title: 1954 in professional wrestling
text: # 1954 in professional wrestling
  
  1954 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 1954.
  
  | Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
  | - | - |
  | Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |
  
  ## Calendar of notable shows
  
  | Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | September 26 | EMLL | EMLL 21st Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Gory Guerrero wrestled Cavernario Galindo to a "no contest" as neither man was able to continue wrestling in a "super libre", No Disqualification match |
  | (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||
  
  ## Championship changes
  
  ### EMLL
  
  NWA World Middleweight Championship :
  
  | incoming champion – Sugi Sito |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | January 1 | El Santo | EMLL show | |
  
  NWA World Welterweight Championship :
  
  * incoming champion – Blue Demon ||||
  * No title changes ||||
  
  Mexican National Heavyweight Championship :
  
  | incoming champion - Firpo Segura |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | August 12 | Joaquin Murrieta | EMLL show | |
  
  Mexican National Middleweight Championship :
  
  * incoming champion – Uncertain ||||
  * No title changes ||||
  
  Mexican National Lightweight Championship :
  
  | incoming champion – Black Shadow |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | Uncertain | Vacant | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons |
  
  Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship :
  
  * incoming champion – Vacant ||||
  * No title changes ||||
  
  Mexican National Welterweight Championship :
  
  * incoming champion – Vacant ||||
  * 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:
     * Al Tomko
     * Billy Red Lyons
     * The Destroyer
     * Dory Dixon
     * El Gladiador
     * Joe Higuchi
     * Johnny Weaver
     * Killer Karl Kox
     * Nick Bockwinkel
     * René Guajardo
     * Sandy Scott
  * February 4 – Kurt von Brauner
  * April – Felipe Ham Lee
  * July 29 – Penny Banner
  * October 8 – Ray Mendoza
  * October – Toyonobori
  
  ## Births
  
  * Date of birth uncertain:
     * Haiti Kid
     * Mike Masters (died in 2022)
  * January 1 – Danie Voges (died in 2021)
  * January 3 – Dean Hart(died in 1990)
  * January 14 – Jim Duggan
  * January 14 – Masanobu Fuchi
  * January 18 – Ted DiBiase
  * January 22 – Tully Blanchard
  * February 7 – Rip Rogers
  * March 25 – Tim White (died in 2022)
  * April 10 – Paul Bearer(died in 2013)
  * April 17 – Roddy Piper(died in 2015)
  * April 23 – Tony Atlas
  * May 13 – Masakre (died in 2012)
  * June 1 – Big Bully Busick(died in 2018)
  * June 5 – Mocho Cota(died in 2016)
  * June 11 – Lee Wang-pyo (died in 2018)
  * July 11 – Butch Reed(died in 2021)
  * July 27 – Manny Fernandez
  * August 1 – Trevor Berbick (died in 2006)
  * August 5 – Matthew Saad Muhammad (died in 2014)
  * August 31 – Águila Solitaria
  * September 4 – El Signo
  * September 13 – Mike Hogewood (died in 2018)
  * September 17 – Bill Irwin
  * September 25 – Al Burke
  * October 1 – Héctor Guerrero
  * October 17 – Black Cat(died in 2006)
  * November 20 – Kyohei Wada
  * December 8 – Gama Singh
  * December 28 – Lanny Poffo(died in 2023)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * April 6 - Tiger Jack Fox (47)
  * September 3 – Karl Pojello (61)
  * September 4 – Maurice Tillet (50)
  * October 10 – Tony Stecher (65)
  * November 22 – Jess McMahon (72)
  * November 26 – Bobby Becker (36)
  