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Ultimate History of Pro Wrestling - A Time Line of Every Major Event in Pro Wrestling History - 1936

By: Karl Stern

Much of the text of this entry comes from issue 82 of the DragonKing Press Newsletter available as a downloadable .pdf in the digital downloads section.

The year 1936 is covered on the Long Form History of Pro Wrestling Podcast - Click Here.

1936

01-06-1936: In Pittsburgh, PA at Northside Arena: World heavyweight champion Danno O'Mahoney battled Ernie Dusek to a double count out. This was the first time Danno O’Mahoney was unable to finish an opponent.

01-08-1936: World heavyweight champion Danno O’Mahoney defeated Frank Judson in Holyoke, MA. A big angle took place during the match when Yvon Robert came to the ring and wanted a title match right there. Security took him out of the ring, but he stayed at ringside and heckled O’Mahoney. After the match, O’Mahoney went after Robert. Robert threw O’Mahoney to the ground and held him down for 30 seconds. O’Mahoney got up, started doing his boxing and knocked down Robert twice. But Robert got up from the ground and knocked O’Mahoney out of the ring and knocked him out. Robert claimed that he had knocked out the world champion and O’Mahoney, still selling being unconscious, was carried to the dressing room. This angle negatively affected the drawing power of the undefeated Danno O’Mahoney.

01-13-1936: At Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY: Attendance: 5,000: World heavyweight champion Danno O’Mahoney defeated Chief Littlewolf… Ernie Dusek defeated Mike Mazurki… Dean Detton defeated Ralph Garibaldi… Sandor Vary defeated Dr. Fred Meyer… Sergei Kalmikoff battled Ivan Managoff to a draw… Hank Barber defeated Jake Patterson.

01-15-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 7,500: Chief Chewacki defeats Tony Rocco… Herbie Freeman battled Stanley Pinto to a 20 minute draw… Bill Sledge defeats Jack Washburn… Dick Daviscourt defeats Steve Strelich… Emil Dusek defeats Nick Lutze… Los Angeles World Heavyweight champion Vincent Lopez defeats Gino Garibaldi 2 falls to 1.

01-22-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 10,400 sellout: Charlie Santen defeats Joe Varga… Herbie Freeman defeats Joe Woods… Bill Sledge defeats Dick Daviscourt… George Wilson defeats Stanley Pinto… Chief Chewacki battled Sandor Szabo to a 30 minute draw… Chief Little Wolf defeats Emil Dusek 2 falls to 1… Los Angeles World Heavyweight champion Vincent Lopez defeats Gino Garibaldi 2 falls to 1 one fall by Lopez being a count out.

01-24-1936: Larry “The Axe” Hennig was born. His son, Curt Hennig and grandson Joe Hennig would also become wrestlers.

01-29-1936: St Louis, MO: Arena: Attendance 9,170: Jack Kennedy battled Paul Jones to a 20 minute draw… Pat O'Shocker defeated Babe Zaharias… Jim McMillen defeats Pete Schuh… Rudy Strongberg defeats Leo Numa… World heavyweight champion Danno O'Mahoney defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis.

Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 10,000: Charlie Santen defeats Stanley Pinto… Dick Daviscourt battled George Wilson to a 20 minute draw… Chief Little Wolf defeats Jack McArthur… Bill Sledge defeats Joe Malcewicz… Sandor Szabo defeats Herbie Freeman 2 falls to 1… Los Angeles World Heavyweight champion Vincent Lopez defeats Gino Garibaldi in 2 falls.

02-08-1936: In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tiger Daula, a massive wrestler from India, undefeated since his return from Australia defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis after pulling him back into the ring in the fifth round and forcing the match. After a slow first round, Strangler Lewis put his famous headlock on Daula and he was unable to wiggle free. Lewis finally won the fall. Lewis tried a strangle hold in the fourth round and when he persisted after being warned the referee awarded the fall to Daula. When they came back for the fifth round, Strangler Lewis delayed in entering the ring and was grabbed by Daula and pulled through the ropes. Daula took the winning fall with a body slam.

