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(Top) 1 List of notable promotions 2 Calendar of notable shows 3 Championship changes 3.1 EMLL 4 Debuts 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 References

1939 in professional wrestling

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1939 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions[edit]

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1939.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
September 19	EMLL	EMLL 6th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Bobby Arreola defeated Ciclón Veloz in a tournament final for the vacant Mexican National Welterweight Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes[edit]

EMLL[edit]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Middleweight Championship
New^[2]
Uncertain	Gus Kallio	N/A	Awarded the championship due to the fact that he already held the World Middleweight Championship in the United States.^[2]
February 19	Octavio Gaona	EMLL show	^[2]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Francisco Aguayo^[3]
No title changes^[3]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – Firpo Segura^[4]
Uncertain	Octavio Gaona	EMLL show	^[4]
February 9	Tarzán López	EMLL show	^[4]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship
incoming champion – Jack O'Brien^[5]
No title changes^[5]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Tarzán López^[6]
Uncertain	Vacated	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons^[6]

Mexican National Featherweight Championship
incoming champion - Luis Robles^[7]
No title changes^[7]

Debuts[edit]

Debut date uncertain:
- Gladys Gillem^[8]
- Mae Young^[8]
July 4 – Buddy Rogers^[8]

Births[edit]

Date of birth unknown
- Paul LeDuc
February 9 – Espectro I^[9](died in 1993)
February 13 – Lumberjack Pierre^[9]
February 26 – Chuck Wepner
February 28 – Dewey Robertson^[9](died in 2007)
March 1 – Adnan Al-Kaissie^[9](died in 2023)
March 13 – Rodolfo Ruíz^[9]
March 14 – Lars Anderson^[9]
March 20 – Paul Christy^[9](died in 2021)
March 24 – Jim Herd^[9]
May 5 – Bill Watts^[9]
June 8 – Tinieblas Sr.^[9]
August 8 – Michael Okpala (died in 2004)
October 3 – Bob Armstrong^[9](died in 2020)
October 4 – Gene Anderson^[9](died in 1991)
October 20 – Gil Hayes (died in 2022)
November 1 – Fred Peloquin
December 14 – Roger Kirby (wrestler)^[9](died in 2019)
December 25 – Ivan Gomes (died in 1990)

Deaths[edit]

March 11 – William Miller (Australian athlete) (92)

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 ^c 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: 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 ^c 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 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 Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Featherweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 397. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Wrestlers debuted in 1939: 1 - 12 of 12". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Wrestlers born in 1939: 1 - 44 of 43". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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