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2026 in professional wrestling describes the current year’s events in the world of professional wrestling.
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List of promotions
These promotions are holding events throughout 2026.
| Promotion name | Abbreviation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AAW Wrestling | AAW | The “AAW” abbreviation has been used since 2007 and previously stood for the promotion’s original name, All American Wrestling. |
| All Elite Wrestling | AEW | |
| All Japan Pro Wrestling | AJPW | |
| Combat Zone Wrestling | CZW | |
| Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | CMLL | |
| CyberFight | CF | CyberFight is an umbrella brand that oversees and promotes three individual promotions: DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW). |
| Deadlock Pro-Wrestling | DPW | |
| DEFY Wrestling | DEFY | |
| Dragongate | DG | |
| Dream Star Fighting Marigold | Marigold | |
| Game Changer Wrestling | GCW | |
| German Wrestling Federation | GWF | |
| House of Glory | HOG | |
| Juggalo Championship Wrestling | JCW | |
| Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | AAA | The “AAA” abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion’s original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. Owned by WWE since April 2025. |
| Major League Wrestling | MLW | |
| Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling | MLP | Relaunch of the former Maple Leaf Wrestling, acquired by Scott D’Amore. |
| National Wrestling Alliance | NWA | |
| New Japan Pro-Wrestling | NJPW | |
| Progress Wrestling | PROGRESS | |
| Pro Wrestling Zero1 | Zero1 | |
| Revolution Pro Wrestling | RevPro | |
| Ring of Honor | ROH | |
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | TNA | |
| Westside Xtreme Wrestling | wXw | |
| Women of Wrestling | WOW | |
| World Wonder Ring Stardom | Stardom | |
| WWE | — | “WWE” stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which remains the company’s legal name, though the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism. WWE divides its roster into four storyline divisions – referred to as brands where wrestlers exclusively perform on their respective weekly television programs. Raw and SmackDown are their two main brands, while NXT and Evolve serve as their developmental territories. WWE ID is another developmental program for wrestlers on the independent circuit. |
Calendar of notable shows
January
February
March
April
May
June
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Venue | Main event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | NWA | Hard Times 6 | Atlanta, Georgia | Center Stage | ||
| GCW | Tournament of Survival 11 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Showboat Atlantic City | |||
| 7 | Cage of Survival 5 | |||||
| NJPW | Best of the Super Juniors 33 (Final) |
Tokyo, Japan | Ota City General Gymnasium | TBD vs. TBD in the Best of the Super Juniors final | ||
| Progress | Chapter 195: Wonderbrawl II | Manchester, England | O2 Ritz | |||
| 11 | MLW | Queens, New York | Melrose Ballroom | |||
| 12 | Summer of the Beasts | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2300 Arena | |||
| 13 | ||||||
| 14 | NJPW | Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | Osaka-jō Hall | ||
| 18 | GCW | Wildwood, New Jersey | Mudhen Brewery | |||
| 19 | Rage Against Time | Cincinnati, Ohio | Twentieth Century Theatre | First GCW event in Cincinnati. | ||
| 20 | Bow Down | TBD | TBD | |||
| 27 | Los Angeles, California | Ukrainian Culture Center | ||||
| 28 | AEW CMLL NJPW Stardom |
Forbidden Door | San Jose, California | SAP Center | ||
| TNA | Slammiversary | Boston, Massachusetts | Agganis Arena | |||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||||
July
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Venue | Main event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | NJPW | G1 Climax 36 Night 1 |
Hoffman Estates, Illinois | Now Arena | First G1 Climax show to be held in the U.S. since 2019. | |
| 18 | WWE: | Saturday Night’s Main Event XLV | New York City, New York | Madison Square Garden | First Saturday Night’s Main Event in Madison Square Garden since August 2007. | |
| 26 | Progress | Chapter 196: Scorchio | London, England | Electric Ballroom | ||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||||
August
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Venue | Main event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WWE: | SummerSlam | Minneapolis, Minnesota | U.S. Bank Stadium | ||
| 2 | ||||||
| 16 | NJPW | G1 Climax 36 (Final) |
Tokyo, Japan | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | TBD vs. TBD in the G1 Climax 36 final | |
| 23 | TNA | Lockdown | Chicago, Illinois | Credit Union 1 Arena | ||
| 29 | RevPro | RevPro 14th Anniversary Show | London, England | OVO Arena Wembley | ||
| 30 | AEW | All In | Wembley Stadium | |||
| 31 | Progress | Electric Ballroom | ||||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||||
September
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Venue | Main event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | WWE: | Money in the Bank | New Orleans, Louisiana | Smoothie King Center | First Money in the Bank to be held in September, and the first to be held after SummerSlam. | |
| 12 | MLW | Fightland | Charleston, South Carolina | Festival Hall | ||
| 27 | Progress | London, England | Electric Ballroom | |||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||||
October
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Venue | Main event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | TNA | Bound for Glory | Tampa, Florida | Yuengling Center | ||
| 17 | RevPro CMLL |
Fantastica Mania UK | Wolverhampton, England | The Hangar | ||
| 25 | Progress | London, England | Electric Ballroom | |||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||||
November
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Venue | Main event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | MLW CMLL |
Azteca Lucha | Cicero, Illinois | Cicero Stadium | ||
| 15 | TNA | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Edmonton Expo Centre | |||
| 29 | Progress | London, England | Electric Ballroom | |||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||||
December
| Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Venue | Main event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Progress | London, England | Electric Ballroom | |||
| (c) – denotes defending champion(s) | ||||||
Notable events
- January 1 –
- In the United States, the majority of WWE‘s archival content on Peacock was moved to Netflix, with Peacock maintaining NXT‘s livestreaming events until March 15 and the Saturday Night’s Main Event specials and replays of recent episodes of WWE SmackDown until at least 2029, as well as exclusive documentaries.
- Many of the select few countries that were still on the WWE Network in 2025 transitioned to Netflix, with only Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland still on the WWE Network until April 1, while Sub-Saharan Africa and Japan remain on SuperSport and Abema, respectively.
- January 2 – WWE SmackDown returned to three hours after airing for two hours since July 4, 2025.
- January 4 –
- At New Japan Pro-Wrestling‘s Wrestle Kingdom 20, IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji defeated IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita in a Winner Takes All match. Subsequently, Tsuji reintroduced the IWGP Heavyweight Championship—which had been retired in 2021 and succeeded by the World Heavyweight—to replace the World Heavyweight, retroactively merging the lineages of both titles as one, with all former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions recognized as former IWGP Heavyweight Champions. The IWGP Intercontinental Championship history—which had been unified with the Heavyweight in 2021 and also retired to create the World Heavyweight—would also later be amended with all former World Heavyweight Champions also recognized as former Intercontinental Champions, with Tsuji recognized as its final holder.
- Also at Wrestle Kingdom 20, Hiroshi Tanahashi lost to Kazuchika Okada, ending his 25-year professional wrestling career.
- January 6 – Backstage during New Japan Pro-Wrestling‘s New Year Dash, Yota Tsuji announced that Bullet Club would be dissolved going forward, marking the end of the stable after 12 years.
- January 8 – WWE Main Event premiered on YouTube in the United States, after streaming on Peacock since 2021.
- January 15 – TNA iMPACT! premiered on AMC and AMC+, after airing on AXS TV since October 2019, TNA+ since January 2024, and New England Sports Network since January 2025.
- January 31 – At WWE‘s Royal Rumble, AJ Styles lost to Gunther via technical submission, ending his 27-year professional wrestling career.
- March 9 – Outside of the United States and Canada, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), in partnership with Kiswe, launched MyAEW, an over-the-top streaming service and digital television network, hosting all episodes of AEW’s programs and all pay-per-view (PPV) events, live and on-demand, as well as hosting the archive for all prior programs and PPVs. It also hosts the archive for Ring of Honor.
- March 15 – NXT‘s livestreaming events were removed from Peacock following the expiration of that portion of WWE‘s contract with NBCUniversal, with NXT’s livestreaming events subsequently going to YouTube.
- March 31 – The New Japan Pro-Wrestling Board of Directors transferred all shares of Stardom, which had operated under the trade name Stardom Co., Ltd. since their acquisition in April 2024, back to their parent company Bushiroad.
- April 1 – The standalone WWE Network permanently shut down in its last remaining countries—Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland—which transitioned to Netflix, bringing a complete end to the service after 12 years.
