Washington Coliseum
Washington, DC
February 11, 1963
Capitol Wrestling returns home to Washington, DC for a big show tonight. Bobo Brazil, Art Thomas and Dory Dixon face Magnificent Maurice, "Handsome" Johnny Barend and The Canadian Wrecking Crew in an eight man tag, but Bobo's team has a mystery partner. Who could it be? Somehow "Killer" Buddy Austin has a Heavyweight title shot against "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers in a rare battle of the brutes. Let's get to the action.
Match 1
Tommy O'Toole vs Tim Woods
Talk about a rare treat. Tim Woods is the unmasked alter-ego of the original Mr. Wrestling, one of the greatest American masked wrestlers of all time. George Woodin was a college wrestler for Michigan State, damn near winning the national championship in 1959. He made his wrestling debut at age 28 in 1962 and took the Mr. Wrestling gimmick national but would also wrestle as "Tim Woods" back when nobody could have known the difference. Woods beats O'Toole here.
Winner: Tim Woods
Match 2
Miguel Torres vs "Irish" Pat Barrett
Miguel was a star in Mexico going back to the 1940's and was well traveled by this point. Barrett was an Irish born wrestler who started in 1960 but was on his first American tour in 1963. He would eventually be WWWF Tag Champion but that's down the road. He defeats Torres here.
Winner: Barrett
Match 3
Cowboy Reed vs Pedro Morales
The future Buddy Colt takes on the future heavyweight champion. They go the 20 minute distance for a draw.
Winner: No one (Draw)
Match 4
Gordo Chihuahua vs Jolly Charlie
Two gimmicks, only one will walk out a winner. Charlie got the victory.
Winner: Charlie
Match 5
The Shadow vs Pete Sanchez
The Shadow attacks faces and heels, he doesn't care. He faces Sanchez here and wins.
Winner: Shadow
Match 6
Magnificent Maurice, "Handsome" Johnny Barend, Chris and John Tolos vs Bobo Brazil, Dory Dixon, "Sailor" Art Thomas and Johnny Valentine
Surprise!!! The mystery partner in this eight man tag is none other than Johnny Valentine. Valentine and Bob Ellis lost the NWA US Tag Team Titles to Buddy Rogers and Barend so he has no love lost for the other team. Bobo's team wins.
Winners: Thomas, Dixon, Valentine and Brazil
Match 7
"Killer" Buddy Austin vs "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers for the World Heavyweight Championship
Its a battle of the brutes as they say as its heel vs heel. Austin got a title shot for his hot streak of late but was counted out in the match.
Winner: Rogers by count out (still World Heavyweight Champion)
That was definitely an interesting show with Mr. Wrestling on the card under his maskless name along with an 8 man tag with Johnny Valentine stepping up to fight with Brazil's crew. Rogers survived his challenge from Buddy Austin but where does he go from here? There's actually going to be two shows tomorrow, the first is that week's TV taping at Bridgeport. I'll see you there.
