1986

From Pro Wrestling

This is a list of various things that took place in 1986.

Contents 1 Significant events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Debuts 5 Events 6 Pay-Per-View events 7 Title changes 8 Retired 9 See also

Significant events

Unknown

• Jody Hamilton founded Deep South Championship Wrestling in Georgia.
• AWA America's Heavyweight Championship belt is retired.
• The Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan) dissolved after Satoru Sayama became frustrated with the outcome of a match which led to the dissolving of the entire roster.
• The Four Horsemen debut.
• Tuesday Night Titans ceased airing.

February

• World Class Championship Wrestling withdraws from the NWA
• February 7 – TBS airs Superstars on the SuperStation, its first primetime wrestling event

March

• Bill Watts attempts to bring Mid-South Wrestling to the national level and relaunches it with the name Universal Wrestling Federation.

May

• Ric Flair forms the Four Horsemen with Tully Blanchard, Ole Anderson, Arn Anderson and manager J.J. Dillon
• Bill Watts reorganizes Mid-South Wrestling into the Universal Wrestling Federation

June

• June ? – NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship retired.
• June 4 – Kerry Von Erich is severely injured in a motorcycle accident in Argyle, Texas

September

• September 13 – The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling program makes its debut in syndication in the United States and Canada

October

• October 14 – Magnum TA suffers career-ending spinal injuries in a car crash in Charlotte, North Carolina

November

• Texas All-Star Wrestling, the successor to Southwest Championship Wrestling, ceases operations when it is sold to World Class Championship Wrestling

Births

Unknown

• Chuck Taylor (Murray, Kentucky, USA)
• Ultimo Breakfast
• Lexxus (New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
• Ben Satterly (Newcastle, England, UK)
• Melanie Cruise (Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA)

January

• January 26 – Shantelle Taylor (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

February

• February 5 – Ashley Lane (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

March

• March 16 – Ken Doane (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
• March 27 – Valerie Wyndham (Beverly Hills, California, USA)

May

• May 29 – Hornswoggle (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)

June

• June 16 – Pelle Primeau (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• June 29 – Serena Deeb (Oakton, Virginia, USA)
• June 30 – Victoria Crawford (Ponte Verde, Florida, USA)

July

• July 17 – Lacey Von Erich (Denton, Texas, USA)

September

• September 4 – Austin Creed (Columbus, Georgia, USA)
• September 7 – Colin Delaney (Rochester, New York, USA)

October

• October 16 – Jimmy Olsen (Rochester, New York, USA)

Deaths

February

• February 4 – Gino Hernandez 28 (Cocaine overdose)

March

• March 24 – Warren Bockwinkel 74 (Alzheimer's disease)

April

• April 6 – El Solitario 39 (Heart attack)

Debuts

Unknown

• John Laurinaitis
• Norman Smiley
• Cody Michaels
• Brian Adams
• Doug Gilbert
• Paul Heyman
• Scott Steiner
• Four Horsemen
• The Warlord
• Charles Robinson
• Gertrude Vachon
• Emily Dole

February

• February 16 – Kensuke Sasaki
• February 26 – Hiroshi Hase

April

• Jeff Jarrett

May

• May 24 – Super Parka
• May 30 – Owen Hart

August

• August 8 – Kaoru Maeda
• August 17 – Mayumi Ozaki
• August 17 – Dynamite Kansai

September

• September 16 – Aja Kong
• September 18 – Cutie Suzuki

October

• Ron Simmons

Events

Unknown

• Bunkhouse Stampede 1986

January

• January 21 – PNW Superstar Extravaganza

February

• February 14 – NWA Battle Of The Belts II
• February 16 – Saturday Night's Main Event V

March

• March 13 – AJPW All Japan vs. Japan Pro (Televised event)

April

• April 19 – NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup
• April 20 – AWA WrestleRock
• April 28 – AWA/NWA Rage In A Cage

May

• May 1 – Saturday Night's Main Event VI
• May 4 – WCWA 3rd Von Erich Memorial Parade Of Champions

June

• June 14 – Superdome Extravaganza
• June 28 – AWA Battle By The Bay

July

• July 1-August 2 – NWA The Great American Bash Tour
• July 4 – WCWA Independence Day Star Wars
• July 14 – WWF King Of The Ring

August

• August 28 – WWF The Big Event
• August 29 – WWF Sam Mushnick Memorial Tournament

September

• September 1 – NWA Battle Of The Belts III
• September 13 – Saturday Night's Main Event VII
• September 13 – GLOW: Episode 1 (Aired)

• October 9 – NJPW Inoki Toukon Live
• October 12 – WCWA 3rd Cotton Bowl Extravaganza
• October 21 – AJPW 14th Anniversary

November

• November 15 – Saturday Night's Main Event VIII
• November 27 – NWA Starrcade - "Night Of The Skywalkers”
• November 27 – Superdome Extravaganza
• November 27 – WCWA Thanksgiving Star Wars

December

• December 14 – Saturday Night's Main Event IX
• December 25 – AWA Brawl In St. Paul
• December 25 – WCWA Christmas Star Wars

Pay-Per-View events

April

• April 7 – WWF WrestleMania II

Title changes

• NWA American Tag Team Championship vacated.

