List of oldest surviving professional wrestlers

Abe Coleman celebrating his 100th birthday in 2005.

This is a list of oldest surviving professional wrestlers.

The title of the oldest verified wrestler of all time belongs to Polish-born American wrestler Abe Coleman (1905–2007), who lived 7009320364720000000♠101 years, 189 days.

The oldest wrestler who is currently competing is Dave Kidney, who at the age of 81, continues to wrestle for the Scottish School of Wrestling (SSW).

List

Oldest wrestlers ever

Rank	Name	Sex	Age	Birth	Death	Notes
1	Abe Coleman	M	7009320364720000000♠101 years, 189 days	20 September 1905	28 March 2007	Oldest wrestler ever verified. Born in Poland.[1]
2	Angelo Savoldi	M	7009313733520000000♠99 years, 152 days	21 April 1914	20 September 2013	Last surviving veteran of the "Pioneer Era". Oldest living CAC and Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee.
3	Betty Wagner	F	98 years	1912–1913	3 June 2011	First wife and valet of Gorgeous George.
4	Dan McLeod	M	98 years	1860	20 June 1958	Last surviving American Heavyweight Champion and oldest living veteran of the "Farmer" Burns-Frank Gotch era.[1]
5	Ivan the Terrible	M	97 years	1899	February 1996	[1]
6	Jack LaLanne	M	7009303981120000000♠96 years, 119 days	26 September 1914	23 January 2011	World famous fitness guru had a brief pro wrestling career in 1938.
7	Milo Steinborn	M	7009299475360000000♠94 years, 328 days	18 March 1894	9 February 1989	Born in Germany, promoted wrestling in Florida[1]
8	Andrew Tsimpides	M	7009296935200000000♠94 years, 34 days	16 August 1916	19 September 2011	Former manager of Gorgeous George
9	James Dudley	M	7009296831520000000♠94 years, 22 days	10 May 1910	1 June 2004	First African-American promoter & manager working under Vincent J. McMahon
10	Clarence Eklund	M	7009295343280000000♠93 years, 215 days	3 June 1887	4 January 1981	[1]
11	Speedy Hatfield	M	7009295317360000000♠93 years, 212 days	30 November 1908	30 June 2002	[1][2]
12	Mick McManus	M	7009294617520000000♠93 years, 131 days	11 January 1920	22 May 2013	British and European Middleweight Champion, one of the most famous heels in the history of British wrestling. Watched by 20 million people in a famous televised match in 1963 [1]
13	Sam Muchnick	M	7009294608880000000♠93 years, 130 days	22 August 1905	30 December 1998	St. Louis wrestling promoter[1]
14	Dean Rockwell	M	7009294107760000000♠93 years, 72 days	25 May 1912	5 August 2005	[1]
15	Brutus Malumba	M	93 years	1921	January 2015	Wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling in the 1970's.
16	Ray Villmer	M	7009292593600000000♠92 years, 262 days	22 April 1912	9 January 2005	[1]
17	Charles Baillargeon	M	7009292204800000000♠92 years, 217 days	8 July 1917	10 February 2010	Born in Canada.[1]
18	Abe Zvonkin	M	7009291790080000000♠92 years, 169 days	6 March 1910	22 August 2002	Born in the United States.[1]
19	Tony Cosenza	M	7009291409920000000♠92 years, 125 days	14 April 1919	17 August 2011	Once known as the "famous wrestling pianist".
20	Jackie Nichols	M	7009291297600000000♠92 years, 112 days	31 December 1910	22 April 2003	[1][3]
21	Cora Combs	F	7009290710080000000♠92 years, 44 days	17 March 1923	Living
22	Paddy Casey	M	7009290459520000000♠92 years, 15 days	February 1910	16 February 2002	Last surviving brother of the Casey sporting family.[1][2]
23	Bob "Legs" Langevin	M	7009290258640000000♠91 years, 357 days	13 October 1913	8 October 2005	[1]
24	Chris Dundee	M	7009289463760000000♠91 years, 265 days	25 February 1907	17 November 1998	Miami Beach wrestling promoter[1]
25	Herb Welch	M	7009287597520000000♠91 years, 49 days	8 February 1908	29 March 1999	Patriarch of the Fuller wrestling family[1]

