Denver Wrestling Results

Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 1, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Frank James b. Masked Mr. Boston to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Brother Jonathan and Don Leo Jonathan b. Jimmy Blood and
Danny Loos (2/3) … Nick Kapitan and Al Lolotai wrestled Paul Stafford and Tugger Zeke
to a draw (20:00)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 8, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champoin Frank James b. Masked
Mr. Boston (2/3) (the masked wrestler was revealed to be Jack Boston of Boston,
Massachusetts) … Don Leo Jonathan b. Jimmy Blood (2/3) … Brother Jonathan and
Danny Loos were both counted out … Nick Kapitan and Tugger Zeke drew

Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 15, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … The Swedish Angel b. Jimmy Blood (2/3) … Brother Jonathan and
Don Leo Jonathan b. Frank James and Nick Kapitan … Jack Boston b. Danny Loos

Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 22, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Elvira Snodgrass (2/3)
… Brother Jonathan and Don Leo Jonathan wrestled Joe Bennicasa and Jimmy Blood to a
draw (45:00) … Nick Kapitan and Tugger Zeke wrestled Frank James and Jim Lankas to a
draw (15:00)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 29, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Joe Bennicasa b. Frank James to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Don Leo Jonathan b. The Swedish Angel (2-0) … Nick Kapitan
b. Jimmy Blood (DQ) … Brother Jonathan and Jim Lankas drew

Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 5, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Bennicasa b. Don Leo
Jonathan (2/3) (decision) (according to the newspaper report, Jonathan “succeeded in
establishing himself as the area’s top crowd-pleaser”) … Mars Bennett b. Cora Combs
(2/3) … Jimmy Blood and “Tiger” Joe Marsh b. Frank James and Jim Lankas … Brother
Jonathan b. Nick Kapitan (5:17) … (4,000+ fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 12, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Danny
Loos (1-0) (60:00) … Brother Jonathan b. Joe Bennicasa (2/3) (non-title match) … Jimmy
Blood and Jim Lankas b. Frank James and Nick Kapitan (Lankas pinned Kapitan) (tag
match was orignally booked as Blood and Joe Marsh against James and Lankas)
Notes: The Rocky Mountain News stated that “Gagne won the amateur championship
finals right here in Ft. Collins and then on the professional Junior heavyweight
championship of the world.” The paper also indicated that Gagne “recently won his crown
from Turk McGurk (sic) in Tulsa." Jonathan was from Hurricane, Utah.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 19, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Bennicasa and Don
Leo Jonathan drew (60:00) (1-1) … Danny Loos b. Jimmy Blood (1-0) (Blood was unable
to continue) … Joe Campbell b. Tugger Zeke … Brother Jonathan and Matt Kosternich
drew … (2,000 fans)
Notes: Joe Campbell of Oakland “has recently been competing in Australia.” Kosternich
was from Phoenix.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 26, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Danny Loos b. Joe Bennicasa (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (Bennicasa
threw Loos over the top rope) … Joe Campbell and Don Leo Jonathan drew (40:00) (1-1)
… Brother Jonathan and Matt Kosternich b. Jimmy Blood and Tugger Zeke

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 5, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Emil Dusek (2-0)
… Don Leo Jonathan and Danny Loos drew (40:00) (1-1) … Joe Bennicasa and Jimmy
Blood b. Brother Jonathan and Jim Lankas
Note: Lankas was from Trenton, Nebraska.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 12, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Mae Young b. Elvira Snodgrass (2/3) … Joe Bennicasa and “Tiger”
Joe Marsh wrestled Brother Jonathan and Don Leo Jonathan to a draw (60:00) (Marsh was
said to have suffered a “severe” knee injury and taken to a local hospital) … Joe Campbell
and Matt Kosternich drew (15:00)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 19, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Danny Loos b. Joe Stalin (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Brother
Jonathan and Don Leo Jonathan b. Joe Bennicasa and Matt Kosternich (2/3) … The
Masked Terror b. Joe Campbell

