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1980 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
These promotions held notable shows in 1980.
Promotion Name | Abbreviation | Notes |
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Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | EMLL | |
World Wrestling Federation | WWF | Previously known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). |
Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
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Rookie of the Year Decision Tournament | Tomoko Kitamura |
Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
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Champion Carnival | Jumbo Tsuruta | May 1 |
Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
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G1 Climax | Antonio Inoki | June 5 |
Kenneth Wayne Patera is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor. Well known in the World Wrestling Federation from 1976 to 1981, 1984 to 1985 and 1987 to 1988 and American Wrestling Association.
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Masanori Saito was a Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or Masa Saito (マサ斎藤), who wrestled for 33 years around the world. He had success as a singles wrestler, winning the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1990, and as a tag team wrestler with multiple partners in various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories.
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The Valiant Brothers were a professional wrestling tag team of storyline brothers "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant, "Luscious" Johnny Valiant, and "Gentleman" Jerry Valiant. The team wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation (WWWF/WWF) and the World Wrestling Association (WWA).
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The 2011 Royal Rumble was the 24th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on January 30, 2011, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2011 event, the winner received their choice to challenge for either Raw's WWE Championship or SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXVII. This was the last Royal Rumble held under the first brand extension, which ended in August, but was reinstated in July 2016.
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The 2012 Survivor Series was the 26th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on November 18, 2012, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, which was the first Survivor Series held in Indiana. The event received 212,000 pay-per-view buys, down from 281,000 buys the previous year.
Angel Katherine Reece is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Hailey Hatred. Originally debuting in July 2002, Hatred worked for several years for various promotions in both the United States and Mexico, before moving to Japan in late 2010. In 2011, Hatred made her breakthrough to the top of Japanese joshi puroresu with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion, holding the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team, IMW Hybrid Fighting, JWP Openweight, JWP Tag Team, TLW World Women's and TLW World Women's Tag Team Championships simultaneously. During 2012, Hatred began working more regularly for Ice Ribbon and in November 2012 once again held six different titles; the IMW Hybrid Fighting Championship, the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, the Reina World Tag Team Championship, the Remix Pro Women's Championship, the TLW World Women's Championship and the Triangle Ribbon Championship. Reece has been inactive from professional wrestling ever since leaving Japan in August 2015.
1993 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
1984 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
1982 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
1981 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
1972 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
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