Dallas Wrestling Results

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 8, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Danny McShain b. “Iron” Mike DiBiase (2/3) (third fall by DQ)
(Danny Plechas interfered) (McShain was accompanied by Prince Maiava, Hugh
McKenzie and Coconut Willie, who acted as seconds against interference of Danny
Plechas) … Prince Maiava vs. Danny Plechas … Hugh McKenzie b. Jack Terry … Larry
Chene and Rocky Columbo were both counted out … Bill Fletcher b. Sam Steamboat …
Chico Amaro and Lothario drew … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Notes: Amaro was billed as being from Cuba, while Lothario was from Monterrery,
Mexico. Both were “new arrivals.” The Dallas Morning News reported that Hugh
McKenzie, the 6’8”, 280-pound grappler “got his pro wrestling start here.”

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 15, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … “Iron” Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas b. Prince Maiava and Hugh
“Sky Hi” McKenzie (2/3) … Bobby Managoff b. Bill Fletcher … Tarzan Mike b. Maurice
Vachon … Lou Martinez b. Lee Henning … The Amazing Zuma and Lothario drew …
Danny McShain b. Chico Amaro … (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Note: The Dallas Morning News reported that “former world champion Bobby Managoff
[was] returning to action after regaining full vision.”

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 22, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … “Iron” Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas b. Tarzan Mike Lane and
Hugh McKenzie (2-0) … Bobby Managoff b. Danny McShain (match was halted after the
first fall included chairs and blood) … Thor Hagen b. Lothario … Prince Maiava b. Lee
Henning … The Amazing Zuma and Lou Martinez drew … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, January 29, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Bobby Managoff b. Texas State Heavyweight Champion El Medico
(2/3) (third fall by DQ when Medico hit the referee) … Mike DiBiase, Danny McShain and
Danny Plechas b. The Amazing Zuma, Prince Maiava and Lou Martinez (2/3) … Danny
McShain b. The Amazing Zuma … Mike DiBiase b. Lou Martinez … Prince Maiava b.
Danny Plechas … Chico Amaro and Larry Chene drew … Thor Hagen b. Sam Steamboat
… (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Otto Kuss) … (annual benefit for the March of
Dimes) … (near capacity crowd)
Note: McLemore’s 18th anniversary program.

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, February 5, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Don Evans and Danny McShain b. Mike DiBiase and Danny
Plechas (fence surrounded the ring) (Plechas had agreed to eat dog food if their team
lost, and complied with the stipulations after the loss) … The Amazing Zuma b. Chico
Amaro … El Medico and Lou Martinez drew (30:00) … Bobby Managoff b. Tarzan Mike …
Larry Chene b. Thor Hagen (Hagen was a substitute for Lothario, who was injured) …
(promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, February 12, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Danny Plechas b. Danny McShain (1-0) (Plechas and DiBiase
injured McShain’s leg early in the match) … Mike DiBiase b. Don Evans (Plechas helped
DiBiase win) … Tokyo Joe b. The Amazing Zuma (prior to the match, Joe broke bricks
with his judo chops in a demonstration of his power) … Bobby Managoff b. Larry Chene
… Lou Martinez b. Bill Fletcher … Ethel Johnson b. Babs Wingo … (promoter: Ed
McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, February 19, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Wrestling Tournament for World Title Match … Bobby Managoff b.
Thor Hagen … Rocky Columbo b. Tokyo Joe (DQ) … “Iron” Mike DiBiase b. Lou Martinez
… Larry Chene b. The Amazing Zuma … Danny Plechas b. Danny McShain … Mike
DiBiase b. Rocky Columbo … Bobby Managoff b. Larry Chene … Danny Plechas
received a bye into the semi-finals … Bobby Managoff b. Danny Plechas … Mike DiBiase
received a bye into the finals … Bobby Managoff b. Mike DiBiase to earn a match with
NWA champion Lou Thesz … Ethel Johnson b. Lulu Mae Provo (Negro girls) …
(promoter: Ed McLemore)
Note: According to the Dallas Morning News: “Mike [DiBiase] and the Bulldog [Plechas]
shared a straight jacket during the evening, wearing the restrictive garment while serving
as a second for one another.”

