2022 in professional wrestling

2022 in professional wrestling describes the current year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of years in professional wrestling

Beginning in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic severely affected the professional wrestling industry worldwide, with many promotions presenting shows behind closed doors. Some events were canceled while others were rescheduled to occur in 2021 and then some to 2022. Larger companies, such as All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and WWE, resumed live touring with full capacity crowds in July 2021 – further companies also began readmitting fans to events in 2022.

List of notable promotions

These promotions are holding notable shows throughout 2022.

Promotion Name Abbreviation Notes
Active Advance Pro Wrestling 2AW
All Elite Wrestling AEW
All Japan Pro Wrestling AJPW
CyberFight CF CyberFight is an umbrella brand that oversees and promotes four individual promotions: DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro), Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW).
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL
Big Japan Pro Wrestling BJW
Dragon Gate —
Game Changer Wrestling GCW
Gleat — Gleat promotes shows under the G Prowrestling and Lidet UWF sub-brands.
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion FMW-E Formerly known as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and Chō Sentō Puroresu FMW (FMW), in June 2021, the company became FMW-E and began to focus on promoting exploding death matches
Impact Wrestling Impact
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
Michinoku Pro Wrestling M-Pro
National Wrestling Alliance NWA
New Japan Pro-Wrestling NJPW
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla PWG
Pro Wrestling Zero1 Zero1
Ring of Honor ROH Acquired by AEW President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan on March 2.
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 four 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 a developmenal territory. NXT UK is a specialty brand promoted under the NXT banner. 205 Live was another specialty brand under NXT that was dissolved in February.

Calendar of notable shows

January
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
1 WWE: Day 1[1] Atlanta, Georgia Brock Lesnar defeated Big E (c), Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, and Bobby Lashley in a fatal five-way match to win the WWE Championship WWE's first PPV to take place on New Year's Day.
CMLL Sin Salida Mexico City, Mexico Dulce Gardenia defeated Disturbio in a Lucha de Apuestas elimination masks vs. hair steel cage match
4 WWE: New Year's Evil Orlando, Florida Bron Breakker defeated Tommaso Ciampa (c) to win the NXT Championship Aired as a special episode of NXT 2.0. Final event to feature the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada defeated Shingo Takagi (c) to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship First Wrestle Kingdom to be held on three nights as well as the first in which one night was not held at the Tokyo Dome.
5 Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Will Ospreay to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
8 NJPW
CF:		 Yokohama, Japan Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Keiji Mutoh and Kaito Kiyomiya
AEW Battle of the Belts I Charlotte, North Carolina Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (c) defeated Riho to retain the AEW Women's World Championship The first episode in AEW's quarterly Battle of the Belts television special series on TNT.
Impact Hard To Kill Dallas, Texas Mickie James (c) defeated Deonna Purrazzo in a Texas Deathmatch to retain the Impact Knockouts World Championship
NWA Duuuval Brawl Jacksonville, Florida Trevor Murdoch (c) defeated Gangrel to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
14 GCW Most Notorious Detroit, Michigan Alex Colon (c) defeated Hoodfoot to retain the GCW Ultraviolent Championship GCW's debut in the Harpos Theatre.
15 NJPW The New Beginning USA Seattle, Washington Jay White defeated Jay Lethal
21 MLW Blood & Thunder Dallas, Texas Jacob Fatu defeated Mads Krügger
23 GCW The Wrld on GCW New York, New York Matt Tremont and Nick Gage defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) in a Tag team open challenge to win the GCW Tag Team Championship GCW's debut in the Hammerstein Ballroom and the first wrestling event in the venue since 2019.
26 AEW Beach Break Cleveland, Ohio Orange Cassidy defeated Adam Cole in a Unsanctioned Lights Out match Aired live as a special episode of Dynamite. Featured Cody Rhodes' final match in AEW.
Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) (c) (with Christian Cage) defeated Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) (with Matt Hardy and The Blade) to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship Aired on tape delay on January 28 as a special episode of Rampage.
28 CMLL Reyes del Aire Mexico City, Mexico Místico defeated Último Guerrero
29 WWE: Royal Rumble[1] St. Louis, Missouri Brock Lesnar won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Drew McIntyre to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania 38 The event notably saw the return of Ronda Rousey, who won the women's Royal Rumble match to earn a women's championship match at WrestleMania 38. Lesnar chose to challenge Roman Reigns for SmackDown's Universal Championship while Rousey chose to challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship.
Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight Nagoya, Japan Syuri (c) defeated Mirai to retain the World of Stardom Championship
PWG Battle of Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Daniel Garcia defeated Mike Bailey to win the 2022 Battle of Los Angeles
30

February
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
11 NJPW New Years Golden Series in Sendai Sendai, Japan El Desperado (c) defeated Master Wato to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
12 NWA PowerrrTrip Oak Grove, Kentucky Matt Cardona defeated Trevor Murdoch (c) to win the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
13 NJPW New Years Golden Series in Osaka Osaka, Japan Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) defeated Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi
15 WWE: Vengeance Day Orlando, Florida Bron Breakker (c) defeated Santos Escobar to retain the NXT Championship Aired as a special episode of NXT 2.0. First Vengeance to air as a television special.
17 NJPW Rivals Los Angeles, California Jay White defeated Shane Strickland
19 WWE: Elimination Chamber Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Brock Lesnar defeated Bobby Lashley (c), AJ Styles, Austin Theory, Riddle, and Seth "Freakin" Rollins in an Elimination Chamber match to win the WWE Championship First Elimination Chamber held in Saudi Arabia, as well as the first held outside the United States and on a Saturday.
Impact No Surrender Westwego, Louisiana Honor No More (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, PCO, Vincent, and Kenny King) defeated Team Impact (Chris Sabin, Willie Mack, Rhino, Rich Swann, and Steve Maclin)
AAA Rey de Reyes Veracruz, Veracruz Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Johnny Superstar to retain the AAA Mega Championship
NJPW New Years Golden Series in Sapporo Sapporo, Japan Sanada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
20 Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
23 Stardom Cinderella Journey Nagaoka, Japan Saya Kamitani (c) defeated Natsupoi to retain the Wonder of Stardom Championship
26 MLW SuperFight Charlotte, North Carolina The Von Erichs (Marshall von Erich and Ross von Erich) defeated The Mortons (Kerry Morton and Ricky Morton)

