Omaha, Nebraska: January 3, 1959
(City Auditorium) … Mitsu Arakawa beat Dick the Bruiser (2-1-dq) ... (Att.-6,624)

Lincoln Evening Journal: January 24, 1959
Journal Sports Writer Jim Raglin in his column “Change of Pace” mentions that John Pesek
will return to the ring soon. He’ll appear on a benefit card for a community health center at
Ravenna. ... NOTE: In a letter from Jack Pesek, he told me that his father’s last match was in
1959, at his hometown of Revenna. The elder Pesek was about 65 or 66 years old then.

Lincoln, Nebraska: January 27, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … (WTM) Wilbur Snyder* beat Dick the Bruiser (2-1-dq) ... Emil Dusek
and Ernie Dusek drew with Boris Volkoff and Nicolai Voloff ... Tosh Togo vs Joe Costello ...
(Att.-2,145) ... (first card of the year) ... NOTE: Paul Anderson was to face the Russians in a
handicap match, but he had an eye injury. Ernie Dusek was to meet Red McIntyre.

Lincoln, Nebraska: February 11, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … Verne Gagne beat Hans Schmidt (2-1) ... Mitsu Arakawa beat Emil
Dusek (1-1-utc) ... (midgets) Lord Littlebrook beat Fuzzy Cupid ... (midgets) Tiny Tim beat
Bull Brummell ... (Att.-2,051) ... NOTE: Schmidt lost when he tripped over referee Lou Klein.

Omaha, Nebraska: February 14, 1959
(City Auditorium) … Mitsu Arakawa beat Edouard Carpentier (2-1) ... (referee-Lou Klein) ...
(Att.-6,244)

Lincoln, Nebraska: February 24, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … Verne Gagne and Edouard Carpentier beat Mitsu Arakawa and
Tosh Togo (2-1-dq) ... (ladies) Lorraine Johnson beat Beverly Lehmer ... Ernie Dusek beat
Dino Bravo ... (referee-Legs Langevin) ... (Att.-3,267)

Omaha, Nebraska: February 28, 1959
(City Auditorium) … (Texas Death Match) Mitsu Arakawa and Tosh Togo beat Dick the
Bruiser and Ernie Dusek (7 falls) ... Jack Pesek beat unnamed opponent ... (Att.-8,100)

Lincoln, Nebraska: March 10, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … Verne Gagne and Ernie Dusek beat Mitsu Arakawa and Tosh Togo
(2-1-dq) ... Roy McClarity drew with Mighty Atlas ... Emil Dusek beat Al Spindola ... (referee-
Tom Novak ... (Att.-2,500)

Lincoln, Nebraska: March 24, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … Edouard Carpentier and Ernie Dusek beat Mitsu Arakawa and Tosh
Togo (2-1-dq) ... (midgets) Cowboy Bradley beat Tiny Roe ... (ladies) Kathy Starr beat
Beverly Lehmer ... (referee-Bob “Legs” Langevin) ... (Att.-2,600)

Omaha, Nebraska: April 4, 1959
(City Auditorium) … Mitsu Arakawa beat Verne Gagne (2-1) ... (Att.-5,835)

Lincoln, Nebraska: April 7, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … Mitsu Arakawa and Tosh Togo vs Boris Volkoff and Nicolai Volkoff
(1-1-ddq) ... Verne Gagne beat Mike DiBiase (2-1) ... (mixed tag team) Kay Noble and Lord
Littlebrook beat Kathy Starr and Bull Brummell (2-1) ... (referee-Tom Novak) ... (Att.-3,274)

Omaha, Nebraska: April 10, 1959 (Friday)
(City Auditorium) … (Texas Death Match) Verne Gagne beat Mitsu Arakawa (7 falls-5-2-utc)
... Ernie Dusek beat Hans Hermann (2-1) ... (Att.-4,931)

Lincoln Evening Journal: April 14, 1959
A long story on Jack Pesek, his wife, and three sons. Jack’s likes to fish and hurt.

Omaha, Nebraska: July 25, 1959
(Municipal Stadium) … (WTM*) Wilbur Snyder beat Dick the Bruiser (2-1) (won Nebraska
version of the world’s heavyweight wrestling title) ... (Att.-7,613)

Lincoln, Nebraska: July 28, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt and Otto Von Krupp beat Mitsu Arakawa and Tosh
Togo (2-1,dq) ... Thor Hagen beat Emil Dusek (2-1) ... Ernie Dusek beat Tosh Togo (dq)
(sub for Rock Hunter) ... (referee-Jerry Adams) ... (Att.-2,113) ... (first card since 4-7) ...
NOTE: The results never mentioned Ernie’s name. All it said was that Hunter was injuried and
was replaced by Togo, who loss on disqualification.

Lincoln, Nebraska: August 11, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … Mitsu Arakawa beat Dick the Bruiser (2-1-dq) ... Ernie Dusek (sub
for Thor Hagen) beat Tosh Togo (won 2 falls)  ... (ladies) Lorraine Johnson beat Judy Glover
... (midgets) Cowboy Bradley beat Tiny Roe ... (Att.-5,326) ... NOTE: This was the largest
wrestling crowd in the building’s history. A riot broke out with Bruiser using a sandal to ko
Togo, wack Arakawa, and referee Tom Novak. He then tossed promoter Jack Pesek from the
ring and even slugged his own second, Ernie Dusek. Dick the Bruiser was shorn of his world’
s wrestling championship recently. The Bruiser lost his title to Wilbur Snyder at Omaha in his
most recent visit to Nebraska.

Lincoln, Nebraska: September 8, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … (Texas Death Match) Dick the Bruiser beat Mitsu Arakawa (5-4, utc)
... (mixed tag team) Kay Noble and Cowboy Bradley beat Kathy Starr and Tiny Roe (2-1) ...
Ernie Dusek beat Rock Hudson ... Emil Dusek beat Yukon Ike ... (paid Att.-4,902) ... NOTE:
Kay Noble, who subbed for Judy Glover, was 19 years of age.

Lincoln, Nebraska: September 22, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … Dr. X beat Otto Von Krupp (2-1) ... Hans Schmidt beat Doug Gilbert
(sub for Ernie Dusek) ... Thor Hagen drew with Don McClarity ... Emil Dusek beat Frank
Altman  ... (Att.-3,387) ... NOTE: This was promoter Jack Pesek’s birthday and the crowd
sang him Happy Birthday between matches.

Omaha, Nebraska: October 3, 1959
(City Auditorium) … (WTM*) Dr. X beat Wilbur Snyder (won the Nebraska version of the world’
s title) ... NOTE: This bout appeared in Bob Nitsche’s results not the Lincoln Evening Journal.
The paper on October 6, did mention that Dr. X won the world’s title from Snyder this week.

Lincoln, Nebraska: October 6, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … (WTM) Dr. X* beat Hans Schmidt (2-1-dq) ... Ernie Dusek beat Hans
Hermann (2-1) ... Don McClarity beat Al Spindola ... (ladies) Judy Glover beat Kathy Starr
(sub for Jessica Rogers ... (referee-Jerry Adams) ... (Att.-3,872)

Lincoln, Nebraska: October 20, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … (non title-handicap match) Dr. X beat Hans Hermann (22:17), Ernie
Dusek beat Dr. X (15:13, dq) ... Otto Von Krupp beat Don McClarity (2-1) ... Frank Townsend
beat Ray Gordon ... Emil Dusek drew with Chick Garibaldi ... (Att.-2,874) ... NOTE: To lose
his mask, Dr. X had to be pinned in 20 minues with the winning wrestler collecting $1,000.
Frank Townsend sang “Love Letters in the Sand” before his match.

Lincoln, Nebraska: November 3, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … (WTM) Dr. X* beat Cowboy Bob Ellis (1-1-utc) ... Emil Dusek drew
with Jerry Christy ... (ladies) Laura Martinez beat Kathy Starr ... Mitsu Arakawa beat Jack O’
Riley ... (Att.-2,797) ... (promoter-Jack Pesek)

Omaha, Nebraska: November 27, 1959
(City Auditorium) … (WTM) Dr. X* beat Dick the Bruiser (cor) ... (ladies) June Byers and Terry
Ranier beat Bev Lehmer and Jackie Hammond ... Otto Von Krupp beat Jerry Christy ... Doug
Gilbert beat Al Spindola

Lincoln, Nebraska: December 1, 1959
(Pershing Auditorium) … Verne Gagne and Ernie Dusek beat Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji
Shibuya (2-1,dq) ... (ladies) Judy Glover beat Dot Dotson (subs for Tona Toma vs Rose
Roman) ... Doug Gilbert beat Tommy O’Toole (sub for Jack O’Riley) ... Emil Dusek (sub for
Jerry Christy) beat Al Spindola ... (referee-Tom Novak) ... (Att.-1,629) ... (last card of the year)

NOTES: From this research we learn that Dick the Bruiser held the Nebraska version of the
world’s heavyweight mat title. I tried to find the date that the Bruiser defeated Wilbur Snyder
for the championship at Omaha. However I was not able to tell when it happened. The Lincoln
Evening Journal is missing from April 16, to April 30.


Research by Don Luce
Lincoln Wrestling Results - 1959
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