1940's

1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949

1940

3/5/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) Everett Marshall Drew Lou Thesz

3/12/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Att: 3,000)Everett Marshall Over Lou Thesz 2/3 Falls Dr. Gordon Mackenzie Drew Don Mcintyre Mike Mazurki Over Big Ben Morgan

3/19/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Promoter Lloyd Carter) Billy Thom Over The Great Mephisto 2/3 Falls Lew Nyman Over Dr. Gordon Mac Mackenzie Via Decision (30 Mins) Mike Mazurki Over Juan Humberto (Billy Thom Was Wrestling Coach At Indiana University. Mephisto Had Given Him His First Defeat In Indianapolis In Five Years The Season Before.)

3/26/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Att: 3,000)(NWA World Title) Ray Steele Drew Everett Marshall 2/3 Falls (90 Mins) Dorve Roche Over Dr. Gordon Mackenzie  Bill Lee Over Mike Mazurki (Promoter Was Lloyd Carter Of The Hercules Athletic Club)

4/2/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) Jim Mc Millen Over John Granovich 2/3 Falls (2 St) Dorve Roche Drew Bill Lee  Don Mcintyre Over Juan Humberto  Morris Shapiro Over The Great Mephisto (Morris Later Became The Great Atlas)

4/9/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Att: >2,000) Billy Thom Over Lord Lansdowne 2/3 Falls  Dorve Roche Over Dr. Gordon Mac Mackenzie Via Utc  Marvin Jones Drew Don Mc Mcintyre

4/16/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory)  Bill Lee Vs Dorve Roche (Referee-Jess Willard) Louis Thesz Vs Jack Zarnas Morris Shapiro Vs Maurice Letchford

4/23/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) Louis Thesz Over Jim Mc Millen 2/3 Falls  Everett Marshall Over Marvin Jones Via Cor  Bill Lee Over Don Mc Intyre

4/30/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Att: Sellout 3,500 With 200 Turned Away) Jim Mc Millen Over Louis Thesz 2/3 Falls (90 Mins) Via Wof Maurice Tillet Over Rudy Kay Jack Kennedy Over Bill Lee Len Macaluso Over Marvin Jones (The French Angel Was The Reason For The Sellout)

5/7/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Att: 2,000)Everett Marshall Over Jim Mcmillen 2/3 Falls (2 St)Dorve Roche Over Cowboy Luttral Morris Shapiro Over Alex Kasaboski Jack Kennedy Over Hans Schnable

5/14/40 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) Joe Savoldi Over Jack Kennedy 2/3 Falls Hans Schnable Over   Dr.Gordon Mac Kenzie Bob H*)

1941

4/1/41 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) Sgt. Bob Kenaston Over Buck Weaver 1/1 Fall Frankie Talaber Over Mike Chacoma Whitey Wahlberg Over Tuffy Cleet

4/8/41 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory)Everett Marshall Over Gino Garibaldi Frankie Talaber Over Billy Thom Ray Eckert Drew Am Rascher Harry Kent Over Joe Millich

4/15/41 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Att: 2,000)Ray Steele Over Everett Marshall
Lou Thesz Over Joe Dusek Sgt. Bob Kenaston Over Frankie Hill

4/22/41 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Att: 2,000) Dorve Roche Over Jim Mc Millen
Frankie Talaber Over Billy Thom Sgt. Bob Kenaston Over Bad Boy Brown Ray Eckert Over Harry Kent (Mc Millen Subbed For Ray Villmer)

4/29/41 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Att: 2,200) Ray Steele Drew Everett Marshall  Frankie Talaber Vs Stacey Hall  Ralph Garibaldi Vs Don Mc Intyre Ray Eckert Vs Pat Freeman

5/6/41 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) (Promoter-Lloyd Carter)Louis Thesz Over Ralph Garibaldi Frank Talaber Over Buck Weaver The Great Mephisto Over Len Hughes

5/13/41 Indianapolis, In (National Guard Armory) Frank Talaber Over Buck Weaver 2/3 Falls Via Dq (2 St)Bob Kenaston Over Jules Larance Tommy O’toole Over Fred Carone

5/20/41 Indianapolis Sports Arena Ray Steele Drew Lou Thesz 2/3 Falls (90 Mins) Dorve Roche Over Cowboy Luttrell Ray Eckert Over Babe Zaharias

("Steele And Thesz Wrestle To Draw
Indianapolis May 21, 1941 Ray Steele, 218, Glendale, Cal And Lou Thesz, 235, St. Louis, Wrestled To A Draw In The Main Go Of The Hercules Athletic Club's First Outdoor Wrestling Show Of The Season At The Sports Arena Last Night. Steele Won The First Fall In 43 Minutes With A Leg Lock And Press. Thesz Evened The Score In 16 Minutes With A Dropkick And Press And They Battled On Even Terms For The Remainder Of The 90-Minute Time Limit Tussle." Newspaper Account From The Indianapolis Star.)

