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==Significant events==
  
==Significant events==
 
'''Unknown date'''
  
'''Unknown date'''
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:*[[Georgia Championship Wrestling]]'s [[TBS]] program is renamed ''[[World Championship Wrestling]]''
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:*[[Georgia Championship Wrestling]]'s [[TBS]] program is renamed ''[[WCW Saturday Night|World Championship Wrestling]]''
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:*[[Dave Meltzer]] begins publication of the ''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]''
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:*The [[WWE|WWF]] debuts its new "W-F" logo (a pair of stacked Ws with F strokes at the upper right), which would be used by the company until 1998.
   
 
'''April'''
  
'''April'''
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:*5 - [[Jerry Lawler]] battles comedian Andy Kaufman in a match at a sold-out Mid-South Coliseum in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. The match stems from Lawler taking exception to Kaufman wrestling women as part of his skits and laying claim to being the "Intergender Heavyweight Champion", with Lawler claiming that Kaufman's skits were disrespectful to his sport. Kaufman wins the match by disqualification when Lawler lays him out with two piledrivers (an illegal move in Memphis)
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:*5 - [[Jerry Lawler]] battles comedian [[Andy Kaufman]] in a match at a sold-out [[Mid-South Coliseum]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. The match stems from Lawler taking exception to Kaufman wrestling women as part of his skits and laying claim to being the "Intergender Heavyweight Champion", with Lawler claiming that Kaufman's skits were disrespectful to his sport. Kaufman wins the match by disqualification when Lawler lays him out with two piledrivers (an illegal move in Memphis)
   
 
'''June'''
  
'''June'''
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:*[[Vince McMahon]] and his company, Titan Sports, purchase the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] and then-parent company Capitol Wrestling Corporation from his father, [[Vincent J. McMahon|Vince Sr.]], and other shareholders
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:*[[Vince McMahon, Jr.|Vince McMahon]] and his company, Titan Sports, purchase the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] and then-parent company Capitol Wrestling Corporation from his father, [[Vincent J. McMahon|Vince Sr.]], and other shareholders
 
:*28 - WWF Champion [[Bob Backlund]] retains his title in a cage match against [[Jimmy Snuka]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] when Snuka attempts his famed Superfly Leap off the top of the cage and misses when Backlund rolls out of the way
  
:*28 - WWF Champion [[Bob Backlund]] retains his title in a cage match against [[Jimmy Snuka]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] when Snuka attempts his famed Superfly Leap off the top of the cage and misses when Backlund rolls out of the way
   
 
'''July'''
  
'''July'''
  +
:*[[Billy Jack Haynes]] makes his first appearances with [[Stampede Wrestling]] as a bodyguard for veteran heel manager [[JR Foley]] while still training in promoter [[Stu Hart]]'s [[Hart Dungeon|Dungeon]]. Haynes would quickly break away from Foley's Army and join forces with [[Bruce Hart]] to battle the heel stable upon his in-ring debut in August [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogD09Bcmbyo]
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:*4 - WWF Champion Bob Backlund and NWA World Champion [[Ric Flair]] battle to a no-contest in a title vs. title bout at The Omni in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
  
  +
:*2 - [[Allen Coage|Bad News Allen]] debuts in Stampede Wrestling by defeating [[Gerry Morrow]] in [[Calgary]]. The heelish Allen quickly turns Stampede upside-down as he develops a reputation for brutal and violent matches, as well as inflammatory, provocative and often controversial TV interviews, which garner increased attention for the promotion
  ⚫
:*4 - WWF Champion Bob Backlund and NWA World Champion [[Ric Flair]] battle to a no-contest in a title vs. title bout at [[The Omni]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
 
:*29 - Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman appear together on ''Late Night with David Letterman'', which draws widespread publicity when Kaufman, wearing a neck brace due to being piledriven by Lawler in their April 5 bout in Memphis, curses repeatedly at Lawler after "The King" slaps Kaufman out of his chair, then throws Letterman's coffee at Lawler, who then chases Kaufman out of the studio
  
:*29 - Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman appear together on ''Late Night with David Letterman'', which draws widespread publicity when Kaufman, wearing a neck brace due to being piledriven by Lawler in their April 5 bout in Memphis, curses repeatedly at Lawler after "The King" slaps Kaufman out of his chair, then throws Letterman's coffee at Lawler, who then chases Kaufman out of the studio
   
