WWWF – 1968 Results
WWWF @ Washington DC – January 4, 1968
Television taping:
Victor Rivera defeated Johnny Rodz
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Frateroli
Dominic DeNucci fought Bull Ramos to a draw
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Wes Hutchins
Earl Maynard defeated Angelo Savoldi
Guillotine Gordon & Luke Graham defeated Pete Sanchez & Arnold Skaaland
Dark match: WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos via disqualification
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – January 6, 1968
Television taping:
Victor Rivera defeated Angelo Savoldi
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Arnold Skaaland
Earl Maynard defeated Lou Albano
Hans Mortier defeated Wes Hutchins
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – January 6, 1968
Wes Hutchings vs. Earl Maynard
Mario Fratorelli vs. Baron Mikel Scicluna
Guillotine Gordon vs. Victor Rivera
Luke Graham vs. Miguel Perez
Dominic DeNucci & Tony Pugliese vs. Bull Ramos & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Hans Mortier in a Texas Death Match
WWWF @ Hershey, PA – Sports Arena – January 8, 1968
Victor Rivera vs. Wes Hutchins
Earl Maynard vs. Guillotine Gordon
Arnold Skaaland vs. Bull Ramos
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Dominic DeNucci, Mario Frataroli, & Antonio Pugliese defeated Luke Graham, Hans Mortier, Baron Mikel Scicluna, & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – January 10, 1968
Smasher Sloan defeated Angelo Savoldi at 11:00
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Mario Fratorelli at 13:00
Bull Ramos defeated Miguel Perez at 10:00
Victor Rivera defeated Wes Hutchins at 12:00
Earl Maynard vs. Johnny Rodz
Edouard Carpentier & Dominic DeNucci vs. Guillotine Gordon & Luke Graham
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Antonio Pugliese at 11:00
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Hans Mortier via disqualification when Prof. Toru Tanaka attacked Sammartino as Mortier was in the bearhug; moments later, Dominic DeNucci ran out to help make the save
WWWF @ Washington DC – January 11, 1968
Television taping:
Hans Mortier defeated Mario Frataroli
Victor Rivera defeated Guillotine Gordon
Bull Ramos defeated Smasher Sloan
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Miguel Perez
Earl Maynard defeated Wes Hutchins
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Arnold Skaaland
Eduard Carpentier defeated Angelo Savoldi
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Dominic DeNucci, & Antonio Pugliese defeated Guillotine Gordon, Luke Graham, & Bull Ramos
Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – January 13, 1968
Dominic DeNucci defeated Angelo Savoldi
Tony Altimore defeated Arnold Skaaland
Eduard Carpentier defeated Luke Graham
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Hans Mortier via disqualification
Johnny DeFazio & Hurricane Hunt defeated Matt Gilmore & Dewey Robertson
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Smasher Sloan
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated the Battman
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – January 13, 1968
Televsion taping:
Bull Ramos defeated Chuck Richards
Dominic DeNucci defeated Lou Albano
Antonio Pugliese defeated Guillotine Gordon
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Pete Sanchez
WWWF @ Trenton, NJ – Moose Hall – January 14, 1968
Guillotine Gordon defeated Wes Hutching
Bull Ramos defeated Miguel Perez
Earl Maynard defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Victor Rivera defeated Luke Graham
Hans Mortier & Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Dominic DeNucci & Antonio Pugliese
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – January 16, 1968
Antonio Pugliese & Dominic DeNucci vs. Luke Graham & Bull Ramos
Edouard Carpentier vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – January 17, 1968
Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. Antonio Pugliese
Edouard Carpentier vs. Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Hershey, PA – January 17, 1968
Earl Maynard defeated Guillotine Gordon
Bull Ramos defeated Arnold Skaaland
Wes Hutchins defeated Angelo Savoldi
Baron Mikel Scicluna, Luke Graham, Prof. Toru Tanaka, & Hans Mortier defeated Dominic DeNucci, Antonio Pugliese, & Mario Frateroli, & Victor Rivera
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – January 17, 1968
Bull Ramos & Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – January 18, 1968
Television taping:
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Mario Fraterolli
Bull Ramos defeated Wes Hutchins
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Angelo Savoldi
Antonio Pugliese & Dominic DeNucci defeated Johnny Rodz & Jack Ostermiller
Guillotine Gordon & Luke Graham defeated Arnold Skaaland & Smasher Sloan in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1
Victor Rivera defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Dark match: WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Earl Maynard fought Hans Mortier & Baron Mikel Scicluna to a time-limit draw at 24:30
WWWF @ Franklin, PA – January 19, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Batman defeated Tony Altimore & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – January 20, 1968
Television taping:
Hans Mortier defeated Wes Hutchins
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Mario Frateroli
Victor Rivera defeated Johnny Rodz
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Arnold Skaaland
WWWF @ McKeesport, PA – January 20, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Batman defeated Tony Altimore & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – January 22, 1968 (8,700)
Ricky Sexton defeated Mario Froteroli
Victor Rivera defeated Wes Hutchings
Bull Ramos defeated Smasher Sloan
Miguel Perez defeated Angelo Savoldi (sub. for Virgil the Kentucky Butcher)
Earl Maynard defeated Guillotine Gordon
Eduard Carpentier & Dominic DeNucci defeated Luke Graham & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Antonio Pugliese defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification
Hans Mortier defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino via disqualification when Arnold Skaaland interfered on behalf of the champion, moments after Prof. Toru Tanaka attacked Sammartino while the bearhug was applied
WWWF @ Washington DC – January 25, 1968
Television taping:
Hans Mortier fought Earl Maynard to a draw
Bull Ramos defeated Angelo Savoldi
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci defeated Guillotine Gordon & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Smasher Sloan
Victor Rivera defeated Arnold Skaaland
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Earl Maynard defeated Hans Mortier & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ New Castle, PA – January 27, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Batman defeated Hans Mortier & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – January 29, 1968
The final show held at the old MSG which had been running wrestling shows for the previous 42 years
Victor Rivera & Miguel Perez fought Luke Graham & Guillotine Gordon to a draw
Bull Ramos pinned Antonio Pugliese at 12:35
Hans Mortier fought Eduard Carpentier to a draw
Dominic DeNucci pinned Smasher Sloan at 9:51
Louis Cerdan pinned Mario Fratarolli at 10:07
Earl Maynard pinned Johnny Rodz at 7:36
Angelo Savoldi pinned Wes Hutchins
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino pinned Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – February 1, 1968
Television taping:
Bull Ramos defeated Arnold Skaaland
Bull Ramos defeated Angelo Savoldi
Hans Mortier defeated Mario Fraterolli
Hans Mortier fought Victor Rivera to a draw
Victor Rivera defeated Guillotine Gordon
Antonio Pugliese & Dominic DeNucci defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Johnny Rodz
Antonio Pugliese & Dominic DeNucci defeated Johnny Rodz & Jack Ostermiller
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Wes Hutchinson
Louis Cerdan defeated Johnny Rodz
WWWF @ Camden, NJ – Armory – February 2, 1968
Arnold Skaaland vs. Johnny Rodz
Sammy Rubin vs. Angelo Savoldi
Dominic DeNucci vs. Baron Mikel Scicluna
Earl Maynard vs. Hans Mortier
Victor Rivera, Louis Cerdan, & Miguel Perez vs. Luke Graham, Bull Ramos, & Guillotine Gordon
WWWF @ Salisbury, MD – Wicomico Sr. High School – February 3, 1968
Women�s Champion the Fabulous Moolah & Diamond Lil vs. Donna Christianly & Darling Dagmar
Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. Victor Rivera
Luke Graham vs. Dominic DeNucci
WWWF @ Monessan, PA – February 3, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Batman defeated Tony Altimore & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Washington DC – Coliseum – February 5, 1968
Ernie Lassiter defeated Angelo Savoldi
Bull Ramos defeated Louis Cerdan
Miguel Perez defeated Lenny Solomon
Victor Rivera defeated Johnny Rodz
Earl Maynard defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka at 17:10
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Dominic DeNucci, Antonio Pugliese, & Arnold Skaaland defeated Guillotine Gordon, Luke Graham, Hans Mortier, & Baron Mikel Scicluna in a Best 3 out of 5 falls match
WWWF @ Lewiston, ME – Armory – February 6, 1968 (1,600)
Arnold Skaaland fought Smasher Sloan to a 15-minute time-limit draw
Earl Maynard defeated Guillotine Gordon at 10:02
Victor Rivera fought Bull Ramos to a double count-out at 11:07
Hans Mortier & Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Antonio Pugliese & Dominic DeNucci in a Best 2 out 3 falls, 2-1; fall #1: DeNucci defeated Scicluna at 10:07; fall #2: Mortier & Scicluna won at 9:03; fall #3: Mortier defeated Pugliese at 7:03
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Louis Cerdan at 10:09
Edouard Carpentier defeated Luke Graham at 22:08
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – February 7, 1968 (3,000)
Louis Cerdan pinned Arnold Skaaland at 10:30
Miguel Perez defeated Luke Graham via count-out
Earl Maynard pinned Baron Mikel Scicluna at 1:12
Victor Rivera pinned Guillotine Gordon at 9:11
Dominic DeNucci defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification at 11:09
Bull Ramos pinned Edouard Carpentier at 7:13 in a Texas Death match
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – February 8, 1968
Dominic DeNucci defeated Guillotine Gordon
Luke Graham defeated Lenny Solomon
Earl Maynard defeated Johnny Rodz
Antonio Pugliese fought Bull Ramos to a draw
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Louis Cerdan
Victor Rivera defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Dark match: WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Edouard Carpentier defeated Guillotine Gordon & Luke Graham
Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – February 9, 1968 (4,200)
Dominic DeNucci & Edouard Carpentier defeated Guillotine Gordon & Luke Graham in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
Tony Altimore defeated Dewey Robertson
Frank Holtz fought Gino Brito to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Earl Maynard defeated Frank Durso at 4:40
Victor Rivera defeated Benny Lima at 8:10
The Battman defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna at 11:12
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Antonio Pugliese at 16:02
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Hans Mortier at 17:12
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – February 10, 1968 (13,376)
Ricky Sexton defeated Bull Johnson
Louis Cerdan defeated Guillotine Gordon
Earl Maynard defeated Luke Graham
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Antonio Pugliese
Eduard Carpentier fought Bull Ramos to a draw
Victor Rivera & Miguel Perez defeated Tony Altimore & Lou Albano
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Hans Mortier in a Texas Death Match; the special referee for the bout was Jim Nance
WWWF @ Trenton, NJ – Moose Hall – February 12, 1968
Louis Cerdan vs. Bull Johnson
Baron Mikel Scicluna & Bull Ramos vs. Arnold Skaaland & Earl Maynard
Guillotine Gordon & Luke Graham vs. Victor Rivera & Miguel Perez
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka & Hans Mortier
– 2/14/68: Nelson “Viscera” Frazier Jr. was born.
