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Northern California - 1978

Thanks to Michael Rodgers, publisher of Ring Around the Northwest

1/5/78 Santa Rosa
Pepper Gomez beat Bob Roop, Brutus The Bear beat The Von Steigers, Dean Ho & Armando Guerrero beat Hiro Ota & John Karisma.

1/7/78 TV
Bob Roop & Les Thornton beat Kevin Sullivan & Ted Heath, Armando Guerrero & Dean Ho beat Alexi Smirnoff & Barry Orton.

1/11/78 Sacramento
Les Thornton beat Dean Ho, Pepper Gomez & Armando Guerrero beat Kurt & Karl Von Steiger, Tony Rocca beat John Karisma, Jerry Monti drew Ted Heath.

1/14/78 TV
Mando Guerrero beat Tony Rocca, Les Thornton & Kurt Von Steiger beat Ted Heath & Tony Rocca.

1/21/78 TV
Les Thornton beat Guy Lambert, Lonnie Mayne beat Rock Riddle, Black Gordman & Great Goliath beat Ted Heath & Jerry Monti.

1/25/78 Sacramento
Dean Ho beat Les Thornton, Moondog Mayne beat Karl Von Steiger, Armando Guerrero beat Kurt Von Steiger, Black Gordman & Great Goliath beat Jerry Monti & Ted Heath, Don Muraco beat Tony Rocca.

1/28/78 San Francisco Battle Royal (Mike Rodgers attended this card)
Dick Murdoch beat Kurt Von Steiger, Armando Guerrero beat Karl Von Steiger, Black Gordman & Great Goliath beat Pepper Gomez & Haystacks Calhoun, Don Muraco beat Dory Funk Jr, Harley Race beat Chavo Guerrero,

Don Muraco wins Battle Royal.
Order of Elimination 1. Les Thornton thrown out by Ray Stevens, 2. Pepper Gomez thrown out by Von Steigers, 3. Kurt Von Steiger kicked over top rope by Don Muraco 4. Chavo Guerrero thrown over by Black Gordman 5. Dick Murdoch thrown out by Dory Funk Jr 6. Dory Funk Jr thrown out by Ray Stevens 7. Karl Von Steiger pinned by Lonnie Mayne 8. Haystacks Calhoun pinned by Johnny Boyd, Ray Stevens & Don Muraco 9. Armando Guerrero thrown out by Black Gordman 10. Peter Maivia pinned by Goliath 11. Lord Jonathon Boyd pinned by Ray Stevens, 12 Great Goliath thrown out by Dean Ho 13. Ray Stevens thrown out by Harley Race 14. Black Gordman pinned by Dean Ho 15. Harley Race pinned by Dean Ho, 16. Moondog Mayne pinned by Don Muraco 17. Dean Ho pinned by Don Muraco. Don Muraco winner of 1978 SF battle royal. Attendance 16,000.

1/28/78 SF TV
Black Gordman & Goliath beat Von Steiger Brothers to win Tag Titles, Don Muraco beat Ted Heath.

2/4/78 SF TV
Don Muraco & Great Goliath beat Guy Lambert & Ted Heath.

2/11/78 SF TV
Mando Guererro beat Rock Riddle, Don Muraco beat Jerry Monti, Moondog Mayne & Dean Ho beat Lord Jonathon Boyd & Rock Riddle.

2/11/78 San Francisco
Dean Ho beat Don Muraco, Moondog Mayne & Haiti Kid & Cowboy Lang beat Black Gordman & Little Bruiser & Little Tokyo, Mando Guerrero beat Goliath, Pepper Gomez drew Rick McGraw, Johnny Boyd drew Ted Heath. Attendance 6450 (The Cow Palace must have looked very empty).

2/18/78 SF TV
Texas Red beat Ted Heath, Don Muraco beat Guy Lambert, Mando Guerrero & Pepper Gomez beat Black Gordman & Goliath.

2/22/78 Sacramento
Moondog Mayne & Dean Ho beat Black Gordman & Great Goliath, Don Muraco beat Pepper Gomez, Mando Guerrero beat Johnny Boyd, Texas Red beat Jerry Monti, Tony Rocca beat Rick McGraw.

2/25/78 SF TV
Texas Red beat Jerry Monti, Dean Ho beat Johnny BOyd, Black Gordman & Goliath beat Guy Lambert & Tony Rocca.

