{"id":3768,"date":"2014-01-27T19:06:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T00:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2014-01-28T19:58:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T00:58:02","slug":"st-louis-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/results\/st-louis-1976\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1976"},"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, Jim Zordani, and various news clippings)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Louis Wrestling Results 1976<\/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>1\/2\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,290)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Pat O\u2019Connor when O\u2019Connor took the first fall, but was injured in losing the second fall to Funk\u2019s spinning toehold and could not continue for the final fall<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser and Rocky Johnson defeated Ox Baker and Stan Stasiak when Bruiser beat Stasiak<br \/>\nHarley Race draw Rufus R. Jones (non-title as regarded Missouri championship)<br \/>\nNick Bockwinkel, w\/Bobby Heenan, double DQ Joe Blanchard<br \/>\nJerry Oates defeated Lord Alfred Hayes via DQ<br \/>\nBetty Niccoli and Sandy Parker defeated Sharon Brooks and Jean Antone. 1-Parker beat Brooks. 2-Antone defeated Parker. 3-Niccoli defeated Brooks.<br \/>\nTank Patton defeated Ronnie Etchison<\/p>\n<p>1\/3\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nNick Bockwinkel, w\/Bobby Heenan, defeated ChiChi Rosario<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Raoul Guzman<br \/>\nJerry Oates and Mike George defeated Ox Baker and Rico Pantera when Oates beat Pantera<br \/>\nBob Backlund draw Les Thornton<\/p>\n<p>1\/11\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (Saturday show preempted for hockey)<br \/>\nJoe Blanchard defeated Bennie Ramirez<br \/>\nDick Murdoch defeated Charlie Pullins<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Rick McGraw two straight falls, as McGraw was injured in first fall and could not continue<br \/>\nAkio Sato draw Lord Alfred Hayes, each man winning one fall within curfew<\/p>\n<p>1\/16\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4877)<br \/>\nBruno Sammartino defeated Dick Murdoch in a \u201cno DQ\u201d match<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser and Sailor Art Thomas (sub for Rocky Johnson) defeated Lord Alfred Hayes and Ox Baker via DQ<br \/>\nHarley Race won a handicap tag match over Ron Fuller and Jerry Oates by beating Oates<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Otto Von Heller<br \/>\nJoe Blanchard defeated Denny Albert<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison and Johnny Loyal defeated Tank Patton and Bobby Blaine. 1-Loyal beat Blaine. 2-Patton defeated Loyal. 3-Etchison defeated Blaine.<\/p>\n<p>1\/17\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nDick Murdoch defeated Gary Nevins<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Joe Blanchard<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Mike Hubert<br \/>\nTank Patton defeated Johnny Starr<\/p>\n<p>1\/25\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (Saturday show was preempted for hockey)<br \/>\n* KPLR mistakenly aired a portion of the show taped for airing on 2\/8 and a portion of the show for airing 1\/25. Both cards were among three taped on 1\/18.<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Frank Hill<br \/>\nJean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli<br \/>\nHarley Race won a handicap tag bout over Akio Sato and Johnny Starr by pinning Starr<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Gary Nevin<br \/>\nDick Murdoch defeated Mike Hubert<\/p>\n<p>1\/31\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nAkio Sato defeated Bobby Blaine<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Denny Albert<br \/>\nOx Baker won two straight falls over Vito Martino<\/p>\n<p>2\/6\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9132)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Harley Race 2\/3 falls<br \/>\nDory Funk Jr., Pat O\u2019Connor and Sailor Art Thomas defeated Tommy Tsuruta, Giant Baba and Dick Murdoch when Funk defeated Tsuruta<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser double DQ Blackjack Lanza<br \/>\nOx Baker defeated Ron Fuller<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Red Bastien<br \/>\nOtto Von Heller and Tank Patton defeated Akio Sato and Joe Blanchard. 1-Von Heller beat Sato. 2-Sato defeated Von Heller. 3-Patton defeated Blanchard.