Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, January 4, 1946
(War Recreation Center) … Lord Albert Mills and Okie Shikima drew (60:00) … George
Craig and Ivan Jones b. The Zaharis Brothers (Babe and Chris Zaharias) (2/3) … Tom
Bradley and Danny Loos drew … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, January 11, 1946
(City Auditorium) … George Craig b. Chris Zaharias (2/3) … Tommy O’Toole b. Oki Shikima
(2/3) … Ivan Jones b. Danny Loos (17:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Joe
Parelli)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, January 18, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Lord Albert Mills b. George Craig (2/3) … Tommy O’Toole b. Tom
Zaharias by referee’s decision (45:00) … Ivan Jones b. Tom Bradley … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander) … (referee:  Joe Parelli)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, January 25, 1946
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Tom Zaharias (2-0)
(Londos won the first fall by disqualification and then won the second by pinfall) … Lord
Albert Mills and Tommy O’Toole drew (1-1) … George Craig b. Red Ryan (12:30) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Joe Parelli)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, February 1, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Tommy O’Toole b. Lord Albert Mills (2/3) … Antone Leone b. Ivan Jones
(Jones was a substitute for George Craig, who was injured in an accident) … Gorilla Macias
b. Jim Bradley … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, February 8, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. Tom Zaharias (2-0) (Marshall won the first fall and
then the second by countout) … Antone Leone b. Wally Greb (2/3) … Taro Ito and Danny
Loos drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Fat Frantz)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, March 1, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. Antone Leone (2-0) … George Craig and Tommy O’
Toole b. Wally Greb and Lord Albert Mills (2/3) … Ray “Tarzan” Hegler and Nick Studen
drew (20:00) (Both Hegler and Studen were from La Junta and trained by Marshall) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Jack Bloom) … (1,500 fans)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, March 15, 1946
(City Auditorium) … George Craig and Tommy O’Toole b. Antone Leone and Tom Zaharias
(2/3) … King Kong Clayton b. Ali Adali (Terrible Turk) (2/3) … Gorilla Macias b. Taro Ito …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, March 22, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Tommy O’Toole b. Phil “Swedish Angel” Olofson (2/3) (The Angel won
the first fall, O’Toole won the second fall and then Olofson was disqualified in the third) …
George Craig b. Ivan Jones (2/3) … Gorilla Macias and Jim Parker drew (20:00) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, March 29, 1946
(City Auditorium) … George Craig and Tommy O’Toole b. Antone Leone and Tom Zaharias
(2/3) … Phil “Swedish Angel” Olofson b. Dan O’Connor (2/3) (Angel won the third fall by
countout) … Dick Hatcher b. Gorilla Macias … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, April 5, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Tommy O’Toole and Tom Zaharias boxed to a six-round draw … George
Craig b. Antone Leone (2-0) … Ivan Jones and Duke Keomuka drew (20:00) … Dan O’
Connor b. Mike “Red” Ryan … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Jack Bloom)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, April 12, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Tommy O’Toole b. Tom Zaharias by disqualification in a boxing match
(Zaharias attacked O’Toole while the two were walking to their dressing rooms) … George
Craig and Dick Hatcher b. Antone Leone and Dan O’Connor (2/3) … Ivan Jones b. Duke
Keomuka … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, April 19, 1946
(City Auditorium) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)
Note:  Promoter Abe Marylander cancelled the card due to Good Friday/ Holy Week after
receiving numerous phone calls.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, April 26, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Abie Coleman b. Dan O’Connor (2/3) (Coleman won the third fall by
disqualification) (Tom Zaharias challenged the winner before the match began) … Tommy O’
Toole b. Dick Hatcher (2-0) … Danny Loos b. Tony Charney … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)
… (referee:  Dan Darnell)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, May 3, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Abe Coleman and Tommy O’Toole b. Dan O’Connor and Tom Zaharias
(2-0) … George Craig b. Jack Kelley (2/3) … Danny Loos b. Ivan Jones … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)
Note:  It was announced that Everette Marshall would appear next week.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, May 10, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall and Tommy O’Toole drew after a wild match (O’Toole
knocked out the referee, Marshall and Dick Hatcher) (The referee initially awarded the match
