Chicago, Illinois:  January 12, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser and The Sheik of Araby wrestled The Volkoffs (Boris
and Nicoli Volkoff) to a double countout (1-1) … Carl Engstrom b. Gypsy Joe (DQ) … Bill
Melby and Angelo Poffo drew … Stanley Lisowski b. Jerry Christy … Gino Angelo b. Don
Pollock … Yukon Eric b. Hans Hermann (2-0) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  January 26, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Hans Schmidt b. Jan Gotch (2-0) … Edouard Carpentier b. Mike
Paidousis (2-0) … Bozo Brown and Jerry Christy drew (30:00) … The Sheik of Araby b.
Jack Allen … Mitch Lassen and Don Pollock drew (30:00) … Rose Roman b. Jean Bellard
(2-0) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  February 9, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … The Volkoffs (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) b. Gino Angelo and Don
Cortez (2-0) (7:15, 5:37) … Laura Martinez b. Ramona TeSelle (2/3) … Angelo Poffo b.
Gypsy Joe (7:45) … Aldo Bogni b. Don Pollock (11:39) … Carl Engstrom and Jerry
Gordet drew (20:00) … Jerry Christy b. Duke DeMetri (15:17) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  February 16, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Carl Engstrom b. Gypsy Joe (2/3) (third by DQ) … (promoter:  Fred
Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, February 19, 1957
(International Amphitheater) … Wilbur Snyder b. Hans Schmidt by decision to capture the
NWA United States Heavyweight Title (2/3) (The referee awarded the match to Snyder)
(Schmidt said he was going to file an appeal with the NWA) … The Lisowski Brothers
(Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. Paul Bunyon and Angelo Poffo (2/3) … Edouard
Carpentier b. Nicoli Voloff … Caroline Bennett b. Baby Doe … Boris Volkoff b. Bill Melby
… (promoter:  Fred Kohler) … (referee:  Pat Murphy) … (9,132 fans) … (gate:  $25,098)

Chicago, Illinois:  February 23, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Edouard Carpentier b. Gypsy Joe (12:04) … The Volkoffs (Boris and
Nicoli Volkoff) b. Jack Allen and Johnny Carl (2-0) (7:02, 3:31) … Aldo Bogni and Hans
Hermann drew (24:00) … Angelo Poffo b. Jerry Christy (32:03) … Gino Angelo and Jerry
Gordet drew (20:00) … Larry Williams b. Don Cortez (4:08) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  March 16, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Verne Gagne b. Joe Tomasso (2-0) (18:11, 9:16) … Dick the Bruiser
b. John Swenski (2-0) (15:25, 5:02) … Billy Goelz b. Jerry Gordet (19:58) … Emile Dupre
b. Zack Malkov (16:25) … Laura Martinez and Rose Roman b. Ilza Koch and Ramona
TeSelle (2/3) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Friday, April 26, 1957
(International Amphitheater) … Edouard Carpentier and Verne Gagne b. The Lisowskis
(Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) (1-0) (Carpentier pinned Stanley in 56-minutes for the first
fall (time expired in 60-minutes) … Wilbur Snyder b. Dick the Bruiser (DQ) … Angelo
Poffo b. Jerry Christy (9:27) … Bill Melby and The Sheik of Araby drew (30:00) …
Caroline Bennett b. Baby Doe (7:18) … Billy Goelz b. Zack Malkov (20:04) … (promoter:  
Fred Kohler) … (9,130 fans) … (gate:  $23,642.44)

*On Saturday, May 4, 1957, wrestling appeared at 8:00 on channel 9.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, May 11, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Verne Gagne b. Clyde Steeves (2-0) (13:45, 17:02) … Edouard
Carpentier b. Gypsy Joe (2-0) … Sheik of Araby b. Jim Siksay (12:45) … Carl Engstrom
and Billy Goelz drew (20:00) … Jerry Christy b. Jack Wilson (14:29) … Rose Roman and
Shirely Strimple b. Ada Ash and Corinne Cordero (2/3) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

*On Saturday, May 11, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 9 at 8:00.  The show
featured Jack Brickhouse as a commentator and eminated from the Marigold Arena.  It
would be Kohler’s final on WGN.

