1986
From Pro Wrestling
This is a list of various things that took place in 1986.
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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
February
- February 16 – Kensuke Sasaki
- February 26 – Hiroshi Hase
April
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
Events
Unknown
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
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
- June 2 – Buddy Landel defeated Bill Dundee to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship.
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
October
- October 14 – Terry Allen
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