AWA Results 1965

9/26/64 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa via pin in 23:13
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Larry Chene & Jack Lanza 2/3 in 38:00
Moose Cholak beat Johnny Carr via pin in 3:02
Reggie Parks beat Bernie Dunn via pin in 11:12
Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay via pin in 4:53
Att: 4,194

9/28/64 Minneapolis TV
Kenny Jay & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq

10/1/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa
Moose Cholak beat Jack Lanza
Reggie Parks beat Harley Race
Larry Hennig beat Larry Chene

10/3/64 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne drew Reggie Parks
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Eddie Sharkey

10/3/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks 2/3
Moose Cholak beat Jack Lanza in 17:00
Tony Nero beat Bob Caruso in 11:25
Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Green in 18:00
Rocky Hamilton vs Butch Levy
Att: 1,936

10/5/64 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Eddie Sharkey & Mike Spangler

10/6/64 Minneapolis, MN
Moose Cholak beat Reg Parks by referee's decision
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Jack Lanza
Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey
Billy Red Cloud beat Tony Nero

10/9/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Larry Hennig & Art Neilson beat Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder 2/3
Cowboy” Jack Lanza beat Harley Race dq
Jean Antone beat Jessica Rogers in 9:38
Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak
Cholak suffered an arm injury
Att: 2,000 fans

10/10/64 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Claude Patterson

10/10/64 St. Paul, MN
AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Reggie Parks when the time limit expired in the 3rd fall
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Lanza & Wilbur Snyder
Butch Levy beat Otto Von Hess
Moose Cholak beat Claude Patterson
Billy Red Cloud beat Chris Markoff
Att: 3,466

10/12/64 Minneapolis TV
Mad Dog Vachon beat Eddie Sharkey
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Chris Markoff & Otto Von Hess

10/15/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Lanza & Billy Red Cloud
Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Eddie Sharkey
Billy Goelz beat Tony Nero

10/17/64 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Kenny Jay
Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates

10/17/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Reggie Parks 2/3
Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza via pin in 19:50
Dolly Page beat Baby Cheryl
Eddie Sharkey beat Tony Nero in 18:20
Att: 2,244

10/19/64 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Tony Nero
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Jose Quintero
Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay

10/20/64 Minneapolis, MN
Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne to win the AWA Title in 22:28
Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak in 13:22
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Geigel & Art Thomas
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tony Russo via pin in 1:04
Bob Boyer beat Tony Nero in 13:47
Att: 3,979

10/24/64 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tony Longario
Verne Gagne beat Johnny King
Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero
George Drake beat Tony Nero

10/24/64 Spring Valley, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & George Drake
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Lanza
Bob Boyer beat Harley Race

10/26/64 Minneapolis TV
Bob Boyer & George Drake beat Johnny King & Jose Quintero
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tony Longario & Guy Mitchell
Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay
Eddie Sharkey beat Tony Nero

10/30/64 Denver, CO @ Coliseum
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Pat O’ Connor 2/3
1 Vachon pinned O'Connor in 5:45 after a piledriver
2 O’Connor beat Vachon in 10:27
3 Vachon beat O'Connor in in 6:40
Verne Gagne drew Reggie Parks when the 45 time limit expired in the 3rd fall
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ricky Romero & Wilbur Snyder
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Dan Miller (sub Dory Funk Jr)
Att: 3,000 fans

10/31/64 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Bill Green
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Kenny Jay
Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Ken Yates
Bob Boyer beat Tony Nero

10/31/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Billy Red Cloud
Pampero Firpo beat George Drake
Pat Barrett drew Rocky Hamilton
Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff
Att: 2,983

11/2/64 Minneapolis TV
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Paul Caruso
Reggie Parks beat Bill Green
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tony Nero & Jose Quintero
Bob Boyer beat Kenny Jay
Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates

11/4/64 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Rocky Hamilton 2/3
1 Vachon beat Hamilton with a backbreaker in 12:07
2 Hamilton pinned Vachon after a knee drop
3 Vachon pinned Hamilton in 2:30
Nebraska State Champion Billy Red Cloud beat Pat Barrett 2/3
1 Barrett beat Red Cloud
2 Red Cloud beat Barrett
3 Red Cloud beat Barrett
Reggie Parks drew Pampero Firpo 30:00
Att: "large turnout", "near record attendance"

11/5/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Cholak
Verne Gagne drew Reggie Parks
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Jack Lanza
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Boyer

11/6/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Pampero Firpo
Billy Red Cloud drew Don Jardine
Art Thomas beat Tiny Mills
Pat Barrett beat Bulldog Danny Plechas dq
Rene Goulet drew Jack Pesek
Att: 2,028

11/7/64 Minneapolis TV
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bill Green
Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero
Reggie Parks beat Otto Von Hess
Mad Dog Vachon beat Claude Patterson
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates

11/7/64 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks dq
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & George Drake
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Otto Von Hess
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bill Green
Jack Lanza beat Jose Quintero
Att: 5,187

11/9/64 Minneapolis TV
Bob Boyer beat Ken Yates
George Drake beat Kenny Jay
Reggie Parks beat Bill Green
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Claude Patterson & Otto Von Hess

11/11/64 Mankato, MN
Bob Boyer & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race
Reggie Parks beat Harley Race
Eddie Sharkey beat George Drake

11/13/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall dq
1 Parks pinned Vachon in 10:30 after an airplane spin
2 Vachon beat Parks in 9:13 with a backbreaker
3 Parks was dq'ed for not breaking a hold
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder 2/3
1 Hennig pinned Gagne in 11:21
2 Gagne pinned Race in 6:55
3 Race pinned Snyder in 6:14
Pat O’Connor beat Art Neilson in 14:20
Ricky Romero beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 14:25
Att: 3,128 fans

11/14/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne dq
Pampero Firpo beat Pat Barrett
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Billy Red Cloud
Don Jardine beat Rene Goulet
Igor Vodik beat Bob Brown
Att: 4,506

11/14/64 Minneapolis TV
Jack Lanza beat Danny Plechas
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Great Dane & Jose Quintero
Reggie Parks beat Tony Nero
Bob Boyer beat Otto von Hess
George Drake drew Eddie Sharkey

11/14/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
Bob Boyer & Reggie Parks ddq Larry Hennig & Harley Race in 3rd fall
Jack Lanza beat Otto Von Hess via pin
George Drake beat Danny Plechas
Eddie Sharkey beat Tony Nero via pin
Att: 2,978

11/16/64 Minneapolis TV
Reggie Parks beat Danny Plechas
Mad Dog Vachon beat George Drake
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Otto Von Hess
Bill Green & Tony Nero beat Bob Geigel & Ivan Kalmikoff dq

11/17/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks dq
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Lanza & Pat O’Connor
Bob Boyer beat George Drake
Butch Kelly beat Joe Snyder (sub match for Ivan Kalmikoff vs Tony Nero)

11/18/64 Fremont, NE
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Mongolian Stomper
Tiny Mills vs Billy Red Cloud
Jack Pesek vs Kurt Hess

11/19/64 Mankato, MN
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Reggie Parks
Mighty Igor Vodik performed feats of strength

11/20/64 Minneapolis, MN
Reggie Parks drew AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon 60:00
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
Eddie Sharkey drew Bob Boyer 30:00
Jack Lanza beat George Drake via pin
Att: 5,488

11/21/64 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Drake & Eddie Sharkey
Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates

11/21/64 Stillwater
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Eddie Sharkey

11/23/64 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Tony Nero
Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay

11/25/64 Fremont, NE
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mongolian Stomper dq
Billy Red Cloud beat Tiny Mills
Jack Pesek beat Kurt Hess

11/26/64 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Klondike Bill via pin
Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey 30:00
Ivan Kalmikoff beat George Drake
Att: 9,109

11/27/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall COR
Dick the Bruiser beat Sailor Art Thomas in 14:33
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pat O’Connor & Ricky Romero in a disputed finish
the match was going to be appealled to the State Athletic Commission
Dan Miller beat Tokyo Tom in 16:45

11/27/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Verne Gagne beat Otto Von Krupp dq
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Joe Tomasso
Billy Red Cloud beat Tom Clark
Pampero Firpo drew Rene Goulet
Don Jardine beat Jack Pesek
Mighty Igor Vodik won Rodeo battle royal over:
Verne Gagne
Billy Red Cloud
Rene Goulet
Tom Clark
Don Jardine
Jack Pesek
Pampero Firpo
Joe Tomasso
Att: 3,517

11/28/64 Minneapolis TV
Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
Verne Gagne beat Tony Nero
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Art Kenny & Ken Yates

11/28/64 Buffalo, MN
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Ivan Kalmikoff

11/30/64 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jose Quintero & Ken Yates
Mad Dog Vachon beat Bob Brown

11/30/64 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks
Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Ivan Kalmikoff & Bob Boyer
Harley Race vs Bob Boyer
Note: Vachon's AWA Title not mentioned by newspaper.

