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7/2/66 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Jose Quintero The Alaskan & Big K beat Paul Caruso & Tiny Mills Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt Paul Caruso beat Leroy Hirsch Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Hirsch The Crusher beat Bob Morgan 7/4/66 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Paul Caruso The Alaskan & Big K beat Eddie Sharkey & Juan Zendajas Chris Markoff beat Bob Hirsch The Crusher beat Bob Morgan Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Stanlee Ernie Ladd beat Bob Morgan Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt 7/7/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher beat The Alaskan & Big K Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo Doug Gilbert beat Steve Druk 7/9/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Danny Plechas The Alaskan & Big K beat Tiny Mills & Guy Taylor Doug Gilbert drew Eddie Sharkey Mad Dog Vachon beat Frankie Hester 7/9/66 Minneapolis, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher The Alaskan & Big K beat Billy Red Cloud & Doug Gilbert Chris Markoff beat Steve Druk Eddie Sharkey beat Guy Taylor Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero 7/11/66 Minneapolis TV The Crusher beat Jose Quintero Billy Red Cloud beat Frankie Hester Doug Gilbert beat Steve Druk The Alaskan & Big K beat Kenny Jay & Eddie Sharkey Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Plechas 7/16/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Mike Murlaski Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Plechas Tiny Mills beat Mike Murlaski Big K beat Paul Caruso Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay 7/16/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick The Bruiser dq The Crusher beat The Alaskan Wilbur Snyder & Doug Gilbert beat Moose Cholak & Chris Markoff Ernie Ladd beat Johnny Kace Luis Martinez beat Jose Quintero att: 3,448 7/18/66 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Kenny Jay Steve Druk beat Guy Taylor Chris Markoff beat Jose Quintero Billy Red Cloud beat Paul Caruso The Big K beat Mike Murlaski 7/19/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Billy Red Cloud Crusher beat Big K Doug Gilbert beat Chris Markoff Tiny Mills beat Steve Druk The Alaskan beat Eddie Sharkey 7/21/66 Sioux City, IA AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Tim Woods Luke Brown & Jake Smith vs Stan Pulaski & Haru Sasaki Dale Lewis vs Ron Reed Carlos Colon vs Harley Race 7/23/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan & Big K beat Paul Christy & Eddie Sharkey The Crusher beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta Billy Red Cloud beat Danny Plechas Doug Gilbert beat Jose Quintero 7/23/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Dale Lewis & Harley Race beat Luke Brown & Mr Wrestling Tim Woods Pat O'Connor beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Jake "Tiny" Smith beat The Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Ron Reed beat Haru Sasaki 7/25/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero The Alaskan beat Kenny Jay Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta The Crusher beat Paul Christy Doug Gilbert beat Danny Plechas 7/25/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Ernie Ladd AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat the Assassins Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo The Alaskan beat Johnny Kace Luis Martinez drew Moose Cholak 7/29/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium The Crusher beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq The Alaskan & Big K beat Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert Killer Kowalski beat Jack Pesek Angelo Poffo beat Santiago Acosta Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero 7/30/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Frankie Hester Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay The Alaskan & Big K beat Tiny Mills & Jose Quintero The Crusher beat Danny Plechas Verne Gagne beat Santiago Acosta 7/30/66 St Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher no contest The Alaskan & Big K AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud dq Verne Gagne beat Stan Pulaski via pin Wladek "Killer" Kowalski beat Chris Markoff Jack Pesek beat Kenny Jay Jose Quintero beat Santiago Acosta via pin Att: 5,474 8/1/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay The Alaskan & Big K beat Bill Cox & Eddie Sharkey Jack Pesek beat Blackjack Daniels Mad Dog Vachon beat Frankie Hester Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Danny Plechas & Stan Pulaski 8/3/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Crusher beat The Alaskan Billy Red Cloud beat Big K Killer Kowalski beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert drew Eddie Sharkey 8/4/66 Kewanee, IL Crusher & Billy Red Cloud beat The Alaskan & Big K dq Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert Jack Pesek drew Eddie Sharkey 8/5/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Crusher on a 3rd fall dq The Alaskan & Big K beat Wilbur Snyder & Verne Gagne 2/3 Killer Kowalski beat Guy Mitchell The Destroyer beat Jack Pesek Luis Martinez beat Joe Tomasso Doug Gilbert drew Chris Markoff 8/6/66 Mankato, MN Big K beat Leroy Hirsch Crusher beat Mike Murlaski Big K beat Paul Caruso Doug Gilbert beat Jack Wilson 8/13/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & Crusher beat The Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert Billy Red Cloud beat Stan Pulaski Wilbur Snyder beat Chris Markoff Eddie Sharkey drew Jack Pesek Att: 5,113 8/15/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium Non Title Match Billy Red Cloud beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon The Alaskan & Big K beat Doug Gilbert & Pat O'Connor Killer Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey Chris Markoff drew Jack Pesek 8/15/66 Litchfield, MN The Crusher beat Jack Daniels Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe Steve Druk beat Johnny Zenda 8/19/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No dq, non title match Crusher beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 1 Crusher beat Vachon 2 Vachon beat Crusher 3 Crusher beat Vachon Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan via pin Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Big K Kowalski Billy Red Cloud drew Chris Markoff 20:00 Killer Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey (sub Doug Gilbert) att: 3,109 8/20/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan & Big K beat Eddie Sharkey & Johnny Zenda Billy Red Cloud beat Luis Martinez Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Big K beat Santiago Acosta Tiny Mills beat Steve Druk 8/20/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Non Title Chain Match Billy Red Cloud beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Verne Gagne beat Big K via pin in 19:19 The Alaskan beat Tiny Mills Killer Kowalski beat Billy Wicks Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Betancourt Steve Druk beat Santiago Acosta Att: 5,227 8/22/66 Minneapolis TV Doug Gilbert beat Kenny Jay Larry Hennig & Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt & Luis Montez The Big K beat Johnny Zenda Billy Red Cloud beat Santiago Acosta 8/22/66 Hutchinson, MN Killer Kowalski vs Billy Red Cloud 8/26/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat the Crusher Verne Gagne beat the Alaskan dq Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak Killer Kowalski drew Doug Gilbert Luis Martinez beat Chris Markoff The Assassin beat Prince Pullins 8/27/66 Minneapolis TV Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Steve Druk & Kenny Jay Killer Kowalski beat Johnny Zenda Mad Dog Vachon beat Frankie Hester Wilbur Snyder beat Joe Tomasso The Alaskan drew Doug Gilbert 8/27/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Mad Dog Vachon Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Moose Cholak Billy Red Cloud beat Joe Tomasso Doug Gilbert drew Chris Markoff 8/29/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Blackjack Daniels The Alaskan & Big K beat Chris Markoff & Johnny Zenda Killer Kowalski beat Frankie Hester Mad Dog Vachon beat Frankie Hester (?) Kenny Jay drew Wilbur Snyder 8/30/66 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat the Alaskan & Big K Larry Hennig beat Tim Woods Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey 8/31/66 Estherville, IA Big K vs Roy McClarty George Grant vs Bob Rasmussen Len Montana vs Joe Scarpello 9/3/66 Minneapolis TV Big K beat Frankie Hester Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski Wilbur Snyder beat Kenny Jay 9/5/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Stanlee Doug Gilbert beat John Gadoski Killer Kowalski beat Frankie Hester Eddie Sharkey beat Pete Peterson Big K beat Santiago Acosta Wilbur Snyder beat Jose Quintero 9/8/66 Rock Falls, IL @ Stadium The Alaskan & Big K beat The Crusher & Doug Gilbert Doug Gilbert beat Big K Billy Red Cloud beat Moose Cholak (sub Chris Markoff) 9/10/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Leroy Hirsch Mad Dog Vachon beat Johnny Zenda Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny Kace The Alaskan & Big K beat Kenny Jay & Tiny Mills 9/10/66 St. Paul, MN Billy Red Cloud beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Wilbur Snyder Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff Eddie Sharkey drew Larry Heiniemi 9/12/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey & Johnny Zenda Killer Kowalski beat Paul Caruso Billy Red Cloud beat Johnny Kace Reggie Parks beat Leroy Hirsch The Alaskan beat Kenny Jay 9/16/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat the Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Pat O'Connor Mitsu Arakawa beat Bobby Managoff The Destroyer beat Jose Betancourt Angelo Poffo beat Prince Pullins Luis Martinez beat Larry Heiniemi 9/16/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Referee John Snider AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dcor Wilbur Snyder Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Chris Markoff drew Ron Reed Dale Lewis (sub Eddie Sharkey) beat Tiger Joe Tomasso via pin with a “rolling reverse body scissors” Jim Raschke beat Johnny Kace with a backbreaker att: 2,127 Note: This was Raschke’s pro debut. 