1989 in professional wrestling

1989 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 1989.

Notable events

 * January the alliance between The American Wrestling Association and The Continental Wrestling Association ended due to AWA Owner Verne Gagne refusing to pay then-World Champion Jerry Lawler for participating on the company's first-ever Pay-Per-View AWA SuperClash III.
 * February 7 - In a live event at St. Paul, Minnesota, Larry Zbyszko won the battle royal to capture the vacant AWA World Heavyweight Championship.
 * The World Wrestling Association professional wrestling promotion based out of Indianapolis, Indiana, closed.
 * August 4 WCCW becomes the USWA when Eric Embry pinned Phil Hickerson in a steel cage match in Dallas, Texas.

Births

 * January 11 – Natalia Markova
 * January 25 – Stu Grayson
 * February 25 – Natsumi Sumikawa
 * March 1 – Tenille Dashwood
 * April 9 – Bianca Belair
 * April 11 – Ariya Daivari
 * April 16 – Mia Yim
 * April 21 – Nikki Cross
 * April 22 –Andre Chase
 * May 14 – Rob Gronkowski
 * May 19 – Tom Phillips
 * June 14 - Peter Avalon
 * June 15 – Bayley
 * June 23 – Billie Kay
 * July 5 – Adam Cole
 * July 28 – Nick Jackson
 * August 8 – Gianni Valletta
 * August 16 – Cedric Alexander
 * August 28 – Christina Von Eerie
 * September 20 - Ethan Page
 * October 3 – T. K. O'Ryan
 * October 11 – Riddick Moss
 * October 24 – Heidi Howitzer
 * November 3 – Andrade "Cien" Almas
 * December 4 – Hiromu Takahashi

Debut date
• January 10 - Utako Hozumi (JWP)

• January 14 - Leo Kitamura  (JWP)

• February 22 - Salman Hashimikov, Victor Zangiev and Vladimir Berkovich

• March 1 – Booker T

• March 19 - Super Delfin

• April 20 - Maniaco

• April 24 - Wahka Eveloev (NJPW)

• April 30 – Rey Mysterio

• May 11 – Steve Austin

• May 12 - Timur Zalasov (NJPW)

• May 25 - Habieli Victachev (NJPW)

• August 2 - Evgeny Artyukhin Sr. (NJPW)

• September 19 – Yoshihiro Tajiri

• October 6 - Shark Tsuchiya, Miwa Sato and Mitsuteru Tokuda

• October 8 – Kaoru Ito, Bat Yoshinaga (All Japan Women's) and Tomoko Watanabe

• October 29 – Tommy Dreamer

• November 26 - Andrei Sulsaev (NJPW)

• December 1 - Yasha Kurenai (JWP), Carol Midori (JWP) and Sambo Asako (FMW)

• December 6 - Hisae Kuboki (All Japan Women's), Mayumi Yamamoto (All Japan Women's) and Michiko Nagashima (All Japan Women's)

• December 7 - Kazue Saito (All Japan Women's) and Sakie Hasegawa (All Japan Women's)

Uncertain debut date
• Sandman

• X-Pac

• Scotty 2 Hotty

• Billy Gunn

• Ken Shamrock

• Jerry Flynn

• J. W. Storm

Retirements

 * Al Tomko (July 9, 1954 – 1989)
 * Alfonso Dantés (1960–1989)
 * Blue Demon (March 31, 1948 – August 27, 1989)
 * Jonathan Boyd (1966–1989)
 * Nelson Royal (1955–1989)
 * Rayo de Jalisco (February 1950 – 1989)
 * Steve Rickard (1943–1989)
 * Victor Rivera (1964–1989)
 * Big John Studd (1972–1989)

Deaths

 * January 6 - Mario Galento, 73
 * January 7 - Aslam Pahalwan, 61
 * February 18 - Mildred Burke, 73
 * March 7 - Paul Boesch, 76
 * March 14 – Happy Humphrey, 62
 * April 17 – Villano II, 39
 * December 7 – Haystacks Calhoun, 55
 * December 28 – Earl Patrick Freeman, 57