Toronto Wrestling Results

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 2, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) wrestled Pat O’Connor and
“Whipper” Billy Watson to a draw at the curfew … Little Beaver and Roger Littlebrook b.
Ivan the Terrible and Sky Low Low …The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy
Heffernan) wrestled Fred Atkins and Hard Boiled Haggerty to a draw … Bobo Brazil b. Sky-
Hi Lee … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Bert Maxwell) … (6,998 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 9, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Millers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. Pat O’Connor and “Whipper”
Billy Watson by countout (“All-in” match) … Dan Miller b. Joe Blanchard … Farmer Boy and
Lord Athol Layton b. Fred Atkins and Sky-Hi Lee … Bobo Brazil b. Jim Bernard … Tony
Baillargeon and Roy McClarity drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob,
Bert Maxwell) … (6,892 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 16, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton b. “Whipper” Billy
Watson (DQ) (Watson thought he had pinned Hutton, but the latter had his foot on the
ropes) (Watson threw Hutton over the top rope) (Hutton was carried from the ring on a
stretcher) … Bobo Brazil and Fritz Von Erich drew … The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello
and Roy Heffernan) b. Fred Atkins and Jim Bernard … Lord Athol Layton b. Maurice
LaPointe (16:00) … Pat Flanagan b. Pierre LaSalle … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (7,900+ fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 23, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Gene Kiniski and Antonino Rocca drew at the curfew … Tony
Baillargeon and Farmer Boy drew with the Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy
Heffernan) … Bobo Brazil b. Abe Zvonkin … Joe Blanchard and Roy McClarity drew … Pat
Flanagan b. Harry Lewis … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop,
Sammy Gotter, Bert Maxwell) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (7,000 fans)
Note: The announcer told the crowd that Billy Watson would receive a return match with
NWA Champion Dick Hutton next week. The Fabulous Kangaroos would act as the special
referees.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 30, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton and “Whipper”
Billy Watson drew at the 11:00 curfew (36:00) (referees: Fabulous Kangaroos) (Hutton
used illegal tactics throughout the match) … Dan Miller b. Maurice LaPointe (Miller was
assisted by brothers Bill and Ed Miller) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. The
Baillargeon Brothers … Jim Bernard and Lord Athol Layton drew … Fred Atkins and Pierre
LaSalle drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Al Costello, Roy Heffernan, Joe
Gollob) … (10,000 fans)
Note: Toronto Daily Star reporter Jim Proudfoot wrote the following in his Friday, January
31, 1958 article: “It’s the first time in recorded history that a National Wrestling Alliance
titleholder has gone through a whole bout without wrestling.”

*No show was held on Thursday, February 6, 1958 due to the Ice Show at the Gardens.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 13, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Erich b. Gene Kiniski and Fritz
Von Erich (Watson pinned Von Erich) (17:43) … Bobo Brazil b. Frank Fozo (40-seconds) …
The Miller Brothers b. Joe Blanchard and Frank “Farmer Boy” Townsend … Roy McClarity
and Dan Miller drew … Fred Atkins and Maurice LaPointe drew … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referees: Jersey Joe Walcott, Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (6,500 fans)

The Toronto Daily Star reported the following on February 14, 1958: “The matches
returned to the picture tube last night. Winnipeg had been supplying the CBC matches for
13 weeks but the cameras rolled at the Gardens again last night.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 27, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric b. The Miller Brothers (Bill
and Ed Miller) (DQ) (Dan Miller interfered in the match) … Dan Miller and Frank “Farmer
Boy” Townsend drew … The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) b. Fred
Atkins and Frank Fozo … Wilbur Snyder b. Ken Kenneth … Maurice LaPointe and Lord
Athol Layton drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell)
… (5,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 6, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric b. The Miller Brothers (Bill
and Dan Miller) (Watson pinned Dan) … Ed Miller b. Farmer Boy … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 13, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions “Whipper” Billy Watson
and Yukon Eric b. The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) (9:47) … Wilbur Snyder b. Jim
Bernard (abdominal stretch) (1:49) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Lord Athol
Layton, Bunny Dunlop) … (7,443 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 20, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. “Whipper”
Billy Watson and Yukon Eric by disqualification to capture the Canadian Open Tag Team
Title … Wilbur Snyder b. Frank Fozo (Hamilton) (5:00) (abdominal stretch) … Ben Jolson b.
