{"id":3388,"date":"2014-01-22T18:45:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T23:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/uncategorized\/st-louis-wrestling-results-1961\/"},"modified":"2014-01-24T23:24:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T04:24:23","slug":"st-louis-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/results\/st-louis-1961\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1961"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, and various news clippings)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Louis Wrestling Results 1961<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Affiliation: NWA<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Promoter: Sam Muchnick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1\/6\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6509)<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Fritz Von Erich<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated John Paul Henning<br \/>\nSonny Myers no contest against Hans Von Goring<br \/>\nDan Hodge and Thor Hagen defeated Rip Hawk and Taro Myaki. 1-Hodge beat Hawk. 2-Hawk defeated Hodge. 3-Hagen defeated Myaki.<br \/>\nJohnny Weaver draw with Stan Stasiak<br \/>\nJim LaRock defeated Fritz Von Goring, who was counted out on the ring apron<\/p>\n<p>1\/7\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nLee Henning draw with Thor Hagen<br \/>\nSonny Myers and Johnny Weaver defeated Rip Hawk and Taro Myaki. 1-Hawk beat Weaver. 2-Myers defeated Myaki. 3-Myers won via DQ.<\/p>\n<p>1\/14\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nSonny Myers draw with Rip Hawk<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Jim LaRock<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Stan Stasiak<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente draw Taro Myaki<\/p>\n<p>1\/20\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5273)<br \/>\nBuddy Rogers and Johnny Valentine defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis and John Paul Henning. 1-Ellis defeated Rogers. 2-Rogers defeated Ellis. 3-Valentine defeated Henning.<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Hans Von Goring via DQ<br \/>\nJohnny Weaver and Thor Hagen defeated Rip Hawk in a handicap match. Hawk beat Hagen, but then Weaver defeated Hawk.<br \/>\nRay Gordon draw with Stan Stasiak<br \/>\nTaro Myaki defeated Jim LaRock<br \/>\nJoe Hamilton defeated Carlos Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p>1\/21\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning draw with Hans Von Goring<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Uno Medico via DQ<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Johnny Weaver<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente draw with Dos Medico<\/p>\n<p>1\/28\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nStan Stasiak defeated Thor Hagen<br \/>\nUno and Dos Medico defeated John Paul Henning and Jim LaRock. 1-Henning beat Dos (first time noted Henning\u2019s use of the bow and arrow hold). 2-Uno defeated Henning. 3-Dos defeated LaRock.<br \/>\nLee Henning draw Ray Gordon<\/p>\n<p>2\/3\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9750)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Pat O\u2019Connor won 2\/3 falls over Johnny Valentine, the final fall coming when Valentine was counted out outside the ring<br \/>\nKiller 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.<br \/>\nLorraine Johnson draw with Millie Stafford<br \/>\nRip Hawk defeated Johnny Weaver<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Don Lee<br \/>\nStan Stasiak defeated Joe Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>2\/4\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRip Hawk draw Jim LaRock<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Hans Von Goring<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski defeated Johnny Weaver<br \/>\nStan Stasiak defeated Nero<\/p>\n<p>2\/11\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRip Hawk defeated Billy Cox<br \/>\nStan Stasiak defeated Guy Don Hill<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski defeated Joe Hamilton<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Nero<br \/>\nJim LaRock defeated Bob Orton via DQ<\/p>\n<p>2\/17\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,402 sellout)<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning and Johnny Valentine were both disqualified<br \/>\nLou Thesz defeated Stan Stasiak<br \/>\nPenny Banner and Lorraine Johnson defeated Millie Stafford and Kay Noble when Banner defeated Stafford<br \/>\nLord Littlebrook defeated Tiny Roe<br \/>\nRip 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.