Omaha Wrestling Results

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, January 5, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Bill Melby b. The Mighty Atlas (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Mike DiBiase
and Ernie Dusek drew (1-1) … Billy Parks b. Emil Dusek (DQ) (13:33) … Dick Dusek and
Danny Plechas drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Pat McGill) … (2,813 fans)

Scottsbluff, Nebraska: Monday, January 12, 1953
(Terrytown Auditorium) … The Golden Terror vs. Jack Pesek … Joe Dusek vs. Billy Parks
… (referee: Jack Dempsey)

Hastings, Nebraska: Tuesday, January 13, 1953
( ) … George Blackstone vs. Billy Noble (boxng) (referee: Jack Dempsey) … Eugene
Brown vs. James Motley (boxing) … two other boxing matches … Jack Pesek vs. Roberto
Pico

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, January 19, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Women’s World Tag Team champions June Byers and Mary Jane
Mull b. Ida May and Jean Weldman (2/3) (Weldman was a substitute for Cora Combs,
who was sick) ... Verne Gagne b. Mighty Atlas (2/3) … Joe Dusek and Jack Pesek drew
(20:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Jerry Adam, Tom Novak) … (3,043
fans)
Notes: Pat O’Connor was Verne Gagne’s original opponent here, but “last Friday,” he
suffered three broken ribs in a match against Bob Orton. Byers and Mull “claims the
world’s team crown on the strength of an elimination tourney victory in Miami, Fla., last
November.”

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, January 26, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers b. Bobby Nelson and Bob Orton
(2/3) … Pat Fraley b. Larry Hamilton (2/3) … Dick Dusek and Roy Graham drew (20:00)
… (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Bob Krejci, Joe Krejci) … (2,455 fans)
Notes: Etchison and Myers were said to be the Missouri Tag Team champions. The
January 26, 1953 edition of the Omaha World Herald talked about Myers and said that he
was on a “Mexican trip with a touring carnival” wrestling all comers when he was stabbed
by the brother of a man he pinned. Myers reportedly needed 167 stitches and was out of
action for six months. The man who stabbed him was fined one hundred pesos, which
was “about four bucks American.” The newspaper stated that Myers won the World Junior
Title from “Leo McGuirk,” and “lost it to Vern Gagne.” Myers was said to owns the carnival
company he was touring with when he was stabbed, but doesn’t go to “old Mexico”
anymore.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, February 2, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt b. Ronnie Etchison (2/3) … Salie Halasie and Pee
Wee James b. Vito Gonzales and Pancho the Bull (2/3) … Mike DiBiase b. Al
Warshawsky (2-0) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Louie Longo) … (2,662 fans)
Note: The newspaper stated that Schmidt was the “best showman in the mat trade.”

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, February 9, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt b. Pat O’Connor (2/3) … Cowboy Cassidy and Farmer
Pete b. Irish Jackie and Sky Low Low (2-0) … Bobby Nelson and Jack Pesek drew (30:00)
… (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Lou Britton) … (2,780 fans)
Notes: The newspaper stated that the number one contender role to Lou Thesz was a
three-way tangle between Schmidt, O’Connor, and Verne Gagne. Schmidt “provoked just
about every one of the 2,780 customers to be spittin’ mad at him. And that’s just what
the king of rassling showmen is supposed to do.” O’Connor had Schmidt pinned in the
third fall, but the referee was knocked out. The referee revived to count Schmidt’s pin.

