January 4, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Bill Melby d. (DQ) Buzz Jones (2-1)  
Mike Nazarian d. Rey Urbano (2-1)
Sesue Oyama drew Cal Roberts

Jones subbed for Billy Hunter

January 11, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Frenchy Roy (Pacific Coast junior heavyweight champ) d. Sesue Oyama (2-1, non-title)
Mike Nazarian d. Cal Roberts
Paddy Mack d. Bill Fletcher

January 18, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Bob Cummings (intermountain junior heavyweight champ) d. Paddy Mack (2-1)  
Gypsy Joe d. Buzz Jones (2-1)
Mike Nazarian d. (COR) Sesue Oyama

January 25, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Gypsy Joe d. Buzz Jones (2-1)
Tugger Larsen d. Paddy Mack (1-0)
Logger Larsen d. Jerry Hollis (1-0)

Hollis subbed for Cal Roberts

February 1, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Frenchy Roy (Pacific coast light heavyweight champ) d. Gypsy Joe (2-1)
Tugger Larsen/Logger Larsen d. Buzz Jones/Paddy Mack (2-1)
Cliff Thiede drew Cal Roberts

Thiede subbed for Kenny Mayne

February 8, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Frenchy Roy (Pacific coast light heavyweight champ) d. Cal Roberts (2-1)
Logger Larsen/Tugger Larsen d. Paddy Mack/Benny Trudell (2-1)
Buzz Jones d. Jerry Hollis

February 15, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID
No card. Sportsman's Jamboree being held in the Armory.

February 22, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Gypsy Joe vs. Buzz Jones (10 rounds of boxing)
Cliff Thiede vs. Bob Cummings (intermountain junior heavyweight champ) (non-title)
Danno McDonald vs. Buck Davidson

February 29, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Gypsy Joe/Buck Davidson d. Danno McDonald/Bob Cummings (2-1)
Ben Sherman d. Steve Nenoff  
Ben Sherman d. Jack Carter

Nenoff subbed for Buzz Jones

March 7, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Ben Sherman/Danno McDonald d. Gypsy Joe/Buck Davidson (2/3 falls)
Buzz Jones d. Prince Omar (elimination match, Jack Carter drew a bye)
Jack Carter d. Buzz Jones

March 14, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Ben Sherman d. (DQ) Nature Boy (2-0)
Jack Carter d. Steve Nenoff (1-0, Nenoff unable to continue)
George Strickland d. Buzz Jones

Nature Boy subbed for Masked Terror; Jones subbed for Prince Omar

March 21, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Battle royal determines matches (1st out - George Strickland, Tiger Clemons and Buzz
Jones next two out, 4th out - Nature Boy, 5th out - Jack Carter, last two left were Logger &
Tugger Larsen who refused to wrestle each other, setting up the tag match)
Frank Clemons drew Buzz Jones (2 rounds)
Logger Larsen/Tugger Larsen d. Nature Boy/Jack Carter

March 28, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Tiger Clemons d. Buzz Jones (2-1)
Tugger Larsen d. Paddy Mack (2-0)
Mike Nazarian d. George Strickland (2-1)

April 4, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Jack Kiser d. (DQ) Gypsy Joe
Cliff Thiede d. Frank Clemons
Ben Sherman d. Dave Reynolds (2-1)

Reynolds subbed for Bob Cummings

April 11, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) 600
Jack Kiser won a battle royal (also featured Frank Clemons, Cliff Thiede, Gypsy Joe,
Swedish Angel, & George Strickland)
Ben Sherman drew Cliff Thiede
Swedish Angel drew Gypsy Joe
Jack Kiser d. George Strickland

April 18, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Jack Kiser d. Gypsy Joe (2-1)
Jack Carter (intermountain junior heavyweight champ) d. Ben Sherman (2-1)
George Strickland drew Buzz Jones

April 25, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) 1,050
Mike Nazarian d. Logger Larsen (2/3 falls)
Logger Larsen/Jack Kiser d. Tarzan Zimba/Buzz Jones (2-1)

Jack Dempsey refereed both matches. Nazarian subbed for Mel Peters

May 2, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Mike Nazarian d. (DQ) Logger Larsen (1-1)
Hal Kanner drew Mel Peters
Tarzan Zimba d. Gil Kanner (2-1)

May 9, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Mel Peters/Logger Larsen d. Mike Nazarian/Tarzan Zimba (2-1, finals)
Mel Peters/Logger Larsen d. (DQ) Buzz Jones/Cliff Thiede (2-0)
Mike Nazarian/Tarzan Zimba d. Gil Kanner/Hal Kanner

May 16, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
One night tag tournament for shot at intermountain tag championship. Features: Bill
Fletcher/Dave Reynolds, Buzz Jones/Swedish Angel, Logger Larsen/Mel Peters, Jerry
Marcus/Mike Nazarian ... winners face Intermountain tag champs Jack Carter/Gypsy Joe
in main event.

May 17 and 18 paper not available

May 23, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
One night tag tournament
Mike Nazarian/Bill Fletcher d. Don Sugal/Dr. Gallagher (2-1) (finals)
Mike Nazarian/Bill Fletcher d. Mel Peters/Logger Larsen (1st round)
Don Sugal/Dr. Gallagher d. (DQ) Buzz Jones/Tarzan Zimba (1st round)

Fletcher subbed for Cliff Thiede

May 30, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Baron Michele Leone vs. Mike Nazarian
Tarzan Zimba vs. Dr. Gallagher
Mel Peters vs. Buzz Jones

May 31 and June 1 papers not available

June 6, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Mike Nazarian/Dale Haddock (intermountain tag champs) d. Gypsy Joe/Buzz Jones
Billy Sandow d. (DQ) Tarzan Zimba (2-0)
Dr. Gallagher drew Jack Carter

June 13, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Mike Nazarian/Dale Haddock (intermountain tag champs) d. Gypsy Joe/Jack Carter (2-1)
Billy Sandow drew Dr. Gallagher (1-1)

June 20, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Masa Kimura/Shibuya Yamaguchi d. Mike Nazarian/Dale Haddock (2-0)  
Dr. Gallagher d. Tarzan Zimba
Billy Sandow d. Buzz Jones

Last card of the current season

August 11, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Highland Park)
Gorgeous George d. Swedish Angel (2-1)
Cliff Thiede d. Howard Cantonwine
Bill Melby d. Buzz Jones

September 15, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Cliff Thiede d. Ted Ballantine (2-1)
Rey Urbano drew Bronko Lubich (1-1)
Paul DeGalles drew Wally Tsutsumi

Thiede subbed for Chris Belkas. First card of season

September 22, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
One night elimination tournament
Tarzan Zimba d. Rey Urbano (finals)
Tarzan Zimba d. Paul DeGalles (2nd round)
Rey Urbano d. Buzz Jones (2nd round)
Rey Urbano d. Wally Tsutsumi (1st round)
Paul DeGalles d. Ted Ballantine (1st round)
Buzz Jones d. Bronko Lubich (1st round)
Tarzan Zimba had a 1st round bye

Zimba was a sub for Chris Belkas

September 29, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Coliseum)
Tarzan Zimba d. Rey Urbano (2-1)
Frank Jares d. Bronko Lubich (2-0)
Billy Sandow d. Ted Ballantine

October 6, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Frank James d. Tiger Joe Marsh (2-1)
Paul DeGalles d. (COR) Ray Wilson (1-0, Wilson unable to continue)  
Cliff Thiede d. Swedish Angel

October 13, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Tiger Joe Marsh/Paul DeGalles d. Buzz Jones/Frank James (2-0)
Cliff Thiede d. Bronko Lubich

October 20, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Battle royal featuring: Paul DeGalles, Salvadore Flores, Frank James, Tiger Joe Marsh,
Rey Urbano, & Elmer Wright (order of elimination determines matches)

Results not found.

October 27, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Salvadore Flores/Rey Urbano vs. Frank James/Paul DeGalles
George Strickland vs. Buzz Jones

October 28 paper missing

November 3, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Frank James d. (DQ) Elmer Wright (2-1)
Salvadore Flores d. (DQ) Paul DeGalles (2-0)
Cliff Thiede drew Ace Abbott

November 10, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Frank James d. Paul DeGalles (2-1)
Salvadore Flores drew Sugy Hayamaka
Elmer Wright d. Mike Nazarian (2-1)

November 17, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Elmer Wright drew Frank James (1-1)
Mike Nazarian d. Salvadore Flores (Flores unable to continue after a piledriver)
Sugy Hayamaka drew Art Capitan

November 24, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Battle royal (1st eliminated - Red Perry, 2nd - Bill Sledge, also featured Paul DeGalles,
Ted Evans, Logger Larsen, & Tiger Joe Marsh; order of elimination determined matches,
first two out had no match)
Logger Larsen d. Paul DeGalles
Ted Evans d. Tiger Joe Marsh

December 1, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
One night tournament for shot at intermountain tag titles (held by Dale Haddock/Mike
Nazarian)
Elmer Wright/Logger Larsen d. Cliff Thiede/Ted Evans
Logger Larsen/Elmer Wright d. Red Berry/Buzz Jones
Cliff Thiede/Ted Evans d. Sugy Hayamaka/Art Capitan

December 8, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Frank James d. Jack Kiser (2-1)
Logger Larsen d. Paddy Mack (2-1)  
Chester (Chet) Wallick drew Elmer Wright

December 15, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Frank James DCOR Don Kindred (1-1; match was to settle Negro heavyweight
championship)
George Strickland drew Cliff Thiede (1-1)
Buzz Jones d. Jose Ochoa

Thiede subbed for Art Capitan

December 22, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Logger Larsen/Sugy Hayamaka d. Buzz Jones/Ted Evans (2-1)
Buzz Jones d. Red Berry

Bill Melby had been scheduled to wrestle Ted Evans in the main event, but didn't make it
to Idaho Falls.

December 29, 1952 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Logger Larsen d. Bill Melby (2-1)
Sugy Hayamaka d. Ben Sherman



Research by Becky Taylor
Idaho Falls Wrestling Results - 1952