March
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
1 NJPW NJPW 50th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
5 Impact Sacrifice Louisville, Kentucky Moose (c) defeated Heath to retain the Impact World Championship
6 AEW Revolution Orlando, Florida "Hangman" Adam Page (c) defeated Adam Cole in a singles match to retain the AEW World Championship
8 WWE: Roadblock Orlando, Florida Dolph Ziggler defeated Tommaso Ciampa and Bron Breakker (c) in a triple threat match to win the NXT Championship Aired as a special episode of NXT 2.0. First Roadblock since December 2016 and the first held as a television special.
11 Stardom Stardom New Blood 1 Tokyo, Japan Utami Hayashishita defeated Miyu Amasaki
12 GCW Astronaut Atlanta, Georgia The H8 Club (Matt Tremont and Nick Gage) (c) vs. The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner and Matthew Justice) for the GCW Tag Team Championship ended in a double pin. GCW's debut in Center Stage.
16 AEW St. Patrick's Day Slam San Antonio, Texas Thunder Rosa defeated Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. (c) in a Steel Cage match to win the AEW Women's World Championship Aired as a special episode of Dynamite.
18 CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Mexico City, Mexico Místico and Averno defeated TJP and Volador Jr.
19 NWA Crockett Cup Nashville, Tennessee The Commonwealth Connection (Doug Williams and Harry Smith) defeated Gold Rushhh (Jordan Clearwater and Marshe Rockett) by submission in a Crockett Cup quarterfinals tag team match
20 Matt Cardona (c) defeated Nick Aldis by disqualification to retain the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
NJPW Strong Style Evolved Tampa, Florida Jay White defeated Chris Sabin
CF: Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan Tetsuya Endo defeated Konosuke Takeshita (c) to win the KO-D Openweight Championship
26 Stardom World Climax 2022 Tokyo, Japan Syuri (c) defeated Giulia to retain the World of Stardom Championship
27 Syuri (c) defeated Mayu Iwatani to retain the World of Stardom Championship
NJPW New Japan Cup Final Osaka, Japan Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tetsuya Naito to win 2022 New Japan Cup
31 MLW Intimidation Games Dallas, Texas The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich) defeated 5150 (Danny Rivera and Hernandez) in a Bunkhouse Brawl
AAA AAA Invades WrestleCon Psycho Clown defeated Black Taurus
WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated The Rottweilers (Homicide and Low Ki)
GCW Bloodsport 8 Chris Dickinson defeated Minoru Suzuki
Joey Janela's Spring Break 6 Part 1 John Wayne Murdoch defeated Alex Colon to win the GCW Ultraviolent Championship

April
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
1 ROH Supercard of Honor XV Garland, Texas Jonathan Gresham (c) defeated Bandido in a Winner Takes All match to determine the undisputed ROH World Champion ROH's first live event since their hiatus in 2021, as well as the first to be promoted under new owner Tony Khan.
NJPW Lone Star Shootout Dallas, Texas Tomohiro Ishii defeated Chris Dickinson
Impact Multiverse of Matches The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
MLW Azteca Underground Jacob Fatu defeated Bestia 666 in an Azteca Apocalypto match
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 6 Part 2 The Second Gear Crew (AJ Gray, Mance Warner and Matthew Justice) won the 54-person Clusterfuck battle royal
2 WrestleCon USA vs. The World Michael Oku (c) defeated Rich Swann to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
WWE: Stand & Deliver Dolph Ziggler (c) defeated Bron Breakker to retain the NXT Championship Aired midday before WrestleMania 38 Night 1.
WWE: WrestleMania 38[1] Arlington, Texas "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated Kevin Owens in a No Holds Barred match This was Austin's first match in 19 years. Also featured Cody Rhodes' return to WWE after six years.
3 Roman Reigns (WWE Universal Champion) defeated Brock Lesnar (WWE Champion) in a Winner Takes All match to become the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Featured Vince McMahon's first match in 12 years.
9 NJPW Hyper Battle[2] Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
10 Zero1
AJPW
NJPW
CF:		 Zero1 20th Anniversary from Ryogoku Kokugikan Takashi Sugiura (c) defeated Shinjiro Otani to retain the Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship
15 AEW Battle of the Belts II Garland, Texas Thunder Rosa (c) defeated Nyla Rose to retain the AEW Women's World Championship Aired on tape delay on April 16.
16 AJPW
NJPW		 Korakuen Hall's 60th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan Kento Miyahara and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jake Lee and Taichi ended in a time limit draw.
NJPW Windy City Riot Villa Park, Illinois Jon Moxley defeated Will Ospreay
23 Impact Rebellion Poughkeepsie, New York Josh Alexander defeated Moose (c) to win the Impact World Championship
29 Stardom Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022
(Night 4)		 Yokohama, Japan Syuri (c) defeated Himeka to retain the World of Stardom Championship
30 AAA Triplemanía XXX: Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Hijo del Vikingo and Fenix First of three Triplemanía events to be held by AAA in 2022.
NWA PowerrrTrip 2 Oak Grove, Kentucky

May
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
1 PWG Delivering The Goods Los Angeles, California Daniel Garcia defeated Bandido (c) to win the PWG World Championship
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
3 WWE: Spring Breakin' Orlando, Florida Airing as a special episode of NXT 2.0.
5 Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour Fukuoka, Japan Saya Kamitani (c) vs. Maika for the Wonder of Stardom Championship
7 Impact Under Siege Newport, Kentucky
8 WWE: WrestleMania Backlash[1] Providence, Rhode Island
13 MLW Kings of Colosseum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
14 NJPW Capital Collision Washington, D.C.
29 AEW Double or Nothing Paradise, Nevada "Hangman" Adam Page (c) vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship Features finals of the inaugural men's and women's Owen Hart Cup tournaments.

