Montreal Wrestling Results

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, January 13, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … Buddy Rogers b. Wladek Kowalski to capture the World
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Kowalski won the first fall, Rogers won the second, capitalizing
on his opponent’s knee injury, and won the third when Kowalski could not continue) …
The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Mark Lewin and Sweet Daddy Siki
(2/3) … Mark Lewin b. Chet Wallick … Eddie Auger and Claude St. Jean drew …
(promoter: Eddie Quinn)

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, January 20, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) and Wladek
Kowalski b. Paul Bailargeon, Bobby Managoff and Buddy Rogers (2/3) (Rogers stood on
the apron, and refused to wrestle in the match) (Managoff suffered a right leg injury in
the second fall, and was carried from the ring by Baillargeon) (Baillargeon wrestled the
final fall by himself) … Claude St. Jean b. Tiger Tasker … Eddie Auger and Greg Jarque
drew … Tony Altimore and Yvon Racicot drew … (promoter: Eddie Quinn)

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, January 27, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Paul Baillargeon
(2/3) (Johnny Rougeau ran to the ring to save Baillargeon) … Buddy Austin and Fritz Von
Goering b. Larry Moquin and Johnny Rougeau (2/3) … Claude St. Jean b. Frank Fozo …
Bob Bedard b. Jan Gotch (DQ) … Pit L’Allier and Yvon Racicot drew … (promoter: Eddie
Quinn) … (referee: Ray Belec)
Note: Rogers had offered $2,000 to Baillargeon if he could break his “punishing” figure-4
grapevine grip, but the latter was unsuccessful.

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, February 3, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. The Kalmikoff
Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) (handicap match) (Rogers put Ivan out with the figure
four for the first fall, Karol beat Rogers for the second, then Rogers won the third by DQ)
… Buddy Austina nd Fritz Von Goering b. Eddie Auger and Paul Baillargeon (2/3) …
Johnny Rougeau b. Jan Gotch (Rougeau challenged Rogers) … Claude St. Jean b. Bill
Cody … Jim Bouras and Yvon Racicot drew … (promoter: Eddie Quinn) … (referee:
Jimmy Orlando)
Note: Rogers offered $2,000 to either Kalmikoff if they could break his figure 4 leglock.

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, February 10, 1960
(Mont St. Louis Gym) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Don Leo
Jonathan (2/3) (Jonathan was unable to continue for the third fall after being injured by
Rogers’ figure 4) … Chief White Owl and Yaki Joe b. Frank Fozo and Yvon Racicot (2-0)
… Eddie Auger and Jim Bouras drew (20:00) … Claude St. Jean b. Rex Allen … Johnny
Rougeau b. Swede Hanson … (promoter: Eddie Quinn)

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, February 17, 1960
(Mont St. Louis Gym) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers vs. Benny Rosen
… Moose Malloy vs. Antonino Rocca … Johnny Rougeau vs. John Thompson … Jim
Bouras vs. Claude St. Jean … Bo Allen and Frank Fozo vs. Eddie Auger and Sammy Berg
Note: Berg reportedly “recently returned from a tour in South Africa.”

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, February 24, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers and Antonino Rocca
wrestled to a double countout in the third fall (2/3) (Rogers won the first fall in 12:00,
Rocca won the second) … Sputnik Monroe and Fritz Von Goering b. Chief White Owl and
Yakui Joe (2/3) … Johnny Rougeau b. “Cowboy” Len Hughes … Jim Bouras b. Frank
Fozo … Manuel Cortez b. Harry Lewis … (promoter: Eddie Quinn) … (referee: Sammy
Berg) … (11,301 fans)
Note: Rogers offered Rocca $1,000 if he could break his figure-four leglock; and
afterward, Rogers stated he’d up his offer to $5,000 to anyone if they could.

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, March 2, 1960
(Mont St. Louis Gym) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Chief White Owl
and Yakui Joe … Wladek Kowalski b. Vic Christie … Johnny Rougeau b. Tiger Tasker …
Jim Bouras b. Yvon Racicot … Eddie Auger and Sammy Berg b. Buddy Austin and Frank
Fozo (DQ)
Note: It was announced that Rogers was going to put up $11,000 to anyone if they could
break his figure-four.