to Marshall, but the latter would not accept the ruling) (O’Toole was cheered louder than
Marshall) … Abie Coleman and George Craig b. Jack Kelley and Dan O’Connor by
disqualification (2/3) … Dick Hatcher b. Taro Ito … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  
Marvin “Fat” Frantz)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, May 17, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Tom Zaharias b. Tommy O’Toole (Zaharias was a substitute for Everette
Marshall) … Abe Coleman b. Dan O’Connor (2/3) … George Craig and Dick Hatcher drew
(20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Jack Bloom)
Note:  There would not be a show next Friday night because of the high school prom at the
City Auditorium.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, May 31, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Abe Coleman and Joe Savoldi drew (1-1) … George Craig and Ivan
Jones b. Tony Charney and Jack Kelley (2/3) … The Black Panther b. Dick Hatcher …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Marvin “Fat” Frantz)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, June 7, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Abe Coleman and George Craig wrestled The Black Panther and Tom
Zaharias to a draw (1-1) … Gino Vagnone b. Jack Kelley (2-0) (Gino was billed as “Geno”
and was making his local debut) (Vagnone was trained by Everette Marshall) … “Wild” Bill
Carson b. Dick Hatcher (17:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, June 14, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Abie Coleman and George Craig b. The Black Panther and Tom
Zaharias (2/3) … Wild Bill Carson b. Geno “Red” Vagnone (2-0) … Ivan Jones b. Nick
Studen (Studen was from La Junta) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, June 21, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Danny Dusek b. Abie Coleman (2/3) (Dusek’s local debut) (Dusek won
the first fall, lost the second and won the third) (Everette Marshall challenged the winner) …
The Black Panther b. Dick Hatcher (2/3) (Hatcher was a substitute for Wild Bill Carson) …
George Craig and Roberto Pico drew (20:00) (Pico was billed as Roberto Rico) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, June 28, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Danny Dusek and Everette Marshall drew (1-1) (Dusek was unable to
continue and Marshall refused the victory) … Roberto Rico b. Dick Hatcher … The Black
Panther and Tom Zaharias drew (45:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, July 5, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Joe Savoldi b. Everette Marshall by disqualification in the third fall of an
even match (Marshall won the first fall, Savoldi won the second and then the third by DQ) (It
was reportedly Marshall’s first defeat in Colorado Springs) … Abie Coleman and Chris
Zaharias drew … Oki Shikima b. George Craig (16:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) …
(referee:  Marvin “Fat” Franz)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, July 12, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Joe Savoldi b. Everette Marshall to capture the Rocky Moungain
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Savoldi won the first fall in 13:55, Marshall won the second fall in 27-
seconds, and Savoldi won the third in 6:45) … Danny Dusek and Tom Zaharias drew (1-1)
… Danny Loos b. Oki Shikima … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, July 19, 1946
(City Auditorium) … The Zaharias Brothers (Chris and Tom Zaharias) b. Dick Hatcher and
Roberto Rico (2/3) … George Craig b. Danny Loos (2/3) … Nick Studen b. Tony Charney
(DQ) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, July 26, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Dick Hatcher and Roberto Rico b. The Zaharias Brothers (Chris and
Tom Zaharias) (2/3) … Danny Dusek b. The Black Panther (2/3) (The Black Panther was
revealed to be Al Billings of Santa Monica, California) … Chris Zaharias b. Ivan Jones (14:
23) (Zaharias was a substitute for George Craig) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, August 2, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Roberto Rico b. Tom Zaharias by TKO in the fifth round of a boxing
match (six-round boxing match) … Ivan Jones b. Chris Zaharias (DQ) … Danny Dusek b. Oki
Shikima (2/3) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, August 9, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Pat McGill b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) (McGill won the third fall by decision) …
Oki Shikima b. Tex Bodine (11:30) … Danny Dusek and Chris Zaharias b. Ivan Jones and
Roberto Rico (2/3) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, August 16, 1946
(City Auditorium) … George Temple b. Oki Shikima (2-0) … Danny Dusek and Pat McGill
drew (1-1) … Roberto Rico and Chris Zaharias drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, August 23, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall and Pat McGill drew (1-1) … Danny Dusek and Chris
Zaharias drew (1-1) … Danny Loos and Baldy Jones drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

