Waterloo, IA: January 15, 1954 (Friday)
(Waterloo Auditorium) ... (USTM) Verne Gagne* beat Bob Orton (2-1) ... Bob McCune
beat Jerry Woods (2-0) ... Bill McDaniel beat Rocky Colombo ... referee-Bob DeMarce ...
(Att.-3,700) ... (first card of the year for promoter Pinkie George)

Cedar Rapids, IA: January 21, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... Pat O’Connor beat Art Neilson (2-1) ... Jackie Nichols beat Jack
Carter (2-0) ... Bearcat Wright beat Joe Adelman ... (research Cedar Rapids Gazette)

Waterloo, IA: January 22, 1954 (Friday)
(Auditorium) ... Pat O’Connor beat Sky Hi Lee (2-1) ... Alo Leilani and Bearcat Wright
beat Bill McDaniel and Jackie Nichols (2-1) ... Jack Witzig beat Bob DeMarce ... referee-
Bob Foster ... (Att.-1,500)

Waterloo, IA: January 29, 1954 (Friday)
(Auditorium) ... Yukon Eric beat Art Neilson (2-0) (first fall by dq) ... Bill McDaniel and Fritz
Von Erich beat Jackie Nichols and Bearcat Wright (2-1) ... Bob DeMarce beat Einar Olsen

Waterloo, IA: February 5, 1954 (Friday)
(Auditorium) ... Argentina Rocca beat Bill McDaniel (2-0) ... Fritz Von Erich (as Von Eric)
beat Bearcat Wright (2-1)  ... Jackie Nichols beat Harry Lewis ... referee-Bob DeMarce ...
(Att.-7,214)

Cedar Rapids, IA: February 11, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... (midgets) Halie Salasie and Pee Wee James beat Tiger Jackson
and Tom Thumb (2-1) ... Ray Gunkel beat Fritz Von Erich (2-0) ... Bearcat Wright beat
Danny Ferrazzo

Waterloo, IA: February 12, 1954 (Friday)
(Auditorium) ... (Handicap) Yukon Eric beat Fritz Von Erich (18:05) and Yukon Eric beat
Bill McDaniel (dq) ... (midgets) Halie Salasie beat Tiger Jackson (2-0) ... (midgets) Pee
Wee James beat Tom Thumb ... Alo Leilani beat Jackie Nichols ... referee-Danny
Ferrazzo ... (Att.-2,065)

Cedar Rapids, IA: February 18, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... (Boxing) Ron Stribling beat Wilbur Robinson (8 round decision) ...
Farmer Jones beat Gypsy Joe (2-1, dq) ... Art Bull beat Jackie Nichols ... Milt Olsen beat
Paul DeGalles

Waterloo, IA: February 19, 1954 (Friday)
(Auditorium) ... Ray Gunkel beat Killer Kowalski (2-1, dq) ... (midgets) Pee Wee James
and Halie Salasie beat Tiger Jackson and Tom Thumb (2-1) ... Hans Hermann beat
Danny Ferrazzo ... Danny Ferrazzo beat Bob DeMarce ... (Att.-1,984) ... NOTE: Hans
Hermann was late, so Danny Ferrazzo faced Bob DeMarce in an added bout.

Cedar Rapids, IA: March 4, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... (ladies) Ella Waldek beat Dot Dotson (2-1) (sub for Therese
Theis ... Bob McCune and Alo Leilani beat Gypsy Joe and Fritz Von Erich (2-0) ... Hans
Hermann beat Bearcat Wright

Waterloo, IA: March 5, 1954 (Friday)
(Auditorium) ... Hans Hermann and Bill McDaniel beat Bob McCune and Bearcat Wright (2-
1) ... (ladies) Ella Waldek beat Dot Dotson (2-1) ... Alo Leilani beat Gypsy Joe (2-1) ...
referee-Bob DeMarce ... (Att.-1,650)

Cedar Rapids, IA: March 12, 1954 (Friday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... Art Neilson and Reggie Lisowski beat Bob McCune and Alo
Leilani (2-1) ... Frankie Hart beat Art Bull (dq) (subs for Hans Hermann vs Fritz Von Erich)
... George Drake drew Frankie Hart

Waterloo, IA: March 16, 1954 (Tuesday)
(Auditorium) ... Argentina Rocca beat Mighty Atlas (2-0) ... Hans Hermann (sub for Bob
McCune) beat Alo Leilani (2-0) ... Fritz Von Erich beat Angelo Poffo ... referee-Harry
Lewis ... (Att.-3,748)

Cedar Rapids, IA: March 18, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... Bill McDaniel (sub for Bob McCune) beat Hans Hermann (2-1) ...
Angelo Poffo beat Frank Thompson (replaced Bill McDaniel) ... Bobby Lane beat George
Scott (sub for Bob Taylor) ... referee-Joe Louis

Waterloo, IA: March 26, 1954 (Friday)
(Auditorium) ... (world tag team claimants) Art Neilson and Reggie Lisowski* beat Hans
Hermann and Bill McDaniel (2-1) ... Mike DiBiase beat Joe Pazandak (2-1, dq) ... George
Scott beat Mike Blazer ... (Att.-1,377)

Cedar Rapids, IA: April 8, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... (USTM) Verne Gagne* beat Sky Hi Lee (2-0) ... (ladies) Nell
Stewart beat Lee Chona LaClaire (2-1) ... Fritz Von Erich beat Johnny Balbo

Waterloo, IA: April 16, 1954 (Friday)
(Auditorium) ... (USTM) Verne Gagne* beat Art Neilson (2-0) (first fall by dq) ... Nell
Stewart beat Ella Waldek (2-1) ... Bob McCune beat Bill McDaniel ... referee-Bob Foster
... (Att.-2,000)

