2009 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable shows in 2009.
Calendar of notable shows
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Accomplishments and tournaments
AAA
AAA Hall of Fame
DDT
Sendai Girls
TNA
WWE
WWE Hall of Fame
Slammy Awards
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, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship until their respective tag team titles became shared across all the brands. ECW only had a world championship.
Debuts
Unknown month – Tony Deppen
April – Bray Wyatt
April 29 - Kazumasa Yoshida (Big Japan) June 27 - Kengo July 17 - Cedric Alexander July 18 - Powerhouse Hobbs and Michio Kageyama August 1 - Trey Miguel August 15 – Big Cass August 17 – Apollo Crews/Uhaa Nation August 22 – Mia Yim August 23 – Soma Takao September – Aksana September 3 – Naomi September 6 – Toru Sugiura September 20 - Aoi Ishibashi (NEO Ladies) September 21 – Takumi Tsukamoto September 26 Robert Dreissker Tamina Snuka October - Aaron Solo October 4 - Saya November 23 – Akito November 27 – Alexander James December 6 – Alex Windsor December 12 - Flamita December 17 – Big E
Retirements
Lena Yada (January 4, 2008 – 2009) One Man Gang (1977-2009) Mike Shaw (1980-2009) Doug Basham (1993–2009) John Layfield (1992 – April 6, 2009) (moved to color commentator, later returned to compete at Royal Rumble 2014) David Flair (1999-May 15, 2009) Candice Michelle (November 15, 2004 – June 19, 2009) (although she had been fully inactive from in-ring competition since 2009, she announced her full retirement in December 2017) Sharmell (1998 – October 18, 2009) Jamie Noble (1995 – November 10, 2009) (semi-retired) Jon Heidenreich (2001 – November 28, 2009) Christy Hemme (July 15, 2004 – December 16, 2009) (moved to ring announcer) Azumi Hyuga (December 4, 1994 – December 27, 2009)
