1992 in professional wrestling explained

1992 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 1992.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling	AJW
Catch Wrestling Association	CWA
	CMLL
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling	FMW
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Universal Wrestling Association	UWA
World Championship Wrestling	WCW
World Wrestling Council	WWC
	WWF

Calendar of notable shows

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
Notes
January 4	WCW NJPW	WCW/New Japan Supershow II	Tokyo, Japan	Sting and The Great Muta defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) in a tag team match
January 19	WWF	Royal Rumble	Albany, New York	Ric Flair won by last eliminating Sid Justice in a 30-man Royal Rumble match for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship
January 27	UWA	UWA 17th Anniversary Show	Naucalpan, Mexico	Pegasus Kid (c) defeated Villano III (2-1) in a Singles match for the WWF World Light Heavyweight Championship
	WWF	Saturday Night's Main Event	Lubbock, Texas	Hulk Hogan and Sid Justice vs. Ric Flair and The Undertaker
February 29	WCW	SuperBrawl II	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Sting defeated Lex Luger (c) (with Harley Race) in a Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
April 3	CMLL	36. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Blue Panther defeated American Love Machine by disqualification in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match^[1]
April 3	JWP	Burning Drama Chapter 1 ~ Grand Opening (debut event)	Tokyo, Japan	Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki defeat Dynamite Kansai & Hikari Fukuoka in a tag team match
April 5	WWF	WrestleMania VIII	Indianapolis, Indiana	Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice (with Harvey Wippleman) by disqualification in a Singles match
April 19	WWF	UK Rampage	Sheffield, England, United Kingdom	The British Bulldog defeated Irwin R. Schyster (with Jimmy Hart) in a Singles match
May 16	FMW	FMW/WWA in Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Atsushi Onita, El Hijo del Santo and Tarzan Goto defeat Horace Boulder, Negro Casas and Tim Patterson in a Best Two Out Of Three Falls Six-Man Tag Team Match
May 17	WCW	WrestleWar	Jacksonville, Florida	Sting's Squadron (Sting, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Nikita Koloff) defeated The Dangerous Alliance (Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Larry Zbyszko) (with Paul E. Dangerously and Madusa) in a WarGames match
June 20	WCW	Beach Blast	Mobile, Alabama	The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) (c) fought Terry Gordy and Steve Williams to a time-limit draw in a tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship
July 11	CWA	Euro Catch Festival in Graz	Graz, Austria	Rambo (c) defeated Terry Funk in a Singles match for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship
July 12	WCW	The Great American Bash	Albany, Georgia	Terry Gordy and Steve Williams defeated Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham in a Tournament final for the inaugural NWA World Tag Team Championship
August 8	WWC	WWC 19th Aniversario	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Invader #1 defeated Carlos Colón (c) in a Singles match for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship
August 12	NJPW	G1 Climax	Tokyo, Japan	Masahiro Chono defeated Rick Rude in the finals
August 29	LLPW	Debut event	Tokyo, Japan	Shinobu Kandori beats Rumi Kazama in a singles match
August 29	WWF	SummerSlam	London, England, United Kingdom	The British Bulldog defeated Bret Hart (c) in a Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship
September 18	CMLL	CMLL 59th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Atlantis, King Haku and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated El Gran Kabuki, La Fiera and Pierroth Jr. in a Best two-out-of-three falls six-man six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match^[2]
September 19	FMW	FMW 3rd Anniversary Show	Yokohama, Japan	Atsushi Onita defeated Tiger Jeet Singh (c) in a No Rope Explosion Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship
October 21	AJPW	20th Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Toshiaki Kawada to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
October 25	WCW	Halloween Havoc	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Sting defeated Jake Roberts in a Coal Miner's Glove match
October 27	WWF	Saturday Night's Main Event	Terre Haute, Indiana	Bret Hart (c) vs. Papa Shango for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
November 25		Survivor Series	Richfield Township, Ohio	Bret Hart (c) defeated Shawn Michaels by submission in a Singles match for the WWF Championship
December 19	CWA	Euro Catch Festival in Bremen	Bremen, Germany	Road Warrior Hawk defeated Rambo (c) in Round 6 in a Singles match for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship
December 28	WCW	Starrcade	Atlanta, Georgia	The Great Muta last eliminated Barry Windham to win Battlebowl II
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

