
Kansas City, KS: Thursday, January 2, 1958 (promoter-George Simpson) (Memorial Hall) ... (WTM) Dick Hutton* beat Thor Hagen (2-1) ... Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers beat Lou Plummer and Tommy O’Toole (2-0) (first fall by dq) ... Otto Von Krupp beat Bobby Bruns ... (ladies) Lorraine Johnson drew Kay Noble (20:00) Kansas City, KS: Thursday, January 9, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Otto Von Krupp beat Ronnie Etchison (2-1) ... Sonny Myers and Danno O’Shocker beat Mystery X and Bull Montana (2-1, dq) ... Rip Hawk beat Joe Hamilton ... Bull Montana drew Danno O’Shocker (20:00) ... referee-Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, January 16, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Otto Von Krupp beat Thor Hagen (2-1) ... Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers beat Mystery X and Bull Montana (2-1) (first fall by dq) ... Danno O’Shocker beat Lou Plummer ... Lee Henning drew Red McIntyre (20:00) ... referee-Lou Spandle ... NOTE: The Mystery X was unmasked as Don Lee. Kansas City, KS: Thursday, January 23, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Sonny Myers beat Gorgeous George (2-1, dq) ... Bobby Bruns and Don Curtis beat Joe Dusek and Bull Montana (2-1) (first fall by dq) ... Otto Von Krupp beat Danno O’Shocker ... Bobby Bruns drew Bull Montana (20:00) ... referee-Lou Spandle ... NOTE: Montana was billed as 231 pounds from Cleveland. Kansas City, KS: Thursday, January 30, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Sonny Myers beat Otto Von Krupp (2-1, dq-reversed decision) ... Rip Hawk and Bull Montana beat Ronnie Etchison and Danno O’Shocker (2-1) ... (lady midgets) Doll Page beat Gypsy Rose ... Lee Henning drew Don Curtis (30:00) ... Rip Hawk beat Tommy Fields (227#-New Orleans) ... referee-Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, February 6, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Otto Von Krupp beat Sonny Myers ... Lee Henning and Bull Montana beat Bobby Bruns and Don Curtis (2-1) ... Don Curtis beat Bull Montana (2-1) ... Bobby Bruns beat Red McIntyre ... referee-Lou Spandle ... NOTE: Lee Henning was to face Paul Saxton, who no showed. The tag team match was added because of this. Kansas City, KS: Thursday, February 13, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Verne Gagne beat Otto Von Krupp (2-1, dq) ... Don Curtis beat Lee Henning (1-1, utc) ... Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers drew Bob Geigel and Bull Montana (30:00) ... Danno O’Shocker drew Red McIntyre (227#-Otterville, MO) (20:00) ... referee-Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Thursday, February 20, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (WTM) Dick Hutton* beat Otto Von Krupp (2-1) ... Don Curtis beat Lee Henning (2-1, dq) ... Bob Geigel beat Sonny Myers (utc) ... (ladies) Millie Stafford beat Mary Jane Mull ... referee-Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Thursday, February 27, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Bob Geigel beat Sonny Myers (2-1, cor) ... Don Curtis and Danno O’ Shocker beat Lee Henning and Otto Von Krupp (2-1, dq-reversed decision) ... (ladies) Lorraine Johnson beat Mary Jane Mull ... Bull Montana beat Joe Hamilton ... referee-Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Thursday, March 6, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (Texas Death Match) Bob Geigel beat Sonny Myers (11 falls) ... Don Curtis and Ronnie Etchison beat Rip Hawk and Otto Von Krupp (45:00, 1-0) ... Larry Hamilton beat Bull Montana ... Lee Henning beat Danno O’Shocker ... referee-Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Thursday, March 13, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Bob Geigel beat Otto Von Krupp (2-1, cor) ... Ronnie Etchison beat Dick the Bruiser (dq-reversed decision) ... (ladies) Lorraine Johnson and Millie Stafford beat Mary Jane Mull and Kay Noble (2-1) ... Don Curtis and Sonny Myers drew Rip Hawk and Bull Montana (30:00) ... referees-Lou Spandle and Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Thursday, March 20, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (WTM) Dick Hutton* beat Bob Geigel (2-1) ... Don Curtis and Ronnie Etchison beat Lee Henning and Bull Montana (2-1) ... Otto Von Krupp beat Danno O’ Shocker ... Larry Hamilton beat Johnny Ace ... referee-Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, March 27, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Yukon Eric beat Otto Von Krupp (2-1) ... Don Curtis drew Bob Geigel (45:00, 1-1) ... Sonny Myers beat Rip Hawk ... Ronnie Etchison (sub for Thor Hagen) beat Bull Montana (dq) ... Larry Hamilton drew Lee Henning (15:00) ... referee-Bobby Bruns ... (Att.-3,152) Kansas City, KS: Thursday, April 3, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Yukon Eric and Don Curtis beat Bob Geigel and Otto Von Krupp (2-1, dq-reversed decision) ... Sonny Myers beat Bull Montana (2-1) ... (ladies) Laura Martinez beat Helen Hild ... Rip Hawk vs Larry Hamilton (nc) ... referee-Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, April 10, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Otto Von Krupp beat Don Curtis (1-1, utc) ... Bobby Bruns, Thor Hagen and Sonny Myers beat Bob Geigel, Lee Henning and Bull Montana (2-1) (first fall by dq) ... Rip Hawk beat Joe Hamilton ... Thor Hagen drew Lee Henning (20:00) ... referees-Lou Spandle and Frank Altman Kansas City, KS: Thursday, April 17, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (Texas Death Match) Don Curtis beat Otto Von Krupp ... (midgets) Cowboy Bradley and Chief Red Feather beat Tiny Roe and Tom Thumb (2-1) ... Bob Geigel drew Sonny Myers (30:00) ... Bull Montana beat Lou Klein ... Bobby Bruns (sub for Frank Taylor) beat Lee Henning ... referees-Bobby Bruns and Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, April 24, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Wild Bill Longson and Otto Von Krupp beat Bobby Bruns and Don Curtis (2-1) ... Ernie Dusek beat Larry Hamilton (2-1) ... (ladies) Ethel Johnson beat Babs Wingo ... Rip Hawk beat Frank Taylor ... referee-Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, May 1, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Yukon Eric beat Lee Henning (2-1) ... (ladies) Lady Angel beat Penny Hawkins (150#-Nashville) (2-1, dq) ... Dick the Bruiser vs Otto Von Krupp (nc) ... Sonny Myers drew Red Lyons (30:00) ... Joe Scarpa beat Rip Hawk ... (Att.-4,000) ... referees- Bobby Bruns and Lou Spandle ... NOTE: There was a picture of Penny Hawkins. She doesn’t look like Betty Hawkins. Otto Von Krupp was Larry Simon, later Boris (Great) Malenko. Kansas City, KS: Thursday, May 8, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Thor Hagen and Sonny Myers beat Ernie Dusek and Otto Von Krupp (2- 1) ... (ladies-no dq match) Lady Angel beat Penny Hawkins ... Red Lyons beat Lee Henning (2-1, cor) ... Joe Scarpa beat Ricci (Cyclone) Sexton (230#-NYC) ... Otto Von Krupp drew Thor Hagen (15:00) ... referee-Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Saturday, May 17, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Bobby Bruns and Sonny Myers beat Lee Henning and Otto Von Krupp (2-1) (first fall by dq) ... (ladies) Lady Angel and Lorraine Johnson beat Penny Hawkins and Laura Martinez (2-1) ... Red Lyons beat Ricci (Cyclone) Sexton ... Otto Von Krupp drew Bobby Bruns (20:00) ... referee-Lou Spandle ... (results KC Star) Kansas City, KS: Thursday, May 22, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Verne Gagne drew Otto Von Krupp (60:00, 1-1) ... Sonny Myers beat Hans Schmidt (2-1, dq) ... Bobby Bruns beat Ricci Sexton ... (ladies) Laura Martinez beat Penny Banner (142#-Terre Haute) (dq) ... Lee Henning drew Joe Scarpa (15:00) ... referee-Lou Spandle ... (results-KC Star) Kansas City, KS: Thursday, May 29, 1958 No Wrestling Kansas City, KS: Thursday, June 5, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Sonny Myers vs Otto Von Krupp (1-1, nc) ... Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa beat Bob Orton and Rip Hawk ... (ladies) Lorraine Johnson vs Kay Noble ... Bobby Bruns vs Klondike Ike ... referee-Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, June 12, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (ladies tournament) (First round) Lorraine Johnson beat Judy Glover ... Kathy Starr beat Kay Noble ... (semi-final) Laura Martinez beat Lorraine Johnson (dq) ... (final) Laura Martinez vs Kathy Starr (nc) ... Sonny Myers and Joe Scarpa beat Rip Hawk and Otto Von Krupp (2-1) ... Thor Hagen beat Johnny Ace ... referee-Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Thursday, June 19, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Bobby Bruns, Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa beat Emil Dusek, Ricci Sexton and Otto Von Krupp (2-1) ... (ladies) Laura Martinez beat Kathy Starr (2-1) ... Joe Scarpa beat Ricci (Cyclone) Sexton ... Otto Von Krupp drew Thor Hagen (15:00) ... Bobby Bruns beat Emil Dusek (dq) ... referee-Lou Spandle ... (last card of the month) Kansas City Times: July 17, 1958 Harold Rosenthal, the New York Herald-Tribune’s baseball writer, is doing a book on Ed (Strangler) Lewis. The former headlock devotee recently spent several days in New York to make a tape recording of his recollections. Kansas City, KS: July 31, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Wild Bill Longson (sub for Dick Hutton) beat Otto Von Krupp (2-1, dq) ... Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa beat Danny (Bulldog) Plechas and El Capitano (2-1) ... (ladies) Lorraine Johnson beat Laura Martinez ... Bobby Bruns drew Emil Dusek (20:00) ... Danny Plechas beat Thor Hagen ... referee-Lou Spandle ... NOTE: Hutton was reported injured for his NWA title defense. Longson was spelled Longston. Kansas City, MO: Wednesday, August 6, 1958 (KMBC TV Studio) ... Otto Von Krupp vs Thor Hagen ... NOTE: This was a new live weekly show from Channel 9’s studio with Bobby Bruns calling the holds. Kansas City, KS: Thursday, August 28, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (WTM) Dick Hutton* beat Otto Von Krupp (2-1) ... (Central States tag team title) Thor Hagen and Sonny Myers* beat Emil Dusek and Red McIntyre (2-1) ... (Ladies) Kay Noble beat Loraine Johnson (2-1, dq)... El Capitano drew Jim Dobie ... referees-Lou Spandle and Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Thursday, September 18, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Thor Hagen and Chief Suni War Cloud drew Bob Geigel and Otto Von Krupp (60:00, 1-1) ... Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Wild Bill Longson (2-1) ... Sonny Myers beat Red McIntyre ... Tito Carreon beat El Capitano ... referee-Lou Spandle and Bobby Bruns ... (first fall card) Kansas City, KS: Thursday, September 25, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Otto Von Krupp beat Chief Suni War Cloud (2-1) ... Cowboy Bob Ellis and Thor Hagen beat Bob Geigel and Wild Bill Longson (2-1, dq) ... (ladies) Kay Noble beat Penny Banner ... Tito Carreon drew Red McIntyre (20:00) ... referees-Bobby Bruns and Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, October 2, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Mighty Atlas and Otto Von Krupp beat Sonny Myers and Chief Suni War Cloud (2-1) ... Bob Geigel beat Cowboy Bob Ellis (1-1, utc-cut) ... Ike Eakins beat Thor Hagen ... Tito Carreon drew Gentleman Jim Dobie (30:00) ... referees-Bobby Bruns and Lou Spandle ... (results-KC Star) Kansas City, KS: Thursday, October 9, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Lou Thesz beat Otto Von Krupp (2-1) ... Cowboy Bob Ellis beat Bob Geigel (2-1, dq) ... Mighty Atlas and Bob Orton beat Tito Carreon and Chief Suni War Cloud (2-1) ... Kathy Starr drew Peggy King (30:00) ... referees-Bobby Bruns and Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, October 16, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (WTM) Dick Hutton* beat Cowboy Bob Ellis (2-1) ... Mighty Atlas and Bob Orton beat Ray Villmer and Chief Suni War Cloud (45:00, 1-0) ... Bobby Bruns beat Lord Albert Mills (dq) ... Tito