2026 in professional wrestling

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

List of promotions

These promotions are holding events throughout 2026.

Promotion name	Abbreviation	Notes
AAW Wrestling	AAW	The "AAW" abbreviation has been used since 2007 and previously stood for the promotion's original name, All American Wrestling.
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. Owned by WWE since April 2025.
Major League Wrestling	MLW
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling	MLP	Relaunch of the former Maple Leaf Wrestling, acquired 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 four 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 and Evolve serve as their developmental territories. WWE ID is another developmental program for wrestlers on the independent circuit.

Calendar of notable shows

January

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main event	Notes
1	CF: Noah	The New Year	Tokyo, Japan	Nippon Budokan	Yoshiki Inamura (c) defeated Ozawa to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
2	CMLL	Sin Salida	Mexico City, Mexico	Arena Mexico	Robin lost his mask in a 16-way Steel Cage match against Astral, Blue Shark, Calavera Jr. I, Calavera Jr. II, Cancerbero, Diamond, El Coyote, El Vigia, Electrico, Espíritu Negro, Oro Jr., Pólvora, Rey Cometa, Sangre Imperial, and Virus
3	Marigold	First Dream	Tokyo, Japan	Ota City General Gymnasium	Miku Aono (c) defeated Mai Sakurai to retain the Marigold World Championship
	GCW	One Night Only	Berwyn, Illinois	Berwyn Eagles Club	Matt Tremont and Dysfunction defeated VNDL48 (Otis Cogar and Christian Napier) in a Deathmatch
	Stardom	New Year Dream	Tokyo, Japan	Shinjuku Face	02line (AZM and Miyu Amasaki) defeated FWC (Hazuki and Koguma) and T-Hearts (Sareee and Miku Kanae) to become the #1 contenders to the Goddesses of Stardom Championship
	Stardom	New Year Dream	Tokyo, Japan	Shinjuku Face	God's Eye (Lady C, Tomoka Inaba, and Hina) defeated Cosmic Angels (Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura and Sayaka Kurara)
4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 20	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi	Featured Hiroshi Tanahashi's retirement match, the professional wrestling debut of former judoka Olympic gold medalist Aaron Wolf, and the NJPW returns of Andrade El Ídolo, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jay White, Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Katsuyori Shibata, Keiji Mutoh, Tatsumi Fujinami, Tetsuya Naito, and Bushi.
5	NJPW	New Year Dash!!	Tokyo, Japan	Nippon Budokan	Knock Out Brothers (Oskar and Yuto-Ice) (c) defeated TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship
5	WWE: Raw	Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show	Brooklyn, New York	Barclays Center	CM Punk (c) defeated Bron Breakker to retain the World Heavyweight Championship	Celebration of the 1 year anniversary of Raw's premiere on Netflix.
6	WWE: NXT	New Year's Evil	Orlando, Florida	WWE Performance Center	Oba Femi (c) defeated Leon Slater to retain the NXT Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
11	CF: Noah	Legacy Rise	Tokyo, Japan	Korakuen Hall	Yoshiki Inamura (c) defeated Masa Kitamiya to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
14	AEW	Maximum Carnage	Phoenix, Arizona	Arizona Financial Theatre	MJF (c) defeated Bandido to retain the AEW World Championship	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
14	AEW	Maximum Carnage	Phoenix, Arizona	Arizona Financial Theatre	Jet Set Rodeo ("Hangman" Adam Page, "Speedball" Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight) defeated The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata) (c) to win the AEW World Trios Championship	Aired on tape delay on January 17 as a special episode of Collision.4 Featured the final AEW match of Powerhouse Hobbs.
15	TNA	Thursday Night Impact! premiere on AMC	Garland, Texas	Curtis Culwell Center	Mike Santana defeated Frankie Kazarian (c) to win the TNA World Championship	First episode of Impact! on AMC Network and AMC+. Featured the TNA debut of Daria Rae and the TNA returns of Dixie Carter and Elayna Black.
17	TNA	Genesis	Garland, Texas	Curtis Culwell Center	Mike Santana (c) defeated Frankie Kazarian in a Texas Deathmatch with Nic Nemeth as the special guest referee to retain the TNA World Championship	Featured JDC's retirement match.
17	GCW	Code of the Streets	Dallas, Texas	Gilley's Dallas	Otis Cogar defeated Matt Tremont (c) in a deathmatch to win the GCW Ultraviolent Championship
18	GCW	Crime Wave	Wichita, Kansas	Wave	Atticus Cogar (c) defeated Priscilla Kelly to retain the GCW World Championship
18	NJPW	Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~	Sakura, Japan	Sakura Civic Gymnasium	Yuji Nagata, Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, and Boltin Oleg defeated House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, and Dick Togo)
24	Marigold	New Year's Golden Garden	Tokyo, Japan	Korakuen Hall	Mayu Iwatani (c) defeated Utami Hayashishita to retain the GHC Women's Championship	Featured Mayu Iwatani's 15th debut anniversary
24	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Saturday Night's Main Event XLIII	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Bell Centre	Sami Zayn defeated Randy Orton, Trick Williams, and Damian Priest to become the #1 contender to the Undisputed WWE Championship	First Saturday Night's Main Event in Canada since 2007.
25	Progress	Chapter 189: In Darkest Night	London, England	Electric Ballroom	Alexxis Falcon defeated Rayne Leverkusen (c) to win the Progress World Women's Championship
29	MLW	Battle Riot VIII	Kissimmee, Florida	Osceola Heritage Park Events Center	Killer Kross last eliminated Alex Hammerstone and Matt Riddle in the 40-man Battle Riot match to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship	Aired on tape delay on February 5.
31	GCW	Crushed Up	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Harrah's Philadelphia	Slade and BearDozer (Matt Tremont and Bear Bronson) defeated VNDL48 (Atticus Cogar, Otis Cogar, and Christian Napier)
	ROH MPx	ROH x Metroplex Global Wars	Arlington, Texas	Esports Arena Arlington	Deonna Purrazzo, Hyan, and Maya World defeated M.I.T (Athena, Billie Starkz, and Diamanté)	Aired on tape delay on February 5.
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Royal Rumble	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Riyadh Season Stadium at King Abdullah Financial District	Roman Reigns last eliminated Gunther in the 30-man Royal Rumble match to earn a World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 42	First Royal Rumble held outside of North America. Featured the WWE return of Brie Bella, the final match of AJ Styles, and the WWE debut of Royce Keys.
(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	Sakurara (Aya Sakura and Sayaka Kurara) (c) defeated Yuna Mizumori and Anne Kanaya to retain the New Blood Tag Team Championship
4	Stardom	New Blood 29	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Square in Itabashi	Hanako defeated Akira Kurogane
5	REVOLVER	Kross Hour	Dayton, Ohio	Calumet Center At Montgomery County Fairgrounds	Killer Kross (c) defeated Bear Bronson to retain the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
6	GCW	Jersey J-Cup	Jersey City, New Jersey	White Eagle Hall	1 Called Manders defeated Mad Dog Connelly in a Steel Cage match
7	GCW	Jersey J-Cup	Jersey City, New Jersey	White Eagle Hall	Charles Mason defeated Billie Starkz (c) in the Jersey J-Cup final to win the JCW World Championship
	GWF	Global Warning	Berlin, Germany	Festsaal Kruezberg	Andrade El Ídolo defeated Rambo (c) to win the GWF World Championship
	Stardom	Supreme Fight	Osaka, Japan	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Saya Kamitani (c) defeated Starlight Kid to retain the World of Stardom Championship
11	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka, Japan	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Yota Tsuji (c) defeated Jake Lee to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	Featured the final NJPW match of Hiromu Takahashi.
13	TNA	No Surrender	Nashville, Tennessee	The Pinnacle	Mike Santana and Leon Slater defeated Nic Nemeth and Eddie Edwards	Featured the return of Mickie James.
14	AEW	Grand Slam Australia	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Qudos Bank Arena	MJF (c) defeated Brody King to retain the AEW World Championship
14	GCW	The Coldest Winter 4	Los Angeles, California	Ukrainian Culture Center	Otis Cogar (c) defeated Ciclope to retain the GCW Ultraviolent Championship
15	GCW	Holy Smokes	Mesa, Arizona	Nile Theater	Atticus Cogar (c) defeated Sam Stackhouse to retain the GCW World Championship
15	Progress	Chapter 190: In Brightest Day	London, England	Electric Ballroom	Alexxis Falcon (c) defeated Rhio to retain the Progress World Women's Championship
20	Progress	Chapter 191: For The Love Of Progress 4	Manchester, England	Bowlers BEC Arena	Man Like DeReiss, Simon Miller, and Charles Crowley defeated Bullit, Jack Morris, and Saxon Huxley
	HOG	No Turning Back	New York City, New York	NYC Arena	MJF (c) defeated Zilla Fatu to retain the AEW World Championship
	Prestige	Roseland XIII: The End	Portland, Oregon	Roseland Theater	Judas Icarus defeated Kevin Blackwood (c) to win the Prestige World Championship	Final ever Prestige Wrestling event. Featured the final match of Kevin Blackwood.
27	NJPW	The New Beginning USA	Trenton, New Jersey	CURE Insurance Arena	Yota Tsuji (c) defeated Andrade El Ídolo to retain the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship	First The New Beginning USA event since 2022. Featured David Finlay's final NJPW match.
