The (Soon-to-be Complete?) Records of
N.W.A. World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1952 - 1953

1952
01/03	Cedar Rapids	Jim Dobie	W
01/08	Louisville	"Mr. XX" (Frank Taylor)	W
01/10	Toledo	Sky Hi Lee
01/11	St. Louis	Mighty Atlas	W
01/14	New York City	Bobby Managoff	W
01/16	Montreal	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ)
01/17	Toronto	Hans Hermann	W (DQ)
01/18	Buffalo	Willie Davis	W
01/21	Memphis	Ivan Rasputin	W
01/22	Kansas City, MO	Bob Orton	W
01/23	Des Moines	Barney Bernard	W
01/24	Toledo	Bobby Managoff
01/25	Chicago	Verne Gagne	D
01/29	El Paso	Enrique Torres	W
01/30	Los Angeles	Lord Blears	W
01/31	Long Beach	"The Champ" (Joe Pazandak)	D
02/02	San Bernardino	Gino Garibaldi	W
02/04	Hollywood	Hans Schnabel	W
02/05	San Diego	Mr. Moto	W
02/06	Los Angeles	Joe Pazandak	W
02/08	Santa Monica	Mr. Moto	W
02/11	Ft. Worth	Duke Keomuka	W
02/12	Dallas	Antonino Rocca	D (or W?)
02/15	Houston	Antonino Rocca	W (or D?)
02/18	Ft. Worth	Duke Keomuka	W
02/19	Indianapolis	Earl McCready
02/21	Columbus	Yukon Eric	W
02/22	St. Louis	Bobby Managoff	W
02/23	Erie	Frank Hewitt	W
02/27	Syracuse	LaVerne Baxter	W
02/28	Rochester	Willie Davis	W
02/29	Buffalo	Don Evans	W (DQ)
03/01	Milwaukee	Wladek Kowalski	W
03/03	Memphis	Ivan Rasputin	W (DQ)
03/04	Indianapolis	Enrique Torres	W
03/05	Holyoke	Manuel Cortez	W
03/07	N. Attleboro	Manuel Cortez	W
03/08	Boston	Primo Carnera	W
03/10	Tampa	Mighty Atlas	W
03/15	Havana	Mighty Atlas	W
03/19	Montreal	Bobby Managoff	D
03/20	Boston	Yukon Eric	W
03/21	St. Louis	Bobby Managoff	W
03/24	Hannibal	Chief Big Heart	W
03/26	Evansville	Ray Eckert	W
03/27	Kansas City	Enrique Torres	W
03/28	St. Louis	Verne Gagne	W
03/29	Louisville	Enrique Torres	W
04/01	Cedar Rapids	Johnny Balbo	W (or 04/02?)
04/05	Milwaukee	Verne Gagne	D
04/07	Regina	Earl McCready	D (DKO)
04/08	Edmonton	Al Mills	W (DQ)
04/09	Calgary	Paul Baillargeon	W
04/10	Seattle	Masked Marvel	W
04/11	Tacoma	Hombre Montana	W
04/15	Minneapolis	Bronko Nagurski	W
04/16	Ft. William	Fred Von Schacht	W
04/21	Hollywood	Lord Blears	W
04/22	Dallas	Ray Gunkel	W
04/23	San Antonio	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ)
04/24	Galveston	Great Scott	W
04/25	Houston	Mr. Moto	W (DQ)
04/30	Syracuse	Mighty Atlas	W
05/01	Rochester	Nanjo Singh	W
05/02	Erie	Fred von Schacht	W
05/05	Vallejo	Ron Etchison	W
05/06	San Francisco	Hombre Montana	W
05/07	Richmond	Lee Henning	W
05/08	Stockton	Ron Etchison	W
05/09	Santa Rosa	Danny Plechas	W
05/10	Fresno	Lee Henning	W
05/17	Visalia	Frank Jares	W
05/21	Los Angeles	Baron Leone	W
Unifies the Los Angeles version of the world title.
05/26	Tulsa	Bobby Managoff	W
05/27	Little Rock	Bobby Managoff	W
05/28	Lubbock	Ray Clements	W
05/29	Amarillo	"Masked Marvel" (Bob Geigel?)	W
05/30	Oklahoma City	Art Neilson	W
06/07	Chicago	Ray Eckert	W
06/09	Birmingham	George Bollas	W
06/10	Nashville	Al Galento	W
06/11	Chattanooga	Johnny Kostas	W
06/12	New Orleans	Gorgeous George	W
06/13	Atlanta	Al Massey	W
06/16	Ft. Worth	Duke Keomuka	W
06/17	Dallas	Bill Longson	W
06/18	San Antonio	Mighty Atlas	W
06/19	Galveston	Duke Keomuka	W
06/20	Houston	Ray Gunkel	W
06/23	Cedar Rapids	Fred Von Schacht	W
06/24	Minneapolis	Bronko Nagurski	W
06/27	Chicago	Pat O'Connor	W (injured)
07/03	Tacoma	Soldat Gorky	(canceled)
07/07	Peoria	Ivan Rasputin	W
07/09	Springfield	Ivan Rasputin	W
07/11	Sparta	Hans Schmidt	W
07/12	Decatur	Hans Schmidt	W
07/14	Saginaw	The Sheik	(rained out)
07/16	Dallas	Ray Gunkel
07/23	Los Angeles	Gorgeous George	W
07/24	Long Beach	Karl Davis	W
07/25	Santa Monica	John Smith (Soldat Gorky)	W
07/26	Valley Garden	John Smith	W
07/28	Hollywood	Sandor Szabo	W
07/29	S. Gate	Frank Jares	W
07/30	Los Angeles	Hombre Montana	W
08/01	Santa Monica	Rito Romero	W
08/05	San Diego	Lee Grable	W
08/06	Los Angeles	Hombre Montana	W
08/08	Santa Monica	Rito Romero	W
08/09	Valley Garden	Karl Davis	W
08/11	Hollywood	"Jungle Boy" (Lou Bertucci)	W
08/12	San Diego	Hombre Montana	W
08/24	Honolulu	Bud Curtis	W
08/31	Honolulu	Red Scorpion	W
09/02	San Francisco	Zebra Kid	W
09/10	Los Angeles	Antonino Rocca	D
09/15	Ft. Worth	Miguel Guzman	W
09/16	Dallas	Ray Gunkel	W
09/19	Houston	Andre Drapp	W
09/22	Los Angeles	Antonino Rocca	W
09/23	Baltimore	Adrian Baillargeon	W
09/24	Washington	Antonino Rocca	D
09/25	Brooklyn	Ray Thunder (Stern)	W
09/26	Queens	Ilio DiPaolo	W
09/27	Angola	Reggie Lisowski	W
???	Minneapolis?	Hans Schimidt?	DQ
???	Sioux City?	Mighty Atlas	W
10/02	New Orleans	Raul Lopez	W
10/03	St. Louis	Mighty Atlas	W
10/13	Omaha	Great Togo	W
10/15	Springfield	Hans Schmidt	W
10/20	Niagara Falls	Ray Villmer
10/21	Hamilton	Lou Plummer	W
10/23	Toronto	Billy Watson	W (DQ)
10/24	Newark	Steve Stanlee	W
10/29	London	Chief Big Heart	W (DQ)
10/30	Toronto	Billy Watson	D
10/31	Buffalo	Jim Wright	W
11/01	Chicago	Hans Schmidt	W
11/05	Montreal	Great Togo	W (DQ)
11/06	Ottawa	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ)
11/07	Chicago	Hans Schmidt	W (DQ)
11/10	San Francisco	Hombre Montana	W
11/12	Los Angeles	Antonino Rocca	W
11/16?	St. Louis?	Bill Longson?
