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2017 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

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These promotions held notable events in 2017.

Promotion Name Abbreviation Notes
All Japan Pro Wrestling AJPW
Chikara —
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL
DDT Pro-Wrestling DDT
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.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling NJPW
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla PWG
Revolution Pro Wrestling RevPro
Ring of Honor ROH
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling TNA/Impact TNA was renamed to Impact Wrestling in March.
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 three storyline divisions – referred to as brands where wrestlers exclusively performed on their respective weekly television programs. Raw and SmackDown were their two main brands. NXT served as WWE's developmental territory, while a United Kingdom brand under NXT was in its early stages.

Calendar of notable shows

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January

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
4 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Kenny Omega to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship[1]
6 TNA One Night Only: Live! Orlando, Florida Ethan Carter III vs. Eddie Edwards (c) for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
7 TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild Orlando, Florida 14-person intergender Joker's Wild gauntlet battle royal Aired on February 10.
7 WWC Euphoria Bayamon, Puerto Rico Alberto El Patron fought Carlito to a no contest for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
8 TNA One Night Only: Rivals Orlando, Florida Jeff Hardy vs. Lashley Aired on March 17. Final event under the TNA name, as the promotion was renamed to Impact Wrestling the same month that this event aired.
14–15 WWE:
 United Kingdom Championship Tournament Blackpool, England Tyler Bate defeated Pete Dunne to become the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion[2]
20 AAA Guerra de Titanes Mexico City Johnny Mundo (c) defeated Pentagón Jr. to retain the AAA Latin American Championship[3]
20 CMLL
NJPW 		Fantastica Mania
(Tokyo shows) 		Tokyo, Japan Dragon Lee (c) defeated Bárbaro Cavernario to retain the CMLL World Lightweight Championship[4]
21 Máximo Sexy (c) defeated Hechicero to retain the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship[5]
22 Volador Jr. defeated Último Guerrero in a singles match[6]
28 WWE:
 TakeOver: San Antonio San Antonio, TX Bobby Roode defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c) to win the NXT Championship[7]
29 WWE:
 Royal Rumble San Antonio, TX Randy Orton won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Roman Reigns to earn a title match for his brand's world championship at WrestleMania 33[8] Since Randy Orton was a member of the SmackDown brand, he earned a match for the WWE Championship.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
5 NJPW The New Beginning
in Sapporo 		Sapporo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship[9]
11 NJPW The New Beginning
in Osaka 		Osaka, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) defeated Michael Elgin to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.[10]
12 WWE:
 Elimination Chamber Phoenix, AZ Bray Wyatt defeated John Cena (c), AJ Styles, The Miz, Dean Ambrose, and Baron Corbin in an Elimination Chamber match to win the WWE Championship.[11]
19 DDT Into The Fight 2017 Tokyo, Japan Harashima and Kudo defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Dick Togo
26 ROH
NJPW 		Honor Rising: Japan Tokyo, Japan Bullet Club (Adam Cole and Kenny Omega) defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a tag team match.[12]
27 Bullet Club (Cody, Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Chaos (Jay Briscoe, Kazuchika Okada, Mark Briscoe and Will Ospreay) in an 8-man tag team match.[13]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
3–4 Impact One Night Only: Victory Road – Knockouts Knockdown Orlando, Florida Four-on-Four tag team match. Aired on April 15. First event under the Impact Wrestling name (formerly TNA).
5 WWE:
 Fastlane Milwaukee, WI Goldberg defeated Kevin Owens (c) to win the WWE Universal Championship.[14]
10 ROH 15th Anniversary Show Las Vegas, NV Christopher Daniels defeated Adam Cole (c) to win the ROH World Championship.[15]
17 CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Mexico City Diamante Azul defeated and unmasked Pierroth in a Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match.[16]
19 AAA Rey de Reyes Monterrey Aero Star defeated Súper Fly in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. hair match.[17]
20 DDT Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary Saitama, Japan Konosuke Takeshita defeated Harashima (c) to win the KO-D Openweight Championship
20 NJPW New Japan Cup Final Nagaoka, Japan Katsuyori Shibata defeated Bad Luck Fale in the tournament final to win the 2017 New Japan Cup.[18]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
1 ROH Supercard of Honor XI Lakeland, FL The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) (c) in a Ladder match to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[19] Last appearance of The Hardys before their return to WWE at WrestleMania 33
1 WWE:
 TakeOver: Orlando Orlando, FL Bobby Roode (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the NXT Championship.[20] This event is also notable for the debut of Aleister Black and the return of Drew Galloway (now under the name Drew McIntyre he previously used in WWE)
2 WWE:
 WrestleMania 33 Orlando, FL Roman Reigns defeated The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match.[21] This was The Hardy Boyz's return to WWE since 2009.
9 NJPW Sakura Genesis Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Katsuyori Shibata to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[22]
13 NJPW Lion's Gate Project 4 Tokyo, Japan Tomoyuki Oka and Yuji Nagata defeated Katsuya Kitamura and Manabu Nakanishi in a Tag team match
22 Impact One Night Only: Turning Point Orlando, Florida Moose vs. Lashley (c) for the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship Aired on May 11.
23 Impact One Night Only: No Surrender Orlando, Florida Lashley (c) vs. Eddie Edwards for the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship Aired on June 16.
30 AJPW Champion Carnival Final Fukuoka, Japan Shuji Ishikawa defeated Joe Doering in the tournament final to win the 2017 Champion Carnival.[23]
30 WWE:
 Payback San Jose, CA Braun Strowman defeated Roman Reigns in a Singles match. Final Payback event until 2020.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
3 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Bad Luck Fale to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[24]