27	GCW	What's My Name?	Rochester, New York	Water Street Music Hall	Atticus Cogar (c) defeated Cheech to retain the GCW World Championship
28	GCW	Baller Blockin'	Hartford, Connecticut	Webster Theater	Otis Cogar (c) vs. Matt Tremont for the GCW Ultraviolent Championship ended in a no contest
28	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Elimination Chamber	Chicago, Illinois	United Center	Randy Orton defeated LA Knight, Cody Rhodes, Je'Von Evans, Trick Williams, and Logan Paul in the Men's Elimination Chamber match to earn an Undisputed WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 42	First televised WWE event in the United Center in 32 years.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main event	Notes
1	GWF	Chaos City	Berlin, Germany	Festaal Kruezberg	Rambo defeated Metehan, Axel Tischer, Trent Seven, and Robert Dreissker in a Chaos Key match
6	NJPW	NJPW 54th Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	Ota City General Gymnasium	Douki (c) defeated Master Wato to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
6	GCW	They Said It Couldn't Be Done (in Kentucky)	Louisville, Kentucky	Bourbon Hall	Otis Cogar (c) defeated Reed Bentley to retain the GCW Ultraviolent Championship
7	GCW	So Alive	Columbus, Ohio	Valley Dale Ballroom	VNDL48 (Atticus Cogar, Otis Cogar, and Christian Napier) defeated The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner, AJ Gray, and Matthew Justice)
7	WWE: NXT	Vengeance Day	Orlando, Florida	WWE Performance Center	Joe Hendry (c) defeated Ricky Saints to retain the NXT Championship
8	CF: Noah	Apex Conquest	Yokohama, Japan	Yokohama Budokan	Yoshiki Inamura (c) defeated Kenoh to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	GCW	Ransom	Chicago, Illinois	Thalia Hall	VNDL48 (Otis Cogar and Christian Napier) defeated Shotzi Blackheart and Vipress in a Deathmatch
	EVE	EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom VIII	London, England	Indigo at The O2	Session Moth Martina defeated Rhio (c) to win the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship
14	AAA	Rey de Reyes (Part 1)	Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico	Auditorio GNP Seguros	Dominik Mysterio (c) defeated El Hijo del Vikingo in a Leave AAA vs. Last Chance No Disqualification match to retain the AAA Mega Championship	Aired as a special episode of Lucha Libre AAA.
14	GCW	Ashes to Ashes	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Showboat Atlantic City	Otis Cogar (c) defeated Conor Claxton to retain the GCW Ultraviolent Championship
15	GCW	So Much Fun	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Showboat Atlantic City	Matt Tremont defeated Christian Napier in a Career vs. Title Shot Atlantic City Street Fight to earn a GCW Ultraviolent Championship match
	AEW	Revolution	Los Angeles, California	Crypto.com Arena	MJF (c) defeated "Hangman" Adam Page in a Last Chance Texas Deathmatch to retain the AEW World Championship	Featured the returns of Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, and Will Ospreay, and an appearance by Ronda Rousey.
	Stardom	Cinderella Tournament (Final)	Yokohama, Japan	Yokohama Budokan	Cosmic Angels (Sayaka Kurara and Natsupoi) defeated H.A.T.E. (Saya Kamitani and Konami)
21	RevPro	High Stakes	Wolverhampton, England	The Hangar	Alexxis Falcon defeated Mercedes Moné (c) in a Winner Takes All match to win the the Bodyslam Scandinavian Championship and Discovery Scottish Women's Championship
21	NJPW	New Japan Cup (Final)	Nagaoka, Japan	City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka	Callum Newman defeated Yuya Uemura in the New Japan Cup final
22	CF: DDT	Judgement	Tokyo, Japan	Korakuen Hall	Yuki Ueno (c) defeated Kanon to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship
27	TNA	Sacrifice	Westwego, Louisiana	Alario Center	Mike Santana (c) vs. Steve Maclin for the TNA World Championship
27	ROH MLP	Global Wars Canada	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	St. Clair College
28	MLP	Uprising	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	St. Clair College
29	Progress	Chapter 192: Cause & Effect	London, England	Electric Ballroom
31	WWE: NXT	Roadblock	New York City, New York	Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden		Airing as a special episode of NXT.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main event	Notes
3	GCW	Last Call	Las Vegas, Nevada	FSW Arena
4	GCW	Maniac	Los Angeles, California	Ukrainian Culture Center
	NJPW	Sakura Genesis	Tokyo, Japan	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
	NWA	Crockett Cup	Forney, Texas	OC Theater
	WWE: NXT	Stand & Deliver	Chesterfield, Missouri	The Factory at The District	Joe Hendry (c) vs. Ricky Saints vs. Ethan Page vs. Tony D'Angelo for the NXT Championship	First Stand & Deliver not to be held during WrestleMania week.
11	TNA	Rebellion	Cleveland, Ohio	Wolstein Center
12	AEW	Dynasty	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Rogers Arena
	CMLL MLW NJPW	Fantastica Mania USA	Charleston, South Carolina	Festival Hall
	RevPro	Epic Encounter	Cardiff, Wales	Vale Arena
15	Poder~!	PoderMania!~	Paradise, Nevada	Horseshoe Las Vegas
	DGUSA	The Gate of Sin City
	Hybrid PWU	Midnight Xpress
16	CF: TJPW	Live in Las Vegas		Pearl Concert Theater
	CMLL
	HOG	Culture Clash
	Progress	Chapter 193: Progress Las Vegas II		Horseshoe Las Vegas
	Independent	Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow
	NJPW	Death Vegas Invitacional
	GCW	MDK Fight Club
17		Gringo Loco's The Wrld on Lucha
		Josh Barnett's Bloodsport XV
		Joey Janela's Spring Break 10			The Sandman vs. The Invisible Man	Featuring The Sandman's retirement match.
	JCW	Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence
	Stardom	American Dream		Pearl Concert Theater
	MLP	Multiverse		Pearl Concert Theater
18	GCW	Effy's Big Gay Brunch 11		Horseshoe Las Vegas
	GCW	Joey Janela's Spring Break: The Immortal Clusterfuck		Horseshoe Las Vegas	Joey Janela vs. Brodie Lee Jr.
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 42		Allegiant Stadium	Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Championship
19	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 42		Allegiant Stadium	CM Punk (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship
19	GWF	Mystery Mayhem	Berlin, Germany	Festsaal Kreuzberg
25	NJPW	Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiroshima Sun Plaza
26	Stardom	All Star Grand Queendom	Yokohama, Japan	Yokohama Arena	Saya Kamitani (c) vs. Sayaka Kurara for the World of Stardom Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Notes
1	GCW	Express Lane	Joppa, Maryland	RJ Meyer Arena
2	GCW	One Night Only	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2300 Arena
3	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku Night 1	Fukuoka, Japan	Fukuoka Kokusai Center
3	Progress	Super Strong Style 16 Night 1	London, England	Electric Ballroom
4	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku Night 2	Fukuoka, Japan	Fukuoka Kokusai Center
4	Progress	Super Strong Style 16 Night 2	London, England	Electric Ballroom
9	MLW		Chattanooga, Tennessee	The Signal
9	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Backlash	Tampa, Florida	Benchmark International Arena
15	GCW		Detroit, Michigan	Harpos Concert Theatre
16		Gateway to The Death 3	Sauget, Illinois	Pop's Nightclub
17			West Des Moines, Iowa	Val Air Ballroom
23	GCW BZW	Now or Never	Bapaume, France	Espace Isabelle de Hainaut
23	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	First televised WWE event in Fort Wayne since 2014.
24	GCW SAJ		Milan, Italy	Centro Sport Cesale
24	AEW	Double or Nothing	Queens, New York	Louis Armstrong Stadium
30	AAA	Noche de Los Grandes	Monterrey, Mexico	Arena Monterrey	Featuring the Lucha Libre World Cup.
31	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Clash in Italy	Turin, Italy	Inalpi Arena	First WWE PLE to take place in Italy.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main event
6	GCW	Tournament of Survival 11	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Showboat Atlantic City
7	GCW	Cage of Survival 5	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Showboat Atlantic City
	NJPW	Best of the Super Juniors 33 (Final)	Tokyo, Japan	Ota City General Gymnasium	TBD vs. TBD in the Best of the Super Juniors final
	Progress	Chapter 195: Wonderbrawl II	Manchester, England	O2 Ritz
11	MLW		Queens, New York	Melrose Ballroom
12		Summer of the Beasts	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2300 Arena
13			Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2300 Arena
14	NJPW	Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Osaka-jō Hall
18	GCW		Wildwood, New Jersey	Mudhen Brewery
20	GCW		Berwyn, Illinois	Berwyn Eagles Club
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Notes
11	NJPW	G1 Climax 36 Night 1	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	Now Arena	First G1 Climax show to be held in the U.S. since 2019.
26	Progress		London, England	Electric Ballroom
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main event
1	WWE: Raw SmackDown	SummerSlam	Minneapolis, Minnesota	U.S. Bank Stadium
2	WWE: Raw SmackDown	SummerSlam	Minneapolis, Minnesota	U.S. Bank Stadium
16	NJPW	G1 Climax 36 (Final)	Tokyo, Japan	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	TBD vs. TBD in the G1 Climax 36 final
29	RevPro	RevPro 14th Anniversary Show	London, England	OVO Arena
30	AEW	All In		Wembley Stadium
31	Progress			Electric Ballroom
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Notes
6	WWE: Raw SmackDown	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.
27	Progress		London, England	Electric Ballroom
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

