1952 in professional wrestling

1952 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1952.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
September 26	EMLL	EMLL 19th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	El Santo defeated Bobby Bonales (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Welterweight Championship[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA World Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – Enrique Llanes[2]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 3	Vacant	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons[2]
July 13	Tarzán López	EMLL show	Won a tournament[2]

NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Bobby Bonales[3]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
September 26	El Santo	EMLL show	[3]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Daniel Aldana[4]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Uncertain	Firpo Segura	EMLL show	[4]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship

incoming champion – Uncertain[5]

No title changes[5]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship

incoming champion – Black Shadow[6]

No title changes[6]

incoming champion – Vacant[7]

No title changes[7]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship

incoming champion - El Santo[8]

No title changes[8]

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Lou Thesz[9]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
No title changes[9]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Shirley Crabtree[10]
  • Brute Bernard[10]
  • Espanto II[10]
  • Fritz Von Erich[10]
  • Jackie Fargo[10]
  • John Tolos[10]
  • Ray Stevens[10]
  • Ricky Romero[10]
  • Waldo Von Erich[10]
• February 13 – Gene Kiniski[10]

Births

• January 1 – Jerry Stubbs[11]
• January 3 – Jim Ross[11]
• February 1 – Dennis Condrey[11]
• March 23 – Villano III[12]
• May 14 – Scott Irwin[12](died in 1987)
• May 21 – Mr. T[11]
• June 19 – El Canek[11]
• June 30 – Danny Davis[11]
• July 5 – Hillbilly Jim[11]
• July 7 – Mando Guerrero[11]
• July 14 – Ultramán[12]
• August 21 – Keith Hart[11]
• September 3 – Black Terry[11]
• September 6 – Javier Llanes[11]
• September 19 – Paco Alonso[11]
• September 22:
  • Gran Cochisse[11]
  • Américo Rocca[11]
• September 25 – Jimmy Garvin[11]
• October 14 – Dan Spivey[11]
• October 30 – Roadblock[12]
• November 4 –Larry Cameron[11](died in 1993)
• November 15 – Randy Savage[11](died in 2011)
• November 22 – George Weingeroff[11]
• November 27 – Buddy Rose[11](died in 1952)
• December 12 – Gary Michael Cappetta[11]
• December 13 – Junkyard Dog(died in 1998)

References

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. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
3. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
4. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
5. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
6. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
8. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
9. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
10. "Wrestlers debuted in 1952: 1 - 29 of 29". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
11. "Wrestlers born in 1952: 1 - 50 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
12. "Wrestlers born in 1952: 51 - 65 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.