Oldest wrestlers currently living

Rank	Name	Sex	Age	Birth	Death	Notes
1	Cora Combs	F	7009290710080000000♠92 years, 44 days	17 March 1923	Living
2	Bill Mercer	M	7009281519280000000♠89 years, 76 days	13 February 1926	Living	Voice of World Class Championship Wrestling.
3	Lance Russell	M	7009281234160000000♠89 years, 43 days	March 18, 1926	Living	Voice of Memphis wrestling.
4	Lord Littlebrook	M	7009272406240000000♠86 years, 117 days	January 3, 1929	Living	Legendary midget wrestler. Competed at WrestleMania 3.
5	"Cowboy" Bob Ellis	M	7009271792800000000♠86 years, 46 days	March 15, 1929	Living	Inventor of "the bulldog"; first prominent cowboy character in wrestling
6	Pampero Firpo	M	7009268446960000000♠85 years, 24 days	6 April 1930	Living	Born in Argentina.
7	El Mongol	M	7009268438320000000♠85 years, 23 days	7 April 1930	Living	Oldest surviving Mexican wrestler. Lives in the United States.
8	Len Rossi	M	85 years	1930	Living	Tennessee legend
9	Tom Drake	M	7009266345280000000♠84 years, 146 days	5 December 1930	Living
10	Don Leo Jonathan	M	7009265092480000000♠84 year, 1 day	29 April 1931	Living	Lives in Canada.
11	Dick Beyer	M	7009264459600000000♠83 years, 293 days	11 July 1931	Living	Best known for portraying the masked wrestlers The Destroyer and Doctor X. Father of Kurt Beyer
12	Dave Kidney	M	82 years	1931	Living	Oldest British wrestler still actively competing.[4]
13	Danny Hodge	M	7009261813600000000♠82 years, 352 days	13 May 1932	Living
14	Rene Goulet	M	7009261295200000000♠82 years, 292 days	12 July 1932	Living	[5]
15	Gene LeBell	M	7009260526240000000♠82 years, 203 days	9 October 1932	Living	Los Angeles promoter and announcer
16	Caswell Martin	M	82-83 years old	1932	Living	Wrestled in the UK, Germany and Japan.
17	Stan Holek	M	7009258996960000000♠82 years, 26 days	4 April 1933	Living	Lives in the United States.
18	Gypsy Joe	M	7009256903920000000♠81 years, 149 days	3 December 1933	Living	Oldest wrestler still actively competing in the United States.
19	Mr. Wrestling II	M	7009254465280000000♠80 years, 232 days	10 September 1934	Living	Former NWA Florida Champion.
20	Nick Bockwinkel	M	7009253713600000000♠80 years, 145 days	6 December 1934	Living	Former AWA World Heavyweight Champion.
21	Jose Lothario	M	7009253661760000000♠80 years, 139 days	12 December 1934	Living	Trainer of Shawn Michaels.
22	Mr. Fuji	M	7009252424080000000♠79 years, 361 days	4 May 1935	Living	Manager & Former WWF Tag Team Champion. Billed as Japanese, in reality an American citizen.
23	Moose Morowski	M	7009251879760000000♠79 years, 298 days	6 July 1935	Living	Former NWA Canadian Heavyweight, International Tag Team and Austra-Asian Heavyweight Champion.
24	Bruno Sammartino	M	7009251084880000000♠79 years, 206 days	6 October 1935	Living	The longest-reigning WWWF Champion.
25	Jack Lanza	M	7009251015760000000♠79 years, 198 days	14 October 1935	Living	Long-standing WWF road agent. Member of The Blackjacks.
26	Mario Milano	M	79-80 years old	1935	Living	4 times IWA World Heavyweight Champion.
27	Dominic DeNucci	M	7009250143120000000♠79 years, 97 days	23 January 1936	Living	Former WWWF Tag Team Champion
28	Larry Hennig	M	7009248879520000000♠78 years, 316 days	18 June 1936	Living	"The Axe". Father of Curt Hennig. AWA legend.
29	Mark Lewin	M	7009246538080000000♠78 years, 45 days	16 March 1937	Living	Multi-time regional champion, member of Kevin Sullivan's Army of Darkness.
30	George Steele	M	7009246270240000000♠78 years, 14 days	16 April 1937	Living	"The Animal". WWF road agent. Starred in "Ed Wood".
31	Jerry Brown	M	7009246060720000000♠77 years, 355 days	10 May, 1937	Living	One half of the famous 70's tag team known as The Hollywood Blondes.
32	Angelo Mosca	M	7009243408240000000♠77 years, 48 days	13 March 1938	Living	Dual-sport star with CFL in Canada.
33	Omar Atlas	M	7009243062640000000♠77 years, 8 days	22 April 1938	Living	Former NWA Central States Champion.
34	Paul Vachon	M	7009242870400000000♠76 years, 351 days	14 May 1938	Living	Former AWA Tag Team Champion.
35	Jody Hamilton	M	7009241954560000000♠76 years, 245 days	28 August 1938	Living	One-half of "The Assassins"
36	Abe Jacobs	M	76-77 years old	1938	Living	Former NWA World Tag Team Champion.
37	Sheik Adnan al-Kaissie	M	7009240356160000000♠76 years, 60 days	1 March 1939	Living	aka General Adnan in WWF
38	Lars Anderson	M	7009240252480000000♠76 years, 48 days	13 March 1939	Living	NWA tag team champion
39	Paul Christy	M	7009240192000000000♠76 years, 41 days	20 March 1939	Living	NWA & ICW Legend
40	Bill Watts	M	7009239792400000000♠75 years, 360 days	5 May 1939	Living	Promoter of Mid-South Wrestling/UWF
41	Bob Armstrong	M	7009238487760000000♠75 years, 209 days	3 October 1939	Living	"The Bullet". Patriarch of Armstrong wrestling family.
42	Roger Kirby	M	7009237865680000000♠75 years, 137 days	14 December 1939	Living	Former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion and 2 times AWA Southern Tag Team Champion.
43	Zoltan Boscik	M	75-76 years old	1939	Living	Former British Lightweight Champion.
44	Jim Breaks	M	7009236993040000000♠75 years, 36 days	25 March 1940	Living	8 times British Welterweight Champion.

