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2023 in professional wrestling describes the current year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions are holding notable shows throughout 2023.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
Active Advance Pro Wrestling	2AW
All Elite Wrestling	AEW
All Japan Pro Wrestling	AJPW
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	CMLL
CyberFight	CF	CyberFight is an umbrella brand that oversees and promotes four individual promotions: DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW).
Empire Wrestling Federation	EWF
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion	FMW-E
Gleat	—
Impact Wrestling	Impact
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide	AAA	The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
Major League Wrestling	MLW
National Wrestling Alliance	NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla	PWG
Pro Wrestling Zero1	Zero1
Ring of Honor	ROH
Tenryu Project	—
World Wonder Ring Stardom	Stardom
WWE	—	"WWE" stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which remains the company's legal name, though the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism. WWE divides its roster into three storyline divisions – referred to as brands where wrestlers exclusively perform on their respective weekly television programs. Raw and SmackDown are their two main brands, while NXT serves as their developmenal territory.

Calendar of notable shows

January

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	CF: Noah	The New Year 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura defeated The Great Muta
	CMLL	Sin Salida	Mexico City, Mexico	Valiente Jr. defeated Apocalipsis in a Mask vs. Mask Steel Cage match
2	AJPW	New Year Giant Series Day 1	Tokyo, Japan	Takuya Nomura won 22-person battle royal.
3		New Year Giant Series Day 2	Tokyo, Japan	Kento Miyahara (c) defeated Takuya Nomura to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 1	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada defeated Jay White (c) to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	The event honoured NJPW's founder Antonio Inoki, who died on October 1, 2022. Featured Keiji Muto's last match in NJPW.
	CF: TJPW	Tokyo Joshi Pro '23	Tokyo, Japan	Yuka Sakazaki (c) defeated Miyu Yamashita to retain the Princess of Princess Championship
5	NJPW	New Year Dash!!	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega defeated United Empire (Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb)
6	AEW	Battle of the Belts V	Portland, Oregon	Orange Cassidy (c) defeated Kip Sabian to retain the AEW All-Atlantic Championship
7	MLW	Blood and Thunder	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Jacob Fatu defeated Ben-K
	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Bandido defeated Black Taurus and El Hijo del Vikingo in the first round of the 2023 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
8				Mike Bailey defeated Konosuke Takeshita in the final of the 2023 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
	CF: Noah	Reboot 2022	Tokyo, Japan	Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka defeated Satoshi Kojima and Shuji Kondo
		New Sunrise 2022		Jake Lee defeated Yoshiki Inamura
	AJPW Gleat	Gleat Ver. 5	Osaka, Japan	Kaito Ishida defeated El Lindaman (c) to win the G-Rex Championship
9	AJPW 2AW	AJPW x 2AW Week 1	Chiba, Japan	60 Seconds (Jun Tonsho and Tetsuya Izuchi) defeated The Rule (Ayato Yoshida and Naka Shuma)
	CF: Noah	Sunny Voyage	Yokohama, Japan	Kaito Kiyomiya defeated Amakusa
10	WWE: NXT	New Year's Evil	Orlando, Florida	Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne co-won a 20-woman battle royal to determine the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
11	AJPW	New Year Giant Series Day 3	Yokohama, Japan	Kaz Hayashi, Kento Miyahara, and Rising Hayato defeated Atsuki Aoyagi, Naoya Nomura, and Yuma Aoyagi
	Dragongate	Open the New Year Gate Day 4	Tokyo, Japan	Z-Brats (Shun Skywalker, KAI, BxB Hulk, H.Y.O & ISHIN) (c) defeated HIGH-END (YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Kagetora, Takashi Yoshida & Problem Dragon) in a Unit Disbands match
12	Dragongate	Open the New Year Gate Day 5	Tokyo, Japan	Shun Skywalker defeated Yuki Yoshioka (c) to win the Open the Dream Gate Championship
13	Impact	Hard To Kill	Atlanta, Georgia	Mickie James defeated Jordynne Grace (c) in a Title vs. Career match to win the Impact Knockouts World Championship
15	AJPW 2AW	AJPW x 2AW Week 2	Chiba, Japan	Atsuki Aoyagi, Naoya Nomura, and Yuma Aoyagi defeated Kento Miyahara, Kotaro Suzuki, and Rising Hayato
	CF: Noah	Sunny Voyage	Fuji, Japan	Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Hi69, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, and Shuji Kondo) defeated Amakusa, Dante Leon, Naomichi Marufuji, Ninja Mack, and Satoshi Kojima
18	ROH	Jay Briscoe Tribute and Celebration of Life	Fresno, California	Claudio Castagnoli (c) defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the ROH World Championship
20	Stardom	New Blood 7	Tokyo, Japan	God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) defeated wing★gori (Saya Iida and Hanan) in a New Blood Tag Team Championship inaugural tournament quarterfinals match
21	NJPW CF: Noah	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 2	Yokohama, Japan	Tetsuya Naito defeated Kenoh
22	NJPW	The New Beginning in Nagoya	Nagoya, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Great-O-Khan to retain the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship
	CF: Noah	The Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye"	Yokohama, Japan	The Great Muta, Sting, and Darby Allin defeated Hakushi, Akira, and Naomichi Marufuji	Featured The Great Muta's final Noah appearance.
	AJPW	New Year Giant Series Day 4	Tokyo, Japan	Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi defeated Kento Miyahara and Takuya Nomura (c) to win the World Tag Team Championship
23	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Raw is XXX	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Austin Theory (c) defeated Bobby Lashley in a No Disqualification match to retain the WWE United States Championship	A television special commemorating the 30th anniversary of Raw.
27	CMLL	Rey Del Aire VIP 2023	Mexico City, Mexico	Dragón Rojo Jr. defeated Gran Guerrero, Atlantis Jr., Bárbaro Cavernario, Fugaz, Místico, Panterita del Ring Jr.,Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr., and Templario to win the 2023 Rey Del Aire VIP
28	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Royal Rumble	San Antonio, Texas	Roman Reigns (c) defeated Kevin Owens to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
29	CF: DDT	Sweet Dreams! 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Hino defeated Kazusada Higuchi to win the KO-D Openweight Championship
30	CF: TJPW	Beyond The Origins, Into The Future	Tokyo, Japan	Rika Tatsumi defeated Shoko Nakajima to win the Princess Of The Decade Tournament
31	AJPW	AJPW x Heat Up	Tokyo, Japan	Daisuke Kanehira (c) defeated Akira Jo to retain the Heat Up Universal Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	NJPW	Tamashii	Sydney, Australia	Robbie Eagles defeated Aaron Solo
4			Melbourne, Australia	Caveman Ugg defeated Aaron Henare
	WWE: NXT	Vengeance Day	Charlotte, North Carolina	Bron Breakker (c) defeated Grayson Waller in a Steel Cage match to retain the NXT Championship
	Stardom	Supreme Fight 2023	Osaka, Japan	Giulia (c) defeated Suzu Suzuki to retain the World of Stardom Championship
	CF: Noah	Sunny Voyage	Maebashi, Japan	GLG (Jack Morris and Jake Lee) defeated Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura
	MLW	SuperFight	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Matthew Justice defeated Microman, Mance Warner, and Real1 in a dumpster match with Duke Droese as special guest referee
	AJPW	Excite Maniax Day 1	Tokyo, Japan	Kento Miyahara (c) defeated Yuma Aoyagi to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
	NJPW	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Sapporo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito defeated Shota Umino
5				Hiromu Takahashi (c) defeated Yoh to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
	AAA	Rey de Reyes	Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico	Sam Adonis defeated Bandido, Pagano, and Hijo del Vikingo in a four-way match to win the Rey de Reyes tournament
	CF: Noah	Star Navigation Night 1	Tokyo, Japan	El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (c) defeated Manabu Soya to retain the GHC National Championship
10	CMLL	Torneo Increible De Parejas Week 1	Mexico City, Mexico	Soberano Jr. and Templario defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. and Titán in a semi final for the 2023 Torneo Increible De Parejas
	MLW AAA	Super Series	Tijuana, Baja California	Hijo Del Vikingo, Psycho Clown, and Rey Horus defeated Johnny Caballero and La Empresa (Gringo Loco and Sam Adonis)
11	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Shingo Takagi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
	NWA	Nuff Said	Tampa, Florida	Tyrus (c) defeated Matt Cardona to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
	CF: TJPW	Futari Wa Princess Max Heart Tournament 2023 Finals	Tokyo, Japan	121000000 (Maki Ito and Miyu Yamashita) defeated Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima) to win the 2023 Futari Wa Princess Max Heart Tournament
12	CF: Noah	Great Voyage in Osaka 2023	Osaka, Japan	Kaito Kiyomiya (c) defeated Jack Morris to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	AJPW Tenryu Project	Genichiro Tenryu Aid	Tokyo, Japan	Keita Yano, Masayuki Kono, and Minoru Suzuki defeated Hikaru Sato, Kengo Mashimo, and Rey Paloma
16		Wrestle And Romance		Hikaru Sato (c) defeated Naoki Tanizaki to retain the Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship
17	CMLL	Torneo Increible De Parejas Week 2	Mexico City, Mexico	Místico and Averno defeated Soberano Jr. and Templario to win the 2023 Torneo Increible De Parejas
18	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Elimination Chamber	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Roman Reigns (c) defeated Sami Zayn to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship	First major WWE event in Montreal since 2009.
	NJPW	Battle in the Valley	San Jose, California	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	Featured the NJPW/Stardom in-ring debut of Mercedes Moné, formerly Sasha Banks in WWE.
19	AJPW	Excite Maniax Day 2	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata defeated Kento Miyahara (c) to win the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
21	CF: Noah	Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love		Masahiro Chono defeated Keiji Muto	Featured the Keiji Muto, Nosawa Rongai, and Masahiro Chono's retirement matches.
22	NJPW CMLL	Fantastica Mania	Takamatsu, Japan	Atlantis Jr. and Último Guerrero defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Místico
23			Kyoto, Japan	Atlantis Jr. and Templario defeated Volador Jr. and Místico
24			Osaka, Japan	Volador Jr. and Último Guerrero defeated Magia Blanca and Atlantis Jr.
	Impact	No Surrender	Sunrise Manor, Nevada	Josh Alexander (c) defeated Rich Swann to retain the Impact World Championship
25	AJPW	BAR045 5th Anniversary	Yokohama, Japan	Drew Parker, Isami Kodaka, and Rina Yamashita defeated Asuka, Jun Kasai, and Takashi Sasaki
26	CF: DDT	Into The Fight 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Yukio Naya defeated Harashima to become the #1 contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship
	Stardom	Stardom in Showcase vol.4	Kobe, Japan	Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, and Koguma) defeated Queen's Quest (Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani, and Miyu Amasaki) and Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Starlight Kid, and Momo Watanabe)
	AJPW	Excite Maniax Day 3	Maebashi, Gunma, Japan	Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie, and Yuma Anzai defeated Suwama, Jun Saito, and Rei Saito
	NJPW CMLL	Fantastica Mania	Chiba, Japan	Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Atlantis Jr. and Último Guerrero) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Titán) to win the Interfaction Tag Team Tournament
27	AJPW	Excite Maniax Day 4	Tokyo, Japan	Shuji Ishikawa, Atsuki Aoyagi, and Yuma Anzai defeated Yuji Nagata, Hikaru Sato, and Dan Tamura
	NJPW CMLL	Fantastica Mania	Tokyo, Japan	Titán (c) defeated Soberano Jr. to retain the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
28				Místico defeated Atlantis Jr.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	NJPW	All Star Junior Festival 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Master Wato defeated Atsuki Aoyagi
2	Dragongate	Rey de Parejas Finals	Tokyo, Japan	D'Courage (Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta) defeated M3K (Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda) to win the Rey de Parejas tournament
3	CMLL	Torneo Increible De Escuelas (Finals)	Mexico City, Mexico	Ángel de Oro, Místico, and Volador Jr. defeated Atlantis Jr., Oraculo, and Rocky Romero	Team Escuela Guadalajara won the 2023 Torneo Increible De Escuelas.
4	Stardom	Triangle Derby Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Prominence (Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera, and Hiragi Kurumi) (c) defeated Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai, and Ami Sourei) to win the Triangle Derby finals and retain the Artist of Stardom Championship
	Dragongate	Champion Gate 2023 Night 1	Osaka, Japan	Gold Class (Kota Minoura, Ben-K and BxB Hulk) (c) defeated M3K (Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Junior) to retain the Open the Triangle Gate Championship
	NWA AAA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. AAA	Mexico City, Mexico	Tyrus (c) defeated Daga to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship	The match was cut short when Daga suffered a legitimate leg injury.
5	Zero1	22nd Anniversary	Tokyo, Japan	Masato Tanaka (c) defeated Shoki Kitamura to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
	AJPW	Over The Future 7	Kawasaki, Japan	Manabu Hara and Tamura defeated Kotaro Nasu and Madeline
	AEW	Revolution	San Francisco, California	MJF (c) defeated Bryan Danielson in a 60-minute iron man match to retain the AEW World Championship
	Dragongate	Champion Gate 2023 Night 2	Osaka, Japan	Shun Skywalker (c) defeated Strong Machine J to retain the Open the Dream Gate Championship
6	NJPW	NJPW 51st Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) defeated Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship
7	WWE: NXT	Roadblock	Orlando, Florida	Roxanne Perez (c) defeated Meiko Satomura to retain the NXT Women's Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
	AJPW Gleat	AJPW x Gleat Week 1	Tokyo, Japan	Hikaru Sato defeated Soma Watanabe in a UWF Rules match
9	CF: Noah	Star Navigation Night 2	Tokyo, Japan	Amakusa (c) defeated Hi69 to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship	Featured Daisuke Harada's retirement match.
14	AJPW	Dream Power Series Week 1	Tokyo, Japan	Naruki Doi (c) defeated Rising Hayato to retain the World Junior Heavyweight Championship
15	AEW	St. Patrick's Day Slam	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Daniel Garcia defeated Brody King	Aired on tape delay on March 17 as a special episode of Rampage.
17	CMLL	Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Night 1	Mexico City, Mexico	Volador Jr. defeated Rocky Romero in a hair vs. hair match
18	AJPW Gleat	AJPW x Gleat Week 2	Tokyo, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa, Yuma Anzai, and Yuma Aoyagi) defeated Stronghearts (Cima, El Lindaman, and T-Hawk) and Tetsuya Izuchi
	CF: TJPW	Futari Wa Princess Max Heart Tournament 2023 Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Mizuki defeated Yuka Sakazaki (c) to win the Princess of Princess Championship
19	CF: Noah	Great Voyage in Yokohama 2023	Yokohama, Japan	Jake Lee defeated Kaito Kiyomiya (c) to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	AAA	Lucha Libre World Cup	Zapopan, Mexico	Pentagón Jr. defeated Johnny Caballero	Team Mexico won the 2023 men's Lucha Libre World Cup. Team United States won the 2023 women's Lucha Libre World Cup.
20	CMLL	Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Night 2	Puebla, Mexico	Stigma, Templario, and Volador Jr. defeated Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., and Niebla Roja
21	NJPW	New Japan Cup (Finals)	Niigata, Japan	Sanada defeated David Finlay to win the 2023 New Japan Cup
	AJPW	Dream Power Series Week 2	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) defeated Shuji Ishikawa to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
	CF: DDT	Judgement		Yuji Hino (c) defeated Yukio Naya to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship
	CMLL	Martes de Glamour	Guadalajara, Mexico	Stephanie Vaquer and Zeuxis defeated Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) in a tournament final to win the inaugural Occidente Women's Tag Team Championship
24	Impact	Sacrifice	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Time Machine (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Kushida) defeated Frankie Kazarian, Rich Swann, and Steve Maclin
25	Stardom	New Blood Premium	Yokohama, Japan	Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano and Waka Tsukiyama) defeated Nanae Takahashi and Kairi	Featured the finals of the New Blood Tag Team Championship inaugural tournament.
26	AJPW	Dream Power Series Week 3	Tokyo, Japan	Voodoo Murders (Jun Saito, Rei Saito, and Suwama) defeated Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa, and Yuma Aoyagi)
30	EWF	Jake The Snake's Flirting with Venom	San Gabriel, California	Alberto El Patrón defeated Vladimir Moskayev
	GCW	Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9	Los Angeles, California	Timothy Thatcher defeated Josh Barnett
	CF: DDT	DDT Goes Hollywood		Konosuke Takeshita defeated Yuki Ueno
	Impact NJPW	Multiverse United		Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Mike Bailey
	Independent	Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow		El Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Black Taurus and Komander in a three-way match to retain the AAA Mega Championship	The event was promoted by the organizers of the WrestleCon fan convention.
31	ROH	Supercard of Honor		Claudio Castagnoli (c) defeated Eddie Kingston to retain the ROH World Championship
	CF: TJPW	Live in Los Angeles		Magical Sugar Rabbits (Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki) defeated 121000000 (Maki Ito and Miyu Yamashita) (c) to win the Princess Tag Team Championship
	GCW CF: DDT	GCW vs. DDT		Yoshihiko defeats Cole Radrick (c) to win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
	GCW	Joey Janela's Spring Break 7		Kota Ibushi defeated Joey Janela
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	CMLL	80th Aniversario De La Arena Coliseo	Mexico City, Mexico	Ángel de Oro, Mistico, and Soberano Jr. defeated Averno, Templario, and Volador Jr.
	WWE: NXT	Stand & Deliver	Los Angeles, California	Carmelo Hayes defeated Bron Breakker (c) to win the NXT Championship	Aired midday before WrestleMania 39 Night 1.
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 39	Inglewood, California	Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship
2				Roman Reigns (c) defeated Cody Rhodes to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
5	Dragongate	Gate of Passion Night 3	Tokyo, Japan	Madoka Kikuta defeated Kota Minoura to earn a shot at the Open the Dream Gate Championship
6	MLW	War Chamber	Queens, New York	The Calling (Rickey Shane Page, Delirious, Akira, and Dr. Cornwallus) defeated Alexander Hammerstone and The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner, Matthew Justice, and 1 Called Manders) in a War Chamber match
7	AEW	Battle of the Belts VI	Kingston, Rhode Island	The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) (c) defeated Q. T. Marshall and Powerhouse Hobbs to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
	NWA	312	Highland Park, Illinois	Tyrus (c) defeated Chris Adonis to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
8	MLW	Battle Riot V	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Kane last eliminated Davey Boy Smith Jr. to win the 40-man Battle Riot match to earn an MLW World Heavyweight Championship match.	Featured the finals of the Opera Cup tournament.
	NJPW	Sakura Genesis	Tokyo, Japan	Sanada defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
14		Tamashii	Adelaide, Australia	Hirooki Goto defeated Chris Basso
15			Sydney, Australia	Shingo Takagi defeated Jack Bonza
		Capital Collision	Washington, D.C.	Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) and Dream Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada) in a three-way tag team match to win the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
	Stardom	Cinderella Tournament 2023 Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika, Himeka Arita and Thekla) defeated Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Mina Shirakawa and Saki)	Also featured the finals of the 2023 Cinderella Tournament.
	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Wollongong, Australia	Kerry Morton (c) defeated Bobby Bishop to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
	CF: TJPW	Stand Alone '23	Tokyo, Japan	Mizuki (c) defeated Nao Kakuta to retain the Princess of Princess Championship
16	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Bribie Island, Australia	Kerry Morton (c) defeated Adam Brooks to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
	CF: Noah	Green Journey in Sendai	Sendai, Japan	Jake Lee (c) defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	Impact	Rebellion	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Deonna Purrazzo defeated Jordynne Grace to win the vacant Impact Knockouts World Championship
	AAA	Triplemanía XXXI: Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Komander, Rich Swann, and Swerve Strickland in a four-way match to retain the AAA Mega Championship
	NJPW	Collision in Philadelphia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) (c) defeated Chaos (Lio Rush and Tomohiro Ishii) to retain the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
		Tamashii	Melbourne, Australia	Shingo Takagi defeated Robbie Eagles
18	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Sydney, Australia	Kerry Morton (c) defeated Alex Taylor and Mick Moretti in a three-way match to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
19			Newcastle, Australia	Mick Moretti and The VeloCities (Jude London and Paris De Silva) defeated Alex Taylor and La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf)
22			Hastings, Australia	Silas Mason defeated Caveman Ugg in a no disqualification match
	NJPW	Hirooki Goto 20th Anniversary Event	Mie, Japan	Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Yoh) defeated House of Torture (Evil, Yujiro Takahashi and Sho)
23	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Ballarat, Australia	Kerry Morton (c) defeated Emmen Azman to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
	Stardom	All Star Grand Queendom	Yokohama, Japan	Tam Nakano defeated Giulia (c) to win the World of Stardom Championship
25	WWE: NXT	Spring Breakin'	Orlando, Florida	Indi Hartwell (c) defeated Roxanne Perez and Tiffany Stratton to retain the NXT Women's Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
26	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Adelaide, Australia	Kerry Morton defeated Mercurio and Nick Armstrong
27			Melbourne, Australia	La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf) (c) defeated Adam Brooks and Emmen Azman to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship
28	CMLL	Arena Mexico 67. Aniversario	Mexico City, Mexico	Dragón Rojo Jr. defeated Atlantis Jr. and Templario in a three-way elimination match to win the 2023 Campeon Universal Del CMLL	CMLL Universal Championship Finals
29	CF: Noah	Star Navigation Night 3	Tokyo, Japan	Good Looking Guys (Tadasuke and Yo-Hey) (c) defeated Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
	NJPW	Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni	Kagoshima, Japan	Taichi defeated Shingo Takagi (c) in a Takagi Style Triad match to win the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship
	AJPW FMW-E	AJPW x FMW-E	Yokohama, Japan	Atsushi Onita and Yoshitatsu (c) defeated Hikaru Sato and Shuji Ishikawa in a Barbed Wire Blast, Blast Bat and Barbed Wire Barricade Mine Death match to retain the All Asia Tag Team Championship
	NWA	The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. WAOA	Newcastle, Australia	Slex defeated Silas Mason
30			Gold Coast, Australia	Silas Mason defeated Slex
	CMLL	Que No Te Ganen Tus Monstruos	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	Los Magnificos (Adrenalina, Explosivo and Fantastico) defeated La Mafia (Leo, Omar Brunetti and Vaquero Jr.)
		Día del Niño	Mexico City, Mexico	Volcano defeated Raider, Akuma, Capitan Suicida, El Satanico and Volador Jr. to win the Torneo Embajador De Los Ninos Cibernetico
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	CF: DDT	Mega Max Bump 2023	Yokohama, Japan	Yuji Hino (c) defeated Yuki "not Sexy" Iino to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship
	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka, Japan	Sanada (c) defeated Hiromu Takahashi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
4	Stardom	Fukuoka Goddess Legend		Mina Shirakawa (c) defeated Natsupoi to retain the Wonder of Stardom Championship
	CF: Noah	Majestic 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Jake Lee (c) defeated Naomichi Marufuji to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
5	Dragongate	Dead or Alive 2023	Nagoya, Japan	Madoka Kikuta defeated Shun Skywalker (c) to win the Open the Dream Gate Championship
	CF: TJPW	Yes! Wonderland 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Mizuki (c) defeated Sawyer Wreck to retain the Princess of Princess Championship
6	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Backlash	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Cody Rhodes defeated Brock Lesnar	First major WWE event in Puerto Rico since 2005.
7	AJPW	Champion Carnival Final	Tokyo, Japan	Shotaro Ashino defeated T-Hawk to win the Champion Carnival 2023
12	Stardom	New Blood 8	Tokyo, Japan	Tam Nakano defeated Tam Nakano (Nao Ishikawa)
13	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 1	Toyama, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Shuji Ishikawa) and Yuji Nagata defeated Satoshi Kojima, Suwama and Takao Omori
14		Super Power Series Night 2	Matsumoto, Japan	Yuma Aoyagi defeated Atsuki Aoyagi
18		Super Power Series Night 3	Tokyo, Japan	T-Hawk defeated Ryuki Honda to become a number one contender for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
19	CMLL	Copa Jr. VIP Week 1	Mexico City, Mexico	Dragón Rojo Jr. and Soberano Jr. defeated El Hijo del Villano III, Atlantis Jr., Averno, Místico, Panterita del Ring Jr. and Volador Jr. in a Copa Jr. VIP 2023 semifinal match.
20	AJPW	Supermarket Pro Wrestling	Japan	Aoyagi Brothers (Yuma Aoyagi and Atsuki Aoyagi) and Yuma Anazi defeated Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa and Ryo Inoue
21	NJPW	Resurgence	Long Beach, California	Willow Nightingale defeated Mercedes Moné in a tournament final for the inaugural Strong Women's Championship
	CF: DDT	King of DDT Tournament 2023 (Finals)	Tokyo, Japan	Chris Brookes defeated Kazusada Higuchi in the finals of the 2023 King of DDT Tournament
23	Independent	Hana Kimura Memorial Show 3	Tokyo, Japan	Aja Kong and Sareee defeated Mika Iwata and Mio Momono	The event was promoted by Kyoko Kimura.
26	CMLL	Copa Jr. VIP Week 2	Mexico City, Mexico	Soberano Jr. defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. to win the 2023 Copa Jr. VIP.
	Impact	Under Siege	London, Ontario, Canada	Steve Maclin (c) defeated PCO in a no disqualification match to retain the Impact World Championship
27	Stardom	Flashing Champions	Tokyo, Japan	Tam Nakano (World) defeated Mina Shirakawa (Wonder) for the World of Stardom Championship and Wonder of Stardom Championship
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Night of Champions	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (c) defeated The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa) to retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship	First Night of Champions event since 2015.
28	NJPW	Best of the Super Juniors (Finals)	Tokyo, Japan	Master Wato defeated Titán to win the 2023 Best of the Super Juniors
	AEW	Double or Nothing	Paradise, Nevada	Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta) defeated The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and "Hangman" Adam Page) in an Anarchy in the Arena match
	WWE: NXT	Battleground	Lowell, Massachusetts	Carmelo Hayes (c) defeated Bron Breakker to retain the NXT Championship	First Battleground event since 2017.
29	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 4	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) defeated T-Hawk to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
2	Stardom	New Blood 9	Tokyo, Japan	Rina (c) defeated Lady C to retain the Future of Stardom Championship
3	AJPW	51st Anniversary	Tokyo, Japan	Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Suwama and Yuma Anzai einded in a time limit draw