02-10-1936: Memphis, TN: Ellis Auditorium: Attendance 6,000: Paul Jones defeats Rudy Strongberg… Pat O'Shocker wrestled Leo Numa to a 30 minute draw… AWA World & NWAssociation World & World Heavyweight champion Danno O'Mahoney defeats Gus Sonnenberg in 2 falls.

02-13-1936: Toronto ON, Canada: Maple Leaf Gardens: Attendance 9,000: Rudy LaDitzi wrestled Tom Alley to a 30 minute draw… Dean Detton defeats Jack League… Dick Raines wrestled Jim McMillen to a time limit draw… World heavyweight champion Danno O'Mahoney defeated Ray Steele by referee stoppage when Steele is injured in the second fall.

02-16-1936: The National Wrestling Association withdraws their recognition of Danno O’Mahoney as world champion after he fails to show for a scheduled title defense in Galveston, TX.

02-19-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 10,400 sellout: Stanley Pinto defeats Everett Kibbons… Len Macaluso defeats Tiny Roebuck… Bill Sledge battled Kimon Kudo to a 20 minute draw… Ganda Singh defeats Charlie Santen… Chief Little Wolf battled Pete Mehringer to a 30 minute draw… Man Mountain Dean defeats Herbie Freeman… Los Angeles World Heavyweight champion Vincent Lopez defeats George Calza in 2 falls.

02-28-1936: Boston, MA: Boston Garden: Attendance 19,000: Rudy Dusek defeats Dan Petroff… Jack Washburn defeats Heinie Olson… Joe Cox defeats Art LeGrand… Hans Steinke battled Jake Patterson to a 10 minute draw… Count Zarynoff battled John Spellman to a 10 minute draw… Heinie Olson battled Henry Piers to a 10 minute draw… Nick Lutze defeats Count Polaski… World heavyweight champion Danno O'Mahoney defeats Yvon Robert playing off the angle between Danno O’Mahoney and Yvon Robert from January, Danno O’Mahoney defeated Yvon Robert but only won one fall of a three fall match. Yvon Robert became the babyface during the match and O’Mahoney the heel. O’Mahoney remained undefeated.

03-02-1936: Dick Shikat defeats Danno O’Mahoney in a shoot in New York City, NY at Madison Square Garden by forcing a submission with a hammerlock. Al Haft and Jack Pfeffer are behind the double cross which splinters the world title yet again. There was a major court case spawned by this match. Dave Meltzer said in a career retrospective in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, “Many would consider the March 2, 1936, match, where Dick Shikat, a legit tough guy, shot on O’Mahoney, embarrassing him badly, and made him submit, as one of the most important matches in pro wrestling history.” Attendance: 7,000. Other matches on the show: Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Charlie Strack… Dean Detton defeated Rusty Wescoatt… Ernie Dusek defeated Dr. Ed Meske… Gus Sonnenberg battled Abe Coleman to a draw… Sergei Kalmikoff defeated Ben Tex Morgan… Sandor Vary defeated Scotty McDougall.

One of pro wrestling’s most respected historians Steve Yohe, said (in the referenced issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter), “The Shikat double-cross exposed the trust members as creeps, and suing each other in court and newspapers just showed what they were to the public. It wasn’t because it exposed wrestling as fake. The fans knew that. And they loved the sport, just like today. Kayfabe was broken every day in the newspapers...”

