Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, January 4, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Dick the Bruiser b. Don Leo Jonathan in a Texas Death Match in the
7th fall … NWA Nebraska/Iowa Tag Team Champions The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie
Dusek) b. Bobby Bruns and Mike DiBiase … Women’s World Champion Lorraine Johnson
b. Kay Noble (18:10) … Mike DiBiase and Ernie Dusek drew … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) …
(6,903 fans) … (gate:  $7,491)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, January 11, 1958
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpentier b. Dick the Bruiser
by disqualification (2/3) (Carpentier won the first fall in 8:55, Bruiser won the second in 12:
55, Carpentier won the third by disqualification) (Bruiser hit the referee with a steel chair)
… Thor Hagen b. Bob “Legs” Langeven … Sonny Myers b. Jim Lake (11:40) … Emil
Dusek b. Red McIntyre (12:55) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (4,910 fans) … (gate:  
$5,660)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, February 1, 1958
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpentier b. Dick the Bruiser
(2/3) (Bruiser won the first in 10:40, Carpentier won the second in 7:20, Carpentier won
the third in 5:06) (During the match, a member of the audience was allowed two punches
on the Bruiser while he was being held by four police officers.  The punches formed a welt
above his left eye and drew blood from his mouth) … Hans Schmidt b. Thor Hagen by
submission … Sonny Myers b. Bob “Legs” Langevin … Ronnie Etchison b. Lee Henning
(18:03) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (4,221 fans) … (gate:  $4,985)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Friday, February 21, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Dick the Bruiser b. Hans Schmidt (2/3) (Bruiser won the final fall by
disqualification when Schmidt hit the referees, first Jerry Adam, then Johnny Lehl with a
chair) (said to be a bloody contest) … Ivan the Terrible b. Thor Hagen … Sonny Myers b.
Rip Hawk (2/3) … Bull Montana and Jack Pesek drew … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) …
(referees:  Jerry Adam, Johnny Lehl) … (6,760 fans) … (gate:  $7,288)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, March 15, 1958
(City Auditorium) … NWA United States TV Champion Verne Gagne b. Dick the Bruiser …
NWA Nebraska/Iowa Tag Team Champions The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek)
vs. Mike DiBiase and Jack Pesek … Alberto Godoy vs. Ivan the Terrible … Emil Dusek vs.
Jack Pesek … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (referees:  Johnny Ace, Lou Spandle) … (7,035
fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, March 22, 1958
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpentier b. Hans Schmidt
(2/3) (Schmidt won the first fall in 8:40, Carpentier won the second in 21:14, Carpentier
won the third in 4:16) … Yukon Eric b. Ivan the Terrible (2/3) (Ivan won the first in 46-
seconds, Eric won the second in 30-seconds, Eric won the third in 5:50) … Jack Pesek b.
Bob “Legs” Langevin (20:04) … Larry Hamilton b. Danno O’Shocker (13:40) …
(promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (6,895 fans) … (gate:  $7,426)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, March 29, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Dick the Bruiser b. Yukon Eric (DQ) (Eric attacked the referee Tom
Novak, promoter Joe Dusek, and Deputy Athletic Commissioner Sam Vacanti) … Ernie
Dusek b. Sonny Myers (33:15) … Mike DiBiase b. Frank Taylor … Bobby Bruns b. Bull
Montana (DQ) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (referee:  Tom Novak) … (5,440 fans) …
(gate:  $6,260)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, April 5, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Dick the Bruiser b. Yukon Eric (2/3) (Eric won the first fall in 9:45,
Bruiser won the second in 5:25 and third in 4:40) (special referee:  Jersey Joe Walcott)
(Walcott punched Bruiser with a right fist) … Ernie Dusek and Jack Pesek drew (Nebraska
State Title Match) (1-1) (Pesek won the first fall in 21:05, Dusek won the second in 7:40)
… Mike DiBiase b. Lee Henning (DQ) … Emil Dusek b. Johnny Ace (14:12) … (promoter:  
Joe Dusek) … (5,124 fans) … (gate:  $5,620) …

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, April 12, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne and Yukon Eric wrestled Dick the Bruiser and Hans
Schmidt to a double-disqualification (the decision was made by Nebraska State Deputy
Athletic Commissioner Sam Vacanti) (both teams attacked referees Adam and Lehl) (1-1)
(Brusier b. Gagne for the first fall in 15:03, Eric b. Schmidt for the second in 11:05, double-
disqualification in the third) … Ernie Dusek b. Thor Hagen (2/3) … Don Curtis b. Rip Hawk
(13:05) (Curtis’ local debut) … Emil Dusek and Jack Pesek drew … (promoter:  Joe
Dusek) … (referees:  Jerry Adam, Johnny Lehl) … (6,360 fans) … (gate:  $7,260)

