2007 in professional wrestling

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2007 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling championship.

List of notable promotions

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These promotions held notable events in 2007.

Promotion Name Abbreviation Notes
Combat Zone Wrestling CZW
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL
Georgia Championship Wrestling GCW
Juggalo Championshit Wrestling JCW
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide AAA The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
Memphis Wrestling PMG
New Japan Pro-Wrestling NJPW
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla PWG
Pro Wrestling Noah NOAH
Ring of Honor ROH
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA
World Wrestling Council WWC
World Wrestling Entertainment WWE WWE divided its roster into three storyline divisions, Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW, referred to as brands, where wrestlers exclusively performed on their respective weekly television programs.

Calendar of notable shows

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January

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
4 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome Tokyo Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima in a Tag team match
6-7 WWC Euphoria Bayamón, Puerto Rico Rikochet vs. La Pulga
7 WWE:
 New Year's Revolution Kansas City, Missouri John Cena (c) defeated Umaga (with Armando Estrada) in a Singles match for the WWE Championship Final New Year's Revolution event and final Raw-exclusive PPV of the first brand split before all WWE PPVs became tri-branded.
14 TNA Final Resolution Orlando Christian Cage defeated Abyss (c) (with James Mitchell) and Sting in a Three Way Elimination match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
28 WWE:
 Royal Rumble San Antonio, Texas The Undertaker won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Shawn Michaels to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania 23 The Undertaker chose to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
11 TNA Against All Odds Orlando Christian Cage (c) defeated Kurt Angle in a Singles match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
18 WWE:
 No Way Out Los Angeles, California John Cena and Shawn Michaels (Raw) defeated Batista and The Undertaker (SmackDown!) in a Tag team match Final SmackDown-exclusive and brand-exclusive PPV of the first brand split before all WWE PPVs became tri-branded.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
10 N/A Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts Crystal River, Florida N/A
11 TNA Destination X Orlando Christian Cage (c) defeated Samoa Joe in a Singles match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
18 AAA Rey de Reyes Naucalpan, Mexico Rey de Reyes finals, six-man elimination match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
1 WWE:
 WrestleMania 23 Detroit, Michigan John Cena (c) defeated Shawn Michaels by submission in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship
13 CMLL 50. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Mexico Místico and Negro Casas (c) defeated Los Perros del Mal (Mr. Águila and Perro Aguayo Jr.) in a Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship
15 TNA Lockdown Saint Charles, Missouri Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Rhyno, Sting and Jeff Jarrett) defeated Team Cage (Christian Cage, A.J. Styles, Scott Steiner, Abyss and Tomko) (with James Mitchell) with Harley Race as the gatekeeper in Lethal Lockdown match
27 PMG Clash of Legends Memphis, Tennessee Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Wight
29 WWE:
 Backlash Atlanta, Georgia John Cena (c) defeated Shawn Michaels, Edge, and Randy Orton in Fatal 4-way match to retain the WWE Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
11 CMLL International Gran Prix Mexico City, Mexico Último Guerrero defeated Alex Koslov, Atlantis, Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., El Sagrado, Hirooki Goto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Lizmark Jr., Marco Corleone, Minoru Suzuki, Okumura, Olímpico, Pierroth, Rey Bucanero, and Último Dragón in a Gran Prix Torneo Cibernetico 16 Man Elimination Match
12 ROH Respect is Earned New York City Takeshi Morishima and Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness and Kenta in a Tag team match First ROH PPV
13 TNA Sacrifice Orlando Kurt Angle defeated Sting and Christian Cage Three-Way match to crown the first TNA World Heavyweight Champion First introduced TNA World Heavyweight Champion, new World title, replaced after National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Executive Director Robert Trobich stripped Christian Cage of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and ended NWA's business relations with TNA earlier that day
