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1933 in professional wrestling describes that year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promotions
Only one promotion held notable shows in 1933.
Promotion Name | Abbreviation | Notes |
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Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL | Founded this year with first show held in September. |
Calendar of notable shows
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
September 21 | EMLL | Debut show | Mexico City, Mexico | Flam Arion defeated Antonio Jose Pava[1] |
Notable events
- The nation's top wrestling promoters, including Toots Mondt, Jack Curley, Paul Bowser, Tom Packs, Jess McMahon and others create a new trust, a precursor to the National Wrestling Alliance
- February 9 - Ed Don George defeats Henri Deglane to win the a version of the World Heavyweight Championship in Boston
- September 21 – promoter Salvador Lutteroth holds the first Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") show in Mexico City.[2]
Title changes
EMLL
Incoming champion – Uncertain
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No title changes[3] |
(Title created)
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Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncertain | Yaqui Joe | EMLL Show | [3] |
Debuts
- Debut date uncertain
- February 20 – Bronko Nagurski[4]
- September 23 – Dientes Hernández[4]
Births
- Date uncertain
- Keita Meretana
- Max Crabtree (d. 2023)
- Espanto I (d. 1968)[5]
- Randhawa (d. 2013)
- January 4 – René Guajardo (d. 1992)[6]
- January 6 – Mike Lane (d, 2015)
- January 12 – Ray Stern (d. 2007)
- January 27 – Al Zinck (d. 2024)
- February 16 Rod Trongard (d. 2005)[6]
- March 13 – Sam Betts
- March 20 – Frank Townsend (died in 1965)
- March 27 – Swede Hanson (d. 2002)[6]
- April 4 – Stan Holek (d. 2015)[6]
- April 18 – Tank Morgan (d. 1991)
- June 13 – Janet Wolfe (d. 1951)
- June 24 – Don Kent (d. 1993)[5]
- June 28 – Boris Malenko (d. 1994)[5]
- July 4 – Rufus R. Jones (d. 1993)[6]
- July 29 – Lou Albano (d. 2009)[5]
- August 13 – Jack Lotz (d. 2020)
- August 29 – Dale Lewis (d. 1997)
- September 2 – Rubén Peucelle (d. 2014)
- September 16 – Dick Brower (d. 1997)[5]
- September 28 – Dick Steinborn (d. 2020)[5]
- October 2 – Waldo Von Erich (d. 2009)[6]
- October 11 – Ripper Collins (d. 1991)
- December 2 – Gypsy Joe (d. 2016)[5]
Deaths
- April 19 – Ben Roller (56)
- June 3 – William Muldoon[7] (81)
- July 13 – George Kotsonaros (40)
- August 5 – Fred Beell (57)
References
- ^ "EMLL Debut show". ProWrestlingHistory.com. September 21, 1933. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- ^ "WED. UPDATE: Flair in Boston, ratings, Anniversary, White on HHH, DGUSA star on Smackdown, Orton". Figure Four Online /Wrestling Observer. September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- ^ a b Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b c d "Wrestlers debuted in 1933: 1 - 23 of 23". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Wrestlers born in 1933: 1 - 50 of 70". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Wrestlers born in 1933: 41 - 70 of 70". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "Wrestlers deceased in 1933: 1 - 14 of 14". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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