1962

This is a list of various things that took place in 1962.
==Significant events==
==Births==
January
*7 – Devil Masami
February
*4 - Cadaver De Ultratumba
*11 - Bestia Salvaje
*13 - Nickla Roberts (Lubbock, Texas)
March
*13 - Vandal Drummond
*17 - Sirenita
*22 - Villano V
*28 - The Warlord
April
*10 - Super Muñeco
May
*30 - Martha Villalobos
July
*7 - Reyes Veloz
*29 - Pirata Morgan
*29 - Scott Steiner
*31 - Ricky Boy
August
*9 - Tony Cisneros
September
*2 - Ichiro Yaguchi
*28 - Atlantis
October
*2 - El Dandy
*23 - Tracey Phelps (Washington, USA)
*27 - May Flowers
November
*4 - El Hijo del Diablo
*24 - Motegi
*29 - El Norteño
December
*4 - Paramédico
*23 - The Great Muta
*31 - Tornado Negro
==Deaths==
==Debuts==
Unknown
*Ronnie Garvin
==Events==
==Title changes==
January
:* The AWA World Tag Team Championship, last held by Bob Geigel and Otto Von Krupp, is vacated when Von Krupp is injured
:*5 - Dory Dixon wins the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship from Jack Dalton in Houston, Texas
:*6 - Fritz von Goering wins the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Billy White Wolf in Eugene, Oregon
:*9 - Mr. M wins the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, Minnesota
:*11 - Johnny Valentine and Bob Ellis win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship from The Fabulous Kangaroos in Washington, D.C.
:*15 - Larry Hennig and Duke Hoffman win the vacant AWA World Tag Team title in a tournament final over Ivan and Nikita Kalmikoff in St. Paul, MInnesota
February
:*3 - Luther Lindsay & Ricky Waldo won the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship in Tokyo, Japan.
:*13 - Bob Geigel and Stan Kowalski win the AWA World Tag Team title from Larry Hennig and Duke Hoffman in Minneapolis
:*15 - Rikidōzan & Toyonobori regained the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship in Tokyo, Japan.
March
:*9 - Czaya Nandor wins the Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship from Killer Kowalski in Calgary, Alberta
April
:* Art and Stan Neilson are awarded the AWA World Tag Team title (it is claimed that the Neilsons defeated Bob Geigel and Stan Kowalski in a fictitious match in Cincinatti, Ohio)
May
:*18 - The Mummy wins the NWA Texas title from Dory Dixon in Houston
June
:*4 - Buddy Austin & Mike Sharpe won the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship in Osaka, Japan. 
:*15 - Art Thomas wins the NWA Texas title from The Mummy in Houston
July
:*5 - Buddy Rogers and Johnny Barend win the NWA United States Tag Team title from Johnny Valentine and Bob Ellis in Washington, D.C.; Roy & Don McClarity win the Winnipeg version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship by defeating Gene Kiniski and Hard Boiled Haggerty in a tournament final in Winnipeg, Manitoba to become the first champions
:*23 - Killer Kowalski wins the Montreal Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship from Johnny Rougeau in Montreal, Quebec
August
:* Johnny Valentine is awarded the Toronto version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship as its first holder
:*21 - Verne Gagne regains the AWA World title from Mr. M in Minneapolis
:*24 - Luther Lindsay wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Fritz von Goering in Portland, Oregon
:*27 - Professor Hiro wins the NWA Toronto United States title from Johnny Valentine in Toronto, Ontario
September
:*3 - Johnny Valentine regains the NWA Toronto United States title from Professor Hiro in Toronto
October
:*4 - Mad Dog Vachon wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Luther Lindsay in Portland
:*26 - El Medico II wins the NWA Texas title from Art Thomas in Houston
November
:*12 - Sandor Kovacs and Dan Miller win the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship by defeating Gene Kiniski and Clyde Stevens in a tournament final to become the first champions
:*22 - Bruno Sammartino wins the NWA Toronto United States title from Johnny Valentine in Toronto
December
:*14 - Johnny Valentine regains the NWA Toronto United States title from Bruno Sammartino in Toronto; Mike Sharpe wins the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship from Whipper Billy Watson in Calgary, Alberta
:*16 - Dick Steinborn and Doug Gilbert win the AWA World Tag Team title from Art and Stan Neilson in St. Paul
:*21 - Whipper Billy Watson regains the NWA British Empire title from Mike Sharpe in Calgary
==See also==
Category:Wrestling Years