12/1/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
No dq match
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks COR
Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race dq
Larry Hennig beat Art Thomas
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Butch Kelly
Ivan Kalmikoff drew Jack Lanza

12/2/64 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Otto Von Krupp
Betty Niccoli defeat Jean Antone 2/3
Rene Goulet beat Pamperio Firpo dq
Don Jardine drew Billy Red Cloud

12/2/64 Willmar, MN
Art Thomas beat Larry Hennig
Larry Hennig & Tony Nero beat Reggie Parks & Art Thomas

12/3/64 Mankato, MN
Larry Hennig & Tony Nero beat Reggie Parks & Art Thomas
Eddie Sharkey beat Jack Lanza
Art Thomas beat Larry Hennig
Harley Race, Otto Von Krupp and Bob Boyer were no shows.

12/4/64 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium
Mighty Igor Vodik won an 11 Man Battle Royal
Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig dq
Eddie Sharkey drew Jack Lanza 20:00
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Art Thomas via pin in 10:00
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Tony Nero via pin after a series of bodyslams
Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero via pin in 8:30
Promoter: John Cyclone Macalpine

12/5/64 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Freddie Rogers
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Ken Yates

12/5/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Don Jardine
Mongolian Stomper beat Harley Race
George Drake beat Frisco Montana
Pampero Firpo beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq
Att: 1,976

12/5/64 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
Harley Race beat Art Thomas
Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks

12/7/64 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Freddie Rogers & Otto Von Hess
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Tom Poulos

12/11/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne 2/3
1 Vachon beat Gagne in 14:41 with a backbreaker
2 Gagne beat Vachon in 6:55 with a stepover toe hold
3 Vachon beat Gagne in 5:17 with a backbreaker
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pat O’Connor & Ricky Romero 2/3
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Butch Kelly in 5:25
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Pesek in 15:13
Att: 3,500 fans

12/12/64 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bill Christy & Ken Yates

12/12/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon ddq Mighty Igor Vodik
Pampero Firpo & Otto von Krupp drew Ivan Kalmikoff & Billy Red Cloud
Jack Pesek beat Bob Brown
Rene Goulet drew Danny Plechas
Att: 4,618

12/12/64 St. Paul, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks 2/3
Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey via pin in 27:00
Don Jardine beat Jack Lanza
Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe
Kenny Jay beat Tony Nero via pin
Att: 6,527

12/14/64 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Tony Nero & Jose Quintero
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bill Christy & Kenny Jay
Mad Dog Vachon beat Ken Yates
Jack Lanza beat Jim Dunn

12/15/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
Mighty Igor Vodik won battle royal
Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak
Larry Hennig no contest Ivan Kalmikoff
Harley Race drew Reggie Parks
Igor Vodik beat Tony Nero
Jack Lanza beat Otto Von Krupp (sub Kurt Von Brawner)

12/19/64 Minneapolis TV Live
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Billy Goelz & Johnny Kace
Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Great Dane
Wilbur Snyder beat Tony Nero
Moose Cholak beat Ken Yates

12/19/64 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks on a 3rd fall dq in 30:10
1 Gagne beat Race in 8:00
2 Race beat Parks in 10:00
3 Gagne & Parks were dq’ed
Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak in 7:20
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Johnny Kace in 4:56
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Billy Goelz in 13:31
Jack Lanza beat Jose Quintero in 8:52
Att: 4,406

12/21/64 Minneapolis TV
Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Quintero
Wilbur Snyder beat Johnny Kace
Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Billy Goelz & Great Dane
Moose Cholak beat Tony Nero

12/26/64 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq
Nebraska Heavyweight Title
Don Jardine beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Pat O'Connor beat Bulldog Danny Plechas
Rene Goulet drew Jack Pesek
Att: 5,048

12/26/64 Minneapolis TV Live
Dick The Bruiser beat Kenny Yates
Plus four more bouts

12/26/64 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks & Wilbur Snyder beat Dick the Bruiser & Larry Hennig & Harley Race when Bruiser turned on his teammates.
Moose Cholak beat Jack Lanza via pin
Billy Red Cloud beat Great Dane
Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso via pin
Bob Boyer beat Stan Kowalski dq
Att: 5,764

12/28/64 Minneapolis TV
Dick the Bruiser beat Al Spangler
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Rocky Monroe.
Reggie Parks beat Great Dane
Billy Red Cloud beat Tony Nero
Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Quintero

12/28/64 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
Bob Boyer beat Jack Lanza
Reggie Parks beat Claude Patterson

12/29/64 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq when Vachon tossed Gagne over the top rope
Larry Hennig & Harley Race drew Dick the Bruiser & Wilbur Snyder when the 45 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
1 Bruiser & Snyder won the first fall in 21:17
2 Hennig & Race won the second in 10:32
3 The 45 minute time limit expired before either team could score another fall
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Butch Levy in 12:13
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Pat Patterson in 9:30
Promoter: Gene Reed

12/30/64 Eau Claire, WI @ Regis High School Gym
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks
Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Ivan Kalmikoff & Bob Boyer
Harley Race vs Bob Boyer
Plus feats of strength with Mighty Igor



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1/1/65 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks in 23:43
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
Jack Lanza beat Tiny Mills dq
Bob Boyer drew Bob Geigel
Eddie Sharkey beat Joe Tomasso via pin
att: 6,941

1/2/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Art Kenny & Tony Nero
Eddie Sharkey beat Rocky Monroe
Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Yates
Reggie Parks beat Joe Tomasso
Bob Geigel beat Jose Quintero

1/4/65 Minneapolis TV
Mad Dog Vachon beat Rocky Monroe
Eddie Sharkey beat Joe Tomasso
Reggie Parks beat Art Kenny

1/5/65 Spring Lake Park, MN
card scheduled

1/7/65 Mankato, MN
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza
Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud beat Masked Man & Harley Race
Reggie Parks drew Harley Race
Note: The Masked Man was Tony Nero.

