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Match Results

1964
• The Stomper wins NWA US Title from ?? (Jan)
• Larry Hamilton wins NWA US Title from Stomper in St Joe (1-31)
• Bob Geigel & Bill Miller win Tag Titles in KC (2-20)
• Pat O'Connor & Sonny Myers w Tag Titles from Geigel & Miller in KC (5-22)
• Rocky Hamilton wins NWA US Title from ?? (date unknown)
• Bob Geigel wins NWA US Title from ?? (July)
• Mike DiBiase wins CS Title from ?? (Dec)
• Tom Clark wins NWA US Title from ?? (Dec)

1965
Thunderbolt Patterson makes his professional wrestling debut... Central States champ Ron Reed loses the only fall at 53:00 in a 1 hour draw vs Sonny Myers in a March St Joe match. On the same card, despite 8 lumberjacks around the ring, The Stomper and Missouri Mauler battled to a double COR.

• Sonny Myers wins NWA US Title from Clark in Waterloo, IA (1-2)
• Ron Reed (Buddy Colt) wins CS Title from DiBiase in St. Joe (1-11)
• Dutch Savage & Rocky Hamilton win Tag Titles from ?? (date unknown)
• Ron Reed & Buddy Gilbert win Tag Titles from Savage & Hamilton in KC (3-25)
• Ernie Ladd, soon to become a KC Chief, appears in the area (march)
• The Stomper wins CS Title from Reed in St. Joe (6-4)
• Sonny Myers wins CS Title from Stomper (7-11)
• Tag Titles declared vacant in August
• Bob Geigel & Bob Brown win tourney in Amarillo, TX to become new NA Tag Champs (Aug)

1966
NWA World Champion Lou Thesz makes a January tour, successfully defending his title against Bob Geigel in Topeka (1-2), The Viking in Wichita (1-3), Bobo Brazil in KC (1-4), Bob Geigel in Des Moines (1-5). On his last night as champion (1-6), Thesz teams with Bob Ellis and lose to Bob Brown & Bob Geigel in KC. Thesz would lose the title to Gene Kiniski in St Louis on 1-7.

Kiniskis appearances in the area in 66 include a tough win over Cowboy Bob Ellis in KC's Municipal Auditorium in March, teaming w/ Pat O'Connor in a losing effort against Jack Donovan & Viking for the tag belts (KC, 8-25) and successful November & December NWA title defenses in KC against Jack Donovan, Mike DiBiase, Luke Graham, and Pat O'Connor.

Although title changes are sketchy, research shows The Stomper, Bobby Shane, and Bob Brown holding the NWA US Title in 1966.

Rookie wrestler Dick Murdoch debuts in the Fall of 66.

• Bob Geigel wins CS Title from Myers in St Joe (1-7)
• New NWA Champ Gene Kiniski teams w/ Bob Ellis to defeat Geigel & Brown in KC (1-27)
• Ron Reed wins CS Title from Geigel in St Joe (2-18)
• Kiniski successfully defends the NWA Title against Stomper in KC (4-12)
• The Stomper & Bob Ellis win Tag Titles from Brown & Geigel in KC (5-19)
• The Viking (Bob Morse) wins CS Title from Reed in St Joe (6-17)
• The Viking & Jack Donovan win Tag Titles from Ellis & Stomper in KC (7-14)
• Geigel & Brown win Tag Titles from Viking & Donovan in KC (9-22)
• Mike DiBiase wins CS Title from Viking in St Joe (Dec)






 

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