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2023 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions[edit]

These promotions held notable events throughout 2023.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
Active Advance Pro Wrestling	2AW
All Elite Wrestling	AEW
All Japan Pro Wrestling	AJPW
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	CMLL
CyberFight	CF	CyberFight is an umbrella brand that oversees and promotes four individual promotions: DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW).
Dragongate Japan Pro-Wrestling	Dragongate
Empire Wrestling Federation	EWF
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion	FMW-E
Game Changer Wrestling	GCW
Gleat	—
Ice Ribbon	—
Impact Wrestling	Impact
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide	AAA	The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
Major League Wrestling	MLW
National Wrestling Alliance	NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla	PWG
Pro Wrestling Zero1	Zero1
Revolution Pro Wrestling	RevPro
Ring of Honor	ROH
Tenryu Project	—
World Wonder Ring Stardom	Stardom
Women of Wrestling	WOW
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 three 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 serves as their developmenal territory.

Calendar of notable shows[edit]

January[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	CF: Noah	The New Year 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura defeated The Great Muta
1	CMLL	Sin Salida	Mexico City, Mexico	Valiente Jr. defeated Apocalipsis in a Mask vs. Mask Steel Cage match
2	AJPW	New Year Giant Series Day 1	Tokyo, Japan	Takuya Nomura won 22-person battle royal.
3	AJPW	New Year Giant Series Day 2	Tokyo, Japan	Kento Miyahara (c) defeated Takuya Nomura to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 17^[1] Night 1	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada defeated Jay White (c) to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	The event honoured NJPW's founder Antonio Inoki, who died on October 1, 2022. Featured Keiji Muto's last match in NJPW.
	CF: TJPW	Tokyo Joshi Pro '23	Tokyo, Japan	Yuka Sakazaki (c) defeated Miyu Yamashita to retain the Princess of Princess Championship
	GCW	Save Me	Chicago, Illinois	The H8 Club (Nick Gage and Matt Tremont) defeated The East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne)
5	NJPW	New Year Dash!!	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega defeated United Empire (Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb)
6	AEW	Battle of the Belts V	Portland, Oregon	Orange Cassidy (c) defeated Kip Sabian to retain the AEW All-Atlantic Championship
7	MLW	Blood and Thunder	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Jacob Fatu defeated Ben-K
7	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Bandido defeated Black Taurus and El Hijo del Vikingo in the first round of the 2023 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
8	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Mike Bailey defeated Konosuke Takeshita in the final of the 2023 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
	CF: Noah	Reboot 2022	Tokyo, Japan	Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka defeated Satoshi Kojima and Shuji Kondo
	CF: Noah	New Sunrise 2022	Tokyo, Japan	Jake Lee defeated Yoshiki Inamura
	AJPW Gleat	Gleat Ver. 5	Osaka, Japan	Kaito Ishida defeated El Lindaman (c) to win the G-Rex Championship
9	AJPW 2AW	AJPW x 2AW Week 1	Chiba, Japan	60 Seconds (Jun Tonsho and Tetsuya Izuchi) defeated The Rule (Ayato Yoshida and Naka Shuma)
9	CF: Noah	Sunny Voyage	Yokohama, Japan	Kaito Kiyomiya defeated Amakusa
10	WWE: NXT	New Year's Evil	Orlando, Florida	Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne co-won a 20-woman battle royal to determine the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
11	AJPW	New Year Giant Series Day 3	Yokohama, Japan	Kaz Hayashi, Kento Miyahara, and Rising Hayato defeated Atsuki Aoyagi, Naoya Nomura, and Yuma Aoyagi
11	Dragongate	Open the New Year Gate Day 4	Tokyo, Japan	Z-Brats (Shun Skywalker, KAI, BxB Hulk, H.Y.O & ISHIN) (c) defeated HIGH-END (YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Kagetora, Takashi Yoshida & Problem Dragon) in a Unit Disbands match
12	Dragongate	Open the New Year Gate Day 5	Tokyo, Japan	Shun Skywalker defeated Yuki Yoshioka (c) to win the Open the Dream Gate Championship
13	Impact	Hard To Kill	Atlanta, Georgia	Mickie James defeated Jordynne Grace (c) in a Title vs. Career match to win the Impact Knockouts World Championship
15	AJPW 2AW	AJPW x 2AW Week 2	Chiba, Japan	Atsuki Aoyagi, Naoya Nomura, and Yuma Aoyagi defeated Kento Miyahara, Kotaro Suzuki, and Rising Hayato
15	CF: Noah	Sunny Voyage	Fuji, Japan	Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Hi69, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, and Shuji Kondo) defeated Amakusa, Dante Leon, Naomichi Marufuji, Ninja Mack, and Satoshi Kojima
18	ROH	Jay Briscoe Tribute and Celebration of Life	Fresno, California	Claudio Castagnoli (c) defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the ROH World Championship^[2]
20	Stardom	New Blood 7	Tokyo, Japan	God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) defeated wing★gori (Saya Iida and Hanan) in a New Blood Tag Team Championship inaugural tournament quarterfinals match
20	GCW	Don't Talk to Me	Concord, North Carolina	El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Gringo Loco
21	NJPW CF: Noah	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 2	Yokohama, Japan	Tetsuya Naito defeated Kenoh
21	GCW	Take A Picture	Huntsville, Alabama	Los Mazicos (Ciclope and Miedo Extremo) (c) defeated The East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne) to retain the GCW Tag Team Championship
22	NJPW	The New Beginning in Nagoya	Nagoya, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Great-O-Khan to retain the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship
	CF: Noah	The Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye"	Yokohama, Japan	The Great Muta, Sting, and Darby Allin defeated Hakushi, Akira, and Naomichi Marufuji	Featured The Great Muta's final Noah appearance.
	AJPW	New Year Giant Series Day 4	Tokyo, Japan	Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi defeated Kento Miyahara and Takuya Nomura (c) to win the World Tag Team Championship
23	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Raw is XXX	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Austin Theory (c) defeated Bobby Lashley in a No Disqualification match to retain the WWE United States Championship	A television special commemorating the 30th anniversary of Raw.
27	CMLL	Rey Del Aire VIP 2023	Mexico City, Mexico	Dragón Rojo Jr. defeated Gran Guerrero, Atlantis Jr., Bárbaro Cavernario, Fugaz, Místico, Panterita del Ring Jr.,Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr., and Templario to win the 2023 Rey Del Aire VIP
28	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Royal Rumble	San Antonio, Texas	Roman Reigns (c) defeated Kevin Owens to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
29	CF: DDT	Sweet Dreams! 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Hino defeated Kazusada Higuchi to win the KO-D Openweight Championship
30	CF: TJPW	Beyond The Origins, Into The Future	Tokyo, Japan	Rika Tatsumi defeated Shoko Nakajima to win the Princess Of The Decade Tournament
31	AJPW	AJPW x Heat Up	Tokyo, Japan	Daisuke Kanehira (c) defeated Akira Jo to retain the Heat Up Universal Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	NJPW	Tamashii	Sydney, Australia	Robbie Eagles defeated Aaron Solo
4	NJPW	Tamashii	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Caveman Ugg defeated Aaron Henare
	WWE: NXT	Vengeance Day	Charlotte, North Carolina	Bron Breakker (c) defeated Grayson Waller in a Steel Cage match to retain the NXT Championship
	Stardom	Supreme Fight 2023	Osaka, Japan	Giulia (c) defeated Suzu Suzuki to retain the World of Stardom Championship
	CF: Noah	Sunny Voyage	Maebashi, Japan	GLG (Jack Morris and Jake Lee) defeated Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura
	MLW	SuperFight	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Matthew Justice defeated Microman, Mance Warner, and Real1 in a dumpster match with Duke Droese as special guest referee
	AJPW	Excite Maniax Day 1	Tokyo, Japan	Kento Miyahara (c) defeated Yuma Aoyagi to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
	NJPW	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Sapporo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito defeated Shota Umino
5	NJPW	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Sapporo, Japan	Hiromu Takahashi (c) defeated Yoh to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
	AAA	Rey de Reyes	Mérida, Mexico	Sam Adonis defeated Bandido, Pagano, and Hijo del Vikingo in a four-way match to win the Rey de Reyes tournament
	CF: Noah	Star Navigation Night 1	Tokyo, Japan	El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (c) defeated Manabu Soya to retain the GHC National Championship
10	CMLL	Torneo Increible De Parejas Week 1	Mexico City, Mexico	Soberano Jr. and Templario defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. and Titán in a semi final for the 2023 Torneo Increible De Parejas
10	MLW AAA	Super Series	Tijuana, Baja California	Hijo Del Vikingo, Psycho Clown, and Rey Horus defeated Johnny Caballero and La Empresa (Gringo Loco and Sam Adonis)
11	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Shingo Takagi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
	NWA	Nuff Said	Tampa, Florida	Tyrus (c) defeated Matt Cardona to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
	CF: TJPW	Futari Wa Princess Max Heart Tournament 2023 Finals	Tokyo, Japan	121000000 (Maki Ito and Miyu Yamashita) defeated Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima) to win the 2023 Futari Wa Princess Max Heart Tournament
12	CF: Noah	Great Voyage in Osaka 2023	Osaka, Japan	Kaito Kiyomiya (c) defeated Jack Morris to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
12	AJPW Tenryu Project	Genichiro Tenryu Aid	Tokyo, Japan	Keita Yano, Masayuki Kono, and Minoru Suzuki defeated Hikaru Sato, Kengo Mashimo, and Rey Paloma
16	AJPW Tenryu Project	Wrestle And Romance	Tokyo, Japan	Hikaru Sato (c) defeated Naoki Tanizaki to retain the Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship
17	CMLL	Torneo Increible De Parejas Week 2	Mexico City, Mexico	Místico and Averno defeated Soberano Jr. and Templario to win the 2023 Torneo Increible De Parejas
18	NJPW	Battle in the Valley	San Jose, California	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	Featured the NJPW/Stardom in-ring debut of Mercedes Moné, formerly Sasha Banks in WWE.
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Elimination Chamber	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Roman Reigns (c) defeated Sami Zayn to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship	First major WWE event in Montreal since 2009.
	GCW	Middle of the Night	Los Angeles, California	Nick Gage (c) defeated Mike Bailey to retain the GCW World Championship
19	AJPW	Excite Maniax Day 2	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata defeated Kento Miyahara (c) to win the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
21	CF: Noah	Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love	Tokyo, Japan	Masahiro Chono defeated Keiji Muto	Featured the Keiji Muto, Nosawa Rongai, and Masahiro Chono's retirement matches.
22	NJPW CMLL	Fantastica Mania	Takamatsu, Japan	Atlantis Jr. and Último Guerrero defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Místico
23			Kyoto, Japan	Atlantis Jr. and Templario defeated Volador Jr. and Místico
24			Osaka, Japan	Volador Jr. and Último Guerrero defeated Magia Blanca and Atlantis Jr.
24	Impact	No Surrender	Sunrise Manor, Nevada	Josh Alexander (c) defeated Rich Swann to retain the Impact World Championship
25	AJPW	BAR045 5th Anniversary	Yokohama, Japan	Drew Parker, Isami Kodaka, and Rina Yamashita defeated Asuka, Jun Kasai, and Takashi Sasaki
26	CF: DDT	Into The Fight 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Yukio Naya defeated Harashima to become the #1 contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship
	Stardom	Stardom in Showcase vol.4	Kobe, Japan	Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, and Koguma) defeated Queen's Quest (Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani, and Miyu Amasaki) and Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Starlight Kid, and Momo Watanabe)
	AJPW	Excite Maniax Day 3	Maebashi, Japan	Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie, and Yuma Anzai defeated Suwama, Jun Saito, and Rei Saito
	NJPW CMLL	Fantastica Mania	Chiba, Japan	Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Atlantis Jr. and Último Guerrero) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Titán) to win the Interfaction Tag Team Tournament
27	AJPW	Excite Maniax Day 4	Tokyo, Japan	Shuji Ishikawa, Atsuki Aoyagi, and Yuma Anzai defeated Yuji Nagata, Hikaru Sato, and Dan Tamura
27	NJPW CMLL	Fantastica Mania	Tokyo, Japan	Titán (c) defeated Soberano Jr. to retain the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
28	NJPW CMLL	Fantastica Mania	Tokyo, Japan	Místico defeated Atlantis Jr.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	NJPW	All Star Junior Festival 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Master Wato defeated Atsuki Aoyagi
2	Dragongate	Rey de Parejas Finals	Tokyo, Japan	D'Courage (Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta) defeated M3K (Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda) to win the Rey de Parejas tournament
3	CMLL	Torneo Increible De Escuelas (Finals)	Mexico City, Mexico	Ángel de Oro, Místico, and Volador Jr. defeated Atlantis Jr., Oraculo, and Rocky Romero	Team Escuela Guadalajara won the 2023 Torneo Increible De Escuelas.
4	Stardom	Triangle Derby Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Prominence (Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera, and Hiragi Kurumi) (c) defeated Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai, and Ami Sourei) to win the Triangle Derby finals and retain the Artist of Stardom Championship
	Dragongate	Champion Gate 2023 Night 1	Osaka, Japan	Gold Class (Kota Minoura, Ben-K and BxB Hulk) (c) defeated M3K (Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Junior) to retain the Open the Triangle Gate Championship
	NWA AAA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. AAA	Mexico City, Mexico	Tyrus (c) defeated Daga to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship	The match was cut short when Daga suffered a legitimate leg injury.
	GCW	Holy Smokes	Atlantic City, New Jersey	John Wayne Murdoch defeated Drew Parker in a Texas Deathmatch
5	Zero1	22nd Anniversary	Tokyo, Japan	Masato Tanaka (c) defeated Shoki Kitamura to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
	AJPW	Over The Future 7	Kawasaki, Japan	Manabu Hara and Tamura defeated Kotaro Nasu and Madeline
	AEW	Revolution	San Francisco, California	MJF (c) defeated Bryan Danielson in a 60-minute iron man match to retain the AEW World Championship
	Dragongate	Champion Gate 2023 Night 2	Osaka, Japan	Shun Skywalker (c) defeated Strong Machine J to retain the Open the Dream Gate Championship
	GCW	Ransom	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Allie Katch defeated Charles Mason in a Steel Cage match
6	NJPW	NJPW 51st Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) defeated Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship
7	WWE: NXT	Roadblock	Orlando, Florida	Roxanne Perez (c) defeated Meiko Satomura to retain the NXT Women's Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
7	AJPW Gleat	AJPW x Gleat Week 1	Tokyo, Japan	Hikaru Sato defeated Soma Watanabe in a UWF Rules match
9	CF: Noah	Star Navigation Night 2	Tokyo, Japan	Amakusa (c) defeated Hi69 to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship	Featured Daisuke Harada's retirement match.
11	RevPro	Raw Deal	Stevenage, England	Robbie X (c) defeated Rich Swann to retain the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
14	AJPW	Dream Power Series Week 1	Tokyo, Japan	Naruki Doi (c) defeated Rising Hayato to retain the World Junior Heavyweight Championship
15	AEW	St. Patrick's Day Slam	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Daniel Garcia defeated Brody King	Aired on tape delay on March 17 as a special episode of Rampage.
17	CMLL	Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Night 1	Mexico City, Mexico	Volador Jr. defeated Rocky Romero in a hair vs. hair match
17	GCW	Eye for an Eye	New York City, New York	Masha Slamovich defeated Nick Gage (c) to win the GCW World Championship
18	AJPW Gleat	AJPW x Gleat Week 2	Tokyo, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa, Yuma Anzai, and Yuma Aoyagi) defeated Stronghearts (Cima, El Lindaman, and T-Hawk) and Tetsuya Izuchi
18	CF: TJPW	Futari Wa Princess Max Heart Tournament 2023 Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Mizuki defeated Yuka Sakazaki (c) to win the Princess of Princess Championship
19	CF: Noah	Great Voyage in Yokohama 2023	Yokohama, Japan	Jake Lee defeated Kaito Kiyomiya (c) to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	RevPro	Unfinished Business	St. Neots, England	Robbie X (c) defeated Connor Mills to retain the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
	AAA	Lucha Libre World Cup	Zapopan, Mexico	Pentagón Jr. defeated Johnny Caballero	Team Mexico won the 2023 men's Lucha Libre World Cup. Team United States won the 2023 women's Lucha Libre World Cup.
	GCW	Worst Behavior	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Masha Slamovich (c) defeated Mike Bailey to retain the GCW World Championship
20	CMLL	Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Night 2	Puebla, Mexico	Stigma, Templario, and Volador Jr. defeated Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., and Niebla Roja
21	NJPW	New Japan Cup (Finals)	Niigata, Japan	Sanada defeated David Finlay to win the 2023 New Japan Cup
	AJPW	Dream Power Series Week 2	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) defeated Shuji Ishikawa to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
	CF: DDT	Judgement	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Hino (c) defeated Yukio Naya to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship
	CMLL	Martes de Glamour	Guadalajara, Mexico	Stephanie Vaquer and Zeuxis defeated Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) in a tournament final to win the inaugural Occidente Women's Tag Team Championship
24	Impact	Sacrifice	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Time Machine (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Kushida) defeated Frankie Kazarian, Rich Swann, and Steve Maclin
25	Stardom	New Blood Premium	Yokohama, Japan	Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano and Waka Tsukiyama) defeated Nanae Takahashi and Kairi	Featured the finals of the New Blood Tag Team Championship inaugural tournament.
26	AJPW	Dream Power Series Week 3	Tokyo, Japan	Voodoo Murders (Jun Saito, Rei Saito, and Suwama) defeated Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa, and Yuma Aoyagi)
26	RevPro	Revolution Rumble	London, England	Michael Oku won a 30-man Revolution Rumble
30	EWF	Jake The Snake's Flirting with Venom	San Gabriel, California	Alberto El Patrón defeated Vladimir Moskayev
	GCW	Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9	Los Angeles, California	Timothy Thatcher defeated Josh Barnett
	CF: DDT	DDT Goes Hollywood		Konosuke Takeshita defeated Yuki Ueno
	Impact NJPW	Multiverse United		Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Mike Bailey
	Independent	Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow		El Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Black Taurus and Komander in a three-way match to retain the AAA Mega Championship	The event was promoted by the organizers of the WrestleCon fan convention.
31	ROH	Supercard of Honor		Claudio Castagnoli (c) defeated Eddie Kingston to retain the ROH World Championship
	CF: TJPW	Live in Los Angeles		Magical Sugar Rabbits (Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki) defeated 121000000 (Maki Ito and Miyu Yamashita) (c) to win the Princess Tag Team Championship
	GCW CF: DDT	GCW vs. DDT		Yoshihiko defeats Cole Radrick (c) to win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
	GCW	Joey Janela's Spring Break 7		Kota Ibushi defeated Joey Janela
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	CMLL	80th Aniversario De La Arena Coliseo	Mexico City, Mexico	Ángel de Oro, Mistico, and Soberano Jr. defeated Averno, Templario, and Volador Jr.
	WWE: NXT	Stand & Deliver	Los Angeles, California	Carmelo Hayes defeated Bron Breakker (c) to win the NXT Championship	Aired midday before WrestleMania 39 Night 1.
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 39^[3]	Inglewood, California	Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship
2	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 39^[3]	Inglewood, California	Roman Reigns (c) defeated Cody Rhodes to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
5	Dragongate	Gate of Passion Night 3	Tokyo, Japan	Madoka Kikuta defeated Kota Minoura to earn a shot at the Open the Dream Gate Championship
6	MLW	War Chamber	Queens, New York	The Calling (Rickey Shane Page, Delirious, Akira, and Dr. Cornwallus) defeated Alexander Hammerstone and The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner, Matthew Justice, and 1 Called Manders) in a War Chamber match
7	AEW	Battle of the Belts VI	Kingston, Rhode Island	The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) (c) defeated Q. T. Marshall and Powerhouse Hobbs to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
7	NWA	312	Highland Park, Illinois	Tyrus (c) defeated Chris Adonis to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
8	MLW	Battle Riot V	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Kane last eliminated Davey Boy Smith Jr. to win the 40-man Battle Riot match to earn an MLW World Heavyweight Championship match.	Featured the finals of the Opera Cup tournament.
8	NJPW	Sakura Genesis	Tokyo, Japan	Sanada defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
14		Tamashii	Adelaide, Australia	Hirooki Goto defeated Chris Basso
15		Tamashii	Sydney, Australia	Shingo Takagi defeated Jack Bonza
		Capital Collision	Washington, D.C.	Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) and Dream Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada) in a three-way tag team match to win the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
	Stardom	Cinderella Tournament 2023 Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika, Himeka Arita and Thekla) defeated Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Mina Shirakawa and Saki)	Also featured the finals of the 2023 Cinderella Tournament.
	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Wollongong, Australia	Kerry Morton (c) defeated Bobby Bishop to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
	CF: TJPW	Stand Alone '23	Tokyo, Japan	Mizuki (c) defeated Nao Kakuta to retain the Princess of Princess Championship
	GCW	I Can't Feel my Face	Sauget, Illinois	The Rejects (Reed Bentley and John Wayne Murdoch) defeated Los Mazicos (Miedo Extremo and Ciclope)
16	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Bribie Island, Australia	Kerry Morton (c) defeated Adam Brooks to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
	CF: Noah	Green Journey in Sendai	Sendai, Japan	Jake Lee (c) defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	Impact	Rebellion	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Deonna Purrazzo defeated Jordynne Grace to win the vacant Impact Knockouts World Championship
	AAA	Triplemanía XXXI: Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Komander, Rich Swann, and Swerve Strickland in a four-way match to retain the AAA Mega Championship
	GCW	Red Means Green	Evansville, Indiana	The East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne) (c) defeated The Rejects (Reed Bentley and John Wayne Murdoch) to retain the GCW World Tag Team Championship
	NJPW	Collision in Philadelphia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) (c) defeated Chaos (Lio Rush and Tomohiro Ishii) to retain the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
	NJPW	Tamashii	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Shingo Takagi defeated Robbie Eagles
18	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Sydney, Australia Hastings, Australia	Kerry Morton (c) defeated Alex Taylor and Mick Moretti in a three-way match to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason defeated Caveman Ugg in a No Disqualification match
19	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia	Mick Moretti and The VeloCities (Jude London and Paris De Silva) defeated Alex Taylor and La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf)
21	GCW	Into the Light	Atlanta, Georgia	El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Komander
22	NJPW	Hirooki Goto 20th Anniversary Event	Mie, Japan	Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Yoh) defeated House of Torture (Evil, Yujiro Takahashi and Sho)
22	GCW	Scene of the Crime	Orlando, Florida	Masha Slamovich (c) defeated Sawyer Wreck to retain the GCW World Championship
23	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Ballarat, Australia	Kerry Morton (c) defeated Emmen Azman to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
