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
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