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Match Results (From KC, Wichita,Topeka, & Lincoln)

Records indicate Buck Robley winning the TV Title in January. It is not known who he defeated, as the TV Title had been vacated in late '83 when Tommy Fulton left the area...Harley Race feuds with Crusher Blackwell throughout the summer and fall in a series of chain and cage matches...Tiger Mask (Ken Wayne) debuts early in the year. This is not the original Japanese Tiger Mask...Wahoo McDaniel makes a mid year tour...

NWA Champion Ric Flair's Title defenses in the area included January 23 in Wichita drawing Bruiser Brody, a January 26 KC defense against Harley Race, February 23 in KC drawing JYD, defeating Bob Brown in St Joe on February 24, beating Buzz Sawyer in KC on April 19, a July KC defense against Race, and beating Crusher Blackwell via COR in KC on November 29

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, and MARCH
• Buck Robley wins TV Title from ? in Des Moines (1-18)
• Tully Blanchard wins CS title from Tyler in KC (1-26)
• Tiger Mask feuds with Roger Kirby
• Buzz Tyler regains CS title in barbed wire cage match in KC (2-9)
• Grapplers (Len Denton & Tony Anthony) win vacated tag titles in KC tournament final win over Oates brothers (3-29)...titles held up due to loaded boot used by Grapplers...Oates bros win rematch in KC on 4-4 to win titles...Grapplers win titles 1 week later in KC (4-11)
• Buck Robley leaves the area, vacates TV Title (March)

APRIL, MAY, and JUNE
• Luke Graham wins CS title from Tyler KC (4-19)...Graham and Tyler feud throughout April in May in a series of cage and chain matches
• Art Crews wins tourney in Topeka to claim the vacated TV Title (5-21)
• Stan Hansen and Baron Von Raschke go to a wild NC in KC (May)
• Ted Oates wins CS belt from Graham in KC (6-21)...on the same card, The Uptown Boys (Marty Janetty & Tommy Rogers) defeat Grapplers for tag belts
• MEB (Man Eating Beast) debuts (June)
• Ted Oates turns from face to heel (June)

JULY, AUGUST, and SEPTEMBER
• Grapplers regain tag belts from Uptown Boys in KC (7-26)
• Buzz Tyler wins CS title in Columbia, MO (8-12)
• Uptown Boys regain tag belts from Grapplers in KC (8-23)
• Gypsy Joe wins TV Title from Art Crews (Sept)...Buzz Tyler wins belt in Lincoln, Neb (9-12)
• Gypsy Joe regains TV Title from Tyler (Sept)

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, and DECEMBER
Hacksaw Higgins defeats Tyler for CS title in KC (10-6)
Mr Pogo & Gypsy Joe win tag titles from Uptown Boys in KC (10-11)
Marty Janetty wins TV Title from Gypsy Joe in Des Moines (10-13)
Harley Race wins CS title from Higgins in KC (10-25)
Bob Brown & Marty Janetty win tag titles from Pogo & Gypsy Joe in KC to begin the longest reign in Central States/ North American/World tag Team Title history. Pogo turns on Joe after the match (12-9)


 

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