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2025 in professional wrestling describes the current year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

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List of promotions

These promotions are holding events throughout 2025.

Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
All Elite Wrestling	AEW
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	CMLL
CyberFight	CF	CyberFight is an umbrella brand that oversees and promotes three individual promotions: DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW).
Deadlock Pro-Wrestling	DPW
DEFY Wrestling	DEFY
Dream Star Fighting Marigold	Marigold
Game Changer Wrestling	GCW
German Wrestling Federation	GWF
House of Glory	HOG
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.
Major League Wrestling	MLW
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling	MLP
National Wrestling Alliance	NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Progress Wrestling	PROGRESS
Prestige Wrestling	Prestige
Revolution Pro Wrestling	RevPro
Ring of Honor	ROH
The Wrestling Revolver	REVOLVER
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	TNA
World Wonder Ring Stardom	Stardom
WWE	—	"WWE" stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which remains the company's legal name, though the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism. WWE divides its roster into three storyline divisions – referred to as brands where wrestlers exclusively perform on their respective weekly television programs. Raw and SmackDown are their two main brands, while NXT serves as their developmenal territory.

Calendar of notable shows

January

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	CF: Noah	The New Year 2025	Tokyo, Japan	Ozawa defeated Kaito Kiyomiya (c) to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship
1	AEW	Fight for the Fallen	Asheville, North Carolina	Rated FTR (Cope, Cash Wheeler, and Dax Harwood) defeated Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta)	Aired as a special episode of AEW Dynamite.
3	Stardom	New Year Dream	Tokyo, Japan
3	Marigold	First Dream		Sareee (c) vs. Utami Hayashishita for the Marigold World Championship
4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 19		Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shota Umino for IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
4	CF: TJPW	Tokyo Joshi Pro '25		Miu Watanabe (c) vs. Mizuki for the Princess of Princess Championship
5	AEW CMLL NJPW ROH Stardom	Wrestle Dynasty		Gabe Kidd vs. Kenny Omega
5	GWF	Strike First, Strike Hard 5	Berlin, Germany
6	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Raw debut on Netflix	Inglewood, California	CM Punk vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins	First episode of Raw on Netflix Featuring apperances from Travis Scott and Vanessa Hudgens.
6	NJPW	New Year Dash!!	Tokyo, Japan
7	WWE: NXT	New Year's Evil	Los Angeles, California	Trick Williams (c) vs. Oba Femi vs. Eddy Thorpe for the NXT Championship	Airing as a special episode of NXT.
9	REVOLVER	Vybe Check	Dayton, Ohio	Brandon Collins vs. A. J. Francis	Featuring the in-ring debut of YouTuber Brandon Collins.
10	GCW	Sorry Pal	Rochester, New York
11	MLW	Kings of Colosseum	North Richland Hills, Texas	Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Matt Riddle for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
	NWA	Shockwave	Forney, Texas		Taping for NWA Powerrr.
	NJPW	Battle in the Valley	San Jose, California
	GCW	Thank Me Later	Columbus, Ohio
15	AEW	Maximum Carnage	Cincinnati, Ohio		Airing as a special episode of AEW Dynamite.
16	AEW	Maximum Carnage	Cincinnati, Ohio		Airing on tape delay on January 18 as a special episode of AEW Collision.
17	HOG	Watch The Throne	Chicago, Illinois
17	DPW	You Already Know	Ridgefield Park, New Jersey		Airing on tape delay on January 25.
19	TNA	Genesis	Garland, Texas	Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Joe Hendry for the TNA World Championship
19	GCW	The People vs. GCW	New York City, New York	Mance Warner (c) vs. TBA for the GCW World Championship
25	AEW	Homecoming	Jacksonville, Florida		Airing as a special episode of AEW Collision.
	GCW BZW	Enter The Zone	Bapaume, France
	HOG	Final Warning	New York City, New York
	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVIII	San Antonio, Texas
26	GCW	Live In London	London, England
26	DPW	TBD	Pasadena, Texas		Airing on tape delay on February 2.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
1	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Royal Rumble	Indianapolis, Indiana	30-man Royal Rumble match
1	GWF	Global Warning	Berlin, Germany
7	DEFY	Hundredth - 8 Year Anniversary	Seattle, Washington
8	MLW	SuperFight 6	Atlanta, Georgia
11	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka, Japan
15	AEW	Grand Slam Australia	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
15	GCW	Jersey J-Cup Night 1	Jersey City, New Jersey
16	GCW	Jersey J-Cup Night 2	Jersey City, New Jersey
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Notes
1	WWE: Raw SmackDown	Elimination Chamber: Toronto	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2	GWF	Chaos City 10	Berlin, Germany
9	AEW	Revolution	Los Angeles, California
14	TNA	Sacrifice	El Paso, Texas
22	NWA	Hard Times V	Dothan, Alabama	Taping for NWA Powerrr.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location
5	MLW	Battle Riot VII	Commerce, California
13	GWF	Mystery Mayhem	Berlin, Germany
17	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 41	Paradise, Nevada
18	WWE: Raw SmackDown	WrestleMania 41	Paradise, Nevada
27	TNA	Rebellion	Los Angeles, California
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
11	MLW CMLL	Azteca Lucha	Cicero, Illinois
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
1	GWF	Rising Heat	Berlin, Germany
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location
12	AEW	All In	Arlington, Texas
20	TNA	Slammiversary	Elmont, New York
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Notes
2	WWE: Raw SmackDown	SummerSlam	East Rutherford, New Jersey	First two-night SummerSlam.
3	WWE: Raw SmackDown	SummerSlam	East Rutherford, New Jersey	First two-night SummerSlam.
24	AEW NJPW	Forbidden Door	London, England
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

