The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1961

01/04	Raleigh, NC	Danny McShain	W
01/05	Amarillo, TX	Nikita Mulkovitch	W
01/06	Houston, TX	???	D
01/07	Raleigh, NC	Louis Tillet	W
01/11	Raleigh, NC	Ike Eakins	W
01/13	Philadelphia, PA	Sweet Daddy Siki	W
01/14	Pittsburgh, PA	Jack Vansky (non-title?)	W
01/14	New Castle, PA (eve)	Ed Faietta	W
01/19	Washington, DC	George Harris	W
01/20	Houston, TX	Dory Dixon	D
01/23	New York, NY	Hans Schmidt	W
01/24	New York, NY	Arnold Skaaland (non-title?)	W
01/26	Boston, MA	Karl Von Hess	W
01/27	W. Hempstead, NY	George Harris	W
01/30	Ft. Worth, TX	Pepper Gomez	W
01/31	Dallas, TX	Dory Dixon	D (90min)
02/01	Lake Charles, LA	Pepper Gomez
02/03	St. Louis, MO	Johnny Valentine	W
02/10	St. Joseph, MO	Larry Hamilton	W
02/13	Tampa, FL	Hans Schmidt
02/14	Kansas City, MO	Ron Etchison	W
02/16	Jacksonville, FL	Eddie Graham	W
02/17	Miami Beach, FL	Hans Schmidt
02/18	Lakeland, FL	Jack Wentworth	W (2-0)
02/20	Orlando, FL	Buddy Austin
02/23	Jacksonville, FL	Ike Eakins
02/24	Philadelphia, PA	Sweet Daddy Siki	W
02/27	New York, NY	Karl Von Hess	W
02/28	New York, NY	Abe Jacobs (non-title?)	W
03/02	Washington, DC	Miguel Torres
03/06	Portland, OR	Mike DiBiase	W
03/07	Seattle, WA	Tito Kopa	W
03/08	Salem, OR	Bill Savage	W
03/10	Spokane, WA	Kurt Von Poppenheim	W
03/11	Eugene, OR	Bill Savage	W (2-1)
03/13	Birmingham, AL	Charro Azteca	W
03/14	Nashville, TN	Mario Milano	W
03/17	St. Louis, MO	Wladek Kowalski	W
03/20	Ft. Worth, TX	Don Manoukian	W
03/21	Dallas, TX	Dory Dixon	D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
03/22	San Antonio, TX	Dory Dixon	W
03/23	Corpus Christi, TX	Ciclon Negro
03/24	Houston, TX	Pepper Gomez
03/25	Beaumont, TX	Nick Kozak	W
04/05	Moline, IL	Karl Von Hess	W
04/06	Sterling, IL	Johnny Kace	W
04/07	Rockford, IL	Mighty Atlas
04/13	Kansas City, KS	Ron Etchison
04/14	St. Joseph, MO	The Brute	W
04/17	St. Louis, MO	Johnny Valentine	W (DQ)
04/24	Ft. Worth, TX	Torbellino Blanco	W
04/25	Dallas, TX	Danny Hodge	D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
04/26	Lake Charles, LA	Pepper Gomez
04/27	Corpus Christi, TX	Pepper Gomez
04/28	Houston, TX	Dory Dixon
04/29	Bridgeport, CT	Red Grupe (non-title?)	W
05/04	Amarillo, TX	Dory Funk	D
05/11	Milwaukee, WI	Miguel Torres	W
05/12	Chicago, IL	Hans Schmidt	W
05/13	New York, NY	Bob Orton (non-title?)	D
05/13	Bridgeport, CT	Haru Sasaki (non-title?)	W
05/15	Vancouver, BC	The Outlaw (Dory Funk)	D
05/17	Tacoma, WA	The Outlaw (Dory Funk)	D (1-1)
05/17?	Toronto, ON	Dory Funk	W
05/18	Amarillo, TX	Dory Funk	D
05/19	St. Louis, MO	Johnny Valentine	W
05/20	St. Louis, MO	Herb Gerwig (non-title?)	W
05/25	Amarillo, TX	Dory Funk	D
05/26	Chicago, IL	Reggie Lisowski	W
05/27	Bridgeport, CT	Jack Vansky (non-title?)	W
05/29	Memphis, TN	Sputnik Monroe	W
05/30	Nashville, TN	Joe Scarpa	W
06/03	Chattanooga, TN	Jackie Fargo	W
06/05	Memphis, TN	Sputnik Monroe	W
06/06	Nashville, TN	Jackie Fargo
06/12	Vancouver, BC	Billy Watson	D
06/14	Tacoma, WA	Mitsu Arakawa	W
06/22	Windsor, ON	Jack Wilson (non-title?)	W
06/23	Detroit, MI	Don Leo Jonathan	W (DQ)
06/26	Davenport, IA	Hans Schmidt	W
