1/3/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Harold Nelson & Red Eakin
Verne Gagne & Bronko Nagurski beat Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff on a 3rd fall dq
1 Karol pinned Nagurski in 15:00
2 Gagne pinned Karol in 3:00
3 The Kalmikoffs were dq’ed in 5:00
Joe Pazandak beat Floyd Ude in 17:10 with a “step over toe hold”
Don Leo Jonathan beat Thor Hagen with a Morman Sickle
Chet Wallick beat Red McIntyre via pin in 20:00
Att: “3,000 fanatics”

1/10/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Joe Pazandak beat Fabulous Kangaoos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan
2/3
1 Haggerty pinned Heffernan in 13:00
2 Costello beat Pazandak
3 Pazandak pinned Heffernan
Johnny Rougeau beat Chet Wallick dq in 15:00
Bruiser Afflis beat Farmer Don Marlin via pin in 10:20 after a piledriver
Red Bastien drew Thor Hagen 20:00

1/17/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
Fritz Von Erich ddq Hard Boiled Haggerty in 3rd fall
1 Von Erich pinned Haggerty in 6:30 after “a couple of knee drops”
2 Haggerty beat Von Erich by submission in 4:00
3 Both wrestlers were dq’ed
Paul Baillargeon & Lionel Baillargeon drew Don Leo Jonathan & Chet Wallick 30:00
Joe Pazandak beat Farmer Don Marlin in 9:30
Johnny Rougeau beat Red Bastien via pin in 11:00
Att: “2,500 fans”

1/24/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
Verne Gagne beat Don Leo Jonathan 2-0, 1st fall by dq
1 Jonathan was dq’ed for shoving referee Eakin
2 Gagne pinned Jonathan in 8:00 after a series of drop kicks
Johnny Rougeau & Paul Baillargeon drew Joe Pazandak & Hard Boiled Haggerty
Red Bastien beat Chet Wallick dq
Thor Hagen drew Farmer Marlin
Att: “2,500 ardent fans”

1/31/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Einar Olsen
Johnny Rougeau & Paul Baillargeon beat Joe Pazandak & Hard Boiled Haggerty on a 3rd fall
dq
1 Baillargeon beat Pazandak
2 Pazandak pinned Baillargeon in 6:00
3 Haggerty was dq’ed
Verne Gagne beat Chet Wallick via pin in 15:00 after a series of body slams
Bearcat Wright beat Thor Hagen in 12:00 with a “step over toe hold”
Farmer Don Marlin beat Norm Hamilton via pin in 12:30 after a mule kick

2/7/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Fritz Von Erich via pin  
Referee Red Eakin, Gagne will win $1,000 from Pazandak if Verne pins Joe in 20 minutes or
less
Verne Gagne dcor Joe Pazandak
Paul Baillargeon beat Bearcat Wright in 17:20 with a “full nelson spin”
Johnny Rougeau beat Chet Wallick dq

2/14/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Atomic Blonds Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallick beat Paul Baillargeon & Johnny Rougeau
Mr. Hito beat Prince Maiava
Pazandak will give Wright $1,000 if Bearcat pins Joe
Joe Pazandak drew Bearcat Wright
Great Mitsu Arakawa beat Red Bastien

2/28/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Yukon Eric dq in 14:00
Referee Harold Nelson
Joe Pazandak beat Farmer Don Marlin (sub Paul Baillargeon) via pin in 25:00
Chet Wallick beat Bearcat Wright via pin after a brain buster
Johnny Rougeau drew Lionel Baillargeon 30:00
Att: “3,500 fans”

3/7/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Harold Nelson
Yukon Eric & Paul Baillargeon beat Hard Boiled Haggerty & Joe Pazandak on a 3rd fall dq
Chet Wallick beat Danno O'Shocker via pin after a brain buster
Thor Hagen beat Lee Henning via pin in 17:30 after a series of drop kicks
Lionel Baillargeon drew Red Bastien 30:00

3/15/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Special Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott
Whipper Billy Watson beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq
Roy McClarty & Paul Baillargeon beat Chet Wallick & Joe Pazandak
Floyd Ude beat Lee Henning
Thor Hagen beat Lionel Baillargeon

3/28/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Mr. Hito beat Dan Miller & Bill Miller
Joe Pazandak beat Paul Baillargeon
Roy McClarty beat Mike Gallagher
Red Bastien beat Doc Gallagher dq

4/11/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
Ilio DiPaolo beat Hard Boiled Haggerty dq
Referee Harold Nelson
Red Feather & Cowboy Bradley beat Tom Thumb & Tiny Roe 2/3
1 Thumb beat Feather with a Boston Crab
2 Feather beat Thumb
3 Bradley pinned Roe after an airplane spin
Roy McClarty beat Chet Wallick with a Sleeper Hold in 21:20
Mike Gallagher beat Lou Klein via pin in 10:00 after a judo chop
Att: “3,000 frenzied fans”