Nebraska City, Nebarska: Monday, February 16, 1953
( ) … Mike DiBiase vs. Jack Pesek … Joe Dusek vs. Sonny Myers … a women’s match …
(sponsored by: Junior Chamber of Commerce)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, March 2, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Bill Melby and Pat O’Connor drew (1-1) (O’Connor won the first fall in
22:05 with an airplane spin and Melby won the second fall in 23:35 with a body stretcher)
… Banchong Chiapiphit and Wordheb Khoonuonge went three rounds to a no decision
(Siamese foot boxing) … Jack Pesek b. Dick Dusek (13:03) (Dusek was a sub for Ken
Ackles) … Larry Hamilton b. Chick Garibaldi (DQ) (13:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) …
(referees: Ben Sherman, Sam Vacanti) … (2,444 fans)
Notes: Sherman was traveling with the Siamese foot boxers from Thailand. The sport
was a national pastime in Thailand. They used feet, elbows and knees, and nothing was
illegal. Melby and O’Connor were said to be rated in the top five in the National Wrestling
Alliance. Bad weather kept some fans away. There were three Thailand fighters, the two
on this show, and the third was Chalerm Amatayakui.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, March 9, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Killer Kowalski b. Ronnie Etchison (2/3) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil
and Ernie Dusek) b. Chick Garibaldi and Vincent Lopez (2/3) … Joe Dusek b. Matt
Murphy (20:46) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Jerry Adam, Tom Novak) …
(3,195 fans)
Notes: Kowalski was originally booked to wrestle Pat O’Connor. O’Connor suffered two
broken ribs versus Hans Schmidt on Friday. Lopez was from Moscow, Idaho and was a
“one-time holder of the NWA World’s heavyweight championship,” according to the
newspaper.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, March 16, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Bill Melby b. Bobby Nelson (2-0) … Joe Dusek and Dave Simms drew
… Jack Pesek b. Matt Murphy (12:30) … Larry Hamilton b. Danny Plechas (DQ) (8:28) …
(promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Joe Krejci, Bob Krejci) … (1,912 fans)
Notes: Melby was originally slated to wrestle Hans Schmidt. In the Monday, March 16,
newspaper, Max Clayton explained that Schmidt was unable to appear because of a leg
injury. Chick Garibaldi was also unable to appear because he suffered a broken arm
Saturday in St. Joseph. Danny Plechas was just back in town after a tour of the
southwest.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, March 23, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers b. Joe Dusek and Cherry Vallina
(2/3) (Vallina was a substitute for Benito Gardini, who was stuck in Indianapolis due to
plane problems) … Larry Hamilton b. Howard Pierce (2/3) … Jerry Adams b. Frank
Altman (13:55) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Louie Longo, Pat McGill) …
(1,784 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, March 30, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt b. Killer Kowalski (2/3) (Schmidt won the first fall in 2:
58, Kowalski took the second in 12:05, Schmidt won the third by countout in 5:05) …
Yukon Eric b. Bobby Nelson (6:00) … Joe Dusek and Sonny Myers drew (30:00) … Jack
Pesek b. Vincent Lopez (16:10) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Tom Novak,
Jerry Adam) … (timekeeper: Clink Clair) … (5,392 fans)
Notes: This was the largest wrestling crowd in promoter Clayton’s career, to date, and
the ticket office closed 15-minutes before the show started while more people wanted in.
The newspaper stated that the Schmidt-Kowalski main event was one of the shortest
main events in Omaha history, lasting 20:08 total time. The crowd was disappointed in
the main event because there was plenty of slugging and kicking. Schmidt was the villain
in the bout and he was “usually the master showman,” but he “failed to save the poor
show.”

Tekamah, Nebraska: Monday, April 6, 1953
( ) … Joe Dusek vs. Pat O’Connor … Carol Carota vs. Theresa Theis

West Point, Nebraska: Thursday, April 9, 1953
(West Point Auditorium) … Mike DiBiase vs. Pat O’Connor … (sponsored by: American
Legion Post No. 170) … (benefit for the Bath House Drive)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, April 13, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Yukon Eric b. Mighty Atlas (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Bill Melby b.
Cherry Vallina (19:11) (atomic stretch) … Joe Dusek and Alo Leilani drew (20:00) … Bob
DeMarce and Leo Newman drew (20:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Joe
Krejci) … (4,177 fans) (1,500 turned away)
Notes: The Dusek-Leilani match was said to be the best of the night. Newman was from
Herrin, Illinois and DeMarce from Green Bay.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, April 20, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt b. Bill Melby (2/3) … Eduardo Perez b. Cowboy
Carlson (16:43) … Alo Leilani b. Bobby Nelson (15:35) … Billy McDaniel and Danny
Plechas drew (20:00) … Cherry Vallina b. Bob DeMarce (4:16) … (promoter: Max
Clayton) … (referees: Louie Longo, Pat McGill)
Note: The winner of the Schmidt-Melby match was going to face Lou Thesz on May 4.

