Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, January 3, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Primo Carnera b. Hardy Kruskamp (2-0) (Kruskamp was a substitute
for Ted “King Kong” Cox, who officials would not allow to compete due to his previous
injury) … Mike London b. Mr. America (London was a substitute for Superman) … Bad Boy
Brown and Lefty Pacer drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, January 10, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Ted “King Kong” Cox b. The Black Panther (2-0) (Panther was
disqualified in the second fall after losing the first by pinfall) … Bad Boy Brown and Mr.
America drew … Tex Bodine and Lefty Pacer drew … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, January 17, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Black Panther vs. The Swedish Angel … Salvador Flores and Mr.
America vs. Ted Cox and Lefty Pacer … Bad Boy Brown vs. Tex Bodine … (promoter:  
Abe Marylander)
Notes:  Bodine was a part-time law student at the University of Denver.  Mr. America was
from Salt Lake City.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, January 24, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Swedish Angel b. The Black Panther (2-0) … Ted “King Kong”
Cox and Lefty Pacer b. Salvador Flores and Manuel Muniz … Bad Boy Brown and Mr.
America drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, February 7, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Lefty Pacer b. Manuel Muniz (2/3) (Pacer won the frist fall, Muniz won
the second and then Pacer won the third by DQ) … Ted “King Kong” Cox b. Bad Boy
Brown (2/3) … The Black Prince b. Salvador Flores … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, February 14, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Manuel Muniz b. Lefty Pacer … The Black Prince b. The Black
Panther (2-0) … Salvador Flores b. Bad Boy Brown … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, February 21, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Manuel Muniz vs. The Black
Prince … Farmer Zeke vs. Salvador Flores … The Black Panther vs. Lefty Pacer …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander)
Note:  A wrestling fan, William S. Stevens, 65, died during Tuesday’s wrestling show of a
heart attack.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 13, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Billy Curtis vs. Georgie Spots (Midget match – debut locally) … Jimmy
Blood vs. Danny Loos … Joe Bennicasa vs. Tugger Zeke … (season opener)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 27, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Danny Loos b. Jimmy Blood
(2/3) (Blood was disqualified in the third fall) … Tugger Zeke b. The Mad Russian … Joe
Bennicasa and Paul Lopez drew

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 4, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Ann Laverne (2-0) … Joe
Bennicasa and Jimmy Blood b. Raul Lopez and Tugger Zeke … Chief Lone Wolf and Lefty
Hank Williams drew … (referee:  Marvin Franz)

Camp Carson, Colorado:  Thursday, October 12, 1950
(Carson Fieldhouse) … Jimmy Blood and Tugger Zeke drew (15:00) … Joe Bennicasa and
Raul Lopez drew (15:00) … Joe Bennicasa and Tugger Zeke b. Jimmy Blood and Raul
Lopez … (referees:  Lew Jenkins, Kenneth Richman) … (1,500 fans in attendance)
Note:  Around 50 years after this show, the researcher of these Colorado results attended
a military sports program at the Fort Carson Fieldhouse.  It likely hasn’t changed much
since Jimmy Blood and Tugger Zeke were grappling there.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 25, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Danny Loos vs. Raul Lopez
… Joe Bennicasa and Tugger Zeke vs. Jimmy Blood and Ted “King Kong” Cox … Clark
Gable vs. Paul Stafford

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 1, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Elvira Snodgrass b. Ann Laverne … Joe Bennicasa and Tugger Zeke
b. Jimmy Blood and Ted “King Kong” Cox (2/3) … Raul Lopez and Paul Stafford drew

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 8, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Elvira Snodgrass b. Dot Dotson (2-0) (Snodgrass earned a match with
Women’s Champion Mildred Burke) … Joe Bennicasa and Tugger Zeke b. Jimmy Blood
and Paul Stafford … Orchid Clark Gable and Raul Lopez drew

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 15, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Masked Mr. Boston b. Orchid Clark Gable … Paul Stafford and
Tugger Zeke drew … Joe Bennicasa and Danny Loos wrestled Jimmy Blood and Raul
Lopez to a draw (both teams were disqualified) (Mr. Boston ran to the ring and challenged
all four competitors)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 22, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Jimmy Blood and Mr. Boston vs. Joe Bennicasa and Tugger Zeke …
Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Danny Loos vs. Raul Lopez … Orchid Clark
Gable vs. Paul Stafford

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 29, 1950
(City Auditoirum) … Frank James b. Tugger Zeke (2-0) … Jimmy Blood and Mr. Boston b.
Al Lolotai and Raul Lopez … Orchid Clark Gable b. Chief Little Wolf … (promoter:  Jack
Sager)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 6, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Mr. Boston b. Danny Loos to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (Boston received some assistance from a woman outside of the ring) …
Frank James b. Jimmy Blood (2/3) … Al Lolotai b. Tugger Zeke (2/3) … (promoter:  Jack
Sager)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 13, 1950
(City Auditoirum) … Cora Combs and Beverly Lehmer b. Lilly Bitter and Ann Stanley (2/3)
… Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Mr. Boston b. Jimmy Blood (2/3) … Paul
Stafford and Tugger Zeke drew (20:00) … Frank James b. Tugger Zeke (7:00) (James
was billed as the Negro Champion) … (promoter:  Jack Sager)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 20, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Mr. Boston b. Al Lolotai (2/3)
… Nick Kapatain b. Tugger Zeke … Jimmy Blood and Frank James were both disqualified
in the third fall of an even match … (promoter:  Jack Sager)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 27, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Nick Kapatain and Danny Loos vs. Jimmy Blood and Mr. Boston … Al
Lolotai vs. Tugger Zeke … Frank James vs. Orchid Clark Gable and Paul Stafford (special
handicap match) … (promoter:  Jack Sager)
Note:  Kapatain was "Mr. Physical Culture" for 1948.


Research by Tim Hornbaker
Colorado Springs Wrestling Results - 1950