1963 in professional wrestling

1963 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions
Only two promotions held notable shows in 1963.

Notable events

 * January 24 – Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) breaks away from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to form the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).
 * April 11 - Buddy Rogers was presented the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship at a WWWF TV taping in Washington, D.C., after being billed as the World Champion since late January.
 * May 18 - Bruno Sammartino defeated Buddy Rogers in 48 seconds to win the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship in New York, NY.

Debuts

 * Debut date uncertain:
 * Beauregard
 * Coloso Colosetti
 * Donna Christianello
 * Johnny Powers
 * Mr. Wrestling
 * Pepe Casas
 * Skandar Akbar
 * January 4 – Ernie Ladd
 * January 10 – Dory Funk Jr.
 * March – Rubén Soria
 * October 13 – Great Kojika
 * November – Aníbal

Births

 * Date of birth uncertain:
 * Marie Lograsso (died in 2006)
 * January 2 – Mickie Henson (died in 2022)
 * January 3:
 * Vic Grimes
 * New Jack (died in 2021)
 * January 6 – Tony Halme (died in 2010)
 * January 10 – Firebreaker Chip
 * January 29 – Hardcore Holly
 * February 22 – Maxx Muscle (died in 2019)
 * February 25 – Doug Stahl
 * February 28 – Joey Marella (died in 1994)
 * March 7 – Bruce Prichard
 * March 19 – Brazo de Plata (died in 2021)
 * March 20 – Terry Simms
 * April 6 – Neil Superior (died in 1996)
 * April 18 – Universo 2000 (died in 2018)
 * April 22 – Miguel Pérez Jr.
 * May 2 – Big Boss Man (died in 2004)
 * May 18 – Gary Albright (died in 2000)
 * May 19 – Hollywood
 * May 29 – Samu
 * June 1 – George Hines
 * June 4 – Shigeo Miyato
 * June 6 – Ahmed Johnson
 * June 10:
 * Jeff Bearden
 * Scott Peterson (died in 1994)
 * June 12:
 * Jerry Lynn
 * Johnny Hotbody
 * June 16 – The Sandman
 * June 20 – Don West (died in 2022)
 * June 22 – John Tenta (died in 2006)
 * June 24 – Ángel Azteca (died in 2007)
 * June 25 – Bobby Blaze
 * July 11 – Mike Enos
 * July 18 – Al Snow
 * July 21:
 * Giant Silva
 * Mark Youngblood
 * July 22 – Steve Gillespie (died in 2020)
 * July 24 – Karl Malone
 * July 28 – Lioness Asuka
 * July 31 – Chad Brock
 * August 2 – El Hijo del Santo
 * August 5 – Pat Tanaka
 * August 12 – Koji Kitao (died in 2019)
 * August 15 – Tamon Honda
 * August 16 – Tarzan Goto (died in 2022)
 * August 27 – Sambo Asako (died in 2004)
 * August 28 – Lester Speight
 * September 17 – Masahiro Chono
 * September 24 – Sunny Beach
 * September 26 – Knuckles Nelson
 * September 28 – Steve Blackman
 * September 30 – Mustafa Saed
 * October 8 – Diana Hart
 * October 9 – Tadao Yasuda
 * October 11 – Sam Houston
 * October 12 – Dave Legeno (died in 2014)
 * October 16 – Missy Hyatt
 * October 20 – Brian Costello
 * October 23 – Lou Fabiano
 * November 11 – Billy Gunn
 * December 1 – Dave Sullivan
 * December 3 – Steve Simpson
 * December 7 – Bruiser Bedlam (died in 2017)
 * December 8 – Toshiaki Kawada
 * December 12 – Jason Knight

Deaths

 * January 19 – Gus Pappas 80
 * March 7 – Billy Wolfe 66
 * May 10 – Gene Lipscomb 31
 * June 2 - Century Milstead, 62
 * December 15 – Rikidozan, 39
 * December 26 – Gorgeous George, 48
 * December 27 - Wildcat Wilson, 63