 
'''September'''
  
'''September'''
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:*14 - [[Buddy Rogers]] makes his first appearance in the WWF in 19 years, hosting a new interview segment called "Rogers' Corner". Early installments of the segment are used to facilitate [[Jimmy Snuka]]'s face turn, using a storyline where Snuka's manager, [[Lou Albano|Captain Lou Albano]], was defrauding him
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:*Frank Bonnema, the host of [[Pacific Northwest Wrestling]]'s ''[[Portland Wrestling]]'' program on KPTV, suffers a heart attack several days after what would turn out to be his final broadcast of the show on September 18 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKUS2Yoh_3w]
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:*24 - Frank Bonnema, the host of [[Pacific Northwest Wrestling]]'s ''[[Portland Wrestling]]'' program on KPTV, suffers a heart attack several days after what would turn out to be his final broadcast of the show on September 18
   
 
'''October'''
  
'''October'''
 
:*9 - On a broadcast of ''Portland Wrestling'', the announcing team of guest host Don Coss and color commentator [[Dutch Savage]] announce the death of previous host Frank Bonnema on October 5 due to complications from a heart attack Bonnema had suffered less than a month earlier. Bonnema had been the host of ''Portland Wrestling'' from 1967 (shortly after its return to KPTV from its previous home on KOIN-TV Portland) until shortly before his death. With this broadcast, Coss takes over as the show's permanent host [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYMFbZm9Eac]
  
:*9 - On a broadcast of ''Portland Wrestling'', the announcing team of guest host Don Coss and color commentator [[Dutch Savage]] announce the death of previous host Frank Bonnema on October 5 due to complications from a heart attack Bonnema had suffered less than a month earlier. Bonnema had been the host of ''Portland Wrestling'' from 1967 (shortly after its return to KPTV from its previous home on KOIN-TV Portland) until shortly before his death. With this broadcast, Coss takes over as the show's permanent host [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYMFbZm9Eac]
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:*29 - [[Riki Chōshū]] double-crosses partners [[Antonio Inoki]] and [[Tatsumi Fujinami]] during a [[New Japan Pro Wrestling|New Japan]] six-man bout in Koichi, Japan. The turn ignites New Japan's biggest feud of the period as Chōshū leads his Seikigun stable against the Ishingun group, led by Inoki and Fujinami
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:*29 - [[Riki Chōshū]] double-crosses partners [[Antonio Inoki]] and [[Tatsumi Fujinami]] during a [[New Japan Pro Wrestling|New Japan]] six-man bout in Koichi, Japan. The turn ignites New Japan's biggest feud of the period as Chōshū leads his heel Seikigun stable against the babyface Ishingun group, led by Inoki and Fujinami
   
 
'''December'''
  
'''December'''
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:*7 - During a television taping of ''[[WWWF Championship Wrestling|WWF Championship Wrestling]]'' that aired on tape delay on December 18, [[Big John Studd]] (and manager [[Freddie Blassie]]) announce his "Bodyslam Challenge", promising a payoff to anyone who can successfully slam him in the ring. The first challenger, a fan named Joe, is unsuccessful in collecting $500. The "challenge" was the eventual setup of Studd's long-running feud with [[André the Giant]], who would be the first WWF wrestler to successfully slam Studd. Despite boasting that he had never been (nor could ever be) properly slammed, André -- and later, [[Hulk Hogan]] -- would slam Studd on multiple occasions during the next four years ([[Bob Backlund]], [[Tony Atlas]], [[Roddy Piper]], [[Robert Windham|Blackjack Mulligan]] and [[Tonga Fifita|Haku]] were also known to be successful in slamming Studd)
 
:*25 - Ric Flair retains his NWA World title against [[Kerry Von Erich]] in a cage match (with [[Fabulous Freebirds|Fabulous Freebird]] [[Michael Seitz|Michael Hayes]] as the guest referee) at WCCW's Christmas Star Wars card in [[Dallas, Texas]]. Hayes pulled Kerry on top of a dazed Flair following a mid-ring collision and made the three-count, but Kerry refuses to win the title by cheating; the aftermath of the match, which sees Hayes' fellow Freebird [[Terry Gordy]] slam the cage door on Kerry's head as Von Erich tries to leave the cage, sets off the Von Erichs-Freebirds feud which rages across Texas for nearly five years
  
