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01/15/1968 World Wide Wrestling Federation (Vincent J. McMahon) - Trenton, NJ - Moose Hall
Guillotine Gordon def Wes Hutching
Bull Ramos def Miguel Perez
Earl Maynard def Baron Mikel Scicluna
Victor Rivera def Luke Graham
Hans Mortier & Toru Tanaka def Dominic DeNucci & Antonio Pugliese

01/29/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (14,130; $42,875.10; the final card at MSG III)
Victor Rivera & Miguel Perez (2-1) Luke Graham & Guillotine Gordon
Eduard Carpentier drew Hans Mortier
Dominic DeNucci [substititing for The Kentucky Butcher (John Quinn)] (9:51) Smasher Sloan
Louis Cerdan [substititing for The Sheik] (10:07 pin) Mario Fratarolli
Bull Ramos (12:35 pin) Antonio Pugliese
Earl Maynard (7:36 pin) Johnny Rodz
Angelo Savoldi (10:28 pin) Wes Hutchins
WWWF World Heavyweight Title: Bruno Sammartino* (pin) Toru Tanaka

02/11/1968
The fourth version of Madison Square Garden, located at at Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, has its formal opening.
(Associated Press, 68/02/12)

02/12/1968 WWWF (Jane Pellettieri) - Trenton, NJ - Moose Hall
Louis Cerdan vs Bull Johnson
Baron Mikel Scicluna & Bull Ramos vs Arnold Skaaland & Earl Maynard
Guillotine Gordon & Luke Graham vs Victor Rivera & Miguel Perez
Bruno Sammartino & Dominic DeNucci vs Toru Tanaka & Hans Mortier

02/19/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV] (12,989; the first card at MSG IV)
Magnificent Maurice def Karl Steif
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher def Eduard Carpentier
Victor Rivera def Hans Mortier
Professor Toru Tanaka drew Dominic DeNucci
Miguel Perez def Gil Gordon
The Sheik def Louis Cerdan
Earl Maynard def Luke Graham
Little Beaver & Little Jackie def Sky Low Low & Little Brutus
Bruno Sammartino (12:43 submission) Bull Ramos

02/24/1968 WWWF - Sunnyside, NY - Sunnyside Garden
Johnny Rodz vs Arnold Skaaland
Bull Johnson vs Lenny Solomon
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher vs Louis Cerdan
Dominic DeNucci vs ??? [sub. for Baron Mikel Scicluna]
Earl Maynard & Miguel Perez & Victor Rivera vs Hans Mortier & Guillotine Gordon & Luke Graham

03/05/1968 WWWF - Bridgeport, CT - Harding HS
Kentucky Butcher (13:08 pin) Dominic Denucci
Bull Ramos (16:40) Luis Cerdan
Earl Maynard (15:48 pin) Earl Johnson
Miguel Perez & Victor Rivera (2-1 DQ) Luke Graham & Bill Miller
   1: Miller (13:09 pin) Perez
   2: Rivera (4:36 submission) Graham
   3: Perez & Rivera (10:33 DQ)
WWWF World Heayweight Title: Bruno Sammartino* (18:20 pin) Hans Mortier

03/11/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV] (13,148)
Little Beaver & Joey Russell def Cowboy Bradley & Frenchy Lamonte
Miguel Perez def Luke Graham
Crybaby Cannon def Johnny Rodz
Lou Cerdan (Gino Brito) def Bull Johnson
Eduard Carpentier, Dominic DeNucci, & Earl Maynard def Bill Miller, Hans Mortier, & Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera (DQ) Professor Toru Tanaka
Bruno Sammartino def Virgil the Kentucky Butcher

03/22/1968 WWWF - S. Plainfield, NJ - HS
Eduard Carpentier vs Bull Ramos
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher, Bill Miller, & Luke Graham vs Dominic DeNucci, Victor Rivera, & Earl Maynard
Crybaby Cannon vs Angelo Savoldi
Bull Johnson vs Louis Cerdan

03/25/1968 WWWF - Trenton, NJ - Moose Hall
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (11:28) Dominic DeNucci
Bull Ramos (20min limit draw) Earl Maynard
Crybaby Cannon (10:46) Bull Johnson
Hans Mortier (13:25) Pete Sanchez
Louis Cerdan (14:35) Angelo Savoldi
Victor Rivera (DQ) Toru Tanaka

