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7/1/70 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Dr X vs Paul Diamond Black Jack Lanza & Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Bob Windham Black Jack Lanza vs Pepper Gomez Double X vs Bill Howard 7/3/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Paul Diamond took 2 straight falls from Dr. X, but was then dq'ed for taking X's mask off Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson dq Patty O'Hara beat Betty Niccoli Kenny Yates beat Kenny Jay (Yates' first pro win. Jay was presented a trophy for keeping his 100 match losing string alive) 7/4/70 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Mike Spangler Red Bastien beat Hank Meadows Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay & Dave Muir Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard Bull Bullinski beat Wilf Caron 7/8/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bobo Brazil & Ernie Ladd on a 3rd fall COR 1 Butcher Vachon pinned Bobo Brazil in 5:15 2 Bobo Brazil pinned Butcher Vachon in 13:10 3 Ladd was counted out of the ring Baron Von Raschke beat Dr Big Bill Miller with a face claw in 14:44 Paul Diamond beat Dr X with a reverse chin lock in 14:15 Lars Anderson drew Red Bastien 20:00 Pepper Gomez beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin in 11:47 Blackjack Lanza beat Joe Scarpello with a Cobra hold in 13:31 Note: I've also seen this card dated July 7, 1970. 7/9/70 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Gym Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dr X & Double X 2/3 Paul Diamond beat Frank Bullinski 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Windham 7/10/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne 2/3 Paul Diamond beat Double X 2/3 Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza dq Pepper Gomez beat Bad Boy Shields dq 7/11/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Daniels & Bill Howard Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Kappel Bad Boy Bullinski beat Julio Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Ben Vat 7/11/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Paul Diamond beat Dr X Mighty Igor Vodik beat Angelo Poffo Kenny Jay beat Kenny Yates Att: 10,812 7/11/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Referee: Bob Windham Blackjack Lanza beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Gagne hit Lanza with a chair in 23:32 Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Double X beat Joe Scarpello in 12:27 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Howard in 11:33 Bob Kappel drew Blackjack Daniels 20:00 Att: "4,600 fans" 7/15/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Paul Diamond bear Dr X 2/3 and unmasked him as Bruce Marshall Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Bob Windham beat Double XX Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig in 8:00 Bad Boy Bullinski drew Lars Anderson Att: 1,800 7/15/70 Mankato, MN @ Armory Paul Diamond & Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X & Double XX 2/3 Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski (sub Red Bastien) Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bob Windham via pin att: 800 Notes: Frank Bad Boy Shields in the ad. Bad Boy Bullinski in the results clipping. 7/17/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Dr. X Bob Windham vs Frank Shields Paul Diamond vs Double X Blackjack Lanza vs Pepper Gomez 7/18/70 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bill Howard Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Santiago Acosta & Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Bad Boy Bullinski beat Angel Rivera Paul Diamond beat Julio Rodriguez Mr. M beat Ken Yates 7/18/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Mr M beat Dr X 2-0 but Dr X had switched places with Double X outside the ring. Double X was beaten in the 2nd fall and unmasked as Jim "Red" Osborne Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bob Windham & Paul Diamond 2/3 Blackjack Lanza dcor Bad Boy Bullinski Pepper Gomez beat Double X Billy Howard beat Kenny Yates via pin att: "3,691 pro wrestling fans" 7/24/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Paul Diamond beat Dr. X 2/3 (then unmasked him as Bruce Marshall) Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Bob Windham beat Double X Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig in 8:00 Bad Boy Bullinski drew Lars Anderson Att: "1,800 All Star Wrestling fans" 7/25/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Guards around the ring Dr X beat Mr M 2/3 in 38:57 1. X won 1st fall 2. M won 2nd fall 3. X won 3rd fall Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Paul Diamond beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Jim Osborne in 25:37 Blackjack Lanza beat Wilbur Snyder dq in 23:16 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 8:57 Bob Windham beat Billy Howard via pin in 13:25 Att: 4,603 7/27/70 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Dr X vs Paul Diamond Red Bastien vs Black Jack Lanza Pepper Gomez vs Bull Bullinski Double X vs Bob Windham 7/30/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq in 26:00 Paul Diamond beat Dr. X via pin Pepper Gomez drew Lars Anderson Bull Bullinski beat Double X Red Bastien beat George Grant George Gadaski beat Dave Muir att: 5,280 7/31/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Non Title Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Pepper Gomez beat Tarzan Tyler Ken Yates beat Kenny Jay 7/31/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza Mighty Igor Vodik & Paul Diamond beat Dr X & Double X Ernie Ladd beat Bob Windham Lars Anderson drew Bad Boy Bullinski att: 6,330 8/1/70 Minneapolis TV Butcher Vachon & Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski & Ken Yates The Crusher beat Julio Rodriguez Red Bastien beat Ricky Menendez Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Killer Dave Cox Bull Bullinski beat Lee Mattson 8/8/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X & Blackjack Lanza Bad Boy Bullinski beat George Grant Paul Diamond beat Frank Hickey Lars Anderson beat Bill Howard Bob Windham beat Wilf Caron 8/8/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Dr X, X unmasked Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez dq Truck Driver Bullinski beat Double X (Jim Osborne) Paul Diamond beat George Grant via pin in 12:29 Billy Howard beat Frank Hickey via pin in 8:42 Att: "4,776 fans" Note: One veteran fan said Dr X looked like Gene Kiniski. 8/14/70 Chicago, IL @ Comiskey Park AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher 2/3 AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke 2/3 1. Raschke won 1st fall 2. Gagne beat Raschke with a Sleeper Hold 3. Gagne won 3rd fall Dr X beat Paul Diamond Ernie Ladd no contest Blackjack Lanza Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa Pepper Gomez beat Double X (XX unmasked) Dr Big Bill Miller ddq Bobo Brazil Larry Hennig beat Red Bastien Jean Antone & Lucille Dupree beat Linda Klein & Betty Niccoli att: 21,000+ 8/15/70 Minneapolis TV Pepper Gomez beat Frank Hickey Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bob Windham & Ken Yates Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Bad Boy Bullinski beat Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Kenny Jay 8/20/70 Duluth, MN @ Wade Stadium Blackjack Lanza beat Dr. X (who wrestled without his mask as Bruce Marshall) Pepper Gomez drew Paul Diamond when the 30 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson via pin Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig dq att: "audience of 1,124" 8/21/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Blackjack Lanza beat The Crusher Bad Boy Bullinski vs Dr. X Edouard Carpentier vs Double X Paul Diamond vs Butcher Vachon George Gadaski vs Bill Howard 8/22/70 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay & Jim Valen Blackjack Lanza beat Hank Meadows Bad Boy Bullinski beat Julio Rodriguez Paul Diamond beat Dave Cox Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Daniels 8/22/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Blackjack Lanza beat Dr X (unmasked as Bruce Marshall) Bob Windham beat Big Luke Brown Mighty Igor Vodik beat Frank Hickey Billy Howard beat Angel Rivera att: 6,854 8/22/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski no contest Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in 3rd fall Paul Diamond (sub Edouard Carpentier) beat Double X in 20:11 Blackjack Daniels beat Jim Valen via pin in 14:52 Kenny Yates drew Kenny Jay 20:00 Dave Cox beat Chico Rodriguez via pin in 13:30 att: 5,094 8/24/70 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Mask at Stake/No dq Match Dr X vs Black Jack Lanza The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski vs Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson plus other bouts 8/27/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Blackjack Lanza beat Dr. X in 25:00 and unmasked him to reveal Bruce Marshall Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Double X 2/3 in 20:00 and Double X was unmasked as Jim Osborne Paul Diamond beat Butcher Vachon in 8:00 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bob Windham in 11:00 Bobby Jones beat Dave Muir in 13:00 att: 4,100 8/28/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Cage Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin in 17:38 after a body slam Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Butcher Vachon 2/3 No dq Match, No countouts Blackjack Lanza beat Dr. X Paul Diamond beat Double X Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski Att: 10,260 “record crowd” 8/29/70 Minneapolis TV Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay & Bob Windham Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Edouard Carpentier beat Frank Hickey Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels 8/29/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Dq Rule Waived Blackjack Lanza beat Dr X Dr X voluntarily unmasked before the match and was revealed to be Dick Beyer No dq match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski on a 3rd fall COR Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon Edouard Carpentier beat Killer Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Jack Daniels Bill Howard beat Frank Hickey att: 8,758 9/1/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza beat Dr X (X unmasked himself) Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent beat Wilbur Snyder & Luis Martinez Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Howard Moose Cholak beat Lars Anderson dq Pepper Gomez beat Paul Christy Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bob Windham 9/4/70 Ontonagon, MI @ Ontonagon Area High School Gym Paul Diamond beat Butcher Vachon 2/3 Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Pepper Gomez (sub Bad Boy Bullinski) beat Frank Hickey Att: “enthusiastic crowd” 9/5/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Wilf Caron & Blackjack Daniels Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig beat Santiago Acosta & Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat Hank Meadows Verne Gagne beat Dave Cox Edouard Carpentier beat Angel Rivera Bull Bullinski beat George Grant 9/5/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier dq Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham Billy Howard beat Frank Hickey Att: 6,351 9/11/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 in 22:00 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dave Cox in 9:00 Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham via pin Tex McKenzie beat Frank Hickey via pin Dave Muir beat Pete Mymko Att: 2,300 9/12/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat George Gadaski & Bill Howard Edouard Carpentier beat Dave Cox Julio Rodriguez beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Verne Gagne beat Frank Hickey Big K beat Kenny Jay 9/12/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 1. Hennig pinned Mad Dog in 1:16 2. Mad Dog pinned Hennig in 4:03 3. Mad Dog beat Anderson in 3:37 Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 18:27 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dave Cox via pin in 6:53 Paul Diamond drew Big K 20:00 Billy Howard beat Frank Hickey via pin in 12:22 Att: "5,319 fans" 9/15/70 Bismarck, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Red Bastien beat Paul Diamond Bad Boy Bullinski beat Frank Hickey 9/15/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent beat Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez Baron Von Raschke beat Bob Windham Mitsu Arakawa beat Bill Howard Big K drew Angelo Poffo 9/18/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Paul Diamond when Diamond was injured in a collision and was unable to continue Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier on a 3rd fall dq Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Frank Hickey att: 5,000+ 9/19/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dave Cox & Ken Yates Larry Hennig beat Wilf Caron Blackjack Lanza beat Hank Meadows Bad Boy Bullinski beat Frank Hickey Mad Dog Vachon beat Mike Spangler Paul Diamond beat Steve Tuck 9/23/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Blackjack Lanza vs Edouard Carpentier Butcher Vachon vs Bad Boy Bullinski Paul Diamond vs Larry Hennig Bob Windham vs Pepper Gomez 9/24/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez drew AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza dq Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Paul Diamond drew Big K Att: "2,000 fans" 9/25/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Bad Boy Bullinski & Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Larry Hennig drew Red Bastien Edouard Carpentier beat Big K Bob Jones beat Bob Tuck Att: 2,186 9/26/70 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Bill Howard Blackjack Lanza beat Santiago Acosta Bad Boy Bullinski beat Raoul Rodriguez Edouard Carpentier beat Carlos Rodriguez Big K beat Ken Yates Paul Diamond beat Dave Cox 9/26/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Beautiful Brutus beat Tarzan Tyler dq Stan "Plowboy" Frazier beat The Viking Tex McKenzie beat Gato Gordo Att: 2,749 9/26/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig via pin Arm Wrestling Larry Hennig beat Bad Boy Bullinski in 40 seconds Blackjack Lanza ddq Edouard Carpentier Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham via pin Big K beat Billy Howard via pin Billy Red Cloud beat Frank Hickey via pin Att: "5,601 fans" 9/29/70 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent beat Dick the Bruiser & Bad Boy Bullinski dq Edouard Carpentier no contest Blackjack Lanza Pepper Gomez beat Mitsu Arakawa Moose Cholak beat Bob Windham Paul Diamond beat Ken Dillinger 9/30/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Pepper Gomez beat Big K Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Bob Windham 10/3/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Santiago Acosta & Kenny Jay Pepper Gomez beat Wilf Caron Larry Hennig beat Mark Starr Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Daniels Bad Boy Bullinski beat Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat Hank Meadows 10/3/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez & Edouard Carpentier beat Blackjack Lanza & Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Paul Diamond beat Big K Bob Windham drew Billy Howard att: 10,371 10/5/70 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Black Jack Lanza vs Edouard Carpentier Bad Boy Bullinski vs Larry Hennig Red Bastien vs Bob Windham Big K vs Paul Diamond Pepper Gomez vs Bill Howard 10/9/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium British Empire Champion Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier dq Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig via pin to win $1,000 Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Diamond via pin Red Bastien beat Billy Red Cloud Pepper Gomez beat Bob Windham via pin Bobby Jones beat Bill Antonation Att: 1,260 10/10/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Dave Cox & Blackjack Daniels Larry Hennig beat Hank Meadows Blackjack Lanza beat Steve Tuck Edouard Carpentier beat ? Bull Bullinski beat Wilf Caron 10/10/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium No dq Match Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon & Big K 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat Killer Dave Cox Billy Howard beat Frank Hickey via pin Lee Mattson drew Blackjack Daniels Att: "more than 5,000 fans" 10/15/70 Red Lake, MN @ High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Big K Red Bastien vs Larry Hennig Billy Red Cloud vs Bob Windham 10/16/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Red Bastien (sub Bad Boy Bullinski) beat Larry Hennig & Big K 2/3 Paul Diamond beat Mad Dog Vachon dq in 20:00 Billy Red Cloud beat Blackjack Daniels in 20:00 Pepper Gomez beat Bob Windham in 10:00 Note: Bullinski said to be injured. 10/17/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Dave Cox Larry Hennig beat Ken Yates Blackjack Lanza beat Angel Rivera Verne Gagne beat Mark Starr Paul Diamond beat Kenny Jay Edouard Carpentier beat Jay Rodriguez 10/17/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat "Plowboy" Stan Frazier & Tex McKenzie Red Bastien beat Stan "Krusher" Kowalski Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Daniels Reggie Parks beat Frank Hester 10/17/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Referee Lee Mattson Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq in 23:00 when Gagne tossed Carpentier over the top rope Handicap Match The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Blackjack Lanza in 16:20 Paul Diamond beat Mark Starr via pin in 18:45 Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Windham in 14:50 Joe Scarpello beat Kenny Jay via pin in 17:00 Att: "A total of 5,677 watched" Note: The ad had Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski vs Hennig & Lanza. The results clipping had Crusher beating both Hennig & Lanza. No Bullinski. 10/20/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Handicap Match, Bruiser promised to pin both wrestlers within 30 minutes; he vowed to give both $2,000 if he failed. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall COR 1 Bruiser pinned Lanza 2 Lanza pinned Bruiser 3 Bruiser was counted out of the ring while chasing Bobby Heenan. The legal man Lanza was inside the ring. AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon ddq Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez in 3rd fall 1 Mad Dog pinned Bastien 2 Bastien pinned Mad Dog 3 Both teams were dq'ed when all four men started fighting inside the ring Edouard Carpentier beat Dr Big Bill Miller via pin in 4:15 Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 11:25 after a knee to the chest Bobo Brazil beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin in 10:35 after a coco butt Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham via pin in 12:40 10/23/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Bull Bullinski no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Edouard Carpentier beat Big K Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard Pepper Gomez drew Paul Diamond Arm Wrestling Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig att: 6,112 sellout 10/24/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christian & Ken Yates Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Wilf Caron & Bob Windham Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Pete Memko Edouard Carpentier beat Bobby Jones 10/24/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher ddq Blackjack Lanza when Bad Boy Bullinski (the Crusher's second) and Bobby Heenan (Lanza'a second) entered the ring and began a fight which resulted in referee Billy Red Cloud being knocked out. Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Big K 2/3 Edouard Carpentier beat Bob Windham via pin in 14:07 Bull Bullinski beat Bill Christian via pin in 9:06 Larry Hennig drew Paul Diamond Att: 4,169 10/27/70 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory Paul Diamond beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Windham 2/3 Kenny Jay beat Killer Dave Cox 10/28/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Pepper Gomez beat Bob Windham Edouard Carpentier beat Big K Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig 10/29/70 Fosston, MN @ High School Mad Dog Vachon vs Paul Diamond Butcher Vachon vs Billy Red Cloud Kenny Jay vs Dave Cox 10/30/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq when Mad Dog slugged referee Leo Ball No Time Limit, No dq Match Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier via pin Larry Hennig beat Bad Boy Bullinski Paul Diamond beat Gene Dubuque 10/31/70 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Santiago Acosta & George Gadaski Red Bastien beat Dave Cox Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Kappel Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christian Paul Diamond beat Chuck Edwards Edouard Carpentier beat Kenny Jay 10/31/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Arm Wrestling Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Regular Match Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig in 12:05 Edouard Carpentier beat Big K via pin in 14:10 Blackjack Lanza beat Santiago Acosta in 10:05 Paul Diamond beat Bob Windham via pin in 15:05 Att: 5,000 11/4/70 Hurley, WI @ J E Murphy Gym Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall dq Bad Boy Bullinski beat Big K Paul Diamond beat Butcher Vachon Att: 1,000 11/6/70 Marshall, MN Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon 11/7/70 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza beat Jose Rodriguez Edouard Carpentier beat Angel Rivera Verne Gagne beat Bill Christian Strong Kobayashi beat Kenny Jay Bad Boy Bullinski beat Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Bill Howard 11/7/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez Rock Rogowski beat Tex McKenzie to win Midwest title Stan Pulaski beat Gato Gordo Reggie Parks beat Ben Ramirez Att: 1,646 11/7/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 24:46 The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat Larry Hennig & Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Windham via pin Paul Diamond beat Billy Christian via pin Big K beat Bill Howard via pin Att: "crowd of 5,678" 11/9/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez Edouard Carpentier no contest Baron Von Raschke Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Windham Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Kenny Dillinger 11/11/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Non Title Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Kobayashi vs Bob Windham Big K vs George Gadaski 11/13/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez 2/3 1. Butcher beat Bastien 2. Gomez beat Mad Dog 3. Mad Dog pinned Bastien The Crusher beat Lars Anderson 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Joe Scarpello Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christian 11/13/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Edouard Carpentier via pin Paul Diamond beat Big K via pin Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Red Cloud via pin Bobby Heenan beat Bob Tuck via pin in 4:00 Moose Morowski beat Wilf Caron Att: 3,600 11/14/70 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Joe Tomasso Big K beat Bill Howard Strong Kobayashi beat Bill Christian Dr Big Bill Miller beat Blackjack Daniels 11/14/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Two Referees AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat the Crusher & Bull Bullinski via decision Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson dq Pepper Gomez beat Angelo Poffo Edouard Carpentier beat Johnny Kace Billy Red Cloud beat Santiago Acosta Att: 6,112 11/14/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond via pin in 19:25 after manager Bobby Heenan interfered Bill Miller beat Big K dq when the referee caught Big K with a foreign object in his knee pad Billy Christian drew Billy Howard 20:00 Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay in 3:10 Note: Another listing has Strong Kobayashi beating Blackjack Daniels on this card 11/17/70 Bismarck, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez Lars Anderson beat Billy Red Cloud Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christian 11/17/70 Moline, IL Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond The Crusher beat The Assassin Edouard Carpentier beat Big K Strong Kobayashi beat Bill Howard 11/20/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 to win title 1 Crusher & Bullinski beat Vachons in 4:00 2 The Vachons beat Crusher & Bullinski in 60:00 3 Crusher & Bullinski beat Vachons in 1:00 Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson dq in "about 20 minutes" Edouard Carpentier beat Bill Howard in 15:00 Paul Diamond beat Billy Christian in 12:30 att: 2,591 Note from justahamandegger: The story I heard on this was that before the match, Crusher and Bullinski had been having a few beers, (I know hard to believe) and decided to shot on the then tag champs, Vachon brothers. This didn't go over very well with Solon, Karbo and Gagne and it was decided to just ignore the decision. 11/21/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Rodeo Jones & Joe Tomasso Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Nixon Verne Gagne beat Ricky Menendez Strong Kobayashi beat John the Greek Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Billy the Kid & Cowboy Bradley 11/21/70 Golden Valley, MN The Crusher beat Butcher Vachon 11/25/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien dq Lars Anderson beat Pepper Gomez Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Cowboy Bob Bradley & Mighty Atom Bill Christian drew Dave Cox 11/25/70 Willmar, MN Bull Bullinski & Paul Diamond vs Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Kobayashi vs Joe Tomasso Big K vs Kenny Jay 11/26/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Strong Kobayashi won a 12 Man Battle Royal for $12,000 in 18:00 Lars Anderson beat Pepper Gomez via pin in 10:28 Paul Diamond drew Red Bastien Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christy via pin in 7:32 Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels in 2:57 11/27/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Non title The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon when Crusher pinned Mad Dog in the 3rd fall Pepper Gomez beat Big K (sub Harley Race) 2-0 Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Cowboy Bradley & Mighty Atom 2/3 Hercules Cortez beat Bill Christian Att: 7,252 11/27/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Lars Anderson & Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond & Edouard Carpentier dq Strong Kobayashi beat Red Bastien in 11:00 Bulldog Bob Brown beat Bob Tuck (sub Bill Cody) in 21:00 Bobby Jones beat Pete Mymko in 16:00 Wilf Caron beat Dave Muir in 12:00 Att: 2,750 11/28/70 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza beat Julio Rodriguez Hercules Cortez beat Joe Tomasso Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta Bad Boy Bullinski beat Pancho Zapata Paul Diamond beat Bill Christian Strong Kobayashi beat Ken Yates 11/28/70 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Rock Rogowski Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Butcher Vachon Reggie Parks beat The Claw dq Pepper Gomez beat Killer Dave Cox 12/2/70 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Bad Boy Bullinski vs Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs Mighty Atom & Cowboy Bob Bradley Hercules Cortez vs Big K 12/3/70 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory The Crusher beat Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Bad Boy Bullinski beat Big K Red Bastien beat Joe Tomasso Att: 2,733 12/4/70 Fairmont, MN @ VFW Auditorium Red Bastien vs Mad Dog Vachon Hercules Cortez vs Butcher Vachon Strong Kobayashi vs Tiger Tomasso 12/4/70 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza dq 12/5/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels & Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Lars Anderson beat Julio Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Dave Cox Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay 12/5/70 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Edouard Carpentier dq Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Mil Mascaras beat Big K Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Diamond Att: 6,112 sellout 12/10/70 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Auditorium Card canceled because of inclement weather Red Bastien vs Blackjack Lanza Strong Kobayashi vs Pepper Gomez 2/3 Mil Mascaras vs Big K 12/11/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Gagne threw Carpentier over the top rope Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond 2/3 Mil Mascaras beat Joe Blanchard Nick Bockwinkel drew Wilbur Snyder Pepper Gomez beat Tiger Joe Tomasso 12/11/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Red Bastien (sub The Crusher) & Bad Boy Bullinski 2/3 Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson in 9:00 Strong Kobayashi beat Bobby Jones via pin in 11:00 Big K beat Bob Tuck in 19:00 Pete Mymko beat Dave Muir via pin in 18:00 12/12/70 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Bill Christian & Joe Tomasso Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Zapata Mad Dog Vachon beat Julio Rodriguez 12/12/70 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent ddq Dick the Bruiser & Bobo Brazil in 3rd fall 1 Bruiser was dq'ed 2 Bobo Brazil beat Don Kent with an abdominal stretch 3 Kent pinned Brazil after Costello interfered but the commissioner ruled both teams were dq'ed Baron Von Raschke beat Pepper Gomez via pin in 9:38 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Dr Big Bill Miller COR in 8:58 Mil Mascaras beat Big K in 8:12 with a flying body press Strong Kobayashi beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin in 6:22 after a karate chop to the throat Lars Anderson beat Paul Christy via pin 12/12/70 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Red Bastien The Crusher & Wild Bull Bullinski beat Mad Dog Vachon & Blackjack Lanza (sub Butcher Vachon) 2-0 Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Edouard Carpentier beat Joe Tomasso Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Howard via pin Rock Rogowski beat Billy Christy Att: 6,000 Note: Butcher Vachon reportedly was stranded in Winnipeg. 12/16/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena Lars Anderson won an 8 Man battle Royal for $5,000 Strong Kobayashi beat Pepper Gomez via pin Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond via pin in 17:00 Red Bastien drew Big K Lars Anderson beat Billy Christian via pin Att: "1,900 fans" 12/16/70 Polo, IL @ High School Gym The Crusher vs Butcher Vachon 12/17/70 Grand Forks, ND Red Bastien vs Lars Anderson 12/18/70 Rugby, MN Red Bastien vs Strong Kobayashi Lars Anderson won battle royal Red Bastien drew Big K 12/19/70 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza beat Ken Yates Nick Bockwinkel beat Rodeo Jones Strong Kobayashi beat Bobby Van Verne Gagne beat Ox Baker Lars Anderson beat Dave Cox Kenny Jay beat John the Greek 12/26/70 Minneapolis TV Strong Kobayashi beat Santiago Acosta Verne Gagne beat Bob Kappel Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Hercules Cortez beat Ox Baker Mad Dog Vachon beat Julio Rodriguez Edouard Carpentier beat George Gadaski Big K drew Ken Yates 12/26/70 Milwaukee Wi @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza COR Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Flying Redheads Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Angelo Poffo beat Bob Windham Billy Howard beat Bill Christian Johnny Kace drew Les Wolff Att: 6,112 sellout 12/26/70 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium One Fall to a Finish, No Time Limit AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 33:32 Strong Kobayashi beat Pepper Gomez via pin Hercules Cortez beat Butcher Vachon via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Bob Kappel via pin Big K beat Kenny Jay via pin Att: "Just over 6,000 watched the matches" 12/28/70 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Lars Anderson beat Pepper Gomez Larry Hennig beat Les Wolff in 12:00 Bob Tuck beat Bobby Jones Pete Mymko beat Wilf Caron 12/29/70 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Bull Bullinski & The Crusher Pepper Gomez beat Kobayashi dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks Hercules Cortez beat Stan Pulaski 12/29/70 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Lars Anderson via pin after Larry Hennig's interference backfired Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Les Wolff via pin Big K beat George Gadaski in 15:00 Att: "1,900 fans" 12/30/70 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Strong Kobayashi beat Pepper Gomez Nick Bockwinkel beat Big K Mad Dog Vachon beat Les Wolff
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1/2/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez dq Blackjack Lanza beat Phil Patterson Strong Kobayashi beat Bill Howard Hercules Cortez beat Rodeo Jones Ox Baker beat John the Greek Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski 1/2/71 St Paul, MN @ National Guard Armory Referee George Gadaski Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez no contest Strong Kobayashi & Big K in 3rd fall Larry Hennig beat Ox Baker dq in 16:01 Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Howard via pin in 18:05 Lars Anderson beat Billy Christian in 17:50 1/7/71 DePere, WI @ St. Norbert College Gym The Crusher vs Butcher Vachon Edouard Carpentier vs Mad Dog Vachon Strong Kobayashi vs Bill Howard Nick Bockwinkel vs Bob Windham Att: 1,500 sellout 1/8/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Strong Kobayashi beat Red Bastien Edouard Carpentier beat Bob Windham Nick Bockwinkel beat Big K 1/9/71 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Wilf Caron & Dave Cox Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Wilf Caron & Dave Cox Hercules Cortez beat Pancho Zapata Nick Bockwinkel beat Bobby Jones Bad Boy Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels Edouard Carpentier beat Frank Hickey 1/9/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent no contest The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Johnny Kace Strong Kobayashi beat Prince Pullins Hercules Cortez beat Big K 1/13/71 Owatonna, MN Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig dq Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Christy 1/14/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Two Referees, No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat the Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski COR Red Bastien beat Strong Kobayashi dq Lars Anderson beat Billy Howard (sub Edouard Carpentier) Hercules Cortez beat Big K US Women’s Champion Betty Niccoli vs Sandy Partlow Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond att: 10,840 1/15/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Hercules Cortez & Bad Boy Bullinski & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Red Bastien beat Strong Kobayashi 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel drew Paul Diamond Edouard Carpentier beat Big K via pin in 13:42 after a double backflip Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 5,103 1/16/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Santiago Acosta & Julio Rodriguez Strong Kobayashi beat George Gadaski Hercules Cortez beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Bad Boy Bullinski beat Kenny Jay Paul Diamond beat Angel Rivera 1/16/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Strong Kobayashi beat Edouard Carpentier Bad Boy Bullinski beat Big K via pin Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin Kenny Jay drew Kenny Yates att: "crowd of 6,899" 1/19/71 Bismarck, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon ddq The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien dq Big K beat George Gadaski 1/21/71 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Blackjack Lanza beat Bad Boy Bullinski via pin in 14:15 Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson dq when Lars hit the referee in 23:10 Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig via pin in 12:25 Nick Bockwinkel (sub Bill Christy) beat Billy Howard via pin in 26:00 1/22/71 Fairmont, IA @ VFW Auditorium Hercules Cortez vs Larry Hennig Red Bastien vs Strong Kobayashi Big K vs Paul Diamond 1/23/71 Minneapolis TV Strong Kobayashi beat Santiago Acosta Hercules Cortez beat Ox Baker Mad Dog Vachon beat Tony Savoldi Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Big K beat Wilf Caron 1/23/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Al Costello & Don Kent & Blackjack Lanza beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski Mighty Igor Vodik beat Butcher Vachon Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig Nick Bockwinkel beat Ivan Kalmikoff Red Bastien beat Strong Kobayashi dq Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond 1/27/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Big K beat Kenny Jay 1/30/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat Santiago Acosta Strong Kobayashi beat Pancho Zapata Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard Billy Red Cloud beat Abdullah Ahma 1/30/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi dq when manager Big K interfered Blackjack Lanza beat Hercules Cortez Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Edouard Carpentier & Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Big K via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Att: 6,801 1/31/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Special Referee: Tiny Mills Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez on a 3rd fall dq when Cortez hit referee Tiny Mills Big K beat George Gadaski (sub Edouard Carpentier) Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Red Cloud Att: "crowd of 2,862" 2/1/71 Red Lake, MN Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Bad Boy Bullinski & Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Red Bastien vs Butcher Vachon 2/3 Billy Red Cloud vs Lars Anderson 2/3/71 Oshkosh, WI The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon Edouard Carpentier beat Lars Anderson via referee's decision Red Bastien beat Butcher Vachon dq Att: 2,000 2/4/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Bad Boy Bullinski beat Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall dq when Nick tossed Bullinski over the top rope The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall COR Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Diamond in 12:27 Al Kashey (sub Tom Andrews) drew Jack Pesek 20:00 Kay Noble beat Sandy Partlow in 7:05 att: 6,324 2/4/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson no contest Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez in 3rd fall Winner to meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a future card Strong Kobayashi beat Edouard Carpentier via pin Butcher Vachon beat Billy Howard via pin Billy Red Cloud drew Big K Johnny Kace beat Santiago Acosta via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 2/6/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Christy Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Julio Rodriguez & Ken Yates Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Santiago Acosta & Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Strong Kobayashi beat Kenny Jay Billy Red Cloud beat Dave Cox 2/6/71 Honolulu, HI King Curtis drew AWA Champion Verne Gagne Frankie Laine beat Ripper Collins to win Hawaiian Title Lonnie Mayne beat Beauregard Don Muraco beat Mr. Fujiwara Dale Lewis beat Pierre Duranton 2/7/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (Matinee show, 3 PM start time) No dq Match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Big K drew Paul Diamond 20:00 Billy Red Cloud beat Butcher Vachon in 14:18 Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 17 seconds!! Blackjack Lanza beat Bull Bullinski in 19:13 Att: "crowd of 4,307" 2/8/71 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Auditorium Larry Hennig vs The Crusher Kobayashi vs Ox Baker Butcher Vachon vs Bull Bullinski 2/9/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Big K 2/13/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Dick the Bruiser no contest Blackjack Lanza Bull Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon The Crusher beat Big K Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Prince Pullins 2/13/71 Honolulu, HI King Curtis & Lonnie Mayne & Dale Lewis & Ripper Collins beat Don Muraco & Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson & Frankie Laine Sam Steamboat beat Bill Dromo Lonnie Mayne beat Pierre Duranton Dale Lewis beat Beauregard 2/14/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena (Matinee Show 3 PM start time) Lars Anderson barred from Arena Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig COR Red Bastien beat Mad Dog Vachon in 12:00 Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski dq when Bullinski hit the referee Paul Diamond beat Strong Kobayashi via pin in 18:00 Billy Red Cloud drew Big K Att: "2,100 fans" 2/15/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Two Referees Tony Condello & Bill Kochen, Winning team to meet AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on 3/15/71 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Death Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon in 15:00 Frank “Bull” Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel (Winnipeg debut) beat Paul Diamond in 25 seconds Bob Tuck beat Dave Muir Ox Baker beat Bobby Jones via pin att: 8,700 2/17/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski no contest Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Nick Bockwinkel vs Mark Starr Big K vs Edouard Carpentier Paul Diamond vs Strong Kobayashi 2/18/71 DePere, WI @ St. Norbert College Gym Edouard Carpentier vs Mad Dog Vachon Hercules Cortez vs Lars Anderson Red Bastien vs Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Red Cloud 2/18/71 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Auditorium The Crusher beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Bull Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon 2/3 Strong Kobayashi beat Ox Baker Att: “near capacity crowd” 2/19/71 Fairmont, IA @ VFW Auditorium The Crusher & Billy Red Cloud vs Strong Kobayashi & Big K Mad Dog Vachon vs Jack Pesek 2/20/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Ox Baker & Wilf Caron Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Jack Pesek & Mark Starr Blackjack Lanza beat Mike Savoldi Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Yates Bad Boy Bullinski beat Dave Muir Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski 2/20/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq when Mad Dog jumped on the referee Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig Ox Baker drew Jack Pesek Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond 2/22/71 Bagley, MN @ High School Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier Jon Lee beat Bobby Heenan (sub Ox Baker) COR 2/23/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Death Match The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi & Big K Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/23/71 Portland, OR Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon to win AWA World Tag Title Title change only acknowledged in Portland. The Vachons were on their way to Japan for a lengthy tour and decided to drop the AWA Tag Straps to the Von Steigers in Portland without Verne Gagne's knowledge or permission. Stan Stasiak beat Sailor White Dutch Savage beat Les Thornton Bobby Nichols drew Haru Sasaki Eric Froelich drew Moose Morowski 2/24/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Nick Bockwinkel beat Edouard Carpentier Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Bad Boy Bullinski beat Bill Christian 2/24/71 Honolulu, HI Sam Steamboat beat King Curtis Lonnie Mayne beat Frankie Laine to win Hawaiian title AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Robinson & Verne Gagne Dale Lewis drew Don Muraco Ripper Collins beat Beauregard 2/25/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Bad Boy Bullinski 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel drew Edouard Carpentier 20:00 Paul Diamond beat Jack Pesek in 16:10 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 6,859 2/26/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Lanza COR Edouard Carpentier & Bull Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi & Big K 2-0 Red Bastien drew Nick Bockwinkel Lars Anderson beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 12:35 Larry Hennig beat Paul Diamond via pin in 14:45 att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 2/27/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels & Raoul Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat Dave Cox Blackjack Lanza beat Jose Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Bull Bullinski beat Wilf Caron 3/1/71 Red Lake, MN @ High School Kobayashi vs Bill Christy Nick Bockwinkel vs Bull Bullinski Black Jack Lanza vs Billy Red Cloud 3/1/71 Sendai, Japan @ Miyagi Prefectural Sports Center AWA Tag Team Champions Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon & Paul "Butcher" Vachon beat Thunder Sugiyama & Great Kusatsu 2/3 3/2/71 Tokyo, Japan AWA Tag Team Champions Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon & Paul "Butcher" Vachon beat Thunder Sugiyama & Great Kusatsu 2/3 3/3/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig 2-0 in 19:30 Bad Boy Bullinski beat Lars Anderson on a 3rd fall dq Red Bastien drew Nick Bockwinkel 20:00 Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Red Cloud Att: “sell out crowd” 3/5/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Blackjack Lanza beat The Crusher default? Bad Boy Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat Bobby Jones Dave Muir beat Wilf Caron att: 7,090 3/6/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Christy Blackjack Lanza beat Steve Tuck Bad Boy Bullinski beat Dave Cox Big K beat George Gadaski 3/6/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Handicap Match Dick the Bruiser beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson dq The Crusher no contest Nick Bockwinkel Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Red Cloud Ox Baker beat Jack Pesek Paul Diamond beat Kenny Dillinger 3/6/71 Honolulu, HI Pier 9 brawl Billy Robinson beat King Curtis Sam Steamboat beat Dale Lewis Lonnie Mayne & Ripper Collins drew Don Muraco & Verne Gagne Frankie Laine beat Beauregard 3/7/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (Matinee Show 3 PM Start Time) Blackjack Lanza beat The Crusher Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig Red Bastien & Paul Diamond beat Strong Kobayashi & Big K Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Daniels Jack Pesek beat Kenny Jay 3/7/71 Austin, MN @ National Guard Armory (Evening Show) Hercules Cortez beat Lars Anderson dq Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek Att: "packed to capacity" "largest crowd ever" 3/8/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Strong Kobayashi drew the Crusher Blackjack Lanza beat Bad Boy Bullinski Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien drew Big K 3/10/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Hercules Cortez & Bad Boy Bullinski & Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Blackjack Lanza Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Lars Anderson beat Bad Boy Bullinski Red Bastien beat Bill Christy 3/12/71 Amboy, IL @ Junior High School Red Bastien vs Strong Kobayashi Lars Anderson vs Bull Bullinski Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Red Cloud 3/12/71 Owatonna, MN @ National Guard Armory Hercules Cortez vs Blackjack Lanza Paul Diamond vs Larry Hennig Jean Antone vs Betty Niccoli 3/13/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels & Angel Rivera Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Strong Kobayashi beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Betancourt Lars Anderson beat Jose Rodriguez 3/13/71 Honolulu, HI AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon Lonnie Mayne drew Mil Mascaras King Curtis beat Bobby Shane Billy Robinson beat The Pro Don Muraco & Frankie Laine beat Ripper Collins & Dale Lewis 3/15/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat The Crusher when Crusher was deemed too bloody to continue after manager Bobby Heenan hit Crusher with a foreign object Bull Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat Bobby Jones via pin Dave Muir beat Wilf Caron Att: “7,090 wrestling fans” 3/16/71 Portland, OR NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr drew Lonnie Mayne AWA Tag Team Champions Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Pat O'Brien beat Haru Sasaki dq Dutch Savage drew Steven Little Bear Stan Stasiak beat Moose Morowski Tony Borne beat Bing Ki Lee Eric Froelich drew Bobby Nichols 3/18/71 Jackson, MN @ National Guard Armory Hercules Cortez vs Lars Anderson Edouard Carpentier vs Big K Larry Hennig vs Bad Boy Bullinski 3/18/71 Salem, OR Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger dq to regain AWA Tag Title Lonnie Mayne beat Dutch Savage dq Bobby Nichols beat Moose Morowski Bing Ki Lee drew Pat O'Brien 3/19/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Blackjack Lanza beat the Crusher Bad Boy Bullinski beat Mad Dog Vachon Paul Diamond drew Harley Race Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Big K (sub Kenny Jay) beat Jack Pesek 3/19/71 Sheboygan, WI @ Armory Card canceled because of snow. Rescheduled for March 25, 1971. 3/20/71 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat George Gadaski & John the Greek The Crusher beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Haystack Calhoun beat Ken Yates Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones 3/20/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon no contest Verne Gagne (sub Edouard Carpentier) & Haystack Calhoun on a 3rd fall dq If Crusher wins, he gets 5 minutes with Bobby Heenan The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza but didn't beat Bobby Heenan in 5 minutes Larry Hennig beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Rodeo Jones Lars Anderson drew Bull Bullinski 3/20/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent no contest Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Baron Von Raschke beat Dick the Bruiser Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Christy Wilbur Snyder beat Hans Schmidt Moose Cholak beat Ox Baker Billy Red Cloud beat Angelo Poffo 3/21/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena No dq Match Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson COR Bull Bullinski beat Big K via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin Billy Red Cloud beat Blackjack Lanza dq att: "over 3,100" 3/22/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Bad Boy Bullinski 3/23/71 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig vs Big K & Kobayashi Blackjack Lanza vs Billy Red Cloud Blackjack Daniels vs Paul Diamond 3/24/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel beat Bad Boy Bullinski Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat Billy Christian 3/25/71 Sheboygan, WI Winning team to face Vachons on a future card Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Strong Kobayashi beat Paul Christy Angelo Poffo vs Big K 3/26/71 Whitehall, WI @ High School Gym AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs Paul Diamond & Bad Boy Bullinski Nick Bockwinkel vs Jack Pesek Paul Diamond vs Butcher Vachon 3/27/71 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Christy Strong Kobayashi beat Kenny Jay Hercules Cortez beat Dave Muir Nick Bockwinkel beat Tony Savoldi Verne Gagne beat Wilf Caron 3/27/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Strong Kobayashi beat Angelo Poffo Big K beat Bill Christy 3/29/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena If Crusher beats Lanza in 20 minutes, he gets 5 minutes with Bobby Heenan The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 13:00 then Bobby Heenan beat The Crusher dq when Crusher & Lanza started brawling Hercules Cortez beat Lars Anderson Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig dq Bull Bullinski drew Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel beat Bob Tuck Bob Jones beat Dave Muir Att: “More than 7,000 wrestling fans” 4/1/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School The Crusher vs Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza vs Bull Bullinski Billy Red Cloud vs Butcher Vachon Paul Diamond vs Nick Bockwinkel 4/3/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Dave Cox & George Gadaski Strong Kobayashi beat Tony Savoldi Hercules Cortez beat Wilf Caron Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Paul Diamond beat Dave Muir 4/3/71 St. Paul, MN @ Civic Center Sleeper Hold Barred AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon COR in 9:23 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Hercules Cortez & Kenny Jay (sub Bull Bullinski) 2/3 Strong Kobayashi beat Bill Christy via pin in 9:45 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond in 12:31 Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud in 16:45 Big K beat George Gadaski via pin in 13:50 Att: "4,538 fans" 4/6/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Hercules Cortez & Bull Bullinski (sub Red Bastien) Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Lanza Paul Diamond beat Strong Kobayashi Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud 4/7/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Hercules Cortez & Haystack Calhoun 2/3 Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Lanza dq Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Howard (sub Paul Diamond) via pin Butcher Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat George Gadaski via pin att: “5,874 fans” 4/10/71 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Chuck Edwards & Bill Howard Strong Kobayashi beat Bobby Vann Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Lars Anderson beat John the Greek Haystack Calhoun beat Rodeo Jones 4/10/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Non Title Match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Haystack Calhoun beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Billy Red Cloud beat Bill Christy Joe Scarpello drew Billy Howard George Gadaski beat Rodeo Jones via pin Att: 3,266 4/10/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi dq Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent Wilbur Snyder no contest Blackjack Lanza Baron Von Raschke beat Jack Pesek Big K beat Prince Pullins Paul Diamond drew Don Fargo 4/13/71 Bismarck, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond Jack Pesek beat Bill Christy 4/13/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon dq Strong Kobayashi ddq Nick Bockwinkel Big K beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 25:00 George Gadaski drew Kenny Jay Att: "over 2,000 fans" 4/14/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Jack Pesek Strong Kobayashi beat Joe Scarpello 4/16/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Big K drew Joe Scarpello Nick Bockwinkel beat Jack Pesek (sub Paul Diamond) 4/17/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Rico Guzman & Angel Rivera Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bill Howard & Joe Scarpello Blackjack Lanza drew Jack Pesek Strong Kobayashi beat Julio Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Dave Cox Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Christy 4/17/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Best of 5 falls Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Strong Kobayashi & Big K 3/4 in 28:00 Mad Dog Vachon beat Larry Hennig Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Red Bastien beat Billy Red Cloud Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Howard Joe Scarpello beat Angel Rivera via pin Att: "3,742 fans" 4/20/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder Billy Red Cloud beat Blackjack Lanza Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Howard 4/24/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Strong Kobayashi beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall COR Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez ddq AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in 3rd fall Wilbur Snyder beat Al Costello Baron Von Raschke beat Bill Howard Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Red Cloud Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello 4/25/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Advertised as professional wrestling’s return to the Arena after more than 10 years The Crusher vs Mad Dog Vachon Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs Shozo Strong Kobayashi & Big K Paul Diamond vs Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Red Cloud 4/28/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond & Billy Red Cloud Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Kenny Jay beat Ken Yates 4/29/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Haystack Calhoun beat Nick Bockwinkel dq 4/29/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi 2/3 in 33:00 1 Kobayashi beat Gagne 2 Gagne beat Kobayashi 3 Gagne beat Kobayashi Gene Kiniski beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 in 29:00 1 Lanza beat Kiniski 2 Kiniski beat Lanza 3 Kiniski beat Lanza Wilbur Snyder beat Big K in 4:00 Bobby Jones beat Pete Mymko in 13:00 Dave Muir beat Bob Tuck in 12:00 Bobby Heenan beat Tony Condello in 10:00 att: “more than five thousand” 4/30/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena If Crusher beats Lanza, he gets 5 minutes with manager Bobby Heenan The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza but did not beat Bobby Heenan in 5:00 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Haystack Calhoun & Hercules Cortez 2/3 Joe Scarpello beat George Gadaski Bill Watts beat Jack Pesek Promoter: Gene Reed Note: I’ve also seen Billy Red Cloud listed as the opponent for Jack Pesek. 4/30/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Strong Kobayashi beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Gagne would not release a choke hold AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Kay Noble & Betty Niccoli beat Jean Antone & Sandy Partlow Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Billy Howard drew Big K att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 5/1/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Tony Savoldi & Joe Scarpello Hercules Cortez beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Bull Bullinski beat Dave Muir 5/1/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Handicap Match The Crusher no contest Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan in 2nd fall 1 Crusher pinned Heenan in 7:00 2 The referee declared the match a no contest Bull Bullinski beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien Hercules Cortez beat Big K via pin Billy Howard drew Joe Scarpello 5/2/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Strong Kobayashi beat The Crusher COR Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski dq when Bullinski tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope Big K beat Bill Howard via pin in 15:00 5/3/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Strong Kobayashi beat Billy Howard Big K beat Paul Christy 5/5/71 Bemidji, MN @ Jr. High School Gym Bull Bullinski (sub Hercules Cortez) beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Scarpello (sub Paul Diamond) 2/3 Kenny Yates beat Kenny Jay "small crowd" 5/8/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Kenny Jay & John the Greek Blackjack Lanza beat Angel Rivera Strong Kobayashi beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Dave Cox Bull Bullinski beat Rodeo Jones 5/8/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium No dq Match Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 11:22 Strong Kobayashi & Big K beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Sailor Art Thomas beat Blackjack Lanza dq Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay via pin Joe Scarpello beat Kenny Yates Att: 3,610 5/11/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 5/12/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym The Crusher vs Shozo Strong Kobayashi 60:00 Red Bastien vs Blackjack Lanza 2/3 60:00 Sandy Partlow vs Kay Noble 30:00 Big K vs Bill Howard 20:00 5/14/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Bull Bullinski beat Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bockwinkel beat Bullinski 2 Bullinski beat Bockwinkel 3 Bockwinke was dq'ed No dq Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Blackjack Lanza beat Sailor Art Thomas dq Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay Joe Scarpello beat Bill Christy Promoter: Gene Reed 5/14/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No Time Limit, No dq Match Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Gene Kiniski beat Strong Kobayashi dq Haystack Calhoun beat Butcher Vachon Big K beat Gil Hayes (sub Dave Muir) Bob Tuck beat Wilf Caron via pin 5/15/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Strong Kobayashi no contest AWA Champion Verne Gagne Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke beat Moose Cholak & Haystack Calhoun Wilbur Snyder beat Dr Big Bill Miller Blackjack Lanza beat Joe Scarpello Paul Christy beat Johnny Fargo Don Fargo beat Jack Pesek 5/15/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena No dq Match Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 to win AWA Tag Team Title The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Lars Anderson beat Sailor Art Thomas Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay George Gadaski beat Bill Christian att: 10,271 5/18/71 Bismarck, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Strong Kobayashi & Big K Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan dq Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Christy 5/19/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Strong Kobayashi beat the Crusher COR Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Blackjack Lanza beat Jack Pesek Bobby Heenan beat Billy Howard (sub Kenny Jay) Big K beat Joe Scarpello 5/21/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien 5/22/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Dave Cox & Ken Yates Strong Kobayashi beat Jose Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Angel Rivera Lars Anderson beat Hank Meadows Verne Gagne beat Raoul Guzman 5/22/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Strong Kobayashi in 26:33 with sleeper hold Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien via pin in 16:25 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin in 21:18 Hercules Cortez beat Big K via pin in 10:57 Bull Bullinski drew Bobby Heenan Joe Scarpello beat Bill Christy via pin in 15:12 Att: 6,116 5/28/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Handicap, Handcuff Match The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan 2-0, 2nd fall by dq 1. While Lanza was handcuffed to a corner ring post during the 1st fall, Crusher beat Bobby Heenan via pin after a Bolo punch. Referee Danny Loos then unlocked Lanza from the ring post. 2. Lanza was dq'ed Hercules Cortez beat Strong Kobayashi with a one arm back breaker in the 3rd fall Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Bull Bullinski beat Big K Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello Promoter: Gene Reed 5/29/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Wilf Caron Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Bill Christy & Dave Muir Larry Hennig beat Tony Savoldi Strong Kobayashi beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay 5/29/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Hercules Cortez beat Strong Kobayashi 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Blackjack Lanza beat Paul Diamond Red Bastien beat Big K Kenny Jay drew Dale Curzy (sub Kenny Yates) att: "1,512 fans" 5/30/71 Fond Du Lac, WI @ Fairgrounds Recreation Center Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski & Red Bastien 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin Big K beat George Gadaski 6/4/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Loser Leaves USA Dick the Bruiser beat Strong Kobayashi Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke beat Moose Cholak & Wilbur Snyder Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski COR Paul Christy beat Dr Big Bill Miller dq Paul Diamond beat Big K dq Angelo Poffo beat Billy Howard 6/5/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Dave Muir Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & John the Greek Strong Kobayashi beat Tony Savoldi Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Zapata Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones Dave Cox drew Kenny Jay 6/5/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Strong Kobayashi beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 15:11 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond via pin in 18:20 Sailor Art Thomas beat Blackjack Lanza dq Big K drew Joe Scarpello att: “crowd of 5,876” 6/11/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 1 Vachons won 1st fall 2 Bastien & Cortez won 2nd fall 3 Bastien & Cortez won 3rd fall Death match The Crusher beat Strong Kobayashi in 13:00 Blackjack Lanza beat Dr. Big Bill Miller in 8:00 Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond by submission in 24:00 Dr. Big Bill Miller (sub Bob Tuck) beat Bobby Heenan Tony Condello beat Wilf Caron in 7:00 Att: “7,000 fans” 6/12/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Angel Rivera Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Bill Christy & Dave Muir Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Blackjack Lanza beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Rodriguez 6/12/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Midwest Champion The Claw beat Dr. Big Bill Miller Midwest Tag Team Champions Bob Ellis & Alberto Torres beat Ox Baker & Ali Ben Kahn Jerry Miller beat Treach Phillips 6/14/71 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Death Match The Crusher beat Strong Kobayashi dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Bobby Heenan beat Bull Bullinski Big K beat Lars Anderson 6/18/71 Appleton, WI @ Xavier High School The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Strong Kobayashi & Big K 2/3 1 Crusher & Bullinski won 2 Kobayashi & Big K won 3 Crusher & Bullinski won Nick Bockwinkel beat Paul Diamond Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello Bill Howard beat Billy Christy 6/19/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Freddie Rogers Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat George Grant & Bobby Vann Blackjack Lanza beat John the Greek Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Strong Kobayashi 6/19/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Cage Match The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan at 17:20 Billy Robinson (sub Hercules Cortez) beat Strong Kobayashi via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr. Big Bill Miller Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Paul Diamond & Sailor Art Thomas Bull Bullinski beat Big K via pin Joe Scarpello beat Fred Rogers via pin att: "8,229 fans" 6/25/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski 6/26/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Freddie Rogers & George Grant Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Lars Anderson beat Rodeo Jones Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Verne Gagne beat Dave Cox Paul Diamond beat Steve Tuck 6/26/71 Milwaukee WI @ Arena Loser Leaves Town The Crusher beat Strong Kobayashi Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Moose Cholak & Paul Diamond Don Muraco beat Black Jack Lanza dq Big K beat Bill Howard att: 10,374 6/26/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Baron Von Raschke beat Wilbur Snyder Hans Schmidt beat Sailor Art Thomas Billy Robinson beat Angelo Poffo Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Joe Scarpello beat Johnny Kace
