Promoter: ED McLEMORE (Dallas), KEN MOORE (Fort Worth)
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1/9/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Leo Newman
Texas Women's champion Nell Stewart beat Millie Stafford
Danny McShain beat Irish Jack Kennedy DQ
Enrique Torres beat Tom Rice
Danny Savich drew Whitey Whittler
1/16/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Rito Romero, referee's decision
Danny McShain beat Irish Jack Kennedy
Mars Bennett beat Nell Stewart to win Texas Women's title
Don Evans & Danny Savich drew Ruffy Silverstein & Enrique Torres
Al Lovelock beat Tom Rice
1/23/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Rito Romero UTC, Texas Death Match rules
Al Lovelock NCO Danny Savich, blood stoppage
Danny McShain drew Ruffy Silverstein
Don Evans & Whitey Whittler beat Jesse James & Irish Jack Kennedy
Jack Kilroy beat Bill Parks
1/30/51 Dallas
Benefit card for March of Dimes Polio Fund.
Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich beat Al Lovelock & Rito Romero to win Texas Tag Team titles
Danny McShain beat Don Evans DQ
Jack Kilroy drew Ruffy Silverstein
Enrique Torres beat Whitey Whittler
Jack Curtis beat Bill Parks
2/6/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Enrique Torres
Danny McShain drew Art Nelson
Don Evans & Danny Savich beat Dizzy Davis & Irish Jack Kennedy
Al Lovelock drew Ruffy Silverstein
Jack Kilroy beat Jack Curtis
2/13/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Duke Keomuka
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich drew Al Lovelock
Enrique Torres beat Leo Newman
Johnny Barend beat Jack Kilroy
Irish Jack Kennedy & Art Nelson beat Don Evans & Whitey Whittler
2/20/51 Dallas
Texas Tag Team champions Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich beat Rito Romero & Enrique Torres COR
Dizzy Davis drew Don Evans
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Jack Kilroy, referee's decision
Johnny Barend beat Jesse James
Art Nelson beat Al Lovelock
2/27/51 Dallas
Irish Jack Kennedy & Enrique Torres beat Don Evans and Leo Newman
Irish Jack Kennedy (sub for Duke Keomuka, injured in pre-match brawl with Kennedy) beat Swedish Angel
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich beat Dizzy Davis
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Jack Kilroy
Rito Romero beat Art Nelson DQ
3/6/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Irish Jack Kennedy
Danny Savich beat Rito Romero
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Don Evans DQ
Dizzy Davis drew Art Nelson
Al Lovelock beat Johnny Barend
Eduardo Perez beat George Curtis (sub for Jack Kilroy)
3/13/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Danny Savich DQ
Duke Keomuka beat Enrique Torres, loser leaves town
Big Humphrey Pennyworth & Irish Jack Kennedy beat Don Evans & Roy Graham
Dizzy Davis drew Rito Romero
Al Lovelock beat Eduardo Perez
3/27/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Tarzan White (both purses held up after White claims Keomuka used ether to win)
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich beat Big Humphrey Pennyworth DQ
Rito Romero beat Don Evans
Johnny Barend drew Art Nelson
Dizzy Davis beat Dr. Lee Grable
4/3/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Tarzan White COR (wins both purses from previous week's match)
Wild Red Berry & Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Art Nelson & Danny Savich
Jackie Nichols beat Dizzy Davis, referee's decision
Bob Ford beat Eduardo Perez, referee's decision
Rito Romero beat Ricky Gold
4/10/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Rito Romero
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Danny Savich, blood stoppage
