January 3, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Guy Brunetti vs. The Bat
Paul DeGalles vs. Rey Urbano
Advertised: Johnny Walker, Don “Crusher” Anderson, Red Vagnone

January 10, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Guy Brunetti/Rey Urbano (world tag champs) vs. Paul DeGalles/Red Vagnone
Don Anderson vs. Gino Angelo
Tony Borne vs. Johnny Walker

January 17, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Guy Brunetti/Rey Urbano vs. Paul DeGalles/Red Vagnone (for held up world tag belts, 2
referees)
Tony Borne vs. Gino Angelo
Don Anderson vs. Johnny Walker

January 24, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Paul DeGalles/Red Vagnone vs. Gino Angelo/Rey Urbano
Don Anderson vs. Tony Borne
Dory Detton vs. Johnny Walker

Ad just lists the wrestler as Detton and I’m assuming it is Dory instead of one of his brothers.

January 31, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gino Angelo/Rey Urbano d. Red Vagnone/Paul DeGalles (world tag champs) (2-1, NEW
CHAMPS, special referee Rex Layne)
Dory Detton vs. Tony Borne
Don Anderson vs. Johnny Walker

Ad just gives the last name of Detton.

February 7, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gino Angelo/Dory Detton vs. Red Vagnone/Paul DeGalles
Rey Urbano vs. Tony Silipini
Tony Borne vs. Johnny Walker

February 14, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Paul DeGalles vs. Rex Layne (10 rounds of boxing)
Red Vagnone vs. Gino Angelo
Tony Silipini vs. Johnny Walker
Tony Borne vs. Rey Urbano

February 21, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Rex Layne/Mike Mazurki vs. Paul DeGalles/Red Vagnone (glove/bare knuckles brawl)
Hans Schnabel vs. Johnny Walker
Tony Silipini vs. Tony Borne
Gino Angelo wrestles in a handicap match

February 28, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Rex Layne/Mike Mazurki vs. Paul DeGalles/Red Vagnone
Bill Melby vs. Dutch Schultz
Tony Silipini vs. Tony Borne
Gino Angelo vs. Hans Schnabel

March 7, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Bill Melby vs. The Bat
Rex Layne/Mike Mazurki vs. Katzenjammers
Two more matches

Katzenjammers possibly Red Vagnone and Paul DeGalles

March 14, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Bill Melby (Texas champ) vs. The Bat (steel wire cage, Texas rules, no time limit)
Midgets and tag match also advertised

March 21, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gino Angelo vs. The Bat (winner faces Lou Thesz)
Tony Silipini vs. Paul DeGalles
Ox Anderson vs. Dutch Schultz
Tony Borne vs. Johnny Goelz
Danny O’Rourke vs. Red Vagnone

March 28, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
8-man Caribou battle royal (Gino Angelo, Treach Phillips, Danny O’Rourke, Tony Silipini,
Tony Borne, Dutch Schultz, Ox Anderson, & Johnny Goelz)

April 4, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Red Berry vs. Tony Borne
Tony Silipini vs. Johnny Goelz
Bob Hess vs. Dutch Schultz
Ox Anderson vs. Danny O’Rourke

April 11, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gino Angelo vs. The Bat (special referee Jack Dempsey, winner faces Lou Thesz)
Red Berry vs. Tony Borne
Three more matches

April 18, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gino Angelo vs. The Bat (“sudden death”, winner faces Lou Thesz)
Danno McDonald vs. Danny O’Rourke
Two more matches

April 25, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Lou Thesz
Gino Angelo/Tony Silipini vs. Ox Anderson/Danno McDonald
Two more matches

May 2, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gino Angelo/Tony Silipini vs. The Bat/Lou Newman (for tag team championship)
Bob Hess vs. Ox Anderson
Johnny Goelz vs. Sullivan
Mike Mazurki vs. Danno McDonald

Sullivan’s first name not listed. If it is the same Sullivan working in Oregon, it is Eddie
Sullivan.

May 9, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Roy Shire (sudden death, winner faces Lou Thesz)
“Good supporting card”

May 16, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Lou Thesz vs. Roy Shire (sudden death, winner faces Dick Hutton)
The Bat/Lou Newman vs. Gino Angelo/Tony Silipini (for world tag titles)
Two more matches

May 23, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Dick Hutton (NWA world champ) vs. Lou Thesz
Three more matches

May 30, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Lou Newman (for western title)
Tiny Tim/Mike Mazurki vs. Irish Jackie/Bill Cole
Two more matches

June 6, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Lou Newman (special referee Jack Dempsey)
Judy Grable vs. Rita Cortez
Two more matches

June 13, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat/Mitsu Arakawa vs. Gino Angelo/Tony Silipini (for world tag title)
Judy Grable vs. Ann Regal
Advertised: Regi Seki

June 20, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat/Mitsu Arakawa vs. Gino Angelo/Tony Silipini
Regi Seki vs. Henry Lenz
Beat the Champ with Lou Newman
One more match

June 27, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Gene Detton/Jesse James vs. The Bat/Mitsu Arakawa
Blue Avenger vs. Henry Lenz
Gino Angelo vs. Lou Newman
One more match

Ad only says Detton. The politically correct Tribune merely calls Bat’s tag partner “Jap.”
Blue Avenger possibly not Lenz’s opponent as the ad states “Avenger?”

