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Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 2017
Overview of the events of 2017 in professional wrestling
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2017 in professional wrestling
describes the year's events in the world of
professional wrestling
.
List of notable promotions
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These promotions held notable events in 2017.
Calendar of notable shows
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January
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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
|
Notes
|
4
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NJPW
|
Wrestle Kingdom 11
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Kazuchika Okada
(c) defeated
Kenny Omega
to retain the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
[1]
|
|
6
|
TNA
|
One Night Only: Live!
|
Orlando, Florida
|
Ethan Carter III
vs.
Eddie Edwards
(c) for the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship
|
|
7
|
TNA
|
One Night Only: Joker's Wild
|
Orlando, Florida
|
14-person intergender Joker's Wild gauntlet battle royal
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Aired on February 10.
|
7
|
WWC
|
Euphoria
|
Bayamon, Puerto Rico
|
Alberto El Patron
fought
Carlito
to a no contest for the
WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
|
|
8
|
TNA
|
One Night Only: Rivals
|
Orlando, Florida
|
Jeff Hardy
vs.
Lashley
|
Aired on March 17. Final event under the TNA name, as the promotion was renamed to Impact Wrestling the same month that this event aired.
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14?15
|
WWE
:
|
United Kingdom Championship Tournament
|
Blackpool
,
England
|
Tyler Bate
defeated
Pete Dunne
to become the inaugural
WWE United Kingdom Champion
[2]
|
|
20
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AAA
|
Guerra de Titanes
|
Mexico City
|
Johnny Mundo
(c) defeated
Pentagon Jr.
to retain the
AAA Latin American Championship
[3]
|
|
20
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CMLL
NJPW
|
Fantastica Mania
(Tokyo shows)
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Dragon Lee
(c) defeated
Barbaro Cavernario
to retain the
CMLL World Lightweight Championship
[4]
|
|
21
|
Maximo Sexy
(c) defeated
Hechicero
to retain the
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
[5]
|
|
22
|
Volador Jr.
defeated
Ultimo Guerrero
in a singles match
[6]
|
|
28
|
WWE
:
|
TakeOver: San Antonio
|
San Antonio
,
TX
|
Bobby Roode
defeated
Shinsuke Nakamura
(c) to win the
NXT Championship
[7]
|
|
29
|
WWE
:
|
Royal Rumble
|
San Antonio
,
TX
|
Randy Orton
won the 30-man
Royal Rumble match
by last eliminating
Roman Reigns
to earn a title match for his
brand's
world championship at
WrestleMania 33
[8]
|
Since
Randy Orton
was a member of the
SmackDown
brand, he earned a match for the
WWE Championship
.
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(c) ? denotes defending champion(s)
|
February
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Date
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Promotion(s)
|
Event
|
Location
|
Main Event
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5
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NJPW
|
The New Beginning
in Sapporo
|
Sapporo
,
Japan
|
Kazuchika Okada
(c) defeated
Minoru Suzuki
to retain the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
[9]
|
11
|
NJPW
|
The New Beginning
in Osaka
|
Osaka
,
Japan
|
Tetsuya Naito
(c) defeated
Michael Elgin
to retain the
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
.
[10]
|
12
|
WWE
:
|
Elimination Chamber
|
Phoenix
,
AZ
|
Bray Wyatt
defeated
John Cena
(c),
AJ Styles
,
The Miz
,
Dean Ambrose
, and
Baron Corbin
in an
Elimination Chamber
match to win the
WWE Championship
.
[11]
|
19
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DDT
|
Into The Fight 2017
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Harashima
and
Kudo
defeated
Konosuke Takeshita
and
Dick Togo
|
26
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ROH
NJPW
|
Honor Rising: Japan
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Bullet Club
(
Adam Cole
and
Kenny Omega
) defeated
The Briscoe Brothers
(
Jay Briscoe
and
Mark Briscoe
) in a
tag team match
.
[12]
|
27
|
Bullet Club
(
Cody
,
Kenny Omega
,
Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson
) defeated
Chaos
(
Jay Briscoe
,
Kazuchika Okada
,
Mark Briscoe
and
Will Ospreay
) in an 8-man tag team match.
