(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, Jim Zordani, and various news clippings)
St. Louis Wrestling Results 1983
Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick / Bob Geigel
1/1/83 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,029 sellout)
NWA Champion Ric Flair defeated Butch Reed as Flair won the only fall within a one hour time limit
Kerry Von Erich defeated Missouri Champion Harley Race via DQ so Race kept his title
King Kong Brody defeated Crusher Ayala
Greg Valentine and Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown when Valentine defeated Brown
Bobby Duncum defeated Mike George
Rick Martel defeated Roger Kirby
Manny Fernandez and Mark Romero defeated Jerry Brown and Kim Duk when Fernandez defeated Brown
1/2/83 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Kerry Von Erich defeated Jimmy Doo
Bobby Duncum defeated Tom Andrews
Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Rock Ragland
Bulldog Bob Brown and Bruce Dean defeated Bennie Ramirez and Billy Griffin. 1-Dean defeated Ramirez. 2-Ramirez defeated Dean. 3-Brown defeated Griffin.
1/9/83 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby defeated Rock Ragland
Rick Martel defeated Max Blue
King Kong Brody defeated Dave Daniels
Bobby Duncum defeated Larry Herr
Crusher Ayala and Bulldog Bob Brown draw
1/16/83 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Roger Kirby and Crusher Ayala defeated Mark Romero and Rock Ragland when Ayala beat Ragland
Bobby Duncum defeated Greg Lake
King Kong Brody defeated Larry Herr
Rick Martel defeated Bill Rose two straight falls
1/21/83 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5425)
King Kong Brody defeated Bobby Duncum
Kerry Von Erich won the Missouri title via DQ over Harley Race. The DQ rule had been waived and the title could change hands via DQ.
Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Crusher Blackwell and Crusher
Ayala when Bruiser defeated Ayala
Rick Martel defeated Ox Baker via DQ (Since Martel “arrived” late, Spike Huber began the bout against Baker until he was replaced by Martel in street clothes)
Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Brad Armstrong (sub for Tommy Rich)
Greg Valentine defeated Bobo Brazil
Brad Armstrong and Spike Huber draw The Beast and Kim Duk
(Larry’s thoughts…It wasn’t a huge deal, but it reconfirmed to me that I was making the correct decision in leaving the St. Louis Wrestling Club. Rick Martel was really starting to catch on and I felt – Sam agreed for what it’s worth, although he had resigned as consultant – that Rick might have potential as a fiery, young baby face in main events. I talked to Rick early that day and we decided to recreate what happened when Johnny Valentine “arrived” late {Edouard Carpentier had also done it once} for a match with Dick the Bruiser more than 25 years before. I wanted Rick to replace Spike Huber after a few minutes, since Rick was the scheduled foe for Ox Baker, and while still in street clothes defeat Ox in less than a minute – Ox jumping Rick, Martel making comeback hot and fast, then the pin. Martel even came to Kiel Auditorium late and ran to the ring with his suitcase in hand. But – Bob Geigel would not go along with the pin. Bob said we had to protect Ox because they were doing something with him in KC {so why would a non-TV bout in St. Louis matter?} and we should do something with Baker in St. Louis. Thus, after wasted time debating how far Martel could go in St. Louis and being told a DQ was plenty, we had to settle for the disqualification. With all due respect to Ox, how many times had he lost in almost twenty years coming to St. Louis? He wasn’t getting younger, and he wasn’t getting quicker. Martel had excellent potential and an exciting, unexpected finish like planned could have helped him. Instead, Ox threw Martel over the top rope, and the crowd went “ho hum” after first getting all stirred up. St. Louis was no longer the primary focus of the promotion. It was indeed time to go.)
1/22/83 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Crusher Ayala defeated Max Blue
King Kong Brody won a handicap tag bout from Roger Kirby and Bill Rose by pinning Rose
Bobby Duncum defeated Mark Romero
Rick Martel and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Greg Lake and Davie Daniels. 1-Brown beat Lake. 2-Martel defeated Daniels.
