St. Louis, Missouri: Wednesday, April 8, 1942 (The Auditorium) ... NWA World Heavyweight Champion Bill Longson b. Ed "Strangler" Lewis (13:40) (piledriver) ... Chief Little Wolf b. Ray Eckert ... Vic Holbrook b. John Grandovich (19:06) ... Dorv Roche and ray Villmer drew (30:00) ... Joe Dusek b. Jack Hader ... (promoter: Tom Packs) ... (referee: Jack Dempsey) ... (12,986 fans) Notes: This established a new all-time wrestling record at the Auditorium, beating the previous record of 12,099, set in April 1938 between Lou Thesz and Steve Casey. Longson was managed by Ray Steele. Lewis attacked Steele after the match, punching him behind his left ear and officials broke them up. Missouri State Athletic Commission Chairman Arthur Heyne was in attendance. There would be no punishment of Lewis for his attack of Steele. Heyne felt Steele shouldn't have gotten in the ring. Next show on April 22 at the Auditorium in a Navy Relief show. Research by Steve Yohe |
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