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This is a list of various things that took place in 1965.

Significant events[]

Unknown date

Births[]

January

  • 1 - Cinta de Oro
  • 5 - Guerrero Estelar
  • 6 - Konnan (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba)
  • 11 - Mascarita Sagrada (Original)
  • 24 - Mike Awesome (Tampa, Florida, USA)
  • 26 - Difunto II
  • 28 - Jiraiya

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths[]

January

  • 16 – Yukon Eric

March

  • 24 - Verdugo (Original)

December

  • 3 - El Gladiador

Debuts[]

February

July

November

  • 1 - El Cobarde

Events[]

Title changes[]

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • 5 - Mad Dog Vachon wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Pepper Martin in Portland
  • 17 - Bob Orton, Sr. wins the vacant NWA Florida Southern title in a tournament in Jacksonville, Florida
  • 18 - Stan Stasiak wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Mad Dog Vachon in Portland

July

  • 24 - The Crusher and Verne Gagne win the AWA World Tag Team title from Larry Hennig and Harley Race in Minneapolis

August

  • 5 - Bill and Dan Miller win the WWWF United States Tag Team title from Gorilla Monsoon and Bill Watts in Washington, D.C.
  • 7 - Larry Hennig and Harley Race regain the AWA World Tag Team title from The Crusher and Verne Gagne in Minneapolis
  • 21 - The Crusher wins the AWA World title from Mad Dog Vachon in St. Paul, Minnesota; Gene Kiniski wins the WWA World title from Dick the Bruiser in Indianapolis

September

October

  • 8 - Bob Orton Sr. is awarded the Georgia version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship on the basis of his recognition as champion in Florida

November

December

  • 25 - Dick the Bruiser regains the WWA World title from Gene Kiniski in Indianapolis

See also[]

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