2026 in professional wrestling

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

List of promotions

These promotions are holding events throughout 2026.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
AAW Wrestling	AAW	The "AAW" abbreviation has been used since 2007 and had previously stood for the promotion's original name All American Wrestling.
All Elite Wrestling	AEW
All Japan Pro Wrestling	AJPW
Combat Zone Wrestling	CZW
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	CMLL
CyberFight	CF	CyberFight is an umbrella brand that oversees and promotes three individual promotions: DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW).
Deadlock Pro-Wrestling	DPW
DEFY Wrestling	DEFY
Dragongate	DG
Dream Star Fighting Marigold	Marigold
Game Changer Wrestling	GCW
German Wrestling Federation	GWF
House of Glory	HOG
Juggalo Championship Wrestling	JCW
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide	AAA	The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. Owned by WWE since April 2024.
Major League Wrestling	MLW
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling	MLP	Relaunch of the former Maple Leaf Wrestling, acquired by Scott D'Amore.
National Wrestling Alliance	NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Progress Wrestling	PROGRESS
Pro Wrestling Zero1	Zero1
Revolution Pro Wrestling	RevPro
Ring of Honor	ROH
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	TNA
Westside Xtreme Wrestling	wXw
Women of Wrestling	WOW
World Wonder Ring Stardom	Stardom
WWE	—	"WWE" stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which remains the company's legal name, though the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism. WWE divides its roster into four storyline divisions – referred to as brands where wrestlers exclusively perform on their respective weekly television programs. Raw and SmackDown are their two main brands, while NXT and Evolve serve as their developmental territories. WWE ID is another developmental program for wrestlers on the independent circuit.

