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This is a list of various things that took place in 1956.

Significant events[]

January

June

  • 21 – Heavyweight Wrestling enters syndication when it begins airing on WABD-TV in New York City as a summer replacement for the station's studio wrestling show and would soon become a permanent part of WABD's schedule.

September

  • 8 – Boxer Archie Moore beats wrestler Roy Shire by KO in the third round of a boxer vs. wrestler bout in Ogden, Utah
  • 18 - The Fabulous Moolah (competing as Slave Girl Moolah) defeats Judy Grable in a 13-woman battle royal in Baltimore, Maryland, to win the vacant World Women's Championship (though she is only recognized as champion in the Northeast, as she would not be universally recognized until 1964 by all NWA promoters, who continue to recognize June Byers as their champion until her retirement in January 1964). Moolah would go on to be recognized as having an uninterrupted championship reign for nearly 28 years (although in reality she had lost the NWA version of the belt three times; when she sold the title to the WWF in 1984, the previous title history -- except for Moolah's initial win -- is disregarded.)

November

  • 26 – Vince McMahon Sr. promotes his first wrestling card at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which draws 10,400 fans to see an Antonino Rocca vs. Dick the Bruiser main event

Births[]

January

February

March

May

July

August

  • 30 - Vigilante

September

October

November

December

  • 12 - Coco Negro
  • 20 - Hirata
  • 31 - MS-1

Deaths[]

July

Debuts[]

Unknown date

Retirements[]

Unknown date

Events[]

Title changes[]

February

March

April

May

  • 31 - Herb Freeman wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Bull Montana in Albany, Oregon

August

  • 15 - Bud Curtis wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Herb Freeman in Salem, Oregon

September

  • 26 - Stu Hart & Pat Meehan win the NWA Northwest Tag Team title by defeating Kurt von Poppenheim & Carl Redi in Vancouver (title may have been vacated prior to this date)

October

  • 9 - Ed Francis wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Bud Curtis in Salem, Oregon

November

  • 9 – Lou Thesz regains the NWA World title from Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis, Missouri
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