1/2/71 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez .
Blackjack Lanza vs. Phil Patterson
Strong Kobayashi vs. Bill Howard
Hercules Cortez vs. Rodeo Jones
Ox Baker vs. John the Greek
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
1/2/71 – St Paul, MN
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Strong Kobayashi & Big K
Larry Hennig vs. Ox Baker COR
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Howard
Lars Anderson vs. Billy Christian
1/7/71 – DePere, WI @ the St. Norbert College Gym
The Crusher vs. Butcher Vachon
Edouard Carpentier vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Strong Kobayashi vs. Bill Howard
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bob Windham
Reported Attendance: 1,500 sellout
1/8/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on a 3rd fall .
Strong Kobayashi vs. Red Bastien
Edouard Carpentier vs. Bob Windham
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Big K
1/9/71 – Minneapolis TV
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Wilf Caron & Dave Cox
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Wilf Caron & Dave Cox
Hercules Cortez vs. Pancho Zapata
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bobby Jones
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Blackjack Daniels
Edouard Carpentier vs. Frank Hickey
1/9/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Edouard Carpentier vs. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne .
Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent vs. The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski
Blackjack Lanza vs. Paul Diamond
Red Bastien vs. Johnny Kace
Strong Kobayashi vs. Prince Pullins
Hercules Cortez vs. Big K
1/13/71 – Owatonna, MN
Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig .
Blackjack Lanza vs. Paul Diamond
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Christy
1/14/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Two Referees, No-DQ Match: AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. the Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski COR
Red Bastien vs. Strong Kobayashi .
Lars Anderson vs. Billy Howard (sub Edouard Carpentier)
Hercules Cortez vs. Big K
US Women’s Champion Betty Niccoli vs. Sandy Partlow
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Reported Attendance: 10,840
1/15/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Hercules Cortez & Bad Boy Bullinski & the Crusher vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Blackjack Lanza in a 2/3 falls match
Red Bastien vs. Strong Kobayashi in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Edouard Carpentier vs. Big K . in 13:42 after a double backflip
Promoter: Gene Reed
Reported Attendance: 5,103
1/16/71 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Santiago Acosta & Julio Rodriguez
Strong Kobayashi vs. George Gadaski
Hercules Cortez vs. Dave Cox
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Howard
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Kenny Jay
Paul Diamond vs. Angel Rivera
1/16/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Strong Kobayashi vs. Edouard Carpentier
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Big K
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Billy Red Cloud
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Kenny Jay vs. Kenny Yates
Reported Attendance: 6,899
1/19/71 – Bismarck, ND
AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski
Blackjack Lanza vs. Red Bastien .
Big K vs. George Gadaski
1/21/71 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bad Boy Bullinski . in 14:15
Red Bastien vs. Lars Anderson . when Lars hit the referee in 23:10
Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig . in 12:25
Nick Bockwinkel (sub Bill Christy) vs. Billy Howard . in 26:00
1/22/71 – Fairmont, IA @ the VFW Auditorium
Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig
Red Bastien vs. Strong Kobayashi
Big K vs. Paul Diamond
1/23/71 – Minneapolis TV
Strong Kobayashi vs. Santiago Acosta
Hercules Cortez vs. Ox Baker
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Tony Savoldi
Verne Gagne vs. Dave Muir
Big K vs. Wilf Caron
1/23/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Al Costello & Don Kent & Blackjack Lanza vs. Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski
Mighty Igor Vodik vs. Butcher Vachon
Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ivan Kalmikoff
Red Bastien vs. Strong Kobayashi .
Lars Anderson vs. Paul Diamond
1/27/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Paul Diamond
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
Big K vs. Kenny Jay
1/30/71 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
Blackjack Lanza vs. Santiago Acosta
Strong Kobayashi vs. Pancho Zapata
Hercules Cortez vs. Blackjack Daniels
Verne Gagne vs. Bill Howard
Billy Red Cloud vs. Abdullah Ahma
1/30/71 – Minneapolis, MN
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Strong Kobayashi
Blackjack Lanza vs. Hercules Cortez
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Edouard Carpentier & Paul Diamond
Red Bastien vs. Big K
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
Billy Howard vs. Blackjack Daniels
1/31/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez .
Big K vs. George Gadaski (sub Edouard Carpentier)
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Howard
Strong Kobayashi vs. Billy Red Cloud
2/1/71 – Redlake, MN
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Bad Boy Bullinski & Billy Red Cloud in a 2/3 falls match
Red Bastien vs. Butcher Vachon in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Red Cloud vs. Lars Anderson
2/3/71 – Oshkosh, WI
The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig
Hercules Cortez vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Edouard Carpentier vs. Lars Anderson via referee’s decision
Red Bastien vs. Butcher Vachon .
Reported Attendance: 2,000.
2/4/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez in 3rd fall
Winner to meet AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne on a future card
Strong Kobayashi vs. Edouard Carpentier .
Butcher Vachon vs. Billy Howard .
Billy Red Cloud vs. Big K
Johnny Kace vs. Santiago Acosta .
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/4/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall . when Nick tossed Bullinski over the top rope
The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall COR
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Paul Diamond in 12:27
Al Kashey (sub Tom Anvs.s) vs. Jack Pesek 20:00
Kay Noble vs. Sandy Partlow in 7:05
Reported Attendance: 6,324
2/6/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bill Christy
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Julio Rodriguez & Ken Yates
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Santiago Acosta & Angel Rivera
Blackjack Lanza vs. George Gadaski
Strong Kobayashi vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Red Cloud vs. Dave Cox
2/6/71 – Honolulu, HI
King Curtis vs. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne
Frankie Laine vs. Ripper Collins for Hawaiian Title
Lonnie Mayne vs. Beauregard
Don Muraco vs. Mr. Fujiwara
Dale Lewis vs. Pierre Duranton
2/7/71 – Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Big K vs. Paul Diamond
Billy Red Cloud vs. Butcher Vachon .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Edouard Carpentier
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bad Boy Bullinski
2/8/71 – Winona, MN @ the Junior High School Auditorium
Larry Hennig vs. The Crusher
Kobayashi vs. Ox Baker
Butcher Vachon vs. Bull Bullinski
2/9/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
The Crusher & Bull Bullinski vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
Strong Kobayashi vs. Paul Diamond
Red Bastien vs. Big K
2/13/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Dick the Bruiser vs. Blackjack Lanza
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Butcher Vachon
The Crusher vs. Big K
Strong Kobayashi vs. Paul Diamond
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Prince Pullins
2/13/71 – Honolulu, HI
King Curtis & Lonnie Mayne & Dale Lewis & Ripper Collins vs. Don Muraco & Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson & Frankie Laine
Sam Steamboat vs. Bill Dromo
Lonnie Mayne vs. Pierre Duranton
Dale Lewis vs. Beauregard
2/14/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Red Bastien vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig COR
Billy Red Cloud vs. Big K
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bad Boy Bullinski .
Paul Diamond vs. Strong Kobayashi
Reported Attendance: 2,100
2/15/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Two Referees Tony Condello & Bill Kochen, Winning team to meet AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon on 3/15/71
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez .
Death Match: The Crusher vs. Mad Dog Vachon in 15:00
Frank “Bull” Bullinski vs. Butcher Vachon
Nick Bockwinkel (Winnipeg debut) vs. Paul Diamond in 25 seconds
Bob Tuck vs. Dave Muir
Ox Baker vs. Bobby Jones .
Reported Attendance: 8,700
2/17/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Mark Starr
Big K vs. Edouard Carpentier
Paul Diamond vs. Strong Kobayashi
2/18/71 – Winona, MN @ the Junior High School Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig in a 2/3 falls match
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Butcher Vachon in a 2/3 falls match
Strong Kobayashi vs. Ox Baker
Reported Attendance: “near capacity crowd”
2/18/71 – DePere, WI @ the St. Norbert College Gym
Edouard Carpentier vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Hercules Cortez vs. Lars Anderson
Red Bastien vs. Paul Diamond
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
2/19/71 – Fairmont, IA @ the VFW Auditorium
The Crusher & Billy Red Cloud vs. Strong Kobayashi & Big K
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Jack Pesek
2/20/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Ox Baker & Wilf Caron
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Jack Pesek & Mark Starr
Blackjack Lanza vs. Mike Savoldi
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ken Yates
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Dave Muir
Mad Dog Vachon vs. George Gadaski
2/20/71 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Edouard Carpentier
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Larry Hennig
Ox Baker vs. Jack Pesek
Lars Anderson vs. Paul Diamond
2/22/71 – Bagley, MN @ the High School
Blackjack Lanza vs. Billy Red Cloud in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Edouard Carpentier
Jon Lee vs. Bobby Heenan (sub Ox Baker) COR
2/23/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Death Match: The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Strong Kobayashi & Big K
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
2/23/71 – Portland, OR
Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon for AWA World Tag Title
Title change only acknowledged in Portland. The Vachons were on their way to Japan for a lengthy tour and decided to drop the AWA Tag Straps to the Von Steigers in Portland without Verne Gagne’s knowledge or permission.
Stan Stasiak vs. Sailor White
Dutch Savage vs. Les Thornton
Bobby Nichols vs. Haru Sasaki
Eric Froelich vs. Moose Morowski
2/24/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Edouard Carpentier
Blackjack Lanza vs. Paul Diamond
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Bill Christian
2/24/71 – Honolulu, HI
Sam Steamboat vs. King Curtis
Lonnie Mayne vs. Frankie Laine for Hawaiian title
AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Billy Robinson & Verne Gagne
Dale Lewis vs. Don Muraco
Ripper Collins vs. Beauregard
2/25/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig in a 2/3 falls match
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bad Boy Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Edouard Carpentier 20:00
Paul Diamond vs. Jack Pesek in 16:10
Promoter: Gene Reed
Reported Attendance: 6,859
2/26/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Hercules Cortez vs. Blackjack Lanza COR
Edouard Carpentier & Bull Bullinski vs. Strong Kobayashi & Big K 2-0
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Lars Anderson vs. Billy Red Cloud . in 12:35
Larry Hennig vs. Paul Diamond . in 14:45
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/27/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Blackjack Daniels & Raoul Rodriguez
Larry Hennig vs. Dave Cox
Blackjack Lanza vs. Jose Rodriguez
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Bull Bullinski vs. Wilf Caron
3/1/71 – Redlake, MN & the High School
Kobayashi vs. Bill Christy
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Black Jack Lanza vs. Billy Red Cloud
3/1/71 – Sendai, Japan @ the Miyagi Prefectural Sports Center
AWA Tag Team Champions Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon & Paul “Butcher” Vachon vs. Thunder Sugiyama & Great Kusatsu in a 2/3 falls match
3/2/71 – Tokyo, Japan
AWA Tag Team Champions Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon & Paul “Butcher” Vachon vs. Thunder Sugiyama & Great Kusatsu in a 2/3 falls match
3/3/71 – Oshkosh, WI @ the Lourdes High School Gym
Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig 2-0 in 19:30
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Lars Anderson on a 3rd fall .
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel 20:00
Strong Kobayashi vs. Billy Red Cloud
Reported Attendance: “sell out crowd”
3/5/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Blackjack Lanza vs. The Crusher default?
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Strong Kobayashi .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
Big K vs. Bobby Jones
Dave Muir vs. Wilf Caron
Reported Attendance: 7,090
3/6/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bill Christy
Blackjack Lanza vs. Steve Tuck
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Dave Cox
Big K vs. George Gadaski
3/6/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Handicap Match: Dick the Bruiser vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson .
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Strong Kobayashi vs. Billy Red Cloud
Ox Baker vs. Jack Pesek
Paul Diamond vs. Kenny Dillinger
3/6/71 – Honolulu, HI
Pier 9 brawl
Billy Robinson vs. King Curtis
Sam Steamboat vs. Dale Lewis
Lonnie Mayne & Ripper Collins vs. Don Muraco & Verne Gagne
Frankie Laine vs. Beauregard
3/7/71 – Minneapolis, MN
Blackjack Lanza vs. The Crusher
Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig
Red Bastien & Paul Diamond vs. Strong Kobayashi & Big K
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Blackjack Daniels
Jack Pesek vs. Kenny Jay
3/8/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Strong Kobayashi vs. the Crusher
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bad Boy Bullinski
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Red Bastien vs. Big K
3/10/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Hercules Cortez & Bad Boy Bullinski & Crusher vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Blackjack Lanza
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Lars Anderson vs. Bad Boy Bullinski
Red Bastien vs. Bill Christy
3/12/71 – Owatonna, MN @ the National Guard Armory
Hercules Cortez vs. Blackjack Lanza
Paul Diamond vs. Larry Hennig
Jean Antone vs. Betty Niccoli
3/13/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Blackjack Daniels & Angel Rivera
Blackjack Lanza vs. Kenny Jay
Strong Kobayashi vs. Dave Cox
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jose Betancourt
Lars Anderson vs. Jose Rodriguez
3/13/71 – Honolulu, HI
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Lonnie Mayne vs. Mil Mascaras
King Curtis vs. Bobby Shane
Billy Robinson vs. The Pro
Don Muraco & Frankie Laine vs. Ripper Collins & Dale Lewis
3/15/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez in a 2/3 falls match
Blackjack Lanza vs. The Crusher when Crusher was deemed too bloody to continue after manager Bobby Heenan hit Crusher with a foreign object
Bull Bullinski vs. Strong Kobayashi .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
Big K vs. Bobby Jones .
Dave Muir vs. Wilf Caron
Reported Attendance: “7.090 wrestling fans”
3/16/71 – Portland, OR
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr vs. Lonnie Mayne
AWA Tag Team Champions Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon .
Pat O’Brien vs. Haru Sasaki .
Dutch Savage vs. Steven Little Bear
Stan Stasiak vs. Moose Morowski
Tony Borne vs. Bing Ki Lee
Eric Froelich vs. Bobby Nichols
3/18/71 – Salem, OR
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger . for AWA Tag Title
Lonnie Mayne vs. Dutch Savage .
Bobby Nichols vs. Moose Morowski
Bing Ki Lee vs. Pat O’Brien
3/18/71 – Jackson, MN @ the National Guard Armory
Hercules Cortez vs. Lars Anderson
Edouard Carpentier vs. Big K
Larry Hennig vs. Bad Boy Bullinski
3/19/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Blackjack Lanza vs. the Crusher
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Paul Diamond vs. Harley Race
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
Big K (sub Kenny Jay) vs. Jack Pesek
3/19/71 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Armory
Card cancelled because of snow. Rescheduled for March 25, 1971.
3/20/71 – Minneapolis TV
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. George Gadaski & John the Greek
The Crusher vs. Dave Cox
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Haystack Calhoun vs. Ken Yates
Verne Gagne vs. Rodeo Jones
3/20/71 – St Paul, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Verne Gagne & Haystack Calhoun
If Crusher wins, he gets 5 minutes with Bobby Heenan
The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza but didn’t vs. Bobby Heenan in 5 minutes
Larry Hennig vs. Paul Diamond
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rodeo Jones
Lars Anderson vs. Bad Boy Bullinski
Big K vs. Kenny Jay
3/20/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Baron Von Raschke vs. Dick the Bruiser
Strong Kobayashi vs. Paul Christy
Wilbur Snyder vs. Hans Schmidt
Moose Cholak vs. Ox Baker
Billy Red Cloud vs. Angelo Poffo
3/21/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Big K
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Billy Red Cloud vs. Blackjack Lanza .
Reported Attendance: 3,100
3/22/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez .
Blackjack Lanza vs. Paul Diamond
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bad Boy Bullinski
3/24/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bad Boy Bullinski
Blackjack Lanza vs. Billy Red Cloud
Big K vs. Billy Christian
3/25/71 – Sheboygan, WI
Winning team to face Vachons on a future card
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
Blackjack Lanza vs. Paul Diamond
Strong Kobayashi vs. Paul Christy
Angelo Poffo vs. Big K
3/26/71 – Whitehall, WI @ the High School Gym
AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Paul Diamond & Bad Boy Bullinski
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jack Pesek
Paul Diamond vs. Butcher Vachon
3/27/71 – Minneapolis TV
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bill Christy
Strong Kobayashi vs. Kenny Jay
Hercules Cortez vs. Dave Muir
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Tony Savoldi
Verne Gagne vs. Wilf Caron
3/27/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez .
Blackjack Lanza vs. Billy Red Cloud
Strong Kobayashi vs. Angelo Poffo
Big K vs. Bill Christy
3/29/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
If Crusher vs.s Lanza in 20 minutes, he gets 5 minutes with Bobby Heenan
The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza . in 13:00 then Bobby Heenan vs. The Crusher . when Crusher & Lanza started brawling
Hercules Cortez vs. Lars Anderson
Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig .
Bull Bullinski vs. Butcher Vachon
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bob Tuck
Bob Jones vs. Dave Muir
Reported Attendance: “More than 7,000 wrestling fans”
4/1/71 – Oshkosh, WI @ the Lourdes High School
The Crusher vs. Lars Anderson
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bull Bullinski
Billy Red Cloud vs. Butcher Vachon
Paul Diamond vs. Nick Bockwinkel
4/3/71 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Dave Cox & George Gadaski
Strong Kobayashi vs. Tony Savoldi
Hercules Cortez vs. Wilf Caron
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Paul Diamond vs. Dave Muir
4/3/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Mad Dog Vachon COR
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Hercules Cortez & Kenny Jay (sub Red Bastien)
Strong Kobayashi vs. Bill Christy
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Blackjack Lanza vs. Billy Red Cloud
Big K vs. George Gadaski
4/6/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Hercules Cortez & Bull Bullinski (sub Red Bastien)
Hercules Cortez vs. Blackjack Lanza
Paul Diamond vs. Strong Kobayashi
Butcher Vachon vs. Billy Red Cloud
4/7/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Hercules Cortez & Haystack Calhoun in a 2/3 falls match
Bull Bullinski vs. Blackjack Lanza .
Strong Kobayashi vs. Billy Howard (sub Paul Diamond) .
Butcher Vachon vs. Billy Red Cloud
Big K vs. George Gadaski .
Reported Attendance: “5,874 fans”
4/10/71 – Minneapolis TV
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Chuck Edwards & Bill Howard
Strong Kobayashi vs. Bobby Vann
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
Lars Anderson vs. John the Greek
Haystack Calhoun vs. Rodeo Jones
4/10/71 – St. Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon .
Haystack Calhoun vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Billy Red Cloud vs. Paul Christy
Joe Scarpello vs. Billy Howard
George Gadaski vs. Rodeo Jones
4/10/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Strong Kobayashi .
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Don Kent
Wilbur Snyder vs. Blackjack Lanza
Baron Von Raschke vs. Jack Pesek
Big K vs. Prince Pullins
Paul Diamond vs. Don Fargo
4/13/71 – Bismarck, ND
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Blackjack Lanza
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Red Cloud
Lars Anderson vs. Paul Diamond
Jack Pesek vs. Bill Christy
4/13/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon .
Strong Kobayashi vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Big K vs. Joe Scarpello
George Gadaski vs. Kenny Jay
Reported Attendance: 2,000
4/14/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez in a 2/3 falls match
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Paul Diamond
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jack Pesek
Strong Kobayashi vs. Joe Scarpello
4/16/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Strong Kobayashi .
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Big K vs. Joe Scarpello
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jack Pesek (sub Paul Diamond)
4/17/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Rico Guzman & Angel Rivera
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Bill Howard & Joe Scarpello
Blackjack Lanza vs. Jack Pesek
Strong Kobayashi vs. Julio Rodriguez
Verne Gagne vs. Dave Cox
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Bill Christy
4/17/71 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon & Strong Kobayashi & Big K
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Larry Hennig
Hercules Cortez vs. Blackjack Daniels
Red Bastien vs. Billy Red Cloud
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Howard
Joe Scarpello vs. Angel Rivera
4/20/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Wilbur Snyder
Billy Red Cloud vs. Blackjack Lanza
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Howard
4/24/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Strong Kobayashi vs. Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall COR
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in 3rd fall
Wilbur Snyder vs. Al Costello
Baron Von Raschke vs. Bill Howard
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
Lars Anderson vs. Joe Scarpello
4/25/71 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Advertised as professional wrestling’s return to the Arena after more than 10 years
The Crusher vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Shozo Strong Kobayashi & Big K
Paul Diamond vs. Butcher Vachon
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Red Cloud
4/28/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Blackjack Lanza
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Paul Diamond & Billy Red Cloud
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Howard
Kenny Jay vs. Ken Yates
4/29/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Strong Kobayashi in a 2/3 falls match in 33:00
1 Kobayashi vs. Gagne
2 Gagne vs. Kobayashi
3 Gagne vs. Kobayashi
Gene Kiniski vs. Blackjack Lanza in a 2/3 falls match in 29:00
1 Lanza vs. Kiniski
2 Kiniski vs. Lanza
3 Kiniski vs. Lanza
Wilbur Snyder vs. Big K in 4:00
Bobby Jones vs. Pete Mymko in 13:00
Dave Muir vs. Bob Tuck in 12:00
Bobby Heenan vs. Tony Condello in 10:00
Reported Attendance: “more than five thousand”
4/29/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Haystack Calhoun vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
4/30/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
If Crusher vs.s Lanza, he gets 5 minutes with manager Bobby Heenan
The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza but did not vs. Bobby Heenan in 5:00
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Haystack Calhoun & Hercules Cortez in a 2/3 falls match
Joe Scarpello vs. George Gadaski
Bill Watts vs. Jack Pesek
Promoter: Gene Reed
Note: I’ve also seen Billy Red Cloud listed as the opponent for Jack Pesek.
4/30/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Strong Kobayashi vs. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne . when Gagne would not release a choke hold
AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Wilbur Snyder & Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Kay Noble & Betty Niccoli vs. Jean Antone & Sandy Partlow
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Billy Howard vs. Big K
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
5/1/71 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Tony Savoldi & Joe Scarpello
Hercules Cortez vs. Dave Cox
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Howard
Bull Bullinski vs. Dave Muir
5/1/71 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
Handicap Match: The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan
Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien
Bull Bullinski vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Hercules Cortez vs. Big K
Billy Howard vs. Joe Scarpello
5/2/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Strong Kobayashi vs. The Crusher COR
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Big K vs. Bill Howard
5/3/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
No-DQ match: Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Strong Kobayashi vs. Billy Howard
Big K vs. Paul Christy
5/5/71 – Bemidji, MN @ the Jr. High School Gym
Bull Bullinski (sub Hercules Cortez) vs. Larry Hennig in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Joe Scarpello (sub Paul Diamond) in a 2/3 falls match
Kenny Yates vs. Kenny Jay
“small crowd”
5/8/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Kenny Jay & John the Greek
Blackjack Lanza vs. Angel Rivera
Strong Kobayashi vs. George Gadaski
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dave Cox
Bull Bullinski vs. Rodeo Jones
5/8/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski 11:22
Strong Kobayashi & Big K vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Blackjack Lanza .
Bobby Heenan vs. Kenny Jay
Joe Scarpello vs. Kenny Yates
5/11/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
5/12/71 – Oshkosh, WI @ the Lourdes High School Gym
The Crusher vs. Shozo Strong Kobayashi 60:00
Red Bastien vs. Blackjack Lanza in a 2/3 falls match 60:00
Sandy Partlow vs. Kay Noble 30:00
Big K vs. Bill Howard 20:00
5/14/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
No Time Limit, No-DQ Match: Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Gene Kiniski vs. Strong Kobayashi .
Haystack Calhoun vs. Butcher Vachon
Big K vs. Gil Hayes (sub Dave Muir)
Bob Tuck vs. Wilf Caron .
5/14/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Bull Bullinski vs. Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall .
No-DQ Match: The Crusher vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Blackjack Lanza vs. Sailor Art Thomas .
Bobby Heenan vs. Kenny Jay
Joe Scarpello vs. Bill Christy
Promoter: Gene Reed
5/15/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
No-DQ Match: Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in a 2/3 falls match for AWA Tag Team Title
The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig
Bull Bullinski vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Lars Anderson vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Bobby Heenan vs. Kenny Jay
George Gadaski vs. Bill Christian
Reported Attendance: 10,271
5/15/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Strong Kobayashi vs. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne
Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke vs. Moose Cholak & Haystack Calhoun
Wilbur Snyder vs. Dr Big Bill Miller
Blackjack Lanza vs. Joe Scarpello
Paul Christy vs. Johnny Fargo
Don Fargo vs. Jack Pesek
5/18/71 – Bismarck, ND
AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Strong Kobayashi & Big K
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Heenan .
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bill Christy
5/19/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Strong Kobayashi vs. the Crusher COR
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Blackjack Lanza vs. Jack Pesek
Bobby Heenan vs. Billy Howard (sub Kenny Jay)
Big K vs. Joe Scarpello
5/21/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien
5/22/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Dave Cox & Ken Yates
Strong Kobayashi vs. Jose Rodriguez
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Angel Rivera
Lars Anderson vs. Hank Meadows
Verne Gagne vs. Raoul Guzman
5/22/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Strong Kobayashi in 26:33 with sleeper hold
Blackjack Lanza vs. Red Bastien 16:25
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond 21:18
Hercules Cortez vs. Big K 10:57
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Heenan
Joe Scarpello vs. Bill Christy 15:12
5/28/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Handicap, Handcuff Match: The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan 2-0, 2nd fall by .
1. While Lanza was handcuffed to a corner ring post during the 1st fall, Crusher vs. Bobby Heenan . after a Bolo punch. Referee Danny Loos then unlocked Lanza from the ring post.
2. Lanza was .’ed
Hercules Cortez vs. Strong Kobayashi with a one arm back breaker in the 3rd fall
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K
Larry Hennig vs. Joe Scarpello
Promoter: Gene Reed
5/29/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Wilf Caron
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Bill Christy & Dave Muir
Larry Hennig vs. Tony Savoldi
Strong Kobayashi vs. Dave Cox
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
5/29/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Hercules Cortez vs. Strong Kobayashi in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Blackjack Lanza vs. Paul Diamond
Red Bastien vs. Big K
Kenny Jay vs. Dale Curzy (sub Kenny Yates)
Reported Attendance: 1,532
5/30/71 – Fond Du Lac, WI @ the Fairgrounds Recreation Center
Hercules Cortez vs. Blackjack Lanza
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski & Red Bastien in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond .
Big K vs. George Gadaski
6/4/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Loser Leaves USA
Dick the Bruiser vs. Strong Kobayashi
Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke vs. Moose Cholak & Wilbur Snyder
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski COR
Paul Christy vs. Dr Big Bill Miller .
Paul Diamond vs. Big K .
Angelo Poffo vs. Billy Howard
6/5/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Dave Muir
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. George Gadaski & John the Greek
Strong Kobayashi vs. Tony Savoldi
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Pancho Zapata
Verne Gagne vs. Rodeo Jones
Dave Cox vs. Kenny Jay
6/5/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in a 2/3 falls match
Strong Kobayashi vs. Bull Bullinski . in 15:11
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond . in 18:20
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Blackjack Lanza .
Big K vs. Joe Scarpello
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 5,876”
6/11/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in a 2/3 falls match
1 Vachons won 1st fall
2 Bastien & Cortez won 2nd fall
3 Bastien & Cortez won 3rd fall
Death match: The Crusher vs. Strong Kobayashi in 13:00
Blackjack Lanza vs. Dr. Big Bill Miller in 8:00
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond by submission in 24:00
Dr. Big Bill Miller (sub Bob Tuck) vs. Bobby Heenan
Tony Condello vs. Wilf Caron in 7:00
Reported Attendance: “7,000 fans”
6/12/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Angel Rivera
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Bill Christy & Dave Muir
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay
Blackjack Lanza vs. George Gadaski
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jose Rodriguez
6/12/71 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
Midwest Champion The Claw vs. Dr. Big Bill Miller
Midwest Tag Team Champions Bob Ellis & Alberto Torres vs. Ox Baker & Ali Ben Kahn
Jerry Miller vs. Treach Phillips
6/14/71 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Death Match: The Crusher vs. Strong Kobayashi .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Bobby Heenan vs. Bull Bullinski
Big K vs. Lars Anderson
6/18/71 – Appleton, WI @ the Xavier High School
The Crusher & Bull Bullinski vs. Strong Kobayashi & Big K
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond
Lars Anderson vs. Joe Scarpello
Bill Howard vs. Billy Christy
6/19/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Freddie Rogers
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. George Grant & Bobby Vann
Blackjack Lanza vs. John the Greek
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
Billy Robinson vs. Strong Kobayashi
6/19/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Fence Match: The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan at 17:20
Billy Robinson vs. Strong Kobayashi
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dr. Big Bill Miller
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Paul Diamond & Sailor Art Thomas
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K .
Joe Scarpello vs. Fred Rogers
Reported Attendance: 8,229
6/25/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
6/26/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Freddie Rogers & George Grant
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Lars Anderson vs. Rodeo Jones
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Vann
Verne Gagne vs. Dave Cox
Paul Diamond vs. Steve Tuck
6/26/71 – Milwaukee WI @ the Arena
Loser Leaves Town
The Crusher vs. Strong Kobayashi
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Moose Cholak & Paul Diamond
Don Muraco vs. Black Jack Lanza .
Big K vs. Bill Howard
Reported Attendance: 10,374
6/26/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
Baron Von Raschke vs. Wilbur Snyder
Hans Schmidt vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Billy Robinson vs. Angelo Poffo
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble
Joe Scarpello vs. Johnny Kace
7/4/71 – Robbinsdale, MN
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Hercules Cortez & Bull Bullinski .
Big K vs. Bill Christy
Billy Robinson vs. Dave Cox
7/5/71 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Bull Bullinski vs. Joe Turco
Billy Robinson vs. Big K
Jack Bence vs. Don Muraco
7/7/71 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Auditorium
Hercules Cortez dcor Nick Bockwinkel in 3rd fall
Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Turco
Billy Howard vs. Jack Bence
Reported Attendance: 2,263
7/7/71 – Winona, MN @ the Junior High School Auditorium
Bull Bullinski vs. Larry Hennig
Paul Diamond vs. Big K
Don Muraco vs. Bill Christy
7/10/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien vs. Aldo Bogni
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Jack Bence & Julio Rodriguez
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jose Betancourt
Billy Robinson vs. Carlos Diaz
Don Muraco vs. Joe Guzman
7/10/71 – St. Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Billy Robinson vs. Big K
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe
Art Thomas vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Aldo Bogni
7/10/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Edouard Carpentier . in 33:14
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dick The Bruiser COR
Wilbur Snyder dcor Baron Von Raschke
Bull Bullinski vs. Joe Turco .
Angelo Poffo (sub Paul Diamond) vs. Bill Howard
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
7/15/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Hercules Cortez COR
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski
Billy Robinson vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco
7/16/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Billy Robinson vs. Big K
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence
7/17/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez .
Wilbur Snyder vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ernie Ladd .
Billy Robinson vs. Big K
Lars Anderson vs. Billy Howard
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence
7/17/71 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig vs. Dave Cox
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Tony Savoldi
Bull Bullinski vs. Hank Meadows
Billy Robinson vs. Aldo Bogni
Verne Gagne vs. Dave Muir
Kenny Jay vs. Joe Turco
7/19/71 – Davenport, IA @ the Municipal Stadium
Nick Bockwinkel vs. The Crusher .
Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco
7/20/71 – Bismarck, ND
Non-Title
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez
Billy Robinson vs. Big K
Bull Bullinski vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Aldo Bogni
7/21/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Bull Bullinski (sub Red Bastien) vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Hercules Cortez vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Billy Robinson vs. Jack Bence
7/21/71 – San Antonio, TX @ the Municipal Auditorium
Non-Title Match: Thunderbolt Patterson vs. American Champion Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
Non-Title Match: AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Toru Tanaka
Wilbur Snyder vs. Bronko Lubich
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs. Jerry Timmons
Benny Matta vs. George Harris III .
Note: Gagne was not billed as AWA World Heavyweight Champion. Instead he was billed as a former World Champion.
7/23/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Hercules Cortez . when Cortez tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble . in 15:00 after an atomic drop
Billy Robinson vs. Big K . in 21:00
Don Muraco vs. Crusher Morowski
Jack Bence vs. Bob Tuck
Reported Attendance: “6.165 roaring fans”
Note: “Hercules Cortez who was killed early Saturday morning when the car in which he was riding with fellow Red Bastien went out of control and rolled over. It is reported that Cortez, 34, a native of Madrid, Spain, was thrown from the car. He was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Bastien was seriously injured and is confined to hospital. The pair was returning to Minneapolis from Winnipeg immediately after their matches at Winnipeg Arena Friday night.”.
7/24/71 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Jose Betancourt & Angel Rivera
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Pancho Zapata
Edouard Carpentier vs. Aldo Bogni
Andre the Giant vs. Moose Morowski
Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay
7/24/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Non-Title: Nick Bockwinkel vs. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne (sub Hercules Cortez) 18:21
Billy Robinson vs. Edouard Carpentier 16:08
Bull Bullinski & Jean Ferre (Andre The Giant) vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
Ray Stevens vs. Jose Betancourt (sub Red Bastien) 12:05
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble 8:32
Kenny Jay vs. Joe Turco 15:00
Reported Attendance: 6,123
7/25/71 – DePere, WI @ the Minahan Stadium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski & The Crusher in a 2/3 falls match (subs for Hercules Cortez & Red Bastien)
1 Hennig & Anderson won
2 Bullinski & Crusher won
3 Hennig & Anderson won
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble 15:00
Billy Robinson vs. Big K . in 18:43
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence . in 11:23
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Paul Diamond was scheduled but did not take place
Reported Attendance: 4000+
7/28/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson .
Bull Bullinski vs. Lars Anderson
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe
Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco
Ray Stevens vs. Jack Pesek in a 2/3 falls match
Reported Attendance: 1,400
7/31/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel . when Bockwinkel tossed Gagne over the top rope
Bull Bullinski & mystery partner Andre Rousimoff vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match, forfeit in 3rd fall when Larry Hennig refused to continue
Billy Robinson vs. Big K
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien
Butcher Vachon (sub Jack Pesek) vs. Jack Bence
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 10,245”
7/31/71 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dave Cox
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Don Muraco vs. Carlos Diaz
Kay Noble vs. Vivian Vachon
Butcher Vachon vs. Julio Rodriguez
8/4/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien
Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski
Bill Howard vs. Joe Turco
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence
8/6/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Ray Stevens vs. Ramon Torres
Bull Bullinski vs. Lars Anderson .
Don Muraco vs. Big K
8/7/71 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Kenny Jay & John the Greek
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bill Howard
Billy Robinson vs. Ken Yates
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
Art Thomas vs. Rodeo Jones
8/7/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dick The Bruiser
Baron Von Raschke & Hans Schmidt vs. Red Bastien & Wilbur Snyder
Dr. Big Bill Miller vs. Moose Cholak
Paul Christy vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco
Prince Pullins vs. Blackjack Daniels
8/7/71 – St. Paul, MN
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Heenan COR
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Joe Scarpello & Jack Pesek
Ray Stevens vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Bill Howard vs. Rodeo Jones
8/14/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza .
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in a 2/3 falls match
Edouard Carpentier vs. Jack Bence
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Bobby Heenan on a walk away COR
Billy Red Cloud (sub Billy Howard) vs. John The Greek
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
8/14/71 – Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher & Bull Bullinski vs. Hans Schmidt & Big K
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wilbur Snyder
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien
Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco
Reported Attendance: 1,500
8/14/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien vs. Joe Turco
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bill Howard
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Ray Stevens vs. Tony Savoldi
Wilbur Snyder vs. Wilf Caron
Hans Schmidt vs. Hank Meadows
8/15/71 – Ashland
Red Bastien vs. Ray Stevens
8/17/71 – Sterling
Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig
8/18/71 – Burlington IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Jack Bence vs. Fred Rogers (sub Nick Bockwinkel)
George Gadaski vs. Joe Turco
Reported Attendance: 2,200
8/19/71 – Oshkosh, WI
Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan in a 2/3 falls match (third fall ended in DQ)
Billy Robinson vs. Big K
Ray Stevens vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco in 13:13
8/20/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall . when manager Bobby Heenan interfered
1 Robinson vs. Lanza in 4:00
2 Lanza vs. Robinson 11 minutes later
3 Lanza was disqualified when manager Bobby Heenan interfered
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel in 21:00
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien by submission in 19:00
Bobby Heenan vs. Bull Bullinski COR
Bob Brown vs. Jack Bence in 15:00
Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco .
8/21/71 – Cambridge
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
8/21/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien & The Crusher vs. John the Greek & Rodeo Jones
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Angel Rivera
Billy Robinson vs. Carlos Diaz
Ray Stevens vs. Ken Yates
8/24/71 – Davenport, IA @ the Municipal Stadium
Blackjack Lanza vs. Billy Robinson
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Heenan
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence
8/25/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Billy Robinson
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble
Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco
8/26/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble
Don Muraco vs. Lars Anderson
Jack Bence vs. Joe Turco
8/27/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza on a 3rd fall . when Bobby Heenan interfered
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien when Bastien was unable to continue after injuring his leg
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Larry Hennig
Joe Scarpello vs. Joe Turco
8/28/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Hans Schmidt & Baron Von Raschke
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dick the Bruiser .