January 1 –
- Fight for the Fallen special of AEW Dynamite began All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) new media rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), where Dynamite and AEW Collision will be simulcast on their respective TV channels (TBS and TNT) and WBD's streaming platform Max.
- WWE Network nearly worldwide shut down, with WWE content moved to Netflix in international markets where WWE Network was still available. A select few territories still maintain the WWE Network for an undetermined period of time due to pre-existing contracts and will then transition to Netflix.
January 3 – WWE SmackDown expands to three hours for the first time since its inception.
January 5 – Wrestle Dynasty, a co-promoted supershow between All Elite Wrestling, Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, World Wonder Ring Stardom, and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, will be the first pay-per-view event to air on Max.
January 6 – WWE Raw will premiere on Netflix after airing on the USA Network since 2005, also marking the first time in the show's history in which it will not air on linear television. It will also return to a three-hour broadcast since October 2024.
August 2 & 3 – First two-night WWE SummerSlam.

Accomplishments and tournaments

AEW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
International Women’s Cup	Willow Nightingale, Athena, Persephone, or Momo Watanabe	January 5	Tournament for a championship opportunity from the promotion of the winner's choosing.
Maximum Carnage Casino Gauntlet match	TBD	January 8	Multi-man gauntlet match for an AEW World Championship match at Dynamite: Maximum Carnage. The winner will challenge Jon Moxley for the title at the event.
Owen Hart Cup (Women)	TBD	TBD	Eight-woman single-elimination tournament for the Owen Hart Cup Trophy, Championship, and an AEW World Women's Championship match.
Owen Hart Cup (Men)	TBD	TBD	Eight-man single-elimination tournament for the Owen Hart Cup Trophy, Championship, and an AEW World Championship match.
Continental Classic	TBD	TBD	Twelve-man round-robin tournament for the AEW Continental Championship.

CF

Noah

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Noah The Rumble	Tadasuke	January 1	Last eliminated LJ Cleary to win.

CMLL

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship Tournament	Tengu	January 1	Defeated KeMalito in the final to win the vacant title.
International Women’s Cup	Willow Nightingale, Athena, Persephone, or Momo Watanabe	January 5	Tournament for a championship opportunity from the promotion of the winner's choosing.

GCW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Jersey J-Cup	TBD	February 16	Single-elimination tournament for the JCW World Championship.

GWF

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
GWF World Cup	TBD	May 4

Marigold

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
New Year's Dream Rumble	TBD	January 3

MLW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Battle Riot	TBD	April 5	40-man Battle Riot for an MLW World Heavyweight Championship match at the time and place of the winner's choosing.

NJPW

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
New Japan Ranbo	TBD	January 4	New Japan Ranbo for an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match.
International Women’s Cup	Willow Nightingale, Athena, Persephone, or Momo Watanabe	January 5	Tournament for a championship opportunity from the promotion of the winner's choosing.
New Japan Cup	TBD	March 20	Single-elimination tournament for an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match.

NWA

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	TBD	TBD	Eight-man single-elimination tournament for an NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match.

