Kansas City, KS: Thursday, January 5, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Wild Red Berry beat Richard Brown (2-1) ... Ike Eakins beat Johnny
Kostas (2-0) ... Bibber McCoy beat Jim Dobie ... Mike DiBiase drew Don Whitehead (225#-
Australia) (20:00) ... referee-Walter Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, January 12, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Richard Brown beat Wild Red Berry (2-1) ... Ike Eakins beat Bibber
McCoy (2-1) ... (ladies) Penny Banner beat Belle Starr ... Don Whitehead drew Johnny
Kostas (20:00) ... referee-Walter Sirois ... (Att.-3,200)

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, January 19, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Ike Eakins beat Jack Pesek (1-1, utc) ... Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro
drew Mike DiBiase and Bibber McCoy (45:00, 1-1) ... Danny Plechas beat Don Whitehead
... Joe Tangaro beat Bibber McCoy (dq)

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, January 26, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Mike DiBiase and Bibber McCoy beat Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro (2-
1) ... Joe Dusek (sub for Vic Holbrook) drew Ike Eakins (45:00, 1-1) ... Richard Brown beat
Ed Gardenia (238#-Youngstown, OH) ... Bob Corby beat Don Whitehead ... referee-Walter
Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, February 2, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Ike Eakins, Mike DiBiase and Bibber McCoy beat Richard Brown, Guy
Brunetti and Joe Tangaro (2-1) ... Joe Dusek beat Bob Corby (2-1, cor) ... Richard Brown
drew Mike DiBiase (20:00) ... Guy Brunetti beat Ike Eakins (dq) ... referees-Red McIntyre
and Walter Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, February 9, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Richard Brown beat Ike Eakins (2-1) ... (ladies) June Byers and Carol
Cook beat Penny Banner and Mary Jane Mull (2-1) ... Guy Brunetti beat Bob Corby (dq) ...
Joe Tangaro drew Danny Plechas (20:00) ... referee-Walter Sirois ... (Att.-2,870)

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, February 16, 1956 (promoters-Simpson & James Chemi)
(Memorial Hall) ... Gorgeous George beat Wild Red Berry (2-1) ... (LWTM) June Byers*
beat Penny Banner (2-0) ... Mike DiBiase beat Guy Brunetti ... Joe Tangaro drew Bibber
McCoy (20:00) ... referee-Walter Sirois

Kansas City, MO: Wednesday, February 22, 1956 (promoter-Edward Ross)
(Folly Theater) ... Ike Eakins beat Wilbur Snyder (2-1) ... Dick Hutton beat Johnny Kostas
(2-1) ... Red McKim beat Tony Austeri ... Bob Clay beat Sammy Ford ... NOTE: This was
the first card at this site was located at Twelfth and Central Streets.

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, February 23, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Wild Red Berry beat Gorgeous George (2-1) (first fall by dq-reversed
decision) ... Mike DiBiase beat Richard Brown (2-1, cor) ... Guy Brunetti beat Bob Corby
(dq) ... Joe Tangaro drew Red McIntyre (20:00) ... referee-Jim Dobie ... (Att.-3,400)

Kansas City, MO: Wednesday, February 29, 1956 (promoter-Edward Ross)
(Folly Theater) ... Ike Eakins beat Dick Hutton (2-1, dq) ... Ed Gardenia vs Ramon
Cernades (nc-both cor) ... Johnny Kostas beat Ken Hill (sub for Bob Clay) ... Red McKim
beat Chris Belkas ... referee-Benny Shafer

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, March 1, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Richard Brown beat Mike DiBiase (2-0, dq) ... (midgets) Little Beaver and
Pee Wee James beat Otto Bowman and Ivan the Terrible (2-1) ... Bob Orton beat Guy
Brunetti ... Lou Plummer beat Joe Tangaro ... referee-Al Warshawski ... (Att.-3,400) ...
NOTE: DiBiase lost the match in the second fall by using the banned pile driver.