Ernie Ladd vs. Gene Kiniski
Dr. Big Bill Miller vs. Joe Blanchard
Paul Christy vs. Joe Turco
Joe Scarpello vs. Kenny Jay
8/28/71 – Minneapolis, MN
Ray Stevens won a 12 man battle royal
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Red Cloud
Big K vs. Bull Bullinski
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Jack Pesek
8/28/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien vs. Ray Stevens .
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. George Gadaski & Julio Rodriguez
Blackjack Lanza vs. John the Greek
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Vann
Billy Robinson vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Ken Yates
8/29/71 – Appleton, WI @ the Xavier High School
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza
Bobby Heenan vs. Bull Bullinski COR
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien
Don Muraco vs. Joe Turco
8/31/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Lanza
Bull Bullinski vs. Ray Stevens .
Billy Red Cloud vs. Joe Turco
Don Muraco vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: 1,538
9/4/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson .
Robinson must vs. Heenan in 5 minutes
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Heenan 5:00 so Heenan was declared the winner
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski
Blackjack Lanza vs. Don Muraco (sub Jack Bence)
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
9/4/71 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Julio Rodriguez
Verne Gagne vs. Rodeo Jones
Billy Red Cloud vs. Angel Rivera
The Crusher vs. Freddie Rogers
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. George Gadaski & John the Greek
9/6/71 – Davenport, IA @ the Municipal Stadium
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan vs. Kenny Jay & Billy Robinson
Billy Red Cloud vs. Ray Stevens
9/9/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. The Crusher & Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Handicap Match: Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Heenan but the win came after the 5 minute mark so Heenan won Billy’s purse for the night
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Don Muraco .
Ray Stevens vs. Jack Bence
Blackjack Lanza vs. Tony Condello
Karl Von Steiger vs. Bob Tuck
Reported Attendance: “estimated crowd of 4,000”
9/10/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel . in 20:44
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. The Crusher & Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Bobby Heenan vs. Billy Robinson (Billy didn’t vs. Bobby in 5 mins)
Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco in 8:45
Reported Attendance: 4,363
9/11/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Ken Yates
Larry Hennig vs. George Gadaski
Blackjack Lanza vs. Kenny Jay
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Jack Bence & Tony Savoldi
Billy Robinson vs. Paul Caruso
Don Muraco vs. Wilf Caron
9/11/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Bull Bullinski
Robinson must vs. Heenan in 5 minutes or lose the match
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Heenan in 5:02 so Heenan was declared the victor
Don Muraco vs. Lars Anderson
Blackjack Lanza vs. Billy Red Cloud
Larry Hennig vs. Jack Bence
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Paul Caruso
9/14/71 – Grand Rapids
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Billy Robinson & Bull Bullinski
9/15/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza .
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski & Sailor Art Thomas
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Red Cloud
9/17/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Jack Bence
Billy Red Cloud vs. Dennis O’Brien
9/17/71 – Granville
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco
9/18/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Bobby Heenan won a $12,000 battle royal by simultaneously eliminating Blackjack Lanza & Billy Robinson. Order of elimination from first to last: 1 Joe Scarpello, 2 Paul Christy, 3 Lars Anderson, 4 Sailor Art Thomas, 5 Larry Hennig, 6 Nick Bockwinkel, 7 The Crusher, 8 Wilbur Snyder, 9 Ray Stevens, 10 & 11 – Lanza & Robinson
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. The Crusher & Bull Bullinski in 15:32 when Hennig vs. Bullinski
Bobby Heenan vs. Billy Robinson when Robinson was unable to pin Heenan in 5 minutes
Ray Stevens vs. Paul Christy . in 11:33
Blackjack Lanza vs. Joe Scarpello . in 9:15 after a boot to the face
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Sailor Art Thomas . in 11:38
9/18/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Paul Caruso
Blackjack Lanza vs. Kenny Jay
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Pancho Zapata
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
Verne Gagne vs. Bob Kappel
Don Muraco vs. Carlos Diaz
9/20/71 – Minot, ND
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Don Muraco
9/21/71 – Bismarck, ND
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence
9/24/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Nick Bockwinkel vs. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne . when Verne tossed Nick over the top rope
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
Handicap Match: Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Red Cloud
9/25/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bull Bullinski
Bobby Heenan vs. Mad Dog Vachon .
Kenny Yates vs. Kenny Jay
Dennis Stamp vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
9/25/71 – St Paul, MN
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble
Don Muraco vs. Butcher Vachon
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Jack Bence
9/25/71 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Wilf Caron
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Jack Bence & Hank Meadows
Billy Robinson vs. Mike Spangler
9/26/71 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan vs. Billy Robinson & Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match (Lanza & Heenan won falls 2 & 3)
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Red Cloud
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence
9/29/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. The Crusher & Bull Bullinski
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Red Cloud
Don Muraco vs. Dennis O’Brien
10/2/71 – St. Paul, MN
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski
Handicap Match: Sailor Art Thomas vs. Kenny Yates & Angel Rivera
Larry Hennig vs. Don Muraco
Jack Bence vs. Dennis O’Brien
Reported Attendance: 5,135
10/2/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bobby Vann
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Jack Bence & George Gadaski
Billy Robinson vs. Ken Yates
Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne vs. Angel Rivera
Don Muraco vs. ?
10/5/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Death match: Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens*
Larry Hennig vs. Don Muraco
Dennis Stamp vs. Jack Bence
* Also have seen that match listed as Crusher & Bullinski over Bockwinkel & Stevens.
10/6/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Nick Bockwinkel vs. The Crusher
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens .
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Don Muraco & Bull Bullinski
Jack Bence vs. Dennis Stamp
10/7/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Blackjack Lanza . in 16:00 after Billy Robinson pushed manager Bobby Heenan off the top turnbuckle on to Lanza
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski . in 9:00
Ivan Koloff vs. Jack Bence by submission in 11:00
Bob Tuck vs. Wilf Caron
Reported Attendance: “about 7,000 fans”
10/8/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Bull Bullinski
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza 17:00
Don Muraco vs. Lars Anderson 30:00
Ivan Koloff vs. Jack Bence 6:00
Reported Attendance: 1,951
10/9/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. John the Greek & Rodeo Jones
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Bill Howard & Joe Scarpello
Blackjack Lanza vs. Jack Pesek
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Vann
Billy Robinson vs. Paul Caruso
10/9/71 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Great Kusatsu vs. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne .
Midwest Tag Team Champions Jerry The Duke Miller & Johnny Valentine Jr vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Ramon Torres vs. Ali Ben Khan
Ox Baker vs. Luis Marquez
Bobo Johnson vs. Tiger Thomas (sub Lord Littlebrook)
10/9/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Billy Robinson won a 12 man battle royal
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens
Blackjack Lanza vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Red Cloud .
Bull Bullinski vs. Jack Bence .
Reported Attendance: “crowd of12,300”, “first wrestling show sellout at the Arena”
10/10/71 – Oshkosh, WI @ the Lourdes High School Gym
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens .
Blackjack Lanza vs. Billy Robinson in a 2/3 falls match after a 3rd fall count out
Don Muraco vs. Bobby Heenan
Bull Bullinski vs. Jack Bence
10/14/71 – Redlake, MN
Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson
Billy Red Cloud vs. Ray Stevens
Larry Hennig vs. Don Muraco
10/16/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Mark Starr & Ken Yates
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Howard
Billy Robinson vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Jose Quintero
Ivan Koloff vs. George Gadaski
Hans Schmidt vs. Kenny Jay
10/16/71 – Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien .
Billy Robinson vs. Hans Schmidt
Ivan Koloff vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Bull Bullinski vs. Mark Starr
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence
10/19/71 – Bismarck, ND
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Billy Red Cloud vs. Big K
10/19/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Don Muraco vs. Larry Hennig
Bull Bullinski vs. Dennis Stamp
10/20/71 – Grand Forks, ND
Lars Anderson vs. The Crusher
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Robinson
10/22/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien on a 3rd fall .
1. Bockwinkel tied a corner rope around Bastien’s neck & held him to the canvas with a knee to the chest to gain the 1st fall at 11:40
2. Bastien vs. Stevens with an atomic drop at 4:01
3. The Crusher was .’ed for throwing Stevens over the top rope
Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson 24:12
Ivan Koloff vs. Jack Bence with a back breaker
Vivian Vachon vs. Kay Noble in 11:42
10/23/71 – Minneapolis TV
George Gadaski & Bill Howard vs. Dr. X & Larry Hennig .
The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Jack Bence & Jose Quintero
Ray Stevens vs. Tony Savoldi
Don Muraco vs. Hank Meadows
Ivan Koloff vs. Mark Starr
10/23/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
Ray Stevens vs. Dr. X .
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Mark Starr
Bill Howard vs. Jack Bence
10/24/71 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza . in 22:55
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Heenan . in 3:45
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Red Cloud by submission in 14:15
Bull Bullinski vs. Jack Bence in 13:34
Don Muraco vs. Big K . in 14:05
Reported Attendance: 5.516
10/26/71 – Minot, ND
The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza
10/26/71 – Fairmont
Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig
10/27/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien .
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza
Lars Anderson vs. Don Muraco
Ivan Koloff vs. Jack Bence
10/28/71 – Peoria, IL
The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig
10/29/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Robinson
10/30/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bill Christy
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Bill Howard
Bull Bullinski vs. Ken Yates
Billy Robinson vs. Carlos Diaz
Billy Red Cloud vs. Angel Rivera
10/30/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Blackjack Lanza vs. Dick The Bruiser COR
Dr Big Bill Miller vs. Bobby Heenan
The Professor vs. George Gadaski
Paul Christy vs. Billy Red Cloud
Angelo Poffo vs. Kenny Jay
10/30/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson .
Bobby Heenan was in the corner of Bockwinkel & Stevens for that match.
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Dennis Stamp
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
Note: Another listing has an additional match, Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe
11/1/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Big K
11/2/71 – Breckenridge
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Lars Anderson vs. Billy Red Cloud
Dennis Stamp vs. Jack Bence
11/2/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. George Gadaski
11/3/71 – Dixon, IL
The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza
11/3/71 – Aberdeen, SD @ the Civic Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
1 Anderson vs. Robinson in 7:00
2 Robinson vs. Anderson in 10:00
3 Robinson vs. Anderson in 3:20
Vivian Vachon vs. Betty Niccoli (sub Kay Noble)
Bull Bullinski vs. Larry Hennig . in 18:45
Billy Red Cloud vs. Jack Bence in 17:00
Reported Attendance: SRO (fans turned away).
11/4/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens .
Vivian Vachon vs. Betty Niccoli in 19:00 for Women’s Title
Don Muraco vs. Jack Bence . in 15:00 after an airplane spin
Bob Tuck vs. Bill Kochen
Bobby Jones vs. Wilf Caron in 10:00
Ivan Koloff (Winnipeg debut) vs. Billy Red Cloud . in 13:00
Reported Attendance: “disappointing crowd of less than 5000”
Note: Thw Winnipeg Free Press reported Vivian Vachon had 61 straight victories going in to her match with Niccoli.
11/5/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Don Muraco vs. Lars Anderson . when Anderson refused to let Muraco re-enter the ring
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Reported Attendance: 4,377
11/6/71 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Chuck Edwards & John the Greek
Dr. X vs. Bobby Van
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Howard
Ivan Koloff vs. Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne vs. Jose Quintero
Don Muraco vs. ?.
11/6/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Dr. X vs. Larry Hennig
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K
Don Muraco vs. Bill Howard
11/6/71 – Hammond, IN @ the Civic Center
Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson .
Marlene Parker & Mary Pringle vs. Lynn Cory & Sandy Partlow
Angelo Poffo vs. Johnny Kace
Freddy Rogers vs. Big Daddy Nixon
11/8/71 – Grand Forks, ND
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Robinson
11/9/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Nick Bockwinkel vs. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne .
Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan vs. Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder
Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Kenny Dillinger
Moose Cholak vs. Jack Bence
11/10/71 – Clinton, IA
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
11/11/71 – Burlington, IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Big K
Red Bastien vs. Bobby Heenan (sub Ray Stevens)
Bad Boy Bullinski vs. Fred Rogers
Paul Christy vs. Dennis Stamp
Reported Attendance: 2,150
11/11/71 – Oshkosh, WI @ the Lourdes High School Gym
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel . when Bockwinkel tossed Robinson over the top rope
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Sailor Art Thomas & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match (Hennig & Lars won falls 1 & 3)
Ivan Koloff vs. George Gadaski (sub Billy Red Cloud) by submission
Jack Bence vs. Bill Howard .
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd”
11/13/71 – Minneapolis TV
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon vs. Jack Bence & Bill Howard
Dr. X vs. Pancho Zapata
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
Ivan Koloff vs. Luis Gonzales
Don Muraco vs. Jose Quintero
11/12/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Red Bastien & Dr. X in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson vs. Big K .
Wilbur Snyder vs. Angelo Poffo
Ivan Koloff vs. Bill Howard
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout, “12th sellout in a row”
11/13/71 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien .
Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu vs. Jerry The Duke Miller COR
Reggie Parks vs. Ali Ben Khan
Ox Baker vs. Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
Reported Attendance: 2,572
11/13/71 – St. Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
Dr. X could not pin Bobby Heenan in 10 minutes so Heenan was awarded the victory
Handicap Match: Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Red Cloud & Bill Howard
Bull Bullinski vs. Jack Bence
Don Muraco vs. Blackjack Daniels
Reported Attendance: 4,800
11/14/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
Dr. X vs. Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) .
Big K vs. Billy Howard 18:00
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Vivian Vachon vs. Betty Niccoli
Reported Attendance: 2,700
11/15/71 – Grand Forks, ND
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
11/16/71 – Bismarck, ND
Red Bastien vs. Lars Anderson
Bull Bullinski vs. Jack Bence
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Don Muraco vs. Dennis O’Brien
11/18/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien on a 3rd fall .
1 Bockwinkel vs. Bastien
2 Bastien vs. Stevens
3 Red & Crusher were disqualified
Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson . in 17:00
Larry Hennig vs. Dr. X . in 14:00 after help from Lars Anderson
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Treach Phillips
Bob Tuck vs. Dave Muir
Reported Attendance: “more than 5,000 fans”
11/19/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Nick Bockwinkel vs. The Crusher COR
Dr. X vs. Lars Anderson
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson .
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K
11/20/71 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Julio Rodriguez
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Bobby Jones & Tony Savoldi
Ray Stevens vs. John the Greek
Verne Gagne vs. Treach Phillips
Big K vs. Mike Spangler
11/20/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Non-Title Match: Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien
Dick The Bruiser vs. Blackjack Mulligan
Blackjack Lanza vs. Billy Robinson .
Ivan Koloff vs. Art Thomas
Don Muraco vs. The Professor
Bull Bullinski vs. Danny Miller
Note: I’ve also seen the main event listed as a vs..
11/21/71 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Treach Phillips
Bill Howard vs. Jack Bence
11/23/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Larry Hennig vs. Don Muraco
Bull Bullinski vs. Treach Phillips
Ivan Koloff vs. Bobby Heenan
Bill Howard vs. Jack Bence
11/23/71 – Minot, ND
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel
11/24/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson won a battle royal
Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson
Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Heenan COR
Dennis Stamp vs. Treach Phillips
11/25/71 – Minneapolis, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens .
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Red Cloud
Jack Bence vs. Dennis O’Brien
11/26/71 – Peoria, IL
Red Bastien vs. Lars Anderson
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Robinson
11/27/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Dr. X & The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Ivan Koloff vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Bill Howard vs. Big K
George Gadaski vs. Kenny Jay
11/27/71 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Midwest Champion Great Kusatsu vs. Danny Miller
Billy Robinson vs. Ox Baker
Reggie Parks vs. Jerry Miller (sub Ray Stevens)
Mad Russian Stan Pulaski vs. Stan Kowalski
Reported Attendance: 2,780
11/30/71 – Mankato, MN
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Dr X & Bull Bullinski
12/1/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
The Crusher & Dr. X vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Ivan Koloff vs. Red Bastien
Big K vs. George Gadaski
Kenny Jay vs. Trench Phillips
Reported Attendance: 1,700
12/1/71 – Mitchell, SD @ the Corn Palace
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson
Bull Bulliniski vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Jack Pesek vs. Dennis Stamp
Joe Scarpello vs. Jack Bence
12/2/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & Dr. X vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
1 Hennig vs. Robinson
2 Dr X vs. Anderson
3 Robinson vs. Hennig
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel . in 14:00
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski
Handicap Match: Ivan Koloff vs. both Treach Phillips & Bobby Jones in just under 12 minutes
Jack Bence vs. Dave Muir
12/3/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
No-DQ Match: The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig by submission
Dr. X vs. Lars Anderson . in 20:35
Wilbur Snyder & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Ivan Koloff vs. Jack Bence
Bill Howard vs. Big K
Reported Attendance: “6,112 fans”
12/4/71 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Jack Bence
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Julio Rodriguez
Lars Anderson vs. Bill Howard
Billy Robinson vs. Angel Rivera
Ivan Koloff vs. Treach Phillips
Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang vs. Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas
12/4/71 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Larry Hennig vs. The Crusher
MidWest Champion Great Kusatsu vs. Bill Miller
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien
Jerry Miller vs. Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
Ox Baker vs. Reggie Parks
Reported Attendance: 1,620
12/4/71 – St. Paul, MN
Nick Bockwinkel vs. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne .
Lars Anderson vs. Dr. X
Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson vs. Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K
Bill Howard vs. Treach Phillips
12/5/71 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Auditorium
Larry Hennig vs. Dr. X . when X was caught using Hennig’s brass knuckles
Red Bastien vs. Ray Stevens 2-0 in 18:20
Bull Bullinski (sub Billy Robinson) vs. Big K . in 15:31
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Howard by submission in 13:10
Reported Attendance: 3,231
12/8/71 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
Dr. X vs. Larry Hennig
Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson vs. Tiger Thompson & Little Bruiser
Bill Howard vs. George Gadaski
12/10/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ray Stevens . in 18:20 when Stevens rammed Gagne’s head into the ring post
Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang vs. Tiger Thomas & Little Bruiser in a 2/3 falls match
Larry Hennig vs. Dr X in “less than 13 minutes”
Lars Anderson vs. Joe Blanchard
Reported Attendance: 5,209
12/11/71 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien vs. Julio Rodriguez
Larry Hennig vs. George Gadaski
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Joe Guzman
Billy Robinson vs. Pancho Zapata
Ivan Koloff vs. Bill Howard
12/11/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza vs. Dick The Bruiser & Dr. X
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Lars Anderson vs. Moose Cholak .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Danny Miller
Bull Bullinski vs. Treach Phillips
The Professor vs. Ken Dillinger
12/12/71 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien on a 3rd fall .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Reggie Parks .
Billy Robinson vs. Ox Baker .
Bill Howard vs. Treach Phillips
Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang vs. Little Bruiser & Wee Willie Wilson
12/14/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson
Dr X vs. Larry Hennig
Bull Bullinski vs. Treach Phillips
12/15/71 – Grand Forks, ND
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Dr X vs. Bobby Heenan
12/16/71 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Dr. X vs. Larry Hennig in 23:00
Bob Lueck vs. Angelo Mosca . in 16:00 when Mosca tossed Lueck over the top rope
The Crusher & Little Bruiser vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan
Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang vs. Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas in a 2/3 falls match
Bull Bullinski vs. Treach Phillips in 14:00
Dave Muir vs. Lloyd Antonation
12/18/71 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Rodeo Jones
Nick Bockwinkel vs. John the Greek
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Vann
Ivan Koloff vs. Kenny Jay
Bill Howard vs. Angel Rivera
12/18/71 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. The Great Kusatsu
Midwest Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Reggie Parks & Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
Dennis Stamp (sub Billy Red Cloud) vs. Ox Baker .
Jerry Miller vs. Treach Phillips
Reported Attendance: 2,219
12/19/71 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig . in 15:20
Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson vs. Little Bruiser & Wee Willie Wilson (sub for Tiger Thomas) in a 2/3 falls match (Lang & Bobo won falls 2 & 3)
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski . in 11:47
Dennis Stamp vs. Big K . in 26:50
Reported Attendance: 4,676
George Lentz notes the Stamp/Big K bout was apparently a substitute match for Lars Anderson against Billy Red Cloud.
12/25/71 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Bobby Van
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Luis Gonzales & Joe Guzman
Bull Bullinski vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Paul Caruso
Ivan Koloff vs. George Gadaski
Art Thomas vs. Pancho Zapata
12/25/71 – Minneapolis, MN
Dr X & Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Ivan Koloff vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Bull Bullinski vs. Ox Baker
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone
Billy Red Cloud vs. Buddy Wolff
12/26/71 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Dr X vs. Larry Hennig . in 18:35
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel . at 21:35 when Bockwinkel tossed Robinson over the top rope
Handicap Match: Ivan Koloff vs. Jerry Miller & Joe Scarpello
Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan vs. Dale Lewis & Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone .
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
12/27/71 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Dr X & Double X when Hennig vs. Dr X in the 3rd fall
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff . in 19:10
Great Kusatsu vs. Jerry Miller . in 14:32 after a series of judo chops to the throat
Jack Pesek vs. Stan Pulaski by submission with an Abdominal Stretch in 16:10
Big K vs. Dennis O’Brien . in 12:27
Reported Attendance: 3,870
12/27/71 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Bull Bullinski vs. Treach Phillips
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone
Billy Howard vs. Joe Scarpello
12/28/71 – Peoria, IL
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig
Big K vs. Bill Howard
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone
12/28/71 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Death Match: Dr. X vs. Lars Anderson
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski & Billy Robinson
Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay
Joe Scarpello vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: 2,500
12/29/71 – Minot, ND
Dr X & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
12/29/71 – Sterling
Larry Hennig vs. Angelo Poffo
Big K vs. Dennis Stamp
Ivan Koloff vs. Red Bastien
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone
12/30/71 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien & Bull Bullinski vs. Big K & Great Kusatsu & Ivan Koloff
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone
Joe Scarpello vs. Billy Red Cloud
Billy Robinson vs. Big K
12/30/71 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. The Crusher & Dr X .
Ray Stevens vs. Moose Cholak
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Johnny Kace
Angelo Poffo vs. Paul Christy
Bill Howard vs. Treach Phillips
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1/1/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Pancho Zapata
Andre the Giant vs. Moose Morowski
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Jack Bence & Tony Savoldi
Ivan Koloff vs. Mark Starr
Billy Robinson vs. Strong Kobayashi
1/5/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ray Stevens
Dr X vs. Lars Anderson
Ivan Koloff vs. Red Bastien
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K
Treach Phillips vs. Billy Howard
1/6/72 – Blue Earth, MN
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien in a 2/3 falls match
Bull Bullinski vs. Larry Hennig .
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe
Reported Attendance: 100
1/7/72 – Marshall, MN
Dr X & Bull Bullinski vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe
Billy Red Cloud vs. Big K
1/8/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Pedro Powles
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bill Howard & Treach Phillips
Billy Robinson vs. Armando Rodriguez
Verne Gagne vs. Dave Muir
Dusty Rhodes vs. George Gadaski
1/8/72 – Macomb, IL
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
Billy Howard vs. Treach Phillips
1/9/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel . in 28:50
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Dr X & Billy Robinson in a 2/3 falls match
1 Hennig & Anderson won
3 X & Robinson won
3 Hennig & Anderson won
Don Muraco vs. Big K . in 12:20
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Howard by submission in 21:04
Reported Attendance: sellout 5,800 with 1,000 turned away
1/11/72 – Bismarck, ND
Dr X & Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski
Dennis Stamp vs. Treach Phillips
1/11/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Nick Bockwinkel vs. the Crusher
Ivan Koloff vs. Red Bastien
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Howard
Joe Scarpello vs. Dennis O’Brien
1/12/72 – Mendota, MN
The Crusher vs. Big K
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel
1/13/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Special Referee: Joe Blanchard
The Crusher & Little Bruiser vs. Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Heenan 2-0, 2nd fall by . in 27:20
Lars Anderson vs. Dr X .
Andre Rousimoff vs. Larry Hennig .
Billy Robinson vs. Red Bastien .
Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco
Dusty Rhodes vs. Joe Scarpello .
Reported Attendance: 10,363
1/13/72 – Sioux Falls, SD @ the Coliseum
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
1. Nick won 1st fall
2. Bullinski won 2nd fall
3. Nick won 3rd fall
Reggie Parks & Stan Pulaski vs. Ivan Koloff & Great Kusatsu
Jerry Miller vs. Buddy Wolff
Johnny Valentine Jr vs. Ox Baker
1/14/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Bull Bullinski & Andre the Giant vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 2-0
Larry Hennig vs. Dr. X .
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Dusty Rhodes vs. Joe Scarpello
Reported Attendance: 1,500
1/15/72 – Minneapolis TV
Andre the Giant vs. Bobby Van
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Billy Robinson vs. Jose Quintero
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Tom Demarco
Dusty Rhodes vs. John the Greek
Lars Anderson vs. Treach Phillips
1/15/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel . in 13:12
Billy Robinson vs. Red Bastien . in 16:13
Ivan Koloff & Big K vs. Andre Rousimoff & Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Larry Hennig vs. Joe Scarpello . in 16:04
Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Howard . in 9:36
Reported Attendance: “7,329 fans”
1/19/72 – Huron, SD @ the Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. Lars Anderson & Larry Hennig in a 2/3 falls match
1. Anderson vs. Bastien
2. Bastien vs. Hennig
3. Crusher vs. Anderson
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone .
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski .
Don Muraco vs. Big K .
Reported Attendance: “approximately 6,000 wrestling fans”
1/19/72 – Grand Forks, ND
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens
1/20/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Dr X & Andre The Giant (Winnipeg debut) vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match in 28:00
1 Hennig vs. Dr X
2 Dr X vs. Hennig
3 Andre vs. Hennig
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff . when manager Big K interfered
Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Red Cloud
Big K vs. George Gadaski (sub Bull Bullinski)
Bobby Jones vs. Dave Muir
Reported Attendance: “4,800 fans”
1/20/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Red Bastien in a 2/3 falls match for the AWA Tag Team Title
1. Bockwinkel vs. Crusher in 13:36
2. Crusher won in 1:23
3. Stevens vs. Bastien in 4:04
Pepper Gomez vs. Blackjack Lanza in a 2/3 falls match
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone
Don Muraco vs. Bobby Heenan 2-0
Promoter: Gene Reed
Reported Attendance: 8,000
1/21/72 – Peoria, IL
Billy Robinson & Dr X vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Ivan Koloff vs. Red Bastien
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Joe Scarpello
1/22/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bobby Van
Dr. X vs. Dave Muir
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Bill Howard
Ivan Koloff vs. Treach Phillips
Billy Robinson vs. Angel Rivera.
1/22/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Billy Robinson vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne .
The Crusher & Red Bastien & Dr X vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson & Nick Bockwinkel
Handicap Match: Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski & Paul Christy
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Dusty Rhodes vs. Frank Adonis
Joe Scarpello vs. Treach Phillips
1/23/72 – Oshkosh, WI
Billy Robinson & Dr X vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
1 Hennig & Anderson won
2 Robinson & X won
3 Robinsopn & X won
Ivan Koloff vs. Red Bastien
Dusty Rhodes vs. Dennis Stamp
Don Muraco vs. Treach Phillips
1/25/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
No DQ Match: The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Dr X & Red Bastien vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff .
Dusty Rhodes vs. Dennis Stamp
1/26/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Ivan Koloff vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne .
Billy Robinson vs. Buddy Wolff
Dr X vs. Larry Hennig
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K .
Dennis Stamp vs. Treach Phillips
1/26/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Dennis O’Brien vs. Billy Howard
1/27/72 – Burlington, IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Don Muraco
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bill Howard
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone
Note: show was likely cancelled for some reason.
The ad for the next show (2/7/72 – ) states “tickets purchased for Jan. 27 are good for this event.”
1/28/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher & Dr X vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson . in 15:00
Ivan Koloff vs. Red Bastien . in 16:30
Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski in 12:50
Don Muraco vs. Big K in 13:35
Dusty Rhodes vs. Treach Phillips in 3:50
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,112,” sellout
1/29/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Treach Phillips
Dr. X vs. Caesar Pavlon
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Julio Rodriguez
1/29/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Red Bastien
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski
Dr X vs. Chris Markoff
Lars Anderson vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: “near sellout”
1/30/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Dr. X & Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
Vivian Vachon vs. Jean Antone
Dusty Rhodes vs. Red Bastien
Chris Markoff vs. Dennis Stamp (sub Bullinski)
Reported Attendance: 2,434
2/3/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Texas Death Match: Dr X vs. Larry Hennig in 20:00 when Hennig could not answer the bell for the 9th fall
Ivan Koloff & Big K vs. Don Muraco & Don Leo Jonathan in a 2/3 falls match
Ray Stevens vs. Jack Pesek in 24:00
Leroy Hirsch vs. Bob Tuck . in 11:00
Chris Markoff vs. Wilf Caron in 7:30
Reported Attendance: “5000 spectators”
Note: Dr X won 6 of the 8 falls against Hennig.
2/3/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel in 17:46
Pepper Gomez vs. Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
1. Gomez vs. Anderson at 9:55
2. Anderson vs. Gomez at 10:50
3. Gomez vs. Anderson at 2:33
Red Bastien vs. Blackjack Lanza . in 13:55
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Heenan . at 8:48
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bill Howard in10:33
Reported Attendance: 6,097
2/5/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Jose Betancourt
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Ric Ferrara & Jack Pesek
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Dusty Rhodes vs. Angel Rivera
Don Muraco vs. Jose Quintero
2/5/72 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. The Great Kusatsu
Midwest Tag Team Champions Mad Russian Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Lars Anderson & Buddy Wolff .
Jerry Miller vs. Chris Markoff
Ox Baker vs. Johnny Valentine Jr
Reported Attendance: 4,125
2/6/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens . in 15:10
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dr X . in 19:40 when Dr X hit the referee
Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Howard (sub Bull Bullinski) . in 9:40
Larry Hennig vs. Jack Pesek . in 14:10
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco . in 11:30
Reported Attendance: 5,800
2/7/72 – Burlington, IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Don Muraco
Ivan Koloff vs. Bill Howard
Dusty Rhodes vs. Chris Markoff
Reported Attendance: 2500
2/8/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Dr X
Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson
Ivan Koloff vs. Chris Markoff
Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco
2/9/72 – Mitchell, SD @ the Corn Palace
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski & Dr X
Dusty Rhodes vs. Dennis Stamp
Don Muraco vs. Treach Phillips
2/10/72 – Red Lake, MN
Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff
Dusty Rhodes vs. Chris Markoff
Dennis Stamp vs. Rick Ferrera
2/12/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Sailor Art Thomas vs. Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan
Dr X vs. Lars Anderson
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Heenan
Chris Markoff vs. Paul Christy
Billy Red Cloud vs. Angelo Poffo
2/12/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Red Bastien in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco .
Dusty Rhodes vs. Ricky Ferrera .
Bull Bullinski vs. Larry Hennig .
Billy Howard vs. Jack Pesek
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/13/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium afternoon
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K in a 2/3 falls match
Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Ray Stevens vs. Lars Anderson
Dusty Rhodes vs. Treach Phillips
Bull Bullinski vs. Chris Markoff .
Reported Attendance: “near sellout”
2/13/72 – Green Bay, WI
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dr X .
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bill Howard
Larry Hennig vs. Jack Pesek
2/15/72 – Aberdeen, SD @ the Civic Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Dr X
Lars Anderson vs. Billy Robinson
Bull Bullinski vs. Chris Markoff
Treach Phillips vs. Dennis Stamp
Reported Attendance: “Capacity crowd”
2/16/72 – Mankato, MN
Dr. X vs. Lars Anderson
Bull Bullinski vs. The Big K
Don Muraco vs. Rick Ferrara
Chris Markoff vs. Dennis O’Brien
Reported Attendance: 300
2/17/72 – Oshkosh, WI @ the Lourdes High School Gym
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Don Muraco vs. Big K in a 2/3 falls match
1 Muraco won
2 Big K won
3 Muraco won
Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Howard
George Gadaski vs. Treach Phillips
2/17/72 – Minot, ND
Dr X & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
2/18/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dr X & Billy Robinson .
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bill Howard
George Gadaski vs. Treach Phillips
2/19/72 – Willmar, MN
Dr X & Bull Bullinski vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson
2/20/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Pete Carlos
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bill Howard & Treach Phillips
Billy Robinson vs. Armando Rodriguez
Verne Gagne vs. Dave Muir
Dusty Rhodes vs. George Gadaski
2/20/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski
Chris Markoff vs. Treach Phillips
Big K vs. Dennis Stamp
Reported Attendance: 1,925
2/21/72 – Fairmont, MN
Dr X vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Larry Hennig vs. Don Muraco
2/22/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Dusty Rhodes vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K
Bull Bullinski vs. Rick Ferrera
Bill Howard vs. Jack Pesek
2/22/72 – Bismarck, ND
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens
Larry Hennig vs. Chris Markoff
Dennis Stamp vs. Treach Phillips
2/23/72 – Cheyenne, WY
Billy Robinson vs. Mad Dog Vachon .
Ivan Koloff vs. Ramon Torres
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski
2/23/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Dr X vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Dennis Stamp vs. Larry Hennig .
Chris Markoff vs. Treach Phillips
2/24/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Death Match: Pepper Gomez vs. Lars Anderson in 5 falls
Dusty Rhodes vs. Mad Dog Vachon in 18:03
Billy Robinson vs. Big K in 18:10
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco in 14:12
Ramon Torres vs. George Gadaski in 14:18
Reported Attendance: 6,630
2/24/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Red Bastien in a 2/3 falls match
1 Crusher vs. Stevens in 8:00
2 Crusher was disqualified
3 Bockwinkel vs. Bastien
Dr X vs. Larry Hennig
Chris Markoff vs. Rick Ferrera
Leroy Hirsch vs. Treach Phillips
Dave Muir vs. Bill Kochen
Reported Attendance: “4,500 All Star Wrestling fans”
2/25/72 – Peoria, IL
The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon vs. Lars Anderson & Dusty Rhodes
The Crusher vs. Big K
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Lars Anderson .
2/26/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & Rod Rodriguez
Ivan Koloff vs. Rick Ferrara
Billy Robinson vs. Rodeo Jones
Ramon Torres vs. Jose Quintero
Dusty Rhodes vs. Treach Phillips
Don Muraco vs. Angel Rivera
2/26/72 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Robinson .
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens
Dusty Rhodes vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Ramon Torres vs. Rick Ferrera
2/27/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Jack Bence
Ivan Koloff vs. Treach Phillips
Billy Robinson vs. Angel Rivera
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jose Rodriguez
Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang vs. Little Bruiser & Tiger Thomas
2/27/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Dr X in a 2/3 falls match in 21:45
1 Bockwinkel & Stevens won
2 Robinson & X won
3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won
Ivan Koloff vs. Mad Dog Vachon . in 16:40
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski . in 13:10
Don Muraco vs. Treach Phillips . in 10:55
Reported Attendance: sellout 5,816
2/29/72 – Fergus Falls, MN @ the Junior College Gym
Don Muraco vs. Big K in a 2/3 falls match 60:00
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski
Larry Hennig vs. Dennis Stamp (sub Ramon Torres)
Rick Ferrera vs. Chris Markoff
Reported Attendance: 500
3/3/72 – Cottage Grove, MN
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig .
Don Muraco vs. Chris Markoff
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Treach Phillips vs. Rick Ferrera
3/4/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Dave Muir
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Julio Rodriguez
Ivan Koloff vs. Pancho Zapata
Billy Robinson vs. Jack Bence
Verne Gagne vs. Rodeo Jones
Dusty Rhodes vs. Angel Rivera
Don Muraco vs. Juan Diaz
3/4/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff .
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski .
Don Muraco vs. Chris Markoff .
Ramon Torres vs. Treach Phillips
Reported Attendance: “sellout of 6,112”
3/4/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan
Baron Von Raschke vs. Dr X COR
Billy Red Cloud vs. Bobby Heenan
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Larry Hennig .
Moose Cholak vs. Ricky Ferrera
Kenny Dillinger vs. Dennis O’Brien
3/5/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Rodeo Jones
Ivan Koloff vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Vann
Nick Bockwinkel vs. John the Greek
Bill Howard vs. Angel Rivera
3/5/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K
Ramon Torres vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Larry Hennig vs. Joe Scarpello
Chris Markoff vs. Bull Bullinski
Reported Attendance: 2,000
3/10/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Dusty Rhodes vs. Dr X
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Ramon Torres vs. Chris Markoff .
Big K vs. Joe Scarpello
3/11/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Rick Ferrara
Ivan Koloff vs. Tom Demarco
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Vann
Ray Stevens vs. John the Greek
Dusty Rhodes vs. Kenny Jay
3/12/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Jose Betancourt
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Ric Ferrara & Jack Pesek
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Don Muraco vs. Jose Quintero
Dusty Rhodes vs. Angel Rivera
3/12/72 – Ashland
Dr X vs. Larry Hennig
3/13/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ray Stevens
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Treach Phillips vs. Rick Ferrera
3/14/72 – Sioux Falls, SD @ the Coliseum
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
1. Muraco won 1st fall
2. Koloff won 2nd fall
3. Koloff won 3rd fall
Dr. X vs. Larry Hennig
Ramon Torres vs. Buddy Wolff
Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. Great Kusatsu & Higo Hamaguchi .