Cedar Rapids, IA: April 29, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Auditorium) ... Bob Orton beat Sonny Myers (2-1) ... Chest Bernard beat Earl
Fleming ... Bob McCune beat Bob DeMarce (2-0) (sub for Ray Gunkel)

Waterloo, IA: May 6, 1954 (Thursday)
(Auditorium) ... (USTM) Verne Gagne* beat Hans Schmidt (2-1, dq) ... Chest Bernard
beat Bob McCune (2-1) ... Earl Fleming beat Fritz Von Erich ... referee Bob Foster ... (Att.
-5,220)

Cedar Rapids, IA: June 16, 1954 (Wednesday)
(Hawkeye Downs) ... (USTM) Verne Gagne* beat Pat O’Connor (2-1) ... Chest Bernard
beat Maurice Roberre (2-0) ... Jim Dobie beat Jack Carter ... (Att.-3,049)

West Union, IA: July 5, 1954 (Monday)
(Fair Grounds) ... Yukon Eric vs Chest Bernard ... also on card Fritz Von Erich, Jack
Witzig and Great Karpozilos

Central City, IA: July 30, 1954 (Friday)
(Linn County Fair) ... Yukon Eric vs Chest Bernard ... (ladies) Shirley Strimple vs Ann
Laverne ... Jim Dobie vs Bobby Lane

Grundy Center, IA: August 7, 1954 (Saturday)
(Grundy County Fair) ... Yukon Eric vs Mighty Atlas ... Chest Bernard vs Ronnie Etchison
... Jim Dobie vs Dick Dusek

Harlan, IA: August 24, 1954 (Tuesday)
(Shelby County Fair) ... Roy McClarity beat Bob Orton (2-1) ... Hans Hermann beat Chest
Bernard (2-1) (first fall by dq) ... Bob Hamilton (sub for Ronnie Etchison) beat Gentleman
Jim Dobie (2-1) ... (results from Harlan News-Advertiser)

Cedar Rapids, IA: September 30, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... Cowboy Carlson beat Ivan Rasputin (2-1) ... (midgets) Pee Wee
James and Tiny Tim beat Sky Low Low and Fuzzy Cupid (2-1) ... Jim Dobie beat Danny
Ferrazzo (as Mike Ferrazzo)

Cedar Rapids, IA: October 14, 1954
(Memorial Coliseum) (USTM) Verne Gagne* beat Hans Schmidt (2-1, dq) ... Jim Dobie
beat Karl Gray (2-0) ... Balk Estes beat Johnny Silvi ... referee-Alex Fidler

Waterloo, IA: October 19, 1954 (Tuesday)
(Auditorium) ... Argentina Rocca beat Bob Orton (2-0) ... (ladies) Ethel Johnson beat
Kathleen Wimbley (2-1) ... Ralph Bartleman beat Balk Estes ... Dick Witt drew with Bob
DeMarce ... referee-Harry Lewis ... (Att.-2,687) ... (first card of the season)

Cedar Rapids, IA: October 21, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... Hans Schmidt beat Yukon Eric (2-1) ... Ethel Johnson beat
Kathleen Wimbley ... Dick Witt beat Milt Olsen ... NOTE: The losers of the under card
bouts were not given. Their names came from the lineups.

Waterloo, IA: November 3, 1954 (Wednesday)
(Auditorium) ... (Handicap) Yukon Eric beat Art Neilson (24:36, dq) and Yukon Eric beat
Reggie Lisowski (5:14, bear hug) ... Ralph Bartleman and Al Szasz beat Duke DeMetri
and Balk Estes ... Ralph Bartleman beat Duke DeMetri ... Balk Estes (sub for Milt Olsen)
beat Al Szasz ... referee-Bob DeMarce ... (Att.-2,150)

Cedar Rapids, IA: November 18, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... Chest Bernard beat Ronnie Etchison (2-1) ... (LWTM) June
Byers* beat Penny Banner (2-0) (sub for Nell Stewart) ... Jim Dobie beat Bob McCune (2-
1) ... (promoter-Hal Sheridan)

Waterloo, IA: November 23, 1954 (Tuesday)
(Auditorium) ... Roy McClarity beat Don Leo Jonathan (2-1) (first fall by dq) ... Chest
Bernard beat Ralph Bartleman (2-1) ... Great Karpozilos beat Duke DeMetri (2-0) ...  (Att.
-1,683)

Cedar Rapids, IA: December 4, 1954 (Saturday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... Argentina Rocca beat Chest Bernard (2-0) ... Jim Dobie beat
Mitsu Arakawa (2-1) ... Great Tor Yamato beat Harry Lewis

Waterloo, IA: December 7, 1954 (Tuesday)
(Auditorium) ... Mitsu Arakawa and Tor Yamato beat Cowboy Carlson and Gentleman Jim
Dobie (2-1) ... Ralph Bartleman beat Chest Bernard (2-1) ... (ladies) Ada Ash beat Rose
Roman (2-0) ... (Att.-1,276) ... NOTE: Jack Brickhouse, Chicago sports announcer, sat at
ringside at introduced the windup to the fans.

Cedar Rapids, December 9, 1954 (Thursday)
(Memorial Coliseum) ... Hans Schmidt beat Roy McClarity (2-1) ... Jim Dobie beat Great
Tor Yamato (2-0) ... Mitsu Arakawa beat Cowboy Carlson

Waterloo, IA: December 15, 1954 (Wednesday)
(Auditorium) ... Hans Schmidt beat Don Leo Jonathan (2-1) ... Ralph Bartleman beat Ras
Samara ... Mitsu Arakawa and Tor Yamato drew Jim Dobie and Al  Szasz ... (Att.-2,453) ...
(last card of the year)


Waterloo Daily Courier research-Don Luce
Waterloo Wrestling Results - 1954