The Records of
N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1978

[2] 1978
01/04	Miami Beach, FL	Ivan Putski	W
01/18	Sapporo	Giant Baba	L (DQ)
01/20	Obihiro, JPN	Jumbo Tsuruta	D (1-1, 60min)
01/25	Miami	Billy Graham	D (1-1, 60min)
Double title match against WWWF champion.
01/31	Tampa, FL	Steve Keirn	W
02/01	Miami Beach, FL	Ivan Putski	W
02/13	W. Palm Beach, FL	Dusty Rhodes	D
02/15	Mami	Andre the Giant	D (DDQ)
02/17	St. Louis, MO	Rocky Johnson	D
02/20	Knoxville, TN	Jos LeDuc	W
02/23	Jacksonville, FL	Bob Backlund	D
Double title match against WWWF champion.
02/27	Wellington, NZD	Les Thornton	D
03/01	Christchurch	Les Thornton	D
03/02	Aukland, NZD	Jack Claybourne Jr.	W
03/	AUS	Ron Miller	D (time limit)
03/	NZD	Pat Barrett	W
03/	NZD	Afi Taogaga	W
03/17	St. Joseph, MO	Mike George	W
03/18	Detroit, MI	The Sheik	NC
03/20	Wichita, KS	Alexi Smirnoff	W
03/23	Kansas City, KS	Ken Lucas	D
03/24	Houston, TX	Wahoo McDaniel	NC
03/31	Lubbock, TX	Terry Funk	W
???	Tampa, FL	Steve Keirn	NC
???	St. Louis, MO	Dick the Bruiser	D
04/	St. Louis, MO	Terry Funk	W
04/	Knoxville, TN	Joe LeDuc	W
04/	St. Petersburg, FL	Jack Brisco	W
04/01	New Orleans, LA	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
04/02	Greensboro, NC	Ricky Steamboat	W (DQ)
04/03	Greenville, SC	Ricky Steamboat	W
04/07	St. Louis, MO	Terry Funk	W
04/09	Orlando, FL	Jack Brisco	W
04/10	W. Palm Beach	Jack Brisco	W
04/11	Tampa, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W
04/	Knoxville, TN	Ron Fuller	D
???	???	David Von Erich	D
04/21	Mexico City, MEX	Halcon Ortiz	W
04/26	Miami	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
04/27	Jacksonville, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W
04/29	St. Petersburg, FL	Jack Brisco	W
04/30	Orlando, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
???	???	Al Madril	D
???	Chattanooga	Lanny Poffo	D
???	AUS	Ron Miller	D
05/05	Knoxville, TN	Ron Fuller
05/10	Abilene, TX	Lawman
05/11	Amarillo, TX	Killer Karl Krupp
05/	Harlan, KY	Ron Garvin	L (DQ)
05/26	Oklahoma City	Jose Lothario	NC
05/28	Houston, TX	Wahoo McDaniel	W (DQ)
06/01	Kansas City, KS	Buck Robley	W
06/03	Tampa, FL	Dory Funk Jr.	D (DDQ)
06/04	Orlando, FL	Jack Brisco	L (DQ)
06/06	Tampa, FL	Jack Brisco	W
06/07	Miami	Jack Brisco	W
06/12	Greenville, SC	Black Jack Mulligan	D (DCOR)
06/13	Raleigh, NC	Black Jack Mulligan	D (DCOR)
06/16	St. Louis, MO	Dick Murdoch	W
06/24	San Francisco	Dean Ho	L (DQ)
06/25	Houston, TX	Wahoo McDaniel (cage)	W
06/26	Tampa, FL	Jim Garvin	W
06/27	Miami Beach, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
06/29	Norfolk, VA	Black Jack Mulligan	D (DDQ)
06/30	Charleston, SC	Tony Atlas
07/01	Chattanooga	Lou Thesz	D
07/02	Greensboro, NC	Dick Murdoch	W
07/03	Greenville, SC	Black Jack Mulligan	L (DQ)
07/04	Columbia, SC	Dick Murdoch	NC
07/07	Calgary, AB	Dory Funk Jr.	W (DQ)
07/08	Edmonton, AB	Duke Sakurada
07/10	Greenville, SC	Blackjack Mulligan	W
