# 1958 in professional wrestling

1958 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 1958.
| Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
| Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |

## Calendar of notable shows

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| April | EMLL | 2. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| September 26 | EMLL | EMLL 25th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Rolando Vera (c) defeated Black Shadow 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 Light Heavyweight Championship :
| incoming champion - Vacant |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| February 13 | Dory Dixon | EMLL show | EMLL was given control of the championship after joining the National Wrestling Alliance. Dixon defeated Al Kashey to win the championship. |
incoming champion – Ronaldo Vera :
* No title changes ||||
NWA World Welterweight Championship :
| incoming champion – Blue Demon |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| January 31 | Karloff Lagarde | EMLL show | |
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 – Vacant |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| May 17 | Juan Diaz | EMLL show | Defeated Jesus Garcia to win the vacant championship |
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 – Los Hermanos Shadow (Black Shadow and Blue Demon) |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| Uncertain | Unknown | N/A | |
| Uncertain | Espectro I and Ray Mendoza | EMLL show | |
Mexican National Women's Championship :
* incoming champion – Uncertain ||||
* No title changes ||||

### NWA

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

## Debuts

* Debut date uncertain:
** Abdullah the Butcher
** Ángel Blanco
** Dominic DeNucci
** Gene Anderson
** Kurt Von Steiger
** Pat Patterson
** Toru Tanaka
* March – Don Manoukian
* May 2 – El Matemático
* June – Johnny Saint
* November 11 – Pedro Morales

## Births

* January 4 – Jim Powers
* January 5 – Awesome Kong(died in 2012)
* January 8 – Rey Misterio(died in 2024)
* January 10 – Jerry Estrada
* January 30 – Rocky King (died in 2022)
* January 31 – Dave Finlay
* February 3 – Kerry Brown (wrestler) (died in 2009)
* February 4 – Outback Jack
* February 7 – Rusty Brooks (died in 2021)
* February 8 – Sensational Sherri(died in 2007)
* February 19 – Tommy Cairo
* March 3 – Bob Bradley
* March 10:
** Máscara Año 2000
** Pierroth Jr.
* March 16 – Mike McGuirk
* March 22 – Wayne Bloom
* March 24 – Dieusel Berto (died in 2018)
* March 28 – Curt Hennig(died in 2003)
* March 30 – Mike Rotunda
* April 17 – Nailz
* May 5 – Wally Yamaguchi(died in 2019)
* May 15 – Ron Simmons
* May 20 – Nikolai Zouev (died in 2022)
* May 28 – Barry Orton(died in 2021)
* June 2 – Lex Luger
* June 8 – Dan Severn
* June 16 – Ted Arcidi
* June 18 – Tommy Stewart
* June 23 – George Takano
* June 24:
** Tiny Lister(died in 2020)
** Chicky Starr
* June 25 – Damien Demento
* July 1 – Tom Magee
* July 19 – Robert Gibson
* July 22 – David Von Erich(died in 1984)
* July 26 – Romano Garcia
* August 12 – Motor City Madman
* August 14 – Bobby Eaton (died in 2021)
* August 22:
** Stevie Ray
** Brady Boone(died in 1998)
* August 25 – Len Denton
* August 30 – King Kaluha
* September 3 – Shiro Koshinaka
* September 6 – The Barbarian
* September 20 – Arn Anderson
* October 6 – Rocky Della Serra
* October 15 – Jeff Gaylord(died in 2023)
* October 20 – Scott Hall(died in 2022)
* November 14 – Jim Martinez
* November 21:
** Ricky Santana
** Johnny Rich
* November 26:
** El Texano(died in 2006)
** James Warring
* November 30 – Tom Zenk(died in 2017)
* December 5 – Dynamite Kid(died in 2018)
* December 7 – Rick Rude(died in 1998)
* December 21 – El Tirantes

## Deaths

* February 23 – Dean Detton, 49
* April 25 – Herman Hickman, 46
* June 20 – Dan McLeod, 97
* July 17 – Americus, 74