Jackie Nichols beat Dizzy Davis DQ
Wild Red Berry beat Tarzan White
Al Lovelock drew Art Nelson
4/24/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Big Humphrey Pennyworth COR
Timothy Geohagan beat Art Nelson (sub for Danny Savich, ejected by police after attacking ring announcer George Preston)
Ray Gunkel (Dallas debut) beat Bob Ford
Wild Red Berry drew Dizzy Davis
Jackie Nichols beat Don Evans
5/1/51 Dallas
NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Verne Gagne drew Duke Keomuka
Timothy Geohagan beat Cyclone Anaya
Don Evans & Danny Savich beat Wild Red Berry & Ray Gunkel
Rito Romero beat Al Lovelock
Emerson Crozier beat Tom Richardson, "Negro match"
5/8/51 Dallas
Verne Gagne beat Rito Romero
Duke Keomuka beat Timothy Geohagan
Dizzy Davis & Ray Gunkel beat Art Nelson & Danny Savich
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Angelo Cistoldi DQ
Cyclone Anaya drew Al Lovelock
5/15/51 Dallas
Ray Gunkel beat Duke Keomuka
Danny Savich beat Big Humphrey Pennyworth, loser leaves town
Cyclone Anaya & Rito Romero beat Angelo Cistoldi & Art Nelson
Al Lovelock drew Wild Red Berry
Willie Love beat Tom Richardson, "Negro match"
5/22/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny Savich
Mildred Burke beat Mae Young DQ
Timothy Geohagan drew Ray Gunkel
Ellis Bashara & Angelo Cistoldi beat Cyclone Anaya & Rito Romero
Al Lovelock beat Don Evans
5/29/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Duke Keomuka UTC
Women's World champion Mildred Burke beat Ann LaVerne
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich drew Ray Gunkel
Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero beat Ellis Bashara & Angelo Cistoldi
Carlos Moreno drew Sonny Myers
6/5/51 Dallas
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich beat Ray Gunkel
Miguel Guzman beat Wayne Martin (sub for Duke Keomuka, injured in brawl with Danny Savich)
Wayne Martin beat Rito Romero
Timothy Geohagan drew Bob Orton
Golden Superman beat Don Evans
6/12/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny Savich, loser leaves town
Miguel Guzman beat Wayne Martin, no DQ, no time limit
Sonny Myers beat Bob Orton
Timothy Geohagan drew Ray Gunkel
Al Lovelock beat Matt Murphy
6/19/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Wayne Martin
Al Lovelock & Sonny Myers beat Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero to win vacant Texas Tag Team titles
Timothy Geohagan beat Golden Superman
Bob Orton beat Art Nelson
Tommy Phelps beat Joe Cassius
6/26/51 Dallas
NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Verne Gagne beat Miguel Guzman
Ellis Bashara & Killer Karl Davis beat Timothy Geohagan & Ray Gunkel
Duke Keomuka drew Bob Orton
Buck Riley beat Tommy Phelps
Rito Romero beat Hal Keene, referee's decision
7/3/51 Dallas
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Duke Keomuka
Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero beat Ellis Bashara & Killer Karl Davis
Dick Raines beat Bob Orton
Ray Gunkel drew Carlos Moreno
Buck Riley beat Johnny (John Paul) Henning
7/10/51 Dallas
Irish Jack Kennedy, Roy Graham & Dick Raines beat Ellis Bashara, Dizzy Davis & Danny McShain
Danny McShain beat Dick Raines
Duke Keomuka beat Killer Karl Davis
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Ellis Bashara DQ
Pat O'Connor beat Roy Graham, referee's decision
Wayne Martin drew Carlos Moreno
7/17/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny McShain DQ
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Elephant Boy
Bobby Managoff beat Killer Karl Davis
Ray Gunkel & Pat O'Connor beat Dick Raines & Babe Zaharias, referee's decision
