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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. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  3. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  5. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  6. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  7. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  8. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  9. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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.