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1/1/63 Minneapolis, MN Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn to win AWA Tag Title Larry Hennig beat Karl Von Shoberg Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe Pepe Gonzales drew Johnny King Att: 2,929 1/2/63 Fargo, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Moose Evans AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Larry Hennig & Pepe Gonzales Karol Kalmikoff drew Pepe Gonzales 1/3/63 Rochester, MN Non Title Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Rocky Hamilton Gene Anderson beat Pepe Gonzales att: 1,900 Referee: Bill Kuusisto 1/5/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Crusher Bob Ellis beat Bob Orton Tex McKenzie beat Lee Henning Guy Mitchell beat Sonny Myers Att: 2,753 1/5/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmilkoff beat Larry Hennig & Rocky Hamilton 2/3 Moose Evans beat Stan Kowalski COR Dick Steinborn beat Gordon Nelson via pin Doug Gilbert beat Gene Anderson via pin Att: 2,225 1/7/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski & Rocky Hamilton Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe 2/3 Stan Kowalski drew Dick Steinborn 20:00 Note: The main event was originally scheduled to be an AWA Tag Title defense by Steinborn & Gilbert but they lost the AWA Tag Title to the Kalmikoffs 6 days before this card took place. 1/10/63 Rochester, MN Referee: Bill Kuusisto Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Crusher beat Gordon Nelson via pin in 17:00 Moose Evans beat Gene Anderson in 13:40 1/11/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Ivan Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn 2/3 Crusher beat Stan Kowalski Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans dq Gordon Nelson beat Johnny King via pin Att: 1,820 1/15/63 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory Doug Gilbert (sub Rocky Hamilton) beat Moose Evans 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Jack Lanza & Gordon Nelson 2-0 Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gordon Nelson Note: Hamilton reportedly was suffering from a knee injury 1/16/63 Fargo, ND AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn Rocky Hamilton no contest Crusher Gordon Nelson beat Eddie Sharkey 1/17/63 Rochester, MN Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq Rocky Hamilton beat Dick Steinborn via pin in 12:01 Crusher beat Moose Evans via pin in 14:42 Karol Kalmikoff beat Gordon Nelson in 23:40 Att: 1,100 Referees: Pepe Gonzales and Joe Snyder 1/18/63 Winona, MN @ Memorial Hall AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans & Jack Lanza 2/3 Rocky Hamilton beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Jack Lanza beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq 1/20/63 St. Paul, MN No dq, No Time Limit, Special Referee: Moose Evans AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Crusher via pin AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Moose Evans Rocky Hamilton beat Gordon Nelson via pin Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski Att: 10,284 1/22/63 Minneapolis, MN Rocky Hamilton won a 12 man Battle Royal Rocky Hamilton beat Gordon Nelson via pin in 14:56 Doug Gilbert drew Bob Geigel 30:00 Jack Pesek beat Johnny King via pin in 14:22 att: 1900 1/23/63 Rochester, MN Dick Steinborn won an 8 man battle royal Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gordon Nelson in 14:30 Dick Steinborn beat Bob Geigel dq att: 1,327 1/24/63 St Cloud, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Rocky Hamilton in 3rd fall Jack Lanza beat Jack Pesek 2/3 Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe via pin att: 500 1/24/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Frenchy Champagne, Non Title Match AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Gene Kiniski & Crusher 2/3 1 Ivan pinned Kiniski in 12:00 2 Kiniski beat Ivan in 5:00 3 Karol pinned Crusher Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brawner (sub Kinji Shibuya) with a bear hug in 8:00 Gord Nelson (sub Doug Gilbert) & Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski & Duke Hoffman (sub Rocky Hamilton) 2/3 1 Hoffman beat Nelson 2 Nelson beat Hoffman 3 Steinborn beat Kowalski in 15:30 Ed Sharkey (sub Pepe Gonzales) beat Johnny King Att: “crowd of close to 3,000” Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine 1/26/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn Hercules Cortez beat Gene Anderson via pin Doug Gilbert beat Gordon Nelson via pin Jack Pesek beat Duke Hoffman with a cobra hold Att: 2,695 1/29/63 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Rocky Hamilton Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Duke Hoffman & Stan Kowalski Hercules Cortez beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Jack Pesek beat Gordon Nelson Att: 2,939 1/30/63 Fargo, ND AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Crusher 1/31/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Referee Speedy Gonzales AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn & Moose Evans on a 3rd fall dq Hercules Cortez beat Duke Hoffman 2-0 Ivan Kalmikoff drew Dick Steinborn 20:00 Att: "Slim" 2/2/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Sheik Fritz Von Erich beat Crusher Waldo Von Erich beat Gordy Nelson The Rebel beat Big Dan Evans Ann Regan beat Peggy King Att: 2,597 2/2/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champion Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Hercules Cortez beat Duke Hoffman Jack Lanza beat ? Jack Pesek beat ? Att: 2,758 2/7/63 Rochester, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Rocky Hamilton in 24:24 Handicap Match Moose Evans beat Gene Anderson & Karl Von Schober in 16:07 Jack Pesek beat Jack Lanza via pin in 20:50 Doug Gilbert beat Johnny King via pin in 14:33 att: 2,132 2/7/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Match Gene Kiniski & Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff 2/3 1 Kiniski pinned Ivan in 11:40 2 Ivan pinned Crusher 3 Crusher pinned Karol Dick Steinborn beat Stan Kowalski 2/3 1 Kowalski beat Steinborn 2 Steinborn beat Kowalski 3 Steinborn beat Kowalski Hercules Cortez beat Kurt Von Brawner in 4:00 Gordy Nelson beat Duke Hoffman dq Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine 2/9/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff drew Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert 60:00 Handicap Match Moose Evans beat Karl Von Schober & Karl Von Brauner 2-0 in 16:05 Evans pinned both men Jack Pesek beat Tony Nero in 15:05 Jack Lanza beat Duke Hoffman via pin Att: 2,920 Note: Lanza was billed as a former Italian Heavyweight Champion. 2/9/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat The Rebel Hercules Cortez beat Stan Kowalski Rocky Hamilton drew Bobby Managoff Gordon Nelson beat George McArthur Att: 3,368 2/10/63 Austin, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn & Moose Evans on a 3rd fall dq Doug Gilbert beat Johnny King (sub Stan Kowalski) Dick Steinborn beat Karol Kalmikoff Att: “jam-packed” 700 2/13/63 Mankato, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff no contest Doug Gilbert & Hercules Cortez Jack Pesek beat Duke Hoffman Doug Gilbert beat Karol Kalmikoff Referee: Joe Snyder 2/14/63 Rochester, MN Crusher & Rocky Hamilton beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Handicap Match Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans when Evans couldn't pin either in 30 minutes Hercules Cortez beat Duke Hoffman Referee: Jack Pesek att: 1,182 2/15/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Non Title Death Match Crusher beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne when Gagne suffered a broken shoulder in the 5th fall Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn & Moose Evans beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff & Rocky Hamilton Eddie Sharkey beat Johnny King Jack Pesek beat Gordon Nelson Hercules Cortez beat Stan Kowalski via pin Referee: Bill Kuusisto Att: 10,802 2/16/63 Waterloo, IA @ Hippodrome Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Pat O’Connor Plus 3 other matches 2/19/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Boot Match Crusher beat Moose Evans via pin in 18:10 Hercules Cortez beat Karol Kalmikoff via pin Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Pesek via pin Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kamilkoff Dick Steinborn beat Gordon Nelson via pin Att: 5,220 2/21/63 Rochester, MN Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert & Moose Evans beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff & Rocky Hamilton Crusher beat Stan Kowalski Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff 30:00 Att: 821 Referee: Duke Hoffman 2/22/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Hercules Cortez won a 12 man battle royal Dick Steinborn beat Karol Kalmikoff dq in 18:00 Kinji Shibuya beat Jack Lanza with a sleeper hold in 12:00 Gene Kiniski beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff Haystack Calhoun beat Duke Hoffman Att: “crowd of 4,000 highly excited wrestling fans with hundreds of others turned away” Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine 2/24/63 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory Moose Evans vs Rocky Hamilton 2/3 60:00 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 60:00 Ivan Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert 2/26/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Referee Johnny King Crusher beat Hercules Cortez dq AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Rocky Hamilton beat Duke Hoffman via pin Jack Pesek beat Stan Kowalski Att: 5,696 2/27/63 Mankato, MN Hercules Cortez & Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Duke Hoffman (sub Karol Kalmikoff) Dick Steinborn beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff 2/28/63 St Cloud, MN Hercules Cortez beat Moose Evans 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Stan Kowalski 2/3 Duke Hoffman beat Johnny King (sub Jack Lanza) 3/2/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Jack Lanza & Jack Pesek 2/3 Jack Lanza drew Karol Kalmikoff Att: 500 3/7/63 Fargo, ND Crusher beat Moose Evans AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff 3/8/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Red Eakin Gene Kiniski beat Bruno Sammartino via pin Referee Bob Brown Whipper Billy Watson beat Kinji Shibuya on a 3rd fall dq when Kinji hit referee Brown with a judo chop after Watson ducked Hercules Cortez beat Moose Evans in 35:00 Crusher beat Dick Steinborn Doug Gilbert beat Rocky Hamilton in 12:00 Att: “near sellout crowd” 3/9/63 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Crusher beat Hercules Cortez 2/3 Doug Gilbert won a 6 man battle royal Larry Hennig drew Jack Pesek 30:00 Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer via pin Jack Lanza beat Duke Hoffman via pin in 18:20 Att: 10,783, gate: $22,173 a local record 3/10/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Referee Floyd Ude Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq 1. Ivan beat Steinborn 2. Steinborn beat Ivan by submission with an abdominal stretch 3. The Kalmikoffs were dq’ed Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek with a sleeper hold in the 3rd fall Ivan Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn in 12:00 with a reverse Boston crab 3/10/63 Rochester, MN Rocky Hamilton beat Hercules Cortez dq Crusher vs Moose Evans Jack Lanza vs Duke Hoffman Kay Noble vs Annette Palmer Att: 1,485 3/12/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn Moose Evans beat Duke Hoffman Hercules Cortez beat Juan Hernandez Larry Hamilton beat Jack Pesek Jack Lanza beat Tony Nero 3/13/63 Little Falls, MN @ Junior High School Gym AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert & Jack Pesek Rocky Hamilton vs Hercules Cortez Note: The City might be Brainerd. 