Toronto Wrestling Results

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 12, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Crusher Kowalski and Tiny Mills b. Ilio DiPaolo and “Whipper”
Billy Watson (2/3) (Kowalski and Mills won the first fall when Mills pinned DiPaolo, DiPaolo
and Watson won the second when DiPaolo pinned Kowalski, DiPaolo and Watson were
disqualified in the third fall in 23:52 when Farmer Boy interfered) … Billy “Red” Lyons b.
Don McClarity (10:46) … Les Lyman and Anastas Minasian drew (20:00) … John DaSilva
and Pat Flanagan drew (20:00) … Frank “Farmer Boy” Townsend b. Fred Atkins (DQ) (11:
56) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Sam Gotter, Bert Maxwell) … (4,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 19, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Crusher Kowalski and
Tiny Mills b. Ilio DiPaolo and Frank Townsend (2/3) … Billy “Red” Lyons b. Gene Murphy
(11:12) … Buddy Rogers b. Mike Valentino (figure-four leglock) (8:42) … Les Lyman and
Don McClarity drew (20:00) … The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) b. Fred Atkins
and Don Jardine (John pinned Jardine) (15:51) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referees: Bunny Dunlop, Al Korman) … (3,000 fans)
Note: The Globe and Mail called Kowalski and Mills “Long-Haired Horrors.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 26, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Ilio DiPaolo and Billy “Red” Lyons b. Crusher Kowalski and Tiny
Mills to capture the Canadian Open Tag Team Title (2/3) (third fall by DQ in 21:41) …
Buddy Rogers b. John DaSilva (9:40) (figure-four leglock) … Duke and Sato Keomuka b.
Dick Beyer and Farmer Boy (countout) (15:39) … Doc Gallagher b. Don McClarity (14:40)
… Fred Atkins and Mike Gallagher drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referees: Sam Gotter, Bert Maxwell) … (3,000 fans)
Note: Next week wrestling would be held at the East York Arena due to the ice show.

East York, Ontario: Thursday, February 2, 1961
(East York Arena) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Ivan Kalmikoff (16:38) … “Whipper” Billy
Watson b. Sailor Clarke (Canuck Commando “unconscious” hold) (6:23) … Crusher
Kowalski and Tiny Mills b. Don McClarity and Frank Townsend (17:42) … Billy “Red” Lyons
b. Raoul Lopez (7:18) … Crusher Kowalski b. Don Jardine (16:53) … Tiny Mills and Frank
Townsend drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Joe Gollob) … (“few
hundred” fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 9, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Crusher Kowalski and Tiny Mills b. Ilio DiPaolo and “Whipper”
Billy Watson (2/3) (Texas Death Match, first for tag teams in Toronto history) … Billy “Red”
Lyons b. John SaSilva (9:08) … Pat Flanagan b. Don Jardine (12:21) … Farmer Boy b.
Don McClarity (15:18) … Ivan Kalmikoff b. Bob Nandor (17:10) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (3,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 16, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Ilio DiPaolo and Billy
“Red” Lyons b. Crusher Kowalski and Tiny Mills (2-0) … Ivan Kalmikoff b. Johnny Foti (9:
47) … Pat Flanagan and Les Lyman drew (20:00) … Frank Townsend b. Gene Murphy
(13:44) … John DaSilva and Don McClarity drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Joe Gollob)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 23, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Duke Keomuka (27:53) … The
Gallagher Brothers (Doc and Mike Gallagher) b. Farmer Boy and Reggie Parks (Mike
pinned Parks) (10:33) … Ivan Kalmikoff b. John DaSilva (10:41) … John Foti and Don
Jardine drew (20:00) … Tony Marino and Don McClarity drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referee: Al Korman) … (3,500 fans)
Note: Before the semi-final contest, Ottawa lineman Tom Jones was introduced to the
crowd; Jones was reportedly going into professional wrestling

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 2, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Billy Watson b. Lou Thesz (DQ) (21:18) … Ivan Kalmikoff and
Frank Townsend drew (22:02) … Buddy Rogers b. Pat Flanagan (Indian death lock) (27
seconds) … Tom Jones b. Gene Murphy (2:17) … Les Lyman and Don McClarity drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Bill Stack) … (3,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 9, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski b. Primo Carnera (DQ) (Farmer Boy Townsend
interfered) (11:55) … Farmer Boy Townsend b. Ivan Kalmikoff (21:14) … Tom Jones b.
