1948 in professional wrestling

1948 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 1948.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Supercards and tournaments

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
September 22 EMLL 15th Anniversary Show (1) Mexico City, Mexico Ciclón Veloz defeated Blue Demon by disqualification in a best two-out-of-three falls match[1]
September 24 15th Anniversary Show (2) Tarzán López (c) defeated Harry Fields in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship[2]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

Title changes

EMLL

Incoming champion – Gory Guerrero
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 12 Mike Kelly EMLL Show [5]
Incoming champion – Emilio Charles
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Uncertain Vacated N/A The championship was vacarted for undocumented reasons[6]
July Joe Marin EMLL Show [6]
October 18 Black Shadow EMLL Show [6]
Incoming champion – Firpo Segura
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Uncertain Daniel Aldana EMLL Show [7]

NWA

New[8]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
July 14 Orville Brown NWA show The NWA voted to recognize Brown as the Worlds Champion. Defeated Sonny Myers to solidify the claim.[8]

Awards and honors

Arts and entertainment

Debuts

Births

References

General

  • Stern, Karl, ed. (2005). "The Time Line of Wrestling Part II" (PDF). DragonKing Wrestling. No. 83. Haleyville, Alabama: DragonKing Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2017.

Specific

  1. "15th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 24, 1948. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  2. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middlweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  3. Shaun Assael and Mike Mooneyham (2002). Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. Crown. p. 8. ISBN 1-4000-5143-6.
  4. Madigan, Dan (2007). "Los Enmascarados (the masked men): El Demonio Azul (the Blue Demon)". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 79–90. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  5. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middlweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (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 Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  8. 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.
  9. Hornbaker, Tim (2012). "Poffo, Angelo". Legends of Pro Wrestling: 150 Years of Headlocks, Body Slams, and Piledrivers. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1613213148.
  10. Harris M. Lentz III (21 October 2003). Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4766-0505-0.
  11. "Wrestlers debuted in 1948: 1 - 24 of 24". Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  12. "Wrestlers born in 1955: 1 - 50 of 54". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  13. "Big John Studd profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  14. Krugman, Michael (2009). André the Giant: A Legendary Life. Pocket Books. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4165-4112-7.
  15. "Sgt. Slaughter Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  16. Dempsey, Bobbi (October 11, 2008). "Wrestling the Details". New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
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