1980 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. List of notable promotions These promotions held notable shows in 1980. Calendar of notable shows Notable Events April 21 - At New York's Madison Square Garden, Ken Patera pinned Pat Patterson to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion. December 8 - At New York's Madison Square Garden, Pedro Morales pinned Ken Patera to become the new WWF Intercontinental champion. Accomplishments and tournaments AJPW NJPW Awards and honors Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestling Observer Newsletter Births January 8 – Ricky Marvin January 12 - Ares January 20 – Karl Anderson January 25 – Michelle McCool February 2 - Teddy Hart February 5 - Kazuhiro Tamura February 6 – Konnor February 9 – Shelly Martinez February 13 - Carlos Cotto February 15 - LuFisto February 18 - Hideki Suzuki February 24 – Shinsuke Nakamura March 9 - Genba Hirayanagi March 19 - Taichi Ishikari March 28 - Nick Mondo April 1 – Randy Orton April 2 - Jody Fleisch April 7 – David Otunga April 10 - Jesse Neal April 12 - Masayuki Kono April 16: Muhammad Hassan Paul London April 17 - Hartley Jackson April 30 - Rob Terry May 2 - Caylen Croft May 6 - Colt Cabana May 11 - Nick Berk June 1 - Ángel Azteca Jr. June 3: Pepper Parks Ryoji Sai June 8: Scott Lost Super Dragon June 27 - Big Dick Johnson July 8 : Brian Danovich (died in 2018) Hikaru Sato July 11 – Tyson Kidd July 15 - BxB Hulk July 16 - Excalibur July 17 - Masato Yoshino July 27 – Dolph Ziggler August 8 – Shayna Baszler August 10 – Wade Barrett August 11 - Patrick Schulz August 17 - Rohit Raju August 19 - Chet Jablonski August 28 - Demus 3:16 August 30 - Alicia Taylor September 6 – Jillian Hall September 10 – Trevor Murdoch September 14 - Dom Travis (died in 2012) September 22 - Nick Gage September 23 - Romeo Roselli October 4: Naruki Doi Sebastian Hackl October 8 – The Miz October 28 – Christy Hemme November 10 – Katarina Waters November 12 – Trent Acid (died in 2010) November 13: Sara Del Rey Tomomitsu Matsunaga November 17 – Mercedes Martinez November 17 - Jay Bradley November 24 – Beth Phoenix November 25 - Josh Mathews December 4 – Viktor December 9 -