# 1959 in professional wrestling

1959 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 1959.
| Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
| Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |

## Calendar of notable shows

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| April | EMLL | 3. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| September 25 | EMLL | EMLL 26th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Cavernario Galindo defeated Torbellino Blanco in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

## Championship changes
### EMLL

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship :
| incoming champion - Dory Dixon |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| September 11 | Ray Mendoza | EMLL show | |
NWA World Middleweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Ronaldo Vera ||||
* No title changes ||||
NWA World Welterweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship :
* incoming champion - El Médico Asesino ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Middleweight Championship :
* incoming champion – El Santo ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Lightweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Juan Diaz ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Espectro I ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Welterweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Tag Team Championship :
| incoming champion – Espectro I and Ray Mendoza |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| Uncertain | Unknown | N/A | |
| Uncertain | Tarzán López and Henry Pilusso | EMLL show | |
Mexican National Women's Championship :
| incoming champion – Uncertain |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| Uncertain | Chabela Romeo | EMLL show | |
| Uncertain | Irma González | EMLL show | |

### NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming Champion – Dick Hutton |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| January 9 | Pat O'Connor | NWA show | |

## Debuts

* Debut date uncertain:
** Bruno Sammartino
** Great Goliath
** Adnan Al-Kaissie
** Tony Charles
* October 7– Danny Hodge

## Births

* Date of birth uncertain:
** Super Maxx
* January 1:
** Steve Cox
** Candi Devine(died in 2022)
* January 3 – Art Crews
* January 15 – Ken Wayne
* January 19 – Peggy Lee Leather (died in 2023)
* January 24 – Akira Maeda
* January 29 – Boris Zhukov
* February 3 – Haku
* February 4:
** Ed Gantner(died in 1990)
** Lawrence Taylor
* February 8 – Misty Blue Simmes
* February 15 – Hugo Savinovich
* February 28 – Rick Link
* March 2 – Lola González
* March 7 – Sgt. Craig Pittman
* March 8 – Maki Ueda (wrestler)
* March 9 – Nikita Koloff
* March 16 – Scott L. Schwartz (died in 2024)
* March 20 – Sting
* March 21 – Tony Stetson
* March 24 – Barry Horowitz
* March 29 – Michael Hayes
* April 4 – Jeannie Clark
* April 14 – Jesse Barr
* April 16 – Gran Apache(died in 2017)
* April 18 – Debbie Combs
* April 27 – Mad Maxine
* May 1 – Scott McGhee
* May 19 – Vicky Carranza
* May 21 – Sean Mooney
* June 11 – Magnum T. A.
* June 13 – Danny Fargo (died in 2003)
* June 14 – Buzz Sawyer(died in 1992)
* June 16 – The Ultimate Warrior(died in 2014)
* June 18 – Johnny Lee Clary (died in 2014)
* June 30 – Víctor Quiñones(died in 2006)
* July 6 – El Torero
* July 8 – Don Nakaya Nielsen (died in 2017)
* July 9 – Kevin Nash
* July 10:
** Duane Gill
** Eric Embry
July 15 – Ranger Ross
* July 17:
** DJ Peterson(died in 1993)
** Randy Anderson(died in 2002)
* July 31 – Jason the Terrible
* August 13 – Danny Bonaduce
* August 16 – Dennis Koslowski
* August 18 – Tom Prichard
* August 19 – Tim Horner
* August 26 – Gary Young
* September 23 – Hans Nijman (died in 2014)
* October 6 – Barry Darsow
* October 7 – Brazo de Oro(died in 2017)
* October 18:
** Nord the Barbarian
** Carlos Cabrera
* October 21 – John Tatum
* October 24 – Dave Meltzer
* November 6 – Máscara Sagrada
* November 9 – Nick Patrick
* November 11 – Van Hammer
* November 21 – Jerry Flynn
* December 11 – Doug Furnas(died in 2012)
* December 13 – Ricky Lawless (died in 1988)
* December 24 – Ángel Mortal

## Deaths

* November 7 - Victor McLaglen, 72
* November 21 - Max Baer (boxer), 50