The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1954

01/04	Huntington, WV	"Dark Secret" (George Bollas)	W (DQ)
01/05	Pittsburgh, PA	Bill Miller	W
01/06	Canton, OH	Bill Miller	D (DCOR)
01/07	Cleveland, OH	Ruffy Silverstein	D
01/13	Wichita, KS	Sonny Myers	W
01/14	Kansas City, KS	Bibber McCoy	W
01/15	St. Louis, MO	Ray Eckert	W
01/19	Dayton, OH	Bill Miler	NC
01/22	Houston, TX	Gorgeous George	W
01/26	Dayton, OH	Andre Drapp	W
01/30	Indianapolis, IN	Ray Gunkel	D
02/08	Tampa, FL	Baron Leone	D
02/09	Nashville, TN	Bill Longson	W (DQ)
02/11	New Orleans, LA	Mighty Goliath	W
02/13	Hollywood, CA (TV)	Mr. Moto	W (2-1)
02/15	Ft. Worth, TX	Tim Geohagen	W
02/16	El Paso, TX	Baron Leone	W
02/18	Salt Lake City, UT	Sandor Szabo	W (2-1)
02/20	Indianapolis, IN	Buddy Rogers	W (DQ)
02/23	Dallas, TX?	Duke Keomuka	W
02/24	Mansfield, OH	Oyama Kato	W
02/25	Columbus, OH	Bill Miller	W (DQ)
02/26	Cincinnati, OH	Len Montana	W
02/27	St. Louis, MO	Barney Bernard	W
03/02	Minneapolis, MN	Paul Baillargeon	W (COR)
03/03	Chicago, IL	Vern Taft	W
03/04	Rochester, MN	Kinji Shibuya	W (DQ)
03/05	Winnipeg, MB	Paul Baillargeon	W
03/06	Indianapolis, IN	Buddy Rogers	W
03/12	Houston, TX	Ray Gunkel	W (DQ)
03/13	Hollywood, CA (TV)	Wilbur Snyder	D
03/17	Evansville, IN	Great Scott	W
03/19	St. Louis, MO	Johnny Valentine	W
03/20	Louisville, KY	Mr. Moto	W
03/23	San Francisco, CA	Ron Etchison	W
03/24	San Jose, CA	Bobo Brazil	W
03/25	Stockton, CA	Enrique Torres	D
03/27	Hollywood, CA (TV)	Wilbur Snyder	D
03/29	Portland, OR	Luther Lindsay	D
03/30	Yakima, WA	Earl McCready	W
03/31	Vancouver, BC	Earl McCready	W
04/01	Seattle, WA	Luther Lindsay	D
04/02	Tacoma, WA	Lou Sjoberg	W
04/05	Boise, ID	Gregorio Irabarren	W
04/07	Portland, OR	Eric Pedersen	W
04/08	Spokane, WA	Kurt Von Poppenheim	W
04/09	Yakima, WA	Luther Lindsay	W (DQ)
04/10	San Jose, CA	Enrique Torres	D
04/11	Stockton, CA
04/13	San Francisco, CA	Ron Etchison	W
04/15	Galveston, TX	Bull Curry	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
04/16	Houston, TX	Prince Maiava	W
04/20	Dallas, TX	Don Evans	D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
04/22	Amarillo, TX	Dory Funk	W (DQ)
04/23	St. Louis, MO	Buddy Rogers	W (DQ)
04/24	Indianapolis, IN	Ray Gunkel	W (DQ)
04/26	Peoria, IL	Pat O'Connor	W
04/27	Ottawa, ON	Ike Eakins	W
04/28	Montreal, QC	Bill Longson	W
04/29	Columbus, OH	Bill Miller	W
05/01	St. Paul, MN	Kinji Shibuya	W (21:34 DQ)
05/03	Owensboro, KY	Karl Kowalski	W (DQ)
05/04	Sioux City, IA	Bob Orton	W
05/05	Des Moines, IA	Sonny Myers	W
05/08	St. Louis, MO	Don Leo Jonathan	W
05/10	Ft. Worth, TX	Don Evans	W (DQ)
05/11	Austin, TX	Ray Gunkel	D
05/15	Hollywood, CA (TV)	Wilbur Snyder	D
05/26	Victoria, TX	Rito Romero	(Thesz no-showed)
05/28	Houston, TX	Enrique Guzman	W (DQ)
05/	Hollywood, CA	Wilbur Snyder	D
06/01	San Francisco, CA	Bobo Brazil	W
06/02	San Jose, CA	Danny Plechas	W
06/03	Stockton, CA	Enrique Torres	D
06/06	Honolulu, HI	Larry Moquin	D
06/13	Honolulu, HI	Karl Von Schoberg	W
06/20	Honolulu, HI	Larry Moquin	W
06/24	Columbus, OH	Buddy Rogers	W
06/29	Dallas, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
06/30	San Antonio, TX	Johnny Valentine	W (DQ)
07/01	Corpus Christi, TX	Duke Keomuka	W
