# 1993 in professional wrestling

1993 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

## List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 1993.
| Promotion Name | Abbreviation |
| Asistencia Asesoría y Administración | AAA |
| All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling | AJW |
| Catch Wrestling Association | CWA |
| Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | CMLL |
| Eastern Championship Wrestling | ECW |
| Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling | FMW |
| New Japan Pro-Wrestling | NJPW |
| Universal Wrestling Association | UWA |
| World Championship Wrestling | WCW |
| World Wrestling Council | WWC |
| World Wrestling Federation | WWF |

## Calendar of notable shows
### January

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| January 4 | NJPW | Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Genichiro Tenryu defeated Riki Choshu in a Singles match |
| January 4 | WCW NJPW | WCW/New Japan Supershow III | Tokyo, Japan | Sting defeated Hiroshi Hase in a Singles match |
| January 23 | ECW | Battle of the Belts | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Terry Funk defeated Eddie Gilbert in a I Quit Texas Death Match |
| January 24 | WWF | Royal Rumble | Sacramento, California, United States | Yokozuna won by last eliminating Randy Savage in a 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania IX |
| January 31 | UWA | 18th Anniversary | Naucalpan, Mexico | Vampiro defeated El Canek (c) in a Singles match for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

### February

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| February 21 | WCW | SuperBrawl III | Asheville, North Carolina, United States | Big Van Vader defeated Sting in a White Castle of Fear Strap match |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

### April

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| April 2 | AJW | All-Star Dreamslam | Yokohama, Japan | AJW's Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada defeat FMW's Megumi Kudo and Combat Toyoda in a tag team match |
| April 2 | CMLL | 37. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Pierroth Jr. (c) in a Best two-out-of-three falls match for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship |
| April 2 | NJPW / WAR | WAR vs. NJPW | Tokyo, Japan | Riki Choshu & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa in a tag team match |
| April 2 | WWF | WrestleMania IX | Paradise, Nevada, United States | Hulk Hogan defeated Yokozuna (c) in a Singles match for the WWF Championship |
| April 11 | AJW | All-Star Dreamslam 2 | Osaka, Japan | JWP's Mayumi Ozaki and Dynamite Kansai defeat AJW's Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada for the WWWA World Tag Team Championship |
| April 11 | WWF | UK Rampage | Sheffield, England, United Kingdom | Lex Luger defeated Jim Duggan by disqualification in a Singles match |
| April 30 | AAA | Triplemanía I | Mexico City, D.F., Mexico | Cien Caras defeated Konnan in a Best two-out-of-three falls retirement match |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

### May

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| May 3 | NJPW | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu via submission in a tag team match |
| May 5 | FMW | 4th Anniversary | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | Atsushi Onita defeated Terry Funk in a No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Time Bomb Deathmatch |
| May 23 | WCW | Slamboree | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Davey Boy Smith defeated Big Van Vader (c) by disqualification in a Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

### June

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| June 13 | WWF | King of the Ring | Dayton, Ohio, United States | Bret Hart defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in a King of the Ring final match |
| June 19 | ECW | Super Summer Sizzler Spectacular | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert defeated Terry Funk in a Texas chain match massacre for the title of "King of Philadelphia" |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

### July

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| July 18 | WCW | Beach Blast | Biloxi, Mississippi, United States | Sting and Davey Boy Smith defeated The Masters of the Powerbomb (Big Van Vader and Sid Vicious) in a tag team match |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

### August

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| August 7 | NJPW | G1 Climax | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Hase defeated Tatsumi Fujinami in the finals |
| August 8 | WWC | 20th Aniversario | | Carlos Colón defeated Terry Funk in a Singles match |
| August 22 | FMW | Summer Spectacular | Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan | Atsushi Onita defeated Mr. Pogo in a No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Time Bomb Cage Deathmatch for the vacant FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship |
| August 25 | AJW | Legacy of Queens | Tokyo, Japan | AJW's Aja Kong defeat JWP's Dynamite Kansai in a singles match |
| August 30 | WWF | SummerSlam | Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States | Lex Luger defeated Yokozuna (c) by countout in a Singles match for the WWF Championship |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

### September

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| September 18 | ECW | UltraClash | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B) defeated Miguelito Pérez and Crash the Terminator in a Baseball Bat match |
| September 19 | WCW | Fall Brawl | Houston, Texas, United States | Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes and The Shockmaster defeated Sid Vicious, Vader and Harlem Heat (Kole and Kane) in a WarGames match |
| September 29 | AJW/ LLPW | Nagoya Super Whirlwing | Nagoya, Japan | LLPW's Shinobu Kandori defeats AJW's Yumiko Hotta in a tag team match |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) ||||||

### October

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| October 1 | CMLL | 60th Anniversary | Mexico City, Mexico | Atlantis defeated Mano Negra in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match |
| October 1 | ECW | NWA Bloodfest | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Terry Funk (c) defeated Jimmy Snuka by escaping the cage in a Steel cage match for the ECW Television Championship |
| October 9 | AJW | Wrestlemarinepiad 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | Aja Kong defeats Akira Hokuto in a singles match |
| October 23 | AJPW | 21st Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Stan Hansen to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship |
| October 24 | WCW | Halloween Havoc | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Big Van Vader defeated Cactus Jack in a Texas Death match |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

### November

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| November 12 | ECW | Terror at Tabor | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Tommy Dreamer defeated Johnny Grunge in a Singles match |
| November 13 | ECW | November to Remember | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Sabu (c - World Heavyweight) and Road Warrior Hawk defeated Terry Funk (c - World Television) and King Kong Bundy in a Winner Takes All match for the ECW Heavyweight Championship and the ECW Television Championship |
| November 20 | WCW | Battlebowl | Pensacola, Florida, United States | Vader won the 16-man battle royal by lastly eliminating Sting |
| November 24 | WWF | Survivor Series | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | The All-Americans (Lex Luger, The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) and The Undertaker) defeated The Foreign Fanatics (Crush, Quebecer Jacques, Ludvig Borga and Yokozuna) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match |
| November 28 | AJW | Wrestling Queendom | Osaka, Japan | AJW's Yumiko Hotta and Takako Inoue defeat LLPW's Shinobu Kandori and Miki Handa in a tag team match |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

### December

| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
| December 6 | AJW | St. Battle Final 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | LLPW's Shinobu Kandori defeats AJW's Akira Hokuto in a singles match |
| December 8 | FMW | Year End Spectacular | Tokyo, Japan | Atsushi Onita (c) defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship |
| December 18 | CWA | Euro Catch Festival | Bremen, Germany | Rambo (c) defeated The Barbarian in Round 6 in a Singles match for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship |
| December 26 | FMW | FMW/MPW | Tokyo, Japan | Atsushi Onita, Tarzan Goto and The Great Sasuke vs. Mr. Pogo, Jinsei Shinzaki and Masaru Toi in a Six-man tag team match |
| December 26 | ECW | Holiday Hell | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Tommy Dreamer won a battle royal |
| December 27 | WCW | Starrcade | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Ric Flair defeated Vader (c) in a Title vs. Career match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) |||||

## Accomplishments and tournaments
### AJW

| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
| AJW Japan Grand Prix 1993 | Akira Hokuto | August 21 | |
| AJW Tag League The Best 1993 | Akira Hokuto and Manami Toyota | December 10 | |

### AJPW

| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
| Champion Carnival 1993 | Stan Hansen | April 21 | |
| World's Strongest Determination League 1993 | Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa | December 2 | |

### ECW

| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
| ECW Television Championship Tournament | Jimmy Snuka | March 12 | |
| ECW Tag Team Championship Tournament | Eddie Gilbert and The Dark Patriot | August 8 | |

### JWP

| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
| Blue Star Cup 1993 | Candy Okutsu | | |

### WCW

| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
| WCW United States Championship Tournament | Dustin Rhodes | January 11 | |
| WCW World Television Championship Tournament | Paul Orndorff | March 2 | |

#### WCW Hall of Fame

* Inductee
* Lou Thesz
* Verne Gagne
* Mr. Wrestling II
* Eddie Graham

### WWF

| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won |
| Royal Rumble | Yokozuna | January 24 |
| King of the Ring | Bret Hart | June 13 |
| WWF Women's Championship Tournament | Alundra Blayze | December 13 |

#### WWF Hall of Fame

| Category | Inductee | Inducted by | Notes |
| Individual | André the Giant | None | Inaugural inductee Sole inductee |

