Dick Steinborn

Title History

• NWA (Mid Atlantic) Southern Tag Team titles w/George Becker defeating ??????? (August ??, 1957);
• NWA (Mid Atlantic) Southern Tag Team titles w/George Becker defeating Mike & Doc Gallagher (September 30, 1957);
• NWA Texas Heavyweight title defeating El Medico (July 25, 1958);
• NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Fred Blassie (April 17, 1959);
• NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Fred Blassie (July 31, 1959);
• NWA (Georgia) International Tag Team titles w/Ray Gunkel defeating ?????? (December ??, 1959);
• NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Mighty Yankee (July 22, 1960);
• NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles w/Eddie Graham defeating Roy Heffernan & Al Costello (November ??, 1961);
• NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles w/Eddie Graham defeating Taro Miyake & Tojo Yamamoto (November 30, 1961);
• AWA World Tag Team titles w/Doug Gilbert (as Mr. High & Mr. Low) defeating Stan &Art Neilson (December 16, 1962);
• NWA (Georgia) International Tag Team titles w/Chief Little Eagle defeating Lenny Montana & Tarzan Tyler (April 27, 1963);
• NWA (Georgia) World Heavyweight title defeating Tarzan Tyler (May 3, 1963);
• NWA (Georgia) International Tag Team titles w/Ray Gunkel defeating Chief Little Eagle & Bill Dromo (June 14, 1963);
• NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles w/Nick Kozak defeating Bad Boy Hines & Billy Hines (August 27, 1965);
• NWA (Florida) World Tag Team titles w/Hiro Matsuda defeating Skull & Kurt von Stroheim (November 24, 1965);
• NWA (Amarillo) North American Heavyweight title defeating Dory Funk (November 24, 1966);
• (New Mexico) Rocky Mountain Heavyweight title defeating ?????? (January ??, 1967);
• NWA (Amarillo) North American Heavyweight title defeating Pat O` Connor [Tournament] (January 19, 1967);
• (New Mexico) Rocky Mountain Heavyweight title defeating ?????(February ??, 1968);
• NWA Georgia Tag Team titles w/Argentina Apollo defeating Ox Baker & Skandor Akbar (October 20, 1972);
• WWC (World Wrestling Council) World Junior Heavyweight title Billed as champion (December 14, 1974);
• WWC (World Wrestling Council) World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Carlos Colon (January 11, 1975);
• NWA Mid America Heavyweight title defeating Jackie Fargo (March ??, 1976);
• WWC (World Wrestling Council) Caribbean Heavyweight title defeating Joe Novak (February 4, 1978);
• NWA Texas Tag Team titles (as The White Knight) w/Mark Lewin defeating Tiger Conway Jr. & Chavo Guerrero [Tournament] (October 30, 1978);
• Stampede World Mid Heavyweight title Awarded (????, 1979);
• WWC (World Wrestling Council) Caribbean Heavyweight title defeating Hurricane Castillo Sr. (August 21, 1979);
• WWC (World Wrestling Council) Caribbean Heavyweight title defeating Jose Rivera (November 24, 1979);
• WWC (World Wrestling Council) North American Tag Team titles w/Roger Kirby defeating Cyclone Negro & Hurricane Castillo Sr. (December 27, 1979);
• NWA (Southeastern) United States Junior Heavyweight title defeating Tony Charles (????, 1980);
• Stampede World Mid Heavyweight title defeating ???????? (June 28, 1980);
• NWA Mid America Junior Heavyweight title defeating ??????? (August ??, 1980);
• Stampede British Commonwealth Mid Heavyweight title defeating Bruce Hart (????, 1982);
• WWC (World Wrestling Council) Caribbean Heavyweight title defeating Charlie Cook [Tournament] (????, 1982);
• WWC (World Wrestling Council) World Junior Heavyweight title Awarded (August 28, 1982);

