Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 23, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Bobby Bruns and Mike Sharpe b. Lee Henning and Bill Longson (2/3)
… Tarzan Kowalski b. Vic Christy (2-0) (the referee stopped the match in the second fall
when Christy was unable to defend himself) … Vic Holbrook and Tommy O”Toole drew (30:
00) … Otto Kuss b. Pete Schuh … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis
Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 2, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Enrique Torres b. Tarzan Kowalski (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Lee
Henning b. Mike Sharpe (2/3) (Henning won by countout in the third fall) … Tommy O’
Toole b. “Tiger” Jack Moore … Ray Gunkel and Vic Holbrook drew (30:00) … (promoter:  
George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller) …
(sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 9, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Tarzan Kowalski (2/3)
… Lee Henning b. Enrique Torres (2/3) … Tommy O’Toole b. Vic Holbrook … Ellis
Bashara and Ray Gunkel drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  
Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 16, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Henning b. Bobby Bruns (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Sonny Myers
and Tommy O’Toole b. Ellis Bashara and Vic Holbrook (2-0) … Johnny Valentine b. Nick
Elitch … Verne Gagne and Ray Gunkel drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson)
… (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 23, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Henning b. Tarzan Kowalski (2/3) … Sonny Myers b. Vic Holbook
(2/3) … Tommy O’Toole b. Ellis Bashara … Ray Gunkel b. Jack Hader … (promoter:  
George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 30, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Bobby Bruns b. Lee Henning (2/3) (special referee:  Jack Dempsey) …
Tarzan Kowalski and Tommy O’Toole drew (45:00) (1-1) … Sonny Myers b. Walter Sirois
… Dutch Hefner b. Ellis Bashara … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis
Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 6, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Bobby Bruns b. Bill Longson (2/3) … Tarzan Kowalski b. Joe Savoldi
(2/3) … Dutch Hefner b. Ray Gunkel … Mayes McLain and Walter Sirois drew (30:00) …
(promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank
Miller) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 13, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz and Bobby Bruns drew
at the midnight closing (1-1) (Thesz won the first fall in 1:02:20, Bruns won the second in
10:14) … Bill Longson b. Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Lee Henning and Sonny Myers drew
(30:00) … Mayes McLain b. Tiger Tasker … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  
Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 20, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Bill Longson b. Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Lee Henning and Roy Graham
b. Bobby Bruns and Sonny Myers with one fall (45:00) … Dutch Hefner and Mayes McLain
drew (30:00) … Walter Sirois b. Ellis Bashara … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) …
(referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller) … (sponsored by:  American
Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 27, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Henning b. Tarzan Kowalski (2/3) … Ralph Garibaldi and Sonny
Myers drew (45:00) (1-1) … Mayes McLain b. Walter Sirois … Jack Hader and Jack Moore
drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) …
(timekeeper:  Frank Miller) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 4, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers and Tommy O’Toole b. Roy Graham and Lee Henning
(2/3) … Tarzan Kowalski and Mayes McLain drew (45:00) (1-1) … Dutch Hefner b. Johnny
Swenski … Jack Moore b. Walter Sirois … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  
Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 11, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Henning b. Enrique Torres (2/3) … Joe Dusek and Tommy O’Toole
drew (45:00) (1-1) … Dutch Hefner and Mayes McLain drew (30:00) … Jay Steele b. Jack
Moore … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  
Frank Miller) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 18, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Heart of America Open Heavyweight Trophy Tournament … Sonny
Myers b. Jay Steele … Enrique Torres b. Tarzan Kowalski (DQ) … Bill Longson b. Tommy
O’Toole … Mayes McLain b. Lee Henning (dec., 20:00) … Sonny Myers b. Enrique Torres
(2-1 decision) … Bill Longson b. Mayes McLain … Bill Longson b. Sonny Myers in the
tournament final to capture the Heart of America trophy and championship (24:40) (atomic
drop) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referees:  Joe Adelman, Louis Spandle) …
(judges:  Harry Cohen, Ira Kaplan, Doc Mueller)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 1, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Bill Longson (2-0)
(Thesz won the first fall by DQ) … Sonny Myers b. Lee Henning (2/3) … Dutch Hefner b.
Pete Peterson … Mayes McLain and Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George
D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 8, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … World Tag Team Champions Emil and Joe Dusek b. Ralph Garibaldi
and Sonny Myers (2/3) … Tarzan Kowalski b. Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Fred Blassie b. Karl
Davis (DQ) … Jack Pesek b. Carlos Rodriquez … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) …
(referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 15, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Karl Davis b. Fred Blassie (2/3) (special mud match) … Sonny Myers b.
Emil Dusek (2/3) … Ralph Garibaldi and Joe Dusek drew (30:00) … Bob Geigel and
Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis
Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller) … (2,000+ fans) … (season finale)


Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 14, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Tarzan Kowalski b. Warren Bockwinkel (2/3) … Ray Eckert b. Tommy O’
Toole (2/3) … Iron Man Talun b. Al Lovelock … Whitey Whittler b. Frank Shrofro (DQ) …
(promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 21, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Tarzan Kowalski b. Iron Man Talun (2/3) … Bobby Bruns and Jerry
Meeker drew (45:00) (1-1) … Warren Bockwinkel b. Walter Sirois … Frank Shrofro b. Bad
Boy Brown … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) …
(timekeeper:  Frank Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 28, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Bobby Bruns b. Jerry Meeker (2/3) … Hans Schnabel b. Frank Shrofro
(2-0) (Shrofro was unable to continue in the second fall) … Joe Pazandak b. Fritz
Schnabel … Pat O’Connor and Walter Sirois drew (30:00) (O’Connor was making his local
debut) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  
Frank Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 5, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … The Schnabels (Fritz and Hans Schnabel) b. Bobby Bruns and Joe
Pazandak (2/3) … Jerry Meeker b. Warren Bockwinkel (2/3) … Karl Davis b. Pat O’Connor
(18:49) … Frank Shrofro and Walter Sirois drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D.
Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller) … (3,400 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 12, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Jerry Meeker b. Warren Bockwinkel (2/3) … Little Beaver and Tiny Roe
b. Irish Jackie and Tom Thumb (2/3) … Leo “Daniel Boone” Savage b. Jack Britton … Karl
Davis and Chico Garcia drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  
Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller) … (4,200 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 19, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Jerry Meeker b. Karl Davis (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … The Schnabels
(Fritz and Hans Schnabel) b. Chico Garcia and The Great Moto (2/3) … Leo Savage b.
Jack Suzek (bearhug) … Pat O’Connor and Joe Pazandak drew (30:00) … (promoter:  
George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 26, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Karl Davis and The Great Moto b. Ronnie Etchison and Chico Garcia
(2/3) … Jerry Meeker and Joe Pazandak drew (45:00) (1-1) … Leo Savage b. Walter
Sirois … Pat O’Connor and Fritz Schnabel drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D.
Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (timekeeper:  Frank Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 2, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … Gorgeous George b. Ralph Garibaldi (2/3) … The Great Moto b. Fritz
Schnabel (2/3) … Leo Savage b. Howard Cantonwine … Marshall Esteppe and Walter
Sirois drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) …
(timekeeper:  Frank Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 9, 1950
(Memorial Hall) … The Great Moto b. Leo Savage (2/3) … Chico Garcia b. Karl Davis (2/3)
(third fall by DQ for failing to break a hold) … Otto Kuss b. Frank Shrofro … Fritz
Schnabel b. Walter Sirois … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle)
… (timekeeper:  Frank Miller)



Kansas City, Missouri Shows:


Kansas City, Missouri:  Tuesday, October 17, 1950
(Memorial Auditorium) … Orville Brown b. Fritz Schnabel (10:40) (Indian Death Lock) …
Bobby Bruns b. Hans Schnabel (DQ) (31:26) … Ann LaVerne and Elvira Snodgrass b.
Mars Bennett and Ellen Olson (2/3) … Walter Sirois b. Al Williams (13:41) … (referee:  
Harry Cohen) …  (3,200 fans)
Note:  Orville Brown reportedly had a slight limp in his first Kansas City appearance since
1949.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
Kansas City Wrestling Results - 1950