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1990 in professional wrestling

Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 1990

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Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
All Japan Pro Wrestling	AJPW
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling	AJW
American Wrestling Association	AWA	AWA became inactive during the fall and filed for bankruptcy the following year.
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre	EMLL
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling	FMW
National Wrestling Alliance	NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
World Championship Wrestling	WCW
World Wrestling Council	WWC
World Wrestling Federation	WWF

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
Jan 3	WWF	Saturday Night's Main Event	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect and The Genius
Jan 7	FMW	Battle Resistance – 1st Open Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	Masanobu Kurisi defeated Tarzan Goto by referee's decision in an Open Tournament final match
Jan 21	WWF	Royal Rumble	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Hulk Hogan won by last eliminating Mr. Perfect in the 30-man Royal Rumble match
Feb 6	NWA WCW	Clash of the Champions X	Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.	The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Ole Anderson, and Arn Anderson) defeated Gary Hart International (The Dragonmaster, Buzz Sawyer, and The Great Muta) (with Gary Hart) in a Steel Cage match
Feb 12	NJPW	Super Fight in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi defeated Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto in a tag team match with Lou Thesz as special guest referee^[1]
Feb 12	FMW	Battle Brave in Korakuen	Tokyo, Japan	Atsushi Onita defeated Masanobu Kurisu in a Barbed Wire Barricades Death Match
Feb 25	WCW	WrestleWar	Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.	Ric Flair (c) (with Woman) defeated Lex Luger by countout in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Apr 1	FMW	Texas Street Fight	Tokyo, Japan	Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto defeated Dragon Master and Masanobu Kurisu in a Tag Team Texas Street Fight
Apr 1	WWF	WrestleMania VI	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	The Ultimate Warrior (IC Champion) defeated Hulk Hogan (WWF Champion) in a Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental and WWF Championships
Apr 8	AWA	SuperClash IV	St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.	The Trooper and Paul Diamond defeated The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom) in a Steel Cage match
Apr 13	WWF/AJPW/NJPW	Wrestling Summit	Tokyo, Japan	Hulk Hogan defeated Stan Hansen in a Singles match
Apr 23	WWF	Saturday Night's Main Event	Austin, Texas	The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. Haku for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Apr 29	AJW	W.W.W.A. Champions Legend	Tokyo, Japan	Bull Nakano defeats Monster Ripper in a WWWA World Title match
May 19	NWA WCW	Capital Combat	Washington D.C., U.S.	Lex Luger defeated Ric Flair (c) (with Woman) by disqualification in a Steel Cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Jun 13	NWA WCW	Clash of the Champions XI	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Junkyard Dog defeated Ric Flair (c) (with Ole Anderson) by disqualification in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Jul 7	WWC	WWC 17th Aniversario	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Carlos Colón (WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion) and TNT went to a draw in a Singles match
Jul 7	NWA	The Great American Bash	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	Sting (with El Gigante, Junkyard Dog, Lex Luger, Paul Orndorff, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) defeated Ric Flair (c) (with Ole Anderson) in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Jul 16	WWF	Saturday Night's Main Event	Omaha, Nebraska	The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. Rick Rude for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Aug 4	FMW	Summer Spectacular in Shiodome	Tokyo, Japan	Atsushi Onita (c) defeated Tarzan Goto via knockout in a No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
Aug 27	WWF	SummerSlam	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	The Ultimate Warrior (c) defeated Rick Rude (with Bobby Heenan) by escaping the cage in a Steel Cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Sep 5	NWA WCW	Clash of the Champions XII	Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.	Sting (c) defeated The Black Scorpion in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Sep 18	WWF	Saturday Night's Main Event	Toledo, Ohio	The Ultimate Warrior and The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) vs. Demolition (Ax, Smash, and Crush)
Sep 30	NJPW	Inoki's 30th Wrestling Anniversary	Yokohama, Japan	Antonio Inoki and Tiger Jeet Singh defeated Animal Hamaguchi and Big Van Vader in a tag team match with Nick Bockwinkel as special guest referee
Oct 21	EMLL	EMLL 57th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated Cien Caras in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match^[2]
Oct 27	NWA	Halloween Havoc	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Sting (c) defeated Sid Vicious in a Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Nov 1	NJPW	AJPW Budokan Hall Show	Tokyo, Japan	Atsushi Onita (c) defeated Mr. Pogo via knockout in a Texas Deathmatch for the WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
Nov 5	FMW	FMW 1st Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	Atsushi Onita (c) defeated Mr. Pogo via knockout in a Texas Deathmatch for the WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
Nov 14	AJW	Wrestlemarinepiad '90	Yokohama, Japan	Bull Nakano defeats Aja Kong in a steel cage match for the WWWA World Title
Nov 20	NWA WCW	Clash of the Champions XIII	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.	Ric Flair (with Arn Anderson) defeated Butch Reed (with Ron Simmons and Teddy Long) in a Singles match
Nov 22	WWF	Survivor Series	Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.	Hulk Hogan, Tito Santana, and The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hercules, Paul Roma, Rick Martel, Ted DiBiase, and The Warlord (with Virgil and Slick) in a 3-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match
Dec 14	EMLL	Juicio Final	Mexico City, Mexico	Octagón defeated Huracán Ramírez II^[3]
Dec 16	WCW	Starrcade	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.	Sting (c) defeated The Black Scorpion in a Steel Cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Dick the Bruiser as special guest referee
Dec 26	NJPW	NJPW Legends Show	Hamamatsu, Japan	Tony Halme defeated Shinya Hashimoto by knockout in a Boxer vs. Wrestler match^[4]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Japan Grand Prix 1990	Manami Toyota	June 17
Rookie of the Year Decision Tournament	Shiho Tsubaki

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
NWA United States Tag Team Championship Tournament	Brian Pillman and The Z-Man	February 12
Pat O'Connor Memorial International Tag Team Tournament	The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)	December 16

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Royal Rumble	Hulk Hogan	January 21
WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Mr. Perfect	April 1

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Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Sting
Tag Team of the Year	The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner)
Match of the Year	Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior (WrestleMania VI)
Feud of the Year	Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger
Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Hulk Hogan
Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Earthquake
Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Paul Roma
Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Sting
Rookie of the Year	Steve Austin
Manager of the Year	Teddy Long
Editor's Award (Lifetime Achievement)	Buddy Rogers

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Ric Flair
Most Outstanding	Jushin Thunder Liger
Feud of the Year	Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
Tag Team of the Year	The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
Most Improved	Kenta Kobashi
Best on Interviews	Arn Anderson

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hulk Hogan
April 1	The Ultimate Warrior	WrestleMania VI	This was a title vs. title match, with Warrior's Intercontinental Championship also on the line.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – The Ultimate Warrior
April 1	Vacated	WrestleMania VI	Warrior vacated the title after defeating Hulk Hogan in a title vs. title match to win the WWF Championship.
April 23	Mr. Perfect	Superstars	Defeated Tito Santana in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Aired on tape delay on May 19.
August 27	The Texas Tornado	SummerSlam
November 19	Mr. Perfect	Superstars	Aired on tape delay on December 15, 1990.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWF Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Rockin' Robin
February 21	Deactivated	N/A

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWF Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Colossal Connection (Andre the Giant and Haku)
April 1	Demolition (Ax, Smash and Crush)	WrestleMania VI
August 27	The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)	SummerSlam
October 30	The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty)	The Main Event IV

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Million Dollar Championship
Incoming champion – Ted DiBiase
unsanctioned championship
No title changes