1958 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 1958.

1958 in professional wrestling

Calendar of notable shows

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA

Debuts

Debut date uncertain: Abdullah the Butcher Ángel Blanco Dominic DeNucci Gene Anderson Kurt Von Steiger Pat Patterson Toru Tanaka March Don Manoukian May 2 El Matemático June Johnny Saint November 11 Pedro Morales

1958 in professional wrestling

Births

January 4 Jim Powers

January 5 Awesome Kong(died in 2012) January 8 Rey Misterio January 10 Jerry Estrada January 30 Rocky King (died in 2022) January 31 Dave Finlay February 3 Kerry Brown (wrestler) (died in 2009) February 4 Outback Jack (wrestler) February 7 Rusty Brooks (died in 2021) February 8 Sensational Sherri(died in 2007) February 19 Tommy Cairo March 10: Máscara Año 2000 Pierroth Jr. March 16 Mike McGuirk March 22 Wayne Bloom March 24 Dieusel Berto (died in 2018) March 28 Curt Hennig(died in 2003) March 30 Mike Rotunda April 17 Nailz May 5 Wally Yamaguchi(died in 2019) May 15 Ron Simmons May 20 Nikolai Zouev (died in 2022) May 28 Barry Orton(died in 2021) June 2 Lex Luger June 8 Dan Severn June 16 Ted Arcidi June 18 Tommy Stewart June 23 George Takano June 24: Tiny Lister(died in 2020) Chicky Starr June 25 Damien Demento July 1 Tom Magee July 19 Robert Gibson July 22 David Von Erich(died in 1984) July 26 Romano Garcia August 12 Motor City Madman August 14 Bobby Eaton (died in 2021) August 22: Stevie Ray Brady Boone(died in 1998) August 25 Len Denton August 30 King Kaluha September 3 Shiro Koshinaka September 20 Arn Anderson September 6 The Barbarian October 6 Rocky Della Serra October 15 Jeff Gaylord(died in 2023) October 20 Scott Hall(died in 2022) November 14 Jim Martinez November 21: Ricky Santana Johnny Rich November 26: El Texano(died in 2006) James Warring November 30 Tom Zenk(died in 2017) December 5 Dynamite Kid(died in 2018) December 7 Rick Rude(died in 1998) December 21 El Tirantes

1958 in professional wrestling

Deaths

February 23 Dean Detton, 49

April 25 Herman Hickman, 46

June 20 Dan McLeod, 97

July 17 Americus, 74

References

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