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This is a list of various things that took place in 1972.

Significant events[]

May

  • 20 - WWWF Championship Wrestling makes its debut in syndication as a companion program to WWWF All-Star Wrestling. Vince McMahon, who had been announcing WWWF All-Star Wrestling the past several months after it replaced original WWWF program Heavyweight Wrestling in October 1971, continues his role as lead play-by-play announcer.
  • 31 - The main event of Don Leo Jonathan vs. André the Giant at a Grand Prix Wrestling card at the Montreal Forum, billed by Grand Prix promoters as the "Match of the Century", ended in a no-contest when the ring collapsed during the match

July

September

  • 30 - The first WWWF Showdown at Shea supercard takes place at Shea Stadium in New York. A grudge match between WWWF Champion Pedro Morales and former champion Bruno Sammartino -- a rare face-vs.-face matchup of the era -- is the main event; they would battle to a 75-minute curfew draw. Future events took place in 1976 and 1980

October

  • 24 - André the Giant makes his first WWWF appearance, teaming with WWWF Heavyweight Champion Pedro Morales in a match against WWWF Tag Team Champions Mr. Fuji and Professor Toru Tanaka at an event in White Plains, New York. His first televised appearances on the WWWF's syndicated programs come sometime in early 1973

December

  • Sports Review Wrestling magazine, published by Kappa Publishing Group's Victory Sports arm, publishes its first fan-voted year-end awards. The awards honored the top wrestlers, tag teams, managers and matches of the preceding 12 months. The first Wrestler of the Year was Pedro Morales, while the first match of the year was a battle royal that took place in January in Los Angeles, in which Bruno Sammartino won. These year-end issues also included a capsule of some of the most memorable events, matches, feuds and milestones from January to (typically) mid-November, along with a listing of wrestlers who passed away during the past year. Starting in 1979, the annual honors would be published in Victory Sports' flagship publication Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine.

Births[]

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • 5 - Nova (USA)

July

August

September

October

  • 12 - Karen Angle (Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA)
  • 16 - Hijo del Lizmark
  • 17 - Rey Muerte II

November

December

Deaths[]

February

April

May

  • 26 - Murciélago Velázquez

Debuts[]

Unknown date

February

March

August

  • 2 - Pak Choo

June

September

November

  • 20 - Potro Salvaje

December

  • 3 - Kobayashi
  • 10 - Ric Flair
  • 31 - Indio Tarahumara

Events[]

September

Title changes[]

Unknown date

January

February

  • 7 - Bob Brown regains the NWA Pacific Coast title from Mark Lewin in Vancouver

March

  • 10 - John Tolos wins the NWA Americas title from Killer Kowalski in Los Angeles

April

May

June

  • 26 - Gene Kiniski wins the NWA Pacific Coast title from Steven Little Bear in Vancouver
  • 28 - Édouard Carpentier regains the Grand Prix title from Mad Dog Vachon in Montreal
  • 30 - Black Gordman wins the NWA Americas title from John Tolos in Los Angeles, but the title is immediately held up

July

  • 14 - John Tolos regains the held-up NWA Americas title by defeating Black Gordman in Los Angeles
  • 17 - Jacques Rougeau Sr. wins the ASW International title from The Sheik in Montreal
  • 28 - Ernie Ladd wins the NWA Americas title from John Tolos in Los Angeles

September

October

  • Johnny Valentine wins the ASW International title from Jacques Rougeau Sr. (specific date and location unknown)

November

  • 16 - Steven Little Bear wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Bull Ramos in Salem, Oregon
  • 28 - Jack Brisco regains the NWA Florida title from Paul Jones in Tampa
  • 30 - Bull Ramos regains the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Steven Little Bear in Salem

December

  • 1 - Victor Rivera wins the NWA Americas title from Ernie Ladd in Los Angeles; Bobo Brazil defeats Kintaro Oki to win the vacant NWA International title in Yokohama, Japan
  • 2 - Kintaro Oki and Seiji Sakaguchi defeat Gene Kiniski and Bobo Brazil to win the vacant NWA International Tag Team title in Tokyo, Japan
  • 4 - Kintaro Oki wins the NWA International title from Bobo Brazil in Hiroshima, Japan

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