2004 in professional wrestling

2004 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 2004.

Calendar of notable shows

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

AJW

Ring of Honor

TNA

TNA Year End Awards

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Title changes

NJPW

WWE

– Raw

– SmackDown

Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, and a tag team championship for male wrestlers. SmackDown also had a title for their cruiserweight wrestlers. There was only one women's championship and it was exclusive to Raw.

Debuts

• Uncertain debut date

*Christy Hemme

*Davey Richards

*Maria Kanellis

*Mecha Wolf 450

*Carmella DeCesare

• January 3 – Natsuki Taiyo
• January 5 – Katsuhiko Nakajima
• March 7 –
• March 13 – Orange Cassidy
• March 27 – Pac (wrestler)
• April 17 – Paul Robinson
• April 20 – Zack Sabre Jr.
• May 23 – Lucky 13
• June 6 – Shinobu
• June 13 – Michael Dante
• June 16 – Asuka and Cherry
• June 20 – Jon Moxley
• July 1 – Kota Ibushi
• July 3 - Alisha Edwards
• July 4 – Q. T. Marshall
• July 10 – Trent Beretta
• July 26 – Yujiro Takahashi
• August 8 – The Young Bucks
• August 13 – Dax Harwood
• August 14 – Matt Cardona
• August 21 – Seth Rollins and Joaquin Wilde
• August 29 – Kazuchika Okada
• October 13 – Choun Shiryu
• November 3 – and Nic Nemeth
• November 7 – Daisuke Masaoka
• November 15 – Candice Michelle
• November 18 – Michelle McCool
• December 4 – Guts Ishijima

Retirements

• Randy Savage (1973–December 5, 2004)
• Ángel Acevedo (1973-2004, returned for one match in 2017)
• Timothy Well (1987–2004)
• Dances With Dudley (1992-2004)
• Carmella DeCesare (October–November 2004)
• Shaniqua (2002–February 2004)
• Ron Simmons (1986-March 2004) (returned to wrestling in 2006 and retired in 2012)
• John Tenta (1987-2004)
• Terri Runnels (1990 – April 2004)
• Sable (1996 – August 10, 2004)
• The Fabulous Moolah (1949–September 21, 2004)

Births

• April 19 – Yuna
• August 11 – Hanan
• August 16 – Ruaka
• August 30 – Homare
• September 27 – Leon Slater
• December 3 – Kizuna Tanaka
• December 8 – Billie Starkz
• December 14 – Ricky Sosa

Deaths

• January 24 – Jack Tunney, 69
• January 27 - Hard Boiled Haggerty, 78
• March 6 – Hercules, 47
• March 11 - Michael Okpala, 64
• May 6 - Pepper Gomez, 77
• May 18 - , 40
• June 1 – James Dudley, 94
• August 25 - Dave Levin, 91
• September 12 - Dr. Wagner, 68
• September 18 - Jim Barnett, 80
• September 22 – Big Boss Man, 41
• September 26 – Marianna Komlos, 35
• November 27 - Jack Donovan (wrestler), 76

See also

• List of WWE pay-per-view events
• List of TNA pay-per-view events

References