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2007 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling championship.
These promotions held notable events in 2007.
Promotion Name | Abbreviation | Notes |
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Combat Zone Wrestling | CZW | |
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | CMLL | |
Georgia Championship Wrestling | GCW | |
Juggalo Championshit 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. |
Memphis Wrestling | PMG | |
New Japan Pro-Wrestling | NJPW | |
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | PWG | |
Pro Wrestling Noah | NOAH | |
Ring of Honor | ROH | |
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | TNA | |
World Wrestling Council | WWC | |
World Wrestling Entertainment | WWE | WWE divided its roster into three storyline divisions, Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW, referred to as brands, where wrestlers exclusively performed on their respective weekly television programs. |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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4 | NJPW | Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo | Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima in a Tag team match | |
6-7 | WWC | Euphoria | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Rikochet vs. La Pulga | |
7 | WWE: | New Year's Revolution | Missouri | John Cena (c) defeated Umaga (with Armando Estrada) in a Singles match for the WWE Championship | Final New Year's Revolution event and final Raw-exclusive PPV of the first brand split before all WWE PPVs became tri-branded. |
14 | TNA | Final Resolution | Orlando | Christian Cage defeated Abyss (c) (with James Mitchell) and Sting in a Three Way Elimination match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | |
28 | WWE: | Royal Rumble | Texas | The Undertaker won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Shawn Michaels to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania 23 | The Undertaker chose to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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11 | TNA | Against All Odds | Orlando | Christian Cage (c) defeated Kurt Angle in a Singles match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | |
18 | WWE: | No Way Out | Los Angeles, California | John Cena and Shawn Michaels (Raw) defeated Batista and The Undertaker (SmackDown!) in a Tag team match | Final SmackDown-exclusive and brand-exclusive PPV of the first brand split before all WWE PPVs became tri-branded. |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | |
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10 | N/A | Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts | Crystal River, Florida | N/A | |
11 | TNA | Destination X | Orlando | Christian Cage (c) defeated Samoa Joe in a Singles match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | |
18 | AAA | Rey de Reyes | Naucalpan, Mexico | Rey de Reyes finals, six-man elimination match | |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
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1 | WWE: | WrestleMania 23 | Detroit, Michigan | John Cena (c) defeated Shawn Michaels by submission in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship |
13 | CMLL | 50. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | Místico and Negro Casas (c) defeated Los Perros del Mal (Mr. Águila and Perro Aguayo Jr.) in a Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship |
15 | TNA | Lockdown | Saint Charles, Missouri | Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Rhyno, Sting and Jeff Jarrett) defeated Team Cage (Christian Cage, A.J. Styles, Scott Steiner, Abyss and Tomko) (with James Mitchell) with Harley Race as the gatekeeper in Lethal Lockdown match |
27 | PMG | Clash of Legends | Memphis, Tennessee | Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Wight |
29 | WWE: | Backlash | Detroit, Michigan | John Cena (c) defeated Shawn Michaels, Edge, and Randy Orton in Fatal 4-way match to retain the WWE Championship |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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11 | CMLL | International Gran Prix | Mexico City, Mexico | Último Guerrero defeated Alex Koslov, Atlantis, Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., El Sagrado, Hirooki Goto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Lizmark Jr., Marco Corleone, Minoru Suzuki, Okumura, Olímpico, Pierroth, Rey Bucanero, and Último Dragón in a Gran Prix Torneo Cibernetico 16 Man Elimination Match | |
12 | ROH | Respect is Earned | New York City | Takeshi Morishima and Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness and Kenta in a Tag team match | First ROH PPV |
13 | TNA | Sacrifice | Orlando | Kurt Angle defeated Sting and Christian Cage Three-Way match to crown the first TNA World Heavyweight Champion | First introduced TNA World Heavyweight Champion, new World title, replaced after National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Executive Director Robert Trobich stripped Christian Cage of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and ended NWA's business relations with TNA earlier that day |
