American Classics

American Classics Pre-1950 #01 (1920-1930) #02 (1930-1932) #03 (1932-1936) #04 (1936-1940) #05 (1940-1950) 1950s 1950 #06 (March-April 1950) #07 (April-June 1950) #08 (September-November 1950) #09 (December 1950-January 1951) 1951 #10 (January-February 1951) #11 (March-April 1951) #12 (May-October 1951) #13 (October 1951-January 1952) 1952 #14 (January-April 1952) #15 (April-May 1952) #16 (May-June 1952) #17 (June-September 1952) #18 (September-December 1952) #19 (1952-February 1953) 1953 #20 (February-April 19…

American Classics #1 (02:09:19) Matches from 1920-1930 JOE STETCHER vs EARL CADDOCK (01/30/1920; MSG; New York, NY; 00:25:50) GUS SONNENBERG vs ED STRANGLER LEWIS (06/30/1928; AWA Boston, MA; 00:02:56) GUS SONNENBERG vs ED STRANGLER LEWIS (01/04/1929; AWA Boston, MA; 00:00:22) GUS SONNENBERG vs HOWARD CANTONWINE (02/03/1929; AWA Boston, MA; 00:07:30) GUS SONNENBERG vs JOE MALCEWICZ (03/15/1929; AWA Boston, MA; 00:14:20) GUS SONNENBERG vs MARIN PLESTINA (05/28/1929; AWA Boston, MA; 00:02:19) DICK SHIKAT vs TOOTS MONDT (08/27/1929; 7:47) DICK SHIKAT vs GEORGE CALZ…

American Classics #2 (02:10:09) Matches from 1930-1932 JIM LONDOS vs LEO GARIBALDI (11/17/1930; MSG; Jack Curley Promotions New York, NY; 00:01:32) JIM LONDOS vs MIKE ROMANO (12/15/1930; Chicago, IL; 00:01:46) DICK SHIKAT vs IVAN VACTUROFF (1930; Jack Curley Promotions; New York, NY; 00:01:41) ED DON GEORGE vs JACK WAGNER (01/09/1931; Chicago, IL; 00:18:49) ED DON GEORGE vs HENRI DEGLANE (01/21/1931; Daro Inc; Los Angeles, CA; 00:01:17) JIM LONDOS vs JIM MCMILLEN (01/26/1931; Jack Curley Promotions; New York, NY; 00:01:04) ED DON GEORGE vs EVERETT MARSHALL (03/04/1931; Daro I…

American Classics #3 (01:59:47) Matches from 1932-1936 FRITZ KLEY vs SAMMY STEIN (07/12/1932; Bronx, NY; 00:01:38) JIM LONDOS vs KARL SARPOLIS (07/12/1932; San Francisco, CA; 00:04:56) UNKNOWN WRESTLER vs UNKNOWN WRESTLER-UNDERWATER WRESTLING (07/13/1932; Silver Spring, FL; 00:00:55) JIM LONDOS vs RAY STEELE (07/18/1932; Los Angeles, CA; 00:08:09) JIM LONDOS vs JOE SAVOLDI (08/31/1932; Los Angeles, CA; 00:01:21) JIM LONDOS vs JOE STETCHER | ERNIE DUSEK vs GINO GARIBALDI (10/28/1932; Philadelphia, PA; 00:01:39) JIM LONDOS vs GEORGE ZAHARIAS (12/14/1932; Los Angeles, CA; 00:01:…

American Classics #4 (02:09:51) Matches from 1936-1940 5-MAN BATTLE ROYAL (1936; Lake Worth, FL; 00:01:21) BLINDFOLD BATTLE ROYAL (1936; Lake Worth, FL; 00:01:18) BATTLE ROYAL (01/13/1937; Lake Worth, FL; 00:01:51) MARTIN LEVY vs FITZPATRICK COHEN (02/04/1937; MSG; New York, NY; 00:01:08) WEE WILLIE DAVIS vs LAVERNE BAXTER (04/15/1937; Washington, DC; 00:01:20) CLARA MORTENSEN vs RITA BAKER (04/26/1937; Washington, DC; 00:01:16) BRONCO NAGURSKI vs VINCENT LOPEZ (08/11/1937; Los Angeles, CA; 00:11:16) NICK LUTZE vs PIO PICO-BOXER vs WRESTLER (08/11/1937; Los Ange…

