Bakersfield CA: January 5, 1955 (Wednesday)
(Sports Arena, aka Strelich Stadium) ... Lord Blears beat Sandor Szabo (2-1) ...
(Midgets)  Irish Jackie & Fuzzy Cupid beat Little Beaver & Brown Panther  ... Bobo Brazil
beat Warren Bockwinkel (sub for Karl Davis) (23:58, utc) ... Vic Christy drew Al
Warshawski (20:00) ... Promoter: Lloyd Miller

Bakersfield CA: January 12, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Alo Leilani beat Lord Blears (2-1) ... (Midgets) Little Beaver & Brown
Panther beat Irish Jackie & Fuzzy Cupid ... Don Arnold beat Henry Piluso (as Kubla Khan)
... Al Warshawski beat Judo Jack Terry

Bakersfield CA: January 19, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Gene Kiniski & Lord Athol Layton beat Don Arnold & Alo Leilani (2-1) ...
Joe Blanchard beat Nick Bockwinkel (2-1) ... Pedro Martinez beat Judy Jack Terry (2-1)

Bakersfield CA: January 26, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Alo Leilani beat Gene Kiniski (2-1) ... Bill Melby beat Joe Blanchard (2-
1) ... Mr. America Mel Brenner beat Karl Davis (dq)  ... Pedro Martinez drew Vic Christy ...
Referee: Joe Woods ... NOTE: "Every Bout Always a Main Event" -- advertisement

Bakersfield CA: February 2, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Al Lovelock (as Great Bolo) & Tom Rice beat Warren Bockwinkel & Alo
Leilani (2-1) ... Don Arnold beat Judo Jack Terry (sub for Ted Christy) ... Pedro Martinez
drew Johnny Demchuk (sub for Lord Athol Layton) (45:00, 1-1) ... NOTE: Lovelock/Bolo
and Rice held on to their "international tag team trophy" ... Commission doctors refused
to allow Layton and Christy to wrestle ... "Layton may never wrestle again." -- Bakersfield
CA Californian, Feb. 3, 1955

Bakersfield CA: February 9, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Don Arnold & Johnny Barend & Bill Melby beat Tom Rice & Juan
Humberto & Gorilla Valdez (2-1) ... Joe Blanchard beat Chief Kit Fox (2-1) ... Nick
Bockwinkel drew Vic Christy (30:00) ... NOTE: Promoter Lloyd Miller billed the main event
as the first six-man tag team bout in Bakersfield history.

Bakersfield CA: February 16, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Bill Melby & Johnny Barend beat Juan Humberto & Al Lovelock (as
Great Bolo) (2-1, dq) ... Referee: Stanley Pinto ... Don Arnold (sub for Sandor Szabo)
drew Karl Davis (45:00, 1-1) ... Don Arnold beat Ted Christy (2-0) ... NOTE: The fans
were told that Szabo suffered a head injury Monday night ... Melby and Barend held on to
their "international television tag team crown."

Bakersfield CA: February 23, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... (Tournament Final) Bill Melby beat Karl Davis (2:54) ... (semifinal) Bill
Melby beat Ted Christy (7:49) ... (second round) Ted Christy beat Pedro Martinez (9:27)
... Karl Davis beat Joe Blanchard (9:50) ... (first round) Bill Melby beat Sandor Szabo
(dec) ... Pedro Martinez beat Judo Jack Terry ... Karl Davis beat Don Arnold ... Ted
Christy beat Enrique Romero ... Joe Blanchard beat Warren Bockwinkel ... NOTE:
Tournament winner due to face Bob Orton the following week

Bakersfield CA: March 2, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Bill Melby drew Bob Orton (1-1, nc) ... Referee: Johnny (Red Shoes)
Dugan ... Sandor Szabo beat Warren Bockwinkel (17:04, utc) ... sDon Arnold beat Judo
Jack Terry ... Chief Kit Fox drew Pedro Martinez ... NOTE: Promoter Lloyd Miller
announces wrestling will shift back to Thursday nights beginning next week.

Bakersfield CA: March 10, 1955 (Thursday)
(Sports Arena) ... Johnny Barend & Bill Melby beat Al Lovelock (as Great Bolo) & Bob
Orton (2-1) ... Juan Humberto drew Jesse James (45:00, 1-1) ... NOTE: Barend and
Melby hold on to the "international television tag title."