20 | WWE: | Judgment Day | St. Louis, Missouri | John Cena (c) defeated The Great Khali by submission in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship | |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | WWE: | One Night Stand | Jacksonville, Florida | John Cena (c) defeated The Great Khali in the Falls Count Anywhere match to retain the WWE Championship | Last appearance of Rob Van Dam (until 2013) and Chris Benoit's final PPV appearance in WWE |
17 | TNA | Slammiversary | Nashville, Tennessee | Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Christian Cage, and Chris Harris in the King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship | |
23 | ROH | Driven | Chicago Ridge, Illinois | Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness in a Singles match | |
24 | WWE: | Vengeance: Night of Champions | Houston, Texas | John Cena (c) defeated Bobby Lashley, King Booker (with Queen Sharmell), Mick Foley and Randy Orton in Five-Pack Challenge to retain the WWE Championship | This event was notable for being on the weekend of the Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide case. Benoit, who was originally booked to face CM Punk for the vacant ECW World Championship, legitimately no-showed and he was replaced by Johnny Nitro |
29 | IGF | Fighting Now Bom-Ba-Ye | Tokyo, Japan | Kurt Angle defeated Brock Lesnar (c) via submission to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF) | Brock Lesnar defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro Chono in a Three Way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. New Japan Pro-Wrestling stripped Lesnar of the title on July 15, 2006. IGF considered his reign still active and created the IGF version of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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13 | WWC | 34th WWC Aniversario | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Carlito defeated Scott Hall | |
14 | WWC | 34th WWC Aniversario - Night 2 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Razor Ramon defeated Carlito and Apolo (c) in a triple threat match for WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship | |
15 | AAA | Triplemanía XV | Naucalpan, Mexico | Los Hell Brothers (Charly Manson, Chessman, and Cibernético) defeated La Legión Extranjera (El Mesías, Sean Waltman, and Kenzo Suzuki) | |
15 | TNA | Victory Road | Nashville, Tennessee | Kurt Angle (c) and Samoa Joe (c) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) (c) in a Tag team match for the TNA World Heavyweight, X Division and World Tag Team Championships | |
22 | WWE: | The Great American Bash | San Jose, California | John Cena (c) defeated Bobby Lashley in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship | Last event to feature the original Cruiserweight Championship Last PPV appearance for Bobby Lashley in WWE until 2018 |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
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5-12 | NJPW | G1 Climax | Tokyo | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata in a G1 Climax tournament | |
12 | TNA | Hard Justice | Orlando | Kurt Angle (c) defeated Samoa Joe (c) in a Singles match for Angle's TNA World Heavyweight and IWGP Heavyweight Championship, and Joe's X Division and World Tag Team Championships | |
12 | JCW | Bloodymania | Cave-In-Rock, Illinois | Insane Clown Posse and Sabu defeated Trent Acid and The Young Alter Boys (with Annie Social the Nun) | |
26 | WWE: | SummerSlam | East Rutherford, New Jersey | John Cena (c) defeated Randy Orton in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship | Final WWE PPV event to feature Booker T until 2011 |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | N/A | NZPWI Invitational | Whangarei, New Zealand | IPW Heavyweight Champion Jon E. King defeated Cruz | |
11 | AAA | Guerra de Titanes | Madero, Mexico | El Mesias defeated Cibernético and El Zorro in a Three-way elimination match for the AAA Mega Championship | |
11 | NJPW | Destruction | Tokyo | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Hirooki Goto in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
11 | TNA | Genesis | Orlando | Kurt Angle (c) and Kevin Nash defeated Sting and Booker T in a Tag team match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship | This event was Booker T's debut in TNA |
18 | WWE: | Survivor Series | Miami, Florida | Batista (c) defeated The Undertaker in Hell in a Cell match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | TNA | Turning Point | Orlando | Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash and Eric Young defeated The Angle Alliance (Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles and Tomko) in a six-man Tag team match | |
16 | WWE: | Armageddon | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Edge defeated Batista (c) and The Undertaker in Triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship | This was the last PPV WWE broadcast in 480p standard definition. All WWE programming switched to HD in January 2008 |
17 | CMLL | Sin Piedad | Mexico City | Shocker and Lizmark Jr. defeated Black Warrior and Rey Bucanero | |
24 | WWE: | Tribute to the Troops | Tikrit, Iraq | D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated Mr. Kennedy and Umaga in a Tag team match | |
29 | ROH | Rising Above | New York City | The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) (c) defeated the No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero) | |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |
Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
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Rey de Reyes | La Parka | March 18 |
Inductee |
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Antonio Peña |
Rey Misterio Jr. |
Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
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Race To The Top Tournament | Claudio Castagnoli | July 28 |
Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
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Paparazzi Championship Series | Alex Shelley | January 14 | |
Fight for the Right Tournament | Eric Young | November 11 | |
Turkey Bowl | Samoa Joe | November 13 |
Poll | Winner(s) |
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Tag Team of the Year | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) |
Knockout of the Year | Gail Kim |
Finisher of the Year | The Muscle Buster |
Who To Watch in 2008 | Booker T |
Memorable Moment of the Year | Booker T debuts in TNA |
Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year | Sting |
X Division Star of the Year | Jay Lethal |
Feud of the Year | Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle |
Match of the Year | Sting vs. Kurt Angle at Bound for Glory |
Mr. TNA | Samoa Joe |
Accomplishment | Winner | Date won | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Royal Rumble | The Undertaker | January 28 | Winner received their choice of a championship match for either Raw's WWE Championship, SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship, or the ECW World Championship at WrestleMania 23; Undertaker last eliminated Shawn Michaels to win and chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship, which he subsequently won from Batista. |
Money in the Bank ladder match | Mr. Kennedy | April 1 | Defeated CM Punk, Edge, Finlay, Jeff Hardy, King Booker, Matt Hardy, and Randy Orton to win a world championship match contract. Mr. Kennedy, however, suffered a legit injury, and on the May 7 episode of Raw , he lost the Money in the Bank contract to Raw member Edge, who subsequently cashed in the contract and won SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship from The Undertaker on the May 11 episode of SmackDown . Edge was in turn transferred to SmackDown. |
ECW World Championship Tournament | Johnny Nitro | June 24 | Nitro, who replaced Chris Benoit, defeated CM Punk in the tournament final to win the vacant ECW World Championship; previous champion Bobby Lashley was stripped of the title when he was drafted to Raw. |
Championship Competition Tournament | Rey Mysterio | September 16 | Defeated Finlay in the tournament final to win a World Heavyweight Championship match at Unforgiven, but was unsuccessful in winning the title. |
Category | Inductee | Inducted by |
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Individual | "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes | Cody Runnels and Dustin Rhodes |
"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig | Wade Boggs | |
Jerry "The King" Lawler | William Shatner | |
Nick Bockwinkel | Bobby Heenan | |
Mr. Fuji | Don Muraco | |
The Sheik | Rob Van Dam and Sabu | |
Jim Ross | Stone Cold Steve Austin | |
Group | The Wild Samoans | Samu and Matt Anoaʻi |
Inductee |
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The Rock |
Evan Lewis |
Tom Packs |
AAA Mega Championship | ||||
(Title created) | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
September 16 | El Mesias | Verano de Escándalo |
AAA World Tag Team Championship | ||||
(Title created) | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 16 | The Black Family (Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz) | Rey de Reyes | ||
July 15 | Mexican Powers (Crazy Boy and Joe Líder) | Triplemanía XV |
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship | ||||
Incoming champions – Cynthia Moreno and El Oriental | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
November 30 | Gran Apache and Mari Apache | Guerra de Titanes |
Incoming champion – Hiroshi Tanahashi | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
April 13 | Yuji Nagata | Circuit2007 New Japan Brave tour | ||
October 8 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Explosion '07 | ||
Incoming champions – Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori) | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 11 | RISE (Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko) | New Japan Pro Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Circuit 2007 New Japan Evolution: New Japan Cup 2007 | ||
Incoming champion – Minoru | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
July 6 | Ryusuke Taguchi | New Japan Soul C.T.U Farewell Tour | ||
December 8 | Wataru Inoue | New Japan Alive | ||
Incoming champions – Gedo and Jado | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 2 | Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku | New Japan Pro Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Brave New World: Hall2Days | ||
Incoming champion – Takeshi Morishima | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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October 6 | Nigel McGuiness | ROH Undeniable |