4/18/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
NWA Champion Dick Hutton beat Ilio DiPaolo dq
Mike Gallagher & Doc Gallagher drew Bronko Nagurski & Roy McClarty when the time limit
expired in the 3rd fall
1 Nagurski pinned Mike Gallagher in 15:00
2 Doc Gallagher beat Nagurski with an abdominal stetch
3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall
Joe Pazandak beat Thor Hagen via pin
Floyd Ude beat Nicolai Zolotoff dq
Att: “3,000 fans”

5/2/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski beat Kinji Shibuya & Hard Boiled Haggerty 2/3
1 Haggerty pinned Reggie Lisowski in 9:00
2 Reggie Lisowski pinned Haggerty in15:00 after a body slam
3 Reggie Lisowski pinned Shibuya in 3:00
Ilio DiPaolo beat Joe Pazandak via pin in 17:20
Roy McClarty beat Doc Gallagher dq when Doc roughed up referee Harold Nelson
Mike Gallagher beat Thor Hagen

5/23/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Hans Hermann & Fritz Von Erich beat Bronko Nagurski & Wilbur Snyder 2/3
1 Snyder pinned Hermann
2 Von Erich pinned Snyder
3 Von Erich pinned Nagurski in 6:00
Red Feather & Tiny Tim beat Bull Brummel & Irish Jackie 2-0
1 Tiny Tim pinned Brummel
2 Red Feather pinned Jackie
Doc Gallagher beat Sammy Berg via pin in 14:10
Referee Harold Nelson
Jim Siskay beat Mike Gallagher by reverse decision in 9:20 when Mike kept kicking Jim after
scoring the winning pin

5/30/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Red Eakin
Verne Gagne beat Ilio DiPaolo COR in 30:00
Fritz Von Erich & Waldo Von Erich beat Doc Gallagher & Mike Gallagher on a 3rd fall dq
1 Fritz pinned Doc in 12:20
2 Mike pinned Waldo in 6:20
3 The Gallaghers were dq’ed in 7:00
Roy McClarty beat Hans Hermann dq in 15:00 when Hans refused to break a hold
Alex Karras beat Frank Taylor dq

6/6/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Two Referees: Rocky Marciano and Harold Nelson
Whipper Billy Watson & Yukon Eric beat Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski
1 Watson & Eric won
2 Reggie Lisowski beat Eric by submission in 9:00
3 Watson & Eric won
Waldo Von Erich beat Red Bastien via pin in 11:45
Fritz Von Erich & Hans Hermann beat Doc Gallagher & Mike Gallagher 2/3
Jack Pesek drew Al Kashey
Att: “some 5,000 fanatical fans”

6/13/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Refereea Red Eakin and Harold Nelson                
Canadian Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Fritz Von Erich & Hans
Hermann
1 Karol beat Fritz in 9:00 with a backbreaker
2 Fritz pinned Karol in 5:00
3 Karol pinned Hermann in 9:00
Al Kashey & Roy McClarty beat Doc Gallagher & Mike Gallagher on a 3rd fall dq
Waldo Von Erich beat Carl Engstrom in 13:30
Al Kashey drew Mike Gallagher (sub Karol Kalmikoff)
Att: “some 1,500 fans”
Note: According to the Winnipeg Free Press, the Kalmikoffs won the Canadian Tag Team
Title “in Toronto Friday night.”

7/2/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Verne Gagne & Bronko Nagurski & Leo Nomellini beat Fritz Von Erich & Waldo Von Erich &
Hans Hermann 2/3
1 Fritz pinned Gagne
2 Gagne beat Waldo with a sleeper hold
3 Nomellini pinned Fritz
Referee Joe Snyder
Lord Littlebrook & Brown Panther beat Tiny Roe & Ivan the Terrible 2/3
1 Ivan The Terrible beat Brown Panther with a backbreaker
2 Ivan The Terrible was pinned after a double airplane spin excuted by Littlebrook & Panther
3 Brown Panther pinned Tiny Roe
Roy McClarty beat Bearcat Wright with a sleeper hold
Al Kashey beat Angelo Martinelli via pin after a drop kick
Att: “3,500 fans”

8/27/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Gene Kiniski beat Ilio DiPaolo via pin in 24:20
Bronko Nagurski & Stu Hart beat Al Mills & Joe Pazandak 2/3
1 Pazandak pinned Hart
2 Hart beat Pazandak by submission
3 Nagurski beat Pazandak by submission
Hans Hermann beat Gino Morelli via pin in 14:15
Farmer Floyd Ude beat Johnny Nelis via pin in 18:10
Att: “good crowd”

9/17/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena    
Referee Frenchy Champagne            
NWA Champion Dick Hutton drew Whipper Billy Watson 60:00 no falls scored
Ilio DiPaolo beat Chet Wallick dq
Tito Infante & Red Feather beat Sky Low Low & Pee Wee James 2/3
Tex McKenzie beat Bearcat Wright in 16:45
Gino Morelli beat Lou Klein in 17:10 with a backbreaker
Att: “more than 8,000 fans”

9/18/58 Morris, Manitoba, Canada
NWA Champion Dick Hutton vs Ilio DiPaolo
Lou Klein vs Chet Wallick
Red Feather & Tito Infante vs Sky Low Low & Pee Wee James

