These promotions held notable events throughout 2021.
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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| 1 | WWE | New Year's SmackDown | St. Petersburg, Florida | Kevin Owens defeated Jey Uso | Aired as a special episode of SmackDown. |
| 4 | WWE | Legends Night | Drew McIntyre (c) defeated Keith Lee to retain the WWE Championship | Aired as a special episode of Raw. Final appearances of Big Show and Mark Henry in WWE. |
| NJPW | Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Night 1: Kota Ibushi defeated Tetsuya Naito (c) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event had a limited attendance capacity of 20,000 for both nights; the Tokyo Dome has a total maximum capacity of 57,000. |
| 5 | Night 2: Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Jay White to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 6 | New Year Dash!! | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, and Bushi) defeated Golden Ace (Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi), Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero and Sho), and Master Wato |
| MLW | Kings of Colosseum | Orlando, Florida | Alexander Hammerstone (c) vs. Mads Krügger for the MLW National Openweight Championship ended in a double countout | |
| WWE | New Year's Evil | Orlando, Florida | Finn Bálor (c) defeated Kyle O'Reilly to retain the NXT Championship | Aired as a special episode of NXT.
"New Year's Evil" was previously a title of a special episode of WCW Monday Nitro that aired on December 27, 1999. |
| AEW | New Year's Smash | Jacksonville, Florida | Night 1: Kenny Omega (c) defeated Rey Fénix to retain the AEW World Championship | Aired as a two-part special of Dynamite.
Night 1 was originally scheduled to air on December 30, 2020, with Night 2 on January 6, but the two-week event was delayed as AEW held a tribute show for Mr. Brodie Lee following his passing on December 26. Night 1 aired live while Night 2 was pre-recorded on January 7 and aired on January 13. |
| 7 | Night 2 (aired January 13): Darby Allin (c) defeated Brian Cage to retain the AEW TNT Championship. |
| 9 | Impact | Genesis | Nashville, Tennessee | Willie Mack defeated Moose in an "I quit" match | |
| 16 | Hard To Kill | Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) defeated Rich Swann, Chris Sabin, and Moose | |
| 17 | Stardom | Stardom 10th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | Utami Hayashishita (c) defeated Maika to retain the World of Stardom Championship |
| 22 | WWE | Superstar Spectacle | St. Petersburg, Florida | Drew McIntyre and The Indus Sher (Rinku and Saurav) defeated Jinder Mahal and The Bollywood Boyz (Samir Singh and Sunil Singh) | Aired on tape delay on January 26 as a television special for Indian Republic Day. |
| NJPW | Lion's Break Contender | Port Hueneme, California, United States | Week 1: Ren Narita defeated Bateman | Two-week event, promoted as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America's weekly TV show, NJPW Strong. |
| 29 | Week 2: Lio Rush, TJP, and Fred Rosser defeated Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, and Kenta) |
| ROH | The Experience | Baltimore, Maryland | Jonathan Gresham (c) defeated Joe Keys to retain the ROH Pure Championship | Match took place on December 19, 2020, but aired on tape delay on January 29. Aired as a special episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling. |
| 30 | NJPW | The New Beginning in Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Shingo Takagi (c) to win the NEVER Openweight Championship | |
| 31 | WWE | Royal Rumble | St. Petersburg, Florida | Edge won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Randy Orton to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania 37 | Bianca Belair won the women's Royal Rumble match and chose to challenge for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 37.
With Edge's win, he became the first wrestler to win a Royal Rumble match after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame; he chose to challenge for the Universal Championship. Last appearance of Christian in WWE, |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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| 3 | AEW | Beach Break | Jacksonville, Florida | Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) defeated Jon Moxley and Death Triangle (Pac and Rey Fénix) | Aired as a special episode of Dynamite. |
| 4 | AJPW
NJPW
BJW | Giant Baba Anniversary Show[1] | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Mutoh, Satoshi Kojima, and Suwama defeated Kaz Hayashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and Masayuki Kono | |
| 10 | NJPW | The New Beginning in Hiroshima | Hiroshima, Japan | Night 1: Hiromu Takahashi (c) defeated Sho to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | |
| 11 | Night 2: Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Sanada to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| CF | | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Mutoh defeated Go Shiozaki (c) to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
| 13 | Impact | No Surrender | Nashville, Tennessee | Rich Swann (c) defeated Tommy Dreamer to retain the Impact World Championship | |
| GCW | | Los Angeles, California | Jeff Cobb defeated Chris Dickinson | Aired on tape delay on February 20 |
| 14 | CF | Kawasaki Strong | Kawasaki, Japan | Jun Akiyama defeated Tetsuya Endo (c) to win the KO-D Openweight Championship | |
| WWE | TakeOver: Vengeance Day | Orlando, Florida | Finn Bálor (c) defeated Pete Dunne to retain the NXT Championship | First Vengeance event since 2011. |
| 17 | MLW | | Kauai, Hawaii | Low Ki defeated King Mo Lawal in a No Holds Barred match | |
| 19 | NJPW | The New Beginning USA
| Port Hueneme, California | | The first part of a two-week event, promoted as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America's weekly TV show, NJPW Strong. |
| 20 | GCW | | Los Angeles, California | Jon Moxley defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr. | |
| 21 | WWE | Elimination Chamber | St. Petersburg, Florida | Drew McIntyre (c) defeated AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, and Sheamus in an Elimination Chamber match to retain the WWE Championship, then The Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated McIntyre (c) to win the WWE Championship | Final WWE PPV to air on the standalone version of the WWE Network in the United States before its merger under Peacock on March 18. |
| 26 | NJPW | The New Beginning USA
| Port Hueneme, California | Jon Moxley (c) defeated Kenta to retain the IWGP United States Championship | The second part of a two-week event, promoted as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America's weekly TV show, NJPW Strong. |
| 27 | Castle Attack | Osaka, Japan | Night 1: Kazuchika Okada defeated Evil | |
| 28 | Night 2: Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship | |
| CF | Into The Fight 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Shunma Katsumata (c) defeated Mao to retain the DDT Extreme Championship |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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| 3 | AEW | The Crossroads | Jacksonville, Florida | "Hangman" Adam Page and John Silver defeated Marq Quen and Matt Hardy | Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
This event featured the AEW debut appearance of Paul Wight, formerly known as Big Show in WWE, which was his first appearance on TNT since 1999; Wight's signing with the company was announced on February 24. |
| Stardom | All Star Dream Cinderella | Tokyo, Japan | Tam Nakano defeated Giulia (c) in a Hair vs. Hair match to win the Wonder of Stardom Championship | |
| 4 | NJPW | NJPW 49th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | Kota Ibushi (c) defeated El Desperado to unify the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship into the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | First event to feature the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Ibushi held both the Heavyweight and Intercontinental championships going into the match and was recognized as the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion upon defeating El Desperado. |
| 6 | CF | Full Throttle in Yokohama | Yokohama, Kanagawa | Momo no Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) and Junta Miyawaki defeated Full Throtle (Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and Yo-Hey) | |
| 7 | CF | Great Voyage in Yokohama | Yokohama, Kanagawa | The Aggression (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya) defeated Sugiura-gun (Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura) (c) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship | |
| AEW | Revolution | Jacksonville, Florida | Kenny Omega (c) defeated Jon Moxley in an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch to retain the AEW World Championship | This event was originally scheduled to be held on February 27, but was pushed back due to the Canelo Alvarez vs. Avni Yildirim boxing match, resulting in this being AEW's first PPV held on a Sunday. This event also featured Sting's first match in AEW as well as his first match since WWE Night of Champions in September 2015. Sting's match, which was a tag team Street Fight, was pre-recorded on an unknown date at an undisclosed location in Atlanta, Georgia. The event also saw the debuts of Christian Cage and Ethan Page in AEW. |
| 11 | AEW | St. Patrick's Day Slam | Jacksonville, Florida | | Aired on tape delay on March 17 as a special Saint Patrick's Day episode of Dynamite. First Dynamite to feature a women's match as the main event. |
| 13 | Impact | Sacrifice | Nashville, Tennessee | Rich Swann (Impact) defeated Moose (TNA) to unify the Impact World Championship and TNA World Heavyweight Championship as the Impact Unified World Championship | Aired as an Impact Plus special. Shortly after, the Impact Unified World Championship reverted to being called the Impact World Championship. |
| 14 | CF | Great Voyage in Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) defeated Kaito Kiyomiya to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
| 19 | NJPW | Strong Style Evolved
| Port Hueneme, California | Brody King defeated Bateman | The first part of a two-week event, promoted as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America's weekly TV show, NJPW Strong. |
| 21 | CF | The Infinity | Tokyo, Japan | Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Kenoh (c) to win the GHC National Championship | |
| NWA | Back For The Attack | Atlanta, Georgia | Nick Aldis (c) defeated Aron Stevens to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship | |
| WWE | Fastlane | St. Petersburg, Florida | Roman Reigns (c) defeated Daniel Bryan to retain the WWE Universal Championship with Edge as the special guest enforcer | First Fastlane event since 2019.
