(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Larry Matysik, and various news clippings)
St. Louis Wrestling Results 1960
Promoting the Area of: St. Louis, MO
Affiliation: NWA
Promoter: Sam Muchnick
1/8/60 – Kiel Auditorium
Gene Kiniski defeated Wild Bill Longson when the referee ruled Longson could not continue due to leg cramps
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Kinji Shibuya
Sonny Myers and Rip Hawk draw
The Red Scorpion defeated Thor Hagen
Lord Littlebrook and Cowboy Bradley defeated Bull Brummel and Tiny Roe. 1-Bradley pinned Brummel. 2-Brummel pinned Bradley. 3-Littlebrook pinned Roe.
1/22/60 – Kiel Auditorium
Rip Hawk and Gene Kiniski defeated Whipper Billy Watson and Wild Bill Longson. 1-Watson pinned Hawk. 2-Kiniski pinned Longson. 3-Hawk pinned Watson after Kiniski slammed Watson outside the ring. This was Longson’s final match in St. Louis.
Sonny Myers and Tommy O’Toole won a handicap match over The Red Scorpion. Scorpion defeated O’Toole for the first fall, but time ran out while he battled Myers and thus had to forfeit.
Wilbur Snyder defeated Don Lee
Farmer Marlin and The Mighty Atlas draw
Chick Garibaldi defeated Roberto Pico via DQ
2/5/60 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,000 estimated)
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis via count out
Girls Champion June Byers defeated Lorraine Johnson
The Red Scorpion defeated Joe Millich (sub for Sonny Myers)
Rip Hawk and The Mighty Atlas defeated Jim LaRock and Farmer Marlin. 1-Atlas beat Marlin. 2-Marlin defeated Atlas. 3-Hawk defeated LaRock.
Kinji Shibuya defeated Bob Schaefer
Tommy O’Toole defeated Don Lee
2/19/60 – Kiel Auditorium
Gene Kiniski defeated Whipper Billy Watson via DQ
Kinji Shibuya and Taro Myaki draw with Sonny Myers and Cowboy Bob Ellis. 1-Myers beat Myaki. 2-Shibuya defeated Myers. Time expired before another fall.
Rip Hawk and Gory Guerrero draw
The Red Scorpion defeated The Mighty Atlas
Jim LaRock and Rock Hunter were both knocked out
3/4/60 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,501 sellout)
Gene Kiniski won the first Texas Death Match ever in St. Louis over Whipper Billy Watson (This was the first Texas Death Match promoted by Sam Muchnick)
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Red Scorpion, who unmasked and was Nick Roberts
Rip Hawk, Taro Myaki and Kinji Shibuya defeated Sonny Myers, Farmer Marlin and Gory Guerrero. 1-Myers defeated Shibuya. 2-Myaki defeated Marlin. 3-Hawk defeated Myers.
Jim LaRock defeated Joe Costello
Rock Hunter and Tommy O’Toole draw
3/18/60 – Kiel Auditorium
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Rip Hawk
Nick Roberts defeated Taro Myaki.
George Scott defeated Kinji Shibuya via DQ
Judy Glover and Laura Martinez defeated Kathy Starr and Lorraine Johnson. Glover and Johnson traded the first two falls and then Martinez defeated Starr.
Gory Guerrero draw Jim LaRock
Ray Gordon defeated Don Lee
4/1/60 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,682 sellout)
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Gene Kiniski in a one fall match
Kinji Shibuya and Taro Myaki defeated George and Sandy Scott. 1-Myaki pinned Sandy. 2-Sandy defeated Shibuya. 3-Shibuya defeated George.
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Nick Roberts
Rip Hawk defeated Ray Gordon
Cowboy Bradley and Tiny Roe were both knocked out
Farmer Marlin and Rock Hunter draw
4/21/60 – Kiel Auditorium
Gene Kiniski defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis
Wilbur Snyder, Thor Hagen and Ray Gordon defeated Rip Hawk, Rock Hunter and Kinji Shibuya. 1-Hawk pinned Gordon. 2-Hagen defeated Hawk. 3-Gordon defeated Hunter.
The Mighty Atlas defeated Jim LaRock
Judy Glover defeated Dot Dotson
Chick Garibaldi and Tommy O’Toole draw
5/13/60 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,000 estimated)
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Gene Kiniski 2/3 falls. 1-O’Connor won. 2-Kiniski won. 3-O’Connor won when Kiniski was DQ’ed.
Cowboy Bob Ellis and Whipper Billy Watson defeated Taro Myaki and Kinji Shibuya. 1-Myaki defeated Ellis. 2-Watson defeated Shibuya. 3-Ellis pinned Myaki.