9 NJPW Lion's Gate Project 5 Tokyo, Japan Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata defeated Katsuya Kitamura and Tomoyuki Oka in a Tag team match
7 ROH
NJPW 		War of the Worlds Toronto, Canada The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) and Hiroshi Tanahashi in a Six-man tag team match.
10 Dearborn, MI Chaos (Beretta, Hirooki Goto, Rocky Romero and Will Ospreay) defeated Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page and Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in an Eight-man tag team match.
12 New York, NY Christopher Daniels (c) defeated Cody and Jay Lethal in a three-way match to retain the ROH World Championship.
14 Philadelphia, PA Marty Scurll defeated Adam Cole in a Philadelphia Street Fight match.
20 WWE:
 TakeOver: Chicago Rosemont, IL The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (c) defeated #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship in a Ladder match.
21 WWE:
 Backlash Rosemont, IL Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton (c) to win the WWE Championship. The event was also notable for Shinsuke Nakamura's main roster PPV debut where he defeated Dolph Ziggler.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
3 NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Tokyo, Japan Kushida defeated Will Ospreay in the tournament final to win the 2017 Best of the Super Juniors.
4 AAA Verano de Escándalo Ciudad Juárez Psycho Clown and Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Nuevo Poder del Norte (Carta Brava Jr. and Soul Rocker) and Los Traidor Clowns (Monster Clown and Murder Clown) in a Six-way Lucha de Apuestas masks vs. masks match.
4 WWE:
 Extreme Rules Baltimore, MD Samoa Joe defeated Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Finn Bálor, and Bray Wyatt in a Fatal 5-Way Extreme Rules Match to become the number one contender for the WWE Universal Championship at Great Balls of Fire.
11 NJPW Dominion Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) and Kenny Omega wrestled to a time limit draw for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
15 NJPW Lion's Gate Project 6 Tokyo, Japan Ayato Yoshida and Satoshi Kojima defeated Tomoyuki Oka and Yuji Nagata in a Tag team match
18 WWE:
 Money in the Bank St. Louis, MO Baron Corbin defeated Shinsuke Nakamura, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Dolph Ziggler in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship match contract. This event featured the first Women's Money in the Bank ladder match.
It also featured the return of Maria Kanellis, who had last performed in WWE in 2010, and the WWE debut appearance of her husband Mike Bennett, under new ring name Mike Kanellis.
23 ROH Best in the World Lowell, MA Cody defeated Christopher Daniels (c) to win the ROH World Championship.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
1–2 NJPW G1 Special in USA Long Beach, CA Day 1: Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Cody to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
Day 2: Kenny Omega defeated Tomohiro Ishii for the inaugural IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.
2 Impact Wrestling Slammiversary XV Orlando, FL El Patron Alberto defeated Lashley to retain the GFW Global Championship and to win the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship.
4 NJPW Lion's Gate Project 7 Tokyo, Japan Yuji Nagata defeated Go Asakawa in a Singles match
9 WWE:
 Great Balls of Fire Dallas, TX Brock Lesnar (c) defeated Samoa Joe to retain the WWE Universal Championship. First and only Great Balls of Fire event in WWE.
23 WWE:
 Battleground Philadelphia, PA Jinder Mahal (c) defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship in a Punjabi Prison Match. This was the third-ever Punjabi Prison match and the first since 2007 and a one-off return for The Great Khali.
This event was the first PPV match for Mike Kanellis in WWE.
Final Battleground event
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
13 NJPW G1 Climax Tokyo, Japan Tetsuya Naito defeated Kenny Omega in the tournament final to win the G1 Climax 2017.
18 CMLL / NJPW / RevPro / ROH War of the Worlds UK London, England, U.K. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)) in a Ten-man tag team match
19 Cody (c) defeated Sanada in a Singles match for the ROH World Championship
20 Silas Young defeated Jay Lethal in a Street fight
19 WWE:
 TakeOver: Brooklyn III Brooklyn, NY Drew McIntyre defeated Bobby Roode (c) to win the NXT Championship. The event is notable for the debut of Adam Cole and the reunion of the team reDRagon (under new stable name The Undisputed Era) after both members Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly made individual debuts on NXT TV
20 DDT Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 Tokyo, Japan Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Tetsuya Endo to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship
WWE:
 SummerSlam Brooklyn, NY Brock Lesnar (c) defeated Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe, and Braun Strowman in a fatal four-way match to retain the WWE Universal Championship.
26 AAA Triplemanía XXV Mexico City Psycho Clown defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. in a two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match[25][26]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
1–3 PWG Battle of Los Angeles Reseda, CA Ricochet defeated Jeff Cobb and Keith Lee in an elimination three-way match to win the 2017 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
1–3 Chikara King of Trios Wolverhampton, England[27] Day 1: House Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield, Mark Angelosetti and Simon Grimm) defeated House Attack (Chief Deputy Dunne, Jim Obstruction and Lee Obstruction)
Day 2: House Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) defeated House Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield, Mark Angelosetti and Simon Grimm)
Day 3: House Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) defeated House Sendai Girls (Cassandra Miyagi, Dash Chisako and Meiko Satomura)
10 NJPW Destruction in Fukushima Fukushima, Japan Minoru Suzuki (c) defeated Michael Elgin to retain the NEVER Openweight Championship.
12 WWE Mae Young Classic Las Vegas, NV Kairi Sane defeated Shayna Baszler in the tournament final to win the Mae Young Classic.
16 CMLL CMLL 84th Anniversary Show Mexico City Gran Guerrero defeated Niebla Roja in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match
16 NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
22 ROH Death Before Dishonor Las Vegas, NV Cody (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki to retain the ROH World Championship.
24 NJPW Destruction in Kobe Kobe, Japan Kenny Omega (c) defeated Juice Robinson to retain the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.
24 WWE:
 No Mercy Los Angeles, CA Brock Lesnar (c) defeated Braun Strowman to retain the WWE Universal Championship.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