5/27/41 Indianapolis Sports Arena Maurice Tillet Over Ernie Dusek 2/3 Falls Emil Dusek Over Abe Kashey Buck Weaver Over Whitey Wahiberg Joe Cox Over Harry Kent

6/10/41 Indianapolis Sports Arena Bob Kenaston Over Frank Talaber 2/3 Falls Jack Hagan Drew Dave Reynolds Billy Thom Over Jules La Rance—Referee—Man Mountain Dean

6/17/41 Indianapolis Sports Arena Billy Thom Over Bob Kenaston 2/3 Falls Stacey Hall Over Dave Reynolds Jules La Rance Over Jack Hagen

6/24/41 Indianapolis Sports Arena Frank Talaber Over Billy Thom 2/3 Falls Via Wof (90 Mins) Stacey Hall Over Jules La Rance Lord Lansdowne Over Russ Jones Aak Over Sid Marcus

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1947

10/7/47 Armory; Buddy Curtis/Martino Angelo stopped Rex Moberly/Billy Weidner

10/14/47 Armory Buddy Curtis vs Dutch Shultz, Billy Raborn vs Red Lyons, Tommy Nilan vs Sammy Kohen

1948

6/22/48—Indianapolis Sports Arena (Att: 2,800)(NWA World Title) Wild Bill Longson Over Joe Savoldi 2/3 Falls Via Cor Fritz Schnable Over Ray Gunkel Buddy Rogers Over Don Mcintyre

6/29/48—Indianapolis Sports Arena (World Jhc) Johnny Demchuk Over Rene Labelle 2/3 Falls Via Utc Jack Terry Over Bill Alexander Eddie Williams Drew Tommy Martindale

7/6/48—Indianapolis Sports Arena (Att: 2,500)Sky Hi Lee & Hans Schnable Over Don Mcintyre & Ralph Garibaldi 2/3 Falls Enrique Torres Drew Al Lovelock 2/3 Falls

7/13/48—Indianapolis Sports Arena (Att: 2,500)Salvatore Balbo & Tom Martindale Over Gil Lacross & Jack Terry 2/3 Falls Ray Gunkel Drew Lefty Pacer

7/20/48 Indianapolis Fairgrounds Coliseum (Att: 6,500)(NWA World Title) Bill Longson Lost To Lou Thesz 2/3 Falls (Title Change) Joe Savoldi Over Don Mcintyre Bobby Managoff Drew Al Lovelock

7/27/48— Indianapolis Sports Arena Salvatore Balbo & Billy Fox Over Jack Terry & Jim Spencer 2/3 Falls Via Dq Danny Savich Over Silent Rattan

8/3/48—Indianapolis Sports Arena (Att: 2,200)Al Lovelock Over Joe Savoldi 2/3 Falls
Sky Hi Lee Over Warren Bockwinkel Ralph Garibaldi Over Ray Gunkel

8/10/48—Indianapolis Sports Arena (Att: 2,500)Jack Terry & Jim Spencer Over Salvatore Balbo & Billy Fox 2/3 Falls Danny Savich Over Rob Fenton

1949

1/10/49 Chicago IL Midway Ivan Kalmikoff W/Joe Millich Bobby Nelson W/Jack Conley Nick Kapetan/Danno McDonald W/Ray Ryan/Rowdy Pocan Ned Taylor W/Larry Davis

1/12/49 Chicago IL Rainbo Billy Goelz W/Al Szaza Jim McMillan D/Rudy Kay Bobby Nelson W/Don Koch Ray Ryan/Billy Venable W/Danno McDonald/Nick Kapetan

1/13/49 Chicago IL Madison Arena Don Koch W/Ruffy Silverstein Jim McMillan W/Joe Millich Kola Kwariani/Jack Zeravich W/Larry Davis/Bobby Nelson Pete Vulavich W/Pete Bartu

1/14/49 Chicago IL Amphitheatre Gorgeous George W/Ralph Garbibaldi Hans Schnabel W/Bert Rubi Walter Palmer D/Karol Krauser Fred Davis W/Kola Kwariani Young Shiranuhi/Duke Keomoka W/Jack Conley/Rudy Kay att= 10,000

1/24/49 Chicago IL Midway Walter Palmer vs. Karol Krauser Fred Davis vs. Don Koch Dory Funk/Billy Venable vs. Al Szasz/Bobby Nelson Danno McDonald vs. Rowdy Pocan

1/26/49 Chicago IL Rainbo Jiu Jitsu Jacket match Duke Keomuka/Young Shiranuhi vs. Hans/Fritz Schnabel Al Szasz vs. Dory Funk Jack Conley vs. Bobby Nelson Zack Malkov vs. Lou Singer

1/27/49 Chicago IL Madison Arena Fred Davis/Jim McMillen vs. Jack Conley/Kola Kwariani Bobby Nelson vs. Don Koch Pat Graham vs. Lou Singer Tiny Berke vs. Ned Taylor

2/11/49 Chicago IL Amphitheatre Primo Carnera, Argentine Rocca, Hans Schnabel, Enrique Torres on card

7/22/49  Gary IN (Armory) Billy Goelz vs. Billy Hickson

12/21/49   South Bend  IN (Palais Royale) Don Eagle vs. Rudy Kay Ivan Rasputin vs. Tarzan White Gypsy Joe vs. Billy Parks

 

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