2006 in professional wrestling explained

2006 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 2006.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	CMLL
	GCW
Hustle	–
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.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla	PWG
Ring of Honor	ROH
Sal Corrente	–
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	TNA
World Wrestling Council	WWC
World Wrestling Entertainment	WWE	WWE divided its roster into two storyline divisions, Raw and SmackDown!, referred to as brands, where wrestlers exclusively performed on their respective weekly television programs. A third brand, ECW, was launched in June, a relaunch of the former Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion, which WWE had acquired in 2003.

Calendar of notable shows

January

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
4		Toukon Shidou Chapter 1		Brock Lesnar defeated Shinsuke Nakamura in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
8	WWE	New Year's Revolution		Edge (with Lita) defeated John Cena (c) for the WWE Championship when he cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase
15	TNA	Final Resolution		Christian Cage and Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett and Monty Brown (with Gail Kim) in a Tag team match	This event was Sting's debut in TNA
29	WWE	Royal Rumble		Kurt Angle (c) defeated Mark Henry (with Daivari) in a Singles match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship	Rey Mysterio won the Royal Rumble match and chose to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 22
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
12	TNA	Against All Odds
19	WWE	No Way Out	Baltimore, Maryland		Rey Mysterio lost his WrestleMania 22 World Heavyweight Championship opportunity to Randy Orton, but still ended up being in the championship match at WrestleMania
25	ROH	Fourth Anniversary Show		Generation Next (Austin Aries & Roderick Strong) (c) defeated A.J. Styles & Matt Sydal to retain ROH Tag Team Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
4	WWE	WWE SmackDown Road to WrestleMania 22 Tour	Wellington, New Zealand	Kurt Angle (c) defeated Mark Henry (with Daivari) and The Undertaker by disqualification in a Triple Threat match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
5	Sal Corrente	World Wrestling Legends	Orlando, Florida	Scott Steiner defeated Buff Bagwell in a Singles match
10	AAA	Rey de Reyes	Ciudad Madero, Mexico	Elimination match for the 2006 Rey de Reyes trophy
12	TNA	Destination X
25	ROH	Best in the World	New York, New York	KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Samoa Joe and Bryan Danielson
31	ROH	Supercard of Honor		Bryan Danielson (c) defeated Roderick Strong to retain the ROH World Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
2	WWE	WrestleMania 22	Rosemont, Illinois	John Cena (c) defeated Triple H by submission in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship	This was CM Punk's first appearance in WWE – who wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling at the time
23	TNA	Lockdown		Sting's Warriors (Sting, A.J. Styles, Ron Killings and Rhino) defeated Jeff Jarrett's Army (Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, Chris Harris and James Storm) (with Gail Kim and Jackie Gayda)	This event was Christy Hemme's debut in TNA
28	CMLL	50. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Rey Bucanero and Tarzan Boy) defeated Los Perros del Mal (Damián 666 and Mr. Águila) in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match
30	WWE	Backlash	Lexington, Kentucky	John Cena (c) defeated Triple H, and Edge (with Lita) in Triple threat match to retain the WWE Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
12	CMLL	International Gran Prix	Mexico City, Mexico	Black Warrior defeated Místico (c) in a Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship
14	TNA	Sacrifice		Christian Cage (c) defeated Abyss (with James Mitchell) in the Full Metal Mayhem match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
21	WWE	Judgment Day	Phoenix, Arizona	Rey Mysterio (c) defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield in a Singles match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
7	WWE	WWE vs. ECW Head-to-Head	Dayton, Ohio	John Cena (WWE) defeated Sabu (ECW) by disqualification in a Singles match
11	WWE	One Night Stand	New York City	Rob Van Dam cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated John Cena (c) in an Extreme Rules match to win the WWE Championship	First WWE PPV for the ECW brand, a relaunch of the former Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion.
18	AAA	Triplemanía XIV	Naucalpan, Mexico	La Parka defeated Muerta Cibernética in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta, "Mask vs. Mask" match. As a result, Muerte Cibernetica was unmasked and revealed to be Ricky Banderas
18	TNA	Slammiversary		Jeff Jarrett defeated Christian Cage (c), Abyss (with James Mitchell), Ron Killings and Sting in the King of the Mountain match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
25	WWE	Vengeance	Charlotte, North Carolina	D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated The Spirit Squad (Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey) in a Handicap match	Last WWE PPV appearance for Kurt Angle as an in-ring performer until 2017
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
15	ROH	Death Before Dishonor IV		ROH (Samoa Joe, Adam Pearce, B. J. Whitmer, Ace Steel and Homicide) defeated CZW (Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Necro Butcher, Nate Webb and Eddie Kingston) in a Cage of Death
9-11	Hustle	Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament	Kanagawa and Tokyo, Japan	Various matches
16	TNA	Victory Road		Sting defeated Scott Steiner, Samoa Joe and Christian Cage in the Road to Victory match
23	WWE	The Great American Bash	Indianapolis, Indiana	King Booker (with Queen Sharmell) defeated Rey Mysterio (c) in a Singles match to win the World Heavyweight Championship	First event to feature a Punjabi Prison match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
12	WWC	33rd WWC Aniversario	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Carlito defeated X-Pac in a Singles match
6-13	NJPW	G1 Climax	Tokyo	Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Satoshi Kojima in a G1 Climax tournament
13	TNA	Hard Justice		Jeff Jarrett (c) (with Scott Steiner) defeated Sting (with Christian Cage) in a Singles match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
16	N/A	NZPWI Invitational	Lynfield, New Zealand	Alfred Valentine defeated Sweet Ass (with Gary O. Davis) in a Singles match
20	WWE	SummerSlam	Boston, Massachusetts	Edge (c) (with Lita) defeated John Cena in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship	This PPV is notable for being the last WWE event to feature a match for Hulk Hogan who wrestled Randy Orton
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1-3	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles	Reseda, California	Davey Richards defeated Cima and Super Dragon in a via pinfall in 13:42 to win the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
15	ROH	Glory By Honor V	East Windsor, Connecticut	KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe)
16	ROH		New York City, New York	Bryan Danielson (c) defeated KENTA to retain the ROH World Championship
17	AAA	Verano de Escándalo	Naucalpan, Mexico	Gronda, Octagón, and La Parka defeated La Legión Extranjera (Abyss, Jeff Jarrett, and Konnan) by disqualification in a Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
17	WWE	Unforgiven	Toronto, Ontario	John Cena defeated Edge (c) (with Lita) in the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the WWE Championship Had Cena lost, Cena would leave Raw for SmackDown!	This event featured Trish Stratus's retirement match. She won the match after forcing Lita to submit to the sharpshooter, thus becoming a record setting seven time WWE Women's Champion. She would periodically return later and had a second retirement match in 2019.
23	GCW	Third Annual Fred Ward Memorial Show	Columbus, Georgia	Chris Stevens (c) defeated Elix Skipper and Johnny Swinger in a No-DQ Three-Way Dance match for the GCW Heavyweight Championship
24	TNA	No Surrender		Samoa Joe defeated Jeff Jarrett in a "Fan's Revenge" Lumberjack match	At the end of the event, it was announced that Kurt Angle had been signed with TNA
29	CMLL	CMLL 73rd Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Místico defeated Black Warrior in a Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

