Omaha Wrestling Results

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, January 2, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) b. Ronnie Etchison and
Sonny Myers (2/3) … Jack Conley b. Polo Cordova (1-0) … Frannie McGill and Bruce
Osterberg drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Joe Krejci, Jimmy “Hippo” Ray)
… (1,808 fans)
Notes: The Omaha World Herald stated that television receivers were no longer carrying
professional wrestling. Osterberg was from Maryville, Missouri. Etchison and Myers were
called the “Missouri champs.” McGill was a rookie, and a former high school football star
in Omaha. There was 11 degree weather at the time of the show.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, January 9, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Ernie Dusek b. Primo Carnera (2/3) (Dusek won the first and third
falls) (third fall by disqualification) … Jim Dobie b. Hardy Kruskamp … Joe Dusek and Ken
Fenelon drew … Bob Krejci and Bruce Ozenberger drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) …
(referee: Pat McGill) … (3,126 fans)
Note: With the victory over Carnera, Dusek claimed the championship of Omaha and
Italy.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, January 16, 1950
(City Auditorium) … John Pesek b. Jim Dobie (2-0) … Jack Pesek b. Mile High Ross …
Joe Adelman and Frannie McGill drew (15:00) … Jack Conley and Ken Fenelon drew (30:
00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Jerry Adam) … (1,887 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, January 23, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe) b. The Dusek Brothers
(Ernie and Joe Dusek) (2/3) (Sharpes lost the first by DQ) … Farmer Jones b. Jack
Conley (2-0) … Ken Fenelon and Danny Plechas drew … (promoter: Max Clayton)
Notes: Jones wrestled barefoot. Plechas was a substitute for Frank Murdoch. The
Sharpes claimed the World Tag Team Title. The newspaper indicated that Ernie and
Emil Dusek met the Sharpes at Montreal and the Sharpes were victorious.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, January 30, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) b. The Sharpe Brothers
(Ben and Mike Sharpe) (2/3) … Emil Dusek and Danny Plechas drew (45:00) … Mae
Weston b. Wilma Gordon (2-0) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Jerry Adam, Ed
“Strangler” Lewis) … (2,883 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, February 6, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Lillian Bitters and Violet Viann b. June Byers and Dot Dotson (2/3) …
Farmer Jones b. Jack Conley (2/3) … Ken Fenelon b. Gene Reardon (2-0) … (promoter:
Max Clayton) … (3,018 fans)
Notes: Farmer Jones explained that he sold “Susie” at the March of Dimes auction in
Wichita “last week.” Reardon was a substitute for Joe Dusek.

