1979 in professional wrestling

1979 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 1979.

Notable events

 * In March, the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was renamed to World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
 * On March 6 at a taping for WWF Championship Wrestling, The Valiant Brothers beat Tony Garea and Larry Zbyszko to become the new WWWF Tag Team Championship.
 * June 6 - Verne Gagne and Butcher Vachon beat Pat Patterson and Ray Stevens to become the AWA Tag Team Champions.
 * On October 22 at New York's Madison Square Garden Ivan Putski and Tito Santana beat The Valiant Brothers to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.

Births

 * January 17 - Chase Stevens
 * February 21 – Carly Colón
 * March 4 – Sarah Stock
 * March 6 – David Flair
 * March 9 – Melina
 * March 12 – Nidia Guenard
 * March 17 – Samoa Joe
 * March 23 - Ray Gordy
 * March 28 - Goldy Locks
 * April 19 – Nicole Raczynski
 * April 25 - Belladonna (d. 2019)
 * April 29 - Vladimir Kozlov
 * May 3 - Monsta Mack
 * May 4 - Ryan Shamrock
 * May 11 - Air Paris
 * May 26 – Ashley Massaro (d. 2019)
 * May 29 – Brian Kendrick
 * June 19 - Billy Reil (d. 2024)
 * June 25 - Hirooki Goto
 * July 18 – Joey Mercury
 * July 19 – Pólvora
 * July 20 - Adam Rose
 * July 21 - Matt Stryker
 * July 23
 * Peter Rosenberg
 * Perro Aguayo Jr. (d. 2015)
 * July 27 – Shannon Moore
 * July 31 - R. J. Brewer
 * August 9 - Silas Young
 * August 10 - Kongo Kong
 * August 31 – Mickie James
 * September 5 - Slyck Wagner Brown
 * September 6 – Low Ki
 * September 26 - Naomichi Marufuji
 * October 1 – Curtis Axel
 * October 3 – John Morrison
 * October 8 – Paul Burchill
 * October 14 – Stacy Keibler
 * October 19 – Mari Apache
 * October 25 – Rosa Mendes
 * October 27 – Bobby Fish
 * November 2 – Cliff Compton
 * November 5 - Jackson Andrews
 * November 7 - Joey Ryan
 * November 12 - Matt Cappotelli (d. 2018)
 * November 17
 * Katsuyori Shibata
 * Meiko Satomura
 * November 21 - Ryota Hama
 * December 3 – Seth Petruzelli
 * December 10 - Matt Bentley
 * December 15 – Eric Young
 * December 16:
 * Luke Harper/Brodie Lee (d. 2020)
 * Murat Bosporus
 * December 18 - Eric Escobar
 * December 24 – Chris Hero
 * December 26 - Hiroshi Nagao
 * December 29 - Justin Roberts

Debuts

 * Uncertain debut date
 * Barry Windham
 * Jim Duggan
 * Wendi Richter
 * Tom Prichard


 * March 5 - Shiro Koshinaka
 * September 9 - Martha Villalobos
 * September 17 - Apollo Sugawara

Deaths

 * April 26 – Fuzzy Cupid, 50
 * June 30 – Chris Taylor, 29
 * July 14 - Billy McCrary, 32
 * July 22 - Tony Galento, 69
 * October 11 - Lou Bastien, 63

Retirements

 * Spiros Arion (1961 - 1979)
 * Boris Malenko (1955 - 1979)