:*25 - Ric Flair retains his NWA World title against [[Kerry Von Erich]] in a cage match (with [[Fabulous Freebirds|Fabulous Freebird]] [[Michael Seitz|Michael Hayes]] as the guest referee) at WCCW's Christmas Star Wars card in [[Dallas, Texas]]. Hayes pulled Kerry on top of a dazed Flair following a mid-ring collision and made the three-count, but Kerry refuses to win the title by cheating; the aftermath of the match, which sees Hayes' fellow Freebird [[Terry Gordy]] slam the cage door on Kerry's head as Von Erich tries to leave the cage, sets off the Von Erichs-Freebirds feud which rages across Texas for nearly five years
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:*26 - NWA Hollywood Wrestling ceases operations
   
 
==Births==
  
==Births==
 
'''Unknown'''
  
'''Unknown'''
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:* - [[Andy Baker]] ''(Runcorn, Cheshire, England)''
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:* - [[Greg Excellent]] ''(Westminster, Maryland)''
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:* - [[Joanna Rose]] ''(Telford, Shropshire, England)''
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:* - [[Mandrake]] ''(Newry, Northern Ireland)''
 
:* - [[Martin Kirby]] ''(Northallerton, England)''
  
:* - [[Martin Kirby]] ''(Northallerton, England)''
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:* - [[Vordell Walker]] ''(Savannah, Georgia)''
   
 
'''January'''
  
'''January'''
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:*12 - [[Michael Barry]] ''(Joplin, Missouri)''
 
:*13 - [[Mason Ryan]] ''(Tremadog, Wales, UK)''
  
:*13 - [[Mason Ryan]] ''(Tremadog, Wales, UK)''
   
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:*5 - [[Flex Armstrong]] ''(Boston, Massachusetts)''
  
:*5 - [[Flex Armstrong]] ''(Boston, Massachusetts)''
 
:*7 - [[Sonjay Dutt]] ''(Washington DC.)''
  
:*7 - [[Sonjay Dutt]] ''(Washington DC.)''
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:*15 - [[Miss Michelle]] ''(New York, New York)''
 
:*26 - [[Amazing Red]] ''(Brooklyn, New York)''
  
:*26 - [[Amazing Red]] ''(Brooklyn, New York)''
 
:*29 - [[Zivile Raudoniene]] ''(Lithuania)''
  
:*29 - [[Zivile Raudoniene]] ''(Lithuania)''
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'''July'''
  
'''July'''
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:*18 - [[Chri$ Ca$h]] ''(Orlando, Florida)''
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:*13 - [[Chri$ Ca$h]] ''(Orlando, Florida)''
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:*15 - [[Eric Tuttle]] ''(USA)''
   
 
'''August'''
  
'''August'''
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:*1 - [[Kazma]] ''(Tokyo, Japan)''
  
:*1 - [[Kazma]] ''(Tokyo, Japan)''
 
:*4 - [[Lexi Moon]] ''(Detroit, Michigan)''
  
:*4 - [[Lexi Moon]] ''(Detroit, Michigan)''
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:*12 - [[Lucy Mendez]] ''(Dodge City, Kansas)''
 
:*29 - [[Dave Rayne]] ''(Stockport, England)''
  
:*29 - [[Dave Rayne]] ''(Stockport, England)''
   
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'''October'''
  
'''October'''
 
:*5 - [[Frank Bonnema]] ''(Complications from heart attack)''
  
:*5 - [[Frank Bonnema]] ''(Complications from heart attack)''
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'''December'''
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:*15 - [[Chati Yokouchi]]
   
   
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'''February'''
  
'''February'''
 
:*[[The Golden Lion]]
  
:*[[The Golden Lion]]
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  +
'''August'''
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:*10 - [[Billy Jack Haynes]]
   
 
'''October'''
  
'''October'''
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:*[[Billy Jack Haynes]]
  
 
:*18 - [[El Hijo Del Santo]]
  
:*18 - [[El Hijo Del Santo]]
   
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==Events==
  
==Events==
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'''January'''
  
'''January'''
 
:*3 - [[NWA Big Time Wrestling 1982|NWA Big Time Wrestling]]
  
:*3 - [[NWA Big Time Wrestling 1982|NWA Big Time Wrestling]]
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==Title changes==
  
