Sputnik Monroe WON HOF

[elliott]

JohnnyP and I were talking about the WON HOF yesterday while in Si's GWE Viewing Marathon Room and I brought up Sputnik Monroe as a guy I thought should be in. Johnny is a voter so I was stoked when he completely agreed with me and I know I've seen Dylan mention him before because when he did I thought "ok good I'm not alone on this."

 

A few years ago, inspired by Dylan's awesome results collecting for Patera and Blackwell, I decided to try and do the same with Sputnik using clawmaster's site and prowrestlinghistory.com. I wanted to make an outline of a HOF case (main evented these territories vs these guys in these arenas) based on his career and make a HARD push on the desegregation in Memphis angle and annoy Dave with it as best I could to try and get Sputnik on the ballot. I kind of forgot about my little project when I moved across the country right as the GWE Project was starting. I was already pretty discouraged because 50s and 60s Memphis results aren't easily available to say the least and that would be most important "wrestling career" part of his case.

However, with it being WON HOF season and talking about this with Johnny P yesterday, I wanted to toss his name out here and see what people think (edit, and then I did 2 hours of work “tossing him out there” sheesh).

 

So in "tossing Sputnik out" I tried to give summaries of the few results I have so far. Highlighting Monroe's feuds, main events, semi mains etc This isn't anywhere close to the full picture. Before I started this literally the first time I had heard of Monroe was from Memphis Heat and I still know next to nothing about his career. But I wanted to share some of the concrete things that I have found with the hopes that the good people at PWO can help fill in gaps/add stories/give thoughts etc.

 

East Texas 10/60-3/1/60 + 5/28/61

He comes in early October and works up and down the card but usually in the semi-main event but he doesn’t really have a clear feud. He usually wins or it goes to a ddq until he starts a feud in late October with Ciclon Negro. He got an NWA Title shot vs Pat O’Connor in Fort Worth on Halloween 1960. From here until March 2nd he is either in the main event or semi main event on the loop except or 10 shows until . I know 10 sounds like a lot, but almost every single result from East Texas during this stretch. Like seriously every day and Sputnik was always in the main or semi-main. Sputnik was gone from the East Texas loop until 10/27/61 (minus one main event from Lake Charles, LA vs Waldo von Erich) when he re-debuted in Houston beating Dory Dixon for the Texas Title in the semi-main event underneath a Buddy Rogers NWA title defense vs Ciclon Negro.

#Main Events 49

# Semi-Main Events 15

Won Brass Knuckles Title from Danny McShane in a Cage Match on 11/17/60 in Galveston.

Won Texas Tag Team Championship twice.

Main events opponents from East Texas 10/27/60-3/2/61 + 5/28/61

vs Don Leo Jonathon

vs. Ciclon Negro

vs Pat O’Connor NWA Title match x2

vs Dory Dixon

vs Pepper Gomez

vs Torbellino Blanco

vs Stu Gibson

vs Duke Keomuka

vs Bull Curry

vs Danny McShain

vs Ray Gunkel

vs Dory Dixon

vs Waldo vs Erich

vs Marvin Jones

 

East Texas 10/27/61-12/27/61

Sputnik showed back up in East Texas for a 2 month run (before this he was somewhere…I have a gap in results from 3/2/61-5/27 and then from 5/29-10/27)

# of Main Events 17

# of Semi Main Events 4

Main Event Opponents from 10/27/61-12/27/61

vs Mike Dibiase

vs Ciclon Negro

vs Tony Borne

vs Shag Thomas

vs Duke Koemuka

vs Stu Gibson

vs Jim Dalton

vs Pepe Gonzalez

 

Unfortunately there are no attendance figures for any of these runs but Sputnik was positioned as a major heel in the 7 months he was in East Texas from 10/60-12/61 main eventing every building on the loop against every major babyface. His major feuds were against Ciclon Negro, Dory Dixon, and Pepper Gomez. He held the Texas Title, Brass Knux Title, and Texas Tag Titles during these runs (I assume these were the 3 top titles in the territory) and had 2 NWA Title Shots against Pat O’Connor. O’Connor made 6 NWA title defenses in Texas during this time period. Two against Monroe, two against Dory Dixon, one against Pepper Gomez, and one against Don Leo Jonathon. Buddy Rogers made two NWA title defense in East Texas while Monroe was around against Ciclon Negro and Duke Keomuka. It makes sense that Monroe as a heel wouldn’t get a title shot against the Heel NWA Champ. But it is worth noting that Monroe got two shots against babyface Pat O’Connor in the short time he was in the territory.

 

Arizona

I had no idea Arizona had a regular wrestling loop until looking for Sputnik results on clawmasters site. You learn cool shit. The results aren’t nearly as comprehensive as East Texas but the same picture appears of Monroe was a big heel in the territory. Before his run really starts or at least before regular(ish) results start showing up, Monroe wrestled a one shot in Yuma, Arizona wrestling Tuffy Truesdale underneath Jim Wright & Baby Blimp vs Buddy Fuller & El Gran Lothario in a “Loser Must Wrestle Victor the Bear” (which WWE should replace the TLC ppv with if you ask me).

 

Arizona 2/7/62-5/2/62

we only have 11 total dates with Sputnik. Only Tucson, Yuma, and Phoenix cards. No clue where else they were working. He was definitely in the territory before 2/7 as he was already Western States Tag Champ with Baby Blimp (Who I bet Grimmas would have loved) by then. He was Western States Champion by 2/14.

# Main Events 10

# Semi-Main Events 1

Main Event opponents

vs El Gran Lothario

vs Greg Peterson

vs Hans Steiner (Father of the Steiner brothers obviously)

vs Baby Blimp

 

Even though we only have 11 dates here, I think it would be more than fair to say Monroe was the top heel here. Also worth noting that the last date of this run 5/2/62 is a tag match with Mario Galento vs Gran Lothario & Tito Montez with Joe Louis as the special ref.

 

Arizona 2/26/63-3/23/63

A quick stop run again on the Arizon loop. Still very sporadic results almost all from Tuscon this time. We only have 6 cards

# Main Events 4

# Semi-Main Events 1

Singles Match Main Event Opponents

vs Mad Mongol

vs El Gran Lothario

 

It looks like Sputnik came in really for a quick feud with El Gran Lothario. One of these results was Gran Lothario winning an 8 man battle royal for $450. Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Easily the smallest amount ever for a Battle Royal. Kind of puts into perspective how small the Arizona territory probably was. Still, when Monroe is on the card, he’s typically in the main event in Arizona.

 

El Paso, Tx 1962-64. There are 5 results with Monroe on them.

5/8/62 Main Events against Light Heavy Champ Gory Guerrero

4/5/63 semi main event vs Dory Funk

4/12/62 semi main event tag with Killer Karl Kox vs Dory Funk Sr and Jr

4/26/63 semi main vs Ricky Romero

8/18/64 semi main vs Enrique Torres

 

For some reason El Paso was separated on clawmaster’s site. Don’t know if it was a single town like Houston would become or if it was part of another loop? Anyway, Monroe was never below semi-main in the very limited dates we have.

 

Memphis 1971

Sputnik worked at Mid South Coliseum 34 times from June 7, 1971-December 12/27/71. At some point before 7/19/71 he won the Southern Junior Heavyweight Title. He primarily teamed with Norvell Austin and together they won the Southern Tag Titles at a one night tournament on 10/25/71 which they held for 2 whole weeks before losing to Robert Fuller and Bearcat Brown. From this point on (10/25/71), Sputnik was in the main event of every single MSC Show. Unfortunately we only have 2 attendance figures from that period:

11/1/71 drawing 3,500 for Monroe and Norvell vs Robert Fuller and Bearcat Wright

11/29/71 drawing 5,200 for Monroe and Norvell vs Jackie Fargo Tojo Yamamoto

 

3,500 is the lowest # for the year. 5200 would be on the low side as well. I’m sad there are no figures for the Fargo vs Sputnik singles matches during this period. They have a “match with no referee” followed by a texas death match. Too bad we don’t have those figure.

# of Main Events 11

# of Semi Main Events 11

Singles Main Event Opponents

vs Jackie Fargo

 

Sputnik is definitely pushed as a big piece of the puzzle. As he is in the main or semi-main of 22 of the first 38 MSC cards.

 

Memphis 1972 1/31/72-2/14/72

Sputnik and Billy Wicks revive their old rivalry for 2 singles matches and a tag involving Norvell Austin and Eddie Marlin. These are all firmly in the mid-card.

 

Memphis 1972 5/22/72 – 8/14/72

Sputnik’s comes back teaming with Norvell Austin in the main event against the Interns drawing 5,910 (up 1800 over the previous week’s main event of Interns vs Eddie Marlin and Tojo). Next week they main event again with no attendance figure. Following 2 weeks are Monroe and Robert Fuller vs Von Brauner’s in mains that draw 9000+. To sum this 12 match run of results up

 

# of Main Events 8

# of Semi Main Events 2

This was a really nice final run on top in Memphis for Monroe. He wasn’t the biggest individual star, but he was a big part of some strong shows and again a main eventer more often that not.

 

Florida 1972 9/18/72 - 12/7/72

This starts off with Sputnik working undercard singles matches before Norvell Austin joins him as a tag partner and they start to work more mid card matches until 10/10/72 when they won the Florida tag titles from Jimmy Golden and Robert Fuller on match 3^rd from the top underneath a Dory Funk Jr NWA title defense vs Tim Woods and Jack Brisco vs Buddy Colt. Sputnik and Norvell’s main feud after winning the titles is against Bob Orton Sr and Jr but they also work Ron and Robert Fuller quite a bit. They have the occasional main event and semi-main event on what appear to be smaller spot shows but typically are in the mid card even as Tag Champs. After losing the tag titles to the Orton’s on 11/28, Sputnik spins his wheels for a couple of weeks before going somewhere else. Dunno where.

# of Main Events 4

# of Semi Main events 6

Single Main Event Opponents

vs Jack Brisco

 

Amarillo 1973 10/25/73 and 10/28/73

Have two dates for Sputnik working undercards in Amarillo. Anyone know where he was in 1973?

 

Florida 1974 3/6/74 – 6/7/74

This was not a flattering run for the aging Monroe. He was essentially a jobber. He had matches with Don Muraco, Danny Hodge, Jos Leduc, and lost them all. He also had matches with guys like Tom Jones, Jack Welch, and Arpad Weber (Who?) and he lost those too. Went to a time limit draws with Dennis Stamp and Jose Azzari. Obviously they’re just trying to get whatever value possibly still existed by having him put over any and everybody.

 

Memphis 1975

Sputnik worked MSC 14 times from 4/21/75-9/1/75

This was 46 year old Sputnik in Memphis for one quick last run. He was in the opening match pretty much the entire run.

 

Amarillo 1975 9/18/75 – 12/25/75 + 2/24/76

This is a weird run. First date I have is a tag team draw with Don Fargo against Johnny Starr and Scott Casey. He works low on the cards against Starr, Don Fargo, “Frank” Vachon etc. Then suddenly he’s in the semi-main underneath Funk brother death matches. Then he kinda falls back down then suddenly he’s in the semi main against Dory Jr underneath a Terry vs Andre match. Then he falls down the card against Dario Romero then is facing Mil Mascaras on the next card above a Dory Jr match. He had a spot show main event on a card that had Ricky Romero and pre Bruiser Frank Goodish (who was in a lot of mains/semi mains around this time). After a weird month or so of being literally anywhere on the card, Monroe finishes up working mostly the undercard.

# of main events 0

# of Semi main events 4

 

This is all I have of Monroe results/career wise. Obviously I'm missing major major major chunks including this late 50s/early 60s Memphis Run that made him an unforgettable name and helped change a city for the better.

I’m posting this in the hopes that others can help fill gaps for where he worked. More results, anecdotes, etc etc etc. I definitely think he should be in the WON HOF. Obviously this isn’t a full case. But I wanted to start building and I’m hoping the PWO crew can help out. I will post the WON HOF Ballot Criteria and the very little data I’ve collected next.

 

I'm also hoping some of the guys who have votes here will see this and start thinking about Monroe and maybe pester Dave to put him on the ballot.

[elliott]

Before going any further, I wanted to post the WON HOF Ballot Criteria as Stated by Dave Meltzer.

 

This ballot is being sent out to major wrestling stars, past and present, major management figures in the industry, writers and historians.

 

If you are getting this, you are being asked your opinion on who should be inducted into this year's Hall of Fame class. The criteria for the Hall of Fame is a combination of drawing power, being a great in-ring performer or excelling in ones field in pro wrestling, as well as having historical significance in a positive manner. A candidate should either have something to offer in all three categories, or be someone so outstanding in one or two of those categories that they deserve inclusion.

 

The names listed below are those under consideration for this year. To be eligible, a performer must have reached their 35th birthday and completed ten years since their debut as a full-time performer, or be someone who has been a full-time pro wrestler for at least 15 years.

 

Longevity should be a prime consideration rather than a hot two or three year run, unless someone is so significant as a trend-setter or a historical figure in the business, or valuable to the industry, that they need to be included. However, just longevity without being either a long-term main eventer, a top draw and/or a top caliber in-ring performer should be seen as relatively meaningless.

 

The election is broken down into a number of categories. You should check each category for wrestlers that you feel you are familiar enough with based on geography that you've either traveled or are familiar with, and based on the time you have followed pro wrestling. You do not have to vote for a wrestler in every category you've checked.

 

The ballot is also broken down to wrestlers and those who are not pro wrestlers but have been valuable parts of the industry.

 

The maximum number of wrestlers that you can vote for all the categories is ten. You can pick as few as zero if you don't believe anyone on this list deserves inclusion.

 

For wrestling executives, managers, announcers and other outside the ring performers, you can vote for them and they are not counted against the ten. You can vote for as many as five of them.

 

All responses are confidential. There is nothing to worry about politically about any involvement in this process. Your selections will not be revealed unless you choose to do so yourself.

 

Anyone who receives mention on 60% of the ballots from the geographical region and time frame (broken down as Continental United States & Canada; Mexico; Japan; Europe; and Hawaii/Australia/New Zealand) will be added to the Hall of Fame in the class of 2015.

