# 1962 in professional wrestling

1962 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 1962.
| Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
| Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL |

## Calendar of notable shows

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| April | EMLL | 6. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| September 21 | EMLL | EMLL 29th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Antonio Poza (c) defeated Karloff Lagarde in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

## Notable Events

* Wrestling World hit the newsstands with its first issue

## Championship changes
### EMLL

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship :
* incoming champion - Gory Guerrero ||||
* No title changes ||||
NWA World Middleweight Championship :
| incoming champion – Antonio Posa |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| April 18 | René Guajardo | EMLL show | |
| October 25 | Rayo de Jalisco | EMLL show | |
NWA World Welterweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship :
| incoming champion - Vacant |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| May 13 | Pepe Mendieta | EMLL show | Defeated Gran Lothario in a tournament final. |
Mexican National Middleweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Lightweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Juan Diaz ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship :
* incoming champion – Rubén Juárez ||||
* No title changes ||||
Mexican National Welterweight Championship :
| incoming champion – Karloff Lagarde |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| April 4 | Blue Demon | EMLL show | |
| April 28 | Karloff Lagarde | EMLL show | |
Mexican National Tag Team Championship :
| incoming champion – possibly Tarzán López and Henry Pilusso |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| Uncertain | Los Rebeldes (Rene Guajardo and Karloff Lagarde) | EMLL show | |
Mexican National Women's Championship :
* incoming champion – Uncertain ||||
* No title changes ||||

### NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming Champion – Buddy Rogers |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| No title changes |||||

## Debuts

* Debut date uncertain:
** Bill Dundee
** Bill Watts
** Bob Armstrong
** Bushwhacker Luke
** Gary Hart
** Mr. Fuji
** Ox Baker
** Ronnie Garvin
* January 13 – Espanto III
* March 19 – Dean Ho
* November 2– Archie Gouldie

## Births

* January 7 – Devil Masami
* January 9:
** Luc Poirier
** Tony Puccio
* January 12 – Luna Vachon(died in 2010)
* January 21 – Mark Curtis(died in 1999)
* January 25 – Rod Price
* January 31 – Reggie B. Fine
* February 7 – Max Thrasher
* February 11 – Bestia Salvaje(died in 2008)
* February 13 – Baby Doll
* February 19 – Franky Gee (died in 2005)
* February 21 – Billy Silverman
* March 13 – Vandal Drummond
* March 19 – Jimmy Korderas
* March 22 – Villano V
* March 28 – The Warlord
* April 3:
** Curly Moe (died in 2015)
** Jeff Van Camp
* April 10 – Super Muñeco (died in 2022)
* April 12 – Nobuhiko Takada
* April 13 – Diane Von Hoffman (died in 2017)
* April 29 – Sunshine
* May 5 – Princess Victoria (wrestler)
* May 10 – Klondyke Kate
* May 22 – Brian Pillman(died in 1997)
* May 26 – Victor Zangiev
* May 30 – Martha Villalobos
* June 15:
** Brad Armstrong (died in 2012)
** Mark Fleming
* June 18 – Mitsuharu Misawa(died in 2009)
* June 26 – Bruiser Costa
* July 2 – Brakkus
* July 5 – Barry Hardy
* July 15 – Jesús Castillo Jr.
* July 18 – Dusty Wolfe
* July 29:
** Scott Steiner
** Sonny Onoo
** Pirata Morgan
* July 31 – Kevin Greene(died in 2020)
* July 31 – John Laurinaitis
* August 2 - DeWayne Bruce
* August 14 – Jeff Farmer
* August 15 – Kazuo Yamazaki
* September 2 – Tracy Smothers(died in 2020)
* September 7 – George South
* September 24 – Kloudy
* September 28 – Atlantis
* October 2 – El Dandy
* October 19 – Evander Holyfield
* October 31 – Bill Fralic(died in 2018)
* November 4 – El Hijo del Diablo
* November 24:
** Velvet McIntyre
** Masayoshi Motegi
* November 28 – Davey Boy Smith(died in 2002)
* November 30 – Jimmy Del Ray(died in 2014)
* December 16 – William Perry
* December 23 – Keiji Muto
* December 26 – Mark Starr(died in 2013)

## Deaths

* March 2 – Gus Kallio (70)
* April 20 – Joe Malcewicz (65)
* August 9 – Sam Avey (67)
* September 26 – Alexander Zass (74)