List of years in professional wrestling
+...

1973 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 1973.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
April 21 AJPW Champion's Carnival Finals Tokyo, Japan Giant Baba defeated Mark Lewin
April EMLL 17. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Mexico [1]
September 21 EMLL 40th Anniversary Show Ray and Ringo Mendoza defeated Ángel Blanco and Kim Chul Won in a Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match[2]

Notable events

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
Category Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year Jack Brisco
PWI Tag Team of the Year Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens
PWI Match of the Year Dory Funk Jr. vs. Harley Race
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Chief Jay Strongbow
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Superstar Billy Graham
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Johnny Valentine
PWI Rookie of the Year Bob Orton Jr. / Tony Garea
PWI Woman of the Year Joyce Grable
PWI Midget Wrestler of the Year Little Beaver
PWI Manager of the Year The Grand Wizard

Championship changes

EMLL

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Alfonso Dantés[3]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 29 Kim Sung Ho EMLL show [3]
December 21 Ray Mendoza EMLL show [3]
NWA World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Aníbal
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 30 Rene Guajardo EMLL show
NWA World Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Alberto Munoz
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 25 Vacant EMLL show
December 14 Mano Negra EMLL show
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Angel Blanco
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 26 Enrique Vera EMLL show
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ciclon Veloz, Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
December 14 Adorable Rubi EMLL show
Mexican National Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Estrella Blanca[4]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 11 Tauro EMLL show [4]
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Enrique Vera
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 16 Dr. Wagner EMLL show
Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
August 11 El Marquez EMLL show
October 3 Fishman EMLL show
Mexican National Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Uncertain
No title changes

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Dory Funk, Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 24 Harley Race House show
July 20 Jack Brisco House show

Tournaments

IWE

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
IWA World Series Great Kusatsu October 10
IWA World Tag Tournament Big John Quinn and Kurt Von Hess March 25

Births

Retirements

Debuts

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.((cite news)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "40th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 21, 1973. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ a b Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ^ "Online World of Wrestling profile". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  6. ^ Official MySpace profile
  7. ^ Intelius search
  8. ^ "Yukio Sakaguchi". Sherdog. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  9. ^ Copeland, Adam (November 2004). Adam Copeland on Edge. WWE Books. p. 16. ISBN 0-7434-8347-2. I was born weighing 10 pounds 12 ounces at 7:05 A.M. on October 30, 1973 , at the Orangeville Hospital.
Categories