1967 in professional wrestling

1967 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of years in professional wrestling

List of notable promotions

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1967.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
April EMLL 11. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Mexico  
September 29 EMLL 34th Anniversary Show Ángel Blanco defeated Ángel Exterminador in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta mask vs. mask match

[1]

December 19 Juicio Final Aníbal defeated Red Terror in a Lucha de Apuestas, mask Vs. mask match[2]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Accomplishments and tournaments

EMLL

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
NWA World Middleweight Championship tournament Rene Guajardo September 29 [3][4]
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship #1 contendership tournament Alfonso Dantés September 22 - October 6 [3]

Championship changes

EMLL

incoming champion – Vacant[5]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
August 4 Ray Mendoza EMLL show Defeated Dory Dixon to win the vacant championship.[5]
incoming champion – René Guajardo[6]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 10 Rey Mendoza EMLL show [6]
May Vacant N/A Champioship vacated for undocumented reasons[6]
July 29 René Guajardo EMLL show [6]
incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde[7]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 7 Vento Castella EMLL show [7]
July 3 Karloff Lagarde EMLL show [7]
incoming champion - Polo Torres[8]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 30 Henry Pilusso EMLL show [8]
incoming champion – El Santo[9]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 22 René Guajardo EMLL show [9]
incoming champion – Raul Rojas[10]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
September 7 Raul Guerrero EMLL show [10]
incoming champion – El Santo[11]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March Espanto I EMLL show [11]
June 12 Mil Máscaras EMLL show [11]
October 15 El Nazi EMLL show [11]
incoming champion – Alberto Muñoz[12]
No title changes[12]
incoming champion – Rayo de Jalisco and El Santo[13]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Uncertain Unknown N/A [13]
Uncertain La Ola Blanca
(Ángel Blanco and Dr. Wagner)
EMLL show [13]
incoming champion – Uncertain[14]
No title changes[14]

NWA

Incoming Champion – Gene Kiniski[15]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes[15]

Debuts

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares" [CMLL: 79 stories, 79 anniversaries, the 70 main events]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  2. Centinela, Teddy (July 2, 2015). "En un día como hoy... Aníbal destapa a Red Terror... Adrian Street en México". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre >> Tournaments >> page 3". CageMatch. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  4. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middlweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  6. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middleweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  8. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  9. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Middleweight Championship". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  10. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  11. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  12. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title [Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  13. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: Mexican National Tag Team TItle". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  14. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Title[Lutteroth]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 394. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  15. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). ""United States: 19th century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA: NWA World Heavyweight Title"". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 15. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  16. "Wrestlers debuted in 1967: 1 - 28 of 28". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  17. "Wrestlers born in 1967: 51 - 100 of 133". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  18. "Wrestlers born in 1967: 101 - 133 of 133". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  19. "Wrestlers born in 1967: 1 - 50 of 133". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  20. "Wrestlers deceased in 1967: 1 - 31 of 31". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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