January 6, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Karl Davis/Pretty Boy Roque vs. Joe Tangaro/Guy Brunetti
Roy Shire vs. Al Szasz
Mike Mazurki vs. Vern Taft
Treach Phillips vs. Moe Smith

Szasz’s alligator was also set to have an exhibition against an unknown wrestler. No results
were printed in the Deseret.

January 13, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire d. Curtis Reed (2-0)
Mary Jane Mull d. China Mira
Dot Dotson drew Carol Cook
Vern Taft d. Hal Keene
Joe Tangaro/Guy Brunetti d. Pretty Boy Roque/Danny McKay

January 20, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire d. Vern Taft
Woody Strode d. (DQ) Danny McKay
Carol Cook/China Mira d. Mary Jane Mull/Dot Dotson
Cliff Thiede d. Jake Cagle

January 27, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire d. Red Berry (2-1)
Vern Taft d. Danny McKay (2-0)
Bill Melby d. Karl Davis
Tony Borne drew Woody Strode

February 3, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Vern Taft d. (COR) Roy Shire (2-1)
Bill Melby d. Nick Nickovitch (2-0)
Sam Menacker d. Johnny James
Danny McKay drew Jerry Gordetski

February 10, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire vs. Bill Melby (Shire will leave town if he loses; winner faces Lou Thesz)
Vern Taft vs. Hardy Kruskamp
Two more matches

No results printed in Deseret

February 17, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire d. Vern Taft
Bob Ford d. Danny McKay
Henry Lenz d. Jerry Gordetski
Hardy Kruskamp drew Woody Strode

February 24, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Bob Ford/Vern Taft d. Roy Shire/Treach Phillips
Henry Lenz d. Al Warshawsky
Woody Strode drew Danny McKay
Little Beaver/Pee Wee James d. Ivan the Terrible/Otto Bowman

April 6, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire vs. Bob Ford
Joe Tangero/Guy Brunetti vs. Al Kashey/George Bruckman
Other matches

No results printed in Deseret

April 13, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire vs. Bob Ford (10 rounds of boxing)
Joe Tangaro/Guy Brunetti vs. Rama Rajah/Danny McKay
Two more matches

No results printed in Deseret

May 4, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Joe Tangero d. Roy Shire (2-1)
Kit Fox d. Frenchy Ouimet
Two more matches

Partial results in Deseret

May 11, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire d. Joe Tangaro (0-1, referee Buzz Jones stops the match for Tangaro eye injury)
Rama Rajah d. Black Jack Dillon (Hindu mud match)
Two more matches

Partial results in Deseret

May 18, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Joe Tangaro d. Roy Shire (on a reversed decision)
Kit Fox d. Rama Rajah (2-0)
Don Moore d. The Cavalier
Guy Brunetti d. Black Jack Dillon

May 25, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Frenchy Ouimet/ Roy Shire d. Joe Tangaro/Vern Taft (2-1)
Kit Fox d. (DQ) Black Jack Dillon
Guy Brunetti d. Johnny Goelz
Don Moore drew Hardy Kruskamp

June 1, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Barbara Baker/Olga Zepeda vs. Millie Stafford/Cathy Branch
Roy Shire/Frenchy Ouimet vs. Joe Tangaro/Guy Brunetti

No June editions of the Deseret are available.

September 21, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Red Berry/Kit Fox vs. Roy Shire/Frenchy Ouimet
Great Sasake vs. Jan Madrid
George Grant vs. Dutch Schultz

No September 22 Deseret available

October 5, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Red Berry d. (DQ) Great Sasake
Roger Mackay/Kit Fox (world tag champs) d. Frenchy Ouimet/Danny McKay (non-title)
Rocky Colombo drew Johnny Goelz
Hardy Kruskamp d. Jan Madrid

October 12, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gorgeous George vs. Rocky Colombo
Roger Mackay/Kit Fox (world tag champs) vs. Hans Schnabel/Lou Newman
Two more matches

October 13 Deseret missing

October 19, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire vs. Rocky Colombo
Hans Schnabel/Lou Newman vs. Roger Mackay/Kit Fox
Great Sasake vs. Frenchy Ouimet

No results in Deseret

November 30, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Riot involving 100 people after police attempt to remove an unruly fan. Eleven arrests made.

December 7, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire/Frenchy Ouimet vs. Rocky Colombo/Vern Taft
Woody Strode vs. Frank Jares
All-star supporting card

No results in Deseret

December 14, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Vern Taft/Doug Dawkins vs. Roy Shire/Frenchy Ouimet
Rocky Colombo vs. Frank Jares
Great Sasake vs. Woody Strode

No results in Deseret

December 21, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Great Sasake/Frank Jares (world tag champs) vs. Guy Brunetti/Joe Tangaro
Two more matches

No results in Deseret

December 28, 1956 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Joe Tangaro/Guy Brunetti (world tag champs) vs. Frank Jares/Great Sasake
5-man battle royal
Two more matches

No results in Deseret
Note:  Tangaro and Brunetti reportedly lost the belts to Jares and Sasake here.


Research by Becky Taylor
Salt Lake City Wrestling Results - 1956