1/7/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Bronko Nagurski & Johnny Kostas beat Sir Alan Garfield & Fred Atkins on a 3rd fall dq
1 Nagurski pinned Garfield after six body blocks
2 Atkins beat Nagurski
3 Atkins & Garfield were dq’ed
Jack Pesek beat Jack Witzig via pin in 24:40
Nick Roberts drew Gregory Jarque 30:00
Dick Afflis beat Stan Mayslack via pin in 12:40

1/21/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Bill Kuusisto & Frenchy Champagne
Bronko Nagurski & John Kostas beat Fred Atkins & Alan Garfield 2-0, 1st fall by dq
1 Atkins & Garfield were dq’ed
2 Nagurski pinned Garfield
Jack Pesek beat Nick Roberts via pin in 22:30
Gregory Jarque beat Aldo Bogni (sub Pedro Godoy) via pin in 18:20
Guy LaRose beat Ole Olsen via pin in 15:10

2/4/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff drew Bronko Nagurski & John Kostas when the 60 minute
time limit expired in the 3rd fall
1 Karol pinned Kostas in 20:00
2 Kostas beat Ivan in 15:00 with the “Kostas Special”
3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
Fred Atkins beat Pedro Godoy via pin in 10:30 after a piledriver
Referee Harold Nelson
Jack Witzig beat Hans Schnabel dq in 25:25
Guy LaRose beat Gregory Jarque via pin
Att: “over 3,000 fans”, “best house of the year”

2/18/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Fred Atkins beat Wladek Kowalski & Dick Raines 2/3
1 Haggerty beat Raines
2 Kowalski pinned Atkins
3 Atkins pinned Kowalski after a piledriver
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Dick Afflis drew Guy LaRose 15:00 (Note: Match was made to fill time, as Kowalski and
Raines arrived late)
Jack Pesek beat Pedro Godoy dq
Dick Afflis beat Gregory Jarque in 18:10 by submission with an abdominal stretch
Guy LaRose beat Nick Roberts in 27:00
Att: “close to 4,000 fans”

2/23/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Bronko Nagurski & Leo Nomellini & Dick Raines beat Fred Atkins & Jim Wright & Hard Boiled
Haggerty 2/3
1 Raines beat Atkins in 15:00
2 Atkins pinned Raines in 6:00
3 Nagurski pinned Wright
Gregory Jarque beat Firpo Zbyszko in 18:00
Dick Afflis beat Nick Roberts by submission in 22:25
Referee Harold Nelson
Dick Raines beat Jim Wright dq in 15:00

3/11/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Bill Kuusisto & Frenchy Champagne
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Bronko Nagurski & Ilio DiPaolo 2/3 in 33:00
1 DiPaolo pinned one of the Kalmikoffs after an airplane spin
2 DiPaolo was COR and was unable to wrestle in the 3rd fall due to an injured ankle
3 Ivan pinned Nagurski
Kinji Shibuya beat Son of Ali Baba in 14:00
Dick Raines beat Guy LaRose with a backbreaker in 23:45
Att: “some 4,000 customers”

4/1/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Bronko Nagurski & Ilio DiPaolo beat Fred Atkins & Kinji Shibuya 2/3
1 Atkins pinned Nagurski
2 Atkins & Shibuya were dq’ed
3 Nagurski pinned Atkins
Dick Afflis (sub Ali Baba Jr) beat Arnold Skaaland by submission with an abdominal stretch
Gregory Jarque beat Polo Cordova (sub Pedro Godoy) via pin in 22:25
Guy LaRose beat Karl Karlson (sub Johnny Moochy) in 18:20
Att: “Close to a packed house”

4/15/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Al Warshovsky
Paul Baillargeon beat Kinji Shibuya dq in 27:00
Pee Wee James & Tiny Tim beat Irish Jackie & Sky Low Low 2-0 in 30:00
1 James pinned Jackie
2 James pinned Low Low
Joe Pazandak beat Gregory Jarque by submission in 18:10 with an arm lock
Kubla Khan beat Karl Karlson via pin in 5:40

5/4/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee: Bill Kuusisto
NWA Champion Lou Thesz beat Paul Baillargeon via pin in 24:10
Ilio DiPaolo beat Kinji Shibuya dq in 36:00
Referee Harold Nelson
Joe Pazandak beat Kubla Khan in 4:00 with a “double arm bar”
Ole Olsen drew Red Bastein
Att: “packed house”

5/9/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referees Bill Kuusisto & Frenchy Champagne
Kinji Shibuya & Joe Pazandak beat Ilio DiPaolo & Primo Carnera
1 Pazandak pinned DiPaolo in 9:50
2 DiPaolo beat Pazandak in 9:00
3 Shibuya pinned DiPaolo in 10:00
Paul Baillargeon beat Fred Atkins dq in 19:00
Guy LaRose beat Kubla Khan via pin in 18:00 after a series of drop kicks
George Bruckman beat Italian Wolf in 19:30

