WWWF Championship Wrestling – 1976 Results

1/3/76:

1/6/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
1/10/76:

1/6/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
1/17/76:

1/6/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
1/24/76:

1/27/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
1/31/76:

1/27/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
2/7/76:

1/27/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
2/14/76:

2/17/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
2/21/76:

2/17/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
2/28/76:

2/17/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
3/6/76:

3/9/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
3/13/76:

3/9/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
3/20/76:

3/9/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
3/27/76:
Ernie Ladd fought Dominic DeNucci to a draw
Andre the Giant defeated Johnny Rodz, Pete Reeves, & Lyndsey Lyle in a handicap match
The Executioners defeated Pat Barrett & Joe Rodriguez
Stan Hansen defeated Johnny Rivera
WWWF Tag Team Champions Tony Parisi & Louis Cerdan defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Crusher Blackwell via disqualification

3/30/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
4/3/76:
Billy White Wolf defeated El Lobo
Stan Hansen defeated Bill Berger
The Executioners defeated Dominic DeNucci & Bill Schaeffer
US Champion Bobo Brazil defeated Bugsy McGraw via count-out
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Pat Barrett & Ben Ortiz

3/30/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
4/10/76:

3/30/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
4/17/76:

4/20/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
4/24/76:
Billy White Wolf defeated Jose Estrada
Bruiser Brody defeated Mike Santocapito (Brody’s debut)
The Executioners defeated Johnny Rivera & Fred Marzino
Jose Gonzalez defeated Vincenti Pometti
Haystacks Calhoun & Kevin Sullivan defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Jose Estrada

4/20/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/1/76:
Ivan Putski & US Champion Bobo Brazil defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Pete Austin
Bruiser Brody defeated Fred Marzino
Skandor Akbar defeated Roberto Alsura
WWWF Tag Team Champions Tony Parisi & Louis Cerdan defeated Vincente Pometti & Crusher Blackwell
Haystacks Calhoun & Kevin Sullivan defeated Ivan Koloff & Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification
Jose Gonzalez & Johnny Rivera defeated Johnny Rodz & Rocky Tomayo

4/20/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/8/76:
The Executioners defeated Johnny Rivera & Pete Austin
Billy White Wolf defeated Johnny Rodz
Jose Gonzalez defeated Jose Estrada
Skandor Akbar defeated Fred Marzino
Haystacks Calhoun & Kevin Sullivan defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Vincente Pometti

5/11/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/15/76:
Bruiser Brody defeated Bill Berger
Ernie Ladd defeated Pete Austin
Skandor Akbar defeated Ted Adams
Stan Hansen defeated Steve Bolaneci
Crusher Blackwell & Rocky Tomayo defeated Billy White Wolf & Jose Gonzalez via disqualification
Haystacks Calhoun & Kevin Sullivan defeated JoJo Andrews & BB Coleman

5/11/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/22/76:
Ivan Putski defeated Johnny Rodz
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Vincente Pometti & Rocky Tomayo
Bruiser Brody defeated Bob Schaeffer
Skandor Akbar defeated Johnny Rivera
The Executioners (Killer Kowalski & Big John Studd under masks) defeated WWWF Tag Team Champions Tony Parisi & Louis Cerdan to win the titles
Crusher Blackwell defeated Cano Hernandez

5/11/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
5/29/76:
Bruiser Brody defeated Johnny Rivera
Ivan Putski defeated Crusher Blackwell via count-out
Ernie Ladd defeated Sylvano Sousa
Stan Hansen defeated Roberto Alsura
Sue Green & Vivian St. John defeated Kitty Adams & Paula Kaye
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Johnny Rodz & Rocky Tomayo

6/1/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
6/5/76:
Johnny Rodz fought Johnny Rivera to a draw
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna via count-out at the 46-second mark; prior to the bout, Muhammed Ali was introduced to the crowd, sitting in the front row; after the match, Ali entered the ring, with Ali swinging a few punches at Monsoon and pointed his finger at him, with Monsoon then giving an airplane spin to Ali; Vince McMahon then interviewed Monsoon at ringside who said Ali was a great boxer but lousy as a wrestler and didn’t know a wristlock from a wristwatch (Best of the WWF Vol. 1, WWE’s Top 50 Superstars of All Time)
Stan Hansen defeated Bob Schaefer
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated Tony Altimore & Guy Flowers
Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Skandor Akbar via disqualification
US Champion Bobo Brazil & Jose Gonzalez defeated Rocky Tomayo & JoJo Andrews

6/1/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
6/12/76:
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners defeated Johnny Rivera & Frank Williams
Bruiser Brody defeated Guy Flowers
Skandor Akbar defeated Roberto Alsura
US Champion Bobo Brazil & Kevin Sullivan defeated Johnny Rodz & Vincente Pometti
Jose Gonzalez defeated JoJo Andrews
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Rocky Tomayo

