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1/1/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks in 23:43 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Jack Lanza beat Tiny Mills dq Bob Boyer drew Bob Geigel Eddie Sharkey beat Joe Tomasso via pin att: 6,941 1/2/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Art Kenny & Tony Nero Eddie Sharkey beat Rocky Monroe Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Yates Reggie Parks beat Joe Tomasso Bob Geigel beat Jose Quintero 1/4/65 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Rocky Monroe Eddie Sharkey beat Joe Tomasso Reggie Parks beat Art Kenny 1/5/65 Spring Lake Park, MN card scheduled 1/7/65 Mankato, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud beat Masked Man & Harley Race Reggie Parks drew Harley Race Note: The Masked Man was Tony Nero. 1/8/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Cholak in 17:31 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud Eddie Sharkey beat Johnny Kace Bob Boyer beat Jack Allen att: 1,786 1/9/65 Minneapolis TV Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Great Dane Tiny Mills beat Tony Nero Verne Gagne beat Johnny Kace Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Allen & Claude Patterson 1/9/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Don Jardine beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo Billy Red Cloud beat Joe Tomasso Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer (sub Gene Anderson) Att: 5,078 1/11/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Johnny Kace & Tony Nero Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay Jack Allen beat The Great Dane The Crusher beat Claude Patterson 1/12/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak Jack Allen drew Bob Boyer 1/13/65 Red Wing, MN Scheduled: Eddie Sharkey, Bob Boyer 1/14/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne 2/3 1 Vachon beat Gagne in 11:08 with a backbreaker 2 Gagne beat Vachon in 5:24 3 Vachon pinned Gagne in 7:51 During the third fall, the referee was knocked out.In that time, Gagne pinned Vachon, but there was no official score of the win. When the referee revived, Vachon pinned Gagne. NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey 2/3 1 Hodge beat Sharkey in 1:09 2 Sharkey beat Hodge in 11:45 3 Hodge beat Sharkey in 4:00 Sharkey’s loss was billed as his first in two years Sharkey was billed as being from Santa Monica Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Mighty Igor Vodik Art Neilson drew Reggie Parks 30:00 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 4,500 fans 1/15/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Cage Match Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Mad Dog Vachon & Don Jardine Danny Hodge beat Pampero Firpo Reggie Parks drew Rene Goulet Darling Dagmar beat Diamond Lil Att: 4,564 1/16/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Pedro Santos Danny Hodge beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Sid Freeman Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Todd The Crusher beat Kenny Jay 1/16/65 Anoka, MN Moose Cholak vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills 1/17/65 St. Paul, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey Mighty Igor Vodik beat Pedro Santos Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Allen att: 10,993 1/18/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jack Allen Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rocky Monroe & Bill Todd Bob Boyer beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Pedro Santos 1/20/65 Glenwood City, WI Card scheduled 1/21/65 Mankato, MN Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig (sub Harley Race) Jack Allen drew Bob Boyer Larry Hennig beat Eddie Sharkey 1/23/65 Minneapolis TV Reggie Parks beat Jack Wilson Pete Bevins & Great Dane beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Bob Boyer drew Ricky Lopez 1/23/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Danny Hodge beat Bulldog Plechas Ivan Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Bolus Att: 2,517 1/24/65 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Harley Race dq Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey Tiny Mills beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Jack Allen beat Rick Lopez att: 7,708 1/25/65 Minneapolis TV Bob Boyer beat Rocky Monroe Eddie Sharkey beat Ricky Lopez Billy Red Cloud beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pete Bevins & Mike Spangler Jack Allen beat Great Dane 1/26/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & Wilbur Snyder Bob Boyer vs Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge Mark Starr vs Mighty Igor Vodik 1/27/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Maurice Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall COR 1 Bruiser beat Vachon in 3:28 2 Vachon beat Bruiser in 6:12 3 Bruiser was counted out of the ring Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 1 Hennig beat Gagne in 9:27 2 Gagne beat Hennig in 7:07 3 Gagne beat Race in 8:02 NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge ddq The Crusher in 13:03 Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer in 24:30 promoter: Gene Reed Att: 4,500 fans 1/30/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon COR Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Pampero Firpo & Don Jardine Danny Hodge beat Joe Tomasso Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff Att: 2,710 1/31/65 Minneapolis, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title Wilbur Snyder beat Iron Mike DiBiase Bob Boyer beat Eddie Sharkey Billy Red Cloud beat Black Bart Sid Freeman beat Rick Lopez Att: 9,176 2/1/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Allen & Mike Dibiase 2/2/65 Hastings, MN Card scheduled 2/3/65 Wilmar, MN Card scheduled 2/4/65 St. Cloud, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Reggie Parks Larry Hennig beat Tiny Mills 2/5/65 Prior Lake, MN Card scheduled 2/6/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Tony Borne beat Billy Red Cloud Jack Pesek beat Don Jardine dq Rene Goulet drew Pampero Firpo Att: 2,922 2/6/65 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 2nd fall dq 1 Gagne pinned Vachon in 11:30 after a series of drop kicks 2 Vachon was dq’ed in 24:30 The Crusher beat Tiny Mills in 6:05 World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Bob Boyer via pin in 20:10 Reggie Parks beat Nicoli Volkoff via pin Sid Freeman beat Jose Quintero Att: ”6,389 fans” 2/8/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & The Great Dane The Crusher beat Bill Todd 2/8/65 Rock Falls, IL @ High School The Crusher vs Bob Boyer 2/9/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher beat Rene Goulet AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Evans AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer (sub Wilbur Snyder) & Reggie Parks Jack Allen beat Joe Snyder 2/10/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Non Title Texas Death Match Dick the Bruiser beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon in 23:30 when Vachon was unable to continue Bruiser had taken two falls, and Vachon had taken three Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall dq when Race punched referee Danny Loos The Crusher beat Reggie Parks Sid Freeman beat Bob Boyer promoter: Gene Reed referee: Danny Loos Att: 3,700 fans 2/13/65 Grappler Race Stabbed in Scuffle Harley Race, one of the wrestlers on shows in the Twin Cities, was reported in serious condition in Hennepin General Hospital Friday night. Race suffered a stab wound during a scuffle in a Minneapolis restaurant. Promoter Wally Karbo of Minneapolis announced Mad Dog Vachon will pair with Larry Hennig in place of Race against Dick The Bruiser and Crusher tonight in the Minneapolis Auditorium. 