WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Art Nelson Real Name: Arthur Neilson Birthday: Hometown: Marital Status: Height & Weight: Trained by: Debut: Previous Names: Art Neilson Black Phantom -masked- The Avenger -masked- Finishing Move: Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds:
NWA (Tennessee) World Junior Heavyweight title defeating ??????? (November 25, 1949); NWA (Tennessee) World Junior Heavyweight title (as Black Phantom) defeating ????? (February ??, 1950); NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Don McIntyre (July 7, 1950); NWA (Tennessee) World Junior Heavyweight title (as Black Phantom) defeating Tex Riley (August ??, 1950); NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Finis Hall (December 8, 1950); NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Don McIntyre (July 28, 1951); NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Don McIntyre (August 10, 1951); NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jack Steel defeating Al Massey & Farmer Jones (August 31, 1951); NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Angelo Martinelli (July 11, 1952); NWA (Chicago/Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Crusher Lisowski defeating Billy Darnell & Bill Melby (February 13, 1954); (Montreal) International Tag Team titles w/Crusher Lisowski billed as champions (November ??, 1954); NWA Southwest Tag Team titles w/Dizzy Davis defeating Mike Gallagher & Bob Geigal (October 10, 1955); NWA Southwest Tag Team titles w/Eddie Graham defeating ?????? (????, 1956); NWA Southwest Tag Team titles w/Eddie Graham defeating Bob Geigal & Dory Funk Sr. (????, 1956); NWA Southwest Tag Team titles w/Eddie Graham defeating Sonny Myers & Dizzy Davis (????, 1956); NWA (Georgia) World Tag Team titles w/Eddie Graham defeating ??????? (July 26, 1956); NWA (Georgia) World Tag Team titles w/Eddie Graham defeating Red & Don McIntyre (August 24, 1956); NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Don McIntyre (September 21, 1956); NWA Southwest Tag Team titles w/Great Bolo defeating ????? (????, 1957); NWA Southwest Tag Team titles w/Danny Plechas defeating Ricky Romero & Dory Funk Sr. (????, 1958); NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Hans Hermann defeating Ciclon Anaya & Ramon Torres (February 18, 1958); (New Mexico) Rocky Mountain Tag Team titles w/Doug Donovan defeating Tommy Phelps & Juan Garcia (July 6, 1959); NWA Southwest Tag Team titles w/Nick Roberts defeating Bob Geigal & Dory Funk Sr. (June 9, 1960); AWA (Indiana) World Tag Team titles w/Ray Shire defeating Lou & Red Bastien (May 12, 1961); AWA (Indiana) World Tag Team titles w/Stan Neilson defeating Lou & Red Bastien (July 18, 1961); AWA United States Tag Team titles w/Stan Neilson defeating ??????? (January 17, 1962); AWA (Indiana) World Tag Team titles w/Stan Neilson defeating Magnificent Maurice & Johnny Barend (March 6, 1962); AWA World Tag Team titles w/Stan Neilson defeating Stan Kowalski & Bob Geigal (April ??, 1962); AWA United States Tag Team titles w/Stan Neilson defeating Magnificent Maurice & Johnny Barend (May 4, 1962); AWA (Indiana) World Tag Team titles w/Stan Neilson defeating Sandy & George Scott (September 17, 1962); AWA (Indiana) World Tag Team titles w/Stan Neilson defeating Karl & Kurt von Brauner (January 1, 1963); Stampede International Tag Team titles w/Stan Neilson defeating Sandy & George Scott (November 29, 1963); WWA (Los Angeles) International Television Tag Team titles w/Stan Neilson defeating Kintaro Ohki & Mr. Moto (January 9, 1964); NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Ivan Kameroff defeating Jim Hady & Don Leo Jonathan (September 20, 1965); (Winnipeg) International Tag Team titles w/Ivan Kameroff defeating Jim Hady & Don Leo Jonathan (October 2, 1965); IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Ray Stevens defeating Sandy & George Scott (November 19, 1966); IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Pat Patterson defeating Red Bastien & Mario Milano (December 25, 1967); NWA Western States Tag Team titles w/Kurt von Brauner defeating Gorgeous George Jr. & Buddy Colt (September ??, 1969); NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team titles w/Johnny Weaver defeating Brute Bernard & Missouri Mauler (August 31, 1972); NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team titles w/Johnny Weaver defeating Ole & Gene Anderson (November 13, 1972); NWA (Georgia) Southeastern Heavyweight title defeating Jerry Brisco (May 28, 1974);
1950: Art Nelson worked in Tennessee under a mask, known as the "Black Phantom".. Early 1960s: Art Neilson teamed with Ray Shire (Ray Stevens) in the Jim Barnett promotion out of Indianapolis.. 1960s: Art Nelson teamed with a fictional 'brother' Stan Nelson (aka Stan Holek aka Stan Lisowski) as the "Nelson Brothers".. 1974: Art Nelson formed a tag team with Jerry Lawler in Georga.. October 20, 1983: Arthur Neilson passed away..