Edmonton Wrestling Results

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, March 6, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Aldo Bogni and Killer Kowalski b. George Scott and Billy Watson (2/3)
(Scott pinned Kowalski for the first fall, Bogni pinned Scott for the second, Kowalski pinned
Watson for the third) … Paul Vachon and Bill Wright drew … Count Burga b. George Kosti
… John Foti b. Pierre LaChappelle … Czaya Nandor b. Dave Ruhl (2-0) … (promoter:
Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, March 13, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Sandor Kovacs and Czaya Nandor b. Aldo Bogni and Killer Kowalski
(2/3) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Bearcat Wright drew (45:00) … Bill Wright b. Pierre
LaChappelle … John Foti b. Paul Vachon (DQ) … Count Bruga b. George Scott …
(promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, March 20, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Canadian “World” Heavyweight Champion Killer Kowalski b. Sandor
Kovacs (2/3) … Bearcat Wright b. Count Bruga (DQ) … Czaya Nandor b. Aldo Bogni …
John Foti and Bill Wright b. Pierre LaChappelle and Paul Vachon … Dave Ruhl b. Jan
Gotch … The Mighty Ursus b. Tommy O’Toole (24 seconds) … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)
Note: No show next week due to the stock show at the Sales Pavilion

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, April 3, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Sandor Kovacs and Czaya Nandor b. Aldo Bogni and Alex Bruga (2/3)
(third fall by DQ) (Bruga’s manager Homer O’Dell interfered) … Gene Kiniski and Killer
Kowalski b. Mighty Ursus and Bearcat Wright (2/3) … Jan Gotch and Paul Vachon b. John
Dane and George Kosti … John Foti and Bill Wright b. Jack Kris and Dave Ruhl …
(promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Monday, April 9, 1962
(The Gardens) … Canadian “World” Heavyweight Champion Killer Kowalski b. The Mighty
Ursus (2/3) (Ursus was counted out) … Sandor Kovacs and Czaya Nandor b. Aldo Bogni,
Count Bruga and Colonel Homer O’Dell (2/3) … Nikita Kalmikoff b. George Kosti … John
Foti and Bill Wright b. Jan Gotch and Paul Vachon … Bearcat Wright b. Dave Ruhl …
(promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, April 17, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Bearcat Wright won a 13-man wrestle royal when Killer Kowalski left the
ring (Wright won $1,300) … Sandor Kovacs and Dave Ruhl drew … John Foti and Nikita
Kalmikoff drew (15:00) … Bill Wright b. Paul Vachon … Aldo Bogni b. George Kosti …
Bearcat Wright b. Jan Gotch … Count Alexis Bruga b. Mighty Ursus … (promoter: Rocky
Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, April 24, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Bearcat Wright b. Count Alexis Bruga (Bruga was knocked out and
carried from the ring) … Vince Montana b. George Kosti … Aldo Bogni b. Pierre
LaChappelle … Johnny Foti b. Jan Gotch … Czaya Nandor and Bill Wright b. Nikita
Kalmikoff and Dave Ruhl … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, May 1, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Sandor Kovacs and Czaya Nandor b. Aldo Bogni, Count Bruga and
Colonel Homer O’Dell (2/3) (ring surrounded by a six foot chicken wire) … Bearcat Wright
b. Vince Montana … John Foti and Bill Wright b. Pierre LaChappelle and Dave Ruhl …
The Mighty Ursus b. George Kosti … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, May 8, 1962
(The Gardens) … World Heavyweight Champion Killer Kowalski and Bearcat Wright drew
(1-1) (60:00) … International Tag Team Champions Aldo Bogni and Count Alexis Bruga b.
John Foti and Bill Wright (2/3) … Sandor Kovacs and Czaya Nandor b. Pierre LaChappelle
and Dave Ruhl … The Mighty Ursus b. Vince Montana … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, May 15, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Bearcat Wright b. World Heavyweight Champion Killer Kowalski (2/3)
(third fall by DQ) (referee was Mighty Ursus) … Sandor Kovacs and Czaya Nandor b. Aldo
Bogni and Count Alex Bruga to capture the International Tag Team Title (2/3) … Bill
Wright b. Vince Montana … John Foti b. Nick Harris … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, May 22, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … World Heavyweight Champion Killer Kowalski b. Mighty Ursus …
International Tag Team Champions Sandor Kovacs and Czaya Nandor b. Vince Montana
and Dave Ruhl … John Foti b. Aldo Bogni (2-0) … June Byers won a seven girl wrestle
royal, pinning Kathy Starr in the finals … Jack Kris and Bill Wright drew (15:00) … Count
Bruga b. Bill Torontos … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, May 29, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … World Heavyweight Champion Killer Kowalski b. Count Bruga and
Colonel Homer O’Dell (handicap match) … Sandor Kovacs b. Bill Wright … John Foti b.
Jack Kris … George Torontos b. Rick Ronaldo … Dave Ruhl and Mighty Ursus drew …
(promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, June 5, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … World Heavyweight Champion Killer Kowalski b. Yvon Durelle (2-0) …
Women’s World Champion June Byers b. Kathy Starr (2/3) … Sandor Kovacs b. Rick
Renaldo … John Foti b. George Torontos … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, June 12, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … World Heavyweight Champion Killer Kowalski b. Bearcat Wright (2-0)
(no disqualification match) … Yvon Durelle vs. Col. Homer O’Dell … Ronnie Etchison vs.
Mighty Ursus … International Tag Team Champions Sandor Kovacs and Czaya Nandor vs.
Dave Ruhl and Bill Torontos … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, June 19, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … World Heavyweight Champion Killer Kowalski b. Ronnie Etchison …
Hans Hermann b. John Foti … Jim Crabmire and Mike Valentino b. Sandor Kovacs and
Les Thatcher (Valentino pinned Thatcher) … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, June 26, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Killer Kowalski b. Primo Carnera (2/3) … International Tag Team
Champions Sandor Kovacs and Czaya Nandor b. Jim Grabmire and Hans Hermann (2/3)
… World Heavyweight Champion Ronnie Etchison b. Mike Valentino … John Foti and
Mighty Ursus drew … Dave Ruhl b. Les Thatcher … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)
Note: Recently, Etchison beat Kowalski in Saskatoon to capture the World Heavyweight
Title.