<\/p>\n<p>2\/8\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (Saturday show preempted for hockey)<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Frank Hill (also aired 1\/25)<br \/>\nJean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli (also aired 1\/25)<br \/>\nOx Baker defeated Denny Albert<br \/>\nAkio Sato and Joe Blanchard defeated Tank Patton and Bobby Blaine when Blanchard beat Blaine for the only fall in curfew<\/p>\n<p>2\/14\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nFrank Hill defeated Bobby Blaine<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Joe Blanchard<br \/>\nOx Baker defeated Caesar Bavan<br \/>\nAkio Sato and Johnny Loyal defeated Vito Martino and Tank Patton when Sato beat Martino for the only fall in curfew<\/p>\n<p>2\/21\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nOtto Von Heller defeated Billy Lee<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor and Dave Reynolds defeated Harley Race and Lord Alfred Hayes when O\u2019Connor defeated Race after he was accidentally slugged by Hayes. Race and Hayes then got into a brawl.<br \/>\nBetty Niccoli defeated Brenda Hoffman<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown defeated Mike Pappas<\/p>\n<p>2\/27\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7173)<br \/>\nJack Brisco defeated Dory Funk Jr.<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor and Rufus R. Jones defeated Harley Race and Blackjack Lanza (sub for Dick Murdoch) via DQ<br \/>\nOx Baker defeated Sailor Art Thomas<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Ted Oates<br \/>\nTank Patton defeated Joe Blanchard<br \/>\nChuck O\u2019Connor and Otto Von Heller defeated Rick McGraw and Ted Oates (sub for Ron Fuller). 1-O\u2019Connor defeated Oates. 2-Oates defeated O\u2019Connor. 3-Von Heller beat McGraw.<\/p>\n<p>2\/29\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (Saturday preempted for hockey)<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown defeated Rick McGraw<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Dave Reynolds<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Vito Martino<br \/>\nBetty Niccoli and Chee Chee Rivera defeated Jean Antone and Brenda Hoffman when Niccoli defeated Hoffman for the only fall in curfew<\/p>\n<p>3\/6\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Mike Pappas (Harley Race attacked Hayes at the end of the match, starting an impromptu brawl)<br \/>\nJean Antone defeated Chee Chee Rivera<br \/>\nVic Rivera (previously billed as Rico Pantera) defeated Harley Race via DQ<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor won a Wrestle Royal outlasting in order out Billy Lee, Vito Martino, Mike Pappas, Rick McGraw and Otto Von Heller together, and Bulldog Bob Brown<\/p>\n<p>3\/12\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9608)<br \/>\nMissouri Champion Harley Race defeated Lord Alfred Hayes<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser won a Wrestle Royal outlasting in order out Frank Valois, Allen Klein, Ronnie Etchison, Pat O\u2019Connor, Ox Baker, Tank Patton, Andre the Giant and Moose Cholak together, Rufus R. Jones, Killer Karl Krupp, Ray Candy, Blackjack Lanza and Dick Murdoch<br \/>\nAndre the Giant won a handicap tag bout over Tank Patton and Ox Baker by beating Patton<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser and Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Blackjack Lanza and Killer Karl Krupp when Bruiser defeated Krupp<br \/>\nRufus R. Jones defeated Gary Fulton<br \/>\nDick Murdoch defeated Allen Klein<br \/>\nRay Candy defeated Brute Bernard<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison defeated Moose Cholak<\/p>\n<p>3\/13\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Rick McGraw<br \/>\nJack Brisco defeated Gary Fargo<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Mike Pappas<br \/>\nRay Candy and Wolf Wiskoski draw<\/p>\n<p>3\/20\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Mike Pappas<br \/>\nJack Brisco defeated Joe Capolo<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Kevin Clayton<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown and Otto Von Heller draw Ray Candy and Pat O\u2019Connor. 1-Von Heller defeated Candy. 2-Candy defeated Von Heller. Curfew expired before another fall.<\/p>\n<p>3\/26\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8510)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Jack Brisco 2\/3 falls<br \/>\nBlackjack Lanza and Lord Alfred Hayes defeated Dory Funk Jr. and Pat O\u2019Connor when Hayes defeated O\u2019Connor<br \/>\nBob Backlund won a non-title bout over Missouri Champion Harley Race via DQ<br \/>\nVicki Williams, Brenda Hoffman and Jean Antone defeated Betty Niccoli, Toni Rose and Sylvia Hackney. 