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1986

From Pro Wrestling

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

Contents

Significant events

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February

May

June

  • June 4 – Kerry Von Erich is severely injured in a motorcycle accident in Argyle, Texas

September

October

  • October 14 – Magnum TA suffers career-ending spinal injuries in a car crash in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • October 28 – WWF Intercontinental Champion Randy Savage, after defeating Rick Steamboat by countout, injures Steamboat by jumping off the top turnbuckle with the timekeeper's bell and driving it into Steamboat's throat. After Steamboat is taken from ringside on a stretcher, WWF Superstars of Wrestling commentator Bruno Sammartino attacks Savage backstage outside the locker rooms when Savage brags about the attack on Steamboat

November

Births

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January

February

March

May

June

July

September

October

Deaths

February

March

April

Debuts

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April

May

August

September

October

Events

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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

November

December

Pay-Per-View events

April

Title changes

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

  • September 1 – Buzz Sawyer and Matt Borne win the vacant WCWA World Tag Team Championship in a tournament final over Chris Adams and Lance Von Erich in Fort Worth
  • September 8 – Jerry Lawler wins the AWA Southern title from Bam Bam Bigelow in Memphis
  • 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

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 win the WCWA World Tag Team title from Matt Borne and Buzz Sawyer in Fort Worth
  • November 29 – The Assassin wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Portland

December

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

Retired

October

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