1979 in professional wrestling

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1979 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Only one promotion held notable shows in 1979.

Promotion Name Abbreviation
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling AJW
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL

Calendar of notable shows

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
January 28 UWA 4th Anniversary Show Naucalpan Dr. Wagner beat Angel Blanco in a "Lucha de Apuestas" "Mask vs. Hair" match
February 27 AJW All Japan Women's at Nippon Budokan Tokyo Jackie Sato defeated Maki Ueda in a battle between former partners where the loser must retire.
March 25 MLW AWA/WWF Title Unification Toronto, Ontario WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund fought AWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel to a double count-out
May 18 CWA Night of Champions Knoxville, Tennessee Harley Race (c) defeated Ron Fuller to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
April 6 AJPW Champion Carnival Tokyo, Japan Abdullah the Butcher defeated Jumbo Tsuruta
April 21 EMLL 23. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Mexico Alfonso Dantés defeated Pak Choo (c) in a singles match for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship[1]
June 7 NJPW MSG League Tokyo, Japan Antonio Inoki defeated Stan Hansen
July 8 NWA Battle of the Nature Boys Greensboro, North Carolina NWA United States Champion Ric Flair defeated Buddy Rogers
September 21 EMLL EMLL 46th Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico Gran Cochisse defeated Américo Rocca in a Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match[2][3]
December 7 EMLL Juico Final Mexico City, Mexico El Faraón and Águila India defeated Sangre Chicana and Tony Salazar in a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs hair match[4]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

Accomplishments and tournaments

AJW

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Rookie of the Year Decision Tournament Ayumi Hori (Jumbo Hori)

JCP

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
NWA United States Championship Tournament Jimmy Snuka September 1

Awards and honors

1979 PWI Wrestler of the Year, Harley Race

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Category Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year Harley Race
PWI Tag Team of the Year Ivan Putski and Tito Santana
PWI Match of the Year Harley Race vs. Dusty Rhodes
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Dusty Rhodes
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Greg Valentine
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Tommy Rich
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Chief Jay Strongbow
PWI Rookie of the Year Sweet Brown Sugar
PWI Manager of the Year Arnold Skaaland

Championship changes

EMLL

incoming champion – Pak Choo[1]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 30, Alfonso Dantés EMLL show [1]
Incoming champion – Tony Salazar
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 3 Ringo Mendoza EMLL show
September 9 Satoru Sayama EMLL show
Incoming champion – Mano Negra
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 30 Americo Rocca EMLL show
Incoming champion – TNT
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 4 Gran Markus EMLL show
December 23 El Halcon EMLL show
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 8 Cachorro Mendoza EMLL show
October 19 El Satanico EMLL show
Incoming champion – Tailsman[5]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 8 Rodolfo Ruiz EMLL show [5]
Incoming champion – Dos Caras
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 8 Astro Rey EMLL show
November 11 Dr. Wagner EMLL show
November 30 Enrique Vera EMLL show
Incoming champion – Lizmark
No title changes[1]
Incoming champion – Uncertain
No title changes[1]

NWA

Incoming champion – Harley Race
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
August 21 Dusty Rhodes House show
August 26 Harley Race House show
October 31 Giant Baba House show
November 7 Harley Race House show

Births

Debuts

  • Uncertain debut date

Deaths

Retirements

References

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