Houston TX: February 8, 1957
(Coliseum, att. 9,000) … (Texas Title*) Pepper Gomez w/Ed (Strangler) Lewis
beat El Medico (2-1) … (Ladies) Ethel Johnson beat Babs Wingo … Tokyo Joe
beat Chico Amaro … Bobby Managoff beat Don Evans (dq) … Larry Chene drew Joe
Christie

Houston TX: February 15, 1957
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez vs Tokyo Joe

Houston TX: February 22, 1957
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez beat El Medico (2-1) … Danny McShain drew Luis
Martinez … (Ladies) Ethel Johnson & Lulu Mae Provo beat Babs Wingo & Louise
Greene … Tokyo Joe beat Thor Hagen … Haystack Calhoun (as Country Boy
Calhoun) beat Rocky Columbo … Don Evans beat Bill Fletcher

Houston TX: March 1, 1957
(City Aud) … (NWA TITLE BOUT) Lou Thesz* drew Pepper Gomez (90:00, 1-1) …
Danny McShain beat Tokyo Joe … Bobby Managoff beat Mike DiBiase (as Iron
Mike) … Haystack Calhoun beat Danny Plechas … Don Evans drew Joe Christie
(nc) … Maurice Vachon beat Larry Chene (cnc)

Houston TX: March 8, 1957
(City Aud) … Buddy Rogers drew El Medico

Houston TX: March 15, 1957
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Rogers … El Medico vs Danny McShain …
Duke Keomuka beat Prince Maiava … Luis Martinez vs Don Evans … Larry Chene
vs Art Neilson (as Art Nelson) … Amazing Zuma vs Maurice Vachon

Houston TX: March 22, 1957
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez vs Duke Keomuka … Haystack Calhoun vs Danny
McShain … Don Evans vs Benny Matta … Ray Piret vs Art Nielson … Luis
Martinez vs Jim Blood … Bobby Managoff vs Joe Christie

Houston TX: March 29, 1957
(City Aud) … Danny McShain beat Duke Keomuka

Houston TX: April 5, 1957
(City Aud) … Bull Curry beat Danny McShain

Houston TX: April 19, 1957
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez vs Don Leo Jonathan … El Medico vs Young Pet
Brown … Rito Romero vs Danny McShain … Bull Curry vs Joe Christie … Red
Bastien beat Don Evans

Houston TX: May 17, 1957
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez beat Danny McShain

Houston TX: May 31, 1957
(City Aud) … Don Leo Jonathan vs Pepper Gomez … El Medico drew Red Bastien …
Bull Curry vs Rito Romero … Tiger Conway vs Emerson Crozier … Don Evans vs
Gory Guerrero

Houston TX: June 14, 1957
(City Aud) … El Medico vs Red Bastien … Pepper Gomez vs Tokyo Joe … Bull
Curry vs Jim Hady … Luigi Macera vs Fritz Von Goering (as Fritz Von Ulm) …
Billy Wicks vs Al Mills

Houston TX: July 5, 1957
(CA) … Don Leo Jonathan beat Ray Gunkel (1-0, cnc) … Pepper Gomez & El
Medico beat Johnny Valentine & Fritz Von Goering (as Fritz Von Ulm) (dq) …
Wild Bull Curry beat Chet Wallick … Red Bastien drew Duke Keomuka … Luigi
Macera beat Danny Savich (dq)

Houston TX: July 12, 1957
(CA) … Johnny Valentine beat El Medico (2-1) … Pepper Gomez beat Fritz Von
Ulm … Duke Keomuka drew Tiger Conway … Nick Bockwinkel beat Joe Blanchard

Houston TX: July 20, 1957 (Saturday)
(Coliseum, att. 9,200) … (WORLD TITLE MATCH) Lou Thesz* beat Don Leo
Jonathan (2-1) … Pepper Gomez & El Medico beat Wild Bull Curry & Danny
Savich … Johnny Valentine beat Paul Boesch … Tiger Conway beat Fritz Von Ulm
(dq) …(Midgets) Tito Infante beat Tom Thumb

Houston TX: July 26, 1957
(CA) … El Medico beat Johnny Valentine (2-1, cuts) … Pepper Gomez beat Duke
Keomuka … Wild Bull Curry beat Billy Wicks … Nick Bockwinkel beat Chet
Wallick … Ray Gunkel drew Luigi Macera … Juan Garcia beat Jim Hady

