2016 in professional wrestling

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2016 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of live events

January

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event/Notable Matches
1 January	CMLL	Sin Piedad	Mexico City	Main Event: Negro Casas (with Puma) defeated Super Parka (with Volador Jr.) in a two out of three falls hair vs. hair match[1] Also: Máximo Sexy (with Hombre Bala Jr.) defeated Kamaitachi (with Okumura) in a two out of three falls hair vs. hair match[1]
4 January	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 10	Tokyo	Main Event: Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship[2] Also: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated AJ Styles to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship[2] Also: Katsuyori Shibata defeated Tomohiro Ishii (c) to win the NEVER Openweight Championship[2] Also: KUSHIDA (with Ryusuke Taguchi) defeated Kenny Omega (c) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship[2]
16 January	RPW	High Stakes	London	Main Event: Zack Sabre Jr. defeated AJ Styles (c) to win the RPW British Heavyweight Championship[3] Also: Marty Scurll defeated Will Ospreay to become #1 contender for the RPW British Heavyweight Championship[3]
17 January to 24 January	CMLL NJPW	Fantastica Mania	Kōchi (17) Kyoto (19) Osaka (20) Tokyo (22-24)	Main Event: (22 Jan) Mephisto & Último Guerrero defeated Místico & Volador Jr. in a tag team match[4] Also: (22 Jan) Máscara Dorada defeated BUSHI (c) to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship[4] Main Event: (23 Jan) Kazuchika Okada, Mephisto & Último Guerrero defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Místico & Volador Jr. in a 6-man tag match[5] Also: (23 Jan) Dragon Lee (c) defeated Virus to retain the CMLL World Lightweight Championship[5] Main Event: (24 Jan) Volador Jr. (c) defeated Mephisto to retain the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship[6] Also: (24 Jan) Kamaitachi defeated Dragon Lee (c) to win the CMLL World Lightweight Championship[6]
22 January	AAA	Guerra de Titanes	Zapopan	Main Event: El Mesías & El Texano Jr. defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. & Psycho Clown in the semi-final of the AAA Mega Championship tournament[7] Also: Los Hell Brothers (Averno & Chessman) defeated Aerostar & Fénix and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. & Villano IV to win the vacant AAA World Tag Team Championship[7]
24 January	WWE	Royal Rumble	Orlando	Main Event: Triple H defeated Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns (c), Sheamus and 26 others in the Royal Rumble to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[8] Also: Dean Ambrose (c) defeated Kevin Owens in a Last Man Standing match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship[9] Also: Charlotte (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Becky Lynch to retain the WWE Divas Championship[10] *AJ Styles made his WWE debut at this event
31 January	NOAH	Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama	Yokohama	Main Event: Takashi Sugiura defeated Naomichi Marufuji (c) to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship[11] Also: Minoru Suzuki defeated Go Shiozaki in a special singles match[11] Also: K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) (c) defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima & Muhammad Yone to retain the GHC Tag Team Championship[11]
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