October

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
8	WWE		Raleigh, North Carolina	King Booker (c) (with Queen Sharmell) defeated Bobby Lashley, Batista and Finlay in Fatal 4-way match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
20	N/A	Pitbull/Public Enemy Memorial Cup	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	All Money Is Legal (K-Murda and K-Pusha) defeated The Rottweilers (Homicide and Ricky Reyes)
22	TNA	Bound for Glory	Plymouth Township, Michigan	Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett (c) in Title vs. Career match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Kurt Angle as the special outside enforcer	This event was Kurt Angle's first appearance in TNA PPV
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

November

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
5	WWE	Cyber Sunday		King Booker (c) (with Queen Sharmell) (SmackDown) defeated John Cena (Raw) and Big Show (ECW) in a Triple threat match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
19	TNA	Genesis		Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe in a Singles match
26	WWE	Survivor Series	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Batista defeated King Booker (c) (with Queen Sharmell) in Last Chance match to win the World Heavyweight Championship	This featured Lita's retirement match, where she lost the WWE Women's Championship to Mickie James. Lita would return for a couple of matches in 2018.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

December

width=5%	Date	width=5%	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	WWE	December to Dismember	Augusta, Georgia	Bobby Lashley defeated Big Show (c) (with Paul Heyman), Rob Van Dam, Hardcore Holly, CM Punk, and Test in an Extreme Elimination Chamber match to win the ECW World Championship	This PPV event was universally panned and is often considered to be the worst wrestling PPV event of all time Last WWE PPV appearance for Paul Heyman until 2012 This event received the lowest buyrate in WWE history until the introduction of the WWE Network in 2014. Final ECW-exclusive PPV before all WWE PPVs became tri-branded.
8	AAA	Guerra de Titanes	Madero, Mexico	Cibernético defeated Muerte Cibernetica in a Singles match
10	TNA	Turning Point		Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle in a Singles match
15	CMLL	Sin Piedad		Shocker and Universo 2000 defeated Kenzo Suzuki and Marco Corleone
17	WWE	Armageddon	Richmond, Virginia	Batista and John Cena (Raw) defeated King Booker and Finlay (with Queen Sharmell) in a Tag team match
23	ROH	Final Battle		Homicide defeated Bryan Danielson (c) to win the ROH World Championship
25	WWE	Tribute to the Troops	Baghdad, Iraq	Carlito defeated Randy Orton in a Singles match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Accomplishments and tournaments

TNA

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament	Team TNA	May 18
Fight for the Right Tournament	Abyss	November 9

TNA Year End Awards

See main article: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Year End Awards.

Poll	Winner(s)
Tag Team of the Year	A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels
Knockout of the Year	Christy Hemme
Finisher of the Year	The Canadian Destroyer
Who To Watch in 2007	Kurt Angle
Memorable Moment of the Year	Kurt Angle's debut at No Surrender
Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Eric Young
X Division Star of the Year	Samoa Joe
Feud of the Year	Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle
Match of the Year	Ultimate X Match A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels vs. The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) at No Surrender
Mr. TNA	Samoa Joe

WWE

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Royal Rumble	Rey Mysterio	January 29	Winner received their choice of a championship match for either Raw's WWE Championship or SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 22. Mysterio last eliminated Randy Orton to win and chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship, but lost his title opportunity to Randy Orton at No Way Out, but still ended up being in the World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania, which became a triple threat match between Mysterio, Orton, and champion Kurt Angle that Mysterio won.
Road to WrestleMania Tournament	Triple H	February 20	Defeated Big Show and Rob Van Dam in the tournament final to determine the number one contender against John Cena for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 22; Triple H was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Money in the Bank ladder match	Rob Van Dam	April 2	Defeated Bobby Lashley, Finlay, Matt Hardy, Ric Flair, and Shelton Benjamin to win a world championship match contract. Van Dam, who had been drafted to the new ECW brand, used the contract to cash in on Raw's WWE Championship at ECW One Night Stand, where he defeated John Cena to win the title and was also awarded the reinstated ECW World Heavyweight Championship. The WWE Championship transferred to ECW but was transferred back to Raw the following month when Edge defeated Van Dam for the title at Vengeance.
King of the Ring	Booker T	May 21	Defeated Bobby Lashley in the tournament final to win and be crowned King of the Ring; Booker T subsequently changed his ring name to King Booker.
WWE Women's Championship Tournament	Lita	November 6	Defeated Mickie James in the tournament final to win the vacant WWE Women's Championship; previous champion Trish Stratus had retired, thus vacating the title.

WWE Hall of Fame

See main article: WWE Hall of Fame.

Category	Inductee	Inducted by
Individual
		,, and
Group	The Blackjacks
Celebrity		John Cena

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

See main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards.

