1990 in professional wrestling

List of years in professional wrestling

1990 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
FMW Battle Resistance - 1st Open Tournament Jan 7 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
WWF Royal Rumble Jan 21 Orlando Arena Orlando, Florida, U.S. 18,000
NWA Clash of the Champions X Feb 6 Memorial Coliseum Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. 3,000
FMW Battle Brave in Korakuen Feb 12 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
WCW WrestleWar Feb 25 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. 7,894
FMW Texas Street Fight Apr 1 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
WWF WrestleMania VI Apr 1 SkyDome Toronto, Ontario, Canada 67,678
AWA SuperClash IV Apr 8 Saint Paul Civic Center St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. 2,000
NWA Capital Combat May 19 D.C. Armory Washington D.C., U.S. 7,500
Clash of the Champions XI Jun 13 McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. 4,100
WWC WWC 17th Aniversario Jul 7 Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum Bayamón, Puerto Rico 10,000
NWA The Great American Bash Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. 14,000
FMW Summer Spectacular in Shiodome Aug 4 Shiodome Tokyo, Japan 4,520
WWF SummerSlam Aug 27 Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. 19,304
NWA Clash of the Champions XII Sep 5 Asheville Civic Center Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. 4,000
NJPW Inoki's 30th Wrestling Anniversary Sep 30 Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Japan 18,000
EMLL EMLL 57th Anniversary Show Oct 21 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico N/A[1]
NWA Halloween Havoc Oct 27 UIC Pavilion Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 8,000
NJPW AJPW Budokan Hall Show Nov 1 Budokan Hall Tokyo, Japan 14,014
FMW FMW 1st Anniversary Show Nov 5 Olympic Gym Tokyo, Japan 7,352
NWA Clash of the Champions XIII Nov 20 Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. 5,000
WWF Survivor Series Nov 22 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. 16,000
EMLL Juicio Final Dec 14 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico 18,000[2]
WCW Starrcade Dec 16 Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. 7,200
NJPW AJPW Legends Show Dec 26 Hamamatsu Arena Hamamatsu, Japan N/A

Accomplishments and tournaments

WCW

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
NWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament Brian Pillman and The Z-Man February 12
Pat O'Connor Memorial International Tag Team Tournament The Steiner Brothers December 16

WWF

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Royal Rumble Hulk Hogan January 21
WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Tournament Mr. Perfect April 1

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year Sting
Tag Team of the Year The Steiner Brothers
(Rick and Scott Steiner)
Match of the Year Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior (WrestleMania VI)
Feud of the Year Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger
Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Hulk Hogan
Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Earthquake
Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Paul Roma
Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Sting
Rookie of the Year Steve Austin
Manager of the Year Teddy Long
Editor's Award (Lifetime Achievement) Buddy Rogers

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year Ric Flair
Most Outstanding Jushin Thunder Liger
Feud of the Year Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
Tag Team of the Year The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
Most Improved Kenta Kobashi
Best on Interviews Arn Anderson

Title changes

WWF

Incoming champion – Hulk Hogan
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 1 The Ultimate Warrior WrestleMania VI This was a title vs. title match, with Warrior's Intercontinental Championship also on the line.
Incoming champion – The Ultimate Warrior
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 1 Vacated WrestleMania VI Warrior vacated the title after defeating Hulk Hogan in a title vs. title match to win the WWF Championship.
April 23 Mr. Perfect Superstars Defeated Tito Santana in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Aired on tape delay on May 19.
August 27 The Texas Tornado SummerSlam
November 19 Mr. Perfect Superstars Aired on tape delay on December 15, 1990.
Incoming champion – Rockin' Robin
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 21 Deactivated N/A
Incoming champions – The Colossal Connection (Andre the Giant and Haku)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 1 Demolition
(Ax, Smash and Crush)		 WrestleMania VII
August 27 The Hart Foundation
(Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)		 SummerSlam
October 30 The Rockers
(Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty)		 The Main Event IV
Incoming champion – Ted DiBiase
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes

Debuts

  • Uncertain debut date

Retirements

Births

Deaths

  • January 7 – Bronko Nagurski, American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)
  • February 4 – Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian wrestler (b. 1915)[11]
  • February 15 - Mark Tendler, American wrestler (b. 1935)
  • April 18 - Gory Guerrero, American wrestler (b. 1921)[12]
  • June - Willi Kuhn
  • July 2 - Jack Pesek, American promoter and wrestler (b. 1923)
  • July 24 - Frank Jares, American wrestler (b. 1912)
  • July 26 - Jack Casey
  • August 15 - Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler
  • August 31 – Bert Assirati, British wrestler (b. 1908)
  • September 23 – Stanley Wyckoff, American wrestler (b. 1907)
  • September 28 – Tiger Wilson
  • November – Jan Gotch, Polish wrestler (b. 1912)
  • November 15 – Georg "Schurli" Blemenschutz, Austrian promoter and wrestler
  • November 21 – Dean Hart, Canadian music promoter and wrestling referee (b. 1954)
  • December – Les Ruffen, American wrestler (b. 1912)
  • December 4 – Johnny Gilbert, American wrestler
  • December 9 – Mike Mazurki, American actor and wrestler (b. 1907)
  • December 31 – Ed Gantner, American wrestler (b. 1959)
  • December 31 – Daniel Aldana, Mexican luchador (b. 1912)
  • Unknown – Mike Gallagher, American wrestler (b. 1933)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "57th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. October 21, 1990. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Octagón (1961) (in Spanish). Mexico. 2008. p. 42. Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre.
  3. ↑ Oliver, Greg (September 14, 2017). "Former AWA World champion Otto Wanz dies". SLAM Wrestling. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ Zachary Stieber (July 16, 2014). "Kacy Catanzaro American Ninja Warrior". Epoch Times.
  5. ↑ "【10.13両国全カード決定!】年内最後の"IWGPヘビー選手権"AJvs棚橋！"権利証戦"オカダvs内藤！勝者同士が1.4東京ドームで激突!!" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. September 24, 2014. Archived from the original on September 25, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ "T-Hawk". Dragon Gate (in Japanese). Gaora. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ "WWE Raw in Uniondale (correspondents needed), Dot Net Audio, Raw dark main event, Alberto El Patron, Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas, Alex Shelley, D'Angelo Dinero". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kimber Lee". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Levi Cooper Profile – Arizona State University Official Athletic Site". Arizona State University.
  10. ↑ "Thea Trinidad Biography". TheaTrinidad.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  11. ↑ Hornbaker, Tim (2007). National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. ECW Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3.
  12. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Dorada de lucha libre: Gory Guerrero". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins. pp. 189–193. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
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