February

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event/Notable Matches
11 February	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka	Main Event: Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hirooki Goto to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship[12] Also: Bullet Club (Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Kenny Omega defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma in a 6-man tag match[12] Also: Katsuyori Shibata (c) defeated Tomohiro Ishii to retain the NEVER Openweight Championship[12]
14 February	NJPW	The New Beginning in Niigata	Nagaoka	Main Event: Kenny Omega defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the vacant IWGP Intercontinental Championship[13][14] Also: G.B.H. (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) (c) defeated Bullet Club (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship[14] Also: KUSHIDA (c) defeated BUSHI to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship[14]
19 February 20 February	ROH NJPW	Honor Rising: Japan	Tokyo	Main Event: (19 Feb) Tomohiro Ishii defeated Roderick Strong (c) to win the ROH World Television Championship[15] Main Event: (20 Feb) Jay Lethal (c) (with Truth Martini) defeated Tomoaki Honma to retain the ROH World Championship[16]
21 February	WWE	Fastlane	Cleveland	Main Event: Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose in a triple threat match to become number one contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 32[17] Also: AJ Styles defeated Chris Jericho to lead their match series 2-1[17] Also: Kevin Owens (c) defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship[17] Also: Charlotte (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Brie Bella to retain the WWE Divas Championship[17]
26 February	ROH	14th Anniversary Show	Las Vegas	Main Event: Jay Lethal (c) (with Taeler Hendrix & Truth Martini) defeated Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly to retain the ROH World Championship[18] Also: War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) (c) defeated The All Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King) to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship[18] Also: Tomohiro Ishii (c) defeated Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong to retain the ROH World Television Championship[18] Also: The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) (c) defeated ACH, KUSHIDA & Matt Sydal to retain the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship[18]
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event/Notable Matches
4 March 5 March	PWG	All Star Weekend 12	Los Angeles	Main Event: (4 Mar) The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (c) defeated Matt Sydal & Ricochet to retain the PWG World Tag Team Championship[19] Main Event: (5 Mar) Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Roderick Strong (c) to win the PWG World Championship[20]
12 March	WWE	Roadblock	Toronto	Main Event: Triple H (c) defeated Dean Ambrose to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[21] Also: Charlotte (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Natalya to retain the WWE Divas Championship[21] Also: The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (c) (with Xavier Woods) defeated The League of Nations (King Barrett & Sheamus) to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship[21]
18 March	CMLL	Homenaje a Dos Leyendas	Mexico City	Main Event: Volador Jr. (with Flyer) defeated Negro Casas (with Mephisto) in a two out of three falls hair vs. hair match[22] Also: Rush (with Pierroth) defeated Máximo Sexy (with Brazo de Plata) in a two out of three falls hair vs. hair match[22]
19 March	NOAH	Great Voyage 2016 in Korakuen	Tokyo	Main Event: Takashi Sugiura (c) defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship[23] Also: K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) (c) defeated Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi to retain the GHC Tag Team Championship[23] Also: Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) defeated Taiji Ishimori to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship[23]
23 March	AAA	Rey de Reyes	San Luis	Main Event: El Texano Jr. defeated El Mesías to win the vacant AAA Mega Championship[24] Also: Pentagón Jr. defeated La Parka and Villano IV in a three-way elimination match to win the 2016 Rey de Reyes tournament[24] Also: Los Hell Brothers (Averno & Chessman) (c) defeated Argenis & Australian Suicide and Los Perros del Mal (Daga & Joe Lider) in a TLC match to retain the AAA World Tag Team Championship[24]
31 March	NWA	Parade of Champions	Fort Worth	Main Event: Jax Dane (c) defeated Charlie Haas to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[25]
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event/Notable Matches
1 April	NXT	NXT TakeOver: Dallas	Dallas	Main Event: Finn Bálor (c) defeated Samoa Joe to retain the NXT Championship[26] Also: Asuka defeated Bayley (c) to win the NXT Women's Championship[26] Also: Shinsuke Nakamura (making his WWE debut) defeated Sami Zayn in a singles match[26] Also: American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan) defeated The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) (c) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship[26]
1 April	ROH	Supercard of Honor X	Dallas	Main Event: The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) in a tag team match[27] Also: Jay Lethal (c) (with Taeler Hendrix) defeated Lio Rush to retain the ROH World Championship[27]
2 April	WWN	WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising	Dallas	Main Event: Johnny Gargano, Kota Ibushi & TJP defeated Marty Scurll, Tommy End & Will Ospreay in a six-man tag team match[28] Also: Timothy Thatcher (c) defeated Sami Callihan to retain the Evolve Championship[28]
3 April	WWE	WrestleMania 32	Arlington	Main Event: Roman Reigns defeated Triple H (c) (with Stephanie McMahon) to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[29] Also: The Undertaker defeated Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell match[29] Also: Charlotte (with Ric Flair) defeated Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks to win the new WWE Women's Championship[29] Also: Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated Dean Ambrose in a no holds barred street fight[29]
10 April	NJPW	Invasion Attack	Tokyo	Main Event: Tetsuya Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship[30] Also: Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defeated G.B.H. (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) (c) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship[30] Also: Katsuyori Shibata (c) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan to retain the NEVER Openweight Championship[30] Also: KUSHIDA (c) defeated Will Ospreay to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship[30]
16 April 17 April	RPW	Epic Encounter & Sittingbourne Spectacular	Reading Sittingbourne	Main Event: (16 April) Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Matt Sydal & Ricochet in a tag team match[31] Main Event: (17 April) Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Michael Elgin to retain the RPW British Heavyweight Championship[32]
29 April	CMLL	Arena México 60th Anniversary Show	Mexico City
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

