2008 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 2008.
Calendar of notable shows
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Accomplishments and tournaments
AAA
AAA Hall of Fame
Ring of Honor
Sendai Girls
TNA
WWE
WWE Hall of Fame
Slammy 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. ECW only had a world championship.
Awards and honors
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Debuts
- January 3 – Ryuichi Sekine
- February 11 - Takashi Okita (Kensuke Office)
- March 2 - Kenoh
- March 7 - Matt Taven
- March 11 – Shinya Ishikawa
- April 12 - Hamuko Hoshi
- April 19 – Shota
- April 26 - Adam Cole
- May 24 - Adam Page
- June 27 - Yuji Okabayashi
- July 13 - Nozomi Dai (NEO)
- July 20 - Hikaru Shida
- September 19 - Bayley
- September 20 – Nikki Cross
- November 11 – Yumehito Imanari
- November 15 - Bo Dallas
- November 22 – Rusev
- December 4 – Ryuichi Kawakami
Retirements
- Roadkill (1996 – February 4, 2008) (brief return only in 2012)
- Billy Kidman (September 11, 1994 – February 23, 2008)
- Woody Farmer (1960s-April 12, 2008)
- Torrie Wilson (February 21, 1999 – May 8, 2008) (brief return only in 2009 and 2018)
- Jonathan Coachman (December 23, 1999 – June 2008)
- Danny Basham (1998–July 5, 2008)
- Ashley Massaro (June 27, 2005 – July 9, 2008)
- Carlos Colón (February 16, 1966 – July 19, 2008)
- Johnny Jeter (September 2001 – August 2008) (brief return only in 2014)
- Cherry (January 1999 – August 15, 2008)
- Sonny Siaki (March 1998 – September 17, 2008)
- Joey Mercury (October 12, 1996 – October 2008) (returned to wrestling from 2010 onwards)
- Peter Thornley (1964-October 29, 2008)
- KC James (December 15, 2001 – December 12, 2008)
- Misae Genki (August 28, 1994 – December 31, 2008)
Deaths
- January 17 - Ernie Holmes, 59
- February 15 – Johnny Weaver, 72
- March 6 – Don Curtis, 80
- March 16 – Gary Hart, 66
- March 20 – Bestia Salvaje, 46
- March 23 – Chase Tatum, 34
- March 23 - Luis Magana, 97
- March 28 – Ron Slinker, 62
- April 5 - Buffalo Jim Barrier, 55
- April 30 - Yvon Robert Jr., 65
- May 11 – Judy Grable, 72
- May 12 – Penny Banner, 73
- May 25 - Rudy Kay, 65
- June 17 - Jimmy Jackson (wrestler), 51
- July 12 - Evgeny Artyukhin Sr., 59
- July 30 – Alfonso Dantés, 65
- August 20 - Sonny Fargo, 80
- August 30 – Killer Kowalski, 81
- September 20 - George Larson, 93
- September 21 - Al Hobman, 83
- October 8 - Hogan Wharton, 72
- October 16 – Jack Reynolds, 71
- October 19 – Lia Maivia, 81
- October 26 – S. D. Jones, 63
- December 4 – Steve Bradley, 32
- December 14 – Mike Bell, 37
See also
- List of NJPW pay-per-view events
- List of ROH pay-per-view events
- List of TNA pay-per-view events
- List of WWE pay-per-view events
References
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