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Last updated on 2022-08-11

The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1961

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


1960 <<

Pat <strong>O'Connor</strong>
01-02 Charlotte, NC Danny McShain  
01-04 Raleigh, NC Danny McShain W
01-05 Amarillo, TX Nikita Mulkovitch W
01-06 Houston, TX ??? D
01-07 Raleigh, NC Louis Tillet W
01-10 Raleigh, NC Ike Eakins W
01-13 Philadelphia, PA Sweet Daddy Siki W
01-14 Pittsburgh, PA Jack Vansky (non-title?) W
01-14 New Castle, PA (eve) Ed Faietta W
01-18 Evansville, IN Rip Hawk W (2-1)
01-19 Washington, DC George Harris W
01-20 Houston, TX Dory Dixon D
01-23 New York, NY Hans Schmidt W
01-24 New York, NY Arnold Skaaland (non-title?) W
01-26 Boston, MA Karl von Hess W
01-27 W. Hempstead, NY George Harris W
01-30 Ft. Worth, TX Pepper Gomez W
01-31 Dallas, TX Dory Dixon D (90min)
02-01 Lake Charles, LA Pepper Gomez
02-03 St. Louis, MO Johnny Valentine W (2-1; COR in 3rd)
02-08 Evansville, IN Don Leo Jonathan W (2-1)
02-10 St. Joseph, MO Larry Hamilton W
02-13 Tampa, FL Hans Schmidt  
02-14? Kansas City, MO Ron Etchison W
02-14 Ft. Myers, FL Hans Schmidt W
02-16 Jacksonville, FL Eddie Graham W
02-17 Miami Beach, FL Hans Schmidt  
02-18 Lakeland, FL Jack Wentworth W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
02-20 Orlando, FL Buddy Austin  
02-21 Lake Worth, FL Hans Schmidt  
02-22 St. Petersburg, FL Buddy Austin W (2-1)
02-23 Jacksonville, FL Ike Eakins  
02-24 Philadelphia, PA Sweet Daddy Siki W
02-27 New York, NY Karl von Hess W
02-28 New York, NY Abe Jacobs W (2-0)
1: O’Connor (5:40)
2: O’Connor (7:15)
03-02 Washington, DC Miguel Torres  
03-06 Portland, OR Mike DiBiase W
03-07 Seattle, WA Tito Kopa W
03-08 Salem, OR Bill Savage W
03-10 Spokane, WA Kurt Von Poppenheim W
03-11 Eugene, OR Bill Savage W (2-1)
03-13 Birmingham, AL Charro Azteca W
03-14 Nashville, TN Mario Milano W
03-17 St. Louis, MO Wladek Kowalski W
03-20 Ft. Worth, TX Don Manoukian W
03-21 Dallas, TX Dory Dixon D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
03-22 San Antonio, TX Dory Dixon W
03-23 Corpus Christi, TX Ciclon Negro W
03-24 Houston, TX Pepper Gomez
03-25 Beaumont, TX Nick Kozak W
04-05 Moline, IL Karl von Hess W
04-06 Sterling, IL Johnny Kace W
04-07 Rockford, IL Mighty Atlas  
04-12 Evansville, IN Killer Kowalski NC (1-1)
04-13 Kansas City, KS Ron Etchison  
04-14 St. Joseph, MO The Brute W
04-17 St. Louis, MO Johnny Valentine W (DQ)
04-24 Ft. Worth, TX Torbellino Blanco W
04-25 Dallas, TX Danny Hodge D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
04-26 Lake Charles, LA Pepper Gomez
04-27 Corpus Christi, TX Pepper Gomez
04-28 Houston, TX Dory Dixon
04-29 Bridgeport, CT Red Grupe (non-title?) W
05-02 San Angelo, TX The Alaskan [Jay York]  
05-04 Amarillo, TX Dory Funk D
05-07 Tacoma, WA The Outlaw (Dory Funk) W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
05-11 Milwaukee, WI Miguel Torres W
05-12 Chicago, IL Hans Schmidt W
05-13 New York, NY Bob Orton (non-title?) D
05-13 Bridgeport, CT Haru Sasaki (non-title?) W
05-15 Vancouver, BC, CAN The Outlaw (Dory Funk) D
05-17 Tacoma, WA The Outlaw (Dory Funk) D (1-1)
05-17? Toronto, ON, CAN Dory Funk W
05-18 Amarillo, TX Dory Funk D
05-19 St. Louis, MO Johnny Valentine W
05-20 St. Louis, MO Herb Gerwig (non-title?) W
05-25 Amarillo, TX Dory Funk D
05-26 Chicago, IL Reggie Lisowski W
05-27 Bridgeport, CT Jack Vansky (non-title?) W
05-29 Memphis, TN Sputnik Monroe W
05-30 Nashville, TN Joe Scarpa W
06-03 Chattanooga, TN Jackie Fargo W