Rip Hawk defeated Gory Guerrero
Rock Hunter defeated Ray Gordon
The Mighty Atlas and Chick Garibaldi draw
Rocky Ford defeated Don Lee
7/2/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Orton and Rocky Ford draw
Ray Gordon defeated Don Lee
Thor Hagen defeated The Mighty Atlas 2/3 falls. 1-Atlas won. 2-Hagen won and Atlas was unable to continue for the third fall after Hagen’s reverse step over toehold got a submission.
7/9/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Don Lee defeated Johnny Ramirez
Thor Hagen and Taro Myaki draw
Guy Brunetti and Joe Tangaro defeated The Mighty Atlas and Pedro Godoy. 1-Atlas beat Brunetti. 2-Tangaro defeated Atlas. 3-Brunetti defeated Godoy.
(7/16 missing)
7/23/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning defeated Lou Whitson
Pepper Gomez defeated Frank Brown
Ray Gordon defeated Taro Myaki via DQ
Thor Hagen defeated Bud Cole
7/30/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Weaver defeated Martino Angelo
Taro Myaki and The Mighty Atlas draw with John Paul Henning and Ray Gordon. 1-Myaki defeated Gordon. 2-Gordon defeated Myaki and time expired during final fall
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Don Lee
8/6/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Kinji Shibuya defeated Bill Wright
Johnny Weaver and Rock Hunter draw
Pepper Gomez defeated Don Adams
John Paul Henning defeated Johnny Ramirez
8/13/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Gene Kiniski defeated Johnny Weaver
Pepper Gomez defeated Juan Sebastian
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Pedro Godoy
Kinji Shibuya defeated Lou Whitson
8/18/60 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 7180)
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Gene Kiniski
John Paul Henning defeated The Mighty Atlas in 16 seconds
Rip Hawk and Pepper Gomez Double DQ for fighting outside the ring
Thor Hagen defeated Taro Myaki via DQ
Lord Littlebrook and Cowboy Bradley defeated Tiny Roe and Bull Brummel. 1-Bradley pinned Roe. 2-Littlebrook pinned Brummel.
Rock Hunter defeated Johnny Ramirez
8/20/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning defeated Juan Sebastian
Joe Tangaro and Guy Brunetti draw with Rip Hawk and Rock Hunter. 1-Tangaro beat Hunter. 2-Hunter defeated Tangaro. 3-Both teams were DQ’ed.
8/27/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Pedro Godoy and Ray Gordon draw
Juan Sebastian defeated Joe Costello
Rip Hawk defeated John Paul Henning via DQ
Bob Orton and Thor Hagen draw
9/3/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Bob Orton and Ray Gordon draw
Rip Hawk defeated Pedro Godoy
Taro Myaki defeated John Paul Henning
Thor Hagen and Rock Hunter draw
9/10/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Don Lee and Bill McDaniel draw
Joe Tangaro and Guy Brunetti won two straight falls over Pedro Godoy and Juan Sebastian
9/16/60 – St. Louis House
Rip Hawk and Rock Hunter won 2/3 falls over Joe Tangaro and Guy Brunetti
Ray Gordon won 2/3 falls over Taro Myaki
John Paul Henning defeated Ivan Mulkovich via DQ
Judy Glover and Lorraine Johnson draw
9/17/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning defeated Johnny Ramirez
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bob Orton
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Rip Hawk, who was counted out outside the ring
Rock Hunter defeated George Drake via DQ
9/24/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Frank Townsend defeated Juan Sebastian
Kinji Shibuya defeated Thor Hagen
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Nikita Mulkovich
The Black Secret and Doug Lindsey draw
10/1/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Ray Gordon defeated Nikita Mulkovich via DQ
Frank Townsend defeated Don Lee
Wilbur Snyder defeated Taro Myaki
John Paul Henning defeated Pedro Godoy
10/7/60 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 8752)
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Kinji Shibuya
Wilbur Snyder against Gene Kiniski was ruled no contest in a match with both men bleeding and disqualified
Rip Hawk and Rock Hunter draw with Frank Townsend and John Paul Henning. 1-Hawk beat Townsend. 2-Henning defeated Hunter. Time expired.
The Black Secret defeated Ray Gordon in 28 seconds
Gory Guerrero draw Taro Myaki
10/8/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning draw with Stan Stasiak
Gene Kiniski defeated Frank Townsend
Rip Hawk and Rock Hunter defeated George Drake and Joe Costello when Hawk beat Costello
Wilbur Snyder draw with Kinji Shibuya
10/15/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
George Drake defeated Frank Brown
John Paul Henning draw with The Black Secret
Buddy Rogers defeated Doug Lindsey
Ray Gordon draw with Stan Stasiak
10/22/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
John Paul Henning defeated Frank Brown
Dan Hodge (billed as Jr. Heavyweight Champion) defeated Carlos Rodriguez
Wilbur Snyder defeated Don Lee
Doug Lindsey defeated Bill Parks
(Larry’s thoughts… Dan Hodge!!! He was always billed as the junior heavyweight champion and treated with great respect. Yet St. Louis used so many big guys, there really seemed no main event ever for Hodge. Keep an eye on how Hodge was booked in various bouts over the years.)
