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WCW UNITED STATES CHAMPIOSNHIP
Dustin Rhodes © vs. Jeff Jarrett
Mike Awesome vs. Brian Adams
WCW CRUISERWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The Bullyweights © vs. The Rock 'n Roll Express
WCW TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Chavo Guerrero © vs. Jamie Knoble
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Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament - Night Two @ Anaheim Convention Center Arena
January 19, 1967 - Anaheim, California
Attendance - 6,430
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, East Division - First Round
Mae Weston defeated Sherri Lee by pinfall follwing a shoulderbreaker.
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, East Division - First Round
Ann Calvello defeated Claire Lepage (subbing for the injured Patty O'Hara) by pinfall follwing a fisherman suplex.
Mae Young & Margot Bouchard defeated Kathy Starr & Lita Marez when Young pinned Starr following an elbow drop.
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, East Division - First Round
Georgia Hase defeated Sally Vega by pinfall following a knee lift.
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, East Division - First Round
Renée Martel defeated Barbara Baker by submission via the Alligator Clutch.
AWA World Women's Championship - Two out of Three Falls
Judy Arnold defeated Kay Noble ©, two falls to one.
- First fall - Noble pinned Arnold following a sunset flip.
- Second fall - Arnold evened the match by pinning Noble following a dropkick.
- Third fall - Noble was disqualified when Ann Calvello ran in and attacked Arnold as she had Noble caught in the spinning toe hold; post-match, Calvello continued assaulting Arnold until Renée Martel ran in for the save and chased Calvello out (Noble retains her title due to the DQ).
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Prediction results: (Thanks to all who made their predictions for this card)
Herrbear - 4/6
All-time prediction results:
Herrbear - 39/54
Hitman74 - 10/12
Theheel - 7/10
Dalton - 6/6
auto45 - 5/6
Sco_xY2Jx - 2/6
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I first saw Johnny Smith in Stampede Wrestling and remember him from there, but when I saw him in his roster lineup picture above, I almost mistook him for Eddie Gilbert at first until I saw his name listed.
I also first became aware of All Japan via the Apter mags and kept an eye on it to follow the American/other foreign stars competing in Japan, then continued following it for the quality of its wrestling. I'll be following this for sure.
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The updated tournament bracket for Night Two of the Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament on January 19:
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It's prediction time again, so place your bets:
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament
First round - East Division bracket
Mae Weston vs. Sherri Lee
Claire Lepage* vs. Ann Calvello
Renée Martel vs. Barbara Baker
Sally Vega** vs. Georgia Hase
Non-tournament matches:
Kathy Starr & Lita Marez vs. Mae Young & Margot Bouchard
AWA World Women's Championship
Kay Noble © vs. Judy Arnold
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* Claire Lepage replaces Patty O'Hara, who was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to injury while training.
** IRL, Sally Vega is a retired roller derby skater, active during the 1960s and 1970s. ITTL, she became a wrestler under the training of Mildred Burke and is a part of the AGWA.
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PREDICTION KEY:
1. Jungle Boy vs. Anthony Ogogo
2. Christian Cage vs. Jeff Cobb
3. The Golden Lovers vs. The Good Brothers
4. FACTION WARFARE: Sting's Squadron (Punk/Danielson/Darby/Sting/Archer) vs. The Pinnacle (MJF/Wheeler/Harwood/Wardlow/Spears)
5. IWGP UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP: Jon Moxley © vs. Miro
6. TNT CHAMPIONSHIP: Eddie Kingston © vs. Cara Noir
7. AEW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Britt Baker © vs. Gisele Shaw
8. AEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT FINALS: Superkliq vs. Death Triangle
BONUS:
Who is Team Taz's newest member? HINT: She is from Europe
Which former WWE mainstay debuts?
A. Cesaro
B. Sami Zayn
C. Keith Lee
D. WALTER
E. Samoa Joe
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Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament - Night One @ Anaheim Convention Center Arena
January 12, 1967 - Anaheim, California
Attendance - 5,790
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, West Division - First Round
Judy Arnold defeated Jan Vallow* by pinfall follwing a cross-bodyblock.