June
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
5 WWE: Hell in a Cell[1] Rosemont, Illinois
11 NWA Alwayz Ready Knoxville, Tennessee
12 NJPW Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan
CF: CyberFight Festival 2022 Saitama, Japan
18 AAA Triplemanía XXX: Tijuana Tijuana, Mexico
19 Impact Slammiversary Nashville, Tennessee
23 MLW Battle Riot IV New York, New York
26 AEW
NJPW		 Forbidden Door Chicago, Illinois

July
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
2 WWE: Money in the Bank[1] Paradise, Nevada First Money in the Bank held in a stadium, subsequently becoming one of WWE's "Big Five" PPVs, along with Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series.
16 MLW Never Say Never Chicago, Illinois
30 WWE: SummerSlam[1] Nashville, Tennessee First SummerSlam to not be held in August.

August
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes

September
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
3 WWE: Clash at the Castle[1][3] Cardiff, Wales WWE's first major stadium event in the UK in 30 years.

October
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
15 AAA Triplemanía XXX: Mexico City Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico
TBA WWE: TBA[1] TBA

November
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
26 WWE: Survivor Series[1] Boston, Massachusetts

December
Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes

Notable events

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Rey de Reyes Psycho Clown February 19 Defeated Cibernético, Laredo Kid, Bandido, and Heavy Metal in the final.
Copa Triplemanía Micro Man April 30 Defeated Heavy Metal, Faby Apache, Willie Mack, Charly Manson, Toscano, La Diva Salvaje, Jessy, Dulce Canela, La Hiedra, and Lady Shani in a lumberjack match.
Ruleta de la Muerte TBD October 15 8-man tournament with a Lucha de Apuestes Mask vs. Mask final.

AJPW
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship tournament Kento Miyahara January 22 Defeated Ryuki Honda in the final to win the vacant title.
Champion Carnival TBD May 4

AEW
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
TBS Women's Championship Tournament Jade Cargill January 5 Defeated Ruby Soho in the tournament final to determine the inaugural AEW TBS Champion.
Face of the Revolution ladder match Wardlow March 6 Defeated Keith Lee, Powerhouse Hobbs, Ricky Starks, Orange Cassidy, and Christian Cage to earn an AEW TNT Championship match. Wardlow received his title match on the special "St. Patrick's Day Slam" episode of Dynamite on March 16, but was unsuccessful in winning the championship.
Owen Hart Cup
(Women)		 TBD May 29 Tournament for The Owen Trophy.
Owen Hart Cup
(Men)		 TBD Tournament for The Owen Trophy.

BJW
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Ikkitousen Strong Climb Daisuke Sekimoto February 20 Defeated Yasufumi Nakanoue in the final.

The Crash
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Copa Juvenil Terror Azteca February 20 Defeated Kamik-C, Lazer, Mirage, and Ryan Kidd in a four-way match.

CMLL
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Campeon Universal Del CMLL Mistico April 29 Defeated Titán in the final.

DDT/GanPro/TJPW
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Hardcore Mixed Tag DAY 1 Tournament Itsuki Aoki and Shigehiro Irie January 10 Defeated Asuka and Shota in the final.
Futari No Princess Max Heart Tournament Hakuchuumu
(Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi)		 February 11 Defeated BAKURETSU Sisters (Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino) in the final.
Ultimate Tag League DISASTER BOX
(Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura)		 February 27 Defeated The37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata) to win the 2022 Ultimate Tag League Trophy and the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship.
King of Street Wrestling Chris Brookes April 23 Defeated Abdullah Kobayashi in the final.

DG
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Open the Triangle Gate Championship tournament Natural Vibes
(Kzy, U-T, and Jacky "Funky" Kamei)		 February 20 Defeated Z-Brats (H.Y.O, BxB Hulk, and Shun Skywalker) in the final to win the vacant title.

Gleat
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
G-Rex Championship First Champion Decision Tournament El Lindaman February 22 Defeated Hayato Tamura in the final to become the first G-Rex Champion.

GCW
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Do Or Die Rumble Homicide January 1 Last eliminated Atticus Cogar to earn a GCW World Championship match. He would unsuccessfully challenge Jon Moxley for the title at The Wrld On GCW
Grab The Brass Ring ladder match AJ Gray January 23 Defeated PCO, Alex Colon, G-Rave, Tony Deppen, Jimmy Lloyd, and Jordan Oliver to win a match of his choosing at any time. Gray chose to challenge Jon Moxley for the GCW World Championship at Joey Janela's Spring Break 6 Part 1, but was unsuccessful.
Clusterfuck Battle Royal The Second Gear Crew
(AJ Gray, Mance Warner, and Matthew Justice)		 April 1
Tournament of Survival TBD TBA

IWRG
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Tryout Tournament Yorvak March 6 Defeated Estrella de Oro to win the 2022 Tryout Tournament.

NJPW
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
New Japan Cup Zack Sabre Jr. March 27 Defeated Tetsuya Naito in the final to win the 2022 New Japan Cup and a IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match at Hyper Battle '22, but was unsuccessful.
Best of the Super Juniors TBD June 3
G1 Climax TBD August 18

Noah
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
U-Cup Haijime Ohara, Junta Miyawaki, and Momo No Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada)		 January 7 Defeated Kongo (Aleja, Haoh, Nioh, and Tadasuke) to win the U-Cup.

Zero1
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Chono Camp TBD TBD

Stardom
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Cinderella Rumble Mei Suruga March 27 Last eliminated Miyu Amasaki to win the Cinderella Rumble 2022.
Cinderella Tournament Mirai April 29 Defeated Koguma in the final.

NWA
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Team War El Rudo and Strictly Business
(Chris Adonis and Thom Latimer)		 December 6, 2021
(aired February 15, 2022)		 Defeated Rodney Mack and The End (Odinson and Parrow) in the final for a $30,000 cash prize
Crockett Cup The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)		 March 20 Defeated The Commonwealth Connection (Doug Williams and Harry Smith) in the final for the Crockett Cup Trophy and an NWA World Tag Team Championship match on the April 26 Powerrr, but were unsuccessful.
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship tournament Homicide Defeated Austin Aries, Colby Corino, and Darius Lockhart in the final to win the vacant title

WWE
Accomplishment Winner(s) Date won Notes
Royal Rumble
(Women)		 Ronda Rousey January 29 Winner received their choice of a championship match for either the Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 38. Rousey chose to challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Royal Rumble
(Men)		 Brock Lesnar Winner received their choice of a world championship match for either Raw's WWE Championship or SmackDown's Universal Championship at WrestleMania 38. Lesnar chose to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship. Lesnar won an Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber to win the WWE Championship, making the match a title unification match, but was unsuccessful in unifying the titles.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
(Men)		 The Creed Brothers
(Brutus and Julius Creed)		 February 15 Defeated MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) in the final to win the Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Trophy and an NXT Tag Team Championship match. Originally set for NXT 2.0: Roadblock, The Creed Brothers were attacked in the parking lot before the match, so MSK took their place. However, The Creed Brothers attacked both MSK and champions Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel), rendering the match a no contest. The three teams then competed in a three-way tag team match at NXT Stand & Deliver for the title, which was won by MSK.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
(Women)		 Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray March 16 Defeated Dakota Kai and Wendy Choo in the final for the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Trophy. However, instead of an NXT Women's Tag Team Championship match, Shirai and Ray decided to enter the NXT Women's Championship match at NXT Stand & Deliver, but neither were successful in winning the title.
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal Madcap Moss April 1 Last eliminated Finn Bálor to win the André the Giant Memorial Trophy.
NXT Women's Breakout Tournament TBD TBA 8-women single elimination tournament for a championship opportunity of the winner's choice.
Money in the Bank ladder match
(Women)		 TBD July 2 8-woman ladder match for a women's championship match contract.
Money in the Bank ladder match
(Men)		 TBD 8-man ladder match for a world championship match contract.

Title changes

AJPW
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 23 Kento Miyahara New Year Wars
Night 3		 Defeated Ryuki Honda in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Runaway Suplex (Suwama & Shotaro Ashino)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Super Crazy
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 3 Sugi New Year Wars
Night 2
February 23 Hikaru Sato Dream Power Series
Night 6
All Asia Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – #STRONGHEARTS (T-Hawk and El Lindaman)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 2 TOTAL ECLIPSE
(Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama)		 New Year Wars
Night 1
UWA World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kyu Mogami
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Gaora TV Championship
Incoming champion – Shigehiro Irie
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Yoshitatsu, Seigo Tachibana and Takayuki Ueki
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

2AW
2AW Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Shigehiro Irie
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 21 Kengo Mashimo Grand Slam in Korakuen Hall
2AW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Rule (Ayato Yoshida & The Andrew King Takuma)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 23 Voodoo Murders
(Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama)		 Infinity ~ 2022 Winter
April 10 Ayato Yoshida and Excilio Osu Premium Show ZERO1 20th & 21st Anniversary Pro Wrestling Promoted by Pro Wrestling Zero1.
AIWF World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kevin Phoenix
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Arata
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
UWA World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kyu Mogami
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
UWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Jinsei Shinzaki and The Great Sasuke
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Chiba Six Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Ayumu Honda, Kyu Mogami, and Taishi Takizawa
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Kunio Toshima and Yuma Aoyagi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

AAA
AAA Mega Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo del Vikingo
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 – Dinastía
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AAA Latin American Championship
Incoming champion – Taurus
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Incoming champion – Deonna Purrazzo
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 23 Taya Valkyrie Impact Wrestling Rebellion First time the title changed on an Impact Wrestling show.
AAA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Los Vipers (Arez and Chik Tormenta)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 30 Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti Triplemanía XXX: Monterrey Four-way mixed tag team match also involving Maravilla and Látigo, and Sexy Star II and Komander.
AAA World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Los Mercenarios (La Hiedra, Rey Escorpión, Taurus, and Texano Jr.)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 3 La Empresa
(DMT Azul, Puma King, and Sam Adonis)		 Gira Aniversario XXX

