2012 in professional wrestling

{{Short description|Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 2012}}

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2012 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable events in 2012.

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Promotion Name

!Abbreviation

!Notes

All Japan Pro Wrestling

|align=center|AJPW

|

{{nowrap|Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre}}

|align=center|CMLL

|

{{nowrap|Juggalo Championship Wrestling}}

|align=center|JCW

|

LN Promotions

|align=center|LN

|

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

|align=center|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

|align=center|NJPW

|

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

|align=center|PWG

|

Pro Wrestling Noah

|align=center|NOAH

|

Ring of Honor

|align=center|ROH

|

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

|align=center|TNA

|

World Wrestling Council

|align=center|WWC

|

WWE

|align=center|—

|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.
{{small|NXT became WWE's developmental territory in June, replacing Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), which ceased operations.}}

Calendar of notable shows

= January =

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4

| NJPW

| Wrestle Kingdom VI

| Tokyo

| Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

|

6/7/8

| WWC

| Euphoria

| San Juan, Puerto Rico

| Various

|

8

| TNA

| Genesis

| Orlando, Florida

| Jeff Hardy defeated Bobby Roode (c) by disqualification in a singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

|

29

| WWE

| Royal Rumble

| St. Louis, Missouri

| Sheamus won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Chris Jericho to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII{{cite web|last=Murphy|first=Ryan|date=January 29, 2012|title=Sheamus won the 30-Man Royal Rumble Match|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/2012/royal-rumble-match|publisher=WWE|accessdate=31 January 2012}}

| Sheamus chose to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship.
This was Chris Jericho's first match in WWE since 2010

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= February =

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! width=40%| Main Event

11

| LN

| A Nightmare To Remember II

| Villa Rica, Georgia

| Kyle Matthews defeated Jimmy Rave

12

| NJPW

| The New Beginning

| Osaka

| Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

12

| TNA

| Against All Odds

| Orlando, Florida

| Bobby Roode (c) defeated Bully Ray, James Storm, and Jeff Hardy in a Four-Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship with Sting as the Special Guest Ringside Enforcer

19

| AJPW
NJPW
NOAH

| All Together: Mōikkai, Hitotsu ni Narō ze

| Sendai

| Hiroshi Tanahashi, Suwama and Takeshi Morishima defeated Go Shiozaki, Seiya Sanada and Tetsuya Naito in a Six-man Tag team match

19

| WWE

| Elimination Chamber

| Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| John Cena defeated Kane in an Ambulance match{{cite web|last=Giannini|first=Alex|title=John Cena vs. Kane (Ambulance Match)|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/eliminationchamber/2012/cena-kane-ambulance-match|publisher=WWE|accessdate=13 February 2012|date=6 February 2012}}

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= March=

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4

| ROH

| 10th Anniversary Show: Young Wolves Rising

| New York City, New York

| Adam Cole and Eddie Edwards defeated Team Ambition (Davey Richards and Kyle O'Reilly) in a Tag team match

12

| AAA

| Rey de Reyes

| Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

| Rey de Reyes final four-way elimination match

18

| TNA

| Victory Road

| Orlando, Florida

| Bobby Roode defeated Sting in a No Holds Barred match

25

| Progress

| Progress Chapter One: In The Beginning

| London, England

| Nathan Cruz defeated El Ligero, Marty Scurll and Mike Mason to become the inaugural Progress World Champion

30–31

| ROH

| Showdown in the Sun

| Fort Lauderdale, Florida

| Davey Richards (c) defeated Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong in a three-way elimination match for the ROH World Championship (Day 1)
Davey Richards (c) defeated Michael Elgin in a Singles match for the ROH World Championship (Day 2)

