1975 in professional wrestling

1975 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable shows in 1975.

Notable events

 * promoter Francisco Flores and wrestler Ray Mendoza break away from Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre and, along with investor Benjamin Mora Jr., create the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA).
 * October 8 - WCW Worldwide premiered on television.
 * November 18 - Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi defeat The Blackjacks to become the new WWWF Tag Team Champions.

Births

 * Date of birth uncertain:
 * Damian Steele (died in 2009)
 * January 1 - Kid Romeo
 * January 23 - Tito Ortiz
 * January 28 - Shark Boy
 * January 30 – Dark Ozz
 * February 8 – Shane Shamrock (d. 1998)
 * February 18 - Charly Manson
 * March 15 - Lobo
 * March 17 – Test (d. 2009)
 * April 12 – Cibernético
 * April 14 – Lita
 * April 15 - Paul E. Normous (d. 2009)
 * April 25 - BLK Jeez
 * May 6 - Germán Figueroa
 * May 8 – Truth Martini
 * May 12 - Ricky Ortiz
 * May 15:
 * La Parkita (d. 2009)
 * Espectrito II (d. 2009)
 * May 17 – Alex Wright
 * May 22 – Traci Brooks
 * June 2 – Chessman
 * June 18 - Darren Wyse
 * June 18 - Bam Neely
 * July 3 - Johnny Swinger
 * July 9 – Shelton Benjamin
 * July 15 – Cherry
 * July 17 :
 * Daffney (died in 2021)
 * UltraMantis Black
 * Yuki Kondo
 * July 23 – Drago
 * July 24 – Torrie Wilson
 * July 25 – El Zorro
 * August 2 - Blitzkrieg
 * August 17 - Palmer Canon
 * August 31 - Takahiro Suwa
 * September 20 - Joel Gertner
 * October 7 – Rhyno
 * October 19 - Mrs. Yamaguchi-San
 * November 17 – Ranjin Singh
 * November 18 - Taiyo Kea
 * December 9 - Juggernaut
 * December 10 :
 * Steve Bradley (died in 2008)
 * Tomohiro Ishii
 * December 17 – Nick Dinsmore
 * December 18 – Trish Stratus
 * December 31 - Vance Nevada

Debuts

 * Uncertain debut date
 * Leilani Kai
 * Debbie Combs
 * Rick McGraw
 * Yumi Ikeshita (All Japan Women's)


 * January 15 - Américo Rocca and Kazuharu Sonoda
 * March 19 - Maki Ueda (All Japan Women's)
 * April 27 - Jackie Sato
 * May 2 - Hubert Gallant
 * May 13 - Jake Roberts
 * July 17 - Lola Gonzales
 * November 11 - Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
 * December 24 - Dynamite Kid

Retirements

 * Argentina Apollo (1960 – 1975)
 * Harold Sakata (1949 – 1975)

Deaths

 * January 5 - Ray Morgan (announcer), 60
 * February 20 – Bobby Shane, 29
 * May 28 - Ezzard Charles, 53
 * July 7 - Henri Deglane, 73
 * August 19 - Jim Londos, 81