[13]
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(c) ? denotes defending champion(s)
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March
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April
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Date
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Promotion(s)
|
Event
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Location
|
Main Event
|
Notes
|
3
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NJPW
|
Wrestling Dontaku
|
Fukuoka
,
Japan
|
Kazuchika Okada
(c) defeated
Bad Luck Fale
to retain the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
.
[24]
|
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9
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NJPW
|
Lion's Gate Project 5
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Manabu Nakanishi
and
Yuji Nagata
defeated
Katsuya Kitamura
and
Tomoyuki Oka
in a Tag team match
|
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7
|
ROH
NJPW
|
War of the Worlds
|
Toronto
,
Canada
|
The Elite
(
Kenny Omega
,
Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson
) defeated
The Addiction
(
Christopher Daniels
and
Frankie Kazarian
) and
Hiroshi Tanahashi
in a Six-man tag team match.
|
|
10
|
Dearborn
,
MI
|
Chaos
(
Beretta
,
Hirooki Goto
,
Rocky Romero
and
Will Ospreay
) defeated
Bullet Club
(
Cody
,
Hangman Page
and
Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson
) in an Eight-man tag team match.
|
|
12
|
New York
,
NY
|
Christopher Daniels
(c) defeated
Cody
and
Jay Lethal
in a three-way match to retain the
ROH World Championship
.
|
|
14
|
Philadelphia
,
PA
|
Marty Scurll
defeated
Adam Cole
in a
Philadelphia Street Fight
match.
|
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20
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WWE
:
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TakeOver: Chicago
|
Rosemont
,
IL
|
The Authors of Pain
(
Akam
and
Rezar
) (c) defeated
#DIY
(
Johnny Gargano
and
Tommaso Ciampa
) to retain the
NXT Tag Team Championship
in a
Ladder match
.
|
|
21
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WWE
:
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Backlash
|
Rosemont
,
IL
|
Jinder Mahal
defeated
Randy Orton
(c) to win the
WWE Championship
.
|
The event was also notable for
Shinsuke Nakamura
's main roster PPV debut where he defeated
Dolph Ziggler
.
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(c) ? denotes defending champion(s)
|
June
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Date
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Promotion(s)
|
Event
|
Location
|
Main Event
|
Notes
|
3
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NJPW
|
Best of the Super Juniors
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Kushida
defeated
Will Ospreay
in the tournament final to win the 2017 Best of the Super Juniors.
|
|
4
|
AAA
|
Verano de Escandalo
|
Ciudad Juarez
|
Psycho Clown
and
Dr. Wagner Jr.
defeated Nuevo Poder del Norte (
Carta Brava Jr.
and
Soul Rocker
) and Los Traidor Clowns (
Monster Clown
and
Murder Clown
) in a Six-way
Lucha de Apuestas
masks
vs.
masks
match.
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4
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WWE
:
|
Extreme Rules
|
Baltimore
,
MD
|
Samoa Joe
defeated
Roman Reigns
,
Seth Rollins
,
Finn Balor
, and
Bray Wyatt
in a
Fatal 5-Way Extreme Rules Match
to become the number one contender for the
WWE Universal Championship
at
Great Balls of Fire
.
|
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11
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NJPW
|
Dominion
|
Osaka
,
Japan
|
Kazuchika Okada
(c) and
Kenny Omega
wrestled to a time limit draw for the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
.
|
|
15
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NJPW
|
Lion's Gate Project 6
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Ayato Yoshida
and
Satoshi Kojima
defeated
Tomoyuki Oka
and
Yuji Nagata
in a Tag team match
|
|
18
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WWE
:
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Money in the Bank
|
St. Louis
,
MO
|
Baron Corbin
defeated
Shinsuke Nakamura
,
AJ Styles
,
Kevin Owens
,
Sami Zayn
, and
Dolph Ziggler
in a
Money in the Bank ladder match
for a
WWE Championship
match contract.
|
This event featured the first Women's Money in the Bank ladder match.