2/13/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Ricky Lopez Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Jack Allen & Rocky Monroe 2/13/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Death Match Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Mad Dog Vachon (sub Harley Race) Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey in 23:20 Reggie Parks drew Wilbur Snyder Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Boyer via pin Sid Freeman beat Jack Pesek Jack Allen beat Ricky Lopez via pin 2/14/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Danny Hodge beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Larry Hennig & Hercules Graham (sub Harley Race) Verne Gagne beat Nebraska Champion Don Jardine dq Tony Borne drew Pampero Firpo Att: 3,541 2/15/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Paul Caruso The Crusher beat Bill Todd 2/16/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Jack Allen 2/19/65 Golden Valley, MN Billy Red Cloud vs Tiny Mills 2/20/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Jack Allen Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bill Green Mad Dog Vachon beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Jose Quintero 2/20/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq Billy Red Cloud beat Bill Green via pin Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Allen Bob Boyer drew Sid Freeman att: 7,745 2/22/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Greene 2/23/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher & Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak & Larry Hennig Sid Freeman & Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills Sid Freeman beat Tiny Mills (sub Ivan Kalmikoff) Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Boyer Note: Freeman was billed as Mr. America 2/24/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Texas Death Match with the title on the line AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser when Bruiser was unable to continue at the end of the 11th fall ten seconds between falls Vachon won seven falls and Bruiser won four Wilbur Snyder beat The Crusher dq Mighty Igor beat Tiny Mills in 4:08 Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 12:19 Danny Loos Jr beat Jack Allen in 13:28 promoter: Gene Reed Att: 6,100 fans 2/27/65 Anoka, MN The Crusher vs Larry Hennig 2/28/65 Brainerd, MN Larry Hennig vs Reggie Parks 3/1/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig beat Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Claude Patterson 3/6/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Eddie Sharkey 3/6/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium 10 Rounds of Boxing, Non Title Danny Hodge beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon KO in 1:48 of the fifth round Igor Vodik beat Don Jardine 2/3 to win Nebraska State Title 1 Igor beat Jardine in 7:02 2 Jardine beat Igor in 2:55 3 Igor pinned Jardine in 7:45 after a squash Tony Borne beat Sonny Myers after manager Leo Newman interfered in the 3rd fall Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bulldog Danny Plechas in 15:50 Rene Goulet drew Jack Pesek Att: 4,649 3/8/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Great Dane 3/8/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Verne Gagne no contest Reggie Parks Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills Sid Freeman beat Bob Boyer 3/9/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak via pin Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer via pin att: 7,997 Note: Another listing has an additional match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race 3/10/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser Mighty Igor Vodik on a 3rd fall COR 1 Hennig beat Bruiser for the first fall 2 Igor pinned Hennig in 3:09 3 Igor was counted out of the ring in 7:14 during the third fall, Igor fell from the ring and knocked into a girl in the crowd. According to the Rocky Mountain News, it was Igor’s extended apologies to her that caused his countout Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa 2/3 Danny Loos Jr. beat Jack Pesek in 16:10 The Crusher beat Sid Freeman in 14:42 promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,500 fans 3/12/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Larry Hennig dq Harley Race beat Billy Red Cloud COR Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer Rocky Hamilton beat Harry Madison Eddie Sharkey drew Steve Bolus 20:00 3/13/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Great Dane Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Steve Bolus & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Chris Popovich 3/14/65 Elmwood, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud 3/15/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Steve Bolus & Art Kenny The Crusher beat Great Dane 3/16/65 St. Cloud, MN Verne Gagne beat Harley Race 2/3 Reg Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Bob Boyer beat Billy Red Cloud 3/17/65 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq Tony Borne beat Rene Goulet 2/3 Don Jardine drew Sid Freeman 3/17/65 Mankato, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud vs Bob Boyer Larry Hennig vs Reggie Parks Note: This card was originally scheduled for 3/2/65 but was canceled due to a snowstorm. 