This is a list of various things that took place in 1953.
Significant events[]
March
- 6 – Promoter Paul Boesch introduces the brass knuckles match in Houston, Texas, pitting Bull Curry (who won the match) against Danny McShain
May
- 11 – A ban on tag team wrestling in New York is lifted by the New York State Athletic Commission
July
- 10 – Pacific Northwest Wrestling promoter Don Owen begins airing his events on television when Heidelberg Wrestling debuts on Portland, Oregon station KPTV.
Births[]
January
- 29 - Vulcano
February
- 5 - Takashi Ishikawa
- 9 - Angel Nazi
- 28 - Ricky Steamboat (West Point, New York, United States)
May
- 4 - Salman Hashimikov (Moscow, Russia)
- 10 - Tito Santana
June
- 30 - Monsther
August
- 11 - Franco Colombo
- 11 – Hulk Hogan (Augusta, Georgia, United States)
- 14 - Gran Markus Jr.
September
- 4 - Kengo Kimura
December
- 1 - Espartano
- 14 - Fuerza Guerrera
- 28 - Tatsumi Fujinami (Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan)
Deaths[]
May
- 29 - Man Mountain Dean (Heart attack)
July
- 18 - Bull Komar
Debuts[]
Unknown
July
- 29 - Toña la Tapatía
September
- 20 - Tauro
Events[]
Title changes[]
January
- 9 - Harold Sakata & Toi Yamamoto defeated Kurt Von Poppenheim & John Cretorian for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship
- 12 - Yvon Robert & Whipper Billy Watson defeated Al & Tiny Mills for the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship
- 15 - Dave Sims defeated Bobby Lane for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
- 26 - Aldo Bogni defeated Don McIntyre for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
February
- 9 - Mars Bennett defeated Betty Hawkins for the NWA Florida Women's Championship
- 17 - Dory Funk Sr. defeated Ivan Kalmikoff for the NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship
- 18 - Ray Gunkel defeated Mr. Moto for the vacant NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship
March
- 1 - Tom Rice & Al Kashey defeated Bobby Bruns & Rikidōzan for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
- 2 - Gloria Barattini defeated Mars Bennett for the NWA Florida Women's Championship in a Six Person Battle Royal
- 6 - Bill Curry defeated Danny McShain for the vacant NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version)
- 7 - Gorgeous George defeated Aldo Bogni for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
- 16 - Don McIntyre defeated Gorgeous George for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
April
- 5 - Bobby Bruns & Bobby Managoff defeated Tom Rice & Al Kashey for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
May
- 6 - Leo Nomellini & Enrique Torres defeated Ben & Mike Sharpe for the NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)
June
- 7 - Hans Schnabel defeated Bobby Bruns for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
- 20 - Sugi Sito defeated Tarzán López for the NWA World Middleweight Championship
July
- 9 - Roger Mackay defeatd Dory Funk Sr. for the NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship
- 19 - Bobby Managoff defeated Hans Schnabel for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
- 25 - Bill Melby & Billy Darnell defeated Lord James Blears & Martino Angelo for the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)
- 25 - Blue Demon defeated El Santo for the NWA World Welterweight Championship
August
- 10 - Frank Stojack defeated Gypsy Joe for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
- 23 - Ben Sharpe defeated Bobby Managoff for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
September
- 3 – Verne Gagne is awarded the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version) as the first recognized titleholder
- 27 - Bud Curtis & Tommy O'Toole defeated Bobby Bruns & Bobby Managoff for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship
- 28 - Betty Hawkins defeated Gloria Barattini for the NWA Florida Women's Championship
October
- 1 - Lenny Montana defeated Dave Sims for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
- 12 - Dot Dotson defeated Betty Hawkins for the NWA Florida Women's Championship
- 16 - Ray Villmer defeated Don McIntyre for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
November
- 16 - Betty Hawkins defeated Dot Doston for the NWA Florida Women's Championship
- 27 - Al & Tiny Mills defeated Yvon Robert & Whipper Billy Watson for the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship
December
- 11 - Sonny Myers defeated Lenny Montana for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
- 21 - David Jones & Carl Engstrom defeated Harold Sakata & Toi Yamamoto for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship