The Records of
N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1955

01/01	St. Louis, MO	Frank Taylor	W
01/03	Kansas City, KS	Ray Villmer	NC
01/04	Nashville, TN	Sonny Myers	W
01/07	Houston, TX	Polo Torres	D
01/10	Ft. Worth, TX	Ray Gunkel	NC
01/13	Kansas City, KS	Ray Villmer	NC
01/14	St. Louis, MO	Hans Schmidt	W
01/14	St. Joseph, MO	Bill Longson	W
01/15	St. Louis, MO	Wilbur Snyder	D
01/17	Omaha	Yukon Eric	W
01/18	Minneapolis, MN	Hard Boiled Haggerty	D (60min)
01/22	Chicago, IL	Charro Azteca	W
01/25	Kansas City, KS	Ray Villmer	W
01/26	Waterloo, IA	Art Neilson	W
01/29	Moline	Art Neilson	W
01/30	Indianapolis, IN	Ray Gunkel	D
01/31	Phoenix	Gene Kiniski	W
02/01	El Paso, TX	Dave Sims	W
02/02	Los Angeles (TV)	Wilbur Snyder	W (2-1)
02/04	St. Louis, MO	Wladek Kowalski	W
02/09	Washington, DC	Frank Jares	W
02/14	Tampa, FL	Antonino Rocca	W
02/15	Baltimore, MD	Hans Hermann	W
02/18	Miami	Antonino Rocca	W
02/25	Miami	Baron Leone	W
02/26	Chicago, IL	Don Leo Jonathan	W
02/28	Ft. Worth, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
03/02	San Antonio, TX	Bull Curry	W (DQ in 3rd)
03/04	St. Louis, MO	Wilbur Snyder	W (DQ)
03/07	Memphis, TN	Gorgeous Geoge	W
03/08	Peoria	Dick Hutton	W
03/15	Little Rock	Ed Francis	W
03/18	Houston, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
03/22	San Francisco	Leo Nomellini	L (DQ)
Nomellini is billed as champion by some promoters until he loses to Thesz in St. Louis on 07/15.
03/24	Salt Lake City	Joe Tangaro	D
03/25	St. Louis, MO	Wilbur Snyder	D
03/29	Sioux City	Hans Schmidt	W
03/30	Moline	Don Leo Jonathan	W
04/02	Louisville, KY	Baron Leone	W
04/04	Albuquerque, NM	Miguel Lopez	D
04/05	Denver	Pat O'Connor	D (60min)
04/07	Tucson	Danny Plechas	NC
04/11	Phoenix	Lou Plummer	W (DQ)
04/13	Los Angeles, CA	Bobo Brazil	W (2-1)
04/15	Houston, TX	Mike Lane	W
04/19	Cleveland, OH	Dick Hutton	NC
04/20	Boston	Pat O'Connor	D
04/22	St. Louis, MO	Wilbur Snyder
04/23	Canton	Buddy Rogers	NC
04/26	Edmonton, AB	George Gordienko	D (90min)
04/27	Saskatoon	Fritz Von Erich	W (DQ)
04/28	Regina, SK	George Gordienko	NC
04/29	Calgary, AB	Lou Sjoberg	W
04/30	St. Paul	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W (DQ)
05/03	Minneapolis, MN	Fred Atkins	W
05/04	Winnipeg, MB	Paul Baillargeon	W
05/09	Memphis, TN	"The Mask" (Karl Davis)	W (DQ)
05/10	Dallas, TX	Mike Lane	W
05/11	Lubbock, TX	Roy Shire	W (DQ)
05/12	Odessa	Dory Funk	W
05/	???	George Gordienko	D (90min)
05/31	San Francisco	Rocky Brown	W
06/01	San Jose	Enrique Torres	W
06/02	Stockton	Jesus Ortega	W
06/03	Oakland	Ben Sharpe	W
06/04	Fresno	Lord Blears	W
06/06	Boise	Lord Blears	W
06/07	Salem	Ivan Kameroff	W
06/08	Portland, OR	Luther Lindsay	W
06/10	Spokane	John Foti	W
06/21	Edmonton, AB	George Gordienko	W
06/22	Saskatoon	Tim Geohagen	W
06/23	Regina, SK	Fritz Von Erich	W
06/24	Calgary, AB	Adrian Baillargeon	W
06/25	Seattle	Sky Hi Lee	W (DQ)
07/04	Memphis, TN	Bobby Managoff	D
07/05	Nashville, TN	"Kubla Khan"	W
07/06	Evansville, IN	Bobby Managoff	D
07/08	Atlanta, GA	Jerry Graham	W
07/11	Birmingham	Bill Longson	W
07/12	Louisville, KY	Dick Hutton	D
07/15	St. Louis, MO	Leo Nomellini	W
07/18	Boston	???