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, February 26, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Bobby Managoff
(2/3) … Maurice Vachon b. Rocky Columbo … Mike DiBiase b. Larry Chene (Chene was
a substitute for Joe Christie) … Lou Martinez b. Danny Plechas (DQ) … Danny McShain
and Tokyo Joe drew … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (near capacity crowd)
Notes: Reportedly Thesz’s “toughest match in years,” according to the Dallas Morning
News.

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, March 5, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Pepper Gomez and Bobby Managoff b. Mike DiBiase and Danny
Plechas (2-0) (DiBiase and Plechas were reportedly going to leave Texas “anytime they
could not prove they were the tougest (sic) team in Texas,” according to the local
newspaper) … Buddy Rogers b. Lou Martinez (2/3) … Danny McShain b. Eddie
Montemayor (local debut) … Larry Chene and Maurice Vachon drew … Art Nelson b. Joe
Christie … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Jim Blood)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, March 12, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka and Danny McShain vs. Pepper Gomez and Bobby
Managoff … Lou Martinez vs. Buddy Rogers … Jim Blood vs. Otto Kuss … Larry Chene
vs. Art Nelson … Joe Christie vs. Don Evans … The Amazing Zuma vs. Maurice Vachon
… (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, March 19, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka b. Jim Blood (clawhold) (Keomuka jumped TV
announcer Paul Boesch and applied his clawhold) (Boesch returned during the main
event, but Keomuka was able to not only fend off the commentator, but win the bout) …
Bobby Managoff b. Maurice Vachon … Pepper Gomez and Danny McShain drew (45:00)
(1-1) … Ray Piret b. Rocky Columbo (Columbo was a substitute for Joe Christie) … Larry
Chene and Lou Martinez drew … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, March 26, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka b. Paul Boesch … Texas State Heavyweight
Champion Pepper Gomez b. Danny McShain (2/3) (referee stopped the match in the third
fall due to a cut on McShain’s forehead) … Dick “Pet” Brown b. Maurice Vachon … Prince
Maiava b. Jim Blood … Bobby Managoff b. Joe Christie … Lou Martinez b. The Amazing
Zuma … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 2, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka b. Bull Curry (2/3) (third by DQ when Curry hit the
referee) … Don Leo Jonathan b. Bobby Managoff … Dick Brown b. Ray Piret … Prince
Maiava and Dick Raines drew … Pepper Gomez and Rito Romero b. Don Evans and
Danny McShain … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 9, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka b. Bull Curry (Curry was counted out in the final
fall) (Curry was forced to “take the humiliating sojurn around the squared circle,” as
agreed upon in the pre-match stipulations, on a donkey after the match) … Pepper
Gomez b. Don Evans … Rito Romero b. Larry Chene … Don Leo Jonathan b. Dick
Raines … Bobby Managoff and Lou Martinez drew … Dick Brown b. Prince Maiava …
(promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 16, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Don Leo Jonathan b. Duke Keomuka (2-0) (second by DQ)
(Jonathan won the first fall and during the second fall was blinded by a substance handed
to Keomuka by Tokyo Joe) (the referee disqualified Keomuka) … Rito Romero b. Tokyo
Joe (DQ) … Bull Curry b. Lou Martinez … Don Evans b. Prince Maiava … Dick Brown and
Larry Chene drew … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 23, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz and Pepper Gomez
wrestled to a draw (Gomez won the first fall and both wrestlers were counted out of the
ring during the second fall, leading some to believe that Gomez had won the match
because Thesz had lost two falls) (During the third fall, Gomez tossed Thesz over the top
rope and was disqualified) (both men had a fall and the match was declared a draw)
(Gomez and his second Ed “Strangler” Lewis protested the decision) …. Bull Curry and
Ray Gunkel drew … Don Leo Jonathan b. Don Evans … Texas Tag Team Champions
Duke Keomuka and Tokyo Joe b. Dick Brown and Lou Martinez … Tex Brady b. Jimmy
Carter (Negro match) … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Marvin Jones) …
(sponsored by: Dallas Wrestling Club) … (capacity crowd)
Notes: The Dallas Morning News reported that the Thesz-Gomez match ended in the
“biggest controversy in the history of title matches.” Ed “Strangler” Lewis had predicted
that Gomez would win the championship.

