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1965 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 1965.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
January 13 EMLL Carnaval de Campeones Mexico City, Mexico Raúl Reyes defeated Ray Mendoza (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship[1]
April 3 9. Aniversario de Arena México Rizado Ruiz (c) defeated Huracán Ramírez for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship[2][3]
September 24 EMLL 32nd Anniversary Show Karloff Lagarde defeated Huracán Ramírez (c) in a best two-out-of-three match for the NWA World Welterweight Championship[4]
December 3 Juicio Final Karloff Lagarde vs. Cavernario Galindo in a Lucha de Apuestas, hair Vs. hair match[5]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

Accomplishments and tournaments

EMLL

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
NWA World Middleweight Championship #1 contendership tournament Rene Guajardo March 19 [6]
NWA World Middleweight Championship #1 contendership tournament Antonio Montoro July 23 [6][7]

Championship changes

EMLL

incoming champion – Gory Guerrero[8]
No title changes[8]
incoming champion – Rayo de Jalisco[9]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 9 René Guajardo EMLL show [9]
incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde[10]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February Huracán Ramírez EMLL show [10]
September 24 Karloff Lagarde EMLL 32nd Anniversary Show [10]
incoming champion - Pepe Mendieta[11]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Uncertain Vacated N/A Mendieta retired
December Chico Casaola EMLL show [11]
incoming champion – El Santo[12]
No title changes[12]
incoming champion – Chanoc[13]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 13 Rudolfo Ruiz Carnaval de Campeones [13]
August 7 Alberto Muñoz EMLL show [13]
incoming champion – Ray Mendoza[1]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 13 Raúl Reyes Carnaval de Campeones [1]
May 5 Alfonso Dantés EMLL show [1]
incoming champion – Rizado Ruiz[3]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February Huracán Ramírez EMLL show [3]
incoming champion – Possibly Rayo de Jalisco and El Santo[14]
No title changes[14]
incoming champion – Chabela Romero[15]
No title changes[15]

NWA

Incoming Champion – Lou Thesz[16]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes[16]

Debuts

Retirements

Births

Deaths

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. 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)
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Lucha Libre Magazine, issue 112
  6. 1 2 "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre >> Tournaments >> page 3". CageMatch. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 1 2 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.
  10. 1 2 3 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 1 2 3 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Wrestlers debuted in 1965: 1 - 32 of 32". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Wrestlers born in 1965: 51 - 100 of 131". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Wrestlers born in 1965: 101 - 131 of 131". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Wrestlers born in 1965: 1 - 50 of 131". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  21. 1 2 "Wrestlers deceased in 1965: 1 - 33 of 33". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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