Los Angeles Wrestling Results

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, January 17, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone b. Gino
Garibaldi (2/3) (Leone won the first, Garibaldi won the second and Leone won the third)
… Roger Mackay and The Zebra Kid drew … Andre Drapp b. Alex Kasaboski … Pat
Fraley b. Babe Sharkey … Roy Asselin b. Pancho Valentino … (promoter: Cal Eaton) …
(7,500 fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, February 21, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone b. Leo
Garibaldi (2/3) (Garibaldi won the first in 15:04, Leone won the second in 13:21, Leone
won the third in 3:20) … Black Guzman and Roger Mackay b. The Bushman and Pat
Fraley … Sheik Lawrence b. Ted Christy … Gino Garibaldi b. John Cretoria … Andre
Drapp b. Hardy Kruskamp … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (9,200 fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, April 4, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone and Black
Guzman drew (1-1) (Leone won the first fall in 20:01, Guzman won the second in 21:03)
(60:00) … The Champ and The Great Scott b. Roger Mackay and Billy McDaniels (25:
40) … Mr. Moto b. El Capitan (11:04) … Tony Martinez b. Angelo Cistoldi (10:48) … Bud
Curtis b. Chester Hayes (14:01) … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (10,400 fans) (sellout)
(turnaway crowd)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, April 11, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone b. Black
Guzman (2/3) (Leone won the first fall with a bearhug in 22:07, Guzman won the second
in 9:22, Leone won the third in 7:40) … The Great Scott b. Tony Martinez (16:40) … The
Champ b. Roy Asselin (21:58) … “Killer” Karl Davis and Vic Holbrook drew (20:00) …
Lucky Simonovich b. Hardy Kruskamp (12:26) … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (10,400 fans)
(sellout) (turnaway crowd)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, April 18, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone b. Gorgeous
George (At the 52:06 mark, George hit a steel post and was unable to continue) …
Danny McShain b. Tony Martinez (17:22) … Enrique Torres b. Howard Cantonwine (13:
18) … The Champ b. Bomber Kulkovich (15:40) … Donn Lewin b. Chester Hayes (11:16)
… Paul Matty b. Rudy Lyons (3:21) … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (10,400 fans) (sellout)
(3,000 turned away)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 16, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone b. Billy
Varga (2/3) (Leone won the first fall in 17:41, Varga won the second with an abdominal
stretch in 7:04, Leone won the third by countout) … “Killer” Karl Davis and Wee Willie
Davis b. The Guzmans (Blackie and Carlos Guzman) (one fall in the 45-minute time-limit)
… The Champ b. Jesse James (11:06) … The Great Scott and Tony Martinez drew … Ali
Bey b. Paul Matty (7:21) … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (10,400 fans) (soldout)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 23, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone and Danny
McShain drew (60:00) (1-1) (McShain won the first fall in 11:04, Leone won the second in
26:06) … “Killer” Karl Davis and Wee Willie Davis b. Johnny Balbo and Tony Martinez (15:
48) … Leo Garibaldi b. Billy McDaniels (18:03) … The Champ b. Ivan the Terrible (11:48)
… Ali Bey b. Donn Lewin (10:36) … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (10,400 fans) (sellout)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, June 6, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone and Billy
Varga drew (60:00) (1-1) (Leone won the first fall in 33:04, Varga won the second in 23:
01) … Danny McShain b. Lucky Simunovich (5:40) … The Champ and Leo Garibaldi
drew (30:00) … Vic Holbrook b. Alex Kasaboski (9:32) … Ali Bey b. Chester Hayes (3:16)
… (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (9,200 fans)

*On Thursday, July 26, 1951, KTLA was offering $1,400 to any wrestler who could beat
Joe Pazandak in 30-minutes in an addition of “Beat the Champ” at 10:45. The show was
originating from Long Beach.

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, August 8, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone b. Ernie
Dusek (2/3) (Dusek won the first fall in 13:06, Leone won the second in 1:08, Leone won
the third in 6:09) … Fujitayama b. “Wild” Red Berry (2-0) … Maedayama b. Mr. Moto (2-
0) … Warren Bockwinkel and Emil Dusek drew (20:00) … Lord Carlton b. Sam Menacker
(13:28) … Pat Fraley and Tony Morelli drew (20:00) … (promoter: Cal Eaton ) …
(10,400 fans) (sellout) … (2,000 turned away)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, August 15, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) b. The Dusek
Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) (2/3) … “Wild” Red Berry b. Fujitayama … Mr. Moto b.
Andre Drapp … Lord Carlton b. Pat Fraley … Warren Bockwinkel and Karl Davis drew …
(promoter: Cal Eaton) … (8,700 fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, September 5, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone b. Roger
Mackay (Leone won the first, Mackay won the second, Leone won the third) … Mr. Moto
b. Red Berry (2/3) … Lord Carlton and Hans Schnabel b. The Becker Brothers (Bobby
and George Becker) … Andre Drapp and Emil Dusek drew (30:00) … George Lennihan
b. Bob Corby … (promoter: Cal Eaton)

*On October 19, 1951, Leone had to throw both Ted and Vic Christy in 60:00 “or go
without meatballs for a week” in a television program featured on KLAC (channel 13) at 8:
30 p.m.

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, December 19, 1951
(Olympic Auditorium) … Lord James Blears and Baron Michele Leone b. Carlos Guzman
and Enrique Torres (2/3) … “Wild” Red Berry and Dr. Lee Grable drew (45:00) (1-1) …
Jim Mitchell b. Dave Levin (11:28) … Lone Eagle b. Alex Kasaboski (7:01) … Roger
Mackay b. Mel Peters (6:04) … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (6,200 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 13, 2010

Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1951