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2019 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promotions
[edit]These promotions held notable events in 2019.
| Promotion Name | Abbreviation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| All Elite Wrestling | AEW | Officially founded on January 1. |
| Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | CMLL | |
| DDT Pro-Wrestling | DDT | The "DDT Pro-Wrestling" name has been solely used since 2004, but the "DDT" initialism had previously stood for "Dramatic Dream Team". |
| Evolve | — | |
| Impact Wrestling | Impact | |
| International Wrestling Revolution Group | IWRG | |
| Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | AAA | The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. |
| Major League Wrestling | MLW | |
| National Wrestling Alliance | NWA | |
| New Japan Pro-Wrestling | NJPW | |
| Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | PWG | |
| Revolution Pro Wrestling | RevPro | |
| Ring of Honor | ROH | |
| The Crash Lucha Libre | The Crash | |
| Westside Xtreme Wrestling | wXw | |
| World Wonder Ring Stardom | Stardom | |
| World Wrestling Council | WWC | |
| WWE | — | WWE stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which is still the legal name, but the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism. WWE divided its roster into five storyline divisions – referred to as brands where wrestlers exclusively performed on their respective weekly television programs. Raw and SmackDown were their two main brands until NXT became their third main brand in September; NXT used to serve as WWE's developmental territory. NXT UK and 205 Live were specialty brands that were promoted under the NXT banner; 205 Live was its own brand until September when it merged under NXT. |
Calendar of notable shows
[edit]January
[edit]February
[edit]March
[edit]April
[edit]May
[edit]June
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]November
[edit]December
[edit]Cancelled events
[edit]| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 16 | WWE: | Backlash | San Diego, California | Replaced by Stomping Grounds, which aired on June 23; a house show instead took place on June 16 in San Diego. |
Notable events
[edit]- April 10 – Dark Side of the Ring premiered on Viceland.
- May 1 – Impact Wrestling launched their online streaming service Impact Plus.
- September 18 – WWE NXT premiered on USA Network.
- October 2 – AEW Dynamite premiered on TNT.
- October 4 – WWE SmackDown premiered on FOX.
- October 8 – AEW Dark premiered on YouTube.
- October 8 – NWA Power premiered on YouTube, Facebook, and FITE TV.
- October 29 – Impact! premiered on AXS TV.
- October 31 – At WWE's Crown Jewel pay-per-view, the first women's match was contested in Saudi Arabia between Natalya and Lacey Evans.
- November 5 – WWE Backstage premiered on Fox Sports 1.
Accomplishments and tournaments
[edit]AAA
[edit]| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rey de Reyes | Aero Star | March 16 | Defeated Laredo Kid, El Hijo del Vikingo, Jack Evans, Sammy Guevara, Taurus, Golden Magic, Myzteziz Jr. and Eclipse Vengador Jr. in the Rey de Reyes final |
| Copa Triplemanía | Pagano | August 3 | Defeated Chessman, Eclipse Jr., La Parka, Puma King, Aero Star, Drago, Averno, Super Fly, Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Daga, Konnan, Vampiro, and Rey Escorpión to win. |
| Copa Antonio Peña | El Hijo del Vikingo | October 19 | Last eliminated Taurus to win. |
| Copa Triplemanía Regia | Niño Hamburguesa | December 1 | Defeated Mamba, Mr. Iguana, Abismo Negro Jr., Michael Nakazawa, Super Fly, Australian Suicide, Averno, Murder Clown, and La Hiedra to win. |
AEW
[edit]| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casino Battle Royale (Men) |
Adam Page | May 25 | Last eliminated MJF to earn an AEW World Championship match against the winner of Double or Nothing's main event (Chris Jericho) to determine the inaugural champion at All Out on August 31.[59] At All Out, Jericho defeated Page.[60] |
| Casino Battle Royale (Women) |
Nyla Rose | August 31 | Last eliminated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. to earn an AEW Women's World Championship match against Riho (who defeated Hikaru Shida at All Out to earn her respective spot) to determine the inaugural champion on Dynamite on October 2.[59][60] On Dynamite, Riho defeated Rose.[61] |
| AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament | SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) |
October 30 | Defeated the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) in the tournament final to determine the inaugural champions.[62] |
| Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale | Adam Page and MJF | November 20 | The cowinners of the 12-man battle royal face each other in a singles match for the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring. MJF defeated Page on the Thanksgiving Eve special episode of Dynamite on November 27 to win the inaugural AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring.[63][64] |
CMLL
[edit]| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes Del Aire | Titán | January 6 | |
| Universal Champion | El Terrible | February 15 | |
| Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles | Titán and Bárbaro Cavernario | April 26 | |
| Universal Women's Champion | Dalys la Caribeña | August 19 | |
| International Gran Prix | Volador Jr. | August 30 | |
| Torneo Gran Alternativa | Star Jr. and Valiente | October 19 |
Impact
[edit]| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mashup Tournament | Sami Callihan | August 2 | Defeated Tessa Blanchard in the tournament final to become the #1 contender to the Impact World Championship. He would be unsuccessful in capturing the title at Bound for Glory |
| Call Your Shot Gauntlet | Eddie Edwards | October 20 | Last eliminated Mahabali Shera to win the Call Your Shot trophy for a championship match of his choosing. Edwards would end up in a Best of 5 Series with Michael Elgin for the trophy, but ended 2-2 after the fifth match ended in a double pinfall. Edwards and Elgin were supposed to face Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard in a three-way match at Rebellion, but Blanchard could not make the show due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Edwards would subsequently win the title in a five-way elimination match at Slammiversary. |
MLW
[edit]| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Riot | LA Park | April 5 | Last eliminating Sami Callihan to earn an MLW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity. He was unsuccessful in capturing the title at Saturday Night SuperFight |
| Opera Cup | Davey Boy Smith Jr. | December 5 | Defeated Brian Pillman Jr. in the tournament final to win. |
NJPW
[edit]| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Japan Cup | Kazuchika Okada | March 24 | Defeated Sanada in the tournament final to win. |
| Best of the Super Juniors | Will Ospreay | June 5 | Defeated Shingo Takagi in the tournament final to win. |
