Toronto Wrestling Results

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 3, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Billy Watson b. Buddy Rogers (DQ) (Walcott punched Gene
Kiniski, who accompanied Rogers) (O’Connor assisted Watson in the match) … Gene
Kiniski b. Pat Flanagan … Pat O’Connor b. Karl Karlsson … Little Beaver and Roger
Littlebrook b. Fuzzy Cupid and Sky Low Low … Dick Hutton b. Ken Kenneth (abdominal
stretch) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Jersey Joe Walcott) … (10,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 10, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Pat O’Connor and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gene Kiniski and
Buddy Rogers (DQ) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. Timothy Geohagen and
Maurice LaPointe … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Jersey Joe
Walcott) … (14,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 17, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Billy Watson b. Gene Kiniski (CO) (15:45) (After the match,
Kiniski’s second Dick Hutton battled with Watson and Davis) … (promoter: Frank Tunney)
… (referee: Wee Willie Davis) … (10,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 24, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gene Kiniski (CO) (A five foot wire
fence surrounded the ring) (After the match, Hutton and Kiniski went after Watson and
Walcott in the ring) … Dick Hutton b. Dick Beyer (atomic drop) … Edouard Carpentier b.
Maurice LaPointe (10:00) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. Timothy Geohagen
and Karl Karlsson … Ski-Hi Lee b. Ken Kenneth … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee:
Jersey Joe Walcott) … (9,000+ fans)

East York, Ontario: Thursday, January 31, 1957
(East York Arena) … Billy Watson b. Dck Hutton (16:28) (Watson won the $1,000 check,
offered by Hutton to anyone who could beat him in 20 minutes) (Gene Kiniski accompanied
Hutton to the ring, and tore up the check after the match) (Hutton and Kiniski attacked the
referee) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. Pat Flanagan and Bill Stack (Bill Miller
forced Stack to submit) (11:19) … Ilio DiPaolo and Mr. Hito drew (30:00) … Mr. Moto b.
Maurice LaPointe (12:30) … Carlos Moreno and Rocky Monroe drew (20:00) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) …
(2,500 fans) (1,000 fans turned away)
Note: Watson was the first person to official defeat Hutton in Toronto

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 7, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Billy Watson and Yukon Eric wrestled Dick Hutton and Gene
Kiniski to a draw at the 11:00 curfew (24:12) … Pat O’Connor b. Guy Brunetti (18:28) …
The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. Timothy Geohagen and Red Lyons (Ed forced
Lyons to submit to a backbreaker) (17:02) … Hard Boiled Haggery b. Joe Brunetti (16:22)
… The Mighty Ursus b. Mike Gallagher (11:11) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees:
Joe Gollob, Bert Maxwell) … (15,000 fans)
Note: Ontario Athletics Commissioner Merve McKenzie fined Kiniski $500 and suspended
him for four weeks. The penalties were because of his actions in East York the week
before.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 14, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric wrestled The Miller
Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) to a draw at the 11:00 curfew (32:15) … Killer Kowalski b. Ilio
DiPaolo (knee drop) … Dick Hutton and Pat O’Connor drew … The Brunetti Brothers (Guy
and Joe Brunetti) b. The Gallagher Brothers (Doc and Mike Gallagher) … Pat Flanagan
and Sky-Hi Lee drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert
Maxwell) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (in attendance: Art Child (MPP, Ontario legislature)
… (9,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 21, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. “Whipper” Billy Watson
and Yukon Eric by countout (Ed received help from brother Bill to get back into the ring)
(after the match, O’Connor got involved with Watson against the Millers) … Pat O’Connor
b. Ilio DiPaolo … Timothy Geohagen b. Rocky Monroe … Farmer Boy b. Carlos Moreno …
Baron Gattoni and Hard Boiled Haggerty b. the Brunetti Brothers (Guy and Joe Brunetti) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Joe Gollob, Bert Maxwell) … (10,000 fans)
