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This is a list of various things that took place in 1986.
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Significant events
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Unknown date
- Jody Hamilton establishes Deep South Championship Wrestling in Georgia
- The Japanese UWF dissolves after Satoru Sayama takes issue with the outcome of a match against Akira Maeda and subsequently leaves the promotion to go into retirement. With the collapse of the UWF, Maeda and the rest of the roster head to New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Tuesday Night Titans, the WWF's talk-show parody, ceased airing
January
- Hulk Hogan begins using "Real American" as his entrance theme, which he will continue using throughout the remainder of his WWF run (through 1993), and in later WWE appearances from 2002-2007.
- Pacific Northwest Wrestling holds its second supercard, the Superstar Extravaganza, at the Portland Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. In the main event, NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair retains his title via disqualification over Dusty Rhodes, while on the undercard, Tom Zenk wins the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Bobby Jaggers, and the Road Warriors and Magnum TA defeat Ivan and Nikita Koloff and Timothy Flowers in a six-man match
February
- World Class Championship Wrestling withdraws from the NWA.
- 7 - TBS airs Superstars on the SuperStation, its first primetime wrestling event
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
- 4 - Kerry Von Erich is severely injured in a motorcycle accident in Argyle, Texas.
September
- 6-7 - The WWF revamps its syndicated programming, replacing its Championship Wrestling and All-Star Wrestling shows with Superstars of Wrestling and Wrestling Challenge, respectively
- 13 - The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling program makes its debut in syndication in the United States and Canada
October
- 14 - Magnum TA suffers career-ending spinal injuries in a car crash in Charlotte, North Carolina
- 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
- Texas All-Star Wrestling, the successor to Southwest Championship Wrestling, ceases operations when it is sold to World Class Championship Wrestling
BirthsEdit
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- 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
- 26 - Shantelle Taylor (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
February
- 5 - Ashley Lane (Columbus, Ohio, USA)
March
- 16 - Ken Doane (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
- 27 - Valerie Wyndham (Beverly Hills, California, USA)
May
- 29 - Hornswoggle (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
June
- 16 - Pelle Primeau (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- 29 - Serena Deeb (Oakton, Virginia, USA)
- 30 - Victoria Crawford (Ponte Verde, Florida, USA)
July
- 17 - Lacey Von Erich (Denton, Texas, USA)
September
- 4 - Austin Creed (Columbus, Georgia, USA)
- 7 - Colin Delaney (Rochester, New York, USA)
October
- 7 - Celeste Bonin (Houston, Texas)
- 16 - Jimmy Olsen (Rochester, New York, USA)
DeathsEdit
February
- 4 - Gino Hernandez 28 (Cocaine overdose)
March
- 24 - Warren Bockwinkel 74 (Alzheimer's disease)
April
- 6 - El Solitario 39 (Heart attack)
DebutsEdit
Unknown date
February
- 16 - Kensuke Sasaki
- 26 - Hiroshi Hase
April
May
- 24 - Super Parka
- 30 - Owen Hart
August
- 8 - Kaoru Maeda
- 17 - Mayumi Ozaki
- 17 - Dynamite Kansai
September
- 16 - Aja Kong
- 18 - Cutie Suzuki
October
EventsEdit
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January
February
March
- 13 - AJPW All Japan vs. Japan Pro (Televised event)
April
May
June
- 14 - Superdome Extravaganza
- 28 - AWA Battle By The Bay
July
- 1-August 2 - NWA The Great American Bash Tour
- 4 - WCWA Independence Day Star Wars
- 14 - WWF King Of The Ring
August
September
- 1 - NWA Battle Of The Belts III
- 13 - Saturday Night's Main Event VII
- 13 - GLOW: Episode 1 (Aired)
October
November
December
Pay-Per-View eventsEdit
April
Title changesEdit
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- The AWA America's Heavyweight Championship, last held by Sgt. Slaughter, is retired
- The NWA American Tag Team Championship is vacated following the split of previous champions the Dynamic Duo (Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez)
January
- 1 - Dick Slater wins the Mid-South North American Championship from Butch Reed in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 18 - Scott Hall and Curt Hennig win the AWA World Tag Team Championship from Jim Garvin and Steve Regal in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 21 - Tom Zenk wins the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Bobby Jaggers in Portland, Oregon
- 31 - The Mid-South North American title is held up after a match between Dick Slater and Jake Roberts
February
- The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship, last held by Harley Race, is retired following Jim Crockett Promotions' purchase of the St. Louis Wrestling Club
- 8 - Randy Savage wins the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Tito Santana in Boston, Massachussetts
- 14 - Jake Roberts defeats Dick Slater to win the vacant Mid-South North American title in Houston, Texas
- 22 - The NWA American Heavyweight Championship is renamed the World Class Heavyweight Championship, with Rick Rude as its first champion.