May

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event/Notable Matches
1 May	WWE	Payback	Rosemont	Main Event: Roman Reigns (c) defeated AJ Styles in a no countout, no disqualification match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[33] Also: Charlotte (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Natalya (with Bret Hart) to retain the WWE Women's Championship[33] Also: The Miz (c) (with Maryse) defeated Cesaro to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship[33]
3 May	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka
22 May	WWE	Extreme Rules	Newark
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

June

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event/Notable Matches
12 June	TNA	Slammiversary	Orlando
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

Promotions

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
22 January	Guerra de Titanes	Zapopan	El Mesías and El Texano Jr. qualify for the final of the AAA Mega Championship tournament
23 March	Rey de Reyes	San Luis Potosí	El Texano Jr. wins the vacant AAA Mega Championship Pentagón Jr. wins the final of the 2016 Rey de Reyes tournament

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
1 January	Sin Piedad	Mexico City
17 January 19 January 20 January 22–24 January	Fantastica Mania	Kōchi Kyoto Osaka Tokyo	Co-promoted with New Japan Pro Wrestling
19 January	La Copa Junior Final	Mexico City	Esfinge defeated Puma to win La Copa Junior[34]
18 March	Homenaje a Dos Leyendas	Mexico City
5 April	Torneo Gran Alternativa Final	Mexico City	Esfinge & Volador Jr. defeated Fujin & Rey Escorpión to win the Torneo Gran Alternativa[35]
29 April	Arena México 60th Anniversary Show	Mexico City

Evolve Wrestling (EVOLVE)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
22–24 January	EVOLVE 53-55	Ybor City & Orlando, Florida	Style Battle 2016
19–20 March	EVOLVE 56-57	Queens & Brooklyn, New York
1–2 April	EVOLVE 58-59	Dallas, Texas
2 April	WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising	Dallas, Texas	WWN Supershow
6–7 May	EVOLVE 60-61	Joppa, Maryland & Woodside, New York

Global Force Wrestling (GFW)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
19 February	Military Mayhem	Indian Head, Maryland	Co-promoted with Ground Xero Wrestling
5 March	Global Conflict	Blackpool	Co-promoted with Preston City Wrestling
8 April	Show of Force	Clarksville, Tennessee	Co-promoted with TNT Pro Wrestling
22–23 April	Superstars of Wrestling	Hamburg and Oberhausen	Co-promoted with Westside Xtreme Wrestling
13 May	Collision Course	Joppa, Maryland	Co-promoted with Maryland Championship Wrestling
15 May	Confrontation	Hickory, North Carolina	Co-promoted with AML Wrestling
3 June	Panic at the Palisades!	McKeesport, Pennsylvania	Co-promoted with PWX and RWA

Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
24 January	5th Annual Square Go!	Glasgow	Chris Renfrew defeated Grado (c) to win the ICW World Heavyweight Championship Wolfgang defeated Joe Coffey and 28 others in a battle royal to win the Square Go! Briefcase[36]
26 February	Whatever Happened To The ICW Lads?	Liverpool	Chris Renfrew (c) defeated Drew Galloway to retain the ICW World Heavyweight Championship[37]
27 February	The Big Elbowski	Belfast	Big Damo defeated Chris Renfrew (c) to win the ICW World Heavyweight Championship[38]
28 February	It's Just A Big Stereo Hangin' From A Tree	Dublin	Big Damo (c) defeated Jack Jester to retain the ICW World Heavyweight Championship[39]
25 March	Pin Pals	London	Big Damo (c) defeated Drew Galloway, Grado and Jack Jester in a four-way match to retain the ICW World Heavyweight Championship[40]
26 March	Gladys The Groove Mule	Cardiff	Big Damo (c) defeated Bram to retain the ICW World Heavyweight Championship[41]
27 March	Rocky VII (Adrian's Revenge)	Bournemouth	Bram & The Black Label (Drew Galloway & Jack Jester) defeated Big Damo & The New Age Kliq (BT Gunn & Chris Renfrew) in a tables elimination six-man tag team match[42]
2 April	Why Aye Man!	Newcastle	Big Damo (c) defeated Johnny Moss to retain the ICW World Heavyweight Championship[43]
3 April	BarraMania II	Glasgow	Big Damo (c) defeated Drew Galloway to retain the ICW World Heavyweight Championship[44]

International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
31 January	El Protector	Naucalpan	Atomic Star & Herodes Jr. defeated Dragón Fly & El Hijo de Dos Caras to win the final of the 2016 El Protector tournament
13 March	Rebelión de los Juniors	Naucalpan	Danny Casas defeated Máscara Año 2000 Jr. and eight others in a ten-man battle royal to become number one contender for the IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship[45]
17 April	Guerra del Golfo	Naucalpan	Dr. Cerebro defeated Astro in a mask vs. hair steel cage match in the final of the 2016 Guerra de Golfo tournament[46]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
4 January	Wrestle Kingdom 10	Tokyo
17 January 19 January 20 January 22–24 January	Fantastica Mania	Kōchi Kyoto Osaka Tokyo	Co-promoted with CMLL
11 February	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka
14 February	The New Beginning in Niigata	Nagaoka
19–20 February	Honor Rising: Japan	Tokyo	Co-promoted with Ring of Honor
12 March	New Japan Cup Final	Aomori	Tetsuya Naito defeated Hirooki Goto to win the New Japan Cup[47]
10 April	Invasion Attack	Tokyo
3 May	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka
8 May	Global Wars	Chicago, Illinois	Co-promoted with Ring of Honor
9 May 11 May 14 May	War of the Worlds	Dearborn, Michigan Toronto New York City	Co-promoted with Ring of Honor

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
2 January	Lemmy	Los Angeles, California
12 February	Bowie	Los Angeles, California
4–5 March	All Star Weekend 12	Los Angeles, California

Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
31 January	Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama	Yokohama
19 March	Great Voyage 2016 in Korakuen	Tokyo

Progress Wrestling (PROGRESS)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
24 January	Chapter 25: Chat Shit Get Banged	London	Marty Scurll defeated Will Ospreay (c) to win the PROGRESS World Championship[48]
14 February	Chapter 26: Unknown Pleasures	Manchester	Marty Scurll (c) defeated Mark Haskins to retain the PROGRESS World Championship[49]
27 March	Chapter 27: The Lost Art Of Suffering	London	Marty Scurll (c) defeated Will Ospreay, Mark Andrews, Rampage Brown and five others in a nine-man match to retain the PROGRESS World Championship[50]
10 April	Chapter 28: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want	Manchester	The Origin (El Ligero & Nathan Cruz) (c) defeated FSU (Eddie Dennis & Mark Andrews) to retain the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship[51]
24 April	Chapter 29: Practically PROGRESS In Every Way	London	Marty Scurll (c) retains the PROGRESS World Championship after his match with Tommy End is declared a no contest[52]
29–30 May	Chapter 30: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament	London
19 June	Chapter 31: All Hail The New Puritans	Manchester
26 June	Chapter 32:	London
31 July	Chapter 33:	London
14 August	Chapter 34:	Manchester
28 August	Chapter 35:	London
25 September	Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need A Bigger Room... Again	London
16 October	Chapter 37:	Manchester
30 October	Chapter 38:	London
27 November	Chapter 39:	London
11 December	Chapter 40:	Manchester

Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
16 January	High Stakes	London	Zack Sabre Jr. defeated AJ Styles (c) to win the RPW British Heavyweight Championship[3]
16 April	Epic Encounter	Reading	The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Matt Sydal & Ricochet in a tag team match[31]
17 April	Sittingbourne Spectacular	Sittingbourne	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Michael Elgin to retain the RPW British Heavyweight Championship[32]
12 June	Angle vs. Sabre Jr.	London
10 July	Summer Sizzler	London

Ring of Honor (ROH)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
19–20 February	Honor Rising: Japan	Tokyo	Co-promoted with New Japan Pro Wrestling
26 February	14th Anniversary Show	Las Vegas, Nevada
1–2 April	Supercard of Honor X	Dallas, Texas
8 May	Global Wars	Chicago, Illinois	Co-promoted with New Japan Pro Wrestling
9 May 11 May 14 May	War of the Worlds	Dearborn, Michigan Toronto New York City, New York	Co-promoted with New Japan Pro Wrestling

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)

Events

Date	Event	Location	Notes
8 January	One Night Only: Live!	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Beer Money, Inc. (Bobby Roode & James Storm) defeated Bram & Eric Young in a tag team match[53]
5 February^[a]	One Night Only: Rivals	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Mr. Anderson defeated Bram in a no disqualification match[54]
23 February^[b]	Lockdown	London	Matt Hardy (c) defeated Ethan Carter III in a steel cage match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship[55]
4 March^[c]	One Night Only: Joker's Wild	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania London and Birmingham	Drew Galloway defeated Mike Bennett and twelve others to win the $100,000 Joker's Wild gauntlet battle royal[56]
22 April^[d]	One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown	Orlando, Florida	Jade defeated Madison Rayne and six others to win the "Queen of the Knockouts" gauntlet battle royal[57]
26 April^[e]	Sacrifice	Orlando, Florida	Drew Galloway (c) defeated Tyrus to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship[58]
12 June	Slammiversary	Orlando, Florida

^a Rivals aired 5 February; taped 5, 6 and 7 January

^b Lockdown aired 23 February; taped 30 January

^c Joker's Wild aired 4 March; taped 7, 9, 30 and 31 January

^d Knockouts Knockdown aired 22 April; taped 17 March

^e Sacrifice aired 26 April; taped 19 March

WWE

Events (WWE)

Date	Event	Location	Notes
24 January	Royal Rumble	Orlando, Florida	AJ Styles made his WWE debut[59]
21 February	Fastlane	Cleveland, Ohio
12 March	Roadblock	Toronto	WWE Network event
3 April	WrestleMania 32	Arlington, Texas
1 May	Payback	Rosemont, Illinois
22 May	Extreme Rules	Newark, New Jersey
19 June	Money In The Bank	Las Vegas, Nevada
24 July	Battleground	Washington, D.C.
21 August	SummerSlam	Brooklyn, New York
25 September	Night of Champions	Indianapolis, Indiana
30 October	Hell in a Cell	TBD
20 November	Survivor Series	TBD
18 December	TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs	TBD

Events (NXT)

Date	Event	Location	Notes
1 April	NXT TakeOver: Dallas	Dallas, Texas	Shinsuke Nakamura made his WWE debut[60]
8 June	NXT TakeOver: Revenge	Winter Park, Florida
20 August	NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn	Brooklyn, New York

Title matches (WWE)

