1/30 – Chicago, IL
Reggie Lisowski & Art Neilson beat Bill Curry & Angelo Poffo
60 YEARS AGO
1/30 – Moline, IL @ the Wharton Fieldhouse Reported Attendance 5,800
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated The Crusher
50 YEARS AGO
1/16 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
The Crusher & Ken Patera defeated Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff by DQ
1/19 – Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Reported Attendance 6,112 (sellout)
No DQ, One Fall to a Finish: Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon defeated AWA Tag Team Champs Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens when Crusher pinned Bockwinkel in 16:20 -
However, as the AWA ruled Bockwinkel was not the the legal man in the ring the title did not change hands
1/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher def. Ray Stevens 15:00
40 YEARS AGO
1/6 – Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School
The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke no contest Jesse Ventura & Mr Saito
1/15 – St. Paul, MN @ the Civic Center Reported Attendance 11,000
In a follow-up to the X-Mas Day face-off between AWA champ Nick Bockwinkel & Mad Dog Vachon (which saw Crusher in Dog's corner) Crusher & Vachon defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Mulligan
- Blackjack Lanza came down to ringside near the end of the bout and convinced Mulligan to leave Bockwinkel and go with him, reuniting the Blackjacks. Bockwinkel took a severe beating from Dog and Crusher before getting pinned.
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