Amarillo, Texas:  Thursday, September 2, 1965
(Sports Arena) … Dory Funk Jr. b. Tim Woods (2/3) (Woods won the first fall in 8:15, Funk
won the second in 6:12 and the third in 7:31) … Mike DiBiase and Klondike Bill wrestled to
a no contest (1-1) (DiBiase was accompanied by Jack Cain) (Bill was accompanied by Dory
Funk Jr.) … Jose Lothario and Alex Perez drew … The Lawman, Jose Lothario and Ricky
Romero b. Bronco Kelly, Alex Perez and Ken Yates (Romero pinned Kelly) (10:25) …
(promoter:  Dr. Karl Sarpolis) … (referee:  Leonard Miller)

Amarillo, Texas:  Thursday, September 9, 1965
(Sports Arena) … Dory Funk Jr. and Lou Thesz b. Don McClarity and Mike DiBiase (2/3) …
Klondike Bill b. El Medico (10:50) … Jose Lothario b. Bronco Kelly (7:25) … Alex Perez b.
Ken Yates (5:00) … Ricky Romero b. Tim Woods (9:12) … (promoter:  Dr. Karl Sarpolis)

Amarillo, Texas:  Thursday, September 16, 1965
(Sports Arena) … Mike DiBiase b. Klondike Bill (Bill was unable to continue after leading 6-3
when DiBiase used his manager Jack Cain’s walking cane) (DiBiase earned a match with
Danny Hodge) … Jose Lothario b. Ivan Firpo … Ricky Romero b. Don McClarity (2/3) (third
by DQ) … El Medico b. Bronco Kelly … Alex Perez b. Ken “Kayo” Yates … (promoter:  Dr.
Karl Sarpolis)
Note:  No show on September 23, 1965 due to the Tri-State Fair.

Amarillo, Texas:  Thursday, September 30, 1965
(Sports Arena) … Dory Funk Jr. b. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz when
Thesz couldn’t continue after the first fall (Thesz won the first fall by disqualification after
failing to release his spinning toehold in 15:05) (according to the newspaper, “Thesz wasn’t
able to walk and claimed [Funk’s actions were] illegal.  He said he wasn’t going to
continue.”) (Dory Funk Sr. rang the bell for the second fall, and his son quickly put a
toehold on Thesz again, but the match was halted) (Dory Jr. claimed he won the second
and third falls) (The sheriff’s department confiscated Thesz’s title belt, pending a ruling from
the NWA) (Thesz was booed by the audience) … Mike DiBiase b. NWA World Junior
Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge (2/3) (non-title match) (DiBiase was managed by
Jack Cain) … Fritz Von Erich b. Alex Perez (4:40) … Jose Lothario b. Klondike Bill (4:28) …
Doug Gilbert and Ricky Romero b. The Lawman and Don McClarity (6:31) … Ivan Firpo and
Rene Goulet drew … Gidget Antone and Kay Noble were both counted out … (promoter:  
Dr. Karl Sarpolis) … (referee:  Ted Naifey)
Notes:  The Amarillo Daily News reported that Thesz was “booked for a series of exhibitions
in Europe following the clash [with Funk] here.” Doug Gilbert was “formerly Doug Lindsey.”
Students of West Texas State and all military personnel were admitted for half price.  Dory
Funk Sr. hasn’t been able to wrestle due to a car accident, and vacated the North American
Title.

Amarillo, Texas:  Thursday, October 7, 1965
(Sports Arena) … North American Heavyweight Title Tournament … Don McClarity b. Doug
Gilbert in the tournament final to capture the vacant North American Heavyweight Title (2/3)
(1-0) (Gilbert was unable to continue afer 21:30) (McClarity also won $2,000) … Don
McClarity b. Rene Goulet (2:57) … Don McClarity b. Ricky Romero (6:10) … Doug Gilbert
b. Ivan Firpo (DQ) (4:15) … Doug Gilbert b. Alex Perez (6:05) … Mike DiBiase and Dory
Funk Jr. drew (15:00) (both eliminated) … Ivan Firpo b. Klondike Bill (3:50) … Ricky
Romero b. Jose Lothario (11:30) … Kay Noble b. Jean Antone (1:03) (boxing match)
(knockout in the fourth round) … (promoter:  Dr. Karl Sarpolis)

Amarillo, Texas:  Thursday, October 14, 1965
(Sports Arena) … North American Tag Team Champions Dory Funk Jr. and Ricky Romero
b. Mike DiBiase and Don McClarity (2/3) (third fall by reverse decision) … Ivan Firpo and
The Sheik wrestled to a double disqualification in the third fall (Sheik was accompanied by
Princess Coochie) … Jack Cain b. Klondike Bill (Bill couldn’t pin Cain twice in 10:00) (he
only pinned him once) … Doug Gilbert and Jose Lothario drew … (promoter:  Dr. Karl
Sarpolis) … (referee:  Ted Naifey)

Amarillo, Texas:  Thursday, October 21, 1965
(Sports Arena) … Dory Funk Sr. b. Don McClarity (2/3) (McClarity was the North American
champion) (non-title match) … Mike DiBiase b. Rene Goulet (2/3) … Dory Funk Jr., Doug
Gilbert and Ricky Romero b. Mike DiBiase, Jack Donovan and Ivan Firpo (DiBiase was a
replacement for manager Jack Cain) … Tokyo Tom b. Jose Lothario (9:10) … (promoter:  
Dr. Karl Sarpolis)

Amarillo, Texas:  Thursday, October 28, 1965
(Sports Arena) … Dory Funk Jr. b. Don McClarity (2/3) (non-title match) … Mike DiBiase b.
Ivan Firpo (2/3) … Ricky Romero b. Tokyo Tom (DQ) (11:34) … Jack Donovan and The
Lawman b. Doug Gilbert and Rene Goulet (11:30) … (promoter:  Dr. Karl Sarpolis) …
(referee:  Ted Naifey)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
Amarillo Wrestling Results - 1965