2018 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable shows 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 4 - Hikari Noa and Miu Watanabe
January 28 - Bryan Ishizaka
February 3
Akira Hyodo
Yuki Ishikawa
February 24 – Edith Surreal
April 8 – Ronda Rousey
April 10 - Yuya Uemura
April 22 – Rina Shingaki
April 29 - Solo Sikoa
May 3 – Yuki Aino
May 13 – Rina Amikura
May 27 – Mei Suruga
June 11 – Kota Minoura
June 16 – Luke Jacobs
July 3 – Janai Kai
July 18 – Omos
August 5
Mina Shirakawa
Yoshiki Inamura
August 8 – Kohaku
August 12 – Utami Hayashishita
September 2 – Ryuki Honda
October 28
Jessamyn Duke
Marina Shafir
Yuki Arai
November 6 – Dragon Dia
November 15 – Yuko Sakurai
November 17 – Hokuto Omori
November 18 – Mei Hoshizuki
November 19 – Momoka Hanazono
December 18 - Malik Blade (NXT) 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)