3/16/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens .
Kay Noble & Dawn Lemke vs. Barbara Galento & Vivian Vachon in a 2/3 falls match
1 Galento & Vachon won 1st fall
2 Noble & Lemke won 2nd fall
3 Noble & Lemke won 3rd fall
Dr X vs. Chris Markoff . in 23:00
Bull Bullinski vs. Rick Ferrera in 8:00
Bobby Jones vs. Bob Tuck
Note: The Noble & Lemke vs. Galento & Vachon was billed as the first ever Women’s tag bout in Winnipeg by the Winnipeg Free Press.
3/17/72 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Stan Pulaski & Reggie Parks vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Midwest Champion The Great Kusatsu vs. Bull Bullinski
Buddy Wolff vs. Dennis Stamp
Jerry Miller vs. Higo Hamaguchi
Reported Attendance: 2,449
3/17/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff . when Koloff’s manager The Big K interfered
Pepper Gomez & Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Dr X vs. Chris Markoff
Don Muraco vs. Big K
3/18/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Angel Rivera
Billy Robinson vs. George Gadaski
Ramon Torres vs. Rick Ferrara
Dusty Rhodes vs. Joe Guzman
Verne Gagne vs. Bill Howard
3/18/72 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ivan Koloff in 3rd fall when Big K & Billy Robinson interfered
Dr X vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco & Ramon Torres in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson vs. Chris Markoff .
Billy Howard vs. Rick Ferrera .
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 9,135”, Gate: “record of $36,743
3/19/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff . in 22:50
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco & Ramon Torres in a 2/3 falls match in 28:20
Chris Markoff vs. Bull Bullinski . in 11:37
Billy Howard vs. Dennis O’Brien by submission in 12:50
Reported Attendance: 5,816
3/22/72 – Mitchell, SD @ the Corn Palace
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K
Larry Hennig vs. Ramon Torres
Dr X vs. Chris Markoff
Dennis Stamp vs. Ric Ferrera
3/23/72 – Muscatine, IA @ the Muscatine High School Gym
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Bull Bullinski vs. Bill Howard (sub Ray Stevens)
Treach Phillips vs. Jose Quintero
Bill Howard vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: SRO 2200+ with several hundred fans turned away
3/24/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Robinson
Dr X vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Ramon Torres & Don Muraco
Bill Howard vs. Treach Phillips
3/25/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Julio Rodriguez
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & Treach Phillips
Ivan Koloff vs. Bobby Vann
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Kolchin
Dusty Rhodes vs. Caesar Pavlon
3/25/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. the Crusher & Red Bastien
Wilbur Snyder vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Bill Watts vs. Larry Hennig
Dr X vs. Chris Markoff
Angelo Poffo vs. Bob Sabre
Johnny Kace vs. Treach Phillips
3/26/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Bill Howard
Billy Robinson vs. Pancho Zapata
3/26/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Bill Watts vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K in a 2/3 falls match in 23:25
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens . in 11:10
Dusty Rhodes vs. Red Bastien
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig .
Chris Markoff vs. Rick Ferrera
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
3/28/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dr X & Billy Robinson
Dusty Rhodes vs. the Crusher
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig
Chris Markoff vs. Bull Bullinski
3/29/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dr X & Billy Robinson
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig
Bull Bullinski vs. Chris Markoff
Dennis Stamp vs. Rick Ferrera
4/1/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Treach Phillips
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Red Cloud .
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
4/1/72 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bill Watts & Dr X in 28:36 when Bockwinkel vs. Dr X in the third fall
Billy Robinson vs. Big K . in 10:00
Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco in 14:00
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski . in 13:30
Ramon Torres vs. Chris Markoff 20:00
Dennis Stamp vs. Rick Ferrera . in 17:00
Reported Attendance: 5,213
4/2/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bill Howard & Treach Phillips
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Dusty Rhodes vs. George Gadaski
4/3/72 – Burlington, IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
Dr. X vs. Ray Stevens
Bull Bullinski vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Red Cloud
Ken Dillinger vs. Don Muraco
4/4/72 – Peoria, IL
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dr X & Don Muraco
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski
Billy Red Cloud vs. Ken Dillinger
Angelo Poffo vs. Paul Christy
4/4/72 – Bismarck, ND
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig
Billy Robinson vs. Big K
Chris Markoff vs. Joe Scarpello
Rick Ferrera vs. Treach Phillips
4/5/72 – Erie
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens
4/6/72 – Cheyenne, WY
Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig
Don Muraco vs. Chris Markoff
George Gadaski vs. Jack Pesek
4/6/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2-0 in 25:00
Ivan Koloff vs. Dr X . in 23:00
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K . in 12:00
Joe Scarpello vs. Treach Phillips in 13:00
Dennis Stamp vs. Rick Ferrera (sub Leroy Hirsch) in 14:00
Dave Muir vs. Wilf Caron . in 8:00
Reported Attendance: “about 5,000 fans”
4/7/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Pepper Gomez & Ramon Torres in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Larry Hennig vs. Chris Markoff
4/8/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Bobby Vann
Bull Bullinski vs. Ric Ferrara
Ivan Koloff vs. John the Greek
Ray Stevens vs. Tom Demarco
Verne Gagne vs. Jose Quintero
4/9/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Ken Yates
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Jack Bence & Tony Savoldi
Billy Robinson vs. Paul Caruso
Don Muraco vs. Wilf Caron
Blackjack Lanza vs. Angel Rivera
4/9/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig
Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco
Ivan Koloff vs. Chris Markoff
Bull Bullinski vs. The Big K
4/10/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Dr X
Dusty Rhodes vs. the Crusher
Ivan Koloff vs. Ramon Torres
Big K vs. Rick Ferrera
4/15/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Don Muraco vs. Armando Rodriguez
4/15/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan vs. the Crusher & Bill Watts
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski
Wilbur Snyder vs. Big K
Moose Cholak vs. Chris Markoff
Paul Christy vs. Treach Phillips
4/16/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Dr X in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff vs. Bill Watts .
Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes
Ramon Torres vs. Big K by submission
Chris Markoff vs. Billy Howard .
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
4/17/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Dr X
Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Bull Bullinski vs. Chris Markoff
Big K vs. Billy Howard
4/18/72 – Sioux Falls, SD @ the Coliseum
Larry Hennig vs. Dr X in 7:00
Dusty Rhodes vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
Stan Pulaski vs. Great Kusatsu .
Reggie Parks vs. Buddy Wolff
4/19/72 – Jamestown, WI
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski & Don Muraco
Ivan Koloff vs. Jack Pesek
Big K vs. Dennis Stamp
4/21/72 – Brainerd, MN
The Crusher & Dennis Stamp vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Chris Markoff vs. Rick Ferrara (sub Wahoo McDaniel)
Treach Phillips vs. George Gadaski
4/22/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Jose Quintero
Ivan Koloff vs. Angel Rivera
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Julio Rodriguez
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bobby Vann
Verne Gagne vs. Rick Ferrara
4/22/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco & Ramon Torres
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Kenny Jay (sub Big K)
Ivan Koloff vs. Chris Markoff
4/23/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Treach Phillips
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Armando Rodriguez
4/23/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher .
Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Blackjack Lanza
Reggie Parks vs. Chris Markoff
Dennis Stamp vs. Rick Ferrera
4/23/72 – Oshkosh, WI
Ivan Koloff vs. Dr. X
Larry Hennig vs. Ramon Torres
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Heenan
Paul Christy vs. Tom Demarco
4/24/72 – Minot, ND
Larry Hennig vs. Dr X
4/25/72 – Huron
Larry Hennig vs. Ramon Torres
4/25/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dr X
Dusty Rhodes vs. Jack Pesek
Treach Phillips vs. Dennis Stamp
4/26/72 – Shakopee, MN
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Larry Hennig
Rick Ferrara vs. George Gadaski
Treach Phillips vs. Kenny Jay
4/26/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Ivan Koloff vs. the Crusher
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens .
Dusty Rhodes vs. Jack Pesek
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Chris Markoff
4/27/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Ivan Koloff vs. Dr X
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco & Ramon Torres in a 2/3 falls match
Big K vs. Bull Bullinski . in 14:00
Rick Ferrera vs. Treach Phillips . in 13:00
Jack Pesek vs. Dave Muir . in 13:00
Reported Attendance: “about 4,800 fans”
4/27/72 – Boulder, CO
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Pepper Gomez vs. Butcher Vachon
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Chris Markoff
Wahoo McDaniel vs. George Gadaski
4/28/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Pepper Gomez vs. Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall .
1. Gomez vs. Bockwinkel with a rolling jacknife
2. Bockwinkel vs. Gomez after a backbreaker
3. Referee Leo Ball .’ed Bockwinkel for throwing Gomez over the top rope
Ivan Koloff vs. the Crusher
Don Muraco vs. Butcher Vachon
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Chris Markoff
Ray Stevens vs. Ramon Torres
4/28/72 – Chippewa Falls, MN
Larry Hennig vs. Jack Pesek
4/29/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Mike Spangler
Dr. X vs. Bill Kolchin
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. George Gadaski & Jack Pesek
Ray Stevens vs. Hank Meadows
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Treach Phillips
4/29/72 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
Special Referee: Dick Kroll, The Crusher in Gagne’s corner to counter Koloff’s manager Big K
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall COR when Koloff was fighting with the Crusher outside the ring
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens in 14:20
Wahoo McDaniel & Dr X & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in 22:45
Chris Markoff vs. Bull Bullinski 20:00
Jack Pesek vs. Rick Ferrera in 13:45
Reported Attendance: 8,732
4/30/72 – Lake Benton, MN
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K
Dennis Stamp vs. Rick Ferrara
5/2/72 – Mitchell, SD @ the Corn Palace
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Don Muraco vs. Ray Stevens
Larry Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Treach Phillips vs. Dennis Stamp
5/5/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
No DQ Match: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Dr X in a 2/3 falls match
Dusty Rhodes vs. Ramon Torres .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig .
Bill Watts vs. Big K .
Bull Bullinski vs. Rick Ferrera .
Reported Attendance: “6,060 fans”
5/6/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ivan Koloff vs. Wilbur Snyder
Bull Bullinski vs. Chris Markoff
Beulah Brown & Princess Jasmine vs. Mary Jane Mull & Paula Steele
Big K vs. Jack Pesek
Prince Pullins vs. Treach Phillips
5/6/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Ray Stevens vs. Dr X
Don Muraco vs. Blackjack Daniels
George Gadaski vs. Kenny Jay
Rick Ferrera vs. Jose Quintero
5/7/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne vs. Angel Rivera
5/7/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes
Ivan Koloff vs. Dr X
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig COR
Rick Ferrera vs. Treach Phillips
5/9/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Dr X & Don Muraco
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Big K
Chris Markoff vs. Ramon Torres
5/10/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Ivan Koloff vs. Dr X
Don Muraco vs. Chris Markoff
Ramon Torres vs. Big K
5/12/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Dusty Rhodes vs. Dr X
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K
Ramon Torres vs. Chris Markoff
5/13/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Angel Rivera
Kenny Jay & Don Muraco vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes .
Bull Bullinski vs. Jose Quintero
Ivan Koloff vs. Caesar Pavlon
Ramon Torres vs. Armando Rodriguez
5/13/72 – Mound, MN
Dr X vs. Ivan Koloff
5/13/72 – New Hope
Larry Hennig vs. Ramon Torres
5/15/72 – Madison, WI
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
5/14/72 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Luis Gonzales & Joe Guzman
Bull Bullinski vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Paul Caruso
5/15/72 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Kangaroo I
Bulldog Bob Brown vs. Dutch Savage
Gene Kiniski & Emir Akbar vs. Buck Ramstead & James Blears
Steven Little Bear vs. Kangaroo II
Billy Robinson vs. Jack Bence
Eddie Morrow & Fred Barron vs. Ed Francis & John Foley
Hahn Lee vs. Mr. Ota
5/16/72 – Bismarck, ND
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens
5/17/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Ivan Koloff vs. Dr. X
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Ray Stevens vs. Ramon Torres
Bull Bullinski vs. Chris Markoff
5/18/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Ivan Koloff & Big K vs. Dr X & Mad Dog Vachon in a 2/3 falls match
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ray Stevens .
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski .
Ramon Torres vs. Chris Markoff
Rick Ferrera vs. Bobby Jones
Treach Phillips vs. Dave Muir .
5/19/72 – Yanktown
Dr X vs. Big K
Larry Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel
5/20/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Hank Meadows & Mike Spangler
Billy Robinson vs. Rick Ferrara
Dusty Rhodes vs. Treach Phillips
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Jose Quintero
Bill Kolchin vs. Chris Markoff .
5/20/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ivan Koloff
Bill Watts & Red Bastien vs. Graduates Angelo Poffo & Ken Dillinger
Bull Bullinski vs. Great Kasatsu
Mary Jane Mull vs. Princess Jasmine
Wee Willie Wilson vs. Billy the Kid
Wilbur Snyder vs. Big K
Moose Cholak vs. Ricky Cortez
5/20/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Dr X in a 2/3 falls match
Dusty Rhodes vs. Wahoo McDaniel when the referee stopped the match because both men were bleeding too badly
Lars Anderson vs. Ramon Torres
Larry Hennig vs. Chris Markoff .
George Gadaski vs. Rick Ferrera .
5/21/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Julio Rodriguez
Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson vs. Bobby Jones & Tony Savoldi
Ray Stevens vs. John the Greek
Verne Gagne vs. Treach Phillips
Big K vs. Mike Spangler
5/21/72 – Oshkosh, WI @ the Lourdes High School
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Dr X vs. Chris Markoff (sub Nick Bockwinkel)
Dusty Rhodes vs. Ramon Torres
Bull Bullinski vs. Chris Markoff
George Gadaski vs. Treach Phillips
5/22/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Dr X & Ramon Torres
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Chris Markoff vs. George Gadaski
5/23/72 – Peoria, IL
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff .
Dusty Rhodes vs. Ramon Torres
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
Big K vs. Chris Markoff
5/23/72 – Sioux Falls, SD @ the Coliseum
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dr X in a 2/3 falls match
Ray Stevens vs. Stan Pulaski .
Buddy Wolff vs. Mark Starr
Jerry Miller vs. Great Kusatsu .
Higo Hamaguchi vs. Treach Phillips
5/26/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Pepper Gomez in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wahoo vs. Hennig after a tomahawk chop
2. Wahoo was .’ed when he tossed Hennig over the top rope
3. Hennig vs. Gomez after a body slam
Ivan Koloff vs. The Crusher .
Dr X vs. Big K .
Bull Bullinski vs. Chris Markoff 20:00
5/27/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. John the Greek
Billy Robinson vs. Jack Bence
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Pete Carlos
Dusty Rhodes vs. Armando Rodriguez
Verne Gagne vs. Caesar Pavon
Rick Ferrara vs. Treach Phillips
5/27/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson vs. Great Kusatsu .
Ivan Koloff vs. Ramon Torres by submission
Dr X vs. Big K
Bull Bullinski vs. Chris Markoff
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,080”
5/28/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Rick Ferrara
Ivan Koloff vs. Tom Demarco
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Vann
Ray Stevens vs. John the Greek
Dusty Rhodes vs. Kenny Jay
6/2/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Ivan Koloff vs. Dr X
Chris Markoff vs. Big K
Ramon Torres vs. George Gadaski
6/3/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Ray Stevens .
Bull Bullinski vs. Angel Rivera
Ivan Koloff vs. Pancho Zapata
Billy Robinson vs. Jose Quintero
Dusty Rhodes vs. Jose Rodriguez
6/4/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Angel Rivera
Billy Robinson vs. George Gadaski
Ramon Torres vs. Rick Ferrara
Dusty Rhodes vs. Joe Guzman
Verne Gagne vs. Bill Howard
6/10/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Mike Spangler
Billy Robinson vs. Dave Muir
Don Muraco vs. Bobby Jones
Dusty Rhodes vs. Angel Rivera
Big K vs. George Gadaski
6/10/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan & Dusty Rhodes vs. Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher & Billy Red Cloud
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Baron Von Raschke vs. Bull Bullinski
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Great Kasatsu
Chris Markoff vs. Paul Christy
Angelo Poffo vs. John the Greek
6/11/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & Julio Rodriguez
Ivan Koloff vs. Rick Ferrara
Billy Robinson vs. Rodeo Jones
Ramon Torres vs. Jose Quintero
Dusty Rhodes vs. Treach Phillips
6/11/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dusty Rhodes
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Bull Bullinski vs. Big K
Chris Markoff vs. Sailor Art Thomas
George Gadaski vs. Kenny Jay
6/14/72 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel
Ray Stevens vs. Ramon Torres or Stevens over Art Thomas
Ivan Koloff vs. Chris Markoff
Bull Bullinski vs. Rick Ferrera
6/15/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff . in 19:00 when manager Big K interfered
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Ramon Torres in a 2/3 falls match
1 Hennig vs. Torres
2 Wahoo vs. Hennig
3 Rhodes vs. Torres
Bill Dromo vs. Bull Bullinski
George Gordienko vs. Big K
Bobby Jones vs. Dave Muir (sub George Gadaski)
Bob Tuck vs. Dave Kochen .
Reported Attendance: “about 7000 fans”
6/16/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Clem Turner vs. George Gadaski
Ramon Torres vs. Big K
6/17/72 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig vs. Jack Pesek
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Julio Rodriguez & Joe Scarpello
Don Muraco vs. Rick Ferrara
Ramon Torres vs. Jose Quintero
Dusty Rhodes vs. Armando Rodriguez
Bill Watts vs. Chuck Edwards
6/17/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Saloon Match: The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes . in 13:21
Ivan Koloff vs. Edouard Carpentier .
Wee Willie Wilson & Tiny Tot vs. Billy The Kid & Lord Littlebrook in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson vs. Big K .
Battle of the Losers
George Gadaski vs. Kenny Jay .
Armando Rodriguez vs. Johnny Kace
Reported Attendance: 12,062
Note: A saloon match was a fancy name for a lumberjack match.
6/17/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Bill Watts
Larry Hennig vs. Don Muraco .
Ramon Torres vs. Joe Scarpello
Jack Pesek vs. Rick Ferrera
Jose Quintero vs. Julio Rodriguez
6/20/72 – Detroit Lakes, MN
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ray Stevens
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Ivan Koloff vs. Ramon Torres
Kenny Jay vs. Rick Ferrera
6/20/72 – Sioux Falls, SD @ the Coliseum
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Jerry Miller vs. Mark Starr
Stan Pulaski vs. Higo Hamaguchi
6/21/72 – West Liberty, IA @ the Fairgrounds
Don Muraco vs. Larry Hennig
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rod Rodriguez (sub Wahoo McDaniel)
George Gadaski vs. Rick Ferrera (sub Ramon Torres)
Bull Bullinski vs. Rick Ferrera
Reported Attendance: 1,000+ despite chilly weather
Note: McDaniel/Bockwinkel was scheduled to be the main event. Muraco/Hennig became the main event when Wahoo reportedly could not appear because he was injured Tuesday night June 20 in Detroit Lakes.
6/22/72 – Peoria, IL
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Don Muraco vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ramon Torres vs. Rick Ferrera
Bull Bullinski vs. George Gadaski
6/23/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Don Muraco vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Ramon Torres vs. Rick Ferrera
Bull Bullinski vs. George Gadaski
6/24/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & John the Greek
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Vann
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Rick Ferrara
Dusty Rhodes vs. Tom Demarco
Bill Watts vs. Jose Quintero
6/24/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan vs. Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher
Baron Von Raschke vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Bobby Heenan vs. Billy Red Cloud
Ramon Torres vs. Kenny Dillinger
Clem Turner vs. George Gadaski
6/24/72 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Wahoo subbed for Bill Watts in the third fall of the tag title bout.
No title change because of the switch.
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
Kenny Jay vs. Jose Quintero
Rick Ferrera vs. John The Greek
6/25/72 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien vs. Julio Rodriguez
Larry Hennig vs. George Gadaski
Ivan Koloff vs. Bill Howard
Billy Robinson vs. Pancho Zapata
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Joe Guzman
6/27/72 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Larry Hennig (sub Dusty Rhodes) vs. Don Muraco
Bull Bullinski vs. George Gadaski
Larry Hennig vs. Ramon Torres
6/28/72 – Burlington
Larry Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel
6/29/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Cage match: The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco
Ramon Torres vs. Big K
6/30/72 – Aitkin
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Robinson
7/1/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Angel Rivera & Julio Rodiguez
Ivan Koloff vs. Jose Quintero
Ramon Torres vs. George Gadaski
Billy Robinson vs. Kenny Jay
Bill Watts vs. Rick Ferrera
7/1/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Ivan Koloff vs. Ramon Torres
Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco
Bull Bullinski vs. George Gadaski
7/3/72 – Robbinsdale, MN
Larry Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel
7/4/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & George Gordienko vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K in 3rd fall
1 Koloff & Big K won 1st fall
2 Robinson & Gordienko won 2nd fall
3 The referee declared the bout a vs.
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Don Muraco vs. Larry Hennig
Ramon Torres vs. Dave Muir (sub George Gadaski)
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Jones
Bob Tuck vs. Wilf Caron (sub Dave Muir)
7/8/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Steve Tuck
Don Muraco vs. Blackjack Daniels
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Mr. Fuji & Dave Muir
Ramon Torres vs. Bill Kolchin
Hans Hermann vs. Angel Rivera
7/8/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ivan Koloff . in 18:30
Bull Bullinski & Andre Rousimoff vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes in a 2/3 falls match
Bill Watts vs. Chris Markoff . in 16:15
Dawn Lemke vs. Kay Noble . in 9:45
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Big K .
Armando Rodriguez vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 8,391”
7/8/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser vs. Blackjack Mulligan
The Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza
Graduates Angelo Poffo & Kenny Dillinger vs. Billy Red Cloud & Prince Pullins
Baron Von Raschke vs. Wilbur Snyder
Bobby Heenan vs. Jose Martinez
Joe Scarpello vs. Jack Pesek
7/8/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Ramon Torres vs. Blackjack Daniels
Hans Hermann vs. Jerry Miller
Betty Niccoli vs. Mars Monroe
Don Muraco vs. Mr Fuji
Reported Attendance: 5,289
Note: The Mr Fuji listed here was Higo “Animal” Hamaguchi.
7/9/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bill Howard & Treach Phillips
Ivan Koloff vs. John the Greek
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Verne Gagne vs. Bobby Vann
7/9/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes .
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Hans Hermann vs. Ramon Torres
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Big K
Reported Attendance: “over 6,000 fans”
7/10/72 – LaCrosse, WI @ the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium
Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott
Ivan Koloff & Big K vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Ramon Torres vs. George Gadaski
7/11/72 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel
Ivan Koloff vs. Ramon Torres
Larry Hennig vs. Don Muraco
Bull Bullinski vs. Angelo Poffo
7/12/72 – Aledo
Larry Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel
7/13/72 – Peoria, IL
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Don Muraco
Larry Hennig vs. Ramon Torres
7/14/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Don Muraco
Larry Hennig vs. Ramon Torres
Hans Herrmann vs. Bull Bullinski
7/15/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Armando Rodriguez
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Pete Carlos
Dusty Rhodes vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Daniels
Ramon Torres vs. Caesar Pavlon
7/15/72 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Handicap Match: Ivan Koloff vs. Jack Pesek but was unable to vs. Don Muraco within the 30 minute time limit
Hans Hermann vs. Caesar Pavlon
Ramon Torres vs. Armando Rodriguez
Kenny Jay vs. Blackjack Daniels
7/16/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Hank Meadows & Mike Spangler
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Jose Quintero
Dusty Rhodes vs. Treach Phillips
Billy Robinson vs. Rick Ferrara
7/18/72 – Tampa, FL @ the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Texas Death Match: Jack Brisco vs. Paul Jones
Zodiac & Buddy Colt vs. Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Johnny Walker
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Louie Tillet & Hiro Matsuda
Mike Graham vs. Mike Webster
Redbeard vs. Gene Yates
Cowboy Lang vs. Wee Willie Wilson
Note: Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens wrestled in Florida rings for much of the next five weeks. They were not billed as AWA Tag Team Champions.
7/19/72 – Miami, FL @ the Dinner Key Auditorium
$5,000 Karate Match, Special Referee Don Curtis
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods vs. Paul Jones
Johnny Walker vs. Buddy Colt
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Ron Fuller & Johnny Kace
Cowboy Lang vs. Wee Willie Wilson
Hiro Matsuda vs. Redbeard .
Tony Garea & George McCready vs. Phil Robley & Smasher Sloan
7/18/72 – Sioux Falls, SD @ the Coliseum
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall
1. Koloff won the 1st fall
2. Robinson won the 2nd fall
3. The two wrestlers battled for 30:00 without reaching a decision in the 3rd fall
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
Chris Markoff vs. Mark Starr
Jerry Miller vs. Christopher Colt
7/19/72 – Princeton, IL
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Don Muraco vs. Ramon Torres
George Gadaski vs. Angel Rivera
7/20/72 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall .
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Ramon Torres vs. Angelo Poffo (sub Don Muraco)
Hans Hermann vs. Paul Christy (sub match for Bull Bullinski vs. George Gadaski)
Reported Attendance: 3,000+
7/20/72 – Tampa TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Hiro Matsuda for Florida Tag Title
Paul Jones vs. Gene Yates
Jack Brisco vs. Taurus
Jack Brisco vs. Buddy Colt
7/20/72 – Jacksonville, FL @ the Coliseum
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Louie Tillet & Johnny Walker
Southern Champion Zodiac vs. Jack Brisco .
Hiro Matsuda vs. Buddy Colt .
Bob Griffin & Cowboy Lang vs. Dick Slater & Wee Willie Wilson
Redbeard vs. Mike George
Gene Yates vs. Phil Robley
7/21/72 – Menomonie, WI
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Dawn Lemke vs. Paula Steele
Kenny Jay vs. George Gadaski
7/21/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ivan Koloff
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig in 10:58
Dusty Rhodes vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Don Muraco vs. Big K in 15:56
Ramon Torres vs. Hans Hermann .
Note: The Hennig/Rhodes vs. Muraco/McDaniel bout replaced the scheduled midget tag match of Sky Low Low & Lord Littlebrook vs. Farmer Jerome & Sonny Boy Hayes
7/22/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Peter Lee
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Joe Guzman
Dusty Rhodes vs. John the Greek
Billy Robinson vs. Pancho Zapata
Wilbur Snyder vs. Ralph Crouch
Hans Hermann vs. Bob Randy
7/22/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Wilbur Snyder vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Hans Hermann vs. Bull Bullinski
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig
Reported Attendance: 5,034
7/23/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. John the Greek
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Pete Carlos
Dusty Rhodes vs. Armando Rodriguez
Billy Robinson vs. Jack Bence
Verne Gagne vs. Caesar Pavlon
7/24/72 – Orlando, FL @ the Sports Stadium
Buddy Colt & Phil Robley vs. Don Curtis & Eddie Graham
Southern Champion Zodiac vs. Jerry Brisco
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Johnny Walker & Louie Tillet
Mike Graham vs. Taurus
Scorpion vs. Mike George
7/25/72 – Tampa, FL @ the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Winner to meet NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr
Buddy Colt vs. Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
Paul Jones vs. Don Curtis
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Jack Brisco & Johnny Walker 30:00
Louie Tillet & Hiro Matsuda vs. Red Beard & Mike Webster
Mike Graham vs. Phil Robley
Mike George vs. George McCreary
7/25/72 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Handicap match: Bull Bullinski & Ramon Torres vs. Ivan Koloff
Don Muraco vs. Angelo Poffo
Hans Hermann vs. Billy Robinson
7/26/72 – Miami, FL @ the Dinner Key Auditorium
Paul Jones vs. Jack Brisco on a 3rd fall . when Brisco refused to release the Figure Four Leg Lock
Don Curtis vs. Buddy Colt .
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Hiro Matsuda & Ron Fuller
Johnny Walker vs. Dick Slater
Mike Webster vs. Johnny Gray
Phil Robley vs. George McCreary
7/26/72 – Princeton, IL
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Robinson
7/27/72 – Tampa TV
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Johnny Gray vs. Buddy Colt & Buck Robley
Taurus vs. Mike George
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Johnny Walker & Ron Fuller
7/27/72 – Jacksonville, FL @ the Coliseum
Jack Brisco & Don Curtis vs. Buddy Colt & Paul Jones
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Johnny Walker
Ray Stevens vs. Hiro Matsuda
Sandy Parker vs. Lily Thomas
Redbeard vs. Gene Yates
Dick Slater vs. Johnny Gray
7/27/72 – Burlington, IA @ the Community Field
Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Robinson
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Hans Hermann vs. Bull Bullinski
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig
7/28/72 – Lanark, IL @ the High School Stadium
(Sponsored by Lenark Lion’s Club)
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Robinson
Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco
Hans Hermann vs. Ramon Torres
7/29/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Jose Quintero
Ivan Koloff vs. George Gadaski
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jose Betancourt
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Mr. Fuji
Dusty Rhodes vs. Treach Phillips
Billy Robinson vs. Rick Ferrara
7/29/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski & Andre The Giant Rousimoff
Dick the Bruiser vs. Larry Hennig
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Hans Hermann (sub Dusty Rhodes) .
Don Muraco vs. Rene Goulet
Dawn Lemke vs. Vivian Vachon .
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
Note: According to the Milwaukee Sentinel, “Dusty Rhodes did not appear because he was suffering from high fever.”
7/29/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Baron Von Raschke
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Robinson COR
Bobby Heenan & Blackjack Mulligan vs. Ramon Torres & Sailor Art Thomas
Billy Red Cloud vs. Angelo Poffo
Moose Cholak vs. Chris Markoff
Big K vs. Joe Scarpello
7/30/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Mike Spangler
Don Muraco vs. Bobby Jones
Dusty Rhodes vs. Angel Rivera
Billy Robinson vs. Dave Muir
Big K vs. George Gadaski
7/31/72 – Orlando, FL @ the Sports Stadium
Don Curtis & Mike Graham & Eddie Graham vs. Jim Dillon & Phil Robley & Buddy Colt
Florida Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dale Lewis & Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods
Sandy Parker vs. Lilly Thomas
Johnny Walker vs. Mike Webster
Mike George vs. George McCreary
8/1/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Ivan Koloff & Big K vs. Don Muraco & Ramon Torres
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Hans Herrmann
Ramon Torres vs. Rene Goulet .
8/1/72 – Tampa, FL @ the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Florida Champion Paul Jones vs. Jack Brisco .
Florida tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Ron Fuller
Zodiac vs. Dale Lewis
Buddy Colt vs. Johnny Walker
Hiro Matsuda vs. Jim Dillon
Robert Fuller vs. Mike Webster
Lilly Thomas vs. Sandy Parker
8/2/72 – Miami, FL @ the Dinner Key Auditorium
Winner to meet NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr
Zodiac vs. Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Hiro Matsuda & Ron Fuller
Buddy Colt vs. Louie Tillet . (sub Johnny Walker)
Lilly Thomas vs. Sandy Parker
Tony Garea vs. Dick Slater .
Taurus vs. George McCreary
8/2/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Handicap match: Don Muraco & Bull Bullinski vs. Ivan Koloff
Ramon Torres vs. Rene Goulet
Hans Herrmann vs. George Gadaski
8/3/72 – Jacksonville, FL @ the Coliseum
Florida Champion Paul Jones vs. Jack Brisco
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Louie Tillet (sub Johnny Walker)
Buddy Colt & Phil Robley vs. Eddie Graham & Don Curtis
Mike Graham vs. Taurus
Bob Griffin vs. Mike Webster
The Scorpion vs. Tony Garea
8/4/72 – Peoria, IL
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K
Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Ramon Torres vs. Rauol Guzman
Hans Hermann vs. Cesar Pablon
8/5/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & Bobby Jones
Don Muraco vs. Hank Meadows
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Jim Preacher
Dusty Rhodes vs. George Gadaski
Billy Robinson vs. Frank Diamond
Rene Goulet vs. Mike Spangler
8/5/72 – Minneapolis, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel COR
Ivan Koloff vs. Ramon Torres
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Rene Goulet vs. Bull Bullinski
Buddy Wolff vs. Frank Diamond
8/6/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Mike Spangler
Dr. X vs. Bill Kolchin
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. George Gadaski & Jack Pesek
Ray Stevens vs. Hank Meadows
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Treach Phillips.
8/6/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes in a 2/3 falls match
1. Crusher & Wahoo won 1st fall
2. Hennig & Rhodes won 2nd fall
3. Crusher & Wahoo won 3rd fall
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Don Muraco vs. Hans Hermann
Rene Goulet vs. Ramon Torres
8/8/72 – Tampa, FL @ the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr vs. Buddy Colt
Jack Brisco vs. Ray Stevens
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ron Fuller
Eddie Graham & Mike Graham vs. Red Beard & Mike Webster
Tim Woods vs. The Zodiac
Taurus vs. Mike George
8/9/72 – Miami, FL @ the Dinner Key Auditorium
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr vs. Bob Orton
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Jack Brisco & Ron Fuller
Buddy Colt vs. Louie Tillet
Mike Graham vs. Taurus
Red Beard vs. Bob Griffin
Mike George vs. Scott Casey
8/10/72 – Jacksonville, FL @ the Coliseum
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. vs. Paul Jones
Eddie Graham & Mike Graham vs. Buddy Colt & Phil Robley
Ray Stevens vs. Louie Tillet
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
Mike Webster vs. Mike George
Dick Slater vs. Kenny Yates
8/11/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Rene Goulet vs. Bull Bullinski
Ramon Torres vs. Big K
8/11/72 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ the Pirate’s World Arena
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. vs. Florida Champion Paul Jones
Southern Champion Unmasked Zodiac vs. Ron Fuller
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Hiro Matsuda & Robert Fuller
Margie Ramsey vs. Peggy Allen
Tony Garea vs. Taurus
Corsica Jean vs. Scott Casey
8/12/72 – St. Petersburg, FL @ the Bayfront Center
Florida Champion Paul Jones vs. NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods vs. Zodiac in overtime for Southern Title and unmasked him as Bob Orton Sr
Jack Brisco vs. Buddy Colt .
Florida Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Ron & Robert Fuller
Bob Griffin vs. Taurus
Mike George vs. George McCreary
Reported Attendance: 6,641
8/12/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dusty Rhodes vs. Jack Gordon
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Big K & Ivan Koloff vs. Tony Charles & Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne vs. Pancho Zapata
Ramon Torres vs. George Gadaski
8/12/72 – Tripp, SD @ the Hutchington County Fair
Don Muraco vs. Larry Hennig
8/13/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & Julio Rodriguez
Ivan Koloff vs. Ric Ferrara
Dusty Rhodes vs. Treach Phillips
Billy Robinson vs. Rodeo Jones
Ramon Torres vs. Jose Quintero
8/14/72 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Special Referee: Hans Hermann
Dusty Rhodes vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Billy Robinson & Ramon Torres vs. Big K & Ivan Koloff
Don Muraco vs. Rene Goulet
Bull Bullinski vs. George Gadaski
8/15/72 – Tampa, FL @ the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Eddie Graham vs. Redbeard
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs. Paul Jones
Bob Orton & Hiro Matsuda vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens for Florida Tag Title
Bonnie Watson vs. Peggy Allen
Bob Orton vs. Bob Roop
Taurus vs. Tony Garea
8/16/72 – Miami, FL @ the Dinner Key Auditorium
Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs. Bob Orton Sr
Florida Champion Paul Jones vs. Bob Roop
Hiro Matsuda vs. Ray Stevens .
Bonnie Watson vs. Peggy Allen
Hiro Matsuda & Bob Griffin vs. Buddy Colt & Dick Slater
Mike Webster vs. Mike George
8/17/72 – Tampa TV
Ray Stevens vs. Mike George
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs. George McCreary
Redbeard & Mike Webster vs. Bob Roop & Bob Griffin
Buddy Colt vs. George Grant
8/17/72 – Jacksonville, FL @ the Coliseum
Lights Out Match, Special Referee: Dick Kroll
Buddy Colt vs. Eddie Graham
Florida Champion Paul Jones vs. Bob Roop
Florida Tag Title Match: Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Jack Brisco vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Unmasked Zodiac Bob Orton Sr vs. Hiro Matsuda
Florida Women’s Champion Bonnie Watson vs. Peggy Allen
Mike George vs. Taurus
8/17/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Cage Match: Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff . in 17:00
Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes in a 2/3 falls match
Ramon Torres vs. Hans Hermann
Bull Bullinski vs. Butcher Vachon (sub Rene Goulet)
Rene Goulet vs. Dave Muir (sub Bull Bulinski) .
Bobby Jones vs. Bill Kochen
Bob Tuck vs. Wilf Caron (sub Dave Miuir)
Note: Butcher Vachon was not advertised so the undercard was shuffled as a result. The original card had Goulet vs. Bulliniski and Muir vs. Tuck along with Jones vs. Kochen. Wilf Caron was added to the opener to give the card an extra match.
