2026 in professional wrestling describes the current year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of promotions
These promotions are holding events throughout 2026.
Calendar of notable shows
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Notable events
- January 1 âÂÂ
- In the United States, the majority of WWE's archival content on Peacock was moved to Netflix, with Peacock maintaining NXT's livestreaming events until March 15 and the Saturday Night's Main Event specials and replays of recent episodes of WWE SmackDown until at least 2029.
- Many of the select few countries that were still on the WWE Network in 2025 transitioned to Netflix, with only Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland still on the WWE Network until April 1, while Sub-Saharan Africa and Japan remain on SuperSport and Abema, respectively.
- January 2 â WWE SmackDown returned to three hours after airing for two hours since July 4, 2025.
- January 4 âÂÂ
- At New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 20, IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji defeated IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita in a Winner Takes All match. Subsequently, Tsuji reintroduced the IWGP Heavyweight ChampionshipâÂÂwhich had been retired in 2021 and succeeded by the World HeavyweightâÂÂto replace the World Heavyweight, retroactively merging the lineages of both titles as one, with all former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions recognized as former IWGP Heavyweight Champions. The IWGP Intercontinental Championship historyâÂÂwhich had been unified with the Heavyweight in 2021 and also retired to create the World HeavyweightâÂÂwould also later be amended with all former World Heavyweight Champions also recognized as former Intercontinental Champions, with Tsuji recognized as its final holder.
- Also at Wrestle Kingdom 20, Hiroshi Tanahashi lost to Kazuchika Okada, ending his 25-year professional wrestling career.
- January 6 â Backstage during New Japan Pro-Wrestling's New Year Dash, Yota Tsuji announced that Bullet Club would be dissolved going forward, marking the end of the stable after 12 years.
- January 8 â WWE Main Event premiered on YouTube in the United States, after streaming on Peacock since 2021.
- January 15 â TNA iMPACT! premiered on AMC and AMC+, after airing on AXS TV since October 2019, TNA+ since January 2024, and New England Sports Network since January 2025.
- January 31 â At WWE's Royal Rumble, AJ Styles lost to Gunther via technical submission, ending his 27-year professional wrestling career.
- March 9 â Outside of the United States and Canada, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), in partnership with Kiswe, launched MyAEW, an over-the-top streaming service and digital television network, hosting all episodes of AEW's programs and all pay-per-view (PPV) events, live and on-demand, as well as hosting the archive for all prior programs and PPVs. It also hosts the archive for Ring of Honor.
- March 15 â NXT's livestreaming events were removed from Peacock following the expiration of that portion of WWE's contract with NBCUniversal, with NXT's livestreaming events subsequently going to YouTube.
- March 31 â The New Japan Pro-Wrestling Board of Directors transferred all shares of Stardom, which had operated under the trade name Stardom Co., Ltd. since their acquisition in April 2024, back to their parent company Bushiroad.
- April 1 â The standalone WWE Network will permanently shut down in its last remaining countriesâÂÂAustria, Germany, Italy, and SwitzerlandâÂÂwhich will transition to Netflix, bringing a complete end to the service after 12 years.
Accomplishments and tournaments
AAA
AAW
AEW
AIW
AJPW
Basara
CF
DDT
Noah
TJPW
CMLL
DG
EVE
Freedoms
GanPro
GCW
GWF
IWRG
JTO
M-Pro
Marigold
MLP
MLW
NJPW
NWA
Osaka Pro
OVW
Oz Academy
Progress
Seadlinning
Stardom
Tenryu Project
TNA
Wave Pro
WWE
Raw and SmackDown
NXT
WWE Evolve
wXw
Zero1
Title changes
2AW
AAA
AAW
AEW
AIW
AJPW
Basara
BJW
BZW
CF
â DDT Pro-Wrestling
â Pro Wrestling Noah
â Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
DDT
Noah
TJPW
ChocoPro
CMLL
The Crash
CZW
DEFY
DG
Diana
DPW
EVE
FIP
Freedoms
GanPro
GCW
Gleat
GWF
HOG
Ice Ribbon
IWRG
JCW
JTO
Marigold
Marvelous
MLP
MLW
M-Pro
NJPW
NWA
Osaka Pro
OVW
Oz Academy
Prestige
Progress
Pure-J
RevPro
REVOLVER
ROH
Seadlinnng
Senjo
Spark Joshi
Stardom
Tenryu Project
TNA
UWN
Wave Pro
West Coast Pro
WOS
WOW
WWE
â Raw
â SmackDown
â NXT
â Evolve
â Unbranded
Raw and SmackDown
Raw and SmackDown each exclusively have a world and secondary championship for both the men and women, as well as a tag team championship for men.
NXT
NXT exclusively has a primary, secondary, and specialty championship for both the men and women, as well as a tag team championship for men.
Unbranded
The following title is non-exclusive, available to wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.
WWE Evolve
Evolve is a developmental brand focused on trainees from the WWE Performance Center, and has two championships, one each for the men and women.
WWE ID
The WWE Independent Development (ID) program has two championships, one each for men and women, which are defended exclusively across partner independent promotions. Additionally, if a non-WWE ID wrestler wins either title, they also earn a WWE ID contract.
wXw
Zero1
Awards and honors
CZW
CZW Hall of Fame
George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
Hardcore Hall of Fame
St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame
Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame
WWHOF Awards
WWE
WWE Hall of Fame
Debuts
Retirements
Deaths
See also
Notes
References