*Promoter Abe Marylander announced a switch from Friday night shows to Wednesday
nights.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, August 28, 1946
(City Auditorium) … The Blimp b. Danny Dusek (2-0) … The Golden Angel b. Roberto Rico
(2/3) … Pat McGill b. Oki Shikima (18:18) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (capacity crowd
in attendance)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 4, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Antone Leone and Roberto Rico drew (30:00) … Dave Levin b. Pat
McGill (2-0) … The Golden Angel and Tom Zaharias drew (1-1) … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 11, 1946
(City Auditorium) … The Blimp b. The Golden Angel (2-0) (The Angel was carried from the
ring was two broken ribs after the second fall) … Dave Levin b. Chris Zaharias (2/3) …
Antone Leone and Pat McGill drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (2,200 fans)
(largest crowd in 20 years)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 25, 1946
(City Auditorium) … The Golden Angel b. The Blimp by disqualification in the third fall of an
even match … Buddy Rogers b. Frank Schwartz (2/3) (Rogers was billed as just having
completed a tour through Texas, where he won the state championship) … Pat McGill and
Oki Shikima drew (20:00) (Shikima was a substitute for Roberto Rico) … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 2, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Buddy Rogers b. The Super Swedish Angel (Angel claimed that he could
beat both Buddy Rogers and The Blimp in 60-minutes) (Rogers and Blimp flipped a coin to
see who would wrestle first and Rogers won) (Rogers won by countout) … The Golden Angel
b. Frank Schwartz (2/3) … Roberto Rico and Oki Shikima drew … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 9, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Buddy Rogers b. The Super Swedish Angel by disqualification in the
third fall of an even match … Elmer the Hillbilly and The Golden Angel drew (20:00) … The
Blimp b. Frank Schwartz and Oki Shikima (8:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 16, 1946
(City Auditorium) … The Blimp b. Buddy Rogers in two-of-three-falls (Rogers was biled as as
the “Atomic Blond”) (Rogers missed a dropkick in the third fall and sailed out of the ring)
(Rogers was carried from the ring area by one of the Zaharias Brothers) … The Super
Swedish Angel b. The Golden Angel (2/3) (Swedish Angel won the third fall by countout) …
Hillbilly Elmer b. Danny Rico (15:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 23, 1946
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. The Super Swedish Angel
(2/3) … Buddy Rogers and Tom Zaharias wrestled to a double-disqualification … Elmer the
Hillbilly and The Golden Angel drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 30, 1946
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. Buddy Rogers with one-fall
in 60-minutes (Levin won the only-fall in 50:37) … The Golden Angel b. The Super Swedish
Angel by disqualification in the third fall … Elmer the Great and Roberto Rico drew (20:00)
… (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 6, 1946
(City Auditorium) … The Super Swedish Angel and Tom Zaharias were both disqualified in
the third fall (Zaharias was a substitute for Everette Marshall, who was snowed in in La
Junta) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. The Blimp (2/3) … The Golden Angel
b. Roberto Rico … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 13, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Tom Zaharias b. The Super Swedish Angel (2-0) (Zaharias won the first
fall by disqualification) … The Golden Angel and Frank Gonzales drew (1-1) … Ivan Jones b.
Danny Loos (18:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 20, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Buddy Rogers and Tom Zaharias b. The Golden Angel and The Super
Swedish Angel (2/3) (The Angels won the first fall, Rogers and Zaharias won the second,
and then the third) … Red Robinson b. Ivan Jones (20:00) … Frank Bowman and Frank
Gonzales drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 27, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Gene Bowman and Frank Gonzales b. Frank Cutler and Tom Zaharias
(2/3) (Cutler was billed as being from Los Angeles) … Oki Shikima b. Red Robinson … Ivan
Jones b. Red Ryan … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 4, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. Gene Bowman (2/3) … Red Ryan b. Nick Studen …
Tom Zaharias b. George Craig … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 11, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Gene Bowman and Frank Gonzales b. Red Robinson and Red Ryan
(2/3) … Tom Zaharias b. George Craig (billed as Tom Craig) (2/3) … Ivan Jones and Nick
Studen drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 18, 1946
(City Auditorium) … Gene Bowman b. Tom Zaharias (2-0) … George Craig and Ivan Jones
b. Red Robinson and Red Ryan (2-0) … Frank Gonzales and Oki Shikima drew (20:00) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 23, 2007
Colorado Springs Wrestling Results - 1946