3/4/78 SF TV
Moondog Mayne beat Johnny Boyd, Don Muraco & Red Bastein beat Jerry Monti & Mando Guerrero, Don Muraco & Red Bastein beat Moondog Mayne & Dean Ho.

3/8/78 Sacramento
Moondog Mayne & Dean Ho beat DOn Muraco & Texas Red, Mando Guerrero & Pepper Gomez beat BLack Gordman & Great Goliath, Earl Maynard beat Tony Rocca, Ted HEath drew Guy Lambert.

3/11/78 SF TV
Mando Guerrero beat Ted Heath, Red Bastein beat Guy Lambert, Don Muraco beat Tony Rocca, Black Gordman beat Jerry Monti.

3/11/78 San Francisco
Dean Ho beat Don Muraco, Moondog Mayne beat Black Gordman, Mando Guerrero & Pepper Gomez beat Great Goliath & Butcher Brannigan, Tony Rocca beat Texas Red, Earl Maynard beat Ted Heath, El Falcon drew Colosso Colosetti. Att 9450.

3/18/78 SF TV
Earl Maynard beat Ted Heath, Dean Ho beat Black Gordman TV Championship match, Red Bastein drew Tony Rocca, Mando Guerrero beat Black Gordman.

3/22/78 Sacramento
Dean Ho beat Red Bastein, Mando Guerrero & Pepper Gomez drew Don Muraco & Earl Maynard, Tony Rocca beat Rex Arnold, Jerry Monti beat Guy Lambert, Ted Heath drew Rock Riddle.

3/25/78 San Francisco TV
Mando Guerrero beat Guy Lambert, Pepper Gomez beat Rock Riddle, Don Muraco & Earl Maynard beat Ted Heath & Tony Rocca.

4/1/78 San Francisco
Takashi Onome beat Mickey Doyle, Ron Bass beat Ted Heath, Earl Maynard beat Tony Rocca, Lonnie Mayne beat Rock Riddle, Pepper Gomez & Mando Guerrero beat Gordman & Goliath, Don Muraco beat Dean Ho for the US Heavyweight Championship title -- Attendance 6,870

4/1/78 SF TV
Takashi Onome beat Ted Heath, Don Muraco beat Ricky Thompson, Mando Guerrero & Pepper Gomez beat Rock Riddle & Mickey Doyle.

4/5/78 Sacramento
Ricky Thompson beat Guy Lambert, Tony Rocca drew Rock Riddle, Takashi Onome beat Ted Heath, Dean Ho beat Mr. America, Pepper Gomez & Mando Guerrero beat Don Muraco & Earl Maynard.

4/15/78 San Francisco
Takashi Onome beat Ted Heath, Pampero Firpo beat Hiro Ota, Pepper Gomez & Mando Guerrero beat Mr. America & Rock Riddle, Earl Maynard beat Al Madril, Lonnie Mayne beat Black Gordman & Great Goliath Handicap match, Don Muraco beat Dean Ho Att 5150.

4/19/78 Sacramento
Don Muraco beat Pepper Gomez, Dean Ho beat Earl Maynard, Mando Guerrero & Pampero Firpo beat Mr. America & Masked Avenger, Takashi Onome drew Jerry Monti, Pampero Firpo beat Rock Riddle.

4/22/78 SF TV
Pampero Firpo beat Ted Heath, Lonnie Mayne beat Mr. America (Mickey Doyle), Earl Maynard beat Mickey Doyle.

4/29/78 SF TV
Red Bastein beat Takashi Onome, Lonnie Mayne beat Masked Avenger, Dean Ho beat Mr. America.

4/29/78 San Francisco
Lonnie Mayne beat Don Muraco, Dean Ho beat Earl Maynard, Mando Guerrero & Pampero Firpo beat Texas Red & Masked Avenger, Pepper Gomez beat Takashi Onome, Vicki Williams & Joyce Grable beat Lelaini Kai & Pepper LaBianca Attendance 5,150.

4/30/78 Santa Rosa
Don Muraco beat Dean Ho, Vicki Williams & Joyce Grable beat Pepper Labianco & Lelani Kai, Mando Guerrero beat Red Bastein, Takashi Onome beat Masked Avenger.

5/3/78 Sacramento
Dean Ho beat Don Muraco dq, Vicki Williams & Joyce Grable beat Lelani Kai & Pepper Labianco, Abdul Zatar beat Takashi Onome.