The event was available on PPV, the WWE Network, and Peacock's WWE Network channel, marking the first WWE PPV to air on the WWE Network via Peacock in the United States under a new agreement with NBCUniversal, which began March 18, as well as the final event to be available on the standalone version of the American WWE Network before its shutdown on April 4. Also the final WWE PPV held at Tropicana Field, as the WWE ThunderDome was relocated to Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida, which began April 12. |
| 26 | ROH | ROH 19th Anniversary | Baltimore, Maryland | Rush (c) defeated Jay Lethal to retain the ROH World Championship | |
| CMLL | La Copa Junior VIP | Mexico City, Mexico | Volador Jr. (c) defeated Bandido to retain the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship | |
| NJPW | Strong Style Evolved
| Port Hueneme, California | David Finlay and Karl Fredericks defeated Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor and Danny Limelight) | The second part of a two-week event, promoted as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America's weekly TV show, NJPW Strong. |
| 28 | CF | | Tokyo, Japan | Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Kazusada Higuchi to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship | |
| 31 | MLW | | Orlando, Florida | Jacob Fatu (c) defeated Calvin Tankman to retain the MLW World Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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| 2 | WWE | WrestleMania SmackDown | St. Petersburg, Florida | Jey Uso won the 22-man André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal by last eliminating Shinsuke Nakamura | Aired on tape delay on April 9 as a special WrestleMania Edition of SmackDown the night before WrestleMania 37 Night 1. Final show taped at Tropicana Field before WWE relocated the WWE ThunderDome to Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida; shows from the Yuengling Center began with the April 12 episode of Raw. |
| 4 | NJPW | Sakura Genesis | Tokyo, Japan | Will Ospreay defeated Kota Ibushi (c) to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | |
| Stardom | Yokohama Dream Cinderella | Yokohama, Japan | Giulia and Syuri defeated Maika and Himeka (c) to win the Goddesses of Stardom Championship | |
| 7 | WWE | TakeOver: Stand & Deliver | Orlando, Florida | Night 1: Raquel González defeated Io Shirai (c) to win the NXT Women's Championship | First TakeOver held across two nights. The first night was simulcasted on the USA Network, marking the first TakeOver to air on USA, while the second night aired on PPV; both nights also aired on the WWE Network, which was the first WWE in-ring event to air on Peacock's WWE Network channel in the United States after the shutdown of the standalone version of the American WWE Network on April 4. Also the first TakeOver to air on a Wednesday and Thursday night. |
| 8 | Night 2: Kyle O'Reilly defeated Adam Cole in an unsanctioned match |
| WWE | Prelude | London, England | Walter (c) defeated Rampage Brown to retain the NXT United Kingdom Championship | Taped beforehand on an unknown date. Aired as a special episode of NXT UK, which aired midday before TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2. |
| GCW | | Tampa, Florida | Josh Barnett defeated Jon Moxley | |
| 9 | NJPW | New Japan Cup USARound 1 | Port Hueneme, California | Brody King defeated Chris Dickinson | |
| 10 | Impact | Hardcore Justice | Nashville, Tennessee | Violent By Design (Eric Young, Deaner, Joe Doering, and Rhino) defeated Team Dreamer (Eddie Edwards, Rich Swann, Willie Mack, and Trey Miguel) in an eight-man Hardcore War | |
| WWE | WrestleMania 37 | Tampa, Florida | Night 1: Bianca Belair defeated Sasha Banks (c) to win the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship | This event was originally scheduled to take place in Inglewood, California on March 28, but was delayed and moved to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa (the original location of WrestleMania 36) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as COVID-19 restrictions had yet been lifted in California, but Florida had lifted restrictions, allowing fans to attend events. It was also made a two-night event with a maximum limit of 25,000 spectators each night, being the first WWE event to have ticketed fans in attendance since the March 11, 2020 episode of NXT. |
| 11 | Night 2: Roman Reigns (c) defeated Edge and Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match to retain the WWE Universal Championship |
| 13 | WWE | NXTs move to Tuesday | Orlando,Florida | Bronson Reed, Dexter Lumis, Ember Moon, and Shotzi Blackheart defeated The Way (Johnny Gargano, Austin Theory, Candice LeRae, and Indi Hartwell) | First NXT episode since the conclusion of the Wednesday Night Wars and the first on their new night on the USA Network. |
| 16 | NJPW | New Japan Cup USASemi-finals | Port Hueneme, California | Brody King defeated Lio Rush | |
| 23 | NJPW | New Japan Cup USAFinal | Port Hueneme, California | Tom Lawlor defeated Brody King to win the inaugural NJPW Strong Openweight Championship | |
| 24 | CMLL | 65th. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | Atlantis, Volador Jr. and Euforia defeated Bárbaro Cavernario, Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero in a two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match | First Aniversario de Arena México event since 2019, due to a hiatus generated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic |
| 25 | Impact | Rebellion | Nashville, Tennessee | Kenny Omega (AEW World Champion) defeated Rich Swann (Impact World Champion) in a Winner Takes All match | |
| 28 | NJPW | Wrestling Satsuma | Kagoshima, Japan | Night 1: Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) defeated Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |
| 29 | Night 2: Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb and Aaron Henare) | |
| CF | | Nagoya, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) defeated Masa Kitamiya to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
| 30 | NJPW | LA Dojo Showcase | Port Hueneme, California | Karl Fredericks defeated Clark Connors | |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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| 1 | AAA | Rey de Reyes | San Pedro Cholula, Puebla | Psycho Clown and Pagano vs. Chessman and Sam Adonis ended in a no contest | This event was originally scheduled to be held in Mérida, Yucatán on March 21, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 3 | AJPW | Champion Carnival | Tokyo, Japan | Jake Lee defeated Kento Miyahara in the tournament final to win the 2021 Champion Carnival | |
| NJPW | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | Night 1: Jay White defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) to win the NEVER Openweight Championship | |
| 4 | Night 2: Will Ospreay (c) defeated Shingo Takagi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | |
| 5 | AEW | Blood & Guts | Jacksonville, Florida | The Pinnacle (MJF, Wardlow, Shawn Spears, Cash Wheeler, and Dax Harwood) defeated The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz) in a Blood and Guts match. | Aired as a special episode of Dynamite and featured the first-ever Blood and Guts match. While the Blood and Guts match aired live, the first hour of the show was pre-taped. This television special was originally scheduled to be held in Newark, New Jersey on March 25, 2020, but was postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 7 | NJPW | Collision
| Port Hueneme, California | Jon Moxley and Chris Dickinson defeated Yuji Nagata and Ren Narita | The first part of a three-week event, promoted as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America's weekly TV show, NJPW Strong. |
| WWE
| Throwback SmackDown | Tampa, Florida | Apollo Crews, King Corbin, Sami Zayn, Chad Gable, and Otis defeated Big E, Kevin Owens, Shinsuke Nakamura, and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) | Aired as a special episode of SmackDown as part of Fox Sports' Throwback Week and featured logos and other stylistic parts from previous eras of the show. |
| 15 | Impact | Under Siege | Nashville, Tennessee | Moose defeated Chris Bey, Chris Sabin, Matt Cardona, Sami Callihan, and Trey Miguel in a six-way match to earn an Impact World Championship match | Aired as an Impact Plus special. |
| 16 | WWE | WrestleMania Backlash | Tampa, Florida | Roman Reigns (c) defeated Cesaro to retain the WWE Universal Championship | First WWE PPV held at Yuengling Center during the COVID-19 pandemic. First Backlash to have an altered title, which became the event series' official name. |
| 19 | AJPW | Yokohama Extra | Yokohama, Japan | Ryuki Honda, Shotaro Ashino and Suwama defeat Total Eclipse (Jake Lee, Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi) | |
| 21 | Champions Night | Tokyo, Japan | Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee and Tajiri) defeated Evolution (Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Suwama) | |
