Blackjacks Page

All things pertaining to the title reigns of the famous Blackjacks will be posted here including results, clippings, and pictures.

(Blackjack Lanza was the longest uninterrupted title holder in the Indianapolis WWA history, turning back a who's who of world class challengers. Non title and special event bouts are also included in this list.)

12/27/67 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum Blackjack Lanza won the WWA title from Wilbur Snyder before 5500

1/19/68 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza (c) W/Moose Cholak

2/3/68 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza (c) DCO Wilbur Snyder

3/1/68 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza (c) W/CO the Crusher

3/22/68 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza (c) W/Dick the Bruiser

4/20/68 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory Non title Wilbur Snyder W/Blackjack Lanza (Heenan handcuffed to Moose)

5/4/68 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory WWA title Blackjack Lanza (c) W/DQ Wilbur

6/15/68 Indianapolis Bush Stadium WWA title Blackjack Lanza (c) W/Pat O'Connor

7/26/68 Indianapolis Bush Stadium WWA title Blackjack Lanza (c) W/Bill Watts

8/24/68 Indianapolis Bush Stadium WWA title Blackjack Lanza W/DQ Dick the Bruiser when Bruiser used a piledriver

9/21/68 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum Non Title Lumberjack match Dick the Bruiser W/Blackjack Lanza

10/12/68 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza (c) W/Bill Watts

11/28/68 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza (c) DDQ/Edouard Carpentier

12/14/68 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory Non Title Blackjack Lanza DDQ/ Moose Cholak

12/27/68 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum Dick the Bruiser (sub for Carpentier) W/Blackjack Lanza non title

1/24/69 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza W/CO Edouard Carpentier

2/1/69 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory WWA title Blackjack Lanza W/Luis Martinez

2/21/69 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza W/CO Wilbur Snyder

3/15/69 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza D 60 minutes with Wilbur Snyder

4/12/69 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Blackjack Lanza DDQ/Edouard Carpentier

6/20/69 Indianapolis Bush Stadium WWA title Blackjack Lanza NC/Cowboy Bob Ellis

7/25/69 Indianapolis Bush Stadium Blackjack Lanza/Bobby Heenan W/Dick the Bruiser/Wee Willie Wilson

8/29/69 Indianapolis Bush Stadium Dick the Bruiser W/Blackjack Lanza in a cage to win the title before 5500

(The Blackjacks reign signaled the WWA wrestling boom in the 70's which packed fans to all turnstiles on the circuit; their bouts with Bruiser and Crusher were some of the legitimate hot ticket bouts of the year. All bouts leading up to their reign until their departure are included here both singles and tag. This list is far from comprehensive, and if you have have results, clippings, pics, or memorabilia you'd like to share, send it to results@rasslinrelics.com .)

9/24/71 Hammond IN Civic Center Black Jack Mulligan and Baron Von Raschke NC Wilbur Snyder and Moose Cholak

10/14/71 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA tag team title Wilbur Snyder/Paul Christy (c) DDQ Blackjacks

10/21/71 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum Wilbur Snyder/Professor/Moose Cholak W/Baron von Raschke/Blackjacks

10/23/71 Detroit Olympia First show WWA tag team title Wilbur Snyder/Paul Christy (c) DDQ Blackjacks

11/4/71 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum Blackjacks W/Moose Cholak/Dick the Bruiser

11/6/71 Detroit Olympia The Blackjacks W/Wilbur Snyder/Paul Christy to win WWA World tag team titles

11/26/71 Detroit Olympia Blackjacks W/Moose Moose Cholak/Wilbur Snyder to retain tag titles 26:00

11/29/71 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum Wilbur Snyder/Professor D Blackjacks

12/2/71 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum WWA tag team title Blackjacks W/Paul Christy and Dick the Bruiser (who subbed for Snyder)

12/10/71 Detroit Olympia WWA tag team title Blackjacks (c) W/DQ Dick the Dick the Bruiser/Sailor Art Thomas att=4198

12/11/71(Broadcast date) Indianapolis IN TV WTTV Studios Tom Lynch/Art Thomas W/Blackjack Lanza/Blackjack Mulligan COR when Bruiser ran in to take Lynch place.

12/18/71 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA tag team title Paul Christy/Wilbur Snyder L title to the Blackjacks

12/27/71 Detroit Olympia Dick the Dick the Bruiser/Super Brucie/Art Thomas W/Bobby Heenan/Blackjack Lanza/Blackjack Mulligan. att=4328

12/29/71 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA tag team title Blackjacks (c) W/Wilbur Snyder/Art Thomas

1/8/72 Detroit Olympia WWA tag title Blackjacks W/Dick the Bruiser/Art Thomas

1/13/72 Indianapolis IN SFC Dick the Bruiser W/Blackjack Mulligan 2/3 falls (Heenan barred from building)

1/17/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum WWA tag team title Blackjacks (c) W/Dick the Bruiser/Moose Cholak (Heenan handcuffed to ring)

1/22/72 Detroit Olympia WWA tag title Blackjacks (c) W/Art Thomas/Dick the Bruiser

1/29/72 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA tag title Blackjacks (c) W/Art Thomas/Dick the Bruiser

2/8/72 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory Dick the Bruiser W/Blackjack Mulligan Wilbur Snyder W/Blackjack Lanza

2/15/72 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory Non Title Blackjacks W/Wilbur Snyder/Paul Christy on a count out (Heenan pulled the top rope down,Christy took a backdrop over the top rope)

2/19/72 Hammond IN Texas Death match Dick the Bruiser W/Blackjack Mulligan Blackjack Lanza/Bobby Heenan/Baron von Raschke von Raschke W/Professor/Paul Christy/Moose Cholak

2/26/72 Detroit Olympia WWA tag title Blackjacks DDQ/Dick the Bruiser/Wilbur Snyder

2/29/72 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA tag title Blackjacks (c) L/DQ Dick the Bruiser/Thomas on a reverse decision Wilbur Snyder ref.

3/7/72 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory Dick the Bruiser/Art Thomas/Billy Red Cloud W/Baron Raschke/Blackjack Mulligan/Bobby Heenan

3/9/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum WWA tag team title Blackjacks (c) W/Dick the Bruiser/Professor

3/11/72 Hammond IN Civic Center Civic Center Black Jacks Lanza/Mulligan W/Art Thomas/Billy Red Cloud

3/16/72 Gary IN Lew Wallace High School Dick the Bruiser/Billy Red Cloud W/Blackjack Lanza/Bobby Heenan

3/21/72 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory Blackjacks W/Dick the Bruiser/Prince Pullins non title

3/23/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum Dick the Bruiser/Moose Cholak/Red Cloud W/Baron von Raschke/the Blackjacks

4/6/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum Texas Chain Gang Match Blackjack Mulligan W/Moose Cholak

4/6/72 Indianapolis IN State Fairgrounds Coliseum WWA title Billy Red Cloud (c) W/Blackjack Lanza

4/18/72 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory WWA tag title Blackjacks (c) D/Wilbur Snyder/Dick the Bruiser when Heenan/Red Cloud entered the fracas

4/20/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum WWA tag team title Blackjacks W/Dick the Bruiser/Red Cloud

4/22/72 Detroit Olympia WWA tag title Blackjacks (c) W/Dick the Bruiser/Wilbur Snyder

5/5/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum WWA tag team title Blackjacks (c) W/Dick the Bruiser/Red Cloud

5/6/72 Detroit Olympia Dick the Bruiser/Red Cloud/Little Bruiser (newspaper reported it as “Masked Mystery Man”) W/Blackjacks/Bobby Heenan

5/20/72 Detroit Olympia WWA tag title Blackjacks W/DQ Dick the Bruiser/Red Cloud

5/23/72 Indianapolis IN Tyndall Armory Blackjack Mulligan W/Bobby Vann Crusher W/Blackjack Lanza Blackjacks W/Clem Turner/Jim Zircon

5/26/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum Steel cage Match Red Cloud/Dick the Bruiser W/Blackjacks non title

6/2/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center WWA tag title Blackjacks (c) W/DQ Dick the Bruiser/Crusher

6/3/72 Detroit Olympia Dick the Bruiser/Moose Cholak/Red Cloud W/Killer Cortez/Blackjacks

6/10/72 Chicago IL 6 Man Tag Blackjacks Lanza/Mulligan/Dusty Rhodes W/Dick the Bruiser/The Crusher/Billy Red Cloud

6/16/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center WWA tag team title No DQ Blackjacks W/Dick the Bruiser/Crusher. 1st fall Mulligan W/Crusher 2nd Crusher W/Mulligan 3rd Lanza W/Dick the Bruiser when Raschke interfered hitting Dick the Bruiser with a chair

6/17/72 Detroit Olympia WWA tag title Blackjacks (c) W/Moose Cholak/Dick the Bruiser

7/8/72 Chicago IL Dick the Bruiser NC Blackjack Mulligan Crusher W/Blackjack Lanza (another report had Crusher getting DQ'd when Bruiser interfered. This was the bout where they "broke" Lanza's injured leg.)

7/15/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center Dick the Bruiser/the Crusher/Sailor Art Thomas W/Blackjack Mulligan Baron von Raschke/Ray Stevens (sub for Blackjack Lanza who had sustained a broken leg earlier in the week)

7/29/72 Chicago International Amphitheatre Blackjack Mulligan/Bobby Heenan W/Seaman Art Thomas/Ramon Torres

8/5/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center Handicap Bout Crusher W/Bobby Heenan/Blackjack Mulligan

8/13/72 Detroit Olympia WWA tag title Blackjacks (c) DDQ Dick the Bruiser/Crusher

8/26/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center WWA tag team title Blackjacks (c) W/CO Art Thomas/Crusher

8/30/72 Leamington Ontario Ken Dillinger/Blackjack Mulligan W/The Beast/The Wolfman

9/16/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center Dick the Bruiser/the Crusher/Little Bruiser W/Blackjacks/Bobby Heenan

9/72 Hagerstown Indiana WWA Title Handicap Match Bob Ellis vs. Heenan/Mulligan Blackjack Lanza vs. Bold Eagle

9/23/72 Hammond IN Civic Center Civic Center Wilbur Snyder/Bobby Bold Eagle/Billy Red Cloud W/Black Jacks Lanza/Mulligan/Baron Von Raschke

10/6/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center Georgia Chain Gang Match Dick the Bruiser W/Blackjack Mulligan Billy Red Cloud/Bobby Bold Eagle W/Blackjack Lanza/Baron von Raschke

10/14/72 Hammond IN Civic Center Civic Center Black Jacks Lanza/Mulligan W/Dick the Bruiser/Art Thomas

10/19/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum Blackjacks/Baron von Raschke W/Moose Cholak/Snyder/Red Cloud

10/23/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center WWA tag team title no dq $5000 non interference bond posted by Heenan Blackjacks (c) L/Dick the Bruiser/Crusher (title held up Heenan lost bond switching the Blackjacks behind ref's back)

11/2/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum WWA tag team title Blackjacks W/Bobby Bold Eagle/Billy Red Cloud 2/3 falls

11/16/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum WWA tag team title Blackjacks (c) W/Red Cloud/Bold Eagle

11/24/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center Blackjack Mulligan W/Moose Cholak Cowboy Bob Ellis W/Blackjack Lanza

12/1/72 Hammond IN Civic Center Civic Center Blackjack Lanza/Blackjack Mulligan W/Moose Cholak/Wilbur Snyder

12/7/72 Ft.Wayne IN Memorial Coliseum WWA tag team title Blackjacks (c) W/Ellis/Christy

12/9/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center cage bout for the WWA tag team title Blackjacks L/Dick the Bruiser/Crusher

12/23/72 Hammond IN Civic Center Civic Center Bob Ellis/Wilbur Snyder/Art Thomas W/Bobby Heenan Blackjack Mulligan/Baron von Raschke.

12/26/72 Indianapolis IN Convention Center Blackjacks W/Cowboy Bob Ellis/Wilbur Snyder

12/29/72 Chicago IL Blackjack Mulligan D George Scott Blackjack Lanza W/Jack Pesek

1/6/73 Hammond IN Civic Center Art Thomas/Cowboy Bob Ellis W/Black Jack Mulligan/Baron Von Raschke

1/13/73 Indianapolis Indiana Convention Center Blackjacks W/Moose Cholak/Bob Ellis

1/25/73 Ft. Wayne IN Dick the Bruiser/Moose Cholak/Billy Red Cloud W/Blackjacks/Jimmy Valiant

1/27/73 Hammond, IN Cowboy Bob Ellis/Dick the Bruiser W/Black Jacks Lanza/Mulligan

2/2/73 New Castle Indiana Bob Ellis/Wilbur Snyder vs. Blackjack Mulligan/Baron von Raschke

5/21/73 Indianapolis Indiana Convention Center WWA title Loser Leaves Town Cowboy Bob Ellis (c) W/Blackjack Lanza