{"id":3393,"date":"2014-01-23T12:45:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/uncategorized\/st-louis-wrestling-results-1966\/"},"modified":"2014-01-25T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T21:23:09","slug":"st-louis-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/results\/st-louis-1966\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, Jim Zordani, and various news clippings)<\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Louis Wrestling Results 1966<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>1\/1\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Jerry Miller<br \/>\nRay Gordon defeated Johnny Kace<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis won 2\/3 falls over Hercules Graham<br \/>\nGene Kiniski defeated Angelo Poffo<br \/>\nBulldog Henning draw Lorenzo Parente<\/p>\n<p><b><u>1\/7\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,612)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nGene Kiniski won the NWA championship by beating Lou Thesz. 1-Thesz won with a series of drop kicks in 18:08. 2-Kiniski won via DQ. Thesz was stunned by a back breaker from Kiniski, after Kiniski caught Thesz in mid-air when Thesz tried a flying head scissors. Trying to fight Kiniski off following the back breaker, Thesz lifted him and flipped him backwards over the top rope. Referee Joe Schoenberger called for the DQ at 4:28. 3-Kiniski won after three back breakers in 1:17.<br \/>\nJohnny Powers and Bobby Managoff defeated Hercules Graham and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Bruiser defeated Managoff. 2-Managoff defeated Bruiser. 3-Powers defeated Graham.<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated Moose Cholak<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich won a handicap tag bout over Ray Gordon and Cowboy Bob Ellis by beating Gordon<br \/>\nBulldog Henning draw Joe Tangaro<br \/>\nAngelo Poffo defeated Johnny Long<\/p>\n<p><b><u>1\/8\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Jim Wehba via DQ<br \/>\nAngelo Poffo draw Johnny Kace<br \/>\nRay Gordon defeated Jim Wehba (sub for Moose Cholak, who missed flight to St. Louis)<br \/>\nBulldog Henning and Hercules Graham draw Sonny Myers and Johnny Weaver. 1-Graham defeated Weaver. 2-Myers defeated Graham. 25-minute limit expired during third fall.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>1\/15\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJoe Tomasso defeated Bob Boyer<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Pedro Mesa<br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Chief Little Bear<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich defeated Victor Rivera<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Don DeSoto<\/p>\n<p><b><u>1\/21\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6185)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Fritz Von Erich<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Johnny Powers<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Bulldog Henning<br \/>\nBobby Managoff draw Moose Cholak<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. and Joe Tangaro defeated Joe Tomasso and Johnny Kace. 1-Kace beat Tangaro. 2-Tangaro defeated Tomasso. 3-Jr. defeated Kace.<br \/>\nKen Hollis defeated Jim Wehba<\/p>\n<p><b><u>1\/22\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJohnny Kace defeated Jerry Miller<br \/>\nAlex Perez draw Don DeSoto<br \/>\nBobby Managoff defeated Tamayo Sato<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Ken Hollis<br \/>\nBulldog Henning double DQ Moose Cholak<\/p>\n<p><b><u>1\/29\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nKen Hollis draw Alex Perez<br \/>\nVictor Rivera defeated Johnny Long<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Viking<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Frank Martinez<br \/>\nPedro Mesa draw Guy Mitchell<\/p>\n<p><b><u>2\/4\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9454)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski won two straight falls over Cowboy Bob Ellis. Kiniski won the first fall with several back breakers and Ellis could not continue in the second fall. (Before the bout, Fritz Von Erich and Wilbur Snyder both came to the ring to challenge the winner and ended up fighting each other.<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich and Moose Cholak defeated Bobby Managoff and Johnny Powers when Cholak defeated Managoff<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated Alex Perez<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Henning. 