These promotions held notable events in 1989.
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
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| Notes |
| January 15 | WWF | Royal Rumble | Houston, Texas | Big John Studd won the Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Ted DiBiase[1] |
| January 29 | UWA | UWA 14th Anniversary Show | Naucalpan, Mexico | El Canek (c) defeated Konnan in a singles match for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship[2] |
| February 16 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Hershey, Pennsylvania | Hulk Hogan vs. Bad News Brown |
| February 20 | WCW | Chi-Town Rumble | Chicago, Illinois | Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair (c) in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[3] |
| April 2 | WWF | WrestleMania V | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage (c) in a singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship[4] |
| April 24 | NJPW | Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shota Chochishvili defeated Antonio Inoki (c) by KO in a singles match for the NJPW Martial Arts Championship[5] |
| April 25 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Des Moines, Iowa | Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Big Boss Man for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
| April 28 | EMLL | 33. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | Ángel Azteca defeated Emilio Charles Jr. © in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship[6] |
| May 6 | AJW | Wrestlemarinepiad '89 | Yokohama, Japan | Chigusa Nagayo retired in a series of matches where she fought and teamed with Lioness Asuka. Lioness Asuka also defeated Madusa in a WWWA World Title match. |
| May 7 | WCW | WrestleWar | Nashville, Tennessee | Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat (c) in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[7] [8] |
| July 18 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Worcester, Massachusetts | Hulk Hogan (c) vs. The Honky Tonk Man for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
| July 23 | WCW | The Great American Bash | Baltimore, Maryland | Ric Flair (c) defeated Terry Funk in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[9] |
| August 28 | WWF | SummerSlam | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Brutus Beefcake and Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage and Zeus in a Tag team match[10] |
| September 10 | WWC | WWC 16th Aniversario | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Carlos Colón defeated Steve Strong (c) in a Barbed wire match for the WWC Universal Championship |
| September 21 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Cincinnati, Ohio | Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Ted DiBiase for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
| September 22 | EMLL | EMLL 56th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Atlantis (mask) and El Satánico (hair) defeated Los Infernales (Tierra Viento y Fuego (mask) and MS-1 (hair)) in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask and hair vs. mask and hair match[11] |
| October 6 | FMW | The Grudge in Nagoya | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | Masashi Aoyagi defeated Atsushi Onita by TKO in a Singles match |
| October 10 | FMW | The Grudge in Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | Atsushi Onita defeated Masashi Aoyagi by KO in a Singles match |
| October 10 | WWF | First WWF UK Event | London, England | Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Randy Savage in a singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship[12] |
| October 14 | King of the Ring | Providence, Rhode Island | Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Boss Man in a singles match[13] |
| October 28 | WCW | Halloween Havoc | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Ric Flair and Sting defeated The Great Muta and Terry Funk in a Thunderdome match with Bruno Sammartino as special guest referee |
| October 31 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Topeka, Kansas | Hulk Hogan (c) vs. The Genius for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
| November 23 | Survivor Series | Rosemont, Illinois | The Ultimate Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, Jim Neidhart, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) defeated The Heenan Family (Bobby Heenan, André the Giant, Haku and Arn Anderson) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series match[14] |
| December 7 | NJPW | G1 Climax | Tokyo, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto defeated Riki Choshu in the finals |
| December 10 | FMW | Battle Creation | Tokyo, Japan | Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto defeated Jerry Blayman and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga by KO in a Barbed Wire Death match |
| December 12 | WWF | | Nashville, Tennessee | Brutus Beefcake and Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage and Zeus in a Steel Cage match[15] |
| December 13 | WCW | Starrcade | Atlanta, Georgia | Sting defeated Ric Flair in a tournament match[16] |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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