1958 in professional wrestling

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

List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1958.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
April	EMLL	2. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
September 26	EMLL	EMLL 25th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Rolando Vera (c) defeated Black Shadow in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Vacant^[2]
February 13	Dory Dixon	EMLL show	EMLL was given control of the championship after joining the National Wrestling Alliance. Dixon defeated Al Kashey to win the championship.^[2]

incoming champion – Ronaldo Vera^[3]
No title changes^[3]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Blue Demon^[4]
January 31	Karloff Lagarde	EMLL show	^[4]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - El Médico Asesino^[5]
No title changes^[5]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – El Santo^[6]
No title changes^[6]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Lightweight Championship
incoming champion – Vacant^[7]
May 17	Juan Diaz	EMLL show	Defeated Jesus Garcia to win the vacant championship^[7]

Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Espectro I^[8]
No title changes^[8]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde^[9]
No title changes^[9]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Tag Team Championship
incoming champion – Los Hermanos Shadow (Black Shadow and Blue Demon)^[10]
Uncertain	Unknown	N/A	^[10]
Uncertain	Espectro I and Ray Mendoza	EMLL show	^[10]

Mexican National Women's Championship
incoming champion – Uncertain^[11]
No title changes^[11]

NWA

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Dick Hutton^[12]
No title changes^[12]

Debuts

Births

January 4 – Jim Powers^[14]
January 5 – Awesome Kong^[14](died in 2012)
January 8 – Rey Misterio^[15](died in 2024)
January 10 – Jerry Estrada^[14]
January 30 – Rocky King (died in 2022)
January 31 – Dave Finlay^[14]
February 3 – Kerry Brown (wrestler) (died in 2009)
February 4 – Outback Jack
February 7 – Rusty Brooks (died in 2021)
February 8 – Sensational Sherri^[15](died in 2007)
February 19 – Tommy Cairo^[15]
March 3 – Bob Bradley
March 10:
- Máscara Año 2000^[15]
- Pierroth Jr.^[15]
March 16 – Mike McGuirk
March 22 – Wayne Bloom^[15]
March 24 – Dieusel Berto (died in 2018)
March 28 – Curt Hennig^[14](died in 2003)
March 30 – Mike Rotunda^[15]
April 17 – Nailz^[15]
May 5 – Wally Yamaguchi^[15](died in 2019)
May 15 – Ron Simmons
May 20 – Nikolai Zouev (died in 2022)
May 28 – Barry Orton^[14](died in 2021)
June 2 – Lex Luger^[14]
June 8 – Dan Severn^[14]
June 16 – Ted Arcidi^[15]
June 18 – Tommy Stewart^[15]
June 23 – George Takano^[14]
June 24:
- Tiny Lister^[15](died in 2020)
- Chicky Starr
June 25 – Damien Demento^[14]
July 1 – Tom Magee^[15]
July 19 – Robert Gibson^[15]
July 22 – David Von Erich^[14](died in 1984)
July 26 – Romano Garcia
August 12 – Motor City Madman
August 14 – Bobby Eaton^[14] (died in 2021)
August 22:
- Stevie Ray^[15]
- Brady Boone^[14](died in 1998)
August 25 – Len Denton^[16]
August 30 – King Kaluha^[14]
September 3 – Shiro Koshinaka^[15]
September 6 – The Barbarian^[14]
September 20 – Arn Anderson^[14]
October 6 – Rocky Della Serra
October 15 – Jeff Gaylord^[14](died in 2023)
October 20 – Scott Hall^[14](died in 2022)
November 14 – Jim Martinez
November 21:
- Ricky Santana^[17]
- Johnny Rich
November 26:
- El Texano^[15](died in 2006)
- James Warring
November 30 – Tom Zenk^[15](died in 2017)
December 5 – Dynamite Kid^[14](died in 2018)
December 7 – Rick Rude^[15](died in 1998)
December 21 – El Tirantes^[15]

Deaths

February 23 – Dean Detton, 49
April 25 – Herman Hickman, 46
June 20 – Dan McLeod, 97
July 17 – Americus,^[18] 74

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Wrestlers debuted in 1958: 1 - 39 of 39". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Wrestlers born in 1958: 1 - 50 of 98". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Wrestlers born in 1958: 51 - 92 of 92". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Wrestlers born in 1960: 61 - 100 of 101". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Wrestlers born in 1961: 51 - 98 of 98". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Wrestlers deceased in 1958: 1 - 24 of 24". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[79Anniversaries-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.

[NWALHeavy-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.

[NWALMiddle-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.

[NWALWelter-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.

[MexHeavy-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.

[MexMiddle-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.

[MexLight-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.

[MexLHeavy-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.

[MexWelter-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.

[MexTag-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.

[MexWomenBook-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.

[NWAWorlds-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.

[WD1958Debuts-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Wrestlers debuted in 1958: 1 - 39 of 39". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1958Births-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Wrestlers born in 1958: 1 - 50 of 98". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1958BirthsPage2-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Wrestlers born in 1958: 51 - 92 of 92". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1960BirthsPage2-16] "Wrestlers born in 1960: 61 - 100 of 101". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1961BirthsPage2-17] "Wrestlers born in 1961: 51 - 98 of 98". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1958Deaths-18] "Wrestlers deceased in 1958: 1 - 24 of 24". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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