2013 in professional wrestling explained

2013 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 2013.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
	CMLL
	JCW
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
Pro Wrestling Noah	NOAH
Ring of Honor	ROH
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	TNA
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.

Calendar of notable shows

January

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4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 7	Tokyo	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Kazuchika Okada in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
6	WWC	Euphoria	Bayamon, Puerto Rico	Ricky Banderas vs. Apolo
12	TNA	One Night Only: X-Travaganza	Orlando	Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries	Aired on PPV on May 3.
12	TNA	One Night Only: Joker's Wild	Orlando	Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries	Aired on PPV on May 3.
13	TNA	Genesis		Jeff Hardy (c) defeated Bobby Roode and Austin Aries in a Triple threat elimination match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
27	WWE	Royal Rumble	Phoenix	The Rock defeated CM Punk (c) (with Paul Heyman) to win the WWE Championship	This defeat ended CM Punk's 434 day run as WWE Champion John Cena won the Royal Rumble match and chose to challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 29.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

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10	NJPW	The New Beginning	Hiroshima	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Karl Anderson in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
17	WWE	Elimination Chamber	New Orleans	The Rock (c) defeated CM Punk (with Paul Heyman) to retain the WWE Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

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2	ROH	ROH 11th Anniversary Show	Chicago Ridge	Kevin Steen (c) defeated Jay Lethal in a Singles match to retain the ROH World Championship
10	TNA	Lockdown	San Antonio	Bully Ray defeated Jeff Hardy (c) in a Steel Cage match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
17	AAA	Rey de Reyes	Monterrey, Mexico	Three-way elimination Rey de Reyes tournament final match
17	TNA	One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown	Orlando	Knockouts Gauntlet match
17	TNA	One Night Only: 10 Reunion	Orlando	Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle
17	TNA	One Night Only: Hardcore Justice	Orlando	Jeff Hardy and Brother Runt vs. Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon)
18	TNA	One Night Only: World Cup	Orlando	Five-on-Five Elimination Tag Team match
18	TNA	One Night Only: Tag Team Tournament	Orlando	Austin Aries and Bobby Roode vs. Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon)
19	TNA	One Night Only: Tournament of Champions	Orlando	Bobby Roode vs. Samoa Joe
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

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5	ROH	Supercard of Honor VII	New York City	Jay Briscoe defeated Kevin Steen (c) in a Singles match to win the ROH World Championship
7	CMLL	Arena Coliseo 70th Anniversary Show	Mexico City	Dragón Rojo, Jr. (c) defeated La Sombra in a Best two-out-of-three falls match for the CMLL World Middleweight Championship
7	NJPW	Invasion Attack	Tokyo	Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
7	WWE	WrestleMania 29
26	CMLL	57. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Último Guerrero, Volador Jr., and El Terrible defeated Máscara Dorada, Rush, and La Sombra by disqualification — two falls to one in a Best two-out-of-three falls six-man Lucha Libre rules tag team match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

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3	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
4	ROH	Border Wars	Toronto	Jay Briscoe (c) defeated Adam Cole in a Singles match to retain the ROH World Championship
11	NOAH	Final Burning in Budokan	Tokyo	Jun Akiyama, Keiji Mutoh, Kensuke Sasaki and Kenta Kobashi defeated Go Shiozaki, Kenta, Maybach Taniguchi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
19	WWE	Extreme Rules		Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated Triple H in a Steel Cage match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

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2	CMLL	Sin Salida	Mexico City, Mexico	Steel cage elimination match Lucha de Apuestas
2	TNA	Slammiversary		Bully Ray (c) defeated Sting in No Holds Barred match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
16	AAA	Triplemanía XXI	Mexico City, Mexico
16	WWE	Payback
22	ROH	Best in the World	Baltimore	Jay Briscoe (c) defeated Mark Briscoe in a Singles match to retain the ROH World Championship
22	NJPW	Dominion	Osaka	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Togi Makabe in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

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14	WWE	Money in the Bank		Randy Orton defeated Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, and Christian in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship match contract	This marked Rob Van Dam's return in WWE
29	CMLL	Infierno en el Ring	Mexico City, Mexico	10-man Infierno en el Ring, Lucha de Apuesta Hair vs. Hair Steel cage match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

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1-11	NJPW	G1 Climax final	Tokyo	Tetsuya Naito defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in a G1 Climax tournament
11	JCW	Bloodymania 7	Cave-In-Rock, Illinois	2 Tuff Tony and Vampiro defeated Kongo Kong and The Boogeyman
18	WWE	SummerSlam		Daniel Bryan defeated John Cena (c) to win the WWE Championship in a Singles match with Triple H as special guest referee, then Randy Orton cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Daniel Bryan (c) to win the WWE Championship in a Singles match with Triple H as special guest referee
30-31	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles	Reseda, California	Kyle O'Reilly defeated Michael Elgin in a Battle of Los Angeles tournament
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September

