Chicago Wrestling Results

Chicago, Illinois: January 4, 1958
(Marigold Arena) … Bob Konovsky b. Ned Taylor (Konovsky’s pro wrestling debut) …
Bobby Managoff and Wilbur Snyder b. Ivan the Terrible and Reggie Lisowski (2/3) … Carl
Engstrom b. Jack Allen … Billy Goelz and Luis Martinez drew (30:00) … (promoter: Fred
Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, January 31, 1958
(International Amphitheater) … World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpentier b. Don
Leo Jonathan (2/3) (Carpentier won the first fall in 17:10, Jonathan won the second in 11:
10, Carpentier won the third in 9:45) … Dick the Bruiser and Wilbur Snyder drew (1-1)
(Snyder won the first fall in 1:10, Bruiser won the second in 11:35, double countout in 7:
15) … Tony Filipini, Bobby Managoff and Pat O’Connor b. The Lisowskis (Reggie and
Stanley Lisowski) and Ivan the Terrible (2/3) … Bob Konovsky b. Bob “Legs” Langevin …
(promoter: Fred Kohler) … (5,513 fans) … (gate: $15,206.20)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, March 7, 1958
(International Amphitheater) … Dick the Bruiser and Hans Schmidt b. Verne Gagne and
Pat O’Connor (2/3) (Bruiser and Schmidt won the first fall in 18:25, Gagne and O’Connor
won the second in 7:40, Bruiser and Schmidt won the third in 8:06) … Angelo Poffo b.
Ivan the Terrible (12:13) … Bob Konovsky b. Ruffy Silverstein (13:45) … Alex Karras b.
Chest Bernard (3:41) … Ethel Johnson and Lulu Mae Provo b. Betty White and Babs
Wingo (2/3) … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (4,150 fans) … (gate: $10,002.20)
Note: The show drew the second smallest crowd in Fred Kohler’s nine year history of
promoting professional wrestling at the International Amphitheater. The show also
marked his Kohler’s 10,000th wrestling bout promoted.

Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, March 22, 1958
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser b. Bobby Managoff (2/3) (Bruiser won the first fall in
19:57, Managoff won the second in 4:06, Bruiser won the third by DQ in 33:06) … The
Volkoffs (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) b. Bronko Lubich and Angelo Poffo (2/3) … Cowboy
Carlson b. Don Cortez … Gypsy Joe b. Bob Kappel … Alberto Godoy b. Jack Wilson …
(promoter: Fred Kohler) … (1,242 fans)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, April 11, 1958
(International Amphitheater) … Verne Gagne defeated Dick the Bruiser to capture the
United States Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Brusier won the first fall in 13:20, Gagne won the
second in 7:00, Gagne won the third in 4:12) … Hans Schmidt and Yukon Eric drew (30:
00) … Bob Konovsky and Pat O’Connor b. The Volkoffs (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) (DQ) …
Rafael Alvarez b. Gypsy Joe (12:14) … Bobby Managoff and Angelo Poffo drew (30:00)
… The Lady Angel b. Sharon Lass (2:00) … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (6,640 fans) …
(gate: $17,668.39)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, May 2, 1958
(International Amphitheater) … World Heavyweight Champion Edouard Carpentier and
Verne Gagne drew (2/3) (Carpentier won the first fall in 23:30, Gagne won the second in
6:18, double countout in 12:18) … Bob Konovsky and Pat O’Connor b. Angelo Poffo and
Hans Schmidt … Bobby Managoff b. Bob “Legs” Langevin (2-0) … Rafael Alvarez b. Ned
Taylor … The Lady Angel b. Rose Roman … Billy Goelz and Jackie Nichols drew (20:00)
… Bronko Lubich b. Jack Allen … Bob Kappell b. Porfirio Longoria … (promoter: Fred
Kohler) … (5,223 fans) … (gate: $13,420)

Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, May 17, 1958
(Marigold Arena) … Dick the Bruiser and Bobby Managoff drew (60:00) (1-1) … Farmer
Marlin and Jackie Nichols b. Gypsy Joe and Jack Wilson (2/3) … Billy Goelz b. Zack
Malkov … Jack Allen and Carl Engstrom drew … Rafael Alvarez b. Bob Kappel …
(promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, June 6, 1958
(International Amphitheater) … Verne Gagne b. Hans Schmidt (2/3) (Schmidt won the first
fall in 14:10, Gagne won the second in 8:40 and third in 12:06) … Wilbur Snyder b. Ivan
the Terrible (9:10) … Dick the Bruiser b. Roy McClarity (14:50) … The Volkoffs (Boris
and Nicoli Volkoff) b. Bob Konovsky and Bobby Managoff (2/3) … Billy Goelz and Jackie
Nichols drew … Rafael Alvarez b. Duke DeMetri … Shirley Strimple b. Ramona TeSelle …
(promoter: Fred Kohler) … (6,210 fans) … (gate: $15,210.88)

