St. Louis, Missouri: Friday, January 9, 1959 (Kiel Auditorium) … Pat O’Connor b. Dick Hutton to capture the NWA World Heavyweight Title (15:03) (O’Connor used two spinning leg locks, then a third to win by submission) … Gene Kiniski b. Adrian Baillargeon (3:18) … Edouard Carpentier and Bobby Managoff b. El Lobo and Hans Schmidt (2/3) (Schmidt pinned Managoff in 10:04 for the first fall, Managoff pinned Schmidt in 5:48 for the second, Carpentier pinned Lobo in 6:50 with a cradle lock for the third) … Bobby Bruns and Rip Hawk drew (20:00) … Bob “Legs” Langevin b. Sunnie War Cloud (5:23) … (promoter: Sam Muchnick) … (referee: Babe Martin) … (4,896 fans) St. Louis, Missouri: Thursday, August 27, 1959 (Kiel Auditorium) ... NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O'Connor b. Rip Hawk (20: 40) (back body drop and press) ... Lou Thesz b. Kinji Shibuya (DQ) (13:15) (Shibuya beat Thesz with a sleeper, but was DQ'd because his foot was on the rope) ... Bob Ellis and Thor Hagen b. Rock Hunter and Otto Von Krupp (2/3) ... Judy Glover b. Kathy Starr (9:15) ... Ray Gordon and Tommy O'Toole drew (15:00) ... (promoter: Sam Muchnick) ... (8,290 fans) Notes: O'Toole was from Frankfort, Kentucky. Starr was from Tucson and Glover from Tampa. St. Louis, Missouri: Friday, September 25, 1959 (Kiel Auditorium) Research by Tim Hornbaker October 2, 2010 |
St. Louis Wrestling Results - 1959 |