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7/4/71 Robbinsdale, MN Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Hercules Cortez & Bull Bullinski dq Big K beat Bill Christy Billy Robinson beat Dave Cox 7/5/71 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Bull Bullinski beat Joe Turco Billy Robinson beat Big K Jack Bence drew Don Muraco 7/7/71 Sheboygan, WI @ Auditorium Hercules Cortez dcor Nick Bockwinkel in 3rd fall 1 Bockwinkel beat Cortez 2 Cortez beat Bockwinkel 3 Both men were counted out of the ring Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Joe Turco Billy Howard beat Jack Bence att: 2,263 7/7/71 Winona, MN @ Junior High School Auditorium Bull Bullinski vs Larry Hennig Paul Diamond vs Big K Don Muraco vs Bill Christy 7/10/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Aldo Bogni Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Jack Bence & Julio Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Betancourt Billy Robinson beat Carlos Diaz Don Muraco beat Joe Guzman 7/10/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Big K via pin Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Art Thomas beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Aldo Bogni via pin Att: "crowd of 4,884" 7/10/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 33:14 Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick The Bruiser COR Wilbur Snyder dcor Baron Von Raschke Bull Bullinski beat Joe Turco via pin Angelo Poffo drew Bill Howard att: 6,112 sellout 7/15/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel beat Hercules Cortez COR Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Joe Turco 7/16/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez on a 3rd fall dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Big K Don Muraco beat Jack Bence 7/17/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke beat AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez dq Wilbur Snyder beat Mad Dog Vachon Nick Bockwinkel beat Ernie Ladd dq Billy Robinson beat Big K Lars Anderson beat Billy Howard Don Muraco beat Jack Bence 7/17/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Dave Cox Nick Bockwinkel beat Tony Savoldi Bull Bullinski beat Hank Meadows Billy Robinson beat Aldo Bogni Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Kenny Jay drew Joe Turco 7/19/71 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Nick Bockwinkel beat The Crusher dq Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Joe Turco 7/20/71 Bismarck, ND Non Title Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez Billy Robinson beat Big K Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Aldo Bogni 7/21/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Bull Bullinski (sub Red Bastien) beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Hercules Cortez beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Don Muraco beat Big K Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence 7/21/71 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium Non Title Match Thunderbolt Patterson beat American Champion Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Non Title Match AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Toru Tanaka Wilbur Snyder beat Bronko Lubich Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Jerry Timmons Benny Matta beat George Harris III dq Note: Gagne was not billed as AWA Champion. Instead he was billed as a former World Champion. 7/23/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Nick Bockwinkel beat Hercules Cortez dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Billy Robinson beat Big K Don Muraco beat Moose Morowski Jack Bence beat Bob Tuck Professional wrestler Hercules Cortez, 39, died early Saturday morning in a one car accident near St. Cloud, Minn., where he and fellow wrestler Red Bastien were returning to the Twin Cities for last night's card after a Friday card in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Cortez, who lives in North Royalton, Ohio, was driving the car and died en route to a St. Cloud hospital. Bastien, 40, of Minneapolis, was treated and releaeed and will miss about a week of wrestling. Last night's card at the Minneapolis Auditorium went on as scheduled, with promoter Wally Karbo brining in a replacement for Cortez, whose real name is Alfonso Chicharro. Cortez was a native of Spain. Cortez and Bastien were World Tag Team Champions. 7/24/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Jose Betancourt & Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Zapata Edouard Carpentier beat Aldo Bogni Andre the Giant beat Moose Morowski Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay 7/24/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Non Title Match Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne (sub Hercules Cortez) in 18:21 Bull Bullinski & Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Edouard Carpentier via pin in 16:08 Ray Stevens beat Jose Betancourt (sub Red Bastien) in 12:05 Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble via pin in 8:32 Kenny Jay drew Joe Turco 15:00 att: "6,123 mat fans" 7/25/71 Depere, WI @ Minahan Stadium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski & The Crusher 2/3 (subs for Hercules Cortez & Red Bastien) Nick Bockwinkel vs Paul Diamond was advertised but did not take place Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble 15:00 Billy Robinson beat Big K via pin in 18:43 Don Muraco beat Jack Bence via pin in 11:23 att: 4000+ 7/28/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq when Robinson tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope Bull Bullinski beat Lars Anderson via pin Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe in 17:00 Don Muraco beat Joe Turco Ray Stevens beat Jack Pesek (sub Red Bastien) 2/3 att: "1,400 fans" 7/31/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Dave Cox Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Don Muraco beat Carlos Diaz Kay Noble drew Vivian Vachon Butcher Vachon beat Julio Rodriguez 7/31/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Andre The Giant & Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2-0, forfeit in 2nd fall when Larry Hennig refused to continue Billy Robinson beat Big K Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Butcher Vachon beat Jack Bence att:10,245 Note: Another listing has an additional bout, Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble. 8/4/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel no contest Billy Robinson Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Lars Anderson drew Bull Bullinski Bill Howard beat Joe Turco Don Muraco beat Jack Bence 8/6/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien (sub Hercules Cortez) 2/3 1 Bastien pinned Bockwinkel in 13:35 after a piledriver 2 Bockwinkel pinned Bastien in 1:00 3 Bockwinkel won by submission in 4:09 Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig in 16:35 Ray Stevens beat Ramon Torres with a Boston Crab Bull Bullinski beat Lars Anderson dq Don Muraco beat Big K in 14:13 8/7/71 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Kenny Jay & John the Greek Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Ken Yates Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Art Thomas beat Rodeo Jones 8/7/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 22:45 Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan in 13:00 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Joe Scarpello & Jack Pesek 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin in 13:25 Bill Howard beat Rodeo Jones in 14:20 Att: "Crowd of 3,225" 8/7/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Nick Bockwinkel drew Dick The Bruiser Baron Von Raschke & Hans Schmidt beat Red Bastien & Wilbur Snyder Dr. Big Bill Miller no contest Moose Cholak Paul Christy beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Joe Turco Prince Pullins beat Blackjack Daniels 8/13/71 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel vs Red Bastien Billy Robinson vs Larry Hennig Lars Anderson vs Bull Bullinski 8/14/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Joe Turco Blackjack Lanza beat Bill Howard Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Ray Stevens beat Tony Savoldi Wilbur Snyder beat Wilf Caron Hans Schmidt beat Hank Meadows 8/14/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Edouard Carpentier beat Jack Bence Billy Red Cloud beat John The Greek Sailor Art Thomas beat Bobby Heenan COR att: 6,112 sellout 8/14/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Bull Bullinski beat Hans Schmidt & Big K Nick Bockwinkel beat Wilbur Snyder Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Don Muraco beat Joe Turco Dennis O'Brien drew Dennis Stamp att: 3,190 8/15/71 Ashland, WI Red Bastien vs Ray Stevens 8/17/71 Sterling, IL Red Bastien vs Larry Hennig 8/18/71 Burlington Nick Bockwinkel beat Jack Bence Red Bastien vs Lars Anderson 8/19/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan on a 3rd fall dq 1 Lanza & Heenan won 2 Bastien & Bullinski won 3 Lanza & Heenan were dq'd Billy Robinson beat Big K Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Joe Turco in 13:13 8/20/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza dq The Crusher no contest Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Bobby Heenan beat Bull Bullinski Bob Brown beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Joe Turco 8/21/71 Cambridge, MN Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Nick Bockwinkel vs Bull Bullinski Bill Howard vs Ray Stevens Big K vs George Gadaski 8/21/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien & The Crusher beat John the Greek & Rodeo Jones Nick Bockwinkel beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat Carlos Diaz Ray Stevens beat Ken Yates 8/24/71 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Robinson Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Don Muraco beat Jack Bence 8/25/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Billy Robinson Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Don Muraco beat Joe Turco 8/26/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Don Muraco drew Lars Anderson Jack Bence beat Joe Turco 8/27/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall dq when Bobby Heenan interfered Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien when Bastien was unable to continue after injuring his leg Sailor Art Thomas beat Larry Hennig Joe Scarpello beat Joe Turco 8/28/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & Julio Rodriguez Blackjack Lanza beat John the Greek Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Vann Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Ken Yates 8/28/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick the Bruiser dq Ernie Ladd no contest Gene Kiniski Dr. Big Bill Miller beat Joe Blanchard Paul Christy beat Joe Turco Joe Scarpello beat Kenny Jay 8/28/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Ray Stevens won 12 man Battle Royal by eliminating Don Muraco Handicap Match Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 10:22 Ray Stevens beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 10:27 Big K drew Bull Bullinski 15:00 Sailor Art Thomas beat Jack Bence via pin in 10:36 Don Muraco beat Jack Pesek via pin in 9:04 Att: "5,082 persons" Note: Robinson was injured in his match with Lanza and did not compete in the Battle Royal 8/29/71 Appleton, WI Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Bobby Heenan beat Bull Bullinski COR Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Don Muraco beat Joe Turco 8/31/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Lanza Bull Bullinski beat Ray Stevens dq Billy Red Cloud beat Joe Turco Don Muraco beat George Gadaski att: 1,538 9/4/71 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Julio Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones Billy Red Cloud beat Angel Rivera The Crusher beat Freddie Rogers Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski & John the Greek 9/4/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson on a 3rd fall dq Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Blackjack Lanza drew Don Muraco Robinson must beat Heenan in 5 minutes Billy Robinson drew Bobby Heenan 5:00 so Heenan was declared the winner att: 6,112 sellout 9/6/71 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay & Billy Robinson Billy Red Cloud beat Ray Stevens 9/9/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence Blackjack Lanza beat Tony Condello Karl Von Steiger beat Bob Tuck att: 4000 9/10/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 20:44 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Bobby Heenan beat Billy Robinson (Billy didn't beat Bobby in 5 mins) Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco in 8:45 att: 4,363 9/11/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Ken Yates Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence & Tony Savoldi Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso Don Muraco beat Wilf Caron 9/11/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Robinson must beat Heenan in 5 minutes or lose the match Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan in 5:02 so Heenan was declared the winner Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco drew Lars Anderson Sailor Art Thomas beat Paul Caruso Larry Hennig beat Jack Bence via pin 9/14/71 Grand Rapids, MN @ IRA Arena Larry Hennig vs Bull Bullinski Lars Anderson vs Billy Robinson Ray Stevens vs Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco vs Jack Bence 9/15/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza dq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Sailor Art Thomas Don Muraco beat Jack Bence Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud 9/17/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Sailor Art Thomas beat Jack Bence Billy Red Cloud beat Dennis O'Brien 9/17/71 Granville, ND Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 9/18/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Paul Caruso Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Zapata Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Bob Kappel Don Muraco beat Carlos Diaz 9/18/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Bobby Heenan won a 12 man Battle Royal for $12,000 by simultaneously eliminating Blackjack Lanza & Billy Robinson Order of elimination from first to last: 1 Joe Scarpello 2 Paul Christy 3 Lars Anderson 4 Sailor Art Thomas 5 Larry Hennig 6 Nick Bockwinkel 7 The Crusher 8 Wilbur Snyder 9 Ray Stevens Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski in 15:32 when Hennig pinned Bullinski Bobby Heenan beat Billy Robinson when Robinson was unable to pin Heenan in 5 minutes Nick Bockwinkel beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin in 11:38 Ray Stevens beat Paul Christy via pin in 11:33 Blackjack Lanza beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 9:15 after a boot to the face 9/20/71 Minot, ND Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco 9/21/71 Bismarck, ND Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Don Muraco beat Jack Bence 9/24/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Verne tossed Nick over the top rope Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Handicap Match Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan Billy Red Cloud beat Ray Stevens 9/25/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Wilf Caron Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence & Hank Meadows Billy Robinson beat Mike Spangler 9/25/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher ddq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza beat Bull Bullinski Bobby Heenan beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Kenny Yates beat Kenny Jay Dennis Stamp beat George Gadaski att: 6,112 sellout 9/25/71 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson with help from Ray Stevens Dr X no contest Ray Stevens Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble Don Muraco beat Butcher Vachon Sailor Art Thomas beat Jack Bence 9/26/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan beat Billy Robinson & Bull Bullinski 2/3 1 Robinson & Bullinski won 2 Lanza & Heenan won 3 Lanza & Heenan won Nick Bockwinkel beat Sailor Art Thomas Ray Stevens beat Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco beat Jack Bence 9/29/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Ray Stevens beat Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco beat Dennis O’Brien 10/2/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Vann Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Jack Bence & George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Ken Yates Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Angel Rivera Don Muraco beat ? 10/2/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski Handicap Match Sailor Art Thomas beat Kenny Yates & Angel Rivera Larry Hennig drew Don Muraco Jack Bence beat Dennis O’Brien att: 5,135 10/5/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Death match Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens* Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco Dennis Stamp beat Jack Bence * Also have seen that match listed as Crusher & Bullinski over Bockwinkel & Stevens. 10/6/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel beat The Crusher Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Don Muraco & Bull Bullinski Jack Bence beat Dennis Stamp 10/7/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel COR Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence Bob Tuck beat Wilf Caron att: 7000 10/8/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza in 17:00 Don Muraco drew Lars Anderson 30:00 Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence in 6:00 att: 1,951 10/9/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Red Bastien beat John the Greek & Rodeo Jones Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bill Howard & Joe Scarpello Blackjack Lanza beat Jack Pesek Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Vann Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso 10/9/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Ivan Koloff won a 12 man battle royal The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Billy Robinson drew Ray Stevens Blackjack Lanza drew Sailor Art Thomas Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence att: 12,300 sellout 10/9/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Great Kusatsu beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Midwest Tag Team Champions Jerry The Duke Miller & Johnny Valentine Jr ddq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Ramon Torres beat Ali Ben Khan Ox Baker beat Luis Marquez Bobo Johnson beat Tiger Thomas (sub Lord Littlebrook) 10/10/71 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym The Crusher beat Ray Stevens dq Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Robinson on a 3rd fall COR Don Muraco beat Bobby Heenan Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence 10/13/71 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Blackjack Lanza vs Billy Robinson Bull Bullinski vs Ray Stevens Don Muraco vs Dennis O'Brien Mars Monroe vs Vivian Vachon 10/14/71 Red Lake, MN Billy Robinson vs Lars Anderson Billy Red Cloud vs Ray Stevens Larry Hennig vs Don Muraco 10/16/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Mark Starr & Ken Yates Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Hans Schmidt beat Kenny Jay 10/16/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien dq Billy Robinson beat Hans Schmidt via pin Ivan Koloff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Bull Bullinski beat Mark Starr via pin Don Muraco beat Jack Bence via pin Att: "crowd of 6,129" 10/19/71 Bismarck, ND The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Billy Red Cloud drew Big K 10/19/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Dennis Stamp 10/20/71 Grand Forks, ND Lars Anderson beat The Crusher Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud 10/22/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien on a 3rd fall dq 1. Bockwinkel tied a corner rope around Bastien's neck & held him to the canvas with a knee to the chest to gain the 1st fall at 11:40 2. Bastien pinned Stevens with an atomic drop at 4:01 3. The Crusher was dq'ed for throwing Stevens over the top rope Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson in 24:12 Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence with a back breaker Vivian Vachon beat Kay Noble in 11:42 10/23/71 Minneapolis TV George Gadaski & Bill Howard beat Dr. X & Larry Hennig dq The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Jack Bence & Jose Quintero Ray Stevens beat Tony Savoldi Don Muraco beat Hank Meadows Ivan Koloff beat Mark Starr 10/23/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien via pin Ray Stevens beat Dr. X dq Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski via pin Don Muraco beat Mark Starr Bill Howard drew Jack Bence Att: "crowd of 4,285" 10/24/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 22:55 Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan via pin in 3:45 Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud by submission in 14:15 Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence in 13:34 Don Muraco beat Big K via pin in 14:05 att: 5,516 10/26/71 Fairmont, MN Red Bastien vs Larry Hennig 10/26/71 Minot, ND The Crusher vs Blackjack Lanza 10/27/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien dq Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Lars Anderson drew Don Muraco Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence 10/28/71 Peoria, IL The Crusher vs Larry Hennig 10/29/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson 10/30/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Christy Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Bill Howard Bull Bullinski beat Ken Yates Billy Robinson beat Carlos Diaz Billy Red Cloud beat Angel Rivera 10/30/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Blackjack Lanza beat Dick The Bruiser COR Dr Big Bill Miller beat Bobby Heenan The Professor beat George Gadaski Paul Christy beat Billy Red Cloud Angelo Poffo beat Kenny Jay 10/30/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson dq Bobby Heenan was in the corner of Bockwinkel & Stevens for that match. Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Sailor Art Thomas beat Jack Bence Don Muraco beat Dennis Stamp att: 6,112 sellout Note: Another listing has an additional match, Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe 11/1/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Big K 11/2/71 Breckenridge Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Lars Anderson beat Billy Red Cloud Dennis Stamp beat Jack Bence 11/2/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat George Gadaski 11/3/71 Aberdeen, SD Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson 2/3 Vivian Vachon beat ? Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig dq Billy Red Cloud beat Jack Bence 11/3/71 Dixon, IL The Crusher vs Blackjack Lanza 11/4/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Non Title Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Vivian Vachon beat Betty Niccoli Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco beat Jack Bence Bob Tuck drew Bill Kochen Bobby Jones beat Wilf Caron att: 5000 11/5/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Lars Anderson dq when Anderson refused to let Muraco re-enter the ring Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski in 12:56 Referee Danny Loos att: 4,377 11/6/71 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Chuck Edwards & John the Greek Dr. X beat Bobby Van Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Don Muraco beat ?. 11/6/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien ddq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in 3rd fall 1 Bockwinkel pinned Bastien 2 Bastien pinned Stevens 3 Both teams were dq'ed Dr. X beat Larry Hennig via pin in 14:12 Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 13:21 Bull Bullinski drew Big K Don Muraco beat Bill Howard via pin in 10:32 Att: "crowd of 5,579" 11/6/71 Hammond, IN @ Civic Center Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson dq Marlene Parker & Mary Pringle beat Lynn Cory & Sandy Partlow Angelo Poffo drew Johnny Kace Freddy Rogers beat Big Daddy Nixon 11/8/71 Grand Forks, ND Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson 11/9/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Kenny Dillinger Moose Cholak beat Jack Bence 11/10/71 Clinton, IA The Crusher vs Ray Stevens 11/11/71 Burlington, IA The Crusher vs Big K Red Bastien vs Ray Stevens 11/11/71 Oshkosh, WI Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Sailor Art Thomas & Don Muraco 2/3 1 Hennig & Anderson won 2 Thomas & Muraco won 3 Hennig & Anderson won Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski (sub Billy Red Cloud) Bill Howard beat Jack Bence 11/12/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Dr. X 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Big K Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard att: 6,112 sellout 11/13/71 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Jack Bence & Bill Howard Dr. X beat Pancho Zapata Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Ivan Koloff beat Luis Gonzales Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero 11/13/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien dq Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Jerry The Duke Miller COR Reggie Parks beat Ali Ben Khan Ox Baker drew Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Att: 2,572 11/13/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon when Bockwinkel pinned Mad Dog in the 3rd fall Dr. X could not pin Bobby Heenan in 10 minutes so Heenan was awarded the victory Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud & Bill Howard Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence via pin Don Muraco beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Att: "4,301 fans" 11/14/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2/3 Dr. X beat Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) dq Big K beat Billy Howard via pin in 18:00 Vivian Vachon vs Betty Niccoli was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud att: "2,700 fans" 11/15/71 Grand Forks, ND Red Bastien vs Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 11/16/71 Bismarck, ND Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson Bull Bullinski beat Jack Bence Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud Don Muraco beat Dennis O’Brien 11/18/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien dq Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson Larry Hennig beat Dr. X Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips Bob Tuck beat Dave Muir 11/19/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Referee Leo Ball Nick Bockwinkel beat The Crusher on a 3rd fall COR Dr. X beat Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson dq Bull Bullinski beat Big K 11/20/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Julio Rodriguez Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bobby Jones & Tony Savoldi Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Verne Gagne beat Treach Phillips Big K beat Mike Spangler 11/20/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien Dick The Bruiser no contest Blackjack Mulligan Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Robinson dq Ivan Koloff beat Art Thomas Don Muraco drew The Professor Bull Bullinski beat Danny Miller 11/21/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips Bill Howard beat Jack Bence 11/23/71 Minot, ND Red Bastien vs Nick Bockwinkel 11/23/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips Ivan Koloff beat Bobby Heenan Bill Howard beat Jack Bence 11/24/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson won battle royal Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson Red Bastien drew Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan COR Dennis Stamp beat Treach Phillips 11/25/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan when Crusher pinned Lanza Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco via pin Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud Att: 6,302 11/26/71 Peoria, IL Red Bastien vs Lars Anderson Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson 11/27/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Danny Miller Billy Robinson beat Ox Baker Reggie Parks drew Jerry Miller (sub Ray Stevens) Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Stan Kowalski Att: 2,780 11/27/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dr. X & The Crusher no contest Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ivan Koloff beat Sailor Art Thomas Bill Howard beat Big K George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay 11/30/71 Mankato, MN @ Armory Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Dr X & Bull Bullinski 1 Dr X & Bullinski won 2 Hennig & Anderson won 3 Hennig & Anderson won Billy Robinson vs Big K Ivan Koloff vs Dennis O'Brien 12/1/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher & Dr. X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Big K beat George Gadaski Kenny Jay drew Trench Phillips att: 1,700 12/2/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Robinson & Dr. X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Treach Phillips & Bobby Jones Jack Bence beat Dave Muir 12/3/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Wilbur Snyder & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Dr. X beat Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Jack Bence Bill Howard drew Big K att: 6,112 sellout 12/4/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jack Bence Nick Bockwinkel beat Julio Rodriguez Lars Anderson beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera Ivan Koloff beat Treach Phillips Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang drew Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas 12/4/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig beat The Crusher MidWest Champion Great Kusatsu beat Bill Miller Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien Jerry Miller drew Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Ox Baker drew Reggie Parks Att: 1,620 12/4/71 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Lars Anderson beat Dr. X Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson beat Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas Bull Bullinski beat Big K Bill Howard beat Treach Phillips 12/5/71 Sheboygan, WI @ Auditorium Red Bastien beat Ray Stevens 2-0 Larry Hennig beat Dr. X dq Bull Bullinski (sub Billy Robinson) beat Big K Ivan Koloff beat Billy Howard att: 3,231 12/8/71 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Dr. X beat Larry Hennig Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson beat Tiger Thompson & Little Bruiser Bill Howard beat George Gadaski 12/10/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig beat Dr X Lars Anderson beat Joe Blanchard Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Tiger Thomas & Little Bruiser att: 5,209 12/11/71 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Julio Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Guzman Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard 12/11/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza beat Dick The Bruiser & Dr. X The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Lars Anderson beat Moose Cholak dq Baron Von Raschke beat Danny Miller Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips The Professor beat Ken Dillinger 12/12/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien on a 3rd fall dq when Crusher rammed Anderson into a ring post Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks via pin Billy Robinson beat Ox Baker via pin Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Little Bruiser & Wee Willie Wilson Bill Howard beat Treach Phillips 12/13/71 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Billy Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 60:00 Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang vs Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas Bull Bullinski vs Jack Bence 12/14/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson Dr X beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips 12/15/71 Grand Forks, ND Red Bastien vs Nick Bockwinkel Dr X vs Bobby Heenan 12/16/71 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dr. X beat Larry Hennig Bob Lueck beat Angelo Mosca dq The Crusher & Little Bruiser beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips Dave Muir beat Lloyd Antonation 12/18/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Rodeo Jones Nick Bockwinkel beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay Bill Howard beat Angel Rivera 12/18/71 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Great Kusatsu Midwest Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Reggie Parks & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Dennis Stamp (sub Billy Red Cloud) beat Ox Baker dq Jerry Miller beat Treach Phillips Att: 2,219 12/19/71 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin in 15:20 Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson beat Little Bruiser & Wee Willie Wilson (sub Tiger Thomas) 2/3 1 Bruiser & Wilson won 2 Lang & Johnson won 3 Lang & Johnson won Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 11:47 Dennis Stamp beat The Big K dq in 26:50 att: 4,676 George Lentz notes the Stamp/Big K bout was apparently a substitute match for Lars Anderson against Billy Red Cloud. 12/25/71 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bobby Van Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Luis Gonzales & Joe Guzman Bull Bullinski beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Art Thomas beat Pancho Zapata 12/25/71 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Dr X & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Bull Bullinski beat Ox Baker via pin Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Billy Red Cloud drew Les Wolff Att: "4,469 fans" 12/26/71 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq at 21:35 when Bockwinkel threw Robinson over the top rope Dr X beat Larry Hennig 18:35 Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Jerry Miller & Joe Scarpello Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan beat Dale Lewis & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone att: 6,112 sellout 12/27/71 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Dr X & Double X when Hennig pinned Dr X in the 3rd fall Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq in 19:10 Great Kusatsu beat Jerry Miller via pin in 14:32 after a series of judo chops to the throat Jack Pesek beat Stan Pulaski by submission with an Abdominal Stretch in 16:10 Big K beat Dennis O’Brien via pin in 12:27 Att: 3,870 12/27/71 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Bull Bullinski beat Treach Phillips Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Billy Howard beat Joe Scarpello 12/28/71 Duluth, MN @ Arena Death Match Dr. X beat Lars Anderson Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Billy Robinson Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay Joe Scarpello beat George Gadaski Att: 2,500 12/28/71 Peoria, IL The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig Big K beat Bill Howard Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone 12/29/71 Minot, ND Dr X & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 12/29/71 Sterling, IL Larry Hennig beat Angelo Poffo Big K beat Dennis Stamp Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone 12/30/71 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski beat Big K & Great Kusatsu & Ivan Koloff Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Joe Scarpello drew Billy Red Cloud Billy Robinson beat Big K 12/30/71 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Dr X dq Ray Stevens no contest Moose Cholak Sailor Art Thomas beat Johnny Kace Angelo Poffo drew Paul Christy Bill Howard beat Treach Phillips
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1/1/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Pancho Zapata Andre the Giant beat Moose Morowski Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence & Tony Savoldi Ivan Koloff beat Mark Starr Billy Robinson beat Strong Kobayashi 1/5/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens Dr X drew Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Bull Bullinski beat Big K Treach Phillips beat Billy Howard 1/6/72 Blue Earth, MN Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien 2/3 Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig dq Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Att: 100 1/7/72 Marshall, MN Dr X & Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Billy Red Cloud beat Big K 1/8/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Pedro Powles Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Howard & Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski 1/8/72 Macomb, IL Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Billy Howard beat Treach Phillips 1/9/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 28:50 Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Dr X & Billy Robinson 2/3 1 Hennig & Anderson won 3 X & Robinson won 3 Hennig & Anderson won Don Muraco beat Big K via pin in 12:20 Ivan Koloff beat Billy Howard by submission in 21:04 att: sellout 5,800 with 1,000 turned away 1/11/72 Bismarck, ND Dr X & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Dennis Stamp beat Treach Phillips 1/11/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Don Muraco beat Big K Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Howard Joe Scarpello beat Dennis O'Brien 1/12/72 Mendota, IL The Crusher vs Big K Red Bastien vs Nick Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes vs Don Muraco Joe Scarpello vs Bill Howard 1/13/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Special Referee: Joe Blanchard The Crusher & Little Bruiser beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan 2-0, 2nd fall by dq in 27:20 Lars Anderson beat Dr X via pin Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig via pin Billy Robinson beat Red Bastien via pin Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Scarpello via pin att: 10,363 1/13/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski 2/3 1. Nick won 1st fall 2. Bullinski won 2nd fall 3. Nick won 3rd fall Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski beat Ivan Koloff & Great Kusatsu Jerry Miller drew Buddy Wolff Johnny Valentine Jr beat Ox Baker 1/14/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Bull Bullinski & Andre the Giant beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2-0 Larry Hennig beat Dr. X dq Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Scarpello Att: 1,500 1/15/72 Minneapolis TV Andre the Giant beat Bobby Van Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Billy Robinson beat Jose Quintero Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom Demarco Dusty Rhodes beat John the Greek Lars Anderson beat Treach Phillips 1/15/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 13:12 Billy Robinson beat Red Bastien via pin in 16:13 Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Andre Rousimoff & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 16:04 Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Howard via pin in 9:36 Att: “7,329 fans” 1/19/72 Huron, SD @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien beat Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig 2/3 1. Anderson pinned Bastien 2. Bastien pinned Hennig 3. Crusher pinned Anderson Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone via pin Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski via pin Don Muraco beat Big K via pin Att: “approximately 6,000 wrestling fans” 1/19/72 Grand Forks, ND Dr X vs Ray Stevens 1/20/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title 1. Bockwinkel beat Crusher in 13:36 2. Crusher won in 1:23 3. Stevens pinned Bastien in 4:04 Pepper Gomez beat Blackjack Lanza 2/3 Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Don Muraco beat Bobby Heenan 2-0 Promoter: Gene Reed att: 8,000 1/20/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dr X & Andre The Giant (Winnipeg debut) beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 in 28:00 1 Hennig beat Dr X 2 Dr X pinned Hennig 3 Andre pinned Hennig Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq when manager Big K interfered Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Red Cloud Big K beat George Gadaski (sub Bull Bullinski) Bobby Jones beat Dave Muir Att: “4,800 fans” 1/21/72 Peoria, IL Billy Robinson & Dr X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Joe Scarpello 1/22/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Van Dr. X beat Dave Muir Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Bill Howard Ivan Koloff beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera. 1/22/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq The Crusher & Red Bastien & Dr X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Nick Bockwinkel Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski & Paul Christy Don Muraco beat Big K Dusty Rhodes beat Frank Adonis Joe Scarpello beat Treach Phillips 1/23/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Billy Robinson & Dr X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 1 Hennig & Anderson won 2 Robinson & X won 3 Robinsopn & X won Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien Dusty Rhodes beat Dennis Stamp Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips 1/25/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Dr X & Red Bastien beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq Dusty Rhodes beat Dennis Stamp 1/26/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Koloff beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Dr X beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Big K dq Dennis Stamp beat Treach Phillips 1/26/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Dennis O'Brien drew Billy Howard 1/27/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Ray Stevens vs Red Bastien Nick Bockwinkel vs Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes vs Bill Howard Vivian Vachon vs Jean Antone Note: show was likely canceled for some reason. The ad for the next show (2/7/72) states “tickets purchased for Jan. 27 are good for this event.” 1/28/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Dr X beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq in 15:00 Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien via pin in 16:30 Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski in 12:50 Don Muraco beat Big K in 13:35 Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips in 3:50 att: “crowd of 6,112,” sellout 1/29/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Treach Phillips Dr. X beat Caesar Pavlon Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Julio Rodriguez 1/29/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Dr X beat Chris Markoff Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski att: "near sellout" 1/30/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr. X & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Vivian Vachon beat Jean Antone Dusty Rhodes beat Red Bastien Chris Markoff beat Dennis Stamp (sub Bullinski) Att: 2,434 2/3/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel in 17:46 Pepper Gomez beat Lars Anderson 2/3 1. Gomez beat Anderson at 9:55 2. Anderson beat Gomez at 10:50 3. Gomez beat Anderson at 2:33 Red Bastien beat Blackjack Lanza dq in 13:55 Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan via pin at 8:48 Dusty Rhodes beat Bill Howard in10:33 att: 6,097 2/3/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Texas Death Match Dr X beat Larry Hennig in 20:00 when Hennig could not answer the bell for the 9th fall Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Don Muraco & Don Leo Jonathan 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Jack Pesek in 24:00 Leroy Hirsch beat Bob Tuck via pin in 11:00 Chris Markoff beat Wilf Caron in 7:30 Att: “5000 spectators” Note: Dr X won 6 of the 8 falls against Hennig. 2/5/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jose Betancourt Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ric Ferrara & Jack Pesek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero 2/5/72 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Great Kusatsu Midwest Tag Team Champions Mad Russian Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks beat Lars Anderson & Buddy Wolff dq Jerry Miller beat Chris Markoff Ox Baker beat Johnny Valentine Jr Att: 4,125 2/6/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Ray Stevens via pin in 15:10 Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr X dq in 19:40 when Dr X hit the referee Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Howard (sub Bull Bullinski) via pin in 9:40 Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek via pin in 14:10 Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco via pin in 11:30 att: 5,800 2/7/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard Dusty Rhodes beat Chris Markoff Att: 2,500 2/8/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Dr X Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson Ivan Koloff beat Chris Markoff Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco 2/9/72 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Billy Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs Bull Bullinski & Dr X Dusty Rhodes vs Dennis Stamp Don Muraco vs Treach Phillips 2/10/72 Red Lake, MN Don Muraco vs Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes vs Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp vs Rick Ferrera 2/12/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Sailor Art Thomas no contest Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan Dr X beat Lars Anderson Billy Robinson drew Bobby Heenan Chris Markoff drew Paul Christy Billy Red Cloud beat Angelo Poffo 2/12/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco via pin Dusty Rhodes beat Ricky Ferrera via pin Bull Bullinski beat Larry Hennig dq Billy Howard beat Jack Pesek att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 2/13/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (afternoon show) Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff & Big K 2/3 Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Ray Stevens beat Lars Anderson Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Bull Bullinski beat Chris Markoff dq att: "near sellout" 2/13/72 Green Bay, WI (evening show) The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr X dq Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Bill Howard Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek 2/15/72 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Dr X Lars Anderson beat Billy Robinson Bull Bullinski drew Chris Markoff Treach Phillips beat Dennis Stamp Att: "Capacity crowd" 2/16/72 Mankato, MN Dr. X beat Lars Anderson Bull Bullinski beat The Big K Don Muraco beat Rick Ferrara Chris Markoff beat Dennis O'Brien Att: 300 2/17/72 Minot, ND Dr X & Billy Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Larry Hennig vs Bull Bullinski 2/17/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Don Muraco beat Big K 2/3 1 Muraco won 2 Big K won 3 Muraco won Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Howard via pin George Gadaski drew Treach Phillips 2/18/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Billy Robinson dq Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Bill Howard George Gadaski drew Treach Phillips 2/19/72 Minneapolis TV Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig dq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Bill Kolchin 2/19/72 Willmar, MN Dr X & Bull Bullinski vs Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/20/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Pete Carlos Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Howard & Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski 2/20/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Mad Dog Vachon Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Chris Markoff beat Treach Phillips Big K beat Dennis Stamp Att: 1,925 2/21/72 Fairmont, MN Dr X vs Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig vs Don Muraco 2/22/72 Bismarck, ND The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Dr X beat Ray Stevens Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp beat Treach Phillips 2/22/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dusty Rhodes beat Mad Dog Vachon Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff & Big K Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera Bill Howard beat Jack Pesek 2/23/72 Cheyenne, WY Billy Robinson beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Don Muraco beat Big K Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski 2/23/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Dr X beat Nick Bockwinkel Dennis Stamp beat Larry Hennig dq Chris Markoff beat Treach Phillips 2/24/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Death Match Pepper Gomez beat Lars Anderson in 5 falls Dusty Rhodes beat Mad Dog Vachon in 18:03 Billy Robinson beat Big K in 18:10 Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco in 14:12 Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski in 14:18 att: 6,630 2/24/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien 2/3 1 Crusher pinned Stevens in 8:00 2 Crusher was dq’ed 3 Bockwinkel pinned Bastien Dr X beat Larry Hennig Chris Markoff beat Rick Ferrera Leroy Hirsch beat Treach Phillips Dave Muir drew Bill Kochen Att: “4,500 All Star Wrestling fans” 2/25/72 Peoria, IL The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Lars Anderson & Dusty Rhodes Mad Dog Vachon beat Lars Anderson dq The Crusher beat Big K 2/26/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Rod Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Rick Ferrara Billy Robinson beat Rodeo Jones Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Don Muraco beat Angel Rivera 2/26/72 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson dq Dr X beat Ray Stevens Dusty Rhodes beat Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Big K Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrera 2/27/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jack Bence Ivan Koloff beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Rodriguez Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang drew Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas 2/27/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Dr X 2/3 in 21:45 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Robinson & X won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won Ivan Koloff beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin in 16:40 Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 13:10 Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips via pin in 10:55 att: sellout 5,816 2/29/72 Fergus Falls, MN @ Junior College Gym Don Muraco vs Big K 2/3 60:00 Dusty Rhodes vs Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig beat Dennis Stamp (sub Ramon Torres) Rick Ferrera vs Chris Markoff Att: 500 3/3/72 Cottage Grove, MN Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig dq Don Muraco beat Chris Markoff Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Treach Phillips beat Rick Ferrera 3/4/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Dave Muir Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Julio Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Pancho Zapata Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera Don Muraco beat Juan Diaz 3/4/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan Baron Von Raschke beat Dr X COR Billy Red Cloud beat Bobby Heenan Sailor Art Thomas beat Larry Hennig dq Moose Cholak beat Ricky Ferrera Kenny Dillinger beat Dennis O'Brien 3/4/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski via pin Don Muraco beat Chris Markoff via pin Ramon Torres beat Treach Phillips att: “sellout of 6,112” 3/5/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Rodeo Jones Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Nick Bockwinkel beat John the Greek Bill Howard beat Angel Rivera 3/5/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff & Big K Ramon Torres beat Dusty Rhodes dq Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello Chris Markoff drew Bull Bullinski Att: 2,000 3/10/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Ramon Torres beat Chris Markoff dq Big K beat Joe Scarpello 3/11/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Rick Ferrara Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay 3/12/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jose Betancourt Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ric Ferrara & Jack Pesek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera 3/12/72 Ashland, WI Dr X vs Larry Hennig 3/13/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Don Muraco beat Big K Treach Phillips drew Rick Ferrera 3/14/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco 2/3 1. Muraco won 1st fall 2. Koloff won 2nd fall 3. Koloff won 3rd fall Dr. X beat Larry Hennig Ramon Torres drew Buddy Wolff Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks beat Great Kusatsu & Higo Hamaguchi dq 3/16/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher beat Ray Stevens via pin Kay Noble & Dawn Lemke beat Barbara Galento & Vivian Vachon 2/3 1 Galento & Vachon won 1st fall 2 Noble & Lemke won 2nd fall 3 Noble & Lemke won 3rd fall Dr X beat Chris Markoff via pin in 23:00 Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera in 8:00 Bobby Jones drew Bob Tuck Note: The Noble & Lemke vs Galento & Vachon was billed as the first ever Women’s tag bout in Winnipeg by the Winnipeg Free Press. 3/17/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq when Koloff's manager The Big K interfered Pepper Gomez & Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Dr X beat Chris Markoff Don Muraco beat Big K 3/17/72 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Midwest Champion The Great Kusatsu beat Bull Bullinski Buddy Wolff beat Dennis Stamp Jerry Miller drew Higo Hamaguchi Att: 2,449 3/18/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard 3/18/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Ivan Koloff in 3rd fall when Big K & Billy Robinson interfered Dr X beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Chris Markoff via pin Billy Howard beat Rick Ferrera via pin Att: “crowd of 9,135”, Gate: “record of $36,743 3/19/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jose Betancourt Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Rick Ferrara & Jack Pesek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera 3/19/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq in 22:50 Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres 2/3 in 28:20 1 Hennig & Rhodes won 2 Muraco & Torres won 3 Hennig & Rhodes won Chris Markoff beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 11:37 Billy Howard beat Dennis O'Brien by submission in 12:50 att: 5,816 3/22/72 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs Ivan Koloff & Big K Larry Hennig vs Ramon Torres Dr X vs Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp vs Rick Ferrera 3/23/72 Muscatine, IA @ Muscatine High School Gym The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq Bull Bullinski beat Bill Howard (sub Ray Stevens) Treach Phillips beat Jose Quintero Bill Howard beat George Gadaski Att: SRO 2200+ with several hundred fans turned away 3/24/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson Dr X beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Ramon Torres & Don Muraco Bill Howard beat Treach Phillips 3/25/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Julio Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Treach Phillips Ivan Koloff beat Bobby Vann Billy Robinson beat Bill Kolchin Dusty Rhodes beat Caesar Pavlon 3/25/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat the Crusher & Red Bastien Wilbur Snyder beat Dusty Rhodes dq Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig Dr X beat Chris Markoff Angelo Poffo beat Bob Sabre Johnny Kace beat Treach Phillips 3/26/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata 3/26/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Bill Watts beat Ivan Koloff & Big K 2/3 in 23:25 The Crusher beat Ray Stevens via pin in 11:10 Dusty Rhodes beat Red Bastien Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig dq Chris Markoff beat Rick Ferrera att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 3/28/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Billy Robinson Dusty Rhodes beat the Crusher Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig Chris Markoff drew Bull Bullinski 3/29/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Billy Robinson Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrera 4/1/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Treach Phillips Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud dq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay 4/1/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Watts & Dr X in 28:36 when Bockwinkel pinned Dr X in the third fall Billy Robinson beat Big K via pin in 10:00 Dusty Rhodes ddq Don Muraco in 14:00 Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 13:30 Ramon Torres drew Chris Markoff 20:00 Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrera via pin in 17:00 att: 5,213 4/2/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Howard & Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski 4/3/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Dr. X beat Ray Stevens Bull Bullinski vs Nick Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes vs Billy Red Cloud Ken Dillinger vs Don Muraco 4/4/72 Bismarck, ND Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig Billy Robinson beat Big K Chris Markoff beat Joe Scarpello Rick Ferrera beat Treach Phillips 4/4/72 Peoria, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Billy Red Cloud beat Ken Dillinger Angelo Poffo drew Paul Christy 4/5/72 Erie, CO Dr X vs Ray Stevens 4/6/72 Cheyenne, WY Billy Robinson no contest Dusty Rhodes Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Chris Markoff George Gadaski beat Jack Pesek 4/6/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2-0 in 25:00 Ivan Koloff beat Dr X via pin in 23:00 Bull Bullinski beat Big K dq in 12:00 Joe Scarpello beat Treach Phillips in 13:00 Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrera (sub Leroy Hirsch) in 14:00 Dave Muir beat Wilf Caron via pin in 8:00 Att: “about 5,000 fans” 4/7/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Pepper Gomez & Ramon Torres 2/3 Billy Robinson no contest Ivan Koloff Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff 4/8/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Bobby Vann Bull Bullinski beat Ric Ferrara Ivan Koloff beat John the Greek Ray Stevens beat Tom Demarco Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero 4/9/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Ken Yates Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Bence & Tony Savoldi Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso Don Muraco beat Wilf Caron Blackjack Lanza beat Angel Rivera 4/9/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Dr X beat Ray Stevens Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig via pin Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco via pin Ivan Koloff beat Chris Markoff via pin Bull Bullinski drew Big K 4/10/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Dr X Dusty Rhodes beat the Crusher Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Big K beat Rick Ferrera 4/15/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Don Muraco beat Armando Rodriguez 4/15/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan beat the Crusher & Bill Watts Billy Robinson no contest Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Wilbur Snyder beat Big K Moose Cholak beat Chris Markoff Paul Christy beat Treach Phillips 4/16/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Dr X 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Bill Watts via pin Don Muraco drew Dusty Rhodes Ramon Torres beat Big K by submission Chris Markoff beat Billy Howard via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 4/17/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Dr X Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Bull Bullinski beat Chris Markoff Big K beat Billy Howard 4/18/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Larry Hennig beat Dr X in 7:00 Dusty Rhodes drew Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco 2/3 Stan Pulaski beat Great Kusatsu dq Reggie Parks beat Buddy Wolff 4/19/72 Jamestown, WI AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Don Muraco Ivan Koloff beat Jack Pesek Big K beat Dennis Stamp 4/21/72 Brainerd, MN The Crusher & Dennis Stamp beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Chris Markoff beat Rick Ferrara (sub Wahoo McDaniel) Treach Phillips beat George Gadaski 4/22/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Julio Rodriguez Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Vann Verne Gagne beat Rick Ferrara 4/22/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres Wahoo McDaniel beat Kenny Jay (sub Big K) Ivan Koloff beat Chris Markoff 4/23/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Treach Phillips Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Armando Rodriguez 4/23/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco Wahoo McDaniel beat Blackjack Lanza Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrera 4/23/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Ivan Koloff beat Dr. X 2/3 1 Koloff beat Dr X 2 Dr X beat Koloff 3 Koloff beat Dr X Larry Hennig beat Ramon Torres Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan Paul Christy beat Tom Demarco via pin (sub match for Billy Red Cloud vs Big K) 4/24/72 Minot, ND Larry Hennig vs Dr X 4/25/72 Huron, SD Larry Hennig vs Ramon Torres 4/25/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr X Dusty Rhodes beat Jack Pesek Treach Phillips drew Dennis Stamp 4/26/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Koloff beat the Crusher Dr X beat Ray Stevens dq Dusty Rhodes beat Jack Pesek Wahoo McDaniel beat Chris Markoff 4/26/72 Shakopee, MN Nick Bockwinkel vs Bull Bullinski Don Muraco vs Larry Hennig Rick Ferrara vs George Gadaski Treach Phillips vs Kenny Jay 4/27/72 Boulder, CO The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Markoff Wahoo McDaniel beat George Gadaski 4/27/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Ivan Koloff beat Dr X Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres 2/3 Big K beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 14:00 Rick Ferrera beat Treach Phillips via pin in 13:00 Jack Pesek beat Dave Muir via pin in 13:00 Att: “about 4,800 fans” 4/28/72 Chippewa Falls, MN Larry Hennig vs Jack Pesek 4/28/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Pepper Gomez beat Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall dq 1. Gomez pinned Bockwinkel with a rolling jacknife 2. Bockwinkel pinned Gomez after a backbreaker 3. Referee Leo Ball dq'ed Bockwinkel for throwing Gomez over the top rope Ivan Koloff beat the Crusher Don Muraco beat Butcher Vachon Wahoo McDaniel beat Chris Markoff Ray Stevens beat Ramon Torres 4/29/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Dr. X beat Bill Kolchin Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski & Jack Pesek Ray Stevens beat Hank Meadows Wahoo McDaniel beat Treach Phillips 4/29/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Dick Kroll, The Crusher in Gagne’s corner to counter Koloff’s manager Big K AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall COR when Koloff was fighting with the Crusher outside the ring The Crusher beat Ray Stevens in 14:20 Wahoo McDaniel & Dr X & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in 22:45 Chris Markoff drew Bull Bullinski 20:00 Jack Pesek beat Rick Ferrera in 13:45 att: 8,732 4/30/72 Lake Benton, MN Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat Big K Dennis Stamp beat Rick Ferrara 5/2/72 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace The Crusher vs Nick Bockwinkel Don Muraco vs Ray Stevens Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel Treach Phillips vs Dennis Stamp 5/5/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Dr X 2/3 Dusty Rhodes beat Ramon Torres via pin Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig via pin Bill Watts beat Big K via pin Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera via pin att: “6,060 fans” 5/6/72 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Angel Rivera 5/6/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Ivan Koloff beat Wilbur Snyder Bull Bullinski no contest Chris Markoff Beulah Brown & Princess Jasmine beat Mary Jane Mull & Paula Steele Big K beat Jack Pesek Prince Pullins beat Treach Phillips 5/6/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ray Stevens beat Dr X Don Muraco beat Blackjack Daniels George Gadaski drew Kenny Jay Rick Ferrera beat Jose Quintero 5/7/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher no contest Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff beat Dr X via pin Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig COR when Hennig fled the ring Rick Ferrera beat Treach Phillips via pin Dawn Lemke beat Paula Steele via pin 5/9/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher no contest Ivan Koloff Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X & Don Muraco Wahoo McDaniel beat Big K Chris Markoff drew Ramon Torres 5/10/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff beat Dr X Don Muraco drew Chris Markoff Ramon Torres beat Big K 5/12/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher no contest Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat Big K Ramon Torres drew Chris Markoff 5/13/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Angel Rivera Kenny Jay & Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes dq Bull Bullinski beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat Caesar Pavlon Ramon Torres beat Armando Rodriguez 5/13/72 Mound, MN Dr X vs Ivan Koloff 5/13/72 New Hope, MN Larry Hennig vs Ramon Torres 5/15/72 Madison, WI Larry Hennig vs Bull Bullinski 5/14/72 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Luis Gonzales & Joe Guzman Bull Bullinski beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Paul Caruso 5/15/72 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Kangaroo I Bulldog Bob Brown beat Dutch Savage Gene Kiniski & Emir Akbar beat Buck Ramstead & James Blears Steven Little Bear beat Kangaroo II Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Eddie Morrow & Fred Barron beat Ed Francis & John Foley Hahn Lee drew Mr. Ota 5/16/72 Bismarck, ND Dr X vs Ray Stevens 5/17/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Ivan Koloff beat Dr. X Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Ray Stevens beat Ramon Torres Bull Bullinski drew Chris Markoff 5/18/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Dr X & Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski via pin Ramon Torres beat Chris Markoff Rick Ferrera beat Bobby Jones Treach Phillips beat Dave Muir via pin 5/19/72 Yanktown Dr X vs Big K Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel 5/20/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Hank Meadows & Mike Spangler Billy Robinson beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero Bill Kolchin beat Chris Markoff dq 5/20/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Ivan Koloff Bill Watts & Red Bastien beat Graduates Angelo Poffo & Ken Dillinger Bull Bullinski beat Great Kasatsu Mary Jane Mull beat Princess Jasmine Wee Willie Wilson beat Billy the Kid Wilbur Snyder beat Big K Moose Cholak beat Ricky Cortez 5/20/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Dr X 2/3 Dusty Rhodes no contest Wahoo McDaniel when the referee stopped the match because both men were bleeding too badly Lars Anderson drew Ramon Torres Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff via pin George Gadaski beat Rick Ferrera via pin 5/21/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Julio Rodriguez Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat Bobby Jones & Tony Savoldi Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Verne Gagne beat Treach Phillips Big K beat Mike Spangler 5/21/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig via pin in a real blood bath Dr X beat Chris Markoff (sub Nick Bockwinkel) via pin Dusty Rhodes beat Ramon Torres via pin Bull Bullinski beat Chris Markoff George Gadaski beat Treach Phillips via pin 5/22/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X & Ramon Torres Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Chris Markoff beat George Gadaski 5/23/72 Peoria, IL Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq Dusty Rhodes beat Ramon Torres Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Big K drew Chris Markoff 5/23/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Nick Bockwinkel beat Dr X 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Stan Pulaski via pin Buddy Wolff beat Mark Starr Jerry Miller beat Great Kusatsu via pin Higo Hamaguchi beat Treach Phillips 5/26/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel & Pepper Gomez 2/3 1. Wahoo pinned Hennig after a tomahawk chop 2. Wahoo was dq'ed when he tossed Hennig over the top rope 3. Hennig pinned Gomez after a body slam Ivan Koloff beat The Crusher dq Dr X beat Big K via pin Bull Bullinski drew Chris Markoff 20:00 5/27/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Caesar Pavon Rick Ferrara beat Treach Phillips 5/27/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Great Kusatsu via pin Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres by submission Dr X beat Big K Bull Bullinski drew Chris Markoff att: “crowd of 6,080” 5/28/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Rick Ferrara Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay 6/2/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson drew Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff beat Dr X Chris Markoff drew Big K Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski 6/3/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Ray Stevens dq Bull Bullinski beat Angel Rivera Ivan Koloff beat Pancho Zapata Billy Robinson beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Jose Rodriguez 6/4/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard 6/10/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Mike Spangler Billy Robinson beat Dave Muir Don Muraco beat Bobby Jones Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera Big K beat George Gadaski 6/10/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan & Dusty Rhodes beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher & Billy Red Cloud Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Sailor Art Thomas beat Great Kasatsu Chris Markoff drew Paul Christy Angelo Poffo beat John the Greek 6/11/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Julio Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Rick Ferrara Billy Robinson beat Rodeo Jones Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips 6/11/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes via pin Billy Robinson dcor Ivan Koloff after both men tumbled over the ropes Bull Bullinski beat Big K via pin Chris Markoff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay via pin 6/14/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel Ray Stevens beat Ramon Torres or Stevens over Art Thomas Ivan Koloff beat Chris Markoff Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera 6/15/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq in 19:00 when manager Big K interfered Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ramon Torres 2/3 1 Hennig pinned Torres 2 Wahoo pinned Hennig 3 Rhodes pinned Torres Bill Dromo drew Bull Bullinski George Gordienko beat Big K Bobby Jones beat Dave Muir (sub George Gadaski) Bob Tuck beat Dave Kochen dq att: “about 7000 fans” 6/16/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Clem Turner beat George Gadaski Ramon Torres beat Big K 6/17/72 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig drew Jack Pesek Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Julio Rodriguez & Joe Scarpello Don Muraco beat Rick Ferrara Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Bill Watts beat Chuck Edwards 6/17/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Saloon Match The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes via pin in 13:21 Ivan Koloff beat Edouard Carpentier via pin Wee Willie Wilson & Tiny Tot beat Billy The Kid & Lord Littlebrook 2/3 1 Billy The Kid & Lord Littlebrook won 2 Wee Willie Wilson & Tiny Tot won 3 Wee Willie Wilson & Tiny Tot won Billy Robinson beat Big K via pin Battle of the Losers George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay via pin Armando Rodriguez drew Johnny Kace att: 12,062 Note: A saloon match was a fancy name for a lumberjack match. 6/17/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Bill Watts Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco dq Ramon Torres beat Joe Scarpello Jack Pesek beat Rick Ferrera Jose Quintero beat Julio Rodriguez 6/20/72 Detroit Lakes, MN Wahoo McDaniel beat Ray Stevens Don Muraco beat Big K Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Kenny Jay beat Rick Ferrera 6/20/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski 2/3 Jerry Miller beat Mark Starr Stan Pulaski drew Higo Hamaguchi 6/21/72 West Liberty, IA @ Fairgrounds Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig Nick Bockwinkel beat Rod Rodriguez (sub Wahoo McDaniel) George Gadaski beat Rick Ferrera (sub Ramon Torres) Bull Bullinski beat Rick Ferrera Att: 1,000+ despite chilly weather Note: McDaniel/Bockwinkel was scheduled to be the main event. Muraco/Hennig became the main event when Wahoo reportedly could not appear because he was injured Tuesday night June 20 in Detroit Lakes. 6/22/72 Peoria, IL Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Nick Bockwinkel Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrera Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski 6/23/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Ramon Torres beat Rick Ferrera Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski 6/24/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Wahoo McDaniel beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Tom Demarco Bill Watts beat Jose Quintero 6/24/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan no contest Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Baron Von Raschke beat Sailor Art Thomas Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Bobby Heenan beat Billy Red Cloud Ramon Torres beat Kenny Dillinger Clem Turner beat George Gadaski 6/24/72 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Wahoo subbed for Bill Watts in the third fall of the tag title bout. No title change because of the switch. Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes dq Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero Rick Ferrera beat John The Greek 6/25/72 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Julio Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski Ivan Koloff beat Bill Howard Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Guzman 6/27/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig (sub Dusty Rhodes) beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Ramon Torres 6/28/72 Burlington Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel 6/29/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Cage match The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco Ramon Torres beat Big K 6/30/72 Aitkin Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson
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7/1/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera & Julio Rodiguez Ivan Koloff beat Jose Quintero Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Kenny Jay Bill Watts beat Rick Ferrera 7/1/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Ivan Koloff vs Ramon Torres Ray Stevens vs Don Muraco Bull Bullinski vs George Gadaski 7/3/72 Robbinsdale, MN Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel 7/4/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Robinson & George Gordienko no contest Ivan Koloff & Big K in 3rd fall 1 Koloff & Big K won 1st fall 2 Robinson & Gordienko won 2nd fall 3 The referee declared the bout a no contest Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes dq Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig Ramon Torres beat Dave Muir (sub George Gadaski) Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Jones Bob Tuck beat Wilf Caron (sub Dave Muir) 7/8/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Steve Tuck Don Muraco beat Blackjack Daniels Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Mr. Fuji & Dave Muir Ramon Torres beat Bill Kolchin Hans Hermann beat Angel Rivera 7/8/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 18:30 Bull Bullinski & Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Bill Watts beat Chris Markoff via pin in 16:15 Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble via pin in 9:45 Sailor Art Thomas beat Big K dq Armando Rodriguez drew George Gadaski att: “crowd of 8,391” 7/8/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser no contest Blackjack Mulligan The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza Graduates Angelo Poffo & Kenny Dillinger beat Billy Red Cloud & Prince Pullins Baron Von Raschke beat Wilbur Snyder Bobby Heenan beat Jose Martinez Joe Scarpello beat Jack Pesek 7/8/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Ramon Torres beat Blackjack Daniels Hans Hermann beat Jerry Miller Betty Niccoli beat Mars Monroe Don Muraco beat Mr Fuji att: 5,289 Note: The Mr Fuji listed here was Higo "Animal" Hamaguchi. 7/9/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bill Howard & Treach Phillips Ivan Koloff beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bobby Vann 7/9/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes dq 1 Hennig & Rhodes won 2 Wahoo & Muraco won Hennig & Rhodes were dq'ed Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin Hans Hermann (sub Joe Scarpello) beat Ramon Torres by submission Sailor Art Thomas beat Big K via pin Att: “over 6,000 fans” 7/10/72 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott Ivan Koloff & Big K vs Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco Billy Robinson vs Larry Hennig Ramon Torres vs George Gadaski 7/11/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Larry Hennig drew Don Muraco Bull Bullinski beat Angelo Poffo 7/12/72 Aledo Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel 7/13/72 Peoria, IL Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Wahoo McDaniel beat Don Muraco Larry Hennig beat Ramon Torres 7/14/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Don Muraco Larry Hennig beat Ramon Torres Hans Herrmann beat Bull Bullinski 7/15/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Armando Rodriguez Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Daniels Ramon Torres beat Caesar Pavlon 7/15/72 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Jack Pesek but was unable to beat Don Muraco within the 30 minute time limit Hans Hermann beat Caesar Pavlon Ramon Torres beat Armando Rodriguez Kenny Jay beat Blackjack Daniels 7/16/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Hank Meadows & Mike Spangler Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Rick Ferrara 7/18/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Texas Death Match Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones Zodiac & Buddy Colt beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Johnny Walker Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Louie Tillet & Hiro Matsuda Mike Graham beat Mike Webster Redbeard beat Gene Yates Cowboy Lang beat Wee Willie Wilson Note: Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens wrestled in Florida rings for much of the next five weeks. They were not billed as AWA Tag Team Champions. 7/19/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium $5,000 Karate Match, Special Referee Don Curtis Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Paul Jones Johnny Walker beat Buddy Colt Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ron Fuller & Johnny Kace Cowboy Lang beat Wee Willie Wilson Hiro Matsuda beat Redbeard dq Tony Garea & George McCready drew Phil Robley & Smasher Sloan 7/18/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Billy Robinson drew Ivan Koloff when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1. Koloff won the 1st fall 2. Robinson won the 2nd fall 3. The two wrestlers battled for 30:00 without reaching a decision in the 3rd fall Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Chris Markoff beat Mark Starr Jerry Miller beat Christopher Colt 7/19/72 Princeton, IL Billy Robinson vs Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff vs Bull Bullinski Don Muraco vs Ramon Torres George Gadaski vs Angel Rivera 7/20/72 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall dq 1 Koloff beat Wahoo 2 Wahoo beat Koloff 3 Koloff was dq'ed for tossing Wahoo over the top rope Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig via pin in 17:20 Ramon Torres beat Angelo Poffo (sub Don Muraco) in 19:00 by submission Referee George Gadaski Hans Hermann beat Paul Christy in 3:25 (sub match for Bull Bullinski vs George Gadaski) Att: 3,000+ 7/20/72 Tampa TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Hiro Matsuda to win Florida Tag Title Paul Jones beat Gene Yates Jack Brisco beat Taurus Jack Brisco no contest Buddy Colt 7/20/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Louie Tillet & Johnny Walker Southern Champion Zodiac beat Jack Brisco dq Hiro Matsuda beat Buddy Colt dq Bob Griffin & Cowboy Lang beat Dick Slater & Wee Willie Wilson Redbeard beat Mike George Gene Yates beat Phil Robley 7/21/72 Menomonie, WI Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Dawn Lemke beat Paula Steele Kenny Jay drew George Gadaski 7/21/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig in 10:58 Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Don Muraco beat Big K in 15:56 Ramon Torres beat Hans Hermann dq Note: The Hennig/Rhodes vs Muraco/McDaniel bout replaced the scheduled midget tag match of Sky Low Low & Lord Littlebrook vs Farmer Jerome & Sonny Boy Hayes 7/22/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Peter Lee Wahoo McDaniel beat Joe Guzman Dusty Rhodes beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata Wilbur Snyder beat Ralph Crouch Hans Hermann beat Bob Randy 7/22/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel drew AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Wilbur Snyder beat Dusty Rhodes dq Hans Hermann beat Bull Bullinski Ramon Torres drew Larry Hennig att: 5,034 7/23/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat John the Greek Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Jack Bence Verne Gagne beat Caesar Pavlon 7/24/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium Buddy Colt & Phil Robley beat Don Curtis & Eddie Graham Southern Champion Zodiac beat Jerry Brisco Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Johnny Walker & Louie Tillet Mike Graham beat Taurus Scorpion beat Mike George 7/25/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Winner to meet NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr Buddy Colt beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Paul Jones beat Don Curtis Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Jack Brisco & Johnny Walker 30:00 Louie Tillet & Hiro Matsuda beat Red Beard & Mike Webster Mike Graham beat Phil Robley Mike George beat George McCreary 7/25/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Handicap match Bull Bullinski & Ramon Torres beat Ivan Koloff Don Muraco beat Angelo Poffo Hans Hermann beat Billy Robinson 7/26/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium Paul Jones beat Jack Brisco on a 3rd fall dq when Brisco refused to release the Figure Four Leg Lock Don Curtis beat Buddy Colt dq Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Hiro Matsuda & Ron Fuller Johnny Walker beat Dick Slater Mike Webster beat Johnny Gray Phil Robley beat George McCreary 7/26/72 Princeton, IL Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson 7/27/72 Tampa TV Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Johnny Gray beat Buddy Colt & Buck Robley Taurus beat Mike George Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Johnny Walker & Ron Fuller 7/27/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum Jack Brisco & Don Curtis vs Buddy Colt & Paul Jones Nick Bockwinkel vs Johnny Walker Ray Stevens vs Hiro Matsuda Sandy Parker vs Lily Thomas Redbeard vs Gene Yates Dick Slater vs Johnny Gray 7/27/72 Burlington, IA @ Community Field Dusty Rhodes vs Billy Robinson Ivan Koloff vs Don Muraco Hans Hermann vs Bull Bullinski Ramon Torres vs Larry Hennig 7/28/72 Lanark, IL @ High School Stadium Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson Dusty Rhodes vs Don Muraco Hans Hermann vs Ramon Torres 7/29/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Betancourt Wahoo McDaniel beat Mr. Fuji Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Rick Ferrara 7/29/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Andre The Giant Rousimoff Dick the Bruiser beat Larry Hennig Wahoo McDaniel beat Hans Hermann (sub Dusty Rhodes) via pin Don Muraco drew Rene Goulet Dawn Lemke beat Vivian Vachon dq att: 6,112 sellout Note: According to the Milwaukee Sentinel, “Dusty Rhodes did not appear because he was suffering from high fever.” 7/29/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson COR Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Mulligan beat Ramon Torres & Sailor Art Thomas Billy Red Cloud beat Angelo Poffo Moose Cholak beat Chris Markoff Big K beat Joe Scarpello 7/30/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Mike Spangler Don Muraco beat Bobby Jones Dusty Rhodes beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat Dave Muir Big K beat George Gadaski 7/31/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium Don Curtis & Mike Graham & Eddie Graham beat Jim Dillon & Phil Robley & Buddy Colt Florida Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dale Lewis & Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods Sandy Parker beat Lilly Thomas Johnny Walker beat Mike Webster Mike George beat George McCreary 8/1/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Don Muraco & Ramon Torres Wahoo McDaniel beat Hans Herrmann Ramon Torres beat Rene Goulet dq 8/1/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Jack Brisco dq Florida tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Ron Fuller Zodiac beat Dale Lewis Buddy Colt beat Johnny Walker Hiro Matsuda beat Jim Dillon Robert Fuller beat Mike Webster Lilly Thomas beat Sandy Parker 8/2/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium Winner to meet NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr Zodiac beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Hiro Matsuda & Ron Fuller Buddy Colt beat Louie Tillet dq (sub Johnny Walker) Lilly Thomas beat Sandy Parker Tony Garea beat Dick Slater dq Taurus beat George McCreary 8/2/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Handicap match Don Muraco & Bull Bullinski beat Ivan Koloff Ramon Torres beat Rene Goulet Hans Herrmann beat George Gadaski 8/3/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum Florida Champion Paul Jones drew Jack Brisco Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Louie Tillet (sub Johnny Walker) Buddy Colt & Phil Robley beat Eddie Graham & Don Curtis Mike Graham beat Taurus Bob Griffin vs Mike Webster The Scorpion vs Tony Garea 8/4/72 Peoria, IL The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff & Big K Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Ramon Torres beat Rauol Guzman Hans Hermann beat Cesar Pablon 8/5/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Bobby Jones Don Muraco beat Hank Meadows Wahoo McDaniel beat Jim Preacher Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Frank Diamond Rene Goulet beat Mike Spangler 8/5/72 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel COR Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Don Muraco beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski Buddy Wolff beat Frank Diamond 8/6/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Dr. X beat Bill Kolchin Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski & Jack Pesek Ray Stevens beat Hank Meadows Wahoo McDaniel beat Treach Phillips. 8/6/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1. Crusher & Wahoo won 1st fall 2. Hennig & Rhodes won 2nd fall 3. Crusher & Wahoo won 3rd fall Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Don Muraco beat Hans Hermann by submission Rene Goulet drew Ramon Torres 8/8/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr beat Buddy Colt Jack Brisco beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Ron Fuller Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Red Beard & Mike Webster Tim Woods beat The Zodiac Taurus beat Mike George 8/9/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr beat Bob Orton Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jack Brisco & Ron Fuller Buddy Colt beat Louie Tillet Mike Graham beat Taurus Red Beard beat Bob Griffin Mike George beat Scott Casey 8/10/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. beat Paul Jones Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Buddy Colt & Phil Robley Ray Stevens beat Louie Tillet Nick Bockwinkel drew Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Mike Webster beat Mike George Dick Slater beat Kenny Yates 8/11/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski Ramon Torres beat Big K 8/11/72 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Pirate's World Arena NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. vs Florida Champion Paul Jones Southern Champion Unmasked Zodiac vs Ron Fuller Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Hiro Matsuda & Robert Fuller Margie Ramsey vs Peggy Allen Tony Garea vs Taurus Corsica Jean vs Scott Casey 8/12/72 St. Petersburg, FL @ Bayfront Center Florida Champion Paul Jones beat NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Zodiac in overtime to win Southern Title and unmasked him as Bob Orton Sr Jack Brisco beat Buddy Colt dq Florida Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ron & Robert Fuller Bob Griffin beat Taurus Mike George beat George McCreary att: 6,641 8/12/72 Minneapolis TV Dusty Rhodes beat Jack Gordon Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Big K & Ivan Koloff beat Tony Charles & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Pancho Zapata Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski 8/12/72 Tripp, SD @ Hutchington County Fair Don Muraco vs Larry Hennig 8/13/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Julio Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Ric Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Treach Phillips Billy Robinson beat Rodeo Jones Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero 8/14/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Special Referee: Hans Hermann Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel Billy Robinson & Ramon Torres beat Big K & Ivan Koloff Don Muraco drew Rene Goulet Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski 8/15/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Eddie Graham beat Redbeard Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Paul Jones Bob Orton & Hiro Matsuda beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens to win Florida Tag Title Bonnie Watson beat Peggy Allen Bob Orton beat Bob Roop Taurus beat Tony Garea 8/16/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Bob Orton Sr Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Bob Roop Hiro Matsuda beat Ray Stevens dq Bonnie Watson beat Peggy Allen Hiro Matsuda & Bob Griffin beat Buddy Colt & Dick Slater Mike Webster beat Mike George 8/17/72 Tampa TV Ray Stevens beat Mike George Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat George McCreary Redbeard & Mike Webster beat Bob Roop & Bob Griffin Buddy Colt beat George Grant 8/17/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum Lights Out Match, Special Referee: Dick Kroll Buddy Colt beat Eddie Graham Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Bob Roop Florida Tag Title Match Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Jack Brisco beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Unmasked Zodiac Bob Orton Sr drew Hiro Matsuda Florida Women's Champion Bonnie Watson beat Peggy Allen Mike George beat Taurus 8/17/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Cage Match Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 17:00 Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Ramon Torres beat Hans Hermann Bull Bullinski beat Butcher Vachon (sub Rene Goulet) Rene Goulet beat Dave Muir (sub Bull Bulinski) via pin Bobby Jones beat Bill Kochen Bob Tuck beat Wilf Caron (sub Dave Miuir) Note: Butcher Vachon was not advertised so the undercard was shuffled as a result. The original card had Goulet vs Bulliniski and Muir vs Tuck along with Jones vs Kochen. Wilf Caron was added to the opener to give the card an extra match. 8/19/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 No title change because the wrong man (Stevens) was pinned by Crusher in the 3rd fall Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Ivan Koloff beat Wilbur Snyder Billy Robinson beat Hans Hermann Rene Goulet beat Ramon Torres Don Muraco beat Big K att: 11,951 8/20/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jose Rodriguez & Joe Scarpello Don Muraco beat Rick Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Ramon Torres beat Jose Quintero Bill Watts beat Chuck Edwards 8/21/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt Special Referee: Danny McShane, Karate legal Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Hiro Matsuda Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mike George & Bob Griffin Louie Tillet beat Unmasked Taurus (Dennis Hall) Tony Garea drew Phil Robley 8/22/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Buddy Colt (sub Paul Jones) beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Hair vs Hair Eddie Graham beat Redbeard Florida Tag Team Champions Hiro Matsuda & Bob Orton beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ron Fuller beat The Scorpion Buddy Colt beat Louie Tillet Mike Webster beat Mike George 8/22/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson COR Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Dr. X beat Krusher Kowalski Chris Colt drew Stan Pulaski Jerry Miller beat Higo Hamaguchi 8/23/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Don Muraco & Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff & Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Dr X beat Hans Herrmann Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski COR Big K beat George Gadaski 8/23/72 Winter Haven, FL Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Bob Orton Sr drew Hiro Matsuda Mike George beat Taurus George McCreary beat Bob Orton Jr (sub Dick Slater) Scott Casey drew Smasher Sloan 8/24/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1. Wahoo pinned Bockwinkel 2. Bockwinkel won 2nd fall 3. Bockwinkel & Stevens were dq'ed when Stevens entered the ring illegally Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco Dr X beat Hans Hermann Ramon Torres drew Rene Goulet 8/25/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym Crusher beat Ivan Koloff dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig 2/3 1 Hennig beat Wahoo 2 Wahoo beat Hennig 3 Wahoo beat Hennig Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski COR Big K beat George Gadaski 8/25/72 Peoria, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Dr X beat Dusty Rhodes dq Ramon Torres beat Raul Guzman Hans Hermann beat Pedro Zapata 8/27/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & John the Greek Wahoo McDaniel beat Ricky Ferrara Dusty Rhodes beat Tom Demarco Billy Robinson beat Bobby Vann Bill Watts beat Jose Quintero 8/27/72 St Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig & Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1 Rhodes & Hennig & Bockwinkel won 2 Bastien & Robinson & Wahoo won 3 Bastien & Robinson & Wahoo won Ray Stevens beat Dr X dq when Dr X jumped off the top rope Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco via pin Hans Hermann beat Bull Bullinski via pin Kay Noble beat Dawn Lemke via pin Rene Goulet drew Ramon Torres 8/29/72 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Wahoo McDaniel beat Hans Hermann Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson dq Dr X beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Big K Bull Bullinski drew Rene Goulet 8/30/72 Honolulu, HI Johnny Barend drew NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Wahoo McDaniel & Fred Curry Lonnie Mayne beat Jimmy Snuka Sam Steamboat beat Al Costello Ed Francis drew Fred Blassie Tahiti Kid & Farmer Jerome beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus 9/1/72 Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff Steel Cage Match, Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel Handicap Match Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig & Butcher Vachon Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud Bobo Johnson beat Little Bruiser Sailor Art Thomas beat Hans Hermann Ramon Torres beat Angelo Poffo Rene Goulet beat Don Muraco att: 12,000 9/2/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Dr. X beat Mike Spangler Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Don Muraco beat Rodeo Jones 9/3/72 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Caesar Pablon & Armando Rodriguez Ivan Koloff beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera Verne Gagne beat Pete Carlos 9/8/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dr X beat Ray Stevens in 11:29 with the figure four leg lock Don Muraco & Ramon Torres & Pepper Gomez beat Ivan Koloff & Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1. Rhodes pinned Torres in 7:30 2. Gomez pinned Koloff in 7:12 3. Muraco pinned Hennig in 7:42 Mad Dog Vachon beat Hans Hermann in 7:07 Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek in 11:03 att: 4,528 9/9/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Wilbur Snyder beat Pancho Poskowski 9/9/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Bill Watts & Moose Cholak (subs for Andre Rousimoff) beat Ivan Koloff & Big K on a 3rd fall dq 1 Koloff & Big K won 2 Watts & Cholak won 3 Koloff & Big K were dq'ed Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1 Hennig & Rhodes won 2 Muraco & Wahoo won 3 Muraco & Wahoo won Ramon Torres beat Higo Hamaguchi by submission Rene Goulet beat Billy Howard via pin George Gadaski beat Cesar Pabon att: “5,346 fans” 9/9/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Mad Dog Vachon Wilbur Snyder beat Hans Hermann Bull Bullinski beat Joe Guzman Jack Pesek beat Kenny Jay Jean Antone & Mars Monroe beat Belle Starr & Betty Niccoli Att: 3,369 9/12/72 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Hans Hermann Dr X beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco Bull Bullinski & Moose Cholak beat Big K & Angelo Poffo Joe Scarpello beat Hans Hermann 9/13/72 Grand Forks, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski dq 9/14/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dr X beat Ray Stevens with a figure fur leg lock in 19:00 The Crusher & Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff & Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes George Gordienko beat Butcher Vachon in 14:00 Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski in 15:00 Ramon Torres beat Big K by submission in 12:00 9/16/72 Minneapolis TV Don Muraco beat John the Greek Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Vann Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski 9/16/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq Dr X beat Higo Hamaguchi Rene Goulet drew Don Muraco Ramon Torres beat Big K 9/17/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Armando Rodriguez Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Daniels Ramon Torres beat Caesar Pablon 9/17/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Crusher & Wahoo won 3 Bockwinkel was dq'ed for tossing Wahoo over the top rope Dusty Rhodes beat Art Thomas via pin Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres via pin Dr X beat Big Kby submission with a figure four leg lock Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek (sub Don Muraco) via pin 9/19/72 Greenville Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski Moose Cholak beat Dusty Rhodes dq Rene Goulet drew Ramon Torres 9/20/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes Dr X beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq Ramon Torres beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski COR 9/20/72 Honolulu, HI AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq WWWF Champion Pedro Morales & Wahoo McDaniel Cage match Ed Francis beat Fred Blassie Giant Baba ddq The Sheik Jimmy Snuka beat Ray Kamaka Sam Steamboat beat Mr. XXX Fred Curry beat John Quinn dq 9/21/72 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs Don Muraco & Dr. X 2/3 60:00 Ramon Torres vs Ivan Koloff Rene Goulet vs Bull Bullinski 20:00 Hans Hermann vs Jack Pesek 20:00 Note: First card of the season. 9/22/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Dr X beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes in 8:58 Lani Kealoha beat Ivan Koloff in 17:49 Ramon Torres beat Higo Hamaguchi in 12:50 att: 4,325 9/23/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bob Sabre Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Higo Hamaguchi & Angel Rivera Dusty Rhodes beat Tom Demarco Wahoo McDaniel beat Pancho Vasquez 9/24/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Peter Lee Billy Robinson beat Pancho Zapata Wilbur Snyder beat Ralph Crouch Hans Hermann beat Bob Hamby Wahoo McDaniel beat Joe Guzman 9/26/72 Bismarck, ND Non Title Match Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ramon Torres beat Larry Hennig George Gadaski beat Hans Hermann 9/26/72 Peoria, IL The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Ivan Koloff & Big K Rene Goulet beat Stan Darro Angelo Poffo beat Angel Rivera 9/27/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ray Stevens beat Dr X dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Nick Bockwinkel beat Ramon Torres Rene Goulet drew Don Muraco Lani Kealoha beat Big K 9/28/72 Red Lake, MN @ Red Lake High School Gym Ivan Koloff & Big K vs Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha Wahoo McDaniel vs Rene Goulet Ramon Torres vs Hans Hermann 9/30/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Andre The Giant Rousimoff won a 14 man battle royal for $15,000 Order of elimination from first to last 1- Rene Goulet 2-Higo Hamaguchi 3-Hans Hermann 4-Bull Bullinski 5-Moose Cholak 6-Ramon Torres 7-Sailor Art Thomas 8-Ivan Koloff 9-Bobby Heenan 10-Wilbur Snyder 11-Wahoo McDaniel 12-Dusty Rhodes 13-Blackjack Lanza Andre The Giant Rousimoff beat Ivan Koloff via pin Dusty Rhodes beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Heenan Blackjack Lanza beat Ramon Torres Wilbur Snyder beat Hans Hermann via pin Rene Goulet drew Moose Cholak Bull Bullinski beat Higo Hamaguchi dq att: 10,169 9/30/72 Minneapolis, MN Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Larry Hennig beat Dr X George Scott beat Dick Murdoch dq Don Muraco beat Joe Scarpello Lani Kealoha beat Big K 10/1/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pablon Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Don Muraco beat Armando Rodriguez Ramon Torres beat Pete Carlos 10/1/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski & Andre the Giant 2/3 1 Hennig & Rhodes won 2 Bullinski & Andre won 3 Hennig & Rhodes won Ray Stevens beat Dr X dq when Dr. X threw the referee from the ring George Scott beat Dick Murdoch dq when Murdoch threw Scott over the top rope Lani Kealoha beat Hans Hermann via pin 10/2/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Dr X Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski Lani Kealoha beat Hans Hermann 10/5/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel 1 Dr X & Wahoo won 1st fall 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2nd fall 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3rd fall George Gordienko beat Dusty Rhodes dq in 12:00 Lani Kealoha beat Hans Hermann (sub Big K) George Scott drew Hans Hermman (sub Rene Goulet) Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski in 14:00 Att: “sparse crowd” 10/7/72 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Dick Murdoch beat Kenny Jay Lani Kealoha beat Mike Spangler 10/7/72 Chicago, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Andre Rousimoff & Dr X Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Wilbur Snyder beat Higo Hamaguchi Moose Cholak beat Hans Hermann Rene Goulet beat Prince Pullins Don Muraco beat Kenny Dillinger 10/8/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Bobby Jones Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Frank Diamond Wahoo McDaniel beat Jim Preacher 10/10/72 Grand Forks, ND Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski Dave Muir beat Bobby Jones dq 10/11/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski 22:00 Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble 17:00 Superstar Billy Graham beat George Gadaski via pin in 12:00 att: 1,230 10/11/72 Honolulu, HI AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bearcat Wright & Bobo Brazil Fred Curry beat Fred Blassie The Sheik beat Tony Rocco Sam Steamboat beat Fidel Castillo Ed Francis drew John Quinn 10/13/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel dq when referee Leo Bahl said Bockwinkel was using a "illegal device." Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson 2/3 Rene Goulet drew Ramon Torres Kay Noble beat Dawn Lemke 10/13/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dr X beat Blackjack Lanza Sailor Art Thomas beat Dusty Rhodes dq Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski George Scott beat Hans Hermann Superstar Billy Graham beat George Gadaski 10/14/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Vann Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Guzman & Ramon Torres Billy Graham beat Tom Demarco Lani Kealoha beat Hans Hermann Rene Goulet beat Angel Rivera 10/14/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Nick Bockwinkel A countout of Gagne was interrupted when the referee fell unconscious while Gagne was outside the ring. Bockwinkel grabbed the Championship belt and left the ring, but officials said the dispute would go to the AWA for a decision. George Gadaski, the referee, had been knocked out in a corner collision. Bockwinkel knocked Gagne out of the ring with a pile driver and revived Gadaski who started the count, but fell unconscious before he could finish it. Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Lani Kealoha beat Larry Hennig dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski via pin George Scott beat Hans Hermann via pin Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay via pin att: 6,107 10/15/72 Minneapolis TV Dusty Rhodes beat Jack Gordon Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Ivan Koloff & Big K beat Tony Charles & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Jose Zapata Ramon Torres beat George Gadaski 10/21/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Tom Demarco Don Muraco beat George Gadaski Dusty Rhodes beat Bob Kappel Dr X beat Bill Kochen Ric Drasin beat ? Reeves 10/21/72 Honolulu, HI Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff 2/3 The Sheik beat Fred Curry 2/3 Sam Steamboat beat Rick Ferrara Ed Francis beat Bill Dromo Bull Bullinski drew Mighty Inoue Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson beat Little Tokyo & Wee Willie Wilson 2/3 10/21/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mad Dog Vachon & Andre The Giant Rousimoff 2/3 in 26:25 Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig via pin George Scott drew Rene Goulet Superstar Billy Graham beat Ramon Torres via pin Kenny Jay beat Cesar Pabon via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 10/21/72 St Paul, MN The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq Dick Murdoch beat Dr X Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Big K & Blackjack Lanza Ric Drasin beat George Gadaski Joe Scarpello beat Bob Kappel 10/22/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Pete Carlos Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Ivan Koloff beat Peter Lee Dusty Rhodes beat Caesar Pavlon 10/24/72 Huron, SD @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens 2/3 1. Stevens won 1st fall 2. Gagne won 2nd fall 3. Gagne won 3rd fall Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott Joe Scarpello (sub Billy Robinson) beat Rene Goulet Att: 3,500 10/25/72 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & George Scott (sub Billy Robinson) 2/3 1. McDaniel pinned Bockwinkel 2. Bockwinkel beat McDaniel 3. Scott fell prey to a double team by the champs and was beaten in the 3rd fall Sailor Art Thomas (sub Angelo Poffo) beat Larry Hennig dq Billy Graham beat George Gadaski (sub George Scott) Joe Scarpello beat Johnny Kace att: 3,500+ 10/25/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon Ivan Koloff beat Don Muraco Lani Kealoha beat Rene Goulet Big K drew Chris Markoff 10/26/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher ddq Dusty Rhodes in 16:00 AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Dr X 2/3 Dick Murdoch beat George Scott via pin in 17:00 Rene Goulet beat Bobby Jones (sub Ric Drasin) via pin in 7:00 Butcher Vachon (sub Bobby Jones) beat Dave Muir via pin in just under 5 minutes 10/28/72 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & George Scott Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Ralph Crouch Billy Graham beat Frank Monte Wahoo McDaniel beat Kenny Jay 10/28/72 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff 2/3 The Sheik beat Fred Curry 2/3 to win Ring Magazine belt Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Wee Willie Wilson & Little Tojo 10/29/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin Dick the Bruiser beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Ivan Koloff & Big K 2/3 1 Muraco & Kealoha won 2 Koloff & Big K won 3 Muraco & Kealoha won Rene Goulet drew George Scott 10/31/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Superstar Billy Graham & Rene Goulet Bull Bullinski beat Dick Murdoch George Scott beat Big K 11/1/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium The Crusher vs Larry Hennig Dick Murdoch vs Don Muraco Lani Kealoha vs Big K Superstar Billy Graham vs George Scott 11/2/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel vs AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Larry Hennig vs Billy Robinson Superstar Billy Graham vs Don Muraco Lani Kealoha vs Rene Goulet 11/3/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Baron Von Raschke Sailor Art Thomas drew Blackjack Lanza Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott Moose Cholak beat Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski 11/3/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha Dr X beat Big K Ramon Torres beat Joe Scarpello 11/4/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Steve Tuck Billy Robinson beat Bill Kolchin Wahoo McDaniel beat Mike Spangler Billy Graham beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Wilbur Snyder beat Chris Markoff 11/4/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ray Stevens beat Dr X Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha George Scott drew Rene Goulet Joe Scarpello beat George Gadaski 11/4/72 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel in 13:00 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq when Koloff's manager the Big K interfered Handicap match Superstar Billy Graham beat Chris Markoff & Jose Quintero Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig Big K beat Kenny Jay att: 5,003 11/5/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Kolchin Dr. X beat Mike Spangler Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Don Muraco beat Bobby Jones 11/8/72 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium The Crusher vs Ivan Koloff Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha Superstar Billy Graham vs Steve Tuck Rene Goulet vs Dave Muir 11/8/72 Redfield, SD @ Redfield Armory Dr. X vs Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens vs Wahoo McDaniel Big K vs Ric Drasin George Scott vs George Gadaski 11/9/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham won a 12 man Battle Royal No dq Match The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes COR Mad Dog Vachon beat Larry Hennig Don Muraco beat Superstar Billy Graham (Winnipeg debut) Billy Robinson beat Butcher Vachon via pin Ivan Koloff drew Lani Kealoha George Gordienko drew Rene Goulet Dick Murdoch beat Dave Muir Att: “7,823 fans” Note: The Crusher & Dusty Rhodes were deemed too bloody from their singles match to compete in the Battle Royal. 11/11/72 Minneapolis TV Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Tom Demarco & Reggie Parks Billy Robinson beat Angel Rivera Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero 11/11/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 19:10 Dick the Bruiser beat Big K Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Bobby Heenan & Rene Goulet George Scott beat Larry Hennig dq Kenny Jay drew Armando Rodriguez att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 11/11/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Mad Dog Vachon in 12:13 Superstar Billy Graham beat Moose Cholak in 7:10 Reggie Parks drew Chris Markoff Joe Scarpello beat Jose Quintero in 13:52 11/12/72 Minneapolis TV Dr. X beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Wilbur Snyder beat Pancho Vasquez Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos 11/14/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Lights Out Match Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones Mike Graham handcuffed to Phil Robley Southern Champion Buddy Colt beat Eddie Graham dq Bobby Shane beat Boris Malenko AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ronnie Garvin Sputnik Monroe & Norvell Austin beat Frank Hester & Bearcat Wright Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat The Professsional Robert Fuller beat Mike Webster 11/14/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco Lani Kealoha beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Tom DeMarco 11/14/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) beat Dr X Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks Joe Scarpello beat George Gadaski 11/15/72 Honolulu, HI @ International Center Arena Ed Francis & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 to win AWA Tag Team Title Title change only recognized in Honolulu Dusty Rhodes beat Sam Steamboat 2/3 to win North American title Giant Baba beat Bulldog Brown dq when Brown hit the referee Lonnie Mad Dog Mayne beat Jack Carson Tony Borne drew Ray Glenn 11/15/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dick Murdoch beat the Crusher COR Wahoo McDaniel drew Superstar Billy Graham Ivan Koloff beat Lani Kealoha Rene Goulet beat Don Muraco 11/16/72 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Dr X vs Ivan Koloff Wahoo McDaniel vs Dick Murdoch Plus other preliminary bouts 11/17/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson 2/3 1. Murdoch pinned Crusher after a flying elbow smash in 12:03 2. Crusher pinned Rhodes after an elbow smash in 5:53 3. Rhodes pinned Robinson in 4:18 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 11:39 Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott via pin in 15:46 after a body slam Lani Kealoha beat Larry Hennig dq in 13:07 att: 7,191 11/18/72 Minneapolis TV Don Muraco beat Chuck Richards Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Peter Lee & Frank Monte Billy Robinson beat Jose Quintero Chris Markoff beat Joe Guzman 11/18/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham beat Moose Cholak Rene Goulet drew George Scott Kenny Dillinger beat Johnny Kace Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello 11/19/72 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Reggie Parks & Ramon Torres beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch dq Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang beat Billy the Kid & Little Tokyo Joe Scarpello drew Chris Markoff att: 1,252 11/19/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Dr X 2/3 in 23:18 1 Dr. X pinned Stevens 2 Stevens pinned Wahoo 3 Bockwinkel pinned Dr. X Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco via pin in 17:25 Ivan Koloff beat George Scott by submission in 16:12 with a Russian reverse bearhug Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski (sub Lani Kealoha) via pin in 15:30 att: 5,202 11/21/72 Bismarck, ND Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch & Ivan Koloff beat Dr X & Don Muraco & Joe Scarpello Dr X beat Big K Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff 11/21/72 Sterling, IL Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel 11/22/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Dusty Rhodes beat Dr X Dusty Rhodes & Big K beat Don Muraco & Joe Scarpello Dick Murdoch beat Chris Markoff Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski 11/22/72 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1. Bockwinkel pinned Robinson 2. McDaniel beat Bockwinkel 3. Robinson pinned Hennig Superstar Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez (sub Sailor Art Thomas) George Scott beat Bill Amel Jack Pesek beat Bill Crouch att: 2,300 11/25/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Pete Carlos Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Caesar Pavlon & Armando Rodriguez Wahoo McDaniel beat Ralph Crouch Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero 11/25/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Non Title Match Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq in 12:32 when Gagne hit Bockwinkel with a chair Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Billy Robinson & Joe Scarpello 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco via pin Ivan Koloff beat George Scott via pin Reggie Parks beat Big K via pin 11/26/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bob Sabre Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha beat Higo Hamaguchi & Angel Rivera Dusty Rhodes beat Tom Demarco Wahoo McDaniel beat Pancho Vasquez 11/28/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch George Scott & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Hennig dq Dick Murdoch beat Reggie Parks Joe Scarpello beat Jose Quintero 11/29/72 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Ed Francis & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq After their successful tag title defense, Robinson & Francis were stripped of the Tag Title for failure to defend it in other AWA cities. The Destroyer beat Dory Dixon Tosh Togo drew Jack Carson Sam Steamboat beat John Foley Ray Glenn beat Beto Casto 11/30/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in 21:00 George Gordienko beat Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel Don Muraco beat George Scott via pin Rene Goulet beat Bob Tuck Lani Kealoha beat Dave Muir Att: “crowd of 4,000” Note The advertisement incorrectly had Goulet vs Kealoha and Muir vs Tuck. 12/1/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes dq Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid Dick Murdoch beat Don Muraco Chris Markoff beat Joe Scarpello att: 1,597 12/1/72 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Gym Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel 2 Bockwinkel beat Robinson with a Boston Crab 3 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel after an atomic drop Lani Kealoha beat Ivan Koloff dq Billy Graham beat George Scott via pin Rene Goulet beat George Gadaski by submission 12/2/72 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Vann Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay Superstar Billy Graham beat Angel Rivera Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid drew Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang 12/2/72 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat George Scott & Joe Scarpello Don Muraco beat Big K Larry Hennig drew Rene Goulet (sub Billy Robinson) Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid 12/3/72 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Bill Amel & Ralph Crouch Dr. X beat Caesar Pavlon Dick Murdoch beat Peter Lee Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski Lani Kealoha beat Armando Rodriguez 12/3/72 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco via pin in 15:05 Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello via pin in 9:53 George Scott drew Chris Markoff 20:00 att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 12/3/72 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Koloff beat Ramon Torres Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks Big K beat Kenny Jay Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble 12/5/72 Sioux Falls, SD @ Coliseum Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson ddq Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in 3rd fall 1. Wahoo & Billy won 1st fall 2. Rhodes & Murdoch won 2nd fall 3. Both teams dq'ed Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks Rene Goulet drew George Scott Bob Bruggers beat George Gadaski 12/6/72 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Wahoo McDaniel vs Dick Murdoch 2/3 45:00 Dusty Rhodes vs Billy Robinson 2/3 45:00 Superstar Billy Graham vs George Scott 30:00 Rene Goulet vs Reggie Parks 20:00 12/6/72 Grand Forks Big K & Ivan Koloff vs Lani Kealoha & Don Muraco Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang vs Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo Big K vs Lani Kealoha Al Tomko vs Steve Tuck 12/7/72 Huron, SD @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham hit the referee Dusty Rhodes beat George Scott 2/3 1. Scott won 1st fall 2. Rhodes won 2nd fall 3. Rhodes won 3rd fall Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang beat Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid 2/3 Jose Quintero beat George Gadaski via pin Att: 1,200 12/8/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dusty Rhodes via pin in 17:04 after a drop kick Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch via pin in 21:00 Farmer Pete & Little Tokyo beat Billy The Kid & Cowboy Lang 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco via pin in 19:28 after beating Muraco in an Arm Wrestling Match Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks 20:00 att: 4,000 12/9/72 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat Ricky Mendoza Billy Graham beat Jose Quintero Wahoo McDaniel beat Pancho Vasquez Lani Kealoha beat Carlos Rodriguez Dick Murdoch beat Kenny Jay 12/9/72 Willmar, MN Ken Patera vs George Gadaski 12/10/72 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Caesar Pavlon & Armando Rodriguez Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero 12/10/72 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq when Wahoo hit Graham over the head with a chair Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco dq 10:21 Ivan Koloff beat Lani Kealoha via pin in 10:27 Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet via pin in 7:09 George Scott beat George Gadaski via pin in 12:22 Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang beat Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid 12/11/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham George Scott drew Rene Goulet Bob Bruggers beat Joe Scarpello George Gadaski & Rene Goulet beat Bob Bruggers & George Scott 12/11/72 Rice Lake, WI @ High School Ivan Koloff vs Don Muraco Rene Goulet vs George Scott Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang beat Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook Ken Patera beat George Gadaski 12/13/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig dq Lani Kealoha beat Dick Murdoch Rene Goulet beat Ric Flair 12/13/72 Honolulu, HI Don Muraco won a battle royal AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Curtis Iaukea Dusty Rhodes drew Sam Steamboat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco & Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Jack Carson Ed Francis beat Sueno Tosh Togo drew Bull Bullinski Spiros Arion beat Dennis Stamp 12/13/72 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott Big K (sub Chris Markoff) beat Bob Kappel Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble att: 1,500 Note: Another listing has an additional match Bob Bruggers drew Joe Scarpello 12/14/72 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Robinson dcor Superstar Billy Graham Angelo Mosca (Winnipeg Debut) beat Dick Murdoch dq when Murdoch hit Mosca with a bottle Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat Bob Bruggers Lani Kealoha beat Bobby Jones Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid Att: “estimated 7,000 fans” Note: A Newspaper ad listed Patera vs Hennig, Goulet vs Bruggers and Jones vs Bob Tuck 12/15/72 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Ivan Koloff beat Rene Goulet Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete beat Billy the Kid & Little Tokyo Dick Murdoch beat George Scott 12/16/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Ernie Ladd & Sailor Art Thomas when Ladd refused to tag Thomas who was then easily beaten Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson ddq Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham beat Billy Red Cloud Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig Moose Cholak beat Kenny Dillinger 12/17/72 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Armando Rodriguez Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Daniels Wahoo McDaniel beat Pete Carlos 12/17/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Superstar Billy Graham won a 15 man battle royal for $10,000 Order of elimination from first to last 1-Bill Crouch 2-Big K 3-Ken Patera 4-Rene Goulet 5-Ric Flair 6-Larry Hennig 7-Reggie Parks 8-George Scott 9-Dusty Rhodes 10-Dick Murdock 11-Nick Bockwinkel 12-Ivan Koloff 13-Wahoo McDaniel 14-Billy Robinson Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff in 13:04 Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott (sub Lani Kealoha) in 11:35 Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet with a bear hug in 8:05 Bob Bruggers (sub George Scott) beat Dusty Rhodes dq in 1:17 when Rhodes tried to attack the referee Dick Murdoch drew Reggie Parks 15:00 Big K drew Ric Flair 10:00 att: Record Crowd 6,337 12/24/72 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Tom Demarco Dr. X beat Bill Kolchin Don Muraco beat George Gadaski Dusty Rhodes beat Bob Kappel Ric Drasin beat Don Reese 12/26/72 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet 12/27/72 Decatur, IL Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig dq Dick Murdoch beat Bull Bullinski George Scott drew Bob Bruggers 12/27/72 Mitchell, SD Superstar Billy Graham vs Billy Robinson 12/28/72 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Andre The Giant beat Dick Murdoch dq George Scott beat Larry Jones Bob Bruggers drew Jack Pesek Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble Superstar Billy Graham vs Lani Kealoha 12/28/72 Duluth, MN @ Arena Ray Stevens beat Dr. X Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet George Gadaski beat Jose Quintero 12/28/72 Moorhead, MN Nick Bockwinkel drew Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks beat Big K Dennis Stamp beat Jim Brunzell 12/29/72 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1. Graham beat McDaniel in 3:25 2. McDaniel beat Graham in 1:19 3. Graham beat McDaniel in 2:15 Graham also beat McDaniel in an Arm Wrestling match Wahoo McDaniel beat Dr X 11:30 Superstar Billy Graham beat Joe Scarpello 10:48 Dr X beat Joe Scarpello with a small package in 18:55 att: 5,000 Note: Nick Bockwinkel, Ray Stevens, Billy Robinson, Ivan Koloff, Bull Bullinski, Ken Patera and Larry Hennig were all no shows 12/29/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Wilbur Snyder won a 15 man battle royal when Andre Rousimoff, Blackjack Mulligan, Blackjack Lanza and Dusty Rhodes were simultaneously eliminated order of elimination: Ric Flair, Dale Lewis, Jack Pesek, Johnny Kace, Billy Red Cloud, Reggie Parks, Sailor Art Thomas, Larry Hennig, George Scott, Dick Murdoch, Andre Rousimoff (the giant) took the Blackjacks and Dusty Rhodes with him Dusty Rhodes beat Wilbur Snyder Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Blackjack Lanza beat Jack Pesek Sailor Art Thomas beat Johnny Kace Blackjack Mulligan drew George Scott Dick Murdoch beat Billy Red Cloud 12/30/72 Milwaukee WI @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wahoo McDaniel in 12:40 when the referee stopped the match Ivan Koloff beat Dr X in 22:22 by submission Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet in 8:50 by submission with a bear hug Dick Murdoch beat Reggie Parks via pin at 14:40 Big K drew Jim Brunzell Dale Lewis drew George Scott att: 6,112 sellout 12/30/72 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens to win the AWA Tag Team Title Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Bob Bruggers beat Blackjack Daniels Ric Flair drew George Gadaski att: 7,091
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1/6/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Johnny Heidman Wahoo McDaniel beat Tinker Todd Billy Graham beat George Gadaski 1/6/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson 2/3 to regain the AWA tag team title 1. Bockwinkel beat Robinson 2. Robinson pinned Stevens 3. Stevens pinned Gagne The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks Bob Bruggers beat Big K dq Ric Flair beat Johnny Heidman via pin Jim Brunzell drew Tinker Todd att: 10,003 1/7/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 16:20 Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham hurled Wahoo into referee George Gadaski at the 9:35 mark Dusty Rhodes beat George Scott via pin in 24:12 Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks via pin in 15:47 Bob Bruggers drew Rene Goulet 15:00 att: 5,354 1/9/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Ray Stevens beat the Crusher Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel Bob Bruggers beat Tinker Todd Jim Brunzell beat Joe Scarpello 1/10/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud Ivan Koloff beat Joe Scarpello Bob Bruggers beat Big K 1/11/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR in 12:00 when Graham walked back to the dressing room Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat George Gordienko & Reggie Parks 2/3 Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble via pin Rene Goulet drew George Scott (sub Lani Kealoha) Bob Bruggers beat Bobby Jones (sub George Scott) via pin Ric Flair beat Johnny Heidman Jim Brunzell beat Tinker Todd (sub match for Bob Tuck vs Dave Muir) 1/13/73 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Johnny Heidman Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez Reggie Parks beat Tinker Todd Ivan Koloff beat Bob Amel 1/13/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel 15:21 Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Danny Hodge & Bill Miller 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat George Scott via pin Reggie Parks beat Big K via pin Bob Bruggers beat Johnny Heidman via pin Jim Brunzell beat Tinker Todd via pin 1/16/73 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center Wahoo McDaniel beat Dick Murdoch Reggie Parks beat Billy Graham dq George Scott beat Tinker Todd Bob Bruggers beat Johnny Heidman 1/17/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr drew Billy Robinson North American Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco Ed Francis beat The Sheik to win Hawaiian Title Ripper Collins beat Rick Drasin Tony Borne drew Sam Steamboat Fred Blassie did not beat Lord Blears in 10 minutes 1/17/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel vs Dick Murdoch Superstar Billy Graham vs George Scott Reggie Parks vs Tinker Todd Bob Bruggers vs Johnny Heidman 1/18/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR 10:25 Dusty Rhodes beat the Crusher dq when Crusher tossed Rhodes over the top rope at the 8:30 mark Billy Robinson beat Reggie Parks in 14:11 via pin with a back bridge Don Muraco beat Dick Murdoch 11:15 Bob Bruggers drew George Scott 20:00 att: 5,647 1/19/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq in 7:42 when referee George Gadaski caught Rhodes using brass knuckles Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco 2/3 in 16:57 1. Muraco was counted out of the ring 2. Muraco pinned Graham 3. Graham pinned Muraco George Scott beat Tinker Todd by submission in 12:39 Bob Bruggers beat Johnny Heidmanin 16:10 att: 3,734 1/20/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Johnny Heidman Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez Reggie Parks beat Tinker Todd Ivan Koloff beat Bob Amel 1/20/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wahoo McDaniel The Crusher beat Ray Stevens Ernie Ladd beat Moose Cholak Mitsu Arakawa & Higo Hamaguchi beat Reggie Parks & George Scott Jimmy Valiant beat Bobby Bold Eagle Angel Rivera drew Tinker Todd 1/20/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Non Title Match Ivan Koloff beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne by submission Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq 1 Murdoch & Rhodes won 2 Robinson & Muraco won 3 Rhodes was dq'ed when he tossed Robinson over the top rope Bill Watts beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Rene Goulet beat Bob Bruggers via pin Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 1/22/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Ray Stevens beat the Crusher Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch George Scott beat Rene Goulet Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman 1/23/73 Fergus Falls, MN @ Junior College Gym Ivan Koloff vs Wahoo McDaniel Superstar Billy Graham vs Reggie Parks Bob Bruggers vs Rene Goulet Big K vs Tinker Todd 1/23/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes Jim Brunzell (sub Ric Flair) beat Johnny Heidman George Scott beat Rene Goulet (sub Jim Brunzell) 1/24/73 Decatur, IL The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Don Muraco beat Dick Murdoch dq George Scott beat Dusty Rhodes dq Johnny Heidman beat Jim Brunzell 1/26/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Reggie Parks beat Bob Bruggers George Scott beat Tinker Todd 1/27/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Wahoo McDaniel beat Mr. Fuji Superstar Billy Graham beat Jose Quintero Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Peter Lee & Frank Monte 1/27/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Regular Match Superstar Billy Graham vs Bill Watts Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham vs Bill Watts Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel Ivan Koloff beat George Scott Bob Bruggers beat Johnny Heidman Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks att: 5,121 1/28/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR Reggie Parks & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch dq when Murdoch was caught using a foreign object Rene Goulet drew George Scott 20:00 Jim Brunzell beat Tinker Todd Khosrow Vaziri no contest Johnny Heidman att: 3,000 1/30/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Don Muraco ddq Dusty Rhodes Dick Murdoch beat Reggie Parks Rene Goulet beat George Scott Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman Note: Wahoo and Superstar were scheduled to arm wrestle prior to their singles match 1/31/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wahoo McDaniel Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks in 17:00 Rene Goulet beat George Scott Khosrow Vaziri beat Tinker Todd Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman via pin 2/1/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 1. Rhodes pinned Robinson 2. Muraco beat Rhodes in 2:37 with a cobra submission hold 3. Murdoch pinned Muraco in 2:17 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq in 8:17 when Koloff jumped off the top rope onto McDaniel Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks in 14:47 via pin after a knee drop Arm Wrestling Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham 3:18 George Scott beat Johnny Heidman in 13:14 with a cobra twist submission hold att: 5,130 2/3/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Johnny Heidman & Tinker Todd Billy Graham beat Red Mendez Wahoo McDaniel beat Blackie Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Bill Watts beat Pancho Vasquez 2/4/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher no contest Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in 3rd fall at 15:55 1. Bruiser pinned Murdoch in 9:55 2. Murdoch pinned Bruiser 3. The referee stopped thematch when he was unable to control the wrestlers Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig via pin in 12:45 Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks via pin in 10:30 Nick Bockwinkel (sub Don Muraco) beat George Scott via pin in 14:30 Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman via pin in 13:55 att: 6,384 2/5/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks Ivan Koloff beat George Scott Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell 2/6/73 Jamestown, ND Larry Hennig vs Tinker Todd 2/6/73 Mendota, IL @ High School Gym Dusty Rhodes vs Wahoo McDaniel Don Muraco vs Dick Murdoch Dawn Lemke vs Kay Noble Rene Goulet vs George Scott 2/7/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Ripper Collins ddq Neff Maiava in 3rd fall Ken Patera beat Tapia Paul Jones beat Harley Race dq Ed Francis beat Lord Nelson Jimmy Snuka beat Pepto Castro Bulldog Bob Brown drew Sam Steamboat 2/7/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Larry Hennig beat Big K (sub Wahoo McDaniel) Ivan Koloff vs Reggie Parks Jim Brunzell vs Johnny Heidman 2/9/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Blackjack Mulligan 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder Ernie Ladd beat Lord James Blears Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks Blackjack Lanza beat Jim Brunzell 2/10/73 Moline TV Billy Graham beat Poncho Vasquez Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat Armando Rodriguez Don Muraco beat Bill Crouch Dusty Rhodes beat Mike Spangler 2/10/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 1 Robinson & Muraco won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won Superstar Billy Graham beat Bill Watts via pin Ken Patera beat Johnny Heidman by submission Reggie Parks beat Lord James Blears Rene Goulet beat George Scott via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 2/11/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (Afternoon show 3 PM start time) Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Wahoo McDaniel & Bill Watts 2/3 The Crusher ddq Dusty Rhodes Handicap Match Ken Patera beat Jose Quintero & Johnny Heidman via pin Larry Hennig beat Lord Blears via pin Ric Flair drew Rene Goulet Note: Another listing has an additional result Big K drew Ed Francis 2/13/73 Minot, ND Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Big K & Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks & George Scott Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman Ric Flair drew Rene Goulet 2/14/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco dq Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat George Scott Ric Flair beat Lord Blears 2/16/73 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1 Robinson beat Rhodes 2 Rhodes beat Robinson 3 Robinson beat Rhodes Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco via pin Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks via pin Rene Goulet beat George Scott via pin 2/17/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay Wahoo McDaniel beat Angel Rivera Larry Hennig beat Bobby Vann Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Bill Crouch & Blackie Guzman 2/18/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff (sub Dusty Rhodes) beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera 2/3 1. Wahoo was dq'ed for accidentally hitting the referee 2. Patera beat Koloff with a bear hug 3. Graham pinned Patera Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet 20:00 Ric Flair beat Jose Quintero Kenny Jay beat Bill Crouch (sub Jack Daniels) att: 2,703 2/18/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 in 31:10 The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes via pin in 9:00 Larry Hennig beat George Scott Jim Brunzell beat Big K dq 15:45 Khosrow Vaziri beat Johnny Heidman via pin in 12:20 2/19/73 Moline, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham beat Lord Blears Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet Big K beat Ric Flair 2/20/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Don Muraco & Ken Patera & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Reggie Parks (sub Wahoo McDaniel) beat Rene Goulet Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes Jim Brunzell beat Johnny Heidman (sub Tinker Todd) 2/21/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin at 11:25 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall dq 1. Koloff won 1st fall 2. Wahoo pinned Koloff 3. Koloff was dq'ed for jumping off the top rope Superstar Billy Graham beat Lord Blears Ric Flair (sub George Scott) drew Big K att: 2,800+ 2/22/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Indian Strap Match, Winner must drag his opponent around the ring twice Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham in 11:05 Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes in 12:05 Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco COR in 12:00 Ivan Koloff drew Reggie Parks 30:00 Dick Murdoch beat Lord Blears via pin att: SRO 7,949, record attendance 2/24/73 Moline TV Dusty Rhodes beat George Gadaski Don Muraco beat Jose Quintero Billy Graham beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Bill Crouch Nick Bockwinkel beat Johnny Heidman 2/24/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 1. Rhodes beat Muraco in 14:22 2. Robinson beat Murdoch in 20:54 3. Muraco beat Rhodes in 27:11 Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig 2/3 1. Hennig won 1st fall 2. Parks won 2nd fall 3. Parks won 3rd fall Superstar Billy Graham beat Rene Goulet in 8:57 Ken Patera beat Johnny Heidman att: 2,001 2/28/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham in 16:30 Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Reggie Parks & Ken Patera 2/3 1. Parks pinned Murdoch in 9:00 2. Murdoch pinned Parks at the 18:00 mark 3. Rhodes pinned Parks Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel in 23:00 Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell in 12:00 Khosrow Vaziri beat Johnny Heidman Att: “11,379 fans” Note: Patera billed as a 300 pound rookie Olympic weightlifter turner pro wrestler in the advertisement. 3/3/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Jones Ivan Koloff beat Bill Kolchin Jim Brunzell beat Dave Muir Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Crouch 3/3/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera dq Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks Vic Rossitani beat Ric Flair via pin att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 3/4/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Superstar Billy Graham beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq when Gagne tossed Graham over the top rope in 22:02 Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 1 Rhodes & Murdoch won 2 Wahoo & Patera won 3 Wahoo & Patera won Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks Don Muraco beat Rene Goulet via pin Jose Carlos beat Armando Rodriguez (sub Cesar Pablon) via pin Att: Record Turnaway Crowd – 6,428 3/4/73 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq when Nick & Ray jumped off the top rope Ivan Koloff beat Bill Watts via pin Ric Flair beat Big K Khosrow Vaziri beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Bill Crouch 3/7/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham won a battle royal Superstar Billy Graham vs Reggie Parks Ivan Koloff vs Vic Rossitani Nick Bockwinkel vs Rene Goulet Ric Flair beat Larry Hennig dq Big K vs Khosrow Vaziri 3/7/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena The Sheik beat NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr COR Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 Jimmy Snuka beat Ripper Collins Ken Patera beat Tony Borne Ed Francis beat Haru Sasaki Sam Steamboat drew Masked Executioner 3/9/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera COR Bob Ellis drew Ernie Ladd Billy Robinson beat Reggie Parks Ivan Koloff beat Vic Rossitani Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell Note: Patera and Graham also arm wrestled. 