Bakersfield CA: March 17, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Al Lovelock (as Great Bolo) beat Johnny Barend (2-1) ... Steve Strelich
beat Ted Christy (8:21, dq) ... Pat Fraley beat Warren Bockwinkel ... Doc Gallagher beat
Jesse James

Bakersfield CA: March 24, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Al Lovelock (as Great Bolo) & Doc Gallagher beat Johnny Barend & Bill
Melby (2-1) ... Pat Fraley beat Pedro Martinez (2-0) ... Ted Christy beat Prince Kimo (2-1)

Bakersfield CA: March 31, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Tom Rice & Pat Fraley & Juan Humberto beat Nick Bockwinkel &
Warren Bockwinkel & Joe Blanchard (2-1) ... Steve Strelich beat Ted Christy (2-1, dq) ...
Johnny Demchuk drew Peppi Pasquale (30:00)

Bakersfield CA: April 7, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Sandor Szabo beat Juan Humberto (2-0, dq) … Referee: Bobby
Coleman ... Tom Rice beat Joe Blanchard (2-1) ... Jungle Boy beat Pedro Martinez (2-1)
... Ed Gardenia drew Jesse James

Bakersfield CA: April 14, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Danny McShain beat Tom Rice (2-1) ... Referee: Stanley Pinto ... Jack
Ellena beat Juan Humberto (22:23) ... Steve Strelich beat Johnny James (14:35) ... Mal
Brenner drew Nick Bockwinkel (30:00)

Bakersfield CA: April 21, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Danny McShain beat Tom Rice (2-1) ... Gory Guerrero beat Jesse
James (2-1) ... Mal (Mr. America) Brenner beat Juan (Gorilla) Sepeda (dq) ... Nick
Bockwinkel beat Cisco Kid (16:11)

Bakersfield CA: April 28, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Danny McShain beat Gory Guerrero (2-1, dq) ... Referee: Bobby
Coleman ... Al Lovelock (as Great Bolo) drew Jack Ellena (45:00, 1-1) ... Ed Gardenia
beat Nick Bockwinkel ... Gorilla Sepeda drew Pedro Martinez

Bakersfield CA: May 5, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Danny McShain drew Gory Guerrero (1-1, nc) ... Buddy Rogers beat
Joe Blanchard (2-) ... Jack Ellena beat Ed Gardenia ... Johnny Demchuk beat Peppi
Pasquale ... Referee: Pete Mehringer

Bakersfield CA: May 12, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Buddy Rogers beat Sandor Szabo (2-1) ... Referee: Joe Woods ...
Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy  Rocky Valentine) beat Gorilla Sepeda (9:10) ... Gory  
Guerrero beat Peppi Pasquale ... Ray (Thunder) Stern beat Ed Gardenia (2-1)

Bakersfield CA: May 19, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Buddy Rogers beat Sandor Szabo (1-1, utc) ... Referee: Johnny
Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) ... Ray (Thunder) Stern beat Tom Rice (2-0) ...
Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) beat Warren Bockwinkel ... Gory
Guerrero beat Cisco Kid

Bakersfield CA: May 26, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Buddy Rogers drew Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) (1-
1, nc) ... Ray Stern beat Gory Guerrero ... Ed Gardenia beat Pedro Martinez ... Peppi
Pasquale beat Juan Sepeda ... Referee: Stanley Pinto

Bakersfield CA: June 2, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Great Togo & Harold Sakata (as Tosh Togo) beat Warren Bockwinkel
& Nick Bockwinkel (2-0) ... Danny McShain drew Ray Stern (45:00, 1-1) ... Jack Ellena
beat Ed Gardenia (dq) ... Referee: Pete Mehringer

Bakersfield CA: June 9, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Buddy Rogers beat Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) (2-
1, dq) ... Al Lovelock (as Great Bolo) beat Gory Guerrero (2-0) ... Joe Blanchard beat Ed
Gardenia (13:18) ... Mark Lewin (as Skippy Jackson) drew Frank Hurley ... NOTE: It was
always "Gori," not "Gory," here for Guerrero, but the long-accepted Texas spelling of
"Gory Guerrero" is utilized throughout the archive.