Houston TX: August 2, 1957
(City Aud) … El Medico & Pepper Gomez beat Don Leo Jonathan & Johnny
Valentine (2-1) … Nick Bockwinkel beat Wild Bull Curry … Ike Eakins beat Joe
Blanchard … Don Whittler beat Danny Savich (dq) … Con Bruno drew Luigi
Macera

Houston TX: August 9, 1957
(Coliseum, att. 11,000) … (WORLD TITLE MATCH) Lou Thesz* beat El Medico
(2-1, dq) … Johnny Valentine drew Luther Lindsey … Pepper Gomez drew Don Leo
Jonathan … El Santo beat Fritz Von Ulm … Ray Gunkel beat Ike Eakins … Duke
Keomuka beat Nick Bockwinkel … NOTE: Morris Sigel’s 41st anniversary show.

Houston TX: August 16, 1957
(City Aud) … Johnny Valentine beat Don Leo Jonathan (2-1) … Referee: Ray
Gunkel … El Medico drew Luther Lindsey … El Santo beat Danny Savich (cnc) …
Pepper Gomez drew Ike Eakins … Luigi Macera beat Gory Guerrero

Houston TX: August 23, 1957
(City Aud) … Luther Lindsey beat Johnny Valentine (2-1, dq) … El Medico &
Pepper Gomez beat Don Leo Jonathan & Ike Eakins … El Santo beat Chet
Wallick … Morris Shapiro (as Mighty Atlas) beat Fritz Von Ulm … Rip Rogers
(Eddie Graham) drew Danny Savich

Houston TX: August 30, 1957
(City Aud) … (Texas Title*) Pampero Firpo (as Ivan the Terrible) beat Don
Leo Jonathan (2-1) … (Midgets) Doll Paige beat Gypsy Rose … Duke Keomuka
beat El Santo … El Medico drew Eddie Graham (as Rip Rogers) … Pepper Gomez
beat Con Bruno … Luigi Macera drew Morris Shapiro (as Mighty Atlas)

Houston TX: September 6, 1957
(City Aud) … Pampero Firpo (as Ivan the Terrible) vs Pepper Gomez … Duke
Keomuka vs El Santo … (Midgets) Doll Paige vs Gypsy Rose … Eddie Graham (as
Rip Rogers) vs Luigi Macera … El Medico vs Morris Shapiro (as Mighty
Atlas) … Ike Eakins vs Chet Wallick

Houston TX: September 20, 1957
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez & El Medico beat Pampero Firpo (as Ivan the
Terrible) & Paul Vachon (as Nikita Zolotoff) … El Santo vs Eddie Graham (as
Rip Rogers) … Dick Raines vs Morris Shapiro (as Mighty Atlas) … Bob Nandor
vs Danny Savich … Jim LaRock vs Luigi Macera

Houston TX: October 5, 1957 (Saturday)
(City Aud) … El Medico vs Pepper Gomez … (Ladies) Judy Grable vs Magnificent
Moolah … Luigi Macera vs Kurt Von Poppenheim … Eddie Graham (as Rip Rogers)
vs Paul DeGalles (as Paul of France) … Buddy Lee vs Marco Polo

Houston TX: October 18, 1957
(Coliseum) … (Texas Death Match) El Medico vs Pepper Gomez … (Midgets) Brown
Panther vs Ivan the Terrible … Mr. Moto vs Bob Nandor … Marco Polo vs Duke
Keomuka … Morris Shapiro (as Mighty Atlas) vs Paul DeGalles … Doc Gallagher
vs Reggie Parks

Houston TX: November 1, 1957
(City Aud) … El Medico vs Pepper Gomez … Mr. Moto & Duke Keomuka vs Paul
DeGalles & Morris Shapiro (as Mighty Atlas) … Luigi Macera vs Bull Montana
(aka Chuck Montana) … Crusher Dugan vs Jim LaRock … Frank Jares vs Billy
King

Houston TX: November 29, 1957
(City Aud) … Pepper Gomez vs Bill Melby


Research by J Michael Kenyon
Houston Wrestling Results - 1957