Toronto Wrestling Results

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, January 28, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Baron Mikel Scicluna (10:44) (Watson
was a substitute for WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino) … United States
Heavyweight Champion Tiger Jeet Singh b. Dan Miller (14:34) (Miller was a substitute for
Edouard Carpentier) … Dewey Robertson and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Assassin
and Dan Miller (2/3) … Chief White Owl b. Gerard Dugas (22:03) … Pat Flanagan b.
Sylvain Richard (11:42) (Richard was a substitute for Professor Toru Tanaka) … Gino
Brito b. Pedro Sanchez (21:58) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (7,000+ fans)
Notes: A storm in Toronto prevented Sammartino, Carpentier and Tanaka from making
appearances. Sammartino was rerouted to Cleveland. Carpentier and Tanaka were both
sent back to Montreal.

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, February 25, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Professor Toru Tanaka b. “Whipper” Billy Watson (14:45) …
Edouard Carpentier b. United States Heavyweight Champion Tiger Jeet Singh (DQ) (13:32)
(no title change) … The Assassin and Dan Miller wrestled Chief White Owl and The Mighty
Ursus to a draw (1-1) (30:00) … The Oklahoma Kid b. Mike Loren (9:50) … Ivan Kalmikoff
b. Man Mountain Cannon (11:59) … Pat Flanagan b. Joe Christie (DQ) (8:16) … Don
Evans and Sylvain Richard drew (15:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Joe
Gollob) … (5,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, March 3, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Edouard Carpentier and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Assassin
and Dan Miller (Carpentier pinned Miller for the first fall at 12:15, Assassin pinned
Carpentier for the second at 25:22, Miller was disqualified in the third at 27:16) … WWWF
World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino b. Professor Toru Tanaka (DQ) (12:10)
… Tiger Jeet Singh b. Chief White Owl (countout) (17:10) … Oklahoma Kid b. Man
Mountain Cannon (10:56) … Fred Aktins b. Sylvain … Don Evans and Pat Flanagan drew
(15:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker) … (6,500 fans)
Note: Next show on March 24.

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, March 24, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino b.
Professor Toru Tanaka (DQ) (Tanaka was going to throw salt in Sammartino’s face, but his
arm was grabbed by Billy Watson and the salt hit the referee) … International Tag Team
Champions Bulldog Brower and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Assassin and Dan Miller
(Watson used a Boston Crab to beat Miller) (20:02) … The Bull vs. Edouard Carpentier …
The Mighty Ursus vs. Tiger Jeet Singh … Fred Aktins vs. Chief White Owl … Special
Feature Demonstration of Taekwon-Do (Korean Karate), Presented by Park Song Sou
Institute … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Tiger Tasker) … (6,500
fans)

*There was no wrestling program on Wednesday, April 24, 1968 in Toronto at Maple Leaf
Gardens.

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, April 28, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Gene Kiniski b. Edouard
Carpentier (countout) … International Tag Team Champions Bulldog Brower and
“Whipper” Billy Watson vs. Dan Miller and Tiger Jeet Singh … The Assassin vs. Murray
Cummings … Fred Atkins vs. Dewey Robertson … Ivan Kalmikoff vs. Dutch Momberg …
(promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, May 12, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Assassin b. Edouard Carpentier (countout) (21:12) …
Bulldog Brower and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Bull Curry and Dutch Momberg (DQ) (6:35)
… Tiger Jeet Singh b. Dan Miller (15:37) … Fred Atkins and Murray Cummings drew (15:
00) … Eric the Red b. Ron Johnson (4:00) … The Oklahoma Kid b. Dusty Runnells (15:45)
… (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker) … (5,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, May 26, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Assassin b. Edouard Carpentier (countout) (15:17) … Bull
Curry and Tiger Jeet Singh b. Bulldog Brower and “Whipper” Billy Watson to capture the
International Tag Team Title (Curry pinned Watson) (11:53) … Dan Miller and Dewey
Robertson drew (30:00) … Fred Atkins b. Mario Frataroli (15:14) … The Oklahoma Kid b.
Mike Loran (15:59) … Eric the Red b. Farmer Nelson and Pat Flanagan (Eric pinned
Nelson) (3:36) (handicap match) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker)
… (5,651 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, June 2, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Assassin b. Gino Brito (16:08) … Bulldog Brower and Billy
Watson b. Dan Miller and Tiger Jeet Singh (Watson pinned Miller) (12:32) (Miller was a
substitute for Bull Curry, who was injured the week before) … Edouard Carpentier b. Fred
Atkins (9:30) … Eric the Red b. Joe Christie and Pat Flanagan (3:03) (handicap match) …
Ernie Ladd b. Al LaFrance (14:10) … Mark Lewin b. Ray Kent (11:59) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (5,000 fans)
Note: Next show on June 16.