11/18	New York City	Gene Stanlee	W
11/20	Washington	Danny Plechas	W (DQ)
11/21	St. Louis	Hans Hermann	W
11/22	Milwaukee	Hans Schmidt	W (DQ)
11/25	Louisville	Bill Longson	W
11/26	Des Moines	Barney Bernard	W
11/27	Kansas City	Bobby Lane	W
11/29	Chicago	Sonny Myers	W
12/02	San Francisco	Ray Eckert	D
12/07	Honolulu	Mike Sharpe	W
12/09	Indianapolis	Baron Leone	W
12/10	Evansville	Masked Scorpion	W
12/12	Chicago	Verne Gagne	D
12/15	Boise	Leo Wallick	W
12/17	Vancouver	Bud Curtis	W
12/18	Seattle	Primo Carnera	W
12/19	Tacoma	Bud Curtis	W
12/22	Omaha	Sonny Myers	W
12/23	Minneapolis	Paul Baillargeon	W (25:16)
12/26	St. Louis	Pat O'Connor	W
12/30?	Indianapolis?	Ray Gunkel?	W
1953
01/02	Houston	Wladek Kowalski	W
01/03	Denver	Danny Plechas	W
01/05	New York City	Antonino Rocca	W (DQ)
01/06	Dallas	Mr. Moto	W
01/09	Houston	Ray Gunkel	D
01/12	Camden	Yukon Eric	W
01/14	Syracuse	Steve Stanlee	W
01/15	New York (MSG)	Antonino Rocca	W
01/16	Chicago	Hans Schmidt	D (NC)
01/21	Erie	Jim Wright	W
01/26	Memphis	Hans Hermann	W
01/27	Indianapolis	Ray Gunkel	W
01/29	Des Moines	Bob McCune	W
01/30	St. Louis	Bill Longson	W (DQ)
01/31	Chicago	Ivan Rasputin	W
02/03	Nashville	Gorgeous George	W
02/04	Jackson, TN	Ivan Rasputin	W
02/05	New Orleans	Nick Carter	W
02/06	St. Louis	Hans Schmidt	W
02/09	Tampa	Great Togo	W
02/12	Camden	Yukon Eric	W
02/13	Jamaica	Ilio DiPaolo	W
02/14	Brooklyn	Ray Thunder (Stern)	W
02/17	New York City	Lu Kim	W
02/19	Baltimore	Lu Kim	W
02/20	St. Paul	Paul Baillargeon	D
02/23	Sacramento	Enrique Torres	D
02/24	San Francisco	Leo Nomellini	W
02/25	San Jose	Ben Sharpe	W
02/26	Richmond	Fred Atkins	W
02/27	Oakland	Ray Eckert	W
02/28	Fresno	Enrique Torres	D
03/02	Phoenix	Gino Garibaldi	W
03/03	San Diego	Hombre Montana	W
03/04	Los Angeles	Enrique Romero	W
03/06	St. Louis	Bill Longson	W
03/10	El Paso	Mr. Moto	W
03/12	Amarillo	Dizzy Davis
03/13	Houston	Bull Curry	W (DQ)
03/17	Louisville	Great Zorra	W (DQ)
03/18	Des Moines	Bob McCune	D
03/19	Kansas City	Dave Sims	W
03/20	Chicago	Sonny Myers	W
03/21	Indianapolis	Buddy Rogers	W
03/24	New York City	Antonino Rocca	D (curfew, 30:50)
03/25	Evansville	Great Zorra	W
03/26	Toledo	Hans Schmidt	W (DQ)
03/27	St. Louis	Verne Gagne	W
03/28	Indianapolis	Ray Gunkel	W
03/31	Kansas City	Wladek Kowalski	W
04/01	Topeka	Jim Wright
04/02	Toledo	Hans Schmidt	W
04/07	Boston	Verne Gagne	D
04/18	St. Paul	Paul Baillargeon	W
04/21	Minneapolis	Bronko Nagurski	W
04/22	Evansville	Great Zorra	W (DQ)
05/04	Sioux City	Bob Orton	W
05/05	Kansas City	Jim Wright	W
05/07	New Orleans	Antonino Rocca	D
05/12	Syracuse	Ron Etchison	W
05/14	Rochester	Ivan Kameroff	W
05/15	Buffalo	Frank Taylor	W
05/20	Hollywood	Baron Leone	W
05/21	Norfolk	Juan Humberto	W
05/22	Richmond	Charro Azteca	W
05/25	Regina	Earl McCready	D (60min)
