Georgia Wrestling History - the Home of Peach State Pandemonium: Cards & Results

1962

OCTOBER 2 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Johnny Walker defeated Mr. X (1) by disqualification > Choo-Choo Lynn defeated Pedro Godoy at 4:00 > Mr. Moto & Gypsy Joe defeated Chief Little Eagle & Chief Crazy Horse

OCTOBER 3 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Johnny Walker defeated Mr. X (1) by disqualification > Pedro Godoy defeated Ivor Barrett > Gypsy Joe and Chief Little Eagle wrestled to a draw at 45:00 > Mr. Moto defeated Chief Crazy Horse

OCTOBER 5 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Bulldog Lawley defeated Ivor Barrett > Chief Little Eagle & Chief Crazy Horse defeated Jack Bence & Gypsy Joe > Johnny Walker defeated Pedro Godoy > World Heavyweight Title Match: Freddie Blassie* defeated Mr. Moto / Notes: Freddie Blassie had been billed as World Heavyweight Champion since June 29, 1962. Pierre Chevalier had been scheduled, but was not mentioned in reports following the card.

OCTOBER 9 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Choo-Choo Lynn defeated Pancho Valdez at 4:00 > Johnny Walker defeated Pedro Godoy by disqualification > No TL / No DQ Match: Mr. Moto & Gypsy Joe defeated Chief Little Eagle & Chief Crazy Horse

OCTOBER 12 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Pedro Godoy defeated Bulldog Lawley > Chief Little Eagle defeated Gypsy Joe > Chief Crazy Horse and Mr. Moto wrestled to a draw > World Tag Team Title Match: the Assassins* and the Kentuckians wrestled to a draw / Notes: The Assassins had been billed as World Tag Team Champions since September 11, 1962. Inside the program for this card, there is a large advertisement reminding you to vote for Ray McCay (former Atlanta broadcaster, who also covered wrestling on radio and was the original host of “Live Atlanta Wrestling” on television) on October 16, 1962, as the DeKalb Representative. It was announced that Rito Carreon would be wrestling on the card on October 19, 1962.

OCTOBER 15 (MONDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – WILLIAM BELL AUDITORIUM (Steve Manderson – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Johnny Walker versus Rito Carreon > Gypsy Joe versus Chief Little Eagle > Mr. Moto versus Chief Crazy Horse > Pedro Godoy & Pancho Valdez versus the Kentuckians / Notes: No documented results for this card have been found.

OCTOBER 16 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Chief Little Eagle defeated Pancho Valdez > Johnny Walker defeated Bulldog Lawley > Mr. Moto defeated Chief Crazy Horse at 14:00 > The Kentuckians defeated Pedro Godoy & Gypsy Joe at 15:00

OCTOBER 17 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Chief Little Eagle defeated Pedro Godoy > Mr. Moto defeated Chief Crazy Horse > The Kentuckians defeated Pancho Valdez & Gypsy Joe

OCTOBER 19 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Gypsy Joe defeated Chief Crazy Horse > Chief Little Eagle defeated Pedro Godoy > Mr. Moto defeated Johnny Walker > No TL / No DQ Match: the Assassins defeated the Kentuckians / Notes: Rito Carreon had been scheduled, but there was no mention in the reports following the card.

OCTOBER 23 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Johnny Walker and Chief Little Eagle wrestled to a draw > Gypsy Joe defeated Chief Crazy Horse > The Kentuckians defeated Lenny Montana & Mr. Moto

OCTOBER 24 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon defeated Pancho Valdez at 14:00 > Mr. Moto defeated Johnny Walker > The Kentuckians defeated Lenny Montana & Gypsy Joe

OCTOBER 26 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Johnny Walker defeated Pancho Valdez > Rito Carreon defeated Bulldog Lawley > Chief Little Eagle defeated Gypsy Joe > Lenny Montana defeated Chief Crazy Horse > Luke Brown defeated Mr. Moto by disqualification > World Heavyweight Title Match: Jake Smith defeated Freddie Blassie* by DQ / Notes: Freddie Blassie had been billed as World Heavyweight Champion since June 29, 1962.