Calendar of notable shows

January

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main Event	Notes
1	CF: Noah	The New Year	Tokyo, Japan	Nippon Budokan	Yoshiki Inamura (c) defeated Ozawa to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
2	CMLL	Sin Salida	Mexico City, Mexico	Arena Mexico	Robin loses his mask in a 16-way steel cage match against Astral, Blue Shark, Calavera Jr. I, Calavera Jr. II, Cancerbero, Diamond, El Coyote, El Vigia, Electrico, Espíritu Negro, Oro Jr., Pólvora, Rey Cometa, Sangre Imperial, and Virus
3	Marigold	First Dream	Tokyo, Japan	Ota City General Gymnasium	Miku Aono (c) defeated Mai Sakurai to retain the Marigold World Championship
	GCW	One Night Only	Berwyn, Illinois	Berwyn Eagles Club	Matt Tremont and Dysfunction defeated VNDL48 (Otis Cogar and Christian Napier) in a Deathmatch
	Stardom	New Year Dream	Tokyo, Japan	Shinjuku Face	02line (AZM and Miyu Amasaki) defeated FWC (Hazuki and Koguma) and T-Hearts (Sareee and Miku Kanae) to become the #1 contenders to the Goddesses of Stardom Championship
					God's Eye (Lady C, Tomoka Inaba, and Hina) defeated Cosmic Angels (Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura and Sayaka Kurara)
4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 20	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi	Featured Hiroshi Tanahashi's retirement match, the professional wrestling debut of former judoka Olympic gold medalist Aaron Wolf, and the NJPW returns of Andrade El Ídolo, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jay White, Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Katsuyori Shibata, Keiji Mutoh, Tatsumi Fujinami, Tetsuya Naito, and Bushi.
5		New Year Dash!!		Nippon Budokan	Knock Out Brothers (Oskar and Yuto-Ice) (c) defeated TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa) to retain the IWGP World Tag Team Championship
	WWE: Raw	Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show	Brooklyn, New York	Barclays Center	CM Punk (c) defeated Bron Breakker to retain the World Heavyweight Championship	Celebration of the 1 Year Anniversary of Raw's premiere on Netflix.
6	WWE: NXT	New Year's Evil	Orlando, Florida	WWE Performance Center	Oba Femi (c) defeated Leon Slater to retain the NXT Championship	Aired as a special episode of NXT .
10	Stardom	New Year Stars	Tokyo, Japan	Korakuen Hall	BMI2000 (Natsuko Tora and Ruaka) (c) defeated 02line (Miyu Amasaki and AZM) to retain the Goddesses of Stardom Tag Team Championship
11					H.A.T.E. (Fukigen Death★, Konami, and Rina) (c) defeated God's Eye (Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, and Hina) to retain the Artist of Stardom Championship
	CF: Noah	Legacy Rise			Yoshiki Inamura (c) defeated Masa Kitamiya to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship
14	AEW	Maximum Carnage	Phoenix, Arizona	Arizona Financial Theatre	MJF (c) vs. Bandido for the AEW World Championship	Airing as a special episode of Dynamite .
						Airing on tape delay on January 17 as a special episode of Collision .
15	TNA	Impact! premiere on AMC Network	Garland, Texas	Curtis Culwell Center	Frankie Kazarian (c) vs. Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship	First episode of Impact! on AMC Network and AMC+.
17		Genesis			JDC vs. Eddie Edwards	Featuring JDC's retirement match
	GCW	Code of the Streets	Dallas, Texas	Gilley's Dallas	Matt Tremont (c) vs. Otis Cogar in a Deathmatch for the GCW Ultraviolent Championship
18		Crime Wave	Wichita, Kansas	WAVE
	NJPW	Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~	Sakura, Japan	Sakura Civic Gymnasium
24	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Saturday Night's Main Event XLIII	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Bell Centre		First Saturday Night's Main Event in Canada since 2007.
25	Progress	Chapter 189: In Darkest Night	London, England	Electric Ballroom	Man Like DeReiss (c) vs. Cara Noir for the PROGRESS World Championship
29	MLW	Battle Riot VIII	Kissimmee, Florida	Osceola Heritage Park Events Center	40-man Battle Riot match
31	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Royal Rumble	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Arena		First Royal Rumble held outside of North America.
	GCW	Crushed Up	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Harrah's Philadelphia
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main Event	Notes
3	Stardom	New Blood 28	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Square in Itabashi
4		New Blood 29
6	GCW	Jersey J-Cup	Jersey City, New Jersey	White Eagle Hall
7
	CMLL MLW	Lucha Apocalypto	Cicero, Illinois	Cicero Stadium
	Stardom	Supreme Fight	Osaka, Japan	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Saya Kamitani (c) vs. Starlight Kid for the World of Stardom Championship
11	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka
14	AEW	Grand Slam Australia	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Qudos Bank Arena
15	Progress	Chapter 190: In Brightest Day	London, England	Electric Ballroom
20		Chapter 191: For The Love Of Progress 4	Manchester, England	Bowlers BEC Arena
27	NJPW	The New Beginning USA	Trenton, New Jersey	CURE Insurance Arena		First The New Beginning USA event since 2022.
27	JCW	Juggalo Weekend	Hialeah, Florida	Factory Town
28
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Elimination Chamber	Chicago, Illinois	United Center
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main Event	Notes
6	NJPW	NJPW 54th Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	Ota City General Gymnasium
7	EVE	EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom 8	London, England	Indigo at The O2
14	AAA	Rey de Reyes	Puebla, Mexico	Auditorio GNP
	MLW		Atlanta, Georgia	Center Stage
15	AEW	Revolution	Los Angeles, California	Crypto.com Arena
21	NJPW	New Japan Cup (Final)	Niigata, Japan	Aore Nagaoka	TBD vs. TBD in the New Japan Cup final
29	Progress		London, England	Electric Ballroom
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main Event	Notes
4	NJPW	Sakura Genesis	Tokyo, Japan	Ryōgoku Kokugikan
12	AEW	Dynasty	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Rogers Arena
14	Poder~!	PoderMania!~	Paradise, Nevada	Horseshoe Las Vegas
	DG
	Hybrid PWU	Hybrid x PWU
16	Progress
	Independent	Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow
	NJPW	Death Vegas Invitacional
	GCW	MDK Fight Club
17		Gringo Loco's The Wrld on Lucha
		Josh Barnett's Bloodsport XV
		Joey Janela's Spring Break 10
	JCW	Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence
18	GCW	Effy's Big Gay Brunch 11
		Joey Janela's Spring Break: The Immortal Clusterfuck
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 42		Allegiant Stadium
19
25	NJPW	Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiroshima Sun Plaza
26	Stardom	All Star Grand Queendom	Yokohama, Japan	Yokohama Arena
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main Event	Notes
3	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku Night 1	Fukuoka, Japan	Fukuoka Kokusai Center
	Progress	Super Strong Style 16 Night 1	London, England	Electric Ballroom
4	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku Night 2	Fukuoka, Japan	Fukuoka Kokusai Center
	Progress	Super Strong Style 16 Night 2	London, England	Electric Ballroom
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main Event	Notes
7	NJPW	Best of the Super Juniors 33 (Final)	Tokyo, Japan	Ota City General Gymnasium	TBD vs. TBD in the Best of the Super Juniors final
14		Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Osaka-jō Hall
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

