2026 in professional wrestling

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2026 in professional wrestling describes the current year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of promotions

These promotions held events throughout 2025.

Promotion Name Abbreviation Notes
AAW Wrestling AAW
All Elite Wrestling AEW
All Japan Pro Wrestling AJPW
Combat Zone Wrestling CZW
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL
CyberFight CF CyberFight is an umbrella brand that oversees and promotes three individual promotions: DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW).
Deadlock Pro-Wrestling DPW
DEFY Wrestling DEFY
Dragongate DG
Dream Star Fighting Marigold Marigold
Game Changer Wrestling GCW
German Wrestling Federation GWF
House of Glory HOG
Juggalo Championship Wrestling JCW
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide AAA The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
Major League Wrestling MLW
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling MLP Relaunch of the former Maple Leaf Wrestling, now owned by Scott D'Amore.
National Wrestling Alliance NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling NJPW
Progress Wrestling PROGRESS
Pro Wrestling Zero1 Zero1
Revolution Pro Wrestling RevPro
Ring of Honor ROH
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA
Westside Xtreme Wrestling wXw
Women of Wrestling WOW
World Wonder Ring Stardom Stardom
WWE — "WWE" stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which remains the company's legal name, though the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism.
WWE divides its roster into 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 developmental territory.

Calendar of notable shows

January

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Venue Main Event Notes
1 CF: The New Year Tokyo, Japan Nippon Budokan Yoshiki Inamura (c) vs. Ozawa for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
3 GCW One Night Only Berwyn, Illinois Berwyn Eagles Club
4 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada Featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi's retirement match, the pro wrestling debut of former gold medalist judoka Olympian Aaron Wolf, the NJPW debut of DDT Pro Wrestling's Chris Brookes, and the NJPW return of Andrade El Ídolo.
5 New Year Dash!! Nippon Budokan Knock Out Brothers (Oskar and Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa) for the IWGP World Tag Team Championship
WWE: 1 Year Anniversary of Raw's Netflix Premiere New York City, New York Barclays Center CM Punk (c) vs. Bron Breakker for the World Heavyweight Championship Celebration of the 1 Year Anniversary of RAW's premiere on Netflix.
6 WWE: New Year's Evil Orlando, Florida WWE Performance Center Oba Femi (c) vs. Leon Slater for the NXT Championship Airing as a special episode of NXT.
14 AEW Maximum Carnage Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Financial Theatre Airing as a special episode of AEW Dynamite.
Airing on tape delay on January 17 as a special episode of AEW Collision.
17 TNA Genesis Garland, Texas Curtis Culwell Center JDC vs. Eddie Edwards Featuring JDC's retirement match
GCW Code Of the Streets Dallas, Texas Gilley's Dallas
18 Crime Wave Wichita, Kansas WAVE
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~ Sakura, Japan Sakura Civic Gymnasium
24 WWE: Saturday Night's Main Event XLIII Montreal, Quebec, Canada Bell Centre
29 MLW Battle Riot VIII Kissimmee, Florida Osceola Heritage Park Events Center 40-man Battle Riot match
31 WWE: Royal Rumble Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Kingdom Arena 30-man Royal Rumble match
GCW Crushed Up Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Harrah's Philadelphia
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Venue Main Event Notes
3 Stardom New Blood 28 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Square in Itabashi
4 New Blood 29
6 GCW Jersey J-Cup Jersey City, New Jersey White Eagle Hall
7
CMLL
MLW 		Lucha Apocalypto Cicero, Illinois Cicero Stadium
11 NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
14 AEW Grand Slam Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Qudos Bank Arena
27 NJPW The New Beginning USA Trenton, New Jersey CURE Insurance Arena First The New Beginning USA event since 2022.
27 JCW Juggalo Weekend Hialeah, Florida Factory Town
28
WWE: Elimination Chamber Chicago, Illinois United Center TBA
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Venue Main Event Notes
14 MLW TBA Atlanta, Georgia Center Stage
15 AEW Revolution Los Angeles, California Crypto.com Arena
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Venue Main Event Notes
12 AEW Dynasty Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Rogers Arena
18 WWE: WrestleMania 42 Paradise, Nevada Allegiant Stadium
19
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Venue Main Event Notes
1 WWE: SummerSlam Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S. Bank Stadium
2
30 AEW All In London, England Wembley Stadium
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September

Date Promotion(s) Event Location Venue Main Event Notes
6 WWE: Money in the Bank New Orleans, Louisiana Smoothie King Center First Money in the Bank to be held in September, and the first to be held after SummerSlam.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

