1949

Births
January
 * January 7; Chavo Guerrero Sr.

February
 * February 25; Ric Flair

October
 * October 4; Mike Adamle
 * October 26; Kevin Sullivan

November
 * November 29; Jerry Lawler

Deaths
Unknown Date
 * Ralph Mondt

May
 * May 30; Phil Lawson, 48

August
 * Unknown Date; Jaan Jaargo
 * August 8; Ivan the Terrible (Ivan Maximovich Poddubny), 78

September
 * September 4; Ray Steele, 50, heart attack

Debuts

 * Verne Gagne

Retirements

 * Orville Brown

Title Changes
November
 * Lou Thesz awarded the NWA World Heavyweight Championship