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1949 in professional wrestling
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'''1949 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
|-
|September 30
|[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|EMLL]]
|[[EMLL 16th Anniversary Show]]
|Mexico City, Mexico
|[[Tarzán López]] and [[Bobby Bonales]] defeated [[El Santo]] and [[Gory Guerrero]] in a [[Tag team match|best two-out-three falls tag team match]]<ref name=79Anniversaries></ref>
|-
!colspan="5"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
|}
==Championship changes==
===EMLL===
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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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|May 28
|[[Tarzán López]]
|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)
|-
|April 29
|[[Gory Guerrero]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=NWALWelter/>
|}
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|colspan=5|
|-
|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=MexHeavy/>
|}
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|colspan=5|
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|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=MexMiddle/>
|}
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|colspan=5|
|-
|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
|-
!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=MexLight/>
|-
|August 5
|Joe Marin
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=MexLight/>
|-
|October 18
|[[Black Shadow (wrestler)|Black Shadow]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=MexLight/>
|}
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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)
|-
|July 1
|[[Cavernario Galindo]]
|EMLL show
|align=left|<ref name=MexLHeavy/>
|}
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|colspan=5|
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|colspan=5|'''</ref>}}'''
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|colspan="5"| No title changes<ref name=MexWelter/>
|}
=== NWA ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
| colspan="5" |
|-
| colspan="5" |''''''
|-
!width=14%|Date
!width=14%|Winner
!width=14%|Event/Show
!width=58%|Note(s)
|-
|November 27
|[[Lou Thez]]
|N/A
|align=left|Thez was awarded the championship when Brown's career ended due to a car accident.The NWA voted to recognize Brown as the Worlds Champion. Defeated [[Sonny Myers]] to solidify the claim.<ref name=NWAWorlds></ref>
|}
==Debuts==
*Debut date uncertain:
**[[Angelo Poffo]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts></ref>
**[[Bobo Brazil]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts/>
**[[Harold Sakata]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts/>
**[[Ilio DiPaolo]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts/>
**[[Johnny Rougeau]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts/>
**[[Red Bastien]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts/>
**[[Rip Hawk]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts/>
**[[The Sheik (wrestler)|The Sheik]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts/>
**[[Verne Gagne]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts/>
*November [[The Crusher (wrestler)|The Crusher]]<ref name=WD1949Debuts/>
==Births==
*Date of birth uncertain:
**[[Iceman Parsons]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
**[[Johnny Rivera]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*January 7 [[Chavo Guerrero]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*February 15 [[Tony Salazar]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*January 16 [[Sir Oliver Humperdink]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*January 17 [[Andy Kaufman]]<ref name=WD1949Births></ref>
*February 11 [[T. John Tibbedeux]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*February 19 [[Black Man (wrestler)|Black Man]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*February 25 [[Ric Flair]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*April 12 [[Mighty Inoue]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*April 26 [[Jerry Blackwell]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*April 27 [[Yoshiaki Fujiwara]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*April 28 [[Siva Afi]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*May 17 [[Earl Hebner]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*May 18 [[Sailor White]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*June 29 [[Steve DiSalvo|Steve Strong]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*August 6 [[Dino Bravo]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*August 13 [[Jim Brunzell]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*August 14 [[Bob Backlund]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*August 29 [[Stan Hansen]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*September 5 [[El Hijo del Gladiador]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*September 9 [[Mr. Niebla]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*September 10:
**[[Don Muraco]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
**[[Gerry Morrow]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*September 18 [[Lizmark]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*September 19 [[Ringo Mendoza]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*September 25 [[Villano II]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*October 4 [[Mike Adamle]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*October 12 [[César Curiel]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*October 18 [[Cien Caras]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*October 26:
**[[Austin Idol]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
** [[Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)|Kevin Sullivan]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
**[[El Satánico]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*October 29 [[Paul Orndorff]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*November 28 [[Lee Marshall (announcer)|Lee Marshall]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
*November 29:
**[[Dutch Mantell]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
**[[Jerry Lawler]]<ref name=WD1949Births/>
==Deaths==
*September 11 [[Peter Sauer|Ray Steele]]<ref name=WD1949Deaths></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1949 in professional wrestling| ]]
[[Category:1949-related lists|professional wrestling]]
February 10, 2020 at 04:42PM