==Title changes==
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'''Unknown date'''
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:* The [[NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)|NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship]], last held by [[Dean Ho]] and [[Mike Shaw|Klondike Mike]], is vacated and becomes inactive; Ramon and Ricky Torres are awarded the Vancouver version of the [[NWA International Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)|NWA International Tag Team Championship]] upon arrival in [[NWA All-Star Wrestling]]
  +
 
'''January'''
  
'''January'''
 
:*1 - [[Dick the Bruiser]] wins the [[NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Ken Patera]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
  
:*1 - [[Dick the Bruiser]] wins the [[NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Ken Patera]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
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:*17 - [[Tommy Rich]] wins the [[NWA National Heavyweight Championship]] from the [[Bill Eadie|Masked Superstar]] in Atlanta
 +
:*2 - [[Brett Sawyer]] wins a [[Battle Royal|battle royal]] for the vacant [[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship]] in [[Portland, Oregon]]
  +
:*17 - [[Tommy Rich]] wins the [[NWA National Heavyweight Championship]] from the [[Bill Eadie|Masked Superstar]] in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]; [[Angelo Mosca]] wins the [[Maple Leaf Wrestling|Toronto]] version of the [[NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Big John Studd]] in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]
   
 
'''February'''
  
'''February'''
  +
:*8 - Dean Ho and Sonny Myers (not [[Sonny Myers|the Central States Wrestling star from the 1950s and 1960s]]) win the NWA Vancouver International Tag Team title from Ramon Torres and Tiny Anderson
  +
:*13 - The NWA Pacific Northwest title is held up following a match between champion Brett Sawyer and [[Buddy Rose]] in Portland
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:*16 - Brett Sawyer defeats Buddy Rose to regain the held-up NWA Pacific Northwest title
 
:*28 - [[Ole Anderson]] and [[Stan Hansen]] win the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Championship]] in a tournament in Atlanta, beating [[Jack Brisco|Jack]] and [[Gerald Brisco|Jerry Brisco]] in the Eastern Division final and then being awarded the belts by forfeit when Western Division finalists [[Wahoo McDaniel]] and [[Don Muraco]] split up
  
:*28 - [[Ole Anderson]] and [[Stan Hansen]] win the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Championship]] in a tournament in Atlanta, beating [[Jack Brisco|Jack]] and [[Gerald Brisco|Jerry Brisco]] in the Eastern Division final and then being awarded the belts by forfeit when Western Division finalists [[Wahoo McDaniel]] and [[Don Muraco]] split up
  +
  +
'''March'''
  +
:* [[J.J. Dillion]] wins the [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Mr. Wrestling II]] in [[Orlando, Florida]]
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:*17 - [[Bob Roop]] wins the [[Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Ted DiBiase]] in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]
  +
:*19 - The [[Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship]], last held by [[Mr. Hito]], is vacated when Hito is injured
  +
:*21 - [[Leo Burke]] wins the vacant Stampede North American title in a tournament final over Duke Myers in [[Calgary|Calgary, Alberta]]
   
 
'''April'''
  
'''April'''
  +
:* Mr. Wrestling II regains the NWA Florida title from J.J. Dillon in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]
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:*18 - [[Hulk Hogan]] wins the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Nick Bockwinkel]] in St. Paul, Minnesota, despite interference from Bockwinkel's manager [[Bobby Heenan]], who first used a foreign object on Hogan and later threw the weapon to Bockwinkel for use against Hogan
  
  +
:*3 - The Canadian Wrecking Crew (Terry Adonis and Bruiser Costa) win the NWA Vancouver International Tag Team title from Dean Ho and Sonny Myers in Cloverdale, British Columbia
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:*24 - The AWA World title is returned to Nick Bockwinkel when AWA president [[Stanley Blackburn]] overturns the result of the April 18 title change, ruling that Hulk Hogan had used a foreign object on Bockwinkel (despite obvious evidence that Bobby Heenan had used the weapon on Hogan first)
  
  ⚫
:*18 - [[Hulk Hogan]] wins the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Nick Bockwinkel]] in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], despite interference from Bockwinkel's manager [[Bobby Heenan]], who first used a foreign object on Hogan and later threw the weapon to Bockwinkel for use against Hogan
  ⚫
:*24 - The AWA World title is returned to Nick Bockwinkel when AWA president [[Stanley Blackburn]] overturns the result of the April 18 title change, ruling that Hulk Hogan had used a foreign object on Bockwinkel (despite obvious evidence that Bobby Heenan had used the weapon on Hogan first); [[Harley Race]] wins the [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Indianapolis)|WWA World Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Bobo Brazil]] in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]; [[Rip Oliver]] wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Brett Sawyer in Portland
   
 
'''May'''
  
'''May'''
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:* Silvano Sousa is recognized as the first holder of the [[NWA All-Star Wrestling|Vancouver]] version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (he was claimed to have beaten Angelo Mosca for the title)
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:*3 - [[Jimmy Garvin]] wins the NWA Florida title from Mr. Wrestling II in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]
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:*10 - Jack Brisco wins the [[NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Roddy Piper]] in [[Greenville, North Carolina]]
 
:*21 - Wahoo McDaniel wins the [[NWA United States Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Sgt. Slaughter]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]]
  
:*21 - Wahoo McDaniel wins the [[NWA United States Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Sgt. Slaughter]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]]
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:*25 - The original [[Tiger Mask]] ([[Satoru Sayama]]) wins the [[NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Les Thornton]] in Shizuoka, Japan
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:*25 - The original Tiger Mask ([[Satoru Sayama]]) wins the [[NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Les Thornton]] in [[Shizuoka, Japan]]
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:*26 - Tiger Mask wins the [[WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Black Tiger]] in Osaka, Japan
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:*26 - Tiger Mask wins the [[WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Mark Rocco|Black Tiger]] in [[Osaka, Japan]]
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:*31 - [[Al Tomko]] wins the NWA Vancouver Canadian title from Silvano Sousa in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]]
   
 
'''June'''
  
'''June'''
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:*7 - Sgt. Slaughter is awarded the NWA United States title in Greenville, South Carolina when Wahoo McDaniel is injured by [[Roddy Piper]] and [[Don Muraco]]
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:*7 - Sgt. Slaughter is awarded the NWA United States title in [[Greenville, South Carolina]] when Wahoo McDaniel is injured by Roddy Piper and [[Don Muraco]]
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:*14 - [[Fritz Von Erich]] wins the [[WCWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA American Heavyweight Championship]] from [[King Kong Bundy]] in Fritz's retirement match in Irving, Texas
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:*14 - [[Fritz Von Erich]] wins the [[WCWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA American Heavyweight Championship]] from [[King Kong Bundy]] in Fritz's retirement match in [[Irving, Texas]]
 
:*15 - The NWA American title is returned to King Kong Bundy following Fritz Von Erich's retirement
  
:*15 - The NWA American title is returned to King Kong Bundy following Fritz Von Erich's retirement
 
:*20 - [[Paul Orndorff]] wins the NWA National title from [[Buzz Sawyer]] in Atlanta (Orndorff vacates the title later in the year to go into training for shots at NWA World Champion Ric Flair)
  
:*20 - [[Paul Orndorff]] wins the NWA National title from [[Buzz Sawyer]] in Atlanta (Orndorff vacates the title later in the year to go into training for shots at NWA World Champion Ric Flair)
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:*21 - [[Junkyard Dog]] wins the Mid-South North American title from Bob Roop in [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
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:*23 - Ted DiBiase wins the Mid-South North American title from Junkyard Dog in Shreveport
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:*26 - [[Bret Hart]] wins the Stampede North American title from Leo Burke in [[Edmonton|Edmonton, Alberta]]
   
 
'''July'''
  
'''July'''
  +
:* Rip Oliver wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from [[Rocky Johnson]] (at some point after Johnson's July 15 title win)
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:*2 - The Fabulous Freebirds win the [[NWA National Tag Team Championship]] from [[Scott Irwin|Super Destroyer]] and [[Big John Studd]] in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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:*2 - The Fabulous Freebirds win the [[NWA National Tag Team Championship]] from [[Scott Irwin|Super Destroyer]] and [[Big John Studd]] in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]
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:*7 - Roddy Piper regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Jack Brisco in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] (aired on tape delay on ''[[WCW WorldWide|World Wide Wrestling]]'')
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:*11 - [[Brian Blair]] wins the NWA Florida title from Jimmy Garvin in Orlando
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:*15 - Rocky Johnson wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver
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:*16 - [[Ed Wiskoski|Derek Draper]] wins the [[NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship]] from [[David Von Erich]] in [[Lakeland, Florida]]
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:*25 [[Skip Young|Sweet Brown Sugar]] wins the NWA Florida Southern title from Derek Draper in Orlando
   
