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. Calendar of notable shows Awards and honors Pro Wrestling Illustrated Championship changes EMLL NWA 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 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 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 1 - Jeremy Lopez September 4 – Awesome Kong September 5: Sin Cara Minoru Fujita September 7 – Molly Holly September 8 - X-Fly 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 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 August 10 - Hulk Hogan October 23 - Bad News Brown 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 References professional wrestling