This is a list of various things that will take place in 2020.
Significant events
April
- 15 - WWE released Kurt Angle, Rusev, Drake Maverick, Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Heath Slater, Eric Young, Rowan, Sarah Logan, No Way Jose, Mike Chioda, Mike Kanellis, Maria Kanellis, EC3, Aiden English, Lio Rush, Primo, Epico, Billy Kidman, Mike Rotunda, Pat Buck, Fit Finlay, Shawn Daivari, Scott Armstrong, Sarah Stock, Shane Helms, Lance Storm, Serena Deeb, Kendo Kashin, Ace Steel, MJ Jenkins, Dan Matha, Aleksandar Jaksic, Jon Quasto, Alyssa Marino, Jerry Soto, Andrea Listenberger and Josiah Williams.
May
- 11 - Becky Lynch announced she is pregnant and vacated the title to Asuka who the previous night won the Money in the Bank ladder match.
June
- 24 - CHIKARA shut down all operations following multiple sexual allegation charges against owner Mike Quackenbush.
Births
Deaths
January
- 9 - Pampero Firpo (81)
- 11 - Kazuo Sakurada (71), La Parka II (54)
- 15 - Rocky Johnson (75)
- 23 - Justice Pain (41)
March
- 5 - Rip Oliver (67)
- 8 - Wayne Bridges (83)
April
- 16 - Howard Finkel (69)
May
- 9 - Little Richard (87)
- 17 - Shad Gaspard (39)
- 23 - Hana Kimura (22)
- 31 - Danny Havoc (34)
June
- 10 - Mr. Wrestling II (85)
July
- 21 - Z-Barr (38)
- 24 - Regis Philbin (88)
- 31 -Mark Rocco (69)
August
- 9 - Kamala (70)
Debuts and Returns
Events
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Pay-Per-View Events
January
- 4 - Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Night 1
- 5 - Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Night 2
- 12 - Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill
- 26 - Royal Rumble
February
- 16 - NXT Takeover: Portland
- 27 - Super ShowDown
- 29 - AEW Revolution
March
April
May
- 10 - Money in the Bank
- 23 - Double or Nothing
June
- 7 - NXT TakeOver: In Your House
- 14 - Backlash
July
- 18 - Slammiversary
- 19 - Extreme Rules
August
- 22 - NXT TakeOver: XXX
- 23 - SummerSlam 2020
September
- 5 - ALL OUT
October
- 25 - NXT UK TakeOver: Dublin
November
December
Retirements
February
- 22 -Manabu Nakanishi
May
- 20 - Arisa Hoshiki
Title changes
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
January
- 4 - FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) defeated Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship
- 4 - Jon Moxley defeated Lance Archer (c) in a Texas Death Match to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
- 4 - Hiromu Takahashi defeated Will Ospreay (c) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
- 4 - Tetsuya Naitō defeated Jay White (c) to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
- 5 - Los Ingobernables de Japón (BUSHI, EVIL & Shingo Takagi) won a Gauntlet Match to win the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship
- 5 - Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) defeated Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo (c) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
- 5 - Hirooki Goto defeated KENTA (c) to win the NEVER Openweight Championship
- 5 - Tetsuya Naitō (c) [Intercontinental] defeated Kazuchika Okada (c) [Heavyweight] in a Championship vs. Championship Match to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
- 12 - Tessa Blanchard defeated Sami Callihan (c) to win the Impact World Championship
- 18 - Jordynne Grace defeated Taya Valkyrie (c) to win the Impact Knockouts Championship
- 20 - Seth Rollins & Buddy Murphy defeated The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar) (c) to win the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
- 22 - Keith Lee defeated Roderick Strong (c) to win the NXT North American Championship
- 24 - Eli Drake & James Storm defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) (c) and The Wild Cards (Royce Isaacs & Thomas Latimer) in a Three Way Match to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship
- 24 - Thunder Rosa (w/ Melina) defeated Allysin Kay (c) to win the NWA World Women's Championship
- 24 - Ricky Starks defeated Trevor Murdoch in the NWA World Television Championship Tournament Final Match to win the NWA World Television Championship
- 25 - Jordan Devlin defeated Angel Garza (c) and Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Travis Banks in a Fatal 4-Way match to win the NXT Cruiserweight Championship
- 31 - Braun Strowman defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c) to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship
February
- 1 - Shingo Takagi defeated Hirooki Goto (c) to win the NEVER Openweight Championship
- 1 - Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defeated FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) (c) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship
- 16 - The BroserWeights (Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne) defeated The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) (c) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship
- 21 - Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi defeated Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship
- 27 - The Miz & John Morrison defeated The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (c) to win the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
- 27 - Goldberg defeated The Fiend (c) to win the WWE Universal Championship
March
- 2 - Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated Seth Rollins & Murphy (c) to win the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
April
- 4 - Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross defeated The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) (c) to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
- 4 - Braun Strowman defeated Goldberg (c) to win the WWE Universal Championship
- 5 - Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley (c) to win the NXT Women's Championship
- 5 - Drew McIntyre defeated Brock Lesnar (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) to win the WWE Championship
- 17 - Big E defeated The Miz (c) & Jey Uso in a Triple Threat Match to win the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
- 21 - Willie Mack defeated Ace Austin (c) to win the Impact X Division Championship
May
- 10 - Asuka defeated Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans, Nia Jax, and Shayna Baszler in a Money in the Bank ladder match. The following night on Raw, Becky Lynch revealed she had vacated the WWE Raw Women's Championship due to being pregnant and that the match the previous night was actually for the Championship.
- 13 - Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) defeated Matt Riddle & Timothy Thatcher (c) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship
- 25 - Apollo Crews defeated Andrade (w/ Zelina Vega) (c) to win the WWE United States Championship
June
- 7 - Io Shirai defeated Charlotte (c) and Rhea Ripley in a Triple Threat Match to win the NXT Women's Championship (17:35)
- 12 - AJ Styles defeated Daniel Bryan in the WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament Final Match to win the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship
July
- 8 - Keith Lee (c - NA) defeated Adam Cole (c - NXT) in a Winner Take All match for the NXT Championship and NXT North American Championship
- 12 - Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Golden Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi) (c) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship
- 12 - EVIL defeated Tetsuya Naito (c) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship & IWGP Intercontinental Championship
- 18 - Chris Bey defeated Willie Mack (c) to win the Impact X Division Championship
- 18 - Deonna Purrazzo defeated Jordynne Grace (c) to win the Impact Knockouts Championship
- 18 - Eddie Edwards defeated Ace Austin and Trey Miguel and Rich Swann and Eric Young in a Five Way Elimination Match to win the vacant Impact World Championship
- 19 - Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (c) in a Tables match to win the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
- 21 - The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defeated The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) (c) to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship
- 27 - Sasha Banks defeated Asuka (c) to win the WWE Raw Women's Championship