1953 in professional wrestling
1953 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
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Calendar of notable shows
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
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| September 25 | EMLL | EMLL 20th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Blue Demon defeated El Santo (C) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Welterweight Championship[1] |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||
Notable events
- July 30 – The Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (日本プロレス協会, nihon puroresu kyōkai), Japan's first professional wrestling promotion, was created.
- Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) representing Mexico in the Alliance.
Championship changes
EMLL
incoming champion – Tarzán López[2] | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 20 | Sugi Sito | EMLL show | [2] | |
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 | Blue Demon | EMLL show | [3] | |
incoming champion - Firpo Segura[4] | ||||
| No title changes[4] |
incoming champion – Uncertain[5] | ||||
| No title changes[5] |
incoming champion – Black Shadow[6] | ||||
| No title changes[6] |
incoming champion –Vacant[6] | ||||
| No title changes[6] |
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25 | Blue Demon | EMLL show | [7] | |
| Uncertain | Vacated | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | |
NWA
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No title changes[8] | ||||
Debuts
- Debut date uncertain:
- February 28 – Wilbur Snyder[9]
- August 20 – Irma González[9]
Births
- January 25 – The Honky Tonk Man[10]
- February 28 – Ricky Steamboat[10]
- April 3 – Russ Francis[10]
- April 5 – Salman Hashimikov[10]
- May 10 – Tito Santana[11]
- June 30 – Hombre Bala[10]
- July 10 – Billy Jack Haynes[10]
- July 20 – Angel of Death[10](died in 2007)
- August 5 – Stan Lane[11]
- August 11:
- August 13 – Susan Green[11]
- August 14 – Gran Markus Jr.[10]
- August 22 – Paul Ellering[10]
- August 28 – Joel Goodhart[10]
- September 1 – Rocco Rock[10](died in 2002)
- September 4 – Kengo Kimura[10]
- October 26 – Troy Graham[10](died in 2002)
- December 13:
- December 14 – Fuerza Guerrera[10]
- December 28 – Tatsumi Fujinami[11]
- December 30 – Bill Kazmaier[10]
Deaths
- May 29 – Man Mountain Dean[12]
References
- Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares" [CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middleweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Middleweight Championship". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). ""United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title"". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 15. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Wrestlers debuted in 1953: 1 - 38 of 38". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- "Wrestlers born in 1953: 1 - 50 of 60". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- "Wrestlers born in 1953: 51 - 60 of 60". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- "Wrestlers deceased in 1953: 1 - 19 of 19". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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