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1984 in professional wrestling

1984 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 1984.

Calendar of notable shows

Notable events

Championship Wrestling magazine hit the newsstands with its first issue
January 23: Hulk Hogan defeats The Iron Sheik to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
February 11: After many months of waiting, Tito Santana finally beat Don Muraco to become the first Mexican-American wrestler to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship at Boston Garden.
May 29: Tuesday Night Titans premiered on the USA Network
July 14: Black Saturday (professional wrestling)
July 23: Wendi Richter became the New WWF Women's Champion ending the Fabulous Moolah's 28-year reign as champion at New York's Madison Square Garden.
September 18: Pro Wrestling USA debuted with a inguinal TV taping at the Mid South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee
September 24: At London, Ontario Canada, Greg Valentine pinned Tito Santana to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship. That match would later be seen on WWF All-Star Wrestling.
December 28: John Stossel while doing a story for 20/20 on the validity of pro wrestling is attacked by David Schultz.

Accomplishments and tournaments

AJW

JCP

NJPW

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Births

Date of birth uncertain:
- Grizzly Redwood
January 1 – James Stephanie Sterling
January 21 – Alex Koslov
January 25 – Jay Briscoe (died in 2023)
January 30 – Junior dos Santos
February 2 – Brian Cage
February 6 – Ivan Markov
February 17 - Jimmy Jacobs
February 24 – Corey Graves
March 3 - Ivar
March 9 - Pequeño Nitro (died in 2024)
April 20 - Garett Bischoff
April 23 - Moose
April 30
- Daivari
- El Hijo del Fantasma
May 4:
- Brad Maddox
- Orange Cassidy
- Sylvester Lefort
May 7 – Kevin Owens
May 14 – John Klinger (died in 2024)
May 16 – Mickie Knuckles
May 29 – Nia Jax
June 5 – Madison Eagles
June 30 – Scott Dawson
July 12 – Sami Zayn
July 13 – Ayumi Kurihara
July 27 – Dark Sheik
July 31 – El Texano Jr.
August 20 – Fuka Kakimoto
August 21
- Erik
- Eve Torres
- Michael Dante
September 3 – T. J. Perkins
September 10 – Drake Younger
September 13 – Baron Corbin
September 19 – Eva Marie
September 21 – Wale
September 30 – Darryl Sharma
October 6 – Afa Anoa'i Jr.
October 22 - Aero Star
November 7 - Jacob Novak
November 13 – Sunil Singh
December 4 – Brooke Adams
December 10 – JTG
December 11 - James Ellsworth
December 24 - Pat Buck
December 25 – Rusev

Debuts

Uncertain debut date

Steve Armstrong
Rita Chatterton
Steve Doll
Fred Ottman
Yokozuna
Madusa
Cynthia Moreno
D. J. Peterson

February - Italian Stallion and Tom Zenk
March 3 - Jushin Liger and Takuma Sano
March 18 - Esther Moreno
April 5 - Marty Jannetty
April 7 - Pat Tanaka
June 11 - Kendall Windham
June 24 - Nikita Koloff
July 21 - Kazue Nagahori and Condor Saito (All Japan Women)
September 1 - Shinya Hashimoto
October 2 - Scott Hall
October 5 - Masa Chono, Keiji Muto
October 12 - Akira Nogami
October 16 - Shawn Michaels

Retirements

Angelo Mosca (1969 - 1984)
Billy Red Lyons (1956 - 1984)
Paul Vachon (1957 - 1984)
Stan Stasiak (1958 - 1984)
Tommy Gilbert (1969 - 1984)
Miguel Perez (1954-1984)

Deaths

January 18 – Lord Athol Layton, 62
January 27 - Jim McMillen, 81
February 5 - El Santo, 66
February 10 – David Von Erich, 25
March 4 – Helen Hild, 58
May 16 - Andy Kaufman, 35
May 17 – Max Palmer, 56
May 22 - George Zaharias, 76
May 24 – Vincent J. McMahon, 69
July 14 – Brute Bernard, 63
August 2 – Argentina Apollo, 46
November 13 - Chief Little Wolf, 72

References

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