Chicago, Illinois:  Friday, May 17, 1957
(International Amphitheater) … Edouard Carpentier b. Hans Schmidt (2/3) … Verne
Gagne and Wilbur Snyder b. The Volkoffs (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) to capture the World
Tag Team Title (2/3) (Gagne won the first fall in 20:40, Boris won the second in 11:20,
Snyder pinned Nicoli in 3:02 for the third) … Angelo Poffo b. Bill Melby (12:27) … Pedro
Godoy and The Sheik of Araby drew (30:00) … Shirley Strimple b. Corrine Cordero (10:
15) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler) … (9,435 fans) … (gate:  $25,047)

*On Saturday, May 18, 1957, channel 9 presented “Theater Date” at 8:00.  This show
officially replaced Fred Kohler’s longtime running Marigold Arena program on Saturday
nights.

*On Saturday, May 25, 1957, channel 9 offered “Theater Date” entitled “Woman in the
Window” at 8:00.

*On Saturday, June 1, 1957, channel 9 had “Theater Date – Film.” There was no
wrestling on the schedule.  Channel 5 had Championship Bowling at 11:00.  The film that
was offered on “Theater Date” was “Footlight Serenade” with Betty Grable.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, June 1, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser b. Wilbur Snyder to capture the United States
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Bruiser won the first fall in 8:32, Snyder won the second in 7:05,
Bruiser won the third in 4:46) … Sharon Lass b. Corrine Cordero (2/3) … Sheik of Araby
b. Jerry Christy … Angelo Poffo b. Billy Goelz … Pedro Godoy b. Zack Malkov …
(promoter:  Fred Kohler)
Note:  In the Saturday, June 1, 1957 preview in the Chicago Daily Tribune, it specifically
stated that Snyder was defending his United States Title against Bruiser.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, June 8, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser and Wilbur Snyder wrestled to a double countout (1-
1) (Snyder won the first fall in 1:30, Bruiser won the second in 10:10, double-countout in
11:18) … The Sheik of Araby b. Pedro Godoy … Jerry Christy b. Johnny Kace … Pete
Kovac b. Don Cortez … The Volkoffs (Boris and Nicolai Volkoff) b. Bozo Brown and Zack
Malkov (2-0) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

*On Saturday, June 8, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 5 at 11:00.  This would have
been the debut of this show.

Chicago, Illinois:  Friday, June 14, 1957
(International Amphitheatre) … Edouard Carpentier b. Lou Thesz to capture the NWA
World Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Thesz won the first fall in 17:22, Carpentier won the
second in 3:39, Carpentier won the third in 4:42 by disqualification) (Carpentier won the
third when Thesz was disqualified) (Thesz was injured and using the ropes for protection)
(Thesz was also going from corner to corner to stay away from his opponent) (referee:  
Ed Whalen) … The Lisowskis (Reggie and Stanley) b. Pedro Godoy and Bill Melby …
Wilbur Snyder b. The Sheik of Araby … Sharon Lass b. Ada Ash … Angelo Poffo b. Larry
Moquin … (promoter:  Fred Kohler) … (referee:  Ed Whalen) … (5,682 fans) … (gate:  
$13,246)
Notes:  The Chicago American newspaper and Fred Kohler’s official program both
printed that Edouard Carpentier was the new World Heavyweight Champion.  Lass was
said to be a “19-year old all around girl athlete from Milwaukee, who water skis in the
summer, skis on snow in the winter and partakes of many other sports activities, all of
which led her to wrestling.” Ash was a “performer of Amazonian acts, including the lifting
of a Shetland pony.” Carpentier was said to have arrived in Canada from Europe 11
months earlier and “after a six months campaign in Canada, came to the United States
where his success has been outstanding.”

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, June 15, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Pedro Godoy b. The Sheik of Araby with one-fall in the scheduled
two-of-three-falls match (match ended at the time-limit with Godoy having the only fall) …
Hans Schmidt b. Larry Hennig … Larry Chene and Roy McClarity b. Don Cortez and Jack
Wilson (2-0) (Cortez and Wilson were disqualified in the second fall) … Johnny Rougeau
b. Al Warshawsky … Ramona TeSelle b. Rose Roman … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)
Notes:  Show began at 8:00 p.m.  The Chicago Daily Tribune on June 15, 1957 and June
16, 1957 indicated that "Larry Henning" was apart of this program.  However, there is
some doubt whether or not this is the well known "Larry Hennig" or possibly a typo for
Lee Henning.

*On Saturday, June 15, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 5 at 11:00.  The show was
an International Amphitheater program with Hans Schmidt wrestling Yukon Eric.  Tiny Roe
was wrestling Ivan the Terrible.  This was a tape from 1953.