8/19/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match
No title change because the wrong man (Stevens) was vs. by Crusher in the 3rd fall
Dusty Rhodes vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Ivan Koloff vs. Wilbur Snyder
Billy Robinson vs. Hans Hermann
Rene Goulet vs. Ramon Torres
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Reported Attendance: 11,951
8/20/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Jose Rodriguez & Joe Scarpello
Don Muraco vs. Rick Ferrara
Dusty Rhodes vs. Armando Rodriguez
Ramon Torres vs. Jose Quintero
Bill Watts vs. Chuck Edwards
8/21/72 – Orlando, FL @ the Sports Stadium
Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs. Buddy Colt
Special Referee: Danny McShane, Karate legal
Florida Champion Paul Jones vs. Hiro Matsuda
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Mike George & Bob Griffin
Louie Tillet vs. Unmasked Taurus (Dennis Hall)
Tony Garea vs. Phil Robley
8/22/72 – Tampa, FL @ the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Buddy Colt (sub Paul Jones) vs. Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
Hair vs. Hair
Eddie Graham vs. Redbeard
Florida Tag Team Champions Hiro Matsuda & Bob Orton vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Ron Fuller vs. The Scorpion
Buddy Colt vs. Louie Tillet
Mike Webster vs. Mike George
8/22/72 – Sioux Falls, SD @ the Coliseum
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Robinson COR
Dusty Rhodes vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Dr. X vs. Krusher Kowalski
Chris Colt vs. Stan Pulaski
Jerry Miller vs. Higo Hamaguchi
8/23/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Don Muraco & Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff & Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Dr X vs. Hans Herrmann
Rene Goulet vs. Bull Bullinski COR
Big K vs. George Gadaski
8/23/72 – Winter Haven, FL
Eddie Graham & Mike Graham vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Bob Orton Sr vs. Hiro Matsuda
Mike George vs. Taurus
George McCreary vs. Bob Orton Jr (sub Dick Slater)
Scott Casey vs. Smasher Sloan
8/24/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
1. Wahoo vs. Bockwinkel
2. Bockwinkel won 2nd fall
3. Bockwinkel & Stevens were .’ed when Stevens entered the ring illegally
Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco
Dr X vs. Hans Hermann
Ramon Torres vs. Rene Goulet
8/25/72 – Oshkosh, WI @ the Lourdes High School Gym
Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Rene Goulet vs. Bull Bullinski COR
Big K vs. George Gadaski
8/25/72 – Peoria, IL
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco
Dr X vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Ramon Torres vs. Raul Guzman
Hans Hermann vs. Pedro Zapata
8/27/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & John the Greek
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ricky Ferrara
Dusty Rhodes vs. Tom Demarco
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Vann
Bill Watts vs. Jose Quintero
8/27/72 – St Paul, MN @ the Midway Stadium
Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig & Nick Bockwinkel
Ray Stevens vs. Dr X .
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Hans Hermann vs. Bull Bullinski
Kay Noble vs. Dawn Lemke
Rene Goulet vs. Ramon Torres
8/29/72 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Hans Hermann
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Robinson .
Dr X vs. Larry Hennig
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Bull Bullinski vs. Rene Goulet
8/30/72 – Honolulu, HI
Johnny Barend vs. NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr
AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Fred Curry
Lonnie Mayne vs. Jimmy Snuka
Sam Steamboat vs. Al Costello
Ed Francis vs. Fred Blassie
Tahiti Kid & Farmer Jerome vs. Sky Low Low & Little Brutus
9/1/72 – Chicago, IL @ the Soldier Field
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ivan Koloff
Steel Cage Match, Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder
Dusty Rhodes vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Handicap Match: Andre Rousimoff vs. Larry Hennig & Butcher Vachon
Baron Von Raschke vs. Billy Red Cloud
Bobo Johnson vs. Little Bruiser
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Hans Hermann
Ramon Torres vs. Angelo Poffo
Rene Goulet vs. Don Muraco
Reported Attendance: 12,000
9/2/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bill Kolchin
Dr. X vs. Mike Spangler
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
Don Muraco vs. Rodeo Jones
9/3/72 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Caesar Pablon & Armando Rodriguez
Ivan Koloff vs. Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Angel Rivera
Verne Gagne vs. Pete Carlos
9/8/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens in 11:29 with the figure four leg lock
Don Muraco & Ramon Torres & Pepper Gomez vs. Ivan Koloff & Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes in a 2/3 falls match
1. Rhodes vs. Torres in 7:30
2. Gomez vs. Koloff in 7:12
3. Muraco vs. Hennig in 7:42
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Hans Hermann in 7:07
Rene Goulet vs. Jack Pesek in 11:03
Reported Attendance: 4,528
9/9/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Angel Rivera
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay
Wilbur Snyder vs. Pancho Poskowski
9/9/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Bill Watts & Moose Cholak vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K
Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Ramon Torres vs. Higo Hamaguchi
Rene Goulet vs. Billy Howard .
George Gadaski vs. Cesar Pabon
Reported Attendance: “5,346 fans”
9/9/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dr X & Mad Dog Vachon
Wilbur Snyder vs. Hans Hermann
Bull Bullinski vs. Joe Guzman
Jack Pesek vs. Kenny Jay
Jean Antone & Mars Monroe vs. Belle Starr & Betty Niccoli
Reported Attendance: 3,369
9/12/72 – Davenport, IA @ the Palmer Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Hans Hermann
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Don Muraco
Bull Bullinski & Moose Cholak vs. Big K & Angelo Poffo
Joe Scarpello vs. Hans Hermann
9/13/72 – Grand Forks, ND
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Bull Bullinski .
9/14/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Dr X vs. Ray Stevens with a figure fur leg lock in 19:00
The Crusher & Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff & Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
George Gordienko vs. Butcher Vachon in 14:00
Rene Goulet vs. Bull Bullinski in 15:00
Ramon Torres vs. Big K by submission in 12:00
9/16/72 – Minneapolis TV
Don Muraco vs. John the Greek
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bobby Vann
Dusty Rhodes vs. Kenny Jay
Rene Goulet vs. George Gadaski
9/16/72 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes in a 2/3 falls match
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff .
Dr X vs. Higo Hamaguchi
Rene Goulet vs. Don Muraco
Ramon Torres vs. Big K
9/17/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Armando Rodriguez
Dusty Rhodes vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Daniels
Ramon Torres vs. Caesar Pablon
9/17/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Dusty Rhodes vs. Art Thomas
Ivan Koloff vs. Ramon Torres
Dr X vs. Big K
Rene Goulet vs. Jack Pesek
9/19/72 – Greenville
Ivan Koloff vs. Bull Bullinski
Moose Cholak vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Rene Goulet vs. Ramon Torres
9/20/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes
Dr X vs. Larry Hennig
Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff .
Ramon Torres vs. Big K
Rene Goulet vs. Bull Bullinski COR
9/20/72 – Honolulu, HI
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. WWWF Champion Pedro Morales & Wahoo McDaniel
Cage match: Ed Francis vs. Fred Blassie
Giant Baba vs. The Sheik
Jimmy Snuka vs. Ray Kamaka
Sam Steamboat vs. Mr. XXX
Fred Curry vs. John Quinn .
9/21/72 – Aberdeen, SD @ the Civic Arena
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco & Dr. X in a 2/3 falls match 60:00
Ramon Torres vs. Ivan Koloff
Rene Goulet vs. Bull Bullinski 20:00
Hans Hermann vs. Jack Pesek 20:00
Note: First card of the season.
9/22/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
The Crusher & Dr X vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dusty Rhodes in 8:58
Lani Kealoha vs. Ivan Koloff in 17:49
Ramon Torres vs. Higo Hamaguchi in 12:50
Reported Attendance: 4,325
9/23/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bob Sabre
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha vs. Higo Hamaguchi & Angel Rivera
Dusty Rhodes vs. Tom Demarco
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Pancho Vasquez
9/24/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Peter Lee
Billy Robinson vs. Pancho Zapata
Wilbur Snyder vs. Ralph Crouch
Hans Hermann vs. Bob Hamby
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Joe Guzman
9/26/72 – Bismarck, ND
Non-Title Match: Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Ramon Torres vs. Larry Hennig
George Gadaski vs. Hans Hermann
9/26/72 – Peoria, IL
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes
Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K
Rene Goulet vs. Stan Darro
Angelo Poffo vs. Angel Rivera
9/27/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Ray Stevens vs. Dr X .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ramon Torres
Rene Goulet vs. Don Muraco
Lani Kealoha vs. Big K
9/28/72 – Red Lake, MN @ the Red Lake High School Gym
Ivan Koloff & Big K vs. Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Rene Goulet
Ramon Torres vs. Hans Hermann
9/30/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Andre The Giant Rousimoff won a 14 man battle royal for $15,000
Order of elimination from first to last 1- Rene Goulet 2-Higo Hamaguchi 3-Hans Hermann 4-Bull Bullinski 5-Moose Cholak 6-Ramon Torres 7-Sailor Art Thomas 8-Ivan Koloff 9-Bobby Heenan 10-Wilbur Snyder 11-Wahoo McDaniel 12-Dusty Rhodes 13-Blackjack Lanza
Andre The Giant Rousimoff vs. Ivan Koloff .
Dusty Rhodes vs. Sailor Art Thomas .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bobby Heenan
Blackjack Lanza vs. Ramon Torres
Wilbur Snyder vs. Hans Hermann .
Rene Goulet vs. Moose Cholak
Bull Bullinski vs. Higo Hamaguchi .
Reported Attendance: 10,169
9/30/72 – Minneapolis, MN
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Larry Hennig vs. Dr X
George Scott vs. Dick Murdoch .
Don Muraco vs. Joe Scarpello
Lani Kealoha vs. Big K
10/1/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Jose Quintero
Larry Hennig vs. Caesar Pablon
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Don Muraco vs. Armando Rodriguez
Ramon Torres vs. Pete Carlos
10/1/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski & Andre the Giant
Ray Stevens vs. Dr X .
George Scott vs. Dick Murdoch .
Lani Kealoha vs. Hans Hermann
10/2/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski & Dr X
Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes
Dick Murdoch vs. Bull Bullinski
Lani Kealoha vs. Hans Hermann
10/5/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel
1 Dr X & Wahoo won 1st fall
2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 2nd fall
3 Bockwinkel & Stevens won 3rd fall
George Gordienko vs. Dusty Rhodes . in 12:00
Lani Kealoha vs. Hans Hermann (sub Big K)
George Scott vs. Hans Hermman (sub Rene Goulet)
Dick Murdoch vs. Bull Bullinski in 14:00
Reported Attendance: “sparse crowd”
10/7/72 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham vs. George Gadaski
Verne Gagne vs. Dave Muir
Dick Murdoch vs. Kenny Jay
Lani Kealoha vs. Mike Spangler
10/7/72 – Chicago, IL
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Andre Rousimoff & Dr X
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Wilbur Snyder vs. Higo Hamaguchi
Moose Cholak vs. Hans Hermann
Rene Goulet vs. Prince Pullins
Don Muraco vs. Kenny Dillinger
10/8/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & Bobby Jones
Dusty Rhodes vs. George Gadaski
Billy Robinson vs. Frank Diamond
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Jim Preacher
10/10/72 – Grand Forks, ND
Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes
Dick Murdoch vs. Bull Bullinski
Dave Muir vs. Bobby Jones .
10/11/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes in a 2/3 falls match
Dick Murdoch vs. Bull Bullinski 22:00
Dawn Lemke vs. Kay Noble 17:00
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Gadaski . in 12:00
Reported Attendance: 1,230
10/11/72 – Honolulu, HI
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bearcat Wright & Bobo Brazil
Fred Curry vs. Fred Blassie
The Sheik vs. Tony Rocco
Sam Steamboat vs. Fidel Castillo
Ed Francis vs. John Quinn
10/13/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel . when referee Leo Bahl said Bockwinkel was using a “illegal device.”
Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha vs. Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson in a 2/3 falls match
Rene Goulet vs. Ramon Torres
Kay Noble vs. Dawn Lemke
10/13/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Dr X vs. Blackjack Lanza
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Dick Murdoch vs. Bull Bullinski
George Scott vs. Hans Hermann
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Gadaski
10/14/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bobby Vann
Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes vs. Joe Guzman & Ramon Torres
Billy Graham vs. Tom Demarco
Lani Kealoha vs. Hans Hermann
Rene Goulet vs. Angel Rivera
10/14/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel
A countout of Gagne was interrupted when the referee fell unconscious while Gagne was outside the ring. Bockwinkel grabbed the Championship belt and left the ring, but officials said the dispute would go to the AWA for a decision. George Gadaski, the referee, had been knocked out in a corner collision. Bockwinkel knocked Gagne out of the ring with a pile driver and revived Gadaski who started the count, but fell unconscious before he could finish it.
Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes vs. Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
Lani Kealoha vs. Larry Hennig .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bull Bullinski .
George Scott vs. Hans Hermann .
Rene Goulet vs. Kenny Jay .
Reported Attendance: 6,107
10/15/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dusty Rhodes vs. Jack Gordon
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Ivan Koloff & Big K vs. Tony Charles & Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne vs. Jose Zapata
Ramon Torres vs. George Gadaski
10/21/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Tom Demarco
Don Muraco vs. George Gadaski
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bob Kappel
Dr X vs. Bill Kochen
Ric Drasin vs. ? Reeves
10/21/72 – Honolulu, HI
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
The Sheik vs. Fred Curry in a 2/3 falls match
Sam Steamboat vs. Rick Ferrara
Ed Francis vs. Bill Dromo
Bull Bullinski vs. Mighty Inoue
Cowboy Lang & Bobo Johnson vs. Little Tokyo & Wee Willie Wilson in a 2/3 falls match
10/21/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Andre The Giant Rousimoff in a 2/3 falls match in 26:25
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig .
George Scott vs. Rene Goulet
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ramon Torres .
Kenny Jay vs. Cesar Pabon .
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
10/21/72 – St Paul, MN
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Dick Murdoch vs. Dr X
Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha vs. Big K & Blackjack Lanza
Ric Drasin vs. George Gadaski
Joe Scarpello vs. Bob Kappel
10/22/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Pete Carlos
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
Ivan Koloff vs. Peter Lee
Dusty Rhodes vs. Caesar Pavlon
10/24/72 – Huron, SD @ the Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match
1. Stevens won 1st fall
2. Gagne won 2nd fall
3. Gagne won 3rd fall
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott
Joe Scarpello (sub Billy Robinson) vs. Rene Goulet
Reported Attendance: 3,500
10/25/72 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & George Scott (sub Billy Robinson) in a 2/3 falls match
1. McDaniel vs. Bockwinkel
2. Bockwinkel vs. McDaniel
3. Scott fell prey to a double team by the champs and was vs.en in the 3rd fall
Sailor Art Thomas (sub Angelo Poffo) vs. Larry Hennig .
Billy Graham vs. George Gadaski (sub George Scott)
Joe Scarpello vs. Johnny Kace
Reported Attendance: 3,500+
10/25/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Lani Kealoha vs. Rene Goulet
Big K vs. Chris Markoff
10/26/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes in 16:00
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Dr X in a 2/3 falls match
Dick Murdoch vs. George Scott . in 17:00
Rene Goulet vs. Bobby Jones (sub Ric Drasin) . in 7:00
Butcher Vachon (sub Bobby Jones) vs. Dave Muir . in just under 5 minutes
10/28/72 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Peter Lee & George Scott
Ivan Koloff vs. George Gadaski
Billy Robinson vs. Ralph Crouch
Billy Graham vs. Frank Monte
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Kenny Jay
10/28/72 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
The Sheik vs. Fred Curry in a 2/3 falls match for Ring Magazine belt
Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang vs. Wee Willie Wilson & Little Tojo
10/29/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig
Dick the Bruiser vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha vs. Ivan Koloff & Big K
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott
10/31/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Rene Goulet
Bull Bullinski vs. Dick Murdoch
George Scott vs. Big K
11/1/72 – Burlington, IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig
Dick Murdoch vs. Don Muraco
Lani Kealoha vs. Big K
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott
11/2/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Dr X & Wahoo McDaniel vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Robinson
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco
Lani Kealoha vs. Rene Goulet
11/3/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Baron Von Raschke
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Blackjack Lanza
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott
Moose Cholak vs. Rene Goulet
Larry Hennig vs. George Gadaski
11/3/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha
Dr X vs. Big K
Ramon Torres vs. Joe Scarpello
11/4/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Steve Tuck
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Kolchin
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Mike Spangler
Billy Graham vs. Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne vs. Jose Quintero
Wilbur Snyder vs. Chris Markoff
11/4/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Ray Stevens vs. Dr X
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha
George Scott vs. Rene Goulet
Joe Scarpello vs. George Gadaski
11/4/72 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel in 13:00
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff . when Koloff’s manager the Big K interfered
Handicap match: Superstar Billy Graham vs. Chris Markoff & Jose Quintero
Wilbur Snyder vs. Larry Hennig
Big K vs. Kenny Jay
Reported Attendance: 5,003
11/5/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bill Kolchin
Dr. X vs. Mike Spangler
Ivan Koloff vs. Tom Demarco
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
Don Muraco vs. Bobby Jones
11/8/72 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Steve Tuck
Rene Goulet vs. Dave Muir
11/8/72 – Redfield, SD @ the Redfield Armory
Dr. X vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Big K vs. Ric Drasin
George Scott vs. George Gadaski
11/9/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Superstar Billy Graham won a 12 man Battle Royal
No DQ Match: The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes COR
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Larry Hennig
Don Muraco vs. Superstar Billy Graham (Winnipeg debut)
Billy Robinson vs. Butcher Vachon .
Ivan Koloff vs. Lani Kealoha
George Gordienko vs. Rene Goulet
Dick Murdoch vs. Dave Muir
Reported Attendance: “7,823 fans”
Note: The Crusher & Dusty Rhodes were deemed too bloody from their singles match to compete in the Battle Royal.
11/11/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Tom Demarco & Reggie Parks
Billy Robinson vs. Angel Rivera
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Jose Quintero
11/11/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff . in 19:10
Dick the Bruiser vs. Big K
Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha vs. Bobby Heenan & Rene Goulet
George Scott vs. Larry Hennig .
Kenny Jay vs. Armando Rodriguez
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
11/11/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Mad Dog Vachon in 12:13
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Moose Cholak in 7:10
Reggie Parks vs. Chris Markoff
Joe Scarpello vs. Jose Quintero in 13:52
11/12/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dr. X vs. Angel Rivera
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay
Wilbur Snyder vs. Pancho Vasquez
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Pete Carlos
11/14/72 – Tampa, FL @ the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Lights Out Match: Jack Brisco vs. Paul Jones
Mike Graham handcuffed to Phil Robley
Southern Champion Buddy Colt vs. Eddie Graham .
Bobby Shane vs. Boris Malenko
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ronnie Garvin
Sputnik Monroe & Norvell Austin vs. Frank Hester & Bearcat Wright
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs. The Professsional
Robert Fuller vs. Mike Webster
11/14/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. The Crusher & Billy Robinson
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco
Lani Kealoha vs. Big K
Rene Goulet vs. Tom DeMarco
11/14/72 – Sioux Falls, SD @ the Coliseum
Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) vs. Dr X
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Larry Hennig vs. Reggie Parks
Joe Scarpello vs. George Gadaski
11/15/72 – Honolulu, HI @ the International Center Arena
Ed Francis & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match for AWA Tag Team Title
Title change only recognized in Honolulu
Dusty Rhodes vs. Sam Steamboat in a 2/3 falls match for North American title
Giant Baba vs. Bulldog Brown . when Brown hit the referee
Lonnie Mad Dog Mayne vs. Jack Carson
Tony Borne vs. Ray Glenn
11/15/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Dick Murdoch vs. the Crusher COR
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Ivan Koloff vs. Lani Kealoha
Rene Goulet vs. Don Muraco
11/16/72 – Mitchell, SD @ the Corn Palace
Dr X vs. Ivan Koloff
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dick Murdoch
Plus other preliminary bouts
11/17/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. The Crusher & Billy Robinson in a 2/3 falls match
1. Murdoch vs. Crusher after a flying elbow smash in 12:03
2. Crusher vs. Rhodes after an elbow smash in 5:53
3. Rhodes vs. Robinson in 4:18
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff . in 11:39
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott . in 15:46 after a body slam
Lani Kealoha vs. Larry Hennig . in 13:07
Reported Attendance: 7,191
11/18/72 – Minneapolis TV
Don Muraco vs. Chuck Richards
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Peter Lee & Frank Monte
Billy Robinson vs. Jose Quintero
Chris Markoff vs. Joe Guzman
11/18/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Moose Cholak
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott
Kenny Dillinger vs. Johnny Kace
Larry Hennig vs. Joe Scarpello
11/19/72 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Reggie Parks & Ramon Torres vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch .
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Bobo Johnson & Cowboy Lang vs. Billy the Kid & Little Tokyo
Joe Scarpello vs. Chris Markoff
Reported Attendance: 1,252
11/19/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Dr X in a 2/3 falls match in 23:18
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco . in 17:25
Ivan Koloff vs. George Scott by submission in 16:12
Rene Goulet vs. George Gadaski (sub Lani Kealoha) . in 15:30
Reported Attendance: 5,202
11/21/72 – Bismarck, ND
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch & Ivan Koloff vs. Dr X & Don Muraco & Joe Scarpello
Dr X vs. Big K
Rene Goulet vs. Chris Markoff
11/21/72 – Sterling, IL
Larry Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel
11/22/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Dusty Rhodes vs. Dr X
Dusty Rhodes & Big K vs. Don Muraco & Joe Scarpello
Dick Murdoch vs. Chris Markoff
Rene Goulet vs. George Gadaski
11/22/72 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig & Nick Bockwinkel in a 2/3 falls match
1. Bockwinkel vs. Robinson
2. McDaniel vs. Bockwinkel
3. Robinson vs. Hennig
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Armando Rodriguez (sub Sailor Art Thomas)
George Scott vs. Bill Amel
Jack Pesek vs. Bill Crouch
Reported Attendance: 2,300
11/25/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Pete Carlos
Ray Stevens vs. Bob Amel
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Caesar Pavlon & Armando Rodriguez
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ralph Crouch
Reggie Parks vs. Jose Quintero
11/25/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Non-Title Match: Nick Bockwinkel vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne . in 12:32 when Gagne hit Bockwinkel with a chair
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Billy Robinson & Joe Scarpello in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco .
Ivan Koloff vs. George Scott .
Reggie Parks vs. Big K .
11/26/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bob Sabre
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Don Muraco & Lani Kealoha vs. Higo Hamaguchi & Angel Rivera
Dusty Rhodes vs. Tom Demarco
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Pancho Vasquez
11/28/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Billy Robinson vs. Dick Murdoch
George Scott & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Hennig .
Dick Murdoch vs. Reggie Parks
Joe Scarpello vs. Jose Quintero
11/29/72 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Ed Francis & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
After their successful tag title defense, Robinson & Francis were stripped of the Tag Title for failure to defend it in other AWA cities.
The Destroyer vs. Dory Dixon
Tosh Togo vs. Jack Carson
Sam Steamboat vs. John Foley
Ray Glenn vs. Beto Casto
11/30/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon in 21:00
George Gordienko vs. Ivan Koloff
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Don Muraco vs. George Scott .
Rene Goulet vs. Bob Tuck
Lani Kealoha vs. Dave Muir
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 4,000”
Note The advertisement incorrectly had Goulet vs. Kealoha and Muir vs. Tuck.
12/1/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete vs. Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid
Dick Murdoch vs. Don Muraco
Chris Markoff vs. Joe Scarpello
Reported Attendance: 1,597
12/1/72 – Oshkosh, WI
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Lani Kealoha vs. Ivan Koloff .
Billy Graham vs. George Scott
Rene Goulet vs. George Gadaski
12/2/72 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bobby Vann
Rene Goulet vs. Kenny Jay
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Angel Rivera
Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid vs. Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang
12/2/72 – Minneapolis, MN
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff .
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. George Scott & Joe Scarpello
Don Muraco vs. Big K
Larry Hennig vs. Rene Goulet (sub Billy Robinson)
Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete vs. Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid
12/3/72 – Minneapolis TV
Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher vs. Bill Amel & Ralph Crouch
Dr. X vs. Caesar Pavlon
Dick Murdoch vs. Peter Lee
Verne Gagne vs. George Gadaski
Lani Kealoha vs. Armando Rodriguez
12/3/72 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco . in 15:05
Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete vs. Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook in a 2/3 falls match
Larry Hennig vs. Joe Scarpello . in 9:53
George Scott vs. Chris Markoff 20:00
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
12/3/72 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Ivan Koloff vs. Ramon Torres
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Reggie Parks
Big K vs. Kenny Jay
Dawn Lemke vs. Kay Noble
12/5/72 – Sioux Falls, SD @ the Coliseum
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in 3rd fall
1. Wahoo & Billy won 1st fall
2. Rhodes & Murdoch won 2nd fall
3. Both teams .’ed
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott
Bob Bruggers vs. George Gadaski
12/6/72 – Aberdeen, SD @ the Civic Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match 45:00
Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Robinson in a 2/3 falls match 45:00
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott 30:00
Rene Goulet vs. Reggie Parks 20:00
12/6/72 – Grand Forks
Big K & Ivan Koloff vs. Lani Kealoha & Don Muraco
Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang vs. Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo
Big K vs. Lani Kealoha
Al Tomko vs. Steve Tuck
12/7/72 – Huron, SD @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham . when Graham hit the referee
Dusty Rhodes vs. George Scott in a 2/3 falls match
1. Scott won 1st fall
2. Rhodes won 2nd fall
3. Rhodes won 3rd fall
Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang vs. Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid in a 2/3 falls match
Jose Quintero vs. George Gadaski .
Reported Attendance: 1,200
12/8/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Dusty Rhodes . in 17:04 after a drop kick
Billy Robinson vs. Dick Murdoch . in 21:00
Farmer Pete & Little Tokyo vs. Billy The Kid & Cowboy Lang in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco . in 19:28 after vs.ing Muraco in an Arm Wrestling Match
Rene Goulet vs. Reggie Parks 20:00
Reported Attendance: 4,000
12/9/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ray Stevens vs. Ricky Mendoza
Billy Graham vs. Jose Quintero
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Pancho Vasquez
Lani Kealoha vs. Carlos Rodriguez
Dick Murdoch vs. Kenny Jay
12/9/72 – Willmar, MN
Ken Patera vs. George Gadaski
12/10/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ray Stevens vs. Peter Lee
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Caesar Pavlon & Armando Rodriguez
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bill Crouch
Reggie Parks vs. Jose Quintero
12/10/72 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel . when Wahoo hit Graham over the head with a chair
Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco . 10:21
Ivan Koloff vs. Lani Kealoha . in 10:27
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet . in 7:09
George Scott vs. George Gadaski . in 12:22
Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang vs. Little Tokyo & Billy The Kid
12/11/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
George Scott vs. Rene Goulet
Bob Bruggers vs. Joe Scarpello
George Gadaski & Rene Goulet vs. Bob Bruggers & George Scott
12/11/72 – Rice Lake, WI @ the High School
Ivan Koloff vs. Don Muraco
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott
Farmer Pete & Cowboy Lang vs. Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook
Ken Patera vs. George Gadaski
12/13/72 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Ken Patera vs. Larry Hennig .
Lani Kealoha vs. Dick Murdoch
Rene Goulet vs. Ric Flair
12/13/72 – Honolulu, HI
Don Muraco won a battle royal
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Curtis Iaukea
Dusty Rhodes vs. Sam Steamboat
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco & Red Bastien
Billy Robinson vs. Jack Carson
Ed Francis vs. Sueno
Tosh Togo vs. Bull Bullinski
Spiros Arion vs. Dennis Stamp
12/13/72 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott
Big K (sub Chris Markoff) vs. Bob Kappel
Dawn Lemke vs. Kay Noble
Reported Attendance: 1,500
Note: Another listing has an additional match Bob Bruggers vs. Joe Scarpello
12/14/72 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Billy Robinson dcor Superstar Billy Graham
Angelo Mosca (Winnipeg Debut) vs. Dick Murdoch . when Murdoch hit Mosca with a bottle
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet
Larry Hennig vs. Bob Bruggers
Lani Kealoha vs. Bobby Jones
Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete vs. Little Tokyo & Billy the Kid
Reported Attendance: “estimated 7,000 fans”
Note: A Newspaper ad listed Patera vs. Hennig, Goulet vs. Bruggers and Jones vs. Bob Tuck
12/15/72 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ivan Koloff vs. Rene Goulet
Cowboy Lang & Farmer Pete vs. Billy the Kid & Little Tokyo
Dick Murdoch vs. George Scott
12/16/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Ernie Ladd & Sailor Art Thomas when Ladd refused to tag Thomas who was then easily vs.en
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Billy Red Cloud
Wilbur Snyder vs. Larry Hennig
Moose Cholak vs. Kenny Dillinger
12/17/72 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Armando Rodriguez
Dusty Rhodes vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Daniels
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Pete Carlos
12/17/72 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Superstar Billy Graham won a 15 man battle royal for $10,000
Order of elimination from first to last 1-Bill Crouch 2-Big K 3-Ken Patera 4-Rene Goulet 5-Ric Flair 6-Larry Hennig 7-Reggie Parks 8-George Scott 9-Dusty Rhodes 10-Dick Murdock 11-Nick Bockwinkel 12-Ivan Koloff 13-Wahoo McDaniel 14-Billy Robinson
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff in 13:04
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott (sub Lani Kealoha) in 11:35
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet . in 8:05
Bob Bruggers (sub George Scott) vs. Dusty Rhodes . in 1:17 when Rhodes tried to attack the referee
Dick Murdoch vs. Reggie Parks 15:00
Big K vs. Ric Flair 10:00
Reported Attendance: Record Crowd 6,337
12/24/72 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Tom Demarco
Dr. X vs. Bill Kolchin
Don Muraco vs. George Gadaski
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bob Kappel
Ric Drasin vs. Don Reese
12/26/72 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet
12/27/72 – Decatur, IL
Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza
Ken Patera vs. Larry Hennig .
Dick Murdoch vs. Bull Bullinski
George Scott vs. Bob Bruggers
12/27/72 – Mitchell, SD
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Billy Robinson
12/28/72 – Burlington, IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
Andre The Giant vs. Dick Murdoch .
George Scott vs. Larry Jones
Bob Bruggers vs. Jack Pesek
Dawn Lemke vs. Kay Noble
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Lani Kealoha
12/28/72 – Moorhead, MN
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ivan Koloff
Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes
Reggie Parks vs. Big K
Dennis Stamp vs. Jim Brunzell
12/28/72 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Ray Stevens vs. Dr. X
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet
George Gadaski vs. Jose Quintero
12/29/72 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1. Graham vs. McDaniel in 3:25
2. McDaniel vs. Graham in 1:19
3. Graham vs. McDaniel in 2:15
Graham also vs. McDaniel in an Arm Wrestling match
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dr X 11:30
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Joe Scarpello 10:48
Dr X vs. Joe Scarpello with a small package in 18:55
Reported Attendance: 5,000
Note: Nick Bockwinkel, Ray Stevens, Billy Robinson, Ivan Koloff, Bull Bullinski, Ken Patera and Larry Hennig were all no shows
12/29/72 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Wilbur Snyder won a 15 man battle royal when Andre Rousimoff, Blackjack Mulligan, Blackjack Lanza and Dusty Rhodes were simultaneously eliminated
order of elimination: Ric Flair, Dale Lewis, Jack Pesek, Johnny Kace, Billy Red Cloud, Reggie Parks, Sailor Art Thomas, Larry Hennig, George Scott, Dick Murdoch, Andre Rousimoff (the giant) took the Blackjacks and Dusty Rhodes with him
Dusty Rhodes vs. Wilbur Snyder
Reggie Parks vs. Larry Hennig .
Blackjack Lanza vs. Jack Pesek
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Johnny Kace
Blackjack Mulligan vs. George Scott
Dick Murdoch vs. Billy Red Cloud
12/30/72 – Milwaukee WI @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel in 12:40 when the referee stopped the match
Ivan Koloff vs. Dr X in 22:22
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet in 8:50
Dick Murdoch vs. Reggie Parks . at 14:40
Big K vs. Jim Brunzell
Dale Lewis vs. George Scott
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
12/30/72 – Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens for the AWA Tag Team Title
Andre Rousimoff vs. Larry Hennig
Dusty Rhodes vs. Bull Bullinski
Bob Bruggers vs. Blackjack Daniels
Ric Flair vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: 7,091
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1/6/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Johnny Heidman
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Tinker Todd
Billy Graham vs. George Gadaski.
1/6/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson in a 2/3 falls match for the AWA tag team title
1. Bockwinkel vs. Robinson
2. Robinson vs. Stevens
3. Stevens vs. Gagne
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Ivan Koloff vs. Reggie Parks
Bob Bruggers vs. Big K .
Ric Flair vs. Johnny Heidman .
Jim Brunzell vs. Tinker Todd
Reported Attendance: 10,003
1/7/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel . in 16:20
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham . when Graham hurled Wahoo into referee George Gadaski at the 9:35 mark
Dusty Rhodes vs. George Scott . in 24:12
Ivan Koloff vs. Reggie Parks . in 15:47
Bob Bruggers vs. Rene Goulet 15:00
Reported Attendance: 5,354
1/9/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Ray Stevens vs. the Crusher
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Bob Bruggers vs. Tinker Todd
Jim Brunzell vs. Joe Scarpello
1/10/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Superstar Billy Graham vs. the Crusher
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud
Ivan Koloff vs. Joe Scarpello
Bob Bruggers vs. Big K
1/11/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham COR in 12:00 when Graham walked back to the dressing room
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. George Gordienko & Reggie Parks in a 2/3 falls match
Dawn Lemke vs. Kay Noble .
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott (sub Lani Kealoha)
Bob Bruggers vs. Bobby Jones (sub George Scott) .
Ric Flair vs. Johnny Heidman
Jim Brunzell vs. Tinker Todd (sub match for Bob Tuck vs. Dave Muir)
1/13/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel 15:21
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Danny Hodge & Bill Miller in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff vs. George Scott .
Reggie Parks vs. Big K .
Bob Bruggers vs. Johnny Heidman .
Jim Brunzell vs. Tinker Todd .
1/16/73 – Minot, ND
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dick Murdoch
Reggie Parks vs. Billy Graham .
George Scott vs. Tinker Todd
Bob Bruggers vs. John Heidman
1/17/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr vs. Billy Robinson
North American Champion Dusty Rhodes vs. Don Muraco
Ed Francis vs. The Sheik for Hawaiian Title
Ripper Collins vs. Rick Drasin
Tony Borne vs. Sam Steamboat
Fred Blassie did not vs. Lord Blears in 10 minutes
1/17/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dick Murdoch
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Scott
Reggie Parks vs. Tinker Todd
Bob Bruggers vs. Johnny Heidman
1/18/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham COR 10:25
Dusty Rhodes vs. the Crusher . when Crusher tossed Rhodes over the top rope at the 8:30 mark
Billy Robinson vs. Reggie Parks in 14:11 . with a back bridge
Don Muraco vs. Dick Murdoch 11:15
Bob Bruggers vs. George Scott 20:00
Reported Attendance: 5,647
1/19/73 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes . in 7:42 when referee George Gadaski caught Rhodes using brass knuckles
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match in 16:57
1. Muraco was counted out of the ring
2. Muraco vs. Graham
3. Graham vs. Muraco
George Scott vs. Tinker Todd by submission in 12:39
Bob Bruggers vs. Johnny Heidman 16:10
Reported Attendance: 3,734
1/20/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Johnny Heidman
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez
Reggie Parks vs. Tinker Todd
Ivan Koloff vs. Bob Amel
1/20/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Ernie Ladd vs. Moose Cholak
Mitsu Arakawa & Higo Hamaguchi vs. Reggie Parks & George Scott
Jimmy Valiant vs. Bobby Bold Eagle
Angel Rivera vs. Tinker Todd
1/20/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Non-Title Match: Ivan Koloff vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne by submission
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Bill Watts vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Rene Goulet vs. Bob Bruggers
Jim Brunzell vs. Johnny Heidman
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
1/22/73 – Fergus Falls, MN
Ivan Koloff vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Bob Bruggers vs. Rene Goulet
Big K vs. Tinker Todd
1/22/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Ray Stevens vs. the Crusher
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
George Scott vs. Rene Goulet
Jim Brunzell vs. Johnny Heidman
1/23/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes
Jim Brunzell (sub Ric Flair) vs. Johnny Heidman
George Scott vs. Rene Goulet (sub Jim Brunzell)
1/24/73 – Decatur, IL
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Don Muraco vs. Dick Murdoch .
George Scott vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Johnny Heidman vs. Jim Brunzell
1/26/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Billy Robinson vs. Dick Murdoch
Reggie Parks vs. Bob Bruggers
George Scott vs. Tinker Todd
1/27/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Crouch
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Mr. Fuji
Billy Graham vs. Jose Quintero
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Peter Lee & Frank Monte
1/27/73 – Minneapolis, MN
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ivan Koloff vs. George Scott
Bob Bruggers vs. Johnny Heidman
Rene Goulet vs. Reggie Parks
Reported Attendance: 5,121
1/28/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham COR
Reggie Parks & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch . when Murdoch was caught using a foreign object
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott 20:00
Jim Brunzell vs. Tinker Todd
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Johnny Heidman
Reported Attendance: 3,000
1/30/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes
Dick Murdoch vs. Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott
Jim Brunzell vs. Johnny Heidman
Note: Wahoo and Superstar were scheduled to arm wrestle prior to their singles match
1/31/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Arm Wrestling
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff vs. Reggie Parks in 17:00
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Tinker Todd
Jim Brunzell vs. Johnny Heidman .
