List of oldest surviving professional wrestlers

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Abe Coleman celebrating his 100th birthday in 2005.

This is a list of oldest surviving professional wrestlers. As of July 22, there are 42 living veterans from the "Golden Age of Wrestling" (1950s-1970s) over 75 years old. The last surviving wrestler from the "Pioneer Era" (1900s-1940s) was American wrestler Angelo Savoldi (born 21 April 1914, aged ). The title of the oldest verified wrestler of all time belongs to Polish-born American wrestler Abe Coleman (1905–2007), who lived . The oldest female wrestler was Cora Combs (1923-2015), aged .

The oldest current wrestler is "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, who at the age of 75, continues to wrestle for the All Pro Wrestling. The oldest wrestler to have a match is Mae Young, who had a 16-Diva tag match in WWE on November 3, 2008, at the age of 87.

List

Oldest wrestlers ever

Rank	Name	Sex	Age	Birth	Death	Notes
1	Abe Coleman	M		20 September 1905	28 March 2007	Oldest wrestler ever verified. Born in Poland.
2	Angelo Savoldi	M		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, 6 days	14 June 1860	20 June 1958	Last surviving American Heavyweight Champion and oldest living veteran of the "Farmer" Burns-Frank Gotch era.
5	Ivan the Terrible	M	97 years	1899	February 1996
6	Jack LaLanne	M		26 September 1914	23 January 2011	World famous fitness guru had a brief pro wrestling career in 1938.
7	Milo Steinborn	M		18 March 1894	9 February 1989	Born in Germany, promoted wrestling in Florida
8	Andrew Tsimpides	M		16 August 1916	19 September 2011	Former manager of Gorgeous George
9	James Dudley	M		10 May 1910	1 June 2004	First African-American promoter & manager working under Vincent J. McMahon
10	Clarence Eklund	M		3 June 1887	4 January 1981
11	Speedy Hatfield	M		30 November 1908	30 June 2002
12	Mick McManus	M		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
13	Sam Muchnick	M		22 August 1905	30 December 1998	St. Louis wrestling promoter
14	Dean Rockwell	M		25 May 1912	5 August 2005
15	Brutus Malumba	M	93 years	September 11, 1921	January 2015	Wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling in the 1970s.
16	Ray Villmer	M		22 April 1912	9 January 2005
17	Charles Baillargeon	M		8 July 1917	10 February 2010	Born in Canada.
18	Abe Zvonkin	M		6 March 1910	22 August 2002	Born in the United States.
19	Tony Cosenza	M		14 April 1919	17 August 2011	Once known as the "famous wrestling pianist".
20	Jackie Nichols	M		31 December 1910	22 April 2003
21	Cora Combs	F		17 March 1923	21 June 2015
22	Paddy Casey	M		February 1910	16 February 2002	Last surviving brother of the Casey sporting family.
23	Bob "Legs" Langevin	M		13 October 1913	8 October 2005
24	Chris Dundee	M		25 February 1907	17 November 1998	Miami Beach wrestling promoter
25	Herb Welch	M		8 February 1908	29 March 1999	Patriarch of the Fuller wrestling family

Oldest wrestlers currently living

Rank	Name	Sex	Age	Birth	Death	Notes
1	Bill Mercer	M		13 February 1926	Living	Voice of World Class Championship Wrestling.
2	Lance Russell	M		March 18, 1926	Living	Voice of Memphis wrestling.
3	Lord Littlebrook	M		January 3, 1929	Living	Legendary midget wrestler. Wrestled at WrestleMania 3.
4	"Cowboy" Bob Ellis	M		March 15, 1929	Living	Inventor of "the bulldog"; first prominent cowboy character in wrestling
5	Pampero Firpo	M		6 April 1930	Living	Born in Argentina.
6	El Mongol	M		7 April 1930	Living	Oldest surviving Mexican wrestler. Lives in the United States.
7	Len Rossi	M	85 years	1930	Living	Tennessee legend
8	Don Leo Jonathan	M		29 April 1931	Living	Lives in Canada.
9	Dick Beyer	M		11 July 1931	Living	Best known for portraying the masked wrestlers The Destroyer and Doctor X. Father of Kurt Beyer
10	Dave Kidney	M	83 years	1931	Living	Oldest British wrestler still working.
11	Danny Hodge	M		13 May 1932	Living
12	Rene Goulet	M		12 July 1932	Living
13	Gene LeBell	M		9 October 1932	Living	Los Angeles promoter and announcer
14	Caswell Martin	M	82–83 years old	1932	Living	Wrestled in the UK, Germany and Japan.
15	Stan Holek	M		4 April 1933	Living	Lives in the United States.
16	Gypsy Joe	M		3 December 1933	Living
17	Mr. Wrestling II	M		10 September 1934	Living	Former NWA Florida Champion.
18	Jose Lothario	M		12 December 1934	Living	Trainer of Shawn Michaels.
19	Mr. Fuji	M		4 May 1935	Living	Manager & Former WWF Tag Team Champion. Billed as Japanese, in reality an American citizen.
20	Moose Morowski	M		6 July 1935	Living	Former NWA Canadian Heavyweight, International Tag Team and Austra-Asian Heavyweight Champion.
21	Bruno Sammartino	M		6 October 1935	Living	The longest-reigning WWWF Champion.
22	Jack Lanza	M		14 October 1935	Living	Long-standing WWF road agent. Member of The Blackjacks.
23	Mario Milano	M	79–80 years old	1935	Living	4 times IWA World Heavyweight Champion.
24	Dominic DeNucci	M		23 January 1936	Living	Former WWWF Tag Team Champion
25	Larry Hennig	M		18 June 1936	Living	"The Axe". Father of Curt Hennig. AWA legend.
26	Mark Lewin	M		16 March 1937	Living	Multi-time regional champion, member of Kevin Sullivan's Army of Darkness.
27	George Steele	M		16 April 1937	Living	"The Animal". WWF road agent. Starred in "Ed Wood".
28	Jerry Brown	M		10 May 1937	Living	One half of the famous 70's tag team known as The Hollywood Blondes.
29	Angelo Mosca	M		13 March 1938	Living	Dual-sport star with CFL in Canada.
30	Omar Atlas	M		22 April 1938	Living	Former NWA Central States Champion.
31	Paul Vachon	M		14 May 1938	Living	Former AWA Tag Team Champion.
32	Jody Hamilton	M		28 August 1938	Living	One-half of "The Assassins"
33	Abe Jacobs	M	76–77 years old	1938	Living	Former NWA World Tag Team Champion.
34	Sheik Adnan al-Kaissie	M		1 March 1939	Living	aka General Adnan in WWF
35	Lars Anderson	M		13 March 1939	Living	NWA tag team champion
36	Paul Christy	M		20 March 1939	Living	NWA & ICW Legend
37	Bill Watts	M		5 May 1939	Living	Promoter of Mid-South Wrestling/UWF
38	Bob Armstrong	M		3 October 1939	Living	"The Bullet". Patriarch of Armstrong wrestling family.
39	Roger Kirby	M		14 December 1939	Living	Former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion and 2 times AWA Southern Tag Team Champion.
40	Zoltan Boscik	M	75–76 years old	1939	Living	Former British Lightweight Champion.
41	Jim Breaks	M		25 March 1940	Living	8 times British Welterweight Champion.

Oldest wrestlers to ever compete

Rank	Name	Sex	Age in last match	Birth	Death	Date of last match	Notes
1	Mae Young	F		March 12, 1923	January 14, 2014	November 15, 2010	Wrestled 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		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		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	Bob Armstrong	M		October 3, 1939	Living	Still active	As of April 2015, Armstrong is still active, wrestling for Combat Sport Pro.
6	Dominic DeNucci	M		January 23, 1936	Living	April 14, 2012	DeNucci wrestled his last match at a PWS card in Toronto, Canada.
7	Lou Thesz	M	74 years, 243 days	April 24, 1916	April 28, 2002	December 26, 1990	The former undisputed World Heavyweight Champion last wrestled Masahiro Chono in Japan.
8	Dory Funk, Jr.	M		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	Great Kojika	M		April 28, 1942	Living	September 2, 2015	Wrestled in a tag team match on a Tenryu Project card in Tokyo, Japan.
10	The Sheik	M	72 years	June 9, 1926	January 18, 2003	1998	Wrestled his last match in Japan in 1998.
11	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.
12	Mil Máscaras	M		July 15, 1942	Living	December 11, 2014	Wrestled in a trios match on a Tokyo Gurentai Card in Tokyo, Japan.
13	Jimmy Snuka	M		May 18, 1943	Living	September 2015	Snuka still wrestles in various independent promotions.
14	Terry Funk	M		June 30, 1944	Living	Still active	The former NWA & ECW World Heavyweight Champion wrestled in a trios match on a Tokyo Gurentai Card in Tokyo, Japan.
15	Johnny Saint	M		June 29, 1941	Living	August 16, 2011	Wrestled for the ABC Championship and lost to Tony Trivaldo on an Association Biterroise de Catch card in Port-la-Nouvelle, France.
16	Adrian Street	M		December 5, 1940	Living	November 19, 2010	Retired at NWA Birmingham's "Big Bang" event on November 19, 2010, where he defeated Aeon Flexx.
17	Robbie Ellis	M		April 8, 1943	Living	March 22, 2013	Retired in March 2013.
18	George Julio	M	69 years, 150 days	March 10, 1946	Living	October 10, 2015	Wrestled against Mad Dog McCrea in Australia's New Age Wrestling card. Set to retire in November 7, 2015.
19	Bushwhacker Luke	M		January 8, 1947	Living	Still active	As of March 2015, Luke still wrestles in various independent promotions.
20	Abdullah the Butcher	M	68 years, 356 days	January 11, 1941	Living	January 4, 2010	Had an 8-man tag team match at Wrestle Kingdom IV in the Tokyo Dome, also involving Terry Funk
21	Kendo Nagasaki	M		October 19, 1946	Living	September 18, 2015	Wrestled againt Minoru Tanaka & Ultimo Dragon in a tag team match for a RJPW card in Tokyo, Japan.
22	Nikolai Volkoff	M		October 14, 1947	Living	Still active	Still wrestles in various independent promotions.
23	Bill Eadie	M		December 27, 1947	Living	Still active	Still wrestles with Smash in various independent promotions.
24	Vince McMahon	M		August 24, 1945	Living	October 8, 2012	WWE wrestling promoter and wrestler Vince McMahon last wrestled CM Punk on RAW.
25	Sgt. Slaughter	M		August 27, 1948	Living	Still active	Last wrestled on NEW's March Mayhem 2014.
26	Mitsuo Momota	M		September 21, 1948	Living	Still active	Most recent match took place at the RJPW Burning Tiger card on March 20, 2015.
27	Jaque Mate	M		September 29, 1948	Living	Still active	Still wrestles in various independent promotions in Mexico.
28	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.
29	Cien Caras	M		October 18, 1949	Living	Still active	Still wrestles in various independent promotions in Mexico.
30	Fray Tormenta	M		May 29, 1945	Living	July 3, 2011	The Catholic priest and luchador, semi-retired from wrestling for a decade, had 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.

Oldest wrestlers still wrestling

Rank	Name	Sex	Age	Birth	Death	Notes
1	Bob Armstrong	M		October 3, 1939	Living	Wrestles in All Pro Wrestling in Pensacola, FL.
2	Jimmy Snuka	M		May 18, 1943	Living	Wrestled independent shows in the northeastern US during summer 2010.
3	Bushwhacker Luke	M		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		October 14, 1947	Living	Wrestled independent shows in the US during summer 2010.
5	Bill Eadie	M		December 27, 1947	Living	Wrestles independent shows around North America
6	Sgt. Slaughter	M		August 27, 1948	Living	Last wrestled on NEW's March Mayhem 2014.
7	Great Kabuki	M		September 8, 1948	Living	Most recent match took place on Day 2 of the Wrestle-1 2015 Symbol Tour on July 12, 2015.
8	Mitsuo Momota	M		September 21, 1948	Living	Most recent match took place at the RJPW Burning Tiger card on March 20, 2015.
9	Jaque Mate	M		September 29, 1948	Living	Still wrestles in various independent promotions in Mexico.
10	Jerry Lawler	M		November 29, 1949	Living

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