1-Williams defeated Rose. 2-Niccoli defeated Hoffman. 3-Antone beat Hackney.<br \/>\nRay Candy defeated Frank Hill<br \/>\nTank Patton defeated Tommy Martin<\/p>\n<p>3\/27\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRick McGraw defeated Gary Fargo<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Joe Capolo<br \/>\n2\/3 Falls: Harley Race, Wolf Wiskoski, Bulldog Bob Bob Brown and Otto Von Heller won over Pat O\u2019Connor, Kevin Clayton, Mike Pappas and Ray Candy. 1-Brown defeated Pappas. 2-Wiskoski defeated Clayton.<\/p>\n<p>4\/4\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (Saturday show prempted)<br \/>\nRay Candy defeated Vito Martino<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser and Omar Atlas defeated Lord Alfred Hayes and Mike York when Bruiser defeated York<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Frank Hill<br \/>\nOx Baker defeated Allen Klein<\/p>\n<p>4\/9\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4848)<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Blackjack Lanza<br \/>\nGene Kiniski defeated Bob Backlund<br \/>\nHarley Race draw Pat O\u2019Connor in a non-title 30-minute match. Before the bout, Rocky Johnson introduced.<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder and Ray Candy defeated Chuck O\u2019Connor and Ox Baker when Snyder beat O\u2019Connor<br \/>\nBetty Niccoli defeated Joyce Grable<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Guy Mitchell<br \/>\nTank Patton defeated Paul Christy<\/p>\n<p>4\/11\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (Saturday show preempted)<br \/>\nOx Baker defeated Dave Reynolds<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Tank Patton<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Vito Martino<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes draw Omar Atlas<\/p>\n<p>4\/17\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRay Candy draw Lord Alfred Hayes<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser won a handicap tag bout over Vito Martino and Frank Hill by beating Martino<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Dave Reynolds<br \/>\nTank Patton and Mike York defeated Omar Atlas and Allen Klein when Patton beat Klein for the only fall in curfew<\/p>\n<p>4\/23\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7567)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Dick the Bruiser 2\/3 falls, the final fall via DQ<br \/>\nBob Backlund won the Missouri State Championship by beating Harley Race<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor and Chris Taylor defeated Blackjack Lanza and Von Raschke when Taylor defeated Raschke<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder defeated Kim Duk<br \/>\nRay Candy defeated Bulldog Bob Brown<br \/>\nHaiti Kid and Little Coco defeated Billy the Kid and Little John. 1-Billy defeated Coco. 2-Coco defeated Billy. 3-Haiti defeated John.<br \/>\nRuss Francis defeated Tank Patton<\/p>\n<p>4\/24\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nAkio Sato defeated Tank Patton<br \/>\nGene Kiniski defeated Charlie Pullins<br \/>\nBob Backlund and Omar Atlas draw Wolf Wiskoski and Lord Alfred Hayes<br \/>\nRay Candy defeated Gary Nevins<\/p>\n<p>5\/1\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Wolf Wiskoski via DQ when Lord Alfred Hayes attacked Backlund<br \/>\nLord Alfred Hayes defeated Akio Sato<br \/>\nGene Kiniski defeated Pat O\u2019Connor via DQ<br \/>\nOmar Atlas defeated Gary Nevins<\/p>\n<p>5\/7\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4680)<br \/>\nMissouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Lord Alfred Hayes<br \/>\nGene Kiniski defeated Wilbur Snyder<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor and Ray Candy defeated Jim and John Valiant via DQ<br \/>\nGreg Gagne (sub for Russ Francis) draw Von Raschke<br \/>\nBlackjack Lanza defeated Lanny Poffo (sub for Randy Poffo \u2013 Angelo\u2019s son who later became Macho Man Randy Savage)<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison and Paul Christy defeated Tank Patton and Gary Fulton. 1-Patton beat Christy. 2-Etchison defeated Fulton. 3-Christy defeated Fulton.<\/p>\n<p>5\/8\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nOmar Atlas and Bob Backlund draw<br \/>\nGene Kiniski defeated Gary Nevins<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Lord Alfred Hayes, who was counted out outside the ring<br \/>\nRay Candy and Akio Sato defeated Wolf Wiskoski and Tank Patton. 1-Sato beat Wiskoski via DQ. 2-Candy defeated Patton.