Albuquerque, NM: Monday, January 4, 1954
(Armory) … Frankie Murdock and Whitey Whittler beat Luis Martinez and Alex (Toro)
Perez (2-1) … Herb Parks drew Ace Freeman (1-1) … Al Getz beat George Overhuls

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, January 11, 1954
(Armory) … Frankie Murdock beat Luis Martinez (2-1) … Tommy Martindale beat Bob
Geigel … (ladies) Carol Cook beat Ruth Boatcallie … Whitey Whittler beat Al Getz (as Al
Goelz)

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, January 18, 1954
(Armory, att.-3,000) … Luis Martinez beat Benny Trudell (2-1) … (ladies) Barbara Baker
and Carol Cook beat Ruth Boatcallie and Betty Hawkins (2-1) … Whitey Whittler drew
Tommy Martindale (15:00)

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, January 25, 1954
(Armory) … Roger MacKay, Tommy Martindale and Luis Martinez beat Ivan Kalmikoff,
Karol Krauser and Benny Trudell (2-1) … Ivan Kalmikoff beat Roger MacKay … Luis
Martinez beat Karol Krauser (dq) … Benny Trudell drew Tommy Martindale

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, February 1, 1954
(Armory) … Luis Martinez beat Whitey Whittler (2-1, dq) … Tommy Martindale beat Al
Getz (sub for Bob Geigel) (2-1) … Herb Parks drew Benny Trudell … referee: Dory Detton

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, February 8, 1954
(Armory) … Tommy Martindale and George Overhuls (replaced Luis Martinez in second
fall) beat Benny Trudell and Whitey Whittler (2-1) … George Overhuls beat Bob Geigel
… Al Getz (sub for Dory Detton) beat Nature Boy Nino Martindale … NOTE: Luis Martinez
was injured during the first fall.

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, February 15, 1954
(Armory) … Luis Martinez and George Overhuls beat Ivan Kalmikoff and Karol Krauser (2-
1) … Billy Weidner beat Gene Detton (sub for Herb Parks) (2-1)  … Karol Krauser drew
George Overhuls

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, February 22, 1954
(Armory) … (non title) George Overhuls beat Dory Funk* (2-1) … Billy Weidner beat
Whitey Whittler … Ace Freeman drew Benny Trudell (20:00)

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, March 1, 1954
(Armory, att.-1,500) … (Southwestern JH title match) Dory Funk* beat George Overhuls
(2-1) … Tony Morelli beat Joe Tomasso (2-0) … Billy Weidner beat Al Getz

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, March 8, 1954
(Armory, att.-2,300) … (midgets) Karl Kruger beat Tom Thumb (2-1) … Billy Weidner
beat Tony Morelli (2-1, dq) … Roy Shire drew Billy Parks (20:00) … referee: Gene Detton

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, March 15, 1954
(Armory, att.-1,500) … Roy Shire beat Billy Parks (2-1) … Billy Weidner drew George
Overhuls (60:00, 1-1) … Salvadore Flores beat Benny Trudell … referee: Al Getz

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, March 22, 1954
(Armory, att.-1,100) … Bob Cummings and Tony Morelli beat Salvadore Flores and Luis
Martinez (2-1) … Gene Detton beat Al Getz (sub for Ricki Starr) (dq) … Tony Morelli drew
Luis Martinez … Salvadore Flores beat Bob Cummings … referee: Gorilla Poggi

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, March 29, 1954
(Armory) … Luis Martinez beat Tony Morelli (2-1, dq) … (midgets) Mighty Schultz beat
Tom Thumb (sub for Little Beaver) (2-1) … Ricki Starr beat Ace Abbott … Danny O’
Rourke beat Jim Siskay (as John Pavich) … referee: Billy Weidner

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, April 5, 1954
(Armory) … Salvador Flores, Danny O’Rourke and Ricki Starr beat Ace Abbott, Bob
Cummings and Tony Morelli (2-1) … Tony Morelli beat Ricki Starr … Danny O’Rourke
drew Bob Cummings … Salvadore Flores beat Ace Abbott

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, April 12, 1954
(Armory, att.-2,400) … (LWTM) Mildred Burke* beat Millie Stafford (2-1) … (non title) Tim
Geohagen beat Dory Funk* (2-1, dq) … Ricki Starr drew Danny O’Rourke … Salvadore
Flores beat George Overhuls … referee: Tony DePalo

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, April 19, 1954
(Armory) … (SWJTM) Dory Funk* beat Tim Geohagen (2-1) … Roy Shire and Bobby
Wallace beat Salvadore Flores and Alex Perez (2-1) … Bob Cummings beat Tony DePalo
(sub for Bill Sledge)