2/1/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
1. Rhodes vs. Robinson
2. Muraco vs. Rhodes in 2:37 with a cobra submission hold
3. Murdoch vs. Muraco in 2:17
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff . in 8:17 when Koloff jumped off the top rope onto McDaniel
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks in 14:47 . after a knee drop
Arm Wrestling
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham 3:18
George Scott vs. Johnny Heidman in 13:14 with a cobra twist submission hold
Reported Attendance: 5,130
2/3/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Johnny Heidman & Tinker Todd
Billy Graham vs. Red Mendez
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Blackie Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
Bill Watts vs. Pancho Vasquez
2/4/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in 3rd fall at 15:55
1. Bruiser & Crusher won 1st fall
2. Rhodes and Murdoch won 2nd fall
3. The referee stopped the match when he was unable to control the wrestlers
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig 12:45
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks 10:30
Nick Bockwinkel (sub Don Muraco) vs. George Scott 14:30
Jim Brunzell vs. Johnny Heidman 13:55
Reported Attendance: 6,384
2/5/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco & Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig & Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Ivan Koloff vs. George Scott
Rene Goulet vs. Jim Brunzell
2/6/73 – Jamestown, WI
Larry Hennig vs. Tinker Todd
2/7/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco
Ripper Collins vs. Neff Maiava in 3rd fall
Ken Patera vs. Tapia
Paul Jones vs. Harley Race .
Ed Francis vs. Lord Nelson
Jimmy Snuka vs. Pepto Castro
Bulldog Bob Brown vs. Sam Steamboat
2/7/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Hennig vs. Big K (sub Wahoo McDaniel)
Ivan Koloff vs. Reggie Parks
Jim Brunzell vs. Johnny Heidman
2/9/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Blackjack Mulligan in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder
Ernie Ladd vs. Lord James Blears
Rene Goulet vs. Reggie Parks
Blackjack Lanza vs. Jim Brunzell
2/10/73 – Moline TV
Billy Graham vs. Poncho Vasquez
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Jose Quintero
Ivan Koloff vs. Armando Rodriguez
Don Muraco vs. Bill Crouch
Dusty Rhodes vs. Mike Spangler
2/10/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bill Watts .
Ken Patera vs. Johnny Heidman by submission
Reggie Parks vs. Lord James Blears
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott .
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
2/11/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Bill Watts in a 2/3 falls match
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes
Handicap Match: Ken Patera vs. Jose Quintero & Johnny Heidman .
Larry Hennig vs. Lord Blears .
Ric Flair vs. Rene Goulet
Note: Another listing has an additional result Big K vs. Ed Francis
2/13/73 – Minot, ND
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Big K & Larry Hennig vs. Reggie Parks & George Scott
Jim Brunzell vs. Johnny Heidman
Ric Flair vs. Rene Goulet
2/14/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco .
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet
Larry Hennig vs. George Scott
Ric Flair vs. Lord Blears
2/16/73 – Oshkosh, WI
Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Don Muraco
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet vs. George Scott
2/17/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Jose Quintero
Ivan Koloff vs. Kenny Jay
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Angel Rivera
Larry Hennig vs. Bobby Vann
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Bill Crouch & Blackie Guzman
2/18/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match in 31:10
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes . in 9:00
Larry Hennig vs. George Scott
Jim Brunzell vs. Big K . 15:45
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Johnny Heidman . in 12:20
2/18/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff (sub Dusty Rhodes) vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wahoo was disqualified for accidentally hitting the referee
2. Patera vs. Koloff with a bear hug
3. Graham vs. Patera
Reggie Parks vs. Rene Goulet 20:00
Ric Flair vs. Jose Quintero
Kenny Jay vs. Bill Crouch (sub Jack Daniels)
Reported Attendance: 2,703
2/19/73 – Moline, IL
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Lord Blears
Reggie Parks vs. Rene Goulet
Big K vs. Ric Flair
2/20/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Don Muraco & Ken Patera & Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig & Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Reggie Parks (sub Wahoo McDaniel) vs. Rene Goulet
Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes
Jim Brunzell vs. Johnny Heidman (sub Tinker Todd)
2/21/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel . at 11:25
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall .
1. Koloff won 1st fall
2. Wahoo vs. Koloff
3. Koloff was disqualified for jumping off the top rope
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Lord Blears
Ric Flair (sub George Scott) vs. Big K
Reported Attendance: 2,800+
2/22/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Indian Strap Match, Winner must drag his opponent around the ring twice: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham in 11:05
Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes in 12:05
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Don Muraco COR in 12:00
Ivan Koloff vs. Reggie Parks 30:00
Dick Murdoch vs. Lord Blears .
Reported Attendance: SRO 7,949, record attendance
2/24/73 – Moline TV
Dusty Rhodes vs. George Gadaski
Don Muraco vs. Jose Quintero
Billy Graham vs. Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Johnny Heidman
2/24/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
1. Rhodes vs. Muraco in 14:22
2. Robinson vs. Murdoch in 20:54
3. Muraco vs. Rhodes in 27:11
Reggie Parks vs. Larry Hennig in a 2/3 falls match
1. Hennig won 1st fall
2. Parks won 2nd fall
3. Parks won 3rd fall
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Rene Goulet in 8:57
Ken Patera vs. Johnny Heidman
Reported Attendance: 2,001
2/28/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham in 16:30
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Reggie Parks & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
1. Parks vs. Murdoch in 9:00
2. Murdoch vs. Parks at the 18:00 mark
3. Rhodes vs. Parks
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel in 23:00
Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff .
Rene Goulet vs. Jim Brunzell in 12:00
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Johnny Heidman
Reported Attendance: “11,379 fans”
Note: Patera billed as a 300 pound rookie Olympic weightlifter turner pro wrestler in the advertisement.
3/3/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bobby Jones
Ivan Koloff vs. Bill Kolchin
Jim Brunzell vs. Dave Muir
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Crouch
3/3/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ken Patera .
Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes .
Rene Goulet vs. Reggie Parks
Vic Rossitani vs. Ric Flair .
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
3/4/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Superstar Billy Graham vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne . when Gagne tossed Graham over the top rope in 22:02
Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Larry Hennig vs. Reggie Parks
Don Muraco vs. Rene Goulet .
Jose Carlos vs. Armando Rodriguez .
Reported Attendance: Record Turnaway Crowd – 6,428
3/4/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall . when Nick & Ray jumped off the top rope
Ivan Koloff vs. Bill Watts .
Ric Flair vs. Big K
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Kenny Jay
Jim Brunzell vs. Bill Crouch
3/7/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham won a battle royal
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Ivan Koloff vs. Vic Rossitani
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rene Goulet
Ric Flair vs. Larry Hennig .
Big K vs. Khosrow Vaziri
3/7/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
The Sheik vs. NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr COR
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Jimmy Snuka vs. Ripper Collins
Ken Patera vs. Tony Borne
Ed Francis vs. Haru Sasaki
Sam Steamboat vs. Masked Executioner
3/9/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera COR
Bob Ellis vs. Ernie Ladd
Billy Robinson vs. Reggie Parks
Ivan Koloff vs. Vic Rossitani
Rene Goulet vs. Jim Brunzell
3/10/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Crouch
Dick Murdoch vs. Armando Rodriguez
Jim Brunzell vs. Carlos Colon
Larry Hennig vs. Caesar Pabon
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Peter Lee & George Scott
3/10/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco
Larry Hennig vs. Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet vs. Jim Brunzell
3/12/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet vs. Vic Rossitani
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Big K .
3/15/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Referee: Merv Unger
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1 Koloff vs. Robinson in 7:30
2 Robinson vs. Koloff in 13:00
3 Graham won 3rd fall with an assist from Koloff’s manager The Big K
Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco COR in 15:00
Dusty Rhodes vs. Ken Patera . when Patera would not break his bear hug hold on Rhodes who was outside the ring
Dick Murdoch vs. Vic Rossitani . in 16:00
Reggie Parks vs. Jim Brunzell . in 12:00
Rene Goulet vs. Ric Flair in 16:00
Reported Attendance: “6,000 intense fans”
3/16/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Winning team to meet AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on next Denver card
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff vs. Wahoo in 8:47
2. Koloff and Graham were disqualified for double teaming
3. Robinson vs. Koloff in 5:17
Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco COR in 12:09
Ken Patera vs. Larry Hennig with a bear hug in 9:07
Reggie Parks vs. Rene Goulet . when Goulet jumped off the top rope onto Parks
Reported Attendance: 7,121
3/17/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson vs. Tom Demarco
Billy Graham vs. Armando Rodriguez
Ken Patera vs. Bill Crouch
Ivan Koloff vs. Chuck Edwards
Verne Gagne vs. Blackie Guzman
3/17/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel . in 26:09
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel . when Wahoo rammed Graham’s head into the ring post
Rene Goulet vs. Vic Rossitani
Reggie Parks vs. Don Muraco 20:00
Reported Attendance: 4,000 with 1,000 turned away
3/18/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes in a 2/3 falls match
1. Robinson vs. Rhodes
2. Rhodes vs. Robinson
3. Robinson vs. Rhodes
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks when Parks injured his knee and could not continue in the third fall
Larry Hennig vs. Vic Rossitani
Rene Goulet vs. Jim Brunzell
Reported Attendance: 1,251
3/18/73 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match in 30:00
1. Wahoo was vs.
2. Wahoo vs. Stevens after a series of tomahawk chops
3. Bockwinkel vs. Patera
Don Muraco vs. Ivan Koloff .
Ric Flair vs. Big K
Khosrow Vaziri vs. George Gadaski
Att:”just under 3,200”
3/20/73 – Burlington IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Ken Patera & Reggie Parks
Vic Rositanni vs. Jim Brunzell
Reported Attendance: 1500
3/21/73 – Detroit Lakes, MN @ the Detroit Lakes High School
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Don Muraco vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Big K vs. Ric Flair
3/21/73 – Lanark, IL @ the High School
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Billy Robinson & Ken Patera
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Vic Rositanni
Jim Brunzell vs. Reggie Parks
3/23/73 – Ironwood, MI @ the Luther L. Wright Gym
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dusty Rhodes
Reggie Parks vs. Larry Hennig
Jim Brunzell vs. Vic Rositanni
3/24/73 – Moline TV
Verne Gagne vs. Dave Muir
Ivan Koloff vs. George Gadaski
Ken Patera vs. Bobby Vann
Dusty Rhodes vs. Red Mendez
Ray Stevens vs. Angel Rivera
3/24/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
No DQ Match: Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Bill Watts vs. Blackjack Lanza
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Ernie Ladd vs. Reggie Parks
Jimmy Valiant vs. Ric Flair
Bobby Heenan vs. Jim Brunzell
Note: Graham and Thomas were also scheduled to arm wrestle
3/24/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Ken Patera vs. Ivan Koloff .
Larry Hennig vs. Vic Rossitani
3/25/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham in 11:20
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. The Crusher & Bull Bullinski in a 2/3 falls match
Bill Watts vs. Ivan Koloff .
Rene Goulet vs. Bill Crouch . at 9:23
Reggie Parks vs. Ric Flair . at 11:12
Jim Brunzell vs. Kenny Jay
3/26/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Reggie Parks vs. Jim Brunzell
Rene Goulet vs. Vic Rossitani
3/28/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Koloff’s manager the Big K barred from Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match in 26:25
Dick the Bruiser dcor Dusty Rhodes
Horst Hoffman vs. Larry Hennig . in 9:25
Reggie Parks vs. Ric Flair . in 15:50
Rene Goulet vs. Khosrow Vaziri . in 12:15
Reported Attendance: 9,881
3/28/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
Ken Patera vs. Dick Murdoch .
Lars Anderson vs. Vic Rossitani
Jim Brunzell vs. Big K
3/29/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch & Vic Rossitani (sub Billy Graham)
Horst Hoffman vs. Big K (sub Ivan Koloff)
Vic Rossitani vs. Reggie Parks
Big K vs. Jim Brunzell
Note: Graham and Koloff reportedly were fogged in at the Milwaukee airport and were unable to wrestle in Duluth as a result
3/30/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel
The Crusher vs. Dick Murdoch .
Dusty Rhodes vs. Horst Hoffman
Don Muraco vs. Rene Goulet
3/31/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Tinker Todd
Don Muraco vs. Bill Crouch
3/31/73 – Decatur, IL
Billy Robinson & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera
Rene Goulet vs. Reggie Parks
Vic Rossitani vs. Khosrow Vaziri
4/1/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Superstar Graham . at the 11:25 mark when Graham would not stop using rough tactics at the referee’s count of five
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Don Muraco by submission in 29:38
Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera 20:00
Arm Wrestling
Superstar Graham vs. Ken Patera
Horst Hoffman vs. Rene Goulet . at 11:18
Reggie Parks vs. Vic Rossitanni by submission in 13:35
Reported Attendance: 6,189
4/4/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Geoff Portz vs. Larry Hennig .
Rene Goulet vs. Jim Brunzell
4/4/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the Honolulu International Center
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco
Dusty Rhodes vs. Ken Patera
Ed Francis vs. Ripper Collins .
Sam Steamboat vs. Jose Quintero
Jimmy Snuka vs. Haru Sasaki
Cowboy Lang & Hillbilly Pete vs. Tokyo Kid & Lord Littlebrook
4/5/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match in 27:00
1. McDaniel vs. Murdoch
2. Murdoch vs. McDaniel
3. Robinson vs. Koloff
Horst Hoffman vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping
Rene Goulet vs. Vic Rossitani in 12:00
Reggie Parks vs. Ric Flair in 17:00
Geoff Portz vs. Bobby Jones in 6:30
Reported Attendance: “more than 5,000 fans”
4/7/73 – Moline TV
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Peter Lee & Frank Monte
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bob Amel
Billy Graham vs. Armando Rodriguez
Horst Hoffman vs. Pete Carlos
Billy Robinson vs. Kenny Jay
4/7/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco & Wilbur Snyder
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Reggie Parks vs. Ivan Koloff .
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Higo Hamaguchi
Rene Goulet vs. Vic Rossitani
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Ken Dillinger
4/8/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz
Larry Hennig vs. Don Muraco
Billy Robinson vs. Reggie Parks
Jim Brunzell vs. Vic Rossitani
4/9/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera
Don Muraco vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz
Rene Goulet vs. Reggie Parks
4/13/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Lars Anderson (sub Nick Bockwinkel) & Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match
1. Rhodes vs. Anderson in 12:40
2. Anderson vs. Rhodes in 7:40
3. Rhodes vs. Stevens in 7:45
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco . at the 9:00 mark when Muraco would not stop choking Graham with the ring rope
Larry Hennig vs. Reggie Parks 20:00
European Rules
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz after 5 rounds
Reported Attendance: 5,181
Note: Bockwinkel reportedly injured his knee the night before and was unable to compete in Denver
4/14/73 – Moline TV
George Gadaski & Kenny Jay vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch .
Horst Hoffman vs. Joe Guzman
Billy Robinson vs. Chuck Edwards
Geoff Portz vs. Angel Rivera
Ric Flair vs. Tom Demarco
4/14/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco & Reggie Parks (sub Billy Robinson) in 20:46 when Stevens vs. Muraco
Joe Scarpello (sub Reggie Parks) vs. Lars Anderson
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet .
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Ric Flair .
Reported Attendance: 1,286
4/15/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Don Muraco in a 2/3 falls match
Horst Hoffman vs. Lars Anderson .
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Greg Gagne in his pro debut vs. Kenny Jay
4/15/73 – Houghton, MI @ the Michigan Tech Students Ice Arena 3 PM Start Time
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Vic Rositanni vs. Larry Hennig
Ric Flair vs. Khosrow Vaziri
Note: First time for wrestling here
4/18/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham COR when Graham walked out on the match after taking a severe vs.ing
Ken Patera vs. Dusty Rhodes COR when Rhodes ran out of the ring
Ed Francis vs. Sam Steamboat
Ray Stevens vs. Don Muraco
Tony Borne vs. Jimmy Snuka .
Neff Maiava vs. Wild Bill Howard
Sandy Parker vs. Bambi Ball
4/21/73 – Moline TV
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Kolchin
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Johnny Heidman
Verne Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
4/21/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Billy Robinson .
European Rules
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz TKO
Ken Patera vs. Vic Rossitani by submission
Ric Flair vs. Jim Brunzell .
Reported Attendance: “capacity crowd 6,112”
4/25/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
No Time Limit, No DQ Match: Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Winner gets Tag Title shot against Bockwinkel & Stevens
Ken Patera & Don Muraco vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
European Rules
Geoff Portz vs. Horst Hoffman after 4 rounds
Reggie Parks vs. Larry Hennig .
4/26/73 – Muscatine, IA @ the High School Fieldhouse
Ken Patera & Don Muraco vs. Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe in a 2/3 falls match
1 Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe won 1st fall
2 Ken Patera & Don Muraco won 2nd fall
3 Ken Patera & Don Muraco won 3rd fall
Reggie Parks vs. Pretty Boy Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall .
Greg Gagne vs. Vic Rossitani in 15:55
Referee: George Gadaski
4/26/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Special Referee: Hard Boiled Haggerty
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall .
1. Murdoch won the first fall in 22:00
2. Bockwinkel won the 2nd fall at the 37:00 mark
3. Rhodes smashed Stevens’ head into the ring post and Murdoch tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope earning a . from referee Hard Boiled Haggerty
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Angelo Mosca in 4:00
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Angelo Mosca in an arm wrestling match refereed by Nick Bockwinkel
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz after five 4 minute rounds
Rene Goulet vs. Bill Crouch (sub Jim Brunzell) in 9:00
Stan Moose Morowski vs. Dave Muir in 4:30
Ric Flair vs. Khosrow Vaziri was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping
Reported Attendance: “5,243 fans”
4/27/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
No Time Limit, No DQ Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham COR in 15:21 when Graham walked back to the locker room
Referee Bill Finter however declared Wahoo the winner on a submission decision since the match carried a no time limit, no DQ stipulation.
Larry Hennig vs. Don Muraco . in 11:01
Ken Patera vs. Vic Rossitani by submission in 9:41
Reggie Parks vs. Angel Rivera 15:48
Greg Gagne vs. George Gadaski 12:19
Reported Attendance: 4,400
4/28/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Mark Starr
Billy Graham vs. Frank Monte
Ray Stevens vs. Bob Amel
Larry Hennig vs. Bill Crouch
4/28/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Special Referee Hard Boiled Haggerty: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Special Referee Len Montana: Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bill Watts in 15:20
Horst Hoffman vs. Larry Hennig in 12:10
Billy Robinson vs. Tosh Togo . in 14:25
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet in 16:23
Reggie Parks vs. Vic Rossitani in 14:45
Reported Attendance: 4,098
4/29/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel 60:00
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera . at 9:30
5 Round European Style Match
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz
Rene Goulet vs. Jim Brunzell . in 12:06
Reported Attendance: 5,211
5/1/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Horst Hoffman vs. Larry Hennig
No DQ match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ray Stevens
Geoff Portz vs. Don Muraco
Vic Rossitani vs. Rene Goulet
5/2/73 – Springfield, IL @ the Coliseum
Billy Graham & Larry Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson
Horst Hoffman vs. Rene Goulet
5/5/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Jose Quintero
Billy Graham vs. Mark Starr
Billy Robinson vs. Bobby Jones
Ken Patera vs. Bill Kolchin
5/5/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Jimmy Valiant in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham & Ernie Ladd vs. Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
Bob Ellis vs. Baron Von Raschke
Billy Robinson vs. Wilbur Snyder
Rene Goulet vs. Bull Bullinski
Ric Flair vs. Kenny Dillinger
5/6/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Auditorium matinee
Billy Robinson won a 16 man battle royal in 32:00 by eliminating Superstar Billy Graham
Ray Stevens vs. Dusty Rhodes COR
Billy Robinson vs. Dick Murdoch
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Don Muraco
Horst Hoffman vs. Reggie Parks
Ken Patera vs. Vic Rossitani
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Jim Brunzell vs. Mark Starr
Reported Attendance: 5,409
5/9/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Ric Flair vs. Greg Gagne
5/11/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Arm Wrestling
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera .
European Style Match: Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz
Rene Goulet (sub Larry Hennig) vs. Jim Brunzell
5/12/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Red Mendez
Geoff Portz vs. Mark Starr
Ken Patera vs. Angel Rivera
Dusty Rhodes vs. Kenny Jay
5/12/73 – Milwaukee WI @ the Arena
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
European Rules
Billy Robinson vs. Horst Hoffman
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Reggie Parks vs. Ric Flair
Greg Gagne vs. Kenny Jay
Reported Attendance: 11,418
5/14/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson & Ken Patera vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham
Horst Hoffman vs. Ric Flair
Geoff Portz vs. Greg Gagne
Lord Littlebrook vs. Wee Willie Wilson
5/15/73 – LaCrosse, WI @ the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson
Rene Goulet vs. Horst Hoffman
Wee Willie Wilson & Lord Littlebrook vs. Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo
Geoff Portz vs. Vic Rossitani
Note: Another listing has Stevens vs. Don Muraco as the main event.
5/16/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Indian Death Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Billy Graham
North American Champion Dusty Rhodes vs. Billy Robinson .
Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera
Sam Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka vs. Mad Dog Vachon (sub Tarzan Tyler) & Lars Anderson
Ed Francis vs. Bob Ramstead
Neff Maiava vs. The Masked Man
5/17/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & Ken Patera vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Rene Goulet (sub Ray Stevens)
European Rules Match: Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs. Little Tokyo & Frenchy Lamont
Rene Goulet vs. Vic Rossitani
5/18/73 – Decatur, IL
Don Muraco & Ken Patera vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens
Rene Goulet vs. Vic Rossitani
Jim Brunzell vs. Geoff Portz
5/18/73 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
Billy Robinson vs. Superstar Billy Graham . at the 14:07 mark when Graham tossed Robinson over the top rope
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Horst Hoffman . in 14:37
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs. Frenchy LaMonte & Little Tokyo in a 2/3 falls match
1. Tokyo vs. Littlebrook in 11:40
2. Wilson vs. Lamont in 16:00
3. Littlebrook used a cradle to pin Tokyo at the 22:48 mark
Ric Flair vs. Greg Gagne 20:00
Reported Attendance: 2,514
5/19/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Horst Hoffman & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs. Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo
Kenny Jay vs. Mark Starr
5/19/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Chuck Edwards
Billy Graham vs. Armando Rodriguez
Ray Stevens vs. Angel Rivera
Ken Patera vs. Armando Rodriguez
5/19/73 – Peoria, IL
Dusty Rhodes won a 10 man battle royal by eliminating The Crusher
The Crusher vs. Dusty Rhodes
Reggie Parks vs. Dick Murdoch .
Ken Patera vs. Vic Rossitani
Ric Flair vs. Greg Gagne 20:00
Jim Brunzell vs. Khosrow Vaziri
5/20/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Billy Graham vs. The Crusher
5/23/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ken Patera & Billy Robinson
Billy Graham vs. Horst Hoffman
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs. Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet (sub Dick Murdoch)
Greg Gagne vs. Kenny Jay
5/24/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
No DQ Match: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch when Stevens vs. Murdoch after using brass knuckles
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Angelo Mosca in a 2/3 falls match
1. Mosca vs. Koloff
2. Mosca was counted out of the ring after missing a flying tackle and was unable to compete in the rest of the match as a result
3. Graham vs. McDaniel
European Rules Match: Horst Hoffman no decision Billy Robinson when Hoffman was injured in the 5th round and Robinson refused to accept the victory
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet in 17:00
Lord Littlebrook vs. Frenchy LaMonte
Ken Patera vs. Vic Rossitani was advertised but was not listed in the results clipping
Reported Attendance: “5,412 fans”
5/25/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ernie Ladd & Superstar Billy Graham
Bob Ellis vs. Blackjack Lanza
Baron Von Raschke vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Red Bastien vs. Angelo Poffo
Moose Cholak vs. Rene Goulet
Mitsu Arakawa vs. Joe Scarpello
5/25/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch when Bockwinkel vs. Murdoch in 14:08
European rules match: Billy Robinson vs. Horst Hoffman when Hoffman injured his shoulder in the 5th round. Robinson refused to accept the victory since Hoffman was unable to continue.
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs. Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo in a 2/3 falls match
1. Tokyo vs. Wilson in 8:56
2. Littlebrook vs. Lamont in 6:02
3. Wilson vs. Tokyo in 4:31
Ivan Koloff vs. Reggie Parks via submission in 16:48
Reported Attendance: 4,413
5/26/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Mark Starr
Billy Graham vs. George Gadaski
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Rodeo Jones
5/27/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff & Buddy Wolff
Ken Patera vs. Buddy Wolff (sub Lars Anderson)
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Ric Flair vs. Jim Brunzell
Billy Graham was a no show
Reported Attendance: 1,050
6/2/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs. Little Tokyo & Frenchy LaMont
Billy Robinson vs. Dick Murdoch
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Blackjack Lanza
Bob Bruggers vs. Jim Brunzell
Ric Flair vs. Greg Gagne
Reported Attendance: 8,222
6/2/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera & Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall .
Buddy Wolff vs. Pat O’Connor
Arm Wrestling
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Joe Scarpello vs. Rene Goulet
Geoff Portz vs. Bill Crouch (sub Lars Anderson) .
6/2/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Armando Rodriguez
Billy Graham vs. Caesar Pablon
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Kenny Jay
Ric Flair vs. Ivan Koloff .
6/3/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match (I have 2-0; 1-Wahoo b Superstar; 2-Crusher vs. Koloff)
Dusty Rhodes dcor Billy Robinson
Geoff Portz vs. Dick Murdoch . in 16:05
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet . in 15:25
Reported Attendance: 4,222
6/6/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Ed Francis vs. Sam Steamboat in a 2/3 falls match for Hawaiian Title
Billy Robinson vs. Dusty Rhodes 2-0 for North American title
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera & Don Carson in a 2/3 falls match
Neff Maiava vs. Frankie Castro
Jimmy Snuka vs. Tony Borne
The Alaskan vs. Jack Bence
6/9/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Johnny Heidman
6/9/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel
Billy Robinson vs. Dick Murdoch
Moose Cholak vs. Dusty Rhodes
Reggie Parks vs. Ken Dillinger
Jim Brunzell vs. Ric Flair
Rene Goulet vs. Prince Pullins
6/11/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet
Geoff Portz vs. Bob Bruggers
6/14/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wahoo vs. Graham
2. Koloff vs. Wahoo
3. Crusher vs. Koloff
Nick Bockwinkel (sub Ray Stevens) vs. Billy Robinson .
Handicap Match: Ken Patera vs. both Bobby Jones & Bill Kochen (subs for Nick Bockwinkel) in 5:13
Reggie Parks vs. Geoff Portz 20:00
Rene Goulet vs. Bob Bruggers in 17:00
Reported Attendance: “over 5,000 fans”
Note: Kochen and Jones were originally scheduled to wrestle each other in the opening bout.
6/15/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson
Ken Patera vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Greg Gagne vs. Reggie Parks
6/16/73 – Moline TV
Verne Gagne vs. George Gadaski
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Joe Guzman & Kenny Jay
Ken Patera vs. Nacho Berrera
Lars Anderson vs. Red Mendez
Geoff Portz vs. Angel Rivera
6/16/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Carlos Colon
Billy Robinson vs. George Gadaski
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Armando Rodriguez
Verne Gagne vs. Bob Amel
6/20/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Stretcher match: Sam Steamboat vs. Ed Francis
North American Champion Billy Robinson dcor Superstar Billy Graham in 3rd fall
Ripper Collins vs. Jimmy Snuka
Lord Littlebrook & Haiti Kid vs. Tokyo Joe & Frenchy Lamont
Ken Patera vs. The Alaskan
Neff Maiava vs. Tony Borne
6/23/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Carlos Colon
Ivan Koloff vs. Caesar Pabon
Billy Robinson vs. George Gadaski
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Armando Rodriguez
Verne Gagne vs. Bob Amel
6/23/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham vs. Red Mendez
Billy Robinson vs. Chuck Edwards
Lars Anderson vs. George Gadaski
The Crusher vs. Tom Demarco
Verne Gagne vs. Kenny Jay
6/23/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wilbur Snyder . when Snyder tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope
Reggie Parks vs. Geoff Portz
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Rene Goulet
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch .
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,078”
6/27/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
Reggie Parks vs. Rene Goulet
Larry Heiniemi vs. Jim Brunzell (sub Ken Patera)
Greg Gagne vs. Bob Bruggers
6/29/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff vs. McDaniel
2. McDaniel vs. Koloff
3. The Crusher vs. Graham
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens . when Stevens rammed Robinson’s head into the ring post
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet . after a flying spin
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch .
Reported Attendance: 6,431
6/30/73 – Moline TV
Billy Graham vs. Red Mendez
Billy Robinson vs. Chuck Edwards
Lars Anderson vs. George Gadaski
The Crusher vs. Tom Demarco
Verne Gagne vs. Kenny Jay
6/30/73 – Minneapolis TV
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Red Mendez & Motro Mavassa
Ken Patera vs. George Grant
Greg Gagne vs. Joe Guzman
Larry Heiniemi vs. Kenny Jay
Geoff Portz vs. Bill Crouch
6/30/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher
Ernie Ladd vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Jimmy Valiant
Baron Von Raschke vs. Bull Bullinski
Bobby Heenan vs. Reggie Parks
Pepper Gomez vs. Johnny Kace
6/30/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Billy Robinson
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera & Bill Watts
Larry Heiniemi vs. Geoff Portz
Bob Bruggers vs. Rene Goulet
Jim Brunzell vs. George Grant
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
7/1/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match in 26:25
Billy Robinson vs. Lars Anderson . in 18:45
Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera . in 12:30
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet . in 13:25
Reported Attendance: 6,182
7/3/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Billy Robinson vs. Rene Goulet .
Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera
Larry Heiniemi vs. Geoff Portz
Reggie Parks vs. Bill Crouch
7/5/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match to apparently win the AWA Tag Team Title but the decision was later overturned when AWA President Stanley Blackburn ruled the wrong man (Stevens) was vs. in the 3rd fall.
1 Crusher vs. Bockwinkel
2 Bockwinkel vs. Crusher
3 Stevens was vs. while Bockwinkel was on the arena floor
Winner to meet AWA Champion Verne Gagne on 8/16
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Billy Robinson . when Robinson tossed Graham over the top rope
Larry Heiniemi vs. Ken Patera
Ivan Koloff dcor Geoff Portz in 24:00
Reggie Parks vs. Rene Goulet
George Gordienko vs. George Grant
Reported Attendance: “4,832 fans”
7/6/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel . when Wahoo hit the referee
Ivan Koloff dcor Ken Patera
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Crouch in 8:00
Greg Gagne vs. Joe Scarpello (sub Bob Bruggers)
Reported Attendance: 2,500
7/7/73 – Moline TV
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Red Mendez & Motro Mavassa
Ken Patera vs. George Grant
Greg Gagne vs. Joe Guzman
Larry Heiniemi vs. Kenny Jay
Geoff Portz vs. Bill Crouch
7/7/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bobby Vann
Reggie Parks vs. Tom Demarco
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
Ivan Koloff vs. Prince Pullins
Larry Heiniemi vs. Joe Guzman
7/7/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ken Patera
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Reggie Parks vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Bob Bruggers vs. Joe Scarpello
Billy Red Cloud vs. Joe Guzman
7/13/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
No Time Limit: The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham . in 11:02 when Ivan Koloff interfered
Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff vs. Patera in 9:57
2. Patera vs. Koloff in 6:28
3. Koloff vs. Patera in 2:42
Ricky Romero vs. Roger Kirby in 15:59
Reggie Parks vs. Rene Goulet . with a back cradle hold in 20:39
Greg Gagne vs. Bob Bruggers 20:00
Reported Attendance: 5,397
7/14/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Bobby Vann
Reggie Parks vs. Tom Demarco
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
Ivan Koloff vs. Prince Pullins
Larry Heiniemi vs. Joe Guzman
7/14/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Frank Diamond
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Tom Demarco & Prince Pullins
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Peter Lee & George Scott
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Lars Anderson vs. Percy Pringle
Ken Patera vs. Bobby Van
7/14/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Non-Title Human Cage match: Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Bob Ellis vs. Ivan Koloff
Ken Patera vs. Vic Rossitani
Pepper Gomez vs. Rene Goulet
Bob Bruggers vs. George Gadaski
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
Note: A cage match was scheduled but the cage did not arrive. So they came up with the idea of a Human Cage Match aka a Lumberjack Match.
7/14/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Superstar Billy Graham . when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Gagne
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan in a 2/3 falls match
Larry Heiniemi vs. Bill Watts . when Watts tossed Heiniemi over the top rope
Geoff Portz vs. Joe Scarpello .
Reggie Parks vs. Billy Red Cloud .
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,093”
7/18/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson .
Geoff Portz vs. Lars Anderson
Reggie Parks vs. Vic Rossitani
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
7/19/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham . after receiving some help from Billy Robinson
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Robinson . after receiving some help from Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Heiniemi vs. Reggie Parks .
Geoff Portz vs. Bob Bruggers .
Greg Gagne vs. Vic Rossitani
Reported Attendance: 1,500
7/20/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Billy Robinson
7/21/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Frank Diamond
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Tom Demarco & Prince Pullins
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Peter Lee & George Scott
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Lars Anderson vs. Percy Pringle
Ken Patera vs. Bobby Van
7/21/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Jay French
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bill Crouch
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Farmer Vick
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond
Greg Gagne vs. Joe Guzman
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
7/21/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match in 31:15
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Heiniemi COR 12:15
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Reggie Parks . in 12:00
Ray Stevens vs. Ken Patera . in 11:20
Geoff Portz vs. Frank Diamond . in 7:15
Vic Rossitani vs. Farmer Vick . in 8:00
Greg Gagne vs. Jim Dalton . in 11:20
Bob Bruggers vs. Jay French . in 8:55
Reported Attendance: 4,380
7/23/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ken Patera
Larry Heiniemi vs. Reggie Parks .
Geoff Portz vs. Vic Rossitani
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
7/25/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall . when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Gagne
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Ken Patera & Billy Robinson
Ripper Collins & Ed Francis vs. Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat in a 2/3 falls match for Hawaiian tag title
Hard Boiled Haggerty vs. Ric Flair
Bill Francis vs. Bull Ramos
7/27/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Mad Dog Vachon & The Crusher . in 21:43
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dusty Rhodes at the 5:45 mark of the 3rd fall
Larry Heiniemi vs. Reggie Parks . in 18:39
Greg Gagne vs. Vic Rossitani 20:00
Reported Attendance: 6,758
7/28/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Jay French
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bill Crouch
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Farmer Vick
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond
Greg Gagne vs. Joe Guzman
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
7/28/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Percy Pringle
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Frank Diamond
Reggie Parks vs. Bobby Vann
Billy Robinson vs. Caesar Pavlon
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Tom Demarco
Lars Anderson vs. Prince Pullins
Geoff Portz vs. Joe Guzman
7/28/73 – Chicago. IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Ernie Ladd vs. Dick the Bruiser COR
Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke vs. Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder
Bob Ellis vs. Ray Stevens
Pepper Gomez vs. Ken Dillinger
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Vic Rossitani
Billy Red Cloud vs. Joe Scarpello
7/28/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Ivan Koloff .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz & Reggie Parks in a 2/3 falls match
Greg Gagne vs. Ric Flair
Bob Bruggers vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 5,262”
7/29/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham COR in 12:45
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel in a 2/3 falls match
1 Wahoo vs. Bockwinkel
2 Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo
3 Wahoo vs. Bockwinkel
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match in 28:15
1 Robinson & Portz won
2 Heiniemi & Wolff won
3 Heiniemi & Wolff won
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch . in 13:52
Reported Attendance: 6,488
7/30/73 – Decatur, IL
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Larry Heiniemi vs. Geoff Portz
Buddy Wolff vs. Bob Bruggers
8/4/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Tom DeMarco
The Crusher vs. Jay French
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bill Crouch
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Farmer Vick
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond
Greg Gagne vs. Joe Guzman
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
8/4/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Joe Guzman
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Angel Rivera
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Nacho Berrera
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Peter Lee & Caesar Pabon
Buddy Wolff vs. George Gadaski
Ken Patera vs. Bobby Vann
8/4/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham . when Ivan Koloff interfered
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff vs. Billy Red Cloud . in 17:00
Bob Bruggers vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Geoff Portz vs. Bill Crouch .
Reported Attendance: 4,482
8/5/73 – Pueblo, CO
Larry Hennig vs. Reggie Parks
8/10/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel on a 3rd fall COR
1. Wahoo vs. Stevens in 5:12
2. Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo in 8:03
3. Wahoo was counted out of the ring at 3:20
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera in 12:14
Red Bastien vs. Ivan Koloff 20:00
Greg Gagne vs. Ric Flair in 15:48
Reported Attendance: 4,501
8/10/73 – Warren, IL
Larry Heiniemi vs. Reggie Parks
Geoff Portz vs. Vic Rossitani
Bob Bruggers vs. Buddy Wolff
8/11/73 – Minneapolis TV
Geoff Portz & Billy Robinson vs. Frankie Diamond & Percy Pringle
Ivan Koloff vs. Tom Demarco
Ken Patera vs. Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bobby Van
Reggie Parks vs. Prince Pullins
8/11/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Joe Guzman
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Angel Rivera
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Nacho Berrera
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Peter Lee & Caesar Pabon
Buddy Wolff vs. George Gadaski
8/11/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Ernie Ladd vs. Moose Cholak
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Ric Flair
Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke vs. Bob Ellis & Reggie Parks (sub Ken Patera)
Greg Gagne vs. Bobby Heenan
8/11/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School (Matinee show)
Ken Patera won a 10 Man Battle Royal
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens .
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel . when the referee did not see Nick’s feet on the ropes
Larry Heiniemi vs. Ken Patera .
Geoff Portz vs. George Gadaski .
Buddy Wolff vs. Bill Crouch .
8/13/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens
Reggie Parks vs. Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Vic Rossitani
8/16/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Superstar Billy Graham in 18:00
After the match, Graham along with Ivan Koloff attacked Gagne and Verne ended up being stretchered out of the Arena.
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wahoo vs. Stevens
2. Bockwinkel vs. Bastien
3. Stevens vs. Wahoo
US Women’s Champion Betty Niccoli vs. Jean Antone in 22:00
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Heiniemi in 17:00
Geoff Portz vs. Vic Rossitani
Greg Gagne (Winnipeg debut) vs. Bill Crouch in 14:00
George Gordienko vs. Stan Moose Morowski in a little over 10 minutes
Reported Attendance: “7,946 spectators”
Notes: The Winnipeg Press often billed Superstar Billy Graham as Super Chicken Graham. The United States Women’s Title was occasionally referred to as the AWA Women’s Title in the Winnipeg Press.
8/17/73 – Peoria, IL
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens .
Reggie Parks & Ken Patera vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Bob Bruggers vs. Billy Red Cloud
8/18/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson .
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Larry Heiniemi vs. Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Vic Rossitani .
Ric Flair vs. Billy Red Cloud .
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 8,747”
8/18/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Frank Diamond & Percy Pringle
Ivan Koloff vs. Tom Demarco
Ken Patera vs. Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bobby Vann
Reggie Parks vs. Prince Pullins
8/18/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Verne Gagne vs. Bill Howard
Ray Stevens vs. Angel Rivera
Buddy Wolff vs. Peter Lee
Ken Patera vs. Bob Amel & Caesar Pabon
8/19/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Saloon Match: The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham 17:17
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff . in 9:43
Red Bastien & Ken Patera vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff on a 3rd fall . in 28:00
Greg Gagne vs. Vic Rositanni . at 21:42
Reported Attendance: 6,488
8/21/73 – Knoxville, IL @ the Knox County Fairgrounds
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Billy Robinson
Red Bastien vs. Ivan Koloff
Geoff Portz vs. Larry Heiniemi
Bob Bruggers vs. Vic Rossitani
8/22/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Ken Patera & Billy Robinson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall . when Bockwinkel hit Patera with a chair
WWWF Champion Pedro Morales dcor Ed Francis
Betty Niccoli & Ripper Collins vs. Jean Antone & Paul Jones
Sam Steamboat vs. Hard Boiled Haggerty
Bill Francis vs. Tony Borne .
8/24/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Saloon match: The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Non-Title
Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall . when Wahoo was tossed over the top rope
Red Bastien vs. Larry Heiniemi . at 17:50
Geoff Portz vs. Vic Rositanni . at 13:03 after an airplane spin
Reported Attendance: 6,980
8/25/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Midway Stadium
Billy Robinson vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne .
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Red Bastien
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera COR
Larry Heiniemi vs. Reggie Parks
Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Ivan Koloff vs. Bob Bruggers
Greg Gagne vs. Vic Rossitani .
Reported Attendance: 10,000
8/25/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Verne Gagne vs. Bill Howard
Ray Stevens vs. Angel Rivera
Buddy Wolff vs. Peter Lee
Ken Patera vs. Bob Amel & Caesar Pabon
8/25/73 – Minneapolis TV
Bill Howard & Geoff Portz vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
The Crusher vs. Bob Amel
Billy Graham vs. Armando Rodriguez
Red Bastien vs. Bill Crouch
Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay
8/28/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Ken Patera vs. Larry Heiniemi . when Heiniemi hit the referee
Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Ric Flair vs. Bob Bruggers (sub Greg Gagne) 20:00
Reported Attendance: 850
8/31/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
9/1/73 – Moline TV
Bill Howard & Geoff Portz vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
The Crusher vs. Bob Amel
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Armando Rodriguez
Red Bastien vs. Bill Crouch
Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay
9/1/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Big K & Bobby Vann
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez
Ken Patera vs. Joe Guzman
Buddy Wolff vs. Bill Howard
Ivan Koloff vs. George Gadaski
9/3/73 – Davenport, IA @ the John O’Donnell Stadium
Cage match: The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ken Patera vs. Larry Heiniemi
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
Reggie Parks vs. Ric Flair
9/8/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Big K & Bobby Vann
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez
Ken Patera vs. Joe Guzman
Buddy Wolff vs. Bill Howard
Ivan Koloff vs. George Gadaski
9/8/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser vs. Ernie Ladd
Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke vs. Bull Bullinski & Wilbur Snyder
Bob Ellis vs. Bobby Heenan COR
Red Bastien vs. Buddy Wolff
Pepper Gomez vs. Vic Rossitani
Ken Patera vs. Bill Crouch
9/8/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham vs. the Crusher . at 11:59
Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
Ivan Koloff vs. Sailor Art Thomas . in 9:44
Reggie Parks vs. Geoff Portz
Ric Flair vs. Billy Howard . in 15:52
Reported Attendance: 6,059
9/12/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Ed Francis vs. Sam Steamboat for Hawaiian Title
Neff Maiava & Tosh Togo vs. Tony Borne & Ripper Collins
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ken Patera
Ivan Koloff vs. Al Madril
Billy Francis vs. Jack Bence
9/13/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Verne Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff vs. Wahoo in 16:00
2. Wahoo vs. Graham at the 23:00 mark
3. Graham vs. Gagne after Koloff hit Gagne in the back of the head with brass knuckles while Gagne had Graham locked in the sleeper hold
Red Bastien vs. Ray Stevens . in 18:00
Billy Robinson vs. Buddy Wolff . when Wolff rammed Robinson’s head into the ring post
Geoff Portz vs. Ric Flair
Reggie Parks vs. Bobby Jones in 8:00
Reported Attendance: “close to 5,000 fans”
9/14/73 – Kenora, Canada
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Ric Flair vs. Reggie Parks
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
Zodiac vs. Bob Tuck
9/15/73 – Moline TV
Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher vs. Bill Crouch & Bob Amel
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
Billy Robinson vs. Starr
Billy Graham vs. George Gadaski
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Rodeo Jones
9/15/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Howard
Andre the Giant vs. Bill Crouch
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
9/15/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Two Ring Battle Royal
Ring one winner Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ring two winner Andre The Giant to claim the prize money
Andre the Giant vs. Buddy Wolff COR
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson .
Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera
Red Bastien vs. Reggie Parks .
Geoff Portz vs. Billy Howard .
Reported Attendance: 9,000+
9/18/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall COR
Red Bastien & Reggie Parks vs. Larry Hennig & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Buddy Wolff vs. Ken Patera
Ric Flair vs. Bull Bullinski
Geoff Portz vs. Billy Howard
Patera was also scheduled to Arm Wrestle Wolff
Reported Attendance: 1,420
9/19/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff
Reggie Parks vs. Ric Flair
Leroy Hirsch vs. George Gadaski
9/19/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Richwoods High School
Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Billy Graham
Red Bastien vs. Bobby Heenan COR
Pepper Gomez vs. Mitsu Arakawa .
Bull Bullinski vs. Bill Howard by submission
Bill Crouch vs. Tom DeMarco 20:00
9/20/73 – Springfield, IL
Superstar Billy Graham vs. The Crusher
Red Bastien vs. Mitsu Arakawa
9/21/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Ken Patera won a 12 man battle royal by eliminating Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham to earn $20,000
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens COR in 11:10
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera in 9:22
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel . in 9:07
Ricky Romero vs. Ric Flair . in 8:50
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff 20:00
Reported Attendance: 7,660
9/22/73 – Moline TV
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Howard
Andre the Giant vs. Bill Crouch
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
Larry Hennig vs. Peter Lee
Red Bastien vs. Armando Rodriguez
9/22/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Joe Guzman & Bobby Vann
George Gadaski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Howard
Ken Patera vs. Pancho Vasquez
Buddy Wolff vs. Red Mendez
Arena Tape 9/15 Battle Royal won by Superstar Billy Graham
9/22/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera . in 13:10 after Patera vs. Graham by . in an arm wrestling match
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien .
Handicap Match: Ivan Koloff vs. Bobby Vann . in 5:10 and then Raoul Guzman . in 12:35
Ric Flair vs. Billy Howard in 13:20
Reported Attendance: 3,160
9/23/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
1 Bruiser & Crusher won, 2 Bockwinkel & Stevens won, 3 Stevens was disqualified for jumping off the top rope
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig
Ken Patera vs. Buddy Wolff COR
Arm Wrestling: Ken Patera vs. Buddy Wolff
Geoff Portz vs. Ric Flair
9/24/73 – Bismarck, ND @ the Civic Center
Arm Wrestling
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera & Red Bastien
Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz
Ric Flair vs. George Gadaski
9/24/73 – Sapporo, Japan @ the Nakajima Sports Center
Shozo “Strong” Kobayashi vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne . in 34:20
Lars Anderson & Blackjack Mulligan vs. Animal Hamaguchi & Great Kusatsu
Rusher Kimura vs. Tadaharu Tanaka
Willem Hall vs. Takeshi Oiso
Handicap Match: Moose Cholak vs. Mr. Chin & Katsuzo Oiyama
Greg Gagne vs. Isamu Sakae
Dale Lewis vs. Tsutomu Yonemura
Mighty lnoue vs. Bob Bruggers
Reported Attendance: 5,000
9/26/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Red Bastien (sub The Crusher) & Ken Patera vs. Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
North American Champion Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava vs. Ripper Collins & Ed Francis
Tosh Togo (Odd Job) vs. Johnny Powers
Sandor Kovacs vs. Bill Francis
9/27/73 – Nagoya, Japan @ the Aichi Prefectural Gym
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Shozo “Strong” Kobayashi . in 21:11
Cage Match: Rusher Kimura KO Lars Anderson 22:20
Mighty Inoue vs. Great Kusatsu
Willem Hall vs. Dale Lewis
Animal Hamaguchi vs. Greg Gagne
Bob Bruggers & Blackjack Mulligan vs. Tadaharu Tanaka & Isamu Teranishi
Handicap Match: Moose Cholak vs. Mr. Chin & Isamu Sakae
Takeshi Oiso vs. Frikkie Alberts
Katsuzo Oiyama vs. Tsutomu Yonemura
Reported Attendance: 5,000
9/28/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Red Bastien vs. Buddy Wolff
Ric Flair vs. Jim Brunzell
9/29/73 – Moline TV
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Joe Guzman & Bobby Vann
George Gadaski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bill Howard
Ken Patera vs. Pancho Vasquez
Buddy Wolff vs. Red Mendez
9/29/73 – Minneapolis TV
Ray Stevens vs. Bob Amel
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Frank Monte
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Mark Starr
Larry Hennig vs. Bill Crouch
Billy Robinson vs. Caesar Pabon
9/29/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino vs. Ernie Ladd & Jimmy Valiant
Red Bastien vs. Ray Stevens
Bull Bullinski vs. Vic Rossitani
Cora Combs & Princess Jasmine vs. Mary Jane Mull & Tanya West
Larry Hennig vs. Bobby Vann
9/29/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Arena
Cage match: The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Bill Watts vs. Buddy Wolff .
Reggie Parks vs. Geoff Portz
Jim Brunzell vs. Billy Howard .
Reported Attendance: “12,300 fans”, gate: $64,571
10/2/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Superstar Billy Graham and Billy Robinson were respective winners of a two ring battle royal
Red Bastien vs. Mitsu Arakawa
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Hans Schmidt
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Howard
Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks
Bull Bullinski vs. Bobby Heenan
10/3/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff . in 40:00
Red Bastien vs. Buddy Wolff
Geoff Portz vs. Ric Flair .
Reggie Parks vs. Billy Howard .
Reported Attendance: 2,500
10/4/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
20 man, 2 ring battle royal for $50,000
Superstar Billy Graham won ring 1 by eliminating Wahoo McDaniel, The Crusher won ring 2 by eliminating Ivan Koloff
Graham to meet Crusher on 10/25 in Winnipeg for the $50,000 prize money
Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff when Wahoo vs. Koloff in 10:00
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Billy Robinson vs. Hans Schmidt . in 13:00
Mighty Igor Vodik vs. Larry Hennig .
Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks .
Geoff Portz vs. Billy Howard .
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 8,239”
10/6/73 – Moline TV
Ray Stevens vs. Bob Amel
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Frank Monte
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Mark Starr
Larry Hennig vs. Bill Crouch
10/6/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Joe Guzman
Non-Title
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Red Mendez
Billy Graham vs. Tom Demarco
John the Greek vs. Ivan Koloff
Ken Patera vs. Bill Howard
AWA TV 10/6/73 (24/7)
Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes vs Don Muraco & Billy Robinson
Wahoo McDaniel vs Bobby Van
Midgets tag match
SBG vs Angel Rivera
Jacques Goulet vs Kenny Jay
10/6/73 – St Paul, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Ivan Koloff vs. Ken Patera
Larry Hennig vs. Reggie Parks
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
Reported Attendance: 4,589
10/9/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
No DQ Match: Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel . after Graham hit Wahoo with a chair
Ivan Koloff vs. Red Bastien . in 21:10
Reggie Parks vs. Ric Flair . in 19:30
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff 20:00
Billy Red Cloud vs. Billy Howard . in 9:23
Reported Attendance: 1,508
10/10/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Ed Francis vs. Billy Robinson .
Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Bill Francis vs. Betto Castro
Tosh Togo vs. Rick Drasin
Ripper Collins vs. Al Madril
10/10/73 – Bismarck, ND @ the Civic Center
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks
Little Louie & Cowboy Lang vs. Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid
Ric Flair vs. Paul Perschmann
10/10/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Red Bastien & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall .
Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Howard
plus an opening bout
10/11/73 – Fergus Falls, MN @ the Community College
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Buddy Wolff vs. Red Bastien
Billy Howard vs. Reggie Parks
10/11/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Ken Patera vs. Larry Hennig
10/12/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Red Bastien when Stevens vs. Bastien at 5:25 of the 3rd fall
Pepper Gomez vs. Buddy Wolff .
Geoff Portz vs. Tokyo Joe in 11:54
Ric Flair vs. Tony Rocco
10/12/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Joe Guzman
Non-Title
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Red Mendez
Billy Graham vs. Tom Demarco
Ken Patera vs. Bill Howard
10/13/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Santiago Acosta & Tom Demarco
Billy Robinson vs. Frank Diamond
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Mendez
Verne Gagne vs. Juan Rivas
Geoff Portz vs. Bill Crouch
10/14/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Red Bastien vs. Nick Bockwinkel . in 2:45
Jean Antone vs. US Women’s Champion Betty Niccoli . in 10:00
Ric Flair vs. Tony Rocco 20:00
Reported Attendance: 4,836
10/20/73 – Minneapolis TV
Kenny Jay vs. Ivan Koloff .
Buddy Wolff vs. George Gadaski
Geoff Portz vs. Joe Guzman
Tony Rocco vs. Bill Crouch
Red Bastien vs. Red Mendez was scheduled but never took place because Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens knocked out Bastien. Bastien later that night missed a Tag Title match with partner Billy Robinson against Bockwinkel and Stevens because of the injury sustained in the TV match.
10/20/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz (sub Red Bastien) vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match
Since Portz was not originally scheduled to be in the match, no title change occured.
Weightlifting Contest
Superstar Billy Graham attacked Patera and injured him before the contest
Larry Hennig & Buddy Wolff vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Red Cloud in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Koloff vs. Reggie Parks .
Tony Rocco vs. Pancho Vasquez .
Ric Flair vs. Red Mendez .
Reported Attendance: 6,169
10/22/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Billy Robinson vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Mighty Igor Vodik
Geoff Portz vs. Larry Heiniemi
Larry Hennig vs. Tony Rocco
George Gadaski vs. Tom DeMarco
10/23/73 – Burlington, IA @ the Memorial Auditorium
Ken Patera & Mighty Igor Vodik vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi (sub Ivan Koloff) .
Geoff Portz vs. Bull Bullinski
Tony Rocco vs. George Gadaski
10/23/73 – Mitchell, SD @ the Corn Palace
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens
Plus other bouts
10/24/73 – Springfield, IL
Ivan Koloff & Superstar Billy Graham vs. Red Bastien & Ken Patera
Tony Rocco vs. Larry Heiniemi
Frenchy LaMont & Billy the Kid vs. Little Louie & Cowboy Lang
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
10/25/73 – Peoria, IL
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Red Cloud
Tom Demarco vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: 800
10/25/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
$50,000 Battle Royal Prize Wrestle off
Superstar Billy Graham vs. the Crusher . when Crusher rammed Graham into the ring post
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wahoo vs. Stevens
2. Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo
3. Bockwinkel vs. Kiniski
Handicap Match: Ken Patera vs. Bill Kochen & Dave Muir (sub Ivan Koloff)
Bobby Jones vs. Roddy Piper 10:00
Tony Rocco vs. Ric Flair 18:00
Reported Attendance: “7,200 pro wrestling fans”
Notes: Koloff said to be “sick” but that didn’t stop Ivan from interfering in the main event between Crusher & Graham. Muir was originally scheduled to wrestle Bob Bruggers.
10/27/73 – Moline TV
Buddy Wolff vs. George Gadaski
Geoff Portz vs. Joe Guzman
Tony Rocco vs. Bill Crouch
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Red Mendez
10/27/73 – Minneapolis TV
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Nacho Berrera
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi vs. Roberto Gonzales
10/27/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Billy Robinson vs. Buddy Wolff
Mitsu Arakawa vs. Ken Patera
Ric Flair vs. Kenny Jay
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
10/30/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Red Cloud
Tony Rocco vs. Bob Bruggers
Ric Flair vs. George Gadaski
10/30/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham in 12:10
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks & Ken Patera (sub Bull Bullinski)
Jean Antone vs. Betty Niccoli .
Reggie Parks vs. Bob Geigel .
Reported Attendance: 1,312
10/31/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien COR
Jimmy Valiant vs. Bull Bullinski
Bob Ellis vs. Larry Heiniemi
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wilbur Snyder
Pepper Gomez vs. Ric Flair
Geoff Portz vs. Tony Rocco
11/1/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham . when the referee caught Graham using brass knuckles
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Tony Rocco & Geoff Portz
Reggie Parks vs. Bill Crouch (sub Bob Bruggers) .
Reported Attendance: 2,000
11/2/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
WWWF Champion Pedro Morales vs. Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match
The weightlifting contest between Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham was cancelled when Patera was injured by Graham before the contest began
Their subsequent singles bout was also cancelled
Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Greg Gagne vs. Tony Rocco
Billy Red Cloud vs. Ric Flair (sub Ivan Koloff)
Reported Attendance: 5,700
11/2/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Larry Hennig & Larry Heiniemi
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff .
Moose Cholak vs. Bill Crouch
Reggie Parks vs. Bob Bruggers
11/3/73 – Moline TV
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Nacho Berrera
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi vs. Roberto Gonzales
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Joe Guzman & Bill Howard
11/3/73 – Minneapolis TV
Greg Gagne vs. George Gadaski
Ken Patera vs. Bill Kochen
Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay
Geoff Portz vs. Dave Muir
Arena Tape 10/20 Weightlifting Contest between Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham
11/3/73 – Minneapolis, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera .
Larry Heiniemi vs. Reggie Parks
Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Ric Flair vs. Tony Rocco
Greg Gagne vs. Dave Muir
11/4/73 – Sheboygan, WI @ the Municipal Armory
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens . in 15:50 with a reverse cradle
Arm Wrestling
Ken Patera vs. Buddy Wolff (sub Ivan Koloff)
Ken Patera vs. Buddy Wolff . in 10:45 when Larry Heiniemi interfered
Geoff Portz vs. Billy Red Cloud . in 13:42 with a reverse cradle
Larry Heiniemi vs. Tony Rocco . in 15:15
Greg Gagne vs. Ric Flair . in 14:37
Reported Attendance: 2,377
11/6/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bull Bullinski
Tony Rocco vs. Blackie Guzman
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
11/7/73 – Grand Forks, ND @ the Armory Auditorium
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks (sub Larry Hennig)
Ric Flair vs. George Gadaski
Leroy Hirsch vs. Roddy Piper
Reggie Parks vs. Ivan Koloff advertised
11/9/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Dick the Bruiser & Billy Robinson
Moose Cholak vs. Rene Goulet
Pepper Gomez vs. Buddy Wolff
Larry Heiniemi vs. Bull Bullinski
Greg Gagne vs. Ken Dillinger
Tony Rocco vs. Bill Crouch
11/9/73 – Decatur, IL @ the Kintner Gym
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera . when Patera tossed Graham over the top rope
Geoff Portz vs. Johnny Valentine Jr (sub Ivan Koloff) .
Billy Red Cloud vs. Prince Pullins (sub Larry Hennig) .
Reggie Parks vs. Ric Flair
Reported Attendance: 1,550
11/10/73 – Moline TV
Greg Gagne vs. George Gadaski
Ken Patera vs. Bill Kochen
Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay
Geoff Portz vs. Dave Muir
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff vs. Tom DeMarco & Red Mendez
11/10/73 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Dave Muir
Verne Gagne vs. Bobby Jones
Ric Flair vs. Roddy Piper
Geoff Portz vs. Bill Crouch
Billy Red Cloud vs. Bill Kochen
11/10/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel vs. The Crusher 15:00
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens COR
Weightlifting Contest
Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 505 pounds
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco in a 2/3 falls match
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet in 15:45
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
11/13/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Exposition Gardens
Referee: Bill Franklin
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens COR
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Geoff Portz . in 19:30
Billy Graham vs. Moose Cholak in arm wrestling then vs. Cholak . at 10:00 in a singles match
Pepper Gomez vs. Bobby Heenan (sub Ivan Koloff) 20:00
Tony Rocco vs. Mitsu Arakawa (sub Bobby Heenan)
Reported Attendance: near capacity 1,200
11/14/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ed Francis
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat
Ripper Collins vs. Tosh Togo COR
Ken Patera vs. Masked Executioner
Greg Valentine vs. Rick Drasin
Bill Francis vs. Betto Castro
11/14/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Mad Dog Vachon . when Vachon hit the referee
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff . in 26:52
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud when Heiniemi vs. Red Cloud in 25:15
Greg Gagne vs. Ric Flair . in 16:20
Reported Attendance: 1,615
11/15/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
No DQ Match: Superstar Billy Graham vs. the Crusher with an assist from Ivan Koloff
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet vs. Billy Red Cloud
Greg Gagne vs. Ric Flair
Moose Morowski vs. Scotty Campbell (sub Tony Rocco)
Note: The Winnipeg Press occasionally billed Scotty Campbell as Herb Campbell.
11/16/73 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & Caesar Pabon
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi vs. Armando Rodriguez
11/16/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Robinson & Ken Patera & Geoff Portz vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Larry Heiniemi & Billy Graham in a 2/3 falls match
1. Patera vs. Bockwinkel
2. Bockwinkel vs. Portz
3. Robinson vs. Heiniemi
Ken Patera vs. Billy Graham . in 2:41 when Patera would not stop choking Graham
Greg Gagne vs. Tony Rocco 21:04
Larry Heiniemi vs. Reggie Parks . in 15:10
Reported Attendance: 4,778
Note: Ray Stevens no showed and the advertised main event of Stevens & Bockwinkel against Robinson & Portz had to be changed.
11/17/73 – Moline TV
Ivan Koloff vs. Dave Muir
Verne Gagne vs. Bobby Jones
Ric Flair vs. Roddy Piper
Geoff Portz vs. Bill Crouch
Billy Red Cloud vs. Bill Kochen
11/17/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham vs. John the Greek
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Mendez
Ken Patera vs. Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Tom Demarco & Jack Pesek
11/20/73 – Aberdeen, SD @ the Civic Arena
Ken Patera vs. Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Red Cloud vs. Buddy Wolff
Reggie Parks vs. Larry Heiniemi
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
Note: Koloff wrestled in Moline that night.
11/20/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
No DQ match: Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ivan Koloff (sub Ray Stevens)
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Ivan Koloff vs. Ric Flair
Ric Flair vs. George Gadaski
11/21/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson won a 12 man Battle Royal
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff 60:00
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet
Reggie Parks (sub Geoff Portz) vs. Buddy Wolff
Larry Heiniemi vs. Billy Red Cloud
Tony Rocco vs. Ric Flair
Note: Goulet & Patera may have arm wrestled on this card too.
11/22/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match
Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks & Tony Rocco
Rene Goulet vs. Billy Red Cloud
Big K vs. Ric Flair
11/23/73 – Canton, IL
Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
Arm Wrestling: Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Larry Heiniemi vs. Billy Red Cloud
Tony Rocco vs. Rene Goulet
11/24/73 – Moline TV
Billy Graham vs. John the Greek
Billy Robinson vs. Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Mendez
Ken Patera vs. Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Tom Demarco & Jack Pesek
11/24/73 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi vs. Armando Rodriguez
11/24/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Auditorium
$10,000 Battle Royal
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Reggie Parks vs. Ivan Koloff
Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Geoff Portz vs. Ric Flair
Tony Rocco vs. Rene Goulet
11/25/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
Handicap Match: Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bull Bullinski & Billy Red Cloud in 10:59. Graham vs. both men in succession.
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet 20:00
Buddy Wolff vs. Tony Rocco . in 14:48
Reported Attendance: 4,222
11/27/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall .
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Bob Ellis & Reggie Parks
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet
Geoff Portz vs. Bill Crouch
Reported Attendance: 1,120
11/28/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
North American Champion Billy Robinson vs. Fred Blassie 2-0
Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine vs. Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava in a 2/3 falls match for Hawaiian tag title
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera .
Bobo Johnson & Haiti Kid vs. Little Bruiser & Tokyo Joe
Ed Francis vs. Al Madril
11/29/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
Weightlifting
Ken Patera vs. Billy Graham .
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Tony Rocco vs. Ric Flair
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet
11/30/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
No DQ Match: Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff .
Little Louie & Cowboy Lang vs. Johnny Reb & Billy the Kid in a 2/3 falls match
Ricky Romero vs. Bill Crouch
Geoff Portz vs. Tony Rocco
Reported Attendance: 5,420
11/30/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Verne Gagne vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
1 Bruiser & Gagne won 1st fall
2 Stevens vs. Bruiser after a body slam
3 Bockwinkel & Stevens were disqualified
Larry Heiniemi vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Pepper Gomez vs. Baron Von Raschke
Bob Ellis vs. Buddy Wolff
Rene Goulet vs. Billy Red Cloud
Ric Flair vs. Greg Gagne
12/1/73 – Moline TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Kenny Jay & Caesar Pavlon
Billy Robinson vs. Bill Crouch
Larry Heiniemi vs. Armando Rodriguez
The Crusher vs. Frank Diamond
Greg Gagne vs. George Gadaski
12/1/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Bill Crouch
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Red Mendez
Billy Robinson vs. John the Greek
Buddy Wolff vs. Tom Demarco
Tony Rocco vs. Kenny Jay
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs. Frenchy Lamont & Little Tokyo
12/1/73 – St Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel . in 17:00
The Crusher & Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens in 13:45
Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks . in 14:20
Greg Gagne vs. Tony Rocco 15:00
Rene Goulet vs. Ric Flair . in 9:25
Reported Attendance: 7,777
12/3/73 – Rice Lake, WI
Ken Patera vs. Ivan Koloff
Paul Perschmann vs. Bob Remus
12/4/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
Cage Match: The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Larry Heiniemi vs. Ken Patera
Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet
12/5/73 – Grand Forks, ND
Billy Graham vs. Larry Hennig
Yugo Babich vs. Ivan Putski
Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes vs. Cowboy Lang & Little Louie
Big K vs. Rock Riddle
12/5/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Exposition Gardens
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham . when referee James Bunting caught Graham with Brass Knuckles
Ken Patera vs. Ivan Koloff by submission with a bear hug
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Greg Gagne & Reg Parks in a 2/3 falls match
1. Gagne & Parks won 1st fall
2. Heiniemi & Wolff won 2nd fall
3. Heiniemi & Wolff won 3rd fall
Rene Goulet vs. Tom DeMarco . in 12:01
Reported Attendance: 1,250
12/6/73 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ the Arena
Ivan Koloff handcuffed to ringpost
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham on a reverse decision . when promoter Al Tomko ruled Koloff had given Graham brass knuckles
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match
1. Robinson vs. Stevens
2. Bockwinkel vs. Robinson after Stevens hit Robinson in the head with a chain
3. Bockwinkel vs. Portz
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid in a 2/3 falls match in almost 25 minutes
1. Little Louie won 1st fall
2. Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid won 2nd fall by vs.ing Little Louie
3. Cowboy Lang won 3rd fall
Ivan Koloff vs. Reggie Parks in 17:00
Rene Goulet vs. Tony Rocco 15:00
Ric Flair vs. Dave Muir
Bobby Jones vs. Scotty Campbell
Reported Attendance: “6,469 assembled witnesses”
12/7/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
The Crusher & Greg Gagne vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Lord Littlebrook & Billy The Kid vs. Farmer Pete & Wee Willie Wilson
Ric Flair vs. Paul Perschmann
George Gadaski vs. Kenny Jay
12/7/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera .
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Ken Dillinger
Reggie Parks vs. Tony Rocco
Rene Goulet vs. Tom Demarco .
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,084”
12/8/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Bill Crouch
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Red Mendez
Billy Robinson vs. John the Greek
Buddy Wolff vs. Tom Demarco
Tony Rocco vs. Kenny Jay
12/8/73 – Minneapolis TV
Greg Gagne vs. Dave Muir
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
Larry Heiniemi vs. Scotty Campbell
Ken Patera vs. Bobby Jones
12/8/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Chris Taylor (pro debut) vs. Rene Goulet . in 5:00
Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Tony Rocco
Reported Attendance: 5,445
12/10/73 – Minot, ND
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Little Louie & Cowboy Lang vs. Lord Littlebrook & Billy The Kid
Buddy Wolff vs. Bull Bullinski
Reggie Parks vs. Ric Flair
12/11/73 – Mitchell, SD @ the Corn Palace
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Reggie Parks
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Ken Patera & Greg Gagne
Frenchie LaMont & Billy The Kid vs. Little Louie & Cowboy Lang
Ric Flair vs. Paul Pershmann
12/11/73 – Omaha, NE @ the Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair (sub Rene Goulet)
Betty Niccoli vs. Candy Kane
Tony Rocco vs. Bill Crouch
12/12/73 – Duluth, MN @ the Arena
Weightlifting
Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 505 pounds
Red Bastien vs. Ray Stevens .
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Frenchy Lamont & Billy The Kid
Chris Taylor vs. Bill Crouch by submission with a bear hug
12/13/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in 3rd fall
1. Bastien vs. Stevens
2. Stevens vs. Robinson
3. The referee disqualified all four men for fighting inside the ring at the same time
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Luis Martinez in 15:55
Chris Taylor vs. Bill Crouch via submission with a bear hug in 6:52
Buddy Wolff vs. Tony Rocco 15:44
Reported Attendance: 3,752
12/14/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amhitheatre
Nick Bockwinkel vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne .
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
Wilbur Snyder vs. Ray Stevens
Pepper Gomez vs. Rene Goulet
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Johnny Kace
12/14/73 – Springfield, IL
The Crusher & Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Larry Heiniemi vs. Luis Martinez
Greg Gagne vs. Tony Rocco
12/15/73 – Moline TV
Greg Gagne vs. Dave Muir
Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski
Larry Heiniemi vs. Scotty Campbell
Ken Patera vs. Bobby Jones
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Bill Crouch & Bill Howard
12/15/73 – Minneapolis TV
Red Bastien vs. Frank Hill
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Peter Lee
Tony Rocco vs. Bob Amel
Arena Tape: 12/8 Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
12/16/73 – Green Bay, WI @ the Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien .
Weightlifting Contest for $10,000
Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham by lifting 465 pounds
Little Louie & Cowboy Lang vs. Lord Littlebrook & Billy the Kid in a 2/3 falls match in 24:25
Chris Taylor vs. Rene Goulet . in 4:58
Ric Flair vs. Greg Gagne (sub Tom Demarco) 20:00
Bob Remus vs. John Paul 2-0 in a 20:00 workout match
12/19/73 – Honolulu, HI @ the HIC Arena
Ken Patera won a battle royal
Shohei Giant Baba & Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava vs. Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine & Billy Graham
Barbi Doll vs. Sandy Parker
Cowboy Lang vs. Little Louie in a 2/3 falls match
Ken Patera vs. Mr. Fujiwara
Bill Francis vs. Toru Tanaka
12/21/73 – Rockford, IL @ the Boylan High School
The Crusher & Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Larry Heiniemi vs. Bull Bullinski
Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Red Cloud
Ric Flair vs. Jim Brunzell
12/22/73 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Frank Hill
Billy Graham vs. Armando Rodriguez
Billy Robinson vs. Bob Amel
Lars Anderson vs. Caesar Pavlon
Bull Bullinski vs. Bill Crouch
12/22/73 – Moline TV
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Angel Rivera
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Frank Diamond
Red Bastien vs. Frank Hill
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Peter Lee
Tony Rocco vs. Bob Amel
12/26/73 – Fargo, ND @ the Civic Auditorium
Greg Gagne & Verne Gagne vs. Buddy Wolff & Larry Heiniemi
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe
Greg Gagne vs. Jim Brunzell
Bob Remus vs. Bill Crouch
12/26/73 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Rene Goulet vs. Reggie Parks
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair
12/27/73 – Mendota, IL
Billy Robinson vs. Billy Graham .
Chris Taylor vs. Rene Goulet
Ken Patera vs. Ric Flair
12/28/73 – Peoria, IL @ the Exposition Garden
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham . when Larry Heiniemi interfered
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Greg Gagne & Ken Patera
Jim Brunzell (sub Bull Bullinski) vs. Bob Remus 11:21
John Paul vs. Tom Demarco 20:00
12/28/73 – Denver, CO @ the Auditorium Arena
One Fall, No Time Limit
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien when Stevens vs. Bastien at 16:45
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Koloff won the 1st fall in 5:45
2. McDaniel won the 2nd fall in 0:58
3. McDaniel won the 3rd fall in 5:43
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair with a bear hug in 6:28
Jean Antone vs. Betty Niccoli . in 12:42
Reggie Parks vs. Rene Goulet . with a jacknife in 17:18
Reported Attendance: 3,612
12/29/73 – Moline TV
The Crusher vs. Frank Hill
Billy Graham vs. Armando Rodriguez
Billy Robinson vs. Bob Amel
Lars Anderson vs. Caesar Pavlon
Bull Bullinski vs. Bill Crouch
12/29/73 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Graham vs. Tom Demarco
Verne Gagne vs. Nacho Berrara
Buddy Wolff vs. Roberto Gonzales
Ric Flair vs. Joe Guzman
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Kenny Jay
12/29/73 – Minneapolis, MN @ the Auditorium
Fence Match: The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi
Buddy Wolff vs. Ken Patera COR
Vivian Vachon vs. Princess Jasmine
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet
Ric Flair vs. Bull Bullinski .
Kenny Jay vs. Tom Demarco .
Reported Attendance: sellout 7,986 with over 4,000 turned away
12/29/73 – Chicago, IL @ the International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Moose Cholak vs. Johnny Valiant .
Pepper Gomez vs. Ivan Koloff
Mitsu Arakawa vs. Reggie Parks
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Bob Remus
Jim Brunzell vs. Great Saki
12/30/73 – Milwaukee, WI @ the Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens .
Buddy Wolff vs. Reggie Parks
Larry Heiniemi vs. Ken Patera .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski .
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair with a bear hug
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,112” sellout
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1/5/74 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bob Amel & Peter Lee
Red Bastien vs. Bill Crouch
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Armando Rodriguez
Ken Patera vs. Frank Hill
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Kenny Jay
1/5/74 – St Paul, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Buddy Wolff vs. Ken Patera
Chris Taylor vs. Redbeard Munson
Reggie Parks vs. Tony Rocco
Greg Gagne vs. Paul Perschmann
1/6/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien in a 2/3 falls match in 27:31
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera . in 18:53
Larry Heiniemi vs. Tony Rocco . in 16:51
Reggie Parks vs. Rene Goulet . in 16:17
Reported Attendance: 3,668
1/9/74 – Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena
Billy Graham vs. Ed Francis in a 2/3 falls match for Hawaiian Title
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. against Billy Robinson & Red Bastein
Pak Song vs. against Ripper Collins
Tosh Togo vs. Bill Francis
Sam Steamboat vs. Peace Brother I
Neff Maiava vs. Peace Brother II
1/11/74 – Springfield, IL
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
1/11/74 – Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Ken Patera vs. Buddy Wolff .
