July 18 -
Nick Bockwinkel's 5-year reign as AWA World Heavyweight Champion ended as
Verne Gagne pinned him in
Chicago, Illinois, to become the new champion. He retired after this bout.
December 8 - At New York's Madison Square Garden,
Pedro Morales pinned Ken Patera to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion. However this bout originally was going to be aired on the
MSG Network but was never shown due to news coverage of the assassination of
John Lennon.
^Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.{{
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link)
^Cawthon, Graham (2013). The History of Professional Wrestling: The Results WWF 1963–1989. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 309.
ISBN978-1-4928-2597-5.
^"1980 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresora y Encuaderanadora Glem S.A. de C.V. January 10, 1981. pp. 2–28.
ISSN2007-0896. 1448.
^Milner, John M. (December 19, 2006).
"Nick Nemeth". Slam! Sports.
Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2012.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)
July 18 -
Nick Bockwinkel's 5-year reign as AWA World Heavyweight Champion ended as
Verne Gagne pinned him in
Chicago, Illinois, to become the new champion. He retired after this bout.
December 8 - At New York's Madison Square Garden,
Pedro Morales pinned Ken Patera to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion. However this bout originally was going to be aired on the
MSG Network but was never shown due to news coverage of the assassination of
John Lennon.
^Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.{{
cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)
^Cawthon, Graham (2013). The History of Professional Wrestling: The Results WWF 1963–1989. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 309.
ISBN978-1-4928-2597-5.
^"1980 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresora y Encuaderanadora Glem S.A. de C.V. January 10, 1981. pp. 2–28.
ISSN2007-0896. 1448.
^Milner, John M. (December 19, 2006).
"Nick Nemeth". Slam! Sports.
Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2012.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)