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2014 in professional wrestling

Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 2014

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Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	CMLL
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide	AAA	The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla	PWG
Ring of Honor	ROH
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	TNA
World Wrestling Council	WWC
Wrestle-1	—
WWE	—	WWE stands for World Wrestling Entertainment, which is still the legal name, but the company ceased using the full name in April 2011, with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism. NXT served as WWE's developmental territory.

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
4	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 8	Tokyo	Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
6	WWC	Euphoria	Bayamon, Puerto Rico	Apolo defeat Gilbert
26	WWE	Royal Rumble	Pittsburgh	Batista won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Roman Reigns to earn a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXX
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
2	TNA	One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2	London, England	12-man Joker's Wild gauntlet battle royal
9	NJPW	The New Beginning in Hiroshima	Hiroshima	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
11	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka	Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hirooki Goto in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
21	ROH	ROH 12th Anniversary Show	Philadelphia	Kevin Steen defeated Cliff Compton in an Unsanctioned Philadelphia Street Fight
23	WWE	Elimination Chamber	Minneapolis	Randy Orton (c) defeated Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Cesaro, Christian, and Sheamus in an Elimination Chamber match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
27	WWE: NXT	Arrival	Winter Park	Adrian Neville defeated Bo Dallas (c) in a Ladder match to win the NXT Championship	WWE's first NXT-branded event and their first event streamed live on the WWE Network.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
2	TNA Wrestle-1	One Night Only: Global Impact Japan	Tokyo, Japan	Kai vs. Magnus for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
9	TNA	Lockdown	Miami	Team MVP (MVP, The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) and Willow) defeated Team Dixie (Bobby Roode, Austin Aries and The BroMans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz)) in a Lethal Lockdown match with Bully Ray as special guest referee. The leader of the winning team received complete control of Wrestling Operations. Had Team Dixie won, Roode would have gained 10% ownership of TNA.
16	AAA	Rey de Reyes	Monterrey, Mexico	Four-way elimination Rey de Reyes tournament final match
23	NJPW	New Japan Cup Final	Hyogo	Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Bad Luck Fale in the tournament final to win the 2014 New Japan Cup
28	PWG	PWG Mystery Vortex II	Reseda, California	Adam Cole (c) defeated Candice LeRae in a singles match for the PWG World Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
4	ROH	Supercard of Honor VIII	Westwego	Adam Cole (c) defeated Jay Briscoe in the Ladder War V to retain the ROH World Championship
6	NJPW	Invasion Attack	Tokyo	Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
6	WWE	WrestleMania XXX	New Orleans	Daniel Bryan defeated Batista and Randy Orton (c) in a Triple threat match to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Bryan made Batista submit.
12	TNA	One Night Only: World Cup	Tokyo, Japan	Five-on-Five Elimination Tag Team match
12	TNA	One Night Only: X-Travaganza	Orlando, Florida	Five-on-Five Elimination Tag Team match
27	CMLL	58. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Los Revolucionarios del Terror (Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora and Rey Escorpión) defeated Atlantis, La Sombra and Místico
27	TNA	Sacrifice	Orlando	Eric Young (c) defeated Magnus in a Singles match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
3	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka	A.J. Styles defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
4	WWE	Extreme Rules	East Rutherford	Daniel Bryan (c) defeated Kane in an Extreme Rules match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
10	ROH NJPW	Global Wars	Toronto	Adam Cole (c) defeated Kevin Steen in a Singles match to retain the ROH World Championship
10	TNA	One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown	Orlando, Florida	Knockouts Gauntlet match to crown the "Queen of the Knockouts"
10	TNA	One Night Only: Victory Road	Orlando, Florida	12-man Gauntlet battle royal match for a future shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
17	ROH NJPW	War of the Worlds	New York City	A.J. Styles (c) defeated Kazuchika Okada, and Michael Elgin in a Three-way match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
25	NJPW	Back to the Yokohama Arena	Yokohama	A.J. Styles (c) defeated Kazuchika Okada in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
29	WWE: NXT	TakeOver	Winter Park	Adrian Neville (c) defeated Tyson Kidd in a Singles match to retain the NXT Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
1	WWE	Payback	Rosemont	The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose) defeated Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista) in a No Holds Barred Elimination match
8	NJPW	Best of the Super Juniors	Tokyo	Ricochet defeated Kushida in final match in Best Of The Super Junior 2014.
15	TNA	Slammiversary	Arlington	Eric Young (c) defeated Lashley and Austin Aries in a Three-way Steel Cage match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
