1944 in professional wrestling

1944 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions
Only one promotion held notable shows in 1944.

Notable events

 * Paul Jones starts the Georgia Championship Wrestling professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Debuts

 * Debut date uncertain:
 * June Byers
 * Killer Kowalski
 * Roy Heffernan

Births

 * Date of birth unknown:
 * Larry O'Day (died in 1997)
 * Mike Webster
 * January 1 – Jimmy Hart
 * April 4:
 * Tiger Jeet Singh
 * El Sicodélico
 * April 20 – Bob Bruggers (died in 2024)
 * May 25 - Victor Rivera (wrestler)
 * May 29 – Ronnie P. Gossett (died in 2007)
 * June 1 – Diamond Lil
 * June 30 – Terry Funk (died in 2023)
 * July 12 – Ric Drasin (died in 2020)
 * August 3 – Roland Bock
 * August 10 – Jim Crockett Jr. (died in 2021)
 * August 14 – Bobby Duncum Sr.
 * August 24 – Rocky Johnson (died in 2020)
 * August 31 – Jos LeDuc (died in 1999)
 * September 12 – Lonnie Mayne (died in 1978)
 * October 4 – Michel Martel (died in 1978)
 * October 21:
 * Jonathan Boyd(died in 1999)
 * Butch Miller (died in 2023)
 * October 31 - Roy Callender
 * November 1 – Bobby Heenan (died in 2017)
 * November 2 – Michael Buffer

Deaths

 * April 30 – Ernst Roeber (72)
 * September 9 – Gus Sonnenberg (46)