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Johnny Weaver 1972 TV appearances (Read 918 times)
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Johnny Weaver 1972 TV appearances
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Johnny Weaver on TV in 1972      
 
01/04/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver & Argentina Apollo defeat Joe Turner & Bill Bowman
01/12/1972 Raleigh, NC – Johnny Weaver defeats Krusher Karlson with a roll-up. During the show Johnny also takes Homer O’Dell’s cane away.
01/18/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver & Argentina Apollo defeat Tony Romano & Krusher Karlson.
01/26/1972 Charlotte, NC- Johnny Weaver wrestles Matti Suzuki. Double disqualification.
02/01/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Johnny Heidman with a roll-up. This is the show where Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson agree to team up. Johnny’s notes say “make alliance with  Art Nelson.”
02/02/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Joe Turner with a “Sunset Flip.” Johnny also gets in a fight with Kurt & Karl Von Steiger. Notes say: “have debate with Vons,then they hit me with crop.”
02/09/1972 Charlotte, NC- Interview
02/16/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Joe Soto with a roll-up.
03/08/1972 Charlotte, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Joe Turner with a suplex.
03/14/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver, Argentina Apollo and Bobby Kay defeat Joe Turner, Bill Bowman and Frank Morrell in a six-man tag team match.
03/29/1972 Charlotte, NC- Interview
04/05/1972 Charlotte, NC- Interview
04/18/1972 High Point, NC-  Johnny Weaver & Argentina Apollo were originally scheduled to met Gene & Ole Anderson on this show. Johnny marked this off his calendar. Instead Johnny Weaver defeated Bill Bowman with a roll-up at Dorton Arena in Raleigh, NC.
04/26/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver defeated Kurt Von Steiger with a suplex.
05/10/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Tony Romano with the “Sleeper.”
05/17/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeat Joe Turner & Bill Bowman. Johnny & Art get involved with Homer O’ Dell and his guys later. Notes say: “toss Homer in the  ring, then tear Brute’s coat.”
05/24/1972 Charlotte, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Frank Morrell with a “ Sunset Flip.”
05/30/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeat Joe Turco & Johnny Heidman.
05/31/1972 Charlotte, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeat Joe Turner & Bill Bowman when Johnny puts the “ Sleeper ” on Turner.
06/13/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Joe Soto with the “ Sleeper.”
06/14/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver wrestles Gene Anderson to a draw. Later on Homer O’Dell hits Johnny Weaver with his cane.
06/21/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Joe Soto with a roll-up.
06/28/1972 Charlotte, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeat Joe Turco & Joe Soto.
07/05/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Johnny Heidman. Johnny Weaver’s notes indicate that he was wrestling with an injured knee. Johnny’s knee was injured the night before in Morganton, NC. This was during a six-man tag team match against Missouri Mauler, Brute Bernard and Homer O’Dell. Johnny’s partners in that match were Art Nelson and Sandy Scott.
07/11/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeat Billy Hines & Frank Morrell. Notes indicate that Johnny Weaver also chased Homer O’Dell out of the studio.
07/12/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeat Joe Turner & Bill Bowman.
08/08/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Bobby Paul.
08/22/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeat Two-Ton Harris & Frank Morrell.
08/23/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Frank Hester with a roll-up.
08/30/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver wrestles Ole Anderson to a draw.
09/13/1972 Charlotte, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeat Frank Morrell & Joe Soto.
09/20/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson lose to the Royal Kangaroos, Lord Jonathon Boyd & Norman Frederick Charles III.
10/03/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver wrestled two matches at this taping. Johnny defeated Billy Hines & Bobby Paul, both with a roll-up.
10/04/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver defeated Two-Ton Harris. A tape of the Royal Kangaroos is shown on this episode during Johnny’s interview.
10/11/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson lose to Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson. After doing an interview, the two teams start fighting again and are still going at it when the show goes off the air.
10/18/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeat Frank Morrell & Pancho Valdez.
10/25/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Charlie Fulton with a roll-up. During an interview, Johnny Weaver slaps Rip Hawk.
11/01/1972 Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver wrestles Jim Dillon to a draw.
11/08/1972 Raleigh, NC- Interview: Film is shown of a Texas Death Match between Johnny Weaver & Dory Funk Jr. which Johnny Weaver won.
11/14/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver wrestles two matches at this taping. Johnny defeats both Charlie Fulton & Two- Ton Harris.
11/15/1972 Charlotte, NC- Johnny Weaver defeats Tony Romano with the “ Sleeper.” Work-out film from Raleigh, NC is also shown.
12/12/1972 High Point, NC- Johnny Weaver wrestled two matches at this taping. Johnny defeated Two-Ton Harris who replaced Dick Shannon who was originally booked to face Johnny. Johnny also defeated Evil Eye Gordon.  
12/13/1972  Raleigh, NC- Johnny Weaver & Art Nelson defeated Two-Ton Harris & Joe Soto. Pancho Valdez & Tony Romano were originally scheduled to face Weaver & Nelson.
 
Credit: This information comes from Johnny Weaver's Journal's
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Re: Johnny Weaver 1972 TV appearances
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FANTASTIC!
 
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