Denver, Colorado:  Friday, January 23, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Tag Team Champions The Vachon Brothers (Maurice
and Paul Vachon) b. Edouard Carpentier and Pepper Gomez (DQ) … Harley Race b.
Billy “Red” Lyons … Bill Watts b. Luke Graham … Bob Windham b. Jack Pesek …
(promoter:  Gene Reed) … (7,015 fans) … (Stock Show Week Wrestling Event)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, February 6, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … The Crusher b. Maurice Vachon (2/3) (Crusher won the first fall
with a knee drop, Vachon won the second and Crusher took the third) … Pepper Gomez
b. Paul Vachon … Reggie Parks vs. Harley Race … Buddie Smith vs. Bob Windham …
Jack Pesek vs. Joe Scarpello … (promoter:  Gene Reed)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, February 23, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Harley Race
(18:30) … Edouard Carpentier and The Crusher b. The Vachon Brothers (Maurice and
Paul Vachon) (2-0) (non-title match) … Lars Anderson and Red Bastien drew (20:00) …
Pepper Gomez b. Dr. X (22:13) … (promoter:  Gene Reed) … (7,560 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Tuesday, March 10, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne and Red Bastien
were both counted out in 23:25 … Pepper Gomez b. Joe Blanchard … Blackjack Lanza b.
Wilbur Snyder … AWA World Tag Team Champions The Vachon Brothers (Maurice and
Paul Vachon) b. Edouard Carpentier and The Crusher by disqualification … (promoter:  
Gene Reed)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, March 26, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … Edouard Carpentier b. Maurice Vachon by reverse decision (2/3)
(Vachon won the first fall in 10:04, Carpentier won the second in 3:42, Carpentier won by
reverse decision after Vachon scored a pinfall in 4:40) (the referee ruled that Vachon
had used the ropes to score the pin in the third fall) … Blackjack Lanza b. Pepper Gomez
when the latter was unable to continue (Gomez suffered an injured left knee during the
first fall) … Paul Vachon b. Reggie Parks … Bob Windham b. Luke Graham … Billy
Howard and Buddy Smith drew … (promoter:  Gene Reed) … (referee:  Danny Loos) …
(5,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, April 9, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … The Crusher b. Dr. X (2/3) … Pepper Gomez b. Blackjack Lanza by
countout (Lanza was accompanied by his manager Bobby Heenan) … Bob Windham b.
Jim Osborne … Red Bastien b. Jack Pesek … Edouard Carpentier b. Lars Anderson …
(promoter:  Gene Reed) … (5,961 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, April 24, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … The Crusher and Verne Gagne b. The Vachon Brothers (Maurice
and Paul Vachon) (2/3) (the match was billed as being for the World Tag Team Title) …
Pepper Gomez b. Larry Hennig … Blackjack Lanza b. Bob Windham … Joe Blanchard
and Jack Pesek drew … (promoter:  Gene Reed)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, May 15, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … The Crusher b. Dr. X (2/3) (Crusher won the first fall in 8:19 with a
bolo punch, Dr. X won the second in 9:08, Crusher won the third by disqualification when
X’s second interfered) … Double X b. Jack Pesek … Edouard Carpentier and Pepper
Gomez b. Lars Anderson and Larry Hennig … Reggie Parks b. Ali Ben Kahn …
(promoter:  Gene Reed)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, May 29, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … The Crusher and Pepper Gomez b. The Vachon Brothers (Maurice
and Paul Vachon) by DQ (2/3) (Butcher pinned Gomez for the first fall in 6:20, Gomez
won the second in 2:01, Crusher and Gomez won the third by disqualification) … Dr. X b.
Bill “Red” Lyons … Paul Diamond b. Double X … Edouard Carpentier b. Lars Anderson
(DQ) … (promoter:  Gene Reed)


