2010 in professional wrestling

2010 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 2010.

Calendar of notable shows

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

DDT

Ring of Honor

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, and a women's championship, while the male tag team championship was shared across all the brands. ECW only had a world championship.

Debuts

• Uncertain debut date

* Reby Sky

• January 21 – Toru
• February 19 – Parrow
• February 20 – Zelina Vega/Rosita
• February 28 – Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• March 14 – Kazuki Hirata
• March 21 – Sawako Shimono
• March 26 – Jessie Godderz
• April 29 – Sayaka Obihiro
• May 3 – Hiragi Kurumi
• May 15 – Fuma
• June 11 – Musashi
• July 18 –
• August 8 – Mercedes Mone
• August 19 – Roman Reigns
• September – Taya Valkyrie
• September 2 – Alex Lee
• September 7 – Kaitlyn
• October 16 – Shinichiro Tominaga
• November 21 – Mika Iida
• November 25 – Dralístico
• December – Shaul Guerrero
• December 11 – Sammy Guevara
• December 12 – Ruby Soho (wrestler)
• December 18 – Dennis Dullnig
• December 23 –
• December 25 – Mochi Miyagi

Retirements

• The Iron Sheik (1972–April 24, 2010)
• Chavo Guerrero Sr. (1970–2010)
• Ron Simmons (1986–2010)
• DJ Gabriel (2004 – 2010)
• Kamala (1978 – 2010)
• Kristal Marshall (December 2, 2005 – February 2010)
• Shawn Michaels (October 10, 1984 – March 28, 2010) (had a one-off match at Crown Jewel in 2018)
• Ray Gordy / Jesse Dalton / Slam Master J (2000 – April 23, 2010)
• Scott Hall (1984-June 2010, return to wrestle one match in 2016)
• Ricky Steamboat (1976-June 18, 2010, returned to wrestle one match in 2022)
• Abdullah the Butcher (1958 – October 9, 2010)
• Lacey Von Erich (September 15, 2007 – November 11, 2010)
• Mae Young (August 20, 1939 – November 15, 2010)
• Caylen Croft (2001 – November 19, 2010)
• Ashley Vance (June 22, 2010 – December 28, 2010)
• Kazumi Shimouma (September 16, 2007 – December 26, 2010)
• Tanny Mouse (October 7, 1994 – December 31, 2010)

Deaths

• January 8 – Tony Halme, 47
• February 1 – Jack Brisco, 68
• March 4 - Angelo Poffo, 84
• March 8 - Jerry Valiant, 68
• March 11 - Sandy Scott, 75
• March 14 - Corsica Joe, 90
• March 20 – Mikel Scicluna, 80
• March 29 - Tom Burton, 48
• April 2 – Chris Kanyon, 40
• April 14 - Gene Kiniski, 81
• April 21 –
• Mr. Hito, 67
• George Grant, 83
• May 3:
• Kinji Shibuya, 88
• El Supremo (wrestler), 67
• May 15 - Andre Baker, 45
• May 24 - Rusher Kimura, 68
• June 7 - Rocket Monroe, 69
• June 12 – Grizzly Smith, 77
• June 12 - Trent Acid, 29
• June 24 - Toni Adams, 45
• July 2 - Steve Stanlee, 90
• August 13 – Lance Cade, 29
• August 19 - Ted Allen, 54
• August 20 - Skandor Akbar, 75
• August 27 - Anton Geesink, 76
• August 27 - Tony Borne, 84
• August 28 - Kotetsu Yamamoto, 68
• August 30 – J. C. Bailey, 27
• September 10 – Mike Shaw, 53
• September 11 - La Fiera, 49
• September 22 – Giant González, 44
• October 6 - Gran Naniwa, 33
• October 23 - Michael Porter, 59
• October 30 - Édouard Carpentier, 84
• November 8 - Joe Higuchi, 81
• November 25 - Kantaro Hoshino, 67
• December 3 - Skip Young, 59
• December 4 - King Curtis Iaukea, 73
• December 15 - Hans Mortier, 85
• December 18 - Donn Lewin, 84

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