2019 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promotions These promotions held notable events in 2019. Promotion NameAbbreviationNotesAll Elite WrestlingAEWOfficially founded on January 1.Consejo Mundial de Lucha LibreCMLLDDT Pro-WrestlingDDTThe "DDT Pro-Wrestling" name has been solely used since 2004, but the "DDT" initialism had previously stood for "Dramatic Dream Team".Evolve—Impact WrestlingImpactIWRGLucha 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.Major League WrestlingMLWNational Wrestling AllianceNWANew Japan Pro-WrestlingNJPWPro Wrestling GuerrillaPWGRevolution Pro WrestlingRevPro Ring of HonorROHThe Crash Lucha LibreThe CrashWestside Xtreme WrestlingwXwWorld Wonder Ring StardomStardomWorld Wrestling CouncilWWCWWE—WWE stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which is still the legal name, but the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism.
Calendar of notable shows January
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes 1 CMLL Sin Piedad Mexico City, Mexico Caristico defeated Ultimo Guerrero 4 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 Tokyo, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kenny Omega (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 5 NWA New Years Clash Clarksville, Tennessee Nick Aldis (c) defeated James Storm in a Singles match to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship 6 Impact Homecoming Nashville, Tennessee Johnny Impact (c) defeated Brian Cage in a Singles match to retain the Impact World Championship 6 CMLL Reyes Del Aire Mexico City, Mexico Caristico, Dragon Lee and Volador Jr. defeated La Sangre Dinamita (Forastero and Sansón) and Ultimo Guerrero by DQ 11 RevPro New Year's Resolution Guildford, Surrey, England, UK Zack Sabre Jr (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie in a Singles match to retain the Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship 12 WWE: TakeOver: Blackpool Blackpool, Lancashire, England Pete Dunne (c) defeated Joe Coffey in a Singles match to retain the WWE United Kingdom Championship First NXT UK TakeOver event, and the first event to feature the NXT UK Tag Team Championship. 13 ROH Honor Reigns Supreme Concord, North Carolina Jay Lethal (c) defeated Dalton Castle in a Singles match to retain the ROH World Championship 18 CMLLNJPWFantastica Mania(Tokyo shows) Tokyo, Japan Dragon Lee and Místico defeated Nueva Generacion Dinamitas (Cuatrero and Sansón) in a CMLL Family Tag Tournament Final Match 20 Dragon Lee and Místico defeated Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero) 21 Volador Jr. defeated Carístico 24 ROH Road to G1 Supercard Texas Dallas, Texas Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham defeated Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams 25 Houston, Texas Lifeblood (Bandido, Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Mark Haskins and Tracy Williams) defeated Bully Ray, Shane Taylor, Silas Young and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) 26 San Antonio, Texas Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) defeated Lifeblood (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) to win 2019 Tag Wars WWE:Worlds CollidePhoenix, ArizonaVelveteen Dream defeated Tyler Bate in a tournament final match to earn a championship match of his choice from either NXT, NXT UK, or 205 LiveAired on tape delay on February 2.Dream chose to challenge for the NXT North American Championship. 26 WWE: TakeOver: Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Tommaso Ciampa (c) defeated Aleister Black in a Singles match to retain the NXT Championship 27 WWE: Royal Rumble Phoenix, Arizona Seth Rollins won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Braun Strowman to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania 35Becky Lynch won the women's Royal Rumble match and chose to challenge Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania 35.Seth Rollins chose to challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35.(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
February
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes 2 MLW SuperFight Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tom Lawlor defeated Low Ki (c) to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship 2 NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Sapporo, Japan Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Jay White) defeated Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi 3 Tetsuya Naito (c) defeated Taichi to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship3 WWE: Halftime Heat Orlando, Florida Aleister Black, Ricochet and Velveteen Dream defeated Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa and Adam Cole 10 ROH Bound By Honor Miami, Florida The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) defeated Jonathan Gresham, Jay Lethal, and Rush 11 NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka, Japan Jay White defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 15 CMLL Universal Championship Mexico City, Mexico El Terrible defeated Niebla Roja in the finals to win the CMLL Universal Championship 15 RevPro High Stakes London, England PAC vs. Will Ospreay ended in a time-limit draw17 DDT Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary Tokyo, Japan Konosuke Takeshita defeated Daisuke Sasaki (c) for the KO-D Openweight Championship WWE: Elimination Chamber Houston, Texas Daniel Bryan (c) defeated Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, and Samoa Joe in the Elimination Chamber match to retain the WWE Championship First event to feature the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, a new title for WWE's women's division. 22ROHNJPWHonor Rising: JapanTokyo, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Jay Lethal defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) 23 The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) defeated Lifeblood (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship (c) – denotes defending champion(s)
March Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes 2 MLW Intimidation Games Chicago, Illinois Tom Lawlor (c) defeated Low Ki in a Steel Cage Match for MLW World Heavyweight Championship 6 NJPWNJPW 47th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan Jay White defeated Will Ospreay Champion vs. Champion Match 10 WWE: Fastlane Cleveland, Ohio The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) defeated Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Drew McIntyre in a Six-man tag team match Final Fastlane event until 2021. 15 ROH ROH 17th Anniversary Show Sunrise Manor, Nevada Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) defeated The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship 15 CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Mexico City, Mexico Los Hermano Chavez (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja) defeated Los Ingobernables (El Terrible and La Bestia del Ring) in the Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match 16 AAA Rey de Reyes Puebla, PueblaThe Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Lucha Brothers (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.) (c) for the AAA World Tag Team Championship 21 DDT Into The Fight 2019 Tokyo, Japan Harashima (c) defeated Muscle Sakai to retain the DDT Extreme Championship 31 ROH Road to G1 Supercard Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland Jay Lethal and Jeff Cobb defeated The Kingdom (T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) and Lifeblood (Juice Robinson and Bandido)(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
April Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes 4 wXw Amerika 1st Wunderbar Queens, New YorkBobby Gunns (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie to retain the wXw Unified World Wrestling ChampionshipDDTComing to AmericaTetsuya Endo defeated Daisuke Sasaki (c) to win the KO-D Openweight ChampionshipFirst show in the United States. Impact United We Stand Rahway, New JerseyThe Lucha Bros (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.) defeated Rob Van Dam and Sabu in a hardcore match. 5 WWE: TakeOver: New York Brooklyn, New YorkJohnny Gargano defeated Adam Cole in a two out of three falls match to win the vacant NXT ChampionshipUpon winning the NXT Championship, Gargano was recognized as the first NXT Triple Crown Champion RevPro RevPro UK: Live in NYC New York CitySuzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Will OspreayStardomAmerican Dream Queens, New YorkMayu Iwatani, Arisa Hoshiki, Saki Kashima and Tam Nakano defeated Kagetsu, Session Moth Martina, Andras Miyagi, and Jamie HayterMLWBattle Riot IILA Park won by last eliminating Sami Callihan in a 40-man Battle Riot match for a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship match 6 ROHNJPW G1 Supercard New York City Kazuchika Okada defeated Jay White (c) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship First non-WWE event to sell out Madison Square Garden 7 WWE: WrestleMania 35 East Rutherford, New Jersey Becky Lynch defeated Ronda Rousey (Raw Women's Champion) and Charlotte Flair (SmackDown Women's Champion) in a Winner Takes All triple threat match This featured the final matches of Kurt Angle and Batista, as well as the first women's match to main event a WrestleMania. The main event went past midnight ET, thus the match ended on April 8, the date recognized for the title change. 14 ROH Masters of the Craft Columbus, Ohio Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO and Brody King) (c) defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship21 WWE: The Shield's Final Chapter Moline, Illinois The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) defeated Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Drew McIntyreThe Shield's and Dean Ambrose's final WWE appearance. 26CMLL63. Aniversario de Arena MéxicoMexico City, MexicoBárbaro Cavernario and Titán defeated Último Guerrero and Volador Jr. 27 NWAROH Crockett Cup Concord, North Carolina Nick Aldis (c) defeated Marty Scurll to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 28 Impact Rebellion Toronto, Canada The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana) defeated The Lucha Bros (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.) (c) in a Full Metal Mayhem match to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship 29 NJPW Wrestling Hinokuni Mashiki, Kumamoto Jay White defeated Hirooki Goto(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
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