{"id":3295,"date":"2014-01-21T17:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T22:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/uncategorized\/st-louis-wrestling-results-1952\/"},"modified":"2014-01-22T23:48:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T04:48:53","slug":"st-louis-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/results\/st-louis-1952\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Wrestling Results: 1952"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Jim Zordani, Scott Teal, and various news clippings)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Louis Wrestling Results 1952<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Affiliation: NWA<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> P<\/strong><strong>romoter: Sam Muchnick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1\/4\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nWhipper Billy Watson defeated Tarzan Kowalski via dq<br \/>\nGene Stanlee defeated Frank Taylor<br \/>\nIvan Rasputin defeated Otto Kuss<br \/>\nVincent Lopez and Chief Big Heart drew Sheik of Araby and Ray Eckert<br \/>\nAttendance: 4,996<\/p>\n<p>1\/11\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nNWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Mighty Atlas in 21:50<br \/>\nYukon Eric defeated Fred Von Schact<br \/>\nAlo Leilani defeated Babe Zaharias<br \/>\nVincent Lopez and Al Lovelock defeated Dutch Hefner and Chris Zaharias<br \/>\nAttendance: 11,737<\/p>\n<p>1\/18\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nWladek Kowalski defeated Whipper Billy Watson<br \/>\nBobby Managoff defeated Ivan Rasputin<br \/>\nVincent Lopez drew Frank Taylor<br \/>\nRay Eckert defeated Jimmy Coffield<br \/>\nPete Managoff defeated Finis Hall<br \/>\nAttendance: 9,589<\/p>\n<p>1\/25\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nBobby Managoff defeated Lord Layton in 14:40<br \/>\nYukon Eric defeated Wild Bill Longson via dq<br \/>\nAl Lovelock drew Frank Taylor<br \/>\nDutch Hefner and Ray Eckert defeated Vincent Lopez and Pete Managoff<br \/>\nAttendance: 6,693<\/p>\n<p>2\/1\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nBobby Managoff defeated Wladek Kowalski in 19:30<br \/>\nDanny McShain defeated Great Bolo<br \/>\nWhipper Watson and al Lovelock drew Ivan Rasputin and Ray Eckert<br \/>\nVincent Lopez defeated Jim Coffield<br \/>\nAttendance: 8,109<\/p>\n<p>2\/8\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nHandicap match Wild Bill Longson defeated Yukon Eric in 13:30 then Enrique Torres defeated Longson in 1:05<br \/>\nVincent Lopez defeated Lord Layton via dq<br \/>\nAl Lovelock defeated Frank Taylor<br \/>\nAlo Leilani defeated Jim Coffield<br \/>\nDutch Hefner drew Whitey Whittler<br \/>\nAttendance: 7,145<\/p>\n<p>2\/22\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nNWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Bobby Managoff in 36:35<br \/>\nMike Mazurki and Ray Eckert defeated Vincent Lopez and Whipper Watson<br \/>\nDutch Hefner drew Al Lovelock<br \/>\nAlo Leilani defeated Pete Managoff<br \/>\nAttendance: 11,228<\/p>\n<p>2\/29\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nWild Bill Longson defeated Enrique Torres in 37:38<br \/>\nIvan Rasputin and Mike Mazurki defeated Don Beitelman and Al Lovelock<br \/>\nLord Layton defeated Vincent Lopez<br \/>\nLittle Darling drew Tom Thumb<br \/>\nFrank Taylor defeated Danny Ferazzo<\/p>\n<p>3\/7\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nVerne Gagne defeated Ray Eckert in 21:30<br \/>\nWhipper Billy Watson drew Mike Mazurki<br \/>\nAl Lovelock, Chief Big Heart and Vincent Lopez defeated Ivan