1984 in professional wrestling

1984 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 1984.

Notable events

 * Championship Wrestling magazine hit the newsstands with its first issue
 * January 23: Hulk Hogan defeats The Iron Sheik to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
 * February 11: After many months of waiting, Tito Santana finally beat Don Muraco to become the first Mexican-American wrestler to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship at Boston Garden.
 * May 29: Tuesday Night Titans premiered on the USA Network
 * July 14: Black Saturday (professional wrestling)
 * July 23: Wendi Richter became the New WWF Women's Champion ending the Fabulous Moolah's 28-year reign as champion at New York's Madison Square Garden.
 * September 18: Pro Wrestling USA debuted with a inguinal TV taping at the Mid South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee
 * September 24: At London, Ontario Canada, Greg Valentine pinned Tito Santana to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship. That match would later be seen on WWF All-Star Wrestling.
 * December 28: John Stossel while doing a story for 20/20 on the validity of pro wrestling is attacked by David Schultz.

Births

 * Date of birth uncertain:
 * Grizzly Redwood
 * January 1 – James Stephanie Sterling
 * January 21 – Alex Koslov
 * January 25 – Jay Briscoe (died in 2023)
 * January 30 – Junior dos Santos
 * February 2 – Brian Cage
 * February 6 – Ivan Markov
 * February 17 - Jimmy Jacobs
 * February 24 – Corey Graves
 * March 3 - Ivar
 * March 9 - Pequeño Nitro (died in 2024)
 * April 20 - Garett Bischoff
 * April 23 - Moose
 * April 30
 * Daivari
 * El Hijo del Fantasma
 * May 4:
 * Brad Maddox
 * Orange Cassidy
 * Sylvester Lefort
 * May 7 – Kevin Owens
 * May 14 – John Klinger (died in 2024)
 * May 16 – Mickie Knuckles
 * May 29 – Nia Jax
 * June 5 – Madison Eagles
 * June 30 – Scott Dawson
 * July 12 – Sami Zayn
 * July 13 – Ayumi Kurihara
 * July 27 – Dark Sheik
 * July 31 – El Texano Jr.
 * August 20 – Fuka Kakimoto
 * August 21
 * Erik
 * Eve Torres
 * Michael Dante
 * September 3 – T. J. Perkins
 * September 10 – Drake Younger
 * September 13 – Baron Corbin
 * September 19 – Eva Marie
 * September 21 – Wale
 * September 30 – Darryl Sharma
 * October 6 – Afa Anoa'i Jr.
 * October 22 - Aero Star
 * November 7 - Jacob Novak
 * November 13 – Sunil Singh
 * December 4 – Brooke Adams
 * December 10 – JTG
 * December 11 - James Ellsworth
 * December 24 - Pat Buck
 * December 25 – Rusev

Debuts

 * Uncertain debut date
 * Steve Armstrong
 * Rita Chatterton
 * Steve Doll
 * Fred Ottman
 * Yokozuna
 * Madusa
 * Cynthia Moreno
 * D. J. Peterson


 * February - Italian Stallion and Tom Zenk
 * March 3 - Jushin Liger and Takuma Sano
 * March 18 - Esther Moreno
 * April 5 - Marty Jannetty
 * April 7 - Pat Tanaka
 * June 11 - Kendall Windham
 * June 24 - Nikita Koloff
 * July 21 - Kazue Nagahori and Condor Saito (All Japan Women)
 * September 1 - Shinya Hashimoto
 * October 2 - Scott Hall
 * October 5 - Masa Chono, Keiji Muto
 * October 12 - Akira Nogami
 * October 16 - Shawn Michaels

Retirements

 * Angelo Mosca (1969 - 1984)
 * Billy Red Lyons (1956 - 1984)
 * Paul Vachon (1957 - 1984)
 * Stan Stasiak (1958 - 1984)
 * Tommy Gilbert (1969 - 1984)
 * Miguel Perez (1954-1984)

Deaths

 * January 18 – Lord Athol Layton, 62
 * January 27 - Jim McMillen, 81
 * February 5 - El Santo, 66
 * February 10 – David Von Erich, 25
 * March 4 – Helen Hild, 58
 * May 16 - Andy Kaufman, 35
 * May 17 – Max Palmer, 56
 * May 22 - George Zaharias, 76
 * May 24 – Vincent J. McMahon, 69
 * July 14 – Brute Bernard, 63
 * August 2 – Argentina Apollo, 46
 * November 13 - Chief Little Wolf, 72