Saturday, January 19, 1963 at the Oympia Stadium in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Main Event: Dick the Bruiser vs. Verne Gagne - postponed until Monday, January 21st
when the Bruiser failed to
reach Detroit because of poor flying weather
1- Main Event: Fritz von Erich defeated Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor - 2/3 falls
2- Verne Gagne defeated Mark Lewin
3- Bearcat Wright vs. the Sheik – both wrestlers knocked out
4- Alberto Torres vs. Rudy Kay- drew
5- Ramon Toreres defeated Pierre LaBelle
6- Emile Dupre vs. Kit Fox - drew
Attendance: 7,018

Monday, January 21, 1963 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle &  Jim Barnett  
1- Dick the Bruiser vs. Verne Gagne - drew
2- Ray ‘Thunder’ Stern vs. Mark Lewin - drew
3- Ray Stevens defeated Alberto Torres
4- Dr. Big Bill Miller defeated Ramon Torres
5- Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor defeated Pierre LaBelle
6- Kit Fox defeated Rudy Kay
Attendance: apx 7,000

Saturday, February 9, 1963 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Wilbur Snyder defeated Dick the Bruiser
2- Argentina Rocca & Bearcat Wright defeated the Sheik & Ray Stevens
3- Ramon Torres vs. Joe Blanchard - drew
Other winners included: Czaya “Bob’ Nandor, Kit Fox & Mark Lewin
Attendance: 8,858

Saturday, March 2, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Dick the Bruiser defeated Wilbur Snyder - 2/3 falls
2- Lou Thesz (NWA champion) defeated Mark Lewin
3- Bearcat Wright vs. Ray Stevens – drew
4- Argentina Rocca defeated Dr. Big Bill Miller
5- Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor defeated Taro Sakuro
6- the Sheik defeated Angelo Savoldi
7- Pee Wee Lopez defeated Tiny Bell - midget match
8- Frenchy Semard defeated Chris Santana - midget match
9- Joe Blanchard defeated Pierre LaBelle
10- Pepper Martin vs. Kit Fox - drew
Attendance: 7,322

*On March 7, 1963, in a letter Sam Muchnick wrote to Jack Pfefer, the Detroit promoters
drew "a little over $20,000 last Saturday."

Saturday, March 23, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Dick the Bruiser defeated Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor  
2- Argentina Rocca defeated the Sheik
3- Bearcat Wright defeated Taro Sakuro
4- Jim Hady vs. the Mongol – drew
5- Mark Lewin defeated Karol Kalmikoff
6- John Paul Henning(replaced Karl Gotch) defeated Joe Blanchard
7- Dr. Big Bill Miller defeated Kit Fox
8- Ivan Kalmikoff defeated Larry Hennig
9- Dick Steinborn defeated Nicoli Volkoff

Saturday, April 13, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Argentina defeated Dick the Bruiser - DQ
2- the Sheik defeated Jim Hady
3- Hans Schmidt defeated Mark Lewin
4- Dr. Big Bill Miller defeated Joe Blanchard
5- Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor defeated Taro Myaki
6- Kit Fox defeated Manny King
7- Skyscraper Evans defeated Angelo Savoldi

Saturday, April 27, 1963 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, MI
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Dick the bruiser defeated Alex Karras
2-Lou Thesz (NWA Champion) defeated Dr. Big Bill Miller
3- Ray Stevens defeated Mark Lewin
4- Argentina Rocca defeated Bob Stanlee
5- Fritz von Erich defeated Skyscraper Evans
6- gentleman Jim Hady defeated defeated Steve Stanlee
7- Czaya 'Bob' Nandor vs. Joe Blanchard - drew
8- Hans Schmidt defeated Emile Dupre
9- Angelo Savoldi defeated Johnny King
10- the Sheik defeated Chief Kit Fox
Attendance: reported to be less than 10,000

Saturday, May 18, 1963 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Lou Thesz (NWA Champion) defeated Dick the Bruiser - 2/3 falls
2- the Masked Terror (Jay York) defeated Joe Blanchard
3- Fritz von Erich defeated Bearcat Wright - 2/3 falls
4- Argentina Rocca & Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor defeated the Stanlee Bros. (Steve & Bob) - 2/3
falls
5- Emile Dupre defeated Pierre LaSalle
6- Hans Schmidt defeated Kit Fox
Attendance: 6,368

Saturday, June 8, 1963 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Fritz von Erich defeated Lord Athol Layton – 2/3 falls- Judo jacket match
No published results for the following matches reported in the newspaper:
2- Waldo von Erich vs. Cowboy Bob Ellis
3- Argentina Rocca vs. John Foti
4- Hans Schmidt vs. Antonoius Manos
5- Jim Hady vs. Sweet Daddy Siki
6- Sailor Art Thomas vs. Howrad Martin
7- Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor vs. Angelo Savoldi

