1944 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 1944. Promotion NameAbbreviationEMLL
Calendar of notable shows Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main EventSeptember 22EMLLEMLL 11th Anniversary ShowMexico City, MexicoGorilla Ramos defeated Black Guzmán (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Notable events Paul Jones starts the Georgia Championship Wrestling professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Championship changes EMLL No title changes
No title changes
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)April 1Tarzán LópezLive eventApril 8VacatedLive eventMay 31El SantoLive eventDefeated Tuffy Truesdale to win the vacant championship
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)April 28Raul RomeroEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)September 20Gorilla RamosEMLL 11th Anniversary ShowOctober 18Tarzán LópezEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)February 8Jack O'BrienEMLL show
Debuts Debut date uncertain: June Byers Killer Kowalski Roy Heffernan
Births Date of birth unknown: Caswell Martin Larry O'Day(died in 1997) Mike Webster January 1 Jimmy Hart April 4: Tiger Jeet Singh El Sicodélico April 20 Bob Bruggers (died in 2024) May 25 - Victor Rivera (wrestler) May 29 Ronnie P. Gossett(died in 2007) June 1 Diamond Lil June 30 Terry Funk(died in 2023) July 12 Ric Drasin (died in 2020) August 3 Roland Bock (died in 2025) August 10 Jim Crockett Jr.(died in 2021) August 14 Bobby Duncum Sr.(died in 2026) August 24 Rocky Johnson(died in 2020) August 31 Jos LeDuc(died in 1999) September 12 Lonnie Mayne(died in 1978) October 4 Michel Martel(died in 1978) October 21: Jonathan Boyd(died in 1999) Butch Miller(died in 2023) October 31 - Roy Callender November 1: Bobby Heenan(died in 2017) Bugsy McGraw November 2 Michael Buffer
Deaths January 29 Jim Clintstock (39) April 30 Ernst Roeber (72) September 9 Gus Sonnenberg (46)
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