Chick Donovan

Title History

• AWA Southern Heavyweight title defeating Jimmy Hart (June 27, 1981);
• NWA (Southeastern) United States Junior Heavyweight title defeating Tommy Rogers (July ??, 1983);
• NWA (Southeastern) United States Junior Heavyweight title defeating Ricky Gibson (October ??, 1983);
• CWA (Memphis) International Heavyweight title defeating Soul Train Jones (April 20, 1987);
• AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Jack Hart (aka Barry Horowitz) defeating Soul Train Jones & Rocky Johnson (May 4, 1987);

Career Highlights

• 1981: Chick Donovan was a member of Jimmy Hart’s First Family of Wrestling..
• April 20, 1987–CWA: Chic Donovan defeated Soul Train Jones to win the AWA International heavyweight title.
• May 4, 1987–CWA: Chic Donovan and Jack Hart defeated Rocky Johnson and Soul Train Jones to win the Southern tag team titles.
• May 18, 1987–CWA: The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) defeated Chic Donovan and Jack Hart to retain the World tag team titles.
• June 1, 1987–CWA: Alan West defeated Chick Donovan.
• April 24, 1988–Wrestling Challenge: The Ultimate Warrior defeated Chick Donovan.
• September 18, 1988–SCW: Moondog Spot defeated Chick Donovan.
• October 2, 1988–SCW: Chick Donovan defeated Ray Lloyd.
• September 15, 1991–GASW/GWF: Billy Black and Joel Deaton defeated Chick Donovan and Rick Donovan.
• November 7, 1992–Saturday Night: Kensuke Sasaki defeated Chic Donovan.
• November 28, 1992–Worldwide: Erik Watts defeated Chic Donovan.
• December 5, 1992–Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Chick Donovan and Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker.
• December 19, 1992–Saturday Night: Johnny Gunn and The Z-Man defeated Chic Donovan and Mike Thor in a dark match.
• December 26, 1992–Power Hour: Johnny Gunn and The Z-Man defeated Chic Donovan and Fred Avery.
• January 9, 1993–Saturday Night: Johnny Gunn and The Z-Man defeated Chick Donovan and Mike Thor.
• March 13, 1993–Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Chic Donovan and The Masked Wrecker.
• April 17, 1993–Saturday Night: Arn Anderson defeated Chic Donovan.
• May 1, 1993–Saturday Night: Jim Neidhart and The Junkyard Dog defeated Chic Donovan and Rip Rogers.
• June 19, 1993–Saturday Night: Paul Roma defeated Chick Donovan.
• August 28, 1993–Saturday Night: Mike Winner and Tommy Angel defeated Chic Donovan and Rip Rogers in a dark match.
• September 25, 1993–Saturday Night: Mark Starr and Sam Houston defeated Chic Donovan and JD Wolfe in a dark match.
• October 30, 1993–Saturday Night: Shockmaster defeated Chick Donovan.
• November 13, 1993–Saturday Night: 2 Cold Scorpio and Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Chick Donovan and Paul Lee.
• June 18, 1994–WCW Pro: Dustin Rhodes defeated Chic Donovan.
• July 2, 1994–Saturday Night: Johnny B. Badd defeated Chic Donovan.
• August 13, 1994–Saturday Night: Ricky Steamboat defeated Chic Donovan.
• September 24, 1994–Saturday Night: Stars And Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot) defeated Chic Donovan and Fred Avery.
• December 10, 1994–Saturday Night: The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated Chic Donovan and Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker.
• March 19, 1995–Wrestling Challenge: The British Bulldog defeated Chic Donovan.
• March 25, 1995–Superstars: The Smoking Gunns (Bart Gunn and Billy Gunn) defeated Chic Donovan and Rip Rogers.
• June 20, 1995–WCW Pro: Sting defeated Chic Donovan.
• February 3, 2006–NWA Wrestle Birmingham: Adrian Street (65) w/Miss Linda defeated Chic Donovan (deep into his 50s)..
• July 17, 2007–All-Star Championship Wrestling: Chick Donovan defeated Seth Cruise in Carrollton, Georgia …
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Brad Armstrong & Brad Thomas defeated Chick Donovan & Nightmare in a tag team match..
• July 22, 2007–Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling: Chick Donovan defeated Seth Cruise in Villa Rica, Georgia..
• September 22, 2007–All-Star Championship Wrestling: Greg “The Hammer” Valentine defeated Chick Donovan
• November 11, 2007–SECW: Tommy Rich & Scotty Blaze & Adrian Hawkins beat Frankie Valentine & Billy Love & Chick Donovan..
• January 6, 2008–SECW: Bob Armstrong & Tommy Rich & Buff Bagwell beat Steve Lawler & Chick Donovan & Bulldog Raines by disqualification..
• January 27, 2008–Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling: Tommy Rich & Kidd Body Drop beat Chick Donovan & Kidd Enigma..
• February 7, 2008–Georgia Pro Wrestling Association: “The Golden Boy” Chick Donovan defeated The Masked Nightmare..
