The (Soon-to-be Complete?) Records of
N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1950 - 1951

1950
01/03	Minneapolis	Enrique Torres	D
01/04	Des Moines	Enrique Torres	W
01/05	Kansas City	Enrique Torres	W
01/06	St. Louis	Wladek Kowalski	W
01/07	Chicago	Rudy Kay	W
01/08	Cincinnati	Jack Kennedy	W
01/09	Tulsa	Whitey Whittler	W
01/10	Topeka	Ron Etchison	W
01/14	St. Joseph	Mike Sharpe	W
01/16	Winnipeg	Bronko Nagurski	D
01/17	Hamilton	Fred Atkins	D
01/18	Montreal	Bobby Managoff	D (NC)
01/19	Toronto	Billy Watson	W
01/20	St. Louis	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ)
01/21	Chicago	Jim McMillen	W
01/23	Ft. Worth	Danny McShain	W
01/24	Dallas	Roy Graham	W
01/27	Houston	Tim Geohagen	W
01/31	Indianapolis	Enrique Torres	W
02/01	Joliet	Rudy Kay	W
02/04	Chicago	Fred Von Schacht	W
02/08	Lorain	Fred Von Schacht	W (DQ)
02/09	Cleveland	Ruffy Silverstein	W
02/13	Tulsa	Bill Longson	W
02/14	Indianapolis	Mike Sharpe	W
02/15	Des Moines	Lee Henning	W (DQ)
02/16	Kansas City	Vic Christy	W
02/17	St. Louis	Mike Sharpe	W
02/21	Minneapolis	Enrique Torres	W
02/23	Winnipeg	Dick Raines	W
02/27	Memphis	Wladek Kowalski	W
02/28	Nashville	Don McIntyre	W
03/06	Tulsa	Bill Longson	W (DQ)
03/08	Des Moines	Sonny Myers	W
03/09	Kansas City	Wladek Kowalski	W
03/10	Houston	Danny McShain	W
03/13	Ft. Worth	Tim Geohagen	W
03/17	Chicago	Ruffy Silverstein	W
03/22	Chicago	Johnny Balbo	W
03/24	St. Louis	Billy Watson	W (DQ)
03/26	Wichita	Bill Longson	W (COR)
03/27	Memphis	Wladek Kowalski	W
03/28	Indianapolis	Wladek Kowalski	W
03/30	Toronto	Seelie Samara	W
03/31	Chicago	Cyclone Anaya	W
04/03	Memphis	Wladek Kowalski	W
04/04	Nashville	Bill Longson	W
04/14	St. Louis	Billy Watson	W
04/17	Milwaukee	Ruffy Silverstein	W
04/20	Columbus	Enrique Torres	W
04/21	Cincinnati	Jack Kennedy	W
04/28	Cincinnati	Jack Kennedy	W
05/01	Wichita	Lee Henning	W (DQ)
05/02	Kansas City	Bobby Bruns	W
05/05	Houston	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ) or D
05/08	Memphis	Vic Holbrook	W
05/12	Chicago	Ed White	W
05/16	Dallas	Danny McShain	W
05/17	San Antonio	Tim Geohagen	W
05/18	Galveston	Ruffy Silverstein	W
05/19	Houston	Wladek Kowalski	W
05/23	Louisville	Sonny Myers	W
05/24	Evansville	Wladek Kowalski
05/30	Minneapolis	Bronko Nagurski	W
06/06	Minneapolis	Bronko Nagurski	D
06/08	Milwaukee	Bobby Nelson	W
06/12	Memphis	Tommy O'Toole	W
06/21	Chicago	Buddy Rogers	W (COR)
06/26	Minneapolis	Bronko Nagurski	W
06/28	London	Al Mills	W
06/29	Winnipeg	Bronko Nagurski	W
07/04	Indianapolis	Karl Davis	W
07/05	Minneapolis	Bronko Nagurski	W
???	???	Ben Morgan	W
07/07	Atlanta	Bibber McCoy	W
07/18	Indianapolis	RAINED OUT
07/23	Chicago	Don Leo Jonathan	W
07/24	Memphis	Buddy Rogers	D (NC)
07/27	Chicago	Gorgeous George	W
George is the reigning AWA(Boston) World champion (AWA title not on line)
07/31	Ft. Worth	Sonny Myers	W
08/01	Dallas	George Bollas	W
08/02	Galveston	Ivan Kalmikoff	W
08/04	Houston	Buddy Rogers	W
08/08	Little Rock	Al Lovelock	W
08/11	St. Louis	George Koverly	W
08/15	Indianapolis	Wladek Kowalski	W
08/17	Toronto	Yukon Eric	D
08/19	Chicago	Lone Eagle	W (DQ)
08/25	St. Louis	Wladek Kowalski	W
08/29	Louisville	Fred Blassie	W
09/01	Houston	George Bollas	W