Accomplishments and tournaments
AAA
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rey de Reyes | El Grande Americano | March 14 | Defeated La Parka, “The Original” El Grande Americano, and Santos Escobar in the final to earn the Rey de Reyes Sword and a AAA Mega Championship match. He will challenge Dominik Mysterio for the title at a later date. |
| Lucha Libre World Cup | TBD | May 30 | Multi-team single-elimination tournament |
AAW
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chi-Town Rumble | Joe Alonzo | February 21 (aired February 26) |
Last eliminated Gringo Loco to win. |
AEW
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackjack Battle Royal | Jack Perry | March 15 | Last eliminated AEW National Champion Ricochet to win the title. |
| Dynasty Casino Gauntlet match | Kevin Knight | April 12 | Pinned Daniel Garcia to win the vacant AEW TNT Championship. |
| Owen Hart Cup (Women) |
TBD | May 24 | Eight-woman single-elimination tournament for the Owen Hart Cup Trophy, Championship, and an AEW World Women’s Championship match at All In. |
| Owen Hart Cup (Men) |
TBD | Eight-man single-elimination tournament for the Owen Hart Cup Trophy, Championship, and an AEW World Championship match at All In. | |
| Continental Classic | TBD | TBA | Twelve-man round-robin tournament for the AEW Continental Championship. |
AIW
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gauntlet for the Gold | Chuck Stone and Eric Taylor | March 20 | Both men were declared co-winners after last eliminating each other. As such, both earned an opportunity at the AIW Absolute Championship. |
AJPW
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zennichi Jr. Tag Team Festival | Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising Hayato | March 20 | Defeated Ryo Inoue and Mochizuki Jr. in the final to win. |
| Champion Carnival | TBD | May 17 | Sixteen-man round-robin tournament for a future Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship match. |
Basara
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universe Cup | Naomichi Marufuji | April 6 | Defeated Sanshiro Takagi in the final to win. |
CF
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universe Cup | Naomichi Marufuji | April 6 | Defeated Sanshiro Takagi in the final to win. |
DDT
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imaike Rumble | Naomi Yoshimura | February 7 | Last eliminated Yoshihiko to win. |
| D Generations Cup | Kazuma Sumi | February 22 | Defeated Takeshi Masada in the final to earn a DDT Universal Championship match. He defeated Daisuke Sasaki to win the title at Judgement. |
Noah
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Rumble | Titus Alexander | February 2 | Last eliminated Archie Cole to win. |
| Jr. Tag League | Dragon Bane and Alejandro | March 1 | Defeated Team 2000X (Alpha Wolf and Kai Fujimura) in the final to earn a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. They defeated Los Intocables (Daga and Daiki Odashima) to win the titles at Apex Conquest. |
TJPW
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament | Ober Eats (Wakana Uehara and Yuki Kamifuku) |
February 13 | Defeated Mizuki and Uta Takami in the final to win. Ober Eats became the first team to win the tournament while holding the Princess Tag Team Championship. |
CMLL
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes del Aire | Flip Gordon | February 3 | Last eliminated Yutani in a torneo cibernetico to win the tournament. |
| Fantastica Mania Tag Team Tournament | El Sky Team (Místico and Máscara Dorada) |
February 24 | Defeated Averno and Magnus in the final to win. |
| Torneo de Escuelas | Escuela Magia Blanca (Tornado and Rey Pegasus) |
February 27 | Defeated Escuela Querétaro (Pantera Jr. and Psycotic) and Escuela Último Guerrero (Estudiante Jr. and Feroz) in the final to win. |
| Copa Irma González | Magnifica | March 6 | Defeated Princesa Sugehit and Marcela to win the Irma González Cup Trophy. |
| CMLL Universal Championship | Máscara Dorada, Hechicero, or TBD | April 24 |
DG
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open the Dream Gate Championship #1 Contender’s Battle Royal | Kai | March 13 | Last eliminated Madoka Kikuta to earn an Open the Dream Gate Championship match. He challenged Kikuta for the title on the third night of The Gate of Passion tour but was unsuccessful. |
EVE
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHE-1 | Session Moth Martina | January 9 | Defeated Anita Vaughn in the final to earn a Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship match. She defeated Rhio to win the title, which was renamed the Pro-Wrestling: EVE World Championship, at EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom VIII. |
| Multiverse Rumble | Alexxis Falcon | February 6 | Cosplayed as Mr. Bean; last eliminated Session Moth Martina, cosplaying as Will Ospreay, to win. |
| Sudden Death 16 | Alexxis Falcon | March 8 | Pinned Charlie Morgan to earn a championship opportunity of her choice. |
Freedoms
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship Next Challenger Tournament | Daiju Wakamatsu and Takashi Sasaki | March 11 | Defeated Kyu Mogami and Hyakuroku in the final to earn a King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship match. They challenged Jun Kasai and Mizuki Watase for the titles at The Gekokujo but were unsuccessful. |
GanPro
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universe Cup | Naomichi Marufuji | April 6 | Defeated Sanshiro Takagi in the final to win. |
GCW
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey J-Cup | Charles Mason | February 7 | Defeated JCW World Champion Billie Starkz in the final to win the title. |
| Grab the Brass Ring ladder match | TBD | April 17 | Ten-person ladder match for a championship opportunity at the time and place of the winner’s choosing. |
| Clusterfuck Battle Royal | TBD | April 18 | Multi-person battle royal. |
| Tournament of Survival 11 | TBD | June 6 | Multi-man single-elimination tournament. |
GWF
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup | TBD | May 9 | Single-elimination tournament for a future GWF World Championship match. |
IWRG
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kizuna Tournament | Kirari Wakana and Yuuka | April 12 | Defeated Akane Fujita and Arisa Shinose in the final to earn an International Ribbon Tag Team Championship match. They will challenge Makoto and Sumika Yanagawa for the titles on April 26. |
IWRG
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Protector | Aguila Oriental and Hell Boy | February 22 | Last eliminated Chessman and Principe in a torneo cibernetico to win. |
| Tryout Tournament | Falcon Fire | March 29 | Defeated Aztec Fly and Madness in the final by judge’s decision. |
JTO
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| JTO Girls Tournament | Big Haruka | February 14 | Defeated Mizuha in the final to win. |
| JTO Tournament | Ibuki | February 15 | Defeated Bomber Tatsuya in the final to win. |
M-Pro
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universe Cup | Naomichi Marufuji | April 6 | Defeated Sanshiro Takagi in the final to win. |
Marigold
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marigold 3D Trios Championship Tournament | Mai Sakurai, Natsumi Showzuki, and Erina Yamanaka | February 23 | Defeated Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui, Nagisa Nozaki, and Rea Seto) in the final to become the inaugural Marigold 3D Trios Champions. |
MLP
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim MLP Canadian Championship Elimination Gauntlet match | Stu Grayson | Uprising | Last eliminated Jonathan Gresham to become the interim MLP Canadian Champion. |
MLW
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Riot | Killer Kross | January 29 (aired February 5) |
Last eliminated Alex Hammerstone and Matt Riddle to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship. The title was previously held by Mads Krule Krügger. |
NJPW
NWA
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett Cup | Titans of Calamity (Ren Ayabe and Talos) |
April 4 | Defeated The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana) in the final to win the Crockett Cup Trophy and a future NWA World Tag Team Championship match. |
Osaka Pro
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka Tag Festival | VerteX (Suzaku and Tiiida) |
February 23 (aired February 25) |
Defeated Rogue Nation (Toru and Yasutaka Oosera) in the final to earn an Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship match. They challenged Aran Sano and Tigers Mask for the titles on the March 8 Bushi-Do, which was streamed the following day, but were unsuccessful. |
OVW
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nightmare Rumble (Women) |
Lovely Miss Larkan | January 11 | Last eliminated “HollyHood” Haley J to earn the Key of Opportunity for a championship match at the time and place of her choosing. She invoked her opportunity to challenge Leela Feist for the OVW Women’s Championship on the March 5 episode of OVW TV, which ended in a no contest. |
| Nightmare Rumble (Men) |
Tony Evans | Last eliminated Kash Daniel to earn the Key of Opportunity for a championship match at the time and place of his choosing. He invoked his opportunity to win the OVW United States Heavyweight Championship from Dr. Zo on the February 5 episode of OVW TV. | |
| OVW Tag Team Championship #1 Contender’s Tournament | Los Desafios (Jota Peso and Maximo Suave) |
February 12 | Defeated Z Force (Super Z and Dayami) in the final to earn an OVW Tag Team Championship match. They defeated Donovan Cecil and Jack Vaughn at Tough Love to win the titles. |
| Hateful Eight Gauntlet match | Star Rider | March 15 | Last eliminated Erik Surge to earn an OVW United States Heavyweight Championship match. He will challenge Tony Evans for the title at Double Crossed. |
| Trios Gauntlet match | Stephen Steel | March 19 | Last eliminated Kal Herro to earn a OVW Heavyweight Championship match. He will challenge Dustin Jackson for the title at Double Crossed. |
Oz Academy
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magiten Tournament | Hiroyo Matsumoto | January 4 | Defeated Kakeru in the final to earn an Oz Academy Openweight Championship match on February 8. She defeated Saori Anou for the title at the event. |
| Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship Tournament | Ryo Mizunami, Rina Yamashita, or Rin | TBD | Nine-woman single-elimination tournament for the vacant Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship. |
Progress
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Strong Style 16 (Women) |
TBD | May 3 | Sixteen-woman single-elimination tournament for a future Progress World Women’s Championship match. |
| Super Strong Style 16 (Men) |
TBD | May 4 | Sixteen-man single-elimination tournament for a future Progress World Championship match. |
RevPro
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s Revolution Gauntlet | Alexxis Falcon | March 1 | Pinned Mercedes Blaze to earn a match against Mercedes Moné at High Stakes. She defeated Moné at the event in a Winner Takes All match to win the Bodyslam Women’s Championship and the DW Scottish Women’s Championship. |
| Revolution Road | TBD | TBD | Twenty-man single-elimination tournament for an Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship match at Revolution Rumble. |
| Revolution Rumble | TBD | May 17 | Multi-man rumble match for a future Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship match. |
ROH
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival of the Fittest | TBD | May 15 | Twelve-woman single-elimination tournament for the ROH Women’s World Championship. The title is currently held by Athena. |
Seadlinning
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seadlinning Saikyo Tournament | Hiroyo Matsumoto (c) or Ayame Sasamura | April 17 | Eight-woman single-elimination tournament for Matsumoto’s Beyond the Sea Single Championship. |
Stardom
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinderella Tournament | Hanan | March 15 | Defeated Rina in the final to earn a “wish” of her desire. |
| Rookie of the Year Tournament | Ema Maishima | April 11 | Defeated Kikyo Furusawa in the final to earn a Future of Stardom Championship match. |
Tenryu Project
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed Tag Team 1 Day Tournament | Hikaru Sato and Ayame Sasamura | April 17 | Defeated Yusuke Kodama and Kaho Kobayashi in the final to win. |
TNA
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feast or Fired | Eric Young, Steve Maclin, Trey Miguel, and Eddie Edwards | January 22 | Each won a briefcase for a future title opportunity or a pink slip. The contents of the cases were revealed the following week:
|
| TNA Knockouts World Championship #1 Contender’s Battle Royal | Jody Threat | February 13 | Last eliminated Tessa Blanchard to earn a TNA Knockouts World Championship match. She challenged Arianna Grace for the title on the March 5 live episode of Thursday Night Impact! but was unsuccessful. |