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, West Division - First Round
Margot Bouchard defeated Kathy Starr by pinfall follwing an elbow drop.
Renée Martel & Claire Lepage defeated Shirley Hardman & Diane Syverson when Hardman was disqualified for throwing Martel over the top rope. Hardman and Syverson then double-teamed on Lepage post-match, but Martel recovered and rushed back into the ring to even the sides as she and Lepage rallied to run the heels off.
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, West Division - First Round
Mae Young defeated Hatfield Hattie** by pinfall with a schoolgirl rollup.
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, West Division - First Round
Lita Marez defeated Panama Franco by pinfall with a Sunset Flip.
NWA North American Women's Championship - Two out of Three Falls
Joan Weston © defeated Ann Calvello to retain her title, two falls to one.
- First fall - Calvello pinned Weston following a leg lariat.
- Second fall - Calvello was disqualified for using a piledriver (an illegal move in the AGWA) on Weston.
- Third fall - Weston won when she snared Calvello in a small package for the pinfall.
Post-match, Calvello went on the attack against Weston in revenge for losing the match but was chased out by Judy Arnold.
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Prediction results: (Thanks to all who made their predictions for this card)
Dalton - 6/6
Herrbear - 5/6
All-time prediction results:
Herrbear - 35/48
Hitman74 - 10/12
Theheel - 7/10
Dalton - 6/6
auto45 - 5/6
Sco_xY2Jx - 2/6
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* Roller derby skater IRL.
** Early ring name used by Jane Sherill.
- First fall - Calvello pinned Weston following a leg lariat.
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Pvt. Jim Nelson VS. Skip Young
Dick Slater VS Rufus R. Jones
Steamboat & Youngblood VS. The Sawyers
Greg Valentine VS. Bob Orton JR
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Here's the tournament bracket for the upcoming Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, starting January 12:
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Time now for the predictions:
Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament
First round - West Division bracket
Judy Arnold vs. Jan Vallow
Kathy Starr vs. Margot Bouchard
Hatfield Hattie vs. Mae Young*
Lita Marez vs. Panama Franco
Non-tournament matches:
Renée Martel & Claire Lepage vs. Shirley Hardman & Diane Syverson
NWA North American Women's Championship
Joan Weston © vs. Ann Calvello
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* Yep, the same Mae Young who later appeared with Fabulous Moolah in the WWF/WWE in a comedic capacity during the Attitude Era; back in the 1960s both IRL and ITTL, Young was still part of the Mildred Burke camp and still competing - and an NWA United States Women's title reign was still ahead for her...
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Tom Lawlor (#9) VS. Warhorse (#10)
UNIsettle (Bateman & Manders) VS. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Nelson & Isaacs)
AJ Gray (#18) VS. PJ Black (#17)
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January 1967
The year 1967 was a pivotal year for events in society. During that year, Canada launched a year-long celebration of the centennial of Canadian Confederation, the peak of which was the Expo 67 World's Fair in Montreal, which was ultimately attended by nearly 55 million visitors between April and October. Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were all tragically killed when a fire broke out in their Apollo 1 spacecraft during a launch pad test. The United States, the USSR and the United Kingdom signed a treaty prohibiting weapons of mass destruction from space, and NASA launched the Lunar Orbiter 3 to photograph the moon's surface to survey potential landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo lunar missions. Tensions between two Communist dictatorships, the USSR and China, began forming, while civil war broke out in Cambodia between Cambodian monarchy loyalists and the Communist Khmer Rouge guerilla faction, Communist terrorist Che Guevara was captured and executed in Bolivia, and student unrest against the Vietnam War continued and grew with demonstrations in New York City, San Francisco, Washington, DC and other American cities. The Monterey Pop Festival was held over three days in Monterey, California, while Pink Floyd released its debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the Doors' self-titled debut album was released, Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas, soul singer Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash in Wisconsin, and the Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love", which they contributed (via a pre-recorded performance) to the worldwide satellite telecast Our World. A color revival of the police procedural series Dragnet debuted on NBC and The Fugitive aired its final episode on ABC, drawing 78 million viewers in what was one of the largest audiences for a TV episode in the history of American television at the time, while British cult TV series The Prisoner, ironically, had its world TV premiere in Canada on September 5, more than three weeks before its British premiere, and Gilligan's Island, initially renewed for a fourth season, was cancelled by CBS in favor of keeping long-running Western Gunsmoke, which was originally planned for cancellation, on its schedule. Aside from Expo 67, another notable event that year was the "Summer of Love" and the related advent of the hippie era and its accompanying counterculture.
