1944 in professional wrestling explained

1944 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 1944.

Calendar of notable shows

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
Notes
September 22	EMLL	EMLL 11th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Gorilla Ramos defeated Black Guzmán (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

• Paul Jones starts the Georgia Championship Wrestling professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Championship changes

EMLL

No title changes

No title changes

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
January 1	Bobby Bonales	EMLL show

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
April 28	Raul Romero	EMLL show

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
September 20	Gorilla Ramos	EMLL 11th Anniversary Show
October 18	Tarzán López	EMLL show

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
February 18	Jack O'Brien	EMLL show

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • June Byers^[2]
  • Killer Kowalski^[2]
  • Roy Heffernan^[2]

Births

• Date of birth unknown:
  • Larry O'Day^[3] (died in 1997)
    • Mike Webster January 1 Jimmy Hart^[3]
• April 4:
  • Tiger Jeet Singh
  • El Sicodélico^[3]
• April 20 Bob Bruggers (died in 2024)
• May 25 - Victor Rivera (wrestler)
• May 29 Ronnie P. Gossett^[3] (died in 2007)
• June 1 Diamond Lil
• June 30 Terry Funk^[4] (died in 2023)
• July 12 Ric Drasin (died in 2020)
  • August 3 Roland Bock August 10 Jim Crockett Jr.^[3] (died in 2021)
• August 14 Bobby Duncum Sr.^[3]
• August 24 Rocky Johnson^[3] (died in 2020)
• August 31 Jos LeDuc^[3] (died in 1999)
• September 12 Lonnie Mayne^[3] (died in 1978)
• October 4 Michel Martel^[3] (died in 1978)
• October 21:
  • Jonathan Boyd(died in 1999)
  • Butch Miller^[3] (died in 2023)
• October 31 - Roy Callender
• November 1 Bobby Heenan^[3] (died in 2017)
• November 2 Michael Buffer

Deaths

• April 30 Ernst Roeber^[5] (72)
• September 9 Gus Sonnenberg^[5] (46)

Notes and References

1. Web site: CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares. Alex. Ruiz Glez. September 7, 2010. February 2, 2020 . Súper Luchas. Spanish . CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events.
2. Web site: Wrestlers debuted in 1944: 1 - 9 of 9 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
3. Web site: Wrestlers born in 1944: 1 - 50 of 55 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
4. Web site: Wrestlers born in 1944: 51 - 55 of 55 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
5. Web site: Wrestlers deceased in 1944: 1 - 21 of 21 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.