09/04	Ft. Worth	Bobby Bruns	W
09/05	Dallas	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ)
09/06	San Antonio	Wladek Kowalski	W
09/12	Nashville	"Dark Secret" (Gene Bowman)	W
09/15	Atlanta	Babe Zaharias	W
09/16	Chicago	Jumping Rococco	W
09/19	Milwaukee	Walter Palmer	(cancelled)
09/20	Montreal	Yukon Eric	D (NC)
09/21	Toronto	Tim Geohagen	W
09/23	Toronto	Walter Palmer	W (COR)
09/26	Indianapolis	Ray Eckert	W
10/02	Detroit	Wladek Kowalski	W
10/04	Montreal	Yvon Robert	W (DQ)
10/06	St. Louis	Dave Levin	W
10/09	Memphis	Al Lovelock	W
10/10	Chicago	Walter Palmer	W
10/16	Ft. Worth	Duke Keomuka	W
10/17	Dallas	Rito Romero	D
10/18	San Antonio	Miguel Guzman	D
10/19	Galveston	Billy Varga	W
10/20	Houston	Verne Gagne	D
10/25	Rochester	Seelie Samara	W
10/26	Toronto	Tim Geohagen	W
10/27	Buffalo	Steve Stanlee	W
10/31	Minneapolis	Hans Schnabel	W (DQ)
11/01	Rochester, MN	Stu Hart	W
11/02	Winnipeg	Billy Watson	D
11/03	St. Louis	Buddy Rogers	W
11/07	Nashville	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ)
11/09	Atlanta	Jack Kennedy	W
11/10	Houston	Rito Romero	W
11/13	Tampa	Bob Orton	W
11/20	Birmingham	Miguel Torres	W
11/27	Detroit	Lou Klein	W
12/02	Detroit	Jim Dobie
12/04	Memphis	Ray Eckert	W
12/06	Des Moines	Fritz Schnabel
12/07	Milwaukee	Jumping Rococo	W
12/08	Chicago	Buddy Rogers	W
12/11	Wichita	Dick Raines	W
12/12	Topeka	Otto Kuss
12/15	Houston	Verne Gagne	W
12/18	Ft. Worth	Bill Longson	W
12/19	Dallas	Wladek Kowalski	W
12/20	San Antonio	Paul Boesch	W
12/25	Tulsa	Al Lovelock	W
12/26	Little Rock	Al Lovelock	W
12/31	Houston	Wladek Kowalski	W
12/	Evansville	Bobby Managoff	D
1951
01/05	St. Louis	Ray Eckert	W
01/10	Rochester	Jim Wright	W
01/11	Erie	Lucky Simunovich	W
01/12	Buffalo	Iron Talun	W
01/15	Wichita	Dennis Clary	W
01/16	Kansas City	Wladek Kowalski	W
01/17	Des Moines	Wladek Kowalski	W
01/19	St. Joseph	Ron Etchison	W
01/22	Chicago	Buddy Rogers	W
01/23	Nashville	Art Neilson	W (DQ)
01/26	Chicago	Buddy Rogers	D
02/02	St. Louis	Yukon Eric	W (DQ)
02/05	Nashville	Wladek Kowalski	W
02/07	Des Moines	Mighty Atlas	W
02/08	Kansas City	Ray Eckert	W
02/12	Ft. Worth	Enrique Torres	D
02/13	Dallas	Duke Keomuka	W
02/14	San Antonio	Enrique Torres	W
02/15	Galveston	Enrique Torres	W
02/16	Houston	Danny Savich	W
02/19	Ft. Worth	Danny Savich	W
02/21	Houston	Mighty Atlas	W
02/28	Montreal	Yukon Eric	W
03/02	St. Paul	Hans Hermann	W
03/03	Milwaukee	Mighty Atlas	W
03/07	Tucson	Chester Hayes	W
03/08	Mesa	Sam Menacher	W
03/09	Houston	Great Humphrey	W
03/12	Ft. Worth	Enrique Torres	W
03/13	Dallas	Danny Savich	W
03/16	St. Louis	Buddy Rogers	W
03/17	Kansas City	Dennis Clary	W
03/26	St. Louis	George Koverly	W
03/30	Chicago	Mighty Atlas	W
03/31	Louisville	Green Dragon	W
04/02	Omaha	Seelie Samara	W
04/03	Minneapolis	Verne Gagne	D
04/04	Evansville	Earl McCready	W
04/05	Greencastle, IN	Earl McCready	W
04/06	St. Louis	Wladek Kowalski	W
04/	Chicago	Ruffy Silverstein
04/12	Milwaukee	Verne Gagne	D
04/13	St. Louis	Buddy Rogers	W
04/19	Columbus, GA	Don McIntyre	D
04/20	Atlanta	Danny Plechas	W
04/23	Nashville	Ray Eckert	W
04/27	St. Louis	Ivan Rasputin	W
04/30	Wood River	Ray Eckert	W
05/01	Kansas City	MO Dennis Clary	W
05/02	Des Moines	Barney Bernard	D
05/03	Lexington	Len Hughes	W