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – February 14, 1968
Miguel Perez pinned Johnny Rodz
Louis Cerdan defeated Bull Johnson
Victor Rivera defeated Guillotine Gordon via submission
Edouard Carpentier vs. Bull Ramos
Donna Christianello & Barbara Owen vs. Patti Neilson & Toni Rose
Earl Maynard defeated Luke Graham
Hans Mortier & Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #3: Mortier pinned Sammartino after Tanaka landed an elbow from behind as Sammartino had Mortier in a bearhug
WWWF @ Plainfield, NJ – Hubbard Junior High School – February 14, 1968
Frank Holtz vs. Baron Mikel Scicluna
Johnny DeFazio vs. Joe Theuma
Dominic DeNucci & Battman vs. Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought Killer Kowalski to a double disqualification
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – February 15, 1968
Television taping: Victor Rivera defeated Bull Johnson
Hans Mortier defeated Arnold Skaaland
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Lenny Solomon
Edouard Carpentier defeated Johnny Rodz
Earl Maynard defeated Guillotine Gordon
Donna Christianello & Barbara Owens defeated Patti Neilson & Toni Rose (sub. for Alice Hogan & Mary Small) in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
Dark match: WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Dominic DeNucci, & Louis Cerdan (sub. for Antonio Pugliese) defeated Bull Ramos (sub. for Bill Miller), Luke Graham, & Prof. Toru Tanaka at 21:00
Indiana, PA – Junior High School Gym – February 15, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Luke Graham
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – February 17, 1968
Sammy Rubin vs. Johnny Rodz
Arnold Skaaland vs. Smasher Sloan
Bull Johnson vs. Louis Cerdan
Guillotine Gordon vs. Earl Maynard
Victor Rivera vs. Luke Graham
Prof. Toru Tanaka & Bull Ramos defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – February 19, 1968 (12,989)
1st card held at the new MSG
The Magnificent Maurice defeated Karl Steif
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher pinned Edouard Carpentier at 5:56
Victor Rivera defeated Hans Mortier at 11:03
Professor Toru Tanaka fought Dominic DeNucci to a draw
Miguel Perez defeated Gil Gordon at 10:03
The Sheik defeated Louis Cerdan
Earl Maynard defeated Luke Graham via submission at 7:34 with a West Indian backbreaker
Little Beaver & Little Jackie defeated Sky Low Low & Little Brutus in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1: Sky got the pin; fall #2: Beaver got the pin; fall #3: Beaver got the pin
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos via submission with the backbreaker at 12:43
WWWF @ Washington DC – February 22, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Earl Maynard defeated Bill Miller & Prof. Toru Tanaka
Beaver Falls, PA – High School – February 23, 1968
Johnny DeFazio vs. Frank Holtz
Ace Freeman vs. Ron Romano
Hans Mortier vs. Dominic DeNucci
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & the Battman defeated Tony Altimore & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Queens, NY – Sunnyside Gardens – February 24, 1968
Dominic DeNucci vs. ? (sub. for Baron Mikel Scicluna)
Bull Johnson vs. Lenny Solomon
Johnny Rodz vs. Arnold Skaaland
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher vs. Louis Cerdan
Earl Maynard, Miguel Perez, & Victor Rivera vs. Hans Mortier, Guillotine Gordon, & Luke Graham
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – February 26, 1968 (12,800)
Lenny Solomon (sub. for Arnold Skaaland) defeated Bull Johnson
Louis Cerdan defeated Luke Graham
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defated Miguel Perez
Toni Rose & Patti Neilson defeated Donna Christianello & Barbara Owen
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka in a stretcher match
Earl Maynard defeated Dr. Bill Miller
Victor Rivera fought Hans Mortier to a draw
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – February 27, 1968
Toni Rose & Patti Neilson vs. Donna Christianello & Barbara Owen
Victor Rivera vs. Bull Ramos
Dominic DeNucci vs. Hans Mortier
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – February 28, 1968
Toni Rose & Patti Neilson vs. Donna Christianello & Barbara Owen
Angelo Savoldi vs. Victor Rivera
Dominic DeNucci vs. Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – February 29, 1968
Television taping: Barbara Baker & Doris Ponds vs. Pat Sherry & Joyce Grable
Louis Cerdan vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Pete Sanchez vs. Bull Ramos
Antonio Pugliese vs. Luke Graham
Johnny Rodz vs. Dominic DeNucci
Bull Johnson vs. Victor Rivera
Dark match: WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Earl Maynard, & Victor Rivera defeated Bill Miller, Hans Mortier, & Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification at 23:15
WWWF @ California, PA – March 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Tony Altimore
WWWF @ Clarion, PA – March 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – March 1, 1968
The Battman vs. Luke Graham
Hans Mortier vs. Eduard Carpentier
Dominic DeNucci vs. Bill Miller
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Grove City, PA – March 2, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Tony Altimore
Toronto, Ontario – Maple Leaf Gardens – March 3, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification at 12:10
WWWF @ Washington DC – Coliseum – March 4, 1968
Johnny Rodz defeated Bull Johnson
Ernie Lassiter defeated Tony Castro
Dominic DeNucci pinned Luke Graham
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Dr. Bill Miller
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification
Victor Rivera defeated Hans Mortier
Earl Maynard defeated Bull Ramos
Louis Cerdan & Lenny Solomon defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1
WWWF @ Bridgeport, CT – Harding High School Gym – March 5, 1968 (1,200)
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher pinned Dominic DeNucci at 13:08
Bull Ramos pinned Louis Cerdan at 16:40
Earl Maynard pinned Bull Johnson at 15:48
Victor Rivera & Miguel Perez defeated Luke Graham & Guillotine Gordon in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1, fall #3: Rivera made Graham submit at 28:18
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Hans Mortier
WWWF @ Worcester, MA – March 6, 1968
Included WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – March 7, 1968
Television taping:
Bill Miller fought Dominic DeNucci to a draw
Bull Ramos defeated Bull Johnson
George Cannon defeated Lenny Solomon
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Tony Altimore
Louis Cerdan defeated Tony Castro in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Luke Graham at 2:50
Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera defeated Hans Mortier & Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification at 19:45
WWWF @ Hamburg, PA – Fieldhouse – March 8, 1968
Angelo Savoldi defeated Arnold Skaaland
Louis Cerdan defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Earl Maynard defeated Johnny Rodz
Dominic DeNucci defeated Bull Johnson
Miguel Perez defeated Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera defeated Bill Miller
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – March 9, 1968
Bill Miller vs. Roberto Gonzalez
Louis Cerdan vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Earl Maynard vs. Bull Johnson
Victor Rivera vs. Hans Mortier
Little Beaver & Little Joe vs. Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy Lamont
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka & Bull Ramos via disqualification
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – March 11, 1968 (13,148)
Miguel Perez defeated Luke Graham
Crybaby Cannon defeated Johnny Rodz
Lou Cerdan defeated Bull Johnson
Edouard Carpentier, Dominic DeNucci, & Earl Maynard defeated Dr. Bill Miller, Hans Mortier, & Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera defeated Professor Toru Tanaka via disqualification when Tanaka threw salt into his opponent’s eyes
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher with a backward flip press
WWWF @ Camden, NJ – Armory – March 15, 1968
Angelo Savoldi vs. Bull Johnson
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher vs. Louis Cerdan
Earl Maynard vs. George Cannon
Bull Ramos vs. Dominic DeNucci
Victor Rivera & Sammy Rubin (sub. for Edouard Carpentier) vs. Hans Mortier & Luke Graham (sub. for Guillotine Gordon)
WWWF @ Providence, RI – Rhode Island Auditorium – March 16, 1968
Bull Johnson vs. Earl Maynard
Kentucky Butcher vs. Gino Britto (sub. for Louis Cerdan)
Dominic DeNucci vs. Bill Miller
Edouard Carpentier vs. Hans Mortier (no DQ match with 2 referees)
Luke Graham & Crybaby Cannon vs. Victor Rivera & Miguel Perez
California, PA – California Community High School – March 16, 1968
The Battman & Johnny DeFazio vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka & Hans Mortier (Best 2 out of 3 falls)
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Tony Altimore (Best 2 out of 3 falls)
Included one other bout
WWWF @ Hershey, PA – Sports Arena – March 18, 1968
Arnold Skaaland vs. Bull Johnson
Louis Cerdan vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Miguel Perez vs. Bill Miller
Victor Rivera vs. Bull Ramos
Earl Maynard vs. Luke Graham
Dominic DeNucci vs. Hans Mortier
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – March 1968
Arnold Skaaland defeated Homer O’Dell in a brass knuckles match
Earl Maynard defeated Hans Mortier
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Bill Miller
Eduard Carpentier defeated Prof. Tanaka
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ South Plainfield, NJ – High School Gym – March 22, 1968
Crybaby Cannon pinned Angelo Savoldi after the 10-minute mark
Louis Cerdan pinned Bull Johnson after the 18-minute mark
Eduard Carpentier pinned Bull Ramos after the 21-minute mark
Victor Rivera, Dominic DeNucci, & Earl Maynard defeated Luke Graham, Bill Miller, & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher in a Best 3 out of 5 falls match, 3-1; fall #1: Miller pinned DeNucci; fall #2: DeNucci pinned Miller; fall #3: Miller and Graham were disqualified for choking; fall #4: Rivera pinned Graham
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – March 23, 1968 (6,427)
Tony Castro vs. Miguel Perez
Bull Johnson vs. Louis Cerdan
Earl Maynard vs. Guillotine Gordon
Bill Miller vs. Crybaby Cannon
Dominic DeNucci vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. Eduard Carpentier
Victor Rivera vs. Hans Mortier
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos at 3:02
Toronto, Ontario – Maple Leaf Gardens – March 24, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification
WWWF @ Trenton, NJ – Moose Hall – March 25, 1968
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Dominic DeNucci at 11:28
Bull Ramos fought Earl Maynard to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Crybaby Cannon defeated Bull Johnson at 10:46
Hans Mortier defeated Pete Sanchez at 13:25
Louis Cerdan defeated Angelo Savoldi at 14:35
Victor Rivera defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification
WWWF @ Scranton, PA – CYC – March 26, 1968 (2,400)
Earl Maynard defeated Crybaby Cannon at 10:16
Bull Ramos fought Victor Rivera to a double disqualification
Angelo Savoldi defeated Bull Johnson at 15:20
Louis Cerdan defeated Bill Miller via count-out at 12:30
Edouard Carpentier fought Hans Mortier to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Dominic DeNucci at 13:05
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka at 14:40
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – March 27, 1968
Earl Maynard pinned Bull Johnson
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Crybaby Cannon via disqualification at the 8-minute mark
Little Joey & Little Beaver defeated Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy Lamont
Edouard Carpentier pinned Dr. Bill Miller at the 3-minute mark
Toni Rose & Barbara Owens defeated Donna Christianello & Patti Nelson
Bull Ramos pinned Louis Cerdan (sub. for Antonio Pugliese) at the 3-minute mark
Victor Rivera pinned Angelo Savoldi (sub. for Luke Graham) at the 12-minute mark
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci defeated Hans Mortier & Prof. Toru Tanaka in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; there were 2 referees for the bout
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – March 28, 1968
Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy Lamont vs. Little Joey & Little Beaver
Mary Small & Alice Washington vs. Juanita Perez & Rita Starr
Bill Miller vs. Dominic DeNucci
Bull Johnson vs. Eduard Carpentier
Louis Cerdan vs. Crybaby Canon
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Earl Maynard, & Victor Rivera vs. Bull Ramos, Luke Graham, & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Cumberland, MD – National Guard Armory – March 29, 1968
Edouard Carpentier vs. Bull Ramos
Also included 3 matches with Hans Mortier, Louis Cerdan, Tony Castro, and a midget tag team match
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – March 30, 1968 (15,109)
Bill Miller defeated Louis Cerdan
Baron Mikel Scicluna (sub. for Miguel Perez) defeated Bull Johnson
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Dominic DeNucci
Barbara Owens (sub. for Ethel Young) & Helen O’Connel defeated Toni Rose & Patti Nielson
Little Beaver & Joey Russell defeated Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy Lamont
Edouard Carpentier defeated Crybaby Cannon
Victor Rivera defeated Hans Mortier
Earl Maynard defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Washington DC – April 4, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – April 6, 1968