1-Terry defeated Henning. The 30-minute limit expired without another fall. This was Terry\u2019s St. Louis debut.<br \/>\nBetty Nicoli defeated Jean Antone<br \/>\nKen Hollis defeated Gus Kalas<\/p>\n<p><b><u>2\/5\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nThe Viking defeated Victor Rivera<br \/>\nDanny Dusek defeated Greg Peterson<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Pedro Zapata<br \/>\nBulldog Henning won 2\/3 falls over Don DeSoto<br \/>\nGus Kalas defeated Tarzan Baxter<\/p>\n<p><b><u>2\/12\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated Tor Kamata<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich defeated Duane Peale<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Gus Kalas<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Danny Dusek and Joe Tomasso. 1-Terry beat Dusek. 2-Jr. defeated Tomasso.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>2\/18\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8340)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Moose Cholak (Von Erich jumped Ellis before the match and there was brief skirmish.)<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich defeated Wilbur Snyder<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser, Dan Plechas and Bulldog Henning defeated Dory Funk Sr., Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk. 1-Sr. defeated Plechas. 2-Bruiser defeated Jr. 3-Bruiser defeated Sr. via DQ<br \/>\nBobby Managoff defeated Tor Kamata<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Johnny Kace<br \/>\nCowboy Bradley and Irish Jackie defeated Tiny Tim and Sky Low Low. 1-Bradley beat Tim. 2-Jackie bet Low Low.<br \/>\nKen Hollis defeated Joe Tomasso<\/p>\n<p><b><u>2\/19\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nCowboy Bradley defeated Sky Low Low<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Johnny Kace<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich defeated Charlie Laye<br \/>\nErnie Ladd defeated Dan Plechas<br \/>\nBulldog Henning won 2\/3 falls over Duane Peale<\/p>\n<p><b><u>2\/26\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nBulldog Henning defeated Charlie Laye<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Jack Brisco<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Tamayo Sato<br \/>\nJohnny Powers no contest Dick the Bruiser. Powers and Bruiser each won one fall<br \/>\nbefore both men DQ in third fall.<br \/>\nBulldog Henning draw Ken Hollis<\/p>\n<p><b><u>3\/4\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,895 sellout)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nFritz Von Erich defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis<br \/>\nDory Funk Sr. was awarded a Texas Death Match on a reversed decision over Dick the Bruiser. Special referee Bobby Bruns had given Bruiser the victory when Sr. could not go on, but Bruiser continued to defeated Sr. after the bell. Thus, Bruns changed the decision. (In later publicity, Muchnick explained that Bruns had been wrong since it was a Death Match and that Bruiser should have gotten the victory but been suspended by the Athletic Commission.)<br \/>\nErnie Ladd and Johnny Powers defeated Moose Cholak and Bulldog Henning. 1-Powers won via DQ. 2-Powers defeated Cholak after a Ladd drop kick on Cholak.<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. defeated The Viking<br \/>\nDan Plechas draw Terry Funk<br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Alex Perez<br \/>\nAngelo Poffo defeated Corsica Joe<\/p>\n<p><b><u>3\/5\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nMario Milano defeated Tarzan Baxter<br \/>\nBulldog Henning draw Bobby Managoff<br \/>\nJohnny Powers defeated Sonny Myers<br \/>\nMoose Cholak defeated Guy Mitchell<br \/>\nJohnny Kace defeated Tamayo Sato via DQ<\/p>\n<p><b><u>3\/12\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Victor Rivera<br \/>\nJohnny Powers defeated Corsica Joe<br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Thor Hagen (Before the bout, Fritz Von Erich came to the ring and challenged Kiniski \u2013 but they were kept separated.)<br \/>\nMoose Cholak and Fritz Von Erich defeated Ken Hollis and Angelo Poffo. 1-Cholak beat Hollis. 2-Von Erich defeated Poffo.