
1/3/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Texas Champion El Medico beat Maurice Vachon 2/3 Sam Steamboat drew Luis Martinez 30:00 Hugh McKenzie beat Jack Terry Thor Hagen beat Eddie Montemayor (sub Ray Zavalza) Note: Final Thursday night show. 1/9/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Texas Junior Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon beat Chico Amaro (sub Larry Chene) 2/3 Joe Christie beat El Medico on a 3rd fall dq when Medico tossed Christie over the top rope Hugh McKenzie & Luis Martinez ddq Iron Mike DiBiase & Bulldog Danny Plechas Rocky Columbo drew Thor Hagen 15:00 Note: Wrestling now on Wednesday night 1/16/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Referee Marvin Jones Texas Champion El Medico beat Joe Christie 2/3 Maurice Vachon beat Thor Hagen Luis Martinez drew Iron Mike DiBiase Hugh McKenzie beat Bulldog Danny Plechas 1/23/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Referee Marvin Jones El Medico & Luis Martinez beat Joe Christie & Maurice Vachon on a reverse decision 3rd fall dq Bill Fletcher drew Amazing Zuma 30:00 Bulldog Danny Plechas beat Chico Amaro Rocky Columbo no decision Iron Mike DiBiase 1/30/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Maurice Vachon & Joe Christie beat Iron Mike DiBiase & Bulldog Danny Plechas 2/3 to win toughest tag team trophy No Time Limit, Winner gets a title shit against Texas Junior Heavyweight Champion Maurice Vachon on a future card Luis Martinez beat Larry Chene Prince Maiava beat Bill Fletcher Amazing Zuma beat Sam Steamboat 2/6/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Luis Martinez beat Maurice Vachon 2/3 to win Texas Junior Heavyweight Title Prince Maiava dcor Joe Christie Amazing Zuma beat Danny Plechas dq when Plechas tossed Zuma over the top rope Mike DiBiase beat Hugh McKenzie 2/13/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Texas Junior Heavyweight Champion Luis Martinez beat Joe Christie 2/3 Texas Negro Women’s Champion Ethel Johnson beat Babs Wingo Maurice Vachon beat Thor Hagen Tokyo Joe drew Mike DiBiase 15:00 Country Boy Calhoun beat Danny Plechas 2/20/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Tournament for $3,000 and a title match against NWA Champion Lou Thesz Finals Luis Martinez beat Mike DiBiase Semi Finals Luis Martinez beat Tojyo Joe Mike DiBiase beat Larry Chene First Round Luis Martinez beat Maurice Vachon Tokyo Joe beat Joe Christie Larry Chene beat Danny Plechas Mike DiBiase beat Amazing Zuma Non Tourney Match El Medico beat Rocky Columbo 2/27/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena NWA Champion Lou Thesz beat Luis Martinez 2/3 El Medico beat Joe Christie dq Tokyo Joe drew Larry Chene 30:00 One Fall to a Finish Maurice Vachon beat Amazing Zuma 3/6/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Pepper Gomez & Luis Martinez drew Joe Christie & Maurice Vachon when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall. Christie & Vachon retained their roughest and toughest tag team trophy. Buddy Rogers beat Larry Chene Prince Maiava drew Art Nelson Country Boy Calhoun beat Jim Blood 3/13/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Barbed Wire Match Pepper Gomez & Luis Martinez beat Joe Christie & Maurice Vachon 2/3 to win roughest and toughest tag team trophy Bobby Managoff beat Buddy Rogers 2/3 Art Nelson beat Ray Piret Prince Maiava beat Jim Blood 3/20/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Art Nelson beat Bobby Managoff 2/3 Marvin Jones beat Don Evans (sub Joe Christie) Pepper Gomez drew Larry Chene 20:00 Prince Maiava beat Jim Blood (sub Don Evans) Referee Rocky Columbo Note: Joe Christie was reportedly stabbed the previous night in Waco. 3/27/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena No Time Limit, Referee Rocky Columbo Art Nelson & Joe Christie & Don Evans beat Pepper Gomez & Bobby Managoff & Marvin Jones on a reverse decision dq when Gomez, Managoff and Jones attacked referee Columbo after the match was over. Richard Pet Brown beat Amazing Zuma Pepper Gomez beat Art Nelson Marvin Jones drew Joe Christie Bobby Managoff beat Don Evans 4/10/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Pepper Gomez beat Bull Curry 2/3 El Medico beat Joe Christie when Christie was unable to answer the bell for the 