January 1, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID Probably no card January 8, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) One night elimination tournament to determine challenger for world champ Dick Hutton Bill Melby d. Mighty Milo (finals) Bill Melby d. Lou Newman Mighty Milo d. Ferrin Barr Bill Melby d. Eric the Great Lou Newman d. Nelson Royal Hutton would lose the world title to Pat O'Conner. Neither would make the scheduled appearance. The January 12 Provo paper stated that Hutton injured his leg in a match against O’Connor and canceled his match in Provo. January 15, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Bill Melby d. Lou Newman (western champ) (2-1) NEW CHAMP Nelson Royal drew Mighty Milo Tony Borne d. Blue Avenger (2-0) January 22, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Bill Melby/Mike Mazurki d. Mighty Milo/Tony Borne (2-1) Nelson Royal d. (DQ) Eric the Great Eric the Great drew Ferrin Barr Eric the Great subbed for boxer Dean Anderson January 29, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Tony Borne d. Mighty Milo (Milo unable to continue) Bill Melby d. Eric the Great (2-0) Cliff Thiede drew Nelson Royal February 5, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Henry Lenz drew Nelson Royal Kay Noble d. Kathy Starr (2-1) Bill Melby DCOR Tony Borne (1-1) February 12, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Bill Melby (western heavyweight champ) no decision Nelson Royal (Melby injured, but Royal refuses to take advantage) Danno McDonald d. Tony Borne (2-0) Henry Lenz drew Logger Larsen Also included a real boxing match February 19, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Pat O'Connor (NWA world champ) d. Tony Borne (2-1) Nelson Royal drew Danno McDonald Bill Melby d. Henry Lenz February 26, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Bill Melby (western heavyweight champ) d. Mighty Milo (2-0) Nelson Royal DDQ Danno McDonald (1-1) Logger Larsen no contest Tony Borne March 5, 1959 American Falls, ID (American Falls High School) Nelson Royal vs. Tony Borne The Bat vs. Bill Melby Danno McDonald vs. Logger Larsen No results found. March 12, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Logger Larsen won a battle royal Tony Borne d. Ferrin Barr (Sandy Barr) Bill Melby drew Nelson Royal The Bat d. Lou Palacio Barr mentioned as having gotten married last Wednesday. Mrs. Barr was announced at ringside. March 19, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Tony Borne/The Bat vs. Bill Melby/Nelson Royal Logger Larsen vs. Eric the Great No results found. March 26, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Logger Larsen d. Eric the Great (2-1) The Bat d. Nelson Royal (2-1) Bill Melby drew Tony Borne April 2, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) The Bat d. Nelson Royal Bill Melby d. Logger Larsen Tony Borne d. Lou Palacio April 9, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Tony Borne d. Ox Anderson (2-1) Bill Melby d. (DQ) The Bat (2-1) Nelson Royal d. Ferrin Barr Barr subbed for Logger Larsen April 16, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Lorraine Johnson d. Princess Toomah (2-1) The Bat d. Nelson Royal (1-1; Royal unable to answer bell for third fall) Bill Melby drew Tony Borne April 23, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) The Bat d. Bill Melby (western champ) (2-1, non-title) Kay Noble/Princess Tona Tomah d. Kathy Starr/Lorraine Johnson Kit Fox d. Ferrin Barr Barr subbed for Tony Borne April 30, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Terrible Ted no contest The Bat (match described, but no result given) Bob Nandor d. (DQ) Rip Miller Bill Melby d. Ted Garner (2-0) May 7, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) The Bat d. Tony Borne Farmer McGregor d. Pee Wee James (2-1) Kit Fox d. (DQ) Rip Miller (2-0) Bob Nandor d. Ted Garner May 14, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Blackfoot Junior High School) Tony