Los Angeles Wrestling Results

Pasadena, California: Monday, April 16, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Jack Claybourne and Karl Davis drew (45:00) … The Golden Terror
vs. The Masked Cougar … (promoter: Morris Cohan)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, April 18, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … The Masked Cougar b. Jack Claybourne (19:42) … Vincent Lopez
b. Karl Davis (33:10) … Billy Hanson b. Dutch Hefner (26:02) … Super Swedish Angel b.
Brother Jonathan (16:05) … Frank Jarvis b. Mike Works (13:03) … (5,500 fans)
Note: Danny Dusek was introduced to the Olympic Auditorium audience and given a large
ovation. Dusek had spent 37 months in a Japanese internment camp.

Pasadena, California: Monday, April 23, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Jack Claybourne b. Kolo Stasiak (2/3) (Stasiak was a substitution for
The Golden Terror) … (promoter: Morris Cohan)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, April 25, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … Danny Dusek b. The Unmasked Cougar (28:07) … Vincent Lopez
b. The Super Swedish Angel (8:04) … Jack Claybourne b. Czech Angel (10:04) … Billy
Hanson b. Gene Bowman (22:05) … Harold Cornsweet b. Thor Jason (8:02)

Pasadena, California: Monday, April 30, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Jack Claybourne b. The Unmasked Cougar (2/3) (Cougar won the
first fall, Claybourne won the second and third) … (promoter: Morris Cohan)
Note: For National Boy’s Week, members of the Pasadena Boys’ Club worked the show.

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 2, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. The Golden Terror
… Danny Dusek b. Karl Davis (20:08) … Jack Claybourne b. Ted Cox (dec., 45:00) …
Billy Hanson b. Hardy Kruskamp (18:06) … Frank Jares and Butch Madry drew … (7,000
fans)

Pasadena, California: Monday, May 7, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Jack Claybourne and The Golden Terror drew (1-1) … Billy Hanson
b. Dutch Hefner … (promoter: Morris Cohan)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 9, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … Jack Claybourne and Danny Dusek drew (1-1) (Claybourne
suffered a leg injury during the third fall) (Dusek didn’t want to take advantage of
Claybourne’s injury and settled for a draw) … The Golden Terror b. Billy Hanson
(decision) … Frankie Hart and Karol Krauser b. Red Lyons and Mike Nazarian … Butch
Madry b. Frank Jares (judo match) … Mike Works b. Paul Matty

Pasadena, California: Monday, May 14, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Wee Willie Davis and The Golden Terror b. Jack Claybourne and
Hardy Kruskamp … (promoter: Morris Cohan)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 16, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. The Golden Terror
(24:08) (The Terror knocked himself out when he attempted a splash and Londos moved)
… Jack Claybourne b. Big Ben Morgan (19:02) (Claybourne was a substitute for Vincent
Lopez) … Danny Dusek b. Kolo Stasiak (8:10) … Billy Hanson b. Wee Willie Davis (18:05)
… Paul Albertson and Mike Works drew (20:00)
Note: The Golden Terror wrestled without a mask in this time-frame, and was Bobby
Stewart.

Pasadena, California: Monday, May 21, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Bill Hanson b. Big Ben Morgan (2/3) … (promoter: Morris Cohan)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 23, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … Tournament … Butch Madry b. Stanley Kerfoot … Jack
Claybourne b. Brother Frank … Butch Madry b. Big Ben Morgan … Bill Hanson b. Lou
Plummer … Stanley Kerfoot b. Frank Albertson … Brother Jonathan b. Billy Hanson …
Jack Claybourne b. Tiny Porter … Jack Claybourne b. Brother Jonathan to win the
tournament (16:10 )

Pasadena, California: Monday, May 28, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Danny Dusek b. El Diablo … (promoter: Morris Cohan)
Note: Dusek was using a hold called the “Filipino sleeper.”

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, May 31, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … Jack Claybourne b. Brother Jonathan (DQ) … Danny Dusek b.
Brother Frank (29:06) … Chief Little Wolf and Butch Madry drew (30:00) … The Super
Swedish Angel b. Hardy Kruskamp (12:21) … Paul Matty b. Tiny Porter (19:10)

Santa Monica, California: Friday, June 1, 1945
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny Dusek b. Lou Plummer (2/3)

Redondo Beach, California: Saturday, June 2, 1945
(Redondo Beach Arena)

Pasadena, California: Monday, June 4, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Danny Dusek b. El Diablo (Dutch Hefner) (2-0) … (promoter: Morris
Cohan)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, June 6, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … Brother Jonathan and Danny Dusek drew (90:00) … Karl Davis
and Billy Hansen were both knocked out (Hansen was originally scheduled to wrestle Lou
Plummer) … Hans Schnabel b. Sergeant Gene Bowman … Jack Claybourne b. Brother
Frank … Paul Matty b. Bob Goochis
Note: Bob Goochis was also called George Goochis by the Los Angeles Examiner.

Santa Monica, California: Friday, June 8, 1945
(Ocean Park Arena) … Hans Schnabel b. Billy Hansen … Danny Dusek b. Dutch Hefner

Redondo Beach, California: Saturday, June 9, 1945
(Redondo Beach Arena)

Pasadena, California: Monday, June 11, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Brother Frank and Brother Jonathan wrestled El Diablo and Hans
Schnabel to a draw
Note: Schnabel was originally booked to team with Karl Davis

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, June 13, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … Vincent Lopez b. Danny Dusek (2/3) … Sandor Szabo b. Chief
Little Wolf (26:12) … Brother Jonathan and Hans Schnabel drew (30:00) … Harry McEnnis
b. Dutch Hefner (20:04) … Paul Matty b. Mike Works (13:05)

Pasadena, California: Monday, December 17, 1945
(Pasadena Arena) … Frank Hickey vs. The Golden Terror

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, December 19, 1945
(Olympic Auditorium) … Sandor Szabo b. The Golden Terror (2/3) … Abe “King Kong”
Kashey b. Cliff Thiede … Frank Hickey b. Brother Myron … Butch Madry b. Frank Cutler
… Jack Corby b. Mike Works … (4,000 fans)
Notes: Cliff Thiede was called a “former Trojan athlete.” No show next week.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 16, 2007

Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1945