20 WWE:
 Judgment Day St. Louis, Missouri John Cena (c) defeated The Great Khali by submission in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
3 WWE:
 One Night Stand Jacksonville, Florida John Cena (c) defeated The Great Khali in the Falls Count Anywhere match to retain the WWE Championship Last appearance of Rob Van Dam (until 2013) and Chris Benoit's final PPV appearance in WWE
17 TNA Slammiversary Nashville, Tennessee Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Christian Cage, and Chris Harris in the King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
23 ROH Driven Chicago Ridge, Illinois Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness in a Singles match
24 WWE:
 Vengeance: Night of Champions Houston, Texas John Cena (c) defeated Bobby Lashley, King Booker (with Queen Sharmell), Mick Foley and Randy Orton in Five-Pack Challenge to retain the WWE Championship This event was notable for being on the weekend of the Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide case. Benoit, who was originally booked to face CM Punk for the vacant ECW World Championship, legitimately no-showed and he was replaced by Johnny Nitro
29 IGF Fighting Now Bom-Ba-Ye Tokyo, Japan Kurt Angle defeated Brock Lesnar (c) via submission to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF) Brock Lesnar defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro Chono in a Three Way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. New Japan Pro-Wrestling stripped Lesnar of the title on July 15, 2006. IGF considered his reign still active and created the IGF version of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
13 WWC 34th WWC Aniversario San Juan, Puerto Rico Carlito defeated Scott Hall
14 WWC 34th WWC Aniversario - Night 2 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Razor Ramon defeated Carlito and Apolo (c) in a triple threat match for WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
15 AAA Triplemanía XV Naucalpan, Mexico Los Hell Brothers (Charly Manson, Chessman, and Cibernético) defeated La Legión Extranjera (El Mesías, Sean Waltman, and Kenzo Suzuki)
15 TNA Victory Road Nashville, Tennessee Kurt Angle (c) and Samoa Joe (c) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) (c) in a Tag team match for the TNA World Heavyweight, X Division and World Tag Team Championships
22 WWE:
 The Great American Bash San Jose, California John Cena (c) defeated Bobby Lashley in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship Last event to feature the original Cruiserweight Championship
Last PPV appearance for Bobby Lashley in WWE until 2018
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
5-12 NJPW G1 Climax Tokyo Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata in a G1 Climax tournament
12 TNA Hard Justice Orlando Kurt Angle (c) defeated Samoa Joe (c) in a Singles match for Angle's TNA World Heavyweight and IWGP Heavyweight Championship, and Joe's X Division and World Tag Team Championships
12 JCW Bloodymania Cave-In-Rock, Illinois Insane Clown Posse and Sabu defeated Trent Acid and The Young Alter Boys (with Annie Social the Nun)
26 WWE:
 SummerSlam East Rutherford, New Jersey John Cena (c) defeated Randy Orton in a Singles match to retain the WWE Championship Final WWE PPV event to feature Booker T until 2011
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
31-2 PWG Battle of Los Angeles Burbank, California Cima defeated Roderick Strong and El Generico in an elimination three-way match to win the 2007 Battle of Los Angeles tournament
3 AAA
NOAH
SEM 		TripleSEM Tokyo Los Hell Brothers (Cibernético, Charly Manson and Chessman) went to a no contest with Mushiking Terry, Naomichi Marufuji and Ricky Marvin
9 TNA No Surrender Orlando Kurt Angle (c) defeated Abyss in a Singles match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
15 ROH Man Up Chicago Ridge, Illinois The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) (c) defeated Kevin Steen and El Generico Ladder War to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
16 AAA Verano de Escándalo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Domo De La Muerte cage match
16 WWE:
 Unforgiven Memphis, Tennessee The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry in a Singles match
28 CMLL CMLL 74th Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico Eight-man Steel Cage elimination match
29 GCW Fourth Annual Fred Ward Memorial Show Columbus, Georgia Bull Buchanan defeated Johnny Swinger (c) (with Quentin Michaels) in a Six-Sides-of-Steel match for the GCW Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

