Dallas Wrestling Results

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 1, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Fritz Von Erich b. Blackjack Mulligan (ring was surrounded by a
fence) … The Great Mephisto b. Matt Gibson … Bob Orton Jr. b. Tiger Conway … Jerry
Oates b. Jack Slade … Jose Lothario and Ivan Putski b. “Big” Joe Cassidy and Dale
Lewis … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 8, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jack Brisco and Dory Funk Jr.
drew (60:00) … Dale Lewis b. Matt Gibson … The Great Mephisto b. Bob Orton Jr. …
Bull Ramos b. Tiger Conway … Jerry Oates b. Joe Cassidy … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 15, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … The Great Mephisto b. Jose Lothario to capture the vacant Texas
State Heavyweight Title … Jerry Oates b. Jack Lanza (DQ) (Oates was a substitute for
Fritz Von Erich, who was injured in a brawl with Blackjack Mulligan and Jack Lanza) …
Jerry Oates b. Blackjack Mulligan … Bob Orton Jr. b. Bull Ramos … Tiger Conway and
Matt Gibson b. Joe Cassidy and Dale Lewis … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 22, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Blackjack Lanza and Jack Lanza b. The Samoans (Afa and Siki
Anoia) in the finals of a tournament to capture the vacant American Tag Team Title …
Dale Lewis b. Matt Gibson … Red Bastien b. Bull Ramos (DQ) … Jerry Oates b. The
Great Mephisto … Rip Hawk b. Joe Cassidy … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 29, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Jack Lanza b. Johnny Valentine (2/3) (Valentine suffered a leg
injury and was forced to give up the third fall) … Jerry Oates b. Blackjack Mulligan …
Jose Lothario b. Bull Ramos (DQ) … Bob Orton Jr. b. Matt Gibson … The Samoans (Afa
and Siki) b. Joe Cassidy and Dale Lewis … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, February 5, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Jerry Oates b. Jack Lanza (DQ) (“lumberjack” match) … Dale
Lewis b. The Great Mephisto … Black Angus b. Bull Ramos … Bob Orton Jr. and Ivan
Putski b. Joe Cassidy and Roger Kirby … Bob Roop b. Matt Gibson … (promoter: Jack
Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, February 12, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Jack Lanza and The Masked Texan b. Black Angus and Ivan
Putski … Jerry Oates b. The Great Mephisto (DQ) … Dale Lewis b. Jerry Timmins … Bob
Orton Jr. b. Joe Cassidy … The Avenger b. Pancho Lopez … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

*The February 16, 1974 Dallas Morning News reported that Clay Spencer, the “newly
crowned world junior heavy-weight champion” was a protégé of Fritz Von Erich.
“Spencer, once an Olympic wrestler out of Utah’s Brigham Young University, will weigh in
at 235-pounds, 15-pounds over the junior heavy championship weight. Spencer
defeated Danny Hodge for the title.”

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, February 19, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Clay Spencer b. Jack Lanza (reverse decision) … The Masked
Texan b. Dale Lewis … Black Angus and Jerry Oates b. The Avenger and Bull Ramos …
Bob Orton Jr. b. Joe Cassidy … Irma Gonzales b. Tora LaTapatia … (promoter: Jack
Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, February 26, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … The Texan b. Ivan Putski … Black Angus and Jack Lanza drew …
Roger Kirby b. Dale Lewis … Jerry Oates b. Joe Cassidy … The Great Mephisto and Bob
Roop b. The Avenger and Bob Orton Jr. … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, March 5, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Black Angus and Fritz Von Erich b. Roger Kirby and Jack Lanza
(DQ) … The Masked Texan b. Wahoo McDaniel … Bull Ramos b. Dale Lewis … Bob
Roop b. Joe Blanchard … Bob Orton Jr. b. Pancho Lopez … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, March 12, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … World Junior Heavyweight Champion Clay Spencer b. Roger Kirby
(2/3) (Spencer won the second and third falls) … The Great Mephisto (Texas champion),
Jack Lanza and Masked Texan b. Black Angus, Ivan Putski and Fritz Von Erich … Bob
Roop b. Leo Seitz … Jerry Oates and Bob Orton Jr. drew … Bull Ramos b. Doug Somers
… (promoter: Jack Adkisson)
Notes: Spencer was billed as the “newly crowned champion” and was from “nearby
Decatur.” According to the March 8, 1974 edition of the Dallas Morning News, “Spencer
defeated Danny Hodge for the championship two months ago after Hodge had regained
the title from Kirby.”

