(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Jim Zordani, Tim Hornbaker, Barry Ramstein, and various news clippings)
American Wrestling Association Results 1973
Promoting the Areas of: Minnesota, North Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, and Manitoba, Canada
Promoter: Verne Gagne
1/6/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Johnny Heidman
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Tinker Todd
Billy Graham defeated George Gadaski.
1/6/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson in a 2/3 falls match to regain the AWA tag team title
1. Bockwinkel defeated Robinson
2. Robinson pinned Stevens
3. Stevens pinned Gagne
The Crusher defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Wahoo McDaniel
Ivan Koloff defeated Reggie Parks
Bob Bruggers defeated Big K via disqualification
Ric Flair defeated Johnny Heidman via pin
Jim Brunzell drew Tinker Todd
Reported Attendance: 10,003
1/7/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher defeated Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 16:20
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification when Graham hurled Wahoo into referee George Gadaski at the 9:35 mark
Dusty Rhodes defeated George Scott via pin in 24:12
Ivan Koloff defeated Reggie Parks via pin in 15:47
Bob Bruggers drew Rene Goulet 15:00
Reported Attendance: 5,354
1/9/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Ray Stevens defeated the Crusher
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Wahoo McDaniel
Bob Bruggers defeated Tinker Todd
Jim Brunzell defeated Joe Scarpello
1/10/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Superstar Billy Graham defeated the Crusher
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud
Ivan Koloff defeated Joe Scarpello
Bob Bruggers defeated Big K
1/11/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham COR in 12:00 when Graham walked back to the dressing room
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated George Gordienko & Reggie Parks in a 2/3 falls match
Dawn Lemke defeated Kay Noble via pin
Rene Goulet drew George Scott (sub Lani Kealoha)
Bob Bruggers defeated Bobby Jones (sub George Scott) via pin
Ric Flair defeated Johnny Heidman
Jim Brunzell defeated Tinker Todd (sub match for Bob Tuck vs. Dave Muir)
1/13/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Wahoo McDaniel 15:21
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Danny Hodge & Bill Miller in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff defeated George Scott via pin
Reggie Parks defeated Big K via pin
Bob Bruggers defeated Johnny Heidman via pin
Jim Brunzell defeated Tinker Todd via pin
1/16/73 – Minot, ND
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Dick Murdoch
Reggie Parks defeated Billy Graham via disqualification
George Scott defeated Tinker Todd
Bob Bruggers defeated John Heidman
1/17/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr drew Billy Robinson
North American Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated Don Muraco
Ed Francis defeated The Sheik to win Hawaiian Title
Ripper Collins defeated Rick Drasin
Tony Borne drew Sam Steamboat
Fred Blassie did not defeated Lord Blears in 10 minutes
1/17/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dick Murdoch
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott
Reggie Parks vs. Tinker Todd
Bob Bruggers vs. Johnny Heidman
1/18/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham COR 10:25
Dusty Rhodes defeated the Crusher via disqualification when Crusher tossed Rhodes over the top rope at the 8:30 mark
Billy Robinson defeated Reggie Parks in 14:11 via pin with a back bridge
Don Muraco defeated Dick Murdoch 11:15
Bob Bruggers drew George Scott 20:00
Reported Attendance: 5,647
1/19/73 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
The Crusher defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification in 7:42 when referee George Gadaski caught Rhodes using brass knuckles
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match in 16:57
1. Muraco was counted out of the ring
2. Muraco pinned Graham
3. Graham pinned Muraco
George Scott defeated Tinker Todd by submission in 12:39
Bob Bruggers defeated Johnny Heidman 16:10
Reported Attendance: 3,734
1/20/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Johnny Heidman
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez
Reggie Parks defeated Tinker Todd
Ivan Koloff defeated Bob Amel
1/20/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wahoo McDaniel
The Crusher defeated Ray Stevens
Ernie Ladd defeated Moose Cholak
Mitsu Arakawa & Higo Hamaguchi defeated Reggie Parks & George Scott
Jimmy Valiant defeated Bobby Bold Eagle
Angel Rivera drew Tinker Todd
1/20/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Non-Title Match: Ivan Koloff defeated AWA Champion Verne Gagne by submission
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Bill Watts defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Rene Goulet defeated Bob Bruggers
Jim Brunzell defeated Johnny Heidman
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
1/22/73 – Fergus Falls, MN
Ivan Koloff vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Bob Bruggers vs. Rene Goulet
Big K vs. Tinker Todd
1/22/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Ray Stevens defeated the Crusher
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
George Scott defeated Rene Goulet
Jim Brunzell defeated Johnny Heidman
1/23/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
The Crusher & Billy Robinson defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes
Jim Brunzell (sub Ric Flair) defeated Johnny Heidman
George Scott defeated Rene Goulet (sub Jim Brunzell)
1/24/73 – Decatur, IL
The Crusher defeated Ivan Koloff
Don Muraco defeated Dick Murdoch via disqualification
George Scott defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
Johnny Heidman defeated Jim Brunzell
1/26/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Billy Robinson defeated Dick Murdoch
Reggie Parks defeated Bob Bruggers
George Scott defeated Tinker Todd
1/27/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Crouch
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Mr. Fuji
Billy Graham defeated Jose Quintero
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Peter Lee & Frank Monte
1/27/73 – Minneapolis, MN
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Ivan Koloff defeated George Scott
Bob Bruggers defeated Johnny Heidman
Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks
Reported Attendance: 5,121
1/28/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham COR
Reggie Parks & Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch via disqualification when Murdoch was caught using a foreign object
Rene Goulet drew George Scott 20:00
Jim Brunzell defeated Tinker Todd
Khosrow Vaziri no contest Johnny Heidman
Reported Attendance: 3,000
1/30/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Don Muraco double dq Dusty Rhodes
Dick Murdoch defeated Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet defeated George Scott
Jim Brunzell defeated Johnny Heidman
Note: Wahoo and Superstar were scheduled to arm wrestle prior to their singles match
1/31/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Arm Wrestling
Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wahoo McDaniel
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff defeated Reggie Parks in 17:00
Rene Goulet defeated George Scott
Khosrow Vaziri defeated Tinker Todd
Jim Brunzell defeated Johnny Heidman via pin
2/1/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
1. Rhodes pinned Robinson
2. Muraco defeated Rhodes in 2:37 with a cobra submission hold
3. Murdoch pinned Muraco in 2:17
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification in 8:17 when Koloff jumped off the top rope onto McDaniel
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Reggie Parks in 14:47 via pin after a knee drop
Arm Wrestling
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham 3:18
George Scott defeated Johnny Heidman in 13:14 with a cobra twist submission hold
Reported Attendance: 5,130
2/3/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco defeated Johnny Heidman & Tinker Todd
Billy Graham defeated Red Mendez
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Blackie Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel defeated George Gadaski
Bill Watts defeated Pancho Vasquez
2/4/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in 3rd fall at 15:55
1. Bruiser & Crusher won 1st fall
2. Rhodes and Murdoch won 2nd fall
3. The referee stopped the match when he was unable to control the wrestlers
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Larry Hennig 12:45
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Reggie Parks 10:30
Nick Bockwinkel (sub Don Muraco) defeated George Scott 14:30
Jim Brunzell defeated Johnny Heidman 13:55
Reported Attendance: 6,384
2/5/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco & Billy Robinson defeated Larry Hennig & Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Reggie Parks
Ivan Koloff defeated George Scott
Rene Goulet defeated Jim Brunzell
2/6/73 – Jamestown, WI
Larry Hennig vs. Tinker Todd
2/7/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco
Ripper Collins double dq Neff Maiava in 3rd fall
Ken Patera defeated Tapia
Paul Jones defeated Harley Race via disqualification
Ed Francis defeated Lord Nelson
Jimmy Snuka defeated Pepto Castro
Bulldog Bob Brown drew Sam Steamboat
2/7/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Hennig defeated Big K (sub Wahoo McDaniel)
Ivan Koloff vs. Reggie Parks
Jim Brunzell vs. Johnny Heidman
2/9/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Blackjack Mulligan in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Wahoo McDaniel via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder
Ernie Ladd defeated Lord James Blears
Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks
Blackjack Lanza defeated Jim Brunzell
2/10/73 – Moline TV
Billy Graham defeated Poncho Vasquez
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Jose Quintero
Ivan Koloff defeated Armando Rodriguez
Don Muraco defeated Bill Crouch
Dusty Rhodes defeated Mike Spangler
2/10/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Bill Watts via pin
Ken Patera defeated Johnny Heidman by submission
Reggie Parks defeated Lord James Blears
Rene Goulet defeated George Scott via pin
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/11/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Bill Watts in a 2/3 falls match
The Crusher double dq Dusty Rhodes
Handicap Match: Ken Patera defeated Jose Quintero & Johnny Heidman via pin
Larry Hennig defeated Lord Blears via pin
Ric Flair drew Rene Goulet
Note: Another listing has an additional result Big K drew Ed Francis
2/13/73 – Minot, ND
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Big K & Larry Hennig defeated Reggie Parks & George Scott
Jim Brunzell defeated Johnny Heidman
Ric Flair drew Rene Goulet
2/14/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco via disqualification
Ken Patera defeated Rene Goulet
Larry Hennig defeated George Scott
Ric Flair defeated Lord Blears
2/16/73 – Oshkosh, WI
Billy Robinson defeated Dusty Rhodes
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Don Muraco
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet defeated George Scott
2/17/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Jose Quintero
Ivan Koloff defeated Kenny Jay
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Angel Rivera
Larry Hennig defeated Bobby Vann
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Bill Crouch & Blackie Guzman
2/18/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match in 31:10
The Crusher defeated Dusty Rhodes via pin in 9:00
Larry Hennig defeated George Scott
Jim Brunzell defeated Big K via disqualification 15:45
Khosrow Vaziri defeated Johnny Heidman via pin in 12:20
2/18/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff (sub Dusty Rhodes) defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wahoo was disqualified for accidentally hitting the referee
2. Patera defeated Koloff with a bear hug
3. Graham pinned Patera
Reggie Parks defeated Rene Goulet 20:00
Ric Flair defeated Jose Quintero
Kenny Jay defeated Bill Crouch (sub Jack Daniels)
Reported Attendance: 2,703
2/19/73 – Moline, IL
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ivan Koloff
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Lord Blears
Reggie Parks defeated Rene Goulet
Big K defeated Ric Flair
2/20/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Don Muraco & Ken Patera & Billy Robinson defeated Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Reggie Parks (sub Wahoo McDaniel) defeated Rene Goulet
Billy Robinson defeated Dusty Rhodes
Jim Brunzell defeated Johnny Heidman (sub Tinker Todd)
2/21/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
The Crusher defeated Nick Bockwinkel via pin at 11:25
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall via disqualification
1. Koloff won 1st fall
2. Wahoo pinned Koloff
3. Koloff was disqualified for jumping off the top rope
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Lord Blears
Ric Flair (sub George Scott) drew Big K
Reported Attendance: 2,800+
2/22/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Indian Strap Match, Winner must drag his opponent around the ring twice: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham in 11:05
Billy Robinson defeated Dusty Rhodes in 12:05
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Don Muraco COR in 12:00
Ivan Koloff drew Reggie Parks 30:00
Dick Murdoch defeated Lord Blears via pin
Reported Attendance: SRO 7,949, record attendance
2/24/73 – Moline TV
Dusty Rhodes defeated George Gadaski
Don Muraco defeated Jose Quintero
Billy Graham defeated Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne defeated Bill Crouch
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Johnny Heidman
2/24/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
1. Rhodes defeated Muraco in 14:22
2. Robinson defeated Murdoch in 20:54
3. Muraco defeated Rhodes in 27:11
Reggie Parks defeated Larry Hennig in a 2/3 falls match
1. Hennig won 1st fall
2. Parks won 2nd fall
3. Parks won 3rd fall
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Rene Goulet in 8:57
Ken Patera defeated Johnny Heidman
Reported Attendance: 2,001
2/28/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham in 16:30
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Reggie Parks & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
1. Parks pinned Murdoch in 9:00
2. Murdoch pinned Parks at the 18:00 mark
3. Rhodes pinned Parks
Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel in 23:00
Don Muraco defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification
Rene Goulet defeated Jim Brunzell in 12:00
Khosrow Vaziri defeated Johnny Heidman
Reported Attendance: “11,379 fans”
Note: Patera billed as a 300 pound rookie Olympic weightlifter turner pro wrestler in the advertisement.