## Awards and honors
### Pro Wrestling Illustrated

| Category | Winner |
| PWI Wrestler of the Year | Big Van Vader |
| PWI Tag Team of the Year | The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) |
| PWI Match of the Year | Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty (Raw, July 19) |
| PWI Feud of the Year | Bret Hart vs. Jerry Lawler |
| PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year | Lex Luger |
| PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year | Jerry Lawler |
| PWI Comeback of the Year | Lex Luger |
| PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year | Yokozuna |
| PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year | Cactus Jack |
| PWI Rookie of the Year | Vampire Warrior |
| PWI Lifetime Achievement | André the Giant |
| PWI Editor's Award | Jim Cornette |

### Wrestling Observer Newsletter

| Category | Winner |
| Wrestler of the Year | Big Van Vader |
| Most Outstanding | Kenta Kobashi |
| Feud of the Year | Bret Hart vs. Jerry Lawler |
| Tag Team of the Year | The Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman) |
| Most Improved | Tracy Smothers |
| Best on Interviews | Jim Cornette |

## Notable events

* January 9 - WWF Mania aired its first episode on the USA Network with host Todd Pettengill who's making his WWF TV Debut.
* January 11 - WWF Monday Night Raw premiered on the USA Network, its first episode was from the Manhattan Center in New York City
* February 10 - Bill Watts resigned as Executive Vice President of Wrestling Operations for WCW.
* February 12 – Eric Bischoff becomes Executive Producer of all World Championship Wrestling television and Ole Anderson was announced as new Vice President of Wrestling Operations for WCW.
* February 21 – Ric Flair makes his WCW return and Davey Boy Smith makes his WCW debut at WCW SuperBrawl III in Asheville, North Carolina
* February 22 – Hulk Hogan makes his WWF return live on Monday Night Raw.
* February 25 - Jim Ross resigned from WCW.
* April 2 - All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling holds their All-Star Dreamslam event. The event featured multiple inter-promotional matches between AJW, FMW, Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling and JWP Joshi Puroresu.
* April 4 – Jim Ross makes his WWF TV debut at WrestleMania IX
* April 6 - ECW Hardcore TV debuts on SportsChannel Philadelphia.
* April 11 - All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling holds their All-Star Dreamslam 2 event. The event featured multiple inter-promotional matches between AJW, FMW, Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling and JWP Joshi Puroresu and the return of Chigusa Nagayo from retirement.
* April 13 - WCW makes its New York City debut running a live event at the Paramount Theater in New York, NY headlined with Vader defending the WCW World Heavyweight title vs Sting in the main event drawing 3,000.
* July 7 – WCW Worldwide begins taping at Disney/MGM Studios from Orlando, Florida. This taping schedule ran from July 7–10 taping matches and footage for airing starting the weekend of August 28–29, 1993 which included Ric Flair and Rick Rude wearing the NWA World title, Ricky Steamboat and Lord Steven Regal wearing the WCW TV title and an interview with Paul Roma & Arn Anderson wearing the NWA & WCW world tag team titles and The Nasty Boys managed by Missy Hyatt carrying the NWA World Tag Team titles in the ring.
* September 1 – WCW leaves the National Wrestling Alliance
* September 3 - The NWA Convention was held in Las Vegas, NV, also that same day the ECW joined the NWA becoming NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling.
* October 6 - Mean Gene Okerlund made his WCW debut at a WCW Saturday Night taping in Atlanta, GA (air date November 5)
* October 27 - Both Sid Vicious and Arn Anderson was both hospitalized following a hotel room brawl which saw both wrestlers stabbing each other with a pair of Scissors after an argument at a hotel bar on WCW's tour of Europe.
* November 24 – For the first time ever a non - WWF title changed hands at a WWF pay-per-view when The Heavenly Bodies defeating SMW Tag Team Champions The Rock 'n' Roll Express in a title match at the Survivor Series in Boston, Massachusetts.
* November 30 - The Boss returns to WCW on a WCW Saturday Night taping in Atlanta, GA.
* December 4 – Bobby Heenan was given an on-air farewell on WWF Monday Night Raw when Gorilla Monsoon picked him up and threw him and his belongings out of the arena and onto the street.