October

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue
17	RevPro CMLL	Fantastica Mania UK	Wolverhampton, England	The Hangar
25	Progress		London, England	Electric Ballroom
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

November

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue
7	MLW CMLL	Azteca Lucha	Cicero, Illinois	Cicero Stadium
29	Progress		London, England	Electric Ballroom
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

December

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main event	Notes
30	Progress		London, England	Electric Ballroom
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

January 1 –
- In the United States, the majority of WWE's archival content on Peacock was moved to Netflix, with Peacock maintaining NXT's livestreaming events until March 15 and the Saturday Night's Main Event specials and the WWE SmackDown archive until at least 2029.
- Many of the select few countries that were still on the WWE Network in 2025 transitioned to Netflix, with only Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland still on the WWE Network until April 1, while Sub-Saharan Africa and Japan remain on SuperSport and Abema, respectively.
January 2 – WWE SmackDown returned to three hours after airing for two hours since July 4, 2025.
January 4 –
- At New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 20, IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji defeated IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita in a Winner Takes All match. Subsequently, Tsuji reintroduced the IWGP Heavyweight Championship—which had been retired in 2021 and succeeded by the World Heavyweight—to replace the World Heavyweight, retroactively merging the lineages of both titles as one, with all former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions recognized as former IWGP Heavyweight Champions. The IWGP Intercontinental Championship history—which had been unified with the Heavyweight in 2021 and also retired to create the World Heavyweight—would also later be amended with all former World Heavyweight Champions also recognized as former Intercontinental Champions with Tsuji recognized as its final holder.
- Also at Wrestle Kingdom 20, Hiroshi Tanahashi lost to Kazuchika Okada, ending his 25-year professional wrestling career.
January 6 – Backstage during New Japan Pro-Wrestling's New Year Dash, Yota Tsuji announced that Bullet Club would be dissolved going forward, marking the end of the stable after 12 years.
January 8 – WWE Main Event premiered on YouTube in the United States, after streaming on Peacock since 2021.
January 15 – TNA iMPACT! premiered on AMC and AMC+, after airing on AXS TV since October 2019, TNA+ since January 2024, and New England Sports Network since January 2025.
January 31 – At WWE's Royal Rumble, AJ Styles lost to Gunther via technical submission, ending his 27-year professional wrestling career.
March 9 – Outside of the United States and Canada, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), in partnership with Kiswe, launched MyAEW, an over-the-top streaming service and digital television network, hosting all episodes of AEW's programs and all pay-per-view (PPV) events, live and on-demand, as well as hosting the archive for all prior programs and PPVs.
March 15 – NXT's livestreaming events were removed from Peacock following the expiration of that portion of WWE's contract with NBCUniversal, with NXT's livestreaming events subsequently going to YouTube.
April 1 – The standalone WWE Network will permanently shutdown in its last remaining countries—Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland—which will transition to Netflix, bringing a complete end to the service after 12 years.

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Rey de Reyes	El Grande Americano	March 14	Defeated La Parka, "The Original" El Grande Americano, and Santos Escobar in the final to earn the Rey de Reyes Sword and a AAA Mega Championship match. He will challenge Dominik Mysterio for the title at a later date.
Lucha Libre World Cup	TBD	May 30	Multi-team single-elimination tournament

AAW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Chi-Town Rumble	Joe Alonzo	February 21 (aired February 26)	Last eliminated Gringo Loco to win.

AEW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Blackjack Battle Royal	Jack Perry	March 15	Last eliminated AEW National Champion Ricochet to win the title.
Owen Hart Cup (Women)	TBD	May 24	Eight-woman single-elimination tournament for the Owen Hart Cup Trophy, Championship, and an AEW World Women's Championship match at All In.
Owen Hart Cup (Men)	TBD	May 24	Eight-man single-elimination tournament for the Owen Hart Cup Trophy, Championship, and an AEW World Championship match at All In.
Continental Classic	TBD	TBA	Twelve-man round-robin tournament for the AEW Continental Championship.

AJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Zennichi Jr. Tag Team Festival	Ryo Inoue and Mochizuki Jr. or Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising Hayato	March 20	Eight-team single-elimination tournament.
Champion Carnival	TBD	May 17	Sixteen-man round-robin tournament for a future Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship match.

Basara

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Universe Cup	TBD	April 6	Eight-man single-elimination tournament involving promotions under Wrestle Universe.

CF

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Universe Cup	TBD	April 6	Eight-man single-elimination tournament involving promotions under Wrestle Universe.

DDT

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Imaike Rumble	Naomi Yoshimura	February 7	Last eliminated Yoshihiko to win.
D Generations Cup	Kazuma Sumi	February 22	Defeated Takeshi Masada in the final to earn a DDT Universal Championship match. He will challenge Daisuke Sasaki for the title at Judgement.

Noah

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Magic Rumble	Titus Alexander	February 2	Last eliminated Archie Cole to win.
Jr. Tag League	Dragon Bane and Alejandro	March 1	Defeated Team 2000X (Alpha Wolf and Kai Fujimura) in the final to earn a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. They defeated Los Intocables (Daga and Daiki Odashima) to win the titles at Apex Conquest.

TJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
"Futari wa Princess" Max Heart Tournament	Ober Eats (Wakana Uehara and Yuki Kamifuku)	February 13	Defeated Mizuki and Uta Takami in the final to win. Ober Eats became the first team to win the tournament while holding the Princess Tag Team Championship.

CMLL

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Reyes del Aire	Flip Gordon	February 3	Last eliminated Yutani in a torneo cibernetico to win the tournament.
Fantastica Mania Tag Team Tournament	El Sky Team (Místico and Máscara Dorada)	February 24	Defeated Averno and Magnus in the final to win.
Torneo de Escuelas	Escuela Magia Blanca (Tornado and Rey Pegasus)	February 27	Defeated Escuela Querétaro (Pantera Jr. and Psycotic) and Escuela Último Guerrero (Estudiante Jr. and Feroz) in the final to win.
Copa Irma González	Magnifica	March 6	Defeated Princesa Sugehit and Marcela to win the Irma González Cup Trophy.

DG

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Open the Dream Gate Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Kai	March 13	Last eliminated Madoka Kikuta to earn an Open the Dream Gate Championship match.

EVE

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
SHE-1	Session Moth Martina	January 9	Defeated Anita Vaughn in the final to earn a Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship match. She defeated Rhio to win the title, which was renamed the Pro-Wrestling: EVE World Championship, at EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom VIII.
Multiverse Rumble	Alexxis Falcon	February 6	Cosplayed as Mr. Bean; last eliminated Session Moth Martina, cosplaying as Will Ospreay, to win.
Sudden Death 16	Alexxis Falcon	March 8	Pinned Charlie Morgan to earn a championship opportunity of her choice.

Freedoms

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship Next Challenger Tournament	Daiju Wakamatsu and Takashi Sasaki	March 11	Defeated Kyu Mogami and Hyakuroku in the final to earn a future King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship match.

GanPro

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Universe Cup	TBD	April 6	Eight-man single-elimination tournament involving promotions under Wrestle Universe.

GCW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Jersey J-Cup	Charles Mason	February 7	Defeated JCW World Champion Billie Starkz in the final to win the title.

GWF

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
World Cup	TBD	May 9	Single-elimination tournament for a future GWF World Championship match.

IWRG

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
El Protector	Aguila Oriental and Hell Boy	February 22	Last eliminated Chessman and Principe in a torneo cibernetico to win.

JTO

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
JTO Girls Tournament	Big Haruka	February 14	Defeated Mizuha in the final to win.
JTO Tournament	Ibuki	February 15	Defeated Bomber Tatsuya in the final to win.

M-Pro

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Universe Cup	TBD	April 6	Eight-man single-elimination tournament involving promotions under Wrestle Universe.

Marigold

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Marigold 3D Trios Championship Tournament	Mai Sakurai, Natsumi Showzuki, and Erina Yamanaka	February 23	Defeated Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui, Nagisa Nozaki, and Rea Seto) in the final to become the inaugural Marigold 3D Trios Champions.

MLW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Battle Riot	Killer Kross	January 29 (aired February 5)	Last eliminated Alex Hammerstone and Matt Riddle to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship. The title was previously held by Mads Krule Krügger.

NJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Tornado Ranbo	TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, and Zack Sabre Jr.)	January 4	Last eliminated Boltin Oleg and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. The titles were previously held by Toru Yano and Spiritech (Master Wato and Yoh).
Young Lion Cup	Katsuya Murashima	February 1	Defeated Shoma Kato in the final to win.
Fantastica Mania Tag Team Tournament	El Sky Team (Místico and Máscara Dorada)	February 24	Defeated Averno and Magnus in the final to win.
New Japan Cup	Callum Newman	March 21	Defeated Yuya Uemura in the final to earn an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at Sakura Genesis. He unsuccessfully challenged Yota Tsuji for the title at the event.
Best of the Super Juniors	TBD	June 7	Multi-man round-robin tournament for an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match at Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jo Hall.
G1 Climax	TBD	August 16	Multi-man round-robin tournament for an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match.
Super Junior Tag League	TBD	TBD	Multi-team round-robin tournament for an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 21.
World Tag League	TBD	TBD	Multi-team round-robin tournament for an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 21.

NWA

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Crockett Cup	TBD	April 4	Sixteen-team single-elimination tournament for the Crockett Cup Trophy and a future NWA World Tag Team Championship match.

Osaka Pro

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Osaka Tag Festival	VerteX (Suzaku and Tiiida)	February 23 (aired February 25)	Defeated Rogue Nation (Toru and Yasutaka Oosera) in the final to earn an Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship match. They challenged Aran Sano and Tigers Mask for the titles at Bushi-Do but were unsuccessful.

OVW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Nightmare Rumble (Women)	Lovely Miss Larkan	January 11	Last eliminated "HollyHood" Haley J to earn the Key of Opportunity for a championship match at the time and place of her choosing.
Nightmare Rumble (Men)	Tony Evans	January 11	Last eliminated Kash Daniel to earn the Key of Opportunity for a championship match at the time and place of his choosing. He invoked his opportunity to win the OVW United States Heavyweight Championship from Dr. Zo on the February 5 episode of OVW TV.
OVW Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Los Desafios (Jota Peso and Maximo Suave)	February 12	Defeated Z Force (Super Z and Dayami) in the final to earn an OVW Tag Team Championship match. They defeated Donovan Cecil and Jack Vaughn at Tough Love to win the titles.

Oz Academy

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Magiten Tournament	Hiroyo Matsumoto	January 4	Defeated Kakeru in the final to earn an Oz Academy Openweight Championship match on February 8. She defeated Saori Anou for the title at the event.
Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship Tournament	Ryo Mizunami, Rina Yamashita, or Rin	TBD	Nine-woman single-elimination tournament for the vacant Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship.

Progress

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Super Strong Style 16 (Women)	TBD	May 3	Sixteen-woman single-elimination tournament for a future Progress World Women's Championship match.
Super Strong Style 16 (Men)	TBD	May 4	Sixteen-man single-elimination tournament for a future Progress World Championship match.

Seadlinning

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Seadlinning Saikyo Tournament	Hiroyo Matsumoto (c) or Ayame Sasamura	April 17	Eight-woman single-elimination tournament for Matsumoto's Beyond the Sea Single Championship.

Stardom

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Cinderella Tournament	Hanan	March 15	Defeated Rina in the final to earn a "wish" of her desire.

Tenryu Project

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Mixed Tag Team 1 Day Tournament	Hikaru Sato and Ayame Sasamura	April 17	Defeated Yusuke Kodama and Kaho Kobayashi in the final to win.

TNA

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Feast or Fired	Eric Young, Steve Maclin, Trey Miguel, and Eddie Edwards	January 22	Each won a briefcase for a future title opportunity or a pink slip. The contents of the cases were revealed the following week: Young (Case 1 – TNA X Division Championship) – Young will challenge Leon Slater for the title at Sacrifice. Maclin (Case 2 – Pink Slip) – Maclin was fired in kayfabe. He was later reinstated on the March 5 live episode of Thursday Night Impact! Edwards (Case 3 – TNA World Championship) Miguel (Case 4 – TNA International Championship) – Miguel defeated Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo to win the title at No Surrender.
TNA Knockouts World Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Jody Threat	February 13	Last eliminated Tessa Blanchard to earn a TNA Knockouts World Championship match. She challenged Arianna Grace for the title on the March 5 live episode of Thursday Night Impact! but was unsuccessful.

Wave Pro

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Wave Single Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Kaho Kobayashi	January 25	Defeated Sumire Natsu in the final to earn a Wave Single Championship match. She challenged Itsuki Aoki for the title at Valentine Wave but was unsuccessful.

WWE

Raw and SmackDown

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Undisputed WWE Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Sami Zayn	January 24	Defeated Randy Orton, Trick Williams, and Damian Priest in the final to earn an Undisputed WWE Championship match at Royal Rumble. He challenged Drew McIntyre for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Royal Rumble match (Women)	Liv Morgan	January 31	Last eliminated Tiffany Stratton to earn a women's world championship match of her choice at WrestleMania 42. Morgan from Raw chose to challenge for her own brand's Women's World Championship, held by Stephanie Vaquer.
Royal Rumble match (Men)	Roman Reigns	January 31	Last eliminated Gunther to earn a men's world championship match of his choice at WrestleMania 42. Reigns won as a SmackDown wrestler but chose to challenge for Raw's World Heavyweight Championship, held by CM Punk.
Elimination Chamber (Women)	Rhea Ripley	February 28	Defeated Alexa Bliss, Kiana James, Asuka, Raquel Rodriguez, and Tiffany Stratton, who she last eliminated, as a Raw wrestler to challenge for SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 42. She will challenge Jade Cargill for the title at the event
Elimination Chamber (Men)	Randy Orton	February 28	Defeated Je'Von Evans, LA Knight, Trick Williams, Logan Paul, and Cody Rhodes, who he last eliminated, as a SmackDown wrestler to challenge for his own brand's Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 42. He will challenge Cody Rhodes for the title at the event.
WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tag Team Turmoil match	Damian Priest and R-Truth	March 6	Last eliminated Los Garza (Angel and Berto) to earn a WWE Tag Team Championship match. They will challenge The MFTs (Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga) for the titles on the March 20 episode of SmackDown.
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender's Gauntlet match	Bayley	March 9	Last eliminated Asuka to earn a WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship match. She challenged AJ Lee for the title on the March 16 episode of Raw but was unsuccessful.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Women)	TBD	September 6	Multi-woman ladder match for a women's championship match contract.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Men)	TBD	September 6	Multi-man ladder match for a men's championship match contract.

NXT

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
WWE Speed Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Elio LeFleur and Eli Knight	February 17	The final ended in a time limit draw. As a result, both men challenged Jasper Troy for the WWE Speed Championship on the February 24 episode of NXT, with LeFleur pinning Troy to win the title.
WWE Women's Speed Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Wren Sinclair	March 10	Defeated Thea Hail to earn a WWE Women's Speed Championship match. She defeated Fallon Henley to win the title on the March 17 episode of NXT.
NXT North American Championship #1 Contender's Gauntlet Eliminator	TBD	March 24	Multi-man Gauntlet Eliminator for an NXT North American Championship match at Stand & Deliver.
NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	The Birthright (Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Uriah Connors) or TBD	March 31	Four-team single-elimination tournament for an NXT Tag Team Championship match at Stand & Deliver.

wXw

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Road to 16 Carat Gold Tournament	Dieter Schwartz	February 8	Defeated Fast Time Moodo in the final to earn a spot in the 16 Carat Gold Tournament.
16 Carat Gold Tournament	Ahura	March 8	Defeated Peter Tihanyi in the final to earn a future wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship match.
Shortcut to the Top match	TBD	August 15	30-man rumble match for a wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship match.

Zero1

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Saikyou Ketteisen Tournament	Junya Matsunaga	January 17	Defeated Chris Vice in the final to win.
Universe Cup	TBD	April 6	Eight-man single-elimination tournament involving promotions under Wrestle Universe.

