
Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 7, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Carlos Mendoza and Pancho Morales b. Elephant Boy and Gorgeous George Grant (2/3) (after the match, Nature Boy attacked Elephant Boy) … Red Tigress b. Candy Carroll … The Golden Eagle b. Nature Boy … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 14, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Catherine Simpson and Slave Girl Moolah wrestled to a no contest (1-1) … The Golden Eagle and Pancho Morales wrestled Gorgeous George Grant and Nature Boy to a no contest (1-1) … Danny Loos b. Nick Studen … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Notes: Slave Girl Moolah was billed as the “Little Wildcat,” and Catherine Simpson was called “The Great.” Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 21, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Slave Girl Moolah b. Catherine Simpson (2/3) (third fall by countout) … Carlos Mendoza and Pancho Morales b. Gorgeous George Grant and “Young” Buddy Rogers … Danny Loos b. Clark Gable (Gable was reportedly injured) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 28, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … The Lady Angel b. Slave Girl Moolah (2-0) … Pancho Morales b. Bunny Rogers (2/3) … Gorgeous George Grant and Nature Boy wrestled to a no contest … Carlos Mendoza and Nick Studen drew (30:00) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) … (capacity crowd) Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 4, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … The Lady Angel b. Red Tigress (2-0) … Slave Girl Moolah b. Daisy Mae to capture the Women’s World Junior Heavyweight Title (2/3) … The Elephant Boy b. Pancho Morales … Carlos Mendoza b. Gorgeous George Grant (DQ) … Nature Boy b. Bunny Rogers … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Notes: The Mae-Moolah match was for the Women’s World Junior Heavyweight Title, which Mae was holding. Lady Angel was called the “World’s Ugliest Girl Wrestler.” Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 11, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … The Lady Angel and Daisy Mae b. Slave Girl Moolah and Catherine “The Great” Simpson … The Elephant Boy b. Nature Boy … Lord Dizzy Pinkerton b. Gorgeous George Grant (DQ) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 18, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … The Lady Angel and Slave Girl Moolah wrestled to a no contest (1- 1) (both were injured) … Lord Dizzy Pinkerton and Carlos Mendoza wrestled Elephant Boy and Gorgeous George Grant to a no contest (1-1) (Grant used a chair on his partner) … Nature Boy b. Nick Studen (2/3) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 25, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Gorgeous George Grant and Carlos Mendoza drew (1-1) .. Slave Girl Moolah b. Lady Angel and Daisy Mae (Moolah’s partner Wilma Gordon was sick and unable to compete) … Nature Boy b. Clark Gable (2/3) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 3, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy failed to throw both Gorgeous George Grant and Carlos Mendoza (60:00) (Boy beat Grant in 32 minutes, but failed to beat Mendoza) … Lord Dizzy Pinkerton b. The Mad Baron (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Danny Loos b. Nature Boy (2/3) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 10, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Juanita Coffman b. Mitzi DeMarco (2/3) … Elephant Boy and The Mad Baron b. Lord Dizzy Pinkerton and (?) (2/3) … Dr. Dropkick Rogers and Nature Boy drew … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 17, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Juanita Coffman vs. Mitzi DeMarco … Elephant Boy and Nature Boy vs. Dr. Dropkick Rogers and Lord Dizzy Pinkerton … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 24, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy b. Gorgeous George Grant (2/3) … Slave Girl Moolah b. Juanita Coffman (2/3) … Carlos Mendoza b. Nature Boy … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 31, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Slave Girl Moolah b. Margie Mahoney (2-0) … Gorgeous George Grant and Caesar Sando b. Black Prince and Tony Faletti (DQ) … Carlos Mendoza and Nature Boy drew (60:00) (1-1) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) *Jack Pfefer left Denver, leaving Cox to find his own talent – using talent from booker Mike London. Denver, Colorado: Monday, Apirl 7, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Danny Loos and Caesar Sando wrestled “Crazy” Jimmy Blood and Black Prince to a draw (1-1) (60:00) … Nick Studen b. Tony Feletti (2/3) … Mike Pierce and Johnny Cobb drew (30:00) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (capacity crowd) Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 14, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Tony Falletti b. Nick Studen (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Babs Wingo b. Mary Horton (2/3) … Jimmy Blood and Caesar Sando drew … The Black Prince and Johnny Cobb wrestled to a no contest … Clark Gable and Vern Pugh drew … (promoter: Ted Cox) Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 21, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Jimmy Blood and Tony Falleti b. Johnny Cobb and Caesar Sando (2/3) … Babs Wingo b. Elvira Snodgrass (2/3) (winner to face Mildred Burke next week) … Nick Studen failed to beat both The Black Prince and Clark Gable (Studen beat Clark in 13:12, but wrestled to a double countout with Prince in 4:19) … (promoter: Ted Cox) Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 28, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Babs Wingo (2-0) … Nick Studen b. Caesar Sando (2/3) … Jimmy Blood b. Johnny Cobb (15:19) … Black Prince and Tony Falletti drew (20:00) … (promoter: Ted Cox) *No Cards Held in Denver between May 1 and May 13, 1952. *No full searches were completed between May 13, 1952 and October 5, 1952. Ted Cox may have held several shows in that time-span, before wrestling was closed for the summer. *The Sunday, October 5, 1952 edition of the Denver Post reported that wrestling was returning for the 1952-’53 wrestling season at Mammoth Garden. Promoter Ted Cox was bringing big time grappling back to the city, having formed a talent sharing agreement with Fred Kohler of Chicago. Wrestling shows would be held on Wednesday nights instead of Mondays. Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, October 8, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Danny Plechas (2-0) … Juan Garcia and Bill Melby drew (30:00) … Apacha Craig b. Art Bull (DQ) (25:37) … Jim Henry and Joe Millich drew (20:00) … Clark Gable and Nick Studen drew (15:00) … (promoter: Ted Cox) Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, October 15, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Verne Gagne b. Chris Zaharias (2-0) (Gagne used a sleeperhold to take the second fall) … Art Bull b. Roberto Cruz (25:07) … Carl Engstrom and Joe Millich drew (30:00) … Apache Craig b. Pepi Pasquale (DQ) (17:35) … (promoter: Ted Cox) Notes: Bull was billed as being from Dubuque, Iowa and Craig was from Oklahoma City. Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, October 22, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Gypsy Joe b. Juan Garcia (2/3) … Art Bull b. Carl Engstrom (19: 55) … Roberto Cruz and Pepi Pasquale drew … Apache Craig b. Bob Aldrich (5:50) … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (corporation: Rocky Mountain Sports Enterprises, Inc.) Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, October 29, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Verne Gagne b. Art Bull (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Carl Engstrom b. Matt Kosternich (12:15) … Apache Craig b. Pepi Pasquale (DQ) (14:40) … Joe Millich b. “Wild” Bill Bowman (10:25) … (promoter: Ted Cox) Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, November 5, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Verne Gagne b. The Golden Terror (2-0) … Carl Engstrom and Juan Garcia b. Art Bull and Pepi Pasquale (2-0) … Matt Kosternich b. Apache Craig (16: 41) … (promoter: Ted Cox) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, November 11, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Joe Dusek b. Carl Engstrom (25:30) (Engstrom was unable to continue) … Art Bull b. Matt Kosternich (2-0) … Juan Garcia b. Pepi Pasquale (DQ) … Apache Craig and Joe Millich drew (20:00) … (promoter: Ted Cox) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, November 18, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Joe Dusek b. Art Bull (2-0) … Jack Claybourne b. Pepi Pasquale (2-0) … Carl Engstrom and Joe Millich drew … Juan Garcia b. Matt Kosternich … (promoter: Ted Cox) … (“sparse” crowd) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, November 25, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Joe Dusek b. Pat O’Connor (2/3) … Jack Claybourne b. Apache Craig (2-0) … Joe Dusek b. Juan Garcia (7:12) … (promoter: Ted Cox) Note: Due to bad weather, three wrestlers were unable to arrive for the show. Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, December 2, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Pat O’Connor b. Joe Dusek (2/3) … Jack Claybourne and Jim Henry wrestled to a double countout (23:00) … George Logoski b. Joe Millich … Art Bull and Juan Garcia drew … (promoter: Ted Cox) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, December 9, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … Jack Claybourne, Juan Garcia and Joe Millich b. Art Bull, Apache Craig and George Logoski (2/3) … Bill Bowman and Clark Gable drew … Art Bull and Joe Millich drew … Jack Claybourne b. George Logoski … (promoter: Ted Cox) Lakewood, Colorado: Thursday, December 18, 1952 (Lakewood Roller Bowl) … Joe Millich b. Danny Loos (2/3) … Jack Claybourne b. George Logoski (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Gene Bowman b. “Orchid” Clark Gable Note: Next show in Lakewood on January 8, 1953. Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, December 23, 1952 (Mammoth Garden) … The Mighty Atlas b. The Canadian Angel (2/3) (third fall in 35 seconds) … Terry Majors b. Mary Carlton (2-0) (Majors earned a title match against Mildred Burke) … Jim Henry b. Gene Bowman (countout) … Juan Garcia b. Jim Sullivan … (promoter: Ted Cox) Research by Tim Hornbaker November 10, 2007 |
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