1953

This is a list of various things that took place in 1953.
==Significant events==
March
*6 – Promoter Paul Boesch introduces the brass knuckles match in Houston, Texas, pitting Bull Curry (who won the match) against Danny McShain
May
*11 – A ban on tag team wrestling in New York is lifted by the New York State Athletic Commission
July
*10 – Pacific Northwest Wrestling promoter Don Owen begins airing his events on television when Heidelberg Wrestling debuts on Portland, Oregon station KPTV.
==Births==
January
*29 - Vulcano
February
*5 - Takashi Ishikawa
*9 - Angel Nazi
*28 - Ricky Steamboat (West Point, New York, United States)
May
*4 - Salman Hashimikov (Moscow, Russia)
*10 - Tito Santana
June
*30 - Monsther
August
*11 - Franco Colombo
*11 – Hulk Hogan (Augusta, Georgia, United States)
*14 - Gran Markus Jr.
September
*4 - Kengo Kimura
December
*1 - Espartano
*14 - Fuerza Guerrera
*28 - Tatsumi Fujinami (Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan)
==Deaths==
May
*29 - Man Mountain Dean (Heart attack)
July
*18 - Bull Komar
==Debuts==
Unknown
*Capt. Lou Albano
July
*29 - Toña la Tapatía
September
*20 - Tauro
==Events==
==Title changes==
January
*9 - Harold Sakata & Toi Yamamoto defeated Kurt Von Poppenheim & John Cretorian for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship
*12 - Yvon Robert & Whipper Billy Watson defeated Al & Tiny Mills for the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship
*15 - Dave Sims defeated Bobby Lane for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
*26 - Aldo Bogni defeated Don McIntyre for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
February
*9 - Mars Bennett defeated Betty Hawkins for the NWA Florida Women's Championship
*17 - Dory Funk Sr. defeated Ivan Kalmikoff for the NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship
*18 - Ray Gunkel defeated Mr. Moto for the vacant NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship
March
*1 - Tom Rice & Al Kashey defeated Bobby Bruns & Rikidōzan for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
*2 - Gloria Barattini defeated Mars Bennett for the NWA Florida Women's Championship in a Six Person Battle Royal
*6 - Bill Curry defeated Danny McShain for the vacant NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version)
*7 - Gorgeous George defeated Aldo Bogni for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
*16 - Don McIntyre defeated Gorgeous George for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
April
*5 - Bobby Bruns & Bobby Managoff defeated Tom Rice & Al Kashey for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
May
*6 - Leo Nomellini & Enrique Torres defeated Ben & Mike Sharpe for the NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)
June
*7 - Hans Schnabel defeated Bobby Bruns for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
*20 - Sugi Sito defeated Tarzán López for the NWA World Middleweight Championship
July
*9 - Roger Mackay defeatd Dory Funk Sr. for the NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship
*19 - Bobby Managoff defeated Hans Schnabel for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
*25 - Bill Melby & Billy Darnell defeated Lord James Blears & Martino Angelo for the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)
*25 - Blue Demon defeated El Santo for the NWA World Welterweight Championship
August
*10 - Frank Stojack defeated Gypsy Joe for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
*23 - Ben Sharpe defeated Bobby Managoff for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
September
*3 – Verne Gagne is awarded the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version) as the first recognized titleholder
*27 - Bud Curtis & Tommy O'Toole defeated Bobby Bruns & Bobby Managoff for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
*28 - Betty Hawkins defeated Gloria Barattini for the NWA Florida Women's Championship
October
*1 - Lenny Montana defeated Dave Sims for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
*12 - Dot Dotson defeated Betty Hawkins for the NWA Florida Women's Championship
*16 - Ray Villmer defeated Don McIntyre for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
November
*16 - Betty Hawkins defeated Dot Doston for the NWA Florida Women's Championship
*27 - Al & Tiny Mills defeated Yvon Robert & Whipper Billy Watson for the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship
December
*11 - Sonny Myers defeated Lenny Montana for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
*21 - David Jones & Carl Engstrom defeated Harold Sakata & Toi Yamamoto for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship
==See also==
Category:Wrestling Years