5/25/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Amphitheatre
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff drew Ilio DiPaolo & Pat O'Connor when the 60 minute time
limit expired in the 3rd fall
1 Karol beat O’Connor by submission in 33:30
2 O’Connor beat Karol in 8:00
3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
Joe Pazandak beat Ike Eakins dq
Swedish Angel beat Guy LaRose via pin in 10:20
Boxing Match
Vince Donnelly beat Jim Saunders
Note: This was a combination Wrestling and Boxing card promoted by Alex Turk.

6/10/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Kinji Shibuya & Joe Pazandak beat Ike Eakins & Ilio DiPaolo 2/3
1 DiPaolo beat Shibuya
2 Pazandak beat DiPaolo by submission with an arm bar
3 Shibuya won in 6:00
Earl McCready beat Swedish Angel via pin in 8:40
Johnny Kostas beat Jack Pesek via pin in 17:50
Red Bastien drew Pedro Escobar
Note: The McCready vs Swedish Angel bout replaced a scheduled lightweight boxing match.

6/17/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Wally Karbo & Frenchy Champagne
Ilio DiPaolo & Bronko Nagurski & Johnny Kostas beat Joe Pazandak & Kinji Shibuya & Stan
Kowalski 2/3
1 Shibuya pinned Kostas in 6:00
2 DiPaolo pinned Kowalski
3 DiPaolo pinned Kowalski
Referee Harold Nelson
Jack Pesek beat Pat Meehan via pin in 13:35
Ike Eakins beat King Toby with an “atomic piledriver”
Guy LaRose beat Pedro Escobar via pin in 15:45 after two drop kicks
Att: “Close to 3,000 fans”

6/29/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Bronko Nagurski & Leo Nomellini & Ilio DiPaolo beat Joe Pazandak & Kinji Shibuya & Stan
Kowalski 2/3
1 Pazandak pinned Nomellini in 10:00
2 Nomellini pinned Pazandak in 12:30
3 DiPaolo pinned Kowalski in 9:20 after a “couple of drop kicks”
Dick Bruiser Afflis drew Jack Pesek 45:00
John Kostas beat Ike Eakins dq in 19:15 when Eakins kicked referee Frenchy Champagne in
the face.
Referee Harold Nelson
Ilio DiPaolo beat Joe Pazandak dq in 17:10
Att: “Crowd of 2,000”
Note: According to the Winnipeg Free Press, “Champagne wound up taking three stitches for
a cut around the eye” courtesy of Eakins.

8/17/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Doug Hepburn & Pat Fraley beat Ike Eakins & Kinji Shobuta on a reverse decision in the 3rd
fall
1 Eakins pinned Fraley in 18:00
2 Hepburn beat Eakins by submission in 3:10
3 Eakins pinned Fraley but referee Frenchy Champagne told referee Kuusisto “all had not
been on the up and up prior to Fraley losing.” Kuusisto then reversed his decision.   
Ilio DiPaolo beat Johnny Kostas via pin in 18:15 after two dropkicks followed by an airplane
spin
Red Bastien drew Oni Wiki Wiki
Adrian Baillargeon beat Jack Pesek by submission in 21:16 after a bear hug
Att: “4,000 fan house”
Note: Hepburn received a huge write up in the Winnipeg Free Press. Among the claims in the
article were Whipper Billy Watson trained Hepburn, Pat Fraley now managed Hepburn,
Hepburn was undefeated in 20 tag team events, Hepburn in 1953 won “the world’s
heavyweight weightlifting championship in Stockholm, Sweden with a three lift - press –
snatch – clean and jerk – mark of 1,030 pounds,” Hepburn stood 5 foot 10, weighed 285
pounds, boasted a 57.5 inch chest and had 21.5 inch biceps.  

9/5/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Baseball Stadium
Doug Hepburn & Ilio DiPaolo beat Joe Dusek & Kinji Shibuya 2/3 in 33:00
1 Shibuya pinned DiPaolo in 13:50 after a series of judo chops
2 DiPaulo pinned Shibuya after three drop kicks
3 Hepburn beat Dusek by submission in 33:00 with a bear hug
Red Bastien beat Oni Wiki Wiki in 23:40 after a series of body slams
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Johnny Kostas beat Pat Fraley COR in 12:15
Adrian Baillargeon beat Stan Kowalski (sub Ike Eakins) by submission in 7:40 with a swinging
full nelson
Att: “Close to 4,000”