Note: The Toronto Daily Star on Friday, February 22, 1957 reported that Geohagen was
celebrating the birth of his third child, Michele Geohagen.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 28, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Pat O’Connor and Billy Watson b. The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed
Miller) (O’Connor pinned Ed) (17:01) … The Mighty Ursus b. Sky-Hi Lee (2:46) … Pat
Flanagan and Tex McKenzie b. The Gallagher Brothers (Doc and Mike Gallagher)
(McKenzie pinned Mike) … Farmer Boy b. Jan Gotch (5:15) … Carlos Moreno and Rocky
Munroe drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert
Maxwell) … (9,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 7, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions The Miller Brothers (Bill
and Ed Miller) b. Hard Boiled Haggerty and Dick Hutton (Ed pinned Hutton) (31:53) … Pat
O’Connor b. Timothy Geohagen (10:59) … The Mighty Ursus b. Karl Karlsson (14:12) …
Farmer Boy b. Steve Stanlee (16:04) … Laszlo Pillis (Hungarian newcomer) b. Jan Gotch
(9:01) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff)
… (6,000 fans)
Note: Gene Kiniski appeared before the main event.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 14, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski and Billy Watson were both counted out (17:03) …
Farmer Boy and Hard Boiled Haggerty drew (19:20) … The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John
Tolos) b. Doc Gallagher and Carlos Moreno (Chris Tolos pinned Moreno) (14:05) … Pat
Flanagan b. Rocky Monroe (10:23) … Billy McDaniel and Tex McKenzie drew (20:00) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) …
(9,805 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 21, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gene Kiniski (DQ) (Kiniski was
accompanied by Dick Hutton, who assisted him) (O’Connor helped Watson) … Pat O’
Connor b. Dick Hutton (DQ) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. Tex McKenzie and
The Mighty Ursus … The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) b. The Gallagher Brothers
… Lee Henning and Bob Nandor drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Jersey
Joe Walcott) … (11,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 28, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Dick Hutton and Gene Kiniski b. Pat O’Connor and “Whipper”
Billy Watson (Hutton pinned O’Connor) … The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) b.
Hard Boiled Haggerty and Bill McDaniel (12:00) … Farmer Boy b. Abe Zvonkin … Timothy
Geohagen and Sandor Kovacs drew … Pat Flanagan and Jack Pesek drew … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (9,502 fans

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 4, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Pat O’Connor and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Dick Hutton and
Gene Kiniski … The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) b. Lee Henning and Jack
Pesek (20:00) … Baron Gattoni b. Jack Walker (5:00) (backbreaker) … Tex McKenzie and
The Mighty Ursus drew … Johnny Barend and Sandor Kovacs drew (20:00) … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop, Farmer Boy) … (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 11, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Farmer Boy and “Whipper” Billy Watson wrestled Dick Hutton and
Gene Kiniski to a draw at the 11:00 curfew (32:00) … Tex McKenzie and Jack Pesek drew
… The Tolos Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) b. Mike Gallagher and Abe Zvonkin … Pat O’
Connor b. Dick Beyer … Lee Henning and Bill McDaniel drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney)
… (announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (6,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 18, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Dick Hutton and Gene Kiniski b. Farmer Boy and Billy Watson
(Kiniski pinned Farmer Boy) (23:50) … Cowboy Bradley and Roger Littlebrook wrestled
Irish Jackie and Sky Low Low to a draw … Baron Gattoni b. Tex McKenzie (9:48) … Johnny
Barend and Timothy Geohagen drew (20:00) … Sandor Kovacs and Bill McDaniel drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Pat O’Connor) … (10,000
fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 25, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski and Pat O’Connor drew at the 11:00 curfew (35:00)
… Irish Jackie and Sky Low Low b. Cowboy Bradley and Roger Littlebrook (Low Low pinned