Stardom

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
International Women’s Cup	Willow Nightingale, Athena, Persephone, or Momo Watanabe	January 5	Tournament for a championship opportunity from the promotion of the winner's choosing.

ROH

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
International Women’s Cup	Willow Nightingale, Athena, Persephone, or Momo Watanabe	January 5	Tournament for a championship opportunity from the promotion of the winner's choosing.

wXw

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
Ambition 16	TBD	March 8	Eight-man single-elimination tournament.
16 Carat Gold Tournament	TBD	March 9	Sixteen-man single-elimination tournament for a wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship match.
Shortcut to the Top match	TBD	August 15	30-man Shortcut to the Top match for a wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship match.

WWE

Accomplishment	Winner(s)	Date	Notes
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Tournament	Lyra Valkyria or Dakota Kai	January 13	12-woman single-elimination tournament for the inaugural WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship. Tournament began on December 2, 2024.
Royal Rumble match (Women)	TBD	February 1	30-woman Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 41
Royal Rumble match (Men)	TBD	February 1	30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 41
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal	TBD	TBD	André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal for the André the Giant trophy
Money in the Bank ladder match (Women)	TBD	TBD	Multi-woman latter match for a women's championship contract.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Men)	TBD	TBD	Multi-man latter match for a men's championship contract.

Title changes

2AW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
2AW Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ayato Yoshida

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
2AW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Buttobe Missile Kickers (Daiju Wakamatsu and Taishi Takizawa)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Chiba Six Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Ayumu Honda, Kyu Mogami, and Taishi Takizawa

AAA

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA Mega Championship
Incoming champion – Alberto El Patrón

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Laredo Kid

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA Latin American Championship
Incoming champion – El Mesías

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Incoming champion – Flammer

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Team India (Satnam Singh and Raj Dhesi)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Mr. Iguana and La Hiedra

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA World Trios Championship
*Incoming champion – Los Psycho Circus* (Psycho Clown, Murder Clown, and Dave the Clown)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Marvel Lucha Libre Championship
Incoming champion – Aracno

AEW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW World Championship
Incoming champion – Jon Moxley

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Mariah May

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW International Championship
Incoming champion – Konosuke Takeshita

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW Continental Championship
Incoming champion – Kazuchika Okada

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW TNT Championship
Incoming champion – Daniel Garcia

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW TBS Championship
Incoming champion – Mercedes Moné

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AEW World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Death Riders (Pac, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta)

AJPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Jun Saito

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Naruki Doi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Gaora TV Championship
Incoming champion – Yuko Miyamoto

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Saito Brothers (Jun Saito and Rei Saito)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
All Asia Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – ELPIDA (Yuma Anzai and Rising Hayato)

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, and Cyrus)
January 2	Baka no Jidai (Fuminori Abe, Hikaru Sato, and Yuma Aoyagi)	New Year Wars

BJW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hideyoshi Kamitani

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hideyoshi Kamitani

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ikuto Hidaka

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
BJW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Mad Man Pondo and Dale Patricks

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Daisuke Sekimoto, Kazumi Kikuta, and Yasufumi Nakanoue

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
UWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Hideyoshi Kamitani and Isami Kodaka

CF

– DDT Pro-Wrestling

– Pro Wrestling Noah

– Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling

DDT

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KO-D Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Brookes

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DDT Universal Championship
Incoming champion – Gringo Loco

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DDT Extreme Championship
Incoming champion – Danshoku Dino

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KO-D Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – The37Kamiina (Mao and To-y)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Damnation T.A. (Daisuke Sasaki, Kanon, and MJ Paul)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Keigo Nakamura, Yuki Ishida, To-y, Kazuma Sumi, and Yuya Koroku

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
O-40 Championship
Incoming champion – Toru Owashi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Ōmori Championship
Incoming champion – Masahiro Takanashi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
Incoming champion – Sanshiro Takagi

Noah

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GHC Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kaito Kiyomiya
January 1	Ozawa	The New Year

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Daga
January 1	Eita	The New Year	This was a two out of three falls match. Eita won 2–1.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GHC National Championship
Incoming champion – Manabu Soya

Date	Winner	Event/Show
GHC Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura
January 1	Team 2000X (Jack Morris and Omos)	The New Year

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Ratel's (Hayata and Yo-Hey)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship
Incoming champion – Shuji Ishikawa

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GHC Women's Championship
Co-promoted with Dream Star Fighting Marigold
Incoming champion – Kouki Amarei

TJPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Princess of Princess Championship
Incoming champion – Miu Watanabe