Carlos Moreno beat Ellis Bashara
7/24/51 Dallas
ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT FOR NWA WORLD TITLE MATCH WITH LOU THESZ
First Round:
Bob Orton beat Wayne Martin
Dick Raines beat Pat O'Connor
Bobby Managoff beat Duke Keomuka, referee's decision
Babe Zaharias beat Irish Jack Kennedy COR
Ray Gunkel beat Jerry Meeker
Danny McShain beat Carlos Moreno
Second Round:
Bobby Managoff beat Babe Zaharias
Dick Raines beat Bob Orton
Ray Gunkel beat Danny McShain DQ
Semifinal:
Bobby Managoff beat Ray Gunkel
Final:
Bobby Managoff beat Dick Raines to win tournament
7/31/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Bobby Managoff
Gloria Barattini beat Mae Young
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Killer Karl Davis
Danny McShain beat Carlos Moreno
Sonny Myers beat Timothy Geohagan
8/7/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Irish Jack Kennedy
Danny McShain drew Sonny Myers
Carlos Moreno beat Wayne Martin
Pat O'Connor beat Hal Keene
Jerry Meeker beat Matt Murphy
Emerson Crozier & Johnny Cobb beat Bud Richardson & Martin Wilson, "Negro tag match"
8/14/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny McShain COR, no holds barred
Little Beaver & Sonny Boy Cassidy beat Pancho the Bull & Sky Low Low
Ray Gunkel drew Sonny Myers
Carlos Moreno beat Timothy Geohagan UTC
Ellis Bashara beat Bob Orton
8/21/51 Dallas
Bobby Managoff beat Duke Keomuka DQ
Danny McShain drew Rito Romero
Alberto Correl drew Karol Krauser
Ellis Bashara & Sonny Myers beat Ray Gunkel, gauntlet match (Gunkel pinned Bashara, but lost to Myers)
Pat O'Connor beat Gene Dubuque
8/28/51 Dallas (no results available)
Ray Gunkel vs Sonny Myers
Danny McShain vs Rito Romero
Cora Combs vs Mae Weston
Duke Keomuka vs Pat O'Connor, non-title
Karol Krauser vs Ned Taylor
9/4/51 Dallas
Ray Gunkel beat Duke Keomuka DQ to win Texas Heavyweight title
Danny McShain NCO Danny Savich, blood stoppage
Rito Romero beat Karol Krauser DQ
Pat Fraley drew Sonny Myers
Ellis Bashara beat Pat O'Connor
Gene Albert drew Joe Marlowe
9/11/51 Dallas (no results available)
Danny McShain vs Danny Savich, no DQ, no time limit
Ray Gunkel vs Rito Romero, non-title
Pat Fraley vs Duke Keomuka
Irish Jack Kennedy vs Sonny Myers
Gene Allbert vs Alberto Corral
9/18/51 Dallas
Danny Savich beat Duke Keomuka DQ
Danny McShain beat Little Beaver & Sonny Boy Cassidy, handicap match
Ellis Bashara beat Pancho the Bull & Sky Low Low, handicap match
Sonny Myers beat Irish Jack Kennedy
Rito Romero beat Pat Fraley (referee's decision)
Canceled:
Danny McShain & Ellis Bashara vs Little Beaver, Sonny Boy Cassidy, Pancho the Bull & Sky Low Low (two midget wrestlers injured in earlier handicap matches)
9/25/51 Dallas
Danny Savich beat Danny McShain, loser leaves town
Duke Keomuka beat Sonny Myers, referee's decision
Gloria Barratini beat Mae Weston
Pat Fraley drew Al Lovelock
Ellis Bashara beat Carlos Moreno
10/2/51 Dallas
Texas Heavyweight champion Ray Gunkel DCOR Duke Keomuka (sub for Miguel Guzman)
Sonny Myers beat Bob Gurley
Babe & Chris Zaharias drew Ellis Bashara & Danny Savich
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Al Lovelock
Joe Cassius beat Johnny Shaw
10/9/51 Dallas
NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Gunkel
Babe and Chris Zaharias beat Ellis Bashara & Danny Savich to win Texas Tag Team titles
Miguel Guzman drew Duke Keomuka
Fred Atkins beat Pat Fraley
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Sonny Myers
10/15/51 Fort Worth
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Fred Atkins
10/16/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz DCOR NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Verne Gagne
Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero beat Babe & Chris Zaharias to win Texas Tag Team titles
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Duke Keomuka
Texas Women's Champion Nell Stewart beat Gloria Barratini
Fred Atkins drew Big Humphrey Pennyworth
10/23/51 Dallas
Miguel Guzman beat Ray Gunkel to win Texas Heavyweight title
Sonny Myers beat Irish Jack Kennedy UTC, loser leaves town
Nell Stewart beat Joyce Ford
Fred Atkins & Ellis Bashara beat Babe & Chris Zaharias
Big Humphrey Pennyworth drew Karol Krauser
10/30/51 Dallas
Texas Heavyweight champion Miguel Guzman beat Fred Atkins UTC
Danny Savich beat Sonny Myers
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Karol Krauser
Al Szasz drew Rudy Valentino
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Bill Steddum
11/6/51 Dallas
Danny Savich beat Miguel Guzman
Fred Atkins drew Ray Gunkel
Fritz & Hans Schnabel beat Big Humphrey Pennyworth & Rito Romero
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Al Szasz
Emerson Crozier beat Willie Love, "Negro match"
11/13/51 Dallas
Mighty Atlas beat Fred Atkins
Danny Savich beat Al Williams
Ethel Johnson beat Babs Wingo
Fritz & Hans Schnabel beat Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Leo Newman DQ
11/20/51 Dallas
Texas heavyweight champion Mighty Atlas beat Miguel Guzman (sub for Danny McShain, knifed by fan during 11/16/51 show in Houston) DQ
No results available:
Round robin tournament to crown first Texas Negro Heavyweight champion (participants: Emerson Crozier, Willie Love, W.C. Norman, Tom Richardson, possibly others)
Ivan Kalmikoff vs Donn Lewin (sub for Miguel Guzman, moved into main event)
Danny Savich vs Hans Schabel
Leo Newman vs Rito Romero
11/27/51 Dallas
NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Danny McShain beat Danny Savich
Texas Heavyweight champion Mighty Atlas beat Rito Romero, forfeit
Ivan Kalmikoff drew Hans Schnabel
Al Lovelock beat Fritz Schnabel
Rudy Valentino beat Al Szasz
12/4/51 Dallas
Mighty Atlas beat Danny McShain DQ, non-title
Fred Atkins beat Al Lovelock
Rito Romero beat Rudy Valentino
Hans Schnabel beat Donn Lewin
Ivan Kalmikoff drew Danny Savich
12/11/51 Dallas
Killer Kowalski beat Fred Atkins
Ivan Kalmikoff & Mighty Atlas beat Fritz & Hans Schnabel
Danny Savich drew Al Szasz
Rito Romero beat Marvin Jones
Gene Allbert beat Johnny Shaw
12/18/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Killer Kowalski
Killer Kowalski won battle royal for NWA World Heavyweight title shot (other participants: Roy Graham, Fred Atkins, Ivan Kalmikoff & Hans Schnabel)
Duke Keomuka beat Mighty Atlas to win Texas Heavyweight title
Fred Atkins beat Roy Graham
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Hans Schnabel
Al Szasz beat Fritz Schnabel
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1/9/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Leo Newman
Texas Women's champion Nell Stewart beat Millie Stafford
Danny McShain beat Irish Jack Kennedy DQ
Enrique Torres beat Tom Rice
Danny Savich drew Whitey Whittler
1/16/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Rito Romero, referee's decision
Danny McShain beat Irish Jack Kennedy
Mars Bennett beat Nell Stewart to win Texas Women's title
Don Evans & Danny Savich drew Ruffy Silverstein & Enrique Torres
Al Lovelock beat Tom Rice
1/23/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Rito Romero UTC, Texas Death Match rules
Al Lovelock NCO Danny Savich, blood stoppage
Danny McShain drew Ruffy Silverstein
Don Evans & Whitey Whittler beat Jesse James & Irish Jack Kennedy
Jack Kilroy beat Bill Parks
1/30/51 Dallas
Benefit card for March of Dimes Polio Fund.
Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich beat Al Lovelock & Rito Romero to win Texas Tag Team titles
Danny McShain beat Don Evans DQ
Jack Kilroy drew Ruffy Silverstein
Enrique Torres beat Whitey Whittler
Jack Curtis beat Bill Parks
2/6/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Enrique Torres
Danny McShain drew Art Nelson
Don Evans & Danny Savich beat Dizzy Davis & Irish Jack Kennedy
Al Lovelock drew Ruffy Silverstein
Jack Kilroy beat Jack Curtis
2/13/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Duke Keomuka
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich drew Al Lovelock
Enrique Torres beat Leo Newman
Johnny Barend beat Jack Kilroy
Irish Jack Kennedy & Art Nelson beat Don Evans & Whitey Whittler
2/20/51 Dallas
Texas Tag Team champions Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich beat Rito Romero & Enrique Torres COR
Dizzy Davis drew Don Evans
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Jack Kilroy, referee's decision
Johnny Barend beat Jesse James
Art Nelson beat Al Lovelock
2/27/51 Dallas
Irish Jack Kennedy & Enrique Torres beat Don Evans and Leo Newman
Irish Jack Kennedy (sub for Duke Keomuka, injured in pre-match brawl with Kennedy) beat Swedish Angel
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich beat Dizzy Davis
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Jack Kilroy
Rito Romero beat Art Nelson DQ
3/6/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Irish Jack Kennedy
Danny Savich beat Rito Romero
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Don Evans DQ
Dizzy Davis drew Art Nelson
Al Lovelock beat Johnny Barend
Eduardo Perez beat George Curtis (sub for Jack Kilroy)
3/13/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Danny Savich DQ
Duke Keomuka beat Enrique Torres, loser leaves town
Big Humphrey Pennyworth & Irish Jack Kennedy beat Don Evans & Roy Graham
Dizzy Davis drew Rito Romero
Al Lovelock beat Eduardo Perez
3/27/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Tarzan White (both purses held up after White claims Keomuka used ether to win)
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich beat Big Humphrey Pennyworth DQ
Rito Romero beat Don Evans
Johnny Barend drew Art Nelson
Dizzy Davis beat Dr. Lee Grable
4/3/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Tarzan White COR (wins both purses from previous week's match)
Wild Red Berry & Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Art Nelson & Danny Savich
Jackie Nichols beat Dizzy Davis, referee's decision
Bob Ford beat Eduardo Perez, referee's decision
Rito Romero beat Ricky Gold
4/10/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Rito Romero
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Danny Savich, blood stoppage
Jackie Nichols beat Dizzy Davis DQ
Wild Red Berry beat Tarzan White
Al Lovelock drew Art Nelson
4/24/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Big Humphrey Pennyworth COR
Timothy Geohagan beat Art Nelson (sub for Danny Savich, ejected by police after attacking ring announcer George Preston)
Ray Gunkel (Dallas debut) beat Bob Ford
Wild Red Berry drew Dizzy Davis
Jackie Nichols beat Don Evans
5/1/51 Dallas
NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Verne Gagne drew Duke Keomuka
Timothy Geohagan beat Cyclone Anaya
Don Evans & Danny Savich beat Wild Red Berry & Ray Gunkel
Rito Romero beat Al Lovelock
Emerson Crozier beat Tom Richardson, "Negro match"
5/8/51 Dallas
Verne Gagne beat Rito Romero
Duke Keomuka beat Timothy Geohagan
Dizzy Davis & Ray Gunkel beat Art Nelson & Danny Savich
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Angelo Cistoldi DQ
Cyclone Anaya drew Al Lovelock
5/15/51 Dallas
Ray Gunkel beat Duke Keomuka
Danny Savich beat Big Humphrey Pennyworth, loser leaves town
Cyclone Anaya & Rito Romero beat Angelo Cistoldi & Art Nelson
Al Lovelock drew Wild Red Berry
Willie Love beat Tom Richardson, "Negro match"
5/22/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny Savich
Mildred Burke beat Mae Young DQ
Timothy Geohagan drew Ray Gunkel
Ellis Bashara & Angelo Cistoldi beat Cyclone Anaya & Rito Romero
Al Lovelock beat Don Evans
5/29/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Duke Keomuka UTC
Women's World champion Mildred Burke beat Ann LaVerne