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Date	Winner	Loser(s)	Match Type	Event/Show
4 January	Roman Reigns (c)	Sheamus	Special Ref: Vince McMahon	Raw[61]
24 January	Triple H	Roman Reigns (c) and 28 others	Royal Rumble	Royal Rumble[8]
12 March	Triple H (c)	Dean Ambrose	Singles	Roadblock[21]
3 April	Roman Reigns	Triple H (c)	Singles	WrestleMania 32[29]
1 May	Roman Reigns (c)	AJ Styles	No Countout/No DQ	Payback[33]
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Date	Winner	Loser(s)	Match Type	Event/Show
7 January	Dean Ambrose (c)	Kevin Owens (double count-out)	Singles	SmackDown[62]
24 January	Dean Ambrose (c)	Kevin Owens	Last Man Standing	Royal Rumble[9]
15 February	Kevin Owens	Dean Ambrose (c), Dolph Ziggler, Stardust and Tyler Breeze	Fatal Five Way	Raw[63]
21 February	Kevin Owens (c)	Dolph Ziggler	Singles	Fastlane[17]
3 April	Zack Ryder	Kevin Owens (c), Dolph Ziggler, Sami Zayn, Sin Cara, Stardust and The Miz	Seven Way Ladder	WrestleMania 32[29]
4 April	The Miz	Zack Ryder (c)	Singles	Raw[64]
7 April	The Miz (c)	Zack Ryder	Singles	SmackDown[65]
1 May	The Miz (c)	Cesaro	Singles	Payback[33]
WWE United States Championship
Date	Winner	Loser(s)	Match Type	Event/Show
11 January	Kalisto	Alberto Del Rio (c)	Singles	Raw[66]
14 January	Alberto Del Rio	Kalisto (c)	Singles	SmackDown[67]
24 January	Kalisto	Alberto Del Rio (c)	Singles	Royal Rumble[68]
28 January	Kalisto (c)	Neville	Singles	SmackDown[69]
21 February	Kalisto (c)	Alberto Del Rio	Two Out Of Three Falls	Fastlane[17]
3 April	Kalisto (c)	Ryback	Singles	WrestleMania 32[29]
1 May	Kalisto (c)	Ryback	Singles	Payback[33]
WWE Tag Team Championship
Date	Winner	Loser(s)	Match Type	Event/Show
24 January	The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (c)	The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso)	Tag team	Royal Rumble[70]
7 March	The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (c)	Y2AJ (AJ Styles & Chris Jericho)	Tag team	Raw[71]
12 March	The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (c)	The League of Nations (King Barrett & Sheamus)	Tag team	Roadblock[21]
14 March	The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) (c)	The League of Nations (Alberto Del Rio & Rusev)	Tag team	Raw[72]
4 April	The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (c)	The League of Nations (King Barrett & Sheamus)	Tag team	Raw[64]
WWE Divas Championship (title retired 3 April)[73]
Date	Winner	Loser(s)	Match Type	Event/Show
7 January	Charlotte (c)	Becky Lynch	Singles	SmackDown[74]
24 January	Charlotte (c)	Becky Lynch	Singles	Royal Rumble[10]
21 February	Charlotte (c)	Brie Bella	Singles	Fastlane[17]
12 March	Charlotte (c)	Natalya	Singles	Roadblock[21]
WWE Women's Championship
Date	Winner	Loser(s)	Match Type	Event/Show
3 April	Charlotte	Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks	Triple Threat	WrestleMania 32[29]
11 April	Charlotte (c) (lost by DQ; retained title)	Natalya	Singles	Raw[75]
1 May	Charlotte (c)	Natalya	Singles	Payback[33]
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

Title matches (NXT)

NXT Championship
Date	Winner	Loser(s)	Match Type	Event/Show
1 April	Finn Bálor (c)	Samoa Joe	Singles	NXT TakeOver: Dallas[26]
21 April	Samoa Joe	Finn Bálor (c)	Singles	NXT Live (house show)[76]
NXT Tag Team Championship
Date	Winner	Loser(s)	Match Type	Event/Show
12 March	The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) (c)	Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady	Tag team	Roadblock[21]
1 April	American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan)	The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) (c)	Tag team	NXT TakeOver: Dallas[26]
NXT Women's Championship
Date	Winner	Loser(s)	Match Type	Event/Show
10 February	Bayley (c)	Carmella	Singles	NXT[77]
1 April	Asuka	Bayley (c)	Singles	NXT TakeOver: Dallas[26]
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

Global Cruiserweight Series

The inaugural Global Cruiserweight Series^[78] will see thirty-two of the world's best cruiserweights battle it out to be crowned WWE's first Global Cruiserweight Series winner. The tournament is expected to be filmed at Full Sail University, Florida from 20–24 June, and will be broadcast on the WWE Network from 13 July. It is currently expected to run for ten episodes, with the finale due to be broadcast on 14 September.

Deaths

• January 1 – Michael Shepherd, 27^[79][80]
• January 5 – Farmer Miller, 87^[81]
• January 9 – Bob Leonard, 74^[82]
• January 10 – The Wolfman, 80^[83]
• January 14 – "Dr. Dan" Danny Buck, 51^[84]
• January 14 – Michael Dean, 25^[85][86]
• January 17 – Mike Sharpe, 64^[87]
• January 20 – James Jenkins, Sr., 71^[88]
• January 21 – Frank Finnegan, 49^[89]
• January 23 – Archie Gouldie, 79^[90]
• January 23 – Espectrito I, 49^[91]
• January 27 - Taras Bulba (Juan Abel Reynosa), 59^[92]
• February 1 – Manny Villalobos, 56^[93]
• February 3 – Jack Eaton, 86^[94]
• February 4 – Axl Rotten, 44, heroin overdose^[95]
• February 10 – Karen Kay Heuton, 74^[96]
• February 10 – Moondog Spot (Tony Nardo), 51^[97]
• February 10 – Mark Nulty, 55^[98][99]
• February 10 – Kevin Randleman, 44^[100]
• February 11 – Chuck Marlowe, 86^[101]
• February 17 – Cyclone Smith, 82^[102]
• February 17 – Scott Brian Spangler, 49^[103]
• February 22 – Jim Dickson, 48^[104]
• February 23 – Eddie Einhorn, 80^[105]
• February 23 – Pasqual D. Gabriele, 59^[106]
• February 28 – Christoper Reykdal, 32^[107]
• February 29 – Alex Lee Peters, 34^[108]
• March 3 – Hayabusa, 47, subarachnoid hemorrhage^[109]
• March 3 – Lord James Blears, 92 or 93^[110][111]
• March 10 – Moondog Puppy Love^[112]
• March 10 – Robert J. Pollino, 81^[113]
• March 12 – Charlie Fulton, 67, complications of heart failure^[114]
• March 13 – Cinta de Oro, 51, heart attack^[115]
• March 14 – Darrel Scott Blackwell, 41^[116]
• March 16 – Dean McConley, 53^[117]
• March 16 – Robert Pence^[118]
• March 22 – Don Wilson, 80^[119]
• March 23 – Joe Garagiola, Sr., 90^[120]
• March 24 – Randal Brown, 64^[121]
• March 30 – Carl A. Petrillo^[122]
• March 30 – Kris Travis, 32^[123]
• April 1 – George Cavalaris, 84^[124]
• April 1 – Samuel Steven Morton, 52^[125]
• April 2 – Billy Kerr, 89^[126]
• April 7 – Blackjack Mulligan, 73^[127]
• April 11 – Balls Mahoney, 44^[128]
• April 13 – Christian Abel, 32^[129][130]
• April 20 – Chyna, 45^[131]
• April 20 – Michael Rice, 55^[132]

See also

• List of WWE Network events
• List of WWE pay-per-view events

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