2009

This is a list of various things that took place in the current year of 2009.

Significant events
January
 * January 26 – Verne Gagne, the founder and longtime owner of the American Wrestling Association and a 10-time AWA World Champion, is alleged to have been involved in a fight on this date with a fellow resident at the memory loss unit of the Friendship Lodge seniors' assisted living facility in Bloomington, Minnesota. A February 2009 article from online news site MinnPost.com reported that Gagne, 82, who has Alzheimer's-related dementia, got into a fight with 97-year-old Helmut Guttman, a former cancer research doctor also suffering from Alzheimer's-related dementia, and Guttman suffered a broken leg and a head injury in the altercation. Guttman was hospitalized and later released, but was readmitted to hospital due to complications and died there on February 14. A police investigation is underway regarding the death, but it is unlikely, according to news sources, that Gagne will face charges due to his age and deteriorating mental condition

October
 * October 28 – TNA announces that it has signed Hulk Hogan to a contract

Deaths
January March April May June August October December
 * 12: Lanny Kean (heart attack)
 * 13: Andrew Martin (wrestled as Test)
 * 28: Buddy Rose 56 (natural causes)
 * 28: John Tolos 78 (natural causes)
 * 12: Mitsuharu Misawa 46 (head/neck injury in the ring)
 * 5: Al Tomko 77 (pancreatic cancer)
 * 14: Lou Albano 76 (natural causes)
 * 4: Eddie Fatu 34 (Heart Attack)

Events
January
 * 11 – IWS Season's Beatings

February
 * 4 – IWA East Coast A Need To Bleed


 * 20 – CHIKARA If The Airplane Is Snowed In, Put Your Bloody Skis On And Get Going


 * 21 – IWS Violent Valentine

March
 * 15 – IGF Genome 8 (Japan)

April


 * 11 – IWS Know Your Enemies

May


 * 30 – IWS "X"

Pay-Per-View events
January February March April May June July August September October November December
 * 4 – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III
 * 11 – Genesis 2009
 * 25 – Royal Rumble 2009
 * 8 – Against All Odds 2009
 * 15 – No Way Out 2009
 * 15 – Destination X 2009
 * 5 – WWE WrestleMania XXV
 * 19 – Lockdown 2009
 * 26 – Backlash 2009
 * 17 – Judgment Day 2009
 * 7 – Extreme Rules 2009
 * 28 – The Bash 2009
 * 26– Night of Champions 2009
 * 23 – SummerSlam 2009
 * 13 – Breaking Point
 * 4 – Hell in a Cell (PPV)
 * 25 – WWE Bragging Rights
 * 22 – Survivor Series 2009
 * 13 – TLC:Tables, Ladders & Chairs (PPV)

Title changes
January
 * January 11 - Robert Roode & James Storm defeated Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
 * January 11 - Alex Shelley defeated Chris Sabin in a tournament final to win the vacant TNA X-Division Championship
 * January 19 - CM Punk defeated William Regal for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
 * January 25 - Edge defeated Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship
 * Janaury 25 - Melina defeated Beth Phoenix for the WWE Women's Championship

February
 * February 15 - Triple H defeated Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship
 * February 15 - Edge defeated John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship

March
 * March 9 - John Bradshaw Layfield defeated CM Punk for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
 * March 15 - A.J. Styles defeated Booker T for the TNA Legends Champion
 * March 15 - Suicide defeated Alex Shelley for the TNA X-Division Championship
 * March 17 - Montel Vontavious Porter defeated Shelton Benjamin for the WWE United States Championship

April
 * April 5 - Carlito & Primo defeated John Morrison and The Miz to unify the WWE Tag Team Championship & World Tag Team Championship
 * April 5 - Rey Mysterio defeated John Bradshaw Layfield for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
 * April 5 - John Cena defeated Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship
 * April 5 - Santina Marella Crowned "Miss WrestleMania"
 * April 19 - Mick Foley defeated Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
 * April 19 - Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Robert Roode & James Storm for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
 * April 19 - Angelina Love defeated Awesome Kong for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship
 * April 26 - Randy Orton defeated Triple H for the WWE Championship
 * April 26 - Edge defeated John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship

May

June
 * June 1 - Kofi Kingston defeated Montel Vontavious Porter for the WWE United States Championship
 * June 7 - Chris Jericho defeated Rey Mysterio for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
 * June 7 - Jeff Hardy defeated Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship
 * June 7 - CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship
 * June 7 - Batista defeated Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
 * June 15 - Randy Orton defeated Triple H, John Cena and The Big Show for the WWE Championship
 * June 21 - Robert Roode & James Storm defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
 * June 21 - Kurt Angle defeated Mick Foley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
 * June 25 - Homicide defeated Suicide for the TNA X-Division Championship
 * June 25 - Tara defeated Angelina Love for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship
 * June 28 - Rey Mysterio defeated Chris Jericho for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
 * June 28 - Michelle McCool defeated Melina for the WWE Women's Championship
 * June 28 - Edge & Chris Jericho defeated Carlito & Primo for the WWE Tag Team Championship & World Tag Team Championship

July
 * July 19 - Angelina Love defeated Tara for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship
 * July 19 - Booker T & Scott Steiner defeated Robert Roode & James Storm for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
 * July 19 - Kevin Nash defeated A.J. Styles for the TNA Legends Champion
 * July 22 - Mick Foley defeated Kevin Nash for the TNA Legends Champion
 * July 26 - Jeff Hardy defeated CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship
 * July 26 - Chris Jericho & The Big Show took the WWE Tag Team Championship & World Tag Team Championship after Edge tor his Achilles tendon.

August
 * August 16 - ODB defeated Angelina Love for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship
 * August 16 - Kevin Nash defeated Mick Foley for the TNA Legends Champion
 * August 16 - Samoa Joe defeated Homicide for the TNA X-Division Championship
 * August 23 - CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship

September
 * September 1 - John Morrison defeated Rey Mysterio for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
 * September 13 - John Cena defeated Randy Orton for te WWE Championship
 * September 20 - A.J. Styles defeated Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
 * September 20 - Sarita & Taylor Wilde defeated The Beautiful People (Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to crown the first TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship
 * September 20 - ODB defeated Cody Deaner to win the vacant TNA Women's Knockout Championship

October
 * October 4 - The Undertaker defeated CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship
 * October 4 - Randy Orton defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship
 * October 5 - The Miz defeated Kofi Kingston for the WWE United States Championship
 * October 5 - Amazing Red defeated Samoa Joe for the TNA X-Division Championship
 * October 18 - Eric Young defeated Kevin Nash for the TNA Legends Champion
 * October 28 - Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams defeated Booker T & Scott Steiner for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
 * October 25 - John Cena defeated Randy Orton for the WWE Championship

November

December