<br \/>\nDon Lee defeated Juan Humberto<br \/>\nTommy O\u2019Toole defeated Hans Von Goring via DQ<\/p>\n<p>2\/18\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBob Orton draw Guy Don Hill<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski, Rip Hawk, and Stan Stasiak defeated John Paul Henning, Pepe Perez, and Tommy O\u2019Toole. 1-Hawk defeated Perez. 2-Henning defeated Hawk. 3-Kowalski beat O\u2019Toole<br \/>\nJim LaRock defeated Nero<\/p>\n<p>2\/25\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Carlos Rodriguez<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski defeated Ray Gordon<br \/>\nBuddy Rogers defeated Johnny Rebel<br \/>\nJuan Humberto defeated Rocky Ford<\/p>\n<p>3\/3\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,201 sellout)<br \/>\nBuddy Rogers, billed as U.S. Champion, won a Texas Death Match over Rip Hawk<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski defeated Whipper Billy Watson<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Thor Hagen<br \/>\nJohn 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.<br \/>\nJohnny Weaver defeated Taro Myaki via DQ<br \/>\nRay Gordon defeated Don Lee (billed as Cowboy Rocky Lee by now)<\/p>\n<p>3\/4\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nThe match between Buddy Rogers and John Paul Henning was ruled no contest after both were disqualified and help was needed to restore order.<br \/>\nStan Stasiak and Killer Kowalski defeated Ray Gordon and Johnny Rebel when Kowalski defeated Rebel<br \/>\nLou Thesz defeated Juan Humberto<\/p>\n<p>3\/11\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRip Hawk defeated Pepe Perez<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Johnny Rebel<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Rocky Lee<br \/>\nStan Stasiak defeated Jim LaRock<\/p>\n<p>3\/17\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,105 sellout)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Killer Kowalski. O\u2019Connor got the first fall via DQ, Kowalski won the second fall, and O\u2019Connor took the third.<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Johnny Valentine when the match was stopped because Valentine was bleeding so heavily from Henning\u2019s attack<br \/>\nUno and Dos Medico defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis and Johnny Weaver. 1 &amp; 2 \u2013 Both teams were disqualified, so each was awarded one fall. 3-Uno defeated Weaver.<br \/>\nPenny Banner defeated Ann Regan<br \/>\nRip Hawk draw Ray Gordon<br \/>\nGuy LaRose defeated Taro Myaki via DQ<br \/>\n3\/18\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nJim LaRock draw Pepe Perez<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Juan Sebastian<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated JohnnyWeaver<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis draw Killer Kowalski<\/p>\n<p>3\/25\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nPepe Perez draw with Taro Myaki<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Rip Hawk<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Ray Gordon<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski defeated Bob Rasmussen<\/p>\n<p>4\/1\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nThe match between Joe Millich and Pepe Perez was ruled a draw when Millich refused to accept the victory after Perez was injured<br \/>\nRay Gordon defeated Taro Myaki via DQ<br \/>\nGuy LaRose and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Rip Hawk and Rocky Don Lee. 1-LaRose beat Hawk. 2-Hawk defeated LaRose. 3-Ellis defeated Lee<\/p>\n<p>4\/7\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,482 sellout)<br \/>\nJohn 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.<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis draw with Johnny Valentine (30-minute limit)<br \/>\nUno and Dos Medico defeated Rip Hawk and Taro Myaki. 1-Hawk defeated Dos. 2-Uno beat Hawk. 3-Dos defeated Myaki.<br \/>\nHogan Wharton defeated Lee Henning via DQ<br \/>\nGuy LaRose defeated Jim LaRock<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Tommy O\u2019Toole<br \/>\n4\/8\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (the show went from 60 to 90 minutes beginning on \u00a0this date)<br \/>\nTaro Myaki defeated Joe Millich<br \/>\nBuddy Rogers won two straight falls from Tommy O\u2019Toole<br \/>\nDon McClarity draw Buddy Austin<br \/>\nCarlos Rodriguez defeated Pepe Perez<br \/>\nJim LaRock defeated Frank Altman<\/p>\n<p>4\/15\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Carlos Rodriguez<br \/>\nBuddy Austin and Taro Myaki defeated Don McClarity and Jim LaRock. 1-Austin beat McClarity. 2-McClarity defeated Austin. 3-Myaki defeated LaRock<br \/>\nBuddy Rogers defeated Pepe Perez<br \/>\nJoe Millich defeated Frank Altman via DQ<\/p>\n<p>4\/21\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6275)<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Killer Kowalski, who was counted out on the apron 10 seconds while Kowalski was tangled in the ropes<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Sonny Myers<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Buddy Austin<br \/>\nGuy LaRose and Ray Gordon defeated Ivan Kameroff and Nikita Mulkovich. 