Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 7, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Bob Ellis b. Bob Geigel (2/3) … Jim LaRock and Nick Roberts b. Rip
Hawk and Kinji Shibuya (2/3) … Lee Henning b. Thor Hagen (8:21) … Joe Hamilton and
Herb Larson drew … Farmer Pete b. Pee Wee Rogers (7:17) … (promoter:  George
Simpson)
Note:  No show next week due to the Golden Gloves tournament at the Memorial Hall.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 21, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Henning b. The Mighty Atlas (2/3) … Ada Ash and Pee Wee Rogers
b. Farmer Pete and Peggy King (2/3) (mixed tag team match) … Nick Rogers b. Tommy O’
Toole (18:13) … Joe Hamilton and Pancho Villa Pico drew (20:00) … Jim LaRock b. Jack O’
Reilly (9:02) … (promoter:  George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 28, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … The Mighty Atlas and Nick Roberts b. Lee Henning and Otto Von Krupp
(DQ) … Bob Shaeffer b. Pancho Villa Pico … Rocky Lee b. Herb Larson (7:31) … Taro
Myaki b. Joe Costello (9:54) … Victor the wrestling bear b. Tiny Bernard (8:50) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  Lou Spandle, Al Szasz) … (sponsored by:  
American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 4, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Henning vs. Otto Von Krupp (2/3) (Texas rules) (strangle hold only
move barred) … Rocky Lee and Taro Myaki vs. Bob Orton and Nick Roberts (2/3) … Gory
Guerrero vs. Jack O’Reilly … Dick Light vs. Pancho Villa Pico … Pee Wee Rogers vs. Tiny
Tim … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 11, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Rocky Lee b. Nick Roberts … Joe Hamilton and Bob Orton b. Lee
Henning and Taro Myaki … Millie Stafford and Tiny Tim b. Farmer Pete and Mae Young …
Gory Guerrero b. Pancho Villa Pico … (promoter:  George Simpson)

*On Saturday, February 13, 1960, wrestling from the Chicago Amphitheater was presented
on KMBC (channel 9) at 3:00 p.m.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 18, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Bill Longson b. Rocky Lee (2/3) … Lee Henning and Taro Myaki b. Joe
Hamilton and Nick Roberts (10:10) … Gory Guerrero and Rock Hunter drew (30:00) …
Pancho Villa Pico b. Dick Light (11:51) … Tiny Roe b. Tiny Tim (6:42) … (promoter:  
George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 25, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor b. Bill Longson (2-0)
(first fall by countout, second with a stepover toehold) … Bob Geigel b. Gory Guerrero …
Lee Henning and Taro Myaki b. Rocky Lee and Pancho Villa Pico … Joe Hamilton and Nick
Roberts drew (15:00) … Millie Stafford b. Lorraine Johnson … (promoter:  George
Simpson) … (referee:  Frank Altman)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 3, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Gory Guerrero b. Bob Geigel (2/3) (third fall by reverse decision)
(Geigel initially won the third fall and the match, but refused to stop his attack on his
opponent and the referee reversed the decision) … Taro Myaki and Kinji Shibuya b. The
Mighty Atlas and Otto Von Krupp (2/3) … Nick Roberts b. “Cowboy” Rocky Lee (DQ) …
Rock Hunter b. Joe Costello (13:16) … (promoter:  George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 10, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … The Royal Scots (Doug and Sandy Scott) b. Bob Geigel and Lee
Henning (2-0) (second fall by reverse decision) … Bob Ellis b. Kinji Shibuya (2/3) (Ellis won
the second fall by DQ and then the third) … Gory Guerrero b. Rock Hunter (forfeit) (Hunter
was unable to appear due to bad weather) … Nick Roberts b. The Mighty Atlas (11:00) …
Ray Gordon b. Joe Hamilton (decision when Hamilton suffered an abdominal injury)
(Gordon, reportedly, declined the victory) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  
Lou Spandle)
Notes:  The Scott Brothers (Doug and Sandy Scott) (The Royal Scots) were billed as the
Canadian Tag Team Champions, from Hamilton, Ontario.  Dick Light was billed as being
from Atlanta.  Rock Hunter was from Columbus.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 17, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … The Royal Scots (Doug and Sandy Scott) wrestled Bob Geigel and Lee
Henning to a no contest (1-1) … Gory Guerrero b. Taro Myaki (2/3) … Nick Roberts b.
Tommy O’Toole (13:10) … Ray Gordon and Rock Hunter drew (20:00) … (promoter:  
George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 24, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Doug Scott b. Lee Henning (Henning’s Central States Title was not on
the line) … Bob Geigel b. Sandy Scott … Gory Guerrero and Joe Hamilton b. The Mighty
Atlas and Rocky Lee (DQ) … Gloria Baratina b. Mae Young (9:27) … (promoter:  George
Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 31, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … The Royal Scots (Doug and Sandy Scott) b. Bob Geigel and Lee
Henning (2/3) … Gory Guerrero and Taro Myaki drew (1-1) … Dot Dotson and Lorraine
Johnson b. Judy Glover and Millie Stafford (Dotson pinned Glover) (17:09) … Ray Gordon
b. Nick Roberts (9:30) … (promoter:  George Simpson)
Note:  No show next week due to a revival meeting at the Memorial Hall.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 14, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … The Royal Scots (Doug and Sandy Scott) vs. Taro Myaki and Kinji
Shibuya (2/3) … Bob Geigel and Lee Henning vs. Gory Guerrero and Thor Hagen (2/3) …
Joe Costello vs. The Mighty Atlas … Ray Gordon vs. Rocky Lee … (promoter:  George
Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 21, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Lee Henning b. Doug Scott (2/3)
… Gory Guerrero b. Taro Myaki (2/3) (third fall by DQ when Myaki hit the referee) … Bob
Geigel and Sandy Scott drew (30:00) … Millie Stafford b. Lorraine Johnson (10:48) …
Ralph Bartleman b. Rocky Lee (DQ) … (promoter:  George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 28, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Bob Ellis b. Central States Heavyweight Champion Lee Henning (1-0)
(31:57) (according to “National Wrestling Alliance rules,” a title match must be two-of-three-
falls) … The Scott Brothers (Doug and Sandy Scott) wrestled Bob Geigel and Taro Myaki
to a no contest (1-1) … Otto Von Krupp b. Thor Hagen (13:22) … Gory Guerrero b. The
Mighty Atlas (DQ) … Rocky Lee b. Bob Shaeffer (2:24) … (promnoter:  George Simpson)
… (referee:  Lou Spandle)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan reported that Bob Ellis “lost to Lee Henning last
December,” and dropped his Central States Title.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Wednesday, May 4, 1960
(North Kansas City High School Fieldhouse) … The Scott Brothers (Doug and Sandy
Scott) b. The Mighty Atlas and Taro Myaki (2/3) … Peggy King b. Dot Dotson (2/3) …
Cowboy Bradley b. Tiny Roe (13:28) … Jim Dobie b. Rocky Lee (DQ) … (promoter:  
George Simpson)
Note:  The show was moved from the Memorial Hall due to a national religious convention.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 12, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor and Central States
Heavyweight Champion Lee Henning wrestled to a controversial draw (1-1) (according to
the local newspaper, “O’Connor, while pinning Henning with a reverse cradle hold, had his
own shoulders on the mat and both men were counted down”) … Taro Myaki vs. Sandy
Scott (2/3) … The Mighty Atlas vs. Doug Scott … Gino Garibaldi vs. Thor Hagen … Gory
Guerrero vs. Gene LeBell … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan stated that “the diamond studded world championship
belt will be presented to the winner by Sam Muchnick, president of the National Wrestling
Alliance.” Gino Garibaldi was said to be “one of the all time greats.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 19, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor b. Central States
Heavyweight Champion Lee Henning (2/3) … The Mighty Atlas and Taro Myaki b. The
Scott Brothers (Doug and Sandy Scott) (1-0) (45:00) … Dick Hutton b. Thor Hagen (2/3)
(third fall by Hutton in 35 seconds) … Gory Guerrero b. Joe Costello (14:30) … (promoter:  
George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)
Notes:  It was said that Pat O’Connor cancelled a booking in Montreal to give Henning a
return bout in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 26, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … World Tag Team Champions The Scott Brothers (Doug and Sandy
Scott) b. The Mighty Atlas and Taro Myaki (2/3) … Central States Heavyweight Champion
Lee Henning b. Ray Gordon (2/3) … Judy Glover and Millie Stafford b. Dot Dotson and
Kathy Starr (2/3) … Gory Guerrero and Rock Hunter drew (20:00) … (promoter:  George
Simpson) … (referees:  Bobby Bruns, Lou Spandle)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan said the Scott Brothers were “world tag team champions.”
No show next week because of the Lions club convention.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 9, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Thor Hagen b. Ernie Dusek …
Central States Women’s Champion Lorraine Johnson b. Judy Glover (2/3) … Bob Orton b.
Emil Dusek (DQ) … Gory Guerrero and Doug Scott drew (20:00) … Ray Gordon b. Sandy
Scott (11:36) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan reported that Thor Hagen was the “newly crowned
heavyweight champion” of the Central States.  Lorraine Johnson was billed as the Central
States Women’s champion from Red Wing, Minnesota and Judy Glover was said to be the
“Southern States champion,” from Tampa.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 16, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … World Tag Team Champions The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie
Dusek) b. Thor Hagen and Bob Orton (2/3) … Sandy Scott b. “Cowboy” Rocky Lee (2-0)
(second fall by reverse decision after Lee continued to attack his opponent after winning)
(the referee DQ’d Lee) … Ray Gordon and Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … Doug Scott b.
Joe Costello (9:53) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan reported that Emil and Ernie Dusek captured the World
Tag Team Title from the Scott Brothers “last Friday night in St. Joseph, Mo.” Joe Costello
was billed as being from Salina, Kansas.  Rocky Lee was from Del Rio, Texas.  Thor Hagen
was from Minneapolis.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 23, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Thor Hagen b. Rocky Lee (2/3)
(Hagen won the second fall in 31 seconds and the third by DQ) … Cowboy Bradley and
Lord Littlebrook b. Farmer Pete and Tiny Roe (2/3) … Laura Martinez b. Dot Dotson (12:
22) … Bob Orton b. Joe Costello (12:31) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  
Bobby Bruns, Lou Spandle)
Notes:  Final show of the season.  Billed as an “appreciation night” show with slashed
prices at the box office.  Next show on September 15.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 15, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … John Paul Henning b. Taro Myaki … Thor Hagen and Bob Orton b. Rip
Hawk and Rock Hunter … Mike Paidousis b. George Drake (9:28) … Millie Stafford b.
Kathy Starr (10:48) … Rocky Lee and Nikita Mulkovitch (billed as Ivan) were both
disqualified … (promoter:  George Simpson)
Notes:  Season opener.  Ivan Mulkovitch was billed as being from Odessa, Russia.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 22, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Bob Ellis b. Taro Myaki (2/3) (the referee tried to stop the match during
the first fall after Ellis suffered “several” head cuts) (Ellis prevented the match from being
stopped, then came back to win the second fall in 48 seconds and the third in 1:02) (no
disqualification match) … Mike Paidousis b. Central States Heavyweight Champion Thor
Hagen (2/3) (Paidousis seems to have won a disputed claim to the championship here)
(according to the Kansas City Kansan on September 29, their scheduled rematch was “the
result of a disputed decision in the third fall of last week’s meeting between the two
wrestlers in which Paidousis emerged the winner but Hagen claimed the match should
have been reversed and Paidousis disqualified for using illegal holds.”) … Nikita
Mulkovitch b. Joe Costello (8:06) … Bob Orton and Frank Townsend drew (20:00) …
George Drake b. “Wild” Bill Cole (7:14) … (promoter:  George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 29, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Mike Paidousis b. Thor Hagen to capture a full claim to the Central
States Heavyweight Title (2/3) (the championship was to go to the winner) … George
Drake and John Paul Henning b. Nikita Mulkovich and Taro Myaki … Ray Gordon and Stan
Stasiak drew (30:00) … Frank Townsend b. Frank Altman (6:32) … Lord Littlebrook b.
Tiny Roe (7:27) … (promoter:  George Simpson)
Notes:  The newspaper reported that the show would feature wrestlers from six countries:
United States, Canada, Japan, England, Russia, and New Zealand.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 6, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike Paidousis b. Thor Hagen
(2/3) (Hagen won the second fall in 31 seconds with a reverse stepover submission) …
Rocky Lee and Stan Stasiak wrestled John Paul Henning and Frank Townsend to a draw
(45:00) (1-1) … Gory Guerrero b. Taro Myaki (DQ) … Judy Glover b. Dot Dotson (11:33)
… (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 13, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor b. Central States
Heavyweight Champion Mike Paidousis (2/3) … Stan Stasiak b. Thor Hagen (Hagen was
unable to continue after suffering a “severe” leg injury) … Sonny Myers b. Nikita
Mulkovitch (10:24) … Frank Townsend b. “Cowboy” Rocky Lee (5:48) … Gory Guerrero b.
Frank Hickey (10:06) … (promoter:  George Simpson)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan said:  “O’Connor won the [NWA World Heavyweight] title
two years ago from Dick Hutton in St. Louis, Mo., and has defended it successfully many
times.  He is considered one of the all-time greats.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 20, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike Paidousis b. Sonny Myers
(2/3) … Bobby Bruns and “Cowboy” Rocky Lee wrestled to a double disqualification …
John Paul Henning and Stan Stasisk were both disqualified after they hit the referee … Joe
Hamilton b. Taro Myaki (8:05) … Nick Roberts and Frank Townsend drew (15:00) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  Lou Spandle)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan reported that Mike Paidousis “was one time a great
lineman for the University of Tennessee and later played pro ball with the Philadelphia
Eagles.  He also was Golden Gloves champion of Ohio before turning professional.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 27, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Bobby Bruns and John Paul Henning b. “Cowboy” Rocky Lee and Mike
Paidousis (2-0) … Stan Stasiak and Frank Townsend wrestled toa double disqualification
(1-1) … Bob Orton and Nick Roberts drew (30:00) … Doug Lindsey b. Taro Myaki (DQ) …
Tommy O’Toole b. Frank Hickey … (promoter:  George Simpson)
Note:  Doug Lindsey was billed as being from South Bend, Indiana.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 3, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike Paidousis b. John Paul
Henning (2/3) (third fall by countout) … Lee Henning and Stan Stasiak b. Nick Roberts and
Frank Townsend (2/3) … Millie Stafford b. Judy Glover (12:45) … Rocky Lee and Tommy
O’Toole drew (20:00) … George Drake b. Taro Myaki (DQ) … (promoter:  George
Simpson)
Notes:  John Paul Henning was billed as being from Tampa, while Lee Henning was from
Buffalo.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 10, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike Paidousis b. John Paul
Henning (2-0) (second fall by DQ when Henning hit the referee) … Lee Henning and Stan
Stasiak b. Joe Hamilton and Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Bob Orton b. George Drake (12:20)
… Millie Stafford b. Jessica Rogers (9:10) … Taro Myaki b. Nick Roberts (5:35) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 17, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … John Paul Henning b. Mike Paidousis (Texas Death Match) (Paidousis
won the first two falls, but Henning took the “last seven”) (Paidousis was unable to
continue) (the Central States Title was not on the line) … Joe Hamilton b. Tommy O’Toole
(18:40) … Thor Hagen and Sonny Myers b. Lee Henning and Stan Stasiak (DQ) … Judy
Glover b. Peggy King (6:54) … Rocky Lee and Frank Townsend were both counted out …
(promoter:  George Simpson)
Notes:  Promoter George Simpson, his press reports, announced that “children under 15
years of age, unless accompanied by their parents, would not be permitted to attend the
wrestling matches tonight.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 24, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … John Paul Henning and Sonny Myers b. Lee Henning and Stan Stasiak
(2/3) … Mike Paidousis b. Joe Hamilton (2/3) … Jessica Rogers b. Ada Ash … Taro Myaki
and Tommy O’Toole drew (20:00) … Ada Ash “pinned” a 10-foot alligator (6:58) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (3,160 fans)
Notes:  Thanksgiving show.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, December 1, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … John Paul Henning b. Mike Paidousis … Thor Hagen, Joe Hamilton and
Sonny Myers b. Lee Henning, Rocky Lee and Stan Stasiak (2/3) … Tommy O’Toole and
Frank Townsend drew (20:00) … Lord Littlebrook b. Tiny Roe (6:57) … (promoter:  
George Simpson)
Notes:  It is not fully known if Henning captured the Central States championship in this
match over Paidousis.  A check of the St. Joseph paper may give more insight into what
happened.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, December 8, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor wrestled John Paul
Henning to a draw (O’Connor won the first fall in 13:35, Henning suffered a groin injury
during the second fall and was unable to continue) (O’Connor refused to accept a victory
in that fashion and the match was declared a draw) … Lee Henning and Stan Stasiak b.
Sonny Myers and Frank Townsend (2/3) … Judy Glover b. Lorraine Johnson (16:00) …
Mike Paidousis b. Tommy O’Toole (5:00) … Thor Hagen b. Rocky Lee (DQ) … (promoter:  
George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, December 15, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … “Cowboy” Bob Ellis b. Stan Stasiak (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Lee
Henning b. Sonny Myers (2/3) (Myers was unable to continue for the third fall) … Cowboy
Bradley and Millie Stafford b. Tiny Roe and Kathy Starr (2/3) … Thor Hagen and Bob
Orton drew (20:00) … Tommy O’Toole b. Rocky Lee (DQ) … (promoter:  George Simpson)
… (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, December 22, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Bob Ellis and Sonny Myers b. Lee Henning and Mike Paidousis … Bob
Orton b. Joe Hamilton (2/3) (third fall in 29 seconds after Hamilton suffered an injury to his
left shoulder) … Judy Glover b. Dot Dotson (2/3) … Thor Hagen and Rocky Lee drew (15:
00) … (promoter:  George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, December 29, 1960
(Memorial Hall) … Cental States Heavyweight Champion Lee Henning b. Sonny Myers …
Thor Hagen and Joe Hamilton b. Taro Myaki and Rocky Lee (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Millie
Stafford b. Ada Ash (10:24) … Victor the Wrestling Bear b. Al Szacz (Szacz was bitten on
his right arm) … Doug Lindsey and Bob Orton drew (15:00) … (promoter:  George
Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)
Note:  Al Szacz and Ada Ash were married and billed as being from Gerald, Missouri.  It
seems that they may have been traveling with an animal group, as Ash had wrestled an
aligator earlier in the season.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
July 29, 2007
Kansas City Wrestling Results - 1960