Norfolk, Nebraska: Friday, February 10, 1950
( ) … Jack Pesek b. Joe Dusek (2/3) … Violet Viann b. Dot Dotson (2/3) … Emil Dusek
and Farmer Jones drew (30:00) … (2,267 fans)
Note: It was said to be the largest indoor sports crowd on record in the city.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, February 13, 1950
(American Legion Club) … Tom Thumb b. Tiny Roe (13:33) … Sky Low Low b. Pee Wee
James (12:12) … Violet Viann b. June Byers (2/3) … Farmer Jones b. Jack Britton (2/3)
… (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Joe Krejci)
Note: Krejci was celebrating his 67th birthday.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, February 20, 1950
(American Legion Club) … Sky Low Low and Tom Thumb wrestled Pee Wee James and
Tiny Roe to a double disqualification in the third fall (1-1) … Joe Dusek b. Earl Wampler
(2/3) … Jack Pesek and Danny Plechas drew (45:00) (1-1) … (promoter: Max Clayton)
… (referee: Jack Britton)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, February 27, 1950
(American Legion Club) … Joe Dusek b. Ben Sharpe (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Pee Wee
James and Tiny Roe b. Sky Low Low and Tom Thumb to win the “Omaha Midget Team
championship” (2/3) … Ken Fenelon b. Jack Britton (16:07 … (promoter: Max Clayton)
… (referee: Jerry Adam) … (1,200 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, March 6, 1950
(American Legion Club) … Jack Conley and Joe Dusek b. Sonny Myers and Tommy O’
Toole (2/3) … Lee Henning and Otto Kuss drew (45:00) (1-1) … Bob Krejci and “Hippo”
Ray drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Bob Krejci, Jimmy Ray)
Notes: The ring broke during the tag team main event. The Omaha World Herald
reported that Henning “has been rassling in Australia the past five years.” He was from
Boone, Iowa.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, March 13, 1950
(American Legion Club) … Sonny Myers and Tommy O’Toole b. Jack Conley and Joe
Dusek (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Lee Henning and Jack Pesek drew (45:00) (disputed
result because Pesek apparently won the only fall in 28:35) (newspaper stated it was a
draw) … Jack Hader vs. Frannie McGill … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Jerry
Adam, Joe Krejci)
Note: Hader was making his Omaha debut.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, March 20, 1950
(American Legion Club) … The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) b. Verne Gagne
and Joe Savoldi to capture the Texas Tag Team Title (2/3) … Cowboy Carlson and
Phineas Hall drew (1-1) … George O’Hara b. Bob Krejci (12:06) … (promoter: Max
Clayton) … (1,118 fans)
Note: The Omaha World Herald reported that “last week,” Gagne and Savoldi won the
Texas Tag Team Title in Dallas.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, March 27, 1950
(American Legion Club) … Ginger the Bear b. Jimmy Ray (4:37) … Verne Gagne b. Jack
Conley (2/3) … Cowboy Carlson b. Les Welch (1-0) … George O’Hara and Frannie
McGill drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Jerry Adam)
Note: McGill subbed for Phineas Hall.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, April 3, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne and Joe Savoldi b. Jack Conley and Joe Dusek (2/3) …
Ginger the Bear b. Jimmy Ray (6:01) … Gene Reardon and Les Welch drew (1-1) …
(promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Joe Krejci, Jimmy Ray) … (timekeeper: Clink
Clair) … (1,521 fans)
Note: One note stated that Jimmy Ray and Cowboy Carlson wrestled Ginger here.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, April 10, 1950
(American Legion Club) … Mike DiBiase b. Lord Phineas Hall (21:27) … Joe Dusek b.
Joe Savoldi (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Jack Conley and Jack Pesek drew (1-1) … Cowboy
Carlson b. Jimmy Ray (10:40) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Pat McGill) …
(871 fans)
Notes: DiBiase was making his first local showing as a pro wrestler. He attended Omaha
Tech High School and made his pro debut “last week” in Lincoln. Mrs. DiBiase was sitting
ringside and two children were at home. DiBiase reportedly had only seen 4 pro matches
live before becoming a pro wrestler, and had seen others on TV.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, April 17, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Theresa Theis b. Mae Young (2/3) … Joe Savoldi b. Joe Dusek (2/3)
(Dusek initially thought he won the third, but Savoldi took it) … Mike DiBiase b. Jack
Conley (1-0) … Cowboy Carlson and Bob Krejci drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) …
(referee: Jerry Adam) … (1,744 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, April 24, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Mae Weston and Mae Young b. Beverly Lehmer and Theresa Theis
(2/3) … Leo Nomellini b. Earl Wampler (2-0) … Stanley Maysleck and Danny Plechas
drew (1-1) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Joe Krejci, Jimmy Ray) … (2,133
fans)
Notes: Nomellini, reportedly, won his 11th professional match here and his first in
Omaha. Plechas was said to have just returned from Canada.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, May 1, 1950
(American Legion Club) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Mae Weston (2-
0) … Joe Dusek b. Stanley Maysleck (2/3) … Mike DiBiase and Emil Dusek drew (45:00)
(1-1) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Pat McGill) … (1,648 fans) (capacity, turn
away crowd)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, May 8, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Joe Dusek) b. Mike DiBiase and
Danny Plechas (2/3) … Jack Pesek b. Jack Conley (1-0) (45:00) … Jerry Adam and
Frannie McGill drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Joe Krejci) … (1,109 fans)
Notes: Car trouble kept other wrestlers from appearing. Plechas was a substitute for
Ralph Garibaldi, who was unable to make the trip from East St. Louis due to illness in his
family. Pesek was originally slated to wrestle Earl Wampler and Conley against Ray
Ortman. DiBiase was said to be still undefeated as a singles grappler.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, May 22, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Joe Dusek) b. Lee Henning and
Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Ernie Dusek b. Mayes McLain by forfeit (McLain was injured
during the first fall and could not continue) (23:35) … Danny Plechas and Ras Samara
drew (20:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Pat McGill, Jimmy Ray) … (1,232
fans)

Broken Bow, Nebraska: Friday, June 16, 1950
(Custer County Fairgrounds) … Mike DiBiase vs. Joe Dusek … Emil Dusek vs. Jack
Pesek … Jack Conley vs. Dick Dusek … (referee: Joe Krejci)
Note: Dick Dusek was a nephew of the Dusek Brothers.

