1990 in professional wrestling

1990 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of years in professional wrestling

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable shows in 1990.

Promotion Name Abbreviation Notes
All Japan Pro Wrestling AJPW
American Wrestling Association AWA AWA became inactive during the fall and filed for bankruptcy the following year.
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling FMW
National Wrestling Alliance NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling NJPW
World Championship Wrestling WCW
World Wrestling Council WWC
World Wrestling Federation WWF

Calendar of notable shows
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
Jan 7 FMW Battle Resistance – 1st Open Tournament Tokyo, Japan  
Jan 21 WWF Royal Rumble Orlando, Florida, U.S.  
Feb 6 NWA
WCW		 Clash of the Champions X Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.  
Feb 12 NJPW Super Fight In Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan [1]
Feb 12 FMW Battle Brave in Korakuen Tokyo, Japan  
Feb 25 WCW WrestleWar Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Apr 1 FMW Texas Street Fight Tokyo, Japan  
Apr 1 WWF WrestleMania VI Toronto, Ontario, Canada  
Apr 8 AWA SuperClash IV St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.  
Apr 13 WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit Tokyo, Japan  
May 19 NWA
WCW		 Capital Combat Washington D.C., U.S.  
Jun 13 Clash of the Champions XI Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.  
Jul 7 WWC WWC 17th Aniversario Bayamón, Puerto Rico  
NWA The Great American Bash Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.  
Aug 4 FMW Summer Spectacular in Shiodome Tokyo, Japan  
Aug 27 WWF SummerSlam Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.  
Sep 5 NWA
WCW		 Clash of the Champions XII Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.  
Sep 30 NJPW Inoki's 30th Wrestling Anniversary Yokohama, Japan  
Oct 21 EMLL EMLL 57th Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico [2]
Oct 27 NWA Halloween Havoc Chicago, Illinois, U.S.  
Nov 1 NJPW AJPW Budokan Hall Show Tokyo, Japan  
Nov 5 FMW FMW 1st Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan  
Nov 20 NWA
WCW		 Clash of the Champions XIII Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.  
Nov 22 WWF Survivor Series Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.  
Dec 14 EMLL Juicio Final Mexico City, Mexico [3]
Dec 16 WCW Starrcade St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.  
Dec 26 NJPW NJPW Legends Show Hamamatsu, Japan [4]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

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 (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) 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
Main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
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
Main article: List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
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
WWF World Heavyweight Championship
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.
WWF Intercontinental Championship
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.
WWF Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Rockin' Robin
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 21 Deactivated N/A
WWF Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Colossal Connection (Andre the Giant and Haku)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 1 Demolition
(Ax, Smash and Crush)		 WrestleMania VI
August 27 The Hart Foundation
(Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)		 SummerSlam
October 30 The Rockers
(Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty)		 The Main Event IV
Million Dollar Championship
Incoming champion – Ted DiBiase
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes

Debuts
  • Uncertain debut date

Retirements

Births
  • January 14 – Kacy Catanzaro, American female wrestler[6]
  • March 6 – Demitrius Bronson, American wrestler
  • March 7 – Chase Owens, American wrestler[7]
  • March 24 – Lacey Evans, American female wrestler
  • April 2 – Sawyer Fulton, American wrestler
  • April 30 – Tomahawk T.T., Japanese wrestler[8]
  • May 25 – Bo Dallas[9]
  • June 27 – Kimber Lee[10]
  • July 6 – Puma, Mexican luchador
  • July 8 – Axel Dieter Jr.
  • July 18 – Golden Magic, Mexican luchador
  • July 21 – Fabian Aichner, Italian wrestler
  • July 24 – Angelo Dawkins, American wrestler
  • July 24 – Tucker Knight[11]
  • August 15 – Diamante, American female wrestler
  • September 15 – Titán, Mexican luchador
  • September 18 – Herodes Jr., Mexican luchador
  • September 26 – Eterno, Mexican luchador
  • October 14 – Raquel Diaz, American retired professional wrestler
  • October 17 – Mahabali Shera, Indian wrestler
  • November 9 – Robin, Mexican luchador
  • December 27 – Zelina Vega, American female wrestler[12]
  • December 30 – Fenix, Mexican luchador enmascarado

Deaths
  • January 7 – Bronko Nagurski, American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)
  • February 4 – Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian wrestler (b. 1915)[13]
  • February 15 - Mark Tendler, American wrestler (b. 1935)
  • April 18 - Gory Guerrero, American wrestler (b. 1921)[14]
  • 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 (b. 1924)
  • 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. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=3120
  2. "57th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. October 21, 1990. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  3. "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Octagón (1961) (in Spanish). Mexico. 2008. p. 42. Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre.
  4. http://www.profightdb.com/cards/njpw/legends-show-4788.html
  5. Oliver, Greg (September 14, 2017). "Former AWA World champion Otto Wanz dies". SLAM Wrestling. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  6. Zachary Stieber (July 16, 2014). "Kacy Catanzaro American Ninja Warrior". Epoch Times.
  7. "【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.
  8. "T-Hawk". Dragon Gate (in Japanese). Gaora. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  9. "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.
  10. "Kimber Lee". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  11. "Levi Cooper Profile – Arizona State University Official Athletic Site". Arizona State University.
  12. "Thea Trinidad Biography". TheaTrinidad.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  13. 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.
  14. 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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