(Auditorium) … French Angel (Maurice Tillet) vs Wladislaw “Iron” Talun ... Tom Zaharias vs Emir Badui ... Nick Elitch vs Sterling Robson ... Johnny Carlin vs Ralph Krasky ... (referees-John Freberg (main event) and Jack Sampson)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: January 19, 1943
(Auditorium) … Bill Kuusisto vs Jay Steel ... (LWTM) Mildred Burke* vs Kitty Duvall ... Jimmy Nelson vs Sterling Robson ... (ladies) Gladys “Killem” Gillem vs Mae Weston ... (referees-John Freberg (main event) and Whitey Koopman)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: January 26, 1943
(Auditorium) … Bill Bartush vs Paul “Frenchy” Annotte ... Sterling Robson vs Frank Wilzer ... (ladies) Mae Young vs Kitty Duvall ... Curley McGee vs Johnny Carlin ... (referees-John Freberg (main event) and Whitey Koopman)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: February 3, 1943
(Auditorium) … French Angel (Maurice Tillet) vs Ray Steele ... Bill Bartush vs Lord Albert Mills ... Johnny Carlin vs Ralph Kraskey ... Curley McGee vs Chief Little Wolf (local guy) ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
St. Paul, Minnesota: February 19, 1943
(Auditorium) … Ray Steele vs Ras Samara ... Bill Bartush vs Jack Dillon ... Sterling Robson vs N.E. Kyrklund ... Chief Little Wolf vs Ralph Carlson ... (referees-Wally Karbo (main event and semi-final) and Charley Bruns)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: February 22, 1943
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Bobby Managoff* vs Cowboy Luttrall ... Ray Steele vs Bill Bartush ... Jack Dillon vs Sterling Robson ... Ralph Carlson vs Curley McGee ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... NOTE: Managoff had already dropped the N.W.A. title on February 19 in St. Louis to Bill Longson.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: March 9, 1943
(Auditorium) … Sterling Robson vs Ralph Krasky ... Lord Albert Mills vs Wladislaw Talun ... Bill Bartush vs Ras Samara ... N.E. Kyrklund vs Gaius Young ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
St. Paul, Minnesota: March 10, 1943
(Auditorium) … Ray Steele vs Ras Samara ... Lord Albert Mills vs Howard Olson (as Oslo) ... Stanley Myslajek vs Andy Moen ... Curley McGee vs Duke Katsonaras ... (referees Charley Bruns (main bout) and Wally Karbo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: March 16, 1943
(Auditorium) … Danno O’Mahoney vs Lord Albert Mills ... Ray Steele vs Ras Samara ... Bill Bartush vs Howard Olson ... Jimmy Demetral vs Johnny Carlin ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: April 20, 1943
(Auditorium) … (LWTM) Mildred Burke* vs Mae Young ... Abe Kashey vs Ken Fenelon ... (ladies) Purple Flash vs Gladys Gillem ... (ladies) Rose Evans vs Kitty Duvall
St. Paul, Minnesota: April 27, 1943
(Auditorium) … (LWTM) Mildred Burke* vs Rose Evans ... Fred Blassie vs Abe “King Kong” Kashey ... (ladies) Purple Flash vs Gladys Gillem ... (ladies) Mae Young vs Kitty Duvall ... Curley McGee vs Duke Katsonaros ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... (Amateur Aid Fund Wrestling Program)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: May 4, 1943
(Auditorium) … (LWTM) Mildred Burke* vs Purple Flash ... Bill Kuusisto vs Abe Kashey ... (ladies) Mae Young vs Rose Evans ... (ladies) Gladys Gillem vs Kitty Duvall ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: May 17, 1943 (Monday)
(Auditorium) … Bill Kuusisto vs Cowboy Luttrall ... Bill Bartush vs Emir Badui ... Ken Felelon vs Howard Olson ... Stanley Myslajek vs Frank Topas ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
St. Paul, Minnesota: May 25, 1943
(Auditorium) … Ray Steele vs Cowboy Luttrall ... Bill Bartush vs Ken Fenelon ... Stanley Myslajek vs Ron Etchison (as Don Etchison) ... Frank Topas vs Bobby O’Brien ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: June 7, 1943 (Monday)
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Jim Londos* beat Bill Bartush (29:37) ... Bill Kuusisto drew with Tom Zaharias (30:00) ... Ken Fenelon beat Hans Bauer () ... Pete Frosia drew with Tom Angelos (30:00) ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... (Att.-3,000)
St. Paul, Minnesota: June 8, 1943
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Jim Londos* beat Ken Fenelon () ... Bill Kuusisto drew with Bill Bartush (30:00) ... Tom Zaharias beat Hans Bauer () ... Johnny Carlin drew with Pete Frosia (30:00) ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: June 15, 1943
