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Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 2009
Overview of the events of 2009 in professional wrestling
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2009 in professional wrestling
describes the year's events in the world of
professional wrestling
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List of notable promotions
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These promotions held notable events in 2009.
Calendar of notable shows
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January
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February
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March
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April
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June
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Date
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Promotion(s)
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Event
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Location
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Main Event
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Notes
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7
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WWE
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Extreme Rules
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New Orleans
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Jeff Hardy
defeated
Edge
(c) in a Ladder match to win the
World Heavyweight Championship
, then
CM Punk
cashed in his
Money in the Bank contract
and defeated Jeff Hardy (c) to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
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Final PPV appearance for
Umaga
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13
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AAA
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Triplemania XVII
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Mexico City
,
Mexico
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Team AAA (
El Hijo del Santo
,
La Parka
,
Vampiro
,
Octagon
, and
Jack Evans
) defeated La Legion Extranjera (
Silver King
,
Chessman
,
Kenzo Suzuki
,
Electroshock
, and
Teddy Hart
) in a Six Sided Steel cage match for control of AAA
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18
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NJPW
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Dominion
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Osaka
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Hiroshi Tanahashi
defeated
Manabu Nakanishi
(c) in a Singles match to win the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
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21
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TNA
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Slammiversary
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Auburn Hills
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Kurt Angle
defeated
Mick Foley
(c),
Jeff Jarrett
,
A.J. Styles
and
Samoa Joe
in the King of the Mountain match to win the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship
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28
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WWE
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The Bash
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Sacramento
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Randy Orton
(c) defeated
Triple H
2-1 in a Three Stages of Hell match to retain the
WWE Championship
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(c) ? denotes defending champion(s)
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Accomplishments and tournaments
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AAA Hall of Fame
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Inductee
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Pepe "Tropi" Casas
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Sendai Girls
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Accomplishment
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Winner
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Date won
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Notes
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Royal Rumble
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Randy Orton
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January 25
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Winner received their choice of a championship match for either
Raw
's
World Heavyweight Championship
,
SmackDown
's
WWE Championship
, or the
ECW Championship
at
WrestleMania XXV
; Orton from Raw last eliminated
Triple H
to win and chose to challenge for SmackDown's WWE Championship, which Triple H had since won at
Elimination Chamber
, but Orton was unsuccessful against Triple H at WrestleMania.
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Money in the Bank ladder match
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CM Punk
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April 5
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Defeated
Christian
,
Finlay
,
Kane
,
Kofi Kingston
,
Mark Henry
,
Montel Vontavious Porter
, and
Shelton Benjamin
to win a world championship match contract; Punk from
SmackDown
cashed in the contract at
Extreme Rules
and won his own brand's
World Heavyweight Championship
from
Jeff Hardy
, who had just won the title from
Edge
.
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WWE Hall of Fame
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Slammy Awards
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Awards and honors
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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2009 PWI Wrestler of the Year
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Randy Orton
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
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Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
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2009 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestler of the Year
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Chris Jericho
Title changes
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NJPW
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Raw
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SmackDown
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ECW
Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship until their respective tag team titles became shared across all the brands. ECW only had a world championship.
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Date
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Winner
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Event/Show
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Note(s)
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January 25
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Edge
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Royal Rumble
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No disqualification match
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February 15
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Triple H
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No Way Out
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Elimination Chamber match
, also involving
Jeff Hardy
,
Vladimir Kozlov
,
The Undertaker
, and
Big Show
.
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The title became exclusive to the
Raw
brand following the
2009 WWE draft
when Triple H was drafted to Raw.
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April 26
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Randy Orton
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Backlash
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Six-man tag team match
with
Orton, Ted DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes
against
Triple H
,
Shane McMahon
, and
Batista
. Orton won the championship due to his team winning.
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June 7
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Batista
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Extreme Rules
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Steel cage match
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June 9
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Vacated
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?
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Vacated when
Batista
suffered a torn left
biceps
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June 15
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Randy Orton
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Monday Night Raw
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Fatal four-way match
for the vacant title, also involving
Triple H
,
John Cena
, and
Big Show
.
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September 13
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John Cena
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Breaking Point
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"I Quit" match
. If anyone interfered on
Randy Orton
's behalf, he would have forfeited the title.
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October 4
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Randy Orton
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Hell in a Cell
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Hell in a Cell
match
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October 25
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John Cena
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Bragging Rights
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60-minute
Anything Goes
Iron Man match
in which Cena won 6?5. If Cena lost, he would have had to leave the
Raw
brand.
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December 13
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Sheamus
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TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
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Tables match
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Debuts
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Retirements
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- Lena Yada
(January 4, 2008 ? 2009)
- One Man Gang
(1977-2009)
- Mike Shaw
(1980-2009)
- Doug Basham
(1993?2009)
- John Layfield
(1992 ? April 6, 2009) (moved to color commentator, later returned to compete at
Royal Rumble 2014
)
- David Flair
(1999-May 15, 2009)
- Candice Michelle
(November 15, 2004 ? June 19, 2009) (although she had been fully inactive from in-ring competition since 2009, she announced her full retirement in December 2017)
- Sharmell
(1998 ? October 18, 2009)
- Jamie Noble
(1995 ? November 10, 2009) (semi-retired)
- Jon Heidenreich
(2001 ? November 28, 2009)
- Christy Hemme
(July 15, 2004 ? December 16, 2009) (moved to ring announcer)
- Azumi Hyuga
(December 4, 1994 ? December 27, 2009)
Deaths
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Mitsuharu Misawa
Umaga
- January 13 ?
Cousin Junior
, 48
- January 16 ?
Paul E. Normous
, 33
- February 2 -
Jim Wilson (wrestler)
, 66
- March 2 -
Robert Bruce (wrestler)
, 65
- March 4 ?
Yvon Cormier
, 70
- March 13 ?
Test
, 33
- March 22
- April 28 ?
Buddy Rose
, 56
- May 8 ?
Cynthia Peretti
, 60
- May 28 -
John Tolos
, 78
- June 13 ?
Mitsuharu Misawa
, 46
- June 22 ?
Billy Red Lyons
, 77
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- July 5 -
Waldo Von Erich
, 75
- July 22 -
Damian Steele
, 33/34
- August 5 ?
Al Tomko
, 77
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- August 12 -
Karl Von Hess
, 90
- August 27 -
Shota Chochishvili
, 59
- September 6 -
Butcher Brannigan
, 61
- September 10 -
Kerry Brown (wrestler)
, 51
- October 14 ?
Lou Albano
, 76
- October 18 -
Ryuma Go
, 53
- November 12 -
Orig Williams
, 78
- November 25 ?
Adam Firestorm
, 32
- December 4 ?
Umaga
, 36
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- December 29 -
Dr. Death Steve Williams
, 49
See also
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