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, July 3, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … World Heavyweight Champion Ronnie Etchison b. Hans Hermann (2/3)
… Ben Sharpe b. Primo Carnera (2/3) … John Foti and Mark Lewin b. Jim Grabmire and
Mike Valentino (18:00) (Foti and Lewin were substitutes for Sandor Kovacs and Czaya
Nandor) … Magnificent Robert b. Les Thatcher … Dave Ruhl b. The Mighty Ursus (DQ)
(Ursus hit the referee) … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)
Note: Etchison was referred to as “the new Wagner ring world’s heavyweight grappling
champ.”

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, July 10, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Killer Kowalski b. Dave Ruhl (17:22) (Prairie Death Match) (eight
wrestlers were on the ring apron) (Ruhl was beaten by Hans Hermann and Mike Valentino)
… The Mighty Ursus b. Nick Harris (14:30) … Mark Lewin and Mike Valentino were both
disqualified … Sandor Kovacs b. Jim Grabmire (12:15) … Ronnie Etchison b. Hans
Hermann (DQ) … Magnificent Robert (of Paris) b. Czaya Nandor (2/3) … (promoter:
Rocky Wagner)
Note: No show next week.

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, July 24, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Ronnie Etchison and Mark Lewin vs. Hans Hermann and Mike Valentino
… others on the show were Paul DeGallis, Jim Grubmire, Mighty Ursus, Czaya Nandor,
Dave Ruhl, Bill Torontois … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, July 31, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Ronnie Etchison and Mark Lewin b. Hans Hermann and Mike Valentino
(DQ) … Ronnie Etchison b. Mike Valentino (2/3) … Czaya Nandor b. Mighty Ursus (16:10)
… Paul DeGallis and Sandor Kovacs drew … Dave Ruhl b. Fisher Boy (9:30) …
(promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, August 7, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Czaya Nandor b. Hans Hermann (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (Mike Valentino
interfered) … The Mighty Ursus b. Ronnie Etchison (2/3) (during the third fall, Etchison
quit after suffering a leg injury) … Sandor Kovacs and Mark Lewin b. Paul DeGallis and
Dave Ruhl … George Gordienko and Mike Valentino drew … Ray Osborne b. Fisher Boy
… (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, August 14, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Mark Lewin and Czaya Nandor b. Hans Hermann and Mike Valentino
(2/3) … Ronnie Etchison b. The Mighty Ursus (2-0) (first fall by DQ) (second fall in 30
seconds) … Sandor Kovacs and Dave Ruhl drew … Paul DeGallis b. Fisher Boy (11:20)
… June Byers b. Darlene Shields (13:30) … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)

Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, August 21, 1962
(Sales Pavilion) … Ronnie Etchison b. Mark Lewin (2/3) … Chuck Bruce b. The Mighty
Ursus (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Mike Valentino b. Sandor Kovacs (14:18) … Czaya Nandor
b. Fisher Boy (8:14) … Dave Ruhl b. Paul DeGallis (19:20) … (promoter: Rocky Wagner)
Note: No show next week.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 28, 2010

Edmonton Wrestling Results - 1962