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

August

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

September

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

October

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

November

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

December

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

Notable events

• January 1 –
  • In the United States, the majority of WWE's archival content on Peacock was moved to Netflix, with Peacock maintaining NXT's livestreaming events until at least March and the Saturday Night's Main Event specials and the WWE SmackDown archive until 2029.
  • Many of the select few countries that were still on the WWE Network in 2025 transitioned to Netflix, with only Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland still on the WWE Network for an undetermined period of time, while Sub-Saharan Africa and Japan remain on SuperSport and Abema, respectively.
• January 2 – WWE SmackDown returned to three hours after airing for two hours since July 4, 2025.
• January 4 – At New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 20, IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji defeated IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita in a Winner Takes All match. Subsequently, Tsuji reintroduced the IWGP Heavyweight Championship—which had been retired in 2021 and succeeded by the World Heavyweight—to replace the World Heavyweight, retroactively merging the lineages of both titles as one, with all former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions recognized as former IWGP Heavyweight Champions.
• January 6 – Backstage during New Year Dash, Yota Tsuji announced that Bullet Club would be dissolved going forward, marking the end of the stable after 12 years.
• January 8 – WWE Main Event premiered on YouTube in the United States, after streaming on Peacock since 2021.
• January 15 – TNA iMPACT! will premiere on AMC and AMC+.

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Rey de Reyes	TBD	March 14	Multi-man single-elimination tournament.

AEW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Owen Hart Cup (Women)	TBD	TBA	Eight-woman single-elimination tournament for the Owen Hart Cup Trophy, Championship, and an AEW World Women's Championship match at All In.
Owen Hart Cup (Men)	TBD		Eight-man single-elimination tournament for the Owen Hart Cup Trophy, Championship, and an AEW World Championship match at All In.
Continental Classic	TBD	TBA	Twelve-man round-robin tournament for the AEW Continental Championship.

AJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Zennichi Jr. Tag Team Festival	TBD	March 20	Eight-team single-elimination tournament.
Champion Carnival	TBD	May 17	Multi-man round-robin tournament for a future Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship match.

CF

DDT

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
D Generations Cup	TBD	February 22	Ten-man round-robin tournament for a future DDT Universal Championship match.

TJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
"Futari wa Princess" Max Heart Tournament	TBD	February 13	Eight-team single-elimination tournament for a future Princess Tag Team Championship match..

EVE

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
SHE-1	Session Moth Martina	January 9	Defeated Anita Vaughn in the final to earn a Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship match. She will challenge for the title at EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom 8.
Multiverse Rumble	TBD	February 6	Multi-woman cosplay rumble match.

GCW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Jersey J-Cup	TBD	February 7	Multi-person single-elimination tournament for the JCW World Championship.

MLW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Battle Riot	TBD	January 29	40-man Battle Riot match for an MLW World Heavyweight Championship match at the time and place of the winner's choosing.

NJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Tornado Ranbo	TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, and Zack Sabre Jr.)	January 4	Last eliminated Boltin Oleg and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. The titles were previously held by Toru Yano and Spiritech (Master Wato and Yoh).
Young Lion Cup	TBD	February 1	Six-man single-elimination tournament.
New Japan Cup	TBD	March 21	Multi-man single-elimination tournament for an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at Sakura Genesis.
Best of the Super Juniors	TBD	June 7	Multi-man round-robin tournament for an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match at Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jo Hall.
G1 Climax	TBD	August 16	Multi-man round-robin tournament for an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match.
Super Junior Tag League	TBD	TBD	Multi-team round-robin tournament for an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 21.
World Tag League	TBD	TBD	Multi-team round-robin tournament for an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 21.

OVW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Nightmare Rumble (Women)	TBD	January 11	30-woman rumble for the Key of Opportunity for a championship match at the time and place of the winner's choosing.
Nightmare Rumble (Men)	TBD		30-man rumble for the Key of Opportunity for a championship match at the time and place of the winner's choosing

Oz Academy

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Magiten Tournament	Kakeru, Jaguar Yokota, or Hiroyo Matsumoto	January 18	Twelve-woman single-elimination tournament for an Oz Academy Openweight Championship match on February 8.

Progress

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

WWE

Raw and SmackDown

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Undisputed WWE Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	TBD	January 24	Eight-man tournament for an Undisputed WWE Championship match at Royal Rumble.
Royal Rumble match (Women)	TBD	January 31	30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's world championship match at WrestleMania 42.
Royal Rumble match (Men)	TBD		30-man Royal Rumble match for a men's world championship match at WrestleMania 42
Money in the Bank ladder match (Women)	TBD	June 7	Six-woman ladder match to earn a women's championship match contract.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Men)	TBD		Six-man ladder match to earn a men's championship match contract.

Title changes

2AW

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

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

AAA

AAA Mega Championship
Incoming champion – Dominik Mysterio
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Laredo Kid
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Incoming champion – Flammer
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AAA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Pagano and Psycho Clown
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Ethan Page and Chelsea Green
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

AAW

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

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

AAW Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Maggie Lee
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

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

AEW National Championship
Incoming champion – Ricochet
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AEW TNT Championship
Incoming champion – Mark Briscoe
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AEW World Trios Championship
Incoming champion – The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AIW

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

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

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

AJPW

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

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

Gaora TV Championship
Incoming champion – Shotaro Ashino
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 3	Daisuke Sekimoto	New Year Wars Night 2

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

All Asia Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions –Gajadokuro (Ishin and Yoshiki Kato)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori, Takashi Yoshida, and Kuma Arashi)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Basara

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

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

UWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Andy Wu and Yasufumi Nakanoue
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

BJW

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

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

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

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

Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino, and Ryuji Ito
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 6	Tatsuhiko Yoshino and Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei)	Welcome to Dainichi Ueno

BZW

BZW Championship
Incoming champion – Jacob Vadocq
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

BZW Hardcore Championship
Incoming champion – Georges Balzac
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

CF

  – DDT Pro-Wrestling

  – Pro Wrestling Noah

  – Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling

DDT

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

DDT Universal Championship
Incoming champion – Yuki Ueno
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kaisei Takechi and The 37Kamiina (To-y and Yuki Ueno)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

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

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mahiro Kiryu
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Aja Kong	Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling '26	This was a Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event. Kong a four-way match against Kiryu, Rika Tatsumi and Shino Suzuki, the latter of whom was pinned.
	Mahiro Kiryu		Kiryu and Rika Tatsumi pinned Aja Kong at the same time; the referee awarded the title to Kiryu because she was on the bottom.
	HyperMi Dramatic Dream		Hyper Misao's modified bicycle. Misao ran over Kiryu during a match with Shoko Nakajima; the referee awarded the title to the bicycle.
	Mahiro Kiryu

Noah

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

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

GHC National Championship
Incoming champion – Dragon Bane
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1	Alpha Wolf	The New Year	In this match Alpha Wolf turn on his brother and join the Team 2000X

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

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

GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Los Intocables(Daga and Daiki Odashima)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

TJPW

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

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

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

ChocoPro

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

Asia Dream Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – MiyaSoy (Miya Yotsuba and Soy)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

CMLL

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

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

CMLL World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Templario
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Titán
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

CMLL World Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Stigma
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Atlantis Jr.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Crash

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

The Crash Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Keyra
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

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

CZW

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

CZW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Lost Boys (Athan Promise and Miles Penn)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

DEFY

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

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

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

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

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

DG

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

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

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

Open the Triangle Gate Championship
Incoming champions – Love & Peace (Ben-K, Hyo, and Mochizuki Jr.)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Open the Owarai Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Diana

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

World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Queen Elizabeth Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Caffeine & Crush (Ayako Sato and Debbie Keitel)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

DPW

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

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

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

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

EVE

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

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

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

Freedoms

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

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

King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Masashi Takeda and Yusaku Ito
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Barefoot King Championship
Incoming champion – Daisuke Masaoka
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

GanPro

Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Masaaki Mochizuki
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

GCW

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

GCW Ultraviolent Championship
Incoming champion – Matt Tremont
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

JCW World Championship
Incoming champion – Billie Starkz
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Gleat

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

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

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

Lidet UWF World Championship
Incoming champion – Katsuhiko Nakajima
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

GWF

GWF World Championship
Incoming champion – Rambo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

GWF Berlin Championship
Incoming champion – Carlito
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 11	Ahura	Strike First, Strike Hard

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

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

HOG

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

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

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

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

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

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

LPW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – TBD
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Ice Ribbon

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

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

Triangle Ribbon Championship
Incoming champion – Kaori Yoneyama
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1	Miran	Gokigen Pro Wrestling In Ita #6 Oshogatsu	This was a Gokigen Pro Wrestling event. This was a three-way match also involving Chie Ozora.

International Ribbon Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Manami Katsu and Misa Kagura
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

IWRG

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JCW

JCW Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Matt Cardona
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

JCW American Championship
Incoming champion – Ninja Mack
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

JCW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Brothers of Funstrucion (Yabo the Clown and Ruffo the Clown)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

JTO

King of JTO
Incoming champion – Ryuya Takekura
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

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

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

JTO Girls Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Tomoka Inaba and Rhythm
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Akira Jumonji
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Kuroshio Tokyo Japan	First Show of the Year

Marigold

Marigold World Championship
Incoming champion – Miku Aono
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Marigold United National Championship
Incoming champion – Victoria Yuzuki
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Marigold Super Fly Championship
Incoming champion – Mayu Iwatani
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Marigold Twin Star Championship
Incoming champions – Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui and Chiaki)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

Marvelous

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

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

MLP

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

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

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

MLW

MLW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mads Krule Krügger
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship
Incoming champion – Shoko Nakajima
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

MLW World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Templario
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

MLW National Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Blue Panther
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

MLW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Skyscrapers (Donovan Dijak and Bishop Dyer)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

NJPW

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

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

IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yota Tsuji
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Douki
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

IWGP Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Syuri
Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice and Oskar)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

NEVER Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Evil
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Aaron Wolf	Wrestle Kingdom 20

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

NJPW World Television Championship
Incoming champion – El Phantasmo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Strong Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tomohiro Ishii
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Strong Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani
Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Syuri	Wrestle Kingdom 20	This was a Winner Takes All match also for Syuri's IWGP Women's Championship.

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

NWA

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

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

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

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

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

NWA World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Bryan Idol
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – TVMA (Tiffany Nieves and Valentina Rossi)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

Osaka Pro

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

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

Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship
Incoming champion – Takoyakida
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

OVW

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

OVW United States Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Dr. Zo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

OVW Media Championship
Incoming champion – Jake Lawless
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

OVW Rush Division Championship
Incoming champion – Jota Peso
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

OVW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Donovan Cecil and Jack Vaughn
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Oz Academy

Oz Academy Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Saori Anou
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

Prestige

Prestige World Championship
Incoming champion – Kevin Blackwood
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Prestige Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Midnight Heat (Ricky Gibson and Eddie Pearl)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Progress

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

Progress World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Rayne Leverkusen
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Progress Atlas Championship
Incoming champion – Will Kroos
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1	Saxon Huxley	Noah The New Year	This was the first time a Progress championship changed hands at a Pro Wrestling Noah show.