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13	CMLL	CMLL 80th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	La Sombra defeated Volador Jr. in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match
15	WWE	Night of Champions			Due to a controversial finish, Daniel Bryan was stripped of the title the next night on Raw
20	ROH	Death Before Dishonor	Philadelphia	Adam Cole defeated Michael Elgin in Final match to win the ROH World Championship Tournament
21	WWC	40th WWC Aniversario	Bayamon, Puerto Rico	Sting defeated Carlito
29	NJPW	Destruction	Kobe	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Satoshi Kojima in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

October

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6		Battleground	Buffalo	Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan for the vacant WWE Championship ended in a no contest	This event received 114,000 buys worldwide, making it the second lowest number (behind ECW December to Dismember) in the last 17 years
13	NJPW	King of Pro-Wrestling	Tokyo	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
18	AAA	Heroes Inmortales	Puebla, Puebla	La Parka defeated Chessman, Fénix and El Hijo del Fantasma
20		Bound for Glory	San Diego	A.J. Styles defeated Bully Ray (c) in a No Disqualification match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	Last PPV featuring A.J. Styles in TNA as he left TNA in December
26		Glory By Honor	Chicago Ridge	Michael Elgin, Jay Lethal, Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander defeated Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly and Matt Taven in Eight-Man Elimination Tag Team match
27	WWE	Hell in a Cell	Miami	Randy Orton defeated Daniel Bryan in a Hell in a Cell match for the vacant WWE Championship with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

November

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9	NJPW	Power Struggle	Osaka	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Karl Anderson in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
24	WWE	Survivor Series	Boston	Randy Orton (c) defeated Big Show in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

December

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11	WWE	Tribute to the Troops	Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington	Big Show defeated Damien Sandow in a Singles match
14	ROH	Final Battle	Manhattan	Adam Cole (c) defeated Michael Elgin and Jay Briscoe in a Three-way match to retain the ROH World Championship
15	WWE	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	Houston	Randy Orton (WWE Champion) defeated John Cena (World Heavyweight Champion) in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to unify the championships into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship^[2]	This was the final event to feature the World Heavyweight Championship
29	TNA	One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3	Orlando	Lethal Lockdown match
30	TNA	One Night Only: #OldSchool	Orlando	Magnus vs. Samoa Joe for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Accomplishments and tournaments

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Joker's Wild	James Storm	January 12
TNA X Division Championship #1 Contender Tournament	Christian York	January 13
British Boot Camp season 1	Rockstar Spud	January 22
Knockouts Knockdown	Gail Kim	March 7
World Cup	Team USA (Christopher Daniels, James Storm, Kazarian, Kenny King, Mickie James)	March 18
TNA Gut Check Tournament	Jay Bradley	June 2
Jokers Wild Tag Team Tournament	Magnus	June 30
TNA X Division Championship Tournament	Manik	July 25
Turkey Bowl	The BroMans	November 28
TNA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Magnus	December 19

WWE

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Royal Rumble Entry Tournament	Bo Dallas	January 26	Tournament was held for a member of NXT to join the Royal Rumble. Dallas last eliminated Leo Kruger to win.
Royal Rumble	John Cena	January 27	Winner received their choice of a championship match for either the WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 29; Cena last eliminated Ryback and chose to challenge for the WWE Championship, which he subsequently won from The Rock.
NXT Tag Team Championship Tournament	British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey)	January 31	Defeated The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in the tournament final to determine the inaugural NXT Tag Team Champions.
NXT Women's Championship Tournament	Paige	June 20	Defeated Emma in the tournament final to determine the inaugural NXT Women's Champion.
Money in the Bank ladder match	Damien Sandow	July 14	Defeated Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Dean Ambrose, Fandango, Antonio Cesaro, and Jack Swagger to win a World Heavyweight Championship match contract. Sandow cashed in on champion John Cena on the October 28 episode of Raw, but was unsuccessful.
Money in the Bank ladder match	Randy Orton		Defeated Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, and Christian to win a WWE Championship match contract. Orton cashed in the contract at SummerSlam and won the title from Daniel Bryan, who had just won the title from John Cena.

Title changes

AAA

AAA Mega Championship
No title changes

AAA Fusion Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 17	Fenix	Rey de Reyes

AAA Latin American Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 23	Vacated	N/A
June 16	Blue Demon, Jr.	Triplemanía XXI

AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 18	Dinastía	Sin Límite

AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
No title changes

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 19	Vacated	N/A
March 17	Faby Apache	Rey de Reyes

AAA World Tag Team Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 22	Vacated	N/A
June 16	Mexican Powers	Triplemanía XXI
October 18	Los Güeros del Cielo	Héroes Inmortales VII

AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 19	Drago and Faby Apache	AAA Television Taping

AAA World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – El Consejo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 18	Los Psycho Circus	Sin Límite

NJPW

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
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April 7	Kazuchika Okada

IWGP Intercontinental Championship
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May 31	La Sombra
July 20	Shinsuke Nakamura

Incoming champions – K.E.S.
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May 3	Tencozy		This was a four-way match, which also included Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man).
November 9	K.E.S.		This was the second fall of a two-fall three-way tornado tag team match which also included The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway).

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
No title changes

Incoming champions – Time Splitters
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May 3	Forever Hooligans
October 14	Suzuki-gun

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September 29	Tetsuya Naito		Naito's Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate was also on the line.

ROH

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April 5	Jay Briscoe	Supercard of Honor VII
July 3	Vacated	N/A
September 20	Adam Cole	Death Before Dishonor XI

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March 2	Matt Taven	11th Anniversary Show
December 14	Tommaso Ciampa	Final Battle 2013

Incoming champions – The Briscoe Brothers
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March 2	reDRagon	Border Wars
July 27	Forever Hooligans )	Ring of Honor Wrestling
August 3	The American Wolves	All-Star Extravaganza V
August 17	reDRagon	Manhattan Mayhem V

The Crash Lucha Libre

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June 14	Fénix	The Crash show	Defeated Ángel Metálico, Flamita, Pentagón Jr., Star Boy, Tony Casanova, Willie Mack and X-Torm in eight-way elimination match to become the inaugural champion.^[3]

TNA

TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 10		Lockdown	This was a steel cage match
July 18		Destination X	Sabin voluntarily relinquished the TNA X Division Championship in exchange for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at this event.
August 15		Hardcore Justice	This was a steel cage match
October 20		Bound for Glory	This was a no disqualification match
October 29	Vacated		TNA President Dixie Carter announced via Twitter that Styles had been stripped of the title due to a contract dispute. Styles continued to carry around the championship belt proclaiming himself champion in the storyline
December 3		Final Resolution	Defeated Jeff Hardy in a tournament final to win the vacant title. This was a Dixieland match.On the January 9, 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling (taped December 6, 2013), A.J. Styles returned claiming to be the legitimate TNA World Heavyweight Champion as he was never defeated for the title (though not recognized as such by TNA). Magnus defeated him later that night to become the undisputed champion

TNA X Division Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 28	Kenny King	Impact Wrestling
June 2	Chris Sabin	Slammiversary XI
June 20	Austin Aries	Impact Wrestling
June 29	Chris Sabin	Impact Wrestling
June 29	Vacated	Impact Wrestling	Chris Sabin voluntarily relinquished the title in exchange for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at Destination X.
July 18	Manik	Impact Wrestling
October 20	Chris Sabin	Bound for Glory
November 23	Austin Aries	Impact Wrestling
December 5	Chris Sabin	Impact Wrestling

TNA World Tag Team Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 25	Bobby Roode and Austin Aries	Impact Wrestling
April 11	Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez	Impact Wrestling
June 2	Gunner and James Storm	Slammiversary XI
October 20	The BroMans	Bound for Glory

TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 20	Vacated	Impact Wrestling
June 27	Deactivated	N/A

TNA Knockouts Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 26	Velvet Sky	Impact Wrestling
May 23	Mickie James	Impact Wrestling
September 12	ODB	No Surrender
October 20	Gail Kim	Bound for Glory

TNA Television Championship
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 2	Abyss	Slammiversary XI

WWE

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January 27	The Rock	Royal Rumble	CM Punk had initially won, but the match was then restarted by Mr. McMahon due to interference by The Shield.
April 7	John Cena	WrestleMania 29
August 18	Daniel Bryan	SummerSlam	Triple H was the special guest referee.
	Randy Orton		Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. Triple H was the special guest referee.
September 15	Daniel Bryan	Night of Champions
September 16	Vacated	Monday Night Raw	Vacated after a controversial finish when Daniel Bryan defeated Randy Orton to win the title. A subsequent match for the vacant title at Battleground between Bryan and Orton ended in a no contest.
October 27	Randy Orton	Hell in a Cell	Defeated Daniel Bryan in a Hell in a Cell match for the vacant title with Shawn Michaels serving as the special guest referee.

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January 8	Alberto Del Rio	SmackDown	Last Man Standing match.
April 8	Dolph Ziggler	Monday Night Raw	Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract.
June 16	Alberto Del Rio	Payback
October 27	John Cena	Hell in a Cell
December 15	Randy Orton	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	This was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs title unification match, where Orton also defended his WWE Championship.
	Retired		After Randy Orton defeated John Cena to unify the World Heavyweight Championship with the WWE Championship, the World Heavyweight Championship was retired and the WWE Championship became the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

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April 7	The Miz	WrestleMania 29
April 8	Wade Barrett	Monday Night Raw
June 16	Curtis Axel	Payback	Triple threat match, also involving The Miz.
November 18	Big E Langston	Monday Night Raw

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April 15	Kofi Kingston	Monday Night Raw
May 19	Dean Ambrose	Extreme Rules

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January 14	Kaitlyn	Raw 20th Anniversary Special
June 16	AJ Lee	Payback

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May 19	The Shield	Extreme Rules	Tornado Tag Team match
October 14	Cody Rhodes and Goldust	Monday Night Raw	No-disqualification match

NXT

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May 23	Bo Dallas	NXT

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June 20	Paige	NXT	Defeated Emma in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion.

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January 31	British Ambition	NXT	Defeated The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions. Bo Dallas replaced Grey when he was injured, but was not considered champion.
May 2	The Wyatt Family	NXT	Bo Dallas filled in for an injured Oliver Grey.
June 20	Adrian Neville and Corey Graves	NXT
September 12	The Ascension	NXT	During their reign, their ring names were shortened to Konnor and Viktor, respectively.

Awards and honors

AAA Hall of Fame

See main article: AAA Hall of Fame.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

See main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards.

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Daniel Bryan
Tag Team of the Year	The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns)
Match of the Year	John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan (SummerSlam)
Feud of the Year	The Shield vs. Team Hell No
Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Daniel Bryan
Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	The Authority
Comeback of the Year	Goldust
Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Magnus
Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Darren Young
Rookie of the Year	Tim Zbyszko
Woman of the Year	AJ Lee
Stanley Weston Award (Lifetime Achievement)	Dusty Rhodes

TNA Hall of Fame

See main article: TNA Hall of Fame.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

See main article: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

Inductee
Takashi Matsunaga
Henri Deglane
Dr. Wagner
Atlantis
Kensuke Sasaki
Hiroshi Tanahashi

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

See main article: List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Hiroshi Tanahashi
Most Outstanding	Hiroshi Tanahashi
Feud of the Year	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
Tag Team of the Year	The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns)
Most Improved	Roman Reigns
Best on Interviews	Paul Heyman

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

See main article: WWE Hall of Fame.

Category	Inductee	Inducted by
Individual
	Trish Stratus
	Booker T	Stevie Ray
Celebrity

Slammy Awards

See main article: Slammy Award.

Poll^[4]	Winner
"What a Maneuver!" Award	Roman Reigns' Spear
Faction of the Year	The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns)
"You Still Got It!" Best Superstar Return	Goldust
Couple of the Year	Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella
Tag Team of the Year	Cody Rhodes and Goldust
Feat of Strength of the Year	Mark Henry pulls two trucks with his bare hands
"Say What?!" Quote of the Year	"One stipulation: I'm in my boys' corner and I'll be your huckleberry all night long." – Dusty Rhodes
Best Dance Moves	The Funkadactyls (Naomi and Cameron)
Favorite Web Show	The JBL and Cole Show
Best Crowd of the Year	Raw after WrestleMania (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
Catchphrase of the Year	"YES! YES	YES!" – Daniel Bryan
Trending Now (Hashtag of the Year)	The Shield's #BelieveInTheShield
"THIS IS AWESOME!" Moment of the Year	Big Show knocks out Triple H on Raw
Breakout Star of the Year	The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns)
Beard of the Year	Daniel Bryan
"LOL!" Moment of the Year	The Rock Concert at the 20th Anniversary of Raw (January 14)
Double-Cross of the Year	Shawn Michaels turns on Daniel Bryan and costs him the WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell
Diva of the Year	The Bella Twins (Brie Bella and Nikki Bella)
Superstar of the Year	Daniel Bryan
Fan Participation of the Year	Yes! Yes! Yes!
Insult of the Year	Stephanie McMahon insults Big Show
Extreme Moment of the Year	CM Punk exacts vengeance on Paul Heyman at Hell in a Cell
Match of the Year	The Rock vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship – WrestleMania 29