21	NJPW	Dominion	Osaka	Bad Luck Fale defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
22	ROH	Best in the World	Nashville	Michael Elgin defeated Adam Cole (c) in a Singles match to win the ROH World Championship
29	WWE	Money in the Bank	Boston	John Cena defeated Kane, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, Bray Wyatt, and Cesaro in a Ladder match for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
20	WWE	Battleground	Tampa	John Cena (c) defeated Kane, Randy Orton, and Roman Reigns in a Fatal 4-Way match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
1	CMLL	Juicio Final	Mexico City	Rush defeated Negro Casas in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, Hair vs. Hair match
9	AAA	Triplemanía XXII	Mexico City	El Hijo del Perro Aguayo defeated Cibernético, Dr. Wagner Jr. (with El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.) and Myzteziz in a Four-way elimination match for Copa Triplemanía XXII
10	NJPW	G1 Climax Final	Saitama	Kazuchika Okada defeats Shinsuke Nakamura in the final of the 2014 G1 Climax
17	AAA	Triplemanía XXII	Mexico City, Mexico	El Hijo del Perro Aguayo defeated Cibernético, Dr. Wagner Jr. (with El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.) and Myzteziz
17	WWE	SummerSlam	Los Angeles	Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena (c) in a Singles match to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
29-31	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles	Reseda, California	Ricochet defeated Johnny Gargano and Roderick Strong via pinfall to win the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
5	TNA	One Night Only: Turning Point	Charlottesville, Virginia	Jeff Hardy defeated MVP
6	TNA	One Night Only: Rivals	Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina	Jeff Hardy defeated Magnus
6	ROH	All Star Extravaganza	Toronto	reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) (c) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) 2-1 in a 2-out-of-3 falls match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
11	WWE: NXT	TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way	Winter Park	Adrian Neville (c) defeated Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze, and Tyson Kidd in a Fatal 4-Way match to retain the NXT Championship
19	CMLL	CMLL 81st Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Atlantis defeated Último Guerrero in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match
21	WWE	Night of Champions	Nashville	John Cena defeated Brock Lesnar (c) by disqualification in a Singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
21	NJPW	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe	Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Bad Luck Fale (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
23	NJPW	Destruction in Okayama	Okayama	Kazuchika Okada defeated Karl Anderson in a Singles match for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
12	AAA	Heroes Inmortales	San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and El Texano, Jr. defeated El Mesías and El Patrón Alberto
12	TNA Wrestle-1	Bound for Glory	Tokyo	The Great Muta and Tajiri defeated The Revolution (James Storm and The Great Sanada) in a Tag team match
13	NJPW	King of Pro-Wrestling	Tokyo	Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated A.J. Styles (c) in a Singles match to win IWGP Heavyweight Championship
25	WWC	41st WWC Aniversario	Caguas, Puerto Rico	Invader #1 Vs. El Bronco finished in a double disqualification
26	WWE	Hell in a Cell	Dallas	Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose in a Hell in a Cell match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
8	NJPW	Power Struggle	Osaka	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Katsuyori Shibata in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
23	WWE	Survivor Series	St. Louis	Team Cena (John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan, and Ryback) defeated Team Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Mark Henry, Rusev, and Luke Harper) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match Since Team Authority lost, they were removed from power. Had Team Cena lost, Cena's teammates (with the exception of Cena himself) would have been fired.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
5	CMLL	Infierno en el Ring	Mexico City	10-man steel cage elimination match contested under Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match
7	AAA	Guerra de Titanes	Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico	El Patrón Alberto (with El Mesías) defeated El Texano Jr. (c) (with El Hijo del Perro Aguayo) in a Singles match for the AAA Mega Championship
7	NJPW	World Tag League Final	Nagoya	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata defeat Bullet Club (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) in the final of the 2014 World Tag League tournament.
7	ROH	Final Battle	New York City	Jay Briscoe (c) defeated Adam Cole in a Fight Without Honor to retain the ROH World Championship
9	WWE	Tribute to the Troops	Columbus, Georgia	John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan and Ryback defeated Luke Harper and The Authority (Seth Rollins, Big Show & Kane) (with J&J Security)
11	WWE: NXT	TakeOver: R Evolution	Winter Park	Sami Zayn defeated Adrian Neville (c) in a Title vs. Career match to win the NXT Championship Had Sami Zayn lost, he would have been forced to retire.
14	WWE	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	Cleveland	Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Rey de Reyes	La Parka	March 16
Copa Triplemanía	El Hijo del Perro Aguayo	August 17	Defeated Cibernético, Dr. Wagner Jr. and Myzteziz to win.
Copa Antonio Peña	Myzteziz	October 12	Defeated La Parka, Blue Demon, Jr., Australian Suicide, El Zorro, Pentagón, Jr., Fénix, and Daga to win.

