1947 in professional wrestling

1947 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Gallery

Video footage of professional wrestling in 1947

• Footage of a match between Fred Atkins and Laverne Baxter at Sydney Stadium in 1947
• Footage of a match between Aktins and Chief Little Wolf, also in Sydney in 1947

List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1947.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
September 24	EMLL	EMLL 14th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Gory Guerrero (c) defeated Rito Romero in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship [1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA World Middleweight Championship

incoming champion – Gory Guerrero [2]

No title changes [2]

NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – El Santo [3]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 15	Jack O'Brien	show	[3]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Steve Morgan [4]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 22	Firpo Segura	EMLL show	[4]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship

incoming champion – El Santo [5]

No title changes [5]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship

incoming champion – Emilio Charles [6]

No title changes [6]

Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Black Guzmán [7]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 12	Tarzán López	EMLL show	[7]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship

incoming champion – Vacant or El Santo [8]

No title changes [8]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Adolfo Moreno ^[9]
  • Chief Jay Strongbow ^[9]
  • Eddie Graham ^[9]
  • Dr. Jerry Graham ^[9]
  • Johnny Valentine ^[9]
• October 9 – Sky Low Low ^[9]

Births

• Date of birth uncertain:
  • B. J. Annis
  • Butts Giraud
  • Gilles Poisson
• January 8
  • Ashura Hara ^[10] (died in 2015)
  • Luke Williams ^[10]
• January 26 – Raúl Mata ^[10] (died in 2019) ^{[11] [10]}
• February 9 – Alexis Smirnoff (died in 2019)
• February 23 – Bobby Bass
• March 6 – Killer Khan ^[10] (died in 2023)
• March 7 – Chick Donovan
• March 19 – Scott Casey
• March 28 – Tony St. Clair ^[10]
• April 2 – Ron Pritchard
• April 26 – Larry Matysik (died in 2018)
• May 1 – Samson Kutsuwada (died in 2004)
• June 16 – Buddy Roberts ^[12] (died in 2012)
• July 9 – Tommy Young
• July 14 – Ultramán ^[13]
• July 19 – Frenchy Martin (died in 2016)
• July 23 – El Halcón ^[10]
• August 28 – El Cobarde ^[10] (died in 1983)
• August 31 – Animal Hamaguchi ^[10]
• September 15 – Teddy Long
• October 5 – El Faraón ^[10]
• October 14 – Nikolai Volkoff ^[10] (died in 2018)
• October 22 – Porkchop Cash
• October 30 – George Wells
• December 4 – Killer Tim Brooks (died in 2020)
• December 27 – Bill Eadie ^[10]

References

1. Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares" [CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 2, 2020.
2. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middleweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
3. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
4. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
5. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Middleweight Championship". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
6. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
7. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
8. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
9. "Wrestlers debuted in 1947: 1 - 15 of 15". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
10. "Wrestlers born in 1947: 1 - 50 of 50". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
11. "Wrestler Obituaries – Online World of Wrestling".
12. "Wrestlers born in 1945: 1 - 49 of 49". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
13. "Wrestlers born in 1952: 51 - 65 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.