NWA World Middleweight challenger tournament, 1953
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A tournament was held to determine a #1 contender to Tarzan Lopez's #1 contender on Arena Coliseo shows in mid-year 1953. The tournament took place over three weeks, a full round a week.
The first round matches were set by battle royal. The match-ups are unknown.
Eliminated in the first round
June 12 | June 19 | June 26 | |||||||||||
El Santo | W | ||||||||||||
El Santo | W | ||||||||||||
Enrique Llanes | |||||||||||||
Enrique Llanes | W | ||||||||||||
El Santo | |||||||||||||
Sugi Sito | W | ||||||||||||
Sugi Sito | W | ||||||||||||
Sugi Sito | W | ||||||||||||
Black Shadow | |||||||||||||
Black Shadow | W | ||||||||||||
Sugi Sito defeated Tarzan Lopez to win the championship on July 10.