Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, October 4, 1955
(The Armory) … Dick Afflis b. Reggie Lisowski (2/3) (Lisowski won the first fall in 20:00 with
a full nelson, Afflis won the second fall in 10:00 with a backbreaker, Afflis won the third in 12:
00) … John Arjon and Mitch Lassen drew (30:00) … The Mighty Atlas b. Maurice Roberre
(17:00) … (promoter:  Dick Patton) … (corporation:  Indiana Wrestling, Inc.)

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, October 11, 1955
(The Armory) … Dick Afflis b. The Mighty Atlas (2/3) (Afflis won the first fall in 8:00, Atlas
won the second fall in 6:00, Afflis won the third in 4:00) … Shirley Strimple b. Cora Combs
(2/3) (Combs won the first fall in 10:00, Strimple won the second in 9-minutes with a
sleeperhold, Strimple won the third in 6:00) … Gypsy Joe b. Mitch Lassen (18:00) …
(promoter:  Dick Patton) … (3,200 fans)
Note:  The woman’s match was the first ever of its kind at the Indianapolis Armory.

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, October 18, 1955
(The Armory) … Dick Afflis and Roy McClarity were both counted out in the third fall (1-1)
(McClarity won the first fall in 25:00 with a sleeperhold, Afflis won the second in 10-minutes,
both were counted out) … Dick Beyer b. Maurice Roberre (16:00) … Len Rossi b. Gypsy
Joe (DQ) (20:00) … (promoter:  Dick Patton) … (referee:  Harry Burris)

*On Tuesday, October 25, 1955, the Indianapolis Star reported that Dick Patton was the
General Manager of Indiana Wrestling, Inc.

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, October 25, 1955
(The Armory) … Dick Beyer and Reggie Lisowski b. Dick Afflis and Rudy Kay (2/3) (Afflis
pinned Beyer for the first fall in 24:00, Lisowski pinned Kay for the second in 6-minutes,
Beyer pinned Kay for the third in 5-minutes) … Gypsy Joe b. Farmer Don Marlin (2/3)  (Joe
won the first fall in 18-minutes with a neckbreaker, Marlin won the second in 7-minutes, Joe
won the third in 6-minutes) … (promoter:  Dick Patton)

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, November 1, 1955
(The Armory) … Gypsy Joe and The Sheik of Araby b. Billy Goelz and Len Rossi (2/3)
(Goelz pinned Joe in 25-minutes for the first fall, Sheik pinned Ross in 12-minutes for the
second, Joe pinned Goelz in 8-minutes for the third fall after a neckbreaker) … Ada Ash b.
Shirley Strimple (2/3) (Ash won the first fall in 10-minutes, Strimple won the second in 5-
minutes with a sleeperhold, Ash won the third in 6-minutes) … Seymour Koenig b. Duke
Demetri (11-minutes with a cobra hold) … (promoter:  Dick Patton)

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, November 8, 1955
(The Armory) … Hans Schmidt b. Dick Afflis (2/3) (Schmidt won the first fall in 14-minutes
with a backbreaker, Afflis won the second in 6-minutes with an upside down bearhug,
Schmidt won the third by countout in 7-minutes) … Johnny Gilbert b. Jimmy Siksay (17:00)
… Tito Infante and Tiny Tim b. Ivan the Terrible and Sky Low Low (2/3) … (promoter:  Dick
Patton)
Note:  Schmidt gave Dick Afflis his first local loss.

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, November 15, 1955
(The Armory) … Gypsy Joe and The Sheik of Araby b. Billy Goelz and Roy McClarity (2/3)
(The Sheik pinned McClarity for the first fall in 15-minutes, McClarity beat Joe for the
second in 4-minutes with a sleeperhold, The Sheik pinned Goelz for the third in 8-minutes)
… Rudy Kay b. Mitch Lassen (2/3) (Kay won the first fall in 15-minutes, Lassen won the
second in 7-minutes, Kay won the third in 5-minutes) … (promoter:  Dick Patton)

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, November 22, 1955
(The Armory) … Hans Schmidt b. The Sheik of Araby … Rudy Kay vs. Seymour Koenig …
Ada Ash vs. Rose Roman … (promoter:  Dick Patton)

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, November 29, 1955
(The Armory) … Boxing and Wrestling Show … Billy Goelz vs. Gypsy Joe … One Other
Wrestling Match

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, December 6, 1955
(The Armory) … Verne Gagne b. Hans Schmidt (2-0) (Gagne won the first fall by DQ in 6-
minutes, Gagne won the second in 9-minutes with a sleeperhold) … (promoter:  Dick Patton)

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, December 13, 1955
(The Armory) … Verne Gagne b. Angelo Poffo (2/3) (Poffo won the first fall in 17-minutes
with a neckbreaker, Gagne won the second in 6-minutes with a sleeperhold, Gagne won the
third by DQ in 5-minutes) … (promoter:  Dick Patton)

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, December 20, 1955
(The Armory) … Angelo Poffo b. Dick Beyer (2/3) (Beyer won the first fall in 17-minutes,
Poffo won the second in 6-minutes with a neckbreaker, Poffo won the third in 31-seconds
with a neckbreaker) … Cowboy Bradley and Pee Wee James b. Otto Baumann and Ivan the
Terrible (2/3) (Ivan pinned Bradley for the first fall in 12-minutes, James pinned Baumann
for the second in 13-minutes, Bradley pinned Ivan for the third) … Seymour Koenig b. Al
Warshawsky (11-minutes) … (promoter:  Dick Patton) … (promotional entity:  Indiana
Wrestling, Inc.) … (benefit for the three local newspapers Christmas Funds)

Indianapolis, Indiana:  Tuesday, December 27, 1955
(The Armory) … Angelo Poffo and Tony Ross b. Seymour Koenig and Reggie Lisowski (2/3)
… Lorraine Johnson b. Rose Roman (2/3) … (promoter:  Dick Patton)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
Indianapolis Wrestling Results - 1955