John DaSilva (7:58) … Ilio DiPaolo and Chris Tolos drew (30:00) … Billy “Red” Lyons b.
Don McClarity (11:51) … The Black Terror b. Les Lyman (6:18) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (10,000 fans)
Note: Steve York’s article in the Globe and Mail stated that Carnera was “a U.S. citizen
since 1951, he has a Yugoslav wife and two children. Umberto, 23, and Giovanna Maria,
18. Umberto, who served in the U.S. Navy, is now a medical student at University of
California at Los Angeles.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 16, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski b. Farmer Boy Townsend (countout) (18:40) … Billy
“Red” Lyons b. Reggie Parks … Ivan Kalmikoff b. Pat Flanagan (16:26) … Tom Jones b.
Don McClarity (8:54) (bearhug) … The Black Terror b. John DaSilva (3:59) … Stan
Stasiak b. John Foto (16:08) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) …
(3,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 23, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski b. Tom Jones (2/3) (Jones was unable to continue
in the third fall) … Gorgeous George b. Tony Baillargeon (5:28) … Farmer Boy Townsend
b. John DaSilva (16:45) … Les Lyman and Bill Stack drew (20:00) … The Black Terror b.
Don Jardine (9:35) … Stan Stasiak b. Don McClarity (15:54) … (promoter: Frank Tunney)
… (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (3,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 30, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gorgeous George (George was
accompanied by Cherie, who, at one point, attacked Watson with her shoe) … The
Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Nikita Kalmikoff) b. Pat Flanagan and Frank Townsend (Nikita pinned
Flanagan) (20:01) … Stan Stasiak b. John DaSilva (9:15) … The Black Terror b. Tony
Baillargeon (10:05) … Tom Jones b. Don McClarity (11:30) … (promoter: Frank Tunney)
… (5,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 6, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Stan Stasiak (16:27) … The Black
Terror and Farmer Boy drew (21:06) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Nikita Kalmikoff) b. Tony
Baillargeon and Les Lyman (Ivan pinned Baillargeon) (10:03) … Dandy Andy b. The
Brown Panther (12:02) … Tony Marino b. Tiger Tasker (10:58) … Tom Jones b. John
DaSilva (bearhug) (13:57) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bert Maxwell, Cliff
Worthy) … (3,500 fans)
Note: Stasiak was billed as being from Arvida, Quebec.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 13, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion “Whipper” Billy Watson b.
Stan Stasiak (19:49) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Nikita Kalmikoff) b. Farmer Boy and
Sailor Clarke (Nikita pinned Clarke) (14:45) … The Black Terror and Hercules Romero
drew (20:00) … Tom Jones b. Don Jardine (bearhug) (11:27) … Tony Marino b. Tony
Baillargeon (11:40) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bill Stack) … (3,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 20, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Athol Layton b. Gene Kiniski (14:40) … Primo Carnera b. Skull
Nurnberg (5:33) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Nikita Kalmikoff) b. Pat Flanagan and Tom
Jones (Ivan pinned Flanagan) … Farmer Boy Townsend and Man Mountain Campbell
wrestled The Black Terror and Stan Stasiak to a draw (20:00) … Tony Marino b. Nick
Schamoff (12:49) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bert Maxwell, Cliff Worthy)
… (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 27, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Nikita Kalmikoff) b. Man Mountain
Campbell and “Whipper” Billy Watson (DQ) (Campbell refused to break his bearhug) (21:
19) … The Black Terror and Stan Stasiak wrestled Farmer Boy and Tony Marino to a draw
(21:03) … Tom Jones b. Al Bell (bearhug) (8:01) … Don Jardine and Les Lyman drew (20:
00) … Pat Flanagan b. Sailor Clarke (12:06) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee:
Joe Gollob) … (3,500 fans)
Note: Steve York in the Globe and Mail wrote that “Stasiak is the most engaging Canadian
bad guy to come along since Gene Kiniski.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 4, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gorgeous George (11:35) (Watson
agreed to retire if he lost, George’s second Cherie would have hair cut in the ring if he
lost) (George scored a pinfall on Watson, only to have the decision reversed when the
referee learned that “Whipper” had one of his feet outside the ring ropes) (after the match,
Cherie slapped Maxwell) (Maxine, a beautician from Buffalo, cut Cherie’s hair, but the
haircut was not as apparent as George’s in 1959) (Cherie grabbed a towel to cover her
head and ran to the dressing room) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Nikita Kalmikoff) b. Mario
Frataroll and Tony Marino (Ivan made Frataroll submit) (19:45) … Man Mountain Campbell
b. Skull Murnberg (6:21) … Tom Jones b. Karol Kalmikoff (DQ) (11:57) … Farmer Boy and
Stan Stasiak drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Sam Gotter, Bert
Maxwell) … (8,024 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 11, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gorgeous George (15:23) … The