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>3\/18\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,617)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nLou Thesz defeated Johnny Powers<br \/>\nErnie Ladd defeated Moose Cholak<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Great Goliath and The Crusher. 1-Crusher defeated Ellis. 2-Ellis defeated Crusher. 3-O\u2019Connor beat Goliath via DQ.<br \/>\nBulldog Henning draw Dory Funk Jr.<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Alex Perez<br \/>\nDan Plechas defeated Victor Rivera<br \/>\nMario Milano defeated Danny Dusek<\/p>\n<p><b><u>3\/19\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nTamayo Sato draw Guy Mitchell<br \/>\nMario Milano defeated Jim Wehba<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich defeated Gene Anderson<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Joe Tangaro<br \/>\nJoe Tomasso defeated Charlie Laye<\/p>\n<p><b><u>3\/26\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nDoug Lindsay defeated Bob Hamby<br \/>\nBulldog Henning defeated Victor Rivera<br \/>\nDan Plechas defeated Chief Little Bear<br \/>\nGreat Goliath double DQ Ernie Ladd<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. won 2\/3 falls over The Viking<\/p>\n<p><b><u>4\/1\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,844 sellout)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Fritz Von Erich 2\/3 falls. Kiniski won the first fall by DQ, Von Erich won the second and Kiniski pinned Von Erich to win the third.<br \/>\nErnie Ladd and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Great Goliath and Moose Cholak. 1-Goliath defeated Ladd. 2-Ladd defeated Goliath. 3-Ellis defeated Cholak.<br \/>\nJohnny Powers draw Pat O\u2019Connor<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Sonny Myers<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. defeated Taro Myaki<br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Hercules Graham via DQ<br \/>\nGuy Mitchell draw The Viking<\/p>\n<p><b><u>4\/2\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nGuy Mitchell and Joe Tangaro defeated Joe Tomasso and Tamaya Sato. 1-Tomasso beat Mitchell. 2-Tangaro defeated Tomasso. 3-Mitchell defeated Sato.<br \/>\nGene Anderson defeated Kenny Mack<br \/>\nMario Milano draw Hercules Graham. Each won one fall in the 30-minute limit.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>4\/9\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nVictor Rivera draw Corsica Joe<br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Johnny Carr<br \/>\nDory Funk Sr. won two straight falls over Don Lortie<br \/>\nErnie Ladd defeated Steve Stanlee<br \/>\nHercules Graham defeated Victor Rivera<\/p>\n<p><b><u>4\/15\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9859)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nErnie Ladd defeated Great Goliath, who was unmasked as Moose Evans<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Dory Funk Sr.<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor and Bobby Managoff defeated Johnny Powers and Fritz Von Erich. 1-Managoff won via DQ. 2-O\u2019Connor defeated Powers, leading to a scuffle between Von Erich and Powers.<br \/>\nMoose Cholak draw Cowboy Bob Ellis<br \/>\nKathy O\u2019Brien defeated Jean Lane with Cora Combs as special referee<br \/>\nBulldog Henning defeated Joe Blanchard<br \/>\nMario Milano defeated Dan Plechas<\/p>\n<p><b><u>4\/16\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nDon Lortie defeated Victor Rivera<br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Tamaya Sato via DQ<br \/>\nMoose Cholak won 2\/3 falls over Steve Stanlee<br \/>\nBulldog Henning won 2\/3 falls over Ken Hollis<\/p>\n<p><b><u>4\/23\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJohnny Kace draw Joe Tangaro<br \/>\nKathy O\u2019Brien defeated Cora Combs<br \/>\nVerne Gagne defeated Corsica Joe<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Joe Blanchard<br \/>\nErnie Ladd defeated Bulldog Henning<\/p>\n<p><b><u>4\/30\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nDan Plechas defeated Corsica Joe<br \/>\nJoe Blanchard defeated Johnny Kace<br \/>\nBulldog Henning defeated Duane Peale<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Steve Stanlee and Moose Cholak. 1-Cholak defeated Ellis. 2-Ellis defeated Cholak. 3-O\u2019Connor defeated Stanlee.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>5\/6\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,850 sellout)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nLou Thesz and Pat O\u2019Connor defeated NWA Champion Gene Kiniski and Dick the Bruiser. 