title: 1951 in professional wrestling
text: # 1951 in professional wrestling
  
  1951 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
  
  ## List of notable promotions
  
  Only one promotion held notable shows in 1951.
  
  | Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
  | - | - |
  | Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |
  
  ## Calendar of notable shows
  
  | Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | September 21 | EMLL | EMLL 18th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Enrique Llanes defeated Sugi Sito (c) in a best two-out-of three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship |
  | (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||
  
  ## Championship changes
  
  ### EMLL
  
  NWA World Middleweight Championship :
  
  | Incoming champion – Sugi Sito |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | September 24 | Enrique Llanes | EMLL 18th Anniversary Show | |
  
  NWA World Welterweight Championship :
  
  | Incoming champion – Gory Guerrero |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | July 13 | Bobby Bonales | EMLL show | |
  
  Mexican National Heavyweight Championship :
  
  * Incoming champion - Daniel Aldana ||||
  * No title changes ||||
  
  Mexican National Middleweight Championship :
  
  * Incoming champion – Uncertain ||||
  * No title changes ||||
  
  Mexican National Lightweight Championship :
  
  * Incoming champion – Black Shadow ||||
  * No title changes ||||
  
  Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship :
  
  | Incoming champion – Enrique Llanes |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | Uncertain | Vacated | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons |
  
  Mexican National Welterweight Championship :
  
  * Incoming champion – El Santo ||||
  * No title changes ||||
  
  ### NWA
  
  NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship :
  
  | Incoming Champion – Lou Thesz |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | No title changes |||||
  
  ## Debuts
  
  * Debut date uncertain:
     * Baron Mikel Scicluna
     * Chris Tolos
     * Don Fargo
     * Espectro I
     * Happy Humphrey
     * Mad Dog Vachon
     * Stan Holek
  * April 12 – Bill Miller
  * September 13 – Luther Lindsay
  * October 1 – Kinji Shibuya
  * October 28 – Rikidozan
  
  ## Births
  
  * Date unknown
     * A. J. Petrucci
     * The Great Wojo
  * January 6 – Fishman(died in 2017)
  * January 10 – Pez Whatley|(died in 2005)
  * January 14 – Michael Porter (died in 2010)
  * January 15 – Mano Negra
  * January 20 – Kung Fu(died in 2001)
  * January 23 – Vivian Vachon (died in 1991)
  * January 27 – Ken Timbs(died 2004)
  * February 20 – Dos Caras
  * February 25 – Mr. Pogo(died in 2017)
  * March 3 – Bob Della Serra
  * March 9 – Norvell Austin
  * March 21 – Buck Zumhofe
  * March 25 – Jumbo Tsuruta(died in 2000)
  * April 3 – Ron Starr(died in 2017)
  * April 14 – Willie Williams (died in 2019)
  * May 11 – Mark Rocco(died in 2020)
  * May 19 – Dick Slater (died in 2018)
  * June 13 – Antonio Peña(died in 2006)
  * June 16 – Roberto Durán
  * June 18 – Salvatore Bellomo(died in 2019)
  * June 26 – Larry Sharpe(died in 2017)
  * July 15 – Jesse Ventura
  * July 24 – Skip Young(died in 2010)
  * August 21 – Keith Hart
  * August 25 – Steve Regal
  * September 10:
     * Greg Valentine
     * Steve Keirn
  * September 13 – Jerry Stubbs
  * September 20 – Mike Graham(died in 2012)
  * September 22 – Doug Somers (died in 2017)
  * October 7 – Terry Orndorff
  * October 14 – Mike Miller
  * October 28 – Mike Sharpe(died in 2016)
  * November 30 – Sangre Chicana
  * December 3:
     * Ray Candy(died in 1994)
     * Riki Choshu
  * December 5 – Larry Zbyszko
  * December 13 – Ricky Rice
  * December 20 – Ari Romero(died in 2013)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * July 28 Janet Wolfe (18)
  * October 20 Ed Virag (39)
  