Long Beach, California: Thursday, January 8, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … Lou Newman and Joe Pazandak b. Karl Davis and Hans Schnabel … Hombre Montana b. Vic Holbrook … Bobby Managoff and Pat Neehan drew … Pat Fraley b. John Demchuck Long Beach, California: Thursday, January 15, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) ... Lou Newman and Joe Pazandak vs. Hombre Montana and The Zebra Kid ... Pat Meehan vs. Hans Schnabel ... Jesse James vs. Frank Jares ... Pat Fraley vs. Vincent Lopez Long Beach, California: Thursday, January 22, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) ... Verne Gagne vs. Lou "Shoulders" Newman ... Pat Meehan vs. Joe Pazandak ... Big Boy Gardenia vs. Bobby Managoff ... Frank Jares vs. Pepi Pasquale Long Beach, California: Thursday, February 5, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … Killer Kowalski vs. The Zebra Kid … Ed Gardenia vs. Hal Kanner “Brother” Frank Jares vs. Pat Meehan … Bobby Managoff vs. Lou Newman Long Beach, California: February 12, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … Baron Michele Leone vs. Joe “The Champ” Pazandak … Frank Jares vs. Pat Meehan … Warren Bockwinkel vs. Dr. Lee Grable … Bob Corby vs. Vincent Lopez *The scheduled February 19, 1953 show at the Long Beach Auditorium was shifted to the Wilmington Bowl with Baron Michele Leone and Frank Jares headlining. Long Beach, California: Thursday, February 26, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … Gorgeous George vs. Dr. Lee Grable … Fuzzy Cupid and The Mighty Schultz vs. “Gentleman” Jim Corbett and Little Beaver … Pat Meehan vs. Ali Pasha ... Jack Britton vs. Jesse James *On Thursday, March 12, 1953, wrestling on KTLA (channel 5) from Long Beach featured Baron Michele Leone, Ali Pasha and a midget tag team match. The show is broadcast at 8: 30. Long Beach, California: Thursday, March 19, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … Baron Michele Leone vs. Ali Pasha … Jim Mitchell vs. Joe Pazandak … Fred McDaniel vs. Chris Zaharias … Warren Bockwinkel vs. Henry Kulkovich *On Thursday, April 9, 1953, Fred Blassie wrestled Mr. Moto in the main event of the televised portion of wrestling from Long Beach on KTLA (channel 5). Long Beach, California: Thursday, April 16, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … (Tournament) … Kenny Ackles b. Tony Morelli … Fred Blassie b. Pat Meehan … “Sockeye” Jack McDonald b. Jim Mitchell … Ali Pasha b. Dennis Clary … Kenny Ackles b. Danny Savich … Fred Blassie b. Jack McDonald … Ali Pasha b. Kenny Ackles … Fred Blassie b. Ali Pasha to win the tournament (2/3) Long Beach, California: Thursday, June 25, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … Danny McShain b. “Sockeye” Jack McDonald … Fred Blassie and Sandor Szabo drew … Tommy O’Toole b. Don Lee … Bud Curtis b. Steve Novak Long Beach, California: Thursday, July 9, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … “Sockeye” McDonald vs. Danny McShain Note: The show was broadcast on KTLA (channel 5) beginning at 8:30. Long Beach, California: Thursday, August 6, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … “Wild” Red Berry b. Fred Blassie (2/3) … Gino Garibaldi b. Warren Bockwinkel … Larry Hamilton b. Tommy O’Toole … Bud Curtis b. Mark Lewin Long Beach, California: Thursday, August 20, 1953 (Municipal Auditorium) … The Great Bolo b. Gino Garibaldi … Sandor Szabo b. Larry Hamilton … Billy Varga b. Pepi Pasquale … Hard Boiled Hardy and Pete Peterson drew Long Beach, California: Thursday, September 10, 1953 (Long Beach Auditorium) … The Great Bolo vs. Danny McShain … Mike DiBiase vs. Hard Boiled Hardy … Larry Hamilton vs. Ivan Rasputin … Gino Garibaldi vs. Pete Peterson … Prince “Big Head” Maivia and Hans Schnabel vs. Don Arnold and “Wild” Red Berry Research by Tim Hornbaker December 4, 2010 |
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