2011

This is a list of various things that took place in 2011.

Significant events
January
 * 10 - Shawn Michaels is inducted into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame on Monday Night Raw.

February
 * 21 - Jim Duggan is inducted into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame on Monday Night Raw.
 * 28 - Bob Armstrong is inducted into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame after the February 28 edition of RAW.

March
 * 7 - Sunny is inducted into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame on Monday Night Raw.
 * 14 - Drew Carey is inducted into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame on Monday Night Raw.
 * 21 - Abdullah the Butcher inducted into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame.
 * 28 - Legion of Doom inducted into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame on Monday Night Raw.
 * 28 - Paul Ellering inducted into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame on Monday Night Raw.

April
 * 25 - WWE 2011 Draft

Deaths
January
 * 27: Shawn Osbourne, 34, (homicide)

April
 * 10: Larry Sweeney, 29, (Suicide)

Debuts and Returns

 * January 9 - Matt Hardy made his TNA debut at Genesis 2011.


 * February 14 - The Rock returns to RAW after 7 years.

Pay-Per-View Events
January
 * 9 – Genesis
 * 30 – Royal Rumble

February
 * 13 - Against All Odds
 * 20 - Elimination Chamber

March
 * 13 - Victory Road

April
 * 3 - WrestleMania
 * 17 - Lockdown

May
 * 1 - Extreme Rules
 * 15 - Sacrifice
 * 22 - Over the Limit

June
 * 19 - Capitol Punishment

July
 * 18 - Money in the Bank

August
 * 15 - SummerSlam

October
 * 3 - Hell in a Cell
 * 24 - Uprising

November
 * 21 - Survivor Series

December
 * 19 - TLC:Tables, Ladders &amp; Chairs

Title changes
January
 * 4 - Kofi Kingston defeated Dolph Ziggler on Smackdown to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
 * 4 - Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Satoshi Kojima at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
 * 9 - Ken Kennedy defeated Jeff Hardy at Genesis 2011 to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
 * 30 - Eve Torres defeated Natalya, Layla & Michelle McCool in a Fatal 4-Way Match to win the WWE Divas Championship at Royal Rumble 2011

February
 * 20 - Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel defeated Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov at Elimination Chamber 2011 to win the WWE Tag Team Championship
 * 24 - Sting defeated Jeff Hardy to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

March
 * 13 - Rosita & Sarita defeated Angelina Love & Winter at Victory Road 2011 to win the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship.
 * 14 - Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan on Monday Night Raw to win the WWE United States Championship.
 * 22 - Wade Barrett defeated Kofi Kingston on Smackdown to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

April
 * 19 - Kane & The Big Show defeated The Corre (Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.

Retirements
February
 * 6 - Shantelle Taylor

April
 * 11 - Adam Copeland (Edge)

May
 * 1 - Michelle Leigh McCool-Calaway (Michelle McCool)