1957
From Pro Wrestling
This is a list of various things that took place in 1957.
Contents |
Significant events
Unknown
- Creation of the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
November
Births
March
- March 11 - Matt Borne (Ellwood, Pennsylvania, USA)
April
- April 21 - Edward Leslie Tampa, Florida, USA)
May
- May 1 - David Taylor (Yorkshire, England, UK)'
- May 15 - Kevin Von Erich (Belleville, Illinois, USA)
June
- June 7 - Howard Finkel (New York City, New York, USA)
- June 20 - Koko B. Ware (Union City, Tennessee, USA)
July
- July 2 - Bret Hart (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
August
- August 14 - Gino Hernandez (Highland Park, Texas, USA)
September
- September 12 - Michael Hegstrand (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
November
- November 7 - King Kong Bundy (Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA)
- November 24 - Satoru Sayama (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan)
Deaths
Debuts
Unknown
July
- July 2- Larry Shreve
Events
Title changes
February
- February 8 - Pepper Gomez defeated El Medico to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship.
- February (?) - El Medico defeated Pepper Gomez to regain the NWA Texas title.
- February 19 - Wilbur Snyder defeated Hans Schmidt to win the Chicago version of the NWA United States Championship.
- February 22 - Pepper Gomez defeated El Medico to regain the NWA Texas title.
April
- April 19 - Don Leo Jonathan defeated Pepper Gomez to win the NWA Texas title.
June
- June 14 - Édouard Carpentier defeated Lou Thesz to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
- June 24 - Lou Thesz defeated Édouard Carpentier to regain the NWA World title.
August
- August 30 - Ivan the Terrible defeated Don Leo Jonathan to win the NWA Texas title.
September
- September 13 - El Medico defeated Ivan the Terrible to win the NWA Texas title.
November
- November 1 - Pepper Gomez defeated El Medico to win the NWA Texas title.
- November 8 - Crusher Duggan defeated Pepper Gomez to win the NWA Texas title.
- November 14 - Dick Hutton defeated Lou Thesz to win the NWA World title.
- November 15 - Bill Melby defeated Crusher Duggan to win the NWA Texas title.
December
- December 14 - Dick the Bruiser defeated Wilbur Snyder to win the NWA Chicago United States title.
See also
| Years |
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| 1910s |
| 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 |
| 1920s |
| 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 |
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| 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 |
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| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 |
| 1950s |
| 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 |
| 1960s |
| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
| 1970s |
| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
| 1980s |
| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| 1990s |
| 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