October

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
1 AAA Héroes Inmortales XI San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí Pagano defeated El Mesías and Joe Líder in a Death Match.
8 WWE:
 Hell in a Cell Detroit, MI Kevin Owens defeated Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell match. The event was also notable for Bobby Roode's main roster PPV debut where he defeated Dolph Ziggler.
9 NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Evil to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
12 NJPW Lion's Gate Project 8 Tokyo, Japan Yuji Nagata defeated Daisuke Kanehira in a Singles match
12 ROH
NJPW 		Global Wars Buffalo, NY The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) in a Six-man tag team match to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
13 Pittsburgh, PA Luxury Trio (Cody, Kenny Omega and Marty Scurll) (c) defeated Chaos (Toru Yano, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) in a Six-man tag team match to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
14 Columbus, OH The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson e Nick Jackson) (c) defeated Best Friends (Beretta and Chuckie T.) and Flip Gordon in a Six-man tag team match to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
15 Villa Park, IL Kenny Omega (c) defeated Yoshi-Hashi to retain the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.
14, 21 Impact One Night Only: Collision in Oklahoma Shawnee, Oklahoma Lashley vs. Alberto El Patrón
October 14
November 7
December 3 		Impact One Night Only: Canadian Clash Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Belleville, Michigan
Windsor, Ontario, Canada 		James Storm vs. Alberto El Patrón
22 WWE:
 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs Minneapolis, MN Kurt Angle, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins defeated The Miz, Braun Strowman, Kane, Cesaro, and Sheamus in a 5-on-3 handicap Tables, ladders, and chairs match. Kurt Angle's first match in WWE in since 2006.
The event was also notable for Asuka's main roster debut where she defeated Emma, who was released from her WWE contract a few days later.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

November

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
5 NJPW Power Struggle Osaka, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Kota Ibushi to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
5 Impact Bound for Glory Ottawa, Canada Eli Drake (c) defeated Johnny Impact to retain the Impact Global Championship. Last featured of Gail Kim in Impact.
9 NJPW / RevPro Global Wars UK Bethnal Green, United Kingdom Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Will Ospreay) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) in a Tag team match
10 Walthamstow, United Kingdom Zack Sabre Jr (c) defeated Will Ospreay in a Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship
16 NJPW Lion's Gate Project 9 Tokyo, Japan Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata defeated Daisuke Kanehira and Yuma Aoyagi in a Tag team match
18 WWE:
 TakeOver: WarGames Houston, TX The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) & Roderick Strong and Sanity (Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe & Killian Dain) in a WarGames Match. This event featured the first WarGames match in nearly twenty years, and the first under the WWE banner.
19 WWE:
 Survivor Series Houston, TX Team Raw (Kurt Angle, Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, Samoa Joe, and Triple H) defeated Team SmackDown (Shane McMahon, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bobby Roode, Randy Orton, and John Cena) in a Survivor Series match. Had Team Raw lost, Angle would have been fired as Raw General Manager.
25 WWE:
 Starrcade Greensboro, NC AJ Styles defeated Jinder Mahal in a steel cage match to retain the WWE Championship This was the first Starrcade event in 17 years, and the first under the WWE banner. The event was not televised in any form.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