OCTOBER 29 (MONDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – WILLIAM BELL AUDITORIUM (Steve Manderson – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Pancho Valdez versus Chief Little Eagle > Lenny Montana versus Johnny Walker > Mr. Moto & Gypsy Joe versus the Kentuckians / Notes: No documented results for this card have been found.

OCTOBER 30 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon defeated Pancho Valdez > Chief Little Eagle defeated Mr. Moto > The Kentuckians defeated Lenny Montana & Gypsy Joe

OCTOBER 31 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon and Chief Little Eagle wrestled to a draw at 20:00 > Gypsy Joe defeated Johnny Walker > The Kentuckians defeated Lenny Montana & Mr. Moto / Notes: It was reported that 1,012 were in attendance for this card.

NOVEMBER 2 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Chief Little Eagle defeated Pancho Valdez > Rito Carreon defeated Lenny Montana > Gypsy Joe defeated Johnny Walker > The Kentuckians defeated Freddie Blassie & Mr. Moto / Notes: According to the program for this card, the World Heavyweight Title was held up until champion Freddie Blassie signed to defend against Jake Smith. Blassie agreed to wrestle Smith on November 9, 1962.

NOVEMBER 5 (MONDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – WILLIAM BELL AUDITORIUM (Steve Manderson – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Ron Reed versus Pancho Valdez > Jack Vansky & Lenny Montana versus Rito Carreon & Chief Little Eagle > Luke Brown versus Gypsy Joe > World Heavyweight Title Match: Freddie Blassie* versus Jake Smith / Notes: No documented results for this card have been found. Freddie Blassie had been billed as World Heavyweight Champion since June 29, 1962, though the title had been held up at the time in Atlanta.

NOVEMBER 6 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Ron Reed defeated Pancho Valdez > Jack Vansky and Rito Carreon wrestled to a draw > Luke Brown versus Lenny Montana ruled a no contest > Jake Smith defeated Gypsy Joe

NOVEMBER 7 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Ron Reed defeated Pancho Valdez > Chief Little Eagle defeated Jack Vansky > Luke Brown versus Gypsy Joe ruled a no contest > Jake Smith defeated Lenny Montana

NOVEMBER 9 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon defeated Pancho Valdez > Lenny Montana defeated Ron Reed > Jack Vansky versus Chief Little Eagle > Luke Brown defeated Gypsy Joe by disqualification > World Heavyweight Title Match (No DQ / No TL / No CO): Freddie Blassie defeated Jake Smith / Notes: Jack Vansky and Chief Little Eagle were scheduled to wrestle each other, but no results were reported after the card. Freddie Blassie had been billed as World Heavyweight Champion since June 29, 1962. It was announced that Pee Wee Lopez would wrestle Marcel Semard on November 23, 1962, and that Bob Ellis, Dick the Bruiser, and Art & Stan Nelson would be wrestling in Atlanta soon. It was also announced that Don McIntyre was negotiating with Pat O’Connor for future dates.

NOVEMBER 12 (MONDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – WILLIAM BELL AUDITORIUM (Steve Manderson – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > The Kentuckians versus the Assassins / Notes: No documented results for this card have been found.

NOVEMBER 13 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > The Russian Crusher defeated Ron Reed > Rito Carreon and Gypsy Joe wrestled to a draw > Luke Brown & Chief Little Eagle defeated Jack Vansky & Lenny Montana > World Heavyweight Title Match: Freddie Blassie* and Jake Smith wrestled to a draw at 60:00 / Notes: Freddie Blassie had been billed as World Heavyweight Champion since June 29, 1962.

NOVEMBER 14 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon defeated Gypsy Joe by disqualification > Chief Little Eagle and the Russian Crusher wrestled to a draw > The Kentuckians defeated Freddie Blassie & Lenny Montana

NOVEMBER 16 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon defeated Bulldog Lawley > Women’s Match: Tina Cole defeated Sweet Georgia Brown > Chief Little Eagle defeated the Russian Crusher > Ray Gunkel & the Kentuckians defeated Freddie Blassie, Lenny Montana & Gypsy Joe / Notes: There were two referees for the match between Ray Gunkel & the Kentuckians and Freddie Blassie, Lenny Montana & Gypsy Joe. It was announced that Dick the Bruiser, Art & Stan Nelson would be wrestling on the card on December 7, 1962, and that Pat O’Connor and Eddie Graham would be wrestling in Atlanta soon.