July 4, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat/Mitsu Arakawa vs. Gene Detton/? Detton
Regi Seki vs. Gino Angelo
Olsen vs. Lou Newman
Alligator vs. wrestler

Ad only says Detton brothers. Dory is probably the other in the match. Olsen could easily be
Cliff or Einar.

July 11, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Regi Seki vs. The Bat
Three more matches

July 25, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Regi Seki (behind barbed wire)
Advertised: Prince Maivia
Two more matches

August 1, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Regi Seki vs. The Bat (Mau Mau death match)
Prince Maivia vs. Ox Anderson
Two more matches

Mau Mau death match looks to be similar to chain and strap matches

August 8, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Prince Maivia vs. The Bat
Blue Avenger/Vern Taft vs. Ox Anderson/Mitsu Arakawa
Two more matches

August 15, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Prince Maivia
Mitsu Arakawa vs. Blue Avenger
Ox Anderson vs. Johnny Demchuk
Vern Taft vs. Lou Newman

August 22, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Prince Maivia vs. The Bat (no referee, fight to a finish)
Eric the Great vs. Blue Avenger
Two more matches

August 29, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Prince Maivia vs. The Bat (Eric the Great in handcuffs)
Eric the Great vs. Blue Avenger
Regi Seki vs. Mitsu Arakawa
Ox Anderson vs. Lou Newman

September 5, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Prince Maivia/Oni Wiki Wiki vs. The Bat/Eric the Great
Blue Avenger vs. Regi Seki
Mitsu Arakawa vs. Lou Newman
Buzz Jones/Treach Phillips vs. Ox Anderson (handicap)

September 12, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. Lou Newman
Laura Martinez vs. Lorraine Johnson
The Bat/Eric the Great vs. Regi Seki/Oni Wiki Wiki
One more match

September 19, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. Lou Newman (for western championship)
Penny Banner/Lorraine Johnson vs. Kay Noble/Laura Martinez
Advertised: Red Berry
Two more matches

September 26, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. The Bat (loser removes mask)
Farmer Powell vs. Eric the Great
Two more matches

October 3, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. The Bat (no DQ, loser unmasks)

According to the ad next week, Bat was unmasked.

October 10, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. The Bat (Bat wears no mask)
Four mighty midgets
Two more matches

October 17, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. The Bat (behind barbed wire, no time limit)
Bill Melby vs. Eric the Great
Advertised: The Blob
Two more matches

October 24, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Blue Avenger (winner gets brass knucks trophy and a match with Roy Shire)
Bill Melby vs. Lou Newman
Two more matches

October 31, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire vs. Blue Avenger (western champ)
The Bat vs. Farmer Powell

November 7, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
The Bat vs. Roy Shire
Three more matches

November 14, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Roy Shire vs. Blue Avenger
Bill Melby vs. Oni Wiki Wiki
Two more matches

November 21, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Wilbur Snyder vs. Roy Shire
Ox Anderson/Lou Newman vs. Blue Avenger/Bill Melby (for world tag titles)
Two more matches

November 28, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Blue Avenger vs. Roy Shire (behind steel wire, no time limit)
Advertised: Mighty Milo

December 5, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Mighty Milo/Lou Newman vs. Bill Melby/Blue Avenger (for world tag titles)
Battle royal (Vern Taft, Eric the Great, Nelson Royal, Mal Rudy, Ox Anderson)
Two more matches

December 12, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Mighty Milo/Lou Newman vs. Bill Melby/Vern Taft (two referees, including Rex Layne)
Oni Wiki Wiki vs. Nelson Royal
Ox Anderson vs. Johnny Goelz
Eric the Great vs. Mal Rudy

December 19, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Bill Melby/Vern Taft vs. Mighty Milo/Lou Newman (for world tag titles)
Ox Anderson vs. Buzz Jones/Treach Phillips (handicap)
Two more matches
Eric the Great dares Lamar Clark

December 26, 1958 Salt Lake City, UT (Fairgrounds Coliseum)
Lamar Clark vs. Eric the Great (8 rounds of boxing)



Research by Becky Taylor
Salt Lake City Wrestling Results - 1958