1957 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 1957. Promotion NameAbbreviationEMLL
Calendar of notable shows Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main EventAprilEMLL1. Aniversario de Arena MéxicoMexico City, Mexico September 20EMLL 24th Anniversary ShowBlack Shadow and Alex Romano won the tournament in the finals of a torneo relampago 10,000 peso tag team tournament(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Championship changes EMLL No title changes
No title changes
No title changes
No title changes
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)March 30Juan DiazEMLL showJuly 17Mima OtaEMLL showJuly 18VacatedN/AChampionship vacated by the commission as Mishima Ota was not a Mexican citizen.
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)JanuaryVacatedN/AApril 21Espectro IEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)July 3Karloff LagardeEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)June 14Los Hermanos Shadow(Black Shadow and Blue Demon)EMLL showDefeated Tarzán López and Enrique Llanes in an eight-team tournament final
No title changes
NWA DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)November 14Dick HuttonNWA show
Debuts Debut date uncertain: Bulldog Bob Brown “Cowboy” Bob Ellis Hiro Matsuda Jarochita Rivero Killer Karl Krupp Larry Hennig Les Thornton Swede Hanson March Rene Goulet August 8 Adrian Street
Births January 5 Robert Swenson (died in 1997) January 7 Mighty Wilbur(died in 2014) January 9 El Egipcio(died in 2018) January 12 B. Brian Blair January 22: 911 Rita Chatterton January 26 Road Warrior Hawk(died in 2003) February 10 Chamaco Valaguez February 14 Dr. Karonte (died in 2019) February 24 C.W. Bergstrom March 11 Rustee Thomas (died in 2025) April 3 Daikokubō Benkei April 4 Grigory Verichev (died in 2006) April 9 Joel Deaton April 21 Brutus Beefcake May 1: Dave Taylor Rossy Ogawa May 4 Bart Vale May 9 Mike Shaw(died in 2010) May 15 Kevin Von Erich May 18 Rob Bartlett May 25 Dark Journey June 1 Bobby Burns (wrestler) June 12 Negro Navarro June 20 Koko B. Ware June 25 Floyd Creatchman(died in 2003) July 2 Bret Hart July 13 Irma Aguilar July 23 Al Perez July 24 Joseph Savoldi July 27 Matt Borne(died in 2013) August 11 Bill Alfonso August 14 Gino Hernandez(died in 1986) August 20 Rip Morgan August 23 Fumihiro Niikura September 7 Corporal Kirchner(died in 2021) September 9 Garry Robbins (died in 2013) September 16 D. C. Drake September 20 Steve Gatorwolf (died in 2017) September 28 Mountain Fiji (died in 2018) October 10 Farmer Brooks(died in 2022) October 12 Emilio Charles Jr.(died in 2012) October 16 Lord Zoltan October 17 Steve McMichael(died in 2025) October 19 Wojo the BC Hulk October 24 Italian Stallion October 25 Atsushi Onita October 30 Jackie Sato (died in 1999) November 7: Tony Schiavone Christopher Knight November 12 Vladimir Petrov (died in 2024) November 14 Stephen Petitpas November 17 Ed Moretti November 24 Tiger Mask / Satoru Sayama November 27 Johnny Mantell December 8 Reverend Slick
Deaths April 6 Gustav Frištenský, 77 April 23 Cora Livingston, 68/70 August 9 Babe Zaharias 45 November 1 Giovanni Raicevich, 77
References