January 6, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Gino Angelo d. Guy Brunetti
Johnny Walker drew Paul DeGalles
Rey Urbano (western champ) d. (DQ) Red Vagnone (2-1)

January 13, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
7-man battle royal
Gino Angelo d. Don Anderson
Tony Borne d. Ferrin Barr
Rey Urbano drew Red Vagnone

Seventh man was Paul DeGalles

January 20, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Paul DeGalles d. Gino Angelo (2-1)
Rey Urbano d. (DQ) Red Vagnone (2-0)
Tony Borne drew Johnny Walker

January 27, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Gino Angelo d. Paul DeGalles
Red Vagnone/Tony Borne d. Johnny Walker/Rey Urbano (2-1)
Exhibition by PAL Club tumbling class

February 3, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Paul DeGalles/Red Vagnone d. Rey Urbano/Gino Angelo (2-1)
Johnny Walker d. Larry Montgomery (2-1)

Montgomery subbed for Tony Borne

February 10, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Rey Urbano d. (DQ) Paul DeGalles (special ref Rex Layne)
Tony Silipini d. Red Vagnone (2-0)
Gino Angelo drew Tony Borne

February 17, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Rex Layne d. Paul DeGalles (boxing/wrestling mix, DeGalles walks out)
Tony Silipini/Gino Angelo d. Tony Borne/Red Vagnone (2-1)
Mike Mazurki vs. Hans Schanbel (result not mentioned)

February 18, 1958 Salmon, ID (Salmon High School Gym)
The Bat vs. Tony Borne (2/3 falls)
Gino Angelo vs. Cliff Thiede
Ferrin Barr vs. Buzz Jones

February 24, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Rex Layne d. Paul DeGalles (3rd round; boxing)
Mike Mazurki d. Red Vagnone
Hans Schnabel/Dutch Schultz d. Gino Angelo/Tony Silipini (2-1)

March 3, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
The Bat d. Bill Melby
Gino Angelo/Tony Silipini/Mike Mazurki d. Hans Schanbel/Red Vagnone/Dutch Schultz
Tony Borne d. Paul DeGalles (2-1)

March 10, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Bill Melby no contest The Bat (1-1; advertised as a fence match, but results do not
mention this)
Cowboy Bradley d. Tiny Roe
Gino Angelo d. Lou Klein  
Dutch Schultz d. Paul DeGalles

March 17, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Gino Angelo d. (DQ) The Bat (2-1)
Tony Borne d. Tony Silipini (2-1, Silipini unable to continue)
Johnny Goelz drew Danny O'Rourke

March 24, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Tony Silipini/Gino Angelo (world tag champs) d. Tony Borne/Don Anderson (2-1)
Dutch Schultz drew Danny O'Rourke
Johnny Goelz d. (DQ) Dutch Schultz

Schultz subbed for Red Vagnone against Goelz

March 31, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Red Berry d. Gino Angelo (2-1)
Danny O'Rourke d. Dutch Schultz
Bob Hess drew Tony Borne
Tony Silipini d. Don Anderson (2-0)

April 7, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Red Berry d. (DQ) The Bat (2-1)
Gino Angelo d. (DQ) Tony Borne
Johnny Goelz d. Ferrin Barr
Danno McDonald d. Danny O'Rourke (2-0)

April 14, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
The Bat d. Glen Detton/Ox Anderson (handicap)
Danno McDonald d. Johnny Goelz  
Tony Silipini d. Danny O'Rourke

April 24, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
The Bat d. Lou Newman (2-1) (sub for Lou Thesz; fans voted at the beginning of the card
for him to be the opponent)
Bob Hess d. Ferrin Barr
Tony Silipini d. Danno McDonald  
Gino Angelo d. Danny O'Rourke

"Newman substituted for ex-champion Lou Thesz, who was called to the bedside of his
wife, who was reported seriously ill." (April 25, 1958 Idaho Falls Post-Register)

April 28, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Lou Newman d. The Bat (2-1; winner faces Roy Shire)  
Gino Angelo d. Ox Anderson (rope breaks during match, makeshift one used for main
event)
Tony Silipini drew Eddie Montez
Danno McDonald d. Bob Hess

May 5, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Lou Newman DCOR Roy Shire (1-1)
The Bat d. Mike Mazurki
Eddie Montez d. (DQ) Danno McDonald
Bob Hess drew Gino Angelo

May 12, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Lou Thesz (international champ) d. Roy Shire (2-1)
Lou Newman d. Danno McDonald
The Bat d. Tony Silipini (2-1)

Shire won the popular vote to face Thesz.

May 19, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Dick Hutton (NWA world champ) d. Lou Newman (2-1)
Roy Shire d. (DQ) The Bat (2-1)
Mike Mazurki drew Gino Angelo
George Drake d. Danno McDonald

May 26, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Bull Brummell/Lou Newman d. Gino Angelo/Tiny Tim (2-1)
George Drake d. John Pavich (2-0)
Eddie Montez d. Ferrin Barr

Barr subbed for Mike Mazurki

June 2, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Gino Angelo d. (DQ) Lou Newman (2-1)
Judy Grable d. Ann Reagan (2-1)
Eddie Montez (Mexican heavyweight champ) d. Ferrin Barr

Barr subbed for George Drake

June 9, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Regi Seki d. (COR) Lou Newman (2-1)
Judy Grable d. (DQ) Rita Cortez
Jesse James d. Mitsu Arakawa

