Denver Wrestling Results

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, January 5, 1954
(Stockyards Stadium) … Seelie Samara and Joe Scarpello b. Jim “Goon” Henry and Dr.
Bill Herman (2/3) … Danny Loos b. Nick Capitan (2-0) … Jack Seals b. Bill Bowman …
Mike Burnell b. Rex Mayes (21 seconds) … (promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, January 12, 1954
(Stockyards Stadium) … Wrestling Tournament … Maurice Roberre b. Nick Capitan in the
finals to win the tournament (9:51) … Maurice Roberre b. Nino Martinez … Maurice
Roberre b. Danny Loos … Maurice Roberre b. Mike Burnell … Nick Capitan b. Bill
Bowman (Capitan earned a bye into the finals) … Mike Burnell b. Chief Lone Eagle …
Danny Loos b. Paul Stafford … Jack Seals b. Jim “Goon” Henry … (promoter: Mike
London)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, January 19, 1954
(City Auditorium Arena) … United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Reggie
Lisowski (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Baron
Michele Leone b. Bill Melby (2/3) … Tom Thumb b. Pee Wee James … The Garcia
Brothers (Elias and Juan Garcia) b. Danny Ferrazza and Dutch Hefner … Danny Loos and
Maurice Roberre drew (15:00) … (promoter: Mike London) … (6,942 fans) … (gate:
$14,121)
Notes: Billed as a “Parade of Champions” event. The Denver Post reported that it was
the “largest wrestling crowd in Denver in 20 years.”

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, January 26, 1954
(Stockyards Stadium) … Salie Halassie and Pee Wee James b. Tiger Jackson and Tom
Thumb … Dutch Hefner b. Juan Garcia (2/3) (third fall in 53 seconds) … Maurice Roberre
b. Danny Ferraza … Mike Burnell and Nick Capitan drew (15:00) … (promoter: Mike
London)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, February 2, 1954
(Stockyards Stadium) … Gino Garibaldi b. Reggie Lisowski (2/3) (third fall by DQ) …
Dutch Hefner b. Danny Loos (decision) … (promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, February 9, 1954
(Stockyards Stadium) … Danny Loos vs. The Mighty Atlas (2/3) … Gino Garibaldi vs.
Dutch Hefner (2/3) … Juan Garcia vs. Jack Seals … Apache Craig vs. Nick Capitan …
(promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, February 16, 1954
(Stockyards Stadium) … Pat O’Connor b. Reggie Lisowski to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title … Juan Garcia vs. Danny Loos … Dutch Hefner vs. Mike Burnell and
Jack Seals … (promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, February 23, 1954
(Stockyards Stadium) … Juan Garcia b. Joe Tomasso (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Dutch
Hefner b. Doug Dawkins (Dawkins was unable to continue) … Danny Loos b. Jack Seals
… Bill Bowman b. Mike Burnell … (promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, March 2, 1954
(City Auditorium Arena) … United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne and NWA
World Junior Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone wrestled to a no contest (1-1)
(both men were counted out in the third fall) (only the U.S. belt was on the line) … Rocky
Mountain Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor b. Dutch Hefner (2/3) … The Mighty Atlas
b. George Drake … The Garcia Brothers (Elias and Juan Garcia) b. Ali Bey and Mike
Burnell (17:35) … (promoter: Mike London) … (referee: Bob Sauer) … (4,736 fans) …
(gate: $9,747)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, March 9, 1954
(Stockyards Stadium) … Mike Burnell and Bob Steele b. Dutch Hefner and (?) … Judy
Glover b. Ruth Boatcallio (12:08) … Carol Cook b. Barbara Baker (13:05) … Mike Burnell
and Mr. Europe (masked) drew … (promoter: Mike London) … (2,482 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 15, 1954
(?) … Ruth Boatcallie and Carol Cook wrestled Barbara Baker and Judy Glover to a no
contest (1-1) … Juan Garcia b. Mr. Europe (18:25) … Gino Garibaldi b. Bob Steele (2-0)
… (promoter: Mike London) … (referee: Bob Sauer)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 22, 1954
(City Auditorium Arena) … Gino Garibaldi b. Juan Garcia (2-0) (second fall in 15 seconds
when Garcia was unable to continue) … Mr. Europe b. Jack Seals (2/3) … Danny Loos b.
Bob Steele … Mike Burnell and (?) drew (15:00) … (promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 29, 1954
(City Auditorium Arena) … Hans Schmidt b. The Mighty Atlas (2-0) … NWA World Junior
Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone b. “Wild” Red Berry (2/3) … Gino Garibaldi
b. Danny Loos (decision) … Jack Allen b. Mr. Europe (DQ) … Juan Garcia and Dave
Reynolds drew (15:00) … (promoter: Mike London) … (4,238 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 5, 1954
(City Auditorium Arena) … Hans Schmidt b. Reggie Lisowski (2/3) … Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor b. Rudy Kay (2/3) … Jack Allen b. Gino Garibaldi
(2/3) … Mr. Europe and Dave Reynolds drew (30:00) … (promoter: Mike London) …
(3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 12, 1954
(Stockyards Stadium) … Benito Gardini b. Jack Seals (2-0) … Mike Burnell and Mr.
Europe b. Jack Allen and Nick Studen (2/3) … Bill Bowman b. Gene Bowman (15:35) …
(promoter: Mike London)

*A search found no shows in Denver between April 13 and May 31, 1954.
*No full searches were made between June 1, 1954 and August 15, 1954.