Jan Gotch (13:00) (submission) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop,
Joe Gollob) … (10,003 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 27, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions The Lisowski Brothers
(Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. Wilbur Snyder and “Whipper” Billy Watson (DQ) … The
Baillargeon Brothers (Adrian and Tony Baillargeon) b. Fred Atkins and Jim Bernard … Ben
Jolson b. Frank Hurley (bearhug) … Johnny Rougeau b. Ken Kenneth … Timothy
Geohagen b. Maurice LaPointe (sleeperhold) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees:
Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (9,998 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 10, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions The Lisowski Brothres
(Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) (DQ) (The referee
disqualified the Millers because he thought he had been punched by one of them, but he
had actually be punched by Reggie Lisowski) … Irish Jackie and Ivan the Terrible drew with
Roger Littlebrook and Tiny Tim … Adrian Baillargeon b. Fred Atkins (DQ) … Tony
Baillargeon and Krusher Kormann drew … Ben Jolson b. Maurice LaPointe … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Sam Gotter, Bert Maxwell) … (7,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 17, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Wilbur Snyder and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Lisowski
Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) (Watson pinned Reggie) (11:37) … Lou Thesz b.
Gene Kiniski (DQ) (26:38) … Roger Littlebrook and Tiny Tim b. Ivan the Terrible and Irish
Jackie (22:16) … Lord Athol Layton b. Jim Bernard (19:55) … Timothy Geohagen b. Ken
Kenneth (10:47) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Jersey Joe Walcott, Bunny
Dunlop) … (10,999 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 24, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions The Lisowski Brothers
(Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) wrestled Wilbur Snyder and “Whipper” Billy Watson to a draw
at the 11:00 curfew … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. Farmer Boy and Maurice
LaPointe … Dan Miller b. Waldo Von Sieber … Fred Atkins and Timothy Geohagen drew …
Ben Jolson b. Frank Fozo … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Adrian and Tony
Baillargeon) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (5,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 1, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions The Lisowski Brothers
(Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. Wilbur Snyder and “Whipper” Billy Watson (DQ) (During
the match, Bobo Brazil ran to the ring to save the fan favorites) … Bobo Brazil b. Baron
Gattoni (4:00) … Gene Kiniski b. Farmer Boy with a backbreaker … Ken Kenneth and
Maurice LaPointe drew … The Baillargeon Brothers (Adrian and Tony Baillargeon) b. Jim
Bernard and Al Kormann … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert
Maxwell) … (6,498 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 8, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Wilbur Snyder and Yukon Eric b. The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed
Miller) (20:37) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie
and Stanley Lisowski) wrestled Bobo Brazil and “Whipper” Billy Watson to a double countout
… Lord Athol Layton b. Abe Zvonkin (12:33) … Dan Miller b. Bibber McCoy (11:22) … Fred
Atkins and Tony Baillargeon drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny
Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (8,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 22, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bobo Brazil and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Lisowski Brothers
(Reggie and Stan Lisowski) (DQ to capture the Canadian Open Tag Team Title … Yukon
Eric b. Tarzan Hewitt … “Wild” Bill Longson b. John Swenski (piledriver) … Wee Willie Davis
and Lord Athol Layton drew … Tony Baillargeon b. Bibber McCoy … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referee: Jack Dempsey, Al Dunlop)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 5, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bobo Brazil and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Lisowski Brothers
(Reggie and Stan Lisowski) (DQ) (Watson accidently punched out the referee, but Maxwell
disqualifed the Lisowskis mistakenly) … “Wild” Bill Longson b. Baron Gattoni (piledriver) …
The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Farmer Boy and Lord Athol Layton … Dara
Singh b. Frank Hewitt (cobra hold) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bert
Maxwell, Sammy Gotter) … (5,507 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 12, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Bobo Brazil
and “Whipper” Billy Watson to capture the Canadian Open Tag Team Title … Dara Singh b.
Lee Henning (7:00) … The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stan Lisowski) b. Timothy
Geohagen and Lord Athol Layton … Bob Orton b. Adrien Baillargeon (backbreaker) …
Fred Atkins and Tony Baillargeon drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny
Dunlop, Sammy Gotter) … (6,003 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 19, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) …“Whipper” Billy Watson b. Al “Bunny” Dunlop … Paul Bunyan b.
