2019 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
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 | |
| 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. |
| width=5% | Date | width=5% | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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| 1 | CMLL | Sin Piedad | Mexico City, Mexico | Caristico defeated Ultimo Guerrero | |||
| 4 | NJPW | Wrestle Kingdom 13[1] | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kenny Omega (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship[2] | |||
| 5 | NWA | New Years Clash | Clarksville, Tennessee | Nick Aldis (c) defeated James Storm in a Singles match to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship | |||
| 6 | Impact | Homecoming | Nashville, Tennessee | Johnny Impact (c) defeated Brian Cage in a Singles match to retain the Impact World Championship | |||
| 6 | CMLL | Reyes Del Aire | Mexico City, Mexico | Caristico, Dragon Lee and Volador Jr. defeated La Sangre Dinamita (Forastero and Sansón) and Ultimo Guerrero by DQ | |||
| 11 | RevPro | New Year's Resolution | Guildford, Surrey, England, UK | Zack Sabre Jr (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie in a Singles match to retain the Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship | |||
| 12 | WWE | TakeOver: Blackpool | Blackpool, Lancashire, England | Pete Dunne (c) defeated Joe Coffey in a Singles match to retain the WWE United Kingdom Championship | First NXT UK TakeOver event, and the first event to feature the NXT UK Tag Team Championship. | ||
| 13 | ROH | Honor Reigns Supreme | Concord, North Carolina | ||||
| 18 | CMLL NJPW | Fantastica Mania (Tokyo shows) | Tokyo, Japan | Dragon Lee and Místico defeated Nueva Generacion Dinamitas (Cuatrero and Sansón) in a CMLL Family Tag Tournament Final Match | |||
| 20 | Dragon Lee and Místico defeated Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero) | ||||||
| 21 | Volador Jr. defeated Carístico | ||||||
| 24 | ROH | Road to G1 Supercard Texas | Dallas, Texas | Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham defeated Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams | |||
| 25 | Houston, Texas | Lifeblood (Bandido, Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams) (with Tenille Dashwood) defeated Bully Ray, Shane Taylor, Silas Young and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) | |||||
| 26 | San Antonio, Texas | Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) defeated Lifeblood (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) to win 2019 Tag Wars | |||||
| WWE | Worlds Collide | Phoenix, Arizona | Velveteen Dream defeated Tyler Bate in a tournament final match to earn a championship match of his choice from either NXT, NXT UK, or 205 Live | Aired on tape delay on February 2. Dream chose to challenge for the NXT North American Championship. | |||
| 26 | WWE | TakeOver: Phoenix | Phoenix, Arizona | ||||
| 27 | WWE | Royal Rumble | Phoenix, Arizona | Seth Rollins won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Braun Strowman to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania 35 | Becky Lynch won the women's Royal Rumble match and chose to challenge Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania 35. Seth Rollins chose to challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35. | ||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |||||||
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| 4 | wXw | Amerika 1st Wunderbar [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] | Queens, New York | Bobby Gunns defeated Shigehiro Irie to retain the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | |||
| DDT | Coming to America [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] | Tetsuya Endo defeated Daisuke Sasaki (c) to win the KO-D Openweight Championship | First show in the United States. | ||||
| Impact | United We Stand | Rahway, New Jersey | The Lucha Bros (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.) defeated Rob Van Dam and Sabu in a hardcore match. | ||||
| 5 | WWE | TakeOver: New York | Brooklyn, New York | Johnny Gargano defeated Adam Cole in a two out of three falls match to win the vacant NXT Championship | Upon winning the NXT Championship, Gargano was recognized as the first NXT Triple Crown Champion | ||
| RevPro | [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] | New York City | Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Will Ospreay | ||||
| Stardom | American Dream[28] [29] [30] [31] | Queens, New York | Mayu Iwatani, Arisa Hoshiki, Saki Kashima and Tam Nakano defeated Kagetsu, Session Moth Martina, Andras Miyagi, and Jamie Hayter | ||||
| MLW | Battle Riot II[32] [33] [34] [35] [36] | LA Park won by last eliminating Sami Callihan in a 40-man Battle Riot match for a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship match | |||||
| 6 | ROH NJPW | G1 Supercard | New York City | Kazuchika Okada defeated Jay White (c) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | First non-WWE event to sell out Madison Square Garden | ||
| 7 | WWE | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Becky Lynch defeated Ronda Rousey (Raw Women's Champion) and Charlotte Flair (SmackDown Women's Champion) in a Winner Takes All triple threat match[37] | This featured the final matches of Kurt Angle[38] and Batista,[39] [40] as well as the first women's match to main event a WrestleMania. The main event went past midnight ET, thus the match ended on April 8, the date recognized for the title change. | ||