| G1 Climax | Kota Ibushi | August 12 | Defeated Jay White in the tournament final to win. |
| Super J-Cup | El Phantasmo | August 25 | Defeated Dragon Lee in the tournament final to win. |
| Young Lion Cup | Karl Fredericks | September 22 | Defeated Shota Umino in the tournament final to win. |
| Super Junior Tag League | Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) | November 3 | Defeated Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) in the tournament final to win. |
| World Tag League | Juice Robinson and David Finlay | December 8 | Defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Evil) in the tournament final to win. |
NWA
[edit]| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett Cup | Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) | April 27 | The team also won the vacant NWA World Tag Team Championship |
WWE
[edit]| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NXT UK Tag Team Championship tournament | Zack Gibson and James Drake | January 12 | Defeated Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) in the tournament final to determine the inaugural champions. |
| WWE Worlds Collide Tournament | Velveteen Dream | January 27 (aired February 2) |
Winner received their choice of a championship match for either the NXT Championship, NXT North American Championship, WWE United Kingdom Championship, or WWE Cruiserweight Championship (the latter could only be chosen if the winner met the weight requirement); Dream defeated Tyler Bate in the finals and chose the NXT North American Championship, which he subsequently won from Johnny Gargano on the January 30 taping of NXT (aired February 20). |
| Royal Rumble (Women) |
Becky Lynch | January 27 | Winner received their choice of a championship match for either the Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 35; Lynch from SmackDown last eliminated Charlotte Flair to win and chose the Raw Women's Championship, which she subsequently won from Ronda Rousey (along with the SmackDown title, which Flair defended after she was inserted into the WrestleMania match and had won that title to make the WrestleMania match a winner takes all triple threat match). |
| Royal Rumble (Men) |
Seth Rollins | Winner received their choice of a championship match for either Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35; Rollins last eliminated Braun Strowman to win and chose his own brand's Universal Championship, which he subsequently won from Brock Lesnar. | |
| André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal | Braun Strowman | April 7 | Last eliminated Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost to win the André the Giant Memorial Trophy. |
| WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal | Carmella | Last eliminated Sarah Logan to win the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal Trophy. | |
| Money in the Bank ladder match (Women) |
Bayley | May 19 | Defeated Naomi, Dana Brooke, Natalya, Nikki Cross, Ember Moon, Mandy Rose, and Carmella to win a women's championship match contract. Later that night, Bayley cashed in the contract and won the SmackDown Women's Championship from Charlotte Flair, who had just defeated Becky Lynch to win the title. |
| Money in the Bank ladder match (Men) |
Brock Lesnar | Lesnar, who replaced Sami Zayn as an unannounced entrant after Zayn was attacked backstage and taken to a medical facility, defeated Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Ali, Finn Bálor, Andrade, and Randy Orton to win a world championship match contract. Lesnar cashed in the contract at Extreme Rules on July 14 and won the Universal Championship from Seth Rollins, who had just retained the title in a previous match. | |
| King of the Ring | Baron Corbin | September 16 | Defeated Chad Gable in the tournament final to win and be crowned King of the Ring; he subsequently changed his ring name to King Corbin. The tournament final was originally scheduled to occur at Clash of Champions on September 15, but was rescheduled for the following night's Raw. |
| WWE Tag Team World Cup | The O.C. (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) |
October 31 | This was a tag team turmoil match to determine the "best tag team in the world". The O.C. last eliminated The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) to win the WWE Tag Team World Cup Trophy. |
Title changes
[edit]AEW
[edit]| AEW World Championship | |||
| (Title created) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 31 | Chris Jericho | All Out | Defeated Adam Page to become the inaugural champion.[59][60] |
| AEW Women's World Championship | |||
| (Title created) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2 | Riho | Dynamite | Defeated Nyla Rose to become the inaugural champion. |
| AEW World Tag Team Championship | |||
| (Title created) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 30 | SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) |
Dynamite | Defeated the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.[65] |
CMLL
[edit]| CMLL World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Último Guerrero | |||
| No title changes |
| CMLL World Middleweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – El Cuatrero | |||
| No title changes |
| CMLL World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Diamante Azul and Valiente | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31 | Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia and Gran Guerrero) |
Juicio Final | |
| November 1 | Alianza de Plata y Oro (Carístico and Místico) |
Día de Muertos | Carístico's first four reigns were under the name Místico. The current Místico took over the name in 2012. |
| CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Esfinge and Tritón | |||
| No title changes |
| CMLL World Trios Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia, Gran Guerrero, and Último Guerrero) | |||
| No title changes |
| CMLL World Women's Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Marcela | |||
| No title changes |
| NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Stuka Jr. | |||
| No title changes |
| NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Carístico | |||
| No title changes |
| NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Volador Jr. | |||
| No title changes |
| Occidente Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Furia Roja | |||
| No title changes |
Impact Wrestling
[edit]| Impact World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Johnny Impact | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 28 | Brian Cage | Rebellion | Lance Storm was the special guest referee. |
| October 25 (aired October 29) |
Sami Callihan | Impact! | Steel cage match. |
| Impact X Division Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Vacant | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Rich Swann | Homecoming | Ultimate X match, also involving Ethan Page, Jake Crist, and Trey Miguel. |
| July 19 (aired July 26) |
Jake Crist | Impact! | |
| October 20 | Ace Austin | Bound for Glory | Intergender ladder match, also involving Acey Romero, Daga, and Tessa Blanchard. |
