1/2/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Albert Mills & Tiny Mills beat Paul Baillargeon & Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/3 1 Tiny pinned Paul in 6:10 2 Paul pinned Tiny in 16:10 3 Albert pinned Haggerty Lionel Baillargeon beat Ivan Rasputin dq in 10:45 Bearcat Wright drew Mike Paidousis 30:00 Ole Olsen beat Al Kornberg via pin in 13:55 1/16/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Hard Boiled Haggerty & Paul Baillargeon dcor Albert Mills & Tiny Mills in 3rd fall 1 Haggerty pinned Tiny 2 Albert pinned Paul 3 Haggerty and both Mills brothers were counted out of the ring Kinji Shibuya beat Rebel Russell via pin in “less than 10 minutes” after a judo chop to Russell’ s throat Farmer Don Marlin beat Bob Leipler in 23:00 Reggie Lisowski beat Ole Olsen in “less than 20 minutes” 1/30/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Jack Morgan Whipper Billy Watson & Pat Flanagan beat Albert Mills & Tiny Mills on a 3rd fall dq 1 Watson pinned Tiny 2 Albert pinned Flanagan 3 Albert Mills was dq’ed Kinji Shibuya beat Len Hughes via pin in “better than 23 minutes” after a judo chop to Len’s throat Kenny Ackles drew Bob Leipler Stu Hart beat Ole Olsen by submission with a “leg hold” Att: “packed Auditorium” 2/13/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Bill Kuusisto Bronko Nagurski & Wladek Kowalski beat Albert Mills & Ike Eakins 1 Kowalski pinned Albert in 10:45 after a knee drop to the throat 2 Albert pinned Kowalski in 11:55 3 Nagurski pinned Eakins in 6:35 Kinji Shibuya beat Kenny Ackles via pin in 28:30 after a judo chop to the throat Farmer Don Marlin beat Len Hughes via pin in 26:35 after three mule kicks Al Kornberg beat Dick Stepp via pin 2/27/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Bill Kuusisto Al Mills & Tiny Mills beat Ivan Rasputin & Hard Boiled Haggerty 1 Albert pinned Rasputin in 15:00 2 Haggerty pinned Albert in 10:00 3 Albert pinned Rasputin Paul Baillargeon beat Ike Eakins in 30:00 Farmer Don Marlin drew Kinji Shibuya 30:00 Referee Harold Nelson Len Hughes beat Fred Blassie (sub Cowboy Carlson) Att: “4,000 fans” 3/13/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Bill Kuusisto Pat McGill & Farmer Don Marlin drew Kinji Shibuya & Duke Keomuka when the 60 minute time limit expired during rest period before the 3rd fall 1 McGill was pinned in 27:00 2 Marlin pinned Keomuka in 26:00 3 The time limit expired during the rest period between falls Ike Eakins beat Don Leo Jonathan via pin in 33:00 Jack Pesek beat Len Hughes in 20:00 Ole Olsen beat Dick Stepp Note: Don Leo Jonathan was taken back to the locker room on a stretcher according to the Winnipeg Free Press. 4/2/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Bill Kuusisto Paul Baillargeon & Adrian Baillargeon drew Al Mills & Tiny Mills 1 Baillargeons won in 40:00 2 Mills Brothers won in 9:00 3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Farmer Don Marlin via pin Ike Eakins beat Pat McGill via pin in 20:00 Jack Pesek beat Don Leo Jonathan via pin in “less than 25 minutes” 4/17/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Bronko Nagurski & Jack Pesek beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Hughes 2/3 1 Nagurski pinned Hughes in “almost 25 minutes” 2 Haggerty pinned Pesek 3 Pesek pinned Hughes Paul Baillargeon beat Ike Eakins in “less than 25 minutes” after a body slam Adrian Baillargeon beat Roy McDaniels via pin in 23:00 after a mule kick Larry Hamilton beat Al Kornberg in “less than 15 minutes” Att: “4,000 fans” 5/1/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Bronko Nagurski & Ike Eakins beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Kinji Shibuya 2/3, 2nd fall by dq 1 Shibuya pinned Eakins 2 Haggerty & Shibuya were dq’ed 3 Nagurski pinned Shibuya Jack Pesek beat Alo Leilani via pin Farmer Don Marlin beat Jack Claybourne Len Hughes drew Eduardo Perez 5/15/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Yukon Eric beat Ike Eakins via pin in “less than 15 minutes” Referee Harold Nelson Butch Levy beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Sky Low Low beat Tiger Jackson via pin in 15:00 Al Warshawski drew Ole Olsen 5/29/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Hard Boiled Haggerty & Kenji Shibuya beat Ike Eakins & Bronko Nagurski 2/3 1 Shibuya beat Eakins with a sleeper hold 2 Naguski pinned Shibuya after a series of body slams 3 Haggerty beat Eakins Tony Baillargeon beat Eduardo Perez via pin in 20:00 Jack Pesek beat Stan Myslajik in 20:57 Referee Steve Trojack Harold Nelson beat Al Kornberg dq 6/12/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Primo Carnera & Butch Levy beat Albert Mills & Tiny Mills 2/3 1 Levy pinned Tiny after a body slam 2 Tiny pinned Levy 3 Tiny lost the fall Tony Baillargeon beat Bill McDaniels via pin in 12:30 Joe Pazandak beat Farmer Don Marlin by submission in “less than 20 minutes” Referee Steve Trojack Mike Clancy beat Hardy Kruskamp 