1-Kiniski defeated O\u2019Connor. 2-O\u2019Connor defeated Bruiser via DQ. 3-Thesz beat Kiniski.<br \/>\nErnie Ladd draw Fritz Von Erich<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bulldog Henning<br \/>\nMario Milano defeated Moose Cholak via DQ<br \/>\nTerry Funk defeated The Viking<br \/>\nAngelo Poffo defeated Johnny Kace<\/p>\n<p><b><u>5\/7\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nBob Geigel defeated Bobby Hart<br \/>\nMario Milano defeated Johnny Kace<br \/>\nThe Destroyer draw Angelo Poffo. Each man won one fall with the 30-minute limit.<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor won two straight falls over Don Lortie<\/p>\n<p><b><u>5\/14\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nThor Hagen draw Moose Cholak<br \/>\nLuis Martinez defeated Joe Tomasso<br \/>\nAngelo Poffo won two straight falls over Ivan Volkoff<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Jim Wehba<br \/>\nGuy Mitchell double knock out Johnny Kace.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>5\/21\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nThor Hagen defeated Charlie Laye<br \/>\nGuy Mitchell defeated Duane Peale<br \/>\nLou Thesz defeated Angelo Poffo<br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Luis Martinez<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser won two straight falls over Harry Morgan<br \/>\nKiniski and Thesz officially signed for their June 3 match<\/p>\n<p><b><u>5\/28\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nLuis Martinez defeated Johnny Kace<br \/>\nJoe Tomasso draw Ron Reed<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Thor Hagen<br \/>\nSonny Myers and Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Moose Cholak and The Viking. 1-Viking beat Myers. 2-Myers defeated Cholak. 3-Ellis defeated Viking.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>6\/3\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,804 sellout)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski and Lou Thesz went to a draw, each winning one fall within the one hour limit<br \/>\nErnie Ladd, Cowboy Bob Ellis and Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Fritz Von Erich, Dick the Bruiser and Moose Evans when Ellis defeated Evans<br \/>\nMario Milano defeated Ivan Volkoff<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk defeated Moose Cholak and Dan Plechas. 1-Plechas beat Terry. 2-Terry defeated Cholak via DQ. 3-Jr. defeated Plechas.<br \/>\nSonny Myers and Joe Blanchard ruled no contest when Blanchard was injured and Myers refused the victory<br \/>\nJoe Tomasso defeated Thor Hagen<\/p>\n<p><b><u>6\/4\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nLuis Martinez defeated Tamayo Sato<br \/>\nGuy Mitchell defeated Ivan Volkoff<br \/>\nLuke Graham draw Sonny Myers, each winning one fall with the 30-minute limit<br \/>\nBob Geigel defeated Harry Morgan<br \/>\nThe Viking defeated Rocky Starr<\/p>\n<p><b><u>6\/11\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJoe Tomasso defeated Rocky Starr<br \/>\nRon Reed defeated Dan Plechas via DQ<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor won two straight falls over Boris Nicoli<br \/>\nLuis Martinez defeated Raymond Zavalza<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Johnny Kace<\/p>\n<p><b><u>6\/18\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nGuy Mitchell defeated Boris Nicoli<br \/>\nRon Reed defeated Raymond Zavalza<br \/>\nSonny Myers, Pat O\u2019Connor and Angelo Poffo defeated Joe Tomasso, Moose Cholak and Dan Plechas. 1-Plechas defeated Poffo. 2-Myers defeated Plechas. 3-O\u2019Connor beat Tomasso.<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Luis Martinez<\/p>\n<p><b><u>6\/25\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Johnny Kace<br \/>\nPaul Vachon draw Joe Tangaro<br \/>\nSonny Myers won two straight falls over Chuck Carbo<br \/>\nJerry Kozak won 2\/3 falls over Joe Tomasso<\/p>\n<p><b><u>7\/2\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nTimothy Geohagen defeated Tamayo Sato<br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Tarzan Baxter<br \/>\nThe Crusher (Reggie Lisowski) defeated Jerry Kozak<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Alex Perez<br \/>\nPaul Vachon draw Lorenzo Parente<\/p>\n<p><b><u>7\/9\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJerry Kozak draw Johnny Kace<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Alex Perez via DQ<br \/>\nThe Crusher defeated Timothy Geohagen<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor and Sonny Myers defeated Moose Cholak and Paul Vachon. 