Chicago Wrestling Results

Chicago, IL: Saturday, January 7, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (NWA World Title) Lou Thesz* beat Ike Eakins … Billy Goelz drew Jim
Hady … Zack Malkov and Tony Ross beat Mitch Lassen and Wally Steele … Johnny
Gilbert beat Bill Crist … Danno (Red) O’Shocker beat Mike Sipich … Angelo Poffo beat
Lou Papineau

Chicago, IL: Saturday, January 14, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … The Sheik of Araby beat Rip Hawk … Seymour Koenig and Luis
Martinez beat Zack Malkov and Tony Ross (won Midwest tag team title) … Hans Hermann
beat Mike Ryan … Danno O’Shocker beat Dale Patrick … Bronko Lubich beat Duke
DeMetri … (Ladies) Ramona Waukaza beat Jeanette Collins

Chicago, IL: Saturday, January 21, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Wilbur Snyder beat Wild Bill Longson (3:19) … Seymour Koenig and
Luis Martinez beat Bronko Lubich and Wally Steele … Hans Hermann beat Roy Rogers
… Angelo Poffo beat Johnny Gilbert (2-0) … Billy Goelz beat Tony Ross … Mitsu
Arakawa beat Mitch Lassen … Don Cortez (as Don De Cortez) beat Bill Crist

Chicago, IL: Friday, January 27, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … (WTM) Lou Thesz* beat Hans Schmidt … Verne Gagne
beat Dick the Bruiser Afflis … Wilbur Snyder beat Mighty Atlas … Angelo Poffo and The
Sheik of Araby beat Seymour Koenig and Roy McClarity

Chicago, IL: Saturday, January 28, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (WTM) Lou Thesz* drew Wilbur Snyder (30:00) … Reggie Lisowski
and Stan Lisowski beat Mario DeSouza and George McArthur … Hans Hermann beat
Bronko Lubich … (Ladies) Jeanette Collins beat Jean Noble … Luis Martinez beat Tony
Ross … Mitsu Arakawa drew Red Bastien

Chicago, IL: Saturday, February 4, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Seymour Koenig and Luis
Martinez … Roy McClarity beat Mitsu Arakawa … Angelo Poffo beat Jan Gotch … Bronko
Lubich beat Red Bastien … Don Cortez beat Don Claus … Tony Ross beat Johnny
Gilbert

Chicago, IL: Saturday, February 11, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Wilbur Snyder beat Hans Hermann … Stan Lisowski beat Lou
Papineau … Angelo Poffo beat Billy Goelz … Gypsy Joe and Great Yamato beat Mario
DeSouza and Mike Sipich … (Ladies) Joan Ballard beat Kathy Starr … Jim Bernard beat
Maurice (Frenchy) Roberre

Chicago, IL: Saturday, February 18, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Seymour Koenig and Luis
Martinez … Angelo Poffo beat Wally Steele … Billy Goelz beat Don Cortez (as Don De
Cortez) … Rudy Kay beat Don Pollock … Len Rossi beat Zack Malkov … Tony Ross beat
Roy Rogers

Chicago, IL: Saturday, February 25, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Angelo Poffo beat Roy McClarity … Bill Melby beat Great Yamato …
(Ladies) Jean Ballard beat Shirley Strimple … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat
Danny Ferrazza and Al Szasz … Jim Bernard beat Buddy Hack … Len Rossi beat Don
Cortez (as Don De Cortez)

Chicago, IL: Friday, March 2, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … (WTM) Lou Thesz* beat Wilbur Snyder … Bill Melby drew
Angelo Poffo … Brian Clary beat Dick the Bruiser Afflis (dq) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan
Lisowski beat Mighty Atlas and Rudy Kay … (Ladies) Ada Ash beat Lorraine Johnson

Chicago, IL: Saturday, March 3, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Bill Melby beat Brian Clary … Seymour Koenig and Luis Martinez
beat Rudy Kay and Tony Ross … Billy Goelz drew Dave Jons … Danno O’Shocker beat
Duke DeMetri … Don Pollock beat Johnny Gilbert … Roy Rogers drew Oni Wiki Wiki