1/30/83 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Harley Race defeated Mando Barerro
NWA Champion Ric Flair defeated Raoul Guzman
King Kong Brody defeated Steve Sypert
Cowboy Bob Orton and Roger Kirby draw Kerry Von Erich and Spike Huber. 1-Orton defeated Huber. 2-Kerry defeated Kirby. Time expired as Orton and Von Erich got into a donnybrook.
2/6/83 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Kerry Von Erich defeated Kim Duk
King Kong Brody defeated Ox Baker
NWA Champion Ric Flair defeated Mando Barerra
Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Raoul Guzman two straight falls
2/11/83 – Checkerdome (Attendance: 16,695)
NWA Champion Ric Flair went to a one-hour draw with King Kong Brody. Brody won the first fall, Flair won the second when Brody was counted out on the apron, and time expired during the third fall.
Giant Baba defeated Harley Race for the PWF title
Missouri Champion Kerry Von Erich defeated Greg Valentine
Cowboy Bob Orton and Dick Murdoch defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown when Orton defeated Brown
Butch Reed defeated Bobby Duncum
Ken Patera defeated Ox Baker
Rick Martel, Bill Cody and Buzz Tyler defeated Kim Duk, Dewey Robertson and Crusher Ayala when Martel defeated Ayala
Roger Kirby defeated Manny Fernandez
(Larry’s thoughts… I actually notified the partners I was done the day after The Checkerdome show. They were shocked even after our difficult year together. Truthfully, I was sick about it myself. Harley Race, Bob Geigel, and Pat O’Connor all did their best with what they knew about wrestling; sadly, their background was totally different from mine with Sam Muchnick. But the future in St. Louis, especially without Sam as the balance point, looked bleak. In the end, I had no status as a stockholder if the promotion drifted more and more in a direction opposite from what St. Louis had always been. Plus, the NWA was a shadow of what it had been. For me, it was time to move in a different direction.)
2/13/83 –”Wrestling at the Chase”
Kerry Von Erich defeated Steve Sypert
Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Mando Barerra
Bulldog Bob Brown and Spike Huber defeated Ox Baker and Roger Kirby. Huber won only fall in curfew via DQ.
2/20/83 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rick Martel defeated Billy Griffin
Crusher Blackwell and Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Bruce Dean and Spike Huber when Orton pinned Dean
King Kong Brody defeated Bill Jodoin
Dewey Robertson defeated Bill Cody
2/25/83 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 3503)
Andre the Giant won a 13-man Wrestle Royal outlasting all the wrestlers in the first four bouts on the card
Missouri Champion Kerry Von Erich defeated Cowboy Bob Orton
Harley Race and Greg Valentine against King Kong Brody and Dick the Bruiser ended in a Double DQ
Rick Martel defeated Dewey Robertson
Manny Fernandez and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Ox Baker and Hercules Hernandez when Hernandez defeated Fernandez
Buzz Tyler defeated Bobby Duncum via DQ
Mark Romero and Spike Huber defeated The Convict (Jerry Brown) and Yasu Fuji when Romero defeated The Convict
Larry Matysik resigned from the St. Louis Wrestling Club on 2/12 and left after the above card, leaving the company with no local representation though he did do television commentary through March. Matysik started his own independent promotion later that spring. Ratings and attendance figures fell immediately for the St. Louis Wrestling Club, which was informed in the fall that “Wrestling at the Chase” would be cancelled at the end of 1983. The World Wrestling Federation, which Matysik joined in February 1984, took over the old time slot of “Wrestling at the Chase” on Channel 11 in January 1984. The glory era of wrestling in St. Louis was officially finished.