## Title changes
### ECW

ECW World Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – The Sandman |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| April 3 | Don Muraco | Hardcore TV | |
| August 8 | Tito Santana | Hardcore TV | |
| September 9 | Shane Douglas | Hardcore TV | |
| October 2 | Sabu | NWA Bloodfest | |
| December 26 | Terry Funk | Holiday Hell | |
ECW World Television Championship :
| Incoming champion – Glen Osbourne |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| February | Vacant | N/A | |
| March 12 | Jimmy Snuka | Hardcore TV | |
| October 1 | Terry Funk | NWA Bloodfest: Part 1 | |
| November 13 | Sabu | November to Remember | |
ECW World Tag Team Championship :
| Incoming champions – The Super Destroyers (A. J. Petrucci and Doug Stahl) |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| April 2 | Tony Stetson and Larry Winters | Hardcore TV | |
| April 3 | The Suicide Blondes (Chris Candido, Johnny Hotbody, and Chris Michaels) | Hardcore TV | |
| May 15 | The Super Destroyers (A. J. Petrucci and Doug Stahl) | Hardcore TV | |
| May 15 | The Suicide Blondes (Chris Candido, Johnny Hotbody, and Chris Michaels) | Hardcore TV | |
| July 15 | Vacant | Hardcore TV | |
| August 8 | The Dark Patriot and Eddie Gilbert | Hardcore TV | |
| October 1 | Vacant | Bloodfest: Part 1 | |
| October 1 | Johnny Hotbody and Tony Stetson | Bloodfest: Part 1 | |
| November 13 | Tommy Dreamer and Johnny Gunn | November to Remember | |
| December 4 | Kevin Sullivan and The Tazmaniac | Hardcore TV | |
ECW Maryland Championship :
| (Title created) |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| October 16 | J.T. Smith | N/A | Won a battle royal. |
ECW Pennsylvania Championship :
| (Title created) |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| May 14 | Tommy Cairo | ECW Hardcore TV | Cairo won a battle royal to become the inaugural champion. Aired on June 8. |
| August 7 | Tony Stetson | ECW Hardcore TV | Aired on September 14. |
| September 18 | Deactivated | UltraClash | The championship is abandoned. |

### NJPW

IWGP Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – The Great Muta |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| September 20 | Shinya Hashimoto | G1 Climax Special 1993 | |
IWGP Tag Team Championship :
| Incoming champions – The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| August 5 | The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton) | G1 Climax 1993 | |
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Último Dragón |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| January 4 | Jushin Thunder Liger | Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome | |

### FMW

FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Atsushi Onita |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| August 22 | Atsushi Onita | Summer Spectacular | |
FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship :
| (Title created) |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| October 28 | The Great Sasuke | House show | |

### WCW

WCW World Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Big Van Vader |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| March 11 | Sting | House show | |
| March 17 | Big Van Vader | House show | |
| December 27 | Ric Flair | Starrcade | |
NWA World Heavyweight Championship / WCW International World Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Masa Chono |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| January 4 | The Great Muta | WCW/New Japan Supershow III | |
| February 21 | Barry Windham | SuperBrawl III | |
| July 18 | Ric Flair | Beach Blast | On September 1, 1993, WCW withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance. WCW continues to recognize Flair as the "WCW International World Champion". |
| September 19 | Rick Rude | Fall Brawl | |
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Vacant |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| January 11 | Dustin Rhodes | Saturday Night | Aired on tape delay on January 16. |
| May 1 | Vacant | WorldWide | |
| August 30 | Dustin Rhodes | Saturday Night | Aired on tape delay on September 4. |
| December 27 | Steve Austin | Starrcade | |
WCW World Television Championship :
| Incoming champion – Vacant |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| March 2 | Paul Orndorff | Power Hour | Aired on tape delay on March 27. |
| August 18 | Ricky Steamboat | Clash of the Champions XXIV | |
| September 19 | Lord Steven Regal | Fall Brawl | |
WCW World Tag Team Championship :
| Incoming champions – Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| March 2 | The Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman) | WorldWide | Aired on tape delay on March 27. |
| August 18 | Arn Anderson and Paul Roma | Clash of the Champions XXIV | Also held the NWA World Tag Team Championship until September 1 when WCW withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance |
| September 19 | The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) | Fall Brawl | |
| October 4 | Marcus Alexander Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio | Saturday Night | Aired on tape delay on October 23. |
| October 24 | The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) | Halloween Havoc | |

### WWF

WWF World Heavyweight Championship :
| Incoming champion – Bret Hart |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| April 4 | Yokozuna | WrestleMania IX | |
| April 4 | Hulk Hogan | WrestleMania IX | |
| June 13 | Yokozuna | King of the Ring | |
WWF Intercontinental Championship :
| Incoming champion – Shawn Michaels |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| May 17 | Marty Jannetty | Raw | |
| June 6 | Shawn Michaels | House show | |
| September 27 | Vacant | N/A | |
| September 27 | Razor Ramon | Raw | |
WWF Women's Championship :
| (Title reactivated) |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| December 13 | Alundra Blayze | All American Wrestling | |
WWF Tag Team Championship :
| Incoming champions – Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) |||||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
| June 14 | The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) | House show | |
| June 16 | Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) | House show | |
| June 19 | The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) | House show | |
| September 13 | The Quebecers (Pierre and Jacques) | Raw | |

