• Source: 1980 in professional wrestling

1980 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.




List of notable promotions


These promotions held notable shows in 1980.




Calendar of notable shows






Notable events


April 12 - At the Philadelphia Spectrum, The Wild Samoans became the new WWF Tag Team Champions after defeating Ivan Putski and Tito Santana.
April 21 - At New York's Madison Square Garden, Ken Patera pinned Pat Patterson to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion.
May 2 - Bret Hart captured his first Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship by beating Leo Burke in Bret's hometown of Calgary, Alberta.
July 18 - Nick Bockwinkel's 5-year reign as AWA World Heavyweight Champion ended as Verne Gagne pinned him in Chicago, Illinois, to become the new champion. He retired after this bout.
November 8 - At the Philadelphia Spectrum, Tony Garea and Rick Martel pinned the Wild Samoans to become the new WWF Tag Team Champions.
December 8 - At New York's Madison Square Garden, Pedro Morales pinned Ken Patera to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion. However this bout originally was going to be aired on the MSG Network but was never shown due to news coverage of the assassination of John Lennon.




Accomplishments and tournaments






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Awards and honors






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Births



January 1 - Sosay
January 8 – Ricky Marvin
January 12 - Ares
January 20 – Karl Anderson
January 25 – Michelle McCool
February 2 - Teddy Hart
February 5 - Kazuhiro Tamura
February 6 – Konnor
February 9 – Shelly Martinez
February 13 - Carlos Cotto
February 15 - LuFisto
February 18 - Hideki Suzuki
February 24 – Shinsuke Nakamura
March 9 - Genba Hirayanagi
March 19 - Taichi Ishikari
March 20 - Rohit Raju
March 28 - Nick Mondo
April 1 – Randy Orton
April 2 - Jody Fleisch
April 7 – David Otunga
April 10 - Jesse Neal
April 12 - Masayuki Kono
April 16:
Muhammad Hassan
Paul London
April 17 - Hartley Jackson
April 30 - Rob Terry
May 2 - Caylen Croft
May 6 - Colt Cabana
June 1 - Ángel Azteca Jr.
June 3:
Pepper Parks
Ryoji Sai
June 8:
Scott Lost
Super Dragon
June 27 - Big Dick Johnson
July 8 :
Brian Danovich (died in 2018)
Hikaru Sato
July 11 – Tyson Kidd
July 15 - BxB Hulk
July 16 - Excalibur
July 17 - Masato Yoshino
July 27 – Dolph Ziggler
August 8 – Shayna Baszler
August 10 – Wade Barrett
August 19 - Chet Jablonski
August 28 - Demus 3:16
August 30 - Alicia Taylor
September 6 – Jillian Hall
September 10 – Trevor Murdoch
September 14 - Dom Travis (died in 2012)
September 22 - Nick Gage
September 23 - Romeo Roselli
October 4:
Naruki Doi
Sebastian Hackl
October 8 – The Miz
October 28 – Christy Hemme
November 10 – Katarina Waters
November 12 – Trent Acid (died in 2010)
November 13:
Sara Del Rey
Tomomitsu Matsunaga
November 17 – Mercedes Martinez
November 17 - Jay Bradley
November 24 – Beth Phoenix
November 25 - Josh Mathews
December 2 - Mario Bokara
December 4 – Viktor
December 9 - Escoria
December 12 - Shockercito
December 19 - Delirious
December 26 – Faby Apache
December 27 – Cesaro
December 31 - Matt Cross




Deaths


February 27 - Kola Kwariani, 77
March unknown date - Otto Kuss, 68/69
April 5 - Ruffy Silverstein (American wrestler), 66
June 11 - Wolfgang Ehrl, 68
September 17 - Big Bad John, 37




Debuts


Debut date:
February - Emilio Charles Jr.
March 1 - Shiniichi Takano
May 4 - Hiromichi Fuyuki
May 10 - Lioness Asuka
August 8 - Dump Matsumoto (All Japan Women's), Chigusa Nagayo (All Japan Women's) and Yuriko Takagi (All Japan Women's)
August - Bruiser Costa
October - Tony Anthony
December 29 - Yoshiaki Yatsu
Uncertain debut date:
The Barbarian (wrestler)
Brad Armstrong (wrestler)
Wildman Firpo
Brad Rheingans
Jimmy Jack Funk
Gary Royal
Mike Shaw
Yukari Omori (All Japan Women's)
Tarantula (All Japan Women's)
Crane Yu (All Japan Women's)




Retirements


Eddie Graham (1947–1980)
Haystacks Calhoun (1956–1980)




References






External links

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• Vince McMahon
• Bret Hart
• Shawn Michaels
• Jillian Hall
• Ricky Steamboat
• Hulk Hogan
• Cody Rhodes
• Ric Flair
• Wade Barrett
• Smash
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