RICKI STARR IN NY PRO WRESTLING

Last updated on 02/03/2013 01/26/1957 Ed Ceccolini - White Plains, NY - Westchester County Center Karl Von Hess vs Arnold Skaaland Ricki Starr vs Len Rossi 02/04/1957 Manhattan Wrestling Enterprises (Walter Smallshaw & Toots Mondt) - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (19,300) Jackie Nichols (15min limit draw) Don Stevens Wildman Fargo (10:43 pin) Arnold Skaaland Cowboy Bradley & Red Feathers def Sky Low Low & Tiny Roe  Don Lee (15min limit draw) Jimmy Szikszay  Miguel Perez (15:43 pin) Len Rossi Ricki Starr (5:55 pin) Skull Murphy  Antonino Rocca & Verne Gagne (2-1) Hans Schmidt & Karl von Hess 02/05/1957 Joe Smith - New Haven, CT - Arena (3,771; $7,301) Antonino Rocca def Dick the Bruiser 02/13/1957 Ted Bayly - Kingston, NY - Municipal Auditorium Ricki Starr vs Karl Von Hess Little Red Feather & Tito Infante vs Sky Low Low & Bull Drummond Skull Murphy vs Len Rossi 02/20/1957 Joe Smith - Waterbury, CT - State Armory Jackie Nicholas vs Jim Bernard Antonino Rocca vs Rocky Lee 02/27/1957 Ted Bayly - Kingston, NY - Municipal Auditorium Rocky Lee (23:50 sleeper hold) Len Rossi World Tag Team Title: Wild Man Fargo & Don Stevens* (2-1) Jack Nichols & Arnold Skaaland Antonino Rocca (2-1) Skull Murphy 03/11/1957 MWE - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (19,995; $62,565) Jim Bernard (11:55) Arnold Skaaland Skull Murphy & Karl Von Hess def Jackie Nichols & Len Rossi Jerry Graham (8:37) Cowboy Rocky Lee Jackie Fargo & Don Stevens def Miguel Perez & Reyes Rodriguez Great Scott (20min limit draw) Chief Big Heart Ricki Starr (7:25) Dick the Bruiser Antonino Rocca (16:56) Hans Schmidt 03/13/1957 - Kingston, NY - Municipal Auditorium Ricki Starr vs Rocky Lee plus two other bouts 03/23/1957 - Middletown, NY Antonino Rocca vs Skull Murphy 03/30/1957 MWE - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (20,125; $63,753) Chief Big Heart (15min dec) Skull Murphy Reyes Rodriguez (later Ciclon Negro) (12:52) Harry Lewis Oyama Kato (6:43) Jack Wilson Gino Garibaldi (20min dec) Cowboy Rocky Lee Dick the Bruiser (9:37 DQ) Karl Von Hess Ricki Starr (3:55) Paul Bunyan World Tag Team Title*: Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez (2-1) Jackie Fargo & Don Stvens 04/23/1957 MWE - New York, NY - St. Nicholas Arena Antonino Rocca def karl Von Hess Miquel Perez def Skull Murphy Jackie Fargo & Don Stevens def Miquel Torres & Lenny Montana The Great Scott def Gene Dubuque Gino Garibaldi def Larry Simon (sub Harry Lewis) 04/30/1957 MWE - New York, NY Antonino Rocca & Miquel Perez def Skull Murphy & Karl Von Hess  Ricki Starr def Jackie Fargo Jackie Nichols def Gene Dubuque Lenny Montana def Don Stevevens Miquel Torres drew Gino Garibaldi 05/13/1957 MWE - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (15,542; $42,419.20) Skull Murphy (12:55) Miguel Torres Bob Nandor (15:02) Gino Garibaldi Larry Hamilton (9:13) Oyama Kato Eric Von Hess (12:55) Chief Big Heart Jerry Graham & Roy Shire def Greg Jarque & Jackie Nichols (sub Jackie Fargo & Don Stevens) Ricki Starr (7:58) Great Scott Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez def Dick the Bruiser & Karl Von Hess 05/22/1957 Ed Ceccolini - White Plains, NY - Westchester County Center (2,000) Larry Hamilton (13:43) Tony Martinelli Aldo Venturi (17:34) Miguel Torres Great Scott (17:13 pin) Skull Murphy Larry Simon drew Soldier Barry Antonino Rocca & Arnold Skaaland (2-1) Karl Von Hess & Eric Von Hess 05/24/1957 - Norwalk, CT Jackie Nichols vs Kurt Von Hess Skull Murphy vs Chief Big Heart Czaya Nandor vs Harry Lewis 06/15/1957 MWE - New York, NY Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez def Jerry Graham & Roy Shires  Ricki Starr def Eric Hess Danny McShain def Czaca Nanda Larry Hamilton (NC) Karl Von Hess Skull Murphy def Miguel Torres 06/29/1957 - Peekskill, NY - Stadium Tony Martinelli vs Harry Lewis Arnold Skaaland vs Danny McShain Al Smith & John Smith vs Jerry Graham & Roy Shires Antonino Rocca vs Karl Von Hess 07/12/1957 MWE - Queens, NY Antonino Rocca vs John Tolos 07/15/1957 Ray Fabiani - Stamford, CT - Boyle Stadium Miguel Perez vs Bobby Wallace Skull Murphy vs Ricki Starr Eric Von Hess & Karl Von Hess vs Great Scott & Chief Big Heart World Heavyweight Title: Edouard Carpentier* def Roy Shire 07/17/1957 Mike Aide - Norwalk, CT - Crystal Arena Ricki Starr vs Danny McShain Eric Von Hess vs Great Scott Skull Murphy vs Arnold Skaaland Soldier Barry vs Cowboy Rocky Lee 07/19/1957 - Newark, NJ World Heavyweight Title(?): Edouard Carpentier* def Karl Von Hess 07/19/1957 - New Haven, CT (cancelled) 07/23/1957 Acorn AC (Jack Havery) - Stratford, CT - Raybestos Memorial Field (2,239; $4,143.25) Ricki Starr vs Jerry Graham Skull Murphy vs Czaya Nandor Angelo Savoldi vs Miguel Perez Cowboy Rocky Lee vs Larry Hamilton Arnold Skaaland vs Great Kato 07/26/1957 - New Haven, CT - Arena (3,052; $5,632.38) 08/05/1957 Mike Aide - Norwalk, CT - Crystal Arena Antonino Rocca vs Roy Shire The Great Scott vs Jerry Graham Skull Murphy vs Sandor Kovacs Czaya Nandor vs Harry Lewis 08/06/1957? Capitol Wrestling Corporation (Vincent J. McMahon & Toots Mondt) - New York, NY (date conflicts with the Nyack show below) Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez def Larry Hamilton & Danny McShain Jerry Graham (NC) Karl Von Hess Skull Murphy def karl Von Hess Eric Von Hess def Ramon Lopez Czaya Nandor def Kostas Goulass Sandor Kovacs def Miguel Torres 08/06/1957? - Nyack, NY - Nyack HS (date conflicts with the NYC show above) Arnold Skaaland vs Larry Hamilton Aldo Venturi vs Miguel Torres Tony Martinelli vs Al Smith Antonino Rcca & Gino Garibaldi vs Karl Von Hess & Eric Von Hess 08/12/1957 CWC - Freeport, NY World Heavyweight Title(?): Edouard Carpentier def Roy Shire 08/14/1957 Ray Fabiani - Stamford, CT - Boyle Stadium Jerry Graham vs Antonino Rocca Larry Hamilton & Danny McShain vs Chief Big Heart & Arnold Skaaland Karl Von Hess vs Ricki Starr Oyama Kato vs Cowboy Lee Czaya Nandor vs Harry Lewis 08/14/1957? CWC - New York, NY Antonino Rocca def Larry Hamilton  Ricki Starr & Miguel Perez (NC) Karl Von Hess & Eric Von Hess The Great Scott def Angelo Savoldi Chief Big Heart & Sandor Kovacs drew Danny McShain & Skull Murphy Ramon Lopez def Kostas Goulas 08/14/1957 - Waterbury, CT 08/20/1957 Acorn AC (Joe Smith) - Stratford, CT - Raybestos Field Aldo Venturi vs Al Smith Angelo Savoldi vs Great Scott Karl Von Hess vs Skull Murphy Antonino Rocca & Czaya Nador vs Danny McShain & Oyama Kato 08/27/1957 Mike Aide - Norwalk, CT - Crystal Arena Larry Cordee vs Sandor Kovacs Bobby Wallace vs Aldo Venturi Great