RESULTS: 1955

Promoter:  ED McLEMORE (Dallas), KEN MOORE (Fort Worth)
Have corrections or additions? Please send to: wccwmemories (at) gmail (dot) com


1/4/55 Dallas
Jim Blood & Duke Keomuka beat Otto Kuss & Dick Raines
Larry Chene drew Maurice Vachon
Billy Darnell drew Polo Torres
Rocky Columbo beat Leo Newman
Tony Baillargeon beat Buck Weaver

1/11/55 Dallas
Jim Blood (seconded by KIng Kong Cox) beat Bull Curry COR
Polo Torres beat Vern Taft
Larry Chene drew Billy Darnell
Tony Baillargeon beat Leo Newman
Duke Keomuka beat Otto Kuss
Rocky Columbo beat Maurice Vachon DQ

1/18/55 Dallas
Bull Curry beat Jim Blood, no holds barred
Tony Baillargeon & Larry Chene beat Killer Joe Christie & Duke Keomuka
Billy Darnell drew Dick Raines
Maurice Vachon drew Tony Ross
Polo Torres beat Leo Newman
Rocky Columbo beat Prof. Roy Shire

1/25/55 Dallas
Benefit card for the March of Dimes.
Bull Curry beat Don Eagle DQ
Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich beat Tony Baillargeon & Larry Chene
Maurice Vachon beat Pete Mendietta (sub for Ray Gunkel)
Rocky Columbo beat Jim Blood DQ
Billy Two Rivers beat Vern Taft DQ

2/1/55 Dallas
Bull Curry beat Ray Gunkel
Larry Chene NCO Danny Savich
Don Eagle beat Sheik of Araby
Billy Two Rivers drew Maurice Vachon
Rocky Columbo beat Prof. Roy Shire
Tony Baillargeon drew Duke Keomuka

2/8/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich beat Tony Baillargeon & Larry Chene
Don Eagle beat Bull Curry DQ
Ray Gunkel beat Roy Graham
Bob McCune beat Jim Blood
Rocky Columbo drew Maurice Vachon

2/15/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Bull Curry
Ray Gunkel beat Danny Savich DQ
Larry Chene beat Rey Urbano
Tony Baillargeon drew Maurice Vachon
Tonina beat Joe McCarthy

2/22/55 Dallas
Otto Kuss beat Jim Blood, loser leaves town
Danny Savich beat Bull Curry
Tonina beat Duke Keomuka DQ
Larry Chene drew Maurice Vachon
Ray Gunkel beat Sheik of Araby
Tony Baillargeon beat Leo Newman

3/1/55 Dallas
Bull Curry beat Danny Savich, referee's decision, ten-round "Australian rules" match, loser leaves town
Duke Keomuka beat Tony Baillargeon
Larry Chene beat Tommy Phelps
Sheik of Araby & Maurice Vachon beat Big Humphrey Pennyworth & Tonina
Big Humphrey Pennyworth drew Sheik of Araby
Tonina beat Maurice Vachon DQ

3/8/55 Dallas
Bull Curry beat Duke Keomuka COR
Larry Chene beat Tommy Phelps COR
Tonina beat Killer Joe Christie DQ
Sheik of Araby beat Leo Newman
Tony Baillargeon beat Bob McCune

 3/15/55 Dallas
Texas Brass Knuckles champion Bull Curry beat Killer Joe Christie
Texas Junior Heavyweight champion Larry Chene beat Duke Keomuka DQ
Tommy Phelps beat Tonina
Billy Darnell drew Sheik of Araby
Vern Taft beat Bob McCune

3/22/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Paul Boesch
Tommy Phelps beat Killer Joe Christie
Tonina beat Vern Taft
Larry Chene beat Billy Darnell
Ray Gunkel beat Sheik of Araby

3/29/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Ray Gunkel DQ
Tarzan Mike beat Tommy Phelps
Cyclona Anaya beat Bob McCune
Larry Chene beat Leo Newman
Ronnie Etchison beat Killer Joe Christie, referee's decision

4/5/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Ray Gunkel
Tarzan Mike beat Killer Joe Christie
Millie Stafford beat Judy Glover
Cyclone Anaya drew Maurice Vachon
Larry Chene beat Herb Parks
Ronnie Etchison beat Art Nelson