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	John Cena
PWI Tag Team of the Year	A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels
PWI Match of the Year	Shawn Michaels vs. Vince McMahon (WrestleMania 22)
PWI Feud of the Year	John Cena vs. Edge
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Samoa Joe
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Edge
PWI Comeback of the Year	Sting
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Bobby Lashley
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Matt Cappotelli
PWI Rookie of the Year	The Boogeyman
PWI Woman of the Year	Trish Stratus
PWI Lifetime Achievement	Harley Race

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

See main article: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

Inductee
Paul Bowser
Eddie Guerrero
Hiroshi Hase
Masakatsu Funaki
Aja Kong

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

See main article: List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Místico
Most Outstanding	Bryan Danielson
Best Box Office Draw	Kenta Kobashi
Tag Team of the Year	The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez)
Most Improved	Takeshi Morishima
Best on Interviews	Mick Foley

Title changes

NJPW

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
July 15	Vacated	N/A
July 17	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Circuit 2006 Turbulence

Incoming champions – Cho-Ten
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July 2	Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe	Circuit 2006 Turbulence
September 20	Vacated
September 28	Wild Child	Circuit 2006 Final: Next Progress

Incoming champion – Black Tiger
width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
February 19	Tiger Mask IV	Acceleration
May 3	Koji Kanemoto	New Japan Cup 2006 Special
December 24	Minoru	Battle Xmas! Catch the Victory

Incoming champions – Hirooki Goto and Minoru
width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
February 19	El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi	Circuit 2006 Acceleration
July 8	Gedo and Jado	Circuit 2006 Turbulence

TNA

TNA X Division Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 12	Christopher Daniels	Destination X
April 10	Samoa Joe	Impact!
June 19	Senshi	Impact!
October 22	Chris Sabin	Bound for Glory
October 24	A.J. Styles	Impact!
November 6	Christopher Daniels	Impact!

WWE

– Raw

– SmackDown!

- ECW

Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, and a tag team championship for male wrestlers. ECW only had a world championship. SmackDown also had a title for their cruiserweight wrestlers. There was only one women's championship and it was exclusive to Raw.

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January 8	Edge	New Year's Revolution
January 29	John Cena	Royal Rumble
June 11	Rob Van Dam	ECW One Night Stand	Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract from WrestleMania 22. This was an Extreme Rules match. Van Dam was then awarded the reinstated ECW World Heavyweight Championship for the new ECW brand
July 3	Edge	Monday Night Raw	Triple threat match, also involving John Cena
September 17	John Cena	Unforgiven	Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match

width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
January 10	Vacated	SmackDown!	Batista vacated the title after he was sidelined with a legit triceps injury.
	Kurt Angle		20-man battle royal for the vacant title.
April 2	Rey Mysterio	WrestleMania 22	Triple threat match, also involving Randy Orton. The championship was referred to as the "World Championship", due to Mysterio not being a heavyweight
July 23	King Booker	The Great American Bash
November 26	Batista	Survivor Series	Last Chance match

width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
June 13	Rob Van Dam	ECW	The title was revived by WWE for the new ECW brand. Van Dam was awarded the title by Paul Heyman for winning the WWE Championship at ECW One Night Stand.
July 4	Big Show	ECW	Extreme Rules match
December 3	Bobby Lashley	December to Dismember	Extreme Elimination Chamber match, also involving Rob Van Dam, Hardcore Holly, Test, and CM Punk

width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
February 20	Shelton Benjamin	Monday Night Raw
April 30	Rob Van Dam	Backlash	Title for contract match, where Van Dam also defended his Money in the Bank contract
May 15	Shelton Benjamin	Monday Night Raw	3-on-2 handicap Texas tornado match, featuring Benjamin, Chris Masters, and Triple H against WWE Champion John Cena and Rob Van Dam, in which anyone who beat Cena or Van Dam would win their respective title; Benjamin pinned Van Dam
June 25	Johnny Nitro	Vengeance	Triple threat match, also involving Carlito
October 2	Jeff Hardy	Monday Night Raw
November 6	Johnny Nitro	Monday Night Raw	No disqualification match
November 13	Jeff Hardy	Monday Night Raw

width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
January 10	Booker T	SmackDown!	Best of Seven series against Chris Benoit. After winning the first three matches, Randy Orton substituted for Booker T due to injury, losing the next three matches, but winning the final for the vacant title.
February 19	Chris Benoit	No Way Out
April 2	John "Bradshaw" Layfield	WrestleMania 22
May 23	Bobby Lashley	SmackDown!
July 11	Finlay	SmackDown!
August 29	Mr. Kennedy	SmackDown!	Triple threat match, also involving Bobby Lashley.
October 10	Chris Benoit	SmackDown!

