1969 in professional wrestling

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 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

• February 21 – Osamu Kido ^[13]
• April 2 - Rusher Kimura
• June – Pantera Sureña ^[13]
• July 16 – Ivan Putski ^[13]
• September 20 – Animal Hamaguchi ^[13]
• November – Fishman ^[13]

Date Unknown

• Bob Roop ^[13]
• Dan Kroffat ^[13]
• Jimmy Snuka ^[13]
• Mike George
• Robert Fuller ^[13]
• Roddy Piper ^[13]
• Tommy Gilbert ^[13]
• Vicky Williams ^[13]
• Villano I ^[13]
• Villano II ^[13]
• Sandy Parker
• Miyoko Hoshino (All Japan Women's)
• Hiroko Onishi (All Japan Women's)

Births

• January 2 – Jimmy Cicero
• January 4 – Reno
• January 7 – Black Warrior ^[14] (died in 2023)
• January 12 – R. D. Reynolds
• January 13 – John Kronus (died in 2007)
• January 18 – Dave Bautista ^[14]
• January 24 – Pentagón Black ^[15]
• January 30 – Takaku Fuke
• February 5 – Doug Gilbert ^[14]
• February 9 – Kaoru
• February 16 – Gangrel ^[16]
• February 20:
  • Esther Moreno ^[14]
  • Gedo ^[16]
• March 13:
  • Masakatsu Funaki ^[15]
  • Kazuo Takahashi
• March 14 – Beulah McGillicutty ^[14]
• March 15 – Piratita Morgan ^[15] (died in 2018)
• April 2 – Rick Fuller
• April 3 – Lance Storm ^[15]
• April 7 – Droz ^[14] (died in 2023)
• April 11 – Dustin Rhodes ^[14]
• April 18 – Pimpinela Escarlata ^[15]
• April 22 – Kyoko Inoue
• May 8 – Akebono Tarō ^[14] (died in 2024)
• May 20 – Road Dogg ^[17]
• May 28 – Etsuko Mita
• May 30 – Lexie Fyfe
• June 5 – Ric Savage
• June 9 – Chip Minton
• June 10 – Morphosis ^[15]
• June 12 – Héctor Garza ^[16] (died in 2013)
• June 13 – Headbanger Thrasher ^[17]
• June 16:
  • Masao Orihara ^[15]
  • Yuji Yasuraoka ^[17]
• June 23 – Svetlana Goundarenko
• June 24 – Mad Man Pondo ^[15]
• June 27 – Mije ^[15]
• July 7 – The Great Sasuke ^[16]
• July 14 – Kazushi Sakuraba
• July 20 – Mike Sanders ^[15]
• July 27 – Triple H ^[17]
• July 28 – Brian Johnston ^[14]
• July 29 – Mike Segura ^[15]
• July 31 – Kid Kash ^[16]
• August 17 – Dick Togo ^[14]
• August 21 – Nathan Jones
• August 26 – Angel Orsini
• September 2 – Joe E. Legend ^[16]
• September 3 – Marianna Komlos ^[15] (died in 2004)
• September 17 – Paul Varelans (died in 2021)
• September 20 – Megumi Kudo ^[15]
• September 24 – Chilly Willy
• September 30 – Chris Von Erich ^[14] (died in 1991)
• October 7 – Malia Hosaka ^[15]
• October 9 – Jun Akiyama ^[16]
• October 16 – Takao Omori ^[17]
• October 19 – Hido ^[14] (died in 2021)
• October 22 – Cutie Suzuki ^[14]
• October 26 – Kurrgan ^[16]
• October 30 – Alex Porteau ^[14]
• November 7 – Takako Inoue ^[17]
• November 18 – Koichiro Kimura (died in 2014)
• November 30 – Conan Stevens
• December 4 – Dynamite Kansai ^[14]
• December 13 – Emory Hale (died in 2006)
• December 17 – Kiyoshi Tamura
• December 21 – Mauro Ranallo ^[15]
• December 24 – Brad Anderson ^[14]
• December 26 – Tom Howard ^[17]
• December 27 – Chyna ^[18] (died in 2016)
• December 30 – Nobukazu Hirai ^[15]

Deaths

• January 9 – Ed McLemore ^[19] 63
• January 13 – Jim Hady, 38
• January 25 – Frank Scarpa ^[19] 53
• April 29 – John Foti 41
• July 2 – Iron Mike DiBiase, ^[19] 45
• August 24 – Fred Kohler, ^[19] 66
• August 31 – Rocky Marciano, 45
• November 3 – Tonina Jackson, 52
• December 17 – Frank Hill Murdoch, 60

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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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