2017 in professional wrestling Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 2017
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2017 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling .
These promotions held notable events in 2017.
Calendar of notable shows
January
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
Notes
4
NJPW
Wrestle Kingdom 11
Tokyo , Japan
Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Kenny Omega to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 1]
6
TNA
One Night Only: Live!
Orlando, Florida
Ethan Carter III vs. Eddie Edwards (c) for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
7
TNA
One Night Only: Joker's Wild
Orlando, Florida
14-person intergender Joker's Wild gauntlet battle royal
Aired on February 10.
7
WWC
Euphoria
Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Alberto El Patron fought Carlito to a no contest for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
8
TNA
One Night Only: Rivals
Orlando, Florida
Jeff Hardy vs. Lashley
Aired on March 17. Final event under the TNA name, as the promotion was renamed to Impact Wrestling the same month that this event aired.
14–15
WWE :
United Kingdom Championship Tournament
Blackpool , England
Tyler Bate defeated Pete Dunne to become the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion [ 2]
20
AAA
Guerra de Titanes
Mexico City
Johnny Mundo (c) defeated Pentagón Jr. to retain the AAA Latin American Championship [ 3]
20
CMLL NJPW
Fantastica Mania (Tokyo shows)
Tokyo , Japan
Dragon Lee (c) defeated Bárbaro Cavernario to retain the CMLL World Lightweight Championship [ 4]
21
Máximo Sexy (c) defeated Hechicero to retain the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship [ 5]
22
Volador Jr. defeated Último Guerrero in a singles match[ 6]
28
WWE :
TakeOver: San Antonio
San Antonio , TX
Bobby Roode defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c) to win the NXT Championship [ 7]
29
WWE :
Royal Rumble
San Antonio , TX
Randy Orton won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Roman Reigns to earn a title match for his brand's world championship at WrestleMania 33 [ 8]
Since Randy Orton was a member of the SmackDown brand, he earned a match for the WWE Championship .
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
February
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
5
NJPW
The New Beginning in Sapporo
Sapporo , Japan
Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [ 9]
11
NJPW
The New Beginning in Osaka
Osaka , Japan
Tetsuya Naito (c) defeated Michael Elgin to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship .[ 10]
12
WWE :
Elimination Chamber
Phoenix , AZ
Bray Wyatt defeated John Cena (c), AJ Styles , The Miz , Dean Ambrose , and Baron Corbin in an Elimination Chamber match to win the WWE Championship .[ 11]
19
DDT
Into The Fight 2017
Tokyo, Japan
Harashima and Kudo defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Dick Togo
26
ROH NJPW
Honor Rising: Japan
Tokyo , Japan
Bullet Club (Adam Cole and Kenny Omega ) defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe ) in a tag team match .[ 12]
27
Bullet Club (Cody , Kenny Omega , Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson ) defeated Chaos (Jay Briscoe , Kazuchika Okada , Mark Briscoe and Will Ospreay ) in an 8-man tag team match.[ 13]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
March
April
May
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
Notes
3
NJPW
Wrestling Dontaku
Fukuoka , Japan
Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Bad Luck Fale to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .[ 24]
9
NJPW
Lion's Gate Project 5
Tokyo , Japan
Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata defeated Katsuya Kitamura and Tomoyuki Oka in a Tag team match
7
ROH NJPW
War of the Worlds
Toronto , Canada
The Elite (Kenny Omega , Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson ) defeated The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian ) and Hiroshi Tanahashi in a Six-man tag team match.
10
Dearborn , MI
Chaos (Beretta , Hirooki Goto , Rocky Romero and Will Ospreay ) defeated Bullet Club (Cody , Hangman Page and Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson ) in an Eight-man tag team match.
12
New York , NY
Christopher Daniels (c) defeated Cody and Jay Lethal in a three-way match to retain the ROH World Championship .
14
Philadelphia , PA
Marty Scurll defeated Adam Cole in a Philadelphia Street Fight match.
