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Last updated on 2022-03-22

The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1956

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


1955 <<

01-02 Albuquerque, NM Enrique Torres D (1-1 60min)
01-03 El Paso, TX Wilbur Snyder D (1-1 DCOR)
01-05 Amarillo, TX Dory Funk D
01-07 Chicago, IL Ike Eakins W
01-09 Greenville, SC Hombre Montana  
01-12 Washington, DC Hombre Montana W
01-13 Richmond,VA George Becker D
01-14 Milwaukee, WI Dick the Bruiser W (DQ)
01-16 Memphis, TN Ike Eakins W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
01-17 Nashville, TN Frank Jares W (2-1)
01-19 Denver, CO Hans Schmidt W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
01-20 Houston, TX Luther Lindsay D
01-21 Chicago, IL Ruffy Silverstein D
01-24 Cincinnati, OH Dick Hutton D
01-27 Chicago, IL Hans Schmidt W
01-28 Chicago, IL Wilbur Snyder (non-title?) D (30min)
01-30 Birmingham, AL Frank Jares W (2-1)
02-01 Mobile, AL Baron Gattoni W
02-02 Nashville, TN Chris Tolos W
02-03 St. Louis, MO Pat O'Connor W
02-04 Indianapolis, IN Wilbur Snyder D
02-06 Hollywood, CA Johnny Valentine W
02-12 Houston, TX Pepper Gomez D
02-13 Wichita, KS Richard Brown W
02-14 Minneapolis, MN Butch Levy D (60min)
02-16 Columbus, OH Gene Stanlee W
02-17 Cincinnati, OH Bobo Brazil W (2-1)
02-18 Canton, OH Bobo Brazil  
02-23 Odessa, TX Dory Funk W (2-1 DQ)
02-24 Houston, TX Pepper Gomez W (2-1)
02-27 Ft. Worth, TX Pepper Gomez D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
03-01 Toronto, ON, CAN Billy Watson L (DQ)
03-02 Chicago, IL Wilbur Snyder W (DQ)
03-03 Milwaukee, WI Dick the Bruiser W
03-05 Hollywood, CA Don Leo Jonathan W (DQ)
03-15 Toronto, ON, CAN Billy Watson L
03-16 Buffalo, NY Gorgeous George W
03-20 Hamilton, ON, CAN Fred Atkins (non-title?) W
03-21 London, ON, CAN Hans Schmidt (non-title?) W
03-22 Toronto, ON, CAN Gorgeous George W
03-23 St. Louis, MO Leo Nomellini W
03-25 Edmonton, AB, CAN Gene Kiniski W
03-27 Hamilton, ON, CAN Wladek Kowalski W
03-28 London, ON, CAN Wladek Kowalski D
03-29 Toronto, ON, CAN Bill Longson W
03-30 Buffalo, NY Fritz Von Erich W
04-04 Evansville, IN Aldo Bogni W (1-0 UTC)
04-05 Kansas City, KS Mike DiBiase W (2-1)
04-06 St. Louis, MO Lou TheszW (DQ)
04-10 Dallas, TX Ray Gunkel W (2-1)
04-11 San Antonio, TX Bull Curry W (2-1)
04-12 Corpus Christi, TX Joe Christie W
04-13 Houston, TX Pepper Gomez W
04-16 Wichita, KS Richard Brown W
04-17 Dayton, OH Gene Stanlee W
04-18 London, ON, CAN Pat O'Connor D
04-19 Toronto, ON, CAN Hans Schmidt W (DQ)
04-20 Cincinnati, OH Bobo Brazil W
04-21 Beaumont (, TX?) Peter Maivia W
04-23 Niagara Falls, ON, CAN Sky Hi Lee W
04-24 Hamilton, ON, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W
04-25 London, ON, CAN Hans Schmidt W
04-26 Toronto, ON, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty (non-title?) D
04-27 St. Louis, MO Pat O'Connor W
04-28 Canton, OH Bobo Brazil W
05-01 Hamilton, ON, CAN Pat O'Connor D
05-02 London, ON, CAN Pat O'Connor W
05-03 Toronto, ON, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W
05-04 Buffalo, NY Sky Hi Lee W
05-10 Columbus, OH Gorgeous George W
05-11 St. Louis, MO Pat O'Connor W
05-13 Memphis, TN Ike Eakins W
05-14   Hombre Montana W
05-16 Evansville, IN Bobby Managoff W (2-1 COR)
05-18 Houston, TX Lou Thesz W (2-1)
05-21 Sacramento, CA Enrique Torres D
05-22 San Francisco, CA Bill Miller W
05-25 Oakland, CA Mighty Ursus (Jesus Ortega) W
05-26 Fresno, CA Hans Schnabel W
05-29 Edmonton, AB, CAN Jim Wright W
05-30 Saskatoon, SK, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W
05-31 Regina, SK, CAN John Foti NC (Foti injured)
06-02 Calgary, AB, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W (DQ)
06-05 Hamilton, ON, CAN Dick Hutton W
06-06 Vancouver, BC, CAN Dick Hutton D
06-07 Toronto, ON, CAN Pat O'Connor D
06-12 Hamilton, ON, CAN Dick Hutton D
06-13 Rochester, NY Hans Schmidt (non-title?) W