Bradley in 30-minutes) … Pat Flanagan b. Abe Zvonkin … Art Neilsen b. Tex McKenzie …
Prince Maiava b. Steve Stanlee (Samoan ride) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee:
Bert Maxwell) … (8,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 2, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski b. Pat O’Connor to capture the British Empire
Heavyweight Title … Johnny Barend and Jack Pesek drew … Irish Jackie and Sky Low Low
vs. The Brown Panther and Roger Littlebrook … Art Nielsen b. Sandor Kovacs … Prince
Maiava b. Lee Henning … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) …
(announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (6,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 16, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz and Gene Kiniski
drew at the 11:00 curfew (32:58) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) wrestled The
Tolos Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) to a draw (30:00) … Fred Atkins b. Johnny Barend
(12:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (8,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 23, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion Gene Kiniski b. Billy
Watson (DQ) (20:48) … Little Beaver and Roger Littlebrook b. Ivan the Terrible and Sky
Low Low (Beaver pinned Ivan) (25:46) … Hard Boiled Haggerty b. Jack Pesek (11:12) …
Art Nielsen b. Bill McDaniel (11:47) … Baron Gattoni and Sandor Kovacs drew (20:00) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (8,000 fans)
Note: Next Thursday’s show was being moved to the Ted Reeve Arena because of the
opera.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 30, 1957
(Ted Reeve Arena) … Billy Watson b. Ed Miller (DQ) (Bill Miller interfered) (20:30) … Bill
Miller b. The Mighty Ursus (Ursus submit to a backbreaker) (21:19) … Mark Lewin b. Jan
Gotch (14:09) … Pat Flanagan and Donn Lewin drew (20:00) … Art Nielsen b. Jack Walker
(9:07) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bert Maxwell, Cliff Worthy) … (1,500
fans)
Note: Wrestling moved to the Arena because of the Metropolitan Opera.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 6, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Billy Watson b. Gene Kiniski to capture the British Empire
Heavyweight Title (DQ) (after the match, Watson was attacked by Fritz Von Erich) (Watson
was saved by Yukon Eric) … Yukon Eric b. Baron Gattoni (11:49) … Fritz Von Erich b.
Johnny Barend (17:37) … Art Nielsen b. Jack Bence … Ronnie Etchison b. Lee Henning
(16:26) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Jack Sharkey) … (8,998 fans)
Notes: Reportedly there was some controversey because Watson won the championship
by disqualification, and how he had defeated Lou Thesz by disqualification, but didn’t win
the National Wrestling Alliance World Title; Globe and Mail writer Steve York expressed
confusion.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 13, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich b. Billy Watson and Yukon Eric
(DQ) (9:53) … Edouard Carpentier b. Frank Hewitt (11:23) … Ronnie Etchison b. Bill
McDaniel (13:29) … Prince Maiava b. Jack Pesek (13:47) … Fred Atkins b. Larry Moquin
(13:46) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Bert Maxwell) …
(announcer: Jerry Hiff)… (8,507 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 20, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich wrestled Billy Watson and Yukon
Eric to a draw at the 11:00 curfew (30:29) … Farmer Boy b. Lee Henning (9:52) … Ronnie
Etchison b. Baron Gattoni (16:02) … Pat Flanagan and Sandor Kovacs drew (20:00) … Vic
Christie and Donn Lewin drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny
Dunlop, Mighty Ursus) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (7,511 fans)
Notes: The Toronto Daily Star reported on Friday, June 21, 1957 that “Edouard
Carpentier, who gained himself a large slash of fame by winning a match with Lou Thesz
recently. However, that was by a disqualification and the wrestling committee is still trying
to decide if that makes Carpentier world’s champion or no.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 27, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Edouard Carpentier b. Fritz Von Erich (DQ) (19:46) … Farmer
Boy b. Steve Stanlee (6:37) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. The Tolos
Brothers (Chris and John Tolos) (Bill pinned John Tolos) (21:15) … Ronnie Etchison b.