20
WWE :
TakeOver: Chicago
Rosemont , IL
The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar ) (c) defeated #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa ) to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship in a Ladder match .
21
WWE :
Backlash
Rosemont , IL
Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton (c) to win the WWE Championship .
The event was also notable for Shinsuke Nakamura 's main roster PPV debut where he defeated Dolph Ziggler .
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
June
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
Notes
3
NJPW
Best of the Super Juniors
Tokyo , Japan
Kushida defeated Will Ospreay in the tournament final to win the 2017 Best of the Super Juniors.
4
AAA
Verano de Escándalo
Ciudad Juárez
Psycho Clown and Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Nuevo Poder del Norte (Carta Brava Jr. and Soul Rocker ) and Los Traidor Clowns (Monster Clown and Murder Clown ) in a Six-way Lucha de Apuestas masks vs. masks match.
4
WWE :
Extreme Rules
Baltimore , MD
Samoa Joe defeated Roman Reigns , Seth Rollins , Finn Bálor , and Bray Wyatt in a Fatal 5-Way Extreme Rules Match to become the number one contender for the WWE Universal Championship at Great Balls of Fire .
11
NJPW
Dominion
Osaka , Japan
Kazuchika Okada (c) and Kenny Omega wrestled to a time limit draw for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
15
NJPW
Lion's Gate Project 6
Tokyo , Japan
Ayato Yoshida and Satoshi Kojima defeated Tomoyuki Oka and Yuji Nagata in a Tag team match
18
WWE :
Money in the Bank
St. Louis , MO
Baron Corbin defeated Shinsuke Nakamura , AJ Styles , Kevin Owens , Sami Zayn , and Dolph Ziggler in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship match contract.
This event featured the first Women's Money in the Bank ladder match. It also featured the return of Maria Kanellis , who had last performed in WWE in 2010, and the WWE debut appearance of her husband Mike Bennett , under new ring name Mike Kanellis .
23
ROH
Best in the World
Lowell , MA
Cody defeated Christopher Daniels (c) to win the ROH World Championship .
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
July
August
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
Notes
13
NJPW
G1 Climax
Tokyo , Japan
Tetsuya Naito defeated Kenny Omega in the tournament final to win the G1 Climax 2017 .
18
CMLL / NJPW / RevPro / ROH
War of the Worlds UK
London, England, U.K.
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)) in a Ten-man tag team match
19
Cody (c) defeated Sanada in a Singles match for the ROH World Championship
20
Silas Young defeated Jay Lethal in a Street fight
19
WWE :
TakeOver: Brooklyn III
Brooklyn , NY
Drew McIntyre defeated Bobby Roode (c) to win the NXT Championship .
The event is notable for the debut of Adam Cole and the reunion of the team reDRagon (under new stable name The Undisputed Era ) after both members Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly made individual debuts on NXT TV
20
DDT
Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017
Tokyo, Japan
Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Tetsuya Endo to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship
WWE :
SummerSlam
Brooklyn , NY
Brock Lesnar (c) defeated Roman Reigns , Samoa Joe , and Braun Strowman in a fatal four-way match to retain the WWE Universal Championship .
26
AAA
Triplemanía XXV
Mexico City
Psycho Clown defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. in a two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas , mask vs. mask match[ 25] [ 26]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
September
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
1–3
PWG
Battle of Los Angeles
Reseda, CA
Ricochet defeated Jeff Cobb and Keith Lee in an elimination three-way match to win the 2017 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
1–3
Chikara
King of Trios
Wolverhampton , England [ 27]
Day 1 : House Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield , Mark Angelosetti and Simon Grimm ) defeated House Attack (Chief Deputy Dunne, Jim Obstruction and Lee Obstruction)Day 2 : House Strong Style (Pete Dunne , Trent Seven and Tyler Bate ) defeated House Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield, Mark Angelosetti and Simon Grimm)Day 3 : House Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) defeated House Sendai Girls (Cassandra Miyagi, Dash Chisako and Meiko Satomura )
10
NJPW
Destruction in Fukushima
Fukushima , Japan
Minoru Suzuki (c) defeated Michael Elgin to retain the NEVER Openweight Championship .