*Omaha promoter Joe Dusek had reportedly earned $73,697 for 14 shows at the
Auditorium.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, April 26, 1958
(City Auditorium) … World Tag Team Champions The Russians (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff)
b. The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) (2/3) … Dick the Bruiser b. Roy McClarity
(2/3) … Jack Pesek b. Frank Taylor (16:20) … Sonny Myers b. Larry Hamilton (DQ) (15:
51) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (referee:  Tom Novak, Charley Triggs) … (3,562 fans) …
(gate:  $3,942)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Friday, May 2, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Antonino Rocca and Yukon Eric b. Dick the Bruiser and Ivan the
Terrible (2/3) (Bruiser b. Eric in 10:10 for the first fall, Bruiser and Ivan were disqualified in
the second, Rocca b. Ivan in 4:05 with a backbreaker for the third) … Ernie Dusek b.
Bobby Bruns (2/3) … Alex Karras b. Harry Lewis (5:00) (Lewis was Rocca’s road agent) …
Jack Pesek b. Lee Henning (DQ) (16:32) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (referees:  Chest
Bernard, Frank Taylor) … (4,272 fans) … (gate:  $4,808)
Note:  That Friday morning, Mrs. Jack Pesek had twins, one boy and one girl.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, May 10, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Antonino Rocca b. Dick the Bruiser (2/3) (Rocca won the first fall in 11:
05, Bruiser won the second in 9:26, Rocca won the third by disqualification) (Hans Schmidt
challenged the winner and then teamed with Bruiser to beat up Rocca) (Joe Dusek and
Sam Vacanti attempted to break up the fight and the latter disqualified the Bruiser) …
Hans Schmidt b. Thor Hagen (2/3) … Ivan the Terrible b. Harry Lewis (1:25) … Emil Dusek
and Joe Scarpa drew … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (4,522 fans) … (gate:  $5,280)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, May 17, 1958
(City Auditorium) … World Tag Team Champions The Russians (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff)
b. The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) (Texas Death Match, said to be the first
ever in Omaha) (The Russians fought with spectators until police broke up the brawling)
(Emil pinned Boris in the 10th fall, but suffered a sprained back.  He could not continue,
losing the match for his team) … Roy McClarity b. Ivan the Terrible (2/3) (third fall by DQ)
… Jack Pesek b. Mike Gallagher (19:05) … Doc Gallagher b. Johnny Ace (13:40) …
(promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (referee:  Tom Novak) … (2,378 fans) … (gate:  $2,604)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Friday, May 23, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Dick the Bruiser b. Ivan the Terrible (2/3) (Ivan won the first fall in 3:
25, Bruiser won the second in 7:05 and third in 7:20) … Hans Schmidt b. Jack Pesek (23:
16) (Schmidt tossed his opponent from the ring and then wrestled into the front row)
(Schmidt earned a suspension) … Roy McClarity b. Lee Henning (2/3) … Thor Hagen b.
Ricky Sexton (28:05) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (3,709 fans) … (gate:  $2,994)

*Omaha promoter Joe Dusek drew 91,154 for 19 shows.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, May 31, 1958
(City Auditorium) … United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne b. Dick the
Brusier (2/3) (Gagne won the first fall with a clawhold, Bruiser won the second with a
kneedrop, Gagne won the third) (referee Adam was knocked out of the ring at the 47-
minute mark) (Gagne smashed Bruiser with a chair, then scored the winning pinfall) …
Ernie Dusek and Roy McClarity drew (45:00) … Jack Pesek b. Hans Hermann (DQ) (18:
27) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (referee:  Jerry Adam) (4,141 fans) (1,421 ladies)
Note:  It was Appreciation Night with Ladies getting in free with paying adult.

*Joe Dusek promoted shows at the Playland Park Stadium in Council Bluffs, Iowa during
the month of July 1958.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, August 9, 1958
(Municipal Stadium) … Verne Gagne b. Edouard Carpentier to capture the World
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Carpentier won the first fall in 17:03, Gagne won the second with
a sleeperhold in 11:25, Gagne won the third with a jackknife in 12:15) (special referee:  
Fred Kohler) (After the match, Nebraska State Athletic Commissioner C.N. Moon
presented the championship belt to Gagne and Chuck Warren presented him with the All-
American City Trophy) (Gagne was the United States Heavyweight Champion) … Dick the
Bruiser and Hans Schmidt b. The Russians (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) to capture the World
Tag Team Title (2/3) … Penny Banner b. Kay Noble (2/3) … Danny Plechas b. Bob “Legs”
Langevin … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (7,083 fans) … (gate:  $9,095)

Hastings, Nebraska:  October 1958
( ) … Jack Pesek b. Ernie Dusek to capture the Nebraska State Heavyweight Title