Pro Wrestling historian Ethan Tyler had this to say about the Dick Shikat-Ali Baba title change: “Dick Shikat was the guy who, in a shoot, defeated Danno O'Mahoney. Danno was the top draw in 1935 based on his tremendous popularity with Irish-Americans in Boston. Dick Shikat at this time was certainly a main event guy, but no more than that. He was certainly not seen as a guy who could be O’Mahoney. Anyway, the match between him and Shikat went 20 mins, O’Mahoney verbally gave up twice before the finish, and was reportedly in tears due to the punishment inflicted on him. The match and it's aftermath killed O’Mahoney as a draw in the US. Dick Shikat was never known for his business brain and apparently went ahead with this shoot solo with no influence from any outside promoters. The title he now held was considered THE world title. Danno O’Mahoney won it from Jim Londos after Londos' incredible 1934 year (where he did numbers not to be matched until Hulk Hogan came along). Well, Dick Shikat sold this incredibly valuable title to the highest bidder by losing it to a mid-card nobody by the name of Ali Baba in Detroit. So, he's killed the number one draw and totally destroyed the value of the most important title in the business by getting beat by a nobody.”

03-06-1936: Former World heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera has his final boxing match at Madison Square Garden defeating Isidoro Gastanaga by knock out.

03-11-1936: In Mexico City, Mexico: Tarzan Lopez defeated Mario Nunez for the National Welterweight title.

03-13-1936: Danno O’Mahoney returns to wrestling for the first time after being beaten in a shoot by Dick Shikat to wrestle at the Boston Garden, in Boston, MA. O’Mahoney was still recognized by Paul Bowser as AWA World champion and he defeated Nick Lutze but was booed throughout the match.

03-18-1936: Bob Cummings defeated Billy Spendlove in Great Falls, MT to win the Montana Middleweight title.

03-31-1936: Wrestler George Zaharias defeats boxer Art Shires in a boxer verses wrestler match in Indianapolis, IN.

04-01-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 10,400 (Sellout): Bill Longson defeats Vic Hill… Billy Bartush wrestled Tiny Roebuck to a 20 minute draw… Mitsugi Hamanaka defeats Luis Mayo… Kimon Kudo defeats John Freberg… Oki Shikina defeats Dick Stahl… Chief Chewacki defeats Mayes McLain in 2 falls… Los Angeles World Heavyweight champion Vincent Lopez defeats Man Mountain Dean by referee stoppage after splitting one fall each.

04-02-1936: In Pittsburgh, PA at Moose Hall: World heavyweight champion Everett Marshall defeated Al Getz.

04-08-1936: A United Press article (shown here from the Dayton (OH) Daily Herald) uses the term “shoot”. An early example of insider pro wrestling terms being used in the mainstream media.

04-13-1936: Dr. Wagner (Manuel Gonzalez Rivera) is born in Guadalajara, Mexico.

04-17-1936: Danno O’Mahoney battled Yvon Robert to a draw at the Boston Garden in Boston, MA. Attendance was 13,000. O’Mahoney was still defending the AWA (Boston) and the Montreal versions of the World Title.

04-20-1936: Albion Britt wins a tournament final over Ted Christy in Hollywood, CA to become World Junior champion, a title that would eventually become recognized by the NWA with a lineage that remained largely unbroken until 1988.

04-22-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 9,000: Bill Longson wrestled George Kondylis (Tragos) to a 20-minute draw… Bill Sledge defeats Jerry Monahan… Oki Shikina defeats Brother Jonathan… Billy Bartush defeats Everett Kibbons… Three On One Handicap Match: Hans Steinke defeats Benny Ginsberg & Fred Meyers & George Maloney by DQ… Howard Cantonwine defeats Chief Chewacki in 2 falls… Sandor Szabo defeats Joe Savoldi 2 falls to 1.

04-24-1936: Detroit, MI. Olympia Arena: Attendance 8,235: Ernie Peterson wrestled Frank Malcewicz to a 20-minute draw… Frank Sexton defeats Pat McClary… Bill Keif wrestled Jimmy Hefner to a 30-minute draw… John Swenski defeats Alex Kasaboski… Ali Baba defeats World heavyweight champion Dick Shikat to win the title. This is the original version of the World Heavyweight Title that Dick Shikat took from Danno O'Mahoney on March 2, 1936. Dave Levin would defeat Ali Baba in Newark, NJ on June 12, 1936.