4/12/55 Dallas
Tarzan Mike beat Duke Keomuka COR
Ray Gunkel beat Maurice Vachon
Ethel Brown beat Millie Stafford
Cyclone Anaya beat Larry Chene
Art Nelson beat Herb Parks
Johnny Rougeau beat Killer Joe Christie
Ronnie Etchison drew Pierre LaSalle

4/19/55 Dallas
Ray Gunkel & Tarzan Mike beat Bull Curry & Duke Keomuka
Johnny Rougeau beat Maurice Vachon, referee's decision
Cyclone Anaya drew Pierre LaSalle
Ronnie Etchison beat Tony Baillargeon
Rocky Columbo beat Jose Castillo

4/26/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Tarzan Mike DQ
Pepper Gomez beat Bull Curry
Masked A-Bomber beat Tony Baillargeon
Johnny Rougeau beat Tonina
Cyclone Anaya drew Ronnie Etchison
Ray Gunkel beat Pierre LaSalle, referee's decision

5/3/55 Dallas
Tarzan Mike beat Duke Keomuka to earn NWA World Heavyweight title match with Lou Thesz
Pepper Gomez & Tonina beat Bull Curry & Pierre LaSalle
Pepper Gomez beat Pierre LaSalle DQ
Bull Curry beat Tonina
Ronnie Etchison beat Son of Ali Baba
Masked A-Bomber drew Johnny Rougeau

5/10/55 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Tarzan Mike
Duke Keomuka beat Dick Raines
Pepper Gomez beat Stu Gibson, referee's decision
Johnny Rougeau beat Bull Curry, referee's decision
Masked A-Bomber drew Ronnie Etchison

 5/17/55 Dallas
Leo Nomellini beat Ray Gunkel
Duke Keomuka beat Johnny Rougeau
Pepper Gomez beat Stu Gibson DQ
Pierre LaSalle beat Tonina
Ronnie Etchison & Dick Raines drew Hard Boiled Haggerty & Masked A-Bomber (unmasked as Bob Geigel)

5/24/55 Dallas
NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Edmund Francis beat Duke Keomuka DQ
Tarzan Mike beat Pierre LaSalle DQ
Pepper Gomez beat Johnny Rougeau
Stu Gibson drew Ray Gunkel
Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Tonina
Ronnie Etchison beat Son of Ali Baba

5/31/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Tarzan Mike
Ronnie Etchison drew Raul Zapata
Larry Chene drew Stu Gibson
Ray Gunkel beat Hard Boiled Haggerty DQ
Pepper Gomez beat Maurice Vachon

6/7/55 Dallas
Pepper Gomez NCO Duke Keomuka, blood stoppage
Texas Tag Team champions Stu Ginson & Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Larry Chene & Tarzan Mike
Stu Gibson drew Tarzan Mike
Larry Chene beat Hard Boiled Haggerty DQ
Tonina beat Paul Murdock
Renato El Hermoso beat Raul Zapata

6/14/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Pepper Gomez
Tarzan Mike beat Hard Boiled Haggerty DQ
Cyclone Anaya beat Sheik of Araby
Renato El Hermoso beat Tommy Phelps
Larry Chene drew Raul Zapata

6/21/55 Dallas
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Duke Keomuka beat Pepper Gomez & Tarzan Mike
Texas Women's champion Nell Stewart beat Olga Zepeda
Larry Chene beat Renato El Hermoso DQ
Tommy Phelps beat Tonina
Ray Piret beat Cyclone Anaya

6/28/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka & Mr. Moto beat Paul Boesch & Otto Kuss
Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Pepper Gomez DQ
Belle Starr beat Kathy Branch (sub for Nell Stewart)
Ray Piret drew Raul Zapata
Tarzan Mike drew Polo Torres

7/5/55 Dallas
Pepper Gomez beat Duke Keomuka, Texas Death Match
Tommy Phelps beat Renato El Hermoso
Rito Romero beat Hard Boiled Haggerty DQ
Mr. Moto beat Larry Chene
Ray Piret drew Hans Schnabel
Tony Martin beat Tonina