Chicago, IL: Saturday, March 10, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser Afflis beat Danno O’Shocker … Angelo Poffo beat
Bob DeMarce … The Sheik of Araby beat Don Pollock … Reggie Lisowski and Stan
Lisowski beat Brian Clary and Johnny Gilbert … (Ladies) Rose Roman beat Ramona
TeSelle … Rudy Kay beat Roy Rogers

Chicago, IL: Saturday, March 17, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (United States TV Title) Verne Gagne* beat Hans Hermann …
Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Gino Angelo and Len Rossi … Bill Melby beat
Danno O’Shocker … Rudy Kay drew Billy Goelz … Tony Ross drew Mario DeSouza …
Dave Jons beat Don Cortez (as Don De Cortez)

Chicago, IL: Saturday, March 24, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Wilbur Snyder beat Mighty Atlas … Reggie Lisowski and Stan
Lisowski beat Mario DeSouza and Jan Gotch … Dick the Bruiser Afflis beat Danny
Ferrazza … Dave Jons beat Duke DeMetri … (Ladies) Lorraine Johnson drew Joan
Ballard … Tony Ross beat Bob DeMarce

Chicago, IL: Saturday, March 31, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Hans Schmidt beat Firpo Zbyszko … Angelo Poffo beat Brian Clary
… Jim Bernard beat Seymour Koenig … Gypsy Joe drew Len Rossi … Mighty Atlas beat
Zack Malkov … Billy Goelz beat Don Cortez … Dave Jons beat Tony Ross

Chicago, IL: Friday, April 6, 1956
(International Amphitheater, att.-9,522) … Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder beat Reggie
Lisowski and Stan Lisowski (2-1) … Hans Schmidt beat Angelo Poffo … Dick the Bruiser
Afflis beat Bill Melby (injury) … The Sheik of Araby beat Luis Martinez … (Midgets) Tiny
Roe beat Ivan the Terrible

Chicago, IL: Saturday, April 7, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (USTM*) Wilbur Snyder beat Verne Gagne (19:40, won the U.S. TV
title) (sub for injured Bill Melby) … Hans Schmidt beat Jack Wilson … Dave Jons beat Jim
Bernard … Reggie Lisowski beat Harry Lewis … Gypsy Joe beat Mitch Lassen … Rudy
Kay drew Tony Ross … Don Pollock beat Don Cortez (as Don De Cortez)

Chicago, IL: Saturday, April 14, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser Afflis beat Billy Wicks … Rudy Kay beat Danno O’
Shocker … Mighty Atlas beat Al Szasz … (Ladies) Ramona TeSelle beat Lorraine
Johnson … Billy Goelz drew Johnny Gilbert … Bozo Brown beat Bob DeMarce … Dale
Patrick beat Don Cortez … (WAYLI bulletin had Don Cortez (as Don De Cortez) beat Dale
Patrick)

Chicago, IL: Saturday, April 21, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Bozo Brown and Hans
Hermann … Angelo Poffo beat Luis Martinez … The Sheik of Araby beat Mario DeSouza
… Zack Malkov beat Duke Demetri … Johnny Gilbert beat Tony Ross … Don De Cortez
bear Roy Rogers

Chicago, IL: Saturday, April 28, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (USTM) Wilbur Snyder* beat Rudy Kay … The Sheik of Araby beat
Joe King … Bill Melby beat Don De Cortez … Stan Lisowski beat Roy Rogers … Mighty
Atlas drew Floyd Ude … Bozo Brown beat Ralph Biddick … Johnny Gilbert beat Billy Crist

Chicago, IL: Friday, May 4, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … (USTM) Wilbur Snyder* drew Verne Gagne … Hans
Schmidt beat Dave Jons … Dick the Bruiser Afflis vs Stan Lisowski (ddq) … (Ladies)
Rose Roman and Shirley Strimple beat Ada Ash and Lorraine Johnson … Reggie
Lisowski beat Bill Melby

Chicago, IL: Saturday, May 5, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Hans Schmidt beat Bob Corby … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski
beat Mario DeSouza and Danny Ferrazza … Bill Melby drew Angelo Poffo … Billy Goelz
drew Rudy Kay … Bozo Brown beat Tony Ross … Don De Cortez beat Zack Malkov (dq)