5/13/78 San Francisco
Lonnie Mayne beat Don Muraco to win US Heavyweight Championship title, Abdul Zaatar drew Takashi Onome, Pampero Firpo beat Great Goliath, Dean Ho & Mando Guerrero beat Red Bastein & Earl Maynard, Pepper Gomez & Chavo Guerrero beat Black Gordman & Ron Bass.

5/17/78 Sacramento
Dean Ho beat Don Muraco, Red Bastein beat Pepper Gomez, Mando Guerrero drew Earl Maynard, Pampero Firpo beat Rock Riddle, Rock Riddle beat Jerry Monti.

5/20/78 SF TV
Pampero Firpo & Dean Ho beat Alex Perez & Abdul Zaatar, Don Muraco & Earl Maynard beat Takashi Onome & Pepper Gomez.

5/27/78 SF TV
Mando Guerrero beat Takashi Onome, Lonnie Mayne beat TOny Milan, Pampero Firpo & Dean Ho beat Pete Marquis & Masked Avenger.

5/31/78 Sacramento
Red Bastein beat Dean Ho, Mando Guerrero beat Rock Riddle, Pampero Firpo beat Tony Milan, Pepper Gomez beat Takashi Onome, Rock Riddle beat Jerry Monti.

6/3/78 San Francisco
Moondog Mayne drew Alexi Smirnoff, Dean Ho beat Red Bastein, Pampero Firpo & Mando Guerrero beat Professor Ito & Rock Riddle, Roddy Piper beat Pepper Gomez, Peter Maivia beat Ron Bass, Jimmy Snuka beat Black Gordman. Attendance 4,200.

6/3/78 SF TV
Dean Ho beat Masked Avenger, Pampero Firpo & Mando Guerrero beat Red Bastein & Tony Milan, Red Bastien beat Takashi Onome.

6/14/78 Sacramento
Red Bastein beat Dean Ho, Armando Guerrero beat Bulldog Perez, Pepper Gomez drew Reno Tufulli, Mando Guerrero & Don Ross beat Tony Milan & Reno Tuifulli.

6/24/78 San Francisco
Hiro Ota beat Don Ross, Pepper Gomez beat Black Gordman, Buddy Rose beat Takashi Onome, Jimmy Snuka & Mando Guerrero beat Red Bastien & Great Goliath, Roddy Piper beat Lonnie Mayne, Dean Ho beat Harley Race dq. Attendance 7,350.

6/28/78 Sacramento
Dean Ho beat Red Bastein, Reno Tufulli & Hiro Ota beat Pepper Gomez & Mando Guerrero dq, Buddy Rose beat Takashi Onome, Jerry Monti drew Masked Avenger.

7/1/78 SF TV
Jimmy Snuka beat Hiro Ota, Buddy Rose beat Jerry Monti, Roddy Piper beat Guy Lambert.

7/8/78 SF TV
Mando Guerrero beat Masked Avenger, Roddy Piper beat Ricky Thompson, Red Bastein & Buddy Rose beat Pepper Gomez & Takashi Onome.

7/13/78 Sacramento
Dean Ho & Mando Guerrero drew Buddy Rose & Red Bastein, Reno Tufulli, Mando Guerrero & Takashi Onome all won matches.

7/15/78 SF TV
Buddy Rose beat Pepper Gomez, Roddy Piper & Red Bastein beat Jerry Monti & Takashi Onome.

7/15/78 San Francisco
Reno Tufuuli beat Takashi Onome, Mando Guerrero beat Hiro Ota, Buddy Rose beat Carlos Mata, Jimmy Snuka & Dean Ho beat Pak Chu & Red Bastien, Billy & Benny McGuire beat Professor Ito, Great Goliath, Hiro Ota, and The Masked Avenger, Moondog Mayne beat Roddy Piper Attendance 8,250.

7/22/78 SF TV
Jimmy Snuka beat Pete Marquis, Roddy Piper beat Takashi Onome, Buddy Rose & Red Bastein beat Mando Guerrero & Ted Heath.

7/26/78 Sacramento
Dean Ho & Mando Guerrero beat Buddy Rose & Red Bastein, Billy McGuire & Takashi Onome beat Hiro Ota & Pete Marquis & Pak Cho, Dean Ho beat Hiro Ota, Takashi Onome beat Pak Chu.

7/27/78 San Jose
Guy Lambert drew Assassin, Billy McGuire & Takashi Onome beat Hiro Ota & Reno Tufulli & pete Marques, Texas Red & Buddy Rose beat Dean Ho & Mando Guerrero.