3/19/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Reggie Parks Handicap Match Tony Borne & Leo Newman beat Mighty Igor Vodik Don Jardine beat Rene Goulet Sid Freeman beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Att: 5,666 3/20/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Bob Boyer The Crusher beat Paul Caruso 3/20/65 St. Paul, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig COR Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills Billy Red Cloud beat Great Dane Harley Race beat Paul Caruso 3/22/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Todd 3/22/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne dq Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race 3/23/65 Rock Falls, IL @ High School AWA Tag Team Champios Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & The Crusher Bob Boyer vs Billy Goelz Reg Parks vs Larry Hennig 3/23/65 Osseo, WI @ High School AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Eddie Sharkey Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe Great Dane vs Kenny Jay 3/24/65 Denver, CO @ Coliseum AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak Pat O’Connor beat Art Neilson dq Betty Niccoli vs Kay Noble Danny Loos Jr vs Danny Plechas Promoter: Gene Reed 3/28/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Mighty Igor Vodik dq The Crusher beat Rocky Hamilton in 6:20 Reg Parks beat Angelo Poffo in 18:32 Pampero Firpo beat Jack Pesek in 11:20 Billy Red Cloud drew Bob Boyer Att: 5,328 3/29/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pete Bevins & Great Dane 3/30/65 Anoka, MN Pampero Firpo vs Verne Gagne 4/1/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq The Crusher beat Harley Race Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks Pampero Firpo beat Jack Pesek 4/2/65 Mound, MN Verne Gagne beat Harley Race Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills 4/2/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Larry Hennig in 18:50 Pampero Firpo beat Reggie Parks dq Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek via pin in 20:15 Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane Att: 2,077 4/3/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Johnny Carr Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Jack Pesek 4/3/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Tony Borne & Leo Newman beat Mad Dog Vachon & Don Jardine (subs for Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff) Don Jardine beat Steve Bolus Sid Freeman drew Rocky Hamilton Att: 3,731 4/4/65 St Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff Crusher beat Bob Geigel in 14:49 Billy Red Cloud beat Pampero Firpo in 9:49 Reggie Parks beat Jack Pesek Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer 4/5/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kurt von Brauner Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Jack Pesek 4/6/65 Lincoln, NE Verne Gagne vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Rocky Hamilton & Don Jardine vs Ivan Kalmikoff & Igor Vodik Sid Freeman vs Danny Plechas Frank Hickey vs Sonny Myers 4/7/65 Mankato, MN Verne Gagne beat Harley Race Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo (sub Larry Hennig) Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills (sub Pampero Firpo) 4/9/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks 2/3 1 Vachon beat Parks in 15:05 2 Parks beat Vachon in in 8:15 3 Vachon beat Parks in 37 seconds AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne on a 3rd dq 1 Race pinned Crusher in 8:15 2 Crusher beat Hennig by submission in 3:23, 3 Crusher was dq'ed when he refused to release his stomach claw on Race outside of the ring Sid Freeman beat John Tolos in 17:04 Danny Loos Jr. beat Pampero Firpo dq in 9:04 Promoter: Gene Reed Referee: Leo “Bozo” Bahl Att: 3,800 fans 4/10/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo 2/3 Reggie Parks drew Harley Race Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer via pin Tiny Mills beat Chris Markoff dq Att: 2,927 4/12/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero 4/17/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Mike Pulaski 4/17/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne dq Pampero Firpo beat The Crusher via pin in 11:02 Eddie Sharkey beat Chris Markoff dq Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero Kenny Jay beat Lee Mattson via pin att: 8,982 Notes: Another listing had an additional match Reggie Parks beat Mike Pulaski. Harley Race no showed and the card had to be changed. 4/20/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Lee Mattson 4/20/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo dq Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey 4/21/65 Lincoln, NE Sonny Myers vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Rocky Hamilton vs Igor Vodik Don Jardine vs Ron Reed Sid Freeman vs Mike York 8-man battle royal 4/23/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher on a 3rd fall dq 1 Vachon pinned Crusher after a piledriver in 8:25 2 Crusher beat Vachon in 2:17 with a stomach claw 3 Vachon won by dq in 6:10 when Crusher used a pair of brass knuckles Vachon introduced the brass knuckles from his wrestling trunks, but Crusher took them away and used them on the bloody champion Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig 2/3 Danny Loos Jr. beat Great Dane in 15:33 Pampero Firpo beat Chris Markoff by submission with a bearhug in 6:35 Ricky Romero (sub Pepper Gomez) beat Bob Orton Sr. in 17:25 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,100 fans 4/26/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay 4/28/65 St. Cloud, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff 4/30/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher won an 8 man battle royal by eliminating Larry Hennig at the 16:20 mark Order of elimination from first to last Chris Markoff, Eddie Sharkey, Tiny Mills, Rene Goulet, Reggie Parks, Pampero Firpo, Larry Hennig The Crusher beat Chris Markoff dq Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey via pin Rene Goulet drew Larry Hennig Reggie Parks beat Tiny Mills dq att: 2,403 5/1/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Paul Caruso & Great Dane Larry Hennig beat Bill Todd The Crusher beat Kenny Jay 5/1/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Tony Borne & Leo Newman Sid Freeman beat Haru Sasaki dq Betty Boucher & Darling Dagmar beat Diamond Lil & Toni Rose Don Jardine drew George Drake Darling Dagmar beat Diamond Lil Toni Rose beat Betty Boucher Att: 3,505 5/3/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Bill Todd 5/4/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Pampero Firpo beat The Crusher AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks Rene Goulet vs Chris Markoff Kenny Jay vs Eddie Sharkey 5/6/65 Mankato, MN Reggie Parks & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff dq 5/7/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff 2/3 1 Markoff pinned Parks in 8:16 2 Parks pinned Hennig in 6:32 3 Gagne pinned Markoff in 7:28 The match was originally scheduled to be a tag team title match between Hennig and Harley Race and Gagne and Parks, but Race reinjured his ribs during the early moments of the match. Race could not continue and was replaced by Chris Markoff. Race was suffering from injuries sustained in a motor scooter accident. Pampero Firpo beat The Crusher