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Last updated on 2024-12-05

The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1952

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


1951 <<

01-03 Cedar Rapids, IA Jim Dobie W
01-04 Jefferson, IA Aloa Leilani
01-07 Tulsa, OK Wladek Kowalski W (2-1)
01-08 Louisville, KY "Mr. XX" (Frank Taylor) W
01-10 Toledo, OH Sky Hi Lee
01-11 St. Louis, MO Mighty Atlas W (21:50)
01-14 New York, NY Bobby Managoff W (24:54 pin)
01-16 Montreal, QC, CAN Wladek Kowalski W (DQ)
01-17 Toronto, ON, CAN Hans Hermann W (DQ)
01-18 Buffalo, NY Willie Davis W
01-21 Memphis, TN Ivan Rasputin W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
01-22 Kansas City, MO Bob Orton W
01-23 Des Moines, IA Barney Bernard W
01-24 Toledo, OH Bobby Managoff
01-25 Chicago, IL Verne Gagne D (1-1 60min)
01-28 Tulsa, OK The Elephant Boy (Tony Olivas) W (2-0)
01-29 El Paso, TX Enrique Torres W (2-1)
01-30 Los Angeles, CA Lord Blears W (2-1)
01-31 Long Beach, CA Joe Pazandak D (0-0)
02-02 San Bernardino, CA Gino Garibaldi W
02-04 Hollywood, CA Hans Schnabel W (2-0)
02-05 San Diego, CA Mr. Moto W
02-06 Los Angeles, CA Joe Pazandak W (2-0 DQ in 2nd)
02-08 Santa Monica, CA Mr. Moto W
02-11 Ft. Worth, TX Duke Keomuka W
02-12 Dallas, TX Antonino Rocca D (1-1)
02-15 Houston, TX Antonino Rocca D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
02-18 Ft. Worth, TX Duke Keomuka W
02-19 Indianapolis, IN Earl McCready
02-20 Lancaster, PA Emil Dusek W (16min)
02-21 Columbus, OH Yukon Eric W
02-22 St. Louis, MO Bobby Managoff W (36:35)
02-23 Erie, PA Frank Hewitt W
02-26 Syracuse, NY LaVerne Baxter W (2-0)
02-28 Rochester, NY Willie Davis W
02-29 Buffalo, NY Don Evans W (DQ)
03-01 Milwaukee, WI Wladek Kowalski W
03-03 Memphis, TN Ivan Rasputin W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
03-04 Indianapolis, IN Enrique Torres W
03-05 Holyoke, MA Manuel Cortez W
03-07 N. Attleboro, MA Manuel Cortez W
03-08 Boston, MA Primo Carnera W
03-10 Tampa, FL Mighty Atlas W
03-15 Havana, CUB Mighty Atlas W
03-19 Montreal, QC, CAN Bobby Managoff D
03-20 Boston, MA Yukon Eric W
03-21 St. Louis, MO Bobby Managoff W (33:58)
03-22 St. Joseph, MO Tarzan Kowalski  
03-24 Hannibal, MO Chief Big Heart W
03-26 Evansville, IN Ray Eckert W
03-27 Kansas City, KS Enrique Torres W (2-1)
03-28 St. Louis, MO Verne Gagne W (39:50)
03-29 Louisville, KY Enrique Torres W
03-31 Burlington, IA Alo Leilani (Thesz no showed due to weather)
04-01 Cedar Rapids, IA Johnny Balbo W (22min UTC)
04-05 Milwaukee, WI Verne Gagne D (DCOR)
04-07 Regina, SK, CAN Earl McCready D (DKO)
04-08 Edmonton, AB, CAN Al Mills W (DQ)
04-09 Calgary, AB, CAN Paul Baillargeon W
04-10 Seattle, WA Masked Marvel W
04-11 Tacoma, WA Hombre Montana W
04-15 Minneapolis, MN Bronko Nagurski W (19:31)
04-16 Ft. William, ON? Fred von Schacht W
04-19 Los Angeles, CA Gino Garibaldi  
04-21 Hollywood, CA Lord Blears W (23min UTC)
04-22 Dallas, TX Ray Gunkel W (2-1)
04-23 San Antonio, TX Wladek Kowalski W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
04-24 Galveston, TX Great Scott W
04-25 Houston, TX Mr. Moto W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
04-29 Syracuse, NY Mighty Atlas (Morris Shapiro) W
04-30 Lubbock, TX Billy Raborn W
05-01 Rochester, NY Nanjo Singh W
05-02 Erie, PA Fred von Schacht W
05-05 Vallejo, CA Ron Etchison W
05-06 San Francisco, CA Hombre Montana W
05-07 Richmond, VA Lee Henning W
05-08 Stockton, CA Ron Etchison W
05-09 Santa Rosa, CA Danny Plechas W
05-10 Fresno, CA Lee Henning W
05-17 Visalia, CA Frank Jares W
05-21 Los Angeles, CA Baron Michele Leone W (2-1)
Unifies the Los Angeles version of the world title.
05-26 Tulsa, OK Bobby Managoff W (2-1)
05-27 Little Rock, AR Bobby Managoff W (2-1)
05-28 Lubbock, TX Ray Clements W
05-29 Amarillo, TX"Masked Marvel" (Bob Geigel?)W
05-30 Oklahoma City, OK Art Neilson W
05-31 St. Joseph, MO Sonny Myers D (1-1 curfew)
06-07 Chicago, IL Ray Eckert W (2-0)
06-09 Birmingham, AL Ben Morgan W
06-10 Nashville, TN Al Galento W
06-11 Chattanooga, TN Johnny Kostas W
06-12 New Orleans, LA Gorgeous George W
06-13 Atlanta, GA Al Massey W
06-16 Ft. Worth, TX Duke Keomuka W
06-17 Dallas, TX Bill Longson W (2-1)
06-18 San Antonio, TX Mighty Atlas W (2-1)
06-19 Galveston, TX Duke Keomuka W
06-20 Houston, TX Ray Gunkel W
06-23 Cedar Rapids, IA Fred von Schacht W
06-24 Minneapolis, MN Bronko Nagurski W (23:18)
06-27 Chicago, IL Pat O'Connor W (2-1 UTC)
07-03 Tacoma, WA Soldat Gorky (canceled)
07-07 Peoria, IL Ivan Rasputin W
07-09 Springfield, IL Ivan Rasputin W (2-1)
07-11 Sparta Hans Schmidt W
07-12 Decatur, AL Hans Schmidt W
07-14 Saginaw, MI The Sheik (rained out)
07-16 Knox, IN Mighty Atlas
07-17 Davenport, IA Fred von Schacht W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
07-23 Los Angeles, CA Gorgeous George W (15:31 UTC)
07-24 Long Beach, CA Karl Davis W (2-0)
07-25 Santa Monica, CAJohn Smith (Soldat Gorky) W
07-26 Valley Gardens, CA John Smith W
07-28 Hollywood, CA Sandor Szabo W (1-0 time limit)
07-29 S. Gate, CA Frank Jares W
07-30 Los Angeles, CA Hombre Montana W (2-1)
08-01 Santa Monica, CA Rito Romero W
08-05 San Diego, CA Lee Grable W
08-06 Los Angeles, CA Hombre Montana W
08-08 Santa Monica, CA Rito Romero W
08-09 Valley Gardens, CA Karl Davis W
08-11 Hollywood, CA"Jungle Boy" (Lou Bertucci) W
08-12 San Diego, CA Hombre Montana W
08-24 Honolulu, HI Bud Curtis W
08-31 Honolulu, HI Red Scorpion W
09-02 San Francisco, CA Zebra Kid W
09-09 Wilmington, CA Mr. Moto W (2-1 DQ in 3rd)
09-10 Los Angeles, CA Antonino Rocca D
09-15 Ft. Worth, TX Miguel Guzman W
09-16 Dallas, TX Ray Gunkel W (2-0 UTC)
09-17 San Antonio, TX Dick Raines W (2-1)
09-18 Corpus Christi, TX Duke Keomuka W (2-1)
09-19 Houston, TX Andre Drapp W
09-22 Los Angeles, CA Antonino Rocca W
09-23 Baltimore, MD Adrien Baillargeon W
09-24 Washington, DC Antonino Rocca D (1-1 60min)
09-25 Ridgewood, NY Ray Thunder (Ray Stern) W
09-26 Jamaica, NY Ilio DiPaolo W
09-27 Angola, IN Reggie Lisowski W
??? Minneapolis, MN? Hans Schmidt? DQ
??? Sioux City? Mighty Atlas W
10-01 Mobile, AL Nick Carter W
10-02 New Orleans, LA Raul Lopez W
10-03 St. Louis, MO Mighty Atlas W
10-08 Denver, CO Danny Plechas W
10-10 Racine, WI Mighty Atlas W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
10-13 Omaha, NE Great Tōgō W
10-15 Springfield, IL Hans Schmidt W (2-1; DQ in the 3rd)
10-20 Niagara Falls, ON, CAN Ray Villmer W
10-21 Hamilton, ON, CAN Lou Plummer W
10-23 Toronto, ON, CAN Billy Watson W (DQ)
10-24 Newark, NJ Steve Stanlee W
10-29 London, ON, CAN Chief Big Heart W (DQ)
10-30 Toronto, ON, CAN Billy Watson D
10-31 Buffalo, NY Jim Wright W
11-01 Chicago, IL Hans Schmidt W
11-05 Montreal, QC, CAN Great Tōgō W (DQ)
11-06 Ottawa, ON, CAN Wladek Kowalski W (DQ)
11-07 Chicago, IL Hans Schmidt W (DQ)
11-10 San Francisco, CA Hombre Montana W
11-12 Los Angeles, CA Antonino Rocca W (2-0 COR in 2nd)
11-16? St. Louis, MO? Bill Longson?
11-18 New York, NY Gene Stanlee W
11-20 Washington, DC Danny Plechas W (DQ)
11-21 St. Louis, MO Hans Hermann W (14:40)
11-22 Milwaukee, WI Hans Schmidt W (DQ)
11-22 Los Angeles, CA Antonino Rocca W (2-1)
11-24 Burlington, IA Ivan Rasputin W (2-0)
11-25 Louisville, KY Bill Longson W
11-26 Des Moines, IA Barney Bernard W
11-27 Kansas City, KS Bobby Lane W (2-1)
11-29 Chicago, IL Sonny Myers W (1-0 60min)
12-02 San Francisco, CA Ray Eckert D
12-07 Honolulu, HI Mike Sharpe W
12-09 Indianapolis, IN Baron Michele Leone W
12-10 Evansville, IN Masked Scorpion W
12-12 Chicago, IL Verne Gagne D (60min)
12-15 Boise, ID Leo Wallick W
12-17 Vancouver, BC, CAN Bud Curtis W
12-18 Seattle, WA Primo Carnera W
12-19 Tacoma, WA Bud Curtis W
12-22 Omaha, NE Sonny Myers W
12-23 Minneapolis, MN Paul Baillargeon W (25:16)
12-26 St. Louis, MO Pat O'Connor W

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