1969 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promotions Only one promotion held notable shows in 1969. Promotion NameAbbreviationEMLL
Calendar of notable shows Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main eventAprilEMLL13. Aniversario de Arena MéxicoMexico City, MexicoBlack Shadow and Ray Mendoza defeated Los Hippies (Renate Torres and El Vikingo) in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair matchAugust 15EMLL 36th Anniversary ShowEl Solitario defeated Rayo de Jalisco (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Championship changes EMLL DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)December 19Coloso ColosettiEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)April 18Rayo de JaliscoEMLL showAugust 15El SolitarioEMLL 36th Anniversary Show
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DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)March 30GoliathEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)November 20René GuajardoEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)September 20Rodolfo RuizEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)April 11Raul MataEMLL show
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)June 14Huracán RamírezEMLL showSeptember 5Karloff LagardeEMLL show
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NWA DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)February 11Dory Funk Jr.NWA show
Debuts Debut Date
Date Unknown
Retirements Red Berry (1932-1969)
Births January 2 Jimmy Cicero January 4 Reno January 7 Black Warrior (died in 2023) January 12 R. D. Reynolds January 13 John Kronus (died in 2007) January 18 Dave Bautista Marvin Pope January 24 Pentagón Black January 30 Takaku Fuke February 5 Doug Gilbert February 9 Kaoru February 16 Gangrel February 20: Esther Moreno Gedo March 13: Masakatsu Funaki Kazuo Takahashi March 14 Beulah McGillicutty March 15 Piratita Morgan(died in 2018) April 2 Rick Fuller April 3 Lance Storm April 7 Droz(died in 2023) April 11 Dustin Rhodes April 18 Pimpinela Escarlata April 22 Kyoko Inoue May 8 Akebono Tarō(died in 2024) May 20 Road Dogg May 28 Etsuko Mita May 30 Lexie Fyfe June 5 Ric Savage June 9 Chip Minton June 10 Morphosis June 12 Héctor Garza(died in 2013) June 13 Headbanger Thrasher June 16: Masao Orihara Yuji Yasuraoka June 23 Svetlana Goundarenko June 24 Mad Man Pondo June 27 Mije June 28 - Jon Heidenreich July 7 The Great Sasuke July 14 Kazushi Sakuraba July 20 Mike Sanders July 27 Triple H July 28 Brian Johnston July 29 Mike Segura July 31 Kid Kash August 17 Dick Togo August 21 Nathan Jones August 26 Angel Orsini September 2 Joe E. Legend September 3 Marianna Komlos(died in 2004) September 17 Paul Varelans (died in 2021) September 20 Megumi Kudo September 24 Chilly Willy September 30 Chris Von Erich(died in 1991) October 7 Malia Hosaka October 9 Jun Akiyama October 16 Takao Omori October 19 Hido (died in 2021) October 22 Cutie Suzuki October 26 Kurrgan October 30 Alex Porteau November 7 Takako Inoue November 18 Koichiro Kimura (died in 2014) November 30 Conan Stevens December 4 Dynamite Kansai December 13 Emory Hale (died in 2006) December 17 Kiyoshi Tamura December 21 Mauro Ranallo December 24 Brad Anderson December 26 Tom Howard December 27 Chyna(died in 2016) December 30 Nobukazu Hirai
Deaths January 9 Ed McLemore 63 January 13 Jim Hady, 38 January 25 Frank Scarpa 53 April 29 John Foti 41 July 2 Iron Mike DiBiase, 45 August 24 Fred Kohler, 66 August 31 Rocky Marciano, 45 November 3 Tonina Jackson, 52 December 8 Dick Axman, 78 December 17 Frank Hill Murdoch, 60
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