04-27-1936: At the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, Joe “Toots” Mondt presents Vincent Lopez with the Lou Daro Trophy which signifies he is the world champion.

05-01-1936: Columbus, OH: First hearing on a $1 million suit brought by heavyweight wrestler Everett Marshall against Curtis Publishing Co. came before Judge Mell G. Underwood, with attorneys for the publishers asking the court to strike sections from the athlete's complaint. Marshall sued following an article published in the Saturday Evening Post of December 14, 1935, contending the article damaged his drawing power as a wrestler.

05-05-1936: Ali Baba defeats Dick Shikat in New York City, NY at Madison Square Garden to become World champion in New York. Attendance: 4,000. Fans and news writers in California question whether the new World champion is former Ventura promoter Harry Ekizian with many believing it isn’t (it is.) In other matches: Ernest Von Heffner (AKA: Dutch Hefner) defeated Joe Corbett… Chief Saunooke defeated Max Martin (AKA: Terry McGinnis)… Ivan Rasputin battled Cowboy Len Hughes to a no contest… Dave Levin defeated Chief Littlewolf… Salvatore Johnny Balbo defeated Les Ryan… John Murphy battled Maurice LaChappelle to a draw.

05-10-1936: Texas State Athletic Commission names Daniel Boone Savage as their World champion.

05-13-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 10,000: Nick Lutze defeats Vic Hall… Chris Zaharias defeats Bronco Valdez… Lou Thesz wrestled Dick Daviscourt to a 20 minute draw… Billy Hanson defeats Tiny Roebuck… Ray Steele defeats Bill Longson… Joe Savoldi defeats George Zaharias in 2 falls… Howard Cantowine defeats Man Mountain Dean by DQ 2 falls to 1.

05-15-1936: Danno O’Mahoney defeated Ernie Dusek in Boston, MA to retain the AWA World title.

05-18-1936: Philadelphia, PA: Arena: Attendance 9,000: Emil Dusek battled Gino Garibaldi to a 30 minute draw… Chief Little Wolf defeats Joe Dusek… Charley Strack defeats Al Billings… World heavyweight champion… Danno O'Mahoney defeats Rudy Dusek by DQ… Dean Detton defeats Ernie Dusek. Rudy Dusek proclaims himself world champion after a DQ loss to world champion Danno O’Mahoney is reversed. Dusek’s claim to the world title is not recognized by any of the major promoters.

05-20-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 9,500: Lou Thesz defeats Count Casimir Polowski by DQ… Billy Hanson defeats Dick Daviscourt… Tiny Roebuck wrestled Nick Lutze to a draw… Hans Steinke defeats Mike Mazurki… Ray Steele defeats Billy Bartush… Man Mountain Dean defeats Bill Sledge… George Zaharias defeats Vic Christy… Los Angeles World Heavyweight champion Vincent Lopez defeats  Joe Savoldi 2 falls to 1. Joe Savoldi was still groggy from the count out, and got slugged by Vincent Lopez and pinned in the 3rd.

05-26-1936: At Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY: Attendance: 3,000: World heavyweight champion Ali Baba defeated Chief Saunooke… Everette Marshall defeated Hans Schnabel… George Dusette defeated Max Martin… Renato Gardini defeated Bobby Rogers… Dave Levin battled Maurice LaChappelle to a draw… Lee Wykoff defeated Sid Westrich… Salvatore Johnny Balbo defeated Bob Blake.

05-27-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 10,400 (sellout): Rudy Skarda defeats Benny Ginsberg by DQ… Nick Lutze wrestled Sandor Szabo to a 20-minute draw… Ray Steele defeats Stanley Pinto… Billy Hanson defeats Wee Willie Davis… George Zaharias defeats Vic Christy… Man Mountain Dean defeats Count Casimir Polowski… Howard Cantonwine defeats Mayes McLain… Los Angeles World Heavyweight champion Vincent Lopez defeats Joe Savoldi in 2 falls.