Incoming champions – Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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February 24 | The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) | Fifth Year Festival: Chicago | ||
March 3 | Naruki Doi and Shingo | Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool | ||
March 30 | The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) | All-Star Extravaganza III | ||
December 30 | The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) | Final Battle |
TNA World Heavyweight Championship | ||||
(Title created) | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 13 | Kurt Angle | Sacrifice | Angle defeated then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage and Sting in a three-way match to become the inaugural champion after National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Executive Director Robert Trobich stripped Christian Cage of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and ended NWA's business relations with TNA earlier that day [1] | |
May 14 (aired May 17) | Vacated | Impact! | Kurt Angle was stripped of the title due to a double-fall result of the three-way match at Sacrifice. | |
June 17 | Kurt Angle | Slammiversary | Angle defeated A.J. Styles, Chris Harris, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe in a King of the Mountain match to win the vacant championship. After the event, Angle's reign and the vacancy were no longer recognized and thus is viewed to be the start of the title's history. TNA counts Angle's previous reign to his credit without detailing why, thus giving loose recognition towards that reign | |
October 14 | Sting | Bound for Glory | ||
October 16 (aired October 25) | Kurt Angle | Impact! |
TNA X Division Championship | ||||
Incoming champion – Christopher Daniels | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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January 14 | Chris Sabin | Final Resolution | ||
June 17 | Jay Lethal | Slammiversary | ||
June 19 | Samoa Joe | Impact! | ||
August 12 | Kurt Angle | Hard Justice | ||
September 9 | Jay Lethal | No Surrender | ||
TNA World Beer Drinking Championship | ||||
(Title created) | ||||
Unsanctioned championship | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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November 11 | James Storm | Genesis | ||
November 11 | Eric Young | Genesis |
TNA World Tag Team Championship | ||||
(Title created) | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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May 17 | Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) | TNA Today | ||
July 15 | Samoa Joe | Victory Road | ||
August 12 | Kurt Angle | Hard Justice | ||
August 27 | Kurt Angle and Sting | Impact! | ||
September 9 | Team Pacman (Adam Jones and Ron Killings) | No Surrender | ||
October 14 | Christian's Coalition (A.J. Styles and Tomko) | Bound for Glory |
TNA Women's World Championship | ||||
(Title created) | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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October 14 | Gail Kim | Bound for Glory |
Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, and a tag team championship for male wrestlers. ECW only had a world championship. SmackDown also had a title for their cruiserweight wrestlers. There was only one women's championship and it was exclusive to Raw.
Incoming champion – John Cena | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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October 2 | Vacated | ECW | Vacated when John Cena suffered a torn right pectoral tendon | |
October 7 | Randy Orton | No Mercy | Orton was originally scheduled to have a Last Man Standing match against John Cena for the title, but due to Cena vacating the title, Vince McMahon awarded it to Orton | |
Triple H | Defeated Randy Orton in the opening match after Vince McMahon accepted Triple H's open challenge on Orton's behalf | |||
Randy Orton | Due to promising the match type, Vince McMahon made Triple H defend the title against Orton in a Last Man Standing match | |||
Incoming champion – Batista | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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April 1 | The Undertaker | WrestleMania 23 | ||
May 8 (aired May 11) | Edge | SmackDown! | Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract that he had won from Mr. Kennedy on that week's episode of Raw . Following the win, Edge transferred from Raw to SmackDown!. | |
July 17 (aired July 20) | Vacated | SmackDown! | Edge vacated the title after he was sidelined with a legit pectoral injury. | |
The Great Khali | This was a 20-man battle royal for the vacant title. | |||
September 16 | Batista | Unforgiven | Triple threat match, also involving Rey Mysterio | |
December 16 | Edge | Armageddon | Triple threat match, also involving The Undertaker | |
Incoming champion – Bobby Lashley | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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April 29 | Mr. McMahon | Backlash | This match was a 3-on-1 handicap match also involving Umaga and Shane McMahon who teamed with Mr. McMahon | |
June 3 | Bobby Lashley | One Night Stand | ||
June 11 | Vacated | Monday Night Raw | The championship was vacated due to Bobby Lashley being drafted to the Raw brand during the 2007 WWE draft | |
