1980
From Pro Wrestling
This is a list of various things that took place in 1980.
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Significant events
August
- August 3 – Harley Race retains his NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a best-of-three-falls bout against Dusty Rhodes at the Last Tangle in Tampa supercard in Tampa, Florida, with Fritz Von Erich as the guest referee; Rhodes wins the first fall over Race, but the time limit expires during the second fall
- August 9 – Bruno Sammartino defeats former protege Larry Zbyszko in a steel cage match at the WWF Showdown At Shea supershow in Flushing, New York; as part of the undercard, André the Giant beats Hulk Hogan and WWF Intercontinental Champion Ken Patera retains his title via countout loss to Tony Atlas
October
Births
April
- April 1 – Randy Orton (Knoxville, Tennessee)
July
- July 11 - TJ Wilson (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
September
- September 23 - Romeo Roselli (White Plains, New York)
Deaths
Debuts
Events
July
- July 14 – AWA Comiskey Park
August
- August 3 – NWA The Last Tangle In Tampa
- August 9 – WWF Showdown At Shea
Title changes
- The Hood wins the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship from Chavo Guerrero Sr.
January
- Buddy Rose is awarded the NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship
February
- February 1 – Ted DiBiase wins the Mid-South North American Championship from Mike George in Shreveport, Louisiana
- February 8 – Stan Hansen wins the NWF World Heavyweight Championship from Antonio Inoki in Tokyo, Japan
- February 11 – The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship from Stan Stasiak and Dutch Savage in Vancouver, British Columbia
March
- March 14 – Chavo Guerrero regains the NWA Americas title from The Hood in Los Angeles, California
- March 22 – Rick Martel wins the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Buddy Rose in Portland, Oregon
- March 29 – Ray Stevens and Greg Valentine win the Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Rick Steamboat and Jay Youngblood in Charlotte, North Carolina
April
- April 3 – Antonio Inoki regains the NWF World title from Stan Hansen in Tokyo
- April 19 – Ric Flair wins the Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from Jimmy Snuka in Greensboro, North Carolina
May
- May 3 – The Sheik wins the Detroit version of the NWA United States title from Mighty Igor in Detroit, Michigan
- May 10 – Rick Steamboat and Jay Youngblood regain the NWA World Tag Team title from Ray Stevens and Greg Valentine in Greensboro
- May 19 – Roddy Piper and Rick Martel win the NWA Canadian Tag Team title from The Sheepherders in Vancouver; the title is vacated later in the year
June
- June 7 – Ed Wiskoski wins the San Francisco version of the NWA United States title from George Wells in San Francisco, California
- June 22 – Ray Stevens and Jimmy Snuka win the NWA World Tag Team title from Rick Steamboat and Jay Youngblood in Greensboro
July
- July 18 – Verne Gagne wins the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Nick Bockwinkel in Chicago, Illinois
- July 20 – The East-West Connection (Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura) are awarded the AWA World Tag Team Championship by forfeit in Denver, Colorado from previous champions Verne Gagne and Mad Dog Vachon when Gagne, who won the AWA World title two days earlier, no-shows
- July 26 – Greg Valentine wins the NWA Mid-Atlantic United States title from Ric Flair in Charlotte (WWE, which claims this title's history for its WWE United States Championship, does not recognize this title change)
August
- August 9 – Ron Starr wins the NWA San Francisco United States title from Ed Wiskoski in San Francisco
- August 16 – Buddy Rose wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rick Martel in Portland
September
- September 4 – Giant Baba wins the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Harley Race in Saga, Japan; Rick Martel regains the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Buddy Rose
- September 9 – Harley Race regains the NWA World title from Giant Baba in Ohtsu, Japan
- September 19 – The Grappler wins the Mid-South North American title from Ted DiBiase in Shreveport
- September 20 – Buddy Rose regains the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rick Martel
October
- October 6 – Rip Oliver and Fidel Cortez win the vacant NWA Canadian Tag Team title in a tournament final over Al Tomko and Mike Popovich in Vancouver
- October 13 – Bob Sweetan wins the NWA San Francisco United States title from Ron Starr in San Francisco
November
- November 3 – Jay Youngblood and Joe Ventura win the NWA Canadian Tag Team title from Rip Oliver and Fidel Cortez in Vancouver
- November 8 – Dusty Rhodes wins the NWA San Francisco United States title from Bob Sweetan in San Francisco
- November 24 – Ric Flair regains the NWA Mid-Atlantic United States title from Greg Valentine in Greenville, South Carolina (WWE does not recognize this title change)
- November 27 – Paul Jones and Masked Superstar win the NWA World Tag Team title from Ray Stevens and Jimmy Snuka in Greensboro
December
- December 27 – Jay Youngblood wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Buddy Rose in Portland
See also
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