06-12-1936: Dave Levin defeats World champion Ali Baba via DQ in Newark, NJ and begins to bill himself as world champion. The state of New York withdraws their recognition of Ali Baba as champion.

06-17-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 10,000: Juan Olaquivel defeats George Kondylis… Howard Cantonwine defeats Bill Sledge… George Zaharias battled Sandor Szabo to a 20 minute draw… Billy Hanson battled Nick Lutze to a 20 minute draw… Joe Savoldi defeats Tor Johnson… Hans Steinke defeats Rusty Westcott… Ed Don George defeats Joe Malcewicz… Los Angeles World champion Vincent Lopez defeats Man Mountain Dean two falls to one.

06-19-1936: Former World champion Jim Browning dies of a pulmonary embolism in Rochester, MN.

06-23-1936: Boston, MA: Boston Garden: Attendance 11,000: Bibber McCoy defeats Heinie Olson by referee's decision… Joe Kujot battled Tommy Rae to a 20 minute draw… Count Zarynoff defeats Hermie Olsen… Boris Demetroff battled Frank Judson to a 15 minute draw… John Malmberg battled John Spellman to a 10 minute draw… Henry Piers defeats Charley Webb… Jimmy Sarandos defeats Joe Cox… World heavyweight champion Danno O'Mahoney defeats Yvon Robert.

06-25-1936: In Washington, DC: Griffith Stadium drawing 5,000: Jack Donovan pinned Mike Romano. Romano collapsed during the match and taken to the hospital. He was pronounced dead on arrival due to a heart attack… Joe Dusek drew Hank Barber… Ivan Managoff pinned Emil Dusek… Rudy Dusek beat Joe Cox… Ernie Dusek beat George Koverly.

06-26-1936: New York, NY: Coney Island Velodrome: Attendance 8,000: Hank Barber defeats Jim Wright… Angelo Cistoldi defeats Franz Schuman… Fred Grubmeier battled Rudy Dusek to a 30 minute draw… Gino Garibaldi defeats Emil Dusek… Joe Dusek defeated Ralph Garibaldi… Ernie Dusek defeats Abe Coleman.

06-29-1936: Columbus, OH: Red Bird Stadium: Attendance 8,763: Lee Wyckoff battled Gandar Singh Joul to a 30 minute draw… George McLeod defeats George Mansor… Great Mephisto defeats Babe Caddock… Joe Banaski defeats Whitey Nelson… Alan Eustace defeats George Gustovich… MWA World Heavyweight champion Everett Marshall defeats Ali Baba. Ali Baba was also billed as World Champion, but had recently lost the title to Dave Levin.

06-30-1936: Minneapolis, MN: Auditorium: Attendance 8,500: Stan Mayslack defeats Jack Sampson… Ray Richards defeats Alf Johnson by DQ… Abe Kashey wrestled Tommy Marvin to a 30 minute draw… Bronko Nagurski defeats Farmer Tobin.

07-01-1936: In Columbus, OH, Billy Sandow, manager of Everette Marshall, lifted world championship recognition from Ali Baba following Marshall’s defeat of Baba on June 26. He issued a press release stating, “Marshall is ready to meet anyone, anytime, any place, for any amount. The trust has three wrestlers it is booking as champion: Dave Levin is one. Another is Danno O’Mahoney. The third is Vincent Lopez of California.”

07-09-1936: In St. Louis, MO in response to press statements made by Billy Sandow on July 1st, Dave Levin the 23 year old claimant of the world championship announced he, “is ready to take on all challenging aspirants to the title that went along with my victory over Ali Baba.” He was with his manager, Toots Mondt, to discuss a possible match with local promoters. Dave Levin expressed willingness to meet Everette Marshall, another claimant to the crown. Tom Packs, matchmaker, said a match between the pair in St. Louis late this summer depends upon the final word of Billy Sandow, Marshall’s manager.

