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Overview of the events of 1980 in professional wrestling

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

List of notable promotions

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These promotions held notable shows in 1980.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL
World Wrestling Federation	WWF	Previously known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).

Calendar of notable shows

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Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
April 7	EMLL	24. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	El Faraón andRingo Mendoza defeatedAdorable Rubí and El Nazi in aLucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match^[1]
May 1	AJPW	Champion Carnival	Tokyo, Japan	Jumbo Tsuruta defeatedDick Slater
June 5	NJPW	MSG League	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki defeatedStan Hansen by disqualification
July 14	AWA	SuperBowl VI	Chicago, Illinois	Verne Gagne defeatedNick Bockwinkel (c) for theAWA World Heavyweight Championship
August 3	CWF	The Last Tangle in Tampa	Tampa, Florida	Harley Race (c) foughtDusty Rhodes to a time-limit draw in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match for theNWA World Heavyweight Championship withFritz Von Erich as Special Guest Referee
August 9	WWF	Showdown at Shea	Flushing,New York	Bruno Sammartino defeatedLarry Zbyszko in asteel cage match^[2]
September 26	EMLL	EMLL 47th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Sangre Chicana (c) wrestledEl Fantasma to a no contest for theNWA World Middleweight Championship^[3]
December 5	EMLL	Juicio Final	Mexico City, Mexico	Sangre Chicana andAlfonso Dantés defeated El Jalisco andEl Cobarde in aLucha de Apuestas, hairs vs hairs match^[4]^[5]
December 10	NJPW	MSG Tag League	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki andBob Backlund defeatedStan Hansen andHulk Hogan
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

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April 12 - At the Philadelphia Spectrum, The Wild Samoans became the new WWF Tag Team Champions after defeatingIvan Putski andTito Santana.
April 21 - At New York'sMadison Square Garden,Ken Patera pinnedPat Patterson to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion.
May 2 -Bret Hart captured his firstStampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship by beatingLeo Burke in Bret's hometown of Calgary, Alberta.
July 18 -Nick Bockwinkel's 5-year reign as AWA World Heavyweight Champion ended asVerne Gagne pinned him inChicago, Illinois, to become the new champion. He retired after this bout.
November 8 - At thePhiladelphia Spectrum,Tony Garea andRick Martel pinned theWild 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 theMSG Network but was never shown due to news coverage of the assassination ofJohn Lennon.

Accomplishments and tournaments

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AJW

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Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Rookie of the Year Decision Tournament	Tomoko Kitamura

AJPW

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Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Champion Carnival	Jumbo Tsuruta	May 1

NJPW

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Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
G1 Climax	Antonio Inoki	June 5

Awards and honors

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Pro Wrestling Illustrated

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Main article:List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	Bob Backlund
PWI Tag Team of the Year	Jimmy Snuka andRay Stevens
PWI Match of the Year	Bruno Sammartino vs.Larry Zbyszko (Showdown at Shea)
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Mr. Wrestling II
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Larry Zbyszko
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Tony Atlas
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Junkyard Dog
PWI Rookie of the Year	Terry Taylor
PWI Manager of the Year	Oliver Humperdink

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

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Main article:List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Harley Race
Feud of the Year	Bruno Sammartino vs.Larry Zbyszko
Tag Team of the Year	The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy andBuddy Roberts)
Most Improved	Larry Zbyszko

Births

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January 1 –Sosay
January 8 –Ricky Marvin
January 12 –Ares
January 20 –Karl Anderson^[6]
January 25 –Michelle McCool
February 2 –Teddy Hart
February 5 –Kazuhiro Tamura
February 6 –Konnor^[7]
February 9 –Shelly Martinez
February 13 –Carlos Cotto
February 15 –LuFisto
February 18 –Hideki Suzuki
February 24 –Shinsuke Nakamura^[8]^[9]
February 26 –Yappy
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^[10]
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^[11]
July 15 –BxB Hulk
July 16 –Excalibur
July 17 –Masato Yoshino
July 27 –Dolph Ziggler^[12]^[13]
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^[14]
- 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^[15]
December 9 –Escoria
December 12 –Shockercito
December 19 –Delirious
December 26 –Faby Apache
December 27 –Cesaro^[16]
December 31 –Matt Cross

Deaths

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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

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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)
Psycho Sam Cody
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

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

References

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^Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre".Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Cawthon, Graham (2013).The History of Professional Wrestling: The Results WWF 1963–1989. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 309.ISBN 978-1-4928-2597-5.
^"Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL".The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. RetrievedSeptember 28, 2012.
^"EMLL Super Viernes".Wrestling Data. December 5, 1980. RetrievedMarch 21, 2019.
^"1980 Especial!".Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresora y Encuaderanadora Glem S.A. de C.V. January 10, 1981. pp. 2–28.ISSN 2007-0896. 1448.
^"ザ・マシンガン"カール・アンダーソン.New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived fromthe original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved2013-07-04.
^"Conor O'Brian". Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe original on 2016-03-04.
^"New Japan Pro Wrestling profile".New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived fromthe original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved2010-12-24.
^"Puroresu Central profile".Puroresu Central. Retrieved2009-12-09.
^"David Otunga". Internet Wrestling Database. RetrievedNovember 29, 2017.
^"Tyson Kidd Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved2008-05-02.
^"Dolph Ziggler Profile". Online World of Wrestling. RetrievedApril 27, 2008.
^Milner, John M. (December 19, 2006)."Nick Nemeth".Slam! Sports.Canadian Online Explorer. Archived fromthe original on June 30, 2012. RetrievedJanuary 7, 2012.
^"Sara Del Rey's profile". Online World of Wrestling. RetrievedDecember 27, 2007.
^"Rick Victor".Florida Championship Wrestling. RetrievedMay 7, 2012.
^"Pro Wrestling Noah matches". Cagematch. Retrieved2010-01-28.

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