1960 in professional wrestling

1960 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1960.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
April	EMLL	4. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
September 23		EMLL 27th Anniversary Show		Ruben Juarez defeated Ray Mendoza in a tournament final for the vacant Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

• Wally Karbo and Verne Gagne's Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club break away from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to form the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and created the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Accomplishments and tournaments

EMLL

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship tournament	Ruben Juarez	May 15–29	^[2]

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Ray Mendoza^[3]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 30	Gory Guerrero	EMLL show	^[3]

NWA World Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – Ronaldo Vera^[4]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
October 13	René Guajardo	EMLL show	^[4]

NWA World Welterweight Championship

incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde^[5]

No title changes^[5]

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - El Médico Asesino^[6]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 16	Vacant	N/A	Championship vacated when Médico Asesino died.^[6]

Mexican National Middleweight Championship

incoming champion – El Santo^[7]

No title changes^[7]

Mexican National Lightweight Championship

incoming champion – Juan Diaz^[8]

No title changes^[8]

Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Espectro I^[2]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Uncertain	Vacated	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons^[2]
September 23	Rubén Juárez	EMLL show	Defeated Ray Mendoza to win the vacant championship^[2]

Mexican National Welterweight Championship

incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde^[9]

No title changes^[9]

Mexican National Tag Team Championship

incoming champion – Tarzán López and Henry Pilusso^[10]

No title changes^[10]

Mexican National Women's Championship

incoming champion – Uncertain^[11]

No title changes^[11]

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Pat O'Connor^[12]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
No title changes^[12]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Alfonso Dantés^[13]
  • George Steele^[13]
  • Gorilla Monsoon^[13]
  • Harley Race^[13]
  • Karl Von Steiger^[13]
  • Pat Barrett^[13]
  • El Solitario^[13]
  • Uncle Elmer^[13]
• September 30:
  • Antonio Inoki^[13]
  • Giant Baba^[13]
• November 12 – Rocket Monroe^[13]
• December 28 – Angelo Mosca^[13]

Births

• January 1 – Rayo de Jalisco Jr.^[14]
• January 3 – Ross Hart^[15]
• January 10 – Negro Casas^[14]
• January 23 – Leilani Kai^[16]
• February 3:
  • Kerry Von Erich^[14](died in 1993)
  • Marty Jannetty^[14]
• February 12 – One Man Gang^[14]
• February 17 – Shunji Kosugi
• March 2 – Debra Marshall
• March 3 – Ben Bassarab^[17]
• March 16 – Kenny Bolin^[14]
• March 19 – Moondog Cujo^[14](died in 2009)
• March 22:
• Jimbo Covert^[17]
• Villano V
• April 12 – Tony Anthony / Dirty White Boy^[17]
• April 16 – Damian Kane
• April 18 – Vic Steamboat
• April 24 – Lance Von Erich^[18]
• April 29 – Paul Roma^[14]
• May 11 – Kodo Fuyuki^[14](died in 2003)
• May 14 – "Dr. Death" Steve Williams^[14](died in 2009)
• May 20 – Dale Veasey
• May 23 – Pat Rose^[14]
• May 27 – Kelly Kiniski^[17]
• June 1 – Brian Adias^[17]
• June 2 – Timothy Flowers^[14]
• June 10 – Cueball Carmichael
• June 13 – Jacques Rougeau^[17]
• June 23 – Súper Ratón^[14]
• July 4 – Barry Windham^[17]
• July 9 – Johnny B. Badd^[17]
• July 23 – Al Perez^[17]
• July 27 – Fidel Sierra^[19]
• July 31 – Mark Fleming
• August 4 – Dean Malenko^[17]
• August 6 – Jose Luis Rivera
• August 10 – Brett Sawyer^[17] (died in 2023)
• August 11 – Brickhouse Brown (died in 2018)
• September 2 – Todd Champion^[14]
• September 11 – Road Warrior Animal^[20](died in 2020)
• September 18 – Blue Panther^[17]
• September 23 – Kurt Beyer^[14]
• September 26 – David Sammartino^[17]
• October 1 – Tim Burke^[14](died in 2011)
• October 4 – Bobby Fulton
• October 10 – Soldat Ustinov
• October 23 – Bubba Monroe (died in 2022)
• October 30 – Roadblock
• November 11 – Dump Matsumoto^[17]
• November 16 – John Condrone (died in 2020)
• December 18 – Moondog Splat^[14]
• November 19 – Miss Elizabeth^[14](died in 2003)
• December 9 – Steve Doll^[14](died 2009)
• December 16 – Sid Vicious
• December 27 – Franz Schumann^[17]
• December 29 – Mark Madden^[14]

Deaths

• January 7 – Jack Claybourne,^[21] 49
• May 22 – Great Gama^[22] 82
• June 16 – Médico Asesino^[21] 39
• July 17 – Paul Bowser^[21] 74
• December 11 – Tor Yamato^[21] 43

References

1. Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares" [CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 2, 2020.
2. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
3. 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.
4. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middleweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
5. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
6. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
7. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Middleweight Championship". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
8. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
9. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
10. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: Mexican National Tag Team Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
11. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Title[Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 394. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
12. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). ""United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title"". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 15. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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