• January 26 - The Tri-State Wrestling Alliance closes down due to financial problems.
• January 26 - Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling closes.
• February 25 – Eastern Championship Wrestling is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• April 3 - JWP has their debut event.
• May 15 – Antonio Peña and partners created the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), which would later grow to become one of the dominant promotions in Mexico.^[3]
• August 29 - Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling has their debut event.

Accomplishments and tournaments

AJW

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Fuji TV Cup Tag Tournament	Aja Kong and Bull Nakano	August 15
Japan Grand Prix 1992	Aja Kong	August 30
Tag League The Best 1992	Aja Kong and Kyoko Inoue	December 13

AJPW

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Champion Carnival 1992	Stan Hansen	April 17
World's Strongest Determination League 1992	Toshiaki Kawada and Mitsuharu Misawa	December 4

WCW

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Nintendo Top Ten Challenge Tournament	Rick Rude	May 1
NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament	Miracle Violence Connection (Steve Williams and Terry Gordy)	July 12
King of Cable Tournament	Sting	December 28
Jesse Ventura Strongest Arms Arm Wrestling Tournament	Van Hammer

WWF

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

See main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards.

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	Ric Flair
PWI Tag Team of the Year	Terry Gordy and Steve Williams
PWI Match of the Year	Bret Hart vs. The British Bulldog (SummerSlam)
PWI Feud of the Year	The Moondogs (Spot and Cujo) vs. Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Sting
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Rick Rude
PWI Comeback of the Year	The Ultimate Warrior
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Razor Ramon
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Ron Simmons
PWI Rookie of the Year	Erik Watts
PWI Lifetime Achievement	Stanley Weston
PWI Editor's Award	Paul E. Dangerously

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

See main article: List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Ric Flair
Most Outstanding	Jushin Thunder Liger
Feud of the Year	Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler vs. The Moondogs
Tag Team of the Year	The Miracle Violence Connection (Terry Gordy and Steve Williams)
Most Improved	El Samurai
Best on Interviews	Ric Flair

Title changes

ECW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 25			Snuka defeated Salvatore Bellomo in a tournament final to become the first ECW Heavyweight Champion.
April 26
July 14
September 30
November 16

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August 12	Johnny Hotbody	Live event
September 12	Vacant	N/A	Johnny Hotbody legitimately injured his ankle, and as a result, ECW forced him to relinquish the title.
September 30	Glen Osbourne	Live event

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June 23	The Super Destroyers	Live event

NJPW

Incoming champion – Tatsumi Fujinami
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January 4	Riki Choshu	Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome
August 16	Keiji Mutoh	G1 Climax Special 1992

Incoming champions – Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh
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March 1	Big, Bad, and Dangerous	Big Fight Series 1992: New Japan Pro Wrestling 20th Anniversary Show
June 26	The Steiner Brothers	Masters of Wrestling
November 22	Scott Norton and Tony Halme	Wrestling Scramble 1992: Battle Zone Space I
December 14	The Hell Raisers	Battle Final 1992

Incoming champion – Norio Honaga
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February 8	Jushin Thunder Liger	Live event
June 26	El Samurai	Live event
November 22	Último Dragón	Live event

WCW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 29	Sting	SuperBrawl II
July 12	Big Van Vader	The Great American Bash
August 2	Ron Simmons	Main Event
December 30	Big Van Vader	House show

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December 1	Vacant	N/A

Incoming champions – The Young Pistols
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January 14	Big Josh and Ron Simmons	Main Event
February 17	Terry Taylor and Greg Valentine	World Championship Wrestling
May 17	The Fabulous Freebirds	WrestleWar
June 25	Dick Slater and The Barbarian	Main Event
July 31	Deactivated	N/A