 

If you are unfamiliar with any of the candidates due to geography of having never seen them, that is fine. Ballots are sent to many people from all over the world and from different wrestling cultures so that everyone has as fair a shot at possible.

 

The breakdown for modern and historical performers is 30 years ago, or 1985. So if the last year the person was a headliner, or was a key figure in the industry, was prior to 1985, they would be in the historical class.

 

All performers who receive mention on 10% to 59.9% of the ballots from their geographical region or era will remain on the ballot for consideration next year. All those who receive less than 10% of the vote will be dropped from next year's ballot. They can return in two years based on if there is significant feedback from voters who say they will vote for them. This is mostly for wrestlers who are still active who may improve their career legacy, but can be for retired wrestlers if voters believe they should be put on or returned to the ballot.

 

In addition, in following the lead of the baseball Hall of Fame, which is the model here, starting this year we have a 15-year-rule. The following candidates have been on the ballot since 2000. In baseball, this would be their last year of eligibility. Here, if they don't get at least 50% of the votes in this year's election they will be removed from the ballot. If they are modern candidates, they can be brought back in the historical performers era in two years if it is more than 30 years since their career as a Hall Fame level performer is up

[elliott]

“The criteria for the Hall of Fame is a combination of drawing power, being a great in-ring performer or excelling in ones field in pro wrestling, as well as having historical significance in a positive manner. “

-Dave Meltzer WON HOF Ballot

 

For the purposes of Sputnik Monroe, my focus has always been that last part. “Having historical significance in a positive manner.” There are plenty of historically significant wrestlers within the wrestling business. How many are actually historically significant full stop? I’m aware that it is hard to quantify his impact on the desegregation of Memphis but the fact remains he is cited to this day as an important figure to the civil rights movement in Memphis. (And we all know the WON HOF is a HOF of Perception just as much as Reality). Sputnik was able to use professional wrestling as a way to help bring about real social change in a positive manner. Sputnik may not be the most historically significant/important person to pro wrestling’s broader history but he’s one of the few wrestlers that could be called historically significant.

 

I know that Sputnik wasn’t the biggest star of his era or even close to it. And quite frankly, it is hard to quantify the overall impact he had on the civil rights movement in Memphis (I’m sure some will question his true impact heavily). I understand that. But I’m more excited about a WON HOF with Sputnik Monroe than with Edge.

 

I used this as a comparison when talking to Johnny P about this yesterday. But imagine if Chris Jericho in 2002 spoke about in favor of gay marriage which (directly or partially) led to a state decide to legalize gay marriage, how immediately would Chris Jericho have been put into the HOF? Like faster than it takes for everyone to read the word “immediately.” I can’t think of a single wrestler, active or retired who made wrestling look like a positively contributing corner of society more so than Sputnik Monroe.

[elliott]

Sorry for starting a topic and just immediately blowing it up. But I wanted to share all of the information/results I used for the original post.

 

All Memphis 70s Mid South Coliseum Matches can be found:

http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/memphis/index.html

 

All other results from Clawmaster’s Archive

http://sportsandwrestling.mywowbb.com/forum2/

 

 

East Texas

 

10/15/58 Victoria, TX @ Sportatorium
Pepper Gomez vs Johnny Valentine
Dick Steinborn vs Gypsy Joe
Sputnik vs Marvin J ones
Referee Gino Spindola

 

I assume that is Sputnik Monroe but clawmaster’s results just say Sputnik.

 

10/23/58 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Texas Champion Tosh Tojo beat Dick Steinborn when Steinborn could not answer the bell for the 3rd fall
Johnny Valentine & Jerry Woods beat El Medico & Marvin Jones when Valentine pinned Jones in the 3rd fall
Red Berry beat Gino Spindola in 11:00
Gypsy Joe drew Sputnik Monroe 15:00
Att: 1,000

 

10/28/58 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Lou Thesz beat Johnny Valentine on a reverse decision 3rd fall dq
(Valentine initially won the third fall by pinfall with the ropes for leverage) (the Referee reversed the decision and disqualified Valentine)
Wild Red Berry beat Dick Steinborn (Steinborn’s first loss in Dallas)
Danny McShain drew Rito Romero
Sputnik Monroe beat Tokyo Joe
Pepper Gomez beat Gypsy Joe
Jesse Cardenas beat Swede Karlson

 

11/5/58 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Duke Keomuka vs Johnny Valentine 2/3 90:00
Al Costello vs Luis Martinez
Tosh Togo vs Sugi Sito
Sputnik Monroe vs Roy Heffernan

 

11/11/58 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Jesse Cardenas beat Tosh Togo 2/3
Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan ddq Freddy Fraley & Pat Fraley
Dick Raines beat Sputnik
Gypsy Joe beat Rito Romero dq
Duke Keomuka beat Luis Martinez
Note: Tosh Togo reportedly lost the Texas State Title to Pepper Gomez on Friday in Houston.

 

Also assuming that’s Sputnik Monroe.

 

 

11/12/58 Victoria, TX @ Sportatorium
Rito Romero & Pat Fraley & Fred Fraley ddq Sputnik & Danny McShain & Wild Red Berry in 3rd fall
Pat Fraley beat Sputnik
Rito Romero beat Danny McShain dq
Wild Red Berry drew Fred Fraley 20:00

 

11/13/58 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Referees Marvin Jones & Pepper Gomez
Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan beat Fred Fraley & Pat Fraley 2/3
Otto Kuss beat Sputnik Monroe via pin in 13:00
Sugi Sito beat Gypsy Joe via pin
Gypsy Joe won a 5 man Battle Royal. Pepper Gomez was the first wrestler eliminated so he had to Referee the main event

11/14/58 Houston, TX
El Medico & Pepper Gomez vs Duke Keomuka & Tosh Togo
Al Costello vs Rito Romero
Roy Heffernan vs Luis Martinez
Freddy Fraley vs Sputnik Monroe

 

11/19/58 Victoria, TX @ Sportatorium
Rito Romero beat Danny McShain
1 McShain beat Romero
2 Romero beat McShain
3 Romero beat McShain
Brownie the 400 pound Wrestling Bear beat Sputnik in 11:00
Fred Fraley beat Rube Wright 2-0
Note: Ruce Wright said to be the owner and trainer of Brownie the Wrestling Bear.

 

Again I’m assuming that’s Sputnik. And hey he’s wrestling a bear!

 

No East Texas 1959 results with Sputnik from clawmaster. Does anyone know where he worked in 59? He doesn’t appear to show back up in East Texas till October of 1960.

 

10/3/60 Fort Worth
Ciclon Negro beat Danny McShain dq
Ramona Isbell beat Babs Wingo
Haru Sasaki beat Jerry Kozak
Frank Valois beat Man Mountain Campbell
Joe Kono beat Sputnik Monroe
Silento Rodriguez drew Paul Vachon

 

10/4/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Don Leo Jonathan & Danny McShain & Haruo Sasaki & Maurice Vachon beat Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro & Mr. Kleen & Silento Rodriguez
(“South American Style” team match with “almost a dozen falls” being counted)
(the winners were “finally” able to secure three consecutive pinfalls, which was the “key to victory”)
Don Leo Jonathan beat Mr. Kleen
Danny McShain beat Silento Rodriguez
Ciclon Negro beat Haruo Sasaki
Torbellino Blanco beat Maurice Vachon dq
Jerry Kozak dcor Sputnik Monroe (Dallas debut)
Texas Negro Women’s Champion Ethel Johnson beat Marva Scott
Note: The South American “style” tag team bout was “the first match of its kind in the United States, according to the October 2, 1960 Dallas Morning News.

 

This says “Dallas debut” next to Sputnik but that’s clearly not the case. Was it Kozak’s debut?

 

10/6/60 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Ciclon Negro beat Frank Valois on a 3rd fall dq
Sputnik Monroe dcor Paul Vachon
Ethel Johnson beat Babs Wingo
Man Mountain Campbell beat Haru Sasaki dq in 10:00 when Sasaki tossed Camobell over the top rope

 

10/7/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Texas Tag Team Champions Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro beat Don Leo Jonathan & Danny McShain
Marva Scott beat Ethel Johnson
Haru Sasaki beat Silento Rodriguez
Sputnik Monroe beat El Gladiator
Maurice Vachon beat Tiger Conway

 

10/11/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Texas Tag Team Champions Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro beat Don Leo Jonathan & Danny McShain
Maurice Vachon beat Mr. Kleen
Paul Vachon beat Man Mountain Campbell
Maurice LaPointe drew Haru Sasaki
Marquis de Paree beat Sputnik Monroe

10/12/60 Lake Charles, LA @ McDonald Sportatorium
Torbellino Blanco vs Maurice Vachon 2/3 60:00
Sputnik Monroe vs Silento Rodriguez 2/3 45:00
Don Campbell vs Bob Dupree
Maurice LaPointe vs Jean Kovac

 

10/13/60 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Ciclon Negro & Marvin Jones beat Paul Vachon & Haru Sasaki 2-0
Sputnik Monroe beat Jerry Kozak 2/3
Ciclon Negro dcor Haru Sasaki
Marvin Jones beat Paul Vachon dq in 8:00 when Vachon hit the referee

 

10/14/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Ciclon Negro no contest Don Leo Jonathan
Sputnik Monroe beat Torbellino Blanco
Man Mountain Campbell beat Danny McShain
Haru Sasaki beat Jerry Kozak
Mr. Kleen beat Jesus Cardenas
Maurice LaPointe beat Maurice Vachon

 

10/18/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
South American style tag team match
Don Leo Jonathan & Danny McShain & Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon beat Torbellino Blanco & Jesse Cardenas & Ciclon Negro & Silento Rodriguez
(Jonathan had some help from manager Count Rossi)
Torbellino Blanco beat Paul Vachon
Maurice Vachon beat Silento Rodriguez
Jesse Cardenas beat Danny McShain dq
Jerry Kozak drew Haruo Sasaki
Sputnik Monroe beat Ray Gordon

 

10/19/60 Lake Charles, LA @ McDonald Sportatorium
Don Leo Jonathan vs Torbellino Blanco 2/3
Sputnik Monroe vs Maurice La Pointe
Ray Gordon vs Marquis De Pare
McKinley Pickens vs Joe White

 

10/20/60 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Ciclon Negro dcor Danny McShain in 3rd fall
Sputnik Monroe beat Ray Gordon on a 3rd fall COR
Jerry Kozak beat Marquis De Paree dq in 10:00 when Marquis tossed Jerry over the top rope
Frank Valois beat Haru Sasaki via pin in 9:00

 

10/21/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Ciclon Negro beat Don Leo Jonathan
Sputnik Monroe beat Danny McShain
Torbellino Blanco vs Haru Sasaki
Maurice Vachon vs Jerry Kozak
Frank Valois vs Ray Gordon
Marquis De Paree vs Maurice LaPointe

 

10/25/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Don Leo Jonathan beat Jesse Cardenas 2/3 to earn a world title match against NWA Champion Pat O'Connor
Texas Tag Team Champions Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro beat Maurice & Paul Vachon on a 3rd fall dq when Sputnik Monroe interfered
Sputnik Monroe beat Maurice LaPointe
Ray Gordon drew Danny McShain
Jerry Kozak beat Marquis de Paree

10/27/60 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Don Leo Jonathan ddq Sputnik Monroe
Ciclon Negro beat Marquis De Paree with an abdominal stretch in the 3rd fall
Danny McShain beat Angelo Martinelli via pin in 8:00 after an atomic drop
Frank Valois drew Ray Gordon 15:00

 

10/28/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Tournament for a NWA Title Shot against Pat O’Connor
Sputnik Monroe vs Ciclon Negro
Don Leo Jonathan vs Tiger Conway
Danny McShain vs Haru Sasaki
Jerry Kozak vs Paul Vachon
Torbellino Blanco vs Marquis DeParee
Ray Gordon vs Jesus Cardenas

 

10/31/60 Fort Worth
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor beat Sputnik Monroe
Danny McShain beat Jesus Cardenas
Torbellino Blanco beat Haru Sasaki
Ray Gordon drew Paul Vachon
Marquis de Paree beat Silento Rodriguez

Wow. Sputnik gets an NWA title shot kind of out of nowhere. He redebuted in Texas in the lower card but gets a pretty damn quick push to the top getting the NWA title shot less than a month after coming back to the territory.

 

11/1/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor beat Don Leo Jonathan 2/3
Sputnik Monroe & Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon beat Jesus Cardenas & Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro
Jerry Kozak drew Haru Sasaki
Ray Gordon beat Marquis de Paree
Sputnik Monroe & Maurice Vachon won battle royal

 

Wins a battle royal and continues the feud with Ciclon Negro.

 

 

11/2/60 Lake Charles, LA @ McDonald Sportatorium
Marvin Jones vs Sputnik Monroe 2/3
Torbellino Blanco vs Marquis De Pare
Ray Gordon vs Frank Valois
Jerry Kozak vs Angelo Martinelli
Referee Dick Traut

 

11/3/60 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
South American Style 8 Man Tag Bout
Ciclon Negro & Danny McShain & Jerry Kozak & Ray Gordon beat Sputnik Monroe & Frank Valois & Marquis De Paree & Maurice LaPointe
Ciclon Negro beat Frank Valois
Danny McShain ddq Maurice LaPointe
Jerry Kozak ddq Sputnik Monroe
Marquis De Paree beat Ray Gordon via pin

 

11/4/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor vs Ciclon Negro
Torbellino Blanco & Jesus Cardenas & Silento Rodriguez vs Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon & Sputnik Monroe
Jesus Cardenas vs Paul Vachon
Silento Rodriguez vs Maurice Vachon
Torbellino Blanco vs Sputnik Monroe
Jerry Kozak vs Maurice LaPointe
Angelo Martinelli vs Danny McShain

 

11/5/60 Beaumont, TX @ Sportatorium
NWA Champion Pat O'Connor vs Sputnik Monroe

 

Another NWA title shot against O’Connor

 

11/8/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Texas Champion Ciclon Negro beat Sputnik Monroe
Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon beat Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro to capture the Texas Tag Team Title
Haruo Sasaki beat Silento Rodriguez to capture the Texas Junior Heavyweight Title 2/3
Ray Gordon beat Frenchy Valois
Jesse Cardenas beat Marquis de Paree

 

Another main event this time from the Ciclon Negro feud

 

11/9/60 Lake Charles, LA @ McDonald Sportatorium
Marvin Jones & Torbellino Blanco vs Sputnik Monroe & Marquis De Pare
Paul Boesch vs Ray Gordon 2/3 60:00
Jerry Kozak vs Don Whittler 60:00

 

11/10/60 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Brass Knuckles Champion Danny McShain vs Sputnik Monroe 2/3 60:00
Ciclon Negro vs Stu Gibson 2/3 60:00
Jerry Kozak vs Marquis De Paree
Maurice La Pointe vs Angelo Martinelli

 

11/11/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Texas Champion Ciclon Negro beat Maurice Vachon
Torbellino Blanco beat Sputnik Monroe
Jesus Cardenas beat Marquis de Paree
Maurice LaPointe beat Angelo Martinelli
Don Whittler beat Stu Gibson

 

11/15/60 Dallas
Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro beat Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon 2/3 to win Texas Tag title
Sputnik Monroe beat Jesus Cardenas on a 3rd fall dq
Duke Keomuka beat Ray Gordon with a sleeper hold
Maurice LaPointe beat Marquis de Paree

11/16/60 Lake Charles, LA @ McDonald Sportatorium
Duke Keomuka vs Sputnik Monroe 2/3 60:00
Cowboy Bradley vs Bull Brummell 2/3 45:00
Marquis De Paree vs Jerry Kozak
Ray Gordon vs Maurice LaPointe

 

11/17/60 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Fence Match
Sputnik Monroe beat Brass Knuckles Champion Danny McShain
Cowboy Bradley beat Bull Brummel 2/3
Duke Keomuka & Haru Sasaki beat Marvin Jones (sub Jesus Cardenas) & Jerry Kozak
Jerry Kozak beat Duke Keomuka dq
Haru Sasaki drew Marvin Jones (sub Jesus Cardenas)

 

11/18/60 Houston
Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro vs Duke Keomuka & Haru Sasaki
Jerry Kozak vs Sputnik Monroe
Lord Littlebrook vs Bull Brummel
Danny McShain vs Don Whittler
Maurice Vachon vs Ray Gordon

 

11/21/60 Fort Worth
Sputnik Monroe beat Danny McShain
Jesus Cardenas & Lord Littlebrook beat Duke Keomuka & Bull Brummell
Maurice LaPointe drew Don Whittler
Ray Gordon beat Marquis de Paree
Duke Keomuka beat Jesus Cardenas
Lord Littlebrook beat Beau Brummel

 

11/22/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Sputnik Monroe beat Ray Gunkel
Torbellino Blanco drew Duke Keomuka
Duke Keomuka & Haru Sasaki & Tiny Roe beat Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro & Lord Littlebrook
Maurice Vachon beat Maurice LaPointe
Jesus Cardenas beat Paul Vachon
Note: Texas Wrestling Commissioner Sammy George suspended Duke Keomuka for attacking ring announcer George Preston.

 

11/23/60 Lake Charles, LA @ McDonald Sportatorium
Ciclon Negro vs Sputnik Monroe 2/3 60:00
Bull Brummell & Maurice Vachon vs Cowboy Bradley & Jerry Kozak 2/3 60:00
Don Whittler vs Ray Gordon 2/3 60:00

 

11/25/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Texas Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Danny McShain beat Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro
Jerry Kozak & Lord Littlebrook beat Maurice Vachon & Tiny Roe
Jerry Kozak drew Maurice Vachon
Lord Littlebrook beat Tiny Roe
Haru Sasaki beat Jesus Cardenas
Tiger Conway beat Marquis de Paree

 

11/29/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Texas Champion Ciclon Negro beat Sputnik Monroe on a 3rd fall dq
Texas Junior Heavyweight Champion Haru Sasaki beat Jerry Kozak
Handicap Match
Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon beat Jesus Cardenas when Jesse could only pin one of the Vachons within the time limit
Ray Gordon beat Joe Pizza
Maurice LaPointe drew Angelo Martinelli

 

11/30/60 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Torbellino Blanco beat Haru Sasaki
Sputnik Monroe beat Maurice LaPointe
Tonina beat Jesus Cardenas
Stu Gibson beat Marquis DeParee
Jerry Kozak beat Paul Vachon
Referee: Angelo Martinelli

 

12/2/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Sputnik Monroe beat Bull Curry
Gloria Barattini beat Mae Young
Dory Dixon beat Paul Vachon
Torbellino Blanco & Cyclone Negro beat Joe Pizza & Haru Sasaki
Jerry Kozak drew Danny McShain

 

12/6/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
World Negro Champion Dory Dixon beat Haru Sasaki to capture the Texas Junior Heavyweight Title
Bull Curry & Ciclon Negro beat Texas Tag Team Champions Danny McShain & Sputnik Monroe dq
Paul Vachon beat Marquis de Paree
Maurice Vachon beat Ray Gordon
Torbellino Blanco drew Jerry Kozak

 

12/7/60 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Referee Angelo Martinelli
Torbellino Blanco beat Bull Curry on a 3rd fall dq
Sputnik Monroe beat Jerry Kozak
Stu Gibson drew Haru Sasaki
Ed Rodriguez beat Marquis DeParee
Paul Vachon beat Maurice LaPointe

 

12/8/60 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Texas Tag Team Champions Danny McShain & Sputnik Monroe vs Bull Curry & Torbellino Blanco when Monroe pinned Blanco in the 3rd fall after Curry turned on Torbellino
Negro Heavyweight Champion Dory Dixon beat Paul Vachon 2-0
Bull Curry beat Danny McShain dq in 3:00 when Danny tossed Bull over the top rope
Torbellino Blanco beat Sputnik Monroe via pin in 8 seconds after a backbreaker over the knee
Angelo Martinelli beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 8:00

 

12/9/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Sputnik Monroe & Danny McShain vs Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco
Bull Curry vs Haru Sasaki
Dory Dixon beat Stu Gibson
Joe Pizza beat Daniel Boone Savage
Ray Gordon vs Maurice LaPointe

 

12/10/60 Beaumont, TX @ Sportatorium
Brass Knuckles Title
Bull Curry vs Danny McShain
Sputnik Monroe vs Maurice Vachon
Torbellino Blanco vs Ray Gordon
Maurice LaPointe vs Angelo Martinelli

 

12/13/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Bull Curry beat Duke Keomuka dq (Keomuka was returning after his suspension)
World Negro and Texas Junior Heavyweight Champion Dory Dixon beat Danny McShain 2/3
Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon & Sputnik Monroe vs Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro & Whiskers Savage
Jerry Kozak vs Haruo Sasaki
Note: Curry, reportedly, was trying to collect a $2,000 “bounty” put up by George Preston, the ring announcer Keomuka had attacked. Whoever was able to hospitalize Keomuka would win the money.

 

12/14/60 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Sputnik Monroe beat Torbellino Blanco 2/3
Bull Curry beat Angelo Martinelli
Stu Gibson beat Paul Vachon via pin
Ray Gordon drew Haru Sasaki
Marquis DeParee beat Maurice LaPointe
Referee: Otto Kuss

 

12/15/60 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Bull Curry beat Torbellino Blanco 2/3
Dory Dixon beat Sputnik Monroe 2/3
Whiskers Savage beat Danny McShain dq in 5:00
Don Whittler beat Angelo Martinelli via pin in 10:00

 

12/16/60 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Bull Curry beat Sputnik Monroe
Dory Dixon beat Torbellino Blanco
Ciclon Negro & Whiskers Savage beat Duke Keomuka & Haru Sasaki
Pepper Gomez beat Danny McShain
Jerry Kozak beat Bob Kennedy

 

12/20/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Dory Dixon beat Duke Keomuka 2/3 (Dixon initially won the third fall by countout, but refused victory in that way)
Paul Vachon beat Maurice LaPointe
Danny McShain beat Haru Sasaki
Torbellino Blanco & Ciclon Negro drew Sputnik Monroe & Maurice Vachon
Jerry Kozak beat Don Whittler

 

12/27/60 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Danny McShain beat Duke Keomuka on a 3rd fall dq
Dory Dixon & Ciclon Negro beat Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon
Don Whittler beat Marquis de Paree
Ray Gordon beat Haru Sasaki
Jerry Kozak drew Sputnik Monroe

 

12/28/60 San Antonio, TX @Wrestlethon
Referee: Stu Gibson
Danny McShain beat Sputnik Monroe on a 3rd fall dq
Ciclon Negro beat Haru Sasaki 2-0
Benny Matta beat Ed Rodriguez but refused the victory due to an injury suffered by Rodriguez
Don Whittler beat Marquis DeParee
Ray Gordon beat Maurice LaPointe via pin
NOTE: Silento Rodriguez and local Ed Rodriguez are different wrestlers

 

1/2/61 Fort Worth
Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe beat Duke Keomuka & Haru Sasaki
Judy Grable beat Rita Cortez
Duke Keomuka beat Sputnik Monroe dq
Ciclon Negro beat Don Whittler
Mario Milano beat Ray Gordon

1/3/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Ring surrounded by a fence “topped with strands of barbed wire”, Dixon trying to win the $2,000 offered by George Preston
Dory Dixon beat Duke Keomuka in the fifth fall
Mary DeLeon & Judy Grable beat Rita Cortez & Fran Gravette dq
Ciclon Negro beat Haru Sasaki
Sputnik Monroe beat Jimmy Bad Boy Hines

1/4/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Stu Gibson beat Sputnik Monroe on a 3rd fall dq
Negro Heavyweight Champion Dory Dixon beat Tiger Conway
Mary Deleon beat Fran Gravette
Ciclon Negro beat Benny Matta
Haru Sasaki drew Ed Rodriguez

 

1/5/61 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Texas Tag Team Champions Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe vs Dory Dixon & Paul Boesch 2/3 60:00
Mary Deleon vs Fran Gravette
Sputnik Monroe vs Paul Boesch
Jet Monroe vs Dory Dixon
Bob Kennedy vs Don Whittler

 

1/10/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Texas Tag Team Champions Jet & Sputnik Monroe beat Dory Dixon & Pepper Gomez dq
Judy Grable beat Rita Cortez
Hogan Wharton beat Bad Boy Hines
Tony Borne beat Jerry Kozak
Mario Milano drew Nelson Royal
Notes: Jet and Sputnik Monroe reportedly “took the title in their first team effort in Texas;” Hogan Wharton “played American League pro football as a guard with the championship Houston Oilers,” according to the Dallas Morning News.

 

1/11/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Texas Champion Ciclon Negro beat Sputnik Monroe on a 3rd fall dq
Mary Deleon beat Judy Grable
Stu Gibson beat Jimmy Bad Boy Hines dq
Tony Borne beat Don Whittler
Benny Matta drew Hogan Wharton

 

1/12/61 Galveston, TX @ City Auditorium
Dory Dixon beat Sputnik Monroe on a 2nd fall dq
Judy Grable beat Rita Cortez 2/3
Hogan Wharton drew Mario Milano 15:00
Nelson Royal beat Haru Sasaki dq in 11:00

 

1/13/61 Houston
Dory Dixon & Pepper Gomez beat Tony Borne & Sputnik Monroe
Bull Curry beat Jet Monroe
Hogan Wharton beat Don Manoukian dq
Jerry Kozak beat Jimmy Bad Boy Hines
Maria DeLeon beat Fran Gravette

 

1/16/61 Fort Worth, TX @ North Side Coliseum
Pepper Gomez & Wild Bull Curry vs Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe
Tony Borne vs Hogan Wharton
Also: Haru Sasaki, Tosh Togo, Ciclon Negro, Mario Milano

 

1/17/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Ciclon Negro & Dory Dixon & Pepper Gomez vs Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe & Tosh Togo 2/3
Tony Borne vs. Bull Curry
Don Manoukian vs Nelson Royal
Mario Milano vs Hogan Wharton
Note: Don Manoukian was billed as a Oakland Raider guard.

 

1/18/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Sputnik Monroe beat Stu Gibson 2/3
Bull Curry dcor Tony Borne
Ciclon Negro beat Jet Monroe dq
Jimmy Bad Boy Hines drew Jerry Kozak
Don Manoukian beat Don Whittler

 

1/19/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Ciclon Negro & Pepper Gomez beat Tony Borne & Jimmy Bad Boy Hines dq when Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe interfered
Sputnik Monroe vs Jerry Kozak 2/3 45:00
Jet Monroe vs Hogan Wharton

 

1/20/61 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor drew Dory Dixon
Don Manoukian beat Ciclon Negro to win Texas Title
Pepper Gomez & Hogan Wharton beat Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe to win Texas Tag title
NWA Junior Champion Danny Hodge beat Jerry Kozak
Brass Knuckles Champion Bull Curry beat Tony Borne

 

1/24/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Non Title Match because Gomez didn’t make weight
NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge drew Pepper Gomez when Hodge was “unintentionally fouled” by Gomez in the 3rd fall, halting the affair
((Hodge’s Dallas debut)
Dory Dixon beat Tosh Togo 2-0
Ciclon Negro beat Tony Borne
Don Manoukian beat Mario Milano
Bull Curry ddq Sputnik Monroe
Hogan Wharton beat Haruo Sasaki

 

1/25/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Sputnik Monroe & Jet Monroe beat Ciclon Negro & Bull Curry 2/3
NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Tony Borne on a reverse decision dq
Don Manoukian beat Jerry Kozak
Jimmy Bad Boy Hines beat Don Whittler via pin
Benny Matta drew Ed Rodriguez
Referee Otto Kuss

 

1/26/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Ciclon Negro & Pepper Gomez vs Tony Borne & Jimmy Bad Boy Hines 2/3 60:00
Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe vs Jerry Kozak & Nelson Royal 2/3 60:00
Sputnik Monroe vs Pepper Gomez 20:00
Tony Borne vs Jerry Kozak 15:00

 

1/27/61 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Russian Roulette Match
Dory Dixon & Pepper Gomez & Ciclon Negro vs Tony Borne & Don Manoukian & Sputnik Monroe
Danny Hodge vs Tosh Togo
Bull Curry vs Haru Sasaki
Hogan Wharton vs Mario Milano

 

1/30/61 Waco, TX @ Arena
Tosh Togo beat Ciclon Negro
Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe drew Dory Dixon & Nelson Royal
Dory Dixon beat Jet Monroe
Nelson Royal drew Sputnik Monroe

 

1/31/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Benefit for the March of Dimes
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor drew Dory Dixon 90:00
NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Jerry Kozak 2-0
Texas Champion Don Manoukian beat Alex Perez
Texas Tag Team Champions Pepper Gomez & Hogan Wharton beat Jet & Sputnik Monroe
Texas Brass Knuckles Champion Bull Curry beat Tosh Togo
att: capacity crowd
Notes: The “Parade of Champion” was celebrating McLemore’s 22nd anniversary as a wrestling promoter in Dallas; Manoukian’s first defense of his Texas Title in Dallas.

 

2/1/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
South American Rules Match, Winning team must score three consecutive falls, Referees Stu Gibson & Otto Kuss
Dory Dixon & Alex Perez & Ciclon Negro & Bull Curry beat Sputnik Monroe & Jet Monroe & Don Manoukian & Tony Borne in 11 falls
Sputnik Monroe beat Ciclon Negro via pin
Dory Dixon beat Jet Monroe
Tony Borne drew Alex Perez
Bull Curry no contest Don Manoukian

 

2/2/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall
Pepper Gomez beat Sputnik Monroe on a 3rd fall dq
No Time Limit
Jerry Kozak vs Tony Borne
Nelson Royal vs Jet Monroe
Ray Molino vs Jerry Aitken

 

2/3/61 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Texas Champion Don Manoukian vs Ciclon Negro
Dory Dixon beat Sputnik Monroe
Pepper Gomez & Hogan Wharton vs Tony Borne & Mario Milano
Bull Curry vs Nelson Royal
Haru Sasaki vs Jerry Kozak

 

2/7/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Duke Keomuka beat Dory Dixon 2/3
Ciclon Negro drew Don Manoukian
Pepper Gomez beat Tosh Togo
Bull Curry ddq Danny McShain
Tony Borne beat Alex Perez
Sputnik Monroe beat Joey Aitken

 

2/8/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Pepper Gomez beat Sputnik Monroe 2/3
Dory Dixon beat Jimmy Bad Boy Hines
Bull Curry ddq Jet Monroe
Alex Perez drew Tosh Togo
Don Manoukian beat Mario Milano
Referee Otto Kuss

 

2/9/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall
Pepper Gomez vs Sputnik Monroe 2/3 60:00
Dory Dixon vs Haru Sasaki
Nelson Royal vs Tony Borne
Jet Monroe vs Jerry Kozak

 

2/10/61 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Pepper Gomez beat Don Manoukian to win Texas Title
Dory Dixon no contest Danny McShain
Bull Curry & Ciclon Negro vs Tony Borne & Sputnik Monroe
Mario Milano vs Jerry Kozak
Hogan Wharton vs Alex Perez

 

2/15/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Dory Dixon beat Sputnik Monroe on a 3rd fall dq when Jet Monroe interfered
Jet Monroe no contest Pepper Gomez in 3rd fall
Stu Gibson beat Don Manoukian
Bull Curry beat Tosh Togo dq when Togo tossed salt in Curry’s eyes
Alex Perez drew Jimmy Bad Boy Hines

 

2/16/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Pepper Gomez & Dory Dixon vs Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe
Tony Borne vs Jerry Kozak 2/3 45:00
Tosh Togo vs Hogan Wharton
Referee Otto Kuss

 

2/17/61 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Dory Dixon vs Danny McShain
Tony Borne & Don Manoukian beat Pepper Gomez & Hogan Wharton to win Texas Tag title
Sputnik Monroe vs Ciclon Negro
Bull Curry vs Joey Aitken
Jimmy Bad Boy Hines vs Nick Kozak

 

2/21/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Negro World Champion Dory Dixon lost a special handicap match when he failed to beat both Haru Sasaki and Tosh Togo in 30-minutes
(Sasaki remained through 20-minutes and Togo remained through the end of the bout)
Ciclon Negro beat Alex Perez (Negro reportedly unmasked for the first time in Dallas)
Pepper Gomez & Nick Kozak beat Tony Borne & Danny McShain dq
Bull Curry beat Sputnik Monroe
Don Manoukian beat Jet Monroe

 

2/22/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Pepper Gomez & Dory Dixon drew Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe
Stu Gibson no contest Tosh Togo
Pepper Gomez beat Sputnik Monroe
Jimmy Bad Boy Hines beat Bull Curry dq
Alex Perez drew Don Manoukian

 

2/23/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall
Texas Death Match
Pepper Gomez vs Sputnik Monroe
Dory Dixon vs Tony Borne
Jet Monroe vs Nick Kozak
Jimmy Bad Boy Hines vs Jerry Kozak

 

2/25/61 Angleton, TX @ Brazoria County Fairgrounds
Bull Curry vs Danny McShain
Sputnik Monroe vs Jerry Kozak
Paul Boesch vs Jimmy Bad Boy Hines

 

2/28/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Dory Dixon beat Tosh Togo
Jerry Kozak beat Ciclon Negro on a reverse decision dq
Don Manoukian & Danny McShain beat Pepper Gomez & Alex Perez COR
Nick Kozak beat Sputnik Monroe
Tony Borne dcor Bull Curry

 

3/1/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Brass Knuckles Champion Bull Curry beat Sputnik Monroe 2/3
Pepper Gomez beat Don Manoukian via pin after a series of body slams
Tosh Togo beat Alex Perez
Stu Gibson beat Jet Monroe via pin after a cannonball from the top rope
Dory Dixon beat Jimmy Bad Boy Hines

 

3/2/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Loser must Leave Corpus Christi for 60 days
Jet Monroe & Sputnik Monroe vs Nick Kozak & Jerry Kozak
Pepper Gomez vs Tony Borne
Don The Bruiser Mankoukian vs Jerry Aitken
Referee Otto Kuss

No more Sputnik results until 5/31 when he’s back in the main event.

5/31/61 Lake Charles, LA @ McDonald Sportatorium
Sputnik Monroe vs Waldo Von Erich
Nick Bockwinkel vs Corsica Jean
Nick Kozak vs Treacherous Phillips
Torbellino Blanco vs Hogan Wharton

 

Another break for Sputnik in East Texas as we don’t see him again till 10/27. Did he work somewhere else during this time?

10/27/61 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
NWA Champion Buddy Rogers beat Ciclon Negro
Sputnik Monroe beat Dory Dixon to win Texas Title
Nell Stewart beat China Mira
Mike Dibiase drew Duke Keomuka
Shag Thomas beat Mighty Yankee I
Johnny Kostas beat Kojima Saito

 

10/31/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
NWA Champion Buddy Rogers beat Duke Keomuka 2/3
Mike DiBiase & Sputnik Monroe beat The Mighty Yankees
Ciclon Negro drew Tony Martin
Shag Thomas beat Kojima Saito
Johnny Kostas beat Jerry Miller

 

11/1/61 Lake Charles, LA @ McDonald Sportatorium
Mike DiBiase vs Sputnik Monroe
Karl Von Schober vs Adrian Baillargeon
Ciclon Negro vs Jerry Miller
Eduardo Castillo vs Paul Boesch

 

11/2/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Sputnik Monroe vs Ciclon Negro 2/3 60:00
Mike DiBiase vs Eduardo Castillo 30:00
Shag Thomas vs Johnny Kostas 20:00
Sam Steamboat vs Tito Kopa 15:00

 

11/3/61 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Texas Champion Sputnik Monroe vs Tony Borne
Danny McShain vs Shag Thomas
Ciclon Negro vs Duke Keomuka
Mike DiBiase vs Johnny Kostas
Kojima Sato vs Tito Kopa

 

11/6/61 Fort Worth
Sputnik Monroe beat Ciclon Negro dq
Duke Keomuka beat Mighty Yankee I

 

11/7/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Mike DiBiase & Sputnik Monroe beat Duke Keomuka & Shag Thomas
(after the match, Keomuka and Thomas brawled around the ring)
Johnny Kostas beat Tony Martin dq
Ciclon Negro beat Masked Yankee I
Adrian Baillargeon beat Karl Von Schober
Jerry Miller drew Bobby O’Brien

 

11/8/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Kojima Saito beat Tony Martin
Sputnik Monroe beat Eduardo Castillo
Stu Gibson beat Mighty Yankee I
Duke Keomuka drew Tito Kopa 20:00
Sam Steamboat beat Gilbert Cornejo

11/9/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Mike DiBiase & Sputnik Monroe vs Ciclon Negro & Eduardo Castillo
Duke Keomuka vs Shag Thomas
Tito Kopa vs Sam Steamboat

 

11/10/61 Houston, TX @ City Auditorium
Sputnik Monroe vs Shag Thomas
Sheik Abdullah vs Ciclon Negro
Mike DiBiase vs Adrian Baillargeon
Johnny Kostas vs Duke Keomuka
Jerry Miller vs Tito Kopa

 

11/13/61 Fort Worth
Sputnik Monroe beat Duke Keomuka
Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton beat Johnny Kostas & Sam Steamboat
Jim Dalton beat Johnny Kostas
Jack Dalton beat Sam Steamboat

11/14/61 Dallas, TX @ Sportatorium
Shag Thomas beat Mike DiBiase on a 3rd fall dq
Duke Keomuka beat Johnny Kostas
Texas Champion Sputnik Monroe beat Bobby O’Brien (sub Yankee I, who was injured)
Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton beat Adrian Baillargeon & Tito Kapo
Russian Angel drew Sam Steamboat

 

11/15/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Texas Champion Sputnik Monroe beat Stu Gibson on a 3rd fall COR
Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton beat Tito Kopa & Eddie Montemayor (sub Kojima Saito)
Jack Dalton drew Eddie Montemayor 15:00
Eduardo Castillo beat Jerry Miller
Sam Steamboat beat Tony Martin via pin
Note: Kojima Saito reportedly suffered a broken leg earlier in the week.

 

11/16/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Ciclon Negro & Shag Thomas beat Duke Keomuka & Tony Martin 2/3
Sputnik Monroe vs Jim Dalton 2/3 60:00
Sam Steamboat vs Jack Dalton

 

11/17/61 Houston
Pepe Gonzales beat Sputnik Monroe for Texas Title

 

11/22/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Sputnik Monroe beat Stu Gibson
Jim Dalton & Jack Dalton beat Eddie Montemayor & Shag Thomas
Pepe Gonzales beat Tony Martin
Shag Thomas beat Jim Dalton dq
Tito Kopa beat Sam Steamboat via pin

 

11/23/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Ciclon Negro & Shag Thomas vs Mike DiBiase & Sputnik Monroe 2/3 60:00
Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton vs Jerry Miller & Pepe Gonzales
Mike DiBiase vs Shag Thomas
Jerry Miller vs Jack Dalton

 

11/29/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Sputnik Monroe beat Shag Thomas 2/3
Pepe Gonzales beat Jack Dalton on a 3rd fall dq
Peggy Allen no contest Margie Ramsey
Jim Dalton beat Tito Kopa
Eddie Montemayor beat Johnny Kostas

 

11/30/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Sputnik Monroe vs Jim Dalton 2/3 60:00
Judy Grable vs Peggy Allen 2/3 45:00
Jack Dalton vs Eduardo Castillo 20:00
Mike DiBiase vs Pepe Gonzales 15:00

 

12/6/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton & Al Galento beat Ciclon Negro & Shag Thomas & Pepe Gonzales 2/3
Peggy Allen beat Margie Ramsey 2/3
Sputnik Monroe beat Tito Kopa
Ciclon Negro beat Jack Dalton dq
Eduardo Castillo drew Jim Dalton 15:00

 

12/7/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
Sputnik Monroe vs Jim Dalton 2/3 60:00
Judy Grable & Fran Gravette vs Peggy Allen & Margie Ramsey 2/3 60:00
Duke Keomuka vs Jack Dalton
Mike DiBiase vs Eric Rommel

 

12/13/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Ciclon Negro beat Sputnik Monroe dq
Shag Thomas & Eduardo Castillo beat Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton dq
Eddie Montemayor beat Tito Kopa
Pepe Gonzales beat Sam Steamboat via pin
Jack Dalton beat Shag Thomas
Eduardo Castillo drew Jim Dalton 15:00

 

12/14/61 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena
No Time Limit
Jim Dalton & Jacl Dalton vs Sputnik Monroe & Mike DiBiase
Duke Keomuka vs Eric Rommel
Ciclon Negro vs La Pantera
Note: Last show of the season

 

12/27/61 San Antonio, TX @ Wrestlethon
Texas Death Match
Stu Gibson beat Sputnik Monroe 5-4
Texas Champion Jack Dalton beat Duke Keomuka
Ciclon Negro drew Jim Dalton
Pepe Gonzales beat Al Galento dq
Benny Matta beat Sam Steamboat

 

 

Arizona Results

 

Yuma AZ: December 21, 1961
(Joe Hunt's Sports Arena) ... Jim Wright & Baby Blimp vs Buddy Fuller & El Gran Lotario (losers must face Victor the Bear in special bout afterward) ... Sputnik Monroe vs Tuffy Truesdale

2/7/62 Tucson, AZ @ Gardens
Texas Death Match
El Gran Lothario beat Wild Baby Blimp
Tex Riley & Len Rossi beat Sputnik Monroe & Dan (Dwayne?) Peal 2-0
Tommy Roland beat Tito Montez 2/3

 

2/14/62 Tucson, AZ @ Garden
Western States Champion Sputnik Monroe vs Greg Peterson
El Gran Lothario vs Paul DeGalles
Tex Riley vs Len Rossi
Ken Lucas vs Mario Galento

 

3/7/62 Phoenix
Sputnik Monroe beat Hans Steiner
Tito Montez beat Mad Mongol dq
Dick Dunn beat Ed Sharpe dq
El Gran Lothario beat Percival Pringle
Ken Lucas beat Jerry Miller

