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1967 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 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)

Notable events

July 24 - Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion beat The Sicilians to become eventually the last WWWF United States Tag Team Championship.

Accomplishments and tournaments

EMLL

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

Championship changes

EMLL

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Vacant^[5]
August 4	Ray Mendoza	EMLL show	Defeated Dory Dixon to win the vacant championship.^[5]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – René Guajardo^[6]
March 10	Rey Mendoza	EMLL show	^[6]
May	Vacant	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons^[6]
July 29	René Guajardo	EMLL show	^[6]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde^[7]
May 7	Vento Castella	EMLL show	^[7]
July 3	Karloff Lagarde	EMLL show	^[7]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion - Polo Torres^[8]
October 30	Henry Pilusso	EMLL show	^[8]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – El Santo^[9]
June 22	René Guajardo	EMLL show	^[9]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Lightweight Championship
incoming champion – Raul Rojas^[10]
September 7	Raul Guerrero	EMLL show	^[10]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – El Santo^[11]
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]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Tag Team Championship
incoming champion – Rayo de Jalisco and El Santo^[13]
Uncertain	Unknown	N/A	^[13]
Uncertain	La Ola Blanca (Ángel Blanco and Dr. Wagner)	EMLL show	^[13]

Mexican National Women's Championship
incoming champion – Uncertain^[14]
No title changes^[14]

NWA

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

Debuts

Debut date uncertain:
July 1 - Aiko Kyo (All Japan Women)
August 5 – Seiji Sakaguchi^[16]
August 19 – Ole Anderson^[16]
October – Ari Romero^[16]

Births

Date of birth uncertain:
- Jumbo Baretta^[17]
January 4 – Nelson Veilleux
January 10 – Yumiko Hotta^[18]
January 13 – Reno Riggins^[18]
January 17 – Luther Biggs
January 22 – Manabu Nakanishi^[17]
February 8:
- Dino Casanova (died in 2002)
- Yuki Ishikawa
February 18 – Rick Fuller
February 21 – Danny Boy Collins
February 22 – Psicosis II^[18]
March 1 – Scotty Riggs^[18]
March 4 – Johnnie Stewart^[17]
March 9 – Bison Kimura^[19]
March 11 – Pitbull #1
March 17 – Billy Corgan^[19]
March 27 – Kenta Kobashi^[17]
March 28 – Yoji Anjo^[18]
April 13 – Mo^[20]
April 14 – Jeff Jarrett^[17]
April 17 – Enson Inoue
April 23 – Mark Young (died in 2016)
April 25 – J.T. Smith
April 26 – Kane^[17]
April 29 – Master P
May 2 – Marty Garner
May 4 – Jim Steele
May 9 – Kevin Kelly^[17]
May 10 – Nitro
May 17 – Lori Fullington^[17]
May 21 – Chris Benoit^[19](died in 2007) [1]
May 24 – Bambi
May 28 – Buddy Wayne^[19](died in 2017)
May 30 – Vampiro^[18]
June 1 – Scoot Andrews
June 29 – Heidi Lee Morgan^[19]
July 3 – KeMonito^[17]
July 9 – Andy Barrow^[19]
July 13 – Akira Hokuto^[19]
July 24 – Buck Quartermain^[19]
July 26 – Pitbull #2^[17](died in 2003) [2]
August 3 – Picudo^[17](died in 2018)
August 5 – Brody Steele
August 8:
- Eric Angle
- Sable^[18]
August 13 – Chad Fortune
September 9 – Mark Shrader
September 19 – Alexander Karelin^[19]
September 20 – Roger Anderson
September 22 – Super Delfin^[18]
September 29 – Joey Maggs^[17](died in 2006) [3]
October 2 – Pierrothito^[17]
October 9 – Eddie Guerrero^[19](died in 2005) [4]
October 11 – Tazz^[18]
October 13 – Don Callis
October 22 – Andrew Anderson
October 25 – Latin Lover^[17]
October 26 – Combat Toyoda^[19]
November 1 – Plum Mariko^[17](died in 1997)
November 9 – Tim Fischer
November 13 – Ice Train
November 15 – Michiyoshi Ohara
November 22 – Ron Powers (wrestler)^[18]
December 15:
- Kendall Windham^[17]
- Elix Skipper^[19]
December 19 – Erik Watts^[19]
December 21:
- Jake Gymini^[17]
- Jesse Gymini^[17]
- Harley Saito (died in 2016) [5]
December 30 – PCO^[17]

Deaths

January 7 - Leo Savage, 66
June 29 – Primo Carnera^[21] 60
July 13 - Art Shires, 60
August 1 – Gorila Ramos^[21] 53
September 23 – Stanislaus Zbyszko, 88

References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre >> Tournaments >> page 3". CageMatch. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Wrestlers debuted in 1967: 1 - 28 of 28". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Wrestlers born in 1967: 101 - 133 of 133". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Wrestlers born in 1967: 1 - 50 of 133". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Wrestlers born in 1955: 1 - 50 of 54". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Wrestlers deceased in 1967: 1 - 31 of 31". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[79Anniversaries-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.

[JD1969-2] 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.

[CMLL3395-3] "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre >> Tournaments >> page 3". CageMatch. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

[NWAMiddle-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.

[NWALHeavy-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.

[NWALMiddle-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.

[NWALWelter-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.

[MexHeavy-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.

[MexMiddle-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.

[MexLight-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.

[MexLHeavy-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.

[MexWelter-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.

[MexTag-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.

[MexWomenBook-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.

[NWAWorlds-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.

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[WD1955Births-20] "Wrestlers born in 1955: 1 - 50 of 54". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[WD1967Deaths-21] "Wrestlers deceased in 1967: 1 - 31 of 31". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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