1936 in professional wrestling explained
1936 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promoters/promotions
These promoters and promotions held notable shows in 1936.
Calendar of notable shows
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January 22 | Daro | Vincent López vs. Gino Garibaldi | Los Angeles, California | Vincent López (c) defeated Gino Garibaldi in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the World Heavyweight Championship[1] |
January 27 | FFCP | European Heavyweight Championship Tournament | Paris, France | Henri Deglane defeated Kola Kwariani in a tournament final to become the inaugural European Heavyweight Champion[2] |
January 29 | Daro | Vincent López vs. Gino Garibaldi | Los Angeles, California | |
January 31 | Bowser | Danno O'Mahoney vs. Count Casimir Polowski | Boston, Massachusetts | |
February 10 | FFCP | Dan Koloff vs. Kola Kwariani | Paris, France | Dan Koloff defeated Kola Kwariani |
February 19 | Daro | Vincent López vs. George Calza | Los Angeles, California | |
February 28 | Bowser | Danno O'Mahoney vs. Yvon Robert | Boston, Massachusetts | Danno O'Mahoney (c) defeated Yvon Robert in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[3] [4] |
April 1 | Daro | Vincent López vs. Man Mountain Dean | Los Angeles, California | |
April 17 | Bowser | Danno O'Mahoney vs. Yvon Robert | Boston, Massachusetts | Danno O'Mahoney (c) vs. Yvon Robert in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship ended in a time limit draw |
June 23 | Bowser | Danno O'Mahoney vs. Yvon Robert | Boston, Massachusetts | |
July 16 | Ganson | Danno O'Mahoney vs. Yvon Robert | Montreal, Quebec | Yvon Robert defeated Danno O'Mahoney (c) in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the World Heavyweight Championship[5] |
August 19 | Daro | Vincent López vs. Dave Levin | Los Angeles, California | |
September 27 | EMLL | EMLL 3rd Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Zimba Parka defeated Tuffy Klein in a singles match[6] |
September 30 | Daro | Dave Levin vs. Vincent López | Los Angeles, California | |
September 30 | Ganson | Yvon Robert vs. Cy Williams | Montreal, Quebec | |
December 15 | Burke-Tracey | George Zaharias vs. Eddie Newman | St. Louis, Missouri | George Zaharias defeated Eddie Newman[7] |
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Accomplishments and tournaments
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European Heavyweight Championship Tournament | Ludwig Dose | N/A | [8] |
Berlin Tournament | Herbert Audersch | February | [9] |
Hamburg Tournament | Hans Schwarz Jr. | March 31 | [10] |
Madrid Tournament | Mike Brendel | April 4 | [11] |
Bilbao Tournament | Mike Brendel | April 26 | [12] |
Bremen Tournament | Hans Kämpfer | April 29 | [13] |
Konigsberg Tournament (Summer) | Bruno Mosig | May | [14] |
Hanover Tournament | Ludwig Dose | June 14 | [15] |
Barcelona World Heavyweight Championship Tournament | Wladek Zbyszko? | July | |
Gold Belt of Madrid Championship Tournament | Tarzan Vasco (Pablo Gardiazabal) | July | |
Swiss Free-style Tournament | Herbert Audersch | September 15 | [16] |
Konigsberg Tournament (Winter) | Ludwig Dose | November | |
Munich Tournament | Willi Müller | December 10 | [17] |
Swiss Tournament | Willi Muller | December 12 | [18] |
World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship Tournament | Hans Schwarz Jr. | December 21 | [19] | |
Championship changes
AFW
AWA
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July 16 | Yvon Robert | Live event | | |
CSAC
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August 19 | Dave Levin | Live event | |
September 30 | Vincent Lopez | Live event | |
October 10 | Dave Levin | Live event | | |
DWU
EMLL
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Uncertain | Vacated | N/A | Vacated for undocumented reasons |
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March 11 | Tarzán López | EMLL show | | |
GAC
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May 10 | Daniel Boone Savage | Live event | Awarded championship by the Texas State Athletic Commission after NWA World Heavyweight Champion Danno O'Mahoney fails to appear for a scheduled title defence against Juan Humberto in Galveston, Texas in February 1936. | |
MWA