June 16, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Lou Newman/Mitsu Arakawa d. Jesse James/Gino Angelo
Henry Lenz d. (DQ) The Bat
Regi Seki d. Tony Silipini (1-0, Silipini unable to continue)

June 23, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
The Bat d. Henry Lenz (2-1)
Regi Seki d. Eddie Montez
Mitsu Arakawa d. Gino Angelo
Lou Newman drew Jesse James

June 30, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Mitsu Arakawa/Lou Newman d. Henry Lenz/Jesse James
The Bat d. Regi Seki
Al Szasz brings an alligator to the ring (preview article said this would be a match, but the
results don't mention anything beyond the alligator being in the ring)

July 7, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Regi Seki d. Al Szasz (2-1)
Lou Newman d. Jesse James (2-1)
Johnny Demchuk drew Mitsu Arakawa

Szasz subbed for The Bat

July 14, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Regi Seki d. The Bat (2-1, mask v. beard, no dq, no time limit; Bat unmasked, but no
word on his identity)
Lou Newman d. Johnny Demchuk
Mitsu Arakawa drew Jesse James

July -- 1958 - St. Anthony, ID (Pioneer Days Celebration)
Lou Newman vs. Larry Montgomery
Mitsu Arakawa vs. Cliff Thiede

After July 15. No specific date given in paper.

July 21, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Regi Seki/Lou Newman vs. The Bat/Mitsu Arakawa (world tag champs) (non-title)
Johnny Demchuk vs. Jesse James

July 22 Idaho Falls Post-Register missing.

July 28, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
The Bat/Mitsu Arakawa (tag champs) d. (DQ) Lou Newman/Regi Seki (2-1)
Prince Maivia d. Ox Anderson (2-0)
Ox Anderson d. Ferrin Barr

August 4, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Regi Seki/Lou Newman d. The Bat/Mitsu Arakawa (world tag champs) (2-1) NEW CHAMPS
Blue Avenger d. Ox Anderson (2-1)
Prince Maivia d. Johnny Demchuk

Last card of the season

September 8, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Laura Martinez d. Lorraine Johnson
Oni Wiki Wiki d. Mitsu Arakawa (2-1)
Lou Newman drew Prince Maivia

First card of season

September 15, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Lorraine Johnson/Penny Banner d. Kay Noble/Laura Martinez (2-1)
Oni Wiki Wiki/Prince Maivia d. Regi Seki/Lou Newman (world tag champs) (2-1)
Eric the Great d. Mitsu Arakawa

Starting Sept 25, the cards will be on Thursdays.

September 25, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Lou Newman/Eric the Great d. Prince Maivia/Oni Wiki Wiki (2-1)
Farmer Powell no contest Blue Avenger
Blue Avenger d. (DQ) Red Berry

Blue Avenger subbed for The Bat

October 2, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Blue Avenger (western heavyweight champ) d. Eric the Great (1-1; Eric unable to
continue)
Oni Wiki Wiki d. Farmer Powell  
Prince Maivia drew Lou Newman

Next week's matches will be in Arco.

October 9, 1958 Arco, ID (Arco Recreation Hall)
Tiny Roe vs. Brown Bomber
Blue Avenger vs. Martino Angelo
Oni Wiki Wiki vs. Lou Newman

No results printed in paper.

October 16, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Blue Avenger d. Red Berry (2-1)
Eric the Great d. Ferrin Barr
Oni Wiki Wiki d. (DQ) Ox Anderson

Barr subbed for Lou Newman

October 23, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Lou Newman/Ox Anderson no contest Blue Avenger/Oni Wiki Wiki (1-1)
Ferrin Barr drew Eric the Great
Eric the Great d. Farmer Powell (Barr & Eric drew straws to determine who'd face Powell)

October 30, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Roy Shire d. Oni Wiki Wiki (1-1, OWW unable to continue)
Blue Avenger d. Ox Anderson (2-1)
Bill Melby drew Lou Newman

November 6, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Roy Shire d. Bill Melby (0-1, Melby unable to continue after Shire hits him a chair; this
was the official ruling)
Oni Wiki Wiki/Blue Avenger d. Ox Anderson/Lou Newman
Oni Wiki Wiki d. Ferrin Barr

Shire taken to the hospital and stitched up after a fan hits him with a table support as he
was returning to the dressing room.

November 13, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Roy Shire no contest Bill Melby (1-1)
Lou Newman drew Oni Wiki Wiki
Blue Avenger d. Eric the Great

November 20, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Bill Melby d. Roy Shire (Texas Death)
Nelson Royal d. Lou Newman  
Oni Wiki Wiki d. Eric the Great (2-0)

November 27, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Roy Shire no contest Bill Melby
Mighty Oak d. Nelson Royal
Blue Avenger d. Oni Wiki Wiki (2-1)

December 4, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Oni Wiki Wiki/Bill Melby d. Mighty Milo/Lou Newman (2-1)  
Nelson Royal d. Eric the Great (2-0)
Nelson Royal d. Ferrin Barr

December 11, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Oni Wiki Wiki d. Mighty Milo
Lou Newman d. Mal Rudy (2-1)
Bill Melby drew Nelson Royal

December 18, 1958 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Oni Wiki Wiki d. (DQ) Mighty Milo (2-1)
Bill Melby d. Eric the Great (2-1)

Last card of the year


Research by Becky Taylor
Idaho Falls Wrestling Results - 1958