1962 in professional wrestling

1962 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 1962. == Calendar of notable shows == == Notable Events == Wrestling World hit the newsstands with its first issue == Championship changes == === EMLL === === NWA === == Debuts == Debut date uncertain: Bette Boucher Bill Dundee Bill Watts Bob Armstrong Bushwhacker Luke Gary Hart Mr. Fuji Ox Baker Ronnie Garvin January 13 – Espanto III March 19 – Dean Ho November 2– Archie Gouldie == Retirements == Gloria Barattini (1949-1962) Gorgeous George (1932-November 7, 1962) == Births == January 7 – Devil Masami January 9: Luc Poirier Tony Puccio January 12 – Luna Vachon(died in 2010) [1] January 21 – Mark Curtis(died in 1999) [2] January 25 – Rod Price January 31 – Reggie B. Fine February 7 – Max Thrasher February 11 – Bestia Salvaje(died in 2008) [3] February 13 – Baby Doll February 19 – Franky Gee (died in 2005) February 21 – Billy Silverman March 13 – Vandal Drummond March 19 – Jimmy Korderas March 22 – Villano V (died in 2024) March 28 – The Warlord April 3: Curly Moe (died in 2015) Jeff Van Camp April 10 – Super Muñeco (died in 2022) April 12 – Nobuhiko Takada April 13 – Diane Von Hoffman (died in 2017) April 29 – Sunshine May 5 – Princess Victoria (wrestler) May 10 – Klondyke Kate May 22 – Brian Pillman(died in 1997) [4] May 26 – Victor Zangiev May 30 – Martha Villalobos June 15: Brad Armstrong (died in 2012) Mark Fleming June 18 – Mitsuharu Misawa(died in 2009) [5] June 26 – Bruiser Costa July 2 – Brakkus July 5 – Barry Hardy July 15 – Jesús Castillo Jr. July 18 – Dusty Wolfe July 29: Scott Steiner Sonny Onoo Pirata Morgan July 31 Kevin Greene(died in 2020) John Laurinaitis August 2 - DeWayne Bruce August 14 – Jeff Farmer August 15 – Kazuo Yamazaki September 2 – Tracy Smothers(died in 2020) September 7 – George South September 20 – Raijin Yaguchi September 24 – Kloudy September 28 – Atlantis October 2 – El Dandy October 19 – Evander Holyfield October 30 – Davey Rich October 31 – Bill Fralic(died in 2018) [6] November 4 – El Hijo del Diablo November 24: Velvet McIntyre Masayoshi Motegi November 28 – Davey Boy Smith(died in 2002) [7] November 30 – Jimmy Del Ray(died in 2014) [8] December 16 – William Perry December 23 – Keiji Muto December 26 – Mark Starr(died in 2013) [9] == Deaths == March 2 – Gus Kallio (70) April 20 – Joe Malcewicz (65) August 9 – Sam Avey (67) August 22 – Charles Rigoulot (58) September 26 – Alexander Zass (74) == References ==