Seattle Wrestling Results

Seattle, Washington: Monday, January 2, 1956
(Trianon Ballroom) … Doug Hepburn b. Leo Numa Anderson and Jack Dillon (handicap
match) … Joe Tomasso and Bob Wagner b. Ken Kenneth and Logger Larsen … Ivan
Kameroff and Gil Mains drew.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, January 9, 1956
(Trianon) … Pat Fraley vs. Mighty Ursus … Leo Numa Anderson and Logger Larsen vs.
Jack Dillon and Joe Tomasso … Ivan Kameroff vs. Gil Mains … Doug Hepburn will
attempt a record lift of weights

Seattle, Washington: Monday, January 16, 1956
(Trianon) … Doug Hepburn b. Mighty Ursus (DQ) … Leo Numa Anderson and Logger
Larsen b. Jack Dillon and Joe Tomasso (2-0) … Pat Fraley and Ivan Kameroff drew … Gil
Mains b. Don Kindred

Seattle, Washington: Monday, January 23, 1956
(Trianon) … Leo Numa Anderson b. Gorgeous George … Jack Dillon and Ken Kenneth
went to a no decision … Ivan Kameroff and Gil Mains drew … Pat Fraley b. Don Kindred

Seattle, Washington: Monday, January 30, 1956
(Trianon) … Pat Fraley and Lu Kim b. Jack Dillon and Mighty Ursus … Don Kindred b.
Logger Larsen … Leo Numa Anderson b. Ken Bennety … Gil Mains b. Joe Tomasso

Seattle, Washington: Monday, February 6, 1956
(Trianon) … Lu Kim b. Don Kindred … Logger Larsen b. Pat Fraley … Bob Wagner b.
Leo Numa Anderson … Bud Fisher and Gil Mains drew

Seattle, Washington: Monday, February 13, 1956
(Trianon) … Mighty Ursus b. Lu Kim (DQ) … Leo Numa Anderson and Tommy O’Toole
drew … “Nature Boy” Tommy Phelps b. Don Kindred … Logger Larsen and Gil Mains
drew

Seattle, Washington: Monday, February 20, 1956
(Trianon) … Yukon Eric b. Mighty Ursus … Ken Kenneth and Logger Larsen drew … Don
Kindred b. Adrian Baillargeon (2/3) (third by DQ) … Gil Mains b. Reggie Parks

Seattle, Washington: Monday, February 27, 1956
(Trianon) … Lu Kim b. Yukon Eric (2/3) … Adrian Baillargeon and Bob Wagner drew …
Leo Numa Anderson b. Gil Mains … Bud Fisher b. Reggie Parks

Seattle, Washington: Monday, March 5, 1956
(Trianon) … Lu Kim b. Sky-Hi Lee … Don Kindred and Gil Mains drew … Leo Numa
Anderson b. Bud Fisher … Rich Parks b. Ali Bey
Note: “Rich Parks” is likely Reggie Parks.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, March 12, 1956
(Trianon) … Adrian Baillargeon and Bob Wagner drew … Leo Numa Anderson b. Ray
Parks … Ken Kenneth and Don Kindred went to a no decision … Gil Mains b. Ali Bey
Note: “Ray Parks” was likely Reggie Parks.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, March 19, 1956
(Trianon) … Leo Numa Anderson and Bob Wagner b. Adrian Baillargeon and Bud Fisher
(2/3) … Reggie Parks b. Gil Mains … Don Kindred b. Ken Kenneth

Seattle, Washington: Monday, March 26, 1956
(Trianon) … Leo Numa Anderson and Bob Wagner wrestled Adrian Baillargeon and Bud
Fisher to a draw … Don Kindred b. Reggie Parks … Bearcat Wright b. Ken Kenneth

Seattle, Washington: Monday, April 2, 1956
(Trianon) … Don Kindred and Bearcat Wright b. Adrian Baillargeon and Ken Kenneth
(2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Bud Fisher b. “Nature Boy” Tommy Phelps (29:00) … Leo Numa
Anderson b. Reggie Parks (33:00)

Seattle, Washington: Monday, April 9, 1956
(Trianon) … Leo Numa Anderson and Bob Wagner b. Bud Fisher and Rich Parks … Don
Kindred and Bearcat Wright wrestled Adrian Baillargeon and Ken Kenneth to a draw
Notes: “Rich Parks” was likely Reggie Parks. With their win, Anderson and Wagner took
a “head start in competition for the Northwest Tag Team Title.” The winner of the series
of matches was going to win the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Trophy.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, April 16, 1956
(Trianon) … Leo Numa Anderson and Bob Wagner b. Don Kindred and Bearcat Wright
… Adrian Baillargeon b. Pat Meehan … Ken Kenneth b. Bud Fisher

Seattle, Washington: Monday, April 23, 1956
(Trianon) … Leo Numa Anderson and Bob Wagner b. Adrian Baillargeon and Ken
Kenneth (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Bearcat Wright b. Pat Meehan … Don Kindred b.
Reggie Parks
Notes: The main event was said to be for the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title.
Anderson and Wagner apparently won the title. This title was different from the one
promoted by Don Owen out of the Eugene, Oregon booking office.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, April 30, 1956
(Trianon) … Adrian Baillargeon b. Don Kindred (21:00) (no holds barred match) … Pat
Meehan b. Leo Numa Anderson … Red Devil b. Nick Harris … Bud Fisher and Reggie
Parks drew