 
'''August'''
  
'''August'''
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:*28 - [[Rip Oliver]] wins the [[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Brett Sawyer]] in [[Portland, Oregon]]
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:*3 - Jack Brisco regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Roddy Piper in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
  +
:*11 - Jimmy Garvin wins the NWA Florida Southern title from Sweet Brown Sugar
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:*23 - The NWA Florida title, last held by Brian Blair, is declared vacant following a match against [[Bruiser Brody]] in West Palm Beach; Dean Ho and [[Moondog Moretti]] defeat Bruiser Costa and Butcher Hughes (subbing for Terry Adonis) to win the NWA Vancouver International Tag Team title in Vancouver
  +
:*25 - Brett Sawyer wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Coos Bay, Oregon
  +
:*28 - Rip Oliver regains the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Brett Sawyer in Portland
 
:*29 - Super Destroyer wins the vacant NWA National title in a tournament final over Paul Orndorff in Atlanta
  
:*29 - Super Destroyer wins the vacant NWA National title in a tournament final over Paul Orndorff in Atlanta
   
 
'''September'''
  
'''September'''
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:*Sgt. Slaughter and [[Don Kernodle]] are awarded the vacant NWA World Tag Team title, last held by Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen; they supposedly beat [[Giant Baba]] and Antonio Inoki in a fictitious match for the vacant belts in Tokyo
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:*Sgt. Slaughter and [[Don Kernodle]] are awarded the vacant NWA World Tag Team title, last held by Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen; they supposedly beat [[Giant Baba]] and Antonio Inoki in a fictitious match for the vacant belts in [[Tokyo]]
  +
:*1 - [[Paul Jones]] wins the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Jack Brisco in Charlotte (aired on tape delay on ''World Wide Wrestling'')
  +
:*3 - [[Bad News Allen]] wins the Stampede North American title from Bret Hart in Calgary
 
:*17 - [[Harley Race]] wins the NWA Missouri title from Dick the Bruiser in St. Louis
  
:*17 - [[Harley Race]] wins the NWA Missouri title from Dick the Bruiser in St. Louis
  +
:*20 - Mr. Pro wins the NWA Vancouver Canadian title from Al Tomko in Vancouver
 
:*22 - Brett Sawyer wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Salem, Oregon
  
:*22 - Brett Sawyer wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Salem, Oregon
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  +
'''October'''
  +
:*6 - [[Kevin Sullivan]] wins the vacant NWA Florida title in a tournament final over [[Barry Windham]] in [[Tampa, Florida]]
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:*17 - Bret Hart regains the Stampede North American title from Bad News Allen in Calgary
  +
:*18 - Jack Brisco regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Paul Jones in Greenville, South Carolina
  +
:*31 - [[Dusty Rhodes]] wins the NWA Florida Southern title from Jimmy Garvin in Orlando
   
 
'''November'''
  
'''November'''
  +
:*2 - Paul Jones regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Jack Brisco in Raleigh
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:*25 - Stagger Lee ([[Junkyard Dog]] wearing a mask) wins the [[Mid-South North American Championship]] from [[Ted DiBiase]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
  
  +
:*15 - [[Moose Morowski]] wins the NWA Vancouver Canadian title from Mr. Pro in Vancouver
  +
:*22 - Kevin Sullivan defeats Barry Windham (subbing for champion Dusty Rhodes) to win the NWA Florida Southern title in West Palm Beach (Sullivan is later stripped of the title for trying to give the belt to [[Jake Roberts]] as payment for Roberts' interference in that match)
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:*25 - Stagger Lee (Junkyard Dog wearing a mask) regains the Mid-South North American title from Ted DiBiase in New Orleans
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:*30 - Jack Brisco regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Paul Jones in [[Columbia, South Carolina]]
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  +
'''December'''
  +
:*7 - Sheik Abdullah Ali Hassan wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Brett Sawyer in Portland
  +
:*18 - Barry Windham defeats [[Greg Valentine]] in a tournament final to win the vacant NWA Florida Southern title in [[Sarasota, Florida]]
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==

Revision as of 05:00, 16 February 2020

This is a list of various things that took place in 1982.