Title changes

2AW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
2AW Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Takuro Niki

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
2AW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – MJ2 (Kengo Mashimo and Kyu Mogami)

AAA

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
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
February 7	Mr. Iguana and Lola Vice	Lucha Libre AAA	La Hiedra wrestled on behalf of Chelsea Green, who was unable to compete due to a foot injury.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA World Trios Championship
*Incoming champions – Los Psycho Circus* (Psycho Clown, Murder Clown, Panic Clown, and Dave the Clown)**

AAW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAW Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Trevor Lee

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAW Heritage Championship
Incoming champion – Isaiah Moore

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAW Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Maggie Lee
February 21 (aired February 26)	Heather Reckless	Chi-Town Rumble	This was a two out of three falls match; Reckless won 2–1.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – The Hellhounds (Russ Jones and Schaff)

AEW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW World Championship
Incoming champion – MJF

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Kris Statlander
February 11	Thekla	Dynamite	This was a Strap match.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW International Championship
Incoming champion – Kazuchika Okada

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW Continental Championship
Incoming champion – Jon Moxley

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW National Championship
Incoming champion – Ricochet
March 15	Jack Perry	Revolution	This was a 21-man Blackjack Battle Royal in which Perry last eliminated Ricochet to win. The match began during the Zero Hour pre-show but concluded after the start of the pay-per-view.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AEW TNT Championship
Incoming champion – Mark Briscoe
January 31	Tommaso Ciampa	Collision
February 11	Kyle Fletcher	Dynamite

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW TBS Championship
Incoming champion – Willow Nightingale

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale)
March 15	The Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross)	Revolution

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AEW World Trios Championship
Incoming champion – The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata)
January 14 (aired January 17)	Jet Set Rodeo ("Hangman" Adam Page, "Speedball" Mike Bailey, and "The Jet" Kevin Knight)	Collision: Maximum Carnage
March 4	The Don Callis Family (Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher, and Mark Davis)	Dynamite
March 15	Místico and JetSpeed ("The Jet" Kevin Knight and "Speedball" Mike Bailey)	Revolution

AIW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AIW Absolute Championship
Incoming champion – Sam Holloway

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AIW Intense Championship
Incoming champion – Isiah Broner

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AIW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Derek Dillinger and Tyson Riggs

AJPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kento Miyahara

Date	Winner	Event/Show
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Atsuki Aoyagi
January 25	Seigo Tachibana	New Year Wars Night 4

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Gaora TV Championship
Incoming champion – Shotaro Ashino
January 3	Daisuke Sekimoto	New Year Wars Night 2
February 23	Kuma Arashi	Excite Series Night 4

Date	Winner	Event/Show
World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Havoc (Oddyssey and Xyon)
January 2	Titans of Calamity (Ren Ayabe and Talos)	New Year Wars Night 1

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
All Asia Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions –Gajadokuro (Ishin and Yoshiki Kato)
January 18	Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki	DG Open the New Year Gate Night 7	This was a Dragongate event. AJPW senior referee Kyohei Wada served as the special guest referee.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori, Takashi Yoshida, and Kuma Arashi)
January 25	Evolution (Dan Tamura, Hideki Suzuki, and Suwama)	New Year Wars Night 4

Basara

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Union Max Championship
Incoming champion – Shuji Ishikawa

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Iron Fist Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Daiki Shimomura and Takumi Tsukamoto

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
UWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Andy Wu and Yasufumi Nakanoue
February 23	Masaki Morihiro and Yuya Aoki	BJW	This was a Big Japan Pro-Wrestling event.

BJW

Date	Winner	Event/Show
BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yusaku Ito
January 2	Abdullah Kobayashi	New Year's Battle Begins

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – So Daimonji

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kosuke Sato

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BJW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kazumi Kikuta and Toru Sugiura

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino, and Ryuji Ito
January 6	Tatsuhiko Yoshino and Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei)	Welcome to Dainichi Ueno
January 14	Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino, and Ryuji Ito	BJW
January 25	Kengo Takai, Kenta Kosugi and Mari Manji	Death Market 88

BZW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BZW Championship
Incoming champion – Jacob Vadocq
March 14	Trent Seven	Rixe/BZE Apogée	Co-promoted with Rixe Catch

Date	Winner	Event/Show
BZW Hardcore Championship
Incoming champion – Georges Balzac
January 24	Drew Parker	Enter the Zone

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BZW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Mao and Yoshihiko

CF

– DDT Pro-Wrestling

– Pro Wrestling Noah

– Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling

DDT

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KO-D Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yuki Ueno

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DDT Universal Championship
Incoming champion – Yuki Ueno
January 25	Daisuke Sasaki	Mission in Battle Shinshun Kenran	This was a three-way match also involving Chris Brookes.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DDT Extreme Championship
Incoming champion – To-y

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KO-D Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Strange Love Connenction (Mao and Kanon)

Date	Winner	Event/Show
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kaisei Takechi and The 37Kamiina (To-y and Yuki Ueno)
March 11	Paleyouth (Daichi Satoh, Takeshi Masada, and Yuya Koroku)	Ichikabachika

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Damnation T.A. (Daisuke Sasaki, Demus, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul and Ilusion)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
O-40 Championship
Incoming champion – Daisuke Sasaki

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Ōmori Championship
Incoming champion – Masahiro Takanashi (lineal champion) / Kazuki Hirata (interim champion)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mahiro Kiryu
January 4	Aja Kong	Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling '26	This was a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event. This was a four-way match also involving Rika Tatsumi and Shino Suzuki, the latter of whom was pinned.
	Mahiro Kiryu		Kiryu and Rika Tatsumi pinned Kong at the same time; the referee awarded the title to Kiryu because she was on the bottom.
	HyperMi Dramatic Dream		Hyper Misao's modified bicycle. Misao ran over Kiryu during a match with Shoko Nakajima; the referee awarded the title to the bicycle.
	Mahiro Kiryu
February 11	Miyu Yamashita	TJPW Shoko Quest IV: Those Guided By the Snow Country	This was a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event. This was a three-way match also involving Raku; Yamashita pinned Kiryu to win the title.
	Rise Shirai		TJPW's ring announcer. Won at a post-show fan event, in a contest to see who could stop a stopwatch closest to 10 seconds.
	Rise Shirai's stopwatch		Mahiro Kiryu choked Shirai with her own stopwatch; the referee awarded the title to the timepiece.
	Mahiro Kiryu
February 14	Aja Kong	TJPW "Futari wa Princess" Max Heart Tournament Final	This was a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event.
February 21	Rika Tatsumi	TJPW Final Curtain in Kobe Art Center	Took place backstage at a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event. Tatsumi, Pom Harajuku, and Mahiro Kiryu attacked Kong backstage and pinned her after she slipped on a banana peel. Tatsumi was awarded the title as she pinned Kong first.
March 5	Kukkie!	–	Japanese comedian. Tatsumi forfeited the title to Kukkie! in exchange for an interview and face painting.
March 5	Rika Tatsumi	–	Pinned Kukkie! midway through the interview and face painting.
March 11	Antonio Honda	Ichikabachika	Took place backstage.
March 11	Hisaya Imabayashi	Ichikabachika	General manager of DDT Pro-Wrestling. Attacked and pinned Honda after his scheduled match.

Noah

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GHC Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yoshiki Inamura

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hiromu Takahashi
January 1	Amakusa	The New Year

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GHC National Championship
Incoming champion – Dragon Bane
January 1	Alpha Wolf	The New Year

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GHC Women's Championship
Co-promoted with Dream Star Fighting Marigold
Incoming champion – Takumi Iroha
January 3	Mayu Iwatani	Marigold First Dream

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GHC Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Maruken (Naomichi Marufuji and Kenoh)
January 1	Los Tranquilos de Japon (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito)	The New Year

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – Los Intocables* (Daga and Daiki Odashima)**
March 8	Alejandro and Dragon Bane	Apex Conquest

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship
Incoming champion – Hayata
January 19	Titus Alexander	Noah Monday Magic Rising Sun Season #1
February 9	Masato Tanaka	Noah Monday Magic Rising Sun Season #4

TJPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Princess of Princess Championship
Incoming champion – Miu Watanabe

Date	Winner	Event/Show
International Princess Championship
Incoming champion – Arisu Endo
January 4	Mirai	Tokyo Joshi Pro '26

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Princess Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Ober Eats (Yuki Kamifuku and Wakana Uehara)

ChocoPro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Super Asia Championship
Incoming champion – Rina Yamashita

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Asia Dream Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Egg Tart (Hagane Shinnou and Chie Koishikawa)

CMLL

Date	Winner	Event/Show
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Claudio Castagnoli
March 20	Hechicero	La Noche de La Amazonas

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Místico

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
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 – Angelito

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Micro-Estrella Championship
Incoming champion – KeMalito

Date	Winner	Event/Show
CMLL World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Mercedes Moné
March 6	Persephone	La Noche de La Amazonas

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL Japan Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Hazuki
March 15	India Sioux	Stardom Cinderella Tournament Final	This was a Stardom event.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – Los Hermanos Chavez* (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – El Triangulo* (El Hijo del Villano III and Villano III Jr.)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Women's Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – Las Chicas Indomables* (La Jarochita and Lluvia)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Trios Championship
*Incoming champions – El Sky Team* (Místico, Máscara Dorada, and Neón)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Atlantis Jr.
February 26	Averno	Fantastica Mania Night 4	Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Flip Gordon

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Máscara Dorada

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Akuma

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Esfinge

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Guerrero Maya Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Rayo Metálico

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Women's Championship
Incoming champion – India Sioux

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – Los Depredadores* (Magnus and Rugido)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Andrómeda and Skadi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Bestia Negra

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Zandokan Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Lluvia

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Gallo Jr. and Ráfaga Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Women's Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – Las Infernales* (Dark Silueta and Zeuxis)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Ráfaga, Furia Roja, Guerrero de la Muerte,

The Crash

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Andrade El Idolo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Keyra
February 20	Lady Shadow	The Crash	This was a three-way match also involving La Hija de Gatubela.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Noisy Boy

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Junior Championship
Incoming champion – Atomik Star

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)

CZW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CZW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Eran Ashe

Date	Winner	Event/Show
CZW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Lost Boys (Athan Promise and Miles Penn)
February 28	Post Game ((Mike Walker and Vinny Talotta)	CZW Blacklight

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship
(Title reinstated)
March 1	Shlak	CZW 27th Anniversary: Deej and Rick's Ultraviolent Adventure	Defeated Nick Gage, Jimmy Lloyd, Lucky 13, Eric Ryan, and Hoodfoot in an Ultraviolent elimination deathmatch to win the vacant title. The title had been inactive since 2012.