23	Stardom	All Star Grand Queendom	Yokohama, Japan	Tam Nakano defeated Giulia (c) to win the World of Stardom Championship
25	WWE: NXT	Spring Breakin'	Orlando, Florida	Indi Hartwell (c) defeated Roxanne Perez and Tiffany Stratton to retain the NXT Women's Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
26	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Adelaide, Australia	Kerry Morton defeated Mercurio and Nick Armstrong
27	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf) (c) defeated Adam Brooks and Emmen Azman to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship
28	CMLL	Arena Mexico 67. Aniversario	Mexico City, Mexico	Dragón Rojo Jr. defeated Atlantis Jr. and Templario in a three-way elimination match to win the 2023 Campeon Universal Del CMLL	CMLL Universal Championship Finals
29	CF: Noah	Star Navigation Night 3	Tokyo, Japan	Good Looking Guys (Tadasuke and Yo-Hey) (c) defeated Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
	NJPW	Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni	Kagoshima, Japan	Taichi defeated Shingo Takagi (c) in a Takagi Style Triad match to win the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship
	AJPW FMW-E	AJPW x FMW-E	Yokohama, Japan	Atsushi Onita and Yoshitatsu (c) defeated Hikaru Sato and Shuji Ishikawa in a Barbed Wire Blast, Blast Bat and Barbed Wire Barricade Mine Death match to retain the All Asia Tag Team Championship
	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Newcastle, Australia	Slex defeated Silas Mason
30	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Gold Coast, Australia	Silas Mason defeated Slex
	CMLL	Que No Te Ganen Tus Monstruos	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	Los Magnificos (Adrenalina, Explosivo and Fantastico) defeated La Mafia (Leo, Omar Brunetti and Vaquero Jr.)
	CMLL	Día del Niño	Mexico City, Mexico	Volcano defeated Raider, Akuma, Capitan Suicida, El Satanico and Volador Jr. to win the Torneo Embajador De Los Ninos Cibernetico
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	CF: DDT	Mega Max Bump 2023	Yokohama, Japan	Yuji Hino (c) defeated Yuki "not Sexy" Iino to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship
3	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka, Japan	Sanada (c) defeated Hiromu Takahashi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
4	Stardom	Fukuoka Goddess Legend	Fukuoka, Japan	Mina Shirakawa (c) defeated Natsupoi to retain the Wonder of Stardom Championship
4	CF: Noah	Majestic 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Jake Lee (c) defeated Naomichi Marufuji to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
5	Dragongate	Dead or Alive 2023	Nagoya, Japan	Madoka Kikuta defeated Shun Skywalker (c) to win the Open the Dream Gate Championship
5	CF: TJPW	Yes! Wonderland 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Mizuki (c) defeated Sawyer Wreck to retain the Princess of Princess Championship
6	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Backlash	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Cody Rhodes defeated Brock Lesnar	First major WWE event in Puerto Rico since 2005.
7	AJPW	Champion Carnival Final	Tokyo, Japan	Shotaro Ashino defeated T-Hawk to win the Champion Carnival 2023
12	Stardom	New Blood 8	Tokyo, Japan	Tam Nakano defeated Tam Nakano (Nao Ishikawa)
13	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 1	Toyama, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Shuji Ishikawa) and Yuji Nagata defeated Satoshi Kojima, Suwama and Takao Omori
14		Super Power Series Night 2	Matsumoto, Japan	Yuma Aoyagi defeated Atsuki Aoyagi
18		Super Power Series Night 3	Tokyo, Japan	T-Hawk defeated Ryuki Honda to become a number one contender for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
19	CMLL	Copa Jr. VIP Week 1	Mexico City, Mexico	Dragón Rojo Jr. and Soberano Jr. defeated El Hijo del Villano III, Atlantis Jr., Averno, Místico, Panterita del Ring Jr. and Volador Jr. in a Copa Jr. VIP 2023 semifinal match.
20	AJPW	Supermarket Pro Wrestling	Japan	Aoyagi Brothers (Yuma Aoyagi and Atsuki Aoyagi) and Yuma Anazi defeated Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa and Ryo Inoue
20	GCW	The Way I Am	Detroit, Michigan	Masha Slamovich (c) defeated Jimmy Lloyd to retain the GCW World Championship
21	NJPW	Resurgence	Long Beach, California	Willow Nightingale defeated Mercedes Moné in a tournament final for the inaugural Strong Women's Championship
	CF: DDT	King of DDT Tournament 2023 (Finals)	Tokyo, Japan	Chris Brookes defeated Kazusada Higuchi in the finals of the 2023 King of DDT Tournament
	GCW	I Can't Save You	Columbus, Ohio	Masha Slamovich (c) defeated Mance Warner to retain the GCW World Championship
23	Independent	Hana Kimura Memorial Show 3	Tokyo, Japan	Aja Kong and Sareee defeated Mika Iwata and Mio Momono	The event was promoted by Kyoko Kimura.
26	CMLL	Copa Jr. VIP Week 2	Mexico City, Mexico	Soberano Jr. defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. to win the 2023 Copa Jr. VIP.
	Impact	Under Siege	London, Ontario, Canada	Steve Maclin (c) defeated PCO in a no disqualification match to retain the Impact World Championship
	GCW	Lifestyle	Las Vegas, Nevada	Masha Slamovich (c) defeated Cole Radrick to retain the GCW Ultraviolet Championship
27	Stardom	Flashing Champions	Tokyo, Japan	Tam Nakano (World) defeated Mina Shirakawa (Wonder) for the World of Stardom Championship and Wonder of Stardom Championship
27	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Night of Champions	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (c) defeated The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa) to retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship	First Night of Champions event since 2015.
28	NJPW	Best of the Super Juniors (Finals)	Tokyo, Japan	Master Wato defeated Titán to win the 2023 Best of the Super Juniors
	AEW	Double or Nothing	Paradise, Nevada	Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta) defeated The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and "Hangman" Adam Page) in an Anarchy in the Arena match
	WWE: NXT	Battleground	Lowell, Massachusetts	Carmelo Hayes (c) defeated Bron Breakker to retain the NXT Championship	First Battleground event since 2017.
29	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 4	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) defeated T-Hawk to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
2	Stardom	New Blood 9	Tokyo, Japan	Rina (c) defeated Lady C to retain the Future of Stardom Championship
3	AJPW	51st Anniversary	Tokyo, Japan	Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Suwama and Yuma Anzai einded in a time limit draw
3	NWA	Crockett Cup	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf) defeated Flippin' Psychos (Flip Gordon and Fodder) in a Crockett Cup second round match
4	NWA	Crockett Cup	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Knox and Murdoch (Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch) defeated Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) to win the 2023 Crockett Cup tournament
	NJPW	Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Sanada (c) defeated Yota Tsuji to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
	CMLL	Copa Dinastías Week 1	Mexico City, Mexico	Hijo De Stuka Jr. and Stuka Jr. defeated Euforia and Soberano Jr. in a 2023 Copa Dinastia semifinal match
	GCW	Cage of Survival 2	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Blake Christian defeated Masha Slamovich (c) and Rina Yamashita in a Cage of Survival match to win the GCW World Championship
9	AJPW NJPW Noah	All Together Again	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada, Yuma Aoyagi and Kenoh defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kento Miyahara and Kaito Kiyomiya
9	Impact	Against All Odds	Columbus, Ohio	Alex Shelley defeated Steve Maclin (c) to win the Impact World Championship
10	NJPW	NJPW Academy Showcase	Carson, California	Johnnie Robbie defeated Trish Adora
11	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 1	Kōriyama, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Yuma Anzai) defeated Yuji Nagata and Yutaka Yoshie
11	CMLL	Copa Dinastías Week 2	Mexico City, Mexico	Dr. Karonte I and Místico defeated Atlantis and Atlantis Jr. in a 2023 Copa Dinastia semifinal match
14	AJPW	Fortune Dream 8	Tokyo, Japan	Ayato Yoshida, Hayato Tamura and Tetsuya Endo vs. T-Hawk, Takuya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi ended in a time limit draw
15	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 2	Tokyo, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi) defeated Kongo (Kenoh and Manabu Soya) (c) to win the World Tag Team Championship
17	CF: Noah	Great Journey in Nagoya 2023	Nagoya, Japan	Jake Lee (c) defeated Takashi Sugiura to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 3	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) defeated Yuma Anzai to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
	RevPro	Cruel Intentions	Stevenage, England	Trent Seven defeated Michael Oku
	GCW	Thank Me Later	Los Angeles, California	Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Nick Gage
18	NJPW AJPW	Blue Justice XII	Chiba, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi, Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata defeated Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai and Yuma Aoyagi)
18	CMLL	Copa Dinastías Final Week 3	Mexico City, Mexico	Dr. Karonte I and Místico defeated Hijo De Stuka Jr. and Stuka Jr. to win the 2023 Copa Dinastia
20	WWE: NXT	Gold Rush Night 1	Orlando, Florida	Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) defeated Bron Breakker to retain the World Heavyweight Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
23	AJPW	Yoshida Factory	Minami-ku, Kumamoto, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi) defeated Takao Omori, Tomoaki Honma and Yoshi Tatsu
23	GCW	Ride or Die	Chicago, Illinois	Blake Christian (c) defeated Gringo Loco to retain the GCW World Championship
24	CF: Noah	Kenoh's 15th Anniversary	Tokushima, Japan	Kongo (Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo and Hajime Ohara) defeated Naomichi Marufuji, Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba), Amakusa and Alejandro
	AJPW	Komeri Power Wrestling	Nagoya, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi) defeated Black Mensore, Takao Omori and Yoshi Tatsu
	GCW	Mastermind	Hartford, Connecticut	Joey Janela defeated Tank in a Texas Death match
25	Stardom	Sunshine 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Queen's Quest (Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani, AZM, Lady C, Miyu Amasaki and Hina) defeated Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima, Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid, Ruaka and Rina) in a Loser Leaves Stable Cage match
	RevPro	No Escape	St. Neots, England	Robbie X defeated Shigehiro Irie
	AEW NJPW	Forbidden Door	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bryan Danielson defeated Kazuchika Okada	First AEW PPV outside of the United States, first NJPW PPV held in Canada, and first non-WWE PPV in Toronto since 1999.
26	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 4	Tokyo, Japan	Master Wato, Ryuki Honda and Yuji Nagata defeated Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi) and Yoshi Tatsu
27	WWE: NXT	Gold Rush Night 2	Orlando, Florida	Carmelo Hayes (c) defeated Baron Corbin to retain the NXT Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
26	CMLL	50th Aniversario Del El Satánico	Puebla, Mexico	Los Infernales (Averno, El Satánico and Mephisto) defeated Atlantis, El Desperado and Tiger Mask IV
27	CMLL	50th Aniversario Del El Satánico	Guadalajara, Mexico	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Tetsuya Naito and Titán) defeated Averno, Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero
30	CMLL NJPW	Fantastica Mania Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	Rocky Romero (c) defeated Volador Jr. to retain the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship	First NJPW PPV In Mexico.
30	Impact	Down Under Tour Day 1	Wagga Wagga, Australia	Alex Shelley (c) defeated Steve Maclin to retain the Impact World Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Money in the Bank	London, England	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa) in a "Bloodline Civil War"	First major WWE event in London in over two decades.
1	Impact	Down Under Tour Day 2	Wagga Wagga, Australia	Deonna Purrazzo (c) defeated Gisele Shaw to retain the Impact Knockouts World Championship
2	Stardom	Mid Summer Champions 2023	Yokohama, Japan	Saori Anou defeated Natsupoi in a Strap match
	Dragongate	Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2023	Kobe, Japan	Diamante lost his mask in a five-way Cage match against Dragon Kid, Shun Skywalker, Strong Machine J and Ultimo Dragon
	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 5	Tokyo, Japan	Yuma Aoyagi defeated Yuji Nagata (c) to win the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
4	NJPW	Independence Day	Tokyo, Japan	Jun Kasai and El Desperado defeated Homicide and Jon Moxley in a No Disqualification doomsday match	First NJPW Strong events in Japan.
5	NJPW	Independence Day	Tokyo, Japan	Jon Moxley defeated El Desperado in a Final Death match	First NJPW Strong events in Japan.
8	MLW	Never Say Never	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Kane defeated Alexander Hammerstone (c) to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
	NWA	HP Cares for Cooper	Highland Park, Illinois	Kamille (c) defeated Natalia Markova to retain the NWA World Women's Championship	All proceeds were donated to the family of Cooper Roberts, who was shot and wounded during the Highland Park parade shooting and had been in intensive care ever since.
	GCW	Clean Up Man	Hartford, Connecticut	Nick Gage defeated Psycho Clown
	CF: TJPW	Summer Sun Princess '23	Tokyo, Japan	Mizuki (c) defeated Maki Ito to retain the Princess of Princess Championship
9	RevPro	Epic Encounter	London, England	Michael Oku (c) defeated Great-O-Khan to retain the Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship
15	AEW	Battle of the Belts VII	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Luchasaurus (c) defeated Shawn Spears to retain the AEW TNT Championship
	AAA	Triplemanía XXXI: Tijuana	Tijuana, Mexico	Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Kenny Omega to retain the AAA Mega Championship
	Impact	Slammiversary	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Alex Shelley (c) defeated Nick Aldis to retain the Impact World Championship
	CF: Noah	One Night Dream	Tokyo, Japan	Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Kento Miyahara
18	GCW	The New Face of War	Tokyo, Japan	Masashi Takeda defeated Joey Janela
19	AEW	Blood & Guts	Boston, Massachusetts	The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, "Hangman" Adam Page, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and Kota Ibushi) defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta), Konosuke Takeshita, and Pac in a Blood and Guts match	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
	AEW	Royal Rampage	Boston, Massachusetts	Kris Statlander (c) defeated Marina Shafir to retain the AEW TBS Championship	Aired on tape delay on July 21 as a special episode of Rampage.
	GCW	Planet Death	Tokyo, Japan	Jun Kasai defeated John Wayne Murdoch in a Texas Death match
21	ROH	Death Before Dishonor	Trenton, New Jersey	Athena (c) defeated Willow Nightingale to retain the ROH Women's World Championship
21	AAA	Verano de Escándalo	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Sam Adonis, Cibernético and Gringo Loco defeated El Hijo del Vikingo, Alberto El Patrón and Psycho Clown
23	CF: DDT	Wrestle Peter Pan 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Chris Brookes defeated Yuji Hino (c) to win the KO-D Openweight Championship
30	WWE: NXT	The Great American Bash	Cedar Park, Texas	Carmelo Hayes (c) defeated Ilja Dragunov to retain the NXT Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
2	AEW	Dynamite: 200	Tampa, Florida	Hikaru Shida defeated Toni Storm (c) to win the AEW Women's World Championship	Celebrated the 200th episode of Dynamite.
3	Dragongate	King of Gate 2023 (Finals)	Tokyo, Japan	Kota Minoura defeated Big Boss Shimizu to win the 2023 King of Gate tournament
4	GCW	My Name Is	Detroit, Michigan	Blake Christian (c) defeated Mike Bailey to retain the GCW World Championship
5	WWE: Raw SmackDown	SummerSlam	Detroit, Michigan	Roman Reigns (c) defeated Jey Uso in a Tribal Combat to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and recognition of Tribal Chief of the Anoaʻi family
11	GCW	No Signal in the Hills 3	Los Angeles, California	Johnny Game Changer defeated Nick Gage
12	AAA	Triplemanía XXXI: Mexico City	Mexico City, Mexico	Sam Adonis loses his hair in a Four-way Lucha de Apuestas Hair vs. Mask match against Psycho Clown (mask), Rush El Toro Blanco (hair) and L.A. Park (mask)
13	Stardom	Stardom x Stardom: Osaka Summer Team	Osaka, Japan	Tam Nakano (c) defeated Megan Bayne to retain the World of Stardom Championship
	NJPW	G1 Climax 33 (Finals)	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the G1 Climax tournament	The winner received an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 18.
	CF: TJPW	Tokyo Princess Cup 2023 (Finals)	Tokyo, Japan	Miyu Yamashita defeated Yuki Kamifuku to win the Tokyo Princess Cup
	PWG	PWG Twenty: Mystery Vortex	Los Angeles, California	Daniel Garcia (c) defeated Mike Bailey (4:3) in a Iron Man match to retain the PWG World Championship
16	AEW	Fight for the Fallen Night 1	Nashville, Tennessee	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn)	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
16	AEW	Fight for the Fallen Night 2	Nashville, Tennessee	Hikaru Shida and Skye Blue defeated The Outcasts (Ruby Soho and Toni Storm)	Aired on tape delay on August 18 as a special episode of Rampage.
17	NWA	The World is a Vampire Tour	Huntsville, Alabama	EC3 defeated Kerry Morton by disqualification
18	Stardom	Stardom New Blood 10	Tokyo, Japan	Rina (c) defeated Waka Tsukiyama to retain the Future of Stardom Championship
19	Stardom	Stardom Midsummer Festival	Tokyo, Japan	Jaguar Yokota and NanaMomo (Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi) defeated Black Desire (Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid) and Yuu
	AEW	Fight for the Fallen Night 3	Lexington, Kentucky	Darby Allin defeated Christian Cage	Aired as a special episode of Collision.
	AEW	Fyter Fest Night 2	Lexington, Kentucky	The Outcasts (Saraya and Toni Storm) defeated Hikaru Shida and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.	Aired on tape delay on August 25 as a special episode of Rampage.
	NJPW	All Star Junior Festival USA	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Mike Bailey defeated Kevin Knight in the finals of the All Star Jr. Festival USA tournament
	NWA	The World is a Vampire Tour	West Palm Beach, Florida	The Southern 6 (Alex Taylor, Kerry Morton and "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason) defeated Colby Corino and The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews)
20	NWA	The World is a Vampire Tour	Tampa, Florida	The Southern 6 (Alex Taylor, Kerry Morton and "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason) defeated Colby Corino and The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews)
	NJPW Impact	Multiverse United 2	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Shelley (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the Impact World Championship
	Dragongate	Dangerous Gate 2023	Ōta City, Japan	Madoka Kikuta (c) defeated Kota Minoura to retain the Open the Dream Gate Championship
22	NWA	The World is a Vampire Tour	Charlotte, North Carolina	Colby Corino and The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews) defeated The Southern 6 (Alex Taylor, Kerry Morton and "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason)
22	WWE: NXT	Heatwave	Orlando, Florida	Carmelo Hayes (c) defeated Wes Lee to retain the NXT Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
23	AEW	Fyter Fest Night 1	Duluth, Georgia	Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) (c) defeated The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
23	AEW	Fyter Fest Night 3	Duluth, Georgia	Darby Allin, Sting, Hook, and CM Punk defeated Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage and Swerve Strickland), Jay White, and Luchasaurus	Aired on tape delay on August 26 as a special episode of Collision.
26	RevPro	11th Anniversary Show	London, England	Will Ospreay defeated Shingo Takagi
26	NWA	75th Anniversary Show	St. Louis, Missouri	Kamille (c) defeated Natalia Markova in a No Limits match to retain the NWA World Women's Championship
27	NWA	75th Anniversary Show	St. Louis, Missouri	EC3 defeated Tyrus (c) in a Bullrope match to win the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
	AEW	All In	London, England	MJF (c) defeated Adam Cole to retain the AEW World Championship	First All In event since 2018, first AEW event in the UK, first AEW PPV outside North America, and first AEW event to be held in an association football stadium. Also the first professional wrestling event to be held at present day Wembley Stadium.
	Impact	Emergence	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Trinity (c) defeated Deonna Purrazzo to retain the Impact Knockouts World Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	GCW	Say You Will	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Nick Gage
2	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Payback	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the World Heavyweight Championship	First Payback event since 2020. Last WWE major event before UFC–WWE merger was finalized.
3	Stardom	5Star Special in Hiroshima	Hiroshima, Japan	Giulia (c) defeated Risa Sera to retain the Strong Women's Championship
	CF: Noah	N-1 Victory (Finals)	Osaka, Japan	Go Shiozaki defeated Kenoh in the N-1 Victory finals
	AEW	All Out	Chicago, Illinois	Jon Moxley defeated Orange Cassidy (c) to win the AEW International Championship
	MLW	Fury Road	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Kane (c) defeated Willie Mack to retain the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
8	Impact	Victory Road	White Plains, New York	Josh Alexander defeated Steve Maclin
8	WWE: Raw	Superstar Spectacle	Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India	John Cena and Seth "Freakin" Rollins defeated Imperium (Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser)	First Superstar Spectacle event since 2021, first major WWE Live event in India since 2017, and first live event in Hyderabad.
9	Impact	Impact 1000	White Plains, New York	Night 1: Chris Sabin defeated Lio Rush (c) to win the Impact X Division Championship Night 2: Team Over (Gail Kim, Jordynne Grace, Mickie James, Trinity and Awesome Kong) defeated Team Beautiful People (Gisele Shaw, Angelina Love, Deonna Purrazzo, Savannah Evans and Tasha Steelz)	Impact's 1000th episode, featured Team 3D in Impact! for the first time in 7 years. Aired on tape delay on September 14 and 21.
10	Stardom	Stardom Dream Tag Festival	Yokohama, Japan	AZM and Starlight Kid defeated Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima
10	GCW	Crushed Up	New York City, New York	Rina Yamashita defeated Mike Bailey
15	NJPW	Tamashii	Sydney, Australia	Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) defeated The Natural Classics (Tome Filip and Stevie Filip)
16	CMLL	90th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Templario defeated Dragon Rojo Jr. in a Lucha de Apuestas Mask vs. Mask match
20	AEW	Grand Slam Night 1	Queens, New York	MJF (c) defeated Samoa Joe to retain the AEW World Championship	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
20	AEW	Grand Slam Night 2	Queens, New York	The Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and "Hangman" Adam Page) defeated Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona) (c) to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship	Aired on tape delay on September 22 as a special episode of Rampage.
22	GCW	Long. Live. GCW	Oberhausen, Germany	Nick Gage defeated Joey Janela
23	RevPro CMLL	RevPro x CMLL Fantastica Mania UK: Show 1 & 2	Manchester, England	Show 1: Último Guerrero, Trent Seven and Hechicero defeated Michael Oku, Guerrero Maya Jr. and Atlantis Jr. Show 2: Michael Oku (c) defeated Hechicero to retain the Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship
23	GCW	GCW vs. The World	Oberhausen, Germany	Joey Janela defeated Shigehiro Irie
24	CF: Noah	Grand Ship In Nagoya 2023	Nagoya, Japan	Jake Lee (c) defeated Go Shiozaki to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
24	NJPW	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) defeated Yota Tsuji to retain the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
28	Stardom	New Blood 11	Tokyo, Japan	wing★gori (Saya Iida and Hanan) defeated Bloody Fate (c) and 02line (AZM and Miyu Amasaki) to win the New Blood Tag Team Championship
30	Stardom	5 Star Grand Prix 2023 (Finals)	Yokohama, Japan	Suzu Suzuki defeated Maika to win the 5 Star Grand Prix 2023
30	WWE: NXT	No Mercy	Bakersfield, California	Becky Lynch (c) defeated Tiffany Stratton in an Extreme Rules match to retain the NXT Women's Championship	First No Mercy event since 2017.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