| Impact Knockouts Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Tessa Blanchard | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Taya Valkyrie | Homecoming | Gail Kim served as special guest referee. |
| Impact World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 13 (aired February 8) |
The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) |
Impact! | |
| April 28 | The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) |
Rebellion | |
| July 5 | The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) |
Bash at the Brewery | |
IWRG
[edit]Incoming champion – Máscara Año 2000, Jr.[66]
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 14 | El Hijo de Canis Lupus | IWRG 80. Torneo FILL | El Hijo de Canis Lupus defeated Máscara Año 2000 Jr. by count-out. Even so, it was considered a title change. |
Incoming champion – Vacant
| ||||
| No title changes |
Incoming champion – Imposible
| ||||
| No title changes |
Incoming champions – Capo del Norte and Capo del Sur
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Los Oficiales (Oficial AK-47 and Oficial 911) |
IWRG 23rd Anniversary Show | |
| February 24 | Vacated | N/A | Title was vacated due to Oficial 911 being unable to defend the championship. |
| March 24 | Aramís and Imposible | IWRG show | Won a six-team tag team tournament to win the vacant title. |
| November 25 | Vacated | N/A | Championship vacated for undisclosed reasons |
| December 1 | Bryce Benjamin and Marshe Rockett | PALL 1st Anniversary Show | Won a six-team tag team tournament for the vacant title. |
Incoming champions – Centella de Oro, Multifacético, and Prayer
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| No title changes |
Incoming champion – Cerebro Negro
| ||||
| No title changes |
Incoming champion – El Hijo de Canis Lupus
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 31 | El Hijo del Médico Asesino | IWRG show | |
IWRG Rey del Aire Championship
| ||||
Incoming champion – Dragón Bane
| ||||
| No title changes |
Incoming champion – Emperador Azteca
| ||||
| No title changes |
Incoming champions – Los Comandos Elite (Oficial Rayan, Oficial Spector and Oficial Liderk)[67]
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 3 | El Infierno Eterno (Demonio Infernal, Eterno, and Lunatic Xtreme) |
IWRG show | |
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
[edit]Incoming champion – Fénix
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 19 | Kenny Omega | Héroes Inmortales XIII | |
Incoming champion – Sammy Guevara
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 16 | Laredo Kid | AAA Conquista Total | |
Incoming champion – Mini Psycho Clown
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 16 | Dinastía | AAA Vive Latino show | |
Incoming champion – Drago
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 19 | Daga | Héroes Inmortales XIII | |
Incoming champion – Lady Shani
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 16 | Keyra | Verano de Escándalo | |
| August 3 | Vacated | Triplemanía XXVII | Title was vacated due to Keyra suffering an injury. |
| Tessa Blanchard | Seven-woman Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, also involving Lady Shani, Taya, Faby Apache, Chik Tormenta, La Hiedra, and Ayako Hamada. | ||
| September 15 | Taya Valkyrie | Lucha Invades NY | Taya Valkyrie was previously known as Taya. |
Incoming champions – El Texano Jr. and Rey Escorpión
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 16 | Lucha Brothers (Fenix and Pentagón Jr.) |
Rey de Reyes | |
| The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) |
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| June 16 | Lucha Brothers (Fenix and Pentagón Jr.) |
Verano de Escándalo | |
Incoming champions – Big Mami and Niño Hamburguesa
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 | Lady Maravilla and Villano III Jr. | Triplemanía XXVII | |
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 | Vacated | Triplemanía XXVII | The title was vacated due to Laredo Kid leaving the group to focus on his individual career. |
| Jinetes del Aire (El Hijo del Vikingo, Golden Magic, and Myzteziz Jr.) |
Three-way match for the vacant title, also involving El Nuevo Poder del Norte (Mocho Cota Jr., Carta Brava Jr., and Tito Santana) and Las Fresas Salvajes (Pimpinela Escarlata, Mamba, and Máximo). | ||
MLW
[edit]Incoming champion – Low Ki
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2 | Tom Lawlor | Superfight | |
| July 6 | Jacob Fatu | Kings of the Colosseum | |
Incoming champions – Lucha Brothers (Penta el 0M and Rey Fénix)
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2 | The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart, Davey Boy Smith Jr., and Brian Pillman Jr.) |
Superfight | Hart and Smith won the match, but Pillman also defended the title under the Freebird Rule. |
| July 5 (aired July 13) |
The Dynasty (MJF and Richard Holliday) |
Fusion | Ladder match. Hart and Pillman represented The Hart Foundation. |
| November 2 | The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich) |
Saturday Night SuperFight | Texas Tornado match. |
Incoming champion – Teddy Hart
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 9 | Myron Reed | Blood & Thunder | |
(Title created)
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 1 | Alexander Hammerstone | Fury Road | Defeated Brian Pillman Jr. in the finals of a four-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. |
NJPW
[edit]Incoming champion – Kenny Omega
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Wrestle Kingdom 13 | |
| February 11 | Jay White | The New Beginning in Osaka | |
| April 6 | Kazuchika Okada | G1 Supercard | |
Incoming champion – Chris Jericho
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Tetsuya Naito | Wrestle Kingdom 13 | No disqualification match. |
| April 6 | Kota Ibushi | G1 Supercard | |
| June 9 | Tetsuya Naito | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | |
| September 22 | Jay White | Destruction in Kobe | |
Incoming champion – Cody
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Juice Robinson | Wrestle Kingdom 13 | |
| June 5 | Jon Moxley | Best of the Super Juniors 26 Final | |
| October 14 | Vacated | King of Pro Wrestling | Jon Moxley was forced to relinquish the title as he was unable to attend the event due to Typhoon Hagibis. |
| Lance Archer | Defeated Juice Robinson to win the vacant championship. | ||
Incoming champions – Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Evil) |
Wrestle Kingdom 13 | Three-way match, also involving The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). |
| February 23 | Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) |
Honor Rising: Japan | |
Incoming champion – Kushida
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Taiji Ishimori | Wrestle Kingdom 13 | |
| April 6 | Dragon Lee | G1 Supercard | |
| June 9 | Will Ospreay | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | |
Incoming champions – Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Shingo Takagi) |