Bob “Legs” Langevin (13:10) … Johnny Barend and Vincent Lopez drew (20:00) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 4, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Pat O’Connor and
“Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich (DQ) … The Mighty Ursus b.
Jack Pesek (14:00) … Fred Atkins and Vic Christie drew (20:00) … Art Nielsen b. Donn
Lewin … Mark Lewin b. Jack Bence … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe
Gollob, Bert Maxwell) … (7,387 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 18, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Pat O’Connor and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gene Kiniski and
Fritz Von Erich (DQ) … Vic Christy b. Baron Gattoni (DQ) … Little Beaver and (?) b. Irish
Jackie and Sky Low Low … Ronnie Etchison and Art Nielsen drew … Johnny Barend and
Sandor Kovacs drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Bert Maxwell,
Cliff Worthy) … (7,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 25, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski and Pat O’Connor were both counted out …
“Whipper” Billy Watson b. Fritz Von Erich (DQ) … The Miller Brothers b. Farmer Boy and
Danno O’Shocker … Lord Athol Layton b. Johnny Foti … Pat Flanagan b. Jack Pesek …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (8,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 1, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gene Kiniski (DQ) (Kiniski was
accompanied by Fritz Von Erich) (Kiniski and Von Erich attacked Watson before the match)
(Later, Von Erich tossed the referee from the ring) (Yukon Eric saved Watson) … Yukon
Eric b. The Mighty Ursus … The Miller Brothers b. Lord Athol Layton and Jack Vansky …
Mark Lewin and Vincent Lopez drew … Donn Lewin and Tiger Tasker drew … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (8,000 fans)
Note: Ontario Athletic Commissioner Merv McKenzie fined Fritz Von Erich $200 for his
actions. Bunny Dunlop was reportedly 300 pounds.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 8, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric b. Gene Kiniski and Fritz
Von Erich by countout … The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) b.
Hard Boiled Haggerty and Lee Henning … Ronnie Etchison and Dick Hutton drew …
Johnny Foti and Art Neilsen drew … Fred Atkins and Sammy Berg drew … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Wee Willie Davis) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff)
… (9,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 22, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. “Whipper” Billy Watson
and Yukon Eric by disqualification (A wire fence surrounded the ring and was an “all-in”
match) (The Millers tangled Yukon Eric in the wire) (Watson was double-teamed until being
saved by Pat O’Connor) (Millers bled profusely) (Ed Miller was carried from the ring on a
stretcher) … The Kalmikoff Brothers b. Larry Moquin and Pat O’Connor (Karol pinned
Moquin) … Edouard Carpentier b. Sammy Berg … Joe Blanchard b. Danno O’Shocker
(abdominal stretch) … Pat Flanagan b. Johnny Walker … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (11,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 29, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Pat O’Connor and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Miller Brothers
(Bill and Ed Miller) (Watson pinned Bill Miller) … The Kalmikoff Brothers b. Vic Christy and
Farmer Boy … Farmer McGregor and Little Beaver drew with Bull Brummell and Sky Low
Low … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Sam Gotter, Bert Maxwell) …
(11,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 5, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Pat O’Connor and Billy
Watson b. Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich (DQ) (14:06) (Kiniski and Von Erich initially won
the match, but refused to stop pummelling their foes after the victory) (the referees
reversed the decision, disqualifying Kinisk and Von Erich) … Yukon Eric b. Johnny Barend
(10:55) … Cowboy Bradley and Little Beaver wrestled Bull Brummell and Sky Low Low to a
draw … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. The Lewin Brothers (Donn and Mark
Lewin) (Ivan pinned Mark Lewin) (11:26) … Timothy Geohagen and Mighty Ursus drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (9,012
fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 12, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Pat O’Connor and Billy
Watson wrestled Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich to a draw at the 11:15 curfew (31:40) …
The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) b. Fred Atkins and Tiger Tasker
(Heffernan pinned Tasker) (15:54) … Prince Maiava b. Sammy Berg (15:28) (Maiava was
accompanied by his manager Coconut Willie) … Joe Blanchard b. Lee Henning (15:48) …
Pat Flanagan b. Vic Christie (10:36) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) (referees: Bert Maxwell,
Ted Thomas) … (7,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 19, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Fabulous Kangaroos and the Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol
Kalmikoff) drew at the 11:15 curfew (32:40) … Ronnie Etchison and The Mighty Ursus drew
(30:00) … Farmer Boy b. Jan Gotch (10:04) … Dick Hutton b. Johnny Foti (abdominal
stretch) (12:08) … Luther Lindsey b. Steve Stanlee (16:53) … (promoter: Frank Tunney)
… (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Wednesday, September 25, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Al Costello and Roy
Heffernan (Costello was counted out) (30:30) … Ronnie Etchison and Dick Hutton drew …
Farmer Boy b. Lee Henning (8:36) … Fred Atkins and Joe Blanchard drew (20:00) … Pat
Flanagan b. Tiger Tasker (14:05) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny
Dunlop, Bert Maxwell)

East York, Ontario: Thursday, October 3, 1957
(East York Arena) … Ivan Kalmikoff and Pat O’Connor drew … “Whipper” Billy Watson b.
Karol Kalmikoff … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop)
Note: Wrestling moved to the East York Arena because of the Shrine Circus at the
Gardens.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 10, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Pat O’Connor and Billy
Watson b. The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) (DQ) (14:30) … Fred Atkins and Lord
Athol Layton drew (15:27) … Gene Kiniski b. Farmer Boy (CO) (16:23) … Dick Hutton b.
Jan Gotch (10:18) (Gotch was a subsittute for Lee Henning, who had influenza) … Ronnie
Etchison and Pat Flanagan drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe
Gollob, Bert Maxwell) … (7,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 17, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Kalmikoffs (Karol and Ivan Kalmikoff) b. Pat O’Connor and
Billy Watson (Ivan pinned O’Connor) (15:43) (match was held in a “fenced-in ring”) (non
title match) … The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) b. Fred Atkins
and Krusher Korman (Heffernan pinned Korman) (16:05) … Dick Hutton b. Waldo Von
Sieber (abdominal stretch) (9:03) … Roy McClarity b. Tiger Tasker (10:24) … Joe
Blanchard and Prince Maiava drew (30:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee:
Bunny Dunlop) … (7,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 24, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Pat O’Connor and Billy
Watson b. The Kalmikoffs (Karol and Ivan Kalmikoff) (DQ) (15:44) … Dick Hutton b.
Krusher Korman and Tiger Tasker (Hutton forced Tasker to submit to an abdominal
stretch) (17:09) … Fritz Von Erich b. Prince Maiava (14:50) … Roy McClarity b. Johnny Foti
(15:59) … Ronnie Etchison and Luther Lindsey drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney)
… (referee: Jersey Joe Walcott, Bert Maxwell) … (7,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 31, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich b. Pat O’Connor and Billy
Watson to capture the Canadian Open Tag Team Title (DQ) (18:20) (Roy McClarity
interfered) … Tito Infante and Roger Littlebrook wrestled Fuzzy Cupid and Pee Wee James
to a draw (21:37) … Dick Hutton b. Fred Atkins and Jan Gotch (Hutton forced Gotch to
submit to an abdominal stretch) (7:44) … Roy McClarity b. Frank Hurley (13:44) … Joe
Blanchard and Farmer Boy drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees:
Bunny Dunlop, Joe Gollob) … (7,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 7, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Roy McClarity and Yukon Eric drew with Gene Kiniski and Fritz
Von Erich at the 11:15 curfew (McClarity replaced Billy Watson, who was sick) (McClarity
was originally scheduled to be a referee, but was replaced by Pat Flanagan) (“All-in”
match) (After the match, Kiniski and Von Erich attacked Flanagan and O’Connor) … Dick
Hutton b. Al “Krusher” Kormann (abdominal stretch) (Hutton had been scheduled to wrestle