12
WWE
Mae Young Classic
Las Vegas , NV
Kairi Sane defeated Shayna Baszler in the tournament final to win the Mae Young Classic.
16
CMLL
CMLL 84th Anniversary Show
Mexico City
Gran Guerrero defeated Niebla Roja in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match
16
NJPW
Destruction in Hiroshima
Hiroshima , Japan
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship .
22
ROH
Death Before Dishonor
Las Vegas , NV
Cody (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki to retain the ROH World Championship .
24
NJPW
Destruction in Kobe
Kobe , Japan
Kenny Omega (c) defeated Juice Robinson to retain the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship .
24
WWE :
No Mercy
Los Angeles , CA
Brock Lesnar (c) defeated Braun Strowman to retain the WWE Universal Championship .
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
October
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
Notes
1
AAA
Héroes Inmortales XI
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
Pagano defeated El Mesías and Joe Líder in a Death Match .
8
WWE :
Hell in a Cell
Detroit , MI
Kevin Owens defeated Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell match .
The event was also notable for Bobby Roode 's main roster PPV debut where he defeated Dolph Ziggler .
9
NJPW
King of Pro-Wrestling
Tokyo , Japan
Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Evil to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
12
NJPW
Lion's Gate Project 8
Tokyo , Japan
Yuji Nagata defeated Daisuke Kanehira in a Singles match
12
ROH NJPW
Global Wars
Buffalo , NY
The Elite (Kenny Omega , Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson ) (c) defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven , T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia ) in a Six-man tag team match to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship .
13
Pittsburgh , PA
Luxury Trio (Cody , Kenny Omega and Marty Scurll ) (c) defeated Chaos (Toru Yano , Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi ) in a Six-man tag team match to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship .
14
Columbus , OH
The Elite (Kenny Omega , Matt Jackson e Nick Jackson ) (c) defeated Best Friends (Beretta and Chuckie T. ) and Flip Gordon in a Six-man tag team match to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
15
Villa Park , IL
Kenny Omega (c) defeated Yoshi-Hashi to retain the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship .
14, 21
Impact
One Night Only: Collision in Oklahoma
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Lashley vs. Alberto El Patrón
October 14 November 7 December 3
Impact
One Night Only: Canadian Clash
Ottawa, Ontario , Canada Belleville, Michigan Windsor, Ontario, Canada
James Storm vs. Alberto El Patrón
22
WWE :
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
Minneapolis , MN
Kurt Angle , Dean Ambrose , and Seth Rollins defeated The Miz , Braun Strowman , Kane , Cesaro , and Sheamus in a 5-on-3 handicap Tables, ladders, and chairs match .
Kurt Angle 's first match in WWE in since 2006. The event was also notable for Asuka 's main roster debut where she defeated Emma , who was released from her WWE contract a few days later.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
November
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
Notes
5
NJPW
Power Struggle
Osaka , Japan
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Kota Ibushi to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Championship .
5
Impact
Bound for Glory
Ottawa , Canada
Eli Drake (c) defeated Johnny Impact to retain the Impact Global Championship .
Last featured of Gail Kim in Impact.
9
NJPW / RevPro
Global Wars UK
Bethnal Green , United Kingdom
Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Will Ospreay) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) in a Tag team match
10
Walthamstow, United Kingdom
Zack Sabre Jr (c) defeated Will Ospreay in a Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship
16
NJPW
Lion's Gate Project 9
Tokyo , Japan
Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata defeated Daisuke Kanehira and Yuma Aoyagi in a Tag team match
18
WWE :
TakeOver: WarGames
Houston , TX
The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole , Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly ) defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar ) & Roderick Strong and Sanity (Eric Young , Alexander Wolfe & Killian Dain ) in a WarGames Match .