December

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
5 WWE:
 Tribute to the Troops Naval Station San Diego AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn in a six-man tag team match
15 ROH Final Battle New York City Dalton Castle defeated Cody (c) to win the ROH Championship.
17 WWE:
 Clash of Champions Boston, MA AJ Styles (c) defeated Jinder Mahal to retain the WWE Championship.
21 NJPW Lion's Gate Project 10 Tokyo, Japan Yuji Nagata defeated Yuma Aoyagi in a Singles match
24 DDT Never Mind 2017 Tokyo, Japan Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Colt Cabana to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

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Tournaments and accomplishments

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Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)

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Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Rey de Reyes Argenis March 19
Copa Triplemanía La Parka August 26 Last eliminated Averno to win.
Copa Antonio Peña El Hijo del Fantasma October 1 Last eliminated Johnny Mundo to win.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling (AJPW)

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Dates Tournament Final
Start Final
February 17 February 26 Jr. Battle of Glory Koji Iwamoto defeated Hikaru Sato to win the 2017 Jr. Battle of Glory.[28]
April 16 April 30 Champion Carnival Shuji Ishikawa defeated Joe Doering to win the 2017 Champion Carnival.
September 12 September 23 Ōdō Tournament Suwama defeated Shuji Ishikawa to win the 2017 Ōdō Tournament.
November 3 November 9 Jr. Tag Battle of Glory Atsushi Maruyama and Masashi Takeda won with a record of three wins and one loss.
November 19 December 12 World's Strongest Tag Determination League Shuji Ishikawa and Suwama defeated Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani to win the 2017 World's Strongest Tag Determination League.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)

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Dates Tournament Final
Start Final
February 10 February 24 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles[29] Bárbaro Cavernario and Volador Jr. defeated Último Guerrero and El Valiente in a Parejas Increibles tag team match
April 7   Reyes del Aire[30] Ángel de Oro last eliminated Euforia in a 16-man elimination match
April 14 April 28 La Copa Junior[31] Soberano Jr. defeated to win the 2017 La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores tournament.
June 2 June 16 Torneo Gran Alaternativa[32] Soberano and Carístico defeated Sansón and Último Guerrero in the finals of a 16-team "rookie/veteran" tag team tournament.
June 6   CMLL World Heavyweight Championship tournament[33] Marco Corleone eliminated El Terrible as the last man in a 10-man torneo cibernetico to win the vacant championship
June 10   CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship tournament[34] Niebla Roja eliminated Bárbaro Cavernario as the last man in a 10-man torneo cibernetico to win the vacant championship
June 30 July 14 CMLL Universal Championship[35] Volador Jr. (NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion and CMLL World Trios Champion) defeated Último Guerrero (NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion)
October 13 October 20 Leyenda de Plata[36] Volador Jr. defeated Carístico after both survived a torneo cibernetico elimination match
October 22 October 29 Mexican National Heavyweight Championship Tournament[37] El Terrible defeated Diamante Azul to win the vacant championship
November 24   Copa Dinastia[38] El Cuatrero, Forastero and Sansón defeated the Muñoz family (Dragon Lee, Místico and Pierroth)

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)

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Kazuchika Okada, held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship throughout 2017, breaking the record for the longest reign in the title's history on October 22
Dates Tournament Final
Start Final
March 11 March 20 New Japan Cup Katsuyori Shibata defeated Bad Luck Fale to win the 2017 New Japan Cup and earn himself an IWGP Heavyweight Championship title match.[18]
May 17 June 3 Best of the
Super Juniors 		Kushida defeated Will Ospreay to win the 2017 Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
July 17 August 13 G1 Climax Tetsuya Naito defeated Kenny Omega to win the 2017 G1 Climax.
October 23 November 5 Super Jr.
Tag Tournament 		Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) defeated Super 69 (A. C. H. and Ryusuke Taguchi) to win the 2017 Super Jr. Tag Tournament.
November 18 December 11 World Tag League Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada) defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) to win the 2017 World Tag League.
October 12 December 21 Young Lion Cup Katsuya Kitamura won with a record of five wins and zero losses.

Pro Wrestling Noah

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Naomichi Marufuji, three time and 2017 winner of the Global Tag League.
Dates Tournament Final
Start Final
April 22 May 4 Global Tag League Naomichi Marufuji and Maybach Taniguchi defeated Go Shiozaki and Atsushi Kotoge to win the 2017 Global Tag League.
July 13 July 27 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League XX (Hi69 and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Ratel's (Hayata and Yo-Hey) to win the 2017 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League.
October 14 November 19 Global League Kenoh defeated Go Shiozaki to win the 2017 Global League.

