# 1951 in professional wrestling

1951 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 1951.
| Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
| Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |

## Calendar of notable shows

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| September 21 | EMLL | EMLL 18th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Enrique Llanes defeated Sugi Sito (c) in a best two-out-of three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

## Championship changes
### EMLL

NWA World Middleweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Sugi Sito |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| September 24 | Enrique Llanes | EMLL 18th Anniversary Show | |
NWA World Welterweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Gory Guerrero |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| July 13 | Bobby Bonales | EMLL show | |
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship :
* Incoming champion - Daniel Aldana ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Middleweight Championship :
* Incoming champion – Uncertain ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Lightweight Championship :
* Incoming champion – Black Shadow ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Enrique Llanes |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| Uncertain | Vacated | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons |
Mexican National Welterweight Championship :
* Incoming champion – El Santo ||||
* No title changes ||||

### NWA

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

## Debuts

* Debut date uncertain:
** Baron Mikel Scicluna
** Chris Tolos
** Don Fargo
** Espectro I
** Happy Humphrey
** Mad Dog Vachon
** Stan Holek
* April 12 – Bill Miller
* September 13 – Luther Lindsay
* October 1 – Kinji Shibuya
* October 28 – Rikidozan

## Births

* Date unknown
** A. J. Petrucci
* January 6 – Fishman(died in 2017)
* January 10 – Pez Whatley|(died in 2005)
* January 14 – Michael Porter (died in 2010)
* January 15 – Mano Negra
* January 20 – Kung Fu(died in 2001)
* January 23 – Vivian Vachon (died in 1991)
* January 27 – Ken Timbs(died 2004)
* February 20 – Dos Caras
* February 25 – Mr. Pogo(died in 2017)
* March 3 – Bob Della Serra
* March 9 – Norvell Austin
* March 21 – Buck Zumhofe
* March 25 – Jumbo Tsuruta(died in 2000)
* April 3 – Ron Starr(died in 2017)
* April 7 – Virgil (died in 2024)
* April 14 – Willie Williams (died in 2019)
* May 11 – Mark Rocco(died in 2020)
* May 19 – Dick Slater (died in 2018)
* June 13 – Antonio Peña(died in 2006)
* June 16 – Roberto Durán
* June 18 – Salvatore Bellomo(died in 2019)
* June 26
** Davey O'Hannon
** Larry Sharpe(died in 2017)
* July 15 – Jesse Ventura
* July 24 – Skip Young(died in 2010)
* August 21 – Keith Hart
* August 25 – Steve Regal
* September 10:
** Greg Valentine
** Steve Keirn
* September 13 – Jerry Stubbs
* September 20 – Mike Graham(died in 2012)
* September 22 – Doug Somers (died in 2017)
* October 7 – Terry Orndorff
* October 14 – Mike Miller
* October 28 – Mike Sharpe(died in 2016)
* November 13 – The Great Wojo
* November 30 – Sangre Chicana
* December 3:
** Ray Candy(died in 1994)
** Riki Choshu
* December 5 – Larry Zbyszko
* December 13 – Ricky Rice
* December 20 – Ari Romero(died in 2013)

## Deaths

* July 28 Janet Wolfe (18)
* October 20 Ed Virag (39)