October[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	AAA	Héroes Inmortales	Zapopan, Jalisco	Team USA (QT Marshall and Sam Adonis) defeated Team Mexico (Octagón and Alberto El Patrón)
1	AEW	WrestleDream	Seattle, Washington	Christian Cage (c) defeated Darby Allin in a two out of three falls match to retain the AEW TNT Championship	This event was dedicated to Antonio Inoki, who died on October 1, 2022.
7	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Fastlane	Indianapolis, Indiana	Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura in a Last Man Standing match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship	First Fastlane event since 2021.
7	NJPW	NJPW Academy Showcase	Carson, California	Rocky Romero defeated Matt Vandagriff
9	Stardom	Nagoya Golden Fight	Nagoya, Japan	Tam Nakano (c) defeated Natsuko Tora to retain the World of Stardom Championship
	NJPW	Destruction in Ryogoku	Tokyo, Japan	Sanada (c) defeated Evil in a Lumberjack match to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
	CF: TJPW	Wrestle Princess IV	Tokyo, Japan	Miyu Yamashita defeated Mizuki (c) to win the Princess of Princess Championship
10	GCW	To Live and Die in Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	John Wayne Murdoch defeated Violento Jack in a Texas Death match
12	GCW	The Wrld on GCW	Tokyo, Japan	Rina Yamashita (c) defeated Masha Slamovich to retain the GCW Ultraviolet Championship
14	GCW	Blood on the Hills 2	Los Angeles, California	Gringo Loco and Arez defeated Aramis and Rey Horus
	MLW	Slaughterhouse	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Kane (c) defeated Tom Lawlor to retain the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
	NJPW	Royal Quest III	London, England	Will Ospreay (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
21	AEW	Battle of the Belts VIII	Memphis, Tennessee	Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) (c) defeated Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard, and Angelo Parker to retain the AEW World Trios Championship
21	Impact	Bound for Glory	Cicero, Illinois	Alex Shelley (c) defeated Josh Alexander to retain the Impact World Championship
24	WWE: NXT	Halloween Havoc Night 1	Orlando, Florida	Lyra Valkyria defeated Becky Lynch (c) to win the NXT Women's Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
26	Impact	UK Invasion Tour	Glasgow, Scotland	The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) defeated Eric Young and Josh Alexander
27		Turning Point	Newcastle upon Tyne, England	Will Ospreay defeated Eddie Edwards	Aired on tape delay on November 3.
28		UK Invasion Tour	Coventry, England	Eric Young and Josh Alexander defeated Frankie Kazarian and Chris Sabin and Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews)
	NJPW	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Las Vegas, Nevada	Shingo Takagi defeated Tama Tonga (c) to win the NEVER Openweight Championship
	Noah	Demolition Stage In Fukuoka	Fukuoka, Japan	Kenoh defeated Jake Lee (c) to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	NWA	Samhain	Cleveland, Ohio	EC3 (c) defeated Thom Latimer in a No Limits match to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
29	Impact	UK Invasion Tour	Coventry, England	Chris Sabin (c) defeated Frankie Kazarian to retain the Impact X Division Championship
29	Stardom	Halloween Dark Night	Tokyo, Japan	Yuu, Megan Bayne and Maika defeated Mayu Iwatani in a Coffin match
31	WWE: NXT	Halloween Havoc Night 2	Orlando, Florida	Ilja Dragunov (c) defeated Carmelo Hayes to retain the NXT Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