Career History

• Dick Steinborn is the son of fellow wrestling legend Henry “Milo” Steinborn..
• Dick Steinborn’s finishing hold, The Momoto Nerve Hold, was a corkscrew to the base of the brain (it destroyed equilibrium)
• November 16, 1961: Tojo Yamamoto & Taro Myaki defeated Eddie Graham & Dick Steinborn for the Florida NWA U.S. tag team titles..
• November 30, 1961: Eddie Graham & Dick Steinborn regain beat Tojo Yamamoto & Taro Myaki for the FL NWA U.S. tag team titles..
• November 24, 1969 – WWC: Dick Steinborn defeated Jose Rivera to win the Caribbean heavyweight title.
• December 27, 1969 – WWC: Dick Steinborn & Roger Kirby defeated Ciclon Negro & Huracan Castillo to win the North American tag team titles.
• December 29, 1970 – WWC: Ciclon Negro defeated Dick Steinborn to win the Caribbean heavyweight title.
• February 9, 1980 – WWC: Carlos Colon & Eric Froelich defeated Dick Steinborn & Roger Kirby to win the North American tag team titles.
• March 8, 1980 – WWC: El Gran Apollo, Invader #1 & Invader #2 defeated Dick Steinborn, Luke Graham & Roger Kirby.
• July 4, 1980 – Stampede: Bruce Hart defeated Dick Steinborn.
• April 10, 1982 – WWC: Charlie Cook defeated Dick Steinborn to win the Caribbean heavyweight title.
• Dick Steinborn now lives in Virginia, where he is a personal trainer..
• April 18, 2020: Dick Steinborn passed away at the age of 86.
  

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  Armando Nunez (Fayetteville, NC) wrote: Dick Steinborn had a susessful run on the W.W.C. He’s started as a baby face teaming with Carlos Colon. he was involved in the Colon’s arrest angle,in which he had a car crash involving Dinamite Jack Evans & Pretty Boy Larry Sharpe. They trumped assault charges against Colon. They had a championship match against Colon & Jose Rivera.This was a memorable moment becauseEvans & Sharpe came to the Hiram Bithorn Stadium on a helicopter. Jose Rivera announced That Carlos Colon was arrested & Dick Steinborn was subbing for him. The match ended in discualification when an enraged Colon entered the ring to attack the blondes. In the late 70’s he became a heel and started feuds against Colon , Rivera , Invader 1 and others. He once donned an El Santo mask and on a tv interview he began to give a plaque to Carlos Colon & attacked him. Mr.Steinborn won the W.W.C caribbean heavyweight belt & the north american tag team titles with Roger Kirby. He retired from W.W.C. in the mid eighties. Dick Steinborn is arguable one of the stars who left his mark on Puertorican wrestling.

Greg Kelly (from Australia) wrote: Dick Steinborn’s results from Sydney — 6/5/65 Dick Steinborn d Dr Al Woods – 6/12/65 Steinborn d Vince Montana – 6/19/65 Steinborn d Johnny Boyd – 6/26/65 Steinborn & Domenic DeNucci d Killer Kowalski & Mitsu Arakawa 2-1 – 7/3/65 Steinborn d Kowalski – 7/10/65 Kowalski d Steinborn – 7/17/65 Steinborn drew Buddy Austin – 7/24/65 Steinborn, Johnny Kostas & Spiros Arion d Kowalski, Arakawa & Bob the Bruiser 2-1 – 7/31/65 Steinborn & Red Bastien drew Alaskan (Jay York) & Cyclone Negro – 8/7/65 Roy Heffernan d Steinborn – 8/14/65 Alaskan & Negro d Steinborn & Bastien – 1/14/66 Killer Kowalski d Steinborn – 1/21/66 Steinborn & Pepper Gomez (billed here as the Whiz Kids) d Kowalski & Waldo Von Erich reversed decision – 1/28/66 Von Erich d Steinborn with loaded boot – 2/4/66 Steinborn d Pampero Firpo – 2/11/66 Steinborn, Gomez & Domenic DeNucci d Kowalski, Firpo & Art Nelson – 2/18/66 Nelson & Firpo d Steinborn & Gomez 2-1 – 2/25/66 tornado tag match Steinborn & Gomez d Nelson & Firpo – 3/4/66 Von Erich d Steinborn – 3/11/66 Kowalski & Nelson d Steinborn & Gomez – 3/18/66 Steinborn drew Nelson 1-1 – 3/25/66 Nelson d Steinborn – 4/1/66 Von Erich & Firpo d Steinborn & Gomez 2-1