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 26, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Don Leo Jonathan b.
Jimmy Blood (2/3) … Joe Stalin b. Matt Kosternich (2/3) … The Masked Terror b. Brother
Jonathan (5:10) … Joe Campbell and Danny Loos drew (15:00)
Note: Terror was said to be 275 pounds.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 2, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … The Masked Monser and Joe Stalin b. Brother Jonathan and Don
Leo Jonathan (2/3) … Matt Kosternich and Danny Loos b. Jimmy Blood and Jim Lankas
(2/3) … Joe Campbell and Clark Gable drew (15:00)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 9, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Cora Combs vs. Mae Young … Brother Jonathan and Don Leo
Jonathan vs. The Masked Monster and Joe Stalin … Jimmy Blood and Joe Campbell vs.
Matt Kosternich and Danny Loos

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 16, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … The Masked Monster and Joe Stalin b. Matt Kosternich and Danny
Loos … Mae Young b. Joyce Ford (2/3) … Jimmy Blood and Lefty Pacer wrestled Brother
Jonthan and Don Leo Jonathan to a draw

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 23, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Primo Carnera b. Joe Stalin (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (Baer punched
out Stalin) … Brother Jonathan and Don Leo Jonathan b. Jimmy Blood and Masked
Monster (2/3) … Matt Kosternich and Lefty Pacer drew (20:00) … (referee: Max Baer)
Note: Pacer was from Toledo, Ohio.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 30, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Primo Carnera and Don Leo Jonathan b. The Masked Monster and
Joe Stalin (2/3) … Matt Kosternich and Danny Loos drew (1-1) (45:00) … Jimmy Blood and
Jim Lankas drew … Clark Gable b. Lefty Pacer (DQ) (12:00) … (3,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, May 7, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Mae Young (2/3) …
Don Leo Jonathan and Joe Stalin wrestled to a double disqualification … Matt Kosternich
b. Brother Jonathan … The Masked Monster b. Jim Lankas … Lefty Pacer and Jack Young
drew (20:00) … (3,500 fans)
Notes: Lankas was said to be 265 pounds, while the Monster was 275 pounds.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, May 14, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Don Leo Jonathan b. Joe
Stalin (Stalin was unable to continue) … Jimmy Little b. Irish Jackie … Matt Kosternich and
Jack Young b. Jimmy Blood and Lefty Pacer … Clark Gable b. Danny Ferrazza
Note: Gable was said to be from Denver.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, May 21, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … The Masked Monster b. Don Leo Jonathan to capture the Rocky
Mountain Heavyweight Title (2/3) (during the second fall, referee Sauer suffered an injured
knee and was replaced by Cox) … Jimmy Blood and Lefty Pacer wrestled Danny Loos and
Jack Young to a draw … Brother Jonathan and Clark Gable drew … (referees: Woody
Cox, Bob Sauer)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, May 28, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion The Masked Monster b.
Don Leo Jonathan (2/3) … Danny Loos b. Joe Stalin (2-0) … Jimmy Blood and Lefty Pacer
wrestled Clark Gable and Matt Kosternich to a draw (1-1) … (benefit for Cerebral Palsy
victims)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, June 4, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Danny Loos b. The Masked Monster to capture the Rocky
Mountain Heavyweight Title (23:28) … Gloria Barattini b. Ella Waldek … Jim Henry and Joe
Stalin wrestled Don Leo Jonathan and Matt Kosternich to a draw … (3,000+ fans)
Notes: Final show of the season. Waldek was said to be from Custer, Washington and
Barattini from Baltimore.

