defeated Jack Conley
Warren Bockwinkel and Otto Kuss defeated Joe Dusek and Jack Moore

3/24/50 St Louis
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Whipper Billy Watson via DQ
Vic Holbrook defeated Lee Henning via DQ
Ellis Bashara drew Vic Christy
Bobby Nelson and Hans Schnabel defeated Pete Pterson and Ray Villmer

3/31/50 St Louis
Bill Longson defeated Wladek Kowalski
Bobby Bruns drew Enrique Torres
Bert Rubi defeated Tiger Jack Moore
Joe Savoldi and Otto Kuss defeated Dutch Hefner and Big Ben Morgan via DQ

4/6/50 St Louis
Gorgeous George defeated Don Eagle via DQ
Lee Henning drew Vic Holbrook
Hans Schnabel and Tiger Tasker defeated Howard Cantonwine and Pete Peterson
Jim Lewis drew Carlos Rodriguez
Ray Villmer defeated Ellis Bashara
attendance 10,607

4/14/50 St Louis
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Whipper Billy Watson
Bill Longson and Wladek Kowalski defeated Enrique Torres and Bobby Bruns
Big Ben Morgan defeated Otto Kuss
Fred Blassie drew Dutch Hefner
attendance 8,697

5/5/50 St Louis
Enrique Torres defeated Big Ben Morgan
Vic Holbrook defeated Dutch Hefner
Lee Henning defeated Bill McDaniel
George O’Brien and Fred Blassie defeated Finis Hall and Tiger Tasker

5/12/50 St Louis
Wladek Kowalski defeated Vic Holbrook
Gypsy Joe defeated Joe Millich
Juan Hernandez defeated Jack Hader
Charley Phelan and Ralph Garibaldi defeated Carlos Rodriguez and Pete Peterson
attendance 2,495

5/20/50 St Louis
Vic Holbrook defeated Lee Henning
Dutch Hefner defeated Big Ben Morgan
Fred Blassie and Bill McDaniel defeated Jack Moore and Tiger Tasker

6/16/50 St Louis
Ernie Dusek defeated Bobby Bruns
Herb Welch and Bob Clay defeated Wild Red Berry and Balk Estes via DQ
Fred Blassie defeated Karl Davis via DQ
Jack Hader drew Finis Hall

6/23/50 St Louis
wild Bill Longson defeated Ralph Garibaldi
Fred Blassie defeated Benito Gardini
Leo Newman drew Bob Geigel
Carlos Rodriguez and Karl Davis defeated Cherry Vallina and George O’Brien
attendance 2,543

6/30/50 St Louis
Bobby Bruns defeated Ernie Dusek in 21:49
Emil and Joe Dusek drew Babe and Chris Zaharias
Karl Davis defeated Jack Hader
Fred Blassie defeated Johnny Randa
attendance 2,428

7/7/50 St Louis
Joe Pazandak defeated Karl Davis in 25:04
Johnny Randa and Cherry Vallina defeated Whitey Whittler and Carlos Rodriguez via DQ
Balk Estes drew Bob Clay
Fred Blassie defeated Leo Newman

7/14/50 St Louis
Bobby Bruns defeated Joe Dusek in 31:22
Cyclone Anaya defeated Gypsy Joe
Tex Riley defeated Finice Hall
Jack Hader drew Whitey Whittler
Johnny Randa defeated George O’Brien

7/21/50 St Louis
Buddy Rogers defeated Fred Blassie in 17:23
Joe Pazandak defeated Otto Kuss
Ralph Garibaldi drew Cherry Vallina
Leo Newman and Carlos Rodriguez defeated Hal Keene and George O’Brien

7/28/50 St Louis
George Koverly defeated Cyclone Anaya in 13:34
Jack Hader defeated Finice Hall
Tex Riley drew Whitey Whittler
Nick Carter and Ralph Garibaldi defeated Babe and Chris Zaharias

