Denver, Colorado: Thursday, January 19, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Hans Schmidt (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Dr. Lee Grable b. Juan Garcia (2/3) (match was billed as being for the Rocky Mountain Title – Grable may have won the title here) … Jack Allen and Jerry Woods b. Tom Renesto and Jim Wright … Danno McDonald b. Dr. Bill Herman … (promoter: Mike London) … (referee: Woody Cox) … (7,407 fans) … (gate: $15,525) Note: Reportedly a record attendance in Denver. Denver, Colorado: Thursday, February 23, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … Women’s World Champion June Byers b. Penny Banner (2/3) … Wilbur Snyder b. Angelo Poffo (2/3) … Dick the Bruiser b. Danno McDonald … Bob Orton b. Dr. Lee Grable … Mitsu Arakawa and Juan Garcia b. Dr. Bill Herman and Tom Renesto … (promoter: Mike London) … (4,200 fans) … (gate: $8,901) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, April 5, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … Verne Gagne and Bob Orton drew (60:00) (1-1) … Enrique Torres b. Danny Plechas (2-0) … Tom Renesto b. Dick the Bruiser .. Jack Allen and Juan Garcia b. Mitsu Arakawa and Tor Yamato … (promoter: Mike London) … (3,212 fans) … (gate: $5,918) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, May 3, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … Wilbur Snyder and Lou Thesz drew … Don Leo Jonathan b. Bob Orton (2-0) … Malcolm Brenner b. Carolos Moreno … Jack Allen and Jerry Woods wrestled Juan Garcia and Tom Rensto to a draw … (promoter: Mike London) … (3,500 fans) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, May 15, 1956 (Mammoth Garden) … Roy Shire b. Don Moore (2-0) … Women’s World Champion Mildred burke b. Jill Hill (10:05) … Guy Brunetti b. Hardy Kruskamp (DQ) … Chief Kit Fox and Verne Taft drew (45:00) … (promoter: Jim Henry) Notes: Debut of this new promotion. Live TV footage of the wrestling matches would begin at 9:30 p.m. over KTVR (channel 2). Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, May 22, 1956 (Mammoth Garden) … Roy Shire b. Bob Norman (2-0) … Guy Brunetti b. Blackjack Dillon (2/3) … Chief Kit Fox and Hardy Kruskamp drew … Dutch Haling b. Nick Studen … (promoter: Jim Henry) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, May 29, 1956 (Mammoth Garden) … Millie Stafford vs. Olga Zapeda … Hardy Kruskamp vs. Roy Shire … (promoter: Jim Henry) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, June 5, 1956 (Mammoth Garden) … Roy Shire b. Guy Brunetti (2-0) … Bobby Ford b. Don Moore (2/3) … Don Donnivant b. Jack Dillon (DQ) … Hardy Kruskamp b. Dutch Hahling … (promoter: Jim Henry) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, June 14, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … Don Leo Jonathan vs. Wilbur Snyder … Ethel Johnson and Lulu Mae Trovo vs. Marva Scott and Babs Wingo … The Garcias (Elias and Juan Garcia) vs. Jack Allen and Jerry Woods … Zack Malkov vs. Tom Rinesto … (promoter: Mike London) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, June 19, 1956 (Mammoth Garden) … Bobby Ford and Roy Shire wrestled to a no contest after both were disqualified … Chief Kit Fox b. Dutch Hughes … Don Moore and Tiny Zimbleman drew … (promoter: Jim Henry) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, June 26, 1956 (Mammoth Garden) … Roy Shire b. Bobby Ford (2/3) … Hardy Kruskamp and Tiny Zimbleman drew (45:00) … Chief Kit Fox b. Yvon Cuimet … (promoter: Jim Henry) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, July 3, 1956 (Mammoth Garden) … Roy Shire b. Bobby Ford (DQ) … Antone Leone b. Don Dunnidant (2-0) … Chief Kit Fox b. Yvon Quimet … (promoter: Jim Henry) Englewood, Colorado: Tuesday, July 10, 1956 (Aaron Mosko’s Used Car Lot) … Gorgeous George vs. ? … four other matches … (promoter: Aaron Mosko) … (banner ad: Wrestling Under the Stars) … (television: broadcast on channel 2) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, July 12, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … United States Heavyweight Champion Wilbur Snyder and Verne Gagne were both counted out (1-1) (Gagne won the first fall in 22:48, Snyder won the second in 8:32) (referee: Tommy Corbett) … John Tolos b. Danno McDonald (Tolos needed police protection away from the ring) … Richard Brown vs. Tony Pervetti … Martino Angelo vs. Hans Von Schupp … Lord Littlebrook and Tiny Tim vs. Irish Jackie and Tom Thumb … (promoter: Mike London) … (large crowd in attendance) … (gate: $5,000 +) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, July 17, 1956 (Mammoth Garden) … Roy Shire b. Chief Kit Fox by disqualification in the third fall of an even match … Antone Leone b. Don Moore (2-0) … Bobby Ford b. Tiny Zimbleman (DQ) … Hardy Kruskamp b. Jim Jeffries … (promoter: Jim Henry) Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, July 24, 1956 (Mammoth Garden) … Roy Shire b. Chief Kit Fox when the latter was unable to continue after both had a fall (Fox suffered an injured shoulder) … Hardy Kruskamp b. Antone Leone (2/3) … Yvon Quimet b. Dutch Halling (2-0) … (promoter: Jim Henry) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, August 2, 1956 (Auditorium Arena) … John Tolos b. Roy McClarity (2/3) … Antonino Rocca b. Hans Von Schupp … The Bat b. Chief Red Cloud … Scotty Williams b. Danno McDonald … Chris Zaharias b. Tito Carreon … (promoter: Mike London) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, August 30, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … United States Heavyweight Champion Wilbur Snyder b. John Tolos (2/3) (Snyder won the first fall in 8:41 with an abdominal stretch, Tolos won the second in 6:05 with a Boston Crab, Snyder won the third in 1:45) … The Bat b. Dick the Bruiser (DQ) (Bruiser tossed his opponent out of the ring, then attacked him there) (Bat suffered a concussion) … Danny Plechas b. Scotty Williams (8:48) … Luis Martinez and Hans Von Schupp drew (15:00) … Tito Carreon and Chief Red Cloud drew (15:00) … (promoter: Mike London) … (referee: Leo Bahl) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, October 4, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … Verne Gagne b. United States Heavyweight Champion Wilbur Snyder by disqualification in the third fall (2/3) (Gagne won the first fall in 19:29, Snyder won the second in 5:52, Gagne won the third by disqualification in 7:30) (title does not change hands) … Dick the Bruiser and Danny Plechas went to a no contest (1-1) (Plechas won the first fall in 9:34, Bruiser won the second in 5:16, match stopped due to blood loss in 1:43) … Mike DiBiase b. Hans Von Schupp (21:43) … Luis Martinez and Tony Pervetti drew (30:00) … (promoter: Mike London) … (referee: Tommy Corbett) … (3,472 fans) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, November 1, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … World Tag Team Champions The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. Rocky Mountain Tag Team Champions The Garcia Brothers (Elias and Juan Garcia) (2/3) (Lisowskis won the first fall in 16:41, Garcias won the second in 10:10 and Stanley pinned Juan in the third) (a fan attacked Reggie Lisowski during the match, and the latter pummeled him) … Rose Roman b. Ramona Teselle (2/3) … Danny Plechas b. Tokyo Joe (13:16) … Mitsu Arakawa and Mike DiBiase drew (20:00) … (promoter: Mike London) … (1,947 fans) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, December 6, 1956 (City Auditorium Arena) … Hans Schmidt b. Wilbur Snyder to capture the United States Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Schmidt won the first fall in 11-minutes with a backbreaker, Snyder won the second in 5:03, Schmidt won the third) … Jim Wright b. Danny Plechas (2/3) … The Great Kato b. Juan Garcia (22:46) (Judo smash) … Mitsu Arakawa and Mike DiBiase drew when both were counted out (16:58) … (promoter: Mike London) … (3,000 fans) Research by Tim Hornbaker |
Denver Wrestling Results - 1956 |