On This Day: October 30, 1961 – Nature Boy Buddy Rogers Defends NWA Title Against Iron Mike DiBiase – Fort Worth, TX
On This Date: October 30, 1961 – NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nature Boy Buddy Rogers came to Fort Worth Texas to defend his championship against the challenge of Iron Mike DiBiase at the North Side Coliseum.
Sports News – Wrestling program with an article advertising this big matchup. According to Rogers when he learned his opponent for the match. “They always give me the toughest… but of course that’s the way I like em!”
In the semi-main was Sputnik Monroe against Sam Steamboat.
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