2007 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling championship.
List of notable promotions These promotions held notable events in 2007. Promotion NameAbbreviationNotesCombat Zone WrestlingCZWConsejo Mundial de Lucha LibreCMLLGCWJCWLucha Libre AAA WorldwideAAAThe "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.Memphis WrestlingPMGNew Japan Pro-WrestlingNJPWPro Wrestling GuerrillaPWGPro Wrestling NoahNOAHRing of HonorROHTotal Nonstop Action WrestlingTNAWorld Wrestling CouncilWWCWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWWEWWE divided its roster into three storyline divisions, Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW, referred to as brands, where wrestlers exclusively performed on their respective weekly television programs.
Calendar of notable shows January Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes4 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome Tokyo Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima in a Tag team match 6-7 WWC Euphoria Bayamón, Puerto Rico Rikochet vs. La Pulga 7 WWE: New Year's Revolution Kansas City, Missouri John Cena (c) defeated Umaga in a Singles match for the WWE Championship Final New Year's Revolution event and final Raw-exclusive PPV of the first brand split before all WWE PPVs became tri-branded. 14 TNA Final Resolution Orlando Christian Cage defeated Abyss (c) and Sting in a Three Way Elimination match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 28 WWE: Royal Rumble San Antonio, Texas The Undertaker won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Shawn Michaels to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania 23 The Undertaker chose to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
February Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes 11 TNA Against All Odds Orlando Christian Cage (c) defeated Kurt Angle in a Singles match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 18 WWE: No Way Out Los Angeles, California John Cena and Shawn Michaels (Raw) defeated Batista and The Undertaker (SmackDown!) in a Tag team matchFinal SmackDown-exclusive and brand-exclusive PPV of the first brand split before all WWE PPVs became tri-branded.(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
March Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event 6 JCW West Side Wars Long Beach, California Corporal Robinson (c) vs. Trent Acid for the JCW Heavyweight Championship 10 N/A Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts Crystal River, Florida N/A 11 TNA Destination X Orlando Christian Cage (c) defeated Samoa Joe in a Singles match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 14 JCW East Side Wars Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Trent Acid (c) vs. Corporal Robinson for the JCW Heavyweight Championship 18 AAA Rey de Reyes Naucalpan, Mexico Rey de Reyes finals, six-man elimination match(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
April Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event 1 WWE: WrestleMania 23 Detroit, Michigan John Cena (c) defeated Shawn Michaels by submission in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship 13 CMLL 50. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Mexico Místico and Negro Casas (c) defeated Los Perros del Mal (Mr. Águila and Perro Aguayo Jr.) in a Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship 15 TNA Lockdown Saint Charles, Missouri Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Rhyno, Sting and Jeff Jarrett) defeated Team Cage (Christian Cage, A.J. Styles, Scott Steiner, Abyss and Tomko) with Harley Race as the gatekeeper in Lethal Lockdown match 27 PMG Clash of Legends Memphis, Tennessee Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Wight in a singles match 29 WWE: Backlash Atlanta, Georgia John Cena (c) defeated Shawn Michaels, Edge, and Randy Orton in Fatal 4-way match to retain the WWE Championship(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
May Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes 11 CMLL International Gran Prix Mexico City, Mexico Último Guerrero defeated Alex Koslov, Atlantis, Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., El Sagrado, Hirooki Goto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Lizmark Jr., Marco Corleone, Minoru Suzuki, Okumura, Olímpico, Pierroth, Rey Bucanero, and Último Dragón in a Gran Prix Torneo Cibernetico 16 Man Elimination Match 12 ROH Respect is Earned New York City Takeshi Morishima and Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness and Kenta in a Tag team match First ROH PPV 13 TNA Sacrifice Orlando Kurt Angle defeated Sting and Christian Cage Three-Way match to crown the first TNA World Heavyweight Champion First introduced TNA World Heavyweight Champion, new World title, replaced after National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Executive Director Robert Trobich stripped Christian Cage of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and ended NWA's business relations with TNA earlier that day 20 WWE: Judgment Day St. Louis, Missouri John Cena (c) defeated The Great Khali by submission in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship 28 WWE: Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIV Toronto, Ontario, Canada Kane, Doink the Clown, and Eugene defeated Kevin Thorn, Viscera, and Umaga in a tag team match note that this aired in the United States on NBC on June 2.(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
June Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes 3 WWE: One Night Stand Jacksonville, Florida John Cena (c) defeated The Great Khali in the Falls Count Anywhere match to retain the WWE Championship Last appearance of Rob Van Dam (until 2013) and Chris Benoit's final PPV appearance in WWE 17 TNA Slammiversary Nashville, Tennessee Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Christian Cage, and Chris Harris in the King of the Mountain match for the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship 23 ROH Driven Chicago Ridge, Illinois Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness in a Singles match 24 WWE: Vengeance: Night of Champions Houston, Texas John Cena (c) defeated Bobby Lashley, King Booker, Mick Foley and Randy Orton in Five-Pack Challenge to retain the WWE Championship This event was notable for being on the weekend of the Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide case. Benoit, who was originally booked to face CM Punk for the vacant ECW World Championship, legitimately no-showed and he was replaced by Johnny Nitro 29 IGF Fighting Now Bom-Ba-Ye Tokyo, Japan Kurt Angle defeated Brock Lesnar (c) via submission to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF) Brock Lesnar defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro Chono in a Three Way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. New Japan Pro-Wrestling stripped Lesnar of the title on July 15, 2006. IGF considered his reign still active and created the IGF version of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
July Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes 13 WWC 34th WWC Aniversario San Juan, Puerto Rico Carlito defeated Scott Hall in a singles match 14 WWC 34th WWC Aniversario - Night 2 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Razor Ramon defeated Carlito and Apolo (c) in a triple threat match for WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship 15 AAA Triplemanía XV Naucalpan, Mexico Los Hell Brothers (Charly Manson, Chessman, and Cibernético) defeated La Legión Extranjera (El Mesías, Sean Waltman, and Kenzo Suzuki) in a Domo De La Muerte cage match 15 TNA Victory Road Nashville, Tennessee Kurt Angle (c) and Samoa Joe (c) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) (c) in a Tag team match for the TNA World Heavyweight, X Division and World Tag Team Championships 22 WWE: The Great American Bash San Jose, California John Cena (c) defeated Bobby Lashley in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship Last event to feature the original Cruiserweight ChampionshipLast PPV appearance for Bobby Lashley in WWE until 2018(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
August Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes5-12NJPWG1 ClimaxTokyo, JapanHiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata in a G1 Climax tournament 12 TNA Hard Justice Orlando, Florida Kurt Angle (c) defeated Samoa Joe (c) in a Singles match for Angle's TNA World Heavyweight and IWGP Heavyweight Championship, and Joe's X Division and World Tag Team Championships 12 JCW Bloodymania Cave-In-Rock, Illinois Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) and Sabu defeated Trent Acid and The Young Altar Boys (Young Altar Boy #1 and Young Altar Boy #4 in a six-man tag team matchHeld in conjunction with the Gathering of the Juggalos 13 WWE: Saturday Night's Main Event XXXV New York City, New York CM Punk and The Boogeyman defeated John Morrison and Big Daddy V in a tag team match note that this aired in the United States on NBC on August 18. 26 WWE: SummerSlam East Rutherford, New Jersey John Cena (c) defeated Randy Orton in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship Final WWE PPV event to feature Booker T until 2011(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
September Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event31-2PWGBattle of Los AngelesBurbank, CaliforniaCima defeated Roderick Strong and El Generico in an elimination three-way match to win the 2007 Battle of Los Angeles tournament 3 AAANOAHSEM TripleSEM Tokyo Los Hell Brothers (Cibernético, Charly Manson and Chessman) went to a no contest with Mushiking Terry, Naomichi Marufuji and Ricky Marvin 9 TNA No Surrender Orlando Kurt Angle (c) defeated Abyss in a Singles match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship 15 ROH Man Up Chicago Ridge, Illinois The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) (c) defeated Kevin Steen and El Generico in a Ladder War to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship 16 AAA Verano de Escándalo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Domo De La Muerte cage match 16 WWE: Unforgiven Memphis, Tennessee The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry in a Singles match 28 CMLL CMLL 74th Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico Eight-man Steel Cage elimination match 29 GCW Fourth Annual Fred Ward Memorial Show Columbus, Georgia Bull Buchanan defeated Johnny Swinger (c) in a Six-Sides-of-Steel match for the GCW Heavyweight Championship(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
October Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes 6 ROH Undeniable Edison, New Jersey Nigel McGuinness defeated Takeshi Morishima (c) in a Singles match to win the ROH World Championship 7 AAA Antonio Peña Memorial Show Naucalpan, Mexico La Legión Extranjera (Abismo Negro, Electroshock and El Zorro) defeated Chessman, Cibernético and El Intocable in a Domo De La Muerte cage match 7 WWE: No Mercy Rosemont, Illinois Randy Orton defeated Triple H (c) in the Last Man Standing match to win the WWE Championship 12 N/A First Annual Sensational Sherri Memorial Cup Tournament Montreal, Quebec LuFisto and El Generico defeated Stefany Sinclair and Kevin Steen in a tournament finals match 14 TNA Bound for Glory Duluth, Georgia Sting defeated Kurt Angle (c) in a Singles match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship This event was also determine the first TNA Women's Knockout Championship, new title for Knockout women division 28 WWE: Cyber Sunday Rosemont, Illinois Batista (c) defeated The Undertaker in a Singles match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest referee(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
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