Chicago, IL: Wednesday, May 9, 1956
(Sports Arena) … Rocky Spencer vs Jack Thornton … Mike Blazer vs Angelo Thanos …
Benny Rooster vs Billy Skill … Cosmo Calabrese vs Moose Dorocke … promoter: Tom
Rolewicz

Chicago, IL: Saturday, May 12, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Ike Eakins beat Jan Gotch … The Sheik of Araby beat Len Rossi …
Benito Gardini beat Bozo Brown … Seymour Koenig and Luis Martinez beat Don De
Cortez and Tony Ross … Billy Goelz beat Buddy Hack … Mario DeSouza beat Duke
Demetri

Chicago, IL: Saturday, May 19, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (USTM) Wilbur Snyder* beat Ike Eakins … Hans Schmidt beat Don
Martin … Stan Lisowski beat Jim Siksay … Mario DeSouza drew Bozo Brown … (Midgets)
Sky Low Low beat Lord Littlebrook … Seymour Koenig drew Don Cortez … Tony Ross
beat Bobby Watts

Chicago, IL: Saturday, May 26, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Antonino Rocca beat Bozo Brown … Dick the Bruiser Afflis beat
Mario DeSouza … The Sheik of Araby beat Harry Lewis … Billy Goelz and Don Pollock
beat Don De Cortez and Benito Gardini … (Ladies) Ramona TeSelle beat Rose Roman
… Mike Sipich drew Bobby Watts

Chicago, IL: Friday, June 1, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … (USTM) Wilbur Snyder* beat Hans Schmidt … Reggie
Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Angelo Poffo and The Sheik of Araby … Dick the Bruiser
Afflis beat Bob Orton … Bill Melby beat Billy Goelz … (Ladies) Rose Roman beat Ramona
TeSelle … Don Pollack beat Zack Malkov … NOTE: The Tribune gave the Pollack result
as a draw. However a film of the match showed Pollack winning.

Chicago, IL: Saturday, June 2, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Bill Melby beat Bob Orton … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat
Seymour Koenig and Don Pollock … Dick the Bruiser Afflis beat Zack Malkov … The
Sheik of Araby beat John Smitherman … Benito Gardini beat Johnny Gilbert … Roy
Rogers beat Bozo Brown (dq)

Chicago, IL: Saturday, June 9, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Roy McClarity beat Benito Gardini … The Sheik of Araby beat Ted
Marshall … Tony Ross beat Ralph Biddick (sub for Johnny Barend) … Mighty Atlas drew
Billy Goelz … Otis Ortega and Reyes Rodriquez beat Mike Sipich and Ned Taylor …
Maurice Roberre beat Ernie Pirron

Chicago, IL: Saturday, June 16, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser Afflis beat Johnny Moochy … Nick Bockwinkel and
Billy Goelz beat Danny Ferrazza and Angelo Poffo … Benito Gardini beat Seymour
Koenig … Jack Allen beat Buddy Hack … Don Cortez drew Don Pollock … (Ladies)
Ramona TeSelle beat Raymonde Coty

Chicago, IL: Saturday, June 23, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Antonino Rocca beat Benito Gardini … Angelo Poffo beat Jack Allen
… Bill Melby beat Tony Ross … Nick Bockwinkel beat Duke DeMetri … Harry Lewis and
Ned Taylor beat Otis Ortega and Reyes Rodriquez … Seymour Koenig beat Dale Patrick

Chicago, IL: Saturday, June 30, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Nick Bockwinkel and
Seymour Koenig … Dick the Bruiser Afflis beat Bozo Brown … Angelo Poffo drew Dave
Jons … The Sheik of Araby beat Don Cortez … Hans Hermann beat Tony Ross … Jack
Allen beat Benito Gardini … (WAYLI had Poffo won Jons)

Chicago, IL: Sunday, July 1, 1956 (afternoon)
(Justice Park Gardens) … Max Marek vs Benny Rooster … NOTE: This was an event at
an outdoor festival.