04/22/1968 WWWF - Trenton, NJ - Moose Hall
George Cannon (12:26) Tony Castro
Bull Ramos (12:53) Bull Johnson
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher (11:49) Tony Altimore
Earl Maynard & Victor Rivera def Toru Tanaka & Luke Graham
Bruno Sammartino (8:46) Hans Mortier

04/26/1968 WWWF - W. Hempstead, NY
Bruno Sammartino def Toru Tanaka

05/04/1968 WWWF - Newark, NJ - Armory (3,011)
Johnny Rodz [sub. for Bull Johnson] def Tony Castro
Bull Ramos def Angelo Savoldi [sub. for Baron Mikel Scicluna vs Louis Cerdan]
Crybaby Cannon def Arnold Skoaland [sub. for Angelo Savoldi]
Bobo Brazil (DQ) Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Edouard Carpentier & Victor Rivera & Earl Maynard (3-2) Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna [sub. for Bull Ramos] & Hans Mortier
Bruno Sammartino (21:10 COR) Toru Tanaka

05/20/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV] (10,506)
Cowboy Bradley & Irish Jackie def Frenchy Lamont & Sonny Boy Cassidy
Baron Mikel Scicluna def Louis Cerdan
Hans Mortier (NC) Bull Ramos
Ernie Ladd def Mike Paidousis
Victor Rivera def George Cannon
Gorilla Monsoon & Toru Tanaka def Bobo Brazil & Earl Maynard
Bruno Sammartino drew George Steele

05/25/1968 WWWF - Elizabeth, NJ
Bull Ramos def Gino Brito
Arnold Skaaland def Johnny Rodz
Earl Maynard def Hans Mortier
Toru Tanaka def George Cannon
The Kentucky Butcher & Gorilla Monsoon (NC) Victor Rivera & Bruno Sammartino

06/03/1968 WWWF - Trenton, NJ - Moose Hall
Arnold Skaaland (11:27) Lou Albano
Earl Maynard (13:20) Tony Altimore
Hans Mortier (11:56) Angelo Savoldi [sub. for Eduard Carpentier]
Gorilla Monsoon (11:50) Crybaby Cannon
Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera (2-0) Bull Ramos & Baron Mikel Scicluna

06/22/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV] (10,580)
Virgil the Kentucky Butcher def Crybaby Cannon
Bull Ramos def Louis Cerdan
Gorilla Monsoon & Professor Toru Tanaka drew Victor Rivera & Bobo Brazil
Johnny Rodz def Carlos Colon
Angelo Savoldi def Lenny Solomon
Eduard Carpentier def Hans Mortimer
Bruno Sammartino (24:44) George Steele
Ernie Ladd def Earl Maynard

07/05/1968 WWWF - Asbury Park, NJ
Kentucky Butcher def Edouard Carpentier

07/13/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV] (9,783)
Irish Jackie & Little Beaver def Little Brutus & Sky Low Low
Johnny Rodz def Pete Sanchez
The Kentucky Butcher def Carlos Colon
Earl Maynard def Bull Ramos
Edouard Carpentier def George Steele
Bobo Brazil & Victor Rivera (DQ) Gorilla Monsoon & Toru Tanaka
Bruno Sammartino def Ernie Ladd

07/26/1968 WWWF - Asbury Park, NJ - Convention Hall
Johnny Rodz vs Pete Sanchez
Arnold Skaaland vs Lenny Solomon
George Steele vs Victor Rivera
Victor Rivera & Earl Maynard vs Gorilla Monsoon & The Kentucky Butcher
WWWF World Heavyweight Title: Bruno Sammartino* vs Prof. Tanaka

08/16/1968 WWWF - Asbury Park, NJ - Convention Hall
Arnold Skaaland vs Johnny Rodz
Bull Ramos vs Victor Rivera
George Steele vs Earl Maynard
Prof. Tanaka & Gorilla Monsoon vs Edouard Carpentier & Lenny Solomon
Bruno Sammartino def The Kentucky Butcher