7/12/55 Dallas (no results available)
Larry Chene vs Tommy Phelps, non-televised match
Pepper Gomez vs Mr. Moto
Texas Heavyweight champion Polo Torres vs Marvin Jones (sub for Duke Keomuka, knifed by fan during 7/6/55 San Antonio card)
Tony Martin vs Ray Piret
Killer Karl Davis vs Rito Romero
Hard Boiled Haggerty vs Hans Schnabel

7/19/55 Dallas
Mr. Moto & Hans Schnabel beat Pepper Gomez & Rito Romero
Tommy Phelps vs Otto Kuss (masked referee is unmasked as Al Lovelock)
Lou Newman beat Raul Zapata
Larry Chene beat Tony Martin
Ronnie Etchison beat Stu Gibson, referee's decision

7/26/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka, Mr. Moto & Hans Schnabel beat Paul Boesch, Pepper Gomez & Rito Romero
Otto Kuss beat Tommy Phelps
Mike Clancy drew Al Lovelock
Stu Gibson beat Killer Karl Davis
Ronnie Etchison beat Lou Newman

8/2/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Pepper Gomez UTC
Rito Romero beat Stu Gibson
Ronnie Etchison & Wilbur Snyder beat Lou Newman & Hans Schnabel
Tony Martin beat Johnny James
Mike Clancy beat Killer Karl Davis

8/9/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Rito Romero, reversed decision
Pepper Gomez beat Hans Schnabel
Ronnie Etchison & Wilbur Snyder beat George Bollas & Tony Martin
Wilbur Snyder beat Tony Martin
Ronnie Etchison beat George Bollas
Mike Clancy drew Lou Newman
Stu Gibson beat Ray Piret

8/16/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Rito Romero
George Bollas & Stu Gibson beat Polo Torres & Rito Romero (sub for injured Mike Clancy)
Wilbur Snyder beat Tarzan Mike
Lou Newman beat Jack O'Brien
Ronnie Etchison drew Tony Martin

8/23/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka drew Wilbur Snyder
Rito Romero beat George Bollas
Sky Low Low beat Lord Littlebrook
Ronnie Etchison drew Stu Gibson
Tarzan Mike beat Lou Newman COR
Tony Martin beat Mike Clancy

8/30/55 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Ray Gunkel UTC
Duke Keomuka beat Tarzan Mike
JImmy James beat Bozo Brown DQ
Mike Clancy drew Lou Newman
Stu Gibson & George Bollas beat Rito Romero & Polo Torres

9/6/55 Dallas
Texas Heavyweight champion Pepper Gomez beat Stu Gibson
Duke Keomuka & Tommy Phelps beat Tarzan Mike, handicap match
Ray Gunkel & Wilbur Snyder beat George Bollas & Bozo Brown
Ray Gunkel beat George Bollas, referee's decision
Wilbur Snyder beat Bozo Brown
Lou Newman beat Jimmy James

9/13/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Dick Raines
Ray Gunkel beat Stu Gibson DQ
Pepper Gomez beat George Bollas DQ
Larry Chene beat Mike Clancy
Wilbur Snyder beat George Scott, referee's decision

9/20/55 Dallas
Stu Gibson, George Scott & Duke Keomuka beat Pepper Gomez & Wilbur Snyder (scheduled teammate Ray Gunkel unable to wrestle due to earlier injury)
Duke Keomuka NCO Ray Gunkel (match does not take place due to attack by Keomuka and Danny Savich, injuring Gunkel)
Pepper Gomez beat George Scott DQ
Wilbur Snyder beat Stu Gibson
Larry Chene drew Roy Heffernan
Gino Nicolini beat Jack O'Brien (sub for Dick Raines)

9/27/55 Dallas
Ray Gunkel beat Danny Savich, reversed decision
Pepper Gomez & Wilbur Snyder beat Stu Gibson & Duke Keomuka
Gino Nicolini beat Al Lovelock
Doug Donovan beat Mike Clancy
Roy Heffernan drew Tony Martin

10/4/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich beat Pepper Gomez & Rito Romero to win Texas Tag Team titles
Ray Gunkel beat Stu Gibson DQ
Doug Donovan drew Gino NIcolini
Jim Dobie beat Tony Martin, referee's decision
Roy Heffernan beat Jack O'Brien

