Los Angeles, California:  February 9, 1927 (initial of 1927)
(Olympic Auditorium) … Paul Jones b. Jim Browning (2/3) (Browning won the first fall in 32:
38, Jones won the second in 26:40, Jones won the third in 15:31) … Frank Judson b.
Gilberto Martinez (3:40), Carlos Sepulueda (4:40) and Reginald Siki (9:38) (The Los
Angeles Times reported that Judson had reminded some of Frank Gotch) (Judson had
been scheduled to wrestle Tom Draak, but he was unable to wrestle due to a “bad
physical condition.”) … World Welterweight Champion Matty Matsuda b. Pete Vocino (6:
31) … Russell Vis b. Royal Van Dusen (3:50) … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  February 23, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Paul Jones and George Kotsonaros drew (2-hours) (1-1)
(Kotsonaros won the first fall in 1:19:15, Jones won the second) … Frank Judson b. The
Masked Marvel (2:26) (Marvel was Guy de Caborle, a 310 pound wrestler) … Matty
Matsuda b. Peter Wiley (12:22) … Chris Michaels b. Reginald Siki (special handicap
match) (Siki had to throw Michaels in 15-minutes and failed) … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  March 16, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Nick Lutze b. Charles Leppanan to earn a shot at Stecher (2/3)
(Leppanan won the first fall in 33:33, Lutze won the second in 6:33, Lutze won the third in
7:15) … George Kotsonaros b. Martinoff Zikovich (10:51) … Matsuda b. Jack Vargo (the
latter failed to throw him in 60-minutes) (Vargo forfeitted $500) … Russell Vis b. Nick
Karavas (18:00) … (promoter:  Lou Daro)
Notes:  Charles Leppanan claimed a win over Marin Plestina in Chicago; Russell Vis was
reportedly a protégé of Walter Miller.

Los Angeles, California:  March 30, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher vs. Nick Lutze …
World Welterweight Champion Matty Matsuda b. Jack (Joe?) Vargo (DQ) … Reginald Siki
vs. Martin Zikovich … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  April 13, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Paul Jones b. Tommy Draak (2-0) … Matty Matsuda b. Joe (?)
Vargo (2-0) … Orman Shoemaker b. Martin Zicovich (7:27) … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  April 27, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Tommy Draak vs. Nick Lutze … Walter Miller vs. Ben Reuben …
William Demetral vs. Charlie Hanson … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  May 11, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Paul Jones vs. Nick Lutze … Renato Gardini vs. Charlie Hanson
… Matty Matsuda vs. Unknown … Chris Michaels vs. Leo Papiano … (promoter:  Lou
Daro) … (referee:  Paul Sickner)

Los Angeles, California:  May 25, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Paul Jones vs. Nick Lutze … Renato Gardini vs. George
Kotsonaros … Tommy Henderson vs. Russell Vis … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  June 8, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher vs. Paul Jones …
Charlie Hanson vs. Richard Schikat … Renato Gardini vs. Tommy Thompson …
(promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  June 22, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Paul Jones vs. Jim Londos … Chris Michaels vs. Bull Montana …
Leo Papiano vs. Tommy Thompson … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  July 6, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Paul Jones vs. Jim Londos … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  July 20, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Jim Londos vs. John Pesek … Renato Gardini vs. Ormand
Shoemaker … Marvel Chin vs. Russell Vis … (promoter:  Lou Daro) … (referee:  Don
McDonald)

Los Angeles, California:  August 3, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  August 17, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher vs. Paul Jones …
Dick Daviscourt vs. Jim Londos … Alex Aberg vs. Renato Gardini … (promoter:  Lou
Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  August 31, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … Dick Daviscourt vs. Jim Londos … George Kotsonaros vs.
Hassan Muhammed … Nathan Sosnofsky vs. Russell Vis … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California:  September 14, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher vs. Dick Daviscourt …
Renato Gardini vs. Hassan Muhammed … Alex Aberg vs. Professor T. Higami (Two ten-
minute periods of jiu-jitsu) … (promoter:  Lou Daro)

Pasadena, California:  September 19, 1927
(Pasadena Arena) … George Kotsonaros b. Carlos Sepulveda (29:25) … Al Baffert and
Bull Montana drew (60:00) … Russell Vis b. Nathan Sosnosfy (8:15) … (promoter:  Morrie
Cohen) (initial wrestling show) … (referee:  Don McDonald)

Los Angeles, California:  September 28, 1927
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher vs. Dick Daviscourt …
Hassan Muhammed vs. Pete Sauer … Vic Russell vs. Russell Vis … (promoter:  Lou
Daro)

Pasadena, California:  October 3, 1927
(Pasadena Arena) … Gilberto Martinez vs. Bull Montana … Espstein vs. Russell Vis …
Felix Lopez vs. Carlos Sepulveda … (promoter:  Morrie Cohan) (second wrestling show)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 23, 2010
Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1927