1958 in professional wrestling

MPJ-DK: year in wrestling

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'''1958 in professional wrestling''' describes the year's events in the world of [[professional wrestling]].

== Calendar of notable shows==
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! width=5%| Date
! width=5%| Promotion(s)
! style="width:15%;"| Event
! style="width:15%;"| Location
! style="width:40%;"| Main Event
|- style="width:20%;"| Notes
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|April
|rowspan=2|[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|EMLL]]
|[[Aniversario de Arena México|2. Aniversario de Arena México]]
|rowspan=2|Mexico City, Mexico
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|September 26
|[[EMLL 25th Anniversary Show]]
|[[Rolando Vera (wrestler)|Rolando Vera]] (c) defeated [[Black Shadow (wrestler)|Black Shadow]] in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the [[NWA World Middleweight Championship]]<ref name=79Anniversaries></ref>
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!colspan="5"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
|}

==Championship changes==
===EMLL===
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
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|February 13
|[[Dory Dixon]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|EMLL was given control of the championship after joining the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]. Dixon defated Al Kashey to win the championship.<ref name=NWALHeavy/>
|}

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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=NWALMiddle/>
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
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|January 31
|[[Karloff Lagarde]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=NWALWelter/>
|}

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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=MexHeavy/>
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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=MexMiddle/>
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
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|May 17
|Juan Diaz
|EMLL show
|align=left|Defeated Jesus Garcia to win the vacant championship<ref name=MexLight/>
|}

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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=MexLHeavy/>
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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=MexWelter/>
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
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|Uncertain
|Unknown
|N/A
|align=left|<ref name=MexTag/>
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|Uncertain
|[[Espectro I]] and [[Ray Mendoza]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=MexTag/>
|}

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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=MexWomenBook/>
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=== NWA ===
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| colspan="5" |''''''
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!width=14%|Date
!width=14%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=58%|Note(s)
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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=NWAWorlds></ref>
|}

==Debuts==
*Debut date uncertain:
**[[Abdullah the Butcher]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts></ref>
**[[Ángel Blanco]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>
**[[Dominic DeNucci]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>
**[[Gene Anderson]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>
**[[Kurt Von Steiger]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>
**[[Pat Patterson (wrestler)|Pat Patterson]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>
**[[Toru Tanaka]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>
*March [[Don Manoukian]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>
*May 2 [[El Matemático]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>
*June [[Johnny Saint]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>
*November 11 [[Pedro Morales]]<ref name=WD1958Debuts/>

==Births==
*January 4 [[Jim Powers]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*January 5 [[Awesome Kong]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*January 8 [[Rey Misterio]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*January 10 [[Jerry Estrada]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*January 31 [[Dave Finlay]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*February 8 [[Sensational Sherri]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*February 19 [[Tommy Cairo]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*March 10:
**[[Máscara Año 2000]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2></ref>
**[[Pierroth Jr.]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*March 22 [[Wayne Bloom]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*March 28:
**[[Brickhouse Brown]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
**[[Curt Hennig]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*March 30 [[Mike Rotunda]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*April 17 [[Nailz]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*May 5 [[Wally Yamaguchi]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*May 28 [[Barry Orton]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*June 2 [[Lex Luger]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*June 8 [[Dan Severn]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*June 18 [[Tommy Stewart]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*June 23 [[George Takano]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*June 24 [[Tiny Lister]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*June 26 [[Damien Demento]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*July 1 [[Tom Magee]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*July 19 [[Robert Gibson (wrestler)|Robert Gibson]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*July 22 [[David Von Erich]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*August 14 [[Bobby Eaton]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*August 16 [[Ted Arcidi]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*August 22:
**[[Stevie Ray (wrestler)|Stevie Ray]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
**[[Brady Boone]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*August 30 [[King Kaluha]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*September 4 [[Shiro Koshinaka]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*September 20 [[Arn Anderson]]<ref name=WD1958Births></ref>
*September 6 [[The Barbarian (wrestler)|The Barbarian]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*October 15 [[Jeff Gaylord]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*October 20 [[Scott Hall]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*November 26 [[El Texano]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*November 30 [[Tom Zenk]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*December 5 [[Dynamite Kid]]<ref name=WD1958Births/>
*December 7 [[Rick Rude]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>
*December 21 [[El Tirantes]]<ref name=WD1958BirthsPage2/>

==Deaths==
*July 17 [[Americus (wrestler)|Americus]]<ref name=WD1958Deaths></ref>

==References==




[[Category:1958 in professional wrestling| ]]
[[Category:1958-related lists|professional wrestling]]

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