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, April 26, 1954
(Armory) … Dory Funk* vs Roy Shire (1-1, nc) … Billy Weidner drew Tim Geohagen (45:
00, 1-1) … Johnny Demchuk beat Salvadore Flores … referee: Bill Sledge

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, May 3, 1954
(Armory) … Luis Martinez and Alex Perez (as Toro Perez) beat Roy Shire and Bill Sledge
(2-1) … Tim Geohagen beat Billy Weidner (2-1) … Johnny Demchuk beat Dory Detton

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, May 10, 1954
(Armory, att.-1,600) … Luis Martinez beat Johnny Demchuk (2-1) … (LWTM) Mildred
Burke* beat Bonnie Watson (2-1) … Bill Sledge beat Con Bruno (dq) … Lou Palacio drew
Danny O’Rourke … referee: Gorilla Poggi

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, May 17, 1954
(Armory) … Frankie Murdock beat Tim Geohagen (1-1, utc) … Luis Martinez drew Danny
O’Rourke (1-1) … Lou Palacio beat Bill Sledge (dq) … referee: Billy Weidner

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, May 24, 1954
(Armory) … Cowboy Carlson and Dory Funk beat Frankie Murdock and Alex Perez (2-1)
… Lou Palacio beat Danny O’Rourke (2-1) … Salvadore Flores beat Bill Sledge (dq) …
referee: Ermete (Gorilla) Poggi

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, May 31, 1954
(Armory) … Masked Marvel beat Dory Funk (2-1) … Cowboy Carlson beat Tim
Geohagen (2-1) … Con Bruno and Bob Cummings drew Salvadore Flores and Alex
Perez (20:00)

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, June 7, 1954
(Armory, att.-2,000) … (WJTM) Baron Michele Leone* beat Cowboy Carlson (1-1, utc) …
Masked Marvel beat Ray Stevens … Con Bruno beat Salvadore Flores … Tony Falletti
drew Danny O’Rourke … NOTE: Masked Marvel later billed as The Mask.

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, June 14, 1954
(Armory) … No Wrestling … Gorilla Poggi moved his shows to Friday night

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, June 18, 1954
(Armory) … Masked Marvel and Frankie Murdock beat Cowboy Carlson and Ray Stevens
(2-1) … Con Bruno beat Elmer Larsen (2-1) … Gene Detton beat Lou Palacio

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, June 25, 1954
(Armory) … Ray Stevens beat Frankie Murdock (2-1) … Jack Terry beat Cowboy Carlson
(2-1) … Con Bruno drew Gene Detton

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, July 2, 1954
(Armory) … Ray Stevens beat Jack Terry (2-1) … (ladies) Ida Mae Martinez beat Mary
Jane Mull (2-0) … Glen Detton beat Elmer Larsen … Tony Falletti drew Billy Weidner
(sub for Con Bruno)

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, July 9, 1954
(Armory) … Gene Detton and Ray Stevens beat The Mask and Jack Terry (2-1) … Thor
Hagen (sub for Lino Paloma) beat Tony Falletti (2-0) … Gene Detton beat Jack Terry

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, July 16, 1954
(Armory) … The Mask beat Jim LaRock (sub for Cowboy Carlson) (2-1) … Thor Hagen
beat Con Bruno (2-1, dq) … Elmer Larsen beat Frankie Murdock

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, July 23, 1954
(Armory) … Con Bruno and Bob Geigel beat Elmer Larsen and Thor Hagen (sub for
Cowboy Carlson) (2-0) … Gene Detton beat Frankie Murdock (2-0) … Elmer Larsen beat
Con Bruno (dq) … referee: Gorilla Poggi

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, July 30, 1954
(Armory) … Bob Geigel beat Ray Stevens (2-1) … Gory Guerrero drew The Mask (1-1)
… Jim LaRock drew Alex Perez (sub for Bob Cummings) … (results Tribune)

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, August 6, 1954
(Armory) … Gory Guerrero and Luis Martinez beat Bob Geigel and The Mask (2-1) …
Frankie Murdock (sub for Alex Perez) beat Billy Weidner … Luis Martinez drew The Mask
(of Pretoria, South Africa)

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, August 13, 1954
(Armory) … Gory Guerrero beat Frankie Murdock (2-1) … Pepper Gomez drew Angelo
Poffo (1-1) … Jim LaRock drew Scotty MacFarland … NOTE: Tony Bernardi became the
new promoter.

