1958 in professional wrestling

1958 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1958.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
April	EMLL	2. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
September 26		EMLL 25th Anniversary Show		Rolando Vera (c) defeated Black Shadow in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Vacant[2]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 13	Dory Dixon	EMLL show	EMLL was given control of the championship after joining the National Wrestling Alliance. Dixon defeated Al Kashey to win the championship.[2]

incoming champion – Ronaldo Vera[3]

No title changes[3]

NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Blue Demon[4]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 31	Karloff Lagarde	EMLL show	[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 – Vacant[7]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 17	Juan Diaz	EMLL show	Defeated Jesus Garcia to win the vacant championship[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]

Mexican National Tag Team Championship
incoming champion – Los Hermanos Shadow (Black Shadow and Blue Demon)[10]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Uncertain	Unknown	N/A	[10]
Uncertain	Espectro I and Ray Mendoza	EMLL show	[10]

Mexican National Women's Championship

incoming champion – Uncertain[11]

No title changes[11]

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Dick Hutton[12]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
No title changes[12]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Abdullah the Butcher[13]
  • Ángel Blanco[13]
  • Dominic DeNucci[13]
  • Gene Anderson[13]
  • Kurt Von Steiger[13]
  • Pat Patterson[13]
  • Toru Tanaka[13]
• March – Don Manoukian[13]
• May 2 – El Matemático[13]
• June – Johnny Saint[13]
• November 11 – Pedro Morales[13]

Births

• January 4 – Jim Powers[14]
• January 5 – Awesome Kong[14](died in 2013)
• January 8 – Rey Misterio[15]
• January 10 – Jerry Estrada[14]
• January 31 – Dave Finlay[14]
• February 8 – Sensational Sherri[15](died in 2007)
• February 19 – Tommy Cairo[15]
• March 10:
  • Máscara Año 2000[15]
  • Pierroth Jr.[15]
• March 22 – Wayne Bloom[15]
• March 28 – Curt Hennig[14](died in 2003)
• March 30 – Mike Rotunda[15]
• April 17 – Nailz[15]
• May 5 – Wally Yamaguchi[15](died in 2019)
• May 28 – Barry Orton[14]
• June 2 – Lex Luger[14]
• June 8 – Dan Severn[14]
• June 16 – Ted Arcidi[15]
• June 18 – Tommy Stewart[15]
• June 23 – George Takano[14]
• June 24 – Tiny Lister[15](died in 2020)
• June 26 – Damien Demento[14]
• July 1 – Tom Magee[15]
• July 19 – Robert Gibson[15]
• July 22 – David Von Erich[14](died in 1984)
• August 14 – Bobby Eaton[14]
• August 22:
  • Stevie Ray[15]
  • Brady Boone[14](died in 1998)
• August 25 – Len Denton[16]
• August 30 – King Kaluha[14]
• September 3 – Shiro Koshinaka[15]
• September 20 – Arn Anderson[14]
• September 6 – The Barbarian[14]
• October 15 – Jeff Gaylord[14]
• October 20 – Scott Hall[15]
• November 21 – Ricky Santana[17]
• November 26 – El Texano[15](died in 2006)
• November 30 – Tom Zenk[15](died in 2017)
• December 5 – Dynamite Kid[14](died in 2018)
• December 7 – Rick Rude[15](died in 1998)
• December 21 – El Tirantes[15]

Deaths

• June 20 – Dan McLeod, 97
• July 17 – Americus[18]

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. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
13. "Wrestlers debuted in 1958: 1 - 39 of 39". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
14. "Wrestlers born in 1958: 1 - 50 of 98". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
15. "Wrestlers born in 1958: 51 - 92 of 92". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
16. "Wrestlers born in 1960: 61 - 100 of 101". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
17. "Wrestlers born in 1961: 51 - 98 of 98". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
18. "Wrestlers deceased in 1958: 1 - 24 of 24". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.