Wrestle Kingdom 13 | Three-way match, also involving Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh, accompanied by Rocky Romero). |
| March 6 | Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) |
Anniversary Show | |
| June 16 | Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) |
Kizuna Road | |
Incoming champion – Kota Ibushi
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Will Ospreay | Wrestle Kingdom 13 | |
| April 6 | Jeff Cobb | G1 Supercard | |
| May 3 | Taichi | Wrestling Dontaku | |
| June 9 | Tomohiro Ishii | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | |
| August 31 | Kenta | Royal Quest | |
Incoming champions – Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and Taiji Ishimori)
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 30 | Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, and Toru Yano) |
Road to The New Beginning | |
NWA
[edit]Incoming champion – Nick Aldis
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| No title changes |
Incoming champion – Jazz
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Vacated | N/A | Jazz vacated the title due to medical and personal reasons. |
| April 27 | Allysin Kay | Crockett Cup | Defeated Santana Garrett to win the vacant championship. |
Incoming champion – Willie Mack
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 27 | Colt Cabana | Crockett Cup | |
| June 29 | James Storm | Best in the World | |
| October 1 | Colt Cabana | NWA Power | |
| December 14 | Aron Stevens | Into the Fire | Triple threat match, also involving Ricky Starks. |
Incoming champions – Vacant
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 27 | Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) |
Crockett Cup | Defeated Royce Isaacs and Thomas Latimer in the finals of the Crockett Cup Tournament to win the vacant title. |
| September 7 | The Wild Cards (Thom Latimer and Royce Isaacs) |
Global Wars Espectacular | |
| October 1 | The Rock 'n Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) |
NWA Power | |
ROH
[edit]Incoming champion – Jay Lethal
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 6 | Matt Taven | G1 Supercard | ||
| September 27 | Rush | Death Before Dishonor XVII | ||
| December 13 | PCO | Final Battle | Friday The 13th Massacre Match | |
Incoming champion – Jeff Cobb
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9 | Shane Taylor | War of the Worlds | Four Corner Survival match, also featuring Hirooki Goto and Brody King |
| December 13 | Dragon Lee | Final Battle | |
Incoming champions – The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15 | Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) |
ROH 17th Anniversary Show | |
| April 6 | Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) |
G1 Supercard | |
| July 20 | The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) |
Manhattan Mayhem | NYC Street Fight |
| December 13 | Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham | Final Battle | |
Incoming champions – The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan, and Vinny Marseglia)
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 16 | Villain Enterprises (Brody King, Marty Scurll, and PCO) |
Ring of Honor Wrestling | |
Incoming champion – Kelly Klein
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 10 | Mayu Iwatani | Bound By Honor | |
| April 6 | Kelly Klein | G1 Supercard | |
| September 27 | Angelina Love | Death Before Dishonor XVII | |
| October 12 | Kelly Klein | Glory By Honor XVII | |
The Crash Lucha Libre
[edit]Incoming champion – Willie Mack
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| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2 | Austin Theory | The Crash | Four-way match, also involving Bárbaro Cavernario and Sansón. |
| May 4 | Rey Horus | The Crash | Four-way match, also involving Adam Brooks and Maxwell Jacob Friedman. |
| November 23 | Bandido | The Crash | Three-way match, also involving Marty Scurll. |
Incoming champion – Bandido
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 23 | Jonathan Gresham | The Crash | Four-way match, also involving Flamita and Shane Strickland. |
| November 1 | Oraculo | The Crash VIII Aniversario | Four-way match, also involving Black Danger and Dinámico. |
Incoming champion – Xperia
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24 | Tiago | The Crash | Three-way match, also involving Torito Negro. |
| October 10 | Vacated | N/A | The Crash announced a match for the vacant championship at The Crash VIII Aniversario. |
| November 1 | Terro Azteca | The Crash VIII Aniversario | Five-way match for the vacant title, also involving Toto, Próximo, Baby Xtreme, and Soldado del Invierno. |
Incoming champions – Vacant
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4 | Los Lucha Bros (Ray Fenix and Penta 0M) |
The Crash | For unexplained reasons, billed as champions again for the May 4 show, negating the previously announced vacancy. |
| May 24 | La Rebelión Amarilla (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf) |
The Crash | |
Incoming champion – Tessa Blanchard
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 9 | Vacated | The Crash | The title was vacated as Tessa Blanchard was unable to defend the championship. |
| Lady Flamer | Four-way match, also involving Christie Jaynes, Miranda Alize, and Reina Isis. | ||
WWE
[edit]Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live
[edit]Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship, while 205 Live just had one title for their cruiserweight wrestlers.
Incoming champion – Brock Lesnar
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 7 | Seth Rollins | WrestleMania 35 | |
| July 14 | Brock Lesnar | Extreme Rules | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. |
| August 11 | Seth Rollins | SummerSlam | |
| October 31 | "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt | Crown Jewel | Falls Count Anywhere match that could not be stopped for any reason. |
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand due to "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt's status as a SmackDown wrestler.
| |||
Incoming champion – Daniel Bryan
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 7 | Kofi Kingston | WrestleMania 35 | First African-born WWE Champion. |
| October 4 | Brock Lesnar | SmackDown's 20th Anniversary | Lesnar's first televised non-pay-per-view match in 15 years. |
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand after Brock Lesnar quit SmackDown on November 1 and transferred to Raw.
| |||
Incoming champion – Dean Ambrose
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 14 | Bobby Lashley | Raw | Triple threat match, also involving Seth Rollins. |
| February 17 | Finn Bálor | Elimination Chamber | Handicap match with Lio Rush as Lashley's partner. Bálor pinned Rush to win Lashley's title. |
| March 11 | Bobby Lashley | Raw | |
| April 7 | Finn Bálor | WrestleMania 35 | |
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following April's Superstar Shake-up when Finn Bálor was drafted to SmackDown.
