<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, Jim Zordani, and various news clippings)<\/p>\n
St. Louis Wrestling Results 1983<\/strong><\/p>\n Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO<\/strong> <\/p>\n 1\/1\/83 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,029 sellout) 1\/2\/83 \u2013 “Wrestling at the Chase” 1\/9\/83 \u2013 “Wrestling at the Chase” 1\/16\/83 \u2013 “Wrestling at the Chase” 1\/21\/83 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5425) 1\/22\/83 \u2013 “Wrestling at the Chase” 1\/30\/83 \u2013 “Wrestling at the Chase” 2\/6\/83 \u2013 “Wrestling at the Chase” 2\/11\/83 \u2013 Checkerdome (Attendance: 16,695) 2\/13\/83 \u2013”Wrestling at the Chase” 2\/20\/83 \u2013 “Wrestling at the Chase” 2\/25\/83 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 3503) 3\/11\/83 St. Louis 3\/25\/83 St. Louis 4\/15\/83 St. Louis 4\/29\/83 St. Louis 5\/13\/83 St. Louis 6\/10\/83 St. Louis 7\/15\/83 St. Louis<\/strong> 8\/5\/83 St. Louis 8\/26\/83 St. Louis 9\/16\/83 St. Louis 10\/8\/83 St. Louis 10\/21\/83 St. Louis 11\/4\/83 St. Louis 11\/25\/83 St. Louis 12\/9\/83 St. Louis Wrestling Results from St. Louis, featuring Ric Flair, The Von Erichs, Harley Race, Rick Martel, Greg Valentine, Butch Reed, Brody, Blackwell, Orton, 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":[187,336,263],"class_list":["post-3439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-results","tag-ric-flair","tag-st-louis","tag-wrestling"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439","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=3439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3456,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions\/3456"}],"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=3439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Affiliation: NWA<\/strong>
\n Promoter: Sam Muchnick \/ Bob Geigel<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nNWA Champion Ric Flair defeated Butch Reed as Flair won the only fall within a one hour time limit
\nKerry Von Erich defeated Missouri Champion Harley Race via DQ so Race kept his title
\nKing Kong Brody defeated Crusher Ayala
\nGreg Valentine and Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown when Valentine defeated Brown
\nBobby Duncum defeated Mike George
\nRick Martel defeated Roger Kirby
\nManny Fernandez and Mark Romero defeated Jerry Brown and Kim Duk when Fernandez defeated Brown<\/p>\n
\nKerry Von Erich defeated Jimmy Doo
\nBobby Duncum defeated Tom Andrews
\nCowboy Bob Orton defeated Rock Ragland
\nBulldog Bob Brown and Bruce Dean defeated Bennie Ramirez and Billy Griffin. 1-Dean defeated Ramirez. 2-Ramirez defeated Dean. 3-Brown defeated Griffin.<\/p>\n
\nRoger Kirby defeated Rock Ragland
\nRick Martel defeated Max Blue
\nKing Kong Brody defeated Dave Daniels
\nBobby Duncum defeated Larry Herr
\nCrusher Ayala and Bulldog Bob Brown draw<\/p>\n
\nRoger Kirby and Crusher Ayala defeated Mark Romero and Rock Ragland when Ayala beat Ragland
\nBobby Duncum defeated Greg Lake
\nKing Kong Brody defeated Larry Herr
\nRick Martel defeated Bill Rose two straight falls<\/p>\n
\nKing Kong Brody defeated Bobby Duncum
\nKerry 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.
