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Nov. 1, 1975 – WatC
Stan Stasiak beat Mike Hubert
Rocky Johnson beat Alofa
Nick Bockwinkel, with Bobby Heenan, beat Tony Atlas
Ali Vaziri, Jerry Oates and Red Bastien won from Sika, Don Wayt and Chuck O’Connor
when Bastien beat Wayt
From The Golden Era by Larry Matysik
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that is an incredible tv show 2 wwf champs awa champ wwf tag champs wow
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I wonder if Sam showcased Bock here, knowing he was just a week from taking the AWA belt?
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Did not know Tony Atlas was in St Louis in Nov 1975
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Also from Larry's FTGE book
Oct. 17, 1975 – Kiel (att. 4740)
Nick Bockwinkel and Dick Murdoch double DQ Dick the Bruiser and Pat O’Connor
This was the start of what was planned as a major push for Nick Bockwinkel. Although it bucked the KC and O’Connor concern about making Verne Gagne’s talent too strong in St. Louis {Gagne was booking Bockwinkel}, Sam Muchnick was firm that Bockwinkel could do major business – especially with Bobby Heenan as his manager. Sam had known Nick’s father Warren Bockwinkel very well, as Warren was a highly-respected grappler from St. Louis, where Nick was born. Nick himself had surpassed his dad in the ring; Nick Bockwinkel was an exceptional talent and talker. Some would describe him as a “wrestling heel,” which Sam liked. The addition of Heenan was a bonus. The plan was moving nicely into December, when Gagne decided to put the AWA championship in Nick’s hands. That, of course, was a stumbling block for St. Louis because it limited anything Bockwinkel could do with Terry Funk, by then the NWA champion. Obviously, while Sam wanted to use Gagne’s prime talent, Muchnick was not going to put the AWA crown in main events equal to the NWA prize. Thus, Jan. 2 became Bockwinkel’s final outing in St. Louis although he retained excellent relations with Sam and everyone from St. Louis.
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