• Source: 2014 in professional wrestling

      • 2014 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.


      List of notable promotions


      These promotions held notable events in 2014.


      Calendar of notable shows




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      Notable events


      January 27 – CM Punk walked out of that night's WWE Raw taping, ending his run with the company.
      February 24 – WWE launched the WWE Network in the United States, an over-the-top streaming service and digital television network, hosting thousands of hours of in-ring shows and all pay-per-views (PPV) from WWE and various promotions they have acquired over the years, such as Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling, as well as airing current WWE PPVs, NXT events, and other original productions. It had a staggered launch throughout the rest of the world.
      December 1 – New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) launched NJPW World, a worldwide streaming site for the promotion's events, including airing current events live as well as hosting events from the promotion's archives, dating back to 1972.


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      Awards and honors




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      WWE Hall of Fame




      Slammy Awards




      Debuts



      Uncertain debut date
      Lacey Evans
      January 1 – Dragon lee
      January 5 – El Desperado
      January 12 – Yuna Manase
      January 18 – Maggot
      January 28 – Rika Tatsumi
      April 12 – Carmelo Hayes
      April 18 – Mandy Leon
      April 20 – Yua Hayashi, Kyle Fletcher and Shotzi
      April 29 – Shunma Katsumata
      May 17 – Tom Lawlor
      May 31 – Chelsea Green/Laurel Van Ness
      June 13
      Aigle Blanc
      Tessa Blanchard
      June 21 – Jimmy Lloyd
      July – Kyle Fletcher
      July 6 – Hazuki
      July 12 – Kevin Ku
      July 26 – Hyan
      August 6
      Kota Sekifuda
      Toshiyuki Sakuda
      September 5 – Chad Gable
      September 18 – Dana Brooke
      October 3 – Velveteen Dream
      October 18
      Kota Umeda
      Kouki Iwasaki
      October 29 – Hiroe Nagahama
      November 24 – Michiko Miyagi
      November 28 – Dai Suzuki
      November 29
      Kazusada Higuchi
      Ryota Nakatsu
      December 13 – Charli Evans
      December 17 - Zachary Wentz
      December 19 – Braun Strowman


      Retirements



      Kaitlyn (August 29, 2010 – January 8, 2014) (first retirement, returned in 2018 on Mae Young Classic)
      Jillian Hall (1998 – January 21, 2014)
      Bonnie Maxon (2000 – January 24, 2014)
      CM Punk (1999–January 2014; returned in 2021)
      Kensuke Sasaki (February 16, 1986 – February 13, 2014)
      El Dandy (1981–2014)
      Axl Rotten (1987–2014)
      Chuck Palumbo (1998–2014)
      Sgt. Slaughter (1972-March 29, 2014)
      Beulah McGillicutty (1995–2014)
      Christian Cage (1995–2014) (first retirement, returned to WWE in June 2020)
      Drake Wuertz (August 31, 2001 – April 27, 2014)
      Sarah Bäckman (2012–2014)
      Jose Gonzalez (1966–2014)
      Adrian Street (1957 – June 14, 2014)
      Natsuki Taiyo (January 3, 2004 – June 1, 2014)
      Batista (October 30, 1999 – June 2, 2014) (first retirement, briefly returned in 2019)
      Aksana (September 2009 – June 10, 2014)
      Vickie Guerrero (July 14, 2005 – June 23, 2014)
      Petey Williams (January 23, 2002 – July 5, 2014)
      Santino Marella (August 17, 2003 – July 6, 2014)
      Matt Bloom (1997 – August 7, 2014) (moved to a trainer)
      Shinya Ishikawa (March 11, 2008 – August 13, 2014)
      Sachie Abe (1996 – August 14, 2014)
      Ronnie Garvin (1962-September 20, 2014)
      El Sicodélico (1968-November 16, 2014)
      Barry Buchanan (1995 – November 22, 2014)
      Corey Graves (March 22, 2000 – December 11, 2014) (moved to color commentator)
      Adam Pearce (May 16, 1996 – December 21, 2014)
      Miho Wakizawa (July 28, 1996 – December 23, 2014)


      Deaths



      January 6 – Don Chuy, 72
      January 14 – Mae Young, 90
      January 20 – George Scott, 84
      February 18 – Viscera, 43
      March 5 – Billy Robinson, 75
      March 15 – Lorenzo Parente, 78
      March 17 – Al Oeming, 88
      April 8 – The Ultimate Warrior, 54
      April 25 – Connor Michalek, 8
      April 27 – Lee Marshall, 64
      May 11 - Mark Frear, 44
      July 2 or 3 - Dave Legeno, 50
      August 6 – Ken Lucas, 72
      August 21 – Maximum Capacity, 46
      September 8 – Sean O'Haire, 43
      September 20 - Ricki Starr, 83
      September 23 – Don Manoukian, 80
      October 12 – Cowboy Bob Kelly, 78
      October 20 – Ox Baker, 80
      October 21 – Johnny Lee Clary, 55
      October 28 – Koichiro Kimura, 44
      October 30 – Bob Geigel, 90
      December 6 – Jimmy Del Ray, 52


      See also



      List of NJPW pay-per-view events
      List of ROH pay-per-view events
      List of TNA pay-per-view events
      List of WWE Network events
      List of WWE pay-per-view events


      References

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