| |||
| July 14 | Shinsuke Nakamura | Extreme Rules Kickoff |
|
Incoming champion – Rusev
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 27 | Shinsuke Nakamura | Royal Rumble | |
| January 29 | R-Truth | SmackDown | |
| March 5 | Samoa Joe | SmackDown | Fatal four-way match, also involving Andrade and Rey Mysterio. |
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following April's Superstar Shake-up when Samoa Joe was drafted to Raw.
| |||
| May 19 | Rey Mysterio | Money in the Bank | |
| June 3 | Samoa Joe | Raw | Rey Mysterio relinquished the title to Joe due to a shoulder injury. |
| June 23 | Ricochet | Stomping Grounds | |
| July 14 | AJ Styles | Extreme Rules | |
| November 25 | Rey Mysterio | Raw | |
| December 26 | Andrade | WWE Live | |
Incoming champion – Ronda Rousey
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 8 | Becky Lynch | WrestleMania 35 | Winner takes all triple threat match, also involving Charlotte Flair, who defended the SmackDown Women's Championship. First women's match to main event a WrestleMania. The event was on April 7, but the match went past midnight ET, thus the title change occurred on April 8. |
Incoming champion – Asuka
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 26 | Charlotte Flair | SmackDown | |
| April 8 | Becky Lynch | WrestleMania 35 | Winner takes all triple threat match, also involving Ronda Rousey, who defended the Raw Women's Championship. First women's match to main event a WrestleMania. The event was on April 7, but the match went past midnight ET, thus the title change occurred on April 8. |
| May 19 | Charlotte Flair | Money in the Bank | |
| Bayley | Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract. | ||
| October 6 | Charlotte Flair | Hell in a Cell | |
| October 11 | Bayley | SmackDown | |
Incoming champions – Bobby Roode and Chad Gable
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 11 | The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) |
Raw | |
| April 7 | Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder | WrestleMania 35 Kickoff |
|
| June 10 | The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) |
Raw | Triple threat match, also involving The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). |
| July 29 | Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson | Raw | Triple threat match, also involving The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). |
| August 19 | Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman | Raw | |
| September 15 | Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode | Clash of Champions | Robert Roode was formerly known as Bobby Roode. |
| October 14 | The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) |
Raw | |
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 27 | The Miz and Shane McMahon | Royal Rumble | |
| February 17 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
Elimination Chamber | |
| April 9 | The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) |
SmackDown | |
| April 30 | Vacated | SmackDown | Title was vacated due to Jeff Hardy suffering a legitimate knee injury that required surgery. |
| May 7 | Daniel Bryan and Rowan | SmackDown | Defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) to win the vacant title. |
| July 14 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
Extreme Rules | Triple threat match, also involving Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker) Big E and Woods won the match. At the time, Kingston was the reigning WWE Champion and his status as SmackDown Tag Team Champion was unclear, but after The New Day won their sixth title in April 2020, he was fully credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule. |
| September 15 | The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) |
Clash of Champions | Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. |
| November 8 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
SmackDown | Big E and Kingston won the match. At the time, Xavier Woods was inactive due to injury and his status as SmackDown Tag Team Champion was unclear, but after The New Day won their sixth title in April 2020, he was fully credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule. |
Incoming champion – Buddy Murphy
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 7 | Tony Nese | WrestleMania 35 Kickoff |
|
| June 23 | Drew Gulak | Stomping Grounds Kickoff |
Triple threat match, also involving Akira Tozawa, who Gulak pinned. |
In October, the title became shared with the NXT brand and was renamed NXT Cruiserweight Championship.
| |||
| October 9 | Lio Rush | NXT | |
| December 11 | Angel Garza | NXT | |
NXT
[edit]Incoming champion – Tommaso Ciampa
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 13 (aired March 20) |
Vacated | NXT | Title was vacated due to Tommaso Ciampa suffering a legitimate neck injury that required surgery. |
| April 5 | Johnny Gargano | TakeOver: New York | Defeated Adam Cole in a two out of three falls match to win the vacant title. |
| June 1 | Adam Cole | TakeOver: XXV | |
Incoming champion – Ricochet
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 26 | Johnny Gargano | TakeOver: Phoenix | |
| January 30 (aired February 20) |
Velveteen Dream | NXT | |
| September 18 | Roderick Strong | NXT | |
Incoming champion – Shayna Baszler
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 18 | Rhea Ripley | NXT | |
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 26 | War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) |
TakeOver: Phoenix | During their reign, War Raiders' (Hanson and Rowe) team and ring names were renamed to The Viking Experience (Ivar and Erik) when they were drafted to the Raw brand during April's Superstar Shake-up. The week after being drafted, their team name was again changed to The Viking Raiders. |
| May 1 (aired May 15) |
Vacated | NXT | The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar), who were drafted to Raw during April's Superstar Shake-up, voluntarily relinquished the title. |
| June 1 | The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) |
TakeOver: XXV | Fatal four-way ladder match for the vacant title, also involving Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch, The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish), and The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler). |
| August 15 (aired August 28) |
The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) |
NXT | |
NXT UK
[edit]Incoming champion – Pete Dunne
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 5 | Walter | TakeOver: New York | |
Incoming champion – Rhea Ripley
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 12 | Toni Storm | TakeOver: Blackpool | |
| August 31 | Kay Lee Ray | TakeOver: Cardiff | |
(Title created)
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 12 | Zack Gibson and James Drake | TakeOver: Blackpool | Defeated Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions. |
| August 31 | Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews | TakeOver: Cardiff | Triple threat match, also involving Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang). |
| October 4 (aired October 17) |
Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) |
NXT UK | |
Unbranded
[edit]These titles are not brand exclusive. The colors indicate the home brand of the champions (names without a color are former WWE wrestlers, Hall of Famers, or non-wrestlers).
