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1982 in professional wrestling

Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 1982

1982 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL
Universal Wrestling Association	UWA
World Class Championship Wrestling	WCCW	Previously known as Big Time Wrestling (BTW).

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
February 14	UWA	UWA 7th Anniversary Show	Naucalpan, Mexico	Abdullah the Butcher and Perro Aguayo defeated Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami in a Tag team match^[1]
March 15	WCCW	Wrestling Star Wars	Ft. Worth, Texas	Kevin and Kerry Von Erich fought to a double disqualification against Gary Hart and King Kong Bundy in a "Texas Death" steel cage match^[2]
April 1	NJPW	MSG League	Tokyo, Japan	André the Giant defeated Killer Khan
April 2	EMLL	26. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Máscara Año 2000 defeated David Morgan (c) in a best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship^[3]
June 4	WCCW	Fritz Von Erich Retirement Show	Irving, Texas	Fritz Von Erich defeated King Kong Bundy (c) in a Falls count anywhere match for the NWA American Heavyweight Championship^[4]^[5]
August 15	WCCW	Wrestling Star Wars	Ft. Worth, Texas	Ric Flair (c) and Kerry Von Erich wrestled to a draw at one win a piece before being double disqualified in the third fall in a Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship^[6]^[7]
September 17	EMLL	EMLL 49th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Perro Aguayo defeated Tony Salazar in a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match^[8]
December 10	EMLL	Juicio Final	Mexico City, Mexico	El Satánico defeated Sangre Chicana in a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match^[9]
December 10	NJPW	MSG Tag League	Tokyo, Japan	Hulk Hogan and Antonio Inoki defeated Killer Khan and Tiger Toguchi
December 22	UWA	Arena Naucalpan 5th Anniversary Show	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Los Misioneros de la Muerte (El Signo, Negro Navarro and El Texano) defeated Los Villanos (Villano I, Villano II and Villano III) in a Best two-out-of-three-falls six-man tag team match^[10]
December 25	WCCW	Christmas Star Wars	Dallas, Texas	Ric Flair (c) defeated Kerry Von Erich in a no disqualification Steel Cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship^[11]^[12]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	Bob Backlund
PWI Tag Team of the Year	Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell
PWI Match of the Year	Bob Backlund vs. Jimmy Snuka
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	André the Giant
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Ted DiBiase
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Barry Windham
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Roddy Piper
PWI Rookie of the Year	Brad Armstrong
PWI Editor's Award	Lou Thesz
PWI Manager of the Year	J. J. Dillon

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Ric Flair
Feud of the Year	Ted DiBiase vs. Junkyard Dog
Tag Team of the Year	Stan Hansen and Ole Anderson
Most Improved	Jim Duggan
Best on Interviews	Roddy Piper

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