Sioux City, Iowa: Tuesday, April 21, 1953
( ) … Hans Schmidt b. Bill Melby (2/3) … (3,500 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, April 27, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Cowboy Carlson b. Eduardo Perez (2/3) … Cora Combs b. Terry
Major (2/3) … Matt Murphy b. Jim Wright (DQ) (18:47) … Jimmy Coffield b. Walter Sirois
(15:48) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Jack Dempsey) … (2,018 fans)
Notes: Carlson was from Eckalaka, Montana and reportedly competed in several Ak-Sar-
Ben rodeos before becoming a wrestler. The newspaper stated that Perez “proved he is
one of the best grunters in the grunt and groan business.” Before the main event,
Bearcat Wright Sr. and Johnny Lee, two Omahans who had boxed Dempsey, were
introduced to the crowd.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, May 4, 1953
(City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz b. Hans Schmidt (2/3)
(Thesz won the first fall in 16:55, Schmidt won the second in 9:19, Thesz won the third by
DQ) … Joe Dusek and Ronnie Etchison drew (30:00) … Danny Plechas and Jim Wright
drew (20:00) … Bobby Nelson b. Matt Murphy (16:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) …
(referees: Joe Krejci, Bob Krejci) … (4,884 fans)
Notes: The newspaper indicated that the crowd probably could have been larger, but
that the fire department put a limitation on the size. The Dusek-Etchison bout was said to
be “outstanding.”

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, May 11, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne b. Pat O’Connor (2/3) (Gagne won the first fall in 1:40,
O’Connor took the second in 24 seconds, Gagne won the third in 20:40) … Women’s
World Champion Mildred Burke b. Cora Combs (2-0) … Cowboy Carlson and Ivan
Rasputin drew (20:00) … Andre Drapp b. Matt Murphy (12:00) … (promoter: Max
Clayton) … (referee: Louie Longo) … (2,730 fans)
Notes: Final of the indoor season at the Auditorium. The newspaper noted, “villains
gone, fans fewer.”

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, May 25, 1953
(Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum) … Yukon Eric b. Killer Kowalski (2/3) (after the bout, Kowalski
attached the referee and was indefinitely suspended by Nebraska State Athletic
Commissioner Charley Moon) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. Cowboy
Carlson and Ronnie Etchison (2/3) … Joe Dusek b. Matt Murphy (16:30) … Danny
Plechas b. Vincent Lopez (10:35) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referee: Tom Novak)
… (5,014 fans) … (gate: $10,480.70) … (sponsored by: American Legion Post No. 1)
Notes: Said to be the largest wrestling crowd ever at the venue. Dusek was called the
“best of the Dusek clan.”

Council Bluffs, Iowa: Monday, June 29, 1953
(Playland Park) … Hans Schmidt b. Yukon Eric (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Ivan Rasputin b.
Art Bull (18:25) … Joe Dusek b. Jim Dobie (11:03) … Andre Drapp b. Frank Altman (11:
39) … (referee: Joe Krejci) … (5,335 fans)
Notes: Venue outdoor opener for the season. The Playland’s manager was Bernie Kelly.

*There was an advertisement in the July 7, 1953 edition of the Omaha World Herald for
“Main Event Wrestling” every Tuesday night from Hollywood Legion Stadium. It was
presented by TAFON at 9:00 p.m. on WOW-TV, channel 6.

