Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 13, 1948 (The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Bill Longson b. Oki Shikina (2/3) (Shikini won the first fall as the competitors wore judo jackets, but Longson won the second fall with a piledriver under catch rules) (Shikini was unable to continue) … Helen Hild b. Juanita Coffman … Al Lovelock and Reb Russell b. Miguel Guzman and Sonny Myers … Whiskers Savage b. Eric Holmback (DQ) … Dick Trout b. Gorilla Macias … (promoter: Ed McLemore) Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 20, 1948 (The Sportatorium) … Miguel Guzman b. Oki Shikini (2-0) (first fall by DQ) …. Reb Russell b. Sonny Myers (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Helen Hild b. June Byers … Eric Holmback b. Bobby Segura … Jack Terry b. Lee Grable … (promoter: Ed McLemore) Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, August 3, 1948 (The Sportatorium) … Antonino Rocca (local debut) b. Sonny Myers (2-0) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Miguel Guzman b. Nick Elitch … Ray Clements and Tony Morelli b. Sterling “Dizzy” Davis and Joe “Flash” Gordon … Cliff Olson b. Gorilla Macias … (promoter: Ed McLemore) Notes: In the August 3, 1948 write-up in the Dallas Morning News, Rocca was billed as a “wrestler, not just a showman in the sense of the term is used in this country in referring to boys who go through all of the grimaces and contortions of working the fans into a frenzy. His specialties are drop kicks and flyign head scissors;” Elitch was billed as Rocca’ s “policeman.” Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, August 10, 1948 (The Sportatorium) … Antonino Rocca b. Angelo Cistoldi (2-0) (second fall by countout) … Miguel Guzman and Karol Krauser drew … Ray Clements and Tony Morelli b. Sterling “Dizzy” Davis and Joe Gordon … Lord Jan Blears b. Cliff Olson … (promoter: Ed McLemore) Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, August 31, 1948 (The Sportatorium) … Antonino Rocca b. Jack Kennedy (1-0) (Kennedy could not continue) … Miguel Guzman and Karol Krauser drew … Ray Clements and Tony Morelli b. Sterling “Dizzy” Davis and Sonny Myers … Angelo Cistoldi b. (?) … (promoter: Ed McLemore) Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, September 14, 1948 (The Sportatorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Antonino Rocca and Miguel Guzman wrestled to a no decision ( ) … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Leo Voss) Note: Texas Deputy Wrestling Commissioner Bill Hughes declared the Texas Heavyweight Title vacant after the controversial match and ordered a rematch. Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, November 2, 1948 ( ) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz and Antonino Rocca drew (1-1) (90: 00) … Lillian Ellison (local debut) b. Dot Dotson (14:00) … Miguel Guzman b. Al Galento (DQ) (18:00) … Chief Indio Cherokee b. Antone Leone (40 seconds) … Abe Coleman and Angelo Savoldi drew (15:00) … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Leo Voss) … (club physician: Dr. Allen Rosson) Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, November 30, 1948 (The Sportatorium) … Antonino Rocca b. Danny McShain to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title (2-0) (first fall by DQ when McShain threw Rocca over the top rope) … “Wild” Red Berry (local debut) b. Bob Ford … Mike Browning and Miguel Guzman drew … Sterling “Dizzy” Davis b. Angelo Cistoldi … Dutch Hefner b. Chester Hayes … (promoter: Ed McLemore) Note: McShain had captured the title three weeks earlier in Houston on a disqualification. Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, December 14, 1948 (The Sportatorium) … Note: The final show of 1948. Wrestling will take a three week hiatus in Dallas. Research by Tim Hornbaker October 2, 2010 |
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