(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, and various news clippings)
St. Louis Wrestling Results 1961
Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick
1/6/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6509)
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Fritz Von Erich
Johnny Valentine defeated John Paul Henning
Sonny Myers no contest against Hans Von Goring
Dan Hodge and Thor Hagen defeated Rip Hawk and Taro Myaki. 1-Hodge beat Hawk. 2-Hawk defeated Hodge. 3-Hagen defeated Myaki.
Johnny Weaver draw with Stan Stasiak
Jim LaRock defeated Fritz Von Goring, who was counted out on the ring apron
1/7/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lee Henning draw with Thor Hagen
Sonny Myers and Johnny Weaver defeated Rip Hawk and Taro Myaki. 1-Hawk beat Weaver. 2-Myers defeated Myaki. 3-Myers won via DQ.
1/14/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Sonny Myers draw with Rip Hawk
Johnny Valentine defeated Jim LaRock
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Stan Stasiak
Lorenzo Parente draw Taro Myaki
1/20/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5273)
Buddy Rogers and Johnny Valentine defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis and John Paul Henning. 1-Ellis defeated Rogers. 2-Rogers defeated Ellis. 3-Valentine defeated Henning.
Sonny Myers defeated Hans Von Goring via DQ
Johnny Weaver and Thor Hagen defeated Rip Hawk in a handicap match. Hawk beat Hagen, but then Weaver defeated Hawk.
Ray Gordon draw with Stan Stasiak
Taro Myaki defeated Jim LaRock
Joe Hamilton defeated Carlos Rodriguez
1/21/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning draw with Hans Von Goring
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Uno Medico via DQ
Johnny Valentine defeated Johnny Weaver
Lorenzo Parente draw with Dos Medico
1/28/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Stan Stasiak defeated Thor Hagen
Uno and Dos Medico defeated John Paul Henning and Jim LaRock. 1-Henning beat Dos (first time noted Henning’s use of the bow and arrow hold). 2-Uno defeated Henning. 3-Dos defeated LaRock.
Lee Henning draw Ray Gordon
2/3/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9750)
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor won 2/3 falls over Johnny Valentine, the final fall coming when Valentine was counted out outside the ring
Killer Kowalski and Gene Kiniski defeated Wilbur Snyder and Cowboy Bob Ellis. 1-Snyder defeated Kiniski. 2-Kiniski defeated Snyder. 3-Ellis and Snyder went berserk and were DQd for throwing both Kiniski and Kowalski over the top rope.
Lorraine Johnson draw with Millie Stafford
Rip Hawk defeated Johnny Weaver
John Paul Henning defeated Don Lee
Stan Stasiak defeated Joe Hamilton
2/4/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rip Hawk draw Jim LaRock
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Hans Von Goring
Killer Kowalski defeated Johnny Weaver
Stan Stasiak defeated Nero
2/11/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rip Hawk defeated Billy Cox
Stan Stasiak defeated Guy Don Hill
Killer Kowalski defeated Joe Hamilton
John Paul Henning defeated Nero
Jim LaRock defeated Bob Orton via DQ
2/17/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,402 sellout)
Killer Kowalski defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis
John Paul Henning and Johnny Valentine were both disqualified
Lou Thesz defeated Stan Stasiak
Penny Banner and Lorraine Johnson defeated Millie Stafford and Kay Noble when Banner defeated Stafford
Lord Littlebrook defeated Tiny Roe
Rip Hawk with Uno and Dos Medico defeated Jim LaRock, Ray Gordon, and Johnny Weaver. 1-Hawk defeated Weaver. 2-Gordon defeated Dos. 3-Uno defeated LaRock.
