1957 in professional wrestling

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1957 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

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Only one promotion held notable shows in 1957.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

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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

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EMLL

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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 Vacated 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

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

Debuts

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  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. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ a b c 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.
  7. ^ a b c d 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.
  8. ^ a b 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.
  9. ^ a b 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.
  10. ^ a b 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Wrestlers debuted in 1957: 1 - 31 of 31". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Wrestlers born in 1957: 51 - 85 of 85". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "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.