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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 ...
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1960 1981 The American Wrestling Alliance United States Championship was created in November 1960 with Ray Stevens declared the inaugural champion. In 1968, it was renamed the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship after Big Time Wrestling joined the National Wrestling Alliance. The championship was retired in 1981 when the promotion folded.
In the United States, in the First Golden Age of professional wrestling in the 1940s–1960s, Gorgeous George gained mainstream popularity, followed in the Second Golden Age in the 1980s–early 1990s by Hulk Hogan, André the Giant, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Ric Flair, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Ultimate Warrior, Sting, Dusty Rhodes, Bret "The ...
Big Time Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the New England area of the United States from 1960 to 1975. For much of the 1960s, BTW was the top professional wrestling promotion in Boston, Massachusetts, and was a significant competitor to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).
Polynesian Pro Wrestling (1980-1988) 50th State Big Time Wrestling (sometimes referred to as NWA Hawaii or Mid-Pacific Promotions ) was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Honolulu , Hawaii in the United States that promoted professional wrestling matches throughout Hawaii.
Today, those archives are owned by Brian Last, a New Jersey wrestling historian and podcaster who restarted the Wrestling News in 2022. Last has called Kietzer a trailblazer in covering pro wrestling.
[7] [8] [2] [9] By the 1960s, the promotion was airing two to three television programs per week and staging weekly house shows at the Cobo Arena. [8] The promotion's TV program was unique in that it would occasionally air local collegiate wrestling matches alongside worked angles, in a segment called "Am-Pro Wrestling".