The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1951

01/05	St. Louis, MO	Ray Eckert	W
01/09	Syracuse , NY	Suni War Cloud
01/10	Rochester, NY	Jim Wright	W
01/11	Erie, PA	Lucky Simunovich	W
01/12	Buffalo, NY	Iron Talun	W
01/15	Wichita, KS	Dennis Clary	W
01/16	Kansas City, KS	Wladek Kowalski	W
01/17	Des Moines, IA	Wladek Kowalski	W
01/20	St. Joseph, MO	Ron Etchison	W (2-1 COR)
01/22	Owensboro, KY	Tex Riley	W
01/23	Nashville, TN	Art Neilson	W (DQ)
01/26	Chicago, IL	Buddy Rogers	D
01/29	Omaha, NE	Mr. Moto
02/02	St. Louis, MO	Yukon Eric	W (DQ)
02/05	Nashville, TN	Wladek Kowalski	W
02/07	Des Moines, IA	Mighty Atlas	W
02/08	Kansas City, KS	Ray Eckert	W
02/12	Ft. Worth, TX	Enrique Torres	D
02/13	Dallas, TX	Duke Keomuka	W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
02/14	San Antonio, TX	Enrique Torres	W
02/15	Galveston, TX	Enrique Torres	W
02/16	Houston, TX	Danny Savich	W
02/19	Ft. Worth, TX	Danny Savich	W
02/21	Houston, TX	Mighty Atlas	W
02/28	Montreal, QC	Yukon Eric	W
03/02	St. Paul, MN	Hans Hermann	W (COR)
03/03	Milwaukee, WI	Mighty Atlas	W
03/05	Denver, CO	Emil Dusek	W
03/07	Tucson, AZ	Chester Hayes	W (2-0)
03/08	Mesa, AZ	Sam Menacher	W
03/09	Houston, TX	Great Humphrey	W
03/12	Ft. Worth, TX	Enrique Torres	W
03/13	Dallas, TX	Danny Savich	W (2-0; DQ in 2nd)
03/16	St. Louis, MO	Buddy Rogers	W
03/17	Kansas City, KS	Dennis Clary	W
03/23	St. Joseph, MO	Ron Etchison	W (2-1)
03/26	St. Louis, MO	George Koverly	W
03/30	Chicago, IL	Mighty Atlas	W
03/31	Louisville, KY	Green Dragon	W
04/02	Omaha, NE	Seelie Samara	W
04/03	Minneapolis, MN	Verne Gagne	D (60min)
04/04	Evansville, IN	Earl McCready	W
04/05	Greencastle, IN	Earl McCready	W
04/06	St. Louis, MO	Wladek Kowalski	W
04/	Chicago, IL	Ruffy Silverstein
04/11	Harvey, IL	Lone Eagle
04/12	Milwaukee, WI	Verne Gagne	D
04/13	St. Louis, MO	Buddy Rogers	W
04/19	Columbus, GA	Don McIntyre	D
04/20	Atlanta, GA	Danny Plechas	W
04/23	Nashville, TN	Ray Eckert	W
04/27	St. Louis, MO	Ivan Rasputin	W
04/30	Wood River, IL	Ray Eckert	W
05/01	Kansas City, KS	MO Dennis Clary	W
05/02	Des Moines, IA	Barney Bernard	D
05/03	Lexington, KY	Len Hughes	W
05/04	Louisville, KY	Pete Managoff	W
05/07	Nashville, TN	Ray Eckert	W
05/19	Des Moines, IA	Barney Bernard	W
05/22	Nashville, TN	Ali Pasha	W (DQ)
05/24	Chattanooga, TN	Herb Welch	W
05/28	Ft. Worth, TX	Tim Geohagen	W
05/29	Dallas, TX	Duke Keomuka	W (2-1 UTC)
05/30	San Antonio, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
05/31	Galveston, TX	Danny Savich	W
05/	Atlanta, GA	Danny Plechas	W
05/	Peoria, IL	Dick Raines	W
06/01	Houston, TX	Miguel Guzman	W
06/06	Tucson, AZ	Billy McDaniels	W (2-0)
06/08	Oklahoma City, OK	Karol Krauser	W
06/11	Ottawa, ON	Yvon Robert	W
06/13	Montreal, QC	Great Togo	W
06/20	Montreal, QC	Bobby Managoff	W
06/21	Ottawa, ON	Larry Moquin	D
06/22	Houston, TX	Emil Dusek	W
06/26	Minneapolis, MN	Bronko Nagurski	W (21:41)
06/27	San Antonio, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
06/28	Houston, TX	Ivan Rasputin	W
06/29	Round Lake Park, IL	Mighty Atlas	W
06/29	Waukegan, IL	Mighty Atlas	D
06/30	Chicago, IL	Hombre Montana	W
07/03	Indianapolis, IN	Ray Eckert	W
07/04	Los Angeles, CA	Ali Bey	W
07/05	Long Beach, CA	Willie Davis	W
07/06	Santa Monica, CA	The Thing	W
07/07	San Bernardino, CA	The Thing	W
07/09	Hollywood, CA	Tom Rice	W
07/11	Los Angeles, CA	Mr. Moto	W
07/13	Santa Monica, CA	Gino Garibaldi	W
07/16	Peoria, IL	Mighty Atlas	W
07/17	Aurora, IL	Rudy Kay	W
07/18	Springfield, IL	Hombre Montana	W
07/19	Round Lake Park, IL	Hombre Montana	D
07/21	Chicago, IL	Bill Longson	D
07/24	Louisville, KY	Ray Eckert	W (DQ)
07/30	Ft. Worth, TX	Tim Geohagen	W
07/31	Dallas, TX	Bobby Managoff	W
08/01	San Antonio, TX	Duke Keomuka	W
08/02	Galveston, TX	Danny McShain	W
08/03	Houston, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
08/29	Los Angeles, CA	George Becker	W
08/30	Long Beach, CA	Mr. Moto	W
09/03	Hollywood, CA	Emil Dusek	W
09/05	Bakersfield, CA	Karl Davis	W
09/10	Sacramento, CA	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W
09/11	San Francisco, CA	Ray Villmer	W
09/13	Stockton, CA	Hans Hermann	W
09/14	Oakland, CA	Tom Rice	W
09/15	Fresno, CA	Karl Davis	W
09/17	Vallejo, CA	Hans Hermann	W
09/18	San Francisco, CA	Wladek Kowalski	W
09/20	Stockton, CA	Wladek Kowalski	W
09/21	Oakland, CA	Sandor Szabo	W
09/22	Fresno, CA	Ray Villmer	W
09/24	Nashville, TN	Art Neilson	W
09/30	Stockton?	Wladek Kowalski	W
10/	Chicago, IL	Walter Palmer
10/04?	Chicago, IL	Buddy Rogers?	W?
10/05	Chicago, IL	Bronko Nagurski	W
10/08	Memphis, TN	Sammy Berg	W
10/09	Topeka, KS
10/12	St. Louis, MO	Yukon Eric	W
10/15	Ft. Worth, TX	Fred Atkins	W
10/16	Dallas, TX	Verne Gagne	D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
10/17	San Antonio, TX	Miguel Guzman	W
10/18	Galveston, TX	Big Humphrey	W
10/19	Houston, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
10/22	Omaha, NE	Barney Bernard	W
10/26	Milwaukee, WI	Verne Gagne	D
10/29	Austin, MN	Otto Kuss	W (27:28)
10/30	Minneapolis, MN	Pat O'Connor	W (29:07)
10/31	Rochester, NY	Abe Zvonkin	W
11/02	Winnipeg, MB	Billy Watson	W
11/05	Camden, NJ	Salvatore Balbo	W
11/07	Montreal, QC	Wladek Kowalski	D
11/08	Toledo, OH	Zebra Kid	W (2-0)
11/09	Chicago, IL	Wladek Kowaski	W
11/12	Denver, CO
11/14	San Antonio, TX	Fred Atkins	W
11/16	St. Louis, MO	Bill Longson	W
11/17	Akron, OH	Barney Bernard	W
11/18	Mankato, MN	Pat O'Connor
11/19	Hollywood, CA	Al Smith	W
11/20	San Diego, CA	Gino Garibaldi	W
11/21	Los Angeles, CA	Enrique Torres	W
11/22?	Milwaukee, WI?	Hans Schmidt	W (DQ)
11/23	Santa Monica, CA	Don Arnold	W
11/24	Valley Gardens, CA	The Thing	W
11/26	Detroit, MI
11/29	Toledo, OH	Bobby Managoff	D (1-1 60min)
12/05	London, ON	Lord Layton	W (DQ)
12/06	Toronto, ON	Billy Watson	NC
12/13	Kansas City, KS	Emil Dusek	W
12/14	Houston, TX	Mighty Atlas	W
12/17	Ft. Worth, TX	Wladek Kowalski	D
12/18	Dallas, TX	Wladek Kowaski	W
12/19	San Antonio, TX	Fred Atkins	W
12/20	Galveston, TX	Wladek Kowalski	W
12/21	Houston, TX	Mighty Atlas	W
12/28	St. Louis, MO	Gene Stanlee	W
12/29	Chicago, IL	Rudy Kay	W
???	Santa Monica, CA	Nick Bockwinkel	W

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