	NWA	Crockett Cup	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf) defeated Flippin' Psychos (Flip Gordon and Fodder) in a Crockett Cup second round match
4				Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch defeated Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) to win the 2023 Crockett Cup tournament
	NJPW	Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Sanada (c) defeated Yota Tsuji to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
	CMLL	Copa Dinastías Week 1	Mexico City, Mexico	Hijo De Stuka Jr. and Stuka Jr. defeated Euforia and Soberano Jr. in a 2023 Copa Dinastia semifinal match
9	AJPW NJPW Noah	All Together Again	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada, Yuma Aoyagi and Kenoh defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kento Miyahara and Kaito Kiyomiya
	Impact	Against All Odds	Columbus, Ohio	Alex Shelley defeated Steve Maclin (c) to win the Impact World Championship
10	NJPW	NJPW Academy Showcase	Carson, California	Johnnie Robbie defeated Trish Adora
11	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 1	Koriyama, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Yuma Anzai) defeated Yuji Nagata and Yutaka Yoshie
	CMLL	Copa Dinastías Week 2	Mexico City, Mexico	Dr. Karonte I and Místico defeated Atlantis and Atlantis Jr. in a 2023 Copa Dinastia semifinal match
14	AJPW	Fortune Dream 8	Tokyo, Japan	Ayato Yoshida, Hayato Tamura and Tetsuya Endo vs. T-Hawk, Takuya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi ended in a time limit draw
15	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 2	Tokyo, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi) defeated Kongo (Kenoh and Manabu Soya) (c) to win the World Tag Team Championship
17	CF: Noah	Great Journey in Nagoya 2023	Nagoya, Japan	Jake Lee (c) defeated Takashi Sugiura to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 3	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) defeated Yuma Anzai to retain the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
18	NJPW AJPW	Blue Justice XII	Sakura, Chiba, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi, Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata defeated Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai and Yuma Aoyagi)
	CMLL	Copa Dinastías Final Week 3	Mexico City, Mexico	Dr. Karonte I and Místico defeated Hijo De Stuka Jr. and Stuka Jr. to win the 2023 Copa Dinastia
20	WWE: NXT	Gold Rush Night 1	Orlando, Florida	Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) defeated Bron Breakker to retain the World Heavyweight Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
23	AJPW	Yoshida Factory	Minami-ku, Kumamoto, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi) defeated Takao Omori, Tomoaki Honma and Yoshi Tatsu
24	CF: Noah	Kenoh's 15th Anniversary	Tokushima, Japan	Kongo (Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo and Hajime Ohara) defeated Naomichi Marufuji, Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba), Amakusa and Alejandro
	AJPW	Komeri Power Wrestling	Nagoya, Japan	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi) defeated Black Mensore, Takao Omori and Yoshi Tatsu
25	Stardom	Sunshine 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Queen's Quest (Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani, AZM, Lady C, Miyu Amasaki and Hina) defeated Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima, Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid, Ruaka and Rina) in a Loser leaves unit cage match
	AEW NJPW	Forbidden Door	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bryan Danielson defeated Kazuchika Okada	First AEW PPV outside of the United States, first NJPW PPV held in Canada, and first non-WWE PPV in Toronto since 1999.
26	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 4	Tokyo, Japan	Master Wato, Ryuki Honda and Yuji Nagata defeated Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi) and Yoshi Tatsu
27	WWE: NXT	Gold Rush Night 2	Orlando, Florida	Carmelo Hayes (c) defeated Baron Corbin to retain the NXT Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
26	CMLL	50th Aniversario Del El Satánico	Puebla, Mexico	Los Infernales (Averno, El Satánico and Mephisto) defeated Atlantis, El Desperado and Tiger Mask IV
27			Guadalajara, Mexico	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Tetsuya Naito and Titán) defeated Averno, Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero
30	CMLL NJPW	Fantastica Mania Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	Rocky Romero (c) defeated Volador Jr. to retain the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship	First NJPW PPV In Mexico.
	Impact	Down Under Tour Day 1	Wagga Wagga, Australia	Alex Shelley (c) defeated Steve Maclin to retain the Impact World Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Money in the Bank	London, England	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa) in a "Bloodline Civil War"	First major WWE event in London in over two decades.
	Impact	Down Under Tour Day 2	Wagga Wagga, Australia	Deonna Purrazzo (c) defeated Gisele Shaw to retain the Impact Knockouts World Championship
2	Stardom	Mid Summer Champions 2023	Yokohama, Japan	Saori Anou defeated Natsupoi in a Strap match
	Dragongate	Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2023	Kobe, Japan	Diamante lost his mask in a five-way Cage match against Dragon Kid, Shun Skywalker, Strong Machine J and Ultimo Dragon
	AJPW	Dynamite Series Night 5	Tokyo, Japan	Yuma Aoyagi defeated Yuji Nagata (c) to win the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
4	NJPW	Independence Day	Tokyo, Japan	Jun Kasai and El Desperado defeated Homicide and Jon Moxley in a No Disqualification doomsday match	First NJPW Strong events in Japan.
5				Jon Moxley defeated El Desperado in a Final Death match
8	MLW	Never Say Never	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Kane defeated Alexander Hammerstone (c) to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
	NWA	HP Cares for Cooper	Highland Park, Illinois	Kamille (c) defeated Natalia Markova to retain the NWA World Women's Championship	All proceeds were donated to the family of Cooper Roberts, who was shot and wounded during the Highland Park parade shooting and has been in intensive care ever since.
	CF: TJPW	Summer Sun Princess '23	Tokyo, Japan	Mizuki (c) defeated Maki Ito to retain the Princess of Princess Championship
15	AEW	Battle of the Belts VII	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Luchasaurus (c) defeated Shawn Spears to retain the AEW TNT Championship
	AAA	Triplemanía XXXI: Tijuana	Tijuana, Mexico	Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Kenny Omega to retain the AAA Mega Championship
	Impact	Slammiversary	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Alex Shelley (c) defeated Nick Aldis to retain the Impact World Championship
	CF: Noah	One Night Dream	Tokyo, Japan	Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Kento Miyahara
19	AEW	Blood & Guts	Boston, Massachusetts	The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, "Hangman" Adam Page, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and Kota Ibushi) defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta), Konosuke Takeshita, and Pac in a Blood and Guts match	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
		Royal Rampage		Kris Statlander (c) defeated Marina Shafir to retain the AEW TBS Championship	Aired on tape delay on July 21 as a special episode of Rampage.
21	ROH	Death Before Dishonor	Trenton, New Jersey	Athena (c) defeated Willow Nightingale to retain the ROH Women's World Championship
	AAA	Verano de Escándalo	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Cibernético, Gringo Loco and Sam Adonis defeated El Hijo del Vikingo, El Patrón Alberto and Psycho Clown
23	CF: DDT	Wrestle Peter Pan 2023	Tokyo, Japan	Chris Brookes defeated Yuji Hino (c) to win the KO-D Openweight Championship
30	WWE: NXT	The Great American Bash	Cedar Park, Texas	Carmelo Hayes (c) defeated Ilja Dragunov to retain the NXT Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
2	AEW	Dynamite: 200	Tampa, Florida	Hikaru Shida defeated Toni Storm (c) to win the AEW Women's World Championship	Celebrated the 200th episode of Dynamite.
3	DG	King of Gate 2023 (Finals)	Tokyo, Japan	Kota Minoura defeated Big Boss Shimizu to win the 2023 King of Gate tournament
5	WWE: Raw SmackDown	SummerSlam	Detroit, Michigan	Roman Reigns (c) defeated Jey Uso in a Tribal Combat to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and recognition of Tribal Chief of the Anoa'i family
12	AAA	Triplemanía XXXI: Mexico City	Mexico City, Mexico	Sam Adonis loses his hair in a Four-way Lucha de Apuestas Hair vs. Mask match against Psycho Clown (mask), Rush El Toro Blanco (hair) and L.A. Park (mask)
13	Stardom	Stardom x Stardom: Osaka Summer Team	Osaka, Japan	Tam Nakano (c) defeated Megan Bayne to retain the World of Stardom Championship
	NJPW	G1 Climax 33 (Finals)	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the G1 Climax tournament	The winner received a IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 18.
16	AEW	Fight for the Fallen Night 1	Nashville, Tennessee	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn)	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
		Fight for the Fallen Night 2		Hikaru Shida and Skye Blue defeated The Outcasts (Ruby Soho and Toni Storm)	Aired on tape delay on August 18 as a special episode of Rampage.
17	NWA	The World is a Vampire Tour	Huntsville, Alabama	EC3 defeated Kerry Morton by disqualification
18	Stardom	Stardom New Blood 10	Tokyo, Japan	Rina (c) defeated Waka Tsukiyama to retain the Future of Stardom Championship
19	Stardom	Stardom Midsummer Festival	Tokyo, Japan	Jaguar Yokota and NanaMomo (Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi) defeated Black Desire (Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid) and Yuu
	AEW	Fight for the Fallen Night 3	Lexington, Kentucky	Darby Allin defeated Christian Cage	Aired as a special episode of Collision.
		Fyter Fest Night 2		The Outcasts (Saraya and Toni Storm) defeated Hikaru Shida and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.	Aired on tape delay on August 25 as a special episode of Rampage.
	NJPW	All Star Junior Festival USA	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Mike Bailey defeated Kevin Knight in the finals of the All Star Jr. Festival USA tournament
	NWA	The World is a Vampire Tour	West Palm Beach, Florida	The Southern 6 (Alex Taylor, Kerry Morton and "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason) defeated Colby Corino and The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews)
20			Tampa, Florida	The Southern 6 (Alex Taylor, Kerry Morton and "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason) defeated Colby Corino and The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews)
	NJPW Impact	Multiverse United 2	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Shelley (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the Impact World Championship
	DG	Dangerous Gate 2023	Ōta City, Japan	Madoka Kikuta (c) defeated Kota Minoura to retain the Open the Dream Gate Championship
22	NWA	The World is a Vampire Tour	Charlotte, North Carolina	Colby Corino and The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews) defeated The Southern 6 (Alex Taylor, Kerry Morton and "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason)
	WWE: NXT	Heatwave	Orlando, Florida	Carmelo Hayes (c) defeated Wes Lee to retain the NXT Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT.
23	AEW	Fyter Fest Night 1	Duluth, Georgia	Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) (c) defeated The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship	Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
		Fyter Fest Night 3		Darby Allin, Sting, Hook, and CM Punk defeated Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage and Swerve Strickland), Jay White, and Luchasaurus	Aired on tape delay on August 26 as a special episode of Collision.
26	RevPro	11th Anniversary Show	London, England	Will Ospreay defeated Shingo Takagi
	NWA	75th Anniversary Show	St. Louis, Missouri	Kamille (c) defeated Natalia Markova in a No Limits match to retain the NWA World Women's Championship
27				EC3 defeated Tyrus (c) in a Bullrope match to win the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
	AEW	All In	London, England	MJF (c) defeated Adam Cole to retain the AEW World Championship	First All In event since 2018, first AEW event in the UK, first AEW PPV outside North America, and first AEW event to be held in an association football stadium. Also the first professional wrestling event to be held at present day Wembley Stadium.
	Impact	Emergence	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Trinity (c) defeated Deonna Purrazzo to retain the Impact Knockouts World Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
2	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Payback	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the World Heavyweight Championship	First Payback event since 2020. Last WWE premium live event before UFC–WWE merger is finalized.
3	Stardom	5Star Special in Hiroshima	Hiroshima, Japan	Mirai (c) vs. Konami for the Wonder of Stardom Championship
	AEW	All Out	Chicago, Illinois	Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW International Championship
	MLW	Fury Road	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Alex Kane (c) vs. Willie Mack for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
8	Impact	Victory Road	White Plains, New York
	WWE: Raw	Superstar Spectacle	Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India	John Cena and Seth "Freakin" Rollins vs. Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci)	First Superstar Spectacle event since 2021, first major WWE Live event in India since 2017, and first live event in Hyderabad.
9	Impact	Impact 1000	White Plains, New York	Team 3D (Bully Ray and Brother Devon) vs. TBA and TBA	Impact's 1000th episode, will feature Team 3D in Impact! for the first time in 7 years.
16	CMLL	90th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Templario vs. Dragon Rojo Jr. in a Lucha de Apuestas Mask vs. Mask match
20	AEW	Grand Slam: Night 1	Queens, New York		Airing as a special episode of Dynamite.
		Grand Slam: Night 2			Airing on tape delay on September 22 as a special episode of Rampage.
24	NJPW	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
30	Stardom	5 Star Grand Prix 2023 (Finals)	Yokohama, Japan
	WWE: NXT	No Mercy	Bakersfield, California		First No Mercy event since 2017.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