7/29/78 SF TV
Buddy Rose beat Guy Lambert, Roddy Piper beat Pete Marquis, Special Film Nelson Royal beat Dynamite Kid, Mil Mascaras beat Tony Rocco.

7/29/78 San Francisco
Jay Youngblood beat Johnny Mantell, Alexi Smirnoff beat Takashi Onome, Dean Ho & Jimmy Snuka beat Red Bastein & Hiro Ota, Mil Mascaras beat Pak Chu, Buddy Rose beat Hector Guerrero, Nelson Royal beat Mando Guerrero for the World Jr Heavyweight Title, Lonnie Mayne beat Roddy Piper.

8/1/78 Salinas
Buddy Rose beat Mando Guerrero, Alexi Smirnoff beat Dean Ho COR< Takashi Onome drew Jerry Monti.

8/5/78 SF TV
Rick Youngblood beat Masked Avenger (Guy Lambert), Jimmy Snuka beat Masked Assassin (Rick Renaldo), Buddy Rose & Alexi Smirnoff beat Takashi Onome & Guy Lambert.

8/9/78 Sacramento
Rick Youngblood beat Hiro Ota, Reno Tuifulli beat Tnryu Shimata, Red Bastein beat Takashi Onome, Buddy Rose & Alexi Smirnoff beat Dean Ho & Mando Guerrero.

8/12/78 SF TV
Rick Youngblood beat Hiro Ota, Buddy Rose beat Mando Guerrero, Alexi Smirnoff beat Takashi Onome.

8/19/78 SF TV
Buddy Rose beat Mando Guerrero, Takashi Onome & Tnryu Shimata beat Buddy Rose & Red Bastein.

8/19/78 San Francisco
Red Bastein beat Tenryu Shimata, Ed Wiskwoski beat Jerry Monti, Takashi Onome & Rick Youngblood beat H iro Ota & Pak Chu, Alexi Smirnoff beat carlos Mata, Jimmy SNuka beat Roddy Piper, Dean Ho drew Buddy rose in a match for the vacated US title when
Moondog Mayne died in a auto accident. Att 4,150.

8/23/78 Sacramento
Tenryu Shimata beat Masked Assassin, takashi Onome beat Masked Avenger, Takashi Onome & Tenryu Shimata beat Masked Avenger & Masked Assassin, Dean Ho & Red Bastein beat Buddy Rose & Alexi Smirnoff.

8/26/78 SF TV
Dean Ho & Red Bastein beat Hiro Ota & ALexi Smirnoff, Jimmy Snuka drew Buddy Rose.

8/26/78 Fresno
Texas Red beat Bulldog Perez, Dean Ho beat Pistol Pete, Great Goliath beat Tenryu Shimata, Chavo & Hector Guerrero beat Alexi Smirnoff & Pak Chu, Chavo Guerrero won battle royal.

9/2/78 SF TV
Dean Ho & Red Bastein beat Masked Avenger & Mickey Doyle, Alexi Smirnoff & Buddy Rose beat Takashi Onome & Tenryu Shimata.

9/9/78 SF TV
Buddy Rose beat Tenryu Shimata, Dean Ho & Red Bastein beat Alexi Smirnoff & BUlldog Perez.

9/13/78 Sacramento
Tenryu Shimata beat Jerry Monti, Art Dominguez beat Masked Avenger, Reno Tufulli beat Takashi Onome dq, Dean Ho & Red Bastein beat Buddy rose & Alexi Smirnoff.

9/16/78 SF TV
Red Bastein beat TReno Tufulli, Dean Ho beat Alexi Smirnoff dq, Ed Wiskwoski & Buddy Rose beat Tenryu Shimata & Takashi Onome.

9/16/78 San Francisco
Ed Wiskwoski beat Kevin Sullivan, Buddy Rose beat Chavo Guerrero, Dean Ho beat Ernie Ladd, Peter Maivia beat Alexi Smirnoff, Jimmy Snuka beat Java Ruuk, Buddy Rose beat Peter Maivia, Dean Ho beat Ed Wiskwoski, Buddy Rose beat Jimmy Snuka, Buddy Rose beat Dean Ho on blood to win US Heavyweight Championship. -- Attendance 8,250

9/20/78 Sacramento
Buddy rose beat Red Bastein, Ed Wiskwoski & Reno Tufulli beat Dean Ho & Takashi Onome, Enrique Vera beat Tony Milan, Art Dominguez beat Tenryu Shimata.