9/17/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Francisco Rios Verne Gagne beat Great Dane Mad Dog Vachon beat Luis Gonzales Killer Kowalski beat Johnny Zenda 9/17/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud COR The Alaskan beat Doug Gilbert Reggie Parks beat Big K Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey Jim Raschke beat Great Dane via pin 9/18/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Bob Hirsch Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny Kace Mad Dog Vachon beat Johnny Zenda The Alaskan & Big K beat Kenny Jay & Tiny Mills 9/20/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan beat Johnny Zenda Billy Red Cloud beat The Great Dane Killer Kowalski beat Luis Gonzalez Reggie Parks beat Francisco Rios Mad Dog Vachon beat Carlos Diaz 9/20/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Killer Kowalski AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Big K beat Chris Markoff The Alaskan beat Doug Gilbert Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Druk 9/24/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Johnny Zenda Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski The Alaskan beat Frankie Hester Killer Kowalski beat Kenny Jay Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud beat Johnny Kace & Steve Stanlee 9/24/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 23:00 Larry Hennig beat Chris Markoff via pin The Alaskan beat Jack Pesek via pin Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski via pin Jim Raschke beat Steve Stanlee via pin Att: 2,119 9/24/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Midwest Tag Title Match, AWA Tag Titles not on the line Midwest Tag Team Champions Luke Brown & Jake Smith beat AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher dq Dale Lewis beat Doug Gilbert Nebraska Champion Tim Woods drew Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Ron Reed beat Harley Race 9/27/66 Minneapolis TV Alaskan & Big K beat Steve Stanlee & Johnny Zenda Frankie Hester beat Killer Kowalski dq Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski dq 9/28/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Killer Kowalski won battle royal Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert Dick The Bruiser beat Len Miller Reggie Parks beat Tim Woods Billy Red Cloud beat Larry Hennig dq The Alaskan beat Eddie Sharkey 10/1/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay The Alaskan beat Johnny Zenda Killer Kowalski beat Mike Murlaski Jack Lanza beat Paul Caruso Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski & Leroy Hirsch 10/1/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Killer Kowalski dcor Reggie Parks in 23:00 The Alaskan & Big K beat Eddie Sharkey & Jack Pesek 2/3 Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski via pin Jim Raschke beat Juan Zendajas via pin Att: 1,863 10/4/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan & Big K beat George Gadaski & Leroy Hirsch Billy Red Cloud beat Mike Murlaski Killer Kowalski beat Paul Caruso & Johnny Zenda Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay The Winnipeg Free Press Friday, October 7, 1966 from a column called Time Out with Maurice Smith A New Promoter Recently it was mentioned in this column that Alex Turk after 22 years in the game, had given up promoting wrestling in Winnipeg. But local mat enthusiasts will still be able to enjoy their favorite sport for Al Tomko, himself a wrestler of note, has decided to get into the business of promoting and wuill stage his first card October 17. Tomko will work with the Minneapolis based group headed by Vern Gagne and Wally Karbo. These two men by the way, are probably the largest promoters of wrestling in the United States. They provide matches for such cities as Milwaukee, Chicago, Denver, Omaha and many other smaller centres in the mid-west United States. In addition, they recently took over in Montreal, once one of the greatest hotbeds for wrestling in North America. Gagne is also in the boxing business. He’s manager of Ron Marsh, a young heavyweight out of Kansas, who has built up quite an impressive record within the last year. The other night in Milwaukee, he won his 13th fight. Most of his victories have come via the TKO route. Gagne thinks his man is just about ready to take on the likes of George Chuvalo and might be interested in promoting the fight here. Marsh, by the way, is unique among the ranks among professional boxers in that he holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas. He often is a substitute teacher in Minneapolis High Schools. 10/8/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat George Gadaski The Alaskan beat Frankie Hester Killer Kowalski beat Kenny Jay Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud beat Johnny Kace & Steve Stanlee. 