Georgia Wrestling History - the Home of Peach State Pandemonium: Cards & Results

1945

APRIL 4 (WEDNESDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Jack Dillon & Otto Schnabel defeated Nick Carter & Tarzan White by disqualification > The Black Monster defeated Ernie Dusek

APRIL 6 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Ben Bennicasa defeated Bull Komar > Barto Hill defeated Cowboy Luttrall > Dick Shikat and Dick Smith wrestled to a draw > Babe Zaharias defeated Wally Greb > Al Massey defeated Dick Lever

APRIL 11 (WEDNESDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > The Black Monster defeated Cowboy Luttrall > Tarzan White and Mr. X (2) wrestled to a draw > Roland Kirchmeyer defeated Otto Schnabel > Jack Dillon defeated George Romanoff

APRIL 13 (FRIDAY) Notes: A card was scheduled in Atlanta, but Paul Jones cancelled it because of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death at his home in Warm Springs, GA, one day earlier at the age of 63.

APRIL 16 (MONDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Tarzan White defeated Babe Zaharias by disqualification > Jack Dillon defeated Cowboy Luttrall > Roland Kirchmeyer defeated Otto Schnabel

APRIL 25 (WEDNESDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Tarzan White and the Black Monster wrestled to a draw > Jack Dillon defeated Cowboy Luttrall > Babe Zaharias defeated Otto Schnabel

APRIL 27 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Jack Dillon defeated George Romanoff > Ben Bennicasa defeated Barto Hill by disqualification > Duke Kapalani and Fritz Schnabel wrestled to a draw > Tarzan White defeated Jack Kelly > Babe Zaharias defeated Al Massey

MAY 2 (WEDNESDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Tarzan White defeated Mr. X (2) > Cowboy Luttrall defeated Otto Schnabel > Jack Dillon defeated George Romanoff

MAY 5 (SATURDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Al Massey defeated Jack Kelly by disqualification > Tarzan White defeated Cowboy Luttrall > Babe Zaharias defeated Jack Dillon > Barto Hill defeated Ben Bennicasa

MAY 9 (WEDNESDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Boxing Match: Cowboy Luttrall defeated Jack Dillon > Tarzan White defeated Otto Schnabel > Roland Kirchmeyer and Babe Zaharias wrestled to a draw > Nick Carter defeated Mike Chacoma

MAY 11 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Dick Lever defeated Jack Kelly by countout > Al Massey & Barto Hill defeated Ben Bennicasa & Fritz Schnabel > Tarzan White defeated Jack Dillon > NWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Bill Longson* defeated Babe Zaharias / Notes: Bill Longson had been the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion since he defeated Bobby Managoff in St. Louis, MO, on February 19, 1943. This version was the one recognized by the National Boxing Association as the National Wrestling Association.

MAY 16 (WEDNESDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Babe Zaharias and Tarzan White wrestled to a draw at 60:00 > Roland Kirchmeyer defeated Jack Dillon > Cowboy Luttrall defeated Stanley Wyckoff

MAY 18 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > John Mauldin defeated Ben Bennicasa by disqualification > Jack Kelly defeated the Green Hornet > Fritz Schnabel and Tarzan White wrestled to a draw > Al Massey versus Wally Greb ruled a no contest > Dick Lever defeated Dick Jackson

MAY 23 (WEDNESDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Al Massey & Cowboy Luttrall defeated Jack Dillon & Babe Zaharias by disqualification > Nick Carter defeated Dobie Osborne by disqualification

MAY 25 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Barto Hill and Fritz Schnabel wrestled to a draw > Chuck Ross defeated Jack Kelly by disqualification > Chief Thunderbird defeated Ben Bennicasa > Al Massey defeated Wally Greb by countout > The Green Hornet defeated Dick Lever

MAY 29 (TUESDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Roland Kirchmeyer & Al Massey defeated Jack Dillon & Babe Zaharias > Pat Kelly defeated George Romanoff

JUNE 4 (MONDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Al Massey defeated Babe Zaharias > The Green Hornet defeated Roland Kirchmeyer > Pat Kelly defeated Jack Dillon

JUNE 8 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Barto Hill and Wally Greb wrestled to a draw > Chuck Ross defeated Ben Bennicasa by disqualification > Dick Lever and Chief Thunderbird wrestled to a draw > The Green Hornet defeated Jack Dillon > Boxing Match: Al Massey defeated Babe Zaharias by KO in sixth round

JUNE 11 (MONDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Al Massey defeated the Green Hornet by disqualification > Nick Carter defeated Vincent Lopez > Pat Kelly and Dobie Osborne wrestled to a draw

JUNE 15 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Rudy Strongberg defeated Chuck Ross > Wally Greb and Babe Zaharias wrestled to a draw > Jack Dillon & Ben Bennicasa defeated Dick Lever & John Mauldin > The Green Hornet defeated Dan O’Connor by disqualification

JUNE 15 (FRIDAY) – AUGUSTA, GA – AUGUSTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Promoter – Unknown) Notes: A card was scheduled that advertised Bob Herman and Ed Virag, but no further information has been found.

JUNE 18 (MONDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > The Green Hornet defeated Nick Carter > Bill Collins defeated Wally Greb > Pat Kelly and Roland Kirchmeyer wrestled to a draw

JUNE 22 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Dan O’Connor defeated Jack Dillon > Barto Hill and Babe Zaharias wrestled to a draw > Dick Lever and Frank Marconi wrestled to a draw > Rudy Strongberg defeated Ben Bennicasa > Chief Thunderbird defeated the Green Hornet by disqualification

JUNE 25 (MONDAY) – SAVANNAH, GA – SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Lou Masters, Dick Leonard, and Buster White – Promoters) > Pat Kelly & the Green Hornet defeated Roland Kirchmeyer & Nick Carter > Jim Coffield defeated Wally Greb by disqualification

JUNE 29 (FRIDAY) – ATLANTA, GA – ATLANTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Paul Jones – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Amateur Match: Creed Hunter defeated Ken Jernigan > Jack Hader and Rudy Strongberg wrestled to a draw > John Mauldin & Barto Hill defeated Dick Lever & Chuck Ross > The Green Hornet defeated Dan O’Connor / Notes: Creed Hunter and Ken Jernigan were not only amateur wrestlers, but both were also legally blind.