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= April =

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1

| WWE

| WrestleMania XXVIII

| Miami Gardens, Florida

| The Rock defeated John Cena in a singles match{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-04-04/results|title=Raw Results: C U at WrestleMania!|publisher=WWE|first=Greg|last=Adkins| date=April 5, 2011| accessdate=April 5, 2011}}

| This was The Rock's first WrestleMania match since WrestleMania XX in 2004

15

| TNA

| Lockdown

| Nashville, Tennessee

| Bobby Roode (c) defeated James Storm in a Steel cage match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

|

29

| WWE

| Extreme Rules

| Rosemont, Illinois

| John Cena defeated Brock Lesnar in an Extreme Rules match{{cite web|title=Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena – Extreme Rules Match|author=Tom Herrera|date=9 April 2012|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/extremerules/2012/lesnar-cena|accessdate=2012-04-10|publisher=WWE}}

| This was Brock Lesnar's first match in WWE since 2004

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= May =

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! width=40%| Main Event

3

| NJPW

| Wrestling Dontaku

| Fukuoka

| Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hirooki Goto in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

12

| ROH

| Border Wars

| Toronto, Ontario

| Kevin Steen defeated Davey Richards (c) in a Singles match for the ROH World Championship

13

| TNA

| Sacrifice

| Orlando, Florida

| Bobby Roode (c) defeated Rob Van Dam in a Ladder match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

20

| WWE

| Over the Limit

| Raleigh, North Carolina

| John Laurinaitis defeated John Cena in a No Disqualification match

{{small|Had Cena won, Laurinaitis would have been fired, and anyone who interfered would have been fired.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wweoverthelimit/2012/john-cena-vs-john-laurinaitis|title=John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2012-04-30}}

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= June =

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! width=5%| Promotion(s)

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! width=15%| Location

! width=40%| Main Event

10

| TNA

| Slammiversary

| Arlington, Texas

| Bobby Roode (c) defeated Sting in a Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

16

| NJPW

| Dominion

| Osaka

| Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) in a Singles match to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

17

| WWE

| No Way Out

| East Rutherford, New Jersey

| John Cena defeated Big Show in a steel cage match.

{{small|Since Cena won, John Laurinaitis was fired, Had Show won, Cena would have been fired.}}

rowspan=2|24

| Progress

| Progress Chapter Two: The March Of Progress

| London, England

| Nathan Cruz (c) defeated Marty Scurll score (2-1) in a Best two out of three falls match to retain the PROGRESS World Championship

ROH

| Best in the World

| New York, New York

| Kevin Steen (c) defeated Davey Richards in the Anything Goes match for the ROH World Championship

29

| CMLL

| Infierno en el Ring

| Mexico City, Mexico

| 10-woman Infierno en el Ring, Lucha de Apuestas Hair vs. Hair Steel cage match

30

| WWC

| 39th WWC Aniversario

| Bayamon, Puerto Rico

| The Invaders defeated Mr. X & Masked Man

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= July =

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! width=40%| Main Event

3

| WWE

| SuperSmackDown LIVE: The Great American Bash

| Corpus Christi, Texas

| Zack Ryder won by last eliminating Kane in a 20-Man Battle Royal to determine the guest General Manager for next week's SmackDown.

8

| TNA

| Destination X

| Orlando, Florida

| Austin Aries defeated Bobby Roode (c) in a Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

15

| WWE

| Money in the Bank

| Phoenix, Arizona

| John Cena defeated Big Show, Kane, Chris Jericho, and The Miz in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship match contract

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= August =

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! width=5%| Promotion(s)

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! width=15%| Location

! width=40%| Main Event

5

| AAA

| Triplemanía XX

| Mexico City, Mexico

| Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Máscara Año 2000 Jr. (with Máscara Año 2000)

11

| ROH

| Boiling Point

| Providence, Rhode Island

| Kevin Steen (c) defeated Eddie Kingston in an Anything Goes match for the ROH World Championship

1-11

|NJPW

|G1 Climax final

|Tokyo

|Kazuchika Okada defeated Karl Anderson in a G1 Climax tournament

12

| JCW

| Bloodymania 6

| Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

| 2 Tuff Tony (c) defeated Kongo Kong for the JCW World Heavyweight Championship

12

| TNA

| Hardcore Justice

| Orlando, Florida

| Austin Aries (c) defeated Bobby Roode in a Last Chance match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

