Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, January 5, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Ciclon Negro and Killer Karl Kox wrestled to a double
disqualification (1-1) … The Masked Executioners wrestled the Hillbillies to a draw …
Argentina Apollo b. Louie Tillet (Apollo was a substitute for Dick Steinborn) (Apollo was
billed by the Dallas Morning News as “the most sensational newcomer seen in Dallas rings
in years”) … Jerry Kozak b. Tony Borne … The Wrecker b. Jimmy James … (promoter:  
Ed McLemore) … (referee:  Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, January 12, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Argentina Apollo b. Killer Karl Kox (2/3) (third fall by countout when
Kox was outside the ring brawling with Ciclon Negro) … Tony Borne b. Benny Matta …
The Hunchback b. Jerry Kozak … Ciclon Negro b. Stu Gibson … The Wrecker b. Willie
Alford … The Mongol and Louie Tillet drew … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, January 19, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Ciclon Negro b. Killer Karl Kox (Texas Death Match) … Argentina
Apollo b. The Wrecker … The Hunchback b. The Mongol … Tony Borne and Louie Tillet
b. Gory Guerrero and Mike Harmon … Jimmy James and Tokyo Tom drew … (promoter:  
Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, January 26, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Fritz Von Erich b. Ciclon Negro (2/3) … Argentina Apollo b. The
Hunchback … Killer Karl Kox and Louie Tillet b. Mike Harmon and The Mongol … Gory
Guerrero b. Bob Turco … Tony Borne b. Jimmy James … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, February 2, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Argentina Apollo b. Killer Karl Kox (DQ) (lumberjack match) (Louie
Tillet interfered) … Louie Tillet b. Gory Guerrero … Ike Eakins b. Willie Alford … Tony
Borne b. Ciclon Negro (DQ) … The Hunchback b. Mike Harmon … Jimmy James and The
Mongol drew … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesady, February 9, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Argentina Apollo and Ciclon Negro b. Killer Karl Kox and Louie
Tillet (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (Negro was injured leaving Apollo to wrestle alone) … Corsica
Jean and Jimmy James drew … Corsica Joe b. The Mongol … The Hunchback b. Gory
Guerrero … Ike Eakins b. The Wrecker … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, February 16, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Argentina Apollo and Fritz Von Erich b. Killer Karl Kox and Louie
Tillet … Ciclon Negro and Ivan the Terrible drew … Corsica Joe b. Jimmy James …
Cyclone Sota b. The Hunchback … Corsica Jean b. Apache Pete … (promoter:  Ed
McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, February 23, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Wrestling Tournament … Ivan the Terrible b. The Mongol … Fritz
Von Erich b. Corsica Joe … Argentina Apollo b. The Hunchback … The Wrecker b.
Cyclone Sota … Louie Tillet b. Ciclon Negro … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b. Corsica Jean … Bob
Ellis b. Louie Tillet … Argentina Apollo and The Wrecker drew (Wrecker won a coin toss)
… Fritz Von Erich b. Ivan the Terrible … The Wrecker b. Bob Ellis (DQ) … Fritz Von Erich
b. The Wrecker in the finals to earn a match with NWA World Champion Lou Thesz …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, March 2, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Killer Karl Kox
(2/3) (referee was Fritz Von Erich) (after Kox won the first fall, Von Erich argued with
Thesz, leading to the referee disqualifying the champion and awarding the championship
to Kox) (commissioner Sammy George reversed that decision and continued the bout,
leading to Thesz’s final pinfall) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b. The Wrecker … Argentina Apollo
and Ciclon Negro b. Corsica Jean and Joe … Ivan the Terrible b. Louie Tillet … Ike Eakins
and Kit Fox drew … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, March 9, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Ernie Ladd b. Killer Karl Kox and The
Wrecker (2/3) … Ivan the Terrible and Ciclon Negro drew … Kit Fox b. Corsica Jean …
Corsica Joe b. Cyclone Sota … Mike O’Leary b. Ike Eakins … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, March 16, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Killer Karl Kox wrestled to a double
countout in the third fall (1-1) … Argentina Apollo and Ernie Ladd b. Ivan the Terrible and
Louie Tillet … Bad Boy Hines b. Cyclone Sota … Ciclon Negro b. Ike Eakins … Darling
Dagmar b. Diamond Lil … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, March 23, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz and Fritz Von Erich
wrestled to a no decision (Texas Death Match) (non-title match) (Von Erich initially won
the match, but Sam Muchnick and officials reversed the decision, declaring a no decision
“since it was proved that Von Erich used a foreign object to smash the champ into
submission”) (Thesz was carried from the ring) … Ivan the Terrible and Killer Karl Kox b.
Argentina Apollo and Ernie Ladd … John Paul Henning b. Corsica Jean … Ike Eakins b.
Corsica Joe … (promoter:  Ed McLemore) … (in attendance:  NWA President Sam
Muchnick)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, March 30, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Killer Karl Kox drew (60:00) (ring was
surrounded by a ring) … Don Chuy (local debut) and Ernie Ladd b. Ike Eakins and Mr. X
… Ciclon Negro and John Paul Henning drew … Joe Carollo (local debut) b. Benny Matta
… (promoter:  Ed McLemore)
Note:  Don Chuy and Joe Carollo were teammates for the Los Angeles Rams.