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won
Joker's Wild	Ethan Carter III	February 2
World Cup	Team Young (Eric Young, Bully Ray, Eddie Edwards, Gunner, ODB)	April 12
Knockouts Knockdown	Madison Rayne	May 10
TNA X Division Championship Tournament	Samoa Joe	August 7
Gold Rush Tournament	Austin Aries	September 24
TNA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament	The Hardys (Matt and Jeff Hardy)	October 15
British Boot Camp season 2	Mark Andrews	December 7

AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
Incoming champion – Dinastía
No title changes

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Incoming champion – Faby Apache
August 17	Taya	Triplemanía XXII

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Drago and Faby Apache
April 19	La Sociedad (Pentagón Jr. and Sexy Star)	AAA Television Taping

AAA World Trios Championship
Incoming champions – Los Psycho Circus (Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown)
No title changes

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Royal Rumble	Batista	January 26	Last eliminated Roman Reigns to win a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXX, but was unsuccessful in the triple threat match against champion Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan, who won.
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal	Cesaro	April 6	Last eliminated Big Show in the inaugural match to win the André the Giant Memorial Trophy.
WWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Bad News Barrett	April 28	Defeated Rob Van Dam in the tournament final to win an Intercontinental Championship match at Extreme Rules, where Barrett defeated Big E to win the title.
Money in the Bank ladder match	Seth Rollins	June 29	Defeated Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Dean Ambrose, Rob Van Dam, and Jack Swagger to win a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match contract, which he cashed in at WrestleMania 31 the following year to win the title; during the main event match in which Brock Lesnar defended the title against Roman Reigns, Rollins cashed in during the match, converting the singles match into a triple threat match in which Rollins pinned Reigns to win Lesnar's title.
NXT Women's Championship Tournament	Charlotte	May 29	Defeated Natalya in the tournament final to win the vacant NXT Women's Championship; previous champion Paige was stripped of the title after she had won the WWE Divas Championship and was promoted to the main roster.
NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara)	July 31	Defeated The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) in the tournament final to win an NXT Tag Team Championship match at TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, where The Lucha Dragons defeated The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) to win the title.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AAA Mega Championship
Incoming champion – El Texano, Jr.
December 7	El Patron Alberto	Guerra de Titanes