Kansas City, MO: Wednesday, March 7, 1956 (promoter-Edward Ross)
(Folly Theater) ... Ed Gardenia and Dick Hutton beat Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro (2-1)
... Johnny Kostas beat Bill (Red) McKim ... Argentina Zuma drew Sugi Sito (30:00) ...
referee-Benny Sheer

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, March 8, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... (No holds barred) Mike DiBiase beat Richard Brown (2-1) ... (ladies)
Ethel Johnson and Kathleen Wimbley beat Babs Wingo and Louise Green (2-1) ... Bob
Orton drew Danny Plechas (30:00) ... Bob Corby beat Lou Plummer (dq) ... referee-Walter
Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, March 15, 1956
(Memorial Auditorium) ... Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas beat Richard Brown and Bob
Orton (2-1) ... Bill (Red) McIntyre beat Lou Plummer (2-1, dq) ... Richard Brown beat
Danny Plechas (dq) ... Steve McGill beat Bob Corby (dq) ... referee-Walter Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, March 22, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Richard Brown beat Cowboy Lou Plummer (2-0) ... Mike DiBiase beat
Wild Red Berry (2-1) ... Bob Orton beat Bibber McCoy ... Red McIntyre beat Bob Corby ...
referee-Walter Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, March 29. 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas beat Wild Red Berry and Richard
Brown (2-1) ... Bob Orton beat Joe Dusek (45:00, 1-0) ... Red McIntyre beat Bibber McCoy
(dq) ... Bob Corby beat George Bruckman ... referee-Walter Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, April 5, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... (WTM) Whipper Billy Watson* beat Mike DiBiase (2-1) ... Richard Brown
beat Bibber McCoy (2-1) (sub for Danny Plechas) ... Joe Dusek drew Wild Red Berry (30:
00) ... Jim Austeri beat Red McIntyre ... referee-Walter Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, April 12, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Richard Brown beat Ike Eakins (2-1, dq) ... Bob Orton drew Mike DiBiase
(45:00, 1-1) ... Dr. Lee Grable beat Jim Austeri ... Dick Hutton drew Bibber McCoy (20:00)
... referee-Walter Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, April 19, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... (Central States title) Richard Brown* beat Mike DiBiase (2-0) (first fall by
dq) ... Dr. Lee Grable beat Bibber McCoy (2-1) ... Magnificent Grant beat Red McIntyre ...
Jim Austeri drew Jim Dobie (20:00) ... referee-Walter Sirois

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, April 26, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Richard Brown beat Ike Eakins (2-1) ... Dr. Lee Grable beat Magnificent
Grant (2-0) ... Bob Orton beat Jim Austeri ... Jim Dobie drew Bibber McCoy (20:00) ...
referee-Walter Sirois ... NOTE: The Magnificent Grant was billed as 230 pounds from
Hollywood. Possibly he was Gorgeous George Grant.

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, May 3, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Dr. Lee Grable beat Gorgeous George (2-1) ... (ladies) Belle Drummond
beat Mars Bennett (2-1) ... Bibber McCoy beat Magnificent Grant ... (ladies) Ella Waldek
beat China Mira ... referee-Walter Sirois ... (Att.-3,200) ... NOTE: George had a new valet,
Frankie seconding him.

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, May 10, 1956
(Memorial Hall) ... Richard Brown beat Dr. Lee Grable (2-1) ... (ladies) Belle Drummond
and China Mira beat Mars Bennett and Ella Waldek (2-1) ... Jim Austeri beat Magnificent
Grant ... Dr. Lee Grable gave a demonstration of mass hypnosis

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, May 17, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... (midgets) Little Beaver and Cowboy Bradley beat Irish Jackie and Tom
Thumb (2-0) ... Richard Brown and Bob Orton beat Jim Austeri and Dr. Lee Grable (2-0) ...
Bibber McCoy beat Martino Angelo ... (midgets) Tom Thumb beat Little Beaver (cor) ...
referee-Walter Sirois ... (Att.-2,500) ... (last card of the season)

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, September 8, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... Dr. Lee Grable beat Wild Red Berry (2-1) ... (LWTM) June
Byers* beat Millie Stafford (2-1) ... Bobby Bruns beat Sam Menacker ... Carlos Moreno
beat Bob DeMarce ... NOTE: First card at this site located at Eighteenth and Ridge.