| TNA World Championship #1 Contender’s Battle Royal | TBD | May 14 | Multi-man battle royal for a future TNA World Championship match. |
Wave Pro
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wave Single Championship #1 Contender’s Tournament | Kaho Kobayashi | January 25 | Defeated Sumire Natsu in the final to earn a Wave Single Championship match. She challenged Itsuki Aoki for the title at Valentine Wave but was unsuccessful. |
WWE
Raw and SmackDown
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undisputed WWE Championship #1 Contender’s Tournament | Sami Zayn | January 24 | Defeated Randy Orton, Trick Williams, and Damian Priest in the final to earn an Undisputed WWE Championship match at Royal Rumble. He challenged Drew McIntyre for the title at the event but was unsuccessful. |
| Royal Rumble match (Women) |
Liv Morgan | January 31 | Last eliminated Tiffany Stratton to earn a women’s world championship match of her choice at WrestleMania 42. Morgan from Raw chose to challenge for her own brand’s Women’s World Championship, held by Stephanie Vaquer. |
| Royal Rumble match (Men) |
Roman Reigns | Last eliminated Gunther to earn a men’s world championship match of his choice at WrestleMania 42. Reigns won as a SmackDown wrestler but chose to challenge for Raw‘s World Heavyweight Championship, held by CM Punk. | |
| Elimination Chamber (Women) |
Rhea Ripley | February 28 | Defeated Alexa Bliss, Kiana James, Asuka, Raquel Rodriguez, and Tiffany Stratton, who she last eliminated, as a Raw wrestler to challenge for SmackDown‘s WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 42. She will challenge Jade Cargill for the title at the event |
| Elimination Chamber (Men) |
Randy Orton | Defeated Je’Von Evans, LA Knight, Trick Williams, Logan Paul, and Cody Rhodes, who he last eliminated, as a SmackDown wrestler to challenge for his own brand’s Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 42. He will challenge Cody Rhodes for the title at the event. | |
| WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender’s Tag Team Turmoil match | Damian Priest and R-Truth | March 6 | Last eliminated Los Garza (Angel and Berto) to earn a WWE Tag Team Championship match. They defeated The MFTs (JC Mateo and Tama Tonga) to win the titles on the March 20 episode of SmackDown. |
| WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender’s Gauntlet match | Bayley | March 9 | Last eliminated Asuka to earn a WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship match. She challenged AJ Lee for the title on the March 16 episode of Raw but was unsuccessful. |
| André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal | TBD | April 17 | Multi-man battle royal for the André the Giant Memorial Trophy. |
| Money in the Bank ladder match (Women) |
TBD | September 6 | Multi-woman ladder match for a women’s championship match contract. |
| Money in the Bank ladder match (Men) |
TBD | Multi-man ladder match for a men’s championship match contract. |
NXT
WWE Evolve
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WWE Evolve Women’s Championship Gauntlet Eliminator | Wendy Choo | March 20 (aired April 15) |
Last eliminated Nikkita Lyons to win the vacant WWE Evolve Women’s Championship. |
wXw
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road to 16 Carat Gold Tournament | Dieter Schwartz | February 8 | Defeated Fast Time Moodo in the final to earn a spot in the 16 Carat Gold Tournament. |
| 16 Carat Gold Tournament | Ahura | March 8 | Defeated Peter Tihanyi in the final to earn a future wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship match. |
| Shortcut to the Top match | TBD | August 15 | 30-man rumble match for a wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship match. |
Zero1
| Accomplishment | Winner(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saikyou Ketteisen Tournament | Junya Matsunaga | January 17 | Defeated Chris Vice in the final to win. |
| Universe Cup | Naomichi Marufuji | April 6 | Defeated Sanshiro Takagi in the final to win. |
Title changes
2AW
| 2AW Openweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Takuro Niki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 29 (aired April 5) |
Ayato Yoshida | Grand Slam in Korakuen Hall | |
| 2AW Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – MJ2 (Kengo Mashimo and Kyu Mogami) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
AAA
| AAA Mega Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Dominik Mysterio | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAA World Cruiserweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Laredo Kid | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAA Latin American Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAA Reina de Reinas Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Flammer | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAA World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Pagano and Psycho Clown | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Ethan Page and Chelsea Green | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 7 | Mr. Iguana and Lola Vice | Lucha Libre AAA | La Hiedra wrestled on behalf of Chelsea Green, who was unable to compete due to a foot injury. |
| AAA World Trios Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Los Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown, Murder Clown, Panic Clown, and Dave the Clown) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
AAW
| AAW Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Trevor Lee | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAW Heritage Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Isaiah Moore | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAW Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Maggie Lee | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 21 (aired February 26) |
Heather Reckless | Chi-Town Rumble | This was a two out of three falls match; Reckless won 2–1. |
| AAW Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – The Hellhounds (Russ Jones and Schaff) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
AEW
| AEW World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – MJF | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 15 | Darby Allin | Dynamite: Spring BreakThru |
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| AEW Women’s World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kris Statlander | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 11 | Thekla | Dynamite | This was a strap match. |
| AEW International Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kazuchika Okada | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEW Continental Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jon Moxley | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEW National Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Ricochet | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15 | Jack Perry | Revolution | This was a 21-man Blackjack Battle Royal in which Perry last eliminated Ricochet to win. The match began during the Zero Hour pre-show but concluded after the start of the pay-per-view. |
| AEW TNT Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Mark Briscoe | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 31 | Tommaso Ciampa | Collision | |
| February 11 | Kyle Fletcher | Dynamite | |
| April 8 | Vacated | – | The title was vacated due to Kyle Fletcher suffering an injury. |
| April 12 | Kevin Knight | Dynasty | This was a 10-man Casino Gauntlet match for the vacant title. Knight pinned Daniel Garcia to win. |
| AEW TBS Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Willow Nightingale | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEW World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15 | Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) |
Revolution | |
| AEW World Trios Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 14 (aired January 17) |
Jet Set Rodeo (“Hangman” Adam Page, Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey) |
Collision: Maximum Carnage | |
| March 4 | The Don Callis Family (Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher, and Mark Davis) |
Dynamite | |
| March 15 | Místico and JetSpeed (Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey) |
Revolution | |
| April 8 (aired April 11) |
The Dogs (David Finlay, Clark Connors, and Gabe Kidd) |
Collision | |
| April 12 | The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly) |
Dynasty | |
AIW
| AIW Absolute Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Sam Holloway | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIW Intense Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Isiah Broner | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIW Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Derek Dillinger and Tyson Riggs | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
AJPW
| Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kento Miyahara | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Atsuki Aoyagi | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 25 | Seigo Tachibana | New Year Wars Night 4 |
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| Gaora TV Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Shotaro Ashino | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Daisuke Sekimoto | New Year Wars Night 2 |
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| February 23 | Kuma Arashi | Excite Series Night 4 |
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| World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Havoc (Oddyssey and Xyon) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Titans of Calamity (Ren Ayabe and Talos) |
New Year Wars Night 1 |
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| All Asia Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions –Gajadokuro (Ishin and Yoshiki Kato) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 18 | Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki | DG Open the New Year Gate Night 7 |
This was a Dragongate event. AJPW senior referee Kyohei Wada served as the special guest referee. |
| AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori, Takashi Yoshida, and Kuma Arashi) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 25 | Evolution (Dan Tamura, Hideki Suzuki, and Suwama) |
New Year Wars Night 4 |
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Basara
| Union Max Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Shuji Ishikawa | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Fist Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Daiki Shimomura and Takumi Tsukamoto | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 27 | Aijin Tag (Masato Kamino and Takato Nakano) |
Basara 303 ~ Utage | |
| UWA World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Andy Wu and Yasufumi Nakanoue | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 23 | Masaki Morihiro and Yuya Aoki | BJW | This was a Big Japan Pro-Wrestling event. |
BJW
| BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Yusaku Ito | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Abdullah Kobayashi | New Year’s Battle Begins | |
| BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – So Daimonji | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kosuke Sato | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJW Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Kazumi Kikuta and Toru Sugiura | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino, and Ryuji Ito | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Tatsuhiko Yoshino and Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) |
Welcome to Dainichi Ueno | |
| January 14 | Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino, and Ryuji Ito | BJW | |
| January 25 | Kengo Takai, Kenta Kosugi and Mari Manji | Death Market 88 | |
BZW
| BZW Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jacob Vadocq | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 14 | Trent Seven | Rixe/BZE Apogée | Co-promoted with Rixe Catch |
| BZW Hardcore Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Georges Balzac | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 24 | Drew Parker | Enter the Zone | |
| BZW Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Mao and Yoshihiko | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
CF
DDT
| KO-D Openweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Yuki Ueno | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDT Universal Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Yuki Ueno | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 25 | Daisuke Sasaki | Mission in Battle Shinshun Kenran | This was a three-way match also involving Chris Brookes. |
| March 22 | Kazuma Sumi | Judgement | |
| DDT Extreme Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – To-y | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 22 | Hideki Okatani | Judgement | This was a If You Want To Use The Bamboo Sword Make Them Laugh! Staring Contest Punishment Bamboo Sword Death Match. |
