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| CARDS & RESULTS: 1950s |
| January – March |
| 1956 |
| 1950s |
References to the following individuals and organizations are made throughout this section: Beverly Morris; Bill McDaniel; Billy Blassie;
Bob Clay; Bob Shipp; Boris Kalmikoff; Catherine Simpson; Chief Big Heart; Cowboy Bradley; Don McIntyre; Don Roche; Freddie Blassie;
Fuzzy Cupid; the Great Malenko (01); Jack O’Brien; Jackie Nichols; Jerry Graham; Lozano Martinez; Mike Paidousis; Paul DeGaulle;
Paul Jones (01); Pierre LaSalle; Red McIntyre; Rocky Columbo; Roger Mackay; Tom Drake; Tom Mahoney; Whitey Whittler.
January 2, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Southern Heavyweight Title Match: Jackie Nichols over Freddie Blassie* by disqualification; Blassie retained the title / Notes: Blassie
had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he went over Red McIntyre on November 25, 1955, in Atlanta.
January 6, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Roger Mackay and Billy Blassie went to a draw > Red McIntyre over Whitey Whittler > Don Roche over Boris Kalmikoff >
World Tag Team Title Match: Roger Mackay & Jackie Nichols over Freddie Blassie & Billy Blassie* to win the title / Notes: The Blassies
had been the reigning World Tag Team Champions since they went over Don McIntyre and Jerry Graham on December 23, 1955, in
Atlanta.
January 9, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Don Roche over Bob Shipp by disqualification > Mike Paidousis and Roger Mackay went to a draw > Roger Mackay & Don Roche over
Mike Paidousis & Bob Shipp > Southern Heavyweight Title Match: Jackie Nichols over Freddie Blassie* by disqualification two falls to
none; Blassie retained the title / Notes: Blassie had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he went over Red McIntyre
on November 25, 1955, in Atlanta. Billy Blassie was barred from ringside during the Blassie-Nichols match.
January 16, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Paul DeGaulle & Mike Paidousis versus Don Roche & Red McIntyre > Southern Heavyweight Title Match (No Disqualification): Freddie
Blassie* versus Jackie Nichols / Notes: Blassie had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he went over McIntyre on
November 25, 1955, in Atlanta.
January 23, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Jack O’Brien over Bob Clay two falls to none > Roger Mackay over Freddie Blassie by disqualification > Roger Mackay & Jackie
Nichols over Freddie Blassie & Billy Blassie
January 27, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Roger Mackay over Paul DeGaulle by disqualification > Roger Mackay & Chief Big Heart over Paul DeGaulle & Billy Blassie >
Jack O’Brien over Red McIntyre > Southern Heavyweight Title Match: Freddie Blassie* over Jackie Nichols to retain the title / Notes:
Blassie had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he went over McIntyre on November 25, 1955, in Atlanta.
February 3, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Paul DeGaulle and Jackie Nichols went to a draw > Mike Paidousis and Tom Drake went to a draw > World Tag Team Title
Match: Roger Mackay & Jackie Nichols* over Paul DeGaulle & Jack O’Brien to retain the title > Indian Strap Match: Chief Big Heart
over Freddie Blassie / Notes: Mackay and Nichols had been the reigning World Tag Team Champions since they went over Freddie and
Billy Blassie on January 6, 1956, in Atlanta.
February 6, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Jack O’Brien over Jackie Nichols > Roger Mackay over Lozano Martinez > Chief Big Heart over Billy Blassie two falls to none
February 20, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Jackie Nichols versus Pierre LaSalle > Jack O’Brien versus Roger Mackay > Tom Drake versus Paul DeGaulle > Pierre
LaSalle & Jack O’Brien & Paul DeGaulle versus Roger Mackay & Tom Drake & Jackie Nichols
March 5, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Tom Drake versus the Great Malenko (01) > Jackie Nichols versus Pierre LaSalle > Jack O’Brien versus Chief Big Heart
March 9, 1956 (Friday) – East Point, GA – East Point Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Don McIntyre & Chief Big Heart over Paul DeGaulle & Pierre LaSalle
March 12, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Women’s Match: Catherine Simpson and Beverly Morris went to a draw at 15:00 > Jack O’Brien and Jackie Nichols went to a
draw at 15:00 > Rocky Columbo over the Great Malenko (01) by disqualification > Mixed Tag Team Match: Jack O’Brien & Catherine
Simpson over Jackie Nichols & Beverly Morris two falls to one
March 23, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Jackie Nichols over Pierre LaSalle > Rocky Columbo and the Great Malenko (01) went to a draw > World Tag Team Title
Match: Jack O’Brien & Pierre LaSalle over Roger Mackay & Jackie Nichols* to win the title > Chief Big Heart over Jerry Graham /
Notes: Mackay and Nichols had been the reigning World Tag Team Champions since they went over Freddie Blassie and Billy Blassie
on January 6, 1956, in Atlanta.
