2000 in professional wrestling

2000 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 2000.

Calendar of notable shows

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

AJW

AJPW

ECW

WCW

WWF

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Title changes

ECW

NJPW

WCW

WWF

Births

• February 11 – Ryuki Honda
• February 16 – Tetsuya Izuchi
• February 25 – Daniel Benoit, son of Nancy and Chris Benoit (d. 2007)
• March 8 – Peter Tihanyi
• March 22 – Momo Watanabe
• May 17 – Misa Matsui
• May 31 – Gable Stevenson
• June 20 – Sayaka Kurara
• August 12 – Yu Owada
• September 14 – Hanako
• September 27 – Titus Alexander
• October 29 – Takuro Niki
• December 1 – Maya Fukuda

Debuts

• Uncertain debut date

*Jack Evans

*Nattie Neidhart

*Tank Toland

*Shelly Martinez

*Eric Angle

*Chie Terashita (All Japan Women's)

• February – Kenny Omega
• March 15 -
• March 18 - Randy Orton
• March 19 – Trish Stratus
• March 24 - Roderick Strong
• April 14 - Tomohiko Hashimoto
• April 24 – David Arquette
• May 7 – Kevin Steen and Ralphus (WCW)
• May 20
• Jay Briscoe
• Mark Briscoe
• May 24 - Kenta Kobayashi
• July – Lance Archer
• July 4 - Santos Escobar
• September 7 – Yoshihito Sasaki
• September 29 - Alberto Del Rio
• September 30 - Mika Nishio (All Japan Women's)
• October 7 – The Great Khali
• October 20 – Matt Sydal
• November 6 - Chris Sabin
• November 11 – Austin Aries
• November 12 -
• November 19 – Yasu Urano
• December 3 – Yuu Yamagata
• December 26 - Scotty Mac

Retirements

• Bret Hart (1978–2000)
• Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (1960–2000)
• Bobby Walker (1989–2000)
• Nicole Bass (1998–2000)
• Fishman (1969–2000)
• Angel of Death (1986–2000)
• Biff Wellington (1986–2000)
• Randy Savage (1973–2000) (Returned for one match in 2004)
• Miss Elizabeth (1985–1992, 1996–2000)
• Mick Foley (1986-April 2, 2000 returned to wrestling in 2004 and retired in 2012)
• Gerald Brisco (1967–1985, 1998-June 2000)
• Pat Patterson (1959–1985, 1998-June 2000)
• Paul Orndorff (1976–2000) (returned for a match in 2017)

Deaths

• January 7 – Gary Albright, 36
• January 22 – Al Costello, 80
• January 24 – Bobby Duncum Jr., 34
• February 12 – Ray Hrstich, 79
• April 19 – Masakazu Fukuda, 27
• April 25 - Assassin #1, 72
• May 4 – Sugi Sito, 73
• May 13 – Jumbo Tsuruta, 49
• July 27 – Gordon Solie, 71
• July 28 – Jaime Cardriche, 32
• August 19 – Tony Parisi, 59
• August 22 – Toru Tanaka, 70
• August 25 – Chris Duffy, 35
• August 25 – Ramón Torres (wrestler), 68
• October 3 – Klondike Bill, 68
• October 17 – Leo Nomellini, 76
• October 23 – Yokozuna, 34
• November 22:
• Yoshihiro Momota, 54
• Doug Hepburn, 74
• November 24 – Eddie Sullivan, 59
• December 16 – Blue Demon, 78

See also

• List of WCW pay-per-view events
• List of WWF pay-per-view events
• List of FMW supercards and pay-per-view events
• List of ECW supercards and pay-per-view events

Notes

References