Chicago Wrestling Results

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, January 5, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … Shohei Baba and Bearcat Wright wrestled to a double countout …
Antonino Rocca b. Crusher Lisowski (12:16) … Argentina Apollo and Bruno Sammartino b. The
Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) (2/3) … The Sicilians (Lou Albano and
Tony Altimore) b. Johnny Gilbert and Billy Goelz … Jose Betancourt b. The Mighty Atlas … Fred
Atkins b. Mr. Sato … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (6,455 fans)… (gate: $16,278)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, January 26, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Johnny
Valentine (2/3) (Rogers won the first fall in 13:22, Valentine won the second in 4:10, Rogers won
the third in 4:05) … Bearcat Wright b. Shohei Baba … Johnny Kace b. Sweet Daddy Siki … Fred
Atkins b. Morris Shapiro (Mighty Atlas) … The Sicilians (Lou Albano and Tony Altimore) b. Jack
Allen and Billy Goelz (2/3) … Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy b. Santiago Acosta and Jose
Betancourt (2-0) … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (10,279 fans)

Chicago, Illinois: February 23, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Billy Darnell
(2/3) (Darnell won the first fall in 5:30, Rogers won the second with a figure-four leglock in 15:18,
Rogers won the third when Darnell was unable to continue) … Shohei Baba, Brute Bernard and
Skull Murphy b. Argentina Apollo, Miguel Torres and Johnny Valentine (2-0) … The Great Scott
and Bob Orton Sr. b. Jack Allen and Farmer Don Marlin … Mr. Suzuki b. Fred Atkins … Jean
Lane b. Rita Crawford … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (8,216 fans)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, March 9, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Shohei
Baba (2-0) (4:25, 5:04) … Seaman Art Thomas and Johnny Valentine b. The Fabulous
Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) … The Great Scott and Bob Orton Sr. wrestled Bob
Ellis and Miguel Perez to a draw … Johnny Kace b. Johnny Rebel … Johnny Gilbert b. Mr. Suzuki
… Billy Goelz b. Fred Atkins … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (8,842 fans)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, March 30, 1962
(International Ampthitheater) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. “Seaman”
Art Thomas (2/3) (Rogers won the first fall, Thomas won the second, Rogers won the third) …
Bob Ellis and Johnny Valentine b. The Great Scott and Bob Orton Sr. … Billy Goelz and Nicoli
Volkoff drew … Johnny Gilbert b. Miguel Torres … The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy
Heffernan) and Red Berry b. Argentina Apollo, Miguel Perez and Antonino Rocca … (promoter:
Fred Kohler) … (7,712 fans)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, April 13, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Antonino
Rocca (2/3) (Rogers won the first fall by disqualification, Rogers won the second by
disqualification) … The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) b. Shohei Baba
and Mr. Suzuki (DQ) … Billy Darnell b. Moose Cholak … Bobo Brazil b. Angelo Savoldi … Miguel
Perez and Seaman Art Thomas b. The Sicilians … Fred Atkins and Johnny Kace drew …
(promoter: Fred Kohler) … (5,519 fans) … (gate: $14,225)

Chicago, Illinois: May 4, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … Shohei Baba b. Billy Darnell (20:04) … Edouard Carpentier and
Antonino Rocca b. The Great Scott and Bob Orton Sr. (2-0) … Bobo Brazil b. Red Grupe … Karl
Von Hess b. Billy Goelz … Eugenio Marin b. Angelo Savoldi … El Mongol b. Fred Atkins … Rita
Crawford b. Corine Cordera … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (3,746 fans)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, May 18, 1962
(International Amphitheater) …NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Antonino
Rocca (2/3) (Rocca won the first fall in 7:30, Rogers won the second in 7:01, Rogers won the
third when Rocca was unable to continue) … Shohei Baba b. Seaman Art Thomas (8:18) … Bobo
Brazil b. Mr. Suzuki (2:20) … Edouard Carpentier b. Red Grupe (2:55) … Bob Konovsky b. Fred
Atkins (7:31) … The Mongol b. Angelo Savoldi (4:31) … Pee Wee James b. Billy the Kid (8:45) …
Jean Lane b. Rita Crawford (6:34) … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (5,762 fans) … (gate: $14,142)

Chicago, Illinois: June 8, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … Bobo Brazil b. Shohei Baba (11:10) (Baba was unable to
continue) … Edouard Carpentier b. Bobby Davis (1:04) … Johnny Valentine b. Moose Cholak …
El Mongol b. Eugenio Marin … The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) b. Billy
Goelz and Miguel Perez … Billy Darnell and Angelo Poffo drew … Karl Von Hess b. Fred Atkins …
(promoter: Fred Kohler) … (4,162 fans) … (gate: $10,226)
Note: Carpentier earned a match with Buddy Rogers after beating the latter’s manager, Davis.