width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
April 2	Mickie James	WrestleMania 22
August 14	Lita	Monday Night Raw
September 17	Trish Stratus	Unforgiven	Trish Stratus' retirement match
September 18	Vacated	Monday Night Raw	Vacated due to Trish Stratus' retirement
November 5	Lita	Cyber Sunday	Lumberjill match. Lita defeated Mickie James in a tournament final
November 26	Mickie James	Survivor Series	Lita's retirement match

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April 3	The Spirit Squad	Monday Night Raw	Kenny and Mikey won the match, but all five members were recognized as champions under the Freebird Rule.
November 5	Ric Flair and Roddy Piper	Cyber Sunday	Piper was voted into this match via web poll. Kenny and Mikey represented The Spirit Squad.
November 13	Rated-RKO	Monday Night Raw

width=14%	Date	width=14%	Winner	width=14%	Event/Show	width=58%	Note(s)
May 21	Paul London and Brian Kendrick	Judgment Day

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January 29	Gregory Helms	Royal Rumble	Six-way match, also involving Funaki, Jamie Noble, Nunzio, and Paul London. Helms transferred from Raw to SmackDown! after winning the title

Debuts

• January 3 - Arisa Nakajima
• January 6 – Mike Bailey
• February 24 – Kofi Kingston
• March 4 – Tomomitsu Matsunaga
• April 7 – Vladimir Kozlov
• May 26 – Hiro Tonai
• May 27 – Tetsuya Naito
• May 29 - Riho
• June 4 - SEINA
• June 13 – Kelly Kelly
• June 16 - Cody Rhodes
• June 18 – Yusuke Kubo
• July 1 – Victoria Crawford
• July 9 - Hiren and Tyrannosaurus Okuda
• July 16 – Hanako Nakamori
  • July 17 – Kaji Tomato August 8 – Gota Ihashi
• August 16 – Layla El
• August 24 – Maryse
• November
  • Rosa Mendes
  • Brooke/Miss Tessmacher
• December 24 - Asuka Oki

Retirements

• Ivory (1986–2006)
• Lex Luger (1985-2006)
• Mo (1991–2006) (first retirement, returned in 2014)
• Marc Mero (1990-2006)
• Mikey Batts (June 20, 2003 - June 14, 2006)
• Sean O'Haire (June 26, 2000 – June 28, 2006)
• Stacy Keibler (1999 – July 2006)
• Jackie Fargo (1950-September 16, 2006)
• Luther Reigns (1997 -September 16, 2006)
• Trish Stratus (March 19, 2000 – September 17, 2006) (brief return in 2011, 2018, Evolution and 2019)
• Lita (1999 – November 26, 2006) (occasional wrestler)

Births

• December 28:
  • Hina
  • Rina

Deaths

• January 15 - Ricky Romero, 74
• January 16 – El Texano, 47
• January 28 – Black Cat, 51
• January 28 – Emory Hale, 36
• February 11 - Jackie Pallo, 80
• February 16 - Johnny Grunge, 39
• March 14 - Marie Lograsso, 42/43
• April 2 - Víctor Quiñones, 46
• April 27 - Kay Noble, 65
• May 2 - Sam Steamboat, 71
• May 26 - Grigory Verichev, 49
• May 27 – Apache Bull Ramos, 68
• June 7 – Earthquake, 42
• June 23 - Luke Graham, 66
• June 25 - Harry Elliott, 101
• July 16 – Bob Orton, 76
• September 15 - Ricky Gibson, 53
• October 5 – Antonio Peña, 55
• October 15 - Joey Maggs, 39
• October 26 - Kintarō Ōki, 77
• October 28 - Trevor Berbick, 52
• October 31 - Huracán Ramírez, 80
• November 3 - Sputnik Monroe, 77
• November 13 - Tiger Conway Sr., 74
• December 16 – Don Jardine, 66

See also

• List of TNA pay-per-view events
• List of WWE pay-per-view events