In sports, the inaugural Super Bowl was held as NFL Champions the Green Bay Packers defeated AFL Champions the Kansas City Chiefs. The American Basketball Association began operations as a rival major league to the NBA, while the Philadelphia 76ers captured the NBA Championship by defeating the San Francisco (now Golden State) Warriors. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win what would be the Leafs' last Stanley Cup to date, which also served as the official end to the NHL's Original Six era as the six new NHL expansion teams - the Los Angeles Kings, the Oakland Seals (now defunct), the Minnesota North Stars (now the Dallas Stars), the St. Louis Blues, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers - began play in the 1967-68 NHL season that fall. The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series by defeating the Boston Red Sox, while the Kansas City Athletics moved West to Oakland for the 1968 Major League Baseball season. Muhammad Ali was stripped of his World Heavyweight Boxing Championship and banned from boxing for his refusal to be drafted into the US Army, keeping him out of boxing for more than three years.
In wrestling, Gene Kiniski celebrated his first year as NWA World Heavyweight Champion in January, while Bruno Sammartino celebrated four years as WWWF World Heavyweight Champion that May, and Verne Gagne regained the AWA World Heavyweight title by defeating Mad Dog Vachon in February. Calgary-based Wildcat Wrestling was renamed as Stampede Wrestling by owner/promoter Stu Hart. Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion-turned-wrestler Primo Carnera died of liver disease and diabetes complications on June 29 at age 60 in his hometown of Sequals, Italy, while three-time World Heavyweight Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko died of a heart attack on September 23 at age 88 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Meanwhile, early into the new year, Renée Martel was getting set to make her American debut as a wrestler as she prepared to start with appearances in her mentor Mildred Burke's new women's promotion. As part of that preparation, she had changed her look slightly due to her growing her hair a little more, as she abandoned the flip style and went with a new platinum blonde look...
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On the morning of the opening night of the Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, just before lunch, Renée, Michèle Richard and Claire Lepage, who had all been booked to appear for the event by Mildred, were being shown by her around the main seating area inside the Anaheim Convention Center Arena*, where the wrestling ring and the surrounding floor level seating were being set up in the basketball court area. "So, girls, what do you think?" Mildred asked. "Not bad for a brand spanking-new arena, is it?"
"It looks good," Renée admitted. "It's bigger than many of the places I've wrestled in, but not as big as the Montreal Forum or Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. It's more in the mid-size range, this arena."
"But it's a start," Mildred said. "Okay, let's get started on tonight's show rundown," she added as she checked over a piece of paper on the clipboard she was carrying. "Michèle, you'll be facing Kathy Starr tonight in the first round of the tournament as part of the West Division bracket."
"Sounds good to me," Michèle said.
Mildred continued going over the clipboard. "Renée, you don't start in the tournament until next week when I have you facing Barbara Baker in the East Division bracket, but you'll be wrestling tonight in a non-tourney match - I have you and Claire booked against Shirley Hardman** and Diane Syverson*** in a tag match," she said.
"Good way to get warmed up for the tournament," Renée said. "Who else do you have lined up for the events?"
"I think I can answer that," a voice said behind Renée, who also felt a tap on her shoulder as the voice spoke. Renée turned around to see who got her attention - and saw a familiar face from her trainee days nearly three years earlier.
"Ann? Long time, no see!" Renée exclaimed as she recognized Ann Calvello, the guest trainer from one of Renée's training sessions with Mildred back in 1964.