November[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	GCW	Please, Buddy	Sauget, Illinois	Los Macizos (Ciclope and Miedo Extremo) and Jimmy Lloyd defeated The Second Gear Rejects (1 Called Manders, John Wayne Murdoch and Mance Warner)
4	NJPW	Power Struggle	Osaka, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) defeated Shota Umino to retain the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
	GCW	Si or No?	Atlanta, Georgia	Joey Janela defeated Jacob Fatu in a Hardcore match
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Crown Jewel	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Roman Reigns (c) defeated LA Knight to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
5	Dragongate	Gate of Destiny 2023	Osaka, Japan	Madoka Kikuta (c) defeated Big Boss Shimizu to retain the Open the Dream Gate Championship
10	NJPW	Lonestar Shootout	Garland, Texas	Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Trent Beretta to retain the NEVER Openweight Championship
11	Impact	Throwback Throwdown IV	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Tim Burr (Josh Alexander) defeated Boris Alexiev (Santino Marella) in the Fall Maul Tournament Finals	Aired on November 30 as a special episode of Impact!.
12	Stardom	Goddesses of Stardom Tag League (Finals)	Nagaoka, Japan	Divine Kingdom (Maika and Megan Bayne) defeated Crazy Star (Mei Seira and Suzu Suzuki) in the Tag League final match
12	CF: DDT	Ultimate Party 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Yuki Ueno defeated Chris Brookes (c) to win the KO-D Openweight Championship
17	Stardom	New Blood West 1	Osaka, Japan	Rina (c) defeated Hanako to retain the Future of Stardom Championship
17	GCW	Going and Going	Seattle, Washington	Joey Janela defeated Mike Bailey
18	Stardom	Gold Rush 2023	Osaka, Japan	Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) (c) defeated Stars (Hazuki, Hanan and Saya Iida) in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Moneyball tournament finals to retain the Artist of Stardom Championship
	AEW	Full Gear	Inglewood, California	MJF (c) defeated Jay White to retain the AEW World Championship
	MLW	Fightland	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Kane (c) defeated Jacob Fatu to retain the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
	NWA	Return to Robarts	Sarasota, Florida	EC3 (c) defeated Jax Dane to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship	Aired on December 26 as a special episode of Powerrr.
19	AAA	Guerra de Titanes	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	El Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Dralístico to retain the AAA Mega Championship
24	GCW	GCW at Wrestlecade	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Joey Janela defeated Mance Warner in a Hardcore match
25	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Survivor Series: WarGames	Rosemont, Illinois	Cody Rhodes, Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, and Randy Orton defeated The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Finn Bálor, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, and JD McDonagh) and Drew McIntyre in a WarGames match	Featured the returns of Randy Orton, R-Truth and CM Punk.
26	AAA Impact	Ultra Clash	San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León	The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) and El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Trey Miguel and Los Vipers (Látigo and Toxin)	Aired on December 7 as a special episode of Impact!.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

December[edit]

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
2	Stardom	Nagoya Big Winter	Nagoya, Japan	Suzu Suzuki defeated Hazuki for a World of Stardom Championship shot at Dream Queendom 3
2	GCW	C'mon Dude	Hartford, Connecticut	Blake Christian (c) defeated Alec Price to retain the GCW World Championship
3	GCW	What Is Your Choice?	New York City, New York	Matt Cardona defeated Jimmy Lloyd in a Career vs. Broski match
7	MLW	One Shot	Queens, New York	Alex Kane (c) defeated Matt Cardona to retain the MLW World Heavyweight Championship	First One Shot event since 2017.
7	MLW	Holiday Rush	Queens, New York	The Bomaye Fight Club (Alex Kane and Mr. Thomas) defeated The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice and Good Brother #3) (c) by disqualification for the MLW World Tag Team Championship	Aired on tape delay on December 23.
8	WWE: SmackDown	Tribute to the Troops	Providence, Rhode Island	LA Knight and Randy Orton defeated The Bloodline (Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa)	Aired as a special episode of SmackDown.
9	Impact	Final Resolution	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Josh Alexander and Zack Sabre Jr. defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley)
	GCW	Highest in the Room 2	Los Angeles, California	Andrade El Ídolo defeated Joey Janela
	WWE: NXT	Deadline	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Ilja Dragunov (c) defeated Baron Corbin to retain the NXT Championship
13	AEW	Winter Is Coming Night 1	Arlington, Texas	Jon Moxley defeated Swerve Strickland in a Gold League match of the AEW Continental Classic tournament	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
13	AEW	Winter Is Coming Night 2	Arlington, Texas	Top Flight (Dante Martin and Darius Martin) and Action Andretti defeated Komander, El Hijo del Vikingo, and Penta El Zero Miedo	Aired on tape delay on December 15 as a special episode of Rampage.
15	ROH	Final Battle	Garland, Texas	Athena (c) defeated Billie Starkz to retain the ROH Women's World Championship
16	AEW	Winter Is Coming Night 3	Garland, Texas	Bryan Danielson defeated Brody King in a Blue League match of the AEW Continental Classic tournament	Aired as a special episode of Collision.
16	RevPro	RevPro Uprising 2023	London, England	Will Ospreay defeated Gabe Kidd
20	AEW	Holiday Bash Night 1	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Jay White defeated Jon Moxley in a Gold League match of the AEW Continental Classic tournament	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
20	AEW	Holiday Bash Night 2	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	El Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Black Taurus to retain the AAA Mega Championship	Aired on tape delay on December 22 as a special episode of Rampage.
21	GCW	Holiday Special	Ridgefield Park, New Jersey	Blake Christian (c) defeated Santa Claus (Big Vin) to retain the GCW World Championship
23	AEW	Holiday Bash Night 3	San Antonio, Texas	Eddie Kingston defeated Andrade El Ídolo in a Blue League match of the AEW Continental Classic tournament	Aired as a special episode of Collision. Featured Thunder Rosa's first match since August 2022.
25	Stardom	New Blood 12	Tokyo, Japan	wing★gori (Hanan and Saya Iida) (c) defeated Reiwa Tokyo Towers (Ami Sohrei and Lady C) to retain the New Blood Tag Team Championship
27	AEW	New Year's Smash Night 1	Orlando, Florida	The Devil's Masked Men^[a] defeated MJF (c) in a 2-on-1 Handicap match^[b] to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
27	AEW	New Year's Smash Night 2	Orlando, Florida	Action Andretti and Top Flight (Darius Martin and Dante Martin) defeated Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy	Aired on tape delay on December 29 as a special episode of Rampage.
29	Stardom	Dream Queendom 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Maika defeated Suzu Suzuki to win the vacant World of Stardom Championship
30	AEW	Worlds End	Uniondale, New York	Samoa Joe defeated MJF (c) to win the AEW World Championship	Featured the finals of the inaugural AEW Continental Classic tournament, the crowning of AEW's first Triple Crown winner, and the inaugural AEW Continental Champion.
31	GCW	Aftermath	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Jun Kasai defeated Nick Gage in a Death match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events[edit]