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Princess Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – 121000000 (Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
International Princess Championship
Incoming champion – Yuki Arai

CMLL

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Gran Guerrero

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Averno

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Templario

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Titán

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Stigma

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship
Incoming champion – Último Dragoncito

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
January 1	Tengu	Sin Salida	Defeated KeMalito in a tournament final to win the vacant title.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Women's Championship
Incoming champions – Zeuxis

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL Japan Women's Championship
Incoming champions – Unagi Sayaka

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – Los Hermanos Chavez* (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champions – El Triangulo* (El Hijo del Villano III and Villano III Jr.)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Trios Championship
*Incoming champions – Los Infernales* (Averno, Euforia, and Mephisto)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CMLL World Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)\|-
NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Atlantis Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Flip Gordon

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Star Black

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Esfinge

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Guerrero Maya Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Rayo Metálico

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Sanely

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champion – Los Depredadores* (Magnus and Rugido)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Trios Championship
*Incoming champion – Los Viajeros del Espacio* (Futuro, Max Star, and Hombre Bala Jr.)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Andrómeda and Skadi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Bestia Negra

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Esfinge

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Zandokan Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Explosivo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Lluvia

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Dulce Gardenia and La Fashion

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Trios Championship
Incoming champion – Crixus, Difunto, and Raider

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Occidente Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Adira and Náutica

The Crash

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – DMT Azul

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Keyra

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tonalli

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Junior Championship
Incoming champion – Gallo Extreme

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Tag Team Championship
*Incoming champion – La Dinistia Wagner* (El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and Galeno del Mal)**

CZW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CZW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Eran Ashe

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CZW Wired Championship
(Title reactivated)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
CZW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Milk Chocolate (Brandon Watts and Randy Summers)

DEFY

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DEFY World Championship
Incoming champion – Kenta

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DEFY Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Marina Shafir

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DEFY PrimoLucha Championship
Incoming champion – Guillermo Rosas

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DEFY Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Sinner and Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams)

DG

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Open the Dream Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Yamato

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Open the Brave Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Yamato

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Open the Twin Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Z-Brats (Jason Lee and Kota Minoura)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Open the Triangle Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Paradox (BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka, and Kagetora)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)\|-
Open the Owarai Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Lingerie Mutoh

DPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DPW Worlds Championship
Incoming champion – Jake Something

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DPW Women's Worlds Championship
Incoming champion – Miyuki Takase

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DPW National Championship
Incoming champion – LaBron Kozone

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
DPW Worlds Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Violence is Forever (Kevin Ku and Dominic Garrini)

Freedoms

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
King of Freedom World Championship
Incoming champion – Kazumi Kikuta

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yuya Susumu

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Violento Jack and Kenji Kenji Fukimoto

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Barefoot King Championship
Incoming champion – Takayuki Ueki

GanPro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yumehito Imanari

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Renegades (Mizuki Watase and Shigehiro Irie)

GCW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GCW World Championship
Incoming champion – Mance Warner

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GCW Extreme Championship
Incoming champion – Maki Itoh

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GCW Ultraviolent Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GCW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Violence is Forever (Kevin Ku and Dominic Garrini)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JCW World Championship
Incoming champion – Masha Slamovich

Gleat

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
G-Rex Championship
Incoming champion – Soma Watanabe

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
G-Infinity Championship
Incoming champion – Kuroshio Tokyo Japan and Seigo Tachibana

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Lidet UWF World Championship
Incoming champion – Katsuhiko Nakajima

GWF

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GWF World Championship
Incoming champion – Peter Tihanyi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GWF Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Lizzy Evo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GWF Berlin Championship
Incoming champion – Rambo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GWF Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Two Sweet Heroes (Aytaç Bahar and Pascal Spalter)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GWF Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Der Clan (Pahlevan Nima and Sultan Suzu)

HOG

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
HOG Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mike Santana

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
HOG Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Megan Bayne

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
HOG Crown Jewel Championship
Incoming champion – Zilla Fatu

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
HOG Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Daron Richardson

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
HOG Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – The Cold Blooded Killers (Charles Mason, Nolo Kitano, and Raheem Royal)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
LPW Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Oni King

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
LPW Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Diamond Virgo

Ice Ribbon

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ICE×∞ Championship
Incoming champion – Yuki Mashiro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
FantastICE Championship
Incoming champion – Akane Fujita

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Triangle Ribbon Championship
Incoming champion – Kyuri

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
International Ribbon Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Mukomako (Hamuko Hoshi and Makoto)