3/10/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Dick Murdoch beat Armando Rodriguez Jim Brunzell beat Carlos Colon Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pabon Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & George Scott 3/10/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell 3/12/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks Rene Goulet drew Vic Rossitani Khosrow Vaziri beat Big K dq 3/15/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Merv Unger Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1 Koloff pinned Robinson in 7:30 2 Robinson pinned Koloff in 13:00 3 Graham won 3rd fall with an assist from Koloff’s manager The Big K Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco COR in 15:00 Dusty Rhodes beat Ken Patera dq when Patera would not break his bear hug hold on Rhodes who was outside the ring Dick Murdoch beat Vic Rossitani via pin in 16:00 Reggie Parks beat Jim Brunzell via pin in 12:00 Rene Goulet beat Ric Flair in 16:00 Att: “6,000 intense fans” 3/16/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Winning team to meet AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on next Denver card Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 1. Koloff pinned Wahoo in 8:47 2. Koloff and Graham were dq'ed for double teaming 3. Robinson pinned Koloff in 5:17 Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco COR in 12:09 Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig with a bear hug in 9:07 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet dq when Goulet jumped off the top rope onto Parks att: 7,121 3/17/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Tom Demarco Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch Ivan Koloff beat Chuck Edwards Verne Gagne beat Blackie Guzman 3/17/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 26:09 Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq when Wahoo rammed Graham's head into the ring post Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani Reggie Parks drew Don Muraco 20:00 att: 4,000 with 1,000 turned away 3/18/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1. Robinson beat Rhodes 2. Rhodes beat Robinson 3. Robinson beat Rhodes Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks when Parks injured his knee and could not continue in the third fall Larry Hennig beat Vic Rossitani Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell att: 1,251 3/18/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera 2/3 in 30:00 1. Wahoo was pinned 2. Wahoo pinned Stevens after a series of tomahawk chops 3. Bockwinkel beat Patera Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq Ric Flair beat Big K Khosrow Vaziri drew George Gadaski Att:”just under 3,200” 3/20/73 Burlington IA @ Memorial Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Ken Patera & Reggie Parks Vic Rositanni beat Jim Brunzell Att: 1500 3/21/73 Detroit Lakes, MN @ Detroit Lakes High School Wahoo McDaniel vs Ivan Koloff Don Muraco vs Superstar Billy Graham Big K vs Ric Flair 3/21/73 Lanark, IL @ High School Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs Billy Robinson & Ken Patera Nick Bockwinkel vs Vic Rositanni Jim Brunzell vs Reggie Parks 3/23/73 Ironwood, MI @ Luther L. Wright Gym Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Robinson Wahoo McDaniel vs Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks vs Larry Hennig Jim Brunzell vs Vic Rositanni 3/24/73 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat Dave Muir Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski Ken Patera beat Bobby Vann Dusty Rhodes beat Red Mendez Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera 3/24/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre No dq Match Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Bill Watts beat Blackjack Lanza Superstar Billy Graham beat Sailor Art Thomas Ernie Ladd beat Reggie Parks Jimmy Valiant beat Ric Flair Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell Note: Graham and Thomas were also scheduled to arm wrestle 3/24/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ken Patera beat Ivan Koloff dq Larry Hennig beat Vic Rossitani 3/25/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham in 11:20 Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Bill Watts beat Ivan Koloff dq Rene Goulet beat Bill Crouch via pin at 9:23 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair via pin at 11:12 Jim Brunzell drew Kenny Jay 3/26/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Reggie Parks beat Jim Brunzell Rene Goulet drew Vic Rossitani 3/27/73 Amboy, IL @ High School The Crusher vs Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens vs Reggie Parks Vic Rositanni vs Jim Brunzell 3/28/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Koloff's manager the Big K barred from Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 in 26:25 Dick the Bruiser dcor Dusty Rhodes Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig via pin in 9:25 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair via pin in 15:50 Rene Goulet beat Khosrow Vaziri via pin in 12:15 att: 9,881 3/28/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 Ken Patera beat Dick Murdoch dq Lars Anderson beat Vic Rossitani Jim Brunzell drew Big K 3/29/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch & Vic Rossitani (sub Billy Graham) Horst Hoffman beat Big K (sub Ivan Koloff) Vic Rossitani drew Reggie Parks Big K drew Jim Brunzell Note: Graham and Koloff reportedly were fogged in at the Milwaukee airport and were unable to wrestle in Duluth as a result 3/30/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel The Crusher beat Dick Murdoch dq Dusty Rhodes drew Horst Hoffman Don Muraco beat Rene Goulet 3/31/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Tinker Todd Don Muraco beat Bill Crouch 3/31/73 Decatur, IL Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Ivan Koloff vs Ken Patera Rene Goulet vs Reggie Parks Vic Rossitani vs Khosrow Vaziri 4/1/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham dq at the 11:25 mark when Graham would not stop using rough tactics at the referee's count of five Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco by submission in 29:38 Ivan Koloff drew Ken Patera 20:00 Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Horst Hoffman beat Rene Goulet via pin at 11:18 Reggie Parks beat Vic Rossitanni by submission in 13:35 att: 6,189 4/4/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel vs Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham vs Reggie Parks Geoff Portz beat Larry Hennig dq Rene Goulet vs Jim Brunzell 4/4/73 Honolulu, HI @ Honolulu International Center AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Dusty Rhodes beat Ken Patera Ed Francis beat Ripper Collins dq Sam Steamboat beat Jose Quintero Jimmy Snuka beat Haru Sasaki Cowboy Lang & Hillbilly Pete beat Tokyo Kid & Lord Littlebrook 4/5/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch 2/3 in 27:00 1. McDaniel pinned Murdoch 2. Murdoch pinned McDaniel 3. Robinson pinned Koloff Horst Hoffman beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Ray Stevens vs Don Muraco was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani in 12:00 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair in 17:00 Geoff Portz beat Bobby Jones in 6:30 Att: “more than 5,000 fans” 4/7/73 Moline TV Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Peter Lee & Frank Monte Wahoo McDaniel beat Bob Amel Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Horst Hoffman beat Pete Carlos Billy Robinson beat Kenny Jay 4/7/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco & Wilbur Snyder Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Reggie Parks beat Ivan Koloff dq Sailor Art Thomas beat Higo Hamaguchi Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani Khosrow Vaziri beat Ken Dillinger 4/8/73 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco Billy Robinson beat Reggie Parks Jim Brunzell drew Vic Rossitani 4/9/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera Don Muraco beat Superstar Billy Graham Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks 4/13/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Lars Anderson (sub Nick Bockwinkel) & Ray Stevens 2/3 1. Rhodes pinned Anderson in 12:40 2. Anderson pinned Rhodes in 7:40 3. Rhodes beat Stevens in 7:45 Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco dq at the 9:00 mark when Muraco would not stop choking Graham with the ring rope Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks 20:00 European Rules Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz after 5 rounds att: 5,181 Note: Bockwinkel reportedly injured his knee the night before and was unable to compete in Denver 4/14/73 Moline TV George Gadaski & Kenny Jay beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch dq Horst Hoffman beat Joe Guzman Billy Robinson beat Chuck Edwards Geoff Portz beat Angel Rivera Ric Flair beat Tom Demarco 4/14/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco & Reggie Parks (sub Billy Robinson) in 20:46 when Stevens pinned Muraco Joe Scarpello (sub Reggie Parks) beat Lars Anderson Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet via pin Khosrow Vaziri beat Ric Flair dq att: 1,286 4/15/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco 2/3 Horst Hoffman beat Lars Anderson dq Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Greg Gagne in his pro debut beat Kenny Jay 4/15/73 Houghton, MI @ Michigan Tech Students Ice Arena 3 PM Start Time Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera Superstar Billy Graham vs Ken Patera Vic Rositanni vs Larry Hennig Ric Flair vs Khosrow Vaziri Note: First time for wrestling here 4/18/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR when Graham walked out on the match after taking a severe beating Ken Patera beat Dusty Rhodes COR when Rhodes ran out of the ring Ed Francis drew Sam Steamboat Ray Stevens drew Don Muraco Tony Borne beat Jimmy Snuka dq Neff Maiava beat Wild Bill Howard Sandy Parker beat Bambi Ball 4/21/73 Moline TV Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Bill Kolchin Nick Bockwinkel beat Johnny Heidman Verne Gagne beat Bill Crouch 4/21/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Billy Robinson via pin European Rules Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz TKO Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani by submission Ric Flair beat Jim Brunzell via pin att: “capacity crowd 6,112” 4/25/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium No Time Limit, No dq Match Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin Winner gets Tag Title shot against Bockwinkel & Stevens Ken Patera & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch European Rules Geoff Portz drew Horst Hoffman after 4 rounds Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq 4/26/73 Muscatine, IA @ High School Fieldhouse Ken Patera & Don Muraco beat Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe 2/3 1 Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe won 1st fall 2 Ken Patera & Don Muraco won 2nd fall 3 Ken Patera & Don Muraco won 3rd fall Reggie Parks beat Pretty Boy Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall dq Greg Gagne beat Vic Rossitani in 15:55 Referee George Gadaski 4/26/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Special Referee: Hard Boiled Haggerty AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq 1. Murdoch won the first fall in 22:00 2. Bockwinkel won the 2nd fall at the 37:00 mark 3. Rhodes smashed Stevens' head into the ring post and Murdoch tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope earning a dq from referee Hard Boiled Haggerty Superstar Billy Graham beat Angelo Mosca in 4:00 Superstar Billy Graham beat Angelo Mosca in an arm wrestling match refereed by Nick Bockwinkel Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz after five 4 minute rounds Rene Goulet beat Bill Crouch (sub Jim Brunzell) in 9:00 Stan Moose Morowski beat Dave Muir in 4:30 Ric Flair vs Khosrow Vaziri was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Att: “5,243 fans” 4/27/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School No Time Limit, No dq Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR in 15:21 when Graham walked back to the locker room Referee Bill Finter however declared Wahoo the winner on a submission decision since the match carried a no time limit, no dq stipulation. Larry Hennig beat Don Muraco via pin in 11:01 Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani by submission in 9:41 Reggie Parks beat Angel Rivera in 15:48 Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski in 12:19 att: 4,400 4/28/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Mark Starr Billy Graham beat Frank Monte Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Bill Crouch 4/28/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Hard Boiled Haggerty AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 Special Referee: Len Montana Superstar Billy Graham beat Bill Watts in 15:20 Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig in 12:10 Billy Robinson beat Tosh Togo via pin in 14:25 Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet in 16:23 Reggie Parks beat Vic Rossitani in 14:45 att: 4,098 4/29/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Robinson & Wahoo won 3 The time limit expired before either team could score the winning fall Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin at 9:30 5 Round European Style Match Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz 20:00 Each round was 4 minutes. Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell (sub Reggie Parks) via pin in 12:06 att: 5,211 5/1/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig No dq match Wahoo McDaniel beat Ray Stevens Geoff Portz beat Don Muraco Vic Rossitani beat Rene Goulet 5/2/73 Springfield, IL @ Coliseum Billy Graham & Larry Hennig vs Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson Horst Hoffman vs Rene Goulet 5/5/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Wahoo McDaniel beat Jose Quintero Billy Graham beat Mark Starr Billy Robinson beat Bobby Jones Ken Patera beat Bill Kolchin 5/5/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Jimmy Valiant 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham & Ernie Ladd beat Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Bob Ellis no contest Baron Von Raschke Billy Robinson drew Wilbur Snyder Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski Ric Flair beat Kenny Dillinger 5/6/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Auditorium matinee Billy Robinson won a 16 man battle royal in 32:00 by eliminating Superstar Billy Graham Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes COR Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Superstar Billy Graham beat Don Muraco Horst Hoffman beat Reggie Parks Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Jim Brunzell beat Mark Starr att: 5,409 5/9/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 5/11/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham vs Ken Patera Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin European Style Match Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Rene Goulet (sub Larry Hennig) beat Jim Brunzell 5/12/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Red Mendez Geoff Portz beat Mark Starr Ken Patera beat Angel Rivera Dusty Rhodes beat Kenny Jay 5/12/73 Milwaukee WI @ Arena Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Rhodes & Murdoch won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won European Rules Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair (sub Larry Hennig) Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay att: 11,418 5/14/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson & Ken Patera beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham Horst Hoffman drew Ric Flair Geoff Portz beat Greg Gagne Lord Littlebrook beat Wee Willie Wilson 5/15/73 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Ray Stevens vs Billy Robinson Rene Goulet vs Horst Hoffman Wee Willie Wilson & Lord Littlebrook vs Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo Geoff Portz vs Vic Rossitani Note: Another listing has Stevens vs Don Muraco as the main event. 5/16/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Indian Death Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham North American Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson dq Ivan Koloff ddq Ken Patera Sam Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka beat Mad Dog Vachon (sub Tarzan Tyler) & Lars Anderson Ed Francis beat Bob Ramstead Neff Maiava beat The Masked Man 5/17/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Ken Patera beat Nick Bockwinkel & Rene Goulet (sub Ray Stevens) European Rules Match Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Little Tokyo & Frenchy Lamont Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani 5/18/73 Decatur, IL Don Muraco & Ken Patera vs Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch The Crusher vs Ray Stevens Rene Goulet vs Vic Rossitani Jim Brunzell vs Geoff Portz 5/18/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham dq at the 14:07 mark when Graham tossed Robinson over the top rope Nick Bockwinkel beat Horst Hoffman via pin in 14:37 Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Frenchy LaMonte & Little Tokyo 2/3 1. Tokyo pinned Littlebrook in 11:40 2. Wilson pinned Lamont in 16:00 3. Littlebrook used a cradle to pin Tokyo at the 22:48 mark Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 20:00 att: 2,514 5/19/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Horst Hoffman & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo Kenny Jay drew Mark Starr 5/19/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Chuck Edwards Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera Ken Patera beat Armando Rodriguez 5/19/73 Peoria, IL Dusty Rhodes won a 10 man battle royal by eliminating The Crusher The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks beat Dick Murdoch dq Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 20:00 Jim Brunzell beat Khosrow Vaziri 5/20/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Suerstar Billy Graham vs The Crusher 5/23/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera & Billy Robinson Billy Graham beat Horst Hoffman Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet (sub Dick Murdoch) Greg Gagne vs Kenny Jay 5/24/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch when Stevens pinned Murdoch after using brass knuckles Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Wahoo McDaniel & Angelo Mosca 2/3 1. Mosca beat Koloff 2. Mosca was counted out of the ring after missing a flying tackle and was unable to compete in the rest of the match as a result 3. Graham beat McDaniel European Rules Match Horst Hoffman no decision Billy Robinson when Hoffman was injured in the 5th round and Robinson refused to accept the victory Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet in 17:00 Lord Littlebrook beat Frenchy LaMonte Ken Patera vs Vic Rossitani was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Att: “5,412 fans” 5/25/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel beat Ernie Ladd & Superstar Billy Graham Bob Ellis beat Blackjack Lanza Baron Von Raschke beat Sailor Art Thomas Red Bastien drew Vic Rossitani Moose Cholak beat Rene Goulet Mitsu Arakawa beat Joe Scarpello 5/25/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch when Bockwinkel pinned Murdoch in 14:08 European rules match Billy Robinson no contest Horst Hoffman when Hoffman injured his shoulder in the 5th round. Robinson refused to accept the victory since Hoffman was unable to continue. Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo 2/3 1. Tokyo pinned Wilson in 8:56 2. Littlebrook pinned Lamont in 6:02 3. Wilson beat Tokyo in 4:31 Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks via submission in 16:48 att: 4,413 5/26/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Mark Starr Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Wahoo McDaniel beat Rodeo Jones 5/27/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff & Buddy Wolff Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff (sub Lars Anderson) Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell Billy Graham was a no show att: 1,050 6/2/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs Little Tokyo & Frenchy LaMont Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Wahoo McDaniel beat Blackjack Lanza Bob Bruggers beat Jim Brunzell Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne att: 8,222 6/2/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera & Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall dq Buddy Wolff beat Pat O'Connor Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Joe Scarpello beat Rene Goulet Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch (sub Lars Anderson) via pin 6/2/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Graham beat Caesar Pablon Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Wahoo McDaniel beat Kenny Jay Ric Flair beat Ivan Koloff dq 6/3/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2-0 1 Wahoo beat Graham 2 Crusher beat Koloff Dusty Rhodes dcor Billy Robinson Geoff Portz beat Dick Murdoch via pin in 16:05 Greg Gagne (sub George Scott) beat Rene Goulet dq in 15:25 Att: 4,222 6/6/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Ed Francis beat Sam Steamboat 2/3 to win Hawaiian Title Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes 2-0 to win North American title Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera & Don Carson 2/3 Neff Maiava beat Frankie Castro Jimmy Snuka drew Tony Borne The Alaskan vs Jack Bence 6/9/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Johnny Heidman 6/9/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Moose Cholak drew Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks beat Ken Dillinger Jim Brunzell beat Ric Flair Rene Goulet beat Prince Pullins 6/11/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Geoff Portz beat Bob Bruggers 6/14/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 1. Wahoo pinned Graham 2. Koloff pinned Wahoo 3. Crusher beat Koloff Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) beat Billy Robinson dq Handicap Match Ken Patera beat both Bobby Jones & Bill Kochen (subs for Nick Bockwinkel) in 5:13 Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz 20:00 Rene Goulet beat Bob Bruggers in 17:00 Att: “over 5,000 fans” Note: Kochen and Jones were originally scheduled to wrestle each other in the opening bout. 6/15/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson Ken Patera vs Nick Bockwinkel Geoff Portz vs Rene Goulet Greg Gagne vs Reggie Parks 6/16/73 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay Ken Patera beat Nacho Berrera Lars Anderson beat Red Mendez Geoff Portz beat Angel Rivera 6/16/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Carlos Colon Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Bob Amel 6/20/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Stretcher match Sam Steamboat beat Ed Francis North American Champion Billy Robinson dcor Superstar Billy Graham in 3rd fall Ripper Collins beat Jimmy Snuka Lord Littlebrook & Haiti Kid beat Tokyo Joe & Frenchy Lamont Ken Patera beat The Alaskan Neff Maiava beat Tony Borne 6/23/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Carlos Colon Ivan Koloff vs Caesar Pabon Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Bob Amel 6/23/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham beat Red Mendez Billy Robinson beat Chuck Edwards Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski The Crusher beat Tom Demarco Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay 6/23/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Wilbur Snyder dq when Snyder tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz Sailor Art Thomas beat Rene Goulet Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch via pin att: “crowd of 6,078” 6/27/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet Larry Heiniemi beat Jim Brunzell (sub Ken Patera) Greg Gagne beat Bob Bruggers 6/29/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 1. Koloff pinned McDaniel 2. McDaniel pinned Koloff 3. The Crusher pinned Graham Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq when Stevens rammed Robinson's head into the ring post Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet via pin after a flying spin Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch via pin att: 6,431 6/30/73 Moline TV Billy Graham beat Red Mendez Billy Robinson beat Chuck Edwards Lars Anderson beat George Gadaski The Crusher beat Tom Demarco Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay 6/30/73 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Red Mendez & Motro Mavassa Ken Patera beat George Grant Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Larry Heiniemi beat Kenny Jay Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch 6/30/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Ernie Ladd no contest Wahoo McDaniel Sailor Art Thomas drew Jimmy Valiant Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Bobby Heenan drew Reggie Parks Pepper Gomez beat Johnny Kace 6/30/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera & Bill Watts Larry Heiniemi drew Geoff Portz Bob Bruggers beat Rene Goulet Jim Brunzell beat George Grant Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch
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7/1/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 in 26:25 Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson dq in 18:45 Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera via pin in 12:30 Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet via pin in 13:25 after an airplane spin Att: 6,182 7/3/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Billy Robinson beat Rene Goulet dq Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Reggie Parks beat Bill Crouch 7/5/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 to apparently win the AWA Tag Team Title but the decision was later overturned when AWA President Stanley Blackburn ruled the wrong man (Stevens) was pinned in the 3rd fall. 1 Crusher beat Bockwinkel 2 Bockwinkel beat Crusher 3 Stevens was pinned while Bockwinkel was on the arena floor Winner to meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne on 8/16 Superstar Billy Graham beat Billy Robinson dq when Robinson tossed Graham over the top rope Larry Heiniemi beat Ken Patera Ivan Koloff dcor Geoff Portz in 24:00 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet George Gordienko beat George Grant Att: “4,832 fans” 7/6/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq when Wahoo hit the referee Ivan Koloff dcor Ken Patera Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch in 8:00 Greg Gagne drew Joe Scarpello (sub Bob Bruggers) att: 2,500 7/7/73 Moline TV Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Red Mendez & Motro Mavassa Ken Patera beat George Grant Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Larry Heiniemi beat Kenny Jay Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch 7/7/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Vann Reggie Parks beat Tom Demarco Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Ivan Koloff beat Prince Pullins Larry Heiniemi beat Joe Guzman 7/7/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Reggie Parks beat Larry Heiniemi dq Bob Bruggers drew Joe Scarpello Billy Red Cloud beat Joe Guzman 7/13/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No Time Limit The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq in 11:02 when Ivan Koloff interfered Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera 2/3 1. Koloff beat Patera in 9:57 2. Patera beat Koloff in 6:28 3. Koloff beat Patera in 2:42 Ricky Romero beat Roger Kirby in 15:59 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet via pin with a back cradle hold in 20:39 Greg Gagne drew Bob Bruggers 20:00 att: 5,397 7/14/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Bobby Vann Reggie Parks beat Tom Demarco Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Ivan Koloff beat Prince Pullins Larry Heiniemi beat Joe Guzman 7/14/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Frank Diamond Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco & Prince Pullins Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & George Scott Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Lars Anderson beat Percy Pringle Ken Patera beat Bobby Van 7/14/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Non Title Human Cage match Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Bob Ellis no contest Ivan Koloff Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani Pepper Gomez beat Rene Goulet Bob Bruggers beat George Gadaski Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch Note: A cage match was scheduled but the cage did not arrive. So they came up with the idea of a Human Cage Match aka a Lumberjack Match. 7/14/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Gagne Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan 2/3 Larry Heiniemi beat Bill Watts dq when Watts tossed Heiniemi over the top rope Geoff Portz beat Joe Scarpello via pin Reggie Parks beat Billy Red Cloud via pin att: “crowd of 6,093” 7/18/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq Geoff Portz drew Lars Anderson Reggie Parks beat Vic Rossitani Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch 7/19/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham via pin after receiving some help from Billy Robinson Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson via pin after receiving some help from Superstar Billy Graham Larry Heiniemi beat Reggie Parks via pin Geoff Portz beat Bob Bruggers via pin Greg Gagne drew Vic Rossitani att: 1,500 7/20/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson 7/21/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Frank Diamond Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco & Prince Pullins Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & George Scott Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Lars Anderson beat Percy Pringle Ken Patera beat Bobby Van 7/21/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jay French Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Superstar Billy Graham beat Farmer Vick Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski 7/21/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 in 31:15 Billy Robinson beat Larry Heiniemi COR 12:15 Nick Bockwinkel beat Reggie Parks via pin in 12:00 Ray Stevens beat Ken Patera via pin in 11:20 Geoff Portz beat Frank Diamond via pin in 7:15 Vic Rossitani beat Farmer Vick via pin in 8:00 Greg Gagne beat Jim Dalton via pin in 11:20 Bob Bruggers beat Jay French via pin in 8:55 att: 4,380 7/23/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera Larry Heiniemi beat Reggie Parks dq Geoff Portz beat Vic Rossitani Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch 7/25/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall dq when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Gagne AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ken Patera & Billy Robinson Ripper Collins & Ed Francis beat Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat 2/3 to win Hawaiian tag title Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Ric Flair Bill Francis drew Bull Ramos 7/27/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Mad Dog Vachon & The Crusher dq in 21:43 Nick Bockwinkel beat Dusty Rhodes at the 5:45 mark of the 3rd fall Larry Heiniemi beat Reggie Parks via pin in 18:39 Greg Gagne drew Vic Rossitani 20:00 att: 6,758 7/28/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Jay French Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Superstar Billy Graham beat Farmer Vick Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski 7/28/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Percy Pringle Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Diamond Reggie Parks beat Bobby Vann Billy Robinson beat Caesar Pavlon Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom Demarco Lars Anderson beat Prince Pullins Geoff Portz beat Joe Guzman 7/28/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Ernie Ladd beat Dick the Bruiser COR Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder Bob Ellis drew Ray Stevens Pepper Gomez beat Ken Dillinger Sailor Art Thomas beat Vic Rossitani Billy Red Cloud drew Joe Scarpello 7/28/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Ivan Koloff via pin Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz & Reggie Parks 2/3 1 Portz & Parks won 2 Heiniemi & Wolff won 3 Heiniemi & Wolff won Greg Gagne drew Ric Flair Bob Bruggers beat George Gadaski att: “crowd of 5,262” 7/29/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham COR in 12:45 Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1 Wahoo beat Bockwinkel 2 Bockwinkel beat Wahoo 3 Wahoo beat Bockwinkel Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 in 28:15 1 Robinson & Portz won 2 Heiniemi & Wolff won 3 Heiniemi & Wolff won Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch via pin in 13:52 att: 6,488 Note from One Fan Gang: The lineup originally billed as two singles bouts: Heiniemi vs Robinson and Wolff vs Portz. 7/30/73 Decatur, IL Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Heiniemi drew Geoff Portz Buddy Wolff beat Bob Bruggers 8/4/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom DeMarco The Crusher beat Jay French Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Superstar Billy Graham beat Farmer Vick Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski 8/4/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Wahoo McDaniel beat Angel Rivera Superstar Billy Graham beat Nacho Berrera Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & Caesar Pabon Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Ken Patera beat Bobby Vann 8/4/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Ivan Koloff interfered AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 17:00 Bob Bruggers beat Larry Heiniemi dq Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch via pin att: 4,482 8/5/73 Pueblo, CO Larry Hennig drew Reggie Parks 8/10/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel on a 3rd fall COR 1. Wahoo pinned Stevens in 5:12 2. Bockwinkel beat Wahoo in 8:03 3. Wahoo was counted out of the ring at 3:20 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera in 12:14 Red Bastien drew Ivan Koloff 20:00 Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair in 15:48 att: 4,501 8/10/73 Warren, IL Larry Heiniemi vs Reggie Parks Geoff Portz vs Vic Rossitani Bob Bruggers vs Buddy Wolff 8/11/73 Minneapolis TV Geoff Portz & Billy Robinson beat Frankie Diamond & Percy Pringle Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Bobby Van Reggie Parks beat Prince Pullins 8/11/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Wahoo McDaniel beat Angel Rivera Superstar Billy Graham beat Nacho Berrera Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Peter Lee & Caesar Pabon Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski 8/11/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre The Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Ernie Ladd beat Moose Cholak Sailor Art Thomas beat Ric Flair Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke beat Bob Ellis & Reggie Parks (sub Ken Patera) Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan 8/11/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School (Matinee show) Ken Patera won a 10 Man Battle Royal Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin when the referee did not see Nick’s feet on the ropes Larry Heiniemi beat Ken Patera via pin Geoff Portz beat George Gadaski via pin Buddy Wolff beat Bill Crouch via pin 8/13/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Vic Rossitani 8/16/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham in 18:00 After the match, Graham along with Ivan Koloff attacked Gagne and Verne ended up being stretchered out of the Arena. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1. Wahoo pinned Stevens 2. Bockwinkel pinned Bastien 3. Stevens pinned Wahoo US Women's Champion Betty Niccoli beat Jean Antone in 22:00 Billy Robinson beat Larry Heiniemi in 17:00 Geoff Portz beat Vic Rossitani Greg Gagne (Winnipeg debut) beat Bill Crouch in 14:00 George Gordienko beat Stan Moose Morowski in a little over 10 minutes Att: “7,946 spectators” Notes: The Winnipeg Press often billed Superstar Billy Graham as Super Chicken Graham. The United States Women’s Title was occasionally referred to as the AWA Women’s Title in the Winnipeg Press. 8/17/73 Peoria, IL Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Reggie Parks & Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Bob Bruggers drew Billy Red Cloud 8/18/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson dq Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Larry Heiniemi drew Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Vic Rossitani via pin Ric Flair beat Billy Red Cloud via pin att: “crowd of 8,747” 8/18/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Frank Diamond & Percy Pringle Ivan Koloff beat Tom Demarco Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Bobby Vann Reggie Parks beat Prince Pullins 8/18/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera Buddy Wolff beat Peter Lee Ken Patera beat Bob Amel & Caesar Pabon 8/19/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Saloon Match The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham via pin in 17:17 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 9:43 Red Bastien & Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff on a 3rd fall dq in 28:00 1 Patera beat Heiniemi by submission 2 Wolff beat Bastien 3 Wolff was dq'ed for jumping off the top rope Greg Gagne beat Vic Rositanni via pin at 21:42 att: 6,488 8/21/73 Knoxville, IL @ Knox County Fairgrounds Superstar Billy Graham vs Billy Robinson Red Bastien vs Ivan Koloff Geoff Portz vs Larry Heiniemi Bob Bruggers vs Vic Rossitani 8/22/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Ken Patera & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq when Bockwinkel hit Patera with a chair WWWF Champion Pedro Morales dcor Ed Francis Betty Niccoli & Ripper Collins beat Jean Antone & Paul Jones Sam Steamboat beat Hard Boiled Haggerty Bill Francis beat Tony Borne dq 8/24/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Saloon match The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham via pin Non Title Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq when Wahoo was tossed over the top rope Red Bastien beat Larry Heiniemi via pin at 17:50 Geoff Portz beat Vic Rositanni via pin at 13:03 after an airplane spin att: 6,980 8/25/73 St Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera COR Larry Heiniemi drew Reggie Parks Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Ivan Koloff beat Bob Bruggers Greg Gagne beat Vic Rossitani dq Att: 10,000 8/25/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera Buddy Wolff beat Peter Lee Ken Patera beat Bob Amel & Caesar Pabon 8/25/73 Minneapolis TV Bill Howard & Geoff Portz beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq The Crusher beat Bob Amel Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Red Bastien beat Bill Crouch Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay 8/28/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi dq when Heiniemi hit the referee Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Ric Flair drew Bob Bruggers (sub Greg Gagne) 20:00 att: 850 8/31/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq 9/1/73 Moline TV Bill Howard & Geoff Portz beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq The Crusher beat Bob Amel Superstar Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Red Bastien beat Bill Crouch Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay 9/1/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Big K & Bobby Vann Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Buddy Wolff beat Bill Howard Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski 9/3/73 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Cage match The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair 9/8/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Big K & Bobby Vann Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Buddy Wolff beat Bill Howard Ivan Koloff beat George Gadaski 9/8/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser no contest Ernie Ladd Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski & Wilbur Snyder Bob Ellis beat Bobby Heenan COR Red Bastien beat Buddy Wolff Pepper Gomez beat Vic Rossitani Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch 9/8/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher via pin at 11:59 Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Ivan Koloff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin in 9:44 Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz Ric Flair beat Billy Howard via pin in 15:52 att: 6,059 9/12/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Ed Francis beat Sam Steamboat to win Hawaiian Title Neff Maiava & Tosh Togo beat Tony Borne & Ripper Collins Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera Ivan Koloff beat Al Madril Billy Francis beat Jack Bence 9/13/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Verne Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1. Koloff beat Wahoo in 16:00 2. Wahoo pinned Graham at the 23:00 mark 3. Graham pinned Gagne after Koloff hit Gagne in the back of the head with brass knuckles while Gagne had Graham locked in the sleeper hold Red Bastien beat Ray Stevens via pin in 18:00 Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff dq when Wolff rammed Robinson's head into the ring post Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair Reggie Parks beat Bobby Jones in 8:00 Att: “close to 5,000 fans” 9/14/73 Kenora, Canada Billy Robinson vs Ivan Koloff Ric Flair vs Reggie Parks Geoff Portz vs Buddy Wolff Zodiac vs Bob Tuck 9/15/73 Moline TV Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Bill Crouch & Bob Amel Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Starr Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Wahoo McDaniel beat Rodeo Jones 9/15/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon Billy Robinson beat Bill Howard Andre the Giant beat Bill Crouch Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski 9/15/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Two Ring Battle Royal Ring one winner Superstar Billy Graham beat Ring two winner Andre The Giant to claim the prize money Andre the Giant beat Buddy Wolff COR Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson dq Ivan Koloff drew Ken Patera Red Bastien beat Reggie Parks via pin Geoff Portz beat Billy Howard via pin att: 9,000+ 9/18/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall COR Red Bastien & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera Ric Flair beat Bull Bullinski Geoff Portz beat Billy Howard Patera was also scheduled to Arm Wrestle Wolff att: 1,420 9/19/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair Leroy Hirsch drew George Gadaski 9/19/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham Red Bastien beat Bobby Heenan COR Pepper Gomez beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin Bull Bullinski beat Bill Howard by submission Bill Crouch drew Tom DeMarco 20:00 9/20/73 Springfield, IL Superstar Billy Graham vs The Crusher Red Bastien vs Mitsu Arakawa 9/21/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Ken Patera won a 12 man battle royal by eliminating Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham to earn $20,000 Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens COR in 11:10 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera in 9:22 Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 9:07 Ricky Romero beat Ric Flair via pin in 8:50 Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 att: 7,660 9/22/73 Moline TV Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon Billy Robinson beat Bill Howard Andre the Giant beat Bill Crouch Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Peter Lee Red Bastien beat Armando Rodriguez 9/22/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Joe Guzman & Bobby Vann George Gadaski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Ken Patera beat Pancho Vasquez Buddy Wolff beat Red Mendez Arena Tape 9/15 Battle Royal won by Superstar Billy Graham 9/22/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin in 13:10 after Patera beat Graham by dq in an arm wrestling match Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien dq Handicap Match Ivan Koloff beat Bobby Vann via pin in 5:10 and then Raoul Guzman via pin in 12:35 Ric Flair beat Billy Howard in 13:20 Att: 3,160 9/23/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bruiser & Crusher won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Stevens was dq’ed for jumping off the top rope Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig via pin Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff COR Arm Wrestling Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair via pin 9/24/73 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham vs Ken Patera Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs Ken Patera & Red Bastien Buddy Wolff vs Geoff Portz Ric Flair vs George Gadaski 9/24/73 Sapporo, Japan @ Nakajima Sports Center Shozo "Strong" Kobayashi beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq in 34:20 Lars Anderson & Blackjack Mulligan beat Animal Hamaguchi & Great Kusatsu Rusher Kimura beat Tadaharu Tanaka Willem Hall beat Takeshi Oiso Handicap Match Moose Cholak beat Mr. Chin & Katsuzo Oiyama Greg Gagne beat Isamu Sakae Dale Lewis beat Tsutomu Yonemura Mighty lnoue beat Bob Bruggers Att: 5,000 9/26/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Red Bastien (sub The Crusher) & Ken Patera beat Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff North American Champion Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava beat Ripper Collins & Ed Francis Tosh Togo (Odd Job) beat Johnny Powers Sandor Kovacs drew Bill Francis 9/27/73 Nagoya, Japan @ Aichi Prefectural Gym AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Shozo "Strong" Kobayashi via pin in 21:11 Cage Match Rusher Kimura KO Lars Anderson 22:20 Mighty Inoue beat Great Kusatsu Willem Hall beat Dale Lewis Animal Hamaguchi beat Greg Gagne Bob Bruggers & Blackjack Mulligan beat Tadaharu Tanaka & Isamu Teranishi Handicap Match Moose Cholak beat Mr. Chin & Isamu Sakae Takeshi Oiso beat Frikkie Alberts Katsuzo Oiyama beat Tsutomu Yonemura Att: 5,000 9/28/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Red Bastien drew Buddy Wolff Ric Flair beat Jim Brunzell 9/29/73 Moline TV Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Joe Guzman & Bobby Vann George Gadaski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bill Howard Ken Patera beat Pancho Vasquez Buddy Wolff beat Red Mendez 9/29/73 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Monte Wahoo McDaniel beat Mark Starr Larry Hennig beat Bill Crouch Billy Robinson beat Caesar Pabon 9/29/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino beat Ernie Ladd & Jimmy Valiant Red Bastien no contest Ray Stevens Bull Bullinski beat Vic Rossitani Cora Combs & Princess Jasmine beat Mary Jane Mull & Tanya West Larry Hennig beat Bobby Vann 9/29/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Cage match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Bill Watts beat Buddy Wolff via pin Reggie Parks drew Geoff Portz Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard via pin att: “12,300 fans”, gate: $64,571 10/2/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Superstar Billy Graham and Billy Robinson were respective winners of a two ring battle royal Red Bastien beat Mitsu Arakawa Superstar Billy Graham beat Hans Schmidt Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan 10/3/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel no contest Superstar Billy Graham Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 40:00 Red Bastien drew Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair via pin Reggie Parks beat Billy Howard via pin att: 2,500 10/4/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena 20 man, 2 ring battle royal for $50,000 Superstar Billy Graham won ring 1 by eliminating Wahoo McDaniel, The Crusher won ring 2 by eliminating Ivan Koloff Graham to meet Crusher on 10/25 in Winnipeg for the $50,000 prize money Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff when Wahoo pinned Koloff in 10:00 Red Bastien drew Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson beat Hans Schmidt via pin in 13:00 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks via pin Geoff Portz beat Billy Howard via pin Att: “crowd of 8,239” 10/6/73 Moline TV Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Monte Wahoo McDaniel beat Mark Starr Larry Hennig beat Bill Crouch 10/6/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Non Title Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Wahoo McDaniel beat Red Mendez Billy Graham beat Tom Demarco John the Greek drew Ivan Koloff Ken Patera beat Bill Howard 10/6/73 St Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff att: 4,589 10/9/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium No dq Match Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin after Graham hit Wahoo with a chair Ivan Koloff beat Red Bastien via pin in 21:10 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair via pin in 19:30 Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 Billy Red Cloud beat Billy Howard via pin in 9:23 att: 1,508 10/10/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Ed Francis beat Billy Robinson dq Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Bill Francis beat Betto Castro Tosh Togo drew Rick Drasin Ripper Collins beat Al Madril 10/10/73 Bismarck, ND @ Civic Center Billy Graham vs Ken Patera 2/3 Buddy Wolff vs Reggie Parks Little Louie & Cowboy Lang vs Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid Ric Flair vs Paul Perschmann 10/10/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall dq Buddy Wolff vs Reggie Parks Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard plus an opening bout 10/11/73 Fergus Falls, MN @ Community College Wahoo McDaniel vs Ivan Koloff Buddy Wolff beat Red Bastien Billy Howard vs Reggie Parks 10/11/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig 10/12/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien when Stevens pinned Bastien at 5:25 of the 3rd fall Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Wolff dq Geoff Portz beat Tokyo Joe in 11:54 Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco 10/12/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Non Title Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Wahoo McDaniel beat Red Mendez Billy Graham beat Tom Demarco Ken Patera beat Bill Howard 10/13/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Santiago Acosta & Tom Demarco Billy Robinson beat Frank Diamond Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Mendez Verne Gagne beat Juan Rivas Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch 10/14/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 1 Crusher & Wahoo won 2 Graham & Koloff won 3 Crusher & Wahoo won Red Bastien beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 2:45 Non Title Match Jean Antone beat US Women's Champion Betty Niccoli via pin in 10:00 Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco 20:00 att: 4,836 10/20/73 Minneapolis TV Kenny Jay beat Ivan Koloff dq Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Geoff Portz beat Joe Guzman Tony Rocco beat Bill Crouch Red Bastien vs Red Mendez was scheduled but never took place because Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens knocked out Bastien. Bastien later that night missed a Tag Title match with partner Billy Robinson against Bockwinkel and Stevens because of the injury sustained in the TV match. 10/20/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz (sub Red Bastien) beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 Since Portz was not originally scheduled to be in the match, no title change occured. Weightlifting Contest Superstar Billy Graham attacked Patera and injured him before the contest Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff beat Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks via pin Tony Rocco beat Pancho Vasquez via pin Ric Flair beat Red Mendez via pin att: 6,169 10/22/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham Nick Bockwinkel beat Mighty Igor Vodik Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi Larry Hennig drew Tony Rocco George Gadaski beat Tom DeMarco 10/23/73 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Ken Patera & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi (sub Ivan Koloff) dq Geoff Portz beat Bull Bullinski Tony Rocco beat George Gadaski 10/23/73 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Wahoo McDaniel vs Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson vs Ray Stevens Plus other bouts 10/24/73 Springfield, IL Ivan Koloff & Superstar Billy Graham vs Red Bastien & Ken Patera Tony Rocco vs Larry Heiniemi Frenchy LaMont & Billy the Kid vs Little Louie & Cowboy Lang Geoff Portz vs Buddy Wolff 10/25/73 Peoria, IL Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud Tom Demarco beat George Gadaski att: 800 10/25/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena $50,000 Battle Royal Prize Wrestle off Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher dq when Crusher rammed Graham into the ring post AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1. Wahoo pinned Stevens 2. Bockwinkel pinned Wahoo 3. Bockwinkel pinned Kiniski Handicap Match Ken Patera beat Bill Kochen & Dave Muir (sub Ivan Koloff) Bobby Jones beat Roddy Piper 10:00 Tony Rocco beat Ric Flair 18:00 Att: “7,200 pro wrestling fans” Notes: Koloff said to be “sick” but that didn’t stop Ivan from interfering in the main event between Crusher & Graham. Muir was originally scheduled to wrestle Bob Bruggers. 10/27/73 Moline TV Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Geoff Portz beat Joe Guzman Tony Rocco beat Bill Crouch Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Mendez 10/27/73 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Nacho Berrera Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Roberto Gonzales 10/27/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Mitsu Arakawa beat Ken Patera Ric Flair beat Kenny Jay att: 6,112 sellout 10/30/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud Tony Rocco beat Bob Bruggers Ric Flair beat George Gadaski 10/30/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham in 12:10 Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Ken Patera (sub Bull Bullinski) Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli via pin Reggie Parks beat Bob Geigel via pin att: 1,312 10/31/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien COR Jimmy Valiant beat Bull Bullinski Bob Ellis beat Larry Heiniemi Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wilbur Snyder Pepper Gomez beat Ric Flair Geoff Portz beat Tony Rocco 11/1/73 Duluth, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when the referee caught Graham using brass knuckles Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Tony Rocco & Geoff Portz Reggie Parks beat Bill Crouch (sub Bob Bruggers) via pin att: 2,000 11/2/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena WWWF Champion Pedro Morales beat Ray Stevens 2/3 The weightlifting contest between Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham was cancelled when Patera was injured by Graham before the contest began Their subsequent singles bout was also cancelled Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero beat Nick Bockwinkel Greg Gagne drew Tony Rocco Billy Red Cloud beat Ric Flair (sub Ivan Koloff) att: 5,700 11/2/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Larry Hennig & Larry Heiniemi Geoff Portz beat Buddy Wolff dq Moose Cholak beat Bill Crouch Reggie Parks beat Bob Bruggers 11/3/73 Moline TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Nacho Berrera Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Roberto Gonzales Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Joe Guzman & Bill Howard 11/3/73 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski Ken Patera beat Bill Kochen Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay Geoff Portz beat Dave Muir Arena Tape 10/20 Weightlifting Contest between Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham 11/3/73 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera dq Larry Heiniemi drew Reggie Parks Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco Greg Gagne beat Dave Muir 11/4/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens via pin in 15:50 with a reverse cradle Arm Wrestling Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff (sub Ivan Koloff) Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff dq in 10:45 when Larry Heiniemi interfered Geoff Portz beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 13:42 with a reverse cradle Larry Heiniemi beat Tony Rocco via pin in 15:15 Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair via pin in 14:37 Att: 2,377 11/6/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski Tony Rocco beat Blackie Guzman Greg Gagne beat Bill Crouch 11/7/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Reggie Parks (sub Larry Hennig) Ric Flair beat George Gadaski Leroy Hirsch beat Roddy Piper Reggie Parks vs Ivan Koloff 11/9/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Dick the Bruiser & Billy Robinson Moose Cholak beat Rene Goulet Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Wolff Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne beat Ken Dillinger Tony Rocco beat Bill Crouch 11/9/73 Decatur, IL @ Kintner Gym Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera dq when Patera tossed Graham over the top rope Geoff Portz beat Johnny Valentine Jr (sub Ivan Koloff) via pin Billy Red Cloud beat Prince Pullins (sub Larry Hennig) via pin Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair att: 1,550 11/10/73 Moline TV Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski Ken Patera beat Bill Kochen Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay Geoff Portz beat Dave Muir Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez 11/10/73 Minneapolis TV Ivan Koloff beat Dave Muir Verne Gagne beat Bobby Jones Ric Flair beat Roddy Piper Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch Billy Red Cloud beat Bill Kochen 11/10/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel drew The Crusher 15:00 Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens COR Weightlifting Contest Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 505 pounds Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco 2/3 Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet in 15:45 att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 11/13/73 Peoria, IL @ Exposition Gardens Referee Bill Franklin Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens COR Nick Bockwinkel beat Geoff Portz via pin in 19:30 Billy Graham beat Moose Cholak in arm wrestling then beat Cholak via pin at 10:00 in a singles match Pepper Gomez drew Bobby Heenan (sub Ivan Koloff) 20:00 Tony Rocco beat Mitsu Arakawa (sub Bobby Heenan) att: near capacity 1,200 11/14/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ed Francis AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat Ripper Collins beat Tosh Togo COR Ken Patera beat Masked Executioner Greg Valentine beat Rick Drasin Bill Francis beat Betto Castro 11/14/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Vachon hit the referee Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin in 26:52 Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud when Heiniemi pinned Red Cloud in 25:15 Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair via pin in 16:20 att: 1,615 11/15/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No dq Match Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher with an assist from Ivan Koloff Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Rene Goulet drew Billy Red Cloud Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair Moose Morowski beat Scotty Campbell (sub Tony Rocco) Note: The Winnipeg Press occasionally billed Scotty Campbell as Herb Campbell. 11/16/73 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pabon Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Armando Rodriguez 11/16/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson & Ken Patera & Geoff Portz beat Nick Bockwinkel & Larry Heiniemi & Billy Graham 2/3 1. Patera pinned Bockwinkel 2. Bockwinkel beat Portz 3. Robinson beat Heiniemi Ken Patera beat Billy Graham dq in 2:41 when Patera would not stop choking Graham Greg Gagne beat Tony Rocco 21:04 Larry Heiniemi beat Reggie Parks via pin in 15:10 att: 4,778 Note: Ray Stevens no showed and the advertised main event of Stevens & Bockwinkel against Robinson & Portz had to be changed. 11/17/73 Moline TV Ivan Koloff beat Dave Muir Verne Gagne beat Bobby Jones Ric Flair beat Roddy Piper Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch Billy Red Cloud beat Bill Kochen 11/17/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Mendez Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco & Jack Pesek 11/20/73 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Ken Patera vs Ivan Koloff 2/3 Billy Red Cloud vs Buddy Wolff Reggie Parks vs Larry Heiniemi Greg Gagne vs Bill Crouch Note: Koloff wrestled in Moline that night. 11/20/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ivan Koloff (sub Ray Stevens) The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Ivan Koloff beat Ric Flair Ric Flair beat George Gadaski 11/21/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson won a 12 man Battle Royal Billy Robinson drew Ivan Koloff 60:00 Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Reggie Parks (sub Geoff Portz) beat Buddy Wolff Larry Heiniemi beat Billy Red Cloud Tony Rocco beat Ric Flair Note: Goulet & Patera may have arm wrestled on this card too. 11/22/73 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco Rene Goulet drew Billy Red Cloud Big K drew Ric Flair 11/23/73 Canton, IL Ken Patera vs Superstar Billy Graham Geoff Portz vs Buddy Wolff Arm Wrestling Ken Patera vs Superstar Billy Graham Larry Heiniemi vs Billy Red Cloud Tony Rocco vs Rene Goulet 11/24/73 Moline TV Billy Graham beat John the Greek Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Mendez Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco & Jack Pesek 11/24/73 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Armando Rodriguez 11/24/73 Duluth, MN @ Auditorium $10,000 Battle Royal Superstar Billy Graham vs Ken Patera Reggie Parks vs Ivan Koloff Buddy Wolff vs Billy Red Cloud Geoff Portz vs Ric Flair Tony Rocco vs Rene Goulet 11/25/73 Green Bay, WI @ Veteran's Memorial Arena Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Robinson & Portz won 3 Stevens was dq'ed for hitting the referee Handicap Match Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski & Billy Red Cloud in 10:59. Graham pinned both men in succession. Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet 20:00 Buddy Wolff (sub Ric Flair) beat Tony Rocco via pin in 14:48 att: 4,222 11/27/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall dq Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Bob Ellis & Reggie Parks Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet Geoff Portz beat Bill Crouch att: 1,120 11/28/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena North American Champion Billy Robinson beat Fred Blassie 2-0 Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine beat Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava 2/3 to win Hawaiian tag title Billy Graham beat Ken Patera dq Bobo Johnson & Haiti Kid beat Little Bruiser & Tokyo Joe Ed Francis no contest Al Madril 11/29/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Weightlifting Ken Patera beat Billy Graham dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Tony Rocco beat Ric Flair Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet 11/30/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq Match Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff via pin Little Louie & Cowboy Lang beat Johnny Reb & Billy the Kid 2/3 Ricky Romero beat Bill Crouch Geoff Portz beat Tony Rocco att: 5,420 11/30/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Verne Gagne beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bruiser & Gagne won 1st fall 2 Stevens pinned Bruiser after a body slam 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens were dq’ed Larry Heiniemi beat Sailor Art Thomas Pepper Gomez beat Baron Von Raschke Bob Ellis beat Buddy Wolff Rene Goulet beat Billy Red Cloud Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 12/1/73 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon Billy Robinson beat Bill Crouch Larry Heiniemi beat Armando Rodriguez The Crusher beat Frank Diamond Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski 12/1/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Crouch Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Red Mendez Billy Robinson beat John the Greek Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco Tony Rocco beat Kenny Jay Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson drew Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo 12/1/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 17:00 The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens in 13:45 Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks via pin in 14:20 Greg Gagne drew Tony Rocco 15:00 Rene Goulet beat Ric Flair via pin in 9:25 att: 7,777 12/3/73 Rice Lake, WI Ken Patera vs Ivan Koloff Paul Perschmann beat Bob Remus 12/4/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Cage Match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Larry Heiniemi beat Ken Patera Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet 12/5/73 Grand Forks, ND Billy Graham vs Larry Hennig Yugo Babich vs Ivan Putski Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes vs Cowboy Lang & Little Louie Big K vs Rock Riddle 12/5/73 Peoria, IL @ Exposition Gardens The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when referee James Bunting caught Graham with Brass Knuckles Ken Patera beat Ivan Koloff by submission with a bear hug Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Greg Gagne & Reg Parks 2/3 1. Gagne & Parks won 1st fall 2. Heiniemi & Wolff won 2nd fall 3. Heiniemi & Wolff won 3rd fall Rene Goulet beat Tom DeMarco via pin in 12:01 att: 1,250 12/6/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Ivan Koloff handcuffed to ringpost The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham on a reverse decision dq when promoter Al Tomko ruled Koloff had given Graham brass knuckles AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 1. Robinson pinned Stevens 2. Bockwinkel pinned Robinson after Stevens hit Robinson in the head with a chain 3. Bockwinkel beat Portz Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid 2/3 in almost 25 minutes 1. Little Louie won 1st fall 2. Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid won 2nd fall by beating Little Louie 3. Cowboy Lang won 3rd fall Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks in 17:00 Rene Goulet drew Tony Rocco 15:00 Ric Flair beat Dave Muir Bobby Jones beat Scotty Campbell Att: “6,469 assembled witnesses” 12/7/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher & Greg Gagne beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Lord Littlebrook & Billy The Kid beat Farmer Pete & Wee Willie Wilson Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann George Gadaski drew Kenny Jay 12/7/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera dq Sailor Art Thomas beat Ken Dillinger Reggie Parks drew Tony Rocco Rene Goulet beat Tom Demarco via pin att: “crowd of 6,084” 12/8/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Bill Crouch Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Red Mendez Billy Robinson beat John the Greek Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco Tony Rocco beat Kenny Jay 12/8/73 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne beat Dave Muir Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Larry Heiniemi beat Scotty Campbell Ken Patera beat Bobby Jones 12/8/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien The Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham Chris Taylor (pro debut) beat Rene Goulet via pin in 5:00 Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Tony Rocco att: 5,445 12/10/73 Minot, ND Superstar Billy Graham no contest Ken Patera Little Louie & Cowboy Lang beat Lord Littlebrook & Billy The Kid Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair 12/11/73 Mitchell, SD @ Corn Palace Superstar Billy Graham vs Reggie Parks Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs Ken Patera & Greg Gagne Frenchie LaMont & Billy The Kid vs Little Louie & Cowboy Lang Ric Flair vs Paul Pershmann 12/11/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair (sub Rene Goulet) Betty Niccoli beat Candy Kane Tony Rocco beat Bill Crouch 12/12/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Weightlifting Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 505 pounds Red Bastien beat Ray Stevens dq Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid Chris Taylor beat Bill Crouch by submission with a bear hug 12/13/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson & Red Bastien no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in 3rd fall 1. Bastien pinned Stevens 2. Stevens pinned Robinson 3. The referee dq'ed all four men for fighting inside the ring at the same time Superstar Billy Graham beat Luis Martinez in 15:55 Chris Taylor beat Bill Crouch via submission with a bear hug in 6:52 Buddy Wolff beat Tony Rocco 15:44 att: 3,752 12/14/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amhitheatre Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Wilbur Snyder beat Ray Stevens Pepper Gomez beat Rene Goulet Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair Sailor Art Thomas beat Johnny Kace 12/14/73 Springfield, IL The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Heiniemi beat Luis Martinez Greg Gagne beat Tony Rocco 12/15/73 Moline TV Greg Gagne beat Dave Muir Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski Larry Heiniemi beat Scotty Campbell Ken Patera beat Bobby Jones Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Bill Crouch & Bill Howard 12/15/73 Minneapolis TV Red Bastien beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Tony Rocco beat Bob Amel Arena Tape: 12/8 Crusher no contest Superstar Billy Graham 12/16/73 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien dq Weightlifting Contest for $10,000 Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 465 pounds Little Louie & Cowboy Lang beat Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid 2/3 in 24:25 Chris Taylor beat Rene Goulet via pin in 4:58 Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne (sub Tom Demarco) 20:00 Bob Remus beat John Paul 2-0 in a 20:00 workout match 12/19/73 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Ken Patera won a battle royal Shohei Giant Baba & Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava beat Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine & Billy Graham Barbi Doll beat Sandy Parker Cowboy Lang beat Little Louie 2/3 Ken Patera beat Mr. Fujiwara Bill Francis drew Toru Tanaka 12/21/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell 12/22/73 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Frank Hill Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Bob Amel Lars Anderson beat Caesar Pavlon Bull Bullinski beat Bill Crouch 12/22/73 Moline TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Angel Rivera Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Diamond Red Bastien beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Tony Rocco beat Bob Amel 12/26/73 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Greg Gagne & Verne Gagne beat Buddy Wolff & Larry Heiniemi Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Greg Gagne drew Jim Brunzell Bob Remus beat Bill Crouch 12/26/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair 12/27/73 Mendota, IL Billy Robinson beat Billy Graham dq Chris Taylor beat Rene Goulet Ken Patera beat Ric Flair 12/28/73 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena One Fall, No Time Limit AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien when Stevens pinned Bastien at 16:45 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff 2/3 1. Koloff won the 1st fall in 5:45 2. McDaniel won the 2nd fall in 0:58 3. McDaniel won the 3rd fall in 5:43 Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair with a bear hug in 6:28 Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli via pin in 12:42 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet via pin with a jacknife in 17:18 att: 3,612 12/28/73 Peoria, IL @ Exposition Garden The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Larry Heiniemi interfered Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Greg Gagne & Ken Patera Jim Brunzell (sub Bull Bullinski) beat Bob Remus in 11:21 John Paul drew Tom Demarco 20:00 12/29/73 Moline TV The Crusher beat Frank Hill Billy Graham beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Bob Amel Lars Anderson beat Caesar Pavlon Bull Bullinski beat Bill Crouch 12/29/73 Minneapolis TV Billy Graham beat Tom Demarco Verne Gagne beat Nacho Berrara Buddy Wolff beat Roberto Gonzales Ric Flair beat Joe Guzman Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay 12/29/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Fence Match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera COR Vivian Vachon beat Princess Jasmine Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet Ric Flair beat Bull Bullinski via pin Kenny Jay beat Tom Demarco via pin att: sellout 7,986 with over 4,000 turned away 12/29/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Moose Cholak beat Johnny Valiant dq Pepper Gomez no contest Ivan Koloff Mitsu Arakawa beat Reggie Parks Sailor Art Thomas beat Bob Remus Jim Brunzell beat Great Saki 12/30/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Ray Stevens via pin Buddy Wolff beat Reggie Parks Larry Heiniemi beat Ken Patera dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski via pin Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair with a bear hug att: “crowd of 6,112” sellout
