This is a list of oldest surviving professional wrestlers. As of 2017, there are 42 living veterans from the " Golden Age of Wrestling" (1950s–1970s) over 75 years old. The last surviving wrestler from the " Pioneer Era" (1900s–1940s) was

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Angelo Savoldi Mario Louis Fornini (April 21, 1914 – September 20, 2013) was an Italian/American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, better known professionally as Angelo Savoldi. At the time of his death, he was known as the world's oldest retired w ...

(born April 21, 1914, died September 13, 2013, aged ). The title of the oldest verified wrestler of all time belongs to

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Abe Coleman Abe Kelmer / Abba Kelmer (September 20, 1905 – March 28, 2007) was a Polish professional wrestler, promoter and referee, known by the ring names Abe Coleman, Hebrew Hercules, and Jewish Tarzan. At the time of his death, Coleman was believed to ...

(1905–2007), who lived . But the oldest in the wrestling industry was promoter Harry Elliott (1904-2006) who lived 101 years, 314 days. The current oldest living in the wrestling industry is Bill Mercer from the United States. The oldest female wrestler was Princess Bonita (1919–2014), aged . But the female in the wrestling industry was Betty Wagner, the valet of

Gorgeous George George Raymond Wagner (March 23, 1915 – December 26, 1963) was an American professional wrestler known by his ring name Gorgeous George. In the United States, during the First Golden Age of Professional Wrestling in the 1940s–1950s, Gorgeou ...

who lived to 98 years old in 2011. The oldest female wrestler to have a match is

Mae Young Johnnie Mae Young (March 12, 1923 – January 14, 2014) was an American professional wrestler. She wrestled throughout the United States and Canada and won multiple titles in the National Wrestling Alliance. Young is considered one of the pione ...

, who defeated

LayCool LayCool (sometimes stylized Lay-Cool) was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Layla and Michelle McCool. The team worked for WWE and were featured primarily on the SmackDown brand but appeared on the Raw brand on some occasions, while ...

in a ''

WWE Raw ''WWE Raw'', also known as ''Monday Night Raw'' or simply ''Raw'', is an American professional wrestling television show, television program produced by WWE that currently airs live every Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, ET on the USA Networ ...

'' handicap match on November 15, 2010, at the age of 87. The oldest male wrestler was

Killer Kowalski Walter Kowalski (born Edward Władysław Spulnik; October 13, 1926 – August 30, 2008), known professionally as Killer Kowalski, was a Polish-Canadian professional wrestler. Kowalski wrestled for numerous promotions during his career, includin ...

, who won on an independent show in Massachusetts on March 14, 2008, at age 81.

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Oldest wrestlers ever

Oldest female wrestlers ever

Oldest wrestlers currently living

Oldest wrestlers to ever perform 70 and over

Oldest wrestlers still wrestling

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