It also featured the return of
Maria Kanellis
, who had last performed in WWE in 2010, and the WWE debut appearance of her husband
Mike Bennett
, under new ring name
Mike Kanellis
.
|
23
|
ROH
|
Best in the World
|
Lowell
,
MA
|
Cody
defeated
Christopher Daniels
(c) to win the
ROH World Championship
.
|
|
(c) ? denotes defending champion(s)
|
July
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August
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Date
|
Promotion(s)
|
Event
|
Location
|
Main Event
|
Notes
|
13
|
NJPW
|
G1 Climax
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Tetsuya Naito
defeated
Kenny Omega
in the tournament final to win the G1 Climax
2017
.
|
|
18
|
CMLL
/
NJPW
/
RevPro
/
ROH
|
War of the Worlds UK
|
London, England, U.K.
|
Los Ingobernables de Japon
(Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito) defeated
Bullet Club
(Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)) in a
Ten-man tag team match
|
|
19
|
Cody
(c) defeated
Sanada
in a Singles match for the
ROH World Championship
|
|
20
|
Silas Young
defeated
Jay Lethal
in a
Street fight
|
|
19
|
WWE
:
|
TakeOver: Brooklyn III
|
Brooklyn
,
NY
|
Drew McIntyre
defeated
Bobby Roode
(c) to win the
NXT Championship
.
|
The event is notable for the debut of
Adam Cole
and the reunion of the team
reDRagon
(under new stable name
The Undisputed Era
) after both members
Bobby Fish
and
Kyle O'Reilly
made individual debuts on NXT TV
|
20
|
DDT
|
Ry?goku Peter Pan 2017
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Konosuke Takeshita
(c) defeated
Tetsuya Endo
to retain the
KO-D Openweight Championship
|
WWE
:
|
SummerSlam
|
Brooklyn
,
NY
|
Brock Lesnar
(c) defeated
Roman Reigns
,
Samoa Joe
, and
Braun Strowman
in a
fatal four-way match
to retain the
WWE Universal Championship
.
|
|
26
|
AAA
|
Triplemania XXV
|
Mexico City
|
Psycho Clown
defeated
Dr. Wagner Jr.
in a two-out-of-three falls
Lucha de Apuestas
, mask vs. mask match
[25]
[26]
|
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(c) ? denotes defending champion(s)
|
September
[
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Date
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Promotion(s)
|
Event
|
Location
|
Main Event
|
1?3
|
PWG
|
Battle of Los Angeles
|
Reseda, CA
|
Ricochet
defeated
Jeff Cobb
and
Keith Lee
in an elimination three-way match to win the 2017 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
|
1?3
|
Chikara
|
King of Trios
|
Wolverhampton
,
England
[27]
|
Day 1
: House Throwbacks (
Dasher Hatfield
,
Mark Angelosetti
and
Simon Grimm
) defeated House Attack (Chief Deputy Dunne, Jim Obstruction and Lee Obstruction)
Day 2
:
House Strong Style
(
Pete Dunne
,
Trent Seven
and
Tyler Bate
) defeated House Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield, Mark Angelosetti and Simon Grimm)
Day 3
: House Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) defeated House Sendai Girls (Cassandra Miyagi,
Dash Chisako
and
Meiko Satomura
)
|
10
|
NJPW
|
Destruction in Fukushima
|
Fukushima
,
Japan
|
Minoru Suzuki
(c) defeated
Michael Elgin
to retain the
NEVER Openweight Championship
.
|
12
|
WWE
|
Mae Young Classic
|
Las Vegas
,
NV
|
Kairi Sane
defeated
Shayna Baszler
in the tournament final to win the Mae Young Classic.
|
16
|
CMLL
|
CMLL 84th Anniversary Show
|
Mexico City
|
Gran Guerrero
defeated
Niebla Roja
in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match
|
16
|
NJPW
|
Destruction in Hiroshima
|
Hiroshima
,
Japan
|
Hiroshi Tanahashi
(c) defeated
Zack Sabre Jr.
to retain the
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
.
|
22
|
ROH
|
Death Before Dishonor
|
Las Vegas
,
NV
|
Cody
(c) defeated
Minoru Suzuki
to retain the
ROH World Championship
.
|
24
|
NJPW
|
Destruction in Kobe
|
Kobe
,
Japan
|
Kenny Omega
(c) defeated
Juice Robinson
to retain the
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
.
|
24
|
WWE
:
|
No Mercy
|
Los Angeles
, CA
|
Brock Lesnar
(c) defeated
Braun Strowman
to retain the
WWE Universal Championship
.