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1/5/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel & Peter Lee Red Bastien beat Bill Crouch Mad Dog Vachon beat Armando Rodriguez Ken Patera beat Frank Hill Superstar Billy Graham beat Kenny Jay 1/5/74 St Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Mad Dog Vachon no contest Superstar Billy Graham Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera Chris Taylor beat Redbeard Munson Reggie Parks drew Tony Rocco Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 1/6/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien 2/3 in 27:31 1 Robinson & Bastien won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin in 18:53 Larry Heiniemi beat Tony Rocco via pin in 16:51 Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet via pin in 16:17 att: 3,668 1/9/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Billy Graham beat Ed Francis 2/3 to win Hawaiian Title AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq Billy Robinson & Red Bastein Pak Song ddq Ripper Collins Tosh Togo drew Bill Francis Sam Steamboat beat Peace Brother I Neff Maiava beat Peace Brother II 1/11/74 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff dq Reggie Parks beat Tony Rocco Bull Bullinski drew Ric Flair 1/11/74 Springfield, IL The Crusher vs Superstar Billy Graham 1/12/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Tony Rocco & Scotty Campbell The Crusher beat Bobby Jones Buddy Wolff beat Roddy Piper Ken Patera beat Dave Muir Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Ric Flair & Bill Crouch 1/15/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Weightlifting Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 1/16/74 Peoria, IL Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff Wahoo McDaniel beat Ray Stevens dq Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet 1/16/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff dq Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair 1/17/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Billy Robinson in 28:55 Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien 15:20 Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Ricky Romero & Luis Martinez 2/3 1. Romero pinned Wolff at 12:15 2. Wolff pinned Romero 3. Wolff pinned Martinez Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair via pin in 13:34 after a body slam Tony Rocco beat Reggie Parks via pin in 11:32 with a cradle att: 4,457 1/17/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Cage match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski by submission with a bear hug in 11:00 Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet dq Dave Muir beat Roddy Piper Bobby Jones beat Scotty Campbell George Gadaski drew ?? Att: “more than 11,000 fans” 1/18/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham were co-winners of the two ring $50,000 Battle Royal Chris Taylor beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Nick Bockwinkel drew Red Bastien Pepper Gomez drew Jimmy Valiant Bob Ellis no contest Ivan Koloff Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Sailor Art Thomas drew Tony Romano Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski Note: Wilbur Snyder competed in the two ring Battle Royal 1/19/74 Minneapolis TV Ken Patera beat Bill Crouch Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Buddy Wolff beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Red Mendez & Tom DeMarco 1/19/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match, One Fall to a Finish Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens when Crusher pinned Bockwinkel in 16:20 Title did not change hands because Crusher did not pin the legal man in the ring Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera via pin Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski by submission Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann via pin Geoff Portz drew Ric Flair att: 6,112 sellout 1/20/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Chris Taylor & Ken Patera & Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair & Moose Morowski & Larry Heiniemi Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff (sub Billy Graham) dq when Larry Heiniemi interfered Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski via pin Ric Flair beat Tony Rocco Note: Billy Graham was reportedly stranded in Milwaukee due to heavy fog 1/21/74 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham jumped off the top rope but missed Patera Rene Goulet beat Paul Perschmann (sub Greg Gagne) via pin Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair via pin Larry Heinimi beat Geoff Portz 1/24/74 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Robinson Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne vs Bill Crouch 1/26/74 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson beat Pancho Vazquez Superstar Billy Graham beat Tom DeMarco Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay & Nacho Berrera Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Crouch Greg Gagne beat Julio Rodriguez 1/27/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Crusher must beat Stevens in 15 minutes or forfeit $5,000 The Crusher drew Ray Stevens 15:00 Ken Patera & Chris Taylor beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Wahoo McDaniel beat Moose Morowski via pin Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski via pin Geoff Portz beat Tony Rocco Bill Crouch beat Tom DeMarco 1/29/74 Jamestown, WI Larry Heiniemi beat Greg Gagne Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff COR Greg Gagne drew Geoff Portz Ric Flair beat Tony Rocco 1/29/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Crusher must beat Stevens in 15 minutes or forfeit $5,000 The Crusher drew Ray Stevens 15:00 Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Moose Morowski beat Ken Patera Rene Goulet beat Bob Remus 1/30/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff Greg Gagne beat Larry Heiniemi Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Tony Rocco beat Bob Remus Ric Flair drew Geoff Portz 1/31/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Red Bastien & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall COR 1. Robinson pinned Graham 2. Bockwinkel pinned Bastien 3. Bockwinkel was counted out of the ring Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero beat Larry Heiniemi dq when Heiniemi tossed Romero over the top rope Superstar Billy Graham (sub Moose Morowski) beat Reggie Parks Greg Gagne beat John Paul att: 3,320 2/1/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ric Flair drew Geoff Portz 2/2/74 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Joe Guzman & Carlos Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Bill Crouch Ric Flair beat Tom DeMarco Geoff Portz beat Kenny Jay Arena Tape 1/27 Ray Stevens beat The Crusher 2/2/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi on a 3rd fall dq in 21:12 Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens via pin Buddy Wolff beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Chris Taylor beat Bob Remus via pin Greg Gagne drew Tony Rocco att: 6,045 2/4/74 Bismarck, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel Chris Taylor beat Rene Goulet Lars Anderson beat Tony Rocco Geoff Portz beat Moose Morowski 2/5/74 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Two Referees AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi 2/3 1 Heiniemi beat Patera 2 Patera beat Heiniemi 3 Patera beat Heiniemi Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann att: 1,280 2/6/74 Jacksonville, IL @ JHS Bowl Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Wahoo McDaniel vs Ray Stevens Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair Tony Rocco vs John Paul or Rene Goulet Note: Newspaper clipping has Rocco vs Paul. Arena program has Rocco vs Goulet. 2/6/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi Ken Patera beat Nick Bockwinkel Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Tony Rocco & Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 2/7/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien 2/3 in 24:00 1. Bockwinkel pinned Robinson 2. Robinson beat Stevens 3. Stevens pinned Bastien with a small package Weightlifting Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham to win $10,000 Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq when Heiniemi rammed Wahoo's head into the ring post Baron Von Raschke beat Reggie Parks by submission with the claw hold Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Moose Morowski beat Bob Slaughter Scotty Campbell beat Dave Muir Att: “just over 5,000 fans” Note: The Slaughter vs Morowski match was not listed in the ad for the card but was listed in the results clipping. 2/8/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Arm Wrestling Ken Patera beat Superstar Billy Graham dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Baron Von Raschke beat Wilbur Snyder dq Chris Taylor no contest Jimmy Valiant Bob Ellis no contest Horst Hoffman Pepper Gomez beat Tony Romano Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 2/8/74 Grand Forks, ND Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Tony Rocco beat George Gadaski 2/9/74 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Caesar Pabon The Crusher beat Bob Amel Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Bob Remus & Kenny Jay 2/9/74 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair Rene Goulet drew Greg Gagne 2/10/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson dq when Billy threw Verne over the top rope Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz 2/3 1 Wolff pinned Portz 2 Bastien pinned Wolff 3 Heiniemi & Wolff won Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski by bearhug submission in 4:14 Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco by submission in 13:16 Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet via pin in 12:35 2/11/74 Huron, SD @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Wahoo McDaniel & Red Bastien Superstar Billy Graham vs Ken Patera Baron Von Raschke vs Geoff Portz Tony Rocco vs Moose Morowski 2/12/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera Larry Heiniemi beat Wahoo McDaniel dq Horst Hoffman beat Tony Rocco 2/13/74 Fulton, IL The Crusher vs Buddy Wolff 2/13/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne to apparently win the AWA Title but the decision was reversed the next week on television when it was ruled Gagne's feet were on the ropes when Robinson pinned him. Hawaiian Champion Billy Graham drew Ed Francis Chris Taylor beat Igor Volkov (sub Butcher Vachon) 8:00 Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat beat Dale Brown & Peace Brother II 2-0 Ripper Collins beat Guy LaRose Bill Francis beat The Phantom 2/14/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Ray Stevens beat the Crusher dq when Crusher tossed Stevens over the top rope Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel 15:30 Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Tony Rocco drew Moose Morowski 2/16/74 Minneapolis TV Ken Patera beat Nacho Berrera Buddy Wolff beat Tom Demarco Wahoo McDaniel beat Pancho Vazquez Moose Morowski beat Joe Guzman 2/16/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi via pin in 14:02 Superstar Billy Graham beat Mad Dog Vachon dq in 18:25 Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 in 33:10 1 Hoffman pinned Portz 2 Robinson pinned Hoffman 3 Baron beat Portz by submission Greg Gagne beat Bob Remus by submission in 21:00 Tony Rocco drew Ric Flair 20:00 att: 5,853 2/17/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (no title change, wrong man pinned) Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman dq in 15:00 Larry Heiniemi beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin at 14:02 Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski via pin at 11:01 Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco via pin at 13:5? Greg Gagne beat Bob Remus via pin at 20:15 Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann via pin at 13:05 att: 7,240 2/20/74 Moorhead, MN Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera COR Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair 2/21/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson & Red Bastien beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera default Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco Geoff Portz beat Ric Flair via pin 2/22/74 Decatur, IL The Crusher & Red Bastien vs AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/23/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Dave Muir Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Rene Goulet & Scotty Campbell Wahoo McDaniel beat Bobby Jones Superstar Billy Graham beat Roddy Piper Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay Arena Tape 2/17 Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi 2/23/74 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Billy Robinson & Ken Patera beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 2nd fall dq Baron Von Raschke beat Red Bastien via pin in 14:02 Horst Hoffman beat Tony Rocco by submission with a claw hold Geoff Portz beat Bob Remus via pin in 15:22 att: 2,238 2/24/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Chris Taylor and Baron Von Raschke were co-winners of a two ring, $15,000 battle royal Taylor and Von Raschke scheduled to wrestle each other for the $15,000 in Duluth on 3/17 Ken Patera vs Larry Heiniemi Red Bastien vs Ray Stevens plus 5 other bouts Others in Battle Royal: Billy Graham, Wahoo McDaniel, Buddy Wolff, Rene Goulet, Nick Bockwinkel, Billy Robinson, Ric Flair, Horst Hoffman, Bob Remus, Moose Morowski and Tony Rocco att: 3,000 2/25/74 LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Chris Taylor & Ken Patera vs Buddy Wolff & Larry Heiniemi Baron Von Raschke vs Tony Rocco Greg Gagne vs Rene Goulet 2/26/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham Ken Patera & Chris Taylor beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke beat Tony Rocco Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz 2/27/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz Note: Another listing had The Crusher beating Larry Heiniemi by countout. 2/28/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Graham beat Mad Dog Vachon dq at 11:37 when Vachon knocked down the referee Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera & Chris Taylor 2/3 1. Hoffman pinned Patera 2. Patera beat Hoffman 3. Von Raschke pinned Patera Buddy Wolff beat Red Bastien via pin in 19:00 Ricky Romero beat Ric Flair (sub Rene Goulet) via pin at 6:02 after a drop kick Greg Gagne beat Bob Remus via pin at 17:57 after a drop kick att: 3,818 2/28/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher beat Larry Heinemi COR in 12:00 AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 1 Stevens beat Robinson by submission in 12:00 2 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel after a backbreaker at the 18 minute mark 3 Portz was pinned Wahoo McDaniel beat The Brute via pin after a tomahawk chop Moose Morowski beat Tony Rocco in 13:00 Rene Goulet beat Paul Pershmann Bobby Jones beat Bob Tuck Notes: The Brute billed as a newcomer from Vancouver. Pershmann billed as a rookie. 3/1/74 Cheyenne. WY Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Red Bastien & Greg Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff Ric Flair drew Bob Remus 3/2/74 Minneapolis TV Geoff Portz beat Pete Carlos Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Bob Amel Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon Tape from Texas: Ivan Putski feats of strength 3/2/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino no contest Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Bob Ellis beat Bob Remus Pepper Gomez beat Ric Flair Moose Cholak drew Big K Note: Another listing has Bruiser & Bruno beating the Valiants. 3/6/74 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Jose Lothario & Wahoo McDaniel Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza beat Bob Orton Jr & Black Angus Roger Kirby beat Jerry Oates Great Mephisto beat Jerry Timmons Bob Roop beat Joe Cassidy 3/7/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum Great Mephisto beat Wahoo McDaniel AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan dq Bob Orton Jr drew Bob Roop Roger Kirby beat Jerry Oates 3/8/74 Houston, TX @ Sam Houston Coliseum Wahoo McDaniel beat Texas Champion Great Mephisto Ray Stevens beat Jose Lothario Nick Bockwinkel beat Ivan Putski American Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan vs Ron Pritchard & Black Angus Bull Ramos beat Jerry Oates Bob Orton Jr beat Roger Kirby dq Notes: These results came from a newsletter called Wrestling Roundup published by Corey Meyer of Chicago, Illinois. The original lineup from a Houston newspaper had McDaniel vs Mephisto, AWA Tag Team Champions Bockwinkel & Stevens vs Lothario & Putski and American Tag Team Champions The Blackjacks vs Ron Pritchard & Black Angus. Which is correct? I don’t know. I did not attend the show and have not come in contact with anyone that did. 3/8/74 Peoria, IL The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi dq Buddy Wolff vs Billy Robinson Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs Ken Patera & Red Bastien Geoff Portz vs Tony Rocco 3/9/74 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Red Mendez Buddy Wolff beat Paul Perschmann Ken Patera beat Joe Guzman Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell & Tom DeMarco Rene Goulet drew Ric Flair 3/9/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien 2/3 in 28:50 Arm wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher Greg Gagne beat Ken Dillinger via pin in 16:55 George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay in 14:30 Moose Morowski beat Cesar Pabon 12:12 att: “sellout crowd of 6,112” 3/9/74 Minneapolis, MN Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera & Chris Taylor Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi dq Jim Brunzell drew Ric Flair Rene Goulet beat Paul Perschmann 3/10/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena No dq Match Larry Heiniemi beat the Crusher via pin in 13:53 after Superstar Billy Graham interfered Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Bastien via pin in 15:00 Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz & Ken Patera 2/3 Greg Gagne beat Moose Morowski dq att: 4,140 3/12/74 Valley City, ND Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Wahoo McDaniel beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Ric Flair beat George Gadaski 3/13/74 Grand Forks, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Wahoo McDaniel vs Buddy Wolff Ken Patera vs Moose Morowski Tony Rocco vs Ric Flair 3/14/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Handicap Match, Crusher must beat Bockwinkel in 15 minutes or lose the match Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher when Crusher couldn’t defeat Nick in 15 minutes Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 1 Patera & McDaniel won 1st fall 2 Wolff beat McDaniel 3 Heiniemi beat Patera Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien via pin Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz with a claw hold Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell via pin in 10:00 after a suplex Moose Morowski drew Rene Goulet 20:00 Att: “4,000 fans” 3/16/74 Minneapolis TV Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Jack Pesek & Tom DeMarco 3/16/74 Springfield, IL Ken Patera won a Battle Royal Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera dq Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastein Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell Moose Morowski beat George Gadaski 3/17/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Buddy Wolff no contest Wahoo McDaniel Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastien Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Moose Morowski beat Jim Brunzell Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann 3/18/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera & Geoff Portz Larry Heiniemi beat Red Bastien Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell 3/20/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff dq Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann Rene Goulet beat Caesar Pabon 3/20/74 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium Non Title Match Jose Lothario & Bob Orton Jr beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Blackjack Lanza beat Ivan Putski Bob Roop beat Great Mephisto The Texan beat Jerry Oates Black Angus beat Roger Kirby Bull Ramos beat Doug Somers 3/21/74 Corpus Christi, TX AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan on a 3rd fall dq Bob Roop beat Bull Ramos Handicap Match Ivan Putski beat Leo Seitz & Gordo Marco Black Angus beat Jerry Timmons 3/21/74 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel dq when Wahoo hit the referee Horst Hoffman & Baron Von Raschke beat Red Bastien & Ken Patera 2/3 1 Hoffman & Raschke won 2 Bastien & Patera won 3 Hoffman & Raschke won Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet via pin Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair by submission Wahoo McDaniel beat Baron Von Raschke 3/22/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Ernie Ladd no contest Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Bastien Pepper Gomez beat Bobby Heenan COR Sailor Art Thomas drew Big K Chris Taylor beat Rene Goulet Larry Heiniemi beat Ric Flair 3/22/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat the Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff COR Billy Robinson drew Horst Hoffman Ricky Romero beat The Beast Greg Gagne drew Moose Morowski 3/23/74 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Paul Perschmann Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Ronnie Piper & Scotty Campbell Ivan Putski beat Dave Muir 3/24/74 St Paul, MN The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff COR Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Chris Taylor beat Ric Flair Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet dq Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann Note: Another listing says this card took place in Minneapolis. 3/26/74 Jamestown, ND Wahoo McDaniel beat Horst Hoffman dq Baron Von Raschke beat Red Bastien Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne drew Rene Goulet 3/27/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff COR Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Red Bastien & Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet dq Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann 3/27/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Center Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq Crusher & Ken Patera beat Larry Heiniemi & Billy Graham Ripper Collins drew Ed Francis Sam Steamboat beat Len Shelly dq Neff Maiava beat Tony Borne Oddjob Tosh Togo Sakata beat Peace Brother I Note: Another listing has Robinson beating Gagne by dq. 3/27/74 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium Parade of Champions NWA Champion Jack Brisco drew Dory Funk Jr AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jose Lothario & Bob Orton Jr Blackjack Lanza & The Texan beat Black Angus & Ivan Putski Roger Kirby beat Texas Champion Great Mephisto dq Bob Roop drew Bull Ramos 3/28/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum NWA Champion Jack Brisco drew Dory Funk Jr when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Ivan Putski & Bob Orton Jr 2/3 International Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan beat Black Angus & Jose Lothario Bull Ramos beat Texas Champion Great Mephisto dq TV Title Match Bob Roop vs Roger Kirby 3/29/74 Houston, TX NWA Champion Jack Brisco beat Wahoo McDaniel AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel beat Ernie Ladd & Ron Pritchard Bob Roop beat Bull Ramos Jose Lothario beat Roger Kirby Blackjack Lanza beat Doug Somers Blackjack Mulligan beat Jerry Oates 3/30/74 Minneapolis TV rerun of 1/26/74 show 3/30/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq when Buddy Wolff intefered Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera & Chris Taylor Buddy Wolff beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski via pin Rene Goulet beat Paul Perschmann via pin att: “crowd of 5,853” 3/30/74 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien Superstar Billy Graham beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair Tom Demarco beat Raul Guzman 4/2/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff dq Red Bastien beat Baron Von Raschke Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski 4/4/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No dq Match AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon when Bockwinkel pinned Vachon after hitting Mad Dog with brass knuckles Superstar Billy Graham beat Red Bastien in 18:00 Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Raschke refused to obey the referee’s orders to break the claw hold from outside the ring Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera Geoff Portz drew Greg Gagne 15:00 Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski in 11:30 Att: “6,200 fans” 4/5/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Superstar Billy Graham beat Ernie Ladd dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien & Wilbur Snyder Pepper Gomez beat Bobby Heenan Mad Dog Vachon beat Prince Pullins Mitsu Arakawa drew Greg Gagne 4/5/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz drew Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski Buddy Wolff beat Rene Goulet att: 4,120 4/6/74 Minneapolis TV Ric Flair beat Nacho Berrera Greg Gagne beat Joe Guzman Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Pancho Vazquez & Chi Chi Rosario Ivan Putski beat Frank Montero Larry Heiniemi beat Kenny Jay 4/7/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 19:33 Cage match The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon beat Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi in 12:00 when Vachon pinned Heiniemi Baron Von Raschke beat Ken Patera in 11:55 Ivan Putski beat Rene Goulet in 6:20 Vivian Vachon beat Princess Jasmine via pin in 10:49 Geoff Portz beat Prince Pullins via pin in 13:45 4/10/74 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Black Gordman & Great Goliath Indian Strap Match Mil Mascaras vs Bull Ramos International Champion Ciclon Negro vs Jose Lothario $5,000 at Stake Bob Roop vs Bob Orton Jr Stan Hansen vs Doug Somers 4/11/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Black Gordman & Great Goliath Mil Mascaras & Jose Lothario vs Blackjack Mulligan & The Texan International Champion Ciclon Negro vs Bob Orton Jr Bob Roop vs Black Angus Benny Matta vs Doug Somers 4/13/74 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Frank Montero Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski & Tom Demarco Dusty Rhodes beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Vazquez Ivan Putski beat Paul Perschmann 4/13/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera & Dusty Rhodes Buddy Wolff beat Ric Flair Handicap Match Ivan Putski beat Raoul Guzman & Pancho Vazquez Greg Gagne beat Rocky Montero Paul Perschmann beat Tom DeMarco att: 8,500 4/14/74 Bushnell, IL Baron Von Raschke vs Geoff Portz 4/18/74 Polo, IL Baron Von Raschke vs Rene Goulet 4/19/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff in 15:55 Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 2-0 Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 13:06 Ivan Putski beat Ric Flair in 8:00 att: 5,259 4/20/74 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Roddy Piper & Scotty Campbell Ivan Putski beat Dave Muir Superstar Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Greg Gagne beat Jose Verrera Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay 4/20/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Dusty Rhodes beat Ray Stevens via pin Larry Hennig beat Red Bastien Moose Morowski beat Prince Pullins Ric Flair beat Paul Perschmann att: “crowd of 6,112” sellout 4/20/74 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Arm wrestling, referee George Gadaski Ivan Putski no contest Superstar Billy Graham Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera Greg Gagne beat Rene Goulet Bull Bullinski beat Dave Muir via pin att: 3,919 4/22/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Indian Strap match Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Larry Heiniemi beat Rene Goulet Ivan Putski beat Ric Flair 4/24/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Buddy Wolff beat Wahoo McDaniel after Buddy received help from Larry Heiniemi Ivan Putski beat Larry Heiniemi COR Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe Larry Hennig beat Ric Flair Paul Perschmann beat Kenny Jay att: 2,500 4/25/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Black Gordman & Great Goliath 2/3 60:00 International Tag Team Champions Blackjack Mulligan & The Texan vs Jose Lothario & Mil Mascaras 2/3 60:00 International Champion Ciclon Negro vs Bob Orton Jr 2/3 60:00 Bob Roop vs Black Angus Doug Somers vs Benny Matta 4/25/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff dq when Larry Heiniemi interfered and hit Wahoo in the head with a chair Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 1. Raschke beat Robinson in 22:00 2. Robinson won 2nd fall 3. Hoffman beat Portz Lars Anderson beat Bull Bullinski in 19:00 Ivan Putski beat Ric Flair via pin in 9:00 after a Polish Hammer Referee: Red Eakin Greg Gagne beat Moose Morowski dq in 14:00 Larry Hennig beat Roddy Piper in 2:00 Dave Muir beat Scotty Campbell via pin 4/26/74 Elgin, IL @ Larkin High School Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez beat Superstar Billy Graham & Rene Goulet Art Thomas beat Moose Morowski Jose Martine & midget beat Ken Dillinger & midget Greg Gagne beat Tony Romano 4/27/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Bob Amel Superstar Billy Graham beat Caesar Pabon Verne Gagne beat Frank Hill Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann Larry Hennig beat Armando Rodriguez 4/27/74 Peoria, IL Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz Ric Flair beat Tom Demarco 4/28/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff dq when Larry Heiniemi interfered Ivan Putski beat Larry Heiniemi via walkaway COR Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 1 Raschke & Hoffman won 2 Robinson & Portz won 3 Raschke & Hoffman won Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski via pin in 17:43 4/30/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig beat Ivan Putski Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff 5/1/74 Thief River, MN Buddy Wolff vs Ivan Putski Larry Hennig beat Geoff Portz Bull Bullinski vs Larry Heiniemi Greg Gagne vs Paul Perschmann 5/3/74 Ames, IA @ Hilton Coliseum Verne Gagne & Bob Geigel vs Baron Von Raschke & Tokyo Joe Chris Taylor vs Roger Kirby Billy Robinson vs Black Angus Greg Gagne vs Ric Flair 5/3/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 1. Heiniemi pinned Crusher in 8:05 2. Crusher beat Heiniemi in 3:27 3. Wahoo pinned Wolff in 4:35 Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz 19:33 Dusty Rhodes beat Tosh Togo via pin in 5:35 Ivan Putski beat Rene Goulet att: 4,016 5/3/74 Houston, TX @ Sam Houston Coliseum Superstar Billy Graham beat Jose Lothario 2/3 Red Bastien & Ken Patera beat AWA Tag Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Ivan Putski vs Great Mephisto 5/4/74 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Chi Chi Rosario Baron Von Raschke beat Tom DeMarco Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bill Howard & Joe Guzman Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski Bull Bullinski beat Pancho Vasquez 5/4/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Superstar Billy Graham beat Oddjob Baron Von Raschke beat Ric Flair Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard Bull Bullinski beat Horst Hoffman dq att: 6,872 5/6/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Horst Hoffman Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Greg Gagne & Chris Taylor Jim Brunzell (sub Chris Taylor) beat Ric Flair 5/7/74 Detroit Lakes, MN Ric Flair drew Moose Morowski 5/7/74 Grand Forks, ND Ivan Putski beat Larry Hennig COR 5/10/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski Bull Bullinski beat Horst Hoffman 5/11/74 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Joe Guzman Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Frank Diamond & ? Wahoo McDaniel beat Bill Howard Baron Von Raschke beat Percy Pringle Buddy Wolff beat Tom DeMarco Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel & Peter Lee 5/11/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff Larry Heiniemi beat Wilbur Snyder dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Pepper Gomez & Sailor Art Thomas 2/3 Kim Duk beat Paul Perschmann Geoff Portz beat Tony Romano 5/11/74 Kenosha, WI @ Carthage College Fieldhouse The Crusher & Chris Taylor beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Larry Hennig beat Tosh Togo (sub Ivan Putski) Greg Gagne vs George Gadaski Bull Bullinski vs Moose Morowski 5/16/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff on a 3rd fall COR 1. Wahoo beat Wolff in 16:00 2. Wolff pinned Wahoo after Heiniemi hit McDaniel with brass knuckles 3. Heiniemi & Wolff left the ring area and were counted out of the ring Gene Kiniski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Kiniski Tosh Togo (sub Horst Hoffman) beat Bull Bullinski via pin after a karate chop Greg Gagne (sub The Brute) beat Moose Morowski Larry Hennig beat Scotty Campbell (sub Ivan Putski) in 5:00 Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann Roddy Piper drew Dave Muir Att: “5,183 fans” 5/17/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall COR to win the AWA Tag Team Title. Superstar Billy Graham beat Geoff Portz via pin in 12:29 Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski by submission in 9:41 with a bear hug Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 10:38 after an elbow slam Greg Gagne beat Odd Job Tosh Tojo dq when Tojo hit Greg over the head with an iron derby hat att: 5,027 Note: Wahoo & Crusher were billed as the AWA Tag Team Champions on the next Denver card on June 12. 5/18/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Armando Rodriguez Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pabon Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski 5/18/74 Peoria, IL Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor Vivian Vachon vs Mars Monroe plus two more matches 5/19/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 1. Crusher & Wahoo won 1st fall 2. Heiniemi & Wolff won 2nd fall 3. Crusher & Wahoo won 3rd fall Superstar Billy Graham beat Geoff Portz via pin in 19:47 Ivan Putski beat Moose Morowski via pin in 12:37 Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinskivia pin in 14:12 Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 16:21 att: 2,862 5/20/74 Fort Worth, TX Ciclon Negro vs Bob Roop Ken Patera & Bob Orton Jr. vs AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Fritz Von Erich vs Blackjack Lanza Jose Lothario vs Roger Kirby Gran Markus vs Pierre Martin 5/21/74 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory Bill Watts beat Buddy Colt Pak Song beat Dusty Rhodes COR Non Title AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Red Beard Ron Fuller beat Johnny Valentine dq Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Danny Hodge & Don Muraco Les Thornton beat Kevin Sullivan Lorenzo Parente beat Silento Rodriguez 5/22/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Superstar Billy Graham dq after Graham rammed Geoff's head into the ring post Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Hennig & Paul Perschmann Larry Heiniemi beat Bull Bullinski via pin 5/23/74 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum International Champion Ciclon Negro vs El Solitario AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Red Bastien & Jose Lothario Bob Roop vs Ken Patera Blackjack Lanza vs Bob Orton Jr Gran Markus vs The Texan 5/24/74 Houston, TX @ Sam Houston Coliseum NWA Champion Jack Brisco vs Mil Mascaras 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Gran Markus & El Solitario International Champion Ciclon Negro vs Jose Lothario 2/3 Ken Patera vs Blackjack Lanza Red Bastien drew Bob Roop Bob Roop vs Pierre Martin 5/24/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne ddq Larry Heiniemi in 19:43 Buddy Wolff beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin in 18:58 Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay via pin in 8:44 Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz & Moose Cholak 2/3 Billy Howard beat George Gadaski via pin in 24:15 att: 4,153 5/25/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Bob Amel Verne Gagne beat Joe Guzman Larry Hennig beat Nacho Berrera Kenny Jay beat Chi Chi Rosario Superstar Billy Graham beat Tom DeMarco 5/25/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel no contest Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Superstar Billy Graham beat Ivan Putski Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Geoff Portz beat Horst Hoffman dq Greg Gagne beat Tom DeMarco Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann 5/29/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel vs Buddy Wolff Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski vs Larry Heiniemi Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski 6/1/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Mike Snyder & Tom DeMarco Superstar Billy Graham beat Bill Nixon Larry Hennig beat Bobby Vann 6/1/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Baron Von Rashcke & Horst Hoffmann beat Geoff Portz & Chris Taylor Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne beat Billy Howard Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann 6/5/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Moose Cholak & Chris Taylor Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Bill Howard drew Paul Perschmann 6/6/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Indian Strap Match with Buddy Wolff strapped to Ivan Putski outside the ring Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heinemi Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Ray Stevens beat Gene Kiniski dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Pershmann & Buddy Wolff 2/3 1. Buddy Wolff won 1st fall 2. Gagne & Brunzell won 2nd fall 3. Gagne & Brunzell won 3rd fall Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz by submission with a claw hold Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski by submission with a claw hold Mike Snyder beat Bobby Jones in 12:00 6/8/74 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Caesar Pabon Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Kenny Jay & George Gadaski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman dq Wahoo McDaniel beat Bob Amel Ray Stevens beat Armando Rodriguez Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard 6/8/74 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Dick Murdoch 2/3 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Hennig & Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Horst Hoffman beat Billy Howard via pin Geoff Portz beat Caesar Pavlon via pin att: 9,000+ SRO 6/12/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena 10th Anniversary Show Steel Cage Match, Special Referee: George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel to regain the AWA Tag Team Title when Stevens pinned McDaniel in 16:12 Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq in 7:19 when Baron Von Raschke interfered and pounded Putski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 1. Wolff beat Brunzell in 11:22 2. Heiniemi & Wolff were dq'ed at 3:13 for tossing Gagne over the top rope 3. Brunzell pinned Wolff in 5:32 Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz in 21:59 Kay Noble (sub Cora Combs) beat Vivian Vachon via pin in 12:14 Larry Hennig beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 8:00 att: 7,206 Note: Crusher & Wahoo were billed as the AWA Tag Team Champions by two different newspapers going into this match. Both papers reported Bockwinkel & Stevens regained the AWA Tag Team Title from Crusher & Wahoo. 6/14/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Chris Taylor beat Ray Stevens Geoff Portz beat Mitsu Arakawa Pepper Gomez beat Baron Von Raschke Mike Snyder beat Ken Dillinger 6/15/74 Minneapolis TV Wahoo McDaniel beat Inca Peru Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel & Peter Lee Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard & Percy Pringle Larry Hennig beat Tom DeMarco Billy Robinson beat Frank Diamond Superstar Billy Graham beat Chi Chi Rosario 6/15/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke were co-winners of a two ring 24 man $50,000 battle royal Nick Bockwinkel drew Wahoo McDaniel Baron Von Raschke beat Frank Nixon Superstar Billy Graham beat Oddjob via pin Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Paul Perschmann also in Battle Royal: Geoff Portz, Ray Stevens, Horst Hoffman, Andre Rousimoff, Larry Heiniemi, Chris Taylor, Buddy Wolff, Billy Robinson, Ivan Putski, Moose Cholak, Ken Patera. att: “10,550 fans” 6/16/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq The Crusher & Billy Robinson in 3rd fall 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Crusher & Robinson won 3 Both teams were dq'ed Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff via pin Baron Von Raschke beat Bill Howard with the claw hold Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski with the claw hold Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann (sub Baron Von Raschke) via pin 6/19/74 Peoria, IL Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne beat Bill Howard Larry Hennig beat Jim Brunzell att: 1,800 6/19/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena Billy Graham beat The Crusher dq Gene Kiniski beat Dory Funk Jr Sam Steamboat beat Horst Hoffman dq Neff Maiava beat Igor Volkoff Reggie Parks drew Mad Dog Griffin The Destroyer beat Betto Castro Susan Green beat Paula Kaye 6/20/74 Cambridge Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Hennig 6/20/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium This card was rained out and rescheduled for July 10th. 6/21/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff & Larry Heinimi Baron Von Rashcke beat Bull Bullinski Jim Brunzell beat George Gadaski 6/22/74 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Juan Zapata Superstar Billy Graham beat Kenny Jay Ivan Putski beat Joe Guzman Baron Von Raschke beat Jose Martine Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Vasquez 6/22/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Larry Hennig interfered AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig when Larry couldn't pin Greg in 10 minutes Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff (sub Odd Job) 6/26/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Chris Taylor & Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke (sub Billy Graham) beat Tosh Togo Ivan Putski beat Bull Bullinski Larry Hennig beat Geoff Portz 6/27/74 Wapello, IA @ Wapello High School Stadium Billy Robinson vs Baron Von Raschke Chris Taylor vs Larry Heiniemi Greg Gagne vs Geoff Portz Jim Brunzell vs Bill Howard 6/28/74 Decatur, IL Baron Von Raschke vs Bull Bullinski 6/28/74 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin in 10:08 Wahoo McDaniel beat Larry Heiniemi (sub Billy Graham) 2/3 in 23:48 1. Heiniemi pinned Wahoo in 11:40 2. Wahoo pinned Heiniemi in 14:40 3. Wahoo pinned Heiniemi in 23:48 Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff dq in 19:25 when Wolff tossed Greg over the top rope Jim Brunzell beat Bill Howard via pin in 14:57 Note: Billy Graham reportedly missed his plane connection in Houston, Texas. 6/29/74 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat John the Greek Ivan Putski beat Doug Somers Superstar Billy Graham beat Juan Valez Billy Robinson beat Tom DeMarco The Crusher beat Paul Perschmann Larry Heiniemi beat Kenny Jay 6/29/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham COR Billy Robinson beat Larry Heiniemi via pin Handicap Match, Hennig must beat both men within 20 minute time limit Larry Hennig beat Jim Brunzell in 13:00 but was unable to beat Greg Gagne in the remaining 7:00 Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe via pin Bull Bullinski beat Tom DeMarco via pin Paul Perschmann beat Doug Somers via pin att: 6,426 6/29/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor Bobo Brazil beat Baron Von Raschke dq Moose Cholak drew Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Oddjob Jose Martine beat Tony Romano Billy Howard beat George Gadaski
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7/3/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson 2/3 1 Stevens beat Robinson 2 Robinson beat Stevens by submission with a spinning toe hold 3 Bockwinkel pinned Gagne after a piledriver Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Superstar Billy Graham interfered Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel after Baron Von Raschke interfered Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 Jim Brunzell beat Bull Bullinski George Gordienko beat Tom DeMarco Att: “more than 5,000 fans” Note: Brunzell incorrectly billed as a “rookie sensation” by the Winnipeg Press. 7/6/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski The Crusher beat Tom DeMarco Larry Hennig beat Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat Julio Rodriguez Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay 7/10/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke Chris Taylor beat Larry Heiniemi Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski 7/12/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Ivan Putski beat Billy Graham dq in 10:15 when the referee caught Graham using brass knuckles The Crusher beat Ray Stevens dq in 12:00 after Stevens jumped off the top rope onto Crusher Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke dq in 14:55 when Baron tossed Billy over the top rope Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Hennig & Paul Perschmann 2/3 att: 5,112 7/13/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena $50,000 Purse The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke dq The Crusher did not receive the money because Raschke claimed the match could not end in disqualification Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor beat Blackjack Lanza & Al Costello 2/3 Oddjob beat Billy Howard via pin Tom DeMarco drew George Gadaski att: “9,141 fans” 7/13/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Don Curtis AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz 2/3 Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Hennig & Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Wilbur Snyder beat Bull Bullinski in 15:45 Paul Perschmann beat Kenny Jay att: 5,320 7/17/74 Honolulu, HI @ HIC Center AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski Ivan Putski & Sam Steamboat beat Peace Brothers Ed Francis beat Masked Marvel Sam Steamboat beat Peace Brother I Neff Maiava beat Bepo Castro Little Tokyo & Sonny Boy Hayes beat Cowboy Lang & Haiti Kid 7/18/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Winning team to challenge AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in Duluth on August 7 The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Larry Hennig & Superstar Billy Graham 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski (sub Chris Taylor) Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann att: 3,000 7/19/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard 7/20/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne 2/3 (no title change, Gagne's foot ruled to be on rope) AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq Mitsu Arakawa beat Moose Cholak dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 2/3 Mike Snyder beat Paul Perschmann 7/21/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena No dq match, Special Referee: Greg Gagne The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title 1 Crusher & Robinson won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Baron Von Raschke interfered Baron Von Raschke beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin Greg Gagne drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 att: 6,448 7/23/74 Mankato, MN Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski 7/24/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham & Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig 7/25/74 Peoria, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig 7/27/74 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat George Gadaski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill & Armando Rodriguez Horst Hoffman beat Kenny Jay Ivan Putski beat Bill Howard 7/27/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Baron Von Raschke beat the Crusher & Ivan Putski 2/3 Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard & Paul Perschmann 7/31/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel 15:00 Nick Bockwinkel beat Geoff Portz via referee's decision Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski via referee's decision Baron Von Raschke beat Jim Brunzell via pin in 8:30 8/3/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Armando Rodriguez Superstar Billy Graham beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pabon Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski Billy Robinson beat Pancho Vasquez 8/3/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser beat Ray Stevens Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman dq Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk beat Pepper Gomez & Mike Snyder Bobby Heenan beat Pepper Gomez COR Sgt. Jacques Goulet beat Sailor Art Thomas Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann 8/3/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Superstar Billy Graham 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel dq when Bockwinkel rammed Robinson's head into the ring post Larry Hennig beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin in 11:50 Greg Gagne drew Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard via pin in 12:50 att: 7,560 8/7/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson dq Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff att: 1999 Note: Another listing has Crusher & Robinson winning the main event in two straight falls 8/9/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham & Baron Von Raschke 2/3 1. Crusher pinned Von Raschke 2. Von Raschke beat Crusher 3. Putski pinned Graham Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson Handicap Match: Larry Hennig must beat both Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell in 20 minutes Larry Hennig beat Jim Brunzell via pin in 9:10 but could not beat Greg Gagne within the 20 minute time limit so Gagne & Brunzell were declared the winners Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski by submission with a claw hold att: 5,212 8/10/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Bill Howard Larry Hennig beat Julio Rodriguez Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Bull Bullinski beat Pancho Vasquez Kenny Jay beat Angel Rivera 8/10/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat The Crusher & Ivan Putski dq 8/13/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson dq Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz Horst Hoffman drew Jim Brunzell 8/15/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel in 19:00 The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Superstar Billy Graham 2/3 1. Baron pinned Putski in 10:00 2. Putski pinned Baron in 8:00 3. Crusher pinned Graham Larry Hennig no contest Geoff Portz when Portz suffered an injury and Hennig refused to accept the victory Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson in 18:00 Jim Brunzell & Bull Bullinski (sub Greg Gagne) beat Big K & Buddy Wolff Dave Muir beat Scotty Campbell (sub Bobby Jones) in 12:00 Att: “7,000 fans” 8/16/74 Peoria, IL Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat The Crusher & Ivan Putski dq Larry Hennig no contest Geoff Portz Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Khosrow Vaziri beat Tom Demarco 8/17/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann & Frank Hill Horst Hoffman beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Armando Rodriguez Buddy Wolff beat Caesar Pabon Geoff Portz beat Kenny Jay 8/17/74 Minneapolis, MN Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions the Crusher & Billy Robinson dq Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski COR Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Khosrow Vaziri att: 9,120 8/18/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Superstar Billy Graham beat the Crusher via pin in 11:28 after Baron Von Raschke interfered Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke by reverse decision dq in 18:02 when Raschke would not release the claw hold Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 16:23 Geoff Portz (sub Greg Gagne) & Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard & Paul Perschmann 2/3 1 Portz & Brunzell won 2 Howard & Perschmann won 3 Portz & Brunzell won Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski by submission with a claw hold in 12:03 att: 5,478 8/23/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson dq Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski COR Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Ali Vaziri (sub Jim Brunzell) via pin att: 4,137 8/24/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Pancho Vasquez Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Angel Rivera & Chi Chi Rosario Larry Hennig beat Joe Guzman Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay 8/24/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena No dq Match for $50,000 Battle Royal purse The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke via pin in 15:43 to finally win the Battle Royal money Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Arm wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat Ivan Putski Larry Hennig beat Billy Howard Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell via default Bull Bullinski drew Khosrow Vaziri att: “9,337 fans” 8/28/74 Springfield, IL @ State Fairgrounds Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Superstar Billy Graham vs Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne - Handicap Match Geoff Portz vs Billy Howard Bobby Heenan vs George Gadaski 8/28/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig 8/29/74 Knoxville, IL @ Knox County Fairgrounds The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham COR Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz Greg Gagne vs Bill Howard Jim Brunzell vs Bobby Heenan 8/29/74 Virginia, MN Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 8/30/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson dq 8/31/74 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Buddy Wolff beat Paul Perschmann Verne Gagne beat Bob Amel 8/31/74 St Paul, MN The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Verne Gagne Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski dq Baron Von Raschke beat Khosrow Vaziri Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay 9/2/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski dq Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman dq Paul Perschmann beat Khosrow Vaziri 9/7/74 Chicago, IL @ Comiskey Park AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson COR The Sheik & Bobby Heenan beat Dick the Bruiser & Bobo Brazil The Crusher & Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham when Hennig pinned Graham after an “Axe” Chris Taylor beat Ox Baker dq Pepper Gomez no contest Baron Von Raschke Wilbur Snyder beat Sgt. Jacques Goulet Kim Duk beat Jim Brunzell Greg Gagne drew Buddy Wolff Vivian Vachon beat Lucille DuPree 9/8/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell 1 Hennig & Brunzell won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won Baron Von Raschke handcuffed to Ivan Putski The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham via pin Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman dq Bull Bullinski drew Khosrow Vaziri (sub Bobby Heenan) 9/10/74 Peoria, IL AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski Khosrow Vaziri beat Tom Demarco 9/11/74 Grand Forks, ND Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman dq Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell dq Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff 9/12/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson on a 3rd fall dq 1 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel after a backbreaker 2 Stevens beat Robinson by submission at the 20 minute mark 3 Crusher was dq’ed for tossing Stevens over the top rope Ivan Putski beat The Brute by submission with a bear hug in 18:00 Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 16:30 Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs Paul Pershmann & Yugo Babich Dave Muir beat Frenchy Dubois in 19:00 Att: “7,231 fans” Note: The Winnipeg Press reported Jim Brunzell and Kozrow [sic] Vaziri scored a victory over Paul Perschmann and Kozrow [sic] Vaziri. 9/13/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Horst Hoffman beat The Crusher via pin in 9:50 Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Larry Hennig dq Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff via pin Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell att: 4,897 Note: Another listing has The Crusher winning the main event 9/14/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom DeMarco The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann & Joe Guzman Ivan Putski beat Bobby Vann Yugo Babich beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Red Mendez 9/14/74 Minneapolis, MN Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan beat Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson dq Handicap Match Ivan Putski drew Buddy Wolff & Paul Perschmann Chris Taylor beat Khosrow Vaziri Yugo Babich beat Bull Bullinski att: 5,189 9/15/74 St Cloud, MN Larry Hennig vs Buddy Wolff 9/16/74 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 20:00 Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson dq Buddy Wolff drew Geoff Portz Larry Hennig beat Yugo Babich dq 9/17/74 Granville, ND Larry Hennig vs Buddy Wolff 9/18/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell 9/19/74 Springfield, IL @ State Fairgrounds Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 25:08 Brunzell (sub for Larry Hennig) beat Buddy Wolff by DQ 20:00 Yugo Babich beat George Gadaski 14:23 Geoff Portz drew Horst Hoffmann 20 mins 9/20/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Larry Hennig beat Ray Stevens Nick Bockwinkel beat Geoff Portz (sub Billy Robinson) Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Paul Perschmann 2-0 Khosrow Vaziri drew Yugo Babich 9/21/74 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Julio Rodriguez & Andrew Doren Ray Stevens beat Tom Leon Yugo Babich beat Chi Chi Rosario Horst Hoffman beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski 9/21/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson on a 3rd fall dq European rules match Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski via pin Larry Hennig beat Buddy Wolff via pin Geoff Portz beat Stan Pulaski via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Billy Howard att: 8,870 9/26/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman dq Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz Bob Backlund beat George Gadaski 9/28/74 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Bob Amel Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Caesar Pavlon & Armando Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Verne Gagne beat Billy Howard 9/28/74 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Horst Hoffman dq when Hoffman refused to release a claw hold on Gagne while both were outside the ring at 26:00 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens when Nick & Ray were unable to beat Greg & Jim within 20 minutes Billy Robinson beat Stan Pulaski in 16:30 Geoff Portz beat Bull Bullinski in 13:20 Bob Backlund beat Billy Howard Vivian Vachon beat Mars Monroe in 11:15 att: 5,101 9/28/74 Hammond, IN @ Civic Center The Crusher & Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Ivan Putski beat Bobby Heenan COR Moose Cholak beat Yugo Babich Chris Taylor beat Paul Perschmann Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk beat Pepper Gomez & Wilbur Snyder dq Tom Demarco drew Jose Martine 9/29/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1. Bockwinkel & Stevens won 1st fall 2. Crusher & Robinson won 2nd fall 3. Bockwinkel & Stevens were dq’ed Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Paul Perschmann 2-0 Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 10/2/74 Red Lake, MN @ High School Larry Hennig vs Larry Heiniemi Jim Brunzell vs Yugo Babich Paul Perschmann vs Geoff Portz 10/3/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne on a 3rd fall COR 1 Hennig won 1st fall with The Axe 2 Hennig lost 2nd fall 3 Gagne was counted out of the ring Billy Robinson beat Yugo Babich in 20:00 Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski dq in less than 8 minutes when Putski hit the referee Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Vicki Williams beat Sarah Swearingen in 14:00 to earn a shot against US Women’s Champion Vivian Vachon Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann (sub Bobby Heenan) in 16:00 Roddy Piper beat Frenchy Dubois in 15:00 Att: “more than 5,000 fans” Notes: Bobby Heenan now the manager of Bockwinkel & Stevens. Heenan refused to wrestle Brunzell. 10/4/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Horst Hoffman via pin Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Larry Heiniemi beat Larry Hennig Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz att: 3,117 10/5/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann & Frank Hill Horst Hoffman beat Caesar Pavlon Larry Hennig beat Bob Amel Larry Heiniemi beat George Gadaski Jim Brunzell beat Armando Rodriguez 10/5/74 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Larry Hennig no contest Larry Heiniemi Horst Hoffman beat Chris Taylor COR Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Stan Pulaski Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff 10/9/74 La Crosse, WI The Crusher won the 10-Man Battle Royal The Crusher beat Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi dq Chris Taylor beat Paul Perschmann Bull Bullinski drew Yugo Babich 10/9/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson dq Kim Duk beat ? George Gadaski beat ? Note: El Bracero Jose Martine lost to either Duk or Gadaski. 10/12/74 St Paul, MN The Crusher & Larry Hennig no contest Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Match stopped by the referee during the 3rd fall when things went out of control. The Crusher was hurt during the 2nd fall, so Hennig continued alone for the 3rd fall. Horst Hoffman beat Bull Bullinski Larry Heiniemi beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan via forfeit when Heenan failed to appear Buddy Wolff beat Julio Rodriguez Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich att: 5,361 10/14/74 Bismarck, ND Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 10/17/74 Cheyenne, WY The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff 10/18/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan AWA Tag Team Champions Billy Robinson & The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann att: 3,567 10/19/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Horst Hoffman beat the Crusher COR Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ivan Putski beat Yugo Babich via pin Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff via pin Geoff Portz beat George Gadaski via pin att: “6,112 fans” sellout 10/19/74 Hammond, IN @ Civic Center Larry Hennig no contest Bobby Heenan 10/20/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 1 Hennig & Putski won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Hennig & Putski won European Rules Match Horst Hoffman beat Billy Robinson via pin in 5th round Jim Brunzell beat Buddy Wolff COR Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski (sub Bobby Heenan) Heenan refused to wrestle claiming a "sore arm" Yugo Babich drew Geoff Portz 10/22/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski dq Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich Bobby Heenan drew Greg Gagne Note: Some sources don't list the main event. 10/23/74 Peoria, IL Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich Bobby Heenan beat Tom DeMarco 10/24/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No dq Match Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson to regain the AWA Tag Team Title when Bockwinkel pinned Crusher after manager Bobby Heenan interfered Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi in 17:41 Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke in 10:18 Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell in 14:47 Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski (sub Greg Gagne) in 17:47 Moose Morowski beat Roddy Piper (sub Geoff Portz) in 10:23 10/26/74 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Roddy Piper & Kenny Jay Chris Taylor beat Doug Somers Boris Breznikoff beat George Gadaski Ivan Putski beat Paul Perschmann Larry Hennig beat Steve Merrick 10/26/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq Geoff Portz drew ? 10/27/74 St Paul, MN Non Title Verne Gagne & Larry Hennig beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson dq European Rules Ivan Putski drew Horst Hoffman in 5 rounds Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Paul Perschmann Boris Breznikoff beat Doug Somers att: 6,233 10/29/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson vs Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski vs Baron Von Raschke Larry Hennig vs Larry Heiniemi Greg Gagne vs Bobby Heenan Jim Brunzell vs Yugo Babich 10/30/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff Boris Bresnikoff beat Geoff Portz 11/2/74 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Pancho Lopez Boris Breznikoff beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Paul Perschmann dq Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat George Gadaski & Tom Leon Ivan Putski beat Joe Guzman Jim Brunzell beat Andrew Duran 11/2/74 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell COR Billy Robinson & Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Larry Heiniemi Mil Mascaras beat Yugo Babich Geoff Portz beat Torpedo Guzman 11/7/74 Lewistown The Crusher vs Baron Von Raschke Larry Hennig vs Larry Heiniemi 11/8/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Saloon Match The Crusher beat Larry Heiniemi Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne Ivan Putski beat Great Goliath 11/9/74 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Paul Perschmann Horst Hoffman beat Armando Rodriguez Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Caesar Pabon & Bob Amel 11/9/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & Larry Hennig no contest Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan Bobo Brazil beat Bill Miller dq Handicap Match Chris Taylor beat Big K & Yugo Babich Prince Pullins beat Johnny Kace Rock Riddle beat El Bracero Jose Martine 11/9/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat The Crusher & Billy Robinson Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Frank Hill Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Geoff Portz beat Paul Perschmann att: 6,112 sellout 11/10/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig ddq Superstar Billy Graham & Bobby Heenan & Boris Breznikoff in 3rd fall Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz via pin in 21:03 Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich via pin in 12:59 Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle via pin in 15:23 att: 6,244 11/12/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Ivan Putski beat Horst Hoffman Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Larry Hennig Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle Vivian Vachon beat Pam Drake 11/14/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher beat Bobby Heenan COR in 6:00 when Heenan ran back to the dressing room Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman on a 3rd fall dq 1. Putski pinned Von Raschke 2. Von Raschke won 2nd fall 3. Von Raschke jumped off the top rope on to Hennig was was dq’ed Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich via pin after a big splash Boris Breznikoff beat Geoff Portz Ivan Crankovic drew Bobby Jones Att: “3,851 wrestling faithful” 11/16/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Chuck Edwards Superstar Billy Graham beat Andy Duran Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Boris Breznikoff beat Tom Leon Chris Taylor beat Paul Perschmann 11/16/74 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Superstar Billy Graham 2/3 Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell COR Geoff Portz drew Larry Heiniemi 20:00 Yugo Babich beat George Gadaski via pin Rock Riddle beat Kenny Jay att: 5,817 11/20/74 Albert Lea, MN @ Armory Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq Boris Breznikoff beat Geoff Portz Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes Big K beat George Gadaski (sub bout for Rock Riddle vs Kenny Jay). Att: 300 11/20/74 Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Billy Robinson in 3rd fall 1. Gagne beat Robison with a sleeper hold in 20:48 2. Robinson pinned Gagne in 15:21 pin 3. Both men were counted out of the ring in 9:35 Great Kusatsu & Kimura beat Ray Stevens & Buddy Wolff 1. Stevens pinned Kimura in 6:50 2. Great Kusatsu beat Wolff with a figure four leg lock in 3:45 3. Kimura pinned Stevens in 3:11 Mighty Inoue beat Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 1. Both men were counted out of the ring in 13:05 and each man was credited with losing a fall. 2. Mighty Inoue pinned Bockwinkel in 3:25 Chiyo Obata beat Vickie Williams Att: 4,500 11/21/74 Osaka, Japan @ Pref. Gym AWA Tag Title vs IWA Tag Title AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & beat IWA Tag Team Champions Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu on a 3rd fall dq 1: Kimura pinned Bockwinkel in 14:22 2: Bockwinkel pinned Kimura in 7:19 3: Kimura & Kusatsu were dq'ed in 3:00 * No title change due to dq Billy Robinson vs Animal Hamaguchi Cuban Assassins vs. Tadaharu Tanaka & Jiro Inazuma Buddy Wolff vs Isamu Teranishi Chiyo Obata & Terumi Sakura vs Donna Christantello & Vickie Williams Katsuzo Oiyama vs Snake Amami Hart Smith vs Tsutomu Yonemura AWA Title vs IWA Title AWA Champion Verne Gagne double knockout IWA Champion Mighty Inoue in 3rd fall 1. Gagne beat Inoue with a sleeper hold in 17:17 2. Mighty Inoue pinned Gagne in 4:55 3. Both men were knocked out in 8:59 11/21/74 Stevens Point, WI @ Quandt Gymnasium The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Von Raschke rammed Putski in to the ring post Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes 2/3 Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz 20:00 Att: 3,600 11/22/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Boris Breznikoff beat Larry Hennig in 10:18 Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne COR at 15:35 Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero beat Rock Riddle in 9:28 Cowboy Lang & Little Lonnie beat Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy The Kid Judo Jacket Match Akio Sato beat Mr Okuma in 11:54 att: 4,104 11/22/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke 11/23/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski & Armando Rodriguez Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson drew Little Tokyo & Frenchy LaMont Greg Gagne beat Frank Hill Horst Hoffman beat Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Paul Perschmann Ivan Putski beat Armando Rodriguez 11/23/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham beat Chris Taylor dq Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy The Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes 2/3 Geoff Portz drew Larry Heiniemi Yugo Babich beat Bull Bullinski via pin att: 5,262 11/23/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser no contest the Sheik Boris Breznikoff beat Larry Hennig Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk Pepper Gomez beat Big K Rock Riddle drew Clem Turner Mike Snyder beat Mark Manson 11/24/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne dq Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes Boris Breznikoff beat Geoff Portz 11/25/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan Geoff Portz drew Jim Brunzell 11/26/74 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan Geoff Portz vs Baron Von Raschke Larry Hennig vs Yugo Babich 11/27/74 Grand Forks, ND @ Civic Auditorium Chris Taylor & Ivan Putski vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes Mil Mascaras vs Larry Heiniemi Paul Perschmann vs Rock Riddle 11/28/74 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne COR Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman dq Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich 11/29/74 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Arm Wrestling Superstar Billy Graham beat Ivan Putski Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq in 24:11 Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi 2/3 1. Hennig pinned Heiniemi 2. Heiniemi beat Hennig 3. Hennig pinned Heiniemi Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Paul Perschmann (subs for Yugo Babich & Rock Riddle) 2/3 in 28:40 1. Brunzell won 1st fall with a submission hold in 10:20 2. Heiniemi pinned Brunzell in 20:40 3. Gagne & Brunzell won 3rd fall in 28:40 Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 12:16 att: 3,431 11/29/74 Detroit Lakes Larry Hennig beat Larry Heiniemi 11/30/74 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Bobby Jones The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat Paul Perschmann & Steve Merrick Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Wilf Caron Boris Breznikoff beat Scotty Campbell 11/30/74 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Superstar Billy Graham vs Ivan Putski Bobby The Brain Heenan vs Greg Gagne Jumping Jim Brunzell vs Larry Heiniemi Larry The Axe Hennig vs Rock Riddle Bull Bullinski vs Yugo Babich 12/2/74 Red Lake, MN @ High School Ivan Putski vs Big K Little Louie & Cowboy Lang vs Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy the Kid Yugo Babich vs Rock Riddle 12/3/74 Jamestown Larry Hennig vs Big K 12/4/74 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Larry Hennig beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Ivan Putski vs Yugo Babich Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs Billy The Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes Big K vs Rock Riddle 12/5/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ricky Romero & Pepper Gomez Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan COR Geoff Portz drew Jim Brunzell Larry Heiniemi beat Jack Pesek att: 3,249 12/5/74 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham (sub Ray Stevens) 2/3 1. Graham won 1st fall 2. Hennig pinned Graham after an Axe 3. Putski pinned Graham Arm Wrestling for $10,000 Superstar Billy Graham beat Ivan Putski dq when Putski grabbed the arm wrestling table for added leverage Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy The Kid in 27:00 Chris Taylor beat Big K via pin in 14:00 Yugo Babich beat Bobby Jones via pin after a backbreaker Rock Riddle beat Scotty Campbell Att: “5,844 fans” 12/6/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez Arm Wrestling Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Rock Riddle Larry Heiniemi beat Clem Turner Geoff Portz beat Big K 12/7/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Superstar Billy Graham beat Paul Perschmann The Crusher beat Junior Hernandez Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon 12/7/74 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Baron Von Raschke dq Larry Hennig beat Big K (sub Boris Breznikoff) via pin Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich via pin after a splash Greg Gagne beat Rock Riddle by submission with the sleeper hold Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz Cowboy Lang & Little Louie beat Billy The Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes 2/3 att: 4,501 12/8/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Baron Von Raschke won a 15 Man, $12,000 Battle Royal Order of elimination: 1-Bull Bullinski 2-Buddy Wolff 3-Chris Taylor 4-Geoff Portz 5-Boris Bresnikoff 6-Jim Brunzell 7-Superstar Billy Graham 8-Horst Hoffman 9-Greg Gagne 10-Bobby Heenan 11-Ivan Putski 12-nick Bockwinkel 13-Ray Stevens 14-The Crusher The Crusher beat Horst Hoffman via pin in 8:41 Ivan Putski (sub Larry Hennig) drew Baron Von Raschke 15:00 Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 11:06 Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan COR in 10:20 when Heenan walked out Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz 15:00 Originally the Battle Royal was scheduled to include 16 men but Larry Hennig was reportedly forced to withdraw due to a death in his family. att: 5,945 12/10/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Boris Breznikoff dq Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq Buddy Wolff drew Geoff Portz Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich 12/11/74 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff 12/12/74 Lincoln, IL @ Lincoln HS Gymnasium Baron Von Rashcke vs Ivan Putski Larry Hennig vs Boris Breznikoff plus Buddy Wolfe, Jim Brunzell & Geoff Portz will appear 12/14/74 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Julio Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Angel Rivera Ivan Putski beat Andy Duran Baron Von Raschke beat Chi Chi Rosario Jim Brunzell beat Doug Somers Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay 12/14/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat the Crusher & Ivan Putski Boris Breznikoff beat Larry Hennig dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle & Yugo Babich Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke Geoff Portz beat Bob Sweetan att: 6,112 sellout 12/15/74 Duluth, MN @ Arena Larry Hennig no contest Boris Breznikoff 12/21/74 Minneapolis TV Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann Boris Breznikoff beat Scotty Campbell Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bob Amel & Frank Hill Larry Hennig beat Dick Reynolds 12/21/74 Peoria, IL Death Match Greg Gagne beat Bobby The Brain Heenan Larry The Axe Hennig beat Ox Baker Jim Brunzell beat Baron Von Raschke Khosrow Vaziri beat Rock Riddle Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich Note: Another listing has Larry Hennig beating Sgt. Jacques Goulet 12/26/74 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Boris Breznikoff 12/27/74 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq The Legionairres Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Private Don Fargo beat Wilbur Snyder & Larry Hennig Ray Stevens no contest Pepper Gomez Moose Cholak no contest Ox Baker Chris Taylor beat Big K Khosrow Vaziri beat Kim Duk 12/27/74 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq, No Time Limit Match The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke beat Superstar Billy Graham Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff 2/3 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Yugo Babich & Rock Riddle 2-0 att: 4,327 12/28/74 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Scotty Campbell & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Yugo Babich Ivan Putski beat Steve Merrick Baron Von Raschke beat Moose Morowski Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski 12/28/74 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher & Ivan Putski no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Khosrow Vaziri & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff & Rock Riddle Larry Hennig beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke beat Scotty Campbell Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich att: 5,276 12/29/74 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens via pin Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig via pin Chris Taylor & Ivan Putski beat Kim Duk & Mitsu Arakawa 2-0 Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich via pin Khosrow Vaziri beat Rock Riddle via pin 12/29/74 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Boris Breznikoff in 12:20 Superstar Billy Graham beat Baron Von Raschke dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff Pepper Gomez drew Dale Lewis Sailor Art Thomas beat Big K Paul Perschmann drew Caesar Pablon att: 6,112 sellout 12/30/74 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig dq Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Big K beat George Gadaski Bob Remus beat Kenny Jay Last edited on Tue Mar 3rd, 2015 03:36 am by Ron ____________________ "We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx Our great computers Fill the hollowed halls We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx All the gifts of life Are held within our walls" 2112 By Rush!! |
