1990 in professional wrestling

none 1990 professional wrestling 1990 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. List of notable promotions These promotions held notable events in 1990. Promotion NameAbbreviationNotesAll Japan Pro WrestlingAJPWAll Japan Women's Pro-WrestlingAJWAmerican Wrestling AssociationAWAAWA became inactive during the fall and filed for bankruptcy the following year.Empresa Mexicana de Lucha LibreEMLLFrontier Martial-Arts WrestlingFMWNational Wrestling AllianceNWANew Japan Pro-WrestlingNJPWWorld Championship WrestlingWCWWorld Wrestling CouncilWWCWorld Wrestling FederationWWF Calendar of notable shows DatePromotion(s)EventLocationMain EventJan 3WWFSaturday Night's Main EventChattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect and The Genius in a tag team matchJan 7 FMWBattle Resistance – 1st Open TournamentTokyo, Japan Masanobu Kurisi defeated Tarzan Goto by referee's decision in an Open Tournament final matchJan 21 WWFRoyal RumbleOrlando, Florida, U.S. Hulk Hogan won by last eliminating Mr. Perfect in the 30-man Royal Rumble matchFeb 6 NWAWCWClash of the Champions XCorpus Christi, Texas, U.S. The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Ole Anderson, and Arn Anderson) defeated Gary Hart International (The Dragonmaster, Buzz Sawyer, and The Great Muta) in a Steel Cage matchFeb 10 NJPWSuper Fight in Tokyo DomeTokyo, JapanAntonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi defeated Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto in a tag team match with Lou Thesz as special guest refereehttps://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=3120 NJPW Super Fight In Tokyo Dome cagematch.netFeb 12 FMWBattle Brave in KorakuenTokyo, Japan Atsushi Onita defeated Masanobu Kurisu in a Barbed Wire Barricades Death MatchFeb 25WCWWrestleWarGreensboro, North Carolina, U.S.Ric Flair (c) defeated Lex Luger by countout in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight ChampionshipApr 1 FMWTexas Street FightTokyo, Japan Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto defeated Dragon Master and Masanobu Kurisu in a Tag Team Texas Street FightApr 1 WWFWrestleMania VIToronto, Ontario, Canada Ultimate Warrior (IC Champion) defeated Hulk Hogan (WWF Champion) in a Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and WWF ChampionshipsApr 8 AWASuperClash IVSt. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. The Trooper and Paul Diamond defeated The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom) in a Steel Cage matchApr 13 WWFAJPWNJPWWrestling SummitTokyo, Japan Hulk Hogan defeated Stan Hansen in a Singles matchApr 23WWFSaturday Night's Main EventAustin, Texas, U.S.The Ultimate Warrior (c) defeated Haku in a singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship Apr 29 AJWW.W.W.A. Champions Legend Tokyo, Japan Bull Nakano (c) defeats Monster Ripper in a WWWA World Title matchMay 19 NWAWCWCapital CombatWashington D.C., U.S. Lex Luger defeated Ric Flair (c) by disqualification in a Steel Cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight ChampionshipJun 13Clash of the Champions XICharleston, South Carolina, U.S. Junkyard Dog defeated Ric Flair (c) by disqualification in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight ChampionshipJul 7WWCWWC 17th AniversarioBayamón, Puerto Rico Carlos Colón (WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion) and TNT went to a draw in a Singles match NWAThe Great American BashBaltimore, Maryland, U.S. Sting defeated Ric Flair (c) in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight ChampionshipJul 16WWFSaturday Night's Main EventOmaha, Nebraska, U.S.The Ultimate Warrior (c) defeated Rick Rude in a singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight ChampionshipAug 4 FMWSummer Spectacular in ShiodomeTokyo, Japan Atsushi Onita (c) defeated Tarzan Goto via knockout in a No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight ChampionshipAug 27WWFSummerSlamPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.The Ultimate Warrior (c) defeated Rick Rude in a Steel Cage match for the WWF ChampionshipSep 5 NWAWCWClash of the Champions XIIAsheville, North Carolina, U.S. Sting (c) defeated The Black Scorpion