Omaha, Nebraska: Friday, June 23, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Antonino Rocca b. Joe Dusek (2-0) … Ernie Dusek b. Kola Kwariani
(18:21) … Emil Dusek and Jack Pesek drew (20:00) … Mike DiBiase b. Jack Conley (14:
51) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Joe Krejci) … (3,468 fans) … (gate:
$4,460.70)
Notes: There was lots of promotion for Rocca’s arrival in Omaha. The newspaper
indicated that Ernie and Emil Dusek were going to New York for a big show at Yankee
Stadium on July 10.

Broken Bow, Nebraska: Monday, July 17, 1950
(Custer County Fairgrounds) … Ellen Olsen vs. Nell Stewart … Jack Conley vs. Jack
Pesek … Mike DiBiase vs. Emil Dusek

Randolph, Nebraska: Monday, July 24, 1950
( ) … Ellen Olsen vs. Nell Stewart (2/3) … Jack Conley vs. Jack Pesek … Mike DiBiase vs.
Joe Dusek … (sponsored by: Randolph Baseball Association)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, September 4, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) b. Mike DiBiase and Red
Vagnone … Joe Scarpello b. Joe Adelman (2-0) … Mae Young b. Ella Waldek (2-0) …
(promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Pat McGill) … (1,338 fans)
Notes: The Omaha World Herald stated that this marked the “pro debut of Omahan Joe
Scarpello.” Also, “Joe Scarpello won his professional mat debut.” Ella Waldek was a
“rookie,” and a former professional roller skater.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, September 11, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Mike DiBiase b. Danny Plechas (2/3) … Dot Dotson b. June Byers
(2/3) … Red Vagnone b. Jack Conley (DQ) (14:12) … Joe Scarpello b. Leo Jensen (18:
10) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Joe Krejci) … (1,363 fans)

Humboldt, Nebraska: September 15, 1950
(Richardson County Free Fair) … Joe Dusek vs. Ken Fenelon … June Byers vs. Dot
Dotson … Mike DiBiase vs. Danny Plechas

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, September 18, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Gorgeous George b. Mike DiBiase (2/3) … Joe Dusek b. Jack Conley
(21:36) … Danny Plechas b. Howard Cantonwine (11:41) … Verne Gagne and Joe
Scarpello drew (20:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Pat McGill, Joe Krejci)
… (2,800 fans)
Notes: George was accompanied by Jeffrey and wore a white robe. He had a “grand”
entrance with “pomp and circumstance,” and the regular pre-match disinfectant.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, September 25, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Great Moto b. Danny Plechas (2/3) … Mike DiBiase b. Jack Conley
(19:30) … Ken Fenelon and Joe Scarpello drew (20:00) … Joe Dusek and Bob Geigel
drew (20:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Pat McGill, Joe Krejci) … (3,172
fans)
Note: Geigel was making his local debut.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, October 2, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Joe Dusek and Danny Plechas b. Hans and Fritz Schnabel (2/3) …
Mike DiBiase b. Bad Boy Brown (12:01) … Bob Geigel and Jerry Meeker drew (30:00) …
(promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Jack Dempsey, Jack Conley) … (2,719 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, October 9, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Baron Michele Leone b. Ken Fenelon (2-0) … Mike DiBiase and Joe
Dusek drew (30:00) … Bob Geigel b. Danny Plechas (DQ) (21:49) … Joe Scarpello and
Red Vagnone drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Jack Conley, Pat McGill) …
(2,732 fans)
Note: Omaha World Herald sportswriter Alfred Frisbie wrote that “Baron”… “is a poor
man’s Gorgeous George.”