Ring of Honor

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Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
ROH Soaring Eagle Cup Dalton Castle October 28

TNA/Impact/GFW

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Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Joker's Wild Moose January 7
2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament Dezmond Xavier August 17
Turkey Bowl Eddie Edwards, Allie, Richard Justice, Fallah Bahh and Garza Jr. November 23

WWE

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Randy Orton won his second Royal Rumble, the first being in 2009
Brock Lesnar, who became the first man to have won both the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship when he won the latter at WrestleMania 33
Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
United Kingdom Championship Tournament Tyler Bate January 15 Defeated Pete Dunne in the tournament final to become the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion.
Royal Rumble Randy Orton January 29 Winner received a championship match for their own brand's world championship at WrestleMania 33—either Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship; Orton from SmackDown last eliminated Roman Reigns to win a match for the WWE Championship, which he subsequently won from Bray Wyatt.
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal Mojo Rawley April 2 Last eliminated Jinder Mahal to win the André the Giant Memorial Trophy.
Money in the Bank ladder match
(Men) 		Baron Corbin June 18 Defeated Dolph Ziggler, Kevin Owens, Shinsuke Nakamura, Sami Zayn, and AJ Styles to win a WWE Championship match contract. Corbin cashed in his contract on champion Jinder Mahal on the August 15 episode of SmackDown, but failed to win the title due to a distraction by John Cena.
Money in the Bank ladder match
(Women) 		Carmella This was the first Women's Money in the Bank ladder match.
Defeated Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Natalya, and Tamina to win a SmackDown Women's Championship match contract, however, SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan stripped Carmella of the briefcase two days after the event because of interference by Carmella's manager James Ellsworth, who retrieved the briefcase for Carmella and dropped it to her. A rematch was scheduled for the June 27 episode of SmackDown Live.
Money in the Bank ladder match
(Women) 		Carmella June 27 Defeated Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Natalya, and Tamina to definitively win a SmackDown Women's Championship match contract.
This was the first Money in the Bank ladder match to not air on pay-per-view, and subsequently the first to take place on SmackDown.
Carmella cashed in the contract and defeated Charlotte Flair to win the title on the April 10, 2018 episode of SmackDown.
Mae Young Classic Kairi Sane September 12 Defeated Shayna Baszler in the tournament final to win the Mae Young Classic Trophy and a match for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: WarGames, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.

Title changes

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AAA

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AAA Mega Championship
Incoming champion – El Texano, Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 19 Johnny Mundo Rey de Reyes
AAA Latin American Championship
Incoming champion – Johnny Mundo
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 1 El Hijo del Fantasma Héroes Inmortales XI
AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
Incoming champion – Dinastía
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 26 Mini Psycho Clown AAA Worldwide
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo del Fantasma
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 19 Johnny Mundo Rey de Reyes
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Incoming champion – Taya
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 19 Ayako Hamada Rey de Reyes
April 21 Taya AAA Worldwide
July 1 Vacated N/A
July 16 Sexy Star AAA Worldwide
September 4 Vacated N/A
October 1 Lady Shani Héroes Inmortales XI
AAA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Aero Star and Drago
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 31 Dark Family
(Dark Cuervo and Scoria) 		AAA Worldwide
May 26 El Mesias and Pagano AAA Worldwide
June 4 Dark Family
(Dark Cuervo and Scoria) 		Verano de Escándalo
August 26 Los Totalmente Traidores
(Monster Clown and Murder Clown) 		Triplemanía XXV
December 16 Dark Family
(Dark Cuervo and Scoria) 		Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 19 Big Mami and Niño Hamburguesa AAA Television Taping
AAA World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Los OGT (Averno, Chessman and Ricky Marvin)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 5 Los Apaches
(El Apache, Faby Apache and Mary Apache) 		AAA Worldwide
April 21 El Nuevo Poder del Norte
(Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr. and Soul Rocker) 		AAA Worldwide
June 19 Vacated AAA Worldwide
October 1 El Poder del Norte
(Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr. and Tito Santana) 		Héroes Inmortales XI
November 3 Los OGT
(Averno, Chessman and Super Fly) 		AAA Worldwide

