1948

This is a list of various things that took place in 1948.
==Significant events==
*Future pro Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, representing Canada, competes in wrestling at the Olympic Games in London
July
*The current version of the National Wrestling Alliance is formed by Pinkie George and five other promoters in Waterloo, Iowa
==Births==
January
*26 - Irma Acevedo
February
*1 - Dinamic
*7 - [[Yamato (Toguchi)]
May
*19 - Coloso Colosetti
July
*19 - Carlos Colón
August
*27 - Sgt. Slaughter (Parris Island, South Carolina)
September
*8 - Great Kabuki (Nobeoka, Japan)
*21 - Rikidozan II
*26 - Kendo Nagasaki
October
*19- Soberano
*21 - Enrique Vera
*21 - Leono (original)
*26 - Águila India
*29 - Jaque Mate
November
*24 - Goro Tanaka
==Deaths==
September
*25 – Joe Lynam 31 (Plane crash)
December
*16 – Larry Labelle 40 (Car accident)
==Debuts==
March
*31 - Blue Demon
June
*3 - Polo Torres
==Events==
==Title changes==
January
* 23 - Sonny Myers wins the Texas Heavyweight Championship from Miguel Guzman in Houston, Texas
* 30 - Yukon Eric wins the Texas title from Sonny Myers in Houston
February
* 6 - Miguel Guzman wins the Texas title from Yukon Eric in Houston
April
* 28 - Gordon Hessell wins the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship from Frank Stojack in Vancouver, British Columbia (in Vancouver, the title was billed as the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship)
May
* 2 - Lee Grable wins the Hawaii Heavyweight Championship from Ted Travis in Honolulu, Hawaii (during Grable's reign, the title is renamed as the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship)
* 7 - Danny McShain wins the Texas title from Miguel Guzman in Houston
* 12 - Frank Stojack regains the Pacific Coast title from Gordon Hessell in Vancouver
June
* 11 - Miguel Guzman regains the Texas title from Danny McShain in Houston (during Guzman's reign, the title is renamed as the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship)
July
* 14 - Orville Brown is given recognition by the National Wrestling Alliance as its first World Heavyweight Champion, shortly after the Alliance's formation; Brown had been the reigning Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Champion
* 20 - Lou Thesz defeats Bill Longson to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship in Indianapolis, Indiana
* 30 - Dizzy Davis wins the NWA Texas title from Miguel Guzman in Houston
August
* 6 - Antonino Rocca wins the NWA Texas title from Dizzy Davis in Houston
* 8 - Hisao Tanaka wins the NWA Hawaii title from Lee Grable in Honolulu
October
* 31 - Jack Claybourne wins the NWA Hawaii title from Hisao Tanaka in Honolulu
November
* 12 - Danny McShain wins the NWA Texas title from Antonino Rocca in Houston
* 30 - Antonino Rocca regains the NWA Texas title from Danny McShain in Dallas, Texas
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