Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling
A Recap of December 1951
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With no wrestling held in Shreveport the following Monday, the first cards held in December were held in Monroe and Baton Rouge.
In Monroe Sugy Hayamaka & Johnny Harmon teamed to take on Red Lyons & the Mighty Scot in the main evet tag team match.
Two preliminary matches featuring these same four wrestlers preceded the main event.
No results are known for this card.
In Baton Rouge that same night Farmer Brown faced Irish Jack Kelly in the first match. Brown forced Kelly to submit to a Boston Crab to win the first fall. Kelly came back and pinned the hillbilly to win the second fall. In the third and deciding fall Brown sued a series of body blocks and pinned Kelly to win the fall and the match.
The main event was a women’s match with Therese Theis taking on Ella Waldek. The match was even at a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. Waldek used a series of body slams on Theis before pinning her to win the fall and the match.
On Wednesday in Alexandria Farmer Brown and Irish Jack Kelly met once again in the opening match of the evening. The match was even with Kelly winning the first fall and Brown the second. In the third and deciding fall, Kelly managed to strip Brown of his rope belt and used it to choke the hillbilly. Referee Phil Brummett disqualified Kelly for his actions and awarded the fall and the match to Brown.
The main event had Therese Theis and Ella Waldek meeting once again in a women’s match. Theis used a flying headscissors and a monkey flip on Waldek to pin her to win the first fall. Waldek came back and battered Theis mercilessly before pinning her to win the second fall. The two fought like wildcats during the third and deciding fall when referee Phil Brummett stepped between them. Theis slapped Brummett and was disqualified, giving the fall and the match to Waldek.
On Thursday in New Orleans Irish Jack Kelly faced Baron Von Harben, previously known as Colonel George Harben, in the opening match. Harben now claimed that he had inherited a royal title from his German ancestors and insisted in being addressed as such. He would be billed under both names for the remainder of his time in the territory. The change in names didn’t alter his wrestling style and he was disqualified for rough tactics to give Kelly the win in the single fall match.
In the semi-final match Farmer Brown and the Skull squared off. Each man had won a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. At one point the Skull grabbed a headlock on Brown and with his back turned to referee Red Byrd, slugged the hillbilly in the head. Brown went down and was pinned by the Skull. Referee Byrd at first awarded the fall and the match to the masked man but then decided that the masked man had used an illegal weapon on Brown to knock him out. Byrd reversed his initial decision and gave the fall and the match to Brown.
The main event was a mixed tag team match with Al Getz & Therese Theis teaming to take on Charley Keene & Ella Waldek. Keene was a last minute substitute for Garza Lozano, who failed to appear. Keene & Waldek won two out of three falls to win the match.
On Friday in Jackson, Jack (Stinger) Steele was disqualified in the opening match against George Curtis. Steele punched referee Jack Roberts to earn the DQ and give the one fall match to Curtis.
In the second match of the evening, also scheduled for one fall, Red Lyons and the Mighty Scot battled to a draw.
The main event was a World Light-Heavyweight title match with champion Sugy Hayamaka defending the title against multi-time former champion Jack Curtis. Hayamaka pinned in 38 minutes to win the first fall after several Judo throws. Curtis came back and applied a piledriver on Hayamaka and pinned him to win the second fall in 12 minutes. The two battled evenly throughout the third and deciding fall before Hayamaka caught Curtis again with a toss to the mat. Hayamaka then covered him and referee Pat Willis counted the fall. Willis then noticed that Curtis had his feet across the bottom rope and called for the match to continue. The two combatants grabbed each other just as the bell rang. The time limit had expired and the match was declared a draw. Following the match Curtis issued a challenge for a rematch stating that he would put up $500 against the title.
Also on Friday in Anniston a double main event was featured. In the opening match Farmer Brown was matched with Blackjack Dillon.
In the main feature, There Theis and Ella Waldek met in a women’s match.
No results are known for this card.
Wrestling returned to Shreveport the following Monday after a week off. The Mighty Scot defeated Johnny Harmon in 9 minutes to win the one fall opening match.
In the semi-final match, Jack Curtis took on World Light-Heavyweight champion Sugy Hayamaka in a non-title match. Hayamaka pinned Curtis in 10 minutes to win the first fall. Curtis came back and forced Hayamaka to submit to a step-over toe hold to win the second fall in 10 minutes. In the third and deciding fall Curtis used an airplane spin on Hayamaka and pinned him in 15 minutes to win the fall and the match.
The main event was a grudge match between Jack (Stinger) Steele and Pat (Big Boy) Cronin. The two men fought with their fists taped and the match had no time limit but would continue until one man was unable to continue. With 1 minute and 30 seconds remaining in the third round, Kelly knocked Cronin through the ropes. Referee Conway Baker counted Cronin out and awarded the match to Kelly. Cronin protested saying he was still able to continue and the countout should not count as a knockout. Despite his protests, the decision stood and Kelly was the winner of the match.
