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1959 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions[edit]

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1959.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
April	EMLL	3. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
September 25	EMLL	EMLL 26th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Cavernario Galindo defeated Torbellino Blanco in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes[edit]

EMLL[edit]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Dory Dixon^[2]
September 11	Ray Mendoza	EMLL show	^[2]

NWA World Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – Ronaldo Vera^[3]
No title changes^[3]

NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde^[4]
No title changes^[4]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - El Médico Asesino^[5]
No title changes^[5]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – El Santo^[6]
No title changes^[6]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship
incoming champion – Juan Diaz^[7]
No title changes^[7]

Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Espectro I^[8]
No title changes^[8]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde^[9]
No title changes^[9]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Tag Team Championship
incoming champion – Espectro I and Ray Mendoza^[10]
Uncertain	Unknown	N/A	^[10]
Uncertain	Tarzán López and Henry Pilusso	EMLL show	^[10]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Women's Championship
incoming champion – Uncertain^[11]
Uncertain	Chabela Romeo	EMLL show	^[11]
Uncertain	Irma González	EMLL show	^[11]

NWA[edit]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Dick Hutton^[12]
January 9	Pat O'Connor	NWA show	^[12]

Debuts[edit]

Debut date uncertain:
October 7– Danny Hodge^[13]

Births[edit]

Date of birth uncertain:
- Super Maxx
January 1:
- Steve Cox^[14]
- Candi Devine^[15](died in 2022)
January 3 – Art Crews^[15]
January 15 – Ken Wayne^[15]
January 19 – Peggy Lee Leather (died in 2023)
January 24 – Akira Maeda^[15]
January 29 – Boris Zhukov^[15]
February 3 – Haku^[15]
February 4:
- Ed Gantner^[15](died in 1990)
- Lawrence Taylor
February 8 – Misty Blue Simmes
February 15 – Hugo Savinovich^[15]
February 28 – Rick Link
March 2 – Lola González^[14]
March 7 – Sgt. Craig Pittman^[16]
March 8 – Maki Ueda
March 9 – Nikita Koloff^[14]
March 16 – Scott L. Schwartz
March 20 – Sting^[14]
March 21 – Tony Stetson
March 24 – Barry Horowitz
March 29 – Michael Hayes^[14]
April 4 – Jeannie Clark^[15]
April 14 – Jesse Barr^[15]
April 16 – Gran Apache^[15](died in 2017)
April 18 – Debbie Combs^[17]
April 27 – Mad Maxine
May 1 – Scott McGhee
May 19 – Vicky Carranza^[14]
May 21 – Sean Mooney^[14]
June 11 – Magnum T. A.^[14]
June 13 – Danny Fargo (died in 2003)
June 14 – Buzz Sawyer^[15](died in 1992)
June 16 – The Ultimate Warrior^[14](died in 2014)
June 18 – Johnny Lee Clary (died in 2014)
June 30 – Víctor Quiñones^[14](died in 2006)
July 6 – El Torero^[14]
July 8 – Don Nakaya Nielsen (died in 2017)
July 9 – Kevin Nash^[15]
July 10:
- Duane Gill^[15]
- Eric Embry^[15]

July 15 – Ranger Ross^[14]

July 17:
- DJ Peterson^[15](died in 1993)
- Randy Anderson^[14](died in 2002)
July 31 – Jason the Terrible
August 13 – Danny Bonaduce
August 16 – Dennis Koslowski
August 18 – Tom Prichard^[14]
August 19 – Tim Horner^[14]
September 23 – Hans Nijman (died in 2014)
October 6 – Barry Darsow^[15]
October 7 – Brazo de Oro^[15](died in 2017)
October 18:
- Nord the Barbarian^[14]
- Carlos Cabrera
October 21 – John Tatum^[15]
October 24 – Dave Meltzer^[15]
November 6 – Máscara Sagrada^[14]
November 9 – Nick Patrick^[14]
November 11 – Van Hammer
November 21 – Jerry Flynn^[15]
December 11 – Doug Furnas^[15](died in 2012)
December 13 – Ricky Lawless (died in 1988)
December 24 – Ángel Mortal^[15]

Deaths[edit]

November 7 - Victor McLaglen, 72
November 21 - Max Baer (boxer), 50

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Wrestlers debuted in 1959: 1 - 20 of 20". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Wrestlers born in 1959: 51 - 92 of 92". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "Wrestlers born in 1959: 1 - 50 of 95". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Wrestlers born in 1960: 61 - 100 of 101". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Wrestlers born in 1955: 1 - 50 of 54". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[79Anniversaries-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.

[NWALHeavy-2] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[NWALMiddle-3] 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.

[NWALWelter-4] 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.

[MexHeavy-5] 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.

[MexMiddle-6] 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.

[MexLight-7] 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.

[MexLHeavy-8] 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.

[MexWelter-9] 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.

[MexTag-10] 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.

[MexWomenBook-11] 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.

[NWAWorlds-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.

[WD1959Debuts-13] "Wrestlers debuted in 1959: 1 - 20 of 20". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1959BirthsPage2-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Wrestlers born in 1959: 51 - 92 of 92". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1959Births-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "Wrestlers born in 1959: 1 - 50 of 95". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1960BirthsPage2-16] "Wrestlers born in 1960: 61 - 100 of 101". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1955Births-17] "Wrestlers born in 1955: 1 - 50 of 54". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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