19

| WWE

| SummerSlam

| Los Angeles, California

| Brock Lesnar defeated Triple H in a No Disqualification match

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= September =

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! width=40%| Main Event

1-2

|PWG

|Battle of Los Angeles

|Reseda, California

|Adam Cole defeated Michael Elgin in a Battle of Los Angeles tournament

9

| TNA

| No Surrender

| Orlando, Florida

| Jeff Hardy defeated Bully Ray in the final of the 2012 Bound for Glory Series

14

| CMLL

| CMLL 79th Anniversary Show

| Mexico City, Mexico

| Rush defeated El Terrible in a two-out-of three-falls Lucha de Apuestas, Hair vs. Hair match

15

| ROH

| Death Before Dishonor

| Chicago Ridge, Illinois

| Kevin Steen (c) defeated Rhino in a No Disqualification match for the ROH World Championship

16

| WWE

| Night of Champions

| Boston, Massachusetts

| CM Punk (c) vs John Cena for the WWE Championship ended in a draw

23

| NJPW

| Destruction

| Kobe

| Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Naomichi Marufuji in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

30

| Progress

| Progress Chapter Three: Fifty Shades Of Pain

| London, England

| Dave Mastiff and Greg Burridge defeated El Ligero and Nathan Cruz

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= October =

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! width=15%| Location

! width=40%| Main Event

7

| AAA

| Heroes Inmortales

| San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí

| Jack Evans and La Secta Bizarra Cibernetica (Cibernético, Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz) defeated Los Perros del Mal (Halloween, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Psicosis and Teddy Hart)

8

| NJPW

| King of Pro-Wrestling

| Tokyo

| Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

13

| ROH

| Glory By Honor

| Mississauga, Ontario

| Kevin Steen (c) defeated Michael Elgin in a Singles match for the ROH World Championship

14

| TNA

| Bound for Glory

| Phoenix, Arizona

| Jeff Hardy defeated Austin Aries (c) in a Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

28

| WWE

| Hell in a Cell

| Atlanta, Georgia

| CM Punk (c) defeated Ryback in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the WWE Championship

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= November =

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! width=20%| Notes

11

| NJPW

| Power Struggle

| Osaka

| Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Yujiro Takahashi in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

|

11

| TNA

| Turning Point

| Orlando, Florida

| Jeff Hardy (c) defeated Austin Aries in a Ladder match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

|

18

| WWE

| Survivor Series

| Indianapolis, Indiana

| CM Punk (c) defeated John Cena and Ryback in a Triple threat match to retain the WWE Championship

| This event was notable for the onscreen debut of The Shield

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

= December =

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! width=20%| Notes

9

|WWE

|Tribute to the Troops

|Norfolk, Virginia

|John Cena defeated Antonio Cesaro in a Singles match

9

| TNA

| Final Resolution

| Orlando, Florida

| Jeff Hardy (c) defeated Bobby Roode in a Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

|

14

| CMLL

| Sin Piedad

| Mexico City, Mexico

| La Sombra defeated Tama Tonga in a Singles match for the 2012 La Copa Junior Tournament Final

|

16

| WWE

| TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs

| Brooklyn, New York

| Dolph Ziggler (contract holder) defeated John Cena in a Ladder match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank contract

| This marked The Shield's in-ring debut

16

| ROH

| Final Battle 2012: Doomsday

| New York, New York

| Kevin Steen (c) defeated El Generico in the Ladder War IV for the ROH World Championship

| This was El Generico's last match in ROH before signing with the WWE as the new ring name Sami Zayn on NXT

colspan="6"|(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Accomplishments and tournaments

= AAA =

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!Accomplishment

!Winner

!Date won

!Notes

Rey de Reyes

|El Hijo del Perro Aguayo

|March 18

|

= JWP =

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!Accomplishment

!Winner

!Date won

!Notes

Tag League the Best 2012

|Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu

|April 8

|

= Ring of Honor =

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!Accomplishment

!Winner

!Date won

!Notes

Rise and Prove Tournament

|TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste)

|February 17

|

March Mayhem Tournament

|Tommaso Ciampa

|March 13

|

ROH World Tag Team Championship Tournament

|S.C.U.M. (Jimmy Jacobs and Steve Corino)

|September 15

|

= Total Nonstop Action Wrestling =

class="wikitable"