07/02	Houston, TX	Ed Francis	D
07/06	Nashville, TN	Ray Eckert	W
07/07	Chicago, IL	Bob McCune	W
07/13	Indianapolis, IN	Mr. Moto	W
07/16	Chicago, IL	Lu Kim	W (DQ)
07/17	Akron, OH	Buddy Rogers	NC
07/19	Peoria, IL	Hans Hermann	W
07/21	Chicago, IL	Don Leo Jonathan	W
07/22	Salt Lake City, UT	Wilbur Snyder	D
07/23	Cincinnati, OH	Bill Miller	NC
07/26	Spokane, WA	Lord Blears	W
07/27	Tacoma, WA	Len Hughes	W
07/28	Vancouver, BC	Ben Sharpe	W
07/29	Seattle, WA	Wladek Kowalski	W
07/30	Salt Lake City, UT	Wilbur Snyder	D (1-1)
07/30?	Louisville, KY	Johnny Valentine	D
08/03	Hamilton, ON	Paul Baillargeon	W
08/04	Montreal, QC	Pat O'Connor	D
08/05	Toronto, ON	Great Togo	D
08/09	Ft. Worth, TX	Rito Romero	W
08/10	Austin, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
08/11	Evansville, IN	Cyclone Anaya	W
08/14	St. Louis, MO	Ron Etchison	W
08/17	Johnstown, PA	Buddy Rogers	D
08/18	Chicago, IL	Stu Gibson	W
08/20	Cincinnati, OH	Ray Stern	W
08/24	Hamilton, ON	Bearcat Wright	W
08/26	Toronto, ON	Paul Baillargeon	W
08/27	Houston, TX	Johnny Valentine	W
09/06	Hannibal, MO	Joe Tangaro	W
09/09	Kansas City, KS	Cyclone Anaya	W
09/11	Louisville, KY	Stu Gibson	W
09/13	Wichita, KS	Dave Sims	W
09/21	Minneapolis, MN	Pat O'Connor	D (60min)
09/23	St. Louis, MO	Lu Kim	W
09/24	Cincinnati, OH	Ray Stern	W
09/28	Dallas, TX	Ray Gunkel	D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
09/29	San Antonio, TX	Otto Kuss	W
09/30	Galveston, TX	Rito Romero	W
10/01	Houston, TX	Johnny Valentine	W
10/04	Memphis, TN	Mighty Atlas	W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
10/05	Nashville, TN	Babe Zaharias	W
10/06	Chattanooga, TN	Don Lee	W
10/07	New Orleans, LA	Ray Gunkel	W
10/11	Memphis, TN	Yukon Eric	W
10/12	Little Rock, AR	Gorgeous George	W
10/13	Tulsa, OK	Baron Leone	W
10/14	Amarillo, TX	Bob Geigel	W
10/19	Baltimore, MD	Buddy Rogers	D
10/21	Columbus, OH	Bill Miller	W
10/22	Cincinnati, OH	Dick Hutton	D
10/25	Omaha, NE	Pat O'Connor	D (1-1 60min)
10/27	Los Angeles, CA (TV)	Great Bolo	W (2-0)
10/28	Tucson, AZ	Jim Wright	W
10/29	Santa Monica, CA	Sandor Szabo	W
11/01	Hollywood, CA (TV)	Wilbur Snyder	D (1-1 60min)
11/02	San Diego, CA	Lord Blears	W
11/03	Los Angeles, CA (TV)	Gene Kiniski	W (2-0 DQ)
11/04	Long Beach, CA	Mike DiBiase	W (2-1)
11/08	Eureka, CA	Ben Sharpe	W
11/09	San Francisco, CA	Jesus Ortega	W
11/10	San Jose, CA	Enrique Torres	D
11/12	Richmond, VA	Rocky Brown	W
11/15	Phoenix, AZ	Great Bolo	W
11/16	El Paso, TX	Rito Romero	W
11/18	Chicago, IL	Paul Baillargeon	W
11/19	St. Louis, MO	Johnny Valentine	W
11/24	Springfield, MO	Cyclone Anaya	W
11/25	Kansas City, KS	Ron Etchison	W
11/27	Louisville, KY	Gorgeous George	W
11/29	Ft. Wayne, IN	Hans Schmidt	W
11/30	Minneapolis, MN	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W (29:40 DQ)
12/02	Struthers, OH	Buddy Rogers	D
12/03	St. Louis, MO	Lu Kim	W
12/05	Honolulu, HI	Dick Raines	W
12/12	Honolulu, HI	Ed Faietta (Gardenia)	W
12/13	Honolulu, HI	George Bollas	W
12/16	Chicago, IL	Billy McDaniels	W
12/17	Houston, TX	Polo Torres	NC
12/18	Amarillo, TX	Vern Taft	W
12/19	Houston, TX	Polo Torres	W
12/30	Chicago, IL	Bobby Managoff	D

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