October

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	AAA	Héroes Inmortales	Zapopan, Jalisco
	AEW	WrestleDream	Seattle, Washington		This event will be dedicated to Antonio Inoki, who passed away on October 1, 2022.
7	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Fastlane	Indianapolis, Indiana		First Fastlane event since 2021.
9	NJPW	Destruction in Ryogoku	Tokyo, Japan	Sanada (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
14	MLW	Slaughterhouse	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	NJPW	Royal Quest III	London, England	Will Ospreay (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
21	Impact	Bound for Glory	Cicero, Illinois
26		UK Invasion Tour	Glasgow, Scotland
27		Turning Point	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
28		UK Invasion Tour	Coventry, England
	NJPW	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Las Vegas, Nevada
29	Impact	UK Invasion Tour	Coventry, England
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

November

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
5	DG	Gate of Destiny 2023	Osaka, Japan
10	NJPW	Lone Star Shootout	Garland, Texas
18	AEW	Full Gear	Inglewood, California
	MLW	Fightland	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
25	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Survivor Series	Rosemont, Illinois
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

December

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
7	MLW	One Shot	New York, New York		First One Shot event since 2017.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

• January 6 – Vince McMahon returns to WWE as a board member after previously retiring in 2022.
• January 10 – Stephanie McMahon resigns as co-CEO and chairwoman of WWE. Vince McMahon takes the title of executive chairman, while Nick Khan becomes the sole CEO of the company.
• January 20 – Major League Wrestling signs a new broadcast deal with Reelz.
• January 21 – Negro Casas and his wife Dalys la Caribeña depart from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), making their surprise debuts for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide on the same day. This marked the end of Casas' over 40-year tenure with CMLL.
• April 3 – WWE is sold to Endeavor, the parent company of the mixed martial arts promotion, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), ending 69 years of family ownership by the McMahon family. WWE and UFC will merge to form a new company, with the merger to be finalized by the second half of the year.
• April 24 & 25 – All Elite Wrestling's YouTube programs, Elevation and Dark, were canceled, respectively.
• June 17 – AEW Collision premiered on TNT.
• August 27 – All Elite Wrestling's pay-per-view, All In, broke the paid attendance record for a professional wrestling event, selling 81,035 tickets.

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Rey de Reyes	Sam Adonis	February 5	Defeated Bandido, Pagano, and Hijo del Vikingo in the final to win.
Reina de Reinas	Sexy Star II		Defeated Chik Tormenta, Lady Shani, La Hiedra, and Dalys to win.
Lucha Libre World Cup (Women)	Team USA (Kamille, Deonna Purrazzo, and Jordynne Grace)	March 19	Defeated Team Mexico (Sexy Star II, Flammer, and La Hiedra) in the final to win.
Lucha Libre World Cup (Men)	Team Mexico (Black Taurus, Pentagón Jr., and Laredo Kid)		Defeated Team USA (Christopher Daniels, Sam Adonis, and Johnny Caballero) in the final to win.
Guerra de Rivalidades	Psycho Clown	August 12	Defeated L. A. Park, Rush El Toro Blanco, and Sam Adonis in the final under Lucha de Apuestas rules. Clown pinned Adonis, meaning Adonis had to shave his head.

AEW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Revolution Tag Team Battle Royale	Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett	February 22	Jarrett last eliminated Trent Beretta of Best Friends to enter the AEW World Tag Team Championship match at Revolution, but he and Lethal were unsuccessful in winning the titles.
Casino Tag Team Royale	Orange Cassidy and Danhausen	March 1	Last eliminated The Butcher and The Blade to enter the AEW World Tag Team Championship match at Revolution, but were unsuccessful in winning the titles.
Face of the Revolution ladder match	Powerhouse Hobbs		Defeated Eddie Kingston, Ortiz, Action Andretti, Sammy Guevara, Komander, Konosuke Takeshita, and A. R. Fox to earn an AEW TNT Championship match. He would defeat Wardlow in a falls count anywhere match on the March 8 episode of Dynamite to win the title.
Four Pillars Tournament	Sammy Guevara	April 26	Defeated Darby Allin in the final to earn an AEW World Championship match at Double or Nothing. He challenged champion MJF for the title in a four-way match also involving Allin and "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Tres de Mayo Battle Royale	Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster)	May 3	Gunn and Bowens last eliminated Kip Sabian and The Butcher and The Blade to win.
Owen Hart Cup (Men)	Ricky Starks	July 15	Defeated CM Punk in the final to win the Owen Hart Cup Trophy and Championship.
Owen Hart Cup (Women)	Willow Nightingale		Defeated Ruby Soho in the final to win the Owen Hart Cup Trophy and Championship.
Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament	Adam Cole and MJF	July 19	Defeated The Jericho Appreciation Society (Sammy Guevara and Daniel Garcia) to earn an AEW World Tag Team Championship match. They challenged FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) for the titles on the July 29 episode of Collision, but were unsuccessful.
Royal Rampage Battle Royal	Darby Allin	July 19 (aired July 21)	Last eliminated Swerve Strickland to earn an AEW TNT Championship match at All Out. He will challenge Luchasaurus for the title at the event.
AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Battle Royal	Brian Cage and Big Bill	July 26 (aired July 28)	Last eliminated The Butcher and The Blade to earn an AEW World Tag Team Championship match. They challenged FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) for the titles on the August 5 episode of Collision, but were unsuccessful.
AEW Women's World Championship Tournament	Saraya	August 27	Defeated champion Hikaru Shida, Toni Storm, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. in the final to win the AEW Women's World Championship.
ROH World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Battle Royale	The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)	August 30 airing September 30)	Silver last eliminated Trent Beretta of Best Friends to earn an ROH World Tag Team Championship match at All Out. He and Reynolds will challenge Better Than You Bay Bay (Adam Cole and MJF) for the titles at the event.
Grand Slam AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament	TBD	TBD	Single-elimination tournament for an AEW World Championship match at Dynamite: Grand Slam.

AJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Jr. Tag Battle of Glory	Black Generation International (Kaito Ishida and Kotaro Suzuki)	May 5	Defeated Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising Hayato) in the final to win a future All Asia Tag Team Championship match.
Champion Carnival	Shotaro Ashino	May 7	Defeated T-Hawk in the final to earn a future Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship match.
Royal Road Tournament	Satoshi Kojima	August 27	Defeated Ryuki Honda in the final for a future Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship match.

BJW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Saikyo Tag League	Abdullah Kobayashi and Daiju Wakamatsu	February 13 (aired February 21)	Defeated Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto) in a Fluorescent Lighttube Deathmatch to win.

CF

DDT

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
No Fee Rumble	Fuminori Abe	January 29	Last eliminated Sanshiro Takagi to win.
D Generations Cup	Takeshi Masada	February 26	Defeated Yuya Koroku in the final to win.
King of DDT Tournament	Chris Brookes	May 21	Defeated Kazusada Higuchi in the final to earn a KO-D Openweight Championship match. He would defeat Yuji Hino at Wrestle Peter Pan to win the title.

Noah

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Scramble Shuffle Tag Tournament	Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka	January 8	Defeated Satoshi Kojima and Shuji Kondo in the final to win.
N-1 Rumble	Manabu Soya	August 5	Last eliminated Jack Morris to win.
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Atsushi Kotoge and Hi69	August 11	Defeated Good Looking Guys (Tadasuke and Yo-Hey) in the final to earn a future GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match.
N-1 Victory	Go Shiozaki or Kenoh	September 3	Round-robin tournament for a future GHC Heavyweight Championship match.

TJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Princess of the Decade Tournament	Rika Tatsumi	January 30	Defeated Shoko Nakajima in the final to win.
"Futari wa Princess" Max Heart Tournament	121000000 (Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita)	February 11	Defeated Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima) in the final to earn a Princess Tag Team Championship match. They would defeat Wasteland War Party (Heidi Howitzer and Max the Impaler) at Grand Princess '23 to win the titles.
Shinagawa Three Woman Festival	Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku, and Raku	April 29 (aired May 2)	Defeated Kaya Toribami and Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima) in the final to win.
Tokyo Princess Cup	Miyu Yamashita	August 13	Defeated Yuki Kamifuku in the final to earn a future Princess of Princess Championship match.

GanPro

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Young Ganbare Cup	Yumehito Imanari	January 28	Defeated Kentaro Hachisu in the final.
Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship Tournament	Hentai Punch Drunkers (Hikaru Sato and Tyson Maeguchi)	May 5	Defeated Uruseez (Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yumehito Imanari) in the final to become the inaugural champions.

CMLL

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Rey del Aire VIP	Dragón Rojo Jr.	January 28	Last eliminated Templario to win.
Torneo Increíble de Parejas	Averno and Místico	February 17	Defeated Soberano Jr. and Templario in the final.
Interfaction Tag Team Tournament	Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Atlantis Jr. and Último Guerrero)	February 26	Defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Titán) in the final to win.
Torneo de Escuelas	Team Guadalajara (Ángel Rebelde, Explosivo, Crixus, Adrenalina, Fantastico, and Vaquero Jr.)	March 3	Defeated Team CDMX (Neon, Max Star, Futuro, Vegas, Historico, and Tonalli) in the final to win.
Copa Irma Gonzalez	Princesa Sugehit	March 17	Defeated La Catalina, La Jarochita, Lluvia, Sanely, Sumie Sakai, and Valkiria to win.
Occidente Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament	Stephanie Vaquer and Zeuxis	March 21	Defeated Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) in the final to become the inaugural champions.
Torneo Nueva Generación Cibernético	Rey Samuray	April 3	Defeated Max Star, Ángel Rebelde, Crixus, Tonalli, Multy, Neón, Hijo de Stuka Jr, Vaquero Jr & Brillante Jr. to win.
CMLL Universal Championship	Dragón Rojo Jr.	April 28	Defeated Atlantis Jr. and Templario in the final to become the champion.
Torneo Embajador de Los Niños Cibernético	Volcano	April 30	Defeated Volador Jr., El Satánico, Akuma, Raider, and Captain Suicida to win.
Torneo Cinco de Mayo	Pegasso	May 8	Defeated Asturiano, Espíritu Maligno, Dark Soul, Millenium, Multy, Hijo de Centalla Roja, Rey Samuray, Perverso, and Prayer to win.
La Copa Junior VIP	Soberano Jr.	May 26	Defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. in the final to win.
Mexican National Middleweight Championship Tournament	Guerrero Maya Jr.	June 2	Defeated Rugido in the final to win the vacant title.
Copa Dinastías	Místico and Dr. Karonte I	June 18	Defeated Stuka Jr. and Hijo de Stuka Jr. in the final to win.
Leyenda de Azul	Mascara Dorada 2.0	July 28	Defeated Rocky Romero in the final to win.
Mexican National Lightweight Championship Tournament	Futuro	July 30	Defeated Gallo Jr, Max Star, Meyer, Brillante Jr., Rafaga Jr., Raya Metalico, and Misterio Blanco in the final to win the vacant title.
Copa Independencia	TBD	TBD
CMLL Universal Amazons Championship	TBD	TBD

The Crash

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Copa Juvenil	Anubis	January 28	Defeated Dark Warrior, Aztec Fly, Noisy Boy, POD, and Rey Astral to win.

CZW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Best of the Best	Rich Swann	May 10	Defeated Fred Yehi in the final to win the vacant CZW World Heavyweight Championship.

DG

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Rey de Parejas	D'courage (Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta)	March 2	Defeated M3K (Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda) in the final to win.
King of Gate	Kota Minoura	August 3	Defeated Big Boss Shimizu in the final to earn an Open the Dream Gate Championship match. He challenged Madoka Kikuta for the title at Dangerous Gate but was unsuccessful.

GCW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Do or Die Rumble	Masha Slamovich	January 1	Last eliminated Blake Christian to earn a GCW World Championship match. She would defeat Nick Gage at Eye for an Eye to win the title.
Jersey J-Cup	Jordan Oliver	February 11	Defeated Mike Bailey in the final to win the revived JCW World Championship. The title had been inactive since 2004.
Grab the Brass Ring DLC match	Blake Christian	March 31	Defeated Komander, Tony Deppen, Gringo Loco, Shane Mercer, Alec Price, Cole Radrick, Jack Cartwheel, and Billie Starkz to earn a GCW World Championship match. Christian invoked his opportunity to enter the title match between Masha Slamovich and Rina Yamashita at Cage of Survival 2, winning the title in the process.
Tournament of Survival	Rina Yamashita	June 3	Defeated John Wayne Murdoch in the final to win a GCW World Championship match at Cage of Survival 2. She'd challenge Masha Slamovich for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.

Gleat

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Unit One Night Tournament	Black Generation Internation (Hartley Jackson, Kaito Ishida, and Kotaro Suzuki)	February 15	Defeated Strong Hearts (Cima, T-Hawk, and El Lindaman) in the final to win.
Lidet UWF Championship Tournament	Takanori Ito	June 7	Defeated Shinya Aoki in the final to become the inaugural champion.