American Classics #5 (01:58:37) Matches from 1940-1950 MAURICE TILLET vs JERRY MONOHAN (03/07/1940; 00:01:02) GOLDEN TERROR vs UNKNOWN WRESTLER (04/01/1940; 00:00:48) BOBBY MANAGOFF vs ERNIE DUSEK (04/17/1940; AWA Boston, MA; 00:01:00) OTTO VAN SCHACHT vs BOBBY BRUNS | SWEDISH ANGEL vs JUAN OLAGUIVEL (05/13/1940; MSG; New York, NY; 00:01:15) FRENCH ANGEL vs LEN MACALUSO (10/09/1940; Hammond, IN; 00:01:35) MARVIN WESTENBERG vs JOE COX (01/01/1941; AWA Boston, MA; 00:00:57) MARTIN LEVY vs BOBBY BRUNS (03/27/1941; MSG; New York, NY; 00:01:57) MILDRED BURKE vs PATSY…

American Classics #6 (02:03:56) Matches from March-April 1950 WILBUR SNYDER vs WARREN BOCKWINKEL (03/04/1950; (NWA Chicago; 00:07:53) LOU THESZ vs RUFFY SILVERSTEIN (03/17/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:27:41) BUDDY ROGERS vs ANTONINO ROCCA (03/27/1950; Cleveland, OH, 00:01:33) FRITZ SCHNABEL vs BENITO GARDINI (04/14/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:26:30) GORGEOUS GEORGE vs FRANKIE TALABAR (04/14/1950; NWA Chicago; 01:00:19)

American Classics #7 (02:01:20) Matches from April-June 1950 GREAT MOTO vs IVAN RASPUTIN (04/14/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:17:37) CHIEF DON EAGLE vs WALTER PALMER (04/28/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:19:15) VERNE GAGNE & BOBBY BRUNS vs RUDY KAY & AL WILLIAMS (05/12/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:29:48) GORGEOUS GEORGE vs CYCLONE ANAYA (05/23/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:36:11) VERNE GAGNE VS BILLY GOELZ (06/21/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:18:29)

American Classics #8 (02:15:51) Matches from September-November 1950 BOB GEIGEL vs BUCK WEAVER (09/09/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:13:14) BOBO BROWN vs JOHNNY BALBO (09/09/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:13:16) ROY MCCLARITY & JACK GUY vs KIMON KUDO & WALTER ACHIU (09/13/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:19:50) LORD JAMES BLEARS vs IVAN THE TERRIBLE (09/27/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:13:39) LOU THESZ vs WALTER PALMER (10/10/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:15:58) VERNE GAGNE vs BILLY GOELZ (10/10/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:15:13) GORGEOUS GEORGE vs HANS SCHMIDT (11/03/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:21:31) MIGHTY …

American Classics #9 (02:05:36) Matches from December 1950-January 1951 ENRIQUE TORRES vs TED CHRISTY (12/28/1950; NWA Chicago; 00:28:38) ACE FREEMAN vs BILLY VARGA (1950; NWA Los Angeles; 00:16:41) DANNY MCSHAIN vs GINO GARIBALDI (1950; NWA Los Angeles; 00:22:36) GORGEOUS GEORGE vs LARRY MOQUIN (1950; NWA Los Angeles; 00:12:05) SANDOR SZABO vs ROGER MACKAY (1950; 00:21:26) BUDDY ROGERS vs CYCLONE ANAYA (01/05/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:28:10)

American Classics #10 (02:12:58) Matches from January-February 1951 EL HOMBRE MONTANA & RAMON CERNADES vs AL WILLIAMS & RUDY KAY (01/05/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:27:15) MIGHTY ATLAS vs CHIEF DON EAGLE (01/05/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:27:21) LOU THESZ vs BUDDY ROGERS (01/26/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:51:08) DAVE LEVIN & LORD JAMES BLEARS vs TONY MORELLI & ANGELO CISTOLDI (02/05/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:27:14)