|
(c) ? denotes defending champion(s)
|
October
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Date
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Promotion(s)
|
Event
|
Location
|
Main Event
|
Notes
|
1
|
AAA
|
Heroes Inmortales XI
|
San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi
|
Pagano
defeated
El Mesias
and
Joe Lider
in a
Death Match
.
|
|
8
|
WWE
:
|
Hell in a Cell
|
Detroit
,
MI
|
Kevin Owens
defeated
Shane McMahon
in a
Hell in a Cell match
.
|
The event was also notable for
Bobby Roode
's main roster PPV debut where he defeated
Dolph Ziggler
.
|
9
|
NJPW
|
King of Pro-Wrestling
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Kazuchika Okada
(c) defeated
Evil
to retain the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
.
|
|
12
|
NJPW
|
Lion's Gate Project 8
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Yuji Nagata
defeated Daisuke Kanehira in a Singles match
|
|
12
|
ROH
NJPW
|
Global Wars
|
Buffalo
,
NY
|
The Elite
(
Kenny Omega
,
Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson
) (c) defeated
The Kingdom
(
Matt Taven
,
T. K. O'Ryan
and
Vinny Marseglia
) in a
Six-man tag team match
to retain the
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
.
|
|
13
|
Pittsburgh
,
PA
|
Luxury Trio
(
Cody
,
Kenny Omega
and
Marty Scurll
) (c) defeated
Chaos
(
Toru Yano
,
Will Ospreay
and
Yoshi-Hashi
) in a
Six-man tag team match
to retain the
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
.
|
|
14
|
Columbus
,
OH
|
The Elite
(
Kenny Omega
,
Matt Jackson e Nick Jackson
) (c) defeated Best Friends (
Beretta
and
Chuckie T.
) and
Flip Gordon
in a
Six-man tag team match
to retain the
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
|
|
15
|
Villa Park
,
IL
|
Kenny Omega
(c) defeated
Yoshi-Hashi
to retain the
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
.
|
|
14, 21
|
Impact
|
One Night Only: Collision in Oklahoma
|
Shawnee, Oklahoma
|
Lashley
vs.
Alberto El Patron
|
|
October 14
November 7
December 3
|
Impact
|
One Night Only: Canadian Clash
|
Ottawa, Ontario
,
Canada
Belleville, Michigan
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
|
James Storm
vs.
Alberto El Patron
|
|
22
|
WWE
:
|
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
|
Minneapolis
,
MN
|
Kurt Angle
,
Dean Ambrose
, and
Seth Rollins
defeated
The Miz
,
Braun Strowman
,
Kane
,
Cesaro
, and
Sheamus
in a
5-on-3 handicap
Tables, ladders, and chairs match
.
|
Kurt Angle
's first match in WWE in since 2006.
The event was also notable for
Asuka
's main roster debut where she defeated
Emma
, who was released from her WWE contract a few days later.
|
(c) ? denotes defending champion(s)
|
November
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Date
|
Promotion(s)
|
Event
|
Location
|
Main Event
|
Notes
|
5
|
NJPW
|
Power Struggle
|
Osaka
,
Japan
|
Hiroshi Tanahashi
(c) defeated
Kota Ibushi
to retain the
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
.
|
|
5
|
Impact
|
Bound for Glory
|
Ottawa
,
Canada
|
Eli Drake
(c) defeated
Johnny Impact
to retain the
Impact Global Championship
.
|
Last featured of
Gail Kim
in Impact.
|
9
|
NJPW
/
RevPro
|
Global Wars UK
|
Bethnal Green
,
United Kingdom
|
Chaos
(Hirooki Goto and Will Ospreay) defeated
Suzuki-gun
(Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) in a
Tag team match
|
|
10
|
Walthamstow, United Kingdom
|
Zack Sabre Jr
(c) defeated
Will Ospreay
in a
Singles match
for the
British Heavyweight Championship
|
16
|
NJPW
|
Lion's Gate Project 9
|
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
Satoshi Kojima
and
Yuji Nagata
defeated Daisuke Kanehira and
Yuma Aoyagi
in a Tag team match
|
|
18
|
WWE
:
|
TakeOver: WarGames
|
Houston
,
TX
|
The Undisputed Era (
Adam Cole
,
Bobby Fish
&
Kyle O'Reilly
) defeated
The Authors of Pain
(
Akam
&
Rezar
) &
Roderick Strong
and Sanity (
Eric Young
,
Alexander Wolfe
&
Killian Dain
) in a
WarGames Match
.
|
This event featured the first
WarGames match
in nearly twenty years, and the first under the WWE banner.
|
19
|
WWE
:
|
Survivor Series
|
Houston
,
TX
|
Team Raw
(
Kurt Angle
,
Braun Strowman
,
Finn Balor
,
Samoa Joe
, and
Triple H
) defeated
Team SmackDown
(
Shane McMahon
,
Shinsuke Nakamura
,
Bobby Roode
,
Randy Orton
, and
John Cena
) in a
Survivor Series match
.
