Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 3, 1952 (Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric b. George Bollas and Lord Athol Layton … Fred Atkins and Warren Bockwinkel drew … Hans Hermann b. Stan Mayslack (3:45) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Joe Gollob) … (10,000 fans) Notes: There was a “TTC strike” at the time of this show. Hermann challenged Billy Watson and Yukon Eric. Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 10, 1952 (Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric b. George “Zebra” Bollas and Lord Athol Layton … The Grat Togo b. Pat Flanagan … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (in attendance: Lu Kim, Hans Hermann) … (8,000 fans) Notes: The strike continued. Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 17, 1952 (Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz vs. Hans Hermann … Fred Atkins vs. Timothy Geohagen … Chief Suni War Cloud vs. Bob Wagner … Jim Wright vs. Zorra … Sandor Kovacs vs. Stan Mayslack … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bobby Managoff) Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 24, 1952 (Maple Leaf Gardens) … Hans Hermann b. Yukon Eric (countout) … “Strangler” Bob Wagner b. Timothy Geohagen (after the match, Wagner helped his defeated opponent up, then attacked him again) … Pat Flanagan vs. Bull Wright … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (14,000 fans) Notes: No show next week due to the ice show at the Garden. Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 7, 1952 (Maple Leaf Gardens) … Hans Hermann b. “Whipper” Billy Watson (DQ) (15:21) (Watson went after Dunlop after the loss while the fans threw items into the ring) … Lu Kim b. Chief Suni War Cloud (1:50) (Kim’s local debut) … Fred Atkins and Zorra drew … Warren Bockwinkel and Sandor Kovacs drew … Stan Mayslak and Johnny Walker drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (10,000 fans) Research by Tim Hornbaker September 12, 2007 |
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