\nDick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Crusher Blackwell and Crusher
\nAyala when Bruiser defeated Ayala
\nRick Martel defeated Ox Baker via DQ (Since Martel \u201carrived\u201d late, Spike Huber began the bout against Baker until he was replaced by Martel in street clothes)
\nCowboy Bob Orton defeated Brad Armstrong (sub for Tommy Rich)
\nGreg Valentine defeated Bobo Brazil
\nBrad Armstrong and Spike Huber draw The Beast and Kim Duk
\n(Larry\u2019s thoughts\u2026It wasn\u2019t 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 \u2013 Sam agreed for what it\u2019s worth, although he had resigned as consultant \u2013 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 \u201carrived\u201d 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 \u2013 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 \u2013 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\u2019t getting younger, and he wasn\u2019t 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 \u201cho hum\u201d after first getting all stirred up. St. Louis was no longer the primary focus of the promotion. It was indeed time to go.)<\/p>\n
\nCrusher Ayala defeated Max Blue
\nKing Kong Brody won a handicap tag bout from Roger Kirby and Bill Rose by pinning Rose
\nBobby Duncum defeated Mark Romero
\nRick Martel and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Greg Lake and Davie Daniels. 1-Brown beat Lake. 2-Martel defeated Daniels.<\/p>\n
\nHarley Race defeated Mando Barerro
\nNWA Champion Ric Flair defeated Raoul Guzman
\nKing Kong Brody defeated Steve Sypert
\nCowboy 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.<\/p>\n
\nKerry Von Erich defeated Kim Duk
\nKing Kong Brody defeated Ox Baker
\nNWA Champion Ric Flair defeated Mando Barerra
\nCowboy Bob Orton defeated Raoul Guzman two straight falls<\/p>\n
\nNWA 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.
\nGiant Baba defeated Harley Race for the PWF title
\nMissouri Champion Kerry Von Erich defeated Greg Valentine
\nCowboy Bob Orton and Dick Murdoch defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown when Orton defeated Brown
\nButch Reed defeated Bobby Duncum
\nKen Patera defeated Ox Baker
\nRick Martel, Bill Cody and Buzz Tyler defeated Kim Duk, Dewey Robertson and Crusher Ayala when Martel defeated Ayala
\nRoger Kirby defeated Manny Fernandez
\n(Larry\u2019s thoughts\u2026 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\u2019Connor 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.)<\/p>\n
\nKerry Von Erich defeated Steve Sypert
\nCowboy Bob Orton defeated Mando Barerra
\nBulldog Bob Brown and Spike Huber defeated Ox Baker and Roger Kirby. Huber won only fall in curfew via DQ.<\/p>\n
\nRick Martel defeated Billy Griffin
\nCrusher Blackwell and Cowboy Bob Orton defeated Bruce Dean and Spike Huber when Orton pinned Dean
\nKing Kong Brody defeated Bill Jodoin
\nDewey Robertson defeated Bill Cody<\/p>\n
\nAndre the Giant won a 13-man Wrestle Royal outlasting all the wrestlers in the first four bouts on the card
\nMissouri Champion Kerry Von Erich defeated Cowboy Bob Orton
\nHarley Race and Greg Valentine against King Kong Brody and Dick the Bruiser ended in a Double DQ
\nRick Martel defeated Dewey Robertson
\nManny Fernandez and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Ox Baker and Hercules Hernandez when Hernandez defeated Fernandez
\nBuzz Tyler defeated Bobby Duncum via DQ
\nMark Romero and Spike Huber defeated The Convict (Jerry Brown) and Yasu Fuji when Romero defeated The Convict
\nLarry 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\u00a0 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 \u201cWrestling at the Chase\u201d 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 \u201cWrestling at the Chase\u201d on Channel 11 in January 1984. The glory era of wrestling in St. Louis was officially finished.<\/p>\n
\nKing Kong Brody no contest with Crusher Blackwell
\nHarley Race defeated Rick Martel
\nMissouri State champion Kerry Von Erich defeated Super Destroyer
\nDick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Dewey Robertson and Greg Valentine
\nRay Hernandez defeated Spike Huber
\nKim Duk and Yasu Fuji defeated Mark Romero and Manny Fernandez
\nRoger Kirby defeated Buzz Tyler<\/p>\n
\nNWA champion Ric Flair defeated Kerry Von Erich
\nKing Kong Brody and David Von Erich no contest with Harley Race and Greg Valentine
\nDick the Bruiser defeated Ray Hernandez
\nManny Fernandez defeated Jerry Brown
\nBobby Duncum defeated Mark Romero
\nSpike Huber defeated Roger Kirby<\/p>\n
\nCrusher Blackwell defeated Kerry Von Erich to win the Missouri State title
\nGreg Valentine defeated Dick the Bruiser
\nRick Martel defeated Bob Orton Jr.
