1967 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 1967.

Calendar of notable shows

Notable events

* July 24 - Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion beat The Sicilians to become eventually the last WWWF United States Tag Team Championship.

Accomplishments and tournaments

EMLL

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA

Debuts

*Debut date uncertain: **

Bobby Kay Romeo Cormier (January 5, 1950 – January 17, 2020) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by the ring name Bobby Kay. He was a member of the Cormier wrestling family, a group of four brothers who were all successful professional wrestl ...

** Giant Haystacks **

Jerry Brisco Floyd Gerald "Jerry" Brisco (born September 19, 1946) is an American retired professional wrestler. Brisco is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion WWE, where he was a backstage producer, and, during the 1990s, an on-screen character, ...

** Johnny Valiant **

Man Mountain Mike Gary Fletcher, (September 15, 1940 – April 30, 1988) was an American professional wrestler who was best known by his ring name, Man Mountain Mike. Career Fletcher was discovered by Al Lovelock, who wrestled as The Great Bolo. Lovelock trained F ...

** Bugsy McGraw *July 1 - Aiko Kyo (All Japan Women) *August 5 Seiji Sakaguchi *August 19 Ole Anderson *October Ari Romero

Births

*Date of birth uncertain: **

Jumbo Baretta Jumbo (about December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and t ...

*January 4 Nelson Veilleux *January 10 Yumiko Hotta *January 13

Reno Riggins Neal Hargrove, better known by his ring name, Reno Riggins, (born January 13, 1967) is an American professional wrestler. Riggins has competed in Southeastern independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) during th ...

*January 17

Luther Biggs Luther Biggs is an American professional wrestler, who has competed in North American independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association (USWA), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and had a short stint in World Championship ...

*January 22

Manabu Nakanishi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who was primarily associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, one-time G1 Climax winner and three-time IWGP Tag Team Champi ...

*February 8: ** Dino Casanova (died in 2002) ** Yuki Ishikawa *February 18 Rick Fuller *February 21

Danny Boy Collins Daniel "Boy" Collins (born 21 February 1967) is an English professional wrestler. Noted for his agile, gymnastic style in the ring, he has toured successfully across Europe and Japan and held British, European and World (European version) ti ...

*February 22 Psicosis II *March 1

Scotty Riggs Scott Antol (born March 1, 1971) is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1993 to 1999 under the ring names Scotty Riggs and Riggs. Antol is also known for his ap ...

*March 4

Johnnie Stewart Lorn Alastair "Johnnie" Stewart (7 November 1917 – 29 April 2005) was a British television producer who worked for the BBC, noted mostly for his role in creating the long-running music programme ''Top of the Pops''. Early life and career Born ...

*March 9

Bison Kimura Bison are large bovines in the genus ''Bison'' (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini. Two extant taxon, extant and numerous extinction, extinct species are recognised. Of the two surviving species, the American bison, ''B. bison'' ...

*March 11 Pitbull #1 *March 17

Billy Corgan William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and only permanent member of the rock band the ...

*March 27 Kenta Kobashi *March 28 Yoji Anjo *April 13 Mo *April 14 Jeff Jarrett *April 17

Enson Inoue Enson Shoji Inoue (; born April 15, 1967) is a Japanese-American jiu-jitsu practitioner and retired professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 1995 until 2010, he fought for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, the UFC, Shooto ...

*April 23 Mark Young (died in 2016) *April 25 J.T. Smith *April 26 Kane *April 29 Master P *May 2

Marty Garner Marty Garner (born May 2, 1967) is an American professional wrestler most noted for his appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment and his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Early career (1993–1995) Garner ...

*May 4 Jim Steele *May 9 Kevin Kelly *May 10

Nitro Nitro may refer to: Chemistry *Nitrogen, a chemical element and a gas except at very low temperatures, with which many compounds are formed: **Nitro compound, an organic compound containing one or more nitro functional groups, -NO2 **Nitroalkene, ...

*May 17 Lori Fullington *May 21 Chris Benoit(died in 2007

*May 24 Selina Majors, Bambi *May 28

Buddy Wayne Buddy may refer to: People *Buddy (nickname) * Buddy (rapper), real name Simmie Sims III (1993–Present) * Buddy Rogers (wrestler), ring name of American professional wrestler Herman Gustav Rohde, Jr. (1921–1992) *Buddy Boeheim (born 1999), Am ...