| 14 | ROH | Masters of the Craft | Columbus, Ohio | Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO and Brody King) (c) defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship | |||
| 21 | WWE | The Shield's Final Chapter | Moline, Illinois | The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) defeated Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Drew McIntyre | The Shield's and Dean Ambrose's final WWE appearance. | ||
| 26 | CMLL | 63. Aniversario de Arena México[41] | Mexico City, Mexico | Bárbaro Cavernario and Titán defeated Último Guerrero and Volador Jr. | |||
| 27 | NWA ROH | Crockett Cup | Concord, North Carolina | Nick Aldis defeated Marty Scurll to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| 28 | Impact | Rebellion | Toronto, Canada | The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana) defeated The Lucha Bros (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.) (c) in a Full Metal Mayhem match to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship | |||
| 29 | NJPW | Wrestling Hinokuni | Mashiki, Kumamoto | Jay White defeated Hirooki Goto | |||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |||||||
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| 3 | NJPW | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | ||||
| 4 | Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Sanada to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | ||||||
| 5 | Impact | Code Red | New York City | Sami Callihan defeated Tommy Dreamer | |||
| 8 | ROH NJPW | War of the Worlds | Buffalo, New York | Flip Gordon defeated Bandido | |||
| 9 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Matt Taven (c) defeated PCO to retain the ROH World Championship. | |||||
| 11 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Hirooki Goto, Jay Lethal and Jeff Cobb defeated Bully Ray, Shane Taylor, Silas Young and The Briscoes | |||||
| 12 | Chicago, Illinois | Jeff Cobb defeated Jay Lethal, PCO and Rush | |||||
| 10 | RevPro | Epic Encounter | London, England | El Phantasmo defeats David Starr (c) to win the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship in a Ladder Match | |||
| 12 | Mayhem | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK | Minoru Suzuki defeats Sha Samuels in a Single Match | ||||
| 19 | WWE | Money in the Bank | Hartford, Connecticut | Brock Lesnar defeated Ali, Andrade, Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, Finn Bálor, Randy Orton, and Ricochet to win the men's Money in the Bank ladder match for a world championship match contract | Bayley won the women's Money in the Bank ladder match and then cashed in the contract that same night to win the SmackDown Women's Championship – Bayley was subsequently recognized as WWE's first women's Triple Crown and Grand Slam winner. | ||
| 25 | AEW | Double or Nothing[42] [43] [44] | Las Vegas, Nevada | Chris Jericho defeated Kenny Omega to earn a future AEW World Championship match against the Casino Battle Royale winner ("Hangman" Adam Page) to determine the inaugural champion | AEW's inaugural show | ||
| 31 | CMLL | Juicio Final[45] | Mexico City, Mexico | Último Guerrero defeated Máscara Año 2000 in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, hair Vs hair match | |||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |||||||
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| 5 | Impact | Bash at the Brewery | San Antonio, Texas | Rob Van Dam defeated Sami Callihan in an Extreme Rules match | |||||||
| 6 | MLW | Kings of Colosseum | Cicero, Illinois | Jacob Fatu defeated Tom Lawlor (c) to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
| NJPW | G1 Climax in Dallas | Dallas, Texas | Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi | The first ever G1 Climax show to take place outside of Japan | |||||||
| 7 | Impact | Slammiversary XVII | Sami Callihan defeated Tessa Blanchard | ||||||||
| 13 | AEW | Fight for the Fallen | Jacksonville, Florida | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated The Brotherhood (Cody and Dustin Rhodes) | |||||||
| Evolve WWE | Evolve 131 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Adam Cole (c) defeated Akira Tozawa to retain the NXT Championship | ||||||||
| 14 | WWE | Extreme Rules | Seth Rollins (c) and Becky Lynch (c) defeated Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans in a Last Chance Winners Take All Extreme Rules mixed tag team match to retain their respective WWE Universal Championship and WWE Raw Women's Championship, then Brock Lesnar cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Rollins (c) in a singles match to win the WWE Universal Championship | This event featured The Undertaker's last match in front of a live audience in the United States before his retirement in 2020 | |||||||
| 15 | DDT | Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tetsuya Endo (c) by submission to win the KO-D Openweight Championship | |||||||
| 19 | CMLL | Liger: El Adiós de México en la Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | Jushin "Thunder" Liger defeated Carístico, Negro Casas, and Último Guerrero | Jushin Thunder Liger's last appearance in Mexico | ||||||