1-Kameroff defeated Gordon. 2-Gordon defeated Mulkovich. 3-LaRose defeated Kameroff via DQ<br \/>\nRip Hawk defeated Bobby Graham<br \/>\nDon McClarity draw Taro Myaki<\/p>\n<p>4\/22\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRip Hawk defeated Jerry Miller<br \/>\nBuddy Austin won 2\/3 falls over Guy LaRose<br \/>\nNWA Champion Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Johnny Valentine via DQ<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Taro Myaki<\/p>\n<p>4\/29\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Uno Medico (no, Uno did NOT unmask, the only time that ever happened until 1982 \u2013 the \u201cout\u201d was that the Medicos had to lose a TAG match to unmask)<br \/>\nRay Gordon draw with Dos Medico<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski defeated Tommy O\u2019Toole<br \/>\nRip Hawk and Buddy Austin defeated Guy LaRose and Bobby Graham. 1-LaRose beat Austin. 2-Hawk defeated LaRose. 3-Austin defeated Graham.<\/p>\n<p>5\/5\/61 \u2013 St. Louis House<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Taro Myaki two straight falls, the first via DQ and the second with the bow and arrow.<br \/>\nGuy LaRose and Ray Gordon defeated Rip Hawk and The Brute. 1-Brute defeated LaRose. 2-LaRose defeated Hawk. 3-Gordon won via DQ<br \/>\nKathy Starr defeated Millie Stafford<br \/>\nCarlos Rodriguez and Bobby Graham draw<\/p>\n<p>5\/6\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRip Hawk draw Guy LaRose<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Ray Gordon<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Buddy Austin 2\/3 falls<br \/>\nTommy O\u2019Toole draw Carlos Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p>5\/13\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nThor Hagen defeated Carlos Rodriguez<br \/>\nTony Gerwig (later to be Killer Karl Kox) defeated Jerry Miller<br \/>\nTony Angelo defeated Bobby Graham<br \/>\nRip Hawk defeated Frank Morgan two straight falls<\/p>\n<p>5\/19\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8000)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Johnny Valentine 2\/3 falls, the final fall with the same spinning leglock O\u2019Connor used to dethrone Dick Hutton in 1959<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning and Guy LaRose defeated Killer Kowalski and Rip Hawk. 1-LaRose won via DQ. 2-Henning defeated Hawk.<br \/>\nMillie Stafford defeated Judy Glover<br \/>\nDon Leo Jonathan defeated Thor Hagen<br \/>\nCowboy Bradley defeated Tiny Roe<br \/>\nBobby Graham draw Taro Myaki<\/p>\n<p>5\/20\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBobby Graham defeated Carlos Rodriguez via DQ<br \/>\nRip Hawk draw Thor Hagen<br \/>\nNWA Champion Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Tony Gerwig<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Tony Angelo two straight falls<br \/>\nGuy LaRose defeated The Brute via DQ<\/p>\n<p>5\/27\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nGuy LaRose draw Bobby Graham<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Gregory Arkay<br \/>\nRay Gordon defeated Tony Angelo 2\/3 falls<\/p>\n<p>6\/3\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBobby Graham defeated Carlos Rodriguez<br \/>\nBuddy 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<br \/>\nThe Masked Gauchos draw with Sonny Myers and Guy LaRose, each team winning one fall within the time limit<\/p>\n<p>6\/10\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nDon McClarity draw Ray Gordon<br \/>\nThe Alaskan defeated Frank Morgan<br \/>\nBobby Managoff defeated Joe Tomasso two straight falls, the first via DQ<\/p>\n<p>6\/16\/61 \u2013 (Attendance: 12,675 sellout)<br \/>\nU.S. Champion Buddy Rogers defeated John Paul Henning<br \/>\nBobby Managoff and Whipper Billy Watson defeated Kinji Shibuya and Taro Myaki. 1-Watson defeated Shibuya. 2-Shibuya defeated Managoff. 3-Managoff defeated Myaki.<br \/>\nRay Gordon defeated Joe Millich<br \/>\nMillie Stafford draw Kathy Starr<br \/>\nRip Hawk defeated Don McClarity<br \/>\nGuy LaRose draw The Alaskan<\/p>\n<p>6\/17\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nJohnny Weaver defeated Joe Tomasso<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski defeated The Brute<br \/>\nKinji Shibuya and Rip Hawk defeated Guy LaRose and Tommy O\u2019Toole. 1-O\u2019Toole beat Hawk. 2-Hawk defeated LaRose. 3-Shibuya defeated O\u2019Toole.<br \/>\nThe Alaskan draw Ray Gordon<\/p>\n<p>6\/24\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRay Gordon draw Joe Tomasso<br \/>\nKinji Shibuya defeated Don McClarity<br \/>\nIn a British style round match, Rip Hawk defeated Johnny Weaver in the fifth round of a possible six.