Winnipeg Wrestling Results

1/4/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Pat O'Connor & Roy McClarty drew Joe Pazandak & Butch Levy when the 60 minute time limit
expired in the 3rd fall
1 Pazandak beat McClarty in 30:00 with an “arm lock”
2 O’Connor pinned Pazandak in 15:00
3 The time limit expired before either team could score a deciding fall
Referee Red Eakin
Jack Witzig beat Tony Baillargeon via pin
Karl Von Schoberg beat Bearcat Wright via pin in 29:00
Jerry Mace beat Gregory Jarque via pin in 20:00
Att: “close to 3,000”

1/18/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Red Eakin & Bearcat Wright
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Fritz Von Erich & Karl Von Schoberg 2/3
1 Von Erich pinned Karol in 10:00 after a throat stomp
2 Ivan pinned Von Erich in 5:00
3 Ivan pinned Von Schoberg in 12:00 after a top rope throat stomp
Johnny Rougeau beat Tony Baillargeon via pin in 24:40
Jack Witzig beat Jerry Mace via pin in 17:40 after an airplane spin
Johnny Barend beat Johnny Swenski in 16:20
Att: “house of some 3,000”

1/25/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
NWA Champion Lou Thesz drew Hard Boiled Haggerty 60:00 no falls scored
Brown Panther & Lord Littlebrook beat Sky Low Low & Irish Jackie 2/3
Jack Witzig beat Aldo Bogni via pin in 17:45 after an airplane spin
Johnny Rougeau beat Jerry Mace via pin in 16:30
Att: “10,000 ardent Winnipeg mat fans”

2/1/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Red Eakin & Frenchy Champagne
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Mr. Hito & Mr. Moto 2/3
1 Ivan pinned Moto in 13:20 after a top rope throat stomp
2 Karol was pinned in 11:00
3 The referees awarded the decision in the Kalmikoffs in 8:00
Johnny Rougeau beat Tony Baillargeon via pin in 21:40
Maurice LaPointe beat Tiger Joe Tomasso in 20:30 with a “rolling arm lock”
Jerry Mace beat Johnny Swenski via pin in 16:40
Att: “close to 4,000”

2/15/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
Pat O'Connor beat Buddy Rogers when Buddy could not answer the bell for the 3rd fall
1 Rogers beat O’Connor in 22:00
2 O’Connor beat Rogers via pin in 13:00. Rogers was stretchered out of the Auditorium and
did not return for the 3rd fall.
Johnny Rougeau beat Jerry Mace by submission with a “neck stretch”
Maurice LaPointe beat Karl Von Schoberg dq in 10:40
Referee Harold Nelson
Johnny Barend drew Tony Baillargeon
Att: “4,000 happy fans”

2/22/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Harold Nelson
Whipper Billy Watson beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq in 17:30 when Haggerty tossed referee
Nelson out of the ring
$1,000 to the winner
Dick Hutton drew Joe Pazandak 45:00 no falls scored
Johnny Rougeau beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 11:40
Red Bastien beat Johnny Barend via pin in 13:45 after a drop kick
Att: “some 7,500 fans”

3/1/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Red Eakin & Frenchy Champagne
Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq
1 Ivan pinned Joe in 12:00 after a top rope throat stomp
2 Guy pinned Ivan in 10:00 after six drop kicks
3 The Kalmikoffs were dq’ed in 8:00
Fritz Von Ulm beat Tony Baillargeon via pin in 14:30 after a knee drop
Johnny Rougeau beat Frank Hurley by submission in 12:15 with a “neck stretch”
Johnny Barend beat Johnny Swenski via pin in 18:20
Att: “throng of 3,000”

3/9/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Special Referee: Joe Pazandak
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff drew Edouard Carpentier & Johnny Rougeau when the 60
minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
1 Carpentier pinned Karol in 30:10
2 Ivan pinned Rougeau in 20:00 after a body slam
3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
Red Bastien beat Johnny Swenski
Johnny Barend beat Frank Hurley via pin in 16:45 after a drop kick
John Foti beat Tiger Joe Tomasso in 17:10 with a backbreaker

