Monday, January 7, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Buddy “Nature Boy” Rogers vs. Louis Klein – ruled a “no contest” – Klein had Rogers
pinned, but referee Eugene VanderHoff had been knocked out of the ring by Rogers
when Klein ducked a flying tackle
2- Cowboy Ted Hughes defeated Billy Fox
3- Paul Orth defeated Al Warshawski
4- Jan Gotch vs. Scotty McWilliams – drew

Monday, January 14, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Buddy “Nature Boy” Rogers defeated Louis Klein
2- Scotty McWilliams defeated Big Ed Gardini
3- Paul Orth defeated Ray Clark
4- Martini Angelo vs. Billy Sandow – drew

Monday, Janaury 21, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Ruffy Silverstein defeated Cowboy Ted Hughes
2- Bull Montana defeated Ferenz Sixsay.
3- Tor Yamata defeated Bobby Wallis
4- the Sheik of Araby vs. Scotty McWilliams – drew

Friday, January 25, 1952 at the Chestefield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Jan Gotch vs. both Stan & Laddie Holeck – 1 hour
2- Larry Chene vs. Bobby Wallis
3- Louis Klein vs. Paul Orth

Monday, January 28, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Ruffy Silverstein defeated Martini Angelo (replaced George Macricostas) (his 18th
straight win here).
2- Bull Montana defeated Scotty McWilliams
3- Louis Klein defeated Frankie Clemons
4- Paul Orth vs. Billy Sandow – drew

Monday, February 4, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Louis Klein vs. Ruffy Silverstein – drew
2- Bull Montana defeated Mike Clancy
3- Martini Angelo defeated George Hennick
4- Eddie Wolf defeated Steve Zold

Monday, February 11, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Bull Montana defeated the Great Balbo – count out – 2/3 falls
2- Bert Ruby defeated Martini Angelo
3- Johnny Gates defeated Russ Bishop
4- the Death Valley Demon vs. Dave Simms – drew

Monday, February 18, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Bull Montana vs. the Great Balbo
2- Bert Ruby vs. Tony Martindale
plus two other matches

Monday, February 25, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Argentina Rocca defeated  Pierre LaSalle – 2 straight falls
2- Louis Klein defeated Kola Kwariani.
3- Tony Martindale defeated Billy Sandow.
4- Stan Holeck defeated Lefty Pacer

Monday, March 3, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Ruffy Silverstein defeated Louis Klein
2- Tony Martindale defeated Mike Clancy
3- Ted Perva defeated Ferenz Sixsay
4- Paul Orth defeated Laddie Holeck

Friday, March 7, 1952 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- the Ghost vs. Stan Holeck.
2- Bert Ruby vs. Jan Gotch
3- Scotty McWilliams vs. Johnny Gates
4- Russ Bishop vs. Steve Zold

Monday, March 10, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- the Sheik of Araby & Martini Angelo vs. Scotty McWilliams & Tony Martindale

Monday, March 17, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Bull Montana defeated Martini Angelo
2- Eddie Simms defeated Man Mountain Dean Jr. – Simms drop kicked Dean so hard that
a ring post snapped
3- the Sheik of Araby defeated Joe Dempsey
4- Harold Chaundy vs. Eddie Wolf – drew

Monday, March 24, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Ruffy Silverstein vs. Bull Montana – drew when both wrestlers were counted outside
the ring
2- Bert Ruby defeated Comanche Cortez
3- Man Mountain Dean Jr. defeated Paul Orth
4- Harold Chaundy vs. Jim Hardy (Hady)– drew

Friday, March 28, 1952 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Man Mountain Dean Jr. vs. Stan Holeck
2- Louis Klein vs. the Ghost
3- Paul Orth vs. Bobby Watts
4- Johnny King vs. Johnny Gates

Monday, March 31, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Ruffy Silverstein defeated Bull Montana
2- Billy Fox defeated Scotty McWilliams
3- Eddie Wolf defeated Ted Marshall
4- Joe Dempsey vs. Bronko Lubich – drew
Attendance: 1,249 (capacity)

Friday, April 4, 1952 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Tom Thumb & Tiny Roe vs. Pee Wee James & Farmer Pete - midget tag match
2- Bert Ruby vs. Paul Orth
3- Bobby Watts vs. Johnny Gates

Monday, April 7, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Argentina Rocca defeated Man Mountain Dean Jr.
2- Paul Orth defeated Bobby Watts
3- Stan Holleck defeated Kola Kwariani
4- Billy Fox vs. Bert Ruby – no contest when Fox fell from the ring and could not continue

Monday, April 14, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
Promoter: Jack Giroux
1- Bull Montana defeated Johnny Harmon
2- Paul Orth defeated Jack Wentworth
3- Cowboy Ted Hughes defeated Louis Klein
4- Tiny Roe defeated Tuffy McCray (replaced Sonnyboy Cassidy) - midget match
5- Klein, Wentworth, & McCray defeated Orth, Hughes, & Roe – mixed tag match

Monday, April 21, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Bull Montana defeated Marvin “Atomic” Mercer
2- Eddie Wolf defeated Martin Miller
3- Martini Angelo vs. Scotty McWilliams – drew
4- Martino Valenti vs. Joe Dempsey – drew.

