2019 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 2019.
Calendar of notable shows
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Cancelled events
Notable events
Accomplishments and tournaments
AAA
AEW
CMLL
Impact
MLW
NJPW
NWA
WWE
Title changes
AEW
CMLL
FIP
Impact Wrestling
IWRG
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
MLW
NJPW
NWA
ROH
The Crash Lucha Libre
WWE
â Raw
â SmackDown
â 205 Live
â NXT
â NXT UK
â Unbranded
Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live
Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship, while 205 Live just had one title for their cruiserweight wrestlers.
NXT
NXT UK
Unbranded
These titles are not brand exclusive. The colors indicate the home brand of the champions (names without a color are former WWE wrestlers, Hall of Famers, or non-wrestlers).
Awards and honors
AAA
AAA Hall of Fame
WWE
WWE Hall of Fame
Debuts
Retirements
- January 30 - Abyss (wrestler) (1995-2019)
- February 21 â Takashi Iizuka (1986âÂÂ2019)
- March 9 â Mil Máscaras (1963âÂÂ2019)
- March 11 â Brie Bella (September 15, 2007 â 2019)
- March 19 â Matt Morgan (2002âÂÂMarch 19, 2019)
- March 24 â Nikki Bella (September 15, 2007 â 2019)
- April 6 â George Julio (1965âÂÂ2019)
- April 7
- Kurt Angle (1998âÂÂ2019)
- Batista (1999âÂÂ2019)
- April 21 â Command Bolshoi (1991âÂÂ2019)
- April 26 â Kris Wolf (2014âÂÂ2019)
- April 28 â Sawako Shimono (2010âÂÂ2019)
- April 29 - Rock Riddle (1972-2019)
- May 11
- Bob Armstrong (1961âÂÂ2019)
- Wendell Cooley (1981âÂÂ2019)
- May 31 â Metálico
- June 26 â Riki Choshu (1974âÂÂJune 26, 2019)
- June 30 â Charlie Morgan (2011âÂÂ2019)
- July â X-Pac (1989âÂÂJuly 2019, came out of retirement in 2022)
- July 5 â Claude Roca (circa 1960sâÂÂJuly 5, 2019)
- July 22 â Barbi Hayden (2010âÂÂ2019)
- August 3 â Dwayne Johnson (1996âÂÂ2004, 2012-2019)
- August 10 â Koko B. Ware (1978âÂÂ2019)
- August 17 â Sergio El Hermoso (1960sâÂÂ2019)
- August 18 â Tinieblas (August 20, 1971 â 2019)
- September 15 â Jaque Mate (wrestler) (September 15, 1971 â 2019)
- September 19 â Kim Duk (1968âÂÂ2019, returned in 2022)
- September 21 â Lisa Marie Varon (2000âÂÂ2019)
- December 14 â Bill Dundee (1962âÂÂ2019)
Deaths
- January 2 â "Mean" Gene Okerlund (b. 1942)
- January 5 â Alexis Smirnoff (b. 1947)
- January 22 â Belladonna (b.1979)
- February 1 â Les Thornton (b. 1934)
- February 10 â KÃ
Âji Kitao (b. 1963)
- February 9 â Salvatore Bellomo (b. 1951)
- February 12 â Pedro Morales (b. 1942),
- March 4 â King Kong Bundy (b. 1957),
- March 7 â The Destroyer (b. 1930),
- March 18 â Roger Kirby (b. 1939),
- April 8 â Héctor del Mar (b. 1942),
- April 22 â John Quinn, (b. 1940),
- May 11 â Silver King, (b. 1968),
- May 16 â Ashley Massaro, (b. 1979),
- June 3 â Atsushi Aoki, (b. 1977),
- June 8 â Willie Williams (b. 1951)
- June 19 â Lionheart, (b. 1982),
- July 2 â Jacques Rougeau Sr., (b. 1930),
- July 3 â Perro Aguayo, (b. 1946)
- July 6 â Paco Alonso, (b. 1952)
- August 1 â Harley Race, (b. 1943)
- August 14 â Gerry Hoggarth, (b. 1922)
- August 15
- Wrestling Pro, (b. 1938)
- Eddie Marlin, (b. 1930)
- August 22 â Norman Frederick Charles III (b. 1941)
- August 26 â Dr. Karonte, (b. 1957)
- September 20 â Rick Bognar, (b. 1970)
- December 14 â Moondog Rex, (b. 1950)
- December 23 â Mr. Niebla, (b. 1973)
- December 28 â Izzy Slapawitz, (b. 1948)
See also
References