<\/p>\n<p>5\/15\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nGary Fulton defeated Frankie Gurerro<br \/>\nGene Kiniski and Roger Kirby defeated NWA Champion Terry Funk and Missouri Champion Bob Backlund when Kiniski defeated Funk and those two had a melee after the bell<br \/>\nMike York defeated ChiChi Rosario<br \/>\nLanny Poffo defeated Raoul Guzman<\/p>\n<p>5\/21\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7656)<br \/>\nJack Brisco and Gene Kiniski defeated NWA Champion Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. Pat O\u2019Connor, special referee. 1-Dory defeated Brisco. 2-Brisco defeated Terry. 3-Kiniski defeated Dory.<br \/>\nMissouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Roger Kirby<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Jerry Brisco<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder and Ray Candy defeated Killer Karl Krupp and Tank Patton. 1-Candy beat Patton. 2-Patton defeated Candy. 3-Snyder defeated Krupp via DQ.<br \/>\nHubert Gallant defeated Buddy Wayne<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison defeated David Shultz (yes, that David Schultz)<\/p>\n<p>5\/28\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Gary Fulton<br \/>\nGene Kiniski won a handicap tag bout over Raoul Guzman and Gary Nevins by pinning Guzman<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Rico Pantera (was also billed as Vic Rivera)<br \/>\nRoger Kirby defeated Lanny Poffo<\/p>\n<p>5\/29\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Juan Zapata<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Lanny Poffo<br \/>\nGene Kiniski defeated ChiChi Rosario<br \/>\nMike York, Raoul Guzman and Gary Fulton defeated Frankie Gurerro, Rico Pantera and Gary Nevins. 1-Fulton defeated Gurerro. 2-York defeated Pantera. No more falls scored within curfew.<\/p>\n<p>6\/4\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7153)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk and Gene Kiniski was declared a draw by special referee Verne Gagne. After each man won one fall, Kiniski knocked Gagne out of the ring, Funk hit Kiniski with a chair and a free-for\u2013all developed that led to both being DQ.<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser, Ray Candy and Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Ox Baker, Bobby Heenan and Von Raschke when Bruiser defeated Heenan<br \/>\nMissouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Killer Karl Krupp<br \/>\nBob Geigel (sub for Harley Race) defeated Paul Christy<br \/>\nRoger Kirby defeated Guy Mitchell<br \/>\nRuss Francis and Greg Gagne defeated Tank Patton and Kim Duk. 1-Gagne won by DQ. 2-Francis defeated Duk.<\/p>\n<p>6\/5\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nOmar Atlas defeated David Shultz<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown won two straight falls over Buddy Wayne<br \/>\nRay Candy defeated Seki, with the only fall in curfew coming when Seki was DQ&#8217;ed<\/p>\n<p>6\/12\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nTank Patton defeated Hubert Gallant<br \/>\nMike George and Wolf Wiskoski draw<br \/>\nOmar Atlas and Akio Sato draw Bulldog Bob Brown and Seki. 1-Brown defeated Atlas. 2-Atlas defeated Seki. Curfew expired before another fall.<\/p>\n<p>6\/19\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nWolf Wiskoski defeated Buddy Wayne<br \/>\nMike George defeated David Shultz<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown, Seki and Tank Patton defeated Akio Sato, Hubert Gallant and Ray Candy. 1-Brown defeated Sato. 2-Sato defeated Patton. 3-Seki defeated Gallant.<\/p>\n<p>6\/25\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium<br \/>\nClosed circuit of the Antonio Inoki versus Muhammad Ali bout from Tokyo was presented along with Andre the Giant versus Chuck Wepner from New York and wrestling from Atlanta. Attendance was 3027.<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-town wrestling programs were telecast from 6\/26\/76 through 7\/24\/76<\/p>\n<p>7\/31\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Seki<br \/>\nBob Backlund and Guy Mitchell no contest Harley Race and Ox Baker when Race and Backlund were Double DQ<br \/>\nBob Geigel defeated Joe Palardy<br \/>\nGary Nevins draw John Foley<\/p>\n<p>8\/7\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nOx Baker defeated Gary Nevins<br \/>\nOriginally, Pat O\u2019Connor was to meet Harley Race. Bob Backlund demanded to meet Race, agreeing to risk the Missouri title. Sam Muchnick approved. During the bout, Race pinned Backlund while using the ropes. Muchnick came to ringside, told the referee and ordered the bout re-started. But Backlund threw both referee Bobby Whitlock and Race over the top rope and was DQ&#8217;ed. He kept the title, due to the DQ.<br \/>\nBob Geigel defeated John Foley<br \/>\nBlack Gordman and Goliath defeated Guy Mitchell and Joe Palardy, Goliath beating Palardy for the only fall in curfew<\/p>\n<p>8\/13\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9996)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Gene Kiniski 2\/3 falls inside the chain-link fence<br \/>\nMissouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Ox Baker<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser and Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Von Raschke and Blackjack Lanza via DQ<br \/>\nGuy Mitchell defeated Harley Race via DQ, when Race kept beating Mitchell after Race had pinned Mitchell and the referee reversed the decision<br \/>\nBob Geigel defeated Hubert Gallant<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown draw Mike George<br \/>\nBlack Gordman and Goliath defeated Akio Sato and Chief Thundercloud. 1-Gordman beat Sato. 2-Sato defeated Gordman. 3-Goliath defeated Thundercloud.<\/p>\n<p>8\/14\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nGuy Mitchell defeated Seki<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Joe Palardy<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated John Foley<br \/>\nGoliath and Black Gordman defeated Gary Nevins and Pat O\u2019Connor when Gordman beat Nevins<\/p>\n<p>8\/22\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (Saturday show preempted)<br \/>\nSkip Young and Bulldog Bob Brown draw<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Roger Kirby via DQ when Harley Race jumped Backlund<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Hubert Gallant<br \/>\nGoliath and Black Gordman defeated Joe Palardy and Mike George when Gordman beat Palardy<\/p>\n<p>8\/27\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4785)<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Missouri Champion Bob Backlund 2\/3 falls, but Backlund kept the title because special referee Pat O\u2019Connor disqualified Backlund in the third fall. Like the NWA crown, the Missouri prize could not change hands on disqualification in the deciding fall.<br \/>\nRufus R. Jones and Mike George defeated Ray Clark (previously and later billed as Tom Andrews, was sub for Roger Kirby) and Bulldog Bob Brown when Jones defeated Clark<br \/>\nBob Geigel defeated Guy Mitchell<br \/>\nRick Gibson defeated Wayne Hammer (sub for Don Lambrick)<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated John Foley<br \/>\nBlack Gordman and Goliath defeated Akio Sato and Joe Palardy. 1-Gordman defeated Sato. 2-Sato defeated Goliath. 3-Goliath defeated Palardy.<\/p>\n<p>8\/28\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Joe Palardy<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated John Foley<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated David Novak<br \/>\nGoliath and Black Gordman draw Akio Sato and Mike George. 1-Sato defeated Gordman. 2-Gordman defeated Sato. Curfew expired without another fall.<\/p>\n<p>9\/4\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nMike George defeated David Novak<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown defeated Hubert Gallant<br \/>\nRoger Kirby defeated Joe Palardy<br \/>\nBob Backlund, Skip Young and Akio Sato defeated Goliath, Black Gordman and John Foley when Young defeated Foley<\/p>\n<p>9\/10\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 5262)<br \/>\nMissouri Champion Bob Backlund defeated Harley Race 2\/3 falls in a lumberjack match<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Ox Baker<br \/>\nRufus R. Jones and Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Moose Cholak and Bulldog Bob Brown when O\u2019Connor defeated Cholak<br \/>\nBob Geigel draw Mike George<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated Mitsu Hata<br \/>\nPedro Morales and Rick Gibson defeated Goliath and Black Gordman. 1-Gibson won via DQ. 2-Gordman defeated Gibson. 3-Gibson defeated Goliath.<\/p>\n<p>9\/11\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated Mike Hammer (who was billed as Wayne Hammer 8\/27)<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Mitsu Hata<br \/>\nOx Baker defeated Ruben Gold<br \/>\nMike George defeated John Foley, winning the only fall within curfew<\/p>\n<p>9\/18\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nOx Baker draw Mike George<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Joe Palardy<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown defeated Dave Barker<br \/>\nSkip Young and Rick Gibson defeated Mike Hammer and Mitsu Hata, when Gibson beat Hammer for the only fall within curfew<\/p>\n<p>9\/24\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 3540)<br \/>\nJack Brisco defeated Pat O\u2019Connor 2\/3 falls<br \/>\nPedro Morales, Bob Backlund and Wilbur Snyder defeated Von Raschke, Bob Geigel and Tank Patton when Backlund defeated Patton<br \/>\nOx Baker defeated Guy Mitchell<br \/>\nBob Slaughter (later to become Sgt. Slaughter) defeated Buddy Wolfe<br \/>\nAkio Sato and Skip Young defeated John Foley and Mike Hammer. 