Hollywood, California:  Monday, April 16, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … Danny McShain b. Dick Trout to regain the World Light
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (McShain won the first fall in 12:30, Trout won the second in 8:00,
McShain won the third in 9:30) … Abe Coleman b. Paul Bozzell (2/3) (Coleman won the
first fall in 13:00, Bozzell won the second in 10:00, Coleman won the third in 11:00) …
Frankie Hart b. Johnny Nemanic in (26:00) … Antone Leone b. Alex Kasaboski (16:00) …
Tiger Tsakoff b. Francisco Aguayo (12:00) … (promoter:  Hugh Nichols)

Hollywood, California:  Monday, April 23, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … Abe Coleman and Karol Krauser b. Paul Bozzell and Danny
McShain (2/3) (Coleman and Krauser won the first fall in 9-minutes, Bozzell and McShain
won the second fall in 7-minutes, Coleman and Krauser won the third in 6-minutes) … Dick
Trout b. The Cloud (2/3) … Frankie Hart b. Red Lyons (22:00) … Joe Campbell and Tiger
Tsakoff drew (35:00) … Francisco Aguayo b. Billy Marcus (Aguayo was a substitution for
Alex Kasaboski) … (promoter:  Hugh Nichols)

Hollywood, California:  Monday, April 30, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … World Light Heavyweight Champion Danny McShain b.
Karol Krauser (2/3) (Krauser won the first fall in 18-minutes, McShain won the second in
12-minutes and third in 9-minutes) (non-title match) … Vic Christy and Abe Coleman drew
(45:00) (1-1) (Coleman won the first fall in 18-minutes, Christy won the second in 13:30) …
Miguel Torres b. Paul Bozzell (14:00) … Sailor Hogan b. Yukon Jake (14:00) … Jimmy Lott
and Red Lyons drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Hugh Nichols)
Note:  For National Boys’ Week, members of the Boys’ Club of Hollywood worked the show.

Hollywood, California:  Monday, May 7, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … Karol Krauser b. Danny McShain (2/3) … The Cloud and
Frankie Hart drew … Gus Johnson b. Paul Bozzell … Yukon Jake b. Hugh Adams … Joe
Campbell and Alex Kasaboski drew … (promoter:  Hugh Nichols)

Hollywood, California:  Monday, May 14, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … Karol Krauser b. Dick Trout (2-0) (Krauser won the first fall
in 36-minutes and the second in 1:30) … Vic Christy b. Abe Coleman (2/3) … Frankie Hart
and Gus Johnson b. The Cloud and Tiger Tsakoff  (2/3) … Maurice Shapiro b. Francisco
Aguayo (13:00) … Joe Campbell and Jimmy Lott drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Hugh Nichols)

Hollywood, California:  Monday, May 21, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … World Light Heavyweight Champion Danny McShain b.
Karol Krauser (2/3) (non-title match) … Gus Johnson b. The Cloud (2/3) … Frankie Hart b.
Tiger Tsakoff (18:00) … Red Lyons b. Joe Campbell (16:00) … Billy Marcus b. Alex
Kasaboski (16:00) … (promoter:  Hugh Nichols)

Hollywood, California:  Monday, May 28, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … Gorilla Ramos b. Dick Trout (2/3) (Trout won the first fall in
10-minutes, Ramos won the second in 12-minutes and the third in 9-minutes) (Ramos
earned a future match with World Light Heavyweight Champion Danny McShain) … Gus
Johnson and John Swenski b. Abe Coleman and Tiger Tsakoff (2/3) … Frankie Hart b.
Yukon Jake (17:00) … Dude Chick b. Billy Marcus (21:00) … Jimmy Lott and Mike Nazarian
drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Hugh Nichols)

Hollywood, California:  Monday, June 4, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … World Light Heavyweight Champion Danny McShain b.
Karol Krauser (2/3) … Gorilla Ramos b. The Cloud (2-0) … John Swenski b. Tiger Tsakoff
(2-0) … Vic Christy b. Sergeant Bob Corby … Dude Chick b. Jimmy Lott … (promoter:  
Hugh Nichols)
Notes:  The Light Heavyweight Title had a 175-pound limit.  McShain was the “current idol
of Hollywood Legion Stadium wrestling fans.”

Hollywood, California:  Monday, June 11, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … Gorilla Ramos and John Swenski b. Abe Coleman and
Danny McShain (2-0) … Gus Johnson and Dick Trout drew (45:00) (1-1) … “Honeyboy”
Stanley Hackney b. The Cloud … Dude Chick b. Sergeant Bob Corby … Red Lyons b. Billy
Marcus … (promoter:  Hugh Nichols)




Hollywood, California:  Monday, December 17, 1945
(Hollywood Legion Stadium) … World Junior Heavyweight Champion Leroy McGuirk b.
Danny McShain (2/3) (McShain won the first fall in 13-minutes, McGuirk won the second in
8-minutes and third in 3:30) (McShain bled during the match) … Ernie Piluso b. Bob
Gregory (2/3) (Piluso won the first fall in 11-minutes, Gregory won the second in 10:30 and
Piluso won the third in 6-minutes) … Ted Christy and Jack Terry b. Stanley Hackney and
John Swenski (2/3) … Al Lovelock b. Pete Mehringer (16:00) … Morris Shapiro b. Paavo
Katonan (16:00) … (promoter:  Hugh Nichols) … (referee:  Pat McKee)
Note:  No show next week.



Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 16, 2007
Hollywood Wrestling Results - 1945