Chicago, IL: Friday, July 6, 1956
(International Amphitheater, att.-8,853) … Lou Thesz drew Wilbur Snyder … Reggie
Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Dick the Bruiser Afflis and Hans Schmidt (dq) … Bill
Melby beat Benito Gardini … The Sheik of Araby beat Nick Bockwinkel … Angelo Poffo
beat Don Pollock

Chicago, IL: Saturday, July 7, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser Afflis beat Maurice Roberre … Angelo Poffo beat
Johnny Fize … Nick Bockwinkel and Billy Goelz beat Duke DeMetri and Benito Gardini …
Dave Jons beat Danny Ferrazza … Hans Hermann beat Don Cortez … Bill Savage beat
Reyes Rodriquez

Chicago, IL: Saturday, July 14, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Wilbur Snyder beat Dave Jons … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski
beat Chris Alverado and Salvatore Martinez … The Sheik of Araby drew Nick Bockwinkel
… Hans Hermann beat Ralph Biddick … Benito Gardini drew Don Pollock … Bill Savage
beat Don Cortez

Chicago, IL: Saturday, July 21, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Hans Schmidt beat Karl Karlsson … Roy McClarity beat Jim Bernard
… Reggie Lisowski beat Jack Allen … Nick Bockwinkel and Dave Jons drew Benito
Gardini and Gypsy Joe … Bill Savage beat Duke DeMetri … Karl Gray beat Dale Patrick

Chicago, IL: Saturday, July 28, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (USTM) Wilbur Snyder* beat Hans Hermann … Dick the Bruiser beat
Bill Savage … Bill Melby drew Angelo Poffo … Seymour Koenig beat Bozo Brown (dq) …
Jack Allen beat Harry Lewis … Karl Gray beat Reyes Rodriquez … Duke DeMetri beat
Johnny Smitherman

Chicago, IL: Saturday, August 4, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Roy McClarity beat The Sheik of Araby … Nick Bockwinkel and
Seymour Koenig beat Bozo Brown and Don Cortez … Billy Goelz beat Gypsy Joe (dq) …
Mahmut Yousuf beat Duke DeMetri … Bill Savage beat Roy Rogers ,,, Mitch Lassen beat
Karl Gray

LaGrange, IL: Tuesday, August 7, 1956
(site) … (USTM) Wilbur Snyder* beat The Sheik of Araby … (Ladies) Ada Ash beat
Raymonde Coty … Don Pollock and Bill Savage beat Benito Gardini and Gypsy Joe …
NOTE: LaGrange is a suburb of Chicago about 15 miles west.

Chicago, IL: Saturday, August 11, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Verne Gagne beat Mighty Atlas … Reggie Lisowski and Stan
Lisowski beat Tony Ross and Bill Savage … Angelo Poffo beat Karl Gray … Nick
Bockwinkel beat Bozo Brown … Mahmut Yousef beat Ned Taylor … Bozo Brown beat
Maurice Roberre

Chicago, IL: Saturday, August 18, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Hans Schmidt beat Nick Bockwinkel … Hans Hermann beat Jack
Wilson … Jack Allen and Seymour Koenig beat Mighty Atlas and Don Cortez … Dave
Jons beat Bozo Brown … (Ladies) Ada Ash beat Raymonde Coty … Mitch Lassen beat
Ned Taylor

Chicago, IL: Friday, August 24, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Antonino Rocca
and Wilbur Snyder … Hans Schmidt beat Roy McClarity … Angelo Poffo beat Bill Melby
… Nick Bockwinkel beat Hans Hermann … (Ladies) Ada Ash beat Kathy Starr

Chicago, IL: Saturday, August 25, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Roy McClarity beat Mighty Atlas … Hans Schmidt beat Dave Jons …
Nick Bockwinkel and Billy Goelz beat Seymour Koenig and Mitch Lassen … Maurice
Roberre drew Don Pollock … Karl Gray beat Dick Nelson

LaGrange, IL: Tuesday, August 28, 1956
() … Dick the Bruiser beat Angelo Poffo … (Ladies) Jean Ballard beat Ramona TeSelle
… Jack Allen and Billy Goelz beat Bozo Brown and Ned Taylor