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, August 20, 1954
(Armory, att.-1,300) … Pepper Gomez beat Doc Gallagher (2-1) (first fall by dq) …
George Curtis beat Nash Karahan (2-1) … Ricki Starr beat Scotty MacFarland

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, August 27, 1954
(Armory) … (WJTM) Baron Michele Leone* drew Pepper Gomez (60:00, 1-1) … Luis
Martinez beat Ali Bey (2-1, dq) … George Curtis drew Doc Gallagher … referee: Gene
Detton

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, September 3, 1954
(Armory) … Pepper Gomez beat Nash Karahan (2-0) … Andre Drapp beat Ace Abbott
(sub for King Kong Cox) (2-1) … George Curtis drew Jim LaRock (sub for Scotty
MacFarland)

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, September 10, 1954
(Armory, att.-1,900) … (WJTM) Baron Michele Leone* beat Pepper Gomez (1-1, utc) …
Gory Guerrero drew Bob Geigel … Alo Leilani beat Ali Bey (dq)

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, September 17, 1954
(Armory) … (Southwest JR HW tag team title match) Pepper Gomez and Gory Guerrero*
beat Ali Bey and Bob Geigel (2-1) … Jim LaRock (sub for Andre Drapp) beat Red Shoes
Dugan (2-1) … Ali Bey beat Gory Guerrero … NOTE: Gomez and Guerrero won the
crown two weeks ago by defeating Ace Abbott and Doc Gallagher in a sectional
tournament finals at Amarillo. Bob Cummings and Johnny Demchuk vacated the title by
failing to defend it within 90 days.

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, September 24, 1954
(Armory, att.-900) … Alex Perez vs Nash Karahan (1-1, nc) … Pepper Gomez beat Ali
Bey (2-1, dq) … Vern Taft beat Scotty MacFarland … referee: Red Shoes Dugan

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, October 1, 1954
(Armory) … (SWJTTM) Pepper Gomez and Gory Guerrero beat Ali Bey and Bob Geigel
(2-1) … (boxing gloves) Alex Perez beat Nash Karahan (ko) … Gory Guerrero drew Ali
Bey

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, October 8, 1954
(Armory, att.-900) … Pepper Gomez beat Danny McShain (2-1) (first fall by dq) … Alo
Leilani drew Doc Gallagher (45:00, 1-1) … Juan Hernandez and Alex Perez beat Ali Bey
and Nash Karahan … referee: Ace Abbott

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, October 15, 1954
(Armory) … Doc Gallagher and Bob Geigel beat Juan Hernandez and Alo Leilani (2-1) …
Tommy Martindale beat Dick Steinborn (2-1) … Vern Taft beat George Curtis … NOTES:
Ermete (Gorilla) Poggi took over the promotion license of Tony Bernardi this week. Bob
Geigel is new Southwest States junior heavyweight champion by winning an elimination
final over Pepper Gomez at Amarillo recently.

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, October 22, 1954
(Armory) … Juan Hernandez beat Larry Wright (sub for Bob Geigel) (2-1) … (ladies)
Olga Zepeda beat Bonnie Watson (2-1) … Tommy Martindale drew Alex Perez

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, October 29, 1954
(Armory, att.-1,200) … Pepper Gomez and Gory Guerrero beat Doc Gallagher and Billy
Weidner (sub for Ali Bey) (2-1) … (ladies) Ida Mae Martinez beat Mary Jane Mull (2-1) …
Alex (Toro) Perez drew Dick Steinborn … NOTE: Recently Doc Gallagher and Bob Geigel
defeated Pepper Gomez and Gory Guerrero for the SW JH tag team title.

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, November 5, 1954
(Armory) … (WJTM) Baron Michele Leone* beat Pepper Gomez (2-1) … Ali Bey drew
Juan Hernandez (45:00, 1-1) … Gory Guerrero drew Red McKim (20:00)

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, November 8, 1954
(Ice Arena, att.-3,000) … Tom Renesto beat Juan Garcia … Ben (Doc) Sherman beat
Ray Duran … Vic Holbrook beat Wee Willie Davis (dq) … Jack Allen beat Kostas Davelis
… Mike Burnell beat Nash Karahan (sub for Dave Cooper) … NOTE: The site of Mike
London’s opening card was located on Lomas Blvd. near San Mateo.

