1977 in professional wrestling

1977 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 1977.

Notable events

 * April 30 – At the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. Superstar Billy Graham used both feet on the ropes to pin Bruno Sammartino to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion.
 * September 27 – Mr. Fuji and Professor Tanaka defeated Tony Garea and Larry Zbyszko to win the vacant World Wide Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions in an elimination tournament.

Births

 * Date of birth uncertain:
 * Prince Nana
 * January 7 - Dustin Diamond (died in 2021)
 * January 16 – Máscara Año 2000 Jr.
 * January 17 – Kevin Fertig
 * February 15 - Gran Naniwa (died in 2010)
 * February 20 – Gail Kim
 * February 24 - Floyd Mayweather Jr.
 * February 28 - Lance Archer
 * February 28 - Aaron Aguilera
 * March 8 - Michael Tarver
 * March 20:
 * Caprice Coleman
 * Homicide
 * March 24 – Inquisidor
 * March 26 – Sylvain Grenier
 * March 31 - Allison Danger
 * April 4 - Stephan Bonnar (died in 2022)
 * April 13 – Christian York
 * April 19 - Jonny Storm
 * April 20 - Jon Hugger
 * April 23 – John Cena
 * April 29 – Titus O'Neil
 * May 9 – Averno
 * May 11 – Bobby Roode
 * May 23 – Alan Stone
 * May 25 – Alberto Del Rio
 * June 1 - James Storm
 * June 2 – A.J. Styles
 * June 25 – Layla El
 * June 26 – Mark Jindrak
 * July 1 – Jocephus (died in 2021)
 * July 5:
 * Kei Sato
 * Shu Sato
 * July 12 – Brock Lesnar
 * July 19 - Tony Mamaluke
 * July 21 - Sara Calaway
 * August 1 – Yoshi Tatsu
 * August 4 – Frankie Kazarian
 * August 31 – Jeff Hardy
 * September 4 – Awesome Kong
 * September 5:
 * Sin Cara
 * Minoru Fujita
 * September 7 – Molly Holly
 * September 8 - X-Fly
 * September 10 - Mike DiBiase (born 1977)
 * September 11 - Josette Bynum
 * September 25 - Atsushi Aoki (died in 2019)
 * October 3 - Danny Basham
 * October 20 - Steve Anthony
 * November 15 -Cima
 * November 20 – Dan Engler
 * December 10 - Essa Rios
 * December 12 - The Butcher
 * December 14 - Brain Damage (died in 2012)
 * December 18 - The Messiah
 * December 28 - Xavier (died in 2020)

Debuts

 * Uncertain debut date
 * Michael Hayes
 * Moondog Spot
 * One Man Gang
 * Nightmare Danny Davis
 * Joe Malenko
 * Brutus Beefcake
 * B. Brian Blair
 * The Grappler
 * Gary Young
 * Mami Kumano (All Japan Women)
 * Lucy Kayama (All Japan Women)


 * February 10 - George Takano
 * June 11 - David Von Erich
 * August 10 - Hulk Hogan
 * September 5 - Tomi Aoyama (All Japan Women)
 * October 23 - Bad News Brown
 * November 8 - Takashi Ishikawa

Retirements

 * Penny Banner (1954–1977)
 * Octavio Gaona (1934–1977)

Deaths

 * January 28 - George Bollas, 53
 * March 15 - Antonino Rocca, 55
 * July 28 - Bull Ortega, 55
 * August 27 - Billy Riley, 81
 * September 27 - Roy Welch, 75
 * October 8 - Joe Greenstein, 84