<br \/>\nThe Alaskan defeated Thor Hagen<br \/>\nBuddy Rogers won the NWA Championship by beating Pat O\u2019Connor before over 30,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago<\/p>\n<p>7\/1\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBobby Graham draw The Bat<br \/>\nGuy LaRose defeated Frank Morgan<br \/>\nThe Alaskan defeated Ray Gordon 2\/3 falls<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Don McClarity<\/p>\n<p>7\/8\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRay Gordon draw Tony Gerwig<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison defeated Tony Angelo<br \/>\nBobby Managoff won 2\/3 falls over Gregory Jorque<br \/>\nLarry Hamilton draw The Alaskan<\/p>\n<p>7\/15\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Alaskan defeated Tommy O\u2019Toole<br \/>\nNWA Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Guy LaRose<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison and Bobby Graham defeated Rocky Lee and Taro Myaki. Etchison won both falls, first pinning Lee and then pinning Myaki.<br \/>\nJoe Millich draw Danny Dusek<\/p>\n<p>7\/22\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nLarry Hamilton draw Guy LaRose<br \/>\nTommy O\u2019Toole defeated Joe Tomasso<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison and Bobby Graham defeated Buddy Austin in a handicap match. Austin pinned Graham, but then lost to Etchison in 14 seconds.<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning draw The Alaskan<\/p>\n<p>7\/29\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nGuy LaRose defeated Joe Millich<br \/>\nThe Alaskan defeated Mario Milano<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning and Ronnie Etchison defeated Danny Dusek and Larry Hamilton. 1-Henning defeated Hamilton. 2-Hamilton defeated Henning. 3-Etchison defeated Dusek.<br \/>\nRocky Ford draw Guy LaRose<\/p>\n<p>8\/5\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Louis Torres<br \/>\nRay Gordon draw Bill Garrett<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning won two straight falls from Sailor Don Moran<br \/>\nBobby Graham defeated Carlos Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p>8\/11\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,800)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Ronnie Etchison two straight falls, Etchison could not continue after losing the first fall to Rogers\u2019 figure four grapevine<br \/>\nJohn 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.<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated The Alaskan<br \/>\nGuy LaRose draw Taro Myaki<br \/>\nLord Littlebrook defeated Tiny Roe<br \/>\nRay Gordon defeated Danny Dusek<\/p>\n<p>8\/12\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nGuy LaRose draw Louis Torres<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Bill Garrett<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison defeated Danny Dusek two straight falls, the first by count out of ring<br \/>\nBobby Graham defeated Sailor Don Moran<br \/>\nRay Gordon draw Carlos Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p>8\/16\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (no show 8\/19 due to baseball game telecast)<br \/>\nDan Hodge draw Rip Hawk<br \/>\nFrank Townsend defeated (?) Brown<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Nick Roberts<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning draw Gene Kiniski<\/p>\n<p>8\/23\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nPepe Perez draw Taro Myaki<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Rip Hawk<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Ray Gordon<br \/>\nKiller Kowalski defeated Bob Rasmussen<\/p>\n<p>8\/26\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBobby Graham draw Danny Dusek<br \/>\nGuy LaRose defeated Ray Duran<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine and Ronnie Etchison defeated Taro Myaki and The Alaskan. 1-Myaki beat Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Alaskan. 3-Valentine defeated Myaki<br \/>\nRip Hawk draw Louis Torres<\/p>\n<p>8\/30\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Hans Hermann<br \/>\nJohnny Weaver defeated Rocky Lee via DQ<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning draw Pat O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n<p>9\/2\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Carlos Rodriguez<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Taro Myaki<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Ray Gordon 2\/3 falls<br \/>\nThe Alaskan defeated Guy LaRose<\/p>\n<p>9\/9\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (the show was repeated Wednesday evening from 8 to 9 p.m. from this point on)<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Joe Tomasso<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Bobby Graham<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Ray Collins<br \/>\nLarry Hamilton defeated Carlos Rodriguez<br \/>\nThe Alaskan draw Rip Hawk<\/p>\n<p>9\/16\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (the show was returned to one hour length and repeated Wednesday evenings)<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison and Rip Hawk both counted out outside the ring<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Dennis Hall<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Don McClarity<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Tony Angelo<\/p>\n<p>9\/22\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,804)<br \/>\nBuddy Austin and Johnny Valentine were both disqualified<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor (billed as U.S. Champion) defeated Larry Hamilton<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Alaskan<br \/>\nJohn 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.<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Tarzan Tyler<br \/>\nMarva Scott and Ramona Isbell won two straight falls from Babs Wingo and Llulu Mae Provo<br \/>\nBob Boyer defeated Joe Tomasso<\/p>\n<p>9\/23\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nGuy LaRose defeated Ray Collins<br \/>\nNWA Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Lorenzo Parente, who was counted out outside the ring<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis and Bobby Graham defeated Rip Hawk and The Alaskan when Ellis defeated Hawk<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning draw Buddy Austin<\/p>\n<p>9\/30\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBuddy Austin draw Lorenzo Parente<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Tarzan Tyler<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Marquis DePare<br \/>\nBob Boyer defeated Carlos Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p>10\/6\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,562 sellout)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Buddy Rogers won 2\/3 falls over Cowboy Bob Ellis, who was injured by Rogers\u2019 figure four grapevine and could not answer the bell for the third fall.<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison and John Paul Henning defeated Buddy Austin and Taro Myaki. 1-Henning won via DQ. 2-Etchison defeated Myaki.<br \/>\nJessica Rogers defeated Barbara Baker<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Danny Dusek<br \/>\nMarquis DePare defeated Bob Clark<br \/>\nBob Boyer draw Bobby Graham<br \/>\n10\/7\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nTaro Myaki defeated Louis Torres<br \/>\nBuddy Rogers defeated Bob Boyer<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning and Lorenzo Parente defeated Buddy Austin and Marquis DePare via DQ<\/p>\n<p>10\/14\/61- &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Al Greene<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Ray Duran<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Taro Myaki<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison draw Buddy Austin<\/p>\n<p>10\/20\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5621)<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Buddy Austin via DQ<br \/>\nU.S. Champion Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Ronnie Etchison<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Hans Hermann<br \/>\nMillie Stafford and Evelyn Stevens defeated Dot Dotson and Jessica Rogers. 1-Stevens beat Rogers. 2-Dotson defeated Stevens. 3-Stafford defeated Dotson.<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Marquis DePare<br \/>\nRay Collins draw Thor Hagen<\/p>\n<p>10\/21\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nDanny Dusek draw Lorenzo Parente<br \/>\nThor Hagen defeated Ray Collins<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Danny Dale<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bill Garrett<\/p>\n<p>10\/28\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nDanny Dale defeated Carlos Rodriguez<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning and Thor Hagen defeated Ray Collins and Danny Dusek when Hagen defeated Dusek<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor draw Buddy Austin<\/p>\n<p>11\/4\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Bob Clark<br \/>\nThe Alaskan draw Lorenzo Parente<br \/>\nNWA Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Guy LaRose<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning and Lorenzo Parente draw Fritz Von Erich and The Alaskan<\/p>\n<p>11\/10\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9770)<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Buddy Austin in a Texas death match<br \/>\nYukon Eric defeated Taro Myaki<br \/>\nStan Stasiak and Nikita Mulkovich defeated Ray Gordon and Thor Hagen. 1-Mulkovich defeated Gordon. 2-Hagen defeated Mulkovich. 3-Stasiak defeated Hagen.