Bakersfield CA: June 16, 1955
(Sports Arena, att. 750) ... Buddy Rogers beat Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky
Valentine) (2-1, cor) ... Danny McShain beat Joe Blanchard (2-1) ... Juan Humberto drew
Al Lovelock (as Great Bolo) (30:00) ... Mark Lewin (as Skippy Jackson) beat Judo Jack
Terry (18:11, dq)

Bakersfield CA: June 23, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Buddy Rogers beat Danny McShain (1-1, utc) ... Sandor Szabo beat
Cisco Kid (sub for Ed Gardenia) (2-0) ... Jack Ellena drew Warren Bockwinkel (30:00) ...
Dr. Lee Grable beat Johnny Demchuk (10:25)

Bakersfield CA: June 30, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Bobo Brazil beat Al Lovelock (as Great Bolo) (2-0, dq) ... Danny
McShain beat Warren Bockwinkel (2-1) ... Gorilla Sepeda beat Jack Ellena (dq) ... Dr.
Lee Grable drew Frank Hurley (20:00)

Bakersfield CA: July 7, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Danny McShain beat Ray Stern (2-1) ... Referee: Stanley Pinto ...
Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) beat Juan Humberto (2-1) ... Nick
Bockwinkel beat Jack Terry (dq) ... Johnny Demchuck beat Cisco Kid

Bakersfield CA: July 14, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Ray Stern beat Danny McShain (2-1) ... Mark Lewin (as Skippy
Jackson, sub for Enrique Romero) drew Johnny Demchuck (20:00) ... Bob McCune drew
Dutch Hefner (45:00, 1-1) ... Mark Lewin (as Skippy Jackson) beat George Bruckman (18:
12)

Bakersfield CA: July 21, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Buddy Rogers beat Ray (Thunder) Stern (2-1) ... Referee: Johnny
(Red Shoes) Dugan ... Great Scott drew Warren Bockwinkel (45:00, 1-1) ... Mark Lewin
(as Skippy Jackson) beat Dutch Hefner (20:16, dq) ... Jack Terry beat Johnny Demchuck
(11:27)

Bakersfield CA: July 28, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Danny McShain (sub for Great Scott) beat Johnny Valentine (as
Cowboy Rocky Valentine) (1-1, utc) ... Referee: Joe Woods ... Warren Bockwinkel & Dr.
Lee Grable beat Judo Jack Terry & Juan Humberto (2-1) ... Mark Lewin (as Skippy
Jackson) beat George Dusette (2-1)

Bakersfield CA: August 4, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Danny McShain beat Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine)
(2-0, dq) ... Bob McCune beat Mark Lewin (as Skippy Jackson) ... Dixie Davis beat Jerry
Christy ... George Bruckman drew Enrique Romero (20:00)

Bakersfield CA: August 11, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) beat Danny McShain
(2-1) ... Bob McCune beat Dixie Davis ... Johnny Demchuck beat Peppi Pasquale ...
Frank Hurley drew Cisco Kid

Bakersfield CA: August 18, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) beat Bob McCune (2-1)
... Dixie Davis beat Sandor Szabo (1-1, utc) ... Dutch Hefner beat Juan Hernandez (15:
39) ... Jerry Christy beat Judo Jack Terry (9:27, dq)

Bakersfield CA: August 25, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Great Togo (aka Kosu or Kazua Togo) & Harold Sakata (as Tosh
Togo) beat Ray Stern & Bob Stern (2-1) ... Dutch Hefner drew Dixie Davis (45:00, 1-1) ...
Johnny Demchuck beat Frank Hurley (2-1, dq) ... Referee: Joe Woods

Bakersfield CA: September 1, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Great Togo & Tosh Togo beat Joe Blanchard & Ray Stern (2-1) ... Bob
McCune beat Great Scott (2-1) ... Luther Lindsay beat Judo Jack Terry (sub for Karl
Davis) (2-0, dq)

Bakersfield CA: September 8, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Great Togo & Harold Sakata (as Tosh Togo) beat Danny McShain &
Dutch Hefner ... Referee: Red Shoes Dugan ... Luther Lindsay beat Dixie Davis (2-1) ...
Joe Blanchard beat Johnny Demchuck (2-0)

Bakersfield CA: September 15, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Danny McShain beat Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine)
(2-1) ... Referee: Stanley Pinto ... Luther Lindsay beat Dutch Hefner (2-0, dq) ... Gene
Dubuque beat Joe Blanchard  ... Mark Lewin (as Skippy Jackson) drew Ted Christy

Bakersfield CA: September 22, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) beat Danny McShain
(2-1, dq) ... Referee: Jack Kenyon ... Luther Lindsay drew Gene Dubuque (45:00, 1-1) ...
Vic Christy drew Bob McCune (30:00) ... Dutch Hefner beat Bobby Stern (16:44)

Bakersfield CA:  September 29, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) beat Harold Sakata (as
Tosh Togo) (2-1) ... Danny McShain beat Ray Stern (2-1) ... Dutch Hefner beat Bob
McCune (20:32) ... Karl Davis drew Vic Christy

Bakersfield CA: October 6, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Luther Lindsay & Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) beat
Danny McShain & Dutch Hefner (2-1) ... Joe Blanchard drew Karl Davis (45:00, 1-1) ...
Ted Christy beat Bobby Stern (sub for George Dusette)

Bakersfield CA: October 13, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Great Togo & Harold Sakata (as Tosh Togo) beat Johnny Valentine (as
Cowboy Rocky Valentine) & Luther Lindsay (2-1, dq) ... Gene Dubuque drew Joe
Blanchard (45:00, 1-1) ... Dutch Hefner beat Vic Christy ... Referee: Mike Ruby ... NOTE:
The Togos' "world tag team title" was at stake in the main go.