January

• January 1 – Dick Slater defeated Butch Reed to win the Mid-South North American Championship.
• January 18 – Scott Hall and Curt Hennig win the AWA World Tag Team Championship from Jim Garvin and Steve Regal in Albuqureque, New Mexico
• January 21 – Tom Zenk wins the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Bobby Jaggers in Portland, Oregon
• January 31 – The Mid-South North American Championship was held up after Dick Slater had a match versus Jake Roberts

February

• February 8 – Randy Savage wins the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Tito Santana in Boston, Massachussetts
• February 14 – Jake Roberts defeated Dick Slater to win the Mid-South North American Championship.
• February 23 – Dick Slater defeated Jake Roberts to win the Mid-South North American Championship.

March

• March 1 – Ben Bassarab and Chris Benoit defeated Honky Tonk Wayne and Ron Starr to win the Stampede International Tag Team Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• March 9 – Bobby Jaggers wins the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Tom Zenk in Findley, Washington
• March 10 – Brian Adias defeated The Grappler to win the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
• March 16 – Hacksaw Jim Duggan defeated Buzz Sawyer to win the Mid-South North American Championship.
• March 21 – Honky Tonk Wayne and Cuban Assassin defeated Chris Benoit and Ben Bassarab to win the Stampede International Tag Team Championship in Calgary

April

• April 5 – Riki Chōshū defeated Stan Hansen to win the PWF Heavyweight Championship in Yokohama, Japan.
• April 7 – The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) win the WWF Tag Team Championship) from the Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake) in Rosemont, Illinois
• April 8 – Jerry Lawler defeated Bill Dundee to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship.
• April 12 – Billy Jack Haynes wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Bobby Jaggers in Portland

May

• Billy Jack Haynes is stripped of the NWA Pacific Northwest title
• The Mid-South North American Championship is retired when the Mid-South Wrestling Association becomes the UWF.
• May 2 – Bill Dundee defeated Jerry Lawler to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship.
• May 17 – Buddy Rose and Doug Somers win the AWA World Tag Team title from Scott Hall and Curt Hennig in Hammond, Indiana
• May 29 – The NWA United States Heavyweight Championship was vacated when Magnum TA attacked NWA President Bob Geigel
• May 30 – Terry Gordy becomes the first UWF Heavyweight Champion in a tournament final win over Hacksaw Duggan in Houston, Texas

June

• June 2 – Buddy Landel defeated Bill Dundee to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship.
  • The title was immediately vacated.
• June 13 – Rip Oliver wins a battle royal for the vacant NWA Pacific Northwest title in Portland
• June 16 – Buddy Landel defeated The Flame in the tournament finals to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship.
  • Title was again vacated when Landel left the promotion.
• June 29 – Nick Bockwinkel is awarded the AWA World Heavyweight Championship by forfeit when Stan Hansen no-shows a scheduled title bout in Denver, Colorado

July

• July 3 – Velvet McIntyre defeated The Fabulous Moolah to win the WWE Women's Championship in Brisbane, Australia.
• July 4 – Buzz Sawyer defeated Brian Adias to win the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship in Fort Worth, Texas.
• July 9 – The Fabulous Moolah defeated Velvet McIntyre to win the WWE Women's Championship in Sydney, Australia.
• July 26 – Dusty Rhodes defeated Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the Great American Bash in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
• July 28 – Bam Bam Bigelow won a battle royal to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship.

August

• August 9 – Ben Bassarab and Owen Hart defeated Duke Myers and Kerry Brown to win the Stampede International Tag Team Championship in Edmonton, Alberta.
• August 9 – Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in St. Louis, Missouri.
• August 15 – Coco Samoa wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Albany, Oregon
• August 17 – Nikita Koloff wins the vacant NWA United States Heavyweight Championship by beating Magnum TA in the final match of a best-of-seven series in Charlotte, North Carolina

September

• September 1 – Buzz Sawyer and Matt Borne defeated Chris Adams and Lance Von Erich in the tournament finals to win the WCWA World Tag Team Championship in Ft. Worth, Texas, USA.
• September 8 – Jerry Lawler defeated Bam Bam Bigelow to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship.
• September 20 – Rip Oliver wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Coco Samoa in Seattle, Washington
• September 28 – Nikita Koloff wins the NWA National Heavyweight Championship from Wahoo McDaniel in a title-unification bout in Atlanta, Georgia and merges the National title into his NWA United States title

October

• October 9 – The Viet Cong Express (Hiroshi Hase & Fumihiro Nikura) defeated Owen Hart and Ben Bassarab to win the Stampede International Tag Team Championship in Calgary.

November

• November 9 – One Man Gang is awarded the UWF Heavyweight title by forfeit in Tulsa, Oklahoma when Terry Gordy is injured
• November 17 – Dingo Warrior and Lance Von Erich defeated Matt Borne and Buzz Sawyer in Fort Worth, Texas, USA to win the WCWA World Tag Team Championship.
• November 29 – The Assassin wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Portland

December

• December 1 – Al Madril and Brian Adias defeated Dingo Warrior and Lance Von Erich to win the WCWA World Tag Team Championship in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
• December 13 – Rip Oliver wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from The Assassin in Portland

Retired

• Jesse Ventura
• David Schults
• Ernie Ladd

October

• October 14 – Terry Allen

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