Bull Johnson vs. Sammy Rubin
Johnny Rodz vs. Miguel Perez
Earl Maynard vs. Bull Ramos
Bill Miller vs. Crybaby Cannon
Victor Rivera vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino via count-out
WWWF @ Altoona, PA – April 8, 1968 (matinee)
Included WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino
WWWF @ Hershey, PA – Sports Arena – April 8, 1968
Crybaby Cannon vs. Louis Cerdan
Tony Castro vs. Earl Maynard
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher vs. Arnold Skaaland
Bull Ramos & Luke Graham vs. Miguel Perez & Victor Rivera
Hans Mortier vs. Eduard Carpentier
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka in a Texas Death Match
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – April 9, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci defeated Bull Ramos & Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – April 9, 1968
Prof. Toru Tanaka & Hans Mortier vs. Victor Rivera & Louis Cerdan (Best 2 out of 3 falls match)
Edouard Carpentier vs. Bill Miller
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – April 10, 1968
Bull Johnson vs. Angelo Savoldi
virgil the Kentucky Butcher vs. Arnold Skaaland
Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. Bill Miller
Crybaby Canon vs. Earl Maynard
Hans Mortier vs. Victor Rivera
Eduard Carpentier & Louis Cerdan vs. Bull Ramos & Homer O’Dell
WWWF @ Washington DC – April 11, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Johnstown, PA – April 13, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Washington DC – April 15, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought Virgil the Kentucky Butcher to a draw
Pittsburgh, PA – April 16, 1968
Television taping:
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Johnson via submission with the backbreaker
WWWF @ Hamburg, PA – Fieldhouse – April 17, 1968
Angelo Savoldi vs. Louis Cerdan
Little Beaver & Little Joey vs. Frenchy Lamont & Cowboy Bradley
Hans Mortier & Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. Victor Rivera & Miguel Perez
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Hershey, PA – April 18, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Providence, RI – Rhode Island Audtiorium – April 19, 1968
Johnny Rodz vs Ricky Sexton
Crybaby Cannon vs. Angelo Savoldi
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore vs. Victor Rivera & Miguel Perez
Earl Maynard vs. Bill Miller
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Hans Mortier
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – April 20, 1968 (9,006)
Crybaby Canon defeated Bull Johnson
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Tony Castro
Baron Mikel Scicluna & Lou Albano defeated Ricky Sexton & Arnold Skaaland in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Bill Miller, Hans Mortier, & Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Louis Cerdan, Edouard Carpentier, & Earl Maynard in a Best 3 out of 5 falls match
Bull Ramos vs. Victor Rivera
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino via count-out at 17:20 after Sammartino’s legs became entangled in the ring ropes
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – April 20, 1968
Bull Johnson vs. Angelo Savoldi
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Crybaby Canon
Hans Mortier, Baron Mikel Scicluna, & Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. Victor Rivera, Edouard Carpentier, & Earl Maynard
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (Texas Death Match)
WWWF @ Steubenville, OH – April 22, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Trenton, NJ – Moose Hall – April 22, 1968
George Cannon defeated Tony Castro at 12:26
Bull Ramos defeated Bull Johnson at 12:53
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Tony Altimore at 11:49
Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka & Luke Graham
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Hans Mortier at 8:46
WWWF @ Allentown, PA – April 23, 1968
Included WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – April 23, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – April 24, 1968
Louis Cerdan vs. Crybaby Cannon
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (handicap match)
Bill Miller vs. Gorilla Monsoon
Earl Maynard, Victor Rivera, & Edouard Carpentier vs. Hans Mortier, Prof. Toru Tanaka, & Baron Mikel Scicluna (Best 3 out of 5 falls)
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos
Toronto, Ontario – Maple Leaf Gardens – April 24, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – April 25, 1968
WWWF @ Scranton, PA – April 26, 1968
Included WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino
WWWF @ West Hempstead, NY – April 26, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – April 27, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci defeated Hans Mortier & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – April 27, 1968 (6,712)
Angelo Savoldi defeated Bull Johnson
Bull Ramos fought Louis Cerdan to a draw
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Crybaby Cannon
Little Beaver & Little Joey defeated Sky Low Low & Little Brutus
Victor Rivera, Eduard Carpentier, & Earl Maynard defeated Hans Mortier, Prof. Toru Tanaka, & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher in a Texas Death Match at 13:42
WWWF @ Washington DC – April 28, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Earl Maynard, & Victor Rivera defeated Tony Altimore, Bull Ramos, & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Allentown, PA – April 29, 1968
Included WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – April 30, 1968
Bill Miller vs. Arnold Skaaland
Bull Johnson vs. Bull Ramos
Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. Earl Maynard & Louis Cerdan
Victor Rivera vs. Hans Mortier
Eduard Carpentier vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – May 1, 1968
Earl Maynard defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification
Victor Rivera defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Bill Miller
Crybaby Cannon fought Hans Mortier to a double disqualification
Eduard Carpentier & Louis Cerdan defeated Bull Ramos & Homer O’Dell
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – May 2, 1968
Television taping:
Bull Ramos defeated Lennie Solomon
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Louis Cerdan
George Steele defeated Pete Sanchez
Eduard Carpentier defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Arnold Skaaland defeated Johnny Rodz
Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
Bobo Brazil defeated Bill Miller (sub. for Prof. Toru Tanaka)
Pittsburgh, PA – May 3, 1968
Hurricane Hunt defeated Ron Romano
Cowboy Bradley & Irish Jackie defeated Frenchy Lamont & Butch Cassidy
Johnny DeFazio defeated Bill Miller
George Steele defeated Frank Holtz
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Bull Ramos
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Batman defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka & Hans Mortier
WWWF @ Newark, NJ – Armory – May 4, 1968
Johnny Rodz (sub. for Bull Johnson) defeated Tony Castro
Crybaby Cannon defeated Arnold Skaaland (sub. for Angelo Savoldi)
Bull Ramos defeated Angelo Savoldi
Victor Rivera, Edouard Carpentier, & Earl Maynard defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna (sub. for Bull Ramos), Gorilla Monsoon, & Hans Mortier in a Best 3 out of 5 falls match; 3-1; fall #1: Rivera’s team won via disqualification; fall #2: Mortier defeated Carpentier; fall #3: Carpentier defeated Mortier; fall #4: Rivera defeated Scicluna
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
Bobo Brazil defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher via disqualification
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – May 4, 1968
Television taping:
Earl Maynard defeated Angelo Savoldi
Victor Rivera defeated Tony Castro
Johnny Rodz defeated Lennie Solomon
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Pete Sanchez & Carlos Colon in a handicap match
WWWF @ Washington DC – Coliseum – May 6, 1968
Ernie Lassiter defeated Tony Altimore
Johnny Rodz defeated Lennie Solomon
Lou Albano defeated Carlos Colon
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Arnold Skaaland
Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos
Earl Maynard defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Bobo Brazil defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Gorilla Monsoon in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
WWWF @ Scranton, PA – CYC – May 7, 1968
Victor Rivera & Earl Maynard defeated Bull Ramos & Homer O’Dell in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1 at 19:53
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Angelo Savoldi at 10:15
Hans Mortier & Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Carlos Colon & Arnold Skaaland in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: Mortier & Scicluna won at 12:38; fall #2: Mortier & Scicluna won at 14:10
Crybaby Cannon defeated Bill Miller at 2:42
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon at 22:20
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – May 9, 1968
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Manuel Soto & Angelo Savoldi in a handicap match
Betty Boucher & WWWF Women’s Champion Fabulous Moolah defeated Gloria Colon & Sue Dorsey in a Best 2 out of 3 Falls match
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bill Miller via submission with the backbreaker
WWWF @ Metro DC Area – Marlboro Speedway – May 10, 1968
The Fabulous Moolah & Betty Boucher vs. Alice Smith & Mary Small
Eduard Carpentier vs. Hans Mortier
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Bill Miller
Bull Ramos vs. Victor Rivera
Earl Maynard vs. Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ Johnstown, PA – May 10, 1968
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Batman
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – May 11, 1968
Crybaby Cannon defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Hans Mortier defeated Louis Cerdan
The Fabulous Moolah & Bette Boucher defeated Judy Grable & Helen Norton
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Bill Miller
Prof. Toru Tanaka fought Eduard Carpentier to a draw
Bull Ramos & Homer O’Dell defeated Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera via disqualification
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher in a Texas Death Match
WWWF @ Hershey, PA – Sports Arena – May 13, 1968
Bull Johnson vs. Lenny Solomon
Crybaby Cannon vs. Gorilla Monsoon
Arnold Skaaland vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Hans Mortier (sub. for Bull Ramos)
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – May 15, 1968
Women’s Champion the Fabulous Moolah & Bette Boucher vs. Doris Ponds & Fifi DuPont
Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. Baron Mikel Scicluna
Victor Rivera & Edouard Carpentier vs. Homer O’Dell & Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – May 15, 1968
Included WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino
WWWF @ Washington DC – May 16, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Hans Mortier
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – May 18, 1968
Sammy Rubin defeated Mike Padoulious
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Arnold Skaaland
Hans Mortier defeated Earl Maynard
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Crybaby Cannon
Bull Ramos & Col. Homer O’Dell defeated Eduard Carpentier & Louis Cerdan
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera fought Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher to a time-limit draw
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – May 20, 1968 (10,506)
Cowboy Bradley & Irish Jackie defeated Frenchy Lamont & Sonny Boy Cassidy
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Louis Cerdan
Hans Mortier fought Bull Ramos to a double disqualification
Ernie Ladd defeated Mike Paidousis (Ladd’s MSG debut)
Victor Rivera defeated George Cannon
Gorilla Monsoon & Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Bobo Brazil & Earl Maynard in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought George Steele to a curfew draw at 50:51
WWWF @ Allentown, PA – High School Palestra – May 22, 1968
Arnold Skaaland pinned Angelo Savoldi
Hans Mortier pinned Louis Cerdan
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna via count-out
Gorilla Monsoon defeated George Cannon via count-out
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Earl Maynard via count-out after Mynard’s feet became entangled in the ring ropes
Eduard Carpentier & Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos & Homer O�Dell in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – May 23, 1968
Chuck Richards & Jack Ostermiller vs. Gorilla Monsoon (handicap match)
Lou Albano vs. George Canon
Louis Cerdan vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Angelo Savoldi vs. Hans Mortier
Tony Altimore vs. Arnold Skaaland
Carlos Colon vs. Johnny Rodz
Eduard Carpentier, Earl Maynard, & Victor Rivera vs. Bull Ramos & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ Worcester, MA – Memorial Auditorium – May 24, 1968
Carlos Colon vs. Johnny Rodz
Arnold Skaaland vs. Crybaby Cannon
Victor Rivera & Earl Maynard vs. Hans Mortier & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Louis Cerdan vs. Bull Ramos
Edouard Carpentier vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – May 25, 1968
Television taping:
Bull Ramos defeated Louis Cerdan
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Mike Paidousis
