- Source: 2018 in professional wrestling
2018 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 2018.
Calendar of notable shows
= January
== February
== March
== April
== May
== June
== July
== August
== September
== October
== November
== December
=Accomplishments and tournaments
= All Japan Pro-Wrestling (AJPW)
== Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
== International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG)
== Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)
== National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
== New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
== Pro Wrestling Noah
== Pro Wrestling Zero1
== WWE
=Title changes
= CMLL
== Impact Wrestling
== IWRG
== Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
== MLW
== NJPW
== NWA
== ROH
== The Crash Lucha Libre
== WWE
=– Raw
– SmackDown
– NXT
– NXT UK
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, which became exclusive to the 205 Live brand.
NXT
NXT UK
Awards and honors
= AAA
=AAA Hall of Fame
= WWE
=WWE Hall of Fame
Debuts
January 2 – Takuho Kato
January 4 – Hikari Noa and Miu Watanabe
January 8 – Peter Tihanyi
January 28 – Bryan Ishizaka
February 3
Akira Hyodo
Yuki Ishikawa
February 27 – Man Like DeReiss
February 24
Edith Surreal
Kanji
March 30 – The DKC
April 8
Ronda Rousey
Momo Tani
April 10 – Yuya Uemura
April 22 – Rina Shingaki
April 27 - Nick Wayne
April 29 – Solo Sikoa
May 3 – Yuki Aino
May 13 – Rina Amikura
May 27 – Mei Suruga
June 2 – Aliss Ink
June 11 – Kota Minoura
June 16 – Luke Jacobs
July 3 – Janai Kai
July 18 – Omos
July 18 – Ancham
July 29 – Titus Alexander
August 5
Mina Shirakawa
Yoshiki Inamura
August 8 – Kohaku
August 12 – Utami Hayashishita
August 18 – Levaniel
September 2 – Ryuki Honda
October 11 - Nikkita Lyons
October 28
Jessamyn Duke
Marina Shafir
Yuki Arai
November 6 – Dragon Dia
November 15
Misa Matsui
Riko Kawahata
Yuko Sakurai
November 17 – Hokuto Omori
November 18 – Mei Hoshizuki
November 19 – Momoka Hanazono
December 18 – Malik Blade (NXT)
November 23 – Slice Boogie
November 24 – Pom Harajuku
December 24 – Maria
December 25 – Naoki Kamata
December 31
Banny Oikawa
Suzu Suzuki
Retirements
Aoi Kizuki (2005–2018)
Azusa Takigawa (2015–2018)
Bob Backlund (1973–1985, 1988–2001, 2007–2011, 2018)
Mark Henry (March 11, 1996 – April 27, 2018)
Great Khali (October 7, 2000 – April 27, 2018)
Mika Iida (November 21, 2010 – May 4, 2018)
Great Kabuki (1964–September 30, 2018)
Daigoro Kashiwa (2001–2018)
Gene Snitsky (1997–2018)
Chicky Starr (1975–2018)
Mark Jindrak (1999–2018)
Keiko Aono (1996–2018)
Maho Kurone (2016–2018)
Hiro Tonai (2006–2018)
Deaths
January 2 – Mountain Fiji, 60
April 4 – Johnny Valiant, 71
April 18
Bruno Sammartino, 82
Paul Jones, 75
April 21 – Neff Maivia, 93
May 1 – Universo 2000, 55
May 8 – Big Bully Busick, 63
June 1 – Rockin' Rebel, 52
June 13 – Arkangel de la Muerte, 52
June 18 – Big Van Vader, 63
June 29 – Matt Cappotelli, 38
July 8 – Piratita Morgan, 49
July 14 – Masa Saito, 76
July 19 – Rayo de Jalisco Sr., 85
July 29
Brickhouse Brown, 57
Nikolai Volkoff, 70
Brian Christopher, 46
August 3 - Picudo, 51
August 9 – Brian Danovich, 38
August 10 – Steve Travis, 67
August 13
Jim Neidhart, 63
Ian Dean, 48
August 21 – Villano III, 66
August 22 – Chris Champion, 57
August 27 – Aya Koyama, 45
August 30 – Ray, 36
September 4 – Lee Wang-pyo, 64
September 5 – Mike Hogewood, 63
September 9 – Frank Andersson, 62
September 14 – Ethel Johnson, 83
October 8:
Wajima Hiroshi, 70
Leroy Howard, 50
October 13 – Don Leo Jonathan, 87
October 18 – Dick Slater, 67
November 6 – José Lothario, 83
November 18 - Tomás Marín, 84
November 25 – Larry Matysik, 71
December 5 – Dynamite Kid, 60
December 6 – Larry Hennig, 82
December 13 – Bill Fralic, 56
December 19 – Raúl Mata, 71
December 29 – Dieusel Berto, 60
See also
List of GFW events and specials
List of MLW events
List of NWA pay-per-view events
List of NJPW pay-per-view events
List of ROH pay-per-view events
List of Impact Wrestling pay-per-view events
List of WWE Network events
List of WWE pay-per-view events
References
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- Rey Mysterio
- Cody Rhodes
- David Finlay
- Shane McMahon
- Ricky Morton
- Daniel Bryan
- Ring of Honor Wrestling
- Wrestle Kingdom 13
- Molly Holly
- Daftar pertandingan gulat profesional yang dinilai 5 bintang atau lebih oleh Dave Meltzer
- 2018 in professional wrestling
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- All In (2018)
- List of premature professional wrestling deaths
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- Grand Slam (professional wrestling)
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- List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer
