1/8/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Joe Pazandak & Kinji Shibuya drew Bronko Nagurski & Paul Baillargeon when the 60 minute
time limit expired in the 3rd fall
1 Paul Baillargeon pinned Shibuya in 15:35
2 Shibuya pinned Paul Baillargeon in 15:00
3 The 60 minute time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
Referee Jack Morgan
Tony Baillargeon beat Abe Kashey dq in 27:35
Roy McClarty beat Hans Hermann via pin in 10:35
Angelo Poffo beat Harold Nelson via pin in 21:10
Att: “3,000 fans”

1/22/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Baron Michele Leone & Dick Raines beat Abe Kashey & Kinji Shibuya on a 3rd fall dq
1 Shibuya pinned Raines in 22:00 after a judo chop to Dick’s throat
2 Raines pinned Shibuya in 10:00
3 Kashey was dq’ed for hitting Raines in the head with the time keeper’s bell
Paul Baillargeon beat Hans Hermann in 21:00
Joe Pazandak drew Tony Baillargeon 30:00
Referee Steve Trojack
Angelo Poffo drew Ole Olsen

1/29/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Dick Raines beat Abe Kashey in “less than 13 minutes”
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Jack Witzig beat Joe Pazandak dq in 25:00
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Roy McClarty drew Kinji Shibuya
Tony Baillargeon beat George Scott

2/5/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Dick Raines & Bronko Nagurski drew Kinji Shibuya & Joe Pazandak when the 60 minute time
limit expired in the 3rd fall
1 Nagurski pinned Shibuya in 21:00 after four body slams
2 Shibuya pinned Nagurski after several judo chops
3 The 60 minute time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
Tony Baillargeon beat Alex Cadier utc in 15:00
Abe Kashey drew Earl McCready
George Scott beat Harold Nelson in 20:00
Att: “3,500 fans”

2/19/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Dick Raines & Bronko Nagurski beat Kinji Shibuya & Joe Pazandak 2/3
1 Pazandak pinned Raines in 16:00
2 Naguski pinned Pazandak in 12:15
3 Nagurski pinned Shibuya
Roy McClarty drew Tony Baillargeon 45:00
Alex Cadier drew Jack Witzig 30:00
Abe Kashey beat George Scott via pin in 16:10 after an atomic drop

2/26/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Judo Jacket Match, Referee Jack Morgan
Kinji Shibuya beat Dick Raines in “less than 24 minutes”  
Tony Baillargeon beat Joe Dusek via pin after a series of drop kicks
The Mask beat George Scott via pin after a piledriver
Joe Pazandak beat Alex Cadier via pin
Att: “crowd of close to 3,500”

3/5/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
NWA Champion Lou Thesz beat Paul Baillargeon via pin in 25:00
Referee Frenchy Champagne
The Mask beat George Bollas in 16:00
Tony Baillargeon beat Alex Cadier in 25:00
Roy McClarty drew Joe Pazandak 30:00

4/9/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Kinji Shibuya & The Mask beat Paul Baillargeon & Jack Pesek 2/3
1 Paul Baillargeon beat Shibuya in 9:45 with a “flying Nelson”
2 Shibuya pinned Paul Baillargeon in 26:15
3 Pesek was pinned in 2:10
Tony Baillargeon beat Dennis Clary in 24:00 but refused to accept the victory because Clary
had been injured by a body slam
Roy McClarty drew Roberto Pico
Angelo Poffo beat Alex Cadier via pin in 15:20

4/23/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Paul Baillargeon & Bronko Nagurski beat Kinji Shibuya & The Mask 2/3
1 The Mask pinned Nagurski
2 Nagurski pinned Shibuya
3 Paul Baillargeon pinned Shibuya
Tony Baillargeon beat Johnny Moochy via pin
Dennis Clary beat Jack Pesek
Roberto Pico beat Sandor Fazo

4/30/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Special Referee: Joe Louis
Bronko Nagurski beat The Mask in 19:25 after referee Joe Louis knocked out The Mask
Kinji Shibuya beat Dennis Clary via pin in 18:00
Roy McClarty beat Johnny Moochy in 25:00
Roberto Pico drew Dave Sims (sub Jack Pesek)
Att: “capacity crowd of close to 4,500”

5/14/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Bronko Nagurski & Dick Raines beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Kinji Shibuya 2/3
1 Raines beat Shibuya with a backbreaker in 23:00
2 Shibuya pinned Raines in 10:00 after a judo chop
3 Raines pinned Shibuya in 6:30
Dennis Clary drew Dave Sims
Karl Karlson beat Fritz Von Erich dq when Fritz illegally used the ropes
Roy McClarty beat Juan Martinez in “less than 20 minutes”
Att: “approximately 2,700 fans”

5/28/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Pat O'Connor beat The Mask via pin in 24:10 and unmasked him as Len Montana
Dick Raines beat Fritz Von Erich via pin in 20:00
Roy McClarty beat Dave Sims via pin in 22:40 after a series of drop kicks
Johnny Moochy beat Roberto Pico in 18:10
Att: “2,800 patrons”

6/11/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Dick Raines & Butch Levy beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana on a 3rd fall dq
1 Haggerty pinned Levy after a knee drop
2 Levy pinned Montana after a series of body slams
3 Haggerty was dq’ed
Paul Baillargeon beat Roberto Pico (sub Jack Witzig) in 24:00
George Bollas (sub Roy McClarty) beat Karl Karlson in 13:00
Dave Sims drew Johnny Moochy 30:00

7/2/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Yukon Eric & Butch Levy beat Len Montana & Hard Boiled Haggerty
Tony Baillargeon drew Jack Witzig
Tom Bradley beat Stan Mayslack
Steve Patrick beat Sandor Fozo
Note: The July 3, 1954 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press is missing from the newspaper
archive site so I’m unable to check the results for this card.

7/30/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Jack Morgan
Hard Boiled Haggerty (sub Tiny Mills) beat Bronko Nagurski dq when Nagurski hit referee
Morgan
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Pee Wee James & Tuffy McRae beat Sky Low Low & Karl Krueger 2/3
1 Krueger beat James
2 McRae pinned Krueger after a body slam
3 James pinned Krueger after a body slam
Bob McCune beat Tom Bradley via pin in 16:15 after an airplane spin
Steve Patrick drew Lou Klein 30:00

8/13/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bronko Nagurski via pin
Bob McCune drew Jack Witzig 45:00
Karl Karlson beat Hans Hermann by submission in 12:00
Referee Steve Trojack
Tom Bradley beat Johnny Moochy dq in 14:25

9/15/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Wladek Kowalski & Jack Witzig drew Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob McCune when the 60
minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
1 Witzig pinned McCune in 45:00
2 McCune pinned Witzig in 3:00 after an airplane spin
3 The 60 minute time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
John Kostas beat Tom Bradley via pin in 11:20
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Johnny Moochy beat Bill Brookshire via pin
Referee “Hal” Nelson
Ole Olsen beat Sugi Hayamaka dq
Att: “close to 3,000 fans”

9/24/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Hard Boiled Haggerty drew Pat O'Connor 60:00, no falls scored
Jack Witzig beat Sugi Hayamaka via pin in 12:45
Johnny Kostas beat Bob McCune via pin in 18:45
Tom Bradley beat Ole Olsen via pin in 17:30
Att: “house of 2,000 or so”

10/1/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Jack Witzig & John Kostas beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob McCune 2/3
1 Kostas pinned Haggerty
2 Haggerty pinned Witzig
3 Witzig pinned McCune
Mac Bremer beat Tom Bradley in 9:10
Referee Harold Nelson
Bill Cody beat Johnny Moochy dq
Ole Olsen beat Jack Allen via pin in 15:00

10/15/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Verne Gagne beat Roy McClarty via pin in 28:00
John Kostas beat Farmer Don Marlin (sub Chico Garcia) in 10:45
The Mask beat Lou Klein COR in 20:00
Tony Baillargeon drew Farmer Don Marlin
Att: “3,000 Winnipeg Fanatics”, “crowd of 3,000 or better”

11/5/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Sir Alan Garfield & Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Bronko Nagurski & John Kostas
1 Haggerty pinned Nagurski
2 Nagurski pinned Haggerty
3 Garfield beat Kostas by submission with a “British backbreaker”
Jack Witzig beat Bob McCune in 23:45
Lu Kim beat The Mask in 12:10, Promoter Alex Turk later revealed The Mask was Bozo
Brown of Hudington, CA.
Tony Baillargeon beat Lou Klein via pin in 19:45 after an airplane spin
Att: “close to 3,000 rabid fans”

11/17/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Lu Kim & Yukon Eric beat Alan Garfield & Hard Boiled Haggerty on a 3rd fall dq
1 Kim pinned Garfield in 21:00
2 Haggerty pinned Kim in 9:00
3 Garfield & Haggerty were dq’ed in 6:00
Bill MacMurray beat Ken Kenneth in 13:24
Tony Baillargeon beat Mark Lewin in 23:00
Ole Olsen beat Bill Cody in 22:35

11/24/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Lu Kim via pin in 21:00
John Kostas beat Alan Garfield via pin in 38:10
Referee Harold Nelson
Aldo Bogni beat Bill MacMurray dq in 13:10
Tony Baillargeon beat Bozo Brown via pin in 13:20 after four consecutive drop kicks

12/3/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
John Kostas & Tony Baillargeon & Jack Witzig beat Alan Garfield & Aldo Bogni & Firpo
Zbyzsko 2/3
1 Garfield & Bogni & Zbyszko won
2 Kostas pinned Firpo
3 Bogni was pinned
Referee Steve Trojack
Mark Lewin (sub Skull Murphy) beat Firpo Zbyszko dq
Jack Witzig beat Aldo Bogni via pin in 15:25 after three dropkicks
Karl Karlson (sub Jack Pesek) beat Bill MacMurray in 16:00

12/17/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Verne Gagne beat John Kostas via pin in 29:25
Alan Garfield beat Tony Baillargeon with a “British backbreaker” in 25:10
Jack Witzig beat Bill MacMurray via pin in 11:50
Nick Roberts beat Firpo Zbyszko by submission in 20:10
Att: “some 2,500 to 3,000 patrons”

12/29/54 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Pat O'Connor & Roy McClarty beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Alan Garfield 2/3
1 Haggerty pinned O’Connor in 17:00
2 O’Connor pinned Haggerty in 6:00
3 McClarty pinned Garfield in 15:00
John Kostas beat Aldo Bogni via pin in 21:21
Jack Witzig beat Firpo Zbyszko (sub Hans Hermann) via pin in 14:45
Nick Roberts beat Karl Karlson


Research by Jim Zordani
Winnipeg Wrestling Results - 1954
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