<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Marquis DePare<br \/>\nLord Littlebrook defeated Pee Wee Lopez<br \/>\nBob Marella (later in his career Gorilla Monsoon) defeated Karl von Schober via DQ<\/p>\n<p>11\/11\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Jack Hardmann<br \/>\nStan Stasiak defeated Mario Milano<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated The Masked Hornet (Bill Garrett)<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning draw Bob Marella<\/p>\n<p>11\/18\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nStan Stasiak defeated Thor Hagen<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Nikita Mulkovich<br \/>\nRepeat Henning-Parente vs. Austin-DePare due to tape difficulties<\/p>\n<p>11\/24\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8141)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Buddy Rogers won 2\/3 falls over Johnny Valentine, who was disqualified in the third fall<br \/>\nYukon Eric defeated The Alaskan<br \/>\nJohn 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&#8217;ed.<br \/>\nDon Leo Jonathan defeated Bob Marella (now billed as Gino Marella)<br \/>\nJudy Glover defeated Mae Goodson<br \/>\nRay Gordon defeated Corsica Joe<br \/>\n(Larry\u2019s thoughts\u2026Keep 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.)<\/p>\n<p>11\/25\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nDanny Dale draw Duke Hoffman<br \/>\nJohn 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.<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Gino Marella<\/p>\n<p>12\/2\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nGino Marella draw Duke Hoffman<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Marquis DePare<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Guy LaRose<br \/>\nThor Hagen defeated Karl von Schober<\/p>\n<p>12\/8\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5783)<br \/>\nU.S. Champion Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Buddy Austin, who was counted out outside the ring<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning double DQ Don Leo Jonathan<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Stan Stasiak<br \/>\nYukon Eric defeated Nikita Mulkovich<br \/>\nRay Gordon and Lorenzo Parente defeated Corsica Joe and Taro Myaki. 1-Parente beat Myaki via DQ. 2-Parente defeated Joe.<br \/>\nGino Marella defeated Tommy O\u2019Toole<\/p>\n<p>12\/9\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nDanny Dusek defeated Bob Boyer<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Karl von Schober<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Corsica Joe<br \/>\nStan Stasiak defeated Danny Dale<br \/>\nRocky Ford draw Taro Myaki<\/p>\n<p>12\/16\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nTommy O\u2019Toole draw Karl von Schober<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning, Gino Marella and Guy LaRose defeated Taro Myaki, Buddy Austin and Stan Stasiak. 1-LaRose won via DQ. 2-Henning defeated Myaki.<br \/>\nYukon Eric defeated Danny Dusek<br \/>\nJohnny Valentine defeated Duke Hoffman<\/p>\n<p>12\/23\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nStan Stasiak defeated Gino Marella<br \/>\nYukon Eric defeated Corsica Joe<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Nikita Mulkovich<br \/>\nKarl von Schober defeated Guy LaRose<br \/>\nLittle Eagle defeated Joe Tomasso<br \/>\nRay Gordon draw Duke Hoffman<\/p>\n<p>12\/29\/61 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance:7548)<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor, John Paul Henning and Johnny Valentine defeated Rip Hawk, Don Leo Jonathan and Buddy Austin. 1-Jonathan defeated Henning. 2-Valentine beat<br \/>\nAustin. 3-Henning defeated Jonathan<br \/>\nRay Gordon (sub for Yukon Eric) defeated Karl von Schober<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente draw Duke Hoffman<br \/>\nLittle Eagle defeated Corsica Joe<br \/>\nRay Gordon defeated Nikita Mulkovich<\/p>\n<p>12\/30\/61 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBuddy Austin defeated Ray Gordon<br \/>\nYukon Eric defeated Marquis DePare<br \/>\nJohn Paul Henning defeated Duke Hoffman<br \/>\nLittle Eagle defeated Corsica Joe via DQ<br \/>\nGuy LaRose draw Stan Stasiak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results from St. Louis, featuring Pat O&#8217;Connor, Buddy Rogers, Bob Ellis, Danny Hodge, Johnny Valentine, Don Leo Jonathan, Henning, Stasiak, Kowalski, and more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":3382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[787,336],"class_list":["post-3388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-results","tag-results","tag-st-louis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3388"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3511,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388\/revisions\/3511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}