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, September 15, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... (WTM) Whipper Billy Watson* beat Dr. Lee Grable (2-1, dq) ...
(LWTM) June Byers* beat Barbara Baker (2-0) ... Richard Brown beat Sam Menacker (2-0
... Carlos Moreno beat Bob Krejel (of Omaha)

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, September 20, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Primo Carnera beat Cowboy Don Moore (2-0) ... Joe Dusek and
Professor Roy Shire drew Sonny Myers and Bruce Ozenberger (60:00, 1-1) ... Larry
Hamilton drew Roger MacKay (30:00) ... Woody Strode drew Jim Dobie (20:00) ... referee-
Jack Hader ... NOTE: This opening card of the fall season was said to be George Simpson’
s twenty-eighth year as a Kansas City promoter.

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, September 22, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... Richard Brown vs Bobby Bruns ... (WTM) June Byers* vs
Penny Banner ... Dr. Lee Grable vs Carlos Moreno ... Rock Monroe vs Sam Menacker ...
Dr Lee Grable to give a hypnosis demonstration ... (KC Star missing for Sunday)

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, September 27, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Professor Roy Shire beat Larry Hamilton (2-1) ... Sonny Myers drew Joe
Dusek (45:00, 1-1) ... (Handicap) Primo Carnera beat Tom Gentry (7:00) ... Primo Carnera
F.T.T. Woody Strode in remainder of 20 minute time limit (Strode winner) ... Jim Dobie beat
Don Moore (of Broken Bow, NB) ... referee-Jack Hader

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, September 29, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... Dr. Lee Grable beat Richard Brown (2-1) ... (midgets) Brown
Panther and Tito Infante beat Otto Bowman and Sky Low Low (2-1) ... Gene Reardon (sub
for Lou Klein) beat Tom Zaharias (dq) ... Rock Monroe beat Carlos Moreno ... referee-Lou
Spandle

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, October 4, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers beat Joe Dusek and Roy Shire (2-1) ...
Woody Strode drew Jim Dobie (45:00, 1-1) ... Don Moore beat Mickey (Bruiser) Dugan
(Oklahoma City) ... Joe Dusek drew Larry Hamilton (20:00) ... referee-Jack Hader

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, October 6, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... (WTM) Whipper Billy Watson* vs Dr. Lee Grable ... (mixed tag
team) Richard Brown and Tito Infante vs Tom Zaharias and Otto Bowman ... Tex McKenzie
vs Lou Plummer ... (midgets) Tito Infante vs Otto Bowman ... referees-Jack Sharkey and
Lou Spandle ... (Sunday KC Star is missing)

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, October 11, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Sonny Myers beat Joe Dusek (2-1) ... Professor Roy Shire beat Jan
Madrid (2-0) ... (ladies) Lorraine Johnson beat Joan Ballard ... Mario DeSouza beat Don
Moore ... referee-Jack Hader ... NOTE: Joan Ballard later became Jessica Rogers.

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, October 13, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... (Central States title) Bobby Bruns* beat Tom Zaharias (2-0) ...
Gene Stanlee beat Tex McKenzie (2-1) ... Richard Brown beat Rock Monroe ... Lou
Plummer beat Carlos Moreno

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, October 18, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... (WTTM) Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek* beat Larry Hamilton and Sonny
Myers (2-1) ... Roy Dunn beat Mario DeSouza ... (ladies) Lorraine Johnson beat Janice
Sprout ... Woody Strode beat Juan Madrid ... NOTE: This is likely the last match ever found
for Roy Dunn. He was still managed by Max Bauman.

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, October 20, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... Richard Brown, Ralph Bartleman and Gene Stanlee beat Dr.
Lee Grable, Lou Plummer and Tom Zaharias (2-1, dq) ... Richard Brown drew Tom
Zaharias (20:00) ... Ralph (Big Boy) Bartleman beat Lou Plummer (dq) ... Frank Hurley
drew Gene Riordon (20:00)

Kansas City: Monday, October 22, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial building) … Juan Madrid beat Al Szasz (2-1) … (midgets) Tiny Roe beat Pee
Wee James (2-1) ... Frank Altman beat Bruce Ozenberger ... referee-Jim Dobie ... (first
card of the season at Linwood and Paseo)

Kansas City, MO: Wednesday, October 24, 1956 (promoter-Harry F. Kehoe)
(Municipal Auditorium) ... (WTM) Whipper Billy Watson* beat Bobby Bruns (2-1) ... (ladies)
Ethel Johnson and Lulu Mae Provo beat Marva Scott and Babs Wingo (2-1) ... David
Arnold (of Emporia, KS) beat Bad Boy Brown (dq) ... Lou Plummer beat Frank Hurley ...
Joe Adelman beat Fred Hackensmith ... David Arnold beat Cowboy Jackson (2-1) ... Tim
Fogerty beat Ralph Oretega (2-1) ... (welterweights) Johnny Davis beat Chuck LaBenie ...
referees-Sammy Cohen and Gene Riorden

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, October 25, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) … Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers beat Ernie Dusek and Joe Dusek (2-1)
… Mighty Atlas beat Cowboy Morgan (1-1. utc) ... Jim Dobie beat Juan Madrid (dq) ... Al
Szasz beat Jim Lake (hard to read)

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, October 27, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... Dr. Lee Grable, Lou Plummer and Tom Zaharias beat Ralph
Bartleman, Tommy O’Toole and Gene Stanlee (3-2) ... (ladies) Babs Wingo beat Lulu Mae
Provo (2-1) ... (ladies) Ethel Johnson beat Marva Scott ... Tommy O’Toole beat Tom
Zaharias

Kansas City, Monday, October 29, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial building) ... Mighty Atlas beat Larry Hamilton (2-1) ... Frank Altman beat Al Szasz
(2-0, dq) ... Cowboy Morgan beat Juan Madrid ... referee-Jack Crawford

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, November 1, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... No Wrestling

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, November 3, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... (Lights Out Match) Dr. Lee Grable beat Gene Stanlee (27:04)
... Tommy O’Toole beat Lou Plummer (2-1, cor) ... (ladies) Ethel Johnson and Lulu Mae
Provo beat Marva Scott and Babs Wingo (2-1) ... Ralph (Big Boy) Bartleman beat Tom
Zaharias ... (ladies) Ethel Johnson beat Babs Wingo ... referee-Frank Hurley

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, November 8, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Mighty Atlas beat Joe Dusek (2-1) ... Ernie Dusek beat Sonny Myers (2-
1, dq) ... Larry Hamilton beat Al Szasz ... Cowboy Morgan (222#-San Angelo, TX) beat
Juan Madrid

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, November 10, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... (CSTM) Dr. Lee Grable beat Bobby Bruns (2-1) (won the
Central States title)  ... Richard Brown drew Gene Stanlee (45:00) ... (ladies) Betty Hawkins
beat Bonnie Watson ... Tommy O’Toole beat Tom Zaharias (dq) ... referee-Frank Hurley

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, November 15, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Ernie Dusek beat Sonny Myers (2-1) ... Might Atlas beat Jim Dobie (1-1,
utc) ... Larry Hamilton drew Joe Dusek (30:00) ... Al Szasz beat Cowboy Morgan ... referee-
Bruce Ozenberger

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, November 17, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... (Central State title)Richard Brown vs Dr. Lee Grable* ... (lady
midgets) Baby Doe vs Caroline Bennett ... Gene Stanlee vs Bobby Lane ... (ladies) Betty
Hawkins vs Bonnie Watson ... referees-Lou Spandle and Tom Zaharias ... (Sunday KC Star
missing)

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, November 22, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... (Texas Tornado match) ... Sonny Myers beat Ernie Dusek (utc for fall
nine, tied at 4 falls each) ... Mighty Atlas beat Larry Hamilton (45:00, 1-0) ... (ladies) Ada
Ash beat Lorraine Johnson (cor) ... Joe Dusek drew Mario DeSouza (20:00) ... (lady vs
Beast) Ada Ash vs 7 foot Alligator ... (Att.-3,200)

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, November 24, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... (Central States title) Richard Brown* drew Dr. Lee Grable (60:
00, 1-1) ... Gene Stanlee beat Tommy O’Toole (2-1) ... Hillbilly Calhoun beat Mark Starr ...
Lou Plummer beat Frank Hurley ... NOTES: Just when it looked like Brown would won the
deciding fall, Plummer rang the bell. After the confusion the bout continued. Haystacks
Calhoun was billed only at 552 pounds here.