Scott & Adrian Baillargeon vs Oyama Kato & Legs Langevin Edouard Carpentier def Karl Von Hess 08/28/1957 - Poughkeepsie, NY - Riverview Field Kosta Goulas vs Ray Lopez Don Lee vs Miguel Torres Charles Robinson vs Al Smith Karl Von Hess & Eric Von Hess vs Chief Big Heart & Gino Garibaldi Ricki Starr vs Larry Hamilton Antonino Rocca vs Skull Murphy 09/04/1957 CWC - Long Island City, NY Jerry Graham drew Great Scott Gino Garibaldi & Czaja Nandor def Larry Hamilton & Danny McShain Oyama Kato def Chief Big Heart Joe Hamilton def Bobby Wallace Kostas Goulas def Buddy Gilbert 09/07/1957 Ed Ceccolini - White Plains, NY - Westchester County Center (5,000) Danny McShain (10:38) Soldier Barry Arnold Skaaland (22:58) Czaya Nador *Skull Murphy & Larry Hamilton (8:25 pin) Chief Big Bear & *Gino Garibaldi Ricki Starr (17:11) Eric Von Hess Antonino Rocca (13:24 pin) Karl Von Hess 09/09/1957 CWC - Freeport, NY Edouard Carpentier (NC) Ricki Starr 09/14/1957 CWC - Union City, NJ Great Scott vs Skull Murphy Donn Lewin & Mark Lewin vs Karl Von Hess & Eric Von Hess Larry & Joe Hamilton vs Ramon Lopez & Reyes Rodriquez Adrien Baillargeon vs Angelo Savoldi 09/16/1957 CWC - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (19,165) Skull Murphy def Legs Langevin Danny McShain (10min limit draw) Rey Urbano Eduardo Castillo (5:10) Eric Von Hess Dick the Bruiser (9:47) Larry Moquin Jerry Graham & Roy Shire (1-1 30min limit draw) Mark Lewin & Donn Lewin Miguel Perez (12:27) Larry Hamilton Ricki Starr (5:15 DQ) Karl Von Hess Antonino Rocca curfew (40min curfew draw) Edouard Carpentier Killer Kowalski vs Chief Big Heart (cancelled - curfew) Sandor Kovacs vs Felix Lamban (cancelled - curfew) 09/17/1957 Ed Ceccolini - Yonkers, NY - Polish Community Center (500) Kostax Goulax (11:33) Ray Lopez Arnold Skaaland (16:03) Miguel Torres Sandor Kovacs (15:49) Larry Hamilton Eduoardo Castillo (5:18) Angelo Savoldi Mark Lewin & Donn Lewin (2-0) Karl Von Hess & Eric Von Hess Antonino Rocca (11:52) Skull Murphy 09/18/1957 CWC - Long Island City, NY Ricki Starr vs Danny McShain Donn Lewin & Mark Lewin vs Skull Murphy & Larry Hamilton Joe Hamilton vs Gino Garibaldi Sandor Kovacs vs Adrien Baillargeon Rey Urbano vs Kostas Goulas 09/21/1957 - New Haven, CT - Arena Skull Murphy & Larry Hamilton vs Mark Lewin & Donn Lewin  Roy Shire & Jerry Graham vs Chief Big Heart & Aldo Venturi  Luis Martinez vs Bobby Wallace  Ricki Starr vs Danny McShain 09/27/1957 - White Plains, NY - Westchester County Center Arnold Skaaland vs Miguel Torres Chief Big Heart vs Danny McShain Jerry Graham & Roy Shires vs Mark Lewin & Donn Lewin Antonino Rocca & Eduardo Castillo vs Skull Murphy & Larry Hamilton 09/28/1957 CWC - Teaneck, NJ Antonino Rocca & Ricki Starr vs Larry Hamilton & Karl Von Hess Chief Big Heart vs Felix Lamban Roy Shire vs Eduardo Castillo Jerry Graham vs Miguel Perez Donn & Mark Lewin vs Skull Murphy & Danny McShain Bobby Wallace vs Harry Lewis 10/02/1957 CWC - Long Island City, NY Donn & Mark Lewin def Skull Murphy & Karl Von Hess Edouardo Castillo def Larry Hamilton Ludwig Von Krupp def Sandor Kovacs Paul Berger def Ramon Lopez Angelo Savoldi def Miguel Torres 10/09/1957 CWC - Union City, NJ Donn & Mark Lewin vs Karl Von Hess & Ludwig Von Krupp Skull Murphy & Joe Hamilton vs Miguel Perez & Rey Urbano Steve Stanlee vs Aldo Venturi Kostas Goulas vs Tony Martinelli 10/12/1957 - New Haven, CT - Arena Edouardo Castillo vs Joe Hamilton Andrian Baillargeon vs Paul Berger Don Eagle vs Soldier Barry Killer Kowalski vs Great Scott Roy Shire vs Yukon Eric 10/15/1957 CWC - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (17,355; $51,335.98) Jerry Graham & Roy Shires (2-? 33:12) Luis Martinez & Eduardo Castillo Danny McShain (12:42 pin) Donn Lewin Paul Berger (9:08 pin) Rey Urbano Ludvig Von Krupp (6:09) Cowboy Rocky Lee Yukon Eric (11:26) Skull Murphy Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez (2-0; DQ in 1st) Killer Kowalski & Dick The Bruiser 10/16/1957 Ed Ceccolini - White Plains, NY - Westchester County Center Don Lee vs Aldo Venturi Angelo Savoldi vs Miguel Torres Arnold Skaaland vs Paul Berger Skull Murphy & Larry Hamilton vs Mark Lewin & Donn Lewin Antonino Rocca & Eduardo Castillo vs Ludwig Von Krupp & Karl Von Hess 10/19/1957 CWC - Paterson, NJ Antonino Rocca & Ed Castillo vs Killer Kowalski & Roy Shire Miguel Perez & Luis Martinez vs Skull Murphy & Karl Von Hess Yukon Eric vs Larry Hamilton 10/21/1957 Ted Bayly - Kingston, NY - Municipal Auditorium Rocky Lee & Bob Wallace vs Jerry Graham & Aldo Venturi Antonino Rocca vs Danny McShain plus another bout 10/22/1957 Ed Ceccolini - Yonkers, NY - Polish Community Center (500) Tony Martinelli (15:37 pin) Joe Hamilton Arnold Skaaland (20min limit draw) Gene Dubuque Steve Stanlee (18:28) Skull Murphy Jerry Graham (11:09) Aldo Venturi Antonino Rocca & Eduardo Castillo (2-1) Ludwig Von Krupp & Paul Von Berger 10/22/1957 Norwalk, CT - Armory Sandor Kovacs vs Adrian Baillargeon Ricki Starr vs Cowboy Rocky Lee Killer Kowalski vs Great Scott Mark Lewin vs Miguel Lopez 10/23/1957 CWC - Long Island City, NY Antonino Rocca & Ed Castillo def Danny McShain & Larry Hamilton Jerry Graham def Angelo Savoldi Steve Stanlee def Miguel Torres Sandor Kovacs (DQ) Skull Murphy Jerry Gordet (DQ) Ludwig Von Krupp 10/26/1957 CWC - Union City, NJ Ricki Starr & Miguel Perez vs Skull Murphy & Karl Von Hess Larry & Joe Hamilton vs Ed Castillo & Tony Martinelli Sandor Kovacs vs Gene Dubuque Ludwig Von Krupp vs Aldo Venturi 10/26/1957 - New Haven, CT - Arena Great Scott vs Harry Lewis Yukon Eric vs Bobby Wallace Luis Martinez vs Paul Berger Killer Kowalski vs Donn Lewin Antonino Rocca & Don Eagle vs Jerry Graham & Danny McShain 11/02/1957 CWC - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (20,675; $63,876.14) Great Scott def Larry Hamilton Pat O'Connor def Legs Langevin Danny McShain def Larry Moquin Luis Martinez & Edouardo Castillo def Ludwig Von Krupp & Paul Berger Don Eagle drew Karl Von Hess Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez def Jerry Graham & Roy Shire Edouard Carpentier (curfew draw) Killer Kowalski 11/06/1957 CWC - Long Island City, NY Ricki Starr & Ed Castillo def Danny McShain & Karl Von Hess Skull Murphy def Donn Lewin Mark Lewin def Larry Hamilton Ludwig Von Krupp (DQ) Steve Stanlee Paul Berger drew Angelo Savoldi 11/09/1957 CWC - Trenton, NJ - Trenton Armory Sandor Kovacs def Joe Hamilton Steve Stanlee drew Paul Berger Great Scott def Skull Murphy Miguel Perez & Luis Martinez (2-1) Karl Von Hess & Ludwig Von Krupp Antonino Rocca & Ricki Starr (2-0) Jerry Graham & Danny McShain 11/09/1957 - New