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clawmaster wrote: I may have to look at the last AWA thread for a few more cards. I may not have added them to my computer files. Definitely true. I've already noticed some missing cards
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1/4/75 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Scotty Campbell & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Yugo Babich Ivan Putski beat Steve Merrick Baron Von Raschke beat Moose Morowski Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski 1/9/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher & Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Boris Breznikoff 2/3 1. Heenan pinned Hennig 2. Hennig won 2nd fall 3. Putski pinned Breznikoff Referee Merv Hunter Superstar Billy Graham no contest Baron Von Raschke 12:00 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Lars Anderson & Buddy Wolff when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall Geoff Portz beat Ivan Crankovic (sub Chris Taylor) 11:00 Scotty Campbell (sub Horst Hoffman) beat Bob Tuck Att: “crowd of 7,000” 1/10/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Ivan Putski Larry Hennig beat Boris Breznikoff 1/11/75 Moline TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Pete Carlos Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick Reynolds Chris Taylor beat Frank Hill Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Kenny Jay & George Gadaski Baron Von Raschke beat Paul Perschmann 1/11/75 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Bob Amel Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Armando Rodriguez & Caesar Pabon Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard 1/11/75 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Mystery Partner (most likely Dusty Rhodes) vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Boris Breznikoff vs Ivan Putski Larry Hennig vs Larry Heiniemi Chris Taylor vs Rock Riddle plus one more bout 1/11/75 Peoria, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Cowboy Lang beat ?? Geoff Portz beat Khosrow Vaziri Tom Demarco beat Raul Guzman 1/14/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman no contest Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes Boris Breznikoff beat Ivan Putski Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle 1/16/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes no contest Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman in 3rd fall Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig in 11:16 Ivan Putski beat Boris Breznikoff via pin in 11:12 Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan in 14:30 att: 4,252 1/17/75 St. Cloud, MN @ National Guard Armory Baron Von Raschke vs Ivan Putski Jim Brunzell vs Buddy Wolff Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs Little Tokyo & Sonny Boy Hayes 2/3 60:00 Rock Riddle vs Khosrow Vaziri 30:00 1/18/75 Moline TV Ivan Putski beat Bob Amel Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Armando Rodriguez & Caesar Pabon Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Verne Gagne beat Bill Howard Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski 1/18/75 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Pancho Vazquez Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Guzman Arena Tape 12/7/74 Superstar Billy Graham beat Baron Von Raschke dq 1/18/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes no contest Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman in 3rd fall when the match was stopped by the referee Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig via pin in 12:34 Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff dq Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi via pin in 16:05 Khosrow Vaziri beat Yugo Babich via pin in 15:45 1/19/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Special Referee: Bull Bullinski Baron Von Raschke beat Superstar Billy Graham COR Ivan Putski beat Horst Hoffman dq Larry Hennig beat Big K Khosrow (Carmen) Vaziri beat George Gadaski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle & Buddy Wolff Boris Breznikoff vs Mystery Opponent 1/19/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Verne Gagne & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Gagne & Crusher won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens were dq'ed when manager Bobby Heenan interfered Boris Breznikoff beat Dusty Rhodes dq Little Louie & Cowboy Lang beat Little Tokyo & Sonny Boy Hayes 2/3 1. Little Tokyo & Sonny Boy Hayes won 1st fall 2. Little Louie & Cowboy Lang won 2nd fall 3. Little Louie & Cowboy Lang won 3rd fall Geoff Portz beat Yugo Babich (sub Buddy Wolff) via pin in 14:55 Att: 6,548 1/24/75 Macomb, IL Larry Hennig & Chris Taylor vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 1/25/75 Moline TV Superstar Billy Graham beat Pancho Vazquez Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Guzman Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle Boris Breznikoff beat George Gadaski Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Max Blue & Tom DeMarco 1/25/75 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Caesar Pabon & Armando Rodriguez Superstar Billy Graham beat Juan Hernandez 1/25/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Pat O'Connor & Larry Hennig (subs for Crusher & Chris Taylor) & Wilbur Snyder beat Ray Stevens & Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi Art Thomas beat Yugo Babich Geoff Portz beat Rock Riddle Khosrow Vaziri beat Tom DeMarco Att: 9,709 1/25/75 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes COR Ivan Putski beat Blackjack Lanza Greg Gagne drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 Bull Bullinski beat Paul Perschmann in 15:00 Russ Francis beat Big K in 12:00 Betty Niccoli beat Jean Antone via pin Att: 4,495 1/28/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell 1/29/75 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Greg Gagne (sub Superstar Billy Graham) & Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig Geoff Portz beat Khosrow Vaziri Bull Bullinski beat Yugo Babich 1/31/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Jim Brunzell beat Boris Breznikoff Geoff Portz drew Khosrow Vaziri 2/1/75 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Caesar Pabon & Armando Rodriguez Superstar Billy Graham beat Juan Hernandez Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 2/1/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham beat Horst Hoffman Dusty Rhodes beat Nick Bockwinkel Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan COR Geoff Portz beat Rock Riddle Att: 6,112 sellout 2/2/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes no contest Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Geoff Portz beat Rock Riddle Larry Hennig drew Boris Breznikoff 2/3/75 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman dq Dusty Rhodes beat Buddy Wolff Geoff Portz beat George Gadaski Paul Perschmann drew Khosrow Vaziri 2/6/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 2/3 1. Brunzell pinned Bockwinkel 2. Bockwinkel won by pin 3. Bockwinkel won by pin Superstar Billy Graham ddq Baron Von Raschke when both men charged at referee Danny Loos Boris Breznikoff beat Geoff Portz 12:01 Dusty Rhodes beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 11:24 2/7/75 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1. Gagne & Brunzell won 1st fall in 6:14 2. Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2nd fall in 13:20 3. Stevens slugged the referee Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig via pin in 14:55 Dusty Rhodes beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 18:42 Geoff Portz beat Khosrow Vaziri via pin in 19:45 att: 2,592 2/8/75 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Armando Rodriguez & Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne beat Frank Hill Horst Hoffman beat Bob Amel Larry Hennig beat Paul Perschmann Larry Heiniemi beat Caesar Pabon 2/8/75 Minneapolis TV Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Paul Perschmann & Bob Remus Baron Von Raschke beat Julio Rodriguez Jim Brunzell beat Fred Torres 2/8/75 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Horst Hoffman beat Superstar Billy Graham dq when Dusty Rhodes interfered Baron Von Raschke beat Dusty Rhodes Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan Bull Bullinski beat Rock Riddle 2/11/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dusty Rhodes beat Horst Hoffman Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan 2/13/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel dq when Bockwinkel jumped off the top rope on to Putski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff when Gagne beat Heiniemi by submission with the sleeper hold in 26:00 Larry Hennig drew Boris Breznikoff 20:00 Geoff Portz beat Khosrow Vaziri Ivan Crankovic beat Joe Corona Att:” 5,118 fans” 2/15/75 Moline TV Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Paul Perschmann & Bob Remus Baron Von Raschke beat Julio Rodriguez Jim Brunzell beat Fred Torres Nick Bockwinkel beat Pancho Vazquez Geoff Portz beat Angel Rivera Ivan Putski beat Steve Merrick 2/15/75 Minneapolis TV Boris Breznikoff beat Joe Guzman Dusty Rhodes beat Bobby Vann Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Kenny Jay & Tom DeMarco 2/15/75 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School Baron Von Rashke beat Superstar Billy Graham via pin Larry Hennig beat Boris Breznikoff Ivan Putski beat ? Princess Jasmine beat ? Bull Bullinski beat Rock Riddle 2/15/75 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell on a 3rd fall dq when Gagne came off the top rope on to Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes beat Horst Hoffman Billy Robinson beat Larry Heiniemi Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann Att: 4,214 2/16/75 Kenosha, WI Non title Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/16/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman ddq Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes in 3rd fall 1 Graham & Rhodes won 2 Raschke & Hoffman won 3 Both teams we dq'ed Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne dq when Gagne jumped on Heenan from the top rope Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi via pin in 17:06 Bull Bullinski beat Big K via pin in 12:34 Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 13:44 2/18/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski Billy Robinson beat Boris Breznikoff dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Buddy Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz 2/19/75 Hastings Larry Hennig beat Boris Breznikoff 2/20/75 Cheyenne, WY @ Storey Gym Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 Boris Breznikoff beat Larry Hennig Geoff Portz vs Buddy Wolff Khosrow Vaziri vs Joe Scarpello 2/21/75 Beloit, WI Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan 2/22/75 Moline TV Horst Hoffman beat George Gadaski Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez & Vasquez Boris Breznikoff beat Angel Rivera 2/22/75 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Joe Carone Nick Bockwinkel beat Scotty Campbell Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Rock Riddle & Paul Perschmann 2/22/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Ox Baker beat Dick the Bruiser COR Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes Nick Bockwinkel beat Sailor Art Thomas Billy Robinson beat Boris Breznikoff dq Greg Gagne beat Yugo Babich Jim Brunzell beat Geoff Portz 2/23/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes vs Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Larry Hennig vs Boris Breznikoff Greg Gagne vs Bobby Heenan Jim Brunzell vs Geoff Portz 2/25/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan Pepper Gomez beat Don Fargo Bull Bullinski beat Rock Riddle 2/26/75 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Superstar Billy Graham vs Buddy Wolff Dusty Rhodes vs Big K Geoff Portz beat George Gadaski 2/27/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq Match Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes when Hoffman pinned Graham in 13:00 Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson on a 3rd fall dq when Robinson would not release a hold with Bockwinkel tangled in the ring ropes Ivan Putski beat Larry Heiniemi via pin in 11:10 Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 Att: 3,245 2/28/75 Mellen, WI @ High School Gym Dusty Rhodes vs Boris Breznikoff Greg Gagne vs Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell vs Horst Hoffman Geoff Portz vs Chris Taylor Khosrow Vaziri vs Rock Riddle 3/1/75 Moline TV Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Kenny Jay & Tom DeMarco Dusty Rhodes beat Bobby Vann Boris Breznikoff beat Joe Guzman Billy Graham beat Juan Hernandez Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann 3/1/75 Minneapolis TV Dusty Rhodes beat Juan Zapata Boris Breznikoff beat Tom DeMarco Andre the Giant beat Paul Perschmann Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman 3/1/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell on a 3rd fall COR Baron Von Raschke no contest Andre the Giant Billy Robinson drew Boris Breznikoff 20:00 Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig Geoff Portz beat Frank Hill Dick Reynolds beat Rock Riddle Att: 6,112 sellout 3/2/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena 14 man battle royal Andre The Giant vs Baron Von Raschke Nick Bockwinkel vs Greg Gagne Billy Robinson vs Geoff Portz Bull Bullinski vs Boris Breznikoff Other competitors in the battle royal included Chris Taylor, Larry Hennig, Dusty Rhodes, Buddy Wolff & Khosrow Vaziri 3/3/75 Eau Claire, WI Larry Hennig vs Baron Von Raschke 3/5/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Putski 2/3 1. Putski beat Von Raschke in 6:15 2. Raschke beat Putski in 10:58 3. Hoffman beat Graham in 25:32 Andre the Giant beat Boris Breznikoff via pin in 13:02 Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff dq in 26:01 when Wolff tossed Gagne over the top rope Jim Brunzell beat Billy Howard (sub Khosrow Vaziri) via pin in 18:30 Bobby Heenan beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 16:10 att: 8,420 3/5/75 Stevens Point, WI @ Quandt Fieldhouse Dusty Rhodes & Billy Robinson & Larry Hennig beat Paul Perschmann & Geoff Portz & Nick Bockwinkel 1 Dusty pinned Perschmann 2 Bockwinkel pinned Robinson 3 Robinson pinned Bockwinkel Dusty Rhodes beat Geoff Portz via pin Handicap Match Chris Taylor beat Rock Riddle & Paul Perschmann when Taylor pinned Perschmann Khosrow Vaziri beat George Gadaski via pin Note from One Fan Gang: Original main event advertised as Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Larry Hennig & Billy Robinson 3/6/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dusty Rhodes & Billy Graham & Andre the Giant beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Boris Breznikoff when Rhodes pinned Breznikoff in 30:00 Non Title Handicap Match, If Bockwinkel & Stevens can't beat Gagne & Brunzell within the 20 minute time limit, Greg & Jim will be declared the winners and will earn a Tag Title shot on a future Winnipeg card. Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 20:00 so Greg & Jim were declared the winners Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff in 19:00 Ivan Putski beat Geoff Portz in 9:00 Ali Vaziri beat Bobby Jones in 7:00 Scotty Campbell drew Joe Corona Att: “more than 7,000 fans” 3/7/75 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Andre the Giant beat Boris Breznikoff dq in 18:05 when Bobby Heenan interfered Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski (sub Billy Robinson) 2/3 in 22:41 Chris Taylor (sub Ivan Putski) beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 6:40 Bobby Heenan beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 12:00 Paul Perschmann beat Rock Riddle (sub Khosrow Vaziri) via pin in 17:45 3/8/75 Moline TV Ivan Putski beat Joe Carone Nick Bockwinkel beat Scotty Campbell Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Rock Riddle & Paul Perschmann Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon 3/8/75 Minneapolis TV Andre The Giant beat Rock Riddle Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 3/8/75 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Andre the Giant won a 14 man $25,000 battle royal by tossing out Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman at the same time Chris Taylor drew Andre the Giant 15:00 Superstar Billy Graham beat Boris Breznikoff dq Dusty Rhodes dcor Ray Stevens Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Billy Robinson beat Geoff Portz att: 7,751 3/9/75 Minot, ND Larry Hennig vs Baron Von Raschke 3/11/75 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson won a 10 Man Battle Royal by eliminating Baron Von Raschke Andre The Giant drew Chris Taylor Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke dq Geoff Portz beat Rock Riddle Horst Hoffman beat Paul Perschmann Also In Battle Royal: Buddy Wolff & Boris Breznikoff 3/12/75 Willmar, MN Andre the Giant vs Boris Breshnikoff Larry Hennig vs Buddy Wolff Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs Paul Perschman & Rock Riddle Geoff Portz vs Khosrow Vaziri 3/13/75 Peoria, IL Andre The Giant beat Boris Breznikoff Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Khosrow Vaziri beat Geoff Portz 3/14/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Andre The Giant beat Boris Breznikoff Billy Robinson drew Baron Von Raschke Buddy Wolff beat Khosrow Vaziri 3/15/75 Moline TV Dusty Rhodes beat Juan Zapata Boris Breznikoff beat Tom DeMarco Andre the Giant beat Paul Perschmann Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Kenny Jay & Red Ryan 3/15/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson beat Dr. Big Bill Miller Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan Handicap Match Chris Taylor beat Jimmy Valiant & Paul Perschmann Mike Snyder beat Rock Riddle Bobby Bold Eagle beat Johnny Kace Note: Gunshots were fired during the main event. 3/15/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Andre The Giant & Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Boris Breznikoff 2/3 Ivan Putski beat Blackjack Lanza dq Vivian Vachon & Betty Niccoli beat Jean Antone & Miss Pam 2/3 Geoff Portz drew Buddy Wolff Kenny Jay beat George Gadaski via pin att: 11,119 3/16/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq Ivan Putski beat Boris Breznikoff Handicap Match Chris Taylor beat Rock Riddle & Bobby Heenan Geoff Portz drew Khosrow Vaziri 3/16/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Andre the Giant beat Baron Von Raschke dq in 15:20 when Horst Hoffman interfered Horst Hoffman beat Superstar Billy Graham 2/3 in 28:57 1 SBG pinned Hoffman 2 Hoffman pinned SBG 3 Hoffman pinned SBG Dusty Rhodes beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 16:23 Billy Robinson (sub Larry Hennig) beat Moose Cholak via pin in 19:45 George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay via pin in 12:59 att: 5,455 3/18/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Billy Robinson beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz Baron Von Raschke beat Khosrow Vaziri 3/21/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Baron Von Raschke beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Horst Hoffman via pin Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Ivan Putski beat Paul Perschmann via pin Jack Pesek beat Alex Perez replaced Moose Morowski vs Larry Heiniemi 3/21/75 Amboy Larry Hennig vs Boris Breznikoff 3/22/75 Moline TV Andre The Giant beat Rock Riddle Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 3/22/75 Minneapolis TV Boris Breznikoff beat George Gadaski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Kenny Jay & Dick Reynolds Buddy Wolff beat Scotty Campbell 3/23/75 Minneapolis, MN Billy Robinson & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Boris Breznikoff Dusty Rhodes no contest Baron Von Raschke Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff dq Kenny Jay drew Dick Reynolds Att: 3,790 3/25/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Baron Von Raschke beat Superstar Graham via pin in the 3rd fall after Horst Hoffman distracted Graham allowing Raschke to hit Graham from behind 1. Raschke beat Graham a face claw 2. Graham pinned Raschke after of series of elbow smashes 3. Raschke pinned Graham Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Horst Hoffman beat Khosrow Vaziri (sub Chris Taylor) Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Joe Scarpello (sub Khosrow Vaziri) beat Rock Riddle Note: Taylor was reportedly snowbound in Michigan 3/27/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell on a 3rd fall COR 1. Brunzell pinned Stevens in 8:00 2. Stevens pinned Gagne at the 10:00 mark 3. Gagne & Brunzell were counted out of the ring Billy Robinson beat Boris Breznikoff (sub Superstar Billy Graham) in 20:00 Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke via pin in 14:00 after an elbow smash Chris Taylor beat Rock Riddle (sub Boris Breznikoff) via pin in 6:00 after a body slam Buddy Wolff beat Scotty Campbell in 12:30 AWA Women's Champion Betty Niccoli beat Jean Antone in 10:00 Jean Antone beat Pam Riddel to earn a shot against AWA Women's Champion Betty Niccoli 3/29/75 Moline TV Greg Gagne beat Frank Hill Baron Von Raschke beat Dick Reynolds Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom DeMarco Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Juan Zapata & Joe Guzman 3/29/75 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Scotty Campbell & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Yugo Babich Ivan Putski beat Steve Merrick 3/29/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq Billy Robinson beat Boris Breznikoff via pin Greg Gagne beat Dick Reynolds via pin Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff att: 6,085 4/4/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson dq Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan dq Geoff Portz drew Khosrow Vaziri Dick Reynolds beat George Gadaski via pin with a rolling reverse cradle 4/5/75 Moline TV Boris Breznikoff beat George Gadaski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Kenny Jay & Dick Reynolds Buddy Wolff beat Scotty Campbell Chris Taylor beat Bobby Jones Dusty Rhodes beat Dave Muir 4/5/75 Minneapolis TV Dusty Rhodes beat Paul Perschmann Boris Breznikoff beat Caesar Pabon Ivan Putski beat Juan Hernandez Baron Von Raschke beat Armando Rodriguez 4/5/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Andre The Giant beat Ox Baker COR Superstar Billy Graham beat Horst Hoffman via pin in 9:40 The Legionairres Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Soldier LeBeouf beat Khosrow Vaziri (sub Jim Brunzell) & Greg Gagne 2/3, 1st fall by dq 1 Greg Gagne was dq’ed in 8:05 for tossing LeBeouf over the top rope 2 Greg Gagne beat LeBeouf with a sleeper hold in 6:30 3 LeBeouf pinned Vaziri in 9:20 Boris Bresnikoff beat Pepper Gomez via pin in 9:45 Dusty Rhodes beat Geoff Portz via pin in 9:25 after a flying elbow smash Paul Perschmann beat Torpedo Guzman via pin after a dropkick 4/5/75 Peoria, IL Billy Robinson & Moose Cholak beat Bobby Heenan & Nick Bockwinkel Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff Tom Demarco drew Rock Riddle Att: 2,800 4/6/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Andre the Giant & Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Boris Brezinkoff & Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 2/3 1 Brezinkoff & Raschke & Hoffman won 2 SBG & Dusty & Andre won 3 SBG & Dusty & Andre won Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq when Billy threw Nick over the top rope Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff via pin Greg Gagne drew Geoff Portz 4/8/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq Andre the Giant & Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan & Baron Von Raschke Ivan Putski beat Geoff Portz Buddy Wolff drew Greg Gagne 4/9/75 Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Auditorium Billy Robinson & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan 4/10/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Andre the Giant & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 2/3 in 26:25 1. Von Raschke pinned Putski 2. Putski beat Raschke by submission with a bear hug 3. Andre beat Hoffman Superstar Graham beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 17:05 Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 13:20 Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan 10:40 Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 19:42 att: 8,095 4/11/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes & Andre The Giant beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Boris Breznikoff 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Ivan Putski dq Greg Gagne beat Geoff Portz via pin in 6:09 Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 4/12/75 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Scotty Campbell & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Yugo Babich Ivan Putski beat Steve Merrick Baron Von Raschke beat Moose Morowski Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski 4/12/75 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Bob Golden & Red Ryan Dusty Rhodes beat Rock Riddle Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom Demarco 4/12/75 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes & Andre the Giant beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Boris Breznikoff 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq when Robinson tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope Chris Taylor beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Kenny Jay & George Gadaski Khosrow Vaziri beat Rock Riddle att: 5,340 Note: Robinson reportedly received a $500 fine for tossing Bockwinkel over the top rope 4/13/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Andre The Giant & Chris Taylor & Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Boris Breznikoff Dusty Rhodes beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay Att: 2,500 4/17/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman on a 3rd fall dq 1. Graham beat Raschke in 10:00 2. Raschke beat Graham 3. Raschke & Hoffman were dq'ed for using loaded black gloves Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin to earn a title shot against AWA Champion Verne Gagne Ivan Putski beat Boris Breznikoff in 12:00 Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne COR Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff (sub Geoff Portz) Dave Muir drew Scotty Campbell 15:00 Att: “5,109 fans” 4/18/75 LaSalle, IL Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick Reynolds 4/19/75 Moline TV Dusty Rhodes beat Paul Perschmann Boris Breznikoff beat Caesar Pabon Ivan Putski beat Juan Hernandez Baron Von Raschke beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat Dick Reynolds 4/19/75 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Caesar Pabon Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Rock Riddle & Bill Howard George Gadaski beat Buddy Wolff dq 4/19/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Jimmy Valiant (sub Baron Von Raschke) & Horst Hoffman beat Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes Chris Taylor beat Jimmy Valiant dq Wilbur Snyder dcor Pat O'Connor Pepper Gomez ddq Buddy Wolff Khosrow Vaziri beat Rock Riddle Raul Guzman beat Dick Reynolds 4/19/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Non Title AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens Ivan Putski & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Boris Breznikoff 2/3 1 Putski pinned Breznikoff after a Polish Hammer 2 Beznikoff pinned Putski 3 Putski pinned Bockwinkel Greg Gagne beat Geoff Portz via pin Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell COR Armando Rodriguez beat Tom DeMarco via pin with a rolling reverse cradle Att: 6,112 sellout 4/21/75 Tulsa, OK @ Fairgrounds Arena Ken Mantell beat Scandor Akbar Bill Watts beat Cyclone Negro AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Jerry Miller Dick Murdoch beat Grizzly Smith Pork Chop Cash drew Buck Robley Ted Heath beat Mitsu Hata Stan Hansen & Frank Goodish beat Johnny Eagle & Jay Clayton 4/22/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Dusty Rhodes & Superstar Billy Graham beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Horst Hoffman & Buddy Wolff Ivan Putski beat Boris Breznikoff Geoff Portz beat Rock Riddle 4/23/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson & Ivan Putski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq 1 Robinson pinned Stevens 2 Stevens pinned Robinson 3 Stevens was dq’ed for jumping off the top rope onto Putski Dusty Rhodes beat Boris Breznikoff via pin after an elbow drop Buddy Wolff drew Greg Gagne 20:00 Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell via pin 4/26/75 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Bob Golden & Red Ryan Dusty Rhodes beat Rock Riddle Nick Bockwinkel beat Tom Demarco Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann 4/26/75 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Rock Riddle Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Dusty Rhodes beat Frank Hill Horst Hoffman beat Dick Reynolds 4/26/75 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Bobby Heenan beat Ivan Putski COR Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Horst Hoffman & Buddy Wolff Dusty Rhodes beat Boris Breznikoff Khosrow Vaziri beat Billy Howard Geoff Portz beat Rock Riddle Att: 3,997 4/27/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2 Graham & Rhodes won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won Ivan Putski beat Boris Breznikoff via pin in 22:20 Billy Robinson ddq Horst Hoffman in 18:28 Khosrow Vaziri drew Geoff Portz 20:00 Att: 3,981 4/29/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 Referee Khosrow Vaziri Ivan Putski no contest Baron Von Raschke when Horst Hoffman interfered Billy Robinson drew Horst Hoffman Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 14:30 Jim Brunzell beat Boris Breznikoff Att: 4,610 4/30/75 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Greg Gagne & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff (sub Baron Von Raschke) Jim Brunzell beat Boris Breznikoff Khosrow Vaziri beat Geoff Portz 5/1/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dusty Rhodes & Ivan Putski (sub Billy Graham) beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2-0 to apparently win the AWA Tag Team Title 1. Rhodes beat Stevens in 5:00 2. Putski beat Bockwinkel The decision was overturned days later as manager Bobby Heenan stated that Bockwinkel and Stevens were contracted to defend against Rhodes and Billy Graham. The belts were returned to Bockwinkel & Stevens as a result. British Empire Champion Billy Robinson beat Guy Mitchell in 28:00 Handicap Match, Putski must beat Heenan with in the 10 minute time limit or Ivan will lose the match Ivan Putski drew Bobby Heenan 10:00 so Heenan was declared the winner Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff (sub Baron Von Raschke) & Horst Hoffman when the 30 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1. Brunzell won 1st fall 2. Wolff beat Brunzell 3. The time limit expired before either team could score the winning fall Moose Morowski beat Yugo Babich in 11:00 Note: Superstar Billy Graham reportedly missed a flight from Texas. 5/3/75 Moline TV Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Caesar Pabon Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Rock Riddle & Bill Howard George Gadaski beat Buddy Wolff dq Billy Robinson beat Kenny Jay 5/3/75 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle & Julio Rodriguez Horst Hoffman beat ? Cortez Ivan Putski beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Fred Torres 5/3/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Ox Baker beat Geoff Portz Greg Gagne beat Sgt Jacques Goulet dq Sailor Art Thomas beat Johnny Starr Buddy Wolff drew Jim Brunzell 5/9/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena No dq, No Time Limit, Each Wrestling wearing a 5 Ounce Boxing Glove Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman when Rhodes pinned Von Raschke at 9:00 Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel 2/3 Billy Robinson ddq Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell beat Geoff Portz 5/10/75 Moline TV Ivan Putski beat Rock Riddle Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Dusty Rhodes beat Frank Hill Horst Hoffman beat Dick Reynolds Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Bill Howard 5/10/75 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Chuck Cell Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Horst Hoffman beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle 5/10/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Two Referees Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 1 Gagne & Robinson won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens on 3 one referee counted Gagne out and the other counted Bockwinkel out Tag belts held up, disputed decision. Pat O'Connor beat Boris Breznikoff dq Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff via pin Little Tokyo beat Sonny Boy Hayes via pin Paul Perschmann drew Dick Reynolds Att: "crowd of 5,374" 5/10/75 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Loaded Glove match Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski beat Bobby Heenan Khosrow Vaziri beat Rock Riddle Betty Niccoli beat Miss Pamela Jim Brunzell beat Geoff Portz Att: 3,341 5/11/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Dusty Rhodes & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Boris Breznikoff Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell Bobby Heenan beat Khosrow Vaziri 5/13/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House No dq match Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski (sub Superstar Billy Graham) & Dusty Rhodes Nick Bockwinkel beat Ivan Putski Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan Boris Breznikoff drew Jim Brunzell 5/14/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium No dq, No Time Limit, Special Referee: Billy Robinson Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke via pin after Robinson pulled Raschke off Putski and tossed Raschke across the ring because Baron would not break a hold No Time Limit Billy Robinson (sub Superstar Graham) beat Nick Bockwinkel Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan Dusty Rhodes beat Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell beat Geoff Portz Lord Littlebrook & Little Joe beat Little Louie & Sonny Boy Hayes att: 6,022 5/15/75 Estherville Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman Chris Taylor beat Boris Breznikoff Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz Bull Bullinski beat Rock Riddle 5/16/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Billy Robinson (sub Billy Graham) & Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Boris Breznikoff beat Geoff Portz Jim Brunzell beat George Gadaski 5/17/75 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle & Julio Rodriguez Horst Hoffman beat ? Cortez Ivan Putski beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Fred Torres Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann 5/17/75 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Rock Riddle Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz 5/17/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre The Crusher (sub Billy Graham) & Dusty Rhodes beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens to apparently win the title The AWA tag belts were later returned to Bockwinkel and Stevens because Crusher was not originally scheduled to be in the match. Billy Robinson beat Boris Breznikoff Lord Littlebrook beat Sonny Boy Hayes Jimmy Valiant beat Wilbur Snyder dq Ivan Putski failed to pin Bobby Heenan in 10 minutes humiliation match Ox Baker beat Art Thomas 5/18/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Loaded Glove Match Dusty Rhodes (sub Superstar Billy Graham) beat Baron Von Raschke Handicap Match, Putski must win in 10 minutes or lose the bout Bobby Heenan beat Ivan Putski COR Billy Robinson (sub Dusty Rhodes) beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Buddy Wolff & Boris Breznikoff 1. Wolff & Breznikoff won 1st fall 2. Gagne & Brunzell won 2nd fall 3. Greg Gagne pinned Wolff Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz with the claw hold 5/22/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Dusty Rhodes & Ivan Putski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 2nd fall dq when Stevens jumped off the top rope on to Putski Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke in 23:00 Jim Brunzell drew Horst Hoffman Chris Taylor beat Boris Breznikoff via pin in 9:00 after a big splash Greg Gagne beat Ali Vaziri in 14:00 Roddy Piper beat Ivan Crankovic in just over 4:00 Note: Bobby Heenan not present with Bockwinkel & Stevens 5/23/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig (sub Superstar Billy Graham) & Dusty Rhodes beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2-0 to apparently win the tag title. 1. Hennig pinned Bockwinkel in 3;43 2. Rhodes beat Stevens in 13:10 The AWA tag belts were later returned to Bockwinkel and Stevens because Hennig was not originally scheduled to be in the match. Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq in 16:31 when Baron would not release a choke hold Billy Robinson beat Boris Breznikoff in 12:05 Horst Hoffman was unable to pin Greg Gagne in 15 minutes so Gagne was declared the victor. att: 2,563 5/24/75 Moline TV Ivan Putski beat Chuck Cell Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Superstar Billy Graham beat Tom Demarco Horst Hoffman beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle 5/24/75 Minneapolis TV Buddy Wolff beat Chuck Sell Billy Robinson beat Rock Riddle Horst Hoffman beat Dick Young Dusty Rhodes beat Paul Perschmann Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Tom DeMarco 5/24/75 Peoria, IL Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman Ivan Putski beat Boris Breznikoff Buddy Wolff beat Khosrow Vaziri 5/29/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq when Ray jumped off the top rope onto referee Al DeRusha Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson dq when Robinson tossed Baron over the top rope Chris Taylor (sub Ivan Putski) beat Boris Breznikoff via pin in 7:26 Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 10:20 Khosrow Vaziri beat Rock Riddle via pin in 14:50 att: 3,612 5/31/75 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat Rock Riddle Buddy Wolff beat Geoff Portz Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick Reynolds & George Gadaski Dusty Rhodes beat Frank Hill Baron Von Raschke beat Scotty Campbell 5/31/75 Minneapolis TV Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Dick Reynolds 5/31/75 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig Billy Robinson no contest Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle & Frank Hill Khosrow Vaziri drew Buddy Wolff att: 3,183 5/31/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser ddq Ox Baker The Legionairres Sgt Jacques Goulet & Soldier LeBeouf beat The Crusher & Ivan Putski Lou Thesz beat Bill Miller Chris Taylor beat Boris Breznikoff Johnny Starr drew Bobby Bold Eagle Art Thomas beat Paul Perschmann 6/1/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson later announced Bockwinkel & Stevens were dq'ed yet they still are the Champions. So much for the titles being held up on the last Milwaukee card. 1 Gagne & Robinson won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won but were later dq'ed after the fact Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke dq Ivan Putski beat Boris Breznikoff (sub Bobby Heenan) via pin originally Putski vs. Heenan a special 10 minute challenge; changed to 20:00 TL with Boris in Heenan's place Greg Gagne beat Sgt. Jacques Goulet via pin Boris Breznikoff drew Jim Brunzell att: 5,422 6/7/75 Moline TV Buddy Wolff beat Chuck Sell Billy Robinson beat Rock Riddle Horst Hoffman beat Dick Young Dusty Rhodes beat Paul Perschmann Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Kenny Jay & Tom DeMarco 6/7/75 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bob Amel & Julio Rodriguez Dusty Rhodes beat Juan Zapata Boris Breznikoff beat Tom Demarco 6/7/75 Beloit, WI AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens Buddy Wolff beat Billy Robinson dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Angel Rivera Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann 6/8/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan Dusty Rhodes beat Buddy Wolff dq Billy Robinson beat Khosrow Vaziri Bull Bullinski beat Paul Perschmann 6/9/75 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan Ox Baker no contest Dusty Rhodes Billy Robinson beat Chuck O'Connor Rene Goulet beat Khosrow Vaziri 6/10/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens 2-0 1. Stevens was dq'ed when the referee caught Ray's manager Bobby Heenan grabbing Gagne's leg from outside the ring 2. Gagne pinned Stevens at the 12:15 mark after a series of drop kicks Ivan Putski beat Bobby Heenan COR at 5:15 Dusty Rhodes beat Ox Baker via pin in 7:03 Billy Robinson & Jim Brunzell beat Legionairres Sgt Jacques Goulet & Soldier LeBeouf when Robinson pinned Lebeouf in 19:40 Buddy Wolff drew Khosrow Vaziri 20:00 Att: 4,308 6/12/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Special Referee: Lou Thesz AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson COR in 32:00 when Robinson’s leg got twisted in the ropes as Billy tried to avoid a Gagne drop kick Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Ray Stevens 2/3 1 Brunzell won 1st fall 2 Stevens beat Brunzell 3 Gagne pinned Heenan after Ray’s interference backfired Dusty Rhodes beat Siegfried Steinke Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff dq Roddy Piper beat Scotty Campbell (sub Bobby Jones) Att: “3,800 fans” 6/14/75 Moline TV Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Dick Reynolds Dusty Rhodes beat Rock Riddle 6/14/75 Minneapolis TV Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Buddy Wolff beat Dick Reynolds Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann 6/14/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Texas Death Match Dick the Bruiser beat Ox Baker Dusty Rhodes & the Crusher beat The Legionairres Jacques Goulet & Soldier Lebeouf Ray Stevens beat Ivan Putski COR Buddy Wolff beat Billy Robinson dq Moose Cholak drew Chuck O'Connor Jim Brunzell beat Mitsu Arakawa 6/15/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ivan Putski & Dusty Rhodes 2/3 1. Dusty pinned Nick 2. Nick pinned Dusty 3. Nick pinned Putski Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 12:00 Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell dq Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 21:00 Att: 5,586 6/20/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Buddy Wolff Ivan Putski beat Bobby Heenan Jim Brunzell drew Khosrow Vaziri 6/21/75 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bob Amel & Julio Rodriguez Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Bull Bullinski beat Caesar Pabon 6/21/75 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke beat Dick Reynolds Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Bob Amel Verne Gagne beat Frank Hill 6/21/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Baron Von Raschke & Kurt Von Brawner (sub Horst Hoffman) 2/3 Handicap match Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan who failed to beat Putski in 15 minutes Billy Robinson beat Ray Stevens dq Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff via pin Khosrow Vaziri drew Jim Brunzell Bull Bullinski beat Frank Hill via pin Att: "5,314 fans" 6/24/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Ivan Putski Dusty Rhodes dcor Baron Von Raschke Chris Taylor beat Sgt Jacques Goulet (sub Horst Hoffman) Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff Reggie Parks beat Dick Reynolds 6/25/75 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke Dusty Rhodes beat Ox Baker Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell beat Dick Reynolds 6/26/75 Pekin, IL Baron Von Raschke beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Dusty Rhodes 6/27/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dusty Rhodes dcor Baron Von Raschke Buddy Wolff dcor Ivan Putski Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig Chris Taylor beat Horst Hoffman Greg Gagne beat Dick Reynolds 6/28/75 Moline TV Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill Buddy Wolff beat Dick Reynolds Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann Bobby Heenan beat George Gadaski Bull Bullinski beat Kenny Jay 6/28/75 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke beat Frank Hill Dusty Rhodes beat Paul Perschmann Kim Duk beat Scotty Campbell Ivan Putski beat Ivan Crankovic 6/28/75 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Baron Von Raschke in 25:00 Chris Taylor beat Mad Dog Vachon COR in 15:20 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk Larry Hennig beat Ivan Crankovic Bull Bullinski beat Frank Hill 6/29/75 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin in 15:48 Baron Von Raschke dcor Dusty Rhodes Mad Dog Vachon beat Bull Bullinski in 9:48 Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff (sub Horst Hoffman) Kim Duk beat Khosrow Vaziri via pin in 9:40 Att: 2,143
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7/3/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Robinson won a 15 man Battle royal for $25,000 by eliminating Baron Von Raschke Nick Bockwinkel beat Khosrow Vaziri Kim Duk beat Dick Reynolds via pin after a series of judo chops Plus 4 other matches Also In Battle Royal: Jim Brunzell, Bobby Heenan, Haystack Calhoun, Ivan Putski, Gene Kiniski, Kurt Von Brauner, Bull Bulliniski, Buddy Wolff and Greg Gagne Notes: Gagne & Calhoun in Battle Royal only. After being ganged up on by several wrestlers, Calhoun was the first man eliminated in the Battle Royal. Heenan was the second to last man eliminated. Brunzell was the third to last man eliminated. 7/5/75 Moline TV Baron Von Raschke beat Dick Reynolds Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Bob Amel Buddy Wolff beat Caesar Pabon Bull Bullinski beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Frank Hill 7/5/75 Minneapolis TV Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk beat Dick Reynolds & Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski 7/8/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke dq Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne Jim Brunzell & Billy Robinson beat Kim Duk & Buddy Wolff Khosrow Vaziri beat Bull Bullinski 7/10/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel 7/11/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dusty Rhodes beat Ray Stevens 2/3 Handicap Match Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Ivan Putski beat Baron Von Raschke dq in 13:28 Jim Brunzell drew Bobby Heenan Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski in 10:34 7/12/75 Moline TV Baron Von Raschke beat Frank Hill Dusty Rhodes beat Paul Perschmann Kim Duk beat Scotty Campbell Ivan Putski beat Ivan Crankovic Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay 7/12/75 Minneapolis TV Pampero Firpo beat Ivan Crankovic Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk beat Red Ryan & Chuck Sell Billy Robinson drew Baron Von Raschke 7/12/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Kim Duk won a 15 man $2,000 Battle Royal by eliminating Dusty Rhodes Order of elimination: 1-Bull Bullinski 2-Ox Baker 3-Haystacks Calhoun 4-Jim Brunzell 5-Ray Stevens 6-Pampero Firpo 7-Larry Hennig 8-Wilbur Snyder 9-Baron Von Raschke 10-Billy Robinson 11-Nick Bockwinkel 12-Ivan Putski 13-Buddy Wolff 14-Dusty Rhodes Haystacks Calhoun beat Baron Von Raschke dq Billy Robinson beat Jim Brunzell via pin Nick Bockwinkel drew Ivan Putski Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig via pin Ox Baker drew Wilbur Snyder Kim Duk beat George Gadaski (sub Bull Bullinski) via pin att: 7,808 Notes from One Fan Gang: Handwritten ring announcement on back of the lineup sheet: "The next professional wrestling card will be here at the Milwaukee Arena on Saturday night, August 2nd. Promoter Dennis Hilgart is trying to sign another big All-Star card. Some of the wrestlers signed are-- for the first time appearing in Milwaukee-- will be The Valiant Brothers; Handsome Jimmy Valiant and Luscious Johnny Valiant. Plus 450 pound Chris Taylor has been signed. That's Saturday night, August 2nd here at the Milwaukee Arena. Watch All-Star Wrestling every Saturday and Sunday on WVTV Channel 18 for more information." 7/16/75 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Bobby Heenan handcuffed to Larry Hennig at ringside AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Billy Robinson beat Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk & Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig dq Bull Bullinski beat Paul Perschmann 7/18/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Jimmy Valiant won a battle royal Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski Johnny Valiant beat Moose Cholak Jimmy Valiant beat Bull Bullinski Kim Duk beat Lord James Blears Ali Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann 7/19/75 Moline TV Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick Reynolds & George Gadaski Dusty Rhodes beat Rock Riddle 7/19/75 Minneapolis TV Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pabon Billy Robinson beat Julio Rodriguez Kim Duk beat Rod Rodriguez 7/19/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke dq AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Dusty Rhodes Wilbur Snyder beat Dr. Bill Miller Ivan Putski beat Lord James Blears Moose Cholak beat The Viking Bobby Heenan beat Prince Pullins 7/20/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Chris Taylor & Ivan Putski & Dusty Rhodes beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan & Baron Von Raschke (sub Ray Stevens) 2/3 1 Von Raschke pinned Putski 2 Putski pinned Von Raschke 3 Taylor pinned Bockwinkel Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Wolff & Duk won 2 Gagne & Brunzell won 3 The time limit expired before either team could score the winning fal Jimmy Valiant (sub Baron Von Raschke) beat Larry Hennig Bull Bullinski beat George Gadaski (sub Paul Perschmann) 7/22/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig Billy Robinson beat Paul Perschmann Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant drew Chris Taylor & Jim Brunzell Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski 7/24/75 Pekin, IL Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan & Baron Von Raschke Jimmy Valiant beat Moose Cholak Kim Duk beat Paul Perschmann Buddy Wolff beat Khosrow Vaziri 7/26/75 Moline TV Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk beat Dick Reynolds & Angel Rivera Billy Robinson beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Ivan Putski beat Juan Zapata Baron Von Raschke beat Chi Chi Rosario 7/26/75 Minneapolis TV Mike George & Scotty Campbell beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Pampero Firpo beat Paul Perschmann Kim Duk beat George Gadaski 7/26/75 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant were co-winners of a $25,000 battle royal Order of elimination: Pampero Firpo, Buddy Wolff, Wilbur Snyder, Mike George, Paul Perschmann, Sailor Art Thomas, Kim Duk, Billy Robinson, Ivan Putski, Baron Von Raschke, Nick Bockwinkel, Chris Taylor, Larry Hennig Dusty Rhodes beat Jimmy Valiant dq Ivan Putski drew Baron Von Raschke 15:00 Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Taylor COR Billy Robinson beat Mike George Kim Duk beat Sailor Art Thomas att: 5,003 7/29/75 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Jimmy Valiant won a 13 man battle royal by eliminating Billy Robinson Jimmy Valiant beat Lord James Blears Buddy Wolff drew Bull Bullinski Baron Von Raschke beat Khosrow Vaziri Billy Robinson beat Moose Cholak Ken Patera beat Kim Duk dq Note: Bobby Heenan & Nick Bockwinkel also in battle royal. 8/1/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan 1. Greg pinned Bockwinkel 2. Bockwinkel pinned Verne 3. Greg pinned Heenan Baron Von Raschke beat Dusty Rhodes dq Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc Kim Duk beat Khosrow Vaziri 8/2/75 Moline TV Pampero Firpo beat Ivan Crankovic Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk beat Red Ryan & Chuck Sell Billy Robinson drew Baron Von Raschke 8/2/75 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Bull Bullinski & Cisco Torres Jos Leduc beat Angel Rivera Kim Duk beat Kenny Jay 8/2/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Billy Robinson no contest Baron Von Raschke Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk beat Ivan Putski & Dusty Rhodes Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne via pin Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Jos Leduc & Bull Bullinski Khosrow Vaziri beat Frank Hill att: 6,928 Note from One Fan Gang: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Chris Taylor was advertised but did not take place; Taylor announced as sick and did not appear 8/5/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke 2/3 1. Robinson won by submission with a Boston Crab 2. Von Raschke won by submission with The Claw 3. Robinson won the 3rd fall at the 20:32 mark Handicap Match Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel when Bockwinkel was unable to beat Greg within the 10:00 time limit Kim Duk beat Sgt. Bob Slaughter (sub Dusty Rhodes) via pin in 15:37 Jos Leduc & Ivan Putski beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant dq Buddy Wolff beat Khosrow Vaziri via pin in 17:14 att: 5,003 8/8/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Jos Leduc beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Dusty Rhodes & Ivan Putski Moose Cholak drew Kim Duk 8/9/75 Minneapolis TV Jos Leduc beat Paul Perschmann Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk beat Kenny Jay & Angel Rivera Pampero Firpo beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick Reynolds 8/9/75 St Paul, MN Billy Robinson no contest Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan Dusty Rhodes & Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk Pampero Firpo no contest Nick Bockwinkel Jos Leduc beat Joe Guzman 8/10/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Baron Von Raschke ddq Billy Robinson & Pampero Firpo in 3rd fall 1 Bockwinkel & Raschke won 2 Robinson & Firpo won 3 Both teams were dq'ed Handicap Match Andre the Giant beat Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk when Andre pinned Wolff Jimmy Valiant (sub Johnny Valiant) beat Ivan Putski via pin Greg Gagne drew Khosrow Vaziri 8/12/75 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Jos Leduc & Ivan Putski Pampero Firpo beat Buddy Wolff Kim Duk beat Khosrow Vaziri Paul Perschmann beat Dick Reynolds 8/13/75 Pekin, IL Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Jos Leduc & Pampero Firpo Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Kim Duk & Buddy Wolff 8/14/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Al DeRusha Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a 2nd fall dq 1. Robinson pinned Gagne in just over 3:00 2. Gagne tossed Robinson over the top rope in 34:00 Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Baron Von Raschke beat Gene Kiniski & Jos Leduc (sub Dusty Rhodes) & Ivan Putski 2/3 1 Von Raschke won 1st fall 2 Leduc pinned Stevens 3 Von Raschke beat Kiniski Pampero Firpo beat Buddy Wolff in 4:00 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Bull Bullinski & Khosrow Vaziri Greg Gagne beat Bobby Jones in 11:00 Scotty Campbell vs Blackie Bower was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Att: “6,138 fans” 8/16/75 Moline TV Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pabon Billy Robinson beat Julio Rodriguez Kim Duk beat Rod Rodriguez Pampero Firpo beat Chuck Sell Greg Gagne beat Bob Amel 8/16/75 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Paul Perschmann Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Armando Rodriguez & Bob Amel 8/16/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens to win the AWA Tag Team Title Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant drew Wilbur Snyder & Billy Robinson Ox Baker beat Ivan Putski Sgt Jacques Goulet beat Jim Brunzell Soldier Lebeouf beat Bobby Bold Eagle Chuck O'Connor beat Bill White att: 12,000 sellout 8/19/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Billy Robinson Loser Leaves Town Baron Von Raschke beat Ivan Putski Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Kim Duk & Buddy Wolff Bobby Heenan beat Paul Perschmann (sub Jos Leduc) 8/22/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Ivan Putski beat Nick Bockwinkel & Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk 2/3 1. Duk pinned Greg Gagne 2. Greg Gagne beat Bockwinkel 3. Verne Gagne beat Duk Billy Robinson ddq Baron Von Raschke in 11:15 Kim Duk beat Ivan Putski via pin Jos Leduc beat Buddy Wolff 8/23/75 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bob Amel & Juan Hernandez Buddy Wolff beat George Gadaski Dusty Rhodes beat Armando Rodriguez Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay Bull Bullinski beat Caesar Pabon 8/23/75 Minneapolis TV Jos LeDuc beat Bobby Jones Pampero Firpo beat Joe Guzman Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Scotty Campbell & Steve White Jim Brunzell beat Oso Rios Kim Duk beat Wilf Caron Larry Hennig beat Alex Marcus 8/23/75 Minneapolis, MN Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski Pampero Firpo no contest Kim Duk Jos Leduc beat Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell beat Dick Reynolds Bull Bullinski drew Paul Perschmann att: 3,086 8/23/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne no contest Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan in 3rd fall 1 Greg pinned Heenan 2 Heenan pinned Greg 3 Referee declared a no contest verdict No dq match Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke via pin Wilbur Snyder beat Sgt. Jacques Goulet via pin Boris Breznikoff (sub Frank Hill) beat Sailor Art Thomas dq when Thomas refused to break a hold Khosrow Vaziri beat Armando Rodriguez via pin att: 6,951 8/27/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan beat Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne dq 8/28/75 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke dq Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Billy Robinson Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel Kim Duk beat Jos Leduc dq Jim Brunzell beat George Gadaski 8/29/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Nick Bockwinkel & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Billy Robinson 2/3 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell dq Jos Leduc beat Bobby Heenan Kim Duk beat Khosrow Vaziri 8/30/75 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Bull Bullinski & Cisco Torres Jos Leduc beat Angel Rivera Khosrow Vaziri beat Chi Chi Rosario Kim Duk beat Kenny Jay 8/30/75 Minneapolis TV Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Clarance Hall Billy Robinson beat Don Wade 9/6/75 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke beat Dick Reynolds Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Bob Amel Verne Gagne beat Frank Hill Buddy Wolff beat Caesar Pabon Bull Bullinski beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Robinson beat George Gadaski Kim Duk beat Kenny Jay 9/6/75 Moline TV Jos Leduc beat Paul Perschmann Buddy Wolff & Kim Duk beat Kenny Jay & Angel Rivera Pampero Firpo beat Frank Hill 9/6/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat the Legionairres Sgt Jacques Goulet & Soldier Lebeouf Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson dq Ox Baker beat Moose Cholak COR Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Pampero Firpo beat Kim Duk Sailor Art Thomas beat Bill White 9/7/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson via pin in 24:51 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant on a 3rd fall dq 1 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant won 2 Gagne & Brunzell won 3 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant were dq'ed Nick Bockwinkel beat Pampero Firpo COR in 20:20 Jos Leduc beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 16:31 Att: 3,638 9/8/75 Bismark, ND Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson Referee George Gadaski Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant ddq Jos Leduc & Pampero Firpo in 3rd fall Kim Duk beat Jim Brunzell after Buddy Wolff interfered Buddy Wolff beat Khosrow Vaziri via pin Att: “reasonably sized crowd” 9/9/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson when Raschke made Robinson submit with a Claw Hold in the 3rd fall at 30:10 Pampero Firpo no contest Nick Bockwinkel after Bobby Heenan interfered in 7:28 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell in 17:30 Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski in 12:10 Jos Leduc beat Buddy Wolff in 16:10 att: 3,342 9/10/75 Pekin, IL Nick Bockwinkel & Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo & Billy Robinson 9/11/75 Winnipeg, Mantoba, Canada @ Arena Baron Von Raschke beat Gene Kiniski dq in 26:00 when Kiniski hit Raschke with a steel chair Two Referees Dave Gobell and Merv Unger Johnny Valiant & Jimmy Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell on a 3rd fall COR 1 Gagne & Brunzell won 1st fall 2 Valiants won 2nd fall 3 Gagne was counted out of the ring after being attacked by manager Bobby Heenan Referee Dave Muir Nick Bockwinkel no contest Pampero Firpo Kim Duk drew Jos Leduc 15:00 Jos Leduc beat Ivan Crnkovic in 19:00 Kim Duk beat Joe Carona Att: “just over 4,000 fans” Notes: Bobby Heenan came out to manage The Valiants after they lost the 1st fall. 9/12/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc 2/3 Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke Pampero Firpo beat Buddy Wolff via pin Jim Brunzell drew Kim Duk 20:00 9/13/75 Moline TV Jos Leduc beat Pete Carlos Verne Gagne beat Paul Perschmann Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Armando Rodriguez & Bob Amel Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Kim Duk beat Caesar Pabon 9/13/75 Minneapolis TV Pampero Firpo beat Bob Golden Baron Von Raschke beat Tom DeMarco Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Chuck Sell Khosrow Vaziri beat Dick Young 9/13/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Ray Stevens via pin Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Billy Robinson & Jos Leduc (sub Larry Hennig) 2/3 in 13:40 1 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant won 2 Robinson & Leduc won 3 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant won Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski via pin Kim Duk beat Armando Rodriguez (sub Jos Leduc) via pin Dick Reynolds beat Raul "Blackie" Guzman via pin att: 6,112 sellout 9/13/75 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan beat Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne dq Pampero Firpo ddq Baron Von Raschke Sonny Boy Hayes & Cowboy Bradley beat Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo Jim Brunzell beat Boris Breznikoff Khosrow Vaziri beat George Gadaski att: 4,723 9/16/75 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Jos Leduc & Billy Robinson Pampero Firpo beat Sgt Jacques Goulet Kim Duk & Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski & Jim Brunzell Khosrow Vaziri beat Soldier LeBeouf 9/20/75 Moline TV Jos LeDuc beat Bobby Jones Pampero Firpo beat Joe Guzman Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Bob Amel & Steve White Jim Brunzell beat Oso Rios Kim Duk beat Wilf Caron Baron Von Raschke beat Steve White 9/20/75 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pavlon Bobby Heenan beat Peter Lee Billy Robinson beat Kenny Jay Buddy Wolff beat Armando Rodriguez Bull Bullinski beat Bob Amel 9/20/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke via pin Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dr X Ox Baker beat Jim Brunzell via pin in 8:19 afhter a heart punch Pampero Firpo beat Raul Guzman Kim Duk drew Khosrow Vaziri Note: Greg Gagne was scheduled to wrestle Jimmy Valiant in the match after Ox Baker against Jim Brunzell. Greg seconded Brunzell in Jim’s match with Ox Baker. Baker attacked Gagne giving Greg the heart punch. Gagne was taken to the locker room on a stretcher. Thus Greg Gagne was unable to wrestle Jimmy Valiant. 9/23/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Pampero Firpo & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Baron Von Raschke on a 3rd fall dq 1. Robinson beat Bockwinkel in 1:15 2. Bockwinkel beat Robinson in 9:55 3. Von Raschke was dq'ed for refusing to break his claw hold on Billy Robinson who was outside the ropes Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jos Leduc 2/3 Jim Brunzell beat Kim Duk in 17:15 Bobby Heenan beat Khosrow Vaziri in 15:50 att: 2,752 9/24/75 St. Cloud, MN Billy Robinson & Pampero Firpo beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant dq Baron Von Raschke beat Jos Leduc Kim Duk beat Khosrow Vaziri Att: “small crowd” 9/26/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher no contest Nick Bockwinkel Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 9/27/75 Moline TV Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon Bobby Heenan beat Peter Lee Billy Robinson beat Kenny Jay Buddy Wolff beat Armando Rodriguez Verne Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 9/27/75 Minneapolis TV Jos LeDuc beat Chuck Mullins Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Pampero Firpo beat Al Ringo Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Kenny Jay & Mike Marshall Jim Brunzell beat Gary Pullins 9/27/75 Minneapolis, MN Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson Nick Bockwinkel drew Greg Gagne Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant no contest Mad Dog Vachon & Jos Leduc Pampero Firpo beat Buddy Wolff Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski Jim Brunzell beat Mike Marshall att: 4,876 9/28/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel No dq match Billy Robinson beat Baron Von Raschke Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Jos LeDuc & Jim Brunzell 2/3 Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski 9/30/75 Davenport, IA @ John O'Donnell Stadium The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Jos Leduc & Billy Robinson Baron Von Raschke beat Jim Brunzell Pampero Firpo beat Kim Duk Greg Gagne beat Buddy Wolff 10/1/75 Pekin, IL Nick Bockwinkel beat Pampero Firpo dq 10/2/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher no contest Nick Bockwinkel when the Valiant Brothers & Bobby Heenan attacked Crusher Billy Robinson drew Baron Von Raschke 30:00 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Jos Leduc & Jim Brunzell 2/3 1. One of the Valiants beat Brunzell 2. Leduc pinned one of the Valiants after a backbreaker 3. One of the Valiants beat Leduc Bobby Heenan vs Greg Gagne Pampero Firpo vs Kim Duk Buddy Wolff vs Bobby Jones Att: “6,118 fans” Note: The Winnipeg Press did not list results for the first three matches. 10/3/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq in 20:14 when Gagne tossed Robinson over the top rope The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Kim Duk beat Pampero Firpo dq 10/4/75 Moline TV Pampero Firpo beat Bob Golden Baron Von Raschke beat Tom DeMarco Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Chuck Sell Khosrow Vaziri beat Dick Young 10/4/75 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay & Dick Young Pampero Firpo beat Joe Guzman Jimmy Valiant beat George Gadaski Jos LeDuc beat Hernando Partano Baron Von Raschke beat Chi Chi Rosario Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 10/4/75 Minneapolis, MN Lumberjack Match Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan Pampero Firpo no contest Jimmy Valiant Billy Robinson beat Kim Duk Jos Leduc beat Buddy Wolff Jim Brunzell drew Johnny Valiant Bull Bullinski beat Dick Young att: 4,227 10/7/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo dq Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher COR Jos Leduc & Billy Robinson beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan 10/8/75 Duluth, MN Cage Match Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson via pin Pampero Firpo beat Buddy Wolff via pin Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 2/3 1 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant won 2 Gagne & Brunzell won 3 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant won Jos Leduc beat Kim Duk via pin Khosrow Vaziri beat George Gadaski via pin 10/11/75 Moline TV Jos LeDuc beat Chuck Mullins Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Pampero Firpo beat Al Ringo Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Kenny Jay & Mike Marshall Jim Brunzell beat Gary Pullins 10/11/75 Minneapolis TV Jos LeDuc beat Frank Hill Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pabon Baron Von Raschke beat Dick Reynolds 10/11/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 1 Bruiser & Crusher won 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3 Bruiser & Crusher won Kim Duk beat Billy Robinson dq Bobby Heenan beat Pampero Firpo dq when Firpo ran Heenan's head into the ringpost Buddy Wolff drew Sailor Art Thomas Ramona Isabell beat Marva Scott via pin Khosrow Vaziri beat George Gadaski via pin att: 10,350 10/11/75 St Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Jos Leduc beat Boris Breznikoff Bull Bullinski beat Frank Hill Bob Slaughter beat Dick Reynolds att: 4,526 10/17/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo dq AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Bobby Heenan Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Bull Bullinski & Dick Reynolds Chris Taylor beat Frank Hill (in place of Kim Duk vs George Gadaski) 10/18/75 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay & Dick Young Pampero Firpo beat Joe Guzman Jimmy Valiant beat George Gadaski Jos LeDuc beat Hernando Partano Baron Von Raschke beat Chi Chi Rosario 10/18/75 Minneapolis TV Pampero Firpo beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan beat Chi Chi Rosario & Kenny Jay Bull Bullinski beat Julio Rodriguez Baron Von Raschke beat Juan Zapata Jos LeDuc beat Pete Carlos 10/19/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Jimmy Valiant beat The Crusher via pin Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Gagne & Brunzell won 2 Bockwinkel & Heenan won 3 the time limit expired before either team could score a fall Johnny Valiant beat Bull Bullinski via pin 10/21/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Jos Leduc beat Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne beat Johnny Valiant dq Jimmy Valiant beat Jim Brunzell Chris Taylor beat Don Wade 10/22/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Nick Bockwinkel & Baron Von Raschke no contest Pampero Firpo & Chris Taylor Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant Johnny Valiant beat Jim Brunzell Chris Taylor beat Don Wade 10/23/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan 2/3 1. Greg pinned Bockwinkel in 3:00 2. Heenan pinned Verne 3. Verne pinned Bockwinkel after Greg hit Nick with brass knuckles Jimmy Valiant beat the Crusher after Johnny Valiant interfered Johnny Valiant beat Jos Leduc COR Bull Bullinski vs Buddy Wolff Khosrow Vaziri vs George Gadaski Scotty Campbell vs Dave Muir Att: “7,962 wild fans” Note: The Winnipeg Press only listed results for three matches. 