Debuts

• January 3 – Rutsuko Yamaguchi (Ice Ribbon)
• January 8 – Dan Moloney
• January 20 – Aliyah
• February 19 – Jay White
  • February 23 – Kotori March 24 – The Rotation
• March 29 – Renee Young
• April 14 – U-T
• May 17 – No Way Jose
• May 25
  • Akane Fujita
  • Big Boss Shimizu
• May 29 – Mojo Rawley
• June 20 – Alexa Bliss
• June 26 – JoJo
• July 1 – Eva Marie
• July 6 – Laurance Roman
• August 3 – Lana Austin
• August 12 – Anthony Gangone
• August 17 – KANNA (TJPW)
• August 18
  • Saki Akai
  • Yako Fujigasaki
• August 23 – Koyuki Hayashi (Ice Ribbon)
• August 25 – Kyuri
• September – Carmella
• September 6 – Ace Romero
• September 28 - Ayame Yabe (Ice Ribbon)
• October 23 – Lana
• November 3 – Keisuke Okuda
• November 4
  • Koguma
  • Rina Yamashita
• November 9 – Kid Lykos
• November 19 – LEONA
• December 1 – Ayumi Takada (TJPW)
• December 6 – Deonna Purrazzo
• December 14 – Kona Reeves
• December 15 – Takayuki Ueki
• December 31 – Bin Wang (IGF and NXT)

Retirements

• Butch Reed (1978-2013)
• Diane Von Hoffman (1981–2013)
• Viscera (1991–2013)
• Eve Torres (October 29, 2007 – January 14, 2013)
• Robbie Ellis (1966-March 22, 2013)
• Jerry Lynn (March 23, 1988 – March 23, 2013)
• Frank Durso (1961-March 23, 2013)
• Big Bully Busick (1977-April 19, 2013)
• Kenta Kobashi (February 26, 1988 – May 11, 2013)
• Epiphany (October 2008 – July 4, 2013)
• Natsumi Showzuki (January 2012 – July 31, 2013) (returned to wrestling in 2021)
• Ayumi Kurihara (April 24, 2005 – August 4, 2013)
• Ted DiBiase Jr. (2006 – September 1, 2013)
• Yoshihito Sasaki (September 7, 2000 – September 25, 2013)
• Ivan Koloff (1961-November 16, 2013)
• William Regal (1983-November 21, 2013)
• Manny Fernandez (1977-November 30, 2013) (returned to wrestling in 2017)
• Roxxi Laveaux (2002 - December 6, 2013)

Deaths

• January 11 - Billy Varga, 94
• February 8 - Jim Jefferson, 52
• February 20 - Cyclone Negro, 80
• March 5 – Paul Bearer, 58.^[5]
• March 16 - Don Carson, 78
• March 21 – Moondog Spike, 62.
• March 21 – Reid Flair, 25.
• April 18 - Jerry Balisok, 57
• May 22 – Mick McManus, 93
• May 26 – Héctor Garza, 43.
• May 28 - Buck Robley, 68
• June 7 – Mark Starr, 50.
• June 14 – Al Green, 57.
• June 24 – Jackie Fargo, 82.
• June 28 – Matt Borne, 55.
• July 19 - Geeto Mongol, 82
• July 31 - Corey Maclin, 43
• August 3 – Dutch Savage, 78.
• August 14 - Gia Allemand, 29
• September 20 – Angelo Savoldi, 99.
• September 29 – Gene Petit, c.64.
• October 15 – El Brazo, 52.
• October 21 - Randhawa (wrestler), 79/80
• November 4 - Doug Gashouse Gilbert, 76
• November 21 – Mad Dog Vachon, 84.
• December 1 – Garry Robbins, 56
• December 18 - Onno Boelee, 68
• December 19 - Pedro Septién, 97
• December 29 – Ari Romero, 62.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Big Show. WWE. 2013-11-04.
2. Web site: Clapp . John . World Heavyweight Champion John Cena vs. WWE Champion Randy Orton (Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match). WWE. 2013-11-25. 2013-12-03.
3. Web site: The Crash Cruiserweight Championship > Title Reign > 14.06.2013 - 01.02.2014: Fenix . CageMatch . August 18, 2018.
4. Web site: Several Hall of Famers Returning to Monday Night Raw for the Slammy Awards; Shawn Michaels to Confront Daniel Bryan? Christian Returning to TV. December 3, 2013. Wrestlezone. December 4, 2013.
5. Web site: Paul Bearer Dead – WWE Legend Dies at 58. TMZ.