COR in 11:47 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Haru Sasaki in 13:03 Chris Markoff drew Bill Melby Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,100 fans 5/8/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero & Kurt von Brauner Larry Hennig beat Carlos Rodriguez Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat Great Dane 5/8/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff (sub Harley Race) The Crusher ddq Pampero Firpo Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey via pin Rene Goulet beat Jack Wilson via pin Jose Quintero beat Carlos Rodriguez via pin att: 6,001 5/10/65 Minneapolis TV Chris Markoff beat Great Dane Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay Pampero Firpo beat Pedro Rodriguez Larry Hennig beat Eddie Sharkey The Crusher beat Jack Wilson 5/11/65 Rochester, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks The Crusher vs Bob Geigel Pampero Firpo vs Eddie Sharkey 5/13/65 Mora, MN Rene Goulet & Chris Markoff in action 5/14/65 Buffalo, MN The Crusher vs Harley Race Reggie Parks vs Larry Hennig Rene Goulet vs Chris Markoff Mars Monroe vs Annette Palmer 5/15/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay & Jose Quintero The Crusher beat The Great Dane Chris Markoff drew Eddie Sharkey Rene Goulet beat Harley Race COR 5/15/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Dog Vachon to win AWA title Sid Freeman beat Pampero Firpo Haru Sasaki beat George Drake Ivan Kalmikoff beat Joe Tomasso Att: 5,201 5/15/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Harley Race Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills Chris Markoff drew Eddie Sharkey Kenny Jay beat Great Dane via pin Att: 3,233 5/17/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Great Dane The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Eddie Sharkey beat Chris Markoff dq Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero 5/21/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks 2/3 1 Hennig beat Gagne in 8:52 with a backbreaker 2 Parks beat Hennig in 8:43 3 Hennig pinned Parks in 5:52 The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo in 9:34 Bill Melby beat Danny Plechas in 14:42 Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey in 15:45 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,300 fans 5/21/65 Monroe, NE Haru Sasaki billed as The Jap & Mad Dog Vachon & Ken Hollis vs Mighty Igor Vodik & George Drake & Sid Freeman Mad Dog Vachon vs George Drake AWA Champion Mighty Igor Vodik vs Ken Hollis Haru Sasaki billed as The Jap vs Sid Freeman Note: No mention of the AWA Title in the ad even though Igor won the title from Vachon on 5/15. 5/22/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Danny Plechas Pampero Firpo beat Claude Patterson Reggie Parks beat Bob Brown Chris Markoff beat Great Dane 5/22/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik to regain AWA title Johnny Valentine drew Sid Freeman Haru Sasaki beat Ivan Kalmikoff George Drake beat Ken Hollis Att: 3,473 5/24/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Danny Plechas Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Claude Patterson The Crusher beat Bob Brown Eddie Sharkey beat George Drake Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay 5/26/65 Norfolk, NE Ivan Kalmikoff vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon also on card: George Drake, Haru Sasaki & Mighty Igor Vodik 5/27/65 Minneapolis, MN Cage Match The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey Rene Goulet drew Tiny Mills 5/29/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat The Great Dane The Crusher beat Jack Wilson 5/29/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory The Crusher beat Harley Race 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo dq Rene Goulet beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills att: 2,254 5/31/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Kenny Jay 6/2/65 Eau Claire, WI @ Carson Park The Crusher vs Pampero Firpo AWA World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks Reggie Parks vs Harley Race 6/3/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena The Crusher & Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race 2/3 Bill Melby drew Johnny Valentine 30:00 Mighty Igor Vodik beat The Mongol in 7:06 Igor’s opponent was billed as Oulon Baton by the Rocky Mountain News Wilbur Snyder beat Pampero Firpo 2/3 promoter: Gene Reed referees: Leo Bahl, Danny Loos Att: 4,500 fans 6/5/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Spangler Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat George Drake Verne Gagne beat Bob Brown Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Tiny Mills 6/5/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Great Dane 2/3 Rene Goulet drew Chris Markoff 30:00 Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Green in 9:08 Gene Anderson beat Kenny Jay in 11:40 6/7/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Mike Spangler Gene Anderson beat Kenny Jay Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Bob Brown Chris Markoff beat Great Dane 6/12/65 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Chris Markoff (sub Larry Hennig) & Harley Race 2/3 Gene Anderson drew Eddie Sharkey 20:00 Rene Goulet beat Roger Kirby via pin Tiny Mills beat Guy Mitchell att: 2,172 6/14/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Danny Plechas Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay 6/17/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Rene Goulet Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills 6/18/65 North Branch AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey 6/19/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Great Dane & Rocky Monroe 6/19/65 Zimmerman, MN Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet Tiny Mills beat Chris Markoff dq 6/21/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Ox Baker Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Claude Patterson 6/25/65 Lewiston AWA Tag Team Champions Harley Race & Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe 2/3 Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Att: 450+ 6/26/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Rene Goulet The Crusher beat Danny Plechas 6/26/65 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall COR The Crusher beat Chris Markoff via pin in 12:51 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race via pin in 9:02 Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin in 16:51 Wilbur Snyder beat Pampero Firpo dq in 12:30 Gene Anderson drew Rene Goulet att: 9,713 6/28/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat The Great Dane The Crusher beat Bill Green 7/3/65 Minneapolis TV Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race The Crusher beat Jack Wilson 7/7/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne dq Pampero Firpo no contest Wilbur Snyder Mighty Igor Vodik beat Haru Sasaki Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff 7/10/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Paul Caruso 7/10/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey Tex McKenzie beat Pampero Firpo Chris Markoff beat Bill Green Jessica Rogers beat Mars Monroe via pin att: 5,710 7/12/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Tiny Mills 7/17/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kurt von Brauner Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Tiny Mills The Crusher beat Matt Schmeling 7/17/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Mighty Igor Vodik Danny Hodge beat Pampero Firpo Haru Sasaki beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq Bobby Shane (sub Eddie Sharkey) drew Bulldog Danny Plechas 7/17/65 City Unknown, WI @ Dunn County Fair The Crusher vs Tiny Mills Women's match Note: City might be Eau Claire 7/17/65 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Tex McKenzie 2/3 Varon Dandy & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana 2/3 Rene Goulet beat Harley Race via pin in 16:40 Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane via pin in 15:20 7/19/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Matt Schmeling The Crusher beat Bill Todd 7/20/65 Rockford, IL @ Roy Gayle Park Crusher beat Pampero Firpo Tex McKenzie beat Larry Hennig dq Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez vs Little Boy Blue & Varon Dandy 7/21/65 Sterling, IL The Crusher beat Larry Hennig 7/22/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne COR Danny Hodge beat Pampero Firpo Tex McKenzie beat Gene Anderson Rene Goulet drew Chris Markoff 7/24/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Great Dane The Crusher beat Bill Todd 7/24/65 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher & Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race to win AWA tag team title Tex McKenzie beat Chris Markoff Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Gene Anderson via pin Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero att: 8,156 7/31/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Roger Kirby Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Gene Anderson 7/31/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Hodge Nebraska Champion Mighty Igor Vodik beat Haru Sasaki dq Reggie Parks beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Brown Att: 2,731 7/31/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Tex McKenzie beat Roger Kirby Baron Dandy & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana Rene Goulet beat Pampero Firpo dq Chris Markoff beat Guy Mitchell 8/2/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Roger Kirby 8/3/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Cage Match The Crusher beat Harley Race Death Match Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Tex McKenzie beat Tiny Mills Pampero Firpo beat Rene Goulet Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff 8/5/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Ramirez 8/5/65 Sidney, IA @ 4-H Fairgrounds AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge vs Eddie Sharkey Plus one other bout 8/7/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Jerry Miller The Crusher beat Danny Plechas 8/7/65 Minneapolis, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne to regain the AWA Tag Team Title Danny Hodge beat Rene Goulet via pin in 23:30 Tex McKenzie beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin in 2:16 Chris Markoff beat Larry Hennig in 13:51 Danny Plechas drew Eddie Sharkey 20:00 8/9/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jerry Miller & Claude Patterson The Crusher beat Jack Wilson 8/14/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Bill Todd The Crusher beat Jose Ramirez 8/14/65 Arlington, MN @ Sibley County Fairgrounds Larry Hennig vs The Crusher 2/3 Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe 2/3 Harley Race vs Tex McKenzie 8/14/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Nebraska Tag Team Champions Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Hodge & Mighty Igor Vodik Reggie Parks beat Tony Borne dq Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills Ernie Dusek beat Leo Newman dq Att: 4,366 8/14/65 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher & Verne Gagne & Kenny Jay beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race 2/3 1. Markoff pinned Jay 2. Jay pinned Markoff 3. Jay pinned Hennig Gene Anderson beat Danny Plechas via pin Eddie Sharkey beat Rene Goulet via pin Tex McKenzie beat Jose Ramirez via pin 8/16/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Danny Plechas Larry Hennig beat Great Dane 8/17/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Danny Hodge & Tex McKenzie Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet 8/21/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Momberg & Steve Druk 8/21/65 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin to win the AWA Title in 20:15 World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Ellis & Tex McKenzie 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat Chris Markoff dq Larry Heiniemi beat Johnny Carr via pin Att: 6,345 8/23/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Momberg & Great Dane 8/24/65 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Harley Race vs Tex McKenzie Gene Anderson vs Rene Goulet Chris Markoff vs Eddie Sharkey 8/25/65 Eau Claire, WI @ Carson Park AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs The Crusher & Tex McKenzie 2/3 60:00 Chris Markoff vs Rene Goulet 2/3 45:00 Eddie Sharkey vs Gene Anderson 30:00 8/28/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Bill Todd The Crusher beat Paul Caruso 8/28/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Nebraska Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Haru Sasaki beat Tony Borne & Leo Newman Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Jim Grabmire & Bob Rader Jessica Rogers beat Dorothy Carter Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Brown dq Att: 2,730 8/28/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion The Crusher beat Harley Race Larry Hennig beat Tex McKenzie Reggie Parks drew Chris Markoff 30:00 Rene Goulet beat Danny Plechas Eddie Sharkey beat Gene Anderson dq Larry Heiniemi beat Paul Caruso Att. 5,610 8/30/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Todd 9/4/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Santiago Acosta Guy Taylor vs The Crusher 9/4/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne & Tex McKenzie beat Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 to win Nebraska Tag Team title 1 McKenzie beat Sasaki in 9:35 2 Sasaki pinned Gagne in 9:00 3 Gagne pinned Vachon in 31:12 after Sasaki mistakenly hit Mad Dog with a karate chop Mighty Igor Vodik beat John Ramirez 2-0 1 Igor beat Ramirez in 7:30 2 Igor beat Ramirez in 17:53 Reggie Parks beat George Drake in 27:15 Ivan Kalmikoff drew Jack Pesek Att: 3,455 9/4/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Champion The Crusher beat Chris Markoff COR Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 17:22 Eddie Sharkey drew Harley Race 20:00 Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor via pin in 13:00 9/5/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Non Title Death Match Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Champion The Crusher AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson 9/10/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne 9/11/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt The Crusher beat Phil Christy 9/11/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin in 22:10 Harley Race beat Tex McKenzie via pin in 11:45 Chris Markoff beat Santiago Acosta via pin in 10:05 Reggie Parks beat Guy Taylor by submission in 16:45 Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Sabre via pin in 8:10 Jose Betancourt beat Mike Sanchez via pin in 14:32 Att: “5,018 fans” 9/16/65 Hamel Verne Gagne vs Harley Race Larry Hennig vs ? 9/18/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne & Tex McKenzie to regain Nebraska Tag Team title Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Mighty Igor Vodik COR Danny Hodge beat Rene Goulet Reggie Parks drew Jack Pesek Att: 3,696 9/18/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt 9/21/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Verne Gagne beat Harley Race 9/25/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Guy Taylor 9/25/65 St. Paul, MN AWA Champion The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud & Tim Woods beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor via pin Eddie Sharkey drew Lorenzo Parente Att: 4,923 9/27/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Johnny Carr & Kurt Von Brawner 9/28/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq Tim Woods beat Harley Race Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks Chris Markoff beat Lorenzo Parente 9/29/65 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium The Crusher & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race COR Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff dq Tim Woods beat Lorenzo Parente 10/2/65 Minneapolis TV Live Verne Gagne beat Mike Pulaski The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Mike Spangler Tim Woods beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas Lorenzo Parente beat Bob Sabre 10/2/65 St. Paul, MN Chris Markoff beat Reggie Parks Tim Woods beat Lorenzo Parente Larry Heiniemi drew Gene Anderson Eddie Sharkey beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas Kenny Jay beat Bob Sabre 10/2/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon dq Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Mighty Igor Vodik to win Nebraska Heavyweight title Danny Hodge beat Bob Rader Billy Red Cloud beat Ivan Kalmikoff Att: 3,321 10/4/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Mike Pulaski Tim Woods beat Bob Sabre Mad Dog Vachon beat Eddie Sharkey Reggie Parks beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas Lorenzo Parente beat Mike Spangler 10/7/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dick the Bruiser beat Larry Hennig Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race dq Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey Mighty Igor Vodik beat Lorenzo Parente Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff 10/9/65 Minneapolis TV Live Verne Gagne beat Shelby Adcock The Crusher beat Lorenzo Parente Mad Dog Vachon beat Chris Belkas Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Claude Patterson Igor Vodik beat Kenny Jay 10/9/65 St. Paul, MN Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Champion The Crusher dq Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race COR Larry Heiniemi beat Lorenzo Parente via pin Tim Woods beat Gene Anderson Chris Markoff beat Jose Betancourt Att: 6,614 10/11/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Shelby Adcock Igor Vodik beat Lorenzo Parente Chris Markoff beat Claude Patterson Tim Woods beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt Harley Race beat Chet Belkas 10/12/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Danny Hodge beat Harley Race Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff Mighty Igor Vodik beat Lorenzo Parente Tim Woods beat Gene Anderson 10/16/65 Minneapolis TV Live Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Mike Loren Igor Vodik beat Johnny Carr Chris Markoff beat Kurt Von Brawner Larry Heiniemi beat Lorenzo Parente 10/16/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik Tim Woods beat Chris Markoff dq Jack Lanza beat Lorenzo Parente via pin Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren via pin Gene Anderson beat Johnny Carr Att: 6,785 10/18/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mike Loren & Kurt von Brauner The Crusher beat Johnny Carr Larry Heiniemi beat Gene Anderson dq Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay Tim Woods beat Lorenzo Parente referee: Joe Snyder 10/21/65 St Cloud, MN AWA Champion The Crusher beat Harley Race Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson Larry Heiniemi beat Lorenzo Parente Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff 10/22/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Bob Ellis beat Haru Sasaki Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff Promoter: Gene Reed Note: Hennig and Race were handed a 30 day suspension for their illegal tactics. 10/23/65 Minneapolis TV Live Verne Gagne beat Bob Rader Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Mike Spangler Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Sanchez Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Jack Sadiski 10/23/65 Minneapolis, MN Non Title The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2-0 Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 17:01 Bob Ellis beat Bob Rader Tim Woods beat Gene Anderson via pin Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Sanchez via pin Att: 6,315 10/25/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Mike Sanchez Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jack Sadshi Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Bob Rader 10/26/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Danny Hodge Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bob Rader Chris Markoff beat Tim Woods Bob Ellis beat Gene Anderson 10/28/65 New Richland, MN Scheduled: Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff 10/30/65 Minneapolis TV Live Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Paul Caruso Igor Vodik beat Bob Rader 