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1951 in professional wrestling, the Glossary

1951 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.^[1]

73 relations: A. J. Petrucci, Antonio Peña, Ari Romero, Black Shadow (wrestler), Bobby Bonales, Buck Zumhofe, Chris Tolos, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Dick Slater, Don Fargo, Dos Caras, Doug Somers, Dr. Bill Miller, Ede Virág-Ébner, El Santo, EMLL 18th Anniversary Show, Enrique Llanes, Espectro I, Fishman (wrestler), Gory Guerrero, Greg Valentine, Happy Humphrey, Janet Wolfe, Jerry Stubbs, Jesse Ventura, Jumbo Tsuruta, Keith Hart (wrestler), Ken Timbs, Kinji Shibuya, Kung Fu (wrestler), Larry Sharpe (wrestler), Larry Zbyszko, Lou Thesz, Luther Lindsay, Mano Negra (wrestler), Mark Rocco, Maurice Vachon, Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Lightweight Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, Mexican National Welterweight Championship, Michael Porter (wrestling), Mike Graham (wrestler), Mike Miller (wrestler), Mike Sharpe, Mikel Scicluna, Mr. Pogo, Norvell Austin, NWA World Middleweight Championship, ... Expand index (23 more) »
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A. J. Petrucci

Anthony J. Petrucci (born 1951) is an American professional wrestler.

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Antonio Peña

Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada (June 13, 1951 – October 5, 2006) was a Mexican professional wrestling promoter who founded the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion in 1992.

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Ari Romero

Jose Luis Arias Romero (December 20, 1951 – December 29, 2013), was a Mexican professional wrestler who wrestled in Mexico, the United States and Japan, under the ring name Ari Romero.

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Black Shadow (wrestler)

Alejandro Cruz Ortiz (May 3, 1921 – March 8, 2007) was a Mexican Luchador (professional wrestler), known worldwide as Black Shadow (Sombras).

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Roberto Aceves, (September 25, 1916 – June 26, 1994), better known under the ring name Bobby Bonales, was a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler who was active during the early days of Lucha Libre in Mexico, making his debut in 1934.

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Buck Zumhofe

Eugene Otto "Buck" Zumhofe (born March 21, 1951) is a convicted sex offender and former American professional wrestler better known as "The King of Rock n' Roll" Buck Zumhofe.

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Chris Tolos

Chris Tolos (December 5, 1929 – August 13, 2005) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

italic Co., Ltd. (CMLL;, "World Wrestling Council") is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City.

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Dick Slater

Richard Van Slater (May 19, 1951 – October 18, 2018) better known by his ring name "Dirty" Dick Slater, was an American professional wrestler who wrestled in the 1970s, 1980s, and mid-1990s for various promotions including Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

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Don Fargo

Donald Vincent Kalt (October 3, 1930 – November 8, 2015), better known by his ring name Don Fargo, was a German-born American professional wrestler.

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Dos Caras

José Luis Rodríguez Arellano (born February 21, 1951) is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras (Spanish for "two faces").

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Doug Somers

Douglas Duane Somerson (September 22, 1951 – May 16, 2017) was an American professional wrestler known by his ring name "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers.

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Dr. Bill Miller

William M. Miller (June 5, 1927 – March 24, 1997) was an American professional wrestler.

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Ede Virág-Ébner

Ede Virág-Ébner (12 August 1912 – 22 October 1951) was a Hungarian wrestler.

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El Santo

Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (23 September 1917 – 5 February 1984), best known by his ring name El Santo (English: "The Saint"), was a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler), actor and folk hero.

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EMLL 18th Anniversary Show

The EMLL 18th Anniversary Show (18.) was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 21, 1951, in Arena Modelo, Mexico City, Mexico.

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Enrique Llanes

Enrique Juan Yañez González (August 24, 1919 – September 18, 2004), best known under the ring name Enrique Llanes, was one of the premier Hispanic professional wrestlers in the early days of Lucha Libre when most wrestlers were imported from outside of Mexico.

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Espectro I

Antonio "Toño" Hernández Arriaga (February 9, 1934 – October 13, 1993) was a Mexican professional wrestler or luchador best known under the ring name El Espectro I ("The Ghost"), at times referred to as Espectro de Ultratumba ("The ghost from beyond the grave").