1-Young beat Hammer. 2-Sato defeated Foley.<\/p>\n<p>9\/25\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown draw Rick Gibson<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Steve Sypert<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated Mitsu Hata via DQ<br \/>\nOx Baker, Mike Hammer and John Foley defeated Mike George, Ruben Gold and Dave Barker when Baker defeated Barker for the only fall within curfew<\/p>\n<p>10\/2\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRick Gibson defeated Tank Patton via DQ<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated Joe Turko<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown defeated Akio Sato<br \/>\nBob Slaughter draw Mike George<\/p>\n<p>10\/8\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7830)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Bob Backlund by winning the only fall scored (at 46:30) within the one-hour limit<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser and Rocky Johnson defeated Blackjack Lanza and Von Raschke by DQ<br \/>\nJack Brisco defeated Ox Baker<br \/>\nVicki Williams defeated Leilani Kai<br \/>\nWilbur Snyder and Bob Geigel draw<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated Joe Palardy<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison defeated David Novak<\/p>\n<p>10\/9\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBob Slaughter defeated Joe Palardy<br \/>\nLittle Tokyo defeated Sonny Boy<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Tank Patton<br \/>\nRick Gibson and Skip Young draw Bulldog Bob Brown and Mitsu Hata. 1-Brown beat Gibson. 2-Gibson defeated Hata. Curfew expired.<\/p>\n<p>10\/16\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRick Gibson defeated Joe Turko<br \/>\nBob Backlund, Mike George and Skip Young defeated Bulldog Bob Brown, Tank Patton and Bob Slaughter when Young defeated Patton<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Joe Palardy<br \/>\nMitsu Hata draw Akio Sato<\/p>\n<p>10\/22\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4211)<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Lord Alfred Hayes<br \/>\nHarley Race double DQ Dory Funk Jr.<br \/>\nBob Backlund and Jack Brisco defeated Buddy Wolfe and Moose Cholak. 1-Backlund defeated Wolfe. 2-Wolfe defeated Brisco after Backlund accidentally threw Cholak into Brisco. 3-Brisco defeated Cholak.<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated Moose Morowski (previously billed as Stan Moose)<br \/>\nPedro Morales defeated Ox Baker via DQ<br \/>\nSkip Young and Akio Sato defeated Gary Fulton and Denny Albert. 1-Fulton defeated Sato. 2-Sato defeated Fulton. 3-Young defeated Albert.<\/p>\n<p>10\/23\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nDutch Mantell draw Akio Sato<br \/>\nVicki Williams defeated Leilani Kai<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Johnny Starr<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated David Novak<\/p>\n<p>10\/30\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nAkio Sato defeated Tom Novak<br \/>\nHarley Race draw Bob Backlund<br \/>\nVicki Williams defeated Jean Antone<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated Dutch Mantell via DQ<\/p>\n<p>11\/5\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 6979)<br \/>\nSuperstar Graham won a Wrestle Royal by outlasting in order out Sam Bass, Gary Fulton, Skip Young, Akio Sato, Andre the Giant, Don Fargo, Buddy Wolfe, Pat O\u2019Connor, Lord Alfred Hayes, Wilbur Snyder, Bob Backlund and Von Raschke together<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Dory Funk Jr.<br \/>\nAndre the Giant won a handicap tag bout over Buddy Wolfe and Von Raschke by beating Wolfe<br \/>\nSuperstar Graham won a tag elimination match sending Graham, Don Fargo and Lord Alfred Hayes against Pat O\u2019Connor, Bob Backlund and Wilbur Snyder (sub for Bobo Brazil). 1-Snyder and Hayes were both counted out outside the ring. 2-Graham defeated Backlund. 3-O\u2019Connor defeated Fargo. 4-Graham defeated O\u2019Connor.<br \/>\nAkio Sato draw Buddy Wolfe (both subs, for Jack Brisco and for billed as Dutch Malone, most likely Mantell)<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated Gary Fulton<br \/>\nAkio Sato defeated Sam Bass<\/p>\n<p>11\/6\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated Tom Novak<br \/>\nAkio Sato defeated Harley Race via DQ after referee Johnny Ramirez had been decked, did not see Race give Sato a piledriver on the floor and counted Sato out. Referee Charles Venator told Ramirez, who DQd Race.