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1936 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promoters/promotions

These promoters and promotions held notable shows in 1936.

Promoter/Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Ed Burke	Burke
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL
Fédération Française de Catch Professionnel	FFCP
George Tracey	Tracey
Jack Ganson	Ganon
Lou Daro	Daro
Paul Bowser	Bowser

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
January 22	Daro	Vincent López vs. Gino Garibaldi	Los Angeles, California	Vincent López (c) defeated Gino Garibaldi in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the World Heavyweight Championship [1]
January 27	FFCP	European Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Paris, France	Henri Deglane defeated Kola Kwariani in a tournament final to become the inaugural European Heavyweight Champion [2]
January 29	Daro	Vincent López vs. Gino Garibaldi	Los Angeles, California	Vincent López (c) defeated Gino Garibaldi in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the World Heavyweight Championship [1]
January 31	Bowser	Danno O'Mahoney vs. Count Casimir Polowski	Boston, Massachusetts	Danno O'Mahoney (c) defeated Count Casimir Polowski by disqualification in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
February 10	FFCP	Dan Koloff vs. Kola Kwariani	Paris, France	Dan Koloff defeated Kola Kwariani [2]
February 19	Daro	Vincent López vs. George Calza	Los Angeles, California	Vincent López (c) defeated George Calza for the World Heavyweight Championship [1]
February 28	Bowser	Danno O'Mahoney vs. Yvon Robert	Boston, Massachusetts	Danno O'Mahoney (c) defeated Yvon Robert in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship [3] [4]
April 1	Daro	Vincent López vs. Man Mountain Dean	Los Angeles, California	Vincent López (c) defeated Man Mountain Dean for the World Heavyweight Championship [1]
April 17	Bowser	Danno O'Mahoney vs. Yvon Robert	Boston, Massachusetts	Danno O'Mahoney (c) vs. Yvon Robert in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship ended in a time limit draw [3] [4]
June 23	Bowser	Danno O'Mahoney vs. Yvon Robert	Boston, Massachusetts	Danno O'Mahoney (c) defeated Yvon Robert in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship [3] [4]
July 16	Ganson	Danno O'Mahoney vs. Yvon Robert	Montreal, Quebec	Yvon Robert defeated Danno O'Mahoney (c) in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the World Heavyweight Championship [3] [5]
August 19	Daro	Vincent López vs. Dave Levin	Los Angeles, California	Dave Levin defeated Vincent López (c) for the World Heavyweight Championship [1]
September 27	EMLL	EMLL 3rd Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Zimba Parka defeated Tuffy Klein in a singles match [6]
September 30	Daro	Dave Levin vs. Vincent López	Los Angeles, California	Vincent López defeated Dave Levin (c) for the World Heavyweight Championship [1]
September 30	Ganson	Yvon Robert vs. Cy Williams	Montreal, Quebec	Yvon Robert (c) defeated Cy Williams by disqualification in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the World Heavyweight Championship [5]
December 15	Burke-Tracey	George Zaharias vs. Eddie Newman	St. Louis, Missouri	George Zaharias defeated Eddie Newman [7]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Accomplishments and tournaments

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
European Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Ludwig Dose	N/A	[8]
Berlin Tournament	Herbert Audersch	February	[9]
Hamburg Tournament	Hans Schwarz Jr.	March 31	[10]
Madrid Tournament	Mike Brendel	April 4	[11]
Bilbao Tournament	Mike Brendel	April 26	[12]
Bremen Tournament	Hans Kämpfer	April 29	[13]
Konigsberg Tournament (Summer)	Bruno Mosig	May	[14]
Hanover Tournament	Ludwig Dose	June 14	[15]
Barcelona World Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Wladek Zbyszko?	July	[12]
Gold Belt of Madrid Championship Tournament	Tarzan Vasco (Pablo Gardiazabal)	July	[11]
Swiss Free-style Tournament	Herbert Audersch	September 15	[16]
Konigsberg Tournament (Winter)	Ludwig Dose	November	[14]
Munich Tournament	Willi Müller	December 10	[17]
Swiss Tournament	Willi Muller	December 12	[18]
World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Hans Schwarz Jr.	December 21	[19]

Championship changes

AFW

AFW World Middleweight Championship

incoming champion - Henry Kolln [20]

No title changes [20]

AWA

AWA World Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Danno O'Mahoney [21]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 16	Yvon Robert	Live event	[21]

CSAC

World Heavyweight Championship (California version)
incoming champion - Vincent Lopez [22]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 19	Dave Levin	Live event	[22]
September 30	Vincent Lopez	Live event	[22]
October 10	Dave Levin	Live event	[22]

DWU

British Empire/Commonwealth Championship (New Zealand version)

incoming champion - Earl McCready [23]

No title changes [23]

New Zealand Heavyweight Championship

incoming champion - George Walker [24]

No title changes [24]

EMLL

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship

incoming champion - Francisco Aguayo [25]

No title changes [25]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship

incoming champion – Uncertain [26]

No title changes [26]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship

incoming champion – Jack O'Brien [27]

No title changes [27]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Mario Nuñez [28]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Uncertain	Vacated	N/A	Vacated for undocumented reasons [28]
March 11	Tarzán López	EMLL show	[28]

GAC

World Heavyweight Championship (Texas version) [29]
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 10	Daniel Boone Savage	Live event	Awarded championship by the Texas State Athletic Commission after NWA World Heavyweight Champion Danno O'Mahoney fails to appear for a scheduled title defence against Juan Humberto in Galveston, Texas in February 1936. [29]