Accomplishments and tournaments

Title changes

AAA

AAA Mega Championship
Incoming champion – Dominik Mysterio
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Laredo Kid
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AAA Latin American Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Incoming champion – Flammer
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AAA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Pagano and Psycho Clown
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Ethan Page and Chelsea Green
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AAA World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Los Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown, Murder Clown, and Dave the Clown)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

AEW

AEW National Championship
Incoming champion – Ricochet
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AEW TNT Championship
Incoming champion – Mark Briscoe
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AEW TBS Championship
Incoming champion – Mercedes Moné
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

CF

  – DDT Pro-Wrestling
  – Pro Wrestling Noah
  – Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling


Noah

GHC Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yoshiki Inamura
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hiromu Takahashi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
GHC National Championship
Incoming champion – Dragon Bane
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
GHC Women's Championship
Co-promoted with Dream Star Fighting Marigold
Incoming champion – Takumi Iroha
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
GHC Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Naomichi Marufuji and Kenoh
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Daga and Daiki Odashima
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)


GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship
Incoming champion – Hayata
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

CMLL

CMLL World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Templario
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Titán
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
CMLL World Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Stigma
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship
Incoming champion – Último Dragoncito
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Máscara Dorada
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

NJPW

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Konosuke Takeshita
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yota Tsuji
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Douki
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWGP Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Syuri
Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NEVER Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Evil
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Toru Yano and Spiritech (Master Wato and Yoh)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NJPW World Television Championship
Incoming champion – El Phantasmo
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Strong Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani
Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

Marigold

Marigold World Championship
Incoming champion – Miku Aono
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Marigold United National Championship
Incoming champion – Victoria Yuzuki
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Marigold Super Fly Championship
Incoming champion – Mayu Iwatani
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Marigold Twin Star Championship
Incoming champions – Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui and Chiaki)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
GHC Women's Championship
Co-promoted with Pro Wrestling Noah
Incoming champion – Takumi Iroha
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

MLW

MLW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mads Krule Krügger
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship
Incoming champion – Shoko Nakajima
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
MLW World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Templario
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
MLW National Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Blue Panther
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
MLW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Skyscrapers (Donovan Dijak and Bishop Dyer)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

Progress

Progress Atlas Championship
Incoming champion – Will Kroos
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

RevPro

Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champions – Jay Joshua
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Undisputed British Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Alex Windsor
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Joe Lando
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Undisputed British Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Ethan Allen and Luke Jacobs
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

ROH

ROH World Championship
Incoming champion – Bandido
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
ROH Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Athena
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
ROH Women's World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Red Velvet
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
ROH Pure Championship
Incoming champion – Lee Moriarty
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

Stardom

World of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWGP Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Syuri
Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Strong Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani
Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

TNA

TNA World Championship
Incoming champion – Frankie Kazarian
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
TNA X Division Championship
Incoming champion – Leon Slater
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
TNA Knockouts World Championship
Incoming champion – Léi Yǐng Lee
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
TNA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
TNA International Championship
Incoming champion – Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

WWE

  – Raw
  – SmackDown
  – NXT
  – Evolve
  – Unbranded

Raw and SmackDown

Raw and SmackDown each exclusively have a world and secondary championship for both the men and women, as well as a tag team championship for men.

World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – CM Punk
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Undisputed WWE Championship
Incoming champion – Cody Rhodes
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Stephanie Vaquer
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
WWE Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Jade Cargill
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Dominik Mysterio
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
WWE United States Championship
Incoming champion – Carmelo Hayes
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Maxxine Dupri
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
WWE Women's United States Championship
Incoming champion – Chelsea Green
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – AJ Styles and Dragon Lee
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
WWE Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

NXT

NXT exclusively has a primary and secondary championship for both the men and women, as well as a specialty and tag team championship for men.

NXT Championship
Incoming champion – Oba Femi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NXT Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Jacy Jayne
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NXT North American Championship
Incoming champion – Ethan Page
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NXT Women's North American Championship
Incoming champion – Thea Hail
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NXT Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Osiris Griffin and Dion Lennox/Saquon Shugars
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

Awards and honors

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

Main article: WWE Hall of Fame (2026)
Category Inductee Inducted by
Individual Stephanie McMahon The Undertaker[1]

Debuts

Retirements

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Undertaker to induct Stephanie McMahon into the WWE Hall of Fame". ESPN. September 21, 2025. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
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