6/1/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
6/19/76:
Stan Hansen defeated Ted Adams at 7:47
Bruiser Brody defeated Frank Williams at 4:12
Johnny Rivera defeated JoJo Andrews
Skandor Akbar defeated Mike Santocapito at 6:49
US Champion Bobo Brazil & Kevin Sullivan defeated Vincente Pometti & Rocky Tomayo at 6:22
Jose Gonzalez fought Baron Mikel Scicluna to a 10-minute time-limit draw

6/22/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
6/26/76:
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners defeated Johnny Rivera & Jose Gonzalez at 6:44
Doug Gilbert defeated Bill Berger at 4:18
Johnny Rodz defeated Bob Schaeffer at 3:11
Skandor Akbar fought Ivan Putski to a double disqualification at 5:15
Vivian St. John fought Vicki Williams to a 10-minute time-limit draw
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Pete McKay at 6:42

6/22/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
7/3/76:
US Champion Bobo Brazil & Kevin Sullivan defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Skandor Akbar via count-out at 9:28
Bruiser Brody defeated Robert Alexia at 2:36
Johnny Rivera defeated Bob Brothers at 3:08
Chief Jay Strongbow fought WWWF Tag Team Champion Executioner #2 to a 10-minute time-limit draw
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Frank Williams at 5:36
Ivan Putski & Jose Gonzalez defeated Johnny Rodz & JoJo Andrews at 7:46

6/22/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
7/10/76:
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners defeated Kevin Sullivan & Jose Gonzalez
Doug Gilbert defeated Roberto Alsura
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Bob Schaeffer
Bruiser Brody defeated Frank Williams
Ivan Putski defeated Pete McKay & Vincente Pometti in a handicap match
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Skandor Akbar & Johnny Rodz

7/13/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
7/17/76:
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Rocky Tomayo & Pete McKay at 6:42
Tor Kamata defeated Frank Williams at 4:08
Stan Hansen defeated Toro Maldonado at 2:27
Sonny Boy Hayes & the Haiti Kid defeated Lord Littlebrook & Little John at 4:36
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) fought Ivan Putski & Jose Gonzalez to a no contest when Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf got involved, and Strongbow was left bloodied after being headbutted by one of the Executioners with a foreign object in his mask, given to him by Albano; Vince McMahon then interviewed Strongbow & White Wolf – White Wolf was seemingly crying and said this would not pass and they would get the Executioners for this, and Strongbow screamed “those fucking son of a bitches!”
SD Jones & Bobo Brazil defeated Johnny Rodz & Baron Mikel Scicluna via count-out at 2:16

7/13/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
7/24/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Ivan Putski defeated Rocky Tomayo at 5:58
Bruiser Brody defeated Stan Lavdis at 2:46
SD Jones defeated Vincente Pometti at 2:49
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated Kevin Sullivan & Johnny Rivera at 7:58 when Rivera was pinned
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Mike Santocapito at 5:50
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Doug Gilbert via disqualification at 4:58; after the bout, Vince McMahon interviewed Strongbow & White Wolf at ringside

7/13/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
7/31/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Bruiser Brody defeated Johnny Rivera at 4:26
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Frank Williams at 4:52
Tor Kamata defeated Roberto Alexia at 3:18
Jose Gonzalez fought Doug Gilbert to a 10-minute time-limit draw
Stan Hansen defeated Mike Santocapito at 4:36
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Johnny Rodz & Pete McKay at 5:35 when White Wolf pinned McKay with a double tomahawk chop

8/3/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
8/7/76:
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Gene Dundee & JoJo Andrews
Bruiser Brody defeated Johnny Rivera & Roberto Alexia in a handicap match
Pete Sanchez defeated Billy Coleman
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Pete Austin
Tor Kamata defeated Ted Adams
WWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners defeated Bobo Brazil & SD Jones in a non-title match

8/3/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
8/14/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Pete Doherty at 7:58 when Doherty submitted to Whittewolf’s Indian deathlock; during the bout, Capt. Lou Albano briefly came to ringside but was quickly chased backstage by Strongbow
Stan Hansen defeated Frank Williams at 5:28
SD Jones defeated Pete McKay at 2:30
Bruiser Brody (w/ the Grand Wizard) defeated Jose Gonzalez via disqualification at 5:50 when WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino interfered
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated Kevin Sullivan & Johnny Rivera at 4:44 when Rivera was pinned following a slingshot
Pete Sanchez defeated Sylvano Sousa at 3:55