!Accomplishment

!Winner

!Date won

!Notes

Wild Card Tournament

|Magnus and Samoa Joe

|January 8

|

TNA X Division Championship Tournament

|Zema Ion

|July 8

|

Turkey Bowl

|Eric Young

|November 22

|

= WWE =

File:Sheamus 2.jpg won the 2012 Royal Rumble]]

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Accomplishment

! Winner

! Date won

! Notes

Royal Rumble

| Sheamus

| January 29

| Winner received their choice of a championship match for either the WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXVIII; Sheamus last eliminated Chris Jericho to win and chose to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship, which he subsequently won from Daniel Bryan.

Money in the Bank ladder match

| Dolph Ziggler

| rowspan=2 |July 15

| Defeated Damien Sandow, Tyson Kidd, Christian, Santino Marella, Tensai, Cody Rhodes, and Sin Cara to win a World Heavyweight Championship match contract. Ziggler cashed in the contract on the April 8, 2013 episode of Raw and won the title from Alberto Del Rio.

Money in the Bank ladder match

| John Cena

| Defeated Kane, Chris Jericho, Big Show, and The Miz to win a WWE Championship match contract. Cena cashed in the contract on the July 23 episode of Raw but won the match against champion CM Punk by disqualification thanks to interference from Big Show, thus Cena did not win the title.

Gold Rush Tournament

| Seth Rollins

| July 26
{{small|(aired August 29)}}

| Defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament final to win the inaugural NXT Championship.

WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament

| Team Rhodes Scholars
{{small|(Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow)}}

| October 22

| Defeated Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara in the tournament final to win a WWE Tag Team Championship match at Hell in a Cell, but were unsuccessful in winning the title from Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane).

Title changes

=AAA=

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| colspan="5" |AAA Mega Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Jeff Jarrett}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

March 18

|El Mesias

|Rey de Reyes

| align="left" |

December 2

|El Texano Jr.

|Guerra de Titanes

| align="left" |

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| colspan="5" |AAA Latin American Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – L.A. Park}}
colspan="5"|No title changes

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| colspan="5" |AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Mini Psicosis}}
colspan="5"|No title changes

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| colspan="5" |AAA World Cruiserweight Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Jack Evans}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

May 19

|Juventud Guerrera

|Noche de Campeones

| align="left" |

December 2

|Daga

|Guerra de Titanes

| align="left" |

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| colspan="5" |AAA Reina de Reinas Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Sexy Star}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

colspan="5"|No title changes

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| colspan="5" |AAA World Tag Team Championship

colspan="5" |Incoming champions – {{small|La Legión Extranjera (Abyss and Chessman)}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

October 7

|Joe Líder and Vampiro

|Héroes Inmortales

| align="left" |

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| colspan="5" |AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship

colspan="5" |Incoming champions – La Sociedad {{small|(Alan Stone and Jennifer Blake)}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

October 7

|Halloween and Mari Apache

|Héroes Inmortales

|align="left" |

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| colspan="5" |AAA World Trios Championship

colspan="5" |Incoming champions – Los Perros del Mal {{small|(Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly)}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

March 11

|Los Psycho Circus
{{small|(Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown)}}

|Sin Límite

| align="left" |

May 19

|El Consejo
{{small|(Máscara Año 2000 Jr., El Texano Jr. and Toscano)}}

|Noche de Campeones

| align="left" |

=NJPW=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |IWGP Heavyweight Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Hiroshi Tanahashi}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

February 12

|Kazuchika Okada

|{{sort|New Beginning|The New Beginning}}

|align=left|

June 16

|Hiroshi Tanahashi

|{{sort|Dominion 6.16|Dominion 6.16}}

|align=left|

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| colspan="5" |IWGP Intercontinental Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Masato Tanaka}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