Bakersfield CA: October 20, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Great Togo & Harold Sakata (as Tosh Togo) beat Gene Dubuque &
Hard Boiled Haggerty (2-1) ... Danny McShain beat Luther Lindsay (2-1) ... Joe
Blanchard beat Ted Christy (2-1) ... Promoter: Lloyd Miller

Bakersfield CA: October 27, 1955
(Sports Arena) ... Wild Red Berry drew Great Togo (1-1, dcor) ... Referee: Red Shoes
Dugan ... Joe Blanchard beat Danny McShain (2-1, dq) ... Great Tonina beat Ted Christy
(8:06) ... Gene Dubuque beat Vic Christy ... Ted Christy beat Mark Lewin (as Skippy
Jackson) (13:00)

Bakersfield CA: November 3, 1955
(Strelich Stadium) ... Great Togo beat Danny McShain (2-1) ... Referee: Jack Kenyon ...  
(Midgets) Pee Wee James & Lord Littlebrook drew Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie ... Great
Tonina beat Al Warshawki (1-0, utc) ... NOTE: Steve Strelich, after a ten-month absence,
returns as promoter for the weekly mat cards and the building reverts back to its old
name.

Bakersfield CA: November 10, 1955
(Strelich Stadium) ... Great Togo drew Danny McShain (1-1, nc) ... Referee: Cecil Payne
... (Midgets) Lord Littlebrook & Pee Wee James beat Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie ... Sammy
Berg beat Al Warshawski ... Dutch Hefner drew Great Tonina

Bakersfield CA: November 17, 1955
(Strelich Stadium) ... Tom Rice beat Sandor Szabo (2-1) ... Dutch Hefner & Tom Renesto
(as Tony Martin) drew Leo Garibaldi & Sammy Berg (45:00, 1-10 ... Joe Blanchard beat
Juan Hernandez ... Vic Christy beat Cisco Kid

Bakersfield CA: November 24, 1955
(Strelich Stadium) ... No wrestling due to Thanksgiving Day holiday.

Bakersfield CA: December 1, 1955
(Strelich Stadium) ... Prince Maivia w/Coconut Willie beat Gene Dubuque (2-0) ... Leo
Garibaldi & Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) beat Dutch Hefner & Wild
Red Berry (45:00, 1-0, only fall) ... Joe Blanchard beat Ted Christy ... Sammy Berg drew
Tom Renesto (as Tony Martin)

Bakersfield CA: December 8, 1955
(Strelich Stadium) ... Tom Rice beat Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine of
Lubbock TX) (2-1) ... (Midgets) Cowboy Bradley beat Ivan the Terrible ... Great Togo
beat Joe Blanchard (2-1) ... Vic Christy drew Juan Hernandez

Bakersfield CA: December 15, 1955
(Strelich Stadium) ... Tom Rice drew Johnny Valentine (as Cowboy Rocky Valentine) (1-1,
dko) ... Referee: Red Shoes Dugan ... Prince Maivia w/Coconut Willie & Leo Garibaldi
beat Great Togo & Wild Red Berry (2-1) ... Joe Blanchard beat Sammy Berg ... Juan
Hernandez drew Tom Renesto (as Tony Martin)

Bakersfield CA: December 22, 1955
(Strelich Stadium) ... Wilbur Snyder (sub for Johnny Valentine, as Cowboy Rocky
Valentine) & Sandor Szabo & Prince Maivia beat Hans Schnabel & Tom Rice & Great
Togo (2-1) ... Nick Bockwinkel beat Vic Christy ... Juan Hernandez beat Ted Christy (dq)

Bakersfield CA: December 29, 1955
(Strelich Stadium) ... Tom Rice & John Tolos beat Prince Maivia w/Coconut Willie & Wilbur
Snyder (2-1, dq) ... Tom Renesto (as Tony Martin) beat John Swenski (2-1) ... Joe
Blanchard beat Juan Hernandez ... Karl Davis drew Sammy Berg (20:00)


Research by J Michael Kenyon
Bakersfield Wrestling Results - 1955