Impact

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
8-4-1 match	Nick Aldis	June 9	Defeated Bully Ray, Heath, Jonathan Gresham, Mike Bailey, Moose, PCO, and Rich Swann to earn an Impact World Championship match at Slammiversary. He challenged Alex Shelley for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Impact World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz)	July 29 (aired August 17)	Defeated Rich Swann and Sami Callihan in the final to earn an Impact World Tag Team Championship match at Emergence. They defeated Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster) to win the titles at the event.
Impact Knockouts World Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Alisha Edwards	August 28 (aired August 31)	Last eliminated Jody Threat and KiLynn King to earn an Impact Knockouts World Championship match at Victory Road. She will challenge Trinity for the title at the event.
Feast or Fired	TBD	September 9 (airing September 7)

IWRG

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
El Protector	Hip Hop Man and Shocko	February 19	Defeated El Hijo del Alebrije and Baby Star, Baby Star and La Momia, Cerebro Negro Jr. and Travis Banks, El Hijo del Fishman and Rey Halcon Jr., Hellboy and Wesley Pipes, Imposible and Noisy Boy, and Maniacop and Yorvak to win.
IWRG Tryout Tournament	Gannicus	March 5	Defeated Fussion in the final to win.
Rebelión de los Juniors	El Hijo del Alebrije	March 19	Defeated Cerebro Negro Jr., Apolo Estrada Jr., Brazo de Oro Jr., El Hijo de L.A. Park, Galeno Del Mal, Principe Arkano, and Villano V Jr. to win.
Guerra del Golfo	Hell Boy	April 16	Defeated Shocko in a hair vs. hair final to win.
Rey del Ring	El Hijo de Pirata Morgan	May 7	Last eliminated Travis Banks to win.
IWRG World Lucha Libre Championship Tournament	Vito Fratelli	June 4	Defeated Hell Boy in the final to become the inaugural champion.

M-Pro

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Kanjin Oogama League	OSO11	February 25	Defeated Ayumi Gunji in the final to win.

MLW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Battle Riot	Alex Kane	April 8	Last eliminated Davey Boy Smith Jr. to earn a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship match. He would defeat Alexander Hammerstone to win the title at Never Say Never.
Opera Cup	Davey Boy Smith Jr.		Defeated Tracy Williams in the final to win the Opera Cup Trophy and a title opportunity of his choice.

NJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
NJPW World Television Championship Tournament	Zack Sabre Jr.	January 4	Defeated Ren Narita in the final to become the inaugural champion.
New Japan Ranbo	Great-O-Khan, Sho, Shingo Takagi, and Toru Yano		Determined the challengers for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship at New Year Dash!!, which was won by Takagi.
Interfaction Tag Team Tournament	Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Atlantis Jr. and Último Guerrero)	February 26	Defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Titán) in the final to win.
New Japan Cup	Sanada	March 21	Defeated David Finlay in the final to win an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match. He would defeat Kazuchika Okada to win the title at Sakura Genesis.
Strong Women's Championship Tournament	Willow Nightingale	May 21	Defeated Mercedes Moné in the final to become the inaugural champion.
Best of the Super Juniors	Master Wato	May 28	Defeated Titán to earn an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall. He challenged Hiromu Takahashi for the title but was unsuccessful.
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Will Ospreay	June 4	Defeated Lance Archer in the final for an IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship match. He defeated Kenny Omega to win the title at Forbidden Door.
G1 Climax	Tetsuya Naito	August 13	Defeated Kazuchika Okada in the final for an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom.
Philly Cheesesteak Cup ladder match	Douki and Low Rider	August 19	Defeated Hiromu Takahashi and Rocky Romero, and Blake Christian and Master Wato to win.
All Star Jr. Festival USA Tournament	Mike Bailey		Defeated Kevin Knight in the final to earn an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match. He and Lio Rush will challenge Hiromu Takahashi for the title in a three-way match at Destruction in Ryogoku.

NWA

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Champions Series	Team Rock 'n' Roll (Kerry Morton, Chris Adonis, Matthew Mims, Alex Taylor, Dak Draper, Taya Valkyrie, La Rosa Negra, Madi Wrenkowski, and Ricky Morton)	January 31	Defeated Team Tyrus (Tyrus, Trevor Murdoch, EC3, "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason, Carnage, Allysin Kay, Robyn Renegade, Samantha Starr, and Rolando Freeman) in the final to earn title opportunities for each team member. *Mims used his opportunity to challenge Jordan Clearwater for the NWA World Television Championship on the February 7 Powerrr, but was unsuccessful. *Taylor utilized his opportunity to challenge Kerry Morton for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship at Nuff Said, but was unsuccessful. *Wrenkowski utilized her opportunity with Missa Kate to win the NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship from Pretty Empowered 2.0 (Ella Envy and Roxy) on the February 21 episode of Powerrr. *Draper used his opportunity with Matthew Mims to challenge La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship at NWA 312, but they were unsuccessful. *La Rosa Negra used her opportunity to challenge Kamille for the NWA World Women's Championship at NWA 312, but was unsuccessful. *Adonis used his opportunity to challenge Tyrus for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship at NWA 312, but was unsuccessful.
NWA World Women's Television Championship Tournament	Kenzie Paige	April 7	Defeated Max the Impaler in the final to become the inaugural champion.
Bob Luce Memorial Battle Royal	"Thrillbilly" Silas Mason		Last eliminated Odinson to earn an NWA National Heavyweight Championship match. He challenged EC3 for the title on Night 1 of the Crockett Cup, but was unsuccessful.
Crockett Cup	Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch	June 4	Defeated Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) in the final to win the Crockett Cup Trophy and an NWA World Tag Team Championship match. They challenge Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) for the titles on Night 2 of NWA 75, but were unsuccesul.
NWA United States Tag Team Championship Showdown	Daisy Kill and Talos	August 26	Defeated The Fixer (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky) to earn an NWA United States Tag Team Championship on Night 2 of NWA 75. They would later defeat The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews) to win the titles at the event.
Jubilee Jamboree match	Jack Cartwheel		Defeated Alex Taylor, Eric Jackson, Koa Laxamana, and Matt Vine to earn an NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship match on Night 2 of NWA 75. He challenged Colby Corino for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
Burke Invitational Gauntlet	Kenzie Paige		Last eliminated Allysin Kay to win the Burke Cup Trophy and an NWA World Women's Championship match on Night 2 of NWA 75. She defeated Kamille to win the title at the event.
Austin Idol's National Championship Battle Royal	Jordan Clearwater	August 27	Last eliminated Zyon to earn an NWA National Heavyweight Championship match later that night. He subsequently challenged Silas Mason for the title but was unsuccessful.

PWG

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Battle of Los Angeles	Mike Bailey	January 8	Defeated Konosuke Takeshita in the final for a PWG World Championship match. He challenged Daniel Garcia for the title in a 60-minute iron man match at PWG Twenty: Mystery Vortex, but lost 4–3 in sudden death overtime.

ROH

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
"Reach for the Sky" ladder match	The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix)	March 31	Defeated Top Flight (Darius Martin and Dante Martin), The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett), Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher), and La Facción Ingobernable (Rush and Dralístico) to win the vacant ROH World Tag Team Championship.
ROH World Television Championship Eliminator Tournament	Dalton Castle	July 15 (aired July 20)	Defeated Shane Taylor in the final to earn an ROH World Television Championship match at Death Before Dishonor. He challenged Samoa Joe for the title at the event but was unsuccessful.
ROH World Television Championship Eliminator Tournament	Shane Taylor	August 5 (aired August 10)	Defeated Gravity in the final to earn a future ROH World Television Championship match. He will challenge Samoa Joe for the title at All Out.

RevPro

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Revolution Rumble Entry Tournament	Joshua James	March 19	Defeated Yota Tsuji in the final to earn a spot in the Revolution Rumble match.
Revolution Rumble match	Michael Oku	March 26	Last eliminated Gabriel Kidd to earn an Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship match. He would defeat Great-O-Khan to win the title at Epic Encounter.

Stardom

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Naniwa Roulette	Saki Kashima	February 4	Last eliminated Billiken Death to earn an opportunity at any championship of her choosing. She would defeat champion AZM and Fukigen Death to win the High Speed Championship at Flashing Champions.
Triangle Derby	Prominence (Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki, and Hiragi Kurumi)	March 4	Defeated God's Eye (Syuri, Mirai, and Ami Sourei) in the final to win. Prominence's Artist of Stardom Championship was also on the line.
New Blood Tag Team Championship Tournament	Unique Glare (Starlight Kid and Karma)	March 25	Defeated God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) in the final to become the inaugural champions.
Cinderella Tournament	Mirai	April 15	Defeated Mai Sakurai to earn a "wish" of whatever she so desired. She wished to challenge Tam Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship, which she won at Mid Summer Champions.
Yokohama Rumble match	Mai Sakurai	April 23	Last eliminated Super Strong Stardom Giant Machine to win.
Fukuoka Rumble match	Suzu Suzuki	May 4	Last eliminated Mai Sakurai to win.
High Speed Rumble match	Mei Seira	June 17	Last eliminated Saki Kashima to win.
5 Star Grand Prix Rumble match	Mariah May and Hanan	June 18	Determined the wild card entrants in the 5 Star Grand Prix.
5 Star Grand Prix	TBD	September 30	Round-robin tournament for a championship match of the winner's choosing.

Zero1

Zero1 Japan

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Fire Festival	Junya Matsunaga	July 29 (aired August 12)	Defeated Kengo Mashimo in the final to win.

Tenryu Project

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
Tenryu Project United National Tag Team Championship Tournament	Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi	June 10	Defeated Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama in the final to become the inaugural champions.

XPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
King of the Deathmatch Tournament	Drake Younger	April 22	Defeated Masada, Shane Mercer, and Aeroboy in the final to win an immediate XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship match. He challenged Shlak for the title but was unsuccessful.

WWE

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date won	Notes
NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne	January 10	Both were declared co-winners after hitting the floor simultaneously. Dolin and Jayne subsequently challenged Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women's Championship in a triple threat match at NXT Vengeance Day, but both were unsuccessful in winning the title.
Royal Rumble match (Women)	Rhea Ripley	January 28	Last eliminated Liv Morgan to earn a women's world championship match at WrestleMania 39. Ripley successfully challenged Charlotte Flair to win the SmackDown Women's Championship.
Royal Rumble match (Men)	Cody Rhodes		Last eliminated Gunther to earn a men's world championship match at WrestleMania 39. Rhodes challenged Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
SmackDown Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament	Braun Strowman and Ricochet	February 4	Defeated Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci) in the final to earn a SmackDown Tag Team Championship match. They challenged The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) on the February 10 episode of SmackDown, but were unsuccessful in winning the title.
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal	Bobby Lashley	March 31	Last eliminated Bronson Reed to win the André the Giant Memorial Trophy.
WWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Mustafa Ali	May 15	Last eliminated Bronson Reed and Ricochet to earn a WWE Intercontinental Championship match at Night of Champions. He challenged Gunther for the title, but was unsuccessful.
World Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Seth "Freakin" Rollins	May 27	Defeated AJ Styles in the finals of 12-man tournament to determine the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion of the Raw brand.
NXT Women's Championship Tournament	Tiffany Stratton	May 28	Defeated Lyra Valkyria in the final to win the vacant NXT Women's Championship.
NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal	Thea Hail	June 8	Last eliminated Cora Jade and Dana Brooke to earn an NXT Women's Championship match. She challenged Tiffany Stratton for the title on Night 2 of NXT: Gold Rush, but was unsuccessful.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Women)	Iyo Sky	July 1	Defeated Bayley, Becky Lynch, Trish Stratus, Zelina Vega, and Zoey Stark in a 6-woman ladder match to earn a women's world championship match contract. She subsequently cashed in on the WWE Women's Championship and won the title from Bianca Belair at SummerSlam.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Men)	Damian Priest		Defeated Butch, LA Knight, Shinsuke Nakamura, Logan Paul, Ricochet, and Santos Escobar in a 7-man ladder match to earn a men's championship match contract.
United States Championship Invitational	Santos Escobar	July 28	Defeated Rey Mysterio in the final to earn a WWE United States Championship match. He was scheduled to challenge Austin Theory for the title on the August 11 episode of SmackDown, but was constantly attacked by Theory before the match and wasn't able to compete. Mysterio would take his place and subsequently won the title.
Slim Jim SummerSlam Battle Royal	LA Knight	August 5	Last eliminated Sheamus in a 25-man battle royal to win.
NXT Global Heritage Invitational	TBD	TBD	Eight-man round-robin tournament for an NXT Heritage Cup match at NXT No Mercy.

Title changes

2AW

2AW Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ayato Yoshida
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 23	Kohei Sato	Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba

2AW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Koen (Takuro Niki and Tatsuya Hanami)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 23	Taishi Takizawa and Daiju Wakamatsu	Grand Slam in 2AW Square
July 23	Bug's Mutation (Ayumu Honda and Chango)	Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba	Three-way tag team match also involving Kazma Sakamoto and Kengo Mashimo.