\nGeorge Wells defeated Bobby Duncum
\nYasu Fuji and Kim Duk defeated Spike Huber and Bulldog Bob Brown
\nRoddy Piper defeated Omar Atlas
\nDewey Robertson and Eddie Mansfield drew Manny Fernandez and Buzz Tyler<\/p>\n
\nNWA champion Ric Flair defeated Crusher Blackwell via count out
\nHarley Race defeated David Von Erich
\nRick Martel and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Kim Duk and Grizzly Adams (sub Yasu Fuji)
\nGreg Valentine defeated Buzz Tyler
\nGeorge Wells drew Roddy Piper
\nBob Orton Jr. defeated Dewey Robertson
\nManny Fernandez & Mark Romero & Liz Chase defeated Ray Hernandez & Bill Cody (sub Eddie Mansfield) & Leilani Kai<\/p>\n
\nHarley Race defeated Crusher Blackwell to win the Missouri State title
\nKerry Von Erich and George Wells defeated Kim Duk and Roger Kirby (sub Yasu Fuji)
\nGreg Valentine no contest with Bruce Reed
\nBobby Duncum defeated Bulldog Bob Brown
\nBob Orton Jr. defeated Manny Fernandez
\nDewey Robertson drew Rick Martel
\nMark Romero and Jerry Ho defeated Ray Hernandez and Jerry Brown<\/p>\n
\nHarley Race defeated Ric Flair to win the NWA World heavyweight title
\nCrusher Blackwell won an 18 man battle royal
\nAndre the Giant & Bruce Reed & Dick the Bruiser defeated Crusher Blackwell & John Studd & Bobby Duncum
\nBob Orton Jr. drew David Von Erich
\nGene Kiniski no contest with Dick Murdoch
\nRick Martel defeated Greg Valentine
\nRoddy Piper drew Bulldog Bob Brown
\nGeorge Wells and Mark Romero defeated Dewey Robertson and Ray Hernandez<\/p>\n
\nTournament for the Missouri State Title
\nRound 1<\/strong><\/span>
\nBob Orton Jr. defeated Manny Fernandez
\nJesse Ventura defeated Emile Vachon
\nBlackjack Lanza defeated Jerry Ho
\nBruce Reed defeated Baron Von Raschke
\nCrusher Blackwell defeated Buzz Tyler
\nDick the Bruiser defeated Bobby Duncum
\nRic Flair defeated Bulldog Bob Brown
\nDewey Robertson defeated George Wells
\nHulk Hogan defeated Kortsia Korchenko
\nRound 2<\/strong><\/span>
\nDavid Von Erich defeated Bob Orton Jr.
\nBruce Reed defeated Jesse Ventura
\nBlackjack Lanza defeated Dick the Bruiser via DQ
\nRic Flair defeated George Wells?
