1959 in professional wrestling

MPJ-DK: year in wrestling

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'''1959 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|3. Aniversario de Arena México]]
|rowspan=2|Mexico City, Mexico
| 
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|September 25
|[[EMLL 26th Anniversary Show]]
|[[Cavernario Galindo]] defeated [[Torbellino Blanco]] in a [[Two out of three falls match|best two-out-of-three falls]] ''[[Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|Lucha de Apuesta]]'' hair vs. hair match<ref name=79Anniversaries></ref>
|-
!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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|September 11
|[[Ray Mendoza]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=NWALHeavy/>
|}

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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=NWALMiddle/>
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|colspan="5"| No title changes<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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|colspan="5"| No title changes<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
|[[Tarzán López]] and Henry Pilusso
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=MexTag/>
|}

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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
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|Uncertain
|Chabela Romeo]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=MexWomenBook/>
|-
|Uncertain
|[[Irma Gonzalez]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=MexWomenBook/>
|}

=== 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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|January 9
|[[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)|Pat O'Connor]]
|NWA show
|align=left|<ref name=NWAWorlds></ref>
|}

==Debuts==
*Debut date uncertain:
**[[Bruno Sammartino]]<ref name=WD1959Debuts></ref>
**[[Gino Brito]]<ref name=WD1959Debuts/>
**[[Great Goliath]]<ref name=WD1959Debuts/>
**[[Adnan Al-Kaissie]]<ref name=WD1959Debuts/>
**[[Tony Charles]]<ref name=WD1959Debuts/>
*October 2 [[Danny Hodge]]<ref name=WD1959Debuts/>

==Births==
*Date of birth uncertain:
**[[Eric Embry]]<ref name=WD1959Births></ref>
**[[Lance Von Erich]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
**[[John Tatum (wrestler)|John Tatum]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
**[[Mad Maxine]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
**[[Víctor Quiñones]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
**[[Victor Zangiev]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*January 1:
**[[Steve Cox (wrestler)|Steve Cox]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
**[[Candi Devine]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*January 3 [[Art Crews]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*January 8 [[Peggy Lee Leather]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*January 15:
**[[Ranger Ross]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
**[[Ken Wayne (wrestler)|Ken Wayne]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*January 24 [[Akira Maeda]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*February 3 [[Haku (wrestler)|Haku]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*February 4 [[Ed Gantner]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*February 15 [[Hugo Savinovich]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*March 2 [[Lola González]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2></ref>
*March 9 [[Nikita Koloff]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*March 20 [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*March 29 [[Michael Hayes (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*April 4 [[Jeannie Clark]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*April 14 [[Jesse Barr]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*April 16 [[Gran Apache]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*May 4 [[Scott Armstrong (wrestler)|Scott Armstrong]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*May 19 [[Vicky Carranza]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*May 21 [[Sean Mooney]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*June 11 [[Magnum TA]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*June 14 [[Buzz Sawyer]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*June 16 [[The Ultimate Warrior]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*July 6 [[El Torero]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*July 9 [[Kevin Nash]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*July 10 [[Duane Gill]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*July 17:
**[[DJ Peterson]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
**[[Randy Anderson]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*August 18 [[Tom Prichard]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*August 19 [[Tim Horner]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*October 6 [[Barry Darsow]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*October 7 [[Brazo de Oro (wrestler)|Brazo de Oro]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*October 18 [[Nord the Barbarian]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*October 24 [[Dave Meltzer]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*November 6 [[Máscara Sagrada]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*November 9 [[Nick Patrick (referee)|Nick Patrick]]<ref name=WD1959BirthsPage2/>
*December 13 [[Boris Zhukov]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*December 11 [[Doug Furnas]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*November 21 [[Jerry Flynn]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>
*December 24 [[Ángel Mortal]]<ref name=WD1959Births/>

==References==




[[Category:1959 in professional wrestling| ]]
[[Category:1959-related lists|professional wrestling]]

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