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, July 27, 1962
(Comiskey Park) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Edouard Carpentier
(2/3) … The Mongol b. Miguel Perez (7:40) … Pearl Bates and Virginia Franklin b. Fuzzy
Robinson and Babs Wingo … Antonio Manousis b. The Golden Terror (12:40) … Shohei Baba b.
Tiny Hampton (6:45) … Antonino Rocca b. Hans Schmidt (DQ) (11:45) … Johnny Barend b. Billy
Darnell (3:05) … The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) b. Bobo Brazil and
“Seaman” Art Thomas (12:20) … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (publicity: Dick Axman) … (18,010
fans) … (gate: $55,719)

Chicago, Illinois: August 17, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … Bobo Brazil and Edouard Carpentier b. The Fabulous Kangaroos
(Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) (DQ) … Killer Kowalski b. Shohei Baba (DQ) … Johnny Barend
b. Red Bastien … Billy Darnell b. Angelo Poffo (DQ) … Tony Manoussis and Hans Schmidt drew
… El Mongol b. Johnny Gilbert … Johnny Kace b. Arnold Skoaland … (promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: September 7, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … Edouard Carpentier b. Killer Kowalski (2/3) (Kowalski won the first
fall in 12:00, Carpentier won the second in 13:13, Carpentier won the third by DQ in 11:10)
(Kowalski refered to break a hold) (Kowalski was a replacement for Buddy Rogers, who was
injured) … Bobo Brazil b. Johny Barend … Moose Cholak b. Bruno Sammartino … Antonino
Rocca and Johnny Valentine b. Johnny Kace and Nicoli Volkoff … The Mongol b. Billy Goelz …
The Bavarian Boys b. Bob “Legs” Langevin and Angelo Savoldi … (promoter: Fred Kohler) …
(7,266 fans) … (gate: $19,425)

Chicago, Illinois: September 28, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … Bobo Brazil and Edouard Carpentier b. Johnny Barend and Buddy
Rogers (DQ) (Brazil pinned Barend for the first fall) … Killer Kowalski b. Haystacks Calhoun …
Antonino Rocca b. Karl Von Hess … The Mongol b. Arnold Skaaland … The Bavarian Boys (Rudi
Jacobs and Harry Wenzel) b. Gary Hart and Johnny Kace … Argentina Apollo b. Hans Schmidt …
(promoter: Fred Kohler) … (7,448 fans)

Chicago, Illinois: October 19, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Edouard
Carpentier (2/3) (Carpentier won the first fall in 9:45, Rogers won the second with a figure four
grapevine and then won the match with Carpentier could not continue due to an injured knee) …
… Bobo Brazil b. Hans Schmidt … The Bavarian Boys (Rudi Jacobs and Harry Wenzel) b. The
Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) (2/3) … Johnny Barend and Magnificent
Maurice b. Johnny Gilbert and Billy Goelz (2/3) … Carl Engstrom and Jack Wilson drew … Betty
Clark and Jean Lane were both disqualified (33:00) … (promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: November 9, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Bobo Brazil
(2/3) (third by DQ) … Killer Kowalski b. Shohei Baba … Johnny Barend and Magnificent Maurice
wrestled The Bavarian Boys (Rudi Jacobs and Harry Wenzel) to a double disqualification …
Larry Chene b. Red Kelly … Kurt Von Stroheim b. Pete Kovac … Bob Konovsky b. Maurice
Roberre … Buddy Austin b. Fred Atkins … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (10,415 fans)

Chicago, Illinois: December 7, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … Bobo Brazil and the Bavarian Boys (Rudi Jacobs and Harry
Wenzel) b. Johnny Barend, Killer Kowalski and Magnificent Maurice (DQ) (2/3) (Kowalski pinned
Jacobs in 8:40 for the first fall, Brazil pinned Barend in 3:21 for the second, Brazil and Bavarians
won by disqualification in 4:11) … El Gaucho b. Karl Von Hess (5:06) … Buddy Austin b. Antonio
Manoussis (12:42) … Larry Chene b. Hans Schmidt (DQ) (12:06) … Kurt Von Stroheim b.
Maurice Roberre (15:30) … Bob Konovsky b. Johnny Gilbert (18:03) … (promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: December 28, 1962
(International Amphitheater) … Bobo Brazil and Killer Kowalski drew (60:00) (1-1) (Kowalski won
the first fall, Brazil won the second) … Moose Cholak b. Johnny Gilbert … Moose Cholak b.
Shohei Baba … The Bavarian Boys (Rudi Jacobs and Harry Wenzel) wrestled El Gaucho and
Kurt Von Stroheim to a double-disqualification in third fall (1-1) … Larry Chene b. Johnny Kace …
Buddy Austin b. Antonio Manoussis … Farmer Pete b. Pancho Lopez … (promoter: Fred Kohler)
… (7,012 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 8, 2007

Chicago Wrestling Results - 1962