| KO-D Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Strange Love Connenction (Mao and Kanon) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Kaisei Takechi and The 37Kamiina (To-y and Yuki Ueno) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 11 | Paleyouth (Daichi Satoh, Takeshi Masada, and Yuya Koroku) |
Ichikabachika | |
| KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Damnation T.A. (Daisuke Sasaki, Demus, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul and Ilusion) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| O-40 Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Daisuke Sasaki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Ōmori Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Masahiro Takanashi (lineal champion) / Kazuki Hirata (interim champion) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Mahiro Kiryu | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Aja Kong | Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling ’26 | This was a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event. This was a four-way match also involving Rika Tatsumi and Shino Suzuki, the latter of whom was pinned. |
| Mahiro Kiryu | Kiryu and Rika Tatsumi pinned Kong at the same time; the referee awarded the title to Kiryu because she was on the bottom. | ||
| HyperMi Dramatic Dream | Hyper Misao‘s modified bicycle. Misao ran over Kiryu during a match with Shoko Nakajima; the referee awarded the title to the bicycle. | ||
| Mahiro Kiryu | |||
| February 11 | Miyu Yamashita | TJPW Shoko Quest IV: Those Guided By the Snow Country | This was a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event. This was a three-way match also involving Raku; Yamashita pinned Kiryu to win the title. |
| Rise Shirai | TJPW’s ring announcer. Won at a post-show fan event, in a contest to see who could stop a stopwatch closest to 10 seconds. | ||
| Rise Shirai’s stopwatch | Mahiro Kiryu choked Shirai with her own stopwatch; the referee awarded the title to the timepiece. | ||
| Mahiro Kiryu | |||
| February 14 | Aja Kong | TJPW “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament Final | This was a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event. |
| February 21 | Rika Tatsumi | TJPW Final Curtain in Kobe Art Center | Took place backstage at a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event. Tatsumi, Pom Harajuku, and Mahiro Kiryu attacked Kong backstage and pinned her after she slipped on a banana peel. Tatsumi was awarded the title as she pinned Kong first. |
| March 5 | Kukkie! | – | Japanese comedian. Tatsumi forfeited the title to Kukkie! in exchange for an interview and face painting. |
| Rika Tatsumi | Pinned Kukkie! midway through the interview and face painting. | ||
| March 11 | Antonio Honda | Ichikabachika | Took place backstage. |
| Hisaya Imabayashi | General manager of DDT Pro-Wrestling. Attacked and pinned Honda after his scheduled match. | ||
| March 20 | Minoru Suzuki | N/A | Beat Imabayashi at a press conference. |
| March 22 | Hisaya Imabayashi’s glasses | Judgement | Pinned Suzuki in a one-on-six handicap match where Suzuki faced Imabayashi, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dino, Antonio Honda, and Super Sasadango Machine. |
| Antonio Honda | Broke the glasses. | ||
| March 29 | Raku | TJPW Grand Princess ’26 | Pinned Honda backstage at a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event. |
| Great Wakabayashi-kun | Pinned Raku during a 12-person battle royal. | ||
| Mahiro Kiryu | Pinned Tatsumi during the same battle royal. | ||
| Sumire Uesaka | Voice actress. Pinned Kiryu during the same battle royal. | ||
Noah
| GHC Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Yoshiki Inamura | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Hiromu Takahashi | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Amakusa | The New Year | |
| GHC National Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Dragon Bane | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Alpha Wolf | The New Year | |
| GHC Women’s Championship | |||
| Co-promoted with Dream Star Fighting Marigold | |||
| Incoming champion – Takumi Iroha | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Mayu Iwatani | Marigold First Dream | |
| GHC Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Maruken (Naomichi Marufuji and Kenoh) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Los Tranquilos de Japón (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) |
The New Year | |
| GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Los Intocables (Daga and Daiki Odashima) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 8 | Alejandro and Dragon Bane | Apex Conquest | |
| GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Hayata | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 19 | Titus Alexander | Noah Monday Magic Rising Sun Season #1 | |
| February 9 | Masato Tanaka | Noah Monday Magic Rising Sun Season #4 | |
TJPW
| Princess of Princess Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Miu Watanabe | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 29 | Yuki Arai | Grand Princess ’26 | |
| International Princess Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Arisu Endo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Mirai | Tokyo Joshi Pro ’26 | |
| March 29 | Suzume | Grand Princess ’26 | |
| Princess Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Ober Eats (Yuki Kamifuku and Wakana Uehara) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 29 | The IInspiration (Jessie McKay and Cassie Lee) |
Grand Princess ’26 | |
ChocoPro
| Super Asia Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Rina Yamashita | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 23 (aired March 29) |
Miya Yotsuba | ChocoPro 511: The Promised | |
| Asia Dream Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Egg Tart (Hagane Shinnou and Chie Koishikawa) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 23 (aired March 29) |
Vacated | ChocoPro 511: The Promised | The titles were vacated due to Shinnou suffering an injury. |
| Orange Panna Cotta (Chie Koishikawa and Sayaka) |
Defeated Choun Shiryu and Lee Yoneyamakao, and Minoru Fujita and Sayaka Obihiro in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant titles. | ||
CMLL
| CMLL World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Claudio Castagnoli | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 20 | Hechicero | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas | |
| CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Místico | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMLL World Middleweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Templario | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMLL World Welterweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Titán | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMLL World Lightweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Stigma | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Angelito | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMLL World Micro-Estrella Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – KeMalito | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMLL World Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Mercedes Moné | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 6 | Persephone | La Noche de La Amazonas | |
| CMLL Japan Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Hazuki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15 | India Sioux | Stardom Cinderella Tournament Final | This was a Stardom event. |
| CMLL World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Los Hermanos Chavez (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Los Villanos (El Hijo del Villano III and Villano III Jr.) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 4 | Los Hermanos Calavera (Calavera Jr. I and Calavera Jr. II) |
Arena Coliseo 83rd Anniversary Show | |
| CMLL World Women’s Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMLL World Trios Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – El Sky Team (Místico, Máscara Dorada, and Neón) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Atlantis Jr. | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 26 | Averno | Fantastica Mania Night 4 |
Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). |
| NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Flip Gordon | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Máscara Dorada | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican National Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Akuma | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Esfinge | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican National Middleweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Guerrero Maya Jr. | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican National Welterweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Magia Blanca | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 31 | Capitán Suicida | Martes Populares | |
| Mexican National Lightweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Rayo Metálico | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 23 | Calavera Jr. I | Lunes Clásico | |
| Mexican National Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – India Sioux | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican National Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Los Depredadores (Magnus and Rugido) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican National Women’s Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Andrómeda and Skadi | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occidente Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Bestia Negra | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occidente Middleweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Zandokan Jr. | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occidente Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Lluvia | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occidente Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Gallo Jr. and Ráfaga Jr. | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occidente Women’s Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Las Infernales (Dark Silueta and Zeuxis) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occidente Trios Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Ráfaga, Furia Roja, Guerrero de la Muerte, | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
The Crash
| The Crash Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Andrade El Idolo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crash Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Keyra | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20 | Lady Shadow | The Crash | This was a three-way match also involving La Hija de Gatubela. |
| The Crash Cruiserweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Noisy Boy | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crash Junior Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Atomik Star | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 20 | Amnesia Jr. | The Crash | |
| The Crash Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
CZW
| CZW World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Eran Ashe | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CZW World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Lost Boys (Athan Promise and Miles Penn) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 28 | Post Game (Mike Walker and Vinny Talotta) |
CZW Blacklight | |
| CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship | |||
| (Title reinstated) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 1 | Shlak | CZW 27th Anniversary: Deej and Rick’s Ultraviolent Adventure | Defeated Nick Gage, Jimmy Lloyd, Lucky 13, Eric Ryan, and Hoodfoot in an Ultraviolent elimination deathmatch to win the vacant title. The title had been inactive since 2012. |
DEFY
| DEFY World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Bryan Keith | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFY Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Marina Shafir | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFY PrimoLucha Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kevin Blackwood | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFY Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Guillermo Rosas | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFY Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Sinner and Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
DG
| Open the Dream Gate Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Madoka Kikuta | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open the Brave Gate Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Ryoya Tanaka | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open the Twin Gate Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Love & Peace (Jacky Kamei and Riiita) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open the Triangle Gate Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Love & Peace (Ben-K, Hyo, and Mochizuki Jr.) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 23 | Natural Vibes (Kzy, GuC, and Key) |