8/4/50 St Louis
Bill Longson defeated Joe Pazandak in 13:55
Gypsy Joe drew Ralph Garibaldi
Nick Carter defeated Jack Hader
Cherry Vallina defeated Carlos Rodriguez
Leo Newman defeated George O’Brien

8/11/50 St Louis
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated George Koverly in 9:12
Walter Palmer defeated Billy Brooks
Nick Carter drew Freddie Blassie
Tommy O’Toole defeated Whitey Whittler
Bob Orton defeated Jack Hader

8/18/50 St Louis
Handicap match
Wladek Kowalski defeated Nick Carter in 20:55 then Kowalski drew with Jim Wright
Ralph Garibaldi defeated Jack Conley
Joe Pazandak defeated Cherry Vallina
Tommy O’Toole drew Fred Blassie
Michael O’Grady defeated Leo Newman

8/25/50 St Louis
Whipper Watson defeated Al Lovelock
Great Balbo defeated Al Williams via DQ
Sky Low Low defeated Pee Wee James
Tommy O’Toole defeated Finice Hall

9/8/50 St Louis
Ernie Dusek defeated Lucky Simunovich in 21:08
Ray Eckert defeated Cherry Vallina
Al Lovelock defeated Emil Dusek
Whitey Whittler defeated Gino Vagnonne
Fred Blassie defeated Carlos Rodriguez

9/15/50 St Louis
Buddy Rogers defeated Tommy O’Toole in 16:22
Bert Rubi drew Great Balbo
Al Lovelock defeated Chris Zaharias
Fred Blassie defeated Gino “Red” Vagnonne
Cherry Vallina defeated Bill McDaniel via DQ

10/6/50 St Louis
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Dave Levin in 20:27
Ray Eckert defeated Al Lovelock
Fred Atkins defeated Bill McDaniel
Little Beaver and Tiny Roe defeated Tom Thumb and Irish Jackie
Lloyd “Cherry” Vallina drew Jack Britton

10/13/50 St Louis
Wladek Kowalski defeated Sky Hi Lee in 14:54
Buddy Rogers defeated Billy Darnell in 18:41
Warren Bockwinkel drew Tommy O’Toole
Jim Dobie defeated Whitey Whittler
Red Vagnonne drew Joe Pazandak

10/20/50 St Louis
Wild Bill Longson defeated Bobby Bruns
Whipper Watson defeated Fred Atkins
Ray Eckert defeated Fred Blassie
Jim Dobie defeated Jack Conley
Ralph Garibaldi defeated Whitey Whittler

11/3/50 St Louis
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Buddy Rogers

11/10/50 St. Louis
Gorgeous George defeated Bobby Bruns
Bill Longson and Ernie Dusek drew Ray Eckert and Fred Atkins
Al Lovelock defeated Howard Cantonwine
Billy Parks defeated Benito Gardini via DQ
Joe Dusek drew Red Vagnonne

11/18/50 St Louis
Buddy Rogers defeated Lone Eagle
Lord Pinkerton drew Dave Levin
Dick Raines drew Warren Bockwinkel
Gypsy Joe defeated Joe Millich via DQ
Jim Dobie defeated Red Vagnonne

12/8/50 St Louis
Bill Longson defeated Gorgeous George
Ray Eckert and Karol Krauser defeated Bobby Bruns and Al Lovelock
Yukon Eric defeated Warren Bockwinkel
Ralph Garibaldi drew Howard Cantonwine

12/15/50 St. Louis
Argentina Rocca defeated Ernie Dusek
Joe Dusek defeated Kola Kwariani
Lord Layton defeated Dick Raines
Frankie Talabar defeated Jim Dobie
Johnny Valentine defeated Jack Vansky

12/29/50 St. Louis
Wladek Kowalski defeated Lord Layton
Herman Krauser defeated Lone Eagle
Lord Pinkerton defeated Giant Scott
Johnny Valentine defeated Cherry Vallina
Jim Dobie vs. Bob Geigel

