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

Contents 1 Significant events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Debuts 5 Events 6 Pay-Per-View events 7 Title changes 8 Retirements 9 Also see

Significant events

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

• 28 – TNA announces that it has signed Hulk Hogan to a contract [1]

Births

Deaths

January

• 12: Lanny Kean 48 (heart attack)
• 16: Paul Fuchs (heart attack)

March

• 13: Andrew Martin 33 (drug overdose)
• 22: Abismo Negro 37 (drowned)

April

• 28: Buddy Rose 56 (natural causes)

May

• 28: John Tolos 78 (natural causes)

June

• 12: Mitsuharu Misawa 46 (head/neck injury in the ring)

July

• 22: Damian Steele 34 (Brain aneurysm)

August

• 5: Al Tomko 77 (pancreatic cancer)

October

• 14: Lou Albano 76 (natural causes)

December

• 4: Eddie Fatu 34 (Heart Attack)
• 29: "Dr. Death" Steve Williams 49 (throat cancer)

Debuts

June

• 4 – Jesse Neal (TNA)

July

• 2 – Sheamus (WWE)

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

• 4 - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III
• 11 - Genesis 2009
• 25 - Royal Rumble 2009

February

• 8 - Against All Odds 2009
• 15 - No Way Out 2009

March

• 15 - Destination X 2009

April

• 5 - WrestleMania XXV
• 19 - Lockdown 2009
• 26 - Backlash 2009

May

• 17 - Judgment Day 2009

June

• 7 - Extreme Rules 2009
• 28 - The Bash 2009

July

• 26 - Night of Champions 2009

August

• 23 - SummerSlam 2009

September

• 13 - Breaking Point

October

• 4 - Hell in a Cell 2009
• 25 - Bragging Rights 2009

November

• 22 - Survivor Series 2009

December

• 13 - TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2009
• 19 - ROH Final Battle 2009

Title changes

January

• 4 - Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Keiji Mutoh for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
• 11 - Robert Roode & James Storm defeated Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
• 11 - Alex Shelley defeated Chris Sabin in a tournament final to win the vacant TNA X-Division Championship
• 14 - Vaughn Lilas defeated Idol Stevens for the OVW Heavyweight Championship
• 16 - La Sombra and Volador Jr. defeated Averno and Mephisto for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship
• 19 - CM Punk defeated William Regal for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
• 25 - Edge defeated Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship
• 25 - Melina defeated Beth Phoenix for the WWE Women's Championship

February

• 4 - APOC defeated Vaughn Lilas for the OVW Heavyweight Championship
• 15 - Triple H defeated Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship
• 15 - Edge defeated John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship

March

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

April

• 3 - Jerry Lynn defeated Nigel McGuinness for the ROH World Championship
• 5 - Carlito & Primo defeated John Morrison and The Miz to unify the WWE Tag Team Championship & World Tag Team Championship
• 5 - Rey Mysterio defeated John Bradshaw Layfield for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
• 5 - John Cena defeated Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship
• 5 - Santina Marella Crowned "Miss WrestleMania"
• 10 - The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) defeated El Generico and Kevin Steen for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
• 19 - Mick Foley defeated Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
• 19 - Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Robert Roode & James Storm for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
• 19 - Angelina Love defeated Awesome Kong for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship
• 26 - Randy Orton defeated Triple H for the WWE Championship
• 26 - Edge defeated John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship

May

• 6 - Manabu Nakanishi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

June

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

July

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

August

• 1 - Necro Butcher and Brodie Lee defeated Corvis Fear and Myke Quest for the JAPW Tag Team Championship
• 16 - ODB defeated Angelina Love for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship
• 16 - Kevin Nash defeated Mick Foley for the TNA Legends Champion
• 16 - Samoa Joe defeated Homicide for the TNA X-Division Championship
• 23 - CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship

September

• 1 - John Morrison defeated Rey Mysterio for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
• 4 - Bryan Danielson defeated Chris Hero for the PWG World Championship
• 13 - John Cena defeated Randy Orton for te WWE Championship
• 20 - A.J. Styles defeated Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
• 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
• 20 - ODB defeated Cody Deaner to win the vacant TNA Women's Knockout Championship

October

• 2 - Ken Kennedy defeated Chuck Palumbo and Tiny Iron to win the vacant NWE World Heavyweight Championship
• 3 - The British Lions (Chris Grey and Tommy Taylor) defeated Roderick Strong and Erick Stevens for the FIP World Tag Team Championship
• 4 - The Undertaker defeated CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship
• 4 - Randy Orton defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship
• 5 - The Miz defeated Kofi Kingston for the WWE United States Championship
• 5 - Amazing Red defeated Samoa Joe for the TNA X-Division Championship
• 18 - Eric Young defeated Kevin Nash for the TNA Legends Champion
• 25 - John Cena defeated Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
• 28 - Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams defeated Booker T & Scott Steiner for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
• 31 - The Thomaselli Brothers (Vito and Pauly Thomaselli) defeated The Weedman and Billy Bong for the JCW World Tag Team Championship

November

• 8 - Tiger Mask IV defeated Místico for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

December

• 13 - Drew McIntyre defeated John Morrison for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
• 13 - Sheamus defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship
• 13 - D-Generation X defeated Jerishow for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
• 19 - The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) defeated The American Wolves for the ROH World Tag Team Championship

Retirements

March

• 9 -Worker Ant

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