\nHulk Hogan nc Crusher Blackwell
\nRound 3<\/strong><\/span>
\nDavid Von Erich defeated Blackjack Lanza
\nRic Flair defeated Bruce Reed
\nRic Flair defeated David Von Erich to win the Missouri State title<\/p>\n
\nNWA champion Harley Race defeated Ric Flair
\nHulk Hogan & Dick the Bruiser & Ron Ritchie (sub David Von Erich) defeated Crusher Blackwell & Blackjack Mulligan & Baron Von Raschke
\nBob Orton Jr. defeated Rick Martel
\nSuper Destroyer defeated George Wells
\nBarry Windham defeated Tonga John
\nBulldog Bob Brown and Princess Victoria defeated Roger Kirby and Leilani Kai
\nRon Ritchie defeated Steve Hall<\/p>\n
\nHulk Hogan defeated Crusher Blackwell via count out
\nDick the Bruiser no contest with Super Destroyer
\nDavid Von Erich and Jerry Lawler defeated Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza
\nBarry Windham defeated Baron Von Raschke
\nRoger Kirby defeated Jerry Ho (sub Dusty Rhodes)
\nBob Orton Jr. defeated George Wells
\nRon Ritchie and Mark Romero defeated Sheik Abdullah and Buck Robley<\/p>\n
\nDavid Von Erich defeated Ric Flair to win the Missouri State title
\nHulk Hogan defeated Crusher Blackwell
\nBarry Windham and Austin Idol (Sub Dick the Bruiser) defeated Super Destroyer and Bob Orton Jr.
\nIceman Parsons defeated Roger Kirby
\nBlackjack Mulligan defeated Jerry Ho
\nBuck Robley defeated Ron Ritchie
\nGeorge Wells and Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Jerry Brown and Sheik Abdullah
\nAttendance: 4,107<\/p>\n
\nNWA champion Harley Race defeated Hulk Hogan via DQ
\nBarry Windham and David Von Erich defeated Crusher Blackwell and Super Destroyer
\nBlackjack Mulligan defeated Buzz Tyler
\nIceman Parsons defeated Tonga John
\nBuck Robley defeated Jerry Ho
\nRon Ritchie & Bulldog Bob Brown & Angelo Mosca Jr defeated Roger Kirby & Jerry Brown & Sheik Abdullah<\/p>\n
\nHulk Hogan defeated Crusher Blackwell Cage Match
\nMissouri State champion David Von Erich defeated Super Destroyer
\nDick the Bruiser and Jimmy Snuka defeated Blackjack Mulligan and Killer Karl Krupp
\nJimmy Snuka (sub Barry Windham) defeated Roger Kirby
\nIceman Parsons defeated Doug Sommers
\nBuck Robley defeated Booker T (Bubba Douglas)
\nBulldog Bob Brown and Angelo Mosca Jr defeated Jerry Brown and Tonga John<\/p>\n
\nMissouri State champion David Von Erich defeated Ric Flair
\nDick the Bruiser defeated Scott Farris (sub Blackjack Mulligan)
\nBarry Windham defeated Killer Karl Krupp
\nKing Kong Brody defeated the Mongol
\nVelvet McIntyre and Penny Mitchell defeated Leilani Kai and Peggy Lee
\nBuck Robley defeated Doug Sommers
\nRon Ritchie defeated Roger Kirby (sub Buddy Landel)
\nBulldog Bob Brown and Angelo Mosca Jr defeated Scott Farris and Sheik Abdullah<\/p>\n
\nNWA champ Ric Flair defeated David Von Erich
\nAWA tag team champions Crusher Blackwell and Ken Patera defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bulldog Bob Brown
\nAustin Idol defeated Denny Brown
\nIceman Parsons defeated Blackjack Lanza
\nPaul Orndorff defeated Steve Olsonoski (sub Rick Martel)
\nTiger Mask (sub Buck Robley) defeated Angelo Mosca Jr
\n666 defeated Ron Ritchie
\nPaul Kelly and Velvet McIntyre defeated Scott Farris and Peggy Lee
\nAttendance: 8,746<\/p>\n
\nDavid Von Erich vs. Harley Race
\nDick the Bruiser and Rick Martel defeated AWA tag team champions Crusher Blackwell and Ken Patera via DQ
\nBob Orton Jr. vs. Rufus R Jones
\nAustin Idol vs. Buddy Landel
\nRon Ritchie vs. Paul Orndorff
\nBuzz Tyler and Mark Stuart vs. M.E.B. and 666
\nPaul Kelly vs. Bobby Fulton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"