Denver Wrestling Results

Denver, Colorado: Thursday, January 14, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. Verne
Gagne (2/3) (Vachon won the first fall in 11:08 with a backbreaker, Gagne won the
second in 5:24, Vachon pinned Gagne for the third in 7:51) (during the third fall, the
referee was knocked out. In that time, Gagne pinned Vachon, but there was no official
score of the win. When the referee revived, Vachon pinned Gagne.) … NWA World
Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge b. Eddie Sharkey (2/3) (Hodge won the first
fall in 1:09, Sharkey won the second in 11:45, Hodge won the third in 4-minutes)
(Sharkey’s loss was billed as his first in two years) (Sharkey was billed as being from
Santa Monica) … Larry Hennig and Harley Race b. Ivan Kalmikoff and Igor Vodik … Art
Nielsen and Reggie Parks drew (30:00) … (promoter: Gene Reed) … (4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, January 27, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. Dick the
Bruiser (2/3) (Bruiser won the first fall in 3:28, Vachon won the second in 6:12, Vachon
won the third by countout) … Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder b. Larry Hennig and
Harley Race (2/3) (Hennig b. Gagne for the first fall in 9:27, Gagne b. Hennig for the
second in 7:07, Gagne b. Race for the third in 8:02) … NWA World Junior Heavyweight
Champion Danny Hodge and The Crusher were both disqualified (13:03) … Reggie
Parks b. Bob Boyer (24:30) … (promoter: Gene Reed) … (4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, February 10, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … Dick the Bruiser b. Maurice Vachon (Texas Death Match) (Bruiser
won in 23:30 when Vachon was unable to continue) (Bruiser had taken two falls, and
Vachon had taken three) (non-title match) … Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder b. AWA
World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig and Harley Race (DQ) (Race punched referee
Danny Loos and was disqualified in 8:08 of the third fall) (title could not change hands by
DQ) … Sid Freeman b. Bob Boyer … The Crusher b. Reggie Parks … (promoter: Gene
Reed) … (referee: Danny Loos) … (3,700 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, February 24, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. Dick the
Bruiser (Texas Death Match with the title on the line) (Bruiser was unable to continue at
the end of the 11th fall) (ten seconds between falls) (Vachon won seven falls, and Bruiser
won four) … Wilbur Snyder b. The Crusher (DQ) … Danny Loos Jr. b. Jack Allen (13:28)
… Larry Hennig b. Ivan Kalmikoff (12:19) … Igor b. Tiny Mills (4:08) … (promoter: Gene
Reed) … (6,100 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, March 10, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig and Harley Race
b. Dick the Bruiser and Igor (2/3) (Hennig b. Bruiser for the first fall, Igor pinned Hennig
for the second in 3:09, Hennig and Race won by countout in 7:14) (during the third fall,
Igor fell from the ring and knocked into a girl in the crowd. According to the Rocky
Mountain News, it was Igor’s extended apologies to her that caused his countout) …
Verne Gagne b. Mitsu Arakawa (2/3) … Danny Loos Jr. b. Jack Pesek (16:10) … The
Crusher b. Sid Freeman (14:42) … (promoter: Gene Reed) … (3,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, March 24, 1965
(Denver Coliseum) … AWA World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig and Harley Race
vs. The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser … Verne Gagne vs. Moose Cholak … Art Nielson
vs. Pat O’Connor … Betty Nicoli vs. Kay Noble … Danny Loos Jr. vs. Danny Plechas …
(promoter: Gene Reed)

Denver, Colorado: Friday, April 9, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. Reggie
Parks (2/3) (Vachon won the first fall in 15:05, Parks won the second in 8:16, Vachon
won the third in 37-seconds) … AWA World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig and
Harley Race b. The Crusher and Verne Gagne (2/3) (Race pinned Crusher for the first
fall in 8:15, Crusher b. Hennig by submission for the second in 3:23, Hennig and Race
won by disqualification when Crusher refused to release his stomach claw on Race
outside of the ring) … Sid Freeman b. John Tolas (17:04) … Danny Loos Jr. b. Pampero
Firpo (DQ) (9:04) … (promoter: Gene Reed) … (referee: Leo “Bozo” Bahl) … (3,800
fans)

Denver, Colorado: Friday, April 23, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. The
Crusher (2/3) (Vachon won the first fall with a piledriver in 8:25, Crusher won the second
in 2:17 with a stomach claw, Vachon won by disqualification in 6:10 when Crusher used a
pair of brass knuckles) (Vachon introduced the brass knuckles from his wrestling trunks,
but Crusher took them away and used them on the bloody champion) … Reggie Parks b.
Larry Hennig (2/3) … Danny Loos Jr. b. The Great Dane (15:33) … Pampero Firpo b.
Chris Markoff (submission with a bearhug) (6:35) … Ricky Romero b. Bob Orton Sr. (17:
25) (Romero was a substitute for Pepper Gomez) … (promoter: Gene Reed) … (3,100
fans)

