This is a list of various things that took place in 1998.
Significant events[]
Unknown Dates
- Independent Wrestling Federation is founded in Woodland Park, New Jersey
- Great Lakes Championship Wrestling is founded in Wisconsin, USA
March
- 30 - Shawn Michaels leaves DX and X-Pac & The New Age Outlaws join.
- 31 - The WWF debuts its new "scratch" logo, replacing the "W-F" logo the company had used since 1982. It was modified when the WWF became WWE in 2002
April
- Waco Association of Wrestling is founded in Waco, Texas
October
- Southern Championship Wrestling Florida is founded in DeBary, Florida
Births[]
January
- 20 - Connor Hopkins
February
- 16 - Alan Angels
March
- 23 - Matthew Justice
April
- 27 - Daiju Wakamatsu
September
- 17 - Daniel Garcia
- 21 - Leo Isaka
November
- 3 - Alec Price
December
- 24 - InstaGraham
Deaths[]
January
- 20 - Bobo Brazil (Stroke)
February
- 15 - Louie Spicolli (Accidental Overdose)
June
- 2 - Junkyard Dog (Car accident)
July
- 1 - Toyonobori
November
- 9 - Sky Low Low
- 29 - Giant Haystacks 52 (Cancer)
December
- 31 - Frank Valois 77 (Heart attack)
Debuts and returns[]
January
March
- 30 - Sean Waltman - Returns to WWF to join DX
May
June
- 22 - Edge - WWE
Events[]
January
- January 4 – NJPW Final Power Hall In Tokyo Dome (Televised event)
- January 10 – ECW House Party
- January 15-January 19 – GAEA Wild Times (Televised event)
- January 31 – ECW Hostile City Showdown
February
- February 6 - JAPW Valentine's Day Massacre
- February 21 – ECW Cyberslam
March
- March 21 – ECWA 2nd Annual Super 8 Tournament
- March 22 – JAPW 1st Annual JAP Convention & Anniversary: Night Of The Barbwire #2
April
- April 4 – NJPW The Inoki Final
- April 29 – 1st Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
- April 30 – FMW 9th Anniversary Show
- April 30 – IWA Mid-South April Bloodshowers
May
- May 16 – ECW A Matter of Respect
July
- July 31-August 2 – NJPW G1 Climax (Televised event)
October
- October 23 – JAPW Halloween Hell 1998: Night Of The Barbwire #3
- October 24 - NWA 50th Anniversary Show
Pay-Per-View Events[]
January
- January 18 – WWF Royal Rumble
- January 25 – WCW/nWo Souled Out
February
- February 15 – In Your House 20: No Way Out of Texas
- February 22 – WCW SuperBrawl VIII
March
- March 1 – ECW Living Dangerously
- March 15 – WCW Uncensored
- March 29 – WWF WrestleMania XIV
April
- April 19 – WCW Spring Stampede
- April 26 – In Your House 21: Unforgiven
May
- May 3 – ECW Wrestlepalooza
- May 17 – WCW Slamboree
- May 31 – In Your House 22: Over The Edge
June
- June 14 – WCW The Great American Bash
- June 26 – WWF King Of The Ring
July
- July 12 – WCW Bash At The Beach
- July 26 – In Your House 23: Fully Loaded
August
- August 2 – ECW Heat Wave
- August 9 – WCW Road Wild
- August 30 – WWF SummerSlam
September
- September 13 – WCW Fall Brawl
- September 27 – In Your House 24: Breakdown
October
- October 18 – In Your House 25: Judgement Day
- October 25 – WCW Halloween Havoc
November
- November 1 – ECW November To Remember
- November 15 – WWF Survivor Series
- November 22 – WCW World War III
December
- December 6 – Capital Carnage
- December 13 – In Your House 26: Rock Bottom
- December 27 – WCW Starrcade 1998
Title changes[]
- March 29 - Steve Austin defeats Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XIV to win the WWF Championship.