1/8/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Cholak in 17:31
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud
Eddie Sharkey beat Johnny Kace
Bob Boyer beat Jack Allen
att: 1,786

1/9/65 Minneapolis TV
Eddie Sharkey beat Jose Quintero
The Crusher beat Great Dane
Tiny Mills beat Tony Nero
Verne Gagne beat Johnny Kace
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Allen & Claude Patterson

1/9/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Mad Dog Vachon & Don Jardine beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo
Billy Red Cloud beat Joe Tomasso
Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer (sub Gene Anderson)
Att: 5,078

1/11/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Johnny Kace & Tony Nero
Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero
Eddie Sharkey beat Kenny Jay
Jack Allen beat The Great Dane
The Crusher beat Claude Patterson

1/12/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Wilbur Snyder
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak
Jack Allen drew Bob Boyer

1/13/65 Red Wing, MN
Scheduled: Eddie Sharkey, Bob Boyer

1/14/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne 2/3
1 Vachon beat Gagne in 11:08 with a backbreaker
2 Gagne beat Vachon in 5:24
3 Vachon pinned Gagne in 7:51
During the third fall, the referee was knocked out.In that time, Gagne pinned Vachon, but there was no official score of the win. When the referee revived, Vachon pinned Gagne.
NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey 2/3
1 Hodge beat Sharkey in 1:09
2 Sharkey beat Hodge in 11:45
3 Hodge beat Sharkey in 4:00
Sharkey’s loss was billed as his first in two years
Sharkey was billed as being from Santa Monica
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Mighty Igor Vodik
Art Neilson drew Reggie Parks 30:00
Promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 4,500 fans

1/15/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Cage Match
Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Mad Dog Vachon & Don Jardine
Danny Hodge beat Pampero Firpo
Reggie Parks drew Rene Goulet
Darling Dagmar beat Diamond Lil
Att: 4,564

1/16/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Pedro Santos
Danny Hodge beat Jose Quintero
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Sid Freeman
Mad Dog Vachon beat Bill Todd
The Crusher beat Kenny Jay

1/16/65 Anoka, MN
Moose Cholak vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills

1/17/65 St. Paul, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3
Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak
Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Pedro Santos
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Allen
att: 10,993

1/18/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Jack Allen
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rocky Monroe & Bill Todd
Bob Boyer beat Kenny Jay
Mad Dog Vachon beat Pedro Santos

1/20/65 Glenwood City, WI
Card scheduled

1/21/65 Mankato, MN
Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig (sub Harley Race)
Jack Allen drew Bob Boyer
Larry Hennig beat Eddie Sharkey

1/23/65 Minneapolis TV
Reggie Parks beat Jack Wilson
Pete Bevins & Great Dane beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq
The Crusher beat Mike Spangler
Bob Boyer drew Ricky Lopez

1/23/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq
Danny Hodge beat Bulldog Plechas
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans
Billy Red Cloud beat Steve Bolus
Att: 2,517

1/24/65 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig 2/3
Reggie Parks beat Harley Race dq
Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey
Tiny Mills beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin
Jack Allen beat Rick Lopez
att: 7,708

1/25/65 Minneapolis TV
Bob Boyer beat Rocky Monroe
Eddie Sharkey beat Ricky Lopez
Billy Red Cloud beat Jose Quintero
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pete Bevins & Mike Spangler
Jack Allen beat Great Dane

1/26/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
Verne Gagne vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & Wilbur Snyder
Bob Boyer vs Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge
Mark Starr vs Mighty Igor Vodik

1/27/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Maurice Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser on a 3rd fall COR
1 Bruiser beat Vachon in 3:28
2 Vachon beat Bruiser in 6:12
3 Bruiser was counted out of the ring
Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3
1 Hennig beat Gagne in 9:27
2 Gagne beat Hennig in 7:07
3 Gagne beat Race in 8:02
NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge ddq The Crusher in 13:03
Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer in 24:30
promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 4,500 fans

1/30/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon COR
Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Pampero Firpo & Don Jardine
Danny Hodge beat Joe Tomasso
Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff
Att: 2,710

1/31/65 Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher 2/3 to win the AWA Tag Team Title
Wilbur Snyder beat Iron Mike DiBiase
Bob Boyer beat Eddie Sharkey
Billy Red Cloud beat Black Bart
Sid Freeman beat Rick Lopez
Att: 9,176

2/1/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jack Allen & Mike Dibiase

2/2/65 Hastings, MN
Card scheduled

2/3/65 Wilmar, MN
Card scheduled

2/4/65 St. Cloud, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Reggie Parks
Larry Hennig beat Tiny Mills

2/5/65 Prior Lake, MN
Card scheduled

2/6/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
Tony Borne beat Billy Red Cloud
Jack Pesek beat Don Jardine dq
Rene Goulet drew Pampero Firpo
Att: 2,922

2/6/65 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium
Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 2nd fall dq
1 Gagne pinned Vachon in 11:30 after a series of drop kicks
2 Vachon was dq’ed in 24:30
The Crusher beat Tiny Mills in 6:05
World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Bob Boyer via pin in 20:10
Reggie Parks beat Nicoli Volkoff via pin
Sid Freeman beat Jose Quintero
Att: ”6,389 fans”

2/8/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & The Great Dane
The Crusher beat Bill Todd

2/8/65 Rock Falls, IL @ High School
The Crusher vs Bob Boyer

2/9/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
The Crusher beat Rene Goulet
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Moose Evans
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer (sub Wilbur Snyder) & Reggie Parks
Jack Allen beat Joe Snyder

2/10/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Non Title Texas Death Match
Dick the Bruiser beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon in 23:30 when Vachon was unable to continue
Bruiser had taken two falls, and Vachon had taken three
Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig on a 3rd fall dq when Race punched referee Danny Loos
The Crusher beat Reggie Parks
Sid Freeman beat Bob Boyer
promoter: Gene Reed
referee: Danny Loos
Att: 3,700 fans

2/13/65
Grappler Race Stabbed in Scuffle

Harley Race, one of the wrestlers on shows in the Twin Cities, was reported in serious condition in Hennepin General Hospital Friday night. Race suffered a stab wound during a scuffle in a Minneapolis restaurant.

Promoter Wally Karbo of Minneapolis announced Mad Dog Vachon will pair with Larry Hennig in place of Race against Dick The Bruiser and Crusher tonight in the Minneapolis Auditorium.

2/13/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Ricky Lopez
Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Jack Allen & Rocky Monroe

2/13/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
Death Match
Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Mad Dog Vachon (sub Harley Race)
Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey in 23:20
Reggie Parks drew Wilbur Snyder
Billy Red Cloud beat Bob Boyer via pin
Sid Freeman beat Jack Pesek
Jack Allen beat Ricky Lopez via pin

2/14/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Danny Hodge beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq
Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Larry Hennig & Hercules Graham (sub Harley Race)
Verne Gagne beat Nebraska Champion Don Jardine dq
Tony Borne drew Pampero Firpo
Att: 3,541

2/15/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Paul Caruso
The Crusher beat Bill Todd

2/16/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Jack Allen

2/19/65 Golden Valley, MN
Billy Red Cloud vs Tiny Mills

2/20/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Jack Allen
Billy Red Cloud beat Kenny Jay
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bill Green
Mad Dog Vachon beat Great Dane
The Crusher beat Jose Quintero

2/20/65 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq
Billy Red Cloud beat Bill Green via pin
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Allen
Bob Boyer drew Sid Freeman
att: 7,745

2/22/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Bill Greene

2/23/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
The Crusher & Reggie Parks beat Moose Cholak & Larry Hennig
Sid Freeman & Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills
Sid Freeman beat Tiny Mills (sub Ivan Kalmikoff)
Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Boyer
Note: Freeman was billed as Mr. America

2/24/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Texas Death Match with the title on the line
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick the Bruiser when Bruiser was unable to continue at the end of the 11th fall
ten seconds between falls
Vachon won seven falls and Bruiser won four
Wilbur Snyder beat The Crusher dq
Mighty Igor beat Tiny Mills in 4:08
Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 12:19
Danny Loos Jr beat Jack Allen in 13:28
promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 6,100 fans

2/27/65 Anoka, MN
The Crusher vs Larry Hennig

2/28/65 Brainerd, MN
Larry Hennig vs Reggie Parks

3/1/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay
Larry Hennig beat Jose Quintero
The Crusher beat Claude Patterson

3/6/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Eddie Sharkey

3/6/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
10 Rounds of Boxing, Non Title
Danny Hodge beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon KO in 1:48 of the fifth round
Igor Vodik beat Don Jardine 2/3 to win Nebraska State Title
1 Igor beat Jardine in 7:02
2 Jardine beat Igor in 2:55
3 Igor pinned Jardine in 7:45 after a squash
Tony Borne beat Sonny Myers after manager Leo Newman interfered in the 3rd fall
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bulldog Danny Plechas in 15:50
Rene Goulet drew Jack Pesek
Att: 4,649

3/8/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Great Dane

3/8/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq
Verne Gagne no contest Reggie Parks
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills
Sid Freeman beat Bob Boyer

