1952 in professional wrestling

1952 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 1952.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
September 26	EMLL	EMLL 19th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	El Santo defeated Bobby Bonales (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Welterweight Championship [1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA World Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – Enrique Llanes [2]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 3	Vacant	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons [2]
July 13	Tarzán López	EMLL show	Won a tournament [2]

NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Bobby Bonales [3]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
September 26	El Santo	EMLL show	[3]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Daniel Aldana [4]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Uncertain	Firpo Segura	EMLL show	[4]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship

incoming champion – Uncertain [5]

No title changes [5]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship

incoming champion – Black Shadow [6]

No title changes [6]

incoming champion – Vacant [7]

No title changes [7]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship

incoming champion - El Santo [8]

No title changes [8]

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Lou Thesz [9]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
No title changes [9]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Shirley Crabtree ^[10]
  • Brute Bernard ^[10]
  • Espanto II ^[10]
  • Fritz Von Erich ^[10]
  • Jackie Fargo ^[10]
  • John Tolos ^[10]
  • Ray Stevens ^[10]
  • Ricky Romero ^[10]
  • Waldo Von Erich ^[10]
  • Don Fargo
• February 13 – Gene Kiniski ^[10]
• September 23 - Tony Borne

Births

• January 3 – Jim Ross ^[11]
• February 1 – Dennis Condrey ^[11]
• March 2 – Sandy Parker (died in 2022)
• March 23 – Villano III ^[12] (died in 2018)
• May 14 – Scott Irwin ^[12] (died in 1987)
• May 21 – Mr. T ^[11]
• June 6 – Moondog Spot (died in 2003)
• June 19 – El Canek ^[11]
• June 20 – Benny Urquidez
• June 27 – Randy Hogan
• June 30 – Nightmare Danny Davis ^[11]
• July 5 – Hillbilly Jim ^[11]
• July 7 – Mando Guerrero ^[11]
• August 4 – Dick the Brusier Jr.
• September 3 – Black Terry ^[11] (died in 2025)
• September 6 – Javier Llanes ^[11]
• September 12 – Silo Sam (died in 2005)
• September 14 – Bobo Brazil Jr.
• September 19 – Paco Alonso ^[11] (died in 2019)
• September 22:
  • Gran Cochisse ^[11]
  • Américo Rocca ^[11]
• September 25 – Jimmy Garvin ^[11]
• October 6 – Rip Oliver (died in 2020)
• October 14 – Dan Spivey ^[11]
• November 4 – Larry Cameron ^[11] (died in 1993)
• November 9 – Joyce Grable (died in 2023)
• November 15 – Randy Savage ^[11] (died in 2011)
• November 19 – Ricky Gibson (died in 2006)
• November 22 – George Weingeroff ^[11]
• November 27 – Buddy Rose ^[11] (died in 2009)
• November 29 – Jules Strongbow
• December 12 – Gary Michael Cappetta ^[11]
• December 13 – Junkyard Dog(died in 1998)

Deaths

• June 13- Alex Kasaboski, 41
• December 25- Charles Cutler (wrestler), 68

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. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). ""United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title"". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 15. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
10. "Wrestlers debuted in 1952: 1 - 29 of 29". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
11. "Wrestlers born in 1952: 1 - 50 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
12. "Wrestlers born in 1952: 51 - 65 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.