Date
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Promotion(s)
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Event
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Location
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Main Event
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January 24
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JCP
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Bunkhouse Stampede
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Uniondale, New York
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Dusty Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson, The Barbarian, Ivan Koloff, Lex Luger, Road Warrior Animal, Tully Blanchard and The Warlord in a steel cage Bunkhouse Stampede[1]
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WWF
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Royal Rumble
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Hamilton, Ontario
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Jim Duggan won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating One Man Gang[2]
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February 21
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AJW
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The War Dream II
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Kawasaki, Japan
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Dump Matsumoto and Yukari Omori retire. The show featured Matsumoto facing partner Bull Nakano, Yukari Omori facing Lioness Asuka and a special exhibition match where long-time rivals Chigusa Nagayo and Matsumoto teamed up against Asuka and Omori.[3][4]
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March 7
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WWF
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Saturday Night's Main Event
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Hulk Hogan vs. Harley Race
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March 27
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WWF
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WrestleMania IV
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Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Randy Savage defeated Ted DiBiase in a tournament final for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship[5]
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JCP
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Clash of the Champions I
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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Ric Flair (c) wrestled Sting to a time-limit draw in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[6]
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April 22
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WWF
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Saturday Night's Main Event
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Springfield, Massachusetts
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Randy Savage vs. One Man Gang for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
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April 22 April 23
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JCP
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3rd Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
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Greenville, South Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina
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Sting and Lex Luger defeated Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in a tournament final[7][page needed]
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May 8
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WCCW
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5th Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions
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Irving, Texas
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Kerry Von Erich defeated Iceman Parsons (c) (( in a singles match for the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship[8]
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June 12
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NJPW
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G1 Climax
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Tokyo, Japan
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Antonio Inoki defeated Masa Saito
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June 28
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AJW
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Japan Grand Prix
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Tokyo, Japan
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Chigusa Nagayo defeated Dump Matsumoto
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July 10
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JCP
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The Great American Bash
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Baltimore, Maryland
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Ric Flair (c) defeated Lex Luger in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[7][page needed]
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July 30
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JCP AWA WCCW
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Second Annual Eddie Graham Memorial Show
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Tampa, Florida
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Kerry Von Erich (C - WCCW) defeated Jerry Lawler (C - AWA) in a singles match; AWA World Heavyweight Championship vs. WCCW World Heavyweight Championship[9]
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August 29
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AJPW
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Bruiser Brody Memorial Show
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Tokyo, Japan
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Genichiro Tenryu and Ashura Hara defeated Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu in a tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship[10]
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WWF
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SummerSlam
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New York City, New York
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The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage) defeated The Mega Bucks (André the Giant and Ted DiBiase) in a tag team match with Jesse Ventura as the special guest referee[11]
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September 10
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WWC
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WWC 15th Aniversario
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Bayamón, Puerto Rico
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Huracan Castillo and Miguel Pérez Jr. defeated Bobby Jaggers and Dan Kroffat in a "Hair vs. hair" tag team match
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September 30
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EMLL
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EMLL 55th Anniversary Show
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Máscara Año 2000 defeated Mogur in a Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match[12]
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October 11
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AJW
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Tag League the Best
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Tokyo, Japan
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The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka) defeated Bull Nakano and Condor Saito
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October 15
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WCCW
|
5th Cotton Bowl Extravaganza
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Dallas, Texas
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Kerry Von Erich (c - WCWA) defeated Jerry Lawler (c - AWA) in a Texas Death match for the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship and the AWA World Heavyweight Championship[13][14]
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October 16
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WWF
|
King of the Ring
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Providence, Rhode Island
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Ted DiBiase defeated Randy Savage by count-out in a King of the Ring tournament final match[15]
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October 25
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Saturday Night's Main Event
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Baltimore, Maryland
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Hulk Hogan vs. King Haku
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November 16
|
Saturday Night's Main Event
|
Sacramento, California
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Randy Savage (c) vs. Andre the Giant for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
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November 24
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Survivor Series
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Richfield Township, Ohio
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Hercules, Hillbilly Jim, Koko B. Ware, Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage defeated Akeem, Big Boss Man, Haku, The Red Rooster and Ted DiBiase in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match[16]
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December 7
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NJPW
|
Japan Cup Tag League
|
Tokyo, Japan
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Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki and Dick Murdoch
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WWF
|
Saturday Night's Main Event
|
Tampa, Florida
|
Hulk Hogan vs. Akeem
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December 13
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AWA
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SuperClash III
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Chicago, Illinois
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Jerry Lawler (AWA) defeated Kerry Von Erich (WCWA) due to referee stoppage in a Title Unification match; AWA World Heavyweight Championship vs. WCWA World Heavyweight Championship[17][18]
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December 26
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WCW
|
Starrcade
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Norfolk, Virginia
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Ric Flair (c) defeated Lex Luger in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[19]
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(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
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