AEW
AEW World Championship
Incoming champion – Adam Page
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
AEW TNT Championship
Incoming champion – Cody Rhodes
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 8 Sammy Guevara Battle of the Belts I Guevara was originally scheduled to face Cody Rhodes for the title, however, after Rhodes came into contact with family who had tested positive for COVID-19, Rhodes was pulled from the match, and Guevara instead faced Dustin Rhodes and defeated him to become the interim TNT Champion. This reign is not included in AEW's official title history.
January 26 Dynamite:
Beach Break		 This was a Ladder match in which Guevara defeated Cody Rhodes to determine the undisputed TNT Champion. This is officially recognized as the end of Cody's reign and the start of Guevara's.
March 9 Scorpio Sky Dynamite
April 15
(aired April 16)		 Sammy Guevara Battle of the Belts II
April 27 Scorpio Sky Dynamite Ladder match
AEW Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 16 Thunder Rosa Dynamite:
St. Patrick's Day Slam		 Steel Cage match
AEW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 5 Jurassic Express
(Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus)		 Dynamite
AEW TBS Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 5 Jade Cargill Dynamite Defeated Ruby Soho in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
FTW Championship
Incoming champion – Ricky Starks
Title not officially sanctioned by AEW.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

BJW
BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Yuko Miyamoto
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Takuya Nomura
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 2 Yuji Okabayashi New Year 2022
BJW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 6
(aired March 12)		 Okami
(Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani)		 BJW
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kota Sekifuda
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Chicharito Shoki, Yasufumi Nakanoue, and Yuji Okabayashi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

The Crash
The Crash Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo del Vikingo
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 18 Vacated Vikingo vacated the title due to an injury.
March 18 Cinta de Oro The Crash Defeated Lince Dorado and Penta El Zero M in a three-way match to win the vacant title.
The Crash Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Dinámico
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 18 Vacated
March 18 Black Destiny The Crash Defeated Black Danger, Septimo Dragon, and Skalibur in a four-way match to win the vacant title.
The Crash Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Lady Flammer
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 28 Sexy Star The Crash Three-way match also involving Lady Maravilla.
The Crash Junior Championship
Incoming champion – Toto
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
The Crash Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – La Rebelión Amarilla (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

CMLL
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hechicero
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Niebla Roja
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
CMLL World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Soberano, Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 2 Dragón Rojo Jr. 79. Aniversario Arena Coliseo
CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Titán
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
CMLL World Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 15 Stigma Martes de Arena Mexico Defeated Suicida in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship
Incoming champion – Chamuel
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship
Incoming champion – Shockercito
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 20 Mercurio Domingos Arena Mexico
CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Titán and Volador Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 23 Los Nuevos Ingobernables
(Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja)		 Domingos Arena Mexico
CMLL World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Nueva Generacion Dinamita (El Cuatrero, Forastero, and Sansón)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 18 Vacated
March 19 Los Malditos
(El Sagrado, Gemelo Diablo I, and Gemelo Diablo II)		 Homenaje A Dos Leyendas Defeated Atlantis and Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero) in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
CMLL World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Princesa Sugehit
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 2 Hombre Bala Jr. and Robin 79 Aniversario Arena Coliseo Defeated La Ola Negra (Akuma and Espanto Jr.) to win the vacant championship
NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Stuka Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Místico
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Volador Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 4 Euforia Super Viernes Defeated Gran Guerrero in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
April 1 El Terrible Super Viernes
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ángel de Oro
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Soberano
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Mexican National Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Panterita del Ring Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Mexican National Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Felino Jr. and Pólvora
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 20 Esfinge and Fugaz Domingos Arena Mexico
Mexican National Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Virus, Cancerbero, and Raziel)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Mexican National Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Dark Silueta
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – La Jarochita and Lluvia
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

DG
Open the Dream Gate Championship
Incoming champion – Kai
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Open the Brave Gate Championship
Incoming champion – SB Kento
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 12 Dragon Dia Open The New Year Gate
Night 4
Open the Twin Gate Championship
Incoming champions – R.E.D. (SB Kento and H.Y.O.)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 13 D'courage
(Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka)		 Open The New Year Gate
Night 5
Open the Triangle Gate Championship
Incoming champions – MASQUERADE (Jason Lee , Kota Minoura, and Shun Skywalker)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 12 R.E.D.
(Eita, Kaito Ishida, and H.Y.O.)		 Open The New Year Gate
Night 4
January 12 Vacated Open The New Year Gate
Night 4		 Vacated when Eita and Ishida were kicked out of R.E.D.
February 20 Natural Vibes
(Kzy, U-T, and Jacky "Funky" Kamei)		 Truth Gate
Night 8 (Evening Show)		 Defeated Z-Brats (H.Y.O, BxB Hulk, and Shun Skywalker) in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
March 5 GOLD CLASS
(Naruki Doi, Kaito Ishida, and Kota Minoura)		 Champion Gate in Osaka
Night 1

Gleat
G-Rex Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 22 El Lindaman G Prowrestling Ver. 18 Defeated Hayato Tamura in the finals of the First Champion Decision tournament to become the inaugural champion.

GanPro
Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship
Incoming champion - Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

TJPW
Princess of Princess Championship
Incoming champion – Miyu Yamashita
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 19 Shoko Nakajima Grand Princess '22
Princess Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Magical Sugar Rabbits (Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
International Princess Championship
Incoming champion – Hikari Noa
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Maki Itoh Tokyo Joshi Pro '22

GCW
GCW World Championship
Incoming champion - Jon Moxley
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
GCW Ultraviolent Championship
Incoming champion - Alex Colon
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 31 John Wayne Murdoch Joey Janela's Spring Break 6
Part 1
GCW Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions - The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 23 The H8 Club
(Matt Tremont and Nick Gage)		 The Wrld on GCW
March 31 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)		 Joey Janela's Spring Break 6
Part 1		 Three-way tag team match involving The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner and Matthew Justice). SLADE replace Tremont.
April 9 BUSSY
(Allie Katch and Effy)		 Paranoid
GCW Extreme Championship
Incoming champion - PCO
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 15 AJ Gray Say You Will