Carreon beat Martino Angelo ... referee-Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, October 23, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Cowboy Bob Ellis and Sonny Myers beat Bob Geigel and Bob Orton (2- 1, dq-reversed decision) ... (midgets) Lord Littlebrook and Brown Panther beat Ivan the Terrible and Tiny Roe (2-1) ... Suni War Cloud beat Otto Von Krupp (dq) ... Cowboy Bob Ellis drew Bob Orton (20:00) ... (midgets) Lord Littlebrook beat Tiny Roe ... (referees-Lou Spandle and Martino Angelo Kansas City, KS: Thursday, October 30, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Bob Geigel and Bob Orton beat Cowboy Bob Ellis and Sonny Myers (2- 1) ... Chief Suni War Cloud beat Mighty Atlas (2-1, dq-reversed decision) ... Ray Villmer drew Lord Albert Mills (30:00) ... (ladies) Laura Martinez beat Peggy King (sub for Joan Ballard) ... referees-Bobby Bruns and Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Saturday, November 8, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Lou Thesz vs Bob Geigel ... Ike Eakins and Bob Orton vs Cowboy Bob Ellis and Ray Villmer ... Lee Henning vs Chief Suni War Cloud ... Joe Scarpa vs Lord Albert Mills ... Tito Carreon vs Red McIntyre ... referee-Lou Spandle ... (KC Star is missing for Sunday 11-9) Kansas City, KS: Thursday, November 13, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Bob Geigel beat Mighty Atlas (2-1, dq) ... Cowboy Bob Ellis and Ray Villmer beat Ike Eakins and Bob Orton (2-1) ... Joe Scarpa vs Tito Carreon (nc) ... Lord Albert Mills beat Klondike Ike (sub for Johnny Ace) ... Ray Villmer drew Bob Orton (15:00) ... referee-Lou Spandle Kansas City, KS: Thursday, November 20, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (Sudden Death Match-1 fall to a finish) Bob Orton beat Ike Eakins (6:07) ... (ladies) Laura Martinez and Kay Noble beat Lorraine Johnson and Kathy Starr (2-1) ... Bob Geigel beat Ray Villmer (2-1) ... Cowboy Bob Ellis drew Mighty Atlas (20:00) ... Flying Joe Scarpa beat Lee Henning (dq) ... referees-Lou Spandle and Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Thursday, November 27, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Tito Carreon, Cowboy Bob Ellis and Joe Scarpa beat Ike Eakins, Lee Henning and Lord Albert Mills (2-1) ... Bob Geigel beat Ray Villmer (2-1) ... Ivan, the Mad Russian (232#) beat Chief Suni War Cloud ... Mighty Atlas beat Al Szasz (sub for Thor Hagen) (2-0) ... referee-Lou Spandle and possibly Bobby Bruns Kansas City, KS: Thursday, December 4, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (no time limit) Lou Thesz beat Bob Geigel (1-0, utc) ... Cowboy Bob Ellis and Ray Villmer vs Lee Henning and Bob Orton (1-0, nc***) ... Mighty Atlas beat Joe Scarpa (8:09-full nelson) ... Ivan, the Mad Russian drew Lord Albert Mills (20:00) ... Chief Suni War Cloud beat Ike Eakins (dq) ... referees-Lou Spandle and Bobby Bruns ... NOTE: ***Time ran out before either team could score another fall, and the match was declared no contest. Thesz won only one fall in his bout. Since the match was a no time limit affair, Thesz was awarded the victory on the basis of the one fall scored. Kansas City, KS: Thursday, December 11, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... (WTM) Dick Hutton* beat Lou Thesz (2-1, dq) ... Cowboy Bob Ellis and Ray Villmer beat Bob Geigel and Lee Henning (2-1, dq) ... Mighty Atlas beat Chief Suni War Cloud ... Ivan, the Mad Russian beat Carlos Rodriquez (sub for Tito Carreon) ... Thor Hagen beat Lord Albert Mills (dq) ... referees-Lou Spandle and Bobby Bruns ... (Att.-4,104) Kansas City, KS: Thursday, December 18, 1958 (Memorial Hall) ... Bobby Bruns, Cowboy Bob Ellis and Thor Hagen beat Mighty Atlas, Lee Henning and Bob Orton (2-1, dq) ... Joe Scarpa beat Rip Hawk (1-1, utc) ... (ladies) Ethel Johnson beat Babs Wingo ... Chief Suni War Cloud drew Carlos Rodriquez (15:00) ... referees-Lou Spandle and Frank Altman ... (last card of the year) Kansas City Times research= Don Luce March 9, 2008 |
| Kansas City Wrestling Results - 1958 |