January 6 – Vince McMahon returns to WWE as a board member after previously retiring in 2022.
January 10 – Stephanie McMahon resigns as co-CEO and chairwoman of WWE. Vince McMahon takes the title of executive chairman, while Nick Khan became the sole CEO of the company.
January 20 – Major League Wrestling signed a new broadcast deal with Reelz.^[4]
January 21 – Negro Casas and his wife Dalys la Caribeña depart from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), making their surprise debuts for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide on the same day.^[5] This marked the end of Casas' over 40-year tenure with CMLL.
April 3 – WWE is sold to Endeavor, the parent company of the mixed martial arts promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
April 24 & 25 – All Elite Wrestling's YouTube programs, Elevation and Dark, were canceled, respectively.
June 17 – AEW Collision premiered on TNT.
August 27 – All Elite Wrestling's pay-per-view, All In, broke the paid attendance record for a professional wrestling event, selling 81,035 tickets, distributing 83,131; however, the show's turnstile count (the number of tickets scanned on the night at the event) was 72,265.^[6]
September 2 – CM Punk's contract with All Elite Wrestling was terminated after a legitimate backstage confrontation with Jack Perry.
September 12 – WWE's sale to Endeavor is finalized, ending 69 years of family ownership by the McMahon family. WWE and UFC subsequently merged and operate as divisions of a new company called TKO Group Holdings.
September 15 – Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson makes first WWE appearance in four years.
October 21 – Impact Wrestling announced it would revert to its former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) name, beginning with Hard To Kill on January 13, 2024.
November 18 – Will Ospreay officially signs with All Elite Wrestling, taking effect in February 2024.
November 25 – Randy Orton returns to WWE in-ring competition, after an 18-month injury layoff; CM Punk returns to WWE for the first time since January 2014.
December 23 – Thunder Rosa wrestles her first match since August 10, 2022, after a back injury; Hiroshi Tanahashi is appointed as the president and representative director of New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
December 26 – CM Punk wrestles his first WWE match since January 20, 2014.

Accomplishments and tournaments[edit]

2AW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Active Advance Tournament	Takuro Niki	September 24 (aired October 16)	Defeated Daiju Wakamatsu in the final for a 2AW Openweight Championship match. He would defeat Kohei Sato on October 29 to win the title.

AAA[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Rey de Reyes	Sam Adonis	February 5	Defeated Bandido, Pagano, and Hijo del Vikingo in the final to win.
Reina de Reinas	Sexy Star II	February 5	Defeated Chik Tormenta, Lady Shani, La Hiedra, and Dalys to win.
Lucha Libre World Cup (Women)	Team USA (Kamille, Deonna Purrazzo, and Jordynne Grace)	March 19	Defeated Team Mexico (Sexy Star II, Flammer, and La Hiedra) in the final to win.
Lucha Libre World Cup (Men)	Team Mexico (Black Taurus, Pentagón Jr., and Laredo Kid)	March 19	Defeated Team USA (Christopher Daniels, Sam Adonis, and Johnny Caballero) in the final to win.
Guerra de Rivalidades	Psycho Clown	August 12	Defeated L. A. Park, Rush El Toro Blanco, and Sam Adonis in the final under Lucha de Apuestas rules. Clown pinned Adonis, meaning Adonis had to shave his head.
Copa Antonio Peña	Chik Tormenta	October 1	Defeated Lady Maravilla in the final to win.

AEW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Revolution Tag Team Battle Royale	Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett	February 22	Jarrett last eliminated Trent Beretta of Best Friends to enter the AEW World Tag Team Championship match at Revolution, but he and Lethal were unsuccessful in winning the titles.
Casino Tag Team Royale	Orange Cassidy and Danhausen	March 1	Last eliminated The Butcher and The Blade to enter the AEW World Tag Team Championship match at Revolution, but were unsuccessful in winning the titles.
Face of the Revolution ladder match	Powerhouse Hobbs	March 1	Defeated Eddie Kingston, Ortiz, Action Andretti, Sammy Guevara, Komander, Konosuke Takeshita, and A. R. Fox to earn an AEW TNT Championship match. He would defeat Wardlow in a falls count anywhere match on the March 8 episode of Dynamite to win the title.
Four Pillars Tournament	Sammy Guevara	April 26	Defeated Darby Allin in the final to earn an AEW World Championship match at Double or Nothing. He challenged champion MJF for the title in a four-way match also involving Allin and "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Tres de Mayo Battle Royale	Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster)	May 3	Gunn and Bowens last eliminated Kip Sabian and The Butcher and The Blade to win.
Blackjack Battle Royal	Orange Cassidy	May 28	Last eliminated Swerve Strickland to retain the AEW International Championship
Owen Hart Cup (Men)	Ricky Starks	July 15	Defeated CM Punk in the final to win the Owen Hart Cup Trophy and Championship.
Owen Hart Cup (Women)	Willow Nightingale	July 15	Defeated Ruby Soho in the final to win the Owen Hart Cup Trophy and Championship.
Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament	Adam Cole and MJF	July 19	Defeated The Jericho Appreciation Society (Sammy Guevara and Daniel Garcia) to earn an AEW World Tag Team Championship match. They challenged FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) for the title on the July 29 episode of Collision, but were unsuccessful.
Royal Rampage Battle Royal	Darby Allin	July 19 (aired July 21)	Last eliminated Swerve Strickland to earn an AEW TNT Championship match at All Out. He challenged Luchasaurus for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Battle Royal	Brian Cage and Big Bill	July 26 (aired July 28)	Last eliminated The Butcher and The Blade to earn an AEW World Tag Team Championship match. They challenged FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) for the title on the August 5 episode of Collision, but were unsuccessful.
AEW Women's World Championship Tournament	Saraya	August 27	Defeated champion Hikaru Shida, Toni Storm, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. in the final to win the AEW Women's World Championship.
ROH World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Battle Royale	The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)	August 30 (aired September 1)	Silver last eliminated Trent Beretta of Best Friends to earn an ROH World Tag Team Championship match at All Out. He and Reynolds challenged Better Than You Bay Bay (Adam Cole and MJF) for the title at the event but were unsuccessful.
Over Budget Charity Battle Royale	"Hangman" Adam Page	September 3	Last eliminated Brian Cage to donate US$50,000 to the charity of his choosing. Page chose to donate to the Chicago Public Education Fund.
Grand Slam World Championship Eliminator Tournament	Samoa Joe	September 13	Defeated Roderick Strong in the final to earn an AEW World Championship match at Dynamite: Grand Slam. He challenged MJF at the event but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale	Juice Robinson	October 18	Last eliminated Max Caster to face MJF for the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring the following week, but was unsuccessful in winning the ring.
AEW TNT Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royale	Killswitch	December 30	Last eliminated Trent Beretta to earn an AEW TNT Championship match at the time and place of his choosing. Later that same night, Killswitch surrendered his contract to his Patriarch stable leader Christian Cage, who immediately used it to win back the title from Adam Copeland, who he had just lost it to.
AEW Continental Classic	Eddie Kingston	December 30	Defeated Jon Moxley in the final to retain the ROH World Championship and Strong Openweight Championship, as well as to win the inaugural AEW Continental Championship, officially being recognized as the Triple Crown Champion.

AJPW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Jr. Tag Battle of Glory	Black Generation International (Kaito Ishida and Kotaro Suzuki)	May 5	Defeated Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising Hayato) in the final to win.
Champion Carnival	Shotaro Ashino	May 7	Defeated T-Hawk in the final to win.
Royal Road Tournament	Satoshi Kojima	August 27	Defeated Ryuki Honda in the final for a Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship match. He challenged Yuma Aoyagi for the title on September 9 but was unsuccessful.
Jr. Battle of Glory	Dan Tamura	December 6	Defeated Naruki Doi in the final to earn a World Junior Heavyweight Championship match. He defeated El Lindaman to win the title at Mania X.
Real World Tag League	Katsuhiko Nakajima and Hokuto Omori	December 6	Defeated Zennichi Shin Jidai (Yuma Aoyagi and Kento Miyahara) in the final to earn a future World Tag Team Championship match.

BJW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Saikyo Tag League	Abdullah Kobayashi and Daiju Wakamatsu	February 13 (aired February 21)	Defeated Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto) in the final to win. This was a Fluorescent Lighttube Deathmatch.
Soushi Sousatsu Deathmatch Tag Tournament	Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto)	December 5	Defeated Yuki Ishikawa and Daiju Wakamatsu in the final to earn a BJW Tag Team Championship match. This was a Fluorescent Light Tubes and Glass Board Deathmatch. They defeated Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) to win the titles on December 30.
Toshiwasure! Shuffle Six Man Tag Team Tournament	Daisuke Sekimoto, Fuminori Abe, and Tetsuya Endo	December 31	Defeated Harashima, Kota Sekifuda, and Yuji Hino in the final to win.

CF[edit]

DDT[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
No Fee Rumble	Fuminori Abe	January 29	Last eliminated Sanshiro Takagi to win.
D Generations Cup	Takeshi Masada	February 26	Defeated Yuya Koroku in the final to win.
King of DDT Tournament	Chris Brookes	May 21	Defeated Kazusada Higuchi in the final to earn a KO-D Openweight Championship match. He would defeat Yuji Hino at Wrestle Peter Pan to win the title.
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship 1-Day Tournament	D・O・A (Danshoku "Dandy" Dino, Jun Akiyama, and Makoto Oishi)	November 11	Defeated The37Kamiina (Mao, Toy Kojima, and Yuki Ueno) in the final to win the vacant titles.
Toshiwasure! Shuffle Six Man Tag Team Tournament	Daisuke Sekimoto, Fuminori Abe, and Tetsuya Endo	December 31	Defeated Harashima, Kota Sekifuda, and Yuji Hino in the final to win.

Noah[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Scramble Shuffle Tag Tournament	Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka	January 8	Defeated Satoshi Kojima and Shuji Kondo in the final to win.
N-1 Rumble	Manabu Soya	August 5	Last eliminated Jack Morris to win.
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Atsushi Kotoge and Hi69	August 11	Defeated Good Looking Guys (Tadasuke and Yo-Hey) in the final to earn a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. They challenged Stinger (Chris Ridgeway and Daga) for the titles at the finals of the N-1 Victory, but were unsuccessful.
N-1 Victory	Go Shiozaki	September 3	Defeated Kenoh in the final to earn a GHC Heavyweight Championship match. He challenged Jake Lee for the title at Grand Ship in Nagoya, but was unsuccessful.

TJPW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Princess of the Decade Tournament	Rika Tatsumi	January 30	Defeated Shoko Nakajima in the final to win.
"Futari wa Princess" Max Heart Tournament	121000000 (Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita)	February 11	Defeated Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima) in the final to earn a Princess Tag Team Championship match. They would defeat Wasteland War Party (Heidi Howitzer and Max the Impaler) at Grand Princess '23 to win the titles.
Shinagawa Three Woman Festival	Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku, and Raku	April 29 (aired May 2)	Defeated Kaya Toribami and Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima) in the final to win.
Tokyo Princess Cup	Miyu Yamashita	August 13	Defeated Yuki Kamifuku in the final to earn a Princess of Princess Championship match. She would defeat Mizuki to win the title at Wrestle Princess IV.
Next Generation Tournament	Wakana Uehara	December 1	Defeated Himawari in the final to win.

GanPro[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Young Ganbare Cup	Yumehito Imanari	January 28	Defeated Kentaro Hachisu in the final.
Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship Tournament	Hentai Punch Drunkers (Hikaru Sato and Tyson Maeguchi)	May 5	Defeated Uruseez (Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yumehito Imanari) in the final to become the inaugural champions.