Chicago, IL: Saturday, September 1, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Verne Gagne beat Hans Hermann … Angelo Poffo beat Nick
Bockwinkel (2-1) … Billy Goelz and Dave Jons beat Duke DeMetri and Mitch Lassen …
Dick the Bruiser beat Maurice Roberre … Mighty Atlas beat Bill Savage … Bobby Carillo
beat Ned Taylor

Chicago, IL: Saturday, September 8, 1956
(Marigold Arena, att.-1,118) … (USTM) Wilbur Snyder* beat Bill Melby (21:00) … (Ladies)
Raymonde Cote and Rose Roman beat Ada Ash and Ramona TeSelle (2-1) … Mighty
Atlas beat Seymour Koenig … Angelo Poffo beat Jack Allen … Ned Taylor beat Mahmout
Youseff (dq) … Zack Malkov beat Karl Gray

Chicago, IL: Friday, September 14, 1956
(International Amphitheater, att.-8,223) … Verne Gagne, Antonino Rocca and Wilbur
Snyder beat Dick the Bruiser, Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski (2-1) … Angelo Poffo
beat Mighty Atlas … Bill Melby drew Carl Engstrom (30:00) … Don Pollock beat Benito
Gardini … (Ladies) Jean Ballard beat Jean Noble … NOTE: Jean Ballard (real name)
later became more famous as Jessica Rogers.

Chicago, IL: Saturday, September 15, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (USTM*) Hans Schmidt beat Wilbur Snyder (2-1, cor) (won the United
States HW TV Title) .. Mighty Atlas beat Tony Ross … Angelo Poffo beat Steve McGill (as
Cleve McGill) … Johnny Kace beat Jim Siksay … (Midgets) Cowboy Bradley and Pee
Wee James beat Ivan the Terrible and Tiny Roe (2-1) … Ned Taylor beat Mike Sipich …
(last bout from Bob Nitsche & Tom Gannon records, not in Tribune)
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Chicago, IL: Saturday, September 22, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Billy Goelz beat Gypsy Joe … Benito Gardini drew Zack Malkov …
Boris Volkoff and Nicoli Volkoff beat Mitch Lassen and Don Pollock (2-0) … Farmer Don
Marlin beat Danny Ferrazza … Benito Gardini drew Zack Malkov … Dale Patrick drew
Ted Marshall … Ed Cholak beat Ned Taylor

Chicago, IL: Saturday, September 29, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Wilbur Snyder beat Dick the Bruiser … Mighty Atlas drew Hans
Hermann … Don Pollock drew Ned Taylor … Angelo Poffo beat Ed Cholak … Paul
Bunyan beat Duke DeMetri … Boris Volkoff and Nicoli Volkoff beat Jack Allen and Mitch
Lassen … (last bout from Nitsche records, Tribune did not publish results)

Chicago, IL: Saturday, October 6, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (USTM) Hans Schmidt* beat Joe Millich … Dick the Bruiser beat Carl
Engstrom … Angelo Poffo beat Billy Goelz … (Ladies) Ada Ash beat Raymonde Coty …
Johnny Gilbert beat Ned Taylor … Bill Melby beat Tony Ross

Chicago, IL: Saturday, October 13, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Boris Volkoff and Nicoli Volkoff beat Seymour Koenig and Roy
Rogers … Angelo Poffo beat Johnny Gilbert … Mighty Atlas beat Johnny Kace … Paul
Bunyan beat Bozo Brown … Tony Ross beat Bob Carillo … Otis Ortega beat Duke
DeMetri

Chicago, IL: Friday, October 19, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … (USTM) Hans Schmidt* beat Wilbur Snyder … Antonino
Rocca beat Dick the Bruiser … Boris Volkoff and Nicoli Volkoff beat Bill Melby and Don
Pollock … Angelo Poffo beat Carl Engstrom … (Ladies) Joan Ballard beat Ada Ash

Chicago, IL: Saturday, October 20, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser beat Mighty Atlas … Roy McClarity beat Tony Ross
… (Ladies) Rose Roman and Raymonde Coty beat Ada Ash and Ramona TeSelle …
Hans Hermann beat Jack Allen … Gypsy Joe drew Carl Engstrom … Zack Malkov beat
Dick Witt