Don Lee defeated Juan Humberto
Tommy O’Toole defeated Hans Von Goring via DQ
2/18/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Orton draw Guy Don Hill
Killer Kowalski, Rip Hawk, and Stan Stasiak defeated John Paul Henning, Pepe Perez, and Tommy O’Toole. 1-Hawk defeated Perez. 2-Henning defeated Hawk. 3-Kowalski beat O’Toole
Jim LaRock defeated Nero
2/25/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning defeated Carlos Rodriguez
Killer Kowalski defeated Ray Gordon
Buddy Rogers defeated Johnny Rebel
Juan Humberto defeated Rocky Ford
3/3/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,201 sellout)
Buddy Rogers, billed as U.S. Champion, won a Texas Death Match over Rip Hawk
Killer Kowalski defeated Whipper Billy Watson
Johnny Valentine defeated Thor Hagen
John Paul Henning and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Uno and Dos Medico. 1-Henning beat Dos and the 30-minute limit expired during the second fall so Henning and Ellis were the winners, but the Medicos did not unmask since the match ended by time expiring, not pin or submission.
Johnny Weaver defeated Taro Myaki via DQ
Ray Gordon defeated Don Lee (billed as Cowboy Rocky Lee by now)
3/4/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The match between Buddy Rogers and John Paul Henning was ruled no contest after both were disqualified and help was needed to restore order.
Stan Stasiak and Killer Kowalski defeated Ray Gordon and Johnny Rebel when Kowalski defeated Rebel
Lou Thesz defeated Juan Humberto
3/11/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rip Hawk defeated Pepe Perez
Johnny Valentine defeated Johnny Rebel
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Rocky Lee
Stan Stasiak defeated Jim LaRock
3/17/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,105 sellout)
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Killer Kowalski. O’Connor got the first fall via DQ, Kowalski won the second fall, and O’Connor took the third.
John Paul Henning defeated Johnny Valentine when the match was stopped because Valentine was bleeding so heavily from Henning’s attack
Uno and Dos Medico defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis and Johnny Weaver. 1 & 2 – Both teams were disqualified, so each was awarded one fall. 3-Uno defeated Weaver.
Penny Banner defeated Ann Regan
Rip Hawk draw Ray Gordon
Guy LaRose defeated Taro Myaki via DQ
3/18/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Jim LaRock draw Pepe Perez
John Paul Henning defeated Juan Sebastian
Johnny Valentine defeated JohnnyWeaver
Cowboy Bob Ellis draw Killer Kowalski
3/25/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Pepe Perez draw with Taro Myaki
John Paul Henning defeated Rip Hawk
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Ray Gordon
Killer Kowalski defeated Bob Rasmussen
4/1/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The match between Joe Millich and Pepe Perez was ruled a draw when Millich refused to accept the victory after Perez was injured
Ray Gordon defeated Taro Myaki via DQ
Guy LaRose and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Rip Hawk and Rocky Don Lee. 1-LaRose beat Hawk. 2-Hawk defeated LaRose. 3-Ellis defeated Lee
4/7/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,482 sellout)
John Paul Henning no decision with Buddy Rogers (billed as U.S. Champion). Henning and referee Babe Martin accidentally collided, leaving Martin unconscious. Henning then applied the bow and arrow to Rogers. But another referee, Milo Occhi, was sent by State Athletic Commissioner Charles Pian to the ring. Occhi went to aid Martin, the bell sounded, Henning released the hold, and the house lights went on. But since no referee had declared a winner, the match was restarted with Occhi as the official and Rogers got the pin over a disappointed Henning. The next week, Pian and Muchnick held a hearing. The win was taken away from Rogers, and the match declared no decision. Rogers was ruled unable to appear in Missouri until he gave Henning a rematch.
Cowboy Bob Ellis draw with Johnny Valentine (30-minute limit)
Uno and Dos Medico defeated Rip Hawk and Taro Myaki. 1-Hawk defeated Dos. 2-Uno beat Hawk. 3-Dos defeated Myaki.
Hogan Wharton defeated Lee Henning via DQ
Guy LaRose defeated Jim LaRock
Buddy Austin defeated Tommy O’Toole
4/8/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (the show went from 60 to 90 minutes beginning on this date)
Taro Myaki defeated Joe Millich
Buddy Rogers won two straight falls from Tommy O’Toole
Don McClarity draw Buddy Austin
Carlos Rodriguez defeated Pepe Perez
Jim LaRock defeated Frank Altman
4/15/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning defeated Carlos Rodriguez
Buddy Austin and Taro Myaki defeated Don McClarity and Jim LaRock. 1-Austin beat McClarity. 2-McClarity defeated Austin. 3-Myaki defeated LaRock
Buddy Rogers defeated Pepe Perez
Joe Millich defeated Frank Altman via DQ
4/21/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6275)
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Killer Kowalski, who was counted out on the apron 10 seconds while Kowalski was tangled in the ropes
Johnny Valentine defeated Sonny Myers
John Paul Henning defeated Buddy Austin
Guy LaRose and Ray Gordon defeated Ivan Kameroff and Nikita Mulkovich. 1-Kameroff defeated Gordon. 2-Gordon defeated Mulkovich. 3-LaRose defeated Kameroff via DQ
Rip Hawk defeated Bobby Graham
Don McClarity draw Taro Myaki
4/22/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rip Hawk defeated Jerry Miller
Buddy Austin won 2/3 falls over Guy LaRose
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Johnny Valentine via DQ
John Paul Henning defeated Taro Myaki
4/29/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning defeated Uno Medico (no, Uno did NOT unmask, the only time that ever happened until 1982 – the “out” was that the Medicos had to lose a TAG match to unmask)
Ray Gordon draw with Dos Medico
Killer Kowalski defeated Tommy O’Toole
Rip Hawk and Buddy Austin defeated Guy LaRose and Bobby Graham. 1-LaRose beat Austin. 2-Hawk defeated LaRose. 3-Austin defeated Graham.
5/5/61 – St. Louis House
John Paul Henning defeated Taro Myaki two straight falls, the first via DQ and the second with the bow and arrow.
Guy LaRose and Ray Gordon defeated Rip Hawk and The Brute. 1-Brute defeated LaRose. 2-LaRose defeated Hawk. 3-Gordon won via DQ
Kathy Starr defeated Millie Stafford
Carlos Rodriguez and Bobby Graham draw
5/6/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rip Hawk draw Guy LaRose
Johnny Valentine defeated Ray Gordon
Sonny Myers defeated Buddy Austin 2/3 falls
Tommy O’Toole draw Carlos Rodriguez
5/13/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Thor Hagen defeated Carlos Rodriguez
Tony Gerwig (later to be Killer Karl Kox) defeated Jerry Miller
Tony Angelo defeated Bobby Graham
Rip Hawk defeated Frank Morgan two straight falls
5/19/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8000)
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Johnny Valentine 2/3 falls, the final fall with the same spinning leglock O’Connor used to dethrone Dick Hutton in 1959
John Paul Henning and Guy LaRose defeated Killer Kowalski and Rip Hawk. 1-LaRose won via DQ. 2-Henning defeated Hawk.
Millie Stafford defeated Judy Glover
Don Leo Jonathan defeated Thor Hagen
Cowboy Bradley defeated Tiny Roe
Bobby Graham draw Taro Myaki
5/20/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby Graham defeated Carlos Rodriguez via DQ
Rip Hawk draw Thor Hagen
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Tony Gerwig
John Paul Henning defeated Tony Angelo two straight falls
Guy LaRose defeated The Brute via DQ
5/27/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy LaRose draw Bobby Graham
John Paul Henning defeated Gregory Arkay
Ray Gordon defeated Tony Angelo 2/3 falls
6/3/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby Graham defeated Carlos Rodriguez
Buddy Rogers defeated Jim LaRock, and had a brief skirmish with John Paul Henning who came to aid LaRock after Rogers applied the figure four leglock
The Masked Gauchos draw with Sonny Myers and Guy LaRose, each team winning one fall within the time limit
6/10/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Don McClarity draw Ray Gordon
The Alaskan defeated Frank Morgan
Bobby Managoff defeated Joe Tomasso two straight falls, the first via DQ
6/16/61 – (Attendance: 12,675 sellout)
U.S. Champion Buddy Rogers defeated John Paul Henning
Bobby Managoff and Whipper Billy Watson defeated Kinji Shibuya and Taro Myaki. 1-Watson defeated Shibuya. 2-Shibuya defeated Managoff. 3-Managoff defeated Myaki.
Ray Gordon defeated Joe Millich
Millie Stafford draw Kathy Starr
Rip Hawk defeated Don McClarity
Guy LaRose draw The Alaskan
6/17/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Weaver defeated Joe Tomasso
Killer Kowalski defeated The Brute
Kinji Shibuya and Rip Hawk defeated Guy LaRose and Tommy O’Toole. 1-O’Toole beat Hawk. 2-Hawk defeated LaRose. 3-Shibuya defeated O’Toole.
The Alaskan draw Ray Gordon
6/24/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ray Gordon draw Joe Tomasso
Kinji Shibuya defeated Don McClarity
In a British style round match, Rip Hawk defeated Johnny Weaver in the fifth round of a possible six.
The Alaskan defeated Thor Hagen
Buddy Rogers won the NWA Championship by beating Pat O’Connor before over 30,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago
7/1/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby Graham draw The Bat
Guy LaRose defeated Frank Morgan
The Alaskan defeated Ray Gordon 2/3 falls
John Paul Henning defeated Don McClarity
7/8/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ray Gordon draw Tony Gerwig
Ronnie Etchison defeated Tony Angelo
Bobby Managoff won 2/3 falls over Gregory Jorque
Larry Hamilton draw The Alaskan
7/15/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
The Alaskan defeated Tommy O’Toole
NWA Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Guy LaRose
Ronnie Etchison and Bobby Graham defeated Rocky Lee and Taro Myaki. Etchison won both falls, first pinning Lee and then pinning Myaki.
Joe Millich draw Danny Dusek
7/22/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Larry Hamilton draw Guy LaRose
Tommy O’Toole defeated Joe Tomasso
Ronnie Etchison and Bobby Graham defeated Buddy Austin in a handicap match. Austin pinned Graham, but then lost to Etchison in 14 seconds.
John Paul Henning draw The Alaskan
7/29/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy LaRose defeated Joe Millich
The Alaskan defeated Mario Milano
John Paul Henning and Ronnie Etchison defeated Danny Dusek and Larry Hamilton. 1-Henning defeated Hamilton. 2-Hamilton defeated Henning. 3-Etchison defeated Dusek.
Rocky Ford draw Guy LaRose
8/5/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Buddy Austin defeated Louis Torres
Ray Gordon draw Bill Garrett
John Paul Henning won two straight falls from Sailor Don Moran
Bobby Graham defeated Carlos Rodriguez
8/11/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,800)
NWA Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Ronnie Etchison two straight falls, Etchison could not continue after losing the first fall to Rogers’ figure four grapevine
John Paul Henning and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Buddy Austin and Johnny Valentine. 1-Henning defeated Valentine. 2-Ellis defeated Austin. Valentine and Austin got into a scrap between themselves after squabbling throughout the match.
Pat O’Connor defeated The Alaskan
Guy LaRose draw Taro Myaki
Lord Littlebrook defeated Tiny Roe
Ray Gordon defeated Danny Dusek
8/12/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy LaRose draw Louis Torres
Buddy Austin defeated Bill Garrett
Ronnie Etchison defeated Danny Dusek two straight falls, the first by count out of ring
Bobby Graham defeated Sailor Don Moran
Ray Gordon draw Carlos Rodriguez
8/16/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (no show 8/19 due to baseball game telecast)
Dan Hodge draw Rip Hawk
Frank Townsend defeated (?) Brown
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Nick Roberts
John Paul Henning draw Gene Kiniski
8/23/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Pepe Perez draw Taro Myaki
John Paul Henning defeated Rip Hawk
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Ray Gordon
Killer Kowalski defeated Bob Rasmussen
8/26/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bobby Graham draw Danny Dusek
Guy LaRose defeated Ray Duran
Johnny Valentine and Ronnie Etchison defeated Taro Myaki and The Alaskan. 1-Myaki beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Alaskan. 3-Valentine defeated Myaki
Rip Hawk draw Louis Torres
8/30/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Sonny Myers defeated Hans Hermann
Johnny Weaver defeated Rocky Lee via DQ
John Paul Henning draw Pat O’Connor
9/2/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente defeated Carlos Rodriguez
Pat O’Connor defeated Taro Myaki
Buddy Austin defeated Ray Gordon 2/3 falls
The Alaskan defeated Guy LaRose
9/9/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (the show was repeated Wednesday evening from 8 to 9 p.m. from this point on)
Lorenzo Parente defeated Joe Tomasso
Buddy Austin defeated Bobby Graham
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Ray Collins
Larry Hamilton defeated Carlos Rodriguez
The Alaskan draw Rip Hawk
9/16/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase” (the show was returned to one hour length and repeated Wednesday evenings)
Ronnie Etchison and Rip Hawk both counted out outside the ring
Buddy Austin defeated Dennis Hall
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Don McClarity
Lorenzo Parente defeated Tony Angelo
9/22/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,804)
Buddy Austin and Johnny Valentine were both disqualified
Pat O’Connor (billed as U.S. Champion) defeated Larry Hamilton
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Alaskan
John Paul Henning, Ronnie Etchison and Guy LaRose defeated Rip Hawk, Taro Myaki and Don McClarity. 1-Hawk defeated LaRose. 2-Etchison defeated Hawk. 3-Henning beat McClarity.