05/26	Edmonton	George Gordienko	W
05/27	Saskatoon	Bob Russell	W
05/28	Calgary	Kinji Shibuya	W (DQ)
05/30	St. Louis	Hans Hermann	W
06/03	Montreal	Great Togo	W
06/04	Toronto	Gorgeous George	W
06/09	Hamilton	Billy Watson	D
06/10	Montreal	Gorgeous George	W
06/11	Toronto	"Red Mask" (Dutch Hefner)	W
06	(midwest)	Sonny Myers	W
06	(east)	Adrien Baillargeon	W
06	(east)	Jim Wright	W
06/15	Chicago	Ray Eckert	W
06/16	San Francisco	Leo Nomellini	D
06/19	Houston	Ray Gunkel	W
06/23	Dallas	Bull Curry	W
06/24	San Antonio	Juan Humberto	W
06/25	Amarillo	Verne Gagne	D
06/26	Houston	Wladek Kowalski	W
06/27	Chicago	Pat O'Connor	W
06/30	Minneapolis	Verne Gagne	D
07/07	Idaho Falls	Warren Bockwinkel	W
07/09	Salt Lake City	Wilbur Snyder	W
07/13	Boise	Danny McShain	W
07/17	Spokane	Red Vagnone	W
07/23	Seattle	Hombre Montana	W
07/24	Tacoma	Luther Lindsey	D
07/29	Vancouver	Billy Watson	D
07/31	Tacoma	Luther Lindsey	D
08/04	San Francisco	Sandor Szabo	W
08/09	Honolulu	Bobby Managoff	W
08/16	Honolulu	Ray Eckert	W (DQ)
08/18	San Francisco	Ike Eakins	W
08/19	San Diego	Great Bolo	W
08/24	Phoenix	"Great Bolo" or Enrique Torres	W
08/25	El Paso	Enrique Torres	W
09/08	Louisville	Fred Blassie	W
09/09	Chicago	Jim Wright	W
09/10	Toledo	Wladek Kowalski	W
09/11	Downers Grove	Bob Orton	W
09/15	Minneapolis	Kinji Shibuya	W (DQ)
09/22	Hollywood	Baron Leone	W
09/28	Peoria	Pat O'Connor	D
09/30	Springfield	Sky Hi Lee	W
10/03	St. Louis	Ray Eckert	D
10/04	Peoria	Pat O'Connor	W
10/05	Wichita	Dave Levin	W
10/06	Dallas	Duke Keomuka	W (DQ)
10/07	San Antonio	Duke Keomuka	W
10/12	Ft. Worth	Danny Savich	W
10/15	New Orleans	Don McIntyre	W
10/16	Houston	Duke Keomuka	W
10/19	Memphis	Bill Longson	W
10/21	Chicago	Tarzan Zorra	W
10/23	St. Louis	Ray Eckert	W
10/28	Chicago	Hans Hermann	W
10/29	Cleveland	Bobby Managoff	W
10/30	Wichita	Dave Sims	W
11/03	Ottawa	Yvon Robert	D
11/04	Montreal	Bobby Managoff	D
11/05	Toronto	Lord Layton	W (DQ)
11/11	Los Angeles	Great Bolo	W
11/13	Salt Lake City	Baron Leone	W
11/17	Indianapolis	Mr. Moto	W (DQ)
11/18	Chicago	Paul Baillargeon	W
11/19	Seattle?	Hombre Montana	W
11/20	St. Joseph	Sonny Myers	W
11/21	Milwaukee	Wladek Kowalski	W
11/23	Portland	Eric Pedersen	W
11/24	Salem	Luther Lindsey	D
11/25	Vancouver	Ivan Kameroff	W
11/26	Seattle	Masked Marvel (Buddy Knox)	W (unmasked him)
11/27	Tacoma	Luther Lindsey	W
11/28	Eugene	Luther Lindsey	W
12/01	San Francisco	Bobo Brazil	W
12/06	Honolulu	Rikidozan	W
12/13	Honolulu	Frank Valois	W
12/16	Evansville	Paul Baillargeon	W
12/18	Houston	Stu Gibson
12/23	Chicago	Billy McDaniels	W
12/24	San Francisco	Leo Nomellini	W
12/26	St. Louis	Leo Numa	W
12/28	Winnipeg	Bronko Nagurski	W
12/29	Minneapolis	Pat O'Connor	D
12/30	Chicago	Bobby Managoff	D

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