08/17/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV] (12,360)
Edouard Carpentier vs George Steele (cancelled?)
Irish Jackie & the Jamaica Kid def Sky Low Low & Little Brutus
Arnold Skaaland def Frank Hickey
Vittorio Apollo def Bull Ramos
Dick Steinborn drew Earl Maynard
Bobo Brazil def Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Bruno Sammartino & Victor Rivera (2-0 39:39) Gorilla Monsoon & Toru Tanaka

09/23/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV] (9,382)
Earl Maynard drew Baron Mikel Scicluna
Tony Altimore & Lou Albano (2-?) Arnold Skaaland & Pete Sanchez
Bull Ramos (9:54) Lenny Solomon
Johnny Rodz (8:11) Chuck Adcox
Spiros Arion (9:40) Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Victor Rivera def George Steele (10:41)
Gorilla Monsoon (11:43 DCOR) Bobo Brazil
Bruno Sammartino (8:37) Rocky Fitzpatrick (Bob Orton Sr.)

09/28/1968 WWWF - Newark, NJ - Armory
Pete Sanchez (DQ) Johnny Rodz
Earl Maynard def Chuck Adcox
Rocky Fitzpatrick def Arnold Skaaland
Spiros Arion def George Steele
Bruno Sammartino & Art Thomas & Victor Rivera def Baron Mikel Scicluna & Joe Thomas [sub. for Gorilla Monsoon) & The Kentucky Butcher

10/07/1968 WWWF (Jean Pellettieri) - Trenton, NJ - Moose Hall
Lil Abner def Johnny Rodz
Rocky Fitzpatrick def Pete Sanchez
Spiros Arion def Bull Ramos
Handicap Match: Gorilla Monsoon def Chuck Adcock & Angelo Savoldi
Haystack Calhoun & Victor Rivera def Kentucky Butcher & Baron Mikel Scicluna

10/21/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV]
Pete Sanchez (10:31) Chuck Adcox
Tony Altimore def Johnny Rodz
Lou Albano (14:59) Lenny Solomon
Bobo Brazil & Ernie Lassiter def Kentucky Butcher & Bull Ramos
Victor Rivera & Haystack Calhoun def Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Spiros Arion (7:54) Rocky Fitzpatrick
The Sheik (12:16 COR) Bruno Sammartino

11/11/1968 WWWF - Trenton, NJ
Rocky Fitzpatrick def Angelo Savoldi
Spiros Arion def Baron Mikel Scicluna
Haystack Calhoun def Bull Ramos
Lou Albano & Tony Altimore def Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Chuck Adcock
Bruno Sammartino (DQ) Gorilla Monsoon

11/18/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV] (12,000)
Lou Albano def Angelo Savoldi
Tony Altimore def Lenny Solomon
Johnny Rodz (DQ) Chuck Adcock
Pete Sanchez (DQ) Bull Ramos
Rocky Fitzpatrick def Ernie Lassiter
Haystack Calhoun, Spiros Arion, & Victor Rivera def Gorilla Monsoon, Virgil the Kentucky Butcher & Baron Mikel Scicluna
Bruno Sammartino (6:14 DQ) The Sheik

11/23/1968 WWWF - Elizabeth, NJ
Bruno Sammartino & Haystack Calhoun & Victor Rivera def Gorilla Monsoon & Bull Ramos & Baron Mikel Scicluna

12/02/1968 WWWF - Trenton, NJ - Moose Hall (300+)
Arnold Skaaland def Johnny Rodz
Pete Sanchez def Chuck Adcock
Bull Ramos def Carlos Colon
Spiros Arion def Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Haystack Calhoun & Victor Rivera def Gorilla Monsoon & Baron Mikel Scicluna

12/03/1968
Dick Shikat passes away at 71.

12/09/1968 WWWF - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [IV] (10,943)
Victor Rivera (10:18) Rocky Fitzpatrick
Dominic DeNucci (9:46) Bull Ramos
Baron Mikel Scicluna (9:40) Chuck Adcox
Gorilla Monsoon (8:21 DCOR) Haystack Calhoun
Spiros Arion (9:15) Virgil the Kentucky Butcher
Carlos Colon (8:59) Lou Albano
Tony Altimore (11:27) Pete Sanchez
Johnny Rodz (8:09) Lenny Solomon
Killer Kowalski (11:34) Tony Pugliese
Texas Death Match: Bruno Sammartino (9:58) The Sheik

 

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