(Title created)
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20 | Titus O'Neil | Raw | This was a scramble in which the first wrestler to secure the championship laying in the middle of the ring would become the inaugural champion. The scramble also involved EC3, No Way Jose, Cedric Alexander, Eric Young, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Drake Maverick. |
| Robert Roode | Pinned Titus O'Neil on the entrance ramp. | ||
| R-Truth | Pinned Robert Roode in the parking lot. | ||
| May 28 | Elias | SmackDown | Pinned R-Truth in the ring after Truth had interrupted Shane McMahon's "Appreciation Night" and was then ganged up on by Shane, Drew McIntyre, and Elias. The 24/7 rule was then temporarily suspended until after the tag team match later that same night, in which both Elias and Truth were involved. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Elias in the ring after Elias was speared by Roman Reigns and the 24/7 rule's temporary suspension was lifted. | ||
| June 2 | Jinder Mahal | N/A | Pinned R-Truth on an unidentified golf course during a golfing session. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Jinder Mahal on an unidentified golf course during a golfing session. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts. | ||
| June 4 | Elias | SmackDown | Lumberjack match where the 24/7 rule was suspended during the match. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Elias under the ring. | ||
| June 6 | Jinder Mahal | N/A | Pinned R-Truth at the Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany during a stopover en route to Saudi Arabia for Super ShowDown. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Jinder Mahal while he was sleeping on an airplane 39,000 feet above the Red Sea during a flight to Saudi Arabia for Super ShowDown. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts. | ||
| June 18 | Drake Maverick | SmackDown | Pinned R-Truth in the parking lot while disguised as Truth's friend Carmella while Truth was trying to leave the arena. |
| June 20 | R-Truth | Drake Maverick's wedding | Pinned Drake Maverick in the aisle while Maverick and his wife Renee Michelle were making their exit. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts on June 21. |
| June 24 | Heath Slater | Raw | Prior to the scheduled match between Slater and Mojo Rawley, R-Truth ran out from the crowd, being chased by several other wrestlers. A brawl broke out and Slater pinned the distracted Truth in the ring. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Heath Slater in the ring as Slater was trying to escape from the other wrestlers. | ||
| Cedric Alexander | Pinned R-Truth in the ring. | ||
| EC3 | Pinned Cedric Alexander at ringside as Alexander was trying to escape from the other wrestlers. | ||
| R-Truth | Pinned EC3 on the entrance ramp after EC3 was distracted by Carmella. | ||
| July 1 | Drake Maverick | Pinned R-Truth backstage after throwing his suitcase at Truth, who was trying to avoid a mob of wrestlers. | |
| July 15 | R-Truth | Pinned Drake Maverick on the hotel bed of Maverick's "honeymoon suite". Truth hid under a dining cart while a referee was disguised as a hotel worker to gain access to Maverick's room. | |
| July 22 | Drake Maverick | Raw Reunion | Pinned R-Truth backstage after Truth was distracted by Maverick's wife, Renee Michelle. |
| Pat Patterson | Pinned Drake Maverick backstage after kicking him on the floor after Maverick tripped and hurt himself trying to escape The Boogeyman. First WWE Hall of Famer and non-active wrestler to win the title, and subsequently the oldest champion in WWE history at 78 years old. | ||
| Gerald Brisco | Pinned Pat Patterson off-screen backstage. | ||
| Kelly Kelly | Pinned Gerald Brisco backstage after kneeing him in the groin. First woman to win the title. | ||
| Candice Michelle | Pinned Kelly Kelly after attacking her backstage. Melina was the special guest referee. | ||
| Alundra Blayze | Submitted Candice Michelle backstage with a sleeper hold. Melina was the special guest referee. | ||
| The Million Dollar Man | Bought the title from Alundra Blayze, who was about to throw the title in a trash can at the commentary table. | ||
| Drake Maverick | Pinned The Million Dollar Man in a limousine backstage after attacking him in the limo. | ||
| R-Truth | Pinned Drake Maverick backstage as Maverick was trying to leave the building in a limousine. | ||
| July 29 | Mike Kanellis | Raw | Pinned R-Truth in a dogpile after a Mosh Pit mixed tag team match featuring Truth and Carmella against Drake Maverick and his wife, Renee Michelle, during which the 24/7 rule was suspended. |
| Maria Kanellis | Maria forced her husband Mike Kanellis to lay down and be pinned by her in their locker room. | ||
| August 5 | Mike Kanellis | N/A | Pinned his wife Maria Kanellis with a hug while she was laying down on the examination table during her OB-GYN appointment where the referee was disguised as a nurse. Occurred during the afternoon and shown on that night's episode of Raw. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Mike Kanellis in the OB-GYN's waiting room while disguised as a pregnant woman. Occurred during the afternoon and shown on that night's episode of Raw. | ||
| August 12 | The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) |
Raw | During a scheduled tag team match in which The Revival were facing Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik, with Kalisto), R-Truth ran out from backstage, being chased by several wrestlers. The match was called off and The Revival performed a "Hart Attack" on Truth and simultaneously pinned him to become the first co-24/7 Champions. |
| R-Truth | After Kalisto performed a "Salida del Sol" on Scott Dawson, Carmella pulled Truth on top of Dawson to get the pin. | ||
