1941 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 1941. Promotion NameAbbreviationEMLL

Calendar of notable shows Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main EventSeptember 25EMLLEMLL 8th Anniversary ShowMexico City, MexicoMike London (c) defeated Gorilla Ramos in a best two-out-of-three falls for the Mexican National Junior Heavyweight Championship(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes EMLL DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)December 16Black GuzmánEMLL show

No title changes

DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)May 12Black GuzmánEMLL showDecember 16VacatedN/AChampionship vacated after Guzmán won the NWA World Middleweight Championship

No title changes

DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)April 6Lobo NegroEMLL showNovember 23Jack O'BrienEMLL show

DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)1941VacatedN/ARobles died in an automobile accident

Debuts Debut date uncertain: Yukon Eric

Births Date of birth uncertain: Jarochita Rivero(died in 2006) Rocket Monroe(died in 2010) January 11 Abdullah the Butcher January 19 Pat Patterson(died in 2020) January 21 Ivan Putski January 22 Tony Parisi(died in 2000) January 24: Teruo Takahashi Klaus Kauroff (died in 2020) January 27 Cuban Assassin February 3 Dory Funk Jr. (died in 2026) March 2 Charlie Cook (died in 2020) April 11 - Buddy Wolfe (died in 2017) May 17 Mike Pappas (died in 2022) May 18 Gino Brito June 8 Paul Peller June 29 Johnny Saint June 30 Rusher Kimura(died in 2010) July 5 Little Tokyo(died in 2011) July 8 Thunderbolt Patterson Jerry Valiant (died in 2010) July 20 - Don Chuy (died in 2014) July 25 - Norman Frederick Charles III (died in 2019) September 15 - Verne Langdon (died in 2011) September 21 Jack Brisco(died in 2010) October 15 - John Quinn (died in 2019) October 16 - Bob Leonard (died in 2016) October 19 Peter Thornley October 30 - Kotetsu Yamamoto (died in 2010) December 18 - Motoshi Okuma (died in 1992)

Deaths January 31 Alfred Albert Joe de Re la Gardiur (59) October 12 Buddy O'Brien (31)

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