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Fishman (wrestler)

José Ángel Nájera Sánchez (January 6, 1951 – April 8, 2017) was a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Fishman.

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Gory Guerrero

Salvador Guerrero Quesada (January 11, 1921 – April 18, 1990), better known as Gory Guerrero, was one of the premier Mexican-American professional wrestlers in the early days of Lucha Libre when most wrestlers were imported from outside Mexico.

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Greg Valentine

Jonathan Anthony Wisniski (born September 20, 1951) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "the Hammer" Valentine.

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Happy Humphrey

William Joseph Cobb (July 16, 1926 – March 14, 1989), best known by his ring and screen names of Happy Humphrey, Happy Farmer Humphrey, and "Squasher" Humphrey, was an American professional wrestler, known as the heaviest professional wrestler of all time.

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Janet Wolfe

Janet Boyer Wolfe (June 13, 1933 – July 28, 1951), also known as Jeanette Wolfe, was an American professional wrestler.

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Jerry Stubbs

Jerry Stubbs (born September 13, 1951) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos; July 15, 1951) is an American politician, actor, and retired professional wrestler.

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Jumbo Tsuruta

, better known by his ring name, was a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) for most of his career, and is well known for being the first ever Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, having won the PWF Heavyweight Championship, the NWA United National Championship, and the NWA International Heavyweight Championship, and unifying the three titles.

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Keith Hart (wrestler)

Keith William Hart (born August 21, 1951) is an American born-Canadian retired professional wrestler and firefighter.

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Ken Timbs

Ken Timbs (January 27, 1951 – August 1, 2004) was an American professional wrestler who, with tag team partner Eric Embry, competed as one half of the Fabulous Blondes in several regional territories including Southwest Championship Wrestling and International World Class Championship Wrestling during the early 1980s.

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Kinji Shibuya

Robert "Kinji" Shibuya (May 16, 1921 – May 3, 2010) was an American professional wrestler and actor.

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Kung Fu (wrestler)

Raymundo Acosta Veloz (January 20, 1951 – January 3, 2001) was a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Kung Fu.

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Larry Sharpe (wrestler)

Larry Weil (June 26, 1951 – April 10, 2017) was an Irish-American professional wrestler, manager and trainer better known under his ring name, "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe.

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Larry Zbyszko

Lawrence Whistler (born December 5, 1951), better known by the ring name Larry Zbyszko, is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Lou Thesz

Aloysius Martin Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002), known by the ring name Lou Thesz, was an American professional wrestler.

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Luther Lindsay

Luther Jacob Goodall (December 30, 1924 – February 21, 1972) was an American professional football player and wrestler, known by his ringname Luther Lindsay or Lindsey, who competed throughout the United States with the National Wrestling Alliance as well as international promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling, Joint Promotions and Stampede Wrestling.

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Mano Negra (wrestler)

Jesús Reza Rosales (born January 15, 1951) is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Mano Negra.

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Mark Rocco

Mark Hussey (11 May 1951 – 30 July 2020) was an English professional wrestler who competed for Joint Promotions, All Star Wrestling and the second BWF as Mark "Rollerball" Rocco and as the original masked Black Tiger in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Maurice Vachon

Joseph Maurice Régis Vachon (September 14, 1929 − November 21, 2013) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Mad Dog Vachon.

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Mexican National Heavyweight Championship

The Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (called the Campeonato Nacional Completo in Spanish) is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) championship created and sanctioned by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission (Spanish: Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre México D.F.).

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Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship

The Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Nacional Semicompleto in Spanish) is a national Mexican singles professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission).

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Mexican National Lightweight Championship

The Mexican National Lightweight Championship (Campeonato Nacional de Peso Ligero in Spanish) is a Mexican professional wrestling singles championship created and sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. ("the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission" in Spanish).

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Mexican National Middleweight Championship

The Mexican National Middleweight Championship (Campeonato Nacional de Peso Medio) is a professional wrestling championship controlled by the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission).

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Mexican National Welterweight Championship

The Mexican National Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Nacional Peso Welter in Spanish) is a Mexican professional wrestling championship created and sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission).

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Michael Porter (wrestling)

Michael Porter (born Kim Michael Porter, January 14, 1951 – October 23, 2010) was an American professional wrestling ring announcer and internet radio host.

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Mike Graham (wrestler)

Edward Michael Gossett (September 22, 1951 – October 19, 2012), better known as Mike Graham, was an American professional wrestler who was the son of Eddie Graham.

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Mike Miller (wrestler)

James Michael Hillman (born October 14, 1951), better known by the ring name "Mean" Mike Miller, is an American professional wrestler who had great success in Pacific Northwest Wrestling.

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Mike Sharpe

Michael Sharpe (October 28, 1951 – January 17, 2016) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known as "Iron" Mike Sharpe.

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Mikel Scicluna

Mikel Scicluna (July 29, 1929 – March 20, 2010) was a Maltese professional wrestler who gained his fame during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Mr. Pogo

was a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his work under the ring name.

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Norvell Austin

Norvell Austin (born March 9, 1951) is a retired American professional wrestler.

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NWA World Middleweight Championship

The NWA World Middleweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) between 1939 and 2010.

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NWA World Welterweight Championship

The NWA World Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Welter de NWA) is an inactive professional wrestling championship governed by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and most recently promoted by NWA Mexico.

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NWA World's Heavyweight Championship

The NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion.

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Pez Whatley

Pezavan Whatley (January 10, 1951 – January 18, 2005) was an American professional wrestler best known for his time with NWA Mid-America.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.

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Ray Candy

Ray Canty (December 3, 1951 – May 23, 1994), better known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler who worked for a variety of different wrestling promotions in the United States, Japan and Puerto Rico such as Jim Crockett Promotions, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling Council and others.

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Ricky Rice

Ricky Rice is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Riki Choshu

, better known by his ring name, is a South Korean-Japanese retired professional wrestler who is best known for his longtime work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as both a wrestler and a booker.

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Rikidōzan

(born Kim Sin-rak;; November 14, 1924 – December 15, 1963), better known as Rikidōzan (力道山), was a Korean-born Japanese wrestler who competed in sumo and professional wrestling.

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Roberto Durán

Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001.

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Ron Starr

Bobby Eugene Nutt (April 3, 1951 – June 8, 2017), better known by his ring name Ron Starr, was an American professional wrestler.

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Salvatore Bellomo

Salvatore Martino (June 18, 1951 – February 9, 2019) was a Belgian professional wrestler.

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Sangre Chicana

Sangre Chicana (Spanish for "Chicano Blood") is the ring name of retired Mexican professional wrestler Andrés Durán Reyes (born November 30, 1951).

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Súper Luchas

Súper Luchas is a Spanish-language publication covering lucha libre and other forms of professional wrestling.

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Skip Young (wrestler)

Galton W. Young, better known as Skip Young and Sweet Brown Sugar (July 24, 1951 – December 3, 2010) was an American professional wrestler who competed on the Southeastern regional promotions during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s in Florida Championship Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance.

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Stan Holek

Stan Holek (April 4, 1933 – November 28, 2015) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Stan Lisowski and Stan Neilson.

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Steve Keirn

Stephen Paul Keirn (born September 10, 1951) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Steve Regal

Steve Regal (born August 25, 1951) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Sugi Sito

Francisco Javier Mar Hernández (December 4, 1926 – May 4, 2000) was a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter, known by the ring name "El Orgullo de Oriente" ("The pride of the Orient") Sugi Sito.

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Terry Orndorff

Terry Orndorff (born October 7, 1951) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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The Great Wojo

Gregory M. Wojciechowski (born 1951) is a former American amateur wrestler and professional wrestler, best known by his ring name The Great Wojo, who competed primarily for the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association during the 1980s, most notably being featured in the $10,000 Challenge, in which he issued an open challenge to face him in a "shoot wrestling" match with the winner receiving $10,000.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_in_professional_wrestling

, NWA World Welterweight Championship, NWA World's Heavyweight Championship, Pez Whatley, Professional wrestling, Ray Candy, Ricky Rice, Riki Choshu, Rikidōzan, Roberto Durán, Ron Starr, Salvatore Bellomo, Sangre Chicana, Súper Luchas, Skip Young (wrestler), Stan Holek, Steve Keirn, Steve Regal, Sugi Sito, Terry Orndorff, The Great Wojo, Virgil (wrestler), Vivian Vachon, Willie Williams (karateka).

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