NOVEMBER 19 (MONDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – WILLIAM BELL AUDITORIUM (Steve Manderson – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Midget Match: Marcel Semard versus Pee Wee Lopez > Lenny Montana & Gypsy Joe versus Luke Brown & Chief Little Eagle > World Heavyweight Title Match (No DQ / No TL / No CO): Freddie Blassie* versus Jake Smith / Notes: No documented results for this card have been found. Freddie Blassie had been billed as World Heavyweight Champion since June 29, 1962.

NOVEMBER 20 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Midget Match: Marcel Semard and Pee Wee Lopez wrestled to a draw > Rito Carreon and the Russian Crusher wrestled to a draw > Gypsy Joe defeated Luke Brown at 16:17 > World Heavyweight Title Match: Freddie Blassie* defeated Jake Smith / Notes: Freddie Blassie had been billed as World Heavyweight Champion since June 29, 1962.

NOVEMBER 21 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Midget Match: Pee Wee Lopez defeated Marcel Semard at 13:00 > Luke Brown defeated Jack Vansky at 12:00 > Lenny Montana versus Chief Little Eagle ruled a no contest > World Heavyweight Title Match (No DQ): Freddie Blassie* defeated Jake Smith / Notes: Freddie Blassie had been billed as World Heavyweight Champion since June 29, 1962.

NOVEMBER 23 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon defeated the Russian Crusher > Midget Match: Pee Wee Lopez defeated Marcel Semard > Southern Tag Team Title Match: Lenny Montana & Gypsy Joe defeated the Kentuckians* to win title > Twenty-Round Boxing Match: Ray Gunkel defeated Freddie Blassie / Notes: Chief Little Eagle was the special referee for the match between Ray Gunkel and Freddie Blassie. It is unclear as to how the Kentuckians came to be recognized as Southern Tag Team Champions. The last reference we have shows the Assassins defending the title against Rito & Tito Carreon on January 31, 1962, in Columbus. It was announced that Mike Paidousis and Don Greene would be wrestling on the card on December 7, 1962.

NOVEMBER 26 (MONDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – WILLIAM BELL AUDITORIUM (Steve Manderson – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Mixed Tag Team Match: Ron Reed & Marcel Semard versus Pee Wee Lopez & the Russian Crusher > Lenny Montana versus Rito Carreon > Gypsy Joe versus Chief Little Eagle / Notes: No documented results for this card have been found.

NOVEMBER 27 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Lenny Montana and Chief Little Eagle wrestled to a draw > Mixed Tag Team Match: Rito Carreon & Marcel Semard defeated Pee Wee Lopez & Mr. X (2) > Choo-Choo Lynn versus the Russian Crusher ruled a no contest

NOVEMBER 28 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > The Russian Crusher defeated Ron Reed at 7:00 > Mixed Tag Team Match: Derrell Cochran & Pee Wee Lopez defeated Marcel Semard & the Russian Crusher > Lenny Montana versus Chief Little Eagle ruled a no contest

NOVEMBER 30 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Midget Match: Little Boy Blue defeated Chico Santana > The Russian Crusher defeated Ron Reed > Midget Tag Team Match: Chico Santana & Pee Wee Lopez defeated Marcel Semard & Little Boy Blue > Ray Gunkel, Rito Carreon & Chief Little Eagle defeated Freddie Blassie, Lenny Montana & Gypsy Joe / Notes: It was reported in the program for this card that “Live Atlanta Wrestling” would be seen from 2:30 to 4:00 PM on December 1, 1962, but would resume the following week in it’s usual time period of 5:30 to 7:00 PM.