"The one and only," the tanned blonde declared with a grin as Renée went to give her a hug. "So how've you been since we last saw each other?"
"Still improving," Renée said. "The stuff you taught me the day you guested at Mildred's gym stuck with me ever since."
"Good, glad to know you paid attention and stuck with it," Ann said.
"Anyway, I brought a couple of friends with me from Montreal you should meet," Renée said as she introduced Ann to Michèle and Claire.
"Hey, Michèle, Claire, nice to meet friends of Renée's," Ann said as she shook hands with raven-haired Michèle and blonde Claire.
"Yeah, same here," Michèle said during the handshake. "Renée's told us a bit about you."
"Nothing unflattering, I hope," Ann said jokingly, eliciting laughter among the group.
"So how're you involved with the tournament?" Claire then asked.
"Tonight, I got Joan Weston for her North American Women's title in the main event as one of the non-tournament matches," Ann said. "Then next week, I start in the tournament by facing Patty O'Hara in the first round."
"And about Ann's match tonight, I originally wanted to get Fabulous Moolah to come face her, but Moolah declined," Mildred pointed out. "She claimed she was already booked for a match back East for tonight."
"I call BS on that," Ann then said. "Moolah's just making excuses because she still won't face me after I showed her up a few times a few years ago."
"I wouldn't worry about that," Renée said. "We can succeed with this tournament on our own merits, with or without Moolah. We don't need her to be successful."
"See, I knew there was something I liked about the kid from the get-go," Ann said with a grin as she patted Renée on her shoulder, drawing more laughter from Renée, Mildred and the other women. "So, how's ordering in for lunch sound while we talk more about the card?"
"Sounds good to us," Mildred said as she and the other ladies started toward the arena office where Mildred was set up to co-ordinate the card.
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* IRL, the Anaheim Convention Center and its arena did not open until July 1967, but ITTL, it opened one year earlier in July 1966, thus enabling its use at this point in this diary.
** IRL, Shirley Hardman was a roller derby skater, active from about the early-1960s until her death on August 1, 1973 due to accidental drowning. ITTL, she became a wrestler under the training of Mildred Burke and is signed with Mildred's AGWA.
*** IRL, Diane Syverson is a retired roller derby skater, active from about 1965 into the 1980s. ITTL, she also became a wrestler and is a part of the AGWA.
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Charlie Cook & Terry Gibbs vs Ray Candy & Norvell Austin
Bruno Sammartino Jr. vs Super Destroyer
Jake Roberts vs Dale Veasey
Roddy Piper vs Pat Rose
Johnny Rich vs Ole Anderson
Stan Hansen vs Brett Sawyer
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Lol Van Hammer in the top ten is hilarious
Looking back on it, it does come off that way, considering how little he accomplished with the push he got at the time (and when he wrestled in Georgia All-Star Wrestling prior to joining WCW, he was even touted by the Apter mags as being the second coming of Sid Vicious).
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Great website, except for one issue: The 5GWS game doesn't work for me because it relies on Adobe Flash and that became obsolete last year; when I try to activate the game, I get an error message related to Flash and the game shuts down. What Flash alternative would I need to play 5GWS?