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, November 12, 1954
(Armory) … Juan Hernandez beat Ali Bey (2-0, dq) … Bob Geigel beat George Curtis (2-
1) … Red McKim beat Dick Steinborn … referee: Larry Wright

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, November 15, 1954
(Ice Arena) … Golden Terror beat Jack Allen (2-1) … Ben Sherman beat Juan Garcia (2-
1) … Mario DeSouza (sub for Leo Numa) beat Goon Henry … Tom Renesto beat Ray
Duran … referee: Kostas Davelis … NOTE: Count Rossi seconded Tom Renesto and
Golden Terror.

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, November 19, 1954
(Armory) … (SWJTTM) Jesse James and Johnny James* beat Eric Pederson and Vern
Taft (2-1, dq) … (midgets) Tiny Tim beat Ivan the Terrible (2-1) … Juan Hernandez beat
Tommy Martindale … referee: Billy Weidner … NOTE: James brothers won the Southwest
JH tag team title from Doc Gallagher and Bob Geigel November 10, at Lubbock.

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, November 22, 1954
(Ice Arena, att.-1,900) … Golden Terror beat Vic Holbrook (2-1) … Juan Garcia beat
Tom Renesto (2-1) … Ben Sherman beat Carlos Garza … Jack Allen drew Leo Numa
(sub for Mario DeSouza)

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, November 26, 1954
(Armory) … Pepper Gomez vs Eric Pederson (1-1, nc) … Gory Guerrero drew George
Overhuls (45:00, 1-1) … Red McKim beat Ali Bey (dq) … Mr. X drew Juan Hernandez (15:
00) … referee: Alex (Toro) Perez

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, November 29, 1954
(Ice Arena) … Vic Holbrook and Leo Numa beat Tom Renesto and Golden Terror (60:00,
1-0) … Juan Garcia beat Mike Burnell (sub for Ben Sherman) (2-1) … Jack Allen beat
Wee Willie Davis (30:00, decision)

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, December 3, 1954
(Armory) … Pepper Gomez and Juan Hernandez beat Eric Pederson and Vern Taft (sub
for Danny McShain) (2-0) … George Curtis beat Mr. X (2-0) … Alex Perez drew Red
McKim

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, December 6, 1954
(Ice Arena, att.-3,000) … (WTTM) Art Neilson and Reggie Lisowski* beat Vic Holbrook
and Leo Numa (2-1) … Juan Garcia drew Jack Allen (45:00) … Wee Willie Davis vs Tom
Renesto (nc) … Mitch Lassen drew Tony Gilbert (15:00)

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, December 10, 1954
(Armory, att.-400) … Pepper Gomez beat Bob Geigel (2-1) … Juan Hernandez beat Tony
Morelli (2-1) … George Curtis drew Ali Bey … NOTE: Promoter Gorilla Poggi had agreed
to turn over all proceeds after expenses to the benefit for the two police officers but the
feeble throng present netted only $56 for the fund.

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, December 13, 1954
(Ice Arena, att.-2,000) … Miguel Lopez beat Tom Renesto (2-0) … Juan Garcia beat
Tony Gilbert (1-0, utc) … Wee Willie Davis beat Mike Mazurki … Jack Allen beat Mitch
Lassen

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, December 17, 1954
(Armory) … (SWJTM) Pepper Gomez beat Bob Geigel* (2-1, dq) … (ladies) Penny
Banner beat Betty Hawkins (1-0, utc) … Con Bruno beat Juan Hernandez … Red McKim
drew Benny Trudell

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, December 20, 1954
(Ice Arena, att.-2,000) … Juan Garcia beat Golden Terror (2-1, dq) … Polo Cordova beat
Wee Willie Davis (2-1) … Jack Allen beat Stan Kowalski (2-0)

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, December 24, 1954
(Armory) … (LWTM) June Byers* beat Penny Banner (2-1) … Jesse James beat Vern
Taft … Boris Kameroff beat George Overhuls … Frankie Murdock drew Alex Perez …
NOTE: Likely Boris Kameroff from New Haven was Walter Kameroff.

Albuquerque, NM: Monday, December 27, 1954
(Ice Arena, att.-2,300) … Polo Cordova and Juan Garcia beat Mystery Man and Golden
Terror (2-1) … Malcolm Brenner (sub for Benny Fernandez) beat Leo Numa (2-1, dq) …
Bud Fisher beat Stan Kowalski … Stanley Dailey beat Ray Duran (dq) … NOTE: Dailey
was said to be the son of Owen Dailey, a former lightweight champion of the world.

Albuquerque, NM: Friday, December 31, 1954
(Armory) … No Wrestling

The Albuquerque Journal usually gave better details of the matches. However the
Tribune often gave attendance more often.

Research by Don Luce
Albuquerque Wrestling Results - 1954