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, April 6, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Killer Karl Kox b. Ciclon Negro … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b. Chris Tolos
(DQ) … Ernie Ladd b. Bad Boy Hines … Don Chuy b. Benny Matta … Silento Rodriguez
b. Kit Fox
Note:  According to the Dallas Morning News on April 7, 1965:  “Promoter Ed McLemore,
anticipating Texas’ record gate next Tuesday, announced that tickets to that card,
matching world champion Lou Thez (sic) against Fritz Von Erich, would be on sale
Wednesday at both the Downtown Ticket Agency and the Sportatorium.  The title bout will
be held at the 10,000-seat Memorial Auditorium.”

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, April 13, 1965
(Memorial Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Fritz Von Erich
(2/3) (third fall by DQ) (Von Erich “blamed the last fall on a questionable disqualification
by wrestler-referee Bob Ellis) … Duke Keomuka and Killer Karl Kox wrestled to a no
decision … Tony Borne and Jack Dalton b. Joe Carollo and Don Chuy … Ernie Ladd b.
Chris Tolos … Ciclon Negro and Dutch Savage drew … (promoter:  Ed McLemore) …
(referee:  Bob Ellis) … (8,000+ fans)
Note:  The Dallas Morning News reported that it was “the largest crowd ever to see a mat
bout in Dallas.”

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, April 20, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka b. Killer Karl Kox (2/3) … Ciclon Negro and
“Cowboy” Bob Ellis wrestled Tony Borne and Jack Dalton to a draw … Chris Tolos b. Chief
Billy White Wolf (DQ) … Dutch Savage b. Don Chuy … Joe Carollo b. Jim Dalton …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore) … (referee:  Danny Savich)
Note:  Savich reportedly came out of retirement to referee the main event.