in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight ChampionshipSep 18WWFSaturday Night's Main EventToledo, Ohio, U.S.The Ultimate Warrior and The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated Demolition (Ax, Smash, and Crush) in a six man tag team matchSep 30NJPWInoki's 30th Wrestling AnniversaryYokohama, Japan Antonio Inoki and Tiger Jeet Singh defeated Animal Hamaguchi and Big Van Vader in a tag team match with Nick Bockwinkel as special guest refereeOct 21EMLLEMLL 57th Anniversary ShowMexico City, MexicoRayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated Cien Caras in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask matchhttp://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/anniversary75.html#57 57th Anniversary Show October 21, 1990 February 19, 2010 Pro Wrestling HistoryOct 27 NWAHalloween HavocChicago, Illinois, U.S. Sting (c) defeated Sid Vicious in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight ChampionshipNov 1NJPWNJPW Budokan Hall ShowTokyo, Japan Riki Choshu (c) defeated Shinya Hashimoto in a singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight ChampionshipNov 5 FMWFMW 1st Anniversary ShowTokyo, Japan Atsushi Onita (c) defeated Mr. Pogo via knockout in a Texas Deathmatch for the WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight ChampionshipNov 14 AJWWrestlemarinepiad '90Yokohama, Japan Bull Nakano (c) defeats Aja Kong in a steel cage match for the WWWA World TitleNov 20 NWAWCWClash of the Champions XIIIJacksonville, Florida, U.S. Ric Flair defeated Butch Reed in a Singles matchNov 22 WWFSurvivor SeriesHartford, Connecticut, U.S. Hulk Hogan, Tito Santana, and The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hercules, Paul Roma, Rick Martel, Ted DiBiase, and The Warlord in a 3-on-5 Survivor Series elimination matchDec 14 EMLLJuicio FinalMexico City, MexicoOctagón defeated Huracán Ramírez II in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask matchLucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero Octagón (1961) Mexico Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre 42 2008 SpanishDec 16 WCWStarrcadeSt. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Sting (c) defeated The Black Scorpion in a Steel Cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Dick the Bruiser as special guest refereeDec 26NJPWNJPW Legends ShowHamamatsu, JapanTony Halme defeated Shinya Hashimoto by knockout in a Boxer vs. Wrestler matchhttp://www.profightdb.com/cards/njpw/legends-show-4788.html NJPW Legends Show at Hamamatsu Arena wrestling results – Internet Wrestling Database(c) – denotes defending champion(s) Notable events January 1 – The CWA merges with the United States Wrestling Association May 5 – Two World title matches was held at a AWA Twin Wars '90 live event where Larry Zbyszko defeated Nikita Koloff to retain the AWA World Heavyweight title and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Brian Pillman July 16- The Road Warriors and "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich made their WWF debuts at a WWF Wrestling Challenge TV taping. August 12 – The AWA hosts their Team Challenge Series final and two title changes were taped with Buck Zumhoff defeating Jonnie Stewart for the reactivated AWA Light Heavyweight title and The Trooper and D.J. Peterson defeating the Destruction Crew for the AWA World Tag Team titles at their final TV taping in Rochester, MN August 26 – The Herb Abrams version of the Universal Wrestling Federation (Herb Abrams) was launched at a Wrestling fans convention in New York, NY November 22 – The Undertaker and The Gobbledy Gooker (Héctor Guerrero) debut at WWF Survivor Series November 23 – World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) held its final show. December 1 – WCW drops the NWA brand from their TV shows and championships. Accomplishments and tournaments AJW AccomplishmentWinnerDate wonNotes Japan Grand Prix 1990Manami ToyotaJune 17Rookie of the Year Decision TournamentShiho Tsubaki AJPW AccomplishmentWinnerDate wonNotesWorld's Strongest Determination League 1990Terry Gordy and Steve WilliamsDecember 7 WCW AccomplishmentWinnerDate wonNotesNWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament"Flyin' Brian" Pillman and "Z-Man" Tom ZenkFebruary 12Pat O'Connor Memorial International Tag Team TournamentThe Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)December 16 WWF AccomplishmentWinnerDate wonNotesRoyal RumbleHulk HoganJanuary 21WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship TournamentMr. PerfectApril 1 Awards and honors Pro Wrestling Illustrated List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards CategoryWinnerWrestler of the YearStingTag Team of the YearThe Steiner Brothers(Rick and Scott Steiner)Match of the YearHulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior (WrestleMania VI)Feud of the YearRic Flair vs. Lex LugerMost Popular Wrestler of the YearHulk HoganMost Hated Wrestler of the YearEarthquakeMost Improved Wrestler of the YearPaul RomaInspirational Wrestler of the YearStingRookie of the YearSteve AustinManager of the YearTeddy LongEditor's Award (Lifetime Achievement)Buddy Rogers Wrestling Observer Newsletter List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards CategoryWinnerWrestler of the YearRic FlairMost OutstandingJushin Thunder LigerFeud of the YearMitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo TsurutaTag Team of the YearThe Steiner Brothers(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)Most ImprovedKenta KobashiBest on InterviewsArn Anderson Title changes WWF WWF World Heavyweight ChampionshipIncoming champion – Hulk HoganDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)April 1The Ultimate WarriorWrestleMania VIThis was a title vs. title match, with Warrior's Intercontinental Championship also on the line. WWF Intercontinental ChampionshipIncoming champion – The Ultimate WarriorDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)April 1VacatedWrestleMania VIWarrior vacated the title after defeating Hulk Hogan in a title vs. title match to win the WWF Championship.April 23Mr. PerfectSuperstarsDefeated Tito Santana in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Aired on tape delay on May 19.August 27The Texas TornadoSummerSlamNovember 19Mr. PerfectSuperstarsAired on tape delay on December 15, 1990. WWF Women's ChampionshipIncoming champion – Rockin' RobinDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)February 21DeactivatedN/A WWF Tag Team ChampionshipIncoming champions – The Colossal Connection (Andre the Giant and Haku)DateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)April 1Demolition(Ax, Smash and Crush)WrestleMania VIAugust 27The Hart Foundation(Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)SummerSlamOctober 30The Rockers(Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty)The Main Event IV Million Dollar ChampionshipIncoming champion – Ted DiBiaseunsanctioned championshipDateWinnerEvent/ShowNote(s)No title changes Debuts Debut date January 17 - Yukihide Ueno and Ryo Miyake January 13 – Tatanka February 12 - Lee Gak Soo(이각수) (FMW) February 22 - Masao Orihara March 10 - Kim Hyun Hwan (FMW) March 15 - Ultraman Robin March 27 - Hiroaki Hatanaka May 12 - Flying Kid Ichihara May 19 – El Gigante June 9 - J.T. Smith July 21 - Akemi Torisu (All Japan Women's) July 22 - Shooter Niiyama August 13 - Takaku Fuke September 21 – Tomoko Watanabe October 2 – Chris Jericho October 10 - Numacchi (All Japan Women's) November 1 – Mikiko Futagami (JWP) and Sumiko Saito (JWP) December 20 - Kintaro Kanemura December 22 - Bad Nurse Nakamura Uncertain debut date Bill DeMott Sweet Saraya Debbie Malenko Ray González Marc Mero The Gambler Big Vito Buff Bagwell Shiho Tsubaki (All Japan Women) Retirements Otto Wanz (1968–1990)http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2017/09/14/22752384.