(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Jim Zordani, Scott Teal, and various news clippings)
St. Louis Wrestling Results 1956
Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick
1/13/56 – St Louis, MO
Handicap match: Pat O’Connor & Wilbur Snyder defeated Wladek Kowalski
Whipper Billy Watson defeated Stu Gibson
Bobby Managoff drew Ike Eakins
Little Beaver & Pee Wee James defeated Otto Bowman & Ivan the Terrible
Ed Gardenia defeated Al Warshawski
2/3/56 – St Louis, MO
NWA Champion Lou Thesz defeated Pat O’Connor
Wilbur Snyder defeated Ramon Cernandes
Guy Brunetti & Joe Tangaro no contest Ike Eakins & Stu Gibson
Ray Gunkel drew Ed Gardenia
Johnny Kostas drew Joe Dusek
2/17/56 – St Louis, MO
Wladek Kowalski defeated Wilbur Snyder
Guy Brunetti & Joe Tangaro defeated Ike Eakins & Stu Gibson
Bobby Bruns defeated Hans Hermann
Ed Gardenia defeated Johnny Kostas
Aldo Bogni drew Dick Hutton
3/10/56 – St Louis
Handicap Match
Guy Brunetti & Joe Tangaro defeated Buddy Rogers via dq
Bobby Bruns defeated Ike Eakins via dq
Little Beaver & Pee Wee James defeated Otto Bowman & Ivan the Terrible
Stu Gibson defeated Ramon Cernandes
Johnny Kostas defeated Al Warshawski
3/23/56 – St Louis, MO
NWA Champion Whipper Billy Watson defeated Leo Nomellini
Bobby Bruns defeated Ramon Cernandes
Chest Bernard defeated Johnny Kostas
Hans Schmidt & Dick Hutton & Ike Eakins defeated Wilbur Snyder & Guy Brunetti & Joe Tangaro
Aldo Bogni defeated Finis Hall
4/6/56 – St Louis
NWA Champion Whipper Billy Watson defeated Lou Thesz via dq
Pat O’Connor defeated Lord Layton
Ethel Brown defeated Millie Stafford
Bobby Bruns & Fritz Von Ulm defeated Chest Bernard & Stu Gibson
Joe Dusek drew Ike Eakins
Dick Hutton defeated Aldo Bogni
4/27/56 – St Louis
NWA Champion Whipper Billy Watson defeated Pat O’Connor
Hans Schmidt defeated Bobby Bruns
Bonnie Watson defeated Mae Weston
Sky Hi Lee defeated Chest Bernard
Lord Layton & Fritz Von Ulm defeated Ike Eakins & Stu Gibson
Bob Corby drew Maurice LaPointe
5/11/56 – St Louis
NWA Champion Whipper Billy Watson defeated Pat O’Connor
June Byers defeated Bonnie Watson
Hans Schmidt defeated Fritz Von Ulm
Lord Layton defeated Sky Hi Lee
Bobby Managoff & Bobby Bruns defeated Chest Bernard & Ike Eakins
Maurice LaPointe drew Stu Gibson
6/15/56 – St Louis, MO
NWA Champion Whipper Billy Watson defeated Hans Schmidt
Pat O’Connor defeated Mighty Atlas
Little Beaver defeated Cowboy Bradley
Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski drew Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Managoff
Bob Corby drew Chest Bernard
9/14/56 – St Louis
NWA Champion Whipper Billy Watson defeated Buddy Rogers via dq
Chest Bernard defeated Sammy Ford
Joe Dusek & Mike DiBiase drew Dr Lee Grable & Dick Brown
Tex McKenzie defeated Frank Valois
Barbara Baker defeated Millie Stafford
10/5/56 – St Louis
NWA Champion Whipper Billy Watson no contest Buddy Rogers
Penny Banner defeated Bonnie Watson
Tex McKenzie defeated Sid Nabors
Dr Lee Grable & Bobby Managoff defeated Chest Bernard & Joe Dusek
Cowboy Bradley defeated Ivan the Terrible
10/19/56 – St Louis
NWA Champion Whipper Billy Watson defeated Wladek Kowalski
Buddy Rogers defeated Tex McKenzie
Ernie Dusek & Joe Dusek drew Dr Lee Grable & Bobby Managoff
Mighty Ursus defeated Lou Plummer
Mark Starr defeated Red Freeman
11/9/56 – St Louis
Lou Thesz defeated Whipper Billy Watson to win the NWA Title
Tex McKenzie defeated Ski Hi Lee
Mighty Ursus defeated Chest Bernard & Emil Dusek
Billy Darnell & Dr Lee Grable defeated Ernie Dusek & Joe Dusek
Rocky Monroe drew Carlos Moreno
11/23/56 – St Louis
Wladek Kowalski & Buddy Rogers defeated Mighty Ursus & Whipper Billy Watson
Edouard Carpentier defeated Joe Christie
Penny Banner defeated Betty Hawkins
Luther Lindsay defeated Charley Hoover
Billy Darnell defeated Rocky Monroe
12/14/56 – St Louis
Mighty Ursus defeated Wee Willie Davis
Billy Darnell defeated Carlos Moreno
Patty Neff defeated Elaine Ellis
Joe Tangaro defeated Lou Plummer
George Bollas defeated Joe Millich
12/28/56 – St Louis
Mighty Ursus & Whipper Billy Watson defeated Wladek Kowalski & Buddy Rogers
June Byers defeated Penny Banner
Edouard Carpentier defeated Stu Gibson
George Bollas drew Billy Darnell
Bill McDaniel defeated Carlos Moreno
