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Here are the NWA title defenses for Minneapolis and St. Paul. As you can see the Twin Cities were NWA towns up till late 1959.
Jan. 3, 1950 Minneapolis Att.3, 500
Lou Thesz (c) and Enrique Torres (subbing for Butch Levy) drew 60:00
Feb. 21, 1950 Minneapolis Att.-7,200
Lou Thesz (c) pinned Enrique Torres 33:51
May 30, 1950 Minneapolis Att.-5,281
Lou Thesz over Bronko Nagurski by countout 23:41
June 6, 1950 Minneapolis Att.-8,197
Bronko Nagurski and Lou Thesz drew 60:00 ref Wally Karbo
Oct. 31, 1950 Minneapolis Att.-6,190
Lou Thesz(c) over Hans Schnabel by dq
March 2, 1951 St. Paul Armory Att.-2,307
Lou Thesz (c) over Hans Hermann by countout
April 3, 1951 Minneapolis Att.-7,854
Vern Gagne and Lou Thesz (c) drew 60:00
June 26, 1951 Minneapolis Att.-9,146
Lou Thesz (c) defeated Bronko Nagurski 21:41 ref Jack Morgan
Oct. 30, 1951 Minneapolis Att.-4,436
Lou Thesz (c) over Pat O'Connor 29:07
April 15, 1952 Minneapolis Att.-7,344
Lou Thesz (c) pinned Bronko Nagurski 19:31
June 24, 1952 Minneapolis Att.-8,236
Lou Thesz (c) pinned Bronko Nagurski 23:18
Dec. 23, 1952 Minneapolis Att.-6,581
Lou Thesz (c) pinned Paul Baillargeon 25:16
Feb. 20, 1953 St. Paul Armory Att.-3,318
Lou Thesez (c) (managed by Ed "Strangler" Lewis) and Paul Baillargeon drew 60:00
April 18, 1953 St. Paul Auditorium Att.-7,172
Lou Thesz (c) pinned Paul Baillargeon 21:04 ref Bob Foster
April 21, 1953 Minneapolis Att.-6,488
Lou Thesz (c) pinned Bronko Nagurski 22:00
June. 30, 1953 Minneapolis Att.-8,641
Verne Gagne and Lou Thesz (c) drew 60:00 ref Bob Foster
Sept. 15, 1953 Minneapolis Att.-3,837
Lou Thesz (c) over Kinji Shibuya by dq 15:30 Shibuya throw salt in Thesz's eyes. Ref Bill Kuusisto called a halt to the proceedings.
Dec. 29, 1953 Minneapolis Att.-8,166
Lou Thesz (c) and Pat O'Connor drew 60:00
March 2, 1954 Minneapolis Att.-6,950
Lou Thesz (c) over Paul Baillargeon by countout
May 1, 1954 St. Paul Auditorium Att.-8,880 gate-$16,377.50
Lou Thesz (c) over Kinji Shibuya by dq 21:34 ref Joe Louis Hard Boiled Haggerty seconded Shibuya
Sept. 21, 1954 Minneapolis Att.-5,238
Lou Thesz (c) and Pat O'Connor drew 60:00
Nov. 30, 1954 Minneapolis Att.-5,399
Lou Thesz (c) over Hard Boiled Haggerty by dq 29:40
Jan. 18, 1955 Minneapolis Att.-6,347
Lou Thesz (c) and Hard Boiled Haggerty drew 60:00
April 30, 1955 St. Paul Armory Att.-3,379
Lou Thesz (c) over Hard Boiled Haggerty by dq 27:49
May 3, 1955 Minneapolis Att.-2,810
Lou Thesz (c) pinned Fred Atkins 22:25
Dec. 3, 1955 St. Paul Auditorium Att.-3,495 snowed
Lou Thesz (c) pinned Kinji Shibuya 20:23 Thesz used a Graeco -Roman back drop, the hold which ended the career of Cliff Gustafson
Feb. 14, 1956 Minneapolis Att.-4,280
Lou Thesz (c) and Butch Levy drew 60:00
June 19, 1956 Minneapolis Att.-2,945
Whipper Bill Watson (c) over Lord Athol Layton 23:38
Oct. 23, 1956 Minneapolis Att.-2,984
Whipper Bill Watson (c) over Fritz von Erich and Karl von Schober by dq 11:17 ref Jack Morgan (Watson was to face Yukon Eric, but Eric showed up with 2 broken fingers)
Jan. 15, 1957 Minneapolis Att.-4,219
Lou Thesz (c) over Hard Boiled Haggerty by dq for refusing to break an illegal hold 22:15 (ref Bearcat Wright)
Jan. 26, 1957 St. Paul Armory Att.-2,431 gate-$5,759.70
Lou Thesz (c) and Ivan Kalmikoffs was a double countout (ref Bronko Nagurski) Sam Muchnick was at ringside
May 14, 1957 Minneapolis Att.-2,974
Lou Thesz (c) over Butch Levy
Nov. 12, 1957 Minneapolis Att.-3,289
Lou Thesz (c) and Buddy (Nature Boy) Rogers was a 60:00 draw
Dec. 7, 1957 St. Paul Armory Att.-3,103
Dick Hutton (c) over Kinji Shibuya 21:35 (ref Jack Pesek)
Dec. 10, 1957 Minneapolis Att.-2,546
Dick Hutton (c) and Hard Boiled Haggerty drew 60:00
Feb. 18, 1958 Minneapolis Att.-2,495
Dick Hutton (c) pinned Paul Baillargeon 33:20
April 19, 1958 St. Paul Armory Att.-1,988
Dick Hutton (c) over Hard Boiled Haggerty by dq 24:25
July 29, 1958 Minneapolis Att.-2,920
Dick Hutton (c) and Ilio DiPaolo drew 60:00
Sept. 16, 1958 Minneapolis Att.-2,510
Dick Hutton (c) pinned Joe Pazandak 35:00
Sept. 19, 1958 St. Paul Armory Att.-1,890
Dick Hutton (c) pinned Ilio DiPaolo 26:37
Oct. 21, 1958 Minneapolis Att.-3,166
Dick Hutton (c) vs Lou Thesz drew when neither could make the 20 count
Jan. 6, 1959 Minneapolis
Dick Hutton (c) over Mitsu Arakawa by dq for throwing salt in Hutton's eyes
Jan. 31, 1959 St. Paul Armory Att.-2,427
Pat O'Connor (c) stopped Mitsu Arakawa with a reverse cradle rock 18:10
Feb. 5, 1959 Minneapolis Att.-2,089
Pat O'Connor (c) defeated Mighty Ursus
March 10, 1959 Minneapolis Att.-2,500
Pat O'Connor (c) defeated Hans Schmidt
April 25, 1959 St. Paul Armory Att.-2,141
Pat O'Connor (c) over Karol Kalmikoff (subbing for Dick Hutton) (ref Butch Levy)
June 30, 1959 Minneapolis Att.-2,919
Pat O'Connor (c) over Kinji Shibuya (ref Wally Karbo)
Aug. 25, 1959 Minneapolis Att.-2,516
Pat O'Connor (c) over Kinji Shibuya 22:15
Oct. 15, 1959 Minneapolis Att.-3,322
Pat O'Connor (c) and Frank Townsend drew 60:00
Oct. 17, 1959 St. Paul Armroy Att.-2,597
Pat O'Connor (c) over Joe Pazandak by dq for knocking out the referee Larry Hennig