3/15/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Red Eakin & Frenchy Champagne
Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti drew Bill Miller & Ed Miller when the 60 minute time limit expired in
the 3rd fall
1 Joe pinned Ed
2 Ed beat Joe by submission with an “over the shoulder backbreaker”
3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
Red Bastien (sub Tony Baillargeon) beat Bob Geigel dq in 12:20
Fritz Von Ulm beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 13:30 after a series of body slams
Red Bastien drew John Foti 30:00
Att: “some 3,000 mat fans”

3/23/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Whipper Billy Watson beat Gene Kiniski dq in 9:20 when Kiniski hit Watson in the head with a
microphone
Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti beat Al Smith & John Smith 2/3
1 Joe pinned John in 12:00
2 John beat Guy in 9:00 with a “combined reverse neck hold and backbreaker”
3 Guy pinned Al in 6:00
Bob Geigel beat Red Bastien in 15:00 when Red was forced to concede due to a leg injury
John Foti drew Fritz Von Ulm 30:00
Att: “throng of 10,000”

3/29/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
Hard Boiled Haggerty no contest Dick Hutton in 22:00
Rocky Monroe beat Maurice LaPointe via pin in 23:30 after an airplane spin
Johnny Rougeau drew Bob Geigel
Fritz Von Ulm beat John Foti via pin in 22:45 after a knee drop to Foti’s throat

4/17/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott
Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff
1 Joe pinned Karol in 15:00 after three drop kicks
2 Karol pinned Joe in 13:00 after a throat stomp
3 Jersry Joe knocked out Karol in 6:24. Then one of the Brunettis scored the pin.
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Roy McClarty beat Bob Geigel dq in 22:40
Karl Steiff beat Danno O'Shocker in 13:30 with a backbreaker
Fritz Von Ulm (sub Billy Wicks) beat Rocky Monroe in 18:30 with a “step over toe hold”
Att: “crowd of some 3,000”
Note: According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Steiff was a professional boxer “under the name
Clyde Steeves.”

4/26/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Frenchy Champagne & Red Eakin
Chris Tolos & John Tolos beat Al Smith & John Smith on a 3rd fall dq
1 John Smith beat John Tolos by submission in 12:00 with an abdominal stretch
2 John Tolos pinned Al Smith in 12:00 after an airplane spin
3 The Smiths were dq’ed in 12:00
Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti beat Fritz Von Ulm & Bob Geigel
1 Geigel pinned Guy in 10:00
2 Guy pinned Von Ulm in 3:20 after a piledriver
3 Joe pinned Geigel in 3:30
Roy McClarty beat Tiger Joe Tomasso in 20:45 with a Sleeper Hold
Karl Steiff beat John Foti in 14:20 with a backbreaker

5/10/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti drew Mr. Hito & Mr. Moto when the 60 minute time limit expired in
the 3rd fall
1 Guy pinned Hito in 25:00
2 Hito pinned Joe in 15:00
3 The time limit expired before either team could score another fall
Joe Pazandak beat Karl Steiff in 15:40 with a “reverse arm lock”
Roy McClarty beat Dick Hrstich via pin in 14:30 after a body slam
John Foti drew Tiger Joe Tomasso
Att: “some 2,000 faithful wrestling fans”
Note: According to thw Winnipeg Free Press, Mr Hito was “more familiarly know here-abouts
as Kinji Shibuya.”

5/17/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Mr. Hito & Mr. Moto beat Karol Kalmikoff & Karl Steiff (sub Ivan Kalmikoff) 2/3
1 Karol pinned Moto in 8:40
2 Hito pinned Karol in 9:00 after a series of judo chops
3 Moto pinned Steiff in 3:00 after a series of judo chops
Roy McClarty beat John Smith via pin in 17:35 after a series of drop kicks
Karl Steiff beat Al Smith in 14:30
Billy Wicks beat Tiger Joe Tomasso via pin in 18:10 after two drop kicks
Note: According to the Winnipeg Free Press, “Steiff got into the fray, when, in a pre-fight
muddle, Ivan Kalmikoff got toppled out of the ring and picked up a hip injury. Taken to the
dressing room for repair, Ivan K. couldn’t return to battle so Steiff volunteered to partner
Karol Kalmikoff.”

