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Last updated on 2022-01-25

The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1963

NOTE: This list may include non-title matches which are to be removed as soon as they are confirmed.


1962 <<

Buddy <strong>Rogers</strong>
01-03 Washington, DC Gene Kelly W
01-10 Washington, DC Miguel Perez W
01-12 Philadelphia, PA Bobo Brazil W
01-14 Washington, DC Buddy Austin D
01-16 Montreal, QC, CAN Wladek Kowalski D
01-17 Cleveland, OH Bobo Brazil NC
01-18 Chicago, IL Bobo Brazil W
01-19 Philadelphia, PA Bobo Brazil W
Also defeats Killer Kowalski on 01-21 in New York, NY in what is most likely a non-title match (no mention of the title on the newspapers).
01-23 Richmond, VA Edouard Carpentier W
01-24 Toronto, ON, CAN Lou Thesz L
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01-25 Louisville, KY Bill Miller W (DQ)
01-26 Columbus, OH Bill Miller W (DQ)
01-27 Cincinnati, OH Nicoli Volkoff W
01-28 Ft. Worth, TX Bull Curry W
01-29 Dallas, TX Ray Gunkel D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
01-30 San Antonio, TX Rito Romero D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
01-31 Corpus Christi, TX El Medico II (Tony Amessa)
02-01 Houston, TX Wladek Kowalski W (2-1)
02-02 Indianapolis, IN Bill Miller W
02-04 Memphis, TN Nikita Mulkovich W
02-05 St. Louis, MO Al Torres (non-title?) W
02-05 Dallas, TX Ray Gunkel D
02-07 Toronto, ON, CAN Buddy Rogers W (2-1)
02-08 Louisville, KY Bill Miller D
02-09 Columbus, OH Bill Miller W
02-15 St. Louis, MO Pat O'Connor W
02-16 Cincinnati, OH Joe Blanchard W
02-25 Memphis, TN Sam Steamboat W
02-26 Nashville, TN Pat O'Connor D
02-27 Kingsport, TN Chief Crazy Horse W (2-0)
03-01 Knoxville, TN Sam Steamboat D
03-02 Detroit, MI Mark Lewin W
03-05 Little Rock, AR Danny Hodge W (2-1)
03-06 Ft. Smith, AR Great Bolo 
03-07 Wichita Falls, TX Danny Hodge 
03-08 Oklahoma City, OK Danny Hodge W
03-09 Joplin, MO Danny Hodge W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
03-09 St. Louis, MO The Alaskan (Jay York) W
03-11 Tulsa, OK Mr. Szabo W
03-12 Indianapolis, IN Taro Miyake W
03-13 Montreal, QC, CAN Pat O'Connor W
03-14 Toronto, ON, CAN Bruno Sammartino W (24:44)
03-15 St. Louis, MO Dick the Bruiser W (DQ)
03-16 Cincinnati, OH Bill Miller D
03-25 Tulsa, OK Mr. Szabo W
03-26 Indianapolis, IN Bearcat Wright NC
03-28 Ft. Wayne, IN Dick the Bruiser W
03-29 Atlanta, GA Tarzan Tyler D
03-30 Cincinnati, OH Dick the Bruiser W
04-03 San Antonio, TX The Mummy W
04-04 Austin, TX Nick Kozak W (COR)
04-05 Houston, TX Ernie Ladd (1-1 DKO)
04-06 Beaumont, TX Sweet Daddy Siki W
04-08 Ft. Worth, TX Louie Tillet W
04-09 Dallas, TX Sweet Daddy Siki D
04-15 Memphis, TN Joe Walcott W