8/3/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
8/21/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Manuel Soto & Pete Sanchez defeated Doug Gilbert & Johnny Rodz
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Roberto Alexia
Johnny Rivera defeated Vincente Pometti
Tor Kamata defeated Pete Austin
Bobo Brazil defeated JoJo Andrews
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) fought Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf to a double disqualification in a non-title match at 9:00 when all four wrestlers were brawling in the ring

8/24/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
8/28/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Victor Rivera defeated Johnny Rodz at 7:18
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Frank Williams at 4:52
Johnny Rivera defeated Jose Rodriguez at 2:55
Tor Kamata defeated Roberto Alexia at 4:47
Bruiser Brody (w/ the Grand Wizard) pinned Manuel Soto at 3:31 with a kneedrop
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Rocky Tomayo & Pete McKay at 5:20 when McKay submitted to Strongbow’s sleeper

8/24/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
9/4/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Donna Christianello fought Joyce Grable to a 10-minute time-limit draw
Johnny Rivera & Victor Rivera defeated Doug Gilbert & Rocky Tomayo at 4:54
SD Jones defeated Pete McKay at 2:47
Stan Hansen defeated Ted Adams at 1:43
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated Pete Sanchez & Manuel Soto via count-out at 6:30 when Sanchez was unable to get back in the ring before the 10-count after being double-teamed
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Vincente Pometti & Johnny Rodz at 7:39

8/24/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
9/11/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Stan Hansen, & WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners defeated Chief Jay Strongbow, Billy White Wolf, & Jose Gonzalez via disqualification when Johnny Rivera & Victor Rivera interfered as all six men were brawling in the ring
Manuel Soto defeated Rocky Tomayo
Pete Sanchez defeated Pete McKay
Bruiser Brody defeated Pete Austin
Tor Kamata defeated Frank Williams
Johnny Rivera & Victor Rivera defeated Doug Gilbert & Johnny Rodz

9/14/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
9/18/76:
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Mark Tendler
Stan Stasiak defeated ?
Johnny Rivera defeated Mike Heime
Bruiser Brody defeated Kevin Sullivan
Vicki Williams & Kitty Adams defeated Donna Christianello & Vivian St. John
SD Jones & Bobo Brzil defeated Frank Marconi & Doug Gilbert

9/14/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
9/25/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca; included the Tor Kamata / Manuel Soto match from the 9/18/76 All Star Wrestling:
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners defeated Randy & Danny Parks
Stan Hansen fought Brian Mackney to a no contest when Hansen attacked Ivan Putski after he had being introduced to the crowd from inside the ring and ripped off Putski’s shirt; Vince McMahon then interviewed Putski who wanted Hansen to come back to the ring to fight him, calling Hansen a coward and yellow dog
Kevin Sullivan pinned Vincente Pometti at 4:58 with a dropkick; this unscheduled bout replaced the previous match
Jose Gonzalez defeated Frank Marconi
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Sylvano Sousa & Mike Heine in a handicap match
Stan Stasiak defeated Toro Maldanado

9/14/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
10/2/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Brian Mackney
Tor Kamata defeated Randy Parks
Bruiser Brody defeated Danny Parks & Pete McKay in a handicap match
Ivan Putski pinned Gene Dundee at 6:59 with the Polish Hammer
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Johnny Rodz & Rocky Tomayo at 7:48 when Strongbow pinned Rodz

10/5/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
10/9/76:
Manuel Soto & Pete Sanchez defeated Rocky Tomayo & Jose Estrada
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Nick Palas
Jose Gonzalez defeated BB Coleman
Stan Stasiak defeated ?
WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners defeated SD Jones & Bobo Brazil via count-out
Ivan Putski defeated Frank Monroe

10/5/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
10/16/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Victor Rivera & Johnny Rivera defeated Johnny Rodz & JoJo Andrews
Chief Jay Strongbow fought WWWF Tag Team Champion Executioner #2 to a draw
Bobo Brazil pinned Pete McKay at 2:48 with the Coco Butt
Tor Kamata defeated Sunshine Jackson
Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen defeated Manuel Soto & Pete Sanchez
Jose Gonzalez & Kevin Sullivan defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Pete Doherty

10/5/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
10/23/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca:
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Toro Maldanado & Pete Austin in a handicap match
Tor Kamata defeated Johnny Rivera
Doug Gilbert defeated Frank Williams
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: the challengers won; fall #2: the challengers won via disqualification at 2:28 when a third Executioner (Nikolai Volkoff) appeared from under the ring and attacked the challengers, because of the disqualification in the second fall, the title did not change hands
? defeated Sunshine Jackson
Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen defeated Kevin Sullivan & Jose Gonzalez