DEFY

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DEFY World Championship
Incoming champion – Bryan Keith

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DEFY Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Marina Shafir

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DEFY PrimoLucha Championship
Incoming champion – Kevin Blackwood

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DEFY Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Guillermo Rosas

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DEFY Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Sinner and Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams)

DG

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Open the Dream Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Madoka Kikuta

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Open the Brave Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Ryoya Tanaka

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Open the Twin Gate Championship
Incoming champions – Love & Peace (Jacky Kamei and Riiita)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Open the Triangle Gate Championship
Incoming champions – Love & Peace (Ben-K, Hyo, and Mochizuki Jr.)
February 23	Natural Vibes (Kzy, GuC, and Key)	Uno! Dos!! Tres!!!	This was a three-way tag team elimination match also involving Paradox (BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid, and Yamato).

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Open the Owarai Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
February 20	Otoko Sakari	Truth Gate Night 8	Defeated Jiro Shinbashi to win the vacant title.
February 20	Vacated	Truth Gate Night 8	Sakari immediately relinquished the title.
February 28	Yosuke ♡ Santa Maria	Glorious Gate Night 1	Defeated Jiro Shinbashi to win the vacant title.

Diana

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana World Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
January 24	Debbie Keitel	Diana 15th Anniversary No. 1	Defeated Nanami Hatano to win the vacant title.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Queen Elizabeth Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
January 24	Ayako Sato	Diana 15th Anniversary No. 1	Defeated Kaori Yoneyama and Yumi Ohka to win the vacant title.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Crystal Championship
Incoming champion – Miran

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
January 24	Chobuki (Haruka Umesaki and Unagi Sayaka)	Diana 15th Anniversary No. 1	Defeated Olympia and Miran to win the vacant titles.

DPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DPW Worlds Championship
Incoming champion – LaBron Kozone

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DPW Women's Worlds Championship
Incoming champion – Mei Suruga

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DPW National Championship
Incoming champion – LaBron Kozone

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DPW Worlds Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Miracle Generation (Dustin Walker and Kylon King)

EVE

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship
Incoming champion – Rhio
March 8	Session Moth Martina	EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom VIII	After Martina won the title, it was renamed to the Pro-Wrestling: EVE World Championship.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Pro-Wrestling: EVE International Championship
Incoming champion – Kris Statlander

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Lallie (Hollie Barlow and Lana Austin)

FIP

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
FIP World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – August Artois

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
FIP Florida Heritage Championship
Incoming champion – Sage Scott

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
FIP World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Annihiliation (Chungus and Syther)

Freedoms

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
King of Freedom World Championship
Incoming champion – Violento Jack

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kengo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Masashi Takeda and Yusaku Ito
January 23	Jun Kasai and Mizuki Watase	Reach for the Star	This was a Fluorescent Lighttubes Deathmatch.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Barefoot King Championship
Incoming champion – Daisuke Masaoka
≤ February 12	Takayuki Ueki	N/A	The exact circumstances in which Ueki won the championship are uncertain. He was billed as champion at Freedoms Go Beyond The Limit on February 12, 2026.
February 12	Kota Sekifuda	Go Beyond the Limit	This was a Barefoot Toy Block Death dark match.

GanPro

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Masaaki Mochizuki
February 22 (aired February 26)	Mizuki Watase	A Scanner Darkly

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Yumehito Imanari and Shinichiro Tominaga

GCW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GCW World Championship
Incoming champion – Atticus Cogar

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GCW Ultraviolent Championship
Incoming champion – Matt Tremont
January 17	Otis Cogar	Code of the Streets	This was a deathmatch.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GCW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Bustah and The Brain (Alec Price and Jordan Oliver)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JCW World Championship
Incoming champion – Billie Starkz
February 7	Charles Mason	JCW Jersey J-Cup	This was also the finals of the Jersey J-Cup.

Gleat

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
G-Rex Championship
Incoming champion – El Lindaman

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
G-Rush Championship
Incoming champion – Minoru Tanaka

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
G-Infinity Championship
Incoming champions – Black Generation International (Kaito Ishida and Kazma Sakamoto)

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Lidet UWF World Championship
Incoming champion – Katsuhiko Nakajima
March 8	Soma Watanabe	Gleat Lidet UWF Ver. 8

GWF

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GWF World Championship
Incoming champion – Rambo
February 6	Andrade El Ídolo	Global Warning

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GWF Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Jane Nero

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GWF Berlin Championship
Incoming champion – Carlito
January 11	Ahura	Strike First, Strike Hard
February 6	Kouga	Global Warning

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GWF Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GWF Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Joshua Amaru and Cory Zero

HOG

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
HOG Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Charles Mason

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
HOG Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Shotzi Blackheart

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
HOG Crown Jewel Championship
Incoming champion – Zilla Fatu

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
HOG Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
LPW Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Jodi Aura

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
LPW Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Amiira Sahar

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
LPW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Dual Focus (JJP and KB Prime)

Ice Ribbon

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ICE×∞ Championship
Incoming champion – Kaho Matsushita

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
FantastICE Championship
Incoming champion – Tsukina Umino

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Triangle Ribbon Championship
Incoming champion – Kaori Yoneyama
January 1	Miran	Gokigen Pro Wrestling in Ita #6 Oshogatsu	This was a Gokigen Pro Wrestling event. Also involved Chie Ozora.
March 14	Cherry	Gokigen Pro Gokigen Amistad #20	This was a Gokigen Pro Wrestling event. Also involved Matsuzawa-san.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
International Ribbon Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Manami Katsu and Misa Kagura
February 23	Makoto and Sumika Yanagawa	New Ice Ribbon #1476 Yokohama Ribbon

IWRG

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – DMT Azul

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Toxin

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Caballero de Plata

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Aguila Roja

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Lady Maravilla

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Mexa Boy's (Noisy Boy and Spider Fly)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship
*Incoming champions – Revolución Crew* (El Hijo de Canis Lupus, Multifacetico Jr., and Rey Mictlan)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship
Incoming champion – Villano V Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Rey del Ring Championship
Incoming champion – Hell Boy

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Rey del Aire Championship
Incoming champion – Hysteriosis

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Mexico Championship
Incoming champion – Hell Boy

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Distrito Federal Trios Championship
*Incoming champions – El Infierno Eterno* (Demonio Infernal, Eterno, and Lunatic Extreme)**

JCW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JCW Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Matt Cardona
January 17	Vacated	–	The title was vacated after Cardona signed with WWE.
January 18 (aired February 5)	Mr. Anderson	JCW Lunacy: Carnival of Chaos Tour	Defeated James Storm to win the vacant title.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JCW Women's Championship
Incoming champion – "HollyHood" Haley J

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JCW American Championship
Incoming champion – Ninja Mack
January 16 (aired January 29)	Façade	JCW Lunacy	This was the third match in a Best of Three Series.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JCW Battle Royal Championship
Incoming champion – Kerry Morton

Date	Winner	Event/Show
JCW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Brothers of Funstrucion (Yabo the Clown and Ruffo the Clown)
February 20 (aired March 5)	Luciano Family Enterprises (PCO and Mickie Knuckles)	JCW Lunacy
February 21 (aired March 12)	2 Tuff Tony and Willie Mack	JCW Lunacy

JTO

Date	Winner	Event/Show
King of JTO
Incoming champion – Ryuya Takekura
March 6	Ibuki	JTO

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Queen of JTO
Incoming champion – Azusa Inaba

Date	Winner	Event/Show
JTO Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ibuki
January 4	Bomber Tatsuya	First Show of the Year

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JTO Girls Championship
Incoming champion – Mirai

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JTO Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Myo-o (Genta Yubari and Miyamasa)

Date	Winner	Event/Show
JTO Girls Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Tomoka Inaba and Rhythm
February 15	Big Fusion (Aoi and HisokA)	JTO

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
UWA World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Naoya Akama

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Akira Jumonji
January 4	Kuroshio Tokyo Japan	First Show of the Year
March 14	Megaton	Marigold Spring Victory Series Night 2	First time the title changed hands at a Marigold event.