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April 27	Barry Windham	Saturday Night	Aired on tape delay on May 2.
May 23	Steve Austin	WorldWide
September 2	Ricky Steamboat	Clash of the Champions XX
September 29	Scott Steiner	WorldWide	Aired on tape delay on October 3.
November	Vacant	N/A

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February 29	Brian Pillman	SuperBrawl II
June 20	Scotty Flamingo	Beach Blast
July 5	Brad Armstrong	House show
September 2	Retired

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January 16	Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton	House show
May 3	The Steiner Brothers	House show
July 5	Terry Gordy and Steve Williams	House show
September 21	Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes	Saturday Night	Aired on tape delay on September 26.
November 18	Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas	Clash of the Champions XXI

WWF

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 19	Ric Flair	Royal Rumble
April 5	Randy Savage	WrestleMania VIII
September 1	Ric Flair	Prime Time Wrestling
October 12	Bret Hart	House show

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January 17	The Mountie	House show
January 19	Roddy Piper	Royal Rumble
April 5	Bret Hart	WrestleMania VIII
August 29	The British Bulldog	SummerSlam
October 27	Shawn Michaels	Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI

Incoming champions – The Legion of Doom
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February 7	Money Inc.	House show
July 20	The Natural Disasters	House show
October 13	Money Inc.	Wrestling Challenge	aired on tape delay on November 1

unsanctioned championship
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February 7	Abandoned	House show

Births

• January 23 – Mark Andrews, British wrestler^[4]
• January 26 – Sasha Banks, American female wrestler^[5]
• February 14 – Diamante, Mexican luchador^[6]
• February 28 – El Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Mexican luchador^[7]
• March 3 – Mandy Leon, American wrestler
  • • • March 14 – Shotzi Blackheart April 18 – Jacob Fatu May 19 – Reika Saiki June 7 – Sara Lee (died in 2022)
• June 24 – Kagetsu, Japanese wrestler
• June 25 – Dinamic Black, Mexican luchador
• July 9 – Andrew Everett, American wrestler
• August 17 – Paige, British female wrestler^[8]
• August 20 – Oro Jr., Mexican luchador^[9]
• September 14 – Penelope Ford
• September 19 – Hyan
• September 23 – Angel Garza, Mexican wrestler^[10]
• October 9 – Jay White, New Zealand wrestler^[11]
• November 10

• Marshall Von Erich, American wrestler^[12]

• Peyton Royce, Australian female wrestler^[13]
  • December 27 – Yuka Sakazaki December 28 – Rachael Ellering, American female wrestler^[14]

Debuts

Debut Date

Date Unknown

Retirements

• Ben Bassarab (1983–1992)
• Bill Kazmaier (1986-1992)
• Billy Robinson (1955–1992)
• Dino Bravo (1970–1992)
• Don Owen (1930s–1992)
• Eric Embry (1977–October 30, 1992)
• Gene Kiniski (February 13, 1952 – February 25, 1992)
• George Wells (1973–1992)
• Goldie Rogers (1972–1992)
• Ken Patera (1973–1992)
• Leo Burke (1966–1992)
• Nikita Koloff (1984–October 25, 1992)
• Randy Rose (1974–1992)
• Ray Stevens (1950–1992)
• Rockin' Robin (1987–1992)
• Vladimir Petrov (January 1987 – 1992)

Deaths

• February 7 – Buzz Sawyer, American wrestler (b. 1959)^[15]
• February 19 – Tojo Yamamoto, American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)^[16]
• April 20 – Jimmy Lennon, American wrestling announcer (b. 1913)^[17]
• May 11 – René Guajardo, Mexican luchador (b. 1933)^[18]
• May 12 – Lenny Montana, American wrestler and actor (b. 1926)
• June 26 – Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921)^[19]
• July 1 – Uncle Elmer, American wrestler (b. 1937)
• July 14 – Danny McShain, American wrestler (b. 1912)^[20]
• September 13 - Dick Huffman, American wrestler (b. 1923)
• September 24:
  • Roy Heffernan, Australian wrestler (b. 1925)^[21]
  • Roy Shire, American wrestler (b. 1921)
• October 31 – Joe Dusek, American wrestler (b. 1910)