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Bobby Managoff* beat Tom Zaharias (dq-15:20) ... Bill Kuusisto beat Ron Etchison () ... Carlos Rodriquez (sub for Al Getz) beat Bad Boy Brown () ... Billy Smith beat Pete Frosia () ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: June 22, 1943
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Bobby Managoff* drew with Ray Steele (60:00) ... Bill Kuusisto beat Carlos Rodriquez () ... Ron Etchison beat Al Getz () ... Frank Topaz beat Hub Gagne () ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
St. Paul, Minnesota: June 23, 1943 (Wednesday)
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Bobby Managoff* vs Bill Bartush ... Bill Kuusisto vs Al Getz ... Ron Etchison vs Carlos Rodriquez ... Norm Kyrklund vs Frank Topas ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... NOTE: Managoff still billed as N.W.A. world’s champion.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: June 29, 1943
(Auditorium) … Bill Kuusisto drew with Ray Steele (60:00) (sub for Jim Londos) ... Bill Bartush drew with Tom Zaharias (30:00) ... Al Loset beat George Pevich (dq-8:37) ... Stanley Myslajek beat Joe Adelman (12:32) ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... (last card of the season) ... NOTE: Shortly before his expected appearance in Minneapolis for a title defense against Bill Kuusisto, Jim Londos wired Tony Stecher from Chicago, stating that he would be unable to wrestle because of a right arm infection. Londos stated that he was in WoodlawnHospital in Chicago, and would be there for a week. Left without a main event, Stecher instead booked Bill Kuusisto against Ray Steele.
Bill Kuusisto claimed Londos’ world heavyweight title following the latter’s failed appearance in Minneapolis. Promoter Tony Stecher backed Kuusisto’s decision.
World championship claimant Jim Londos had an operation on his right arm in Chicago and stated that he lost approximately $10,000 for his missing engagements within a four week time period.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: September 21, 1943
(Auditorium) … Ray Steele beat Ralph Garibaldi (30:12) ... (women’s tournament-winner meets Mildred Burke) Gladys Gillem beat Rose Evans () ... Mae Young beat Kitty Duvall () ... Mae Young beat Gladys Gillem () ... (Mae Weston drew a bye into the finals) ... Mae Weston beat Mae Young () ... (referee-Alex Fidler) ... (Att.-1,200) ... (first card of the fall season)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: September 22, 1943
(Cooks Hall-University of Minnesota) … Ray Steele put on a wrestling demonstration for U.S. Navy pre-flight students
Minneapolis, Minnesota: September 28, 1943
(Auditorium) … Ray Steele beat Ralph Garibaldi (34:29) ... (LWTM) Mildred Burke* beat Mae Weston () ... Fred Blassie drew with Andy Moen (sub for Norman Kyrklund) (30:00)... Johnny Carlin beat Chief Little Wolf (dq-17:24) (sub for Tom Angelos) ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... NOTE: Burke was billed as the world’s women welterweight champion.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: November 2, 1943
(Auditorium) … Ray Steele beat Jerry Gordon (24:30) (sub for Wladislaw Talun) ... Ras Samara beat John Grandovich () ... Hans Buesing drew with Fred Blassie (30:00) ... Gaius Young drew with Pete Frosia (30:00) ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: November 9, 1943
(Auditorium) … French Angel (Maurice Tillet) beat Ras Samara (29:30) ... Andy Moen beat Jerry Gordon () ... Hans Buesing beat Jack Ross (dq-18:21) ... Gaius Young drew with Billy Smith (30:00) ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: December 7, 1943
(Auditorium) … Ray Steele beat Wladek Zbyszko () ... Tony Felice beat Jack LaRue (cor-9:04) ... Jerry Meeker drew with Andy Moen (30:00) ... Billy Smith drew with Gaius Young (30:00) ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: December 14, 1943
(Auditorium) … Swedish Angel beat Tony Felice () ... Paul Jones beat Jack LaRue () ... Cherry Vallina beat Jack Nelson () (sub for Jerry Meeker) ... Stanley Myslajek beat Bob O’Brien () ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... NOTE: This Jack LaRue was billed from Washington, Iowa. Around the late 1930s there were two wrestlers both known as Jack LaRue.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: December 28, 1943
(Auditorium) … (title claimant) Bill Kuusisto beat Wladislaw Talun () ... Paul Jones beat Andy Moen (, forfeit) ... Gaius Young beat Jack Ross (dq-15:21) ... Stan Myslajek beat Norm Kyrklund () ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
*Results by Tim Hornbaker, Lineups from the programs of Jim Melby and Koji Miyamoto
