1959 in professional wrestling explained

1959 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 1959.

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
Notes
April	EMLL	3. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
September 25	EMLL	EMLL 26th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Cavernario Galindo defeated Torbellino Blanco in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)



width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
Uncertain	Unknown	N/A
Uncertain	Tarzán López and Henry Pilusso	EMLL show

Date of birth uncertain:
- Super Maxx
January 1:
- Steve Cox
- Candi Devine(died in 2022)
January 3 Art Crews
January 15 Ken Wayne
January 19 Peggy Lee Leather (died in 2023)
January 24 Akira Maeda
January 29 Boris Zhukov
February 3 Haku
February 4:
- Ed Gantner(died in 1990)
  - - Lawrence Taylor February 8 Misty Blue Simmes February 15 Hugo Savinovich
- February 28 Rick Link March 2 Lola González^[4]
March 7 Sgt. Craig Pittman^[5]
- March 8 Maki Ueda (wrestler) March 9 Nikita Koloff^[4]
March 16 Scott L. Schwartz (died in 2024)
March 20 Sting^[4]
- March 21 Tony Stetson March 24 Barry Horowitz
March 29 Michael Hayes^[4]
April 4 Jeannie Clark
April 14 Jesse Barr
April 16 Gran Apache(died in 2017)
April 18 Debbie Combs^[6]
April 27 Mad Maxine
May 1 Scott McGhee
May 19 Vicky Carranza^[4]
May 21 Sean Mooney^[4]
June 11 Magnum T. A.^[4]
June 13 Danny Fargo (died in 2003)
June 14 Buzz Sawyer(died in 1992)
June 16 The Ultimate Warrior^[4] (died in 2014)
June 18 Johnny Lee Clary (died in 2014)
June 30 Víctor Quiñones^[4] (died in 2006)
July 6 El Torero^[4]
July 8 Don Nakaya Nielsen (died in 2017)
July 9 Kevin Nash
July 10:
- Duane Gill
- Eric Embry^[7]

July 17:
- DJ Peterson^[7] (died in 1993)
- Randy Anderson^[4] (died in 2002)
July 31 Jason the Terrible
August 13 Danny Bonaduce
- August 16 Dennis Koslowski August 18 Tom Prichard^[4]
August 19 Tim Horner^[4]
- August 26 Gary Young September 23 Hans Nijman (died in 2014)
October 6 Barry Darsow^[7]
October 7 Brazo de Oro^[7] (died in 2017)
October 18:
- Nord the Barbarian^[4]
  - Carlos Cabrera October 21 John Tatum^[7]
October 24 Dave Meltzer^[7]
November 6 Máscara Sagrada^[4]
November 9 Nick Patrick^[4]
- November 11 Van Hammer November 21 Jerry Flynn^[7]
December 11 Doug Furnas^[7] (died in 2012)
December 13 Ricky Lawless (died in 1988)
December 24 Ángel Mortal^[7]

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.
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