Chiba Six Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Ayumu Honda, Kyu Mogami, and Taishi Takizawa
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AAA

AAA Mega Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo del Vikingo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Fénix
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 17	Vacated	—	Fénix vacated the title due to international commitments.

AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
Incoming champion – Dinastía
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AAA Latin American Championship
Incoming champion – Fénix
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 17	Vacated	—	Fénix vacated the title due to international commitments.
August 12	Q. T. Marshall	Triplemanía XXXI: Mexico City	Defeated Pentagón Jr., Dralístico, and Texano Jr. in a four-way match to win the vacant title.

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Incoming champion – Taya Valkyrie
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 12	Flammer	Triplemanía XXXI: Mexico City

AAA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 20 (aired June 17)	Arez and Komander	Luchando por Mexico	Defeated Rey Horus and Octagón Jr., and Jack Evans and Myzteziz Jr. to win the vacant titles.

AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Abismo Negro Jr. and Lady Flammer
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AAA World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Nueva Generación Dinamita (El Cuatrero, Forastero, and Sansón)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 21	Los Vipers (Abismo Negro Jr., Psicosis, and Toxin)	Verano de Escandalo	Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 substituted for El Cuatrero.

La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon Championship
Incoming champions – Arez
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Marvel Lucha Libre Championship
Incoming champions – Arcano
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AEW

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

AEW Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Jamie Hayter
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 28	Toni Storm	Double or Nothing
August 2	Hikaru Shida	Dynamite: 200
August 27	Saraya	All In	Four-way match also involving Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Toni Storm, who Saraya pinned.

AEW All-Atlantic Championship
Incoming champion – Orange Cassidy
On March 15, the title was rebranded as the AEW International Championship.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AEW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 8	The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn)	Dynamite: Championship Fight Night
April 5	FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)	Dynamite	Title vs. Career match.

AEW World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero Miedo, and Rey Fénix)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 11	The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)	Dynamite	Escalera de la Muerte. This was the seventh and final match in a Best of Seven Series.
March 5	House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews)	Revolution
August 27	Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster)	All In	No Holds Barred match.

AEW TNT Championship
Incoming champion – Samoa Joe
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Darby Allin	Dynamite
February 1	Samoa Joe	Dynamite	No Holds Barred match.
March 5	Wardlow	Revolution
March 8	Powerhouse Hobbs	Dynamite	Falls Count Anywhere match that Hobbs won by technical knockout.
April 19	Wardlow	Dynamite
June 17	Luchasaurus	Collision

AEW TBS Championship
Incoming champion – Jade Cargill
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 28	Kris Statlander	Double or Nothing

FTW Championship
Incoming champion – Hook
Title not officially sanctioned by AEW.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 19	Jack Perry	Dynamite: Blood & Guts
August 27	Hook	All In: Zero Hour	FTW Rules match.

AJPW

Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kento Miyahara
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 19	Yuji Nagata	Excite Series 2023 Night 2: Pro-Wrestling Day MANIAx
July 2	Yuma Aoyagi	Dynamite Series 2023 Night 5

World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Voodoo Murders (Kono and Suwama)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 2	Miyaken to Takuya (Kento Miyahara and Takuya Nomura)	#AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 Night 1
January 22	Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi	#AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 Night 5
March 21	Kongo (Kenoh and Manabu Soya)	Dream Power Series Night 3
June 15	Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi)	Dynamite Power Series

World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Atsuki Aoyagi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 19	Naruki Doi	Excite Series 2023 Night 2: Pro-Wrestling Day MANIAx
February 19	Atsuki Aoyagi	AJPW 50th Anniversary
July 2	El Lindaman	Dynamite Series 2023 Night 5

All Asia Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Masao Inoue and Takao Omori
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 3	Kendo Kashin and Nosawa Rongai	#AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 Night 2
February 4	Atsushi Onita and Yoshitatsu	Excite Series 2023 Night 1: Excite MANIAx	Tornado Bunkhouse Current Blast Deathmatch.

Gaora TV Championship
Incoming champion – Toshizo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 22	Minoru Tanaka	#AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 Night 5

AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 14	Takao Omori, Black Menso-re, and ATM	Dream Power Series Night 1	Defeated Black Tiger and Gungnir of Anarchy (Yusuke Kodama and Masao Hanahata) to win the vacant titles.
August 27	Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Yukio Sakaguchi, and Saki Akai)	Royal Road Tournament Night 4	Title vs. title match where Eruption's KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship was also on the line.

BJW

BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hideyoshi Kamitani
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 4	Abdullah Kobayashi	Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent	Yokohama Explosion Jungle Deathmatch.
July 16 (aired July 22)	Yuki Ishikawa	BJW	Deathmatch.

BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yuji Okabayashi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 4	Yuya Aoki	Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent

BJW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kota Sekifuda
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 4	Tomato Kaji	Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent

Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Chicharito Shoki, Yasufumi Nakanoue, and Yuji Okabayashi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 12	Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino, and Daiju Wakamatsu	2AW / BJW Big Advance
June 29	Hideyoshi Kamitani, Yuki Ishikawa, and Kazumi Kikuta	BJW

CF

  – DDT Pro-Wrestling

  – Pro Wrestling Noah

  – Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling

  – Ganbare Pro-Wrestling

DDT

KO-D Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kazusada Higuchi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 29	Yuji Hino	Sweet Dreams!
July 23	Chris Brookes	Wrestle Peter Pan

DDT Universal Championship
Incoming champion – Yuki Ueno
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 13	Naruki Doi	Sweet Dreams! 2023 Tour in Shinjuku ~ Fire! ~	Three-way elimination match also involving Daisuke Sasaki.
March 21	Tetsuya Endo	Judgement
July 23	Matt Cardona	Wrestle Peter Pan

DDT Extreme Championship
Incoming champion – Jun Akiyama
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 3	Shunma Katsumata	Mega Max Bump	Toys, ladders, and chairs match.
May 22	Vacated	—	Katusmata vacated the title after suffering a broken foot.
June 25	Kazuki Hirata	What Are You Doing	Defeated Mao and Yoshihiko in a three-way elimination match to win the vacant title.

KO-D Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 3	ShunMao (Mao and Shunma Katsumata)	Hatsuyume	Defeated Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi) to win the vacant titles.
May 22	Vacated	—	Vacated after Katusmata had suffered a broken foot.
June 25	Damnation T.A. (Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul)	What Are You Doing	Defeated The37Kamiina (Yuki Ueno and Toy Kojima) to win the vacant titles.
August 13	Omega (Makoto Oishi and Yuji Hino)	Saki Akai 10th Anniversary Show

KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Burning (Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki, and Yusuke Okada)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 26	Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno, and Super Sasadango Machine	Into The Fight
May 14 (aired May 17)	Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, and Yuki Ishida)	DDT x Only We Yuji Hino 20th Anniversary Event
July 23	Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Yukio Sakaguchi, and Saki Akai)	Wrestle Peter Pan

KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The37Kamiina (Mao, Shinya Aoki, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima, and Yuki Ueno)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

O-40 Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 21	Makoto Oishi	Judgement	Defeated Gorgeous Matsuno and Shinichiro Kawamatsu in a three-way match to win the vacant title.

World Ōmori Championship
Incoming champion – Soma Takao
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
Incoming champion – Saki Akai
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 18	Penelope Ford	Friendship, Endeavour, Victory
February 26	Kip Sabian	Into The Fight
	Yoshihiko
March 4	Kazuki Hirata	Yokohama Unlimited Vol. 2	Took place during a 10-person rumble rules battle royal.
	Akito		Took place during a 10-person rumble rules battle royal.
March 24	Yusuke Okada	Dramatic Dream Tour 2023
	Akito
	Yoshihiko
March 30	Mao	DDT Goes Hollywood	Took place during a tag team match when Mao and Shunma Katsumata defeated Yoshihiko and Chris Brookes. Mao pinned Yoshihiko to win the title.
	Chris Brookes		Took place after the match.
	Yoshihiko		Took place after the match.
March 31	Cole Radrick	DDT vs. GCW
	Yoshihiko
June 16 (aired June 19)	Sanshiro Takagi	What Are You Doing Tour in Hakodate
August 13	Naruki Doi	Saki Akai 10th Anniversary Show	Last eliminated Akito in a battle royal to win the title.

Noah

GHC Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kaito Kiyomiya
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 19	Jake Lee	Great Voyage in Yokohama

GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Amakusa
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 16	Hayata	Green Journey in Sendai

GHC National Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

GHC Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – TakaKoji (Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 12	Daiki Inaba and Masa Kitamiya	Great Voyage in Osaka
April 16	Takashi Sugiura and Shuhei Taniguchi	Green Journey in Sendai
May 4	Real (Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley)	Majestic

GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Yo-Hey and Kzy
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1	Yoshinari Ogawa and Eita	The New Year
April 16	Good Looking Guys (Tadasuke and Yo-Hey)	Green Journey in Sendai
June 22	Stinger (Chris Ridgeway and Daga)	Star Navigation Night 5

TJPW

Princess of Princess Championship
Incoming champion – Yuka Sakazaki
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 18	Mizuki	Grand Princess '23

Princess Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Reiwa Ban AA Cannon (Saki Akai and Yuki Arai)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Wasteland War Party (Heidi Howitzer and Max the Impaler)	Tokyo Joshi Pro '23
March 18	121000000 (Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita)	Grand Princess '23
March 31	Magical Sugar Rabbits (Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki)	TJPW Live in Los Angeles

International Princess Championship
Incoming champion – Miu Watanabe
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 18	Rika Tatsumi	Grand Princess '23

GanPro

Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship
Incoming champion - Mizuki Watase
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 9	Isami Kodaka	Wrestle Sekihagara 2

Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 5	Hentai Punch Drunkers (Hikaru Sato and Tyson Maeguchi)	Love Phantom	Defeated Uruseez (Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yumehito Imanari) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.
July 9	Shuichiro Katsumura and Takuya Wada	Wrestle Sekihagara 2

CMLL

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

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

CMLL World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Dragón Rojo Jr.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 12	Templario	Super Viernes

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 – Mercurio
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship
Incoming champion – Micro Gemelo Diablo I
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Hombre Bala Jr. and Robin
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 14	Furia Rojo and Guerrero de la Noche	Martes de Glamour	Title vs. title match where Rojo and de la Noche's Occidente Tag Team Championship was also on the line.

CMLL World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Los Infernales (Euforia, Mephisto, and Hechicero)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 2	Atlantis Jr., Volador Jr., and Star Jr.	Viernes Espactacular

CMLL World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Princesa Sugehit
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

CMLL Japan Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Dalys la Caribeña
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

CMLL World Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – (Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
September 16	TBD	CMLL 90th Anniversary Show	Match between Stephanie Vaquer and Zeuxis and Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) to determine the inaugural champions.

CMLL Barroco Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 17	Perverso	Arena Puebla 70. Aniversario	Defeated Rey Samuray to become the inaugural champion.

NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Stuka Jr.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 4	Atlantis Jr.	Sabados de Coliseo

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

NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Volador Jr.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 20	Rocky Romero	Super Viernes

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Sagrado
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 6	Star Black	Martes de Arena Mexico

Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ángel de Oro
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 23	Esfinge	Martes de Arena Mexico

Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Templario
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 17	Vacated	—	Vacated after Templario won the CMLL World Middleweight Championship.
June 2	Guerrero Maya Jr.	Viernes Espectacular	Defeated Rugido in a tournament final to win the vacant title.

Mexican National Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Panterita del Ring Jr.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 24	Vacated	—	Vacated after Panterita moved up a weight class.
July 30	Futuro	Domingos Arena Mexico	Gallo Jr, Max Star, Meyer, Brillante Jr., Rafaga Jr., Raya Metalico, and Misterio Blanco in a tournament final to win the vacant title.

Mexican National Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – La Fuerza Tapatia (Esfinge and Fugaz)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 9	Los Depredadores (Magnus and Rugido)	Domingos Arena Mexico

Mexican National Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Los Dulces Atrapasueños (Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, and Rey Cometa)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Mexican National Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Dark Silueta
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 14	Vacated	—
July 14	Reyna Isis	Super Viernes	Defeated Lluvia to win the vacant title.

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

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

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

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

Occidente Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Explosivo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Occidente Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Furia Roja and Guerrero de la Noche
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Occidente Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Los Magnificos (Adrenalina, Explosivo, and Fantastico)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Occidente Women's Tag Team Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 21	Stephanie Vaquer and Zeuxis	Martes de Glamour	Defeated Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

The Crash

The Crash Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – L. A. Park
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 5	Vacated	The Crash
	DMT Azul		Defeated Blue Demon Jr., Matt Taven, and EC3 to win the vacant title.

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

The Crash Junior Championship
Incoming champion – Proximo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 24	Anubis	The Crash	Three-way match also involcing Aster Boy.

The Crash Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Sexy Star II
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 5	Vacated	The Crash
	Dulce Tormenta		Defeated Jessie Jackson to win the vacant title.

