1956 in professional wrestling

1956 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of years in professional wrestling

Calendar of notable shows

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
April EMLL Arena Coliseo 13th Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico Uncertain
September 21 EMLL 23rd Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico El Santo defeated El Gladiador in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta mask vs. mask match

Notable events

Arena Mexico as seen from Calle Dr Lavista.
  • April Arena México opens, built by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") owner Salvador Lutteroth. Arena México became EMLL's main venue from that point forward and is referred to as the Cathedral of Lucha Libre.[1][2]

Championship changes

EMLL

Incoming champion – Frank Stojack[3]
No title changes[4]
Incoming champion – El Santo[5]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 19 Rolando Vera EMLL show [5]
Incoming champion – Blue Demon[4]
No title changes[4]
Incoming champion – vacant[6]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
September 7 El Médico Asesino EMLL show [6]
Incoming champion –vacant[7]
No title changes[7]
Incoming champion – vacant[8]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
September 9 Tarzán López EMLL show [8]
Incoming champion – El Gladiador[9]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 31 El Santo EMLL show [9]
Incoming champion – vacant[10]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 6 Jalisco Gonzalez EMLL show [10]
Incoming champion – Irma Gonzales[11]
No title changes[11]

NWA

Incoming champion – Lou Thesz[12]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 15 Whipper Billy Watson NWA show Won the championship by count out[12]
November 9 Lou Thesz NWA show [12]

Debuts

Births

References

  1. "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  2. Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  3. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middlweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  8. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  9. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  10. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  11. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 394. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  12. 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)
  13. "Wrestlers debuted in 1956: 1 - 13 of 13". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  14. "Wrestlers born in 1956: 1 - 50 of 69". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  15. "Wrestlers born in 1956: 51 - 69 of 69". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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