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, June 18, 1957
(Mance Park Speedway) … Wilbur Snyder b. Hans Schmidt (2/3) … Billy Goelz and Bill
Melby vs. Gypsy Joe and Shiek of Araby … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, June 22, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … The Volkoffs (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) b. Larry Chene and Roy
McClarity (2/3) (The Volkoffs won the first fall in 13:18, Chene and McClarity won the
second in 8:14, Volkoffs won the third in 5:13) … Pat O’Connor b. Aldo Bogni (15:50) …
Dick the Bruiser b. Don Cortez (12:13) … Luis Martinez b. Jerry Christy (21:30) … Billy
Goelz and Danno McDonald drew (30:00)

*On Saturday, June 22, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 5 at 11:00.  Billy Darnell
and Bill Melby wrestled against The Mighty Atlas and Bob Orton.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, June 29, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … The Lisowskis (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) and The Volkoffs (Boris
and Nicoli Volkoff) wrestled to a double-disqualification (1-1) (Volkoffs won the first fall,
Lisowskis won the second, double disqualification in the third) … Pedro Godoy b. Zack
Malkov … Angelo Poffo b. Jack Wilson … Bill Melby b. Don Pollack … Luis Martinez b.
Gino Angelo … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

*On Saturday, June 29, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 5 at 11:00.  Dick the
Bruiser wrestled Bill Melby and Art Neilsen wrestled Bobby Nelson.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, July 6, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Hans Schmidt b. Angelo Poffo (2/3) (Schmidt won the first fall in 8:32,
Poffo won the second in 3:45, Schmidt won the third in 4:25) … Bill Melby b. Bronko
Lubich (9:02) … Pedro Godoy and Luis Martinez b. Gino Angelo and Jack Wilson (2-0) …
Jack Allen b. Maurice Roberre (20:25) … Billy Goelz b. Don Cortez (15:09) … (promoter:  
Fred Kohler)

*On Saturday, July 6, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 5 at 11:00.  Rocky Columbo
faced Larry Chene and Angelo Poffo battled Hans Schmidt.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, July 13, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Verne Gagne b. Bill Melby (2/3) (Gagne won the first fall in 8:21,
Melby won the second in 10:15, Gagne won the third in 5:51) … Pedro Godoy and Luis
Martinez b. The Volkoffs (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) (2/3) … Billy Goelz b. Jack Allen …
Jerry Christy b. Mitch Lassen … Jack Wilson b. Don Pollock … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, July 20, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … The Lisowskis (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) and Pedro Godoy and
Luis Martinez wrestled to a double-disqualification (2/3) (The Lisowskis won the first fall,
Godoy and Martinez won the second, double disqualification in third) … Pat O’Connor b.
Jack Wilson … Gino Angelo and Don Pollock drew … Aldo Bogni b. Roy Rogers …
Barbara Baker b. Rose Roman … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

*On Saturday, July 20, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 5 at 11:00.  Benito Gardini
and Bobby Nelson faced Rudy Kay and Sky-Hi Lee.

*On Saturday, July 20, 1957, the Chicago Daily Tribune and TV Ticker column writer
Larry Wolters reported that channel 9 was going to start broadcasting wrestling in the
fall.  The shows would be on tape.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, July 27, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Verne Gagne vs. Stanley Lisowski … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, August 3, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpentier b. Reggie
Lisowski (2/3) (Carpentier won the first fall in 9:38, Lisowski won the second in 10:20,
Carpentier won the third in 2:05) … Barbara Baker b. Corinne Cordero … The Sheik of
Araby b. Larry Chene … Danno McDonald b. Billy Goelz … Dino Bravo b. Don Cortez …
Bob Langevin and Zack Malkov drew … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

*On Saturday, July 27, 1957, nothing was on the schedule.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, August 10, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … The Lisowski Brothers (Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. Bill Melby
and Wilbur Snyder (2/3) … Hans Schmidt b. Aldo Bogni … The Sheik of Araby b. Danno
McDonald … Pedro Godoy b. Gino Angelo … Dino Bravo b. Jack Wilson … (promoter:  
Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Friday, August 16, 1957
(International Amphitheater) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpentier
and Lou Thesz drew (60:00) (1-1) (Carpentier won the first fall in 33:28, Thesz won the
second in 16:04) … Hans Schmidt b. The Sheik of Araby (10:40) … Dick the Bruiser b.
Larry Chene (11:45) … Pat O’Connor b. Bob Langevin (14:30) … The Lisowski Brothers
(Reggie and Stanley Lisowski) b. Pedro Godoy and Luis Martinez (2/3) … (promoter:  
Fred Kohler) … (referee:  Jack Dempsey) … (8,237 fans)

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, August 17, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser and Verne Gagne wrestled to a double-
disqualification in the third fall (1-1) … Barbara Baker and Rose Roman b. Corinne
Cordero and Ramona LeSelle (2/3) … The Sheik of Araby b. Zack Malkov … Larry
Chene b. Don Cortez … Luis Martinez b. Danno McDonald … (promoter:  Fred Kohler) …
(referee:  Harry Berz)

*On Thursday, August 29, 1957, channel 9 (WGN-TV) broadcast “Frankie Laine –
Musical” at 7:30.