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January 1 | Great Mephisto | Live event | |
January 27 | George Dussette | Live event | |
July 6 | Billy Weidner | N/A | | |
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March 25 | Frank Sexton | Live event | |
June 24 | George McCloud | Live event | [20] | |
NWA
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March 2 | Dick Shikat | Live event | O'Mahoney continues to be recognized as champion by the American Wrestling Association. |
September | Vacated | N/A | Vacated when the AWA ceased to recognize Shikat as world champion. |
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October 8 | Dean Detton | N/A | Detton is declared the new world champion following victories over title claimants Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Ali Baba and Dave Levin earlier that year. | |
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August 31 | Alvin Britt | NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament | Defeated Ted Christy to become the inaugural champion.[21] Ralph Hammonds, however, continues to be recognized as champion in Texas and Tennessee as late as April 1937. |
December 21 | Dude Chick | | | |
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December 14 | Bobby Chick | | | |
NYSAC
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March 2 | Dick Shikat | Live event | The match was originally for the unified NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Due to the controversial finish, however, the AWA withdrew its support and continued to recognize O'Mahoney as its world champion. |
April 24 | Ali Baba | Live event | |
June 12 | Dave Levin[22] | Live event | Won by disqualification; recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Ali Baba continues to claim the title but loses to Everette Marshall on June 26, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio Levin also wins Los Angeles version, defeating Vincent Lopez on August 19, 1936 in Los Angeles. |
September 28 | Dean Detton | Live event | Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Detton also defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis in a title tournament final earlier in the year in Philadelphia. | |
SFBO
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November 3 | Billy Hanson | Pacific Heavyweight Championship Tournament | Defeated Nick Lutze to become the inaugural champion. |
No title changes | |
SPWA
Stadiums Limited
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May 30 | Tom Lurich | Live event | | |
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May 30 | Sammy Rodgers | Live event | | |
WAC
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July | Whitey Wahlberg | Live event | |
September 1 | Cry Baby London | Live event | |
September 3 | Walter Achiu | Live event | |
December 10 | Jack Lipscomb | Live event | | |
Unknown
World championships
Regional championships
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March 18 | Bob Cummings | Live event | | |
Arts and entertainment
Debuts
Births
Deaths
References
General
- Stern, Karl . 2005 . 83 . The Time Line of Wrestling Part II . DragonKing Wrestling . . DragonKing Press . https://web.archive.org/web/20170326164005/http://petegrassi19.com/DragonKing/DKP83.pdf . March 26, 2017.
Specific
Notes and References
- Web site: Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1936 . Hornbaker . Tim . October 1, 2007 . LegacyOfWrestling.com .
- Web site: Results from France: 1933-1936 . Wheeler . Jimmy . October 16, 2019 . ProWrestlingHistoricalSociety.com . Professional Wrestling Historical Society .
- Web site: A Study of Danno O’Mahoney: The (Almost) Undisputed World Champion . Yohe . Steve . 1WrestlingLegends.com .
- Web site: Boston Wrestling Results - 1936 . Hornbaker . Tim . Yohe . Steve . LegacyOfWrestling.com .
- Web site: Montreal Wrestling Results - 1936 . Hornbaker . Tim . July 16, 2007 . LegacyOfWrestling.com .
- Web site: CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares. Alex. Ruiz Glez. September 7, 2010. February 2, 2020 . Súper Luchas. es . CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events.
- Web site: St. Louis Wrestling Results - 1936 . Hornbaker . Tim . Kenyon . J Michael . February 11, 2011 . LegacyOfWrestling.com .
- Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will. Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Europe: European Heavyweight Championship Tournaments . Waterloo, ON . 434. Archeus Communications . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4 .
- Web site: Berlin Tournament . Tanabe . Hisaharu . 2003 . Puroresu Dojo . Wrestling-Titles.com. February 16, 2020.
- Web site: Hamburg Tournament . Tanabe . Hisaharu . 2003 . Puroresu Dojo . Wrestling-Titles.com. February 16, 2020.
- Web site: Madrid Tournament . Tanabe . Hisaharu . 2003 . Puroresu Dojo . Wrestling-Titles.com. February 16, 2020.
- Web site: Spain Tournament: Misc. Cities . Tanabe . Hisaharu . 2003 . Puroresu Dojo . Wrestling-Titles.com. February 16, 2020.
- Web site: Bremen Tournament . Tanabe . Hisaharu . 2003 . Puroresu Dojo . Wrestling-Titles.com. February 16, 2020.
- Web site: Tournament . Tanabe . Hisaharu . 2003 . Puroresu Dojo . Wrestling-Titles.com. February 16, 2020.
- Web site: Hanover Tournament . Tanabe . Hisaharu . 2003 . Puroresu Dojo . Wrestling-Titles.com. February 16, 2020.
- Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will. Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Switzerland: Swiss Free-style Tournament Champions . Waterloo, ON . 434. Archeus Communications . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4 .
- Web site: Munich Tournament . Tanabe . Hisaharu . 2003 . Puroresu Dojo . Wrestling-Titles.com. February 16, 2020.
- Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will. Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Switzerland: Swiss Tournament Champions . Waterloo, ON . 435. Archeus Communications . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4 .
- Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will. Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Europe: World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship Tournaments . Waterloo, ON . 434. Archeus Communications . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4 .
- Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will. Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Ohio: Ohio Title . Waterloo, ON . 77. Archeus Communications . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4 .
- Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will. Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . United States: NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title . Waterloo, ON . 12. Archeus Communications . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4 .
- Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will. Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . United States: World Heavyweight Title [Toots Mondt, Ray Fabiani] . Waterloo, ON . 11. Archeus Communications . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4 .
- Web site: Wrestling History: 1900-1949 . . 2005 . PWI-Online.com . . 2020-02-18 . 2012-09-10 . https://archive.today/20120910163257/http://www.pwi-online.com/pages/wrestlingframe.html . dead .
- Web site: Wrestlers debuted in 1936: 1 - 10 of 10 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
- Web site: Wrestlers born in 1936: 1 - 50 of 51 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
- Web site: Wrestlers born in 1944: 1 - 50 of 55 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
- News: . WRESTLER DIES OF SPINE INJURIES . 56 . . New York City, New York . January 3, 1936 . Jack Ray, 40, a professional wrestler, died in a hospital here yesterday of spinal injuries said to have been received in a match with another grappler, Dick Powell, here, several weeks, ago. Ray served as a soldier in the Canadian army during the [First World War] and wrestled under the name of "Cowboy Russell"..
- News: Currence . Stubby . January 8, 1936 . THIS RASSLIN’ RACKET IS NOT SO TAME . 5 . . Bluefield, West Virginia .
- Curley . Jack . Jack Curley . September 1936 . Three Matmen Go West . .
- News: . Steve Gnasdow, Wrestler, Dead . . Hartford, Connecticut . June 3, 1936 .
- Web site: The Unknown Heavyweight Champion of the World: The Turnover Scissors King – Jim Browning . Hornbaker . Tim . LegacyOfWrestling.com .
- News: . Dies in Ring; MIKE ROMANO. TO HEART MALADY; Romano Victim of Natural Causes, Verdict of Coroner Says. . A2 . . Washington, D.C. . June 26, 1936 .
- News: . "FILLER-IN" MATCH FATAL TO ROMANO; Extra-Bout Wrestler Has Neck Broken—Two Duseks Take Battles. . C2 . . Washington, D.C. . June 26, 1936 .