Haven, CT - Arena Donn Lewin vs Angelo Savoldi Mark Lewin vs Legs Langevin Roy Shire vs Edouardo Castillo Don Eagle vs Larry Hamilton Edouard Carpentier vs Killer Kowalski 11/16/1957 CWC - Jersey City, NJ - Armory Jerry Graham & Roy Shire vs Luis Martinez & Ed Castillo Ricki Starr vs Chief Don Eagle Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez vs Killer Kowalski & Danny McShain 11/18/1957 CWC - Waterbury, CT - Buckingham Hall Don Eagle vs Sandor Kovacs Danny McShain vs Luis Martinez Antonino Rocca & Ricki Starr vs Jerry Graham & Roy Shire 11/19/1957 CWC - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (12,987; $38,153) Felix Lamban (sub Jerry Graham) (5:20) Legs Langevin Chief Big Heart (7:30) Paul Berger Skull Murphy (11:45) Great Scott Ludwig Von Krupp & Karl Von Hess (2-1) Luis Martinez & Eduardo Castillo Pat O'connor (20min limit draw) Don Eagle Miguel Perez (14:38 UTC) Danny McShain Antonino Rocca & Edouard Carpentier (DQ) Dick the Bruiser & Jerry Graham (sub Wladek Kowalski) 11/23/1957 - New Haven, CT - Arena Luis Martinez vs Legs Langevin Lord Littlebrook vs Fuzzy Cupid Don Eagle & Chief Big Heart vs Jerry Graham & Roy Shire Edouard Carpentier & Ricki Starr vs Killer Kowalski & Danny McShain 11/27/1957 CWC - Meriden, CT - City Hall Auditorium Antonino Rocca vs Roy Shire 11/28/1957 - Kingston, NY - Municipal Auditorium Karl Von Hess & Skull Murphy vs Mark Lewin & Donn Lewin  Ricki Starr vs Jerry Graham plus one other bout 11/29/1957 Ed Ceccolini - White Plains, NY - Westchester County Center (1,800) Jerry Graham & Roy Shires (2-1) Arnold Skaaland & Great Scott Ricki Starr (9:12 pin) Rocky Lee Antonino Rcca (18:51) Don Eagle 11/30/1957 CWC - Jersey City, NJ - Armory (cancelled) Harry Lewis vs Legs Longevin Don Eagle vs Donn Lewin Jerry Graham & Roy Shire vs Ed Castillo & Felix Lamban Lou Thesz vs Edouard Carpentier Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez vs Karl Von Hess & Ludwig Von Krupp 12/03/1957 - New Haven, CT - Arena Bearcat Wright vs Luis Castillo Danny McShain vs Luis Martinez Chief Big Heart vs Paul Berger Edouard Carpentier & Ricki Starr vs Jerry Graham & Roy Shire 12/07/1957 CWC - New York, NY John Tolos drew Don Eagle 12/09/1957 CWC - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [III] (9,264; $24,866.34) Roy Shire (13:04 pin) Edouardo Castillo Felix Lamban (12:17 pin) Skull Murphy Killer Kowalski (9:50 pin) Mark Lewin Luis Martinez (9:30 DQ) Ludwig Von Krupp Chief Big Heart (6:35 DCOR) Chris Tolos Don Eagle (20min limit draw) John Tolos Dick the Bruiser (9:32) Donn Lewin Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez (2-1; DQ in 3rd) Jerry Graham & Danny McShain 12/21/1957 CWC - New York, NY Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez beatg Jerry Graham & Roy Shires Ludwig Von Krupp def Eduardo Castillo Chief Big Heart def Paul Berger Chris Tolos def Tony Martinelli The Great Scott drew John Tolos 12/27/1957 CWC - Paterson, NJ Antontio Rocca vs Jerry Graham Chief Don Eagle & Chief Big Heart vs Chris & John Tolos Miguel Perez & Tony Martinelli vs Ludwig Von Krupp & Joe Berger Marvin Mercer vs Gene Dubuque Sandor Kovacs vs Manuel Torres Researches by J Michael Kenyon, Hisaharu Tanabe, Steve Yohe, David Baker including the information from the newspaper ads/articles provided by Doug McLeer