Denver, Colorado: Friday, May 7, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … Verne Gagne and Reggie Parks b. Larry Hennig and Chris Markoff
(2/3) (Markoff pinned Parks for the first fall in 8:16, Parks pinned Hennig in 6:32 for the
second, Gagne pinned Markoff in 7:28 for the third) (the match was originally scheduled
to be a tag team title match between Hennig and Harley Race and Gagne and Parks, but
Race reinjured his ribs during the early moments of the match) (Race could not continue
and was replaced by Chris Markoff) (Race was suffering from injuries sustained in a
motor scooter accident) … Pampero Firpo b. The Crusher by countout (11:47) … Igor b.
Haru Sasaki (13:03) … Chris Markoff and Bill Melby drew … (promoter: Gene Reed) …
(3,100 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Friday, May 21, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig and Harley Race
b. Verne Gagne and Reggie Parks (2/3) (Hennig b. Gagne in 8:52 for the first fall with a
backbreaker, Parks b. Hennig for the second in 8:43, Hennig pinned Parks for the third in
5:52) … The Crusher b. Pampero Firpo (9:34) … Bill Melby b. Danny Plechas (14:42) …
Chris Markoff b. Eddie Sharkey (15:45) … (promoter: Gene Reed) … (3,300 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Thursday, June 3, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … The Crusher, Verne Gagne and Reggie Parks b. Larry Hennig,
Chris Markoff and Harley Race (2/3) … Bill Melby and Johnny Valentine drew (30:00) …
Igor b. The Mongol (7:06) (Igor’s opponent was billed as Oulon Baton by the Rocky
Mountain News) … Wilbur Snyder b. Pampero Firpo (2/3) … (promoter: Gene Reed) …
(referees: Leo Bahl, Danny Loos) … (4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: October 22, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … (promoter: Gene Reed)
Note: Hennig and Race were handed a 30-day suspension for their illegal tactics.

Denver, Colorado: Friday, November 12, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … Maurice Vachon b. The Crusher to capture the AWA World
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Vachon won the first fall in 9:22, Crusher won the second in 2:
30, Vachon won the third in 6:06) … Bob Ellis b. Mitsu Arakawa (DQ) … Chris Markoff b.
Igor by disqualification in the third fall … Tim Woods b. Ivan Kalmikoff (16:40) …
(promoter: Gene Reed) … (4,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Friday, November 26, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig and Harley Race
b. Bob Ellis and Verne Gagne by disqualification in the third fall … Bob Ellis b. Harley
Race … Chris Markoff b. Igor (2/3) … Ivan Kalmikoff b. Jack Donovan … (promoter:
Gene Reed) … (4,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Thursday, December 9, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon b. The
Crusher (2/3) (Vachon won the first fall in 9:57, Crusher won the second in 2:18, Vachon
won the third by disqualification in 6:07 when Crusher used a chair) … Chris Markoff b.
Reggie Parks (2/3) … Igor b. Larry Hennig … Harley Race b. Rene Goulet … Ivan
Kalmikoff b. Professor Druk (Kalmikoff was billed as Igor’s trainer and manager) (Druk
was the manager of Markoff) … (promoter: Gene Reed) … (3,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 27, 1965
(Auditorium Arena) … Verne Gagne and Igor b. Larry Hennig and Harley Race to capture
the AWA World Tag Team Title (2/3) (Race pinned Igor for the first fall in 9:03, Igor b.
Hennig for the second in 7:49, Igor pinned Hennig in 3:34 for the third) … Wilbur Snyder
b. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon (2/3) (Vachon won the first fall in
37-seconds by pinfall, Snyder won the second in 18:06, Snyder won by disqualification
after Vachon initially won the fall in 3:33) (after winning the third fall, Vachon proceeded
to beat on his opponent, and was disqualified) … Igor b. Chris Markoff (7:28) (Igor was a
substitute for Butch Levy) … Professor Druk b. Ivan Kalmikoff (14:55) (Druk was
accompanied by Markoff) … (promoter: Gene Reed) … (7,000+ fans)
Note: The Rocky Mountain News reported that Gagne and Igor won the World Tag Team
Title, but the title change was apparently never recognized as an official title switch.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 20, 2010

Denver Wrestling Results - 1965