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Carlos Colon & Angelo Savoldi
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ Elizabeth, NJ – Armory – May 25, 1968
Bull Ramos pinned Louis Cerdan at 19:20
Arnold Skaaland pinned Johnny Rodz at 27:02
Earl Maynard pinned Hans Mortier at 16:15
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Crybaby Cannon via count-out at the 22-minute mark
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera fought Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Gorilla Monsoon to a draw in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match: fall #1: Sammartino defeated Monsoon at the 9-minute mark; fall #2: Monsoon defeated Sammartino; fall #3: all four men were disqualified
Also included Prof. Toru Tanaka, Earl Maynard, Bull Ramos, and Johnny Rodz
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – May 29, 1968
Frenchy Lamont (sub. for Little Beaver) & Sonny Boy Cassidy defeated Cowboy Bradley & Irish Jackie in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Louis Cerdan & Arnold Skaaland in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Victor Rivera & Earl Maynard defeated Bull Ramos & Homer O’Dell in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Hans Mortier defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Crybaby Cannon
Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Edouard Carpentier in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – May 30, 1968
Crybaby Cannon defeated Lennie Solomon
Louis Cerdan defeated Hans Mortier via disqualification
Victor Rivera & Carlos Colon defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
Eduard Carpentier fought Prof. Toru Tanaka to a draw
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought Bull Ramos to a draw
WWWF @ Upper Marlboro, MD – Marlboro Speedway – May 31, 1968
Arnold Skaaland vs. Angelo Savoldi
Carlos Colon & Manuel Soto vs. Johnny Rodz & Chuck Richards
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Crybaby Cannon
Earl Maynard vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Victor Rivera vs. Bull Ramos
Pittsburgh, PA – June 1, 1968
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Eduard Carpentier & Gino Britto
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Crybaby Cannon
Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka & Hans Mortier via disqualification
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Hurricane Hunt
Bull Ramos defeated Ron Romano
Johnny DeFazio fought Baron Mikel Scicluna to a draw
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated George Steele Unsure as to if that is the same card as the one below
Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – June 1968
Tony Altimore & Lou Albano defeated Eduard Carpentier & Bobby Hunt via disqualification for double teaming; after the match, Bruno Sammartino made the save
Frank Holtz defeated Dr. Bill Miller via disqualification when Miller refused to release a choke
Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka & Hans Mortier via disqualification
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino pinned George Steele with a cross body off the top after 19 minutes
WWWF @ Trenton, NJ – Moose Hall – June 3, 1968
Arnold Skaaland pinned Lou Albano at 11:27
Earl Maynard pinned Tony Altimore at 13:20
Hans Mortier defeated Angelo Savoldi (sub. for Eduard Carpentier) via submission with a Boston Crab at 11:56
Gorilla Monsoon pinned Crybaby Cannon at 11:50 with a bodyslam after Cannon hit the corner
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos & Baron Mikel Scicluna in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: Sammartino & Rivera scored double pins on their opponents at 11:50; fall #2: Sammartino pinned Scicluna at 7:05
WWWF @ Scranton, PA – CYC – June 4, 1968 (2,030)
Bull Ramos & Homer O’Dell defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: Ramos & O’Dell won at 12:16; fall #2: Ramos & O’Dell won at 12:05
Edouard Carpentier defeated Hans Mortier at 14:28
Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1 at 43:00
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna at 15:30
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Crybaby Cannon at 12:25
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – June 6, 1968
Television taping:
Prof. Toru Tanaka & Gorilla Monsoon defeated Tony Altimore & Lou Albano
George Steele defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Victor Rivera defeated Johnny Rodz
George Cannon defeated Lenny Solomon
Hans Mortier defeated Arnold Skaaland
Dark match: WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – June 8, 1968
Johnny Rodz defeated Carlos Colon
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna via disqualification
Sam Rubin defeated Angelo Savoldi
Crybaby Cannon defeated Hans Mortier
Earl Maynard & Arnold Skaaland (sub. for Edourard Carpentier) defeated Bull Ramos & Homer O’Dell in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1: Sammartino’s team won via disqualification; fall #2: Monsoon’s team won; fall #3: Sammartino’s team won in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
WWWF @ Lawrence, MA – June 10, 1968
Arnold Skaaland defeated Hans Mortier via disqualification
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Ricky Sexton
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Crybaby Cannon
Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos
Eduard Carpentier defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Allentown, PA – High School Palestra – June 12, 1968
Bull Ramos pinned Arnold Skaaland (sub. for Victor Rivera)
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Hans Mortier via submission
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher pinned George Cannon
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino pinned Prof. Toru Tanaka
Earl Maynard (sub. for Eduard Carpentier) & Victor Rivera defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – June 13, 1968
Ernie Ladd defeated Lennie Solomon
Bull Ramos defeated Johnny Rodz
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher fought Victor Rivera to a draw
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Carlos Colon
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Angelo Savoldi & Crybaby Cannon in a handicap match
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher, Bull Ramos, & Hans Mortier defeated Earl Maynard, Victor Rivera, & Arnold Skaaland
According to the Washington Post, this was the scheduled line-up for the 6/13 card. Unsure of the accuracy of the results.
Jack Davis vs. Johnny Rodz
Arnold Skaaland vs. George Steele
Ernie Ladd vs. Lenny Solomon & Angelo Savoldi in a handicap match
Gorilla Monsoon & Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. Carlos Colon & Crybaby Cannon
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher, Bull Ramos, & Hans Mortier vs. Earl Maynard, Victor Rivera, & Eduard Carpentier
Fairmount, WV – June 1968 (after the 14th)
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – June 15, 1968
Ricky Sexton defeated Carlos Colon
John Tzinos defeated Lennie Solomon
Crybaby Cannon defeated Louis Cerdan
Hans Mortier defeated Earl Maynard
Bull Ramos defeated Homer O’Dell
Prof. Toru Tanaka fought Victor Rivera to a double disqualification
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Edouard Carpentier fought Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Gorilla Monsoon to a draw in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #3: both teams were disqualififed
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – June 18, 1968
Earl Maynard vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
Gorilla Monsoon & George Canon vs. Eduard Carpentier & Victor Rivera
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Bangor Auditorium – June 19, 1968
Arnold Skaaland vs. Carlos Colon
George Cannon vs. Lenny Solomon
Bull Ramos vs. Earl Maynard
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Hans Mortier
Eduard Carpentier & Victor Rivera vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Washington DC – June 20, 1968
Earnie Lassiter defeated Tony Altimore via disqualification
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Lennie Solomon
Earl Maynard defeated Lou Albano
Arnold Skaaland defeated Johnny Rodz
Ernie Ladd defeated Jack Ostermiller
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Earl Maynard defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
WWWF @ Upper Marlboro, MD – Speedway – June 21, 1968
WWWF @ Wilmington, MA – June 21, 1968
Ricky Sexton defeated Angelo Savoldi
Bull Ramos defeated Carlos Colon
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Crybaby Cannon
Victor Rivera defeated Hans Mortier
Eduard Carpentier fought Prof. Toru Tanaka to a double disqualification
WWWF @ Freeport, PA – June 21, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
Pittsburgh, PA – June 22, 1968
Television taping:
Ace Freeman fought Jim Grabmire to a draw
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Gary Fulton & Sonny King
Johnny DeFazio defeated Bill Balmer
John L. Sullivan defeated Ron Romano
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – June 22, 1968
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Crybaby Cannon
Bull Ramos defeated Louis Cerdan
Gorilla Monsoon & Professor Toru Tanaka fought Victor Rivera & Bobo Brazil to a draw
Johnny Rodz defeated Carlos Colon
Angelo Savoldi defeated Lenny Solomon
Eduard Carpentier defeated Hans Mortimer
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated George Steele at 24:44
Ernie Ladd defeated Earl Maynard; after the bout, Ladd refused to leave the ring until he was promised a title shot against Sammartino; the champion then made his way to the ring and both wrestlers signed a contract to meet at the following month’s card; they actually signed a program sheet, not a contract
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – June 26, 1968
Arnold Skaaland defeated Lou Albano via disqualification
Tony Altimore pinned Carlos Colon at the 8-minute mark
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino pinned Virgil the Kentucky Butcher at the 23-minute mark when the challenger failed a slam attempt and Sammartino landed on top for the pinfall
Irish Jackie & Little Joey defeated Sky Low Low & Little Brutus in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Crybaby Cannon at the 18-minute mark
Edouard Carpentier, Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka, Bull Ramos, & Hans Mortier in a Best 3 out of 5 falls match
WWWF @ Washington DC – June 27, 1968
Television taping:
Bull Ramos defeated Tony Altimore
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Angelo Savoldi
Homer O’Dell fought Carlos Colon to a draw
Sky Low Low & Little Brutus defeated Irish Jackie & Joey Russell
Victor Rivera defeated Hans Mortier
WWWF @ Hershey, PA – Hershey Stadium – June 28, 1968
Victor Rivera & Earl Maynard defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Bull Ramos
Irish Jackie & Joey Russell defeated Sky Low Low & Little Brutus
Carlos Colon defeated Jack Ostermiller (sub. for Chuck Richards)
Arnold Skaaland defeated Johnny Rodz
Angelo Savoldi defeated Lenny Solomon
Pittsburgh, PA – June 28, 1968
Ace Freeman fought Jim Grabmire to a draw
John L. Sullivan defeated George Steele via disqualification
Crybaby Cannon defeated Frank Durso
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Frank Holtz & Ron Romano in a handicap match
Johnny DeFazio defeated Hans Mortier via disqualification
Antonio Pugliese defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Eduard Carpentier defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – June 29, 1968
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Hans Mortier (sub. for Baron Mikel Scicluna)
Eduard Carpentier defeated Crybaby Cannon
Victor Rivera fought Virgil the Kentucky Butcher to a draw
Bull Ramos defeated Homer O’Dell via count-out
George Steele defeated Earl Maynard
Sky Low Low & Little Brutus defeated Little Joey & Irish Jackie
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon via count-out
WWWF @ Freeport, PA – July 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Alexandria, VA – July 1, 1968
Homer O’Dell defeated Crybaby Cannon via disqualification
Bull Ramos defeated Earl Maynard
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought George Steele to a double disqualification
Judy Grable & Barbara Owens defeated Ann Casey & Donna Christianello
Victor Rivera defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – July 2, 1968
Victor Rivera vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Edouard Carpentier vs. Bull Ramos
Also included a women’s tag match
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – July 3, 1968
Victor Rivera vs. Bull Ramos
Edouard Carpentier vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Also included a women’s tag match
Indiana, PA – July 4, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Johnny DeFazio defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – July 4, 1968
Ernie Ladd defeated George Cannon at 19:45
Edouard Carpentier defeated Johnny Rodz in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
George Steele defeated Pete Sanchez
Ernie Ladd defeated Carlos Colon & Angelo Savoldi in a handicap match
George Cannon fought Bull Ramos to a draw
Earl Maynard fought Virgil the Kentucky Butcher to a draw
WWWF @ New Castle, PA – July 5, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Antonio Pugliese defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
WWWF @ Asbury Park, NJ – Convention Hall – July 5, 1968
Crybaby Cannon vs. Gorilla Monsoon
