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Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 1993
Overview of the events of 1993 in professional wrestling
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1993 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of
professional wrestling .
List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 1993.
Calendar of notable shows
January
February
April
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
April 2
AJW
All-Star Dreamslam
Yokohama ,
Japan
AJW's
Manami Toyota and
Toshiyo Yamada defeat
FMW's
Megumi Kudo and
Combat Toyoda
April 2
CMLL
37. Aniversario de Arena México
Mexico City , Mexico
Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated
Pierroth Jr. (c) in a Best two-out-of-three falls match for the
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
[2]
April 2
NJPW /
WAR
WAR vs. NJPW
Tokyo ,
Japan
Riki Choshu &
Shinya Hashimoto defeated
Genichiro Tenryu &
Takashi Ishikawa
April 2
WWF
WrestleMania IX
Paradise, Nevada , United States
Hulk Hogan defeated
Yokozuna (c) (with
Mr. Fuji ) in a Singles match for the
WWF Championship
April 11
AJW
All-Star Dreamslam 2
Osaka ,
Japan
JWP's
Mayumi Ozaki and
Dynamite Kansai defeat
AJW's
Manami Toyota and
Toshiyo Yamada for the
WWWA World Tag Team Championship
April 11
WWF
UK Rampage
Sheffield ,
England , United Kingdom
Lex Luger defeated
Jim Duggan by disqualification in a Singles match
April 30
AAA
Triplemanía I
Mexico City, D.F. , Mexico
Cien Caras defeated
Konnan in a Best two-out-of-three falls retirement match
[3]
[4]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
November 12
ECW
Terror at Tabor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
Tommy Dreamer defeated
Johnny Grunge in a Singles match
November 13
ECW
November to Remember
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
Sabu (c - World Heavyweight) and
Road Warrior Hawk defeated
Terry Funk (c - World Television) and
King Kong Bundy in a Winner Takes All match for the
ECW Heavyweight Championship and the
ECW Television Championship
November 20
WCW
Battlebowl
Pensacola, Florida , United States
Vader won the 16-man battle royal by lastly eliminating
Sting
November 24
WWF
Survivor Series
Boston, Massachusetts , United States
The All-Americans (
Lex Luger ,
The Steiner Brothers (
Rick Steiner and
Scott Steiner ) and
The Undertaker ) (with
Paul Bearer ) defeated The Foreign Fanatics (
Crush ,
Quebecer Jacques ,
Ludvig Borga and
Yokozuna ) (with
Jim Cornette ,
Johnny Polo and
Mr. Fuji ) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match
November 28
AJW
Wrestling Queendom
Osaka ,
Japan
AJW's
Yumiko Hotta and
Takako Inoue defeat
LLPW's
Shinobu Kandori and Miki Handa
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
December
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
December 6
AJW
St. Battle Final 1993
Tokyo ,
Japan
LLPW's
Shinobu Kandori defeats
AJW's
Akira Hokuto
December 8
FMW
Year End Spectacular
Tokyo , Japan
Atsushi Onita (c) defeated
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
December 18
CWA
Euro Catch Festival
Bremen , Germany
Rambo (c) defeated
The Barbarian in Round 6 in a Singles match for the
CWA World Heavyweight Championship
December 26
FMW
FMW/
MPW
Tokyo , Japan
Atsushi Onita ,
Tarzan Goto and
The Great Sasuke vs.
Mr. Pogo ,
Jinsei Shinzaki and
Masaru Toi in a Six-man tag team match
December 26
ECW
Holiday Hell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
Tommy Dreamer won a battle royal
December 27
WCW
Starrcade
Charlotte, North Carolina , United States
Ric Flair defeated
Vader (c) (with
Harley Race ) in a
Title vs. Career match for the
WCW World Heavyweight Championship
[8]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Accomplishments and tournaments
WCW Hall of Fame 1993 inductee,
Verne Gagne
Inaugural WWF Hall of Fame sole inductee for 1993,
André the Giant
AJW
AJPW
ECW
JWP
WCW
WCW Hall of Fame
WWF
WWF Hall of Fame
Awards and honors
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Notable events
January 9 -
WWF Mania aired its first episode on the USA Network with host
Todd Pettengill who's making his WWF TV Debut.
January 11 -
WWF Monday Night Raw
premiered on the
USA Network , its first episode was from the
Manhattan Center in
New York City
February 10 -
Bill Watts resigned as Executive Vice President of Wrestling Operations for WCW.