3/26/62 Phoenix
Baby Blimp no contest Sputnik Monroe
Buddy Fuller beat Pierre DeGalles
El Gran Lothario beat Bobby Nichols
Greg Peterson beat Nick Kilonis
Scotty Williams beat Ken Ackles

3/27/62 Yuma, AZ @ Joe Hunt’s Sports Arena
El Gran Lothario & Greg Peterson beat Western States Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Baby Blimp on a 3^rd fall dq
Bobby Nichols beat Nick Kilonis 2-0
Greg Peterson drew Baby Blimp 15:00

 

4/3/62 Yuma, AZ @ Joe Hunt’s Sports Arena
Western States Champion Sputnik Monroe vs El Gran Lothario 2/3 60:00
Tito Montez vs Charlie Carr 2/3 45:00
Bobby Nichols vs Greg Peterson 20:00

4/10/62 Yuma, AZ @ Joe Hunt’s Sports Arena
El Gran Lothario vs Sputnik Monroe
Loser Leaves Town
Tito Montez vs Paul DeGalles
Dick Dunn vs Baby Blimp

4/11/62 Tucson, AZ @ Garden
Sputnik Monroe vs Wild Baby Blimp
El Gran Lothario & Tito Montez vs Mike DiBiase & Pierre DeGalles
Mario Galento vs Greg Peterson 2/3

 

4/18/62 Tucson, AZ @ Garden
Referee Joe Mendoza
Sputnik Monroe beat Wild Baby Blimp utc
Tito Montez & Dick Dunn beat Mike DiBiase & Charlie Carr 2-0, both falls by dq
Mario Galento beat Doug Kinlsow when Kinslow was unable to continue in the 3^rd fall

 

4/25/62 Tucson, AZ @ Hi Corbett Field
Western States Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Mario Galento vs El Gran Lothario & Baby Blimp 2/3 60:00
Mike DiBiase & Ken Lucas vs Dick Dunn & Phil Melby 2/3 60:00
Tito Montez vs Doug Kinslow 2/3 60:00

 

5/2/62 Tucson, AZ @ Hi Corbett Field
Special Referee: Joe Louis
El Gran Lothario & Tito Montez beat Sputnik Monroe & Mario Galento 2/3 to win Western States Tag Title
Dick Dunn beat Ken Lucas 2-0
Mike DiBiase beat Rocky Smith utc
Wild Baby Blimp vs Scotty Williams

 

 

2/26/63 Tucson, AZ @ Sports Center
Tito Montez & El Gran Lothario beat Percival Pringle & Hans Steiner 3/5
Sputnik Monroe beat Jerry Duke Miller 2/3
Baby Cheryl beat Dolly Darcel
Promoter: Scotty Williams
Att: 1,500

 

3/5/63 Tucson, AZ @ Sports Center
El Gran Lothario won an 8 Man Battle Royal for $450
Tito Montez beat Hans Steiner dq
El Gran Lothario beat Percival Pringle
Sputnik Monroe drew Dick Dunn
Jerry Duke Miller beat Ed Sharpe via pin

 

3/12/63 Tucson, AZ @ Sports Center
Tito Montez & El Gran Lothario beat Sputnik Monroe & Hans Steiner
Judy Grable & Olga Martinez beat Ann Casey & Brenda Scott dq
Dick Dunn beat Ed Sharpe
Percival Pringle drew Jerry Duke Miller

 

3/19/63 Tucson, AZ @ Sports Center
Sputnik Monroe & Hans Steiner beat El Gran Lothario & Tito Montez
Ken Lucas beat Jerry Duke Miller 2/3
Mad Mongol vs Jerry London
Percival E Pringle vs Dick Dunn

 

3/22/63 Phoenix
Mad Mongol beat Sputnik Monroe

3/23/63 Casa Grande, AZ @ Gardens
Sputnik Monroe vs El Gran Lothario 2/3 60:00
Tito Montez & Dick Dunn vs Mad Mongol & Ken Lucas 2/3 60:00
Plus one other match

 

El Paso, Texas 1962-64

5/8/62 El Paso, TX @ Coliseum
Light Heavyweight Champion Gory Guerrero beat Sputnik Monroe 2/3
Paul Harrison beat Chivo De Ring
Gordo Chihuahua beat Willie Love
Omar Atlas & Juan Garcia no contest Jim Burke & Mad Mongol

 

4/5/63 El Paso, TX @ Dudley Field
Ricky Romero no contest Mike DiBiase
Sputnik Monroe vs Dory Funk 2/3
Pee Wee Lopez vs Marcel Semard
Mr Kleen vs Bob Stanlee
Plus one other bout

 

4/12/63 El Paso, TX @ Dudley Field
Death Match
Ricky Romero beat Mike Dibiase
Dory Funk Sr & Dory Funk Jr beat Sputnik Monroe & Killer Karl Kox
Mr Kleen beat Don McClarty
Cisco Kid beat El Gitano via pin after a body slam

 

4/26/63 El Paso, TX @ Dudley Field
Dory Funk beat Mike DiBiase dq
Sputnik Monroe beat Ricky Romero
Tokyo Joe beat Wahoo McDaniel via pin after a series of judo chops
Bob Ellis beat Don Duffy via pin after a bulldog headlock
La Tonina beat John Alvarez

 

8/18/64 El Paso, TX @ Coliseum
Referee Loco Mendez
Mysterious Medics beat Ricky Romero & Tito Carreon 2/3
Enrique Torres beat Sputnik Monroe in 12:52
Ali Bey beat Bill Graham in 16:02 with a claw hold
Bud Cody beat Jerry Woods in 15:30
Pancho Pico drew Gordo Chihuahua 20:00
Att: 1,240

 

 

Florida 1972

 

9/18/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium
Steel Cage Match
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt
Paul Jones & Dick Murdoch beat Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller
Johnny Walker beat Phil Robley
Bobby Shane & Redbeard beat Bob Griffin & Mike Graham
Mike Webster beat Mike George
Sputnik Monroe beat Scott Casey

 

9/20/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods & Johnny Walker & Robert Fuller beat Buddy Colt & Phil Robley & Dick Murdoch
Mike Graham beat Bobby Shane
Mike Webster beat Bob Griffin
Sputnik Monroe beat Mike George
Bob Orton Jr beat Jack Evans via pin in 8:10 with a cradle
Joe Nova beat Scott Casey via pin in 2:06

 

9/21/72 Tampa TV
Buddy Colt beat Black Bart
Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller drew Joe Nova & Red Demon
Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller drew Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Johnny Walker beat Smasher Sloan
Paul Jones & Dick Murdoch beat Tony Garea & Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
Mike Graham beat Jack Evans

 

9/21/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Eddie Graham beat Bobby Shane dq
Buddy Colt & Dick Murdoch beat Mr. Wrestling & Johnny Walker
Bonnie Watson beat Ella Waldek
Robert Fuller beat Mike Webster
Mike Graham beat Phil Robley
Jimmy Golden no contest Sputnik Monroe
Norvel Austin beat Scott Casey

 

9/25/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods & Mike Graham & Jack Brisco beat Mike Webster & Bobby Shane & Dick Murdoch
Buddy Colt beat Johnny Walker
Robert Fuller beat Paul Jones dq
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Mike George & Bob Griffin
Jimmy Golden beat Redbeard
Joe Nova beat Tony Garea

 

9/26/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Buddy Colt beat Johnny Walker
Florida Tag Team Champions Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden beat Dick Murdoch & Paul Jones when Fuller pinned Murdoch
Bobby Shane & Redbeard & Mike Webster beat Jack Brisco & Mike Graham & Bob Griffin when Shane pinned Griffin
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Sputnik Monroe
Phil Robley beat Tony Garea
Joe Nova beat Mike George

 

9/27/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium
Loser Leaves Town
Robert Fuller beat Dick Murdoch
Loser Leaves Town
Buddy Colt beat Johnny Walker
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Mike Webster
Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller beat Sputnik & Norvel Austin
Joe Nova beat Tony Garea
Jack Evans drew Mike George

 

9/28/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Jack Brisco default
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Dick Murdoch
Jack Brisco beat Buddy Colt
Cadillac Tournament Match
Bobby Shane beat Johnny Walker
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Bob Griffin (sub Robert Fuller) & Jimmy Golden
Redbeard & Mike Webster beat Mike George & Tony Garea
Bob Orton Sr & Bob Orton Jr beat Smasher Sloan & Joe Nova

 

9/29/72 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Pirate's World Arena
Jack Brisco vs Sputnik Monroe
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs Bob Orton
Ron Fuller & Hiro Matsuda vs Phil Robley & Jack Evans
Mike Graham vs Smasher Sloan
Norvel Austin vs Tony Garea
Scott Casey vs Bobby Lane

 

9/30/72 Lakeland, FL @ Armory
Southern Champion Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt
Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller beat Bobby Shane & Sputnik Monroe
Phil Robley beat Mike George
Norvel Austin beat Bob Griffin
Mike Webster beat Scott Casey

 

10/2/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium
Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Bob Griffin & Thunderbolt Patterson
Jack Brisco & Mike Graham beat Bobby Shane & Mike Webster
Jimmy Golden beat Paul Jones
Joe Nova beat Scott Casey
Phil Robley beat Mike George

 

10/3/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Paul Jones 2-0
Elimination Match
Jack Brisco & Mike Graham & Eddie Graham beat Redbeard & Mike Webster & Bobby Shane
Florida Tag Team Champions Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Buddy Colt beat Thunderbolt Patterson
Bob Griffin beat Joe Nova dq
Jack Evans beat Corsica Jean
att: about 5,000

 

10/5/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Southern Champion Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt on a reverse decision dq
Jack Brisco & Mike Graham beat Bobby Shane & Mike Webster dq
Cadillac Tournament Matches
Dick Slater beat Mike George
Joe Nova beat Bob Orton Jr
Sputnik Monroe beat Jimmy Golden
Norvel Austin beat Phil Brummett

 

10/6/72 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Pirate's World Arena
Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs Buddy Colt
Paul Jones vs Ron Fuller
Mike Graham vs Jack Evans
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin vs Bob Griffin & Scott Casey
Bob Orton vs Mike George

 

10/9/72 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium
Jack Brisco beat NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr dq
Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Jimmy Golden
Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt dq
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Man Mountain Mike & Bob Griffin
Mike Graham beat Mike Paidousis
Phil Robley beat Bob Orton Jr

 

10/10/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods 2/3
1. Woods was dq'ed
2. Woods pinned Funk
3. Funk beat Woods
Jack Brisco beat Buddy Colt via reverse decision dq
Norvel Austin & Sputnik Monroe beat Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller to win Florida Tag Title
Paul Jones beat Bob Orton Jr
Bob Griffin beat Mike Paidousis
Phil Robley beat Scott Casey

 

10/11/72 Miami, FL @ Dinner Key Auditorium
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr beat Ron Fuller
Florida Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Louie Tillet & Mike Graham dq
Paul Jones beat Robert Fuller
Jack Brisco beat Buddy Colt
Phil Robley beat Scott Casey
Joe Nova beat Bob Orton Jr

 

10/12/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr beat Buddy Colt dq
Elimination Match
Mike Graham & Eddie Graham & Jack Brisco beat Mike Webster & Bobby Shane & Redbeard
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Paul Jones
Florida Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Man Mountain Mike & Tony Garea
Bob Orton Sr beat Mike Paidousis
Bob Griffin beat Jack Evans

 

10/13/72 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Bobby Shane beat Robert Fuller
Jack Welch beat Mike Webster
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin drew Bob Griffin & Bob Orton Jr
Bob Orton Sr beat Joe Nova
Scott Casey beat Jack Evans

 

10/16/72 Orlando, FL
Phil Robley won a 15 Man Battle Royal
Jack Brisco beat Buddy Colt
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Louie Tillet & Robert Fuller
Mike Graham beat Phil Robley
Bob Orton Sr beat Joe Nova
Bob Griffin beat Jack Evans
Tito Montez beat Phil Brummett

 

10/17/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Haystacks Calhoun won a 20 man battle royal
Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
Mike Graham & Jack Brisco beat Bobby Shane & Buddy Colt dq
Sputnik Monroe & Norvell Austin drew Ron Fuller & Robert Fuller 20:00
Great Malenko beat Redbeard
Phil Robley beat Bob Griffin by submission with a sleeper hold

 

10/19/72 Tampa TV
Dick Slater & Paul Jones beat Bob Orton Jr & Bob Orton Sr
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Bob Griffin & Scott Casey
Bobby Shane beat Tim Woods
Jack Brisco & Mike Graham beat Buddy Colt & Phil Robley dq

 

10/19/72 Fort Pierce, FL
Ron Fuller beat Bobby Shane dq
Paul Jones beat Hiro Matsuda
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Tony Garea & Tito Montez
Bonnie Watson beat Ella Waldek
Phil Robley beat Scott Casey

 

10/20/72 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Bobby Shane & Mike Webster beat Jack Brisco & Dale Lewis
Mike Graham beat Redbeard
Bob Orton Jr & Bob Orton Sr beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Jack Welch beat Phil Brummett

 

10/21/72 Sarasota, FL
Man Mountain Mike won a 14-man Battle Royal
Florida champion Paul Jones beat Dale Lewis
Jack Brisco & Louie Tillet & Mike Graham beat Buddy Colt & Bobby Shane & Mike Webster
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Mike Paidousis
Norvel Austin & Sputnik Monroe beat Bob Orton Jr & Bob Orton Sr
Phil Robley beat Bob Griffin

 

10/23/72 Orlando, FL
Bob Orton Sr beat Buddy Colt
Florida Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Great Malenko & Louie Tillet
Steel Cage Match
Mike Graham beat Redbeard
Ed Wiskowski beat Tony Garea
Bob Griffin drew Swede Karlson
Dick Slater beat Tito Montez

 

10/24/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Lights Out Match
Eddie Graham beat Bobby Shane
Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones
Buddy Colt beat Man Mountain Mike by submission
Bob Orton Sr & Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Norvel Austin & Sputnik Monroe
Mike Graham beat Phil Robley
Robert Fuller beat Tony Garea via pin
Dick Slater beat Tito Montez

 