10/8/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center The Alaskan beat Verne Gagne dq Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks dq Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski via pin Doug Gilbert beat Steve Druk Jim Raschke beat Juan Zendajas Att: 4,019 10/8/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Midwest Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Harley Race dq Luke Brown beat The Crusher Dale Lewis beat Jake "Tiny" Smith Haru Sasaki beat Ron Reed Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Dick Murdoch Att: 2,459 10/10/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne no contest The Alaskan Doug Gilbert drew Harley Race Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks Jim Raschke beat Roy Burke 10/10/66 Vancouver, BC @ PNE Agrodome Special Referee: Archie Moore Gene Kiniski & Domenic Denucci beat Canadian Tag Team Champions Dutch Savage & Don Jardine on a 3rd fall dq AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Paul Jones John Tolos beat Roy McClarty Rene Goulet beat Duke Miller Alexander the Great beat Paul DeGalles Eric Froelich beat Red McNulty att: 3,487 Note: Even though he held the title, Mad Dog Vachon was not billed as AWA Champion on that card. 10/11/66 Minneapolis TV Jack Lanza beat Kenny Jay Killer Kowalski beat Johnny Zenda Reggie Parks beat Ray Burke Billy Red Cloud beat Jose Quintero 10/12/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan dq Killer Kowalski beat Jack Pesek Killer Kowalski drew Jack Lanza Doug Gilbert beat Stan Kowalski Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud Danny Plechas beat Dan Husar 10/13/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq when Vachon hit the referee 1 Vachon beat Snyder 2 Snyder beat Vachon 3 Vachon was dq’ed for hitting the referee The Alaskan beat Verne Gagne dq Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud via pin Larry Hennig drew Doug Gilbert 20:00 Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski att: 2,549 10/15/66 Minneapolis TV Mad Dog Vachon beat Paul Caruso Big K beat Kenny Jay Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Dave Cox & Johnny Zenda Jack Lanza & Jack Pesek beat Killer Kowalski 10/15/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Handicap match Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Killer Kowalski Larry Hennig beat Jack Pesek via pin Jack Lanza beat Chris Markoff Big K beat George Gadaski via pin Jim Raschke beat Kenny Jay via pin Att: 2,162 10/17/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Killer Kowalski beat Don Leo Jonathan via pin in 21:00 AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Doug Gilbert via pin in 17:00 Larry Hennig & Harley Race drew Reggie Parks & Jack Lanza Jack Pesek drew Lorne Corlette 20:00 Promoter Al Tomko 10/18/66 Minneapolis TV Billy Red Cloud beat Dave Cox Killer Kowalski beat Leroy Hirsch Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Paul Caruso & George Gadaski Mad Dog Vachon beat Johnny Zenda 10/21/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Dick the Bruiser beat the Alaskan Wilbur Snyder beat Killer Kowalski dq Verne Gagne beat Big K Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Billy Red Cloud Mitsu Arakawa beat Luis Martinez Chris Markoff beat Prince Pullins 10/22/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan via pin in 19:00 Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza COR in 16:50 snapping Lanza's victory streak of 91 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert on a 3rd fall dq Big K drew Billy Red Cloud 20:00 Jim Raschke beat Paul Caruso via pin in 14:10 Att: 5,496 . 10/22/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Frankie Hester Jack Lanza beat Mike Murlaski George Gadaski beat The Alaskan dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Roy Burke & Paul Caruso Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Dave Cox & Kenny Jay 10/25/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Gadaski & Frankie Hester Jack Lanza beat Paul Caruso Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Roy Burke & Mike Murlaski 10/25/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dick The Bruiser beat The Alaskan dq Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Billy Red Cloud beat Big K 10/25/66 Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Ron Reed when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall The Kentuckians beat Dale Lewis & Gus Kallas (sub Jim Grabmire) Nebraska State Champion Tim Woods beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Haru Sasaki beat Carlos Colon 10/26/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium The Alaskan beat Verne Gagne dq Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert Larry Hennig drew Billy Red Cloud Jack Lanza beat Big K 10/27/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Verne Gagne beat the Alaskan Larry Hennig & Harley Race drew Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Big K drew Jack Pesek Jack Lanza beat Moose Cholak 10/27/66 Sioux City, IA AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Tim Woods Luke Brown & Jake Smith beat AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher dq Ron Reed beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Dale Lewis beat Dick Murdoch 10/29/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Mike Murlaski Killer Kowalski beat Roy Burke Jack Lanza beat Kenny Jay The Alaskan & Big K beat Dave Cox & George Gadaski Reggie Parks beat Leroy Hirsch 10/29/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Dale Lewis beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq Midwest Tag Team Champions The Kentuckians Luke Brown & Jake “Tiny” Smith beat Luke Graham & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Nebraska Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Haru Sasaki Ron Reed beat Lee Henning 10/29/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert dq Billy Red Cloud beat Jack Pesek Doug Gilbert drew Harley Race Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski 10/31/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert Killer Kowalski beat John Tolos Jack Lanza beat The Alaskan Jack Pesek drew Stan the Moose Mykatowich 11/1/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dave Cox & Leroy Hirsch Jack Lanza beat Mike Murlaski Reggie Parks beat Roy Burke Killer Kowalski beat George Gadaski 11/2/66 St Cloud, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Tiny Mills & Billy Red Cloud 11/2/66 Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Jake Smith dq Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Ron Reed beat Dale Lewis & Haru Sasaki Jean Antone beat Betty Niccoli Luke Brown drew Stan Pulaski 11/4/66 Spring Lake Park, MN Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Killer Kowalski vs Jack Pesek Blackjack Daniels vs George Gadaski 11/5/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bobby Cox & Jack Pesek Verne Gagne beat Roy Burke The Alaskan beat Frank Hester Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski Killer Kowalski beat Leroy Hirsch 11/5/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Rope Match AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dale Lewis COR Midwest Tag Team Champions The Kentuckians beat Tor Kamata & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Luke Graham drew Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods Ron Reed beat Haru Sasaki 11/5/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium Referee: Tiny Mills Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Billy Red Cloud drew Doug Gilbert Reggie Parks beat Bob Hirsch via pin Jim Raschke beat George Gadaski via pin Att: 4,973 11/8/66 Columbus, NE @ Platte County Agricultural Exhibit Hall AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Ron Reed Jake Smith & Luke Brown vs Haru Sasaki & Dale Lewis Tim Woods vs Mad Russian Stan Pulaski 11/9/66 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Luke "Big Boy" Brown 2/3 1 Vachon won 1st fall 2 Brown won 2nd fall 3 Vachon won 3rd fall Jake “Tiny” Smith beat Haru Sasaki Tim Woods & Ron Reed drew Dale Lewis & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Woods & Reed won first fall 2 Lewis & Mad Russian won 2nd fall 3 The time expired before either team could score another fall 11/9/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza The Alaskan & Big K beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Billy Red Cloud beat Larry Hennig dq Jim Raschke beat George Gadaski 11/10/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan via pin in 20:00 Killer Kowalski beat Dick the Bruiser dq Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 1 Hennig & Race won 2 Parks & Gilbert won 3 Parks & Gilbert won Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin Jack Lanza drew Chris Markoff 20:00 att: 2,300 11/10/66 Rock Valley, IA @ Community Gym AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Tim Woods Luke Brown & Jake Smith beat Dale Lewis & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Haru Sasaki beat Ron Reed 11/11/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Big K & the Alaskan Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Verne Gagne beat the Assassin Pat O'Connor beat George Gadaski Chris Markoff beat Jose Bettancourt 11/12/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Drake & Kenny Jay Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Stanlee Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Al Barr & George Gadaski 11/12/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Dick the Bruiser beat Mad Dog Vachon to win AWA title Title Change only recognized in Omaha Verne Gagne beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski Midwest Tag Team Title Match Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki vs The Kentuckians Dale Lewis vs Wilbur Snyder Ron Reed drew Tim Woods Note: Unclear whether or not Arakawa and Sasaki won the tag straps. 