February 12

|Hirooki Goto

|{{sort|New Beginning|The New Beginning}}

|align=left|

July 22

|Shinsuke Nakamura

|{{sort|Kizuna Road 2012|Kizuna Road}}

|align=left|

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colspan="5" |{{center|IWGP Tag Team Championship}}
colspan="5" |Incoming champions – Bad Intentions {{small|(Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson)}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

January 4

|Tencozy
{{small|(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)}}

|{{sort|Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom VI}}

|align=left|

May 3

|Chaos
{{small|(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)}}

|{{sort|Wrestling Dontaku 2012|Wrestling Dontaku}}

|align=left|

June 20

!|{{sort|—|Vacated}}

|–

|align=left|Iizuka and Yano were stripped of the titles after a title match between them and Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) on June 16 ended in a no contest.

July 22

|Tencozy
{{small|(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)}}

|{{sort|Kizuna Road 2012|Kizuna Road}}

|align=left|Defeated Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) to win the vacant title.

October 8

|K.E.S.
{{small|(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)}}

|{{sort|King Of Pro-Wrestling|King of Pro-Wrestling}}

|align=left|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
colspan="5" |{{center|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship}}
colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Prince Devitt}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

May 3

|Low Ki

|{{sort|Wrestling Dontaku 2012|Wrestling Dontaku}}

|align=left|

July 29

|Kota Ibushi

|{{sort|Last Rebellion|Last Rebellion}}

|align=left|

October 8

|Low Ki

|{{sort|King Of Pro Wrestling|King of Pro-Wrestling}}

|align=left|

November 11

|Prince Devitt

|{{sort|Power Struggle|Power Struggle}}

|align=left|

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colspan="5" |{{center|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship}}
colspan="5" |Incoming champions – No Remorse Corps {{small|(Davey Richards and Rocky Romero)}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

January 4

|Apollo 55
{{small|(Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi)}}

|{{sort|Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom VI}}

|align=left|

February 12

|No Remorse Corps
{{small|(Davey Richards and Rocky Romero)}}

|{{sort|New Beginning|The New Beginning}}

|align=left|

May 2

!|{{sort|—|Vacated}}

|–

|align=left|Title held up after Davey Richards was unable to attend Wrestling Dontaku 2012 due to travel issues.

June 16

|Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask

|{{sort|Dominion 616|Dominion 6.16}}

|align=left|Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) to win the vacant title.

July 22

|Forever Hooligans
{{small|(Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)}}

|{{sort|Kizuna Road 2012|Kizuna Road}}

|align=left|

November 11

|Time Splitters
{{small|(Alex Shelley and Kushida)}}

|{{sort|Power Struggle|Power Struggle}}

|align=left|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
colspan="5" |{{center|NEVER Openweight Championship}}
colspan="5" |{{center|(Title created)}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

November 19

|Masato Tanaka

|{{sort|Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final|Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final}}

|align=left|Tanaka defeated Karl Anderson in the finals of a sixteen-man tournament to become the inaugural champion.

=ROH=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
colspan="5" |{{center|ROH World Championship}}
colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Davey Richards}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

May 12

|Kevin Steen

|Border Wars

| align="left" |

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
colspan="5" |{{center|ROH World Television Championship}}
colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Jay Lethal}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

March 31

|Roderick Strong

|Showdown in the Sun

| align="left" |

June 29

|Adam Cole

|Ring of Honor Wrestling

| align="left" |

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
colspan="5" |{{center|ROH World Tag Team Championship}}
colspan="5" |Incoming champions – The Briscoe Brothers {{small|(Jay and Mark Briscoe)}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

May 12

|Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team
{{small|(Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin)}}

|Border Wars

| align="left" |

June 24

|The All Night Express
{{small|(Rhett Titus and Kenny King)}}

|Best in the World 2012: Hostage Crisis

| align="left" |

July 10

!|{{sort|—|Vacated}}

|N/A

| align="left" |

September 15

|S.C.U.M.
{{small|(Jimmy Jacobs and Steve Corino)}}

|Death Before Dishonor X: State of Emergency

| align="left" |

December 16

|The Briscoe Brothers
{{small|(Jay and Mark Briscoe)}}

|Final Battle 2012: Doomsday

| align="left" |

=TNA=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |TNA World Heavyweight Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Bobby Roode}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

July 8

|{{sort|Aries|Austin Aries}}

|{{sort|Destination X 2012|Destination X}}

| align="left" |Aries voluntarily vacated the TNA X Division Championship in exchange for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at the event.

