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1969 in professional wrestling

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

List of notable promotions[edit]

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1969.

Calendar of notable shows[edit]

Championship changes[edit]

EMLL[edit]

NWA[edit]

Debuts[edit]

Debut Date[edit]

Date Unknown[edit]

Births[edit]

• 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]
• March 13 – Kazuo Takahashi
• March 14 – Beulah McGillicutty^[14]
• March 15 – Piratita Morgan^[15](died in 2018)
• 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
• April 24 – Hermie Sadler
• 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) [1]
• 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[edit]

• January 9 – Ed McLemore^[19]63
• January 13 – Jim Hady, 38
• January 25 – Frank Scarpa^[19]53
• April 29 – John Foti41
• July 2 – Iron Mike DiBiase,^[19]45
• August 24 – Fred Kohler,^[19]66
• August 31 – Rocky Marciano, 45
• November 3 – Tonina Jackson, 52

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