This is a list of various things that took place in 1949.
Births
January
February
- 19 - Black Man
- 25 – Ric Flair (Memphis, Tennessee)
April
- 12 - Mighty Inoue
- 28 - Sivi Afi
May
June
- 8 - As Charro
August
- 6 - Dino Bravo (Campobasso, Italy)
September
- 5 - El Hijo Del Gladiador
- 10 - Gerry Morrow
- 18 - Lizmark
- 19 - Ringo Mendoza
- 25 - Villano II
October
- 4 – Mike Adamle (Euclid, Ohio)
- 12 - César Curiel
- 12 - Stan Hansen
- 18 - Cien Caras
- 26 – Kevin Sullivan (Boston, Massachusetts)
- 26 - Satánico
November
- 1 - El Vagabundo
- 29 – Jerry Lawler (Memphis, Tennessee)
Deaths
Unknown
- Ralph Mondt
May
- 30 – Phil Lawson 48
August
- Jaan Jaargo
- 8 – Ivan the Terrible 78
September
- 4 – Ray Steele 50 (Heart attack)
Debuts
Retirements
Title Changes
November
- 27 – Lou Thesz, the reigning National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Champion, is awarded the National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship after previous champion Orville Brown could not appear for a title unification match after suffering career-ending injuries in a car accident on November 1