9/23/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Verne Gagne beat Kinji Shibuya via pin in 20:40 after referee Kuusisto punched Kinji in the
chin
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Tiny Tim & Tito Infante beat Sky Low Low & Ivan the Terrible 2/3
Mitsu Arakawa beat Nick Roberts via pin
Red Bastien beat Jim Siskay with a step over toe hold
Att: “house of 4,000”

9/30/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Bill Kuusisto & Frenchy Champagne
Yukon Eric & Bronko Nagurski beat Kinji Shibuya & Sky Hi Lee 2/3
1 Nagurski pinned Shibuya in 20:30 after a body block
2 Shibuya pinned Nagurski in 9:20
3 Eric beat Lee in 3:00
Barney The Chest Bernard beat Nick Roberts via pin
Carl Engstrom drew Mitsu Arakawa
Red Bastien beat Stan Kowalski in 21:45 with a “step over leg lock”
Att: “full house”

10/7/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Harolf Nelson & Jack Morgan
Bronko Nagurski & Doug Hepburn beat Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa on a 3rd fall dq
1 Arakawa pinned Nagurski
2 Nagurski pinned Arakawa in 5:20
3 Arakawa was dq’ed for throwing salt in Nagurski’s eyes
Adrian Baillargeon beat Barney The Chest Bernard in 12:40 with a “flying scissors”
Oni Wiki Wiki beat Pat Fraley dq in 17:00
Carl Engstrom beat George Scott via pin in 22:15 after an airplane spin

10/13/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Handicap Match, Referee Frenchy Champagne
Doug Hepburn beat Bearcat Wright & Adrian Baillargeon 2-0
1 Hepburn beat Baillargeon in 12:00 with a hammer lock
2 Hepburn beat Wright in 4:00 with a bear hug
Red Bastien drew Carl Engstrom 45:00
Herb Freeman beat Oni Wiki Wiki via pin in 15:17 after a series of drop kicks
Referee Harold Nelson
Nick Roberts beat Pat Fraley via pin in 14:25 after Fraley missed a drop kick
Att: “3,000 fans”

10/21/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Prince Maiava beat Karl Davis in 12:10
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Tiny Tim & Tito Infante beat Sky Low Low & Ivan the Terrible 2/3, 2nd fall by dq
Red Bastien drew Herb Freeman
Carl Engstrom beat Jim Siskay via pin in 15:00 after an airplane spin
Att: “best crowd of the wrestling season”

11/4/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Bronko Nagurski & Tim Geohagen
1 Geohagen beat Ivan in 15:36 with a sleeper hold
2 Ivan pinned Geohagen in 11:35
3 Ivan pinned Geohagen in 12:20
Referee Harold Nelson
Red Bastien beat Herb Freeman via pin in 33:50
Carl Engstrom beat Adrian Baillargeon via pin in 17:45
Mitsu Arakawa beat Karl Davis via pin in 11:40
Att: “close to 4,000 fans”

11/23/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Harold Nelson & Joe Snyder
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa 2/3
1 Ivan pinned Arakawa in 6:00
2 Shibuya pinned Karol in 5:15
3 Karol pinned Arakawa in 8:25
Tim Geohagen beat Carl Engstrom by submission in 19:10 with a “crab hold”
Red Bastien drew Dave Jons 30:00
Tony Baillargeon beat Herb Freeman via pin in 21:00

12/2/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Joe Dusek & Emil Dusek 2/3
1 Karol pinned Emil in 14:40
2 Ernie beat one of the Kalmikoffs in 6:25 with a “step over leg lock”
3 Karol pinned Ernie in 13:03
Tim Geohagen beat Jack Pesek via pin in 14:30
Tony Baillargeon beat Mitsu Arakawa in 21:25
Dave Jons drew Herb Freeman
Att: “4,000 patrons”

12/16/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Emil Dusek & Ernie Dusek 2/3
1 Emil beat Karol in 10:30 with a “step over leg lock”
2 Karol pinned Emil in 10:30
3 Karol beat Ernie in 11:00
Tim Geohagen beat Kinji Shibuya dq in 23:45 after Shibuya tossed salt in Geohagen’s eyes
Tony Baillargeon beat Fritz Von Ulm via pin in 10:35 after a series of drop kicks
Dave Jons drew Carl Engstrom
Att: “crowd of 4,000”

12/23/55 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Pat O'Connor & Roy McClarty & George Gordienko beat Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa & Sky
Hi Lee 2-0
1 McClarty beat Arakawa
2 Gordienko beat Lee
Referee Harold Nelson
Tim Geohagen beat Bearcat Wright in 9:45 with a sleeper hold
Tony Baillargeon beat Jack Pesek in 16:45
George Gordienko beat Sky Hi Lee via pin after an airplane spin
Att: “crowd of well over 2,000”


Research by Jim Zordani
Winnipeg Wrestling Results - 1955
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