• February 16, 2008–All-Star Wrestling Network: Billy the Kid defeated Chick Donovan to win the AWN heavyweight title..
• March 13, 2008–NAWA Ring Champion: Chick Donovan defeated Jay Clinton in Rome, Georgia..
• April 17, 2008–Georgia Pro Wrestling Association: Chick Donovan defeated Jake Slater in a Last Man Standing match..
• May 15, 2008–Georgia Pro Wrestling Association: Chick Donovan won a “sharp dressed man” contest in Tifton, Georgia..
• ~~~Preston Paradise attacked Chick Donovan after the contest – Chick Donovan defeated Preston Paradise in a match..
• May 17, 2008–Prime Time Pro Wrestling: Chick Donovan defeated Ron Stalker by Submission in Manchester, Georgia..
• May 31, 2008–Prime Time Pro Wrestling: Chick Donovan defeated Dustin Powers by Submission in Manchester, Georgia..
• June 21, 2008–Prime Time Pro Wrestling: Chick Donovan defeated Chris Stevens with some outside help from Mr. Hughes.
• July 19, 2008–Prime Time Pro Wrestling: Chick Donovan defeated Gena by Submission with the figure four leglock .
• August 3, 2008–Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling: Doug Somers vs. Chick Donovan ended in a Double DQ.
• August 8, 2008–Prime Time Pro Wrestling: Chick Dononvan defeated Rod Simmons in Columbus, Georgia ..
• August 22, 2008–Prime Time Pro Wrestling: Chick Donovan defeated Dustin Powers to remain undefeated in PTPW
• August 29, 2008–Prime Time Pro Wrestling: Elix Skipper defeated #1 Contender Chick Donovan by Submission
• September 13, 2008–Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling: Chic Donovan & Bob Armstrong beat Billy Knight & JT Talent.
• October 11, 2008–Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling: “The Golden Boy” Chick Donovan defeated Jay Clinton.
• November 8, 2008–Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling: Chick Donovan & Micah Taylor beat Rob Adonis & Josh Stone.
• August 8, 2009–NWA Wrestling Legends Fanfest: Chic Donovan defeated Jimmy Jack Funk Jr..
• August 29, 2009–PWA: Chic Donovan defeated The Masked Grappler.
• September 3, 2009–GCW: Chic Donovan defeated Josh Storm.
• October 15, 2009–GCW: Ruben James defeated Chic Donovan.
• October 22, 2009–GCW: Chic Donovan defeated Ruben James in a looser leaves town match.
• November 5, 2009–GCW: Murder-1 defeated Chic Donovan.
• November 19, 2009–PSW: Thirteen defeated Chic Donovan.
• June 19, 2010–UIW: Chic Donovan defeated Stanley Summerville.
• July 3, 2010–AWN: Chic Donovan defeated Bubba Rage.
• October 8, 2010–AWN: Chic Donovan defeated Joey Kidman.
• October 23, 2010–PWA: Chic Donovan defeated Rob Russo.
• November 27, 2010–UIW: Billy Knight and Chic Donovan defeated Doug Somers and Pretty Boy Floyd by disqualification. Somers & Floyd retains the tag team titles.
• December 20, 2012–PWA: Jake Slater defeated Chick Donovan.
• January 12, 2013–PWA: Chick Donovan defeated Dusty MacWilliams.
• January 26, 2013–PWA: The Exotic Ones (Simon Sermon and Tommy Too Much) defeated Chick Donovan and Mike Jackson by disqualification.
• February 9, 2013–PWA: Chick Donovan defeated Elrod Campbell.
• March 2, 2013–PWA: Chic Donovan and Tommy Too Much defeated Anthony Andrews and Stoney Hooker.
• March 16, 2013–PWA: Chick Donovan defeated Tommy Too Much in a hair vs hair match.
• September 5, 2015–CCW: Chick Donovan defeated Bobby Moore.
• February 27, 2016–BTW: Chick Donovan and Matt Riviera defeated Harlem Bravado and Michael Barry.
• May 15, 2016–CCW: Chick Donovan defeated Effy Gibbes.
• July 21, 2017–AWN: Sal Rinauro defeated Chick Donovan by count-out.
  January 13, 2018–WrestleMerica: Chick Donovan defeated Dominique Stuckey.
• February 10, 2018–WrestleMerica: Chic Donovan defeated Charles West.
• April 14, 2018–WrestleMerica: Chic Donovan defeated Cameron Jackson & Gashouse in a handicap match.
• May 19, 2018–WrestleMerica: Chick Donovan defeated Dax Anthony by disqualification.
• June 2, 2018–CCW: Chick Donovan defeated Zane Stevens.
• July 7, 2018–CCW: The Masked Professional defeated Chic Donovan in a hair vs hair match.
• April 6, 2019–VCW: Chic Donovan and Michael Rivera defeated The Dirty Villains (David Burkett and The Playboy) to retain the Georgia tag team titles.
• August 17, 2019–The Gathering: Chick Donovan defeated Andy Anderson by disqualification.
• October 30, 2019–VCW: Chick Donovan defeated Joey Corbin.
• December 6, 2019–VCW: Chick Donovan defeated John Brewer.
• January 2, 2010–VCW: Chick Donovan defeated David Burkett.
• February 12, 2021–KLT: Mike Jackson defeated Chick Donovan.
• April 24, 2021–KLT: Exotic Youth (Bryce Cannon and Cornelious Pepperbottom) vs. Old School (Chic Donovan and Mike Jackson) ended in a double count-out.
• May 13, 2023–CAP: JGeorge defeated Chick Donovan in a dark match.