1971
From Pro Wrestling
This is a list of various things that took place in 1971.
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Significant events
- The World Wide Wrestling Federation rejoins the National Wrestling Alliance
- The Mongols (Geto and Bepo), the reigning WWWF International Tag Team Champions, leave the promotion early in the year and take their belts with them to the WWWF-affiliated Studio Wrestling promotion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Births
February
- February 23 – Hikari Fukuoka (Akita, Japan)
April
- April 4 – John Zandig (Sewell, New Jersey )
May
- May 12 - Doug Basham (Louisville, Kentucky)
Deaths
June
- June 17 – Alberto Torres 37 (Internal injuries)
July
- July 23 – Hercules Cortez (Car accident)
Debuts
May
- May 9 – Tatsumi Fujinami
Events
August
- August 27 - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Supershow
Title changes
January
- January 18 – Ivan Koloff wins the WWWF Heavyweight Championship from Bruno Sammartino in New York City
February
- February 8 – Pedro Morales wins the WWWF title from Ivan Koloff in New York City
- February 15 – John Quinn and Dutch Savage win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship from Don Leo Jonathan and Steven Little Bear in Vancouver, British Columbia
- February 22 – Fritz Von Erich wins the NWA American Heavyweight Championship from Toru Tanaka in Fort Worth, Texas
- February 23 – Toru Tanaka regains the NWA American title from Fritz Von Erich in Dallas, Texas
March
- March 5 – Wahoo McDaniel wins the NWA American title from Toru Tanaka in Houston, Texas
- March 15 – Dean Higuchi and Steven Little Bear win the NWA Canadian Tag Team title from John Quinn and Dutch Savage in Vancouver
- March 27 – Stan Stasiak wins the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Dutch Savage in Portland, Oregon
May
- May 1 – Kurt Von Steiger wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Stan Stasiak in Portland
- May 15 – Red Bastien and Hercules Cortez win the AWA World Tag Team Championship from Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June
- Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler are awarded the WWWF Tag Team Championship as the first titleholders; they are claimed to have beaten Dick the Bruiser and The Sheik in a fictitious tournament final in New Orleans, Louisiana
- June 14 – The Skull Brothers win the NWA Canadian Tag Team title from Dean Higuchi and Steven Little Bear in Vancouver
- June 18 – Bruno Sammartino and Dominic Denucci win the WWWF International Tag Team Championship from The Mongols in Pittsburgh
July
- July 2 – The Mongols regain the WWWF International Tag Team title from Bruno Sammartino and Dominic Denucci in Pittsburgh
- July 5 – Dean Higuchi and Steven Little Bear regain the NWA Canadian Tag Team title from The Skull Brothers in Vancouver
- July 19 – Steven Little Bear wins the NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship from Gene Kiniski in Vancouver
- July 31 – Jonathan Boyd wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Kurt Von Steiger
August
- Red Bastien chooses The Crusher as his new AWA World Tag Team Championship partner after Hercules Cortez is killed in a car accident near St. Cloud, Minnesota on July 23
September
- September 20 – "Bulldog" Bob Brown wins the NWA Pacific Coast title from Steven Little Bear in Vancouver
October
- October 11 – "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Gene Kiniski win the NWA Canadian Tag Team title from Dean Higuchi and Steven Little Bear in Vancouver
- October 24 – Dutch Savage wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Jonathan Boyd
November
- November 12 – Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler win the WWWF International Tag Team title from The Mongols in a title vs. title match in Pittsburgh (Graham and Tyler were also the reigning WWWF Tag Team Champions)
- November 28 – Jonathan Boyd regains the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Dutch Savage
- November 29 – Mark Lewin and Steven Little Bear win the NWA Canadian Tag Team title from "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Gene Kiniski in Vancouver
December
- December 11 – The Spoiler wins the NWA American title from Wahoo McDaniel in San Antonio, Texas
- December 28 – Dutch Savage regains the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Jonathan Boyd in Portland
See also
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