June 24 | Johnny Nitro/John Morrison | Vengeance: Night of Champions | Nitro, who substituted for Chris Benoit due to a "family emergency", defeated CM Punk to win the vacant championship. His ring name was changed to John Morrison during this reign | |
The title was renamed to ECW Championship. | ||||
September 1 (aired September 4) | CM Punk | ECW | Last Chance match. | |
Incoming champion – Jeff Hardy | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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February 19 | Umaga | Monday Night Raw | ||
April 16 | Santino Marella | Monday Night Raw | No Holds Barred match. Santino was "picked out of the audience" by Vince McMahon | |
July 2 | Umaga | Monday Night Raw | ||
September 1 (aired September 3) | Jeff Hardy | Monday Night Raw | ||
Incoming champion – Chris Benoit | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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May 20 | Montel Vontavious Porter | Judgment Day | Two out of three falls match | |
Incoming champion – Mickie James | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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February 19 | Melina | Monday Night Raw | ||
April 24 | Mickie James | House show | Triple threat match, also involving Victoria | |
Melina | Melina was awarded an immediate rematch because Mickie James pinned Victoria, who was not the champion | |||
June 24 | Candice Michelle | Vengeance: Night of Champions | ||
October 7 | Beth Phoenix | No Mercy | ||
Incoming champions – Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton) | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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January 29 | John Cena and Shawn Michaels | Monday Night Raw | ||
April 2 | The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) | Monday Night Raw | Tag team battle royal, last eliminating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch | |
June 4 | Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch | Monday Night Raw | ||
September 5 | Paul London and Brian Kendrick | House show | ||
September 8 | Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch | House show | ||
December 10 | Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes | Raw 15th Anniversary | ||
Incoming champions – Paul London and Brian Kendrick | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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April 17 (aired April 20) | Deuce 'n Domino | SmackDown! | ||
August 28 (aired August 31) | Matt Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter | SmackDown! | ||
November 13 (aired November 16) | John Morrison and The Miz | SmackDown! | ||
Incoming champion – Gregory Helms | ||||
Date | Winner | Event/Show | Note(s) | |
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February 18 | Chavo Guerrero Jr. | No Way Out | Eight-man Cruiserweight Open, also involving Daivari, Shannon Moore, Funaki, Jamie Noble, Jimmy Wang Yang, and Scotty 2 Hotty | |
July 22 | Hornswoggle | The Great American Bash | Six-man Cruiserweight Open, also involving Jimmy Wang Yang, Shannon Moore, Funaki, and Jamie Noble | |
September 25 (aired September 28) | Retired | SmackDown! | Vacated by SmackDown! General Manager Vickie Guerrero, citing that Hornswoggle's status as Mr. McMahon's son and his diminutive stature would eventually jeopardize his well-being. The title was retired without an official announcement. | |
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The 2003 SummerSlam was the 16th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The event took place August 24, 2003, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
The 2004 SummerSlam was the 17th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The event took place on August 15, 2004, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one on the Sunday Night Heat pre-show. It was held during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in reference to the promotional poster.
Booker T. Huffman Jr., better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler and commentator. He is currently signed to WWE, where he serves as a color commentator on the NXT brand, and is also the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW) in Texas City, Texas. Booker has been frequently named by peers and industry commentators as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time; he was voted WWE's greatest World Heavyweight Champion in a 2013 viewer poll.
The King of the Ring tournament is a men's professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held periodically by WWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. Established in 1985, the winner of the inaugural tournament was Don Muraco. The prize for winning the tournament is being crowned the "King of the Ring"; some wrestlers have incorporated this into their character, such as adorning king's attire and acting and speaking with a regal attitude. Only one tournament awarded an additional reward, which was the 2002 tournament where winner Brock Lesnar received a match for the WWE Undisputed Championship at SummerSlam (2002). The tournament is also notable for beginning Stone Cold Steve Austin's rise to stardom after he won the 1996 tournament.
The fans chanted for Christian and Angle said he is the new TNA champion.
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