1965 in professional wrestling

1965 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 1965.

Calendar of notable shows[]

Notable events[]

• November – Fred Kohler Enterprises closed after 40 years of operations. World Wrestling Association, based in Indianapolis, bought the rights to promote wrestling in Chicago.

Accomplishments and tournaments[]

EMLL[]

Championship changes[]

EMLL[]

NWA[]

Debuts[]

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Adorable Rubí^[17]
  • Black Man^[17]
  • Bobby Heenan^[17]
  • Bob Sweetan^[17]
  • Buddy Roberts^[17]
  • Butch Miller^[17]
  • Carlos Colón^[17]
  • Dick Murdoch^[17]
  • Jerry Jarrett^[17]
  • Jos LeDuc^[17]
  • Lonnie Mayne^[17]
  • Luke Williams^[17]
  • Tiger Jeet Singh^[17]
• February 7 – Tony Salazar^[17]
• February – Ivan Koloff^[17]
• April 2 – Rusher Kimura^[17]
• May 15 – Jack Brisco^[17]
• June 3 – Masa Saito^[17]
• June – Mil Máscaras^[17]
• July 21 – ^[17]
• July – Rocky Johnson^[17]
• November – El Cobarde^[17]
• December 6 – Terry Funk^[17]

Retirements[]

• John Pesek (1914-1965)

Births[]

The Undertaker

• January 4 – Derrick Dukes
• January 24:
  • Mike Awesome^[18](died in 2007) [1]
  • Steve Lawler (died in 2021)
• January 26 – Rip Sawyer^[18]
• February 2 – Naoki Sano^[19]
• February 21 – The Terminator
• February 24 – Bas Rutten^[20]
• February 26 – James Mitchell
• February 28 – Norman Smiley^[18]
• March 1 – Booker T^[20]
• March 16 – Steve Armstrong^[19]
• March 24 – The Undertaker^[19]
• April 5 – Villano IV^[19]
• April 13 – Bracito de Oro^[20]
• April 18 – Biff Wellington (died in 2007)
• April 26 – Tank Abbott^[19]
• May 7 – Owen Hart^[18](died in 1999) [2]
• May 8 – Akitoshi Saito^[20]
• May 16 – ^[19]
• June 7 – Mick Foley^[18]
• June 8 – Tatanka^[19]
• June 9 – Val Puccio^[19](died in 2011) [3]
• June 10 – Ephesto^[20]
• June 11 – Mascarita Sagrada^[18]
• June 17 – Clarence Mason^[20]
• July 3 – Shin'ya Hashimoto^[19](died in 2005) [4]
• July 22 – Shawn Michaels^[19]
• August 7 – Johnny Smith^[18]
• August 12 – Dr. Wagner Jr.^[20]
• August 26 – Bobby Duncum Jr.^[20](died in 1999) [5]
• September 9 – J.W. Storm^[20]
• September 11 – Paul Heyman^[18]
• September 12 – Midnight^[18]
• September 16 – (died in 2020)
• September 27 – Ricky Fuji^[18]
• September 28 – La Diabólica^[20]
• October 11:
  • Rikishi^[18]
  • Tonga Kid
• October 16 – The Renegade^[18](died in 1999) [6]
• October 17 – Rossy Moreno^[18]
• October 21:
  • Charlie Norris^[20]
  • Horace Hogan^[20]
• October 25 – Too Cold Scorpio^[19]
• October 27 – Downtown Bruno^[20]
• October 28 – Jun Izumida (died in 2017)
• November 14 – L.A. Park^[18]
• November 23 – Don Frye^[20]
• November 28 – Rumi Kazama (died in 2021)
• November 30 – Bart Sawyer^[20]
• November 23 – Ron Waterman^[18]
• December 1 – Noriyo Tateno
• December 6 – Olímpico^[18]
• December 19 –Shoichi Arai (died in 2002)
• December 27 – Mike Barton^[18]

Deaths[]

• January 16 – Yukon Eric^[21] 48
• May 15 – Frank Townsend (wrestler)^[21] 32

References[]