The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1956

01/02	Albuquerque, NM	Enrique Torres	D
01/03	El Paso, TX	Wilbur Snyder	D
01/05	Amarillo, TX	Dory Funk	D
01/07	Chicago, IL	Ike Eakins	W
01/12	Washington, DC	Hombre Montana	W
01/13	Richmond,VA	George Becker
01/14	Milwaukee, WI	Dick the Bruiser	W (DQ)
01/15	Atlanta, GA
01/16	Memphis, TN	Ike Eakins	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
01/17	Nashville, TN	Frank Jares	W
01/19	Denver, CO	Hans Schmidt	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
01/20	Houston, TX	Luther Lindsay	D
01/21	Chicago, IL	Ruffy Silverstein	D
01/24	Cincinnati, OH	Dick Hutton	D
01/27	Chicago, IL	Hans Schmidt	W
01/28	Chicago, IL	Wilbur Snyder	D
02/01	Mobile, AL	Baron Gattoni	W
02/02	Nashville, TN	Chris Tolos	W
02/03	St. Louis, MO	Pat O'Connor	W
02/04	Indianapolis, IN	Wilbur Snyder	D
02/06	Hollywood, CA	Johnny Valentine	W
02/12	Houston, TX	Pepper Gomez	D
02/13	Wichita, KS	Richard Brown	W
02/14	Minneapolis, MN	Butch Levy	D (60min)
02/16	Columbus, OH	Gene Stanlee	W
02/17	Cincinnati, OH	Bobo Brazil	W
02/18	Canton, OH	Bobo Brazil
02/23	Odessa, TX	Dory Funk	W (2-1 DQ)
02/24	Houston, TX	Pepper Gomez	W (2-1)
02/27	Ft. Worth, TX	Pepper Gomez	D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
03/01	Toronto, ON	Billy Watson	L (DQ)
03/02	Chicago, IL	Wilbur Snyder	W (DQ)
03/03	Milwaukee, WI	Dick the Bruiser	W
03/05	Hollywood, CA	Don Leo Jonathan	W (DQ)
03/15	Toronto, ON	Billy Watson	L
03/16	Buffalo, NY	Gorgeous George	W
03/20	Hamilton, ON	Fred Atkins (non-title?)	W
03/21	London, ON	Hans Schmidt (non-title?)	W
03/22	Toronto, ON	Gorgeous George	W
03/23	St. Louis, MO	Leo Nomellini	W
03/25	Edmonton, AB	Gene Kiniski	W
03/27	Hamilton, ON	Wladek Kowalski	W
03/28	London, ON	Wladek Kowalski	D
03/29	Toronto, ON	Bill Longson	W
03/30	Buffalo, NY	Fritz Von Erich	W
04/05	Kansas City, KS	Mike DiBiase	W (2-1)
04/06	St. Louis, MO	Lou Thesz	W (DQ)
04/10	Dallas, TX	Ray Gunkel	W (2-1)
04/11	San Antonio, TX	Bull Curry	W
04/12	Corpus Christi, TX	Joe Christie	W
04/13	Houston, TX	Pepper Gomez	W
04/16	Wichita, KS	Richard Brown	W
04/17	Dayton, OH	Gene Stanlee	W
04/18	London, ON	Pat O'Connor	D
04/19	Toronto, ON	Hans Schmidt	W (DQ)
04/21	Beaumont(, TX?)	Peter Maivia	W
04/23	Niagara Falls, ON	Sky Hi Lee	W
04/24	Hamilton, ON	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W
04/25	London, ON	Hans Schmidt	W
04/26	Toronto, ON	Hard Boiled Haggerty (non-title?)	D
04/27	St. Louis, MO	Pat O'Connor	W
04/28	Canton, OH	Bobo Brazil	W
05/01	Hamilton, ON	Pat O'Connor	D
05/02	London, ON	Pat O'Connor	W
05/03	Toronto, ON	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W
05/04	Buffalo, NY	Sky Hi Lee	W
05/10	Columbus, OH	Gorgeous George	W
05/11	St. Louis, MO	Pat O'Connor	W
05/13	Memphis, TN	Ike Eakins	W
05/14		Hombre Montana	W
05/18	Houston, TX	Lou Thesz	W (2-1)
05/21	Sacramento, CA	Enrique Torres	D
05/22	San Francisco, CA	Bill Miller	W
05/25	Oakland, CA	Mighty Ursus (Jesus Ortega)	W
05/26	Fresno, CA	Hans Schnabel	W
05/29	Edmonton, AB	Jim Wright	W
05/30	Saskatoon, SK	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W
05/31	Regina, SK	John Foti	NC (Foti injured)
06/02	Calgary, AB	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W (DQ)
06/05	Hamilton, ON	Dick Hutton	W
06/06	Vancouver, BC	Dick Hutton	D
06/07	Toronto, ON	Pat O'Connor	D
06/12	Hamilton, ON	Dick Hutton	D