Saturday, June 29, 1963 at the Cobo Arenain Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Lord Athol Layton & Dick he Bruiser defeated Fritz von Erich & the Masked Terror (Jay
York)
2-

Saturday, July 20, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Lord Athol Layton defeated Fritz von Erich
2- Dick the Bruiser vs. the Masked Terror ((Jay York) & his manager, Tony Angelo - drew
- Handicap match
3- Karl Gotch defeated Billy ‘Red’ Lyons
4- the Sheik defeated Waldo von Erich
5- Hideki Tanaka defeated Frankie Talaber
6- Jim Hady defeated Jack Allen
7- Doug Gilbert defeated Angelo Poffo
Attendance: 10,037

Satutday, August 10, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
No published results for this card:
1- Lord Athol Layton vs. Hideki Tanaka
2- Dick the Bruiser & Doug Gilbert vs. the Masked Terror & his manager, Tony Angelo
3- Fritz von Erich vs. the Sheik
4- Killer Kowalski vs. Ilio DiPaolo
5- Dr. Big Bill Miller vs. Joe Blanchard
6- Jim hady vs. Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor

Saturday, August 31, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Lord Athol Layton & Dick the Bruiser defeated the Masked Terror (Jay York) & Fritz
von Erich – DQ when the Terror & von Erich began fighting each other
No published results for the following matches in the newspaper:
2- Killer Kowalski vs. Jim Hady
3- Mitsu Arakawa vs. Karl Gotch
4- Wilbur Snyder vs. Dr. Big Bill Miller
5- Dr. Jerry Graham vs. Frankie Talaber
6- Hideki Tanaka vs. Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor
7- Bob Stanlee vs. Chuck Bruce
8- Gene (Steve??) Stanlee vs. Frank Brown

Saturday, September 28, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Dick the Bruiser defeated Lord Athol Layton when Layton injured his hand and was
unable to continue in the 3rd fall
2- Fritz von Erich vs. the Masked Terror (Jay York) – drew
3- Wilbur Snyder & Doug Gilbert defeated the Kalmikoff Bros. (Ivan & Karol)
4- Karl Gotch defeated Jim Hady
5- Dr. Jerry Graham defeated Bill Dromo
6- Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor defeated Ox Anderson
7- Emile Dupre defeated Cyclon Negro
8- Tony Angelo defeated Firpo Zbysko

Saturday, October 19, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Wilbur Snyder & Doug Gilbert defeated the Masked Terror (Jay York)  & Cyclone Negro
2- Karl Goth defeated Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor when Nandor could not continue after the 1st
fall – European championship
match under European rules of 12 five minute rounds – 2/3 falls
3- the Scufflin’ Hillbillies (Don & Gene Martin) defeated Miguel Torres & Bob Bruce
4- Dr. Big Bill Miller vs. Dr. Jerry Graham - drew
5- Jim Hady & Bill Dromo
6- Ivan Kalmikoff defeated Guy Mitchell
7- Nikita Kalmikoff defeated Emile Dupre
Attedance: 4,388;  gate: $11,716

Saturday, November 9, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Lord Athol Layton defeated Dr. Jerry Graham - 2/3 falls
2- the Masked terror ( Jay York) & Cyclone Negro defeated Wilbur Snyder & Doug Gilbert
3- Frenchy & Bernard Semard defeated Pancho Lopez & Chico Santana - midget tag
match
4- Fritz von Erich defeated Jim Hady
5- Brute Belkas defeated Nikita Kalmikoff
6- Ivan Kalmikoff vs. Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor - 15 minute draw
7- Emile Dupre defeated Johnny King

Saturday, November 30, 1963 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
No published results for the following card:
1- Lou Thesz (NWA Champion) defeated the Masked Terror revealing Jay York
2- Karl Gotch vs. Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor – European rules match
3- Fritz von Erich vs. Cyclone Negro
4- Johnny Valentine vs. Joe Brunetti (Tangaro)
5- Fred Atkins vs. Brute Belkas
6- Ray ‘Thunder’ Stern vs. Wilbur Snyder
7- the Giant Baba vs. Ivan Kalmikoff
8- Dr. Jerry Graham vs. Nikita Kalmikoff

Saturday, December 28, 1963 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, MI:
Promoters: Johnny Doyle & Jim Barnett
1- Lou Thesz (NWA Champion) vs. Wilbur Snyder - 1 hour draw
1st fall: won by Thesz in 40:57
2nd fall: won by Snyder in 1:12
3rd fall: time limit expired
2- Lord Athol Layton defeated Jay York
3- the Sheik defeated Cyclone Negro
4- John Paul Henning vs. Johnny Valentine – drew
5- Ray ‘Thunder’ Stern defeated Ray Gordon
6- the Giant Baba defeated Tony Parisi
7- Joe Brunetti (Tangaro) defeated Stan Stasiak
8- Fred Atkins vs. Czaya ‘Bob’ Nandor - drew
Attendance: 8,967




Research by Jim Mandl
Detroit Wrestling Results - 1963