*Ted Cox was the likely promoter for the shows listed above in Denver and Mike London
was the leading booking agent. It is unclear when London relinquished his role as
“promoter” in Denver.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, September 17, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Sumo Wrestling Tournament with Maedayama “defending his
international title” versus Takatayana and Onoumi … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight
Champion Danny Loos and The Masked Monster drew … Joe Bennicasa and Roberto
Cruz vs. Clark Gable and Babe Zaharias … (promoter: Ted Cox)
Notes: Season opener. Maedayama was said to be 310 pounds, Takatayana 340, and
Onoumi 318.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, September 24, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Danny Loos b. The
Masked Monster (2/3) … Joe Bennicasa b. Babe Zaharias (2/3) … Dick Hatcher and Al
Lolotai drew (20:00) … Roberto Cruz b. Clark Gable (10:48) … (promoter: Ted Cox)
Note: Hatcher was said to be from Noel, Missouri.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 1, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Ethel Johnson b. Mae Weston (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Gloria
Barattini and Mae Young wrestled to a double countout in the third fall (1-1) … Roberto
Cruz and Dick Hatcher drew … Al Lolotai and The Masked Monster drew … (promoter:
Ted Cox) … (corporation: Rocky Mountain Sports Enterprises, Inc.)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 8, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Ethel Johnson and Mae Young b. Gloria Barattini and Mae Weston
… Dick Hatcher b. The Masked Monster (2-0) … Joe Bennicasa b. Al Lolotai (8:58) …
Roberto Cruz b. Joe Bennicasa (5:45) … (promoter: Ted Cox)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 15, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … The Elephant Boy b. Nature Boy (2/3) … The Zebra Kid b. Lord
Dizzy Pinkerton (14:08) … Roberto Cruz b. Joe Bennicasa … Buddy Rogers b. Dick
Hatcher … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer)
Note: The Denver Post reported that “Buddy” Rogers beat Dick Hatcher in a preliminary
match. This is likely “Bunny Rogers,” as the real Buddy Rogers had left Pfefer’s camp
earlier in the year.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 22, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy b. Lord Dizzy Pinkerton (2/3) … Daisy Mae b. Moolah
(DQ) … Nature Boy b. Joe Bennicasa (2/3) … The Zebra Kid b. Dick Hatcher … Roberto
Cruz and Bunny Rogers drew (30:00) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack
Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 29, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy b. Nature Boy (2/3) … Moolah b. Daisy Mae …
Roberto Cruz b. Zebra Kid (DQ) … Bunny Rogers and Lord Dizzy Pinkerton drew …
(promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 5, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy b. The Zebra Kid (7:08) … The Zebra Kid b. Nature
Boy (12:00) (Zebra Kid was attempting to beat two opponents in one night) … Daisy Mae
b. Moolah the Slave Girl to capture the Women’s Junior Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Roberto
Cruz b. Bunny Rogers (12:31) … Lord Dizzy Pinkerton b. The Masked Monster (15:06) …
(promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer)
Notes: Nature Boy was called a “Hollywood Dandy.” Moolah the Slave Girl was the
defending women’s junior heavyweight champion and was holding a championship belt
going into this match. In one report, the promoter was called “Captain Cox.”

Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 12, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … The Elephant Boy b. Roberto Cruz (2/3) … Concita Pons b. Women’
s World Junior Heavyweight Champion Daisy Mae (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Gorgeous
George Grant b. Nature Boy … Bunny Rogers b. The Zebra Kid (DQ) … (promoter: Ted
Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer)
Note: The Elephant Boy-Roberto Cruz match was said to be “For World’s Title and
Championship belt.”

Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 19, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … The Zebra Kid b. Elephant Boy (2/3) … Moolah the Slave Girl b.
Concita Pons (2/3) … Gorgeous George Grant b. Bunny Rogers (10:55) … Nature Boy b.
The “Unmasked” Monster … The Canadian Angel b. Matt Kosternich … (promoter: Ted
Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 26, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy b. The “Super” Zebra Kid (2-0) … Moolah the Slave
Girl failed to beat both Daisy Mae and Concita Pons (Moolah beat Mae, but lost to Pons)
… Gorgeous George Grant b. Nature Boy … Clark Gable b. The Unmasked Monster (DQ)
… (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 3, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy b. Gorgeous George Grant (2/3) (third fall by DQ) …
Slave Girl Moolah b. Concita Pons (2/3) … Nature Boy b. The Zebra Kid … The Canadian
Angel b. Bunny Rogers … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 10, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy b. Gorgeous George Grant (2/3) … Slave Girl
Moolah b. Daisy Mae (2/3) … Pancho Morales b. Bunny Rogers … Nature Boy and Carlos
Mendoza b. The Canadian Angel and The Unmasked Monster … (promoter: Ted Cox) …
(matchmaker: Jack Pfefer)
Note: Pancho Morales was billed as the Mexican Champion, making his local debut.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 17, 1951
(Mammoth Garden) … Gorgeous George Grant and Pancho Morales wrestled Elephant
Boy and The Canadian Angel to a no contest (1-1) (a ringside fan hit the referee twice with
a chair, ending the match) … Slave Girl Moolah b. Daisy Mae (2/3) … Carlos Mendoza and
Nature Boy drew (60:00) (1-1) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) …
(referee: Bob Sauer)

Notes: Jack Kanner was the matchmaker for the Colorado Athletic Club in 1951.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 10, 2007

Denver Wrestling Results - 1951