Reggie Parks vs. Tony Rocco
Bull Bullinski vs. Ric Flair
1/12/74 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Tony Rocco & Scotty Campbell
The Crusher vs. Bobby Jones
Buddy Wolff vs. Roddy Piper
Ken Patera vs. Dave Muir
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Ric Flair & Bill Crouch
1/15/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
No DQ match: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Weightlifting
Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
Ric Flair vs. Greg Gagne
1/16/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
The Crusher & Ken Patera vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff .
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair
1/16/74 – Peoria, IL
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
Billy Robinson vs. Ivan Koloff
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ray Stevens .
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
1/17/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagnedouble count out with Billy Robinson in 28:55
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien 15:20
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Ricky Romero & Luis Martinez in a 2/3 falls match
1. Romero vs. Wolff at 12:15
2. Wolff vs. Romero
3. Wolff vs. Martinez
Greg Gagne vs. Ric Flair . in 13:34 after a body slam
Tony Rocco vs. Reggie Parks . in 11:32 with a cradle
Reported Attendance: 4,457
1/17/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Cage match: The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski by submission with a bear hug in 11:00
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet .
Dave Muir vs. Roddy Piper
Bobby Jones vs. Scotty Campbell
George Gadaski vs. ??
Reported Attendance: “more than 11,000 fans”
1/18/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Ken Patera & Superstar Billy Graham were co-winners of the two ring $50,000 battle royal
Chris Taylor vs. Mad Dog Vachon .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
Pepper Gomez vs. Jimmy Valiant
Bob Ellis vs. Ivan Koloff
Ken Patera vs. Rene Goulet
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Tony Romano
Baron Von Raschke vs. Billy Red Cloud
Larry Heiniemi vs. Bull Bullinski
Note: Wilbur Snyder competed in the two ring Battle Royal
1/19/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ken Patera vs. Bill Crouch
Ray Stevens vs. John the Greek
Buddy Wolff vs. Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Red Mendez & Tom DeMarco
1/19/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium No DQ Match, One Fall to a Finish: Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens when Crusher vs. Bockwinkel in 16:20
Title did not change hands because Crusher did not pin the legal man in the ring
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera .
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski by submission
Greg Gagne vs. Paul Perschmann .
Geoff Portz vs. Ric Flair
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
1/20/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Chris Taylor & Ken Patera & Geoff Portz vs. Ric Flair & Moose Morowski & Larry Heiniemi
Ken Patera vs. Buddy Wolff (sub Billy Graham) . when Larry Heiniemi interfered
Larry Heiniemi vs. Geoff Portz
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski .
Ric Flair vs. Tony Rocco
Note: Billy Graham was reportedly stranded in Milwaukee due to heavy fog
1/23/74 – Maquoketa, IA
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Geoff Portz
1/24/74 – Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski
Larry Heiniemi vs. Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
1/26/74 – Minneapolis TV
Billy Robinson vs. Pancho Vazquez
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Tom DeMarco
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay & Nacho Berrera
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bill Crouch
Greg Gagne vs. Julio Rodriguez
1/27/74 – Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
Crusher must vs. Stevens in 15 minutes or forfeit $5,000
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens 15:00
Ken Patera & Chris Taylor vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Moose Morowski .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bull Bullinski .
Geoff Portz vs. Tony Rocco
Bill Crouch vs. Tom DeMarco
1/29/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
Crusher must vs. Stevens in 15 minutes or forfeit $5,000
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens 15:00
Billy Robinson vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bull Bullinski
Moose Morowski vs. Ken Patera
Rene Goulet vs. Bob Remus
1/29/74 – Jamestown, WI
Larry Heiniemi vs. Greg Gagne
Chris Taylor vs. Buddy Wolff COR
Greg Gagne vs. Geoff Portz
Ric Flair vs. Tony Rocco
1/30/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff
Greg Gagne vs. Larry Heiniemi
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski
Tony Rocco vs. Bob Remus
Ric Flair vs. Geoff Portz
1/31/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Wahoo McDaniel & Red Bastien & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall COR
1. Robinson vs. Graham
2. Bockwinkel vs. Bastien
3. Bockwinkel was counted out of the ring
Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero vs. Larry Heiniemi . when Heiniemi tossed Romero over the top rope
Superstar Billy Graham (sub Moose Morowski) vs. Reggie Parks
Greg Gagne vs. John Paul
Reported Attendance: 3,320
2/1/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Ric Flair vs. Geoff Portz
2/2/74 – Minneapolis TV
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Joe Guzman & Carlos Rodriguez
Verne Gagne vs. Bill Crouch
Ric Flair vs. Tom DeMarco
Geoff Portz vs. Kenny Jay
Arena Tape 1/27 Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher
2/2/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
The Crusher & Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi on a 3rd fall . in 21:12
Billy Robinson vs. Ray Stevens .
Buddy Wolff vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Chris Taylor vs. Bob Remus .
Greg Gagne vs. Tony Rocco
Reported Attendance: 6,045
2/4/74 – Bismarck, ND
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel
Chris Taylor vs. Rene Goulet
Lars Anderson vs. Tony Rocco
Geoff Portz vs. Moose Morowski
2/5/74 – Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Ken Patera vs. Larry Heiniemi in a 2/3 falls match
1 Heiniemi vs. Patera
2 Patera vs. Heiniemi
3 Patera vs. Heiniemi
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski
Greg Gagne vs. Paul Perschmann
Reported Attendance: 1,280
2/6/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
Larry Heiniemi vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Ken Patera vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Tony Rocco & Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Paul Perschmann
Note: Another listing had The Crusher vs.ing Heiniemi in a saloon match as the main event.
2/6/74 – Jacksonville, IL @ JHS Bowl
Billy Robinson vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ray Stevens
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair
Tony Rocco vs. John Paul
2/7/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien in a 2/3 falls match in 24:00
1. Bockwinkel vs. Robinson
2. Robinson vs. Stevens
3. Stevens vs. Bastien with a small package
Weightlifting
Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham for $10,000
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi . when Heiniemi rammed Wahoo’s head into the ring post
Baron Von Raschke vs. Reggie Parks by submission with the claw hold
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz
Moose Morowski vs. Bob Slaughter
Scotty Campbell vs. Dave Muir
Reported Attendance: “just over 5,000 fans”
Note: The Slaughter vs. Morowski match was not listed in the ad for the card but was listed in the results clipping.
2/8/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Arm Wrestling
Ken Patera vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Baron Von Raschke vs. Wilbur Snyder .
Chris Taylor vs. Jimmy Valiant
Bob Ellis vs. Horst Hoffman
Pepper Gomez vs. Tony Romano
Greg Gagne vs. Paul Perschmann
2/8/74 – Grank Forks, ND
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi
Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe
Tony Rocco vs. George Gadaski
2/9/74 – Minneapolis TV
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Caesar Pabon
The Crusher vs. Bob Amel
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Bob Remus & Kenny Jay
2/9/74 – Peoria, IL
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair
Rene Goulet vs. Greg Gagne
2/10/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Billy Robinson .
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Red Bastien & Geoff Portz
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski
Baron Von Raschke vs. Tony Rocco
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet
2/11/74 – Huron, SD @ Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Red Bastien
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Baron Von Raschke vs. Geoff Portz
Tony Rocco vs. Moose Morowski
2/12/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
No DQ match: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon
Buddy Wolff vs. Ken Patera
Larry Heiniemi vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Horst Hoffman vs. Tony Rocco
2/13/74 – Fulton, IL
The Crusher vs. Buddy Wolff
2/13/74 – Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena
Billy Robinson vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne for title
Title Change only recognized in Hawaii
Hawaiian Champion Billy Graham vs. Ed Francis
Chris Taylor vs. Igor Volkov (sub Butcher Vachon) 8:00
Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat vs. Dale Brown & Peace Brother II 2-0
Ripper Collins vs. Guy LaRose
Bill Francis vs. The Phantom
2/14/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Ray Stevens vs. the Crusher . when Crusher tossed Stevens over the top rope
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel 15:30
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Red Bastien & Geoff Portz
Tony Rocco vs. Moose Morowski
2/16/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ken Patera vs. Nacho Berrera
Buddy Wolff vs. Tom Demarco
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Pancho Vazquez
Moose Morowski vs. Joe Guzman
2/16/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
No DQ Match: The Crusher vs. Larry Heiniemi . in 14:02
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Mad Dog Vachon . in 18:25
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match in 33:10
Greg Gagne vs. Bob Remus by submission in 21:00
Tony Rocco vs. Ric Flair 20:00
Reported Attendance: 5,853
2/17/74 – Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
(no title change, wrong man vs.)
Billy Robinson vs. Horst Hoffman . in 15:00
Larry Heiniemi vs. Wahoo McDaniel . at 14:02
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski . at 11:01
Baron Von Raschke vs. Tony Rocco . at 13:5?
Greg Gagne vs. Bob Remus . at 20:15
Ric Flair vs. Paul Perschmann . at 13:05
Reported Attendance: 7,240
2/20/74 – Moorhead, MN
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff .
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera COR
Baron Von Raschke vs. Tony Rocco
Geoff Portz vs. Ric Flair
2/20/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson & Red Bastien vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera default
Baron Von Raschke vs. Tony Rocco
Geoff Portz vs. Ric Flair
2/22/74 – Decatur, IL
The Crusher & Red Bastien vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
2/23/74 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Dave Muir
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Rene Goulet & Scotty Campbell
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bobby Jones
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Roddy Piper
Greg Gagne vs. Kenny Jay
Arena Tape 2/17 Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi
2/23/74 – Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory
Billy Robinson & Ken Patera vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 2nd fall .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Red Bastien . in 14:02
Horst Hoffman vs. Tony Rocco by submission with a claw hold
Geoff Portz vs. Bob Remus . in 15:22
Reported Attendance: 2,238
2/24/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Chris Taylor and Baron Von Raschke were co-winners of a two ring, $15,000 battle royal
Taylor and Von Raschke scheduled to wrestle each other for the $15,000 in Duluth on 3/17
Ken Patera vs. Larry Heiniemi
Red Bastien vs. Ray Stevens
plus 5 other bouts
Others in Battle Royal: Billy Graham, Wahoo McDaniel, Buddy Wolff, Rene Goulet, Nick Bockwinkel, Billy Robinson, Ric Flair, Horst Hoffman, Bob Remus, Moose Morowski and Tony Rocco
Reported Attendance: 3,000
2/25/74 – LaCrosse, WI @ Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium
Chris Taylor & Ken Patera vs. Buddy Wolff & Larry Heiniemi
Baron Von Raschke vs. Tony Rocco
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet
2/26/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Ken Patera & Chris Taylor vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Baron Von Raschke vs. Tony Rocco
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz
2/27/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski
Baron Von Raschke vs. Geoff Portz
Note: Another listing had The Crusher vs.ing Larry Heiniemi by countout.
2/28/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Billy Graham vs. Mad Dog Vachon . at 11:37 when Vachon knocked down the referee
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Ken Patera & Chris Taylor in a 2/3 falls match
1. Hoffman vs. Patera
2. Patera vs. Hoffman
3. Von Raschke vs. Patera
Buddy Wolff vs. Red Bastien . in 19:00
Ricky Romero vs. Ric Flair (sub Rene Goulet) . at 6:02 after a drop kick
Greg Gagne vs. Bob Remus . at 17:57 after a drop kick
Reported Attendance: 3,818
2/28/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
The Crusher vs. Larry Heinemi COR in 12:00
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match
1 Stevens vs. Robinson by submission in 12:00
2 Robinson vs. Bockwinkel after a backbreaker at the 18 minute mark
3 Portz was vs.
Wahoo McDaniel vs. The Brute . after a tomahawk chop
Moose Morowski vs. Tony Rocco in 13:00
Rene Goulet vs. Paul Pershmann
Bobby Jones vs. Bob Tuck
Notes: The Brute billed as a newcomer from Vancouver. Pershmann billed as a rookie.
3/1/74 – Cheyenne. WY
Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Red Bastien & Greg Gagne vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
Chris Taylor vs. Buddy Wolff
Ric Flair vs. Bob Remus
3/2/74 – Minneapolis TV
Geoff Portz vs. Pete Carlos
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay & Armando Rodriguez
Billy Robinson vs. Bob Amel
Baron Von Raschke vs. Caesar Pabon
Tape from Texas: Ivan Putski feats of strength
3/2/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Bruno Sammartino vs. Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Red Bastien
Bob Ellis vs. Bob Remus
Pepper Gomez vs. Ric Flair
Moose Cholak vs. Big K
Note: Another listing has Bruiser & Bruno vs.ing the Valiants.
3/6/74 – San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jose Lothario & Wahoo McDaniel
Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza vs. Bob Orton Jr & Black Angus
Roger Kirby vs. Jerry Oates
Great Mephisto vs. Jerry Timmons
Bob Roop vs. Joe Cassidy
3/7/74 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum
Great Mephisto vs. Wahoo McDaniel
AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel vs. Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan .
Bob Orton Jr vs. Bob Roop
Roger Kirby vs. Jerry Oates
3/8/74 – Houston, TX @ Sam Houston Coliseum
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Texas Champion Great Mephisto
Ray Stevens vs. Jose Lothario
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ivan Putski
American Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan vs. Ron Pritchard & Black Angus
Bull Ramos vs. Jerry Oates
Bob Orton Jr vs. Roger Kirby .
Notes: These results came from a newsletter called Wrestling Roundup published by Corey Meyer of Chicago, Illinois. The original lineup from a Houston newspaper had McDaniel vs. Mephisto, AWA Tag Team Champions Bockwinkel & Stevens vs. Lothario & Putski and American Tag Team Champions The Blackjacks vs. Ron Pritchard & Black Angus. Which is correct? I don’t know. I did not attend the show and have not come in contact with anyone that did.
3/8/74 – Peoria, IL
The Crusher vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Buddy Wolff vs. Billy Robinson
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Ken Patera & Red Bastien
Geoff Portz vs. Tony Rocco
3/9/74 – Minneapolis TV
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Red Mendez
Buddy Wolff vs. Paul Perschmann
Ken Patera vs. Joe Guzman
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Jim Brunzell & Tom DeMarco
Rene Goulet vs. Ric Flair
3/9/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien in a 2/3 falls match in 28:50
Arm wrestling
Superstar Billy Graham vs. the Crusher
Greg Gagne vs. Ken Dillinger . in 16:55
George Gadaski vs. Kenny Jay in 14:30
Moose Morowski vs. Cesar Pabon 12:12
Reported Attendance: “sellout crowd of 6,112”
3/9/74 – Minneapolis, MN
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff .
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Ken Patera & Chris Taylor
Geoff Portz vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Jim Brunzell vs. Ric Flair
Rene Goulet vs. Paul Perschmann
3/10/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
No DQ Match: Larry Heiniemi vs. the Crusher . in 13:53 after Superstar Billy Graham interfered
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Red Bastien . in 15:00
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
Greg Gagne vs. Moose Morowski .
Reported Attendance: 4,140
3/12/74 – Valley City, ND
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Red Bastien & Geoff Portz
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski
Ric Flair vs. George Gadaski
3/13/74 – Grand Forks, ND
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (C) vs. Red Bastien & Geoff Portz
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff
Ken Patera vs. Moose Morowski
Tony Rocco vs. Ric Flair
3/14/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Handicap Match: (Crusher must defeat Bockwinkel in 15 minutes or lose the match) Nick Bockwinkel vs. the Crusher when Crusher couldn’t defeat Nick in 15 minutes
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Ken Patera & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
1 Patera & McDaniel won 1st fall
2 Wolff vs. McDaniel
3 Heiniemi vs. Patera
Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Geoff Portz with a claw hold
Horst Hoffman vs. Jim Brunzell . in 10:00 after a suplex
Moose Morowski vs. Rene Goulet 20:00
Reported Attendance: “4,000 fans”
3/16/74 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Jack Pesek & Tom DeMarco
3/16/74 – Springfield, IL
Ken Patera won a Battle Royal
Buddy Wolff vs. Ken Patera .
Horst Hoffman vs. Red Bastein
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Ric Flair vs. Jim Brunzell
Moose Morowski vs. George Gadaski
3/17/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Buddy Wolff vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Chris Taylor vs. Baron Von Raschke .
Horst Hoffman vs. Red Bastien
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Moose Morowski vs. Jim Brunzell
Ric Flair vs. Paul Perschmann
3/18/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff .
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Ken Patera & Geoff Portz
Larry Heiniemi vs. Red Bastien
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski
Ric Flair vs. Jim Brunzell
3/20/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
The Crusher vs. Larry Heiniemi
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Red Bastien & Geoff Portz
Ken Patera vs. Buddy Wolff .
Ric Flair vs. Paul Perschmann
Rene Goulet vs. Caesar Pabon
3/20/74 – San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium
Non-Title Match: Jose Lothario & Bob Orton Jr vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Blackjack Lanza vs. Ivan Putski
Bob Roop vs. Great Mephisto
The Texan vs. Jerry Oates
Black Angus vs. Roger Kirby
Bull Ramos vs. Doug Somers
3/21/74 – Corpus Christi, TX
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan on a 3rd fall .
Bob Roop vs. Bull Ramos
Handicap Match: Ivan Putski vs. Leo Seitz & Gordo Marco
Black Angus vs. Jerry Timmons
3/21/74 – Oshkosh, WI @ Lourdes High School
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Horst Hoffman & Baron Von Raschke vs. Red Bastien & Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair by submission
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Baron Von Raschke
3/22/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Ernie Ladd vs. Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Red Bastien
Pepper Gomez vs. Bobby Heenan COR
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Big K
Chris Taylor vs. Rene Goulet
Larry Heiniemi vs. Ric Flair
Note: Another listing has Bruiser & Ladd vs.ing The Valiants.
3/22/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
No DQ match: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. the Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff COR
Billy Robinson vs. Horst Hoffman
Ricky Romero vs. The Beast
Greg Gagne vs. Moose Morowski
3/23/74 – Minneapolis TV
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Paul Perschmann
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Ronnie Piper & Scotty Campbell
Ivan Putski vs. Dave Muir
3/24/74 – St Paul, MN
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff COR
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Chris Taylor vs. Ric Flair
Ivan Putski vs. Moose Morowski
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet .
Geoff Portz vs. Paul Perschmann
Note: Another listing says this card took place in Minneapolis.
3/26/74 – Jamestown, ND
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Horst Hoffman .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Red Bastien
Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet
3/27/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff COR
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Red Bastien & Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet .
Ric Flair vs. Paul Perschmann
3/27/74 – Honolulu, HI @ HIC Center
Billy Robinson vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne
Crusher & Ken Patera vs. Larry Heiniemi & Billy Graham
Ripper Collins vs. Ed Francis
Sam Steamboat vs. Len Shelly .
Neff Maiava vs. Tony Borne
Oddjob Tosh Togo Sakata vs. Peace Brother I
Note: Another listing has Robinson vs.ing Gagne by ..
3/27/74 – San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium
Parade of Champions
NWA Champion Jack Brisco vs. Dory Funk Jr
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Jose Lothario & Bob Orton Jr
Blackjack Lanza & The Texan vs. Black Angus & Ivan Putski
Roger Kirby vs. Texas Champion Great Mephisto .
Bob Roop vs. Bull Ramos
3/28/74 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum
NWA Champion Jack Brisco vs. Dory Funk Jr when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall
AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ivan Putski & Bob Orton Jr in a 2/3 falls match
International Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan vs. Black Angus & Jose Lothario
Bull Ramos vs. Texas Champion Great Mephisto .
TV Title Match: Bob Roop vs. Roger Kirby
3/29/74 – Houston, TX
NWA Champion Jack Brisco vs. Wahoo McDaniel
AWA Tag Team Champions Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ernie Ladd & Ron Pritchard
Bob Roop vs. Bull Ramos
Jose Lothario vs. Roger Kirby
Blackjack Lanza vs. Doug Somers
Blackjack Mulligan vs. Jerry Oates
3/30/74 – Minneapolis TV
rerun of 1/26/74 – show
3/30/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi . when Buddy Wolff intefered
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Ken Patera & Chris Taylor
Buddy Wolff vs. Sailor Art Thomas .
Ivan Putski vs. Moose Morowski .
Rene Goulet vs. Paul Perschmann .
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 5,853”
3/30/74 – Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Red Bastien
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Ric Flair
Tom Demarco vs. Raul Guzman
4/2/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff .
Red Bastien vs. Baron Von Raschke
Geoff Portz vs. Rene Goulet
Ivan Putski vs. Moose Morowski
4/4/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
No DQ Match: AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon when Bockwinkel vs. Vachon after hitting Mad Dog with brass knuckles
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Red Bastien in 18:00
Billy Robinson vs. Baron Von Raschke . when Raschke refused to obey the referee’s orders to break the claw hold from outside the ring
Horst Hoffman vs. Ken Patera
Geoff Portz vs. Greg Gagne 15:00
Ivan Putski vs. Moose Morowski in 11:30
Reported Attendance: “6,200 fans”
4/5/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
Ivan Putski vs. Moose Morowski
Buddy Wolff vs. Rene Goulet
Reported Attendance: 4,120
4/5/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ernie Ladd .
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien & Wilbur Snyder
Pepper Gomez vs. Bobby Heenan
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Prince Pullins
Mitsu Arakawa vs. Greg Gagne
4/6/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ric Flair vs. Nacho Berrera
Greg Gagne vs. Joe Guzman
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Pancho Vazquez & Chi Chi Rosario
Ivan Putski vs. Frank Montero
Larry Heiniemi vs. Kenny Jay
4/7/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Cage match: The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Larry Heiniemi 12:00
Baron Von Raschke vs. Ken Patera
Ivan Putski vs. Rene Goulet
Vivian Vachon vs. Princess Jasmine
Geoff Portz vs. Prince Pullins
4/10/74 – San Antonio, TX @ Municipal Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Black Gordman & Great Goliath
Indian Strap Match: Mil Mascaras vs. Bull Ramos
International Champion Ciclon Negro vs. Jose Lothario
$5,000 at Stake
Bob Roop vs. Bob Orton Jr
Stan Hansen vs. Doug Somers
4/14/74 – Bushnell, IL
Baron Von Raschke vs. Geoff Portz
4/11/74 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Black Gordman & Great Goliath
Mil Mascaras & Jose Lothario vs. Blackjack Mulligan & The Texan
International Champion Ciclon Negro vs. Bob Orton Jr
Bob Roop vs. Black Angus
Benny Matta vs. Doug Somers
4/13/74 – Minneapolis TV
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Frank Montero
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. George Gadaski & Tom Demarco
Dusty Rhodes vs. Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Pancho Vazquez
Ivan Putski vs. Paul Perschmann
4/13/74 – Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi
Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ken Patera & Dusty Rhodes
Buddy Wolff vs. Ric Flair
Handicap Match: Ivan Putski vs. Raoul Guzman & Pancho Vazquez
Greg Gagne vs. Rocky Montero
Paul Perschmann vs. Tom DeMarco
Reported Attendance: 8,500
4/18/74 – Polo, IL
Baron Von Raschke vs. Rene Goulet
4/19/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff in 15:55
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman 2-0
Larry Heiniemi vs. Bull Bullinski . in 13:06
Ivan Putski vs. Ric Flair in 8:00
Reported Attendance: 5,259
4/20/74 – Minneapolis TV
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Roddy Piper & Scotty Campbell
Ivan Putski vs. Dave Muir
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Gadaski
Greg Gagne vs. Jose Verrera
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Kenny Jay
4/20/74 – St Paul, MN @ Auditorium
Arm wrestling, referee George Gadaski
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ken Patera
Greg Gagne vs. Rene Goulet
Bull Bullinski vs. Dave Muir .
Reported Attendance: 3,919
4/20/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
Verne Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
Dusty Rhodes vs. Ray Stevens .
Larry Hennig vs. Red Bastien
Moose Morowski vs. Prince Pullins
Ric Flair vs. Paul Perschmann
Reported Attendance: “crowd of 6,112” sellout
4/22/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
Indian Strap match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Larry Heiniemi vs. Rene Goulet
Ivan Putski vs. Ric Flair
4/24/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Buddy Wolff vs. Wahoo McDaniel after Buddy received help from Larry Heiniemi
Ivan Putski vs. Larry Heiniemi COR
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe
Larry Hennig vs. Ric Flair
Paul Perschmann vs. Kenny Jay
Reported Attendance: 2,500
4/25/74 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Black Gordman & Great Goliath in a 2/3 falls match 60:00
International Tag Team Champions Blackjack Mulligan & The Texan vs. Jose Lothario & Mil Mascaras in a 2/3 falls match 60:00
International Champion Ciclon Negro vs. Bob Orton Jr in a 2/3 falls match 60:00
Bob Roop vs. Black Angus
Doug Somers vs. Benny Matta
4/25/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff . when Larry Heiniemi interfered and hit Wahoo in the head with a chair
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match
1. Raschke vs. Robinson in 22:00
2. Robinson won 2nd fall
3. Hoffman vs. Portz
Lars Anderson vs. Bull Bullinski in 19:00
Ivan Putski vs. Ric Flair . in 9:00 after a Polish Hammer
Referee: Red Eakin
Greg Gagne vs. Moose Morowski . in 14:00
Larry Hennig vs. Roddy Piper in 2:00
Dave Muir vs. Scotty Campbell .
4/26/74 – Elgin, IL @ Larkin High School
Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Rene Goulet
Art Thomas vs. Moose Morowski
Jose Martine & midget vs. Ken Dillinger & midget
Greg Gagne vs. Tony Romano
4/27/74 – Peoria, IL
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Billy Robinson vs. Buddy Wolff
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz
Ric Flair vs. Tom Demarco
4/27/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Putski vs. Bob Amel
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Caesar Pabon
Verne Gagne vs. Frank Hill
Baron Von Raschke vs. Kenny Jay
Greg Gagne vs. Paul Perschmann
Larry Hennig vs. Armando Rodriguez
4/28/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff .
Ivan Putski vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. George Gadaski
4/30/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bull Bullinski
Larry Hennig vs. Ivan Putski
Greg Gagne vs. Buddy Wolff
5/1/74 – Thief River, MN
Larry Hennig vs. Geoff Portz
Buddy Wolff vs. Ivan Putski
Bull Bullinski vs. Larry Heiniemi
Greg Gagne vs. Paul Perschmann
5/3/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Heiniemi vs. Crusher in 8:05
2. Crusher vs. Heiniemi in 3:27
3. Wahoo vs. Wolff in 4:35
Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz 19:33
Dusty Rhodes vs. Tosh Togo . in 5:35
Ivan Putski vs. Rene Goulet
Reported Attendance: 4,016
5/3/74 – Ames, IA @ Hilton Coliseum
Verne Gagne & Bob Geigel vs. Baron Von Raschke & Tokyo Joe
Chris Taylor vs. Roger Kirby
Billy Robinson vs. Black Angus
Greg Gagne vs. Ric Flair
5/3/74 – Houston, TX @ Sam Houston Coliseum
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Jose Lothario in a 2/3 falls match
Red Bastien & Ken Patera vs. AWA Tag Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Ivan Putski vs. Great Mephisto
5/4/74 – Minneapolis TV
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Chi Chi Rosario
Baron Von Raschke vs. Tom DeMarco
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Bill Howard & Joe Guzman
Larry Hennig vs. George Gadaski
Bull Bullinski vs. Pancho Vasquez
5/4/74 – Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Oddjob
Baron Von Raschke vs. Ric Flair
Greg Gagne vs. Larry Hennig
Jim Brunzell vs. Billy Howard
Bull Bullinski vs. Horst Hoffman .
Reported Attendance: 6,872
5/6/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Horst Hoffman
Baron Von Raschke vs. Billy Robinson
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Greg Gagne & Chris Taylor
Jim Brunzell (sub Chris Taylor) vs. Ric Flair
5/7/74 – Detroit Lakes, MN
Ric Flair vs. Moose Morowski
5/7/74 – Grand Forks, ND
Ivan Putski vs. Larry Hennig COR
5/10/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Baron Von Raschke vs. Geoff Portz
Ivan Putski vs. Moose Morowski
Bull Bullinski vs. Horst Hoffman
5/11/74 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig vs. Joe Guzman
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Frank Diamond & ?
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bill Howard
Baron Von Raschke vs. Percy Pringle
Buddy Wolff vs. Tom DeMarco
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bob Amel & Peter Lee
5/11/74 – Kenosha, WI @ Carthage College Fieldhouse
The Crusher & Chris Taylor vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
Larry Hennig vs. Tosh Togo (sub Ivan Putski)
Greg Gagne vs. George Gadaski
Bull Bullinski vs. Moose Morowski
5/11/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff
Larry Heiniemi vs. Wilbur Snyder .
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Pepper Gomez & Sailor Art Thomas in a 2/3 falls match
Kim Duk vs. Paul Perschmann
Geoff Portz vs. Tony Romano
5/16/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff on a 3rd fall COR
1. Wahoo vs. Wolff in 16:00
2. Wolff vs. Wahoo after Heiniemi hit McDaniel with brass knuckles
3. Heiniemi & Wolff left the ring area and were counted out of the ring
Gene Kiniski vs. Superstar Billy Graham . when Graham jumped off the top rope onto Kiniski
Tosh Togo (sub Horst Hoffman) vs. Bull Bullinski . after a karate chop
Greg Gagne (sub The Brute) vs. Moose Morowski
Larry Hennig vs. Scotty Campbell (sub Ivan Putski) in 5:00
Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann
Roddy Piper vs. Dave Muir
Reported Attendance: “5,183 fans”
5/17/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall COR for the AWA Tag Team Title.
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Geoff Portz . in 12:29
Chris Taylor vs. Moose Morowski by submission in 9:41with a bear hug
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski . in 10:38 after an elbow slam
Greg Gagne vs. Odd Job Tosh Tojo . when Tojo hit Greg over the head with an iron derby hat
Reported Attendance: 5,027
Note: Wahoo & Crusher were billed as the AWA Tag Team Champions on the next Denver card on June 12.
5/18/74 – Peoria, IL
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe
plus two more matches
5/18/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Putski vs. Armando Rodriguez
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Frank Hill
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann & Bob Amel
Larry Hennig vs. Caesar Pabon
Baron Von Raschke vs. George Gadaski
5/19/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Crusher & Wahoo won 1st fall
2. Heiniemi & Wolff won 2nd fall
3. Crusher & Wahoo won 3rd fall
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Geoff Portz . in 19:47
Ivan Putski vs. Moose Morowski . in 12:37
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski 14:12
Greg Gagne vs. Paul Perschmann . in 16:21
Reported Attendance: 2,862
5/20/74 – Fort Worth, TX
Ciclon Negro vs. Bob Roop
Ken Patera & Bob Orton Jr. vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Fritz Von Erich vs. Blackjack Lanza
Jose Lothario vs. Roger Kirby
Gran Markus vs. Pierre Martin
5/21/74 – Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Bill Watts vs. Buddy Colt
Pak Song vs. Dusty Rhodes COR
Non-Title
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Red Beard
Ron Fuller vs. Johnny Valentine .
Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown vs. Danny Hodge & Don Muraco
Les Thornton vs. Kevin Sullivan
Lorenzo Parente vs. Silento Rodriguez
5/22/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff
Geoff Portz vs. Superstar Billy Graham . after Graham rammed Geoff’s head into the ring post
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Hennig & Paul Perschmann
Larry Heiniemi vs. Bull Bullinski .
5/23/74 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum
International Champion Ciclon Negro vs. El Solitario
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien & Jose Lothario
Bob Roop vs. Ken Patera
Blackjack Lanza vs. Bob Orton Jr
Gran Markus vs. The Texan
5/24/74 – Houston, TX @ Sam Houston Coliseum
NWA Champion Jack Brisco vs. Mil Mascaras in a 2/3 falls match
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Gran Markus & El Solitario
International Champion Ciclon Negro vs. Jose Lothario in a 2/3 falls match
Ken Patera vs. Blackjack Lanza
Red Bastien vs. Bob Roop
Bob Roop vs. Pierre Martin
5/24/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. against Larry Heiniemi
Buddy Wolff vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Greg Gagne vs. Kenny Jay
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Geoff Portz & Moose Cholak
Billy Howard vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: 4,153
5/25/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Putski vs. Bob Amel
Verne Gagne vs. Joe Guzman
Larry Hennig vs. Nacho Berrera
Kenny Jay vs. Chi Chi Rosario
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Tom DeMarco
5/25/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ivan Putski
Baron Von Raschke vs. Bull Bullinski
Geoff Portz vs. Horst Hoffman .
Greg Gagne vs. Tom DeMarco
Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann
5/29/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buddy Wolff
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
Ivan Putski vs. Larry Heiniemi
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
6/1/74 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Joe Guzman
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Mike Snyder & Tom DeMarco
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bill Nixon
Larry Hennig vs. Bobby Vann
6/5/74 – Davenport, IA @ John O’Donnell Stadium
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Moose Cholak & Chris Taylor
Buddy Wolff vs. Bull Bullinski
Larry Heiniemi vs. Geoff Portz
Bill Howard vs. Paul Perschmann
6/6/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Indian Strap Match with Buddy Wolff strapped to Ivan Putski outside the ring: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heinemi
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Ray Stevens vs. Gene Kiniski .
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Pershmann & Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Buddy Wolff won 1st fall
2. Gagne & Brunzell won 2nd fall
3. Gagne & Brunzell won 3rd fall
Baron Von Raschke vs. Geoff Portz by submission with a claw hold
Horst Hoffman vs. Bull Bullinski by submission with a claw hold
Mike Snyder vs. Bobby Jones in 12:00
6/8/74 – Minneapolis TV
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Caesar Pabon
Ivan Putski vs. Frank Hill
Kenny Jay & George Gadaski vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman .
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bob Amel
Ray Stevens vs. Armando Rodriguez
Jim Brunzell vs. Billy Howard
6/8/74 – St Paul, MN @ Auditorium
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Dick Murdoch in a 2/3 falls match
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Hennig & Paul Perschmann
Baron Von Raschke vs. Bull Bullinski
Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Howard .
Geoff Portz vs. Caesar Pavlon .
Reported Attendance: 9,000+ SRO
6/12/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
10th Anniversary Show
Steel Cage Match, Special Referee: George Gadaski: Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel for the AWA Tag Team Title when Stevens vs. McDaniel in 16:12
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham . in 7:19 when Baron Von Raschke interfered and pounded Putski
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
1. Wolff vs. Brunzell in 11:22
2. Heiniemi & Wolff were .’ed at 3:13 for tossing Gagne over the top rope
3. Brunzell vs. Wolff in 5:32
Baron Von Raschke vs. Geoff Portz in 21:59
Kay Noble (sub Cora Combs) vs. Vivian Vachon . in 12:14
Larry Hennig vs. Paul Perschmann . in 8:00
Reported Attendance: 7,206
Note: Crusher & Wahoo were billed as the AWA Tag Team Champions by two different newspapers going into this match. Both papers reported Bockwinkel & Stevens regained the AWA Tag Team Title from Crusher & Wahoo.
6/14/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Chris Taylor vs. Ray Stevens
Geoff Portz vs. Mitsu Arakawa
Pepper Gomez vs. Baron Von Raschke
Mike Snyder vs. Ken Dillinger
6/15/74 – Minneapolis TV
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Inca Peru
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bob Amel & Peter Lee
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Billy Howard & Percy Pringle
Larry Hennig vs. Tom DeMarco
Billy Robinson vs. Frank Diamond
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Chi Chi Rosario
6/15/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Arena
The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke were co-winners of a two ring 24 man $50,000 battle royal
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo McDaniel
Baron Von Raschke vs. Frank Nixon
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Oddjob .
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski .
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Blackjack Lanza & Paul Perschmann
also in Battle Royal: Geoff Portz, Ray Stevens, Horst Hoffman, Andre Rousimoff, Larry Heiniemi, Chris Taylor, Buddy Wolff, Billy Robinson, Ivan Putski, Moose Cholak, Ken Patera.
Reported Attendance: “10,550 fans”
6/16/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Billy Robinson in 3rd fall
Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi
Ivan Putski vs. Buddy Wolff
Baron Von Raschke vs. Bill Howard
Horst Hoffman vs. Bull Bullinski
Geoff Portz vs. Paul Perschmann
Note: Another listing has Crusher & Robinson winning the main event on a 3rd fall .
6/19/74 – Peoria, IL
Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi
Ivan Putski vs. Buddy Wolff
Baron Von Raschke vs. Bull Bullinski
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Howard
Larry Hennig vs. Jim Brunzell
Reported Attendance: 1,800
6/19/74 – Honolulu, HI @ HIC Arena
Billy Graham vs. The Crusher .
Gene Kiniski vs. Dory Funk Jr
Sam Steamboat vs. Horst Hoffman .
Neff Maiava vs. Igor Volkoff
Reggie Parks vs. Mad Dog Griffin
The Destroyer vs. Betto Castro
Susan Green vs. Paula Kaye
6/20/74 – Cambridge
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Hennig
6/20/74 – Davenport, IA @ John O’Donnell Stadium
This card was rained out and rescheduled for July 10th.
