1987 in professional wrestling

List of years in professional wrestling

1987 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
WWF WrestleMania III March 29 Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, Michigan 93,173[1]
EMLL 31. Aniversario de Arena México April 12 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico
JCP 2nd Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament April 10
April 11
Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland 9,300 (April 10)[2]
13,000 (April 11)[2]
AWA SuperClash II May 2 Cow Palace Daly City, California 2,800[3]
WCCW 4th Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions May 3 Texas Stadium Irving, Texas 5,900
CWF First Annual Eddie Graham Memorial Show May 9 Bayfront Center St. Petersburg, Florida
JCP The Great American Bash (1987) July 4
July 18
July 31
The Omni
Memorial Stadium
Orange Bowl
Atlanta
Charlotte, North Carolina
Miami
EMLL EMLL 54th Anniversary Show September 18 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico 15,000[4]
WWC WWC 14th Aniversario September 20 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Bayamón, Puerto Rico 11,000
WCCW 4th Cotton Bowl Extravaganza October 7 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 3,700[5][6]
WWF Survivor Series (1987) November 26 Richfield Coliseum Richfield Township, Ohio 21,300[7]
JCP Starrcade (1987) UIC Pavilion Chicago, Illinois 8,000[8]

Tournaments and accomplishments

JCP

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Bunkhouse Stampede Dusty Rhodes[9][10]
Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament Super Powers (Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes) April 11

WWF

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
WWE tournaments#Frank Tunney Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell) March 15

Slammy Awards

Poll Winner
Best Performance by an Animal George "The Animal" Steele[11][12][13]
Woman of the Year Miss Elizabeth[11][12][13]
Best Ring Apparel Harley Race[11][12][13]
Hulk Hogan Real American Award Superstar Billy Graham[11][12][13]
Jesse "The Body" Award "Ravishing" Rick Rude[11][12][13]
Greatest Hit Jim Duggan[11][12][13]
Manager of the Year None [11][12][13]
Best Personal Hygiene Nikolai Volkoff, Boris Zhukov, and Slick[11][12][13]
Best Vocal Performance Jim Duggan[11][12][13]
Song of the Year No winner (envelope eaten by Sika)[11][12][13][14]
Best Group One Man Gang[14]
Humanitarian of the Year Ted DiBiase[11][12][13]
Best Head Gene Okerlund and Bam Bam Bigelow[11][12][13][14]
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Scholarship Award The Islanders (Haku & Tama), André the Giant, Hercules, King Kong Bundy, and Harley Race[11][12][13][14]

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Category Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year Hulk Hogan
PWI Tag Team of the Year The Midnight Express
(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)
PWI Match of the Year Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat (WrestleMania III)
PWI Feud of the Year The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Lex Luger) vs. The Super Powers (Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff) and The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Dusty Rhodes
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Ric Flair
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Curt Hennig
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Nikita Koloff
PWI Rookie of the Year Owen Hart
PWI Lifetime Achievement Paul Boesch
PWI Editor's Award Jimmy Hart

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year Riki Choshu
Most Outstanding Ric Flair
Feud of the Year Austin Idol and Tommy Rich vs. Jerry Lawler
Tag Team of the Year The Midnight Express
(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)
Most Improved Rick Steiner
Best on Interviews Jim Cornette

Title changes

WWF

Incoming champion – Hulk Hogan
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes
Incoming champion – Randy Savage
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 29 Ricky Steamboat WrestleMania III
June 2 The Honky Tonk Man Superstars of Wrestling Aired on tape delay on June 13
Incoming champion – Antonio Inoki
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes
Incoming champions – The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes
Incoming champion – The Fabulous Moolah
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
July 24 Sensational Sherri Live event
Incoming champions – The British Bulldogs (British Bulldog and Dynamite Kid)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 26 The Hart Foundation
(Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)
Superstars aired on tape delay on February 7
August 10 The Rougeau Brothers
(Jacques and Raymond Rougeau)
House show
October 27 Strike Force
(Rick Martel and Tito Santana)
Superstars Aired on tape delay on November 7

Births

Debuts

  • Uncertain debut date
Trudy Adams

Retirements

Deaths

See also

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