3/3/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Bobby Jones
Ivan Koloff defeated Bill Kolchin
Jim Brunzell defeated Dave Muir
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bill Crouch
3/3/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Ken Patera via disqualification
Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks
Vic Rossitani defeated Ric Flair via pin
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
3/4/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Superstar Billy Graham defeated AWA Champion Verne Gagne via disqualification when Gagne tossed Graham over the top rope in 22:02
Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks
Don Muraco defeated Rene Goulet via pin
Jose Carlos defeated Armando Rodriguez via pin
Reported Attendance: Record Turnaway Crowd – 6,428
3/4/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
The Crusher & Billy Robinson defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall via disqualification when Nick & Ray jumped off the top rope
Ivan Koloff defeated Bill Watts via pin
Ric Flair defeated Big K
Khosrow Vaziri defeated Kenny Jay
Jim Brunzell defeated Bill Crouch
3/7/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham won a battle royal
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Ivan Koloff vs. Vic Rossitani
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rene Goulet
Ric Flair defeated Larry Hennig via disqualification
Big K vs. Khosrow Vaziri
3/7/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
The Sheik defeated NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr COR
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Jimmy Snuka defeated Ripper Collins
Ken Patera defeated Tony Borne
Ed Francis defeated Haru Sasaki
Sam Steamboat drew Masked Executioner
3/9/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher via disqualification
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera COR
Bob Ellis drew Ernie Ladd
Billy Robinson defeated Reggie Parks
Ivan Koloff defeated Vic Rossitani
Rene Goulet defeated Jim Brunzell
3/10/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Crouch
Dick Murdoch defeated Armando Rodriguez
Jim Brunzell defeated Carlos Colon
Larry Hennig defeated Caesar Pabon
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Peter Lee & George Scott
3/10/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch via disqualification
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Don Muraco
Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet defeated Jim Brunzell
3/12/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet drew Vic Rossitani
Khosrow Vaziri defeated Big K via disqualification
3/15/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Referee: Merv Unger
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1 Koloff pinned Robinson in 7:30
2 Robinson pinned Koloff in 13:00
3 Graham won 3rd fall with an assist from Koloff’s manager The Big K
Ray Stevens defeated Don Muraco COR in 15:00
Dusty Rhodes defeated Ken Patera via disqualification when Patera would not break his bear hug hold on Rhodes who was outside the ring
Dick Murdoch defeated Vic Rossitani via pin in 16:00
Reggie Parks defeated Jim Brunzell via pin in 12:00
Rene Goulet defeated Ric Flair in 16:00
Reported Attendance: “6,000 intense fans”
3/16/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Winning team to meet AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on next Denver card
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff pinned Wahoo in 8:47
2. Koloff and Graham were disqualified for double teaming
3. Robinson pinned Koloff in 5:17
Ray Stevens defeated Don Muraco COR in 12:09
Ken Patera defeated Larry Hennig with a bear hug in 9:07
Reggie Parks defeated Rene Goulet via disqualification when Goulet jumped off the top rope onto Parks
Reported Attendance: 7,121
3/17/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson defeated Tom Demarco
Billy Graham defeated Armando Rodriguez
Ken Patera defeated Bill Crouch
Ivan Koloff defeated Chuck Edwards
Verne Gagne defeated Blackie Guzman
3/17/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 26:09
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Wahoo McDaniel via disqualification when Wahoo rammed Graham’s head into the ring post
Rene Goulet defeated Vic Rossitani
Reggie Parks drew Don Muraco 20:00
Reported Attendance: 4,000 with 1,000 turned away
3/18/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson defeated Dusty Rhodes in a 2/3 falls match
1. Robinson defeated Rhodes
2. Rhodes defeated Robinson
3. Robinson defeated Rhodes
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Reggie Parks when Parks injured his knee and could not continue in the third fall
Larry Hennig defeated Vic Rossitani
Rene Goulet defeated Jim Brunzell
Reported Attendance: 1,251
3/18/73 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match in 30:00
1. Wahoo was pinned
2. Wahoo pinned Stevens after a series of tomahawk chops
3. Bockwinkel defeated Patera
Don Muraco defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification
Ric Flair defeated Big K
Khosrow Vaziri drew George Gadaski
Att:”just under 3,200”
3/20/73 – Burlington IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Ken Patera & Reggie Parks
Vic Rositanni defeated Jim Brunzell
Reported Attendance: 1500
3/21/73 – Detroit Lakes, MN @ the Detroit Lakes High School
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Don Muraco vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Big K vs. Ric Flair
3/21/73 – Lanark, IL @ the High School
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Billy Robinson & Ken Patera
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Vic Rositanni
Jim Brunzell vs. Reggie Parks
3/23/73 – Ironwood, MI @ the Luther L. Wright Gym
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dusty Rhodes
Reggie Parks vs. Larry Hennig
Jim Brunzell vs. Vic Rositanni
3/24/73 – Moline TV
Verne Gagne defeated Dave Muir
Ivan Koloff defeated George Gadaski
Ken Patera defeated Bobby Vann
Dusty Rhodes defeated Red Mendez
Ray Stevens defeated Angel Rivera
3/24/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
No DQ Match: Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Bill Watts defeated Blackjack Lanza
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Sailor Art Thomas
Ernie Ladd defeated Reggie Parks
Jimmy Valiant defeated Ric Flair
Bobby Heenan defeated Jim Brunzell
Note: Graham and Thomas were also scheduled to arm wrestle
3/24/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Ken Patera defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification
Larry Hennig defeated Vic Rossitani
3/25/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham in 11:20
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated The Crusher & Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Bill Watts defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification
Rene Goulet defeated Bill Crouch via pin at 9:23
Reggie Parks defeated Ric Flair via pin at 11:12
Jim Brunzell drew Kenny Jay
3/26/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Reggie Parks defeated Jim Brunzell
Rene Goulet drew Vic Rossitani
3/28/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Koloff’s manager the Big K barred from Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match in 26:25
Dick the Bruiser dcor Dusty Rhodes
Horst Hoffman defeated Larry Hennig via pin in 9:25
Reggie Parks defeated Ric Flair via pin in 15:50
Rene Goulet defeated Khosrow Vaziri via pin in 12:15
Reported Attendance: 9,881
3/28/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
Ken Patera defeated Dick Murdoch via disqualification
Lars Anderson defeated Vic Rossitani
Jim Brunzell drew Big K
3/29/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch & Vic Rossitani (sub Billy Graham)
Horst Hoffman defeated Big K (sub Ivan Koloff)
Vic Rossitani drew Reggie Parks
Big K drew Jim Brunzell
Note: Graham and Koloff reportedly were fogged in at the Milwaukee airport and were unable to wrestle in Duluth as a result
3/30/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel
The Crusher defeated Dick Murdoch via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes drew Horst Hoffman
Don Muraco defeated Rene Goulet
3/31/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Tinker Todd
Don Muraco defeated Bill Crouch
3/31/73 – Decatur, IL
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera
Rene Goulet vs. Reggie Parks
Vic Rossitani vs. Khosrow Vaziri
4/1/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Billy Robinson defeated Superstar Graham via disqualification at the 11:25 mark when Graham would not stop using rough tactics at the referee’s count of five
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Don Muraco by submission in 29:38
Ivan Koloff drew Ken Patera 20:00
Arm Wrestling
Superstar Graham defeated Ken Patera
Horst Hoffman defeated Rene Goulet via pin at 11:18
Reggie Parks defeated Vic Rossitanni by submission in 13:35
Reported Attendance: 6,189
4/4/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Geoff Portz defeated Larry Hennig via disqualification
Rene Goulet vs. Jim Brunzell
4/4/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the Honolulu International Center
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco
Dusty Rhodes defeated Ken Patera
Ed Francis defeated Ripper Collins via disqualification
Sam Steamboat defeated Jose Quintero
Jimmy Snuka defeated Haru Sasaki
Cowboy Lang & Hillbilly Pete defeated Tokyo Kid & Lord Littlebrook
4/5/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match in 27:00
1. McDaniel pinned Murdoch
2. Murdoch pinned McDaniel
3. Robinson pinned Koloff
Horst Hoffman defeated Nick Bockwinkel via disqualification
Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping
Rene Goulet defeated Vic Rossitani in 12:00
Reggie Parks defeated Ric Flair in 17:00
Geoff Portz defeated Bobby Jones in 6:30
Reported Attendance: “more than 5,000 fans”
4/7/73 – Moline TV
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Peter Lee & Frank Monte
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Bob Amel
Billy Graham defeated Armando Rodriguez
Horst Hoffman defeated Pete Carlos
Billy Robinson defeated Kenny Jay
4/7/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Don Muraco & Wilbur Snyder
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Reggie Parks defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification
Sailor Art Thomas defeated Higo Hamaguchi
Rene Goulet defeated Vic Rossitani
Khosrow Vaziri defeated Ken Dillinger
4/8/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Horst Hoffman defeated Geoff Portz
Larry Hennig defeated Don Muraco
Billy Robinson defeated Reggie Parks
Jim Brunzell drew Vic Rossitani
4/9/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera
Don Muraco defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Horst Hoffman defeated Geoff Portz
Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks
4/13/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Lars Anderson (sub Nick Bockwinkel) & Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match
1. Rhodes pinned Anderson in 12:40
2. Anderson pinned Rhodes in 7:40
3. Rhodes defeated Stevens in 7:45
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Don Muraco via disqualification at the 9:00 mark when Muraco would not stop choking Graham with the ring rope
Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks 20:00
European Rules
Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz after 5 rounds
Reported Attendance: 5,181
Note: Bockwinkel reportedly injured his knee the night before and was unable to compete in Denver
4/14/73 – Moline TV
George Gadaski & Kenny Jay defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch via disqualification
Horst Hoffman defeated Joe Guzman
Billy Robinson defeated Chuck Edwards
Geoff Portz defeated Angel Rivera
Ric Flair defeated Tom Demarco
4/14/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Don Muraco & Reggie Parks (sub Billy Robinson) in 20:46 when Stevens pinned Muraco
Joe Scarpello (sub Reggie Parks) defeated Lars Anderson
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet via pin
Khosrow Vaziri defeated Ric Flair via disqualification
Reported Attendance: 1,286
4/15/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
Horst Hoffman defeated Lars Anderson via disqualification
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet
Greg Gagne in his pro debut defeated Kenny Jay
4/15/73 – Houghton, MI @ the Michigan Tech Students Ice Arena 3 PM Start Time
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Vic Rositanni vs. Larry Hennig
Ric Flair vs. Khosrow Vaziri
Note: First time for wrestling here
4/18/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham COR when Graham walked out on the match after taking a severe beating
Ken Patera defeated Dusty Rhodes COR when Rhodes ran out of the ring
Ed Francis drew Sam Steamboat
Ray Stevens drew Don Muraco
Tony Borne defeated Jimmy Snuka via disqualification
Neff Maiava defeated Wild Bill Howard
Sandy Parker defeated Bambi Ball
4/21/73 – Moline TV
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Kolchin
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Johnny Heidman
Verne Gagne defeated Bill Crouch
4/21/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall via disqualification
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Billy Robinson via pin
European Rules
Horst Hoffman defeated Geoff Portz TKO
Ken Patera defeated Vic Rossitani by submission
Ric Flair defeated Jim Brunzell via pin
Reported Attendance: “capacity crowd 6,112”
4/25/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
No Time Limit, No DQ Match: Superstar Billy Graham defeated Wahoo McDaniel via pin
Winner gets Tag Title shot against Bockwinkel & Stevens
Ken Patera & Don Muraco defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
European Rules
Geoff Portz drew Horst Hoffman after 4 rounds
Reggie Parks defeated Larry Hennig via disqualification
4/26/73 – Muscatine, IA @ the High School Fieldhouse
Ken Patera & Don Muraco defeated Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe in a 2/3 falls match
1 Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe won 1st fall
2 Ken Patera & Don Muraco won 2nd fall
3 Ken Patera & Don Muraco won 3rd fall
Reggie Parks defeated Pretty Boy Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall via disqualification
Greg Gagne defeated Vic Rossitani in 15:55
Referee: George Gadaski
4/26/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Special Referee: Hard Boiled Haggerty
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall via disqualification
1. Murdoch won the first fall in 22:00
2. Bockwinkel won the 2nd fall at the 37:00 mark
3. Rhodes smashed Stevens’ head into the ring post and Murdoch tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope earning a via disqualification from referee Hard Boiled Haggerty
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Angelo Mosca in 4:00
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Angelo Mosca in an arm wrestling match refereed by Nick Bockwinkel
Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz after five 4 minute rounds
Rene Goulet defeated Bill Crouch (sub Jim Brunzell) in 9:00
Stan Moose Morowski defeated Dave Muir in 4:30
Ric Flair vs. Khosrow Vaziri was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping
Reported Attendance: “5,243 fans”
4/27/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
No Time Limit, No DQ Match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham COR in 15:21 when Graham walked back to the locker room
Referee Bill Finter however declared Wahoo the winner on a submission decision since the match carried a no time limit, no DQ stipulation.
Larry Hennig defeated Don Muraco via pin in 11:01
Ken Patera defeated Vic Rossitani by submission in 9:41
Reggie Parks defeated Angel Rivera 15:48
Greg Gagne defeated George Gadaski 12:19
Reported Attendance: 4,400
4/28/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Mark Starr
Billy Graham defeated Frank Monte
Ray Stevens defeated Bob Amel
Larry Hennig defeated Bill Crouch
4/28/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Special Referee Hard Boiled Haggerty: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Special Referee Len Montana: Superstar Billy Graham defeated Bill Watts in 15:20
Horst Hoffman defeated Larry Hennig in 12:10
Billy Robinson defeated Tosh Togo via pin in 14:25
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet in 16:23
Reggie Parks defeated Vic Rossitani in 14:45
Reported Attendance: 4,098
4/29/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel 60:00
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera via pin at 9:30
5 Round European Style Match
Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz
Rene Goulet defeated Jim Brunzell via pin in 12:06
Reported Attendance: 5,211
5/1/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Horst Hoffman defeated Larry Hennig
No DQ match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ray Stevens
Geoff Portz defeated Don Muraco
Vic Rossitani defeated Rene Goulet
5/2/73 – Springfield, IL @ the Coliseum
Billy Graham & Larry Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson
Horst Hoffman vs. Rene Goulet
5/5/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Jose Quintero
Billy Graham defeated Mark Starr
Billy Robinson defeated Bobby Jones
Ken Patera defeated Bill Kolchin
5/5/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Jimmy Valiant in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham & Ernie Ladd defeated Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
Bob Ellis no contest Baron Von Raschke
Billy Robinson drew Wilbur Snyder
Rene Goulet defeated Bull Bullinski
Ric Flair defeated Kenny Dillinger
5/6/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Auditorium matinee
Billy Robinson won a 16 man battle royal in 32:00 by eliminating Superstar Billy Graham
Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes COR
Billy Robinson defeated Dick Murdoch
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Don Muraco
Horst Hoffman defeated Reggie Parks
Ken Patera defeated Vic Rossitani
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet
Jim Brunzell defeated Mark Starr
Reported Attendance: 5,409
5/9/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne
5/11/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
Arm Wrestling
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera via pin
European Style Match: Horst Hoffman defeated Geoff Portz
Rene Goulet (sub Larry Hennig) defeated Jim Brunzell
5/12/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski & Red Mendez
Geoff Portz defeated Mark Starr
Ken Patera defeated Angel Rivera
Dusty Rhodes defeated Kenny Jay
5/12/73 – Milwaukee WI @ the Arena
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
European Rules
Billy Robinson defeated Horst Hoffman
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet
Reggie Parks defeated Ric Flair
Greg Gagne defeated Kenny Jay
Reported Attendance: 11,418
5/14/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson & Ken Patera defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham
Horst Hoffman drew Ric Flair
Geoff Portz defeated Greg Gagne
Lord Littlebrook defeated Wee Willie Wilson
5/15/73 – LaCrosse, WI @ the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson
Rene Goulet vs. Horst Hoffman
Wee Willie Wilson & Lord Littlebrook vs. Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo
Geoff Portz vs. Vic Rossitani
Note: Another listing has Stevens vs. Don Muraco as the main event.
5/16/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Indian Death Match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Billy Graham
North American Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated Billy Robinson via disqualification
Ivan Koloff double dq Ken Patera
Sam Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka defeated Mad Dog Vachon (sub Tarzan Tyler) & Lars Anderson
Ed Francis defeated Bob Ramstead
Neff Maiava defeated The Masked Man
5/17/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & Ken Patera defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Rene Goulet (sub Ray Stevens)
European Rules Match: Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson defeated Little Tokyo & Frenchy Lamont
Rene Goulet defeated Vic Rossitani
5/18/73 – Decatur, IL
Don Muraco & Ken Patera vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Rene Goulet vs. Vic Rossitani
Jim Brunzell vs. Geoff Portz
5/18/73 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
Billy Robinson defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification at the 14:07 mark when Graham tossed Robinson over the top rope
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Horst Hoffman via pin in 14:37
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson defeated Frenchy LaMonte & Little Tokyo in a 2/3 falls match
1. Tokyo pinned Littlebrook in 11:40
2. Wilson pinned Lamont in 16:00
3. Littlebrook used a cradle to pin Tokyo at the 22:48 mark
Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 20:00
Reported Attendance: 2,514
5/19/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Horst Hoffman & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson defeated Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo
Kenny Jay drew Mark Starr
5/19/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Chuck Edwards
Billy Graham defeated Armando Rodriguez
Ray Stevens defeated Angel Rivera
Ken Patera defeated Armando Rodriguez
5/19/73 – Peoria, IL
Dusty Rhodes won a 10 man battle royal by eliminating The Crusher
The Crusher defeated Dusty Rhodes
Reggie Parks defeated Dick Murdoch via disqualification
Ken Patera defeated Vic Rossitani
Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 20:00
Jim Brunzell defeated Khosrow Vaziri
5/20/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Billy Graham vs. The Crusher
5/23/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel defeated Ken Patera & Billy Robinson
Billy Graham defeated Horst Hoffman
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson defeated Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet (sub Dick Murdoch)
Greg Gagne vs. Kenny Jay
5/24/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
No DQ Match: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch when Stevens pinned Murdoch after using brass knuckles
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Angelo Mosca in a 2/3 falls match
1. Mosca defeated Koloff
2. Mosca was counted out of the ring after missing a flying tackle and was unable to compete in the rest of the match as a result
3. Graham defeated McDaniel
European Rules Match: Horst Hoffman no decision Billy Robinson when Hoffman was injured in the 5th round and Robinson refused to accept the victory
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet in 17:00
Lord Littlebrook defeated Frenchy LaMonte
Ken Patera vs. Vic Rossitani was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping
Reported Attendance: “5,412 fans”
5/25/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ernie Ladd & Superstar Billy Graham
Bob Ellis defeated Blackjack Lanza
Baron Von Raschke defeated Sailor Art Thomas
Red Bastien drew Angelo Poffo
Moose Cholak defeated Rene Goulet
Mitsu Arakawa defeated Joe Scarpello
5/25/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch when Bockwinkel pinned Murdoch in 14:08
European rules match: Billy Robinson no contest Horst Hoffman when Hoffman injured his shoulder in the 5th round. Robinson refused to accept the victory since Hoffman was unable to continue.
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson defeated Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo in a 2/3 falls match
1. Tokyo pinned Wilson in 8:56
2. Littlebrook pinned Lamont in 6:02
3. Wilson defeated Tokyo in 4:31
Ivan Koloff defeated Reggie Parks via submission in 16:48
Reported Attendance: 4,413
5/26/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson defeated Mark Starr
Billy Graham defeated George Gadaski
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Rodeo Jones
5/27/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson defeated Ivan Koloff & Buddy Wolff
Ken Patera defeated Buddy Wolff (sub Lars Anderson)
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet
Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell
Billy Graham was a no show
Reported Attendance: 1,050
6/2/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs. Little Tokyo & Frenchy LaMont
Billy Robinson defeated Dick Murdoch
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Blackjack Lanza
Bob Bruggers defeated Jim Brunzell
Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne
Reported Attendance: 8,222
6/2/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Ken Patera & Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall via disqualification
Buddy Wolff defeated Pat O’Connor
Arm Wrestling
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera
Joe Scarpello defeated Rene Goulet
Geoff Portz defeated Bill Crouch (sub Lars Anderson) via pin
6/2/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Armando Rodriguez
Billy Graham defeated Caesar Pablon
Nick Bockwinkel defeated George Gadaski
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Kenny Jay
Ric Flair defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification
6/3/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match (I have 2-0; 1-Wahoo b Superstar; 2-Crusher beat Koloff)
Dusty Rhodes dcor Billy Robinson
Geoff Portz defeated Dick Murdoch via pin in 16:05
Greg Gagne defeated Rene Goulet via disqualification in 15:25
Reported Attendance: 4,222
6/6/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Ed Francis defeated Sam Steamboat in a 2/3 falls match to win Hawaiian Title
Billy Robinson defeated Dusty Rhodes 2-0 to win North American title
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Ken Patera & Don Carson in a 2/3 falls match
Neff Maiava defeated Frankie Castro
Jimmy Snuka drew Tony Borne
The Alaskan vs. Jack Bence
6/9/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Johnny Heidman
6/9/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel
Billy Robinson defeated Dick Murdoch
Moose Cholak drew Dusty Rhodes
Reggie Parks defeated Ken Dillinger
Jim Brunzell defeated Ric Flair
Rene Goulet defeated Prince Pullins
6/11/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel via disqualification
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel
Ken Patera defeated Rene Goulet
Geoff Portz defeated Bob Bruggers
6/14/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wahoo pinned Graham
2. Koloff pinned Wahoo
3. Crusher defeated Koloff
Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) defeated Billy Robinson via disqualification
Handicap Match: Ken Patera defeated both Bobby Jones & Bill Kochen (subs for Nick Bockwinkel) in 5:13
Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz 20:00
Rene Goulet defeated Bob Bruggers in 17:00
Reported Attendance: “over 5,000 fans”
Note: Kochen and Jones were originally scheduled to wrestle each other in the opening bout.
6/15/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson
Ken Patera vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Greg Gagne vs. Reggie Parks
6/16/73 – Moline TV
Verne Gagne defeated George Gadaski
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay
Ken Patera defeated Nacho Berrera
Lars Anderson defeated Red Mendez
Geoff Portz defeated Angel Rivera
6/16/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Carlos Colon
Billy Robinson defeated George Gadaski
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Armando Rodriguez
Verne Gagne defeated Bob Amel
6/20/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Stretcher match: Sam Steamboat defeated Ed Francis
North American Champion Billy Robinson dcor Superstar Billy Graham in 3rd fall
Ripper Collins defeated Jimmy Snuka
Lord Littlebrook & Haiti Kid defeated Tokyo Joe & Frenchy Lamont
Ken Patera defeated The Alaskan
Neff Maiava defeated Tony Borne
6/23/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Carlos Colon
Ivan Koloff vs. Caesar Pabon
Billy Robinson defeated George Gadaski
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Armando Rodriguez
Verne Gagne defeated Bob Amel
6/23/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham defeated Red Mendez
Billy Robinson defeated Chuck Edwards
Lars Anderson defeated George Gadaski
The Crusher defeated Tom Demarco
Verne Gagne defeated Kenny Jay
6/23/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Wilbur Snyder via disqualification when Snyder tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope
Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz
Sailor Art Thomas defeated Rene Goulet
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch via pin
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,078”
6/27/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall via disqualification
Reggie Parks defeated Rene Goulet
Larry Heiniemi defeated Jim Brunzell (sub Ken Patera)
Greg Gagne defeated Bob Bruggers
6/29/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff pinned McDaniel
2. McDaniel pinned Koloff
3. The Crusher pinned Graham
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens via disqualification when Stevens rammed Robinson’s head into the ring post
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet via pin after a flying spin
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch via pin
Reported Attendance: 6,431
6/30/73 – Moline TV
Billy Graham defeated Red Mendez
Billy Robinson defeated Chuck Edwards
Lars Anderson defeated George Gadaski
The Crusher defeated Tom Demarco
Verne Gagne defeated Kenny Jay
6/30/73 – Minneapolis TV
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Red Mendez & Motro Mavassa
Ken Patera defeated George Grant
Greg Gagne defeated Joe Guzman
Larry Heiniemi defeated Kenny Jay
Geoff Portz defeated Bill Crouch
6/30/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher
Ernie Ladd no contest Wahoo McDaniel
Sailor Art Thomas drew Jimmy Valiant
Baron Von Raschke defeated Bull Bullinski
Bobby Heenan drew Reggie Parks
Pepper Gomez defeated Johnny Kace
6/30/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Billy Robinson
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Ken Patera & Bill Watts
Larry Heiniemi drew Geoff Portz
Bob Bruggers defeated Rene Goulet
Jim Brunzell defeated George Grant
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch
7/1/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match in 26:25
Billy Robinson defeated Lars Anderson via disqualification in 18:45
Ivan Koloff defeated Ken Patera via pin in 12:30
Geoff Portz defeated Rene Goulet via pin in 13:25
Reported Attendance: 6,182
7/3/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Billy Robinson defeated Rene Goulet via disqualification
Ivan Koloff defeated Ken Patera
Larry Heiniemi defeated Geoff Portz
Reggie Parks defeated Bill Crouch
7/5/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match to apparently win the AWA Tag Team Title but the decision was later overturned when AWA President Stanley Blackburn ruled the wrong man (Stevens) was pinned in the 3rd fall.
1 Crusher defeated Bockwinkel
2 Bockwinkel defeated Crusher
3 Stevens was pinned while Bockwinkel was on the arena floor
Winner to meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne on 8/16
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Billy Robinson via disqualification when Robinson tossed Graham over the top rope
Larry Heiniemi defeated Ken Patera
Ivan Koloff dcor Geoff Portz in 24:00
Reggie Parks defeated Rene Goulet
George Gordienko defeated George Grant
Reported Attendance: “4,832 fans”
7/6/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Wahoo McDaniel via disqualification when Wahoo hit the referee
Ivan Koloff dcor Ken Patera
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Crouch in 8:00
Greg Gagne drew Joe Scarpello (sub Bob Bruggers)
Reported Attendance: 2,500
7/7/73 – Moline TV
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Red Mendez & Motro Mavassa
Ken Patera defeated George Grant
Greg Gagne defeated Joe Guzman
Larry Heiniemi defeated Kenny Jay
Geoff Portz defeated Bill Crouch
7/7/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Bobby Vann
Reggie Parks defeated Tom Demarco
Nick Bockwinkel defeated George Gadaski
Ivan Koloff defeated Prince Pullins
Larry Heiniemi defeated Joe Guzman
7/7/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Ken Patera
The Crusher defeated Ivan Koloff
Reggie Parks defeated Larry Heiniemi via disqualification
Bob Bruggers drew Joe Scarpello
Billy Red Cloud defeated Joe Guzman
7/13/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
No Time Limit: The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification in 11:02 when Ivan Koloff interfered
Ivan Koloff defeated Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff defeated Patera in 9:57
2. Patera defeated Koloff in 6:28
3. Koloff defeated Patera in 2:42
Ricky Romero defeated Roger Kirby in 15:59
Reggie Parks defeated Rene Goulet via pin with a back cradle hold in 20:39
Greg Gagne drew Bob Bruggers 20:00
Reported Attendance: 5,397
7/14/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Bobby Vann
Reggie Parks defeated Tom Demarco
Nick Bockwinkel defeated George Gadaski
Ivan Koloff defeated Prince Pullins
Larry Heiniemi defeated Joe Guzman
7/14/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Frank Diamond
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Tom Demarco & Prince Pullins
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Peter Lee & George Scott
Billy Robinson defeated Joe Guzman
Lars Anderson defeated Percy Pringle
Ken Patera defeated Bobby Van
7/14/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Non-Title Human Cage match: Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Bob Ellis no contest Ivan Koloff
Ken Patera defeated Vic Rossitani
Pepper Gomez defeated Rene Goulet
Bob Bruggers defeated George Gadaski
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch
Note: A cage match was scheduled but the cage did not arrive. So they came up with the idea of a Human Cage Match aka a Lumberjack Match.
7/14/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Gagne
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson defeated Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan in a 2/3 falls match
Larry Heiniemi defeated Bill Watts via disqualification when Watts tossed Heiniemi over the top rope
Geoff Portz defeated Joe Scarpello via pin
Reggie Parks defeated Billy Red Cloud via pin
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,093”
7/18/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
The Crusher defeated Ivan Koloff
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Billy Robinson via disqualification
Geoff Portz drew Lars Anderson
Reggie Parks defeated Vic Rossitani
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch
7/19/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham via pin after receiving some help from Billy Robinson
Ivan Koloff defeated Billy Robinson via pin after receiving some help from Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Heiniemi defeated Reggie Parks via pin
Geoff Portz defeated Bob Bruggers via pin
Greg Gagne drew Vic Rossitani
Reported Attendance: 1,500
7/20/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated The Crusher & Billy Robinson
7/21/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Frank Diamond
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Tom Demarco & Prince Pullins
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Peter Lee & George Scott
Billy Robinson defeated Joe Guzman
Lars Anderson defeated Percy Pringle
Ken Patera defeated Bobby Van
7/21/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Jay French
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Bill Crouch
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Farmer Vick
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond
Greg Gagne defeated Joe Guzman
Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski
7/21/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match in 31:15
Billy Robinson defeated Larry Heiniemi COR 12:15
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Reggie Parks via pin in 12:00
Ray Stevens defeated Ken Patera via pin in 11:20
Geoff Portz defeated Frank Diamond via pin in 7:15
Vic Rossitani defeated Farmer Vick via pin in 8:00
Greg Gagne defeated Jim Dalton via pin in 11:20
Bob Bruggers defeated Jay French via pin in 8:55
Reported Attendance: 4,380
7/23/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Ken Patera
Larry Heiniemi defeated Reggie Parks via disqualification
Geoff Portz defeated Vic Rossitani
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch
7/25/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall via disqualification when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Gagne
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Ken Patera & Billy Robinson
Ripper Collins & Ed Francis defeated Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat in a 2/3 falls match to win Hawaiian tag title
Hard Boiled Haggerty defeated Ric Flair
Bill Francis drew Bull Ramos
7/27/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Mad Dog Vachon & The Crusher via disqualification in 21:43
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Dusty Rhodes at the 5:45 mark of the 3rd fall
Larry Heiniemi defeated Reggie Parks via pin in 18:39
Greg Gagne drew Vic Rossitani 20:00
Reported Attendance: 6,758
7/28/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Jay French
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Bill Crouch
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Farmer Vick
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond
Greg Gagne defeated Joe Guzman
Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski
7/28/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Percy Pringle
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Frank Diamond
Reggie Parks defeated Bobby Vann
Billy Robinson defeated Caesar Pavlon
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Tom Demarco
Lars Anderson defeated Prince Pullins
Geoff Portz defeated Joe Guzman
7/28/73 – Chicago. IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Ernie Ladd defeated Dick the Bruiser COR
Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke defeated Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder
Bob Ellis drew Ray Stevens
Pepper Gomez defeated Ken Dillinger
Sailor Art Thomas defeated Vic Rossitani
Billy Red Cloud drew Joe Scarpello
7/28/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher defeated Ivan Koloff via pin
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Geoff Portz & Reggie Parks in a 2/3 falls match
Greg Gagne drew Ric Flair
Bob Bruggers defeated George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 5,262”
7/29/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham COR in 12:45
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Nick Bockwinkel in a 2/3 falls match
1 Wahoo defeated Bockwinkel
2 Bockwinkel defeated Wahoo
3 Wahoo defeated Bockwinkel
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match in 28:15
1 Robinson & Portz won
2 Heiniemi & Wolff won
3 Heiniemi & Wolff won
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch via pin in 13:52
Reported Attendance: 6,488
7/30/73 – Decatur, IL
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Wahoo McDaniel via disqualification
Ivan Koloff defeated Billy Red Cloud
Larry Heiniemi drew Geoff Portz
Buddy Wolff defeated Bob Bruggers
8/4/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Tom DeMarco
The Crusher defeated Jay French
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Bill Crouch
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Farmer Vick
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond
Greg Gagne defeated Joe Guzman
Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski
8/4/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Joe Guzman
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Angel Rivera
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Nacho Berrera
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Peter Lee & Caesar Pabon
Buddy Wolff defeated George Gadaski
Ken Patera defeated Bobby Vann
8/4/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification when Ivan Koloff interfered
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff defeated Billy Red Cloud via pin in 17:00
Bob Bruggers defeated Larry Heiniemi via disqualification
Geoff Portz defeated Bill Crouch via pin
Reported Attendance: 4,482
8/5/73 – Pueblo, CO
Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks
8/10/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel on a 3rd fall COR
1. Wahoo pinned Stevens in 5:12
2. Bockwinkel defeated Wahoo in 8:03
3. Wahoo was counted out of the ring at 3:20
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera in 12:14
Red Bastien drew Ivan Koloff 20:00
Greg Gagne defeated Ric Flair in 15:48
Reported Attendance: 4,501
8/10/73 – Warren, IL
Larry Heiniemi vs. Reggie Parks
Geoff Portz vs. Vic Rossitani
Bob Bruggers vs. Buddy Wolff
8/11/73 – Minneapolis TV
Geoff Portz & Billy Robinson defeated Frankie Diamond & Percy Pringle
Ivan Koloff defeated Tom Demarco
Ken Patera defeated Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bobby Van
Reggie Parks defeated Prince Pullins
8/11/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Joe Guzman
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Angel Rivera
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Nacho Berrera
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Peter Lee & Caesar Pabon
Buddy Wolff defeated George Gadaski
8/11/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
The Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ivan Koloff
Ernie Ladd defeated Moose Cholak
Sailor Art Thomas defeated Ric Flair
Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke defeated Bob Ellis & Reggie Parks (sub Ken Patera)
Greg Gagne defeated Bobby Heenan
8/11/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School (Matinee show)
Ken Patera won a 10 Man Battle Royal
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens via disqualification
Red Bastien defeated Nick Bockwinkel via pin when the referee did not see Nick’s feet on the ropes
Larry Heiniemi defeated Ken Patera via pin
Geoff Portz defeated George Gadaski via pin
Buddy Wolff defeated Bill Crouch via pin
8/13/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens
Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne defeated Vic Rossitani
8/16/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Superstar Billy Graham in 18:00
After the match, Graham along with Ivan Koloff attacked Gagne and Verne ended up being stretchered out of the Arena.
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wahoo pinned Stevens
2. Bockwinkel pinned Bastien
3. Stevens pinned Wahoo
US Women’s Champion Betty Niccoli defeated Jean Antone in 22:00
Billy Robinson defeated Larry Heiniemi in 17:00
Geoff Portz defeated Vic Rossitani
Greg Gagne (Winnipeg debut) defeated Bill Crouch in 14:00
George Gordienko defeated Stan Moose Morowski in a little over 10 minutes
Reported Attendance: “7,946 spectators”
Notes: The Winnipeg Press often billed Superstar Billy Graham as Super Chicken Graham. The United States Women’s Title was occasionally referred to as the AWA Women’s Title in the Winnipeg Press.
8/17/73 – Peoria, IL
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens via disqualification
Reggie Parks & Ken Patera defeated Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Bob Bruggers drew Billy Red Cloud
8/18/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson via disqualification
Red Bastien defeated Nick Bockwinkel via pin
Larry Heiniemi drew Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne defeated Vic Rossitani via pin
Ric Flair defeated Billy Red Cloud via pin
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 8,747”
8/18/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Frank Diamond & Percy Pringle
Ivan Koloff defeated Tom Demarco
Ken Patera defeated Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bobby Vann
Reggie Parks defeated Prince Pullins
8/18/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Robinson defeated Joe Guzman
Verne Gagne defeated Bill Howard
Ray Stevens defeated Angel Rivera
Buddy Wolff defeated Peter Lee
Ken Patera defeated Bob Amel & Caesar Pabon
8/19/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Saloon Match: The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham 17:17
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ivan Koloff via pin in 9:43
Red Bastien & Ken Patera defeated Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff on a 3rd fall via disqualification in 28:00
Greg Gagne defeated Vic Rositanni via pin at 21:42
Reported Attendance: 6,488
8/21/73 – Knoxville, IL @ the Knox County Fairgrounds
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Billy Robinson
Red Bastien vs. Ivan Koloff
Geoff Portz vs. Larry Heiniemi
Bob Bruggers vs. Vic Rossitani
8/22/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Ken Patera & Billy Robinson defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall via disqualification when Bockwinkel hit Patera with a chair
WWWF Champion Pedro Morales dcor Ed Francis
Betty Niccoli & Ripper Collins defeated Jean Antone & Paul Jones
Sam Steamboat defeated Hard Boiled Haggerty
Bill Francis defeated Tony Borne via disqualification
8/24/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Saloon match: The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham via pin
Non-Title
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall via disqualification when Wahoo was tossed over the top rope
Red Bastien defeated Larry Heiniemi via pin at 17:50
Geoff Portz defeated Vic Rositanni via pin at 13:03 after an airplane spin
Reported Attendance: 6,980
8/25/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Midway Stadium
Billy Robinson defeated AWA Champion Verne Gagne via disqualification
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated The Crusher & Red Bastien
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera COR
Larry Heiniemi drew Reggie Parks
Buddy Wolff defeated Billy Red Cloud
Ivan Koloff defeated Bob Bruggers
Greg Gagne defeated Vic Rossitani via disqualification
Reported Attendance: 10,000
8/25/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson defeated Joe Guzman
Verne Gagne defeated Bill Howard
Ray Stevens defeated Angel Rivera
Buddy Wolff defeated Peter Lee
Ken Patera defeated Bob Amel & Caesar Pabon
8/25/73 – Minneapolis TV
Bill Howard & Geoff Portz defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
The Crusher defeated Bob Amel
Billy Graham defeated Armando Rodriguez
Red Bastien defeated Bill Crouch
Buddy Wolff defeated Kenny Jay
8/28/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Ken Patera defeated Larry Heiniemi via disqualification when Heiniemi hit the referee
Buddy Wolff defeated Billy Red Cloud
Ric Flair drew Bob Bruggers (sub Greg Gagne) 20:00
Reported Attendance: 850
8/31/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification
9/1/73 – Moline TV
Bill Howard & Geoff Portz defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
The Crusher defeated Bob Amel
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Armando Rodriguez
Red Bastien defeated Bill Crouch
Buddy Wolff defeated Kenny Jay
9/1/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated Big K & Bobby Vann
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez
Ken Patera defeated Joe Guzman
Buddy Wolff defeated Bill Howard
Ivan Koloff defeated George Gadaski