Lorenzo Parente defeated Tarzan Tyler
Marva Scott and Ramona Isbell won two straight falls from Babs Wingo and Llulu Mae Provo
Bob Boyer defeated Joe Tomasso
9/23/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Guy LaRose defeated Ray Collins
NWA Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Lorenzo Parente, who was counted out outside the ring
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Bobby Graham defeated Rip Hawk and The Alaskan when Ellis defeated Hawk
John Paul Henning draw Buddy Austin
9/30/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Buddy Austin draw Lorenzo Parente
John Paul Henning defeated Tarzan Tyler
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Marquis DePare
Bob Boyer defeated Carlos Rodriguez
10/6/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,562 sellout)
NWA Champion Buddy Rogers won 2/3 falls over Cowboy Bob Ellis, who was injured by Rogers’ figure four grapevine and could not answer the bell for the third fall.
Ronnie Etchison and John Paul Henning defeated Buddy Austin and Taro Myaki. 1-Henning won via DQ. 2-Etchison defeated Myaki.
Jessica Rogers defeated Barbara Baker
Lorenzo Parente defeated Danny Dusek
Marquis DePare defeated Bob Clark
Bob Boyer draw Bobby Graham
10/7/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Taro Myaki defeated Louis Torres
Buddy Rogers defeated Bob Boyer
John Paul Henning and Lorenzo Parente defeated Buddy Austin and Marquis DePare via DQ
10/14/61- “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning defeated Al Greene
Lorenzo Parente defeated Ray Duran
Johnny Valentine defeated Taro Myaki
Ronnie Etchison draw Buddy Austin
10/20/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5621)
John Paul Henning defeated Buddy Austin via DQ
U.S. Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Ronnie Etchison
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Hans Hermann
Millie Stafford and Evelyn Stevens defeated Dot Dotson and Jessica Rogers. 1-Stevens beat Rogers. 2-Dotson defeated Stevens. 3-Stafford defeated Dotson.
Lorenzo Parente defeated Marquis DePare
Ray Collins draw Thor Hagen
10/21/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Danny Dusek draw Lorenzo Parente
Thor Hagen defeated Ray Collins
Buddy Austin defeated Danny Dale
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bill Garrett
10/28/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Danny Dale defeated Carlos Rodriguez
John Paul Henning and Thor Hagen defeated Ray Collins and Danny Dusek when Hagen defeated Dusek
Pat O’Connor draw Buddy Austin
11/4/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Buddy Austin defeated Bob Clark
The Alaskan draw Lorenzo Parente
NWA Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Guy LaRose
John Paul Henning and Lorenzo Parente draw Fritz Von Erich and The Alaskan
11/10/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9770)
Johnny Valentine defeated Buddy Austin in a Texas death match
Yukon Eric defeated Taro Myaki
Stan Stasiak and Nikita Mulkovich defeated Ray Gordon and Thor Hagen. 1-Mulkovich defeated Gordon. 2-Hagen defeated Mulkovich. 3-Stasiak defeated Hagen.
