1958 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 1958. Promotion NameAbbreviationEMLL
Calendar of notable shows Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main EventAprilEMLL2. Aniversario de Arena MéxicoMexico City, Mexico September 26EMLL 25th Anniversary ShowRolando Vera (c) defeated Black Shadow in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Championship changes EMLL DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)February 13Dory DixonEMLL showEMLL was given control of the championship after joining the National Wrestling Alliance. Dixon defeated Al Kashey to win the championship.
No title changes
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)January 31Karloff LagardeEMLL show
No title changes
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DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)May 17Juan DiazEMLL showDefeated Jesus Garcia to win the vacant championship
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DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)UncertainUnknownN/AUncertainEspectro I and Ray MendozaEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)UncertainIrma GonzalezEMLL showSeptember 28La Dama EnmascaradaEMLL showUncertainChabela RomeroEMLL show
NWA DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s) No title changes
Debuts Debut date uncertain: Abdullah the Butcher Ángel Blanco Dominic DeNucci Gene Anderson Kurt Von Steiger Pat Patterson Toru Tanaka March Don Manoukian May 2 El Matemático June Johnny Saint November 11 Pedro Morales
Births January 4 Jim Powers January 5 Awesome Kong(died in 2012) January 8 Rey Misterio(died in 2024) January 10 Jerry Estrada January 30 Rocky King (died in 2022) January 31 Dave Finlay February 3 Kerry Brown (wrestler) (died in 2009) February 4 Outback Jack February 7 Rusty Brooks (died in 2021) February 8 Sensational Sherri(died in 2007) February 19 Tommy Cairo March 3 Bob Bradley March 10: Máscara Año 2000 Pierroth Jr. March 16 Mike McGuirk March 22 Wayne Bloom March 24 Dieusel Berto (died in 2018) March 26 Bert Prentice (died in 2021) March 28 Curt Hennig(died in 2003) March 30 Mike Rotunda April 11 Marc Mercier (died in 2026) April 17 Nailz May 5 Wally Yamaguchi(died in 2019) May 15 Ron Simmons May 20 Nikolai Zouev (died in 2022) May 28 Barry Orton(died in 2021) June 2 Lex Luger June 8 Dan Severn June 16 Ted Arcidi June 18 Tommy Stewart June 23 George Takano June 24: Tiny Lister(died in 2020) Chicky Starr June 25 Damien Demento July 1 Tom Magee July 19 Robert Gibson July 22 David Von Erich(died in 1984) July 26 Romano Garcia August 12 Motor City Madman August 14 Bobby Eaton (died in 2021) August 22: Stevie Ray Brady Boone(died in 1998) August 25 Len Denton August 30 King Kaluha September 3 Shiro Koshinaka September 6 The Barbarian September 20 Arn Anderson October 6 Rocky Della Serra October 15 Jeff Gaylord(died in 2023) October 20 Scott Hall(died in 2022) November 14 Jim Martinez November 21: Ricky Santana Johnny Rich November 26: El Texano(died in 2006) James Warring November 30 Tom Zenk(died in 2017) December 5 Dynamite Kid(died in 2018) December 7: Rick Rude(died in 1999) Javier Cruz December 21 El Tirantes
Deaths
January 9 James Heywood Allen, 77 February 23 Dean Detton, 49 April 25 Herman Hickman, 46 June 20 Dan McLeod, 97 July 17 Americus, 74
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