DDT
KO-D Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Konosuke Takeshita
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 20 Tetsuya Endo Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary
DDT Universal Championship
Incoming champion – Daisuke Sasaki
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 20 Mao Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary Three-way match involving Jun Kasai
DDT Extreme Division Championship
Incoming champion – Shinya Aoki
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 14 Yuki "Sexy" Iino DDT Free February: Ultimate Tag League 2022 in Shinjuku!! Turkish Oil Wrestling Rules match. Iino won by Count Out
KO-D Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Disaster Box (Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 3 Vacated Disaster Box vacated the tile before the Ultimate Tag League.
February 27 Disaster Box
(Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura)		 2022 Ultimate Tag League Finals Defeated The37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata) in the finals of the Ultimate Tag League to win the vacant title
March 20 Calamari Drunken Kings
(Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi)		 Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Pheromones (Danshoku "Dandy" Dino, Yuki "Sexy" Iino and Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 10 DAMNATION T.A.
(Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita, and MJ Paul)		 April Fool
KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship/KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Antonio Honda, Yoshihiko, and DISASTER BOX (Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 20 Poison Sawada Julie, Akarangers
(Gentaro and Takashi Sasaki),
and
Suicide Boyz
(Misaki and Thanomsak Toba)		 Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary
O-40 Championship
Incoming champion – Toru Owashi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
Incoming champion – Toru Owashi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 7 Mao DDT Free
February 6 100,000 subscribers to the official YouTube channel Ultimate Tag League 2022 in Numazu!! DDT Pro-Wrestling celebrated the milestone of 100,000 YouTube subscribers. The tablet on which this was shown pinned Mao and all the hundred thousand subscribers were considered champions. Took place at ringside.
February 6 Toru Owashi Took place at ringside.
February 14 Antonio Honda DDT Free February: Ultimate Tag League 2022 in Shinjuku!! Five-way two-minute time-limit scramble match also involving Danshoku "Dandy" Dino, Masahiro Takanashi and Shunma Katsumata.
February 14 Danshoku "Dandy" Dino Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Masahiro Takanashi Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Toru Owashi Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Antonio Honda Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Danshoku "Dandy" Dino Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Masahiro Takanashi Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Foot massage mat Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Antonio Honda Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Toru Owashi Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Masahiro Takanashi Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Shunma Katsumata Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Danshoku "Dandy" Dino Took place in the same scramble match.
February 14 Antonio Honda Took place in the same scramble match. Honda succeeded in defending the title for two full minutes to win the match.
February 14 Lingling Shook Honda's hand and crushed it to become the new champion. Lingling is part of the idol band Bish.
March 25 Apple Universe Bible Took place during the final episode of Abema's Universe Bible. Lingling attempted to crush an apple with her hand but eventually "gave up".
March 25 Antonio Honda Universe Bible Took place during the final episode of Abema's Universe Bible. Honda pinned the apple to win the title.
March 27 Shinichiro Kawamatsu Day Dream Believer 2022
Pre-show		 YouTuber and Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblyman. Kawamatsu pinned Antonio Honda after he had just successfully defended the title against Pokotan.

Impact
Impact World Championship
Incoming champion – Moose
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 23 Josh Alexander Rebellion
Impact X Division Championship
Incoming champion – Trey Miguel
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 23 Ace Austin Rebellion Three-way match also involving Mike Bailey.
Impact Knockouts World Championship
Incoming champion – Mickie James
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 5 Tasha Steelz Sacrifice
Impact World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 5 Violent By Design
(Eric Young, Deaner, and Joe Doering)		 Sacrifice Young and Doering represented VBD
Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 5 The Influence
(Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood)		 Sacrifice
Impact Digital Media Championship
Incoming champion – Jordynne Grace
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 21
(aired February 1)		 Matt Cardona Impact!

IWRG
IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo del Espectro Jr.
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship
Incoming champion – Aster Boy
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Dragon Bane
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 6 Travis Banks El Protector
April 3 Dr. Cerebro Guerra del Golfo
IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Bryce Benjamin and Marshe Rockett
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Centella de Oro, Multifacético, and Prayer
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
Incoming champion – Jessy Ventura
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo del Alebrije
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 27 Dick Angelo 3G IWRG
IWRG Rey del Aire Championship
Incoming champion – Dragon Bane
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 2 Freelance Guerreros De Acero Steel Cage match
IWRG Mexico Championship
Incoming champion – Toxin
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
IWRG Rey del Ring Championship
Incoming champion – El Hijo de Canis Lupus
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Distrito Federal Trios Championship
Incoming champions – El Infierno Eterno (Demonio Infernal, Eterno, and Lunatic Xtreme)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

MLW
MLW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Alexander Hammerstone
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
MLW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – 5150 (Danny Rivera and Slice Boogie)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 26 Hustle and Power
(EJ Nduka and Calvin Tankman)		 SuperFight
MLW World Middleweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tajiri
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 21 Myron Reed Blood & Thunder Four-way match also involving Matt Cross and Bandido, who Young pinned
MLW National Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Alex Kane
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
MLW Caribbean Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – King Muertes
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 31 Octagón Jr. Intimidation Games Four Corners match involving El Dragón and El Hijo de L.A. Park
MLW Women's Featherweight Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 13 TBD Kings of Colosseum Match between Taya Valkyrie and Holidead to determine the inaugural champion.

