Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/01/05:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Hans Schmidt  defeated Stan Holeck – 2/3 falls
2- Louie Papineau defeated Al Warshawski – 2 straight falls
3- Steve Zold defeated Bob Boyer
4- Frenchy Robear defeated Casanova Lance

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/01/12:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Argentina Rocca defeated  Big Jim Bernard – 2 straight falls in 19 minutes
2- Louie Papineau vs. Marco Polo - drew
3- Harry Lanzi defeated Dutch Schultz
4- Martino Angelo defeated Harry Lewis

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/01/26:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Pierre Robear defeated Louie Papineau – taking the 2nd & 3rd falls
2- Donna Dieckman defeated Carol Kay taking the 1st & 3rd falls
3- Marco Polo defeated Danny Ferrazza (replaced George McArthur) – 2/3 falls
4- Prince Siki vs. Bob Boyer – 30 minute draw

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/02/02:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Pierre Robear defeated Big Jim Bernard – 2 straight falls; the 2nd on a foul
2- Louie Papineau defeated Jim Siksay -  2 straight falls
3- Prince Siki defeated Bob Boyer – 2/3 falls
4- Dutch Schultz vs. Herb Gerwig - drew

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/02/09:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Big Jim Bernard & Louie Papineau vs. Lou Klein & Pierre Robear
2- Dutch Schultz vs. the Black Panther
3- Herb Gerwig vs. Jan Gotch

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/02/16:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Big Jim Bernard & Louie Papineau defeated Gino Angelo & Lou Klein – 2/3 falls
 1st fall: Papineau pinned Angelo
 2nd fall: Klein pinned Bernard
 3rd fall: Klein was counted outside the ring
2- Ralph Alexander defeated Bob Boyer – 2 straight falls
3- the Black Panther defeated George McArthur (Cannon) – 2 straight falls

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/02/23:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Lou Klein defeated Big Jim Bernard taking the 2nd & 3rd falls
2- Louie Papineau defeated the Black Panther taking the 1st & 3rd falls
3- Belle Drummond defeated Mars Bennett taking the 2nd & 3rd falls – ladies match
4- Lord Leslie James defeated Prince Siki – 1 fall

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/03/01:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Lou Klein defeated Louie Papineau – 2 straight falls; the 1st in 16 minutes & the 2nd in
8 minutes
2- Hal Keene defeated Ted Marshall – 2/3 falls
3- the Black Panther defeated Herb Gerwig
4- Ralph Alexander defeated Gypsy Bacarro

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/03/08:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Lou Klein defeated Big Jim Bernard
2- Jim Hady defeated Jan Goth (replaced Buddy Hack) – 2/3 falls
3- Marco Polo defeated Hal Keene – 1 fall
4- Ted Marshall defeated Casanova Lance – 1 fall

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/03/14: Wrestling shows switched from Thursdays to
Wednesdays
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- the Lady Angel (billed as the world’s ugliest lady wrestler) defeated Golden Venus
2- the Blimp vs. Ace Freeman (replaced Lone Eagle with Princess Bonita) – drew
Other winners were Frenchy Robear and Benny Matta

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/03/21:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Daisy Mae defeated Betty Burke – 2/3 falls – ladies match
2- the Bimp defeated the Mountaineer (replaced Lord James Blears) – 2/3 falls
3- Marco Polo defeated Ralph Alexander
4- Ace Freeman defeated Bobby Gibbons

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/03/28:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Daisy Mae & Golden Venus vs. Lady Angel & Slave Girl Boolah
2- the Mountaineer vs. the Blimp
3- Ace Freeman vs. Marco Polo

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/04/04:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Rose Roman & Ramona Teselle defeated Carol Kay & Lorraine Johnson (replaced
Daisy Mae & Golden Venus vs. Mona Lisa & Slave Girl Boolah) – 2/3 falls – ladies tag
match
2- Marco Polo defeated Benny Mata taking the 3rd fall when Mata could not answer the
bell for the 3rd fall
3- the Mountaineer vs. Ace Freeman - drew
4- the Black Panther defeated the Blimp

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/04/12:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Benny Mata defeated Marco Polo – 2/3 falls
2- Ethel Johnson & Lula May Provo defeated Babs Wingo & Marva Scott taking the 2nd &
3rd falls
3- Jim Hady vs. Frenchy Roy – drew; each won one fall when time expired in the 3rd fall
4- the Black Panther defeated Dutch Schultz – 1 fall

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/04/26:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Frenchy Roy vs. Chris Belkas
2- Little Beaver & Cowboy Bradley vs. Fuzzy Cupid & Irish Jackie
3- Billy Fox vs. Dutch Schultz

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/05/03:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Nature Boy Buddy Rogers vs. Joe Louis (former heavyweight boxing champion) –
match decalred a no contest in the 3rd fall
2- Benny Mata defeated Chris Belkas – 2/3 falls
3- the Black Panther defeated Dutch Schultz – 2/3 falls
4- Marco Polo vs. Billy Fox – drew
Attendance: 3,500

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/05/10:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Dick the Bruiser defeated Mario DeSouza taking the 1st & 3rd falls
2- Rip Hawk & Dutch Schultz defeated Marco Polo & Benny Mata
3- Billy Fox defeated Chris Belkas

