2005 in professional wrestling

2005 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

WWE

Cena held the WWE Championship throughout 2005

Batista in September 2005 as the World Heavyweight Champion

Angle after regaining his Olympic Gold Medal at SummerSlam in 2005

Benoit in September 2005 holding the WWE United States Championship

Events

WWE PPVs

Date	Event	Location	Notes
January 9	New Year's Revolution	San Juan, Puerto Rico	This was the inaugural event In the main event Triple H (with Ric Flair) defeated Edge, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Batista, and Randy Orton in a Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with Shawn Michaels as special guest referee
January 30	Royal Rumble	Fresno, California	In the main event Batista won by last eliminating John Cena in the Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 21
February 20	No Way Out	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	In the main event John "Bradshaw" Layfield (c) defeated Big Show[1] in a Barbed Wired Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship
April 3	Wrestlemania 21	Los Angeles, California	In the main event Batista (c) defeated Triple H (with Ric Flair) in a Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
May 1	Backlash	Manchester, New Hampshire	In the main event Batista (c) defeated Triple H (with Ric Flair) in a Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
May 22	Judgment Day	Minneapolis, Minnesota	In the main event John Cena (c) defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield in an "I Quit" match for the WWE Championship
June 12	One Night Stand	New York, New York	First ECW event produced by WWE This was the inaugural event In the main event The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) defeated Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman in a Tag team match
June 26	Vengeance	Las Vegas, Nevada	In the main event Batista (c) defeated Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship
July 24	The Great American Bash	Buffalo, New York	In the main event John "Bradshaw" Layfield (with Orlando Jordan) defeated Batista (c) by disqualification in a Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
August 21	SummerSlam	Washington, D.C.	In the main event Hulk Hogan defeated Shawn Michaels in a Singles match
September 18	Unforgiven	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	In the main event Kurt Angle defeated John Cena (c) by disqualification in a Singles match for the WWE Championship
October 9	No Mercy	Houston, Texas	In the main event Batista (c) defeated Eddie Guerrero in a Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship Last PPV appearance for Eddie Guerrero before his death in November
November 1	Taboo Tuesday	San Diego, California	Final Taboo Tuesday event In the main event John Cena (c) defeated Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle in a Triple threat match for the WWE Championship
November 27	Survivor Series	Detroit, Michigan	Eddie Guerrero was booked to be the captain of Team SmackDown! before his death, after his death he was replaced by Batista In the main event Team SmackDown! (Batista, Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Bobby Lashley, and Randy Orton) defeated Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, Big Show, Carlito, and Chris Masters)[2] in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match1
December 18	Armageddon	Providence, Rhode Island	In the main event The Undertaker defeated Randy Orton (with Bob Orton)[3] in a Hell in a Cell match

Deaths

Eddie Guerrero

• January 18 - Pez Whatley, 54
• April 28 - Chris Candido, 33
• May 28 - Daniel Quirk, 22
• July 11 - Shinya Hashimoto, 40
• July 21 - Alfred Hayes, 76
• August 13 - Chris Tolos, 75
• August 18 - Chri$ Ca$h, 23
• August 26 - Moondog King, 56
• October 22 - Reginald Lisowski, 79
• November 13 - Eddie Guerrero, 38^[4]

See also

• List of ROH pay-per-view events
• List of TNA pay-per-view events
• List of WWE pay-per-view events
• List of ECW pay-per-view events

References