1953 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 1953. Promotion NameAbbreviationEMLL
Calendar of notable shows Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main EventSeptember 25EMLLEMLL 20th Anniversary ShowMexico City, MexicoBlue Demon defeated El Santo (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Welterweight Championship(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Notable events July 30 The , Japan's first professional wrestling promotion, was created. Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) representing Mexico in the Alliance.
Championship changes EMLL DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)June 20Sugi SitoEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)September 25Blue DemonEMLL show
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DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)September 25Blue DemonEMLL showUncertainVacatedN/AChampionship vacated for undocumented reasons
NWA DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s) No title changes
Debuts Debut date uncertain: Black Gordman George Cannon Joe Blanchard Lou Albano Mario Milano Mark Lewin Mitsu Arakawa Pampero Firpo Pepper Gomez Peter Maivia Rod Trongard Stan Stasiak Tojo Yamamoto February 28 Wilbur Snyder August 20 Irma González
Births Date of birth uncertain: Joe Lightfoot January 24 Bruce Jones (actor) January 25 The Honky Tonk Man February 5 Takashi Ishikawa February 13 Akio Sato February 20 Terry Gibbs February 28 Ricky Steamboat March 5 Dennis Coralluzzo (died in 2001) March 22 Buffalo Jim Barrier (died in 2008) April 3 Russ Francis (died in 2023) April 5 Salman Hashimikov (died in 2025) April 14 John Ayers (died in 1995) April 25 Carl Fergie May 10 Tito Santana May 18 Tiger Conway Jr. June 20 Flesh Gordon June 30 Hombre Bala(died in 2018) July 3 Steve O July 10 - Billy Jack Haynes Zoogz Rift (died in 2011) July 11 Leon Spinks (died in 2021) July 20 Angel of Death(died in 2007) August 5 Stan Lane August 11: Hulk Hogan (died in 2025) Franco Columbo August 13 Sue Green August 14 Gran Markus Jr.(died in 2026) August 18 Chief Jay Eagle August 22 Paul Ellering August 28 Joel Goodhart September 1 Rocco Rock(died in 2002) September 4 Kengo Kimura September 15 Adrian Adonis (died in 1988) September 29 Warren Cromartie December 13 Brad Rheingans December 14 Fuerza Guerrera December 24: Ricky Knight Steve Wright December 28 Tatsumi Fujinami December 30 Bill Kazmaier
Deaths May 29 Man Mountain Dean (61) June 13 Yakov Kozalchik (50)
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