1968 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1968.

• June 8 - at San Francisco, California, Pepper Gomez and Pedro Morales defeat Great Sasaki and Kinji Shibuya to become the San Francisco's NWA World Tag Team Championship.
• August 17 - at Bloomington, Minnesota, Dr. X beat Verne Gagne to become the new AWA World Heavyweight Champion.
• Inside Wrestling magazine hit the newsstands with its first issue.

• Debut date uncertain:
  • Blackjack Mulligan^[17]
  • Dusty Rhodes^[17]
  • El Halcón^[17]
  • Jimmy Golden^[17]
  • Kung Fu^[17]
  • Lee Marshall^[17]
  • Marty Jones^[17]
  • Michel Martel^[17]
  • Nikolai Volkoff^[17]
  • El Sicodélico^[17]
• January 1 – Ringo Mendoza^[17]
• February 24 – Enrique Vera^[17]
• August 30 – Kim Duk^[17]
• November 1 – Jimmy Garvin^[17]
• December – Chavo Guerrero Sr.^[17]
• December 6 – J. J. Dillon

• Billy Riley (1920s-1968)

• January 5 – Noboru Asahi^[18]
• January 8 – Bull Nakano^[19]
• January 9 – Silver King^[20](died in 2019)
• January 12 – Big Dick Dudley^[19](died in 2002)
• January 15 – Bull Buchanan
• January 31 – Ray Odyssey^[18]
• February 13 – Daisuke Ikeda^[19]
• February 19 – August Smisl
• March 7 – Súper Brazo^[20]
• April 16 – Vickie Guerrero^[20]
• March 19 – Eddie Watts^[19]
• March 28 – Jaime Cardriche (died in 2000)
• March 31 – Naoya Ogawa^[18]
• April 24:
  • Yuji Nagata^[20]
  • El Espantito^[19](died in 2020)
• May 10 – William Regal^[20]
• May 14 – Mantaur^[18](died in 2023)
• May 24 – Rayo Tapatío I^[18]
• May 26 – Simon Diamond^[20]
• June 17 – Minoru Suzuki^[18]
• June 20 – Mr. Gannosuke^[18]
• June 26 – Koji Nakagawa
• June 30 – The Bodyguard^[19]
• July 3 – Sombrita^[20]
• July 8 – Romeo Valentino
• July 17 – Doctor X (died in 2011)
• July 18 – Pequeño Violencia^[18]
• August 2 – Maximum Capacity (died in 2014)
• August 5 – Kendo Kashin^[18]
• August 11:
  • Head Hunter A^[19]
  • Head Hunter B^[19]
• August 20 – Duke Droese
• August 24 – Funaki^[19]
• September 3 – Black Pearl (wrestler)
• September 24 – Eric Sbraccia
• September 28:
  • Jado^[19]
  • Apolo Dantés^[19]
• October 3 – Chi Chi Cruz
• October 28 – Mayumi Ozaki
• October 30 – Dr. Luther^[19]
• November 3 – Dirty White Girl^[19]
• November 10 – Mitsuya Nagai
• November 12:
  • Disco Inferno^[19]
  • Kazue Nagahori
• November 13 – Mike Lozansky (died in 2003)
• November 29 – Hayabusa^[19](died in 2016)
• December 8 – Michael Cole^[18]
• December 9:
  • Kurt Angle^[18]
  • Virus^[20]
  • Jack Dupp
• December 10:
  • Mephisto^[18]
• December 26 – Mideon^[18]

• January 15 – Firpo Segura^[21] 60
• February 19 – George Hackenschmidt^[21] 89
• March 9:
  • Bert Ruby 57
  • John Katan 66
• May 30 – Espanto I^[21] 37
• June 10 – Wladek Zbyszko^[21] 76
• June 21 – Ike Robin, 81
• August 11 – Oklahoma Kid (Elmer Gerald), 30
• December 3 – Dick Shikat, 71