TNA/Impact/GFW

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TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Eddie Edwards
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 8
(aired January 26) 		Lashley Genesis This was a 30-minute Iron Man match.
On March 2, the championship was renamed to the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship following the renaming of the promotion
July 2 Alberto El Patrón Slammiversary XV This was a unification match to unify the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship and the original GFW Global Championship.
The championship was renamed to the Unified GFW World Heavyweight Championship
August 14 Vacated N/A Vacated due to Alberto El Patrón's suspension
August 17
(aired August 24) 		Eli Drake Impact! This was a 20-man Gauntlet for the Gold match. Drake pinned Eddie Edwards to win the match once they were the last two wrestlers.
The title adopted the GFW Global Championship name, but retained the TNA/Impact title history.
On September 18, the title was renamed Impact Global Championship.
TNA Grand Championship
Incoming champion – Moose
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 7
(aired January 19) 		Drew Galloway Impact Wrestling
January 12
(aired March 2) 		Moose Impact Wrestling Won by split decision.
On March 2, the championship was renamed to the Impact Wrestling Grand Championship following the renaming of the promotion.
July 5
(aired August 3) 		Ethan Carter III Impact! Won by split decision.
The title was renamed Impact Grand Championship.
November 10
(aired January 4, 2018) 		Matt Sydal Impact!
TNA X Division Championship
Incoming champion – DJZ
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 8
(aired February 2) 		Trevor Lee Impact Wrestling Lee invoked his Race for the Case for a title opportunity on Open Fight Night. This was a ladder match.
On March 2, the championship was renamed to the Impact Wrestling X Division Championship following the renaming of the promotion.
April 20 Low-Ki Impact Wrestling This was a six pack challenge that also included Andrew Everett, Sonjay Dutt, Dezmond Xavier, and Suicide.
May 30
(aired June 15) 		Sonjay Dutt Impact Wrestling This episode aired on tape delay on June 15.
The title was renamed GFW X Division Championship.
August 19
(aired September 14) 		Trevor Lee Impact! This was a falls count anywhere match.
The title was renamed Impact X Division Championship.
November 9
(aired January 4, 2018) 		Taiji Ishimori Impact!
TNA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Broken Hardys
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
On March 2, the championship was renamed to the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship following the renaming of the promotion.
March 3
(aired March 16) 		Vacated Impact Wrestling Vacated due to The Broken Hardys leaving TNA.
March 4
(aired March 30) 		The Latin American Xchange
(Santana and Ortiz) 		Impact Wrestling This was a four-way tag team match also involving Decay, Reno Scum and Laredo Kid & Garza Jr. During their reign, they won and unified the GFW Tag Team Championship with the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship.
The title was renamed as GFW World Tag Team Championship.
August 20
(aired September 28) 		Ohio Versus Everything
(Dave Crist and Jake Crist) 		Victory Road
The title was renamed Impact World Tag Team Championship.
November 9
(aired January 4, 2018) 		The Latin American Xchange
(Santana and Ortiz) 		Impact!
TNA Knockouts Championship
Incoming champion – Rosemary
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
July 2 Sienna Slammiversary XV This was a unification match to unify the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship and the GFW Women's Championship.
The title was renamed to GFW Knockouts Championship before being renamed to Impact Knockouts Championship.
November 5 Gail Kim Bound for Glory This was a three-way match also involving Allie.
November 6
(aired November 16) 		Vacated Impact! Title vacated due to Kim's retirement from GFW.
November 8
(aired December 14) 		Laurel Van Ness Impact! Laurel Van Ness defeated Rosemary to win the vacated title.[39]

NJPW

[edit]
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kazuchika Okada
No title changes
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Tetsuya Naito
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 11 Hiroshi Tanahashi Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
July 2 Kenny Omega G1 Special in USA Defeated Tomohiro Ishii in the finals of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion.
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Chaos
(Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) 		Wrestle Kingdom 11
March 6 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) 		Hataage Kinenbi
April 9 War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe) 		Sakura Genesis
June 11 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) 		Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
July 1 War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe) 		G1 Special in USA This was a no disqualification match.
September 24 K.E.S.
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) 		Destruction in Kobe This was a three-way tornado tag team match, which also included Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa).
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kushida
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Hiromu Takahashi Wrestle Kingdom 11
June 11 Kushida Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
October 9 Will Ospreay King of Pro-Wrestling
November 5 Marty Scurll Power Struggle
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Roppongi Vice
(Beretta and Rocky Romero) 		Wrestle Kingdom 11
March 6 Suzuki-gun
(Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) 		Hataage Kinenbi
April 27 Roppongi Vice
(Beretta and Rocky Romero) 		Road to Wrestling Dontaku: Aki no Kuni Sengoku Emaki
June 11 The Young Bucks
(Matt and Nick Jackson) 		Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
August 13 Funky Future
(King Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi) 		G1 Climax 27
September 24 Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh) 		King of Pro-Wrestling
NEVER Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Katsuyori Shibata
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Hirooki Goto Wrestle Kingdom 11
April 27 Minoru Suzuki Road to Wrestling Dontaku: Aki no Kuni Sengoku Emaki
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Bushi, Evil and Sanada) 		Wrestle Kingdom 11
January 5 Taguchi Japan
(Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi and Ryusuke Taguchi) 		New Year Dash!! This was a gauntlet match, also involving Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi) and Chaos (Jado, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi).
February 11 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Bushi, Evil and Sanada) 		The New Beginning in Osaka
April 4 Taguchi Japan
(Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi) 		Road to Sakura Genesis
May 3 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Bushi, Evil and Sanada) 		Wrestling Dontaku
December 17 Bullet Club
(Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) 		Road to Tokyo Dome

ROH

[edit]
ROH World Championship
Incoming champion – Kyle O'Reilly
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Adam Cole Wrestle Kingdom 11
March 10 Christopher Daniels 15th Anniversary Show
June 23 Cody Best in the World
December 15 Dalton Castle Final Battle
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 11 Bully Ray and The Briscoes
(Jay and Mark Briscoe) 		Ring of Honor Wrestling
June 23 Dalton Castle and The Boys
(Boy 1 and Boy 2) 		Best in the World
August 20 The Hung Bucks
(Adam Page, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) 		War of the Worlds UK
ROH World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Marty Scurll
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 14 Kushida War of the Worlds
September 22 Kenny King Death Before Dishonor XV
December 15 Silas Young Final Battle
ROH World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 4 The Broken Hardys
(Matt and Jeff Hardy) 		War of the Worlds
April 1 The Young Bucks
(Matt and Nick Jackson) 		Manhattan Mayhem VI
September 22 The Motor City Machine Guns
(Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) 		Death Before Dishonor XV