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, April 30, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Pepper Gomez
(2/3) (Gomez won the first fall, Thesz won the second and the third) (Gomez suffered an
injured left arm and Thesz used a hammerlock to win the bout) … Texas Tag Team
Champions Duke Keomuka and Tokyo Joe b. Ray Gunkel and Rito Romero … Don Leo
Jonathan b. Joe Blanchard … Bull Curry and Don Evans drew … Tex Brady b. Emerson
Crozier (Negro match) … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (in attendance: Ed “Strangler”
Lewis, who sat ringside) … (near capacity crowd)
Note: Gomez trained with Ed “Strangler” Lewis for his match with Lou Thesz.

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 7, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Don Leo Jonathan b. Tokyo Joe (2/3) (after the match, a barber
shaved the loser’s head in the ring) (Joe was held down by arena police and four
grapplers as he protested the decision) … Ray Gunkel b. Duke Keomuka (DQ) … Pepper
Gomez and Danny McShain drew … Bull Curry b. Dick Brown … Rito Romero b. Don
Evans … Joe Blanchard b. Ray Piret … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 14, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka b. Don Leo Jonathan (2/3) (third fall by DQ)
(Jonathan instigated a “near riot” by fighting with police, referees, seconds, and other
grapplers) (Jonathan’s first local loss in seven-straight bouts) (Tokyo Joe helped
Keomuka win the second fall) … Bull Curry and Tokyo Joe wrestled to a double
disqualification … The Fabulous Moolah b. Peggy Allen … Pepper Gomez b. Danny
McShain … Rito Romero b. Joe Blanchard … Don Evans b. Lou Martinez … (promoter:
Ed McLemore) … (referee: Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 21, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka and Tokyo Joe wrestled Bull Curry and Don Leo
Jonathan wrestled to a double disqualification (1-1) (the four grapplers brawled all over
the Sportatorium) … The Fabulous Moolah won a five-girl wrestle royal over Peggy Allen,
Rita Cortez, Judy Grable and Lady Angel … Ray Gunkel b. Danny McShain (DQ) … Rito
Romero b. Don Evans (dec., 30:00) … Red Bastien (local debut) and Pepper Gomez
drew (20:00) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, May 28, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Texas Tag Team Champions Duke Keomuka and Tokyo Joe b.
Bull Curry and Don Leo Jonathan to capture the “roughest team trophy” (2/3) (ring was
surrounded by a fence) … Pepper Gomez b. Don Evans (2/3) … Joe Blanchard b. Benny
Matta … Joe Christie and Rito Romero drew … Tex Brady b. Wilson Moton (Moton
suffered a broken ankle) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, June 4, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Don Leo Jonathan b. Duke Keomuka and Tokyo Joe (special
handicap match) (Jonathan beat Joe with a Mormon Sickle, then Keomuka was
disqualified) … Al Mills b. Pepepr Gomez (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Texas State Junior
Heavyweight Champion Red Bastien vs. Larry Chene … Joe Blanchard vs. Tiny Mills …
Tex Brady vs. Tiger Conway (for the Texas Negro Title)
Note: Red Bastien was billed as the “new” Texas State Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, June 11, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Don Leo Jonathan b. Tiny Mills (Mills was unable to continue after
brawling outside the ring with Danny Savich) … Pepper Gomez b. Al Mills (2/3) (third fall
by DQ) … Joe Blanchard b. Larry Chene … Red Bastien and Duke Keomuka drew …
Billy Wicks b. Eddie Montemayor … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, June 18, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Don Leo Jonathan and Danny Savich b. The Mills Brothers (Al and
Tiny Mills) (2-0) (Tiny suffered an injury during the first fall, leaving Al to wrestle the
opposition alone) … Pepper Gomez and Johnny Valentine drew (1-1) (45:00) … Farmer
Jones vs. Chris Zaharias … Red Bastien vs. Billy Wicks … Duke Keomuka vs. Luigi
Macera … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, June 25, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Don Leo Jonathan and Johnny Valentine drew (60:00) (1-1) …
Danny Savich b. Pepper Gomez (2/3) (Savich received some help from Jonathan) … El
Medico b. Duke Keomuka (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Red Bastien b. Al Mills (Bastien was a
substitute for Luigi Macera, who could not wrestle due to an injured knee) … Red Bastien
vs. Jim Hady (match did not go on because Jim Hady “was hospitalized in Houston with an
infection) … Billy Wicks b. Chris Zaharias … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, July 2, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Texas State Tag Team Champions El Medico and Pepper Gomez
b. Don Leo Jonathan and Danny Savich (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Duke Keomuka b.
Johnny Valentine (referee halted match and gave it to Keomuka due to Valentine’s blood
loss) … Ray Gunkel (who had adopted a “rough-house style”) b. Jim Hady … Red
Bastien b. Farmer Jones … Bull Curry b. Lou Plummer (Plummer was a substitute for
Luigi Macera) … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, July 9, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka b. El Medico (countout) … Johnny Valentine b.
Pepper Gomez … Bull Curry and Danny Savich were both disqualified in a wild match …
Nicky Bockwinkel b. Lou Plummer … Ray Gunkel b. Red Bastien … Jim Hady and Luigi
Macera drew … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, July 16, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Danny Savich b. Bull Curry (2/3) … Duke Keomuka b. Johnny
Valentine (during the match, Savich interfered and intended to hit Duke, when he
smashed Valentine, leading to the final pin) … Nicky Bockwinkel b. Fritz Von Ulm (DQ) …
Luigi Macera and Chet Wallick drew … El Medico b. Red Bastien … Tito Infante b. Tiny
Roe … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, July 23, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Danny Savich b. Duke Keomuka (2/3) … Don Leo Jonathan b. El
Medico (1-0) (Medico was unable to return after being leveled with a Mormon Sickle and
was carried from the ring) … Johnny Valentine b. Chet Wallick … Luigi Macera and Fritz
Von Ulm drew … Juan Garcia (local debut) b. Billy Wicks … Nicky Bockwinkel b. Jim Hady
… (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas TX: July 30, 1957
(Sportatorium) … Johnny Valentine beat Danny Savich … Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Curry
(dq) … Duke Keomuka vs Juan Garcia … Chet Wallick vs Fritz Von Ulm (later Fritz Von
Goering) … Ike Eakins vs Jim Hady … Gory Guerrero vs Billy Wicks
Note: Research by J Michael Kenyon

