Los Angeles Wrestling Results

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, March 22, 1933
(Olympic Auditorium) … Jim McMillen b. Joe Savoldi to capture the vacant California State
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Savoldi won the first fall in 13:43, McMillen won the second in 30:
50) (Savoldi injured his back during the second fall and was unable to continue) … Vic
Christy and George Kotsonaros were both counted out (28:15) … Rube Wright b. Henry
Graber (13:27) … Oki Shikina and Ruby Skarda drew (30:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro) …
(booking group: Londos-Packs-Fabiani-White)
Note: Rube Wright was billed as being from the Hollywood Athletic Club.

*Ray Steele had been recognized as California State champion here last summer after a
series of wins over the best in this section at the time, and presented with a belt
emblematic of the title by Dr. Harry W. Martin, chairman of the State Athletic Commission,
had his championship claims vacated by the commissioner yesterday (3-20-33). Steele
was reportedly stripped of the championship because he was refusing to meet the winner
of the McMillen-Savoldi match.

Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, March 29, 1933
(Olympic Auditorium) … Ray Steele b. Jim McMillen to capture the California State
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (McMillen won the first fall in 1:34:52) (match had not been
completed as of press time for the Los Angeles Times) … George Kotsonaros b. Tony
Marconi (10:50) … Oki Shikina b. Dr. P.A. Mullikan (14:14) (jiu-jitsu match) … Rube Wright
b. Pat Flanagan (4:14) … Rudy Skarda b. George Maloney (4:42) … (promoter: Lou
Daro)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, April 12, 1933
(Olympic Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Ray Steele
(2/3) (Londos won the first fall in 45:03, Steele won the second in 44:20, Londos won the
third fall in 9:15) … Rudy Skarda b. Oki Shikina (16:21) … Tony Marconi b. George
Maloney (9:40) … Prince Chewchki b. Tex Wright (4:02) … (promoter: Lou Daro) …
(9,000 fans)

*On April 20, 1933, the Los Angeles Times reported that there would be no wrestling
program on Wednesday, April 26 and that Lou Daro was looking to bring in wrestlers like
Gus Sonnenberg and Ed Don George. This shows a change in the talent pool from the
Londos syndicate to the Bowser syndicate.

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 17, 1933
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Nick Lutze (2/3) …
Oki Shikina and Ad Santel drew (20:00) (jiu-jitsu style match) … Tiny Roebuck b. Ray
Jarecki (1:00) … Glenn Wade b. Tex Wright (3:51) … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, June 7, 1933
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Ed “Strangler”
Lewis (Browning won the first fall with his “celebrated” flying turnover scissors, Lewis won
the second in 11:11, Browning won the third in 11:11) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Hal Rumberg
(2-0) … Sammy Stein b. Tiny Roebuck (14:31) … Glenn Wade b. Pete Shoe (9:31) … Vic
Christy and George Hgaen drew (15:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, July 12, 1933
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Gus Sonnenberg
(2/3) (Sonnenberg won the first fall in 32 seconds, Browning won the second in 24:48 and
the third in 5:37) … Sammy Stein b. Ed “Strangler” Lewis (2/3) (Lewis won the first fall in
16:20, Stein won the second in 4:38 and the third in 5:13) … George Hagen and Charley
Santen drew (30:00) … Vic Christy b. Tor Johnson (9:37) … Louie Bacigalupe and
George Wilson drew (15:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, July 26, 1933
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Charley Santen (2-
0) (Browning won the first fall in 19:17 and the second in 9:57 with turnover scissor holds)
… Sammy Stein b. George Hagen (20:39) (several of Stein’s teeth were broken during the
match) (the Los Angeles Times reported that Hagen “looks like Harpo Marx with a broken
nose, only worse”) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Louie Baciglaupi (7:31) … (promoter: Lou
Daro)

Los Angeles, California: Monday, August 28, 1933
(Wrigley Field) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Sammy Stein (2/3)
(Browning won the first fall in 21:59, Stein won the second in 7:15, Browning won the third
fall in 4:02) … Nick Lutze and Gus Sonnenberg drew (30:00) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b.
Marin Plestina (5:24) … Vic Christy b. Pete Shoe (9:57) … George Hagen and Charley
Santen drew (15:00) … Casey Columbo b. Gus Ellers (4:25) … (promoter: Lou Daro) …
(14,000 fans) … (in attendance: Maxie Rosenbloom)
Note: According to the Los Angeles Times, “close to 14,000 mat fans witnessed the bout.
Promoter Lou Daro expressed the belief that another 10,000 had purchased tickets but
failed to show up.”

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, November 8, 1933
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Sammy Stein (2/3)
(Browning won the first fall in 35:11, Stein won the second and Browning won the third in 9:
35) … Dr. Fred Meyers and Nick Lutze drew (30:00) … Steve Znosky b. Tiny Roebuck …
Casey Columbo b. Pat O’Hara (4:27) … Scotty Dawkins b. Jim Corrigan (6:04) …
(promoter: Lou Daro) … (6,500 fans)
Notes: Meyers was billed as a Chicago dentist; Steve Znosky was reportedly a “former
Princeton tackle.”

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1933