07-16-1936: Yvon Robert defeats Danno O’Mahoney in Montreal, Canada to win the American Wrestling Association world title. Attendance: 10,500. O’Mahoney’s brother had died and he needed to return to Ireland. This is the first time Danno O’Mahoney was intentionally booked to lose a match.

07-30-1936: Ivan Managoff defeats Rudy Dusek in Washington DC to end Dusek’s claim to be world champion.

08-02-1936: Angel Blanco (Jose Angel Vargas Sanchez) is born in Atoyac, Jalisco, Mexico.

In Athens, Greece: Panathenaic Stadium drawing 55,000: Jim Londos beat Dinarji Mehmed.

08-09-1936: Danno O’Mahoney defeated Rube Wright in Dublin, Ireland before 20,000 fans at Dalymount Park.

08-13-1936: A shoot match is scheduled between Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Lee Wykoff in New York City. It is less a personal issue and more simply Strangler Lewis wanting to return to a less entertainment style of wrestling and have a legit contest. However, Lewis was apparently injured prior to the match in training but went ahead anyway. The match went to a draw when, after about two hours, neither man could continue after falling from the ring.

08-19-1936: In what was represented as having been a shoot (it wasn’t), Dave Levin defeats the California claimant of the world heavyweight championship, Vincent Lopez, at Wriggly Field in Chicago, IL. Following the match Lopez claims he is going to complain to the Illinois State Athletic Association and will probably quit wrestling. Attendance is 15,321. In other matches: Sammy Stein beat Jack McArthur… Howard Cantowine beat Mayes McLain… Steve Savage beat Jack Washburn… Joe Malcewicz beat Billy Bartusch… Chief Little Wolf beat Freddie Meyers… Del Kunkel beat Johnny Del Rio… Herb Freeman beat Bill Longson… Jerry Monahan beat Ted Key… Nick Lutze drew Babe Zaharias.. Leo Papiano beat Juan Olaquivel via count out… Dean Detton beat Bill Hansen.

Dutch Hefner is hospitalized following a match in Cleveland, OH against Everette Marshall due to broken ribs.

Ted Cox beats and unmasks the Masked Mauler (Hank Metheny) in Stockton, CA.

09-1936: With the World heavyweight title again having been split into many factions following the March shoot match in New York, the National Wrestling Association decides to hold a tournament to crown a new world champion. The association requires a $500 bond be posted per entrant.

09-17-1936: Las Vegas NV: World title claimant Dave Levin defeated Howard Cantonwine.

09-27-1936: EMLL: 3rd Anniversary Show: in Mexico City, Mexico: Old Arena Mexico: Bobby Pearce beat Roja Enigma… Maravilla Enmascarada beat Bobby Pearce… Pocho Aguirre beat Ben Ali Mar Allah… Chimuelo Campos beat Jimmy el Apolo… Chong Yip beat Bobby Bonales.

09-28-1936: Dean Detton defeats Dave Levin in Philadelphia, PA to win an off shoot version of the World title by submission.

Detroit, MI: Olympia Arena: Attendance: 8,000: MWA World Heavyweight Everett Marshall defeated Ali Baba.

09-29-1936: At Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY: Attendance: 2,500: Dave Levin defeated Chief Littlewolf… Dean Detton defeated Dr. Harry Fields… Carl Von Zuppe defeated Karl Von Hoffman… Al Bisignano defeated Mayes McLain… Salvatore Johnny Balbo battled Maurice LaChappelle to a draw… Jim McMillen defeated Abe Goldberg… George Zaharias battled George Calza to a draw.

09-30-1936: Montreal, Canada: Attendance: 12,000+: Yvon Robert defeated Cy Williams by DQ.