3rd fall Don Leo Jonathan beat George Drake Red Bastien beat Don Evans Richard Pet Brown beat Jim Blood 4/17/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Referee Otto Kuss Rito Romero beat Bull Curry 2/3, 2nd fall by dq El Medico beat Richard Pet Brown Don Evans & Joe Christie beat Red Bastien & Ray Piret Don Leo Jonathan beat Country Boy Calhoun 4/24/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Winner to face NWA Champion Lou Thesz next week Rito Romero beat El Medico 2/3 Danny McShain dcor Bull Curry Richard Pet Brown drew Joe Christie Red Bastien beat Larry Chene Don Evans beat Chito Gonzales 5/1/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena NWA Champion Lou Thesz beat Rito Romero 2/3 Pepper Gomez beat Joe Christie Duke Keomuka drew Red Bastien Don Evans beat Larry Chene dq Danny McShain beat Richard Pet Brown 5/8/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Pepper Gomez & Rito Romero vs Don Evans & Joe Christie 2/3 60:00 Larry Chene vs Red Bastien 20:00 Joe Blanchard vs Danny McShain 15:00 Richard Pet Brown vs Duke Keomuka 15:00 5/15/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Pepper Gomez beat Danny McShain 2/3 Rita Cortez beat Lady Angel Rito Romero drew Joe Blanchard Red Bastien beat Duke Keomuka dq Tokyo Joe beat Larry Chene 5/22/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Texas Champion Don Leo Jonathan beat Pepper Gomez 2/3 One Fall to a Finish Fabulous Moolah vs Peggy Allen El Medico vs Duke Keomuka 15:00 Red Bastien vs Tokyo Joe 15:00 Larry Chene vs Joe Blanchard 15:00 5/29/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Texas Tag Team Champions Duke Keomuka & Tokyo Joe vs Pepper Gomez & El Medico 2/3 60:00 Don Leo Jonathan vs Ray Gunkel 30:00 Tokyo Joe vs El Medico 15:00 Duke Keomuka vs Pepper Gomez 15:00 Red Bastien vs Joe Blanchard 15:00 6/5/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Texas Champion Don Leo Jonathan vs Pepper Gomez El Medico vs Tokyo Joe Red Bastien vs Jim Hady Larry Chene vs Joe Blanchard 6/12/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Texas Champion Don Leo Jonathan beat El Medico when Medico could not answer the bell for the 3rd fall Texas Junior Heavyweight Champion Red Bastien beat Jim Hady 2/3 Pepper Gomez & Joe Blanchard beat Duke Keomuka & Billy Wicks (sub Tokyo Joe) 6/19/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Killer Kowalski beat Duke Keomuka on a 3rd fall dq when Duke tossed Killer over the top rope Don Leo Jonathan beat Chet Wallick Red Bastien beat Chris Zaharias Pepper Gomez drew Jim Hady Luigi Macera drew Joe Blanchard 6/26/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Duke Keomuka beat Texas Champion Don Leo Jonathan on a 3rd fall dq when Don Leo tossed Duke over the top rope Red Bastien beat Joe Blanchard Pepper Gomez drew Chet Wallick Al Mills beat Eddie Montemayor Referee Otto Kuss 7/3/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Duke Keomuka & Otto Kuss beat Don Leo Jonathan & Joe Blanchard Jim Hady (sub Luigi Macera) drew Chet Wallick Gory Guerrero beat Tiny Mills Al Mills beat Chris Zaharias 7/10/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Joe Blanchard beat Otto Kuss 2/3 Duke Keomuka ddq Gory Guerrero in 3rd fall Fritz Von Ulm drew Jim Hady Luigi Macera beat Tiny Mills Nick Bockwinkel beat Al Mills 7/17/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena No Time Limit Duke Keomuka vs Gory Guerrero 2/3 Cowboy Bradley vs Tom Thumb Joe Blanchard vs Chet Wallick Nick Bockwinkel vs Fritz Von Ulm Luigi Macera vs Jim Siskay 7/24/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Duke Keomuka vs Bull Curry Pepper Gomez vs Joe Blanchard Juan Garcia vs Fritz Von Ulm Nick Bockwinkel vs Lou Plummer 7/31/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Pepper Gomez vs Duke Keomuka 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Bull Curry Juan Garcia beat Joe Blanchard Fritz Von Ulm drew Danny Savich 8/7/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena NWA Champion Lou Thesz beat Pepper Gomez 2/3 Nick Bockwinkel beat Duke Keomuka Juan Garcia beat Fritz Von Ulm Danny Savich beat Jim Hady 8/14/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena El Santo & Juan Garcia beat Fritz Von Ulm & Danny Savich 2-0 Johnny Valentine beat Chet Wallick Don Whittler beat Eddie Montemayor (sub Nick Bockwinkel) Luigi Macera beat Billy Wicks 8/21/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena NWA Champion Lou Thesz beat El Medico when Medico was unable to continue in the 3rd fall Luther Lindsay beat Johnny Valentine dq El Santo beat Luigi Macera Juan Garcia drew Don Whittler 15:00 8/28/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Johnny Valentine vs El Medico Doll Paige vs Gypsy Rose El Santo vs Con Bruno Don Whittler vs Fritz Von Ulm Ike Eakins vs Juan Humberto 9/4/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Ike Eakins beat El Medico 3/5 El Santo beat Chet Wallick Mighty Atlas beat Don Whittler Juan Garcia beat Fritz Von Ulm 9/11/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Referee Otto Kuss Mighty Atlas ddq Ike Eakins in 3rd fall Juan Garcia beat Con Bruno El Medico drew Bob Nandor Rip Rogers beat Tiger Conway 9/18/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena No Time Limit Mighty Atlas & El Medico beat Ike Eakins & Rip Rogers 2/3 Bob Nandor beat Don Whittler Jim LaRock beat Juan Garcia El Medico beat Ike Eakins dq Mighty Atlas drew Rip Rogers 9/25/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Ike Eakins & Jim LaRock & Rip Rogers beat El Medico & Mighty Atlas & Otto Kuss to win $1,200 Bob Nandor beat Con Bruno 2/3 Ivan The Terrible drew Gory Guerrero 10/2/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena El Medico beat Rip Rogers 2-0 Mighty Atlas drew Ike Eakins when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall Fabulous Moolah beat Ann Regan Bob Nandor beat Ivan The Terrible Gory Guerrero drew Jim LaRock 15:00 10/9/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum Pepper Gomez beat Rip Rogers 2/3 El Medico beat Nikita Zolotoff when Nikita could not answer the bell for the 2nd fall Ike Eakins beat Luigi Macera Fabulous Moolah & Rita Cortez beat Judy Grable & Ann Regan Reg Parks beat Kurt Von Poppenheim dq Mighty Atlas beat Ivan The Terrible Paul of France vs Doc Gallagher Jim LaRock drew Bob Nandor Referee: Otto Kuss Att: 2,500 Note: First card promoted by Pete J Carlucci 10/16/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum Pepper Gomez vs Mr Moto 2/3 60:00 Duke Keomuka vs Gory Guerrero 2/3 60:00 Little Beaver & Brown Panther vs Bull Brummell & Ivan The Russian Luigi Macera vs Kurt Von Poppenheim Bob Nandor vs Reg Parks Jim LaRock vs Doc Gallagher 10/23/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Mr Moto beat Ike Eakins 2/3 Duke Keomuka beat Paul of France (sub El Medico) 2/3 One Fall to a Finish Little Beaver beat Ivan The Russian Reg Parks (sub Pepper Gomez) beat Doc Gallagher Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Gory Guerrero Bob Nandor drew Mighty Atlas 15:00 Note: El Medico & Pepper Gomez reportedly were sidelined by the flu. 10/30/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Texas Tag Team Champions Duke Keomuka & Mr Moto vs Pepper Gomez & Ike Eakins 2/3 90:00 El Medico vs Mighty Atlas 20:00 Bull Montana vs Jim LaRock 15:00 Kurt Von Poppenheim vs Reg Parks 15:00 Roberto Pico vs Luigi Macera 15:00 11/6/57 Corpus Chrosti, TX @ Town Hall Arena Two Referees Duke Keomuka & Mr Moto vs Pepper Gomez & Ike Eakins 2/3 Roberto Pico vs Reg Parks Billy King vs Marco Polo Bull Montana vs Bob Nandor Kurt Von Poppenheim vs Paul of France 11/13/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena Referee Otto Kuss Pepper Gomez beat Mr Moto on a 3rd fall dq Ike Eakins dcor Bull Montana Kurt Von Poppenheim vs Billy King Gypsy Joe vs Bill Melby 11/20/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Town Hall Arena No Time Limit Pepper Gomez vs Mr Moto No Time Limit Ike Eakins vs Bull Montana 2/3 Bill Melby vs Kurt Von Poppenheim Frank Jares vs Gypsy Joe 11/27/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum No Time Limit, Loser Leaves Town Mr Moto beat Ike Eakins Non Title Match Pepper Gomez vs Texas Champion Bill Melby 20:00 Gypsy Joe vs Danno O’Shocker 20:00 Frank Jares vs Hans Rommel 20:00 12/11/57 Corpus Christi, TX @ Memorial Coliseum Mr Moto & Gypsy Joe & Roberto Pico vs Billy Melby & Hans Rommel & Otto Kuss Tiger Conway vs Johnny Walker Plus three bouts involving the wrestlers in the 6 man tag match Note: Last card of the season. Research by Jim Zordani |
| Corpus Christi Wrestling Results - 1957 |