9/21/78 Santa Rosa
Buddy Rose beat Red Bastein, Ed Wiskwoski & Reno Tufulli beat Dean Ho & Tenryu Shimata, Enrique Vera beat Tony Milan, Art Dominguez beat Takashi Onome.

9/23/78 SF TV
Jimmy Snuka beat Tenryu Shimata, Ed Wiskwoski & Buddy Rose beat Takashi Onome & Art Dominguez.

9/27/78 Sacramento
Ed Wiskwoski beat Red Bastein, Dean Ho beat Tenryu Shimata, Art Dominguez & Enrique Vera beat Takashi Onome & Tenryu Shimata, Ron Starr beat Pepper Gomez.

9/30/78 SF TV
Enrique Vera beat Tenryu SHimata, Ron Starr beat Takashi Onome, Ed WIskwoski beat Art Dominguez.

10/7/78 SF TV
Enrique Vera beat Masked Avenger, Ed Wiskwoski beat Jerry Monti, Dean Ho & Ron Starr beat Tenryu SHimata & Tony Milan.

10/11/78 Sacramento
Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski beat Ron Starr & Dean Ho, Enrique Vera beat Red Bastein, Ron Pope beat Tenryu SHimata, Tenryu Shimata beat Ernie Albeta.

10/12/78 Santa Rosa
Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski beat Red Bastein & Dean Ho, Ron Starr beat Tenryu Shimata, Ron Pope beat Ernie Albeta, Enrique Vera beat Tenryu Shimata.

10/13/78 Sacramento
Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski beat Ron Starr & Dean Ho, Enrique Vera beat Red Bastein, Ron Pope beat Tenryu Shimata, Tenryu Shimata beat Ernie Albeta.

10/14/78 SF TV
Enrique Vera & Ron Starr beat Masked Avenger & Tenryu Shimata, Ed Wiskwoski beat Red Bastein, Dean Ho beat Ernie Albeta.

10/21/78 SF TV
Enrique Vera beat Jerry Monti, Dean Ho & Ron Starr beat Masked Grappler & Tnryu SHimata, Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski beat Jerry Monti & Ron Pope.

10/21/78 San Francisco
Ron Pope (Magnificent Zulu) beat Masked Avenger, John Tolos beat Tenryu Shimata, Ed WIskwoski beat Red Bastein, Buddy Rose beat Dean Ho, Enrique Vera & Ron Starr beat Great Goliath & Masked Grappler, Jimmy Snuka beat Tokyo Joe.

10/25/78 Sacramento
Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski beat Ron Starr & Dean Ho, Enrique Vera beat Red Bastein, J ohn Tolos beat Tenryu Shimata, Ron Pope drew Masked Grappler.

10/26/78 Santa Rosa
Ed Wiskwoski & Buddy Rose beat Dean Ho & Enrique Vera dq, Ron Starr beat Masked Grappler, Red Bastein beat Tenryu Shimata, Ron Pope beat John Tolos dq.

10/28/78 SF TV
John tolos beat Jerry Monti, Jimmy Snuka beat Pete Marquis, Ron Starr & Enrique Vera beat Masked Grappler & Tenryu Shimata.

11/4/78 SF TV
Ron Starr beat Pete Marquis, Jimmy SNuka beat Masked Grappler, Ed Wiskwoski & Buddy Rose beat Red Bastein & Ron Pope dq.

11/8/78 Sacramento 12-Man Battle Royal
Ron Starr wins Battle royal, Order of elimination: 1. Miguel Casillas 2. Jerry Monti pinned by Jimmy Snuka, 3. Masked Grappler thrown out by Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski 4. Bill Ash. 5. Ron Pope thrown out by Red Bastein & Jimmy Snuka, 6. Enrique Vera 7. John Tolos pinned by Ron Starr. 8. Red Bastein pinned by Wiskwoski 9. Jimmy Snuka thrown out by Buddy Rose. 10. Ed Wiskwoski 11. Buddy Rose thrown out by Ron Starr. ALSO Bill Ash beat Miguel Casillas, Jimmy Snuka beat Masked Grappler, Enrique Vera & Ron Starr beat Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski Attendance 3,200.

11/11/78 San Francisco
Magnificent Zulu beat Bill Ash, Red Bastein beat Mike Hammer, Chavo Guerrero & Pedro Morales beat Eddie Mansfield & The Grappler, Ron Starr & Enrique Vera beat John Tolos & Ed Wiskwoski, Jimmy Snuka beat Buddy Rose (One fall did not win US title) -- Att 7150.

