# 1957 in professional wrestling

1957 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 1957.
| Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
| Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |

## Calendar of notable shows

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| April | EMLL | 1. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| September 20 | EMLL | EMLL 24th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Black Shadow and Alex Romano won the tournament in the finals of a torneo relampago 10,000 peso tag team tournament |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

## Championship changes
### EMLL

NWA World Middleweight Championship :
| incoming champion – El Santo |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| October 19 | Ronaldo Vera | EMLL show | |
NWA World Welterweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Blue Demon ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship :
* incoming champion - El Médico Asesino ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Middleweight Championship :
| incoming champion – El Gladiador |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| May 31 | El Santo | EMLL show | |
Mexican National Lightweight Championship :
| incoming champion – Tarzán López |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| January | Vacated | N/A | |
| April 21 | Espectro I | EMLL show | |
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship :
| incoming champion – Vacant |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| March 30 | Juan Diaz | EMLL show | |
| July 17 | Mima Ota | EMLL show | |
| July 18 | Vacated | N/A | Championship vacated by the commission as Mishima Ota was not a Mexican citizen. |
Mexican National Welterweight Championship :
| incoming champion – Jalisco Gonzalez |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| March 2 | Karloff Lagarde | EMLL show | |
Mexican National Tag Team Championship :
| New |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| June 14 | Los Hermanos Shadow (Black Shadow and Blue Demon) | EMLL show | Defeated Tarzán López and Enrique Llanes in an eight-team tournament final |
Mexican National Women's Championship :
* incoming champion – Uncertain ||||
* No title changes ||||

### NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Lou Thesz |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| November 14 | Dick Hutton | NWA show | |

## Debuts

* Debut date uncertain:
** Bulldog Bob Brown
** “Cowboy” Bob Ellis
** Hiro Matsuda
** Jarochita Rivero
** Killer Karl Krupp
** Larry Hennig
** Les Thornton
** Swede Hanson
* March – Rene Goulet
* August 8 – Adrian Street

## Births

* January 5 – Robert Swenson (died in 1997)
* January 7 – Mighty Wilbur(died in 2014)
* January 9 – El Egipcio(died in 2018)
* January 12 – B. Brian Blair
* January 22:
** 911
** Rita Chatterton
* January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk(died in 2003)
* February 10 – Chamaco Valaguez
* February 14 – Dr. Karonte (died in 2019)
* February 24 – C.W. Bergstrom
* April 3 – Daikokubō Benkei
* April 4 – Grigory Verichev (died in 2006)
* April 9 – Joel Deaton
* April 21 – Brutus Beefcake
* May 1 – Dave Taylor
* May 4 – Bart Vale
* May 9 – Mike Shaw(died in 2010)
* May 15 – Kevin Von Erich
* May 18 – Rob Bartlett
* May 25 – Dark Journey
* June 1 – Bobby Burns (wrestler)
* June 12 – Negro Navarro
* June 20 – Koko B. Ware
* June 25 – Floyd Creatchman(died in 2003)
* July 2 – Bret Hart
* July 13 – Irma Aguilar
* July 24 – Joseph Savoldi
* July 27 – Matt Borne(died in 2013)
* July 28 – Asbjørn Riis
* August 11 – Bill Alfonso
* August 14 – Gino Hernandez(died in 1986)
* August 20 – Rip Morgan
* August 23 – Fumihiro Niikura
* September 7 – Corporal Kirchner(died in 2021)
* September 9 – Garry Robbins (died in 2013)
* September 16 – D. C. Drake
* September 28 – Mountain Fiji (died in 2018)
* October 10 – Farmer Brooks(died in 2022)
* October 12 – Emilio Charles Jr.(died in 2012)
* October 16 – Lord Zoltan
* October 17 – Steve McMichael
* October 19 – Wojo the BC Hulk
* October 24 – Italian Stallion
* October 25 – Atsushi Onita
* October 30 – Jackie Sato (died in 1999)
* November 7:
** King Kong Bundy(died in 2019)
** Tony Schiavone
** Christopher Knight
* November 12 – Vladimir Petrov (died in 2024)
* November 14 – Stephen Petitpas
* November 7 – Ed Moretti
* November 24 – Tiger Mask / Satoru Sayama
* November 27 – Johnny Mantell
* December 8 – Reverend Slick

## Deaths

* April 6 – Gustav Frištenský, 77
* April 23 – Cora Livingston, 68/70
* August 9 – Babe Zaharias 45
* November 1 – Giovanni Raicevich, 77