10/24/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2/3 Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo Jos Leduc beat Kim Duk Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 10/25/75 Moline TV Jos LeDuc beat Frank Hill Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Kenny Jay & Caesar Pabon Baron Von Raschke beat Dick Reynolds Bob Remus drew Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne beat Peter Lee 10/25/75 Minneapolis TV Pampero Firpo beat Dick Young Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Jos LeDuc beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Santiago Acosta Khosrow Vaziri beat Chuck Sell 10/25/75 Minneapolis, MN Baron Von Raschke no contest Pampero Firpo Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc Red Bastien beat Boris Breznikoff Khosrow Vaziri beat George Gadaski att: 5,000+ 10/25/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Kim Duk via pin Johnny Valiant beat the Crusher via pin after Jimmy switched places with Johnny Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Jimmy Valiant when Brunzell pinned Valiant Chris Taylor beat Don Wade via pin Paul Perschmann drew Bull Bullinski (sub Dick Reynolds) 20:00 att: 4,312 11/1/75 Moline TV Pampero Firpo beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan beat Chi Chi Rosario & Kenny Jay Bull Bullinski beat Julio Rodriguez Baron Von Raschke beat Juan Zapata Jos LeDuc beat Pete Carlos 11/1/75 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Paul Perschmann Kim Duk beat Kenny Jay Bobby Duncum beat Peter Lee Jos Leduc beat Frank Hill Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Dick Reynolds & Armando Rodriguez 11/1/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Super Bowl I AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ox Baker Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Baron Von Raschke no contest Pampero Firpo Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Pepper Gomez beat Johnny Valiant & The Legionairres Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Soldier LeBoeuf Wilbur Snyder beat Chuck O'Connor Jimmy Valiant beat Billy Robinson Bobby Duncum beat Bull Bullinski Kim Duk drew Moose Cholak 11/4/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Jim Brunzell & Chris Taylor Pampero Firpo beat Nick Bockwinkel Baron Von Raschke drew Jos LeDuc Don Wade beat Kim Duk 11/5/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Billy Robinson & Chris Taylor Jos Leduc beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Greg Gagne beat Sgt Jacques Goulet Jim Brunzell beat Soldier LeBeouf 11/6/75 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Jimmy Valiant beat Pampero Firpo Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel Johnny Valiant beat Bull Bullinski Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann 11/7/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Jimmy Valiant beat The Crusher dq Pampero Firpo beat Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Paul Perschmann (sub Bobby Heenan) Johnny Valiant beat Bull Bullinski 11/8/75 Moline TV Pampero Firpo beat Dick Young Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Jos LeDuc beat Joe Guzman Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski & Santiago Acosta Khosrow Vaziri beat Chuck Sell 11/8/75 Minneapolis TV Bobby Duncum beat Angel Rivera Pampero Firpo beat Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Scotty Campbell Jos Leduc beat Julio Rodriguez Kim Duk beat Chi Chi Rosario Jim Brunzell beat Kenny Jay 11/8/75 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Referee Paul Perschmann Nick Bockwinkel beat Verne Gagne to win the AWA Title after Bobby Duncum interfered Pampero Firpo no contest Baron Von Raschke Billy Robinson beat Kim Duk dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum & Buddy Wolff Jos Leduc beat Don Wade Att: 6,322 11/9/75 Milwaukee WI @ Auditorium Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat The Crusher & mystery partner Pampero Firpo dq 1 Firpo pinned Jimmy in 40 seconds 2 Johnny pinned Firpo 3 Crusher & Firpo were dq'ed Baron Von Raschke no contest Jos Leduc Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Paul Perschmann (sub Bobby Heenan) 2-0 Heenan announced as sick 1 Greg pinned Perschmann 2 Brunzell pinned Bockwinkel Bobby Duncum beat Dick Reynolds (sub Billy Red Cloud) via pin in 10:28 Bull Bullinski drew Don Wade att: 5,281 11/12/75 Red Lake, MN @ High School Gym Bull Bullinski vs Don Wade 2/3 60:00 Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Bobo vs Billy The Kid & Little Tokyo Scotty Campbell vs Bobby Jones 11/13/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat The Crusher & secret partner Pampero Firpo Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel Jos Leduc vs Baron Von Raschke was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping Bobo Johnson & Sonny Boy Hayes beat Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid Bobby Duncum beat Bull Bullinski Don Wade beat Scotty Campbell 11/14/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Pampero Firpo & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Baron Von Raschke 2/3 Kim Duk vs Jos Leduc Tokyo Joe & Billy The Kid vs Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Jojo 2/3 Chris Taylor vs Don Wade 11/15/75 Moline TV The Crusher beat Paul Perschmann Kim Duk beat Kenny Jay Bobby Duncum beat Peter Lee Jos Leduc beat Frank Hill Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Dick Reynolds & Armando Rodriguez 11/15/75 Minneapolis TV Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Clarance Hall Billy Robinson beat Don Wade Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Chuck Pullins & Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski 11/15/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Ox Baker vs Red Bastien Chuck O'Connor vs Art Thomas Bobby Heenan vs Pepper Gomez Spike Huber vs Kim Duk Bobby Duncum vs George Gadaski 11/16/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 2/3 1 Johnny Valiant pinned Bruiser 2 Bruiser pinned Johnny Valiant 3 Crusher pinned Jimmy Valiant Pampero Firpo beat Bobby Heenan COR when Heenan walked out of the match Little Bobo & Sonny Boy Hayes beat Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid 2/3 1 Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid won 2 Little Bobo & Sonny Boy Hayes won 3 Little Bobo & Sonny Boy Hayes won Chris Taylor (sub Jos LeDuc) beat Kim Duk via pin Att: “a near full house” 11/17/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Pampero Firpo beat Nick Bockwinkel & Baron Von Raschke Jimmy Valiant beat Chris Taylor dq Bobby Duncum beat Don Wade 11/18/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Pampero Firpo beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Verne Gagne beat Baron Von Raschke dq Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Bobo beat Billy the Kid & Little Tokyo Jimmy Valiant beat Chris Taylor dq Bobby Duncum beat Don Wade Note: Gagne was originally scheduled to defend the AWA Title against Von Raschke. Bockwinkel winning the AWA title from Gagne 10 days earlier changed those plans. Since Bockwinkel was not scheduled to defend the AWA Title against Firpo, that match was non title. 11/22/75 Moline TV Bobby Duncum beat Angel Rivera Pampero Firpo beat Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Scotty Campbell Jos Leduc beat Julio Rodriguez Kim Duk beat Chi Chi Rosario Jim Brunzell beat Kenny Jay 11/26/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat The Crusher & Pampero Firpo 11/27/75 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Texas Death Match Pampero Firpo beat Baron Von Raschke AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig Bobby Duncum beat Bull Bullinski Jos Leduc beat Kim Duk Sonny Boy Hayes & Bobo Johnson vs Billy The Kid & Little Tokyo Khosrow Vaziri beat Don Wade att: 5,140 11/28/75 Estherville, IA @ High School Gym AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel vs Chris Taylor Larry Hennig vs Bobby Duncum Khosrow Vaziri vs Bobby Heenan Dick Reynolds vs Frank Hill 11/29/75 Moline TV Bobby Heenan beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Paul Perschmann Baron Von Raschke beat Clarance Hall Billy Robinson beat Don Wade Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Chuck Pullins & Angel Rivera 11/29/75 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Bobby Duncum beat George Gadaski 11/29/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant no contest Pampero Firpo & Larry Hennig in 3rd fall 1 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant won 2 Firpo & Hennig won 3 The referee ruled the bout a no contest Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Baron threw Taylor over the top rope Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Bobo beat Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid 2/3 1 Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid won 2 Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Bobo won 3 Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Bobo won Jos Leduc beat Kim Duk via pin Greg Gagne (subh Bobby Duncum) beat Don Wade att: an estimated 5,000 12/2/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Pampero Firpo dq Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk Bobby Duncum beat Reggie Parks Jim Brunzell beat Don Wade 12/3/75 Peoria, IL Jimmy Valiant beat The Crusher Jos Leduc beat Johnny Valiant Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Don Wade & Kim Duk Bobby Duncum beat Bob Backlund 12/4/75 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig dq when Hennig tossed both Bockwinkel & manager Bobby Heenan over the top rope No Holds Barred, No dq Match, Referee Chuck Sveinson of Minneapolis Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat The Crusher & Pampero Firpo Jos Leduc beat Kim Duk via pin in 13:12 Bobby Duncum beat Jim Brunzell Greg Gagne beat Don Wade Scotty Campbell beat Freddy Peloquin via pin Att: “7,639 fans” 12/5/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Jimmy Valiant vs the Crusher 12/6/75 Moline TV Pampero Firpo beat Dick Young Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Khosrow Vaziri beat Chuck Cell Larry Hennig beat Dick Young Kim Duk beat Kenny Jay Jos Leduc beat Bull Bobby Duncum beat Tom Demarco Bull Bullinski beat Chuck Cell 12/6/75 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Vito Martino Nick Bockwinkel beat Gary Fargo Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Tom DeMarco dq Jimmy Valiant beat Juan Zapata 12/6/75 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Pampero Firpo no contest Johnny Valiant Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Khosrow Vaziri & Kenny Jay Jimmy Valiant beat Larry Hennig dq Jos Leduc beat Don Wade 12/7/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Pampero Firpo beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum on a 3rd fall dq when Bockwinkel rammed Firpo’s head into the ring post 1 Bockwinkel pinned Crusher 2 Crusher beat Bockwinkel 3 Bockwinkel was dq’ed for ramming Firpo’s head into the ring post Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk via pin after a drop kick Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc when Johnny Valiant pinned Leduc Jim Brunzell beat Don Wade via pin after two dropkicks 12/9/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House The Crusher & Pampero Firpo beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Bobby Heenan & Bobby Duncum drew Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Larry Hennig beat Kim Duk Bob Backlund beat Don Wade 12/10/75 Duluth, MN @ Arena Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc ddq Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Pampero Firpo beat Kim Duk Bobby Duncum beat Don Wade Jim Brunzell beat Khosrow Vaziri 12/13/75 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat Dick Reynolds Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Bobby Duncum beat George Gadaski Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill Pampero Firpo beat Chuck Cell 12/13/75 Minneapolis TV Bobby Duncum beat Santiago Acosta Bull Bullinski beat Dick Young Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Tom Demarco dq 12/13/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Manager Johnny Starr handcuffed to Chris Taylor, Ox must break Gagne’s back or give his manager Johnny Starr $1,000 Verne Gagne ddq Ox Baker Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Billy Robinson Pampero Firpo beat Don Wade (sub Bobby Duncum) Moose Cholak drew Chris Taylor Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan COR Joe Leduc (sub Jim Brunzell) beat Kim Duk 12/14/75 St Paul, MN Verne Gagne no contest Bobby Duncum The Crusher & Pampero Firpo beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant dq Larry Hennig no contest Jos Leduc Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk Jim Brunzell beat Don Wade Baron Von Raschke beat Bob Backlund 12/16/75 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan dq Bobby Duncum beat Bob Backlund Kim Duk beat Don Wade 12/17/75 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Pampero Firpo & Jos Leduc 2/3 1 Valiants & Baron won 2 Hennig & Firpo & LeDuc won 3 Valiants & Baron won Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan dq when Bobby Duncum interfered Chris Taylor beat Kim Duk via pin Bobby Duncum beat Bob Backlund via pin Khosrow Vaziri beat Don Wade via pin att: 4,458 12/19/75 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School No dq match Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat The Crusher & Pampero Firpo 12/20/75 Moline TV The Crusher beat Vito Martino Nick Bockwinkel beat Gary Fargo Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann & Tom DeMarco dq Jimmy Valiant beat Juan Zapata Jos Leduc beat Kenny Jay 12/27/75 Moline TV Bobby Duncum beat Santiago Acosta Bull Bullinski beat Dick Young Baron Von Raschke beat Chuck Sell Jim Brunzell beat Joe Guzman Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann 12/27/75 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatree AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat The Legionairres Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Soldier Lebeouf 2/3 1 Lebeouf pinned Bruiser in 1:03 2 Bruiser beat Lebeouf with a stomach claw in 8:16 3 Bruiser pinned Goulet in 4:52 AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig dq when Hennig tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope Ox Baker ddq Wilbur Snyder Jimmy Valiant beat Jos Leduc via pin after Johnny Valiant interfered Pepper Gomez beat Johnny Valiant via pin Chris Taylor beat Chuck O'Connor dq when O’Connor tossed Taylor over the top rope Referee Percy Franklin Bobby Duncum beat Jim Brunzell via pin 12/28/75 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Pampero Firpo via pin Bobby Heenan ddq Greg Gagne Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 2-0 1 Valiants; wrong man was pinned. Restarted the fall with LeDuc/Hennig winning 2 LeDuc & Hennig won Baron Von Raschke beat Chris Taylor COR Jim Brunzell drew Bobby Duncum 15:00 12/29/75 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan 2/3 Verne Gagne ddq Bobby Duncum in 17:02 Bull Bullinski beat Don Wade Kim Duk beat Bob Backlund via pin 12/29/75 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Pampero Firpo & Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant & Baron Von Raschke Chuck O'Connor beat Paul Perschmann Pepper Gomez beat Rene Goulet dq Paul Perschmann beat Spike Huber Joel Kolsrud notes that card was the final AWA show ever held in Wharton Fieldhouse. The Illinois State Athletic Commission raised the taxes on boxing and wrestling events the following year so Verne switched the shows over to Palmer Auditorium in Davenport, Iowa after the above card. It ended a 12 year run for the AWA in Wharton Field House. 12/30/75 Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Auditorium Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Larry Hennig dcor Bobby Duncum Jos LeDuc beat Kim Duk Bobby Heenan beat Bull Bullinski att: “record crowd estimated at 3,500”
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1/2/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant & Bobby Duncum no contest Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Pampero Firpo Jos Leduc beat Baron Von Raschke Larry Hennig beat Kim Duk Khosrow Vaziri beat Don Wade 1/2/76 St. Louis, MO @ Kiel Auditorium NWA Champion Terry Funk beat Pat O’Connor when O’Connor could not answer the bell for the 3rd fall 1 O'Connor beat Funk 2 Funk beat O'Connor with a spinning toehold 3 O'Connor could not answer the bell for the 3rd fall due to the injuries he sustained from Funk's spinning toe hold to end the second fall Dick the Bruiser & Rocky Johnson beat Ox Baker & Stan Stasiak when Bruiser beat Stasiak Non Title Match Missouri Champion Harley Race drew Rufus R. Jones Non Title Match AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel ddq Joe Blanchard Jerry Oates beat Lord Alfred Hayes dq Betty Niccoli & Sandy Parker beat Sharon Brooks & Jean Antone 2/3 1 Parker beat Brooks 2 Antone beat Parker 3 Niccoli beat Brooks Tank Patton beat Ronnie Etchison att: 10,290 1/3/76 Moline TV Pampero Firpo beat Paul Perschmann Bobby Duncum beat Peter Lee Larry Hennig beat Jos Leduc Nick Bockwinkel beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Dick Reynolds & Bob Backlund 1/3/76 Minneapolis TV Johnny Valiant beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Bob Amel & Armando Rodriguez Bobby Duncum beat Caesar Pabon Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski 1/3/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 2/3 1. Johnny Valiant pinned Bruiser at 8:03 after Jimmy Valiant hit Bruiser with a foreign object from behind 2. Bruiser pinned Johnny Valiant at 5:07 3. Crusher pinned Jimmy Valiant in 5:43 Pampero Firpo beat Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk Jim Brunzell no contest Bobby Duncum Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Jos Leduc beat Don Wade Khosrow Vaziri beat Paul Perschmann att: 6,112 sellout 1/10/76 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Vito Martino Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Bobby Duncum beat Dick Reynolds Pampero Firpo beat Chuck Sell 1/10/76 Moline TV Bob Backlund beat Dick Young Pampero Firpo beat Juan Zapata Film of Jos Leduc pulling a bus 1/10/76 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 2/3 Pampero Firpo dcor Johnny Valiant Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant dq Bob Backlund drew Khosrow Vaziri 20:00 1/11/76 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory The Crusher beat Jimmy Valiant via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan in 3rd fall 1 Gagne & Brunzell won 2 Duncum & Heenan won 3 The referee declared the bout a no contest Jos LeDuc beat Kim Duk via pin Johnny Valiant beat Bob Backlund via pin 1/15/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 2/3 1 Bruiser & Crusher won 1st fall 2 Valiants won 2nd fall 3 Crusher pinned Johnny Valiant Referee Dave Muir Pampero Firpo dcor Baron Von Raschke Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell when Bockwinkel pinned Gagne after Bobby Duncum interfered Jos LeDuc beat Ivan Crankovic Larry Hennig beat Kim Duk Bobby Duncum beat Bob Backlund Scotty Campbell drew Bobby Jones Att: “8.082 fans” 1/16/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Non Title Match because Verne was not originally scheduled to be in the match Verne Gagne (sub Greg Gagne) beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Pampero Firpo & the Crusher ddq Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Bobby Duncum beat Jim Brunzell COR- Greg Gagne was injured during this bout while acting as Brunzell's second and was unable to compete in the main event. Larry Hennig beat Kim Duk 1/17/76 Moline TV Johnny Valiant beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Bob Amel & Armando Rodriguez Bobby Duncum beat Caesar Pabon Greg Gagne beat George Gadaski 1/17/76 Minneapolis TV 30 minute show. Jos Leduc beat Ivan Crankovic 1/17/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel no contest The Crusher Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc Wilbur Snyder beat Baron Von Raschke dq Ali Vaziri beat Dick Reynolds Chris Taylor beat Ivan Krankovic Steve Regal beat Tom Demarco 1/20/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell & Pampero Firpo dq Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski Baron Von Raschke was unable to beat Bob Backlund within the time limit so Backlund was declared the winner 1/21/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Larry Hennig beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Bobby Heenan & Bobby Duncum no contest Jim Brunzell & Pampero Firpo Jos Leduc beat Kim Duk Baron Von Raschke beat Bob Backlund 1/24/76 Moline TV Larry Hennig beat Vito Martino Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Bobby Duncum beat Dick Reynolds Pampero Firpo beat Chuck Sell 1/24/76 Minneapolis TV Bobby Duncum beat Bob Amel Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay & Peter Lee Khosrow Vaziri beat Frank Hill Jimmy Valiant beat Armando Rodriguez Bull Bullinski beat Julio Rodriguez 1/24/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Death Match, No Time Limit, No dq Pampero Firpo beat Baron Von Raschke in 1 fall Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Larry Hennig (sub Greg Gagne) & Jim Brunzell Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant via pin Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski via pin Bob Backlund drew Khosrow Vaziri att: “capacity crowd of 6,112” 1/25/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig & Pampero Firpo beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan & Bobby Duncum 2/3 1. Brunzell & Hennig & Firpo won 1st fall 2. Bockwinkel & Heenan & Duncum won 2nd fall 3. Brunzell & Hennig & Firpo won 3rd fall Jos Leduc beat Baron Von Raschke via pin Jimmy Valiant beat Bob Backlund via pin Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski via pin 1/26/76 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Pampero Firpo dq Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig Jos LeDuc beat Kim Duk Bob Backlund drew Khosrow Vaziri Att: 2,200 1/28/76 Peoria, IL AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Pampero Firpo dq Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell 1/30/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Pampero Firpo dq 1/31/76 Moline TV Jos Leduc beat Ivan Crankovic Jimmy Valiant beat ? Craton Pampero Firpo beat Chuck Sell Jim Brunzell beat Gary Fargo Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Capola 1/31/76 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Ivan Crankovic Bobby Duncum beat Scotty Campbell Jim Brunzell beat Dick Reynolds Jimmy Valiant beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Capola Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Bobby Jones & Vito Martino 1/31/76 Eau Claire, WI @ UWEC Arena Baron Von Raschke vs Jos LeDuc Jim Brunzell vs. Bob Duncum Khosrow Vaziri vs. Bob Backlund Plus One other match 2/1/76 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan & Baron Von Raschke (sub Nick Bockwinkel) Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq Jos Leduc no contest Johnny Valiant Pampero Firpo beat Kim Duk Bull Bullinski drew Khosrow Vaziri att: 6,531 2/2/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Pepper Gomez beat Sgt Jacques Goulet Moose Cholak beat Chuck O'Connor dq Kim Duk beat George Gadaski 2/2/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Texas Death Match Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli Bob Backlund drew Harley Race Khosrow Vaziri beat Buddy Wolff 2/4/76 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Pampero Firpo beat Baron Von Raschke via pin Bobby Duncum beat Jos Leduc dq when Larry Hennig interfered Larry Hennig drew Jimmy Valiant 20:00 Bob Backlund beat Kim Duk via pin 2/5/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan 2/3 1. Duncum beat Brunzell in 10:00 2. Brunzell beat Heenan in 17:00 3. Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel with the Sleeper Hold in 28:00 Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig Johnny Valiant beat Pampero Firpo dq when Firpo refused to break the claw hold as Valiant was outside the ring Jos Leduc no contest Jimmy Valiant Kim Duk drew Bob Backlund 20:00 Ivan Crankovic beat Scotty Campbell Att: “near sellout crowd of 10,000 ” 2/6/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & Pampero Firpo (sub Greg Gagne) & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan & Bobby Duncum Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig Johnny Valiant beat Bob Backlund Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant dq when Johnny Valiant interfered att: 7,255 2/7/76 Moline TV Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay & Peter Lee Jimmy Valiant beat Armando Rodriguez 2/7/76 Minneapolis TV 30 minute show Jimmy Valiant beat Chuck Sell Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Dick Young & Joe Guzman 2/7/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Bobby Duncum beat Verne Gagne Wilbur Snyder beat Sgt. Jacques Goulet Jos LeDuc beat Soldier LeBoeuf Bobby Heenan ddq Jim Brunzell Larry Hennig drew Chuck O'Connor Sailor Art Thomas beat Kim Duk 2/8/76 Deer River, MN Larry Hennig beat Baron Von Raschke dq Bobby Duncum beat Bull Bullinski Jos Leduc beat Kim Duk Khosrow Vaziri beat George Gadaski 2/14/76 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat Ivan Crankovic Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Bobby Jones & Vito Martino 2/14/76 Minneapolis TV Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon beat Caesar Pabon & Dick Reynolds Jos Leduc beat Vito Martino Pampero Firpo beat Chuck Sell Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Capola Jim Brunzell beat Gary Fargo Tug Of War Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant dq 2/14/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan & Bobby Duncum 2/3 1 Duncum pinned Greg 2 Greg pinned Heenan 3 The Gagnes & Brunzell won Pampero Firpo no contest Mad Dog Vachon Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc when Jimmy pinned Hennig Baron Von Raschke beat Kim Duk via pin Blackjack Lanza drew Khosrow Vaziri att: 6,112 sellout 2/15/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Referee Larry Lisowski Bobby Duncum beat Verne Gagne via pin but the next week on TV the bout was ruled a no contest due to the interference of manager Bobby Heenan Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke ddq Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc in 3rd fall 1 Vachon pinned Hennig 2 Leduc pinned Von Raschke 3 both teams were dq’ed Pampero Firpo beat Kim Duk via pin Jimmy Valiant beat Khosrow Vaziri via pin 2/18/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel drew Greg Gagne Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum dq Jimmy Valiant beat Pampero Firpo Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski (sub Larry Hennig) & Jos Leduc 2/21/76 Moline TV Larry Hennig beat Vito Martino Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski Jimmy Valiant beat Chuck Cell Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Joe Guzman & Dick Young Bobby Duncum beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Pancho Vasquez Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay 2/21/76 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Dick Reynolds Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Bobby Duncum beat George Gadaski Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill Pampero Firpo beat Chuck Sell Jos Leduc beat Ivan Crankovic 2/26/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Al DeRusha AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel no contest Jim Brunzell (sub Greg Gagne) when Bobby Duncum and Verne Gagne interfered Bobby Duncum beat Verne Gagne dq when Gagne rammed manager Bobby Heenan’s head into the ring post Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant when Hennig pinned Johnny Valiant Larry Hennig (sub Mad Dog Vachon) beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Hennig tossed Von Raschke over the top rope Kim Duk beat Ivan Crnkovic Khosrow Vaziri beat Bobby Jones Bull Bullinski beat Scotty Campbell Att: “9,383 fans” Notes: Greg Gagne said to be sick “with a diagnosis of influenza and strep throat.” “Mad Dog Vachon, scheduled to fly in from Texas for the match, missed his plane connection, forcing Hennig into double duty.” 2/27/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Texas Death Match Jim Brunzell & Pampero Firpo (sub Greg Gagne) beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan in 26:09 Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc no contest Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Baron Von Raschke beat Khosrow Vaziri Mad Dog Vachon beat Kim Duk att: 7,228 Note: Greg Gagne was reportedly flu-ridden 2/28/76 Moline TV Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon beat Caesar Pabon & Dick Reynolds Jos Leduc beat Vito Martino Pampero Firpo beat Chuck Sell Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Capola Jim Brunzell beat Gary Fargo 2/28/76 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Vito Martino & Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick Reynolds Pampero Firpo beat Steve Tuck Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Peter Lee 2/28/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 2/3 1 Crusher pinned Johnny Valiant in 14 seconds 2 Jimmy Valiant pinned Crusher 3 Bruiser pinned Jimmy Valiant Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan dq Ox Baker beat Paul Christy Chuck O'Connor beat Art Thomas Pepper Gomez drew Mad Dog Vachon 2/29/76 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jim Brunzell (sub Greg Gagne) Tug of war Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq Bull Bullinski beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Pampero Firpo beat Kim Duk Bobby Duncum beat Khosrow Vaziri Dick Reynolds beat Frank Hill att: 6,956 3/3/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Jos Leduc beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall dq in 29:05 Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell (sub Greg Gagne) beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan when Hennig pinned Heenan in 14:12 Omar Atlas drew Khosrow Vaziri 20:00 Mad Dog Vachon ddq Larry Hennig (sub Kim Duk) for fighting outside the ring Buddy Wolff beat Mike Pappas (sub Dick Blood) via pin in 12:03 other no shows: Scott Irwin & Jan Nelson Att: “crowd of 3,316” 3/3/76 Stevens Point, WI @ Quandt Fieldhouse Pampero Firpo & the Crusher beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 2/3 1 Firpo pinned Jimmy 2 Johnny pinned Firpo 3 Crusher & Firpo won Blackjack Lanza (sub Kim Duk) beat Bull Bullinski via pin Baron Von Raschke beat Kim Duk (sub Larry Hennig) via pin Dick Reynolds beat Frank Hill via pin 3/5/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Jimmy Valiant beat Pampero Firpo dq Mad Dog Vachon beat Bull Bullinski Baron Von Raschke drew Jos LeDuc 3/6/76 Minneapolis TV 15 minute show, interviews only. 3/6/76 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat Dick Reynolds Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Bobby Duncum beat George Gadaski Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill 3/6/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne via pin Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo & Kim Duk 2/3 1 Vachon & Von Raschke won 2 Firpo & Duk won 3 Vachon & Von Raschke won Tug of War Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum dq when Duncum threw Brunzell over the top rope Blackjack Lanza beat Bull Bullinski via pin Att: 6,112 3/10/76 Grand Forks, ND Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant dq 3/13/76 Moline TV Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Vito Martino & Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick Reynolds Pampero Firpo beat Steve Tuck Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Peter Lee Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Scotty Campbell & Khosrow Vaziri 2/3 3/13/76 Minneapolis TV Bobby Duncum beat Caesar Pabon Jos Leduc beat Bob Amel Khosrow Vaziri beat Frank Hill 3/13/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Chris Taylor & Bobby Duncum were co-winners of a two ring battle royal Andre the Giant beat Buddy Wolff Johnny Valiant no contest Larry Hennig Kim Duk beat Bob Backlund Buck Zumhofe drew Jan Nelson Scott Irwin drew Dick Blood 3/14/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Andre the Giant & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum 2/3 1. Duncum pinned Greg Gagne 2. Andre pinned Duncum 3. Greg Gagne pinned Bockwinkel Larry Hennig ddq Baron Von Raschke Jimmy Valiant beat Jos Leduc dq when Joe tossed Jimmy over the top rope Chris Taylor drew Mad Dog Vachon 20:00 Vachon fined $250 for interfering with referee George Gadaski Johnny Valiant beat Khosrow Vaziri (sub Bob Backlund) via pin 3/16/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Chris Taylor won a 18 man $20,000 Battle Royal Andre The Giant beat Baron Von Raschke dq in 13:40 when Mad Dog Vachon interfered Chris Taylor beat Kim Duk via pin in 10:10 Jos LeDuc ddq Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig beat Jimmy Valiant via pin in 9:33 Dick Blood beat Buck Zumhofe via pin in 8:37 Scott Irwin drew Jan Nelson 10:00 Also In Battle Royal: Pampero Firpo, Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell, Khosrow Vaziri, Buddy Wolff, Johnny Valiant, Bobby Duncum, Blackjack Lanza Att: 7,606 3/17/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Bobby Duncum won a 15 man battle royal Tug Of War Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant in 15 seconds- Leduc was injured after the tug of war and did not compete in the battle royal. Andre The Giant beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 11:47 Larry Hennig beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Baron Von Raschke interfered Chris Taylor beat Kim Duk via pin in 10:55 Jim Brunzell beat Khosrow Vaziri via pin in 15:00 att: 7,981 3/18/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Andre the Giant & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan when Gagne pinned Bockwinkel Texas Death Match Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo Chris Taylor beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Mad Dog refused to break a choke hold Larry Hennig beat Johnny Valiant Jimmy Valiant beat Kim Duk Jos Leduc beat Buddy Wolff Moose Morowski beat Ivan Crankovic Att: 11,500, more than 2,500 fans turned away 3/20/76 Minneapolis TV 15 minute show, interviews only. 3/20/76 Moline TV Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Dick Reynolds & Caesar Pabon Tug Of War Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant vs Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc Nick Bockwinkel beat Capola Jim Brunzell beat Gary Fargo 3/20/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan & Bobby Duncum 2/3 1 Bockwinkel & Heenan & Duncum won 2 Greg Gagne pinned Heenan 3 Verne Gagne pinned Bockwinkel Ox Baker ddq Jos LeDuc Wilbur Snyder double knockout Masked Strangler Chuck O'Connor beat Pepper Gomez via pin Blackjack Lanza drew Moose Cholak Johnny Kace beat Steve Regal Scott Irwin beat Buck Zumhofe 3/20/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Chris Taylor won a battle royal Andre the Giant beat Mad Dog Vachon Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff Baron Von Raschke beat Kim Duk Dick Blood drew Jan Nelson 3/21/76 Hibbing, MN @ Memorial Arena (Evening Show) Andre The Giant & Chris Taylor beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant on a 3rd fall COR 1 Taylor beat Jimmy Valiant with a bear hug 2 Taylor was dq’ed for tossing Johnny Valiant over the top rope 3 The Valiants were counted out of the ring Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo via pin in a “little less than 25 minutes” Blackjack Lanza beat Kim Duk via pin in “about 20 minutes” Buddy Wolff beat Buck Zumhofe via pin in 18:00 3/21/76 Minneapolis, MN (Afternoon Show) Chris Taylor & Blackjack Lanza were co-winners of a two ring battle royal Chris Taylor beat Blackjack Lanza to win the Battle Royal Prize Larry Hennig beat Baron Von Raschke dq Andre the Giant beat Jimmy Valiant Jan Nelson drew Scott Irwin Blackjack Lanza beat Pampero Firpo Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk Dick Blood beat Buck Zumhofe 3/23/76 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke 3/24/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Chris Taylor beat Bobby Duncum dq to winner battle royal prize Tug of War Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant dq in 39 seconds Johnny Valiant drew Pampero Firpo Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk 3/27/76 Moline TV Bobby Duncum beat Caesar Pabon Jos Leduc beat Bob Amel Khosrow Vaziri beat Frank Hill Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Peter Lee & Kenny Jay Jimmy Valiant beat Armando Rodriguez 3/27/76 Minneapolis TV Jos Leduc beat Angel Rivera Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud & Kenny Jay Russ Francis beat Dave Anderson Nick Bockwinkel beat Mike Bronco Verne Gagne beat Julio Rodriguez 3/27/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat Bobby Duncum via pin in 17:30 Loser Leaves Town Larry Hennig & Jos LeDuc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 2/3 in 24:55 1 Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant won 2 Hennig & LeDuc won 3 Hennig & LeDuc won Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan dq Blackjack Lanza beat Chris Taylor dq in 11:35 Scott Irwin (sub Jan Nelson) beat Dick Blood via pin in 13:22 Russ Francis beat Frank Hill via pin in 12:17 Att: “’5,875 fans” 3/27/76 Peoria, IL AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jim Brunzell Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo & Kim Duk Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski Jan Nelson beat Buck Zumhofe 3/29/76 Lincoln, NE @ Persching Auditorium Pampero Firpo & Kim Duk beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke 2/3 Bobby Duncum beat Jim Brunzell Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant dq Johnny Valiant drew Russ Francis (sub Bull Bullinski) 3/30/76 Devils Lake Larry Hennig vs Bobby Heenan Jos Leduc vs Bobby Duncum Pampero Firpo vs Blackjack Lanza Jim Brunzell vs Kim Duk 3/31/76 Crookston Larry Hennig vs Bobby Duncum Blackjack Lanza vs Jim Brunzell Jos Leduc vs Kim Duk Scott Irwin vs Jan Nelson 4/1/76 Jamestown, WI Larry Hennig vs Bobby Duncum 4/3/76 Moline TV Chris Taylor beat Frank Hill Bobby Duncum beat Dick Reynolds 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Vito Martino Mad Dog Vachon beat Peter Lee Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay 4/3/76 Minneapolis TV No wrestling. Telethon on WTLN 4/3/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Taylor dq Tug of War Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Bobby Heenan & Baron Von Raschke & Johnny Valiant Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo Larry Hennig beat Johnny Valiant Kim Duk drew Russ Francis 4/4/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne dq when Gagne was caught using Brass Knuckles Tug Of War Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Johnny Valiant & Bobby Duncum (sub Jimmy Valiant) Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum via pin Larry Hennig ddq Johnny Valiant (sub Jimmy Valiant) Blackjack Lanza beat Pampero Firpo via pin Russ Francis beat Scott Irwin via pin Jan Nelson drew Dick Blood 10:00 Att: 4,800 4/4/76 Kenosha, WI @ Carthage College Field House Pampero Firpo & the Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon Chris Taylor vs Bobby Duncum Russ Francis vs Jimmy Valiant Jim Brunzell vs Johnny Valiant 4/6/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Tug of War Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo Larry Hennig beat Johnny Valiant Russ Francis beat Dick Blood 4/7/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Chris Taylor beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Loser Leaves Town Larry Hennig beat Johnny Valiant Blackjack Lanza beat Pampero Firpo Mad Dog Vachon drew Dick Blood Russ Francis beat Kim Duk 4/8/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Tug Of War Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig (sub Gene Kiniski) & Pampero Firpo 2/3 1. Hennig won 1st fall 2. Von Raschke beat Hennig with the Claw hold 3. Vachon pinned Firpo Bobby Duncum beat Chris Taylor dq when Taylor tossed Duncum over the top rope Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk in 27:00 Blackjack Lanza drew Russ Francis Jim Brunzell beat Ivan Crankovic via pin Johnny Valiant beat Dick Blood Freddy Peloquin drew Scotty Campbell Att: “6,733 fans” 4/9/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig beat Johnny Valiant Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Pampero Firpo & Chris Taylor 2/3 with Vachon getting the pin in the decisive 3rd fall Pepper Gomez vs Bobby Duncum Kim Duk vs Jim Brunzell Att: 6,335 Note: The Advertised main event for this card was Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant vs Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc. Leduc was announced as being injured earlier in the week. 4/10/76 Moline TV Jos Leduc beat Angel Rivera Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud & Kenny Jay Russ Francis beat Dave Anderson Nick Bockwinkel beat Mike Bronco Verne Gagne beat Julio Rodriguez 4/10/76 Minneapolis TV 30 minute show Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Dick Young 4/10/76 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Taylor dq Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud Russ Francis drew Kim Duk Blackjack Lanza beat Dick Blood 4/17/76 Moline TV Jim Brunzell beat Gary Fargo Bobby Duncum beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Billy Red Cloud & Dick Reynolds Mad Dog Vachon beat Buck Zumhofe Russ Francis beat Vito Martino Bobby Duncum beat Peter Lee 4/17/76 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud & Peter Lee Larry Hennig beat Armando Rodriguez Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon Greg Gagne beat Vito Martino Russ Francis beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Dick Reynolds 4/17/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Ox Baker & Chuck O'Connor 2/3 1 Crusher pinned Ox 2 Baker won 3 Bruiser pinned O’Connor Tug of War Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq Larry Hennig beat Johnny Valiant Sailor Art Thomas beat Juan Zapata Spike Huber drew Johnny Starr 4/17/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq when Manager Bobbby Heenan interfered Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Russ Francis beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan 2/3 1 Greg & Jim & Russ won 2 Duncum & Lanza & Heenan won 3 Greg & Jim & Russ won Wilbur Snyder beat Mad Dog Vachon on a reverse decision dq Mad Dog actually pinned Snyder, but then kept going after him, so the referee reversed the decision and dq'ed the Dog. The final straw was MDV ramming Wilbur's head into the ringpost. Marva Scott beat Ethel Johnson in 11:36 Billy Red Cloud drew Dick Reynolds 20:00 (replaced the scheduled Buddy Wolff vs Kim Duk) Dick Blood beat Buck Zumhofe via pin in 11:54 Att: 6,079 4/21/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Death Match Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan after 9 falls Larry Hennig beat Mad Dog Vachon Baron Von Raschke beat Kim Duk Blackjack Lanza drew Russ Francis Khosrow Vaziri beat Dick Young 4/22/76 Rock Falls, IL @ High School Gym Baron Von Raschke vs Larry Hennig Chris Taylor vs Mad Dog Vachon Blackjack Lanza vs Ali Vaziri Bobby Heenan vs George Gadaski Russ Francis vs Kim Duk 4/24/76 Moline TV Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Dick Young Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Tom Demarco & George Gadaski Russ Francis beat Joe Guzman Kim Duk beat Chuck Cell 4/24/76 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Vito Martino Mad Dog Vachon no contest Peter Lee Greg Gagne beat Frank Hill Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick Reynolds & Kenny Jay Russ Francis beat Joe Guzman 4/24/76 Peoria, IL Larry Hennig beat Johnny Valiant Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 4/25/76 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan & Bobby Duncum Khosrow Vaziri no contest Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig beat Jimmy Valiant Chris Taylor beat Kim Duk Russ Francis beat Blackjack Lanza dq Baron Von Raschke beat Scott Irwin 4/27/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Cage match Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Larry Hennig beat Baron Von Raschke dq Chris Taylor beat Kim Duk Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick Blood Russ Francis drew Blackjack Lanza 4/28/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Loser Leaves Town Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 2/3 Bobby Duncum beat Jim Brunzell Russ Francis beat Blackjack Lanza dq Khosrow Vaziri beat Scott Irwin 4/29/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Special Referee: Joe Blanchard Verne Gagne ddq AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Loser Leaves Town Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Greg Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon dq in 11:00 Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum via pin after Blackjack Lanza’s interference backfired Russ Francis drew Baron Von Raschke 20:00 Chris Taylor beat Kim Duk via pin Blackjack Lanza beat Dick Blood (sub Scott Irwin) Att: “7,644 fans” 4/30/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Hennig dq in 18:52 after Hennig repeatedly rammed Bockwinkel's head into the ring post Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Mad Dog Vachon beat Jim Brunzell Blackjack Lanza drew Russ Francis 20:00 5/1/76 Moline TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud & Peter Lee Larry Hennig beat Armando Rodriguez Baron Von Raschke beat Caesar Pabon Greg Gagne beat Vito Martino Russ Francis beat Kenny Jay 5/1/76 Minneapolis TV Jim Brunzell beat George Gadaski Baron Von Raschke beat Tom DeMarco Chris Taylor beat Dick Young Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Kenny Jay & Buck Zumhofe Billy Red Cloud beat Chuck Sell 5/1/76 Indianapolis, IN Cage Match Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Ox Baker & Chuck O'Connor to win the WWA Tag Team Title The Strangler beat Pepper Gomez to win the WWA title AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Art Thomas Art Thomas won a 16 man battle royal Bounty Hunters beat Steve Regal (sub Bob Kelly) & Bobby Bold Eagle Wilbur Snyder beat Blackjack Heddon (sub Baron Von Krupp) Johnny Starr beat Raoul Guzman Moose Cholak beat Emile Zapata Paul Christy beat Cashbox Jim Kent 5/2/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Two Ring Battle Royal with a $50,000 purse Larry Hennig won Ring 1 Order of elimination: Dick Blood, Khosrow Vaziri, Kim Duk, Chris Taylor, Johnny Valiant, Jimmy Valiant, Jim Brunzell, Bobby Duncum, Baron Von Raschke. Mad Dog Vachon won Ring 2 Order of elimination: Haystacks Calhoun, Buck Zumhofe, Scott Irwin, Billy Red Cloud, Nick Bockwinkel, Blackjack Lanza, Russ Francis, Greg Gagne. No dq Match Larry Hennig beat Jimmy Valiant via pin (originally Valiant brothers vs Hennig & Jos LeDuc) Chris Taylor beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Mad Dog Vachon intefered Jim Brunzell drew Blackjack Lanza 15:00 Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud via pin Kim Duk beat Dick Blood Note: Jos Leduc no showed. Bobby Heenan also advertised to be in ring 2 but did not appear. 5/4/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Taylor Loser Leaves Town Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Russ Francis beat Kim Duk 5/5/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Larry Hennig beat Baron Von Raschke Mad Dog Vachon beat Chris Taylor dq Russ Francis beat Kim Duk 5/8/76 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Vito Martino Mad Dog Vachon no contest Peter Lee Greg Gagne beat Frank Hill Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick Reynolds & Kenny Jay 5/8/76 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Vito Martino & Armando Rodriguez Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski Chris Taylor beat Peter Lee Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pabon 5/8/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Handicap Match, Verne must beat Heenan in 10 minutes or less Verne Gagne beat Bobby Heenan via pin in 9:52 Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon COR Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 2/3 1 Gagne & Brunzell won 2 Lanza & Duncum won 3 Lanza & Duncum won Russ Francis beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Baron refused to break the Claw Frank Hill beat Dick Blood by submission with a Bow and Arrow hold Att: 5,241 5/8/76 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Chris Taylor beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Loser Leaves Town Larry Hennig & Pampero Firpo beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Kim Duk drew Billy Red Cloud Khosrow Vaziri beat Scott Irwin Sonny Boy Hayes & Bobo Johnson beat Billy The Kid & Little Tokyo 5/9/76 Virginia, MN Referee George Gadaski Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 1 Vachon beat Hennig with a Cobra Hold 2 Hennig pinned Von Raschke after an Axe 3 Leduc pinned Vachon Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum dq when Duncum refused to release a choke hold Russ Francis beat Kim Duk via pin in 19:00 Referee Buck Zumhofe Billy Red Cloud beat Khosrow Vaziri (sub Scott Irwin) via pin in 15:00 5/13/76 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon Bobby Duncum beat Jim Brunzell Blackjack Lanza beat Scott Irwin Russ Francis beat Kim Duk 5/14/76 Kewanee, IL Larry Hennig beat Bobby Duncum Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Russ Francis beat Blackjack Lanza dq Baron Von Raschke drew Jos Leduc Kim Duk beat Scott Irwin 5/15/76 Moline TV Jim Brunzell beat George Gadaski Baron Von Raschke beat Tom DeMarco Chris Taylor beat Dick Young Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Kenny Jay & Buck Zumhofe Billy Red Cloud beat Chuck Sell 5/15/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Chain Match, Referee Henry Van Luhn Dick the Bruiser beat Ox Baker Loser Leaves Town, Referee Al DeRusha Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant 2-0 1 Hennig pinned Jimmy Valiant in 9:18 2 Hennig pinned Johnny Valiant in 17:13 Greg Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Vachon tossed Greg over the top rope Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Spike Huber & Scott Irwin when Duncum pinned Irwin Russ Francis beat Baron Von Raschke dq Johnny Starr beat Tom DeMarco via pin after a flying elbow smash Jim Brunzell drew Pepper Gomez 15:00 5/18/76 Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Auditorium Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Russ Francis (sub Greg Gagne) & Jim Brunzell Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud Bull Bullinski (sub Russ Francis) beat Scott Irwin Stan Pulaski drew Kim Duk Att: 2,500 5/19/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Jos Leduc no contest Mad Dog Vachon Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud (sub Larry Hennig) Russ Francis beat Scott Irwin 5/20/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Al DeRusha Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc no contest Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Russ Francis & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 2/3 1. Francis pinned Duncum 2. Lanza pinned Brunzell 3. Lanza beat Francis with help from Duncum Billy Red Cloud drew Kim Duk 20:00 Ethel Johnson beat Marva Scott in 14:00 Bull Bullinski beat Ivan Crnkovic Buck Zumhofe beat Joe Corona Att: “6,112 people” Note: Zumhofe billed from Germany. 5/21/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig beat Baron Von Raschke 5/21/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Verne Gagne beat Bobby Duncum Blackjack Lanza & Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan no contest Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Russ Francis Ethel Johnson beat Marva Scott Buddy Wolff beat Scott Irwin 5/22/76 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Vito Martino & Armando Rodriguez Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski Chris Taylor beat Peter Lee Blackjack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Caesar Pabon 5/22/76 Minneapolis TV Bobby Duncum beat Caesar Pabon Russ Francis beat Vito Martino Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Scott Irwin & Kenny Jay Judo Jacket Match Kim Duk beat Peter Lee Nick Bockwinkel beat Armando Rodriguez Red Bastien beat Buck Zumhofe 5/22/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc ddq Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke in 3rd fall 1 Vachon & Raschke won 2 Hennig & Leduc won 3 Both teams were dq’ed Verne Gagne beat Ray Stevens dq when the referee caught Stevens jumping off the top rope on to Gagne Football Match for $1,000 Russ Francis beat Bobby Duncum Billy Red Cloud drew Buddy Wolff 20:00 Bull Bullinski beat Frank Hill Att: 4,845 5/22/76 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Lanza Wilbur Snyder beat Kim Duk dq Ethel Johnson beat Marva Scott Scott Irwin beat Armando Rodriguez 5/23/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena $50,000.00 Battle Royal Wrestle Off Mad Dog Vachon beat Larry Hennig via pin after Baron Von Raschke interfered Baron Von Raschke no contest Jos Leduc Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Russ Francis beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum & Nick Bockwinkel (sub Bobby Heenan) 2/3 1. Duncum pinned Francis 2. Gagne pinned Bockwinkel 3. Brunzell pinned Duncum Ethel Johnson beat Marva Scott via pin Scott Irwin beat Buck Zumhofe via pin 5/25/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc ddq Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke in 3rd fall 1. Leduc pinned Vachon in 2:29 2. Von Raschke beat Hennig with the Claw hold in 16:50 3. The referee dq'ed both teams at the 20:10 mark Jim Brunzell drew Blackjack Lanza Bobby Duncum beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 9:48 Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk via pin in 19:22 Billy Red Cloud beat Scott Irwin via pin in 12:37 Att: 1,851 5/26/76 Peoria, IL Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Pepper Gomez beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Jos Leduc ddq Mad Dog Vachon Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig Scott Irwin beat Buck Zumhofe 5/29/76 Moline TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Angel Rivera Russ Francis beat Bronco Blackjack Lanza beat Buck Zumhofe Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Julio Rodriguez & ? Anderson 5/29/76 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Angel Rivera & Joe Guzman Bobby Duncum beat Mike Soma Verne Gagne beat Tom DeMarco Kim Duk beat Kenny Jay Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski 6/5/76 Moline TV Bobby Duncum beat Caesar Pabon Russ Francis beat Vito Martino Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Scott Irwin & Kenny Jay Judo Jacket Match Kim Duk beat Peter Lee 6/5/76 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay & George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Russ Francis beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Buddy Wolff beat Armando Rodriguez 6/5/76 St Paul, MN Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke dq Helmet Banging Match Russ Francis beat Bobby Duncum Russ Francis & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Kim Duk beat Billy Red Cloud Buddy Wolff beat Scott Irwin Att: 5,262 6/7/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Russ Francis beat Bobby Duncum Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc no contest Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Chris Taylor beat Buddy Wolff Kim Duk beat Buck Zumhofe 6/8/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium No Time Limit, No dq Match Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc 2/3 1. Von Raschke beat Hennig with the Claw Hold in 5:20 2. Leduc pinned Von Raschke in 8:10 3. Von Raschke pinned Hennig in 20:35 One on One Match, No Time Limit, No dq Russ Francis beat Bobby Duncum 5:48 Blackjack Lanza beat Chris Taylor 10:13 Judo Jacket match Kim Duk beat Greg Gagne 14:30 Billy Red Cloud drew Buddy Wolff 6/10/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena No Time Limit, No dq Match Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc in 23:00 when Vachon pinned Leduc Football Helmet match for $2,000 Russ Francis beat Bobby Duncum Gene Kiniski beat George Wells in 15:04 Greg Gagne beat Blackjack Lanza dq when Lanza jumped off the top rope onto Greg Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan COR Billy Red Cloud beat Ivan Crankovic 6/11/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc no contest Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke when referee Jerry Bohn dq'ed all 4 men for fighting inside the ring at the same time at 17:25 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Russ Francis beat Kim Duk via pin Buddy Wolff beat Billy Red Cloud 6/12/76 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Angel Rivera & Joe Guzman Bobby Duncum beat Mike Soma Verne Gagne beat Tom DeMarco 6/12/76 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Mike Soma 2/3 Verne Gagne beat Tom DeMarco Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dan Redman & Dee Dee Clayton Greg Gagne beat Gary Fargo Tape from Philly: Gorilla Monsoon vs Baron Scicluna, Muhammad Ali intervenes 6/12/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq Match Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Jos LeDuc Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan (sub Bobby Duncum) & Ray Stevens in 14:35 when Verne pinned Stevens Judo Jacket Match Kim Duk beat Jim Brunzell by submission in 17:00 Buddy Wolff beat Dick Reynolds (sub Russ Francis) in 16:02 Bull Bullinski drew Buck Zumhofe (sub Billy Red Cloud) 20:00 6/12/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphotheatre The Crusher beat Bobby Duncum Non Title Match AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Taylor Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien Wilbur Snyder beat Billy Red Cloud Pepper Gomez beat Johnny Starr Moose Cholak beat Scott Irwin Steve Regal beat Mark Manson 6/19/75 Moline TV Special Referee: Gene Kiniski Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay & George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne beat Buck Zumhofe Blackjack Lanza beat Caesar Pabon Buddy Wolff beat Armando Rodriguez 6/19/76 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Dick Reynolds Blackjack Lanza beat Peter Lee Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill & Vito Martino Baron Von Raschke beat Buck Zumhofe Larry Hennig beat George Gadaski tape from Chicago: Muhammad Ali vs Buddy Wolff 6/25/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Verne Gagne drew AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum in 16:04 when Bruiser pinned Lanza Greg Gagne beat Bob Orton Jr via pin with a rolling reverse cradle All three bouts took place prior to Closed Circuit telecast of Muhammad Ali vs Antonio Inoki from Tokyo and Andre The Giant vs Chuck Wepner from Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York. 6/26/76 Moline TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Mike Soma 2/3 Verne Gagne beat Tom DeMarco Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dan Redman & Dee Dee Clayton Greg Gagne beat Gary Fargo 6/26/76 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Vito Martino Blackjack Lanza beat Dick Reynolds Bull Bullinski beat Frank Hill Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Julio Rodriguez & Dave Anderson Chris Taylor beat Peter Lee Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay 6/28/76 Eau Claire, WI Larry Hennig beat Bobby Duncum COR Blackjack Lanza beat Billy Red Cloud Peter Maivia beat Kim Duk Baron Von Raschke drew Jim Brunzell 6/29/76 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig no contest Baron Von Raschke 6/30/76 Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes Academy Gym Referee George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Baron Von Raschke dq when Baron was caught with brass knuckles Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan 2/3 1 Heenan pinned Greg Gagne 2 Greg Gagne pinned Heenan 3 Brunzell pinned Duncum Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski (sub Peter Maivia) via pin Peter Maivia (sub Bull Bullinski) beat Kim Duk via pin in 13:00 Last edited on Tue Mar 3rd, 2015 03:38 am by Ron ____________________ "We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx Our great computers Fill the hollowed halls We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx All the gifts of life Are held within our walls" 2112 By Rush!! |
