Denver, Colorado:  Friday, February 27, 1959
(Jefferson County Fairgrounds Arena) … Danny Loos vs. Nick Studen … Jean Hall vs.
Roxanne Welton … Rex Mayes vs. Tiny Zimbleman … one additional match … (promoter:  
Jack Dorn) (initial show) … (corporation:  Jack Dorn Sports Enterprises)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, March 6, 1959
(Jefferson County Fairgrounds Arena) … Ivan Jones, Danny Loos and Rex Mayes vs.
Dutch Hahling, Nick Studen and Tiny Zimbleman … two additional matches … (promoter:  
Jack Dorn)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, March 13, 1959
(Jefferson County Fairgrounds Arena) … Tom Zaharias b. Danny Loos (2/3) … Ted “King
Kong” Cox b. Tiny Zimbleman (2/3) … Rex Mayes and Nick Studen drew (20:00) …
(promoter:  Jack Dorn)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, March 20, 1959
(Jefferson County Fairgrounds Arena) … Danny Loos vs. Tom Zaharias … Ted “King
Kong” Cox and Nick Studen vs. Rex Mayes and Tiny Zimbleman … (promoter:  Jack Dorn)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, April 10, 1959
(Jefferson County Fairgrounds Arena) … Ted Cox and Tom Zaharias b. Danny Loos and
Tiny Zimbleman (DQ) … Tiny Zimbleman b. Keith Miller … Ivan Jones b. Butch L? …
(promoter:  Jack Dorn)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, May 11, 1959
(Mammoth Garden) … Tom Zaharias b. Rex Mayes (2/3) … The Tigress b. Jean Hall (2/3)
… Danny Loos b. Keith Miller (20:56) … (promoter:  Harold Ely) (initial show)
Note:  Ely was the owner and operator of the Mammoth Garden.

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, May 18, 1959
(Mammoth Garden) … Danny Loos b. Tom Zaharias to capture the “regional heavyweight
wrestling title” (2/3) (Zaharias won the first fall in 15:24, Loos won the second in 9:05 and
third in 10:22) … Tiny Zimbleman b. Pete Miller (2/3) … The Tigress b. Nona Starr (15:01)
… (promoter:  Harold Ely)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, May 25, 1959
(Mammoth Garden) … Danny Loos and Keith Miller b. The Mad Russian and Tom
Zaharias by disqualification in the third fall of an even match … Margie Ramsey b.
Roxanne Welton (10:45) (Welton was a substitute for Betty Clark, who was injured in a car
accident in Kansas) … Keith Miller and Tom Zaharias drew (15:00) … Danny Loos and
The Mad Russian drew (15:00) … (promoter:  Harold Ely) … (referee:  Bob Sauer)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, September 18, 1959
(City Auditorium Arena) … Dick the Bruiser b. Wilbur Snyder to capture the United States
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Bruiser won the first, Snyder won the second, Bruiser won the
third) … The Shire Brothers (Ray and Roy Shire) b. Nick Bock and Doug Lindsey … Ernie
Dusek b. Don McClarity … Jerry Christy b. Hans Hermann (12:03) … (promoters:  Jim
Barnett and Johnny Doyle) (initial show) … (corporation name:  Barnett-Doyle, Inc.) …
(2,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Saturday, October 24, 1959
(City Auditorium Arena) … Wilbur Snyder b. Dick the Bruiser to regain the United States
Heavyweight Title (-Jiu-jitsu-“type” match) (Snyder won five falls and the Bruiser won three
in 20-minutes) (Bruiser was unable to continue) … Verne Gagne b. Angelo Poffo (2/3) …
Ernie Dusek b. Jerry Christie … Bronko Lubich and Tom Zaharias drew (20:00) …
(promoters:  Jim Barnett and Johnny Doyle) … (3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 25, 1959
(City Auditorium Arena) … United States Heavyweight Champion Wilbur Snyder b. Reggie
Lisowski (2/3) (Lisowski won the first fall in 11:16, Snyder won the second in 8:58, Snyder
won the third by DQ in 7:40) … Verne Gagne b. Dick the Bruiser (2/3) (Bruiser won the
first fall in 15:16, Gagne won the second in 13:58, Gagne won the third by disqualification
in 5:21) … Women’s World Champion June Byers b. Jill Hill (2-0) … Ernie Dusek vs.
Angelo Poffo – Cancelled because Poffo was unable to make it to Denver due to bad
weather … (promoters:  Jim Barnett and Johnny Doyle) … (referee:  Leo Bahl) … (3,000
fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, December 11, 1959
(City Auditorium Arena) … United States Tag Team Champions The Shire Brothers (Ray
and Roy Shire) b. Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder (2/3) … Jack Pesek b. Ernie Dusek
(DQ) … Jerry Christy and Doug Lindsey drew (20:00) … (promoters:  Jim Barnett and
Johnny Doyle) … (referee:  Bob Sauer) … (3,500 fans)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 28, 2010
Denver Wrestling Results - 1959