January 6, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Six man battle royal featuring Jake Cagle, Primo Carnera, Jerry Gordetski, Hardy
Kruskamp, Curtis Reed, and Mike Williams (order of elimination determines matches)

January 13, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Mike Williams d. (DQ) Jake Cagle (2-1)
Hardy Kruskamp d. Jerry Gordetski (2/3 falls)
Bob Norman d. Bill Cole

Norman subbed for Treach Phillips

January 20, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Hardy Kruskamp d. Jerry Gordetski (2/3 falls)
Bill Fletcher vs. Bill Cole (2/3 falls)
Mike Williams vs. Pretty Boy Roque

January 27, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory) about 400
Hardy Kruskamp d. Jerry Gordetski (2-1)
Fred Wright d. Bob Norman (2-1)
Pretty Boy Roque drew Bill Fletcher

February 4, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Fletcher vs. Fred Wright (2/3 falls)
Buzz Jones vs. Moe Smith (2/3 falls)
Woody Strode vs. Leon Kirilenko

February 11, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby/Woody Strode vs. Danny McKay/Hardy Kruskamp
Other matches announced at the armory

February 18, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Woody Strode vs. Hardy Kruskamp (2/3 falls)
Vern Taft vs. Bill Cole (2/3 falls)
Jerry Gordetski vs. Danny McKay

February 25, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Woody Strode vs. Roy Shire (2/3 falls)
Henry Lenz vs. Jack Dunnivant (2/3 falls)
Vern Taft vs. Danny McKay

March 3, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Mike Mazurki vs. Henry Lenz (2/3 falls)
Treach Phillips vs. George Strickland (2/3 falls)
Bill Cole vs. Jack Dunnivant

March 10, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Roy Shire vs. Henry Lenz (2/3 falls)
Bob Ford vs. Hardy Kruskamp (2/3 falls)
Don Whitehead vs. Prince Kimo

March 17, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Roy Shire vs. Henry Lenz (2/3 falls, 2 referees)  
Bob Ford vs. Rama Raga (2/3 falls)  
Mike Mazurki vs. Vern Taft

March 24, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Treach Phillips vs. Buzz Jones (2/3 falls)
Rama Raga/Fred Wright d. Bob Norman/Cliff Thiede (2/3 falls)

March 31, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Joe Tangaro/Guy Brunetti vs. Fred Wright/Rama Raga (2/3 falls)
Al Kashey vs. Don Moore (2/3 falls)

April 7, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Joe Tangaro/Guy Brunetti (world tag champs) vs. Al Kashey/Rama Raga (2/3 falls)  
Don Moore vs. Hardy Kruskamp (2/3 falls)
Vern Taft vs. George Bruckman

April 14, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Roy Shire vs. Vern Taft (2/3 falls)
George Bruckman vs. Al Kashey (2/3 falls)
Yvon Quimet vs. Don Moore

April 21, 1956 Pocatello, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Pee Wee James/Little Beaver vs. Otto Bowman/Ivan the Terrible
Henry Lenz vs. Al Warshawsky
Bob Ford vs. Rama Raga

April 28, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Joe Tangaro vs. Henry Lenz (2/3 falls)
The Cavalier vs. Vern Taft (2/3 falls)
Hardy Kruskamp vs. Don Moore

May 5, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox vs. Rama Raga (2/3 falls)  
Vern Taft vs. Black Jack Dillon (2/3 falls)
The Cavalier vs. Bob Norman

May 12, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox vs. Black Jack Dillon (2/3 falls)
Don Moore vs. John Arjon (2/3 falls)
Fred Wright vs. Hardy Kruskamp

May 19, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
One night tournament for a match with Roy Shire
Contestants: John Arjon, The Cavalier, Black Jack Dillon, Kit Fox, Hardy Kruskamp, Don
Moore, & Rama Raga

Fox ultimately wins the tournament and faced Shire on May 26.

May 26, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Roy Shire vs. Kit Fox
Guy Brunetti vs. Black Jack Dillon
Don Moore or John Arjon vs. Yvon Quimet

Fox won an elimination tournament last week to meet Shire.

