1970 in professional wrestling
1970 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
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Calendar of notable shows
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
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| April 24 | EMLL | 14. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | Ray Mendoza defeated Coloso Colosetti (c) in a Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship[1] |
| September | EMLL 37th Anniversary Show | Raul Mata defeated Shibata in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match[2][3][4] | ||
| December 11 | Juicio Final | Coloso Colosetti and Rene Guajardo defeated Ángel Blanco and El Solitario in a tag team tournamnt final[5] | ||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||
Championship changes
EMLL
incoming champion – Coloso Colosetti[6] | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 20 | Ray Mendoza | EMLL show | [6] | |
| November 27 | El Solitario | EMLL show | [6] | |
| Incoming champion – El Solitario | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 28 | Mashio Koma | EMLL show | ||
| December 6 | Aníbal | EMLL show | ||
| Incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde | ||||
| No title changes |
| Incoming champion - Goliath | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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| February 2 | Raul Reyes | EMLL show | ||
| Incoming champion - Rene Guajardo | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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| May 13 | Humberto Garza | EMLL show | ||
| Incoming champion – Rodolfo Ruiz[7] | ||||
| No title changes[7] |
| Incoming champion – Raul Mata | ||||
| No title changes |
| Incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde | ||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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| August 4 | Huracan Ramirez | EMLL show | ||
| Incoming champion – Uncertain | ||||
| No title changes |
NWA
| Incoming champion – Dory Funk, Jr. | ||||
| No title changes |
Births
- January 1 – Kimberly Page
- January 4 – Chris Kanyon (d. 2010)[8]
- January 10 – Buff Bagwell[9]
- January 14 – Gene Snitsky
- January 15 – Shane McMahon[10]
- January 16 - Rick Bognar (d. 2019)
- April 7 – Rosey (d. 2017)
- April 13 – Monty Brown
- April 22 – Electroshock
- May 20 – Cassandro
- July 23 – Cinthia Moreno
- August 13 – Spike Dudley[11]
- September 8 – Lodi
- September 25 – Aja Kong[12]
- 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[13]
Debuts
- January 6 - Dos Caras[14]
- January 29 - Villano III[15]
- April - Greg Valentine[16]
- October - Kevin Sullivan
- Uncertain debut date
Retirements
- Bette Boucher (1962 – 1970)
Deaths
- March 23 – Skull Murphy
- April 6 – Sam Sheppard
- May 16 – Emile Czaja
- August 20 – Jerry London
References
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- "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.
- Centinela, Teddy (July 2, 2015). "En un día como hoy... Rene Guajardo y Coloso Colosetti vencedores del cuadrangular en la Arena México". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
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