Wilmington, DE: Monday, May 22, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena, att.-1,800) … (Ladies) Mae Young vs Nell Stewart … Mae Weston (as
Purple Flash) vs Rose Evans … Gladys Gillen vs Elviry Snodgrass … Michele Leone drew
Maurice LaChappelle (both ko’d) .. Jesse James vs Dutch Rohde (as Dutch Rhodes, who was
unable to appear) … NOTE: This was the first outdoor card promoted by Carlton Owings …
Last year Owings with the help of Al Mayer brought back wrestling to the Blue Hen Arena.
Indoor cards were attempted at the State Armory.

Wilmington, DE: Monday, May 29, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … (Ladies) Rose Evans and Gladys Gillen vs Elviry Snodgrass and Nell
Stewart … Mae Weston (as Purple Flash) vs Mae Young … Don Evans vs Maurice
LaChappelle … Michele Leone vs Dutch Rhode (as Dusty Rhodes)

Wilmington, DE: Monday, June 5, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … (Start of $2,500 Tournament) … Sandor Szabo beat Michele Leone …
Angelo Savoldi vs Bill Middlekauf … Don Evans vs Jesse James … Dutch Rohde (as Dusty
Rhodes) vs Pat Haley … Olaf Erickson vs John Vansky … NOTE: The 7-11 paper said that
Rohde and Angelo Savoldi won first round matches, opponents not listed … (Szabo-Leone
result given 9-18)

Wilmington, DE: Monday, June 12, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … Maurice Tillet (as French Angel) vs George Macricostas … (Tournament-
second night) Dutch Rohde (as Herman (Dutch) Rhodes) vs Angelo Savoldi … Milo Steinborn
vs Bill Middlekauf … Don Evans vs Maurice LaChappelle … Henri Piers vs Billy Darnell …
NOTE: Dutch Rohde (as Dusty Rhodes), Henri Piers, Hans Kampfer won first round bouts.
Angelo Savoldi was 1-1, Lou Brumfield 0-1,  Michele Leone and George Macricostas both
lost one match.

Wilmington, DE: Monday, June 19, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … (Tournament-final) … Michele Leone vs George Macricostas … French
Angel vs Don Evans … Dutch Rohde (as Dusty Rhodes) vs Henri Piers … Hans Kampfer vs
Lou Brumfield … Sandor Szabo vs Angelo Savoldi …

Wilmington, DE: Monday, June 26, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … (WTM) Babe Sharkey* vs Michele Leone … John Vansky vs Jesse
James … Maurice LaChappelle vs Angelo Savoldi … Olaf Erickson vs Jack Brumfield

Wilmington, DE: Monday, July 3, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … Don Evans vs Dutch Rhode (as Dusty Rhodes) … Angelo Savoldi and
John Vansky vs Billy Darnell and Maurice LaChappelle … Michele Leone vs Milo Steinborn …
Ed Michaels drew Olaf Erickson … (result found 7-16) … NOTE: The site was located at
Third and Scott streets.

Wilmington, DE: Monday, July 10, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … George Macricostas vs John Vansky … Zimba Parker vs Young Siki …
Eddie Michaels vs Gus Raap … Henri Piers vs Milo Steinborn

Wilmington, DE: Monday, July 17, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … (World Title) Babe Sharkey* vs Don Evans … Dutch Rhode (as Dusty
Rhodes) vs Jesse James … Henri Piers vs George Macricostas … Ed (Whitey) Michaels vs
Olaf Erickson … promoter: Carlton Owings … NOTE: Rhode was unable to appear due to a
sprain ankle according to the next Sunday paper.

Wilmington, DE: Monday, July 24, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … (WTM) Babe Sharkey* vs Don Evans … Dutch Rhodes (as Dusty
Rhodes) vs George Macricostas … Ed Michaels vs Jesse James … Les Ryan vs Angelo
Savoldi … Eddie Clay (of Baltimore) vs Olaf Erickson (of Bridgeton NJ)

Wilmington, DE: Monday, July 31, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … (Ladies World Title) Mildred Burke* vs Mae Weston (as Purple Flash) …
Dutch Rohde (as Dusty Rhodes) vs Angelo Savoldi … Michele Leone vs Abe Yourist …
Eddie Michaels vs Ivan Vacturoff

Wilmington, DE: Monday, August 7, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … Don Evans vs Dutch Rhode (as Dusty Rhodes) … (Ladies) Nell Stewart
vs Ann Miller … Eddie Michaels vs Jack Holland … Michele Leone vs Jesse James

Wilmington, DE: Monday, August 14, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … (WTM) Babe Sharkey* vs Ed (Strangler) White … Dutch Rhode (as
Dusty Rhodes) vs Jack Steele … Frank Brunowicz vs George Macricostas … Eddie Michaels
vs Jack Brown

Wilmington, DE: Monday, August 21, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … Dutch Rhode (as Herman (Dusty) Rhodes) vs Michele Leone … Patrick
O’Connor vs Ed (Strangler) White … Maurice LaChappelle vs Jesse James … Lloyd Mathis
vs Olaf Erickson (as Eric Olafson)

Wilmington, DE: Monday, August 28, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … Dutch Rhode (as Dusty Rhodes) vs Angelo Savoldi … Duke Keomuka
vs Jesse James … Patrick O’Connor vs John Vansky … George Macricostas vs Butch Slater
… (Card was rained out reported on 9-3)

Wilmington, DE: Monday, September 4, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … (World Title) Babe Sharkey* vs Dutch Rohde (as Dusty Rhodes) …
referee: Natie Brown … George Macricostas vs Angelo Savoldi … Jesse James vs Butch
Slater … Olaf Erickson vs Eddie Clay … NOTE: It was reported that Rhodes has never been
pinned in Wilmington, losing only once by injury.

Wilmington, DE: Monday, September 11, 1944
(Blue Hen Arena) … Swedish Angel vs Angelo Savoldi … Dave Levin vs Ed (Strangler) White
… Dutch Rhode (as Dusty Rhodes) vs Michele Leone … Eddie Michaels vs Jesse James …
(last outdoor card of the year))




Research by Don Luce
Wilmington Wrestling Results - 1944
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