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1943 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Contents

List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1943.

Promotion NameAbbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

DatePromotion(s)EventLocationMain Event
April 2 EMLL Arena Coliseum opening show Mexico City, Mexico Tarzán López (c) defeated El Santo in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the Mexican National Middleweight Championship [1]
September 24 EMLL 10th Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico El Santo defeated Bobby Bonales in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta , mask vs. hair match. [2]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

Championship changes

EMLL

Incoming champion – Rye Duran [5]
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
Uncertain Firpo Segura EMLL show [5]
Incoming champion –Adolfo Bonales [6]
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
May 30Joe SilvaEMLL show [6]
Incoming champion – Murciélago Velázquez [5]
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
March 19 El Santo EMLL show [5]
June 1 Bobby Bonales EMLL show [5]
Incoming champion – Ciclón Veloz [7]
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
February 21 El Santo EMLL show [7]
Incoming champion – Tarzán López [8]
No title changes [8]

Debuts

Births

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References

  1. ↑ "Arena Coliseo, El primero de sus 25,550 días" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Gateca. March 28, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ "10th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 24, 1943. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroth". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN   968-6842-48-9.
  4. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "El nacimiento de un sueño (the birth of a dream)". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 51–51. ISBN   978-0-06-085583-3.
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  9. 1 2 3 "Wrestlers debuted in 1943: 1 - 5 of 5". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Wrestlers born in 1943: 1 - 47 of 47". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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