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, March 19, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Ivan Putski b. The Great Mephisto (DQ) … Jack Lanza and The
Masked Texan b. Jerry Oates and Bob Roop … Black Angus b. Roger Kirby … Bull
Ramos b. Jerry Timming … Bob Orton Jr. b. Doug Somers … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, March 26, 1974
(Memorial Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jack Brisco b. World Junior
Heavyweight Champion Clay Spencer … The Masked Texan b. Fritz Von Erich to capture
the American Heavyweight Title (if the Texan loses, he had to unmask) … Texas State
Heavyweight Champion The Great Mephisto and Ivan Putski drew … Black Angus b. Jack
Lanza … Bob Orton Jr. b. Jerry Oates … Bob Roop and Doug Somers b. Roger Kirby
and Bull Ramos … (promoter: Jack Adkisson) … (billed as “Parade of Champions”) …
(8,000 fans)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 2, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Black Angus b. The Great Mephisto (reverse decision) … Jack
Lanza b. Fritz Von Erich (DQ) … The Masked Texan b. Doug Somers (Texan substituted
for Jerry Oates, who was injured) … Bob Roop b. Bull Ramos … Bob Orton Jr. b. Stan
Hansen (billed as a newcomer) (Orton won in a five minute overtime) … (promoter: Jack
Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 9, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Bob Roop b. Texas State Heavyweight Champion The Great
Mephisto (DQ) (no title change) … The Masked Texan b. Black Angus … Cyclone Negro
and Jose Lothario drew … Stan Hansen and Bull Ramos drew … Roger Kirby and Tommy
Tsuruta (local debut) b. Bob Orton Jr. and Doug Somers … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 16, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Fritz Von Erich b. The Masked Texan to regain the American
Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Bob Orton and Ken Patera (local debut) b. Stan Hansen and
Roger Kirby … Joe Blanchard b. Doug Somers … Black Angus b. Mike Paidousis … Jack
Lanza and Bob Roop drew … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)
Note: Von Erich lost the American Title to the Texan “three weeks ago” in a “disputed
bout.”

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 23, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Blackjack Mulligan b. Red Bastien (DQ) … Bob Orton Jr., Bob
Roop and Fritz Von Erich b. The Great Mephisto, Roger Kirby and Jack Lanza … Ken
Patera b. Jerry Timmins … Doug Somers b. Pancho Lopez … Roger Kirby and Bob Orton
Jr. drew … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 30, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … The Great Mephisto and Blackjack Mulligan b. Black Angus and
Bob Roop … Red Bastien and Jack Lanza wrestled to a double countout … Ken Patera
b. Pierre Martin … Jose Lothario and Bob Orton drew … Roger Kirby b. Doug Somers …
(promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 7, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Jack Lanza b. Black Angus … Red Bastien and Bob Roop b.
Blackjack Mulligan and Roger Kirby (2/3) … Ken Patera b. Joe Blanchard … Pierre Martin
b. Pancho Lopez … Bob Orton Jr. b. Doug Somers … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 14, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jack Brisco b. Jack Lanza
(2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Gran Marcus b. Roger Kirby … Red Bastien and Bob Orton Jr.
b. Joe Blanchard and Roger Kirby (Kirby was a substitute for The Great Mephisto, who
was injured) … Ken Patera and Bob Roop drew … Pierre Martin b. Doug Somers …
(promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 21, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Jack Lanza and The Masked Texan b. Red Bastien and Ken
Patera (Texan was a substitute for Blackjack Mulligan) … Gran Marcus b. Cyclone Negro
… Bob Roop b. Frank Goodish … The Great Mephisto b. Bob Orton … Roger Kirby b.
Pierre Martin … (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 28, 1974
(The Sportatorium) … Red Bastien b. The Great Mephisto to capture the Texas State
Heavyweight Title … Jack Lanza and The Masked Texan b. Gran Marcus and Bob Roop
… Bob Orton b. Pedro Lopez … Ken Patera b. Roger Kirby … Tio Tio b. Paul Pershman
… (promoter: Jack Adkisson)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
January 3, 2011

Dallas Wrestling Results - 1974