10/26/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
10/30/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Antonino Rocca; featured an opening segment where McMahon conducted separate in-ring interviews regarding the controversial WWWF Tag Team Championship match last week, first with Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf, then referee Dick Woehrle, and finally Capt. Lou Albano and WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners:
Stan Stasiak defeated Kevin Sullivan
Ivan Putski pinned Sylvano Sousa with the Polish Hammer at 2:10
Ken Patera defeated Pete Austin (Patera’s debut)
Andre the Giant defeated Johnny Rodz & Rocky Tomayo in a handicap match
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Pete McKay at 6:14 when McKay submitted to White Wolf’s Indian deathlock

10/26/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
11/6/76 – featured the announcement from WWWF President Willie Gilzenberg that WWWF Tag Team Champions the Executioners had been stripped of their championship as a result of a third Executioner appearing during the Executioners title match with Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf two weeks earlier, and that a tournament would be held to crown new champions:
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Manuel Soto
Tor Kamata defeated Paul Figueroa
Johnny Rodz defeated Mike Nieme
Dominic DeNucci & Kevin Sullivan defeated the Executioners via disqualification
Ivan Putski defeated Pete Doherty
Bruiser Brody defeated Ted Adams

10/26/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
11/13/76:
Stan Stasiak defeated Jose Gonzalez
Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody defeated Dominic DeNucci & Kevin Sullivan
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Pete Austin
Ken Patera defeated Frank Williams
Tor Kamata & Nikolai Volkoff defeated Bobo Brazil & SD Jones
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Rocky Tomayo & Doug Gilbert

11/16/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
11/20/76:
Stan Stasiak defeated SD Jones
Cowboy Colt defeated Billy the Kid via disqualification
Kevin Sullivan defeated BB Coleman
Ken Patera defeated Ted Adams
Jose Gonzalez defeated Doug Gilbert via referee’s decision
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated JoJo Andrews & Stan Nunez

11/16/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
11/27/76 – hosted by Vince McMahon:
WWWF Tag Team Championship Tournament: Tor Kamata & Nikolai Volkoff (w/ Freddie Blassie) defeated Jose Gonzalez & Kevin Sullivan via count-out at 8:44 when Sullivan was counted out after Volkoff hit a running knee knocking him out of the ring
Baron Mikel Scicluna pinned Frank Williams at 5:15 with a kick to the chest; during the bout, Gorilla Monsoon joined for commentary discussing the WWWF Tag Team Championship Tournament, where he announced the Kangaroos had been eliminated, and teams such as Mr. Fuji & Prof. Toru Tanaka, Jimmy & Johnny Valiant, Tony Garea & Dean Ho, and the Angels were still active in the tournament
Bobo Brazil pinned Frank Monroe at 2:47 with a headbutt
Ivan Putski pinned Rocky Tomayo at 5:19 with the Polish Hammer
Bruiser Brody (w/ the Grand Wizard) pinned Sylvano Sousa at 2:29
WWWF Tag Team Championship Tournament: The Executioners (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated Pete Austin & Roberto Figueroa at 7:36 when Figueroa submitted to an overhead backbreaker; after the bout, Vince McMahon interviewed Albano & the Executioners at ringside

11/16/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
12/4/76:
Ken Patera defeated Johnny Rivera
WWWF Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter-Finals: Tor Kamata & Nikolai Volkoff defeated SD Jones & Frank Williams
Johnny Rodz defeated Ted Adams
WWWF Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter-Finals: Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen via disqualification
Stan Stasiak defeated Orton
Women’s World Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Joyce Grable

12/7/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
12/11/76:
Bob Backlund defeated Rocky Tomayo (Backlund’s debut)
Stan Stasiak defeated Pete Sanchez
Steve Keirn defeated Sylvano Sousa
WWWF Tag Team Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated the Executioners via disqualification
Baron Von Raschke defeated Pete Austin
WWWF Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter-Finals: Gorilla Monsoon & Jose Gonzalez defeated Johnny Rodz & Doug Gilbert

12/7/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
12/18/76:
SD Jones defeated Pete McKay
Ken Patera defeated Steve King
Rocky Tomayo defeated Frank Williams
WWWF Tag Team Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: Tor Kamata & Nikolai Volkoff defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Jose Gonzalez via count-out
Bob Backlund defeated Johnny Rodz
Baron Mikel Scicluna & Doug Gilbert defeated Pete Sanchez & Pete Austin

12/7/76; Philadelphia, PA; Arena
12/25/76:
Baron Von Raschke defeated Mike Santocapito
Ken Patera defeated Kevin Sullivan
SD Jones defeated Frank Monroe
WWWF Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals: Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Tor Kamata via disqualification to win the vacant WWWF Tag Team titles