10/11/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka drew Wilbur Snyder
Pepper Gomez beat Danny Savich DQ
The Mongol drew Gino Nicolini
Tiny Mills beat Roy Heffernan
Dick Raines beat Hans Hermann DQ

10/18/55 Dallas
"UNITED NATIONS" TOURNAMENT (winner receives $5000, runner-up $1750, third place $750)
First Round:
Tiny Mills beat Wilbur Snyder
Pepper Gomez beat George Bollas
Other first round matches (no results available):
Duke Keomuka vs The Mongol
Gino Nicolini vs Danny Savich
Leo Garibaldi vs Stu Gibson
Hans Hermann vs Gregario Jarque
Final:
Pepper Gomez drew Tiny Mills (first and second place purses held-up pending 10/25 rematch)

10/25/55 Dallas
Pepper Gomez beat Tiny Mills to win held-up combined purse of $6750 from previous week's tournament
Hans Hermann & Wilbur Snyder beat Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich
Jack Laskin beat Bozo Brown
Stu Gibson beat The Mongol
Tony Morelli drew Gino Nicolini

11/1/55 Dallas
Danny Savich beat Duke Keomuka
Ray Gunkel drew Tiny Mills
Hans Hermann beat Tommy Phelps
Gino Nicolini beat Jack O'Brien
Pierre DeGalles beat The Mongol
Wilbur Snyder beat Jim Dobie

11/8/55 Dallas
Pepper Gomez won 10-man battle royal
Hans Hermann beat Danny Savich
Pepper Gomez beat Paul DeGalles, referee's decision
Tiny Mills beat Gregario Jarque
Tony Borne beat Gino Nicolini
Gina Marie (sub for Lee Chona LaClaire) beat Dot Dotson

11/15/55 Dallas
Paul DeGalles, Tiny Mills & Danny Savich beat Pepper Gomez, Rito Romero & Hans Hermann
World Women's champion June Byers beat China Mira
Rito Romero beat Danny Savich DQ
Pepper Gomez beat Paul DeGalles
Hans Hermann beat Tiny Mills COR
Tony Borne beat Jack Laskin
Doug Donovan beat Larry Chene

11/22/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny Savich, no falls, no time limit
Texas Heavyweight champion Pepper Gomez beat Hans Hermann
Tommy Phelps beat Jim Dobie
Doug Donovan drew Rito Romero
Larry Chene beat Paul DeGalles DQ
Tony Borne beat Gregario Jarque

11/29/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Texas Heavyweight champion Pepper Gomez DQ
Larry Chene beat Tony Borne
Doug Donovan drew Rito Romero
Ray Gunkel beat Paul DeGalles
Danny Savich beat Jack Laskin

12/6/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Danny Savich to win Texas Brass Knuckles title, Texas Death Match, ring surrounded by fence topped with barbed wire
Pepper Gomez beat Tommy Phelps COR
Gregario Jarque beat Jack Laskin
Doug Donovan drew Ray Gunkel
Larry Chene drew Rito Romero

12/13/55 Dallas
Duke Keomuka beat Gorgeous George
Luther Lindsey beat Tex Grady to win Texas Negro Heavyweight title
Rito Romero & Luther Lindsey (sub for Larry Chene) beat Doug Donovan & Stu Gibson
Ray Gunkel beat Tony Morelli
Danny Savich beat Gregario Jarque

12/20/55 Dallas
NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz drew Luther Lindsey (Thesz counted out on mat, Lindsey COR)
Texas Tag Team champions Duke Keomuka & Tiny Mills beat Stu Gibson & Tommy Phelps
Texas Heavyweight champion Pepper Gomez drew Texas Junior Heavyweight champion Doug Donovan
Larry Chene beat Paul DeGalles
Hans Hermann beat Jack Laskin

12/27/55 Dallas
Otto Kuss beat Tommy Phelps, loser leaves town
Texas Tag Team champions Duke Keomuka & Tiny Mills beat Pepper Gomez & Ray Gunkel
Tony Borne beat Paul DeGalles
Larry Chene NCO Killer Joe Christie
Rocky Columbo beat Hans Hermann