1957 in professional wrestling

1957 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1957.

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Bulldog Bob Brown^[12]
  • “Cowboy” Bob Ellis
  • Hiro Matsuda^[12]
  • Jarochita Rivero^[12]
  • Killer Karl Krupp^[12]
  • Larry Hennig^[12]
  • Les Thornton^[12]
  • Swede Hanson^[12]
• March – Rene Goulet^[12]
• August 8 – Adrian Street^[12]

• January 5 – Robert Swenson (died in 1997)
• January 7 – Mighty Wilbur^[13](died in 2014)
• January 9 – El Egipcio^[14](died in 2018)
• January 12 – B. Brian Blair
• January 22:
  • 911^[14]
  • Rita Chatterton
• January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk^[13](died in 2003)
• February 10 – Chamaco Valaguez^[14]
• February 14 – Dr. Karonte (died in 2019)
• February 24 – C.W. Bergstrom^[14]
• April 3 – Daikokubō Benkei
• April 4 – Grigory Verichev (died in 2006)
• April 9 – Joel Deaton
• April 21 – Brutus Beefcake^[14]
• May 1 – Dave Taylor^[14]
• May 4 – Bart Vale
• May 9 – Mike Shaw^[13](died in 2010)
• May 15 – Kevin Von Erich^[14]
• May 18 – Rob Bartlett^[13]
• May 25 – Dark Journey^[14]
• June 12 – Negro Navarro^[13]
• June 20 – Koko B. Ware^[14]
• June 25 – Floyd Creatchman^[14](died in 2003)
• July 2 – Bret Hart^[14]
• July 13 – Irma Aguilar^[14]
• July 24 – Joseph Savoldi
• July 27 – Matt Borne^[13](died in 2013)
• July 28 – Asbjørn Riis^[14]
• August 10 – Fred Ottman
• August 11 – Bill Alfonso^[14]
• August 14 – Gino Hernandez^[14](died in 1986)
• August 20 – Rip Morgan^[13]
• August 23 – Fumihiro Niikura
• September 7 – Corporal Kirchner^[14](died in 2021)
• September 9 – Garry Robbins (died in 2013)
• September 16 – D. C. Drake^[14]
• September 28 – Mountain Fiji (died in 2018)
• October 10 – Farmer Brooks^[14](died in 2022)
• October 12 – Emilio Charles Jr.^[14](died in 2012)
• October 16 – Lord Zoltan
• October 17 – Steve McMichael^[13]
• October 19 – Wojo the BC Hulk
• October 24 – Italian Stallion^[14]
• October 25 – Atsushi Onita^[14]
• October 30 – Jackie Sato (died in 1999)
• November 7:
  • King Kong Bundy^[14](died in 2019)
  • Tony Schiavone^[13]
  • Christopher Knight
• November 12 – Vladimir Petrov (died in 2024)
• November 14 – Stephen Petitpas
• November 7 – Ed Moretti
• November 24 – Tiger Mask / Satoru Sayama^[14]
• November 27 – Johnny Mantell^[14]
• December 8 – Reverend Slick^[13]

• April 6 – Gustav Frištenský, 77
• April 23 – Cora Livingston, 68/70
• August 9 – Babe Zaharias^[15] 45
• November 1 – Giovanni Raicevich, 77