Tully Blanchard's World Title Matches

Tully Blanchard is one of my all time favorite wrestlers.  He is also one of the the best wrestlers to have never held any version of the World's Heavyweight Championship. So I decided to check out to see how many World title matches I can find that he had.  These are all the ones that I could find searching Cagematch and reading The History of WWE.

It's interesting to me that the first two were in 1979 for the AWA World's Championship as Bockwinkel was touring Southwest Championship Wrestling Texas.  In 1984 he had several matches on house shows with Flair for the title.  He he also has numerous tag the matches teaming with Wahoo McDaniel or others against Flair and Dusty or others.  They had no singles matches on TV, but I did find some promo segments and one where Tully attacked Flair.

The two matches in 1985 seemed to be random one offs, especially since the formation of the Four Horsemen was not to long after their September 1985 match. 

August 29, 1979 

Southwest Championship Wrestling, Exhibit Hall, San Antonio, Texas

AWA World Heavyweight Champion: Nick Bockwinkel defeated Tully Blanchard

August 30, 1979 

Southwest Championship Wrestling, Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas

AWA World Heavyweight Champion: Nick Bockwinkel defeated Tully Blanchard

June 4, 1984

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Memorial Auditorium, Greenville, South Carolina

NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair defeated NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard

From the June 16, 1984 episode or World Wide Wrestling

July 1, 1984

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina

NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair by disqualification

Cagematch has this as Tully winning by DQ and The History of WWE JCP/WCW section has it as Ric Flair won by DQ. 

December 1, 1984

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Conway, North Carolina

Tully Blanchard defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair by disqualification

This match is listed on Cagematch, but on The History of WWE shows that on December 1st Tully wrestled Dick Slater to a draw in the main event of a card in Morganton, North Carolina

I can't find when this happened other than 1984.

December 5, 1984

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina

NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair by disqualification

December 8, 1984

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina

NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair defeated NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard

December 9, 1984

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina

NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair defeated NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard

December 9, 1984

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, County Hall, Charleston, South Carolina

NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair defeated NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard

December 12, 1984

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina

NO DQ Match: NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair defeated NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard

December 15, 1984

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Dorton Arena, Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia

NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair defeated NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard

May 29, 1985

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina

NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair defeated NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard

September 9, 1985

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling Memorial Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina

NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair defeated NWA United States Champion: Tully Blanchard

October 7, 1987

UWF: Universal Wrestling Federation CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, Ohio

NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ronnie Garvin defeated NWA World Tag Team Champion: Tully Blanchard with JJ Dillon by disqualification

This match was Tully only televised World Championship match, up until this point.  It was also during Ronnie's short lived NWA title run.  I wrote a blog about it Ronnie Garvin: His NWA World Championship Matches

January 7, 1995

Extreme Championship Wrestling, ECW Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ECW World Heavyweight Champion: Shane Douglas wrestled Tully Blanchard to a time limit draw

This match was a few months after the infamous incident where Shane threw down the NWA World Title.  Tully was brought in for these series of matches by Paul Heyman to give credibility to the ECW Championship and Shane Douglas as a World Champion.

February 4, 1995

Extreme Championship Wrestling, ECW Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Double Table PPV: ECW World Heavyweight Champion: Shane Douglas pinned Tully Blanchard

March 3, 1995

Extreme Championship Wrestling, Northeastern Catholic High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hardcore TV: ECW World Heavyweight Champion: Shane Douglas pinned Tully Blanchard

January 29, 2005

Wrestle Reunion Double Tree Hotel, Tampa, Florida

NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett pinned Tully Blanchard with JJ Dillon 

special guest referee Kevin Von Erich

What's a bit frustrating about this show is that it was recorded for release, however the person that owns the footage hasn't released it.  I messaged him about it a long time ago as this show and Wrestle Reunion 2 features Wendi Richter's last matches.

His first World title match in 1979, his last 26 years later in 2005, and while he held numerous singles and tag team championships it really is a shame that he was never the World Heavyweight Champion, even for a short time. 

Until Next Time,

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My Wrestling Results: January thru March 2026

Well the first quarter of the year is over and here are my wrestling results for the first 3 months of 2026.  Five shows total including kicking the year off in Canada with North Shore Pro Wrestling followed by 3 Limitless Shows and then NAWA Winslow High School project graduation fundraiser.