CMLL[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Rey del Aire VIP	Dragón Rojo Jr.	January 28	Last eliminated Templario to win.
Torneo Increíble de Parejas	Averno and Místico	February 17	Defeated Soberano Jr. and Templario in the final.
Interfaction Tag Team Tournament	Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Atlantis Jr. and Último Guerrero)	February 26	Defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Titán) in the final to win.
Torneo de Escuelas	Team Guadalajara (Ángel Rebelde, Explosivo, Crixus, Adrenalina, Fantastico, and Vaquero Jr.)	March 3	Defeated Team CDMX (Neon, Max Star, Futuro, Vegas, Historico, and Tonalli) in the final to win.
Copa Irma Gonzalez	Princesa Sugehit	March 17	Defeated La Catalina, La Jarochita, Lluvia, Sanely, Sumie Sakai, and Valkiria to win.
Occidente Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament	Stephanie Vaquer and Zeuxis	March 21	Defeated Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) in the final to become the inaugural champions.
Torneo Nueva Generación Cibernético	Rey Samuray	April 3	Defeated Max Star, Ángel Rebelde, Crixus, Tonalli, Multy, Neón, Hijo de Stuka Jr, Vaquero Jr & Brillante Jr. to win.
CMLL Universal Championship	Dragón Rojo Jr.	April 28	Defeated Atlantis Jr. and Templario in the final to become the champion.
Torneo Embajador de Los Niños Cibernético	Volcano	April 30	Defeated Volador Jr., El Satánico, Akuma, Raider, and Captain Suicida to win.
Torneo Cinco de Mayo	Pegasso	May 8	Defeated Asturiano, Espíritu Maligno, Dark Soul, Millenium, Multy, Hijo de Centalla Roja, Rey Samuray, Perverso, and Prayer to win.
La Copa Junior VIP	Soberano Jr.	May 26	Defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. in the final to win.
Mexican National Middleweight Championship Tournament	Guerrero Maya Jr.	June 2	Defeated Rugido in the final to win the vacant title.
Copa Dinastías	Místico and Dr. Karonte I	June 18	Defeated Stuka Jr. and Hijo de Stuka Jr. in the final to win.
Leyenda de Plata	Mascara Dorada	July 28	Defeated Rocky Romero in the final to win.
Mexican National Lightweight Championship Tournament	Futuro	July 30	Defeated Gallo Jr, Max Star, Meyer, Brillante Jr., Rafaga Jr., Raya Metalico, and Misterio Blanco in the final to win the vacant title.
Copa Independencia	Esfinge	September 16	Defeated Rugido in the final to win.
CMLL Universal Amazons Championship	La Catalina	October 20	Defeated Zeuxis in the final to become the champion.
Leyenda de Azul	Hechicero	November 24	Defeated Stuka Jr. in the final to win.

The Crash[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Copa Juvenil	Anubis	January 28	Defeated Dark Warrior, Aztec Fly, Noisy Boy, POD, and Rey Astral to win.
Torneo Padrinos de Luja	Cibernético and Tonalli	September 1	Defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. and Black Destiny in the final to win.

CZW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Best of the Best	Rich Swann	May 10	Defeated Fred Yehi in the final to win the vacant CZW World Heavyweight Championship.
Tournament of Death	Big Joe	October 7	Defeated Bobby Beverly, Shlak, and Mickie Knuckles in the finals to win.
Milk Chocolate Succulent #1 Contender's Gauntlet Match	CMD (Boom Harden and Desean Pratt)	November 5	Last eliminated Milk Chocolate (Brandon Watts & Randy Summers) to earn a CZW World Tag Team Championship match. They challenged Milk Chocolate for the titles at Live at the Battleship but were unsuccessful.

DG[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Rey de Parejas	D'courage (Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta)	March 2	Defeated M3K (Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda) in the final to earn an Open the Twin Gate Championship match. They challenged Natural Vibes (Big Boss Shimizu and Kzy) for the titles on Night 2 of Champion Gate in Osaka, but were unsuccessful.
King of Gate	Kota Minoura	August 3	Defeated Big Boss Shimizu in the final to earn an Open the Dream Gate Championship match. He challenged Madoka Kikuta for the title at Dangerous Gate but was unsuccessful.
Open the Triangle Gate Championship Tournament	Dragon Kid, Punch Tominaga, and Yamato	October 6	Defeated Gold Class (Ben-K, Kota Minoura, and Naruki Doi) and D'courage (Dragon Dia, Madoka Kikuta, and Yuki Yoshioka) in the final to win the vacant titles. This was an three-way elimination match.

GCW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Do or Die Rumble	Masha Slamovich	January 1	Last eliminated Blake Christian to earn a GCW World Championship match. She would defeat Nick Gage at Eye for an Eye to win the title.
Jersey J-Cup	Jordan Oliver	February 11	Defeated Mike Bailey in the final to win the revived JCW World Championship. The title had been inactive since 2004.
Grab the Brass Ring DLC match	Blake Christian	March 31	Defeated Komander, Tony Deppen, Gringo Loco, Shane Mercer, Alec Price, Cole Radrick, Jack Cartwheel, and Billie Starkz to earn a GCW World Championship match. Christian invoked his opportunity to enter the title match between Masha Slamovich and Rina Yamashita at Cage of Survival 2, winning the title in the process.
Tournament of Survival	Rina Yamashita	June 3	Defeated John Wayne Murdoch in the final to win a GCW World Championship match at Cage of Survival 2. She challenged Masha Slamovich for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Nick Gage Invitational	Miedo Extremo	December 30	Defeated John Wayne Murdoch in the final to win.
Do or Die Rumble	Mance Warner	December 31	Last eliminated Effy to earn a future GCW World Championship match.
Battlebowl Battle Royal	Griffin McCoy	December 31	Last eliminated Josh Bishop to earn a future JCW World Championship match.

Gleat[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Unit One Night Tournament	Black Generation Internation (Hartley Jackson, Kaito Ishida, and Kotaro Suzuki)	February 15	Defeated Strong Hearts (Cima, T-Hawk, and El Lindaman) in the final to win.
Lidet UWF Championship Tournament	Takanori Ito	June 7	Defeated Shinya Aoki in the final to become the inaugural champion.
G-Infinity Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Bulk Orchestra (Kazma Sakamoto and Quiet Storm)	November 3	Defeated Black Generation International (Hartley Jackson and Keiichi Sato) in the final to earn a G-Infinity Championship match. They challenged Voodoo Murders (Jun Saito and Rei Saito) for the titles at G Prowrestling ver. 65 ~ Burn Your Heart, but were unsuccessful.
Lidet UWF Championship Next Challenger Tournament	Minoru Tanaka	December 10	Defeated Tetsuya Izuchi in the final to earn a Lidet UWF Championship match. He challenged Fujita Hayato for the title at Gleat ver. 7, but was unsuccessful.

Ice Ribbon[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
ICE×∞ Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Mifu Ashida	October 9	Defeated Kyuri in the final to earn an ICE×∞ Championship match. She challenged Ibuki Hoshi for the title on November 11 but was unsuccessful.

Impact[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
8-4-1 match (Men)	Nick Aldis	June 9	Defeated Bully Ray, Heath, Jonathan Gresham, Mike Bailey, Moose, PCO, and Rich Swann to earn an Impact World Championship match at Slammiversary. He challenged Alex Shelley for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Impact World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz)	July 29 (aired August 17)	Defeated Rich Swann and Sami Callihan in the final to earn an Impact World Tag Team Championship match at Emergence. They defeated Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster) to win the titles at the event.
Impact Knockouts World Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Alisha Edwards	August 28 (aired August 31)	Last eliminated Jody Threat and KiLynn King to earn an Impact Knockouts World Championship match at Victory Road. She challenged Trinity for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Feast or Fired	Chris Bey, Crazzy Steve, Moose, and Yuya Uemura	September 9 (aired September 14)	Each won a briefcase for a future title opportunity or a pink slip. The contents of the cases were revealed the following week. Steve (Case 1 – Impact Digital Media Championship) – Steve invoked his opportunity to challenge Tommy Dreamer on the November 9 episode of Impact!, where he won by disqualification. Moose (Case 2 – Impact World Championship) – Moose invoked his opportunity to defeat Alex Shelley to win the title at Hard To Kill. Bey (Case 3 – Impact World Tag Team Championship) – Bey invoked his opportunity with Ace Austin to defeat The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) to win the titles at Bound for Glory. Uemura (Case 4 – Pink Slip) – Uemura was fired legitimately.
Call Your Shot Gauntlet	Jordynne Grace	October 21	Last eliminated Bully Ray to win the Call Your Shot Trophy for a championship opportunity of her choosing. Grace announced she would invoke her opportunity to defeat Trinity to win the Impact Knockouts World Championship at Hard To Kill.
Gravy Train Turkey Trot	Jake Something, Johnny Swinger, Mike Bailey, and PCO	October 22 (aired November 23)	Defeated Champagne Singh, Jai Vidal, and The Good Hands (John Skyler and Jason Hotch) to win. As Vidal took the fall, he was forced to wear a turkey suit.
Glasgow Cup	Joe Hendry	October 26 (aired November 2)	Defeated Frankie Kazarian in the final to win.

IWRG[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
El Protector	Hip Hop Man and Shocko	February 19	Defeated El Hijo del Alebrije and Baby Star, Baby Star and La Momia, Cerebro Negro Jr. and Travis Banks, El Hijo del Fishman and Rey Halcon Jr., Hellboy and Wesley Pipes, Imposible and Noisy Boy, and Maniacop and Yorvak to win.
IWRG Tryout Tournament	Gannicus	March 5	Defeated Fussion in the final to win.
Rebelión de los Juniors	El Hijo del Alebrije	March 19	Defeated Cerebro Negro Jr., Apolo Estrada Jr., Brazo de Oro Jr., El Hijo de L.A. Park, Galeno Del Mal, Principe Arkano, and Villano V Jr. to win.
Guerra del Golfo	Hell Boy	April 16	Defeated Shocko in a hair vs. hair final to win.
Rey del Ring	El Hijo de Pirata Morgan	May 7	Last eliminated Travis Banks to win.
IWRG World Lucha Libre Championship Tournament	Vito Fratelli	June 4	Defeated Hell Boy in the final to become the inaugural champion.
Cero Cuerdas	Karaoui	September 24	Defeated Judas el Traidor in the final to win.

M-Pro[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Kanjin Oogama League	OSO11	February 25	Defeated Ayumi Gunji in the final to win.

MLW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Battle Riot	Alex Kane	April 8	Last eliminated Davey Boy Smith Jr. to earn an MLW World Heavyweight Championship match. He would defeat Alexander Hammerstone to win the title at Never Say Never.
Opera Cup	Davey Boy Smith Jr.	April 8	Defeated Tracy Williams in the final to win the Opera Cup Trophy.

NJPW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
NJPW World Television Championship Tournament	Zack Sabre Jr.	January 4	Defeated Ren Narita in the final to become the inaugural champion.
New Japan Ranbo	Great-O-Khan, Sho, Shingo Takagi, and Toru Yano	January 4	Determined the challengers for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship at New Year Dash!!, which was won by Takagi.
Interfaction Tag Team Tournament	Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Atlantis Jr. and Último Guerrero)	February 26	Defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Titán) in the final to win.
New Japan Cup	Sanada	March 21	Defeated David Finlay in the final to win an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match. He would defeat Kazuchika Okada to win the title at Sakura Genesis.
Strong Women's Championship Tournament	Willow Nightingale	May 21	Defeated Mercedes Moné in the final to become the inaugural champion.
Best of the Super Juniors	Master Wato	May 28	Defeated Titán to earn an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall. He challenged Hiromu Takahashi for the title but was unsuccessful.
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Will Ospreay	June 4	Defeated Lance Archer in the final for an IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship match. He defeated Kenny Omega to win the title at Forbidden Door.
G1 Climax	Tetsuya Naito	August 13	Defeated Kazuchika Okada in the final for an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 18. He defeated Sanada to win the title at the event.
Philly Cheesesteak Cup ladder match	Douki and Low Rider	August 19	Defeated Hiromu Takahashi and Rocky Romero, and Blake Christian and Master Wato to win.
All Star Jr. Festival USA Tournament	Mike Bailey	August 19	Defeated Kevin Knight in the final to earn an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match. He and Yoh challenged Hiromu Takahashi for the title in a three-way match at Destruction in Ryōgoku, but neither man was successful.
Super Junior Tag League	Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira)	November 4	Defeated House of Torture (Sho and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) in the final to earn an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 18. They defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) to win the titles at the event.
World Tag League	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)	December 10	Defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) in the final to win. Bishamon would become the first team to win three consecutive tournaments. As Bishamon are the current IWGP Tag Team Champions, they could choose their challengers at Wrestle Kingdom 18. They agreed to face Guerrillas of Destiny in a title vs. title match also for their Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship, which Guerrillas of Destiny win.