The Crash Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 24	Los Golpeadores (Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane)	The Crash	Defeated Arkangel Divino and Último Maldito to win the vacant titles. This match was also for the vacant KAOZ Tag Team Championship.

CZW

CZW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 10	Rich Swann	Best of the Best 19	Defeated Fred Yehi in the final of the Best of the Best tournament to win the vacant title.

CZW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 5	CMD (Boom Harden and Desean Pratt)	Limelight 14	Defeated Milk Chocolate (Brandon Watts & Randy Summers), Post Game (Mike Walker & Vinny Talotta), and The REP (Dave McCall & Nate Carter) in a ladder match to win the vacant titles.

DG

Open the Dream Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Yuki Yoshioka
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 12	Shun Skywalker	Open the New Year Gate 2023 Night 5
May 5	Madoka Kikuta	Dead or Alive

Open the Brave Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Minorita
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 4	Jason Lee	Champion Gate in Osaka Night 1
July 2	Ishin	Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival

Open the Twin Gate Championship
Incoming champions – Natural Vibes (Big Boss Shimizu and Kzy)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 4	Kongo (Kenoh and Shuji Kondo)	DG / Masaaki Mochizuki Producde Buyuden Rei ~ Zero ~
June 2	M3K (Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda)	Rainbow Gate Night 2

Open the Triangle Gate Championship
Incoming champions – Z-Brats (Ishin Iihashi / Ishin, Kai, and Shun Skywalker)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 22	Gold Class (Ben-K, BxB Hulk, and Kota Minoura)	Open the New Year Gate 2023 Night 9
May 20	Natural Vibes (Big Boss Shimizu, Kzy, and Jacky "Funky" Kamei)	Hopeful Gate Night 10 ~ BxB Hulk & Kzy Homecoming
July 2	Gold Class (Kota Minoura, Naruki Doi, and Minorita)	Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival

Open the Owarai Gate Championship
Incoming champion – (Title reactivated)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 8	Kikutaro	DG/Masaaki Mochizuki Produce Buyuden Rei ~ Zero ~ Vol. 2	Defeated Konomama Ichikawa to win the vacant title. The title had been inactive since 2018.

GCW

GCW World Championship
Incoming champion - Nick Gage
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 17	Masha Slamovich	Eye for an Eye
June 4	Blake Christian	Cage of Survival 2	This was Christian's Brass Ring championship match; Cage of Survival match also involving Rina Yamashita.

GCW Extreme Championship
Incoming champion - Joey Janela
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

GCW Ultraviolent Championship
Incoming champion - Rina Yamashita
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

GCW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions - Los Macizos (Ciclope and Miedo Extremo)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 5	The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)	Ransom
March 31	The East West Express (Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne)	Joey Janela's Spring Break 7
August 20	Takashi Sasaki and Toru Sugiura	Homecoming Weekend Night 2

JCW World Championship
(Title reactivated)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 11	Jordan Oliver	JCW Jersey J-Cup	Defeated Mike Bailey in the final of the Jersey J-Cup to win the title. The title had been inactive since 2004.

Gleat

G-Rex Championship
Incoming champion - El Lindaman
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 8 (aired January 12)	Kaito Ishida	Gleat Ver. 5
April 12	T-Hawk	G Prowrestling Ver. 49 ~ Invader

G-Infinity Championship
Incoming champions - Bulk Orchestra (Check Shimatani and Hayato Tamura)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 7	Voodoo Murders (Jun Saito and Rei Saito)	Gleat ver. EX Face-Off ~ Access 2 TDCH

Lidet UWF Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 7	Takanori Ito	Gleat ver. EX Face-Off ~ Access 2 TDCH	Defeated Shinya Aoki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
July 1	Fujita Hayato	ver. 6 ~ 2nd Anniversary

Impact

Impact World Championship
Incoming champion – Josh Alexander
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 24 (aired April 6)	Vacated	—	Alexander relinquished the title due to a torn triceps.
April 16	Steve Maclin	Rebellion	Defeated Kushida to win the vacant title.
June 9	Alex Shelley	Against All Odds

Impact X Division Championship
Incoming champion – Trey Miguel
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 9	Chris Sabin	Against All Odds
July 15	Lio Rush	Slammiversary

Impact Knockouts World Championship
Incoming champion – Jordynne Grace
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 13	Mickie James	Hard To Kill	Title vs. Career match.
March 25 (aired April 13)	Vacated	—	James relinquished the title due to a broken rib.
April 16	Deonna Purrazzo	Rebellion	Defeated Jordynne Grace to win the vacant title.
July 15	Trinity	Slammiversary

Impact World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 25 (aired March 2)	ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey)	Impact!
July 15	Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster)	Slammiversary	Four-way tag team match also involving Brian Myers and Moose, and Rich Swann and Sami Callihan.
August 27	The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz)	Emergence

Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Death Dollz (Rosemary, Taya Valkyrie, and Jessicka)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 26 (aired March 16)	The Coven (Taylor Wilde and KiLynn King)	Impact!	Defeated Rosemary and Valkyrie who represented The Death Dollz.
July 15	MK Ultra (Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich)	Slammiversary

Impact Digital Media Championship
Incoming champion – Joe Hendry
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 15	Kenny King	Slammiversary Pre-Show

IWRG

IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Galeno del Mal
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

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

IWRG Intercontinental Women's Championship
Incoming champions – Diosa Quetzal
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – El Hijo de Canis Lupus and Rey Léon
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 4	Los Terribles Cerebros (Cerebro Negro and Cerebro Negro Jr.)	IWRG World Lucha Libre Championship

IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Espartaco, Latino and Tempestad
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship
Incoming champion – Dick Angelo 3G
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1	El Hijo de Fishman	Guerreros De Acero

IWRG Rey del Ring Championship
Incoming champion – Hijo del Pirata Morgan
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 14	El Hijo de Canis Lupus	IWRG

IWRG Rey del Aire Championship
Incoming champion – Noisy Boy
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1	Puma de Oro	Guerreros de Acero	Five-Way Title vs. Hair Cage match also involving Aramis, El Hijo de Canis Lupus, and Hell Boy.
July 9	Noisy Boy	IWRG

IWRG Mexico Championship
Incoming champion – Puma de Oro
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 19	Shocko	Rebelión de los Juniors
	Hell Boy

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

IWRG World Liche Libre Championship
Incoming champion – (Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 4	Vito Fratelli	IWRG World Lucha Libre Championship	Defeated Hell Boy in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.

MLW

MLW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Alexander Hammerstone
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 8	Alex Kane	Never Say Never

MLW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Hustle & Power (Calvin Tankman and E. J. Nduka)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 7	The Samoan SWAT Team (Lance Anoa'i and Juicy Finau)	Blood and Thunder
July 8	The Calling (Akira and Rickey Shane Page)	Never Say Never	Fans Bring the Weapons match.

MLW World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Lince Dorado
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 6	Akira	War Chamber	Three-way match also involving Lio Rush.

MLW National Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Davey Richards
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 7	Johnny Fusion / John Hennigan	Blood and Thunder	Originally won the title as Johnny Fusion before going on to defend it under his real name John Hennigan.
April 6	Jacob Fatu	War Chamber

MLW Caribbean Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Octagón Jr.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 6	Vacated	—	Savio Vega stripped Octagón Jr. of the title for failing to defend it. After the vacancy was filled, the title was no longer associated with MLW.
	Khris Diaz	Histeria Boricua

MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship
Incoming champion – Taya Valkyrie
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 6	Delmi Exo	War Chamber

M-Pro

Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Fujita Hayato
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Tohoku Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kazuki Hashimoto and Musashi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 30 (aired July 8)	Kagetora and Yoshitsune	30th Anniversary 2023 Tokyo Convention Vol. 1 ~ Jiyu Kattatsu

UWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Eisa8 and Hub
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 11	Kohei Kinoshita and Yasshi	BJW Osaka Surprise 64 ~ Glory Members	Promoted by Big Japan Pro-Wrestling.

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tyrus
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 27	EC3	NWA 75 Night 2	Bullrope match. As a result of losing, Tyrus retired from in-ring competition.

NWA National Championship
Incoming champion – Cyon
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 7	EC3	NWA 312
July 9 (aired July 11)	Vacated	Powerrr	EC3 relinqueshed the title to challenge Tyrus for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship.
August 26	Silas Mason	NWA 75 Night 1	Defeated J. R. Kratos and Odinson in a three-way match to win the vacant title.

NWA World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Jordan Clearwater
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 12 (aired February 14)	Thom Latimer	Powerrr

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kerry Morton
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 26	Colby Corino	NWA 75 Night 1

NWA World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Kamille
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 27	Kenzie Paige	NWA 75 Night 2

NWA World Women's Television Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 7	Kenzie Paige	NWA 312	Defeated Max the Impaler in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
August 26	Max the Impaler	NWA 75 Night 1

NWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf 450)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 26	Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage)	NWA 75 Night 1

NWA United States Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Fixers (Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 31	The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews)	Powerrr Live
August 27	Daisy Kill and Talos	NWA 75 Night 2 Pre-Show

NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy and Kenzie Paige)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 11	The Renegade Twins (Charlette Renegade and Robyn Renegade)	Nuff Said
February 12 (aired February 21)	Pretty Empowered 2.0 (Ella Envy and Roxy)	Powerrr
	M95 (Madi Wrenkowski and Missa Kate)		This was Wrenkowski's Champion Series cash-in match.
August 27	Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy and Kylie Paige)	NWA 75 Night 2

NJPW

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Jay White
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Kazuchika Okada	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 1
April 8	Sanada	Sakura Genesis

IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Will Ospreay
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Kenny Omega	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 1
June 25	Will Ospreay	Forbidden Door	On August 12, Ospreay rebranded the title as the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship.

IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 1
April 8	Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher)	Sakura Genesis
May 21	Vacated	—	Vacated after Mark Davis suffered an injury.
June 4	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)	Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall	Defeated House of Torture (Evil and Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Aaron Henare) in a Winner Takes All match also for the vacant Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship.

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Taiji Ishimori
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Hiromu Takahashi	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 1	Four-way match also involving El Desperado and Master Wato

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 27	Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kushida and Kevin Knight)	Road to Wrestling Dontaku Night 6
June 4	Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira)	Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall
July 4	Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney)	Independence Day Night 1

IWGP Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Kairi
Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 18	Mercedes Moné	Battle in the Valley
April 23	Mayu Iwatani	Stardom All Star Grand Queendom

NEVER Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Karl Anderson
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Tama Tonga	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 1
May 3	David Finlay	Wrestling Dontaku

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – House of Torture (Evil, Sho, and Yujiro Takahashi)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 11	Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Ren Narita)	The New Beginning in Osaka
May 3	Hiroshi Tanahashi and Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii)	Wrestling Dontaku

KOPW
Incoming Champion – Shingo Takagi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

NJPW World Television Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Zack Sabre Jr.	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 1	Defeated Ren Narita in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.

Strong Openweight Championship
Incoming Champion – Fred Rosser
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 18	Kenta	Battle in the Valley
May 3	Hikuleo	Wrestling Dontaku
May 21	Kenta	Resurgence	Won the title by countout.
July 5	Eddie Kingston	Independence Day Night 2

Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 15	Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher)	Capital Collision	Three-way tag team match also involving Dream Team (Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi).
May 21	Vacated	—	Vacated after Mark Davis suffered an injury.
June 4	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)	Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall	Defeated House of Torture (Evil and Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Aaron Henare) in a Winner Takes All match also for the vacant IWGP Tag Team Championship.
July 4	Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin and Gabriel Kidd)	Independence Day Night 1

Strong Women's Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 21	Willow Nightingale	Resurgence	Defeated Mercedes Moné in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
July 5	Giulia	Independence Day Night 2

Stardom

World of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Giulia
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 23	Tam Nakano	All Star Grand Queendom

Wonder of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 23	Mina Shirakawa	All Star Grand Queendom
May 27	Tam Nakano	Flashing Champions	Winner Takes All match also for Nakano's World of Stardom Championship.
July 2	Mirai	Mid Summer Champions

Goddess of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – 7Upp (Nanae Takahashi and Yuu)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 23	The New Eras (Ami Sourei and Mirai)	All Star Grand Queendom	Won the titles by countout.
June 25	Rose Gold (Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May)	Sunshine
August 13	REStart (Natsupoi and Saori Anou)	Stardom x Stardom: Osaka Summer Team

Artist of Stardom Championship
Incoming champions – Prominence (Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki, and Hiragi Kurumi)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 23	REStart (Kairi, Natsupoi, and Saori Anou)	All Star Grand Queendom
May 27	Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla, and Mai Sakurai)	Flashing Champions

High Speed Championship
Incoming champion – AZM
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 27	Saki Kashima	Flashing Champions	Three-way match also involving Fukigen Death.