February 12 –
Eric Bischoff becomes Executive Producer of all
World Championship Wrestling television and
Ole Anderson was announced as new Vice President of Wrestling Operations for WCW.
February 21 –
Ric Flair makes his WCW return and
Davey Boy Smith makes his WCW debut at
WCW SuperBrawl III in Asheville, North Carolina
February 22 –
Hulk Hogan makes his WWF return live on Monday Night Raw.
February 25 -
Jim Ross resigned from WCW.
April 2 -
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling holds their All-Star Dreamslam event. The event featured multiple inter-promotional matches between
AJW ,
FMW ,
Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling and
JWP Joshi Puroresu .
April 4 – Jim Ross makes his WWF TV debut at
WrestleMania IX
April 6 -
ECW Hardcore TV debuts on
SportsChannel Philadelphia .
April 11 -
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling holds their All-Star Dreamslam 2 event. The event featured multiple inter-promotional matches between
AJW ,
FMW ,
Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling and
JWP Joshi Puroresu and the return of
Chigusa Nagayo from retirement.
April 13 - WCW makes its
New York City debut running an live event at the
Paramount Theater in New York, NY headlined with
Vader defending the
WCW World Heavyweight title vs
Sting in the main event drawing 3,000.
July 7 –
WCW Worldwide begins taping at
Disney/MGM Studios from
Orlando ,
Florida . This taping schedule ran from July 7–10 taping matches and footage for airing starting the weekend of August 28–29, 1993 which included Ric Flair and Rick Rude wearing the NWA World title, Ricky Steamboat and Lord Steven Regal wearing the WCW TV title and an interview with Paul Roma & Arn Anderson wearing the NWA & WCW world tag team titles and The Nasty Boys managed by Missy Hyatt carrying the NWA World Tag Team titles in the ring.
September 1 – WCW leaves the
National Wrestling Alliance
September 3 - The NWA Convention was held in Las Vegas, NV, also that same day the
ECW joined the NWA becoming NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling.
October 6 -
Mean Gene Okerlund made his WCW debut at a
WCW Saturday Night taping in Atlanta, GA (air date November 5)
October 27 - Both
Sid Vicious and
Arn Anderson was both hospitalized following a hotel room brawl which saw both wrestlers stabbing each other with a pair of Scissors after an argument at a hotel bar on WCW's tour of Europe.
November 24 – For the first time ever a non -
WWF title changed hands at a WWF pay-per-view when
The Heavenly Bodies defeating
SMW Tag Team Champions
The Rock 'n' Roll Express in a title match at the
Survivor Series in Boston, Massachusetts.
November 30 -
The Boss returns to WCW on a WCW Saturday Night taping in Atlanta, GA.
December 4 –
Bobby Heenan was given an on-air farewell on
WWF Monday Night Raw when
Gorilla Monsoon picked him up and threw him and his belongings out of the arena and onto the street.
Title changes
ECW
(Title created)
Date
Winner
Event/Show
Note(s)
October 16
J.T. Smith
N/A
Won a battle royal.
NJPW
FMW
WCW
WWF
Births
September 8 -
Yota Tsuji , Japanese wrestler
Debuts
Debut date
Uncertain debut date
Retirements
Deaths
January 27 -
André the Giant , French wrestler (b. 1946)
January 31 -
Joe McHugh , WWWF announcer (b. 1904)
February 18 -
Kerry Von Erich , American wrestler (b. 1960)
March 10 -
Dino Bravo , Canadian wrestler (b. 1948)
March 25 -
Wally Karbo , American wrestling promoter (b. 1915)
April 18 -
Masahiko Kimura , Japanese wrestler (b. 1917)
April 22 -
Chief Big Heart , American wrestler (b. 1927)
May 25 -
D.J. Peterson , American wrestler (b. 1959)
June 7 -
Don Kent , American wrestler (b. 1933)
July 19 -
Bruno Elrington , British wrestler (b. 1929)
October 13 -
Espectro , Mexican luchador (b. 1934)
October 26 -
Oro , Mexican luchador (b. 1971)
November 1 -
Pinkie George (b. 1905)
November 13 -
Rufus R. Jones , American wrestler (b. 1933)
December 8 -
Frank Hickey , American wrestler (b. 1915)
December 13 -
Larry Cameron , American wrestler (b. 1952)
See also
References