Lorenzo Parente defeated Marquis DePare
Lord Littlebrook defeated Pee Wee Lopez
Bob Marella (later in his career Gorilla Monsoon) defeated Karl von Schober via DQ
11/11/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Lorenzo Parente defeated Jack Hardmann
Stan Stasiak defeated Mario Milano
Johnny Valentine defeated The Masked Hornet (Bill Garrett)
John Paul Henning draw Bob Marella
11/18/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Stan Stasiak defeated Thor Hagen
John Paul Henning defeated Nikita Mulkovich
Repeat Henning-Parente vs. Austin-DePare due to tape difficulties
11/24/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8141)
NWA Champion Buddy Rogers won 2/3 falls over Johnny Valentine, who was disqualified in the third fall
Yukon Eric defeated The Alaskan
John Paul Henning and Lorenzo Parente defeated Stan Stasiak and Duke Hoffman. 1-Stasiak defeated Parente. 2-Henning defeated Hoffman. 3-Henning when Hoffman was DQ’ed.
Don Leo Jonathan defeated Bob Marella (now billed as Gino Marella)
Judy Glover defeated Mae Goodson
Ray Gordon defeated Corsica Joe
(Larry’s thoughts…Keep an eye out for names that developed into stars. In this case, it is Gino Marella, who became Gorilla Monsoon for Vince McMahon, Sr. Over time, even the likes of future NWA champion Jack Brisco broke in losing on St. Louis TV, as did Don Jardine, who became the masked Spoiler and a big star in several territories. Jake Roberts, Jesse Ventura, Dick Murdoch, and Roddy Piper got early experience getting bounced around in St. Louis. Be alert for the handicap match in which Dusty Rhodes got whipped.)
11/25/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Danny Dale draw Duke Hoffman
John Paul Henning and Lorenzo Parente defeated Stan Stasiak and Karl von Schober. 1-Stasiak defeated Parente. 2-Henning defeated Stasiak via DQ. 3-Henning defeated von Schober.
Buddy Austin defeated Gino Marella
12/2/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Gino Marella draw Duke Hoffman
John Paul Henning defeated Marquis DePare
Buddy Austin defeated Guy LaRose
Thor Hagen defeated Karl von Schober
12/8/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5783)
U.S. Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Buddy Austin, who was counted out outside the ring
John Paul Henning double DQ Don Leo Jonathan
Johnny Valentine defeated Stan Stasiak
Yukon Eric defeated Nikita Mulkovich
Ray Gordon and Lorenzo Parente defeated Corsica Joe and Taro Myaki. 1-Parente beat Myaki via DQ. 2-Parente defeated Joe.
Gino Marella defeated Tommy O’Toole
12/9/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Danny Dusek defeated Bob Boyer
John Paul Henning defeated Karl von Schober
Johnny Valentine defeated Corsica Joe
Stan Stasiak defeated Danny Dale
Rocky Ford draw Taro Myaki
12/16/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Tommy O’Toole draw Karl von Schober
John Paul Henning, Gino Marella and Guy LaRose defeated Taro Myaki, Buddy Austin and Stan Stasiak. 1-LaRose won via DQ. 2-Henning defeated Myaki.
Yukon Eric defeated Danny Dusek
Johnny Valentine defeated Duke Hoffman
12/23/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Stan Stasiak defeated Gino Marella
Yukon Eric defeated Corsica Joe
Pat O’Connor defeated Nikita Mulkovich
Karl von Schober defeated Guy LaRose
Little Eagle defeated Joe Tomasso
Ray Gordon draw Duke Hoffman
12/29/61 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance:7548)
Pat O’Connor, John Paul Henning and Johnny Valentine defeated Rip Hawk, Don Leo Jonathan and Buddy Austin. 1-Jonathan defeated Henning. 2-Valentine beat
Austin. 3-Henning defeated Jonathan
Ray Gordon (sub for Yukon Eric) defeated Karl von Schober
Lorenzo Parente draw Duke Hoffman
Little Eagle defeated Corsica Joe
Ray Gordon defeated Nikita Mulkovich
12/30/61 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Buddy Austin defeated Ray Gordon
Yukon Eric defeated Marquis DePare
John Paul Henning defeated Duke Hoffman
Little Eagle defeated Corsica Joe via DQ
Guy LaRose draw Stan Stasiak
