Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, July 1, 1952 (The Hippodrome) … Al Galento and Sugy Hayamaka b. Fritz Schnabel and Roy Welch (2/3) … Tiny Roe b. Pee Wee James (2-0) … Johnny Kostas b. Frank Ferrazo … (promoter: Nick Gulas) … (referee: Don Cortez) … (sponsored by: American Legion and D.A.V.) Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, July 8, 1952 (The Hippodrome) … Southern Junior Heavyweight Champion Henry Harrell b. Sugy Hayamaka (2/3) (Hayamaka’s first Nashville loss) … Tex Riley b. Harold King (2-0) … Fritz Schnabel b. Al Getz … (promoter: Nick Gulas) … (sponsored by: American Legion and D.A.V.) Note: Harrell was said to be from Mississippi. Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, July 15, 1952 (The Hippodrome) … Tex Riley b. Southern Junior Heavyweight Champion Henry Harrell (2-0) (second fall by DQ) (title doesn’t change hands by disqualification) (Harrell threw both Riley and the referee) … The Welch Brothers (Herb and Lester Welch) b. Count Luigi and Sugy Hayamaka to capture the Southern Tag Team Title (2/3) … Count Luigi b. Lester Welch (16:00) (Luigi was reportedly making his Nashville debut) … (promoter: Nick Gulas) … (referee: Lucky O’Rourke) Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, July 22, 1952 (The Hippodrome) … NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny McShain b. Tex Riley (2/3) … The Welch Brothers (Herb and Roy Welch) wrestled Sugy Hayamaka and Sockeye McDonald to a draw (1-1) … Sockeye McDonald (Nashville debut) b. Roy Welch (16:00) … (promoter: Nick Gulas) … (referee: Don Cortez) Note: The Sunday, July 27, 1952 edition of the Nashville Tennessean reported that “[Tex Riley] came close to regaining the belt [NWA World Junior Title] he held for 2 ½ years.” Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, July 29, 1952 (The Hippodrome) … Southern Tag Team Champions The Welch Brothers (Herb and Lester Welch) b. The Great Togo and Sugy Hayamaka (2/3) … Tex Riley b. Fritz Schnabel (2-0) … Sugy Hayamaka b. Lester Welch (10:00) … (promoter: Nick Gulas) Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, August 5, 1952 (The Hippodrome) … Southern Junior Heavyweight Champion Herb Welch b. Count Luigi (2-0) … Count Luigi won a five man wrestle royal to earn the title shot (number eliminated: Sockeye McDonald, Riley, Galento, McGee, King) … Don McGee b. Hal King … Tex Riley b. Al Galento … (promoter: Nick Gulas) Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, August 12, 1952 (The Hippodrome) … Millie Stafford b. Lilly Bitter (2-0) (Stafford earned a match with Mildred Burke) … Jack “Sockeye” McDonald, Pat O’Brien and “Rowdy” Red Roberts b. Don McGee, Tex Riley and Roy Welch (2-0) … Don McGee b. Red Roberts (DQ) … Roy Welch b. Pat O’Brien … (promoter: Nick Gulas) … (referee: Don Cortez) … (500 fans) *On Saturday, August 16, 1952, Wrestling was featured at 10:00 p.m. on WSM-TV, channel 4. This was likely the Chicago feed. Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, August 19, 1952 (The Hippodrome) … Pat O’Brien and Red Roberts b. The Welch Brothers (Herb and Lester Welch) to capture the Southern Tag Team Title (2/3) … Tex Riley b. Jack “Sockeye” McDonald (2-0) … George Cologne b. Al Getz (18:00) … (promoter: Nick Gulas) Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, August 26, 1952 (The Hippodrome) … Baron Michele Leone b. Tex Riley (2/3) … The Welch Brothers (Herb and Roy Welch) b. Ivan and Karl Kowalski (2/3) … Lee Fields b. Don Cortez (18: 00) … (promoer: Nick Gulas) … (sold out with 1,000 fans turned away) (reportedly a record crowd) Note: Leone had to catch a plane on August 27 to Los Angeles, where he was scheduled to wrestle at the Olympic Auditorium. Research by Tim Hornbaker March 5, 2008 |
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