Chicago, IL: Saturday, October 27, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Jim Siskay and Jack Wilson
… Wilbur Snyder beat Zack Malkov … Billy Goelz beat Gypsy Joe … Jack Allen drew Don
Pollock … (Midgets) Pee Wee James beat Tom Thumb … (Midgets) Tiny Roe beat Brown
Panther

Chicago, IL: Saturday, November 3, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (USTM) Hans Schmidt* beat Stan Lisowski … Hans Hermann beat
Zack Malkov … Angelo Poffo beat Carl Engstrom … Bill Melby beat Benito Gardini …
Seymour Koenig drew Bozo Brown … Jack Allen beat Jack Wilson

Chicago, IL: Friday, November 9, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Verne Gagne
and Wilbur Snyder … Yukon Eric beat Bozo Brown … Dick the Bruiser drew Angelo Poffo
… Paul Bunyan beat Hans Hermann … Bill Melby beat Billy Goelz

Chicago, IL: Saturday, November 10, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (United State HW TV Title) Hans Schmidt* beat Dick the Bruiser (cor)
… Yukon Eric beat Jack Wilson … Boris Volkoff and Nicoli Volkoff beat Tony Ross and
Zack Malkov … Angelo Poffo beat Seymour Koenig … Billy Goelz drew Carl Engstrom …
Luis Martinez beat Gypsy Joe (dq)

Chicago, IL: Saturday, November 17, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Antonino Rocca beat Bozo Brown … Angelo Poffo beat Carl
Engstrom … Hans Hermann drew Jack Allen … Seymour Koenig beat Duke DeMetri …
Gino Angelo beat Dale Patrick … Maurice Roberre beat Harry Lewis

Chicago, IL: Saturday, November 24, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … (USTM) Hans Schmidt* beat Jerry Mace … Luis Martinez beat Gypsy
Joe … Billy Goelz drew Seymour Koenig … Jack Allen beat Gino Angelo … Carl Engstrom
beat Don Cortez … (Ladies) Joan Ballard beat Sharon Lass … NOTE: WAYLI report had
Ballard drew Lass.

Chicago, IL: Saturday, December 1, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Verne Gagne beat Don Cortez … Boris Volkoff and Nicoli Volkoff
beat Jack Allen and Maurice Roberre … Paul Bunyan beat Zack Malkov … Seymour
Koenig drew Gino Angelo … Bozo Brown beat Don Pollock … (Ladies) Sharon Lass and
Rose Roman beat Alice Mason and Ramona TeSelle

Chicago, IL: Friday, December 7, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … (USTM) Hans Schmidt* drew Wilbur Snyder … Boris
Volkoff and Nicoli Volkoff beat Dick the Bruiser and Yukon Eric … Roy McClarity beat
Angelo Poffo … Gypsy Joe beat Seymour Koenig … Bill Melby beat Gino Angelo

Chicago, IL: Saturday, December 8, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Jack Brown and Carl
Engstrom … Yukon Eric beat Bozo Brown … Angelo Poffo beat Luis Martinez … Paul
Bunyan beat Hans Hermann … Hans Schnabel beat Kit Fox … Billy Goelz beat Gino
Angelo

Chicago, IL: Saturday, December 15, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Reggie Lisowski and Stan Lisowski beat Seymour Koenig and Luis
Martinez … Bill Melby beat Gino Angelo … Billy Goelz beat Zack Malkov … Jack Allen
beat Duke DeMetri … Bozo Brown beat Dick Beyer … Jack Wilson drew Don Pollock

Chicago, IL: Saturday, December 22, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Wilbur Snyder beat Bozo Brown … Bill Melby beat Reggie Lisowski
… Angelo Poffo beat Luis Martinez … Billy Goelz and Don Pollock beat Gino Angelo and
Don Cortez … Carl Engstrom beat Jack Allen … Jack Wilson beat Zack Malkov

Chicago, IL: Friday, December 28, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … Boris Volkoff and Nicoli Volkoff beat Reggie Lisowski and
Stan Lisowski … Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo … Paul Bunyan beat Angelo Savoldi
… Bill Melby beat Gypsy Joe … (Ladies) Ramona TeSelle beat Sharon Lass … Carl
Engstrom beat Jack Wilson

Chicago, IL: Saturday, December 29, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser beat Bill Melby … Wilbur Snyder beat Jack Wilson …
Edouard Carpentier beat Angelo Savoldi … Bozo Brown and Tony Ross beat Jack Allen
and Don Pollock … Stan Lisowski beat Seymour Koenig … Carl Engstrom drew Gino
Angelo

Results from Bob Nitsche, Fred Hornby, Tim Hornbaker, Libnan Ayoub
Edited by Don Luce (researched September only)

Additional research below has been done by Tim Hornbaker:

Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, January 21, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Wilbur Snyder b. Bill Longson (3:19) … Angelo Poffo b. Johnny
Gilbert (2-0) … Seymour Koenig and Luis Martinez b. Bronko Lubich and Wally Steele …
Hans Herbert b. Roy Rogers … Billy Goelz b. Tony Ross … Mitsu Arakawa b. Mitch
Lassen … Don Cortez b. Billy Crist … (promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, April 6, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder b. The Lisowski
Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) (2/3) (Lisowskis won the first fall in 18:55, Gagne
and Snyder won the second in 12:00, Gagne and Snyder won the third in 11:50) … Hans
Schmidt b. Angelo Poffo (7:39) … Dick the Bruiser b. Bill Melby (Melby suffered an injury
during the match) … Tiny Roe b. Ivan the Terrible … The Sheik of Araby b. Luis Martinez
… (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (9,522 fans) … (gate: $25,908.28)

Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, April 7, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Wilbur Snyder b. Verne Gagne to capture the United States TV Title
(19:40) (Gagne was a late substitute for the injured Bill Melby) … Hans Schmidt b. Jack
Wilson … Dave Jons b. Jim Bernard … Reggie Lisowski b. Harry Lewis … Rudy Kay and
Tony Ross wrestled to a draw … Don Pollack b. Don Cortez … (promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: Wednesday, May 9, 1956
(Sports Arena) … Rockey Spencer vs. Jack Thornton … Mike Blazer vs. Angelo Thanos
… Banny Roaster vs. Billy Skill … Cosmo Calabrese vs. Moose Dorocke … (promoter:
Tom Rolewicz) … (South Chicago Enterprise)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, October 19, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … (promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, December 8, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. Jack Brown
and Carl Engstrom (2-0) (Jack Brown might actually be Jack Allen) … Yukon Eric b. Bozo
Brown (2-0) … Angelo Poffo b. Luis Martinez … Paul Bunyon b. Hans Hermann … Billy
Goelz b. Gino Angelo … Hans Schnabel b. Chief Kit Fox … (promoter: Fred Kohler) …
(television: channel 9 from 8-10 p.m.) … (TV commentator: Jack Brickhouse)

Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, December 22, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Wilbur Snyder b. Bozo Brown (2-0) … Bill Melby b. Reggie Lisowski
(2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Angelo Poffo b. Luis Martinez … Carl Engstrom b. Jack Allen …
Jack Wilson b. Zack Malkov (DQ) … Billy Goelz and Don Pollock b. Gino Angelo and Don
Cortez (2/3) … (promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, December 28, 1956
(International Amphitheater) … World Tag Team Champions The Russians (Boris and
Nicoli Volkoff) b. The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) (2/3) (third fall by
countout) … Wilbur Snyder b. Angelo Poffo … Paul Bunyan b. Angelo Savoldi … Bill
Melby b. Gypsy Joe … Ramona TeSelle b. Sharon Lee (Lass?) … Carl Engstrom b. Jack
Wilson … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (6,620 fans) … (gate: $16,002)

Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, December 29, 1956
(Marigold Arena) … Bozo Brown and Tony Ross vs. Jack Allen and Don Pollock … Gino
Angelo vs. Carl Engstrom … Hans Hermann vs. Jack Wilson … Edouard Carpentier vs.
Angelo Savoldi … Seymour Koenig vs. Stanley Lisowski … (promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago Wrestling Results - 1956