Seattle, Washington: Monday, May 7, 1956
(Trianon) … Lou Thesz b. Adrian Baillargeon (2/3) (UTC for third) … Pee Wee James
and Tiny Roe b. Otto Bowman and Ivan the Terrible … Red Devil b. Bud Fisher … Ken
Kenneth and Don Kindred drew

Seattle, Washington: Monday, May 14, 1956
(Trianon) … Bearcat Wright b. Pat Meehan (2/3) … Red Devil b. Reggie Parks … Leo
Numa Anderson b. Ken Kenneth … Bud Fisher and Don Kindred drew

Seattle, Washington: Monday, May 21, 1956
(Trianon) … The Gorky Brothers (Ivan and Soldat Gorky) b. Pat Meehan and Reggie
Parks (2/3) … Pee Wee James and Tiny Roe b. Otto Bowman and Ivan the Terrible (2-0)
… Don Kindred b. Al Warshawski
Note: Warshawski was spelled “Walsalski” in the newspaper.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, May 28, 1956
(Trianon) … The Gorky Brothers (Ivan and Soldat Gorky) b. The Red Devil and Masked
Manager (2/3) … Pat Meehan b. Steppy Drummond … Tony Jardenia and Red Sparks
drew
Note: “Tony Jardenia” is likely Count Gardenia.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, June 4, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Leo Numa Anderson and Reggie Parks wrestled Red Devil and
Masked Manager to a draw (finals of 8-man battle royal) … Primo Carnera b. Don
Kindred … Count Gardenia and Ken Kenneth drew
Note : Venue is at 7th and Union.

Seattle, Washington: Monday: June 11, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Red Devil and Masked Manager b. Leo Numa Anderson and Karl
Grey (2/3) … Pat Meehan b. Dave Ruhl … Rama Rajah b. Count Gardenia

Seattle, Washington: Monday, June 18, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Red Devil and Masked Manager b. Leo Numa Anderson and Tex
McKenzie (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Bill Crazy Bear b. Dave Ruhl (2/3) … Pat Meehan b.
Karl Grey

Seattle, Washington: Monday, June 25, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Red Devil b. Tex McKenzie … Mighty Ursus b. Masked Manager
… Pat Meehan b. Leo Numa Anderson … Bill Crazy Bear and Herman Kail drew

Seattle, Washington: Monday, July 2, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Mighty Ursus b. Masked Manager (Manager was unmasked to
reveal Lou Pitoscia) … Tex McKenzie b. Ivan Kameroff … Red Devil b. Pat Meehan …
Lou Gardenia and “Tiger” Joe Press drew
Note: Newspaper (Seattle Daily Times) spelled the Masked Manager’s last name as
“Potoscio.”

Seattle, Washington: Monday, July 9, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Tex McKenzie and Reggie Parks b. Ivan Kameroff and Lou
Pitoscia (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Leo Numa Anderson b. Ken Kenneth … Pat Meehan b.
Tony Gardenia … Bill Crazy Bear b. “Tiger” Joe Press

Seattle, Washington: Monday, July 16, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Lou Thesz b. Mighty Ursus (2/3) (Thesz won the final two falls) …
Hard Boiled Haggerty b. Pat Meehan … Red Devil b. Ivan Kameroff … Stu Hart and
Reggie Parks drew … (referee: Jack Sharkey)

Seattle, Washington: Monday, July 23, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Red Devil b. Ivan Kameroff (2/3) … Pat Meehan b. Don Kindred
(DQ) … Leo Numa Anderson b. Lou Pitoscia … Byron Cozehiz b. Tony Gardenia
Note: Next week’s show on Tuesday.

Seattle, Washington: Tuesday, July 31, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Pat O’Connor b. Hard Boiled Haggerty (2/3) … Leo Numa
Anderson and Ivan Kameroff were both disqualified … Pat Meehan b. Don Kindred

Bremerton, Washington: Friday, August 3, 1956
(Roosevelt Field) … Ivan Kameroff vs. Reggie Parks … Pat Meehan vs. Red Mask … Doc
Fredrick will attempt to pull a 2,100 pound horse in a rope-pulling contest
Note: Fredrick was from Milwaukee.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, August 6, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Ivan Kameroff b. Leo Numa Anderson (2/3) … Irish Jackie and
Tom Thumb b. Lord Littlebrook and Tiny Tim … Don Kindred b. Red Devil … Pat Meehan
b. Martin Angelo
Notes: “Martin Angelo” is likely Martino Angelo of Toledo and it appears he was working
as the road agent for the Midget wrestling group appearing on this show. Angelo and the
group he was traveling with also appeared in Kansas City and Denver, among other
places, in 1956.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, August 13, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Red Devil b. Dick Hutton … Lord Littlebrook and Tiny Tim b. Irish
Jackie and Tom Thumb … Ivan Kameroff b. Martin Angelo … Pat Meehan b. Lou Pitoscia

Seattle, Washington: Monday, August 20, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Dick Hutton b. Red Devil … Leo Numa Anderson b. Pat Meehan
… Ivan Kameroff b. Ken Kenneth … Mike Jackson b. Byron Czichos
Notes: Researcher J Michael Kenyon found that Red Devil was unmasked on this show
to reveal Tommy O’Toole. Hutton was said to have also unmasked him in Vancouver on
August 15.