Monday, April 24, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Gene “Mr. America” Stanlee defeated Bull Montana – disqualification – 2/3 falls
2- Bert Ruby defeated Billy Fox
3- Martini Angelo defeated Rick Stanley
4- Danny Sullivan vs. Karl Van Cort – drew

Monday, May 5, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Don Eagle defeated Billy Darnell
2- Johnny Barend defeated Guy LaRose (Hans Schmidt??)
3- Clint Cody defeated Danny O’Sullivan
4- Billy Fox vs. Martino Valenti – drew

Friday, May 9, 1952 at the Chestefield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Clint Cody vs. Jim Hady
2- Bert Ruby vs. the Ghost
3- Jan Gotch vs. Stan Holeck
4- Larry Chene vs. Johnny Gates

Monday, May 12, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Gene “Mr. America” Stanlee defeated Bull Montana
2- Bert Ruby defeated Larry Chene when Chene missed a flying tackle and hit a
turnbuckle
3- Clint Cody defeated Scotty McWilliams
4- Jim Hady vs. Johnny Gates – drew


Friday, May 16, 1952 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Clint Cody vs. Al Warshwaski
2- Louis Klein vs. the Sheik of Araby
3- Jim Hady vs. Steve Zold
4- Ted Marshall vs. Johnny Gates

Monday, May 19, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Clint Cody defeated Scotty McWilliams
2- Bull Montana defeated Louis Klein
3- Ted Perva defeated Billy Fox
4- Martini Angelo defeated Tugger Zeke
5- Klein, Fox, & Zeke defeated Montana, Perva, & Angelo

Friday, May 23, 1952 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Clint Cody & the Ghost vs. Man Mountain Dean Jr. & Jan Gotch
2- Johnny Gates vs. Al Warshawski
3- Jim Hady vs. Ted Marshall

Monday, May 26, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Ted Perva (Midwestern Junior Heavyweight Champion) defeated Louis Klein – 2/3 falls
2- Clint Cody defeated Martini Angelo - 2/3falls
3- Stan Holleck defeated the Satan
4- Eddie Wolf vs. Johnny King –drew

Monday, June 2, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Argentina Rocca defeated Bull Allen
2- Bert Ruby vs. Stan Holleck – drew – 2/3 falls
3- the Ghost defeated Jim Hady
4- Jan Gotch defeated Danny Ferrazza

Monday, June 9, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- the Ghost defeated Stan Holeck
2- Johnny King defeated Steve Zold
3- Johnny Harmon defeated Frankie Clemons
4- Bert Ruby vs. Jan Gotch – drew

Monday, June 16, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens I Detroit:
1- the Ghost defeated Danny Ferrazza (who replaced an injured Bert Ruby)
2- Jack Harmon & Billy Fox defeated Man Mountain Dean Jr. & the Sheik of Araby
3- Scotty McWilliams defeated Al Warshawski

Monday, June 23, 19523 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Clint Cody defeated Billy Fox
2- Jack Harmon defeated Paul Orth (replaced the Ghost who missed the card due to a
family illness).
3- Stan Holleck vs. Scotty McWilliams – drew
4- Billy Konke vs. Johnny Gates – drew

Monday, June 30, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens ion Detroit:
1- Ruffy Silverstein vs. Dutch Holeck
2- Bert Ruby vs. Clint Cody
plus two other matches

Monday, July 7, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- the Nature Boy II defeated Gorgeous George Grant – 1 hour
2- Bert Ruby vs. Billy Fox – 1 hour
3- Johnny Gates vs. Martini Angelo – 1 hour

Monday, July 14, 18=952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- the Elephant Boy vs. Carlos Mendoza – 2/3 falls – 1 hour
2- Billy Fox vs. Martini Angelo – 2/3 falls – 1 hour
plus two other matches

Monday, July 21, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Ruffy Silverstein vs. Francois McQue – 2/3 falls – 1 hour
plus three other matches

Monday, July 28, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Larry Chene vs. the Sheik of Araby
plus three other matches

Monday, August 4, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Larry Chene vs. the Sheik of Araby
2- Billy Fox vs. the Elephant Boy
plus two other matches

Monday, August 11, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detreoit:
1- Jim Hady & Jck Harmon vs. the Sheik of Araby & Martini Angelo
2- the Nature Boy II vs. the Elephant Boy
3- Eddie Woilf vs. Steve Metrie

Monday, August 18, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Ivan Kalmikoff & the Sheik vs. Louis Klein & Stan Holeck
2- Mr. Satan vs. Scotty McWilliams
3- Johnny Gates vs. Al Warshawski

Monday, August 25, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Louis Klein defeated Ivan Kalmikoff
2- the Sheik of Araby defeated Larry Chene
3- the Nature Boy II defeated Carlos Mendoza
4- Chief Little Fox vs. Stan Holeck – drew

Monday, September 1, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- the Elephant Boy defeated the Nature Boy II – 2/3 falls
2- Louis Klein defeated Mr. Satan
3- Chief Little Fox defeated Johnny Gates
Tiny Roe defeated Irish Jackie – midget match
4- Jim Hady vs. Johnny Venice – drew

Firday, September 5, 1952 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
Promoter: Ken McCauley
1- Louis Klein vs. Johnny Venice
2- the Sheik of Araby vs. Stan Holeck
3- midget match

Monday, September 8, 1952 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Gorgeous George Grant defeated the Elephant Boy – disqualification – 2/3 falls
2- the Sheik of Araby defeated Scotty McWilliams
3- Chief Little Fox defeated Martini Angelo
4- Stan Holleck vs. Al Warshawski – drew


Research by Jim Mandl
Detroit Wrestling Results - 1952