Edouard Carpentier vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Victor Rivera vs. George Steele
Also included Carlos Colon, Antonio Pugliese, Baron Mikel Scicluna, Earl Maynard, and Johnny Rodz
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – July 6, 1968 (8,474)
Lenny Solomon defeated Carlos Colon
John Tzinas defeated Johnny Rodz
Homer O’Dell defeated Arnold Skaaland
Toni Rose & Ann Casey defeated Barbara Owens & Donna Christanello
Bull Ramos defeated Crybaby Cannon
George Steele defeated Earl Maynard
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Edouard Carpentier, & Victor Rivera defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher, Gorilla Monsoon, & Prof. Toru Tanaka in a Best 3 out of 5 falls match; there was a 2-hour time limit for the match
WWWF @ Washington DC – July 11, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Bobo Brazil fought Ernie Ladd & Gorilla Monsoon to a draw; there were two referees for the bout
Victor Rivera defeated Lou Albano
George Steele defeated Arnold Skaaland in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Johnny Rodz
Bull Ramos defeated Angelo Savoldi in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
Bobo Brazil defeated Tony Altimore in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
Earl Maynard fought Prof. Toru Tanaka to a curfew draw
WWWF @ Steubenville, OH – July 12, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon
WWWF @ Upper Marlboro, MD – Speedway – July 12, 1968
Arnold Skaaland vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Earl Maynard vs. Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera vs. George Steele
Eduard Carpentier vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Beaver Falls, PA – July 15, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought Lou Albano & Tony Altimore to a draw in a handicap match
WWWF @ Allentown, PA – Agriculture Hall – July 17, 1968
Arnold Skaaland defeated Carlos Colon
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Homer O�Dell
George Steele vs. Sammy Rubin
Little Beaver & Irish Jackie defeated Sky Low Low & Little Brutus in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2 falls to 1
Eduard Carpentier vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – July 18, 1968
Television taping:
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Lenny Solomon
Edouard Carpentier defeated Johnny Rodz
Donna Christianello & Joyce Grable defeated Patti Neilson & Toni Rose
Irish Jackie & Little Beaver defeated Little Brutus & Sky Low Low
Gorilla Monsoon & Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Carlo Colon & Pete Sanchez
Earl Maynard defeated George Steele via disqualification
WWWF @ Reading, PA – Municipal Stadium – July 19, 1968
Little Beaver & Irish Jackie vs. Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy Lamont (Best 2 out 3 falls)
Carlos Colon vs. Johnny Rodz
Earl Maynard vs. George Steele
Victor Rivera vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon
WWWF @ Reading, PA – Municipal Stadium – July 19, 1968
Little Beaver & Irish Jackie vs. Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy Lamont (Best 2 out 3 falls)
Carlos Colon vs. Johnny Rodz
Earl Maynard vs. George Steele
Victor Rivera vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – July 20, 1968
Edouard Carpentier & Earl Maynard defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera defeated the Kentucky Butcher
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Homer O’Nell
George Steele defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino via disqualification
Little Beaver & Irish Jackie defeated Sky Low Low & Little Brutus
Johnny Rodz defeated Carlos Colon
WWWF @ Atlantic City, NJ – Convention Hall Ballroom – July 23, 1968
Pete Sanchez defeated Sammy Solomon
Victor Rivera defeated Johnny Rodz
George Steele defeated Earl Maynard
Prof. Toru Tanaka & the Kentucky Butcher defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon via disqualification
Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – Summer 1968
Scott DeFazio fought John Sullivan to a draw
Theuma defeated Holtz
Haystacks Calhoun & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Dominic DeNucci defeated Bull Ramos
George Steele defeated Spiros Arion
Tony Altimore & Lou Albano defeated Batman & Ivan Pugliese
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Killer Kowalski
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – July 24, 1968
Arnold Skaaland defeated Homer O’Dell
Johnny Rodz fought Ernie Lassiter to a draw
Angelo Savoldi (sub. for Tony Altimore) & Lou Albano defeated Sammy Rubin & Lenny Solomon in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Pete Sanchez (sub. for Bull Ramos)
Prof. Toru Tanaka & Gorilla Monsoon fought Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera to a draw in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1: Monsoon’s team won; fall #2: Rivera’s team won; fall #3: both teams were disqualified
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated George Steele at 18:30
Pittsburgh, PA – July 26, 1968
Television taping:
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Edouard Carpentier defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
WWWF @ Asbury Park, NJ – Convention Hall – July 26, 1968
Arnold Skaaland vs. Lenny Solomon
Pete Sanchez vs. Johnny Rodz
Victor Rivera vs. George Steele
Earl Maynard & ? vs. Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (Best 2 out of 3 falls)
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – July 27, 1968 (9,730)
Ricky Sexton defeated Pete Sanchez
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
John Tzinas defeated Jack Murphy
Arnold Skaalnd defeated Homer O’Dell in a brass knuckles showdown
Earl Maynard defeated Bull Ramos via disqualification
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Angelo Savoldi (sub. for Hans Mortier)
Gorilla Monsoon fought Edouard Carpentier to a double disqualification
Victor Rivera defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
George Steele defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino via disqualification
Pittsburgh, PA – July 31, 1968
Television taping:
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – August 1, 1968
Television taping:
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Frank Hickey
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Pete Sanchez
Bull Ramos defeated Angelo Savoldi
Ernie Lassiter defeated Johnny Rodz in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; 2-0
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Lenny Solomon & Arnold Skaaland in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1
Victor Rivera defeated George Steele via count-out
Sendai, Japan – Miyagi Sports Center – August 2, 1968
Motoyuki Kitazawa defeated Kei Cho Shu via disqualification
Ushinosuke Hayashi defeated Mr. Chin via disqualification
Akihisa Takachiho (the Great Kabuki) pinned Atsuhide Koma
Kotetsu Yamamoto defeated Gantetsu Matsuoka via submission
Mitsu Hirai pinned Gino Brito
Antonio Inoki pinned Klondike Bill
Michiaki Yoshimura & Kintaro Oki defeated Ray Stevens & Skull Murphy in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1 – Murphy pinned Oki at 15:48; fall #2 – Oki pinned Murphy at 7:11; fall #3 – Stevens & Murphy were disqualified at 4:52
NWA International World Champion Giant Baba fought WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino to a draw in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #1 – Sammartino defeated Baba via submission with a reverse bearhug at 11:19; fall #2 – Baba pinned Sammartino with a diving body attack at 3:33; fall #3 – both men were counted out at 4:35; neither title was at stake
Yokohama, Japan – August 3, 1968
Hirano defeated Chin
Koma defeated Adachi
Matsuoka defeated Takachiho via disqualification
Kotetsu Yamamoto defeated Gino Brito
Klondike Bill defeated Mitsu Hirai
Kim Ill defeated Mike Loren
Ray Stevens defeated Michiaki Yoshimura via disqualification
NWA International World Champion Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Skull Murphy
Utsunomiya, Japan – August 4, 1968
Kitzawa defetaed Chin
Koma defeated Shibata
Kotetsu Yamamoto defeated Takachiho
Gino Brito defeated Gantetsu Matsuoka
Kantaro Hoshino defeated Mike Loren via disqualification
Skull Murphy defeated Michiaki Yoshimura via disqualification
NWA International World Champion Giant Baba, Kim Ill, & Antonio Inoki defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Ray Stevens, & Klondike Bill
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – August 6, 1968
Edouard Carpentier vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Also included a midgets tag match
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – August 7, 1968
Edouard Carpentier vs. George Steele
Also included a midgets tag match
Osaka, Japan – August 7, 1968
Klondike Bill defeated Kotetsu Yamamoto
Mike Loren defeated Mitsu Hirai via disqualification
Kim Ill defeated Gino Brito
Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura fought Skull Murphy & Ray Stevens to a double count-out
NWA International World Champion Giant Baba defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #1 – Sammartino defeated Baba with a Canadian back breaker at 12:58; fall #2 – Baba pinned Sammartino with a roll up at 4:28; fall #3 – Baba defeated Sammartino via count-out at 7:34; only the NWA title was on the line
Shizuoka, Japan – August 8, 1968
Kitazawa defetaed Shibata
Koma defeated Hayashi
Kantaro Hoshino defeated Matsuoka
Mike Loren defeated Takachiho
Mitsu Hirai defeated Gino Brito
Antonio Inoki defeated Klondike Bill
NWA International World Champion Giant Baba, Kim Ill, & Michiaki Yoshimura fought WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Ray Stevens, & Klondike Bill to a draw
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – August 8, 1968
Television taping: Victor Rivera defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka at 22:00
Lou Albano defeated Lenny Solomon
Ernie Lassiter defeated Frank Hickey
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Tony Altimore
Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Johnny Rodz
Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
Tokyo, Japan – August 9, 1968
Mike Loren defeated Gantetsu Matsuoka
Kotetsu Yamamoto defeated Gino Brito
Kim Ill defeated Klondike Bill
Skull Murphy defeated Michiaki Yoshimura
NWA International World Champion Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Ray Stevens (International Tag Team Title Match)
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – August 10, 1968
Sammy Rubin vs. Frank Hickey
Lenny Solomon vs. Al Smith
Louie Garcia vs. Arnold Skaaland
Pete Sanchez vs. Johnny Rodz
Eduard Carpentier & Earl Maynard vs. Gorilla Monsoon & Prof. Toru Tanaka
Victor Rivera vs. George Steele
Kanazawa, Japan – August 11, 1968
Hayashi defeated Chin
Matsuoka defeated Hirano
Takachiho defeated Koma
Ray Stevens defeated Mitsu Hirai
Kotetsu Yamamoto defeated Mike Loren via disqualification
Michiaki Yoshimura defeated Gino Brito
NWA International World Champion Giant Baba, Kim Ill, & Antonio Inoki defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Klondike Bill, & Skull Murphy
WWWF @ Hershey, PA – Sports Arena – August 12, 1968
George Steele vs. Edouard Carpentier
Bull Ramos vs. Gorilla Monsoon
Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. Victor Rivera
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher vs. Arnold Skaaland
Lenny Solomon vs. Johnny Rodz
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore vs. Luis Garcia & Pete Sanchez
Takayama, Japan – August 12, 1968
Hayashi defeated Adachi
Matsuoka defeated Chin
Klondike Bill defeated Kotetsu Yamamoto
Mitsu Hirai fought Mike Loren to a draw
Antonio Inoki fought Skull Murphy to a double count-out
NWA International World Champion Giant Baba, Kim Ill, & Michiaki Yoshimura defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Gino Brito, & Ray Stevens
WWWF @ Atlantic City, NJ – Convention Hall Ballroom – August 13, 1968
Lou Albano defeated Pete Sanchez
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon (sub. for Luis Garcia)
Tony Altimore defeated Frank Hickey
George Steele defeated Bull Ramos
Gorilla Monsoon, Virgil the Kentucky Butcher, & Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Arnold Skaaland (sub. for Edouard Carpentier), Ernie Lassiter, & Victor Rivera in a Best 3 out of 5 falls match
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – August 15, 1968
Lou Albano defeated Pete Sanchez
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Angelo Savoldi & Frank Hickey in a handicap match
Ernie Lassiter defeated Tony Altimore
Professor Toru Tanaka defeated Arnold Skaaland
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Earl Maynard, & Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos, Virgil the Kentucky Butcher, & George Steele
WWWF @ Asbury Park, NJ – Convention Hall – August 16, 1968
Arnold Skaaland vs. Johnny Rodz
Victor Rivera vs. Bull Ramos
Earl Maynard vs. George Steele
Edouard Carpentier & Lenny Solomon vs. Gorilla Monsoon & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – August 17, 1968
Irish Jackie & the Jamaica Kid defeated Sky Low Low & Little Brutus
Arnold Skaaland defeated Frank Hickey
Argentina Apollo defeated Bull Ramos
Dick Steinborn fought Earl Maynard to a draw
Bobo Brazil defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Atlantic City, NJ – August 20, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – August 20, 1968
George Steele vs. Bill Miller
Edouard Carpentier vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (Best 2 out of 3 falls match)
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – August 21, 1968
Bill Miller vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Edouard Carpentier vs. George Steele (Best 2 out of 3 falls match)
WWWF @ Reading, PA – Municipal Stadium – August 21, 1968
Little Brutus & Sky Low Low vs. Irish Jackie & the Jamaica Kid
Victor Rivera & Pete Sanchez vs. Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Bull Ramos
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Washington DC – August 22, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – August 24, 1968
Ricky Sexton (sub. for Bull Ramos) defeated Frank Hickey
Arnold Skaaland defeated Johnny Rodz
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka
Early Maynard defeated Dick Steinborn
Irish Jackie & the Jamaica Kid defeated Sky Low Low & Little Brutus
Edouard Carpentier & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought George Steele to a no contest in a Texas Death Match when the referee was knocked out
WWWF @ Atlantic City, NJ – Convention Hall – August 27, 1968
Pete Sanchez defeated Frank Hickey
Bull Ramos defeated Arnold Skaaland
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Lou Albano defeated Dick Steinborn
Dr. Bill Miller defeated Tony Altimore
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Gorilla Monsoon in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – August 28, 1968
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Arnold Skaaland (sub. for Edouard Carpentier) at the 14-minute mark
Tony Altimore defeated Lenny Solomon at the 12-minute mark
Women’s Champion the Fabulous Moolah & Diamond Lil defeated Barbara Owens & Darling Dagmar in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Bull Ramos & Gorilla Monsoon vs. Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Dr. Bill Miller at the 13-minute mark via submission with a half crab
WWWF @ Concord, NH – Douglas Everett Arena – September 2, 1968 (600)
Johnny Rodz fought John Tzinas to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Bull Ramos pinned Lenny Solomon at 10:25
Victor Rivera pinned Virgil the Kentucky Butcher at 23:15; Pete Sanchez was the guest referee for the bout
Arnold Skaaland & Ricky Sexton defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1: Altimore pinned Sexton; fall #2: Sexton pinned Albano; fall #3: Sexton & Skaaland won via disqualification
WWWF @ New London, CT – Ocean Beach Park Auditorium – September 4, 1968 (810)
Arnold Skaaland defeated Angelo Savoldi at 10:25
Bull Ramos defeated Pete Sanchez at 12:20
Joe Esposito defeated Johnny Rodz at 16:00
Victor Rivera defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher via disqualification at 17:35
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Lenny Solomon & Ricky Sexton in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #3: Albano pinned Solomon
WWWF @ Spotsylvania, VA – High School Stadium – September 6, 1968
Pete Sanchez vs. Lenny Solomon
Arnold Skaaland & Angelo Savoldi vs. Earl Maynard & Johnny Rodz (Best 2 out of 3 falls)
Spiros Arion vs. Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – September 7, 1968 (7,000)
Pete Sanchez defeated Angelo Savoldi
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon (sub. for Arnold Skaaland)
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Dr. Bill Miller (sub. for Lenny Solomon)
Arnold Skaaland (sub. for Earl Maynard) & Spiros Arion defeated Tony Altimore & Lou Albano in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Victor Rivera via disqualification
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated George Steele via count-out at 16:51
Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – September 8, 1968
Gorilla Monsoon vs. the Battman
George Steele vs. Spiros Arion
Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. Chief White Owl
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Luke Graham
Also included a midget tag team match
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – September 10, 1968
Victor Rivera & Spiros Arion vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Bull Ramos (Best 2 out of 3 falls match)
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Edouard Carpentier
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – September 11, 1968 (1,400)
Ricky Sexton fought John Tzinas to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher pinned Johnny Rodz
Bull Ramos pinned Angelo Savoldi at 10:10
Gorilla Monsoon fought Spiros Arion to a no contest
Edouard Carpentier & Victor Rivera defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: Carpentier’s team won via disqualification at 14:22 when Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher interfered; fall #2: Carpentier’s team won at 4:29
WWWF @ Washington DC – September 12, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Earl Maynard vs. Gorilla Monsoon & George Steele
Pittsburgh, PA – September 13, 1968
Frank Holtz defeated Dr. Bill Miller via disqualification
Johnny DeFazio defeated Jim Grabmire
Baron Mikel Scicluna fought Victor Rivera to a no contest
The Sicilians defeated Earl Maynard & Bobby Hunt
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated the Batman when the match was stopped due to injury
Spiros Arion fought Gorilla Monsoon to a draw
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos via disqualification
WWWF @ Washington DC – September 13, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – September 14, 1968
Angelo Savoldi (sub. for Woody Farmer) defeated Lenny Solomon
Ricky Sexton defeated Johnny Rodz
John Tzinas defeated Pete Sanchez
Earl Maynard (sub. for Edouard Carpentier) fought Baton Mikel Scicluna to a draw
Arnold Skaaland defeated Chuck Richards (sub. for Earl Maynard)
Johnny Fitzpatrick defeated Bull Ramos
Gorilla Monsoon fought Victor Rivera to a draw
Spiros Arion defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought George Steele to a no contest when both men were deemed too bloody to continue; there were two referees for the bout
WWWF @ Manchester, NH – JFK Coliseum – September 17, 1968
John Tzinas defeated Angelo Savoldi at 8:12
Victor Rivera defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher at 17:40
Spiros Arion defeated Bull Ramos
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Arnold Skaaland & Earl Maynard in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon at 17:30
Fairmont, WV – September 20, 1968
Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. John L. Sullivan
Johnny DeFazio vs. Jim Grabmire
Lucille Dupree vs. Marva Scott
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & the Battman defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Allentown, PA – High School – September 20, 1968
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Lou Albano defeated Pete Sanchez
Earl Maynard defeated Tony Altimore
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Arnold Skaaland
Victor Rivera & Spiros Arion defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Chuck Adcock
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – September 21, 1968
Tony Altimore & Lou Albano vs. Lenny Solomon & Sam Rubin
Johnny Rodz vs. Pete Sanchez
Spiros Arion vs. Chuck Adcock
Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. Bull Ramos
Rocky Fitzpatrick vs. Earl Maynard
Victor Rivera vs. Gorilla Monsoon
WWWF @ East Liverpool, OH – September 21, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Battman defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Steubenville, OH – September 22, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated George Steele
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – September 23, 1968
Earl Maynard fought Baron Mikel Scicluna to a draw
Tony Altimore & Lou Albano defeated Arnold Skaaland & Pete Sanchez in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Bull Ramos defeated Lenny Solomon at 9:54
Johnny Rodz defeated Chuck Adcox at 8:11
Spiros Arion defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher at 9:40
Victor Rivera pinned George Steele at 10:41
Gorilla Monsoon fought Bobo Brazil to a double count-out at 11:43 when Brazil headbutted Monsoon out of the ring and followed him out, with neither man returning in time
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick (Bob Orton Sr.) via submission with the backbreaker at 8:37
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – September 24, 1968 (1,500)
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Chuck Adcox at 15:26
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher at 12:55
Victor Rivera & Spiros Arion defeated Tony Altimore & Lou Albano in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, fall #1: the Sicilians were disqualified at 14:32; fall #2: Arion pinned Albano at 3:36
Bull Ramos fought Earl Maynard to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Edouard Carpentier at 20:35; there were two referees for the bout
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – September 25, 1968
Spiros Arion vs. Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera & Edouard Carpentier vs. Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (Best 2 out of 3 falls match)
WWWF @ Upper Marlboro, MD – Speedway – September 27, 1968
Included Earl Maynard
WWWF @ Johnstown, PA – September 27, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Batman defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Newark, NJ – September 28, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Victor Rivera, & Art Thomas defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher, Baron Mikel Scicluna, & Joe Thomas
WWWF @ Washington DC – Coliseum – September 30, 1968
Tony Altimore defeated Chuck Adcock
Lou Albano defeated Johnny Rodz
Spiros Arion defeated Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Donna Christianello & Joyce Grable defeated Doris Ponds & Bette Boucher
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Earl Maynard, & Bobo Brazil defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick, Gorilla Monsoon, & Baron Mikel Scicluna in a Best 3 out of 5 falls match, 3-1
WWWF @ Hagerstown, MD – Armory – October 1, 1968
Chuck Adcock vs. Angelo Savoldi
Ernie Lassiter vs. Bull Ramos
Bette Boucher & Toni Rose vs. Joyce Grable & Doris Ponds (Best 2 out of 3 falls)
Spiros Arion vs. Rocky Fitzpatrick
WWWF @ Scranton, PA – October 2, 1968
Lou Albano defeated Gus Pappas
Johnny Rodz defeated Pete Sanchez
Tony Altimore fought Arnold Skaaland to a draw
The Kentucky Butcher & Gorilla Monsoon defeated Jimmy Jones & Victor Rivera
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – October 2, 1968
Lou Albano defeated Chuck Adcock
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Tony Altimore
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Angelo Savoldi (sub. for Victor Rivera)
Donna Christianello (sub. for Doris Ponds) & Joyce Grable defeated Bette Boucher & Toni Rose in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Victor Rivera (sub. for Earl Maynard) defeated Bull Ramos
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Spiros Arion defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick & Gorilla Monsoon in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; Haystacks Calhoun was the guest referee
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – October 3, 1968
Television taping:
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore in a handicap match
Spiros Arion defeated Chuck Adcock
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Arnold Skaaland
The Sheik defeated Angelo Savoldi
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Frank Holtz
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Joe Thomas
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Wheeling, WV – October 4, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & the Battman fought Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Bull Ramos to a draw
WWWF @ New London, CT – Ocean Beach Park Auditorium – October 4, 1968 (1,238)
Joe Esposito defeated Angelo Savoldi
Arnold Skaaland defeated Johnny Rodz
Lenny Solomon (sub. for Earl Maynard) & Victor Rivera defeated Chuck Adcox & Joe Thomas in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0; fall #1: Adcox’s team were disqualified; fall #2: Solomon’s team won
Spiros Arion defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick (sub. for Gorilla Monsoon)
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ McKeesport, PA – October 5, 1968
Lou Albano defeated Hurricane Hunt
John L. Sullivan defeated Tony Altimore via disqualification
Tony Pugliese defeated Jim Grabmire
The Kentucky Butcher & Bull Ramos defeated Batman & Johnny DeFazio
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – October 5, 1968
Television taping:
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Joe Thomas
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Lenny Solomon
Spiros Arion defeated Johnny Rodz
Chuck Adcock defeated Pete Sanchez
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – October 5, 1968
Arnold Skaaland defeated Chuck Adcock
Angelo Savoldi fought Pete Sanchez to a draw
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Joe Thomas
Spiros Arion & Haystacks Calhoun defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated George Steele in a Texas Death Match
WWWF @ Trenton, NJ – October 6, 1968
Lil Abner defeated Johnny Rodz
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Pete Sanchez
Spiros Arion defeated Bull Ramos
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Chuck Adcock & Angelo Savoldi in a handicap match
Haystacks Calhoun & Victor Rivera defeated the Kentucky Butcher & Baron Mikel Scicluna
– 10/9/68: Eddie Guerrero was born.
