Denver, Colorado:  Monday, January 7, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Lord Albert Mills b.
Tommy O’Toole (2/3) (O’Toole got his foot tangled in the ropes during the third fall and
was counted out) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Mae Weston (12:50) …
Oki Shikina b. Chris Zaharias (2/3) … George Craig b. Joe Parelli (9:09) … (promoter:  
George Zaharias) … (referee:  Dan Darnell) … (4,500+ fans) (fans turned away)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, January 14, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Tommy O’Toole b. Lord Albert Mills to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (dec., 60:00) (1-1) … Tom Zaharias b. George Craig (2/3) … Seelie
Samara and Oki Shikina drew (30:00) … Ivan Jones b. Mike “Red” Ryan (11:14) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  Joe Parelli)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, January 21, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Lord Albert Mills b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) (Mills earned a match with
Jim Londos next week) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tommy O’Toole b.
Seelie Samara (2/3) … George Craig and Antone Leone drew … Taro Ito and Ivan Jones
drew … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (2,800 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, January 28, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Lord Albert Mills (2/3)
(Londos won the first fall in 20:34, Mills won the second in 9:12, Londos won the third in 4:
13) … Tommy O’Toole and Tom Zaharias wrestled to a double disqualification (1-1) …
Taro Ito b. Antone Leone (DQ) (11:13) … Gorilla Macias b. George Craig (7:15) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  Joe Parelli)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, February 4, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Lord Albert Mills (2/3) (Mills was unable to
continue in the third after suffering a shoulder injury) (Mills was also punched by a
ringside fan) … Tom Zahraias b. Tommy O’Toole (1:13 of the fifth round) (boxing match)
… Wally Greb and Gorilla Macias drew … Antone Leone b. Mike “Red” Ryan (12:57) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (4,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, February 11, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall and Tommy O’Toole b. Lord Albert Mills and
Tom Zaharias (2/3) (Zaharias was unable to continue after Marshall smashed him with a
chair) … Antone Leone b. Wally Greb (2-0) … Ivan Jones and Danny Loos drew … Gorilla
Macias b. Tom Bradley … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, February 18, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Antone Leone (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Nell
Stewart b. Mattie Bell (13:07) … Tommy O’Toole b. Gorilla Macias (dec., 45:00) (1-1) …
Wally Greb b. Mike “Red” Ryan (15:01) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, February 25, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tommy O’Toole and
Everette Marshall drew (1-1) (60:00) … June Byers b. Nell Stewart (19:59) … Lord Albert
Mills b. Gorilla Macias (2/3) … George Craig and Antone Leone drew (30:00) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  Dan Darnell)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 4, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tommy O’Toole b. Jim
Parker (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Lord Albert Mills and Tom Zaharias drew (45:00) …
George Craig b. Antone Leone (dec., 20:00) … Taro Ito b. Wally Greb (11:41) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  Dan Darnell) … (2,800 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 11, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Tom Zaharias b. Lord Albert Mills (2/3) … George Craig and
Tommy O’Toole b. Antone Leone and Jim Parker (2/3) … Ali Adali b. Tara Ito (2:08) …
Ivan Jones b. Danny Loos (13:36) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 18, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … The Swedish Angel b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) … Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Champion Tommy O’Toole b. Antone Leone (2/3) … Dan O’Connor and Jim
Parker drew (20:00) … Dick Hatcher b. Ali Adali (DQ) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) …
(4,200 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 25, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tommy O’Toole b. The
Swedish Angel (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Dan O’Connor b. Tom Zaharias (dec., 1-1) …
Antone Leone b. Dick Hatcher (15:12) … Gorilla Macias b. Jim Parker (11:16) … (referee:  
Dan Darnell) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (4,000+ fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, April 1, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Tommy O’Toole to capture the Rocky
Mountain Heavyweight Title (dec., 60:00) (1-1) … Antone Leone b. Dan O’Connor (2/3)
(third fall by DQ) … George Craig b. Gorilla Macias (12:03) … Duke Keomuka (local
debut) b. Red Ryan (14:09) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referees:  Jack Bloom,
Dan Darnell)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, April 8, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … The Swedish Angel b. Everette Marshall to capture the Rocky
Mountain Heavyweight Title (DQ) (after being disqualified in the first fall, Marshall attacked
the referee, then threw the Angel over the top rope at the beginning of the second) (the
referee needed police protection) …Tommy O’Toole b. Dick O’Connor (2/3) … Dick
Hatcher and Tom Zaharias drew … Antone Leone b. Duke Keomuka (15:51) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  Jack Carter of Dallas)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, April 15, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) … Tommy O’Toole b. Jim
Lankas (2/3) … Dick Hatcher and Dan O’Connor drew … George Craig b. Antone Leone
(14:26) … Danny Loos b. Duke Keomuka (decision) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) …
(near capacity crowd)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, April 22, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. The Swedish Angel to regain the Rocky
Mountain Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Abie Coleman b. Tommy O’Toole (2/3) (third fall by
DQ) … Dick Hatcher b. George Craig (16:33) … Dan O’Connor and Tom Zaharias drew
… (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (4,200 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, April 29, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b.
Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Abie Coleman b. Dan O’Connor (2/3) … Tom Zaharias b. George
Craig (16:11) … Dick Hatcher b. Jack Kelley (12:09) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, May 6, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) …Abie Coleman and Tom Zaharias b. Dan O’Connor and Tommy O’
Toole (2/3) … Dick Hatcher b. Jack Kelley (2/3) … Ivan Jones b. Mike “Red” Ryan (DQ) (6:
29) … George Craig and Sgt. Pat O’Rourke drew … (promoter:  George Zaharias) …
(3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, May 13, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Tom Zaharias b. Joe Savoldi (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (Savoldi would
not let Zaharias back into the ring) … Don Eagle b. Tommy O’Toole (dec., 45:00) (1-1) …
Abie Coleman b. George Craig (11:20) … Dick Hatcher and Dan O’Connor drew (20:00)
… (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (3,200 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, May 20, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Joe Savoldi b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) … The Black Panther (local
debut) b. Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Abie Coleman b. Dave Kelly (15:35) … George Craig b.
Dan O’Connor (dec., 20:00) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, May 27, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall and Joe
Savoldi drew (60:00) (no falls) … The Black Panther b. Tom Zaharias (2-0) (second fall by
DQ) … Abie Coleman b. George Craig (11:54) … Dick Hatcher b. Jack Kelley (14:22) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, June 3, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b. Joe
Savoldi (1-0) (Savoldi missed a drop kick and fell into the ropes “neck first,” thus leaving
him unconscious) (Savoldi was unable to continue) (29:50) (Marshall carried Savoldi to
the dressing room for medical aid) … The Black Panther b. Abie Coleman (2/3) … George
Craig and Red Vagnone b. Tony Ross and Al Szasz (24:53) … Dick Hatcher b. Bill Carson
(DQ) (14:18) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, June 10, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Juanita Coffman and Nell Stewart b. June Byers and Anne Miller
(2/3) … The Black Panther b. Abie Coleman (2/3) … George Craig b. Jack Kelly (16:35)
… Bill Carson and Red Vagnone drew (20:00) … (referee:  Dan Darnell) … (promoter:  
George Zaharias) … (4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, June 17, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … The Black Panther b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) … Helen Hilde b. Mattie
Bell (6:47) … Dick Hatcher b. Bill Carson (2/3) … Danny Dusek b. George Craig (14:53)
… Abe Coleman and Roberto Pico drew (20:00) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, June 24, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall and
The Black Panther drew (60:00) (1-1) (Panther won the first fall by DQ) … Danny Dusek
b. Abie Coleman (2/3) … Roberto Pico and George Zaharias drew (20:00) … George
Craig and Dick Hatcher wrestled to a no contest when both were knocked out (12:30) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  Marvin Frantz)
Note:  The Rocky Mountain News reported that “George Zaharias” wrestled Roberto Pico
– but that might be a mistake for Tom.  However, maybe George came out of retirement
for one more go.

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, July 1, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Joe Savoldi b. The Black Panther (2/3) (Panther, adhering to the
rules, took off his mask following the loss, revealing Al Billings “a former serviceman who
held the heavyweight championship of the Navy.”) … Dick Hatcher and Roberto Pico b.
