1984

The following professional wrestling related events took place in the year 1984.

Significant events

 * April - The original Universal Wrestling Federation is formed in Japan
 * April 6 - Ken Patera and Mr. Saito are arrested in Waukesha, Wisconsin on charges of vandalism (for throwing a 30-pound boulder through a McDonald's window after being refused service after hours) and assaulting police officers and resisting arrest in a subsequent brawl with local police at the hotel where Patera and Saito are staying
 * May - Jack and Jerry Brisco sell their interest in Georgia Championship Wrestling to Vince McMahon
 * May 29 - The National Wrestling Alliance's "Night of Champions", the first NWA event in the New York City area since the formation of the WWF, takes place in East Rutherford, New Jersey
 * June 14 - Antonio Inoki defeats Hulk Hogan in the final of the International Wrestling Grand Prix tournament in Tokyo, Japan
 * July - Maple Leaf Wrestling is sold to Vince McMahon, opening the way for the WWF into Canada
 * July 14 - Black Saturday
 * August - Vince McMahon purchases Stampede Wrestling from Stu Hart and absorbs the promotion into the WWF
 * September 29 - Pro Wrestling USA, a coalition consisting of the American Wrestling Association and several NWA affiliates (including Jim Crockett Promotions) formed to combat the increasing power of the WWF, airs its first TV show on WPIX-TV in New York City

Major show events

 * November 22 - NWA Starrcade 1984

Deaths

 * February 10 - David Von Erich
 * May 22 - George Zaharias
 * May 24 - Vincent J. McMahon
 * August 2 - Argentina Apollo

Significant title changes

 * January 8 - Don Kernodle and Bob Orton Jr. win the NWA World Tag Team Championship in a tournament final over Dory Funk Jr. and Jimmy Valiant
 * January 23 - Hulk Hogan wins the WWF Heavyweight Championship from The Iron Sheik
 * February 7 - Dynamite Kid wins the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship from The Cobra
 * February 11 - Tito Santana wins the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Magnificent Muraco
 * February 22 - Jumbo Tsuruta wins the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Nick Bockwinkel
 * March 7 - Mark Youngblood wins the NWA World Television Championship in a tournament final over Dick Slater
 * April 17 - The North-South Connection (Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch) win the WWF Tag Team Championship from Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson
 * April 21 - Ricky Steamboat wins the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from Dick Slater
 * May 6 - The Crusher and Baron Von Raschke win the AWA World Tag Team Championship from The Sheiks (Jerry Blackwell and Ken Patera); Kerry Von Erich wins the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Ric Flair
 * May 13 - Rick Martel wins the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Jumbo Tsuruta
 * June 24 - Wahoo McDaniel wins the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from Ricky Steamboat, but is stripped of the title afterward due to interference by Tully Blanchard on McDaniel's behalf
 * August 25 - The Road Warriors win the AWA World Tag Team Championship from The Crusher and Baron Von Raschke
 * September 24 - Greg Valentine win the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Tito Santana
 * October 7 - Wahoo McDaniel wins the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship in a tournament final over Manny Fernandez
 * October 20 - Manny Fernandez and Dusty Rhodes win the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Ivan Koloff and Don Kernodle