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Ricky Steamboat Vs. Mr. Hughes
The Dangerous Alliance Vs. Shane Douglas & Marcus Alexander Bagwell
Brian Pillman & The Armstrong Boys Vs. The York Foundation
The Samoan Swat Team Vs. The Steiner Brothers
Michael P.S. Hayes Vs. The Diamond Studd
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0. Brian Cage vs. Jeff Cobb
0. Joshi Lightning Squad (Riho & Hikaru Shida & Yuka Sakazaki) vs. Donna del Mondo (Giulia/Himeka/Syuri)
0. Ethan Page vs. Orange Cassidy
1. The Brotherhood (Cody & Dustin Rhodes) vs. The Young Bucks
2. Andrade El Idolo vs. PAC
3. TNT & FTW CHAMPIONSHIP UNIFICATION: Eddie Kingston © vs. Ricky Starks ©
4. IWGP UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP: Jon Moxley © vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
5. NWA WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP: Thunder Rosa © vs. Jordynne Grace
6. AEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Santana & Ortiz © vs. FTR
7. Kenny Omega vs. Adam Cole
8. CM Punk vs. MJF
9. AEW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Britt Baker © vs. Ruby Soho
10. AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Hangman Adam Page © vs. Bryan Danielson
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Chief Joe Lightfoot vs Butch Reed
Thunderbolt Patterson vs The Iron Sheik (Time-limit Challenge)
Paul Orndorff vs Terry Gibbs (Time-limit Challenge)
Bill Dromo & Ken Wayne vs The Moondogs (Rex & Spot)
Ricky Rude vs Dick Slater
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AGWA United States Women's Championship (for use in Rise of a Star)
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Custom 1960s AWA World Women's Championship (for use in Rise of a Star)
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Renée Martel Career Record - 1966 (67 documented matches)
NWA All-Star Wrestling - Promoters Rod Fenton & Cliff Parker:
04/26 Victoria, BC - w/. Barbara LaMarche, vs. Bette Boucher & Toni Rose
04/28 New Westminster, BC - beat Bette Boucher
05/02 Vancouver, BC - w/. Barbara LaMarche, beat Bette Boucher & Toni Rose by DQ
05/03 Chilliwack, BC - w/. Barbara LaMarche, beat Bette Boucher & Toni Rose
Alex Turk Promotions - Promoter Alex Turk:
05/07 Winnipeg, MB - beat Cora Combs
NWA All-Star Wrestling:
05/09 Vancouver, BC - w/. Barbara LaMarche, beat Bette Boucher & Toni Rose
05/14 Prince George, BC - w/. Barbara LaMarche, beat Bette Boucher & Toni Rose
05/16 Vancouver, BC - drew Bette Boucher
05/17 Chilliwack, BC - lost to Bette Boucher
Alex Turk Promotions:
05/28 Winnipeg, MB - beat Bette Boucher
Stampede Wrestling - Promoter Stu Hart:
05/31 Edmonton, AB - w/. Judy Arnold, lost to Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
06/01 Saskatoon, SK - w/. Judy Arnold, lost to Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
06/02 Regina, SK - w/. Judy Arnold, lost to Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
06/03 Calgary, AB - w/. Judy Arnold, lost to Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
06/07 Edmonton, AB - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
06/08 Saskatoon, SK - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
06/09 Regina, SK - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
06/10 Calgary, AB - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
06/13 Lethbridge, AB - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
06/14 Edmonton, AB - w/. Dave Ruhl, beat Sweet Daddy Siki & Margot Bouchard (mixed tag)
Alex Turk Promotions:
06/18 Winnipeg, MB - beat Julie Painchaud
All-Star Wrestling/Les As de la Lutte:
06/20 Montreal, QC - w/. Barbara LaMarche, beat Margot Bouchard & Julie Painchaud
06/21 Quebec City, QC - w/. Barbara LaMarche, beat Margot Bouchard & Julie Painchaud
06/27 Montreal, QC - lost to Mary Jane Mull
06/28 Quebec City, QC - lost to Mary Jane Mull
07/04 Montreal, QC - w/. Chief White Eagle, beat Ron Garvin & Mary Jane Mull
07/05 Quebec City, QC - w/. Chief White Eagle, beat Ron Garvin & Mary Jane Mull
07/07 Chicoutimi, QC - w/. Claire Lepage, drew Margot Bouchard & Marianne Duchesne (TV taping)
Maple Leaf Wrestling - Promoter Frank Tunney:
07/10 Toronto, ON - w/. Julie Patrick, beat Judy Sowinski & Margot Bouchard
