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 held events throughout 2025.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
AAW Wrestling	AAW
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.
Major League Wrestling	MLW
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling	MLP	Relaunch of the former Maple Leaf Wrestling, now owned 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 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 developmental territory.

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) vs. Ozawa for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
3	GCW	One Night Only	Berwyn, Illinois	Berwyn Eagles Club
4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 20	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada	Featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi's retirement match
5		New Year Dash!!		Nippon Budokan	Knock Out Brothers (Oskar and Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa) for the IWGP World Tag Team Championship
	WWE: Raw	1 Year Anniversary of Raw's Netflix Premiere	New York City, New York	Barclays Center	CM Punk (c) vs. Bron Breakker for 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) vs. Leon Slater for the NXT Championship	Airing as a special episode of NXT .
14	AEW	Maximum Carnage	Phoenix, Arizona	Arizona Financial Theatre		Airing as a special episode of AEW Dynamite .
						Airing on tape delay on January 17 as a special episode of AEW Collision .
17	TNA	Genesis	Garland, Texas	Curtis Culwell Center	JDC vs. Eddie Edwards	Featuring JDC's retirement match
	GCW	Code Of the Streets	Dallas, Texas	Gilley's Dallas
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
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	30-man Royal Rumble match
	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
11	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka, Japan	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
14	AEW	Grand Slam Australia	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Qudos Bank 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	TBA
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main Event	Notes
14	MLW	TBA	Atlanta, Georgia	Center Stage
15	AEW	Revolution	Los Angeles, California	Crypto.com Arena
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Venue	Main Event	Notes
12	AEW	Dynasty	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Rogers Arena
18	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 42	Paradise, Nevada	Allegiant Stadium
19
(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
30	AEW	All In	London, England	Wembley Stadium
(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.
(c) – denotes defending champion(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]

Retirements

Hiroshi Tanahashi

JDC

Tiger Mask

AJ Styles

• January 4 – Hiroshi Tanahashi
• January 17 – JDC
• June – Tiger Mask IV
• TBC – AJ Styles

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.