1943 in professional wrestling

1943 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of years in professional wrestling

List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1943.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
April 2 EMLL Arena Coliseum opening show Mexico City, Mexico Tarzán Lopez (c) defeated El Santo in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the Mexican National Middleweight Championship[1]
September 24 EMLL 10th Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico El Santo defeated Bobby Bonales in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. hair match.[2]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

Championship changes

EMLL

Incoming champion – Rye Duran[5]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Uncertain Firpo Segura EMLL show [5]
Incoming champion –Adolfo Bonales[6]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 30 Joe Silva EMLL show [6]
Incoming champion – Murciélago Velázquez[5]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 19 El Santo EMLL show [5]
June 1 Bobby Bonales EMLL show [5]
Incoming champion – Ciclón Veloz[7]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 21 El Santo EMLL show [7]
Incoming champion – Tarzán López[8]
No title changes[8]

Debuts

Births

References

  1. "Arena Coliseo, El primero de sus 25,550 días" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Gateca. March 28, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. "10th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 24, 1943. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  3. "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroth". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  4. Madigan, Dan (2007). "El nacimiento de un sueño (the birth of a dream)". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 51–51. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  5. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  8. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middlweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  9. "Wrestlers debuted in 1943: 1 - 5 of 5". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  10. "Wrestlers born in 1943: 1 - 47 of 47". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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