Hammond IN: June 19, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Antonino Rocca & Wilbur Snyder beat Dick the Bruiser & Angelo Poffo w/Bronko Lubich (2-1) ... Gypsy Joe beat Harry Lewis ... The Sheik beat Don Pollack ... Promoter: Balk Estes ... NOTE: Mayor Edward Dowling of Hammond, and Indy 500 racing stars Tony Bettenhausen and Johnny Parsons were at ringside ... Wilbur Snyder billed as "the heavyweight champion" ... Poffo deserted Dick the Bruiser in the third fall of the main event Hammond IN: June 26, 1956 (Tuesday) (Civic Center) … Verne Gagne vs Bill Melby ...The Sheik vs Angelo Poffo ... Dave Jons vs Stan Lisowski ... Nick Bockwinkel vs Gypsy Joe … Promoter: Balk Estes Hammond IN: July 3, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Wilbur Snyder vs Dick the Bruiser ... Dave Jons vs Nick Bockwinkel ... Hans Hermann vs Benito Gardini ... Bill Savage vs Don DeCortez Hammond IN: July 10, 1956 (Civic Center) … Dave Jons & Bill Melby vs Angelo Poffo & Hans Hermann ... The Sheik beat Nick Bockwinkel ... Don Cortez (DeCortez) vs Maurice Roberre Hammond IN: July 17, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Wilbur Snyder vs Dick the Bruiser ... Angelo Poffo vs Dave Jons ... The Sheik vs Nick Bockwinkel ... Bill Savage vs Benito Gardini ... Promoter: Balk Estes ... NOTE: Wilbur Snyder said to be defending "the heavyweight mat title" Hammond IN: July 24, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Wilbur Snyder vs Dave Jons ... Dick the Bruiser vs Nick Bockwinkel ... Hans Hermann vs Stan Lisowski ... Karl Gray vs Duke Demetri Hammond IN: July 31, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Bill Melby vs Stan Lisowski ... Dory Funk vs Angelo Poffo ... Nick Bockwinkel vs Frank Hickey (as Bozo Brown) ... Gypsy Joe vs Bill Savage Hammond IN: August 7, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Angelo Poffo & Mighty Atlas vs Bill Melby & Nick Bockwinkel ... Seymour Koenig vs Jack Allen ... Karl Gray vs Don Cortez Hammond IN: August 14, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Wilbur Snyder vs Hans Schmidt ... Reggie Lisowski vs Bill Savage ... Frank Hickey (as Bozo Brown) vs Benito Gardini ... Hans Hermann vs Karl Gray Hammond IN: August 21, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Dick the Bruiser vs The Sheik ... Stan Lisowski vs Seymour Koenig ... (Ladies) Rose Roman vs Kathy Starr ... Benito Gardini vs Bill Savage Hammond IN: August 29, 1956 (Wednesday) (Block Stadium) ... Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski vs Wilbur Snyder & Bill Melby ... Angelo Poffo vs Nick Bockwinkel ... (Ladies) Ramona Te Selle vs Raymonde Coty Hammond IN: September 4, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Wilbur Snyder vs The Sheik ... Dick the Bruiser vs Bill Melby ... Dave Jons vs Frank Hickey (as Bozo Brown) ... Benito Gardini vs Maurice Roberre ... NOTE: Snyder still billed as "champion" Hammond IN: September 11, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Antonino Rocca & Dave Jons vs Dick the Bruiser & Hans Schmidt ... Angelo Poffo vs Benito Gardini ... Zack Malkov vs Harry Lewis Hammond IN: September 18, 1956 (Civic Center) … (Ladies) Rose Roman & Joan Ballard vs Ramona TeSelle & Jean Noble … Angelo Poffo vs Bill Melby ... Hans Hermann vs Bozo Brown (aka Frank Hickey) Hammond IN: September 25, 1956 (Civic Center) … Angelo Poffo drew Seymour Koenig (nc) … Gypsy Joe vs Carl Engstrom … Paul Bunyan vs Frank Hickey (as Bozo Brown) … Benito Gardini vs Don Moore … NOTE: Poffo-Koenig was stopped by referee when crowd pelted ring with "tomatoes, eggs and overripe vegetables" Hammond IN: October 2, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Wilbur Snyder vs Reggie Lisowski ... Dick the Bruiser vs Stan Lisowski ... Benito Gardini vs Louie Papineau ... Zack Malkov vs Don Moore ... NOTE: Snyder said to have been "recently dethroned (as) heavyweight mat champion" Hammond IN: October 9, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Dick the Bruiser vs Carl Engstrom ... (Ladies) Rose Roman vs Ada Ash ... Paul Bunyan vs Don DeCortez ... Billy Goelz vs Don Pollack Hammond IN: October 16, 1956 (Civic Center) … Boris Volkoff & Nicoli Volkoff vs Don Pollack & Seymour Koenig ... Antonino Rocca vs Angelo Poffo ... Billy Goelz vs Harry Lewis Hammond IN: October 23, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff beat Dick the Bruiser & Bill Melby ... Stan Lisowski vs Jack Wilson ... Zack Malkov vs Mahmout Yousef ... NOTE: Volkoffs were called Ivan & Gregory Volkoff the first couple of weeks they showed in Hammond, at least in newspaper advertisements Hammond IN: October 30, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski vs Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff (billed as Ivan & Gregory Volkoff) ... Anelo Poffo vs Carl Engstrom ... Billy Goelz vs Zack Malkov ... NOTE: Poffo said to have beaten Dave Jons for the "Midwest crown and may have ended David's mat career" Hammond IN: November 6, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Reggie Lisowski vs Dick the Bruiser ... Stan Lisowski vs Mahmout Yousef ... Gypsy Joe vs Carl Engstrom ... Jack Wilson vs Benito Gardini Hammond IN: November 13, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Verne Gagne vs Dick the Bruiser ... (Ladies) Joan Ballard vs Ilse Schmidt ... Gino Angelo vs Zack Malkov ... Luis Martinez vs Jack Wilson Hammond IN: November 20, 1956 (Civic Center) ... Angelo Poffo & Bronko Lubich vs Billy Goelz & Carl Engstrom ... The Giant vs Zack Malkov ... Luis Martinez vs Frank Hickey (as Bozo Brown) ... NOTE: The Giant was billed as a 418-pounder (may have been Paul Bunyan, aka Max Palmer) Research by J Michael Kenyon October 25, 2010 |
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