Uno! Dos!! Tres!!! | This was a three-way tag team elimination match also involving Paradox (BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid, and Yamato). |
| Open the Owarai Gate Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Vacant | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20 | Otoko Sakari | Truth Gate Night 8 |
Defeated Jiro Shinbashi to win the vacant title. |
| Vacated | Sakari immediately relinquished the title. | ||
| February 28 | Yosuke ♡ Santa Maria | Glorious Gate Night 1 |
Defeated Jiro Shinbashi to win the vacant title. |
Diana
| World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Vacant | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 24 | Debbie Keitel | Diana 15th Anniversary No. 1 | Defeated Nanami Hatano to win the vacant title. |
| World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Queen Elizabeth Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Vacant | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 24 | Ayako Sato | Diana 15th Anniversary No. 1 | Defeated Kaori Yoneyama and Yumi Ohka to win the vacant title. |
| World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Crystal Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Miran | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Vacant | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 24 | Chobuki (Haruka Umesaki and Unagi Sayaka) |
Diana 15th Anniversary No. 1 | Defeated Olympia and Miran to win the vacant titles. |
DPW
| DPW Worlds Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – LaBron Kozone | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPW Women’s Worlds Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Mei Suruga | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPW National Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – LaBron Kozone | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPW Worlds Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Miracle Generation (Dustin Walker and Kylon King) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
EVE
| Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Rhio | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 8 | Session Moth Martina | EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom VIII | After Martina won the title, it was renamed to the Pro-Wrestling: EVE World Championship. |
| Pro-Wrestling: EVE International Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kris Statlander | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Lallie (Hollie Barlow and Lana Austin) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
FIP
| FIP World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – August Artois | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIP Florida Heritage Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Sage Scott | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIP World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Annihiliation (Chungus and Syther) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Exodus (Body Bundy and Jacked Josh) |
Everything Burns | |
Freedoms
| King of Freedom World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Violento Jack | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kengo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 26 | Gaia Hox | The Gekokujo | |
| King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Masashi Takeda and Yusaku Ito | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 23 | Jun Kasai and Mizuki Watase | Reach for the Star | This was a Fluorescent Lighttubes Deathmatch. |
| Barefoot King Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Daisuke Masaoka | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ February 12 | Takayuki Ueki | N/A | The exact circumstances in which Ueki won the championship are uncertain. He was billed as champion at Freedoms Go Beyond The Limit on February 12, 2026. |
| February 12 | Kota Sekifuda | Go Beyond the Limit | This was a Barefoot Toy Block Death dark match. |
GanPro
| Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Masaaki Mochizuki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 22 (aired February 26) |
Mizuki Watase | A Scanner Darkly | |
| Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Yumehito Imanari and Shinichiro Tominaga | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
GCW
| GCW World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Atticus Cogar | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCW Ultraviolent Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Matt Tremont | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Otis Cogar | Code of the Streets | This was a deathmatch. |
| GCW World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Bustah and The Brain (Alec Price and Jordan Oliver) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JCW World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Billie Starkz | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 7 | Charles Mason | JCW Jersey J-Cup | This was also the finals of the Jersey J-Cup. |
Gleat
| G-Rex Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – El Lindaman | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G-Rush Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Minoru Tanaka | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G-Infinity Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Black Generation International (Kaito Ishida and Kazma Sakamoto) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lidet UWF World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Katsuhiko Nakajima | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 8 | Soma Watanabe | Gleat Lidet UWF Ver. 8 | |
| April 8 | Takanori Ito | Gleat Ver. 24 | |
GWF
| GWF World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Rambo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 6 | Andrade El Ídolo | Global Warning | |
| GWF Women’s World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jane Nero | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWF Berlin Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Carlito | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 11 | Ahura | Strike First, Strike Hard | |
| February 6 | Kouga | Global Warning | |
| GWF Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWF Mixed Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Joshua Amaru and Cory Zero | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
HOG
| HOG Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Charles Mason | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOG Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Shotzi Blackheart | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOG Crown Jewel Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Zilla Fatu | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOG Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LPW Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jodi Aura | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LPW Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Amiira Sahar | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LPW Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Dual Focus (JJP and KB Prime) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Ice Ribbon
| ICE×∞ Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kaho Matsushita | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FantastICE Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Tsukina Umino | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triangle Ribbon Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kaori Yoneyama | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Miran | Gokigen Pro Wrestling in Ita #6 Oshogatsu | This was a Gokigen Pro Wrestling event. Also involved Chie Ozora. |
| March 14 | Cherry | Gokigen Pro Gokigen Amistad #20 | This was a Gokigen Pro Wrestling event. Also involved Matsuzawa-san. |
| April 6 | Kaori Yoneyama | Gokigen Pro Gokigen Amistad #21 | This was a Gokigen Pro Wrestling event. Yoneyama won the title post main-event, during a series of games involving all participants in the show. |
| Makoto | This was a Gokigen Pro Wrestling event. Makoto won the title post main-event, during a series of games involving all participants in the show. | ||
| International Ribbon Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Manami Katsu and Misa Kagura | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 23 | Makoto and Sumika Yanagawa | New Ice Ribbon #1476 Yokohama Ribbon | |
IWRG
| IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – DMT Azul | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Toxin | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Caballero de Plata | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Aguila Roja | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Intercontinental Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Lady Maravilla | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Mexa Boy’s (Noisy Boy and Spider Fly) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Revolución Crew (El Hijo de Canis Lupus, Multifacetico Jr., and Rey Mictlan) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Villano V Jr. | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Rey del Ring Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Hell Boy | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Rey del Aire Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Hysteriosis | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWRG Mexico Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Hell Boy | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distrito Federal Trios Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – El Infierno Eterno (Demonio Infernal, Eterno, and Lunatic Extreme) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
JCW
| JCW Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Matt Cardona | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Vacated | – | The title was vacated after Cardona signed with WWE. |
| January 18 (aired February 5) |
Mr. Anderson | JCW Lunacy: Carnival of Chaos Tour | Defeated James Storm to win the vacant title. |
| February 28 | CoKane | Juggalo Weekend Night 2 |
|
| JCW Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – “HollyHood” Haley J | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 20 (aired April 9) |
Alice Crowley | JCW Lunacy | |
| JCW American Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Ninja Mack | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 16 (aired January 29) |
Façade | JCW Lunacy | This was the third match in a Best of Three Series. |
| JCW Battle Royal Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kerry Morton | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JCW Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Brothers of Funstrucion (Yabo the Clown and Ruffo the Clown) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20 (aired March 5) |
Luciano Family Enterprises (PCO and Mickie Knuckles) |
JCW Lunacy | |
| February 21 (aired March 12) |
2 Tuff Tony and Willie Mack | JCW Lunacy | |
JTO
| King of JTO | |||
| Incoming champion – Ryuya Takekura | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 6 | Ibuki | JTO | |
| Queen of JTO | |||
| Incoming champion – Azusa Inaba | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JTO Openweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Ibuki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Bomber Tatsuya | First Show of the Year | |
| JTO Girls Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Mirai | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JTO Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Myo-o (Genta Yubari and Miyamasa) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JTO Girls Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Tomoka Inaba and Rhythm | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 15 | Big Fusion (Aoi and HisokA) |
JTO | |
| April 5 | 1111 (Misa Kagura and Sumika Yanagawa) |
JTO Special | |
| UWA World Middleweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Naoya Akama | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Akira Jumonji | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Kuroshio Tokyo Japan | First Show of the Year | |
| March 14 | Megaton | Marigold Spring Victory Series Night 2 |
First time the title changed hands at a Marigold event. |
Marigold
| Marigold World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Miku Aono | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marigold United National Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Victoria Yuzuki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marigold Super Fly Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Mayu Iwatani | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marigold Twin Star Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui and Chiaki) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marigold 3D Trios Championship | |||
