Tulsa, Oklahoma: Monday, July 28, 1947 (The Coliseum) … Dave Levin b. Red Lyons … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) Tulsa, Oklahoma: Monday, August 4, 1947 (The Coliseum) … Buddy Rogers b. The Blimp (2/3) (Blimp won the first fall, Rogers won the second and third) … Dave Levin b. Reb Russell (Russell was accompanied by Red Lyons) … Dizzy Davis b. John Swenski … Karol Krauser b. Jesse James (12:00) … Charlie Laye b. Larry Tillman (14:00) … Juan Hernandez b. Jim Bartlett (16:00) … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (4,500 fans) Tulsa, Oklahoma: Monday, August 11, 1947 (The Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Dave Levin (2/3) (Rogers won the first fall in 17-minutes, Levin won the second fall in 5-minutes, Rogers won the third fall in 4-minutes) … Karol Krauser won a Wrestle Royal, beating Jack Steele in the finals (18:00) (Number eliminated: Martin Levy, Jim Bartlett, Charles Laye, Juan Hernandez, Jesse James, John Swenski, Rebel Russell, Jack Steele) … Charles Laye b. Jim Bartlett (19:00) … Jesse James b. Juan Hernandez (21:00) … John Swenski b. Reb Russell (20:00) … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (4,500 fans) Tulsa, Oklahoma: Monday, August 18, 1947 (The Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Karol Krauser (2/3) (Rogers won the first fall in 21:00, Krauser won the second fall in 5:00, Rogers won the third fall) … Dizzy Davis b. Joe Lyman (12:00) (Lyman was billed as the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Champion) … Dave Levin b. Juan Hernandez (15:00) (Hernandez was a substitute for Rudy Valentino) … Juan Hernandez b. Charles Laye (20:00) … John Swenski b. Frankie Hill Murdock (DQ) (15:00) … Jesse James b. Red Lyons (18:00) … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Jack League) … (3,800 fans) Tulsa, Oklahoma: Monday, August 25, 1947 (The Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion LeRoy McGuirk (2/3) (Rogers won the first fall in 9-minutes, both wrestlers were counted out and the referee declared Rogers the winner) … Jesse James and John Swenski b. Red Lyons and Frankie Hill Murdock (2/3) … Dizzy Davis b. Karol Krauser in (21:00) … Rudy Valentino b. Dave Levin … Juan Hernandez b. Larry Tillman … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Jack League) … (5,000 fans) Tulsa, Oklahoma: Monday, September 1, 1947 (The Coliseum) … (promoter: Sam Avey) Research by Tim Hornbaker October 10, 2010 |
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