07/	Chicago, IL	Hans Schmidt	W
07/21	Chicago, IL	Don Leo Jonathan	W
07/25	Hollywood, CA	Ray Stern	W (2-1)
07/27	Los Angeles, CA	Great Scott	W
08/01	Ithaca	Pat O'Connor	D
08/02	Watertown	Yukon Eric	W
08/04	Albany	Hans Schmidt	W
08/10	Pittsburgh	Dick Hutton	W
08/11	Albany	Hans Schmidt	W
08/12	Cincinnati, OH	Dick Hutton	D
08/16	San Diego	Johnny Valentine	D
08/18	New York, NY	Pat O'Connor	D
08/19	Chicago, IL	Ruffy Silverstein	W
08/26	Houston, TX	Pepper Gomez	W (DQ)
08/28	Chicago, IL	Don Leo Jonathan	W
08/29	Ft. Worth, TX	Wilbur Snyder	W (DQ)
08/30	Dallas, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
08/31	San Antonio, TX	Pepper Gomez	D (90min)
09/01	Odessa	Dory Funk	D
09/05	Phoenix	Wilbur Snyder	D
09/08	Tucson	Lu Kim	D
09/09	Houston, TX	Pepper Gomez	D
09/19	Salt Lake City	Bill Melby	D (1-1)
09/20	San Francisco	Enrique Torres	D
09/21	San Jose	Sandor Kovacs	W
09/22	Stockton	Cyclone Anaya	D
09/23	Oakland	Gene Kiniski	W (DQ)
09/25	Honolulu	Ben Sharpe	W
09/	Seattle	Sky Hi Lee	W
10/04	San Francisco	Lord Blears	W (DQ)
10/05	San Jose	Cyclone Anaya	NC
10/06	Stockton	Ron Etchison	W
10/07	Santa Rosa	Gene Kiniski	W (DQ)
10/08	Fresno	Ron Etchison	W
10/12	Los Angeles (TV)	Johnny Valentine	W (2-1 DQ?)
10/15	Chicago, IL	Mickey Gold	W
10/16	Pittsburgh	Dick Hutton	W
10/18	New York, NY	Pat O'Connor	D (1-1 curfew)
10/19	Detroit, MI	Antonino Rocca	D
10/25	Omaha	Kinji Shibuya	W
10/26	Evansville, IN	Chris Tolos	W
10/28	Chicago, IL	Don Leo Jonathan	W
10/29	Milwaukee	Hans Schmidt	W
11/01	Baltimore, MD	Bill Miller	W (DQ)
11/02	Lancaster	Don Arnold	W
11/03	Columbus, OH	Bobo Brazil	W
11/04	Cincinnati, OH	Pat O'Connor	D
11/05	Elizabeth	Buddy Rogers	D
11/09	Los Angeles, CA	Johnny Valentine	W
11/14	New York, NY	Hans Schmidt	(no show, canceled)
11/15	Syracuse	Yukon Eric	W
11/16	Montreal, QC	Pat O'Connor	W (DQ)
11/18	Chicago, IL	The Sheik	W
11/19	Milwaukee	Reggie Lisowski	W
11/21	Wichita, KS	Ray Villmer	W
11/23	Des Moines, IA	Hans Schmidt	W
11/24	St. Louis, MO	Ike Eakins	W
11/25	St. Joseph, MO	Johnny Kostas	W
11/29	Syracuse	Hans Schmidt	W
11/30	Saratoga Springs	Fred Atkins	W
12/01	Columbus, OH	Buddy Rogers	W
12/03	St. Paul	Kinji Shibuya	W
12/05	Hollywood, CA	Johnny Valentine	D
12/06	San Diego	Tom Rice	W
12/15	Abilene, TX	Bob Geigel	W
12/16	Houston, TX	Pepper Gomez	W
12/19	Ft. Worth, TX	Duke Keomuka	W
12/20	Dallas, TX	Luther Lindsay	D (1-1)
12/21	San Antonio, TX	Stu Gibson	W (DQ)
12/30	St. Louis, MO	Buddy Rogers	W (DQ)

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