The (Soon-to-be Complete?) Records of
N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1940 - 1949

Defeats Bobby Bruns on 40/06/13 in Kansas City to win MWA World Heavyweight Title. Also defeats Dick Shikat for the Columbus versoin of MWA World Title on 40/06/27 in Columbus, OH, making him the champion in both cities. Later, Brown is said to have held the National Wrestling Alliance title for seven years before losig to Sonny Myers on 47/11/03 in Des Moines, IA. 1940 07/01 Des Moines Al Lovelock (nontitle?) W No name for the title is used; simply billed as "World Heavyweight Champion". 07/05 Des Moines Karol Zbyszko (nontitle?) W 07/19 Des Moines Mayes McLain W No name for the title is used; simply billed as "World Heavyweight Champion". 1944 12/13 Des Moines Jerry Meeker W 12/27 Des Moines Ed "Strangler" Lewis W 1945 01/03 Des Moines Ken Fenelon W 01/31 Des Moines Albert Mills W 02/14 Des Moines Ken Fenelon W 03/21 Des Moines Kola Kwariani W 04/25 Des Moines Earl Wampler W 1946 03/04 Des Moines Bobby Bruns W 03/18 Des Moines Bobby Bruns (nontitle?) W 07/07 Fresno, CA Tony Martinelli No name for the title is used; simply billed as "World Heavyweight Champion". 1947 01/27 Des Moines Swedish Angels W 04/21 Des Moines Ras Samara D 05/12 Des Moines Ras Samara W 11/03 Des Moines Sonny Myers L (DQ) 11/10 Des Moines Tug Carlson W 12/15 Des Moines Orville Brown D 1948 01/05 Des Moines Orville Brown L [2] 01/14 Winnipeg Bronko Nagurski W (DQ) 03/01 Des Moines Marshall Estep D 03/17 Winnipeg Bronko Nagurski W 03/28 Calgary Earl McCready W 03/30 Edmonton Laverne Baxter W 04/18 Waterloo, IA Joe Dusek W 08/25 Columbus, OH Ruffy Silverstein W 09/17 St. Louis Otto Kuss W 09/22 Columbus, OH Simunovich W 09/29 Ottawa Yvon Robert D (NC) 09/30 Kansas City Otto Kuss W 10/01 St. Louis Don Eagle W 10/11 Wichita Don Eagle W 10/12 Montreal Chief Don Eagle W (DQ) 10/12? Cleveland? Bobby Bruns W 10/13 Toronto Fred Atkins W (DQ) 10/15 Columbus Ivan Rasputin W 10/29 St. Louis Frankie Talabar W 11/01 Hollywood Buddy Rogers W 11/04 Kansas City, MO Don Eagle D 11/08 Hollywood Buddy Rogers D 11/16 Cleveland Ali Baba W 11/18 Columbus, OH Don Evans W 11/22 Des Moines Ali Baba W 11/25 Kansas City, MO Don Eagle W 11/29 Detroit Wladek Kowalski W 12/10 St. Louis Don Eagle W 12/14 Minneapolis Len Hall D 12/20 Wichita Buddy Rogers W (DQ) 12/21 Cleveland Ed Meske W 12/22 St. Louis Ali Baba W 1949 01/03 Wichita Buddy Rogers D 01/04 Cleveland Buddy Rogers W (DQ) 01/06 Columbus, OH Doug Carlson W (COR) 01/10 Des Moines Don Eagle W 01/11 Des Moines Don Eagle W 01/13 Kansas City Buddy Rogers D 01/14 Winnipeg Bronko Nagurski W (DQ) 01/20 Kansas City, KS Tarzan Kowalski W 01/25 Cleveland Bob Wagner W 01/27 Kansas City, KS Don Eagle W 01/31 Des Moines Don Eagle W 02/01 Des Moines Don Eagle W 02/02 Cleveland Bobby Bruns D 02/03 Columbus, OH Ron Etchison W 02/08 Cleveland Bobby Bruns W 02/15 Cleveland Buddy Rogers D 02/17 Kansas City, KS Bob Wagner W 02/28 Detroit Jim Wright W 03/04 St. Louis Bobby Bruns W 03/07 Des Moines Bobby Bruns D 03/08 Minneapolis Dick Raines D 03/15 Cleveland Frank Sexton D Unification match with AWA title 03/17 Winnipeg Bronko Nagurski W 03/18 St. Joseph Lucky Simunovich W 03/24 Columbus, OH Ron Lee W 04/01 Louisville Ron Etchison W 04/07 Kansas City, KS Lucky Simunovich W 04/28 Kansas City, KS Bobby Bruns W 05/02 Des Moines Bobby Bruns W 05/03 St. Louis Buddy Rogers W 05/05 Kansas City, KS Dean Detton W 05/13 St. Louis Buddy Rogers D 05/19 Kansas City, KS Bobby Bruns W (2-1) 05/24 Kansas City, MO Don Eagle W 05/28 Calgary Earl McCready W 05/30 Edmonton Laverne Baxter W 06/04 Calgary Black Shadow W 06/09 Kansas City, KS Joe Pazandak D (1-1 curfew) 06/15 Columbus, OH Don Evans W 06/23 Kansas City, KS Joe Pazandak W 06/30 Cleveland Sandor Kovacs W 07/03 Waterloo, IA Wladek Kowalski W 09/01 Galveston, TX Sonny Myers W 09/02 Houston Ruffy Silverstein W 09/08 Galveston, TX Sonny Myers W 09/09 Houston Vic Holbrook W 09/11 Waterloo, IA Peter Tamiroff 09/29 Kansas City, KS Bill Longson W (2-1 DQ) 10/31 Des Moines Bobby Bruns W 11/01 Suffers an auto accident that would force Brown to retire. 11/27 Awarded to National Wrestling Association champion Thesz on 11/28 when Brown is injured in an automobile accidenton 11/01 before a unification match scheduled on 11/25 in St. Louis, MO. 11/28 Memphis Karol Krauser W 11/30 Des Moines Enrique Torres D 12/03 Chicago Ivan Rasputin W 12/07 Evansville 12/09 Houston LeRoy McGuirk W 12/12 Ft. Worth Chief Chewacki W 12/14 San Antonio Rito Romero W 12/15 Galveston Sonny Myers W 12/16 St. Louis Enrique Torres W 12/21 San Antonio Rito Romero W 12/30 Houston Wladek Kowalski W

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