Denver, Colorado:  Friday, July 10, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … The Vachon Brothers (Maurice and Paul Vachon) b. The Crusher
and Verne Gagne … Pepper Gomez b. Bad Boy Shields (DQ) … Red Bastien b.
Blackjack Lanza … Paul Diamond b. Double X (2/3) … (promoter:  Gene Reed)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, July 31, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher b. AWA World Tag Team
Champions The Vachon Brothers (Maurice and Paul Vachon) (2/3) (DQ in third) (title did
not change hands on the DQ) … Red Bastien b. Larry Hennig … Pepper Gomez b.
Tarzan Tyler … Ken Yates b. Kenny Jay … (promoter:  Gene Reed)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, August 28, 1970
(Denver Coliseum) … The Crusher b. Maurice Vachon (17:38) (special 10’ chain link
locked cage match) (no time-limit, no disqualification) … Red Bastien, Edouard
Carpentier and Pepper Gomez b. Lars Anderson, Larry Hennig and Paul Vachon (2/3) …
Paul Diamond b. Double X … Blackjack Lanza b. Dr. X … Bull Bullinski b. George
Gadaski … (promoter:  Gene Reed) … (10,260 fans) … (billed as the Super
Extravaganza)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, September 18, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Paul Diamond
when the latter was unable to continue … Blackjack Lanza b. Edouard Carpentier (DQ)
… Red Bastien and Pepper Gomez b. Lars Anderson and Larry Hennig (2/3) … Bad Boy
Bullinski b. Frank Hickey (8:10) … (promoter:  Gene Reed) … (5,320 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, October 30, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … Red Bastien and Pepper Gomez b. The Vachon Brothers (Maurice
and Paul Vachon) (DQ) … Paul Diamond b. Gene Dubuque … Bad Boy Bullinski b. Larry
Hennig … Blackjack Lanza b. Edouard Carpentier (no disqualification match) …
(promoter:  Gene Reed) … (referee:  Leo Bahl)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, November 13, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … The Vachon Brothers (Maurice and Paul Vachon) b. Red Bastien
and Pepper Gomez (2/3) … The Crusher b. Lars Anderson (2/3) … Reggie Parks b. Joe
Scarpello … Bad Boy Bullinski b. Bill Christian … (promoter:  Gene Reed)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, November 27, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … Bad Boy Bullinski and The Crusher b. The Vachon Brothers
(Maurice and Paul Vachon) to capture the AWA World Tag Team Title (2/3) … Pepper
Gomez b. The Big K (2-0) (Gomez won the first fall by DQ and the second in 5:45 with a
Mexican Drop) (The Big K was substituting for Harley Race, who was injured in Kansas
City the night before) … Lord Littlebrook and Wee Willie Wilson b. Cowboy Bradley and
The Mighty Atom (2/3) … Hercules Cortez b. Bill Christian (3:25) … (promoter:  Gene
Reed) … (referee:  Danny Loos) … (7,525 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, December 11, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … Edouard Carpentier b. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne
Gagne (DQ) (20:00) (Gagne tossed Carpentier over the top rope, earning the DQ) …
Blackjack Lanza b. Paul Diamond (2/3) … Mil Mascaras b. Joe Blanchard (Blanchard was
billed as the AWA trouble-shooting referee and wrestler) … Pepper Gomez b. Tiger
Tomasso … Nick Bockwinkel and Wilbur Snyder drew … (promoter:  Gene Reed)

Denver, Colorado:  Tuesday, December 29, 1970
(Auditorium Arena) … The Vachon Brothers (Maurice and Paul Vachon) b. Bad Boy
Bullinski and The Crusher (2/3) … Nick Bockwinkel b. Reggie Parks … Hercules Cortez b.
Stan Pulaski … Pepper Gomez b. Strong Kobayashi (DQ) … (promoter:  Gene Reed) …
(3,973 fans)

*In previews for the December 29, 1970, the Denver Post billed the Vachon Brothers as
the defending World Tag Team Champions.  The December 30, 1970 newspaper
reported that the Vachons had recaptured the World Tag Title with their victory over The
Crusher and Bad Boy Bullinski.  If that was the case, Crusher and Bullinski’s win on
Friday, November 27, 1970 was most likely the initial title switch.


Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 20, 2010
Denver Wrestling Results - 1970