Santa Monica Wrestling Results

Santa Monica, California: Friday, February 20, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Baron Michele Leone b. Sandor Szabo (2/3) … Joe Pazandak
and Chris Zaharias b. Gino Garibaldi and Pat Meehan … The Great Schultz b.
Gentleman Corbett … Danny Savich b. Peppi Pasquale

Santa Monica, California: Friday, March 20, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Joe Pazandak b. Gino Garibaldi … Lord James Blears and Lord
Athol Layton wrestled the Christys (Jerry and Vic Christy) to a draw … Sandor Szabo b.
Ed Gardenia … John Cretoria and Thor Hagen drew

Santa Monica, California: Friday, March 27, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) ... Sandor Szabo b. Red Berry ... Jerry and Vic Christy b. Karl Davis
and Frank Jares ... Fred Blassie b. John Cretoria ... Dave Levin and Pat Meehan drew

Santa Monica, California: Friday, April 17, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Baron Michele Leone b. Kenny Ackles (2/3)

Santa Monica, California: May 8, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Warren Bockwinkel vs. Gino Garibaldi … Kenny Ackles vs. Billy
Varga … “Sockeye” Jack McDonald vs. Danny Savich … Jesse James vs. Sandor Szabo
… Dave Levin vs. Tony Morelli … Sandor Szabo was awarded with a trophy “as the
Southland’s most popular wrestler”

Santa Monica, California: Friday, June 12, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) ... Mr. Moto and Sandor Szabo drew (60:00) ... Dave Levin and Billy
Varga b. Red Berry and Gino Garibaldi ... John Tolos b. Jesse James ... Dennis Clary b.
Pepe Pasquale
Note: Tolos was spelled "Tollis" in the local newspaper.

Santa Monica, California: Friday, July 31, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Baron Michele Leone b. Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Larry Hamilton
and Sandor Szabo b. Pat Fraley and John Tolos … The Great Bolo b. Juan Hernandez …
Joe Campbell b. Mark Lewin

Santa Monica, California: Friday, August 7, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) .. Mr. Moto b. Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Karl Davis and John Tolos b.
Larry Hamilton and Sandor Szabo … Jack “Sockeye” McDonald b. Dave Red … Pepi
Pasquale b. Joe Campbell … (1,000 fans)

Santa Monica, California: Friday, August 14, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Sandor Szabo vs. John Tolos … Karl Davis and Pat Fraley vs.
Fred Blassie and Dr. Lee Grable … Warren Bockwinkel vs. Lord Anthony … Pepi
Pasquale vs. Tom Renesto

Santa Monica, California: Friday, August 21, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Warren Bockwinkel and Sandor Szabo vs. Gino Garibaldi and
John Tolos … Bud Curtis and Pat Fraley vs. Fred Blassie and Dr. Lee Grable … Joe
Campbell vs. Prince “Big Head” Maivia … John Cretoria vs. Mickey Gold

Santa Monica, California: Friday, August 28, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Dizzy Davis b. Pedro Godoy … Ray Urbano b. Benito Gardini …
Bob Cummings b. Tom Renesto … Dennis Clary and John Cretoria drew

Santa Monica, California: Friday, September 11, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Dennis Clary vs. Lord Carlton … John Cretoria and Benito
Gardini vs. Bob Cummings and Jerry Woods … Pedro Godoy vs. Jim Mitchell … Tom
Renesto vs. Ted Tourtas

Santa Monica, California: Friday, October 2, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Black Guzman vs. Danny McShain (2/3) … Leo Garibaldi and
Jerry Woods vs. Lord Carlton and Benito Gardini … Pat Fraley vs. Jim Mitchell

Santa Monica, California: Friday, October 9, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Dizzy Davis vs. Danny McShain … Benito Gardini and Lord
Carlton vs. Leo Garibaldi and Jerry Woods … Jim Mitchell vs. Ivan Rasputin … John
Cretoria vs. Bob Cummings

Santa Monica, California: Friday, October 16, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny McShain b. Dizzy Davis (decision) (match stopped due to
Davis’s cut forehead) … Leo Garibaldi and Jerry Woods b. The Great Bolo and Hans
Schnabel … Bob Cummings b. Benito Gardini … Don Arnold b. Ivan Rasputin

Santa Monica, California: Friday, October 23, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Sandor Szabo b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) … “Wild” Red Berry and
Dizzy Davis b. Leo Garibaldi and Jerry Woods … Don Arnold and Dennis Clary drew …
Dave Levin b. Benito Gardini

*On Friday, October 23, 1953, Danny McShain wrestled Sandor Szabo at the Ocean Park
Arena in Santa Monica, which was broadcast on KLAC, channel 13, at 8:30.

Santa Monica, California: Friday, October 30, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Sandor Szabo b. Lord James Blears … Leo Garibaldi and Jerry
Woods b. “Wild” Red Berry and Dizzy Davis

Santa Monica, California: Friday, November 6, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Lord James Blears and Danny McShain b. Leo Garibaldi and
Jerry Woods … “Wild” Red Berry b. Dave Levin … Aldo Bogni b. Golden Boy Levy …
Frenchy Roy b. The Great Bard

Santa Monica, California: Friday, November 13, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Lord Carlton and Sandor Szabo were both counted out in the
third fall (1-1) … Aldo Bogni and The Great Bolo (no mask) b. Leo Garibaldi and Billy
Varga … Abe Zvonkin b. Prince “Big Head” Maivia … Dave Levin and Frenchy Roy drew

Santa Monica, California: Friday, November 20, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Sandor Szabo b. The Great Bolo (2/3) (counted out in third fall)
… Vittorio Gonzales and Sky Low Low b. Pee Wee James and Puppy McCra … Aldo
Bogni b. Vic Christy … Dave Levin b. Jack Britton

Santa Monica, California: Friday, November 27, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Lord Leslie Carlton b. Billy Varga (2/3) … Don Arnold and Dennis
Clary b. “Wild” Red Berry and Hans Schnabel … Warren Bockwinkel and Aldo Bogni drew
… Antone Leone b. Frenchy Roy

Santa Monica, California: Friday, December 4, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Lord Carlton b. Billy Varga (2/3) .. Don Arnold and Dennis Clary
b. Antone Leone and Hans Schnabel … Leo Garibaldi b. “Wild” Red Berry … Abe
Zvonkin b. Red Shoes Dugan

Santa Monica, California: Friday, December 11, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Lord James Blears b. Leo Garibaldi … Sandor Szabo and Billy
Varga b. Aldo Bogni and Lord Carlton … Don Arnold b. Abe Zvonkin … Dennis Clary b.
Pat Fraley … (3,000 fans)

Santa Monica, California: Friday, December 18, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Lord James Blears vs. Sandor Szabo … Leo Garibaldi and Billy
Varga vs. Aldo Bogni and Lord Carlton … Warren Bockwinkel vs. Hans Schnabel

Santa Monica, California: Friday, December 25, 1953
(Ocean Park Arena) … Lord James Blears vs. Lord Leslie Carlton … Aldo Bogni vs.
Wilbur Snyder … Karl Davis and “Sockeye” Jack McDonald vs. Sandor Szabo and Billy
Varga … Dave Levin vs. Frenchy Roy … (special Christmas Day show) … (Bogni-Snyder
was televised beginning at 8:30)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
January 3, 2011

Santa Monica Wrestling Results - 1953