3/14/63 Paynesville, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Dick Steinborn & Jack Pesek Rocky Hamilton vs Doug Gilbert Ivan Kalmikoff vs Dick Steinborn 3/15/63 Mabel, MN @ High School AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Jack Lanza & Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert vs Rocky Hamilton Karol Kalmikoff vs Jack Lanza 3/16/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Dick Steinborn 2/3 Moose Evens beat Karol Kalmikoff dq Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff Guy Taylor drew Duke Hoffman 3/17/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans & Hercules Cortez dq Crusher beat Sonny Myers via pin in 20:06 Doug Gilbert beat Guy Taylor via pin Dick Steinborn beat Juan Hernandez Larry Hennig put Tony Nero to sleep with his good-night hold Att: 5,593 Referee: Duke Hoffman 3/20/63 Fargo, ND Crusher no contest Hercules Cortez Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Jack Lanza beat Juan Hernandez 3/22/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Canadian Open Tag Team Title Tournament First Round Gene Kiniski & Fritz Von Goering beat Cowboy Carlson & Dan Miller when Kiniski pinned Carlson Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn beat Bulldog Brower & Crusher Whipper Billy Watson & Hercules Cortez beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff but Watson was injured and could not compete in the rest of the tournament. Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa bye Second Round Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa beat Gene Kiniski & Fritz Von Goering Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert bye Final Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa beat Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert 2/3 to claim the vacant Canadian Open Tag Team Title 1 Arakawa beat Gilbert with a claw hold 2 Gilbert pinned Shibuya 3 Shibuya beat Steinborn Att: “More than 5,000 wrestling fans” Note: The Canadian Open Tag Team Title was the recognized tag title in Winnipeg at this time. The AWA Tag Team Title was not recognized. 3/23/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee Joe Snyder Crusher no contest Moose Evans Doug Gilbert beat Rocky Hamilton dq Handicap match Hercules Cortez beat Juan Hernandez & Tony Nero Jack Lanza beat Eddie Sharkey Guy Taylor beat Pepe Gonzales 3/24/63 Chippewa Falls, WI @ Senior High School Gym (evening show) Referee Joe Snyder AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff no contest Dick Steinborn & Doug Gilbert in 3rd fall 1 Steinborn pinned Ivan 2 Karol pinned Gilbert 3 Referee Joe Snyder disqualified both teams. A ring rope came loose and he lost control of the match. Rocky Hamilton dcor Hercules Cortez in 3rd fall 1 Cortez won 2 Hamilton won 3 both men were counted out of the ring Jack Lanza (sub Johnny King) beat Pepe Gonzales in 17:00 when Gonzales injured his arm and could not continue Att: 2,000 Notes from George Lentz: Originally Gene Anderson was scheduled to be on it. His name disappeared and then the line-up was announced as: Kalmikoffs defending against Cortez and Gilbert; Steinborn vs. Hamilton; Lanza vs. Juan Hernandez. Then they changed the card, saying Steinborn and Cortez would switch spots as Steinborn was a more experienced tag team wrestler. The opener then was announced as Johnny King vs. Pepe Gonzales. Some of the wrestlers ended up being delayed the night of the card (no doubt arriving from Rochester, MN so Lanza and Gilbert came out and gave an explanation of the rules and a bit of a wrestling demonstration to stall for time. 3/24/63 Rochester, MN (afternoon show) Rocky Hamilton beat Hercules Cortez via pin in 18:15 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn & Moose Evans 2/3 Guy Taylor beat Juan Hernandez via pin 3/25/63 Mason City, IA @ Roosevelt Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Hercules Cortez & Jack Landis? (sub Doug Gilbert) 2/3 Dick Steinborn beat Pepe Gonzales (sub Rocky Hamilton) 2-0 Jack Landis? (sub Doug Gilbert) beat Ivan Kalmikoff Note: Probably Jack Lanza 3/26/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Hercules Cortez beat Moose Evans via pin in 9:21 Crusher beat Rocky Hamilton via pin in 6:02 Dick Steinborn drew Ivan Kalmikoff 30:00 Karol Kalmikoff beat Johnny King via pin in 11:53 Guy Taylor beat Juan Hernandez via pin Att: 3,737 3/28/63 Mankato, MN Hercules Cortez beat Rocky Hamilton 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Juan Hernandez in 18:00 Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer 2/3 Crusher was scheduled to wrestle Moose Evans but the match did not appear in the results clipping. 3/28/63 St Cloud, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Jack Lanza beat Guy Taylor (sub Duke Hoffman) Floyd Uderman (Ude) beat Tony Nero via pin 3/29/63 Leroy, MN @ Ostrander High.School Gym The Crusher vs Dick Steinborn Jack Lanza vs Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Hennig vs Juan Hernandez 3/29/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center Hercules Cortez beat Ivan Kalmikoff 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Rocky Hamilton dq Guy Taylor beat Duke Hoffman via pin Att: 500 3/30/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Hercules Cortez & Dick Steinborn beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza Guy Taylor beat Ted Christy via pin Eddie Sharkey beat Juan Hernandez Referee Tony Nero Att: 2,088 3/30/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Crusher ddq Waldo Von Erich Fritz Von Erich beat Doug Gilbert Kathy Starr beat Christa Clark Joe Scarpello beat Blackjack Daniels Att: 1,700 4/2/63 Austin, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Dick Steinborn & Guy Taylor (sub Hercules Cortez) 2/3 1. Steinborn pinned Karol in 15:00 after a series of drop kicks 2. Karol pinned Steinborn 3. Ivan pinned Taylor in 8:45 Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Lanza 2/3 1. Lanza beat Hamilton in 8:30 2. Hamilton beat Lanza with a backbreaker 3. Hamilton pinned Lanza in 1:00 Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer via pin in 13:20 after a series of dropkicks Referee: Larry Hennig 4/5/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Waldo Von Erich dq Doug Gilbert beat Crusher COR Duke Hoffman beat Guy Mitchell Bobby Managoff drew Jack Pesek Att: 3,249 4/7/63 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Special Referee: Butch Levy Hercules Cortez beat Crusher COR AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn 2/3 Kay Noble & Annette Palmer & Jessica Rogers beat Kathy Starr & Mars Monroe & Ann