3/9/65 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq
Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak via pin
Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin
Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer via pin
att: 7,997
Note: Another listing has an additional match Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race

3/10/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser Mighty Igor Vodik on a 3rd fall COR
1 Hennig beat Bruiser for the first fall
2 Igor pinned Hennig in 3:09
3 Igor was counted out of the ring in 7:14
during the third fall, Igor fell from the ring and knocked into a girl in the crowd. According to the Rocky Mountain News, it was Igor’s extended apologies to her that caused his countout
Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa 2/3
Danny Loos Jr. beat Jack Pesek in 16:10
The Crusher beat Sid Freeman in 14:42
promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 3,500 fans

3/12/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
The Crusher beat Larry Hennig dq
Harley Race beat Billy Red Cloud COR
Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer
Rocky Hamilton beat Harry Madison
Eddie Sharkey drew Steve Bolus 20:00

3/13/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Great Dane
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Steve Bolus & Kenny Jay
The Crusher beat Chris Popovich

3/14/65 Elmwood, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud

3/15/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Steve Bolus & Art Kenny
The Crusher beat Great Dane

3/16/65 St. Cloud, MN
Verne Gagne beat Harley Race 2/3
Reg Parks beat Larry Hennig dq
Bob Boyer beat Billy Red Cloud

3/17/65 Beatrice, NE @ City Auditorium
Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall dq
Tony Borne beat Rene Goulet 2/3
Don Jardine drew Sid Freeman

3/17/65 Mankato, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Reggie Parks
Billy Red Cloud vs Bob Boyer
Larry Hennig vs Reggie Parks
Note: This card was originally scheduled for 3/2/65 but was canceled due to a snowstorm.

3/19/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Reggie Parks
Handicap Match
Tony Borne & Leo Newman beat Mighty Igor Vodik
Don Jardine beat Rene Goulet
Sid Freeman beat Bulldog Danny Plechas
Att: 5,666

3/20/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Bob Boyer
The Crusher beat Paul Caruso

3/20/65 St. Paul, MN
The Crusher beat Larry Hennig COR
Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills
Billy Red Cloud beat Great Dane
Harley Race beat Paul Caruso

3/22/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Bill Todd

3/22/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne dq
Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race

3/23/65 Rock Falls, IL @ High School
AWA Tag Team Champios Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Reggie Parks & The Crusher
Bob Boyer vs Billy Goelz
Reg Parks vs Larry Hennig

3/23/65 Osseo, WI @ High School
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Eddie Sharkey
Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe
Great Dane vs Kenny Jay

3/24/65 Denver, CO @ Coliseum
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher
Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak
Pat O’Connor beat Art Neilson dq
Betty Niccoli vs Kay Noble
Danny Loos Jr vs Danny Plechas
Promoter: Gene Reed

3/28/65 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Mighty Igor Vodik dq
The Crusher beat Rocky Hamilton in 6:20
Reg Parks beat Angelo Poffo in 18:32
Pampero Firpo beat Jack Pesek in 11:20
Billy Red Cloud drew Bob Boyer
Att: 5,328

3/29/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Pete Bevins & Great Dane

3/30/65 Anoka, MN
Pampero Firpo vs Verne Gagne

4/1/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq
The Crusher beat Harley Race
Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks
Pampero Firpo beat Jack Pesek

4/2/65 Mound, MN
Verne Gagne beat Harley Race
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills

4/2/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
The Crusher beat Larry Hennig in 18:50
Pampero Firpo beat Reggie Parks dq
Rene Goulet beat Jack Pesek via pin in 20:15
Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane
Att: 2,077

4/3/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Johnny Carr
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Jack Pesek

4/3/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks
Tony Borne & Leo Newman beat Mad Dog Vachon & Don Jardine (subs for Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff)
Don Jardine beat Steve Bolus
Sid Freeman drew Rocky Hamilton
Att: 3,731

4/4/65 St Paul, MN @ Armory
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
Crusher beat Bob Geigel in 14:49
Billy Red Cloud beat Pampero Firpo in 9:49
Reggie Parks beat Jack Pesek
Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer

4/5/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Kurt von Brauner
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Jack Pesek

4/6/65 Lincoln, NE
Verne Gagne vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
Rocky Hamilton & Don Jardine vs Ivan Kalmikoff & Igor Vodik
Sid Freeman vs Danny Plechas
Frank Hickey vs Sonny Myers

4/7/65 Mankato, MN
Verne Gagne beat Harley Race
Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo (sub Larry Hennig)
Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills (sub Pampero Firpo)

4/9/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Reggie Parks 2/3
1 Vachon beat Parks in 15:05
2 Parks beat Vachon in in 8:15
3 Vachon beat Parks in 37 seconds
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne on a 3rd dq
1 Race pinned Crusher in 8:15
2 Crusher beat Hennig by submission in 3:23,
3 Crusher was dq'ed when he refused to release his stomach claw on Race outside of the ring
Sid Freeman beat John Tolos in 17:04
Danny Loos Jr. beat Pampero Firpo dq in 9:04
Promoter: Gene Reed
Referee: Leo “Bozo” Bahl
Att: 3,800 fans

4/10/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo 2/3
Reggie Parks drew Harley Race
Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer via pin
Tiny Mills beat Chris Markoff dq
Att: 2,927

4/12/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero

4/17/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Mike Pulaski

4/17/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne dq
Pampero Firpo beat The Crusher via pin in 11:02
Eddie Sharkey beat Chris Markoff dq
Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero
Kenny Jay beat Lee Mattson via pin
att: 8,982
Notes: Another listing had an additional match Reggie Parks beat Mike Pulaski. Harley Race no showed and the card had to be changed.

4/20/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Lee Mattson

4/20/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq
Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig
Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo dq
Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills
Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey

4/21/65 Lincoln, NE
Sonny Myers vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
Rocky Hamilton vs Igor Vodik
Don Jardine vs Ron Reed
Sid Freeman vs Mike York
8-man battle royal

4/23/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher on a 3rd fall dq
1 Vachon pinned Crusher after a piledriver in 8:25
2 Crusher beat Vachon in 2:17 with a stomach claw
3 Vachon won by dq in 6:10 when Crusher used a pair of brass knuckles
Vachon introduced the brass knuckles from his wrestling trunks, but Crusher took them away and used them on the bloody champion
Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig 2/3
Danny Loos Jr. beat Great Dane in 15:33
Pampero Firpo beat Chris Markoff by submission with a bearhug in 6:35
Ricky Romero (sub Pepper Gomez) beat Bob Orton Sr. in 17:25
Promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 3,100 fans

4/26/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Jose Quintero
Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay

4/28/65 St. Cloud, MN
The Crusher beat Larry Hennig
Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo
Rene Goulet beat Chris Markoff

4/30/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
The Crusher won an 8 man battle royal by eliminating Larry Hennig at the 16:20 mark
Order of elimination from first to last
Chris Markoff, Eddie Sharkey, Tiny Mills, Rene Goulet, Reggie Parks, Pampero Firpo, Larry Hennig
The Crusher beat Chris Markoff dq
Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey via pin
Rene Goulet drew Larry Hennig
Reggie Parks beat Tiny Mills dq
att: 2,403

5/1/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Paul Caruso & Great Dane
Larry Hennig beat Bill Todd
The Crusher beat Kenny Jay

5/1/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Mad Dog Vachon & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Tony Borne & Leo Newman
Sid Freeman beat Haru Sasaki dq
Betty Boucher & Darling Dagmar beat Diamond Lil & Toni Rose
Don Jardine drew George Drake
Darling Dagmar beat Diamond Lil
Toni Rose beat Betty Boucher
Att: 3,505

5/3/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay
The Crusher beat Bill Todd

5/4/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
Pampero Firpo beat The Crusher
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks
Rene Goulet vs Chris Markoff
Kenny Jay vs Eddie Sharkey

5/6/65 Mankato, MN
Reggie Parks & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff
Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey
Reggie Parks beat Chris Markoff dq