IWRG

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – DMT Azul

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Arez

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Multifacetico Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Aguila Roja

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Keyra

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo de Canis Lupus and Hell Boy

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship
*Incoming champion – Las Shotas* (Jessy Ventura, La Diva Salvaje, and Mamba)**

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo de Canis Lupus

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Rey del Ring Championship
Incoming champion – Vangellys

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Rey del Aire Championship
Incoming champion – Noisy Boy

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWRG Mexico Championship
Incoming champion – Hell Boy

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Distrito Federal Trios Championship
*Incoming champion – El Infierno Eterno* (Demonio Infernal, Eterno, and Lunatic Extreme)**

JTO

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
King of JTO
Incoming champion – Fire Katsumi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JTO Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Genta Yubari

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Queen of JTO
Incoming champion – Sumika Yanagawa

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JTO Girls Championship
Incoming champion – Azusa Inaba

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JTO Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Myo-o (Ibuki and Miyamasa)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
JTO Girls Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Aoi and Tomoka Inaba

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Bomber Tatsuya

Marigold

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Marigold World Championship
Incoming champion – Sareee

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Marigold United National Championship
Incoming champion – Miku Aono

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Marigold Super Fly Championship
Incoming champion – Natsumi Showzuki

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Marigold Twin Star Championship
Incoming champions – Dark Wolf Army (Nagisa Nozaki and Chiaki)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
GHC Women's Championship
Co-promoted with Pro Wrestling Noah
Incoming champion – Kouki Amarei

MLW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
MLW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Satoshi Kojima

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship
Incoming champion – Janai Kai

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
MLW World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Místico

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
MLW National Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Matthew Justice

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
MLW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – CozyMax (Satoshi Kojima and Shigeo Okumura)

M-Pro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Pantera Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tohoku Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Rasse and Ringo Yamaya

NJPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Zack Sabre Jr.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – David Finlay

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
January 5	TBD	Wrestle Dynasty	Match between The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) and Great-O-Khan and a mystery partner for the vacant titles.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Douki

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kushida and Kevin Knight)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Mayu Iwatani
Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NEVER Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Shingo Takagi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Boltin Oleg and Be-Bop Tag Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toru Yano)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NJPW World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Ren Narita

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Strong Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Gabe Kidd

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Strong Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Mercedes Moné
Co-promoted with World Wonder Ring Stardom

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs)

NWA

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World's Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Thom Latimer

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Kenzie Paige

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Mims

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Alex Taylor

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Jeremiah Plunkett

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Carson Bartholomew Drake

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Women's Television Championship
Incoming champion – Big Mama

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Knox and Murdoch

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – The It Girls (Ella Envy and Miss Starr)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NWA United States Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and KC Cazana)

Osaka Pro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship
Incoming champion – Toru

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ryuya Matsufusa

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship
Incoming champion – Joichiro Osaka

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Osaka Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Quiet Storm and Shigehiro Irie

Prestige

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Prestige World Championship
Incoming champion – Alan Angels

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Prestige Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Sinner and Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams)

Progress

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
PROGRESS World Championship
Incoming champion – Luke Jacobs

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Progress World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Nina Samuels

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Progress Atlas Championship
Incoming champion – Axel Tischer

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Progress Proteus Championship
Incoming champion – Simon Miller

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Progress Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley)

PWG

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
PWG World Championship
Incoming champion – Daniel Garcia

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
PWG World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black and Brody King)

RevPro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champions – Michael Oku

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Undisputed British Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Mina Shirakawa

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Will Kaven

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Undisputed British Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Jay Joshua and Connor Mills

REVOLVER

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
REVOLVER World Championship
Incoming champions – Myron Reed

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
PWR Remix Championship
Incoming champion – Jake Something

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
PWR Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Alpha Sigma Sigma (Brent Oakley and KC Jacobs)

ROH

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ROH World Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Jericho

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ROH World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Komander

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ROH Pure Championship
Incoming champion – Lee Moriarty

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ROH Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Athena

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ROH Women's World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Red Velvet

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ROH World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich))

Stardom

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Wonder of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Starlight Kid

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Goddesses of Stardom Championship
Incoming champions – wing★gori (Hanan and Saya Iida)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Artist of Stardom Championship
Incoming champions – Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Saori Anou and Natsupoi)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
High Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Mei Seira

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
SWA World Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Future of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Miyu Amasaki