Had Team Raw lost, Angle would have been fired as Raw General Manager.
|
|
25
|
WWE
:
|
Starrcade
|
Greensboro
,
NC
|
AJ Styles
defeated
Jinder Mahal
in a steel cage match to retain the
WWE Championship
|
This was the first Starrcade event in 17 years, and the first under the WWE banner. The event was not televised in any form.
|
(c) ? denotes defending champion(s)
|
December
[
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Notable events
[
edit
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Tournaments and accomplishments
[
edit
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Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)
[
edit
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All Japan Pro-Wrestling (AJPW)
[
edit
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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
[
edit
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
[
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Pro Wrestling Noah
[
edit
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Ring of Honor
[
edit
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TNA/Impact/GFW
[
edit
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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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United Kingdom Championship Tournament
|
Tyler Bate
|
January 15
|
Defeated
Pete Dunne
in the tournament final to become the inaugural
WWE United Kingdom Champion
.
|
Royal Rumble
|
Randy Orton
|
January 29
|
Winner received a championship match for their own brand's world championship at
WrestleMania 33
?either
Raw
's
Universal Championship
or
SmackDown
's
WWE Championship
; Orton from SmackDown last eliminated
Roman Reigns
to win a match for the WWE Championship, which he subsequently won from
Bray Wyatt
.
|
Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
|
Mojo Rawley
|
April 2
|
Last eliminated
Jinder Mahal
to win the Andre the Giant Memorial Trophy.
|
Money in the Bank ladder match
(Men)
|
Baron Corbin
|
June 18
|
Defeated
Dolph Ziggler
,
Kevin Owens
,
Shinsuke Nakamura
,
Sami Zayn
, and
AJ Styles
to win a
WWE Championship
match contract. Corbin cashed in his contract on champion
Jinder Mahal
on the August 15 episode of
SmackDown
, but failed to win the title due to a distraction by
John Cena
.
|
Money in the Bank ladder match
(Women)
|
Carmella
|
This was the first Women's Money in the Bank ladder match.
Defeated
Becky Lynch
,
Charlotte Flair
,
Natalya
, and
Tamina
to win a
SmackDown Women's Championship
match contract, however,
SmackDown
General Manager
Daniel Bryan
stripped Carmella of the briefcase two days after the event because of interference by Carmella's manager
James Ellsworth
, who retrieved the briefcase for Carmella and dropped it to her. A rematch was scheduled for the June 27 episode of
SmackDown Live
.
|
Money in the Bank ladder match
(Women)
|
Carmella
|
June 27
|
Defeated
Becky Lynch
,
Charlotte Flair
,
Natalya
, and
Tamina
to definitively win a
SmackDown Women's Championship
match contract.
This was the first Money in the Bank ladder match to not air on pay-per-view, and subsequently the first to take place on
SmackDown
.
Carmella cashed in the contract and defeated Charlotte Flair to win the title on the April 10, 2018 episode of
SmackDown
.
|
Mae Young Classic
|
Kairi Sane
|
September 12
|
Defeated
Shayna Baszler
in the tournament final to win the Mae Young Classic Trophy and a match for the vacant
NXT Women's Championship
at
TakeOver: WarGames
, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
|
Title changes
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edit
]
TNA/Impact/GFW
[
edit
]
NJPW
[
edit
]
The Crash Lucha Libre
[
edit
]
|
Incoming champion ? Black Danger
[44]
|
Date
|
Winner
|
Event/Show
|
Note(s)
|
January 21
|
Arkangel Divino
|
The Crash show
|
[45]
|
December 25
|
Black Boy
|
Team 19/27 show
|
[46]
|
-
?
Raw
-
?
