1970 in professional wrestling

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1970 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
EMLL	14. Aniversario de Arena México	April 24	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
EMLL	EMLL 37th Anniversary Show	September	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	^[1]^[2]^[3]

Births

Chris Jericho

January 1 – Kimberly Page
January 4 – Chris Kanyon^[4]
January 10 – Buff Bagwell^[5]
January 14 – Gene Snitsky
January 15 – Shane McMahon^[6]
March 20 – Michael Rapaport
April 7 – Rosey
April 13 – Monty Brown
April 22 – Electroshock
May 20 – Cassandro
July 23 – Cinthia Moreno
August 13 – Spike Dudley^[7]
September 8 – Lodi
September 25 – Aja Kong^[8]
September 29 – Yoshihiro Tajiri
October 4 – Heavy Metal
October 12 – Rodney Mack
October 16 – Lenny Lane
October 20 – Chavo Guerrero Jr.
October 22 – D'Lo Brown
November 3 – Dawn Marie Psaltis
November 9 – Chris Jericho
December 4 – Sylvester Terkay
December 18 – Rob Van Dam^[9]

Debuts

Uncertain debut date

January 6 - Dos Caras^[14]
January 29 - Villano III^[15]
April - Greg Valentine^[16]
October - Kevin Sullivan

Retirements

Bette Boucher (1962 – 1970)

Deaths

March 23 – Skull Murphy
April 6 – Sam Sheppard
May 16 – Emile Czaja
August 20 – Jerry London

References

↑ "37th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 1970. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
↑ "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
↑ "Historia de Los Aniversarios" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
↑ "Kanyon profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
↑ "WCW profile". Archived from the original on August 17, 2000.
↑ "WrestleMania X8 Shane McMahon FAQ – IGN FAQs". IGN.com. Retrieved August 6, 2007.
↑ "Spike Dudley Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved April 13, 2008.
↑ Powell, Jason (September 25, 2015). "WWE lineups for Toronto, Rochester, Cleveland, Syracuse, Erie (correspondents needed), ROH in New York and Pennsylvania (correspondents needed), Jimmy Garvin, Aja Kong". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
↑ "OWOW profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
↑ Brian Shields; Kevin Sullivan (2009). WWE Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to World Wrestling Entertainment. DK. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
↑ "SLAM Bio: Jerry Lawler". SLAM! Sports. February 5, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
↑ Ward, Marshall (March 28, 2014). "Don Muraco surfs a wave into Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame". Canoe.ca. Quebecor Media. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
↑ Pope, Kristian (2005). "Stubbs, Jerry (1970s–1990s)". Tuff Stuff – Professional wrestling field guide. Iola, Wisconsin: KP Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-89689-267-0.
↑ Enciclopedia staff (November 2008). "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Dos Caras (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. p. 17. 17.
↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 2000 :75. Villano III". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC. August 2000. p. 39. October 2000.
↑ "Greg Valentine". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved January 9, 2017.

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[EMLL37-1] "37th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 1970. Retrieved September 27, 2012.

[76Anniversaries-2] "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

[CMLLHistory-3] "Historia de Los Aniversarios" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

[4] "Kanyon profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

[WCWbio-5] "WCW profile". Archived from the original on August 17, 2000.

[6] "WrestleMania X8 Shane McMahon FAQ – IGN FAQs". IGN.com. Retrieved August 6, 2007.

[7] "Spike Dudley Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved April 13, 2008.

[8] Powell, Jason (September 25, 2015). "WWE lineups for Toronto, Rochester, Cleveland, Syracuse, Erie (correspondents needed), ROH in New York and Pennsylvania (correspondents needed), Jimmy Garvin, Aja Kong". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved January 28, 2016.

[9] "OWOW profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-04-28.

[10] Brian Shields; Kevin Sullivan (2009). WWE Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to World Wrestling Entertainment. DK. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.

[11] "SLAM Bio: Jerry Lawler". SLAM! Sports. February 5, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2007.

[12] Ward, Marshall (March 28, 2014). "Don Muraco surfs a wave into Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame". Canoe.ca. Quebecor Media. Retrieved December 20, 2015.

[13] Pope, Kristian (2005). "Stubbs, Jerry (1970s–1990s)". Tuff Stuff – Professional wrestling field guide. Iola, Wisconsin: KP Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-89689-267-0.

[FigurasDosCaras-14] Enciclopedia staff (November 2008). "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Dos Caras (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. p. 17. 17.

[15] "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 2000 :75. Villano III". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC. August 2000. p. 39. October 2000.

[WWEBio-16] "Greg Valentine". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved January 9, 2017.

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