# 1953 in professional wrestling

1953 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 1953.
| Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
| Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |

## Calendar of notable shows

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| September 25 | EMLL | EMLL 20th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Blue Demon defeated El Santo (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Welterweight Championship |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

## Notable events

* July 30 – The Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (日本プロレス協会, nihon puroresu kyōkai), Japan's first professional wrestling promotion, was created.
* Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) representing Mexico in the Alliance.

## Championship changes
### EMLL

incoming champion – Tarzán López :
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| June 20 | Sugi Sito | EMLL show | |
NWA World Welterweight Championship :
| incoming champion – El Santo |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| July 25 | Blue Demon | EMLL show | |
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship :
* incoming champion - Firpo Segura ||||
* 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 –Vacant ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Welterweight Championship :
| incoming champion – El Santo |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| September 25 | Blue Demon | EMLL show | |
| Uncertain | Vacated | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons |

### NWA

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

## Debuts

* Debut date uncertain:
** Black Gordman
** George Cannon
** Joe Blanchard
** Lou Albano
** Mario Milano
** Mark Lewin
** Mitsu Arakawa
** Pampero Firpo
** Pepper Gomez
** Peter Maivia
** Rod Trongard
** Stan Stasiak
** Tojo Yamamoto
* February 28 – Wilbur Snyder
* August 20 – Irma González

## Births

* Date of birth uncertain:
** Joe Lightfoot
* January 24 – Bruce Jones (actor)
* January 25 – The Honky Tonk Man
* February 5 – Takashi Ishikawa
* February 13 – Akio Sato
* February 20 – Terry Gibbs
* February 28 – Ricky Steamboat
* March 5 – Dennis Coralluzzo (died in 2001)
* March 22 – Buffalo Jim Barrier (died in 2008)
* April 3 – Russ Francis (died in 2023)
* April 5 – Salman Hashimikov
* April 14 – John Ayers (died in 1995)
* April 25 – Carl Fergie
* May 10 – Tito Santana
* May 18 – Tiger Conway Jr.
* June 30 – Hombre Bala(died in 2018)
* July 3 – Steve O
* July 10 – Billy Jack Haynes
* July 10 – Zoogz Rift (died in 2011)
* July 11 – Leon Spinks (died in 2021)
* July 20 – Angel of Death(died in 2007)
* August 5 – Stan Lane
* August 11:
** Hulk Hogan
** Franco Columbo
* August 13 – Sue Green
* August 14 – Gran Markus Jr.
* August 18 – Chief Jay Eagle
* August 22 – Paul Ellering
* August 28 – Joel Goodhart
* September 1 – Rocco Rock(died in 2002)
* September 4 – Kengo Kimura
* September 15 – Adrian Adonis (died in 1988)
* September 29 – Warren Cromartie
* December 13 – Brad Rheingans
* December 14 – Fuerza Guerrera
* December 24:
** Ricky Knight
** Steve Wright
* December 28 – Tatsumi Fujinami
* December 30 – Bill Kazmaier

## Deaths

* May 29 – Man Mountain Dean (61)
* June 13 – Yakov Kozalchik (50)