| NJPW | Collision
| Port Hueneme, California | Fred Rosser defeated Hikuleo in a No Disqualification match | The second part of a three-week event, promoted as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America's weekly TV show, NJPW Strong. |
| 23 | N/A | Hana Kimura Memorial Show | Tokyo, Japan | | First anniversary of Hana Kimura's death. |
| 26 | Gleat
| G Prowrestling Ver.0 | Tokyo, Japan | Soma Watanabe and #Stronghearts (El Lindaman and T-Hawk) defeated Cima, Kaz Hayashi, and Minoru Tanaka | The first event of Gleat's G Prowrestling sub-brand. |
| 28 | CMLL | Copa Dinastías | Mexico City, Mexico | Los Divinos Laguneros (Blue Panther Jr. and Black Panther) defeated Volador Jr. and Flyer to win the 2021 Copa Dinastías. | |
| AEW | Friday Night Dynamite
| Jacksonville, Florida | Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page defeated Evil Uno and Stu Grayson | Friday airing of Dynamite (due to 2021 NBA playoffs). |
| NJPW | Collision
| Port Hueneme, California | Tom Lawlor (c) defeated Chris Dickinson to retain the Strong Openweight Championship | The final part of a three-week event, promoted as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America's weekly TV show, NJPW Strong. |
| 30 | AEW | Double or Nothing | Jacksonville, Florida | The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz) defeated The Pinnacle (MJF, Shawn Spears, Wardlow, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) in a Stadium Stampede match where if The Inner Circle had lost, they would have been forced to disband | This event was originally scheduled to be held in Paradise, Nevada on May 29, but was moved and pushed back a day due to the COVID-19 pandemic. First major wrestling show to operate at full venue capacity during the pandemic. Featured the AEW debut appearance of Mark Henry and Lio Rush. |
| 31 | CF | Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Mutoh and Masato Tanaka defeated Naomichi Marufuji and Masakatsu Funaki | Commemorative event for Mitsuharu Misawa |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| 4 | AEW | Friday Night Dynamite
| Jacksonville, Florida | Dustin Rhodes defeated Nick Comoroto in a Bullrope match | Friday airing of Dynamite (due to 2021 NBA playoffs). Featured the AEW debut appearance of Andrade El Idolo. Featured the first-ever Bullrope match in AEW. |
| CMLL | Viernes Espectacular Con Acceso Al Publico | Mexico City, Mexico | Carístico, Volador Jr., and Mistico defeated El Terrible, Ángel de Oro, and Euforia | First Viernes Espectacular show with fans at full venue capacity. |
| 6 | CF | CyberFight Festival | Saitama, Japan | Naomichi Marufuji defeated Keiji Mutoh (c) to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship | CF's first event to feature all four of its brands. |
| NWA | When Our Shadows Fall | Atlanta, Georgia | Nick Aldis (c) defeated Trevor Murdoch by disqualification to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship | |
| 7 | NJPW | Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | Shingo Takagi defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the vacant IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | The event was originally scheduled to held on June 6, but was postponed to the following day due to the state of emergency in Japan because of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 9 | Gleat
| Lidet UWF Ver.0 | Tokyo, Japan | Takanori Ito defeated Ryo Kawamura in a UWF rules match by referee stoppage | First event of Gleat's Lidet UWF sub-brand; this show was to test the revival of the UWF shoot style. |
| 11 | AEW | Friday Night Dynamite
| Jacksonville, Florida | Adam Page and Preston "10" Vance defeated Team Taz (Brian Cage and Powerhouse Hobbs) | Friday airing of Dynamite (due to 2021 NBA playoffs). |
| 12 | Impact | Against All Odds | Nashville, Tennessee | Kenny Omega (c) defeated Moose to retain the Impact World Championship | Aired as an Impact Plus special. The main event was held at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| Stardom | Tokyo Dream Cinderella | Tokyo, Japan | Utami Hayashishita (c) vs. Syuri for the World of Stardom Championship ended by double knockout | |
| 13 | WWE | TakeOver: In Your House | Orlando, Florida | Karrion Kross (c) defeated Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, Kyle O'Reilly, and Pete Dunne in a fatal five-way match to retain the NXT Championship | |
| 18 | CMLL | Torneo Increíble de Parejas
| Mexico City, Mexico | Carístico and Virus defeated Blue Panther Jr. and Sansón | |
| AEW | Friday Night Dynamite
| Jacksonville, Florida | Matt Jackson and The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) defeated Eddie Kingston, Frankie Kazarian, and Penta El Zero Miedo | Friday airing of Dynamite (due to 2021 NBA playoffs). |
| NJPW | Ignition
| Port Hueneme, California | Satoshi Kojima defeated JR Kratos | Week 1 of a two-part special episode of NJPW Strong. |
| 19 | CMLL | Dia Del Padre | Mexico City, Mexico | La Sangre Dinamita (El Cuatrero, Forastero and Sansón) defeated El Sky Team (Místico and Volador Jr.) and Carístico | |
| 20 | CMLL | Torneo Increíble de Parejas
| Mexico City, Mexico | Los Gemelos Diablos (Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II) and Negro Casas defeated El Sky Team (Místico, Volador Jr.) and Titán | |
| WWE | Hell in a Cell | Tampa, Florida | Bobby Lashley (c) defeated Drew McIntyre in a Last Chance Hell in a Cell match to retain the WWE Championship | WWE's final PPV produced from the WWE ThunderDome, due to the company's resumption of a live touring schedule that began with the July 16 episode of SmackDown. Second Hell in a Cell not held in October. |
| 22 | CMLL | 62. Aniversario Arena Coliseo Guadalajara | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | El Hijo del Villano III, El Satánico, Felino Jr. and Mephisto defeated Argos, Atlantis Jr., Carístico and Joker | |
| CMLL | Torneo Increíble de Parejas
| Mexico City, Mexico | Los Divinos Laguneros (Blue Panther Jr., Black Panther) and Felino defeated Bárbaro Cavernario, Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero | |
| 25 | NJPW | Ignition
| Port Hueneme, California | Tom Lawlor (c) defeated Karl Fredericks to retain the Strong Openweight Championship | Week 2 of a two-part special episode of NJPW Strong. |
| CMLL | Torneo Increíble de Parejas Finals
| Mexico City, Mexico | Templario and Volador Jr. defeated Carístico and Virus in a best two-out-of-three falls tag team match to win the 2021 Torneo Increible de Parejas. | |
| 26 | AJPW | Champions Night 2 | Tokyo, Japan | Jake Lee defeated Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi in a three-way tomoe battle match to win the vacant Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship | |
| CF | Cage War | Tokyo, Japan | Masa Kitamiya defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima in a Hair vs. Hair Steel Cage Death match | |
| ROH | Survival of the Fittest | Baltimore, Maryland | Bandido defeated Eli Isom, Chris Dickinson, Rhett Titus, Brian Johnson and Flamita in a Six-Way Elimination match to win the 2021 Survival of the Fittest. | |
| AEW | Saturday Night Dynamite | Jacksonville, Florida | Kenny Omega (c) defeated Jungle Boy to retain the AEW World Championship | Saturday airing of Dynamite (due to 2021 NBA playoffs). |
| 27 | CF | Muta the World | Tokyo, Japan | | |
| 30 | AEW | Dynamite Fan Appreciation Night | Jacksonville, Florida | | Dynamites return to Wednesday night after disruptions caused by the 2021 NBA playoffs. AEW's final event of their 14-month residency at Daily's Place (which began due to the COVID-19 pandemic), the event was billed as Fan Appreciation Night for live event attendees. |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| 1 | Gleat | Gleat Ver.1
| Tokyo, Japan | Sho defeated Takanori Ito in a UWF Rules match | Promoted as the official launch of Gleat. |
| 2 | NJPW | Fireworks Frenzy | Port Hueneme, California | Fred Rosser defeated Bateman | |
| 3 | AAA | Verano de Escándalo | Tequisquiapan, Querétaro, Mexico | Los Mercenarios (Rey Escorpion, Taurus, and Texano Jr.) (c) defeated Los Psycho Circus (Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown) to retain the AAA World Trios Championship | |
| 4 | FMW-E | Independence Day | Yokohama, Japan | Atsushi Onita, Minoru Fujita and Ricky Fuji defeated Abdullah Kobayashi, Onryo and Yuko Miyamoto in a barbed wire and explosive rigged ring deathmatch. | |
| Stardom | Yokohama Dream Cinderella in Summer | Yokohama, Japan | Utami Hayashishita (c) defeated Natsuko Tora to retain the World of Stardom Championship | |
| CMLL | Atlantis 38th Anniversary Show
| Mexico City, Mexico | Atlantis and Atlantis Jr. defeated Pantera del Ring and Pantera del Ring Jr. | |
| 6 | WWE | The Great American Bash | Orlando, Florida | Adam Cole defeated Kyle O'Reilly | Aired as a special episode of NXT. |