St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1958

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

St. Louis Wrestling Results 1958

Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick
1/17/58 – St Louis
NWA Champion Dick Hutton defeated Gene Kiniski

2/14/58 – St Louis, MO
Whipper Billy Watson defeated Gene Kiniski via dq
Wilbur Snyder defeated Stan Lisowski
Lord Littlebrook & Tiny Tim defeated Ivan The Terrible & Irish Jackie
Ronnie Etchison defeated Lee Henning
Bobby Bruns defeated Jim Siskay

2/28/58 – St Louis
Gene Kiniski defeated Bill Longson via dq
Gene Kiniski defeated Ronnie Etchison

3/15/58 – St Louis
Ronnie Etchison & Larry Hamilton defeated Mighty Atlas & Otto Von Krupp
Penny Banner defeated Jessica Rogers
Herb Welch defeated Wee Willie Davis
Bobby Bruns drew Tommy O’Toole

3/28/58 – St Louis, MO
Handicap Match
Bill Longson & Whipper Billy Watson defeated Gene Kiniski
Fred Blassie defeated Tex Riley
Ronnie Etchison drew Bill McDaniel
Herb Welch defeated Otto Von Krupp
Hans Schmidt & Mighty Atlas drew Bobby Managoff & Wilbur Snyder

4/11/58 – St Louis
NWA Champion Dick Hutton defeated Gene Kiniski
Bill Miller defeated Bobby Bruns
Princess Tomah defeated Mae Weston
Mighty Atlas & Otto Von Krupp defeated Rip Hawk & Frankie Talaber
Dick Beyer drew Herb Welch

4/25/58 – St Louis
NWA Champion Dick Hutton drew Whipper Billy Watson
Gene Kiniski defeated Bill Longson
Ethel Johnson defeated Babs Wingo
Mighty Atlas & Otto Von Krupp defeated Billy McDaniel & Frankie Talaber
Bobby Bruns defeated Wee Willie Davis

9/20/58 – St Louis
Stu Gibson & Otto Von Krupp defeated Bobby Bruns & Sonny Myers
Thor Hagen defeated Red McIntyre
Peggy King defeated Kathy Starr
Suni War Cloud defeated Joe Millich

10/10/58 – St Louis
NWA Champion Dick Hutton defeated Lou Thesz via dq
Edouard Carpentier defeated Al Mills
Thor Hagen & Suni War Cloud defeated Stu Gibson & Otto Von Krupp
Bobby Managoff drew Ray Villmer
Bobby Bruns defeated Legs Langevin

10/25/58 – St Louis
Mighty Atlas defeated Sonny Myers
Lord Littlebrook & Brown Panther defeated Ivan The Terrible & Tiny Roe
Bob Ellis defeated Martino Angelo
Bob Orton drew Ray Villmer
Tiny Roe defeated Lord Littlebrook

11/7/58 – St Louis
NWA Champion Dick Hutton drew Lou Thesz
Edouard Carpentier defeated Lee Henning
Bob Ellis defeated Al Mills
Lorraine Johnson defeated Laura Martinez
Bob Ellis & Ray Villmer defeated Ike Eakins & Legs Langevin via dq

12/5/58 – St Louis
Lou Thesz defeated Wladek Kowalski
Bobo Brazil defeated Ike Eakins
El Lobo defeated Larry Moquin
Bobby Bruns & Joe Scarpa defeated Lee Henning & Al Mills
Joe Millich defeated Carlos Rodriguez via dq

12/26/58 – St Louis
NWA Champion Dick Hutton defeated Edouard Carpentier
Bobby Managoff & Pat O’Connor defeated Wladek Kowalski & El Lobo via dq
Penny Banner defeated Kay Noble
Joe Tangaro defeated Legs Langevin
Johnny Ace drew Joe Scarpa

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