March 28, 1956 (Wednesday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Bill McDaniel – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Billy Blassie versus Rocky Columbo > Midget Match: Fuzzy Cupid versus Cowboy Bradley > Jerry Graham versus Chief Big
Heart
March 30, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Midget Match: Cowboy Bradley over Fuzzy Cupid > Rocky Columbo over Paul DeGaulle > Jackie Nichols & Rocky Columbo
over Paul DeGaulle & Billy Blassie > Chief Big Heart over Jerry Graham
Bob Clay; Bob Shipp; Boris Kalmikoff; Catherine Simpson; Chief Big Heart; Cowboy Bradley; Don McIntyre; Don Roche; Freddie Blassie;
Fuzzy Cupid; the Great Malenko (01); Jack O’Brien; Jackie Nichols; Jerry Graham; Lozano Martinez; Mike Paidousis; Paul DeGaulle;
Paul Jones (01); Pierre LaSalle; Red McIntyre; Rocky Columbo; Roger Mackay; Tom Drake; Tom Mahoney; Whitey Whittler.
January 2, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Southern Heavyweight Title Match: Jackie Nichols over Freddie Blassie* by disqualification; Blassie retained the title / Notes: Blassie
had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he went over Red McIntyre on November 25, 1955, in Atlanta.
January 6, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Roger Mackay and Billy Blassie went to a draw > Red McIntyre over Whitey Whittler > Don Roche over Boris Kalmikoff >
World Tag Team Title Match: Roger Mackay & Jackie Nichols over Freddie Blassie & Billy Blassie* to win the title / Notes: The Blassies
had been the reigning World Tag Team Champions since they went over Don McIntyre and Jerry Graham on December 23, 1955, in
Atlanta.
January 9, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Don Roche over Bob Shipp by disqualification > Mike Paidousis and Roger Mackay went to a draw > Roger Mackay & Don Roche over
Mike Paidousis & Bob Shipp > Southern Heavyweight Title Match: Jackie Nichols over Freddie Blassie* by disqualification two falls to
none; Blassie retained the title / Notes: Blassie had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he went over Red McIntyre
on November 25, 1955, in Atlanta. Billy Blassie was barred from ringside during the Blassie-Nichols match.
January 16, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Paul DeGaulle & Mike Paidousis versus Don Roche & Red McIntyre > Southern Heavyweight Title Match (No Disqualification): Freddie
Blassie* versus Jackie Nichols / Notes: Blassie had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he went over McIntyre on
November 25, 1955, in Atlanta.
January 23, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Jack O’Brien over Bob Clay two falls to none > Roger Mackay over Freddie Blassie by disqualification > Roger Mackay & Jackie
Nichols over Freddie Blassie & Billy Blassie
January 27, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Roger Mackay over Paul DeGaulle by disqualification > Roger Mackay & Chief Big Heart over Paul DeGaulle & Billy Blassie >
Jack O’Brien over Red McIntyre > Southern Heavyweight Title Match: Freddie Blassie* over Jackie Nichols to retain the title / Notes:
Blassie had been the reigning Southern Heavyweight Champion since he went over McIntyre on November 25, 1955, in Atlanta.
February 3, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Paul DeGaulle and Jackie Nichols went to a draw > Mike Paidousis and Tom Drake went to a draw > World Tag Team Title
Match: Roger Mackay & Jackie Nichols* over Paul DeGaulle & Jack O’Brien to retain the title > Indian Strap Match: Chief Big Heart
over Freddie Blassie / Notes: Mackay and Nichols had been the reigning World Tag Team Champions since they went over Freddie and
Billy Blassie on January 6, 1956, in Atlanta.
February 6, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Jack O’Brien over Jackie Nichols > Roger Mackay over Lozano Martinez > Chief Big Heart over Billy Blassie two falls to none
February 20, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Tom Mahoney – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Jackie Nichols versus Pierre LaSalle > Jack O’Brien versus Roger Mackay > Tom Drake versus Paul DeGaulle > Pierre
LaSalle & Jack O’Brien & Paul DeGaulle versus Roger Mackay & Tom Drake & Jackie Nichols
March 5, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Tom Drake versus the Great Malenko (01) > Jackie Nichols versus Pierre LaSalle > Jack O’Brien versus Chief Big Heart
March 9, 1956 (Friday) – East Point, GA – East Point Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Don McIntyre & Chief Big Heart over Paul DeGaulle & Pierre LaSalle
March 12, 1956 (Monday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling)
> Women’s Match: Catherine Simpson and Beverly Morris went to a draw at 15:00 > Jack O’Brien and Jackie Nichols went to a
draw at 15:00 > Rocky Columbo over the Great Malenko (01) by disqualification > Mixed Tag Team Match: Jack O’Brien & Catherine
Simpson over Jackie Nichols & Beverly Morris two falls to one
March 23, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Jackie Nichols over Pierre LaSalle > Rocky Columbo and the Great Malenko (01) went to a draw > World Tag Team Title
Match: Jack O’Brien & Pierre LaSalle over Roger Mackay & Jackie Nichols* to win the title > Chief Big Heart over Jerry Graham /
Notes: Mackay and Nichols had been the reigning World Tag Team Champions since they went over Freddie Blassie and Billy Blassie
on January 6, 1956, in Atlanta.
March 28, 1956 (Wednesday) – Augusta, GA – William Bell Auditorium (Bill McDaniel – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Billy Blassie versus Rocky Columbo > Midget Match: Fuzzy Cupid versus Cowboy Bradley > Jerry Graham versus Chief Big
Heart
March 30, 1956 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Paul Jones (01) – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Midget Match: Cowboy Bradley over Fuzzy Cupid > Rocky Columbo over Paul DeGaulle > Jackie Nichols & Rocky Columbo
over Paul DeGaulle & Billy Blassie > Chief Big Heart over Jerry Graham