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, August 6, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Don Leo
Jonathan (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Johnny Valentine b. Nicky Bockwinkel … Danny
Savich b. Juan Garcia … Ike Eakins b. Chet Wallick … Gory Guerrero and Fritz Von Ulm
drew … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Marvin Jones) … (near capacity crowd)
… (gate: $5,000+)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, August 13, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Don Leo Jonathan b. Johnny Valentine (no falls) (physician
refused to allow Valentine to continue the match due to cuts) (Valentine needed stitches)
… Luther Lindsey b. Danny Savich (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … El Santo (local debut) b.
Fritz Von Ulm … Ike Eakins b. Nicky Bockwinkel … Juan Garcia and Juan Humberto drew
… Gory Guerrero b. Con Bruno … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, August 20, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Don Leo
Jonathan (2/3) … Luther Lindsey b. Ike Eakins … Pepper Gomez b. Johnny Valentine
(DQ) … El Santo b. Billy Wicks … Ray Gunkel and Rip Rogers drew … (promoter: Ed
McLemore) … (capacity crowd)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, August 27, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Luther Lindsey b. Don Leo Jonathan (2/3) (third fall by DQ for
“unnecessary roughness”) (Jonathan was a substitute for Johnny Valentine, who was
injured) … Pepper Gomez and Rip Rogers drew … Ike Eakins b. Cheeto Gonzales … Doll
Page b. Gypsy Rose … Ivan the Terrible b. Juan Garcia … El Santo b. Juan Humberto …
(promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, September 3, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Ivan the Terrible b. Ike Eakins
(2-0) (non-title match) … Pepper Gomez and Rip Rogers drew (60:00) … Rip Rogers won
a 10-man Russian Roulette Wrestle Royal, last eliminating Eakins and Gomez … Juan
Garcia and Gory Guerrero drew … El Medico b. Chet Wallick … El Santo b. Fritz Von Ulm
… (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Note: Ivan the Terrible was billed as the “newly crowned” Texas State Heavyweight
Champion.

