Los Angeles Wrestling Results

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, February 3, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Lord Leslie Carlton b. Sandor Szabo (2/3) (Szabo won the first
fall in 20:10, Carlton won the second in 14:38, Carlton won the third in 12:48) (Szabo
protested, claiming that Carlton’s second, the “Swami” interfered) (non televised main
event) … Karl Davis and John Tolos b. Mario DeSouza and Wilbur Snyder (2/3) … Bud
Curtis b. Ray Stevens … Dr. Lee Grable b. Frenchy Roy … Juan Hernendez b. Aldo
Bogni … (promoter: Cal Eaton)
Note: The Carlton-Szabo feud was reportedly going to “rival the first Lou Thesz-Baron
Leone match as a box-office draw.”

Los Angeles, California: March 3, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Baron Michele Leone
b. Mr. Moto (2/3) (Leone won the first fall in 6:29 with a neckbreaker, Moto won the
second in 5:21 with a sleeperhold, Leone won the third fall in 1:59) … Wilbur Snyder and
Sandor Szabo b. Lord Carlton and John Tolos (2/3) … Gory Guerrero and Jackie Nichols
drew … Karl Davis and Mario DeSouza drew … John Cretoria b. Dr. Lee Grable …
(promoter: Cal Eaton)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 5, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Gorgeous George b. Danny Savich (2/3) … Wilbur Snyder and
Sandor Szabo b. Bud Curtis and Killer Karl Davis (2-0) … Bobo Brazil b. Jack McDonald
… Frank Jares b. Gory Guerrero … Pepi Pasquale b. John Cretoria … (promoter: Cal
Eaton) … (3,800 fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 12, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bobo Brazil b. Danny Savich and Juan Zepeda (handicap match)
… Al Lovelock and Tom Rice b. Wilbur Snyder and Sandor Szabo … Leo Garibaldi b.
Killer Karl Davis … Vic Christy and Pepi Pasquale drew … Frank Jares b. Bob Bristol …
Jack McDonald b. Hardy Kruskamp … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (5,800 fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 19, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Lord Blears and Lord Layton b. Mario DeSouza and Leo
Garibaldi … Billy Varga b. Jack McDonald … Vic Christy and Karl Davis drew … Pepi
Pasquale b. Stan Ellis … Juan Zepeda b. Thor Hagen … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (2,100
fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 26, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bobo Brazil and Wilbur Snyder b. Al Lovelock and Tom Rice …
Lord Blears and Sandor Szabo drew … Lord Layton b. Vic Christy … Billy Varga b. Frank
Jares … Joe Pazandak b. Pepi Pasquale … Mario DeSouza b. Juan Zepeda …
(promoter: Cal Eaton) … (9,200 fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, June 2, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bobo Brazil and Wilbur Snyder wrestled Al Lovelock and Tom
Rice to a draw … Lord Layton b. Mario DeSouza … Lord Blears b. Karl Davis … Joe
Pazandak and Billy Varga drew … Vic Christy b. Tom Renesto … (6,500 fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, June 9, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Lord Athol Layton b. Tom Rice … Bobo Brazil and Wilbur Snyder
b. Jack McDonald and Joe Pazandak … Al Lovelock b. Vic Christy … Lord Blears b. Pepi
Pasquale … Warren Bockwinkel b. Mario DeSouza … (promoter: Cal Eaton)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, June 16, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Al Lovelock and Tom Rice b. Bobo Brazil (handicap match)
(Brazil beat Rice, but drew with Lovelock) … Lord Blears and Lord Layton b. Gino
Garibaldi and Warren Bockwinkel … Joe Pazandak b. Lee Grable … Gene Kiniski b. Jack
McDonald … Frank Jares b. Tom Renesto … Vic Christy b. Juan Zepeda … (promoter:
Cal Eaton) … (7,800 fans)
Notes: During this time-frame, Dave Levin provided TV intermission interviews.