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, March 9, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … Antonino Rocca b. World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers by
disqualification in the third fall (Rogers won the first fall with a piledriver, Rocca won the
second fall, and Rogers was disqualified in the third fall for failing to heed the orders of
the referee) (ring was surrounded by chicken wire) (title did not change hands) …
Manuel Cortez and “Big Daddy” Lipscomb b. Rocky Lee and Larry Moquin … Wladek
Kowalski b. Bobby Managoff … Pepper Gomez and Lou Thesz drew … Johnny Rougeau
b. John Swenski … Manuel Cortez b. Eddie Auger … (promoter: Eddie Quinn) …
(referee: Jimmy Orlando) … (15,206 fans)

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, March 16, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … Buddy Rogers and Fritz Von Goering b. “Big Daddy” Lipscomb and
Sweet Daddy Siki (2/3) … The Great Togo b. Buddy Rosen (before the match, Togo was
attacked by Buddy Rogers) (Rogers also brawled with Mr. Moto) … Tony Altimore and
Bob Nandor drew … Chief White Owl b. Tony Swenski …. Swede Hanson and Yakui Joe
drew … (promoter: Eddie Quinn)

Monteral, Quebec: Wednesday, March 23, 1960
(Mont St. Louis Gym) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Chief White Owl
(1-0) (Rogers put Owl out with a figure-four and the latter was unable to continue)
(Rogers also allowed a fan from the crowd to attempt to win the $4,000 by breaking the
hold, and the fan was unable to do so. He was carried from the ring) … Antonino Rocca
b. Tony Angelo and Tony Tasker … Fritz Von Goering b. Bob Nandor … Johnny
Rougeau b. Frank Fozo … Jim Bouras b. Bill Cody … Eddie Auger and Yakui Joe (billed
as Joe Yaki) were both counted out … (promoter: Eddie Quinn)

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, March 30, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Antonino Rocca by
disqualification in the third fall (2/3) (Rocca hit the referee) … Wladek Kowalski b. Manuel
Cortez … Bruno Sammartino b. Tiger Tasker … Bobby Managoff b. Angelo Savoldi … Big
Daddy Lipscomb b. John Swenski and Tiger Tomasso … Fritz Von Goering b. Buddy
Rosen … Eddie Auger and Bob Nandor were both disqualified … (promoter: Eddie
Quinn)
Note: Kowalski had reportedly “recently returned from Florida.”

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, April 6, 1960
(Mont St. Louis) … Rocco Colombo and Johnny Rougeau b. Buddy Rogers and Fritz Von
Goering (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Jim Bouras b. Tiger Tasker … Sammy Berg b. Frank
Fozo … Claude St. John b. Moose Malloy … (promoter: Eddie Quinn)

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, April 13, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers vs. Johnny Rougeau
… Antonino Rocca and Bruno Sammartino vs. Swede Carlson and Chet Wallick … Bill
Stack vs. Wladek Kowalski … Bobby Managoff vs. Tiger Tomasso … Vic Christie vs. Fritz
Von Goering … Johnny Valentine vs. Bearcat Wright … (promoter: Eddie Quinn)

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, April 20, 1960
(Mont St. Louis Gym) … Wladek Kowalski b. Mike Valentino … Antonino Rocca b. Jan
Gotch … Johnny Valentine b. Bob Nandor (11:18) … Bearcat Wright b. Tiger Tasker (2-
0) … Ric Ferrara b. Yvon Racicot … Jim Bouras b. Harry Lewis (7:33) … Eddie Auger
and Frank Fozo drew … (promoter: Eddie Quinn)

Montreal, Quebec: Wednesday, April 27, 1960
(Montreal Forum) … Antonino Rocca and Bruno Sammartino wrestled Wladek Kowalski
and Buddy Rogers to a double-disqualification in the third fall (Kowalski and Rogers won
the first fall by DQ, Rocca and Sammartino won the second fall by DQ) (all four men
fought outside the ring during the third fall) (Rogers refused to help Kowalski throughout
the match and needed police protection leaving the ring) … Johnny Valentine b. Rocco
Colombo (Valentine needed protection leaving the ring after he drew blood from his
opponent) … Larry Moquin b. Jan Gotch … Manuel Cortez b. Tiger Tasker … (promoter:
Eddie Quinn) … (referees: Jimmy Orlando, Paul Pieard) … (7,000 fans)
Note: Three fans were ejected and one was arrested during the show

Montreal, Quebec: Thursday, September 1, 1960
(Delormier Stadium) … Edouard Carpentier b. Buddy Rogers (2/3) (third fall by DQ)
(Rogers was disqualified for refusing to break the figure four) … Wladek Kowalski b.
Prince Maiava … Manuel Cortez b. Johnny Walker … Harry Tsimogiannis b. Jack
Barbaros … Dominic Nucciarone b. Sandor Kovacs … Johnny Rougeau b. Reggie
Lisowski … Little Beaver and Dandy Moore b. Billy the Kid and Tom Thumb …
(promoter: Eddie Quinn)
Notes: Rogers won the second fall with the figure four. He received a reported $5,200
for this match.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 15, 2010

Montreal Wrestling Results - 1960