2022 New Champs

List is alphabetical.

AEW

• January 5th – AEW Dynamite
  • TBS Championship – Jade Cargill wins Inaugural TBS Championship (defeats Ruby Soho)
  • AEW Tag Team Championships – Jurassic Express wins titles (defeats Lucha Bros)
• January 8th – Battle of the Belts
  • Interim TNT Championship – Sammy Guevara wins Interim Championship (defeats Dustin Rhodes). Interim title created because current champion Cody Rhodes has COVID.
• January 26th – AEW Dynamite Beach Break
  • TNT Championship – Sammy Guevara unifies the Interim TNT and TNT Championships (defeats Cody Rhodes in a unification ladder match.
• February 9th – AEW Dynamite
  • TNT Championship – Scorpio Sky wins TNT Championship (defeats Sammy Guevara)
• March 16 – AEW Dynamite St. Patrick’s Day Slam
  • AEW World Women’s Championship – Thunder Rosa wins Title (defeats Britt Baker)

Impact

• February 3rd – Impact Wrestling on AXS TV
  • Digital Media Championship – Matt Cardona wins Digital Media Championship (defeats Jordynne Grace)
• March 5th – Impact Sacrifice
  • Knockouts Tag Team Championship – The Influence win the Tag Titles (defeat the Iinspiration)
  • Knockouts Championship – Tasha Steelz wins the Knockouts Championship (defeats Mickie James)
  • Impact Tag Team Championships – Violent by Design wins the Tag Titles (defeats the Good Brothers)

MLW

• March 3 – MLW Fusion
  • MLW Middleweight Championship – Myron Reed wins MLW Middleweight Championship (defeats Tajiri)
• March 31 – MLW Fusion
  • MLW World Tag Team Championships – Calvin Tankman and EJ Enduka win titles (defeats 5150)

New Japan

• January 4th – Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 1
  • NEVER Openweight Championship – Evil wins NEVER Championship (defeats Tomohiro Ishii)
  • IWGP Heavyweight Tag Championships – Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi win Tag Titles (defeat Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi)
  • IWGP World Championship – Kazuchika Okada wins IWGP Championship (defeats Shingo Takagi)
• January 5th – Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 2
  • 2022 KOPW Interim Championship – Minoru Suzuki wins the Interim Championship (defeating Toru Yano, Cima, and Chase Owens
  • IWGP United States Championship – Hiroshi Tanahashi wins US Championship (defeats Kenta)
• February 19th – New Years Golden Series
  • IWGP United States Championship – Sanada wins the US Championship (defeats Tanahashi)
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships – Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato (defeat Tiger Mask and Robbie Eagles)
• March 27th – New Japan Cup
  • New Japan Cup – Zack Sabre Jr. wins the New Japan Cup

NWA

• March 1st – NWA Powerrr
  • NWA National Championship – Anthony Mayweather wins NWA National Championship (defeats Chris Adonis).
• March 8th – NWA Powerrr
  • NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship – Matt Cardona wins NWA World Championship (defeats Trevor Murdoch)
• March 20th – NWA Crockett Cup Night 2
  • Crockett Cup – Mary and Jay Briscoe (defeat Commonwealth Connection)
  • NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship – Homicide wins title (defeats Austin Aries, Darius Lockhart, and Colby Corino.
  • NWA National Championship Match – Jax Dane wins title (defeats Anthony Mayweather)

NXT

• January 4th New Year’s Evil
  • NXT Cruiserweight Championship – Carmelo Hayes wins Cruiserweight Championship and unifies the title with the North American Title (defeats Roderick Strong)
  • NXT Championship – Bron Breakker wins NXT Championship (defeats Tommaso Ciampa)
• February 15th NXT 2.0 Vengeance Day
  • Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic – Creed Brothers win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (defeating MSK in the finals.
• March 8th NXT 2.0 Roadblock
  • NXT Championship – Dolph Ziggler wins NXT Championship (defeats Bron Breakker)
• March 22nd NXT
  • Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic – Kay Lee Ray and Io Shirai win Dusty Cup (defeat Wendy Choo and Dakota Kai)
• April 2nd NXT Stand and Deliver
  • NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships – Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez (defeats Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jane)
  • NXT North American Championship – Cameron Grimes wins North American Championship (defeats Carmelo Anthony)
  • NXT Tag Team Championships – MSK wins NXT Tag Team Championships (defeats Imperium)
• April 4th Monday Night Raw
  • NXT Championship – Bron Breakker wins NXT Championship (defeats Dolph Ziggler)

Ring of Honor

• January 13th Impact Wrestling
  • ROH Women’s Championship – Deonna Purrazzo wins title (defeats Roc-C)
• April 1 – ROH Supercard of Honor
  • ROH TV Championship – Minoru Suzuki wins title (defeats Rhett Titus)
  • ROH Tag Team Championships – FTR wins titles (defeats Mark and Jay Briscoe)
  • ROH Interim Women’s Championship – Mercedes Martinez wins title (defeats Willow)
  • ROH Pure Championship – Wheeler Yuta wins title (defeats Josh Woods)
  • ROH Undisputed World Championship – Jonathan Gresham unifies titles (defeats Bandido)

 WWE

• January 1st – WWE Day 1
  • WWE Championship – Brock Lesnar wins WWE Championship (defeats Big E)
• January 10th – Monday Night Raw
  • Raw Tag Titles – Alpha Academy wins titles (defeats RK-Bro)
• January 29th – Royal Rumble
  • WWE Championship – Bobby Lashley wins WWE Championship (defeats Brock Lesnar)
• February 18th – Smackdown
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship – Sami Zayn wins Intercontinental Championship (defeats Shinsuke Nakamura)
• February 19th – Elimination Chamber
  • WWE Championship – Brock Lesnar wins WWE Championship (defeats Bobby Lashley)
• February 28th – Monday Night Raw
  • WWE United States Championship – Finn Balor wins United States Championship (defeats Damian Priest)
• March 4th – Smackdown
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship – Ricochet wins Intercontinental Championship (defeats Sami Zayn)
• March 7th – Monday Night Raw
  • Raw Tag Team Championships – RK-Bro win the Raw Tag Titles (defeats Alpha Academy)
• April 1st – WrestleMania Night 1
  • Raw Championship – Bianca Belair wins Raw Championship (defeats Becky Lynch)
• April 2nd – WrestleMania Night 2 
  • Women’s Tag Titles – Sasha Banks and Naomi (defeat Carmella and Zelina)
  • WWE Championship – Roman Reigns (defeats Brock Lesnar)

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