1977 in professional wrestling

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1977 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Contents

List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1977.

Promotion NameAbbreviation
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling AJW
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

DatePromotion(s)EventLocationMain Event
April 27 EMLL 21. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Mexico Alfonso Dantés defeated Chavo Guerrero (c) in a singles match for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship [1]
May 11 NJPW World League Tokyo, Japan Seiji Sakaguchi defeated The Masked Superstar
September 23 EMLL EMLL 44th Anniversary Show (1) Mexico City, Mexico Fishman defeated Sangre Chicana in a Lucha de Apuesta mask vs. mask vs. mask match; also in the match: El Cobarde [2]
September 30 EMLL 44th Anniversary Show (2) Fishman defeated El Cobarde in a Lucha de Apuesta mask vs. mask match [3]
December 9 Juicio Final El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza defeated Joe Palardy and Perro Aguayo in a Lucha de Apuestas , hair Vs. hair match [4]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable Events

Accomplishments and tournaments

AJW

AccomplishmentWinnerDate wonNotes
Rookie of the Year Decision Tournament Yukie Urushibara (Lucy Kayama)
World LeagueYumi Ikeshita

Awards and honors

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1977 PWI Wrestler of the Year, Dusty Rhodes

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

CategoryWinner
PWI Wrestler of the Year Dusty Rhodes
PWI Tag Team of the Year Gene and Ole Anderson
PWI Match of the Year Bruno Sammartino vs. Superstar Billy Graham
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year André the Giant
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Ken Patera
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Bob Backlund
PWI Rookie of the Year Ricky Steamboat
PWI Manager of the Year The Grand Wizard
PWI Announcer of the Year Gordon Solie

Championship changes

EMLL

incoming champion – Alfonso Dantés [5]
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
February 11 Chavo Guerrero WWA show [1]
March 13 Roddy Piper WWA show [1]
March 15 Chavo Guerrero WWA show [1]
April 21 Alfonso Dantés EMLL show [1]
Incoming champion – El Faraón
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
March 11 Perro Aguayo EMLL show
July 3 Ringo Mendoza EMLL show
October 12Joe PlardyEMLL show
November 25 El Faraon EMLL show
Incoming champion – Mano Negra
No title changes
Incoming champion – El Halcon
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
March 13Gran MarkusEMLL show
June 24El HalconEMLL show
December 18 Raul Mata EMLL show
Incoming champion – Ringo Mendoza
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
February 28 Perro Aguayo EMLL show
March 11VacantEMLL show
April 14José Luis MendietaEMLL show
November 19 Sangre Chicana EMLL show
Incoming champion – Flama Azul [6]
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
April 10 Americo Rocca EMLL show [6]
July 1Flama AzulEMLL show
September 21Mario ValenzuelaEMLL show
Incoming champion – Dr. Wagner
No title changes
Incoming champion – Blue Demon
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
February 27 Fishman EMLL show
September 26 Kung Fu EMLL show
Incoming champion – Uncertain
No title changes

NWA

Incoming champion – Terry Funk
DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)
February 6 Harley Race House show

Tournaments

IWE

AccomplishmentWinnerDate wonNotes
IWA World Series Rusher Kimura March 26

Births

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John Cena

Debuts

Retirements

Deaths

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