Marigold

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
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)
Marigold 3D Trios Championship
(Title created)
February 23	Erina Yamanaka, Mai Sakurai, and Natsumi Showzuki	New Years Golden Garden Night 12	Defeated Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui, Nagisa Nozaki, and Rea Sato) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GHC Women's Championship
Co-promoted with Pro Wrestling Noah
Incoming champion – Takumi Iroha
January 3	Mayu Iwatani	First Dream

Marvelous

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAAW Single Championship
Incoming champion – Takumi Iroha

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAAW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Magenta (Maria and Riko Kawahata)

MLP

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
PWA Champions Grail
Co-promoted with Oceania Pro Wrestling and Qatar Pro Wrestling
Incoming champion – Rohan Raja

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
MLP Canadian Championship
Incoming champion – Josh Alexander

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
MLP Women's Canadian Championship
Incoming champion – Gisele Shaw

MLW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
MLW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mads Krule Krügger
January 29 (aired February 5)	Killer Kross	Battle Riot VIII	Kross won the 40-man Battle Riot match by last eliminating Matt Riddle to win the title; previous champion Krügger was eliminated prior.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship
Incoming champion – Shoko Nakajima
February 7 (airing TBC)	Shotzi Blackheart	Lucha Apocalypto

Date	Winner	Event/Show
MLW World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Templario
January 29 (aired February 5)	Kushida	Battle Riot VIII

Date	Winner	Event/Show
MLW National Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Blue Panther
February 7 (airing TBC)	Austin Aries	Lucha Apocalypto

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
MLW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Skyscrapers (Donovan Dijak, Bishop Dyer, and Josh Bishop)
Dijak and Dyer originally won the titles. At the March 14 MLW Fusion taping, Bishop was introduced as the newest member of The Skyscrapers, with the trio defending the titles under the Freebird Rule.

M-Pro

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Pantera Jr.
March 21	Musashi	33rd Anniversary ~ Mutsu Shunto

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tohoku Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Demonios (Arashi and Yasutaka Oosera)

NJPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Konosuke Takeshita
January 4	Yota Tsuji	Wrestle Kingdom 20	This was a Winner Takes All match also for Tsuji's IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.
January 5	Deactivated	New Year Dash!!	Tsuji reintroduced the IWGP Heavyweight Championship—which had been retired in 2021 and succeeded by the World Heavyweight—to replace the World Heavyweight, retroactively merging the lineages of both titles as one, with all former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions recognized as former IWGP Heavyweight Champions.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
(Title reintroduced)
January 5	Yota Tsuji	New Year Dash!!	Tsuji reintroduced the title—which had been retired in 2021 and succeeded by the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship—to replace the World Heavyweight, retroactively merging the lineages of both titles as one, with all former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions recognized as former IWGP Heavyweight Champions.

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)
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice and Oskar)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – House of Torture (Sho and Douki)
January 5	Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita)	New Year Dash	This was a four-way tag team match also involving El Desperado and Kuukai, and Super Extremes (Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X).
March 6	Super Extremes (Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X)	NJPW 54th Anniversary Show

Date	Winner	Event/Show
NEVER Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Evil
January 4	Aaron Wolf	Wrestle Kingdom 20
February 11	Ren Narita	The New Beginning in Osaka

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Toru Yano and Spiritech (Master Wato and Yoh)
January 4	TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, and Hartley Jackson)	Wrestle Kingdom 20	This was a Tornado Ranbo also involving Boltin Oleg and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi), who were last eliminated, Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors, Oskar, and Yuto-Ice), Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, and Ryusuke Taguchi, Team 150 (Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi, and Satoshi Kojima), Kaisei Takechi and RoughStorm (Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura), and House of Torture (Ren Narita, Sanada, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru).
January 19	Bishamon-tin (Boltin Oleg, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)	Road to the New Beginning Night 1

Date	Winner	Event/Show
NJPW World Television Championship
Incoming champion – El Phantasmo
February 27	Konosuke Takeshita	The New Beginning USA

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Strong Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tomohiro Ishii
February 27	Oleg Boltin	The New Beginning USA

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Strong Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani
Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom
January 4	Syuri	Wrestle Kingdom 20	This was a Winner Takes All match also for Syuri's IWGP Women's Championship.
March 8	Alex Windsor	EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom VIII	This was a Pro-Wrestling: EVE show.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – Los Hermanos Chavez* (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tamashii Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Pretty Boys (Magic Mark and Pretty Richie)

NWA

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Natalia Markova

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mike Mondo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Spencer Slade

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Jeremiah Plunkett

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Bryan Idol
February 21 aired March 17)	Vacated	NWA Powerrr	Idol vacated the title to challenge "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship as part of the "Lucky Seven Rule."

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Women's Television Championship
Incoming champion – Tiffany Nieves

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Immortals (Kratos and Odinson)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Hex (Allysin Kay and Marti Belle)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA United States Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant)

Osaka Pro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship
Incoming champion – Ryuya Matsufusa

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ultimate Spider Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship
Incoming champion – Takoyakida
March 8 (aired March 9)	Kanjyuro Matsuyama	Bushi-Do

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Osaka Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Aran Sano and Tigers Mask

OVW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
OVW Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Dustin Jackson

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
OVW United States Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Big Zo
February 5	Tony Evans	OVW TV	This was Evans' Key of Opportunity match.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
OVW Media Championship
Incoming champion – Jake Lawless
February 15	Ashton Adonis	Tough Love	This was a three-way match also involving Star Rider.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
OVW Rush Division Championship
Incoming champion – Jota Peso
January 11	Brendan Balling	Nightmare Rumble	This was a six-way scramble also involving Elijah Eros, JJ Lawson, Jake Painter, and Maximo Suave.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
OVW Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Leela Feist

Date	Winner	Event/Show
OVW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Donovan Cecil and Jack Vaughn
February 15	Los Desafios (Jota Peso and Maximo Suave)	Tough Love

Oz Academy

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Oz Academy Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Saori Anou
February 8	Hiroyo Matsumoto	Oz 30th & Ozaki 40th: Blooming with Pride

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Oz Academy Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Gojizones United (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Zones)

Prestige

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Prestige World Championship
Incoming champion – Kevin Blackwood
February 20	Judas Icarus	Roseland XIII: The End	This was also the final match of Kevin Blackwood.
February 20	Deactivated	Roseland XIII: The End	The title was retired immediately as this was Prestige Wrestling's last ever event.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Prestige Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Midnight Heat (Ricky Gibson and Eddie Pearl)
February 20	The Hammer Brothers (Jack Hammer and Sledge Hammer)	Roseland XIII: The End
February 20	Deactivated	Roseland XIII: The End	The title was retired immediately as this was Prestige Wrestling's last ever event.

Progress

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Progress World Championship
Incoming champion – Man Like DeReiss

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Progress World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Rayne Leverkusen
January 25	Alexxis Falcon	Chapter 189: In Darkest Night

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Progress Atlas Championship
Incoming champion – Will Kroos
January 1	Saxon Huxley	Noah The New Year	This was the first time a Progress championship changed hands at a Pro Wrestling Noah show.
February 15	Gene Munny	Chapter 190: In Brightest Day

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Progress Proteus Championship
Incoming champion – Paul Walter Hauser

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Progress Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Diamond Eyes (Connor Mills and Nico Angelo)

Pure-J

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Pure-J Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Saki
January 4	Hanako Nakamori	First Battle

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship
Incoming champion – Honoka

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KSR Championship
Incoming champion – Flying Penguin

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Kobayashi Group (Kaho Kobayashi and Hanako Nakamori)

RevPro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
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 – Young Guns (Ethan Allen and Luke Jacobs)

REVOLVER

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
REVOLVER World Championship
Incoming champions – Myron Reed
February 5	Krule	Kross Hour	This was a three-way match also involving Alan Angels, who cashed in his Golden Ticket to enter the match.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
REVOLVER Remix Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Danger
February 5	BDE	Kross Hour	This was a Danger, Ladders, and Chairs match.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
REVOLVER Texas Championship
Incoming champion – KJ Orso

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
REVOLVER 24/7 Scramble Championship
Incoming champion – Bigg Pound
February 5	Trey Miguel	Kross Hour	Also involved Juni Underwood, Gringo Loco, Jeffrey John, and Dante Leon.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
REVOVLER Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz)

ROH

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
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 World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Nick Wayne

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)
ROH Women's Pure Championship
Incoming champion – Deonna Purrazzo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ROH World Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – La Facción Ingobernable* (Sammy Guevara and The Beast Mortos)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, and Capt. Shawn Dean)

Seadlinnng

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Beyond the Sea Single Championship
Incoming champion – Hiroyo Matsumoto

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Beyond the Sea Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Colorful Bouquet Toss (Unagi Sayaka and Honori Hana)

Senjo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Sendai Girls World Championship
Incoming champion – Chihiro Hashimoto

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Sendai Girls Junior Championship
Incoming champion – Yuna
January 23	Senka Akatsuki	Sendai Girls

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Bob Bob Momo Banana (Mio Momono and Yurika Oka)

Spark Joshi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Spark Joshi World Championship
Incoming champion – Hazuki

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Spark Joshi Pacific Championship
Incoming champion – Airica Demia

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Spark Joshi Atlantic Championship
Incoming champion – Saki

Stardom

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Wonder of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Konami

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Goddesses of Stardom Championship
Incoming champions – BMI2000 (Natsuko Tora and Ruaka)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Artist of Stardom Championship
Incoming champions – H.A.T.E. (Konami, Rina, and Fukigen Death)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
High Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Yuna Mizumori

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Future of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Hanako
March 15	Ranna Yagami	Cinderella Tournament Final

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
New Blood Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Sakurara (Aya Sakura and Sayaka Kurara)

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
January 4	Syuri	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20	This was a Winner Takes All match also for Syuri's IWGP Women's Championship.
March 8	Alex Windsor	EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom VIII	This was a Pro-Wrestling: EVE show.