| 7 | AEW | Road Rager | Miami, Florida | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) defeated Eddie Kingston and Penta El Zero Miedo in a Street Fight to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship | Aired as a special episode of Dynamite. AEW's first event held outside of Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida following a year of using the venue as a home base due to the COVID-19 pandemic, becoming the first major American promotion to resume live touring during the pandemic. The event also marked the AEW in-ring debut of Andrade El Idolo, as well as the AEW debut appearance of Malakai Black, formerly Aleister Black in WWE. |
| 10 | MLW | Battle Riot III | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Alexander Hammerstone won a 40-man battle riot match for a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity | First MLW event with live fans since March 13, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| NJPW | Summer Struggle in Sapporo | Sapporo, Japan | El Desperado (c) defeated Taiji Ishimori to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | |
| 11 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) (c) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship |
| CF | Cross Over in Sendai | Sendai, Japan | Naomichi Marufuji (c) defeated Takashi Sugiura to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
| ROH | Best in the World | Baltimore, Maryland | Bandido defeated Rush (c) to win the ROH World Championship | First ROH event with live fans since February 29, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| CMLL | Atlantis 38th Anniversary Show
| Mexico City, Mexico | Atlantis and Atlantis Jr. defeated Negro Casas and El Felino | |
| 14 | AEW | Fyter Fest
| Cedar Park, Texas | Darby Allin defeated Ethan Page in a Coffin match | Night 1 of a two-part special episode of Dynamite. |
| 16 | NJPW | Tag Team Turbulence
| Port Hueneme, California | Violence Unlimited (Brody King and Chris Dickinson) defeated Team Filthy (J. R. Kratos and Danny Limelight) | |
| WWE
| SmackDown Live With Fans | Houston, Texas | Seth Rollins defeated Big E, Kevin Owens, and Shinsuke Nakamura in a fatal four-way match | First SmackDown held live with fans since March 6, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking WWE's resumption of live touring. |
| CMLL | Leyenda de Plata
| Mexico City, Mexico | Templario defeated Místico II in the Leyenda de Plata Tournament semi-finals | |
| 17 | Impact | Slammiversary | Nashville, Tennessee | Kenny Omega (c) defeated Sami Callihan in No Disqualification match to retain the Impact World Championship | First Impact Wrestling show to have live fans since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 18 | WWE | Money in the Bank | Fort Worth, Texas | Roman Reigns (c) defeated Edge to retain the WWE Universal Championship | WWE's first PPV held outside of Florida since Elimination Chamber in March 2020 and the first following the end of the ThunderDome Era. |
| CMLL | Atlantis 38th Anniversary Show
| Mexico City, Mexico | Último Guerrero and Gran Guerrero defeated Atlantis and Atlantis Jr. | |
| 21 | AEW | Fyter Fest
| Garland, Texas | Lance Archer (with Jake Roberts) defeated Jon Moxley (c) by knockout in a Texas Death match to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | Night 2 of a two-part special episode of Dynamite. Featured the AEW debut appearance of Chavo Guerrero Jr. |
| 22 | NJPW | Summer Struggle in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | Taichi defeated Tetsuya Naito | |
| 23 | |
Tag Team Turbulence
| Port Hueneme, California | Tom Lawlor (c) defeated Satoshi Kojima to retain the Strong Openweight Championship | |
| WWE
| SmackDown at Rolling Loud | Cleveland, Ohio
Miami, Florida | Jimmy Uso defeated Dominik Mysterio | Two matches were broadcast from the Rolling Loud hip hop music festival in Miami. The remainder of the show aired from the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. |
| CMLL | Leyenda de Plata
| Mexico City, Mexico | Titán defeated Carístico in the quarter-finals of the Leyenda de Plata tournament | |
| 24 | NJPW | Summer Struggle in Nagoya | Aichi, Japan | | |
| 25 | NJPW | Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | Originally scheduled to be held on May 29 but was postponed to July 25 because the Japanese government extended its state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] [3] |
| Gleat
| G Prowrestling Ver.1 | Osaka, Japan | Hayato Tamura and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated El Lindaman and Soma Watanabe | Promoted as the official launch of Gleat's sub-brand, G Prowrestling. |
| CMLL | Atlantis 38th Anniversary Show
| Mexico City, Mexico | Atlantis vs. Blue Panther ended in a time-limit draw | |
| 27 | WWE | NXT on Syfy
| Orlando, Florida | | Aired as a special episode of NXT. First episode of NXT on Syfy since September 28, 2010. |
| 28 | AEW | Fight for the Fallen | Charlotte, North Carolina | "The Painmaker" Chris Jericho defeated Nick Gage in a No Rules match | Aired as a special episode of Dynamite. |
| 30 | NJPW | Tag Team Turbulence
| Port Hueneme, California | The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows) defeated Violence Unlimited (Brody King and Chris Dickinson) in the Tag Team Turbulence tournament final | |
| CMLL | Leyenda de Plata Finals
| Mexico City, Mexico | Titán defeated Templario to win the 2021 Leyenda de Plata tournament final | |
| 31 | Stardom | 5 Star Grand Prix
| Yokohama, Japan | Maika defeated Utami Hayashishita in a 5 Star Grand Prix tournament match | |
| Impact | Homecoming | Nashville, Tennessee | Eddie Edwards defeated W. Morrissey in a Hardcore match | |
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| 1 | CF | Cross Over in Hiroshima | Hiroshima, Japan | Naomichi Marufuji (c) defeated Kazushi Sakuraba to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
| 3 | WWE | NXT on Syfy
| Orlando, Florida | | Aired as a special episode of NXT. Second episode of NXT on Syfy since September 28, 2010. |
| 4 | Gleat
| G Prowrestling Ver.2 | Tokyo, Japan | - Stronghearts (El Lindaman and Issei Onitsuka) defeated Takanori Ito and Yu Iizuka
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| AEW | Homecoming | Jacksonville, Florida | Malakai Black defeated Cody Rhodes | Aired as a special episode of Dynamite. Featured Malakai Black's AEW in-ring debut. |
| 13 | Rampage Debut | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. (c) defeated Red Velvet to retain the AEW Women's World Championship | This event marks the first weekly wrestling series to air Friday nights on a Turner channel since WCW Power Hour in 1994. |
| 14 | AAA | Triplemanía XXIX | Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico | Psycho Clown defeated Rey Escorpión in a Lucha de Apuestas Mask vs. Hair match | First event with the public since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| NJPW | Resurgence | Los Angeles, California | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Lance Archer (c) to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | |
| 15 | CF | Kawasaki Go! | Kawasaki, Japan | Takashi Sugiura (GHC National Champion) defeated Masato Tanaka (World Heavyweight Champion) in a Winner Takes All match | |
| 16 | NJPW | Fighting Spirit Unleashed | Long Beach, California | Tom Lawlor (c) (with J. R. Kratos) defeated Lio Rush to retain the Strong Openweight Championship | |
| 20 | AEW | The First Dance | Chicago, Illinois | Jon Moxley defeated Daniel Garcia | Aired as a special episode of Rampage. Also featured the return of CM Punk to pro wrestling after a seven-year hiatus. |
| Impact | Emergence | Nashville, Tennessee | Christian Cage (c) defeated Brian Myers (with Sam Beale) to retain the Impact World Championship | |
| NJPW | Summer Struggle USA | Port Hueneme, California | West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) defeated Violence Unlimited (Brody King and Chris Dickinson) | |
| ROH | Glory By Honor XVIII | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Bandido (c) defeated Flip Gordon to retain the ROH World Championship | |
| 21 | |
| WWE | SummerSlam | Paradise, Nevada | Roman Reigns (c) defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Universal Championship | First SummerSlam to take place on a Saturday since the 1992 event, but the first to air live on a Saturday. Also the first to not be held on a Sunday since the 1994 event, which was held on a Monday. |
| CF | Wrestle Peter Pan | Kawasaki, Japan | Konosuke Takeshita defeated Jun Akiyama (c) to win the KO-D Openweight Championship | First Peter Pan to take place outside of Tokyo. |
| 22 | WWE | TakeOver 36 | Orlando, Florida | Samoa Joe defeated Karrion Kross (c) to win the NXT Championship | Final TakeOver event. |
| 27 | NJPW | Summer Struggle USA | Port Hueneme, California | Juice Robinson, Lio Rush, Brody King and Chris Dickinson defeated Tom Lawlor, J. R. Kratos, Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs | |
| CMLL | CMLL Universal Amazons Championship Final | Mexico City, Mexico | La Jarochita defeated Dark Silueta to win the CMLL Universal Amazons Championship | |