| Elias | Pinned R-Truth backstage after hitting him with his guitar. | ||
| August 23 | R-Truth | Fox Sports Founders Day | Pinned Elias following the latter's musical performance and a distraction by Drake Maverick. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts on August 24. |
| Rob Stone | Fox College Football | Pinned R-Truth on the show's set. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts on August 24. First non-wrestler to win the title. | |
| Elias | Pinned Rob Stone on the show's set. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts on August 24. | ||
| August 27 | Drake Maverick | SmackDown | Pinned Elias after Elias was hit with a stunner by Kevin Owens and after Maverick stopped R-Truth from pinning Elias. |
| September 3 | Bo Dallas | Pinned Drake Maverick backstage following several attempts by other wrestlers. | |
| Drake Maverick | After being chased to the ring, Maverick pinned Bo Dallas after a skirmish with some other wrestlers in the ring. | ||
| R-Truth | Hidden among the King of the Ring props on the entrance stage, Truth snuck up behind Drake Maverick and pinned him on the entrance ramp. | ||
| September 9 | Enes Kanter | Raw | Occurred prior to the live taping of Raw, but shown on that night's episode. Attacked and pinned R-Truth during an in-ring segment. Second non-wrestler to win the title. |
| R-Truth | Occurred prior to the live taping of Raw, but shown on that night's episode. Pinned NBA player Enes Kanter in the ring. | ||
| September 16 | Mayor Glenn Jacobs | N/A | Pinned R-Truth under the goal post of Neyland Stadium during a tour of Knoxville where the referee was disguised as a police officer. Jacobs is better known by his ring name Kane; this was the first title won under his real name. Occurred during the afternoon and shown on that night's episode of Raw. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Mayor Glenn Jacobs in the valet parking area just after Jacobs arrived at the Thompson-Boling Arena for that night's episode of Raw. Occurred just prior to Raw going live on the air and shown later that night. | ||
| September 20 | EC3 | WWE Live | Pinned R-Truth in the ring. |
| R-Truth | Pinned EC3 in the ring. | ||
| September 21 | EC3 | Pinned R-Truth in the ring. | |
| R-Truth | Pinned EC3 in the ring. Chad Gable was the special guest referee. | ||
| September 22 | EC3 | Pinned R-Truth in the ring. | |
| R-Truth | Pinned EC3 in the ring. Chad Gable was the special guest referee. | ||
| September 23 | Carmella | Raw | Pinned R-Truth in the ring. |
| October 4 | Marshmello | SmackDown's 20th Anniversary | Tripped and fell on top of Carmella backstage. Third non-wrestler to win the title. |
| Carmella | Pinned disc jockey Marshmello in the parking lot. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts. | ||
| October 6 | Tamina | Hell in a Cell | Pinned Carmella backstage. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Tamina by the international commentary tables. Truth won the title as a member of the SmackDown brand, but was drafted to Raw during the Draft in October. | ||
| October 21 | Sunil Singh | Raw | Pinned R-Truth backstage. |
| October 31 | R-Truth | Crown Jewel Kickoff |
Pinned Sunil Singh on the entrance ramp after both Truth and Sunil were eliminated from a battle royal where the 24/7 rule was suspended. |
| Samir Singh | Crown Jewel | Pinned R-Truth backstage. | |
| November 18 | R-Truth | Raw | Pinned Samir Singh backstage in the medical examination room where Truth was disguised as a doctor. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts. |
| November 19 | Michael Giacco | N/A | Pinned R-Truth during a WWE Employee Town Hall Event at WWE Headquarters. Giacco is WWE's Senior Account Manager. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts. Fourth non-wrestler to win the title. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Michael Giacco during Giacco's contract signing at a Talent Relations meeting at WWE Headquarters. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts. | ||
| December 2 | Kyle Busch | Raw | Pinned R-Truth at ringside with Michael Waltrip as the special guest referee. Busch is a NASCAR driver. Fifth non-wrestler to win the title. |
| R-Truth | Pinned NASCAR driver Kyle Busch backstage. Shown on WWE's website and social media accounts. | ||
| December 22 | Akira Tozawa | N/A | Pinned R-Truth at the Rockefeller Center during a sightseeing trip of New York City. Shown on the December 23 episode of Raw. |
| Santa Claus | Pinned Akira Tozawa at Columbus Circle during a sightseeing trip of New York City. Shown on the December 23 episode of Raw. Santa Claus was played by independent wrestler Bear Bronson.[68] | ||
| R-Truth | Pinned Santa Claus at the Lincoln Center during a sightseeing trip of New York City. Shown on the December 23 episode of Raw. | ||
| December 26 | Sunil Singh | WWE Live | Pinned R-Truth in the ring. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Sunil Singh in the ring. | ||
| December 27 | Samir Singh | Handicap match, also involving Sunil Singh. | |
| Mike Rome | Pinned Samir Singh in the ring. Rome is the ring announcer for Raw. Sixth non-wrestler to win the title. | ||
| Sunil Singh | Pinned Mike Rome in the ring. | ||
| R-Truth | Pinned Sunil Singh in the ring. | ||
| December 28 | Samir Singh | Handicap match, also involving Sunil Singh. | |
| R-Truth | Pinned Samir Singh in the ring. | ||
| December 29 | Samir Singh | Handicap match, also involving Sunil Singh. | |
| Sunil Singh | Pinned Samir Singh in the ring. | ||
| R-Truth | Pinned Sunil Singh in the ring. | ||
| December 31 | Mojo Rawley | Fox's New Year's Eve with Steve Harvey | Pinned R-Truth during the broadcast in Times Square. Co-host Maria Menounos was the special guest referee. |