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, September 10, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Ivan the Terrible b. Rip
Rogers (2/3) … Texas State Tag Team Champions El Medico and Pepper Gomez b. Ike
Eakins and Danny Savich … Ike Eakins b. Pepper Gomez … El Medico b. Danny Savich
(DQ) … Texas Negro Champion Tiger Conway b. Willie Love … Duke Keomuka b. El
Santo … Reggie Parks b. Juan Garcia … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, September 17, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka b. Ivan the Terrible (2/3) (Keomuka brawled with
Pepper Gomez, leading to him losing the first fall) (Ivan was unable to return for the third
fall) … Pepper Gomez b. Rip Rogers … Nikita Zolotoff b. Dick Raines … El Medico and
Jim LaRock drew … Reggie Parks b. Danny Savich (DQ) … Emerson Crozier b. Willie
Love … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, September 24, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Pepper Gomez b. Duke Keomuka (DQ) (because Keomuka was
able to put his “Banzai Blinder” hold on his opponent, he earned $1,000) (Keomuka
received some outside help from Rip Rogers) (Keomuka attacked the referee, earning
the disqualification) … Rip Rogers b. Paul “of France” (DQ when he was thrown over the
top rope) … Reggie Parks and Nikita Zolotoff drew … Kurt Von Poppenheim b. Jim
LaRock … El Medico b. Luigi Macera … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Marvin
Jones)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, October 1, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka and Rip Rogers b. Pepper Gomez and Paul “of
France” (2/3) (third fall when Gomez was counted out) … El Medico b. Reggie Parks …
The Fabulous Moolah b. Judy Grable … Marco Polo b. Nikita Zolotoff … Kurt Von
Poppenheim b. Luigi Macera … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, October 8, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Duke Keomuka and Rip Rogers b. Pepper Gomez and Paul “of
France” (no-holds barred match) (ring surrounded by fence) (Paul and Rogers were put
out of action early, and Keomuka beat Gomez to win the bloody bout) … Rita Cortez and
The Fabulous Moolah b. Judy Grable and Ann Regan … El Medico b. Danny Savich …
Doc Gallagher and Kurt Von Poppenheim drew … Mike Gallagher b. Marco Polo …
(promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Otto Kuss)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, October 15, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Mr. Moto b. Paul “of France” … Pepper Gomez b. Duke Keomuka
(DQ) (Moto interfered) … The Gallagher Brothers (Doc and Mike Gallagher) b. Jim
LaRock and Reggie Parks … The Brown Panther b. Bull Brummell … Kurt Von
Poppenheim b. Nikita Zolotow … (promoter: Ed McLemore) … (referee: Marvin Jones)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, October 22, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … “United Nations” Wrestling Tournament … Mr. Moto b. Luigi
Macera … Bob Nandor b. Reggie Parks … Paul “of France” b. The Mighty Atlas
(decision) … Pepper Gomez b. Doc Gallagher … Kurt Von Poppenheim b. Gory Guerrero
… Mr. Moto b. Bob Nandor … Pepper Gomez b. Kurt Von Poppenheim … Paul drew a
bye … Pepper Gomez b. Paul (DQ) … Mr. Moto b. Pepper Gomez in the finals to win the
tournament (Moto won $3,000 and a special trophy) (Paul helped Moto win the last
match, still angry about his disputed loss to Gomez) (arena police were called in to
remove Paul from the ring area) … The Brown Panther b. Ivan the Russian
Note: According to the Dallas Morning News, “the ten grapplers represented as many
nations in the third annual observance of the U.N. anniversary.”