9/3/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Cage match: The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Ken Patera defeated Larry Heiniemi
Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff
Reggie Parks defeated Ric Flair
9/8/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated Big K & Bobby Vann
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez
Ken Patera defeated Joe Guzman
Buddy Wolff defeated Bill Howard
Ivan Koloff defeated George Gadaski
9/8/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser no contest Ernie Ladd
Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke defeated Bull Bullinski & Wilbur Snyder
Bob Ellis defeated Bobby Heenan COR
Red Bastien defeated Buddy Wolff
Pepper Gomez defeated Vic Rossitani
Ken Patera defeated Bill Crouch
9/8/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham defeated the Crusher via pin at 11:59
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall via disqualification
Ivan Koloff defeated Sailor Art Thomas via pin in 9:44
Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz
Ric Flair defeated Billy Howard via pin in 15:52
Reported Attendance: 6,059
9/12/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Ed Francis defeated Sam Steamboat to win Hawaiian Title
Neff Maiava & Tosh Togo defeated Tony Borne & Ripper Collins
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Ken Patera
Ivan Koloff defeated Al Madril
Billy Francis defeated Jack Bence
9/13/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Verne Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff defeated Wahoo in 16:00
2. Wahoo pinned Graham at the 23:00 mark
3. Graham pinned Gagne after Koloff hit Gagne in the back of the head with brass knuckles while Gagne had Graham locked in the sleeper hold
Red Bastien defeated Ray Stevens via pin in 18:00
Billy Robinson defeated Buddy Wolff via disqualification when Wolff rammed Robinson’s head into the ring post
Geoff Portz defeated Ric Flair
Reggie Parks defeated Bobby Jones in 8:00
Reported Attendance: “close to 5,000 fans”
9/14/73 – Kenora, Canada
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Ric Flair vs. Reggie Parks
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
Zodiac vs. Bob Tuck
9/15/73 – Moline TV
Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher defeated Bill Crouch & Bob Amel
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson defeated Starr
Billy Graham defeated George Gadaski
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Rodeo Jones
9/15/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Howard
Andre the Giant defeated Bill Crouch
Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski
9/15/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Two Ring Battle Royal
Ring one winner Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ring two winner Andre The Giant to claim the prize money
Andre the Giant defeated Buddy Wolff COR
Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson via disqualification
Ivan Koloff drew Ken Patera
Red Bastien defeated Reggie Parks via pin
Geoff Portz defeated Billy Howard via pin
Reported Attendance: 9,000+
9/18/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall COR
Red Bastien & Reggie Parks defeated Larry Hennig & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Buddy Wolff defeated Ken Patera
Ric Flair defeated Bull Bullinski
Geoff Portz defeated Billy Howard
Patera was also scheduled to Arm Wrestle Wolff
Reported Attendance: 1,420
9/19/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff
Reggie Parks defeated Ric Flair
Leroy Hirsch drew George Gadaski
9/19/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Billy Graham
Red Bastien defeated Bobby Heenan COR
Pepper Gomez defeated Mitsu Arakawa via pin
Bull Bullinski defeated Bill Howard by submission
Bill Crouch drew Tom DeMarco 20:00
9/20/73 – Springfield, IL
Superstar Billy Graham vs. The Crusher
Red Bastien vs. Mitsu Arakawa
9/21/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Ken Patera won a 12 man battle royal by eliminating Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham to earn $20,000
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens COR in 11:10
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera in 9:22
Red Bastien defeated Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 9:07
Ricky Romero defeated Ric Flair via pin in 8:50
Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 20:00
Reported Attendance: 7,660
9/22/73 – Moline TV
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Howard
Andre the Giant defeated Bill Crouch
Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski
Larry Hennig defeated Peter Lee
Red Bastien defeated Armando Rodriguez
9/22/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated Joe Guzman & Bobby Vann
George Gadaski defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bill Howard
Ken Patera defeated Pancho Vasquez
Buddy Wolff defeated Red Mendez
Arena Tape 9/15 Battle Royal won by Superstar Billy Graham
9/22/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera via pin in 13:10 after Patera defeated Graham by via disqualification in an arm wrestling match
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Red Bastien via disqualification
Handicap Match: Ivan Koloff defeated Bobby Vann via pin in 5:10 and then Raoul Guzman via pin in 12:35
Ric Flair defeated Billy Howard in 13:20
Reported Attendance: 3,160
9/23/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall via disqualification
1 Bruiser & Crusher won, 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won, 3 Stevens was disqualified for jumping off the top rope
Billy Robinson defeated Larry Hennig
Ken Patera defeated Buddy Wolff COR
Arm Wrestling: Ken Patera defeated Buddy Wolff
Geoff Portz defeated Ric Flair
9/24/73 – Bismarck, ND @ the Civic Center
Arm Wrestling
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera & Red Bastien
Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz
Ric Flair vs. George Gadaski
9/24/73 – Sapporo, Japan @ the Nakajima Sports Center
Shozo “Strong” Kobayashi defeated AWA Champion Verne Gagne via disqualification in 34:20
Lars Anderson & Blackjack Mulligan defeated Animal Hamaguchi & Great Kusatsu
Rusher Kimura defeated Tadaharu Tanaka
Willem Hall defeated Takeshi Oiso
Handicap Match: Moose Cholak defeated Mr. Chin & Katsuzo Oiyama
Greg Gagne defeated Isamu Sakae
Dale Lewis defeated Tsutomu Yonemura
Mighty lnoue defeated Bob Bruggers
Reported Attendance: 5,000
9/26/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Red Bastien (sub The Crusher) & Ken Patera defeated Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
North American Champion Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava defeated Ripper Collins & Ed Francis
Tosh Togo (Odd Job) defeated Johnny Powers
Sandor Kovacs drew Bill Francis
9/27/73 – Nagoya, Japan @ the Aichi Prefectural Gym
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Shozo “Strong” Kobayashi via pin in 21:11
Cage Match: Rusher Kimura KO Lars Anderson 22:20
Mighty Inoue defeated Great Kusatsu
Willem Hall defeated Dale Lewis
Animal Hamaguchi defeated Greg Gagne
Bob Bruggers & Blackjack Mulligan defeated Tadaharu Tanaka & Isamu Teranishi
Handicap Match: Moose Cholak defeated Mr. Chin & Isamu Sakae
Takeshi Oiso defeated Frikkie Alberts
Katsuzo Oiyama defeated Tsutomu Yonemura
Reported Attendance: 5,000
9/28/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
Red Bastien drew Buddy Wolff
Ric Flair defeated Jim Brunzell
9/29/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated Joe Guzman & Bobby Vann
George Gadaski defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bill Howard
Ken Patera defeated Pancho Vasquez
Buddy Wolff defeated Red Mendez
9/29/73 – Minneapolis TV
Ray Stevens defeated Bob Amel
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Frank Monte
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Mark Starr
Larry Hennig defeated Bill Crouch
Billy Robinson defeated Caesar Pabon
9/29/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino defeated Ernie Ladd & Jimmy Valiant
Red Bastien no contest Ray Stevens
Bull Bullinski defeated Vic Rossitani
Cora Combs & Princess Jasmine defeated Mary Jane Mull & Tanya West
Larry Hennig defeated Bobby Vann
9/29/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Cage match: The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel via pin
Bill Watts defeated Buddy Wolff via pin
Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz
Jim Brunzell defeated Billy Howard via pin
Reported Attendance: “12,300 fans”, gate: $64,571
10/2/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Superstar Billy Graham and Billy Robinson were respective winners of a two ring battle royal
Red Bastien defeated Mitsu Arakawa
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Hans Schmidt
Larry Hennig defeated Billy Howard
Buddy Wolff defeated Reggie Parks
Bull Bullinski defeated Bobby Heenan
10/3/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel no contest Superstar Billy Graham
Billy Robinson defeated Ivan Koloff via pin in 40:00
Red Bastien drew Buddy Wolff
Geoff Portz defeated Ric Flair via pin
Reggie Parks defeated Billy Howard via pin
Reported Attendance: 2,500
10/4/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
20 man, 2 ring battle royal for $50,000
Superstar Billy Graham won ring 1 by eliminating Wahoo McDaniel, The Crusher won ring 2 by eliminating Ivan Koloff
Graham to meet Crusher on 10/25 in Winnipeg for the $50,000 prize money
Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff when Wahoo pinned Koloff in 10:00
Red Bastien drew Nick Bockwinkel
Billy Robinson defeated Hans Schmidt via pin in 13:00
Mighty Igor Vodik defeated Larry Hennig via disqualification
Buddy Wolff defeated Reggie Parks via pin
Geoff Portz defeated Billy Howard via pin
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 8,239”
10/6/73 – Moline TV
Ray Stevens defeated Bob Amel
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Frank Monte
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Mark Starr
Larry Hennig defeated Bill Crouch
10/6/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Joe Guzman
Non-Title
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Red Mendez
Billy Graham defeated Tom Demarco
John the Greek drew Ivan Koloff
Ken Patera defeated Bill Howard
10/6/73 – St Paul, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Ivan Koloff defeated Ken Patera
Larry Hennig defeated Reggie Parks
Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff
Reported Attendance: 4,589
10/9/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
No DQ Match: Superstar Billy Graham defeated Wahoo McDaniel via pin after Graham hit Wahoo with a chair
Ivan Koloff defeated Red Bastien via pin in 21:10
Reggie Parks defeated Ric Flair via pin in 19:30
Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 20:00
Billy Red Cloud defeated Billy Howard via pin in 9:23
Reported Attendance: 1,508
10/10/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Ed Francis defeated Billy Robinson via disqualification
Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
Bill Francis defeated Betto Castro
Tosh Togo drew Rick Drasin
Ripper Collins defeated Al Madril
10/10/73 – Bismarck, ND @ the Civic Center
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks
Little Louie & Cowboy Lang vs. Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid
Ric Flair vs. Paul Perschmann
10/10/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall via disqualification
Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks
Larry Hennig defeated Billy Howard
plus an opening bout
10/11/73 – Fergus Falls, MN @ the Community College
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Buddy Wolff defeated Red Bastien
Billy Howard vs. Reggie Parks
10/11/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Ken Patera defeated Larry Hennig
10/12/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated The Crusher & Red Bastien when Stevens pinned Bastien at 5:25 of the 3rd fall
Pepper Gomez defeated Buddy Wolff via disqualification
Geoff Portz defeated Tokyo Joe in 11:54
Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco
10/12/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Joe Guzman
Non-Title
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Red Mendez
Billy Graham defeated Tom Demarco
Ken Patera defeated Bill Howard
10/13/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Santiago Acosta & Tom Demarco
Billy Robinson defeated Frank Diamond
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Red Mendez
Verne Gagne defeated Juan Rivas
Geoff Portz defeated Bill Crouch
10/14/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Red Bastien defeated Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 2:45
Jean Antone defeated US Women’s Champion Betty Niccoli via pin in 10:00
Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco 20:00
Reported Attendance: 4,836
10/20/73 – Minneapolis TV
Kenny Jay defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification
Buddy Wolff defeated George Gadaski
Geoff Portz defeated Joe Guzman
Tony Rocco defeated Bill Crouch
Red Bastien vs. Red Mendez was scheduled but never took place because Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens knocked out Bastien. Bastien later that night missed a Tag Title match with partner Billy Robinson against Bockwinkel and Stevens because of the injury sustained in the TV match.
10/20/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz (sub Red Bastien) defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match
Since Portz was not originally scheduled to be in the match, no title change occured.