04-16 Indianapolis, IN Dick the Bruiser W
04-18 Flint, MI Dick the Bruiser D
04-19 Milwaukee, WI Bearcat Wright W
04-20 St. Louis, MO Ray Gordon (non-title?) W
04-23 Nashville, TN Sam Steamboat D (1-1 60min)
04-24 Atlanta, GA Gene Kiniski D
04-25 Chattanooga, TN The Medic W
04-26 St. Louis, MO Dick the Bruiser W
04-27 Detroit, MI Bill Miller W
05-04 Cincinnati, OH Bill Miller W
05-05 Detroit, MI Dick the Bruiser W
05-09 Toronto, ON, CAN Bulldog Brower W (16:37 DQ)
05-10 Buffalo, NY Antonino Rocca W
05-11 Milwaukee, WI Dick the Bruiser W
05-13 Memphis, TN Sam Steamboat W
05-14 Indianapolis, IN Dick the Bruiser W
05-16 Windsor, ON (TV) Steve Stanlee (non-title?) W
05-16 Windsor, ON (TV) Rudy Kay (non-title?) W
05-16 Windsor, ON (TV) Jack Wilson (non-title?) W
05-18 Detroit, MI Dick the Bruiser W
05-24 Houston, TX Art Thomas W (2-1)
05-29 Springfield, MO Great Bolo W
05-30 Wichita Falls, TX Great Bolo W (2-1)
05-31 Oklahoma City, OK Danny Hodge W
06-01 Joplin, MO Danny Hodge W (2-1)
06-03 Ft. Worth, TX Mark Lewin W (DQ)
06-04 Dallas, TX Dory Dixon W
06-07 Atlanta, GA Tarzan Tyler W
06-08 St. Louis, MO Pedro Godoy W
06-11 Dallas, TX Bill Watts W
06-12 San Antonio, TX Rito Romero W
06-12 Mobile, AL Tarzan Tyler D (DCOR)
06-13 Corpus Christi, TX Louie Tillet W
06-14 Houston, TX Ernie Ladd W (2-1)
06-15 St. Louis, MO Bill Miller W
06-19 Rochester, NY Hans Schmidt W
06-20 Toronto, ON, CAN John Paul Henning W (22:28 COR)
06-21 Buffalo, NY Hans Schmidt W
06-22 Akron, OH The Shadow W
06-24 Orlando, FL Boris Malenko W
06-25 Tampa, FL Hiro Matsuda W
06-27 Jacksonville, FL Don Curtis W
06-28 Atlanta, GA Ray Gunkel D
07-03 Odessa, TX Dory Funk Jr. W
07-05 Miami Beach, FL Boris Malenko W
07-06 Kingston, JAM Mike Paidousis W
07-10 Lubbock, TX Sputnik Monroe W
07-11 Amarillo, TX Dory Funk D
07-14 Kingsport, TN Red Roberts W (2-0)
07-15 Memphis, TN Skull Von Stroheim W
07-16 Pensacola, FL The Outlaw (Mike Paidousis) D
07-17 Mobile, AL Tarzan Tyler D
07-18 Panama City, FL Tarzan Tyler W
07-19 Dothan, AL Rocket Monroe L (DQ)
07-20 Jonesboro, AR Jim Holly W
07-22 Memphis, TN Skull Von Stroheim W
07-23 Nashville, TN Mike Clancy W
07-25 Chattanooga, TN Karl Von Stroheim W
07-26 Atlanta, GA Dick the Bruiser W
07-29 Orlando, FL Hiro Matsuda W
07-30 Tampa, FL Boris Malenko W
08-01 Jacksonville, FL Don Curtis W
08-02 Miami Beach, FL Eddie Graham W
08-09 Atlanta, GA Tarzan Tyler W
08-10 Beaumont, TX Nick Kozak W
08-12 Ft. Worth, TX Bob Ellis W
08-13 Dallas, TX Mark Lewin W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
08-14 San Antonio, TX Mark Lewin W (DQ)
08-15 Austin, TX Nick Kozak W
08-16 Houston, TX Bob Ellis W (2-1)
08-20 Miami Beach, FL Boris Malenko W
08-23 Atlanta, GA Dick the Bruiser W
08-24 San Antonio, TX Mark Lewin W (DQ)