10-19-1936: Montreal, Canada: Montreal Forum: Attendance 13,000: Jimmy Coffield wrestled Jimmy Sarandos to a 20 minute draw… Frank Judson defeats Boris Demetroff… Al Billings defeats Charlie Santen… AWA World / Montreal World Heavyweight champion Yvon Robert defeats Cy Williams 2 falls to 1.

10-30-1936: In St. Louis, MO wrestling fan Charles Norwood of Evansville, IN filed suit for $15,000 damages against George Zaharias alleging he was injured in Evansville on February 4 when Zaharias engaged him in a fight.

11-03-1936: Billy Hanson defeats Nick Lutz in a tournament final for the Joe Malcewicz Pacific Coast title in San Francisco.

11-18-1936: At Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY. Attendance: 2,500: World heavyweight title match: Dean Detton defeated Dave Levin… Frank Sexton defeated Mayes McLain… Man Mountain Dean defeated Chief Littlewolf… George Becker battled John Podubny to a draw… Gino Martinelli (AKA: Frank Scarpa) defeated Paddy Mack… Ali Baba defeated Al Bisignano… Abe Goldberg defeated Tiny Roebuck… Maurice LaChappelle defeated Mike Yamka.

11-20-1936: Everette Marshall defeats Ali Baba in Chicago, IL to become recognized as world champion in Illinois (Fred Kohler promotions) in front of a crowd of 9,736. Rudy Kay defeats Walter Roxy by DQ… Lee Wyckoff defeats George Mansor… Oki Shikina defeats Mike Kilonis… Nanjo Singh defeats Red Vagnone… Stanley Buresh defeats Ernie Peterson.

11-24-1936: Kimon Kudo defeats Frank O’Brien via DQ in Ventura, CA when Frank’s brother, the wild Buddy O’Brien interfered causing a riot which resulted in Buddy O’Brien being arrested and later fined $100 by the local judge for inciting a riot. The bloody brawl made front page news in the local newspaper.

12-09-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 8,500: Brother Jonathan defeats Ignacio Martinez… Tiny Roebuck defeats Benny Ginsberg… Howard Cantowine battled Paul Harper to a 20 minute draw… Al Bisignano defeats Jake Patterson… Chief Little Wolf defeats Kimon Kudo… Sammy Stein defeats Fred Meyers by count out… Jules Strongbow defeats Pat O'Shocker… World & NWAssociation World Heavyweight champion Dean Detton defeats Sandor Szabo by referee stoppage.

12-15-1936: Christmas Benefit Show:  St Louis, MO: Municipal Auditorium: Attendance 10,255: Joe Herman battled Ray Eckert to a 30 minute draw… Ed Plesti defeats Tommy Godfrey… Otto Brexler defeats Matthew Matesick… Otto Brexler defeats Ed Plesti… George Zaharias defeats Eddie Newman. There were also several boxing matches on the show. They raised $12,053 for the Mayor's Christmas Dinner for the underprivileged.

12-16-1936: Los Angeles, CA: Olympic Auditorium: Attendance 9,500: Tor Johnson defeats Rudy Skarda… Pat O'Shocker defeats Tiny Roebuck by DQ… Al Bisignano defeats Fred Carone… Sammy Stein defeats Jake Patterson… Sandor Szabo defeats Fred Meyers… In a Jiu Jitsu match Kimon Kudo defeats Chief Little Wolf… Man Mountain Dean defeats Jules Strongbow 2 falls to 1.

12-25-1936: Boston, MA: Boston Garden: Attendance 6,000: Fred Ebert defeats Tom Hanley… Len Macaluso defeats Tony Colesano… Jimmy Sarandos defeats Jim Wallis… Lord Albert Mills defeats Cy Williams by DQ… George Clark defeats Charley Strack… Steve Casey defeats George Koverly. Casey won the first fall. The match was stopped in the second fall when Koverly was injured and could not continue.

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