1952 in professional wrestling

1952 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 1952.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
September 26 EMLL EMLL 19th Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico El Santo defeated Bobby Bonales (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Welterweight Championship[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

incoming champion – Enrique Llanes[2]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 3 Vacant N/A Championship vacated for undocumented reasons[2]
July 13 Tarzán López EMLL show Won a tournament[2]
incoming champion – Bobby Bonales[3]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
September 26 El Santo EMLL show [3]
incoming champion - Daniel Aldana[4]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Uncertain Firpo Segura EMLL show [4]
incoming champion – Uncertain[5]
No title changes[5]
incoming champion – Black Shadow[6]
No title changes[6]
incoming champion – Vacant[7]
No title changes[7]
incoming champion - El Santo[8]
No title changes[8]

NWA

Incoming Champion – Lou Thesz[9]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes[9]

Debuts

Births

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 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  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 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)
  9. 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)
  10. "Wrestlers debuted in 1952: 1 - 29 of 29". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  11. "Wrestlers born in 1952: 1 - 50 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  12. "Wrestlers born in 1952: 51 - 65 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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