*On Thursday, September 5, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 9 (WGN-TV) at 7:30.  
This marked the debut of the Thursday show.  Larry Chene teamed with Billy Goelz to
face Art Neilsen and The Sheik of Araby.  The sponsor was Fohrman.  Russ Davis acted
as the commentator for this Thursday show.

*On Thursday, September 12, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 9 (WGN-TV) from 7:
30-8:30.  Sky-Hi Lee wrestled Jack Witzig and Harry Lewis wrestled The Sheik of Araby.  
The sponsor was Fohrman.

Chicago, Illinois:  Friday, September 13, 1957
(International Amphitheater) … World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpentier b.
Hans Schmidt when the latter was unable  to continue due to an ankle injury in the third
fall (2/3) … Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder b. The Lisowskis (Reggie and Stanley
Lisowski) by DQ … Joe Dusek b. Zack Malkov … Don Leo Jonathan b. Bob “Legs”
Langevin … Pedro Godoy and Angelo Poffo drew … The Sheik of Araby b. Billy Goelz …
(promoter:  Fred Kohler) … (7,580 fans)

*On Thursday, September 19, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 9 (WGN-TV) at 7:30
with footage from the International Amphitheater.  Hans Schmidt wrestled Lou Newman,
Pat O’Connor wrestled The Mighty Atlas and Dick the Bruiser faced Ivan Rasputin.

*On Saturday, September 21, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 7 at 11:00.

*On Thursday, September 26, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 9 (WGN-TV) at 7:
30.  Don Leo Jonathan faced Roy McClarity and Angelo Poffo battled Wilbur Snyder.

*On Thursday, October 3, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 9 at 7:30.  The matches
were Reggie Lisowski vs. Zack Malkov, Sky-Hi Lee vs. Pat O’Connor, The Mighty Atlas vs.
Wilbur Snyder.

*On Saturday, November 9, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 7 at 11:00.  Howard
Cantonwine faced Barron (?).  Len Rossi wrestled Tor Yamato.

*On Saturday, November 16, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 7 at 11:00.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, November 30, 1957
(Marigold Arena) ... United States Heavyweight Champion Wilbur Snyder b. Boris Volkoff
(2/3) ... Bobby Managoff and Nicoli Volkoff drew (30:00) ... Ivan the Terrible b. Billy Two
Rivers (10:09) ... Alberto Godoy b. Jack Allen (20:41) ... Carl Engstrom and Tony Silipini
b. Gino Angelo and Bronko Lubich (2/3) ... (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Friday, December 13, 1957
(International Amphitheater) … World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpenter and
Antonino Rocca drew … Dick the Bruiser defeated Wilbur Snyder to capture the United
States Heavyweight Title (Brusier was a substitute for Don Leo Jonathan) … (promoter:  
Fred Kohler) … (6,028 fans) … (gate:  $14,620)
Note:  According to Wrestling Life magazine and other sources, Bruiser and Snyder
traded the U.S. Title on Saturday, December 14, 1957, but that date is wrong.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, December 14, 1957
(Marigold Arena) ... Wilbur Snyder and Boris Volkoff were both counted out in the third
fall (1-1) ... Gino Angelo and Ivan the Terrible b. Alberto Godoy and Billy Goelz (2/3) ...
Billy Two Rivers b. Kurt Von Hess ... Cowboy Bradley and Little Red Feather b. Fuzzy
Cupid and Pee Wee James (2/3) ... (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

*On Saturday, December 14, 1957, wrestling appeared on channel 7 at 11:30.  The show
was a tape from somewhere, possibly from the early 1950s in Chicago.  The show
featured Fritz vs. Skylo and Lou Thesz vs. The Mighty Atlas.

Chicago, Illinois:  Saturday, December 21, 1957
(Marigold Arena) … Ivan the Terrible b. Don Leo Jonathan (2/3) (third by DQ) … Alberto
Godoy and Luis Martinez b. Duke DeMetri and Boris Volkoff (2/3) … Bobby Managoff and
Angelo Poffo drew … Ned Taylor b. Bronko Lubich … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 20, 2010
Chicago Wrestling Results - 1957