06-05 Memphis, TN Sputnik Monroe W
06-06 Nashville, TN Jackie Fargo  
06-07 Evansville, IN John Paul Henning D (1-1 DCOR)
06-12 Vancouver, BC, CAN Billy Watson D
06-14 Tacoma, WA Mitsu Arakawa W (2-1)
06-22 Windsor, ON, CAN Jack Wilson (non-title?) W
06-23 Detroit, MI Don Leo Jonathan W (DQ)
06-26 Davenport, IA Hans Schmidt W
06-27 Hammond, IN Moose Cholak  
06-30 Chicago, IL Buddy Rogers L
07-03 Atlantic City, NJ Samuel Rivera W
07-04 Davenport, IA Reggie Lisowski W
07-05 Norfolk, VA Abe Jacobs W
07-07 Pittsburgh, PA Antonino Rocca W
07-08 Bridgeport, CT Tony Cosenza W
07-14 Detroit, MI Red Bastien W
07-15 Atlantic City, NJ Sweet Daddy Siki W
07-17 Charlotte, NC P.Y. Chung W (2-1)
07-18 Ansonia, CT Johnny Valentine W
07-19 Commack, NY Johnny Valentine D
07-21 Houston, TX Dory Dixon W
07-24 Ft. Worth, TX Rito Romero W
07-25 Dallas, TX Nick Bockwinkel W
07-26 San Antonio, TX Ricky Cortez W
07-28 New York, NY (non-title?) Johnny Valentine W
07-29 Chicago, IL Art Thomas W
07-31 Trenton, NJ Sweet Daddy Siki W (18min)
08-03 Davenport, IA Reggie Lisowski W
08-04 Pittsburgh, PA Reggie Lisowski W (DQ)
08-06 Bridgeport, CT Bill Zbyszko [Bill Dromo] W
08-08 Queens, NY Dick Steinborn W
08-09 Toledo, OH Bobo Brazil W (2-1)
08-11 St. Louis, MO Ron Etchison W
08-14 Memphis, TN Joe Scarpa W
08-15 Nashville, TN Tarzan White W
08-18 Cincinnati, OH The Sheik W (2-1)
08-19 Milwaukee, WI Bob Ellis W
08-21 Freeport, NY Johnny Valentine W
08-22 Queens, NY Lou Klein W
08-23 Marlboro, MD Johnny Valentine  
08-28 Brooklyn, NY Sweet Daddy Siki W
08-30 Detroit, MI Ray Stern  
09-01 Chicago, IL Pat O'Connor W
09-04 Lodi, NJ Vittorio Apollo NC
09-05 Queens, NY Bruno Sammartino W
09-06 Poughkeepsie, NY Great Scott W
09-07 Toronto, ON, CAN Frank Townsend W (12:24)
09-08 Pittsburgh, PA Reggie Lisowski W
09-11 Evansville, IN Killer Kowalski D (1-1 DKO)
09-16 Cincinnati, OH Johnny Barend D (DDQ)
09-19 Bridgeport, CT Arnold Skaaland W
09-20 Montreal, QC, CAN Buddy Rosen W
09-22 Bel Air, MD Billy Darnell  
09-23 Philadelphia, PA Antonino Rocca W (DQ)
09-30 Evansville, IN (aft) Dennis Hall W
09-30 Cincinnati, OH (eve) Johnny Barend W (1-1 UTC)
09- Boston, MA Haystack Calhoun  
10-02 Brooklyn, NY Bruno Sammartino L (DQ)
10-03 Dayton, OH The Sheik W
10-04 Toledo, OH Fritz Von Erich W (2-1)
10-06 St. Louis, MO Bob Ellis W
10-07 Columbus, OH Johnny Barend W
10-08 Indianapolis, IN Danno O'Shocker W
10-09 Brooklyn, NY Arnold Skaaland W
10-10 Queens, NY Carlo Milano W
10-11 Commack, NY Sweet Daddy Siki W
10-12 Indianapolis, IN Wladek Kowalski W
10-14 Cincinnati, OH Yukon Eric W
10-17 Pittsburgh, PA Johnny Valentine W (DQ)
10-21 Newark, NJ Art Thomas W
10-23 Charlotte, NC Rip Hawk W
10-24 Dallas, TX Dory Dixon W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
10-25 San Antonio, TX Stu Gibson W
10-26 Corpus Christi, TX Mike DiBiase W
10-27 Houston, TX Ciclon Negro W
10-30 Ft. Worth, TX Mike DiBiase W
10-31 Dallas, TX Duke Keomuka W
11-03 White Plains, NY Bruno Sammartino W
11-04 Paterson, NJ Johnny Valentine W (16:30)
11-06 Pittsburgh, PA Reggie Lisowski D
11-07 Dayton, OH Buddy Austin W
11-08 Madison, WI Carl Engstrom W (2-0)
11-10 Chicago, IL Bruno Sammartino W
11-13 New York, NY Antonino Rocca W (2-1 DQ)
11-16 Toronto, ON, CAN Billy Watson W (17:21 DQ)
11-20 Memphis, TN Doug Gilbert W
11-21 Nashville, TN Mike Paidousis W
11-21? Dayton, OH Johnny Barend W
11-24 St. Louis, MO Johnny Valentine W (DQ)
11-27 Washington, DC Bearcat Wright D (suffered a broken arm)
12-29 Moline, IL Reggie Lisowski W

>> 1962


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