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, June 16, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Gene Kiniski b. The Assassin
(CO) (16:35) … Edouard Carpentier b. Dan Miller (20:04) … Eric the Red b. Dutch
Momberg (DQ) (8:08) … International Tag Team Champions Bull Curry and Tiger Jeet
Singh b. Bulldog Brower and Billy Watson (Brower was counted out) (5:10) … Ernie Ladd
b. Ray Kent (15:34) … Mark Lewin b. Joe Christie (11:21) … (promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, June 23, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Gene Kiniski b. Ernie Ladd
(19:24) … International Tag Team Champions Bull Curry and Tiger Jeet Singh b. Bulldog
Brower and Billy Watson (Watson was counted out) (15:12) … Edouard Carpentier b. Joe
Christie (10:37) … Ivan Koloff b. Cowboy Jones (13:54) (Koloff’s Toronto debut) … The
Assassin b. Dewey Robertson (13:40) … Eric the Red b. Fred Atkins (DQ) (10:22) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Joe Gollob)
Note: No show next Sunday “so the fans will be able to get an early start on celebrating
Canada’s 101st birthday,” according to the Globe and Mail.

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, July 14, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Assassin b. Bulldog Brower (18:15) … Bull Curry and Tiger
Jeet Singh b. Eric the Red and “Whipper” Billy Watson (Curry pinned Eric) (9:02) …
Edouard Carpentier b. Ron Johnson (17:02) … Waldo Von Erich b. Pat Flanagan (7:01) …
Ivan Koloff b. Ivan Kalmikoff (backbreaker) (9:020) … Mark Lewin b. Sylvain Richard
(sleeperhold) (1:58) … (promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, July 28, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Mark Lewin and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. International Tag
Team Champions Bull Curry and Tiger Jeet Singh (DQ) (Curry punched the referee) …
Eric the Red b. Bill Terry (8:27) … The Assassin b. Bulldog Brower (countout) … Ivan
Koloff b. Stamford Murphy (14:01) (backbreaker) … Bette Boucher b. Doris Ponds …
(promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, August 11, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. The Assassin (DQ) (17:37) (steel wire fence
surrounding ring) … Bull Curry and Tiger Jeet Singh b. Edouard Carpentier and “Whipper”
Billy Watson (DQ) (Mark Lewin interfered) … Bette Boucher vs. Doris Ponds … Bob Boyer
vs. Mark Lewin … Eric the Red vs. Ivan Koloff (Koloff was managed by Tony Angelo) …
Ivan Kalmikoff vs. Bob Nandor … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Joe Gollob)
Note: Next show on August 25.

