1958 in professional wrestling

1958 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions[edit]

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1958.

Calendar of notable shows[edit]

Championship changes[edit]

EMLL[edit]

NWA[edit]

Debuts[edit]

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Abdullah the Butcher^[13]
  • Ángel Blanco^[13]
  • Dominic DeNucci^[13]
  • Gene Anderson^[13]
  • Kurt Von Steiger^[13]
  • Pat Patterson^[13]
  • Toru Tanaka^[13]
• March – Don Manoukian^[13]
• May 2 – El Matemático^[13]
• June – Johnny Saint^[13]
• November 11 – Pedro Morales^[13]

Births[edit]

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

Deaths[edit]

• February 23 – Dean Detton, 49
• April 25 – Herman Hickman, 46
• June 20 – Dan McLeod, 97
• July 17 – Americus,^[18] 74

References[edit]