Columbus, Ohio: Friday, August 31, 1962 (Fairgrounds Coliseum) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers vs. Johnny Barend – Cancelled … Leon Graham and Frankie Talaber b. Angelo Savoldi and Hank Vest … Shohei “Giant” Baba b. Johnny Barend (DQ) … Magnificent Maurice b. Frank Hickey … Elaine Ellis b. Mary Alice Hillis (2/3) … Antonino Rocca b. Fred Atkins … Chief White Owl and Paul Stetson drew … (promoter: Al Haft) … (gate: $8,000) Note: Prior to his match with Johnny Barend, Buddy Rogers had a confrontation with Karl Gotch and Bill Miller in the dressing room. Haft refunded the admission fees, despite the fact that most of the show had been shown as planned. Rogers suffered various injuries and was treated at University Hospital. $2,500 of the $8,000 gate was refunded. *On Saturday, September 1, 1962, Buddy Rogers filed charges against Bill Miller and Karl Istaz (Karl Krauser/Karl Gotch), claiming that he was assaulted by the two grapplers in the dressing room of the Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum. Rogers spoke with Prosecutor Bernard Chupka, and his left arm was in a cast following an examination at the University Hospital. *Rogers claimed that he was talking to Al Haft in the dressing room, talking about business, when Miller and Gotch entered the room. Rogers said the following in the Saturday, September 1, 1962 edition of the Columbus Dispatch: “The next thing I knew, Haft is flying through the air and these two guys jumped me and slammed a door on my arm.” *On Sunday, September 2, 1962, both Bill Miller and Karl Gotch surrendered to Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputies and posted $25 bond. *On Tuesday, September 4, 1962, Miller and Gotch were arrigned in Franklin County Municipal Court. The case was continued to Tuesday, September 11, 1962. |
| NWA World Champion Buddy Rogers Attacked in 1962 |
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