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, November 29, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Ernie Dusek, Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek beat Jim Dobie, Larry Hamilton
and Sonny Myers (2-1) ... Mighty Atlas beat Mario DeSouza (2-1) ... Lorraine Johnson beat
Ada Ash (dq) ... Joe Dusek drew Jim Dobie (20:00)

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, December 1, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... Hillbilly Calhoun and Richard Brown vs Dr. Lee Grable and Lou
Plummer ... Gene Stanlee vs Tom Zaharias ... Gene Reardon vs Buck Fanning ... Curtis
Reed vs Joe Adelman ... referee-Lou Spandle ... (Sunday KC Star is missing)

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, December 6, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Mighty Atlas drew Larry Hamilton (60:00) ... (ladies) Babs Wingo beat
Ethel Johnson (2-1) ... Mario DeSouza beat Al Szasz ... Lulu Mae Provo beat Marva Scott  
... referee-Jim Dobie

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, December 8, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... (Central States title-wire fence around ring) Dr. Lee Grable* vs
Gene Stanlee ... Hillbilly Calhoun vs Tex McKenzie ... Lou Plummer vs George Grant ...
Tom Zaharias vs Juan Madrid ... (Sunday KC Star sports pages missing)

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, December 13, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Mighty Atlas beat Sonny Myers (2-1) ... (ladies) Ethel Johnson and Lulu
Mae Provo beat Marva Scott and Babs Wingo (2-0) ... Larry Hamilton beat Joe Dusek (dq)
... Babs Wingo drew Lulu Mae Provo (20:00) ... referee-Jim Dobie

Kansas City, MO: Thursday, December 13, 1956 (promoter-Harry Kehoe)
(Municipal Auditorium) … (WTM) Lou Thesz* beat Hillbilly Calhoun (1-1, utc) … Richard
Brown beat Dr. Lee Grable (2-1) … (lady midgets) Baby Doe beat Caroline Bennett …
Tommy O’Toole and Gene Stanlee beat Jan Madrid and George Grant (2-1) … Joe
Adelman beat Bad Boy Brown … Lou Plummer beat Frank Hurley … NOTES: Calhoun won
the first fall, but was counted out of the ring in losing the second fall and was unable to
continue the match. Likely Richard Brown won the Central States title over Dr. Lee Grable.

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, December 15, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... Hillbilly Calhoun beat Dr. Lee Grable (1-0, utc) ... Gene Stanlee
and Frank Hurley beat Gorgeous George Grant and Juan Madrid (2-0) ... Gene Reardon
beat Lou Plummer (dq) ... Tom Zaharias beat Vince Corte (of Las Vegas) ... referee-
Tommy O’Toole

Kansas City, KS: Thursday, December 20, 1956 (promoter-George Simpson)
(Memorial Hall) ... Sonny Myers drew Mighty Atlas (60:00, 1-1) ... Lorraine Johnson beat
Marjorie Marlowe (2-1) ... Joe Dusek beat Larry Hamilton (dq) ... Mario DeSouza drew Ernie
Dusek (20:00) ... referee-Jack Hader ... (last card of the year)

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, December 22, 1956
(National Guard Armory) ... No Wrestling

Kansas City, KS: Saturday, December 29, 1956 (promoter-Orville Brown)
(National Guard Armory) ... Hillbilly Calhoun vs Wee Willie Davis ... Wild Red Berry vs Gino
(Red) Vagnone ... Tommy O’Toole vs Gene Reardon ... Curtis Reed vs Rip Hawk ...
referee-Lou Spandle ... (Sunday KC Star is missing)

Research by Don Luce
Kansas City Wrestling Results - 1956