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 NameAbbreviationEMLL
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 ChampionshipSeptemberEMLL 37th Anniversary ShowRaúl Mata defeated Shibata in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair matchDecember 11Juicio FinalColoso Colosetti and René Guajardo defeated Ángel Blanco and El Solitario in a tag team tournament final(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Championship changes EMLL DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)March 20Ray MendozaEMLL showNovember 27El SolitarioEMLL show
Incoming champion – El SolitarioDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)June 28Mashio KomaEMLL showDecember 6AníbalEMLL show
Incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde No title changes
Incoming champion - GoliathDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)February 2Raul ReyesEMLL show
Incoming champion - Rene GuajardoDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)May 13Humberto GarzaEMLL show
Incoming champion – Rodolfo Ruiz No title changes
Incoming champion – Raul Mata No title changes
Incoming champion – Karloff LagardeDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)May 2Huracan RamirezEMLL show
Incoming champion – Uncertain No title changes
NWA Incoming champion – Dory Funk, Jr. No title changes
Tournaments
IWE AccomplishmentWinnerDate wonNotesIWA World SeriesBilly RobinsonMay 14
Births
Date Unknown Robbie Rage January 1 – Kimberly Page January 4 – Chris Kanyon (d. 2010) January 5 – Pamela Paulshock January 10 – Buff Bagwell January 14 – Gene Snitsky January 15 – Shane McMahon 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 Rotten 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 Suave (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 Dudley August 22 – Barry Houston September 8 – Lodi September 14 – Satoshi Kojima September 19 – Carbell Ito September 25 – Aja Kong 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
Date Unknown
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
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