5/24/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Joe Pazandak (sub Mr. Moto) & Mr. Hito beat Roy McClarty & Buddy Rogers
1 Rogers pinned Hito in 1:10 after a drop kick
2 Hito beat Rogers in 18:30
3 Moto pinned McClarty in 18:15
Karl Steif drew Guy Brunetti
Ivan Kalmikoff drew Joe Brunetti
Billy Wicks beat Bill Wright by submission in 14:30 with a “leg lock”
Note: According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Moto “was unable to appear due to an illness in
the family.”

6/7/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff drew Mr. Hito & Killer Kowalski when the 60 minute time limit
expired in the 3rd fall
1 Hito & Kowalski won
2 Ivan beat Hito
3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
Roy McClarty beat Karl Steiff dq
Carl Engstrom beat Billy Wicks via pin after an airplane spin
Lord Littlebrook & Brown Panther drew Fuzzy Cupid & Ivan the Terrible
Att: “throng of 3,834 men, women and children”
Note: The newspaper article in the Winnipeg Free Press wasn’t nearly as detailed as
previous articles.

6/14/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Joe Brunetti & Guy Brunetti beat Karl Steiff & Jack Vansky
1 Steiff pinned Guy after a right hand punch to Brunetti’s chin
2 Guy beat Steiff
3 Joe pinned Vansky
Mr. Hito beat Farmer Boy via pin after Farmer Boy missed a drop kick when Hito moved at the
last second
Roy McClarty beat Carl Engstrom
Joe Pazandak (sub Billy Wicks) beat Frank Taylor
Note: The Winnipeg Free Press described Farmer Boy as “a 240 pound giant from New
Jersey.”

6/28/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Jack Morgan
Leo Nomellini & Guy Brunetti & Joe Brunetti beat Karl Steiff & Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff
on a 3rd fall dq
1 Nomellini pinned Steiff after a shoulder block
2 Ivan beat Joe
3 The Kalmikoffs & Steiff were dq’ed
The Great Mitsu (Arakawa) beat Jack Vansky via pin after a judo chop
Mr. Hito beat Roy McClarty via pin after a judo chop
Carl Engstrom beat Frank Taylor with a “reverse leg full nelson”

7/9/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Edouard Carpentier beat Mr Hito with a “back rolling cradle”
Leo Nomellini beat Karl Steiff via pin after a shoulder
Roy McClarty beat Great Mitsu Arakawa dq when Mistu hit referee Harold Nelson with a judo
chop intended for McClarty
Carl Engstrom beat Bob Langevin (sub Jack Vansky) via pin after an airplane spin
Att: “Three thousand of the wrestling faithful”

8/9/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Red Eakin & Frenchy Champagne
Verne Gagne & Bronko Nagurski beat Kinji Shibuya & Mitsu Arakawa
1 Shibuya pinned Gagne in 14:00 after a judo chop
2 Gagne pinned Shibuya in 12:00 with a “flying head scissors”
3 Gagne pinned Mitsu after a series of drop kicks
Referee Harold Nelson
Roy McClarty beat George Scott via pin in 17:45 after an elbow to George’s throat
Carl Engstrom beat Stan Kowalski via pin in 16:10 after a body slam
Red Bastien drew Sandy Scott 30:00
Att: “some 1,500 onlookers”

8/30/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Red Eakin & Frenchy Champagne
Verne Gagne & Bronko Nagurski beat Ed Miller & Bill Miller on a 3rd fall dq
1 Nagurski pinned Bill Miller in 9:00 after a flying mare
2 Bill Miller pinned Nagurski in 15:00
3 Bill Miller was dq’ed for not letting Gagne back inside the ring
Al Mills & Tiny Mills beat Roy McClarty & George Scott 2/3
1 Tiny Mills pinned McClarty in 12:20
2 McClarty pinned Al Mills in 9:00
3 Al Mills pinned George Scott in 6:00
Sandy Scott beat Stan Kowalski dq in 21:30 but Sandy refused to accept the decision. Sandy
then pinned Kowalski two minutes later after a knee drop.