Regan Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Lanza Larry Hennig beat Ted Christy Att: 4,121 4/9/63 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 Handicap match Hercules Cortez beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Rocky Hamilton beat Dick Steinborn Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza Att: 1,816 4/13/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Non Title Texas Death Cage Match Waldo Von Erich beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne Doug Gilbert beat Fritz Von Erich dq Duke Hoffman drew Ernie Dusek Rocky Hamilton beat Guy Mitchell Att: 3,581 4/13/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Hercules Cortez beat Bulldog Lee Henning Crusher beat Larry Hennig in 10:10 Bearcat Wright beat Texas Bob Geigel Kay Noble beat Kathy Starr to win the womans world title (vacated by June Byers) Jessica Rogers beat Mars Monroe via pin Att: 1,824 4/15/63 Little Falls, MN @ Junior High School Gym AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Rocky Hamilton Also In Action: Ivan Kalmikoff, Karol Kalmikoff, Doug Gilbert and Guy Taylor 4/16/63 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Bearcat Wright Doug Gilbert beat Larry Hennig dq in 18:02 Hercules Cortez beat Jack Pesek in 16:55 Eddie Sharkey beat Pepe Gonzalez via pin in 11:14 Guy Taylor beat Ted Christy via pin Att: 2,746 4/18/63 Rochester, MN Hercules Cortez beat Rocky Hamilton in 20:21 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Jack Pesek 2/3 Guy Taylor beat Ted Christy via pin in 9:54 att: 1,000 4/19/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Frenchy Champagne Gene Kiniski ddq Kinji Shibuya Non Title Match Verne Gagne (sub Dick Steinborn) & Doug Gilbert beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff when Gagne pinned Karol in the 3rd fall Whipper Billy Watson beat Fritz Von Goering COR Cowboy Carlson beat Ted Christy Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine 4/20/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Butch Levy & Hercules Cortez beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Crusher beat Jack Pesek via pin in 11:20 Doug Gilbert beat Rocky Hamilton dq in 18:10 Guy Taylor beat Fred Hackenschmidt via pin in 13:15 Referee Bill Kuusisto Att: 2,052 4/24/63 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Rocky Hamilton 2/3 60:00 Hercules Cortez vs Karol Kalmikoff 2/3 45:00 Juan Hernandez vs Eddie Sharkey 30:00 4/25/63 Mankato, MN Hercules Cortez & Doug Gilbert beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Rocky Hamilton beat Guy Taylor Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff 4/26/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Karol Kalmikoff 2/3 Referee Bill Kuusisto Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor via pin Att: 501 4/27/63 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Hercules Cortez 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Joe Scarpello 2/3 Crusher beat Butch Levy in 12:40 Women’s Champion Kay Noble beat Jessica Rogers via pin in 11:15 Rocky Hamilton beat Bob Boyer in 9:10 Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Green via pin in 9:20 Att: 5,619 4/29/63 Mason City, IA @ Roosevelt Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Hercules Cortez & Dick Steinborn Rocky Hamilton vs Doug Gilbert Guy Taylor vs Juan Hernandez 4/30/63 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Crusher & Rocky Hamilton Crusher and Hamilton fought among themselves Hercules Cortez beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 11:00 Butch Levy beat Tiny Mills via pin in 23:43 Doug Gilbert beat Guy Taylor via pin in 16:02 Att: 2,851 5/3/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Waldo Von Erich Duke Hoffman beat Bobby Managoff Hercules Cortez beat Larry Hennig Guy Mitchell drew Jack Pesek (sub Archie Gouldie) Att: 2,996 5/3/63 St Cloud, MN Crusher vs Doug Gilbert Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Butch Levy & Floyd Ude Kay Noble vs Mars Monroe 5/4/63 South St. Paul, MN @ Wakota Arena Crusher beat Ivan Kalmikoff Don McClarty beat Bob Boyer via pin Doug Gilbert beat Pedro Gordy via pin Butch Levy beat Karol Kalmikoff dq Hercules Cortez beat Roy Collins va pin Att: 2,158 5/7/63 Minneapolis, MN Death match Crusher beat Hercules Cortez in 22:45 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Larry Hennig & Tiny Mills dq Butch Levy beat Bob Orton Sr in 15:15 Don McClarty beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 9:23 Referee: Joe Snyder Att: 3,145 5/9/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Two Referees Frency Champagne & Red Eakin Kinji Shibuya beat Gene Kiniski 2/3 1 Shibuya pinned Kiniski 2 Kiniski beat Shibuya 3 Shibuya pinned Kiniski after Mitsu Arakawa tripped Gene Non Title Match Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq Crusher beat Hercules Cortez Mitsu Arakawa beat Pepe Gonzales in 15:00 Att: “crowd of over 3,000” 5/10/63 Rochester, MN Crusher vs Moose Evans 5/10/63 St. Joseph, MO @ Auditorium Pat O'Connor beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq Rock Hunter beat Larry Hamilton on a 3rd fall COR Jessica Rogers & Cowboy Bradley beat Barbara Baker & Tiny Roe Steve Bolus drew Joe Scarpello 15:00 Steve Kovacs beat Bob Orton dq Att: 1,800 5/11/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Fritz Von Erich & Waldo Von Erich beat Verne Gagne & Don Leo Jonathan Pat O'Connor beat Roy Collins Doug Gilbert beat Guy Mitchell Bobby Managoff drew Larry Hennig Att: 2,634 5/11/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy & Tiny Mills 2/3 Rocky Hamilton beat Bill Green via pin in 16:20 Don McClarty beat Blackjack Daniels via pin in 17:50 Guy Taylor beat Paul DeMarco via pin in 16:15 Att: 1,678 5/13/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Frenchy Semard & Tiny Tim vs Tiny Bell & Pee Wee James Ivan Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert Frenchy Semard vs Tiny Bell 5/14/63 Minneapolis, MN Crusher beat Butch Levy Don McClarty beat Karol Kalmikoff via pin Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff Marcel Semard & Tiny Bell beat Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor Att: 1,984 5/15/63 Duluth, MN Don McClarty & Doug Gilbert beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff dq Tiny Bell & Marcel Semard beat Pee Wee Lopez & Irish Jackie Doug Gilbert no contest Ivan Kalmikoff 5/17/63 Albert Lea, MN @ National Guard Armory Crusher beat Ivan Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq Referee Tiny Bell Pee Wee Lopez beat Chico Santana Blackjack Daniels (sub Karol Kalmikoff) beat Don McClarty Notes: Last Card of the Season. Tiny Bell was reportedly injured in a car accident on the way to the show so the midget tag bout became a one on one match instead of a tag team match. 5/18/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreation Center The Crusher vs Doug Gilbert 2/3 60:00 Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez vs Tiny Bell & Tiny Tim 2/3 60:00 Chico Santana vs Tiny Bell 5/20/63 Mason City, IA @ Roosevelt Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty Tiny Bell & Tiny Timm vs Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana 5/23/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Ronnie Etchison beat Kinji Shibuya on a 3rd fall dq when referee Frenchy Champagne saw Mitsu Arakawa trip Etchison Gene Kiniski beat Mitsu Arakawa 2/3 1 Arakawa beat Kiniski 2 Kiniski beat Arakawa 3 Kiniski beat Arakawa Marcel Semard & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana Karol Kalmikoff drew Joe Brunetti 20:00 Att: “crowd of around 3,000” Promoter John Cyclone Macalpine 5/24/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Duke Hoffman Bill Miller ddq Waldo Von Erich Dolly Darcel beat Baby Cheryl AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Guy Mitchell Att: 3,139 5/25/63 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Missouri Rules match, Special Referee: Tiny Mills Crusher beat Rocky Hamilton Hamilton was unconscious Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff & Waldo Von Erich Little Boy Blue & Marcel Semard beat Chico Santana & Pepe Lopez Butch Levy beat Duke Hoffman via pin Att: 6,487 5/26/63 Austin, MN @ Armory Ivan Kalmikoff vs Doug Gilbert Pee Wee James & Tiny Bell vs Frenchy Semard & Tiny Tim Tiny Bell vs Frenchy Semard This card was originally set for May 13 but was postponed when midgets could not appear. 5/27/63 Chippewa Falls, WI @ High School Gym Crusher Lisowski beat Doug Gilbert 2/3 in 42:00 1 Crusher won 2 Gilbert won in 36:00 3 Crusher won AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy & Don McClarty 2/3 1 One of the Kalmikoffs beat Levy in 30:00 2 Levy pinned Ivan 3 Karol pinned McClarty Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor via pin in 22:00 Att: 500 5/28/63 Minneapolis, MN Referee Larry Hennig AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert dq Don McClarty beat Stan Kowalski via pin in 20:53 Waldo Von Erich beat Guy Taylor via pin in 7:20 Tiny Mills beat Duke Hoffman in 13:45 Att: 1,911 5/30/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Amarillo World Champion Dory Funk Jr when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1. Dory Jr beat Gagne with the spinning toe hold in 19:00 2. Gagne beat Dory Jr with the sleeper hold in 55:32 3. The 60 minute time limit expired before either man could score the winning fall Referee Billy Romanoff Tokyo Tom beat Dory Funk Sr 2/3 after Sputnik Monroe interfered Bob Ellis & Wahoo McDaniel & Ricky Romero beat Killer Karl Kox & Mike DiBiase & Sputnik Monroe when Wahoo pinned Kox in 10:25 Jose Lothario beat Dick Dunn with an abdominal stretch in 9:48 6/1/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher no contest Ivan Kalmikoff Pat O'Connor vs Tiny Mills Doug Gilbert vs Karol Kalmikoff Don McClarty vs Jerry Hannigan 6/3/63 MN @ Municipal Stadium Doug Gilbert vs Dale Lewis Jessica Rogers vs Kay Noble Jack Lanza & Billy Red Cloud vs Larry Hennig & Bob Geigel 6/4/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Crusher beat Pat O'Connor COR Don McClarty beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq Doug Gilbert beat Karol Kalmikoff via pin Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills beat Jack Pesek & Jerry Hannigan Eddie Sharkey beat Blackjack Daniels via pin Referee: Joe Snyder Att: 1,520 6/6/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Verne Gagne won a 10 man battle royal for $2,000 Special Referee: Whipper Billy Watson Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa beat Gene Kiniski & Ronnie Etchison 2/3 1 Shibuya beat Kiniski in 14:00 2 Kiniski beat Shibuya “a few minutes later” 3 Shibuya pinned Etchison Dan Miller beat Larry Hennig Doug Gilbert beat Jack Pesek Joe Brunetti beat Blackjack Daniels Don McClarty beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq Att: “some 4,000 winnipeg fans” Also in Battle Royal: The Crusher 6/15/63 St. Paul, MN Crusher beat Waldo Von Erich Non Title Lumberjack match Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel dq Don McClarty beat Red Grupe Eddie Sharkey beat Jerry Hannigan via pin 6/19/63 Lubbock, TX @ Fair Park Coliseum Dory Funk Jr won a 13 man Battle Royal (other participants: Dory Funk Sr, Verne Gagne, Fritz Von Erich, Tony Borne, Jose Lothario, Bob Geigel, Tokyo Tom, Dick Dunn, Roy McClarity, Bill Romanoff, Alex Perez, Wahoo McDaniel) Fritz Von Erich beat Verne Gagne dq Dory Funk Jr & Bob Geigel & Jose Lothario beat Tony Borne & Dick Dunn & Tokyo Tom Judy Glover beat Marge Ramsey (sub Peggy Allen) 6/20/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena North American Title Match, Referee Don Slatton Verne Gagne beat North American Champion Dory Funk Sr on a 3rd fall dq 1. Gagne beat Funk Sr with a sleeper hold in 12:30 2. Funk Sr beat Gagne with a spinning toe hold in 9:43 3. Funk Sr would not release his spinning toe hold while Gagne had reached the ropes in 10:10 Dory Funk Jr & Bob Geigel beat Tony Borne & Tokyo Tom on a 3rd fall dq Jose Lothario beat Dick Dunn via pin in 19:00 Judy Glover beat Mary Carpenter via pin in 10:38 Billy Romanoff beat Roy McClarty via pin in 10:12 Note: Gagne's AWA Title not mentioned in the newspaper clipping. 6/25/63 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne no contest Larry Hennig Crusher beat Jack Pesek AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty 2/3 Iron Mike DiBiase beat Joe Tomasso via pin Att: 3,012 6/28/63 Lewiston, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Don McClarty 2/3 1. Kalmikoffs won 1st fall in 7:15 2. Gilbert & McClarty won 2nd fall in 3:55 3. Kalmikoffs won 3rd fall in 3:55 Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer 2/3 Doug Gilbert beat Karol Kalmikoff in 10:45 Att: 1,500 6/29/63 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski Don McClarty beat Joe "Tiger" Tomasso via pin Doug Gilbert no contest Iron Mike DiBiase Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer Referee: Larry Hennig 6/29/63 Waterloo, IA @ Hippodrome AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Bob Orton The Medics vs Steve Bolus & Steve Kovacs Bob Geigel vs Ray Gordon Sonny Myers vs Rock Hunter Steve Bolus vs Medic II 7/3/63 St. Cloud, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Ivan Kalmikoff Doug Gilbert vs Larry Hennig Don McClarty vs Karol Kalmikoff 7/9/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Referee Floyd Ude The Crusher beat Verne Gagne on a 3rd fallCOR to win AWA Title with help from Dick the Bruiser AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski Dick the Bruiser beat Doug Gilbert via pin in 16:47 Don McClarty beat Maurice Vachon via pin in 9:58 Eddie Sharkey beat Joe Tomasso via pin in 10:23 Att: 8,065 7/11/63 Eau Claire, WI @ Carson Park AWA Champion The Crusher vs Don McClarty AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff vs Eddie Sharkey & Larry Hennig Ivan Kalmikoff vs Eddie Sharkey Note: Newspaper does not mention Crusher's AWA Title or the Kalmikoffs AWA Tag Team Title. 7/17/63 Paynesville, MN @ Ball Park AWA Champion The Crusher vs Don McClarty Baby Cheryl vs Darling Dagmar Karol Kalmikoff vs Jerry Hannigan 7/20/63 Minneapolis, MN Special Referee: Joe Blanchard Verne Gagne beat The Crusher to regain AWA Title Jack Pesek & Roy McClarty beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills Iron Mike DiBiase beat Billy Goelz via pin Larry Hennig beat Paul Christy via pin in 9:28 Darling Dagmar beat Baby Cheryl via pin in 10:03 Att: 7,039 7/26/63 Winona, MN @ Gabrych Park The Crusher beat Ivan Kalmikoff with a full nelson in the 3rd fall Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe 2/3 Roy McClarty beat Karol Kalmikoff by default Att: 400 7/27/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Fritz Von Erich beat Verne Gagne to win AWA World Title Fuji Tanaka beat Guy Mitchell Mike DiBiase beat Dory Funk Don Whittler beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Att: 1,875 8/1/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena Non Title Match AWA Champion Fritz Von Erich vs Dory Funk Jr Masked Rasputin vs Mr Kleen Tokyo Tom vs Jose Lothario Ricky Romero vs Killer Karl Kox Handicap Match Leo Newman vs Sputnik Monroe 8/3/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Omaha and AWA Champion Fritz Von Erich drew Verne Gagne Fuji Tanaka beat Waldo Von Erich Rocky Hamilton beat Harley Race Dory Funk Jr. beat Gene Hamilton Millie Stafford beat Kathy Starr Att: 3,016 8/3/63 Minneapolis, MN Haystack Calhoun won a 15 man battle royal Order of elimination from first to last Gary Kevins, Stan Kowalski, Paul Christy, Larry Hennig, Don McClarty, Iron Mike DiBiase, Bill Wright, Bill Green, Pat O'Connor, Butch Levy, Bruiser and Karol Kalmikoff (together), Ivan Kalmikoff and last man The Crusher. Haystack Calhoun beat Red Grupe via pin in 4:15 Dick The Bruiser beat Jack Thornton via pin in 7:02 Don McClarty beat Stan Kowalski via pin Larry Hennig beat Gary Kevins via pin in 10:15 Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Green via pinin 9:59 Att: 7,386 8/5/63 Austin, MN @ Mower County Fair Haystacks Calhoun vs Mad Russian 8/7/63 Mankato, MN Haystack Calhoun won an 8 man battle royal Order of Elimination 1 Eddie Sharkey 2 Don McClarty 3 Gene Anderson 4 Tiny Mills 5 Ivan Kalmikoff 6 Karol Kalmikoff 7 Butch Levy Karol Kalmikoff drew Don McClarty Butch Levy beat Gene Anderson Eddie Sharkey beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq 8/8/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena Verne Gagne beat Fritz Von Erich 2/3 to regain AWA Title 1. Von Erich beat Gagne with the Iron Claw in 8:30 2. Gagne beat Von Erich with a Sleeper Hold in 9:55 3. Gagne pinned Von Erich in 14:20 Dory Funk Sr & Dory Funk Jr beat Sputnik Monroe & Tokyo Tom on a 2nd fall dq Masked Rasputin beat Ricky Romero in 8:50 with a Rasputin Crab hold Leo Newman beat Bob Geigel who failed to pin Newman in 5 minutes Jose Lothario beat Killer Karl Kox in 6:05 Enrique Torres beat Billy Romanoff in 7:17 8/10/63 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Fence Match AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig in 21:15 The Crusher beat Haystack Calhoun 2/3 AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy & Don McClarty Eddie Sharkey beat Gene Anderson via pin in 18:30 Iron Mike DiBiase beat Stan Kowalski via pin in 12:15 Att: 6,064 8/12/63 Blue Earth, MN @ Carnival Grandstand AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Ivan Kalmikoff vs Don McClarty & Eddie Sharkey 2/3 60:00 Larry Hennig vs Jerry Hannigan 2/3 45:00 Karol Kalmikoff vs Eddie Sharkey 20:00 8/12/63 New Ulm, MN Battle Royal Tiny Mills beat Bill Wright 8/15/63 St. Cloud, MN Haystack Calhoun won an 8 man battle royal by eliminating Crusher The Crusher beat Karol Kalmikoff Butch Levy beat Larry Hennig Don McClarty beat Stan Kowalski 8/16/63 Winona, MN @ Gabrych Park Haystack Calhoun won an 8 Man Battle Royal by eliminating The Crusher Ivan Kalmikoff beat Eddie Sharkey Stan Kowalski beat Larry Hennig dq Karol Kalmikoff beat Don McClarty Att: 700 Note: Paul Christy and Tiny Mills were advertised for the card but did not appear in the results clipping. 8/20/63 Minneapolis, MN Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff to win AWA tag title Haystack Calhoun beat Mike DiBiase via pin in 9:45 Don McClarty beat Tiny Mills via pin in 13:45 Larry Hennig beat Jack Allen via pin in 10:03 Paul Christy beat Bill Wright via pin in 6:45 Att: 5,408 8/23/63 Mankato, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Marquis De Paree Rene Goulet beat Marquis De Paree 8/28/63 Lubbock, TX @ Fair Park Coliseum AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dory Funk Sr 2/3 Ricky Romero beat Rasputin Art Nelson beat Treach Phillips Sputnik Monroe & Tokyo Tom beat Joe Blanchard & Jose Lothario Att: 6,000 8/29/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dory Funk Jr 2/3 Joe Blanchard & Dory Funk Sr & Ricky Romero beat Sputnik Monroe & Art Nelson & Tokyo Tom 2/3 Lou Newman beat Treach Phillips who failed to beat Newman in 5 minutes Masked Rasputin beat Jose Lothario COR 8/31/63 Minneapolis TV Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Jerry Hannigan & Eddie Sharkey Crusher beat Lorne Corlette Paul Christy beat Bill Green Stan Kowalski drew Bill Wright 8/31/63 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Roy McClarty Crusher beat Haystack Calhoun Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Paul Christy & Stan Kowalski Larry Hennig no contest Tiny Mills Bill Wright drew Eddie Sharkey Att: 3,800 9/7/63 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher ddq Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Larry Hennig drew Don McClarty 30:00 Paul Christy beat Bill Wright via pin in 18:00 Stan Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey via pin Att: 5,006 9/7/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Omaha Champion Fritz Von Erich on a 3rd fall COR to unify the two titles Referee Ernie Dusek Waldo Von Erich ddq Mitsu Arakawa Guy Mitchell & Don Whittler beat Rocky Hamilton & Bulldog Danny Plechas 2/3 Bob Geigel drew Jack Pesek 15:00 Att: 4,012 9/13/63 Denver, CO @ Coliseum AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Fritz Von Erich 2/3 1 Von Erich beat Gagne in 8:20 2 Gagne beat Von Erich in 5:53 3 Gagne beat Von Erich in 7:07 Southwest Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Tokyo Tom beat Buddy Fuller & Dale Lewis 2/3 1 Monroe & Tom beat Fuller & Lewis in 10:19 2 Fuller & Lewis beat Monroe & Tom 3 Monroe and Tom beat Fuller & Lewis in 11:40 The Sheik beat The Lawman Ricky Romero beat Rasputin Att: 2,000 fans 9/16/63 Duluth, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty Rene Goulet beat Marquis DeParee Paul Christy beat Duke Hoffman 9/21/63 Minneapolis, MN Dick the Bruiser beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Don McClarty beat Larry Hennig Rene Goulet beat Marquis de Paree Paul Christy & Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Wright & George Catalina Drake Att: 4,501 9/24/63 Kansas City, MO @ Municipal Auditorium AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Rock Hunter Pat O’Connor vs Fritz Von Erich Bob Geigel vs The Sheik Mongolian Stomper vs Enrique Torres Black Orchid vs Jose Garcia Jack Allen vs Johnny Kace referee Richard Moody NOTE: Rock Hunter was billed as the United States heavyweight champion. 9/25/63 Mankato, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty George Drake beat Mitsu Arakawa Larry Hennig vs Marquis DeParee 10/3/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena The Sheik beat Dory Funk Jr COR in 6:02 after burning Dory Jr with a fireball and Dory Jr could not return to the ring for the 2nd fall AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dale Lewis 2/3 1. Lewis beat Gagne in 12:20 2. Gagne pinned Lewis in 13:20 after two dropkicks 3. Gagne pinned Lewis in 13:35 Referee Treach Phillips Tokyo Tom beat Luis Martinez via pin in 11:45 after an illegal karate thrust Sputnik Monroe drew Ricky Romero Joe Gump beat Rudy Kay with a neckbreaker in 6:30 10/4/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mitsu Arakawa beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne dq Stan "Krusher" Kowalski drew Bobby Managoff Mongolian Stomper beat Jim Grabmire Duke Hoffman drew Don Whittler 10/5/63 St. Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Bob Geigel beat Moose Evans dq Don McClarty beat Larry Hennig Rene Goulet beat George Catalina Drake Paul Christy beat Marquis de Paree via pin Att: 6,661 10/7/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Green 10/11/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Crusher beat Don McClarty dq Larry Hennig beat Tiny Mills via pin Moose Evans beat Stan Kowalski Rene Goulet beat Marquis De Paree Att: 1,677 10/12/63 Cedar Rapids, IA @ Coliseum AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Pat O'Connor COR Johnny Kace & Bob Geigel vs Reggie Parks & Jack Allen Mongolian Stomper vs Enrique Torres Johnny Kace vs Reggie Parks 10/12/63 St Cloud, MN Special Referee: Stan Kowalski Moose Evans vs Larry Hennig Tiny Mills vs Paul Christy Rene Goulet vs Marquis de Paree Referee: Stan Kowalski 10/14/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat John Ramirez 10/14/63 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Dale Lewis Sputnik Monroe vs Ricky Romero Judy Grable vs Brenda Scott Dory Funk & Rocky Smith vs Andy Gump & John Long 10/15/63 Minneapolis, MN Mitsu Arakawa beat Crusher dq Dick The Bruiser beat Stan Kowalski Moose Evans beat Tom Bradley Rene Goulet beat Don McClarty Paul Christy & Eddie Sharkey beat Marquis DeParee & John Ramirez Att: 4,002 10/19/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Rene Goulet 10/19/63 Winona, MN @ Catholic Recreational Center The Crusher beat Don McClarty 2/3 Rene Goulet beat Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall dq Paul Christy drew Eddie Sharkey 30:00 att: "slim crowd of 200." 10/20/63 Minneapolis, MN Handicap match Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brauner & Marquis DeParee Larry Hennig beat Don McClarty Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer Rene Goulet beat Eddie Sharkey 10/23/63 Mankato, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty 10/26/63 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa 2/3 Handicap Match Moose Evans beat Kurt Von Brawner & Marquis de Paree Larry Hennig beat Don McClarty Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer Rene Goulet beat Eddie Sharkey via pin Att: 3,965 10/28/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Howard 10/28/63 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall dq 1 Bruiser beat Gagne 2 Gagne beat Bruiser 3 Bruiser was dq'ed Dory Funk Jr beat Sputnik Monroe 2/3 Dory Funk Jr & Dory Funk Sr beat Bill Fletcher & The Sheik dq Alex Perez drew Rocky Smith 15:00 Att: 2,480 fans 10/29/63 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym The Crusher vs Don McClarty 2/3 60:00 Moose Evans vs Larry Hennig Rene Goulet vs Marquis de Paree 11/1/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Moose Evans 2/3 Rene Goulet beat Stan Kowalski dq Larry Hennig beat Maurice LaPointe via pin Don McClarty beat Kurt Von Brawner in 14:00 Att: 1,612 11/2/63 Stillwater, MN The Crusher beat Don McClarty 11/5/63 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig The Crusher beat Rene Goulet Mitsu Arakawa beat Don McClarty Moose Evans beat Marquis de Paree 11/7/63 Durand The Crusher beat Rene Goulet 11/9/63 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig COR in 14:22 The Crusher beat Rene Goulet in 11:33 Maurice LaPointe drew Don McClarty Tiny Mills beat Lee Mattson Marquis de Paree beat Kenny Jay Att: 5,569 11/13/63 Monroe, NE AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs Rocky Hamilton Mitsu Arakawa vs Don Whittler Duke Hoffman vs Paul Christy 11/16/63 St. Paul, MN The Crusher beat Verne Gagne 2/3 to win AWA Title when Gagne couldn't answer the bell for the 3rd fall Larry Hennig dcor Moose Evans Tiny Mills beat Johnny Kace Maurice LaPointe beat Kurt Von Brawner Marquis De Paree beat Kenny Jay Att: 7,647 11/19/63 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion The Crusher beat Rene Goulet Mitsu Arakawa beat Maurice LaPointe Moose Evans beat Tiny Mills Larry Hennig beat Bill Weems (sub Don McClarty) att: 4,000 11/21/63 Brooklyn Center Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig 11/26/63 Albert Lea, MN Mitsu Arakawa vs Maurice LaPointe Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana vs Bernard Semard & Marcel Semard Chico Santana vs Marcel Semard 11/28/63 St. Paul, MN Referee: Tom Novak AWA Champion The Crusher no contest Verne Gagne Moose Evans beat Marquis de Paree Rene Goulet & Maurice LaPointe beat Larry Hennig & Tiny Mills Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez beat Marcel Semard & Bernard Semard Mitsu Arakawa beat Tony Manoussis att: 5,594 (+ 1,300 free children) 11/30/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Rene Goulet & Maurice LaPointe beat Marquis De Paree & Tony Manoussos Marcel Semard beat Chico Santana Pee Wee Lopez beat Bernard Semard Att: 1,246 12/1/63 Austin, MN Rene Goulet beat Larry Hennig 12/3/63 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Two Referees AWA Champion The Crusher beat Rene Goulet Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Marcel Semard & Bernard Semard beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana Mitsu Arakawa beat Marquie de Paree (sub Paul Christy) 12/4/63 Lubbock, TX @ Fair Park Coliseum Referee Rudy Kay AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ricky Romero on a 3rd fall dq North American Tag Team Champions Dory Funk Sr & Dory Funk Jr beat Kinji Shibuya & Tokyo Tom 2/3 The Sheik beat Harley Race Sputnik Monroe drew Luis Martinez Dale Lewis beat Pat Kelly Note: Gagne billed as AWA Champion even though he did not hold the title. 12/4/63 St Cloud, MN AWA Champion The Crusher vs Rene Goulet Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana vs Marcel Semard & Bernard Semard Marquis De Paree vs Maurice LaPointe 12/5/63 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena The Sheik beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq 1. Sheik beat Gagne with a camel clutch in 5:58. Between Falls, Gagne put the sleeper hold on The Sheik. 2. Gagne pinned The Sheik in 10 seconds 3. Gagne was dq'ed in 6:13 for failing to break a hold while The Sheik was in the ropes. North American Tag Team Champions Dory Funk Sr & Dory Funk Jr beat Kinji Shibuya & Tokyo Tom when Dory Jr beat Tokyo Tom with a spinning toe hold in the 3rd fall Harley Race drew Ricky Romero Ken Lucas beat Rudy Kay via pin in 8:23 after a judo chop Note: Gagne billed as AWA Champion even though he did not hold the title. 12/5/63 Mankato, MN Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Maurice LaPointe beat Kenny Jay Marcel Semard beat Chico Santana 12/5/63 Winona, MN @ Armory Mitsu Arakawa vs Rene Goulet Bernard Semard vs Pee Wee Lopez Marquis DeParee vs Lee Mattson 12/11/63 Litchfield, MN AWA Champion The Crusher beat Rene Goulet 12/14/63 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne beat The Crusher 2/3 to regain AWA Title Bill Miller drew Moose Evans 30:00 Tiny Mills & Larry Hennig no contest Rene Goulet & Maurice LaPointe Marcel Semard beat Pee Wee Lopez via pin in 14:02 Marquis DeParee beat Lee Mattson via pin in 21:47 Att: 6,423 12/15/63 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher & Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet & Maurice LaPointe Pedro Lopez beat Marcel Semard Moose Evens beat Jim Grabmire via pin Dr. Bill Miller beat Tiny Mills Att: 1,399 12/21/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Lorne Corlette 12/23/63 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jack Wilson 12/26/63 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Rene Goulet The Crusher beat Moose Evans dq Larry Hennig beat Maurice LaPointe Mitsu Arakawa beat Red Kelly 12/27/63 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Reggie Parks beat The Crusher dq Pat O'Connor beat Tiny Mills Bob Geigel beat Kenny Jay (sub Eddie Sharkey) Jack Pesek drew Ronnie Etchison 12/27/63 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Frenchy Champagne Verne Gagne & Whipper Billy Watson beat Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa on a 3rd fall dq 1 Shibuya beat Watson in 17:00 2 Watson beat Shibuya in 2:00 3 Shibuya & Arakawa were dq’ed Bill Dromo beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 19:00 Moose Evans beat Larry Hennig Rene Goulet beat Red Kelly Att: “crowd of approximately 2,000” 12/28/63 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher & Larry Hennig beat Verne Gagne & Moose Evans Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet COR Kinji Shibuya beat Maurice LaPointe via pin Bill Dromo beat Red Kelly via pin Att: 7,000
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