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, April 27, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Killer Karl Kox and Ernie Ladd drew (60:00) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis
b. Tony Borne (2/3) … The Dalton Boys (Jack and Jim Dalton) b. Joe Carollo and Don
Chuy … Dutch Savage b. Chief Billy White Wolf (DQ) … Ciclon Negro b. Chris Tolos (DQ)
… (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, May 4, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Fritz Von Erich b. “Cowboy” Bob Ellis (2/3) (Bull Curry interfered in
the third fall) … Bull Curry b. Tony Borne … Chris Tolos b. Chief Billy White Wolf … Killer
Karl Kox b. Ciclon Negro … Ernie Ladd b. Jack Dalton … Swede Karlsen b. Jimmy “Bad
Boy” Hines … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, May 11, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Killer Karl Kox and Fritz Von Erich b. Bull Curry and “Cowboy” Bob
Ellis (2/3) … Ciclon Negro b. Jim Dalton … Ernie Ladd b. Swede Karlsen … Chief White
Wolf b. Tim Tyler … Chris Tolos b. Tony Borne … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, May 18, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Bull Curry and Duke Keomuka b. Killer Karl Kox and Fritz Von Erich
(2/3) (Von Erich was injured “in an out-of-the-ring battle with Keomuka” following the
second fall and Chris Tolos was a substitute) (Kox walked out on Tolos, leaving him to
wrestle the third fall alone) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Chris Tolos drew … Tony Borne
and Swed Karlsen were both disqualified … Chief Billy White Wolf b. Jack Dalton … Alvero
Velasco b. Jimmy “Bad Boy” Hines … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, May 25, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Bull Curry b. Chris Tolos … Killer Karl Kox and Mark Lewin wrestled
to a double disqualification … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Ernie Ladd b. Tony Borne and
Swede Karlsen … Chief Billy White Wolf wrestled Ciclon Negro drew … Tim Tyler b.
Silento Rodriguez … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, June 1, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Fritz Von Erich b. Duke Keomuka (2/3) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b.
Tony Borne … Bull Curry and Ernie Ladd wrestled Mark Lewin and The Wrecker to a draw
… Killer Karl Kox and Chris Tolos wrestled to a double disqualification … Chief Billy White
Wolf b. “Bad Boy” Hines … Ciclon Negro b. Tim Tyler … (promoter:  Ed McLemore) …
(6,000 fans with “an estimated 2,000 fans” turned away)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, June 8, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Killer Karl Kox b. Chris Tolos (2/3) (the first and second falls went
to each wrestler by disqualification) … Bull Curry b. Mark Lewin (DQ) (Curry received
some outside help from his second, Danny Savich) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b. The Wrecker
… Alvero Velasco and Chief Billy White Wolf drew … Ernie Ladd b. Swede Karlsen …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, June 15, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Killer Karl Kox and Fritz Von Erich b. “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Ernie
Ladd (2/3) … Mark Lewin b. Chief Billy White Wolf … Bull Curry and The Wrecker drew …
Chris Tolos b. Alvero Velasco … Johnny Kace b. Swede Karlsen … (promoter:  Ed
McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, June 22, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Killer Karl Kox and Fritz Von Erich b. Mark Lewin and Chris Tolos
(Kox and Von Erich earned a World Tag Team Title match with Eddie Graham and Sam
Steamboat next week) (Graham and Steamboat were claimants in Florida) … Ernie Ladd
b. The Wrecker (DQ) … Bull Curry and Swede Karlsen drew … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and
Antonio Inoki drew … Alvero Velasco b. Johnny Kace … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)
Note:  The Dallas Morning News, on June 20, 1965 reported:  “A Japanese newcomer
known only as Inoki will be paired with Cowboy Ellis in the second bout.”

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, June 29, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Killer Karl Kox and Fritz Von Erich b. Eddie Graham and Sam
Steamboat to capture the World Tag Team Title (2/3) … Bull Curry b. Mark Lewin (DQ) …
Antonio Inoki b. The Wrecker … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b. Johnny Kace … Swede Karlsen b.
Al Velasco … (promoter:  Ed McLemore) … (capacity crowd)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, July 6, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Antonio Inoki and Mark Lewin wrestled to a double countout in the
third fall (1-1) … The Blue Avenger and “Cowboy” Bob Ellis wrestled Swede Karlsen and
Ken Yates to a draw … Ken Hollis b. Alvero Velasco … Silento Rodriguez b. Indio Peon …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, July 13, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka and Fritz Von Erich wrestled to a no decision when
the match was halted due to blood loss in the third fall (1-1) (ring was surrounded by a
ring) … The Blue Avenger and Mark Lewin drew … Swede Karlsen and Don McClarity
drew … Antonio Inoki b. Ken Yates … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b. Indio Peon … Ken Hollis b.
Silento Rodriguez … (promoter:  Ed McLemore) … (referee:  Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, July 20, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Antonio Inoki and Killer Karl Kox drew (60:00) … Mark Lewin b. The
Masked Avenger (2/3) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Don McClarity b. Swede Karlsen and
Ken Yates … Ken Hollis b. Nikita Kalmikoff (DQ) … Silento Rodriguez b. Al Velasco …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, July 27, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … World Tag Team Champions Killer Karl Kox and Fritz Von Erich b.
Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Mark Lewin drew … Ken
Hollis and Antonio Inoki b. Swede Karlsen and Mark Lewin (Inoki pinned Karlsen) … Don
McClarity b. Ken “K.O.” Yates … The Blue Avenger b. Nikita Kalmikoff … (promoter:  Ed
McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, August 3, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Antonio Inoki b. Mark Lewin and Louie Tillet
(2/3) (“the torried team scrap…replaced a scheduled Inoki-Killer Kox main event which
was canceled when Kox had to attend a family funeral.”) … Don McClarity b. Swede
Karlsen … Ken Hollis b. Nikita Kalmikoff … Ken “K.O.” Yates b. Alvero Velasco …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, August 10, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka b. Fritz Von Erich (ring was surrounded by a fence)
(no referee) (“battle will continue until one grappler is unable to walk out of the enclosure
under his own power”) … Mark Lewin and Don McClarity drew … Mark Lewin b. The Blue
Avenger … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b. Nikita Kalmikoff … Ken Hollis b. Swede Karlsen … Victor
Rivera b. Ken Yates … Antonio Inoki vs. Louie Tillet … (promoter:  Ed McLemore) …
(6,000+ fans)
Note:  The August 11, 1965 edition of the Dallas Morning News reported that the “largest
crowd ever to pack the storied Sportatorium was on hand.”

