The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1957

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01/06	Honolulu, HI	Tom Rice	W
01/14	Wichita, KS	Haystack Calhoun	W
01/15	Minneapolis, MN	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W (22:15 DQ)
01/18	St. Louis, MO	Billy Watson	W
01/19	Des Moines, IA	Bob Geigel	D
01/20	Waterloo, IA	Yukon Eric	W
01/22	Sioux City, IA	Yukon Eric	W
01/23	St. Petersburg, FL	Dick the Bruiser	W
01/25	Winnipeg, MB	Hard Boiled Haggerty	D
01/26	St. Paul, MN	Ivan Kalmikoff	D (DCOR)
02/04	Tampa, FL	Buddy Rogers	W
02/05	Lake Worth, FL	Wilbur Snyder	W
02/06	St. Petersburg, FL	Ray Villmer	W
02/14	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Don Leo Jonathan	W
02/21	Amarillo, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
02/22	St. Louis, MO	Edouard Carpentier	W (COR)
02/25	Ft. Worth, TX	Don Evans	W
02/26	Dallas, TX	Bobby Managoff	W
02/27	Corpus Christi, TX	Luis Martinez	W
02/28	San Antonio, TX	El Medico	W
03/01	Houston, TX	Pepper Gomez	D (1-1 90min)
03/12	Edmonton, AB	Johnny Valentine	W
03/13	Saskatoon, SK	Johnny Valentine	W
03/14	Regina, SK	Chet Wallick	W
03/15	Calgary, AB	Vince Lopez	W
03/21	Indianapolis, IN	Zebra Kid	D (1-1 60min)
03/22	St. Louis, MO	Fritz Von Erich	W (DQ)
03/27	Los Angeles, CA	Nick Bockwinkel	W (2-0)
04/02	San Francisco, CA	Hombre Montana	W
04/04	Amarillo, TX	Don Curtis	D (1-1 90min)
04/05	St. Louis, MO	Fritz Von Erich	W
04/08	Memphis, TN	Zebra Kid	W
04/11	Indianapolis, IN	Buddy Rogers	D (1-1 DCOR)
04/12	Buffalo, NY	Gene Kiniski	W (DQ)
04/22	Ft. Worth, TX	Rito Romero	W
04/23	Dallas, TX	Pepper Gomez	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
04/25	San Antonio, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
04/26	Atlanta, GA	Red McIntyre	W
04/29	Waco, TX	Joe Christie	W
04/30	Dallas, TX	Pepper Gomez	W (2-1)
05/01	Corpus Christi, TX	Rito Romero	W
05/02	San Antonio, TX	Le Masque (Ray Gunkel)	W
05/03	Houston, TX	Don Leo Jonathan	W (DQ)
05/14	Minneapolis, MN	Butch Levy	W
05/15	London, ON	Billy Watson	D
05/16	Toronto, ON	Gene Kiniski	D (32:58, curfew)
05/17	Buffalo, NY	Billy Watson	D
05/18	Chicago, IL	Lou Plummer	W
05/20	Sacramento, CA	Hombre Montana	W
05/21	San Francisco, CA	Leo Nomellini	D
05/22	Los Angeles, CA	Sky Hi Lee	W (DQ)
05/23	Chico, CA	Enrique Torres	W
05/26	Honolulu, HI	Bobo Brazil	W
06/02	Honolulu, HI	Toyonobori	W
06/09	Honolulu, HI	Al Lolotai	D
06/14	Chicago, IL	Edouard Carpentier	L (DQ)
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06/19	Montreal, QC	Tosh Togo	W (DQ)
06/20	Ottawa, ON	Tosh Togo	W (DQ)
07/08	Ft. William, ON	Ivan Kalmikoff	W
07/15	Stamford, CT	Roy Shire	W
07/16	Baltimore, MD	Hans Schmidt	W
07/17	Washington, DC	Roy Shire	W
07/19	Newark, NJ (or DE?)	Karl Von Hess (non-title?)	W
07/24	Montreal, QC	Lou Thesz	L (DQ)
07/20 (27?)	Milwaukee, WI	Antonino Rocca	D
07/29	Augusta, GA	Bob Langevin	W
08/03	Chicago, IL	Reggie Lisowski	W
08/07	Montreal, QC	Wladek Kowalski	NC
08/12	Freeport, NY	Roy Shire (non-title?)	W
08/13	Baltimore, MD	Jerry Graham	W
08/15	Washington, DC	Karl Von Hess (non-title?)	W
08/16	Chicago, IL	Lou Thesz	D (time limit)
08/30	Atlanta, GA	Freddie Blassie	W
09/02	Augusta, GA	Kurt Von Brawner
09/06	Atlanta, GA	Freddie Blassie	W
09/10	Baltimore, MD	Danny McShain	W (25min UTC)
09/11	Montreal, QC	Gene Kiniski	W (CO)
09/13	Chicago, IL	Hans Schmidt	W (UTC)
09/18	Montreal, QC	Dick the Bruiser	NC
10/02	Montreal, QC	Gene Kiniski	W
10/04	Chicago, IL	Antonino Rocca	L (UTC)
Rocca refuses title since Carpentia has a brokwn ankle. Carpentier withdraws his claim to the title when his manager and Montreal promoter Eddie Quinn resigns from the NWA, which gives the title back to Thesz on 57/08/25.
