Art Nelson

Title History

• 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);

Career Highlights

• 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..