5/7/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff 2/3
1 Markoff pinned Parks in 8:16
2 Parks pinned Hennig in 6:32
3 Gagne pinned Markoff in 7:28
The match was originally scheduled to be a tag team title match between Hennig and Harley Race and Gagne and Parks, but Race reinjured his ribs during the early moments of the match.
Race could not continue and was replaced by Chris Markoff.
Race was suffering from injuries sustained in a motor scooter accident.
Pampero Firpo beat The Crusher COR in 11:47
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Haru Sasaki in 13:03
Chris Markoff drew Bill Melby
Promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 3,100 fans

5/8/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero & Kurt von Brauner
Larry Hennig beat Carlos Rodriguez
Pampero Firpo beat Eddie Sharkey
Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay
Rene Goulet beat Great Dane

5/8/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff (sub Harley Race)
The Crusher ddq Pampero Firpo
Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey via pin
Rene Goulet beat Jack Wilson via pin
Jose Quintero beat Carlos Rodriguez via pin
att: 6,001

5/10/65 Minneapolis TV
Chris Markoff beat Great Dane
Rene Goulet beat Kenny Jay
Pampero Firpo beat Pedro Rodriguez
Larry Hennig beat Eddie Sharkey
The Crusher beat Jack Wilson

5/11/65 Rochester, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks
The Crusher vs Bob Geigel
Pampero Firpo vs Eddie Sharkey

5/13/65 Mora, MN
Rene Goulet & Chris Markoff in action

5/14/65 Buffalo, MN
The Crusher vs Harley Race
Reggie Parks vs Larry Hennig
Rene Goulet vs Chris Markoff
Mars Monroe vs Annette Palmer

5/15/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Kenny Jay & Jose Quintero
The Crusher beat The Great Dane
Chris Markoff drew Eddie Sharkey
Rene Goulet beat Harley Race COR

5/15/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Dog Vachon to win AWA title
Sid Freeman beat Pampero Firpo
Haru Sasaki beat George Drake
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Joe Tomasso
Att: 5,201

5/15/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
The Crusher beat Harley Race
Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq
Rene Goulet beat Tiny Mills
Chris Markoff drew Eddie Sharkey
Kenny Jay beat Great Dane via pin
Att: 3,233

5/17/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Great Dane
The Crusher beat Kenny Jay
Eddie Sharkey beat Chris Markoff dq
Reggie Parks beat Jose Quintero

5/21/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks 2/3
1 Hennig beat Gagne in 8:52 with a backbreaker
2 Parks beat Hennig in 8:43
3 Hennig pinned Parks in 5:52
The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo in 9:34
Bill Melby beat Danny Plechas in 14:42
Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey in 15:45
Promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 3,300 fans

5/21/65 Monroe, NE
Haru Sasaki billed as The Jap & Mad Dog Vachon & Ken Hollis vs Mighty Igor Vodik & George Drake & Sid Freeman
Mad Dog Vachon vs George Drake
AWA Champion Mighty Igor Vodik vs Ken Hollis
Haru Sasaki billed as The Jap vs Sid Freeman
Note: No mention of the AWA Title in the ad even though Igor won the title from Vachon on 5/15.

5/22/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay
The Crusher beat Danny Plechas
Pampero Firpo beat Claude Patterson
Reggie Parks beat Bob Brown
Chris Markoff beat Great Dane

5/22/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik to regain AWA title
Johnny Valentine drew Sid Freeman
Haru Sasaki beat Ivan Kalmikoff
George Drake beat Ken Hollis
Att: 3,473

5/24/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Danny Plechas
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Claude Patterson
The Crusher beat Bob Brown
Eddie Sharkey beat George Drake
Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay

5/26/65 Norfolk, NE
Ivan Kalmikoff vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
also on card: George Drake, Haru Sasaki & Mighty Igor Vodik

5/27/65 Minneapolis, MN
Cage Match
The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo
Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq
Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey
Rene Goulet drew Tiny Mills

5/29/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat The Great Dane
The Crusher beat Jack Wilson

5/29/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
The Crusher beat Harley Race 2/3
Reggie Parks beat Pampero Firpo dq
Rene Goulet beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin
Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills
att: 2,254

5/31/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Kenny Jay

6/2/65 Eau Claire, WI @ Carson Park
The Crusher vs Pampero Firpo
AWA World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs Rene Goulet & Reggie Parks
Reggie Parks vs Harley Race

6/3/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
The Crusher & Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race 2/3
Bill Melby drew Johnny Valentine 30:00
Mighty Igor Vodik beat The Mongol in 7:06
Igor’s opponent was billed as Oulon Baton by the Rocky Mountain News
Wilbur Snyder beat Pampero Firpo 2/3
promoter: Gene Reed
referees: Leo Bahl, Danny Loos
Att: 4,500 fans

6/5/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Mike Spangler
Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay
Mad Dog Vachon beat George Drake
Verne Gagne beat Bob Brown
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Tiny Mills

6/5/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Great Dane 2/3
Rene Goulet drew Chris Markoff 30:00
Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Green in 9:08
Gene Anderson beat Kenny Jay in 11:40

6/7/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Mike Spangler
Gene Anderson beat Kenny Jay
Rene Goulet beat Jose Quintero
The Crusher beat Bob Brown
Chris Markoff beat Great Dane

6/12/65 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium
Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Chris Markoff (sub Larry Hennig) & Harley Race 2/3
Gene Anderson drew Eddie Sharkey 20:00
Rene Goulet beat Roger Kirby via pin
Tiny Mills beat Guy Mitchell
att: 2,172

6/14/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Danny Plechas
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay

6/17/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Rene Goulet
Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff
Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills

6/18/65 North Branch
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey

6/19/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Great Dane & Rocky Monroe

6/19/65 Zimmerman, MN
Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet
Tiny Mills beat Chris Markoff dq

6/21/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Ox Baker
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Claude Patterson

6/25/65 Lewiston
AWA Tag Team Champions Harley Race & Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey
Annette Palmer beat Mars Monroe 2/3
Harley Race beat Rene Goulet
Att: 450+

6/26/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Rene Goulet
The Crusher beat Danny Plechas

6/26/65 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a 3rd fall COR
The Crusher beat Chris Markoff via pin in 12:51
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race via pin in 9:02
Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin in 16:51
Wilbur Snyder beat Pampero Firpo dq in 12:30
Gene Anderson drew Rene Goulet
att: 9,713

6/28/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat The Great Dane
The Crusher beat Bill Green

7/3/65 Minneapolis TV
Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race
The Crusher beat Jack Wilson

7/7/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne dq
Pampero Firpo no contest Wilbur Snyder
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Haru Sasaki
Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff

7/10/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Tiny Mills & Jose Quintero
The Crusher beat Paul Caruso

7/10/65 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Eddie Sharkey
Tex McKenzie beat Pampero Firpo
Chris Markoff beat Bill Green
Jessica Rogers beat Mars Monroe via pin
att: 5,710

7/12/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Tiny Mills

7/17/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Kurt von Brauner
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Great Dane & Tiny Mills
The Crusher beat Matt Schmeling

7/17/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Mighty Igor Vodik
Danny Hodge beat Pampero Firpo
Haru Sasaki beat Ivan Kalmikoff dq
Bobby Shane (sub Eddie Sharkey) drew Bulldog Danny Plechas

7/17/65 City Unknown, WI @ Dunn County Fair
The Crusher vs Tiny Mills
Women's match
Note: City might be Eau Claire

7/17/65 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Tex McKenzie 2/3
Varon Dandy & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana 2/3
Rene Goulet beat Harley Race via pin in 16:40
Eddie Sharkey beat Great Dane via pin in 15:20

7/19/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Matt Schmeling
The Crusher beat Bill Todd

7/20/65 Rockford, IL @ Roy Gayle Park
Crusher beat Pampero Firpo
Tex McKenzie beat Larry Hennig dq
Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez vs Little Boy Blue & Varon Dandy