(died in 2017) *May 30 Vampiro *June 1

Scoot Andrews Andrew Warner (born June 1, 1967) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "The Black Nature Boy" Scoot Andrews. After debuting in 1994, Andrew competed for numerous independent promotions throughout his career. ...

*June 29 Heidi Lee Morgan *July 3

KeMonito KeMonito (some times spelled Ke Monito, Ke-Monito or Quemonito; born July 3, 1967) is a Mexican ''Mascota enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestling manager/mascot currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mu ...

*July 9 Andy Barrow *July 13 Akira Hokuto *July 24 Buck Quartermain *July 26 Pitbull #2(died in 2003)

*August 3 Picudo(died in 2018) *August 5 Brody Steele *August 8: **

Eric Angle Eric Angle (born August 8, 1967) is an American former amateur and professional wrestler, better known to be the older brother of professional wrestler Kurt Angle with whom he worked in occasional storylines in World Wrestling Federation/Entertai ...

Sable The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaza ...

*August 13

Chad Fortune Chad A. Fortune (born August 13, 1967) is a former monster truck driver, former American football tight end and former professional wrestler in both the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Football career Fo ...

*September 9

Mark Shrader Mark Shrader (born September 9, 1967) is a retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter who competed in numerous independent promotions throughout the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s. Among these included Atlantic ...

*September 19

Alexander Karelin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin ( rus, Александр Александрович Карелин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kəˈrʲelʲɪn; born 19 September 1967) is a Russian politician and retired athlete. Karelin comp ...

*September 20

Roger Anderson Death & Destruction was a professional wrestling tag team composed of Frank "The Tank" Parker (March 21, 1970) and "Ruthless" Roger Anderson (September 20, 1967). They competed in numerous regional and independent promotions throughout the Souther ...

*September 22

Super Delfin is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently runs Kaisen Puroresu and is also working as a wrestler there. He is better known by his stage name . Professional wrestling career New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1989, 1994) Hiroto Wakita joined N ...

*September 29

Joey Maggs Joseph Magliano (1968/1969 – October 2006), better known by the ring name "Jumping" Joey Maggs, was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1991 to 1998. Profession ...

(died in 2006)

*October 2 Pierrothito *October 9 Eddie Guerrero(died in 2005

*October 11 Tazz *October 13

Don Callis Donald Callis (born October 13, 1963) is a Canadian professional wrestling manager, color commentator, and former professional wrestler and business executive. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he works as the on-screen manager of K ...

*October 22 Andrew Anderson *October 25

Latin Lover Latin lover is a stereotypical stock character, part of the Hollywood star system. It appeared for the first time in Hollywood in the 1920s and, for the most part, lost popularity during World War II. In time, the type evolved, developing var ...

*October 26

Combat Toyoda Noriyo Toyoda (豊田記代, born October 26, 1967) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known under the name Combat Toyoda (コンバット豊田). She spent much of her career in Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling. Professional wres ...

*November 1 Plum Mariko(died in 1997) *November 9 Tim Fischer *November 13

Ice Train The Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE ()) is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany. It also serves some destinations in Austria, Denmark (ceased in 2017 but planned to resume in 2022), France, Belgium, Switzerla ...

*November 15 Michiyoshi Ohara *November 22 Ron Powers *December 15: ** Kendall Windham ** Elix Skipper *December 19 Erik Watts *December 21: ** Jake Gymini ** Jesse Gymini **

Harley Saito Sayori Saito (斉藤さより) (December 21, 1967 – December 15, 2016) was a Japanese professional wrestler, who performed under the name of Harley Saito (ハーレー斉藤). She spent much of her career for Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling. Car ...

(died in 2016

*December 30 Pierre Carl Ouellette, PCO

Deaths

*January 7 - Leo Savage, 66 *June 29

Primo Carnera Primo may refer to: People *DJ Premier (born 1966), hip-hop producer, sometimes goes by nickname Primo *Primo Carnera (1906–1967), Italian boxer, World Heavyweight champion 1933–1934 *Primo Cassarino (born 1956), enforcer for the Gambino cri ...

60 *July 13 -

Art Shires Charles Arthur Shires (August 13, 1906 – July 13, 1967) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Boston Braves. In a four-year major l ...

, 60 *August 1

Gorila Ramos Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or ...

53 *September 23

Stanislaus Zbyszko 'Jan Stanisław Cyganiewicz'' (April 1, 1879 – September 23, 1967), better known by his ring name, Stanislaus Zbyszko, was a Polish strongman and professional wrestler. He was a three-time World Heavyweight Champion at his highest profile in t ...

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References

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