Black Terror b. Primo Carnera (DQ) (Tony Marino interfered) (8:17) … The Kalmikoff
Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Tom Jones and Tony Marino (Karol pinned Jones)
(17:15) … Farmer Boy b. Nikita Kalmikoff (DQ) (Ivan Kalmikoff interfered) (18:37) … Man
Mountain Campbell b. Stan Stasiak (DQ) (10:43) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referees: Bunny Dunlop, Joe Gollob, Bill Stack) … (4,000 fans)
Note: During the main event, Cherie was “caught” by Gorgeous George to be talking with
Billy Watson, which angered him. He tossed his robe at her and she slapped him,
marching from the ring area.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 18, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Black Terror b. “Whipper” Billy Watson (21:53) … The
Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Man Mountain Campbell and Tony Marino
(Ivan pinned Marino) (20:08) … Tom Jones and Stan Stasiak drew (20:25) … Nikita
Kalmikoff b. Ricky Waldo (5:08) … Farmer Boy and Pat Flanagan drew (20:00) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Sam Gotter, Tiger Tasker) … (3,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 25, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Black Terror (2-0) (Terror was
unmasked to be Laverne Baxter) … The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b.
Man Mountain Campbell and Tony Marino (2/3) … Tom Jones and Nikita Kalmikoff drew
(12:06) … Stan Stasiak b. Les Lyman (11:45) … Farmer Boy Townsend and Sailor Clarke
drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Athol Layton, Bunny Dunlop) …
(in attendance: Ellis Burton, Lou Johnson, Tim Thompson) … (3,500 fans)
Notes: According to Steve York’s article in the Globe and Mail, “Watson told the crowd
Baxter was the sixth disguised wrestler he had unmasked. The otehrs were: Lou
Reyhneer, Lou Newman, Mayes McLain, George Bolos (sic), and Al Lovelock); no
wrestling at the Gardens until June 8 because of the circus.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 8, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … International Tag Team Tournament … Man Mountain Campbell
and Stan Stasiak b. Pat Flanagan and Tony Marino (Stasiak pinned Flanagan) (15:17) …
Farmer Boy Townsend and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Lavern Baxter and Chet Wallick (11:
11) … The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Dick Beyer and Dino Bravo
(Ivan pinned Bravo) (14:04) … Man Mountain Campbell and Stan Stasiak b. Farmer Boy
Townsend and “Whipper” Billy Weatson (default) (Townsend was unable to compete
because of a dislocated shoulder) … Man Mountain Campbell and Stan Stasiak b. The
Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) in the finals to capture the International Tag
Team Title (2/3) … Tom Jones and Nikita Kalmikoff drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (4,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 15, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … International Tag Team Champions Man Mountain Campbell and
Stan Stasiak b. Farmer Boy Townsend and “Whipper” Billy Watson (2/3) … The Kalmikoff
Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Dick Beyer and Tony Marino (Beyer was counted
out) (22:32) … Gino Marella b. Nikita Kalmikoff (13:04) … Tom Jones b. Prince Nero (DQ)
(15:49) … Antonio Manous b. Sailor Clarke (8:58) (prior to the match, “Bulldog” Dick
Brower stormed the ring to challenge one and all, and left his imprint on the two wrestlers
in the ring and the stunned crowd) (Brower threw Clarke from the ring, then pummeled
Manous) (Pat Flanagan, Tiger Tasker, “equipment man” George Hampson, Dunlop,
Gollob, Gotter, Stack, Marino, and Clarke were all needed to subdue Brower) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Joe Gollob, Sam Gotter, Bill
Stack) … (3,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 22, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Dick “Bulldog” Brower b. Man Mountain Campbell (5:44) … The
Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) wrestled Ilio DiPaolo and Billy “Red” Lyons to
a draw (30:00) … Nikita Kalmikoff and Tony Marino drew (15:09) … Timothy Geohagen
and Gino Marella drew (20:00) … Stan Stasiak b. Tom Jones (6:29) … Farmer Boy
Townsend and Prince Nero drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (4,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 29, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Bulldog” Brower b. Ilio DiPaolo (countout) (16:13) … The
Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Farmer Boy Townsend and Billy “Red”
Lyons (Townsend was counted out) (24:57) … Hercules Romero b. Gene Murphy (2:59)
… Tony Marino and Stan Stasiak drew (20:08) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees:
Bunny Dunlop, Joe Gollob, Bill Stack) … (4,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 6, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Farmer Boy Townsend (6:09) … The Brown
Panther and Little Beaver wrestled Fuzzy Cupid and Sky Low Low to a draw (30:00) …
Man Mountain Campell and Stan Stasiak wrestled The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol
Kalmikoff) to a draw (21:17) … Hector Romero b. Bob Leipler (5:41) … Tony Marino b.