This event featured the first WarGames match in nearly twenty years, and the first under the WWE banner.
19
WWE :
Survivor Series
Houston , TX
Team Raw (Kurt Angle , Braun Strowman , Finn Bálor , Samoa Joe , and Triple H ) defeated Team SmackDown (Shane McMahon , Shinsuke Nakamura , Bobby Roode , Randy Orton , and John Cena ) in a Survivor Series match . Had Team Raw lost, Angle would have been fired as Raw General Manager.
25
WWE :
Starrcade
Greensboro , NC
AJ Styles defeated Jinder Mahal in a steel cage match to retain the WWE Championship
This was the first Starrcade event in 17 years, and the first under the WWE banner. The event was not televised in any form.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
December
Notable events
Tournaments and accomplishments
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)
All Japan Pro-Wrestling (AJPW)
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
Kazuchika Okada , held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship throughout 2017, breaking the record for the longest reign in the title's history on October 22
Pro Wrestling Noah
Naomichi Marufuji , three time and 2017 winner of the Global Tag League .
Ring of Honor
TNA/Impact/GFW
WWE
Randy Orton won his second Royal Rumble , the first being in 2009
Brock Lesnar , who became the first man to have won both the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship when he won the latter at WrestleMania 33
Accomplishment
Winner
Date won
Notes
United Kingdom Championship Tournament
Tyler Bate
January 15
Defeated Pete Dunne in the tournament final to become the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion .
Royal Rumble
Randy Orton
January 29
Winner received a championship match for their own brand's world championship at WrestleMania 33 —either Raw 's Universal Championship or SmackDown 's WWE Championship ; Orton from SmackDown last eliminated Roman Reigns to win a match for the WWE Championship, which he subsequently won from Bray Wyatt .
André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Mojo Rawley
April 2
Last eliminated Jinder Mahal to win the André the Giant Memorial Trophy.
Money in the Bank ladder match (Men)
Baron Corbin
June 18
Defeated Dolph Ziggler , Kevin Owens , Shinsuke Nakamura , Sami Zayn , and AJ Styles to win a WWE Championship match contract. Corbin cashed in his contract on champion Jinder Mahal on the August 15 episode of SmackDown , but failed to win the title due to a distraction by John Cena .
Money in the Bank ladder match (Women)
Carmella
This was the first Women's Money in the Bank ladder match. Defeated Becky Lynch , Charlotte Flair , Natalya , and Tamina to win a SmackDown Women's Championship match contract, however, SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan stripped Carmella of the briefcase two days after the event because of interference by Carmella's manager James Ellsworth , who retrieved the briefcase for Carmella and dropped it to her. A rematch was scheduled for the June 27 episode of SmackDown Live .
Money in the Bank ladder match (Women)
Carmella
June 27
Defeated Becky Lynch , Charlotte Flair , Natalya , and Tamina to definitively win a SmackDown Women's Championship match contract. This was the first Money in the Bank ladder match to not air on pay-per-view, and subsequently the first to take place on SmackDown . Carmella cashed in the contract and defeated Charlotte Flair to win the title on the April 10, 2018 episode of SmackDown .
Mae Young Classic
Kairi Sane
September 12
Defeated Shayna Baszler in the tournament final to win the Mae Young Classic Trophy and a match for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: WarGames , but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Title changes
AAA
TNA/Impact/GFW
NJPW
ROH
The Crash Lucha Libre
Incoming champion – Black Danger
[ 44]
Date
Winner
Event/Show
Note(s)
January 21
Arkángel Divino
The Crash show
[ 45]
December 25
Black Boy
Team 19/27 show
[ 46]
WWE
– Raw
– SmackDown
– NXT
Raw and SmackDown
Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship. Raw also had a championship for their cruiserweight wrestlers .
NXT
Awards and honors
2017 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestler of the Year , AJ Styles
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
WWE
WWE Hall of Fame
2017 Hall of Fame inductee, Kurt Angle
NXT Year-End Awards
The award winners were announced on NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27, 2018.[ 54]
Debuts
Hanan
Retirements
Sid Eudy
Big Van Vader
Mark Henry
Kyoko Kimura (July 20, 2003 – January 22, 2017)
Rosa Mendes (November 2006 – February 13, 2017)[ 55]
Kellie Skater (2007 – February 25, 2017)
Barry Darsow (1983-2001, 2007-2017)
Sachie Abe (May 2, 1996 – April 2, 2017)
Akebono Tarō (March 31, 2005 - April 11, 2017)
Ricardo Rodriguez (August 11, 2006 – May 5, 2017)
Shelly Martinez (December 2000 – May 17, 2017)
Tyson Kidd (July 23, 1995 – June 29, 2017)
Velvet Sky (2003 – July 6, 2017) (return in ROH in 2019)
Bob Armstrong (1960 – July 13, 2017) (returned for a match in 2019)
Mark Henry (September 20, 1996 – August 2, 2017)
Eva Marie (July 1, 2013 – August 4, 2017) (return in WWE in 2021)
Sid Eudy (1987 – August 5, 2017)
Bill Eadie (December 15, 1972 – August 12, 2017)
Big Van Vader (1985-August 26, 2017)
Danny Havoc (July 30, 2005 – September 9, 2017) (returned to wrestling in 2019 until his death in 2020)
Terry Funk (1965-September 23, 2017)
Atsushi Onita (April 14, 1974 – October 31, 2017)
Manami Toyota (August 5, 1987 – November 3, 2017)
Candice Michelle (November 15, 2004 – December 2, 2017)[ 56] (full retirement, through full inactive since 2009)
Dai Suzuki (November 28, 2014 – December 13, 2017)
Great Kabuki (October 31, 1964 – December 22, 2017)[ 57]
Deaths
Jimmy Snuka
George Steele
Ivan Koloff
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (front)
January 9 – Timothy Well , 55[ 58]
January 15 – Jimmy Snuka , 73[ 59]
January 25 – Jun Izumida , 51[ 60]
February 2 – Tom Drake , 86[ 61]
February 10 – Bob Sweetan , 76[ 62]
February 11 – Chavo Guerrero Sr. , 68[ 63]
February 16 – George Steele , 79[ 64]
February 17 – Nicole Bass , 52[ 65]
February 18 – Ivan Koloff , 74[ 66]
February 21 – Bruiser Bedlam , 53[ 67]
March 7 – Ron Bass , 68[ 68]
March 13 – Dennis Stamp , 70[ 69]
April 8
April 10 – Larry Sharpe , 65[ 72]
April 17 – Rosey , 47[ 73]
April 20- Katsuji Ueda , 71
April 28 – Brazo de Oro , 57[ 74]
May 7 – Gran Apache , 58[ 75]
May 16 – Doug Somers , 65[ 76]
June 8 - Ron Starr , 66
June 17 – Buddy Wayne , 50
June 23 – Mr. Pogo , 66[ 77]
July 2 – Smith Hart , 68[ 78]
July 3 – Joe Robinson , 90[ 79]
July 6 – Diane Von Hoffman , 55[ 80]
July 11 – Buddy Wolfe , 76[ 81]
August 16 - Don Nakaya Nielsen , 58[ 82]
September 14 – Otto Wanz , 74[ 83]
September 17
October 3 – Lance Russell , 91[ 86]
October 15 – Burrhead Jones , 80[ 87] [ 88]
October 20 – Stan Kowalski , 91[ 89] [ 90]
November 8:
December 9 – Tom Zenk , 59[ 91]
See also
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