January 1, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Battle royal featuring: Nino Martini, Victorio Ochoa, Treach Phillips, Moe Smith, George
Strickland, & Vern Taft

Matches determined by order of elimination.

January 8, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Sugy Hayamaka (intermountain junior heavyweight champ) d. Frank James (2/3 falls)
Jack Kiser d. Victorio Ochoa (2/3 falls)  
Lou Palacio d. (DQ) Tony Borne

January 15, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Jack Kiser vs. Lou Palacio (2/3 falls)
George Strickland vs. Tony Borne (2/3 falls)
Treach Phillips vs. Victorio Ochoa

January 22, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
One night tournament to face world light heavyweight champ Frank Stojack
Jack Kiser d. Tony Borne (finals)
Tony Borne d. Bill Hickson (semis)  
Jack Kiser d. Bill Sledge (semis)
Tony Borne d. Lou Palacio
Billy Hickson d. Doug Donnan
Jack Kiser d. Bill Fletcher
Bill Sledge d. Victorio Ochoa

January 29, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Jack Kiser (Pacific Coast light heavyweight champ) drew Frank Stojack (world light
heavyweight champ) (1-1)
Leo Wallick d. Mel Dove (2/3 falls)
Billy Hickson d. Bill Sledge

January 29, 1954 Driggs, ID (Teton High School Gym)
George Strickland vs. Doug Donnan
Lou Palacio vs. Treach Phillips
Cliff Thiede vs. Bill Sledge

February 5, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Leo Wallick d. Jack Kiser (2-1, Kiser unable to continue)
Billy Hickson d. Lou Palacio
Chico Bonales drew Mel Dove

February 12, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Lou Palacio/Chico Bonales/Bill Fletcher d. Treach Phillips/Don Kindred (handicap; 2-1)
Billy Hickson d. Mel Dove (2-1)

February 19, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Billy Hickson/Leo Wallick d. (DQ) Don Kindred/Frank James (2-1)
Bill Fletcher d. Chico Bonales (2-1)

February 26, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Leo Wallick d. Don Kindred (1-0, Kindred unable to continue)
George Strickland drew Buzz Jones
Cliff Thiede drew Karl Gray (2/3 falls)

March 5, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Sugy Hayamaka d. George Strickland (2-1)
Frank Faketty d. Karl Gray (2/3 falls)
Buzz Jones d. Treach Phillips

March 12, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
George Strickland d. Karl Gray (2-1)
Sugy Hayamaka d. Tony Borne (2-0)
Frank Faketty d. Chico Bonales

Strickland subbed for Jack Rush

March 19, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Sugy Hayamaka (intermountain junior heavyweight champ) drew Jack Kiser (1-1)
Chico Bonales d. Frank Faketty
Jack Lipscomb d. Dale Kiser

March 26, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Jack Kiser d. Jack Lipscomb (2-1)
Chico Bonales d. Dale Kiser (2-1)
Tony Borne d. Frank Faketty

April 2, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
6-man battle royal
Walter Kameroff d. Doug Donnan (2-0)
Bill Sledge d. Jack Rush
Sugy Hayamaka d. Karl Gray (2-1)

April 9, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Karl Gray/Walter Kameroff d. Dave Reynolds/Sugy Hayamaka (2-1)
Treach Phillips d. Chico Bonales

No wrestling until Apr 30.

April 30, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Sky Low Low d. Tuffy McCra (2-1)
Jack McDonald d. Lou Klein (2-1)
Logger Larsen d. Pedro Escobar

Possibly the last card of the season. Wrestling not advertised in May.

September 10, 1954 Pocatello, ID
Wrestling season scheduled to start on or about this date. With the exception of
September 20 and October 31, all September and October papers are missing.

October 29, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Joe Campbell/George Dusette d. Jack Lipscomb/Leo Wallick (2-0; special ref Max Baer)
George Bruckman d. Reyes Garcia (2-1)

November 5, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby d. George Dusette (2-1)
Harry Levine d. Joe Campbell (2-1)
Willie Love d. George Bruckman

Joe Pazandak scheduled to be on the card, but did not appear. Matches were
rearranged.

November 12, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory) over 700
Little Beaver d. Ivan the Terrible (2-1)
Bill Melby d. Al Warshawsky (2-0)
Len Rossi d. (DQ) Gypsy Joe (Joe had originally pinned Rossi, athletic commissioner
representative Gene Caccia reversed the decision after Joe kneed Rossi)

November 19, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory) about 800
Gypsy Joe d. Len Rossi (2-1)
Bill Melby d. George Strickland (1-0)
Dave Reynolds d. Treach Phillips

"[O]ne of the best crowds of the season." 11/21/54 Idaho State Journal

November 26, 1954 Pocatello, ID (Nationial Guard Armory)
George Strickland/Bill Melby (intermountain tag champs) d. Gypsy Joe/Tony Borne (2-1)
Len Rossi d. Dave Reynolds (2-1)

December 3, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory) about 450
Len Rossi d. (DQ) Gypsy Joe (2-0)
Bill Melby d. Don Moore (2-0)
Tony Borne d. Steve Netry

December 10, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Len Rossi vs. Gypsy Joe (10 rounds of boxing)
Bill Melby vs. Dmitri Kontos (winner vs. Red Berry on Jan. 7)
Tony Borne vs. Don Moore

December 12 paper missing

December 17, 1954 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Battle royal featuring: Tony Borne, George Bruckman, Nash Karahan, Demetri Kontos,
Bill Melby. Order of elimination determines matches.

No results found.

December 24, 1954 Pocatello, ID
Possibly no card. Ad that ran December 26 (day the results would have been printed)
states there wouldn't be wrestling until January 7.

December 31, 1954 Pocatello, ID
No card.


Research by Becky Taylor
Pocatello Wrestling Results - 1954