1950 in professional wrestling explained

1950 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 1950.

Calendar of notable shows

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
Notes
September 21	EMLL	EMLL 17th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Sugi Sito defeated Tarzán López (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
September 21	Sugi Sito	EMLL 17th Anniversary Show

No title changes

No title changes

No title changes

No title changes

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
December	Enrique Llanes	EMLL show

No title changes

NWA

width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
No title changes^[2]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Bob Geigel^[3]
  • Bob Orton Sr.^[3]
  • Dick the Bruiser^[3]
  • Don Curtis^[3]
  • Don Kent^[3]
  • Hard Boiled Haggerty^[3]
  • Karloff Lagarde^[3]
  • Lenny Montana^[3]
  • Little Beaver^[3]
  • Lord Alfred Hayes^[3]
  • Médico Asesino^[3]
  • Missouri Mauler^[3]
  • Rayo de Jalisco Sr.^[3]
• March 21 Leo Nomellini^[3]
• April 4 Iron Mike DiBiase^[3]
• August 3 Don Leo Jonathan^[3]
• September 14 Pat O'Connor^[3]

Births

• January 5 Bobby Kay^[4] (died in 2020) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• January 13 Bruce Hart^[4]
• January 18 Kahoz^[4]
• February 2
  • Osamu Kido^[4] (died in 2023)
  • Genichiro Tenryu^[4]
  • March 20 - Al Madril May 2
  • Moondog Rex^[4] (died in 2019)http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
  • Don Kernodle (died in 2021)
• May 29 Kamala^[4] (died in 2020)
• May 31 Moondog Spike (died in 2013)
  • June 2 Ron Mikolajczyk June 7 Howard Finkel^[4] (died in 2020)http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
    • June 9 Mando Guerrero June 11 King Parsons June 13 Chris Taylor^[4] (died in 1979) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• June 28 Villano I (died in 2001)
• July 10 Shota Chochishvili (died in 2009)
• July 14 Hercules Ayala^[4] (died in 2020) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• August 1 Jimmy Golden^[4]
• August 5 Goldie Rogers (died in 2012)
• August 25 Jesse Hernandez
• August 28 Cowboy Lang (died in 2007)
• September 10 Vivian St. John (died in 2013)
• October 10 Gene Ligon^[4]
• November 10 Bob Orton Jr.^[4]
• November 16 Harvey Martin (died in 2001)
• November 27 Gran Hamada^[4]
• November 30 Leroy Brown^[4] (died in 1988) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• December 13 Steve Travis (died in 2018)
• December 18 Lizmark (died in 2015)

Deaths

• August 25 Earl Caddock (62)
• November 4 Danno O'Mahony^[5] (38)

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. Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will . Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . 2000 . Archeus Communications . Waterloo, ON . 0-9698161-5-4 . "United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title" . 15.
3. Web site: Wrestlers debuted in 1950: 1 - 40 of 40 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
4. Web site: Wrestlers born in 1950: 1 - 50 of 54 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
5. Web site: Wrestlers deceased in 1950: 1 - 21 of 21 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.