DECEMBER 4 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Mike Paidousis defeated Jack Vansky > Rito Carreon & Chief Little Eagle defeated Lenny Montana & Bulldog Lawley > Texas Death Match: Choo-Choo Lynn defeated the Russian Crusher

DECEMBER 5 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon defeated the Russian Crusher by disqualification at 7:00 > Women’s Match: Ann Casey defeated Vicki Adams at 13:00 > Mike Paidousis defeated Jack Vansky (2-0) > Lenny Montana defeated Chief Little Eagle by disqualification

DECEMBER 7 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Mike Paidousis versus Jack Vansky > Lenny Montana defeated the Russian Crusher > Art & Stan Nelson defeated Rito Carreon & Chief Little Eagle > Ray Gunkel defeated Dick the Bruiser by disqualification / Notes: Mike Paidousis and Jack Vansky were scheduled to wrestle each other, but no results were reported after the card. Don Greene was scheduled, but there was no mention in reports following the card. It was announced that John Paul Henning would be wrestling on the card on January 11, 1963, and that the Bat and the Steve Boys would be wrestling in Atlanta soon.

DECEMBER 10 (MONDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – WILLIAM BELL AUDITORIUM (Steve Manderson – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Derrell Cochran & Rito Carreon versus Dick & Buddy Bison > Mike Paidousis versus the Russian Crusher > Indian Thong Match: Lenny Montana versus Chief Little Eagle / Notes: No documented results for this card have been found.

DECEMBER 11 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon defeated the Russian Crusher > Derrell Cochran & Chief Little Eagle defeated Dick & Buddy Bison > Mike Paidousis versus Lenny Montana ruled a no contest

DECEMBER 12 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Derrell Cochran & Rito Carreon defeated Dick & Buddy Bison > Mike Paidousis defeated the Russian Crusher (2-0) > Indian Thong Match: Lenny Montana versus Chief Little Eagle ruled a no contest / Notes: The match between Lenny Montana and Chief Little Eagle ended when both men were disqualified in the third fall. Montana had won the first fall, while Little Eagle won the second fall. No actual attendance was reported, but it was noted that “several hundred fans braved the freezing weather and icy wind” to attend.

DECEMBER 14 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon and Buddy Bison wrestled to a draw > Chief Little Eagle defeated the Russian Crusher > Mike Paidousis defeated Bulldog Lawley > Freddie Blassie & Dick the Bruiser defeated Ray Gunkel & Lenny Montana

DECEMBER 18 (TUESDAY) – MACON, GA – MACON CITY AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Chief Little Eagle defeated Buddy Bison > Mixed Tag Team Match: Rito Carreon & Ann Casey defeated Bulldog Lawley & Brenda Scott > Choo-Choo Lynn defeated Lenny Montana

DECEMBER 19 (WEDNESDAY) – COLUMBUS, GA – COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Fred Ward – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Bulldog Lawley defeated Buddy Bison at 5:00 > Mixed Tag Team Match: Ann Casey & Chief Little Eagle defeated Brenda Scott & Bulldog Lawley > Rito Carreon defeated Lenny Montana / Notes: The match between Ann Casey & Chief Little Eagle and Brenda Scott & Bulldog Lawley was billed as the “Battle of the Sexes”.

DECEMBER 21 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon and the Russian Crusher wrestled to a draw > Chief Little Eagle defeated Bulldog Lawley > Lenny Montana versus Mike Paidousis > Women’s Match: Diana Beamon and Sweet Georgia Brown wrestled to a draw > Lumberjack Match: Freddie Blassie defeated Dick the Bruiser / Notes: Lenny Montana and Mike Paidousis were scheduled to wrestle each other, but no results were reported after the card. According to the program for this card, “Live Atlanta Wrestling” would be shown at the special time of 2:00 to 3:30 PM on December 22, 1962, due to a football game, and would move to a new time slot of 6:30 to 7:30 PM on December 29, 1962.

DECEMBER 28 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [P] (Don McIntyre – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rito Carreon defeated Jose Quintero > Women’s Tag Team Match: Fran Gravette & the Fabulous Moolah defeated Judy Grable & Margaret Garcia > Mike Paidousis and Chief Little Eagle wrestled to a draw > World Heavyweight Title Match: Eddie Graham defeated Freddie Blassie* by disqualification / Notes: Freddie Blassie was disqualified in his match with Eddie Graham due to outside interference from Mike Paidousis. Blassie had been billed as World Heavyweight Champion since June 29, 1962. It was announced that Verne Gagne would be wrestling on the card on January 25, 1963.