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/05/17:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Seymour Koenig defeated Dick the Bruiser taking the 2nd & 3rd falls on fouls
2- Harry Lanzi (replaced Wilbur Snyder) defeated Bozo Brown – 2 straight falls
3- Marco Polo defeated the Black Panther
4- Dutch Schultz defeated Benny Mata

Toledo, OH (Sports Area)  56/05/31:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Verne Gagne & Bill Melby vs. the Lisowski Bros. (Reggie & Stan)
2- Marco Polo & the Black Panther vs. Billy Fox & Dutch Schultz
plus one additional match

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/06/07:
1- the Lisowski Bros. (Reggie & Stan) defeated Bill Melby & Dick the Bruiser – Reggie
pinned the Bruiser in the 1st fall, then Stan won the 2nd & 3rd falls
2- Billy Fox defeated Rip Hawk
3- Frenchy Robear defeated Dutch Schultz

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/06/14:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- the Lisowski Bros. (Reggie & Stan) Dick the Bruiser & Hans Schmidt – drew – 2/3 falls;
both teams DQed in the 2nd fall
2- the Black Panther defeated Rip Hawk
3- Billy Fox defeated Frenchy Robear

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/06/21:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- the Lisowski Bros. (Reggie & Stan) vs. Hans Schmidt & Dick the Bruiser – two referees
– all four wrestlers were suspended by the commission for refusing to enter the ring after
a fight developed outside the ring
2- Harry Lanza defeated Ralph Alexander
3- Billy Fox defeated the Black Panther

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/06/28:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Joe Louis (former world heavyweight boxing champion) defeated Cowboy Don Lee – 2
straight falls; winning the 1st fall in 15 minutes with a sleeper hold & the 2nd fall in 3
minutes with a punch and pin
2- Billy Fox defeated Jim Hady taking the 2nd & 3rd falls
3- the Black Panther defeated Ralph Alexander taking the 2nd & 3rd falls
4- Harry Lanzi defeated Danny Ferrazza – 2 straight falls
Attendance: 1,692

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/07/12
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Lois Johnson (replaced Mars Bennett) & Belle Drummond defeated Betty Hawkins &
Mary Hillis (replaced  Olga Zepeda
 & Libby Gonzales) – 2 straight falls – ladies tag match
 1st fall: Johnson pinned Hawkins in 8 minutes
 2nd falls: Drummond pinned Hillis in 4 minutes
2- the Black Panther vs. Jim Hady – drew
3- Harry Lanzi vs. Billy Fox – no decision -  Lanzi won the 1st fall in 13 minutes, but
suffered a head injury during the 2nd fall; Fox refused the win when Lanzi was unable to
continue

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/07/19:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin        
1- Billy Fox vs. Harry Lanzi – drew
 1st fall: won by Fox with a toe hold in 10 minutes
 2nd fall: won by Lanzi with a standing leg split in 6 minutes
 3rd fall: both wrestlers counted out
2- the Black Panther defeated Jim Sixsay
3- Elaine Ellis defeated Patty Neff – ladies match
4- Lana LaMarr defeated Libby Gonzales – ladies match
5- Elaine Ellis & Libby Gonzales defeated Patty Neff & Lana LaMarr (replaced Teresa
Theiss & Patty Neff vs. LeChona
 LaCalir & Libby Gonzales) – ladies tag match

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/07/26:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Mary Jane Mull & Carol Cook defeated Libby Gonzales & Olga Zepeda – 2 straight
falls – ladies match
2- Libby Gonzales defeated Carol Cook – 1 fall – ladies match
3- Olga Zepeda defeated Mary Jane Mull – 1 fall – ladies match
4- Pee Wee James defeated Otto Bowman – 2/3 falls – midget match
5- Billy Fox defeated the Black Panther – 2/3 falls

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/08/02:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Little Beaver & the Brown Panther defeated Pee Wee James & Sky Low Low -  2/3 falls
– midget tag match
2- Sky Low Low defeated the Brown Panther – midget match
3- Little Beaver defeated Pee Wee James – midget match
4- Johnny Gates defeated Billy Fox – 2 straight falls
5- Harry Lanzi defeated Al Warshawski – 2 straight falls

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/08/09:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Billy Fox vs. Johnny Gates
2- Steve Zold & the Black Panther vs. Marco Polo & Harry Lanzi
3- Ralph Alexander vs. Buddy Hack

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/08/16:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Billy Fox & Marco Polo defeated Johnny Gates & Steve Zold when Polo pinned Zold in
the 3rd fall
2- Harry Lanzi defeated Ralph Alexander
3- Ted Marshall defeated Johnny Holek   
4- Stan Holek vs. Buddy Hack

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/08/30:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1- Paul Orth & Ralph Alexander vs. Mr. Michigan & Billy Fox
2- Harry Lanzi vs. Jim Sixsay
3- Tiny Roe vs. Tito Infante – midget match

Toledo, OH (Sports Arena)  56/12/06:
Promoter: Cliff Maupin
1-        The Mystery Man, Jack Steele & Buck Lipscomb vs. Don Juan Spindola, Frank
Taylor & Billy Fox
2-        Steve Zold vs. the Black Panther
plus three additional matches



Research by Jim Mandl
Toledo Wrestling Results - 1956