October

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
6 ROH Undeniable Edison, New Jersey Nigel McGuinness defeated Takeshi Morishima (c) in a Singles match to win the ROH World Championship
7 AAA Antonio Peña Memorial Show Naucalpan, Mexico La Legión Extranjera (Abismo Negro, Electroshock and El Zorro) defeated Chessman, Cibernético and El Intocable
7 WWE:
 No Mercy Rosemont, Illinois Randy Orton defeated Triple H (c) in the Last Man Standing match to win the WWE Championship
12 N/A First Annual Sensational Sherri Memorial Cup Tournament Montreal, Quebec LuFisto and El Generico defeated Stefany Sinclair and Kevin Steen
14 TNA Bound for Glory Duluth, Georgia Sting defeated Kurt Angle (c) in a Singles match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship This event was also determine the first TNA Women's Knockout Championship, new title for Knockout women division
28 WWE:
 Cyber Sunday Rosemont, Illinois Batista (c) defeated The Undertaker in a Singles match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest referee
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

November

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
10 N/A NZPWI Invitational Whangarei, New Zealand IPW Heavyweight Champion Jon E. King defeated Cruz
11 AAA Guerra de Titanes Madero, Mexico El Mesias defeated Cibernético and El Zorro in a Three-way elimination match for the AAA Mega Championship
11 NJPW Destruction Tokyo Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Hirooki Goto in a Singles match to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
11 TNA Genesis Orlando Kurt Angle (c) and Kevin Nash defeated Sting and Booker T in a Tag team match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship This event was Booker T's debut in TNA
18 WWE:
 Survivor Series Miami, Florida Batista (c) defeated The Undertaker in Hell in a Cell match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

December

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event Notes
2 TNA Turning Point Orlando Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash and Eric Young defeated The Angle Alliance (Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles and Tomko) in a six-man Tag team match
16 WWE:
 Armageddon Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Edge defeated Batista (c) and The Undertaker in Triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship This was the last PPV WWE broadcast in 480p standard definition. All WWE programming switched to HD in January 2008
17 CMLL Sin Piedad Mexico City Shocker and Lizmark Jr. defeated Black Warrior and Rey Bucanero
24 WWE:
 Tribute to the Troops Tikrit, Iraq D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated Mr. Kennedy and Umaga in a Tag team match
29 ROH Rising Above New York City The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) (c) defeated the No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong and Rocky Romero)
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable incidents

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Accomplishments and tournaments

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AAA

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Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Rey de Reyes La Parka March 18

AAA Hall of Fame

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Main article: AAA Hall of Fame
Inductee
Antonio Peña
Rey Misterio Jr.

Ring of Honor

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Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Race To The Top Tournament Claudio Castagnoli July 28

TNA

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Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Paparazzi Championship Series Alex Shelley January 14
Fight for the Right Tournament Eric Young November 11
Turkey Bowl Samoa Joe November 13

TNA Year End Awards

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Main article: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Year End Awards
Poll Winner(s)
Tag Team of the Year The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
Knockout of the Year Gail Kim
Finisher of the Year The Muscle Buster
Who To Watch in 2008 Booker T
Memorable Moment of the Year Booker T debuts in TNA
Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Sting
X Division Star of the Year Jay Lethal
Feud of the Year Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle
Match of the Year Sting vs. Kurt Angle at Bound for Glory
Mr. TNA Samoa Joe

WWE

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The Undertaker was the first person to win the Royal Rumble match from the #30th entrant in 2007
Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Royal Rumble The Undertaker January 28 Winner received their choice of a championship match for either Raw's WWE Championship, SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship, or the ECW World Championship at WrestleMania 23; Undertaker last eliminated Shawn Michaels to win and chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship, which he subsequently won from Batista.
Money in the Bank ladder match Mr. Kennedy April 1 Defeated CM Punk, Edge, Finlay, Jeff Hardy, King Booker, Matt Hardy, and Randy Orton to win a world championship match contract. Mr. Kennedy, however, suffered a legit injury, and on the May 7 episode of Raw, he lost the Money in the Bank contract to Raw member Edge, who subsequently cashed in the contract and won SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship from The Undertaker on the May 11 episode of SmackDown. Edge was in turn transferred to SmackDown.
ECW World Championship Tournament Johnny Nitro June 24 Nitro, who replaced Chris Benoit, defeated CM Punk in the tournament final to win the vacant ECW World Championship; previous champion Bobby Lashley was stripped of the title when he was drafted to Raw.
Championship Competition Tournament Rey Mysterio September 16 Defeated Finlay in the tournament final to win a World Heavyweight Championship match at Unforgiven, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.

WWE Hall of Fame

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Dusty Rhodes
Main article: WWE Hall of Fame
Category Inductee Inducted by
Individual "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes Cody Runnels and Dustin Rhodes
"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig Wade Boggs
Jerry "The King" Lawler William Shatner
Nick Bockwinkel Bobby Heenan
Mr. Fuji Don Muraco
The Sheik Rob Van Dam and Sabu
Jim Ross Stone Cold Steve Austin
Group The Wild Samoans Samu and Matt Anoaʻi

Awards and honors

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2007 PWI Wrestler of the Year and 2007 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestler of the Year, John Cena held the WWE Championship throughout 2007 and won in the main event of every single PPV (excluding Royal Rumble) until Unforgiven in September
John Cena