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – October 10, 1968
Television taping:
The Sheik defeated Frank Durso
Haystacks Calhoun & Victor Rivera defeated Chuck Adcock & Bull Ramos
Frank Holtz defeated Angelo Savoldi
Arnold Skaaland defeated Lenny Solomon
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Pete Sanchez
Spiros Arion defeated Johnny Rodz
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Ernie Lassiter defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick & Gorilla Monsoon
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – October 12, 1968
Joe Lacreta defeated Angelo Savoldi
Arnold Skaaland defeated Chuck Adcock
Victor Rivera defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Ernie Lassiter (sub. for Earl Maynard)
Gorilla Monsoon fought Spiros Arion to a draw
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Bull Ramos
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated George Steele in a stretcher match
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – October 12, 1968
Television taping:
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Pete Sanchez
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Angelo Savoldi
Chuck Adcock defeated Lenny Solomon
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Joe Thomas in a handicap match
WWWF @ Worcester, MA – October 14, 1968
Haystacks Calhoun & Victor Rivera vs. Gorilla Monsoon & the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Beaver Falls, PA – October 14, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Batman defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore via count-out
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – October 16, 1968
Haystacks Calhoun vs. Bull Ramos
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera vs. Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna (sub. for Virgil the Kentucky Butcher)
Included 3 other bouts
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – October 17, 1968
Television taping:
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera defeated Lou Albano
Spiros Arion defeated Tony Altimore
Ernie Lassiter defeated Frank Durso
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Chuck Adcock
The Sheik defeated Frank Holtz
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Haystacks Calhoun defeated Bull Ramos & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – October 18, 1968
John L. Sullivan defeated Ron Romano
Victor Rivera defeated Jim Grabmire
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Frank Holtz & Hurricane Hunt in a handicap match
Spiros Arion defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Chuck Adcock
Johnny DeFazio & Tony Pugliese defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore via disqualification
Batman defeated the Kentucky Butcher via disqualification
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – October 19, 1968
Television taping:
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Lenny Solomon
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Arnold Skaaland
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Johnny Rodz & Angelo Savoldi in a handicap match
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Chuck Adcock
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – October 19, 1968
Sammy Rubin defeated Johnny Rodz
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Pete Sanchez & Arnold Skaaland
Lenny Solomon defeated Chuck Adcock
Haystacks Calhoun, Spiros Arion, & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon, Bull Ramos, & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick via disqualification
Pittsburgh, PA – October 19, 1968
Television taping:
Hurricane Hunt fought John L. Sullivan to a draw
Batman defeated Ron Romano
The Kentucky Butcher defeated Frank Holtz
Johnny DeFazio & Tony Pugliese defeated Frank Durso & Jim Grabmire
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – October 21, 1968 (10,443)
Pete Sanchez defeated Chuck Adcox at 10:31
Tony Altimore defeated Johnny Rodz
Lou Albano defeated Lenny Solomon at 14:59
Bobo Brazil & Ernie Lassiter defeated the Kentucky Butcher & Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera & Haystacks Calhoun defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Spiros Arion defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick at 7:54
The Sheik defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino via count-out at 12:16 when, after pushing the challenger into the ring, Sammartino could not meet the referee’s count
WWWF @ Hagerstown, MD – Armory – October 23, 1968
Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. Arnold Skaaland
Rocky Fitzpatrick vs. Earl Maynard
Victor Rivera vs. Bull Ramos
Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher vs. Haystacks Calhoun & Spiros Arion
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – October 24, 1968
Television taping:
Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Haystacks Calhoun & Victor Rivera
Frank Holtz & Arnold Skaaland defeated the Sicilians
Bull Ramos defeated Pete Sanchez
The Butcher defeated Johnny Rodz
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Lenny Soloman
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Frank Durso
Spiros Arion defeated Chuck Adcock
WWWF @ Lowell, MA – Memorial Auditorium – October 25, 1968
Pete Sanchez vs. Johnny Rodz
Joe Locreta vs. Arnold Skaaland
Rocky Fitzpatrick vs. Lenny Solomon
Spiros Arion vs. Joe Adcock
Haystacks Calhoun & Victor Rivera vs. Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ Washington DC – Coliseum – October 28, 1968
Al Nelson defeated Johnny Rodz
Lou Albano defeated Lenny Soloman
Ernie Lassiter defeated Chuck Adcock
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Tony Altimore
Spiros Arion defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick
Haystacks Calhoun & Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos & Virgil the Butcher
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Bobo Brazil fought the Sheik & Gorilla Monsoon to a draw in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #3: both teams were disqualified
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – October 29, 1968
Haystacks Calhoun & Ernie Lassiter vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Baron Mikel Scicluna (Best 2 out of 3 falls match)
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Edouard Carpentier
WWWF @ Waterville, ME – Armory – October 30, 1968
Edouard Carpentier & Haystacks Calhoun vs. Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (Best 2 out of 3 falls match)
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – October 31, 1968
Television taping:
Ernie Lassiter defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
The Sheik defeated Pete Sanchez
Arnold Skaaland defeated Tony Altimore
The Butcher defeated Gus Pappas
Lou Albano defeated Lenny Soloman
Haystacks Calhoun, Victor Rivera & Spiros Arion defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick, Bull Ramos & Chuck Adcock
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – November 2, 1968
Television taping:
11/16/68:
Victor Rivera defeated Chuck Adcock
Pete Sanchez defeated Johnny Rodz via disqualification
Little Beaver defeated Billy the Kid
The Sheik defeated Lenny Solomon
11/23/68:
The Sheik defeated Pete Sanchez
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Arnold Skaaland
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Lenny Solomon
Spiros Arion defeated Chuck Adcock
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – November 2, 1968
Arnold Skaaland defeated Johnny Rodz
Angelo Savoldi defeated Lenny Solomon
Pete Sanchez defeated Chuck Adcock
Little Beaver defeated Joey Russell
Spiros Arion defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna via disqualification
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera fought Gorilla Monsoon & Rocky Fitzpatrick to a no contest
WWWF @ Washington DC – November 7, 1968
Television taping:
Bull Ramos defeated Arnold Skaaland
Spiros Arion defeated Johnny Rodz
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Lenny Solomon
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Frank Durso
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Frank Holtz & Pete Sanchez
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – November 9, 1968
Pete Sanchez defeated Johnny Rodz
Joe LaCreta defeated Chuck Adcock
Little Beaver & Joey Russell defeated Little Brutus & Billy the Kid
Bull Ramos defeated Louis Cerdan
Haystacks Calhoun, Spiros Arion, & Antonio Pugliese defeated Gorilla Monsoon, George Steele, & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick via disqualification
WWWF @ Trenton, NJ – Moose Hall – November 11, 1968
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Angelo Savoldi at 11:05
Spiros Arion defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna at 13:20
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Bull Ramos 11:30
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Chuck Adcock in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1: Albano & Altimore won; fall #2: Butcher & Adcock won; fall #3: Albano & Altimore won
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon via disqualification at 18:25
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – November 13, 1968
Angelo Savoldi vs. Pete Sanchez
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Pete Sanchez (sub. for Arnold Skaaland) defeated Chuck Adcock
Tony Altimore & Lou Albano defeated Ernie Lassiter & Al Nelson in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match at the 22-minute mark
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Bull Ramos
Spiros Arion defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick
The Sheik & Gorilla Monsoon defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Haystacks Calhoun in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match at the 17-minute mark; fall #1: Monsoon pinned Calhoun; fall #2: Calhoun pinned Monsoon; fall #3: Sheik pinned Sammartino after Monsoon tripped Sammartino from the floor
WWWF @ Washington DC – November 14, 1968
Television taping:
11/23/68:
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Frank Holtz
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Angelo Savoldi
Tony Altimore defeated Lenny Solomon
Bull Ramos defeated Chuck Adcock
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Johnny Rodz & Frank Durso in a handicap match
Lou Albano defeated Pete Sanchez
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Spiros Arion defeated the Sheik & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – November 15, 1968
Antonio Pugliese defeated Chuck Adcock
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore defeated Johnny DeFazio & Hurricane Hunt
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated John L. Sullivan
Spiros Arion defeated Jim Grabmire
Bob Orton defeated Frank Holtz
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Bull Ramos
Gorilla Monsoon & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Batman
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – November 16, 1968
Rubin defeated Lou Albano
Angelo Savoldi defeated Chuck Adcock
Lenny Solomon defeated Johnny Rodz
Tony Altimore defeated Pete Sanchez
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Spiros Arion, & Haystacks Calhoun defeated Gorilla Monsoon, Rocky Fitzpatrick, & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – November 18, 1968 (12,000+)
Lou Albano defeated Angelo Savoldi
Tony Altimore defeated Lenny Solomon
Johnny Rodz defeated Chuck Adcock via disqualification
Pete Sanchez defeated Bull Ramos via disqualification
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Ernie Lassiter
Haystacks Calhoun, Spiros Arion, & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon, Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated the Sheik via disqualification at 6:14 when the Sheik began biting Sammartino’s nose; prior to the bout, the Sheik and Abdullah Farouk attacked Dominic DeNucci; DeNucci then threw the Sheik to the floor and went after Farouk
