January 3, 1959 Pocatello, ID
Possibly no card

January 10, 1959 Pocatello, ID
No listing found.

January 17, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby/Nelson Royal/Ferrin Barr vs. Tony Borne/Eric Pedersen/Buzz Jones
Buzz Jones vs. Ferrin Barr
Bill Melby vs. Eric Pedersen
Nelson Royal vs. Tony Borne

January 24, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby (Texas champ) vs. Tony Borne (2/3 falls)  
Mike Mazurki vs. Ox Anderson (2/3 falls)
Cliff Thiede vs. Eric the Great

January 31, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Tony Borne vs. Bill Melby (2/3 falls)
Buzz Jones vs. Treach Phillips (2/3 falls)
Mike Mazurki vs. Johnny Goelz (Mazurki must pin Goelz twice in 20 minutes or lose)

February 7, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Laura Martinez vs. Kathy Starr (2/3 falls)
Bill Melby vs. Danno McDonald (2/3 falls)
Rod Orrell vs. Tony Borne

February 14, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Henry Lenz vs. Bill Melby
Danno McDonald vs. Nelson Royal
Logger Larsen vs. Tony Borne

February 21, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Pat O'Connor (NWA world champ) vs. Logger Larsen
Danno McDonald vs. Nelson Royal
Tony Borne vs. Bill Melby

February 28, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby (Texas champ) vs. Danno McDonald (2/3 falls)
Johnny Goelz vs. Sandy Barr (2/3 falls)
Mighty Milo vs. Cliff Thiede

March 7, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby/Logger Larsen vs. Tony Borne/The Bat
Lou Palacio vs. Nelson Royal

March 14, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby vs. The Bat (2/3 falls)
Tony Borne vs. Logger Larsen (2/3 falls)
Johnny Goelz vs. Sandy Barr

March 21, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Battle royal featuring: Ox Anderson, Charro Azteca, The Bat, Logger Larsen, & Nelson
Royal. Order of elimination determines matches.

March 28, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
The Bat vs. Logger Larsen (2/3 falls)
Nelson Royal vs. Eric the Great (2/3 falls)  
Kenny Mayne Jr. vs. Rod Orrell

April 4, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby vs. The Bat (2/3 falls)
Tony Borne vs. Nelson Royal (2/3 falls)
Lou Palacio vs. Rod Orrell

April 11, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby vs. The Bat (2/3 falls, each wrestler has a corner man. if one wrestler tries to
leave the ring he can be returned to the ring in any fashion.)
Nelson Royal vs. Tony Borne (2/3, same rules as Melby-Bat)
Johnny Goelz vs. Rod Orrell

Melby-Bat and Royal-Borne are lumberjack-style matches, but with only one lumberjack
for each side.

April 18, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Princess Tomah vs. Lorraine Johnson
Bill Melby/Johnny Goelz vs. Tony Borne/The Bat

April 25, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Princess Tona Tomah/Kay Noble vs. Kathy Starr/Lorraine Johnson
Kit Fox vs. The Bat
Bill Melby vs. ? (labeled as "tough guy" in the ad)

May 2, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Terrible Ted vs. The Bat (bear vs. wrestler)
Rip Miller vs. Bob Nandor
Bill Melby vs. Ted Garner

May 9, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
The Bat vs. Tony Borne  
Pablo Sanchez vs. Dutch Schultz
Bill Melby vs. Danny Ferraza

May 16, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Tony Borne vs. the Bat (no dq, no holds barred, no time limit, loser leaves town)
Kit Fox vs. Shag Thomas
Bill Melby vs. Bob Nandor

May 23, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Chet Wallick vs. Bill Melby
Chico Gracia vs. Eatman
Kit Fox vs. Shag Thomas

May 30, 1959 Pocatello, ID
No card.

June 6, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox vs. Shag Thomas (special referee: Max Baer)
Chet Wallick/Chico Gracia vs. Bob Nandor/Bill Melby

June 13, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Chet Wallick/Chico Gracia (Canadian tag champs) vs. Bill Melby/Kit Fox
Two other matches

June 20, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Suni War Cloud/Kit Fox/Bill Melby vs. The Bat/Chico Gracia/Chet Wallick (2/3 falls)
Two other matches

June 27, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Bill Melby vs. Shag Thomas
Suni War Cloud vs. Chet Wallick
Kit Fox vs. Chico Gracia
"Big surprise referee" also advertised

July 2, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Suni War Cloud/Kit Fox vs. Chet Wallick/Chico Gracia (2/3 falls, two referees)
Bill Melby vs. Shag Thomas (2/3 falls)  
The Bat vs. ? ("an opponent to be selected")

July 9, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Five man battle royal (featuring: Kit Fox, Chico Gracia, Bill Melby, Shag Thomas, Suni
War Cloud; order of elimination to detrmine matches)
Chet Wallick vs. The Bat

July 18, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Five man battle royal featuring: Kit Fox, Chico Gracia, Bill Melby, Shag Thomas, & Suni
War Cloud
The Bat d. Chet Wallick (2/3 falls)

July 25, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
The Bat vs. Chico Gracia (2/3 falls)
Suni War Cloud vs. Shag Thomas (2/3 falls)
Bill Melby (Texas champ) vs. Kit Fox (2/3 falls)

Probably the last card of the season

September 19, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Johnny Goelz vs. Kit Fox
Danno McDonald vs. Shag Thomas
The Bat vs. Prince Nero

First card of the season

September 26, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Danno McDonald vs. Shag Thomas
Mae Young vs. Millie Stafford
Kit Fox vs. Prince Nero
The Bat vs. Brute Bemis
Two local female wrestlers in the opener

October 3, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Gorgeous George (American heavyweight champ) vs. Bill Melby (Texas champ)
Gloria Baratini vs. Millie Stafford
Shag Thomas vs. Danno McDonald (no holds barred)
Kit Fox vs. John Swenski

October 10, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Prince Nero vs. Ox Anderson
Kit Fox no decision the Bat
Shag Thomas vs. Danno McDonald (10 rounds of boxing)

October 17, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
The Bat/Shag Thomas vs. Kit Fox/Danno McDonald
Ernie Nocleti vs. Prince Nero

October 24, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Kit Fox vs. Shag Thomas (Indian strap)
Danno McDonald vs. The Bat (2/3 falls)
Eric the Great vs. Johnny Demchuk

November 7, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Danno McDonald vs. The Bat (2/3 falls)
Sascha the Great d. Eric the Great (2/3 falls)
Johnny Demchuk vs. Kit Fox (2/3 falls)

November 14, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Sascha the Great vs. Danno McDonald (2/3 falls)
Eric the Great vs. Lou Plummer (2/3 falls)
Johnny Demchuk vs. Arman Hussein

November 21, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Lou Plummer vs. Sascha the Great (2/3 falls)
Chief Red Cloud vs. Arman Hussein
Danno McDonald vs. Johnny Demchuk

November 28, 1959 Pocatello, ID
No card?

December 5, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Six man battle royal featuring: Johnny Demchuk, Arman Hussein, Danno McDonald,
Mustapha Pasha, Lou Plummer, & Sascha the Great

December 12, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Danno McDonald vs. Lou Plummer (2/3 falls)
Bob Norman against either Sandy Barr or Dave Arnold (2/3 falls)
Bill Melby vs. Mustapha Pasha

Final Pocatello event until after Christmas

December 26, 1959 Pocatello, ID (National Guard Armory)
Einar Olsen vs. Bill Melby
Danno McDonald vs. Sascha the Great
Chuck Grant vs. John Olsen


Research by Becky Taylor
Pocatello Wrestling Results - 1959