Oldest wrestlers to ever compete

Rank	Name	Sex	Age Last Competed	Birth	Death	Date last competed	Notes
1	Mae Young	F	7009276693840000000♠87 years, 248 days	March 12, 1923	January 14, 2014	November 15, 2010	Competed in a 16-Diva tag match on November 3, 2008. She also took part in what was called a "match" at the age of 87, when outside the ring on November 15, 2010 when she put her foot over WWE's LayCool tag team for a pin.
2	The Fabulous Moolah	F	7009252936000000000♠80 years, 55 days	July 22, 1923	November 2, 2007	September 15, 2003	Defeated Victoria on WWE "Raw" September 15, 2003.
3	Dave Kidney	M	79 years	1931	Living	January 28, 2011	Last known match took place at SSW in Scotland on January 28, 2011.
4	Gypsy Joe	M	7009243304560000000♠77 years, 36 days	December 12, 1933	Living	January 7, 2011	Joe wrestled his last match at the Gypsy Joe retirement show on January 7, 2011. Held in Tullahoma, Tennessee by the Southern Wrestling Federation.
5	Dominic DeNucci	M	7009240546240000000♠76 years, 82 days	January 23, 1936	Living	April 14, 2012	DeNucci wrestled his last match at a PWS card in Toronto, Canada.
6	Bob Armstrong	M	7009238487760000000♠75 years, 209 days	October 3, 1939	Living	Still actively competing	As of April 2015, Armstrong is still active, wrestling for Combat Sport Pro.
7	Lou Thesz	M	74 years, 243 days	April 24, 1916	April 28, 2002	December 26, 1990	The former undisputed World Heavyweight Champion last competed against Masahiro Chono in Japan.
8	Dory Funk, Jr.	M	7009233299440000000♠73 years, 339 days	February 3, 1941	Living	January 24, 2015	In his last match, the former NWA World Heavyweight Champion wrestled in a trios match in his own promotion - Funkin' Conservatory.
9	The Sheik	M	72 years	June 9, 1926	January 18, 2003	1998	Wrestled his last match in Japan in 1998.
10	Warren Bockwinkel	M	72 years (unverified)	May 21, 1911	March 25, 1986	1983 ?	It is said that Warren Bockwinkel, father of Nick Bockwinkel, wrestled until the age of 72.
11	Mil Máscaras	M	7009228502080000000♠72 years, 149 days	July 15, 1942	Living	December 11, 2014	Wrestled in a trios match on a Tokyo Gurentai Card in Tokyo, Japan.
12	Jimmy Snuka	M	7009227057040000000♠71 years, 347 days	May 18, 1943	Living	Still actively competing	Snuka still competes in various independent promotions.
13	Terry Funk	M	7009222320160000000♠70 years, 164 days	June 30, 1944	Living	December 11, 2014	The former NWA & ECW World Heavyweight Champion wrestled in a trios match on a Tokyo Gurentai Card in Tokyo, Japan.
14	Johnny Saint	M	7009221317920000000♠70 years, 48 days	June 29, 1941	Living	August 16, 2011	Wrestled for the ABC Championship and lost to Tony Trivaldo on a Association Biterroise de Catch card in Port-la-Nouvelle, France.
15	Adrian Street	M	7009220762800000000♠69 years, 349 days	December 5, 1940	Living	November 19, 2010	Retired at NWA Birmingham's "Big Bang" event on November 19, 2010, where he defeated Aeon Flexx.
16	Robbie Ellis	M	7009220581360000000♠69 years, 328 days	April 8, 1943	Living	March 22, 2013	Retired in March 2013.
17	Abdullah the Butcher	M	68 years, 356 days	January 11, 1941	Living	January 4, 2010	Competed in an 8-man tag team match at Wrestle Kingdom IV in the Tokyo Dome, a match that also involved Terry Funk
18	Bushwhacker Luke	M	7009215559360000000♠68 years, 112 days	January 8, 1947	Living	Still actively competing	As of March 2015, Luke still competes in various independent promotions.
19	Nikolai Volkoff	M	7009213146640000000♠67 years, 198 days	October 14, 1947	Living	Still actively competing	Still competes in various independent promotions.
20	Bill Eadie	M	7009212507280000000♠67 years, 124 days	December 27,1947	Living	Still actively competing	Still competes with Smash in various independent promotions.
21	Vince McMahon	M	7009211824720000000♠67 years, 45 days	August 24, 1945	Living	October 8, 2012	WWE wrestling promoter and wrestler Vince McMahon last wrestled CM Punk on RAW.
22	Iron Sheik	M	67 years, 40 days	March 15, 1943	Living	April 24, 2010	The former WWF Champion wrestled a handicapped retirement match, teaming with Jay Lethal at an MWF independent show on April 24, 2010.
23	Kendo Nagasaki	M	7009210276000000000♠66 years, 231 days	October 19, 1946	Living	June 7, 2013	Wrestled Ultimo Dragon in a RJPW card in Tokyo, Japan.
24	Sgt. Slaughter	M	7009210405600000000♠66 years, 246 days	August 27, 1948	Living	Still actively competing	Last wrestled on NEW's March Mayhem 2014.
25	Mitsuo Momota	M	7009210189600000000♠66 years, 221 days	September 21, 1948	Living	Still actively competing	Most recent match took place at the RJPW Burning Tiger card on March 20, 2015.
26	Jaque Mate	M	7009210120480000000♠66 years, 213 days	September 29, 1948	Living	Still actively competing	Still competes in various independent promotions in Mexico.
27	Fray Tormenta	M	7009208582560000000♠66 years, 35 days	May 29, 1945	Living	July 3, 2011	The Catholic priest and luchador, semi-retired from wrestling for a decade, competed in a 6-man tag team match during the International Wrestling Revolution Group's Festival de las Mascaras. He announced his full retirement from wrestling after the match.
28	Cien Caras	M	7009206800560000000♠65 years, 194 days	October 18, 1949	Living	Still actively competing	Still competes in various independent promotions in Mexico.
29	Jerry Lawler	M	7009206437680000000♠65 years, 152 days	November 29, 1949	Living	Still actively competing	Last match took place at NEW Wrestlefest XIX on March 6, 2015.
30	Genichiro Tenryu	M	7009205104960000000♠64 years, 363 days	February 2, 1950	Living	January 31, 2015	Wrestled a trios match in a AJPW card in Tokyo, Japan.

Oldest wrestlers still competing

Rank	Name	Sex	Age	Birth	Death	Notes
1	Bob Armstrong	M	7009238487760000000♠75 years, 209 days	October 3, 1939	Living	Wrestles in All Pro Wrestling in Pensacola, FL.
2	Jimmy Snuka	M	7009227057040000000♠71 years, 347 days	May 18, 1943	Living	Wrestled independent shows in the northeastern US during summer 2010.
3	Bushwhacker Luke	M	7009215559360000000♠68 years, 112 days	January 8, 1947	Living	Wrestles independent shows. Defeated Matt Riviera at NWA Wrestle Birmingham's "Big Bang" event on November 19, 2010.
4	Nikolai Volkoff	M	7009213146640000000♠67 years, 198 days	October 14, 1947	Living	Wrestled independent shows in the US during summer 2010.
5	Bill Eadie	M	7009212507280000000♠67 years, 124 days	December 27, 1947	Living	Wrestles independent shows around North America
6	Sgt. Slaughter	M	7009210405600000000♠66 years, 246 days	August 27, 1948	Living	Last wrestled on NEW's March Mayhem 2014.
7	Mitsuo Momota	M	7009210189600000000♠66 years, 221 days	September 21, 1948	Living	Most recent match took place at the RJPW Burning Tiger card on March 20, 2015.
8	Jaque Mate	M	7009210120480000000♠66 years, 213 days	September 29, 1948	Living	Still competes in various independent promotions in Mexico.
9	Cien Caras	M	7009206800560000000♠65 years, 194 days	October 18, 1949	Living	Still competes in various independent promotions in Mexico.
10	Jerry Lawler	M	7009206437680000000♠65 years, 152 days	November 29, 1949	Living	Last match took place at NEW Wrestlefest XIX on March 6, 2015.

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