All-Star Wrestling/Les As de la Lutte:
07/11 Montreal, QC - w/. Claire Lepage, beat Margot Bouchard & Marianne Duchesne
07/12 Quebec City, QC - w/. Claire Lepage, beat Margot Bouchard & Marianne Duchesne
Alex Turk Promotions:
07/16 Winnipeg, MB - beat Mary Jane Mull
All-Star Wrestling/Les As de la Lutte:
07/18 Montreal, QC - beat Mary Jane Mull
07/19 Quebec City, QC - beat Mary Jane Mull
07/25 Montreal, QC - beat Marianne Duchesne
07/26 Quebec City, QC - beat Marianne Duchesne
07/27 Chicoutimi, QC - beat Marianne Duchesne (TV taping)
07/29 Montreal, QC - drew Julie Painchaud
08/02 Quebec City, QC - drew Julie Painchaud
Alex Turk Promotions:
08/06 Winnipeg, MB - lost to Margot Bouchard
All-Star Wrestling/Les As de la Lutte:
08/08 Montreal, QC - lost to Margot Bouchard
08/09 Quebec City, QC - lost to Margot Bouchard
Maple Leaf Wrestling:
08/10 Hamilton, ON - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
08/11 Oshawa, ON - w/. Judy Arnold, vs. Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
NWA All-Star Wrestling:
08/13 Nanaimo, BC - beat Margot Bouchard by DQ
08/15 Vancouver, BC - lost to Margot Bouchard by countout
08/16 Victoria, BC - lost to Margot Bouchard
08/19 New Westminster, BC - lost to Margot Bouchard
08/22 Vancouver, BC - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
08/23 Chilliwack, BC - w/. Judy Arnold, no contest vs. Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
08/29 New Westminster, BC - w/. Judy Arnold, no contest vs. Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
08/30 Victoria, BC - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
09/02 New Westminster, BC - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
Alex Turk Promotions:
09/03 Winnipeg, MB - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
NWA All-Star Wrestling:
09/05 Vancouver, BC - w/. Don Leo Jonathan, beat Dutch Savage & Margot Bouchard (mixed tag)
09/06 Chilliwack, BC - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
09/09 New Westminster, BC - w/. Paul Jones, beat Alexander the Great & Margot Bouchard (mixed tag)
All-Star Wrestling/Les As de la Lutte:
09/14 Quebec City, QC - beat Margot Bouchard by DQ
09/19 Montreal, QC - beat Margot Bouchard by DQ
09/28 Quebec City, QC - lost to Georgia Hase
10/03 Montreal, QC - lost to Georgia Hase
10/10 Montreal, QC - beat Judy Sowinski by DQ
10/17 Montreal, QC - w/. Judy Arnold, beat Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard
10/31 Montreal, QC - lost to Judy Grable
11/16 Quebec City, QC - drew Judy Grable
11/21 Montreal, QC - drew Judy Grable
11/22 Chicoutimi, QC - beat Judy Grable (TV taping)
11/23 Quebec City, QC - beat Judy Grable
11/28 Montreal, QC - beat Judy Grable
12/05 Montreal, QC - beat Marianne Duchesne
American Wrestling Association - Promoter Verne Gagne:
12/13 Winnipeg, MB - w/. Claire Lepage, beat Margot Bouchard & Julie Painchaud
All-Star Wrestling/Les As de la Lutte:
12/19 Montreal, QC - beat Miss X
12/21 Quebec City, QC - beat Miss X
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During December, Mildred Burke issued a press release making a big announcement about upcoming plans:
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Ever since the advent of professional wrestling, women have had a part in the sport as participants wherever and whenever they were able to. It has not been an easy road for women in wrestling, however, due to most not being given the same chances as their male counterparts due to the belief that women were too "fragile" or "delicate" to make it as wrestlers. Even after women were finally given the chance to prove themselves as professional wrestlers, they had a long, hard road ahead of them with roadblocks to impede their progress, including the banning of women's wrestling in some cities and states. As a wrestler myself, while I had a great deal of success in the ring, I also had my share of problems outside of the ring, all of which has been well-documented - both the ups, including my 18-year reign as World Women's Champion and popularizing women's wrestling in Japan, and the downs, including my struggles with my ex-husband Billy Wolfe - over the years.