The Crash Lucha Libre

[edit]
The Crash Heavyweight Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
November 4 Rey Mysterio The Crash show Defeated Penta el 0M, La Máscara and Rush in four-way match to become the inaugural champion.[40]
The Crash Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Flamita[41]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 2 Rey Horus The Crash show [42]
August 6 Rey Fénix The Crash/Revolucha show This was a four-way match also involving Último Ninja and Sammy Guevara[43]
The Crash Junior Championship
Incoming champion – Black Danger[44]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 21 Arkángel Divino The Crash show [45]
December 25 Black Boy Team 19/27 show [46]
The Crash Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Garza Jr. and Último Ninja[47]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 21 Vacated N/A Championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.[48]
January 21 The Broken Hardys
(Matt and Jeff Hardy) 		The Crash show Defeated Juventud Guerrera and Super Crazy to win the vacate titles.[49]
March 3 Vacated N/A Title vacated after The Broken Hardys left Impact Wrestling
The Crash Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Sexy Dulce[50]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 5 Keira The Crash show This was a seven-way match, also involving Candy White, Lady Maravilla, Santana Garrett and Laurel Van Ness[51]

WWE

[edit]
  – Raw
  – SmackDown
  – NXT

Raw and SmackDown

[edit]

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.

WWE Universal Championship
Incoming champion – Kevin Owens
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 5 Goldberg Fastlane
April 2 Brock Lesnar WrestleMania 33
WWE Championship
Incoming champion – AJ Styles
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 29 John Cena Royal Rumble
February 12 Bray Wyatt Elimination Chamber Elimination Chamber match, also involving AJ Styles, Baron Corbin, Dean Ambrose, and The Miz.
April 2 Randy Orton WrestleMania 33
May 21 Jinder Mahal Backlash 50th WWE Champion and the first wrestler of Indian descent to win the title.
November 7 AJ Styles SmackDown Live First time the WWE Championship changed hands outside of North America.
WWE United States Championship
Incoming champion – Roman Reigns
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 9 Chris Jericho Monday Night Raw 2-on-1 handicap match, also involving Kevin Owens, who teamed with Jericho. Jericho pinned Roman Reigns to win the title.
April 2 Kevin Owens WrestleMania 33
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following April's Superstar Shake-up when Kevin Owens was drafted to SmackDown.
April 30 Chris Jericho Payback Chris Jericho was part of the Raw brand going into the match, but was transferred to the SmackDown brand after winning the title.
May 2 Kevin Owens SmackDown Live
July 7 AJ Styles WWE Live
July 23 Kevin Owens Battleground
July 25 AJ Styles SmackDown Live Triple threat match also involving Chris Jericho.
October 8 Baron Corbin Hell in a Cell Triple threat match also involving Tye Dillinger.
December 17 Dolph Ziggler Clash of Champions Triple threat match also involving Bobby Roode.
December 26 Vacated SmackDown Live SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan vacated the title after previous champion Dolph Ziggler left the title in the ring the previous week. The United States Championship tournament was announced to crown a new champion.
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – The Miz
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 3 Dean Ambrose SmackDown Live
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following April's Superstar Shake-up when Dean Ambrose was drafted to Raw.
June 4 The Miz Extreme Rules Dean Ambrose could also lose the title by disqualification.
November 20 Roman Reigns Monday Night Raw
WWE Raw Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Charlotte Flair
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 13 Bayley Monday Night Raw
April 30 Alexa Bliss Payback
August 20 Sasha Banks SummerSlam
August 28 Alexa Bliss Monday Night Raw
WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Alexa Bliss
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 12 Naomi Elimination Chamber
February 21 Vacated SmackDown Live SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan vacated the title after previous champion Naomi was injured and could not defend the title within 30 days.
Alexa Bliss Defeated Becky Lynch for the vacant title
April 2 Naomi WrestleMania 33 Six-pack challenge also involving Becky Lynch, Carmella, Mickie James, and Natalya.
August 20 Natalya SummerSlam
November 14 Charlotte Flair SmackDown Live
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Cesaro and Sheamus
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 29 Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson Royal Rumble
Kickoff 		Two referees were assigned to the match.
April 2 The Hardy Boyz
(Jeff and Matt Hardy) 		WrestleMania 33 Fatal four-way ladder match also involving Cesaro and Sheamus and Enzo Amore and Big Cass.
This was originally scheduled as a triple threat ladder match between Gallows and Anderson, Cesaro and Sheamus, and Enzo and Cass, but the returning Hardy Boyz were added to the match by event hosts The New Day right before the match began.
June 4 Cesaro and Sheamus Extreme Rules Steel cage match
August 20 Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins SummerSlam
November 6 Cesaro and Sheamus Monday Night Raw
December 25 Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins Monday Night Raw
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 21 The Usos
(Jey and Jimmy Uso) 		SmackDown Live
July 23 The New Day
(Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) 		Battleground Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.
August 20 The Usos
(Jey and Jimmy Uso) 		SummerSlam
Kickoff 		Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day.
September 12 The New Day
(Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) 		Sin City SmackDown Live Sin City Street Fight.
Big E and Woods won the match, but Kingston was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.
October 8 The Usos
(Jey and Jimmy Uso) 		Hell in a Cell Hell in a Cell match; first time a WWE tag team championship was defended in a Hell in a Cell match.
Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day.
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Rich Swann
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 29 Neville Royal Rumble
August 14 Akira Tozawa Monday Night Raw
August 20 Neville SummerSlam
Kickoff
September 24 Enzo Amore No Mercy
October 9 Kalisto Monday Night Raw Lumberjack match
October 22 Enzo Amore TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs

NXT

[edit]
NXT Championship
Incoming champion – Shinsuke Nakamura
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 28 Bobby Roode TakeOver: San Antonio
August 19 Drew McIntyre TakeOver: Brooklyn III The match description for this match on the title's official history on WWE.com referred to the NXT Championship as a world championship, but the title was not officially designated as such.
November 18 Andrade "Cien" Almas TakeOver: WarGames
NXT Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Asuka
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
August 24
(aired September 6) 		Vacated NXT NXT General Manager William Regal vacated the title after previous champion Asuka suffered a collarbone injury in her title defense at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III.
November 18 Ember Moon TakeOver: WarGames Fatal four-way match for the vacant title, also involving Kairi Sane, Nikki Cross, and Peyton Royce.
NXT Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 28 The Authors of Pain
(Akam and Rezar) 		TakeOver: San Antonio
August 19 Sanity
(Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young) 		TakeOver: Brooklyn III Sanity member Killian Dain had also defended the title, but was not recognized as champion.
November 29
(aired December 20) 		The Undisputed Era
(Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) 		NXT
WWE United Kingdom Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 15 Tyler Bate United Kingdom Championship Tournament Defeated Pete Dunne in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
Title was established for WWE's United Kingdom division, but was defended on the NXT brand in the interim.
May 20 Pete Dunne TakeOver: Chicago
Became the top title of the NXT UK brand following the establishment of the brand in July 2018.

Awards and honors

[edit]
2017 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestler of the Year, AJ Styles

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

[edit]
Main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year A.J. Styles
Tag Team of the Year The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)
Match of the Year Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (Wrestle Kingdom 11)
Feud of the Year Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega
Most Popular Wrestler of the Year A.J. Styles
Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Jinder Mahal
Comeback of the Year The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy)
Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Jinder Mahal
Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Christopher Daniels
Rookie of the Year Otis Dozovic
Woman of the Year Asuka
Stanley Weston Award (Lifetime Achievement) Jack Brisco

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

[edit]

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

[edit]
Main article: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
Inductee
Mark Lewin
A.J. Styles
The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike)
Minoru Suzuki
Pedro Morales

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

[edit]
Main article: List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year Kazuchika Okada
Most Outstanding Kazuchika Okada
Tag Team of the Year The Young Bucks
(Matt and Nick Jackson)
Most Improved Braun Strowman

WWE

[edit]

WWE Hall of Fame

[edit]
2017 Hall of Fame inductee, Kurt Angle
Main article: WWE Hall of Fame
Category Inductee Inducted by
Individual Kurt Angle John Cena
Theodore Long The Acolytes Protection Agency
Diamond Dallas Page Eric Bischoff
Beth Phoenix Natalya Neidhart
Rick Rude Ricky Steamboat
Group The Rock 'n' Roll Express[52] Jim Cornette[53]
Warrior Award Eric LeGrand Dana Warrior
Legacy Martin "Farmer" Burns
June Byers
Haystacks Calhoun
Judy Grable
Dr. Jerry Graham
Luther Lindsay
Toots Mondt
Rikidōzan
Bearcat Wright

NXT Year-End Awards

[edit]
Main article: NXT Year-End Award

The award winners were announced on NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27, 2018.[54]

Poll Winners
Rivalry of the Year Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream
Male Competitor of the Year Aleister Black
Breakout Star of the Year Aleister Black
Female Competitor of the Year Asuka
Match of the Year Tyler Bate (c) vs. Pete Dunne for the WWE United Kingdom Championship at NXT TakeOver: Chicago
Overall Competitor of the Year Asuka
TakeOver of the Year NXT TakeOver: WarGames
Tag Team of the Year Sanity (Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, and Killian Dain)
Future Star of NXT Cezar Bononi

Debuts

[edit]
Hanan

Retirements

[edit]
Sid Eudy
Big Van Vader
Mark Henry

Deaths

[edit]
Jimmy Snuka
George Steele
Ivan Koloff
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (front)

See also

[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2017 in professional wrestling.

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