Frank Hewitt (bearhug) … “Wild” Bill Longson b. Lord Athol Layton (Longson earned an
NWA World Title match with Dick Hutton) … Wilbur Snyder b. Fred Atkins (DQ) … Dara
Singh b. Karl Steiff (cobra hold) … Bob Orton b. Farmer Boy (backbreaker) … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (13,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 26, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton b. Bill Longson
(abdominal stretch) (15:50) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. The Baillargeon
Brothers (Adrian and Tony Baillargeon) (Ivan pinned Tony) … Gene Kiniski b. Vic Christy
(backbreaker) (11:41) … Dara Singh b. Dan Miller … Al Korman and Karl Steiff drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (4,500 fans)
Note: The Toronto Globe and Mail stated that the crowd was the “smallest house in a while.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 3, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Dara Singh and Yukon Eric b. The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and
Stanley Lisowski) (DQ) (16:47) … Fuzzy Cupid and Sky Low Low wrestled Cowboy Bradley
and Little Beaver to a draw … Wilbur Snyder b. Lee Henning (abdominal stretch) (10:54) …
Bob Orton b. Timothy Geohagen (countout) (15:15) … Fred Atkins and Vic Christy drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell, Cliff Worthy)
… (5,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 10, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Dara Singh and Yukon Eric b. The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and
Karol Kalmikoff) by disqualification to capture the Canadian Open Tag Team Title … Midget
Tag Team Match … Bobo Brazil b. Dan Miller … Lord Athol Layton b. Karl Steiff … Vic
Christy and Al Korman drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Al Dunlop, Bert
Maxwell) … (5,501 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 17, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Paul Bunyan (7:48) (Canuck
Commando) … Wilbur Snyder b. Tony Baillargeon (8:03) (abdominal stretch) … The
Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. Bobo Brazil and Maurice LaPointe
(Reggie pinned LaPointe) (16:27) … Bob Orton b. Vic Christy (13:58) … Fred Atkins and
Leo Garibaldi drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop,
Sammy Gotter, Lou Pitoscia) … (6,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 24, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Dara Singh and Yukon
Eric b. The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) (DQ) (Dan Miller interfered in the match) …
Dan Miller b. Johnny Foti … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Tony Baillargeon
and Karl Steiff … Frenchy Vignal b. Karl Kulaski … Leo Garibaldi b. Krusher Korman …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bert Maxwell, Lou Pistoscia) … (4,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 31, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions Dara Singh and Yukon
Eric b. The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) by reverse decision … Cowboy
Bradley and Little Beaver b. Sky Low Low and Tom Thumb (Beaver pinned Thumb) … Bobo
Brazil and Wilbur Snyder drew … Frenchy Vignal b. Tiger Tasker … Pat Flanagan b. Lee
Henning … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (5,500
fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 7, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. Dara
Singh and Yukon Eric to regain the Canadian Open Tag Team Title (Eric was counted out)
(14:46) … The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) b. Fred and Pat Fraley (14:44) … Dan
Miller b. Karl Kulaski (16:31) … Frenchy Vignal b. Karl Stieff (14:42) … Leo Garibaldi and
Bob Orton drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bobo Brazil, Bert
Maxwell) … (5,000 fans)
Notes: Fred Fraley was Pat’s son; Don Leo Jonathan and Killer Kowalski were billed as the
tag team champions in Montreal.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 14, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton b. Lou Thesz
(DQ) (24:00) (Thesz dropkicked the referee, then pinned Hutton for the title) (Maxwell
recovered, only to diqualify Thesz) (Hutton was carried from the ring on a stretcher by Lou
Pistascio and Krusher Korman) (Hutton worked as a heel in the match, but very scientific)
… The Miller Brothers (Dr. Bill and Ed Miller) b. George Pencheff and Lord Athol Layton …
Wilbur Snyder b. Dan Miller by disqualification with the other Miller Brothers interfered …
Frenchie Vignal b. Krusher Korman … Tarzan Tourville b. Tiger Tasker … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 21, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton and Lou Thesz
drew at the 11:15 curfew (special referee: Wilbur Snyder) … Gene Kiniski b. Tarzan
Tourville (Watson saved Tourville from a beating after the match was over) … The Brunetti
Brothers (Guy and Joe Brunetti) b. Fred Atkins and Lee Henning … Karl Kulaski and
Maurice LaPointe drew … Frenchie Vignal b. Abe Zvonkin … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Wilbur Snyder) … (in attendance: Billy Watson)
Note: “Whipper” Billy Watson returned to wrestling from surgery and time in recovery.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 28, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bernard “Frenchy” Vignal and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The
Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) by countout to capture the Canadian
Open Tag Team Title (Vignal was a substitute for Bobo Brazil) … Johnny Foti and Krusher
Korman drew (Korman replaced Karl Steiff) … Dara Singh b. Karl Steiff … The Brunetti
Brothers (Guy and Joe Brunetti) b. Dan Miller and Abe Zvonkin (Miller and Zvonkin replaced
the Miller Brothers) … Cowboy Bradley and Tito Infanti drew with Irish Jackie and Pee Wee
James … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Joe Gollob) … (8,000 fans)
Note: The Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) and Bobo Brazil were stranded in
Newfoundland due to heavy fog.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 4, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Bernard “Frenchy” Vignal and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The
Miller Brothers (Bill and Ed Miller) … The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski)
b. Maurice LaPointe and Wilbur Snyder … Pee Wee James and Sky Low Low b. Farmer
McGregor and Tiny Tim … Dara Singh b. Lee Henning … Leo Garibaldi and Tarzan
Tourville drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (6,007 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 11, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton and “Whipper”
Billy Watson drew (11:15 curfew) (45:07) … Bobo Brazil b. Happy Humphrey (CO) …
Maurice LaPointe and Tiger Tasker drew … two other matches … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (9,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 18, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion “Whipper” Billy Watson b.