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, August 17, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … World Tag Team Champions Killer Karl Kox and Firtz Von Erich
wrestled Antonio Inoki and Duke Keomuka to a double disqualification (Kox and Von Erich
won the first fall, the second fall ended in a double disqualification, as did the third) …
The Destroyer b. Ken Hollis … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis and Mark Lewin drew … Louie Tillet b.
Victor Rivera … Don McClarity b. Ken Yates … Swede Karlsen b. Nikita Kalmikoff …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, August 24, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … The Destroyer b. Killer Karl Kox (2/3) (third fall by countout) …
Mark Lewin and Louie Tillet b. Ken Hollis and Antonio Inoki … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b.
Swede Karlsen … Don McClarity b. Victor Rivera … Tiger Conway and The Great Dane
drew … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, August 31, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Fritz Von Erich b. Duke
Keomuka (ring surrounded by a fence) … Gene Kiniski (reported as his local debut) b.
Antonio Inoki … The Destroyer b. Swede Karlsen … Killer Karl Kox b. The Great Dane …
Louie Tillet b. Victor Rivera … Mark Lewin b. Ken Hollis … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, September 7, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Antonio Inoki b. Killer Karl Kox (reverse decision) … The Destroyer
and Mark Lewin wrestled to a double disqualification in the third fall (1-1) … Ken Hollis
and Louie Tillet drew … Leon Levinski b. Col. Stu Gibson … The Great Dane b. Victor
Rivera … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, September 14, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Antonio Inoki and Duke Keomuka b. World Tag Team Champions
Killer Karl Kox and Fritz Von Erich (2/3) (third fall by DQ when Von Erich tossed Keomuka
over the top rope) (no title change) … The Destroyer and Pepper Gomez drew … Mark
Lewin and Louie Tillet b. Ken Hollis and Victor Rivera … Yankee I b. Swede Karlsen …
Yankee II b. The Great Dane … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, September 21, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Gene Kiniski b. Antonio Inoki in the finals of a 12-man battle royal
(2/3) (Kiniski won the first and third falls) … Gene Kiniski b. Yankee II … Ken Hollis and
Antonio Inoki b. The Great Dane and Mark Lewin … Louie Tillet b. Victor Rivera … others
involved in the battle royal were The Destroyer, Yankee I, Killer Karl Kox, and Fritz Von
Erich … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, September 28, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … The Destroyer b. Pepper Gomez (2/3) (Destroyer challenged Gene
Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich) … Killer Karl Kox and Red Lyons wrestled to a double
disqualification … Antonio Inoki b. Louie Tillet … Ken Hollis b. The Great Dane …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, October 5, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Fritz Von Erich b. Gene Kiniski (2/3) (third fall by DQ when Kiniski
threw him over the top rope) (Von Erich “maintained his number one wrestling rating” with
the victory as a challenger to NWA champion Lou Thesz) … Antonio Inoki and Red Lyons
wrestled The Destroyer and Killer Karl Kox to a double disqualification … Don Duffy and
Louie Tillet drew … Yankee I b. Ken Hollis … The Great Dane b. Yankee II … (promoter:  
Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, October 12, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Killer Karl Kox wrestled Fritz Von Erich to a no decision (2/3) (all
three falls ended in double disqualifications) (arena police pulled the grapplers apart,
halting the violence) … The Destroyer b. Yankee I … Billy “Red” Lyons b. Yankee II …
Antonio Inoki b. Gorilla Marconi … The Great Dane b. Don Duffy … Bruce Kirk and Louie
Tillet drew … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, October 19, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Killer Karl Kox b. Antonio Inoki and “Cowboy” Bruce Kirk in a special
handicap match … Billy “Red” Lyons b. Klondike Bill … Torbellino Blanco b. Gorilla
Marconi … Louie Tillet b. The Great Dane … Tiger Conway and Don Duffy drew …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, October 26, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Fritz Von Erich b. Killer Karl Kox (2/3) … Gene Kiniski b. Torbellino
Blanco … The Destroyer b. Antonio Inoki … Gorilla Marconi b. The Great Dane …
“Cowboy” Bruce Kirk and Billy “Red” Lyons b. Al Costello and Louie Tillet … (promoter:  
Ed McLemore) … (referee:  Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, November 2, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich wrestled to a double knockout in
the third fall (1-1) … Torbellino Blanco, “Cowboy” Kirk, Antonio Inoki and Billy “Red” Lyons
b. Al Costello, The Destroyer, Gorilla Marconi and Louie Tillet … Benny Matta b. The
Great Dane … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, November 9, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Nick Kozak and Billy “Red” Lyons b. The Destroyer and Killer Karl
Kox (2/3) … Torbellino Blanco and Al Costello drew … Louie Tillet b. “Cowboy” Kirk …
Gorilla Marconi b. Benny Matta … Tiger Conway b. The Great Dane … (promoter:  Ed
McLemore)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, November 16, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Fritz Von Erich b. Ciclon Negro … Billy “Red” Lyons b. Fritz Von
Erich (added attraction) … Billy “Red” Lyons b. Ox Anderson … The Destroyer b. Nick
Kozak (2/3) … Torbellino Blanco and Louie Tillet drew … Al Costello b. “Cowboy” Bruce
Kirk … The Golden Terror b. Gorilla Marconi … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)
Note:  Ciclon Negro reportedly “just returned from a successful tour of Australia.”