## Births

* January 7 - Darby Allin
* February 17 – Magnus, Mexican luchador
* March 4:
** James Drake
** Teoman
* March 5 - Josh Briggs
* March 29 - Stephanie Vaquer
* May 7- Will Ospreay
* May 20 – Akam, Canadian wrestler
* May 20 - Vanessa Borne
* June 14 – Esfinge, Mexican luchador
* July 2 - Kamille Brickhouse
* July 28:
** Noam Dar, Israeli wrestler
** Sammy Guevara
* August 4 – Henare, New Zealand wrestler
* August 12 – El Soberano, Mexican luchador
* September 8 - Yota Tsuji, Japanese wrestler
* September 9 – Sarah Logan, American female wrestler
* September 23 – U-T Japanese wrestler
* September 24 – Sonya Deville, American female wrestler
* September 30 - Trevor Lee, American wrestler
* October 10 - Ilja Dragunov
* October 23 – 1 Called Manders
* November 6 – Bárbaro Cavernario, Mexican luchador
* November 9 - Pete Dunne
* November 11 Will Ospreay
* December 11 - Sonny Kiss
* Unknown
** Gran Guerrero, Mexican luchador
** David Benoit, Canadian-American wrestler and son of Chris Benoit

## Debuts
### Debut date

* January 20 - Tsubo Genjin and Magnitude Kishiwada
* February 13 - Hayato Nanjo
* March 18 - Tetsuhiro Kuroda
* May 2 - Azteca
* October - Doug Williams
* October 2 - El Zorro
* October 28 - Kamikaze and Super Rider
* October 29 - Katsumi Usuda
* November 12 - Yumi Fukawa
* November 27 - Toscano
* December 2 - C. W. Anderson
* December 5 - Daisuke Ikeda and Funaki
* December 8 - Joe Líder
* December 13 – Tsubasa

### Uncertain debut date

   * Jeff Bradley
   * Tom Howard
   * Nelson Frazier, Jr.
   * Joey Styles
   * Doug Basham
   * Tammy Sytch
   * Sgt. Craig Pittman
   * Johnny Swinger
   * Carl Malenko
   * The Spellbinder

## Retirements

* Al Madril (1970–1993)
* Aníbal (November 1963 – 1993)
* Shirley Crabtree (1952–1993)
* Big John Studd (1972-1993)
* Bill Watts (1962–1993)
* Bobo Brazil (1951–1993)
* Debbie Malenko (1990-1993) (wrestled matches in 2001 and 2017, returned full time in 2021)
* Dick Beyer (December 29, 1954 – July 29, 1993)
* Frank Hickey (1935-May 15, 1993)
* Oliver Humperdink (1965–1993)
* Omar Atlas (1958–1993)
* Fred Peloquin (1971–1993)
* Rita Chatterton (1984–1993)

## Deaths

* January 27 - André the Giant, French wrestler (b. 1946)
* January 31 - Joe McHugh, WWWF announcer (b. 1904)
* February 18 - Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (b. 1960)
* March 10 - Dino Bravo, Canadian wrestler (b. 1948)
* March 25 - Wally Karbo, American wrestling promoter (b. 1915)
* April 18 - Masahiko Kimura, Japanese wrestler (b. 1917)
* April 22 - Chief Big Heart, American wrestler (b. 1927)
* May 25 - D.J. Peterson, American wrestler (b. 1959)
* June 7 - Don Kent, American wrestler (b. 1933)
* July 19 - Bruno Elrington, British wrestler (b. 1929)
* October 13 - Espectro, Mexican luchador (b. 1934)
* October 26 - Oro, Mexican luchador (b. 1971)
* November 1 - Pinkie George (b. 1905)
* November 13 - Rufus R. Jones, American wrestler (b. 1933)
* December 8 - Frank Hickey, American wrestler (b. 1915)
* December 10 - Hurcan Castillo, Puerto Rican wrestler (b. unknown)
* December 13 - Larry Cameron, American wrestler (b. 1952)