Weightlifting Contest
Superstar Billy Graham attacked Patera and injured him before the contest
Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff defeated Reggie Parks via pin
Tony Rocco defeated Pancho Vasquez via pin
Ric Flair defeated Red Mendez via pin
Reported Attendance: 6,169
10/22/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Billy Robinson defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Mighty Igor Vodik
Geoff Portz defeated Larry Heiniemi
Larry Hennig drew Tony Rocco
George Gadaski defeated Tom DeMarco
10/23/73 – Burlington, IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
Ken Patera & Mighty Igor Vodik defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi (sub Ivan Koloff) via disqualification
Geoff Portz defeated Bull Bullinski
Tony Rocco defeated George Gadaski
10/23/73 – Mitchell, SD @ the Corn Palace
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens
Plus other bouts
10/24/73 – Springfield, IL
Ivan Koloff & Superstar Billy Graham vs. Red Bastien & Ken Patera
Tony Rocco vs. Larry Heiniemi
Frenchy LaMont & Billy the Kid vs. Little Louie & Cowboy Lang
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
10/25/73 – Peoria, IL
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie defeated Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid
Larry Hennig defeated Billy Red Cloud
Tom Demarco defeated George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: 800
10/25/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
$50,000 Battle Royal Prize Wrestle off
Superstar Billy Graham defeated the Crusher via disqualification when Crusher rammed Graham into the ring post
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wahoo pinned Stevens
2. Bockwinkel pinned Wahoo
3. Bockwinkel pinned Kiniski
Handicap Match: Ken Patera defeated Bill Kochen & Dave Muir (sub Ivan Koloff)
Bobby Jones defeated Roddy Piper 10:00
Tony Rocco defeated Ric Flair 18:00
Reported Attendance: “7,200 pro wrestling fans”
Notes: Koloff said to be “sick” but that didn’t stop Ivan from interfering in the main event between Crusher & Graham. Muir was originally scheduled to wrestle Bob Bruggers.
10/27/73 – Moline TV
Buddy Wolff defeated George Gadaski
Geoff Portz defeated Joe Guzman
Tony Rocco defeated Bill Crouch
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Red Mendez
10/27/73 – Minneapolis TV
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Nacho Berrera
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi defeated Roberto Gonzales
10/27/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
Billy Robinson defeated Buddy Wolff
Mitsu Arakawa defeated Ken Patera
Ric Flair defeated Kenny Jay
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
10/30/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Larry Hennig defeated Billy Red Cloud
Tony Rocco defeated Bob Bruggers
Ric Flair defeated George Gadaski
10/30/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel defeated Superstar Billy Graham in 12:10
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Reggie Parks & Ken Patera (sub Bull Bullinski)
Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli via pin
Reggie Parks defeated Bob Geigel via pin
Reported Attendance: 1,312
10/31/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Red Bastien COR
Jimmy Valiant defeated Bull Bullinski
Bob Ellis defeated Larry Heiniemi
Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wilbur Snyder
Pepper Gomez defeated Ric Flair
Geoff Portz defeated Tony Rocco
11/1/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Auditorium
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification when the referee caught Graham using brass knuckles
Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Tony Rocco & Geoff Portz
Reggie Parks defeated Bill Crouch (sub Bob Bruggers) via pin
Reported Attendance: 2,000
11/2/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
WWWF Champion Pedro Morales defeated Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match
The weightlifting contest between Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham was cancelled when Patera was injured by Graham before the contest began
Their subsequent singles bout was also cancelled
Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero defeated Nick Bockwinkel
Greg Gagne drew Tony Rocco
Billy Red Cloud defeated Ric Flair (sub Ivan Koloff)
Reported Attendance: 5,700
11/2/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Billy Robinson defeated Larry Hennig & Larry Heiniemi
Geoff Portz defeated Buddy Wolff via disqualification
Moose Cholak defeated Bill Crouch
Reggie Parks defeated Bob Bruggers
11/3/73 – Moline TV
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Nacho Berrera
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi defeated Roberto Gonzales
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Joe Guzman & Bill Howard
11/3/73 – Minneapolis TV
Greg Gagne defeated George Gadaski
Ken Patera defeated Bill Kochen
Buddy Wolff defeated Kenny Jay
Geoff Portz defeated Dave Muir
Arena Tape 10/20 Weightlifting Contest between Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham
11/3/73 – Minneapolis, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera via disqualification
Larry Heiniemi drew Reggie Parks
Buddy Wolff defeated Billy Red Cloud
Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco
Greg Gagne defeated Dave Muir
11/4/73 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens via pin in 15:50 with a reverse cradle
Arm Wrestling
Ken Patera defeated Buddy Wolff (sub Ivan Koloff)
Ken Patera defeated Buddy Wolff via disqualification in 10:45 when Larry Heiniemi interfered
Geoff Portz defeated Billy Red Cloud via pin in 13:42 with a reverse cradle
Larry Heiniemi defeated Tony Rocco via pin in 15:15
Greg Gagne defeated Ric Flair via pin in 14:37
Reported Attendance: 2,377
11/6/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Bull Bullinski
Tony Rocco defeated Blackie Guzman
Greg Gagne defeated Bill Crouch
11/7/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall via disqualification
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Reggie Parks (sub Larry Hennig)
Ric Flair defeated George Gadaski
Leroy Hirsch defeated Roddy Piper
Reggie Parks vs. Ivan Koloff advertised
11/9/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Dick the Bruiser & Billy Robinson
Moose Cholak defeated Rene Goulet
Pepper Gomez defeated Buddy Wolff
Larry Heiniemi defeated Bull Bullinski
Greg Gagne defeated Ken Dillinger
Tony Rocco defeated Bill Crouch
11/9/73 – Decatur, IL @ the Kintner Gym
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera via disqualification when Patera tossed Graham over the top rope
Geoff Portz defeated Johnny Valentine Jr (sub Ivan Koloff) via pin
Billy Red Cloud defeated Prince Pullins (sub Larry Hennig) via pin
Reggie Parks defeated Ric Flair
Reported Attendance: 1,550
11/10/73 – Moline TV
Greg Gagne defeated George Gadaski
Ken Patera defeated Bill Kochen
Buddy Wolff defeated Kenny Jay
Geoff Portz defeated Dave Muir
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez
11/10/73 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff defeated Dave Muir
Verne Gagne defeated Bobby Jones
Ric Flair defeated Roddy Piper
Geoff Portz defeated Bill Crouch
Billy Red Cloud defeated Bill Kochen
11/10/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel drew The Crusher 15:00
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens COR
Weightlifting Contest
Ken Patera defeated Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 505 pounds
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco in a 2/3 falls match
Greg Gagne defeated Rene Goulet in 15:45
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
11/13/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Exposition Gardens
Referee: Bill Franklin
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens COR
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Geoff Portz via pin in 19:30
Billy Graham defeated Moose Cholak in arm wrestling then defeated Cholak via pin at 10:00 in a singles match
Pepper Gomez drew Bobby Heenan (sub Ivan Koloff) 20:00
Tony Rocco defeated Mitsu Arakawa (sub Bobby Heenan)
Reported Attendance: near capacity 1,200
11/14/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Ed Francis
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat
Ripper Collins defeated Tosh Togo COR
Ken Patera defeated Masked Executioner
Greg Valentine defeated Rick Drasin
Bill Francis defeated Betto Castro
11/14/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Mad Dog Vachon via disqualification when Vachon hit the referee
Billy Robinson defeated Ivan Koloff via pin in 26:52
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud when Heiniemi pinned Red Cloud in 25:15
Greg Gagne defeated Ric Flair via pin in 16:20
Reported Attendance: 1,615
11/15/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
No DQ Match: Superstar Billy Graham defeated the Crusher with an assist from Ivan Koloff
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Mad Dog Vachon defeated Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet drew Billy Red Cloud
Greg Gagne defeated Ric Flair
Moose Morowski defeated Scotty Campbell (sub Tony Rocco)
Note: The Winnipeg Press occasionally billed Scotty Campbell as Herb Campbell.
11/16/73 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Kenny Jay & Caesar Pabon
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi defeated Armando Rodriguez
11/16/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Robinson & Ken Patera & Geoff Portz defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Larry Heiniemi & Billy Graham in a 2/3 falls match
1. Patera pinned Bockwinkel
2. Bockwinkel defeated Portz
3. Robinson defeated Heiniemi
Ken Patera defeated Billy Graham via disqualification in 2:41 when Patera would not stop choking Graham
Greg Gagne defeated Tony Rocco 21:04
Larry Heiniemi defeated Reggie Parks via pin in 15:10
Reported Attendance: 4,778
Note: Ray Stevens no showed and the advertised main event of Stevens & Bockwinkel against Robinson & Portz had to be changed.
11/17/73 – Moline TV
Ivan Koloff defeated Dave Muir
Verne Gagne defeated Bobby Jones
Ric Flair defeated Roddy Piper
Geoff Portz defeated Bill Crouch
Billy Red Cloud defeated Bill Kochen
11/17/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham defeated John the Greek
Billy Robinson defeated Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Red Mendez
Ken Patera defeated Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Tom Demarco & Jack Pesek
11/20/73 – Aberdeen, SD @ the Civic Arena
Ken Patera vs. Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Red Cloud vs. Buddy Wolff
Reggie Parks vs. Larry Heiniemi
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
Note: Koloff wrestled in Moline that night.
11/20/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
No DQ match: Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Ivan Koloff (sub Ray Stevens)
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification
Ivan Koloff defeated Ric Flair
Ric Flair defeated George Gadaski
11/21/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson won a 12 man Battle Royal
Billy Robinson drew Ivan Koloff 60:00
Ken Patera defeated Rene Goulet
Reggie Parks (sub Geoff Portz) defeated Buddy Wolff
Larry Heiniemi defeated Billy Red Cloud
Tony Rocco defeated Ric Flair
Note: Goulet & Patera may have arm wrestled on this card too.
11/22/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match
Ken Patera defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco
Rene Goulet drew Billy Red Cloud
Big K drew Ric Flair
11/23/73 – Canton, IL
Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
Arm Wrestling: Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Heiniemi vs. Billy Red Cloud
Tony Rocco vs. Rene Goulet
11/24/73 – Moline TV
Billy Graham defeated John the Greek
Billy Robinson defeated Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Red Mendez
Ken Patera defeated Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Tom Demarco & Jack Pesek
11/24/73 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi defeated Armando Rodriguez
11/24/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Auditorium
$10,000 Battle Royal
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Reggie Parks vs. Ivan Koloff
Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Geoff Portz vs. Ric Flair
Tony Rocco vs. Rene Goulet
11/25/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall via disqualification
Handicap Match: Superstar Billy Graham defeated Bull Bullinski & Billy Red Cloud in 10:59. Graham pinned both men in succession.
Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet 20:00
Buddy Wolff defeated Tony Rocco via pin in 14:48
Reported Attendance: 4,222
11/27/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall via disqualification
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Bob Ellis & Reggie Parks
Greg Gagne defeated Rene Goulet
Geoff Portz defeated Bill Crouch
Reported Attendance: 1,120
11/28/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
North American Champion Billy Robinson defeated Fred Blassie 2-0
Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine defeated Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava in a 2/3 falls match to win Hawaiian tag title
Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera via disqualification
Bobo Johnson & Haiti Kid defeated Little Bruiser & Tokyo Joe
Ed Francis no contest Al Madril
11/29/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Weightlifting
Ken Patera defeated Billy Graham via disqualification
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Tony Rocco defeated Ric Flair
Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet
11/30/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
No DQ Match: Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera
Billy Robinson defeated Ivan Koloff via pin
Little Louie & Cowboy Lang defeated Johnny Reb & Billy the Kid in a 2/3 falls match
Ricky Romero defeated Bill Crouch
Geoff Portz defeated Tony Rocco
Reported Attendance: 5,420
11/30/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Verne Gagne defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall via disqualification
1 Bruiser & Gagne won 1st fall
2 Stevens pinned Bruiser after a body slam
3 Bockwinkel & Stevens were disqualified
Larry Heiniemi defeated Sailor Art Thomas
Pepper Gomez defeated Baron Von Raschke
Bob Ellis defeated Buddy Wolff
Rene Goulet defeated Billy Red Cloud
Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne
12/1/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi defeated Armando Rodriguez
The Crusher defeated Frank Diamond
Greg Gagne defeated George Gadaski
12/1/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Bill Crouch
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski & Red Mendez
Billy Robinson defeated John the Greek
Buddy Wolff defeated Tom Demarco
Tony Rocco defeated Kenny Jay
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson drew Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo
12/1/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 17:00
The Crusher & Ken Patera defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson defeated Ray Stevens in 13:45
Buddy Wolff defeated Reggie Parks via pin in 14:20
Greg Gagne drew Tony Rocco 15:00
Rene Goulet defeated Ric Flair via pin in 9:25
Reported Attendance: 7,777
12/3/73 – Rice Lake, WI
Ken Patera vs. Ivan Koloff
Paul Perschmann defeated Bob Remus
12/4/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Cage Match: The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Larry Heiniemi defeated Ken Patera
Buddy Wolff defeated Reggie Parks
Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet
12/5/73 – Grand Forks, ND
Billy Graham vs. Larry Hennig
Yugo Babich vs. Ivan Putski
Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes vs. Cowboy Lang & Little Louie
Big K vs. Rock Riddle
12/5/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Exposition Gardens
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification when referee James Bunting caught Graham with Brass Knuckles
Ken Patera defeated Ivan Koloff by submission with a bear hug
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Greg Gagne & Reg Parks in a 2/3 falls match
1. Gagne & Parks won 1st fall
2. Heiniemi & Wolff won 2nd fall
3. Heiniemi & Wolff won 3rd fall
Rene Goulet defeated Tom DeMarco via pin in 12:01
Reported Attendance: 1,250
12/6/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Ivan Koloff handcuffed to ringpost
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham on a reverse decision via disqualification when promoter Al Tomko ruled Koloff had given Graham brass knuckles
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match
1. Robinson pinned Stevens
2. Bockwinkel pinned Robinson after Stevens hit Robinson in the head with a chain
3. Bockwinkel defeated Portz
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie defeated Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid in a 2/3 falls match in almost 25 minutes
1. Little Louie won 1st fall
2. Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid won 2nd fall by beating Little Louie
3. Cowboy Lang won 3rd fall
Ivan Koloff defeated Reggie Parks in 17:00
Rene Goulet drew Tony Rocco 15:00
Ric Flair defeated Dave Muir
Bobby Jones defeated Scotty Campbell
Reported Attendance: “6,469 assembled witnesses”
12/7/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
The Crusher & Greg Gagne defeated Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Lord Littlebrook & Billy The Kid defeated Farmer Pete & Wee Willie Wilson
Ric Flair defeated Paul Perschmann
George Gadaski drew Kenny Jay
12/7/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera via disqualification
Sailor Art Thomas defeated Ken Dillinger
Reggie Parks drew Tony Rocco
Rene Goulet defeated Tom Demarco via pin
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,084”
12/8/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Bill Crouch
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski & Red Mendez
Billy Robinson defeated John the Greek
Buddy Wolff defeated Tom Demarco
Tony Rocco defeated Kenny Jay
12/8/73 – Minneapolis TV
Greg Gagne defeated Dave Muir
Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski
Larry Heiniemi defeated Scotty Campbell
Ken Patera defeated Bobby Jones
12/8/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
The Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham
Chris Taylor (pro debut) defeated Rene Goulet via pin in 5:00
Buddy Wolff defeated Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne defeated Tony Rocco
Reported Attendance: 5,445
12/10/73 – Minot, ND
Superstar Billy Graham no contest Ken Patera
Little Louie & Cowboy Lang defeated Lord Littlebrook & Billy The Kid
Buddy Wolff defeated Bull Bullinski
Reggie Parks defeated Ric Flair
12/11/73 – Mitchell, SD @ the Corn Palace
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Ken Patera & Greg Gagne
Frenchie LaMont & Billy The Kid vs. Little Louie & Cowboy Lang
Ric Flair vs. Paul Pershmann
12/11/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens via disqualification
Chris Taylor defeated Ric Flair (sub Rene Goulet)
Betty Niccoli defeated Candy Kane
Tony Rocco defeated Bill Crouch
12/12/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Weightlifting
Ken Patera defeated Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 505 pounds
Red Bastien defeated Ray Stevens via disqualification
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie defeated Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid
Chris Taylor defeated Bill Crouch by submission with a bear hug
12/13/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in 3rd fall
1. Bastien pinned Stevens
2. Stevens pinned Robinson
3. The referee disqualified all four men for fighting inside the ring at the same time
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Luis Martinez in 15:55
Chris Taylor defeated Bill Crouch via submission with a bear hug in 6:52
Buddy Wolff defeated Tony Rocco 15:44
Reported Attendance: 3,752
12/14/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amhitheatre
Nick Bockwinkel defeated AWA Champion Verne Gagne via disqualification
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
Wilbur Snyder defeated Ray Stevens
Pepper Gomez defeated Rene Goulet
Chris Taylor defeated Ric Flair
Sailor Art Thomas defeated Johnny Kace
12/14/73 – Springfield, IL
The Crusher & Ken Patera defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Buddy Wolff defeated Billy Red Cloud
Larry Heiniemi defeated Luis Martinez
Greg Gagne defeated Tony Rocco
12/15/73 – Moline TV
Greg Gagne defeated Dave Muir
Ray Stevens defeated George Gadaski
Larry Heiniemi defeated Scotty Campbell
Ken Patera defeated Bobby Jones
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien defeated Bill Crouch & Bill Howard
12/15/73 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien defeated Frank Hill
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Peter Lee
Tony Rocco defeated Bob Amel
Arena Tape: 12/8 Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham
12/16/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Red Bastien via disqualification
Weightlifting Contest for $10,000
Ken Patera defeated Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 465 pounds
Little Louie & Cowboy Lang defeated Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid in a 2/3 falls match in 24:25
Chris Taylor defeated Rene Goulet via pin in 4:58
Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne (sub Tom Demarco) 20:00
Bob Remus defeated John Paul 2-0 in a 20:00 workout match
12/19/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Ken Patera won a battle royal
Shohei Giant Baba & Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava defeated Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine & Billy Graham
Barbi Doll defeated Sandy Parker
Cowboy Lang defeated Little Louie in a 2/3 falls match
Ken Patera defeated Mr. Fujiwara
Bill Francis drew Toru Tanaka
12/21/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Ken Patera defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Larry Heiniemi defeated Bull Bullinski
Buddy Wolff defeated Billy Red Cloud
Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell
12/22/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher defeated Frank Hill
Billy Graham defeated Armando Rodriguez
Billy Robinson defeated Bob Amel
Lars Anderson defeated Caesar Pavlon
Bull Bullinski defeated Bill Crouch
12/22/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Angel Rivera
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Frank Diamond
Red Bastien defeated Frank Hill
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Peter Lee
Tony Rocco defeated Bob Amel
12/26/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Greg Gagne & Verne Gagne defeated Buddy Wolff & Larry Heiniemi
Vivian Vachon defeated Mars Monroe
Greg Gagne drew Jim Brunzell
Bob Remus defeated Bill Crouch
12/26/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Red Bastien via disqualification
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ken Patera
Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks
Chris Taylor defeated Ric Flair
12/27/73 – Mendota, IL
Billy Robinson defeated Billy Graham via disqualification
Chris Taylor defeated Rene Goulet
Ken Patera defeated Ric Flair
12/28/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Exposition Garden
The Crusher defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification when Larry Heiniemi interfered
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff defeated Greg Gagne & Ken Patera
Jim Brunzell (sub Bull Bullinski) defeated Bob Remus 11:21
John Paul drew Tom Demarco 20:00
12/28/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
One Fall, No Time Limit
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Red Bastien when Stevens pinned Bastien at 16:45
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff won the 1st fall in 5:45
2. McDaniel won the 2nd fall in 0:58
3. McDaniel won the 3rd fall in 5:43
Chris Taylor defeated Ric Flair with a bear hug in 6:28
Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli via pin in 12:42
Reggie Parks defeated Rene Goulet via pin with a jacknife in 17:18
Reported Attendance: 3,612
12/29/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher defeated Frank Hill
Billy Graham defeated Armando Rodriguez
Billy Robinson defeated Bob Amel
Lars Anderson defeated Caesar Pavlon
Bull Bullinski defeated Bill Crouch
12/29/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham defeated Tom Demarco
Verne Gagne defeated Nacho Berrara
Buddy Wolff defeated Roberto Gonzales
Ric Flair defeated Joe Guzman
Mad Dog Vachon defeated Kenny Jay
12/29/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Fence Match: The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi
Buddy Wolff defeated Ken Patera COR
Vivian Vachon defeated Princess Jasmine
Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet
Ric Flair defeated Bull Bullinski via pin
Kenny Jay defeated Tom Demarco via pin
Reported Attendance: sellout 7,986 with over 4,000 turned away
12/29/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Moose Cholak defeated Johnny Valiant via disqualification
Pepper Gomez no contest Ivan Koloff
Mitsu Arakawa defeated Reggie Parks
Sailor Art Thomas defeated Bob Remus
Jim Brunzell defeated Great Saki
12/30/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher defeated Ray Stevens via pin
Buddy Wolff defeated Reggie Parks
Larry Heiniemi defeated Ken Patera via disqualification
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bull Bullinski via pin
Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet
Chris Taylor defeated Ric Flair with a bear hug
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,112” sellout