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1950 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
September 21	EMLL	EMLL 17th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Sugi Sito defeated Tarzán López (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tarzán López^[2]
September 21	Sugi Sito	EMLL 17th Anniversary Show	^[2]

NWA World Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Gory Guerrero^[3]
No title changes^[3]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion - Daniel Aldana^[4]
No title changes^[4]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Uncertain^[5]
No title changes^[5]

Incoming champion – Black Shadow^[6]
No title changes^[6]

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Cavernario Galindo^[7]
December	Enrique Llanes	align=left\|^[7]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Santo^[8]
No title changes^[8]

NWA

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Lou Thesz^[9]
No title changes^[9]

Debuts

Births

January 5 – Bobby Kay^[11](died in 2020) [1]
January 13 – Bruce Hart^[11]
January 18 – Kahoz^[11]
February 2L
- Osamu Kido^[11]
- Genichiro Tenryu^[11]
April 3 – Ron Starr^[11](died in 2017) [2]
May 2 – Randy Culley^[11](died in 2019)[3]
May 29 – Kamala^[11]
June 7 – Howard Finkel^[11](died in 2020)[4]
June 13 – Chris Taylor^[11](died in 1979) [5]
June 26 – Larry Sharpe^[11](died in 2017) [6]
July 14 – Hercules Ayala^[11](died in 2020) [7]
August 1 – Jimmy Golden^[11]
October 10 – Gene Ligon^[11]
November 10 – Bob Orton Jr.^[11]
November 27 – Gran Hamada^[11]
November 30 – Leroy Brown^[11](died in 1988) [8]

Deaths

August 25 – Earl Caddock^[12]
November 4 – Danno O'Mahoney^[12]

References

^ 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 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ ^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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ ^a ^b 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ ^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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ ^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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ ^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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ ^a ^b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). ""United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title"". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 15. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Wrestlers debuted in 1950: 1 - 40 of 40". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Wrestlers born in 1950: 1 - 50 of 54". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Wrestlers deceased in 1950: 1 - 21 of 21". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[79Anniversaries-1] 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.

[NWALMiddle-2] 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[NWALWelter-3] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[MexHeavy-4] 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[MexMiddle-5] 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[MexLight-6] 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[MexLHeavy-7] 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[MexWelter-8] 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[NWAWorlds-9] Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). ""United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title"". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 15. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[WD1950Debuts-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Wrestlers debuted in 1950: 1 - 40 of 40". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1950Births-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Wrestlers born in 1950: 1 - 50 of 54". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1950Deaths-12] "Wrestlers deceased in 1950: 1 - 21 of 21". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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 ==Births==
-*January 5 {{ndash}} [[Bobby Kay]]<ref name=WD1950Births>{{cite web | url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bsuche&aufgabe=suche&geburtsj=1950 | title=Wrestlers born in 1950: 1 - 50 of 54 | accessdate=February 1, 2020 | work=Wrestling Data}}</ref>
+*January 5 {{ndash}} [[Bobby Kay]]<ref name=WD1950Births>{{cite web | url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bsuche&aufgabe=suche&geburtsj=1950 | title=Wrestlers born in 1950: 1 - 50 of 54 | accessdate=February 1, 2020 | work=Wrestling Data}}</ref>(died in 2020) [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/]
 *January 13 {{ndash}} [[Bruce Hart (wrestler)|Bruce Hart]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
 *January 18 {{ndash}} [[Kahoz]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
@@ Line 141: / Line 141: @@
 **[[Osamu Kido]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
 **[[Genichiro Tenryu]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
-*February 19 {{ndash}} [[Big John Studd]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
+*April 3 {{ndash}} [[Ron Starr]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>(died in 2017) [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/]
-*April 3 {{ndash}} [[Ron Starr]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
+*May 2 {{ndash}} [[Randy Culley]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>(died in 2019)[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/]
-*May 2 {{ndash}} [[Randy Culley]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
 *May 29 {{ndash}} [[Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
-*June 7 {{ndash}} [[Howard Finkel]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
+*June 7 {{ndash}} [[Howard Finkel]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>(died in 2020)[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/]
-*June 13 {{ndash}} [[Chris Taylor (wrestler)|Chris Taylor]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
+*June 13 {{ndash}} [[Chris Taylor (wrestler)|Chris Taylor]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>(died in 1979) [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/]
-*June 26 {{ndash}} [[Larry Sharpe (wrestler)|Larry Sharpe]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
+*June 26 {{ndash}} [[Larry Sharpe (wrestler)|Larry Sharpe]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>(died in 2017) [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/]
-*July 14 {{ndash}} [[Hercules Ayala]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
+*July 14 {{ndash}} [[Hercules Ayala]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>(died in 2020) [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/]
 *August 1 {{ndash}} [[Jimmy Golden]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
 *October 10 {{ndash}} [[Gene Ligon]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
 *November 10 {{ndash}} [[Bob Orton Jr.]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
 *November 27 {{ndash}} [[Gran Hamada]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
-*November 30 {{ndash}} [[Leroy Brown (wrestler)|Leroy Brown]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>
+*November 30 {{ndash}} [[Leroy Brown (wrestler)|Leroy Brown]]<ref name=WD1950Births/>(died in 1988) [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/]
 ==Deaths==

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