| 28 | NWA | EmPowerrr | St. Louis, Missouri | Chelsea Green defeated Bianca Carrelli, Debbie Malenko, Lady Frost, Jamie Senegal (with Pollo Del Mar), Jennacide (with Taryn Terrell), Kiera Hogan, Masha Slamovich, Thunder Kitty, and Tootie Lynn to win the NWA Women's Invitational Cup Gauntlet | NWA's first all-female event. |
| 29 | 73rd Anniversary Show | Trevor Murdoch defeated Nick Aldis (c) in a Title vs. Career match to win the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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| 3 | NJPW | BBQ Brawl | Port Hueneme, California | Hikuleo defeated Matt Morris | |
| 4 | Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome | Tokorozawa, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Kota Ibushi to retain the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | |
| 5 | Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Evil to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |
| AEW | All Out | Hoffman Estates, Illinois | Kenny Omega (c) defeated Christian Cage to retain the AEW World Championship | First AEW PPV held outside of Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. This event featured CM Punk's first professional wrestling match in 7 years since leaving WWE, as well as the AEW debut appearances of Minoru Suzuki, Adam Cole, Ruby Soho, and Bryan Danielson (the latter two formerly known as Ruby Riott and Daniel Bryan, respectively, in WWE). |
| 9 | CMLL | International Women's Grand Prix | Mexico City, Mexico | Team Mexico (Dark Silueta) defeated Team International (Tsukushi) | |
| 10 | WWE | Super SmackDown Live from Madison Square Garden | New York City, New York | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship ended by disqualification | |
| NJPW | LA Dojo Showcase 2 | Port Hueneme, California | Ren Narita defeated Karl Fredericks | |
| 12 | | Death Before Dishonor XVIII | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Bandido (c) defeated Brody King, Demonic Flamita and EC3 in a four corner survival elimination match to retain the ROH World Championship | |
| 14 | WWE | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, Florida | Tommaso Ciampa defeated L. A. Knight, Pete Dunne, and Von Wagner in a fatal four-way match to win the vacant NXT Championship | The first episode of the newly revamped NXT, featuring a new logo, remodeled Capitol Wrestling Center, and new theme song performed by Wale. |
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M-Pro
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| Legacy: 70th Anniversary of Japan Pro Wrestling[4] | Tokyo, Japan | Masaaki Mochizuki won an 18-man battle royal by lastly eliminating Isami Kodaka | |
| 15 | Kikutaro won a 15-man battle royal by lastly eliminating Jun Kasai |
| 17 | CMLL | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas | Mexico City, Mexico | Bárbaro Cavernario defeated El Felino in a Best two-out-of-three hair vs. hair match | |
| 18 | Impact | Victory Road | Nashville, Tennessee | Christian Cage (c) defeated Ace Austin to retain the Impact World Championship | |
| NJPW | Fighting Spirit Unleashed
| Long Beach, California | Juice Robinson vs. Hikuleo in a Tables match | Taped on August 16. |
| 22 | AEW | Dynamite: Grand Slam | Queens, New York | Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (c) (with Jamie Hayter and Rebel) defeated Ruby Soho to retain the AEW Women's World Championship | Aired live as a special episode of Dynamite. AEW's New York City debut. The first part of AEW's two-part Grand Slam event. |
| Rampage: Grand Slam | Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer) in a Lights Out match | Aired on tape delay on September 24 as a special episode of Rampage. The second part of AEW's two-part Grand Slam event. |
| 24 | CMLL | 88th Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | La Jarochita and Lluvia (c) defeated Dark Silueta and Reyna Isis to retain the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship | |
| 25 | NJPW | Fighting Spirit Unleashed
| Long Beach, California | Fred Rosser vs. Ren Narita | Taped on August 16. |
| 26 | WWE | Extreme Rules | Columbus, Ohio | Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated "The Demon" Finn Bálor to retain the WWE Universal Championship | 2020's Extreme Rules was originally scheduled to be held in San Jose, California, but was relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The SAP Center announced they would instead host the 2021 event. The 2021 event had been reported to be held on July 18, but that date was instead given to Money in the Bank. The event was then moved to September 26 in Ohio. |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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| 1 | WWE | 2021 WWE Draft
| Baltimore, Maryland | Sasha Banks defeated Bianca Belair | First night of the annual WWE Draft, where wrestlers were drafted between the Raw and SmackDown brands. Aired as an episode of SmackDown. |
| 2 | NJPW | Fighting Spirit UnleashedWeek 3 | Long Beach, California | Tom Lawlor (c) defeated Lio Rush to retain the Strong Openweight Championship[5] | Taped on August 16. |
| MLW | Fightland | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Alexander Hammerstone (National) defeated Jacob Fatu (World) in a Title vs. Title No Disqualification match for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship and the MLW National Openweight Championship | |
| 4 | WWE | 2021 WWE Draft
| Nashville, Tennessee | Bianca Belair defeated Charlotte Flair (c) by disqualification in a Raw Women's Championship match | Second night of the annual WWE Draft, where wrestlers were drafted between the Raw and SmackDown brands. Aired as an episode of Raw. |
| 6 | AEW | 2nd Anniversary Show | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Adam Page defeated Andrade El Idolo, Jon Moxley, Lance Archer, Matt Hardy, and Orange Cassidy in the Casino Ladder match to earn a match for the AEW World Championship | Celebrated the second anniversary of Dynamite. |
| 8 | WWE | SmackDown Season Premiere | San Jose, California | Finn Bálor defeated Cesaro in a 2021 King of the Ring first-round match | The 2021–22 season premiere of SmackDown. Featured King of the Ring and Queen's Crown tournament quarter-final matches. |
| 9 | TJPW | Wrestle Princess II | Tokyo, Japan | Miyu Yamashita (c) defeated Maki Itoh to retain the Princess of Princess Championship | |
| AAA | Héroes Inmortales XIV | Orizaba, Mexico | La Empresa (Puma King, Sam Adonis, and DMT Azul) defeated Dave the Clown and Los Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown, and Murder Clown) in Steel Cage Trios match | |
| Gleat | Lidet UWF Ver.1 | Tokyo, Japan | Daichi Hashimoto defeated Yu Iizuka in a UWF Rules match | Promoted as the official launch of Gleat's Lidet UWF sub-brand; it was an UWF International revival show held by Kiyoshi Tamura. |
| Stardom | Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella | Nagoya, Japan | Utami Hayashishita (c) defeated Takumi Iroha to retain the World of Stardom Championship | First joshi puroresu event hosted by the Osaka-jō Hall since 1995. |
| Impact | Knockouts Knockdown | Nashville, Tennessee | Decay (Havok and Rosemary) (c) (with Black Taurus and Crazzy Steve) defeated The Influence (Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood) (with Kaleb with a K) for the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship | |
| NJPW | Autumn AttackWeek 1 | Garland, Texas | | Taped on September 25. |
| 10 | CF | Noah Grand Square 2021 | Osaka, Japan | Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Naomichi Marufuji (c) to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
| 15 | WWE | Supersized SmackDown | Ontario, California | Sasha Banks defeated Becky Lynch | Special two-and-a-half-hour edition of SmackDown. |
| 16 | AEW | Saturday Night DynamiteWeek 1 | Miami, Florida | Bryan Danielson defeated Bobby Fish | Saturday airing of Dynamite (due to TNT coverage of the 2021–22 NHL season). |
| NJPW | Autumn AttackWeek 2 | Garland, Texas | Will Ospreay defeated Karl Fredericks | Taped on September 25. |
| 21 | WWE | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Roman Reigns (c) defeated Brock Lesnar to retain the WWE Universal Championship | Featured the finals of the King of the Ring and inaugural Queen's Crown tournaments. |
| 22 | GCW | | Los Angeles, California | Minoru Suzuki defeated Chris Dickinson | |
| 23 | AEW | Saturday Night DynamiteWeek 2 | Orlando, Florida | Cody Rhodes defeated Malakai Black | Saturday airing of Dynamite (due to TNT coverage of the 2021–22 NHL season). |
| NJPW | Autumn AttackWeek 3 | Garland, Texas | Juice Robinson defeated Hikuleo in a Texas Bullrope match | Taped on September 26. |
| Impact | Bound for Glory | Sunrise Manor, Nevada | Josh Alexander defeated Christian Cage (c) to win the Impact World Championship | |
| 24 | NWA | By Any Means Necessary | Oak Grove, Kentucky | Jax Dane defeated Crimson in a Steel Cage match | |