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06/20	Indianapolis, IN	Wilbur Snyder (cancelled)
06/25	Odessa, TX	Danny Plechas	W (2-0)
06/26	Wichita Falls, TX	Bob Geigel	W
06/27	Amarillo, TX	Dory Funk	D
07/01	Seattle, WA	Herb Freeman	W
07/02	Spokane, WA	Doug Donovan	W
07/03	Vancouver, BC	Dick Hutton	W (DQ)
07/04	Honolulu, HI	Toyonobori	W
07/06	Fairbanks, AK	Sandor Szabo	D
07/09	Calgary, AB	Billy Watson	D
07/10	Edmonton, AB	Gene Kiniski	W
07/11	Regina, SK	Gene Kiniski	W
07/12	Saskatoon, SK	Billy Watson	D
07/16	Tacoma, WA	Doug Donovan	W
07/20	Houston, TX	Don Leo Jonathan	W
07/24	Montreal, QC	Edouard Carpentier	W (DQ)
08/01	Amarillo, TX	Dory Funk	W (COR in 3rd)
08/05	Ft. Worth, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
08/06	Dallas, TX	Don Leo Jonathan	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
08/07	Corpus Christi, TX	Pepper Gomez	W
08/08	Galveston, TX	Luther Lindsay	D (DKO in 3rd)
08/09	Houston, TX	El Medico	W (2-1 DQ)
08/15	Indianapolis, IN	Wilbur Snyder	NC
08/16	Chicago, IL	Edouard Carpentier	D
08/20	Dallas, TX	Don Leo Jonathan	W
08/21	Corpus Christi, TX	El Medico	W (UTC in 3rd)
08/23	St. Louis, MO	Pat O'Connor	D
NWA gives the title back to Thesz on 57/08/25.
08/29	Sydney, AUS	Ricky Waldo	W
08/31	Melbourne, AUS	Lord Blears	NC
09/02	Brisbane, AUS	Ricky Waldo	W
09/05	Sydney, AUS	Lord Blears	W
09/07	Melbourne, AUS	Sky Hi Lee	W
09/09	Brisbane, AUS	Lord Blears	W
09/14	Melbourne, AUS	Lord Blears	W
09/16	Brisbane, AUS	Sky Hi Lee	W (DQ)
09/18	Sydney, AUS	Sky Hi Lee	W
09/21	Melbourne, AUS	Jesse James	W
09/28	SIN	King Kong Czaja	W
10/07	Tokyo, JPN	Rikidozan	D
10/13	Osaka, JPN	Rikidozan	D (1-1, DCOR)
10/27	Honolulu, HI	Sky Hi Lee	W
11/03	Honolulu, HI	Sky Hi Lee	D
11/01	Ottawa, ON	Hard Boild Haggerty	W (DQ)
11/12	Minneapolis, MN	Buddy Rogers	D (60min)
11/14	Toronto, ON	Dick Hutton	L
11/22	St. Louis, MO	Lou Thesz	D (27:46)
12/02	Sacramento, CA	Ben Sharpe	W
12/03	San Francisco, CA	Oyama Kato	W (2-0)
12/04	Buffalo, NY	Gene Kiniski	W
12/05	Toronto, ON	Yukon Eric	W
12/06	Winnipeg, MB	Mr. Hito	W
12/07	St. Paul, MN	Kinji Shibuya	W (21:35)
12/10	Minneapolis, MN	Hard Boiled Haggerty	D (60min)
12/13	Houston, TX	Bill Melby	W
12/16	Ft. Worth, TX	Pepper Gomez	W
12/17	Dallas, TX	Luther Lindsay	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
12/19	San Antonio, TX	Roberto Pico	W (2-0)
12/20	Houston, TX	Don Leo Jonathan	W
12/23	Tulsa, OK	Karol Krauser	W
12/27	St. Louis, MO	Pat O'Connor	W

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