07/13	Regina	Leo Burke
07/14	Calgary, AB	Leo Burke	W
07/15	Edmonton, AB	Leo Burke
07/18	Columbia, SC	Ricky Steamboat	W
07/21	Houston, TX	Al Madril	W
07/24?	Dallas, TX	Rocky Johnson	W
07/24	Augusta	Thunderbolt Patterson
07/25	Macon	Stan Hansen	D (60min)
07/26	Columbus, GA	Mr. Wrestling #2
07/28	Atlanta, GA	Thunderbolt Patterson	W
07/29	Lakeland, FL	Jack Brisco	L (DQ)
???	St. Petersburg, FL	Dory Funk Jr.	NC
???	St. Louis, MO	Dick Murdoch	W
08/08	Macon	Stan Hansen	W
08/09	Miami Beach, FL	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
08/11	St. Louis, MO	Dick the Bruiser	NC
08/12	St. Petersburg, FL	Jack Brisco	D
08/28	Augusta	Thunderbolt Patterson	D
08/31	Rome	Stan Hansen
09/01	Atlanta, GA	Thunderbolt Patterson	NC
???	St. Louis, MO	Ernie Ladd	W
???	Atlanta, GA	Paul Jones	W
???	Kansas City, KS	Lord Al Hayes	W
???	???	Ricky Steamboat	D
09/04	W. Palm Beach	Jack Brisco	W
09/05	Tampa, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
09/06	Miami Beach, FL	Wahoo McDaniel	W
09/08	Gainesville, FL	Jack Brisco
09/10	Sarasota, FL	Jack Brisco	W
???	Colorado Springs	Dory Funk Jr.	D
10/	Des Moines, IA	Terry Funk	D
10/03	Dallas, TX	Bruiser Brody	W
10/06	St. Louis, MO	Ric Flair	W (DQ)
10/13	Houston, TX	Andre the Giant	W (DQ)
10/16	Greenville, SC	Ricky Steamboat	D
10/17	Columbia, SC	Tony Atlas	W
10/20	Charleston, SC	Ricky Steamboat	L (DQ)
10/21	Greensboro, NC	Ricky Steamboat	W
10/22	Charlotte, NC	Blackjack Mulligan	W (DQ)
10/26	Kansas City, MO	Bruiser Brody	W
10/28	St. Petersburg, FL	Dusty Rhodes	L (DQ)
10/29	Orlando, FL	Bob Backlund	D
Double title match against WWWF champion.
???	Norfolk, VA	Blackjack Mulligan	NC
10/	St. Petersburg, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W
10/	Tampa, FL	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
10/	W. Palm Beach	Rocky Johnson	W
???	Norfolk, VA	Tony Atlas	W
???	Spartanburg, SC	Tony Atlas	NC
11/01	Miami	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
11/02	Norfolk, VA	Paul Jones	D
11/03?	Tampa, FL	Joe LeDuc	W
11/05	Lakeland,FL	Dusty Rhodes	D (DCOR)
11/06	W. Palm Beach	Wahoo McDaniel	W (COR)
11/09	Amarillo, TX	Dory Funk Jr.	W
11/16	Kansas City, MO	Bruiser Brody	W
11/22	Miami	Dusty Rhodes	W
11/24	St. Louis, MO	Ted DiBiase	W
11/23	Norfolk, VA	Paul Jones	W
11/25	Tampa, FL	Jos Leduc	W
11/28	Tampa, FL	Jack Brisco	W
11/29	Miami	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
11/	St. Petersburg, FL	Joe LeDuc	W
???	Roanoke	Paul Jones	NC
???	Richmond, VA	Dino Bravo	D
???	Richmond, VA	Wahoo McDaniel	W
???	Richmond, VA	Wahoo McDaniel	L (DQ)
???	St. Louis, MO	Ric Flair	W
11/	Miami Beach, FL	Dusty Rhodes	W (DQ)
12/01	Atlanta, GA	Thunderbolt Patterson	W
???	Baton Rouge	"Masked Assassin"	W
???	San Antonio, TX	Ricky Steamboat	W
???	Sarasota, FL	Mike Graham	W
12/18	New York City	Tony Garea	W
12/22	Atlanta, GA	Dick Slater	W
12/28	Kansas City, MO	Bruiser Brody	W

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