Significant events

Unknown date

April

  • 5 - Jerry Lawler battles comedian Andy Kaufman in a match at a sold-out Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee. The match stems from Lawler taking exception to Kaufman wrestling women as part of his skits and laying claim to being the "Intergender Heavyweight Champion", with Lawler claiming that Kaufman's skits were disrespectful to his sport. Kaufman wins the match by disqualification when Lawler lays him out with two piledrivers (an illegal move in Memphis)

June

July

  • Billy Jack Haynes makes his first appearances with Stampede Wrestling as a bodyguard for veteran heel manager JR Foley while still training in promoter Stu Hart's Dungeon. Haynes would quickly break away from Foley's Army and join forces with Bruce Hart to battle the heel stable upon his in-ring debut in August [1]
  • 2 - Bad News Allen debuts in Stampede Wrestling by defeating Gerry Morrow in Calgary. The heelish Allen quickly turns Stampede upside-down as he develops a reputation for brutal and violent matches, as well as inflammatory, provocative and often controversial TV interviews, which garner increased attention for the promotion
  • 4 - WWF Champion Bob Backlund and NWA World Champion Ric Flair battle to a no-contest in a title vs. title bout at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 29 - Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman appear together on Late Night with David Letterman, which draws widespread publicity when Kaufman, wearing a neck brace due to being piledriven by Lawler in their April 5 bout in Memphis, curses repeatedly at Lawler after "The King" slaps Kaufman out of his chair, then throws Letterman's coffee at Lawler, who then chases Kaufman out of the studio

September

  • 14 - Buddy Rogers makes his first appearance in the WWF in 19 years, hosting a new interview segment called "Rogers' Corner". Early installments of the segment are used to facilitate Jimmy Snuka's face turn, using a storyline where Snuka's manager, Captain Lou Albano, was defrauding him
  • 24 - Frank Bonnema, the host of Pacific Northwest Wrestling's Portland Wrestling program on KPTV, suffers a heart attack several days after what would turn out to be his final broadcast of the show on September 18

October

  • 9 - On a broadcast of Portland Wrestling, the announcing team of guest host Don Coss and color commentator Dutch Savage announce the death of previous host Frank Bonnema on October 5 due to complications from a heart attack Bonnema had suffered less than a month earlier. Bonnema had been the host of Portland Wrestling from 1967 (shortly after its return to KPTV from its previous home on KOIN-TV Portland) until shortly before his death. With this broadcast, Coss takes over as the show's permanent host [2]
  • 29 - Riki Chōshū double-crosses partners Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami during a New Japan six-man bout in Koichi, Japan. The turn ignites New Japan's biggest feud of the period as Chōshū leads his heel Seikigun stable against the babyface Ishingun group, led by Inoki and Fujinami

December

  • 7 - During a television taping of WWF Championship Wrestling that aired on tape delay on December 18, Big John Studd (and manager Freddie Blassie) announce his "Bodyslam Challenge", promising a payoff to anyone who can successfully slam him in the ring. The first challenger, a fan named Joe, is unsuccessful in collecting $500. The "challenge" was the eventual setup of Studd's long-running feud with André the Giant, who would be the first WWF wrestler to successfully slam Studd. Despite boasting that he had never been (nor could ever be) properly slammed, André -- and later, Hulk Hogan -- would slam Studd on multiple occasions during the next four years (Bob Backlund, Tony Atlas, Roddy Piper, Blackjack Mulligan and Haku were also known to be successful in slamming Studd)
  • 25 - Ric Flair retains his NWA World title against Kerry Von Erich in a cage match (with Fabulous Freebird Michael Hayes as the guest referee) at WCCW's Christmas Star Wars card in Dallas, Texas. Hayes pulled Kerry on top of a dazed Flair following a mid-ring collision and made the three-count, but Kerry refuses to win the title by cheating; the aftermath of the match, which sees Hayes' fellow Freebird Terry Gordy slam the cage door on Kerry's head as Von Erich tries to leave the cage, sets off the Von Erichs-Freebirds feud which rages across Texas for nearly five years
  • 26 - NWA Hollywood Wrestling ceases operations

Births

Unknown

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February

March

April

May

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

June

August

October

  • 5 - Frank Bonnema (Complications from heart attack)

