2013 in professional wrestling

2013 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 2013.

Calendar of notable shows

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

JWP

Ring of Honor

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

WWE

Title changes

AAA

NJPW

ROH

The Crash Lucha Libre

TNA

WWE

NXT

Awards and honors

AAA Hall of Fame

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

TNA Hall of Fame

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

Slammy Awards

Debuts

• January 3 – Rutsuko Yamaguchi (Ice Ribbon)
• January 8 – Dan Moloney
• January 20 – Aliyah
• February 19 – Jay White
• February 23 –
• March 24 – The Rotation
• March 29 – Renee Young
• April 14 – U-T
• May 17 – No Way Jose
• May 25
• Akane Fujita
• Big Boss Shimizu
• May 29 – Mojo Rawley
• June 20 – Alexa Bliss
• June 26 – JoJo
• June 29 – JD Drake
• July 1 – Eva Marie
• July 6 – Laurance Roman
• August 3 – Lana Austin
• August 12 – Anthony Gangone
• August 17 – KANNA (TJPW)
• August 18
• Saki Akai
• Yako Fujigasaki
• August 23 – Koyuki Hayashi (Ice Ribbon)
• August 25 – Kyuri
• August 31 – Mike D Vecchio
• September – Carmella
• September 6 – Ace Romero
• September 28 - Ayame Yabe (Ice Ribbon)
• October 23 – Lana
• November 3 – Keisuke Okuda
• November 4
• Koguma
• Rina Yamashita
• November 9 – Kid Lykos
• November 19 –
• December 1 – Ayumi Takada (TJPW)
• December 6 – Deonna Purrazzo
• December 14 – Kona Reeves
• December 15 – Takayuki Ueki
• December 31 – Bin Wang (IGF and NXT)

Retirements

• Butch Reed (1978-2013)
• Diane Von Hoffman (1981–2013)
• Viscera (1991–2013)
• Eve Torres (October 29, 2007 – January 14, 2013)
• Robbie Ellis (1966-March 22, 2013)
• Jerry Lynn (March 23, 1988 – March 23, 2013)
• Frank Durso (1961-March 23, 2013)
• Big Bully Busick (1977-April 19, 2013)
• Kenta Kobashi (February 26, 1988 – May 11, 2013)
• Epiphany (October 2008 – July 4, 2013)
• Natsumi Showzuki (January 2012 – July 31, 2013) (returned to wrestling in 2021)
• Ayumi Kurihara (April 24, 2005 – August 4, 2013)
• Ted DiBiase Jr. (2006 – September 1, 2013)
• Yoshihito Sasaki (September 7, 2000 – September 25, 2013)
• Ivan Koloff (1961-November 16, 2013)
• William Regal (1983-November 21, 2013)
• Manny Fernandez (1977-November 30, 2013) (returned to wrestling in 2017)
• Roxxi Laveaux (2002 - December 6, 2013)

Deaths

• January 11 - Billy Varga, 94
• February 8 - Jim Jefferson, 52
• February 20 - Cyclone Negro, 80
• March 5 – Paul Bearer, 58.
• March 16 - Don Carson, 78
• March 21
• Moondog Spike, 62.
• Reid Flair, 25.
• April 18 - Jerry Balisok, 57
• May 22 – Mick McManus, 93
• May 26 – Héctor Garza, 43.
• May 28 - Buck Robley, 68
• June 7 – Mark Starr, 50.
• June 14 – Al Green, 57.
• June 24 – Jackie Fargo, 82.
• June 28 – Matt Borne, 55.
• July 19 - Geeto Mongol, 82
• July 31 - Corey Maclin, 43
• August 3 – Dutch Savage, 78.
• August 14 - Gia Allemand, 29
• September 20 – Angelo Savoldi, 99.
• September 29 – Gene Petit, c.64.
• October 15 – El Brazo, 52.
• October 21 - Randhawa (wrestler), 79/80
• November 4 - Doug Gashouse Gilbert, 76
• November 21 – Mad Dog Vachon, 84.
• December 1 – Garry Robbins, 56
• December 18 - Onno Boelee, 68
• December 19 - Pedro Septién, 97
• December 29 – Ari Romero, 62.

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