2025 in professional wrestling

2025 in professional wrestling describes the upcoming year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of promotions

These promotions are holding events throughout 2025.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
All Elite Wrestling	AEW
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
Dream Star Fighting Marigold	Marigold
Game Changer Wrestling	GCW
German Wrestling Federation	GWF
House of Glory	HOG
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
National Wrestling Alliance	NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Progress Wrestling	PROGRESS
Prestige Wrestling	Prestige
Revolution Pro Wrestling	RevPro
Ring of Honor	ROH
The Wrestling Revolver	REVOLVER
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	TNA
World Wonder Ring Stardom	Stardom
WWE	—	"WWE" stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which remains the company's legal name, though the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism. WWE divides its roster into three storyline divisions – referred to as brands where wrestlers exclusively perform on their respective weekly television programs. Raw and SmackDown are their two main brands, while NXT serves as their developmenal territory.

Calendar of notable shows

January

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	CF: Noah	The New Year 2025	Tokyo, Japan	Kaito Kiyomiya (c) vs. Taishi Ozawa for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
	AEW	Fight for the Fallen	Asheville, North Carolina		Airing as a special episode of AEW Dynamite.
3	Stardom	New Year Dream	Tokyo, Japan
	Marigold	First Dream		Sareee (c) vs. Utami Hayashishita for the Marigold World Championship
4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 19		Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shota Umino for IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
	CF: TJPW	Tokyo Joshi Pro '25		Miu Watanabe (c) vs. Mizuki for the Princess of Princess Championship
5	AEW CMLL NJPW ROH Stardom	Wrestle Dynasty
	GWF	Strike First, Strike Hard 5	Berlin, Germany
6	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Raw debut on Netflix	Inglewood, California	CM Punk vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins	First episode of Raw on Netflix Featuring apperances from Travis Scott and Vanessa Hudgens.
	NJPW	New Year Dash!!	Tokyo, Japan
7	WWE: NXT	New Year's Evil	Los Angeles, California	Trick Williams (c) vs. Oba Femi vs. Eddy Thorpe for the NXT Championship	Airing as a special episode of NXT.
9	REVOLVER	Vybe Check	Dayton, Ohio	Brandon Collins vs. A. J. Francis	Featuring the in-ring debut of YouTuber Brandon Collins.
10	GCW	Sorry Pal	Rochester, New York
11	MLW	Kings of Colosseum	North Richland Hills, Texas	Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Matt Riddle for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
	NWA	Shockwave	Forney, Texas		Taping for NWA Powerrr.
	NJPW	Battle in the Valley	San Jose, California
	GCW	Thank Me Later	Columbus, Ohio
15	AEW	Maximum Carnage	Cincinnati, Ohio		Airing as a special episode of AEW Dynamite.
16					Airing on tape delay on January 18 as a special episode of AEW Collision.
17	HOG	Watch The Throne	Chicago, Illinois
	DPW	You Already Know	Ridgefield Park, New Jersey		Airing on tape delay on January 25.
19	TNA	Genesis	Garland, Texas	Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Joe Hendry for the TNA World Championship
	GCW	The People vs. GCW	New York City, New York	Mance Warner (c) vs. TBA for the GCW World Championship
25	AEW	Homecoming	Jacksonville, Florida		Airing as a special episode of AEW Collision.
	GCW BZW	Enter The Zone	Bapaume, France
	HOG	Final Warning	New York City, New York
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVIII	San Antonio, Texas
26	GCW	Live In London	London, England
	DPW	TBD	Pasadena, Texas		Airing on tape delay on February 2.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Royal Rumble	Indianapolis, Indiana	30-man Royal Rumble match
	GWF	Global Warning	Berlin, Germany
8	MLW	SuperFight 6	Atlanta, Georgia
11	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka, Japan
15	AEW	Grand Slam Australia	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
	GCW	Jersey J-Cup Night 1	Jersey City, New Jersey
16	GCW	Jersey J-Cup Night 2
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Elimination Chamber: Toronto	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2	GWF	Chaos City 10	Berlin, Germany
9	AEW	Revolution	Los Angeles, California
14	TNA	Sacrifice	El Paso, Texas
22	NWA	Hard Times V	Dothan, Alabama		Taping for NWA Powerrr.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
5	MLW	Battle Riot VII	Commerce, California
13	GWF	Mystery Mayhem	Berlin, Germany
17	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 41	Paradise, Nevada
18
27	TNA	Rebellion	Los Angeles, California
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
11	MLW CMLL	Azteca Lucha	Cicero, Illinois
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	GWF	Rising Heat	Berlin, Germany
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
12	AEW	All In	Arlington, Texas
20	TNA	Slammiversary	Elmont, New York
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
2	WWE: Raw SmackDown	SummerSlam	East Rutherford, New Jersey		First two-night SummerSlam.
3
24	AEW NJPW	Forbidden Door	London, England
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

