1948 in professional wrestling

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1948 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of notable promotions

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Only one promotion held notable shows in 1948.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Supercards and tournaments

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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

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Title changes

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EMLL

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Incoming champion – Gory Guerrero
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 12 Mike Kelly EMLL Show [2]
Incoming champion – Emilio Charles
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Uncertain Vacated N/A The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons[5]
July Joe Marin EMLL Show [5]
October 18 Black Shadow EMLL Show [5]
Incoming champion – Firpo Segura
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Uncertain Daniel Aldana EMLL Show [6]

NWA

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New[7]
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.[7]

Awards and honors

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Arts and entertainment

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Debuts

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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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. ^ a b 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. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 79–90. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  5. ^ a b c Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ Hornbaker, Tim (2012). "Poffo, Angelo". Legends of Pro Wrestling: 150 Years of Headlocks, Body Slams, and Piledrivers. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1613213148.
  9. ^ Harris M. Lentz III (21 October 2003). Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4766-0505-0.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Wrestlers debuted in 1948: 1 - 24 of 24". Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  11. ^ "Wrestlers born in 1955: 1 - 50 of 54". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  12. ^ "Big John Studd profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  13. ^ Krugman, Michael (2009). André the Giant: A Legendary Life. Pocket Books. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4165-4112-7.
  14. ^ "Sgt. Slaughter Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  15. ^ Dempsey, Bobbi (October 11, 2008). "Wrestling the Details". New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2009.