Los Angeles, California: September 1, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bobo Brazil, Sandor Szabo and Wilbur Snyder b. Lord Blears,
Kubla Khan and Gene Kiniski (2/3) … Tom Rice b. Gino Garibaldi … The Great Bolo b.
Dennis Clary … Warren Bockwinkel b. Danny Savich … George Dusette and Hardy
Kruskamp drew … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (10,4000 fans)

Los Angeles, California: September 8, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bobo Brazil b. Gene Kiniski (2/3) … Dennis Cleary and Wilbur
Snyder b. Ed Gardenia and Joe Pazandak … Hombre Montana b. Warren Bockwinkel …
Lord Blears b. Danny Savich … Ted Christy b. Hardy Kruskamp

Los Angeles, California: September 15, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Lord Blears b. Bobo Brazil (2/3) … Hombre Montana b. Tom Rice
(2/3) … Joe Pazandak and Danny Plechas wrestled Dennis Cleary and Mike Lane to a
draw … Warren Bockwinkel b. Bob Corby … Hardy Kruskamp b. Bob Bristol (2,500 fans)

Los Angeles, California: September 22, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bobo Brazil and Sandor Szabo wrestled The Great Bolo and Tom
Rice to a no contest … Danny Plechas b. Warren Bockwinkel … Dennis Cleary b. Frank
Jares … Gene Kiniski and Mike Lane drew … Danny Savich b. Hardy Kruskamp

Los Angeles, California: September 29, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bobo Brazil, Wilbur Snyder and Sandor Szabo b. The Great
Bolo, Danny Plechas and Tom Rice (2/3) … Hombre Montana and Ricardo Montana b.
Gene Kiniski and Joe Pazandak … Mike Lane b. Lord Blears … Dennis Cleary b. Danny
Savich … Warren Bockwinkel b. Ted Christy … Nick Bockwinkel b. John Cretoria

Los Angeles, California: October 6, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bobo Brazil b. Danny Plechas (2-0) … Gene Kiniski and John
Tolos b. Hombre Montana and Ricard Montana (2/3) … Warren Bockwinkel and Mike
Lane drew … Dennis Cleary b. Kubla Khan … Nick Bockwinkel b. Red Shoes Dugan …
(promoter: Cal Eaton) … (4,500 fans)

Los Angeles, California: October 13, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … International TV Tag Team Champions Gene Kiniski and John
Tolos b. Bobo Brazil and Wilbur Snyder (2/3) … Danny Plechas b. Mike Lane … Sandor
Szabo b. Kubla Khan … Nick Bockwinkel b. Stan Kowalski … Dr. Lee Grable and Danny
Savich drew … (3,500 fans) … (referees: Cecil Payne, Mike Ruby)

Los Angeles, California: October 20, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bobo Brazil b. Hombre Montana and Ricardo Montana in a
handicap match … Gene Kiniski and John Tolos b. Warren Bockwinkel and Mike DiBiase
… Man Mountain Dean Jr. b. Stan Kowalski … Joe Pazandak b. Mike Lane … Nick
Bockwinkel b. Dr. Lee Grable

Los Angeles, California: October 27, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. The Great
Bolo (2-0) … Gene Kiniski and John Tolos b. Lord Blears and Sandor Szabo … Mike
DiBiase b. Danny Plechas … Nick Bockwinkel and Jack Terry drew … Ted Christy b. Dr.
Lee Grable … (8,500 fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, November 3, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Gene Kiniski
(2-0) … The Bockwinkels (Nick and Warren Bockwinkel) b. Ted Christy and Danny
Plechas … Lord Blears b. Man Mountain Dean Jr. … Karl Davis and Mike Lane drew …
Danny Savich b. Stan Kowalski … (promoter: Cal Eaton) … (referee: Cecil Payne) …
(4,500 fans)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, November 10, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Alio Leilani b. Danny Plechas (2/3) … Gene Kiniski and John
Tolos b. The Bockwinkels (Nick and Warren Bockwinkel) … Lord Blears b. Mike Lane …
Mike DiBiase b. Karl Davis … Vic Christy b. Bob Corby

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, November 17, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Alo Leilani b. Lord Blears (2/3) … Bobo Brazil b. John Tolos (2/3)
… Joe Blanchard b. Danny Savich … Joe Pazandak b. Kulba Khan … Karl Davis b. Matt
Murphy

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, November 24, 1954
(Olympic Auditorium) … Gene Kiniski and John Tolos b. Mike DiBiase and Wilbur Snyder
(2/3) … Alo Leilani b. Warren Bockwinkel … Joe Blanchard b. Kubla Khan … Danny
Plechas b. Vic Christy … Nick Bockwinkel b. Danny Savich

Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 13, 2010

Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1954