Rasputin, Frank Taylor and Joe Dusek<br \/>\nDutch Hefner drew Dick Dusek<br \/>\nAttendance: 11,518<\/p>\n<p>3\/14\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nHandicap match: Wladek Kowalski defeated Mike Mazurki in 35:50 then Enrique Torres defeated Kowalski<br \/>\nBill Longson defeated Lord Athol Layton<br \/>\nBarney Bernard drew Al Lovelock<br \/>\nFred Davis defeated Frank Taylor<br \/>\nWarren Bockwinkel defeated Stu Gibson<br \/>\nAttendance: 5,946<\/p>\n<p>3\/21\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nNWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Bobby Managoff in 33:58<br \/>\nDanny McShain defeated Karol Krauser<br \/>\nIvan Rasputin defeated Warren Bockwinkel via dq<br \/>\nAlo Leilani drew Frank Taylor<br \/>\nVincent Lopez drew Ralph Garibaldi<br \/>\nAttendance: 10,213<\/p>\n<p>3\/28\/52 &#8211; St Louis, MO<br \/>\nNWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Verne Gagne in 39:50<br \/>\nMike Mazurki &amp; Ray Eckert &amp; Ivan Rasputin defeated Wild Bill Longson &amp; Ernie Dusek &amp; Jack Kennedy<br \/>\nAl Lovelock defeated Vincent Lopez<br \/>\nErnie Hefner drew Otto Kuss<br \/>\nAtt: 12,402<\/p>\n<p>4\/4\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nWladek Kowalski defeated Ray Eckert in 23:48<br \/>\nBobby Managoff and Enrique Torres defeated Ernie and Emil Dusek<br \/>\nAl Lovelock defeated Frankie Murdoch via dq<br \/>\nMike Mazurki defeated Dutch Hefner<br \/>\nAlo Leilani defeated Babe Zaharias<br \/>\nAttendance: 6,133<\/p>\n<p>4\/12\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nMighty Atlas defeated Enrique Torres (injury)<br \/>\nWild Bill Longson defeated Mike Mazurki<br \/>\nBobby Managoff defeated Al Lovelock<br \/>\nDutch Hefner and Chris Zaharias defeated Chief Big Heart and Frank Taylor<br \/>\nAttendance: 4,657<\/p>\n<p>4\/18\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nVerne Gagne defeated Wild Bill Longson<br \/>\nBobby Managoff, Al Lovelock and Enrique Torres drew Ray Eckert, Wladek Kowalski and Mike Mazurki<br \/>\nAlo Leilani drew Chris Zaharias<br \/>\nJack Kennedy defeated Dutch Hefner<br \/>\nAttendance: 9,195<\/p>\n<p>9\/19\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nPat O&#8217;Connor defeated Mighty Atlas via dq<br \/>\nHans Hermann defeated Al Lovelock in 41 seconds<br \/>\nChief Big Heart and John Kostas defeated Ernie Hefner and Joe Dusek<br \/>\nFred Blassie defeated Stu Gibson<br \/>\nAttendance: 9,018<\/p>\n<p>9\/26\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nBaron Michele Leone defeated Whipper Watson<br \/>\nFrankie Talabar defeated Ivan Rasputin<br \/>\nErnie Hefner defeated Great Scott via dq<br \/>\nSky Low Low defeated Sonny Boy Cassidy<br \/>\nAl Cortez defeated Jack Britton<br \/>\nAttendance: 6,378<\/p>\n<p>10\/3\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nNWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Mighty Atlas<br \/>\nPat O&#8217;Connor defeated Jim Henry<br \/>\nHans Hermann defeated Fred Blassie in 1:07<br \/>\nIvan Rasputin defeated Chief Big Heart<br \/>\nJohnny Kostas and Al Lovelock defeated Chris and Babe Zaharias<\/p>\n<p>10\/10\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nBaron Leone defeated Frankie Talaber<br \/>\nWhipper Watson and Johnny Costas defeated Ivan Rasputin and Dutch Hefner<br \/>\nBig Bill Miller defeated Don Arnold<br \/>\nBabe Zaharias defeated Johnny Swenski<br \/>\nFred Blassie defeated Al Cortez<\/p>\n<p>10\/17\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nHans Hermann defeated Wild Bill Longson<br \/>\nTarzan Kowalski defeated Vic Christy<br \/>\nDon Beitelman drew Ivan Rasputin<br \/>\nDon Leo