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, October 4, 1958
(City Auditorium) … World Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser and Hans Schmidt b.
Edouard Carpentier and Verne Gagne (2/3) (Bruiser b. Carpentier for the first fall,
Carpentier b. Bruiser for the second, Schmidt b. Gagne for the third fall) (Schmidt was
pinning Gagne in the final fall as Carpentier was pinning Bruiser and the referee declared
the formers as being official) (The referees needed police protection from rabid fans as
they were leaving the ring) … Ivan the Terrible b. Red McIntyre (2-0) … Doug Gilbert b.
Emil Dusek … Johnny Gilbert b. Bob “Legs” Langevin … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (4,245
fans) … (gate:  $5,219.30)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, October 11, 1958
(City Auditorium) … World Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser and Hans Schmidt
wrestled Edouard Carpentier and Verne Gagne to a draw (60:00) (0-0) (The match had
five different referees) … Doug Gilbert b. Ivan the Terrible (2/3) … Johnny Gilbert b. Ernie
Dusek (DQ) (20:08) (Dusek hit the referee) … Jack Pesek b. Bob “Legs” Langevin (15:05)
… (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (3,766 fans) … (gate:  $4,545)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, October 18, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Edouard Carpentier vs. Dick the Bruiser (Texas Death Match) (winner
gets match with Verne Gagne) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, October 25, 1958
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne and Edouard Carpentier
wrestled to a no contest (1-0) (Carpentier won the only fall in 32:05) (the match was
stopped when Carpentier swallowed his tongue and a bridge after being sent into a corner
rope and smashing his Adam’s apple) (Carpentier gasped and fell to the mat, the match
was stopped, and he was taken to a local hospital) (Rodriguez awarded the match to
Gagne, but the latter refused victory) … Nebraska/Iowa State Tag Team Champions The
Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) wrestled The Gilberts (Doug and Johnny Gilbert)
to a 45-minute draw (1-1) (said to be a bloody match) … Jack Pesek b. Tito Carreon (18:
05) … Mike DiBiase b. Bob “Legs” Langevin (17:42) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) …
(referee:  Carlos Rodriguez) … (3,660 fans) … (gate:  $4,567)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, November 1, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Wilbur Snyder b. Hans Schmidt (2/3) (Schmidt won the first fall in 9:06,
Snyder won the second with an abdominal stretch in 4:05 and then the third) (angry after
his claims that his feet were over the ropes when the pinfall was counted, Schmidt
smashed Snyder and Lehl with a steel chair) (Schmidt also went after Joe Dusek and Sam
Vacanti before four police officers stopped the attack) … The Gilberts (Doug and Johnny
Gilbert) b. The Russians (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) (2/3) … The Mighty Atlas b. Red
McIntyre (13:40) … Ernie Dusek and Sonny Myers drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek)
… (referee:  Johnny Lehl) … (1,968 fans) … (gate:  $2,372.75)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, November 8, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Paul Anderson b. Mighty Atlas (5:47) … Wilbur Snyder b. Hans
Schmidt (2/3) … Doug Gilbert b. John Nelis (2-0) … Johnny Gilbert and Jack Pesek
wrestled a no contest (Gilbert suffered two broken ribs in the match and was taken to a
hospital) (Pesek was given the match, but refused the victory) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek)
… (5,390 fans) … (gate:  $6,444)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, November 15, 1958
(City Auditorium) … Wilbur Snyder b. Verne Gagne to capture the World Heavyweight Title
(2/3) (Snyder won the first fall in 9:09, Gagne won the second in 2:30, Snyder won the
third by submission, using the ropes for leverage) (Gagne suffered from a left elbow
injury, suffered the Tuesday before in Rapid City, South Dakota) (Snyder won the seven-
foot Mayor’s Trophy) … Nebraska State Heavyweight Champion Jack Pesek and Ernie
Dusek drew (1-1) … Doug Gilbert b. Jack Thornton (16:40) … Emil Dusek b. Johnny Ace
(15:58) … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) … (referees:  Tom Novak, Charley Triggs) … (4,274
fans) … (gate:  $5,349.85)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Saturday, November 22, 1958
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Wilbur Snyder b. Dick the Bruiser (2/3)
(Bruiser was cheered and Snyder was the heel) (Bruiser was disqualified in the third fall)
(Snyder went after Bruiser, Sam Vacanti and Joe Dusek after the match) (Bruiser was
taken away by five-police officers) … Nebraska/Iowa State Tag Team Champions The
Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. The Gilberts (Doug and Johnny Gilbert) (2/3) …
Central States Women’s Champion Lorraine Johnson b. Laura Martinez … Nebraska State
Heavyweight Champion Jack Pesek and Mighty Atlas drew … (promoter:  Joe Dusek) …
(referee:  Johnny Lehl) … (3,515 fans) … (gate:  $4,265)


Omaha, Nebraska:  December 2, 1958
( ) … Wilbur Snyder b. Dick the Bruiser (Texas Death Match) … Cowboy Bradley and Lord
Littlebrook b. Beau Brummell and Tiny Roe … Rose Roman b. Coline Cordero … Johnny
Ace b. Lord Albert Mills

Omaha, Nebraska:  December 16, 1958
( ) … Wilbur Snyder b. Yukon Eric … Ernie Dusek b. Boris Volkoff … The McClaritys b.
Emil Dusek and Lord Albert Mills … Jack Pesek b. Chief Big Bear

Omaha, Nebraska:  December 27, 1958
( ) … Mitsu Arakawa b. Ernie Dusek … Kay Noble won a five woman battle royal … Thor
Hagen and Mighty Atlas drew … Jack Pesek b. Johnny Ace



Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 12, 2007
Omaha Results - 1958