1961 in professional wrestling

1961 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 two promotions held notable shows in 1961.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Southwest Sports Southwest Sports
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
January 31 Southwest Sports Parade of Champions Irving, Texas Pat O'Connor (c) wrestled Dory Dixon to a draw in a two out of three falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
April EMLL 5. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Mexico  
September 22 EMLL 28th Anniversary Show Gory Guerrero (c) defeated Ray Mendoza in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

incoming champion - Gory Guerrero[2]
No title changes[2]
incoming champion – René Guajardo[3]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
December 2 Antonio Posa EMLL show [3]
incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde[4]
No title changes[4]
incoming champion - Vacant[5]
No title changes[5]
incoming champion – El Santo[6]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 24 Karloff Lagarde EMLL show [6]
incoming champion – Juan Diaz[7]
No title changes[7]
incoming champion – Rubén Juárez[8]
No title changes[8]
incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde[9]
No title changes[9]
incoming champion – possibly Tarzán López and Henry Pilusso[10]
No title changes[10]
incoming champion – Uncertain[11]
No title changes[11]

NWA

Incoming Champion – Pat O'Connor[12]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
July 14 Buddy Rogers NWA show [12]

Debuts

Births

Deaths

  • October 7 Al Mills[16]

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 1961: 1 - 20 of 20". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  14. "Wrestlers born in 1961: 51 - 98 of 98". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  15. "Wrestlers born in 1961: 1 - 50 of 98". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  16. "Wrestlers deceased in 1961: 1 - 18 of 18". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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