10/26/72 Arcadia, FL @ Armory
Man Mountain Mike won an 11 Man Battle Royal
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt dq
Paul Jones beat Bob Griffin
Bob Orton Sr & Bob Orton Jr drew Sputnik Monroe & Norvell Austin
Phil Robley beat Corsica Jean

 

10/27/72 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Bobby Shane & Buddy Colt beat Mike Graham & Hiro Matsuda
Bob Orton Sr & Bob Orton Jr beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Jack Welch beat Jack Evans
Dick Slater beat Ed Wiskowski
Mike Webster beat Tito Montez

 

10/28/72 Lakeland, FL @ National Guard Armory
Jack Brisco vs Paul Jones
Bob Orton Sr & Bob Orton Jr vs Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Louie Tillet vs Dick Slater
Jack Evans vs Phil Brumett

 

10/30/72 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Bobby Shane vs Man Mountain Mike
Florida Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin vs Ron Fuller & Robert Fuller
Mike Graham vs Phil Robley
Bob Orton Sr vs Redbeard
Scott Casey vs Swede Karlson

 

10/31/72 Fort Myers, FL @ National Guard Armory
Hiro Matsuda & Great Malenko beat Sputnik Monroe & John Wolfman Smith (sub Norvel Austin) when Malenko pinned Smith in 21:00
Corsica Jean beat Tito Montez
Bob Griffin beat Redbeard via pin
Scott Casey beat Jack Evans
Karl Karlson beat Ed Wiskowski via pin

 

10/31/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Fists vs Karate Match
Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones
Buddy Colt beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods to win Southern title
Bobby Shane & Phil Robley beat Eddie Graham & Mike Graham
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Bob Orton Sr & Bob Orton Jr
Ron Fuller beat Swede Karlson
Dick Slater beat Bob Griffin

 

11/2/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Bobby Shane won a 20 man battle royal
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Bobby Shane dq
Paul Jones & Buddy Colt & Phil Robley beat Robert Fuller & Mike Graham & Louie Tillet
Redbeard beat Ed Wiskowski
Jack Evans beat Tito Montez
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Bob Orton Jr & Bob Orton Sr
Bob Griffin beat Swede Karlson

 

11/3/72 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Bobby Shane & Mike Webster vs Mike Graham & Great Malenko
Bob Orton Sr & Bob Orton Jr vs Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Hiro Matsuda vs Redbeard
Dick Slater vs Corsica Jean
Ed Wiskowski vs Joe Nova

 

11/6/72 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Jack Brisco vs Bobby Shane
Ron Fuller & Robert Fuller vs Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Mike Graham vs Redbeard
Peggy Patterson vs Lily Thomas
Swede Karlson vs Bob Griffin
Scott Casey vs John Smith

 

11/7/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Lights Out Match
Eddie Graham beat Buddy Colt
Jack Brisco beat Bobby Shane to win the Florida TV title
Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Bearcat Wright
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin beat Robert Fuller & Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
Mike Graham beat Phil Robley
Mike Webster drew Great Malenko 15:00
Dick Slater beat Ed Wiskowski 2:00

 

11/9/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Jack Brisco beat Southern Champion Buddy Colt dq
Paul Jones & Bobby Shane beat Mr Jacksonville & Bearcat Wright
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Mike Graham beat Florida Tag Team Champions Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin dq
Lily Thomas beat Peggy Patterson
Phil Robley beat Bob Orton Jr.
Bob Orton Sr. beat Wolfman John Smith
Mike Webster drew Bob Griffin
Dick Slater beat Scott Casey

 

11/10/72 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Pirates World Arena
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Ron Fuller vs Paul Jones & Phil Robley
Robert Fuller vs Norvell Austin
Bob Griffin vs Sputnik Monroe
Scott Casey vs Dick Slater
Ed Wiskowski vs Phil Brumett

 

11/13/72 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Paul Jones vs Jack Brisco
Florida Tag Title Match
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin vs Ron Fuller & Robert Fuller
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods vs Redbeard
Big Bad John vs Bob Griffin
Tito Montez vs Jack Evans
Phil Brumett vs Scott Casey

 

11/14/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly
Lights Out Match
Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones
Mike Graham handcuffed to Phil Robley
Southern Champion Buddy Colt beat Eddie Graham dq
Bobby Shane beat Boris Malenko
AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ronnie Garvin
Sputnik Monroe & Norvell Austin beat Frank Hester & Bearcat Wright
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat The Professsional
Robert Fuller beat Mike Webster

 

11/16/72 Tampa TV
Mike Graham beat Redbeard
Big Bad John beat Jack Evans
Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco beat Norvel Austin & Sputnik Monroe to win Florida tag title
Gorgeous George Jr beat Bob Griffin
Tim Woods beat Phil Robley

 

11/16/72 Palatka, FL @ Armory
Jack Brisco vs Buddy Colt
Mike Graham & Robert Fuller vs Sputnik Monroe & Norvell Austin
Phil Robley vs Bob Griffin
Scott Casey vs Phil Brumettt
Dick Slater vs Tito Montez

 

11/20/72 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Texas Tornado Death Match, No dq, No Time Limit
Norvell Austin & Sputnik Monroe vs Ron Fuller & Robert Fuller
Florida Champion Paul Jones vs Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
Hiro Matsuda vs Swede Karlson
Big Bad John vs Ed Wiskowski
Dick Slater vs Jack Evans
Kevin Sullivan vs John Smith

 

11/22/72 Miami Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco beat Dory Funk Jr & Terry Funk
Bobby Shane beat Mr Miami and unmasked him as Great Malenko
Mike Graham & Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Norvel Austin & Sputnik Monroe
Paul Jones beat Frank Hester
Buddy Colt beat Kevin Sullivan via pin
Big Bad John beat Swede Karlson
Bob Griffin drew Phil Robley

 

11/23/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Florida Title vs Mask
Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Mr Jacksonville (Great Malenko)
Southern Title Match
Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt
Gorgeous George Jr drew Bob Griffin
Robert Fuller & Louie Tillet beat Bobby Shane & Phil Robley
Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin drew Kevin Sullivan & Frank Hester
Bob Orton Jr. & Bob Orton Sr. beat Mike Webster & Big Bad John
Pedro Columbo beat Swede Karlson dq
John Smith beat Tito Montez

 

11/24/72 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Buddy Colt vs Mr Wrestling Tim Woods
Bobby Shane vs Bob Orton Sr
Frank Hester & Bob Griffin vs Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Dick Slater vs Tito Montez
Scott Casey vs Joe Nova
Jack Evans vs Pedro Columbo

 

11/25/72 Deland, FL
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt dq
Paul Jones beat Great Malenko
Bob Griffin & Ron Fuller beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Bob Orton Sr beat Phil Robley
Dick Slater beat Corsica Jean
Kevin Sullivan beat Mike Webster

 

11/27/72 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Special Referee: Big Bad John
Florida Champion Paul Jones vs Ron Fuller
Jack Brisco vs Sputnik Monroe
Great Malenko vs Phil Robley
Robert Fuller vs Norvel Austin
Susan Green & Kevin Sullivan vs Paula Kaye & Joe Nova
Big Bad John vs Pedro Columbo

 

11/28/72 Fort Myers, FL @ National Guard Armory
Bob Orton Sr & Bob Orton Jr beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvell Austin COR when Orton Sr pinned Austin after a piledriver
Dick Slater beat Pedro Columbo
Bob Griffin beat Krusher Karlson
Frank Hester beat Scott Casey via pin

 

11/29/72 Miami Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Florida Champion Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones
Lights Out Match
Louie Tillet beat Bobby Shane
Texas Tornado Match
Mike Graham & Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Big Bad John beat Rocky Columbo
Frank Hester beat Corsica Jean via pin
Kevin Sullivan beat Wolfman John Smith via pin

 

11/30/72 Tampa TV
Kevin Sullivan beat Wolfman Smith
Paul Jones beat Pedro Columbo
Big Bad John beat Joe Nova
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Mike Graham beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Bob Orton Sr drew Dick Slater

 

11/30/72 Jacksonville, FL
Lights Out Match
Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones
Southern Champion Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Buddy Colt
Big Bad John beat Bob Orton Sr
Mike Graham & Louie Tillet beat Bobby Shane & Stephen
Susan Greene beat Paula Kaye
Great Malenko beat Swede Karlson
Kevin Sullivan & Frankie Hester beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvel Austin
Mike Webster & Wolfman Smith beat Bob Griffin & Scott Casey
Dick Slater beat Pedro Columbo

 

12/1/72 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Pirates World Arena
Texas Death Match
Paul Jones vs Great Malenko
Ron Fuller vs Big Bad John
Kevin Sullivan & Robert Fuller vs Phil Robley & Mike Webster
Sputnik Monroe vs Ed Wiskowski
Bob Orton Jr vs John Smith
Scott Casey vs Joe Nova

 

12/4/72 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Lights Out Match
Big Bad John vs Ron Fuller
Jack Brisco vs Buddy Colt
Robert Fuller vs Sputnik Monroe
Kevin Sullivan & Great Malenko vs Phil Robley & Joe Nova
Corsica Jean vs Ed Wiskowski
Bob Griffin vs Scott Casey

 

12/5/72 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Lights Out match
Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco beat Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr.
Paul Jones beat Big Bad John dq
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Mike Graham beat Bobby Shane & Mike Webster
Robert Fuller beat Sputnik Monroe
Great Malenko beat Wolfman Smith
Kevin Sullivan beat Bob Griffin

 

12/6/72 Miami Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Jack Brisco beat NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr dq
Bobby Shane beat Louie Tillet
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Big Bad John beat Paul Jones & Dick Slater
Mike Graham beat Sputnik Monroe
Frank Hester beat Mike Webster via pin
Bob Orton Jr beat Phil Robley
Kevin Sullivan beat Joe Nova
Corsica Jean beat Pedro Columbo via pin
att: 3,270

 

12/7/72 Tampa TV
Kevin Sullivan beat Sputnik Monroe
Dory Funk Jr beat Bob Orton Sr
Buddy Colt beat Masked Ox (Ed Wiskowski)
Mr Wrestling Tim Woods beat Mike Webster

 

12/7/72 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Non title Lights Out match, Special Referee: Big Bad John
Jack Brisco beat NWA champion Dory Funk Jr
Buddy Colt & Paul Jones beat Big Bad John & Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods dq
Bob Orton Jr & Bob Orton Sr beat John Smith & Dick Slater
Mike Graham beat Sputnik Monroe
Frank Hester beat Mike Webster
Bobby Shane beat Louie Tillet
Kevin Sullivan beat Phil Robley

 

Sputnik spends most of 72 in Florida working mid card to upper mid card tags.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amarillo 1973

 

Thursday, October 25, 1973 – Sports Arena – Amarillo, TX
1) The Viking vs. Karl Von Steiger
2) Sputnik Monroe vs. Nick Kozak
3) Buck Robley vs. Les Thornton
4) The Patriot (w/ Percival A. Friend) vs. Cyclone Negro
5) Brass Knuckles Champion Ricky Romero vs. Karl Von Krupp
6) Texas Death Match: Terry Funk vs. Kung Fu Lee

 

Sunday, October 28, 1973 – Arena – Clovis, NM
1) Sputnik Monroe vs. The Lawman
2) Buck Robley & Kung Fu Lee vs. The Viking & Nick Kozak
3) Cyclone Negro vs. The Patriot (w/ Percival A. Friend)

 

Florida 1974

 

3/6/74 Miami Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Ron Fuller beat Buddy Colt dq
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Jos Leduc & Paul Leduc
Dick Slater & Stan Vachon drew Kevin Sullivan & Roberto Soto
Dusty Rhodes beat Great Malenko via pin
Don Muraco beat Rip Hawk
Danny Hodge beat Sputnik Monroe via pin
att: 3,367

 

3/26/74 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Bill Watts beat Terry Funk dq when Dusty Rhodes interfered
Florida Tag Team Champions Holywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Slater
Florida Champion Ron Fuller beat Stan Vachon
Buddy Colt beat Paul Leduc
Don Muraco beat Sputnik Monroe
Tom Jones beat Mike York

 

3/27/74 Miami Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Florida Champion Ron Fuller beat Buddy Colt dq
Florida Tag Team Champions Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Jos LeDuc & Paul LeDuc
Southern Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Great Malenko
Roberto Soto & Kevin Sullivan beat Dick Slater & Stan Vachon
Don Muraco beat Rip Hawk
Danny Hodge beat Sputnik Monroe

 

3/28/74 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Southern Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Jos Leduc
Florida Title Match
Buddy Colt beat Ron Fuller
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Roberto Soto & Kevin Sullivan
Don Muraco beat Super Texan
Dick Slater & Stan Vachon beat Danny Hodge & Tony Charles
Rip Hawk beat Paul LeDuc
Tom Jones beat Sputnik Monroe

 

3/28/74 Tampa TV
Don Muraco def. Super Texan
Pak Song def. Paul LeDuc
Jos LeDuc def. The Psycho
Dennis Stamp drew Sputnik Monroe

 

3/29/74 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown vs Kevin Sullivan & Louie Tillet
Buddy Colt vs Great Malenko
Roberto Soto vs Rip Hawk
Tom Jones vs The Psycho
Jack Welch vs Sputnik Monroe

 

4/13/74 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
NWA Champion Jack Brisco beat Harley Race dq
Bill Watts beat Buddy Colt (sub Dusty Rhodes)
Jos LeDuc beat Larry Hennig
Pak Song beat Dennis Stamp
Don Muraco beat The Yankee
Roberto Soto beat Bill Costello
Mike Graham beat Sputnik Monroe
Tony Charles drew Tosh Togo

 

4/15/74 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium
North American Champion Bill Watts vs Dusty Rhodes
Florida Champion Ron Fuller vs Chris Markoff
11 Man Battle Royal featuring Andre The Giant
Don Muraco vs Sputnik Monroe
Danny Hodge vs Tony Charles
Dennis Stamp vs Mike York
Tom Jones vs Mark Stone
Steve Keirn vs Frank Valois

 

4/16/74 Fort Myers, FL @ National Guard Armory
Jack Welch beat Sir Oliver Humperdink
Roberto Soto beat Sputnik Monroe
Mike York beat Dennis Stamp
Tony Charles beat Oddjob (Tosh Togo) dq when Oddjob tossed Charles over the top rope
Ron Mikolajczyk drew Steve Keirn
Tony Charles (sub Terry Sawyer) beat Mark Stone

 

4/17/74 Miami Beach, FL @ Convention Hall
Andre The Giant won a 14 man Battle Royal
NWA Champion Jack Brisco beat Dusty Rhodes dq
Bill Watts & Ron Fuller beat Buddy Colt & Chris Markoff
Mike Graham & Kevin Sullivan drew Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown
Don Muraco beat Tosh Togo via pin
Louie Tillet beat Sputnik Monroe
Roberto Soto beat Pak Song dq
Danny Hodge beat George McCreary
att: 5,178

 

4/18/74 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
NWA Champion Jack Brisco beat Dusty Rhodes
Andre the Giant won a Battle Royal
Bill Watts & Ron Fuller beat Chris Markoff & Buddy Colt dq
Don Muraco beat Tosh Togo
Jos LeDuc beat Sputnik Monroe
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Dennis Stamp & Haystack Calhoun
Mike Graham beat Mike York
Roberto Soto beat Pak Song dq

 

4/19/74 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Battle Royal featuring Andre The Giant
Roberto Soto vs Buddy Colt
Don Muraco vs Chris Markoff
Dennis Stamp & Tom Jones vs Mike York & Sputnik Monroe
plus two more matches

 

4/22/74 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium
Kevin Sullivan & Mike Graham beat Florida Tag Team Champions Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown dq
Pak Song beat Jos Leduc dq
Tony Charles beat Tosh Togo on a reverse decision dq
Tom Jones beat Mike York
Jose Azzari drew Sputnik Monroe

 

4/23/74 Fort Myers, FL @ National Guard Armory
Referee Corsica Jean
Mike Graham & Kevin Sullivan beat Florida Tag Team Champions Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown
Special Referee: promoter Pat O'Hara
Roberto Soto vs Sputnik Monroe
Tom Jones vs Mike York
Steve Keirn vs Mark Stone
Note: The newspaper clipping lists a tag title change but on subsequent cards, the Blondes are still billed as the tag champs.