11/18/78 SF TV
Magnificent Zulu won arm wrestling over Masked Avenger, Jimmy Snuka beat Masked Avenger, Enrique Vera & Ron Starr beat Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski.

11/19/78 Santa Rosa
Enrique Vera & Ron Starr beat Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski dq, Red Bastein beat BIll Ash, Magnificent Zulu beat Masked Grappler, Jerry Monti drew Buzz Tyler.

11/23/78 Sacramento
Ron Starr & Enrique Vera beat Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski, Red Bastein beat Bill Ash, Magnificent Zulu beat Pablo Cordoza, Jerry Monti drew Masked Grappler Attendance 2,000

11/25/78 SF TV
Magnificent Zulu beat BIll Ash arm wrestling, Ron Starr & Enrique Vera beat Buzz Tyler & Bill Ash, Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski beat Jerry Monti & Red Bastein.

12/2/78 SF TV
Magnificent Zulu beat John Tolos arm wrestling, Ed Wiskwoski & John Tolos beat BIll Ash & Red Bastein.

12/2/78 San Francisco
Jimmy Snuka beat Buddy Rose, Ron Starr & Enrqiue Vera beat Ed WIskwoski & John Tolos, Red Bastein & Tony Rocca beat Masked Grappler & Bill Ash, Magnificent Zulu beat Pete Marquez, Jerry Monti beat Buck Zumhoff. Attendance 7,100.

12/6/78 Sacramento
Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski breat Ron Starr & Enrique Vera, Red Bastein beat John Tolos, Magnificent Zulu beat BUck Zumhoff, Ted Heath bet Masked Grappler.

12/7/78 Santa Rosa
Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski beat Ron Starr & Enrique Vera, Red Bastein beat John Tolos, Jerry Monti drew Ted Heath, Magnificent Zulu beat BUck ZUmhoff.

12/27/78 Sacramento
Jerry Monti beat Buck ZUmhoff, Red Bastein & jerry Monti beat Ed Wiskwowski & Masked Grappler, Yukon Jack & Billy The Kid beat Cowboy Lang & Coconut WIllie, Playboy Buddy Rose beat Ron Starr.

12/28/78 Santa Rosa
Buck Zumhoff drew Masked Grappler, Buddy Rose beat Red Bastein, Cowboy Lang & Coconut Willie beat Billy The Kid & Yukon Jack, e Wiskwoski beat Ron Starr.

12/30/78 San Francisco (Midgets)
Buddy Rose beat Jimmy Snuka, Ed Wiskwoski beat Magnificent Zulu, Coconut Willie & Cowboy Lang beat Yukon Jack & Billy The Kid, Afa & Sika Anoia beat Pete Marquez & Masked Grappler, Ron Starr beat Bill Ash. Attendance 9,000.

US Heavyweight Championship
Bob Roop
Dean Ho 1/78
Don Muraco 4/1/78
Lonnie Mayne 5/13/78
Vacant due to death
Buddy Rose 9/16/78

World Tag Team Championship
Von Steiger Brothers
Black Gordman & Goliath 1/28/78
Lonnie Mayne & Dean Ho 2/22/78
Ron Starr & Dean Ho 9/78
Ed Wiskwoski & Buddy Rose 10/25/78
Ron Starr & Enrique Vera 11/23/78

TV Champ
Dean Ho

1978 Wrestler of Year
Buddy Rose captures this honor in a close three-way race. For winning the one-night tournament to become the NWA US Heavyweight Champion gives Rose the big boost. He also held the world tag title with Ed Wiskwoski. Rose won over Jimmy Snuka, Peter Maivia, Ron Starr, Pepper Gomez, Chavo & Hector & Mando Guerrero, Dean Ho & Red Bastein.

1978 Tag Team of Year
Ron Starr & Enrique Vera appeared on the scene quietly, but when the year was over they were World Tag Chamnps and had beaten such teams as Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskwoski, John Tolos & Ed Wiskwoski, Great Goliath & Grappler among others.

1. Buddy Rose
2. Don Muraco
3. Lonnie Mayne
4. Dean Ho
5. Jimmy Snuka

1. Ron Starr & Enrique Vera
2. Buddy Rose & Ed WIskwoski
3. Black Gordman & Great Goliath
4. Pepper Gomez & Mando Guerrero
5. Lonnie Mayne & Dean Ho

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