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1946 in professional wrestling
MPJ-DK: year in wrestling
'''1946 in professional wrestling''' describes the year's events in the world of [[professional wrestling]].
== Calendar of notable shows==
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! width=5%| Date
! width=5%| Promotion(s)
! style="width:15%;"| Event
! style="width:15%;"| Location
! style="width:40%;"| Main Event
|- style="width:20%;"| Notes
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|September 28
|[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|EMLL]]
|[[EMLL 13th Anniversary Show]]
|Mexico City, Mexico
|Steve Morgan defeated [[Firpo Segura]] (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the [[Mexican National Heavyweight Championship]]<ref name=79Anniversaries></ref>
|-
!colspan="5"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
|}
==Notable events==
==Accomplishments and tournaments==
===EMLL===
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!Accomplishment
!Winner
!Date won
!Notes
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|[[NWA World Welterweight Championship]] tournament
|[[El Santo]]
|March 1 - 15
|<ref name=CMLL3395></ref><ref name=NWAWelter></ref>
|}
==Championship changes==
===EMLL===
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|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
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|February 23
|[[Gory Guerrero]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=NWALMiddle/>
|}
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|colspan=5|
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|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
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|March 15
|[[El Santo]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|Defeated Peter Pancoff in the tournament final to become the first champion<ref name=NWALWelter/>
|}
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|colspan=5|
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|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
|-
|September 28
|Steve Morgan
|[[EMLL 13th Anniversary Show]]
|align=left|<ref name=MexHeavy/>
|}
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|colspan=5|
|-
|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
|-
|Uncertain
!Vacated
|N/A
|align=left|Championship vacated for undocumented reasons<ref name=MexMiddle/>
|-
|May 31
|[[El Santo]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|Defeated Tuffy Truesdale to win the vacant championship<ref name=MexMiddle/>
|}
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|colspan=5|
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|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
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|April 15
|Emilio Charles
|EMLL show�|align=left|<ref name=MexLight/>
|}
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|colspan=5|
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|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=MexLHeavy/>
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|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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!width=14%|Date
!width=26%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=40%|Note(s)
|-
|February 23
!Vacated
|N/A
|align=left|Championship vacated after Guerrero won the [[NWA World Middleweight Championship]]
|}
==Debuts==
*Debut date uncertain:
**[[Arnold Skaaland]]<ref name=WD1946Debuts></ref>
**[[Stu Hart]]<ref name=WD1946Debuts/>
*June [[Enrique Torres]]<ref name=WD1946Debuts/>
==Births==
*Date of birth uncertain:
**[[Joyce Grable]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*January 18 [[Perro Aguayo]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*March 14 [[Don Bass]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*May 19 [[André the Giant]]<ref name=WD1946Births></ref>
*May 22 [[El Solitario]]<ref name=WD1946BirthsPage2></ref>
*June 14 [[Bruiser Brody]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*August 16 [[Dick Murdoch]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*September 11 [[Chabela Romero]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*September 19 [[Jerry Brisco]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*September 20 [[Tony Garea]]<ref name=WD1946BirthsPage2/>
*October 10 [[Giant Haystacks]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*October 19 [[Kendo Nagasaki]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*November 25 [[Johnny Valiant]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*December 6 [[Dennis Stamp]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
*December 9 [[Kato Kung Lee]]<ref name=WD1946Births/>
==References==
[[Category:1946 in professional wrestling| ]]
[[Category:1946-related lists|professional wrestling]]
February 10, 2020 at 04:39PM
