1968 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 1968.

Calendar of notable shows

Notable Events

• June 8 - at San Francisco, California, Pepper Gomez and Pedro Morales defeat Great Sasaki and Kinji Shibuya to become the San Francisco's NWA World Tag Team Championship.
• August 17 - at Bloomington, Minnesota, Dr. X beat Verne Gagne to become the new AWA World Heavyweight Champion.

Tournaments

Championship changes

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Blackjack Mulligan^[17]
  • Dusty Rhodes^[17]
  • El Halcón^[17]
  • Jimmy Golden^[17]
  • Kung Fu^[17]
  • Lee Marshall^[17]
  • Marty Jones^[17]
  • Michel Martel^[17]
  • Nikolai Volkoff^[17]
  • El Sicodélico^[17]
• January 1 – Ringo Mendoza^[17]
• February 24 – Enrique Vera^[17]
• August 30 – Kim Duk^[17]
• November 1 – Jimmy Garvin^[17]
• December – Chavo Guerrero Sr.^[17]
• December 6 – J. J. Dillon

Retirements

• Billy Riley (1920s-1968)

Births

• January 1 – Mike Lozansky (died in 2003)
• January 5 – Noboru Asahi^[18]
• January 8 – Bull Nakano^[19]
• January 9 – Silver King^[20](died in 2019)
• January 12 – Big Dick Dudley^[19](died in 2002)
• January 15 – Bull Buchanan
• January 31 – Ray Odyssey^[18]
• February 13 – Daisuke Ikeda^[19]
• February 19 – August Smisl
• March 7 – Súper Brazo^[20]
• April 16 – Vickie Guerrero^[20]
• March 19 – Eddie Watts^[19]
• March 28 – Jaime Cardriche (died in 2000)
• March 31 – Naoya Ogawa^[18]
• April 24:
  • Yuji Nagata^[20]
  • El Espantito^[19](died in 2020)
• May 10 – William Regal^[20]
• May 14 – Mantaur^[18](died in 2023)
• May 24 – Rayo Tapatío I^[18]
• May 26 – Simon Diamond^[20]
• June 17 – Minoru Suzuki^[18]
• June 20 – Mr. Gannosuke^[18]
• June 26 – Koji Nakagawa
• June 30 – The Bodyguard^[19]
• July 3 – Sombrita^[20]
• July 8 – Romeo Valentino
• July 17 – Doctor X (died in 2011)
• July 18 – Pequeño Violencia^[18]
• August 2 – Maximum Capacity (died in 2014)
• August 5 – Kendo Kashin^[18]
• August 11:
  • Head Hunter A^[19]
  • Head Hunter B^[19]
• August 20 – Duke Droese
• August 24 – Funaki^[19]
• September 3 – Black Pearl (wrestler)
• September 24 – Eric Sbraccia
• September 28:
  • Jado^[19]
  • Apolo Dantés^[19]
• October 3 – Chi Chi Cruz
• October 28 – Mayumi Ozaki
• October 30 – Dr. Luther^[19]
• November 3 – Dirty White Girl^[19]
• November 10 – Mitsuya Nagai
• November 12:
  • Disco Inferno^[19]
  • Kazue Nagahori
• November 29 – Hayabusa^[19](died in 2016)
• December 8 – Michael Cole^[18]
• December 9:
  • Kurt Angle^[18]
  • Virus^[20]
  • Jack Dupp
• December 10:
  • Mephisto^[18]
• December 26 – Mideon^[18]

Deaths

• January 15 – Firpo Segura^[21] 60
• February 19 – George Hackenschmidt^[21] 89
• March 9:
  • Bert Ruby 57
  • John Katan 66
• May 30 – Espanto I^[21] 37
• June 10 – Wladek Zbyszko^[21] 76
• June 21 – Ike Robin, 81
• August 11 – Oklahoma Kid (Elmer Gerald), 30
• December 3 – Dick Shikat, 71

References