This is a list of various things that took place in 1980.

Contents 1 Significant events 2 Births 3 Debuts 4 Events 5 Title changes 6 See also

Significant eventsEdit

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
• 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

• Big Time Wrestling, The Sheik's NWA-affiliated promotion in Detroit, ceases operations

BirthsEdit

April

• 1 – Randy Orton (Knoxville, Tennessee)

July

• 11 - TJ Wilson (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

September

• 23 - Romeo Roselli (White Plains, New York)

DebutsEdit

EventsEdit

July

• 14 – AWA Comiskey Park

August

• 3 – NWA The Last Tangle In Tampa
• 9 – WWF Showdown At Shea

Title changesEdit

• The Hood wins the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship from Chavo Guerrero Sr.

January

• Buddy Rose is awarded the NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship

February

• 1 – Ted DiBiase wins the Mid-South North American Championship from Mike George in Shreveport, Louisiana
• 8 – Stan Hansen wins the NWF World Heavyweight Championship from Antonio Inoki in Tokyo, Japan
• 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

• 14 – Chavo Guerrero regains the NWA Americas title from The Hood in Los Angeles, California
• 22 – Rick Martel wins the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Buddy Rose in Portland, Oregon
• 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

• 3 – Antonio Inoki regains the NWF World title from Stan Hansen in Tokyo
• 19 – Ric Flair wins the Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from Jimmy Snuka in Greensboro, North Carolina

May

• 3 – The Sheik wins the Detroit version of the NWA United States title from Mighty Igor in Detroit, Michigan
• 10 – Rick Steamboat and Jay Youngblood regain the NWA World Tag Team title from Ray Stevens and Greg Valentine in Greensboro
• 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

• 7 – Ed Wiskoski wins the San Francisco version of the NWA United States title from George Wells in San Francisco, California
• 22 – Ray Stevens and Jimmy Snuka win the NWA World Tag Team title from Rick Steamboat and Jay Youngblood in Greensboro

July

• 18 – Verne Gagne wins the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Nick Bockwinkel in Chicago, Illinois
• 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
• 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

• 9 – Ron Starr wins the NWA San Francisco United States title from Ed Wiskoski in San Francisco
• 16 – Buddy Rose wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rick Martel in Portland

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
• 9 – Harley Race regains the NWA World title from Giant Baba in Ohtsu, Japan
• 19 – The Grappler wins the Mid-South North American title from Ted DiBiase in Shreveport
• 20 – Buddy Rose regains the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rick Martel

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
• 13 – Bob Sweetan wins the NWA San Francisco United States title from Ron Starr in San Francisco

November

• 3 – Jay Youngblood and Joe Ventura win the NWA Canadian Tag Team title from Rip Oliver and Fidel Cortez in Vancouver
• 8 – Dusty Rhodes wins the NWA San Francisco United States title from Bob Sweetan in San Francisco
• 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)
• 27 – Paul Jones and Masked Superstar win the NWA World Tag Team title from Ray Stevens and Jimmy Snuka in Greensboro

December

• 27 – Jay Youngblood wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Buddy Rose in Portland

See alsoEdit

Years
1900s
1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909
1910s
1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919
1920s
1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929
1930s
1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939
1940s
1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949
1950s
1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959
1960s
1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
1970s
1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979
1980s
1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
1990s
1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999
2000s
2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
2010s
2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013

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