1969 in professional wrestling

1969 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1969.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
April	EMLL	13. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
August 15		EMLL 36th Anniversary Show		El Solitario defeated Rayo de Jalisco (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Ray Mendoza[2]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
December 19	Coloso Colosetti	EMLL show	[2]

NWA World Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – René Guajardo[3]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 18	Rayo de Jalisco	EMLL show	[3]
August 15	El Solitario	EMLL 36th Anniversary Show	[3]

NWA World Welterweight Championship

incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde[4]

No title changes[4]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Henry Pilusso[5]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 30	Goliath	EMLL show	[5]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – Alberto Muñoz[6]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
November 20	René Guajardo	EMLL show	[6]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship
incoming champion – Estrella Blanca[7]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
September 20	Rodolfo Ruiz	EMLL show	[7]

Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Vacant[8]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 11	Raul Mata	EMLL show	[8]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Vacant[9]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 14	Huracán Ramírez	EMLL show	[9]
September 9	Karloff Lagarde	EMLL show	[9]

Mexican National Tag Team Championship

incoming champion – Possibly La Ola Blanca (Ángel Blanco and Dr. Wagner)[10]

No title changes[10]

Mexican National Women's Championship

incoming champion – Uncertain[11]

No title changes[11]

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Gene Kiniski[12]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 11	Dory Funk Jr.	NWA show	[12]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Bob Roop[13]
  • Dan Kroffat[13]
  • Jimmy Snuka[13]
  • Robert Fuller[13]
  • Roddy Piper[13]
  • Tommy Gilbert[13]
  • Vicky Williams[13]
  • Villano I[13]
  • Villano II[13]
• January 14 – Ultramán[13]
• February 21 – Osamu Kido[13]
• June – Pantera Sureña[13]
• July 16 – Ivan Putski[13]
• September 20 – Animal Hamaguchi[13]
• November – Fishman[13]a

Births

• Date of birth uncertain:
  • Rico Suave[14]
• January 1 – Kimberly Page[15]
• January 7 – Black Warrior[16]
• January 18 – Dave Bautista[16]
• January 24 – Pentagón Black[14]
• February 5 – Doug Gilbert[16]
• February 16 – Gangrel[15]
• February 20:
  • Esther Moreno[16]
  • Gedo[15]
• March 13 – Masakatsu Funaki[14]
• March 14 – Beulah McGillicutty[16]
• March 15 – Piratita Morgan[14]
• April 3 – Lance Storm[14]
• April 4 – Kyoko Inoue[14]
• April 7 – Droz[16]
• April 11 – Dustin Rhodes[16]
• April 18 – Pimpinela Escarlata[14]
• May 8 – Akebono Tarō[16]
• May 20 – Road Dogg[17]
• June 1 – Ian Rotten[15]
• June 10 – Morphosis[14]
• June 12 – Héctor Garza[15]
• June 13 – Headbanger Thrasher[17]
• June 24 – Mad Man Pondo[14]
• June 16:
  • Masao Orihara[14]
  • Yuji Yasuraoka[17]
• June 27 – Mije[14]
• July 7 – The Great Sasuke[15]
• July 20 – Mike Sanders[14]
• July 27 – Triple H[17]
• July 28 – Brian Johnston[16]
• July 29 – Mike Segura[14]
• July 31 – Kid Kash[15]
• August 17 – Dick Togo[16]
• August 28 – Etsuko Mita[16]
• September 2 – Joe E. Legend[15]
• September 3 – Marianna Komlos[14](died in 2004)
• September 7 – Cannonball Grizzly[16]
• September 20 – Megumi Kudo[14]
• September 30 – Chris Von Erich[16]
• October 7 – Malia Hosaka[14]
• October 9 – Jun Akiyama[15]
• October 16 – Takao Omori[17]
• October 19 – Bad Boy Hido[16]
• October 22 – Cutie Suzuki[16]
• October 26 – Kurrgan[15]
• October 30 – Alex Porteau[16]
• November 7 – Takako Inoue[17]
• December 3 – Nobukazu Hirai[14]
• December 4 – Dynamite Kansai[16]
• December 21 – Mauro Ranallo[14]
• December 24 – Brad Anderson[16]
• December 26 – Tom Howard[17]
• December 27 – Chyna[18]

Deaths

• January 9 – Ed McLemore[19]
• January 25 – Frank Scarpa[19]
• July 2 – Iron Mike DiBiase[19]
• August 24 – Fred Kohler[19]

References

1. Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares" [CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 2, 2020.
2. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
3. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middleweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
4. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
5. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
6. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Middleweight Championship". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
7. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
8. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
9. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
10. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: Mexican National Tag Team TItle". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
11. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Title[Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 394. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
12. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). ""United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title"". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 15. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
13. "Wrestlers debuted in 1969: 1 - 34 of 34". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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18. Chan, Sewell (April 21, 2016). "Chyna, Pro Wrestler Turned Reality TV Star, Is Dead at 46". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
19. "Wrestlers deceased in 1969: 1 - 33 of 33". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.