11/15/66 Minneapolis TV The Alaskan & Big K beat Dave Cox & George Drake Jack Lanza beat Steve Stanlee Killer Kowalski beat Pete Peterson Reggie Parks beat Al Barr 11/15/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest The Alaskan & Big K Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Doug Gilbert drew Billy Red Cloud Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski 11/16/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne dq Dick the Bruiser beat The Alaskan Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Wilbur Snyder & Jack Lanza Bill Melby beat Eric the Great 11/17/66 Mankato, MN Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq Killer Kowalski beat Eddie Sharkey Jim Raschke beat George Drake 11/19/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay Killer Kowalski beat Phil Christy The Alaskan & Big K beat George Drake & Jim Sails Harley Race beat Bob Kappel Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski 11/19/66 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser to regain AWA title Ron Reed & Tim Woods beat Dale Lewis & Haru Sasaki Jake Smith beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski dq Luke Brown beat Luke Graham 11/19/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Alaskan & Big K beat Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert dq Killer Kowalski beat Chris Markoff via pin in 21:00 Harley Race beat George Drake via pin in 19:00 Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski via pin in 18:20 Att: 1,848 11/21/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium No dq Match Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert & beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Billy Red Cloud beat Big K Stan Mykatowich beat George Gadaski in 12:00 11/22/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Christy & George Drake The Alaskan beat Bob Kappel Billy Red Cloud beat Jim Sails Killer Kowalski beat George Gadaski 11/22/66 St. Paul, MN The Alaskan & Big K beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks dq Killer Kowalski beat Chris Markoff Harley Race beat George Drake Jack Lanza beat George Gadaski 11/23/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan Jay York Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Harley Race & Larry Hennig Billy Red Cloud beat Killer Kowalski Doug Gilbert drew Harley Race 11/24/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Thanksgiving card The Alaskan & Big K beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Killer Kowalski won a 14 man battle royal Billy Red Cloud drew Reggie Parks Killer Kowalski beat Doug Gilbert Verne Gagne beat Progessor Steve Druk Jim Raschke beat Blackjack Daniels Att: 7,462 11/26/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Frankie Hester & Kenny Jay Verne Gagne beat Paul Caruso 11/26/66 St. Paul, MN @ Armory Reggie Parks beat Alaskan dq Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Lanza & Jim Raschke 2/3 Jack Pesek beat Big K dq Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay att: 1,713 11/28/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse The Alaskan & Big K beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Killer Kowalski beat Reggie Parks dq Billy Red Cloud beat Moose Cholak Doug Gilbert beat Jack Pesek 11/29/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & ?. 11/30/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Killer Kowalski vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & Wilbur Snyder 2/3 The Alaskan vs Verne Gagne Bill Melby vs Joe Millich 12/2/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Killer Kowalski beat Dick the Bruiser dq Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig dq Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Mad Dog Vachon (sub The Alaskan) & Big K Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race Jim Raschke (sub Mitsu Arakawa) drew Billy Red Cloud att: 2,431 12/3/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig beat Pete Peterson Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Roy Burke & Great Dane Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay Reggie Parks beat Steve Stanlee Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver drew Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Killer Kowalski beat Guy Taylor. 12/3/66 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher beat Alaskan & Big K 2/3 Handicap match Killer Kowalski beat Billy Red Cloud & George Drake 2-0 in 17:10 Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus 2/3 Larry Hennig beat Jack Lanza Harley Race drew Doug Gilbert Att: “crowd of 4,893” 12/5/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Pat O'Connor beat Killer Kowalski dq Little Brutus & Sky Low Low beat Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig via pin Harley Race drew Doug Gilbert 20:00 12/6/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Steve Stanlee Killer Kowalski beat The Great Dane Reggie Parks beat Pete Peterson Mad Dog Vachon beat George Drake 12/6/66 Aberdeen, SD @ Civic Arena Billy Red Cloud beat The Alaskan Doug Gilbert beat (Killer Kowalski) Reggie Parks beat (Larry Hennig) Big K beat (George Drake). Att: “Good-sized.” Note: Names in parenthesis were the scheduled opponents. Only the winners were named in those results. 