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| CARDS & RESULTS: 1940s |
| April – June |
| 1947 |
| 1940s |
References to the following individuals and organizations are made throughout this section: Al Galento; Al Massey; Ann Laverne; Babe
Sharkey; Babe Zaharias; Bill McIntyre; Carlos Rodriguez; Dick Lever; Don McIntyre; Earl Wampler; Evelyn Wall; Flash Clifford; Jack Dillon;
Jack Kelly; Jim Coffield; Joe Corbett; Joe Kirkland; Johnny Long; Leo Savage; Lola Hart; Mae Young; Nell Stewart; Nick Carter; Paul Jones
(01); Ralph Garibaldi; Ray Villmer; Roland Kirchmeyer; Rudy Strongberg; the Shadow (03); Strangler Lewis; Tiny Oxford; Tom Mahoney;
Violet Viann; Wally Greb; Willie Davis.
April 18, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Johnny Long over Joe Corbett > Ralph Garibaldi and Rudy Strongberg went to a draw > Nick Carter over Carlos Rodriguez >
Don McIntyre over Jim Coffield > Al Massey over Flash Clifford
April 26, 1947 (Saturday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Don McIntyre versus Rudy Strongberg > Al Massey versus Joe Corbett > Women’s Tag Team Match: Mae Young & Lola
Hart versus Ann Laverne & Evelyn Wall > Jim Coffield versus Nick Carter
May 2, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Joe Corbett and Rudy Strongberg went to a draw > Johnny Long & Don McIntyre versus Tom Mahoney & Al Galento > Leo Savage over
Wally Greb > Jim Coffield versus Dick Lever
May 10, 1947 (Saturday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Tom Mahoney & Rudy Strongberg versus Nick Carter & Joe Corbett > Wristwatch Match: Al Massey over Al Galento > Leo
Savage over Jack Dillon > Jim Coffield over Don McIntyre / Notes: Strangler Lewis was the special referee for the Coffield-McIntyre match.
May 16, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Nick Carter and Leo Savage went to a draw > Jim Coffield versus Carlos Rodriguez > Tom Mahoney & Rudy Strongberg versus Nick
Carter & Al Massey > Don McIntyre over Strangler Lewis by disqualification
May 23, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Jim Coffield and Nick Carter went to a draw > Tom Mahoney over Leo Savage > Al Galento & Joe Kirkland over Johnny Long & Tiny
Oxford > Don McIntyre over Strangler Lewis
May 30, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Nick Carter and Tom Mahoney went to a draw > Rudy Strongberg over Bill McIntyre > Don McIntyre & Johnny Long over Jim Coffield & Al
Galento > Ray Villmer over Earl Wampler
June 7, 1947 (Saturday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Women’s Battle Royal: Mae Young (Winner); Nell Stewart, Violet Viann, Evelyn Wall, and Lola Hart also participated >
Nick Carter and Al Galento went to a draw > Don McIntyre over Jack Kelly > Ray Villmer over Tom Mahoney / Notes: It is unclear as to the
reason for the battle royal.
June 13, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Johnny Long and Al Galento went to a draw > Roland Kirchmeyer over Nick Carter > the Shadow (03) over Willie Davis > Don
McIntyre & Ray Villmer over Tom Mahoney & Babe Zaharias
June 20, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Battle Royal: Don McIntyre (Winner); Roland Kirchmeyer, Babe Sharkey, Tom Mahoney, and Babe Zaharias also participated
> Nick Carter and the Shadow (03) went to a draw > Johnny Long over Al Galento > Ray Villmer over Jim Coffield / Notes: It is unclear as
to the reason for the battle royal.
June 27, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Roland Kirchmeyer over Tom Mahoney > Al Galento & Babe Zaharias over Don McIntyre & Nick Carter > Johnny Long and the
Shadow (03) went to a draw > Ray Villmer over Babe Sharkey
Sharkey; Babe Zaharias; Bill McIntyre; Carlos Rodriguez; Dick Lever; Don McIntyre; Earl Wampler; Evelyn Wall; Flash Clifford; Jack Dillon;
Jack Kelly; Jim Coffield; Joe Corbett; Joe Kirkland; Johnny Long; Leo Savage; Lola Hart; Mae Young; Nell Stewart; Nick Carter; Paul Jones
(01); Ralph Garibaldi; Ray Villmer; Roland Kirchmeyer; Rudy Strongberg; the Shadow (03); Strangler Lewis; Tiny Oxford; Tom Mahoney;
Violet Viann; Wally Greb; Willie Davis.
April 18, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Johnny Long over Joe Corbett > Ralph Garibaldi and Rudy Strongberg went to a draw > Nick Carter over Carlos Rodriguez >
Don McIntyre over Jim Coffield > Al Massey over Flash Clifford
April 26, 1947 (Saturday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Don McIntyre versus Rudy Strongberg > Al Massey versus Joe Corbett > Women’s Tag Team Match: Mae Young & Lola
Hart versus Ann Laverne & Evelyn Wall > Jim Coffield versus Nick Carter
May 2, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Joe Corbett and Rudy Strongberg went to a draw > Johnny Long & Don McIntyre versus Tom Mahoney & Al Galento > Leo Savage over
Wally Greb > Jim Coffield versus Dick Lever
May 10, 1947 (Saturday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Tom Mahoney & Rudy Strongberg versus Nick Carter & Joe Corbett > Wristwatch Match: Al Massey over Al Galento > Leo
Savage over Jack Dillon > Jim Coffield over Don McIntyre / Notes: Strangler Lewis was the special referee for the Coffield-McIntyre match.
May 16, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Nick Carter and Leo Savage went to a draw > Jim Coffield versus Carlos Rodriguez > Tom Mahoney & Rudy Strongberg versus Nick
Carter & Al Massey > Don McIntyre over Strangler Lewis by disqualification
May 23, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Jim Coffield and Nick Carter went to a draw > Tom Mahoney over Leo Savage > Al Galento & Joe Kirkland over Johnny Long & Tiny
Oxford > Don McIntyre over Strangler Lewis
May 30, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Nick Carter and Tom Mahoney went to a draw > Rudy Strongberg over Bill McIntyre > Don McIntyre & Johnny Long over Jim Coffield & Al
Galento > Ray Villmer over Earl Wampler
June 7, 1947 (Saturday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Women’s Battle Royal: Mae Young (Winner); Nell Stewart, Violet Viann, Evelyn Wall, and Lola Hart also participated >
Nick Carter and Al Galento went to a draw > Don McIntyre over Jack Kelly > Ray Villmer over Tom Mahoney / Notes: It is unclear as to the
reason for the battle royal.
June 13, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Johnny Long and Al Galento went to a draw > Roland Kirchmeyer over Nick Carter > the Shadow (03) over Willie Davis > Don
McIntyre & Ray Villmer over Tom Mahoney & Babe Zaharias
June 20, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Battle Royal: Don McIntyre (Winner); Roland Kirchmeyer, Babe Sharkey, Tom Mahoney, and Babe Zaharias also participated
> Nick Carter and the Shadow (03) went to a draw > Johnny Long over Al Galento > Ray Villmer over Jim Coffield / Notes: It is unclear as
to the reason for the battle royal.
June 27, 1947 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Roland Kirchmeyer over Tom Mahoney > Al Galento & Babe Zaharias over Don McIntyre & Nick Carter > Johnny Long and the
Shadow (03) went to a draw > Ray Villmer over Babe Sharkey