| 20 | ROH | Manhattan Mayhem | New York City | The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (c) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship | |||||||
| 21 | ROH | Mass Hysteria | Lowell, Massachusetts | Jay Lethal, Alex Shelley and Jonathan Gresham defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) | |||||||
| 25 | MLW | Never Say Never | Queens, New York City, New York | LA Park defeated Jimmy Havoc in a Street Fight | |||||||
| 27 | WWE | Smackville | Nashville, Tennessee | Kofi Kingston (c) defeated Dolph Ziggler and Samoa Joe to retain the WWE Championship | |||||||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |||||||||||
| width=5% | Date | width=5% | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | WWE | SmackDown's 20th Anniversary | Los Angeles, California | Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated Kofi Kingston (c) to win the WWE Championship | Lesnar's first televised non-pay-per-view match in 15 years. | ||
| 5 | MLW The Crash | The Crash/MLW[54] | Tijuana, Mexico | La Rebelión Amarilla (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf 450) and L.A. Park defeated Contra Unit (Ikuro Kwon, Josef Samael, and Simon Gotch) | |||
| 6 | WWE | Hell in a Cell | Sacramento, California | Seth Rollins (c) vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt for the WWE Universal Championship in a Hell in a Cell match ended by referee stoppage | |||
| 12 | ROH | Glory By Honor XVII | New Orleans, Louisiana | PCO defeated Marty Scurll for a ROH World Championship match at Final Battle | |||
| 14 | NJPW | King of Pro-Wrestling[55] | Tokyo, Japan | Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Sanada to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |||
| 18 | Impact | Prelude to Glory | South Bend, Indiana | Naomichi Marufuji, Rhino and Rob Van Dam defeated The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) and Michael Elgin | |||
| 19 | AAA | Héroes Inmortales XIII | Orizaba, Veracruz | Pentagón Jr. won the four team Relevos Increíbles steel cage match that also included his tag team partner Texano Jr. as well as the teams of Psycho Clown/Rey Escorpión, Averno/Dr. Wagner Jr. and Chessman/Pagano | |||
| 20 | Impact | Bound for Glory | Chicago, Illinois | Brian Cage (c) defeated Sami Callihan to retain the Impact World Championship | |||
| 31 | WWE | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt defeated Seth Rollins (c) in a Falls Count Anywhere match that could not be stopped for any reason to win the WWE Universal Championship | Featured the first women's match (Natalya vs. Lacey Evans) to take place in Saudi Arabia. | ||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |||||||
| width=5% | Date | width=5% | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Notes |
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| 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. |
| 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 | 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. |
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date won | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casino Battle Royale | 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 | 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. On Dynamite, Riho defeated Rose.[61] | |
| AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament | SoCal Uncensored | 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 November 27 episode of Dynamite to win the inaugural AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring.[63] [64] |
| Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes Del Aire | Titán | January 6 | ||
| Universal Champion | El Terrible | February 15 | ||
| Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles | 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 | December 8 | Defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Evil) in the tournament final to win. |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 Lives 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 | 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 | 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. | 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. |
| AEW World Championship | |||||||
| (Title created) | |||||||
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| August 31 | Chris Jericho | All Out | Defeated Adam Page to become the inaugural champion. | ||||
| AEW Women's World Championship | |||||||
| (Title created) | |||||||
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| October 2 | Riho | Dynamite | Defeated Nyla Rose to become the inaugural champion. | ||||
| AEW World Tag Team Championship | |||||||
| (Title created) | |||||||
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| October 30 | SoCal Uncensored | Dynamite | Defeated the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.[65] | ||||
| 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 | |||||||
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| May 31 | Los Guerreros Laguneros | Juicio Final | |||||
| November 1 | Alianza de Plata y Oro | 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 | ||||
| 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 World Championship | |||||||
| Incoming champion – Johnny Impact | |||||||
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| April 28 | Brian Cage | Rebellion | Lance Storm was the special guest referee. | ||||
| October 25 | Sami Callihan | Impact! | Steel cage match. | ||||