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7/1/76 Dixon, IL Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 1 Lanza pinned Greg Gagne 2 Hennig pinned Duncum 3 Greg Gagne pinned Lanza after a drop kick Baron Von Raschke beat Bull Bullinski with a claw hold Buddy Wolff beat Buck Zumhofe with a bear hug Peter Maivia beat George Gadaski via pin 7/2/76 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory Larry Hennig vs Bobby Duncum Jim Brunzell vs Baron Von Raschke Blackjack Lanza vs Bull Bullinski Peter Maivia vs Buddy Wolff 7/3/76 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat Dick Reynolds Blackjack Lanza beat Peter Lee 7/8/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Lumberjack match Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke when Leduc beat Vachon in 22:00 The Crusher beat Bobby Duncum via pin when manager Bobby Heenan’s interference backfired Judo Jacket match Kim Duk beat Greg Gagne dq Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza Buddy Wolff drew Billy Red Cloud Peter Maivia beat Ivan Crankovic in 3:15 7/10/76 Moline TV Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay & George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne beat Buck Zumhofe Blackjack Lanza beat Caesar Pabon 7/10/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Referee George Gadaski AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Buddy Wolff via pin Referee Larry Lisowski Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke in 21:28 when LeDuc pinned Von Raschke Referee Dick Reynolds Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 2/3 1 Brunzell pinned Duncum in 5:51 2 Duncum pinned Brunzell 3 Greg pinned Lanza Judo Jacket Match, Referee Larry Lisowski Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski by submission Referee Dick Reynolds Peter Maivia beat Vito Martino (sub Billy Red Cloud) in 5:09 7/13/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Lumberjack match Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke when Hennig pinned Vachon Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 2/3 Judo Jacket Match Kim Duk beat Billy Red Cloud Peter Maivia beat Buddy Wolff att: 1,946 7/14/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Judo Jacket Match Peter Maivia beat Kim Duk Peter Maivia beat Frank Hill 7/16/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Lumberjack match Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc The Crusher beat Bobby Duncum Judo Jacket Match Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk Jim Brunzell drew Buddy Wolff 7/17/76 Moline TV Peter Maivia beat Frank Hill Buddy Wolff beat Dick Reynolds Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski Jos Leduc beat Vito Martino Blackjack Lanza beat Buck Zumhofe 7/17/76 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dan Redman & Mike Soma The Crusher beat Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Billy Red Cloud beat Kid Sampson Peter Maivia beat Vito Martino 7/17/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc 2/3 1 Hennig pinned Von Raschke 2 Von Raschke pinned Hennig after using brass knuckles 3 Vachon pinned Hennig Judo Jacket Match Kim Duk beat Bull Bullinski in 15:00 Sailor Art Thomas beat Frank Hill via pin in 16:00 George Gadaski double knockout Dick Reynolds 7/17/76 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Buddy Wolff Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan The Crusher beat Bobby Duncum Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay Buck Zumhofe beat Angel Rivera 7/18/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Referee Larry Lisowski AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Mad Dog Vachon dq in 14:31 when Baron Von Raschke interfered Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig via pin in 15:59 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 2/3 1. Blackjack Lanza beat Brunzell with a brainbuster in 14:54 2. Jim Brunzell beat Duncum in 6:35 with an Indian Death Lock 3. Greg Gagne pinned Lanza Buddy Wolff drew Billy Red Cloud 20:00 7/23/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title 1 Crusher pinned Duncum 2 Duncum pinned Crusher 3 Duncum pinned Bruiser after Lanza hit Dick with brass knuckles AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Wilbur Snyder via pin after manager Bobby Heenan interfered Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke dq Ox Baker beat Jos LeDuc via pin Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Wolff 15:00 Spike Huber beat Buck Zumhofe via pin in “about 10 minutes” 7/24/76 Moline TV Billy Red Cloud beat Vito Martino Bull Bullinski beat Frank Hill Chris Taylor beat Peter Lee 7/24/76 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick Reynolds & George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Vito Martino Baron Von Raschke beat Peter Lee Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Buck Zumhofe 7/24/76 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Non Title Match Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Billy Red Cloud drew Kim Duk Buddy Wolff beat Bull Bullinski Buck Zumhofe beat Vito Martino 7/27/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Baron Von Raschke dq Indian Chain Match Billy Red Cloud beat Kim Duk Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc Mad Dog Vachon beat Bull Bullinski Peter Maivia beat Buck Zumhofe 7/28/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Mad Dog Vachon Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke dq Peter Maivia beat Kim Duk Buck Zumhofe drew Bull Bullinski 7/29/76 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium The Crusher vs Bobby Duncum Larry Hennig vs Blackjack Lanza Judo Jacket match Jos Leduc vs Kim Duk Buck Zumhofe vs Chief Peter Maivia 7/29/76 Hibbing, MN @ St. Louis County Fair AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Buddy Wolff via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon dq when Von Raschke tossed Brunzell over the top rope Billy Red Cloud beat Bull Bullinski by submission George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay via pin in 15:00 7/30/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq when Bruiser & Crusher tossed Vachon & Von Raschke over the top rope at about the 45 minute mark Larry Hennig beat Bobby Duncum via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Kim Duk & Buddy Wolff 2-0 1 Gagne & Brunzell won in 13:00 2 Gagne beat Duk with a sleeper hold in 7:00 Peter Maivia beat Bull Bullinski (sub Blackjack Lanza) via pin in 11:00 7/31/76 Moline TV Peter Maivia beat Dick Young Buddy Wolff beat Dan Redman Blackjack Lanza beat Mike Soma Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke dq 7/31/76 Minneapolis TV 30 minute show. Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill 7/31/76 Milwaukee, WI AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc 2/3 1 Duncum & Lanza won 2 LeDuc & Hennig won 3 Duncum & Lanza won Mad Dog Vachon beat Ray Stevens via pin Bobby Heenan beat Buddy Wolff dq in 8:30 when Wolff rammed Heenan’s head into the ringpost Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud Peter Maivia beat Kim Duk via pin in 12:30 8/2/76 Cambridge, IL The Crusher beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Bobby Duncum drew Peter Maivia Mad Dog Vachon beat Buck Zumhofe 8/4/76 Peoria, IL Dick the Bruiser beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc The Crusher drew Bobby Duncum Blackjack Lanza drew Peter Maivia 8/6/76 Little Falls, MN Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell vs Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Baron Von Raschke beat Khosrow Vazirl Buddy Wolff beat Buck Zumhofe 8/7/76 Moline TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick Reynolds & George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Vito Martino Baron Von Raschke beat Peter Lee Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Buck Zumhofe 8/7/76 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Hubert Gallant & Buck Zumhofe The Crusher beat Steve Tuck Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Mr. Seki 8/8/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc 2/3 1. Lanza pinned Hennig 2. Hennig pinned Lanza 3. Duncum pinned Leduc Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell dq in 13:58 when Gagne hit the referee Peter Maivia beat Buddy Wolff via pin Kim Duk (sub George Gadaski) beat Buck Zumhofe via pin 8/10/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell ddq Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Bobby Duncum beat the Crusher Peter Maivia beat Blackjack Lanza Billy Red Cloud beat Buck Zumhofe 8/11/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher Mad Dog Vachon beat Greg Gagne Jim Brunzell beat Baron Von Raschke Peter Maivia beat Buck Zumhofe 8/14/76 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Buck Zumhofe & Tom DeMarco Baron Von Raschke beat Mike Soma Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Pat Leahy (Bill Francis) drew Nick Bockwinkel 8/14/76 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Buck Zumhofe & Tom DeMarco Baron Von Raschke beat Mike Soma Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski The Crusher beat Joe Guzman Pat Leahy (Bill Francis) drew Nick Bockwinkel 8/14/76 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc Mad Dog Vachon beat Greg Gagne Peter Maivia beat Baron Von Raschke Jim Brunzell beat Buddy Wolff Bill Francis beat Kim Duk 8/19/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Merv Unger AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq when Bruiser roughed up the referee Referee Al DeRusha AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne via pin Chief Peter Maivia no contest Baron Von Raschke Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon in less than 5 minutes Billy Francis (sub Larry Hennig) beat Buddy Wolff Billy Red Cloud beat Kim Duk by submission Moose Morowski beat Scotty Campbell Ivan Crankovic beat Fred Peloquin Att: “9,248 wrestling fans” 8/20/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dcor Verne Gagne Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell on a 3rd fall dq Peter Maivia beat Buddy Wolff via pin Billy Francis beat Kim Duk by submission with an octopus hold Att: “sellout crowd” 8/20/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Bobby Duncum beat The Crusher Peter Maivia beat Baron Von Raschke Larry Hennig no contest Ox Baker Pepper Gomez drew Buddy Wolff George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay 8/21/76 Moline TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Hubert Gallant & Buck Zumhofe The Crusher beat Steve Tuck Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat ? Foley 8/21/76 Minneapolis TV Peter Maivia beat Tom DeMarco Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay & Mike Soma Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill Bobby Duncum beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Buck Zumhofe 8/21/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bruiser & Crusher won 2 Lanza & Duncum won 3 Lanza & Duncum were dq’ed AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin Larry Hennig no contest Ox Baker in 7:09 Peter Maivia beat Buddy Wolff in 18:00 Bill Francis beat Kim Duk in 16:30 att: 5,725 8/24/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Peter Maivia & the Crusher & Verne Gagne beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan & Nick Bockwinkel dq Baron Von Raschke beat Jim Brunzell Greg Gagne beat Kim Duk Billy Francis drew Mad Dog Vachon 8/25/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke no contest Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell The Crusher beat Bobby Heenan Peter Maivia beat Frank Hill Billy Francis beat Kim Duk 8/26/76 Duluth, MN @ Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke dq Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud (sub Larry Hennig) Peter Maivia beat Khosrow Vaziri (sub Buddy Wolff) Billy Francis (sub Billy Red Cloud) beat Kim Duk 8/27/76 Chicago, IL @ Comiskey Park Cage match AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher in “about 10 minutes” AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel ddq Andre the Giant in 20:00 Wilbur Snyder & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon & Ox Baker when Brunzell pinned Vachon in 19:20 Moose Cholak beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 8:46 after an El Squasho Peter Maivia beat Kim Duk via pin in 14:00 Art Thomas beat Bounty Hunter I dq in 10:13 when manager Jim Kent & Bounty Hunter II interfered Pepper Gomez beat Johnny Starr via pin with a sunset flip in 10:00 Bounty Hunter II beat Bobby Bold Eagle via pin in 11:08 Att: 12,000 8/28/76 Minneapolis TV 30 minute show. Peter Maivia beat Vito Martino Baron Von Raschke beat Peter Lee 8/28/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Bobby Duncum beat the Crusher Larry Hennig ddq Ox Baker Wilbur Snyder beat Blackjack Lanza dq Pepper Gomez drew Buddy Wolff George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay 8/28/76 St Paul, MN Verne Gagne no contest AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Peter Maivia beat Kim Duk Billy Francis beat Moose Morowski Billy Red Cloud beat Buck Zumhofe 8/29/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Referee Joe Blanchard AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dcor Verne Gagne in 21:03 Referee Larry Lisowski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke in 24:57 when Gagne pinned Vachon Referee George Gadaski Peter Maivia beat Kim Duk via pin in 12:25 after a backbreaker Referee George Gadaski Larry Hennig drew Bobby Duncum 20:00 9/4/76 Moline TV Peter Maivia beat Tom DeMarco Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay & Mike Soma Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill Bobby Duncum beat George Gadaski Larry Hennig beat Buck Zumhofe 9/4/76 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Mike Bronco Lou Potka beat Pierre Poisson dq Peter Maivia beat Angel Rivera Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski 9/4/76 Peoria, IL Verne Gagne beat Bobby Duncum 9/6/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium The Crusher beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Larry Hennig beat Blackjack Lanza Billy Francis beat Buddy Wolff Pierre Poisson beat Buck Zumhofe 9/6/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Bobby Duncum beat Peter Maivia dq Ivan Putski beat Joe Palardy Billy Red Cloud beat Bobby Heenan Iron Sheik beat Buck Zumhofe 9/10/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke in 25:30 when Brunzell pinned Von Raschke Blackjack Lanza beat the Crusher via pin in 11:17 Bobby Duncum beat Peter Maivia on a 3rd fall dq when Maivia tossed Duncum over the top rope Billy Francis drew Pierre Poisson 9/11/76 Moline TV Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski & Kenny Jay Greg Gagne beat Buck Zumhofe 9/11/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke no contest Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell in 45:00 Peter Maivia & Larry Hennig & The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 2/3 in 26:45 1 Peter Maivia & Larry Hennig & The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 2 Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Peter Maivia & Larry Hennig & The Crusher 3 Peter Maivia & Larry Hennig & The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Bill Francis beat Buddy Wolff in 13:40 Pierre Poisson beat Bull Bullinski by submission in 6:22 att: 7,721 9/16/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke when Gagne pinned Vachon in 27:00 Gagne must beat Heenan in 10 minutes or lose the match Verne Gagne beat Bobby Heenan via pin in 8:45 Peter Maivia beat Blackjack Lanza Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud Billy Francis beat Iron Sheik dq when Iron Sheik tossed Francis over the top rope Moose Morowski beat Buck Zumhofe Pierre Poisson beat Fred Puppy Dog Peloquin with a bear hug Att: “crowd of 6,738” 9/17/76 LaSalle, IL The Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza Bobby Duncum beat Larry Hennig 9/18/76 Moline TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Mike Bronco Lou Potka beat Pierre Poisson dq Billy Francis beat ? Samson Peter Maivia beat Angel Rivera 9/18/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Referee Harry Van Luhn AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Dick the Bruiser dq when Bruiser jumped off the top rope into Bockwinkel’s chest Bruiser will pay Ox $2,000 if Baker beats Lanza Ox Baker beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 10:00 Bounty Hunters beat Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez in 19:08 when Gomez was pinned by one of the Bounty Hunters after a double suplex The Strangler beat Sailor Art Thomas via pin in 10:32 Peter Maivia beat Buddy Wolff in 14:20 with a backbreaker Pierre Poisson beat Billy Red Cloud by submission with a bear hug in 13:08 Spike Huber drew Jim Kent 15:00 9/18/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell dq The Crusher beat Bobby Duncum Billy Francis beat Frank Hill Iron Sheik beat Buck Zumhofe 9/21/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Peter Maivia beat Baron Von Raschke Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud Billy Francis beat Pierre Poisson dq 9/24/76 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Non Title Match Bill Francis beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Peter Maivia beat Mad Dog Vachon Bull Bullinski beat Pierre Poisson dq Moose Morowski drew Iron Sheik att: 5,143 9/25/76 Moline TV Peter Lee beat Pierre Poisson dq Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay Bobby Duncum beat Vito Martino The Crusher beat Frank Hill Buddy Wolff beat Dick Reynolds 9/25/76 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bobby Jones Pierre Poisson beat Kenny Jay 2/3 Greg Gagne beat Moose Morowski dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Puppy Dog Peloquin 9/26/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell when Lanza pinned Brunzell in 24:01 The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin in 16:44 after a bolo punch Chief Peter Maivia drew Baron Von Raschke 20:00 Bill Francis beat Pierre Poisson dq when Poisson would not release the hold 9/29/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum no contest The Crusher & Peter Maivia AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel drew Billy Francis Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon Pierre Poisson beat Billy Red Cloud 10/1/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq at 22:22 when Duncum jumped from the top rope Non Title match AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis via pin Peter Maivia beat Baron Von Raschke via pin in 20:50 Pierre Poisson beat Billy Red Cloud by submission in 17:30 with a bear hug 10/2/76 Moline TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Buck Zumhofe & Hubert Gallant The Crusher beat Steve Tuck Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Mr Seki Jim Brunzell beat ? Foley 10/2/76 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Lou Bodka & Dick West Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones Pierre Poisson beat Mike Bronco Iron Sheik beat Kenny Jay 10/3/76 Duluth, MN @ Arena Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon & Pierre Poisson when Verne defeated Mad Dog with a sleeper hold Non Title Match AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis Peter Maivia beat Moose Morowski Baron Von Raschke drew Jim Brunzell 10:00 10/5/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis Peter Maivia beat Mad Dog Vachon Baron Von Raschke beat Moose Morowski Pierre Poisson beat Billy Red Cloud forfeit Moose Morowski beat Buck Zumhofe 10/6/76 Peoria, IL AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon beat Peter Maivia & Billy Francis Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson dq Moose Morowski beat Buck Zumhofe 10/7/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Special Referee: Gene Kiniski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum to apparently win the AWA Tag Team Title but the decision was eventually reversed Pierre Poisson beat Billy Red Cloud by submission in 12:00 Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Peter Maivia & Billy Francis Iron Sheik beat Buck Zumhofe via pin Moose Morowski beat Bull Bullinski with a “piledriver suplex” Bobby Jones beat Bob Tuck Att: “8,774 wrestling fans” 10/9/76 Moline TV The Crusher beat Bobby Jones Pierre Poisson beat Kenny Jay 2/3 Greg Gagne beat Moose Morowski dq Nick Bockwinkel beat Puppy Dog Peloquin Bill Francis beat Ivan Crankovic 10/9/76 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Mike Hammer The Crusher beat Steve Severs Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay 10/9/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Verne Gagne dq when Verne tossed Nick over the top rope Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke in 24:21 when Greg pinned Vachon Peter Maivia beat Blackjack Lanza via pin in 13:22 Referee Buck Zumhofe Pierre Poisson ddq Iron Sheik (sub Billy Red Cloud) in 10:55 Bill Francis beat Moose Morowski via pin in 10:00 with a victory roll att: 6,691 10/10/76 Manitowoc, WI @ Roncalli High School Gym The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke in 15:00 Billy Francis beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq when Bockwinkel hit referee Buck Zumhofe Bobby Heenan beat Billy Red Cloud COR Iron Sheik (sub Buddy Wolff) beat Frank Hill via pin Vito Martino beat Peter Lee (sub match for Dick Reynolds vs Buck Zumhofe) Note: Buck Zumhofe listed as referee for all matches Att: 2,330 10/10/76 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq Peter Maivia beat Mad Dog Vachon Pierre Poisson beat Jose Quintero Moose Morowski drew Bull Bullinski Chita Rivera beat Lucille Dupree 10/11/76 Augusta, GA @ Bell Auditorium Non Title Mr. Wrestling II beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Andre the Giant won a 13 man battle royal Mongolian Stomper beat Tom Jones Dean Ho beat Rock Hunter dq Mr. X beat Ricky Steamboat Raymond Rougeau beat Bill Howard Paul Orndorff beat Jim Lancaster 10/12/76 Macon, GA @ Coliseum Andre The Giant won a Battle Royal Non Title Match Jos Leduc beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Mongolian Stomper beat Rick McGraw Roberto Soto beat Stan Stasiak Paul Orndorff beat Jim Lancaster Dean Ho beat Johnny Ringo Raymond Rougeau beat Randy Alls 10/14/76 Rome, GA @ Memorial Gym AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel vs Mr Wrestling II Mongolian Stomper vs Pork Chop Cash Mr X vs Ricky Steamboat Paul Orndorff vs Bill Howard Scott Irwin vs Raymond Rougeau 10/15/76 Atlanta, GA @ Municipal Auditorium Andre The Giant won a Battle Royal I Quit Match Dusty Rhodes beat Missouri Mauler Ole Anderson & Gene Anderson beat Raymond Rougeau & Roberto Soto Jos LeDuc beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Mongolian Stomper beat Rick McGraw Tony Parisi (sub George Gulas) beat Bill Howard Ricky Steamboat beat Jim Lancaster 10/16/76 Moline TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Lou Bodka & Dick West Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones Pierre Poisson beat Mike Bronco Bill Francis beat Moose Morowski dq 10/16/76 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson dq 10/16/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat The Crusher & Ox Baker on a 3rd fall dq 1 Lanza pinned Crusher in 7:04 2 Crusher pinned Lanza in 9:15 after a bolo punch 3 Crusher & Ox were dq’ed AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Wilbur Snyder dq when Snyder tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope The Strangler beat Pepper Gomez via pin in 10:25 after Strangler hit Gomez with a foreign object Moose Cholak drew Bounty Hunter I 20:00 Princess Jasmine & Lucille Dupree beat Chita Rivera & Sandy Partlow in 14:07 when Dupree pinned Partlow Bounty Hunter II beat Steve Regal via pin in 10:55 10/18/76 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditotium Andre The Giant beat Missouri Mauler Texas Death Match Jack Brisco beat Bob Roop Bob Backlund & Jerry Brisco beat Bob Roop & Bob Orton Jr Non title AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Serrano Ray Candy beat Tio Tio Jan Nelson beat George McCreary Leon Ogle beat Miguel Feliciano 14 Man Battle Royal att: 3,000 10/19/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Peter Maivia & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Francis Mad Dog Vachon beat Buck Zumhofe Pierre Poisson beat Bull Bullinski 10/20/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Peter Maivia beat Baron Von Raschke Billy Francis beat Pierre Poisson dq Iron Sheik beat Buck Zumhofe 10/20/76 Miami, FL @ Jai Alai Fronton Andre the Giant won a 19 man battle royal Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco beat Bob Roop & Bob Orton Jr Non Title Steve Keirn beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Ray Candy beat Ray Stevens Ken Lucas drew Missouri Mauler Hollwood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Jan Nelson & Don Serrano The Assassin beat Tommy Seigler Bob Backlund beat George McCreary att: 3,690 10/22/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell when Gagne was counted out of the ring Peter Maivia & the Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon when the Crusher pinned Von Raschke at 20:30 Billy Francis beat Iron Sheik 11:33 by submission with an octopus hold Pierre Poisson beat Bull Bullinski 14:20 by submission with a bear hug att: 4,976 10/22/76 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium $5,000.00 Battle Royal 15 Men with Andre The Giant The Assassin vs Tommy Seigler Hollywood Blondes vs Mike Graham & Ken Lucas Non Title AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel vs Hiro Matsuda 10/23/76 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & George Gadaski Nick Bockwinkel beat Mike Hammer The Crusher beat Steve Severs Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Pierre Poisson beat ? Foley 10/23/76 Peoria, IL Greg Gagne & Billy Francis & Peter Maivia beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke & Iron Sheik Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza Moose Morowski beat Bull Bullinski Pierre Poisson beat Buck Zumhofe 10/23/76 Sarasota, FL @ Robarts Arena Andre The Giant won a 15 Man Battle Royal Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco beat Bob Roop & Bob Orton Jr Ray Candy beat Missouri Mauler Ken Lucas drew Ray Stevens 20:00 Non Title Tommy Seigler beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Mike Graham beat George McCreary Bob Orton Sr beat Rick Oliver 10/24/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq when Nick Bockwinkel interfered AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis via pin Chief Peter Maivia ddq Pierre Poisson Iron Sheik beat Buck Zumhofe 10/25/76 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Crusher no contest Mad Dog Vachon 10/27/76 Duluth, MN @ Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis Peter Maivia beat Baron Von Raschke Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Vachon tossed Brunzell over the top rope Pierre Poisson beat Iron Sheik via pin in 15:00 Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan via pin 10/28/76 Winnipeg, Manitiba, Canada @ Arena Verne Gagne & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Special Referee: Pat O’Connor AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell when Lanza pinned Gagne after manager Bobby Heenan interfered Peter Maivia beat Mad Dog Vachon Billy Francis beat Moose Morowski Pierre Poisson beat Iron Sheik Bill Dromo beat Ivan Crankovic via pin Att: “Record crowd, more than 11,000” 10/29/76 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Francis Peter Maivia beat Baron Von Raschke Moose Morowski beat Billy Red Cloud 10/30/76 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson dq Baron Von Raschke beat Vito Martino Blackjack Lanza beat Peter Lee Peter Maivia beat Frank Hill Iron Sheik beat Armando Rodriguez 10/30/76 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Puppy Dog Peloquin Moose Morowski beat Kenny Jay Bill Francis beat Mad Dog Vachon Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud & Buck Zumhofe 10/30/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum to apparently win the AWA Tag Team Title but the decision was eventually changed to Lanza being dq'ed for jumping off the top rope The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin Peter Maivia beat Baron Von Raschke via pin in 17:35 Pedro Morales beat Moose Morowski dq in 15:07 when Moeowski tossed Morales over the top rope Pierre Poisson beat Iron Sheik by submission in 7:10 Att: 6,112 sellout 11/1/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Maivia dq The Crusher ddq Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson Pedro Morales beat Buddy Wolff Billy Red Cloud beat Iron Sheik 11/3/76 Dixon, IL @ High School Gym Peter Maivia & The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon whwn Maivia pinned Von Raschke in 23:00 Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan via pin in 15:37 Pierre Poisson beat Bull Bullinski (sub Jim Brunzell) in 12:45 Moose Morowski beat George Gadaski in 15:00 11/4/76 Macomb, IL Greg Gagne & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke 11/5/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Non Title Match Peter Maivia & Pedro Morales (sub Crusher) beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum when Morales pinned Duncum Mad Dog Vachon beat Bull Bullinski (sub Greg Gagne) via pin Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson dq in 20:05 when Poisson refused to break a hold Pedro Morales drew Moose Morowski 20:00 Note: The Crusher was injured by Mad Dog Vachon before the main event. Maivia & Morales did not win the AWA Tag Team Title because Morales was not originally scheduled to be in the match. 11/6/76 Moline TV Peter Maivia beat Tom Demarco Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay & Mike Soma Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Mike Bronco Pierre Poisson beat Lou Bodka Bill Francis beat ? Samson Peter Maivia beat Angel Rivera 11/6/76 Minneapolis TV Jim Brunzell beat Vito Martino Pedro Morales beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee 11/6/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq Pierre Poisson beat Peter Maivia dq Pedro Morales beat Baron Von Raschke via pin with a rolling reverse cradle Moose Morowski beat Buck Zumhofe (sub Iron Sheik) via pin 11/7/76 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory The Crusher beat Bobby Duncum via pin in 20:19 Chief Peter Maivia beat Blackjack Lanza dq when Lanza threw Maivia over top rope Pedro Morales beat Baron Von Raschke via pin Moose Morowski beat Billy Red Cloud via pin Bobby Heenan beat Buck Zumhofe via pin Att: 1,828 11/10/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium The Crusher & Peter Maivia beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Pedro Morales beat Moose Morowski dq Haiti Kid & Cowboy Lang beat Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Tokyo Roger Kirby beat Buck Zumhofe 11/12/76 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Chief Peter Maivia The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Jim Brunzell & Pedro Morales beat Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski Ray Stevens beat Bull Bullinski Roger Kirby beat Billy Red Cloud 11/13/76 Moline TV The Crusher beat Puppy Dog Peloquin Moose Morowski beat Kenny Jay Bill Francis beat Mad Dog Vachon Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud & Buck Zumhofe Pedro Morales beat Bobby Jones 11/13/76 Minneapolis TV Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski beat Dick Young & Chuck Sell Pedro Morales beat Vito Martino Ray Stevens beat Frank Hill Roger Kirby beat Kenny Jay 11/14/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Peter Maivia & Verne Gagne & the Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum when Crusher pinned Lanza in 21:32 Referee Larry Lisowski Pedro Morales dcor Ray Stevens in 18:01 Sonny Boy Hayes & Haiti Kid beat Little Tokyo & Cowboy Lang 2/3 1. Hayes pinned Lang 2. Lang pinned Hayes 3. Haiti Kid pinned Little Tokyo Pierre Poisson beat Frank Hill by submission with a bear hug in 14:26 11/15/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium No dq Match, Referee Buck Zumhofe The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke via pin in 14:10 Cowboy Lang & Haiti Kid beat Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Tokyo Peter Maivia (sub Greg Gagne) beat Pierre Poisson dq Pedro Morales beat Moose Morowski Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum 11/17/76 Bemidji, MN @ Memorial Gym AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Kim Duk & Chris Markoff (subs Peter Maivia & Billy Red Cloud) Pierre Poisson beat Bull Bullinski Roger Kirby beat Buck Zumhofe via pin Bull Bullinski beat Bobby Heenan COR Att: 500 11/18/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Special Referee: Pat O’Connor AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dcor Verne Gagne The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson Pedro Morales beat Blackjack Lanza Pat O'Connor beat Bobby Duncum Cowboy Lang & Haiti Kid beat Little Tokyo & Sonny Boy Hayes 2/3 Peter Maivia drew Moose Morowski Att: “10,000 fans” 11/19/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher no contest Mad Dog Vachon Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski when Gagne pinned Poisson Pedro Morales beat Bobby Duncum via pin Peter Maivia drew Roger Kirby 15:00 Att: “large crowd” 11/20/76 Moline TV Jim Brunzell beat Vito Martino Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez Pedro Morales beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Peter Maivia beat Angel Rivera 11/20/76 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Bobby Jones Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski Crusher beat Scotty Campbell Cowboy Lang & Haiti Kid drew Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Tokyo 11/20/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Manager Bobby Heenan handcuffed to Ox Baker Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq Peter Maivia beat Baron Von Raschke via pin Greg Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Vachon jumped off the top rope onto Greg Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby via pin The Strangler drew Jim Brunzell 20:00 Steve Regal beat Buck Zumhofe (sub Iron Sheik) via pin with a rolling reverse cradle Sailor Art Thomas beat Johnny Starr via pin in 8:43 after a head butt 11/22/76 Duluth, MN @ Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq when Duncum punched referee Marty Miller Haiti Kid & Cowboy Lang beat Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Tokyo Pedro Morales beat Moose Morowski Pierre Poisson beat Buck Zumhofe 11/24/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher dq Greg Gagne beat Pierre Poisson Sonny Boy Hayes & Haiti Kid beat Little Tokyo & Cowboy Lang 2/3 Pedro Morales drew Moose Morowski 11/25/76 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Bill Francis & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Baron Von Raschke & Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson Pedro Morales beat Bobby Duncum Kenny Jay beat George Gadaski att: 5,263 11/26/76 Marshall, MN @ Marshall High School Jim Brunzell vs Pierre Poisson Peter Maivia vs Moose Morowski Little Tokyo & Cownoy Lang vs Haiti Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes Bull Bullinski vs Buck Zumhofe Referee Al DeRusha 11/27/76 Moline TV Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski beat Dick Young & Chuck Sell Pedro Morales beat Vito Martino Ray Stevens beat Frank Hill Roger Kirby beat Kenny Jay Peter Maivia beat Tom Demarco 11/27/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Peter Maivia & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne beat Pierre Poisson dq in 22:49 when Moose Morowski interfered Cowboy Lang & Haiti Kid beat Sonny Boy Hayes & Little Tokyo in 18:02 Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby dq in 14:17 when Kirby tossed Brunzell over the top rope Pedro Morales beat Buddy Wolff via pin in 11:00 Moose Morowski beat Armando Rodriguez in 7:07 att: 6,112 sellout 11/30/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Maivia Mad Dog Vachon ddq the Crusher Billy Francis beat Pierre Poisson Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Baron Von Raschke Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby 12/1/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Saloon match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon Billy Francis beat Baron Von Raschke Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby dq 12/3/76 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke Billy Francis & Jim Brunzell vs Mad Dog Vachon & Moose Morowski Greg Gagne vs Pierre Poisson 12/4/76 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Bobby Jones Baron Von Raschke beat George Gadaski The Crusher beat Scotty Campbell Moose Morowski beat Kenny Jay Pedro Morales beat Puppy Dog Peloquin 12/4/76 Minneapolis TV Pedro Morales beat Rodeo Jones Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Bobby Duncum beat Peter Lee 12/5/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski when Brunzell pinned Morowski Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Francis dq when Francis hit the referee Peter Maivia beat Blackjack Lanza via pin Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby via pin 12/9/76 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Al DeRusha The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq when Baron Von Raschke interfered AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson in 23:00 Pat O'Connor beat Blackjack Lanza Ray Stevens dcor Pedro Morales Peter Maivia beat Roger Kirby Att: “7,300 fans” 12/10/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Verne Gagne Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Francis dq Greg Gagne beat Pierre Poisson Pedro Morales beat Ray Stevens dq Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby att: 5,755 12/11/76 Moline TV Billy Francis beat Caesar Pabon Nick Bockwinkel beat Armando Rodriguez Greg Gagne beat Larry Sharpe Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson beat Peter Lee & Angel Rivera Pedro Morales beat Joe Carlos 12/11/76 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Rodeo Jones Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Peter Lee & Mike Soma Pedro Morales beat Frank Hill Roger Kirby beat Buck Zumhofe 12/11/76 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Ernie Ladd dq Pedro Morales beat Baron Von Raschke dq Billy Francis beat Bobby Heenan Farmer Pete & Little Poco beat Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy Colt Wilbur Snyder beat Juan Zapata (sub Buddy Wolff) Roger Kirby beat Tom DeMarco 12/11/76 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Non Title due to substitution Peter Maivia & Greg Gagne (sub Crusher who was attacked before the match started by Mad Dog Vachon) beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum in 22:29 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson in 22:21 Mad Dog Vachon beat Bull Bullinski via pin in 11:41 Ivan Putski beat Frank Hill (sub Buddy Wolff) in 5:00 George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay att: estimated 5,800 Note from George Lentz: I was at this card. The fans were never told that it was a non-title match. Greg and Maivia were given the belts. I knew from previous experience that the titles would go back to Lanza and Duncum, but the fans popped big-time for it. 12/12/76 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel drew Jim Brunzell Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Francis dq Greg Gagne beat Pierre Poisson Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby Peter Maivia drew Baron Von Raschke Toni Rose & Donna Christanello beat Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams 12/??/76 Duluth, MN @ Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski Pedro Morales drew Roger Kirby Bill Francis beat Baron Von Raschke Peter Maivia beat Bobby Duncum dq 12/14/76 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne & Pampero Firpo beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum (sub Ray Stevens) Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Francis dq Greg Gagne beat Pierre Poisson Jim Brunzell drew Pedro Morales Peter Maivia beat Roger Kirby 12/16/76 Peoria, IL Verne Gagne & Pampero Firpo beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum 12/18/76 Moline TV Pedro Morales beat Rodeo Jones Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Bobby Duncum beat Peter Lee Bill Francis beat Mike Soma 12/18/76 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Francis Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski Vicki Williams & Joyce Grable beat Toni Rose & Donna Christanello Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby 12/25/76 Moline TV The Crusher beat Rodeo Jones Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Peter Lee & Mike Zuma Pedro Morales beat Frank Hill Roger Kirby beat Buck Zumhofe Bill Francis beat Vito Martino 12/25/76 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Armando Rodriguez & Kenny Jay 12/26/76 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke no contest Peter Maivia & The Crusher Greg Gagne beat Pierre Poisson via pin Billy Francis beat Roger Kirby via pin Kenny Jay beat George Gadaski via pin Frank Hill beat Bill Crouch by submission 12/26/76 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan Jan Nelson beat Buddy Wolff dq Moose Morowski beat Vito Martino att: 5,000 12/27/76 Lincoln, NE @ Persching Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Black Jack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Francis dq when Francis hit the referee Baron Von Raschke beat Chief Peter Maivia via pin Larry Hennig beat Pierre Poisson via pin Jan Nelson drew Roger Kirby 12/28/76 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Jim Brunzell beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Greg Gagne beat Pierre Poisson Billy Francis beat Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig & Peter Maivia beat Roger Kirby & Moose Morowski George Gadaski beat Kenny Jay 12/29/76 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Death Match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon when Vachon was unable to continue at the forty minute mark Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum at 14:44 when Verne made Bockwinkel submit to a Boston Crab Pierre Poisson beat Larry Hennig dq when Hennig rammed Poisson's head into a ring post at 13:34 Peter Maivia beat Moose Morowski via pin in 15:54 att: SRO 7,861
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1/1/77 Minneapolis TV Bill Francis beat Frank Hill Roger Kirby beat Tom DeMarco 2/3 Pedro Morales beat Mike Soma Manager Of The Year Presentation- Ray Stevens' babyface turn 1/1/77 Moline TV Pedro Morales beat Tom Demarco Baron Von Raschke beat Armando Rodriguez Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mike Soma & Frank Hill Ray Stevens beat Caesar Pabon Peter Maivia beat Bobby Vann 1/2/77 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Cage match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin in 12:21 Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Bill Francis beat Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski & Baron Von Raschke in 31:48 Larry Hennig (sub Pedro Morales) beat Bobby Duncum in 9:45 Roger Kirby beat Peter Maivia dq in 15:42 when Maivia threw Kirby over the top rope Chris Taylor beat Rodeo Jones (sub Ray Stevens) in 5:45 Frank Hill beat Mike Soma by submission in 17:00 att: 6,112 sellout George Lentz notes scalpers were asking $30 for ringside seats - a large amount for the time. 1/7/77 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ernie Ladd Bill Francis & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Strangler vs Peter Maivia Greg Gagne vs Moose Morowski Chris Taylor beat Bounty Hunter II Roger Kirby vs Bobby Bold Eagle 1/8/77 Moline TV Bill Francis beat Frank Hill Roger Kirby beat Tom DeMarco 2/3 Pedro Morales beat Mike Soma Pierre Poisson beat Kenny Jay Pierre Poisson beat Caesar Pabon Manager Of The Year Presentation- Ray Stevens' babyface turn 1/8/77 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Jan Nelson & Mike Soma Larry Hennig beat Bobby Vann Chuck Sell beat Super Destroyer dq The Crusher beat Dick Young 1/8/77 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson Peter Maivia beat Blackjack Lanza Pedro Morales beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Billy Francis drew Roger Kirby 20:00 1/13/77 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Cage match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon in 16:00 Billy Francis & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum & Ray Stevens Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia via pin after using the ropes for leverage Pedro Morales beat Baron Von Raschke Super Destroyer beat Moose Morowski Roger Kirby beat Buck Zumhofe Att: “more than 12,000 fans”, “thousands of fans were turned away”, “scalpers out there getting $25 or $30 for tickets. That’s never happened before.” 1/15/77 Moline TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Lou Bodka & West Verne Gagne beat Rodeo Jones Pierre Poisson beat Mike Bronco Bill Francis beat Moose Morowski dq Iron Sheik beat Kenny Jay 1/15/77 Minneapolis TV Kenny Jay beat Super Destroyer dq Peter Maivia beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel 1/15/77 Peoria, IL The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon 1/16/77 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq when Bockwinkel tossed Robinson over the top rope Ray Stevens beat Blackjack Lanza Bill Francis & Peter Maivia beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Pedro Morales beat Pierre Poisson Super Destroyer beat Frank Hill Roger Kirby drew Jan Nelson Angelo Mosca beat Vito Martino 1/19/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Cage match The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Peter Maivia & Billy Francis Greg Gagne beat Roger Kirby Jim Brunzell beat Angelo Mosca dq Super Destroyer beat Jan Nelson (sub Bull Bullinski) 1/20/77 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Pedro Morales won a 17 man battle royal Ray Stevens beat Blackjack Lanza Pedro Morales beat Bobby Duncum dq Chris Taylor beat Mad Dog Vachon Super Destroyer beat Jan Nelson Peter Maivia beat Pierre Poisson 1/21/77 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher dq when Crusher rammed Nick's head into the ring post AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Pedro Morales & Peter Maivia when Duncum pinned Maivia at 15:46 Angelo Mosca beat Jim Brunzell Billy Francis drew Roger Kirby 20:00 Super Destroyer beat Jan Nelson via pin 1/22/77 Moline TV Roger Kirby beat Tom Demarco 1/22/77 Minneapolis TV Angelo Mosca beat Mike Soma Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Buck Zumhofe beat Super Destroyer dq Ray Stevens beat Joe Guzman 1/22/77 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq when Bockwinkel hit the referee Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Angelo Mosca beat Bill Francis via pin Greg Gagne beat Roger Kirby via pin Pedro Morales beat Moose Morowski via pin Super Destroyer beat Jan Nelson via pin att: 6,112 sellout 1/23/77 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Steel Cage match Billy Francis & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Super Destroyer beat Moose Morowski Pedro Morales beat Pierre Poisson Ray Stevens beat Blackjack Lanza Angelo Mosca & Roger Kirby beat Larry Hennig & Jan Nelson (sub Greg Gagne) 1/29/77 Moline TV Kenny Jay beat Super Destroyer dq Peter Maivia beat Frank Hill Nick Bockwinkel beat Peter Lee Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel Angelo Mosca beat Vito Martino 1/29/77 Minneapolis TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Mike Bronco 1/29/77 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Peter Maivia & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke dq Ray Stevens beat Bobby Duncum Roger Kirby beat Buck Zumhofe (sub Pedro Morales) Jim Brunzell beat Super Destroyer dq Angelo Mosca beat Billy Francis 1/30/77 Minneapolis, MN non title Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Pedro Morales no contest Super Destroyer Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke Bill Francis drew Khosrow Vaziri Peter Maivia beat Pierre Poisson 2/1/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Match Greg Gagne (sub Crusher) beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Greg Gagne & Ray Stevens beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Pedro Morales ddq Super Destroyer Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Francis Angelo Mosca beat Pierre Poisson Note: Since Greg Gagne wasn't originally scheduled to wrestle Nick Bockwinkel, Greg did not win the AWA Title 2/2/77 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Les Thornton Ivan Putski beat Black Gordman Great Goliath beat Lord Alfred Hayes Moondog Mayne beat Dan Burdick Scott Casey beat Butcher Brannigan Tony Charles beat George McCreary 2/3/77 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena The Crusher beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Non Title Match Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Peter Maivia beat Angelo Mosca dq when Mosca wrapped a ukulele around Maivia’s head and then flattened the referee Greg Gagne beat Roger Kirby Super Destroyer beat Billy Francis Jim Brunzell dcor Pedro Morales Moose Morowski beat Iron Sheik Att: “more than 10,000 fans” 2/5/77 Moline TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Ray Stevens beat Joe Guzman 2/5/77 Minneapolis TV Pedro Morales beat Bob Amel Super Destroyer beat George Gadaski Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill & Vito Martino Angelo Mosca beat Kenny Jay 2/5/77 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick The Bruiser no contest The Sheik Non Title Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Pedro Morales beat The Strangler Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson & Moose Morowski Bobo Brazil drew Ivan Koloff Chief Peter Maivia beat Bounty Hunter I 2/6/77 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Andre the Giant & Angelo Mosca were co-winners of a two ring battle royal Andre then beat Mosca in a singles match to earn a title shot against Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Baron Von Raschke Pedro Morales beat Moose Morowski Greg Gagne beat Roger Kirby Jim Brunzell no contest Bill Francis Angelo Mosca beat Pierre Poisson Larry Hennig drew Iron Sheik 2/9/77 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Andre the Giant & Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum when Stevens pinned Lanza in 22:24 Pedro Morales beat Pierre Poisson via pin in 22:25 Angelo Mosca beat Bill Francis 15:03 Super Destroyer beat Peter Maivia dq 15:00 att: 6,317 2/10/77 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Andre the Giant & Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Super Destroyer beat Peter Maivia dq Angelo Mosca beat Billy Francis Pedro Morales beat Baron Von Raschke 2/11/77 St Louis, MO NWA Champion Harley Race beat Superstar Billy Graham dq Dory Funk Jr & Pat O'Connor beat Shohei Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenyru Dick the Bruiser beat Roger Kirby & Ivan Koloff Ernie Ladd beat Guy Mitchell Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Bennie Ramirez Akio Sato beat Paul Christy att 7,560 2/11/77 Peoria, IL Russ Francis won a battle royal 2/12/77 Moline TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Red Cloud & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Mike Bronco Lou Bodka beat Pierre Poisson dq Bill Francis beat Kid Sampson Peter Maivia beat Angel Rivera 2/12/77 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig & Andre the Giant beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum when Stevens pinned Lanza Pedro Morales beat Baron Von Raschke Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia via pin when Mosca used the ropes for leverage Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Bobby Heenan Chris Taylor beat Super Destroyer dq when Super D jumped off the top rope Frank Hill beat Peter Lee Att: 6,112 sellout 2/13/77 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Andre the Giant & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq when Bobby Heenan leaped off the top rope Ray Stevens beat Baron Von Raschke Super Destroyer drew Peter Maivia Larry Hennig no contest Angelo Mosca Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby Att: 4,500 2/15/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Andre the Giant & Greg Gagne & Ray Stevens beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum & Nick Bockwinkel Pedro Morales beat Baron Von Raschke Peter Maivia ddq Angelo Mosca Super Destroyer beat Billy Francis 2/16/77 Dixon, IL @ High School Gym Andre The Giant beat Baron Von Raschke Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq Pedro Morales vs Angelo Mosca Peter Maivia vs Pierre Poisson 2/18/77 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium $10,000 12-man battle royal featuring Andre the Giant, Chris Taylor, Ray Stevens, Bobby Duncum, Black Jack Lanza, Pedro Morales, Pierre Poisson, Larry Hennig, Peter Maivia, Baron Von Raschke, Angelo Mosca, Roger Kirby Chris Taylor vs Roger Kirby Larry Hennig vs Bobby Duncum Peter Maivia vs Angelo Mosca Pedro Morales vs Pierre Poisson 2/19/77 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson & Armando Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Pedro Morales beat Peter Lee Angelo Mosca beat Caesar Pabon 2/19/77 Moline TV Pedro Morales beat Bob Amel Super Destroyer beat George Gadaski Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill & Vito Martino Angelo Mosca beat Kenny Jay Bill Francis beat Peter Lee 2/19/77 Duluth, MN @ Arena Andre the Giant won a battle royal Moose Morowski beat Larry Hennig dq 2/19/77 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Cage Match The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke 2/20/77 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium Andre the Giant ddq AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Ray Stevens beat Bobby Duncum Chris Taylor beat Super Destroyer dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Blackjack Lanza (sub Bobby Heenan) Pedro Morales beat Blackjack Lanza Angelo Mosca beat Bill Francis Att: 6,042 2/23/77 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Scott Casey Bruiser Brody beat Moondog Mayne Black Gordman & Great Goliath beat Cien Caras & Tony Charles Ivan Putski beat Randy Brewer Bruiser Brody (sub Les Thornton) beat Bob Orton Jr 2/24/77 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens when Lanza pinned Hennig Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia COR Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Billy Francis beat Pierre Poisson & Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke in 22:00 when Francis pinned Vachon Vicki Williams beat Mia Li Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby Chris Taylor beat Khosrow Vaziri Handicap match Super Destroyer beat Buck Zumhofe & Moose Morowski Att: “more than 7,000 fans that braved the weather” 2/26/77 Moline TV Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Bull Bullinski & George Gadaski Ray Stevens beat Puppy Dog Peloquin Angelo Mosca beat Bobby Jones Peter Maivia beat Scotty Campbell Super Destroyer beat Kenny Jay 2/26/77 Peoria, IL Non Title Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens & Chris Taylor beat Angelo Mosca & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 3/1/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Ray Stevens Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia Pedro Morales beat Pierre Poisson Super Destroyer ddq Jim Brunzell Billy Francis beat Moose Morowski 3/2/77 Stevens Point, WI @ Quandt Field House The Crusher won a 14 man battle royal for $10,000 order of elimination: 1-Gagne 2-Morowski 3-Taylor 4-Maivia 5-Stevens 6-Hennig 7-Poisson 8-Super D 9-Morales (sub Billy Francis) 10-Mosca 11-Brunzell 12-Lanza 13-Duncum The Crusher beat Bobby Duncum Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski & Pierre Poisson Chris Taylor beat Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig no contest Angelo Mosca 3/3/77 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Pedro Morales beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Non Title Match Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Handicap Match Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski & Buck Zumhofe Peter Maivia beat Super Destroyer Jim Brunzell beat Baron Von Raschke Roger Kirby drew Greg Gagne 3/4/77 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens when Lanza pinned Hennig in 21:00 Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia dq Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer via pin in 15:56 Jack Pesek beat Pierre Poisson via pin in 10:36 att: 7,158 3/5/77 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson & Armando Rodriguez Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Pedro Morales beat Peter Lee Angelo Mosca beat Caesar Pabon Super Destroyer beat Juan Valez 3/5/77 Minneapolis TV Peter Maivia beat Buck Zumhofe Angelo Mosca beat Juan Valez Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat Dick Young & Armando Rodriguez Pedro Morales beat Kenny Jay 3/5/77 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher dq Wilbur Snyder beat Jimmy Valiant Pat O'Connor beat Moose Morowski Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer dq Handicap match Chris Taylor beat Bobby Vann & Tom DeMarco Farmer Pete beat Little Atlas Steve Regal beat Buck Zumhofe 3/5/77 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig in 15:07 when Lanza pinned Hennig Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Baron Von Raschke in 18:09 when Brunzell pinned Baron Bull Bullinski beat Pierre Poisson in 13:33 Bobby Heenan beat George Gadaski via pin in 9:24 att: 6,112 sellout 3/6/77 St Paul, MN Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan (sub Blackjack Lanza) Pedro Morales beat Baron Von Raschke Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia Handicap Match Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski & Roger Kirby Bill Francis beat Pierre Poisson 3/9/77 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Ray Stevens & the Crusher 3/12/77 Moline TV Moose Morowski beat Kenny Jay Pedro Morales beat Frank Hill Super Destroyer beat Bob Amel Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens beat Vito Martino & Buck Zumhofe Roger Kirby beat Peter Lee 3/13/77 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher & Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Pedro Morales no contest Super Destroyer Greg Gagne beat Roger Kirby Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia after Super Destroyer interfered Lord Alfred Hayes beat Buck Zumhofe by submission 3/16/77 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel no contest Pedro Morales (Heenan handcuffed to Stevens) Ray Stevens beat Bobby Duncum Billy Francis & Peter Maivia beat Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca Greg Gagne beat Roger Kirby Moose Morowski beat Jim Brunzell dq 3/17/77 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig & Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum No dq Match Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia via pin after Mosca used his football helmet Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Roger Kirby Heenan abandoned Kirby for the dressing room and Kirby was pinned. Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer dq Billy Francis beat Moose Morowski Lord Alfred Hayes beat Bull Bullinski Att: “more than 9,000 wrestling fans” 3/18/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Non title match Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia Billy Francis & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Super Destroyer & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Pedro Morales beat Moose Morowski 3/19/77 Moline TV Peter Maivia beat Buck Zumhofe Angelo Mosca beat Juan Valez Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat Dick Young & Armando Rodriguez Pedro Morales beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Caesar Pabon 3/19/77 Duluth, MN @ Arena Super Destroyer vs Larry Hennig 3/19/77 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel drew Chavo Guerrero 60:00 American Champion Bruiser Brody beat Jose Lothario in 18:00 Bull Ramos beat Joe Blanchard Reno Tuufuli beat Butcher Brannigan Benny Matta beat Randy Brewer 3/20/77 Minneapolis, MN Non Title Match Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer dq Billy Robinson beat Bill Francis Larry Hennig beat Moose Morowski 3/23/77 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium Fritz Von Erich beat Black Gordman AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Moondog Mayne Bruiser Brody beat Nick Kozak Scott Casey drew Iron Sheik Bull Ramos beat Randy Brewer 3/25/77 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens dq in 20:04 when Stevens jumped off the top rope on to Bockwinkel No dq Match Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia Pedro Morales & Billy Francis beat Roger Kirby & Lord Alfred Hayes Super Destroyer beat Dr X Bobby Heenan beat Bull Bullinski 3/25/77 Peoria, IL Larry Hennig & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq 3/25/77 St Louis, MO Texas Death Match Dick the Bruiser beat Ivan Koloff Missouri State Champion Jack Brisco beat Superstar Billy Graham COR Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Ox Baker & Jimmy Valiant Ernie Ladd beat Red Bastien Pat O'Connor beat Bulldog Bob Brown dq Kay Noble & Donna Christianello beat Jean Antone & Vicki Williams Att 8,873 Att: 7,801 3/26/77 Moline TV Peter Maivia beat Angelo Mosca dq Lord Alfred Hayes beat Peter Lee Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell holds demonstration Angelo Mosca beat Bob Amel 3/26/77 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser beat the Sheik COR Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer Larry Hennig & Bobo Brazil beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant Ivan Koloff beat Paul Christy Moose Cholak beat Roger Kirby Igor Volkoff beat Spike Huber Billy Robinson drew Bill Francis 3/26/77 Milwaukee, WI AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens dq when Ray tossed Nick over the top rope Non Title Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Angelo Mosca beat Dr X Red Bastien beat Lord Alfred Hayes COR Peter Maivia beat Moose Morowski 3/29/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Peter Maivia & Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca Ray Stevens beat Bobby Duncum Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby Billy Francis drew Billy Robinson 3/30/77 Ashland Larry Hennig vs Angelo Mosca 3/31/77 Knoxville, IL Billy Francis beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Larry Hennig beat Moose Morowski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs Bobby Heenan & Bobby Duncum Also on the card: Roger Kirby 4/1/77 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Handicap Match Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski & Roger Kirby Greg Gagne drew Bobby Heenan Bill Francis beat George Gadaski 4/2/77 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Buck Zumhofe & Armando Rodriguez Lord Alfred Hayes beat Kenny Jay Peter Maivia beat Dan Redman Larry Hennig beat Joe Guzman 4/2/77 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson beat Frank Hill Pedro Morales no contest Vito Martino- Super Destroyer interfered Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Kenny Jay & Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Caesar Pabon Angelo Mosca beat Julio Rodriguez 4/2/77 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig & The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer dq Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia dq Blackjack Lanza drew Larry Hennig Greg Gagne beat Roger Kirby Ray Stevens beat George Gadaski 4/3/77 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena The Crusher beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq when Nick hit the referee Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby Pedro Morales & Peter Maivia beat Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca when Maivia pinned Super Destroyer Billy Robinson beat Moose Morowski Frank Hill beat George Gadaski 4/3/77 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens Billy Robinson beat Moose Morowski Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby Bob Backlund drew Bill Francis Bull Bullinski beat Kenny Jay 4/6/77 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Ray Stevens & Pedro Morales beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia dq Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Greg Gagne beat Lord Alfred Hayes dq 4/7/77 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens Angelo Mosca & Bobby Duncum beat Peter Maivia & Billy Francis Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Lord Alfred Hayes Pedro Morales beat Jimmy Valiant Handicap match Moose Morowski beat Freddy Peloquin & Scotty Campbell Russ Francis beat Chief Strongbear 4/9/77 Moline TV Pedro Morales beat Puppy Dog Peloquin Super Destroyer & Lord Alfred Hayes beat Buck Zumhofe & Kenny Jay Billy Francis beat Frank Hill Angelo Mosca beat Chief Strongbear Jim Brunzell beat Peter Lee 4/9/77 Peoria, IL AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Francis Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Ray Stevens beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan Billy Robinson beat Roger Kirby Lord Alfred Hayes drew Pedro Morales 4/10/77 Deer River Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens vs AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 4/11/77 Ely, MN Larry Hennig vs Blackjack Lanza Bull Bullinski vs Bob Backlund Angelo Mosca vs Pedro Morales Billy Francis & Chief Peter Maivia vs Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby 4/12/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens dq Pedro Morales & Billy Robinson (sub Peter Maivia) beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan (sub Blackjack Lanza) Angelo Mosca beat Larry Hennig Greg Gagne beat Lord Alfred Hayes dq Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby 4/13/77 Beloit, WI Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq 4/14/77 Kewanee Larry Hennig drew Billy Francis 4/15/77 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq Pedro Morales no contest Lord Alfred Hayes Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Bobby Heenan Bill Francis drew Bob Backlund att: 5,838 4/16/77 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Frank Hill Pedro Morales no contest Vito Martino Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Kenny Jay & Angel Rivera Nick Bockwinkel beat Caesar Pabon Angelo Mosca beat Julio Rodriguez 4/16/77 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson beat Tom Leon Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Dick Young & Julio Rodriguez (workout) Bob Backlund, Billy Robinson and Verne Gagne 4/16/77 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Special Referee: Bob Backlund Verne Gagne & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum (no title change, wrong man pinned) No dq Match Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia via pin Bill Francis & Russ Francis (sub Pedro Morales) & Greg Gagne beat Jimmy Valiant & Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby Bobby Heenan beat Ray Stevens dq originally a 10-minute handicap match which Stevens won by pinning Heenan; decision reversed when Stevens jumped off the top rope afterward Billy Robinson beat Moose Morowski Frank Hill beat George Gadaski att: estimated 8,000 4/17/77 Manitowoc, WI @ Roncali High School Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia via pin Ray Stevens beat Bobby Duncum via pin Greg Gagne & Russ Francis (sub Jim Brunzell) beat Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby Bill Francis beat Moose Morowski via pin 4/17/77 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Andre the Giant & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum & Nick Bockwinkel Bill Francis & Russ Francis beat Angelo Mosca & Moose Morowski Larry Hennig beat Jimmy Valiant dq Billy Robinson beat Kenny Jay Pedro Morales vs Lord Alfred Hayes- Bout canceled when Hayes refused to wrestle protesting a fine levied by matchmaker Wally Karbo 4/22/77 St Louis, MO NWA Champion Harley Race beat Ernie Ladd Dick the Bruiser & Pat O'Connor & Rocky Johnson beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff & Jimmy Valiant Missouri State Champion Jack Brisco beat Lord Alfred Hayes Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bulldog Bob Brown & Mitsu Hata Gino Hernandez beat Bennie Ramirez Att 8,125 4/23/77 Moline TV Billy Francis & Russ Francis beat Ray Strongbear & Pete Carlos Lord Alfred Hayes beat Puppy Dog Peloquin Pedro Morales beat Armando Rodriguez Bobby Duncum beat Caesar Pabon Billy Robinson beat Juan Valez 4/23/77 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Ivan Koloff beat Dick The Bruiser AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Larry Hennig & Ray Stevens Angelo Mosca drew Peter Maivia Pedro Morales beat Igor Volkoff Jimmy Valiant beat Art Thomas Billy Robinson beat Roger Kirby Lord Alfred Hayes beat Bobby Bold Eagle 4/26/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens No dq, No Time Limit Bobby Duncum & Angelo Mosca beat Billy Francis & Russ Francis Bob Backlund drew Greg Gagne Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski 4/27/77 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Ray Stevens beat Bobby Heenan Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia Jim Brunzell & Billy Francis beat Lord Alfred Hayes & Roger Kirby Bob Backlund no contest Billy Robinson Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski 4/28/77 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Billy Francis & Russ Francis beat Angelo Mosca & Bobby Duncum Referee George Gadaski Lord Alfred Hayes beat Pedro Morales Ray Stevens beat Bobby Heenan Blackjack Lanza beat Greg Gagne dq Larry Hennig beat Jimmy Valiant Billy Robinson drew Bob Backlund 20:00 Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby in 17:00 Att: “6,000 fans” 4/29/77 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Peter Maivia & The Crusher beat Angelo Mosca & Bobby Heenan Greg Gagne beat Lord Alfred Hayes dq Billy Robinson beat Moose Morowski Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby 4/30/77 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Tom Leon Nick Bockwinkel beat Kenny Jay Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Dick Young & Julio Rodriguez (workout) Bob Backlund, Billy Robinson and Verne Gagne Lord Alfred Hayes beat Angel Rivera 4/30/77 Minneapolis TV Billy Robinson beat Peter Lee 2/3 Lord Alfred Hayes beat Caesar Pabon 5/1/77 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens Angelo Mosca & Bobby Duncum beat Bill Francis & Russ Francis dq Pedro Morales no contest Lord Alfred Hayes Greg Gagne drew Bob Backlund Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Jim Brunzell beat Moose Morowski 5/6/77 St Louis Missouri State Champion Jack Brisco beat Ivan Koloff Dick the Bruiser no contest WWWF Champion Superstar Billy Graham AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Pat O'Connor & Rocky Johnson Billy Robinson beat Bulldog Bob Brown (sub Moose Morowski) dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Lord Alfred Hayes & Bull Bullinski Bulldog Bob Brown beat Jerry Kozak att 5,740 5/7/77 Moline TV Peter Maivia beat Frank Hill Angelo Mosca beat Vito Martino Pedro Morales beat Bob Amel Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Kenny Jay & Peter Lee Midget Tag Bout 5/7/77 Minneapolis TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill & Puppy Dog Peloquin Nick Bockwinkel beat Scotty Campbell Bob Backlund beat Vito Martino Angelo Mosca beat Ray Strongbear 5/7/77 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens Pedro Morales beat Lord Alfred Hayes forfeit Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Billy Francis & Bob Backlund Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Wee Willie Wilson & Hillbilly Pete beat Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid originally advertised as Billy the Kid & Hillbilly Pete vs. Wee Willie Wilson & Lord Littlebrook Larry Hennig beat Roger Kirby Att: 5,241 5/8/77 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Referee Bob Backlund Peter Maivia & the Crusher beat Angelo Mosca & Bobby Heenan when Crusher pinned Heenan Referee George Gadaski Ray Stevens beat Jimmy Valiant Referee Larry Lisowski Wee Willie Wilson & Hillbilly Pete beat Billy the Kid & Lord Littlebrook when Pete pinned Littlebrook original lineup had Wee Willie Wilson & Lord Littlebrook vs Billy the Kid & Hillbilly Pete Referee George Gadaski Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby Referee George Gadaski Larry Hennig drew Billy Francis 5/10/77 Brainerd, MN @ National Guard Armory Ray Stevens beat Black Jack Lanza Larry Hennig beat Angelo Mosca dq Wee Willie Wilson & Hillbilly Pete beat Lord Roger Littlebrook & Billy the Kid 2/3 Chief Peter Maivia beat Roger Kirby 5/12/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Samoan Strap Match Peter Maivia beat Angelo Mosca Pedro Morales beat Lord Alfred Hayes forfeit Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bob Backlund & Billy Francis Hillbilly Pete & Wee Willie Wilson beat Billy the Kid & Lord Littlebrook Jim Brunzell drew Bob Backlund 5/13/77 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Samoan War Match Chief Peter Maivia beat Angelo Mosca AWA Tag Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell dq in 18:27 Hillbilly Pete & Wee Willie Wilson beat Lord Little Brook & Billy The Kid 2/3 Bob Backlund drew Billy Robinson 20:00 att: 6,594 5/14/77 Moline TV Ray Stevens beat Angel Rivera Angelo Mosca beat Kenny Jay Billy Robinson beat Peter Lee 2/3 Lord Alfred Hayes beat Caesar Pabon Bill Francis beat Armando Rodriguez 5/15/77 Kenosha, WI @ Carthage College Fieldhouse (afternoon show) Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Angelo Mosca drew Chief Peter Maivia Bob Backlund beat Lord Alfred Hayes dq when Hayes tossed Backlund over the top rope Billy Robinson beat Bill Francis Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby 5/18/77 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Non title Larry Hennig (sub Ray Stevens) beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum & Angelo Mosca Bob Backlund drew Billy Francis Pedro Morales beat Lord Alfred Hayes COR 5/19/77 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Ray Stevens beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Samoan Strap Match Peter Maivia beat Angelo Mosca Pedro Morales beat Lord Alfred Hayes COR when Hayes walked back to the locker room Billy Robinson beat Roger Kirby Billy the Kid & Lord Littlebrook beat Wee Willie & Hillbilly Pete in 20:00 Billy Francis drew Moose Morowski Att: “crowd of 5,218” 5/20/77 Bloomington, MN Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson & Ray Stevens beat Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Peter Maivia beat Angelo Mosca Pedro Morales beat Roger Kirby Jim Brunzell drew Billy Francis Larry Hennig beat Moose Morowski 5/21/77 Moline TV Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Frank Hill & Puppy Dog Peloquin Nick Bockwinkel beat Scotty Campbell Bob Backlund beat Vito Martino Angelo Mosca beat Ray Strongbear Ray Stevens beat Bob Amel 5/21/77 Minneapolis TV Bob Backlund beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq Billy Francis beat Vito Martino Roger Kirby beat Peter Lee Lord Alfred Hayes beat Bob Amel 5/21/77 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser beat Ivan Koloff dq Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant dq No dq match Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia Billy Robinson beat Moose Morowski Spike Huber beat Igor Volkoff Billy Francis beat Paul Christy Moose Cholak beat Frank Hill 5/21/77 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ray Stevens & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan Pedro Morales beat Lord Alfred Hayes COR Bob Backlund drew Roger Kirby 5/21/77 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Terry Funk Ivan Putski beat Bruiser Brody dq Jose Lothario beat Great Goliath Gino Hernandez beat Carlos Payne Joe Blanchard drew Benny Matta Note: Special Saturday Night Card 5/25/77 Duluth, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum vs Jim Brunzell & Billy Robinson Angelo Mosca vs Billy Francis Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs Billy the Kid and Hillbilly Pete 5/26/77 Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Auditorium Jim Brunzell beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq Larry Hennig & Billy Robinson vs Blackjack Lanza & Roger Kirby Roger Kirby (sub Angelo Mosca) drew Billy Francis Farmer Pete & Wee Willie Wilson beat Cowboy Lang & Lord Littlebrook Notes: Bobby Duncum also no showed. The card was shuffled as a result. 5/28/77 Moline TV Billy Robinson beat Fred Torres Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Kenny Jay & Bob Backlund Pedro Morales beat Caesar Pabon Roger Kirby beat Angel Rivera Angelo Mosca beat Kid Samson 5/28/77 Minneapolis TV Repeat of 3/5/77 show 5/29/77 Houston, TX @ Summit Terry Funk drew AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel (sub Harley Race) Fritz Von Erich drew Bruiser Brody Bruno Sammartino beat Mike York Jose Lothario drew AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel Cyclone Negro beat Chavo Guerrero Women’s Champion Fabulous Moolah beat Susan Green Big John Studd beat Gino Hernandez Jimmy Snuka beat Muhammad Farouk 6/3/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum Larry Hennig ddq Angelo Mosca Jim Brunzell beat Steve Sybert (sub Bobby Heenan) Billy Francis drew Roger Kirby att: 2,614 6/3/77 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq at 20:35 when Bockwinkel tossed Stevens over the top rope Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales via pin in 15:10 Bob Backlund drew Greg Gagne 30:00 Lord Alfred Hayes beat Bennie Ramirez by submission with the Tower of London in 13:45 Steve Olsonoski beat George Gadaski (sub Bull Bullinski) via pin in 11:31 6/4/77 Moline TV Bob Backlund beat Frank Hill Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq Billy Francis beat Vito Martino Roger Kirby beat Peter Lee Lord Alfred Hayes beat Bob Amel 6/4/77 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Non Title Billy Robinson beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel in 16:26 Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca beat Ray Stevens & Pedro Morales in 26:18 Jim Brunzell & Billy Francis (sub Greg Gagne) & Bob Backlund drew Black Jack Lanza & Mad Dog Vachon & Bobby Duncum 30:00 Roger Kirby beat Armando Rodriguez (sub Billy Francis) in 10:04 Steve Olsonoski beat George Gadaski in 13:48 att: 4,276 6/5/77 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq when Nick hit the referee Jim Brunzell & Billy Francis (sub Greg Gagne) beat Angelo Mosca & Roger Kirby when Brunzell pinned Kirby Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales Bob Backlund no contest Billy Robinson George Gadaski drew Steve Olsonoski 6/9/77 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee Al DeRusha Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq when Bockwinkel tossed Stevens over the top rope AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell when Lanza pinned Brunzell after hitting Jim with a “foreign object” Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales with help from manager Lord Alfred Hayes Angelo Mosca beat Billy Francis in 16:00 Billy Robinson beat Wilbur Snyder Bob Backlund beat Roger Kirby Steve Olsonoski drew George Gadaski 15:00 Att: “enthusiastic crowd 6,500” 6/11/77 Moline TV Peter Maivia beat Buck Zumhofe Angelo Mosca beat Juan Valez Ray Stevens & Larry Hennig beat Dick Young & Armando Rodriguez Pedro Morales beat Kenny Jay Nick Bockwinkel beat Caesar Pabon 6/11/77 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Super Destroyer beat Peter Lee Billy Robinson beat Vito Martino Pedro Morales beat Kenny Jay 6/11/77 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens dq 6/16/77 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Bob Backlund & Bill Francis drew Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell Ray Stevens beat Bobby Duncum Angelo Mosca no contest Billy Robinson Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer Steve Olsonoski beat George Gadaski 6/17/77 St Louis, MO NWA Champion Harley Race beat Jack Brisco COR Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq WWWF Champion Superstar Billy Graham beat Bob Slaughter Bulldog Bob Brown & Ivan Koloff drew Rufus R Jones & Billy Robinson Pat O'Connor beat Bobby Jaggers Bob Sweetan beat Ron Starr Randy Tyler beat Wolf Wiskoski 6/17/77 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca beat Pedro Morales & Ray Stevens when Mosca pinned Morales in 17:59 Larry Hennig beat Lord Alfred Hayes COR Bob Backlund drew Roger Kirby Billy Francis beat Steve Olsonoski via pin 6/18/77 Moline TV Larry Hennig beat Max Blue Super Destroyer beat Tom DeMarco 2/3 Verne Gagne beat Mike Soma Nick Bockwinkel beat Julio Rodriguez Bob Backlund beat Angel Rivera 6/18/77 Minneapolis TV Nick Bockwinkel beat Juan Valez Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Roger Kirby & Pete Carlos Super Destroyer beat Caesar Pabon 6/18/77 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Billy Robinson & Ray Stevens dq Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer Wilbur Snyder beat Masked Strangler Bob Backlund dcor Greg Gagne Lord Alfred Hayes beat Art Thomas Jim Brunzell drew Bill Francis Note: Another listing has Bob Backlund beating Greg Gagne by countout 6/23/77 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca beat Pedro Morales & Ray Stevens dq Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza Jim Brunzell drew Bob Backlund Larry Hennig beat Roger Kirby COR Steve Olsonoski beat George Gadaski 6/24/77 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum to win the title. The decision was later reversed when it was pointed out that Gagne applied his sleeper on Lanza who was not the legal man in the ring. AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel drew Billy Robinson 60:00 Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales Larry Hennig ddq Angelo Mosca Greg Gagne beat Bulldog Bob Brown Jim Brunzell drew Bob Backlund Steve Olsonoski beat Roger Kirby dq att: 6,786 6/25/77 Moline TV Larry Hennig beat Frank Hill Super Destroyer beat Peter Lee Billy Robinson beat Vito Martino Pedro Morales beat Kenny Jay Angelo Mosca beat Bob Amel 6/25/77 Minneapolis TV Ray Stevens beat Julio Rodriguez Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Bob Brown & Angel Rivera Greg Gagne beat Rodeo Jones 6/25/77 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Samoan War Match Angelo Mosca beat Peter Maivia in 18:10 Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales via pin Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Boris Breznikoff Ray Stevens beat Blackjack Lanza via pin Bob Backlund drew Roger Kirby 20:00 att: 3,880 6/25/77 San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel vs Bruiser Brody 60:00 Jimmy Snuka & Jose Lothario vs Iron Sheik & Big John Studd Tommy Seigler vs Randy Colley Mike York vs Reno Tuufuli 6/26/77 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum dq Angelo Mosca no contest Larry Hennig Pedro Morales beat Super Destroyer Roger Kirby beat Steve Olsonoski 6/29/77 Davenport, IA @ Palmer Auditorium Billy Robinson & Bob Backlund & Larry Hennig beat Roger Kirby & Angelo Mosca & Super Destroyer Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza Bobby Heenan beat Greg Gagne dq Chris Markoff beat Steve Olsonoski
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