9/13/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
Al Mills & Tiny Mills beat Kinji Shibuya & Great Mitsu to become first Manitoba tag-team
champions
1 Mitsu pinned Tiny Mills in 10:00 after a judo chop
2 Tiny Mills pinned Mitsu in 4:00
3 Al Mills pinned Mitsu
Little Beaver & Tito Infante beat Beau Brummel & Sky Low Low 2/3
Roy McClarty beat Ian Campbell via pin in 21:35 with a flying scissors
Billy Wicks beat Lou Klein via pin in 20:00 after Klein missed a drop kick
Att: “some 4,000 onlookers”

9/14/57 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
British Empire Champion Whipper Billy Watson beat Gene Kiniski 2/3
1 Watson beat Kiniski
2 Kiniski beat Watson
3 Watson beat Kiniski
Little Beaver & Tito Infante beat Beau Brummel & Sky Low Low 2-0
Lou Klein drew Billy Wicks 30:00
Att: “The largest crowd ever to see a sports attraction in the Brandon Arena -5,700- was on
hand”

9/21/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Special Referee: Abe Kashey
Whipper Billy Watson beat Gene Kiniski 2/3
1 Kiniski beat Wtson
2 Watson beat Kiniski with a claw hold
3 Watson pinned Kiniski
Roy McClarty & Al Kashey drew Manitoba Tag Team Champions Al Mills & Tiny Mills when the
60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
1 Al Kashey & McClarty won
2 Tiny Mills beat McClarty so badly that McClarty could not wrestle in the 3rd fall
3 Al Kashey with help from his father Abe managed to hold off the Mills Brothers until the time
limit expired.
Lord Littlebrook & Brown Panther beat Ivan The Terrible & Fuzzy Cupid 2/3
Billy Wicks beat Martino Angelo
Att: “crowd of more than 8,500”

9/27/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Farmer Boy & Bronko Nagurski beat Manitoba Tag Team Champions Al Mills & Tiny Mills on a
3rd fall dq
1 Al Mills pinned Farmer Boy
2 Farmer Boy pinned Tiny Mills
3 The Mills Brothers were dq’ed
If McClarty can pin Pazandak in 30 minutes or less, Joe will give Roy $1,000
Roy McClarty drew Joe Pazandak 45:00
Kinji Shibuya beat Gene Dubuque via pin after a judo chop
Al Kashey beat Aldo Bogni
Note: Farmer Boy treated the fans to his rendition of the song Danny Boy before the main
event.

10/4/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Feenchy Champagne & Red Eakins
Manitoba Tag Team Champions Al Mills & Tiny Mills beat Al Kashey & Abe Kashey 2/3
1 Tiny Mills pinned Abe Kashey in 11:00
2 Al Kashey pinned Tiny Mills after a series of elbow smashes
3 Al Mills pinned Abe Kashey in 9:00
Joe Pazandak beat Chuck McCreary
Dino Bravo beat Aldo Bogni with a backbreaker
Ian Campbell beat Billy Wicks in 23:45
Note: The Winnipeg Free Press billed Chuck McCreary as an “ex-footballer from Montreal
and Green Bay.”

10/11/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan beat Kinji Shibuya & Great Mitsu 2/3
1 Shibuya pinned Heffernan after a judo chop
2 Costello pinned Mitsu after a two handed chop to Mitsu’s throat
3 Heffernan pinned Mitsu
Joe Pazandak beat Jack Witzig 30:00
Roy McClarty drew Masked Mauler
Al Kashey beat Billy Wicks via pin after a knee drop

10/25/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan drew Kinji Shibuya & Hard Boiled Haggerty
when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
1 Haggerty pinned Heffernan
2 Heffernan pinned Shibuya
3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
Joe Pazandak & Masked Mauler beat Al Mills & Tiny Mills 2/3 to win the Manitoba Tag Team
Title
1 Al Mills pinned Pazandak in 6:00
2 Masked Mauler pinned Al Mills
3 Pazandak pinned Tiny Mills
Al Kashey beat Great Mitsu dq
Jack Pesek beat Ian Campbell with a “body scissors”
Att: “4,000 wrestling fans”

11/1/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Kenji Shibuya beat Al Kashey & Buddy Rogers on a 3rd fall dq
1 Rogers beat Shibuya by submission with a “figure four grapevine leg lock”
2 Shibuya pinned Kaskey after a judo chop
3 Rogers was dq’ed when he tossed both referees out of the ring
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Joe Pazandak beat Tiny Mills via pin
Al Mills drew Jack Pesek 45:00
Great Mitsu beat Dino Bravo via pin in 12:30 after a series of judo chops and knee drops
Note: The top ring rope broke during the second fall of the main event tag team match. The
bout continued with only two ring ropes.

11/8/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Buddy Rogers & Pat O'Connor drew Mr. Hito & Hard Boiled Haggerty
Don Curtis beat Great Mitsu dq in 6:20
Referee Harold Nelson
Al Kashey drew George Scott 30:00
Masked Mauler beat Jack Pesek via pin in 15:20
Att: “capacity crowd of 4,000”, “standing room crowd”

11/15/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee George “Red” Eakin
Buddy Rogers beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq when Haggerty hit referee Eakin with a chair
Referee Clink McGreary
Atomic Blonds Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallick beat Abe Kashey & Al Kashey 2/3
1 Wallick pinned Al Kashey in 12:00
2 Kasheys won in 4:30
3 Valentine pinned Abe Kashey in 9:20 after a series of kidney smashes
If Kozak beats Pazandak in 30 minutes or less, Pazandak will give Kozak $1,000
Joe Pazandak beat Steve Kozak in 2:30
Don Curtis beat Masked Mauler dq
Joe Pazandak beat Clink McGreary

11/22/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Atomic Blonds Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallick beat Guy Brunetti & Joe Brunetti 2/3
1 Valentine & Wallick won
2 Guy Brunetti beat Wallick
3 Wallick pinned Joe Brunetti in 6:00
Pat O'Connor (sub Buddy Rogers) beat Great Mitsu
Red Bastien drew Joe Pazandak
Don Curtis drew Al Kashey
Att: “crowd of 2,503”

11/29/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan beat Mr. Hito & Hard Boiled Haggerty on a
3rd fall dq
1 Hito pinned Heffernan in 12:00
2 Heffernan pinned Hito
3 Haggerty & Hito were dq’ed
Referee Lou Klein
Red Feather & Tiny Tim beat Sky Low Low & Irish Jackie 2/3
Verne Gagne beat Masked Mauler and unmasked him as Joe Christie of Brantford, Ontario
Len Hughes drew Red Bastien 30:00

12/6/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
NWA Champion Dick Hutton beat Mr. Hito via pin in 23:00
Referee Red Eakin
Atomic Blonds Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallick dcor Verne Gagne & Don Curtis in 3rd fall
1 Valentine beat Curtis
2 Gagne beat Valentine with a Sleeper Hold
3 Wallick & Curtis were both counted out of the ring
Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Al Kashey via pin in 8:00 after two knee drops
Referee Harold Nelson
Red Bastien beat Joe Christie dq when Joe choked Red with the rope strand

12/13/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
Verne Gagne beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq
Atomic Blonds Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallick drew Guy Brunetti & Joe Brunetti 30:00
Mr. Hito beat Don Curtis via pin in 16:20 after a judo chop
Referee Harold Nelson
Len Hughes beat Joe Christie dq
Att: “2,500 odd wrestling fantics”

12/20/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Jack Pesek
Pat O'Connor beat Gene Kiniski dq
Atomic Blonds Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallick beat Red Bastien & Don Curtis when
Valentine pinned Bastien in 18:00
Verne Gagne beat Joe Dusek via pin in 15:30 after a series of drop kicks
Farmer Don Marlin beat Kurt Von Brawner via pin in 9:45 after a mule kick

12/27/57 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Harold Nelson & Red Eakin
Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan beat Atomic Blonds Johnny Valentine &
Chet Wallick on a 3rd fall dq
1 Heffernan pinned Valentine in 10 seconds. Johnny had been hit with a bommerang before
the match began.
2 Valentine pinned Hefferan in 24:00
3 Valentine was dq’ed for net letting Costello back into the ring
Verne Gagne beat Sonny Myers in 20:00 with a Sleeper Hold
Johnny Valentine (sub Bruiser Afflis) beat Thor Hagen via pin in 19:20 after Thor missed a
drop kick
Don Leo Jonathan beat Jack Pesek in 18:00 with a backbreaker
Att: “2,500 fans”

Research by Jim Zordani

Winnipeg Wrestling Results - 1957

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