June 2, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Roy Shire vs. Guy Brunetti (2/3 falls)
Kit Fox vs. Hardy Kruskamp (2/3 falls)
Yvon Quimet vs. Bob Ford

No cards found for the rest of June.

July 7, 1956 Pocatello, ID (Halliwell Park)
Gorgeous George vs. Kit Fox (2/3 falls)  
Lord Beaverbrook vs. Tom Thumb (2/3 falls)
Antone Leone vs. Don Moore

July 14, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Roy Shire/Yvon Quimet vs. Gorgeous George/Jeffries
Kit Fox vs. Dutch Schultz (2/3 falls)
Antone Leone vs. Bob Ford

July 17, 1956 Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls Armory)
Kit Fox d. Roy Shire (2-1)
Antone Leone d. Dutch Schultz (2/3 falls)
Yvon Quimet d. Don Moore

July 21, 1956 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Black Hawk d. (COR) Henry Lenz (2-1)
Alvera Valezco d. (DQ) Red Donovan
Doug Donovan drew Kurt Von Poppenheim

July 21, 1956 Tooele, UT (Tooele High Gym)
Danny Savage vs. Roy Shire

July 21, 1956 Pocatello, ID
No card, "because the best talent is not available."

July 28, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Antone Leone vs. Roy Shire (2/3 falls)
Kit Fox vs. Yvon Quimet
Bob Cummings vs. Dutch Schultz

August 4, 1956 Pocatello, ID
No card.

Unable to find cards for the rest of August

September 1, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox vs. Yvon Quimet (2/3 falls)  
Dutch Schultz vs. Woody Strode (2/3 falls)
Jack Dunnivant vs. Bob McCune

September 8, 1956 Pocatello, ID
No card found.

September 15, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Roy Shire vs. Kit Fox (2/3 falls)
Roger Mackay vs. Yvon Quimet (2/3 falls)
Bob McCune vs. Don Moore

September 22, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox vs. Roy Shire (2/3 falls)
Great Sasake vs. Treach Phillips (2/3 falls)  
George Grant vs. Jan Madrid

September 29, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Red Berry vs. George Grant (2/3 falls)
Jan Madrid vs. Great Sasake (2/3 falls)
John Arjon vs. Kit Fox

October 6, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Great Sasake/George Grant d. Red Berry/Kit Fox
Dutch Schultz vs. Jan Madrid (2/3 falls)

October 13, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Gorgeous George/Kit Fox vs. George Grant/Great Sasake (2/3 falls)
Rocky Colombo vs. Dutch Schultz (2/3 falls)

October 20, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox d. Great Sasake (2/3 falls; no holds barred)
Rocky Colombo vs. George Grant (2/3 falls)
Bob Norman vs. Dutch Schultz

October 27, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox vs. Great Sasake (2/3 falls; no time limit)
Rocky Colombo vs. Dutch Schultz
Dutch Hailing vs. George Grant

November 3, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox vs. Great Sasake (2/3 falls, Indian Death Strap; Sasake gets his choice of match
for the first fall)
Rocky Colombo vs. Hardy Kruskamp (2/3 falls)
George Grant vs. Treach Phillips

November 10, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox vs. Great Sasake (2/3 falls, no time limit)
Buzz Jones vs. Treach Phillips (2/3 falls)
Dutch Schultz vs. Hardy Kruskamp

November 17, 1956 Pocatello, ID
No card found.

November 24, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Rocky Colombo vs. Vern Taft (2/3 falls)
Cliff Thiede vs. Dutch Schultz (2/3 falls)  
Red Burnett vs. Treach Phillips

December 1, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Hardy Kruskamp vs. Rocky Colombo (2/3 falls)
Kit Fox vs. Dutch Schultz (2/3 falls)
Jack Cypers vs. Larry Montgomery

December 8, 1956 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Woody Strode/Rocky Colombo vs. Yvon Quimet/Dutch Schultz (2/3 falls)
Bill Cole vs. Larry Montgomery (2/3 falls)

Pocatello papers missing for remainder of December


Research by Becky Taylor
Pocatello Wrestling Results - 1956