1964 in professional wrestling

1964 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 1964.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable live events

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
April	EMLL	8. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
September 25		EMLL 31st Anniversary Show		Rayo de Jalisco defeated Benny Galant (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship [1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

• March – Dick the Bruiser and Wilbur Snyder opened the World Wrestling Association professional wrestling promotion based out of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Accomplishments and tournaments

EMLL

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Occidente Welterweight Championship tournament	Vick Amezcua	January 1–17	[2]
NWA World Middleweight Championship #1 contendership tournament	Benny Galant	April 10–24	[2] [3]
NWA World Middleweight Championship #1 contendership tournament	Rayo de Jalisco	September 11–19	[2]
Campeonato 1964 tournament	Rayo de Jalisco and El Santo	October 9–16	[2]

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

incoming champion – Gory Guerrero [4]

No title changes [4]

NWA World Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – Rayo de Jalisco [5]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 30	Benny Galant	EMLL show	[5]
September 25	Rayo de Jalisco	EMLL 31st Anniversary Show	[5]

NWA World Welterweight Championship

incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde [6]

No title changes [6]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship

incoming champion - Pepe Mendieta [7]

No title changes [7]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship

incoming champion – El Santo [8]

No title changes [8]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship
incoming champion – Chanoc [9]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 4	Ulises	EMLL show	[9]
June 12	Chanoc	EMLL show	[9]

Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Ray Mendoza [10]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 13	Raúl Reyes	Carnaval de Campeones	[10]
May 5	Alfonso Dantés	EMLL show	[10]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Javier Escobedo [11]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Uncertain	Vacated	N/A	Championship vacated after Escobedo died in an automobile accident [11]
April 13	Rizado Ruiz	EMLL show	Defeated Black Shadow in a tournament final [11]

Mexican National Tag Team Championship
incoming champion – Los Rebeldes (Rene Guajardo and Karloff Lagarde) or Los Espantos (Espanto I and Espanto II) [12]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
October 16	Rayo de Jalisco and El Santo	EMLL show	[12]

Mexican National Women's Championship
incoming champion – Uncertain [13]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Uncertain	Chabela Romero	EMLL show	[13]

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Lou Thesz [14]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
No title changes [14]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Alberto Muñoz ^[15]
  • Johnny Rodz ^[15]
  • Joyce Grable ^[15]
  • Paul Jones ^[15]
  • Thunderbolt Patterson ^[15]
  • Lumberjack Pierre
• May 6 – Jimmy Valiant ^[15]
• October 31 – The Great Kabuki ^[15]
• November – Kendo Nagasaki ^[15]

Births

• Date of birth uncertain:
  • Doug Flex
• January 1 – Mick Tierney
• January 3 – Dan Sileo
• January 4:
  • Riki Takeuchi
  • J. T. Southern ^[16]
• January 6:
  • Jacqueline ^[16]
  • Konnan ^[17]
• January 13 – Zuleyma ^[18]
• January 14 – Ernest Miller
• January 19 – Sonny Blaze ^[18]
• February 3 – Pantera ^[17]
• February 5 – Poison Julie Sawada
• February 7 – Ron Hutchison ^[17]
• February 9 – Madusa ^[17]
• February 14 – Ken Shamrock ^[17]
• February 16 – Shunji Takano ^[18]
• February 18 – Tim Storm ^[19]
• February 19 – Botswana Beast
• March 2 – Mike Von Erich ^[17] (died in 1987)
• March 3 – Glenn Kulka
• March 9:
  • Koki Kitahara
  • Steve Wilkos
• March 14 – Bryan Clark
• March 16 – Henry O. Godwinn ^[16]
• March 22 – El Felino ^[16]
• March 31 – Fez Whatley (died in 2021)
• April 10 – EZ Ryder ^[16]
• April 11 – Takahiro Takigawa ^[18]
• April 14 – Brian Adams ^[20] (died in 2007)
• April 18 – Brick Bronsky (died in 2021)
• April 20 – Big Guido
• May 6 – Brian Knobbs ^[16]
• May 13 – Glacier ^[16]
• May 17 – Woman ^[18] (died in 2007)
• May 22 – Marcus Dupree
• May 31 – Randy Mulkey ^[17]
• June 18 – Big Vito ^[18]
• June 23 – Mosco de la Merced ^[17] (died in 2024)
• July 2:
  • Charles Robinson ^[16]
  • Joe Gomez
  • Hisakatsu Oya
• July 3 – Jack Victory
• July 5 – Jerry Sags ^[16]
• July 6 – Rick Patterson
• July 31 – Wellington Wilkins Jr.
• August 1 – Prince Iaukea ^[17]
• August 10 – Savio Vega ^[17]
• August 19 – Toni Adams (d. 2010)
• August 20 – Tori ^[18]
• August 23 – TARU ^[18]
• August 28:
  • The Colorado Kid
  • John Cozman (died in 2016)
• September 2 – Skayde ^[18]
• September 5 – Emmanuel Yarbrough (died in 2015)
• September 8 – Raven ^[17]
• September 20 – Scott Hudson
• October 6 – Dixie Carter ^[16]
• October 9 – Rockin' Robin ^[17]
• October 26 – Nicole Bass ^[17] (died in 2017)
• October 30 – Shinobu Kandori
• October 31 – The Boogeyman (wrestler) ^[16]
• November 13 – Mike Samples ^[17]
• November 21:
  • Shane Douglas ^[18]
  • Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
• November 30 – Jushin Thunder Liger ^[17]
• December 7 – Curtis Hughes ^[17]
• December 8 – Chigusa Nagayo ^[16]
• December 12 – Sabu ^[17] (died in 2025)
• December 18 – Stone Cold Steve Austin ^[18]
• December 20 – Mark Coleman ^[17]
• December 23 – Swoll
• December 24 – Andre Baker (died in 2010)

Deaths

• February 12 - Al Pierotti, 68
• March 5 – Rocky Columbo, 35
• May 9 – Erik Malmberg ^[21] 67
• September 4 – Nick Lassa, 66
• September 11 – Karol Kalmikoff ^[21] 51
• October 2 – Larry Chene, 40
• October 22 – Tom Packs, 70

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