7/21/65 Sterling, IL
The Crusher beat Larry Hennig

7/22/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne COR
Danny Hodge beat Pampero Firpo
Tex McKenzie beat Gene Anderson
Rene Goulet drew Chris Markoff

7/24/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Great Dane
The Crusher beat Bill Todd

7/24/65 Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher & Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race to win AWA tag team title
Tex McKenzie beat Chris Markoff
Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Gene Anderson via pin
Eddie Sharkey beat Paul Caruso
Kenny Jay beat Jose Quintero
att: 8,156

7/31/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Roger Kirby
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Kenny Jay
The Crusher beat Gene Anderson

7/31/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Hodge
Nebraska Champion Mighty Igor Vodik beat Haru Sasaki dq
Reggie Parks beat Bulldog Danny Plechas
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Brown
Att: 2,731

7/31/65 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq
Tex McKenzie beat Roger Kirby
Baron Dandy & Little Boy Blue beat Pee Wee Lopez & Chico Santana
Rene Goulet beat Pampero Firpo dq
Chris Markoff beat Guy Mitchell

8/2/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Roger Kirby

8/3/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium
Cage Match
The Crusher beat Harley Race
Death Match
Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig
Tex McKenzie beat Tiny Mills
Pampero Firpo beat Rene Goulet
Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff

8/5/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Jose Ramirez

8/5/65 Sidney, IA @ 4-H Fairgrounds
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks
World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge vs Eddie Sharkey
Plus one other bout

8/7/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Jerry Miller
The Crusher beat Danny Plechas

8/7/65 Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne to regain the AWA Tag Team Title
Danny Hodge beat Rene Goulet via pin in 23:30
Tex McKenzie beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin in 2:16
Chris Markoff beat Larry Hennig in 13:51
Danny Plechas drew Eddie Sharkey 20:00

8/9/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jerry Miller & Claude Patterson
The Crusher beat Jack Wilson

8/14/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Paul Caruso & Bill Todd
The Crusher beat Jose Ramirez

8/14/65 Arlington, MN @ Sibley County Fairgrounds
Larry Hennig vs The Crusher 2/3
Annette Palmer vs Mars Monroe 2/3
Harley Race vs Tex McKenzie

8/14/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Nebraska Tag Team Champions Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Hodge & Mighty Igor Vodik
Reggie Parks beat Tony Borne dq
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Tiny Mills
Ernie Dusek beat Leo Newman dq
Att: 4,366

8/14/65 Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher & Verne Gagne & Kenny Jay beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race 2/3
1. Markoff pinned Jay
2. Jay pinned Markoff
3. Jay pinned Hennig
Gene Anderson beat Danny Plechas via pin
Eddie Sharkey beat Rene Goulet via pin
Tex McKenzie beat Jose Ramirez via pin

8/16/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Danny Plechas
Larry Hennig beat Great Dane

8/17/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq
Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Danny Hodge & Tex McKenzie
Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff
Larry Hennig beat Rene Goulet

8/21/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Momberg & Steve Druk

8/21/65 St. Paul, MN @ Midway Stadium
The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon via pin to win the AWA Title in 20:15
World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge beat Eddie Sharkey
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Ellis & Tex McKenzie 2/3
Billy Red Cloud beat Chris Markoff dq
Larry Heiniemi beat Johnny Carr via pin
Att: 6,345

8/23/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat George Momberg & Great Dane

8/24/65 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium
AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig
Harley Race vs Tex McKenzie
Gene Anderson vs Rene Goulet
Chris Markoff vs Eddie Sharkey

8/25/65 Eau Claire, WI @ Carson Park
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs The Crusher & Tex McKenzie 2/3 60:00
Chris Markoff vs Rene Goulet 2/3 45:00
Eddie Sharkey vs Gene Anderson 30:00

8/28/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Rene Goulet & Bill Todd
The Crusher beat Paul Caruso

8/28/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Nebraska Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Haru Sasaki beat Tony Borne & Leo Newman
Handicap Match
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Jim Grabmire & Bob Rader
Jessica Rogers beat Dorothy Carter
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Brown dq
Att: 2,730

8/28/65 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Champion The Crusher beat Harley Race
Larry Hennig beat Tex McKenzie
Reggie Parks drew Chris Markoff 30:00
Rene Goulet beat Danny Plechas
Eddie Sharkey beat Gene Anderson dq
Larry Heiniemi beat Paul Caruso
Att. 5,610

8/30/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Bill Todd

9/4/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Santiago Acosta
Guy Taylor vs The Crusher

9/4/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Verne Gagne & Tex McKenzie beat Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon 2/3 to win Nebraska Tag Team title
1 McKenzie beat Sasaki in 9:35
2 Sasaki pinned Gagne in 9:00
3 Gagne pinned Vachon in 31:12 after Sasaki mistakenly hit Mad Dog with a karate chop
Mighty Igor Vodik beat John Ramirez 2-0
1 Igor beat Ramirez in 7:30
2 Igor beat Ramirez in 17:53
Reggie Parks beat George Drake in 27:15
Ivan Kalmikoff drew Jack Pesek
Att: 3,455

9/4/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
AWA Champion The Crusher beat Chris Markoff COR
Larry Hennig beat Billy Red Cloud via pin in 17:22
Eddie Sharkey drew Harley Race 20:00
Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor via pin in 13:00

9/5/65 Davenport, IA @ Municipal Stadium
Non Title Death Match
Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Champion The Crusher
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks
Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey
Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson

9/10/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Verne Gagne

9/11/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt
The Crusher beat Phil Christy

9/11/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig via pin in 22:10
Harley Race beat Tex McKenzie via pin in 11:45
Chris Markoff beat Santiago Acosta via pin in 10:05
Reggie Parks beat Guy Taylor by submission in 16:45
Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Sabre via pin in 8:10
Jose Betancourt beat Mike Sanchez via pin in 14:32
Att: “5,018 fans”

9/16/65 Hamel
Verne Gagne vs Harley Race
Larry Hennig vs ?

9/18/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon beat Verne Gagne & Tex McKenzie to regain Nebraska Tag Team title
Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Mighty Igor Vodik COR
Danny Hodge beat Rene Goulet
Reggie Parks drew Jack Pesek
Att: 3,696

9/18/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt

9/21/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig
Verne Gagne beat Harley Race

9/25/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Guy Taylor

9/25/65 St. Paul, MN
AWA Champion The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq
Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud & Tim Woods beat Larry Hennig & Chris Markoff & Harley Race
Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor via pin
Eddie Sharkey drew Lorenzo Parente
Att: 4,923

9/27/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Johnny Carr & Kurt Von Brawner

9/28/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Champion The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon dq
Tim Woods beat Harley Race
Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks
Chris Markoff beat Lorenzo Parente

9/29/65 Burlington, IA @ Memorial Auditorium
The Crusher & Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race COR
Danny Hodge beat Chris Markoff dq
Tim Woods beat Lorenzo Parente

10/2/65 Minneapolis TV Live
Verne Gagne beat Mike Pulaski
The Crusher beat Kenny Jay
Chris Markoff beat Mike Spangler
Tim Woods beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas
Lorenzo Parente beat Bob Sabre

10/2/65 St. Paul, MN
Chris Markoff beat Reggie Parks
Tim Woods beat Lorenzo Parente
Larry Heiniemi drew Gene Anderson
Eddie Sharkey beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas
Kenny Jay beat Bob Sabre

10/2/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon dq
Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Mighty Igor Vodik to win Nebraska Heavyweight title
Danny Hodge beat Bob Rader
Billy Red Cloud beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Att: 3,321

10/4/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay
The Crusher beat Mike Pulaski
Tim Woods beat Bob Sabre
Mad Dog Vachon beat Eddie Sharkey
Reggie Parks beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas
Lorenzo Parente beat Mike Spangler

10/7/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Dick the Bruiser beat Larry Hennig
Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race dq
Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Lorenzo Parente
Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff

10/9/65 Minneapolis TV Live
Verne Gagne beat Shelby Adcock
The Crusher beat Lorenzo Parente
Mad Dog Vachon beat Chris Belkas
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Claude Patterson
Igor Vodik beat Kenny Jay