9/23/58 LaBroquerie, Manitoba, Canada
Lu Kim beat Gino Morella
Bearcat Wright beat Chet Wallick
Red Feather & Tito Infante beat Pee Wee James & Sky Low Low

10/1/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Red Bastien (sub Bronko Nagurski) & Butch Levy beat Chet Wallick & Al Mills 2/3
1 Bastien pinned Wallick in 12:00
2 Wallick pinned Bastien after an elbow to the back of the neck
3 Levy pinned Wallick after an airplane spin
George Gordienko beat Ilio DiPaolo via pin after a body slam
Red Bastien beat Clem St. Louis in 17:30
Bill Dromo (pro debut) beat Johnny Nelis

10/8/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Bearcat Wright
Dara Singh beat Ike Eakins dq in 22:35
George Gordienko & Joe Pazandak beat Chet Wallick & Al Mills 2/3
1 Wallick beat Pazandak in 7:10
2 Pazandak pinned Wallick in 3:30
3 Gordienko pinned Mills
Great Mitsu Arakawa beat Clem St. Louis in 7:30 with a claw hold
Greg Peterson beat George Armstrong

10/17/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Frenchy Champagne
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat George Gordienko & Butch Levy on a 3rd fall COR
Chet Wallick (sub Ike Eakins) beat Bearcat Wright via pin in 22:35
Great Mitsu Arakawa beat Bill Fletcher in 18:15 with a claw hold
Tex McKenzie beat Carlos Rodriguez in 5:10

10/29/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Frenchy Champagne & Einar Olsen                
Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski beat George Gordienko & Butch Levy 2/3
1 Levy pinned Stan Lisowski after an airplane spin
2 Reggie Lisowski pinned Gordienko in 8:20
3 Reggie Lisowski pinned Levy
Bearcat Wright beat Chet Wallick in 25:20
Great Mitsu Arakawa beat Chico Gracia with a claw hold
Greg Peterson beat Stan Durek via pin in 13:30

11/7/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski beat George Gordienko & Bronko Nagurski
1 Nagurski pinned Stan Lisowski in 8:00 after a series of body blocks
2 Stan Lisowski pinned Nagurski in 12:30
3 Reggie Lisowski pinned Nagurski
The Mask beat Tex McKenzie in 10:25
Referee Einar Olsen
Bernard Vignal beat Chet Wallick dq
Bearcat Wright beat Chico Garcia via pin in 18:35

11/14/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski beat Bernard Vignal & Bobo Brazil (subs for Ivan Kalmikoff &
Karol Kalmikoff)
1 One of the Lisowskis pinned Brazil
2 Brazil pinned Stan Lisowski in 12:00
3 Reggie Lisowski pinned Vignal
Referee Einar Olsen
Little Beaver & Tiny Tim beat Irish Jackie & Fuzzy Cupid 2/3
Bearcat Wright beat El Torro COR
Chico Garcia beat Danny Ferrazza in 15:30
Att: “nearly 4,000 fans”
Note: El Torro aka The Mask

11/28/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
No Time Limit, Referee Einar Olsen
NWA Champion Dick Hutton beat Whipper Billy Watson dq in 25:30
Boxing Match
Bearcat Wright beat Chet Wallick  
George Gordienko beat El Torro and unmasked him as George Harris of Nashville,
Tennessee
Great Mitsu Arakawa drew Dino Bravo
Bob Rasmussen beat Chico Garcia
Att: “6,500 fans”

12/5/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Harold Nelson & Red Eakin
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff drew Stan Lisowski & Reggie Lisowski when the time limit
expired in the 3rd fall
1 Karol beat Reggie by submission in 18:30
2 Ivan was dq’ed when he knocked out referee Harold Nelson. Nelson was replaced by
Bearcat Wright.
3 The time limit expired before either team could score the deciding fall.
George Gordienko drew Bearcat Wright 45:00
George Gordienko beat Reggie Lisowski dq
Bearcat Wright drew Dino Bravo when Bravo was injured but Bearcat refused to accept the
victory
Att: “3,000 fans”
Notes: Great Mitsu Arakawa, Joe Pazandak and Floyd Ude were all stranded by a blizzard
and unable to appear. Mitsu was to wrestle Gordienko. Pazandak was to wrestle Bearcat
Wright. Ude was to wrestle Dino Bravo.

12/19/58 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Two Referees Harold Nelson & George “Red” Eakin
Stan Lisowski & Reggie Lisowski beat Bobo Brazil & Bearcat Wright on a 3rd fall dq
1 Wright pinned Reggie Lisowski in 12:00
2 Stan Lisowski pinned Wright in 10:00
3 Wright & Brazil were dq’ed
Little Beaver & Tiny Tim beat Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie 2/3
Mitsu Arakawa beat Danny Ferrazza with a claw hold
George Gordienko beat Tex McKenzie via pin after an airplane spin
Att: “4,500 fans”


Research by Jim Zordani
Winnipeg Wrestling Results - 1958
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