American Classics #11 (02:14:59) Matches from March-April 1951 HANS SCHNABEL & FRITZ SCHNABEL vs EL HOMBRE MONTANA & RAMON CERNADES (03/30/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:38:28) KILLER KOWALSKI vs PETE MANAGOFF (03/30/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:15:01) LOU THESZ vs MIGHTY ATLAS (03/30/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:26:36) GORGEOUS GEORGE vs JESSE JAMES (04/09/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:24:07) GYPSY JOE vs LEON KIRILENKO (04/20/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:12:06) DONN LEWIN vs GINO GARIBALDI (04/30/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:18:41)

American Classics #12 (02:08:47) Matches from May-October 1951 LEO GARIBALDI vs BILLY MCDANIEL (05/23/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:17:51) PAT MCGILL vs MONTE LADUE (07/09/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:11:46) ANDRE DRAPP vs ACE FREEMAN (07/26/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:19:31) HANS SCHNABEL vs VIC CHRISTY (08/13/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:20:23) EMIL DUSEK & ERNIE DUSEK vs GREAT TOGO & TONY MORELLI (08/20/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:31:49) LOU THESZ vs WALTER PALMER (10/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:27:27)

American Classics #13 (02:16:13) Matches from October 1951-January 1952 BARON MICHELE LEONE vs BILLY VARGA (10/01/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:36:19) MIGHTY ATLAS vs VERNE GAGNE (11/09/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:27:40) CARL MEYER vs ALO LEILANI (11/19/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:13:51) DON BEITELMAN vs DICK HATCHER (11/19/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:27:21) VERNE GAGNE vs RED BASTIEN (1951; NWA Chicago; 00:11:00) ANTONINO ROCCA vs PRIMO CARNERA (01/14/1952; Manhattan Booking Agency; MSG; New York, NY; 00:02:08) CHEST BERNARD vs TARZAN WHITE (01/25/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:17:54)

American Classics #14 (01:55:50) Matches from January-April 1952 LOU THESZ vs VERNE GAGNE (01/25/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:55:41) HAILE SELASSIE vs FUZZY CUPID (04/04/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:22:26) IVAN RASPUTIN & CHEST BERNARD & FRITZ VON SCHACHT VS DON VEITELMAN & FARMER DON MARLIN & PAT O'CONNOR (04/04/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:37:43)

American Classics #15 (02:03:46) Matches from April-May 1952 VERNE GAGNE vs MIGHTY ATLAS (04/04/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:41:55) FRITZ VON SCHACHT vs FARMER DON MARLIN (04/05/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:26:48) GREAT TOGO vs ZACK MALKOV (04/05/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:26:33) KILLER KOWALSKI vs MR. MOTO & DUKE KEOMUKA (04/29/1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:23:40) KILLER KOWALSKI & RAY GUNKEL & REGGIE LISOWSKI vs DUKE KEOMUKA & GEORGE BOLLAS & MR. MOTO (05/06/1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:05:00)

American Classics #16 (02:10:55) Matches from May-June 1952 IVAN RASPUTIN & HANS SCHMIDT vs RUDY KAY & FARMER DON MARLIN (05/16/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:42:20) PAT O'CONNOR vs MIGHTY ATLAS (05/16/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:31:00) VERNE GAGNE vs GREAT TOGO (05/16/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:27:57) DUKE KEOMUKA & IVAN KALMIKOFF & GEORGE BOLLAS vs RAY GUNKEL & WHISKERS SAVAGE & ED LISOWSKI (05/20/1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:05:20) FRED BLASSIE & BILL DANIELS vs WHISKERS SAVAGE & FARMER JONES (06/10/1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:05:03) LO…

American Classics #17 (01:53:02) Matches from June-September 1952 VERNE GAGNE vs HANS SCHMIDT (06/27/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:33:35) CYCLONE ANAYA vs IVAN KALMIKOFF (08/12/1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:10:09) RITO ROMERO vs DANNY SAVICH (08/26/1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:27:15) LOU THESZ vs RAY GUNKEL (09/16/1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:42:03)