Council Bluffs, Iowa: Wednesday, July 15, 1953
(Playland Park) … Yukon Eric b. Bob Orton (2/3) (at one point during the match, fans
attacked Orton) … Joe Dusek b. Andre Drapp (1-0) (45:00) … Billy Darnell b. Art Bull (16:
20) … Jim Dobie and Kit Fox drew (20:00) … (referee: Johnny Lehl) … (2,517 fans)

Council Bluffs, Iowa: Thursday, July 23, 1953
(Playland Park) … Verne Gagne and Hans Schmidt wrestled to a no contest (1-1)
(double knockout) (police protected Schmidt from ringsiders; a chair was thrown into the
ring) … Don Evans and Bill Melby drew (1-1) (45:00) … Andre Drapp b. Doran O’Hara
(18:10) … Frank Altman and Balk Estes drew (15:00) … (referee: Tom Novak) … (3,413
fans)
Note: Schmidt was called a “masterful showman.”

Lincoln, Nebraska: Friday, July 24, 1953
(Fairgrounds Arena) … Verne Gagne and Bill Melby b. Don Evans and Hans Schmidt
(2/3) … (referee: Joe Krejci) … (3,800 fans) (1,000 turned away)

Council Bluffs, Iowa: Thursday, July 30, 1953
(Playland Park Stadium) … Hans Schmidt b. Bob Orton (2/3) … “Mr. America” Bob
McCune b. “Mad Russian” Ivan Kamilkoff (1-0) … Jim Dobie b. Reggie Lisowski (DQ) (15:
00) … Andre Drapp and Danny Plechas drew (15:00) … (referee: Joe Krejci) … (3,557
fans)
Notes: It was said that in December, during a match in Chicago, Schmidt injured Orton
with a kick to the back and put Orton out of action for six months. Orton was hospitalized
for six weeks following a corrective procedure and didn’t return until June.

Council Bluffs, Iowa: Wednesday, August 19, 1953
(Playland Park Stadium) … Hans Schmidt and Yukon Eric wrestled to a no contest (1-1)
… Art Bull and Art Nelson drew (20:00) … Joe Dusek b. Billy McDaniels (19:33) … Chest
Bernard and Ronnie Etchison drew (30:00) … (referee: Bob Krejci) … (4,734 fans)
Note: If the main event ended in a disqualification, both purses would have been turned
over to the cancer fund.

Sac City, Iowa: Thursday, August 27, 1953
(Fairgrounds) … Jim Dobie vs. Pat O’Connor … Reggie Lisowski vs. Bob McCune …
Terry Majors vs. Ella Waldek … (promoter: Pinkie George) … (sponsored by: Sac
County Fair Association)
Note: An advertisement for this show appeared in the Omaha World Herald on August
26, 1953.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, September 21, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Yukon Eric b. Mighty Atlas (2/3) … Joe Dusek and Great Yamato
drew (1-1) (45:00) … Frank Altman b. Zack Malkov (DQ) (13:20) … Emil Dusek and
Steve McGill drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (1,005 fans)
Note: Season opener.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, September 28, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Killer Kowalski b. Yukon Eric (2/3) … Mike Clancy and Lenny
Montana drew (1-1) (45:00) … Steve McGill b. Farmer Jones (13:15) … Dick Dusek and
Man Mountain Dean Jr. drew (15:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (2,042 fans)
Notes: Nebraska State Athletic Commissioner Charley Moon trimmed 30 days off
Kowalski’s suspension. The newspaper stated that Kowalski tore Eric’s ear “at Buffalo”
“last year.” Eric wears blue jeans, rassles barefoot, needs a haircut, and his “tummy is
still flabby,” the Omaha World Herald reported. McGill was a former Holy Name High
School athlete.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, October 5, 1953
(City Auditorium) … United States Heavyweight champion Verne Gagne b. Killer Kowalski
(2/3) (third fall by DQ) (third fall in 12 seconds) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie
Dusek) b. Billy Darnell and Sonny Myers (1-0) (45:00) (only fall in 29:17) … Joe Dusek b.
Steve McGill (11:30) … Rocco Columbo and Great Yamato drew (20:00) … (promoter:
Max Clayton) … (referees: Joe Krejci, Louie Longo) … (4,487 fans)
Notes: Gagne was putting his “newly-earned United States heavyweight rassling
championship” on the line against Kowalski. World Tag Team champions Billy Darnell
and Bill Melby were supposed to appear, but Melby pulled out and was replaced by
Sonny Myers. The Omaha World Herald reported that “Gagne will explain his mysterious
United States title by staying ‘its something to stir up interest in rassling.’” The report
continued, “Lou Thesz, recognized as the world’s champion, takes his title outside the
United States too often, so a new division was started.”

