1960 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 1960.

Calendar of notable shows

Notable events

• Wally Karbo and Verne Gagne's Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club break away from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to form the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and created the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Accomplishments and tournaments

EMLL

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA

Debuts

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Alfonso Dantés ^[13]
  • George Steele ^[13]
  • Gorilla Monsoon ^[13]
  • Harley Race ^[13]
  • Karl Von Steiger ^[13]
  • Pat Barrett ^[13]
  • El Solitario ^[13]
  • Uncle Elmer ^[13]
• September 30:
  • Antonio Inoki ^[13]
  • Giant Baba ^[13]
• November 12 – Rocket Monroe ^[13]
• December 28 – Angelo Mosca ^[13]

Births

• January 1 – Rayo de Jalisco Jr. ^[14]
• January 3 – Ross Hart ^[15]
• January 10 – Negro Casas ^[14]
• January 23 – Leilani Kai ^[16]
• February 3:
  • Kerry Von Erich ^[14](died in 1993)
  • Marty Jannetty ^[14]
• February 12 – One Man Gang ^[14]
• February 17 – Shunji Kosugi
• March 2 – Debra Marshall
• March 3 – Ben Bassarab ^[17]
• March 16 – Kenny Bolin ^[14]
• March 19 – Moondog Cujo ^[14](died in 2009)
• March 22:
• Jimbo Covert ^[17]
• Villano V
• April 12 – Tony Anthony / Dirty White Boy ^[17]
• April 16 – Damian Kane
• April 18 – Vic Steamboat
• April 24 – Lance Von Erich ^[18]
• April 29 – Paul Roma ^[14]
• May 11 – Kodo Fuyuki ^[14](died in 2003)
• May 14 – "Dr. Death" Steve Williams ^[14](died in 2009)
• May 20 – Dale Veasey
• May 23 – Pat Rose ^[14]
• May 27 – Kelly Kiniski ^[17]
• June 1 – Brian Adias ^[17]
• June 2 – Timothy Flowers ^[14]
• June 10 – Cueball Carmichael
• June 13 – Jacques Rougeau ^[17]
• June 23 – Súper Ratón ^[14]
• July 4 – Barry Windham ^[17]
• July 9 – Johnny B. Badd ^[17]
• July 23 – Al Perez ^[17]
• July 27 – Fidel Sierra ^[19]
• July 31 – Mark Fleming
• August 4 – Dean Malenko ^[17]
• August 6 – Jose Luis Rivera
• August 10 – Brett Sawyer ^[17] (died in 2023)
• August 11 – Brickhouse Brown (died in 2018)
• September 2 – Todd Champion ^[14]
• September 11 – Road Warrior Animal ^[20](died in 2020)
• September 18 – Blue Panther ^[17]
• September 23 – Kurt Beyer ^[14]
• September 26 – David Sammartino ^[17]
• October 1 – Tim Burke ^[14](died in 2011)
• October 4 – Bobby Fulton
• October 10 – Soldat Ustinov
• October 23 – Bubba Monroe (died in 2022)
• October 30 – Roadblock
• November 11 – Dump Matsumoto ^[17]
• November 16 – John Condrone (died in 2020)
• December 18 – Moondog Splat ^[14]
• November 19 – Miss Elizabeth ^[14](died in 2003)
• December 9 – Steve Doll ^[14](died 2009)
• December 16 – Sid Vicious
• December 27 – Franz Schumann ^[17]
• December 29 – Mark Madden ^[14]

Deaths

• January 7 – Jack Claybourne, ^[21] 49
• May 22 – Great Gama ^[22] 82
• June 16 – Médico Asesino ^[21] 39
• July 17 – Paul Bowser ^[21] 74
• December 11 – Tor Yamato ^[21] 43

References