06/27	Hammond, IN	Moose Cholak
06/30	Chicago, IL	Buddy Rogers	L
07/03	Atlantic City, NJ	Samuel Rivera	W
07/04	Davenport, IA	Reggie Lisowski	W
07/05	Norfolk, VA	Abe Jacobs	W
07/07	Pittsburgh, PA	Antonino Rocca	W
07/08	Bridgeport, CT	Tony Cosenza	W
07/14	Detroit, MI	Red Bastien	W
07/15	Atlantic City, NJ	Sweet Daddy Siki	W
07/17	Charlotte, NC	P.Y. Chung	W
07/18	Ansonia, CT	Johnny Valentine	W
07/19	Commack, NY	Johnny Valentine	D
07/21	Houston, TX	Dory Dixon	W
07/24	Ft. Worth, TX	Rito Romero	W
07/25	Dallas, TX	Nick Bockwinkel	W
07/26	San Antonio, TX	Ricky Cortez	W
07/28	New York, NY	Johnny Valentine	W
07/29	Chicago, IL	Art Thomas	W
07/31	Trenton, NJ	Sweet Daddy Siki	W
08/01	Queens, NY	Doug Kinslow	W
08/03	Davenport, IA	Reggie Lisowski	W
08/04	Pittsburgh, PA	Reggie Lisowski	W (DQ)
08/06	Bridgeport, CT	Bill Zbyszko (Bill Dromo)	W
08/08	Queens, NY	Dick Steinborn	W
08/09	Toledo, OH	Bobo Brazil	W (2-1)
08/11	St. Louis, MO	Ron Etchison	W
08/14	Memphis, TN	Joe Scarpa	W
08/15	Nashville, TN	Tarzan White	W
08/18	Cincinnati, OH	The Sheik	W
08/19	Milwaukee, WI	Bob Ellis	W
08/21	Freeport, NY	Johnny Valentine	W
08/22	Queens, NY	Lou Klein	W
08/23	Marlboro, MD	Johnny Valentine
08/28	Brooklyn, NY	Sweet Daddy Siki	W
08/30	Detroit, MI	Ray Stern
09/01	Chicago, IL	Pat O'Connor	W
09/04	Lodi, NJ	Vittorio Apollo	NC
09/05	Queens, NY	Bruno Sammartino	W
09/06	Poughkeepsie, NY	Great Scott	W
09/07	Toronto, ON	Frank Townsend	W (12:24)
09/08	Pittsburgh, PA	Reggie Lisowski	W
09/16	Cincinnati, OH	Johnny Barend	NC
09/19	Bridgeport, CT	Arnold Skaaland	W
09/20	Montreal, QC	Buddy Rosen	W
09/22	Bel Air, MD	Billy Darnell
09/23	Philadelphia, PA	Antonino Rocca	W (DQ)
09/30	Evansville, IN (aft)	Dennis Hall	W
09/30	Cincinnati, OH (eve)	Johnny Barend	W
09/	Boston, MA	Haystack Calhoun
10/02	Brooklyn, NY	Bruno Sammartino	L (DQ)
10/03	Dayton, OH	The Sheik	W
10/04	Toledo, OH	Fritz Von Erich	W (2-1)
10/06	St. Louis, MO	Bob Ellis	W
10/07	Columbus, OH	Johnny Barend	W
10/08	Indianapolis, IN	Danno O'Shocker	W
10/09	Brooklyn, NY	Arnold Skaaland	W
10/10	Queens, NY	Carlo Milano	W
10/11	Commack, NY	Sweet Daddy Siki	W
10/12	Indianapolis, IN	Wladek Kowalski	W
10/17	Pittsburgh, PA	Johnny Valentine	W (DQ)
10/21	Newark, NJ	Art Thomas	W
10/23	Charlotte, NC	Rip Hawk	W
10/24	Dallas, TX	Dory Dixon	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
10/25	San Antonio, TX	Stu Gibson	W
10/26	Corpus Christi, TX	Mike DiBiase	W
10/27	Houston, TX	Ciclon Negro	W
10/30	Ft. Worth, TX	Mike DiBiase	W
10/31	Dallas, TX	Duke Keomuka	W
11/03	White Plains, NY	Bruno Sammartino	W
11/04	Paterson, NJ	Johnny Valentine	W
11/06	Pittsburgh, PA	Reggie Lisowski	D
11/07	Dayton, OH	Buddy Austin	W
11/10	Chicago, IL	Bruno Sammartino	W
11/13	New York, NY	Antonino Rocca	W (DQ)
11/16	Toronto, ON	Billy Watson	W (17:21 DQ)
11/20	Memphis, TN	Doug Gilbert	W
11/21	Nashville, TN	Mike Paidousis	W
11/21?	Dayton, OH	Johnny Barend	W
11/24	St. Louis, MO	Johnny Valentine	W (DQ)
11/27	Washington, DC	Bearcat Wright	D (suffered a broken arm)
12/29	Moline, IL	Reggie Lisowski	W

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