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

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

Pure-J

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

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

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

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

RevPro

Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champions – Jay Joshua
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Joe Lando
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Undisputed British Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Young Guns (Ethan Allen and Luke Jacobs)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

REVOLVER

REVOLVER World Championship
Incoming champions – Myron Reed
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

REVOLVER Remix Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Danger
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

REVOLVER 24/7 Scramble Championship
Incoming champion – Bigg Pound
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

ROH

ROH World Championship
Incoming champion – Bandido
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

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

ROH Pure Championship
Incoming champion – Lee Moriarty
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

ROH Women's Pure Championship
Incoming champion – Deonna Purrazzo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

Seadlinnng

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

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

Senjo

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

Sendai Girls Junior Championship
Incoming champion – Yuna
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

Spark Joshi

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

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

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

Stardom

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

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

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

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

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

Future of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Hanako
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

Strong Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani
Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Syuri	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20	This was a Winner Takes All match also for Syuri's IWGP Women's Championship.

Tenryu Project

Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Koji Iwamoto
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

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

TNA

TNA World Championship
Incoming champion – Frankie Kazarian
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

TNA Knockouts World Championship
Incoming champion – Léi Yǐng Lee
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

TNA International Championship
Incoming champion – Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

UWN

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

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

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

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

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

Wave Pro

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

Wave Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Life Thirty-One (Yumi Ohka and Saran)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

West Coast Pro

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

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

West Coast Pro Wrestling Golden Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Andrew Cass
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Alan Angels	Operation Stockola

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

WOS

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

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

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

WOW

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

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

WOW Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Top Tier (Coach Campanelli, Kandi Krush, and Gloria Glitter)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

WWE

  – Raw

  – SmackDown

  – NXT

  – Evolve

  – Unbranded

Raw and SmackDown

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

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

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

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

WWE Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Jade Cargill
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Dominik Mysterio
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Maxxine Dupri
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 5	Becky Lynch	Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show

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

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

WWE Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

NXT

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

NXT Championship
Incoming champion – Oba Femi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 6	Vacated	NXT: New Year's Evil	After successfully defending the title against Leon Slater, Oba Femi left the championship belt in the ring, relinquishing the title.

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

NXT North American Championship
Incoming champion – Ethan Page
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

WWE Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Jasper Troy
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

WWE Women's Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Fallon Henley
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

NXT Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – DarkState (Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Unbranded

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

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 5	Rhiyo (Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky)	Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show

WWE Evolve

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

WWE Evolve Championship
Incoming champions – Jackson Drake
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

WWE Evolve Women's Championship
Incoming champions – Kendal Grey
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

WWE ID

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

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

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

wXw

wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship
Incoming champions – Peter Tihanyi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

wXw World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Grind (Laurance Roman and Nick Schreier)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

wXw Academy Championship
Incoming champion – The Breezy Bruiser
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Zero1

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

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

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

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

Awards and honors

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

Main article: WWE Hall of Fame (2026)

Category	Inductee	Inducted by
Individual	Stephanie McMahon	The Undertaker [1]

Debuts

• January 4
  • Aaron Wolf
  • Shion Kanzaki (TJPW)

Retirements

Hiroshi Tanahashi

JDC

Tiger Mask

AJ Styles

• January 1
  • Yuki Miyazaki
  • Madison Rayne
• January 4 – Hiroshi Tanahashi
• January 12 – Risa Sera
• January 17 – JDC
• April 26 – Saki Kashima
• June – Tiger Mask IV
• TBA – AJ Styles
• TBA – Mercedes Martinez

Deaths

• January 2 – Johnny Legend (born 1948)
• January 4 – Bob Boyer (born 1932)

See also

• List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards, WWE Raw special episodes, WWE SmackDown special episodes, and WWE NXT special episodes
• List of AEW pay-per-view events, AEW special events, AEW Dynamite special episodes, and AEW Collision special episodes
• List of TNA pay-per-view events and TNA+ Monthly Specials
• List of ROH pay-per-view events and Honor Club exclusive events
• List of NWA pay-per-view events and NWA Special Supercards
• 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
• List of major Progress Wrestling events

References

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