1970 in professional wrestling

none 1970 professional wrestling 1970 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 1970. Promotion NameAbbreviationEmpresa Mexicana de Lucha LibreEMLL Calendar of notable shows DatePromotion(s)EventLocationMain EventApril 24EMLL14. Aniversario de Arena MéxicoMexico City, Mexico Ray Mendoza defeated Coloso Colosetti (c) in a Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Lucha 2000 Staff Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre Lucha 2000 Especial 28 April 2006 SpanishSeptemberEMLL 37th Anniversary ShowRaúl Mata defeated Shibata in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair matchhttps://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/anniversary50.html#37 37th Anniversary Show September 1970 September 27, 2012 Pro Wrestling History http://www.thegladiatores.com/?p=3072 Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL September 2, 2010 September 28, 2012 The Gladiatores Magazine Spanishhttp://www.cmll.com/aniversario_cmll.htm Historia de Los Aniversarios September 28, 2012 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Spanish dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121016082143/http://cmll.com/aniversario_cmll.htm October 16, 2012 December 11Juicio FinalColoso Colosetti and René Guajardo defeated Ángel Blanco and El Solitario in a tag team tournament finalhttps://superluchas.com/en-un-dia-como-hoy-rene-guajardo-y-coloso-colosetti-vencedores-del-cuadrangular-en-la-arena-mexico/ En un día como hoy... Rene Guajardo y Coloso Colosetti vencedores del cuadrangular en la Arena México July 2, 2015 October 21, 2019 Teddy Centinela Súper Luchas Spanish(c) – denotes defending champion(s) Championship changes EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Championshipincoming champion – Coloso ColosettiRoyal Duncan Gary Will Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title [Lutteroth] 389 Archeus Communications 2006 4th 0-9698161-5-4 DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)March 20Ray MendozaEMLL showNovember 27El SolitarioEMLL show NWA World Middleweight ChampionshipIncoming champion – El SolitarioDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)June 28Mashio KomaEMLL showDecember 6AníbalEMLL show NWA World Welterweight ChampionshipIncoming champion – Karloff Lagarde No title changes Mexican National Heavyweight ChampionshipIncoming champion - GoliathDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)February 2Raul ReyesEMLL show Mexican National Middleweight ChampionshipIncoming champion - Rene GuajardoDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)May 13Humberto GarzaEMLL show Mexican National Lightweight ChampionshipIncoming champion – Rodolfo RuizRoyal Duncan and Gary Will Wrestling Title Histories Archeus Communications Pennsylvania Mexico: National Lightweight Title 393 2000 0-9698161-5-4 No title changes Mexican National Light Heavyweight ChampionshipIncoming champion – Raul Mata No title changes Mexican National Welterweight ChampionshipIncoming champion – Karloff LagardeDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)May 2Huracan RamirezEMLL show Mexican National Women's ChampionshipIncoming champion – Uncertain No title changes NWA NWA Worlds Heavyweight ChampionshipIncoming champion – Dory Funk, Jr. No title changes Tournaments IWE AccomplishmentWinnerDate wonNotesIWA World SeriesBilly RobinsonMay 14 Births thumb|120px|Chris Jericho Date Unknown Robbie Rage January 1 – Kimberly Page January 4 – Chris Kanyon (d. 2010)http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/c/chris-kanyon.html Kanyon profile Online World of Wrestling 2009-08-13 January 5 – Pamela Paulshock January 10 – Buff Bagwellhttp://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/buff/ WCW profile https://web.archive.org/web/20000817232848/http://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/buff/ August 17, 2000 January 14 – Gene Snitsky January 15 – Shane McMahonhttp://faqs.ign.com/articles/637/637017p1.html WrestleMania X8 Shane McMahon FAQ – IGN FAQs August 6, 2007 IGN.com November 2, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071102085639/http://faqs.ign.com/articles/637/637017p1.html dead January 16 – Rick Bognar (d. 2019) January 25 – Carl Malenko February 1 – Mark Frear (d. 2014) February 15 – Mariko Yoshida February 19 – Shark Tsuchiya February 27 - Toshiyo Yamada February 28 - Hollywood Yates March 6 – Masao Inoue Tsuyoshi Kosaka March 17 – Katsumi Usuda March 21 – Frank Parker March 23 – Midajah March 24 – Christopher Daniels April 7 – Rosey (d. 2017) April 8 – Silver Cat (d. 2024) April 9 – Super Shisa April 13 – Monty Brown April 21 – Soulman Alex G April 22 – Electroshock April 24 - Brian Gamble April 25 – Chubby Dudley April 26 – Ron Reis April 29 – Master P May 1 – Jack Bull May 6 – Corey Maclin (d. 2013) May 20 – Cassandro May 21 – The Hungarian Barbarian May 29 – Pete Gas May 30 – Supreme (died in 2020) May 31 – Takashi Sugiura June 1 – Ian Rottenhttps://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bsuche&aufgabe=suche&geburtsj=1969&seite=2 Wrestlers born in 1969: 51 - 100 of 186 February 1, 2020 Wrestling Data June 18 – Kenny Kaos June 21 – Snot Dudley June 26 – Lady Apache July 2 – Amy Weber July 3 – Doc Dean (d. 2018) July 4 – Rico Suavehttps://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bsuche&aufgabe=suche&geburtsj=1969&seite=3 Wrestlers born in 1969: 101 - 150 of 186 February 1, 2020 Wrestling Data (d.2025) July 6 – Don Fujii July 7 – Navajo Warrior July 21 – Shawn Stasiak July 23 – Cinthia Moreno August 9: Wing Kanemura Evil Dead August 13 – Spike Dudleyhttp://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/s/spike-dudley/ Spike Dudley Profile April 13, 2008 Online World of Wrestling November 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121103204611/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/s/spike-dudley/ dead August 22 – Barry Houston September 8 – Lodi September 14 – Satoshi Kojima September 19 – Carbell Ito September 25 – Aja Konghttps://www.prowrestling.net/article.php?WWE-lineups-for-Toronto-Rochester-Cleveland-Syracuse-Erie-correspondents-needed-ROH-in-New-York-and-Pennsylvania-correspondents-needed-Jimmy-Garvin-Aja-Kong-44158 WWE lineups for Toronto, Rochester, Cleveland, Syracuse, Erie (correspondents needed), ROH in New York and Pennsylvania (correspondents needed), Jimmy Garvin, Aja Kong Powell, Jason ProWrestling.net January 28, 2016 September 25, 2015 September 27 - Oscar September 29: Yoshihiro Tajiri The Kat October 4 – Heavy Metal October 5 – Hiromitsu Kanehara October 12 – Rodney Mack October 16 : Lenny Lane Kazuyuki Fujita October 20 : Chavo Guerrero Jr. Tiger Mask IV October 21 – Karloff Lagarde Jr. (died in 2024) October 22 – D'Lo Brown October 23 – Tony Kozina November 2 – Sharmell November 3 – Dawn Marie Psaltis November 6 – Bryant Anderson November 9 – Chris Jericho November 12 – Elektra November 22 – Joe Son December 4 – Sylvester Terkay December 7 – Veneno December 9 – Cathy Dingman December 15 – Bruno Sassi December 18 – Rob Van Dam December 23 – Mima Shimoda Debuts Debut Date 44em January 6 - Dos Caras Enciclopedia staff Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre Dos Caras Portales, Mexico 17 17 November 2008 Spanish January 29 - Villano IIIPro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 2000 :75. Villano III Pro Wrestling Illustrated Sports and Entertainment publications LLC Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States October 2000 39 August 2000 April - Greg Valentinehttps://www.wwe.com/superstars/gregvalentine Greg Valentine WWE WWE.com January 9, 2017 May 10 - Perro Aguayo October - Kevin Sullivan October 13 - Akio Sato Date Unknown 44em Dino BravoBrian Shields Kevin Sullivan WWE Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to World Wrestling Entertainment https://archive.org/details/wweencyclopediad0000shie registration 2009 DK 978-0-7566-4190-0 Superstar Billy Graham Jerry Lawlerhttp://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/lawler.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150519202854/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/lawler.html dead May 19, 2015 SLAM Bio: Jerry Lawler SLAM! Sports October 8, 2007 February 5, 2005 Ken Mantell Don Muracohttp://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2014/03/28/21564311.html https://archive.today/20160202103306/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2014/03/28/21564311.html dead February 2, 2016 Don Muraco surfs a wave into Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Quebecor Media Canoe.ca Ward, Marshall December 20, 2015 March 28, 2014 Alexis Smirnoff Pak Song Jerry StubbsPope, Kristian Tuff Stuff – Professional wrestling field guide KP Books 2005 Stubbs, Jerry (1970s–1990s) 252 Iola, Wisconsin 0-89689-267-0 Hercules Ayala Mariko Akagi (All Japan Women) Retirements Bette Boucher (1962 – 1970) Deaths March 23 – Skull Murphy, 39 April 6 – Sam Sheppard, 46 May 16 – Emile Czaja, 60 June 4 - Charley Retzlaff, 65 August 20 – Jerry London, 41 References professional wrestling