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