06/13	Rochester, NY	Hans Schmidt (non-title?)	W
06/14	Toronto, ON	Pat O'Connor	W
06/15	St. Louis, MO	Hans Schmidt	W
06/19	Minneapolis, MN	Lord Layton	W (23:38)
06/21	Columbus, OH	Bobo Brazil	W
07/05	Toronto, ON	Dick Hutton	W (COR)
07/10	Edmonton, AB	John Paul Henning	W
07/11	Saskatoon, SK	Fritz Von Erich	W
07/12	Regina, SK	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W (DQ)
07/18	Vancouver, BC	Lou Thesz	D
07/19	Saskatoon, SK	Mighty Ursus	W
07/20	Regina, SK	Hard Boiled Haggarty	W
07/21	Calgary, AB	Pat O'Connor	D
07/24	Hamilton, ON	Ike Eakins	W
07/26	Toronto, ON	Dick Hutton	W (DQ)
07/29	Regina, SK	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W
07/30	Regina, SK	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W
08/02	Toronto, ON	Dick Hutton	W (DQ)
08/08	Los Angeles, CA	Lou Thesz	D (90min)
08/09	Amarillo, TX	Dory Funk	W (DQ)
08/10	Houston, TX	Pepper Gomez	D (1-1 90min)
08/13	Ft. Worth, TX	Pepper Gomez	D
08/14	Dallas, TX	Buddy Rogers	W (2-1; UTC in 3rd)
08/16	Galveston, TX	Gene Kelly (Kiniski)	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
08/21	Hamilton, ON	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W
08/27	Memphis, TN	Tarzan Hewitt	W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
08/30	Toronto, ON	Mighty Ursus	W
08/31	Columbus, OH	Bobo Brazil	W
09/05	Montreal, QC	Don Leo Jonathan	D (curfew)
09/07	Buffalo, NY	Karl Von Schoeber	W
09/11	Hamilton, ON	Dick Hutton	W
09/13	Toronto, ON	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W
09/14	St. Louis, MO	Buddy Rogers	W (DQ)
09/15	Kansas City, KS	Lee Grable	W (2-1 DQ)
09/18	San Francisco, CA	Lou Thesz	W
09/20	Stockton, CA	John Barned	W
09/21	Oakland, CA	Enrique Torres	D
09/25	Edmonton, AB	John Paul Henning	D
09/26	Saskatoon, SK	Doc Gallagher	W (DQ)
09/27	Regina, SK	John Foti	W
09/28	Calgary, AB	Mike Gallagher	W (DQ)
10/04	Toronto, ON	Mighty Ursus	W
10/05	St. Louis, MO	Buddy Rogers	nc
10/06	Kansas City, KS	Lee Grable
10/09	Nashville, TN	John Smith	W
10/11	Toronto, ON	Mr. Hito	W
10/13	Columbus, OH	Buddy Rogers	W (DQ)
10/16	Hamilton, ON	Ilio DiPaolo	D
10/19	St. Louis, MO	Wladek Kowalski	W
10/20	Canton, OH	Buddy Rogers	W (DQ)
10/22	Ft. William, NY	Fritz Von Erich	W
10/24	Kansas City, MO	Bobby Bruns	W (2-1)
10/25	Dayton, OH	Luther Lindsay	D
10/26	Buffalo, NY	Mr. Hito (non-title?)	W (DQ)
10/27	Columbus, OH	Buddy Rogers	W (DQ)
10/29	Kitchener, ON	Mighty Ursus	W
10/30	Hamilton, ON	Ilio DiPaolo (non-title?)	W
11/01	Toronto, ON	Mr. Hito (non-title?)	W (DQ)
11/02	Buffalo, NY	Mr. Hito	W
11/07	London, ON	Dick Hutton (non-title?)	W
11/08	Toronto, ON	Mr. Moto (non-title?)	W
11/09	St. Louis, MO	Lou Thesz	L
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11/17	Buffalo, NY	Baron Gattoni	W
11/19	Niagara Falls, ON	Bobby Managoff	W
11/20	Hamilton, ON	Buddy Rogers	D
11/21	Buffalo, NY	Baron Gattoni	W
11/22	Toronto, ON	Billy Watson	D
11/27	Canton, OH	Chief Don Eagle
11/29	Dayton, OH	Jim Bernard	W
12/01	Columbus, OH	Mighty Ursus	W
12/11	Nashville, TN	Art Neilson	W
12/13	Kansas City, KS	Haystack Calhoun	W
12/14	Houston, TX	El Medico	W
12/17	Ft. Worth, TX	Pepper Gomez	W
12/18	Dallas, TX	Luther Lindsay	W (2-1)
12/19	San Antonio, TX	Luther Lindsay	W (2-1)
12/20	Odessa, TX	Pepper Gomez	W (2-1, towl in 3rd)
12/30	Honolulu, HI	Tarzan (Great) Zorra	W

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