But now, coming into changing times in this current decade (starting with the lifting of the bans on women's wrestling in many areas of the United States and Canada, thanks to the efforts of many female wrestlers and some sympathetic promoters to lobby athletic commissions and politicians on the local and regional levels), the opportunity now presents itself for women to not only compete on equal footing with men in the sport of professional wrestling as was possible prior to the 1950s, but to have the spotlight shine on them with a wrestling promotion of their own. On that basis, it is with great pleasure that I announce the formation of a new women's wrestling promotion, the American Girls' Wrestling Association.
The AGWA will launch a regular schedule beginning in January 1967 with its inaugural event, the first night of the Mildred Burke Invitational Tournament, which will take place over four nights between January 12 and February 2 at the new Anaheim Convention Center Arena in Anaheim, California. This event will be a 16-woman single elimination tournament whose winner will not only get the honor of being awarded the Mildred Burke Invitational Trophy, but will also receive a championship belt as she is crowned as the inaugural AGWA United States Champion. In addition, non-tournament matches will also take place over the course of the tournament, including appearances by NWA North American Women's Champion Joan Weston and AWA World Women's Champion Kay Noble as they defend their respective titles.
As well as holding its own events, the AGWA will also serve as a booking office for female wrestlers to appear with any promotion that chooses to book its wrestlers, who will come primarily from the United States (with some also coming from Canada, and we also hope to bring some girls over from Japan to compete here). Deals have been made that will see the AGWA book wrestlers with the American Wrestling Association, various NWA promoters and some non-NWA promoters (including Worldwide Wrestling Associates in Los Angeles, Big Time Wrestling in San Francisco and All-Star Wrestling in Montreal, Canada) who serve as the dominant promoters in their territories.
With the launch of the AGWA, this marks the beginning of a new era for women's wrestling and for professional wrestling in general. It is my hope that you, the wrestling fan, will be pleased by what we present.
Mildred Burke
President/CEO, American Girls' Wrestling Association*
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* IRL, the American Girls' Wrestling Association was a brand used for the original championships promoted by All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling prior to the resurrection of the World Women's Wrestling Association World Championship in 1970. ITTL, the AGWA will, as noted above, operate as a wrestling promotion in the United States, both with its own championships and with championships booked from the NWA and the AWA thanks to working agreements with those organizations.
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American Wrestling Association @ Winnipeg Arena
December 13, 1966 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance - 10,170
The Alaskan defeated George Gadaski by pinfall follwing a powerslam.
Doug Gilbert defeated Stan Mykietovitch by pinfall follwing a dropkick.
Renée Martel & Claire Lepage defeated Margot Bouchard & Julie Painchaud when Renée caught Painchaud in a small package for the pinfall. During the match, Lepage was kept isolated from her corner for much of the match due to being double-teamed and prevented from tagging out by Bouchard and Painchaud, who inflicted much punishment on Lepage while keeping the referee distracted until Bouchard missed an elbow drop when Lepage rolled out of the way, enabling her to make the hot tag to Renée, who came in and cleaned house against the heel tandem, soon leading to a brawl between the two teams before Renée scored the pin while Lepage blocked Bouchard from interfering with the pin attempt.
Jack Lanza defeated Killer Kowalski by disqualification when Kowalski threw Lanza over the top rope.
AWA World Tag Team Championship
Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher © defeated Larry Hennig & Harley Race when Crusher pinned Race following a Bolo Punch.
AWA World Heavyweight Championship - Two out of Three Falls
Mad Dog Vachon © defeated Reggie Parks, two falls to one.
- First fall - Vachon pinned Parks following a piledriver.
- Second fall - Parks evened the match when Vachon was disqualified for sending him head-first into a ringpost outside the ring, cutting Parks' forehead open.
- Third fall - Vachon won when Parks, his vision hampered due to the blood flow from his forehead cut, was disqualified for accidentally clotheslining the referee.
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Prediction results: (Thanks to all who made their predictions for this card)
auto45 - 5/6
Herrbear - 3/6
Sco_xY2Jx - 2/6
All-time prediction results:
Herrbear - 30/42
Hitman74 - 10/12
Theheel - 7/10
auto45 - 5/6
Sco_xY2Jx - 2/6
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- First fall - Vachon pinned Parks following a piledriver.
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