1954 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 1954. Promotion NameAbbreviationEMLL
Calendar of notable shows Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main eventSeptember 26EMLLEMLL 21st Anniversary ShowMexico City, MexicoGory Guerrero wrestled Cavernario Galindo to a "no contest" as neither man was able to continue wrestling in a "super libre", No Disqualification match
Championship changes EMLL DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)January 1El SantoEMLL show
No title changes
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)August 12Joaquin MurrietaEMLL show
No title changes
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)UncertainVacantN/AChampionship vacated for undocumented reasons
No title changes
No title changes
NWA DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s) No title changes
Debuts Debut date uncertain: Al Tomko Billy Red Lyons The Destroyer Dory Dixon El Gladiador Joe Higuchi Johnny Weaver Killer Karl Kox Nick Bockwinkel René Guajardo Sandy Scott February 4 Kurt von Brauner April Felipe Ham Lee July 29 Penny Banner October 8 Ray Mendoza October Toyonobori
Births Date of birth uncertain: Haiti Kid January 1 Danie Voges (died in 2021) January 3 Dean Hart(died in 1990) January 6 Bullwhip Johnson (died in 2003) January 11 Scott Casey January 14 Jim Duggan Masanobu Fuchi January 18 Ted DiBiase January 22 Tully Blanchard February 7 Rip Rogers March 25 Tim White (died in 2022) April 10 Paul Bearer(died in 2013) April 17 Roddy Piper(died in 2015) April 23 Tony Atlas May 13 Masakre (died in 2012) June 1 Big Bully Busick(died in 2018) June 5 Mocho Cota(died in 2016) June 10 Tom Stone June 11 Lee Wang-pyo (died in 2018) July 11 Butch Reed(died in 2021) July 27 Manny Fernandez August 1 Trevor Berbick (died in 2006) August 5 Matthew Saad Muhammad (died in 2014) August 31 Águila Solitaria September 4 El Signo(died in 2024) September 13 Mike Hogewood (died in 2018) September 17 Bill Irwin September 25 Al Burke October 1 Héctor Guerrero October 17 Black Cat(died in 2006) November 8 Mike Masters (died in 2022) November 20 Kyohei Wada December 8 Gama Singh December 13 Marty Jones December 28 Lanny Poffo(died in 2023)
Deaths April 6 - Tiger Jack Fox (47) September 3 Karl Pojello (61) September 4 Maurice Tillet (50) October 10 Tony Stecher (65) November 22 Jess McMahon (72) November 26 Bobby Becker (36)
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