Houston TX: May 27, 1955
(City Aud) … Ed Francis drew Pepper Gomez (90:00, 1-1) … Polo Torres beat
Maurice Vachon … Raul Zapata beat Duke Keomuka (dq) … Ray Gunkel beat Joe
Christie … Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Hombre Montana … NOTE: Francis was
defending the NWA junior heavyweight belt.

Houston TX: June 3, 1955
(City Aud) … Duke Keomuka beat Pepper Gomez (2-1) … Referee: Tony Martin
(aka Tom Renesto) ... Polo Torres beat A-Bomber (unmasked as Bob Geigel) ...
Tarzan Mike beat Pierre LaSalle ... (Texas Tag Team Title Match*) Hard
Boiled Haggerty & Stu Gibson beat Raul Zapata & Larry Chene ... Ronnie
Etchison beat Maurice Vachon

Houston TX: June 10, 1955
Pepper Gomez beat Tom Renesto (as Tony Martin) (15:01, dq) ... Referee: Otto
Kuss … Duke Keomuka beat Polo Torres (dq) ... Renato the Beautiful beat
Cyclone Anaya ... Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Tarzan Mike ... Leo Garibaldi
beat The Sheik (as Sheik of Araby) ... Stu Gibson beat Tonina … NOTE: Polo
Torres was defending the Texas heavyweight title … Leo Garibaldi was still
in the U.S. Air Force

Houston TX: June 17, 1955
(City Aud) … Duke Keomuka & Tony Martin beat Polo Torres & Pepper Gomez ...
Stu Gibson vs Renato the Beautiful ... Larry Chene vs Leo Garibaldi ...
Ronnie Etchison vs Hard Boiled Haggerty ... The Sheik vs Ray Piret

Houston TX: June 24, 1955
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez vs Tony Martin ... (Ladies) Nell Stewart vs Olga
Zepeda ... Polo Torres vs Karl Davis ... Renato the Beautiful vs Mike Clancy
... Stu Gibson vs Tarzan Mike ... Raul Zapata vs Leo Garibaldi

Houston TX: July 1, 1955
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez w/Black Guzman beat Mr. Moto (2-1, dq) … Rito
Romero drew Duke Keomuka … (Ladies) Nell Stewart beat Belle Starr … Hans
Schnabel & Lou Newman beat Larry Chene & Ronnie Etchison … Hard Boiled
Haggerty drew Cyclone Anaya

Houston TX: July 8, 1955
(City Aud) … Mr. Moto & Duke Keomuka beat Pepper Gomez & Rito Romero w/Black
Guzman … Polo Torres vs Tony Martin … George Bollas vs Tarzan Mike … Leo
Garibaldi vs Stu Gibson … Karl Davis vs Renato the Beautiful

Houston TX: July 15, 1955
(City Aud) … Polo Torres vs Mr. Moto … Rito Romero vs Tony Martin … Pepper
Gomez vs Ronnie Etchison … Tarzan Mike vs Lou Newman … George Bollas vs Tom
Drake … Hans Schnabel vs Larry Chene

Houston TX: July 29, 1955
(City Aud) … Mr. Moto beat Tarzan Mike

Houston TX: August 5, 1955
(City Aud) … (Texas Title*) Pepper Gomez w/Black Guzman beat Mr. Moto …
Ronnie Etchison vs Duke Keomuka … Wilbur Snyder beat Hans Schnabel … The
Mongol vs Tonina … Roy Heffernan vs Hard Boiled Haggerty

Houston TX: August 12, 1955
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez drew Duke Keomuka (60:00, 1-1) … Polo Torres &
Rito Romero beat George Bollas & Tony Martin … Wilbur Snyder beat Stu
Gibson … Roy Heffernan drew Tarzan Mike … Larry Chene beat The Mongol (dq)

Houston TX: August 13, 1955
(Coliseum) … Pepper Gomez vs Tom Renesto (as Tony Martin) … NOTE: Special
bout for charity staged during Sportarama


Houston TX: August 19, 1955
(City Aud) … (Texas Death Match) Pepper Gomez beat Duke Keomuka ... Tony
Martin & Lou Newman beat Rito Romero & Polo Torres … Wilbur Snyder beat Al
Lovelock … The Mongol beat Leo Garibaldi … Roy Heffernan beat Jimmy James …
NOTE: Gomez won right to challenge NWA champion Lou Thesz in a bout which
went a “record” 12 falls

Houston TX: August 26, 1955
(City Aud) … (NWA TITLE BOUT) Lou Thesz* w/Ed (Strangler) Lewis beat Pepper
Gomez w/Black Guzman (2-1, dq) … Duke Keomuka vs Tarzan Mike … Wilbur Snyder
vs Lou Newman … George Bollas beat Rito Romero (dq) … (Midgets) Sky Low Low
vs Lord Clayton Littlebrook … NOTE: Frank Burke is noted as the Houston
matchmaker