<br \/>\nBob Backlund defeated David Novak<br \/>\nDutch Mantell defeated Johnny Starr, winning the only fall within curfew<\/p>\n<p>11\/13\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nRick Gibson defeated Gary Fulton<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Steve Regal<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Sam Bass<br \/>\nSuperstar Graham defeated Mike Hubert<\/p>\n<p>11\/20\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nSuperstar Graham defeated Don Lambrick<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Don Fargo<br \/>\nHarley Race defeated Mike Hubert<br \/>\nSkip Young draw Bulldog Bob Brown<\/p>\n<p>11\/26\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 9238)<br \/>\nNWA Champion Terry Funk defeated Harley Race 2\/3 falls<br \/>\nJack Brisco won the Missouri State Championship by beating Bob Backlund<br \/>\nSuperstar Graham defeated Ray Clark (also billed as Tom Andrews)<br \/>\nGreg Gagne and Pat O\u2019Connor draw Ernie Ladd and Von Raschke<br \/>\nJean Antone defeated Early Dawn<br \/>\nAkio Sato and Ronnie Etchison defeated Don Fargo and Roger Kirby. 1-Kirby beat Sato. 2-Sato defeated Kirby. 3-Etchison defeated Fargo.<\/p>\n<p>11\/27\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nSkip Young defeated Don Fargo via DQ<br \/>\nSuperstar Graham won a handicap tag bout over Gary Fulton and Don Lambrick by beating Fulton<br \/>\nRick Gibson defeated Sam Bass<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown defeated Steve Regal by winning the only fall achieved within curfew<\/p>\n<p>12\/5\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221; (Saturday show preempted)<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown defeated Randy Brewer<br \/>\nBlackjack Lanza defeated Joe Palardy<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Tom Novak<br \/>\nAkio Sato draw Don Fargo<\/p>\n<p>12\/10\/76 \u2013 Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 4351)<br \/>\nMissouri Champion Jack Brisco defeated Bob Backlund two straight falls. Backlund injured his knee and then was caught in the figure four leglock to lose the first fall. Referee Joe Tangaro stopped the bout when Backlund could not continue the second fall.<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Blackjack Lanza<br \/>\nBobby Duncum was the winner of a Wrestle Royal outlasting in order out Dennis Stamp, Ronnie Etchison, Akio Sato, Superstar Graham, Moose Morowski, Ox Baker, Ernie Ladd and Pat O\u2019Connor together, Blackjack Lanza, Chief Peter Maiva and Bulldog Bob Brown.<br \/>\nSuperstar Graham defeated Dennis Stamp<br \/>\nChief Peter Maivia and Pat O\u2019Connor defeated Ernie Ladd and Ox Baker via DQ<br \/>\nBobby Duncum defeated Ronnie Etchison<br \/>\nChief Peter Maivia (sub for Scott Casey) and Akio Sato defeated Bulldog Bob Brown and Moose Morowski. 1-Brown defeated Sato. 2-Sato defeated Brown. 3-Maivia beat Morowski.<\/p>\n<p>12\/11\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBilly Red Cloud defeated Don Fargo via DQ<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser defeated Tim Cochran<br \/>\nBlackjack Lanza defeated Akio Sato<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown and Mitsu Hata defeated Joe Palardy and Randy Brewer when Hata beat Brewer for the only fall in curfew<\/p>\n<p>12\/18\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBulldog Bob Brown defeated Billy Red Cloud<br \/>\nDick the Bruiser, Randy Brewer and Akio Sato defeated Blackjack Lanza, Mitsu Hata and Don Fargo. 1-Sato defeated Hata. 2-Hata defeated Brewer. 3-Bruiser defeated Fargo.<br \/>\nJoe Palardy draw Tom Novak, each winning one fall within curfew<\/p>\n<p>12\/25\/76 \u2013 &#8220;Wrestling at the Chase&#8221;<br \/>\nBob Geigel draw Mike George<br \/>\nSuperstar Graham defeated Don Burdick<br \/>\nPat O\u2019Connor defeated BobbyVan<br \/>\nErnie Ladd defeated Randy Brewer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results from St. Louis, featuring The Funks, Harley Race, The Briscos, Superstar Graham, Rufus Jones, Blackjack Lanza, Bob Backlund, Alfred Hayes, Andre, 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-3768","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\/3768","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=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3774,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions\/3774"}],"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=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}