08-25 Houston, TX Bill Miller D
08-26 Orlando, FL Ray Villmer W
08-27 Tampa, FL The Assassin #1 W (DQ)
08-29 Jacksonville, FL Eddie Graham NC
08-30 Miami Beach, FL Hiro Matsuda W (DQ)
09-02 Columbus, OH Karl Gotch W (DQ)
09-05 Chattanooga, TN Maurice LaPointe W
09-06 Knoxville, TN Sam Steamboat W
09-14 St. Louis, MO Rocky Montero (non-title?) W
09-16 Orlando, FL Karl Kox W
09-17 Nashville, TN Maurice LaPointe W
09-18 Memphis, TN Sam Steamboat W
09-19 Chattanooga, TN Don Greene W
09-20 Knoxville, TN Sam Steamboat NC
09-21 Columbus, OH Karl Gotch D
09-24 El Paso, TX Rito Romero D (DKO in 3rd)
09-30 Tulsa, OK Bill Watts W
10-01 Little Rock, AR Bill Watts W
10-02 Springfield, MO Bill Watts W
10-03 Wichita Falls, TX Bill Watts  
10-04 Oklahoma City, OK Bill Watts W
10-05 Joplin, MO Bill Watts W (2-1)
10-05 St. Louis, MO Bobby Graham (non-title?) W
10-10 Toronto, ON, CAN Johnny Valentine W (22:12 DQ)
10-11 St. Louis, MO Fritz Von Erich W
10-12 Beaumont, TX
10-14 Ft. Worth, TX Bill Miller W (DQ)
10-15 Dallas, TX Stan Stasiak W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
10-17 Corpus Christi, TX Polo Torres
10-18 Houston, TX Chief White Wolf W (2-1)
10-25 Houston, TX Bill Miller D (1-1 DDQ)
10-28 Augusta, GA Tarzan Tyler W
10-29 Dallas, TX Chief White Wolf W
10-30 San Antonio, TX Rito Romero D (90min)
10-31 Austin, TX Bill Miller W
11-01 Atlanta, GA Mighty Hercules (Bobby Graham) W
11-04 Vancouver, BC, CAN Gene Kiniski D
11-05 Tacoma, WA Dan Miller D (1-1 60min)
11-07 N. Surrey, BC, CAN Roy McClarty W
11-08 Calgary, AB, CAN Art Neilson win
11-11 Portland, OR The Destroyer W (2-1)
1: Thesz (10:04)
2: Destroyer (16:24)
3: Thesz (2min- DQ)
11-12 Hamilton, ON, CAN The Beast W
11-13 Calgary, AB, CAN Art Neilson W
11-14 Toronto, ON, CAN Bulldog Brower W (12:38 COR)
11-15 Buffalo, NY Hans Schmidt W (10:17 DQ)
11-22 St. Louis, MO Fritz Von Erich W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
11-23 Houston, TX Danny Hodge D (90min)
11-25 Charlotte, NC Tarzan Tyler W
11-26 Raleigh, NC Ike Eakins
11-27 Asheville, NC Johnny Weaver W (2-1)
11-28 Greensboro, NC Swede Hanson
11-29 Richmond, VA Tarzan Tyler  
11-30 Detroit, MI Masked Terror (Jay York) W
12-03 Tampa, FL Bob Orton D
12-05 Jacksonville, FL Eddie Graham D (or NC)
12-06 Miami Beach, FL Don Curtis W
12-07 Beaumont, TX Bull Curry D
12-10 Dallas, TX Joe Blanchard W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
12-11 San Antonio, TX Stan Stasiak W (DQ)
12-12 Austin, TX Danny Hodge W
12-13 Houston, TX Danny Hodge W (2-1; DQ in 1st)
12-26 Windsor, ON, CAN Dan Miller W
12-27 St. Louis, MO Karl Gotch W
12-28 Detroit, MI Wilbur Snyder D (60min)

>> 1964


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