1953 in professional wrestling

1953 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1953.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
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]

NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – El Santo[3]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 25	Blue Demon	EMLL show	[3]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship

incoming champion - Firpo Segura[4]

No title changes[4]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship

incoming champion – Uncertain[5]

No title changes[5]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship

incoming champion – Black Shadow[6]

No title changes[6]

Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship

incoming champion –Vacant[6]

No title changes[6]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – El Santo[7]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
September 25	Blue Demon	EMLL show	[7]
Uncertain	Vacated	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Lou Thesz[8]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
No title changes[8]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Black Gordman[9]
  • George Cannon[9]
  • Joe Blanchard[9]
  • Lou Albano[9]
  • Mario Milano[9]
  • Mark Lewin[9]
  • Mitsu Arakawa[9]
  • Pampero Firpo[9]
  • Pepper Gómez[9]
  • Peter Maivia[9]
  • Rod Trongard[9]
  • Stan Stasiak[9]
  • Tojo Yamamoto[9]
• February 28 – Wilbur Snyder[9]
• August 20 – Irma González[9]

Births

• January 25 – The Honky Tonk Man[10]
• February 13 – Akio Sato[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](died in 2018)
• July 10 – Billy Jack Haynes[10]
• July 20 – Angel of Death[10](died in 2007)
• August 5 – Stan Lane[11]
• August 11 – Hulk Hogan[10]
• August 13 – Sue 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 – Brad Rheingans[10]
• December 14 – Fuerza Guerrera[10]
• December 28 – Tatsumi Fujinami[11]
• December 30 – Bill Kazmaier[10]

Deaths

• May 29 – Man Mountain Dean[12]

References

1. 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.
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. "Wrestlers debuted in 1953: 1 - 38 of 38". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
10. "Wrestlers born in 1953: 1 - 50 of 60". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
11. "Wrestlers born in 1953: 51 - 60 of 60". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
12. "Wrestlers deceased in 1953: 1 - 19 of 19". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.