12/7/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Verne Gagne & Billy Red Cloud beat Alaskan & Big K Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus Larry Hennig beat George Drake Little Brutus beat Jamaica Kid 12/10/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat George Drake Larry Hennig beat Francisco Rios Killer Kowalski beat Santiago Acosta Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks beat Porforio Longerio & Guy Taylor Billy Red Cloud beat George Gadaski. 12/10/66 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Center Winner to wrestle AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on 12/17 Verne Gagne beat Killer Kowalski dq Alaskan & Big K beat Eddie Sharkey & Billy Red Cloud 2/3 Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Doug Gilbert beat Jack Pesek Jim Raschke beat George Drake Att: 3,278 12/12/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Killer Kowalski beat the Alaskan Little Beaver & Jamacia Kid beat Little Brutus & Sky Low Low George Gadaski (sub Harley Race) beat George Drake 12/13/66 Minneapolis TV Killer Kowalski beat Francisco Rios Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski The Alaskan & The Big K beat Santiago Acosta & George Drake Billy Red Cloud beat Porforio Longerio 12/13/66 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks dq Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus Jack Lanza beat Harley Race dq Doug Gilbert beat Stan Mykatowich via pin 12/14/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Dick the Bruiser & Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race Verne Gagne beat The Alaskan Verne Gagne (sub Dory Funk Jr.) beat Haru Sasaki Killer Kowalski vs Chris Markoff 12/15/66 Mankato, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks COR Chris Markoff beat George Drake Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver beat Little Brutus & Sky Low Low Referee: Jim Raschke 12/16/66 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne dq Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa Chris Markoff beat Jack Lanza Reggie Parks beat Joe Tomasso Doug Gilbert beat Igor Volkoff 12/16/66 St. Cloud, MN Billy Red Cloud vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Jamaica Kid & Little Beaver vs Little Brutus & Sky Low Low George Drake vs Jim Raschke 12/17/66 Minneapolis TV Verne Gagne beat Kurt Von Steiger Mad Dog Vachon beat George Gadaski Reggie Parks beat Nick Adams Killer Kowalski beat George Drake The Alaskan & Big K beat Bill Todd & Ken Yates Little Beaver beat Little Brutus 12/17/66 Minnneapolis, MN @ Convention Center AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks (sub Verne Gagne) Killer Kowalski beat Jack Lanza Little Beaver & Jamaica Kid beat Sky Low Low & Little Brutus Chris Markoff drew Doug Gilbert The Alaskan beat Billy Red Cloud Jim Raschke beat George Drake Att: 5,891 Note from justahamandegger: The paper said Verne had been injured earier in the evening. I don't know if they meant at the convention center or on t.v. (it was a Saturday). I don't know how either, but on the first 2 cards for 1967, Verne seems to be feuding with Killer Kowalski. I think Kowalski attacked him. 12/24/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dave Cox & Jack Pesek Mad Dog Vachon beat George Drake Killer Kowalski beat Bob Hirsch The Alaskan & Big K beat Porfirio Longerio & Francisco Rios Reggie Parks beat Kurt Von Steiger. 12/26/66 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Chris Markoff & Billy Red Cloud The Alaskan drew Doug Gilbert Eddie Sharkey beat George Gadaski 12/27/66 Sheboygan, WI @ Armory Killer Kowalski vs Doug Gilbert Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe The Alaskan & Big K vs Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt 12/28/66 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey & Bob Kappel Jim Raschke beat George Gadaski Bob Kappel beat Harley Race dq 12/28/66 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne vs Killer Kowalski Nick Adams vs Steve Druk Blackjack Daniels vs Kenny Jay The Alaskan & Big K vs Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks Mars Monroe vs Annette Palmer 12/29/66 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena Killer Kowalski no contest AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3 Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge drew Reggie Parks Ivan Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy 12/30/66 Minneapolis TV Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Porforio Longoria Verne Gagne beat Nick Adams Reggie Parks beat George Gadaski Mad Dog Vachon beat Santiago Acosta The Alaskan beat Ken Yates 12/30/66 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Wilbur Snyder & Dick the Bruiser 2/3 Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin in 14:00 Killer Kowalski beat Reggie Parks via pin in 14:00 with a reverse cradle Jack Lanza beat Joe Tomasso via pin in 11:00 after a bulldog headlock Doug Gilbert drew Chris Markoff 20:00 att: 2,115 12/30/66 New Ulm, MN AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud The Alaskan beat Eddie Sharkey George Gadaski beat Big K dq
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