*Research between January 1964 and May 1964 turned up no findings of wrestling
shows in Denver.

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, June 12, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Fritz Von Erich
(2/3) (Gagne won the first fall in 7:53 with a sleeperhold, Von Erich won the second in 6:
46 with a clawhold, Gagne won the third by disqualification in 18-seconds) (Von Erich
threw the referee across the ring, earning the DQ) … The Crusher b. Doug Gilbert (2/3)
… Wilbur Snyder b. Mitsu Arakawa (DQ) (Arakawa used an illegal judo hold) … Sailor
Thomas b. Don Strauss (6:37) … (referee:  Danny Loos) … (2,583 fans) … (gate:  
$5,200)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, June 26, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Fritz Von Erich (14:
20) (Gagne received some help from Art Thomas, who ran to the ring and knocked Von
Erich out) … Mitsu Arakawa b. Wahoo McDaniel (12:12) … Larry Hennig b. Doug Gilbert
(2/3) … The Crusher b. Sailor Art Thomas (DQ) … (2,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, July 24, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … The Crusher b. Fritz Von Erich (2/3) (Crusher won the first fall, Von
Erich won the second, Crusher won the third in 10:50) … “Cowboy” Jack Lanza b.
Maurice Vachon (DQ) … Mitsu Arakawa b. Sailor Art Thomas … Wilbur Snyder b. The
Sheik by countout in the third fall

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, August 14, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … The Crusher b. Wilbur Snyder (2/3) (Crusher won the first fall in 8:
25, Snyder won the second in 1:14 with an airplane spin, Crusher won the third in 9:15)
… Mitsu Arakawa b. “Cowboy” Jack Lanza (2/3) … Dale Lewis b. Otto Von Krupp (DQ) …
Maurice Vachon b. Jack Pesek … (2,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, August 28, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. The Crusher (2/3)
… Dory Funk Jr. b. Dan Miller … Mitsu Arakawa b. Dale Lewis … Wilbur Snyder b. Larry
Hennig (2/3) … (2,100 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, September 11, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Mitsu Arakawa
(2/3) (Arakawa won the first fall in 16:51, Gagne won the second in 6:19, Gagne won by
disqualification when Arakawa threw salt at him) … Moose Cholak b. “Cowboy” Jack
Lanza (18:01) … Larry Hennig b. Dale Lewis (2/3) … Reggie Parks b. “Cowboy” Jack
Lanza (13:35) (Lanza was a substitute for Tiny Mills) … (2,000 fans) … (benefit for the
United States Olympic Wrestling Team)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, September 25, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Mitsu Arakawa …
Reggie Parks b. Moose Cholak (2-0) (Parks won the second fall by DQ) … Larry Hennig
and Ricky Romero drew … Guy Mitchell b. Larry Chene (17:28)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, October 9, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … Larry Hennig and Art Nielsen b. Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder
(2/3) … “Cowboy” Jack Lanza b. Harley Race (DQ) … Jean Antone b. Jessica Rogers (9:
38) … Reggie Parks b. Moose Cholak (Cholak suffered an arm injury) … (2,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, October 30, 1964
(Denver Coliseum) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. Pat O’
Connor (2/3) (Vachon won the first fall in 5:45 with a piledriver, O’Connor won the second
in 10:27, Vachon won the third in 6:40) … Verne Gagne and Reggie Parks drew (45:00)
(1-1) … Larry Hennig and Harley Race b. Ricky Romero and Wilbur Snyder … Ivan
Kalmikoff b. Dan Miller (Miller was a substitute for Dory Funk Jr.) … (3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, November 13, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. Reggie
Parks (2/3) (Parks won the first fall in 10:30 with an airplane spin, Vachon won the
second in 9:13 with a backbreaker, Vachon won the third by DQ when Parks wouldn’t
break a hold) … Ricky Romero b. Ivan Kalmiokff (14:25) … Pat O’Connor b. Art Nielsen
(14:20) … Larry Hennig and Harley Race b. Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder (2/3)
(Hennig pinned Gagne for the first fall in 11:21, Gagne pinned Race in 6:55 for the
second, Race pinned Snyder for the third in 6:14) … (3,128 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, November 27, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. Reggie
Parks (Parks was counted out during the third fall) … Dick the Bruiser b. Sailor Art
Thomas (14:33) … Larry Hennig and Harley Race b. Pat O’Connor and Ricky Romero in
a disputed finish (the match was going to be appealled to the State Athletic Commission)
… Dan Miller b. Tokyo Tom (16:45)

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, December 11, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. Verne
Gagne (2/3) (Vachon won the first fall in 14:41 with a backbreaker, Gagne won the
second in 6:55 with a stepover toe hold, Vachon won the third in 5:17 with a
backbreaker) … Larry Hennig and Harley Race b. Pat O’Connor and Ricky Romero (2/3)
… Igor Vodik b. Butch Kelly (5:25) … Ivan Kalmikoff b. Jack Pesek (15:13) … (3,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Tuesday, December 29, 1964
(Auditorium Arena) … Verne Gagne b. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice
Vachon by DQ (2/3) (Vachon was disqualified for throwing Gagne over the top rope
during the third fall) … Larry Hennig and Harley Race wrestled Dick the Bruiser and
Wilbur Snyder to a draw (45:00) (1-1) (Bruiser and Snyder won the first fall in 21:17,
Hennig and Race won the second in 10:32, draw in 45-minutes) … Ivan Kalmikoff b.
Butch Levy (12:13) … Igor Vodik b. Pat Patterson (9:30) … (promoter:  Gene Reed)



Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 20, 2010
Denver Wrestling Results - 1964