SWA World Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Future of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Ami Sourei
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 12	Rina	New Blood 8

Stardom New Blood Tag Team Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 25	Unique Glare (Starlight Kid and Karma)	New Blood Premium	Defeated God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

IWGP Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Kairi
Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 18	Mercedes Moné	NJPW Battle in the Valley
April 23	Mayu Iwatani	All Star Grand Queendom

PWG

PWG World Championship
Incoming champion – Daniel Garcia
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

PWG World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – The Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black and Brody King)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Zero1

Zero1 Japan

World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Masato Tanaka
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 26	Chris Vice	Fibromyalgia Charity Show

United National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Vice
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Astroman
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1 (aired January 10)	Leo Isaka	Happy New Year	This was a Winner Takes All match also for Astroman's International Junior Heavyweight Championship.
July 15	Takumi Baba	23rd Midsummer Festival ~ Fire Festival 2023 Night 5	This was a Winner Takes All match also for Isaka's International Junior Heavyweight Championship.

International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Astroman
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1 (aired January 10)	Leo Isaka	Happy Nea Year	This was a Winner Takes All match also for Astroman's World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
July 15	Takumi Baba	23rd Midsummer Festival ~ Fire Festival 2023 Night 5	This was a Winner Takes All match also for Isaka's World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Junya Matsunaga and Takafumi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1 (aired January 10)	The Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota)	Happy New Year

International Lightweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Sugi and Raicho
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Zero1 USA

Zero1 USA Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Joey O'Riley
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Zero1 USA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Victor Analog
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Zero1 USA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Country Air (Doc Simmons and Zach Hendrix)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Zero1 USA World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Max the Impaler
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Super Fireworks Pro

Blast King Championship
Incoming champion – Taru
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Blast Queen Championship
Incoming champion – Hiroyo Matsumoto
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Blast King Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Revengers (Masato Tanaka and Hide Kubota)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

ROH

ROH World Championship
Incoming champions – Claudio Castagnoli
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

ROH World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Samoa Joe
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

ROH Pure Championship
Incoming champion – Wheeler Yuta
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 31	Katsuyori Shibata	Supercard of Honor

ROH Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Athena
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

ROH World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 8 (aired March 10)	Vacated	AEW Rampage	On January 17, Jay was killed in a car accident in Laurel, Delaware. Mark would continue to be recognized as co-champion until the title was vacated.
March 31	The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix)	Supercard of Honor	Defeated Top Flight (Darius Martin and Dante Martin), The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett), Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher), and La Facción Ingobernable (Rush and Dralístico) in a "Reach for the Sky" ladder match to win the vacant titles.
July 21	Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher)	Death Before Dishonor	Four-way tag team match also involving Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta) and The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett).
August 27	MJF and Adam Cole	All In Pre-Show	First time the title changed hands on an All Elite Wrestling show.

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage and Gates of Agony (Jasper Kaun and Toa Liona))
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

RevPro

Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champions – Great-O-Khan
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 9	Michael Oku	Epic Encounter

Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Robbie X
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 9	Connor Mills	Epic Encounter

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

Undisputed British Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Greedy Souls (Brendan White and Danny Jones)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 9	Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster)	Epic Encounter

Tenryu Project

International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champions – Hikaru Sato
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kenichiro Arai and Rey Paloma
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 26	Oji Shiiba and Takuro Niki	Wrestle and Romance vol. 11
August 16	Keita Yano and Yuya Susumu	Still Revolution vol. 5

Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kenichiro Arai, Kohei Sato, and Masayuki Kono
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 20	Gaina, Kouki Iwasaki, and Kengo	Still Revolution vol. 3	Two-out-of-three falls match. Gaina, Iwasaki, and Kengo won 2–1.

Tenryu Project United National Tag Team
Incoming champions – (Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 10	Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi	United National Tag Team First Champions One Day Tournament	Defeated Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

XPW

XPW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champions – Masada
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 27	Alex Colon	Broken Beat and Scarred

XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship
Incoming champions – Shlak
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

XPW Women's Championship
Incoming champions – Ludark Shaitan
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

XPW FITE TV Championship
Incoming champions – Kat Martini
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

WWE

  – Raw

  – SmackDown

  – NXT

  – Unbranded

Raw and SmackDown

Raw and SmackDown each have a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship. There is also a women's tag team championship, available to both brands.

Undisputed WWE Universal Championship (WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship)
Incoming champion – Roman Reigns
Since April 3, 2022, Reigns has held the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship together as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, which he defended on both brands.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Undisputed WWE Universal Championship became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following April/May's WWE Draft when Roman Reigns was drafted to SmackDown.

World Heavyweight Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 27	Seth "Freakin" Rollins	Night of Champions	Defeated AJ Styles in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.

WWE United States Championship
Incoming champion – Austin Theory
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following April/May's WWE Draft when Austin Theory was drafted to SmackDown.
August 11	Rey Mysterio	SmackDown

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Gunther
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following April/May's WWE Draft when Gunther was drafted to Raw.

WWE Raw Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Bianca Belair
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following April/May's WWE Draft when Bianca Belair was drafted to SmackDown.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 27	Asuka	Night of Champions
The title reverted to its original name of the WWE Women's Championship on June 9.
August 5	Bianca Belair	SummerSlam	Triple threat match, also involving Charlotte Flair.
	Iyo Sky		Money in the Bank contract cash-in match.

WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Charlotte Flair
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 1	Rhea Ripley	WrestleMania 39 Night 1
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following April/May's WWE Draft when Rhea Ripley was drafted to Raw.
The title was renamed as the Women's World Championship on June 12.

WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)
Since May 20, 2022, the title has been held and defended together with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 1	Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn	WrestleMania 39 Night 1
September 2	The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest)	Payback	Steel City Street Fight.

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)
Since May 20, 2022, the title has been held and defended together with the Raw Tag Team Championship as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 1	Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn	WrestleMania 39 Night 1
September 2	The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest)	Payback	Steel City Street Fight.

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 27	Becky Lynch and Lita	Raw
April 10	Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan	Raw	Trish Stratus substituted for an injured Lita and took the pin. Rodriguez and Morgan won the titles as members of the SmackDown brand, but were drafted to Raw as a result of the WWE Draft.
May 19	Vacated	SmackDown	Vacated due to Liv Morgan suffering an injury.
May 29	Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler	Raw	Defeated Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville, Raquel Rodriguez and Shotzi, and Damage CTRL (Bayley and Iyo Sky) in a fatal four-way tag team match to win the vacant title.
July 1	Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan	Money in the Bank
July 17	Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville/Piper Niven	Raw	Green had originally won the title with Deville; however, after Deville suffered a legitimate knee injury, she was replaced by Niven on the August 14, 2023, episode of Raw. WWE considers this a continuation of Green's reign that began with Deville, and thus is not counted as a second reign for Green.

NXT

NXT Championship
Incoming champion – Bron Breakker
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 1	Carmelo Hayes	Stand & Deliver

NXT North American Championship
Incoming champion – Wes Lee
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 18	Dominik Mysterio	NXT

NXT Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Roxanne Perez
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 1	Indi Hartwell	Stand & Deliver	Ladder match also involving Zoey Stark, Gigi Dolin, Tiffany Stratton, and Lyra Valkyria.
May 2	Vacated	NXT	Indi Hartwell relinquished the title as a result of being drafted to Raw in the WWE Draft and also due to a leg injury.
May 28	Tiffany Stratton	Battleground	Defeated Lyra Valkyria in a tournament final to win the vacant title.

NXT Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 4	Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang)	Vengeance Day	Fatal four-way tag team match also involving Chase University (Andre Chase and Duke Hudson) and Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson).
July 30	The Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo)	The Great American Bash

NXT Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kayden Carter and Katana Chance
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 4	Fallon Henley and Kiana James	Vengeance Day
April 1	Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn	Stand & Deliver
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following April/May's WWE Draft when Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn were drafted to SmackDown.
June 23	Unified	SmackDown	Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn to unify the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship into the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. Fyre and Dawn are recognized as the final champions with Rousey and Baszler going forward as the unified WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.

NXT UK Heritage Cup
Incoming champion – Noam Dar
After a hiatus following NXT UK's closure in September 2022, the title was transferred to the NXT brand in April 2023 and subsequently renamed NXT Heritage Cup.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 13	Nathan Frazer	NXT	Won 2–1. Oro Mensah defended the title on behalf of an injured Noam Dar.
August 22	Noam Dar	NXT: Heatwave	Won 2–1.

Awards and honors

AAA

AAA Hall of Fame

Main article: AAA Hall of Fame

Inductee
Cassandro

Cauliflower Alley Club

Main article: Cauliflower Alley Club

Award	Recipient(s)
Iron Mike Mazurki Award	CM Punk

GCW

Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame

Inductee	Inducted by
Christopher Daniels	Frankie Kazarian
Cheerleader Melissa	Dave Prazak
Jimmy Jacobs	Alex Shelley
Michael Modest	Barry W. Blaustein
Excalibur	Orange Cassidy
Paul London	Rick Bassman

Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame

Main article: Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame

Category	Inductee
Individual	Cora Livingston
	Mildred Burke
	Beverly Shade
	Marva Scott
	Ethel Johnson
	Babs Wingo
	Sue Green
	Jazz
	Luna Vachon
	Madusa
	Iryna Merleni
	Rita Chatterton
	Missy Hyatt
Tag Team	Toni Rose and Donna Christanello
Group	GLOW

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

Main article: WWE Hall of Fame (2023)

Category	Inductee	Inducted by
Individual	Rey Mysterio	Konnan
	The Great Muta	Ric Flair
	Stacy Keibler	Mick Foley and Torrie Wilson
Celebrity	Andy Kaufman	Jerry "The King" Lawler and Jimmy Hart
Warrior Award	Tim White	The APA (John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Ron Simmons)

Debuts

• January 4 – Wakana Uehara (TJPW) and HIMAWARI (TJPW)
• January 29 – Aiki
• February 21 – Luca Crusifino (NXT)
• March 3 – Azusa Inaba
• March 6 – Toga (TJPW) and Shino Suzuki (TJPW)
• March 11 – Leah Mitchell (NXT) and Monica Klisara (NXT)
• March 25 –
  • Hanako
  • Komomo Minami (postponed)
  • Sakura Aya
• March 31 – Chi chi, ZONES and Sunny (Evolution)
• April 2 – Kizuna Tanaka
• May 5 – Riara, Haru Kazashiro (TJPW) and Runa Okubo (TJPW)
• May 14 – Chairo, Yuzuki,Kento Kiryu, Samus and Yohei Sato.
• July 30 – Gable Steveson
• August 26 – Asuka Fujitaki, Mifu Ashida, Nanae Furukawa, Yuuki Minami, Mayuka Koike and Yuu Hanaya (Ice Ribbon)

Retirements

• January 14 – Jinny (2015–2023)
• February 7 – Booker T (1986–2023)
• February 21 –
  • Keiji Mutoh (1984–2023)
  • Nosawa Rongai (1995–2023)
• March 9 – Daisuke Harada (2006–2023)
• May 14 – Himeka (2017–2023)
• August 19 – Drew Parker (2012–2023)
• August 26 – Tyrus (2006–2023)

Deaths

Jay Briscoe

Bushwhacker Butch

Superstar Billy Graham

The Iron Sheik

Terry Funk

Bray Wyatt

• January 10 – Black Warrior (born 1969)
• January 17 –
  • Jay Briscoe (born 1984)
  • Rickin Sánchez (born 1935)
• February 2 –
  • Lanny Poffo (born 1954)
  • Kenny Jay (born 1937)
• February 6 – Charlie Norris (born 1965)
• February 11 – Erich Froelich (born 1937)
• February 12 – Billy Two Rivers (born 1935)
• February 14 – Jerry Jarrett (born 1942)
• March 15 – Jeff Gaylord (born 1958)
• March 17 – Sean Patrick O'Brien (born 1988)
• April 2 –
  • Max Crabtree (born 1933)
  • Bushwhacker Butch (born 1944)
• April 24 – Don Luce (born 1938)
• May 9 – Kristen Mitchell (born 1987)
• May 17 – Superstar Billy Graham (born 1943)
• May 18 – Ron Doner (born 1935)
• May 22 – Peggy Lee Leather (born 1959)
• May 28 – Brian Dixon (born 1947)
• June 3 – Beverly Shade (born 1936)
• June 7 – The Iron Sheik (born 1942)
• June 30 – Droz (born 1969)
• July 11 – Mantaur (born 1968)
• July 25 – Tommy Seigler (born 1938)
• July 31 – Adrian Street (born 1940)
• August 14 - Rich Landrum (born 1946)
• August 21 – Abe Jacobs (born 1928)
• August 23 – Terry Funk (born 1944)
• August 24 – Bray Wyatt (born 1987)

See also

• List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events, WWE Raw special episodes, WWE SmackDown special episodes, and WWE NXT special episodes
• List of AEW pay-per-view events, AEW special events, and AEW Dynamite special episodes
• List of Impact Wrestling pay-per-view events and Impact Plus Monthly Specials
• List of ROH pay-per-view events and Honor Club exclusive events
• List of NWA pay-per-view events and NWA Pop-Up Event
• List of MLW events
• List of major NJPW events and NJPW Strong special episodes
• List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom events
• List of major Pro Wrestling Noah events
• List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events
• List of major Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide events