2018 in professional wrestling

2018 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 2018.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	CMLL
DDT Pro-Wrestling	DDT
Impact Wrestling	Impact
International Wrestling Revolution Group	IWRG
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide	AAA	The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
Lucha Libre Elite	Elite
Major League Wrestling	MLW
National Wrestling Alliance	NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla	PWG
Revolution Pro Wrestling	RevPro
Ring of Honor	ROH
The Crash Lucha Libre	The Crash
World Wrestling Council	WWC
WWE	—	WWE stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which is still the legal name, but the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism. WWE divided its roster into five storyline divisions – referred to as brands where wrestlers exclusively performed on their respective weekly television programs. Raw and SmackDown were their two main brands. Specialty brand 205 Live, which separated from Raw to become its own brand following WrestleMania 34, was also featured on WWE's main pay-per-views. NXT served as WWE's developmental territory, while specialty brand NXT UK was launched in July and promoted under the NXT banner.

Calendar of notable shows

January

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	CMLL	Sin Piedad	Mexico City	Negro Casas defeated Sam Adonis in a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match	[1]
	IWRG	IWRG 22nd Anniversary Show	Naucalpan, Mexico	Impossible (c) defeated Dr. Cerebro in a Steel cage match for the IWRG Rey del Ring Championship	[2]
4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 12	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	First NJPW event to feature Chris Jericho in nearly two decades
7	IWRG	Zona de Ejecucion	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Aramis defeated Black Dragon, Alas de Acero, Diablo Jr., Dinamic Black, Dragon Fly, El Hijo del Alebrije, Pantera I, Eterno, Freelance, Heddi Karaoui, Imposible, Tortuga Leo, Tortuga Mike, Tortuga Rafy, and Tortuga Teelo	[3]
19	CMLL NJPW	Fantastica Mania (Tokyo shows)	Tokyo, Japan	Niebla Roja (c) defeated Gran Guerrero for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
21				Volador Jr. (c) defeated Barbaro Cavernario for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
22				Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero) defeated Dragon Lee and Místico in a CMLL Brothers Tag Tournament Final Match
26	AAA	Guerra de Titanes	Mexico City	El Hijo del Fantasma (c) defeated El Texano Jr. in a Steel cage match to retain the AAA Latin American Championship	The event was also notable for the surprise appearance of the formers CMLL stars Máximo and La Máscara following then the match between Psycho Clown and Rey Escorpión.
27	WWE: NXT	TakeOver: Philadelphia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Andrade "Cien" Almas (c) defeated Johnny Gargano in a Singles match to retain the NXT Championship	First appearance of Ricochet and the return of EC3, who had last performed in WWE in 2013 under former ring name Derrick Bateman.
27	NJPW	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Sapporo, Japan	Minoru Suzuki defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
28				Jay White defeated Kenny Omega (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
28	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Royal Rumble	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Asuka won the 30-woman Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Nikki Bella to earn a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34[4]	This was the first event to feature a women's Royal Rumble match, which was the second women's match to main event a WWE PPV, and the first to main event one of WWE's "Big Four" PPVs.[5] Asuka chose to challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 34. The event was also notable for the surprise appearance of former UFC star Ronda Rousey following the women's match, officially confirming that she had signed a full-time deal with WWE. Shinsuke Nakamura won the men's Royal Rumble match and chose to challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
9	ROH	Honor Reigns Supreme	Concord, North Carolina	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeat Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T)
10	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Sanada in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
11	IWRG	Cabellera vs. Cabellera	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Black Dragon defeated Oficial Spartan by disqualification	As a result of his loss, Oficial Spartan had his hair shaved off[6]
23	ROH NJPW	Honor Rising: Japan	Tokyo, Japan	Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll defeated Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Chase Owens in a 6 Man Tag Team Match
24				Golden☆Lovers (Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega) defeated Bullet Club (Marty Scurll and Cody) in a Tag team match
25	WWE: Raw	Elimination Chamber	Las Vegas, Nevada	Roman Reigns defeated Braun Strowman, Elias, Finn Bálor, John Cena, Seth Rollins, and The Miz in an Elimination Chamber match for a WWE Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 34	First event to feature a women's Elimination Chamber match and the first ever seven-man Elimination Chamber Last Raw-exclusive PPV of the second brand split, as following WrestleMania 34, all WWE PPVs ceased being brand exclusive.[7]
	IWRG	El Protector	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Rokambole Jr. and Villano V Jr. defeated Ram El Carnero and Trauma I	El Protector tournament finals[8]
	DDT	Into The Fight 2018	Tokyo, Japan	Shuji Ishikawa and Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Harashima
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	ROH	Manhattan Mayhem	New York City	BULLET CLUB (Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeat Shane Taylor & The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan & Vinny Marseglia)
3	Impact	One Night Only: March Breakdown	Belleville, Michigan	Kongo Kong and RJ City defeated Austin Aries and Alberto El Patron	Aired on March 16.
4	AAA	Rey de Reyes	Puebla, Mexico	El Hijo del Fantasma defeated El Texano Jr. in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. hair match.
6	NJPW	46th Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defeated IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay in a non-title Champion vs Champion match.
9–10	ROH	16th Anniversary Show	Sunrise Manor, Nevada	Dalton Castle (c) defeated Jay Lethal in a Singles match to retain the ROH World Championship
11	WWE: SmackDown	Fastlane	Columbus, Ohio	AJ Styles (c) defeated Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, and John Cena in a Six-Pack Challenge to retain the WWE Championship	Last SmackDown-exclusive PPV, and brand-exclusive PPV, of the second brand split, as following WrestleMania 34, all WWE PPVs ceased being brand exclusive.[7]
16	CMLL	Homenaje a Dos Leyendas	Mexico City	El Cuatrero defeated Ángel de Oro Mask vs Mask match
18	IWRG	Rebelión de los Juniors	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	El Hijo del Alebrije defeated Apolo Estrada Jr., Capo del Norte, Diablo Jr., Dr. Karonte, El Hijo del Medico Asesino, El Hijo del Pantera, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Lunatic Extreme, Mascara Magica Jr., and Hip Hop Man	[9]
21	NJPW	New Japan Cup Final	Nagaoka, Japan	Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
24	Impact	One Night Only: Cali Combat	Belleville, Michigan	Austin Aries (c) defeated Eli Drake for the Impact World Championship	Aired on May 11.
25	DDT	Judgement 2018: DDT 21st Anniversary	Tokyo, Japan	Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Shuji Ishikawa to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship
	NJPW	Strong Style Evolved	Long Beach, California	Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) defeated The Young Bucks in a Tag team match
	IWRG	Cabellera vs. Cabellera	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Ricky Marvin defeated Dr. Cerebro	As a result of his loss, Dr. Cerebro had all his hair shaved off[10]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	NJPW	Sakura Genesis	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr. in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
6	Impact LU	Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground	New Orleans, Louisiana	Pentagón Dark defeated Austin Aries and Fénix in a Three-way match
7	ROH	Supercard of Honor XII	New Orleans, Louisiana	Dalton Castle (c) defeated Marty Scurll in a Singles match to retain the ROH World Championship	First Ring of Honor show to sell 6,000 fans in attendance
	WWE: NXT	TakeOver: New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Johnny Gargano defeated Tommaso Ciampa by submission in an unsanctioned match Since Gargano won, he was reinstated to NXT. If Ciampa had won, Gargano would have been permanently banned from NXT.	First event to feature the NXT North American Championship
	CMLL	75. Aniversario de Arena Coliseo	Mexico City, Mexico	Atlantis and Blue Panther defeated Fuerza Guerrera and El Satánico	[11]
8	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 34	New Orleans, Louisiana	Brock Lesnar (c) defeated Roman Reigns in a Singles match to retain the WWE Universal Championship	This was Daniel Bryan's in-ring return after 3 years, as he was forced to retire, but was cleared to compete again. This was also Ronda Rousey's in-ring debut.
10	NJPW	Lion's Gate Project 11	Tokyo, Japan	Ayato Yoshida and Go Asakawa defeated Yuji Nagata and Shota Umino in a Tag team match
15	ROH	Masters of the Craft	Columbus, Ohio	Marty Scurll defeated Dalton Castle, Beer City Bruiser and Punishment Martinez
	IWRG	Guerra del Golfo	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Tortuga Mike defeated Tortuga Teelo	Teelo lost a Steel Cage match and had to unmask[12]
22	Impact	Redemption	Orlando, Florida	Pentagón Jr. defeated Austin Aries (c) and Rey Fenix in Triple threat match to win the Impact World Championship
27	WWE: Raw SmackDown 205 Live	Greatest Royal Rumble	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Braun Strowman won by last eliminating Big Cass in a 50-man Royal Rumble match for the Greatest Royal Rumble Championship	First-ever 50-man Royal Rumble match last appearance of Chris Jericho
	CMLL	62. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Atlantis, Místico and Volador Jr. defeated La Peste Negra (Bárbaro Cavernario and Negro Casas) and Último Guerrero	[13]
27	ROH	Bound By Honor	West Palm Beach, Florida	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) (c) defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
28			Lakeland, Florida	Bullet Club (Cody, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeated Dalton Castle, Silas Young & The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe)
29	NJPW	Wrestling Hinokuni	Kumamoto, Japan	Tetsuya Naito defeated Minoru Suzuki (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka, Japan	Kenny Omega defeated Hangman Page in a Singles match
4				Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
6	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Backlash	Newark, New Jersey	Roman Reigns defeated Samoa Joe in a Singles match
9	ROH NJPW	War of the Worlds Tour	Lowell, Massachusetts	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) in a Tag team match
11			Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi and Sanada) defeated Dalton Castle, Jay Lethal, Kenny King and Colt Cabana in an Eight-man tag team match
12			Royal Oak, Michigan	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Tetsuya Bushi) in a Tag team match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
13			Chicago, Illinois	Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito) in a Ten-man tag team match
15	NJPW	Lion's Gate Project 12	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata defeated Ayato Yoshida in a Singles match
20	IWRG	Rey del Ring	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Emperador Azteca won the 30-man Rey del Ring match	[14]
24	ROH	Honor United	Edinburgh, Scotland	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) (c) defeat BULLET CLUB (Cody & Hangman Page) to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
26			London, England	The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan & Vinny Marseglia) (c) defeat BULLET CLUB (Hangman Page, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) and SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) to retain the ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship
27			Doncaster, England	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil & Sanada) and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) and The Kingdom (T. K. O'Ryan & Vinny Marseglia)
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	AAA	Verano de Escándalo	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Jeff Jarrett defeated Rey Wagner (c) and Rey Mysterio Jr. in a three-way match to win the AAA Mega Championship	The event was also notable for the surprises returns of Lady Maravilla, Keira, Xtreme Tiger, Laredo Kid, Brian Cage, Jeff Jarrett, Konnan and Fénix in AAA.
	Impact	One Night Only: Zero Fear	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Pentagon, Jr. defeated Eli Drake and Moose in a Triple Threat match	Aired on June 15.
	IWRG	Cabellera vs. Cabellera	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Black Dragon defeated Lunatik Xtreme	Lunatik Xtreme had all his hair shaved off as a result of his loss.[15]
9	NJPW	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kenny Omega defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) 2–1 in No time limit two out of three falls match to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	Chris Jericho defeated Tetsuya Naito to win IWGP Intercontinental Championship, with the win, Jericho became the first person to hold Intercontinental Championships in both WWE and NJPW. Okada's fourth reign at 720 days is the longest in the championship's history, and it also holds the record for most successful title defences; which is 12.
13	NJPW	Lion's Gate Project X3	Tokyo, Japan	Ayato Yoshida defeated Shota Umino in a Singles match
15	ROH	State Of The Art	San Antonio, Texas	Bullet Club (Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeat The Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) & The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Vinny Marseglia)
16			Dallas, Texas	Punishment Martinez defeated Silas Young (c) to win the ROH World Television Championship
16	WWE: NXT	TakeOver: Chicago II	Rosemont, Illinois	Tommaso Ciampa defeated Johnny Gargano in a Chicago Street Fight
17	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Money in the Bank	Rosemont, Illinois	Braun Strowman defeated Bobby Roode, Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, Kofi Kingston, Rusev, Samoa Joe, and The Miz to win the men's Money in the Bank ladder match for a world championship match contract	Alexa Bliss won the women's Money in the Bank ladder match and then cashed in the contract that same night to win the Raw Women's Championship.
	IWRG	Festival de las Máscaras	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	El Hijo de L.A. Park and L.A. Park defeated Dragon Lee and Rush	[16]
18	WWE: NXT UK	United Kingdom Championship Tournament	Kensington, London, England	Zack Gibson defeated Travis Banks by submission in the Tournament final to determine the #1 contender to the WWE United Kingdom Championship
19				Pete Dunne (c) defeated Zack Gibson in a Singles match to retain the WWE United Kingdom Championship
29	ROH	Best in the World	Baltimore, Maryland	Dalton Castle (c) defeated Cody and Marty Scurll in a Three-way match to retain the ROH World Championship
29	NJPW	When Worlds Collide	Daytona Beach, Florida	The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi)
30	NJPW / RevPro	Strong Style Evolved UK	Milton Keynes, England	Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) (c) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) in a Tag team match for the Undisputed British Tag Team Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	NJPW / RevPro	Strong Style Evolved UK	Greater Manchester, England	Minoru Suzuki defeated Tomohiro Ishii (c) in a Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship
7	NJPW	G1 Special in San Francisco	Daly City, California	Kenny Omega (c) defeated Cody in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
13	CMLL	Atlantis 35th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Los Ingobernables (Rush and El Terrible) defeated Sky Team (Valiente and Volador Jr.) (c) for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship	[17]
15	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Extreme Rules	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Dolph Ziggler (c) defeated Seth Rollins 5–4 in sudden death overtime in a 30-minute Iron Man match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship	This was the first time the Intercontinental Championship main evented a WWE pay-per-view since Backlash in 2001.
	IWRG	Cabellera vs. Cabellera	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Obett defeated X-Fly	Obett was shaved bald as a result of his loss[18]
14	WWC	WWC Anniversary 45	Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	Jack Swagger defeated Carlito Caribbean Cool
21	AAA / Elite	AAA vs. Elite	Mexico City, Mexico	Team ELITE (Electroshock, L.A. Park and Puma King) defeated Team AAA (Psycho Clown, El Hijo del Fantasma and Rey Wagner) in a 6 Man Tag Team Match
19	MLW	Battle Riot	Queens, New York	Tom Lawlor won by last eliminating Jake Hager in a 40-man Battle Riot match for a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship match
20	ROH	Honor for All	Nashville, Tennessee	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeated The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe)
22	Impact	Slammiversary	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Austin Aries (c) defeated Moose in a singles match to retain the Impact World Championship
	IWRG	Zona de Ejecucion	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Las Traumas (Trauma I and Trauma II), El Hijo del Medico Asesino and Eterno defeated Los Tortugas Ninjas (Leo, Mike and Rafy) and Relampago and El Hijo del Alebrije, Emperador Azteca, Freelance and Imposible and Dr. Cerebro, El Hijo de Canis Lupus, El Pantera II and Veneno	[19]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
3	CMLL	Negro Casas 40th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Los Lucha Bros (King Phoenix and Penta el 0M) and L.A. Park defeated Rush and The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)	[20]
8	IWRG	Ejecucion Total	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Imposible, Relampago and X-Fly defeated Los Tortugas Ninjas (Leo, Mike and Rafy) and Capo del Norte, Capo del Sur and Pit Bull and Aramís, El Hijo de Canis Lupus and Pasion Crystal	Four-way trios elimination match[21]
12	NJPW	G1 Climax 28	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kota Ibushi to win the 2018 G1 Climax Tournament
16	ROH	Honor Re United	Edinburgh, Scotland	Bullet Club (Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeat Punishment Martinez & The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe)
18			Doncaster, England	Jay Lethal (c) defeats Mark Haskins to retain the ROH World Championship
19			London, England	Mark Haskins defeats Hangman Page to win the International Cup
18	WWE: NXT	TakeOver: Brooklyn IV	Brooklyn, New York	Tommaso Ciampa (c) defeated Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match to retain the NXT Championship
19	WWE: Raw SmackDown 205 Live	SummerSlam	Brooklyn, New York	Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar (c) in a Singles match to win the WWE Universal Championship	Lesnar's first reign at 504 days is the longest in the championship's history.
25	AAA	Triplemanía XXVI	Mexico City	L.A. Park defeated El Hijo del Fantasma, Psycho Clown and Pentagón Jr. in Póker de Ases, Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask cage match.
	Impact	One Night Only: Bad Intentions	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Josh Alexander defeated Sami Callihan in a Steel Cage match	Aired on August 31.
		One Night Only: Night of the Dummies	Binghamton, New York	Eddie Edwards defeated Eli Drake	Aired on September 14.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	N/A	All In	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	The Golden Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and Kota Ibushi) defeated Rey Mysterio, Rey Fénix, and Bandido	The first non-WWE or World Championship Wrestling promoted professional wrestling event in the United States to sell 10,000 tickets since 1993.[22]
9	IWRG	Caravana de Campeones	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Mr. Electro (c) defeated El Hijo del Médico Asesino to defend the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship	Special show featuring five championship matches[23]
14	CMLL	CMLL 85th Anniversary Show	Mexico City	Rush and Bárbaro Cavernario defeated Matt Taven and Volador Jr in the Best two-out-of-three falls tag team Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match
14–16	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles	Reseda, California	Jeff Cobb defeated Bandido and Shingo Takagi in an elimination three-way match to win the 2018 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
15	NJPW	Destruction in Hiroshima	Hiroshima, Japan	Kenny Omega (c) defeated Tomohiro Ishii in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
16	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Hell in a Cell	San Antonio, Texas	Roman Reigns (c) versus Braun Strowman in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Universal Championship with special guest referee Mick Foley ended in a no-contest due to interference from Brock Lesnar. This was Strowman's Money in the Bank cash-in match.
17	NJPW	Destruction in Beppu	Beppu, Japan	Tetsuya Naito defeated Minoru Suzuki in a Singles match
23	NJPW	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada in a Singles match for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
28	ROH	Death Before Dishonor XVI	Las Vegas, Nevada	Jay Lethal (c) defeated Will Ospreay in a Singles match to retain the ROH World Championship
30	NJPW	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Long Beach, California	Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii)
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

October

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
5	CMLL	CMLL International Gran Prix	Mexico City	Michael Elgin won the 2018 Gran Prix Teams: Resto del Mundo (Matt Taven, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Dark Magic, Michael Elgin, David Finlay, Gilbert el Boricua, Flip Gordon and Okumura) defeated Team Mexico (Diamante Azul, Carístico, El Cuatrero, Euforia, Hechicero, Sansón, El Terrible, Último Guerrero, and Volador Jr.)	[24]
6	WWE: Raw SmackDown 205 Live	Super Show-Down	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Triple H defeated The Undertaker in No Disqualification match
6	Impact	One Night Only: BCW 25th Anniversary	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Cody Deaner defeated Johnny Impact, Kongo Kong (c), and Matt Sydal in a Four-way match for the BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship	Aired on November 16.
7	IWRG	Relevos Increibles de Máscaras y Cabelleras	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Demonio Infernal defeated Freelance	Freelance had his hair shaved off as a result[25]
8	NJPW	King of Pro-Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan	Kenny Omega (c) defeated Cody and Kota Ibushi in a Three-way match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
12	ROH	Glory By Honor XVI	Baltimore, Maryland	Jay Lethal (c) defeated Silas Young to retain the ROH World Championship
14	NJPW RevPro	Global Wars UK	London, England	Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Suzuki (c) to win the British Heavyweight Championship
14	Impact	Bound for Glory	New York City, New York	Johnny Impact defeated Austin Aries (c) to win the Impact World Championship
19	CMLL	Blue Panther 40th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Bárbaro Cavernario and Los Ingobernables (Rush and El Terrible) defeated Carístico, Penta el 0M, and David Finlay	[26]
21	DDT	Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018	Tokyo, Japan	Daisuke Sasaki defeated Danshoku Dino (c) by submission to win the KO-D Openweight Championship
	NWA	NWA 70th Anniversary Show	Nashville, Tennessee	Nick Aldis defeated Cody (c) in a 2-out-of-3 falls match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
28	AAA	Héroes Inmortales XII	Puebla, Puebla	Rey Wagner defeated Jeff Jarrett in a hair vs. hair match
28	WWE: Raw SmackDown NXT	Evolution	Uniondale, New York	Ronda Rousey (c) defeated Nikki Bella by submission to retain the WWE Raw Women's Championship	First-ever WWE PPV featuring only female wrestlers; the PPV also featured the final of the Mae Young Classic tournament. The event also marked the first main roster Last Woman Standing match featuring Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair.
27–31	ROH	Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea	Miami, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas	Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Cody & Marty Scurll) defeated Alpha Club (Chris Jericho & The Young Bucks)
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

November

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	IWRG	El Castillo del Terror	Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico	Tortuga Mike defeated Oficial Spector to unmask him	12-person Steel cage match that also included Aramis, Diosa Atenea, Dragón Bane, El Hijo del Alebrije, El Hijo de Canis Lupus, Relámpago, Ludark Shaitan, Shil-Kah, Tortuga Leo and Zumbi[27]
2	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Crown Jewel	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane)	This was Shawn Michaels' first match since retiring in 2010, as well as Hulk Hogan's return to WWE following a three-year suspension due to a 2015 scandal; Hogan served as the host of the event
	CMLL	CMLL Día de Muertos	Mexico City, Mexico	Diamante Azul, L.A. Park, and Michael Elgin defeated King Phoenix, Penta 0M, and Último Guerrero in a six-man Relevos increíbles match	[28]
3	NJPW	Power Struggle	Osaka, Japan	Chris Jericho (c) defeated Evil by submission to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
	The Crash	The Crash VII Aniversario	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Bestia 666 defeated Garza Jr., hair vs. hair match
4	ROH	Survival of the Fittest	Columbus, Ohio	Marty Scurll defeated Christopher Daniels, Hangman Page, P. J. Black, Jonathan Gresham and Guerrero Maya Jr. to win 2018 Survival of the Fittest
7	ROH NJPW	Global Wars	Lewiston, Maine	Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Sanada and Bushi) defeated Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, Chris Sabin and Kushida
8			Lowell, Massachusetts	Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham defeated Chris Sabin and Kushida, The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) and The Kingdom (T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)
9			Buffalo, New York	Best Friends (Beretta and Chuckie T.) defeated The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) and The Elite (Cody and Hangman Page)
11			Toronto, Ontario	Jay Lethal (c) defeated Kenny King to retain the ROH World Championship
10–11	NJPW	Lion's Break Project 1	Anaheim, California	Kenny Omega defeated David Finlay (Night 2)
15	IWRG	Triangular en Jaula	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Rush defeated L.A. Park and Penta 0M	[29]
17	WWE: NXT	TakeOver: WarGames	Los Angeles, California	Pete Dunne, Ricochet, and War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) defeated The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) in the WarGames match
18	WWE: Raw SmackDown 205 Live	Survivor Series	Los Angeles, California	Raw's Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defeated SmackDown's WWE Champion Daniel Bryan in a non-title Champion vs Champion match.
25	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Starrcade	Cincinnati, Ohio	Seth Rollins (c) defeated Dean Ambrose in a Steel Cage match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
30	CMLL	Leyendas Mexicanas	Mexico City, Mexico	Atlantis, Blue Panther and El Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated Canek, Mascara Ano 2000 and Villano IV
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

December

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	Impact	One Night Only: Back to Cali	Salinas, California	Johnny Impact (c) defeated Moose for the Impact World Championship	Aired on December 21.
2	AAA	Guerra de Titanes	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	Blue Demon Jr. and Killer Kross defeated Psycho Clown and Rey Wagner in tag team match.
4	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Tribute to the Troops	Killeen, Texas	AJ Styles and Seth Rollins defeated Daniel Bryan and Dean Ambrose in a tag team match	Aired on December 20 on the USA Network.
9	NJPW	World Tag League	Iwate, Japan	Evil and Sanada defeated Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa to win the 2018 World Tag League
14	ROH	Final Battle	New York City	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) (c) and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship in a Ladder war
16	WWE: Raw SmackDown 205 Live	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	San Jose, California	Asuka defeated Becky Lynch (c) and Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship	This was the first-ever women's TLC match, which was also the first time the title was contested in the main event match of a pay-per-view.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Accomplishments and tournaments

All Japan Pro-Wrestling (AJPW)

Dates		Tournament	Final
Start	Final
February 13	February 25	Jr. Battle of Glory	Shuji Kondo defeated Koji Iwamoto to win the 2018 Jr. Battle of Glory
April 7	April 30	Champion Carnival	Naomichi Marufuji defeated Kento Miyahara to win the 2018 Champion Carnival.
August 3	August 25	AJPW Junior Tag League	Iwamoto and Tajiri defeated Aoki and Sato to win the 2018 AJPW Junior Tag League.
September 15	September 24	Ōdō Tournament	Kento Miyahara defeated Kengo Mashimo to win the 2018 Ōdō Tournament.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)

Dates		Tournament	Final
Start	Final
February 10	February 24	Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles	El Terrible and Rush defeated Último Guerrero and Volador Jr. in a Parejas Increibles tag team match
February 24	March 11	CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship tournament[30]	Esfinge and Tritón defeated Disturbio and Virus to win the vacant championship
March 2	March 16	CMLL World Tag Team Championship tournament	Valiente and Volador Jr. defeated El Terrible and Rey Bucanero
April 3	April 17	Copa Nuevos Valores	Magia Blanca defeated Volador Jr.[31]
May 4	May 18	Torneo Gran Alternatia	Flyer and Volador Jr. defeated Templario and Último Guerrero[32][33]
October 5	–	CMLL International Gran Prix	Michael Elgin defeated Último Guerrero[34]
October 9	October 16	CMLL World Heavyweight Championship tournament	Último Guerrero defeated Diamante Azul[35]
October 26	November 2	Rey del Inframundo	Sansón defeated Templario

International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG)

Date	Tournament	Final
January 31, 2018	67. Torneo FILL	Alas de Acero, Angel Oriental, Aramis, Demonio Infernal, Diablo Jr. I, Lunatic Xtreme, Odin and Shadow Boy defeated Adamantium, Balak, Energia, La Mosca, Mascara Magica Jr., Motocross, Orion, Principe Negro and Rey Lagarto by disqualification[36]
February 25, 2018	El Protector	Rokambole Jr. and Villano V Jr. defeated Ram El Carnero and Trauma I[8]
March 18, 2018	Rebelión de los Juniors	El Hijo del Alebrije defeated Apolo Estrada Jr., Capo del Norte, El Diablo Jr., Dr. Karonte, El Hijo del Medico Asesino, El Hijo del Pantera, El Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Lunatic Extreme, Mascara Magica Jr. and Hip Hop Man[9]
May 20, 2018	Rey del Ring	Emperador Azteca won a 30-man elimination match[37]
June 26, 2018	71. Torneo FILL	El Hijo de Zumbido, Eligor, Flayman, Gallo Colorado, Meza Kid, Pandemonium Jr., Quetzal and Shalom defeated Atomic Star, Black Dragon, El Hijo de X-Fly, Guerrero 2000, Kanon, Lunatik Extreme, Mexica and Shadow Boy
July 25, 2018	72. Torneo FILL	Atomic Star, Black Dragon, Black Puma, Celestial Boy, Guerrero 2000, Kanon, Mexica and Shadow Boy defeated El Hijo de X-Fly, Eligor, Flayman, Gallo Colorado, Neza Kid, Quetzal, Shalom and Pandemonium Jr.[38]
August 19, 2018	73. Torneo FILL	Gym Zeuz (Angel Estrella Jr., Death Metal, Guero Palma, Marduk and Taurino) and Gym Zaetas Del Ring (Eligor, Flamante, Neza King, Pandemonium Jr. and& Quetzal) and Gym Arena 23 (Baggera, John Tito, Payaxuco, Stone Magic & Ultimo Conde) defeated Gym FILL (Atomic Star, Black Dragon, Kanon, Mexica and Shadow Boy)
September 30, 2018	74. torneo FILL	Black Puma, Chef Benito, Chicanito, Fire Man, Guerrero 2000, Lunatik Extreme, Puma de Oro and Shadow Boy defeated 19 Y Miedo, Alas de Acero, Apolo, Chris Stone Jr;, Dragon Negro, Iron Kid, Manchitas and Psique

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Rey de Reyes	Rey Escorpión	March 4	Defeated Bengala, Hijo del Vikingo and La Parka in the Rey de Reyes final Fatal-4-Way.
Copa Antonio Peña	Pagano	October 28	Last eliminated El Hijo del Fantasma to win.
Lucha Capital 1 (Men)	Laredo Kid	December 19	Last eliminated Killer Kross to win.
Lucha Capital 1 (Women)	Taya Valkyrie	December 12	Defeated Keira and Vanilla Vargas to win.

National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
NWA National Heavyweight Championship tournament	Willie Mack	October 21	Defeated Sam Shaw in the final to win the vacant title.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)

Dates		Tournament	Final
Start	Final
March 9	March 21	New Japan Cup	Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the 2018 New Japan Cup
May 18	June 4	Best of the Super Juniors 25	Hiromu Takahashi defeated Taiji Ishimori to win the 2018 Best of the Super Juniors Tournament
July 14	August 12	G1 Climax 28	Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kota Ibushi to win 2018 G1 Climax Tournament
October 16	November 3	Super Jr. Tag League	Roppongi 3K defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado and Bushi & Shingo Takagi in a 3-way tag team match to win 2018 Super Jr. Tag League
November 17	December 9	World Tag League	Evil and Sanada defeated Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa to win 2018 World Tag League

Pro Wrestling Noah

Dates		Tournament	Final
Start	Final
March 18	April 11	Global Tag League	Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya defeated Kenoh and Takashi Sugiura to win the 2018 Global Tag League.
July 7	August 5	Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League	Ratel's (Hayata and Yo-Hey) defeated Hajime Ohara and Hitoshi Kumano to win the 2018 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League.
September 8	October 4	Global Junior Heavyweight League	Kotaro Suzuki defeated Yo-Hey to win the 2018 Global Junior Heavyweight League.

Pro Wrestling Zero1

Dates		Tournament	Final
Start	Final
July 8	July 29	Fire Festival	Yuko Miyamoto defeated Kohei Sato to win the 2018 Fire Festival.
December 9	December 22	Furinkazan	Kohei Sato and Sugi defeated Shogun Okamoto and Chris Vice to win the 2018 Furinkazan.
September 8	October 4	Tenka-Ichi Junior	Sugi defeated Asuka to win the 2018 Tenka-Ichi Junior.

WWE

The inaugural Women's Royal Rumble winner, Asuka

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
United States Championship tournament[39]	Bobby Roode	January 16	Defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament final to win the vacant United States Championship; the title was declared vacant after unsuccessful attempts at contacting previous champion Dolph Ziggler, who had abandoned the title belt in the ring on the December 17, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live.
Royal Rumble (Men)	Shinsuke Nakamura	January 28	Winner received their choice of a championship match for either Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34; Nakamura last eliminated Roman Reigns and chose his own brand's WWE Championship, but was unsuccessful against AJ Styles at the event.
Royal Rumble (Women)	Asuka		Winner received their choice of a championship match for either the Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 34; Asuka from Raw last eliminated Nikki Bella to win the inaugural match and chose to challenge for the SmackDown Women's Championship, but was unsuccessful against Charlotte Flair at the event.
Mixed Match Challenge 1	The Miz and Asuka	April 3	Defeated Bobby Roode and Charlotte Flair in the tournament final to win.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic	The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly)	April 7	Defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) and Pete Dunne & Roderick Strong in the tournament final, which was a Winner Takes All match, in which The Undisputed Era retained the NXT Tag Team Championship and won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Trophy.
WWE United Kingdom Championship Invitational	Lio Rush		Winner faced Pete Dunne for the WWE United Kingdom Championship on April 8.[40] Rush was unsuccessful in winning the title.
NXT North American Championship Invitational	Akira Tozawa		Winner faced the NXT North American Champion on April 8.[40] Tozawa was unsuccessful in winning the title.
NXT Tag Team Championship Invitational	Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)		Winner faced the NXT Tag Team Champions on April 8.[40] Moustache Mountain were unsuccessful in winning the title.
NXT Women's Championship Invitational	Dakota Kai		Winner faced the NXT Women's Champion on April 8.[40] Kai was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Cruiserweight Championship tournament	Cedric Alexander	April 8	Defeated Mustafa Ali in the tournament final to win the vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship; previous champion Enzo Amore was released from the company following allegations of sexual assault, thus the title was vacated.
WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal	Naomi		Last eliminated Bayley to win the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal Trophy.
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal	Matt Hardy		Last eliminated Baron Corbin to win the André the Giant Memorial Trophy.
Greatest Royal Rumble	Braun Strowman	April 27	Last eliminated Big Cass to win the Greatest Royal Rumble Match and Championship.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Women)	Alexa Bliss	June 17	Defeated Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Ember Moon, Lana, Naomi, and Sasha Banks to win a title match contract for her brand's women's championship. Later that night, Bliss cashed in her contract on Nia Jax to win the Raw Women's Championship.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Men)	Braun Strowman		Defeated Bobby Roode, Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, Kofi Kingston, Rusev, Samoa Joe, and The Miz to win a title match contract for his brand's world championship. Cashed in on Universal Champion Roman Reigns at Hell in a Cell, but was unsuccessful as the match ended in a no contest.
United Kingdom Championship Tournament	Zack Gibson	June 18	Winner faced Pete Dunne for the WWE United Kingdom Championship on June 19. Gibson was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Women's Battle Royal	Nia Jax	October 28	Last eliminated Ember Moon to earn a match for her brand's women's championship. Faced Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, but was unsuccessful.
Mae Young Classic	Toni Storm		Defeated Io Shirai in the tournament final to win the Mae Young Classic Trophy, which aired as part of Evolution.
WWE World Cup	Shane McMahon	November 2	Tournament to determine the "best in the world" in WWE. The final match was originally between SmackDown's The Miz and Raw's Dolph Ziggler, but Shane McMahon, who despite not being in the tournament, replaced Miz after Miz was deemed unable to compete due to a pre-match brawl. Shane then defeated Ziggler to win the WWE World Cup Trophy.
WarGames match	Pete Dunne, Ricochet, and War Raiders (Hanson and Ray Rowe)	November 17	Defeated The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong)
Mixed Match Challenge 2	R-Truth and Carmella	December 16	Winners received the #30 spot of their respective men's and women's Royal Rumble matches at the 2019 Royal Rumble.

Title changes

CMLL

CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Marco Corleone
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 22	Vacated
October 16	Último Guerrero	Martes de Nuevos Valores

CMLL World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ángel de Oro
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 19	El Cuatrero	Fantastica Mania

CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Negro Casas and Shocker
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 7	Vacated
March 16	Valiente and Volador Jr.	Homenaje a Dos Leyendas
July 13	Los Ingobernables (Rush and El Terrible)	Atlantis 35th Anniversary show
November 18	Diamante Azul and Valiente	Domingo Arena Mexico

CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Nuevo Generacion Dinamitas (El Cuatrero and Sansón)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 14	Vacated
March 10	Esfinge and Tritón	Sabado Arena Coliseo

CMLL World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Sky Team (Místico, Valiente and Volador Jr.)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 1	Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia, Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero)	Domingos Arena México
September 14	The Cl4n (Ciber the Main Man, The Chris and Sharlie Rockstar)	CMLL 85th Anniversary Show
September 28	Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia, Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero)	CMLL Super Viernes

CMLL World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Dalys la Caribeña
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
November 19	Marcela	Lunes Clásico

NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hechicero
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 14	Stuka Jr.	CMLL Martes de Area Mexico

NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Último Guerrero
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 21	Carístico	Nuevos Valores

NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Volador Jr.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 30	Matt Taven	Super Viernes
August 3	Volador Jr.	Negro Casas 40th Anniversary Show

Occidente Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Diamante Azul
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 13	Furia Roja	CMLL Guadalajara Domingos

Impact Wrestling

Impact Global Championship
Incoming champion – Eli Drake
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 10 (aired February 1)	Austin Aries	Impact!
The title was renamed to Impact World Championship.
April 22	Pentagón Jr.	Redemption	This was a triple threat match also involving Rey Fenix
April 24 (aired May 31)	Austin Aries	Impact! Under Pressure
October 14	Johnny Impact	Bound for Glory

Impact X Division Championship
Incoming champion – Taiji Ishimori
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 12 (aired March 8)	Matt Sydal	Impact! Crossroads	This was a Title vs. Title match.
July 22	Brian Cage	Slammiversary
November 15	Vacated	Impact!	Cage invoked Option C and challenged Johnny Impact for the Impact World Championship at the upcoming PPV Impact Wrestling Homecoming.

Impact Knockouts Championship
Incoming champion – Laurel Van Ness
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 12 (aired March 8)	Allie	Impact! Crossroads
April 24 (aired May 31)	Su Yung	Impact! Under Pressure	This was a Last Rites match.
August 12 (aired August 30)	Tessa Blanchard	Impact! ReDefined	This was a three-way match also involving Allie. Blanchard pinned Allie to win the title.

Impact World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 22	Eli Drake and Scott Steiner	Redemption	Drake cashed in his Feast or Fired tag team title opportunity.
April 24 (aired May 17)	Z & E (Andrew Everett and DJ Z)	Impact!
April 26 (aired June 21)	The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana)	Impact!

Impact Grand Championship
Incoming champion – Matt Sydal
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 14 (aired March 29)	Austin Aries	Impact!	This was a Title vs. Title match.
June 4	Retired	N/A	Unified with Impact Global Championship

IWRG

IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mr. Electro[41]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
December 21	Mascara Ano 2000, Jr.	Guerra de Familias

IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Pantera I[42]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 5	Vacated	N/A	Vacated due to inactivity from Pantera I[43]

IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Bombero Infernal[44]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 21	Dr. Cerebro	IWRG Show	[45]
September 9	Imposible	Caravana de Campeones	[23]

IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Los Warriors (Black Warrior and Warrior Jr.)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 11	Rokambole Jr. and Villano V Jr.	IWRG Show	[46]
November 25	Capo del Norte and Capo del Sur	IWRG show

IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship
Incoming champions – La Dinastía de la Muerte (Negro Navarro, Trauma I and Trauma II)[47]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
December 1	Centella de Oro, Multifacético, and Prayer	Live event

IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Emperador Azteca[48]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 24	Cerebro Negro	IWRG show	[49]

IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship
Incoming champion – Máscara Año 2000 Jr.
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 25	El Hijo del Alebrije	IWRG Show	[10]
September 9	El Hijo de Canis Lupus	Caravana de Campeones	[23]

IWRG Rey del Aire Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 1	Aramís	IWRG 22nd Anniversary Show	Won a steel cage match to become the first champion[50]
September 2	Dragón Bane	IWRG Show	[51]

IWRG Rey del Ring Championship
Incoming champion – Imposible[52]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
May 20	Vacated	Rey del Ring	Vacated for the 2018 tournament[14]
May 20	Emperador Azteca	Rey del Ring	[14]

Distrito Federal Trios Championship

Incoming champions – Los Comandos Elite (Oficial Rayan, Oficial Spector and Oficial Liderk)[53]

No title changes

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

AAA Mega Championship
Incoming champion – Johnny Mundo
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 26	Dr. Wagner Jr.	Guerra de Titanes
June 3	Jeff Jarrett	Verano de Escándalo	Triple threat match, also involving Rey Mysterio Jr.
August 25	Fénix	Triplemanía XXVI	This was a four-way match, also involving Brian Cage and Rich Swann.

AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Lanzelot
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 26	Australian Suicide	Guerra de Titanes
August 25	Sammy Guevara	Triplemanía XXVI	This was a four-way match, also involving A. C. H. and Shane Strickland.

AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship

Incoming champion – Mini Psycho Clown

No title changes

AAA Latin American Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo del Fantasma
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
December 2	Drago	Guerra de Titanes

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Incoming champion – Lady Shani
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 26	Faby Apache	Guerra de Titanes
December 2	Lady Shani	Guerra de Titanes	This was a four-way match, also involving La Hiedra and Scarlett Bordeaux.

AAA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Dark Family (Cuervo and Scoria)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 25	El Texano Jr. and Rey Escorpión	AAA Worldwide

AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship

Incoming champions – Big Mami and Niño Hamburguesa

No title changes

AAA World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Los OGT (Averno, Chessman and Super Fly)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 26	El Poder del Norte (Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr. and Tito Santana)	Guerra de Titanes
December 2	El Hijo del Vikingo, Laredo Kid and Myzteziz Jr.	Guerra de Titanes

MLW

MLW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 12	Shane Strickland	The World Championship Finals	Defeated Matt Riddle in the finals of an eight-man single-elimination tournament to win the vacant championship.
July 12 (aired July 20)	Low Ki	Fusion

MLW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 7 (aired June 15)	Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix)	Fusion	Defeated Team TBD (Jason Cade and Jimmy Yuta) and The Dirty Blondes (Leo Brien and Michael Patrick) in a three-way elimination match to become the new champions.

MLW World Middleweight Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
July 19	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	Battle Riot	Defeated Joey Ryan to become the inaugural champion.
December 7	Vacated	N/A	Maxwell Jacob Friedman vacated the title after an elbow injury.
December 14	Teddy Hart	Zero Hour

NJPW

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kazuchika Okada
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 9	Kenny Omega	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	This was a no time limit, best-of-three falls match.

IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Hiroshi Tanahashi
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 27	Minoru Suzuki	The New Beginning in Sapporo
April 29	Tetsuya Naito	Wrestling Hinokuni
June 9	Chris Jericho	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall

IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kenny Omega
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 28	Jay White	The New Beginning in Sapporo
July 7	Juice Robinson	G1 Special in San Francisco
September 30	Cody	Fighting Spirit Unleashed

IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada)	Wrestle Kingdom 12
June 9	The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
September 30	Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)	Fighting Spirit Unleashed

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Marty Scurll
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Will Ospreay	Wrestle Kingdom 12	This was a four-way match, also involving Hiromu Takahashi and Kushida.
June 9	Hiromu Takahashi	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
August 20	Vacated	N/A
October 8	Kushida	King of Pro-Wrestling

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)	Wrestle Kingdom 12
January 28	Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh)	The New Beginning in Sapporo
March 6	Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Anniversary Show

NEVER Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Minoru Suzuki
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Hirooki Goto	Wrestle Kingdom 12
June 9	Michael Elgin	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	This was a three-way match, also involving Taichi.
June 17	Hirooki Goto	Kizuna Road
September 17	Taichi Ishikari	Destruction in Beppu
November 3	Hirooki Goto	Power Struggle
December 9	Kota Ibushi	World Tag League

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 4	Chaos (Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii, and Toru Yano)	Wrestle Kingdom 12
January 5	Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa)	New Year Dash!!
May 3	Super Villains (Marty Scurll, Nick Jackson, and Matt Jackson)	Wrestling Dontaku
August 12	Bullet Club OG (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Taiji Ishimori)	G1 Climax 28

NWA

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Nick Aldis
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
September 1	Cody	All In
October 21	Nick Aldis	NWA 70th Anniversary Show	Two out of three falls match.

NWA World Women's Championship

Incoming champion – Jazz

No title changes

NWA National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
October 21	Willie Mack	NWA 70th Anniversary Show	Defeated Sam Shaw in the finals of an eight-man tournament to win the vacant championship.

ROH

ROH World Championship
Incoming champion – Dalton Castle
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 30	Jay Lethal	Ring of Honor Wrestling	This was a four-way match, also involving Cody and Matt Taven.

ROH World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Silas Young
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
February 10	Kenny King	Ring of Honor Wrestling
April 7	Silas Young	Supercard of Honor XII
June 16	Punishment Martinez	State of the Art, Day 2
September 29	Jeff Cobb	Ring of Honor Wrestling

ROH World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 9	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)	ROH 16th Anniversary Show
October 14	SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky)	Glory By Honor XVI: Philadelphia
December 14	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)	Final Battle	This was a Ladder War IX, also involving The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Hung Bucks (Adam Page, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 9	SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky)	ROH 16th Anniversary Show
May 9	The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan, and Vinny Marseglia)	ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds Tour
July 21	Bullet Club/The Elite (Cody, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)	Ring of Honor Wrestling
November 4	The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan, and Vinny Marseglia)	Survival of the Fittest

Women of Honor Championship
Incoming champion – N/A
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 7	Sumie Sakai	Supercard of Honor XII
December 14	Kelly Klein	Final Battle	This was a Four Corner Survival match, also involving Karen Q and Madison Rayne.

The Crash Lucha Libre

The Crash Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Rey Mysterio[54]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
October 7	Vacated	N/A	Vacated when Rey Mysterio began working for WWE full-time
November 3	Willie Mack	The Crash VII Aniversario	Defeated Bárbaro Cavernario, Michael Elgin, and El Mesías to win the vacant championship.[55]

The Crash Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Rey Fénix[56]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 15	Vacated	N/A	Rey Fénix announced that he was moving up to the heavyweight division[57]
May 19	Bandido	The Crash show	Defeated Laredo Kid and Dezmond Xavier to win the vacant championship[58]

The Crash Junior Championship
Incoming champion – Black Boy[59]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 17	Vacated	N/A	Declared vacant when Black Boy did not show up for a scheduled championship defense
March 17	Astrolux	The Crash show	Won a six-way elimination match over Tiago, Latigo, Rayo Star, and Torito Negro to win the vacant championship[60]
May 20	Torito Negro	The Crash Show	[61]
November 3	Xperia	The Crash VII Aniversario	Match also included Tiago, Baby Star, and Rayo Star[62]

The Crash Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant[63]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
March 17	Mexablood (Bandido and Flamita)	The Crash show	Defeated Aeroboy and Septimo Dragon and Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz in a Three way match to win the vacate titles.[64]
October 7	Vacated	N/A	Championship declared vacant for undocumented reasons
November 3	Los Lucha Bros (The King and Penta 0M)	The Crash VII Aniversario	Defeated Nueva Generacio Dinamita (El Cuatrero and Sansón) and Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster the Legend) in Three way match to win the vacant titles.[55]
November 27	Vacated	N/A	Championship declared vacant when The King was injured and not able to compete.[65]

The Crash Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Keira[66]
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 20	Lacey Lane	The Crash show	[67]
July 14	Tessa Blanchard	The Crash show	This was a Three-way match, also involving Santana Garrett

WWE

  – Raw

  – SmackDown

  – NXT

  – NXT UK

Raw and SmackDown

Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship. Raw also had a championship for their cruiserweight wrestlers, which became exclusive to the 205 Live brand.

WWE Universal Championship
Incoming champion – Brock Lesnar
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 19	Roman Reigns	SummerSlam
October 22	Vacated	Monday Night Raw	Title was vacated after Roman Reigns went on a hiatus due to his ongoing battle with leukemia
November 2	Brock Lesnar	Crown Jewel	Defeated Braun Strowman to win the vacant title. Before relinquishing the title, Roman Reigns was originally scheduled to defend the title in a triple threat match at this event against Lesnar and Strowman.

WWE Championship
Incoming champion – AJ Styles
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
November 13	Daniel Bryan	SmackDown Live

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Roman Reigns
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 22	The Miz	Raw 25 Years
April 8	Seth Rollins	WrestleMania 34	Triple threat match, also involving Finn Bálor.
June 18	Dolph Ziggler	Monday Night Raw
August 19	Seth Rollins	SummerSlam
December 16	Dean Ambrose	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs

WWE United States Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 16	Bobby Roode	SmackDown Live	Defeated Jinder Mahal in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
March 11	Randy Orton	Fastlane
April 8	Jinder Mahal	WrestleMania 34	Fatal four-way match, also involving Bobby Roode and Rusev.
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following day one of the Superstar Shake-up when Jinder Mahal was drafted to Raw.
April 16	Jeff Hardy	Monday Night Raw
The title returned to the SmackDown brand following day two of the Superstar Shake-up when Jeff Hardy was drafted to SmackDown.
July 15	Shinsuke Nakamura	Extreme Rules
December 18 (aired December 25)	Rusev	SmackDown Live

WWE Raw Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Alexa Bliss
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 8	Nia Jax	WrestleMania 34
June 17	Alexa Bliss	Money in the Bank	Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract.
August 19	Ronda Rousey	SummerSlam

WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Charlotte Flair
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 10	Carmella	SmackDown Live	Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract.
August 19	Charlotte Flair	SummerSlam	Triple threat match, also involving Becky Lynch.
September 16	Becky Lynch	Hell in a Cell
December 16	Asuka	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	Triple threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, also involving Charlotte Flair.

WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 28	Cesaro and Sheamus	Royal Rumble
April 8	Braun Strowman and Nicholas	WrestleMania 34	Nicholas was a young fan in the audience who was "chosen" by Strowman.
April 9	Vacated	Monday Night Raw	Strowman and Nicholas voluntarily relinquished the titles due to Nicholas' schedule as a fourth-grader.
April 27	Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt	Greatest Royal Rumble	Defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to win the vacant titles.
July 15	The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel)	Extreme Rules
September 3	Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre	Monday Night Raw
October 22	Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins
November 5	AOP (Akam and Rezar)		Defeated Seth Rollins in a 2-on-1 handicap match; Rollins' co-champion Dean Ambrose turned on him two weeks prior, leaving Rollins to the defend the titles himself
December 10	Bobby Roode and Chad Gable		3-on-2 handicap match, also involving AOP's manager Drake Maverick. Roode pinned Maverick to win AOP's titles.

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 8	The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan)	WrestleMania 34	Triple threat tag team match, also involving The New Day (represented by Big E and Kofi Kingston).
August 21	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)	SmackDown Live	No Disqualification match. Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.
October 16	The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus)	SmackDown 1000	Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day.

WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Enzo Amore
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
January 23	Vacated	–	Title was vacated after Enzo Amore was released from his contract following publicized accusations of sexual assault[68]
April 8	Cedric Alexander	WrestleMania 34	Defeated Mustafa Ali in the Cruiserweight Championship tournament final to win the vacant title.[69]
Since late May, WWE's cruiserweight division began to wrestle exclusively on 205 Live and ceased to appear on Raw. As a result, the Cruiserweight Championship became exclusive to the 205 Live brand.
October 6	Buddy Murphy	Super Show-Down

NXT

NXT Championship
Incoming champion – Andrade "Cien" Almas
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 7	Aleister Black	TakeOver: New Orleans
July 18 (aired July 25)	Tommaso Ciampa	NXT

NXT North American Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 7	Adam Cole	TakeOver: New Orleans	Defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Ricochet, Lars Sullivan, and Velveteen Dream in a six-way ladder match to determine the inaugural champion.
August 18	Ricochet	TakeOver: Brooklyn IV

NXT Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Ember Moon
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
April 7	Shayna Baszler	TakeOver: New Orleans
August 18	Kairi Sane	TakeOver: Brooklyn IV
October 28	Shayna Baszler	Evolution

NXT Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
June 19 (aired June 26)	Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven)	United Kingdom Championship Tournament	Roderick Strong and Kyle O'Reilly represented The Undisputed Era.
June 21 (aired July 11)	The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong)	NXT	Won by submission when Tyler Bate threw in the towel.

NXT UK

WWE United Kingdom Championship

Incoming champion – Pete Dunne

No title changes

NXT UK Women's Championship
(Title created)
Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
August 26 (aired November 28)	Rhea Ripley	NXT UK	Defeated Toni Storm in the finals of an eight-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion.

Awards and honors

AAA

AAA Hall of Fame

Year		Ring name (Birth name)	AAA recognized accolades
2018		Villano III (Arturo Díaz Mendoza)	Posthumous Inductee: Two-time AAA Americas Trios Champion, One-time Mexican National Atómicos Champion. Known for being part of Los Villanos stable.[70]
2018		El Apache (Mario Balbuena González)	Posthumous Inductee: Two-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion, one-time AAA World Trios Champion[70]
2018		Dr. Alfonso Morales	Announcer known for his work in AAA and CMLL[70]

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

2018 Hall of Fame inductee, Goldberg

Main article: WWE Hall of Fame

Category	Inductee	Inducted by
Individual	Goldberg[71]	Paul Heyman
	Ivory[72]	Molly Holly
	Jeff Jarrett[73]	Road Dogg
	Hillbilly Jim[74]	Jimmy Hart
	Mark Henry	Big Show
Group	The Dudley Boyz[75] (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)	Edge and Christian
Warrior Award	Jarrius "JJ" Robertson[76]	Dana Warrior
Celebrity	Kid Rock[77]	Triple H
Legacy	Boris Malenko	N/A
	Cora Combs
	Dara Singh
	El Santo
	Hiro Matsuda
	Jim Londos
	Rufus R. Jones
	Sputnik Monroe
	Stan Stasiak
	Lord Alfred Hayes

Debuts

Ronda Rousey

Omos

• January 2 – Takuho Kato
• January 4 – Hikari Noa and Miu Watanabe
• January 8 – Peter Tihanyi
• January 28 – Bryan Ishizaka
• February 3
  • Akira Hyodo
  • Yuki Ishikawa
• February 27 – Man Like DeReiss
• February 24
  • Edith Surreal
  • Kanji
• March 30 – The DKC
• April 8
  • Ronda Rousey^[78]
  • Momo Tani
• April 10 – Yuya Uemura
• April 22 – Rina Shingaki
• April 27 - Nick Wayne
• April 29 – Solo Sikoa
• May 3 – Yuki Aino
• May 13 – Rina Amikura
• May 27 – Mei Suruga
• June 2 – Aliss Ink
• June 11 – Kota Minoura
• June 16 – Luke Jacobs
• July 3 – Janai Kai
• July 18 – Omos
• July 18 – Ancham
• July 29 – Titus Alexander
• August 5
  • Mina Shirakawa
  • Yoshiki Inamura
• August 8 – Kohaku
• August 12 – Utami Hayashishita
• August 18 – Levaniel
• September 2 – Ryuki Honda
• October 11 - Nikkita Lyons
• October 28
  • Jessamyn Duke
  • Marina Shafir
  • Yuki Arai
• November 6 – Dragon Dia
• November 15
  • Misa Matsui
  • Riko Kawahata
  • Yuko Sakurai
• November 17 – Hokuto Omori
• November 18 – Mei Hoshizuki
• November 19 – Momoka Hanazono
• December 18 – Malik Blade (NXT)^[79]
• November 23 – Slice Boogie
• November 24 – Pom Harajuku
• December 24 – Maria
• December 25 – Naoki Kamata
• December 31
  • Banny Oikawa
  • Suzu Suzuki

Retirements

• Aoi Kizuki (2005–2018)
• Azusa Takigawa (2015–2018)
• Bob Backlund (1973–1985, 1988–2001, 2007–2011, 2018)
• Mark Henry (March 11, 1996 – April 27, 2018)
• Great Khali (October 7, 2000 – April 27, 2018)
• Mika Iida (November 21, 2010 – May 4, 2018)
• Great Kabuki (1964–September 30, 2018)
• Daigoro Kashiwa (2001–2018)
• Gene Snitsky (1997–2018)
• Chicky Starr (1975–2018)
• Mark Jindrak (1999–2018)
• Keiko Aono (1996–2018)
• Maho Kurone (2016–2018)
• Hiro Tonai (2006–2018)

Deaths

Bruno Sammartino

Big Van Vader

Nikolai Volkoff

Jim Neidhart

Dynamite Kid

• January 2 – Mountain Fiji, 60^[80]
• April 4 – Johnny Valiant, 71^[81]
• April 18
  • Bruno Sammartino, 82^[82][83]
  • Paul Jones, 75^[84]
• April 21 – Neff Maivia, 93
• May 1 – Universo 2000, 55^[85]
• May 8 – Big Bully Busick, 63^[86]
• June 1 – Rockin' Rebel, 52^[87]
• June 13 – Arkangel de la Muerte, 52^[88]
• June 18 – Big Van Vader, 63^[89]
• June 29 – Matt Cappotelli, 38^[90]
• July 8 – Piratita Morgan, 49^[91]
• July 14 – Masa Saito, 76^[92]
• July 19 – Rayo de Jalisco Sr., 85^[93]
• July 29
  • Brickhouse Brown, 57^[94]
  • Nikolai Volkoff, 70^[95]
  • Brian Christopher, 46^[96]
• August 3 - Picudo, 51
• August 9 – Brian Danovich, 38
• August 10 – Steve Travis, 67
• August 13
  • Jim Neidhart, 63^[97]
  • Ian Dean, 48^[98]
• August 21 – Villano III, 66^[99]
• August 22 – Chris Champion, 57^[100]
• August 27 – Aya Koyama, 45^[101]
• August 30 – Ray, 36^[102]
• September 4 – Lee Wang-pyo, 64^[103]
• September 5 – Mike Hogewood, 63^[104]
• September 9 – Frank Andersson, 62^[105]
• September 14 – Ethel Johnson, 83
• October 8:
  • Wajima Hiroshi, 70^[106]
  • Leroy Howard, 50
• October 13 – Don Leo Jonathan, 87^[107]
• October 18 – Dick Slater, 67^[108]
• November 6 – José Lothario, 83^[109]
• November 18 - Tomás Marín, 84
• November 25 – Larry Matysik, 71
• December 5 – Dynamite Kid, 60^[110]
• December 6 – Larry Hennig, 82^[111]
• December 13 – Bill Fralic, 56
• December 19 – Raúl Mata, 71^[112]
• December 29 – Dieusel Berto, 60

See also

• List of GFW events and specials
• List of MLW events
• List of NWA pay-per-view events
• List of NJPW pay-per-view events
• List of ROH pay-per-view events
• List of Impact Wrestling pay-per-view events
• List of WWE Network events
• List of WWE pay-per-view events