*In the Sunday, January 5, 1958 edition of the Rocky Mountain News, Edouard Carpentier was billed as the National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion. Denver, Colorado: Thursday, January 16, 1958 (Auditorium Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpentier b. Don Leo Jonathan (2/3) (Carpentier won the first fall in 10:20, Jonathan won the second fall in 11: 49, Carpentier won the third in 5:23) … Bob Elliott b. Bob “Legs” Langevin (2-0) … Danny Plechas b. Jim Wright (15:05) … Danno McDonald and Suni War Cloud drew (20:00) … Juan Garcia b. Chief Red Cloud (12:17) … (promoter: Mike London) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, February 13, 1958 (Auditorium Arena) … Buddy Rogers b. Leo Garibaldi (2-0) (Rogers won the first fall in 12: 27 and second in 6:56) … Bob Elliott b. Jim Wright (2/3) (Wright was a substitute for Danny Plechas) … Juan Garcia and Suni War Cloud b. Chief Ava and Danno McDonald with one- fall in the time-limit … Mike Burnell and Rex Mays drew (15:00) … (promoter: Mike London) … (referee: Leo Bahl) … (1,600 fans) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, March 13, 1958 (Auditorium Arena) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton and Buddy Rogers drew (1-1) (Hutton won in the first fall 38:01 with a backbreaker, Rogers won the second in 3:18 with a figure-four leglock, draw in 60-minutes) … Danny Plechas b. Jack Claybourne (2/3) … Juan Garcia b. Danno McDonald (DQ) (17:24) … Rex Mays and Nick Studen drew (15:00) … (promoter: Mike London) … (1,700 fans) Denver, Colorado: Thursday, April 10, 1958 (Auditorium Arena) … Hans Schmidt b. Bob Elliott (2/3) (Schmidt won the first fall in 9:06, Elliott won the second in 7:04, Schmidt won the third in 6:03) … Juan Garcia and Kurt Von Poppenheim drew (45:00) (1-1) … Dino Bravo b. Danny Plechas (2/3) … Jack Claybourne b. Paul DeGalles (6:40) … (promoter: Mike London) Note: Mike London announced that the April 10, 1958 show was his last in Denver until October. There were no shows held by London or anyone else between October 1958- January 1959. Research by Tim Hornbaker August 28, 2010 |
Denver Wrestling Results - 1958 |