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1957 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 1957.
Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
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Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |
Calendar of notable shows
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
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April | EMLL | 1. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | |
September 20 | EMLL 24th Anniversary Show | Black Shadow and Alex Romano won the tournament in the finals of a torneo relampago 10,000 peso tag team tournament[1] | ||
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Championship changes
EMLL
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
October 19 | Ronaldo Vera | EMLL show | [2] |
incoming champion – Blue Demon[3]
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No title changes[3] |
incoming champion - El Médico Asesino[4]
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No title changes[4] |
incoming champion – El Gladiador[5]
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Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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May 31 | El Santo | EMLL show | [5] |
incoming champion – Tarzán López[6]
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Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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January | Vacated | N/A | [6] | |
April 21 | Espectro I | EMLL show | [6] |
incoming champion – Vacant[7]
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Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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March 30 | Juan Diaz | EMLL show | [7] | |
July 17 | Mima Ota | EMLL show | [7] | |
July 18 | Vacated | N/A | Championship vacated by the commission as Mishima Ota was not a Mexican citizen.[7] |
incoming champion – Jalisco Gonzalez[8]
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Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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March 2 | Karloff Lagarde | EMLL show | [8] |
New[9]
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Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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June 14 | Los Hermanos Shadow (Black Shadow and Blue Demon) |
EMLL show | Defeated Tarzán López and Enrique Llanes in an eight-team tournament final[9] |
incoming champion – Uncertain[10]
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No title changes[10] |
NWA
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
November 14 | Dick Hutton | NWA show | [11] |
Debuts
- Debut date uncertain:
- March – Rene Goulet[12]
- August 8 – Adrian Street[12]
Births
- January 5 – Robert Swenson (died in 1997)
- January 7 – Mighty Wilbur[13](died in 2014)
- January 9 – El Egipcio[14](died in 2018)
- January 12 – B. Brian Blair
- January 22:
- January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk[13](died in 2003)
- February 10 – Chamaco Valaguez[14]
- February 14 – Dr. Karonte (died in 2019)
- February 24 – C.W. Bergstrom[14]
- April 3 – Daikokubō Benkei
- April 4 – Grigory Verichev (died in 2006)
- April 9 – Joel Deaton
- April 21 – Brutus Beefcake[14]
- May 1 – Dave Taylor[14]
- May 4 – Bart Vale
- May 9 – Mike Shaw[13](died in 2010)
- May 15 – Kevin Von Erich[14]
- May 18 – Rob Bartlett[13]
- May 25 – Dark Journey[14]
- June 12 – Negro Navarro[13]
- June 20 – Koko B. Ware[14]
- June 25 – Floyd Creatchman[14](died in 2003)
- July 2 – Bret Hart[14]
- July 13 – Irma Aguilar[14]
- July 24 – Joseph Savoldi
- July 27 – Matt Borne[13](died in 2013)
- July 28 – Asbjørn Riis[14]
- August 10 – Fred Ottman
- August 11 – Bill Alfonso[14]
- August 14 – Gino Hernandez[14](died in 1986)
- August 20 – Rip Morgan[13]
- August 23 – Fumihiro Niikura
- September 7 – Corporal Kirchner[14](died in 2021)
- September 9 – Garry Robbins (died in 2013)
- September 16 – D. C. Drake[14]
- September 28 – Mountain Fiji (died in 2018)
- October 10 – Farmer Brooks[14](died in 2022)
- October 12 – Emilio Charles Jr.[14](died in 2012)
- October 16 – Lord Zoltan
- October 17 – Steve McMichael[13]
- October 19 – Wojo the BC Hulk
- October 24 – Italian Stallion[14]
- October 25 – Atsushi Onita[14]
- October 30 – Jackie Sato (died in 1999)
- November 7:
- King Kong Bundy[14](died in 2019)
- Tony Schiavone[13]
- Christopher Knight
- November 14 – Stephen Petitpas
- November 7 – Ed Moretti
- November 24 – Tiger Mask / Satoru Sayama[14]
- November 27 – Johnny Mantell[14]
- December 8 – Reverend Slick[13]
Deaths
- April 6 – Gustav Frištenský, 77
- April 23 – Cora Livingston, 68/70
- August 9 – Babe Zaharias[15] 45
- November 1 – Giovanni Raicevich, 77
References
- ^ 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 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 c 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 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.
- ^ 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 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 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 f g h i "Wrestlers debuted in 1957: 1 - 31 of 31". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Wrestlers born in 1957: 51 - 85 of 85". 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 x "Wrestlers born in 1957: 1 - 50 of 85". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "Wrestlers deceased in 1957: 1 - 25 of 25". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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