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1978 in professional wrestling

Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 1978

1978 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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Promotion Name	Abbreviation
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling	AJW
Championship Wrestling from Florida	CWF
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL
National Wrestling Alliance	NWA
World Wide Wrestling Federation	WWWF

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
January 25	UWA	3rd Anniversary Show	Naucalpan	Mil Máscaras (c) defeated Temojin el Mongol during a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship
January 25	NWA WWWF CWF	Superbowl of Wrestling	Miami, Florida	"Superstar" Billy Graham (c - WWWF World Championship) vs. Harley Race (c - NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship) ended in a 60-minute time limit draw during a three fall match
February 23	NWA WWWF CWF	NWA/WWWF World Title Unification	Jacksonville, Florida	Bob Backlund (c - WWWF World Championship) vs. Harley Race (c - NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship) ended in a 60-minute time limit draw
April 7	AJPW	Champion Carnival		Giant Baba defeated Abdullah the Butcher by count-out
April 21	EMLL	22. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza defeated Alfonso Dantés and Sangre Chicana in a Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match^[1]
May 30	NJPW	MSG League	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki defeated André the Giant by count-out
September 22	EMLL	EMLL 45th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Sangre Chicana and Rubí Rubalcava defeated El Cobarde and Dragón Rojo in a Lucha de Apuestas hair and mask vs. hair and hair match^[2]
October 29	NWA WWWF CWF	NWA/WWWF World Title Unification	Orlando, Florida	Bob Backlund (c - WWWF World Championship) vs. Harley Race (c - NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship) ended in a draw
December 8	EMLL	Juicio Final	Mexico City, Mexico	Kung Fu defeated El Idolo in a Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match^[3]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	Dusty Rhodes
PWI Tag Team of the Year	Ricky Steamboat and Paul Jones
PWI Match of the Year	Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bob Backlund
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Dusty Rhodes
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Ric Flair
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Dino Bravo
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Blackjack Mulligan
PWI Rookie of the Year	Tommy Rich
PWI Manager of the Year	Arnold Skaaland

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
incoming champion – Alfonso Dantés^[4]
June 2	El Faraón	EMLL show	^[4]
December 8	Pak Choo	EMLL show	^[4]

Date	Winner	Event/Show
NWA World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Faraón
February 17	Ringo Mendoza	EMLL show
April 9	Perro Aguayo	EMLL show
June 23	Ringo Mendoza	EMLL show
August 13	Tony Salazar	EMLL show

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Date Unknown

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NWA World Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mano Negra
No title changes

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Raul Mata
July 1	El Nazi	EMLL show
October 27	TNT	EMLL show

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
No title changes^[5]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mario Valenzuela^[6]
August 30	Talisman	EMLL show	^[6]

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Dr. Wagner
January 15	El Canek	EMLL show
June 20	Dos Caras	EMLL show

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kung Fu
February 7	Americo Rocca	EMLL show
June 20	Lizmark	EMLL show

Mexican National Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Uncertain
No title changes

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Harley Race
No title changes