Bulgaria: 1941-1943
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1940 (no results)
1941
JUNE 1941
JUNE 22, 1941 (SUNDAY)
Promotion: Club "San Stefanska Bulgaria"
Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Attendance: 8,000
1 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Krum Petroff def. Todor Ivanoff
2 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Evstati Georgieff def. Dimitar Stoycheff
3 - Graeco-Roman
Georgi Petroff Vs. Ivan Petroff,
Draw
4 - Graeco-Roman
Peter Ferestanoff def. Jon Draghiceanu
Notes:
This was Ferestanoff's final match in Bulgaria and he retired shortly after.
This was the biggest crowd for a wrestling card since Koloff had last been active.
JUNE 1941
JUNE 22, 1941 (SUNDAY)
Promotion: Club "San Stefanska Bulgaria"
Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Attendance: 8,000
1 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Krum Petroff def. Todor Ivanoff
2 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Evstati Georgieff def. Dimitar Stoycheff
3 - Graeco-Roman
Georgi Petroff Vs. Ivan Petroff,
Draw
4 - Graeco-Roman
Peter Ferestanoff def. Jon Draghiceanu
Notes:
This was Ferestanoff's final match in Bulgaria and he retired shortly after.
This was the biggest crowd for a wrestling card since Koloff had last been active.
1942
OCTOBER 1942
OCTOBER ??, 1942 (????)-OCTOBER 11, 1942 (SUNDAY)
"First Ever Bulgarian Folk Wrestling Competition"
Slavianska Beseda Cinema, Sofia, Sofia City Provice, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Folk Wrestling Tournament
Jury: Peter Ferestanoff, Peter Konstantinoff & Dimitar Stoycheff
1 - Bulgarian Light Heavyweight Championship - Final
Evlogi Marinoff def. Klaeff or Dimitroff
NEW CHAMPION
2 - Bulgarian Lightweight Championship - Final
Boris Mashaloff Vs. Serafim Mashaloff,
Result Unknown
3 - Bulgarian Middleweight Championship - Final
Asparuh Chankoff Vs. Raichin Hirstoff,
Result Unknown
4 - Bulgarian Heavyweight Championship - Final
Nikola Marinoff def. Assen Georgieff
NEW CHAMPION
Platzierung / Placement:
Bulgarian Heavyweight Championship:
1. Nikola Marinoff.
2. Assen Georgieff.
Bulgarian Light Heavyweight Championship:
1. Evlogi Marinoff.
2. Icho Klaeff or Slavcho Dimitroff.
Bulgarian Middlweight Championship:
1. Asparuh Chankoff or Raichin Hirstoff.
Bulgarian Lightweight Championship:
1. Boris Mashaloff or Serafim Mashaloff.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Evlogi Georgieff,
Krum Petroff,
Icho Klaeff,
Slavcho Dimitroff,
Boris Mashaloff,
Serafim Mashaloff,
Asparuh Chankoff,
Raichin Hirstoff,
Nikola Marinoff,
Assen Georgieff.
Management / Promotion:
Bulgarian National Sports Federation.
Ende Hinweise / End Notes:
The BNSF was the governing body for all sports in Bulgaria. It appears to have been formed earlier in 1942.
The tournament lasted two or three days, it is not clear which.
Bulgarian "Folk Wrestling" was contested under similar rules to Turkish Oil Wrestling, but minus the oil. For this tournament the rules were slightly amended to appease the Bulgarian nation who had grown used to the American Catch-as-Catch-Can pro-wrestling style over the past several years. It was also a single elimintation affair.
Although it had a distinct pro-wretling influence and was contested in a ring rather than on a field like normal, it was as far as is known a legitimate tournament and not worked.
There was a severe lack of amateur wrestlers willing to compete in the tournament so it ended up being mainly pro-wrestlers who appeared in the tournament.
Match 2 saw two brothers square off.
A. Georgieff is said to be the tallest Bulgarian pro-wrestler with a billed height of six-foot-nine (210cm approx).
Marinoff was a newcomer entering the tournament as an amateur. With the win he became an instant hit. Immediately comparisons were drawn between he and Dan Koloff due to his physical strength and a rough visual resemblance to the former Bulgarian top pro-wrestling star. He picked up the nicknames "Koloff II" and "King Kong II" because of this. The latter being what Koloff was dubbed in France.
It is not clear when these two matches took place. The matches listed above all happened on the final day:
1 - Bulgarian Light Heavyweight Championship - Semi-Final
Evlogi Georgieff def. Krum Petroff
2 - Bulgarian Light Heavyweight Championship - Semi-Final
Icho Klaeff Vs. Slavcho Dimitroff,
Result Unknown
1943
JUNE 1943
JUNE 13, 1943 (SUNDAY)
Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Attendance: "Significantly Large"
Jury: Peter Ferestanoff & Peter Konstantinoff
1 - Boris Mashaloff def. Georgi Etoff
2 - Todor Ivanoff def. Stancho Peeff
3 - Metodi Zidarski def. Serafim Mashaloff
4 - Krum Petroff def. Mancho Mancheff
5 - Georgi Zidarski def. Slavcho Dimitroff
Notes:
The show featured four different styles of wrestling: Freestyle, Graeco-Roman, Oil and Albanian. The oil matches are not listed and featured a couple of Turks in a legitimate contests.
Krum Petroff was the biggest name at the time on the card.
The night was dedicated to the memory of Dan Koloff.
JULY 1943
JULY 11, 1943 (SUNDAY)
Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Attendance: 2,500 (approx.)
1 - Henry Stoeff def. Krum Petroff,
2 - Nikola Marinoff def. Evstati Georgieff
Notes:
Stoeff was returning after a three year abscence.
The show ws held in conjunction with the National Boxing Championships with the boxing taking up half of the show.
JULY 1943
JULY 11, 1943 (SUNDAY)
Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Attendance: 2,500 (approx.)
1 - Henry Stoeff def. Krum Petroff,
2 - Nikola Marinoff def. Evstati Georgieff
Notes:
Stoeff was returning after a three year abscence.
The show ws held in conjunction with the National Boxing Championships with the boxing taking up half of the show.
AUGUST 1943
AUGUST 15, 1943 (SUNDAY)
Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
1 - Georgi Etoff Vs. Stancho Peeff,
Cancelled
2 - Boris Mashaloff Vs. Sedefcho Simoff,
Cancelled
3 - Tournament - First Round
Henry Stoeff Vs. Dimitar Stoycheff,
Cancelled
4 - Tournament - First Round
Krum Petroff Vs. Mancho Mencheff,
Cancelled
5 - Bulgarian Heavyweight Championship
Todor Bankoff Vs. Nikola Marinoff,
Cancelled
6 - Tournament - Final
Match 3 Winner Vs. Match 4 Winner,
Cancelled
Notes:
Henry Stoeff, Dimitar Stoycheff and Krum Petroff were three of the four men set for the tournament which would have been completed all within the night.
Bankoff had won a wrestling tournament (worked) and Marinoff had won a one also (shoot) so the two men were going to square off to determing the one-true kingpin of the heavyweights in Bulgaria.
Bankoff failed to turn up claiming health issues before the show and it was cancelled just hours before it was scheduled to begin.
AUGUST 1943
AUGUST 15, 1943 (SUNDAY)
Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
1 - Georgi Etoff Vs. Stancho Peeff,
Cancelled
2 - Boris Mashaloff Vs. Sedefcho Simoff,
Cancelled
3 - Tournament - First Round
Henry Stoeff Vs. Dimitar Stoycheff,
Cancelled
4 - Tournament - First Round
Krum Petroff Vs. Mancho Mencheff,
Cancelled
5 - Bulgarian Heavyweight Championship
Todor Bankoff Vs. Nikola Marinoff,
Cancelled
6 - Tournament - Final
Match 3 Winner Vs. Match 4 Winner,
Cancelled
Notes:
Henry Stoeff, Dimitar Stoycheff and Krum Petroff were three of the four men set for the tournament which would have been completed all within the night.
Bankoff had won a wrestling tournament (worked) and Marinoff had won a one also (shoot) so the two men were going to square off to determing the one-true kingpin of the heavyweights in Bulgaria.
Bankoff failed to turn up claiming health issues before the show and it was cancelled just hours before it was scheduled to begin.
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All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Bulgaria: 1941-1943.
Updated: October 11, 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.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Bulgaria: 1941-1943.
Updated: October 11, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