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
AAA Fusion Championship
Incoming champion – Fenix
August 17	El Hijo del Fantasma	Triplemanía XXII
August 17	Retired	Triplemanía XXII	After El Hijo del Fantasma defeated Fenix to unify the AAA Fusion Championship with the AAA Cruiserweight Championship, the AAA Fusion Championship was retired and the AAA Cruiserweight Championship became the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AAA Latin American Championship
Incoming champion – Blue Demon Jr.
March 16	Vacated	Rey de Reyes
March 16	Chessman	Rey de Reyes

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Daga
August 17	El Hijo del Fantasma	Triplemanía XXII

Date	Winner	Event/Show
AAA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Los Güeros del Cielo (Angélico and Jack Evans (2))
December 7	Los Perros del Mal (Joe Líder and Pentagón Jr.)	Guerra de Titanes

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kazuchika Okada
May 3	A.J. Styles	Wrestling Dontaku
October 13	Hiroshi Tanahashi	King of Pro-Wrestling

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Shinsuke Nakamura
January 4	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Wrestle Kingdom 8
April 6	Shinsuke Nakamura	Invasion Attack
June 21	Bad Luck Fale	Dominion 6.21
September 21	Shinsuke Nakamura	Destruction in Kobe

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
January 4	Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)	Wrestle Kingdom 8

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Prince Devitt
January 4	Kota Ibushi	Wrestle Kingdom 8
July 4	Kushida	Kizuna Road
September 21	Ryusuke Taguchi	Destruction in Kobe

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Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
June 21	Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida)	Dominion 6.21
November 8	reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)	Power Struggle

Date	Winner	Event/Show
NEVER Openweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tetsuya Naito
February 11	Tomohiro Ishii	The New Beginning in Osaka
June 29	Yujiro Takahashi	Kizuna Road
October 13	Tomohiro Ishii	King of Pro-Wrestling

Date	Winner	Event/Show
ROH World Championship
Incoming champion – Adam Cole
June 22	Michael Elgin	Best in the World
September 6	Jay Briscoe	All Star Extravaganza 6

Date	Winner	Event/Show
ROH World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Tommaso Ciampa
April 4	Jay Lethal	Supercard of Honor VIII

Date	Winner	Event/Show
ROH World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion(s) – reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)
March 8	The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)	Raising the Bar: Night 2
May 17	reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)	War of the Worlds

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
The Crash Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Fénix^[1]
February 1	Ángel Metálico	The Crash show	This was a four-way Ladder match, also involving Daga and Star Boy.^[2]

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Magnus
April 10	Eric Young	Impact Wrestling	If Magnus had been counted out or disqualified, he would have lost the title. If anyone had interfered in the match, they would have been fired
June 19	Lashley	Impact Wrestling	If anyone besides MVP or Kenny King had interfered, they would have been fired
September 18 (aired October 29)	Bobby Roode	Impact Wrestling	Kurt Angle was the special guest referee

Date	Winner	Event/Show
TNA X Division Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Sabin
January 16	Austin Aries	Genesis
March 2	Sanada	Kaisen: Outbreak
June 20	Austin Aries	Impact Wrestling
June 24	Vacated	Impact Wrestling
June 26	Samoa Joe	Impact Wrestling
September 19	Vacated	Impact Wrestling
September 19	Low Ki	Impact Wrestling

Date	Winner	Event/Show
TNA World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The BroMans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz)
February 23	The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)	Impact Wrestling
March 2	The BroMans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz)	Kaisen: Outbreak
April 27	The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)	Sacrifice
September 19	The Revolution (Abyss and James Storm)	Impact Wrestling

Date	Winner	Event/Show
TNA Knockouts Championship
Incoming champion – Gail Kim
January 16	Madison Rayne	Impact Wrestling
April 27	Angelina Love	Sacrifice
June 20	Gail Kim	No Surrender
September 16	Havok	Impact Wrestling
September 19	Taryn Terrell	Impact Wrestling