| (Title created) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 23 | Erina Yamanaka, Mai Sakurai, and Natsumi Showzuki | New Years Golden Garden Night 12 |
Defeated Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui, Nagisa Nozaki, and Rea Sato) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. |
| GHC Women’s Championship | |||
| Co-promoted with Pro Wrestling Noah | |||
| Incoming champion – Takumi Iroha | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Mayu Iwatani | First Dream | |
Marvelous
| AAAW Single Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Takumi Iroha | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAAW Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Magenta (Maria and Riko Kawahata) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
MLP
| PWA Champions Grail | |||
| Co-promoted with Oceania Pro Wrestling and Qatar Pro Wrestling | |||
| Incoming champion – Rohan Raja | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLP Canadian Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Josh Alexander | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 28 | Stu Grayson | Uprising | Lineal champion Josh Alexander suffered a knee injury on March 25, requiring surgery, and was unable to defend the title. Grayson last eliminated Jonathan Gresham in a gauntlet match to become the interim champion. |
| MLP Canadian Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Gisele Shaw | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLP Canadian Tag Team Championship | |||
| (Title created) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 27 | The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows) |
Global Wars Canada | Co-promoted with Ring of Honor (ROH). Defeated Bryce Hansen and Sheldon Jean, Kaito Kiyomiya and Bishop Dyer, and GOA (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) to become the inaugural champions. |
| March 28 | Brent Banks and Sheldon Jean | Uprising | |
MLW
| MLW World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Mads Krule Krügger | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 29 (aired February 5) |
Killer Kross | Battle Riot VIII | Won the 40-man Battle Riot match by last eliminating Alex Hammerstone and Matt Riddle. |
| MLW World Women’s Featherweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Shoko Nakajima | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 7 (airing TBC) |
Shotzi Blackheart | Lucha Apocalypto | |
| MLW World Middleweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Templario | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 29 (aired February 5) |
Kushida | Battle Riot VIII | |
| MLW National Openweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Blue Panther | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 7 (airing TBC) |
Austin Aries | Lucha Apocalypto | |
| MLW World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Skyscrapers (Donovan Dijak, Bishop Dyer, and Josh Bishop) | |||
| Dijak and Dyer originally won the titles. At the March 14 MLW Fusion taping, Bishop was introduced as the newest member of The Skyscrapers, with the trio defending the titles under the Freebird Rule. | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
M-Pro
| Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Pantera Jr. | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 21 | Musashi | 33rd Anniversary ~ Mutsu Shunto | |
| Tohoku Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Demonios (Arashi and Yasutaka Oosera) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
NJPW
| IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Konosuke Takeshita | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Yota Tsuji | Wrestle Kingdom 20 | This was a Winner Takes All match also for Tsuji’s IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship. |
| January 5 | Deactivated | New Year Dash!! | Tsuji reintroduced the IWGP Heavyweight Championship—which had been retired in 2021 and succeeded by the World Heavyweight—to replace the World Heavyweight, retroactively merging the lineages of both titles as one, with all former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions recognized as former IWGP Heavyweight Champions. |
| IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |||
| (Title reintroduced) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | Yota Tsuji | New Year Dash!! | Tsuji reintroduced the title—which had been retired in 2021 and succeeded by the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship—to replace the World Heavyweight, retroactively merging the lineages of both titles as one, with all former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions recognized as former IWGP Heavyweight Champions. |
| April 4 | Callum Newman | Sakura Genesis | |
| IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Yota Tsuji | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Douki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWGP Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Syuri | |||
| Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWGP Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice and Oskar) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – House of Torture (Sho and Douki) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) |
New Year Dash | This was a four-way tag team match also involving El Desperado and Kuukai, and Super Extremes (Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X). |
| March 6 | Super Extremes (Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X) |
NJPW 54th Anniversary Show | |
| NEVER Openweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Evil | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Aaron Wolf | Wrestle Kingdom 20 | |
| February 11 | Ren Narita | The New Beginning in Osaka | |
| NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Toru Yano and Spiritech (Master Wato and Yoh) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, and Hartley Jackson) |
Wrestle Kingdom 20 | Won a Tornado Ranbo by last eliminating Boltin Oleg and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi). |
| January 19 | Bishamon-tin (Boltin Oleg, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) |
Road to the New Beginning Night 1 |
|
| NJPW World Television Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – El Phantasmo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 27 | Konosuke Takeshita | The New Beginning USA | |
| Strong Openweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Tomohiro Ishii | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 27 | Boltin Oleg | The New Beginning USA | |
| Strong Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani | |||
| Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Syuri | Wrestle Kingdom 20 | This was a Winner Takes All match also for Syuri’s IWGP Women’s Championship. |
| March 8 | Alex Windsor | EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom VIII | This was a Pro-Wrestling: EVE show. |
| Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Los Hermanos Chavez (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamashii Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Pretty Boys (Magic Mark and Pretty Richie) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
NWA
| NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – “Thrillbilly” Silas Mason | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Natalia Markova | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA National Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Mike Mondo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Spencer Slade | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jeremiah Plunkett | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Television Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Bryan Idol | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 21 (aired March 17) |
Vacated | NWA Powerrr | Idol voluntarily vacated the title to challenge “Thrillbilly” Silas Mason for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship as part of the “Lucky Seven Rule.” |
| NWA World Women’s Television Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Tiffany Nieves | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Immortals (Kratos and Odinson) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Hex (Allysin Kay and Marti Belle) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA United States Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Osaka Pro
| Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Ryuya Matsufusa | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Ultimate Spider Jr. | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Takoyakida | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 8 (aired March 9) |
Kanjyuro Matsuyama | Bushi-Do | |
| March 22 | Takoyakida | Bushi-Do | This was a four-way match also involving Kuishinbo Kamen and Joichiro Osaka. |
| Osaka Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Aran Sano and Tigers Mask | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
OVW
| OVW Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Dustin Jackson | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVW United States Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Big Zo / Dr. Zo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Tony Evans | OVW TV | This was Evans’ Key of Opportunity match. |
| OVW Media Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jake Lawless | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 15 | Ashton Adonis | Tough Love | This was a three-way match also involving Star Rider. |
| March 15 | Jay DeNiro | March Mayhem | Fellow Trifecta member Jake Lawless defended the title on behalf of Adonis, who was suspended for the night by OVW General Manager Ms. Gannon. |
| OVW Rush Division Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jota Peso | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 11 | Brendan Balling | Nightmare Rumble | This was a six-way scramble also involving Elijah Eros, JJ Lawson, Jake Painter, and Maximo Suave. |
| OVW Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Leela Feist | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15 | Shalonce Royal | March Mayhem | This was a four-way match also involving Freya the Slaya and Lovely Miss Larkan. |
| OVW Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Donovan Cecil and Jack Vaughn | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 15 | Los Desafios (Jota Peso and Maximo Suave) |
Tough Love | |
| March 15 | The Troublemakers (Glenn Spectre and Canaan Kristopher) |
March Mayhem | This was a ladder match. |
Oz Academy
| Oz Academy Openweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Saori Anou | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 8 | Hiroyo Matsumoto | Oz 30th & Ozaki 40th: Blooming with Pride | |
| Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Vacant | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oz Academy Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Gojizones United (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Zones) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Prestige
| Prestige World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kevin Blackwood | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20 | Judas Icarus | Roseland XIII: The End | This was also the final match of Kevin Blackwood. |
| Deactivated | The title was retired immediately as this was Prestige Wrestling’s last ever event. | ||
| Prestige Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Midnight Heat (Ricky Gibson and Eddie Pearl) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20 | The Hammer Brothers (Jack Hammer and Sledge Hammer) |
Roseland XIII: The End | |
| Deactivated | The title was retired immediately as this was Prestige Wrestling’s last ever event. | ||
Progress
| Progress World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Man Like DeReiss | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progress World Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Rayne Leverkusen | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 25 | Alexxis Falcon | Chapter 189: In Darkest Night | |
| Progress Atlas Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Will Kroos | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Saxon Huxley | Noah The New Year | This was the first time a Progress championship changed hands at a Pro Wrestling Noah show. |
| February 15 | Gene Munny | Chapter 190: In Brightest Day | |
| Progress Proteus Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Paul Walter Hauser | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Diamond Eyes (Connor Mills and Nico Angelo) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 29 | Young Guns (Ethan Allen and Luke Jacobs) |
