1956 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1956.

• January 6 - Heavyweight Wrestling debuts in the Northeast as the main television program of the Capitol Wrestling Corporation based from Turner's Arena in Washington, DC.
• April – Arena México opens, built by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") owner Salvador Lutteroth. Arena México became EMLL's main venue from that point forward and is referred to as the Cathedral of Lucha Libre.^[1][2]

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Sandy Barr^[12]
  • Jody Hamilton^[12]
  • Smasher Sloan^[12]
  • Mr. Wrestling II^[12]

• January 10 – Denny Brown
• January 11 – Kuniaki Kobayashi^[13]
• March 18 – Rick Martel^[13]
• March 21 – Angel Gabriele (died in 2016)
• March 23 – Ryuma Go (died in 2009)
• March 24 – Teijo Khan (died in 2020)
• March 28 – Dangerous Danny Davis^[13]
• April 5 – Diamond Dallas Page^[13]
• April 14 – Larry Winters (died in 2015)
• April 21 – Vicky Williams^[14]
• May 7 – Hercules^[13](died in 2004)
• May 9 – Frank Andersson^[13](died in 2018)
• May 11:
• Espanto Jr.^[13]
• Sunny War Cloud^[14]
• May 14 – Kasavubu (d. 1982)
• May 24 – Super Parka^[14]
• May 25:
  • Tatsutoshi Goto^[14]
  • El Solar^[14]
• June 4 – Joe Malenko
• July 13 – Tiger Jackson^[13]
• July 19:
  • Randy Rose^[13]
  • Yoshiaki Yatsu
• July 26 – Tommy Rich^[14]
• July 28 – Jimmy Jackson (wrestler) (died in 2008)
• August 8 – Taras Bulba^[14](died in 2016)
• September 16 – Kazuharu Sonoda^[13](died in 1987)
• September 18 – Súper Kendo^[14]
• September 21 – Ricky Morton^[13]
• September 26 – Richard Charland
• October 12 – Emilio Charles Jr. (died in 2012)
• October 22 – Bob Ryder (died in 2020)
• November 2 – Mike Davis^[13](died in 2001)
• November 3 – Korstia Korchenko
• November 6 – Tony Rumble^[14](died in 1999)
• November 20 – Momma Benjamin
• December 20 – Super Strong Machine^[14]
• December 27 – Masashi Aoyagi (died in 2022)
• December 31 – MS-1^[13](died in 2012)

• May 19 – Jack Taylor (Canadian wrestler) (69)