| Impact X Division Championship | |||||||
| Incoming champion – Vacant | |||||||
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| January 6 | Rich Swann | Homecoming | Ultimate X match, also involving Ethan Page, Jake Crist, and Trey Miguel. | ||||
| July 19 | 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 | |||||||
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| January 6 | Taya Valkyrie | Homecoming | Gail Kim served as special guest referee. | ||||
| Impact World Tag Team Championship | |||||||
| Incoming champions – The Latin American Xchange | |||||||
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| January 13 | The Lucha Bros | Impact! | |||||
| April 28 | The Latin American Xchange | Rebellion | |||||
| July 5 | The North | Bash at the Brewery | |||||
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| 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. | ||||
| No title changes | |||||
| No title changes | |||||
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| January 1 | Los Oficiales | 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. | ||||
| No title changes | |||||
| No title changes | |||||
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| March 31 | El Hijo del Médico Asesino | IWRG show | |||||
| No title changes | |||||
| No title changes | |||||
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| February 3 | El Infierno Eterno | IWRG show | |||||
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| October 19 | Kenny Omega | Héroes Inmortales XIII | |||||
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| February 16 | Laredo Kid | AAA Conquista Total | |||||
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| March 16 | Dinastía | AAA Vive Latino show | |||||
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| October 19 | Daga | Héroes Inmortales XIII | |||||
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| 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. | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 16 | Lucha Brothers | Rey de Reyes | |||||
| The Young Bucks | |||||||
| June 16 | Lucha Brothers | Verano de Escándalo | |||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 | Lady Maravilla and Villano III Jr. | Triplemanía XXVII | |||||
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| 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 | 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). | ||||||
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| February 2 | Superfight | ||||||
| July 6 | Kings of the Colosseum | ||||||
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| February 2 | The Hart Foundation | Superfight | Hart and Smith won the match, but Pillman also defended the title under the Freebird Rule. | ||||
| July 5 | The Dynasty | Ladder match. Hart and Pillman represented The Hart Foundation. | |||||
| November 2 | The Von Erichs | Texas Tornado match. | |||||
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| November 9 | Myron Reed | Blood & Thunder | |||||
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| June 1 | Alexander Hammerstone | Fury Road | Defeated Brian Pillman Jr. in the finals of a four-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. | ||||
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| January 4 | |||||||
| February 11 | |||||||
| April 6 | |||||||
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| January 4 | No disqualification match. | ||||||
| April 6 | |||||||
| June 9 | |||||||
| September 22 | Jay White | Destruction in Kobe | |||||
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| January 4 | |||||||
| June 5 | Best of the Super Juniors 26 Final | ||||||
| October 14 | Vacated | 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. | ||||||
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| January 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón | Three-way match, also involving The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). | |||||
| February 23 | Guerrillas of Destiny | ||||||
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| April 6 | |||||||
| June 9 | |||||||
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| January 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón | Three-way match, also involving Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh, accompanied by Rocky Romero). | |||||
| March 6 | Roppongi 3K | Anniversary Show | |||||
| June 16 | Bullet Club | Kizuna Road | |||||
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| April 6 | |||||||
| May 3 | Wrestling Dontaku | ||||||
| June 9 | |||||||
| August 31 | |||||||
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| January 30 | Taguchi Japan | Road to The New Beginning | |||||
| No title changes | |||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||
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| 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. | ||||
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| April 27 | Villain Enterprises | 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 | Global Wars Espectacular | |||||
| October 1 | The Rock 'n Roll Express | NWA Power | |||||
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| April 6 | Matt Taven | G1 Supercard | |||||
| September 27 | Rush | Death Before Dishonor XVII | |||||