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, November 23, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Billy “Red” Lyons and Fritz Von Erich wrestled to a no decision
(2/3) (Von Erich attacked the referee) … The Destroyer and The Golden Terror wrestled
Torbellino Blanco and Nick Kozak to a draw (60:00) … Louie Tillet b. “Cowboy” Bruce Kirk
… Tiger Conway b. Ox Anderson … Al Costello and Gorilla Marconi were both disqualified
… (promoter:  Ed McLemore) … (referee:  Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, November 30, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Billy “Red” Lyons b. Killer Karl Kox … The Destroyer b. Nick Kozak
… The Golden Terror and Louie Tillet b. “Cowboy” Bruce Kirk and Claude Patterson
(Patterson was originally scheduled to team with Ciclon Negro) … Torbellino Blanco and
Al Costello drew … Ox Anderson b. Gorilla Marconi … (promoter:  Ed McLemore)
Notes:  Lyons and The Destroyer were both, reportedly, undefeated; Patterson was a 255-
pound “newcomer.”

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, December 7, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Fritz Von Erich b. Billy “Red”
Lyons in a controversial third fall (2/3) (the final pinfall was counted by a substitute
referee after the original official Dick Raines was knocked from the ring) (Lyons initially
had pinned Von Erich to win the third fall) … Ox Anderson, Al Costello, The Destroyer and
Golden Terror b. Torbellino Blanco, Nick Kozak, Claude Patterson and Louie Tillet
(Blanco and Tillet were substitutes for Ciclon Negro and Al Velasco) … four singles
matches from the eight man tag bout … “Cowboy” Bruce Kirk vs. Gorilla Marconi …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore) … (referes:  Marvin Jones, Dick Raines)
Note:  Texas Commissioner Sammy George declared the Texas State Title vacant.

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, December 14, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Nick Kozak and Billy “Red” Lyons b. The Destroyer and Killer Karl
Kox (2/3) … Torbellino Blanco b. The Golden Terror … Claude Patterson b. Al Costello
(DQ) … Louie Tillet and Al Velasco drew … Ox Anderson b. “Cowboy” Bruce Kirk …
(promoter:  Ed McLemore)
Note:  According to the Dallas Morning News, “in an added event, Lyons outclassed four
foes in a ‘workout warmup’ prepatory for his title match against Fritz Von Erich here next
Tuesday on the final card of the year.”

Dallas, Texas:  Tuesday, December 21, 1965
(The Sportatorium) … Billy “Red” Lyons and Fritz Von Erich wrestled to a draw in a match
for the vacant Texas State Heavyweight Title (60:00) (no falls) … The Destroyer, The
Golden Terror and Louie Tillet b. Torbellino Blanco, Nick Kozak and Claude Patterson …
Al Costello b. “Cowboy” Bruce Kirk … Ox Anderson b. Al Velasco … Pee Wee Lopez b.
Go Go Gus … (promoter:  Ed McLemore) … (sponsored by:  Dallas Wrestling Club)
Notes:  The Texas Title was “formerly held by Von Erich;” final show of the year


Research by Tim Hornbaker
Dallas Wrestling Results - 1965