1957 in professional wrestling

1957 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 1957.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
April EMLL 1. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Mexico  
September 20 EMLL 24th Anniversary Show Black Shadow and Alex Romano won the tournament in the finals of a torneo relampago 10,000 peso tag team tournament[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

incoming champion – El Santo[2]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 19 Ronaldo Vera EMLL show [2]
incoming champion – Blue Demon[3]
No title changes[3]
incoming champion - El Médico Asesino[4]
No title changes[4]
incoming champion – El Gladiador[5]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 31 El Santo EMLL show [5]
incoming champion – Tarzán López[6]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January Vacanted N/A [6]
April 21 Espectro I EMLL show [6]
incoming champion – Vacant[7]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 30 Juan Diaz EMLL show [7]
July 17 Mima Ota EMLL show [7]
July 18 Vacated N/A Championship vacated by the commission as Mishima Ota was not a Mexican citizen.[7]
incoming champion – Jalisco Gonzalez[8]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 2 Karloff Lagarde EMLL show [8]
New[9]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 14 Los Hermanos Shadow
(Black Shadow and Blue Demon)
EMLL show Defeated Tarzán López and Enrique Llanes in an eight-team tournament final[9]
incoming champion – Uncertain[10]
No title changes[10]

NWA

Incoming champion – Lou Thesz[11]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
November 14 Dick Hutton NWA show [11]

Debuts

Births

Deaths

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). "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)
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
  12. "Wrestlers debuted in 1957: 1 - 31 of 31". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  13. "Wrestlers born in 1957: 51 - 85 of 85". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  14. "Wrestlers born in 1957: 1 - 50 of 85". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  15. "Wrestlers deceased in 1957: 1 - 25 of 25". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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