1953 in professional wrestling

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

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[]

Championship changes[]

EMLL[]

incoming champion – Tarzán López[2]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 20 Sugi Sito EMLL show [2]
incoming champion – El Santo[3]
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]
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[]

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

Debuts[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d 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.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Wrestlers debuted in 1953: 1 - 38 of 38". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Wrestlers born in 1953: 1 - 50 of 60". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "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.
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