WWWF Championship Wrestling – 1975 Results
12/17/74; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
1/4/75:
Chief Jay Strongbow & Spiros Arion fought WWWF Tag Team Champions Jimmy & Johnny Valiant (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) to a no contest when Arion turned on his partner after Strongbow accidentally knocked Arion off the apron with Arion then hitting Strongbow in the head with a chair; WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino (who was doing guest commentary) then came in the ring to question Arion on his actions with Arion then attacking Bruno also; the Valiants then continued the attack on both Strongbow and Sammartino as Arion left the ring
1/7/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
1/11/75 – hosted by Vince McMahon; included McMahon conducting a ringside interview with Spiros Arion & Freddie Blassie (surrounded by police officers), with Arion explaining his actions from last week, calling Bruno Sammartino & Chief Jay Strongbow arrogant and the most egotistical people he had ever met, and that Bruno had befriended him all these years so he didn’t have to wrestle him:
Killer Kowalski & Bobby Duncum (w/ the Grand Wizard) vs. ? & ?
WWWF Tag Team Champions Jimmy & Johnny Valiant (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated two unknowns; after the bout, Vince McMahon interviewed Albano & the Valiants at ringside
1/7/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
1/18/75:
1/7/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
1/25/75:
1/28/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
2/1/75:
Spiros Arion defeated Tony Altimore
Waldo Von Erich defeated Stan Lavdis
Victor Rivera defeated Hans Schroeder
Ivan Putski defeated Johnny Rodz
Ann Casey & Joyce Grable defeated Paula Kaye & Donna Christianello
1/28/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
2/8/75:
WWWF Tag Team Champions Johnny & Jimmy Valiant defeated Bill White & El Olympico
The Wolfman defeated Stan Lavdis
Butcher Vachon defeated Tony Altimore
Manuel Soto & Pete Sanchez defeated Hans Schroeder & ? Kona
Chief Jay Strongbow & Victor Rivera fought Bobby Duncum & Killer Kowalski (w/ the Grand Wizard) to a curfew draw; the show went off the air with the match still in progress
1/28/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
2/15/75:
Waldo Von Erich defeated Paul Figueroa
Ivan Putski defeated Joe Nova
Tony Garea & Dean Ho fought WWWF Tag Team Champions Johnny & Jimmy Valiant to a draw
Victor Rivera defeated Johnny Rodz
Spiros Arion defeated El Olympico
2/18/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
2/22/75:
2/18/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
3/1/75:
2/18/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
3/8/75 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Bobby Duncum & Killer Kowalski (w/ the Grand Wizard) defeated Al Barr & Mike Paidousis at 4:52 when Duncum pinned Paidousis following a headbutt from Kowalski, who had placed a foreign object inside his mask – given to him by the Grand Wizard
Spiros Arion (w/ Freddie Blassie) pinned Bill White at 5:09 with a kneedrop
Chief Jay Strongbow pinned Johnny Rodz at 5:06 with a double tomahawk chop
Waldo Von Erich defeated El Olympico & Tom Stanton at 6:49 in a handicap match by pinning Stanton following a jumping kneedrop
Victor Rivera pinned Butcher Nova at 8:35 with a cannonball
3/11/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
3/15/75:
3/11/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
3/22/75:
3/11/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
3/29/75:
4/1/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
4/5/75:
Tony Garea defeated the Wolfman (w/ Freddie Blassie) via disqualification at 5:21 after Wolfman kept choking and biting at Garea; Antonino Rocca was the guest referee for the match; after the bout, Wolfman ripped off part of Rocca’s shirt, with Rocca then dropkicking Wolfman out of the ring
4/1/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
4/12/75:
4/1/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
4/19/75:
4/22/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
4/26/75:
4/22/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/3/75:
4/22/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/10/75:
5/13/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/17/75:
5/13/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/24/75 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
George Steele defeated Joe Rodriguez at 2:47 (Steele’s return)
Waldo Von Erich (w/ Freddie Blassie) pinned Manuel Soto at 2:57 with a kneedrop; after the bout, Vince McMahon interviewed Von Erich & Blassie at ringside
Haystacks Calhoun, Dean Ho & Tony Garea defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna, Mike Paidousis & Jack Evans at 3:09 when Calhoun pinned Evans with a splash (the first 6-man tag held on Championship Wrestling)
Victor Rivera & Dominic DeNucci defeated WWWF Tag Team Champions Jimmy & Johnny Valiant (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) to win the titles in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1: the champions won at 5:19 when Johnny pinned Rivera with an elbow drop after Rivera missed a cannonball splash; fall #2: the challengers won at 2:48 when DeNucci pinned Jimmy following an airplane spin; fall #3: the challengers won at 2:28 when Rivera pinned Johnny with a reverse roll up; prior to the bout, ring announcer Buddy Wagner introduced SD Jones to the crowd, who laid out Albano on his way out of the ring; after the bout, Vince McMahon interviewed the new champions at ringside
5/13/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/31/75:
6/3/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
6/7/75:
6/3/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
6/14/75:
6/3/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
6/21/75:
6/24/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
6/28/75:
6/24/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
7/5/75:
6/24/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
7/12/75:
7/15/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
7/19/75
7/15/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
7/26/75
7/15/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
8/2/75
8/5/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
8/9/75
8/5/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
8/16/75
8/5/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
8/23/75
8/26/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
8/30/75 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Baron Mikel Scicluna pinned Tom Stanton at 3:13 with a backbreaker over the knee
Tony Parisi & Louis Cerdan defeated Johnny Heidemann & El Goucho at 4:02 when Parisi pinned Heidemann with a sit-down splash off the top (Parisi & Cerdan’s debut as a team in the WWWF)
Andre the Giant defeated Johnny Rodz, Jack Evans, & Henry Roy in a handicap match at 2:18 by pinning Roy with a sit-down splash
Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated WWWF Tag Team Champions Pat Barrett & Dominic DeNucci to win the titles in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1: Barrett pinned Lanza at 5:13; fall #2: Mulligan pinned DeNucci at the 55-second mark; fall #3: Lanza pinned Barrett at 3:26 with a kneedrop off the top from Mulligan behind the referee’s back; after the bout, Vince McMahon conducted a ringside interview with Albano and the new champions
8/26/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
9/6/75:
8/26/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
9/13/75:
9/16/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
9/20/75:
9/16/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
9/27/75:
9/16/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
10/4/75:
10/7/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
10/11/75:
Superstar Billy Graham defeated an unknown via submission with a bearhug
10/7/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
10/18/75:
Kevin Sullivan defeated ?
10/7/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
10/25/75 – hosted by Vince McMahon:
WWWF Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated Randy Poffo (Randy Savage) & Tom Stanton at 4:37 when Lanza pinned Stanton with the claw as Mulligan threw Poffo out of the ring to the floor; after the bout, Albano laid in a few cheap shots on Poffo
Francisco Flores pinned Pete Reeves at 6:24 with a splash
Ivan Putski & Kevin Sullivan defeated Johnny Rodz & Ed White at 6:58 when Sullivan pinned White
Superstar Billy Graham (w/ the Grand Wizard) defeated Ed White via submission at 3:10 with a bearhug; during the bout, Gorilla Monsoon briefly joined Vince McMahon at ringside to discuss Graham
Tony Parisi & Louis Cerdan defeated Frank Monte & Bugsy McGraw (w/ the Grand Wizard) at 5:18 when Parisi pinned Monte after McGraw accidentally hit his own partner when Cerdan moved out of the way
10/28/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
11/1/75:
10/28/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
11/8/75:
10/28/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
11/15/75:
Pete Sanchez fought Frank Monte to a no contest
Haystacks Calhoun & Kevin Sullivan defeated Pete Reeves & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Ivan Putski defeated Johnny Rodz
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Pat McGuinness
Pat Barrett & Dominic DeNucci defeated Bugsy McGraw & Crusher Blackwell via referee’s decision
11/18/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
11/22/75:
Ernie Ladd defeated Sylvano Sousa
Ivan Putski defeated Davey O’Hannon & Pete Reeves in a handicap match
Tony Parisi & Louis Cerdan defeated Frank Monte & Johnny Rodz
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Toru Maldonado
Pat Barrett fought Crusher Blackwell to a draw
11/18/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
11/29/75:
WWWF Tag Team Champions Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza defeated Kevin Sullivan & Johnny Rivera
Ivan Koloff defeated Al Williams
Tony Altimore defeated Manuel Miranda
Crusher Blackwell & Bugsy McGraw defeated Pete Sanchez & Manuel Soto via count-out
Dominic DeNucci defeated Mike Paidousis
Pat Barrett defeated Davey O’Hannon
11/18/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
12/6/75 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Superstar Billy Graham (w/ the Grand Wizard) pinned Sylvano Sousa at 2:21 with an elbowsmash from the middle turnbuckle; after the bout, Sousa was being carried from ringside on a stretcher until Graham tipped Sousa off the stretcher
Tony Parisi & Louis Cerdan defeated WWWF Tag Team Champions Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) to win the titles in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: Cerdan pinned Lanza at 5:13; fall #2: Parisi pinned Mulligan at 4:31; after the bout, Vince McMahon interviewed the new champions at ringside as the fans smothered them in celebration
12/9/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
12/13/75:
12/9/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
12/20/75:
Susan Green defeated Toni Rose
Ivan Koloff defeated Sylvano Sousa
Louis Cyr defeated Johnny Rivera
Ivan Putski defeated Johnny Rodz & Davey O’Hannon in a handicap match
WWWF Tag Team Champions Tony Parisi & Louis Cerdan fought Superstar Billy Graham & Bugsy McGraw to a curfew draw
12/9/75; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
12/27/75:
Kevin Sullivan & Francisco Flores fought Baron Mikel Scicluna & Frank Monte to a 10-minute time-limit draw
Ernie Ladd defeated Stan Lavdis
Donna Christianello defeated Sheila Sheppard
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Pat McGuinness
Crusher Blackwell defeated Tom Stanton