1949 in professional wrestling

1949 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of notable promotions

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Only one promotion held notable shows in 1949.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
September 30 EMLL EMLL 16th Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico Tarzán López and Bobby Bonales defeated El Santo and Gory Guerrero in a best two-out-three falls tag team match[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

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EMLL

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incoming champion – Mike Kelly[2]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 28 Tarzán López EMLL show [2]
incoming champion – Jack O'Brien[3]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 29 Gory Guerrero EMLL show [3]
incoming champion - Daniel Aldana[4]
No title changes[4]
incoming champion – Uncertain[5]
No title changes[5]
incoming champion – Emilio Charles[6]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Uncertain Vacated N/A Championship vacated for undocumented reasons[6]
August 5 Joe Marin EMLL show [6]
October 18 Black Shadow EMLL show [6]
incoming champion – Tarzán López[7]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
July 1 Cavernario Galindo EMLL show [7]
incoming champion – Vacant or El Santo[8]
No title changes[8]
Incoming Champion – Orville Brown[9]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
November 27 Lou Thesz N/A Thez was awarded the championship when Brown's career ended due to a car accident.The NWA voted to recognize Brown as the Worlds Champion. Defeated Sonny Myers to solidify the claim.[9]

Debuts

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Wrestlers debuted in 1949: 1 - 20 of 20". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Wrestlers born in 1949: 1 - 50 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  12. ^ "Wrestlers deceased in 1949: 1 - 16 of 16". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.