Prince Nero (15:41) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker) … (4,000
fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 13, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Nikita Kalmikoff (5:08) … Bouncing Burke and
Little Beaver b. Fuzzy Cupid and Sky Low Low (Beaver pinned Low Low) (26:01) … The
Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Timothy Geohagen and Man Mountain
Campbell (18:16) … Hercules Romero b. Prince Nero (11:57) … Gino Marella and Stan
Stasiak drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (4,000
fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 20, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Ivan Kalmkoff (12:13) … Farmer Boy
Townsend and Stan Stasiak drew (30:00) … The Kalmikoffs (Karol and Nikita Kalmikoff) b.
Johnny Angel and Tony Marino (Karol pinned Angel) (20:12) … Timothy Geohagen and
Gino Marella drew (20:00) … Man Mountain Campbell b. Prince Nero (4:34) … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (4,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 27, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Hercules Romero (8:11) … The Kalmikoff
Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Les Lyman and Tony Marino (Ivan pinned Lyman)
(15:15) … Timothy Geohagen b. Prince Nero (15:13) … Gino Marella b. Bob Leipler (6:15)
… Farmer Boy Townsend and Man Mountain Campbell drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referee: Joe Gollob) … (4,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 3, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Tony Marino (13:25) … Vicious Victor the Bear
b. Tuffy Truesdale (4:54) … The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Johnny
Demchuk and Farmer Boy Townsend (Karol pinned Demchuk) (14:36) … Johnny Foti and
Nikita Kalmikoff drew (20:00) … Stan Stasiak b. Timothy Geohagen (countout) (7:11) …
Man Mountain Campell and Gino Marella drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(3,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 10, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Hans Hermann (11:26) … Vicious Victor the
Bear b. Nikita Kalmikoff (6:11) (Tuffy Truesdale was the referee) … The Kalmikoff Brothers
(Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Tom Collins and Man Mountain Campbell (Ivan forced Collins
to submit) (17:56) … Timothy Geohagen and Farmer Boy Townsend drew (20:00) … Tony
Marino and Stan Stasiak drew (20:00) … Gino Marella b. Frank Marconi (8:22) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker) … (3,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 17, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Gino Marella (9:15) … Tuffy Truesdale b.
Rodney the alligator … The Kalmikoffs (Karol and Nikita Kalmikoff) wrestled Sandor
Kovacs and Man Mountain Campbell to a draw … The Smith Brothers (Cyclone and
Hurricane Smith) b. Timothy Geohagen and Tony Marino (Hurricane pinned Geohagen)
(14:57) … Farmer Boy Townsend b. Frank Marconi … Pat Flanagan b. Prince Nero …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker) … (3,500 fans)
Note: The Smith Brothers were from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 24, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Athol Layton (14:16) … The Smith Brothers
(Cyclone and Hurricane Smith) wrestled Farmer Boy Townsend and Tony Marino to a draw
(20:05) … The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) wrestled Dick Beyer and Billy
“Red” Lyons to a draw (20:00) … Tony Manous b. Nikita Kalmikoff (dec., 20:00) … Taro
Sakuro b. Sandor Kovacs (7:32) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker)
… (5,000 fans) … (in attendance: members of the National Wrestling Alliance, in town for
the annual convention)
Note: Brower scored his 10th straight win; wrestling would be held next week at the East
York Arena

East York, Ontario: Thursday, August 31, 1961
(East York Arena) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion “Whipper” Billy Watson b.