| December 13 | PCO | Final Battle | Friday The 13th Massacre Match | ||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| March 15 | Villain Enterprises | ROH 17th Anniversary Show | |||||
| April 6 | Guerrillas of Destiny | G1 Supercard | |||||
| July 20 | The Briscoe Brothers | Manhattan Mayhem | NYC Street Fight | ||||
| December 13 | Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham | Final Battle | |||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 16 | Villain Enterprises | Ring of Honor Wrestling | |||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
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| 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. | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||
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| 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. | ||||
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| May 4 | Los Lucha Bros | The Crash | For unexplained reasons, billed as champions again for the May 4 show, negating the previously announced vacancy. | ||||
| May 24 | La Rebelión Amarilla | The Crash | |||||
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| 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. | ||||||
– Raw
– 205 Live
– NXT
– NXT UK
– Unbranded
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.
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| 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 | Crown Jewel | Falls Count Anywhere match that could not be stopped for any reason. | |||||
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| 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. | ||||
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| 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 | |||||
| July 14 | Shinsuke Nakamura | Extreme Rules | |||||
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| 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. | ||||
| 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 | |||||
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| 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. | ||||
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| 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. | ||||
| 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 | |||||
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| February 11 | The Revival | Raw | |||||
| April 7 | Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder | WrestleMania 35 | |||||
| June 10 | The Revival | 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 | Raw | |||||
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| January 27 | The Miz and Shane McMahon | Royal Rumble | |||||
| February 17 | The Usos | Elimination Chamber | |||||
| April 9 | The Hardy Boyz | SmackDown | |||||
| April 30 | 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 | 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 | Clash of Champions | Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. | ||||
| November 8 | The New Day | 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. | ||||
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| April 7 | Tony Nese | WrestleMania 35 | |||||
| June 23 | Drew Gulak | Stomping Grounds | Triple threat match, also involving Akira Tozawa, who Gulak pinned. | ||||
| October 9 | Lio Rush | NXT | |||||
| December 11 | Angel Garza | NXT | |||||
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| March 13 | 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 | |||||
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| January 26 | Johnny Gargano | TakeOver: Phoenix | |||||
| January 30 | Velveteen Dream | NXT | |||||
| September 18 | Roderick Strong | NXT | |||||
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| December 18 | Rhea Ripley | NXT | |||||
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| January 26 | War Raiders | 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 | 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 | 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 | The Undisputed Era | NXT | |||||
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| April 5 | Walter | TakeOver: New York | |||||
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| January 12 | Toni Storm | TakeOver: Blackpool | |||||
| August 31 | Kay Lee Ray | TakeOver: Cardiff | |||||
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| 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 | Gallus | NXT UK | |||||
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).
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| 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 | 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 | 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.[66] | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| width=14% | Date | width=14% | Winner | width=14% | Event/Show | width=58% | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 17 | The Boss 'n' Hug Connection | 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 | 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 | 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. | ||||
See main article: WWE Hall of Fame (2019).
| 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)[67] | |
| Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)[68] | ||
| The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)[69] | ||
| Warrior Award | Sue Aitchison[70] |