Danny Dusek and Tom Zaharias (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Abie Coleman and Oki Shikina
drew … Danny Loos b. Ivan Jones (13:08) (Jones suffered a sprained ankle) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, July 8, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Danny Dusek and Tom Zaharias b. Dick Hatcher and Roberto Pico
(2/3) … Joe Savoldi b. Abie Coleman (30:13) (Coleman could not continue after suffering
a knee injury) … Chris Zaharias b. George Craig (10:05) … Al Billings and Oki Shikina
drew … (promoter:  George Zaharias)
Note:  Savoldi was reported as having “successfully defended his Rocky Mountain
championship” in the July 9, 1946 Rocky Mountain News.  He didn’t win the belt until July
12, unless Zaharias recognized the DQ win on July 5.  The belt didn’t change hands in
Colorado Springs until July 12.

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, July 15, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Danny Dusek b. Joe Savoldi to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (third fall by countout) … Roberto Pico and Tom Zaharias were
both disqualified (1-1) (Chris Zaharias helped his brother) (officials had to break the
grapplers up after the end of the match) … Oki Shikima and Chris Zaharias drew … Al
Billings b. Dick Hatcher (16:44) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, July 22, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Danny Dusek b. Oki
Shikina (2/3) … Joe Savoldi b. Al Billings (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Roberto Pico and Tom
Zaharias drew … Chris Zaharias b. Dick Hatcher (15:10) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)
… (referee:  Jack Bloom)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, July 29, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Danny Dusek and
Everette Marshall wrestled to a double disqualification (1-1) … Joe Savoldi and Tom
Zaharias drew (1-1) … Roberto Pico b. Chris Zaharias (17:25) … Oki Shikima b. “Big” Ben
Ellis (7:10) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, August 5, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … The Zaharias Brothers (Chris and Tom Zaharias) b. Roberto Pico
and Oki Shikima (2/3) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Danny Dusek b. Pat
McGill (2/3) … Tex Bodine and Ivan Jones drew … Danny Loos b. Tony Charney (16:44)
… (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  Marvin Frantz)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, August 12, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Tom Zaharias b. Danny Dusek to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (2/3) … George Temple b. Chris Zaharias … Pat McGill and Roberto
Pico drew (20:00) … Oki Shikima b. Tex Bodine (9:44) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, August 19, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Juanita Coffman (18:
09) … Tom Zaharias b. Roberto Pico (2/3) … George Temple b. Danny Dusek (2/3) (third
fall by DQ) … Pat McGill b. Chris Zaharias (decision) … Oki Shikuma b. Gus Pappas (6:
39) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (5,000+ fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, August 26, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … The Blimp b. The Golden Angel (2/3) … Oki Shikuma and Tom
Zaharias drew (1-1) … Roberto Pico and Chris Zaharias drew (20:00) … Pat McGill b.
Danny Dusek (9:41) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (5,000+ fans)
Note:  As the Pfefer crew began to infiltrate Colorado, Dave Levin was acknowledged as
the “World” Heavyweight Champion in local press reports.

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, September 2, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. The Blimp (2/3)
(Blimp fell from the ring and was unable to continue) … The Golden Angel b. Chris
Zaharias (2/3) … Danny Loos b. Nick Studen (16:11) … Antone Leone and Oki Shikima
drew … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, September 9, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. The Blimp (2/3) (third
by DQ) … The Golden Angel b. Antone Leone (2-0) … Oki Shikima b. Chris Zaharias (15:
40) … Pat McGill and Roberto Pico drew … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  
Marvin Frantz) … (4,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, September 16, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … The Blimp b. Roberto Pico (6:10) and Oki Shikima (6:04) … World
Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin wrestled The Golden Angel to a draw (60:00) (no
falls) … Ivan Jones and Antone Leone drew … Pat McGill b. Chris Zaharias (14:43) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, September 23, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Buddy Rogers b. The Blimp (2/3) … The Golden Angel b. Pat
McGill (2-0) … Roberto Pico and Frank Schwartz drew … Oki Shikima b. Gus Pappas …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, September 30, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … The Blimp and Buddy Rogers drew when both were knocked out (1-
1) … The Golden Angel b. Roberto Pico (2/3) … The Super Swedish Angel b. Pat McGill
(2:54) … Frank Schwartz and Oki Shikima drew … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, October 7, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Buddy Rogers b. The Blimp (2/3) … The Golden Angel b. The
Super Swedish Angel (2/3) (third by DQ) … Elmer the Great b. Oki Shikima (3:55) …
Roberto Pico b. Frank Schwartz … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  Marvin
Frantz) … (capacity crowd)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, October 14, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Buddy Rogers b. Elmer the Great (2/3) (third by DQ) … The Blimp
b. The Super Swedish Angel (2/3) (Angel won the first fall, Blimp won the second and
Angel was unable to continue) … The Golden Angel b. Roberto Pico (31:44) … Oki
Shikima b. Frank Schwartz (17:11) … (promoter:  George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, October 21, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. Elmer the Great (2-0)
… The Golden Angel and Buddy Rogers drew (45:00) (no falls) (a scientific match) …
Alberto Pico b. Frank Schwarz (9:33) … The Super Swedish Angel b. Oki Shikima (9:05)
… (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, October 28, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. The Blimp (2/3)
(during the third fall, Blimp fell from the ring and was counted out) …Buddy Rogers b. The
Golden Angel (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … The Super Swedish Angel b. Elmer the Great (1:
19) … Roberto Pico and Oki Shikima drew (20:00) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) …
(4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, November 4, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. The Golden Angel (1-0) (only fall by DQ) (60:
00) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. The Super Swedish Angel (2/3) …
Tom Zaharias b. Roberto Pico (2-0) … Oki Shikima b. Ivan Jones … (promoter:  George
Zaharias) … (2,000 fans) (blizzard conditions)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, November 11, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. The Golden Angel (2-
0) (second fall by DQ) … Everette Marshall b. The Super Swedish Angel (2/3) … Oki
Shikima b. Red Robinson (11:54) … Frank Gonzales and Tom Zaharias drew …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (referee:  Dan Darnell) … (3,000+ fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, November 18, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Buddy Rogers and Tom Zaharias drew (60:00) (1-1) … Everette
Marshall b. The Golden Angel (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Gene Bowman b. Oki Shikima (10:
27) … Frank Gonzales b. The Super Swedish Angel (decision) … (promoter:  George
Zaharias) … (3,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, November 25, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Frank Gonzales and Oki Shikima b. Gene Bowman and Tom
Zaharias (2/3) (third by DQ) (near riot during the third fall) … Frank Cutler b. Red Ryan
(2/3) … Tony Charney b. Danny Loos (15:50) … Ivan Jones b. Red Robinson (14:44) …
(promoter:  George Zaharias) … (2,500+ fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, December 2, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tom Zaharias b. Frank
Gonzales (Gonzales was unable to continue after the ropes collapsed and he fell from the
ring) … Elvira Snodgrass b. June Byers (2/3) … George Craig and Frank Cutler drew (20:
00) … Gene Bowman b. Oki Shikima (DQ) (14:24) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) …
(5,200 fans) (reportedly the largest crowd to attend a wrestling show at the Garden)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, December 9, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Elvira Snodgrass b. Helen Hilde (2/3) … Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Champion Tom Zaharias and Frank Gonzales drew (1-1) (60:00) … Gene
Bowman b. Frank Cutler (11:00) … George Craig and Oki Shikima drew (20:00) … Ivan
Jones b. Mike “Red” Ryan (DQ) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (5,200 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, December 16, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Orville Brown and Tom Zaharias drew (60:00) (no falls) … Frank
Gonzales b. Gene Bowman (2/3) (third by DQ) … George Craig b. Mike “Red” Ryan (11:
20) … Ivan Jones b. Red Robinson (11:42) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (2,300
fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, December 30, 1946
(Mammoth Garden) … Frank Gonzales b. Everette Marshall (2/3) (during the third fall,
Lewis, in an attempt to get Marshall to release a hold, applied his famous headlock,
leading to the finish) (Lewis was booed by the crowd and tried to explain what happened
over the arena loud speaker) … Pat McGill b. Oki Shikima (2/3) … Jack Dillon
(Chattanooga) b. Jack Page (Kansas City) (8:50) … Gene Bowman and George Craig
drew (20:00) … (promoter:  George Zaharias) … (3,000 fans)



Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 11, 2007
Denver Wrestling Results - 1946