• January 1 –
  • Fight for the Fallen special of AEW Dynamite will begin All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) new media rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), where Dynamite and AEW Collision will be simulcast on their respective TV channels (TBS and TNT) and WBD's streaming platform Max.
  • WWE Network worldwide will shut down, with WWE content moved to Netflix in international markets where WWE Network was still available.
• January 3 – WWE SmackDown expands to three hours for the first time since its inception.
• January 5 – Wrestle Dynasty, a co-promoted supershow between All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, World Wonder Ring Stardom, and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, will be the first pay-per-view event to air on Max.
• January 6 – WWE Raw will premier on Netflix after airing on the USA Network since 2005, also marking the first time in the show's history in which it will not air on linear television. It will also return to a three-hour broadcast since October 2024.
• August 2 & 3 – First two-night WWE SummerSlam.

Accomplishments and tournaments

AEW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Owen Hart Cup (Women)	TBD	TBD
Owen Hart Cup (Men)	TBD
Continental Classic	TBD	TBD

WWE

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Tournament	TBD	January 6	12-woman single-elimination tournament for the inaugural WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship.
Royal Rumble match (Women)	TBD	February 1	30-woman Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 41
Royal Rumble match (Men)	TBD	February 1	30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 41
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal	TBD	TBD	André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal for the André the Giant trophy
Money in the Bank ladder match (Women)	TBD	TBD	Multi-woman latter match for a women's championship contract.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Men)	TBD		Multi-man latter match for a men's championship contract.

Title changes

AEW

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

AEW Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Mariah May
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AEW International Championship
Incoming champion – Konosuke Takeshita
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

AEW TNT Championship
Incoming champion – Daniel Garcia
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AEW TBS Championship
Incoming champion – Mercedes Moné
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AEW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

AEW World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Death Riders (Pac, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

ROH

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

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

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

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

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

ROH World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich))
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

TNA

TNA World Championship
Incoming champion – Nic Nemeth
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

TNA Knockouts World Championship
Incoming champion – Masha Slamovich
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 – Spitfire (Dani Luna and Jody Threat)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

TNA Digital Media Championship
Incoming champion – PCO
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

International Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – PCO
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

WWE

  – Raw

  – SmackDown

  – NXT

  – Unbranded

Raw and SmackDown

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

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

Undisputed WWE Championship (WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship)
Incoming champion – Cody Rhodes
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

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

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Bron Breakker
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TBA	TBD	TBA	Title unveiled prior to the November 25, 2024, episode of Raw. Inaugural champion to be determined by a tournament that began on the December 2, 2024, episode.

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

World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

WWE Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

NXT

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

NXT Championship
Incoming champion – Trick Williams
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

NXT North American Championship
Incoming champion – Tony D'Angelo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

NXT Women's North American Championship
Incoming champion – Fallon Henley
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

NXT Heritage Cup
Incoming champion – Lexis King
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

NXT Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Nathan Frazer and Axiom
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

Unbranded

These titles are non-exclusive, available to wrestlers from all three of WWE's brands.

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

WWE Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Dragon Lee
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)

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

Debuts

• January 6 – Brandon Collins (REVOLVER)

Retirements

• January 11 - Sumie Sakai
• April 29 – Meiko Satomura
• May 20 – Nanae Takahashi
• End of 2025 – John Cena

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, and AEW Dynamite 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 Pop-Up Event
• List of MLW events
• List of major NJPW events and NJPW Strong special episodes
• List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom events
• List of major Pro Wrestling Noah events
• List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events
• List of major Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide events