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1969 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1969.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main event
April	EMLL	13. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
August 15	EMLL	EMLL 36th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	El Solitario defeated Rayo de Jalisco (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Championship changes

EMLL

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Ray Mendoza^[2]
December 19	Coloso Colosetti	EMLL show	^[2]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – René Guajardo^[3]
April 18	Rayo de Jalisco	EMLL show	^[3]
August 15	El Solitario	EMLL 36th Anniversary Show	^[3]

NWA World Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde^[4]
No title changes^[4]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Henry Pilusso^[5]
March 30	Goliath	EMLL show	^[5]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
incoming champion – Alberto Muñoz^[6]
November 20	René Guajardo	EMLL show	^[6]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Lightweight Championship
incoming champion – Estrella Blanca^[7]
September 20	Rodolfo Ruiz	EMLL show	^[7]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Vacant^[8]
April 11	Raul Mata	EMLL show	^[8]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Welterweight Championship
incoming champion – Vacant^[9]
June 14	Huracán Ramírez	EMLL show	^[9]
September 9	Karloff Lagarde	EMLL show	^[9]

Mexican National Tag Team Championship
incoming champion – Possibly La Ola Blanca (Ángel Blanco and Dr. Wagner)^[10]
No title changes^[10]

Mexican National Women's Championship
incoming champion – Uncertain^[11]
No title changes^[11]

NWA

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Gene Kiniski^[12]
February 11	Dory Funk Jr.	NWA show	^[12]

Debuts

Debut Date

February 21 – Osamu Kido^[13]
April 2 - Rusher Kimura
June – Pantera Sureña^[13]
July 16 – Ivan Putski^[13]
September 20 – Animal Hamaguchi^[13]
November – Fishman^[13]

Date Unknown

Births

Deaths

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.
1 2 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.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Wrestlers debuted in 1969: 1 - 34 of 34". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Wrestlers born in 1969: 1 - 50 of 186". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Wrestlers born in 1969: 101 - 150 of 186". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Wrestlers born in 1969: 51 - 100 of 186". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wrestlers born in 1969: 151 - 186 of 186". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
↑ Chan, Sewell (April 21, 2016). "Chyna, Pro Wrestler Turned Reality TV Star, Is Dead at 46". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
1 2 3 4 "Wrestlers deceased in 1969: 1 - 33 of 33". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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