2009 in professional wrestling

2009 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 2009.

Calendar of notable shows

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

AAA Hall of Fame

DDT

Sendai Girls

TNA

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

Slammy Awards

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Title changes

AAA

NJPW

ROH

TNA

WWE

– Raw

– SmackDown

- ECW

Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship until their respective tag team titles became shared across all the brands. ECW only had a world championship.

Births

• February 21 – Saran

Debuts

• Unknown month – Tony Deppen
• April – Bray Wyatt
• April 29 – Kazumasa Yoshida (Big Japan)
• May 6 – Kengo
• July 17 – Cedric Alexander
• July 18 – Powerhouse Hobbs and
• August 1 – Trey Miguel
• August 14 - Zack Gibson
• August 15 – Big Cass
• August 17 – Apollo Crews/Uhaa Nation
• August 22 – Mia Yim
• August 23 – Soma Takao
• September – Aksana
• September 3 – Naomi
• September 6 – Toru Sugiura
• September 20 – Aoi Ishibashi (NEO Ladies)
• September 21 – Takumi Tsukamoto
• September 26
• Robert Dreissker
• Tamina Snuka
• October – Aaron Solo
• October 4 –
• November 5 – Jun Masaoka
• November 21 – Tristan Archer
• November 23 – Akito
• November 27 – Alexander James
• December 6 – Alex Windsor
• December 12 - Flamita
• December 17 – Big E

Retirements

• Lena Yada (January 4, 2008 – 2009)
• One Man Gang (1977-2009)
• Mike Shaw (1980-2009)
• Doug Basham (1993–2009)
• John Layfield (1992 – April 6, 2009) (moved to color commentator, later returned to compete at Royal Rumble 2014)
• David Flair (1999-May 15, 2009)
• Candice Michelle (November 15, 2004 – June 19, 2009) (although she had been fully inactive from in-ring competition since 2009, she announced her full retirement in December 2017)
• Sharmell (1998 – October 18, 2009)
• Jamie Noble (1995 – November 10, 2009) (semi-retired)
• Jon Heidenreich (2001 – November 28, 2009)
• Christy Hemme (July 15, 2004 – December 16, 2009) (moved to ring announcer)
• Azumi Hyuga (December 4, 1994 – December 27, 2009)

Deaths

• January 13 – Cousin Junior, 48
• January 16 – Paul E. Normous, 33
• February 2 - Jim Wilson (wrestler), 66
• March 2 - Robert Bruce (wrestler), 65
• March 4 – Yvon Cormier, 70
• March 13 – Test, 33
• March 22
• Steve Doll, 48
• Abismo Negro, 37
• April 28 – Buddy Rose, 56
• May 8 – Cynthia Peretti, 60
• May 28 - John Tolos, 78
• June 13 – Mitsuharu Misawa, 46
• June 22 – Billy Red Lyons, 77
• July 5 - Waldo Von Erich, 75
• July 22 - Damian Steele, 33/34
• August 5 – Al Tomko, 77
• August 12 - Karl Von Hess, 90
• August 27 - Shota Chochishvili, 59
• September 6 - Butcher Brannigan, 61
• September 10 - Kerry Brown (wrestler), 51
• October 14 – Lou Albano, 76
• October 18 - Ryuma Go, 53
• November 12 - Orig Williams, 78
• November 25 – Adam Firestorm, 32
• December 4 – Umaga, 36
• December 29 - Dr. Death Steve Williams, 49

See also

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

References