1947 in professional wrestling

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1947 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Gallery[edit]

Video footage of professional wrestling in 1947

Footage of a match between Fred Atkins and Laverne Baxter at Sydney Stadium in 1947
Footage of a match between Aktins and Chief Little Wolf, also in Sydney in 1947

List of notable promotions[edit]

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1947.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
September 24	EMLL	EMLL 14th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Gory Guerrero (c) defeated Rito Romero in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes[edit]

EMLL[edit]

NWA World Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – Gory Guerrero^[2]
No title changes^[2]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – El Santo^[3]
February 15	Jack O'Brien	show	^[3]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Steve Morgan^[4]
March 22	Firpo Segura	EMLL show	^[4]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – El Santo^[5]
No title changes^[5]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship
incoming champion – Emilio Charles^[6]
No title changes^[6]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Black Guzmán^[7]
April 12	Tarzán López	EMLL show	^[7]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Vacant or El Santo^[8]
No title changes^[8]

Debuts[edit]

Debut date uncertain:
October 9 – Sky Low Low^[9]

Births[edit]

Date of birth uncertain:
- B. J. Annis
- Butts Giraud
- Gilles Poisson
January 8 – Ashura Hara^[10](died in 2015) [1]
January 8 – Luke Williams^[10]
January 26 – Raúl Mata^[10](died in 2019) ^[11]^[10]
February 9 – Alexis Smirnoff (died in 2019)
February 23 – Bobby Bass
March 6 – Killer Khan^[10] (died in 2023)
March 7 – Chick Donovan
March 19 – Scott Casey
March 28 – Tony St. Clair^[10]
April 2 – Ron Pritchard
April 26 – Larry Matysik (died in 2018)
May 1 – Samson Kutsuwada (died in 2004)
June 16 – Buddy Roberts^[12](died in 2012)
July 9 – Tommy Young
July 14 – Ultramán^[13]
July 19 – Frenchy Martin (died in 2016)
July 23 – El Halcón^[10]
August 28 – El Cobarde^[10](died in 1983)
August 31 – Animal Hamaguchi^[10]
September 15 – Teddy Long
October 5 – El Faraón^[10]
October 14 – Nikolai Volkoff^[10](died in 2018) [2]
October 22 – Porkchop Cash
October 30 – George Wells
December 4 – Killer Tim Brooks (died in 2020)
December 27 – Bill Eadie^[10]

References[edit]

^ Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares" [CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middleweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Middleweight Championship". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wrestlers debuted in 1947: 1 - 15 of 15". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Wrestlers born in 1947: 1 - 50 of 50". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Wrestler Obituaries – Online World of Wrestling".
^ "Wrestlers born in 1945: 1 - 49 of 49". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Wrestlers born in 1952: 51 - 65 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[79Anniversaries-1] Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares" [CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 2, 2020.

[NWALMiddle-2] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middleweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[NWALWelter-3] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[MexHeavy-4] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[MexMiddle-5] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Middleweight Championship". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[MexLight-6] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[MexLHeavy-7] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[MexWelter-8] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[WD1947Debuts-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wrestlers debuted in 1947: 1 - 15 of 15". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1947Births-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Wrestlers born in 1947: 1 - 50 of 50". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[11] "Wrestler Obituaries – Online World of Wrestling".

[WD1945Births-12] "Wrestlers born in 1945: 1 - 49 of 49". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1952BirthsPage2-13] "Wrestlers born in 1952: 51 - 65 of 65". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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