Seattle, Washington: Monday, August 27, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Carl Carlson b. Leo Numa Anderson (2/3) … Ken Kenneth b. Ivan
Kameroff (DQ) … Pat Meehan b. Mike Jackson … Bill Crazy Bear b. Frank Snyder …
battle royal

Seattle, Washington: Monday, September 3, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Bill Crazy Bear and Pat Meehan b. Mike Jackson and Frank
Snyder … Leo Numa Anderson b. Swede Karlsson … Ivan Kameroff b. Ken Kenneth

Seattle, Washington: Monday, September 10, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Gorgeous George vs. Pat Meehan … Ivan Kameroff vs. Swede
Karlsson … Leo Numa Anderson vs. Mike Jackson … Bill Crazy Bear vs. Chester Hayes

Seattle, Washington: Monday, September 17, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Gorgeous George and Ivan Kameroff b. Ken Kenneth and Pat
Meehan … Stu Hart b. Carl Redl … Swede Karlsson b. Leo Numa Anderson … Bill Crazy
Bear b. Herman Keil

Seattle, Washington: Monday, September 24, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Kurt Von Poppenheim b. Gorgeous George … Pat Meehan b.
Carl Redl … Red Bastien b. Sugi Sito … Swede Karlsson b. Ken Kenneth

Seattle, Washington: Monday, October 1, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Kurt Von Poppenheim b. Regi Siki … Red Bastien b. Bud Curtis …
Lee Wong b. Jack Kiser … Andre Drapp b. Carl Redl
Notes: It seems that around this time, the transition from the Seattle booking office of
“Whipper” Billy Watson and promoter Ken Kenneth to booker Tex Hager was being
completed. The Watson-Kenneth office was sold to Hager, who’d book Seattle from his
Spokane office. Advertising said that this show was marking the “Return of the popular
junior heavyweights.”

Seattle, Washington: Monday, October 8, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Bill Fletcher vs. Kurt Von Poppenheim … Red Bastien vs. Bud
Curtis … Bad Boy Hines vs. Lee Wong … Reggie Parks vs. Karl Redl

Seattle, Washington: Monday, October 15, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … George Drake vs. Andre Drapp … Red Bastien vs. Kurt Von
Poppenheim … Cal Roberts vs. Lee Wong … Red Cloud vs. Karl Redl

Seattle, Washington: Monday, October 22, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Red Bastien vs. Kurt Von Poppenheim … Karl Redl vs. Lee Wong
… Ed Francis vs. Danny O’Rourke … Bob Cummings vs. Bad Boy Hines

Seattle, Washington: Monday, October 29, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Andre Drapp vs. Regi Siki … others: Lee Wong, Bobby Red
Cloud, Tommy Martindale

Seattle, Washington: Monday, November 5, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Red Bastien vs. Regi Siki … Ed Francis vs. Lee Wong … Bobby
Red Cloud and Bad Boy Hines vs. Erin Doyle and Cal Roberts

Seattle, Washington: Monday, November 12, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Red Bastien vs. Ed Francis … Bill Fletcher vs. Jack Kiser … Cal
Roberts vs. Regi Siki … Johnny Buff vs. Bad Boy Hines

Seattle, Washington: Monday, November 19, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Red Bastien vs. Ed Francis … Bill Fletcher vs. Cal Roberts …
Regi Siki vs. Kurt Von Poppenheim … Bad Boy Hines vs. Moe Smith

Seattle, Washington: Monday, December 3, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Ed Francis and Regi Siki vs. Bill Fletcher and Kurt Von
Poppenheim … Buddy Knox vs. Lee Wong … Al Fredell vs. Frenchy Roberre

Seattle, Washington: Monday, December 10, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Kurt Von Poppenheim b. Ed Francis (2/3) (third fall by DQ) …
Buddy Knox and Regi Siki b. Red Bastien and Cal Roberts (2/3) … Bad Boy Hines b.
Johnny Buff

Seattle, Washington: Monday, December 17, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Buddy Knox b. Kurt Von Poppenheim (2/3) … Roy Heffernan b.
Monty Marion in finals of a battle royal … Roy Heffernan and Regi Siki drew … Tommy
Martindale b. Bad Boy Hines … Cal Roberts b. Monty Marion

Seattle, Washington: Tuesday, December 25, 1956
(Eagles Auditorium) … Con Bruno and Buddy Knox b. Bill Fletcher and Frank Stojack …
Maurice LaChappelle b. Cal Roberts (2/3) … Bobby Red Cloud and Elmer Davis drew
Note: Next show on January 7, 1957

Research by Tim Hornbaker
January 22, 2011

Seattle Wrestling Results - 1956