6/19/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Bronko Nagurski & Butch Levy beat Ike Eakins (sub Kinji Shibuya) & Hard Boiled Haggerty 2-0 1 Levy pinned Eakins 2 Nagurski pinned Eakins Joe Pazandak beat Tony Baillargeon Mike Clancy drew Mr. America Bob McCune 30:00 Ole Olsen drew Harold Nelson (sub Al Kornberg) 30:00 Att: “3,500 fans” 6/26/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Bronko Nagurski beat Hard Boiled Haggerty COR in 25:52 George Gordienko drew Kinji Shibuya Referee Harold Nelson Mike Clancy drew Tony Baillargeon Rebel Russell drew Ole Olsen 7/15/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Osborne Stadium Whipper Billy Watson & Pat Flanagan beat Ivan Rasputin & Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/3 1 Haggerty was dq’ed 2 Haggerty pinned Flanagan 3 Watson & Flanagan won Joe Pazandak drew Mr America Bob McCune Jack Pesek beat Mike Clancy in “better than 20 minutes” Ole Olsen beat Al Kornberg in “less than 16 minutes” Note: Last card of the season. 9/2/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Bill Kuusisto Joe Pazandak & Butch Levy beat Kinji Shibuya & Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/3 1 Shibuya pinned Pazandak after a judo chop to Joe’s throat 2 Pazandak pinned Shibuya 3 Pazandak pinned Shibuya Mr America Bob McCune beat Jack Pesek with a “bouncing-leg-shoulder-stand Stu Hart beat Doran O'Hara Ole Olsen beat Fred Stoker 9/11/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tim Geohagen via pin in 16:00 Mr America Bob McCune beat Kinji Shibuya dq in 23:00 Butch Levy beat Toar Morgan in 13:00 Mike Clancy drew Jim Dobie 9/25/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Bill Kuusisto Mr America Bob McCune beat Kinji Shibuya dq Vic Holbrook beat Barney Bernard in 12:00 Joe Pazandak beat Dick Holbrook by submission in 18:00 Mike Clancy beat Lou Dickey in 17:00 Att: “crowd of approximately 2,500” 10/9/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Bob McCune beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq Referee Harold Nelson Joe Pazandak beat Farmer Paul Jones Lu Kim beat Sockeye McDonald via pin in 3:20 Vic Holbrook beat Frank Marconi via pin after a series of elbow smashes Att: “close to 3,500 fans” 10/16/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Whipper Billy Watson beat Joe Pazandak via pin Lu Kim beat Ike Eakins by submission with a “Manchurian Crucifix” Farmer Paul Jones beat Sockeye McDonald via pin in 21:00 after a mule kick Mike Clancy beat Lou Pitoscia 10/23/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Bronko Nagurski & Sonny Myers beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Joe Dusek 2/3 1 Dusek pinned Myers 2 Myers pinned Dusek 3 Nagurski pinned Dusek in 18:30 Referee Harold Nelson Joe Pazandak beat Vic Holbrook Lu Kim beat Mighty Ursus by submission in 7:45 with a “Manchurian Crucifix” Stan Myslajik drew Ole Olsen 11/6/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Baron Michele Leone beat Tim Geohagen with an “Italian backbreaker” Lu Kim beat Bob Orton in 6:30 with a “Manchurian Crucifix” Mighty Ursus drew Vic Holbrook 30:00 Referee Steve Trojack Mike Clancy beat Joe Pazandak dq in 20:20 Att: 3,500 11/20/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Steve Trojack Hard Boiled Haggerty & Joe Pazandak beat Roy McClarty & Lu Kim on a 3rd fall dq 1 Pazandak beat McClarty with a “leg lock” 2 Haggerty was dq’ed in 2:30 3 Lu Kim was dq’ed Jean Baillargeon beat Mighty Ursus dq Tony Baillargeon beat Mike Clancy via pin in “almost 25 minutes” Ole Olsen beat Jan Gotch via pin in 17:00 Att: 4,000 12/4/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo Joe Pazandak & Kinji Shibuya beat Bob McCune & Tony Baillargeon on a 3rd fall dq 1 McCune & Baillaregeon won in 40 seconds 2 Pazandak beat Baillargeon in 25:00 with a “reverse leg lock or something similar” 3 Tony Baillargeon was dq’ed in 6:00 Roy McClarty beat Vic Holbrook by submission in 17:00 with a “toe hold” Mike Clancy beat Dick Holbrook in 16:35 Ole Olsen drew Red Bastien 30:00 Att: “4,000 wrestling fans” 12/18/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Harold Nelson Joe Pazandak & Kinji Shibuya drew Bronko Nagurski & Tony Baillargeon when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall 1 Tony Baillargeon pinned Pazandak in 22:59 2 Pazandak pinned Tony Baillargeon in 9:00 3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall Referee Steve Trojack Paul Baillargeon beat Emil Dusek via pin in 18:00 after an airplane spin Roy McClarty beat Mighty Ursus in 20:00 Red Bastien drew George Scott 30:00 Att: “second show in a row before a packed house”, “4,000 fans” 12/28/53 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium Referee Wally Karbo NWA Champion Lou Thesz beat Bronko Nagurski via pin in 18:00 Roy McClarty drew Abe Kashey Kinji Shibuya beat Paul Baillargeon dq Red Bastien drew Ole Olsen Research by Jim Zordani |
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