 

4/24/74 Miami Beach, FL @ Auditorium
North American Champion Bill Watts beat Ole Anderson
Florida Tag Team Champions Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Andre The Giant & Louie Tillet
Ron Fuller & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Chris Markoff
Jos LeDuc & Danny Hodge beat Tosh Togo & Pak Song
Buddy Colt beat Tom Jones
Roberto Soto drew Sputnik Monroe
att: 4,058

 

4/26/74 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Buddy Colt vs Jos Leduc
Don Muraco & Roberto Soto vs Pak Song & Tosh Togo
Dennis Stamp vs Chris Markoff
Tom Jones vs Sputnik Monroe
Tony Charles vs Jack Welch

 

4/29/74 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium
No dq Match
Florida Tag Team Champions Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Mike Graham & Kevin Sullivan
Pak Song & Tosh Togo beat Tony Charles & Jos Leduc
Danny Hodge beat Sputnik Monroe
Jack Welch beat Ron Mikolajczyk
Steve Keirn drew Sonny Rogers

 

4/30/74 Fort Myers, FL @ National Guard Armory
Jack Welch & Mike Graham & Kevin Sullivan beat Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown & Sonny Rogers when Welch pinned Rogers
Danny Hodge beat Sputnik Monroe
Terry Sawyer (sub Jim Dalton) beat Steve Keirn when Keirn was injured but refused to accept the victory
Ron Mikolajczyk vs Tom Jones

 

5/1/74 Miami Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Bill Watts beat Buddy Colt
Pak Song & Dusty Rhodes beat Jos Leduc & Don Muraco
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Danny Hodge & Ron Fuller
Chris Markoff beat Dennis Stamp via pin
Tom Jones drew Sputnik Monroe
George McCreary beat Steve Keirn
att: 3,987

 

5/2/74 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Ron Fuller & Bill Watts beat Buddy Colt & Dusty Rhodes
Pak Song beat Joe LeDuc dq
Don Muraco beat Chris Markoff
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown drew Mike Graham & Kevin Sullivan
Danny Hodge beat Sonny Rogers
Dennis Stamp beat Sputnik Monroe
Roberto Soto beat Mike York

 

5/3/74 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Buddy Colt vs Don Muraco
Jos Leduc vs Pak Song
Jack Welch vs Mike York
Steve Keirn vs Sputnik Monroe
Tom Jones vs Terry Sawyer
Chris Markoff barred from building.

 

5/6/74 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Southern Champion Dusty Rhodes vs Don Muraco
Texas Tornado Match
Ron Fuller & Bill Watts vs Chris Markoff & Buddy Colt
Tom Jones vs Sputnik Monroe
Ron Mikolajczyk vs Roberto Soto
Silento Rodriguez vs Skull Von Stroheim
Terry Sawyer vs Mark Stone

 

5/7/74 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Buddy Colt beat Bill Watts to win North American Title
Dusty Rhodes & Pak Song beat Jos LeDuc & Don Muraco when Rhodes pinned Leduc
Florida Champion Ron Fuller beat Chris Markoff
Non Title
Mike Graham & Kevin Sullivan beat Florida Tag Team Champions Hollywood Blondes Jerry Brown & Buddy Roberts on a reverse decision dq
Tony Charles beat Sputnik Monroe
Danny Hodge beat George McCreary
Tom Jones beat Sonny Rogers

 

5/14/74 Tampa, FL @ Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Texas Death Match
Cowboy Bill Watts beat Buddy Colt
Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Dusty Rhodes & Pak Song COR
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Ron Fuller & Robert Fuller
Don Muraco beat Redbeard dq
Tony Charles drew Chris Markoff
Silento Rodriguez beat Sputnik Monroe
Kevin Sullivan beat Sonny Rogers

 

5/17/74 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
North American Champion Buddy Colt vs Don Muraco
Pak Song & Redbeard vs Ron Fuller & Robert Fuller
Earl Maynard vs Sputnik Monroe
Roberto Soto vs Ron Mikolajczyk

 

5/18/74 St Petersburg, FL @ Bayfront Center
NWA Champion Jack Brisco beat Harley Race dq when Race tossed Brisco over the top rope
Andre The Giant & Don Muraco beat Bobby Duncum & The Samoan (subs for Dusty Rhodes & Pak Song)
North American Champion Buddy Colt beat Bill Watts dq
Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Holywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown
Ron Fuller beat Redbeard via pin
Tom Jones & Roberto Soto & Tony Charles beat Sputnik Monroe & Chris Markoff & Sonny Rogers
Kevin Sullivan beat George McCreary

 

5/20/74 West Palm Beach, FL @ Auditorium
North American Champion Buddy Colt vs Ron Fuller
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown vs Tony Charles & Kevin Sullivan
Danny Hodge vs Sputnik Monroe
Roberto Soto vs The Samoan
Jack Welch vs Chris Markoff
Terry Sawyer vs George McCreary

 

5/24/74 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Pak Song & Redbeard
Bobby Duncum beat Roberto Soto (sub Frank Cochran)
Sputnik Monroe beat Jack Welch
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown beat Tony Charles & Roberto Soto
Silento Rodriguez drew Lorenzo Parente

 

5/27/74 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium
Lights Out Match
Mike Graham beat Gary Hart
Pak Song beat Dusty Rhodes dq
Don Muraco & Tony Charles beat Bobby Duncum & The Samoan
Tom Jones beat Sputnik Monroe
Les Thornton beat Silento Rodriguez
Sputnik Monroe beat JC Smith

 

5/31/74 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Eddie Graham & Mike Graham beat Pak Song & Bobby Duncum dq
Don Muraco beat Redbeard
Roberto Soto beat Sputnik Monroe
Tom Jones beat Lorenzo Parente
Les Thornton beat Silento Rodriguez

 

6/3/74 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium
Dusty Rhodes & Mike Graham beat Pak Song & Bobby Duncum
Don Muraco beat The Samoan
Bob Armstrong beat Redbeard
Tony Charles drew Les Thornton
Arpad Weber (sub Harry Smith) beat Sputnik Monroe
Silento Rodriguez beat Frank Martinez

 

6/3/74 Orlando, FL @ Sports Stadium
Dusty Rhodes & Mike Graham beat Pak Song & Bobby Duncum
Don Muraco beat The Samoan
Bob Armstrong beat Redbeard
Tony Charles drew Les Thornton
Arpad Weber (sub Harry Smith) beat Sputnik Monroe
Silento Rodriguez beat Frank Martinez

 

6/4/74 Fort Myers, FL @ National Guard Armory
Tom Jones beat Chris Markoff 2/3 to win the jackpot purse of $1,500
Roberto Soto & Silento Rodriguez beat Sputnik Monroe & Les Thornton
Hiro Matsuda beat Frank Martinez
Arpad Weber (sub Jay Smith) beat Terry Sawyer

 

6/5/74 Miami Beach, FL @ Auditorium
Lights Out Match
Mike Graham beat Gary Hart
Texas Death Match
Bill Watts beat Buddy Colt via pin
Pak Song beat Dusty Rhodes
Bobby Duncum beat Dale Lewis
Danny Hodge & Don Muraco beat Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown dq
Bob Armstrong beat Redbeard
Les Thornton beat Silento Rodriguez
Tom Jones beat Sputnik Monroe
att: 3,848

 

6/7/74 Tallahassee, FL @ Sports Stadium
Mike Graham & Dusty Rhodes beat Pak Song & Bobby Duncum dq
Bob Armstrong beat Sputnik Monroe via pin
Les Thornton drew Hiro Matsuda
Hollywood Blondes Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown vs Don Muraco & Tom Jones

 

Amarillo 1975

 

9/18/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Referee Scotty Campbell
International Champion Terry Funk beat Harley Race dq in 22:34 when Race jumped off the top rope on to Funk
Ray Stevens beat The Lawman in 13:24 to regain Brass Knuckles Title with help from Bobby Heenan
Ricky Romero beat Bobby Jaggers in 10:15 with a cannon ball
Killer Brooks beat Mike Lawler via pin in 8:55
Johnny Starr & Scott Casey drew Sputnik Monroe & Don Fargo
Ray Candy beat Bobby Heenan via pin in 7:49 after a head butt
Note: Mike Lawler billed as a newcomer from Chicago. Heenan billed from Kansas City.

 

9/24/75 Abiline, TX @ Taylor County Coliseum
(18-man, Two-Ring Battle Royal) featuring King Curtis, Red Bastien, Scott Casey, Tim Brooks, Ray Candy, Paul Perschmann,
Bandit No. 1, Eddie Heard, Johnny Starr, Dory Funk, Jr., Terry Funk, Don Fargo, Mario Romero, Sputnik Monroe,
Ray Stevens, Alex Perez, Lawman, Ricky Romero & Bandit No. 2 ... NOTE: "Eleven big matches" in all.

 

9/25/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Referee Scotty Campbell
Western States Champion Ray Candy beat King Curtis Iaukea on a reverse decision 3rd fall dq
Texas Death Match
Killer Tim Brooks beat Terry Funk
Dory Funk Jr & Ricky Romero & Scott Casey drew Ray Stevens & Sputnik Monroe & Don Fargo 30:00
Johnny Starr beat Paul Perschmann via pin in 12:47 after a flying knee lift

 

9/30/75 Big Springs, TX @ Municipal Auditorium
Dory Funk Jr & Scott Casey beat Don Fargo & Killer Brooks 2/3
Ricky Romero beat Mad Dog Vachon dq
Johnny Starr drew Sputnik Monroe
Ray Candy beat Angelo Poffo via pin

 

10/1/75 Abilene, TX @ Taylor County Coliseum
Brass Knuckles Champion Ray Stevens vs Terry Funk
Killer Brooks vs Mad Dog Vachon
Johnny Starr vs Don Fargo
Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo vs Ray Candy & Scott Casey
Sputnik Monroe vs "Frank" Vachon

 

10/2/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Dory Funk Jr beat Mad Dog Vachon (sub Killer Tim Brooks) via pin in 18:20
Mad Dog Vachon beat Ray Candy via pin in 10:02
Ricky Romero beat King Curtis Iaukea via pin in 9:29 with a cradle
Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo beat Scott Casey & Johnny Starr COR in 16:03
Sputnik Monroe drew Don Fargo 10:00

 

10/7/75 Big Springs, TX @ Municipal Auditorium
Texas Death Match
Dory Funk Jr beat Killer Brooks
Ricky Romero beat Sputnik Monroe 2/3
Ray Candy beat Frank Goodish via pin
Scott Casey & Johnny Starr drew Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo

 

10/9/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Texas Death Match
International Champion Terry Funk beat Killer Brooks
Brass Knuckles Champion Ray Stevens dcor Sputnik Monroe
Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo beat Scott Casey & Johnny Starr when Lanny pinned Starr
Frank Goodish beat The Lawman with a backbreaker in 6:20
Ricky Romero beat Don Fargo via pin with a small package in 9:08

 

10/13/75 El Paso, TX @ County Coliseum
Fence Match
Frank Goodish & Killer Brooks vs Terry Funk & Ricky Romero
Ray Stevens vs Ray Candy
Scott Casey vs Sputnik Monroe
Angelo Poffo vs Johnny Starr
Don Fargo vs Lanny Poffo

 

10/15/75 Abilene, TX @ Taylor County Coliseum
Chain Match
Terry Funk beat Killer Brooks
Western States Tag Team Champions Dory Funk Jr & Ray Candy beat Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo
Scott Casey beat Sputnik Monroe
Frank Goodish beat Johnny Starr
Alex Perez beat Mike Vachon

 

10/16/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Ricky Romero beat Killer Brooks via pin in 16:20 after a dropkick
Frank Goodish beat Johnny Starr by submission with a bear hug in 5:56
Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo drew Ray Candy & Scott Casey when the 30 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
Referee Alex Perez
Dory Funk Jr beat Mad Dog Vachon dq in 12:20
Sputnik Monroe beat Mike Vachon via pin after a dropkick to the head in 10:30

 

10/22/75 Abilene, TX @ Taylor County Coliseum
International Champion Terry Funk dcor Andre The Giant
Dory Funk Jr beat Sputnik Monroe
Ray Candy & Scott Casey drew Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo
Frank Goodish beat Tom DeMarco
Rip Tyler beat Tony Atlas

 

10/23/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Andre The Giant beat International Champion Terry Funk dq in 17:02 when Funk tossed Andre over the top rope
Ray Candy beat Frank Goodish on a 3rd fall dq
Ricky Romero & Scott Casey drew Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo 30:00
Sputnik Monroe beat Dario Romero via pin in 8:04 after a knee drop to the throat
Randy Tyler beat Tony Atlas via pin in 9:30 after a flying elbow smash

 

10/27/75 El Paso, TX @ County Coliseum
Frank Goodish vs Ricky Romero
Mil Mascaras vs Sputnik Monroe
Plus a special challenge tag team match and 2 other exciting matches

 

11/5/75 Abilene, TX @ Taylor County Coliseum
Frank Goodish vs Terry Funk
Bobby Jaggers & Randy Tyler vs Scott Casey & Ray Stevens
Sputnik Monroe vs Ray Candy
Angelo Poffo vs Silver Streak

 

Tuesday, October 28, 1975 – Ector County Coliseum – Odessa, TX
1) Tony Atlas vs. The Lawman
2) Ray Candy vs. Angelo Poffo
3) Scott Casey vs. Lanny Poffo
4) Dory Funk, Jr. vs. Randy Tyler
5) Mil Mascaras vs. Sputnik Monroe
6) Ricky Romero vs. Frank Goodish

 

Tuesday, November 4, 1975 – Ector County Coliseum – Odessa, TX
1) Lanny Poffo vs. Dario Romero
2) Angelo Poffo vs. The Silver Streak
3) Sputnik Monroe vs. Ray Candy
4) Ricky Romero & Scott Casey vs. Randy Tyler & Bobby Jaggers
5) Terry Funk vs. Frank Goodish

11/6/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports arena
Scott Casey beat Frank Goodish dq when Goodish tossed Casey over the top rope
Ray Stevens & Ricky Romero beat Randy Tyler & Bobby Jaggers in 18:20 when Stevens pinned Jaggers
Dory Funk Jr beat Hank James COR in 8:46
Lanny Poffo drew Sputnik Monroe 10:00
Angelo Poffo beat Juan Sebastian via pin in 3:38 after a reverse neck breaker

 

Tuesday, November 11, 1975 – Ector County Coliseum – Odessa, TX
1) Buddy Rogers, Jr. vs. The Silver Streak
2) Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo vs. Juan Sebastian & John Heidemann
3) Scott Casey vs. Frank Goodish
4) Ricky Romero vs. Hank James
5) Lumberjack Match: Sputnik Monroe vs. Randy Tyler

11/13/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Dory Funk Jr beat Frank Goodish dq when Goodish tossed referee Joe Palardy out of the ring and Randy Tyler interfered
Hank James & Randy Tyler beat Ray Stevens & Ricky Romero dq
Sputnik Monroe drew Scott Casey
Lanny Poffo beat Juan Sebastian
Angelo Poffo beat Johnny Heidman

 

Tuesday, November 18, 1975 – Ector County Coliseum – Odessa, TX
1) Lanny Poffo vs. Randy Brewer
2) Angelo Poffo vs. The Silver Streak
3) Billy Robinson vs. Dan Burdick
4) Hank James & Randy Tyler vs. Ricky Romero & Sputnik Monroe
5) Frank Goodish vs. Scott Casey

 

11/27/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Scott Casey won a 16 man $5,000 up the pole battle royal
Billy Robinson and Dory Funk Jr tumbled over the ropes at the 24:47 mark and referee Ken Farber ruled the match a draw
Super Destroyer & Frank Goodish beat Scott Casey & Lord Alfred Hayes in 19:51 when Goodish pinned Casey
Ricky Romero beat Hank James via pin in 10:20 with a small package
Sputnik Monroe beat Joe Palardy via pin in 6:54 after a knee drop to the throat
Randy Tyler beat Jim Pride via pin in 2:11 after a flying elbow smash
Angelo & Lanny Poffo beat Randy Brewer & Dan Burdick in 9:35 when Angelo
pinned Brewer after a reverse neck breaker
att: "one of the largest crowds of the year"

 

12/4/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Referee Jim Pride
International Champion Super Destroyer dcor Terry Funk in 28:32
Randy Tyler & Frank Goodish beat Ricky Romero & Ray Stevens in 13:40 when Tyler pinned Romero after hitting Romero with a loaded knee pad
Lord Alfred Hayes beat Sputnik Monroe via pin in 11:38 with a Windermere thrust
Scott Casey beat Angelo Poffo by submission with an abdominal stretch in 8:40
Lanny Poffo beat Joe Palardy via pin in 4:15

 

Tuesday, December 9, 1975 – Ector County Coliseum – Odessa, TX
1) The Silver Streak vs. Lanny Poffo
2) Sputnik Monroe vs. Joe Palardy
3) Ray Stevens vs. Angelo Poffo
4) Lord Al Hayes & Scott Casey vs. Frank Goodish & The Super Destroyer
5) Ricky Romero vs. Randy Tyler

 

12/10/75 Abilene, TX @ Taylor County Coliseum
Alberto Madril vs Randy Tyler
Lord Alfred Hayes vs Super Destroyer
Frank Goodish vs Scott Casey
Lanny Poffo vs Joe Palardy
Sputnik Monroe vs Angelo Poffo

 

12/11/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Ray Stevens & Scott Casey beat Frank Goodish & Super Destroyer when Stevens pinned Goodish in 29:45
Randy Tyler beat Ricky Romero dq in 16:30 when Romero slugged Tyler with Randy's own loaded knee pad
Lord Alfred Hayes beat Angelo Poffo by submission with the Tower of London in 15:20
Sputnik Monroe beat Jim Pride in 11:40
Lanny Poffo beat Joe Palardy via pin in 10:41 after a piledriver

 

Tuesday, December 16, 1975 – Ector County Coliseum – Odessa, TX
1) Scott Casey & The Silver Streak vs. Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo
2) Sputnik Monroe vs. Ray Stevens
3) The Super Destroyer vs. Ted DiBiase
4) Lord Al Hayes vs. Frank Goodish
5) No DQ: Ricky Romero vs. Randy Tyler

12/18/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Referee Ken Farber
Red Bastien beat International Champion Super Destroyer dq when Super Destroyer refused to release a bear hug in 12:01
Scott Casey beat Frank Goodish via pin with a sunset flip in 20:19 to win the Western States Title
Ricky Romero & Ray Stevens & Lord Alfred Hayes beat Randy Tyler & Angelo Poffo & Lanny Poffo 2-0
1. Hayes pinned Lanny in 16:05
2. Romero pinned Angelo in 3:40
Ted Dibiase drew Sputnik Monroe 15:00
Joe Palardy beat Jim Pride via pin in 6:35

 

12/25/75 Amarillo, TX @ Sports Arena
Referee Alex Perez
International Champion Super Destroyer beat Haystack Calhoun dq in 13:2? when Calhoun used a chair on referee Perez and Super Destroyer
Dory Funk Jr beat Killer Tim Brooks by submission with a spinning toe hold in 12:45
Dick Murdoch beat Don Wyat with a brain buster in 14:10
Lord Alfred Hayes drew Ted Dibiase 15:00
Sputnik Monroe beat Joe Palardy via pin in 11:00 after a knee drop

 

Tuesday, February 24, 1976 – Ector County Coliseum – Odessa, TX
1) Scott Casey vs. Randy Tyler
2) Don Wayt vs. Larry Lane
3) Lord Al Hayes vs. Sputnik Monroe
4) Ricky Romeor & The Silver Streak & Scott Casey vs. The Beast & Leo Burke & Randy Tyler
5) The Super Destroyer vs. Reggie Parks

 

[Loss]

I do think regardless of how strong or weak his numbers are, his civil rights accomplishments are the key to his case. Someone would have done it whether Monroe forced the issue or not, but he's the one who did.

[Matt Farmer]

I've looked into Sputnik in the past and I'm not convinced he's a Hall of Famer.

 

The results posted above really do him no favors, for the most part I see a guy who worked some on top in small territories but mostly worked as a mid-carder.

 

Of course his best period of time as a draw was in Memphis. His biggest claim to fame as a headliner would be holding the attendance record for Memphis (Jim Londos and JIm Browning may have drawn a larger crowd in 1926) of just over 13,000 fans at Russwood Stadium on August 17, 1959 when he wrestled Billy Wicks with Rocky Marciano as special referee. He also drew some impressive crowds at the Mid South Coliseum when Nick Gulas opened the building up.

 

He was also part of a tournament in Phoenix Arizona that drew it's largest crowd in the history of that promotion going to the finals of a Cadillac tournament against Tito Montez with Joe Louis as the referee.

 

I can see including him due to his civil rights movement, I'm also not convinced he was the one that forced the issue any more than Buddy Fuller and Les Wolfe did, but whomever was really behind pushing it things changed form the better at the Ellis Auditorium so he deserves some credit for it.

[funkdoc]

i consider any positive impact that penetrates the wrestling bubble to be a huge, HUGE plus for this sort of thing. so few wrestlers have ever achieved that to any meaningful degree, and even the likes of hogan have always been seen as icons of trashy culture more than anything else. i'm on board with this!

[elliott]

I do think regardless of how strong or weak his numbers are, his civil rights accomplishments are the key to his case. Someone would have done it whether Monroe forced the issue or not, but he's the one who did.

 

This is how I feel. I wanted to look at (extremely limited results with almost no attendance figures) basically to start to get an idea of where he worked and hoped others could help fill in the gaps. Most of what you hear is about Memphis. Like I said in my first post, I had no idea Arizona even had a wrestling loop as I've never seen it discussed ever. I'm not going to say "Well he worked on top in Arizona for 3 months in 1962 so he has to go in." I have a number of Sputnik related goals but really the most important one is to learn more about his career. I think if he was a mid carder his entire career but still played a role in the civil rights movement because of his wrestling fame he deserves to be in.

 

I think it is way more impressive/important/historically significant in a positive manner to use wrestling fame to bring about social change than it is to use wrestling fame to become a joke Governor. (Not saying that anyone here points to that as a reason to vote Jesse but people definitely do.)

[Johnny P]

Loss, that was my thinking when Elliot brought it up to me. I think that is so key, and I've wanted to know more about him since Dave Meltzer wrote about him in an Observer roughly a decade ago (as I recall) and the civil rights story really resonated with me (since wrestling is often a very guttural place where you have to hold your nose or become desensitized to things within the context of discussing it in a "human" sense). I probably didn't verbalize it to Elliot - when we spoke it was very late with a bunch of distractions going on - but he did what I probably didn't say, which was to do the research to see how that balances out or doesn't. Maybe it is somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy at work, but seeing that they don't massively improve his standing hasn't shaken my position as much (which is to stay that it probably took me from 80% confidence down to 65%-70% that I'd vote for him on a ballot, with the caveat being I'd have the proper research on other candidates in the category as I want to take very seriously only voting in categories where I feel confident in knowledge, and not ruining percentages of strong candidates in an ignorant one-man quest).

 

Matt's post does give me pause though, in the sense that he's a researcher I've been aware of for quite a while who takes looking at these things seriously and gives (from what I've seen) all sides of the coin. If Matt's reaction was, "Who cares that he did that civil rights thing" or "ehh, wrestlers tell stories" I'd be skeptical and unswayed. I care about that aspect, and could argue it, and a lot of times you have to throw your hands up and say, "Well I can't factually, 100% say that Sputnik did that, and I also can't personally prove thousands of things in wrestling lore." Those are, with far more nuances and variables, acceptable responses to me on some level. However, Matt isn't saying that. He's saying, "Yes, he deserves credit, but there's also possibly more to that story." I can't argue that. When I do a self inventory, I know the story because Dave said it more than once. Where did Dave get it? I know it was in Memphis Heat, but I haven't seen that in a while. I can't tell you who exactly said it, and if they were there during that time, and what that person's rep was for being truthful, OR if it was good, is that hearsay that was positive for a guy that person liked, so he parroted it. And I know Cornette has said it, and is from that area, but I don't know Cornette's method of research on that one (probably passed down to him and collected, from his travels in the territory).

 

This is a long/specific way of saying I wish we had shared research for the hall. I'd like to know Buddy Fuller & Les Wolfe portions of that story, and trace it back like a journalist. I also fear that some key players in the story are deceased, and families aren't looking to be bothered or factually set the record straight (and it would be an odd thing to contact them about and pose in a way that definitively gets the truth). So while I stand by my feeling I'd vote for him based on that meaningful contribution, I do worry about the validity of many things in wrestling that we in turn make decisions on.

 

Final thought - I suppose someone could argue, "so-and-so is in, and they did less, and they got in because this happened, or because of this, and so its only fair if...." I do not want to see those types of things play out, even if they feel "right" in my or others gut. No need to make more of a mess with flawed logic. What's done is done, and as people have said, "the HOF is not a place to right wrongs."

[Boon]

I'm sure it's been covered, but have you searched for results from him wrestling under a different alias? (Elvis Rock Monroe, Pretty Boy Roque, Rock Monroe). Might give a bit of a broader picture of him...

[Matt Farmer]

As it relates to Sputnik and the stories of him "forcing" segregation at the Auditorium. Every time I've heard the story I would hear the angle that it was more about making money over human rights. I'm not saying Monroe wasn't proud of what he accomplished because it was well known that he was "over" with the African American community in Tennessee.

 

The Fullers in some weird way should be credited for making that change too. I just don't want to lose site that in this case, change was made for monetary reasons as much as they were for human rights from the stories that have been passed down.

[funkdoc]

that's a good point matt. i will admit that i'm naturally skeptical of white-savior narratives on stuff like this, too. just didn't want to say that for fear of violating "PWO", but i'll stop there.

 

in a business as carny as this, though, i think you just have to take what you can get...

[Wade Garrett]

elliot. what you've posted here is pretty damn cool. While I don't subscribe to what the WON HOF is I think your support for one of the old school is cool.

 

Good stuff man.

[Rob1965]

Here's some more information about the career of Sputnik Monroe: http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=7228&bild=1&details=7