Cyclone Smith (11:35) … Taro Skauro b. John Foti (11:40) … Timothy Geohagen and
Karol Kalmikoff drew (20:00) … Farmer Boy Townsend and Stan Stasiak drew (20:00) …
Ivan Kalmikoff and Tony Marino drew (20:58) … Tony Manous b. Prince Nero (21
seconds) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Sam Gotter) … (600 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 7, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. “Whipper” Billy Watson (countout) (22:44) …
NWA World Heavyeight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Farmer Boy Townsend (figure-four
leglock) (12:24) … The Smith Brothers (Cyclone and Hurricane Smith) b. Man Mountain
Campbell and Stan Stasiak to capture the International Tag Tam Title (Cyclone pinned
Campbell) (14:05) … Pat Flanagan and Tony Marino were both counted out (10:40) …
Taro Saturo b. Timothy Geohagen (16:06) … Athol Layton b. Karol Kalmikoff (18:15) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker) … (9,500 fans)
Notes: It was Brower’s 11th win in a row at the Gardens; Rogers offered $1,000 to anyone
who could break his figure-four leglock.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 14, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. “Whipper” Billy Watson (countout) (Brower
smashed a wooden ladder onto Watson’s head) (13:15) … Athol Layton b. Stan Stasiak
(DQ) (18:13) … International Tag Team Champions The Smith Brothers (Cyclone and
Hurricane Smith) b. Man Mountain Campbell and Tony Marino (16:16) … Ali Bey and
Johnny Foti drew (15:00) … Gino Marella b. Sandor Kovacs (10:47) … Taro Sakuro b.
Johnny Demchuk (9:02) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Cliff Worthy) … (6,000
fans)
Note: Brower extended his Toronto winning streak to 12.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 21, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Killer Kowalski (Kowalski was unable to
continue) (16:04) … Athol Layton b. Sato Keomuka (Judo Jacket match) (14:56) … The
Smith Brothers (Cyclone and Hurricane Smith) b. Farmer Boy Townsend and Sandor
Kovacs (Cyclone pinned Kovacs) (12:36) … Timothy Geohagen and Tony Marino drew
(20:00) … Taro Sakuro b. Pat Flanagan (8:23) … Gino Marella and Stan Stasiak drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Tiger Tasker) … (6,000 fans)
Note: Brower’s streak had extended to 13.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 28, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Gene Kiniski (DQ) (4:36) (Brower attacked
Kiniski before the match began, inciting a wild brawl) (numerous wrestlers and referees
were needed to break them up) … Taro Sakuro b. Farmer Boy Townsend (countout) (10:
41) … Pat Flanagan and Timothy Geohagen drew (15:00) … Stan Stasiak b. Man
Mountain Campbell (15:26) … Tony Manous b. John Foti (10:55) … Gino Marella and
Tony Marino drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Sam Gotter, Tiger
Tasker, Cliff Worthy) … (7,500 fans)
Note: Kiniski was cheered in the main event.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 5, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Gene Kiniski (12:21) … Tony Marino and
Bearcat Wright wrestled The Gallagher Brothers (Doc and Mike Gallagher) to a draw (20:
12) … Taro Sakuro b. Man Mountain Campbell (6:51) … Timothy Geohagen and Gino
Marella drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Farmer Boy Townsend)
… (7,500 fans)
Note: Brower’s streak extended to 15.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 12, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Yukon Eric (countout) (10:21) … The Tolos
Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) wrestled Billy “Red” Lyons and Gino Marella to a draw …
Stan Stasiak b. Farmer Townsend … Taro Sakuro b. Antonino Kontellis … Timothy
Geohagen and Tony Marino drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert
Maxwell) … (7,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 19, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Stan Stasiak (16:12) … Yukon Eric b. Gino
Marella (Kodiak Krunch) (5:25) … The Smith Brothers (Cyclone and Hurricane Smith) b.