05/04	Louisville	Pete Managoff	W
05/07	Nashville	Ray Eckert	W
05/19	Des Moines	Barney Bernard	W
05/22	Nashville	Ali Pasha	W (DQ)
05/24	Chattanooga	Herb Welch	W
05/28	Ft. Worth	Tim Geohagen	W
05/29	Dallas	Duke Keomuka	W
05/30	San Antonio	Ray Gunkel	W
05/31	Galveston	Danny Savich	W
05/	Atlanta	Danny Plechas	W
05/	Peoria	Dick Raines	W
06/01	Houston	Miguel Guzman	W
06/06	Tucson	Billy McDaniels	W
06/08	Oklahoma City	Karol Krauser	W
06/11	Ottawa	Yvon Robert	W
06/13	Montreal	Great Togo	W
06/20	Montreal	Bobby Managoff	W
06/21	Ottawa	Larry Moquin	D
06/22	Houston	Emil Dusek	W
06/26	Minneapolis	Bronko Nagurski	W
06/27	San Antonio	Ray Gunkel	W
06/28	Houston	Ivan Rasputin	W
06/29	Round Lake Park	Mighty Atlas	W
06/29	Waukegan	Mighty Atlas	D
06/30	Chicago	Hombre Montana	W
07/03	Indianapolis	Ray Eckert	W
07/04	Los Angeles	Ali Bey	W
07/05	Long Beach	Willie Davis	W
07/06	Santa Monica	The Thing	W
07/07	San Bernardino	The Thing	W
07/09	Hollywood	Tom Rice	W
07/11	Los Angeles	Mr. Moto	W
07/13	Santa Monica	Gino Garibaldi	W
07/16	Peoria	Mighty Atlas	W
07/18	Springfield	Hombre Montana	W
07/19	Round Lake Park	Hombre Montana	D
07/21	Chicago	Bill Longson	D
07/24	Louisville	Ray Eckert	W (DQ)
07/30	Ft. Worth	Tim Geohagen	W
07/31	Dallas	Bobby Managoff	W
08/01	San Antonio	Duke Keomuka	W
08/02	Galveston	Danny McShain	W
08/03	Houston	Ray Gunkel	W
08/29	Los Angeles	George Becker	W
08/30	Long Beach	Mr. Moto	W
09/03	Hollywood	Emil Dusek	W
09/05	Bakersfield	Karl Davis	W
09/10	Sacramento	Hard Boiled Haggerty	W
09/11	San Francisco	Ray Villmer	W
09/13	Stockton	Hans Hermann	W
09/14	Oakland	Tom Rice	W
09/15	Fresno	Karl Davis	W
09/17	Vallejo	Hans Hermann	W
09/18	San Francisco	Wladek Kowalski	W
09/20	Stockton	Wladek Kowalski	W
09/21	Oakland	Sandor Szabo	W
09/22	Fresno	Ray Villmer	W
09/24	Nashville	Art Neilson	W
09/30	Stockton?	Wladek Kowalski	W
10/	Chicago	Walter Palmer
10/04?	Chicago	Buddy Rogers?	W?
10/05	Chicago	Bronko Nagurski	W
10/08	Nashville	Sammy Berg	W
10/12	St. Louis	Yukon Eric	W
10/15	Ft. Worth	Fred Atkins	W
10/16	Dallas	Verne Gagne	D
10/17	San Antonio	Miguel Guzman	W
10/18	Galveston	Big Humphrey	W
10/19	Houston	Ray Gunkel	W
10/22	Omaha	Barney Bernard	W
10/26	Milwaukee	Verne Gagne	D
10/30	Minneapolis	Pat O'Connor	W
10/31	Rochester	Minn. Abe Zvonkin	W
11/02	Winnipeg	Billy Watson	D
11/05	Camden	Salvatore Balbo	W
11/07	Montreal	Wladek Kowalski	D
11/08	Toledo	Zebra Kid	W
11/09	Chicago	Wladek Kowaski	W
11/12	Denver
11/14	San Antonio	Fred Atkins	W
11/16	St. Louis	Bill Longson	W
11/17	Akron	Barney Bernard	W
11/19	Hollywood	Al Smith	W
11/20	San Diego	Gino Garibaldi	W
11/21	Los Angeles	Enrique Torres	W
11/22?	Milwaukee?	Hans Schmidt	W (DQ)
11/23	Santa Monica	Don Arnold	W
11/24	Valley Gardens	The Thing	W
11/26	Detroit
12/05	London	Lord Layton	W (DQ)
12/06	Toronto	Billy Watson	D (NC)
12/13	Kansas City	Emil Dusek	W
12/14	Houston	Mighty Atlas	W
12/17	Ft. Worth	Wladek Kowalski	D
12/18	Dallas	Wladek Kowaski	W
12/19	San Antonio	Fred Atkins	W
12/20	Galveston	Wladek Kowalski	W
12/21	Houston	Mighty Atlas	W
12/28	St. Louis	Gene Stanlee	W
12/29	Chicago	Rudy Kay	W
???	Santa Monica	Nick Bockwinkel	W

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