| 25 | WWE | Raw Season Premiere | Houston, Texas | Seth Rollins defeated Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, and Rey Mysterio in a four-way ladder match to become the number one contender for the WWE Championship | The 2021–22 season premiere of Raw. |
| 26 | WWE | Halloween Havoc | Orlando, Florida | Tommaso Ciampa (c) defeated Bron Breakker to retain the NXT Championship | Special Halloween-themed episode of NXT 2.0. Featured a special appearance by Chucky, who served as a host of the show. |
| 30 | NJPW | Autumn AttackWeek 4 | Garland, Texas | Suzuki-gun (Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Team Filthy (Royce Isaacs and Tom Lawlor) | Taped on September 26. |
| 31 | FMW-E | Destiny | Trenton, New Jersey | Atsushi Onita defeated Matt Tremont in an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch | A co-promoted event with the Hardcore Hustle Organization, it was the first event promoted in the United States by FMW-E in its current incarnation. |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| 2 | CMLL | Día de MuertosDay 1 | Mexico City, Mexico | Atlantis Jr. defeated Volador Jr. in an elimination match | |
| 3 | Stardom | Kawasaki Super Wars | Kawasaki, Japan | Utami Hayashishita (c) defeated Hazuki to retain the World of Stardom Championship | |
| 5 | CMLL | Día de MuertosDay 2 | Mexico City, Mexico | El Terrible (c) defeated Atlantis Jr. in a Best two-out-of-three falls match in the 2021 Rey del Inframundo championship Tournament Final | |
| 6 | MLW | War Chamber | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Hammerheads (Alexander Hammerstone, EJ Nduka, Matanza Duran, Richard Holliday, and Savio Vega) defeated Contra Unit (Ikuro Kwon, Jacob Fatu, Mads Krügger, Sentai Death Squad #1, and Sentai Death Squad #2) in a War Chamber match | The event was originally scheduled for September 11 in Dallas, Texas but was postponed due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. |
| CMLL | Arena Coliseo Grand Reopening | Mexico City, Mexico | Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero and Ultimo Guerrero) and Atlantis Jr. defeated El Felino, Místico and Volador Jr. in a Best Two Out Of Three Falls Six Man Tag Team Match | First Show in Arena Coliseo since COVID-19 pandemic |
| NJPW | Power Struggle | Osaka, Japan | Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | |
| New Japan ShowdownWeek 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Clark Connors and Ren Narita defeated United Empire (Will Ospreay and TJP) | Taped on October 16. |
| 13 | CF | Noah Demolition Stage 2021 | Yokohama, Japan | M's Alliance (Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji) defeated Kaito Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya (c) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship | |
| AEW | Full Gear | | Adam Page defeated Kenny Omega (c) to win the AEW World Championship | The event was originally scheduled to be held on November 6 in St. Louis, Missouri, but was moved to avoid competition with UFC 268 and Canelo Álvarez vs. Caleb Plant. |
| NJPW | New Japan ShowdownWeek 2 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Minoru Suzuki defeated Chris Dickinson | Taped on October 16. |
| Battle in the Valley | San Jose, California | Tomohiro Ishii defeated Jay White (c) to win the NEVER Openweight Championship | |
| 14 | | Honor For All | Baltimore, Maryland | Bandido defeated Demonic Flamita in a No Disqualification match | |
| WWE | Tribute to the Troops | Ontario, California | Roman Reigns defeated Shinsuke Nakamura in a singles match | Taped on October 15. First Tribute to the Troops to not air in December. |
| 19 | CMLL
NJPW | CMLL vs. NJPWDay 1 | Mexico City, Mexico | | |
| 20 | CMLL vs. NJPWDay 2 | Mexico City, Mexico | | |
| Impact | Turning Point | Sunrise Manor, Nevada | Moose (c) defeated Eddie Edwards in a Full Metal Mayhem match to retain the Impact World Championship | |
| NJPW | New Japan ShowdownWeek 3 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | TJP defeated Clark Connors | Taped on October 17. |
| 21 | WWE | Survivor Series | Brooklyn, New York | Roman Reigns (SmackDown's Universal Champion) defeated Big E (Raw's WWE Champion) in a Champion vs. Champion non-title singles match | |
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NJPW | CMLL vs. NJPWDay 3 | Mexico City, Mexico | United Empire (Jeff Cobb and TJP) defeated El Terrible and Hechicero | |
| 22 | CMLL vs. NJPWDay 4 | Puebla, Mexico | Volador Jr. and Fugaz vs TJP and Atlantis Jr. | |
| 24 | AEW | Thanksgiving Dynamite | Chicago, Illinois | Andrade El Idolo, Malakai Black, FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) defeated Pac, Penta El Cero M, Rey Fenix, and Cody Rhodes | Thanksgiving themed episode of Dynamite. |
| 26 | WWE | Thanksgiving SmackDown | Greensboro, North Carolina | Sami Zayn won a Black Friday Battle Royal to become the #1 contender for the WWE Universal Championship | Special Thanksgiving-themed episode of SmackDown. |
| CMLL | Torneo de Leyenda de Azul | Mexico City, Mexico | Volador Jr. (c) defeated TJP to retain the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. | |
| 27 | NJPW | New Japan ShowdownWeek 4 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer) defeated Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston in a Philadelphia Street fight | Taped on October 17. |
| Stardom | Tokyo Super Wars | Tokyo, Japan | Utami Hayashishita (c) defeated Maika to retain the World of Stardom Championship | |
| 28 | CF | Noah The Best 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Katsuhiko Nakajima (Heavyweight) vs. Kenoh (National) ended in a time-limit draw in a Winner takes all match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship and GHC National Championship | |
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| 3 | The Crash
MLW | Azteca | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | Pagano and Alexander Hammerstone defeated King Muertes and Taurus in aa Apocalypto match | |
| 4 | AAA | Triplemanía Regia II | Monterrey, Mexico | El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Samuray del Sol, Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish, and Bandido in a five-way match for the vacant AAA Mega Championship | Was originally to be held on October 10, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Hard Times | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Trevor Murdoch (c) defeated Mike Knox to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship | |
| NJPW | DetonationWeek 1 | Riverside, California | Hikuleo and Jay White defeated Yuya Uemura and Alex Zayne | Taped on November 15. |
| 5 | WWE
| WarGames | Orlando, Florida | Team 2.0 (Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, Grayson Waller, and Tony D'Angelo) (with Trick Williams) defeated Team Black & Gold (Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Pete Dunne, and L. A. Knight) in a WarGames match | NXT's first non-TakeOver event to air on PPV and the WWE Network since Halftime Heat in February 2019. |
| 9 | NJPW | Nemesis | Los Angeles, California | Christopher Daniels vs. Jay White | |
| 11 | ROH | Final Battle | | Jonathan Gresham defeated Jay Lethal to win the vacant ROH World Championship | This was the final ROH event until at least April 2022 as ROH went on hiatus to restructure the promotion. |
| 15 | AEW | Winter Is Coming | Garland, Texas | MJF defeated Dante Martin in a singles match to win the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring | Aired as a special episode of Dynamite. |
| 17 | WWE
| Christmas Eve SmackDown | Chicago, Illinois | Drew McIntyre and The New Day (Sir Kofi Kingston and King Woods) defeated Madcap Moss and The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight | Aired on tape delay on December 24 as a special episode of SmackDown. |
| 18 | Impact | Throwback Throwdown II | Louisville, Kentucky | Santa Claus (Willie Mack) defeated Sex Ferguson (Doc Gallows) (c) by pinfall in a North Pole Street Fight for the IPWF International Commonwealth Television Championship |
| Stardom | Osaka Super Wars | Osaka, Japan | MaiHimePoi (Maika, Natsupoi, and Himeka) (c) defeated Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, and Koguma) in a six-woman tag team ladder match to retain the ¥10 Million Unit Tournament briefcase and the Artist of Stardom Championship | |
| 22 | AEW | Dynamite: Holiday Bash | Greensboro, North Carolina | CM Punk, Sting, and Darby Allin defeated The Pinnacle (MJF and FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)) in a six-man tag team match | Aired live as a special episode of Dynamite. The first part of AEW's two-part Holiday Bash event. |
| Rampage: Holiday Bash | Cody Rhodes defeated Sammy Guevara (c) in a singles match to win the AEW TNT Championship | Aired on tape delay on December 25 as a special episode of Rampage. The second part of AEW's two-part Holiday Bash event. |
| 25 | CMLL | Espacial De Navidad | Mexico City, Mexico | Místico (c) defeated Averno to retain the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship | |
| 26 | CF | Never Mind 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Yuji Okabayashi to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship | |
| 29 | Stardom | Dream Queendom | Tokyo, Japan | Syuri defeated Utami Hayashishita (c) in a winner-takes-all match to win the World of Stardom Championship and retain the SWA World Championship | |
| AEW | Dynamite: New Year's Smash | Jacksonville, Florida | Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta) and Orange Cassidy | Aired live as a special episode of Dynamite and was the show's final episode on TNT before the move to TBS on January 5, 2022. The first part of AEW's two-part New Year's Smash event, held as part of AEW's annual year-end party for talent and staff in Jacksonville. |
| Rampage: New Year's Smash | Cody Rhodes (c) defeated Ethan Page to retain the AEW TNT Championship | Aired on tape delay on December 31 as a special episode of Rampage. The second part of AEW's two-part New Year's Smash event. |
| 31 | WWE
| Best of 2021 | TBD | | A year-in-review episode, which aired on FS1 due to Fox's New Year's Eve programming.[6] WWE initially announced plans to air a live SmackDown for New Year's Eve in Charlotte, but these plans were scrapped.[7] [8] |
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | |
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| Scheduled date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Notes |
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| May 15 | NJPW | Wrestle Grand Slam in Yokohama Stadium | Yokohama, Japan | The event was originally planned to be rescheduled after being postponed due to the Japanese government's extension of its COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency, but was cancelled on June 16. |
| June 20 | WWE | TakeOver: Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | This event was originally scheduled to take place on April 26, 2020. It was then rescheduled for October 25, 2020, but was again rescheduled for June 20, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] However, on April 30, the event was canceled.[10] This would have been the first NXT UK TakeOver event held outside the United Kingdom. |
| September 26 | WWE | Clash of Champions | Columbus, Ohio | The event was originally intended to be held on September 26 in Columbus, Ohio but that date was given to Extreme Rules. The event was quietly canceled for 2021. |
| December 19 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Rosemont, Illinois | The event was originally intended to be held on December 19 in Rosemont, Illinois, but was canceled in favor of an event called Day 1, a pay-per-view occurring on January 1, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia.[11] | |
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date won | Notes |
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| AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament | Ryo Mizunami | March 3 | Defeated Nyla Rose in the tournament final to earn an AEW Women's World Championship match at Revolution, but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. |
| Casino Tag Team Royale | Death Triangle
| March 7 | Fénix last eliminated Jungle Boy of Jurassic Express to earn an AEW World Tag Team Championship match for his team. Death Triangle received their match on the April 14 episode of Dynamite, but were unsuccessful in winning the championship. |
| Face of the Revolution Ladder Match | Scorpio Sky | Defeated Cody Rhodes, Penta El Zero Miedo, Lance Archer, Max Caster, and Ethan Page to earn an AEW TNT Championship match against Darby Allin on the March 10 episode of Dynamite, but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. |
Casino Battle Royale
| Jungle Boy | May 30 | Last eliminated Christian Cage to earn an AEW World Championship match. Jungle Boy received his match on the June 26 episode of Dynamite, but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. |
| AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament | The Lucha Brothers
| August 25
| Defeated Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) in the tournament final to earn an AEW World Tag Team Championship match at All Out, where they defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in a steel cage match to win the championship. |
Casino Battle Royale
| Ruby Soho | September 5 | Last eliminated Thunder Rosa to earn an AEW Women's World Championship match. Soho received her match on the September 22 special episode of Dynamite titled Grand Slam, but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. |
| Casino Ladder Match | Adam Page | October 6 | Defeated Andrade El Idolo, Jon Moxley, Lance Archer, Matt Hardy, Orange Cassidy, and Pac to earn an AEW World Championship match at Full Gear, where Page defeated Kenny Omega to win the championship. |
| AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament | Bryan Danielson | November 13 | Defeated Miro in the tournament final to earn an AEW World Championship match on the special Winter Is Coming episode of Dynamite on December 15, but the match ended in a draw, resulting in a rematch scheduled for the January 5, 2022, episode of Dynamite. |
| Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale | MJF and Dante Martin | December 8 | The cowinners of the 12-man battle royal face each other in a singles match for the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring.
MJF defeated Martin on the special Winter Is Coming episode of Dynamite on December 15 to win the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring. | |
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date won | Notes |
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| La Copa Junior VIP | Angel de Oro | March 26 | Defeated Caristico in the tournament final to win the 2021 La Copa Junior VIP. |
| Copa Dinastías | Los Hermanos Panther (Blue Panther Jr. and Black Panther) | May 29 | Defeated Volador Jr. and Flyer in the tournament final to win the Copa Dinastías. |
| Torneo Increíble de Parejas | Templario and Volador Jr. | June 25 | Defeated Caristico and Virus in the tournament final to win the Torneo Increíble de Parejas. |
| Leyenda de Plata | Titán | July 30 | Defeated Templario in the tournament final to win the 2021 Leyenda de Plata. |
| CMLL Universal Amazonas Championship | La Jarochita | August 27 | Defeated Dark Silueta in the tournament final to win the 2021 CMLL Universal Amazonas Championship. |
| Copa Independencia | Volador Jr. | September 17 | Defeated Gran Guerrero in the tournament final to win the 2021 Copa Independencia. |
| Rey del Inframundo championship | El Terrible | November 5 | Defeated Atlantis Jr. in the tournament final to win the 2021 Rey del Inframundo championship. |
| Leyenda de Azul | El Soberano Jr. | November 26 | Defeated Atlantis Jr. in the tournament final to win the 2021 Leyenda de Azul. |
| Gran Alternativa | El Coyote & Euforia | December 25 | Defeated El Coyote & Euforia. in the tournament final to win the 2021 Gran Alternativa. | |
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date won | Notes |
|---|
Royal Rumble
| Bianca Belair | January 31 | Winner received their choice of a championship match for either the Raw Women's Championship, SmackDown Women's Championship, or NXT Women's Championship at WrestleMania 37; Belair last eliminated Rhea Ripley to win and chose her own brand's SmackDown Women's Championship, which she subsequently won from Sasha Banks at the event. |
Royal Rumble
| Edge | Winner received their choice of a championship match for either Raw's WWE Championship, SmackDown's Universal Championship, or the NXT Championship at WrestleMania 37; Edge from Raw last eliminated Randy Orton to win and chose the Universal Championship, but was unsuccessful in winning the title at the event. |
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
| Dakota Kai and Raquel González | February 14 | Defeated Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart in the tournament final to win the inaugural Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Trophy and a match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship on the March 3 episode of NXT, but were unsuccessful in winning the championship due to a controversial finish. This resulted in them being named the inaugural holders of the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship. |
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
| MSK
| Defeated Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) in the tournament final to win the Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Trophy and a match for the NXT Tag Team Championship on the March 3 episode of NXT, but Lee suffered a storyline injury leading up to the match. They would later win a triple threat tag team match involving Grizzled Young Veterans and Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza) at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 to win the vacant titles (vacated after co-champion Danny Burch suffered a shoulder injury). |