3/11/83 St. Louis
King Kong Brody no contest with Crusher Blackwell
Harley Race defeated Rick Martel
Missouri State champion Kerry Von Erich defeated Super Destroyer
Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Dewey Robertson and Greg Valentine
Ray Hernandez defeated Spike Huber
Kim Duk and Yasu Fuji defeated Mark Romero and Manny Fernandez
Roger Kirby defeated Buzz Tyler
3/25/83 St. Louis
NWA champion Ric Flair defeated Kerry Von Erich
King Kong Brody and David Von Erich no contest with Harley Race and Greg Valentine
Dick the Bruiser defeated Ray Hernandez
Manny Fernandez defeated Jerry Brown
Bobby Duncum defeated Mark Romero
Spike Huber defeated Roger Kirby
4/15/83 St. Louis
Crusher Blackwell defeated Kerry Von Erich to win the Missouri State title
Greg Valentine defeated Dick the Bruiser
Rick Martel defeated Bob Orton Jr.
George Wells defeated Bobby Duncum
Yasu Fuji and Kim Duk defeated Spike Huber and Bulldog Bob Brown
Roddy Piper defeated Omar Atlas
Dewey Robertson and Eddie Mansfield drew Manny Fernandez and Buzz Tyler
4/29/83 St. Louis
NWA champion Ric Flair defeated Crusher Blackwell via count out
Harley Race defeated David Von Erich
Rick Martel and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Kim Duk and Grizzly Adams (sub Yasu Fuji)
Greg Valentine defeated Buzz Tyler
George Wells drew Roddy Piper
Bob Orton Jr. defeated Dewey Robertson
Manny Fernandez & Mark Romero & Liz Chase defeated Ray Hernandez & Bill Cody (sub Eddie Mansfield) & Leilani Kai
5/13/83 St. Louis
Harley Race defeated Crusher Blackwell to win the Missouri State title
Kerry Von Erich and George Wells defeated Kim Duk and Roger Kirby (sub Yasu Fuji)
Greg Valentine no contest with Bruce Reed
Bobby Duncum defeated Bulldog Bob Brown
Bob Orton Jr. defeated Manny Fernandez
Dewey Robertson drew Rick Martel
Mark Romero and Jerry Ho defeated Ray Hernandez and Jerry Brown
6/10/83 St. Louis
Harley Race defeated Ric Flair to win the NWA World heavyweight title
Crusher Blackwell won an 18 man battle royal
Andre the Giant & Bruce Reed & Dick the Bruiser defeated Crusher Blackwell & John Studd & Bobby Duncum
Bob Orton Jr. drew David Von Erich
Gene Kiniski no contest with Dick Murdoch
Rick Martel defeated Greg Valentine
Roddy Piper drew Bulldog Bob Brown
George Wells and Mark Romero defeated Dewey Robertson and Ray Hernandez
7/15/83 St. Louis
Tournament for the Missouri State Title
Round 1
Bob Orton Jr. defeated Manny Fernandez
Jesse Ventura defeated Emile Vachon
Blackjack Lanza defeated Jerry Ho
Bruce Reed defeated Baron Von Raschke
Crusher Blackwell defeated Buzz Tyler
Dick the Bruiser defeated Bobby Duncum
Ric Flair defeated Bulldog Bob Brown
Dewey Robertson defeated George Wells
Hulk Hogan defeated Kortsia Korchenko
Round 2
David Von Erich defeated Bob Orton Jr.
Bruce Reed defeated Jesse Ventura
Blackjack Lanza defeated Dick the Bruiser via DQ
Ric Flair defeated George Wells?