6/22/74 – Minneapolis TV
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann & Juan Zapata
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Kenny Jay
Ivan Putski vs. Joe Guzman
Baron Von Raschke vs. Jose Martine
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Pancho Vasquez
6/22/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham . when Larry Hennig interfered
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Larry Hennig when Larry couldn’t pin Greg in 10 minutes
Jim Brunzell vs. Buddy Wolff (sub Odd Job)
6/26/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Chris Taylor & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Baron Von Raschke (sub Billy Graham) vs. Tosh Togo
Ivan Putski vs. Bull Bullinski
Larry Hennig vs. Geoff Portz
6/27/74 – Wapello, IA @ Wapello High School Stadium
Billy Robinson vs. Baron Von Raschke
Chris Taylor vs. Larry Heiniemi
Greg Gagne vs. Geoff Portz
Jim Brunzell vs. Bill Howard
6/28/74 – Decatur, IL
Baron Von Raschke vs. Bull Bullinski
6/28/74 – Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory
The Crusher vs. Larry Hennig . in 10:08
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Larry Heiniemi (sub Billy Graham) in a 2/3 falls match in 23:48
1. Heiniemi vs. Wahoo in 11:40
2. Wahoo vs. Heiniemi in 14:40
3. Wahoo vs. Heiniemi in 23:48
Greg Gagne vs. Buddy Wolff . in 19:25 when Wolff tossed Greg over the top rope
Jim Brunzell vs. Bill Howard . in 14:57
Note: Billy Graham reportedly missed his plane connection in Houston, Texas.
6/29/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ray Stevens vs. John the Greek
Ivan Putski vs. Doug Somers
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Juan Valez
Billy Robinson vs. Tom DeMarco
The Crusher vs. Paul Perschmann
Larry Heiniemi vs. Kenny Jay
6/29/74 – Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham COR
Billy Robinson vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Handicap Match, Hennig must vs. both men within 20 minute time limit: Larry Hennig vs. Jim Brunzell in 13:00 but was unable to defeat Greg Gagne in the remaining 7:00
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe .
Bull Bullinski vs. Tom DeMarco .
Paul Perschmann vs. Doug Somers .
Reported Attendance: 6,426
6/29/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor
Bobo Brazil vs. Baron Von Raschke .
Moose Cholak vs. Buddy Wolff
Geoff Portz vs. Oddjob
Jose Martine vs. Tony Romano
Billy Howard vs. George Gadaski
7/3/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson in a 2/3 falls match
1 Stevens vs. Robinson
2 Robinson vs. Stevens by submission with a spinning toe hold
3 Bockwinkel vs. Gagne after a piledriver
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke . when Superstar Billy Graham interfered
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Wahoo McDaniel after Baron Von Raschke interfered
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff 20:00
Jim Brunzell vs. Bull Bullinski
George Gordienko vs. Tom DeMarco
Reported Attendance: “more than 5,000 fans”
Note: Brunzell incorrectly billed as a “rookie sensation” by the Winnipeg Press.
7/6/74 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel vs. George Gadaski
The Crusher vs. Tom DeMarco
Larry Hennig vs. Angel Rivera
Billy Robinson vs. Julio Rodriguez
Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay
7/10/74 – Davenport, IA @ John O’Donnell Stadium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke
Chris Taylor vs. Larry Heiniemi
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
7/12/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Ivan Putski vs. Billy Graham . in 10:15 when the referee caught Graham using brass knuckles
The Crusher vs. Ray Stevens . in 12:00 after Stevens jumped off the top rope onto Crusher
Billy Robinson vs. Baron Von Raschke . in 14:55 when Baron tossed Billy over the top rope
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Hennig & Paul Perschmann in a 2/3 falls match
Reported Attendance: 5,112
7/13/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Arena
$50,000 Purse
The Crusher vs. Baron Von Raschke .
The Crusher did not receive the money because Raschke claimed the match could not end in disqualification
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Wahoo McDaniel & Chris Taylor vs. Blackjack Lanza & Al Costello in a 2/3 falls match
Oddjob vs. Billy Howard .
Tom DeMarco vs. George Gadaski
Reported Attendance: “9,141 fans”
7/13/74 – Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
Special Referee: Don Curtis
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz in a 2/3 falls match
Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Hennig & Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Wilbur Snyder vs. Bull Bullinski 15:45
Paul Perschmann vs. Kenny Jay
Reported Attendance: 5,320
7/17/74 – Honolulu, HI @ HIC Center
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Gene Kiniski
Ivan Putski & Sam Steamboat vs. Peace Brothers
Ed Francis vs. Masked Marvel
Sam Steamboat vs. Peace Brother I
Neff Maiava vs. Bepo Castro
Little Tokyo & Sonny Boy Hayes vs. Cowboy Lang & Haiti Kid
7/18/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Winning team to challenge AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in Duluth on August 7
The Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. Larry Hennig & Superstar Billy Graham in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel .
Buddy Wolff vs. Bull Bullinski (sub Chris Taylor)
Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann
Reported Attendance: 3,000
7/19/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke .
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
Jim Brunzell vs. Billy Howard
7/20/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Billy Robinson vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne in a 2/3 falls match
(no title change, Gagne’s foot ruled to be on rope)
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel in a 2/3 falls match
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke .
Mitsu Arakawa vs. Moose Cholak .
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
Mike Snyder vs. Paul Perschmann
7/21/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
No DQ match, Special Referee: Greg Gagne: The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens in a 2/3 falls match for the AWA Tag Team Title
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Greg Gagne vs. Buddy Wolff 20:00
Reported Attendance: 6,448
7/23/74 – Mankato, MN
Larry Hennig vs. Bull Bullinski
7/24/74 – Davenport, IA @ John O’Donnell Stadium
The Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Baron Von Raschke
Greg Gagne vs. Larry Hennig
7/25/74 – Peoria, IL
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel
Greg Gagne vs. Larry Hennig
7/27/74 – Minneapolis TV
Superstar Billy Graham vs. George Gadaski
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Frank Hill & Armando Rodriguez
Horst Hoffman vs. Kenny Jay
Ivan Putski vs. Bill Howard
7/27/74 – Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
Superstar Billy Graham & Baron Von Raschke vs. the Crusher & Ivan Putski in a 2/3 falls match
Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel .
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Billy Robinson .
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff
Horst Hoffman vs. Bull Bullinski .
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Billy Howard & Paul Perschmann
7/31/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Ray Stevens vs. Wahoo McDaniel 15:00
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Geoff Portz via referee’s decision
Buddy Wolff vs. Bull Bullinski via referee’s decision
Baron Von Raschke vs. Jim Brunzell . in 8:30
8/3/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Putski vs. Armando Rodriguez
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Frank Hill
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann & Bob Amel
Larry Hennig vs. Caesar Pabon
Baron Von Raschke vs. George Gadaski
Billy Robinson vs. Pancho Vasquez
8/3/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Arena
The Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke & Superstar Billy Graham in a 2/3 falls match
Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel . when Bockwinkel rammed Robinson’s head into the ring post
Larry Hennig vs. Wahoo McDaniel . in 11:50
Greg Gagne vs. Buddy Wolff
Jim Brunzell vs. Billy Howard . in 12:50
Reported Attendance: 7,560
8/3/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser vs. Ray Stevens
Chris Taylor vs. Horst Hoffman .
Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk vs. Pepper Gomez & Mike Snyder
Bobby Heenan vs. Pepper Gomez COR
Sgt. Jacques Goulet vs. Sailor Art Thomas
Geoff Portz vs. Paul Perschmann
8/7/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Ivan Putski
Horst Hoffman vs. Bull Bullinski
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
Reported Attendance: 1999
Note: Another listing has Crusher & Robinson winning the main event in two straight falls
8/9/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
The Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham & Baron Von Raschke in a 2/3 falls match
1. Crusher vs. Von Raschke
2. Von Raschke vs. Crusher
3. Putski vs. Graham
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson
Handicap Match: Larry Hennig must vs. both Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell in 20 minutes
Larry Hennig vs. Jim Brunzell . in 9:10 but could not vs. Greg Gagne within the 20 minute time limit so Gagne & Brunzell were declared the winners
Horst Hoffman vs. Bull Bullinski by submission with a claw hold
Reported Attendance: 5,212
8/10/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. The Crusher & Ivan Putski .
8/10/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Putski vs. Bill Howard
Larry Hennig vs. Julio Rodriguez
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Bull Bullinski vs. Pancho Vasquez
Kenny Jay vs. Angel Rivera
AWA TV 8/10/74 (24/7)
Ivan Putski vs Bill Howard
Larry “The Axe” Hennig vs Julio Rodriguez
Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkle vs High Flyers
(Bobby “The Brain” Heenan introduced as Mgr.) Axe Face Turn
Bobby Heenan, Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkle interview
Larry “The Axe” Hennig interview
Bull Bullinki vs Pancho Valdez – 2-3 Falls
Kenny Jay vs Angel Rivera
8/13/74 – Davenport, IA @ John O’Donnell Stadium
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson .
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Geoff Portz
Horst Hoffman vs. Jim Brunzell
8/15/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel in 19:00
The Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke & Superstar Billy Graham in a 2/3 falls match
1. Baron vs. Putski in 10:00
2. Putski vs. Baron in 8:00
3. Crusher vs. Graham
Larry Hennig vs. Geoff Portz when Portz suffered an injury and Hennig refused to accept the victory
Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson in 18:00
Jim Brunzell & Bull Bullinski (sub Greg Gagne) vs. Big K & Buddy Wolff
Dave Muir vs. Scotty Campbell (sub Bobby Jones) in 12:00
Reported Attendance: “7,000 fans”
8/16/74 – Peoria, IL
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. The Crusher & Ivan Putski .
Larry Hennig vs. Geoff Portz
Billy Robinson vs. Buddy Wolff
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Tom Demarco
8/17/74 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Paul Perschmann & Frank Hill
Horst Hoffman vs. George Gadaski
Verne Gagne vs. Bob Amel
Larry Hennig vs. Armando Rodriguez
Buddy Wolff vs. Caesar Pabon
Geoff Portz vs. Kenny Jay
8/17/74 – Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions the Crusher & Billy Robinson .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Ivan Putski COR
Geoff Portz vs. Paul Perschmann
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff
Horst Hoffman vs. Khosrow Vaziri
Reported Attendance: 9,120
8/18/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Superstar Billy Graham vs. the Crusher . in 11:28 after Baron Von Raschke interfered
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke . in 18:02
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff . in 16:23
Geoff Portz & Jim Brunzell vs. Billy Howard & Paul Perschmann in a 2/3 falls match
Horst Hoffman vs. Bull Bullinski by submission with a claw hold in 12:03
Reported Attendance: 5,478
8/23/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Ivan Putski COR
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff
Horst Hoffman vs. Ali Vaziri (sub Jim Brunzell) .
Reported Attendance: 4,137
8/24/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Putski vs. Pancho Vasquez
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Angel Rivera & Chi Chi Rosario
Larry Hennig vs. Joe Guzman
Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay
8/24/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Arena
No DQ Match for $50,000 Battle Royal purse
The Crusher vs. Baron Von Raschke . in 15:43 to finally win the Battle Royal money
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Arm wrestling
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ivan Putski
Larry Hennig vs. Billy Howard
Horst Hoffman vs. Jim Brunzell via default
Bull Bullinski vs. Khosrow Vaziri
Reported Attendance: “9,337 fans”
8/28/74 – Springfield, IL
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson
8/28/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Horst Hoffman vs. Larry Hennig
8/29/74 – Virginia
Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
8/29/74 – Knoxville, IL @ Knox County Fairgrounds
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham COR
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Bill Howard
Jim Brunzell vs. Bobby Heenan
8/30/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson .
8/31/74 – Minneapolis TV
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
Buddy Wolff vs. Paul Perschmann
Verne Gagne vs. Bob Amel
8/31/74 – St Paul, MN
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Larry Hennig & Verne Gagne
Horst Hoffman vs. Ivan Putski .
Baron Von Raschke vs. Khosrow Vaziri
Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann
Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay
9/2/74 – Davenport, IA @ John O’Donnell Stadium
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig
Baron Von Raschke vs. Ivan Putski .
Buddy Wolff vs. Bull Bullinski
Chris Taylor vs. Horst Hoffman .
Paul Perschmann vs. Khosrow Vaziri
9/7/74 – Chicago, IL @ Comiskey Park
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Billy Robinson COR
The Sheik & Bobby Heenan vs. Dick the Bruiser & Bobo Brazil
The Crusher & Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham when Hennig vs. Graham after an “Axe”
Chris Taylor vs. Ox Baker .
Pepper Gomez vs. Baron Von Raschke
Wilbur Snyder vs. Sgt. Jacques Goulet
Kim Duk vs. Jim Brunzell
Greg Gagne vs. Buddy Wolff
Vivian Vachon vs. Lucille DuPree
9/8/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell
Baron Von Raschke handcuffed to Ivan Putski
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Chris Taylor vs. Horst Hoffman
Bull Bullinski vs. Khosrow Vaziri (sub Bobby Heenan)
9/10/74 – Peoria, IL
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff
Horst Hoffman vs. Bull Bullinski
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Tom Demarco
9/11/74 – Grand Forks, ND
Larry Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Billy Robinson vs. Horst Hoffman .
Bobby Heenan vs. Jim Brunzell .
Chris Taylor vs. Buddy Wolff
9/12/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson on a 3rd fall .
1 Robinson vs. Bockwinkel after a backbreaker
2 Stevens vs. Robinson by submission at the 20 minute mark
3 Crusher was .’ed for tossing Stevens over the top rope
Ivan Putski vs. The Brute by submission with a bear hug in 18:00
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff . in 16:30
Chris Taylor vs. Horst Hoffman .
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Pershmann & Yugo Babich
Dave Muir vs. Frenchy Dubois in 19:00
Reported Attendance: “7,231 fans”
Note: The Winnipeg Press reported Jim Brunzell and Kozrow [sic] Vaziri scored a victory over Paul Perschmann and Kozrow [sic] Vaziri.
9/13/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Horst Hoffman vs. The Crusher . in 9:50
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Greg Gagne & Larry Hennig .
Billy Robinson vs. Buddy Wolff .
Bobby Heenan vs. Jim Brunzell
Reported Attendance: 4,897
Note: Another listing has The Crusher winning the main event
9/14/74 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Tom DeMarco
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Paul Perschmann & Joe Guzman
Ivan Putski vs. Bobby Vann
Yugo Babich vs. Kenny Jay
Greg Gagne vs. Red Mendez
9/14/74 – Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan vs. Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell
Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Robinson .
Handicap Match: Ivan Putski vs. Buddy Wolff & Paul Perschmann
Chris Taylor vs. Khosrow Vaziri
Yugo Babich vs. Bull Bullinski
Reported Attendance: 5,189
9/15/74 – St Cloud, MN
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff
9/16/74 – Davenport, IA @ John O’Donnell Stadium
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 20:00
Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Robinson .
Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz
Larry Hennig vs. Yugo Babich .
9/17/74 – Granville
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff
9/18/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Larry Hennig & Jim Brunzell
9/19/74 – Springfield, IL
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff
9/20/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Larry Hennig vs. Ray Stevens
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Geoff Portz (sub Billy Robinson)
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Bobby Heenan & Paul Perschmann 2-0
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Yugo Babich
9/21/74 – Minneapolis TV
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Julio Rodriguez & Anvs. Doren
Ray Stevens vs. Tom Leon
Yugo Babich vs. Chi Chi Rosario
Horst Hoffman vs. Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne vs. George Gadaski
9/21/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson on a 3rd fall .
European rules match: Horst Hoffman vs. Ivan Putski .
Larry Hennig vs. Buddy Wolff .
Geoff Portz vs. Stan Pulaski .
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann & Billy Howard
Reported Attendance: 8,870
9/26/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan
Billy Robinson vs. Horst Hoffman .
Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz
Bob Backlund vs. George Gadaski
9/28/74 – Minneapolis TV
Ivan Putski vs. Bob Amel
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Caesar Pavlon & Armando Rodriguez
Larry Hennig vs. Frank Hill
Buddy Wolff vs. George Gadaski
Verne Gagne vs. Billy Howard
9/28/74 – St Paul, MN @ Civic Center
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Horst Hoffman . when Hoffman refused to release a claw hold on Gagne while both were outside the ring at 26:00
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens when Nick & Ray were unable to vs. Greg & Jim within 20 minutes
Billy Robinson vs. Stan Pulaski 16:30
Geoff Portz vs. Bull Bullinski 13:20
Bob Backlund vs. Billy Howard
Vivian Vachon vs. Mars Monroe 11:15
Reported Attendance: 5,101
9/28/74 – Hammond, IN @ Civic Center
The Crusher & Larry Hennig vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Ivan Putski vs. Bobby Heenan COR
Moose Cholak vs. Yugo Babich
Chris Taylor vs. Paul Perschmann
Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk vs. Pepper Gomez & Wilbur Snyder .
Tom Demarco vs. Jose Martine
9/29/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall .
1. Bockwinkel & Stevens won 1st fall
2. Crusher & Robinson won 2nd fall
3. Bockwinkel & Stevens were DQ’ed
Larry Hennig vs. Larry Heiniemi
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Bobby Heenan & Paul Perschmann 2-0
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
10/2/74 – Redlake, MN @ High School
Larry Hennig vs. Larry Heiniemi
Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich
Paul Perschmann vs. Geoff Portz
10/3/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne on a 3rd fall COR
1 Hennig won 1st fall with The Axe
2 Hennig lost 2nd fall
3 Gagne was counted out of the ring
Billy Robinson vs. Yugo Babich in 20:00
Horst Hoffman vs. Ivan Putski . in less than 8 minutes when Putski hit the referee
Larry Heiniemi vs. Geoff Portz
Vicki Williams vs. Sarah Swearingen in 14:00 to earn a shot against US Women’s Champion Vivian Vachon
Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann (sub Bobby Heenan) in 16:00
Roddy Piper vs. Frenchy Dubois in 15:00
Reported Attendance: “more than 5,000 fans”
Notes: Bobby Heenan now the manager of Bockwinkel & Stevens. Heenan refused to wrestle Brunzell.
10/4/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Horst Hoffman .
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell
Larry Heiniemi vs. Larry Hennig
Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz
Reported Attendance: 3,117
10/5/74 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Paul Perschmann & Frank Hill
Horst Hoffman vs. Caesar Pavlon
Larry Hennig vs. Bob Amel
Larry Heiniemi vs. George Gadaski
Jim Brunzell vs. Armando Rodriguez
10/5/74 – Minneapolis, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Larry Hennig vs. Larry Heiniemi
Horst Hoffman vs. Chris Taylor COR
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich & Stan Pulaski
Geoff Portz vs. Buddy Wolff
10/9/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan
Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Robinson .
Kim Duk vs. ?
George Gadaski vs. ?
Note: El Bracero Jose Martine lost to either Duk or Gadaski.
10/9/74 – La Crosse, WI
The Crusher won the 10-Man Battle Royal
The Crusher vs. Buddy Wolff
Geoff Portz vs. Larry Heiniemi .
Chris Taylor vs. Paul Perschmann
Bull Bullinski vs. Yugo Babich
10/12/74 – St Paul, MN
The Crusher & Larry Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (The Crusher was hurt during the 2nd fall, so Hennig continued alone for the 3rd fall. Match stopped by the referee during the 3rd fall when things went out of control.)
Horst Hoffman vs. Bull Bullinski
Larry Heiniemi vs. Geoff Portz
Greg Gagne vs. Bobby Heenan via forfeit when Heenan failed to appear
Buddy Wolff vs. Julio Rodriguez
Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich
Reported Attendance: 5,361
10/14/74 – Bismarck, ND
Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
10/17/74 – Cheyenne, WY
The Crusher vs. Nick Bockwinkel
Ray Stevens vs. Larry Hennig
Geoff Portz vs. Paul Perschmann
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
10/18/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan
AWA Tag Team Champions Billy Robinson & the Crusher vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Geoff Portz vs. Paul Perschmann
Reported Attendance: 3,567
10/19/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
Horst Hoffman vs. the Crusher COR
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Ivan Putski vs. Yugo Babich .
Chris Taylor vs. Buddy Wolff .
Geoff Portz vs. George Gadaski .
Reported Attendance: “6,112 fans” sellout
10/19/74 – Hammond, IN @ Civic Center
Larry Hennig vs. Bobby Heenan
10/20/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Horst Hoffman vs. Billy Robinson
Jim Brunzell vs. Buddy Wolff
Greg Gagne vs. George Gadaski
10/22/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Horst Hoffman vs. Ivan Putski .
Chris Taylor vs. Buddy Wolff
Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich
Bobby Heenan vs. Greg Gagne
Note: Other sources don’t list the main event.
10/23/74 – Peoria, IL
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Ivan Putski vs. Buddy Wolff
Chris Taylor vs. Yugo Babich
Bobby Heenan vs. Tom DeMarco
10/24/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
No DQ Match: Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. The Crusher & Billy Robinson for the AWA Tag Team Title when Bockwinkel vs. Crusher after manager Bobby Heenan interfered
Larry Hennig vs. Larry Heiniemi in 17:41
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke in 10:18
Horst Hoffman vs. Jim Brunzell in 14:47
Buddy Wolff vs. George Gadaski (sub Greg Gagne) in 17:47
Moose Morowski vs. Roddy Piper (sub Geoff Portz) in 10:23
10/26/74 – Minneapolis TV
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Roddy Piper & Kenny Jay
Chris Taylor vs. Doug Somers
Boris Breznikoff vs. George Gadaski
Ivan Putski vs. Paul Perschmann
Larry Hennig vs. Steve Merrick
10/26/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Larry Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan
Horst Hoffman vs. Ivan Putski
Chris Taylor vs. Baron Von Raschke .
Geoff Portz vs. ?
10/27/74 – St Paul, MN
Non-Title
Verne Gagne & Larry Hennig vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Baron Von Raschke vs. Billy Robinson .
European Rules
Ivan Putski vs. Horst Hoffman in 5 rounds
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich & Paul Perschmann
Boris Breznikoff vs. Doug Somers
Reported Attendance: 6,233
10/29/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Billy Robinson vs. Horst Hoffman
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke
Larry Hennig vs. Larry Heiniemi
Greg Gagne vs. Bobby Heenan
Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich
10/30/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
The Crusher & Billy Robinson vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
Larry Hennig vs. Mad Dog Vachon
Ivan Putski vs. Buddy Wolff
Boris Bresnikoff vs. Geoff Portz
Note: Another listing has Hennig vs.ing Larry Heiniemi
11/2/74 – Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig vs. Pancho Lopez
Boris Breznikoff vs. Kenny Jay
The Crusher vs. Paul Perschmann .
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. George Gadaski & Tom Leon
Ivan Putski vs. Joe Guzman
Jim Brunzell vs. Anvs. Duran
11/2/74 – Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan vs. Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell COR
Billy Robinson & Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Larry Heiniemi
Mil Mascaras vs. Yugo Babich
Geoff Portz vs. Torpedo Guzman
11/7/74 – Lewistown
The Crusher vs. Baron Von Raschke
Larry Hennig vs. Larry Heiniemi
11/8/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Saloon Match: The Crusher vs. Larry Heiniemi
Horst Hoffman vs. Ivan Putski
Chris Taylor vs. Yugo Babich
Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan vs. Larry Hennig & Greg Gagne
Ivan Putski vs. Great Goliath
11/9/74 – Minneapolis TV
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich & Paul Perschmann
Horst Hoffman vs. Armando Rodriguez
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Caesar Pabon & Bob Amel
11/9/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser & Larry Hennig vs. Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan
Bobo Brazil vs. Bill Miller .
Handicap Match: Chris Taylor vs. Big K & Yugo Babich
Prince Pullins vs. Johnny Kace
Rock Riddle vs. Jose Martine
11/9/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. The Crusher & Billy Robinson
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Heiniemi & Frank Hill
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Geoff Portz vs. Paul Perschmann
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
11/10/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
The Crusher & Ivan Putski & Larry Hennig vs. against Superstar Billy Graham & Bobby Heenan & Boris Breznikoff in 3rd fall
Baron Von Raschke vs. Geoff Portz . in 21:03
Chris Taylor vs. Yugo Babich . in 12:59
Jim Brunzell vs. Rock Riddle . in 15:23
Reported Attendance: 6,244
11/12/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
Ivan Putski vs. Horst Hoffman
Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan vs. Greg Gagne & Larry Hennig
Jim Brunzell vs. Rock Riddle
Vivian Vachon vs. Pam Drake
11/14/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
The Crusher vs. Bobby Heenan COR in 6:00 when Heenan ran back to the dressing room
Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman on a 3rd fall .
1. Putski vs. Von Raschke
2. Von Raschke won 2nd fall
3. Von Raschke jumped off the top rope on to Hennig was was .’ed
Chris Taylor vs. Yugo Babich . after a big splash
Boris Breznikoff vs. Geoff Portz
Ivan Crankovic vs. Bobby Jones
Reported Attendance: “3,851 wrestling faithful”
11/16/74 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Chuck Edwards
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Andy Duran
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
Boris Breznikoff vs. Tom Leon
Chris Taylor vs. Paul Perschmann
11/16/74 – St Paul, MN @ Civic Center
Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Superstar Billy Graham in a 2/3 falls match
Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan vs. Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell COR
Geoff Portz vs. Larry Heiniemi 20:00
Yugo Babich vs. George Gadaski .
Rock Riddle vs. Kenny Jay
Reported Attendance: 5,817
11/20/74 – Albert Lea, MN @ Armory
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke .
Boris Breznikoff vs. Geoff Portz
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes
Big K vs. George Gadaski (sub bout for Rock Riddle vs. Kenny Jay).
Reported Attendance: 300
11/20/74 – Tokyo Kuramae Kokugikan
AWA Champion Verne Gagnedouble count out with Billy Robinson in 3rd fall
1. Gagne vs. Robison with a sleeper hold in 20:48
2. Robinson vs. Gagne in 15:21 pin
3. Both men were counted out of the ring in 9:35
Great Kusatsu & Kimura vs. Ray Stevens & Buddy Wolff
1. Stevens vs. Kimura in 6:50
2. Great Kusatsu vs. Wolff with a figure four leg lock in 3:45
3. Kimura vs. Stevens in 3:11
Mighty Inoue vs. Nick Bockwinkel in a 2/3 falls match
1. Both men were counted out of the ring in 13:05 and each man was credited with losing a fall.
2. Mighty Inoue vs. Bockwinkel in 3:25
Chiyo Obata vs. Vickie Williams
Reported Attendance: 4,500
11/21/74 – Osaka, Japan @ Pref. Gym
AWA Tag Title vs. IWA Tag Title
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & vs. IWA Tag Team Champions Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu on a 3rd fall .
1: Kimura vs. Bockwinkel in 14:22
2: Bockwinkel vs. Kimura in 7:19
3: Kimura & Kusatsu were .’ed in 3:00
* No title change due to .
Billy Robinson vs. Animal Hamaguchi
Cuban Assassins vs. Tadaharu Tanaka & Jiro Inazuma
Buddy Wolff vs. Isamu Teranishi
Chiyo Obata & Terumi Sakura vs. Donna Christantello & Vickie Williams
Katsuzo Oiyama vs. Snake Amami
Hart Smith vs. Tsutomu Yonemura
AWA Title vs. IWA Title
AWA Champion Verne Gagne double knockout IWA Champion Mighty Inoue in 3rd fall
1. Gagne vs. Inoue with a sleeper hold in 17:17
2. Mighty Inoue vs. Gagne in 4:55
3. Both men were knocked out in 8:59
11/21/74 – Stevens Point, WI @ Quandt Gymnasium
The Crusher vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke . when Von Raschke rammed Putski in to the ring post
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes in a 2/3 falls match
Jim Brunzell vs. Geoff Portz 20:00
Reported Attendance: 3,600
11/22/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
The Crusher vs. Baron Von Raschke
11/22/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Boris Breznikoff vs. Larry Hennig 10:18
Bobby Heenan vs. Greg Gagne COR at 15:35
Rocky Mountain Champion Ricky Romero vs. Rock Riddle 9:28
Cowboy Lang & Little Lonnie vs. Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy The Kid
Judo Jacket Match: Akio Sato vs. Mr Okuma 11:54
Reported Attendance: 4,104
11/23/74 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Bull Bullinski & Armando Rodriguez
Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson vs. Little Tokyo & Frenchy LaMont
Greg Gagne vs. Frank Hill
Horst Hoffman vs. Bob Amel
Larry Hennig vs. Paul Perschmann
Ivan Putski vs. Armando Rodriguez
11/23/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
The Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman in a 2/3 falls match
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Chris Taylor .
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Billy The Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes in a 2/3 falls match
Geoff Portz vs. Larry Heiniemi
Yugo Babich vs. Bull Bullinski .
Reported Attendance: 5,262
11/23/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Dick the Bruiser vs. the Sheik
Boris Breznikoff vs. Larry Hennig
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Mitsu Arakawa & Kim Duk
Pepper Gomez vs. Big K
Rock Riddle vs. Clem Turner
Mike Snyder vs. Mark Manson
11/24/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
Bobby Heenan vs. Greg Gagne .
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie over Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes
Boris Breznikoff vs. Geoff Portz
11/25/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
The Crusher vs. Boris Breznikoff
Baron Von Raschke vs. Larry Hennig
Greg Gagne vs. Bobby Heenan
Geoff Portz vs. Jim Brunzell
11/26/74 – Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Boris Breznikoff & Bobby Heenan
Geoff Portz vs. Baron Von Raschke
Larry Hennig vs. Yugo Babich
11/27/74 – Grand Forks, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Chris Taylor & Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Billy the Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes
Mil Mascaras vs. Larry Heiniemi
Paul Perschmann vs. Rock Riddle
11/28/74 – Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher vs. Boris Breznikoff
Bobby Heenan vs. Greg Gagne COR
Ivan Putski & Chris Taylor vs. Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman .
Jim Brunzell vs. Rock Riddle
Geoff Portz vs. Yugo Babich
11/29/74 – Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory
Arm Wrestling
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ivan Putski
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham . in 24:11
Larry Hennig vs. Larry Heiniemi in a 2/3 falls match
1. Hennig vs. Heiniemi
2. Heiniemi vs. Hennig
3. Hennig vs. Heiniemi
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Heiniemi & Paul Perschmann (subs for Yugo Babich & Rock Riddle) in a 2/3 falls match in 28:40
1. Brunzell won 1st fall with a submission hold in 10:20
2. Heiniemi vs. Brunzell in 20:40
3. Gagne & Brunzell won 3rd fall in 28:40
Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann . in 12:16
Reported Attendance: 3,431
11/29/74 – Detroit Lakes
Larry Hennig vs. Larry Heiniemi
11/30/74 – Minneapolis TV
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bobby Jones
The Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. Paul Perschmann & Steve Merrick
Baron Von Raschke vs. Kenny Jay
Larry Hennig vs. Wilf Caron
Boris Breznikoff vs. Scotty Campbell
11/30/74 – Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ivan Putski
Bobby The Brain Heenan vs. Greg Gagne
Jumping Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Heiniemi
Larry The Axe Hennig vs. Rock Riddle
Bull Bullinski vs. Yugo Babich
12/2/74 – Red Lake, MN @ High School
Ivan Putski vs. Big K
Little Louie & Cowboy Lang vs. Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy the Kid
Yugo Babich vs. Rock Riddle
12/3/74 – Jamestown
Larry Hennig vs. Big K
12/4/74 – Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium
Larry Hennig vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Ivan Putski vs. Yugo Babich
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Billy The Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes
Big K vs. Rock Riddle
12/5/74 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Superstar Billy Graham (sub Ray Stevens) in a 2/3 falls match
1. Graham won 1st fall
2. Hennig vs. Graham after an Axe
3. Putski vs. Graham
Arm Wrestling for $10,000
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ivan Putski . when Putski grabbed the arm wrestling table for added leverage
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Sonny Boy Hayes & Billy The Kid in 27:00
Chris Taylor vs. Big K . in 14:00
Yugo Babich vs. Bobby Jones . after a backbreaker
Rock Riddle vs. Scotty Campbell
Reported Attendance: “5,844 fans”
12/5/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
The Crusher vs. Boris Breznikoff
Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman vs. Ricky Romero & Pepper Gomez
Greg Gagne vs. Bobby Heenan COR
Geoff Portz vs. Jim Brunzell
Larry Heiniemi vs. Jack Pesek
Reported Attendance: 3,249
12/6/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
The Crusher vs. Boris Breznikoff .
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Wilbur Snyder & Pepper Gomez
Arm Wrestling
Ivan Putski vs. Superstar Billy Graham .
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Paul Perschmann & Rock Riddle
Larry Heiniemi vs. Clem Turner
Geoff Portz vs. Big K
12/7/74 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. George Gadaski & Kenny Jay
Ivan Putski vs. Frank Hill
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Paul Perschmann
The Crusher vs. Junior Hernandez
Baron Von Raschke vs. Caesar Pabon
12/7/74 – St Paul, MN @ Civic Center
The Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Baron Von Raschke .
Larry Hennig vs. Big K (sub Boris Breznikoff) .
Chris Taylor vs. Yugo Babich . after a splash
Greg Gagne vs. Rock Riddle by submission with the sleeper hold
Jim Brunzell vs. Geoff Portz
Cowboy Lang & Little Louie vs. Billy The Kid & Sonny Boy Hayes in a 2/3 falls match
Reported Attendance: 4,501
12/8/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
Baron Von Raschke won a 15 Man, $12,000 Battle Royal
The Crusher vs. Horst Hoffman . in 8:41
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke 15:00
Chris Taylor vs. Buddy Wolff . in 11:06
Greg Gagne vs. Bobby Heenan COR in 10:20
Jim Brunzell vs. Geoff Portz 15:00
Originally the Battle Royal was scheduled to include 16 men but Larry Hennig was reportedly forced to withdraw due to a death in his family.
Battle Royal included all above as well as Superstar Billy Graham, Nick Bockwinkel, Larry Heiniemi, Boris Breznikoff and Yugo Babich.
Reported Attendance: 5,945
12/10/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
The Crusher & Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Boris Breznikoff .
Chris Taylor vs. Baron Von Raschke .
Buddy Wolff vs. Geoff Portz
Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich
12/11/74 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens .
The Crusher vs. Boris Breznikoff
12/12/74 – Lincoln
Larry Hennig vs. Boris Breznikoff
12/14/74 – Minneapolis TV
The Crusher vs. Julio Rodriguez
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Angel Rivera
Ivan Putski vs. Andy Duran
Baron Von Raschke vs. Chi Chi Rosario
Jim Brunzell vs. Doug Somers
Buddy Wolff vs. Kenny Jay
12/14/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. the Crusher & Ivan Putski
Boris Breznikoff vs. Larry Hennig .
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Rock Riddle & Yugo Babich
Chris Taylor vs. Baron Von Raschke
Geoff Portz vs. Bob Sweetan
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
12/15/74 – Duluth, MN @ Arena
Larry Hennig vs. Boris Breznikoff
12/21/74 – Minneapolis TV
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Paul Perschmann
Boris Breznikoff vs. Scotty Campbell
Baron Von Raschke vs. Caesar Pabon
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Bob Amel & Frank Hill
Larry Hennig vs. Dick Reynolds
12/21/74 – Peoria, IL
Death Match: Greg Gagne vs. Bobby The Brain Heenan
Larry The Axe Hennig vs. Ox Baker
Jim Brunzell vs. Baron Von Raschke
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Rock Riddle
Geoff Portz vs. Yugo Babich
Note: Another listing has Larry Hennig vs.ing Sgt. Jacques Goulet
12/26/74 – Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Larry Hennig
Ivan Putski vs. Baron Von Raschke
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich & Boris Breznikoff
12/27/74 – Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
Nick Bockwinkel vs. AWA Champion Verne Gagne .
The Legionairres Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Private Don Fargo vs. Wilbur Snyder & Larry Hennig
Ray Stevens vs. Pepper Gomez
Moose Cholak vs. Ox Baker
Chris Taylor vs. Big K
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Kim Duk
12/27/74 – Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
No DQ, No Time Limit Match: The Crusher vs. Boris Breznikoff
Baron Von Raschke vs. Superstar Billy Graham
Ivan Putski vs. Buddy Wolff in a 2/3 falls match
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Yugo Babich & Rock Riddle 2-0
Reported Attendance: 4,327
12/28/74 – Minneapolis TV
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Scotty Campbell & Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne vs. Yugo Babich
Ivan Putski vs. Steve Merrick
Baron Von Raschke vs. Moose Morowski
Buddy Wolff vs. George Gadaski
12/28/74 – Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
Khosrow Vaziri & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff & Rock Riddle
Larry Hennig vs. Boris Breznikoff
Baron Von Raschke vs. Scotty Campbell
Geoff Portz vs. Yugo Babich
Reported Attendance: 5,276
12/29/74 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena
AWA Champion Verne Gagne vs. Ray Stevens
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Larry Hennig
Chris Taylor & Ivan Putski vs. Kim Duk & Mitsu Arakawa 2-0
Geoff Portz vs. Yugo Babich
Khosrow Vaziri vs. Rock Riddle
12/29/74 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium
The Crusher vs. Boris Breznikoff in 12:20
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Baron Von Raschke .
Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs. Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff
Pepper Gomez vs. Dale Lewis
Sailor Art Thomas vs. Big K
Paul Perschmann vs. Caesar Pablon
Reported Attendance: 6,112 sellout
12/30/74 – Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium
Nick Bockwinkel vs. Larry Hennig .
Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff vs. Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell
Big K vs. George Gadaski
Bob Remus vs. Kenny Jay