Chapter 192: Cause & Effect | Jay Joshua replaced Connor Mills in the title match. |
Pure-J
| Pure-J Openweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Saki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Hanako Nakamori | First Battle | |
| Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Honoka | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| KSR Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Flying Penguin | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Sports Women’s Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kobayashi Group (Kaho Kobayashi and Hanako Nakamori) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
RevPro
| Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Jay Joshua | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undisputed British Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Alex Windsor | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 21 | Alexxis Falcon | High Stakes | |
| Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Joe Lando | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undisputed British Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Young Guns (Ethan Allen and Luke Jacobs) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
REVOLVER
| REVOLVER World Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Myron Reed | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Krule | Kross Hour | This was a three-way match also involving Alan Angels, who cashed in his Golden Ticket to enter the match. |
| REVOLVER Remix Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Chris Danger | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | BDE | Kross Hour | This was a Danger, Ladders, and Chairs match. |
| REVOLVER Texas Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – KJ Orso | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| REVOLVER 24/7 Scramble Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Bigg Pound | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Trey Miguel | Kross Hour | Also involved Juni Underwood, Gringo Loco, Jeffrey John, and Dante Leon. |
| REVOVLER Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
ROH
| ROH World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Bandido | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROH Women’s World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Athena | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROH World Television Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Nick Wayne | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROH Women’s World Television Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Red Velvet | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROH Pure Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Lee Moriarty | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROH Women’s Pure Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Deonna Purrazzo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROH World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – La Facción Ingobernable (Sammy Guevara and The Beast Mortos) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, and Capt. Shawn Dean) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Seadlinnng
| Beyond the Sea Single Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Hiroyo Matsumoto | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond the Sea Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Colorful Bouquet Toss (Unagi Sayaka and Honori Hana) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Senjo
| Sendai Girls World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Chihiro Hashimoto | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sendai Girls Junior Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Yuna | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 23 | Senka Akatsuki | Sendai Girls | |
| Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Bob Bob Momo Banana (Mio Momono and Yurika Oka) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 12 | Manami and Ryo Mizunami | Sendai Girls | |
Shine
| Shine Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kelsey Raegan | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shine Nova Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Sara Leon | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shine Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – The Final Act (Bella Snow and Sofia Castillo) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 12 | Vicious Vixens (Kaci Lennox and Sahara Se7en) |
Shine 86 | |
Spark Joshi
| Spark Joshi World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Hazuki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Joshi Pacific Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Airica Demia | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Joshi Atlantic Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Saki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Stardom
| World of Stardom Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wonder of Stardom Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Konami | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goddesses of Stardom Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – BMI2000 (Natsuko Tora and Ruaka) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artist of Stardom Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – H.A.T.E. (Konami, Rina, and Fukigen Death) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Speed Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Yuna Mizumori | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Future of Stardom Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Hanako | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15 | Ranna Yagami | Cinderella Tournament Final | |
| New Blood Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Sakurara (Aya Sakura and Sayaka Kurara) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWGP Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Syuri | |||
| Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani | |||
| Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Syuri | NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 | This was a Winner Takes All match also for Syuri’s IWGP Women’s Championship. |
| March 8 | Alex Windsor | EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom VIII | This was a Pro-Wrestling: EVE show. |
Tenryu Project
| Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Koji Iwamoto | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 25 | Keita Yano | Live For Today Vol. 10 | |
| Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Takuro Niki and Yusuke Kodama | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Kengo, Masayuki Kono, and Yuya Susumu | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenryu Project United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
TNA
| TNA World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Frankie Kazarian | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 15 | Mike Santana | Thursday Night Impact! premiere on AMC | |
| TNA Knockouts World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Léi Yǐng Lee | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 13 | Arianna Grace | No Surrender | |
| April 15 (aired TBD) |
Léi Yǐng Lee | Thursday Night Impact! | |
| TNA X Division Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Leon Slater | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TNA International Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 13 | Trey Miguel | No Surrender | This was Miguel’s Feast or Fired cash-in match. |
| April 11 | Mustafa Ali | Rebellion | |
| TNA World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 11 | The System (Brian Myers and Bear Bronson) |
Rebellion | |
| TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 15 | The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance) |
Thursday Night Impact! premiere on AMC | |
UWN
| UWN World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jordan Cruz | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UWN Women’s World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Big Mama | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UWN Heritage Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Maximilien | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UWN Television Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Evan Daniels | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UWN Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – 5150 (Danny Limelight and Slice Boogie) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Wave Pro
| Wave Single Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Itsuki Aoki | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wave Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Life Thirty-One (Yumi Ohka and Saran) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 8 | Unstoppable (Hiragi Kurumi and Mochi Natsumi) |
Valentine Wave | |
| March 1 | Amekyun (Haruka Umesaki and Honoka) |
Nami 1 | |
| March 20 | Kids Club (Kohaku and Momoka Hanazono) |
It’s Wave February | |
| March 21 | Are You Ready! (Rina Amikura and Yuko Sakurai) |
Itabashi Surprise March | |
West Coast Pro
| West Coast Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Vinnie Massaro | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast Pro Wrestling Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Johnnie Robbie | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast Pro Wrestling Golden Gate Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Andrew Cass | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Alan Angels | Operation Stockola | |
| February 27 | Andrew Cass | Evil Empire | This was a three-way match also involving G. Sharpe. |
| West Coast Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Crush Boys (Titus Alexander and Starboy Charlie) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
WOS
| WOS Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Sha Samuels | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOS Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Alex Windsor | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOS Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – UK Pitbulls (Bulk and Big Dave) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
WOW
| WOW World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Penelope Pink | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOW World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Miami’s Sweet Heat (Laurie Carlson and Lindsey Carlson) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOW Trios Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Monsters and Metal (Chainsaw, Daisy Lane, and Fury) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
WWE
Raw and SmackDown
Raw and SmackDown each exclusively have a world and secondary championship for both the men and women, as well as a tag team championship for men.
| World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – CM Punk | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undisputed WWE Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Cody Rhodes | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 9 | Drew McIntyre | SmackDown | This was a Three Stages of Hell match. The three stages were: a standard singles match, a Falls Count Anywhere match, and a Steel Cage match; McIntyre won the first and third. |
| March 6 | Cody Rhodes | SmackDown | |
| Women’s World Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Stephanie Vaquer | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WWE Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jade Cargill | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WWE Intercontinental Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Dominik Mysterio | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2 | Penta | Raw | |
| WWE United States Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Carmelo Hayes | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 27 | Sami Zayn | SmackDown | This was an open challenge. |
| WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Maxxine Dupri | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | Becky Lynch | Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show | |
| February 28 | AJ Lee | Elimination Chamber | |
| WWE Women’s United States Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Chelsea Green | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Giulia | SmackDown | |
| World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 30 | The Vision (Logan Paul and Austin Theory) |
Raw | This was a Street Fight. |
| WWE Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 23 | The MFTs (Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga) |
SmackDown | |
| March 20 | Damian Priest and R-Truth | SmackDown | JC Mateo defended the title on behalf of Solo Sikoa. |
NXT
NXT exclusively has a primary, secondary, and specialty championship for both the men and women, as well as a tag team championship for men.
