2009 in professional wrestling

2009 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

January

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
11	TNA	Genesis	Charlotte	Mick Foley and The TNA Front Line (A.J. Styles and Brother Devon) defeated Cute Kip and The Main Event Mafia (Booker T and Scott Steiner) in a Six-man tag team hardcore match
25	WWE	Royal Rumble	Detroit	Randy Orton won by last eliminating Triple H, in a 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXV
31	ROH	Caged Collision	Chicago Ridge	Brent Albright, Roderick Strong, Erick Stevens, Jay Briscoe and Ace Steel defeated Sweet & Sour Inc. (Adam Pearce, Tank Toland, Eddie Edwards, Davey Richards and Bobby Dempsey) in the Steel Cage Warfare match.
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

February

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
8	TNA	Against All Odds	Orlando	Sting (c) defeated Kurt Angle, Brother Ray and Brother Devon in a Fatal 4-Way match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
15	WWE	No Way Out	Seattle, Washington	Edge defeated John Cena (c), Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Mike Knox, and Kane in the Elimination Chamber match to win the World Heavyweight Championship
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

March

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
15	TNA	Destination X	Orlando	Sting (c) defeated Kurt Angle in a Singles match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship with Jeff Jarrett as the special guest referee and Mick Foley as the special guest enforcer.
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

April

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
4	ROH	Take No Prisoners	Houston	Kenta and Tyler Black defeated Austin Aries and Katsuhiko Nakajima in Tag team match
5	WWE	WrestleMania XXV	Houston	Triple H (c) defeated Randy Orton in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship Had Triple H been counted out or disqualified, he would have lost the title
19	TNA	Lockdown	Philadelphia	Mick Foley defeated Sting (c) in Six Sides of Steel Cage match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
26	WWE	Backlash	Providence	Edge defeated John Cena (c) in the Last Man Standing match to win the World Heavyweight Championship
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

May

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
17	WWE	Judgment Day	Rosemont	Edge (c) defeated Jeff Hardy in a Singles match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
24	TNA	Sacrifice	Orlando	Sting defeated Mick Foley, Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett in a Four-way Ultimate Sacrifice match
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

June

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
7	WWE	Extreme Rules	New Orleans	Jeff Hardy defeated Edge (c) in a Ladder match to win the World Heavyweight Championship Then CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Jeff Hardy (c) to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.	Final PPV appearance for Umaga
21	TNA	Slammiversary	Aubern Hills	Kurt Angle defeated Mick Foley (c), Jeff Jarrett, A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe in the King of the Mountain match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
28	WWE	The Bash	Sacramento	Randy Orton (c) defeated Triple H 2-1 in a Three Stages of Hell match to retain the WWE Championship
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

July

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
19	TNA	Victory Road	Orlando	Kurt Angle (c) defeated Mick Foley in a Singles match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
26	WWE	Night of Champions	Philadelphia	Jeff Hardy defeated CM Punk (c) in a Singles match to win the World Heavyweight Championship
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

August

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
16	TNA	Hard Justice	Orlando	Kurt Angle (c) defeated Sting and Matt Morgan in a Three-way match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
23	WWE	SummerSlam	Los Angeles	CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy (c) in the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the World Heavyweight Championship	This event was Jeff Hardy's last PPV match in WWE until 2017.
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

September

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
13	WWE	Breaking Point	Montreal	CM Punk (c) defeated The Undertaker in a Submission match for the World Heavyweight Championship
20	TNA	No Surrender	Orlando	A.J. Styles defeated Kurt Angle (c), Matt Morgan, Sting and Hernandez in a Five-way match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (This was Hernandez's Feast or Fired title opportunity.)
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

October

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
4	WWE	Hell in a Cell	Newark	D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated The Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase) in Hell in a Cell match
18	TNA	Bound for Glory	Irvine	A.J. Styles (c) defeated Sting in a Singles match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
25	WWE	Bragging Rights	Pittsburgh	John Cena defeated Randy Orton (c) 6–5 in a 60-minute Iron Man match to win the WWE Championship Had Cena lost, he would be fired from Raw.
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

November

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
15	TNA	Turning Point	Orlando	A.J. Styles (c) defeated Daniels and Samoa Joe in a Three-way match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
22	WWE	Survivor Series	Washington, D.C.	John Cena (c) defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a Triple threat match to retain the WWE Championship
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

December

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Note
13	WWE	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	San Antonio	D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated Jeri-Show (Chris Jericho and Big Show) (c) Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
19	ROH	Final Battle	New York City	Austin Aries (c) wrestled Tyler Black to a time-limit draw in a Singles match for the ROH World Championship
20	TNA	Final Resolution	Orlando	A.J. Styles (c) defeated Daniels in a Singles match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
(c) - denotes defending champion(s)

WWE

CM Punk as the World Heavyweight Champion in 2009

Randy Orton as the WWE Champion in 2009

Jack Swagger as the ECW Champion

Michelle McCool was the first woman to have held both Diva's and Women's Championship in history

Events

WWE PPVs

Date	Event	Location	Notes
January 25	Royal Rumble	Detroit, Michigan	In the main event Randy Orton last eliminated Triple H to win the 30-man Royal Rumble match for the first time in his career
February 15	No Way Out	Seattle, Washington	In the main event Edge defeated John Cena (c), Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Mike Knox, and Kane[1] [Note 1] in an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship
April 5	WrestleMania XXV	Houston, Texas	In the main event Triple H (c) defeated Randy Orton in a Singles match for the WWE Championship; had Triple H been counted out or disqualified, he would have lost the title
April 26	Backlash	Providence, Rhode Island	Final Backlash event until 2016's event In the main event Edge defeated John Cena (c)[2] in a Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship
May 17	Judgment Day	Rosemont, Illinois	Final Judgement Day event In the main event Edge (c) defeated Jeff Hardy[3] in a Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
June 7	Extreme Rules	New Orleans, Louisiana	This was the inaugural event Final PPV appearance for Umaga In the main event Jeff Hardy defeated Edge (c)[4] in a Ladder match for the World Heavyweight Championship then, CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy (c) in a Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship This was CM Punk's Money in the Bank cash-in match
June 28	The Bash	Sacramento, California	In the main event Randy Orton (c) defeated Triple H 2-1 in a Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE Championship
July 26	Night of Champions	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	In the main event Jeff Hardy defeated CM Punk (c)[5] in a Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
August 23	SummerSlam	Los Angeles, California	In the main event CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy (c)[5] in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship
September 7	WWE Breaking Point	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	First and only Breaking Point event In the main event CM Punk (c) defeated The Undertaker[6] in a Submission match for the World Heavyweight Championship
October 4	Hell in a Cell	Newark, New Jersey	This was the inaugural event In the main event D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated The Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase) in a Hell in a Cell match[7]
October 25	Bragging Rights	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	This was the inaugural event In the main event John Cena defeated Randy Orton (c) 6–5[8] in a 60-minute Iron Man match for the WWE Championship
November 22	Survivor Series	Washington, D.C.	In the main event John Cena (c) defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels[9] in a Triple threat match for the WWE Championship
December 14	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	San Antonio, Texas	This was the inaugural event In the main event D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated Jeri-Show (Chris Jericho and Big Show) (c)[10] in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship

Deaths

• March 13 - Test, 33
• June 13 - Mitsuharu Misawa, 46
• December 4 - Umaga, 36 ^[11]

See also

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

Notes

References