On Tuesday in Monroe Johnny Harmon and Red Lyons faced each other in the opening match. Harmon had the advantage for most of the first fall until Lyons grabbed him by the hair and slammed him to the mat. Lyons then applied a leglock on Harmon and forced him to submit. Harmon was still limping at the beginning of the second fall so Lyons went after his leg immediately. Harmon managed to evade him so Lyons grabbed him in a headlock. Lyons then flipped Harmon over his shoulder and grabbed the leg again. Harmon submitted and the match wen to Lyons in two straight falls.
In the main event, World Light-Heavyweight champion Sugy Hayamaka defended his title against the challenge of the Great Scot. The Scot used an armlock on Hayamaka and forced him to submit to win the first fall. Hayamaka used an armlock on the Scot in the second fall but the Scot was able to break free. He threw a punch and Hayamaka which the champion ducked. Hayamaka grabbed the Scot’s arm and threw him with a Judo throw and pinned him to win the second fall. In the third and deciding fall the Scot began slugging Hayamaka until the champion lost his temper. He flattened the Scot with a series of Judo chops and pinned him to take the fall and the match and retain his title.
That same evening in Baton Rouge Therese Theis and Ella Waldek fought to a draw in the opening match.
Farmer Brown and Jack Kelly also fought to a draw in the second match of the night.
The main event was a mixed tag team match with Brown & Theis teaming to take on Kelly & Waldek. Brown pinned Kelly in 14 minutes to win the first fall. Kelly returned the favor and pinned Brown in 18 minutes to take the second fall. Theis pinned Waldek to win the deciding fall and the match for her team.
On Thursday in New Orleans Blackjack Dillon defeated Nick Carter in the opening match.
Ella Waldek defeated Therese Theis in the women’s match, which was the second match of the night.
In the main event Al Getz & Farmer Brown took two out of three falls from Baron Von Harben & the Skull to win a tag team match.
On Friday in Jackson Johnny Harmon and Pat Cronin met in the first match of the evening. Despite a large size advantage over Harmon, Cronin felt the need to resort to foul tactics. Referee Pat Willis disqualified Cronin and awarded the match to Harmon.
The semi-final match was a tag team match with Jack & George Curtis joining forces to meet Jack Steele & Red Lyons. The Curtis Brothers won two straight falls over Steele & Lyons to win the match.
In the main event Sugy Hayamaka, World Light-Heavyweight champion, took on the Mighty Scot in a non-title match. Hayamaka threw the Scot with a Judo throw and pinned him to win the first fall. The Scot used a similar throw, which he called the Highland fling, to toss Hayamaka and pin him to win the second fall. The third and deciding fall was nip and tuck until Hayamaka applied a sleeper hold on the Scot and subdued him to win the fall and the match.
That same Friday evening in Anniston Therese Theis and Ella Waldek faced one another in the opening match.
In the second match Al Getz faced George Harben.
The main event was a mixed tag team match with Getz & Theis facing Harben & Waldek.
No results are known for this card.
The following Monday in Shreveport, newcomer Johnny Bullock, a Shreveport native, faced Red Lyons in the opening bout of the evening.
In the semi-final match, Sugy Hayamaka and Pat Cronin met in a Judo Jacket Match.
The main event was a tag team match with Jack & George Curtis taking on Jack Steele & the Mighty Scot.
No results are known for this card.
On Tuesday in Monroe, George Curtis defeated Red Lyons by taking two straight falls over him to win the opening match.
In the main event Jack Curtis got another chance at the World Light-Heavyweight title held by Sugy Hayamaka. The first fall went 57 minutes before Hayamaka could pin Curtis after Judo chops and body slams to win the fall. The two traded several body blocks in the second fall until Curtis sidestepped one and caught Hayamaka in an airplane spin. Curtis spun the champion around, slammed him to the mat and pinned him to win the fall in 8 minutes. The two battled back and forth in the final round and were both so groggy that they failed to hear the bell ring signaling that the 90 minute time limit had expired. Referee Pat Willis finally separated them and declared the match a draw.
This was the last card of the year in Monroe.
That same Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge, the card began with a 5 man Battle Royal. The participants were Farmer Brown, Al Getz, Jack Kelly, Charley Keene and the Skull. Keene was the first man eliminated and would be named as the referee for the final two matches. The Skull was eliminated second and Getz went out third. That left Brown and Kelly as the two left standing. They would come back and meet in the final match of the evening.
Al Getz and the Skull met in the second match of the evening. They fought to a 30 minute draw.
Brown and Kelly came back to meet in the final match of the night. Kelly won two out of three falls over Brown to win the match.
This was the final card of the year in Baton Rouge.
In Alexandria on Wednesday, this card also began with a 5 man Battle Royal. The participants were once again Farmer Brown, Al Getz, Jack Kelly, Charley Keene and the Skull. As was the case the night before in Baton Rouge, Charley Keene was the first man eliminated and would referee the final two matches. Kelly and Getz were the next two out and would come back to meet in the second match of the night. Brown and the Skull were the last two men and would meet in the final match of the night.
Getz and Kelly fought to a 30 minute draw in their match.
In the final match of the night, Brown won the first fall and the Skull came back to take the last two falls to win their match.