Hulk Hogan nc Crusher Blackwell
Round 3
David Von Erich defeated Blackjack Lanza
Ric Flair defeated Bruce Reed
Ric Flair defeated David Von Erich to win the Missouri State title
8/5/83 St. Louis
NWA champion Harley Race defeated Ric Flair
Hulk Hogan & Dick the Bruiser & Ron Ritchie (sub David Von Erich) defeated Crusher Blackwell & Blackjack Mulligan & Baron Von Raschke
Bob Orton Jr. defeated Rick Martel
Super Destroyer defeated George Wells
Barry Windham defeated Tonga John
Bulldog Bob Brown and Princess Victoria defeated Roger Kirby and Leilani Kai
Ron Ritchie defeated Steve Hall
8/26/83 St. Louis
Hulk Hogan defeated Crusher Blackwell via count out
Dick the Bruiser no contest with Super Destroyer
David Von Erich and Jerry Lawler defeated Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza
Barry Windham defeated Baron Von Raschke
Roger Kirby defeated Jerry Ho (sub Dusty Rhodes)
Bob Orton Jr. defeated George Wells
Ron Ritchie and Mark Romero defeated Sheik Abdullah and Buck Robley
9/16/83 St. Louis
David Von Erich defeated Ric Flair to win the Missouri State title
Hulk Hogan defeated Crusher Blackwell
Barry Windham and Austin Idol (Sub Dick the Bruiser) defeated Super Destroyer and Bob Orton Jr.
Iceman Parsons defeated Roger Kirby
Blackjack Mulligan defeated Jerry Ho
Buck Robley defeated Ron Ritchie
George Wells and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Jerry Brown and Sheik Abdullah
Attendance: 4,107
10/8/83 St. Louis
NWA champion Harley Race defeated Hulk Hogan via DQ
Barry Windham and David Von Erich defeated Crusher Blackwell and Super Destroyer
Blackjack Mulligan defeated Buzz Tyler
Iceman Parsons defeated Tonga John
Buck Robley defeated Jerry Ho
Ron Ritchie & Bulldog Bob Brown & Angelo Mosca Jr defeated Roger Kirby & Jerry Brown & Sheik Abdullah
10/21/83 St. Louis
Hulk Hogan defeated Crusher Blackwell Cage Match
Missouri State champion David Von Erich defeated Super Destroyer
Dick the Bruiser and Jimmy Snuka defeated Blackjack Mulligan and Killer Karl Krupp
Jimmy Snuka (sub Barry Windham) defeated Roger Kirby
Iceman Parsons defeated Doug Sommers
Buck Robley defeated Booker T (Bubba Douglas)
Bulldog Bob Brown and Angelo Mosca Jr defeated Jerry Brown and Tonga John
11/4/83 St. Louis
Missouri State champion David Von Erich defeated Ric Flair
Dick the Bruiser defeated Scott Farris (sub Blackjack Mulligan)
Barry Windham defeated Killer Karl Krupp
King Kong Brody defeated the Mongol
Velvet McIntyre and Penny Mitchell defeated Leilani Kai and Peggy Lee
Buck Robley defeated Doug Sommers
Ron Ritchie defeated Roger Kirby (sub Buddy Landel)
Bulldog Bob Brown and Angelo Mosca Jr defeated Scott Farris and Sheik Abdullah
11/25/83 St. Louis
NWA champ Ric Flair defeated David Von Erich
AWA tag team champions Crusher Blackwell and Ken Patera defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown
Austin Idol defeated Denny Brown
Iceman Parsons defeated Blackjack Lanza
Paul Orndorff defeated Steve Olsonoski (sub Rick Martel)
Tiger Mask (sub Buck Robley) defeated Angelo Mosca Jr
666 defeated Ron Ritchie
Paul Kelly and Velvet McIntyre defeated Scott Farris and Peggy Lee
Attendance: 8,746
12/9/83 St. Louis
David Von Erich vs. Harley Race
Dick the Bruiser and Rick Martel defeated AWA tag team champions Crusher Blackwell and Ken Patera via DQ
Bob Orton Jr. vs. Rufus R Jones
Austin Idol vs. Buddy Landel
Ron Ritchie vs. Paul Orndorff
Buzz Tyler and Mark Stuart vs. M.E.B. and 666
Paul Kelly vs. Bobby Fulton