06-14 Toronto, ON, CAN Pat O'Connor W
06-15 St. Louis, MO Hans Schmidt W
06-19 Minneapolis, MN Lord Athol Layton W (23:38)
06-20 Evansville, IN Bobby Managoff D (1-1 90min)
06-21 Columbus, OH Bobo Brazil W
06-25 Windsor, ON, CAN Sky Hi Lee W
06-26 Oshawa, ON, CAN Pat O'Connor D
07-03 Oshawa, ON, CAN Pat O'Connor  
07-05 Toronto, ON, CAN Dick Hutton W (COR)
07-10 Edmonton, AB, CAN John Paul Henning W
07-11 Saskatoon, SK, CAN Fritz Von Erich W
07-12 Regina, SK, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W (DQ)
07-18 Vancouver, BC, CAN Lou Thesz D
07-19 Saskatoon, SK, CAN Mighty Ursus W
07-20 Regina, SK, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W
07-21 Calgary, AB, CAN Pat O'Connor D
07-24 Hamilton, ON, CAN Ike Eakins W
07-26 Toronto, ON, CAN Dick Hutton W (DQ)
07-29 Regina, SK, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W
07-30 Regina, SK, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W
08-02 Toronto, ON, CAN Dick Hutton W (DQ)
08-08 Los Angeles, CA Lou Thesz D (90min)
08-09 Amarillo, TX Dory Funk W (DQ)
08-10 Houston, TX Pepper Gomez D (1-1 90min)
08-13 Ft. Worth, TX Pepper Gomez D
08-14 Dallas, TX Buddy Rogers W (2-1; UTC in 3rd)
08-15 San Antonio, TX Ramon Torres W (2-1)
08-16 Galveston, TX Gene Kelly (Gene Kiniski) W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
08-21 Hamilton, ON, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W
08-27 Memphis, TN Tarzan Hewitt W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
08-30 Toronto, ON, CAN Mighty Ursus W
08-31 Columbus, OH Bobo Brazil W
09-05 Montreal, QC, CAN Don Leo Jonathan D (curfew)
09-07 Buffalo, NY Karl Von Schoeber W
09-11 Hamilton, ON, CAN Dick Hutton W
09-13 Toronto, ON, CAN Hard Boiled Haggerty W
09-14 St. Louis, MO Buddy Rogers W (DQ)
09-15 Kansas City, KS Lee Grable W (2-1 DQ)
09-18 San Francisco, CA Lou Thesz W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
09-20 Stockton, CA John Barnes W
09-21 Oakland, CA Enrique Torres D
09-25 Edmonton, AB, CAN John Paul Henning D
09-26 Saskatoon, SK, CAN Doc Gallagher W (DQ)
09-27 Regina, SK, CAN John Foti W
09-28 Calgary, AB, CAN Mike Gallagher W (DQ)
10-04 Toronto, ON, CAN Mighty Ursus W
10-05 St. Louis, MO Buddy Rogers NC
10-06 Kansas City, KS Lee Grable  
10-09 Nashville, TN John Smith W
10-10 Evansville, IN Bobby Managoff W (2-1)
10-11 Toronto, ON, CAN Mr. Hito W
10-12 Cincinnati, OH Barney Bernard W (2-1)
10-13 Columbus, OH Buddy Rogers W (DQ)
10-16 Hamilton, ON, CAN Ilio DiPaolo D
10-19 St. Louis, MO Wladek Kowalski W
10-20 Canton, OH Buddy Rogers W (DQ)
10-22 Ft. William, NY Fritz Von Erich W
10-24 Kansas City, MO Bobby Bruns W (2-1)
10-25 Dayton, OH Luther Lindsay D
10-26 Buffalo, NY Mr. Hito (non-title?) W (DQ)
10-27 Columbus, OH Buddy Rogers W (DQ)
10-29 Kitchener, ON, CAN Mighty Ursus W
10-30 Burlington, VT Buddy Rogers D (1-1; DKO in 3rd)
10-30? Hamilton, ON, CAN Ilio DiPaolo (non-title?) W
11-01 Toronto, ON, CAN Mr. Hito (non-title?) W (DQ)
11-02 Buffalo, NY Mr. Hito W
11-07 London, ON, CAN Dick Hutton (non-title?) W
11-08 Toronto, ON, CAN Mr. Moto (non-title?) W
11-09 St. Louis, MO Lou Thesz L
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11-17 Buffalo, NY Baron Gattoni W
11-19 Niagara Falls, ON, CAN Bobby Managoff W
11-20 Hamilton, ON, CAN Buddy Rogers D
11-21 Buffalo, NY Baron Gattoni W
11-22 Toronto, ON, CAN Billy Watson D
11-27 Canton, OH Chief Don Eagle  
11-29 Dayton, OH Jim Bernard W
12-01 Columbus, OH Mighty Ursus W
12-11 Nashville, TN Art Neilson W
12-12 Evansville, TN Billy Darnell W (2-1)
12-13 Kansas City, KS Haystack Calhoun W
12-14 Houston, TX El Medico W
12-17 Ft. Worth, TX Pepper Gomez W
12-18 Dallas, TX Luther Lindsay W (2-1)
12-19 San Antonio, TX Pepper Gomez W (2-1)
12-20 Odessa, TX Pepper Gomez W (2-1, towl in 3rd)
12-30 Honolulu, HI Tarzan (Great) Zorra W

>> 1957


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