Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, January 17, 1957
(City Auditorium Arena) … Verne Gagne b. Dick the Bruiser (2/3) (Gagne won the first fall
in 12-minutes, Bruiser won the second in 8:14, Gagne won the third in 5:32) (Gagne
earned a future U.S. Title shot at champion Hans Schmidt) … The Great Kato b. Jim Wright
(2/3) (Wright won the first fall by disqualification in 16:04, Kato won the second in 7:22 with
a sleeperhold, Kato won the third when Wright was unable to continue) (Kato was
accompanied by his manager Professor Sugi) (Sugi interfered in the first fall, helping draw
the disqualification) … Paul Bunyan b. Bozo Brown … Mitsu Arakawa and Jack O’Reilly
drew (30:00) (O’Reilly was a substitute for Jerry Woods) (Woods had suffered a broken
hand in Milwaukee) … Danno McDonald b. Count Zarnov (12:17) … (promoter:  Mike
London) … (referee:  Woody Cox) … (4,000 fans) … (gate:  $8,000+)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, February 14, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … United States Heavyweight Champion Hans Schmidt and Verne
Gagne drew (1-1) (Schmidt won the first fall in 46:15, Gagne won the second in 10:01,
draw in 60:00) (Gagne scored what appeared to have been a fall during the third stanza,
but the referee disallowed the pin) … The Great Kato b. Jerry Woods (2-0) … The Garcia
Brothers (Elias and Juan Garcia) wrestled Danno McDonald and Jack O’Reilly to a draw
(30:00) … Mitsu Arakawa b. Kiko Sanchez (15:10) … (promoter:  Mike London) …
(referee:  Leo Bahl) … (4,500 fans) … (gate:  $8,982)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, March 14, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … Wilbur Snyder b. Hans Schmidt to capture the United States
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Snyder won the first fall in 11:10, Schmidt won the second in 10:
08, Snyder won the third in 2:38) … The Mighty Atlas b. The Great Kato (2/3) … Juan
Garcia b. Jack O’Reilly (10:17) … Danny Plechas b. Elias Garcia (11:46) … Marion
Hathaway and Danno McDonald drew (15:00) … (promoter:  Mike London) … (3,400 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, April 11, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … Verne Gagne b. Wilbur Snyder to capture the United States
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Gagne won the first fall in 14:47, Snyder won the second in 10:20
with an abdominal stretch, Gagne won the third in 12:11) … Roberto Pico b. Danny
Plechas (DQ) (8:23) … Caroline Bennet b. Baby Doe (6:50) … Juan Garcia b. Jerry Woods
(DQ) (18:22) … Bob Elliott and Elias Garcia drew (15:00) (Elliott was a substitute for
Marion Hathaway) … (promoter:  Mike London) … (3,000 fans) … (gate:  $6,000)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, May 9, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … Hans Schmidt b. Verne Gagne to capture the United States
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Gagne won the first fall in 16:29, Schmidt won the second in 17:17,
Schmidt won the third in 7:45) (Gagne had laid Schmidt out in the middle of the ring with his
sleeperhold, and went to the outside of the ring to revive referee Davis, but by the time he
returned, Schmidt was awake, pinning the champion for the belt after a backbreaker) …
The Fabulous Moolah b. Judy Grable (2/3) … Danny Plechas b. Johnny Swenski (18:38) …
Elias Garcia and Roberto Pico drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Mike London) … (referee:  Wee
Willie Davis) … (3,100 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, June 14, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … Verne Gagne b. Hans Schmidt to regain the United States
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Schmidt won the first fall in 19:10, Gagne won the second in 2:47
and third in 9:44) … Cowboy Bradley and Tito Insante b. Tiny Roe and Tom Thumb …
Juan Garcia b. Roberto Pico (16:01) … Ali Bey b. Jim Sikay (21:12) … (promoter:  Mike
London) … (3,100 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, July 11, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … World Tag Team Champions The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and
Stanley Lisowski) b. Don Curtis and Wilbur Snyder … Rita Cortez and Judy Grable b.
Peggy Allen and Bonita White Cloud (2-0) (Cloud was a substitute for Ann Reagan) …
Juan Garcia and Jerry Woods drew … Bob Elliott b. Tito Carreon (12:25) (sleeperhold) …
(promoter:  Mike London) … (2,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, August 8, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … Dick the Bruiser b. The Great Bolo by disqualification (2/3) (Bruiser
won the first fall in 8:50, Bolo won the second in 3:13, Bruiser won the third by DQ) … Bob
Elliott and Jerry Woods drew (40:00) (1-1) … Doll Paige b. Gypsy Rose (2/3) … Elias
Garcia b. Durango (7:13) … Tito Carreon and El Diablo drew (15:00) … (promoter:  Mike
London) … (referee:  Leo Bahl) … (2,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, September 5, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … Enrique Torres b. Hans Schmidt (2/3) (Schmidt won the first fall in 16:
07, Torres won the second, Torres won the third by DQ) (Torres was billed as the
California Heavyweight Champion) … Bob Elliott b. Jerry Woods (2/3) … Hillbilly Calhoun b.
El Diablo (6:55) and Masked Mystery Man (4:07) … Elias Garcia and Danno McDonald
drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Mike London) … (referee:  Bob Sauer) … (3,000 fans)

*On Monday, September 9, 1957, the combined National Boxing Association and National
Wrestling Association convention opened in Denver.  The 38th annual meetings were held
at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in the Silver Glade Room.  That day, Miami Beach Boxing
Commission Vice Chairman Charles F. Wheeler died of a heart attack in his hotel room.

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, October 3, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder b. The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie
and Stanley Lisowski) to capture the World Tag Team Title (2/3) (Reggie pinned Snyder
for the first fall in 11:19, Snyder b. Stanley for the second in 9:17, Gagne and Snyder won
by DQ in 12:16) (the newspaper billed the match as a victory and title change for Gagne
and Snyder, but titles had not previously changed hands on disqualifications in Denver)
(Gagne was billed as a duel champion, also holding the United States Title) … Bob Elliott b.
Charro Azteca (2-0) (Elliott was accompanied by Ed “Strangler” Lewis) … Danno McDonald
and Jerry Woods drew (30:00) … Juan Garcia b. Mike Burnell (12:05) … (promoter:  Mike
London) … (3,800 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, November 7, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Rip Rogers
(2/3) (Rogers won the first fall in 10:08, Gagne won the second in 5:20 and third in 6:43)
(Rogers was billed as the Southwest Champion) … Bob Elliott b. Dick the Bruiser (2/3)
(Bruiser won the frist fall in 15:17, Elliott won the second in 40-seconds, Elliott won the third
when Bruiser was unable to continue due to a injured back) … Jim Wright b. Jerry Woods
(22:50) … Juan Garcia and Danno McDonald drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Mike London) …
(2,600 fans)

*In the Sunday, December 1, 1957 edition of the Rocky Mountain News, there is a picture
of Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Bob Elliott on page 113.  Elliott was billed as the most popular
wrestler in Denver since Everette Marshall.

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, December 5, 1957
(Auditorium Arena) … Bob Elliott b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) (Schnabel was a substitute for
Danny Plechas, who suffered a knee injury in Albuquerque) … Brown Panther and Little
Beaver b. Beau Brummell and Ivan the Terrible … Rita Cortez b. The Lady Angel (14:25)
… Danno McDonald b. Jim Siska (12:10) … (promoter:  Mike London) … (3,210 fans)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
Denver Wrestling Results - 1957