- 23 - Dick Slater regains the Mid-South North American title from Jake Roberts in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March
- 1 - Ben Bassarab and Chris Benoit win the Stampede International Tag Team Championship from Honky Tonk Wayne and Ron Starr in Regina, Saskatchewan
- 9 - Bobby Jaggers wins the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Tom Zenk in Findley, Washington
- 10 - Brian Adias wins the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship from The Grappler in Fort Worth, Texas
- 16 - Hacksaw Jim Duggan wins the Mid-South North American title from Buzz Sawyer (subbing for Dick Slater) in Oklahoma City
- 21 - Honky Tonk Wayne and Cuban Assassin win the Stampede International Tag Team title from Chris Benoit and Ben Bassarab in Calgary, Alberta
April
- 5 - Riki Chōshū wins the PWF Heavyweight Championship from Stan Hansen in Yokohama, Japan
- 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
- 8 - Jerry Lawler wins the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship from Bill Dundee in Memphis, Tennessee
- 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 title is retired when the Mid-South Wrestling Association becomes the UWF
- 2 - Bill Dundee regains the AWA Southern title from Jerry Lawler in Memphis
- 17 - Buddy Rose and Doug Somers win the AWA World Tag Team title from Scott Hall and Curt Hennig in Hammond, Indiana
- 29 - The NWA United States Heavyweight Championship is vacated when Magnum TA attacks NWA President Bob Geigel
- 30 - Terry Gordy becomes the first UWF Heavyweight Champion in a tournament final win over Hacksaw Duggan in Houston
June
- The NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship, last held by Tiger Mask II, is retired
- 2 - Buddy Landel wins the AWA Southern title from Bill Dundee in Memphis; the title is immediately vacated after the match
- 13 - Rip Oliver wins a battle royal for the vacant NWA Pacific Northwest title in Portland
- 16 - Buddy Landel wins the AWA Southern title in a tournament final over The Flame in Memphis
- 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
- The AWA Southern title, last held by Buddy Landel, is vacated when Landel leaves the CWA
- 3 - Velvet McIntyre wins the WWF Women's Championship from The Fabulous Moolah in Brisbane, Australia
- 4 - Buzz Sawyer wins the World Class Texas Championship from Brian Adias in Dallas; Chris Adams wins the World Class title from Rick Rude in Dallas
- 9 - The Fabulous Moolah regains the WWF Women's title from Velvet McIntyre in Sydney, Australia
- 26 - Dusty Rhodes wins the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Ric Flair at the Great American Bash in Greensboro, North Carolina
- 28 - Bam Bam Bigelow wins a battle royal for the vacant AWA Southern title in Memphis
August
- 9 - Ben Bassarab and Owen Hart win the Stampede International Tag Team title from Duke Myers and Kerry Brown in Edmonton, Alberta; Ric Flair regains the NWA World title from Dusty Rhodes in St. Louis, Missouri
- 15 - Coco Samoa wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Albany, Oregon
- 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 (WWE, which claims this title's history for its WWE United States Championship, claims this match is a tournament final without specifying who Koloff beat)
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.
- 8 - Jerry Lawler wins the AWA Southern title from Bam Bam Bigelow in Memphis
- 17 - Black Bart is awarded the World Class title when previous champion Chris Adams leaves World Class for the UWF (It is claimed that Bart won the title from Adams in a fictitious match on September 15 in Los Angeles, California)
- 20 - Rip Oliver wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Coco Samoa in Seattle, Washington
- 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
- 9 - The Viet Cong Express (Hiroshi Hase & Fumihiro Nikura) win the Stampede International Tag Team title from Owen Hart and Ben Bassarab in Calgary
- 12 - Kevin Von Erich wins the World Class Heavyweight Championship from Black Bart in Dallas
November
- 9 - One Man Gang is awarded the UWF Heavyweight title by forfeit in Tulsa, Oklahoma when Terry Gordy is injured
- 17 - Dingo Warrior and Lance Von Erich win the WCWA World Tag Team title from Matt Borne and Buzz Sawyer in Fort Worth
- 29 - The Assassin wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from Rip Oliver in Portland
December
- 1 - Al Madril and Brian Adias win the WCWA World Tag Team title from Dingo Warrior and Lance Von Erich in Fort Worth
- 13 - Rip Oliver wins the NWA Pacific Northwest title from The Assassin in Portland
RetiredEdit
October
- 14 - Terry Allen
See alsoEdit
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