1962 in professional wrestling explained

1962 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 1962.

Calendar of notable shows

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
Notes
April	EMLL	6. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
September 21		EMLL 29th Anniversary Show		Antonio Poza (c) defeated Karloff Lagarde in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable Events

• Wrestling World hit the newsstands with its first issue

Championship changes

EMLL

No title changes

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
April 18	René Guajardo	EMLL show
October 25	Rayo de Jalisco	EMLL show

No title changes

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
May 13	Pepe Mendieta	EMLL show	Defeated Gran Lothario in a tournament final.

No title changes

No title changes

No title changes

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
April 4	Blue Demon	EMLL show
April 28	Karloff Lagarde	EMLL show

width=14%	Date	width=26%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=40%	Note(s)
Uncertain	Los Rebeldes (Rene Guajardo and Karloff Lagarde)	EMLL show

No title changes

NWA

width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
No title changes^[2]

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Bill Dundee
  • Bill Watts^[3]
  • Bob Armstrong^[3]
    • • Bushwhacker Luke Gary Hart^[3]
  • Mr. Fuji^[3]
  • Ox Baker^[3]
  • Ronnie Garvin^[3]
• January 13 Espanto III^[3]
• March 19 Dean Ho^[3]
• November 2 Archie Gouldie^[3]

Births

• January 7 Devil Masami
• January 9:
  • Luc Poirier
    • Tony Puccio January 12 Luna Vachon(died in 2010) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• January 21 Mark Curtis(died in 1999) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
  • January 25 Rod Price January 31 Reggie B. Fine
  • February 7 Max Thrasher February 11 Bestia Salvaje(died in 2008) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• February 13 Baby Doll
• February 19 Franky Gee (died in 2005)
  • February 21 Billy Silverman March 13 Vandal Drummond
• March 19 Jimmy Korderas
• March 22 Villano V
• March 28 The Warlord
• April 3:
  • Curly Moe (died in 2015)
    • Jeff Van Camp April 10 Super Muñeco (died in 2022)
• April 12 Nobuhiko Takada
• April 13 Diane Von Hoffman (died in 2017)
  • April 29 Sunshine May 5 Princess Victoria (wrestler)
• May 10 Klondyke Kate
• May 22 Brian Pillman(died in 1997) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• May 26 Victor Zangiev^[4]
• May 30 Martha Villalobos
• June 15:
  • Brad Armstrong (died in 2012)
    • Mark Fleming June 18 Mitsuharu Misawa(died in 2009) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• June 26 Bruiser Costa
• July 2 Brakkus
• July 5 Barry Hardy
• July 15 Jesús Castillo Jr.
  • July 18 Dusty Wolfe July 29:
  • Scott Steiner
  • Sonny Onoo
  • Pirata Morgan
• July 31 Kevin Greene(died in 2020)
• July 31 John Laurinaitis^[5]
  • August 2 - DeWayne Bruce August 14 Jeff Farmer
  • August 15 Kazuo Yamazaki September 2 Tracy Smothers(died in 2020)
• September 7 George South
• September 24 Kloudy
• September 28 Atlantis^[6]
• October 2 El Dandy^[6]
  • October 19 Evander Holyfield October 31 Bill Fralic^[6] (died in 2018) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• November 4 El Hijo del Diablo^[6]
• November 24:
  • Velvet McIntyre^[7]
    • Masayoshi Motegi November 28 Davey Boy Smith^[6] (died in 2002) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
• November 30 Jimmy Del Ray^[6] (died in 2014) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/
  • December 16 William Perry December 23 Keiji Muto^[6]
• December 26 Mark Starr^[8] (died in 2013) http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/obituaries/

Deaths

• March 2 Gus Kallio^[9] (70)
• April 20 Joe Malcewicz (65)
• August 9 Sam Avey (67)
• September 26 Alexander Zass (74)

Notes and References

1. Web site: CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares. Alex. Ruiz Glez. September 7, 2010. February 2, 2020 . Súper Luchas. Spanish . CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events.
2. Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will . Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . 2000 . Archeus Communications . Waterloo, ON . 0-9698161-5-4 . "United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title" . 15.
3. Web site: Wrestlers debuted in 1962: 1 - 30 of 30 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
4. Web site: Wrestlers born in 1959: 51 - 92 of 92 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
5. Web site: Wrestlers born in 1965: 51 - 100 of 131 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
6. Web site: Wrestlers born in 1962: 1 - 50 of 94 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
7. Web site: Wrestlers born in 1961: 51 - 98 of 98 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
8. Web site: Wrestlers born in 1962: 51 - 94 of 94 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.
9. Web site: Wrestlers deceased in 1962: 1 - 26 of 26 . February 1, 2020 . Wrestling Data.