*Robert Phipps of the Omaha World Herald wrote, in the October 5, 1953, newspaper: “If
Gagne U.S. Mat Champ, Thesz Must Be an ‘Alien.’ How can Gagne be U.S. rassling
champion when Thesz, who also lives in the country, is the world champion? Mat fans
puzzled. Is precedent for this. Gotch was world champion and Americus was American
titleholder.” Phipps’ column was called, “Speaking of Sports.”

*In the Omaha World Herald (10/19/1953), Ronald Nelson of Omaha had his comments
printed. He said that Jack Brickhouse misinformed wrestling viewers that Verne Gagne
was an Olympic champion. Nelson stated that Gagne was “never” an Olympic champion
“or even the American representative in the games of 1948.” Gagne was “only on the
team as an alternate to Detective Henry Wittenberg from New York, who was the
American representative and Olympic champion.”

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, October 12, 1953
(City Auditorium) … The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe) wrestled The Dusek
Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) to a no contest (1-1) … Jack Pesek and Maurice
Roberre drew (30:00) … Rose Roman b. Romona TeSelle (12:00) … Steve McGill b.
Gene Reardon (10:25) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Tom Novak, Pat McGill)
… (2,335 fans)
Notes: The Sharpes were called the “Pacific Coast” tag team champions and their belts
were not on the line. The Duseks were the Iowa-Nebraska tag team champions, and the
newspaper stated that their title was likely on the line here. Pesek had been in Canada
and was making his return. TeSelle was from Covington, Kentucky.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, October 19, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Pat O’Connor and Hans Schmidt drew (1-1) … Ernie Dusek and Jack
Pesek drew (30:00) … Ella Waldek b. Carol Carota (6:46) … Dick Dusek and Maurice
Roberre drew (15:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (2,761 fans)
Notes: The Omaha World Herald (10/20/1953) reported that: “In the dressing room,
[Hans] Schmidt denied newspaper reports from Chicago that his real name is Guy
LaRose and that he was born in Joliet, Que., Canada. Schmidt pointed out the name
‘Guy LaRose’ is a hybrid of his 3-year-old son’s given name of ‘Guy’ and his wife’s
maiden name of ‘LaRose.’ After a hearing of the Illinois Athletic Commission, Schmidt was
reported as testifying he was not a German citizen and never said he was. Hans denied
this, saying he came from Germany – but doesn’t want to go back.” Illinois State Athletic
Commission officials blamed promoters for causing the discrepancy in Schmidt’s name.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, October 26, 1953
(City Auditorium) … World Tag Team champions The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike
Sharpe) wrestled Billy Darnell and Bill Melby to a draw (1-1) … Jack Pesek b. Stanley
Mayslack (2-0) … Steve McGill b. Maurice Roberre (11:34) … Ras Samara b. Frank
Marconi (DQ) (15:10) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Joe Krejci, Bob Krejci) …
(3,490 fans)
Notes: The Omaha World Herald (10/26/1953) reported that “just a week ago Saturday,
Ben and Mike Sharpe added the world’s tag team rassling championship to their Pacific
coast crown.” They won the title from Bill Melby and Billy Darnell in Chicago. Sharpes
won the crown on a “fluke” when Darnell was injured and unable to continue. The loss of
a tag team partner in a tag team match, according to the Illinois Athletic Commission,
results in the forfeiture of the bout.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, November 2, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Pat O’Connor b. Killer Kowalski (2/3) … Bob McCune and Sonny
Myers drew (30:00) … Jack Pesek b. Man Mountain Dean Jr. (15:30) … Jan Gotch and
Steve McGill drew (15:00) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Pat McGill, Louie
Longo) … (2,355 fans)
Notes: The local newspaper called Kowalski “an unpolished actor who hammed up the
act.” He was “as big and about as agile as a grand pa moose.”