both Kalmikoff Brothers, but Ivan was ill) (Hutton retained a $1,000 check) … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (referees: Pat Flanagan, Pat O’Connor)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 14, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Dick Hutton b. Lou Thesz to capture the NWA World Heavyweight
Title (35:15) (Hutton won with an abdominal stretch) (No time-limit match, no curfew, winner
must be decided) (Hutton put up $2,000 instead of his normal $1,000, with no time
restriction; one going to Thesz and the other going to charity) … The Fabulous Kangaroos
(Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) b. Tiger Tasker and The Mighty Ursus (Heffernan pinned
Tasker) … Roy McClarity b. Pierre LaBelle (sleeperhold) … Jim Bernard and Farmer Boy
drew (20:00) … Fred Atkins and Joe Blanchard drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney)
… (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (in attendance: Sam Muchnick) … (10,000 fans)
Note: In Lou Thesz’s autobiography, he claimed that Hutton was a “last-minute
substitution” for “Whipper” Billy Watson on November 14, 1957 in Toronto. There doesn’t
seem to be any kind of backing for that statement.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 21, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Billy Watson and Yukon Eric b. Gene Kiniski and Fritz Von Erich
(Watson pinned Kiniski) (10:28) (“All-in” match) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol
Kalmikoff) wrestled The Baillargeon Brothers (Adrian and Tony Baillargeon) to a double
countout (21:13) (Adrian Baillargeon suffered an abdominal injury in the match and
needed surgery) … Joe Blanchard and Athol Layton drew (30:00) … Jim Bernard b. John
Foti (8:47) … Pat Flanagan b. Bozo Brown (9:09) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referees: Roy McClarity, Pat O’Connor) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (8,511 fans)
Note: Next week at the East York Arena because of the ice show at the Gardens.

London, Ontario: Wednesday, November 27, 1957
( ) … Gene Kiniski vs. “Whipper” Billy Watson (Watson was injured and taken to a local
hospital) (Watson was replaced with Lord Athol Layton)

East York, Ontario: Thursday, November 28, 1957
(East York Arena) … Pat O’Connor and Fritz Von Erich wrestled to a draw at the curfew
(Watson was unable to compete due to an injury suffered in London) (O’Connor was a
substitute for Watson) … Jim Bernard and Lord Athol Layton drew … Tony Baillargeon b.
Tiger Tasker … Pat Flanagan b. Waldo Von Sieber … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Bunny Dunlop)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 5, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton b. Yukon Eric (16:
23) (Hutton was working as a heel) … Roy McClarity and Pat O’Connor wrestled the
Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) to a draw (30:00) … Farmer Boy b. Bozo Brown (4:
46) … Joe Blanchard b. Frank Hurley (13:19) … Al Korman and Pierre LaSalle drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Wee Willie Davis) … (6,012 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 12, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Gene Kiniski (DQ) (13:23) … Pat
Flanagan and Lord Athol Layton drew with The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol
Kalmikoff) … Jim Bernard b. Waldo Von Sieber (backbreaker) … Tony Baillargeon b. Tiger
Tasker … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Rocky Marciano)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 19, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Gene Kiniski and Fritz
Von Erich drew with Pat O’Connor and “Whipper” Billy Watson at the curfew … Cowboy
Bradley and Little Beaver b. Fuzy Cupid and Ivan the Terrible … The Fabulous Kangaroos
(Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) b. Ivan Kalmikoff and Tiger Tasker (Tasker was a
substitute for Karol Kalmikoff) (Heffernan pinned Tasker) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (6,511 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 26, 1957
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Hard Boiled Haggerty (17:00) … The
Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. Farmer Boy and Lord Athol Layton … Dan Miller b.
Waldo Von Sieber … The Brown Panther and Roger Littlebrook b. Ivan the Terrible and
Tom Thumb … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (6,003 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Toronto Wrestling Results - 1957