Pat Flanagan and Timothy Geohagen (Hurricane pinned Geohagen) (19:08) … Chief Kit
Fox b. Don Jardine (16:06) … Taro Sakuro b. Tony Marino (countout) (16:23) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker) … (5,000 fans)
Note: It marked Brower’s 17th win in a row.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 26, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower and “Whipper” Billy Watson were both counted
out (12:57) … Athol Layton b. Stan Stasiak … Yukon Eric b. Cyclone Smith (4:36) … Taro
Sakuro b. Tony Marino … Timothy Geohagen and Hurricane Smith drew (15:00) … Kit Fox
and Sandor Kovacs drew (15:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Gino Marella)
… (9,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 2, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Taro Sakuro (DQ) (21:00, curfew
ended match) … Bulldog Brower b. Yukon Eric (countout) (4:49) … Pee Wee James and
Sky Low Low b. The Brown Panther and Tiny Tim (Low Low pinned Panther) (20:32) …
Gino Marella and Stan Stasiak drew (15:00) … Chief Lone Eagle and Timothy Geohagen
drew (15:00) … Pat Flanagan b. Hurricane Smith (dec., 15:00) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Tiger Tasker) … (10,000 fans)
Note: Ice show at the Gardens next week.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 9, 1961
(East York Arena) … Bulldog Brower b. Antonios Kontellis (backbreaker) (7:37) … Yukon
Eric b. Hurricane Smith (8:47) … Taro Sakuro b. Bob Leipler (abdominal claw) (15:26) …
Chief Lone Eagle and Sandor Kovacs drew (20:00) … Chief Kit Fox and Timothy
Geohagen drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) …
(announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (1,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 16, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Billy
Watson (CO) (17:21) (Watson was attacked by Bulldog Brower) … Bulldog Brower b.
Mustapha Pasha (5:18) … The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) b. Timothy
Geohagen and Sandor Kovacs (16:38) (John pinned Kovacs) … Taro Sakuro b. Antonios
Kontelis (12:48) … Cyclone and Hurricane Smith wrestled Chief Kit Fox and Chief Lone
Eagle to a draw (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Tiger Tasker) …
(7,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 23, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. “Whipper” Billy Watson (countout) (17:40)
(fence surrounded the ring) (after the match, Brower was attacked in the ring by Bill
Solwayko, also known as The Brute) … Yukon Eric b. Doc Gallagher (Kodiak Krunch) (6:
08) … The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) b. Chief Lone Eagle and Kit Fox (Chris
pinned Lone Eagle) (16:35) … Jim Hady b. Cyclone Smith (15:49) … Taro Sakuro b.
Hurricane Smith (14:58) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) …
(6,000 fans)
Note: Brower’s unbeaten streak was at 22 matches.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 30, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bulldog Brower b. Yukon Eric (Eric was unable to continue) (7:
20) (four wrestlers stood as lumberjacks to keep the grapplers inside the ring) … The
Smith Brothers (Cyclone and Hurricane Smith) wrestled The Tolos Brothers (Chris and
John Tolos) to a draw (13:13) … Jim Hady b. Kit Fox (11:10) … Timothy Geohagen and
Antonio Kontellis drew (20:00) … Taro Sakuro b. Chief Lone Eagle (abdominal claw) (9:
55) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bill Stack) … (6,000 fans)
Notes: Bill “the Brute” issued a challenge to anyone, while Athol Layton challenged Taro
Sakuro to a Judo Jacket match; Dunlop was back after a layoff following a knee operation;
Brower extended his streak to 23.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 7, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Athol Layton b. Taro Sakuro (DQ) (Sakuro strangled Layton with
his belt) (13:38) … Bulldog Brower b. Tom Jones (5:49) … Jim Hady b. Sandor Kovacs (13:
32) … The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) b. the Smith Brothers (Cyclone and
Hurricane Smith) (John pinned Cyclone) to capture the International Tag Team Title (22:
00) … Raphael Halpern b. Mustapha Pasha (8:32) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Bert Maxwell) … (5,128 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 14, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Yukon Eric and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Bulldog Brower and
Taro Sakuro (Watson pinned Sakuro) (17:41) … The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John
Tolos) b. Chief Kit Fox and Tom Jones (John pinned Fox) (15:49) … Raphael Halpern b.
Cyclone Smith (16:41) … Jim Hady b. Hurricane Smith (15:12) … Bill “The Brute”
Solowayko b. Chief Lone Eagle (4:16) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (5,018 fans)
Notes: Brower, in singles matches, was 24-0 in Toronto; was listed as weighing 273
pounds and was from Wilmington, Deleware.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 28, 1961
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric b. The Tolos Brothers
(Chris and John Tolos) to capture the International Tag Team Title (DQ) (25:00) (Chris hit
the referee) … Bulldog Brower b. Taro Sakuro (countout) (4:25) … Dandy Andy and Little
Beaver wrestled Pee Wee James and Tom Thumb to a draw (21:12) … Jim Hady b.
Timothy Geohagen (11:04) … Raphael Halpern b. Sandor Kovacs (10:42) … Bill
Soloweyko b. Stan Stasiak (bearhug) (4:26) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees:
Sam Gotter, Bert Maxwell)
Note: Brower’s local record was now 25 without a loss.

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Toronto Wrestling Results - 1961