WWWF @ Allentown, PA – High School Palestra – November 19, 1968
Tony Altimore vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Lenny Solomon vs. Lou Albano
Arnold Skaaland vs. Baron Mikel Scicluna
Chuck Adcock vs. Rocky Fitzpatrick
Haystacks Calhoun & Spiros Arion vs. Gorilla Monsoon & Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Washington DC – November 21, 1968
Teleivsion taping:
11/30/68:
The Sheik defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeataed the Black Shadow via submission
Bull Ramos defeated Lenny Solomon
Dominic DeNucci fought Chuck Adcock to a draw
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Pete Sanchez
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Johnny Rodz
Haystacks Calhoun & Spiros Arion defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore when Calhoun pinned Albano
Rostever, PA – Monneson High School – November 22, 1968
Ace Freeman vs. Frank Holtz
Lou Albano & Tony Alitmore vs. Johnny DeFazio & the Battman
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (Best 2 out of 3 falls)
WWWF @ Elizabeth, NJ – Armory – November 23, 1968
Gus Pappas defeated Angelo Savoldi
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Pete Sanchez defeated Chuck Adcock
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Arnold Skaaland
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino, Haystacks Calhoun, & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon, Bull Ramos, & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ Washington DC – Coliseum – November 25, 1968
Al Nelson defeated Chuck Adcock
Ernie Lassiter defeated the Dark Shadow
Arnold Skaaland defeated Tony Altimore
Spiros Arion, Haystacks Calhoun, & Victor Rivera defeated Virgil the Butcher, Bull Ramos, & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Dominic DeNucci (sub. for WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino) defeated Gorilla Monsoon via disqualification
US Champion Bobo Brazil fought the Sheik to a draw
WWWF @ Portland, ME – Expo Building – November 26, 1968
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
Rocky Fitzpatrick & Bull Ramos vs. Victor Rivera & Spiros Arion
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Haystacks Calhoun
WWWF @ Bangor, ME – Auditorium – November 27, 1968
Haystacks Calhoun, Victor Rivera, & Spiros Arion vs. Gorilla Monsoon, Rocky Fitzpatrick, & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (Best 3 out of 5 falls match)
WWWF @ Washington DC – November 28, 1968
Television taping:
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Pete Sanchez
Ernie Lassiter defeated Ron Wright
Dominic DeNucci defeated Chuck Adcock
Carlos Colon defeated Johnny Rodz
Killer Kowalski defeated Lenny Solomon
Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Dominic DeNucci & Pete Sanchez
WWWF @ New London, CT – Ocean Beach Park Auditorium – November 29, 1968 (1,000; 920 paid)
Pete Sanchez pinned Chuck Adcock at 17:45
Joe Esposito pinned Johnny Rodz at 18:34
Sprios Arion defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick via disqualification at 16:32
Victor Rivera defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna after the 20-minute mark
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino pinned Gorilla Monsoon at 19:15 (Sammartino’s debut in the city)
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – November 30, 1968
Lenny Solomon defeated Chuck Adcock
Arnold Skaaland defeated Ron Wright
Pete Sanchez defeated Angelo Savoldi
Spiros Arion defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick
Johnny Rodz defeated Carlos Colon
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Gorilla Monsoon defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino via count-out
WWWF @ Butler, PA – December 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Trenton, NJ – Moose Hall – December 2, 1968
Arnold Skaaland defeated Johnny Rodz
Pete Sanchez defeated Chuck Adcock
Bull Ramos defeated Carlos Colon (sub. for Rocky Fitzpatrick)
Spiros Arion defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Haystacks Calhoun & Victor Rivera defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna
WWWF @ Scranton, PA – CYC – December 3, 1968
WWWF @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – December 4, 1968
Ernie Lassiter defeated Lou Albano
Spiros Arion defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher defeated Joe Adcock (sub. for Dominic DeNucci)
Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos
Killer Kowalski defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Haystacks Calhoun defeated Gorilla Monsoon & the Sheik via disqualification
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – December 5, 1968
Television taping:
Tony Altimore defeated Carlos Colon
Johnny Rodz defeated Chuck Adcock
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Angelo Savoldi
Killer Kowalski defeated Pete Sanchez
Dominic DeNucci defeated Lou Albano
Spiros Arion, Victor Rivera, & Haystacks Calhoun defeated the Sheik, Gorilla Monsoon, & Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bull Ramos
WWWF @ Lowell, MA – Memorial Auditorium – December 6, 1968
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Pete Sanchez & Ricky Sexton (handicap match)
Lenny Solomon vs. Johnny Rodz
Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. Arnold Skaaland
Joe LaCreta vs. Chuck Adcock
Victor Rivera & Haystacks Calhoun vs. Bull Ramos & Rocky Fitzpatrick
Pittsburgh, PA – December 7, 1968
Television taping:
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Johnny Carr
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – December 7, 1968
Television taping:
Rocky Fitzpatrick defeated Pete Sanchez
Lou Albano defeated Lenny Solomon
Spiros Arion defeated Chuck Adcock
– 12/8/68: Michael Cole is born.
– 12/9/68: Kurt Angle is born.
WWWF @ New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden – December 9, 1968 (10,943)
Victor Rivera defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick
Dominic DeNucci defeated Bull Ramos
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Chuck Adcock
Gorilla Monsoon fought Haystacks Calhoun to a no contest
Spiros Arion defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Carlos Colon defeated Lou Albano
Tony Altimore defeated Pete Sanchez
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon
Killer Kowalski defeated Tony Pugliese
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated the Sheik in a Texas Death Match at 9:58 after Sammartino took a pen away from the challenger and used it to jab at the challenger’s arm until it became bloody and the challenger submitted
WWWF @ Brattleboro, VT – Rec. Hall – December 10, 1968
Lou Albano vs. Arnold Skaaland
Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. Victor Rivera
Tony Altimore vs. Rocky Fitzpatrick
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Chuck Adcock
Haystacks Calhoun & Spiros Arion vs. Bull Ramos & the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Athol, MA – Town Hall – December 11, 1968
Arnold Skaaland vs. Bull Ramos
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher vs. Chuck Adcock
Victor Rivera vs. Lou Albano
Gorilla Monsoon vs. Tony Altimore
Haystacks Calhoun & Spiros Arion vs. Baron Mikel Scicluna & Rocky Fitzpatrick
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – December 12, 1968
Television taping:
Lou Albano defeated Lenny Solomon
Tony Altimore defeated Angelo Savoldi
Johnny Rodz defeated Pete Sanchez
Killer Kowalski defeated Arnold Skaaland
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Bull Ramos
Carlos Colon defeated Chuck Adcock
Ernie Lassitter defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Pittsburgh, PA – December 13, 1968
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher via submission with the bearhug
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – December 14, 1968
Television taping:
Victor Rivera defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna via disqualification
Killer Kowalski defeated Pete Sanchez
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Johnny Rodz & Angelo Savoldi in a handicap match
The Sheik defeated Lenny Solomon
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – December 14, 1968
Pete Sanchez fought Carlos Colon to a draw
Spiros Arion defeated Johnny Rodz
Baron Mikel Scicluna fought Dominic DeNucci to a draw
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Chuck Adcock (sub. for Virgil the Kentucky Butcher)
Victor Rivera defeated Bull Ramos
Killer Kowalski defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon via count-out
WWWF @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – December 16, 1968 (9,005)
Pete Sanchez & Victor Rivera defeated Lou Albano & Tony Altimore
Carlo Colon defeated Johnny Rodz
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Chuck Adcox
Arnold Skaaland defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
The Sheik defeated Spiros Arion
Killer Kowalski defeated Bull Ramos
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Haystacks Calhoun defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick & Gorilla Monsoon in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
WWWF @ Washington DC – National Arena – December 19, 1968
Television taping:
Carlos Colon fought Johnny Rodz to a draw
Pete Sanchez defeated Angelo Savoldi via disqualification
Arnold Skaaland defeated Lenny Solomon
Victor Rivera defeated Tony Altimore
Spiros Arion defeated Lou Albano
Aliquippa, PA – High School Gym – December 21, 1968
The Battman vs. Killer Kowalski
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – December 21, 1968
Television taping:
The Sheik defeated Carlos Colon
Spiros Arion defeated Chuck Adcock
Killer Kowalski defeated Ron Wright
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Rocky Fitzpatrick
Pittsburgh, PA – December 21, 1968
Television taping:
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon via count-out
WWWF @ Washington DC – December 26, 1968
Television taping:
Victor Rivera & Spiros Arion defeated Tony Altimore & Lou Albano in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
Ernie Lassiter defeated Angelo Savoldi in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0
Johnny Rodz defeated Lenny Solomon in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1
Gorilla Monsoon defeated Carlos Colon & Pete Sanchez at 7:15 in a handicap match
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Gorilla Monsoon at 24:30
WWWF @ Lowell, MA – Memorial Auditorium – December 27, 1968
Carlos Colon & Victor Rivera vs. Lou Albano & Tony Altimore (Best 2 out 3 falls)
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Gorilla Monsoon
Also included 3 other matches
WWWF @ Hagerstown, MD – Armory – December 27, 1968
Sky Low Low & Little Brutus vs. Irish Jackie & Little Beaver
Johnny Rodz vs. Pete Sanchez
Baron Mikel Scicluna vs. Dominic Denucci
Spiros Arion vs. Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – December 28, 1968
Television taping:
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Arnold Skaaland
Haystacks Calhoun defeated Chuck Adcock & Johnny Rodz in a handicap match
Killer Kowalski defeated Lenny Solomon
Carlos Colon defeated Angelo Savoldi
WWWF @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – December 28, 1968
Tony Altimore defeated Pete Sanchez (sub. for Arnold Skaaland)
Lou Albano defeated Angelo Savoldi
Arnold Skaaland defeated Johnny Rodz
Gorilla Monsoon fought Spiros Arion to a draw
Victor Rivera defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought Killer Kowalski (sub. for the Sheik) to a no contest
WWWF @ Washington DC – Coliseum – December 30, 1968
Johnny Rodz defeated Pete Sanchez
Lenny Solomon defeated Lou Albano
Carlos Colon defeated Tony Altimore
Victor Rivera defeated Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Gorilla Monsoon fought Spiros Arion to a draw
The Fabulous Moolah & Toni Rose defeated Donna Christanello & Barbara Owens
Bobo Brazil defeated the Sheik