1-Cholak beat Myers. 2-O\u2019Connor defeated Cholak via DQ. 3-Myers defeated Vachon.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>7\/16\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nBob Geigel defeated Duane Peale<br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Corsica Joe<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich no contest Dory Funk Jr. 1-Von Erich won when Funk lost his temper, went berserk and was DQ&#8217;ed. There never was a second fall since the two continued battling during the rest period, thus referee Milo Occhi ruled the match no contest. Help including other wrestlers was needed to restore order when Von Erich and Funk had a pull-apart brawl.<br \/>\nSonny Myers won 2\/3 falls over Jack Vansky<\/p>\n<p><b><u>7\/23\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJohnny Kace defeated Bobby Hart<br \/>\nMoose Cholak defeated Joe Wolfe<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis defeated Herb Larson<br \/>\nThe Crusher defeated Joe Tangaro<br \/>\nDan Plechas draw Lorenzo Parente<\/p>\n<p><b><u>7\/30\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nAngelo Poffo defeated Jack Vansky<br \/>\nThe Viking draw Timothy Geohagen<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Johnny Long<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis and Sonny Myers defeated Jack Donovan and Moose Cholak. 1-Myers won via DQ. 2-Donovan defeated Myers. 3-Ellis defeated Donovan.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>8\/6\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJohnny Kace defeated Mike York<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Corsica Joe<br \/>\nSonny Myers won two straight falls over Eric Von Braunner<br \/>\nThe Crusher won two straight falls over Thor Hagen<\/p>\n<p><b><u>8\/13\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Tommy Phillips via DQ<br \/>\nLuis Martinez defeated Johnny Kace<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Jerry Dean<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich defeated Jose Betancourt<br \/>\nBob Clark draw Cowboy Bob Ellis<\/p>\n<p><b><u>8\/20\/66 &#8211; &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJose Bertancourt draw Angelo Poffo<br \/>\nHercules Graham defeated Luis Martinez<br \/>\nSonny Myers won 2\/3 falls over Jack Donovan<br \/>\nMoose Cholak won a handicap match over Guy Mitchell and Jose Betancourt, first beating Mitchell and then beating Betancourt.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>8\/20\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 12,205 sellout)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nLou Thesz defeated The Crusher<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. defeated Fritz Von Erich in only 5:50 when Fritz began to argue with Dory Sr. at ringside and was hit from behind by a drop kick from Jr. just as Sr. reached under the ropes and tripped Von Erich.<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor and Bobby Managoff defeated Moose Evans and Moose Cholak. 1-Evans defeated Managoff. 2-O\u2019Connor defeated Cholak. 3-Managoff defeated Evans.<br \/>\nHercules Graham won a handicap match over Sonny Myers and Whipper Billy Watson. 1-Graham defeated Myers. 2-Graham defeated Watson via DQ.<br \/>\nDory Funk Sr. draw Bob Geigel<br \/>\nEddie Graham defeated Tommy Phillips<br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated The Viking<br \/>\nBetty Nicoli defeated Mae Goodson<br \/>\nAngelo Poffo defeated Tamayo Sato<\/p>\n<p><b><u>8\/27\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nBobby Managoff draw Moose Cholak<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. won two straight falls over Roger Kirby<br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Sonny Myers<br \/>\nMitsu Arakawa and Hercules Graham defeated Angelo Poffo and Luis Martinez. 1-Arakawa defeated Martinez. 2-Martinez defeated Arakawa via DQ. 3-Graham defeated Poffo.