| Date
|
Promotion(s)
|
Event
|
Location
|
Main Event
|
| February 21
|
WWF
|
Saturday Night's Main Event
|
Detroit, Michigan
|
Randy Savage (c) defeated George Steele by count-out in a singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and the managerial services of Miss Elizabeth
|
| March 29
|
WWF
|
WrestleMania III
|
Pontiac, Michigan
|
Hulk Hogan (c) defeated André the Giant in a singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship[1]
|
| April 12
|
EMLL
|
31. Aniversario de Arena México
|
Mexico City, Mexico
|
Cien Caras defeated Siglo XX in a Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match[2]
|
| April 10–11
|
JCP
|
2nd Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
|
Baltimore, Maryland
|
April 11: The Super Powers (Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes) defeated Tully Blanchard and Lex Luger in a tournament final[3]
|
| April 16
|
AWA
|
Rage in a Cage II
|
Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Curt Hennig in a Steel Cage Match
|
| May 2
|
AWA
|
SuperClash II
|
Daly City, California
|
Curt Hennig defeated Nick Bockwinkel (c) in a singles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship[4]
|
| May 3
|
WCCW
|
4th Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions
|
Irving, Texas
|
Kevin Von Erich (c) wrestled Nord the Barbarian to a double count out in a singles match for the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship[5]
|
| May 9
|
CWF
|
First Annual Eddie Graham Memorial Show
|
St. Petersburg, Florida
|
Dusty Rhodes (c) defeated Ric Flair by disqualification in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[6]
|
| June 12
|
NJPW
|
G1 Climax
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Chigusa Nagayo defeated Dump Matsumoto in the finals
|
| June 28
|
AJW
|
Japan Grand Prix
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Antonio Inoki defeated Masa Saito in the finals
|
July 4
|
JCP
|
The Great American Bash
|
Atlanta
|
The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk), Nikita Koloff, Dusty Rhodes and Paul Ellering defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard and J. J. Dillon) in a WarGames match[7]
|
| July 18
|
Charlotte, North Carolina
|
Dusty Rhodes (with Barry Windham) defeated Tully Blanchard in a "lights-out" Barbed Wire Ladder match for $100,000.[7]
|
| July 31
|
Miami
|
The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk), Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff and Paul Ellering defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger and Tully Blanchard) and The War Machine in a WarGames match[7]
|
| September 1
|
CWF
|
Battle of the Belts III
|
Daytona Beach, Florida
|
Ric Flair (c) fought Lex Luger to a draw in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
|
| September 4
|
WWF
|
King of the Ring
|
Providence, Rhode Island
|
Randy Savage defeated King Kong Bundy in a King of the Ring tournament final match[8]
|
| September 18
|
EMLL
|
EMLL 54th Anniversary Show
|
Mexico City, Mexico
|
Mogur defeated As Charro in a Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match[9]
|
| September 20
|
WWC
|
WWC 14th Aniversario
|
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
|
Invader #1 defeated Chicky Starr in a "Retirement vs. hair" match
|
| October 10
|
AJW
|
Tag League the Best
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Chigusa Nagayo & Yumiko Hotta defeated Hisako Uno & Yukari Omori in the finals
|
| October 17
|
WCCW
|
4th Cotton Bowl Extravaganza
|
Dallas, Texas
|
Kevin Von Erich defeated Al Perez (c) in a singles match for the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship[10][11]
|
| December 7
|
NJPW
|
Japan Cup Tag League
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdoch defeated Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami in the finals
|
| November 26
|
WWF
|
Survivor Series
|
Richfield Township, Ohio
|
André the Giant, Butch Reed, King Kong Bundy, One Man Gang and Rick Rude defeated Bam Bam Bigelow, Don Muraco, Hulk Hogan, Ken Patera and Paul Orndorff in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match[12]
|
| JCP
|
Starrcade
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin (c) in a steel cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[13]
|
| December 26
|
AJW
|
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling at Korauken Hall
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Devil Masami has her retirement match against Chigusa Nagayo[14]
|
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s)
|