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, August 25, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Edouard Carpentier b. The Assassin (DQ) (17:46) … Mark Lewin
and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Bull Curry and Tiger Jeet Singh to capture the International
Tag Team Title (Lewin pinned Curry) (16:41) … Cowboy Bradley and Little Beaver b.
Frenchy LaMonte and Joey Russell (2/3) … Ivan Koloff b. Murray Cummings (6:17) … Eric
the Red and Dutch Momberg drew (15:00) … Flash Gordon b. Joe Christie (17:16) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Joe Gollob) … (9,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, September 15, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Argentina Apollo and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Bull Curry and
Tiger Jeet Singh (DQ) (9:49) … Ivan Koloff b. Bulldog Brower (16:02) … The Assassin b.
Eric the Red (CO) (15:30) … Murray Cummings and Dutch Momberg drew (20:00) … Flash
Gordon b. Nikita Kalmikoff (clawhold) (14:16) … Fred Atkins and Dewey Robertson drew
(15:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bill Stack, Tiger Tasker)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, September 22, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Ivan Koloff b. Bulldog Brower (DQ) (16:11) (Watson interfered) …
Argentina Apollo and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Bull Curry and George “Dutch” Momberg
(Watson pinned Momberg) (12:02) … Joe Christie and Duke Noble drew (15:00) … Flash
Gordon b. Ron “Bull” Johnson (11:02) … The Assassin and Tiger Jeet Singh b. Eric the
Red and Dewey Robertson (Assassin pinned Robertson) (20:00) … Fred Atkins and
Murray Cummings drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, September 29, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Ivan Koloff b. “Whipper” Billy Watson (countout) (22:00) …
Argentina Apollo b. Bull Curry (9:57) … The Assassin and Tiger Jeet Singh wrestled Eric
the Red and Dewey Robertson to a draw (30:00) … Duke Noble b. Bull Johnson (10:34) …
Flash Gordon b. Fred Atkins (DQ) (7:19) … Murray Cummings b. Bill Terry (10:58) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bill Stack)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, October 6, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Ivan Koloff b. Argentina Apollo (countout) (17:07) … Bulldog
Brower and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Bull Curry and Tiger Jeet Singh (DQ) (13:57) … The
Assassin b. Murray Cummings (18:31) … Duke Noble b. George “Dutch” Momberg (DQ) (8:
35) … Flash Gordon b. Joe Christie (17:41) … Eric the Red and Dewey Robertson drew
(15:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, November 3, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Ivan Koloff b. Edouard Carpentier (14:44) (Koloff pinned
Carpentier) … Bulldog Brower and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Assassin and Al Costello
(Brower pinned Costello) (11:48) (Costello was a substitute for Bull Curry) … Eric the Red
vs. Ivan Kalmikoff … Fred Atkins vs. George “Dutch” Momberg … Ox Baker vs. The Mighty
Igor … Midget Tag Team Match … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (10,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, November 17, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Gene Kiniski b. Bulldog
Brower (26:24) … The Assassin and Tiger Jeet Singh b. Dewey Robertson and “Whipper”
Billy Watson (2/3) (25:37) … Ivan Koloff b. Ox Baker (7:02) … Fred Atkins and Ivan
Kalmikoff drew (15:00) … The Mighty Igor b. Eric the Red (bearhug) (6:02) … A special
judo exhibition by Darling Dagmar and Diamond Lil … (promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, December 1, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Mighty Igor b. Ivan Koloff (10:06) … The Assassins wrestled
Bulldog Brower and Tiger Jeet Singh to a draw (30:00) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Tony
Angelo (6:01) (Canuck Commando Unconscious Hold) … Dewey Robertson b. Ox Baker
(13:06) … Rocky Johnson b. Eric the Red (15:31) … Fred Atkins and Ivan Kalmikoff drew
(15:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, December 15, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Mighty Igor b. The Assassin I (DQ) (11:06) (Assassin II
interfered) … Bulldog Brower and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Al Costello and Dutch
Momberg (2/3) (Watson pinned Momberg in the third fall) … Fred Atkins and Eric the Red
drew (15:00) … Dewey Robertson and Tiger Jeet Singh b. Gino Brito and Antonio Pugliese
(Robertson pinned Brito) (10:49) … Rocky Johnson b. Ox Baker (10:19) … The Assassin II
b. Ivan Kalmikoff (11:02) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker)
Note: Next show on December 29.

Toronto, Ontario: Sunday, December 29, 1968
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Tiger Jeet Singh and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Assassins
(countout) (15:54) … Ivan Koloff b. The Mighty Igor (10:45) … Edouard Carpentier b. Eric
the Red (13:38) … Gino Brito b. Fred Atkins (DQ) (9:40) … Rocky Johnson and Ivan
Kalmikoff drew (15:00) … Little Brutus and Joey Russell b. Sky Low Low (2/3) (15:56)
(handicap match) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (8,500 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Toronto Wrestling Results - 1968