January 2, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Mighty Milo d. Bill Melby (winner faces NWA world champ Dick Hutton)
Advertised: Stretch Parks

Result was in preview for next week’s card.

January 9, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. Mighty Milo (winner gets world title bout)
Bill Melby vs. Ox Anderson
Two more matches

January 16, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger/Nelson Royal/Bill Melby vs. Mighty Milo/Tony Borne/new star (two referees)
Three more bouts

January 23, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Ox Anderson vs. Lamar Clark (boxer vs. wrestler)
Bill Melby vs. Tony Borne
Two more matches

January 30, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Ox Anderson vs. Eric the Great (6 rounds of boxing)
Tony Borne vs. Bill Melby
Mighty Milo vs. Nelson Royal
Ferrin Barr vs. Treach Phillips

February 6, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Kay Noble vs. Kathy Starr
Advertised: Tony Borne, Bill Melby, Danno McDonald, Treach Phillips, Henzy Lenz, & Nelson
Royal

February 13, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Henry Lenz vs. Tony Borne
Bill Melby vs. Mighty Milo
Logger Larsen vs. Ox Anderson
One more match

February 20, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Pat O’Connor (NWA world champ) vs. Bill Melby (Utah champ)
Tony Borne vs. Nelson Royal
Logger Larsen vs. Henry Lenz
Danno McDonald vs. Johnny Goelz

February 27, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Bill Melby (Utah champ) vs. Tony Borne
Logger Larsen vs. Mighty Milo
Danno McDonald vs. Ox Anderson
Nelson Royal vs. Eric the Great

March 6, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Tony Borne vs. Bill Melby (Alaska rules)
The Bat vs. Logger Larsen
Two more matches

Alaska rules are: no referee, four wrestlers serving as lumberjacks. Falls do no count.

March 13, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat/Tony Borne vs. Bill Melby/Logger Larsen
Lou Palacio vs. Eric the Great
Nelson Royal vs. Ox Anderson
Johnny Goelz vs. Bill Cole

March 20, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Tony Borne vs. Logger Larsen
The Bat vs. Lou Palacio
Bill Melby vs. Charro Azteca
One boxing match

March 27, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat/Tony Borne/Ox Anderson vs. Bill Melby/Nelson Royal/Lou Palacio
Logger Larsen vs. Eric the Great

April 3, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Logger Larsen vs. Tony Borne (loser’s beard shaved)
The Bat vs. Nelson Royal
Bill Melby vs. Lou Palacio

April 10, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger/Nelson Royal vs. The Bat/Tony Borne
Bill Melby vs. Henry Lenz
Kenny Mayne Jr. vs. Eric the Great
Rod Orrell vs. Johnny Goelz

Ad just says Mayne. I’m assuming it is Kenny Jr. instead of Bob Mayne.

April 17, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Princess Tona Toomah vs. Lorraine Johnson
Blue Avenger/Bill Melby vs. The Bat/Tony Borne
Two more matches

April 24, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Princess Tona Toomah/Kay Noble vs. Kathy Starr/Lorraine Johnson
Blue Avenger/Bill Melby vs. The Bat/Tony Borne
Advertised: Kit Fox
Two more matches

May 1, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Tony Borne vs. The Bat (10-rounds of boxing)
Ox Anderson vs. Rip Miller
Kit Fox vs. Ted Garner
Bill Melby vs. Jacques DuBois

May 8, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Tony Borne vs. The Bat (no holds barred)
Midget match
Three other matches

May 15, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Shag Thomas/The Bat vs. Tony Borne/Rip Miller
Bill Melby vs. Bob Nandor
Kit Fox vs. Eric the Great
Treach Phillips vs. Johnny Goelz

May 22, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Kit Fox
Three more matches, including Blond Bombers

May 29, 1959 Salt Lake City (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Kit Fox vs. The Bat
Blond Bombers vs. Bill Melby/Bob Nandor
Shag Thomas vs. Ox Anderson
One more match

June 5, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Kit Fox vs. The Bat (no DQ, special referee Max Baer)
Advertised: Chico Gracia, Chet Wallick, Shag Thomas, Bill Melby

June 12, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat/Shag Thomas vs. Chet Wallick/Chico Gracia
Bob Orton vs. Bill Melby
Two more matches

June 19, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Chet Wallick/Chico Gracia (world tag champs) vs. Bill Melby/Kit Fox
Suni War Cloud vs. The Bat
Two more matches

June 26, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Kit Fox/Suni War Cloud vs. Chet Wallick/Chico Gracia
Bill Melby vs. The Bat
Shag Thomas vs. Eric the Great
Bob Mayne vs. Johnny Goelz

