St. Joseph Wrestling Results

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, May 20, 1960
(City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor and Bob Ellis drew
(1-1) (Ellis was injured during the third fall and O’Connor refused to take a victory in such
a manner, and the match was declared a draw) … World Tag Team Champions George
and Sandy Scott b. Bob Geigel and Lee Henning (2-0) (Geigel was a substitute for Ernie
Dusek) … Thor Hagen b. Taro Myaki (13:00) … Gory Guerrero b. Bill Cole (11:00) …
(promoter: Gust Karras)

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, May 27, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Thor Hagen b. Lee Henning to capture the Central States
Heavyweight Title (2/3) … World Tag Team Champions George and Sandy Scott b. Rock
Hunter and Mighty Atlas (2/3) … Gory Guerrero b. Taro Myaki (DQ) (14:00) (Myaki threw
salt in Guerrero’s eyes) … Joe Costello and Ray Gordon drew (15:00) … (promoter:
Gust Karras) … (2,300 fans)

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, June 3, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Thor Hagen b. Lee Henning
(2/3) (first fall to Hagen in 30 seconds) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b.
Jim LaRock and Mighty Atlas (2/3) … Laura Martinez won a women’s battle royal … Emil
Dusek and Mighty Atlas wrestled to a no contest (4:00) … (promoter: Gust Karras) …
(2,000 fans)
Notes: Martinez earned a shot at Central States Women’s Champion Lorraine Johnson.
With his win, Hagen won Henning’s $500 purse.

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, June 10, 1960
(City Auditorium) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. George and Sandy
Scott to capture the World Tag Team Title (2/3) … Central States Heavyweight Champion
Thor Hagen b. Bob Orton (2/3) (third by DQ) … Central States Women’s Champion
Lorraine Johnson b. Laura Martinez (2/3) … Ray Gordon and Gory Guerrero drew (15:
00) … (promoter: Gust Karras) … (1,800 fans)

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, June 17, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Thor Hagen and Gory
Guerrero wrestled to a draw (1-1) (Guerrero was injured during the third fall and Hagen
refused victory) (Guerrero suffered a knee injury by Hagen’s stepover toehold) … World
Tag Team Champions The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. George and Sandy
Scott (2/3) … Laura Martinez and Lord Littlebrook b. Farmer Pete and Kathy Starr (mixed
tag) … Tommy O’Toole b. Rocky Lee (reverse decision) (10:00) (Lee kept up his attack
after the match and the referee reversed his decision) … (promoter: Gust Karras) …
(1,800 fans)

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, June 24, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Thor Hagen b. Ernie Dusek (2-
0) (1st fall by DQ) … Jessica Rogers and Lord Littlebrook b. Farmer Pete and Kathy
Starr (2/3) … Bobby Bruns b. Rocky Lee (12:00) … Emil Dusek and Bob Orton drew (15:
00) … (promoter: Gust Karras) … (referee: Lou Spandle) … (2,000 fans)
Note: Final indoor show of the season.

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, September 23, 1960
(City Auditorium) … (promoter: Gust Karras)
Note: Season opener.

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, September 30, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Thor Hagen, John Paul Henning and Frank Townsend b. Bob Orton,
Mike Paidousis and Stan Stasiak (2/3) … George Drake b. Al Szasz (2-0) (Szasz was a
substitute for Nikita Mulkovich) … Ray Gordon and Taro Myaki drew (30:00) … Cowboy
Bradley b. Beau Brummel … (promoter: Gust Karras) … (2,000 fans)

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, October 7, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Sonny Myers b. Bob Orton (2/3) … Thor Hagen and Joe Hamilton b.
Rocky Lee and Stan Stasiak … George Drake b. Frank Hickey (10:00) … Nikita
Mulkovich b. Joe Costello (7:00) … (promoter: Gust Karras)
Note: Myers earned a match with Pat O’Connor for the World Title.

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, October 14, 1960
(City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor b. Sonny Myers
(2/3) … Joe Hamilton b. Mike Paidousis (27:00) … Stan Stasiak b. Don Lee … Frank
Thompson b. Nikita Mulkovich … George Drake and Gory Guerrero drew (15:00) …
(promoter: Gust Karras) … (3,400 fans)

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, October 21, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike Paidousis b. Joe
Hamilton (2/3) (third fall by DQ when Hamilton hit the referee) … Stan Stasiak b. Rock
Lee (10:00) … John Paul Henning and Sonny Myers b. (?) … Gory Guerrero b. (?) …
Nick Roberts and Frank Townsend drew (15:00) … (promoter: Gust Karras) … (referee:
George Drake)

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, October 28, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Stan Stasiak b. Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike
Paidousis (2/3) (third fall by reverse decision after Paidousis initially won the fall) … John
Paul Henning and Frank Townsend b. Rocky Lee and Bob Orton (2/3) … Joe Hamilton b.
Taro Myaki (2:00) … Tommy O’Toole b. Nick Roberts … Gory Guerrero and Bill Parks
drew (15:00) … (promoter: Gust Karras) … (1,600 fans)
Notes: The report stated that a title could not change hands by reverse decision, and
the Missouri State Athletic Commission was going to investigate the situation. On
October 29, the “commissioners agreed that Stasiak couldn’t have won under the
conditions described by the inspector. So Paidousis still has his title.” Stasiak was the
“uncrowned champ.”

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, November 4, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike Paidousis b. Joe
Hamilton (2/3) (Hamilton injured his knee during the second fall) … John Paul Henning
and Frank Townsend b. Lee Henning and Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Stan Stasiak b. Bob
Orton … Rocky Lee b. Nick Roberts … George Drake and Taro Myaki went to a no
contest … (promoter: Gust Karras) … (1,600 fans)
Notes: Hamilton was said to be 22 years old. He played football at Benton High School.

St. Joseph, Missouri: Friday, November 11, 1960
(City Auditorium) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike Paidousis b. Stan
Stasiak (1-0) (60:00) … Lee Henning b. Frank Townsend (2/3) (UTC) … Taro Myaki and
Bob Orton b. George Drake and Nick Roberts … Rocky Lee b. Frank Hickey …
(promoter: Gust Karras) … (1,700 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 31, 2010

St. Joseph Wrestling Results - 1960