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

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Main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
Category Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year John Cena
PWI Tag Team of the Year Paul London and Brian Kendrick
PWI Match of the Year John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (Raw, April 23)
PWI Feud of the Year Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year John Cena
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Randy Orton
PWI Comeback of the Year Jeff Hardy
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Candice Michelle
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Jeff Jarrett
PWI Rookie of the Year Hornswoggle
PWI Woman of the Year Candice Michelle
PWI Lifetime Achievement Nick Bockwinkel

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

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Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

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Main article: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
Inductee
The Rock
Evan Lewis
Tom Packs

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

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Main article: List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year John Cena
Most Outstanding Bryan Danielson
Best Box Office Draw John Cena
Feud of the Year Batista vs. The Undertaker
Tag Team of the Year The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay and Mark Briscoe)
Most Improved Montel Vontavious Porter
Best on Interviews John Cena

Title changes

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AAA

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AAA Mega Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
September 16 El Mesias Verano de Escándalo
AAA World Tag Team Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 16 The Black Family
(Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz) 		Rey de Reyes
July 15 Mexican Powers
(Crazy Boy and Joe Líder) 		Triplemanía XV
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Cynthia Moreno and El Oriental
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
November 30 Gran Apache and Mari Apache Guerra de Titanes

NJPW

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IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hiroshi Tanahashi
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 13 Yuji Nagata Circuit2007 New Japan Brave tour
October 8 Hiroshi Tanahashi Explosion '07
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 11 RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko) 		New Japan Pro Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Circuit 2007 New Japan Evolution: New Japan Cup 2007
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Minoru
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
July 6 Ryusuke Taguchi New Japan Soul C.T.U Farewell Tour
December 8 Wataru Inoue New Japan Alive
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Gedo and Jado
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 2 Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku New Japan Pro Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Brave New World: Hall2Days

ROH

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ROH World Championship
Incoming champion – Takeshi Morishima
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 6 Nigel McGuiness ROH Undeniable
ROH World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 24 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay and Mark Briscoe) 		Fifth Year Festival: Chicago
March 3 Naruki Doi and Shingo Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool
March 30 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay and Mark Briscoe) 		All-Star Extravaganza III
December 30 The Age of the Fall
(Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) 		Final Battle

TNA

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TNA World Heavyweight Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 13 Kurt Angle Sacrifice Angle defeated then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage and Sting in a three-way match to become the inaugural champion after National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Executive Director Robert Trobich stripped Christian Cage of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and ended NWA's business relations with TNA earlier that day[1]
May 14
(aired May 17) 		Vacated Impact! Kurt Angle was stripped of the title due to a double-fall result of the three-way match at Sacrifice.
June 17 Kurt Angle Slammiversary Angle defeated A.J. Styles, Chris Harris, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe in a King of the Mountain match to win the vacant championship. After the event, Angle's reign and the vacancy were no longer recognized and thus is viewed to be the start of the title's history. TNA counts Angle's previous reign to his credit without detailing why, thus giving loose recognition towards that reign
October 14 Sting Bound for Glory
October 16
(aired October 25) 		Kurt Angle Impact!
TNA X Division Championship
Incoming champion – Christopher Daniels
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 14 Chris Sabin Final Resolution
June 17 Jay Lethal Slammiversary
June 19 Samoa Joe Impact!
August 12 Kurt Angle Hard Justice
September 9 Jay Lethal No Surrender
TNA World Beer Drinking Championship
(Title created)
Unsanctioned championship
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
November 11 James Storm Genesis
November 11 Eric Young Genesis
TNA World Tag Team Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 17 Team 3D
(Brother Ray and Brother Devon) 		TNA Today
July 15 Samoa Joe Victory Road
August 12 Kurt Angle Hard Justice
August 27 Kurt Angle and Sting Impact!
September 9 Team Pacman
(Adam Jones and Ron Killings) 		No Surrender
October 14 Christian's Coalition
(A.J. Styles and Tomko) 		Bound for Glory
TNA Women's World Championship
(Title created)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 14 Gail Kim Bound for Glory

WWE

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  – Raw
  – SmackDown
  - ECW

Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, and a tag team championship for male wrestlers. ECW only had a world championship. SmackDown also had a title for their cruiserweight wrestlers. There was only one women's championship and it was exclusive to Raw.

WWE Championship
Incoming champion – John Cena
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 2 Vacated ECW Vacated when John Cena suffered a torn right pectoral tendon
October 7 Randy Orton No Mercy Orton was originally scheduled to have a Last Man Standing match against John Cena for the title, but due to Cena vacating the title, Vince McMahon awarded it to Orton
Triple H Defeated Randy Orton in the opening match after Vince McMahon accepted Triple H's open challenge on Orton's behalf
Randy Orton Due to promising the match type, Vince McMahon made Triple H defend the title against Orton in a Last Man Standing match
World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Batista
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 1 The Undertaker WrestleMania 23
May 8
(aired May 11) 		Edge SmackDown! Cashed in his Money in the Bank contract that he had won from Mr. Kennedy on that week's episode of Raw. Following the win, Edge transferred from Raw to SmackDown!.
July 17
(aired July 20) 		Vacated SmackDown! Edge vacated the title after he was sidelined with a legit pectoral injury.
The Great Khali This was a 20-man battle royal for the vacant title.
September 16 Batista Unforgiven Triple threat match, also involving Rey Mysterio
December 16 Edge Armageddon Triple threat match, also involving The Undertaker
ECW World Championship
Incoming champion – Bobby Lashley
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 29 Mr. McMahon Backlash This match was a 3-on-1 handicap match also involving Umaga and Shane McMahon who teamed with Mr. McMahon
June 3 Bobby Lashley One Night Stand
June 11 Vacated Monday Night Raw The championship was vacated due to Bobby Lashley being drafted to the Raw brand during the 2007 WWE draft
June 24 Johnny Nitro/John Morrison Vengeance: Night of Champions Nitro, who substituted for Chris Benoit due to a "family emergency", defeated CM Punk to win the vacant championship. His ring name was changed to John Morrison during this reign
The title was renamed to ECW Championship.
September 1
(aired September 4) 		CM Punk ECW Last Chance match.
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Jeff Hardy
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 19 Umaga Monday Night Raw
April 16 Santino Marella Monday Night Raw No Holds Barred match. Santino was "picked out of the audience" by Vince McMahon
July 2 Umaga Monday Night Raw
September 1
(aired September 3) 		Jeff Hardy Monday Night Raw
WWE United States Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Benoit
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 20 Montel Vontavious Porter Judgment Day Two out of three falls match
WWE Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Mickie James
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 19 Melina Monday Night Raw
April 24 Mickie James House show Triple threat match, also involving Victoria
Melina Melina was awarded an immediate rematch because Mickie James pinned Victoria, who was not the champion
June 24 Candice Michelle Vengeance: Night of Champions
October 7 Beth Phoenix No Mercy
World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 29 John Cena and Shawn Michaels Monday Night Raw
April 2 The Hardy Boyz
(Jeff and Matt Hardy) 		Monday Night Raw Tag team battle royal, last eliminating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch
June 4 Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch Monday Night Raw
September 5 Paul London and Brian Kendrick House show
September 8 Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch House show
December 10 Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes Raw 15th Anniversary
WWE Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Paul London and Brian Kendrick
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 17
(aired April 20) 		Deuce 'n Domino SmackDown!
August 28
(aired August 31) 		Matt Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter SmackDown!
November 13
(aired November 16) 		John Morrison and The Miz SmackDown!
John Morrison and The Miz were a part of the ECW brand, and as a result, the titles moved to the ECW brand. However, as part of the talent exchange between SmackDown and ECW, teams of either brand could challenge for the titles.
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Gregory Helms
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 18 Chavo Guerrero Jr. No Way Out Eight-man Cruiserweight Open, also involving Daivari, Shannon Moore, Funaki, Jamie Noble, Jimmy Wang Yang, and Scotty 2 Hotty
July 22 Hornswoggle The Great American Bash Six-man Cruiserweight Open, also involving Jimmy Wang Yang, Shannon Moore, Funaki, and Jamie Noble
September 25
(aired September 28) 		Retired SmackDown! Vacated by SmackDown! General Manager Vickie Guerrero, citing that Hornswoggle's status as Mr. McMahon's son and his diminutive stature would eventually jeopardize his well-being. The title was retired without an official announcement.

Births

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Debuts

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  • Uncertain debut date

Retirements

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Dusty Rhodes

Deaths

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Bam Bam Bigelow
Chris Benoit

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2007 in professional wrestling.

References

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