October 14

|{{sort|Hardy, Jeff|Jeff Hardy}}

|{{sort|Bound for Glory 2012|Bound for Glory}}

| align="left" |

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |TNA X Division Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Austin Aries}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

rowspan=2|July 8

!|{{sort|—|Vacated}}

|rowspan=2|Destination X

|align=left|Austin Aries voluntarily vacated the TNA X Division Championship in exchange for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at the event.

Zema Ion

|align=left|Ultimate X match for the vacant title, also involving Kenny King, Mason Andrews, and Sonjay Dutt.

October 14

|Rob Van Dam

|Bound for Glory

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |TNA World Tag Team Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champions – Crimson and Matt Morgan}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

February 12

|Magnus and Samoa Joe

|Against All Odds

|

May 13

|The World Tag Team Champions of the World
{{small|(Christopher Daniels and Kazarian)}}

|Sacrifice

|

June 10

|A.J. Styles and Kurt Angle

|Slammiversary X

|

June 28

|The World Tag Team Champions of the World
{{small|(Christopher Daniels and Kazarian)}}

|Impact Wrestling

|

October 14

|Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez

|Bound for Glory

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champions – Gail Kim and Madison Rayne}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

March 8

|Eric Young and ODB

|Impact Wrestling

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |TNA Knockouts Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Gail Kim}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

June 10

|Miss Tessmacher

|Slammiversary

|

August 12

|Madison Rayne

|Hardcore Justice

|

August 16

|Miss Tessmacher

|Impact Wrestling

|

October 14

|Tara

|Bound for Glory

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |TNA Television Championship

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Robbie E}}
width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Winner

! width="14%" |Event/Show

! width="58%" |Note(s)

March 18

|Devon

|Victory Road

|

September 26

!|{{sort|—|Vacated}}

|N/A

|

September 27

|Samoa Joe

|Impact Wrestling

|

December 6

|Devon

|Impact Wrestling

|

= WWE =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |{{center|WWE Championship}}

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – CM Punk}}
colspan="5"| No title changes

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |{{center|World Heavyweight Championship}}

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Daniel Bryan}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

April 1

|Sheamus

|WrestleMania XXVIII

|

October 28

|Big Show

|Hell in a Cell

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |{{center|WWE Intercontinental Championship}}

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Cody Rhodes}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

April 1

|Big Show

|WrestleMania XXVIII

|

April 29

|Cody Rhodes

|Extreme Rules

|align=left|Tables match

May 20

|Christian

|Over the Limit

|

July 23

|The Miz

|Raw 1000

|

October 16
{{small|(aired October 17)}}

|Kofi Kingston

|Main Event

|

December 29
{{small|(aired December 31)}}

|Wade Barrett

|Monday Night Raw

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |{{center|WWE United States Championship}}

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Zack Ryder}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

January 16

|Jack Swagger

|Monday Night Raw

|

March 5

|Santino Marella

|Monday Night Raw

|

August 19

|Antonio Cesaro

|SummerSlam
{{small|Pre-Show}}

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |{{center|WWE Divas Championship}}

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champion – Beth Phoenix}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

April 23

|Nikki Bella

|Monday Night Raw

|align=left|Lumberjill match

April 29

|Layla

|Extreme Rules

|align=left|Layla pinned Brie Bella to win the title from Nikki Bella after the twins switched places during the match while the referee was distracted.