M-Pro
Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Musashi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Tohoku Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 6 Gaina and Taro Nohashi Michinoku Pro Wrestling
UWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Gaina and Taro Nohashi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

Zero1
World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Takashi Sugiura
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
United National Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Vice
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Fuminori Abe
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 10 Astroman Osu Premium Show ZERO1 20th & 21st Anniversary Pro Wrestling Also for Abe's International Junior Heavyweight Championship.
International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Fuminori Abe
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 10 Astroman Osu Premium Show ZERO1 20th & 21st Anniversary Pro Wrestling Also for Abe's World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 6 Junya Matsunaga & Takafumi 21st Anniversary Launch
International Lightweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Sugi and Raicho
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Zero1 USA World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Camaro Jackson
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Zero1 USA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Jimmy Karryt
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Zero1 USA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Besties In The World (Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Zero1 USA World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 23 Max The Impaler Zero1 USA Defeated Rahne Victoria in the finals of the Josei Taichi Tournament for the vacant title
Blast King Championship
Incoming champions – Taru
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Blast Queen Championship
Incoming champion – Hiroyo Matsumoto
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Blast King Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Revengers (Masato Tanaka and Kide Kubota)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

Noah
GHC Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Katsuhiko Nakajima
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 23 Kazuyuki Fujita Gain Control 2022 in Nagoya
April 27 Vacated Vacated after Fujita tested positive for COVID-19.
April 30 Go Shiozaki Majestic 2022 Defeated Kaito Kiyomiya to win the vacant title.
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hayata
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 10 Daisuke Harada N Innovation U-Cup
Night 3
March 13 Eita Great Voyage in Yokohama 2022
April 29 Hayata Majestic 2022 - N Innovation
GHC National Championship
Incoming champion – Kenoh
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 23 Masakatsu Funaki Higher Ground
Night 1
GHC Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – M's Alliance (Keiji Muto & Naomichi Marufuji)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 3 Vacated Vacated after Muto suffered a hip injury.
March 13 Sugiura-gun
(Takashi Sugiura and Hideki Suzuki)		 Great Voyage 2022 In Yokohama Defeated Kaito Kiyomiya and Daiki Inaba in a tournament final for the vacant titles.
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 22 Stinger
(Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu)		 Higher Ground
Night 1		 Defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara to win the vacant title.
February 11 Vacated Vacated after Yoshioka suffered a heel injury.
February 23 Atsushi Kotoge and Yo-Hey Gain Control 2022 in Nagoya Defeated Stinger (Hayata and Yuya Susumu) to win the vacant title.
April 29 Stinger
(Chris Ridgeway and Yoshinari Ogawa)		 Majestic 2022 - N Innovation

Stardom
World of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Syuri
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Wonder of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Saya Kamitani
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Goddess of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Alto Livello Kabaliwan (Giulia and Syuri)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 9 FWC
(Hazuki & Koguma)		 New Years Stars in Korokuen Hall
Night 2
March 26 Black Desire
(Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid)		 World Climax 2022
Night 1
Artist of Stardom Championship
Incoming champions – MaiHimePoi (Maika, Himeka, and Natsupoi)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
High Speed Championship
Incoming champion – Starlight Kid
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 23 AZM Cinderella Journey In Nagaoka
SWA World Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 29 Thekla Nagoya Supreme Fight Defeated Mina Shirakawa for the vacant title.
Future of Stardom Championship
Incoming champion – Hanan
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

NJPW
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Shingo Takagi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Kazuchika Okada Wrestle Kingdom 16
Night 1
IWGP United States Championship
Incoming champion – Kenta
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 5 Hiroshi Tanahashi Wrestle Kingdom 16
Night 2		 No Disqualification match
February 19 Sanada New Years Golden Series in Sapporo
April 9 Vacated Hyper Battle '22 Sanada vacated the title after suffering a fractured orbital bone.
May 1 Hiroshi Tanahashi Wrestling Dontaku 2022 Defeated Tomohiro Ishii, who replaced Will Ospreay after the latter had contracted COVID-19, for the vacant title.
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)		 Wrestle Kingdom 16
Night 1
April 9 United Empire
(Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan)		 Hyper Battle '22
May 1 Bullet Club
(Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens)		 Wrestling Dontaku 2022 Three-way tag team match also involving Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – El Desperado
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 1 Taiji Ishimori Wrestling Dontaku 2022
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 19 Six Or Nine
(Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato)		 New Years Golden Series in Sapporo Four-way tag team match involving Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) and Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
NEVER Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tomohiro Ishii
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Evil Wrestle Kingdom 16
Night 1
May 1 Tama Tonga Wrestling Dontaku 2022
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – House of Torture (Evil, Sho, and Yujiro Takahashi)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
KOPW
Incoming Champion – Toru Yano
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Strong Openweight Championship
Incoming Champion - Tom Lawlor
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

NWA
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Trevor Murdoch
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 12 Matt Cardona PowerrrTrip
NWA National Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Adonis
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 12 Anthony Mayweather PowerrrTrip
March 20 Jax Dane Crockett Cup
Night 2		 This was Dane's Champion Series title match.
NWA World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Tyrus
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(Title reactivated)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 20 Homicide Crockett Cup
Night 2		 Defeated Austin Aries, Darius Lockhart, and Colby Corino in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
NWA World Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Kamille
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NWA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf 450)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Hex (Allysin Kay and Marti Belle)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

ROH
ROH World Championship
Incoming champions – Bandido and Jonathan Gresham
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
Bandido and Gresham were originally supposed to wrestle at Final Battle for the title, but Bandido was pulled from the show after contracting COVID-19. Gresham defeated Jay Lethal at the event to win the original ROH World Championship title, but Bandido was still recognized as champion, carrying the current design. Both champions would make defenses of their titles through the year until ROH's return from hiatus at Supercard of Honor XV, where Gresham defeated Bandido to become the undisputed champion.
ROH World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Rhett Titus
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 1 Minoru Suzuki Supercard of Honor XV
April 13 Samoa Joe AEW Dynamite First time the title changed hands on an All Elite Wrestling show.
ROH Pure Championship
Incoming champion – Josh Woods
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 1 Wheeler Yuta Supercard of Honor XV
ROH Women's World Championship
Incoming champion – Rok-C
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 9
(aired January 13)		 Deonna Purrazzo Impact! First time the title changed hands on an Impact Wrestling show.
April 1 Mercedes Martinez Supercard of Honor XV Purrazzo was unable to defend the title at the event as she was already booked for Multiverse of Matches the same night. Martinez defeated Willow Nightingale to become the interim champion.
ROH World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 1 FTR
(Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)		 Supercard of Honor XV
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Righteous (Bateman, Dutch, and Vincent)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

WWE
  – Raw
  – SmackDown
  – NXT
  – NXT UK
  – Unbranded

Raw and SmackDown

Raw and SmackDown each have a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship.