This was the last card of the year in Alexandria.
On Thursday in New Orleans, Charley Keene defeated Red Byrd in the one fall opening match.
Al Getz defeated the Skull to win the second one fall match of the night.
The main event was a 10 man tag team match with Keene & Getz joining up with Farmer Brown & Joe Gunther to battle the 5 man team of Byrd, Jack Kelly, Blackjack Dillon, Baron Von Harben & the Skull. Joe Gunther and the Skull would serve as the captains of their respective teams.
Nick Carter was supposed to be on Gunter’s team but transportation problems kept him from getting to New Orleans so there were only 9 men participating in the match. Despite being down a man, Gunther’s team won the first and third falls to win the match.
On Friday in Jackson the Mighty Scot defeated Pat Cronin in the opening one fall match.
The semi-final match was a one fall tag team match with Jack & George Curtis taking on Sugy Hayamaka & Jack Steele. The Curtis Brothers won the match in 38 minutes.
The main event was a 7 man Battle Royal with Red Lyons joining Cronin, the Mighty Scot, Hayamaka, Steele and the Curtis Brothers as the participants. Before the Battle Royal Tiger Dupree, a wrestler from New Orleans tried to convince promoter Billy Romanoff to allow him to enter the match. This was the second week in a row that Dupree, a former wire-walker and alligator wrestler, had asked Romanoff for a match only to be denied. As it was Hayamaka was eliminated first, followed in succession by Cronin, Steele, Jack Curtis and George Curtis. The Mighty Scot then eliminated Lyons to win the match and the $100 prize.
No wrestling was held in Anniston on Friday this week.
The following week was a short week with wrestling have wrapped up in Monroe, Baton Rouge and Alexandria. There was also no wrestling held on Monday in Shreveport due to it being Christmas Eve.
The first card of the final full week of the year was held on Thursday in New Orleans. Charley Keene and Red Byrd met in the opening match which ended in a 30 minute draw.
Pat Cronin defeated newcomer Lou Plummer in the second match of the evening.
In the main event Blackjack Dillon & the Skull won two out of three falls over George Curtis & Al Getz to win a tag team match.
On Friday in Jackson, Jack Roberts defeated Tiger Dupree in 7 minutes to win the first match of the evening.
The semi-final match was a tag team match with Jack & George Curtis taking on Sugy Hayamaka & the Mighty Scot. Each team took a fall apiece and the match was even going into the deciding fall. In that fall the Scot went wild and chased referees Pat Willis and Jack Roberts, along with George Curtis from the ring. Jack Curtis grabbed him from behind and held him as George Curtis got back into the ring and scaled the ropes. George jumped headfirst into the Scot’s stomach and knocked him flat. George then pinned the Scot to win the fall and the match. Following the match the Mighty Scot had words with Hayamaka about not coming to his aid, but nothing came of it.
In the main event Farmer Brown, who have Daisy Mae at his side, squared off with Pat (Big Boy) Cronin, master of the “thing”. Cronin was disqualified by referee Pat Willis in the first fall. In the second fall, Cronin dragged Daisy Mae into the ring and shoved her around. She quickly scooted from the ring and ran to the dressing room. Cronin, figuring that he had gotten rid of her turned his attention back to Brown. Cronin backed Brown into a corner and was giving him a
going over when Daisy reappeared at ringside. She had a heavy leather shoe in her hand which she used to whack Cronin across the ankles. Cronin yelled in pain and hopped around trying to get away from the irate Daisy Mae. Brown nailed him with a mule kick and pinned him to win the fall and the match.
That same evening in Anniston Nick Carter and Blackjack Dillon met in the first match of a double main event card.
The second feature was a match between Al Getz & the Skull.
No results are known for this card.
The last card of 1951 was held on Monday, New Year’s Eve in Shreveport. George Curtis and the Mighty Scot went to a 30 minute draw in the opening match.
Farmer Brown and Pat Cronin met in the semi-final match. Cronin was disqualified in the first fall when he refused to stop choking Brown while they were in the ropes. Cronin was doing the same thing in the second fall but Daisy Mae, Brown’s second, climbed onto the apron and whacked him with a shoe. Cronin fell back into the ring stunned and was pinned by Brown. Both men were counted out in the third fall for fighting outside the ring and the match was declared a no contest.
The main event was a World Light-Heavyweight title match with champion Sugy Hayamaka facing challenger Jack Curtis. Hayamaka pinned Curtis to win the first fall. During the second fall Hayamaka began using some questionable tactics when Curtis gained the edge. This enraged Curtis and he tossed Hayamaka from the ring. Not satisfied with that, Curtis followed him out and applied a piledriver on Hayamaka on the arena floor. Referee Conway Baker disqualified Curtis immediately and awarded the fall and the match to Hayamaka.
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Review of Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling: A Recap of December 1951.
Author: Michael Norris of Gulf Coast Wrestling History: 1950-1977.
Published: August 28, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
Review of Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling: A Recap of December 1951.
Author: Michael Norris of Gulf Coast Wrestling History: 1950-1977.
Published: August 28, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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