See also

• List of WCW pay-per-view events
• List of WWF pay-per-view events
• List of FMW supercards and pay-per-view events

Notes and References

1. Web site: Art Barr: What could have been; Looking back at Love Machine's career. https://archive.today/20160822104132/http://slam.canoe.com/WrestlingStarBios/barr_art.html. dead. August 22, 2016. Molinaro. John. October 12, 2008. Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer.
2. Web site: 59th Anniversary Show . September 18, 1992. February 19, 2010 . ProWrestlingHistory.
3. Guerrero, Eddie. Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story, p. 78.
4. Web site: Mark Andrews profile. Online World of Wrestling. 17 April 2017. 6 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206123103/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/m/mark-andrews/. dead.
5. Web site: Sasha Banks. Online World of Wrestling.
6. Web site: Tecnico: Diamante . October 23, 2012 . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Fuego en el Ring . Spanish.
7. Web site: El tesoro del Hijo del Pirata . https://archive.today/20130208120757/http://miluchalibre.com/2011/05/el-tesoro-del-hijo-del-pirata/ . dead . February 8, 2013 . May 25, 2011 . November 29, 2012 . Mi Lucha Libre . Spanish .
8. Web site: PROWRESTLING.NET WWE Raw in Anaheim (correspondents needed), John Cena teaming up with a WWE wrestler for the first time, Lilian Garcia, Percy Watson, Tom Prichard, Buddy Landel, Paige, Cheerleader Melissa, wrestling on ESPN Classic. www.prowrestling.net. 17 August 2017.
9. News: La Precentacion de Oro Jr.. SuperLuchas. issue 410. April 17, 2011. November 7, 2012. Spanish.
10. News: El Hijo del Ninja: "Mi trabajo demuestra mi profesionalismo.". Súper Luchas. Issue 463. May 21, 2012 . 12–14 . April 2, 2017 . Spanish . Ernesto . Ocampo . Impresos Camsam, SA de CV . Mexico City, Mexico. 1665-8876.
11. Web site: Jay White. Sp.njpw.jp. 2017-01-08.
12. Web site: Marshall von Erich « Wrestlers Database « Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Philip. Kreikenbohm. www.cagematch.de.
13. Web site: WWE announces new signings, welcomes them to Performance Center CENTER. Johnson, Mike. PWInsider. 13 April 2015. 13 June 2015.
14. Web site: Rachel Evers . July 13, 2017 . July 14, 2017 . WWE.
15. Book: Harris M. Lentz III. Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling, 2d ed.. 21 October 2003. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0505-0. 311.
16. Web site: Tojo Yamamoto profile. Online World of Wrestling. 2009-09-05. 2009-06-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20090620174814/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/t/tojo-yamamoto.html. dead.
17. L.A. Ring Announcer Jimmy Lennon Dies; Boxing: He was the popular voice at Southland bouts for more than four decades Los Angeles Times, April 21, 1992.
18. News: L.L. Staff . Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero . Rene Guajardo (1933 - 1992) . . Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre . 49 . 2008 . Spanish.
19. http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/inductees/buddyrogers/ WWE Hall of Fame profile
20. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. 226–228. ECW Press. 2007. 978-1-55022-741-3.
21. Web site: Fabulous Kangaroo Al Costello dead . https://archive.today/20150531015524/http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingArchive2000/jan24_costello.html . dead . May 31, 2015 . 2007-08-03 . Greg Oliver . Slam!Wrestling. Heffernan died in September 1992 at 67 from a heart attack in Sydney, Australia.