Dara Singh when the latter was unable to continue (Singh suffered a groin injury) (35:40) …
The Brunetti Brothers (Guy and Joe Brunetti) b. Fred Atkins and Crusher Korman (Guy
pinned Korman) (16:29) … Bobo Brazil b. Happy Farmer Humphrey (countout) … Athol
Layton b. Lee Henning (10:25) … George Pencheff b. Abe Zvonkin (decision) (20:00) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Lou Pitoscia) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) …
(physician: Dr. Tom Flommerfelt) … (7,000 fans)

London, Ontario: Wednesday, September 24, 1958
( ) … The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Bernard Vignal and “Whipper”
Billy Watson (DQ) (controversial match) (Vignal and Watson said they had scored a pinfall
before the reported disqualification) (after this match, both teams claimed the Canadian
Open Tag Team Title)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 25, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion “Whipper” Billy Watson and
Dara Singh drew at the 11:15 curfew (35:37) … Bernard Vignal b. Baron Gattoni … The
Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Maurice LaPointe and Tarzan Tourville
(Ivan pinned Tourville) … Hans Schmidt b. Leo Garibaldi … Timothy Geohagen b. Tiger
Tasker … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Lou Pitoscia) …
(announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (5,000 fans)
Note: Toronto announcer Jerry Hiff announced the Kalmikoffs as the Canadian Open Tag
Team Champions, based on their controversial victory the night before. Watson and Vignal
protested.

East York, Ontario: Thursday, October 2, 1958
(East York Arena) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Ivan Kalmikoff (DQ) (14:54) (Karol
interfered) … Karol Kalmikoff and Bernard Vignal drew (30:00) … Bobo Brazil b. Karl
Kulaski (18:16) … Athol Layton b. Firpo Zbyszko (17:20) … Al Korman and George
Penchoff drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 9, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Bernard Vignal and
“Whipper” Billy Watson to capture a full claim to the Canadian Open Tag Team Title (Karol
pinned Vignal) (24:19) … The Brunetti Brothers (Guy and Joe Brunetti) b. Al Korman and
Tiger Tasker (Guy pinned Tasker) (17:20) … Verne Gagne b. Karl Kulaski (10:58) … Dara
Singh b. Firpo Zbyszko (12:05) … Al Albertino and Maurice LaPointe drew (20:00) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (6,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 16, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) wrestled Edouard
Carpentier and Dara Singh to a draw at the 11:15 curfew (30:38) … The Brunetti Brothers
(Guy and Joe Brunetti) b. Fred Atkins and Lee Henning (Joe pinned Henning) (16:08) …
Athol Layton b. Bob “Legs” Langevin (10:38) … Al Albertino and Timothy Geohagen drew
(20:00) … George Pencheff and Tarzan Tourville drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (5,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 23, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion “Whipper” Billy Watson b.
Gene Kiniski (countout) (24:14) … The Brunetti Brothers (Guy and Joe Brunetti) wrestled
The Gallagher Brothers (Doc and Mike Gallagher) to a draw (22:37) … Verne Gagne b. Al
Alberto (12:08) … Hans Schmidt b. Maurice LaPointe (15:05) (backbreaker) … George
Penchoff and Tiger Tasker drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Lou
Pitoscia) … (7,000 fans)
Notes: The curfew was changed from 11:15 to 11:00 starting “next week” and the programs
would begin at 8:30 sharp.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 30, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton b. “Whipper” Billy
Watson (DQ) (31:01) (Dunlop counted a pinfall on Hutton by Watson, only to take back the
pinfall when he discovered Hutton’s foot was on the rope; Watson later threw Hutton into
Dunlop, and the latter disqualified him) … Hombre Montana b. Firpo Zbyszko (5:11) … The
Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) wrestled Bobo Brazil and Frenchy Vignal to a draw (30:
00) … Hans Hermann b. Tarzan Tourville (Prussian squeeze) (3:15) … Timothy Geohagen
and Athol Layton drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop)
… (6,969 fans* Globe and Mail)
Notes: After the match, ringside fans tried to attack referee Dunlop, angry at his decision;
according to the Globe and Mail, Frank Tunney announced that “gross proceeds of next
week’s wrestling show will be turned over to the Springhill Disaster Fund.” The show was
going to be held at the East York Memorial Arena because of the Ice Capades at the Maple
Leaf Gardens. Billy “Watson spent two days in Springhill last winter on behalf of the Easter
Seals Campaign for Crippled Children.”