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, July 11, 1958
(International Amphitheater) … Dick the Bruiser b. Gorgeous George (2/3) (Bruiser won
the first fall in 5:05, George won the second in 58-seconds, Bruiser won the third in 6:10)
… Hans Schmidt b. Farmer Marlin (18:55) … Jackie Nichols b. Gypsy Joe (DQ) (18:10) …
Shirley Strimple b. Ada Ash (12:55) … Rafael Alvarez and Billy Goelz drew (20:00) …
Verne Gagne, Bobby Managoff and Roy McClarity b. Ivan the Terrible and The Volkoffs
(Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) (2/3) … (promoter: Fred Kohler) … (6,002 fans) … (gate:
$14,705.68)

*On August 9, 1958, Verne Gagne beat Edouard Carpentier in Omaha to capture the
World Heavyweight Title. Chicago promoter Fred Kohler not only recognized the title
switch, but refereed the match.

Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, October 4, 1958
(Marigold Arena) … The Volkoffs (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) b. Farmer Don Marlin and Roy
McClarity (1-0) (Nicoli beat Marlin for the first and only fall) … Crusher Krueger b. Jack
Wilson … Billy Goelz b. Don de Cortez … Carl Engstrom b. Zack Malkov … Bozo Brown b.
Johnny Kace … (promoter: Fred Kohler)

*Confirm that there was not a wrestling show on Saturday, October 11, 1958.

*On Monday, October 13, 1958, Fred Kohler announced that he was ending his weekly
Marigold Arena wrestling shows. He still had a lease on the arena and planned to rent it
out again to others to use.

Chicago, Illinois: Thursday, October 16, 1958
(Marigold Arena) … Bronko Lubich vs. Farmer Don Marlin … Bozo Brown vs. Ray
Schaefer … Bob Kappel vs. Ned Taylor … Ada Ash vs. Lady Atlas … (promoter: Fred
Kohler) … (sponsored by: 33rd Ward Club)
Note: This was the final Marigold show until December 8, 1958.

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, October 17, 1958
(International Amphitheater) … Edouard Carpentier and Verne Gagne wrestled The
Volkoffs (Boris and Nicoli Volkoff) to a draw … Dick the Bruiser wrestled Yukon Eric to a
no contest (Bruiser smashed his opponent with two chairs and a ring turnbuckle) …
Wilbur Snyder b. Ivan the Terrible (4:40) … Bobo Brazil b. Bob “Legs” Langevin (45-
seconds) … The Fargo Brothers (Don and Jackie Fargo) b. Roy McClarity and Ray
Schaefer (27:10) … Ricki Starr b. Ned Taylor (5:50) … (promoter: Fred Kohler) …
(referee: Andy Scott) … (5,053 fans) … (gate: $13,325)

*Beginning around this time, mid-October 1958, the promotions for the December 8
Marigold Show with a main event of Verne Gagne and Ruffy Silverstein began.

Chicago, Illinois: Friday, November 7, 1958
(International Amphitheater) … Dick the Bruiser and Hans Schmidt vs. The Volkoffs (Boris
and Nicoli Volkoff) (Schmidt accidently kicked Bruiser leading to the two fighting each
other) (There were no results of this match in the Chicago Daily Tribune) … World
Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder wrestled to a no decision (32:
40) … Ricki Starr b. Bronko Lubich (6:30) … Paul Anderson b. Bozo Brown (7:38) …
Bobby Managoff and Angelo Poffo drew (30:00) … Bobo Brazil b. Ned Taylor (2:22) …
(promoter: Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois: Monday, December 8, 1958
(Marigold Arena) … (Combination Boxing and Wrestling Program) … World Heavyweight
Champion Verne Gagne and Ruffy Silverstein drew … Gino Angelo and Kurt Steinke
drew … Billy Goelz b. Zack Malkov (DQ) (18:55) … Ricky Austin b. Henry Jackson (boxing
match) … Humberto Saltido and Harold Scully drew (four rounds) … (promoter: Fred
Kohler) … (Benefit for the State of Israel’s Athletic Fund) … (Benefit Proceeds from
Show: $4,000) … (Master of Ceremonies: Jack Brickhouse) … (Chairmen of the
Arrangments Committee: Sid Luckman, Irving Mages, Harry Woldenberg) … (In
Attendance: Ernie Banks, Jim Rivera, Rick Casares, Ollie Matson)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 25, 2010

Chicago Wrestling Results - 1958