title: 1941 in professional wrestling
text: # 1941 in professional wrestling
  
  1941 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 1941.
  
  | Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
  | - | - |
  | Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |
  
  ## Calendar of notable shows
  
  | Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | September 25 | EMLL | EMLL 8th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Mike London (c) defeated Gorilla Ramos in a best two-out-of-three falls for the Mexican National Junior Heavyweight Championship |
  | (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||
  
  ## Championship changes
  
  ### EMLL
  
  NWA World Middleweight Championship :
  
  | incoming champion – Tarzán López |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | December 16 | Black Guzmán | EMLL show | |
  
  Mexican National Heavyweight Championship :
  
  * incoming champion - Firpo Segura ||||
  * No title changes ||||
  
  Mexican National Middleweight Championship :
  
  | incoming champion – Tarzán López |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | May 12 | Black Guzmán | EMLL show | |
  | December 16 | Vacated | N/A | Championship vacated after Guzmán won the NWA World Middleweight Championship |
  
  Mexican National Lightweight Championship :
  
  * incoming champion – Dientes Hernandez ||||
  * No title changes ||||
  
  Mexican National Welterweight Championship :
  
  | incoming champion – Vacant |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | April 6 | Lobo Negro | EMLL show | |
  | November 23 | Jack O'Brien | EMLL show | |
  
  incoming champion - Luis Robles :
  
  | Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1941 | Vacated | N/A | Robles died in an automobile accident |
  
  ## Debuts
  
  * Debut date uncertain:
     * Yukon Eric
  
  ## Births
  
  * Date of birth uncertain:
     * Jarochita Rivero(died in 2006)
     * Rocket Monroe(died in 2010)
  * January 11 – Abdullah the Butcher
  * January 19 – Pat Patterson(died in 2020)
  * January 21 – Ivan Putski
  * January 22 – Tony Parisi(died in 2000)
  * January 24:
     * Teruo Takahashi
     * Klaus Kauroff (died in 2020)
  * February 3 – Dory Funk Jr.
  * March 2 – Charlie Cook (died in 2020)
  * April 11 - Buddy Wolfe (died in 2017)
  * May 16 – Johnny Rodz
  * May 18 – Gino Brito
  * June 8 – Paul Peller
  * June 29 – Johnny Saint
  * June 30 – Rusher Kimura(died in 2010)
  * July 5 – Little Tokyo(died in 2011)
  * July 8 – Thunderbolt Patterson
  * July 8 – Jerry Valiant (died in 2010)
  * July 20 - Don Chuy (died in 2014)
  * July 25 - Norman Frederick Charles III (died in 2019)
  * September 15 - Verne Langdon (died in 2011)
  * September 21 – Jack Brisco(died in 2010)
  * October 15 - John Quinn (died in 2019)
  * October 16 - Bob Leonard (died in 2016)
  * October 19 – Peter Thornley
  * October 30 - Kotetsu Yamamoto (died in 2010)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 31 – Alfred Albert Joe de Re la Gardiur (59)
  * October 12 – Buddy O'Brien (31)
  