January 10, 2026

Lutte NSPW: North Shore Pro Wrestling Centre Horizon Quebec City, QC

Pre-Show

Killshot: Bryan Colt & Elrick defeated The Gentlemen: McCreezy & Steel Jr.

Golden Greg pinned William DaVinci

Travis Toxic with Nox pinned Dreya Mitchell

Red Kingdom: Azaelle & Damian Wild defeated South Shore Wrecking Crew: Giovanni & Jack Saunders when they pinned Saunders

Yann Pike pinned Tyler Nox with Travis Toxic

Dylan Donovan pinned Stu Grayson

Audrey Moreau interviewing Stu Grayson was attacked by Alex Silva and Dani Leo

MDMA: Mitch Thompson & DGenerate with Midianne defeated NSPW Champion: Miche; Plante & Matt Falco with Maloon when Falco was pinned.  This was advertised as a title match for Falco, MDMA ran in and it became a tag match, after Falco attacked Plante

Jason Gray pinned Heavy Rox, who was substituting for an injured Loue O’Farrell, who cut a promo on Gray after the match

Fans Bring The Weapons Match: Tabarnak de Team: Mathieu St. Jacques & Thomas Dubois defeated NSPW Tag Team Champions: Diamand Du Monde: Marko Estrada & Zak Patterson to win the championships

January 16, 2026

Limitless Wrestling The Colisee Lewiston, ME

Limitless Rumble

Donovan Dijak with Sidney Bakabella defeated Limitless World Champion: Dezmond Cole to win the championship

Hook submitted Leo Sparrow with redrum

AWA World Champion: MJF pinned Alec Price with Jordan Oliver - after the match Price and Oliver were offered AEW Contracts

WWE ID Women’s Champion: Laynie Luck defeated Becca with Aaron Ortiz & Anthony Vecchio

Eddie Kingston & Oritz defeated Starstruck: Anthony Greene & Channing Thomas with Sidney Bakabella

Limitless Rumble: Gabby Forza won in 59:32 last eliminating Channing Thomas

Order of Entry: Ace Romero, B3: Aaron Ortiz & Anthony Vecchio, Beef, Bobby Casale, Ryan O’Neil, Bobby Orlando, Jada Stone, Ryan Clancy, Oxx Adams, Jermaine Marbury, Benny The Basketball, Gabby Forza, Charles Mason, Keegan Garland, Hazard, Scotty 2 Hotty, Channing Thomas, Jordan Oliver, Daron Richardson, Anthony Greene, Jordan Kross, J-Heru, Adam Booker, Aiden Aggro, Brittnie Brooks, Sidney Bakabella, Daffney Deville, Bear Bronson, Dezmond Cole, and Aaron Rourke

February 21, 2026

Limitless Wrestling AmVets Hall Yarmouth, ME

Ace Romero, Aiden Aggro, & J-Heru defeated B3: Aaron Ortiz & Anthony Vecchio and Leo Sparrow

Titus Alexander pinned BK Westbrook

Jada Stone pinned Dreya Mitchell

The Mane Event: Jay Lyon & Midas Black defeated Channing Thomas with Anthony Greene & Zak Patterson

Hazard pinned Daron Richardson

Limitless World Champion: Donovan Dijak pinned Gabby Forza after Aaron Rourke interfered costing Forza the match

March 27, 2026

Limitless Wrestling Brick South Portland, ME

Pre-Show: Jordan Oliver pinned LJ Cleary

Milo Mirra pinned Evolve Champion: Aaron Rourke with a small package, non-title match

Becca pinned Liviyah

Scotty 2 Hotty & Ace Romero defeated  B3: Aaron Ortiz & Anthony Vecchio with Ace pinned Anthony with a package piledriver

Hazard pinned Keagan Garland

Starstruck: Anthony Greene & Channing Thomas with Sidney Bakabella defeated MSP: Aiden Aggro & Daphne DeVille when Channing pinned DeVille with a piledriver

Alec Price pinned Charles Mason

The Butcher & The Blade defeated The Verdict: Bryce Donovan & Vinny Scalice with Mark Sterling when Butcher pinned, Scalice

Aaron Rourke won the Bissel Brothers Bash Battle Royal last eliminating Aiden Aggro

Entrants: Hazard, Aaron Ortiz, Aaron Rourke,  Aiden Aggro, Andy Tyler, Anthony Vecchio, Ashley Vox, Bobby Casale, CPA, DJ Powers, J-Heru, Jermaine Marbury, Jodi Aura, Kalvin Dumont, Leo Sparrow, Milo Mirra, Nick Robles, Omar La Casa, and Perry Von Vicious

No Disqualification: Limitless World Champion: Donovan Dijak with Sidney Bakabella pinned Krule

March 28, 2026

North Atlantic Wrestling Association (NAWA) The High School   Winslow, ME

$1,000 Rumble Royal: Samuel Matthews won last eliminating Cousin Larry

Order of Entrants: Lee Miller, Dylan Nix, NBK, Shawn Morris, Mack Vegas, Big Cat, Big Raf Alverez, JP O’Reilly, Stormy Savage, Cousin Larry, & Samuel Matthews

Triple Threat: Stormy Savage defeated Big Cat and NBK with Coach pinning NBK

Dylan Nix pinned Shawn Morris

Lee Miller with Coach pinned Big Raf Alverez

Isana pinned Killajay

Cousin Larry, Matt Vegas, & Luca Spencer defeated Mark Moment, JP O’Reilly, & Samuel Matthews when Spencer pinned Moment

Upcoming Shows:

As of right now I do not have show in April, I'm missing Limitless in Hermon as I will be on a long planned vacation, school trip with my daughter in Paris and Barcelona.

May 8th    Limitless Wrestling at the Portland Expo

June 9th    NXT TV at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium

June 12th    Masked Mania Lucha Libre Bangor, Maine

Until Next Time!

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The Last Match: 80's Big Men

It has been a very long time since I wrote a The Last Match blog post.  Recently though I came across match footage of The Big Boss Man's last match and it was in Japan.  So I took a look see and sure enough he did, so I thought it was time a new The Last Match post.

Big Boss Man Ray Traylor

August 31, 2004 Tokyo, Japan IWA Japan 10th Anniversary Show

Semi Final: defeated Freddy Krueger

Finals: was defeated by "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan for the vacant IWA World Heavyweight Championship

Hard to believe the final matches of Ray Traylor's career were in Japan, although at only age 41 when he passed away less than a month after these matches, I don't think he intended them to be.  After his WWE fun finished in 2002 he didn't wrestle again until March 2004 when he was brought to Japan for IWA.  His final tour was August 28th through the 31st.  You can find his last match on YouTube. 

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan

May 12, 2019 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Destiny World Wrestling

defeated by Gursinder Singh

In a career that spanned 40 years I best know Hacksaw for the 2 x 4 carrying, cross eyed, flag carrying all American WWF mid card guy.  It wasn't until many years later that I saw his Mid-South run where he was on top of the territory.  When he entered WCW I would have like to have seen him return to his Mid-South style rather than continue his WWF character.

One Man Gang

March 28, 2009 Franklin, Pennsylvania International Wrestling Cartel: Night of Legends

defeated by "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan

Also known as Akeem the African Dream, Gang wrestled for 32 years debuting in 1977 with runs in Mid-South, World Class, before going to the WWF.  He debuted as the One Man Gang in 1987 and in 1988 debuted the Akeem character, joining the Big Boss Man as the team the Twin Towers.  He left the WWF in 1990 wrestling on the independents until 2001 with a couple of short stints in WCW where he won the WCW United States Championship.

Earthquake

July 19, 2003 Tokyo, Japan All Japan Pro Wrestling

teamed with George Hines & Robbie Brookside defeated Hiroshi Hase, Masayuki Kono & Shigeo Okumura

John Tenta ending his career in Japan is fitting as he began combat sports career as a sumo wrestler in the Japan Sumo Association and in pro wrestling with All Japan Pro Wrestling.  He joined the WWF in 1989 in a very memorable segment sitting on Dino Bravo while he did pushups and then attacking the Ultimate Warrior when he attempted the same.  After a good run with the WWF he followed Hogan to WCW where he had a string of gimmick names and then had to walk around with half  beard for a few months.  His last WWF run was a member of the oddities under a mask as Golga before ending his career back in Japan with All Japan. 

Until Next Time!

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