• Source: 1968 in professional wrestling

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.
Inside Wrestling magazine hit the newsstands with its first issue.




Tournaments






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Championship changes






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Debuts


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




Retirements


Billy Riley (1920s-1968)




Births


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




Deaths


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




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