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170915020104/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2017/09/14/22752384.html dead September 15, 2017 Former AWA World champion Otto Wanz dies Oliver, Greg SLAM Wrestling September 23, 2017 September 14, 2017 Frenchy Martin (1971–1990) Ann Casey (1962–1990) Nick Kiniski (1985–1990) Ole Anderson (1967–1990) Ray Candy (1973–1990) Raymond Rougeau (1971–1990) Ron Hutchison (1983–1990) Scott Casey (1970–1990) Seiji Sakaguchi (August 5, 1967 – March 15, 1990) Soldat Ustinov (1985-October 25, 1990) Uncle Elmer (1960–1990) Lou Thesz (1932–December 26, 1990) Les Thornton (1957–1990) Chuck Austin (1990) Births January 7 - Jack Gallagher January 14 – Kacy Catanzaro, American female wrestlerhttp://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/kacy-catanzaro-interview?click=feed Esquire 14 things #MightyKacy told us after her huge victory on American Ninja Warrior Dan Reilly July 17, 2014 January 23 - Alex Silva, Canadian wrestler February 21 - Ricky Saints March 1 – Dominic Garrini, American wrestler March 6 – Demitrius Bronson, American wrestler March 7 – Chase Owens, American wrestlerhttp://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=12413 【10.13両国全カード決定!】年内最後の"IWGPヘビー選手権"AJvs棚橋！"権利証戦"オカダvs内藤！勝者同士が1.4東京ドームで激突!! September 24, 2014 September 24, 2014 New Japan Pro-Wrestling Japanese dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140925115521/http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=12413 September 25, 2014 mdy March 15 – Jordan Devlin March 24 – Lacey Evans, American female wrestler April 2 – Sawyer Fulton, American wrestler April 6 – Hektor Invictus, German wrestler April 30 – Tomahawk T.T., Japanese wrestlerhttp://www.gaora.co.jp/dragongate/data/prfl/thawk.html T-Hawk Dragon Gate Gaora September 24, 2013 Japanese May 1 - Ace Romero May 2 - Mahabali Shera May 25 – Bo DallasWWE Raw in Uniondale (correspondents needed), Dot Net Audio, Raw dark main event, Alberto El Patron, Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas, Alex Shelley, D'Angelo Dinero http://prowrestling.net/printer.php?42372 Pro Wrestling Dot Net 25 September 2016 May 31 - Montez Ford June 27 – Kimber Leehttp://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/kimber-lee-8772.html Kimber Lee March 9, 2015 Internet Wrestling Database July 6 – Puma, Mexican luchador Musashi July 8 – Axel Dieter Jr. July 15 - Karl Fredericks July 18 Golden Magic, Mexican luchador Mandy Rose, American female wrestler July 21 – Fabian Aichner, Italian wrestler July 24 – Angelo Dawkins, American wrestler Tucker Knighthttp://www.thesundevils.com/news/2013/4/17/208248348.aspx?path=wrestling Levi Cooper Profile – Arizona State University Official Athletic Site Arizona State University August 8 - Zack Gibson, English wrestler August 15 – Diamante, American female wrestler August 17 - Danhausen September 15 – Titán, Mexican luchador September 18 – Herodes Jr., Mexican luchador September 26 – Eterno, Mexican luchador September 30 Isaiah Swerve Scott Toru Sugiura October 2 - Barbi Hayden October 14 – Raquel Diaz, American retired professional wrestler October 17 – Mahabali Shera, Indian wrestler November 9 – Robin, Mexican luchador November 19 – Otis Cogar December 27 – Zelina Vega, American female wrestlerThea Trinidad Biography TheaTrinidad.com http://www.theatrinidad.com/thea_trinidad.html August 3, 2012 December 10, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171210024312/http://www.theatrinidad.com/thea_trinidad.html dead December 30 – Fenix, Mexican luchador enmascarado Deaths January 7 – Bronko Nagurski, American football player and wrestler (born 1908) February 4 – Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian wrestler (born 1915)National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling ECW Press Hornbaker Tim 2007 978-1-55022-741-3 201 February 15 - Mark Tendler (born 1932) March 2 – Ivan Gomes (born 1939) April 18 – Gory Guerrero, American wrestler (born 1921)Madigan, Dan Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling HarperCollins 2007 Dorada de lucha libre: Gory Guerrero 189–193 978-0-06-085583-3 July 7 - Chief Little Eagle, American wrestler (born 1935) August 15 – Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler (born 1924) August 31 – Bert Assirati, British wrestler (born 1908) September 30 - Al Lolotai, Western Samoan football player and wrestler (born 1920) November 21 – Dean Hart, Canadian music promoter and wrestling referee (born 1954) December 9 – Mike Mazurki, American actor and wrestler (born 1907) December 31 – Ed Gantner, American wrestler (born 1959) See also List of WCW pay-per-view events List of WWF pay-per-view events List of FMW supercards and pay-per-view events References professional wrestling