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, October 29, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Mr. Moto b. Paul “of France” … Larry “Crusher” Dugan b. Marco
Polo (less than a minute) (after the match, Dugan had a run in with Moto’s valet Sugi) …
Bull Montana b. Pepper Gomez (Gomez lost because of interference by Dugan) …
“Brother” Frank Jares and The Mighty Atlas drew … Bob Nandor b. Kurt Von Poppenheim
… (promoter: Ed McLemore)
Note: Dugan reportedly fought with a total of nine people to include wrestlers,
announcers and referees, causing great havoc throughout the show. He was ultimately
fined by the local commission for his actions.

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, November 5, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Larry “Crusher” Dugan b. Mr. Moto (2/3) … Pepper Gomez and
Bull Montana drew … Pepper Gomez b. “Brother” Frank Jares (decision) … Paul “of
France” b. Bull Montana (DQ) … The Mighty Atlas b. Reggie Parks … Danno O’Shocker
b. Bob Nandor … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, November 12, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Larry “Crusher” Dugan b. Mr. Moto (2/3) (Moto won the first fall
while both wore judo jackets) … Bull Montana b. The Mighty Atlas (DQ) … Paul “of
France” and Danno O’Shocker drew … Bill Melby (local debut) b. El Medico … Oni Wiki
Wiki b. Jim LaRock … Frank Jares b. Billy King … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, November 19, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Bill Melby and Lou Thesz wrestled to a double countout (2/3)
(Melby won the initial fall with an abdominal stretch, Thesz won the second and both men
were counted out in the third) (Melby was a substitute for Luther Lindsey, who was sick
and prevented from wrestling by Dr. Rowson) … Bill Melby b. Oni Wiki Wiki … “Crusher”
Dugan b. Paul Boesch (DQ when he was thrown over the top rope) … El Medico b. Billy
King … “Brother” Frank Jares b. The Mighty Atlas … Rocky Columbo and Bull Montana
drew … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, November 26, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Luther Lindsey and Bill Melby drew (60:00) (1-1) … Crusher
Dugan b. Paul Boesch (DQ) … Texas Women’s Champion Nell Stewart b. Elaine Ellis …
Duke Keomuka and Oni Wiki Wiki drew … Rocky Columbo b. Hans Rommell (DQ) …
“Brother” Frank Jares b. Bull Montana … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, December 3, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Luther Lindsey b. Larry “Crusher” Dugan (2-0) … Bill Melby b.
“Brother” Frank Jares … Nell Stewart b. Betty Hawkins … Duke Keomuka and Nell Stewart
b. Betty Hawkins and Oni Wiki Wiki … Hans Rommell b. Bull Montana … Duke Keomuka
b. Oni Wiki Wiki … Paul Boesch b. Danno O’Shocker … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, December 10, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … Luther Lindsey b. Duke Keomuka (2-0) … Texas State Tag Team
Champions Pepper Gomez and Bill Melby b. “Crusher” Dugan and Hans Rommell … Bill
Melby b. “Crusher” Dugan (DQ) … Pepper Gomez and Hans Rommell drew … Johnny
Walker b. Dick Stepp … Oni Wiki Wiki b. Bull Montana … (promoter: Ed McLemore)

Dallas, Texas: Tuesday, December 17, 1957
(The Sportatorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton b. Luther Lindsey
(2/3) (Lindsey won the first fall, Hutton won the second with an abdominal stretch, and
Hutton won the third by DQ when Lindsey threw him over the top rope) … Don Leo
Jonathan and Bill Melby drew … Rocky Columbo b. “Crusher” Dugan … Oni Wiki Wiki b.
Hans Rommell (DQ) … Gypsy Joe (local debut) b. Johnny Walker … (promoter: Ed
McLemore)
Notes: McLemore’s final of the year. Next program on January 7, 1958 would include a
tournament to crown new Texas State Tag Team Champions.

Research by Tim Hornbaker, J Michael Kenyon
February 15, 2012

Dallas Wrestling Results - 1957