Tenryu Project

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Koji Iwamoto
February 25	Keita Yano	Live For Today Vol. 10

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Takuro Niki and Yusuke Kodama

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kengo, Masayuki Kono, and Yuya Susumu

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tenryu Project United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono

TNA

Date	Winner	Event/Show
TNA World Championship
Incoming champion – Frankie Kazarian
January 15	Mike Santana	Thursday Night Impact! premiere on AMC

Date	Winner	Event/Show
TNA Knockouts World Championship
Incoming champion – Léi Yǐng Lee
February 13	Arianna Grace	No Surrender

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA X Division Championship
Incoming champion – Leon Slater

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA International Championship
Incoming champion – Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo
February 13	Trey Miguel	No Surrender	This was Miguel's Feast or Fired cash-in match.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy)

Date	Winner	Event/Show
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay)
January 15	The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance)	Thursday Night Impact! premiere on AMC

UWN

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
UWN World Championship
Incoming champion – Jordan Cruz

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
UWN Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Big Mama

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
UWN Heritage Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Maximilien

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
UWN Television Championship
Incoming champion – Evan Daniels

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
UWN Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – 5150 (Danny Limelight and Slice Boogie)

Wave Pro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Wave Single Championship
Incoming champion – Itsuki Aoki

Date	Winner	Event/Show
Wave Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Life Thirty-One (Yumi Ohka and Saran)
February 8	Unstoppable (Hiragi Kurumi and Mochi Natsumi)	Valentine Wave
March 1	Amekyun (Haruka Umesaki and Honoka)	Nami 1
March 20	Kids Club (Kohaku and Momoka Hanazono)	It's Wave February
March 21	Are You Ready! (Rina Amikura and Yuko Sakurai)	Itabashi Surprise March 2026

West Coast Pro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
West Coast Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Vinnie Massaro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
West Coast Pro Wrestling Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Johnnie Robbie

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
West Coast Pro Wrestling Golden Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Andrew Cass
January 4	Alan Angels	Operation Stockola
February 27	Andrew Cass	Evil Empire	This was a three-way match also involving G. Sharpe.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
West Coast Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Crush Boys (Titus Alexander and Starboy Charlie)

WOS

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOS Championship
Incoming champion – Sha Samuels

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOS Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Alex Windsor

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOS Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – UK Pitbulls (Bulk and Big Dave)

WOW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOW World Championship
Incoming champion – Penelope Pink

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Miami's Sweet Heat (Laurie Carlson and Lindsey Carlson)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOW Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Monsters and Metal (Chainsaw, Daisy Lane, and Fury)

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.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – CM Punk

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Undisputed WWE Championship
Incoming champion – Cody Rhodes
January 9	Drew McIntyre	SmackDown	This was a Three Stages of Hell match. The three stages were: a standard singles match, a Falls Count Anywhere match, and a Steel Cage match; McIntyre won the first and third.
March 6	Cody Rhodes	SmackDown

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
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Dominik Mysterio
March 2	Penta	Raw

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE United States Championship
Incoming champion – Carmelo Hayes

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Maxxine Dupri
January 5	Becky Lynch	Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show
February 28	AJ Lee	Elimination Chamber

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWE Women's United States Championship
Incoming champion – Chelsea Green
January 2	Giulia	SmackDown

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis)
January 23	The MFTs (Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga)	SmackDown
March 20	Damian Priest and R-Truth	SmackDown	JC Mateo defended the title on behalf of Solo Sikoa.

NXT

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

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT Championship
Incoming champion – Oba Femi
January 6	Vacated	NXT: New Year's Evil	After successfully defending the title against Leon Slater, Oba Femi left the championship belt in the ring, voluntarily relinquishing the title.
February 3	Joe Hendry	NXT	Defeated Ricky Saints, Jackson Drake, Keanu Carver, Dion Lennox, Sean Legacy, and Shiloh Hill in a seven-man ladder match to win the vacant championship.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Jacy Jayne

Date	Winner	Event/Show
NXT North American Championship
Incoming champion – Ethan Page
February 24	Myles Borne	NXT

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT Women's North American Championship
Incoming champion – Thea Hail
January 6	Izzi Dame	NXT: New Year's Evil	This was an open challenge.
March 7	Tatum Paxley	Vengeance Day

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT Heritage Cup
Incoming champion – Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Jasper Troy
February 24	Elio LeFleur	NXT	This was a triple threat match with an extended seven-minute time limit that also involved Eli Knight.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWE Women's Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Fallon Henley
March 17	Wren Sinclair	NXT

Date	Winner	Event/Show
NXT Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – DarkState (Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars)
February 24	The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes)	NXT

Unbranded

The following title is non-exclusive, available to wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane)
January 5	Rhiyo (Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky)	Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show
February 27	The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax and Lash Legend)	SmackDown

WWE Evolve

Evolve is a developmental brand focused on trainees from the WWE Performance Center, and has two championships, one each for men and women.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWE Evolve Championship
Incoming champion – Jackson Drake
February 20 (aired March 18)	Aaron Rourke	Evolve

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Evolve Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Kendal Grey
February 20 (aired March 11)	Vacated	Evolve	Grey relinquished the title as she became an official member of the NXT brand.

WWE ID

The WWE Independent Development (ID) program has two championships, one each for men and women, which are defended exclusively across partner independent promotions.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE ID Championship
Incoming champions – Cappuccino Jones

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Women's ID Championship
Incoming champions – Laynie Luck

wXw

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship
Incoming champions – Peter Tihanyi
January 24	Elijah Blum	Back to the Roots	This was a pure wrestling rules match.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
wXw Shotgun Championship
Incoming champions – Dennis Dullnig

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
wXw European Championship
Incoming champion – Ricky Sosa

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
wXw World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Grind (Laurance Roman and Nick Schreier)
March 7	Planet Gojirah (Robert Dreissker and Marc Empire)	16 Carat Gold Tournament Night 2	This was a Street Fight.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
wXw Academy Championship
Incoming champion – The Breezy Bruiser
March 4	Aleksander Bellamy	Heat in der wXw Wrestling Academy

Zero1

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Masato Tanaka

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Takumi Baba

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Takumi Baba

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Junya Matsunaga and Tsugutaka Sato

Awards and honors

CZW

CZW Hall of Fame

Inductees
Danny Havoc

George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

Category	Inductee
Inductees	Nic Nemeth
Frank Gotch Award	Jeff Jarrett
James C. Melby Award	Tony Richards
Lou Thesz Award	Welch/Fuller Family
George Tragos Award	Josh Barnett
Jack Brisco Spotlight Award	Jimmy Garvin
Verne Gagne Trainer Award	Jazz
Verne Gagne Trainer Award	Rodney Mack
Impact Award	James Beard

St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame

Inductees
André the Giant
Spike Huber
Johnny Rodz
Herb Simmons

Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame

Category	Inductee
Pro Wrestler	Gail Kim
	Debbie Malenko
	Mickie Knuckles
	Mimi Hagiwara
	Missy Sampson
	Linda Dallas
	Amy Lee
	Penelope Paradise
Non-Wrestler	Jasmin St. Claire
Non-Wrestler	Carmela Foss
Celebrity	Laurene Landon
Amateur	Natalia Vorobieva
Amateur	Pang Qianyu

WWHOF Awards

Award	Recipient
Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Nahir Robles
Rookie of the Year	Zenith Zion
Missy Sampson Award	Tommy Fierro
Susan Tex Green Award	Masha Slamovich

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

Category	Inductee	Inducted by
Individual	Stephanie McMahon	The Undertaker^[1]
	AJ Styles	TBA
	Dennis Rodman	TBA
Group	Demolition (Ax and Smash)	TBA

Debuts

January 4
- Aaron Wolf
- Shion Kanzaki (TJPW)
February 2
- Marie Malenko
March 4
- Taisei Nakahara (NJPW)

Retirements

January 1
- Yuki Miyazaki
- Madison Rayne
January 4
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Brinley Reece
January 12 – Risa Sera
January 17 – Fandango
January 31 – AJ Styles
February 20 – Kevin Blackwood
February 25 – Sarah Logan
March 20 – El Satánico

Deaths

January 2 – Johnny Legend (born 1948)
January 4 – Bob Boyer (born 1932)
January 14 – Rick Link (born 1959)
January 21 – Bobby Duncum (born 1944)
January 22 – TC Reynolds (Doink the Clown) (born 1956)
February 2 – Frankie Cain (born 1933)
February 8 – Tadao Yasuda (born 1963)
March 20 – Dennis Condrey (born 1952)

Notes

References

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

[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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