| R-Truth | Shortly after Mojo Rawley won the championship, Elias smashed a guitar against him, allowing Truth to win back the title. Co-host Maria Menounos was the special guest referee. | ||
(Title created)
| |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 17 | The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) |
Elimination Chamber | Tag team Elimination Chamber match to determine the inaugural champions, also involving Nia Jax & Tamina and The Riott Squad's Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan from Raw and Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville, The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce), and Naomi & Carmella from SmackDown. The Boss 'n' Hug Connection lastly eliminated Rose & Deville, by way of Banks submitting Rose, to win the championship. |
| April 7 | The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) |
WrestleMania 35 | Fatal four-way tag team match, also involving Nia Jax & Tamina and Beth Phoenix & Natalya, both of which were from Raw. Kay pinned Bayley to win the championship. |
| August 5 | Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross | Raw | Fatal four-way tag team elimination match, also involving Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville and The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane), both of which were from SmackDown. Bliss & Cross lastly eliminated The Kabuki Warriors, by way of Bliss pinning Sane, to win the championship. |
| October 6 | The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) |
Hell in a Cell | The Kabuki Warriors won the title as members of the SmackDown brand, but were drafted to Raw during the Draft in October. |
Awards and honors
[edit]AAA
[edit]AAA Hall of Fame
[edit]| Year | Ring name (Birth name) |
AAA recognized accolades | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 
|
Silver King (César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón) |
Posthumous Inductee: one-time AAA World Tag Team Champion |
WWE
[edit]WWE Hall of Fame
[edit]| Category | Inductee |
|---|---|
| Individual | The Honky Tonk Man |
| Torrie Wilson | |
| Group | D-Generation X (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn and X-Pac)[69] |
| Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)[70] | |
| The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)[71] | |
| Warrior Award | Sue Aitchison[72] |
Debuts
[edit]
- January 2
- January 4 – Unagi Sayaka
- February 28 – Heidi Howitzer
- March 10 – Haruka Umesaki
- April 10 – Strong Machine J
- April 16 – Jacky Kamei
- April 21 – Akari
- April 30 – Momo Kohgo
- May 3 – Mirai
- May 4 – Jack Cartwheel
- May 7 – Maika
- May 12 – Madeline
- July 7 – Crea
- July 8
- August 3 – Cain Velasquez[73]
- August 10 – Saya Kamitani
- August 12 – Suzume
- August 14 – Nao Ishikawa
- August 17 – Yuki Mashiro
- August 31 – Teal Piper[74]
- September 24 – Hayato Tamura
- September 28
- October 6 – Nanami
- October 18 – Keigo Nakamura
- November 2 – Action Andretti[75]
- November 6 – Yoshiko Hasegawa
- November 7 – Odyssey Jones[76]
- December 22 – SB Kento
Retirements
[edit]
- January 30 - Abyss (wrestler) (1995-2019)
- February 21 – Takashi Iizuka[77] (1986–2019)
- March 9 – Mil Máscaras (1963–2019)
- March 11 – Brie Bella[78] (September 15, 2007–2019)
- March 19 – Matt Morgan (2002–March 19, 2019)
- March 24 – Nikki Bella[79] (September 15, 2007–2019)
- April 6 – George Julio (1965–2019)
- April 7
- Kurt Angle[80] (1998–2019)
- Batista[81][40] (1999–2019)
- April 19 - Rock Riddle (1972-2019)
- April 21 – Command Bolshoi[82] (1991–2019)
- April 26 – Kris Wolf[83] (2014–2019)
- April 28 – Sawako Shimono (2010–2019)
- May 11
- Bob Armstrong (1961–2019)
- Wendell Cooley (1981–2019)
- May 31 – Metálico[84]
- June 26 – Riki Choshu (1974–June 26, 2019)
- June 30 – Charlie Morgan[85] (2011–2019)
- July – X-Pac[86] (1989–July 2019, came out of retirement in 2022)
- July 5 – Claude Roca (circa 1960s–July 5, 2019)
- July 22 – Barbi Hayden (2010–2019)
- August 3 – Dwayne Johnson (1996–2004, 2012-2019)
- August 10 – Koko B. Ware (1978–2019)
- August 17 – Sergio El Hermoso (1960s–2019)
- August 18 – Tinieblas (August 20, 1971–2019)
- September 15 – Jaque Mate (wrestler) (September 15, 1971–2019)
- September 19 – Kim Duk (1968–2019, returned in 2022)
- September 21 – Lisa Marie Varon[87] (2000–2019)
- December 14 – Bill Dundee (1962–2019)
Deaths
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- January 2 – "Mean" Gene Okerlund (b. 1942)[88]
- January 5 – Alexis Smirnoff (b. 1947)[89]
- January 22 – Belladonna (b.1979)
- February 1 – Les Thornton (b. 1934)[90]
- February 10 – Kōji Kitao (b. 1963)[91]
- February 9 – Salvatore Bellomo (b. 1951)
- February 12 – Pedro Morales (b. 1942),[92]
- March 4 – King Kong Bundy (b. 1957),[93]
- March 7 – The Destroyer (b. 1930),[94][95]
- March 18 – Roger Kirby (b. 1939),[96]
- April 8 – Héctor del Mar (b. 1942),[97]
- April 22 – John Quinn, (b. 1940),[98]
- May 11 – Silver King, (b. 1968),[99]
- May 16 – Ashley Massaro, (b. 1979),[100]
- June 3 – Atsushi Aoki, (b. 1977),[101]
- June 8 – Willie Williams (b. 1951)
- June 19 – Lionheart, (b. 1982),[102]
- July 2 – Jacques Rougeau Sr., (b. 1930),[103]
- July 3 – Perro Aguayo, (b. 1946)
- July 6 – Paco Alonso, (b. 1952)
- August 1 – Harley Race, (b. 1943)
- August 14 – Gerry Hoggarth, (b. 1922)
- August 15
- Wrestling Pro, (b. 1938)
- Eddie Marlin, (b. 1930)
- August 22 – Norman Frederick Charles III (b. 1941)
- August 26 – Dr. Karonte, (b. 1957)
- September 20 – Rick Bognar, (b. 1970)
- October 6 – Giant Gustav (b. 1961)
- December 14 – Moondog Rex, (b. 1950)
- December 23 – Mr. Niebla, (b. 1973)
- December 28 – Izzy Slapawitz, (b. 1948)
See also
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- List of MLW events
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