| NXT Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Oba Femi | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Vacated | NXT: New Year’s Evil | After successfully defending the title against Leon Slater, Oba Femi left the championship belt in the ring, voluntarily relinquishing the title. |
| February 3 | Joe Hendry | NXT | Defeated Ricky Saints, Jackson Drake, Keanu Carver, Dion Lennox, Sean Legacy, and Shiloh Hill in a seven-man ladder match to win the vacant championship. |
| April 4 | Tony D’Angelo | Stand & Deliver | This was a fatal four-way match also involving Ethan Page and Ricky Saints. |
| NXT Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jacy Jayne | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 4 | Lola Vice | Stand & Deliver | This was a triple threat match also involving Kendal Grey. |
| NXT North American Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Ethan Page | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 24 | Myles Borne | NXT | |
| NXT Women’s North American Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Thea Hail | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Izzi Dame | NXT: New Year’s Evil | This was an open challenge. |
| March 7 | Tatum Paxley | Vengeance Day | |
| NXT Heritage Cup | |||
| Incoming champion – Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WWE Speed Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jasper Troy | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 24 | Elio LeFleur | NXT | This was a triple threat match with an extended seven-minute time limit that also involved Eli Knight. |
| March 31 | Vacated | NXT | Elio LeFleur relinquished the title due to a shoulder injury. |
| April 21 | TBD | NXT: Revenge Week 2 |
This will be a tournament final between Lexis King and EK Prosper for the vacant title. |
| WWE Women’s Speed Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Fallon Henley | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 17 | Wren Sinclair | NXT | |
| NXT Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – DarkState (Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 24 | The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes) |
NXT | |
Unbranded
The following title is non-exclusive, available to wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.
| WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | Rhiyo (Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky) |
Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show | |
| February 27 | The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax and Lash Legend) |
SmackDown | |
WWE Evolve
Evolve is a developmental brand focused on trainees from the WWE Performance Center, and has two championships, one each for the men and women.
| WWE Evolve Men’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Jackson Drake | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20 (aired March 18) |
Aaron Rourke | Evolve | |
| WWE Evolve Women’s Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Kendal Grey | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20 (aired March 11) |
Vacated | Evolve | Kendal Grey relinquished the title as she became a full-time member of the NXT brand. |
| March 20 (aired April 15) |
Wendy Choo | Evolve | This was an eight-woman Gauntlet match for the vacant title. Choo last pinned Nikkita Lyons to win. |
WWE ID
The WWE Independent Development (ID) program has two championships, one each for men and women, which are defended exclusively across partner independent promotions. Additionally, if a non-WWE ID wrestler wins either title, they also earn a WWE ID contract.
| WWE ID Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Cappuccino Jones | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 23 | Starboy Charlie | Wrestling Open RI 44: “One of These Nights” | This was a Beyond Wrestling event. As a result of the win, Charlie also earned a WWE ID contract. On the April 1 episode of Evolve, Charlie’s ring name was changed to Chazz “Starboy” Hall. |
| WWE Women’s ID Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Laynie Luck | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
wXw
| wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Peter Tihanyi | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 24 | Elijah Blum | Back to the Roots | This was a pure wrestling rules match. |
| wXw Shotgun Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Dennis Dullnig | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 11 | Axel Tischer | We Love Wrestling #76 | |
| wXw European Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Ricky Sosa | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 11 | Zoltan | We Love Wrestling #76 | |
| wXw World Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – The Grind (Laurance Roman and Nick Schreier) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 7 | Planet Gojirah (Robert Dreissker and Marc Empire) |
16 Carat Gold Tournament Night 2 |
This was a Street Fight. |
| wXw Academy Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – The Breezy Bruiser | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 4 | Aleksander Bellamy | Heat in der wXw Wrestling Academy | |
Zero1
| World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Masato Tanaka | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 3 (aired April 11) |
Junya Matsunaga | Zero1 25th Anniversary | |
| World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Takumi Baba | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Incoming champion – Takumi Baba | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intercontinental Tag Team Championship | |||
| Incoming champions – Junya Matsunaga and Tsugutaka Sato | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Lightweight Tag Team Championship | |||
| (Title reactivated) | |||
| Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 3 (aired April 11) |
Yuki Toki and Van Vert Jack | Zero1 25th Anniversary | Defeated Takuya Sugawara and Bryan Ishikawa to win the revived titles. The titles had been inactive since December 25, 2020. |
Awards and honors
CZW
CZW Hall of Fame
| Inductees |
|---|
| Danny Havoc |
George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
| Category | Inductee |
|---|---|
| Inductees | Nic Nemeth |
| Frank Gotch Award | Jeff Jarrett |
| James C. Melby Award | Tony Richards |
| Lou Thesz Award | Welch/Fuller Family |
| George Tragos Award | Josh Barnett |
| Jack Brisco Spotlight Award | Jimmy Garvin |
| Verne Gagne Trainer Award | Jazz |
| Rodney Mack | |
| Impact Award | James Beard |
Hardcore Hall of Fame
| Inductees | Inducted by |
|---|---|
| Ruckus | TBD |
St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame
| Inductees |
|---|
| André the Giant |
| Spike Huber |
| Johnny Rodz |
| Herb Simmons |
TNA
TNA Hall of Fame
| Category | Inductee | Inducted by |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | ODB |
Women’s Wrestling Hall of Fame
| Category | Inductee |
|---|---|
| Pro Wrestler | Gail Kim |
| Melina Perez | |
| Debbie Malenko | |
| Mickie Knuckles | |
| Mimi Hagiwara | |
| Missy Sampson | |
| Linda Dallas | |
| Amy Lee | |
| Penelope Paradise | |
| Non-Wrestler | Jasmin St. Claire |
| Carmela Foss | |
| Celebrity | Laurene Landon |
| Amateur | Natalia Vorobieva |
| Pang Qianyu |
WWHOF Awards
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Pro Wrestler of the Year | Teal Piper |
| Most Improved Wrestler of the Year | Nahir Robles |
| Rookie of the Year | Zenith Zion |
| Best All-Around Athlete Award | Jessica Roden |
| Courage Award | Becca Wiley |
| Missy Sampson Award | Tommy Fierro |
| Susan Tex Green Award | Masha Slamovich |
| Susan Tex Green Spirit Award | Angel Metro |
WWE
WWE Hall of Fame
| Category | Inductee | Inducted by |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | Stephanie McMahon | The Undertaker[1] |
| AJ Styles | TBA | |
| Group | Demolition (Ax and Smash) |
TBA |
| Celebrity | Dennis Rodman | TBA |
| Legacy | Sid | TBA |
| Bad News Brown | TBA | |
| Immortal Moment | Hulk Hogan (c) vs. André the Giant for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania III | TBA |
Debuts
- January 4
- Aaron Wolf
- Shion Kanzaki (TJPW)
- February 2
- Marie Malenko
- March 4
- Taisei Nakahara (NJPW)
Retirements




- January 1
- January 4
- January 12 – Risa Sera
- January 17 – Fandango
- January 31 – AJ Styles
- February 20 – Kevin Blackwood
- February 25 – Sarah Logan
- March 14 – Marko Stunt
- March 20 – El Satánico
- April 4 – Trevor Murdoch
- April 5 – Kazusada Higuchi
- April 17
- April 25 – Jimmy Valiant
- April 26 – Saki Kashima
- July 7 – Tiger Mask IV
- July 23 – The Headbangers
- TBA – Mercedes Martinez
Deaths

- January 2 – Johnny Legend (born 1948)
- January 4 – Bob Boyer (born 1932)
- January 14 – Rick Link (born 1959)
- January 21 – Bobby Duncum (born 1944)
- January 22 – TC Reynolds (Doink the Clown) (born 1956)
- February 2 – Frankie Cain (born 1933)
- February 8 – Tadao Yasuda (born 1963)
- March 20 – Dennis Condrey (born 1952)
- March 24 – DJ Pringle (born 1987)
- April 3 – Fred Curry (born 1943)
- April 7 – Scott Renwick (born 1985)[2]
See also
- List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards, WWE Raw special episodes, WWE SmackDown special episodes, and WWE NXT special episodes
- List of AEW pay-per-view events, AEW special events, AEW Dynamite special episodes, and AEW Collision special episodes
- List of TNA pay-per-view events and TNA+ Monthly Specials
- List of ROH pay-per-view events and Honor Club exclusive events
- List of NWA pay-per-view events and NWA Special Supercards
- List of MLW events
- List of major NJPW events and NJPW Strong special episodes
- List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom events
- List of major Pro Wrestling Noah events
- List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events
- List of major Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide events
- List of major Progress Wrestling events
Notes
References
- ^ “The Undertaker to induct Stephanie McMahon into the WWE Hall of Fame”. ESPN. September 21, 2025. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ “Scots wrestling champion ‘The Butcher’ dies aged 41 as former WWE star pays tribute”. 2026-04-07. Retrieved 2026-04-12.