Houston TX: September 2, 1955
(City Aud) … (Texas Death Match) Pepper Gomez & Rito Romero beat Duke
Keomuka & Tony Martin … Ray Gunkel beat Stu Gibson … Wilbur Snyder beat The
Mongol (dq) … Frank Hickey (as Bozo Brown) beat Mike Clancy … Larry Chene
drew Polo Torres

Houston TX: September 9, 1955
(Coliseum, att. 9,000) … (NWA TITLE BOUT) Lou Thesz* drew Pepper Gomez
(90:00, 1-1) … Paul Boesch beat Duke Keomuka (dq) … (Ladies) June Byers beat
Bonnie Watson … Ray Gunkel drew Tony Martin … Wilbur Snyder beat Jim Dobie …
Rito Romero beat The Mongol

Houston TX: September 23, 1955
(City Aud) … (Judo Jacket Match) Duke Keomuka beat Pepper Gomez (2-0) … Paul
Boesch vs Tony Martin … Larry Chene vs Great Scott … Greg Jarque vs Frank
Hickey (as Bozo Brown) … Gino Nicolini beat George Bollas

Houston TX: September 30, 1955
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez vs Danny Savich … Paul Boesch vs Duke Keomuka …
Great Scott vs Wilbur Snyder … Rito Romero vs The Mongol … Gino Nicolini vs
Doug Donovan

Houston TX: October 7, 1955
(City Aud) … (Elimination tournament) won by Tiny Mills … (first round
bouts) Duke Keomuka vs Ray Gunkel … Rito Romero vs Doug Donovan … Wilbur
Snyder vs Tony Martin … Jack Laskin vs Stu Gibson … Pepper Gomez beat Great
Scott … Paul DeGalles (sub for The Mongol) vs Greg Jarque … NOTE: Larry
Chene was scheduled as one of the tournament judges

Houston TX: October 14, 1955
(City Aud) … Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich vs Pepper Gomez & Rito Romero …
Tiny Mills beat Ed Francis (1-0, cnc) … Hans Hermann vs George Bollas …
Larry Chene vs Paul DeGalles … Ray Gunkel vs Jim Dobie … NOTE: Francis’
junior heavy title was not at stake

Houston TX: October 21, 1955
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez beat Tiny Mills (2-0) … (Texas Tag Title*) Wilbur
Snyder & Ray Gunkel beat Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich … Hans Hermann beat
Tony Martin … Doug Donovan beat Larry Chene … Paul DeGalles drew Gino
Nicolini

Houston TX: November 4, 1955
(City Aud) … Hans Hermann beat Duke Keomuka

Houston TX: November 11, 1955
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez beat Hans Hermann … (Ladies) June Byers beat
LeChona LaClaire … Doug Donovan beat Larry Chene … Ray Gunkel & Wilbur
Snyder vs Danny Savich & Tiny Mills … Tex Grady vs Jimmy Carter

Houston TX: November 18, 1955
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez beat Doug Donovan (46:11, cnc) … (Ladies) June
Byers beat China Mira … Ray Gunkel beat Rocky Columbo (dq) … Rito Romero
drew Wilbur Snyder … Danny Savich beat Gino Nicolini … Stu Gibson beat Jim
Dobie

Houston TX: November 25, 1955
(City Aud, att. 5,000) … Pepper Gomez beat Duke Keomuka (2-1) … Tiny Mills
beat Hans Hermann … Doug Donovan beat Wilbur Snyder … Rito Romero beat Tony
Morelli … Ray Gunkel beat Jack Laskin … Larry Chene beat Paul DeGalles …
NOTE: Duke Keomuka had to ride a donkey from the City Auditorium to the Rice
Hotel, and back, as stipulation for losing main event

Houston TX: December 2, 1955
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez beat Doug Donovan (2-0) … Wilbur Snyder beat Duke
Keomuka (dq) … Referee: Otto Kuss … (10-man Tag Match) Wilbur Snyder & Ray
Gunkel & Rocky Columbo & Larry Chene & Rito Romero beat Duke Keomuka & Tiny
Mills & Stu Gibson & Tony Borne & Danny Savich … Ray Gunkel beat Tiny
Mills … Stu Gibson beat Rocky Columbo … Rito Romero beat Danny Savich …
Larry Chene beat Tony Borne

Houston TX: December 16, 1955
(Coliseum, att. 10,000) … (NWA TITLE BOUT) Lou Thesz* beat Pepper Gomez
(2-1) … Ed Francis beat Rito Romero (2-0) … (Ladies) June Byers beat Penny
Banner … Luther lindsey beat Doug Donovan … Duke Keomuka beat Ray Gunkel …
Wilbur Snyder beat Tiny Mills … NOTE: Leo (Whiskers) Savage auctioned off
his tow sack in The Houston Chronicle Goodfellows collection during the
show; Pepper Gomez joined city firemen to pass collection buckets through
the audience.


Research by J Michael Kenyon
Houston Wrestling Results - 1955