Jonathan defeated Babe Zaharias<br \/>\nChris Zaharias drew Johnny Kostas<\/p>\n<p>10\/24\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nVerne Gagne defeated Hans Schmidt in 25:14<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison defeated Lone Eagle<br \/>\nBig Bill Miller defeated Hank Metheny<br \/>\nSterling Dizzy Davis drew Jim Henry<br \/>\nJohnny Costas defeated al Cortez<br \/>\nCarlos Rodriguez drew Finice Hall<\/p>\n<p>10\/31\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nPat O&#8217;Connor and Whipper Billy Watson drew Hans Hermann and Wladek Kowalski<br \/>\nWild Bill Longson defeated Alo Leilani<br \/>\nIvan Rasputin defeated Johnny Kostas<br \/>\nAl Lovelock defeated Babe Zaharias<br \/>\nCarlos Rodriguez drew Babe Zaharias<\/p>\n<p>11\/7\/52 &#8211; St. Louis<br \/>\nMighty Atlas defeated Ronnie Etchison in 21:10<br \/>\nHans Hermann defeated Don Leo Jonathan in 6:35<br \/>\nAl Lovelock defeated Jim Henry via dq<br \/>\nDizzy Davis and Don Beitelman defeated Babe Zaharias and Gypsy Joe<br \/>\nChris Zaharias drew Finice Hall<\/p>\n<p>11\/14\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nWladek Kowalski defeated Bob Orton in 37:20 then Kowalski drew Bill Melby in 60:00 in a handicap match<br \/>\nErnie Dusek defeated Sterling Davis<br \/>\nIvan Rasputin and Joe Dusek defeated Don Beitelman and Johnny Kostas<br \/>\nBill McDaniels drew Jim Henry<\/p>\n<p>11\/21\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nNWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Hans Hermann in 14:40<br \/>\nBig Bill Miller, Wladek Kowalski and Jim Henry defeated Bill Longson, Sterling Davis and Frankie Talaber<br \/>\nRay Stern defeated Al Lovelock via dq<br \/>\nAlo Leilani drew Don Beitelman<\/p>\n<p>11\/28\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nVerne Gagne defeated Bill Melby in 32:45<br \/>\nFred Von Schacht defeated Reggie Lisowski<br \/>\nLittle Beaver defeated Fuzzy Cupid via dq<br \/>\nDizzy Davis defeated Chris Zaharias<br \/>\nTom Thumb defeated Tuffy McRae<br \/>\nRay Stern defeated Lou Britton<\/p>\n<p>12\/5\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nPat O&#8217;Connor and Whipper Watson defeated Wladek Kowalski and Hans Hermann<br \/>\nDon Beitelman drew Al Lovelock<br \/>\nRay Stern defeated Johnny Kostas<br \/>\nBig Bill Miller defeated Jim Henry<br \/>\nDizzy Davis defeated Ivan Rasputin via dq<\/p>\n<p>12\/12\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nBill Longson defeated Hans Hermann in 10:00<br \/>\nPat O&#8217;Connor defeated Ernie Dusek<br \/>\nDon Beitelman drew Ray Stern<br \/>\nDizzy Davis defeated Al Lovelock via dq<br \/>\nRonnie Etchison and Ray Gunkel defeated Jim Henry and Ivan Rasputin<\/p>\n<p>12\/26\/52 &#8211; St Louis<br \/>\nNWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Pat O&#8217;Connor<br \/>\nWild Bill Longson and Big Bill Miller defeated Wladek Kowalski and Hans Hermann<br \/>\nErnie Dusek defeated Al Lovelock<br \/>\nJoe Dusek drew Fred Blassie<br \/>\nBill McDaniel defeated Cherry Vallina via dq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wrestling Results from St. Louis, featuring Pat O&#8217;Connor, Thesz, Whipper Watson, Bockwinkel, Longson, Layton, Kowalski, and more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":3318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[787,336,263],"class_list":["post-3295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-results","tag-results","tag-st-louis","tag-wrestling"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3327,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions\/3327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}