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>9\/3\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nThor Hagen defeated Johnny Kace<br \/>\nLuis Martinez draw Timothy Geohagen<br \/>\nThe Viking won 2\/3 falls over Angelo Poffo<br \/>\nHercules Graham defeated Joe Wolfe<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Danny Dusek<\/p>\n<p><b><u>9\/10\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nLuis Martinez defeated Joe Tomasso<br \/>\nAngelo Poffo defeated Steve Stanlee<br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Chris Markoff<br \/>\nHercules Graham won two straight falls over Don Acosta<br \/>\nJack Donovan double knock out Thor Hagen<\/p>\n<p><b><u>9\/16\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,995)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Dory Funk Jr. Funk won the first fall and Kiniski took the second with back breakers after Funk missed a flying tackle, flew from the ring and crashed into the press table. Referee Joe Schoenberger refused to allow the injured Funk to continue in the third fall.<br \/>\nCowboy Bob Ellis and Johnny Valentine defeated Moose Cholak and Johnny Powers. 1-Powers defeated Valentine. 2-Valentine defeated Powers. 3-Ellis defeated Cholak.<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich won a handicap match over Terry Funk and Dory Funk Sr. 1-Von Erich defeated Sr. 2-Von Erich won via DQ when both Funks attacked him.<br \/>\nSonny Myers draw Hercules Graham<br \/>\nBob Geigel defeated Timothy Geohagen<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated The Mongol<br \/>\nThe Viking defeated Thor Hagen<\/p>\n<p><b><u>9\/17\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJack Donovan defeated Dick Murdoch<br \/>\nJohnny Powers defeated Jerry Timmons<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated Jim Wehba<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser and Hercules Graham no contest Johnny Valentine and Lorenzo Parente. 1-Graham defeated Parente. 2-Valentine, after Bruiser accidentally punched Graham, pinned Graham. 3-Bruiser and Graham ended up in a pull-apart brawl, thus the referee threw out the match.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>9\/24\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJack Donovan draw Luis Martinez<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated Mitsu Arakawa via DQ<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Timothy Geohagen<br \/>\nHercules Graham defeated Angelo Poffo<br \/>\nThe Viking draw Bobby Managoff<\/p>\n<p><b><u>10\/1\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nMitsu Arakawa defeated Marvin Marlin<br \/>\nLuke Graham draw Lorenzo Parente<br \/>\nTerry Funk defeated The Alaskan<br \/>\nThe Crusher won 2\/3 falls over Chuck Conley. Each man was awarded a fall in a double DQ before Crusher won third fall.<br \/>\nSonny Myers defeated Jim Wehba<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente draw Mitsu Arakawa<\/p>\n<p><b><u>10\/7\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9410)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk won 2\/3 falls over Fritz Von Erich and The Crusher. 1-Crusher defeated Terry. 2-Terry defeated Crusher. 3-Dory defeated Fritz via DQ. The referee had stopped the bout and given the decision to Fritz, who had Dory in the Iron Claw, but when Von Erich refused to release the hold, he was DQ&#8217;ed.<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser won a Texas Death Match over Hercules Graham<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Johnny Powers<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated Mitsu Arakawa<br \/>\nSweet Daddy Siki defeated Dan Plechas<br \/>\nChris Markoff defeated Luis Martinez<br \/>\nAngelo Poffo draw Jack Donovan<\/p>\n<p><b><u>10\/8\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJoe Tomasso defeated Don Acosta<br \/>\nJoe Tangaro defeated Steve Stanlee<br \/>\nChris Markoff draw Luke Graham. Each won one fall before the 30-minute limit expired.<br \/>\nMitsu Arakawa and Jack Donovan defeated Lorenzo Parente and Luis Martinez. 1-Parente defeated Arakawa. 2-Arakawa defeated Parente. 3-Donovan defeated Martinez.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>10\/15\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nThe Viking defeated Dick Murdoch<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison defeated Phil Brummett<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Luke Graham<br \/>\nThe Crusher defeated Gus Kalas<br \/>\nDon Acosta draw Lorenzo Parente<\/p>\n<p><b><u>10\/22\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJohnny Kace defeated Bobby Hart<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated Tor Kamata<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor won two straight falls over Pedro Zapata<br \/>\nWaldo Von Erich won two straight falls over Luis Martinez. Waldo took the first fall with a blitzkrieg, where he held onto Martinez\u2019s head and jumped from the top rope into Martinez\u2019s neck and back. Martinez could not continue the second fall. Athletic Commissioner Charles Pian came to ringside and banned the move, calling it a leap off the top rope.