NWA[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Champions Series	Team Rock 'n' Roll (Kerry Morton, Chris Adonis, Matthew Mims, Alex Taylor, Dak Draper, Taya Valkyrie, La Rosa Negra, Madi Wrenkowski, and Ricky Morton)	January 31	Defeated Team Tyrus (Tyrus, Trevor Murdoch, EC3, "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason, Carnage, Allysin Kay, Robyn Renegade, Samantha Starr, and Rolando Freeman) in the final to earn title opportunities for each team member. Mims used his opportunity to challenge Jordan Clearwater for the NWA World Television Championship on the February 7 Powerrr, but was unsuccessful. Taylor utilized his opportunity to challenge Kerry Morton for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship at Nuff Said, but was unsuccessful. Wrenkowski utilized her opportunity with Missa Kate to win the NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship from Pretty Empowered 2.0 (Ella Envy and Roxy) on the February 21 episode of Powerrr. Draper used his opportunity with Matthew Mims to challenge La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship at NWA 312, but they were unsuccessful. La Rosa Negra used her opportunity to challenge Kamille for the NWA World Women's Championship at NWA 312, but was unsuccessful. Adonis used his opportunity to challenge Tyrus for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship at NWA 312, but was unsuccessful.
NWA World Women's Television Championship Tournament	Kenzie Paige	April 7	Defeated Max the Impaler in the final to become the inaugural champion.
Bob Luce Memorial Battle Royal	"Thrillbilly" Silas Mason	April 7	Last eliminated Odinson to earn an NWA National Heavyweight Championship match. He challenged EC3 for the title on Night 1 of the Crockett Cup, but was unsuccessful.
Crockett Cup	Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch	June 4	Defeated Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) in the final to win the Crockett Cup Trophy and an NWA World Tag Team Championship match. They challenged Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) for the titles on Night 2 of NWA 75, but were unsuccesul.
NWA United States Tag Team Championship Showdown	Daisy Kill and Talos	August 26	Defeated The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) in the final to earn an NWA United States Tag Team Championship on Night 2 of NWA 75. They would later defeat The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews) to win the titles at the event.
Jubilee Jamboree match	Jack Cartwheel		Defeated Alex Taylor, Eric Jackson, Koa Laxamana, and Matt Vine to earn an NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship match on Night 2 of NWA 75. He challenged Colby Corino for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Burke Invitational Gauntlet	Kenzie Paige		Last eliminated Allysin Kay to win the Burke Cup Trophy and an NWA World Women's Championship match on Night 2 of NWA 75. She defeated Kamille to win the title at the event.
Austin Idol's National Championship Battle Royal	Jordan Clearwater	August 27	Last eliminated Zyon to earn an NWA National Heavyweight Championship match later that night. He subsequently challenged Silas Mason for the title but was unsuccessful.
NWA World Television Championship Qualifier Tournament	Mims	August 29 (aired October 10)	Defeated Zicky Dice in the final to win the vacant NWA World Television Championship.
Christmas Wish Battle Royal	The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant)	November 4 (aired December 26)	Chantz last eliminated Blake Troop of SVGS to earn a tag team championship match of their choosing at NWA Paranoia. They chose to challenge The Immortals (J. R. Kratos and Odinson) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful in winning the titles.

Progress[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Progress Wrestling World Women's Championship #1 Contender's Thunderbastard	Rhio	January 22	Defeated Dani Luna, Millie McKenzie, Lizzy Evo, Raven Creed, and Skye Smitson to earn a Progress Wrestling World Women's Championship match. She would defeat Lana Austin to win the title at Chapter 158: The Long Halloween
Super Strong Style 16	Kid Lykos	May 29	Defeated Mark Haskins in the final for a PROGRESS World Championship match. Nigel McGuinness was the special guest referee. He challenged Spike Trivet for the title Chapter 157: Hungry Like The Wolf but was unsuccessful.

PWG[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Battle of Los Angeles	Mike Bailey	January 8	Defeated Konosuke Takeshita in the final for a PWG World Championship match. He challenged Daniel Garcia for the title in a 60-minute iron man match at PWG Twenty: Mystery Vortex, but lost 4–3 in sudden death overtime.

ROH[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
"Reach for the Sky" ladder match	The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix)	March 31	Defeated Top Flight (Darius Martin and Dante Martin), The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett), Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher), and La Facción Ingobernable (Rush and Dralístico) to win the vacant ROH World Tag Team Championship.
ROH World Television Championship Eliminator Tournament	Dalton Castle	July 15 (aired July 20)	Defeated Shane Taylor in the final to earn an ROH World Television Championship match at Death Before Dishonor. He challenged Samoa Joe for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
ROH World Television Championship Eliminator Tournament	Shane Taylor	August 5 (aired August 10)	Defeated Gravity in the final to earn an ROH World Television Championship match. He challenged Samoa Joe for the title at All Out but was unsuccessful.
Survival of the Fittest	Kyle Fletcher	December 15	Defeated Komander, Bryan Keith, Lee Moriarty, Dalton Castle and Lee Johnson in the final to win the ROH World Television Championship.

RevPro[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Revolution Rumble Entry Tournament	Joshua James	March 19	Defeated Yota Tsuji in the final to earn a spot in the Revolution Rumble match.
Revolution Rumble match	Michael Oku	March 26	Last eliminated Gabriel Kidd to earn an Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship match. He would defeat Great-O-Khan to win the title at Epic Encounter.
British J-Cup	Leon Slater	October 21	Defeated Wild Boar, Máscara Dorada, and Harrison Bennett in the final to earn a future Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship match. This was a four-way elimination match. He defeated Connor Mills to win the title at Uprising.
Great British Tag League	Greedy Souls (Brendan White and Danny Jones)	December 16	Defeated Anthony Ogogo and Ricky Knight Jr. in the final to earn a future Undisputed British Tag Team Championship match.

Stardom[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Naniwa Roulette	Saki Kashima	February 4	Last eliminated Fukigen Death to earn an opportunity at any championship of her choosing. She would challenge for the High Speed Championship and defeat champion AZM and Fukigen Death to win the title at Flashing Champions.
Triangle Derby	Prominence (Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki, and Hiragi Kurumi)	March 4	Defeated Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai, and Ami Sourei) in the final to win. Prominence's Artist of Stardom Championship was also on the line.
New Blood Tag Team Championship Tournament	Bloody Fate	March 25	Defeated God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) in the final to become the inaugural champions.
Cinderella Tournament	Mirai	April 15	Defeated Mai Sakurai to earn a "wish" of whatever she so desired. She wished to challenge Tam Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship, which she won at Mid Summer Champions.
Yokohama Rumble match	Mai Sakurai	April 23	Last eliminated Super Strong Stardom Giant Machine to win.
Fukuoka Rumble match	Suzu Suzuki	May 4	Last eliminated Mai Sakurai to win.
High Speed Rumble match	Mei Seira	June 17	Last eliminated Saki Kashima to win.
5 Star Grand Prix Rumble match	Mariah May and Hanan	June 18	Determined the wild card entrants in the 5 Star Grand Prix.
5 Star Grand Prix	Suzu Suzuki	September 30	Defeated Maika in the final to earn a championship match of her choosing. She chose to challenge for the World of Stardom Championship, but was defeated by Maika for the vacant title at Dream Queendom 3.
Special Stardom Tournament	Syuri	October 22	Defeated Mina Shirakawa in the final to win.
Goddesses of Stardom Tag League	Divine Kingdom (Maika and Megan Bayne)	November 12	Defeated Crazy Star (Mei Seira and Suzu Suzuki) in the final to earn a Goddess of Stardom Championship match. They competed against AphrOditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) for the vacant titles at Nagoya Big Winter, but were unsuccessful in winning them.
Moneyball Tournament	Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai)	November 18	Defeated Stars (Hazuki, Hanan and Saya Iida) in the final to win. This was a tables, ladders, and chairs match where Baribari Bombers retained the Artist of Stardom Championship.
World of Stardom Championship New Champion Advance Tournament	Maika	November 28	Defeated Momo Watanabe in the final to enter the World of Stardom Championship match at Dream Queendom 3. She defeated Suzu Suzuki to win the vacant title at the event.

Zero1[edit]

Zero1 Japan[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Fire Festival	Junya Matsunaga	July 29 (aired August 12)	Defeated Kengo Mashimo in the final to win.
Tenkaichi Junior	Ryo Hoshino	October 27	Defeated Shingo in the final to win.
Furinkazan Tag Tournament	Masato Tanaka and Yoshikazu Yokoyama	November 25	Defeated Leo Isaka and Shoki Kitamura in the final to win.

Tenryu Project[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Tenryu Project United National Tag Team Championship Tournament	Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi	June 10	Defeated Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama in the final to become the inaugural champions.
Ryūkon Cup	Kengo	November 19	Defeated Keita Yano in the final to win.

XPW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
King of the Deathmatch Tournament	Drake Younger	April 22	Defeated Masada, Shane Mercer, and Aeroboy in the final to win an immediate XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship match. He challenged Shlak for the title but was unsuccessful.

WOW[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
WOW Trios Championship Tournament	Top Tier (Coach Campanelli, Gloria Glitter, and Kandi Krush)	December 14 (aired March 17, 2024)	Defeated eXile (Genesis, Exodus, and Ice Cold) in the final to win the WOW Trios Trophy and become the inaugural champions.

wXw[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Ambition 14	Fuminori Abe	March 11	Defeated Thomas Shire in the final to win.
16 Carat Gold Tournament	Shigehiro Irie	March 12	Defeated Axel Tischer in the final to win the vacant wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship.
Fight for Paris III	Thiago Montero	March 19	Defeated Norman Harras, Peter Tihanyi, and Kuro in the final to win.
Femmes Fatales	Nicole Matthews	September 23	Defeated Hyan in the finals to earn a wXw Women's Championship match. She challenged Ava Everett for the title on Night 3 of the World Tag Team Festival but was unsuccessful.
World Tag Team Festival	Dennis Dullnig and Hektor Invictus	September 24	Won the wXw World Tag Team Championship after defeating champions Amboss (Laurance Roman and Robert Dreissker) and Renegades (Mizuki Watase and Shigehiro Irie) in the final.

WWE[edit]

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tag Team Turmoil	The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio)	January 9	Priest and Mysterio, who filled in for Bálor after the latter sustained an injury, last eliminated The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) to earn a WWE Raw Tag Team Championship match at Raw is XXX. Priest and Mysterio challenged The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), the latter later being replaced by Sami Zayn due to injury, for the titles but were unsuccessful.
NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne	January 10	Both were declared co-winners after hitting the floor simultaneously. Dolin and Jayne subsequently challenged Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women's Championship in a triple threat match at NXT Vengeance Day, but both were unsuccessful in winning the title.
Royal Rumble match (Women)	Rhea Ripley	January 28	Last eliminated Liv Morgan to earn a women's world championship match at WrestleMania 39. Ripley successfully challenged Charlotte Flair to win the SmackDown Women's Championship (which was renamed as the Women's World Championship in June).
Royal Rumble match (Men)	Cody Rhodes	January 28	Last eliminated Gunther to earn a men's world championship match at WrestleMania 39. Rhodes challenged Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
SmackDown Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament	Braun Strowman and Ricochet	February 4	Defeated Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci) in the final to earn a SmackDown Tag Team Championship match. They challenged The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) on the February 10 episode of SmackDown, but were unsuccessful in winning the titles.
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal	Bobby Lashley	March 31	Last eliminated Bronson Reed to win the André the Giant Memorial Trophy.
WWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Mustafa Ali	May 15	Last eliminated Bronson Reed and Ricochet to earn a WWE Intercontinental Championship match at Night of Champions. He challenged Gunther for the title, but was unsuccessful.
World Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Seth "Freakin" Rollins	May 27	Defeated AJ Styles in the finals of 12-man tournament to determine the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion of the Raw brand.
NXT Women's Championship Tournament	Tiffany Stratton	May 28	Defeated Lyra Valkyria in the final to win the vacant NXT Women's Championship.
NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Thea Hail	June 8	Last eliminated Cora Jade and Dana Brooke to earn an NXT Women's Championship match. She challenged Tiffany Stratton for the title on Night 2 of NXT: Gold Rush, but was unsuccessful.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Women)	Iyo Sky	July 1	Defeated Bayley, Becky Lynch, Trish Stratus, Zelina Vega, and Zoey Stark in a six-woman ladder match to earn a women's world championship match contract. She subsequently cashed in on the WWE Women's Championship and won the title from Bianca Belair at SummerSlam.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Men)	Damian Priest	July 1	Defeated Butch, LA Knight, Shinsuke Nakamura, Logan Paul, Ricochet, and Santos Escobar in a seven-man ladder match to earn a men's championship match contract. He subsequently cashed in on the World Heavyweight Championship and won the title from Drew McIntyre on Night 1 of WrestleMania XL.
United States Championship Invitational	Santos Escobar	July 28	Defeated Rey Mysterio in the final to earn a WWE United States Championship match. He was scheduled to challenge Austin Theory for the title on the August 11 episode of SmackDown, but was constantly attacked by Theory before the match and was not able to compete. Mysterio took his place and subsequently won the title.
Slim Jim SummerSlam Battle Royal	LA Knight	August 5	Last eliminated Sheamus in a 25-man battle royal to win.
NXT Global Heritage Invitational	Butch	September 26	Defeated Joe Coffey in the final for an NXT Heritage Cup match at NXT No Mercy. He challenged Noam Dar for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Bada Bing Bada Boom Battle Royal	Chase University (Andre Chase and Duke Hudson)	October 17	Last eliminated Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo to earn an NXT Tag Team Championship match on Week 1 of NXT: Halloween Havoc where they defeated The Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo) to win the titles.
NXT Breakout Tournament (Women)	Lola Vice	October 31	Defeated Kelani Jordan in the final to earn a women's championship match at a time and place of her choosing. She would use her contract to enter the NXT Women's Championship match between Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez at NXT Vengeance Day, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Women's World Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Zoey Stark	November 6	Last eliminated Shayna Baszler to earn a Women's World Championship match at Survivor Series: WarGames. She challenged Rhea Ripley for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Unidsputed WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tag Team Turmoil	The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed)	November 27	Last eliminated Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci) to earn an Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship match. They challenged The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) for the titles on the December 18 episode of Raw, but were unsuccessful.
Iron Survivor Challenge (Women)	Blair Davenport	December 9	Defeated Tiffany Stratton, Lash Legend, Kelani Jordan, and Fallon Henley to earn an NXT Women's Championship match at NXT: New Year's Evil. She challenged Lyra Valkyria for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Iron Survivor Challenge (Men)	Trick Williams	December 9	Defeated Dijak, Josh Briggs, Bron Breakker, and Tyler Bate to earn an NXT Championship match at NXT: New Year's Evil. He was scheduled to challenge Ilja Dragunov for the title at the event, but due to Dragunov sustaining an injury, the match was postponed to NXT Vengeance Day. Unfortunately, he was unsuccessful in winning the title.