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, October 16, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Great Moto b. Joe Dusek (2/3) … Sky Low Low and Pancho the Bull
b. Pee Wee James and Mighty Fritz … Mike DiBiase b. Fritz Schnabel (2/3) … (promoter:
Max Clayton) … (referee: Lou Britton) … (2,919 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, October 23, 1950
(City Auditorium) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. Primo Carnera and
Mike DiBiase (Carnera accidentally hit DiBiase during the match) … Mighty Frtiz b. Sky
Low Low … Pancho the Bull b. Pee Wee James … Karl Davis and Danny Plechas drew …
(promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Jack Conley, Lou Britton) … (2,574 fans)
Note: Sportswriter Alfred Frisbie was injured during the tag team main event when he
took a foot to the head.

Hastings, Nebraska: Thursday, October 26, 1950
( ) … Primo Carnera vs. Joe Dusek … Mike DiBiase vs. Danny Plechas … Jack Conley
vs. Stanley Dailey

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, October 30, 1950
(City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz b. Emil Dusek (1-0)
(15:50) (Emil suffered a knee injury and the newspaper indicated that it “appeared
legitimate”) … Joe Dusek and Danny Plechas wrestled Ken Fenelon and Bob Geigel to a
draw (1-1) … Andy Rockne b. Jack Conley (12:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) …
(referee: Pat McGill) … (2,018 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, November 6, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Great Moto b. Ernie Dusek (2/3) … Killer Karl Davis and Bob Geigel
drew (30:00) … Daniel Boone Savage b. Jack Conley (8:06) (bearhug) … Andy Rockne
and Fritz Schnabel drew (15:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (3,107 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, November 13, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Ernie Dusek b. Great Moto (2/3) … Millie Stafford b. Jean Holland (14:
15) … Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas drew (30:00) … Fritz Schnabel and Earl
Wampler drew (15:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Pat McGill, Marion
Mynster) … (3,262 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, November 20, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Carol Cook and Ellen Olson b. Dot Dotson and Millie Stafford (2/3) …
Wladek Kowalski b. Danny Plechas (2-0) … Mike DiBiase and Joe Dusek drew (30:00) …
(promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Joe Krejci)

Humboldt, Nebraska: Sunday, November 26, 1950
( ) … The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) b. Bob Geigel and Danny Plechas (2/3)
… Ellen Olsen b. Millie Stafford (2-0)

Council Bluffs, Iowa: Thursday, November 30, 1950
(Moose Auditorium) … Floyd Byerly vs. Louis Longo … Bob Lickert vs. Gene Ross …
Mickey Reardon vs. West Hoober
Notes: Byerly was from Scranton, Iowa and Longo from Omaha.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, December 4, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Mike DiBiase and Ralph Garibaldi b. Joe Dusek and Danny Plechas
(2/3) … Dick Dusek b. Leo Jensen (19:20) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Pat
McGill) … (1,434 fans) … (benefit for the Omaha World Herald Good Fellows, Inc., to the
city’s underprivileged)
Notes: This was said to be one of the smallest gates in the history of Good Fellows
shows. DiBiase and Garibaldi were the fan favorites in the main event.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, December 11, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Gorgeous George b. Joe Dusek (2/3) … Mike DiBiase b. Howard
Cantonwine (18:25) … Ralph Garibaldi b. Jack Conley (24:57) … Bob Geigel and Danny
Plechas drew (15:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Pat McGill, Joe Krejci) …
(2,317 fans)
Notes: The Omaha World Herald noted that this attendance was below Gorgeous
George’s two previous appearances. Don Lee, sportswriter, said George’s act hasn’t
changed and “if you’ve seen George and Jeffrey once, you’ve seen the whole show.”

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, December 18, 1950
(City Auditorium) … Mighty Atlas b. Mike DiBiase (2/3) (third fall by forfeit) … Danny
Plechas b. Bob Geigel (2-0) … Dick Dusek b. Jack Conley (DQ) (17:14) … Frannie McGill
and Andy Rockne drew (15:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Pat McGill, Joe
Krejci) … (1,471 fans)
Notes: Final show of 1950. Atlas was the master of the full Nelson. Andy Rockne
accompanied Atlas to the ring and hung up the latter’s jacket.

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Omaha Wrestling Results - 1950