September 16

|Eve Torres

|Night of Champions

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

| colspan="5" |{{center|WWE Tag Team Championship}}

colspan="5" |{{center|Incoming champions – Air Boom {{small|(Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston)}}}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

January 15

|Primo & Epico

|House show

|

April 30

|Kofi Kingston and R-Truth

|Monday Night Raw

|

September 16

|Team Hell No
{{small|(Kane and Daniel Bryan)}}

|Night of Champions

|

==NXT==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
style="background:#FFFF80;"

| colspan="5" |{{center|NXT Championship}}

colspan="5" |{{center|(Title created)}}
width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Winner

!width=14%|Event/Show

!width=58%|Note(s)

July 26
{{small|(aired August 29)}}

|Seth Rollins

|NXT

|align=left|Defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion.

December 6
{{small|(aired January 9, 2013)}}

|Big E Langston

|NXT

|align=left|No-disqualification match.

Awards and honors

= AAA Hall of Fame =

{{main|AAA Hall of Fame}}

class="wikitable"

!Inductee

Octagón
Perro Aguayo

=''Pro Wrestling Illustrated''=

= TNA Hall of Fame =

{{main|TNA Hall of Fame}}

class="wikitable"

!Inductee

Sting

= ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' =

== ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' Hall of Fame ==

{{main|Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame}}

class="wikitable"

!Inductee

Mick McManus
Alfonso Morales
John Cena
Hans Schmidt
Lou Albano
Gus Sonnenberg

==''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' awards==

= WWE =

== WWE Hall of Fame ==

{{main|WWE Hall of Fame}}

class="wikitable"

!Category

!Inductee

!Inducted by

rowspan="4" |Individual

|{{sortname|Mil|Máscaras}}

|{{sortname|Alberto|Del Rio}}

Edge

|Christian

{{sortname|Ron|Simmons}}

|{{sortname|John "Bradshaw"|Layfield|John Layfield}}

Yokozuna

|Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso

Group

|The Four Horsemen

|Dusty Rhodes

Celebrity

|{{sortname|Mike|Tyson}}

|D-Generation X ({{sortname|Shawn|Michaels}} and Triple H)

== Slammy Awards ==

{{main|Slammy Award}}

class="wikitable"

! Poll

! Winner

Feat of Strength of the Year

| Sheamus delivers White Noise to Big Show

Best Dancer of the Year

| Brodus Clay

Top Social Media Ambassador

| Charlie Sheen

Tweet of the Year

| "Goat face is a horrible insult. My face is practically perfect in every way. In fact, from now on I demand to be called Beautiful Bryan." – Daniel Bryan

Insult of the Year

| John Cena to Dolph Ziggler & Vickie Guerrero: "You're the exact opposite. One enjoys eating a lot of nuts and the other is still trying to find his."

Facial Hair of the Year

| Daniel Bryan

Betrayal of the Year

| Big Show knocks out John Cena at Over the Limit

Crowd Chant of the Year

| "Feed Me More!"

WWE.com Exclusive Video of the Year

| Jerry Lawler speaks to WWE.com about his miraculous return

Upset of the Year

| Daniel Bryan defeats Mark Henry and Big Show at Royal Rumble

Diva of the Year

| AJ Lee

"Tell Me I Didn't Just See That" Moment of the Year

| Kofi Kingston handstands during the Royal Rumble match to avoid elimination at Royal Rumble

Comeback of the Year

| Jerry Lawler

Kiss of the Year

| AJ Lee and John Cena

Superstar of the Year

| John Cena

LOL! Moment of the Year

| The Rock throws John Cena's things into the Boston Harbor

#Trending Now of the Year

| Ryback's #FeedMeMore

Newcomer of the Year

| Ryback

Match of the Year

| Hell in a Cell match: The Undertaker vs. Triple HWrestleMania XXVIII

Debuts

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  • December 31 - Erin (Ice Ribbon), Rutsuko Yamaguchi (Ice Ribbon), Hiroko Terada (Ice Ribbon), Ayano Takeda (Ice Ribbon) and 235 (Ice Ribbon)

Retirements

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Deaths

See also

References

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{{Years in professional wrestling}}

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