East York, Ontario: Thursday, November 6, 1958
(East York Arena) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Hans Hermann (countout) (9:45) … Fritz
Von Erich b. Maurice LaPointe (12:29) … Hombre Montana b. Al Albertino (bearhug) (14:
41) … Claude Dassary b. Tiger Tasker (4:40) … Al Korman and George Penchoff drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Cliff Worthy) … (benefit for the
Springhill Disaster Relief Fund)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 13, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric b. The Kalmikoffs (Ivan
and Karol Kalmikoff) to capture the Canadian Open Tag Team Title (Watson pinned Ivan)
(14:06) … Bobo Brazil b. Athol Layton (14:58) … Hans Hermann and Fritz Von Erich b. The
Brunetti Brothers (Guy and Joe Brunetti) (countout) (20:42) … Killer Kowalski b. Timothy
Geohagen (11:31) … Claude Dassary b. Firpo Zbyszko (6:08) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referees: Joe Gollob, Bert Maxwell) … (7,000+ fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 20, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Hans Herman and Fritz Von Erich b. Bernard “Frenchy” Vignal
and “Whipper” Billy Watson (DQ) (22:28) … The Kalmikoffs (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b.
The Brunetti Brothers (Guy and Joe Brunetti) (Karol pinned Joe) (26:01) … Hombre
Montana b. Al Korman and Tiger Tasker (20:45) … Yukon Eric b. Maurice LaPointe (10:34)
… Claude Dassary b. Tarzan Tourville (11:40) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (Bunny
Dunlop, Joe Gollob) … (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 27, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Fritz Von Erich (DQ) (17:52) … NWA
World Heavyweight Champion Dick Hutton b. Hombre Montana (CO) (24:41) … Bobo Brazil
and Dara Singh b. Fred Atkins and Al Albertino (Brazil pinned Albertino) (19:40) … Hans
Hermann b. Guy Brunetti (10:18) … Joe Brunetti and Athol Layton drew (20:00) …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (6,500 fans)
Note: Steve York of the Globe and Mail wrote: “Dear Santa: Please ask Sam Muchnick,
National Wrestling Alliance president, to make Lou Thesz champion again, Yours lersely, A
Fan. Or, you can have Dick Hutton, current titleholder. Hutton retained the laurels in one
of the accepted endings to a title match. Opponent Hombre Montana was counted out of
the ring at 24:41 of the one-fall match;” noted that “an unusual aspect of the card was
having the champion appear in a semi-final bout. Watson and Von Erich went on in the last
or main match spot.” Promo pieces in the newspaper indicated there were “two main
events.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 4, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Canadian Open Tag Team Champions “Whipper” Billy Watson
and Yukon Eric b. Hans Herman and Fritz Von Erich (DQ) (16:05) (Gene Kiniski interfered)
… Gene Kiniski b. Guy Brunetti (15:34) … Claude Dassary b. Joe Brunetti (17:55) … The
Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff) b. Al Korman and Dara Singh (Ivan pinned
Korman) (17:50) (Korman was a substitute for Bernard Vignal, who was ill) … Jack Laskin
and George Penchoff drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny
Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (physician: Dr. Myron Millar) … (6,500
fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 11, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Hans Herman and Fritz Von Erich b. The Kalmikoff Brothers (Ivan
and Karol Kalmikoff) (countout) (22:42) … Yukon Eric b. Athol Layton (14:21) … Gene
Kiniski b. Dara Singh (countout) (15:54) … Bernard “Frenchy” Vignal b. Tiger Tasker (12:
40) … Fred Atkins b. Tarzan Tourville (10:43) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees:
Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (announcer: Jerry Hiff) … (5,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 18, 1958
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Claude Dassary and Yukon Eric b. Hans Herman and Fritz Von
Erich (Eric pinned Herman) … Cowboy Bradley and Roger Littlebrook wrestled Bull
Brummell and Pee Wee James to a draw at the curfew (20:31) … Bobo Brazil b. Firpo
Zbyszko (3:09) … Gene Kiniski b. Hombre Montana (22:38) … Al Korman and George
Pencheff drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert
Maxwell) … (5,432 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Toronto Wrestling Results - 1958