SmackDown
-
?
NXT
Raw and SmackDown
[
edit
]
Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship. Raw also had a championship for their
cruiserweight wrestlers
.
Awards and honors
[
edit
]
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
[
edit
]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
[
edit
]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
[
edit
]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
[
edit
]
WWE Hall of Fame
[
edit
]
NXT Year-End Awards
[
edit
]
The award winners were announced on
NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia
on January 27, 2018.
[54]
Debuts
[
edit
]
Retirements
[
edit
]
- Kyoko Kimura
(July 20, 2003 ? January 22, 2017)
- Rosa Mendes
(November 2006 ? February 13, 2017)
[55]
- Kellie Skater
(2007 ? February 25, 2017)
- Barry Darsow
(1983-2001, 2007-2017)
- Sachie Abe
(May 2, 1996 ? April 2, 2017)
- Akebono Tar?
(March 31, 2005 - April 11, 2017)
- Ricardo Rodriguez
(August 11, 2006 ? May 5, 2017)
- Shelly Martinez
(December 2000 ? May 17, 2017)
- Tyson Kidd
(July 23, 1995 ? June 29, 2017)
- Velvet Sky
(2003 ? July 6, 2017) (return in
ROH
in 2019)
- Bob Armstrong
(1960 ? July 13, 2017) (returned for a match in 2019)
- Mark Henry
(September 20, 1996 ? August 2, 2017)
- Eva Marie
(July 1, 2013 ? August 4, 2017) (return in
WWE
in 2021)
- Sid Eudy
(1987 ? August 5, 2017)
- Bill Eadie
(December 15, 1972-August 12, 2017)
- Big Van Vader
(1985-August 26, 2017)
- Danny Havoc
(July 30, 2005-September 9, 2017) (returned to wrestling in 2019 until his death in 2020)
- Terry Funk
(1965-September 23, 2017)
- Atsushi Onita
(April 14, 1974 ? October 31, 2017)
- Manami Toyota
(August 5, 1987 ? November 3, 2017)
- Candice Michelle
(November 15, 2004 ? December 2, 2017)
[56]
(full retirement, through full inactive since 2009)
- Dai Suzuki
(November 28, 2014 ? December 13, 2017)
- Great Kabuki
(October 31, 1964 ? December 22, 2017)
[57]
Deaths
[
edit
]
- January 9 ?
Timothy Well
, 55
[58]
- January 15 ?
Jimmy Snuka
, 73
[59]
- January 25 ?
Jun Izumida
, 51
[60]
- February 2 ?
Tom Drake
, 86
[61]
- February 10 ?
Bob Sweetan
, 76
[62]
- February 11 ?
Chavo Guerrero Sr.
, 68
[63]
- February 16 ?
George Steele
, 79
[64]
- February 17 ?
Nicole Bass
, 52
[65]
- February 18 ?
Ivan Koloff
, 74
[66]
- February 21 ?
Bruiser Bedlam
, 53
[67]
- March 7 ?
Ron Bass
, 68
[68]
- March 13 ?
Dennis Stamp
, 70
[69]
- April 8
- April 10 ?
Larry Sharpe
, 65
[72]
- April 17 ?
Rosey
, 47
[73]
- April 20-
Katsuji Ueda
, 71
- April 28 ?
Brazo de Oro
, 57
[74]
- May 7 ?
Gran Apache
, 58
[75]
- May 16 ?
Doug Somers
, 65
[76]
- June 8 -
Ron Starr
, 66
- June 17 ?
Buddy Wayne
, 50
- June 23 ?
Mr. Pogo
, 66
[77]
- July 2 ?
Smith Hart
, 68
[78]
- July 3 ?
Joe Robinson
, 90
[79]
- July 6 ?
Diane Von Hoffman
, 55
[80]
- July 11 ?
Buddy Wolfe
, 76
[81]
- August 16 -
Don Nakaya Nielsen
, 58
[82]
- September 14 ?
Otto Wanz
, 74
[83]
- September 17
- October 3 ?
Lance Russell
, 91
[86]
- October 15 ?
Burrhead Jones
, 80
[87]
[88]
- October 20 ?
Stan Kowalski
, 91
[89]
[90]
- November 8:
- December 9 ?
Tom Zenk
, 59
[91]
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