1957 in professional wrestling
1957 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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| April | EMLL | 1. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| September 20 | EMLL 24th Anniversary Show | Black Shadow and Alex Romano won the tournament in the finals of a torneo relampago 10,000 peso tag team tournament[1] | ||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||
Championship changes
EMLL
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 19 | Ronaldo Vera | EMLL show | [2] | |
incoming champion – Blue Demon[3] | ||||
| No title changes[3] |
incoming champion - El Médico Asesino[4] | ||||
| No title changes[4] |
incoming champion – El Gladiador[5] | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31 | El Santo | EMLL show | [5] | |
incoming champion – Tarzán López[6] | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Vacanted | N/A | [6] | |
| April 21 | Espectro I | EMLL show | [6] | |
incoming champion – Vacant[7] | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 30 | Juan Diaz | EMLL show | [7] | |
| July 17 | Mima Ota | EMLL show | [7] | |
| July 18 | Vacated | N/A | Championship vacated by the commission as Mishima Ota was not a Mexican citizen.[7] | |
incoming champion – Jalisco Gonzalez[8] | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2 | Karloff Lagarde | EMLL show | [8] | |
New[9] | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 14 | Los Hermanos Shadow (Black Shadow and Blue Demon) |
EMLL show | Defeated Tarzán López and Enrique Llanes in an eight-team tournament final[9] | |
incoming champion – Uncertain[10] | ||||
| No title changes[10] |
NWA
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 14 | Dick Hutton | NWA show | [11] | |
Debuts
- Debut date uncertain:
- March – Rene Goulet[12]
- August 8 – Adrian Street[12]
Births
- Date of birth uncertain:
- Floyd Creatchman[13](died in 2003)
- Rip Morgan[14]
- Scott McGhee[14]
- January 7 – Mighty Wilbur[14](died in 2014)
- January 9 – El Egipcio[13]
- January 22 – 911[13]
- January 23 – Leilani Kai[13]
- January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk[14](died in 2003)
- February 10 – Chamaco Valaguez[13]
- February 24 – CW Bergstrom[13]
- April 21 – Brutus Beefcake[13]
- May 1 – Dave Taylor[13]
- May 9 – Mike Shaw[14](died in 2010)
- May 15 – Kevin Von Erich[13]
- May 18 – Rob Bartlett[14]
- May 25 – Dark Journey[13]
- June 12 – Negro Navarro[14]
- June 20 – Koko B. Ware[13]
- July 2 – Bret Hart[13]
- July 13 – Irma Águilar[13]
- July 27 – Matt Borne[14](died in 2013)
- July 28 – Asbjørn Riis[13]
- August 11 – Bill Alfonso[13]
- August 14 – Gino Hernandez[13](died in 1986)
- September 7 – Corporal Kirschner[13]
- September 16 – DC Drake[13]
- October 10 – Farmer Brooks[13]
- October 12 – Emilio Charles Jr.[13](died in 2012)
- October 17 – Steve McMichael[14]
- October 24 – Italian Stallion[13]
- October 25 – Atsushi Onita[13]
- November 7:
- King Kong Bundy[13](died in 2019)
- Tony Schiavone[14]
- November 24 – Tiger Mask / Satoru Sayama[13]
- November 27 – Johnny Mantell[13]
- December 1 – Dave Sullivan[13]
- December 8 – Reverend Slick[14]
Deaths
- August 9 – Babe Zaharias[15]
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 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). "Mexico: Mexican National Tag Team TItle". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Title[Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 394. 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 1957: 1 - 31 of 31". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- "Wrestlers born in 1957: 1 - 50 of 85". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- "Wrestlers born in 1957: 51 - 85 of 85". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- "Wrestlers deceased in 1957: 1 - 25 of 25". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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