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, August 17, 1954
(Mammoth Garden) … Juan Garcia b. Ali Bey … Violet Viann and Kathleen Wimbley b.
Joyce Ford and Betty Hawkins … Jim “Goon” Henry b. Mike Burnell … Jack Allen and
Kostas Davilos drew … (promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, August 24, 1954
(Mammoth Garden) … Juan Garcia b. “Wild Man” Demetrius (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Jim
“Goon” Henry b. Jack Allen (2/3) … Jim Womsley b. Kostas Davilos … Mike Burnell b. Rex
Mayes … (promoter: Mike London)
Notes: Garcia was billed as being from Monterrey, Mexico. Womsley was from Rockford,
IL.

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, August 31, 1954
(Mammoth Garden) … Jack Allen and Danny Loos b. Mike Burnell and Kostas Davilos in a
tournament final … Jack Allen and Danny Loos b. Duke Demetrias and Jim “Goon” Henry
… Mike Burnell and Kostas Davilos b. Rex Mayes and Jim Womsley … (promoter: Mike
London)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, September 7, 1954
(City Auditorium Arena) … United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Hans
Schmidt (2/3) (special referee: Joe Louis) (Louis punched Schmidt in the third fall) …
Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor b. Jim “Goon” Henry … Jack Allen
b. Zack Malkov … Juan Garcia b. Mike Burnell … Duke Demetrius and Jim Womsley drew
… (promoter: Mike London) … (5,388 fans) … (gate: $12,903)

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, September 14, 1954
(Mammoth Garden) … Mike Burnell, Duke Demetrius and Zack Malkov b. Jack Allen,
Benny Fernandez and Danny Loos … Jim “Goon” Henry b. Kostas Davilos and Rex Mayes
(handicap match) … Mike Burnell and Danny Loos drew (20:00) … (promoter: Mike
London)

*No shows in Denver until October 19, 1954.

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, October 19, 1954
(City Auditorium Arena) … United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Rocky
Mountain Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor (decision) (U.S. title only) … Hans
Schmidt b. Yukon Eric (2/3) … Danny Loos b. Zack Malkov (DQ) … Dave Cooper and
Juan Garcia b. Mike Burnell and Jim “Goon” Henry … (promoter: Mike London) … (7,018
fans)
Notes: Mike London stated that the main event was the “greatest match I have ever
offered in Denver.” The match was months in the making.

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, October 20, 1954
(Rainbow Ballroom) … Tom Zaharias b. Danny Loos (2/3) … Juan Garcia b. Zack Malkov
(2-0) … Dave Cooper b. Mike Burnell … Jim “Goon” Henry b. Kostas Davilos …
(promoter: Mike London)
Note: The 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. portion of the wrestling show would be televised over KFEL-
TV, channel 2 in Denver.

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, October 27, 1954
(Rainbow Ballroom) … Dr. Bill Herman b. Juan Garcia (according to the Denver Post,
Herman “engaged in a short-lived free-for-all with promoter Mike London when the latter
refused to tell the audience he did not beat Herman in a wrestling match several years
ago. Fans joined in the scuffling. Police restored order.”) … Tom Zaharias b. Jim “Goon”
Henry … Dave Cooper b. Kostas Davilos … (?) b. Rex Mayes (DQ) … (promoter: Mike
London)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, November 3, 1954
(Rainbow Ballroom) … Bill Herman and Tom Zaharias b. Jim Henry and Armin Zimmerman
(Henry and Zimmerman were “eleventh hour” substitutes for Dave Cooper and Danny
Loos) … Juan Garcia b. Nash Karahan (2-0) … Kostas Davilos and Rex Mayes drew …
(promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, November 10, 1954
(Rainbow Ballroom) … Ray Duran and Juan Garcia b. “Ben” Herman and Nash Karahan
(2/3) … Wee Willie Davis b. Jim “Goon” Henry (2-0) … Jack Allen b. Kostas Davilos …
(promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, November 17, 1954
(Rainbow Ballroom) … Carlos Garza vs. “Doc” Herman … Mike Burnell vs. Leo Numa …
Jack Allen vs. Tom Renesto … (promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, November 24, 1954
(Rainbow Ballroom) … El Diablo and Tom Renesto b. Jack Allen and Juan Garcia (2/3) …
Benny Fernandez b. Kostas Davilos (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Carlos Garza and Rex
Mayes drew (40:00) … (promoter: Mike London)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, December 1, 1954
(Rainbow Ballroom) … Wee Willie Davis b. Leo Numa (2/3) (Davis earned a match with
Hans Schmidt) … Jack Allen b. Tom Renesto (2-0) … Juan Garcia and Jim “Goon” Henry
drew (40:00) … (promoter: Mike London)
Note: Mike London got into it with manager Count Rossi, and lost a tooth in the melee.

Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, December 7, 1954
(City Auditorium Arena) … Roy McClarity and Pat O’Connor b. Reggie Lisowski and Art
Neilsen (going into the match, Lisowski and Neilsen were billed as the World Tag Team
Champions) … Hans Schmidt b. Wee Willie Davis (2/3) … Juan Garcia b. Tom Renesto …
Jack Allen and Tommy Gilbert drew (20:00) … (promoter: Mike London) … (3,502 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, December 8, 1954
(Rainbow Ballroom) … Reggie Lisowski and Art Neilsen b. Wee Willie Davis and Tom
Renesto (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Juan Garcia b. Tommy Gilbert … Jack Allen and
Mitch Lassing drew … (promoter: Mike London) … (referee: Woody Cox)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, December 15, 1954
(Rainbow Ballroom) … Juan Garcia b. Stan Kowalski (2-0) (Garcia was a substitute for
Mike DiBiase, who was “unable to appear because of an illness in his family.”) … Jack
Allen b. Tom Renesto (decision) … Tommy Gilbert b. Mitch Lassen (decision) …
(promoter: Mike London)
Note: Last show of the year.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
July 8, 2007

Denver Wrestling Results - 1954