WWE Championship
Incoming champion – Big E
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 1 Brock Lesnar Day 1 Fatal five-way match also involving Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley, and Seth "Freakin" Rollins. Lesnar was originally scheduled to face Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at this event, but that match was canceled as Reigns tested positive for COVID-19 and Lesnar was instead added to this WWE Championship match.
January 29 Bobby Lashley Royal Rumble
February 19 Brock Lesnar Elimination Chamber Elimination Chamber match, also involving AJ Styles, Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Riddle, and Austin Theory, who Lesnar last eliminated to win.
April 3 Roman Reigns WrestleMania 38
Night 2		 Winner Takes All match in which Reigns also defended the WWE Universal Championship.
WWE Universal Championship
Incoming champion – Roman Reigns
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
WWE United States Championship
Incoming champion – Damian Priest
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 28 Finn Bálor Raw
April 18 Theory Raw
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Shinsuke Nakamura
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 11
(aired February 18)		 Sami Zayn SmackDown
March 4 Ricochet SmackDown
WWE Raw Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Becky Lynch
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 2 Bianca Belair WrestleMania 38
Night 1
WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Charlotte Flair
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 10 Alpha Academy
(Chad Gable and Otis)		 Raw
March 7 RK-Bro
(Randy Orton and Riddle)		 Raw Triple threat tag team match also involving Kevin Owens and Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

NXT
NXT Championship
Incoming champion – Tommaso Ciampa
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Bron Breakker NXT 2.0:
New Year's Evil
March 8 Dolph Ziggler NXT 2.0:
Roadblock		 Triple threat match also involving Tommaso Ciampa, who Ziggler pinned.
April 4 Bron Breakker Raw First NXT Championship match contested on Raw.
NXT North American Championship
Incoming champion – Carmelo Hayes
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
At NXT 2.0: New Year's Evil, Hayes defeated Roderick Strong in a championship unification match to absorb the NXT Cruiserweight Championship into the NXT North American Championship
April 2 Cameron Grimes NXT Stand & Deliver Fatal five-way ladder match also involving Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa, and Grayson Waller.
NXT Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Mandy Rose
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NXT Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 2 MSK
(Nash Carter and Wes Lee)		 NXT Stand & Deliver This was a triple threat tag team match also involving The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed).
April 8 Vacated — Vacated after Nash Carter was released from WWE following abuse allegations from his wife Kimber Lee and a photo surfacing of him impersonating Adolf Hitler.
March 13 Pretty Deadly
(Elton Prince and Kit Wilson)		 NXT 2.0 Last eliminated The Creed Brothers (Brutus and Julius Creed) in a gauntlet match to win the vacant titles.
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 2 Raquel González and Dakota Kai NXT Stand & Deliver
Kickoff
April 5 Toxic Attraction
(Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne)		 NXT 2.0
NXT Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Roderick Strong
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 4 Carmelo Hayes NXT 2.0:
New Year's Evil		 Championship unification match in which Hayes also defended the NXT North American Championship.
Unified Unified into the NXT North American Championship.

NXT UK
NXT United Kingdom Championship
Incoming champion – Ilja Dragunov
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NXT UK Heritage Cup
Incoming champion – Noam Dar
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NXT UK Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Meiko Satomura
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
NXT UK Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)

Unbranded

These titles are not brand exclusive. The colors indicate the home brand of the champions (names without a color are former WWE wrestlers, Hall of Famers, or non-wrestlers).

WWE 24/7 Championship
Incoming champion – Dana Brooke
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 14 Reggie Raw Pinned Dana Brooke in a restaurant.
February 21 Dana Brooke Raw Pinned Reggie in the ring.
April 18 Reggie Raw Pinned Dana Brook in the ring during a wedding ceremony.
Tamina Pinned Reggie in the ring during a wedding ceremony.
Akira Tozawa Pinned Tamina in the ring during a wedding ceremony.
Dana Brooke Pinned Akira Tozawa in the ring during a wedding ceremony.
May 2 Nikki A.S.H Raw Pinned Dana Brooke backstage.
Dana Brooke in the ring.
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Queen Zelina and Carmella
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 3 Sasha Banks and Naomi WrestleMania 38
Night 2		 Fatal four-way tag team match also involving Rhea Ripley & Liv Morgan and Natalya & Shayna Baszler.

Awards and Honors

WWE Hall of Fame
Main article: WWE Hall of Fame (2022)
Category Inductee
Individual The Undertaker
Vader
Queen Sharmell
Group The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
Warrior Award Shad Gaspard

ROH Hall of Fame
Main article: ROH Hall of Fame
Category Inductee
Individual Bryan Danielson
Samoa Joe
CM Punk
Group The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
Legacy Award Cary Silkin

Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
Inductee
Jerry Lynn
Ruckus
Homicide
LuFisto
Tracy Smothers
Dave Prazak

Debuts

Retirements
Triple H

Deaths
Scott Hall

See also

References
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