1968

This is a list of various things that took place in 1968.
==Significant events==
Unknown date
*The Madison Wrestling Club ceases operations when owner Al Tomko (who is also the Winnipeg promoter for the American Wrestling Association at this point) folds the promotion into the AWA
*All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling is launched by the Matsunaga brothers as a successor to previous women's wrestling promotions operated in Japan dating back to 1948. All Japan Women is quickly given credibility thanks to a tour of the promotion by NWA World Women's Champion The Fabulous Moolah soon after its first events
January
*29 - The WWWF's final card at the old Madison Square Garden in New York City is held. In the main event, Bruno Sammartino defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka by pinfall. The WWWF (and its predecessors) had been running shows in the venue since 1926.
February
*19 - The first WWWF card at the new Madison Square Garden is held. Until 1973, cards are not televised live, and with few exceptions, little to no film or video footage from these cards is known to remain in existence. The main event saw Bruno Sammartino successfully defend the WWWF Heavyweight Championship by defeating Bull Ramos by submission with the backbreaker
July
*5 - Nick Bockwinkel appears as a contestant on the NBC game show The Hollywood Squares. He is the night's champion, winning a Pontiac Firebird convertible and Hotpoint kitchen appliances, along with $1,300 cash.
October
*The Los Angeles-based Worldwide Wrestling Associates (originally founded as the North American Wrestling Alliance in 1958 after Los Angeles promoters Cal Eaton and Jules Strongbow withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance) rejoins the NWA and is renamed NWA Hollywood Wrestling
==Births==
January
*8 - Bull Nakano
*9 - Silver King
February
*14 – Nelson Frazier, Jr. (Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
*23 - Bobby Who
March
*7 - Nobutaka Araya
April
*12 - Rico Casanova
*24 - El Espantito
*24 – Yuji Nagata (Togane, Chiba)
*29 - Coquito Amarillo (II)
May
*10 – William Regal (Codsall Wood, Staffordshire, England)
June
*3 - El Gallego
*7 - Minoru Suzuki
July
*3 - Sombrita
*18 - Pequeño Violencia
*21 - Flecha India
August
*5 - Kendo Ka Shin
*8 - Azhor
*11 - Head Hunter A
*11 - Head Hunter B
*16 - Super Boy
*24 - Funaki
September
*16 - Pancho Tequila
*28 - Apolo Dantés
*28 - Jado
*29 - Coco Blanco
*31 - Pegaso III
October
*28 – Mayumi Ozaki (Japan)
November
*3 - Dirty White Girl
*12 - Disco Inferno
*29 - El Sanguinario
*29 - Hayabusa
December
*4 - Cripta
*8 – Michael Cole (Amenia, New York, USA)
*9 – Kurt Angle (Moon Township, Pennsylvania, USA)
*9 - Virus
*10 - Mephisto
*10 - Violencia
*26 – Dennis Knight (Biggers, Arkansas, USA)
==Deaths==
January
*15 - Firpo Segura
May
*30 - Espanto I
July
*14 - Apolo Curiel
August
*11 – The Oklahoma Kid 29 (Heart attack)
October
*20 - Ike Eakins
==Debuts==
February
*24 - Enrique Vera
April
*14 - Ringo Mendoza
May
*3 - Scorpio
August
*30 - Yamato (Toguchi)
==Events==
==Title changes==
March
:*10 - Yukiko Tomoe wins the NWA World Women's Championship from The Fabulous Moolah in Osaka, Japan (WWE, which claims this title's history for its original WWE Women's Championship, does not recognize this title change)
April
:*2 - The Fabulous Moolah regains the NWA World Women's title from Yukiko Tomoe in Hamamatsu, Japan (WWE does not recognize this title change)
May
:*29 – Dara Singh defeats Lou Thesz in Bombay, India to win the Indian version of the World Heavyweight Championship
August
:*17 - Dr. X wins the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Verne Gagne in Bloomington, Minnesota
:*31 - Verne Gagne regains the AWA World title from Dr. X in Minneapolis, Minnesota
November
:*9 - Kintaro Oki defeats Buddy Austin in Seoul, South Korea to win the vacant JWA All-Asia Heavyweight Championship (which had been inactive since the death of previous holder Rikidozan on December 15, 1963)
==See also==
Category:Wrestling Years