10/9/65 St. Paul, MN
Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Champion The Crusher dq
Handicap Match
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race COR
Larry Heiniemi beat Lorenzo Parente via pin
Tim Woods beat Gene Anderson
Chris Markoff beat Jose Betancourt
Att: 6,614

10/11/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Shelby Adcock
Igor Vodik beat Lorenzo Parente
Chris Markoff beat Claude Patterson
Tim Woods beat Kenny Jay
Mad Dog Vachon beat Jose Betancourt
Harley Race beat Chet Belkas

10/12/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Champion The Crusher beat Larry Hennig
Danny Hodge beat Harley Race
Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Lorenzo Parente
Tim Woods beat Gene Anderson

10/16/65 Minneapolis TV Live
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Gene Anderson & Kenny Jay
The Crusher beat Mike Loren
Igor Vodik beat Johnny Carr
Chris Markoff beat Kurt Von Brawner
Larry Heiniemi beat Lorenzo Parente

10/16/65 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik
Tim Woods beat Chris Markoff dq
Jack Lanza beat Lorenzo Parente via pin
Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren via pin
Gene Anderson beat Johnny Carr
Att: 6,785

10/18/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mike Loren & Kurt von Brauner
The Crusher beat Johnny Carr
Larry Heiniemi beat Gene Anderson dq
Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay
Tim Woods beat Lorenzo Parente
referee: Joe Snyder

10/21/65 St Cloud, MN
AWA Champion The Crusher beat Harley Race
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson
Larry Heiniemi beat Lorenzo Parente
Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff

10/22/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher no contest AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race
Bob Ellis beat Haru Sasaki
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson
Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Promoter: Gene Reed
Note: Hennig and Race were handed a 30 day suspension for their illegal tactics.

10/23/65 Minneapolis TV Live
Verne Gagne beat Bob Rader
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Guy Taylor
Chris Markoff beat Mike Spangler
Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Sanchez
Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Jack Sadiski

10/23/65 Minneapolis, MN
Non Title
The Crusher & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2-0
Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 17:01
Bob Ellis beat Bob Rader
Tim Woods beat Gene Anderson via pin
Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Sanchez via pin
Att: 6,315

10/25/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Mike Sanchez
Mad Dog Vachon beat Kenny Jay
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jack Sadshi
Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor
Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Bob Rader

10/26/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Danny Hodge
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Bob Rader
Chris Markoff beat Tim Woods
Bob Ellis beat Gene Anderson

10/28/65 New Richland, MN
Scheduled: Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff

10/30/65 Minneapolis TV Live
Verne Gagne beat Guy Taylor
The Crusher beat Kenny Jay
Chris Markoff beat Paul Caruso
Igor Vodik beat Bob Rader

10/30/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq
Stan Pulaski beat Haru Sasaki COR
Jack Pesek beat Mad Dog Vachon
Billy Red Cloud beat Claude Patterson
Att: 2,472

10/30/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
Chris Markoff beat Tim Woods (sub The Crusher) in 19:20
Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gene Anderson & Red Kelly
Larry Heiniemi beat Bob Rader in 11:00
Jack Lanza beat Guy Taylor via pin in 12:51
Att: 2,093

11/1/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Kenny Jay
Chris Markoff beat Guy Taylor
Tim Woods beat Red Kelly
Verne Gagne beat Bob Rader
Igor Vodik beat Paul Caruso

11/2/65 Howard Lake, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race in action

11/2/65 Sioux City, IA
Verne Gagne beat Stan Pulaski dq
Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon beat Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks
Jack Pesek drew Billy Red Cloud
Wilbur Snyder beat Bob Morgan

11/3/65 Princeton, MN
Cowboy Jack Lanza, Tiny Mills, Chris Markoff, Professor Steve Druk all in action

11/6/65 Minneapolis TV
Chris Markoff beat Bob Kappel
Harley Race beat Guy Taylor
Igor Vodik beat Mike Loren
Mitsu Arakawa beat Santiago Acosta
Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Johnny Carr

11/6/65 St. Paul, MN @ Auditorium
Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig
Bob Ellis beat Harley Race via pin in 14:00
Mitsu Arakawa beat Bob Kappel
Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik
Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren via pin
Tim Woods beat Guy Taylor
Att: “6,818 fans”

11/8/65 Minneapolis TV
Jack Pesek beat Guy Taylor
Tim Woods beat Bob Kappel
Larry Hennig beat Santiago Acosta
Harley Race beat Kenny Jay
Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Mike Loren
Igor Vodik beat Johnny Carr

11/9/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
Verne Gagne beat Mad Dog Vachon
Handicap Match
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race
Bob Ellis beat Jack Pesek
Chris Markoff beat Tim Woods

11/10/65 Buffalo, MN
Scheduled: Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff, Larry Hennig, Mike Loren, Chris Markoff, Tim Woods

11/10/65 Red Wing, MN
Scheduled: Jack Pesek, Cowboy Bob Ellis, Larry Heiniemi, Harley Race

11/12/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher 2/3 to win the AWA Title
1 Vachon beat Crusher in 9:22
2 Crusher beat Vachon in 2:30
3 Vachon beat Crusher in 6:06
Bob Ellis beat Mitsu Arakawa dq
Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik on a 3rd fall dq
Tim Woods beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 16:40
Promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 4,000 fans

11/13/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Nebraska Champion Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Billy Red Cloud
Mitsu Arakawa & Haru Sasaki beat Danny Hodge & Reggie Parks to win Nebraska Tag Team title
Non Title
Mr Wrestling beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
Bulldog Danny Plechas drew Bob Rader
Att: 2,453

11/13/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Bill Todd
Bob Kappel beat Chris Markoff dq
Harley Race beat Hector Vargas
Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Guy Taylor
Igor Vodik beat Mike Pulaski

11/13/65 Minneapolis, MN
The Crusher ddq Chris Markoff
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race COR
Bob Ellis beat Angelo Poffo via pin in 5:52
Jack Pesek beat Mike Loren
Larry Heiniemi beat Gene Anderson via pin
Bob Kappel beat Guy Taylor

11/15/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Mike Loren
Mad Dog Vachon beat Guy Taylor
Igor Vodik beat Hector Vargas
Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay
Harley Race beat Mike Pulaski
Jack Pesek beat Bill Todd

11/15/65 Kewanee, IL
The Crusher beat Larry Hennig
Igor Vodik beat Angelo Poffo
Bob Kappel beat Mike Sanchez
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Gene Anderson

11/16/65 Burlington, IA
The Crusher beat Harley Race
Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson
Bob Kappel beat Mike Sanchez

11/16/65 St. Francis, MN
Verne Gagne in action

11/17/65 Beatrice, NE @ Auditorium
Nebraska Champion Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Haru Sasaki 2/3
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Reggie Parks when the 45 time limit expired in the 3rd fall
Mr Wrestling beat Mitsu Arakawa dq
Billy Red Cloud drew Jack Pesek 30:00

11/17/65 St. Cloud, MN
The Crusher beat Larry Hennig
Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor
Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren

11/18/65 Lakeville, MN
Scheduled: The Crusher, Harley Race, Larry Hennig, Ivan Kalmikoff, Igor Vodik, Chris Markoff, Jack Pesek

11/19/65 Owatonna, MN
card scheduled

11/20/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Corsica Joe
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Jose Betancourt & Mike Loren
The Crusher beat Guy Taylor
Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Great Dane
Chris Markoff beat Santiago Acosta

11/20/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
Referee Joe Snyder
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis on a 3rd fall dq
Chris Markoff beat Mike Loren in 10:25
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Gene Anderson in 8:10
Larry Heiniemi beat Jose Betancourt via pin in 12:56
Att: 3,020

11/22/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & Jose Betancourt
Mad Dog Vachon beat Bulldog Danny Plechas
Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor
Igor Vodik beat Great Dane
Chris Markoff beat Kenny Jay
The Crusher beat Corsica Joe

11/23/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis dq
Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq
Jack Pesek beat Mike Loren (sub Jack Lanza)
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Guy Taylor

11/23/65 Sioux City, IA
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mad Russian Stan Pulaski
Reggie Parks beat Haru Sasaki dq
Mitsu Arakawa drew Billy Red Cloud
Tim Woods beat Danny Plechas

11/24/65 Lincoln, NE
Mitsu Arakawa & Stan Pulaski & Haru Sasaki & Mad Dog Vachon vs Reggie Parks & Jack Pesek & Billy Red Cloud & Tim Woods
Billy Red Cloud vs AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon
Mitsu Arakawa vs Jack Pesek
Haru Sasaki vs Tim Woods
Reggie Parks vs Stan Pulaski

11/25/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Larry Heiniemi & Mighty Igor Vodik
Professor Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff via pin
Chris Markoff beat Gene Anderson via pin
Kenny Jay beat Mike Loren via pin
att: 8,116

11/26/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Ellis & Verne Gagne on a 3rd fall dq
Bob Ellis beat Harley Race
Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik 2/3
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Jack Donovan
promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 4,000 fans

11/27/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Great Dane & Bill Todd
The Crusher beat Paul Caruso
Chris Markoff beat Mike Loren
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor
Bob Ellis beat Bob Morgan

11/27/65 St. Paul, MN @ Armory
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis
Handicap Match
Mighty Igor Vodik beat both Paul Caruso & Mike Loren 2-0, both falls by pin
Chris Markoff beat Tiny Mills
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Great Dane via pin
att: 2,511

11/29/65 Minneapolis TV
Harley Race beat Guy Taylor
Larry Heiniemi beat Mike Loren
Igor Vodik beat Bob Rader
Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Paul Caruso
Chris Markoff beat Great Dane
The Crusher beat Bill Todd

11/30/65 Blaine, MN
Scheduled: Larry Heiniemi, The Crusher, Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff

12/1/65 Wilmar, MN
Scheduled: The Crusher, Jack Pesek, Larry Hennig, Harley Race, Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff

12/2/65 Mankato, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
The Crusher beat Jack Pesek
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race
att: 1,000

12/3/65 St. James, MN
The Crusher beat Harley Race
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig dq
Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff

12/4/65 Minneapolis TV
The Crusher beat Jose Betancourt
Harley Race beat Kurt Von Brawner

12/4/65 Lesueur, MN
Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff dq
Jack Pesek beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor
Att: 1000

12/4/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bob Rader
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mr. Wrestling on a 3rd fall dq
1 Mr. Wrestling beat Vachon in 9:17
2 Vachon beat Mr. Wrestling in 21:50
3 Mr. Wrestling was dq’ed for tossing Vachon over the top rope in 37:05
Texas Death Match
Verne Gagne beat Haru Sasaki when Sasaki could not answer the bell for the 7th fall
Mitsu Arakawa drew Reggie Parks 30:00
Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson via pin in 16:02
Att: 3,923

12/6/65 Minneapolis TV
Larry Hennig beat Guy Taylor
The Crusher beat Jack Wilson
Jack Pesek beat Kenny Jay
Chris Markoff beat Mike Loren
Igor Vodik beat Mike Sanchez
Harley Race beat Jose Betancourt

12/7/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat The Crusher & Bob Ellis
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Chris Markoff
Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Jack Pesek beat Guy Taylor

12/8/65 Red Wing, MN
Scheduled: Harley Race, Larry Hennig

12/9/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher on a 3rd fall dq
1 Vachon beat Crusher in 9:57
2 Crusher beat Vachon in 2:18
3 Crusher was dq'ed for using a chair in 6:07
Chris Markoff beat Reggie Parks 2/3
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig
Harley Race beat Rene Goulet
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Professor Steve Druk
Kalmikoff was billed as Igor’s trainer and manager
Druk was the manager of Markoff
Promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 3,500 fans

12/10/65 Litchfield, MN
Scheduled: Larry Hennig, Harley Race, Igor Vodik, Ivan Kalmikoff

12/11/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Danny Plechas
Santiago Acosta & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race
The Crusher beat Guy Taylor
Gene Anderson beat The Great Dane
Chris Markoff beat Bob Kappel

12/11/65 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium
No dq match
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon drew Mr Wrestling
Reggie Parks beat Mitsu Arakawa dq
Haru Sasaki beat Billy Red Cloud
Bob Rader beat Kenny Jay
Att: 2,505

12/11/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Hall
Turkey Neck Main Event
The Crusher beat Steve Druk
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Jack Pesek
Chris Markoff beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq
Larry Heiniemi beat Great Dane via pin
Bob Kappel beat Danny Plechas via pin
att: 5,551

12/13/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Kenny Jay
Chris Markoff beat Guy Taylor
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Kappel & Carlos Rodriguez
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Danny Plechas
The Crusher beat Great Dane

12/14/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik dq
The Crusher beat Steve Druk
Larry Heiniemi beat Gene Anderson
Chris Markoff beat Jack Pesek

12/16/65 Buffalo, MN
Card scheduled

12/17/65 New Ulm, MN
Crusher beat Larry Hennig
Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Harley Race & Chris Markoff
Jack Pesek beat Guy Taylor
Att: 1,000

12/18/65 Minneapolis TV
Verne Gagne beat Great Dane
The Crusher beat Paul Caruso
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Kenny Jay & Freddie Rogers
Chris Markoff beat Danny Plechas
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor

12/18/65 Minneapolis, MN @ Convention Hall
Non Title
Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race
Chris Markoff beat The Crusher dq
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Danny Plechas
Larry Heiniemi beat Jack Pesek
Terry Funk beat Guy Taylor
Att: 7,129

12/25/65 Minneapolis, MN
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik dq
Chris Markoff drew Reggie Parks
Billy Red Cloud beat Gene Anderson via pin
Big Luke Brown beat Bob Morgan via pin
George Drake drew Eddie Sharkey
att: 5,598
Note: Another listing has an additional match Larry Heiniemi beat Ivan Kalmikoff.

12/27/65 Minneapolis TV
Eddie Sharkey beat Bob Morgan
George Drake beat Kenny Jay
Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Santiago Acosta & The Great Dane
Mighty Igor Vodik beat Guy Taylor
Chris Markoff beat Raizo

12/27/65 Denver, CO @ Auditorium Arena
Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2/3 to apparently win AWA Tag Title
1 Race pinned Igor in 9:03
2 Igor beat Hennig in 7:49
3 Igor pinned Hennig in 3:34
Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon on a reverse decision in the 3rd fall
1 Vachon pinned Snyder in 37 seconds
2 Snyder beat Vachon in 18:06
3 Snyder won by dq after Vachon initially won the fall in 3:33
After winning the third fall, Vachon proceeded to beat on his opponent, and was dq'ed
Mighty Igor Vodik (sub Butch Levy) beat Chris Markoff in 7:28
Professor Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff in 14:55
Druk was accompanied by Markoff
Promoter: Gene Reed
Att: 7,000+ fans
Note: The Rocky Mountain News reported that Gagne and Igor won the World Tag Team Title, but the title change was apparently never recognized as an official title switch.

12/28/65 Mankato, MN
Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon dq
Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Larry Heiniemi beat Guy Taylor
Att: 3,000

12/28/65 Sioux City, IA
AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Reggie Parks & Billy Red Cloud
Haru Sasaki beat Eddie Sharkey
Mr Wrestling beat Tiny Mills

12/29/65 Beatrice, NE @ Auditorium
Mr Wrestling & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race on a 3rd fall dq
Haru Sasaki drew Billy Red Cloud when the 45 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
Reggie Parks beat Harley Race dq

12/29/65 Moline, IL @ Wharton Fieldhouse
AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Mighty Igor Vodik
Chris Markoff beat The Crusher
Steve Druk beat Ivan Kalmikoff
Larry Heiniemi beat Tiny Mills

Interesting seeing the wrestlers and how they were booked.

That's correct. We get to see a great tag team that was formed in Harley Race & Larry Hennig.