December


Debuts

Unknown date

February

  • The Golden Lion

August

October

November

December

Events

January

  • 3 - NWA Big Time Wrestling

April

June

  • 4 - WCCW Fritz Von Erich Retirement Show

July

  • 4 - NWA/WWF World Title Unification

August

  • 15 - WCCW Wrestling Star Wars

December

  • 25 - WCCW Christmas Star Wars

Title changes

Unknown date

January

February

March

April

  • Mr. Wrestling II regains the NWA Florida title from J.J. Dillon in St. Petersburg, Florida
  • 3 - The Canadian Wrecking Crew (Terry Adonis and Bruiser Costa) win the NWA Vancouver International Tag Team title from Dean Ho and Sonny Myers in Cloverdale, British Columbia
  • 18 - Hulk Hogan wins the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Nick Bockwinkel in St. Paul, Minnesota, despite interference from Bockwinkel's manager Bobby Heenan, who first used a foreign object on Hogan and later threw the weapon to Bockwinkel for use against Hogan
  • 24 - The AWA World title is returned to Nick Bockwinkel when AWA president Stanley Blackburn overturns the result of the April 18 title change, ruling that Hulk Hogan had used a foreign object on Bockwinkel (despite obvious evidence that Bobby Heenan had used the weapon on Hogan first); Harley Race wins the WWA World Heavyweight Championship from Bobo Brazil in Indianapolis, Indiana; Rip Oliver wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Brett Sawyer in Portland

May

June

July

August

  • 3 - Jack Brisco regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Roddy Piper in Raleigh, North Carolina
  • 11 - Jimmy Garvin wins the NWA Florida Southern title from Sweet Brown Sugar
  • 23 - The NWA Florida title, last held by Brian Blair, is declared vacant following a match against Bruiser Brody in West Palm Beach; Dean Ho and Moondog Moretti defeat Bruiser Costa and Butcher Hughes (subbing for Terry Adonis) to win the NWA Vancouver International Tag Team title in Vancouver
  • 25 - Brett Sawyer wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Coos Bay, Oregon
  • 28 - Rip Oliver regains the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Brett Sawyer in Portland
  • 29 - Super Destroyer wins the vacant NWA National title in a tournament final over Paul Orndorff in Atlanta

September

  • Sgt. Slaughter and Don Kernodle are awarded the vacant NWA World Tag Team title, last held by Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen; they supposedly beat Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki in a fictitious match for the vacant belts in Tokyo
  • 1 - Paul Jones wins the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Jack Brisco in Charlotte (aired on tape delay on World Wide Wrestling)
  • 3 - Bad News Allen wins the Stampede North American title from Bret Hart in Calgary
  • 17 - Harley Race wins the NWA Missouri title from Dick the Bruiser in St. Louis
  • 20 - Mr. Pro wins the NWA Vancouver Canadian title from Al Tomko in Vancouver
  • 22 - Brett Sawyer wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Salem, Oregon

October

  • 6 - Kevin Sullivan wins the vacant NWA Florida title in a tournament final over Barry Windham in Tampa, Florida
  • 17 - Bret Hart regains the Stampede North American title from Bad News Allen in Calgary
  • 18 - Jack Brisco regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Paul Jones in Greenville, South Carolina
  • 31 - Dusty Rhodes wins the NWA Florida Southern title from Jimmy Garvin in Orlando

November

  • 2 - Paul Jones regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Jack Brisco in Raleigh
  • 15 - Moose Morowski wins the NWA Vancouver Canadian title from Mr. Pro in Vancouver
  • 22 - Kevin Sullivan defeats Barry Windham (subbing for champion Dusty Rhodes) to win the NWA Florida Southern title in West Palm Beach (Sullivan is later stripped of the title for trying to give the belt to Jake Roberts as payment for Roberts' interference in that match)
  • 25 - Stagger Lee (Junkyard Dog wearing a mask) regains the Mid-South North American title from Ted DiBiase in New Orleans
  • 30 - Jack Brisco regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic title from Paul Jones in Columbia, South Carolina

December

  • 7 - Sheik Abdullah Ali Hassan wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Brett Sawyer in Portland
  • 18 - Barry Windham defeats Greg Valentine in a tournament final to win the vacant NWA Florida Southern title in Sarasota, Florida

See also

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