Waterloo, IA: May 23, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (WTM) Ed Virag* drew with Ras Samara (60:00, 1-0) ... Bill
Kuusisto beat Jack Conley (dq) ... Bill Bartush beat Al Loset ... (referee-Ken Fenelon) ...
(first outdoor card of the season) ... NOTE: NWA champion Virag won a fall in 33:30. As
the bout called for 2/3 falls, the match was called a draw. Again this strange rule!

Waterloo, IA: May 30, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (Handicap) Ken Fenelon* beat Al Loset (15:20) and Bill Kuusisto
(13:33) ... Al Loset drew with Bill Kuusisto (20:00) ... (referee-Alex Fidler) ... NOTE:
Original card had Fenelon vs Leo McGuirk, Ras Samara vs Red Ryan, Kuusisto vs Alf
Johnson. The wrestlers failed to make the show due to travel restrictions.

Waterloo, IA: June 6, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (WJTM) Ken Fenelon* beat Leo McGuirk (2-0) ... Ras Samara
beat Jack Conley (2-0) (first fall by dq) ... Tom Zaharias vs Jack Sampson (canceled as
Sampson refused to wrestle Zaharias) ... (referee-Al Loset) ... This Leo McGuirk from Los
Angeles was said to be no relation to LeRoy McGuirk)

Waterloo, IA: June 13, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (non title) Ken Fenelon* beat Ras Samara (2-1) ... Tom Zaharias
beat Ronnie Etchison ... Jimmy Lee drew with Jack Conley

Waterloo, IA: June 20, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (non title) Ken Fenelon* beat Jack Conley (2-0) ... Ras Samara
beat Carlos Rodriquez ... Jimmy Lee (of Dubuque) drew with Ronnie Etchison

Waterloo, IA: June 27, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Ras Samara beat Tom Zaharias (2-1, dq) ... Jimmy Lee beat Joe
Adelman ... Johnny Seals beat Leo McGuirk (spelled McGurk often) ... (referee-George
Pavich)

Waterloo, IA: July 4, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (non title) Ken Fenelon* beat Tom Zaharias (2-0) ... Bill Kuusisto
beat Jack Conley ... George Pavich drew with Al Loset ... NOTE: Ras (Seelie) Samara
sitting at ringside slugged Zaharias to end the final fall, after referee Harry Cadell was
knocked down by Zaharias.

Waterloo, IA: July 5, 1943 (Monday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (7 man battle royal) (eliminated in order) Al Gold, Joe Adelman, Al
Loset, Bill Kuusisto, Harry Cadell ... (final) Ras Samara beat George Pavich ... NOTE: Al
Gold was a 160 pound Waterloo grappler.

Waterloo, IA: July 11, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Tom Zaharias beat George Pavich (2-1) ... Jack Kennedy beat
Jack Conley ... Jimmy Lee beat Joe Adelman (sub for Al Loset)

Waterloo, IA: July 18, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Jack Kennedy beat Tom Zaharias (2-1, dq) ... Johnny Seals beat
John (Stockyards) Mahoonian (of Chicago) ... George Pavich drew with Jimmy Lee ...
NOTE: Zaharias was to face Maurice Tillet, who missed his train in Chicago.

Waterloo, IA: July 25, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (non title) Ken Fenelon* beat Tom Zaharias (2-1) ... Jack
Kennedy beat George Pavich ... Jimmy Lee drew with Jack Conley (20:00)

Waterloo, IA: August 1, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (Boxing) Tony Galento beat Jack Conley (third round-ko) ... Ras
Samara drew with Jack Kennedy (60:00, 1-1) ... Johnny Seals beat Bad Boy Brown (dq)

Waterloo, IA: August 8, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (WTM) Ed Virag* drew with Ken Fenelon (60:00, 1-1) ... Jimmy
Lee beat John Grandovich (dq) (reversed decision) ... Leo McGuirk beat Jack Conley
(dq) ... (referee-Ras Samara)

Waterloo, IA: August 15, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... John Grandovich beat Ras Samara (2-1, dq) ... Jack Kennedy
beat Tom Zaharias (dq) ... Johnny Seals beat Harry Caddell

Waterloo, IA: August 22, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... John Grandovich beat Tom Zaharias (2-1) ... (non title) Ed Virag*
drew with Ras Samara (30:00) ... Jack Kennedy drew with Sailor Frankie Cutler (Ottumwa,
IA naval air base) (both ko’d) ... (referee-Harry Caddell)

Waterloo, IA: August 29, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Ed (Strangler) Lewis beat John Grandovich (1-1, utc) ... Johnny
Seals beat Leo McGuirk (as Leo McGurk) ... Jack Kennedy beat Big Boy Mully (of Kansas
City, MO) ... NOTE: Lewis was said to weigh 285 and Grandovich 260 pounds.

Waterloo, IA: September 5, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (non title) Ken Fenelon* drew with Tom Zaharias (60:00, 1-1) ...
Johnny Seals beat Max Reiner (of Omaha) ... Leo McGuirk beat Jack McBride ... (referee-
Harry Caddell, also spelled Cadell)

Waterloo, IA: September 12, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (ladies) Mae Young beat Gladys (Killem) Gillem (2-0) ... (ladies)
Elviry Snodgrass beat Mae Weston (2-1) ... Emil Dusek vs Tom Zaharias (called out as
Tom had a bad cold and felt the weather was too cold and damp for him to wrestle) ...
(referee-Al Gold)

Waterloo, IA: September 19, 1943 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (ladies) Mae Young vs Elviry Snodgrass ... (ladies) Mae Weston
vs Rose Evans ... Johnny Seals vs Ralph Garibaldi ... (rained out) ... NOTE: Promoter
Pinkie George decided the following Thursday to close down his outdoor cards for the
year.

Waterloo Daily Courier research-Don Luce
Waterloo Wrestling Results - 1943