| André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal | Jey Uso | April 2
| Last eliminated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the André the Giant Memorial Trophy. |
Money in the Bank ladder match
| Nikki A.S.H. | July 18 | Defeated Asuka, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Liv Morgan, Zelina Vega, Natalya, and Tamina for a women's world championship match contract. Nikki cashed in the contract on the July 19 episode of Raw and won the Raw Women's Championship from Charlotte Flair, who had just retained the title in a match against Rhea Ripley by disqualification. |
Money in the Bank ladder match
| Big E | Defeated Ricochet, John Morrison, Riddle, Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens, King Nakamura, and Seth Rollins for a world championship match contract. Big E cashed in the contract on the September 13 episode of Raw and won the WWE Championship from Bobby Lashley, who had just retained the title in a match against Randy Orton. |
| King of the Ring tournament | Xavier Woods | October 21 | Defeated Finn Bálor in the tournament final to become the King of the Ring; he subsequently changed his ring name to King Woods. |
| Queen's Crown tournament | Zelina Vega | Defeated Doudrop in the tournament final to become the inaugural Queen; she subsequently changed her ring name to Queen Zelina. | |
| Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship |
| Incoming champion – The Young Bucks' autobiography Killing the Business |
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| February 28 | Saki Akai's photo book "Lip Hip Shake" | Into The Fight | Six-way match also involving Saki Akai, Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino, and Kazuki Hirata. |
| March 14 | Keigo Nakamura | Day Dream Believer | |
| Saki Akai | Pinned Keigo Nakamura in a six-person tag team match. |
| April 3 | Kazuki Hirata | Peanuts Are A Good Source Of Protein | During a six-person tag team match, Hirata pinned his own partner Saki Akai to win the title. |
| Chiba-kun stuffed animal | Shortly after, Kazuki Hirata ran off backstage followed by referee Yukinori Matsui. A three-count was heard and DJ Nira walked out carrying a stuffed animal of Chiba-kun, the mascot of the Chiba city, which referee Matsui confirmed as the new champion. |
| Kazuki Hirata | Mao attacked the toy but before he could pin it, he was attacked by Hirata who then stole the pin to win the title back. |
| Antonio Honda | Pinned Kazuki Hirata to win the six-person tag team match and the title. |
| Saki Akai | After the match, pinned Antonio Honda to win the title. |
| April 25 | Chris Brookes | Max Bump 2021 Tour in Nagano | During a tag team match, Brookes teamed with Toui Kojima to defeat Yukio Sakaguchi and Saki Akai which he pinned to win the title. |
| Saki Akai | After the match, pinned Chris Brookes to win the title back. |
| May 4 | Chris Brookes | Max Bump 2021 | This was also for Brookes' DDT Extreme Division Championship. |
| May 29 | Antonio Honda | Audience Tour 2021 in Fukuoka | |
| Saki Akai | |
| May 30 | Shinya Aoki | Audience Tour 2021 in Kumamoto | |
| June 20 | Kazuki Hirata | King of DDT 2021 2nd Round | Took place during a 9-person rumble rules match also involving Yukio Sakaguchi, Antonio Honda, Chris Brookes, Mad Paulie, Makoto Oishi, Saki Akai and Toru Owashi. |
| Shinya Aoki | |
| July 25 | Masayuki Okano | Kushiro Charity Sports Festival | Retired football player. |
| Danshoku Dino | |
| September 12 | Shunma Katsumata | Tenjin Wars 2021 | Took place during a tag team match where Katsumata teamed with Yuki Ueno to successfully defend the KO-D Tag Team Championship against Danshoku Dino and Yuki Iino. |
| September 22 | Harashima | Who's Gonna Top? Tour in Sapporo | Took place during a six-man tag team match where Harashima teamed with Toru Owashi and Naomi Yoshimura and defeated Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno and Konosuke Takeshita. |
| October 23 | Akito | Dramatic Dream Tour 2021 in Fuji | Pinned Harashima during Antonio Honda's autograph signing session. |
| November 10 | Hideki Okatani | D-Oh Grand Prix 2021 II in Shinjuku | Took place during a six-person tag team match. Okatani pinned his own partner Akito to win the title. |
| Kazuki Hirata | Took place during a six-person tag team match. Hirata pinned Hideki Okatani to win the match and the title. |
| Toru Owashi | |
| November 21 | Akito | D-Oh Grand Prix 2021 II in Korakuen Hall | |
| December 5 | Kazuki Hirata | D-Oh Grand Prix 2021 II the Final | |
| Toru Owashi | |
| December 31 | Yuna Mizumori | ChocoPro #187 | Defeated Toru Owashi in a janken game. This was a Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling event. |
| Toru Owashi | | |
Raw and SmackDown each have a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship.
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).
| WWE 24/7 Championship |
| Incoming champion – Angel Garza |
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| January 4 | R-Truth | Raw
Legends Night | Pinned Angel Garza backstage after Garza had been scared by The Boogeyman. |
| January 31 | Alicia Fox | Royal Rumble | During the women's Royal Rumble match, R-Truth ran out to the ring. Several other wrestlers attempted to attack Truth. During the distraction, Fox rolled up Truth in the ring to win the title. |
| R-Truth | After Alicia Fox was eliminated from the women's Royal Rumble match, Truth pinned her outside the ring with a rollup to win back the title. |
| Peter Rosenberg | Rosenberg, who had served as a panelist during the Royal Rumble Kickoff pre-show, rolled up R-Truth by the panelist table to win the title.
Rosenberg is a radio personality who often serves as a panelist during the pre-shows of WWE pay-per-views.
Eighth non-wrestler to win the title. |
| February 1 | R-Truth | The Michael Kay Show | During the live remote broadcast, which aired on the YES Network and WEPN Radio, Truth pinned Peter Rosenberg in the latter's hotel room. |
| February 6 | Doug Flutie | Celebrity Flag Football Game | At Clearwater Beach during halftime of the game, which aired on ESPNEWS, Flutie rolled up R-Truth to win the title.
Flutie is a former National Football League, Canadian Football League, and United States Football League player.
Ninth non-wrestler to win the title. |
| R-Truth | Shortly after, Truth snuck up from behind and rolled up Doug Flutie to win back the title, which also aired on ESPNEWS. |
| February 15 | Akira Tozawa | Raw | Following a scuffle, Tozawa pinned R-Truth backstage. |
| Bad Bunny | After witnessing Akira Tozawa win the title, Damian Priest attacked Tozawa and allowed guest star Bad Bunny to pin him and become champion.
Bad Bunny is a rapper, singer, and songwriter.
10th non-wrestler to win the title. |
| March 15 | R-Truth | Raw | Bad Bunny relinquished the title to R-Truth in exchange for Stone Cold Steve Austin memorabilia. |
| March 21 | Joseph Average | Fastlane | Old Spice representative Joseph Average accidentally pinned R-Truth backstage during an Old Spice advertisement after a shelf full of deodorants fell over.
Joseph Average was portrayed by NXT and WWE Performance Center trainee Rik Bugez. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Old Spice representative Joseph Average with a roll up to win back the title. |
N/A
| Akira Tozawa | N/A | Pinned R-Truth in the backstage area of Tropicana Field. This title change was shown on WWE's YouTube channel. The actual date the title change took place is unknown. WWE's official title history currently does not recognize this reign. |
| Joseph Average | Pinned Akira Tozawa in the backstage area of Tropicana Field. This title change was shown on WWE's YouTube channel. The actual date the title change took place is unknown. WWE's official title history currently does not recognize this reign. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Joseph Average in the backstage area of Tropicana Field. This title change was shown on WWE's YouTube channel. The actual date the title change took place is unknown. WWE's official title history currently does not recognize this reign. |
| May 17 | Akira Tozawa | Raw | Pinned R-Truth backstage in a stairwell. |
| June 29 | Drew Gulak | Raw | Pinned Akira Tozawa at ringside during a battle royal. |
| R-Truth | Pinned Drew Gulak at ringside during a battle royal. |
| Akira Tozawa | Pinned R-Truth at ringside during a battle royal |
| July 19 | Reginald | Raw | Pinned Akira Tozawa in the ring after Tozawa had been chased to the ring by other wrestlers. His ring name was changed to Reggie on July 23. |
| November 8 | Drake Maverick | Raw | This was an official watch where Maverick pinned Reggie in-ring to win the title. |
| Akira Tozawa | |
| Corey Graves | |
| Byron Saxton | |
| Drake Maverick | |
| Reggie | |
| November 22 | Cedric Alexander | Raw | This was an official match where Alexander pinned Reggie in-ring to win the title. |
| Dana Brooke | | |
