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1976 in professional wrestling

Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 1976

1976 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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Promotion Name	Abbreviation
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling	AJW
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL
World Wide Wrestling Federation	WWWF

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
April 23	EMLL	20. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Fishman defeated El Faraón in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match^[1]^[2]
May 11	NJPW	World League	Tokyo, Japan	Seiji Sakaguchi defeated Pedro Morales
June 5	BTW	Superbowl of Wrestling	Irving, Texas	Terry Funk (c) wrestled Fritz Von Erich to a double count-out in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
June 25/26	WWWF	Showdown at Shea	Queens, New York	Bruno Sammartino (c) defeated Stan Hansen by countout in a singles match for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship^[3]
	NJPW / various	The War of the Worlds	Tokyo, Japan	Muhammad Ali fought Antonio Inoki to a draw in a "Wrestler vs Boxer" Match for the Real World Martial Arts Championship (match broadcast via CCTV to other locations)
			Atlanta, Georgia	Jack Brisco fought Dory Funk Jr. to a draw
			Chicago, Illinois	Nick Bockwinkel (c) fought Verne Gagne to a draw for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
			Detroit, Michigan	The Sheik fought Pampero Firpo to a no contest
			Houston, Texas	Terry Funk (c) defeated Rocky Johnson to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
			Los Angeles, California	Gory Guerrero defeated Roddy Piper
			San Francisco, California	Pat Patterson defeated Mr. Fuji in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match
September 24	EMLL	EMLL 43rd Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	El Faraón defeated Perro Aguayo in a best two-out-of-three falls match Lucha de Apuesta mask vs. hair match^[4]
December 19	EMLL	Juicio Final	Mexico City, Mexico	Mano Negra defeated Demonio Blanco in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask Vs. mask match^[5]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	Terry Funk
PWI Tag Team of the Year	The Executioners (#1 and #2)
PWI Match of the Year	Bruno Sammartino vs. Stan Hansen
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Wahoo McDaniel
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Stan Hansen
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Bruno Sammartino
PWI Rookie of the Year	Bob Backlund
PWI Woman of the Year	Sue Green
PWI Midget Wrestler of the Year	Lord Littlebrook
PWI Manager of the Year	Bobby Heenan

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Rookie of the Year Decision Tournament	Victoria Fujimi
World League	Jackie Sato

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Dr. Wagner^[6]
February 27	Adorable Rubí	EMLL show	^[6]
July 16	Carlos Plata	EMLL show	^[6]
October 24	Alfonso Dantés	EMLL show	^[6]

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Date	Winner	Event/Show
NWA World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Perro Aguayo
October 22	El Faraon	EMLL show

Date	Winner	Event/Show
NWA World Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Blue Demon
January 19	Mano Negra	EMLL show
April 9	Fishman	EMLL show

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Halcon
No title changes

Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ringo Mendoza
No title changes

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tauro^[7]
October 30	Flama Azul	EMLL show	^[7]

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Alfonso Dantes
April 11	Dr. Wagner	EMLL show

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Fishman
April 9	Vacant	EMLL show
July 30	Blue Demon	EMLL show

Mexican National Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Uncertain
No title changes

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Terry Funk
No title changes