Borne vs. The Bat (loser leaves town for at least three months) Shag Thomas vs. Kit Fox Bob Nandor vs. Bill Melby No results found. May 21, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Kit Fox DCOR The Bat (1-1) Bill Melby d. Chet Wallick (2-1) Chico Gracia d. Bob Nandor May 28, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Kit Fox d. (DQ) The Bat (2/3 falls) Chico Gracia/Chet Wallick d. Bill Melby/Bob Nandor (2-1) Shag Thomas drew Bill Melby Melby subbed for Ox Anderson June 4, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Bill Melby/Kit Fox (world tag champs) d. The Bat/Shag Thomas (2-0) Chet Wallick d. Eric the Great (2-0) The Bat d. Chico Gracia June 11, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Chico Gracia/Chet Wallick d. Bill Melby/Kit Fox (world tag champs) (2-0) NEW CHAMPS The Bat & Shag Thomas were co-winners of a battle royal (1st eliminated - Kit Fox, 2nd - Chico Gracia, 3rd - Bill Melby, 4th - Chet Wallick, Thomas & Bat refuse to attack each other) Bill Melby d. (DQ) Shag Thomas June 18, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Chet Wallick/Chico Gracia (world tag champs) d. The Bat/Shag Thomas (2-1) Wanaline Anderson d. (DQ) Tila Prine (2-1) Kit Fox drew Suni War Cloud Last card of the season September 21, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Shag Thomas drew Danno McDonald Kit Fox d. Eric the Great (2-1) Dot Dotson d. Gloria Barratini (2-1) The Bat d. Prince Nero (2-1) First card of the season September 28, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Kit Fox drew John Swenski Millie Stafford d. Dot Dotson (2-1) Gorgeous George d. Shag Thomas (2-1) October 4, 1959 - Idaho Falls (Idaho Falls Armory) Millie Stafford/Gloria Baratini d. Dot Dotson/Mae Young Danno McDonald/Kit Fox d. (DCOR) Gorgeous George/The Bat (2-0) One more match (not mentioned in results) October 12, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) The Bat d. (COR) Danno McDonald (2-1) Prince Nero d. Shag Thomas Eric the Great d. (DQ) Kit Fox (2-1) Eric subbed for Earnest Nordi October 19, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Danno McDonald d. (DQ) The Bat (2-0) Kit Fox d. Prince Nero Shag Thomas d. Eric the Great (2-1) October 25, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Danno McDonald d. Shag Thomas Johnny Demchuck d. The Bat (2-1) Kit Fox d. (DQ) Eric the Great (2/3 falls) November 2, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Ferrin Barr d. Dave Arnold Sascha the Great d. Ferrin Barr (2-0) Danno McDonald d. Eric the Great (2-1, Eric unable to continue) Barr subbed for Kit Fox in one of his matches. November 9, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) 6-man battle royal The Bat d. Ferrin Barr Sascha the Great d. Eric the Great (Eric unable to continue) Danno McDonald d. (DQ) Lou Plummer Barr subbed for Arman Hussein. November 16, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Chief Red Cloud drew Arman Hussein Sascha the Great d. The Bat (2-0) Lou Plummer d. Johnny Demchuk (1-0; Demchuk unable to continue) November 23, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Lou Plummer d. Danno McDonald Millie Stafford d. Kathy Starr (2-1) Sascha the Great d. Chief Red Cloud (1-0; Red Cloud unable to continue) Novmber 30, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Sascha the Great d. Lou Plummer (2-1) Danno McDonald d. Arman Hussein Danno McDonald d. Johnny Demchuk (2-1) McDonald subbed for Mustapha Pasha December 7, 1959 - Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Lou Plummer/Danno McDonald d. (DQ) Sascha the Great/Johnny Demchuk (2-1) Mustapha Pasha d. Arman Hussein (2-1) Lou Plummer drew Sascha the Great December 14, 1959 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory) Danno McDonald d. Arman Hussein Laura Martinez d. Jessica Rogers (2-1) Sascha the Great d. Mustapha Pasha (2-1) Found no references to Idaho Falls cards after Dec. 14. Research by Becky Taylor |
Idaho Falls Wrestling Results - 1959 |