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, November 9, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Mighty Atlas and Hans Schmidt b. Verne Gagne and Pat O’Connor
(2/3) … Alo Leilani and Bobby Nelson drew (1-1) (45:00) … Carol Cook b. Barbara Baker
(12:30) … Donna Marie Dieckman b. Ruth Boatcalli (11:35) … (promoter: Max Clayton)
… (referee: Tom Novak) … (4,912 fans) (1,000 turned away)
Note: Gagne and Schmidt were going to wrestle on November 10 in Sioux City.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, November 16, 1953
(City Auditorium) … The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe) b. Billy Darnell and Bill
Melby (2/3) … Joe Dusek and Jack Pesek drew (1-1) (45:00) … Ras Samara b. George
Scott (22:19) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Johnny Lehl, Bob Krejci) …
(3,375 fans)
Note: On November 17 in Sioux City, The Sharpes were booked to meet Billy Darnell and
Pat O’Connor.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, November 23, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Yukon Eric b. Mighty Atlas and Bob Orton (2/3) (Eric won the second
and third falls) … Sonny Myers b. Larry Hamilton (2-0) (Myers was a substitute for Ronnie
Etchison) … Ras Samara and Bearcat Wright drew … Mike DiBiase and Steve McGill
drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Joe Krejci, Pat McGill) … (2,522 fans)
Notes: The newspaper stated that “Young Bearcat Wright Jr.” was the son of Ed Wright.
He had been wrestling in Australia and South Africa for more than a year. He was a
former Omaha South High School football star and Golden Gloves boxer.

Friend, Nebraska: Friday, November 27, 1953
( ) … Joe Dusek vs. Sonny Myers … Mike DiBiase vs. Steve McGill … Frank Altman vs.
Dick Dusek … (referee: Tom Novak) … (sponsored by: American Legion)
Note: This was said to be Friend’s first “rassling” show.

*The Omaha World Herald (11/25/1953) reported that Bob Orton of Kansas City was
indefinitely suspended on Tuesday by Nebraska State Athletic Commissioner Charles
Moon. Orton was suspended for failing to appear for a show on November 3 at Falls City
and for hitting referee Bob Sauer at Lincoln on November 12.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, November 30, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt b. Sonny Myers (2/3) … Baron Michele Leone b. Ernie
Dusek (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Mike DiBiase b. Bobby Nelson (23:20) … Joe Dusek b.
Maurice Roberre (10:16) … Steve McGill b. Danny Plechas (DQ) (8:21) … (promoter:
Max Clayton) … (1,904 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, December 7, 1953
(City Auditorium) … The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe) b. Billy Darnell and
Yukon Eric (2/3) (third fall by countout) … Mike DiBiase b. Lenny Montana (2/3) (third fall
by DQ) … Danny Plechas and Johnny Valentine drew … (promoter: Max Clayton) …
(2,740 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, December 14, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Ray Gunkel b. Benito Gardini (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Pat O’Connor
b. Reggie Lisowski (2-0) … Dick Dusek and Steve McGill drew (15:00) … Emil Dusek and
Leo Numa drew (30:00) (Numa was a substitute for Mike DiBiase) … (promoter: Max
Clayton) … (referees: Joe Krejci, Pat McGill) … (2,572 fans)
Notes: Annual World Herald Good Fellows show with $300 being donated to the fund.
The newspaper stated that people were talking about a $50,000 gate for Ray Gunkel’s
January match against Lou Thesz in Chicago.

Omaha, Nebraska: Monday, December 28, 1953
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne and Pat O’Connor wrestled Art Nielsen and Hans
Schmidt to a no contest (1-1) (referee Krejci was hit with a dropkick and referee Longo
called it a no contest) … Mike DiBiase and Joe Scarpello wrestled to a double countout
(17:00) … Ernie Dusek and Alo Leilani drew (30:00) … Joe Dusek b. Roberto Pico (15:
41) … (promoter: Max Clayton) … (referees: Bob Krejci, Louie Longo) … (4,713 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Omaha Wrestling Results - 1953