January 22: The
Don Muraco-
Pedro Morales rivalry reached its peak at
Madison Square Garden in New York City when Muraco pinned Morales to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion.
November 15:Tony Atlas and
Rocky Johnson made
WWF history as they became the first African-Americans to win the WWF Tag Team Championship in a no-disqualification match against
The Wild Samoans on WWE Championship Wrestling.
^Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391.
ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
^"50th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 23, 1983. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
^"Flair defeats Race for wrestling title". Greensboro Daily News. 1983-11-25. p. D3. Archived from
the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved May 23, 2008. A sellout crowd of 15,447 was on hand for the night's competition.
January 22: The
Don Muraco-
Pedro Morales rivalry reached its peak at
Madison Square Garden in New York City when Muraco pinned Morales to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion.
November 15:Tony Atlas and
Rocky Johnson made
WWF history as they became the first African-Americans to win the WWF Tag Team Championship in a no-disqualification match against
The Wild Samoans on WWE Championship Wrestling.
^Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391.
ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
^"50th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 23, 1983. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
^"Flair defeats Race for wrestling title". Greensboro Daily News. 1983-11-25. p. D3. Archived from
the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved May 23, 2008. A sellout crowd of 15,447 was on hand for the night's competition.