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
New Blood Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Rice or Bread (Waka Tsukiyama and Hanako)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
IWGP Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Mayu Iwatani
Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Strong Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Mercedes Moné
Co-promoted with New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Tenryu Project

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yusuke Kodama

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Yuya Susumu and Kengo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Koji Iwamoto, Kouki Iwasaki, and Shigehiro Irie

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
United National Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono

TNA

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA World Championship
Incoming champion – Nic Nemeth

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA X Division Championship
Incoming champion – Moose

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA Knockouts World Championship
Incoming champion – Masha Slamovich

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Spitfire (Dani Luna and Jody Threat)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA Digital Media Championship
Incoming champion – PCO

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
International Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – PCO

West Coast Pro

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
West Coast Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Titus Alexander

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
West Coast Pro Wrestling Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Zara Zakher

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
West Coast Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Titus Alexander and Starboy Charlie

WOS

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOS Championship
Incoming champion – Sha Samuels

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOS Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Alex Windsor

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOS Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – UK Pitbulls (Bulk and Big Dave)

WOW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOW World Championship
Incoming champion – Tormenta

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – Miami's Sweet Heat (Laurie Carlson and Lindsey Carlson)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WOW Trios Championship
Incoming champion – Top Tier (Coach Campanelli, Kandi Krush, and Gloria Glitter)

WWE

– Raw

– SmackDown

– NXT

– Unbranded

Raw and SmackDown

Raw and SmackDown each exclusively have a world championship, a secondary championship, and a tag team championship for men, as well as a world championship and a secondary championship for women.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Gunther

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Undisputed WWE Championship (WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship)
Since April 3, 2022, the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship have been held and defended together as the undisputed championship but have maintained their individual lineages.
Incoming champion – Cody Rhodes

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Liv Morgan

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Nia Jax

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Bron Breakker

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE United States Championship
Incoming champion – Shinsuke Nakamura

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship
(Title created)
January 13	TBD	Raw	The title was unveiled prior to the November 25, 2024, episode of Raw. A tournament began on the December 2 episode with the final to be contested between Dakota Kai and Lyra Valkyria.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Women's United States Championship
Incoming champion – Chelsea Green

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)

NXT

NXT exclusively has a primary championship, a secondary championship, a specialty championship, and a tag team championship for men, as well as a primary championship and a secondary championship for women.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT Championship
Incoming champion – Trick Williams

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Roxanne Perez

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT North American Championship
Incoming champion – Tony D'Angelo

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT Women's North American Championship
Incoming champion – Fallon Henley

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT Heritage Cup
Incoming champion – Lexis King

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
NXT Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Nathan Frazer and Axiom

Unbranded

These titles are non-exclusive, available to wrestlers from all three of WWE's brands.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill
As of December 13, 2024, Naomi is filling in for an injured Cargill, but is not recognized as champion as per the official title history.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Dragon Lee

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Women's Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Candice LeRae

wXw

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship
Incoming champions – Peter Tihanyi

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
wXw Shotgun Championship
Incoming champions – Anita Vaughan

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
wXw European Championship
Incoming champions – Mike D Vecchio

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
wXw World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima)

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
wXw Academy Championship
Incoming champions – M4

Zero1

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champions – Go Shiozaki

Date	Winner	Event/Show
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champions – Seiki Yoshioka
January 1	Takumi Baba	Tochi Pro Happy New Year & Shinjiro Otani Aid ~ Stand Up Again and Again

Date	Winner	Event/Show
International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champions – Seiki Yoshioka
January 1	Takumi Baba	Tochi Pro Happy New Year & Shinjiro Otani Aid ~ Stand Up Again and Again

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – M2J (Kengo Mashimo and Naka Shunma)

Awards and honors

Debuts

January 6 – Brandon Collins (REVOLVER)

Retirements

January 11 - Sumie Sakai
April 29 – Meiko Satomura
May 20 – Nanae Takahashi
December 2025 – John Cena

Deaths

Notes

References

Russell, Skylar (June 24, 2024). "WWE Royal Rumble 2025 To Take Place On February 1 In Indianapolis, City Set To Host Future WrestleMania And SummerSlam Events". Fightful. Archived from the original on June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
Lambert, Jeremy; Ross Sapp, Sean (November 8, 2024). "WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 To Take Place In Toronto On March 1st". Fightful. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
Lambert, Jeremy (May 4, 2024). "WWE WrestleMania 41 To Take Place At Allegiant Stadium In Las Vegas On April 19 And 20, 2025". Fightful. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

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