10/30/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Stan Pulaski beat Haru Sasaki COR Jack Pesek beat Mad Dog Vachon Billy Red Cloud beat Claude Patterson Att: 2,472 10/30/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Chris Markoff beat Tim Woods (sub The Crusher) in 19:20 Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gene Anderson & Red Kelly Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Rader in 11:00 Jack Lanza beat Guy Taylor via pin in 12:51 Att: 2,093 11/1/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Guy Taylor Tim Woods beat Red Kelly Verne Gagne beat Bob Rader Igor Vodik beat Paul Caruso 11/2/65 Howard Lake, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race in action 11/2/65 Sioux City, IA Verne Gagne beat Stan Pulaski dq Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks Jack Pesek drew Billy Red Cloud Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Morgan 11/3/65 Princeton, MN Cowboy Jack Lanza, Tiny Mills, Chris Markoff, Professor Steve Druk all in action 11/6/65 Minneapolis TV Chris Markoff beat Bob Kappel Harley Race beat Guy Taylor Igor Vodik beat Mike Loren Mitsu Arakawa beat Santiago Acosta Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Johnny Carr 11/6/65 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig Bob Ellis beat Harley Race via pin in 14:00 Mitsu Arakawa beat Bob Kappel Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren via pin Tim Woods beat Guy Taylor Att: “6,818 fans” 11/8/65 Minneapolis TV Jack Pesek beat Guy Taylor Tim Woods beat Bob Kappel Larry Hennig beat Santiago Acosta Harley Race beat Kenny Jay Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Mike Loren Igor Vodik beat Johnny Carr 11/9/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Bob Ellis beat Jack Pesek Chris Markoff beat Tim Woods 11/10/65 Buffalo, MN Scheduled: Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff, Larry Hennig, Mike Loren, Chris Markoff, Tim Woods 11/10/65 Red Wing, MN Scheduled: Jack Pesek, Cowboy Bob Ellis, Larry Heiniemi, Harley Race 11/12/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher 2/3 to win the AWA Title 1 Vachon beat Crusher in 9:22 2 Crusher beat Vachon in 2:30 3 Vachon beat Crusher in 6:06 Bob Ellis beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik on a 3rd fall dq Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 16:40 Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 4,000 fans 11/13/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Nebraska Champion Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Billy Red Cloud Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki beat Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks to win Nebraska Tag Team title Non Title Mr Wrestling beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Bulldog Danny Plechas drew Bob Rader Att: 2,453 11/13/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Bill Todd Bob Kappel beat Chris Markoff dq Harley Race beat Hector Vargas Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Guy Taylor Igor Vodik beat Mike Pulaski 11/13/65 Minneapolis, MN The Crusher ddq Chris Markoff Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race COR Bob Ellis beat Angelo Poffo via pin in 5:52 Jack Pesek beat Mike Loren Larry Heiniemi beat Gene Anderson via pin Bob Kappel beat Guy Taylor 11/15/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Mike Loren Mad Dog Vachon beat Guy Taylor Igor Vodik beat Hector Vargas Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay Harley Race beat Mike Pulaski Jack Pesek beat Bill Todd 11/15/65 Kewanee, IL The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Igor Vodik beat Angelo Poffo Bob Kappel beat Mike Sanchez Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gene Anderson 11/16/65 Burlington, IA The Crusher beat Harley Race Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson Bob Kappel beat Mike Sanchez 11/16/65 St. Francis, MN Verne Gagne in action 11/17/65 Beatrice, NE @ Auditorium Nebraska Champion Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Haru Sasaki 2/3 AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Reggie Parks when the 45 time limit expired in the 3rd fall Mr Wrestling beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Billy Red Cloud drew Jack Pesek 30:00 11/17/65 St. Cloud, MN The Crusher beat Larry Hennig Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren 11/18/65 Lakeville, MN Scheduled: The Crusher, Harley Race, Larry Hennig, Ivan Kalmikoff, Igor Vodik, Chris Markoff, Jack Pesek 11/19/65 Owatonna, MN card scheduled 11/20/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Corsica Joe Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jose Betancourt & Mike Loren The Crusher beat Guy Taylor Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Great Dane Chris Markoff beat Santiago Acosta 11/20/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Referee Joe Snyder AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis on a 3rd fall dq Chris Markoff beat Mike Loren in 10:25 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson in 8:10 Larry Heiniemi beat Jose Betancourt via pin in 12:56 Att: 3,020 11/22/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt Mad Dog Vachon beat Bulldog Danny Plechas Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor Igor Vodik beat Great Dane Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay The Crusher beat Corsica Joe 11/23/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis dq Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Jack Pesek beat Mike Loren (sub Jack Lanza) Ivan Kalmikoff beat Guy Taylor 11/23/65 Sioux City, IA AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Reggie Parks beat Haru Sasaki dq Mitsu Arakawa drew Billy Red Cloud Tim Woods beat Danny Plechas 11/24/65 Lincoln, NE Mitsu Arakawa & Stan Pulaski & Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks & Jack Pesek & Billy Red Cloud & Tim Woods Billy Red Cloud vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Mitsu Arakawa vs Jack Pesek Haru Sasaki vs Tim Woods Reggie Parks vs Stan Pulaski 11/25/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Larry Heiniemi & Mighty Igor Vodik Professor Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin Chris Markoff beat Gene Anderson via pin Kenny Jay beat Mike Loren via pin att: 8,116 11/26/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Ellis & Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq Bob Ellis beat Harley Race Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Donovan promoter: Gene Reed Att: 4,000 fans 11/27/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Great Dane & Bill Todd The Crusher beat Paul Caruso Chris Markoff beat Mike Loren Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor Bob Ellis beat Bob Morgan 11/27/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis Handicap Match Mighty Igor Vodik beat both Paul Caruso & Mike Loren 2-0, both falls by pin Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills Ivan Kalmikoff beat Great Dane via pin att: 2,511 11/29/65 Minneapolis TV Harley Race beat Guy Taylor Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren Igor Vodik beat Bob Rader Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Paul Caruso Chris Markoff beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Bill Todd 11/30/65 Blaine, MN Scheduled: Larry Heiniemi, The Crusher, Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff 12/1/65 Wilmar, MN Scheduled: The Crusher, Jack Pesek, Larry Hennig, Harley Race, Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff 12/2/65 Mankato, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff The Crusher beat Jack Pesek Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race att: 1,000 12/3/65 St. James, MN The Crusher beat Harley Race Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff 12/4/65 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Betancourt Harley Race beat Kurt Von Brawner 12/4/65 Lesueur, MN Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff dq Jack Pesek beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor Att: 1000 12/4/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Referee Bob Rader AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mr. Wrestling on a 3rd fall dq 1 Mr. Wrestling beat Vachon in 9:17 2 Vachon beat Mr. Wrestling in 21:50 3 Mr. Wrestling was dq’ed for tossing Vachon over the top rope in 37:05 Texas Death Match Verne Gagne beat Haru Sasaki when Sasaki could not answer the bell for the 7th fall Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks 30:00 Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson via pin in 16:02 Att: 3,923 12/6/65 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Guy Taylor The Crusher beat Jack Wilson Jack Pesek beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Mike Loren Igor Vodik beat Mike Sanchez Harley Race beat Jose Betancourt 12/7/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis Mighty Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff Jack Pesek beat Guy Taylor 12/8/65 Red Wing, MN Scheduled: Harley Race, Larry Hennig 12/9/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher on a 3rd fall dq 1 Vachon beat Crusher in 9:57 2 Crusher beat Vachon in 2:18 3 Crusher was dq'ed for using a chair in 6:07 Chris Markoff beat Reggie Parks 2/3 Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig Harley Race beat Rene Goulet Ivan Kalmikoff beat Professor Steve Druk Kalmikoff was billed as Igor’s trainer and manager Druk was the manager of Markoff Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 3,500 fans 12/10/65 Litchfield, MN Scheduled: Larry Hennig, Harley Race, Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff 12/11/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Danny Plechas Santiago Acosta & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race The Crusher beat Guy Taylor Gene Anderson beat The Great Dane Chris Markoff beat Bob Kappel 12/11/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium No dq match AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Mr Wrestling Reggie Parks beat Mitsu Arakawa dq Haru Sasaki beat Billy Red Cloud Bob Rader beat Kenny Jay Att: 2,505 12/11/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Hall Turkey Neck Main Event The Crusher beat Steve Druk AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Jack Pesek Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq Larry Heiniemi beat Great Dane via pin Bob Kappel beat Danny Plechas via pin att: 5,551 12/13/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Chris Markoff beat Guy Taylor Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Kappel & Carlos Rodriguez Mighty Igor Vodik beat Danny Plechas The Crusher beat Great Dane 12/14/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq The Crusher beat Steve Druk Larry Heiniemi beat Gene Anderson Chris Markoff beat Jack Pesek 12/16/65 Buffalo, MN Card scheduled 12/17/65 New Ulm, MN Crusher beat Larry Hennig Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Harley Race & Chris Markoff Jack Pesek beat Guy Taylor Att: 1,000 12/18/65 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Great Dane The Crusher beat Paul Caruso Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Freddie Rogers Chris Markoff beat Danny Plechas Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor 12/18/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Hall Non Title Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race Chris Markoff beat The Crusher dq Ivan Kalmikoff beat Danny Plechas Larry Heiniemi beat Jack Pesek Terry Funk beat Guy Taylor Att: 7,129 12/25/65 Minneapolis, MN AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik dq Chris Markoff drew Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson via pin Big Luke Brown beat Bob Morgan via pin George Drake drew Eddie Sharkey att: 5,598 Note: Another listing has an additional match Larry Heiniemi beat Ivan Kalmikoff. 12/27/65 Minneapolis TV Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Morgan George Drake beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & The Great Dane Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Raizo 12/27/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 to apparently win AWA Tag Title 1 Race pinned Igor in 9:03 2 Igor beat Hennig in 7:49 3 Igor pinned Hennig in 3:34 Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a reverse decision in the 3rd fall 1 Vachon pinned Snyder in 37 seconds 2 Snyder beat Vachon in 18:06 3 Snyder won by dq after Vachon initially won the fall in 3:33 After winning the third fall, Vachon proceeded to beat on his opponent, and was dq'ed Mighty Igor Vodik (sub Butch Levy) beat Chris Markoff in 7:28 Professor Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 14:55 Druk was accompanied by Markoff Promoter: Gene Reed Att: 7,000+ fans Note: The Rocky Mountain News reported that Gagne and Igor won the World Tag Team Title, but the title change was apparently never recognized as an official title switch. 12/28/65 Mankato, MN Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor Att: 3,000 12/28/65 Sioux City, IA AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud Haru Sasaki beat Eddie Sharkey Mr Wrestling beat Tiny Mills 12/29/65 Beatrice, NE @ Auditorium Mr Wrestling & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race on a 3rd fall dq Haru Sasaki drew Billy Red Cloud when the 45 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall Reggie Parks beat Harley Race dq 12/29/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik Chris Markoff beat The Crusher Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff Larry Heiniemi beat Tiny Mills
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