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich drew Ray Gunkel
Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero beat Ellis Bashara & Angelo Cistoldi
Carlos Moreno drew Sonny Myers
6/5/51 Dallas
Texas Heavyweight champion Danny Savich beat Ray Gunkel
Miguel Guzman beat Wayne Martin (sub for Duke Keomuka, injured in brawl with Danny Savich)
Wayne Martin beat Rito Romero
Timothy Geohagan drew Bob Orton
Golden Superman beat Don Evans
6/12/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny Savich, loser leaves town
Miguel Guzman beat Wayne Martin, no DQ, no time limit
Sonny Myers beat Bob Orton
Timothy Geohagan drew Ray Gunkel
Al Lovelock beat Matt Murphy
6/19/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Wayne Martin
Al Lovelock & Sonny Myers beat Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero to win vacant Texas Tag Team titles
Timothy Geohagan beat Golden Superman
Bob Orton beat Art Nelson
Tommy Phelps beat Joe Cassius
6/26/51 Dallas
NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Verne Gagne beat Miguel Guzman
Ellis Bashara & Killer Karl Davis beat Timothy Geohagan & Ray Gunkel
Duke Keomuka drew Bob Orton
Buck Riley beat Tommy Phelps
Rito Romero beat Hal Keene, referee's decision
7/3/51 Dallas
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Duke Keomuka
Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero beat Ellis Bashara & Killer Karl Davis
Dick Raines beat Bob Orton
Ray Gunkel drew Carlos Moreno
Buck Riley beat Johnny (John Paul) Henning
7/10/51 Dallas
Irish Jack Kennedy, Roy Graham & Dick Raines beat Ellis Bashara, Dizzy Davis & Danny McShain
Danny McShain beat Dick Raines
Duke Keomuka beat Killer Karl Davis
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Ellis Bashara DQ
Pat O'Connor beat Roy Graham, referee's decision
Wayne Martin drew Carlos Moreno
7/17/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny McShain DQ
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Elephant Boy
Bobby Managoff beat Killer Karl Davis
Ray Gunkel & Pat O'Connor beat Dick Raines & Babe Zaharias, referee's decision
Carlos Moreno beat Ellis Bashara
7/24/51 Dallas
ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT FOR NWA WORLD TITLE MATCH WITH LOU THESZ
First Round:
Bob Orton beat Wayne Martin
Dick Raines beat Pat O'Connor
Bobby Managoff beat Duke Keomuka, referee's decision
Babe Zaharias beat Irish Jack Kennedy COR
Ray Gunkel beat Jerry Meeker
Danny McShain beat Carlos Moreno
Second Round:
Bobby Managoff beat Babe Zaharias
Dick Raines beat Bob Orton
Ray Gunkel beat Danny McShain DQ
Semifinal:
Bobby Managoff beat Ray Gunkel
Final:
Bobby Managoff beat Dick Raines to win tournament
7/31/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Bobby Managoff
Gloria Barattini beat Mae Young
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Killer Karl Davis
Danny McShain beat Carlos Moreno
Sonny Myers beat Timothy Geohagan
8/7/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Irish Jack Kennedy
Danny McShain drew Sonny Myers
Carlos Moreno beat Wayne Martin
Pat O'Connor beat Hal Keene
Jerry Meeker beat Matt Murphy
Emerson Crozier & Johnny Cobb beat Bud Richardson & Martin Wilson, "Negro tag match"
8/14/51 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny McShain COR, no holds barred
Little Beaver & Sonny Boy Cassidy beat Pancho the Bull & Sky Low Low
Ray Gunkel drew Sonny Myers
Carlos Moreno beat Timothy Geohagan UTC
Ellis Bashara beat Bob Orton
8/21/51 Dallas
Bobby Managoff beat Duke Keomuka DQ
Danny McShain drew Rito Romero
Alberto Correl drew Karol Krauser
Ellis Bashara & Sonny Myers beat Ray Gunkel, gauntlet match (Gunkel pinned Bashara, but lost to Myers)
Pat O'Connor beat Gene Dubuque
8/28/51 Dallas (no results available)
Ray Gunkel vs Sonny Myers
Danny McShain vs Rito Romero
Cora Combs vs Mae Weston
Duke Keomuka vs Pat O'Connor, non-title
Karol Krauser vs Ned Taylor
9/4/51 Dallas
Ray Gunkel beat Duke Keomuka DQ to win Texas Heavyweight title
Danny McShain NCO Danny Savich, blood stoppage
Rito Romero beat Karol Krauser DQ
Pat Fraley drew Sonny Myers
Ellis Bashara beat Pat O'Connor
Gene Albert drew Joe Marlowe
9/11/51 Dallas (no results available)
Danny McShain vs Danny Savich, no DQ, no time limit
Ray Gunkel vs Rito Romero, non-title
Pat Fraley vs Duke Keomuka
Irish Jack Kennedy vs Sonny Myers
Gene Allbert vs Alberto Corral
9/18/51 Dallas
Danny Savich beat Duke Keomuka DQ
Danny McShain beat Little Beaver & Sonny Boy Cassidy, handicap match
Ellis Bashara beat Pancho the Bull & Sky Low Low, handicap match
Sonny Myers beat Irish Jack Kennedy
Rito Romero beat Pat Fraley (referee's decision)
Canceled:
Danny McShain & Ellis Bashara vs Little Beaver, Sonny Boy Cassidy, Pancho the Bull & Sky Low Low (two midget wrestlers injured in earlier handicap matches)
9/25/51 Dallas
Danny Savich beat Danny McShain, loser leaves town
Duke Keomuka beat Sonny Myers, referee's decision
Gloria Barratini beat Mae Weston
Pat Fraley drew Al Lovelock
Ellis Bashara beat Carlos Moreno
10/2/51 Dallas
Texas Heavyweight champion Ray Gunkel DCOR Duke Keomuka (sub for Miguel Guzman)
Sonny Myers beat Bob Gurley
Babe & Chris Zaharias drew Ellis Bashara & Danny Savich
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Al Lovelock
Joe Cassius beat Johnny Shaw
10/9/51 Dallas
NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Verne Gagne beat Ray Gunkel
Babe and Chris Zaharias beat Ellis Bashara & Danny Savich to win Texas Tag Team titles
Miguel Guzman drew Duke Keomuka
Fred Atkins beat Pat Fraley
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Sonny Myers
10/15/51 Fort Worth
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Fred Atkins
10/16/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz DCOR NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Verne Gagne
Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero beat Babe & Chris Zaharias to win Texas Tag Team titles
Irish Jack Kennedy beat Duke Keomuka
Texas Women's Champion Nell Stewart beat Gloria Barratini
Fred Atkins drew Big Humphrey Pennyworth
10/23/51 Dallas
Miguel Guzman beat Ray Gunkel to win Texas Heavyweight title
Sonny Myers beat Irish Jack Kennedy UTC, loser leaves town
Nell Stewart beat Joyce Ford
Fred Atkins & Ellis Bashara beat Babe & Chris Zaharias
Big Humphrey Pennyworth drew Karol Krauser
10/30/51 Dallas
Texas Heavyweight champion Miguel Guzman beat Fred Atkins UTC
Danny Savich beat Sonny Myers
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Karol Krauser
Al Szasz drew Rudy Valentino
Big Humphrey Pennyworth beat Bill Steddum
11/6/51 Dallas
Danny Savich beat Miguel Guzman
Fred Atkins drew Ray Gunkel
Fritz & Hans Schnabel beat Big Humphrey Pennyworth & Rito Romero
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Al Szasz
Emerson Crozier beat Willie Love, "Negro match"
11/13/51 Dallas
Mighty Atlas beat Fred Atkins
Danny Savich beat Al Williams
Ethel Johnson beat Babs Wingo
Fritz & Hans Schnabel beat Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Leo Newman DQ
11/20/51 Dallas
Texas heavyweight champion Mighty Atlas beat Miguel Guzman (sub for Danny McShain, knifed by fan during 11/16/51 show in Houston) DQ
No results available:
Round robin tournament to crown first Texas Negro Heavyweight champion (participants: Emerson Crozier, Willie Love, W.C. Norman, Tom Richardson, possibly others)
Ivan Kalmikoff vs Donn Lewin (sub for Miguel Guzman, moved into main event)
Danny Savich vs Hans Schabel
Leo Newman vs Rito Romero
11/27/51 Dallas
NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Danny McShain beat Danny Savich
Texas Heavyweight champion Mighty Atlas beat Rito Romero, forfeit
Ivan Kalmikoff drew Hans Schnabel
Al Lovelock beat Fritz Schnabel
Rudy Valentino beat Al Szasz
12/4/51 Dallas
Mighty Atlas beat Danny McShain DQ, non-title
Fred Atkins beat Al Lovelock
Rito Romero beat Rudy Valentino
Hans Schnabel beat Donn Lewin
Ivan Kalmikoff drew Danny Savich
12/11/51 Dallas
Killer Kowalski beat Fred Atkins
Ivan Kalmikoff & Mighty Atlas beat Fritz & Hans Schnabel
Danny Savich drew Al Szasz
Rito Romero beat Marvin Jones
Gene Allbert beat Johnny Shaw
12/18/51 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Killer Kowalski
Killer Kowalski won battle royal for NWA World Heavyweight title shot (other participants: Roy Graham, Fred Atkins, Ivan Kalmikoff & Hans Schnabel)
Duke Keomuka beat Mighty Atlas to win Texas Heavyweight title
Fred Atkins beat Roy Graham
Ivan Kalmikoff beat Hans Schnabel
Al Szasz beat Fritz Schnabel