10/26/60 –billed as the first-ever “Super Spectacular” Kiel Auditorium 12,459 sellout)
Buddy Rogers (billed as U.S. Champion) defeated John Paul Henning
Wilbur Snyder defeated Gene Kiniski via DQ
Dan Hodge defeated Taro Myaki
Gory Guerrero, Doug Lindsey and George Drake defeated Rip Hawk, Rock Hunter and The Black Secret when Hawk was DQ’ed.
Lord Littlebrook defeated Tiny Roe
Judy Glover and Jessica Rogers defeated Lorraine Johnson and Kathy Starr when Rogers defeated Johnson
Frank Townsend and Kinji Shibuya draw
10/29/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rip Hawk and Doug Lindsey draw
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Nick Roberts
Gene Kiniski and John Paul Henning draw
Frank Townsend defeated Frank Brown
11/5/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Taro Myaki and Tommy O’Toole draw
Frank Townsend defeated The Black Secret via DQ
Buddy Rogers defeated George Drake
John Paul Henning defeated Stan Stasiak
11/12/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Joe Hamilton defeated Hans Grabmire
Frank Townsend defeated Don Lee
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated The Black Secret, who was unmasked as Mike Paidousis
Stan Stasiak defeated Frank Altman
11/18/60 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 11,044)
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis 2/3 falls
U.S. Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Frank Townsend
Whipper Billy Watson and John Paul Henning won two straight falls over Taro Myaki and Gene Kiniski, the first via DQ and the second when Henning defeated Myaki
Dan Hodge defeated Rock Hunter
Rip Hawk defeated Doug Lindsey
Lorraine Johnson defeated Jessica Rogers
Bill McDaniel defeated Johnny Ramirez
11/19/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Sonny Myers and Mike Paidousis draw
John Paul Henning defeated Thor Hagen
Buddy Rogers defeated Rock Hunter, and then got involved in a brawl with Rip Hawk who was at ringside
Mike Paidousis defeated Joe Hamilton
11/26/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Sonny Myers defeated Jack O’Reilly
Rock Hunter defeated Doug Lindsey
Mike Paidousis and Bulldog Lee Henning defeated Whipper Billy Watson and Thor
Hagen when Henning defeated Hagen
Dan Hodge and Don Lee draw
12/2/60 – Kiel Auditorium (Attendance: 10,550)
U.S. Champion Buddy Rogers defeated Rip Hawk
Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Mike Paidousis
Sonny Myers, John Paul Henning, and Dan Hodge defeated Rock Hunter, Taro Myaki, and Johnny Valentine. 1-Hunter defeated Henning. 2-Henning defeated Hunter. 3-Myers beat Myaki.
Lord Littlebrook defeated Bull Brummel
George Drake and Doug Lindsey draw
Tommy O’Toole defeated Don Lee
12/3/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Mike Paidousis and Frank Townsend draw
Sonny Myers defeated Don Lee in 21 seconds
Whipper Billy Watson defeated Lee Henning
John Paul Henning and Rock Hunter Double DQ
Dan Hodge defeated Jack O’Reilly
12/10/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Johnny Weaver and Mike Paidousis draw
John Paul Henning and Sonny Myers defeated Don Lee and Bob Orton when Henning beat Lee
Frank Townsend defeated Hans Hermann
Rocky Ford defeated Frank Brown
12/16/60 – St. Louis House
John Paul Henning and Frank Townsend defeated Rip Hawk and Rock Hunter. 1-Hunter defeated Townsend. 2-Townsend won via DQ. 3-Henning defeated Hunter.
Doug Lindsey defeated Bob Orton. 1-Orton won. 2-Lindsey won. 3-Lindsey won when Orton was DQ’ed.
Judy Glover defeated Kathy Starr
Johnny Weaver defeated Carlos Rodriguez
12/17/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Sonny Myers defeated Hans Hermann
Johnny Weaver defeated Don Lee via DQ
NWA Champion Pat O’Connor 30-minute draw with John Paul Henning
12/24/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Rip Hawk defeated George Drake
Fritz Von Erich defeated Frank Townsend
John Paul Henning defeated Mike Paidousis
Tommy O’Toole and Rock Hunter draw
12/31/60 – “Wrestling at the Chase”
Fritz Von Erich defeated Doug Lindsey
Buddy Rogers and Johnny Valentine defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis and Thor Hagen when Rogers defeated Hagen
John Paul Henning defeated Stan Stasiak