<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison defeated Joe Tomasso<\/p>\n<p><b><u>10\/28\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7408)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Pat O\u2019Connor<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated The Crusher via DQ<br \/>\nWaldo Von Erich defeated Ronnie Etchison<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr. defeated Chris Markoff<br \/>\nSweet Daddy Siki defeated Luke Graham<br \/>\nMoose Cholak defeated Gus Kalas<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente and Joe Tangaro defeated Dan Plechas and Mitsu Arakawa. 1-Tangaro won via DQ. 2-Parente defeated Plechas.<br \/>\nTimothy Geohagen defeated Johnny Kace<\/p>\n<p><b><u>10\/29\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nThor Hagen draw Johnny Kace<br \/>\nJessica Rogers defeated Dianna Lynn<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente won 2\/3 falls over Pedro Zapata<br \/>\nLuke Graham and Moose Cholak defeated Ronnie Etchison and Jose Betancourt. 1-Graham defeated Etchison. 2-Etchison defeated Graham. 3-Cholak defeated Betancourt.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>11\/5\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJack Donovan defeated Luis Martinez<br \/>\nSweet Daddy Siki defeated Steve Stanlee<br \/>\nWaldo Von Erich defeated Angelo Poffo<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Lorenzo Parente. NWA Champion Gene Kiniski was doing color commentary with George Abel during the match. At one point, Bruiser was knocked from the ring and, on the floor, began arguing with Kiniski. Bruiser decked Kiniski, picked up the announcer\u2019s table and slammed it on the champion.<br \/>\nLuke Graham draw Ronnie Etchison<\/p>\n<p><b><u>11\/11\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7352)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nWaldo Von Erich and Moose Cholak won a handicap match over Lou Thesz. First, Thesz pinned Cholak but went the remainder of the 30-minute limit with Waldo and had to forfeit the decision.<br \/>\nFritz Von Erich defeated Dory Funk Jr.<br \/>\nTerry Funk and Joe Tangaro defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Henning. 1-Bruiser beat Tangaro. 2-Funk won via DQ. 3-Tangaro defeated Henning.<br \/>\nSweet Daddy Siki double DQ Hercules Graham<br \/>\nDianna Lynn and Cora Combs won two straight falls over Mae Goodson and Jessica Rogers. 1-Combs defeated Goodson. 2-Lynn defeated Rogers.<br \/>\nToru Tanaka (later billed as Professor Tanaka) draw Ronnie Etchison<\/p>\n<p><b><u>11\/12\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nJoe Tomasso draw Timothy Geohagen<br \/>\nHercules Graham defeated Tarzan Baxter<br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Ronnie Etchison<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Rickey Hunter<br \/>\nBulldog Henning draw Thor Hagen<\/p>\n<p><b><u>11\/19\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nTimothy Geohagen defeated Luke Graham<br \/>\nRickey Hunter draw Toru Tanaka<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison won 2\/3 falls over Tor Kamata<br \/>\nHercules Graham, Bulldog Henning and The Crusher defeated Thor Hagen, Lorenzo Parente and Dory Funk Jr. 1-Henning defeated Parente. 2-Hagen defeated Henning. 3-Graham beat Hagen.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>11\/25\/66 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,892 sellout)<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nNWA Champion Gene Kiniski defeated Dick the Bruiser 2\/3 falls<br \/>\nLou Thesz defeated Hercules Graham<br \/>\nWaldo Von Erich and The Crusher defeated Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. 1-Crusher defeated Dory. 2-Dory defeated Crusher. 3-Waldo defeated Terry.<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated Chris Markoff<br \/>\nDory Funk Sr. defeated Joe Tomasso<br \/>\nBulldog Henning defeated Ronnie Etchison<br \/>\nLorenzo Parente defeated Jose Betancourt<\/p>\n<p><b><u>11\/26\/66 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<\/b><\/u><br \/>\nRickey Hunter defeated Luke Graham via DQ<br \/>\nSweet Daddy 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