MWA

MWA World Heavyweight Championship

incoming champion - Everett Marshall [30]

No title changes [31]

MWA Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Walter Roxey [32]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1	Great Mephisto	Live event	[32]
January 27	George Dussette	Live event	[32]
July 6	Billy Weidner	N/A	[32]

MWA Ohio Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – George McCloud [33]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 25	Frank Sexton	Live event	[33]
June 24	George McCloud	Live event	[33] [34]

NWA

NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Danno O'Mahoney [35]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 2	Dick Shikat	Live event	O'Mahoney continues to be recognized as champion by the American Wrestling Association. [35]
September	Vacated	N/A	Vacated when the AWA ceased to recognize Shikat as world champion. [35]
October 8	Dean Detton	N/A	Detton is declared the new world champion following victories over title claimants Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Ali Baba and Dave Levin earlier that year. [35]

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ralph Hammonds
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 31	Alvin Britt	NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Defeated Ted Christy to become the inaugural champion. [36] Ralph Hammonds, however, continues to be recognized as champion in Texas and Tennessee as late as April 1937.
December 21	Dude Chick		[36]

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Leroy McGuirk [37]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
December 14	Bobby Chick		[37]

NWA World Middleweight Championship

incoming champion - Gus Kallio [31]

No title changes [31]

NWA World Junior Middleweight Championship

incoming champion - Billy Thom [31]

No title changes [31]

NWA World Welterweight Championship

incoming champion - Jack Reynolds [38]

No title changes [38]

NYSAC

NYSAC World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Danno O'Mahoney [39]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 2	Dick Shikat	Live event	The match was originally for the unified NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Due to the controversial finish, however, the AWA withdrew its support and continued to recognize O'Mahoney as its world champion. [39]
April 24	Ali Baba	Live event	[39]
June 12	Dave Levin [40]	Live event	Won by disqualification; recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Ali Baba continues to claim the title but loses to Everette Marshall on June 26, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio Levin also wins Los Angeles version, defeating Vincent Lopez on August 19, 1936 in Los Angeles.
September 28	Dean Detton [40]	Live event	Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Detton also defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis in a title tournament final earlier in the year in Philadelphia.

SFBO

Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version)
(Title created) [41]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
November 3	Billy Hanson	Pacific Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Defeated Nick Lutze to become the inaugural champion. [41]
No title changes [41]

Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version)

incoming champion - Pete Belcastro [42]

No title changes [42]

SPWA

SPWA Heavyweight Championship

incoming champion - Lofty Blomfield [43]

No title changes [24]

Stadiums Limited

British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (Australian version)
incoming champion - Douglas Clark [44]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 30	Tom Lurich	Live event	[45]

Australian Heavyweight Championship

incoming champion - Tom Lurich [46]

No title changes [46]

Australian Middleweight Championship
incoming champion - Dick Cameron [45]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 30	Sammy Rodgers	Live event	[45]

WAC

Pacific Coast Middleweight Championship
incoming champion - Del Kunkel [47]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July	Whitey Wahlberg	Live event	[47]
September 1	Cry Baby London	Live event	[47]
September 3	Walter Achiu	Live event	[47]
December 10	Jack Lipscomb	Live event	[47]

Unknown

World championships

World Negro Heavyweight Championship [48]

incoming champion - Jack Nelson

No title changes [46]

Women's World Championship

incoming champion - Clara Mortenson [49]

No title changes [49]

Regional championships

Montana State Middleweight Championship
incoming champion - Billy Spendlove [50]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 18	Bob Cummings	Live event	[50]

Arts and entertainment

• June 5 – The Seattle Post-Intelligencer publishes an advertisement for White Owl Cigar featuring Gus Sonnenberg, Yvon Robert, Chief Little Wolf, and Ernie Dusek. ^[51]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Whipper Billy Watson ^[52]

Births

• Date of birth uncertain:
  • Eddie Morrow ^[53]
• January 3 – Eddie Einhorn (died in 2016)
• January 13 – Buddy Colt (died in 2021)
• February 4 – Eddie Sharkey
• February 16 – Murray Weideman (died in 2021)
• March 1 – Ricky Hunter (died in 2022)
• March 11 – Pat Barrett (died in 2021)
• March 21 – Beverly Shade (died in 2023)
• April 13 – Dr. Wagner ^[53] (died in 2004)
• April 29 – Beauregard ^[54]
• June 18 – Larry Hennig ^[53] (died in 2018)
• June 25 – Halcón Suriano ^[53] (died in 1993)
• June 28 – Cowboy Bob Kelly (died in 2014)
• July 5 – Wayne Bridges (died in 2020)
• August 20 – Irma González ^[53]
• September 20 – Pepper Martin (died in 2022)
• October 5 – Black Gordman ^[53]
• October 20 – Emile Dupre ^[53] (died in 2023)
• November 2 – Archie Gouldie ^[54] (died in 2016)
• December 18 – Malcolm Kirk ^[53] (died in 1987)

Deaths

• January 1 – Cowboy Russell ^{[55] [56]} (40)
• June – Steve Znoski ^{[57] [58]} (28)
• June 19 – Jim Browning (wrestler) ^{[57] [59]} (33)
• June 25 – Mike Romano ^{[57] [60] [61]} (40)

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General

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