1933 in professional wrestling

1933 in professional wrestling describes that year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1933.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL	Founded this year with first show held in September.

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
September 21	EMLL	Debut show	Mexico City, Mexico	Flam Arion defeated Antonio Jose Pava [1]

Notable events

• The nation's top wrestling promoters, including Toots Mondt, Jack Curley, Paul Bowser, Tom Packs, Jess McMahon and others create a new trust, a precursor to the National Wrestling Alliance
• February 9 - Ed Don George defeats Henri Deglane to win the a version of the World Heavyweight Championship in Boston
• September 21 – promoter Salvador Lutteroth holds the first Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") show in Mexico City. ^[2]

Title changes

EMLL

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship

Incoming champion – Uncertain

No title changes [3]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Uncertain	Yaqui Joe	EMLL Show	[3]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain
  • Erik Malmberg ^[4]
  • Jack O'Brien ^[4]
• February 20 – Bronko Nagurski ^[4]
• September 23 – Dientes Hernández ^[4]

Births

• Date uncertain
  • Keita Meretana
  • Max Crabtree (d. 2023)
  • Espanto I (d. 1968) ^[5]
  • Randhawa (d. 2013)
• January 4 – René Guajardo (d. 1992) ^[6]
• January 6 – Mike Lane (d, 2015)
• January 12 – Ray Stern (d. 2007)
• January 27 – Al Zinck (d. 2024)
• February 16 – Rod Trongard (d. 2005) ^[6]
• March 13 – Sam Betts (died in 2024)
• March 20 – Frank Townsend (died in 1965)
• March 27 – Swede Hanson (d. 2002) ^[6]
• April 4 – Stan Holek (d. 2015) ^[6]
• April 18 – Tank Morgan (d. 1991)
• May 26 – Silento Rodriguez (d. 2024)
• June 12 – Eric Pomeroy (died in 2012)
• June 13 – Janet Wolfe (d. 1951)
• June 16 – Sweet Daddy Siki (died in 2024)
• June 24 – Don Kent (d. 1993) ^[5]
• June 28 – Boris Malenko (d. 1994) ^[5]
• July 4 – Rufus R. Jones (d. 1993) ^[6]
• July 29 – Lou Albano (d. 2009) ^[5]
• August 13 – Jack Lotz (d. 2020)
• August 29 – Dale Lewis (d. 1997)
• September 2 – Rubén Peucelle (d. 2014)
• September 16 – Dick Brower (d. 1997) ^[5]
• September 28 – Dick Steinborn (d. 2020) ^[5]
• October 2 – Waldo Von Erich (d. 2009) ^[6]
• October 11 – Ripper Collins (d. 1991)
• December 2 – Gypsy Joe (d. 2016) ^[5]

Deaths

• April 19 – Ben Roller (56)
• June 3 – William Muldoon ^[7] (81)
• July 13 – George Kotsonaros (40)
• August 5 – Fred Beell (57)
• November 10 – Wladyslaw Pytlasinski (70)

References

1. "EMLL Debut show". ProWrestlingHistory.com. September 21, 1933. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
2. "WED. UPDATE: Flair in Boston, ratings, Anniversary, White on HHH, DGUSA star on Smackdown, Orton". Figure Four Online /Wrestling Observer. September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
3. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
4. "Wrestlers debuted in 1933: 1 - 23 of 23". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
5. "Wrestlers born in 1933: 1 - 50 of 70". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
6. "Wrestlers born in 1933: 41 - 70 of 70". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
7. "Wrestlers deceased in 1933: 1 - 14 of 14". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.