2007 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling championship.

List of notable promotions

These promotions held notable shows in 2007.

Calendar of notable shows

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Notable incidents

*June 22–24 – Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

AAA Hall of Fame

Ring of Honor

TNA

TNA Year End Awards

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

Awards and honors

''Pro Wrestling Illustrated''

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Title changes

AAA

NJPW

ROH

TNA

WWE

: – Raw : – SmackDown : - ECW Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, and a tag team championship for male wrestlers. ECW only had a world championship. SmackDown also had a title for their cruiserweight wrestlers. There was only one women's championship and it was exclusive to Raw.

Debuts

*Uncertain debut date :* Brittany Force

Retirements

* Robbie Rage (1995–2007) *

Rebecca DiPietro Rebecca DiPietro (born April 14, 1979) is an American former model and WWE Diva, who is best known for her time as the backstage interviewer on WWE's ECW brand. Career Modeling In 2001, DiPietro appeared in the pages of ''Playboy''. She appeare ...

(October 17, 2006 – March 22, 2007) * Chris Kanyon (April 5, 1992 – April 5, 2007) (First retirement, returned to wrestling in 2009) * King Kong Bundy (1981-May 12, 2007) * Trinity (2002 – June 22, 2007) * Dusty Rhodes (1967–July 22,2007) (Returned for a match in 2010) * Monty Brown (2000 – September 19, 2007) * Maven Huffman (2001 – October 5, 2007) (first retirement, returned in 2015 until retiring in 2016) *

Mr. Wrestling II John Francis Walker (September 10, 1934June 10, 2020), better known by the ring name Mr. Wrestling II, was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship ...

(1955 – October 13, 2007) *

Bob Backlund Robert Louis Backlund (born August 14, 1949) is an American retired amateur and professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation from 1976 to 1984 and in the 1990s, wher ...

(1973–December 10, 2007) (First retirement, returned to wrestling in 2009 and wrestled his last match in 2018)

Deaths

* January 4 –

Cowboy Lang Harry Lang (August 28, 1950 – January 4, 2007) was a midget professional wrestler best known by his ring name Cowboy Lang. Professional wrestling career Cowboy Lang was recognized for more than 30 years as one of the top midget wrestlers in t ...

, 56 * January 6 – Yvon Durelle, 77 * January 9 – Cocoa Samoa, 61 * January 19 – Bam Bam Bigelow, 45 * February 17 – Mike Awesome, 42 * March 6 ** Bad News Brown, 63 ** Ray "Thunder" Stern, 74 * March 8 – Black Shadow, 85 * March 10 – Ernie Ladd, 68 * March 13 –

Arnold Skaaland Arnold Skaaland (January 21, 1925 – March 13, 2007) was an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager. Following a stint in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, Skaaland began wrestling in 1946 under his re ...

, 82 * March 18 – Ángel Azteca, 43 * March 28 – Abe Coleman, 101 * May 7 – Sonny Myers, 83 * June 2 – Sandy Barr, 69 * June 15 – Sherri Martel, 49 * June 22 ** Nancy Benoit, 43 ** Biff Wellington, 42 * June 24 – Chris Benoit, 40 * July 15 - Devil Bhudakhan, 32 * July 18 – John Kronus, 38 * July 23 – Tor Kamata, 70 * July 23 - Ronnie P. Gossett, 63 * July 28 – Karl Gotch, 82 * August 11 – Bronko Lubich, 81 * August 13 – Crush, 43 * August 16 – Dewey Robertson, 68 * August 29 -

Iron Mike Steele John Michael Meek (July 18, 1955 – August 29, 2007) better known by his ring name Iron Mike Steele was a professional wrestler and also made frequent appearances on Pro Wrestling Weekly. He was a student of Boris Malenko and Tor Kamata. A Flor ...

, 52 * August 31 – Karloff Lagarde, 79 * September 7 –

Billy Darnell Billy Darnell (February 25, 1926 – September 7, 2007) was an American professional wrestler and major star of the 1940s and 1950s, with his career spanning over twenty years with championships in the National Wrestling Alliance and World ...

, 81 * September 10 – Enrique Torres, 85 * October 2 -

Sean Evans (wrestler) Sean Charles Evans (January 28, 1971 – October 2, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, known by his ring name Shocker Sean Evans, who co-founded and worked for Pro Wrestling eXpress, NWA Wildside, World Wrestling Entertainment and Americ ...

, 36 * November 2 – The Fabulous Moolah, 84 * November 25 –

Angel of Death Angel of Death may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Aviation *"Angel of Death", AC130 gunship's nickname Fictional characters * Adam or Andrew, in ''Touched by an Angel'' * Azrael, in ''Lucifer'' * Loki, in the film ''Dogma'' * Jaff ...

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References

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