American Classics #18 (03:17:14) Matches from September-December 1952 DORY FUNK SR. vs ABE KASHEY (09/1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:08:49) VERNE GAGNE vs RED BASTIEN (10/28/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:10:30) BOBBY FORD & ROBERT ROUCHE vs ALI PASHA & TOMMY O’TOOLE (10/30/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:18:40) DON ARNOLD vs EDMUND FRANCIS (10/30/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:07:47) BOB ORTON SR. vs BILLY HICKSON (10/31/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:15:45) BOB ORTON SR. & HANS SCHMIDT vs JACK CARTER & BALK ESTES (10/31/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:20:45) RED BASTIEN vs MIGHTY ATLAS (…

American Classics #19 (02:09:31) Matches from 1952-February 1953 WILD RED BERRY & TONY MARELLI vs GEORGE BECKER & BOBBY BECKER (1952; NWA Los Angeles; 00:32:07) DUKE KEOMUKA vs MIGUEL BLACK GUZMAN (1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:09:31) DUKE KEOMUKA vs RICKI STARR (1952; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:05:00) LOU THESZ vs ANTONINO ROCCA (01/05/1953; Manhattan Booking Agency; MSG; New York, NY; 00:07:24) LOU THESZ vs HANS SCHMIDT (01/16/1953; NWA Chicago; 00:27:09) PAT O'CONNOR vs BOB ORTON SR. (01/16/1953; NWA Chicago; 00:22:01) ALI PASHA vs …

American Classics #20 (02:21:28) Matches from February-April 1953 GORGEOUS GEORGE vs DR. LEE GRABLE (02/26/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:31:06) WARREN BOCKWINKEL & FRED BLASSIE vs JOE PASANDAK & MR. MOTO (03/23/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:26:09) LOU THESZ vs ANTONINO ROCCA (03/24/1953; Manhattan Booking Agency; MSG; New York, NY; 00:10:49) BUDDY ROGERS vs JOHNNY VALENTINE (03/24/1953; Manhattan Booking Agency; MSG; New York, NY; 00:03:25) FRED BLASSIE vs BARON MICHELE LEONE (04/13/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:41:37) MILDRED BURKE vs MILLIE STAFFORD (04/20/1953; Manhattan Booking Agency; Was…

American Classics #21 (01:59:50) Matches from April-May 1953 WILBUR SNYDER & SANDOR SZABO vs JACK MCDONALD & DANNY SAVAGE (04/27/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:37:06) COWBOY CARLSON vs VINCENT LOPEZ (05/08/1953; NWA Chicago; 00:18:48) HANS SCHMIDT vs KILLER KOWALSKI (05/08/1953; NWA Chicago; 00:27:24) FRED BLASSIE vs WILD RED BERRY (05/18/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:36:32)

American Classics #22 (02:19:28) Matches from May-June 1953 WARREN BOCKWINKEL vs WILBUR SNYDER (05/18/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:32:19) WILBUR SNYDER & FRED BLASSIE vs WILD RED BERRY & JACK MCDONALD (05/25/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:38:42) JACK ADKISSON vs ELLIS BASHARA (05/26/1953; Southwest Sports; Dallas Sportatorium; 00:03:32) WILBUR SNYDER vs MR. MOTO (06/08/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:38:37) HANS SCHMIDT vs YUKON ERIC (06/12/1953; NWA Chicago; 00:26:18)

American Classics #23 (02:02:02) Matches from June-August 1953 WILBUR SNYDER vs JACK MCDONALD (06/20/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:34:12) BARON MICHELE LEONE vs RITO ROMERO (07/13/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:54:10) JOHN TOLOS & KARL DAVIS vs WILD RED BERRY & BUD CURTIS (08/10/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:33:38)

American Classics #24 (02:23:31) Matches from August 1953 SANDOR SZABO vs GREAT BOLO & LOUIE MILLER (08/26/1953; NWA Los Angeles; 00:49:44) BILLY DARNELL vs GREAT YAMATO (08/28/1953; NWA Chicago; 00:32:35) BOB ORTON SR. vs HANS SCHMIDT (08/28/1953; NWA Chicago; 00:23:15) LARRY CHENE vs BOBBY NELSON (08/28/1953; NWA Chicago; 00:27:57)