Title changes[edit]

2AW[edit]

Date	Winner	Event/Show
2AW Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ayato Yoshida
July 23	Kohei Sato	Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba
October 29	Takuro Niki	Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
2AW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Koen (Takuro Niki and Tatsuya Hanami)
April 23	Taishi Takizawa and Daiju Wakamatsu	Grand Slam in 2AW Square
July 23	Bug's Mutation (Ayumu Honda and Chango)	Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba	Three-way tag team match also involving Kazma Sakamoto and Kengo Mashimo.
December 3	Kengo Mashimo and Naka Shuma	Grand Slam in Korakuen Hall

Chiba Six Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Ayumu Honda, Kyu Mogami, and Taishi Takizawa
No title changes.

AAA[edit]

AAA Mega Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo del Vikingo
No title changes.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Fénix
July 17	Vacated	—	Fénix vacated the title due to international commitments.
September 23	Komander	Luchando por Mexico	Defeated Mecha Wolf, La Estrella, and Kukai in a four-way elimination match to win the vacant title.

AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
Incoming champion – Dinastía
No title changes.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA Latin American Championship
Incoming champion – Fénix
July 17	Vacated	—	Fénix vacated the title due to international commitments.
August 12	Q. T. Marshall	Triplemanía XXXI: Mexico City	Defeated Pentagón Jr., Dralístico, and Texano Jr. in a four-way match to win the vacant title.
November 19	Octagón Jr.	Guerra de Titanes

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Incoming champion – Taya Valkyrie
August 12	Flammer	Triplemanía XXXI: Mexico City

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
May 20 (aired June 17)	Arez and Komander	Luchando por Mexico	Defeated Rey Horus and Octagón Jr., and Jack Evans and Myzteziz Jr. to win the vacant titles.
November 11	Nueva Generación Dinamita (Forastero and Sansón)	Guerra de Titanes

AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Abismo Negro Jr. and Lady Flammer
No title changes.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA World Trios Championship
*Incoming champions – Nueva Generación Dinamita* (El Cuatrero, Forastero, and Sansón)**
July 21	Los Vipers (Abismo Negro Jr., Psicosis, and Toxin)	Verano de Escandalo	Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 substituted for El Cuatrero.

La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon Championship
Incoming champions – Arez
No title changes.

Marvel Lucha Libre Championship
Incoming champions – Arcano
No title changes.

AEW[edit]

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AEW World Championship
Incoming champion – MJF
December 30	Samoa Joe	Worlds End

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Jamie Hayter
May 28	Toni Storm	Double or Nothing
August 2	Hikaru Shida	Dynamite: 200
August 27	Saraya	All In	Four-way match also involving Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Toni Storm, who Saraya pinned.
October 10	Hikaru Shida	Dynamite: Title Tuesday
November 18	"Timeless" Toni Storm	Full Gear	Previously known as just Toni Storm.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AEW All-Atlantic Championship
Incoming champion – Orange Cassidy
On March 15, the title was rebranded as the AEW International Championship.
September 3	Jon Moxley	All Out
September 20	Rey Fenix	Dynamite: Grand Slam
October 10	Orange Cassidy	Dynamite: Title Tuesday

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster)
February 8	The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn)	Dynamite: Championship Fight Night
April 5	FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)	Dynamite	Title vs. Career match.
October 7	Ricky Starks and Big Bill	Collision

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero Miedo, and Rey Fenix)
January 11	The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)	Dynamite	Escalera de la Muerte. This was the seventh and final match in a Best of Seven Series.
March 5	House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews)	Revolution
August 27	Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster)	All In	No Holds Barred match.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW TNT Championship
Incoming champion – Samoa Joe
January 4	Darby Allin	Dynamite
February 1	Samoa Joe	Dynamite	No Holds Barred match.
March 5	Wardlow	Revolution
March 8	Powerhouse Hobbs	Dynamite	Falls Count Anywhere match that Hobbs won by technical knockout.
April 19	Wardlow	Dynamite
June 17	Luchasaurus	Collision
September 23	Christian Cage	Collision	Three-way match also involving Darby Allin.
December 30	Adam Copeland	Worlds End	No Disqualification match.
December 30	Christian Cage	Worlds End	Cage invoked his Patriarch member Killswitch's title shot that he won on the Zero Hour pre-show.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW TBS Championship
Incoming champion – Jade Cargill
May 28	Kris Statlander	Double or Nothing
November 18	Julia Hart	Full Gear	Three-way match that also involved Skye Blue, who she pinned.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW Continental Championship
(Title created)
December 30	Eddie Kingston	Worlds End	Defeated Jon Moxley in the final of the inaugural AEW Continental Classic to become the inaugural champion. Kingston's ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship were also on the line, thus making Kingston the Triple Crown Champion.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
FTW Championship
Incoming champion – Hook
Title not officially sanctioned by AEW.
July 19	Jack Perry	Dynamite: Blood & Guts
August 27	Hook	All In Zero Hour	FTW Rules match.

AJPW[edit]

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kento Miyahara
February 19	Yuji Nagata	Excite Series 2023 Night 2: Pro-Wrestling Day MANIAx
July 2	Yuma Aoyagi	Dynamite Series 2023 Night 5
November 5	Katsuhiko Nakajima	Giant Series 2023 Night 6

Date	Winner	Event/Show
World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Voodoo Murders (Kono and Suwama)
January 2	Miyaken to Takuya (Kento Miyahara and Takuya Nomura)	#AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 Night 1
January 22	Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi	#AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 Night 5
March 21	Kongo (Kenoh and Manabu Soya)	Dream Power Series Night 3
June 15	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi)	Dynamite Power Series
October 9	Voodoo Murders (Jun Saito and Rei Saito)	Raising an Army Memorial Series Night 2

Date	Winner	Event/Show
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Atsuki Aoyagi
February 19	Naruki Doi	Excite Series 2023 Night 2: Pro-Wrestling Day MANIAx
February 19	Atsuki Aoyagi	AJPW 50th Anniversary
July 2	El Lindaman	Dynamite Series 2023 Night 5
December 31	Dan Tamura	Mania X 2023

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
All Asia Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Masao Inoue and Takao Omori
January 3	Kendo Kashin and Nosawa Rongai	#AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 Night 2
February 4	Atsushi Onita and Yoshitatsu	Excite Series 2023 Night 1: Excite MANIAx	Tornado Bunkhouse Current Blast Deathmatch.
September 18	Burning (Jun Akiyama and Kotaro Suzuki)	DDT Dramatic Explosion 2023	Current Blast Bat And Board Death Match.
November 3	Eruption (Hideki Okatani and Yukio Sakaguchi)	DDT Road To Ultimate Party 2023 in Shinjuku	Promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Gaora TV Championship
Incoming champion – Toshizo
January 22	Minoru Tanaka	#AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 Night 5

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
March 14	Takao Omori, Black Menso-re, and ATM	Dream Power Series Night 1	Defeated Black Tiger and Gungnir of Anarchy (Yusuke Kodama and Masao Hanahata) to win the vacant titles.
August 27	Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Yukio Sakaguchi, and Saki Akai)	Royal Road Tournament Night 4	Title vs. title match where Eruption's KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship was also on the line.
October 21	Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki and Maya Yukihi	Raising an Army Memorial Tour Night 4

BJW[edit]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hideyoshi Kamitani
May 4	Abdullah Kobayashi	Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent	Yokohama Explosion Jungle Deathmatch.
July 16 (aired July 22)	Yuki Ishikawa	BJW	Deathmatch.
December 30	Mad Man Pondo	BJW	Fluorescent Lighttubes and Illinois Street Fight Deathmatch.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yuji Okabayashi
May 4	Yuya Aoki	Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent

Date	Winner	Event/Show
BJW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura)
December 30	Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto)	BJW

Date	Winner	Event/Show
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kota Sekifuda
May 4	Tomato Kaji	Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent
December 30	Ender Kara	BJW

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Chicharito Shoki, Yasufumi Nakanoue, and Yuji Okabayashi
March 12	Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino, and Daiju Wakamatsu	2AW / BJW Big Advance
June 29	Hideyoshi Kamitani, Yuki Ishikawa, and Kazumi Kikuta	BJW
October 8	Daichi Hashimoto, Yasufumi Nakanoue, and Kazumasa Yoshida	Shopping Street Wrestling 2023 Series ~ New Chapter Begins Round 6
October 14	Project Havoc (Leyton Buzzard, Tempesta, and Tyson Maddux)	Shopping Street Wrestling 2023 Series ~ New Chapter Begins Round 7
October 28	Kazumi Kikuta, Yasufumi Nakanoue, and Yuya Aoki	Hatagaya Rokugo Street Shopping Pro-Wrestling

Date	Winner	Event/Show
UWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Hub and Eisa8
February 11	Kohei Kinoshita and Yasshi	BJW Osaka Surprise 64 ~ Glory Members 2023
December 24	Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)	BJW Osaka Surprise 70 ~ Big Thanksgiving 2023

CF[edit]

– DDT Pro-Wrestling

– Pro Wrestling Noah

– Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling

– Ganbare Pro-Wrestling

DDT[edit]

Date	Winner	Event/Show
KO-D Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kazusada Higuchi
January 29	Yuji Hino	Sweet Dreams!
July 23	Chris Brookes	Wrestle Peter Pan
November 12	Yuki Ueno	Ultimate Party

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DDT Universal Championship
Incoming champion – Yuki Ueno
January 13	Naruki Doi	Sweet Dreams! 2023 Tour in Shinjuku: Fire!	Three-way elimination match also involving Daisuke Sasaki.
March 21	Tetsuya Endo	Judgement
July 23	Matt Cardona	Wrestle Peter Pan
November 12	Mao	Ultimate Party	No Disqualification match.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DDT Extreme Championship
Incoming champion – Jun Akiyama
May 3	Shunma Katsumata	Mega Max Bump	Toys, ladders, and chairs match.
May 22	Vacated	—	Katsumata vacated the title after suffering a broken foot.
June 25	Kazuki Hirata	What Are You Doing	Defeated Mao and Yoshihiko in a three-way elimination match to win the vacant title.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KO-D Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
January 3	ShunMao (Mao and Shunma Katsumata)	Hatsuyume	Defeated Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi) to win the vacant titles.
May 22	Vacated	—	Vacated after Katsumata had suffered a broken foot.
June 25	Damnation T.A. (Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul)	What Are You Doing	Defeated The37Kamiina (Yuki Ueno and Toy Kojima) to win the vacant titles.
August 13	Ω (Makoto Oishi and Yuji Hino)	Saki Akai 10th Anniversary Show
September 9	Damnation T.A. (Minoru Fujita and Kanon)	Big Bang
October 4	Romance Dawn (Soma Takao and Shota)	God Bless DDT 2023 Tour in Shinjuku

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Burning (Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki, and Yusuke Okada)
February 26	Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno, and Super Sasadango Machine	Into The Fight
May 14 (aired May 17)	Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, and Yuki Ishida)	DDT x Only We Yuji Hino 20th Anniversary Event
July 23	Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Yukio Sakaguchi, and Saki Akai)	Wrestle Peter Pan
November 12	Vacated	Ultimate Party	Vacated after Akai retired from professional wrestling.
November 16	D・O・A (Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi)	Get Alive 2023 Tour in Shinjuku	Defeated The37Kamiina (Yuki Ueno, Mao and Toy Kojima) in the final of a four-team tournament to win the vacant title.

KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The37Kamiina (Mao, Shinya Aoki, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima, and Yuki Ueno)
No title changes.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
O-40 Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
March 21	Makoto Oishi	Judgement	Defeated Gorgeous Matsuno and Shinichiro Kawamatsu in a three-way match to win the vacant title.

World Ōmori Championship
Incoming champion – Soma Takao
No title changes.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
Incoming champion – Saki Akai
February 18	Penelope Ford	Friendship, Endeavour, Victory
February 26	Kip Sabian	Into The Fight
February 26	Yoshihiko	Into The Fight
March 4	Kazuki Hirata	Yokohama Unlimited Vol. 2	Took place during a 10-person rumble rules battle royal.
March 4	Akito	Yokohama Unlimited Vol. 2	Took place during a 10-person rumble rules battle royal.
March 24	Yusuke Okada	Dramatic Dream Tour 2023
	Akito
	Yoshihiko
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2023 in professional wrestling

List of notable promotions[edit]

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February[edit]

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April[edit]

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July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

Notable events[edit]

Accomplishments and tournaments[edit]

2AW[edit]

AAA[edit]

AEW[edit]

AJPW[edit]

BJW[edit]

CF[edit]

DDT[edit]

Noah[edit]

TJPW[edit]

GanPro[edit]

CMLL[edit]

The Crash[edit]

CZW[edit]

DG[edit]

GCW[edit]

Gleat[edit]

Ice Ribbon[edit]

Impact[edit]

IWRG[edit]

M-Pro[edit]

MLW[edit]

NJPW[edit]

NWA[edit]

Progress[edit]

PWG[edit]

ROH[edit]

RevPro[edit]

Stardom[edit]

Zero1[edit]

Zero1 Japan[edit]

Tenryu Project[edit]

XPW[edit]

WOW[edit]

wXw[edit]

WWE[edit]

Title changes[edit]

2AW[edit]

AAA[edit]

AEW[edit]

AJPW[edit]

BJW[edit]

CF[edit]

DDT[edit]

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