Beauregarde

Title History

• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Moondog Lonnie Mayne;
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Roger Kirby;
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/The Claw;
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Dutch Savage;

Career Highlights

NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship Results:

• February 16, 1968: Beauregarde replaces Tony Borne as a Tag Team champion with teammate ‘Moondog’ Mayne..
• October 12, 1968: with ‘Moondog’ Mayne lost the Tag Titles to Kurt & Karl Von Steiger
• December 6, 1969: with Roger Kirby beats ‘Moondog’ Mayne & Tony Borne for the belts
• December 13, 1969: with Roger Kirby loses the Tag Titles back to Mayne & Tony Borne
• June 20, 1970: with The Claw wins the Titles from Frankie Laine & ‘Moondog’ Mayne
• August 1, 1970: with The Claw loses the Tag Team Titles to Mr.Fuji & Haru Sasaki
• November 26, 1971: with Dutch Savage wins the Titles from The Fabulous Kangaroos
• December 17, 1971: with Dutch Savage loses the Titles back to The Fabulous KangaroosOther Match Results:
• January 5, 1966 in Honolulu at Civic Auditorium: with R.Collins lost to Joe Scarpa & Dick Steinborn by ref’s decision
• January 26, 1966 in Honolulu at Civic Auditorium: with R.Collins & J.Barend lost to Bockwinkel,N.Kozak & N.Maiava
• ~Beau beat Maiava; Maiava beat Beau by a headbutt; Beau’s team was DQ’ed for using ropes to choke Kozak
• February 2, 1966 in Honolulu at Civic Auditorium: with Ripper Collins lost to Nick Bockwinkel & Lord Blears by DQ
• ~Blears beat Beau with a double leg lock; Ripper beat Blears by atomic drop; lost by over the top rope DQ
• February 9, 1966 in Honolulu at Civic Auditorium: lost to Nick Kozak in 2 straight falls
• February 23, 1966 in Honolulu at Civic Auditorium: lost to The Golden Terror
• February 1, 1967 in Honolulu,Hawaii: defeated Ripper Collins
• February 22, 1967 in Honolulu: with McRonald Kamaka (Tor Kamata) lost to R.Collins & Masked Executioner
• March 1, 1967 in Honolulu,HI: with Masked Executioner drew Tosh Togo & Kongozan
• March 8, 1967 in Honolulu,Hawaii: was defeated by Ripper Collins
• March 22, 1967 in Honolulu,Hawaii: lost to Karl Gotch
• March 29, 1967 in Honolulu at International Center Arena: with Don Duffy lost to Kongozan & Karl Gotch
• April 5, 1967 in Honolulu: with Barend & Mortier beat N.Bockwinkel,P.Diamond & J.Hady
• April 19, 1967 in Honolulu: with Hans Mortier drew against Paul Diamond & Karl Gotch
• April 26, 1967 in Honolulu,Hawaii at International Center Arena: defeated Harry Fujiwara
• May 3, 1967 in Honolulu: drew against Kongozan
• May 10, 1967 in Honolulu: with Karl Gotch drew against Kongozan & H.Fujiwara
• May 17, 1967 in Honolulu,HI: with Hans Mortier lost to Lord Blears & Missing Link (Firpo)
• 1967: Beauregarde (Larry Pitchford) was the manager of Ripper Collins in Australia and wrestled occasionally..
• November 30, 1968: lost the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title to Luther Lindsay
• ~was subbing for the NWA Pacific N.W. Heavyweight Champion ‘Moondog’ Lonnie Mayne
• February 5, 1972 in Portland,Oregon: was defeated by Bull Ramos
• February 12, 1972 in Portland,Oregon: drew against Tony Borne
• January 10, 1973 in Sacramento,CA: drew against Antonino Rocca
• January 16, 1973 – San Fran TV: with Jay York lost to Pat Patterson & Rocky Johnson
• January 27, 1973 in San Francisco,California: lost to Mighty Igor
• January 28, 1973 in Fresno,California: lost to Red Bastien
• March 10, 1973 in San Francisco,CA: with Kim Duk lost to The Samoans
• March 31, 1973 in San Francisco,CA: lost to Manny Cruz
• 1973: Beauregarde managed Jay York and Brute Bernard in the Mid-Atlantic area..
• January 1, 1974 in Miami Beach: Beauregarde loses to Rocky Johnson
• October 1,1975 in Miami Beach: Beauregarde & Jim Dillon lost to Jim Golden & Rick Gibson
• April 20, 1977 in Miami Beach at The Convention Hall: Beauregard fought Dutch Mantel
• January 16, 1978 at West Palm Beach Auditorium: Beauregarde lost to John Ruffin in 8:20
• August 30, 1978 at Miami Conventional Hall: Beauregarde fought Sir WinstonOther Facts:
• Received the name “Beauregarde” from fellow pro-wrestler Ripper Collins….
• While in Don Owens’ Portland Region,he tagged with a young Jesse Ventura….
• Wrestled in The United States,The Philippines & Austrailia (among other places)….
• Recorded the first full length LP ever by a pro-wrestler (with the title track “Testify”)….
• ~he worked on the album with Greg Sage and Dave Koupal of the group “The Wipers”….
• Beauregarde was a big draw in Hawiian Islands at one time and frequently teamed with McRonald KamaKa (aka Tor Kamata)..
  

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  John Ward sent in these comments: Beauregarde’s favorite move was also his finishing move: the thumb. when ready to move in for the kill, beau would start stalking around the ring in a toe to heel kind of war dance. he would stick his right thumbs out (as if hitchhiking) and conceal it behind his right knee. everyone knew what was coming, the announcer would repeat that the thumb was indeed an illegal form of judo, and would lead to disqualification. yet the referee would somehow always get distracted, and in that split second the thumb would fly to the throat of beau’s opponent (usually delivered off of a headlock). if he did not get hit over the head with a steel chair by someone flying out of the lockerroom, beau usually pinned the flopping fish out of water. so there you have it: the thumb!