July 3, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Bill Melby vs. The Bat (steel wire cage)
Advertised: Suni War Cloud, Chet Wallick/Chico Gracia, Kit Fox
Four matches total

July 10, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Bill Melby (Utah champ) vs. The Bat (steel barbed wire, NWA orders the mask to be taken
off if Bat loses)
Chet Wallick/Chico Gracia vs. Kit Fox/Suni War Cloud

July 17, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Bill Melby (Utah champ) vs. The Bat (steel barbed wire, NWA orders the mask to be taken
off if Bat loses)
Shag Thomas vs. Cliff Olsen
Chet Wallick vs. Kit Fox
Suni War Cloud vs. Ox Anderson

July 24, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Shag Thomas vs. The Bat
Bill Melby vs. Suni War Cloud
Kit Fox vs. Chico Gracia
Ox Anderson vs. Rod Orrell

July 31, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Shag Thomas vs. The Bat
Bill Melby vs. Kit Fox
Ox Anderson vs. Suni War Cloud
Chico Gracia vs. Bob Norman

August 7, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Suni War Cloud
Bill Melby vs. Kit Fox
Shag Thomas vs. Chico Gracia
One more match

August 14, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Kit Fox vs. The Bat (Indian death match)
Bill Melby vs. Chico Gracia
Suni War Cloud vs. Shag Thomas
Ox Anderson vs. Bob Norman

August 21, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Kit Fox vs. Eric the Great (Indian death match)
Suni War Cloud vs. The Bat (Indian death match)
Three more matches

August 28, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat/Eric the Great vs. Kit Fox/Suni War Cloud (one fall Indian death, one fall modern)
Bill Melby vs. Ox Anderson
Advertised: Prince Nero
Two more matches

September 4, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat/Eric the Great/Chico Gracia vs. Shag Thomas/Kit Fox/Suni War Cloud (Texas
tornado)
Three more matches

September 11, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Suni War Cloud vs. The Bat (war bonnet vs. mask)
Advertised: Danno McDonald
Three more matches

September 18, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT
Danno McDonald vs. Mighty Milo
Battle royal (Tony Nero, The Bat, Shag Thomas, Kit Fox, Johnny Goelz, Bill Melby)
Two more matches

September 25, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Mae Young vs. Millie Stafford
The Bat/Mighty Milo vs. Danno McDonald/Kit Fox
Brute Bemis vs. Ox Anderson
One more match

October 2, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gorgeous George vs. Shag Thomas
Mae Young vs. Millie Stafford
Two more matches

October 9, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gorgeous George vs. The Bat (for $1000 in challenge money)
Millie Stafford/Gloria Baratini vs. Mae Young/Dot Dotson
Shag Thomas vs. Bill Melby
Tony Ness vs. Kit Fox
Danno McDonald vs. John Swenski

October 16, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. Shag Thomas
6-man battle royal (The Bat, Earnest Nordi, Kit Fox, Bill Melby, Danno McDonald, Prince
Nero)
Two more matches

October 23, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. Chico Gracia
The Bat/Eric the Great vs. Bill Melby/Danno McDonald
Shag Thomas vs. Kit Fox
Johnny Demchuk vs. Prince Nero

October 30, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
October 30 paper not yet available

November 6, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Blue Avenger (Eric the Great barred)
Sascha the Great vs. Kit Fox
Danno McDonald vs. Chico Gracia
Johnny Demchuk vs. Ox Anderson

November 13, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
November 13 paper not yet available

November 20, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
November 20 paper not yet available

November 27, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Sascha the Great vs. The Bat (Russian roughhouse rules)
Chief Red Cloud/Chief Little Feather vs. Lou Plummber/Mighty Pete
Millie Stafford vs. Kathy Starr
One more match

December 4, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Sascha the Great vs. Danno McDonald
Arman Hussein vs. Lou Plummer
Bill Melby vs. Johnny Demchuk
Advertised: Mustapha Pasha

December 11, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Battle royal (ring filled with Rapid Shave Cream) (Sascha the Great, Lou Plummer,
Mustapha Pasha, Danno McDonald, Arman Hussein, Chuck Grant, Johnny Demchuk)
Three more matches

December 18, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Wilbur Snyder vs. Lou Plummer
Jessica Rogers vs. Laura Martinez
Sascha the Great/Chuck Grant vs. Cliff Olsen/Arman Hussein
One more match

December 25, 1959 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Sascha the Great vs. Bill Melby (1 fall Russian rules, 1 fall American)
Three more matches


Research by Becky Taylor
Salt Lake City Wrestling Results - 1959