1959 in professional wrestling

1959 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 1959.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
April	EMLL	3. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
September 25		EMLL 26th Anniversary Show		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

EMLL

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Dory Dixon[2]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
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]

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

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

NWA

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

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Bruno Sammartino[13]
  • Gino Brito[13]
  • Great Goliath[13]
  • Adnan Al-Kaissie[13]
  • Tony Charles[13]
• October 2– Danny Hodge[13]

Births

• Date of birth uncertain:
  • Mad Maxine[14]
• January 1:
  • Steve Cox[14]
  • Candi Devine[15]
• January 3 – Art Crews[15]
• January 8 – Peggy Lee Leather[14]
• January 15 – Ken Wayne[15]
• January 24 – Akira Maeda[15]
• February 3 – Haku[15]
• February 4 – Ed Gantner[15]
• February 15 – Hugo Savinovich[15]
• March 2 – Lola González[14]
• March 7 – Sgt. Craig Pittman[16]
• March 9 – Nikita Koloff[14]
• March 20 – Sting[14]
• 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]
• May 4 – Scott Armstrong[14]
• May 19 – Vicky Carranza[14]
• May 21 – Sean Mooney[14]
• June 11 – Magnum TA[14]
• June 14 – Buzz Sawyer[15](died in 1992)
• June 16 – The Ultimate Warrior[14](died in 2014)
• June 30 – Víctor Quiñones[14](died in 2006)
• July 6 – El Torero[14]
• 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)
• August 18 – Tom Prichard[14]
• August 19 – Tim Horner[14]
• October 6 – Barry Darsow[15]
• October 7 – Brazo de Oro[15](died in 2017)
• October 18 – Nord the Barbarian[14]
• October 21 – John Tatum[15]
• October 24 – Dave Meltzer[15]
• November 6 – Máscara Sagrada[14]
• November 9 – Nick Patrick[14]
• December 13 – Ricky Lawless (died in 1988)
• December 13 – Boris Zhukov[15]
• December 11 – Doug Furnas[15](died in 2012)
• November 21 – Jerry Flynn[15]
• December 24 – Ángel Mortal[15]

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 1959: 1 - 20 of 20". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
14. "Wrestlers born in 1959: 51 - 92 of 92". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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16. "Wrestlers born in 1960: 61 - 100 of 101". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
17. "Wrestlers born in 1955: 1 - 50 of 54". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.