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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.
ESPN also began airing professional wrestling for the first time, first airing Pro Wrestling USA shows—which were created as an alliance between the NWA and AWA in 1984, in an effort to counter the national success the WWF was gaining—and later AWA shows, after Pro Wrestling USA fell apart by 1986. The WWF also became an international ...
Grand Prix Wrestling: 1960 Current personnel: Former personnel ... List of professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom; List of women's wrestling promotions.
Lord James Blears (wrestler/commentator) † Gary DeRusha "Scrap Iron" George Gadaski (wrestler/referee) † Donna Gagne (ring announcer) Paul E. Dangerously ; Lord Alfred Hayes † Bobby Heenan † Dick Jonkowski (ring announcer/commentator) Rodger Kent (ringside announcer) † Scott LeDoux †
This is a list of oldest surviving professional wrestlers. As of 2024, there are 43 living veterans from the " Golden Age of Wrestling " (1950s–1970s) over 75 years old. The last surviving wrestler from the " Pioneer Era " (WWWF) (1900s–1940s) was American wrestler Angelo Savoldi (born April 21, 1914, died September 13, 2013, aged 99 years ...
Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne [2] (/ ˈ ɡ ɑː n j eɪ / GAHN-yay; February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) [3] was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter.