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2004 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

January

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
NJPW	Wrestling World 2004	January 4	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	40,000
WWE	Royal Rumble (2004)	January 25	Wachovia Center	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	17,289^[1]

February

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
ROH	Second Anniversary Show	February 14	National Guard Armory	Braintree, Massachusetts	N/A
WWE (SmackDown brand)	No Way Out (2004)	February 15	Cow Palace	Daly City, California	11,000

March

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
WWE	WrestleMania XX	March 14	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	18,500^[2]
AAA	Rey de Reyes (2004)	March 21	Toreo de Cuatro Caminos	Naucalpan, Mexico	N/A

April

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
WWE (Raw brand)	Backlash (2004)	April 18	Rexall Place	Edmonton, Alberta	13,000^[3]
CMLL	48. Aniversario de Arena México	April 30	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico

May

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
WWE (SmackDown brand)	Judgment Day (2004)	May 16	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	18,722

June

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
WWE (Raw brand)	Bad Blood (2004)	June 13	Nationwide Arena	Columbus, Ohio	9,000
AAA	Triplemanía XII	June 20	El Toreo	Naucalpan, Mexico	18,988
WWE (SmackDown brand)	The Great American Bash (2004)	June 27	Norfolk Scope	Norfolk, Virginia	6,500^[4]

July

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
WWE (Raw brand)	Vengeance (2004)	July 11	Hartford Civic Center	Hartford, Connecticut	7,000^[5]
ROH	Death Before Dishonor 2: Part One	July 23	Muellner Building	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin	N/A
ROH	Death Before Dishonor 2: Part Two	July 24	Frontier Fieldhouse	Chicago Ridge, Illinois	N/A

August

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
WWE	SummerSlam (2004)	August 15	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario	17,640^[6]
WWC	WWC 31st Aniversario	August 21	N/A	Caguas, Puerto Rico	N/A

September

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
ROH	Glory By Honor 3	September 11	The Rex Plex	Elizabeth, New Jersey	N/A
WWE (Raw brand)	Unforgiven (2004)	September 12	Rose Garden	Portland, Oregon	10,000^[7]
CMLL	CMLL 71st Anniversary Show	September 17	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	N/A

October

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
WWE (SmackDown brand)	No Mercy (2004)	October 3	Continental Airlines Arena	East Rutherford, New Jersey	10,000
AAA	Verano de Escándalo (2004)	October 16	N/A	Orizaba, Mexico	8,000
WWE (Raw brand)	Taboo Tuesday (2004)	October 19	Bradley Center	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	3,500

November

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
TNA	Victory Road (2004)	November 7	TNA Impact! Zone	Orlando, Florida	700^[8]
WWE	Survivor Series (2004)	November 14	Gund Arena	Cleveland, Ohio	7,500^[9]

December

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
AAA	Guerra de Titanes (2005)	December 5	El Toreo	Naucalpan, Mexico	18,500
TNA	Turning Point (2004 wrestling)	December 5	TNA Impact! Zone	Orlando, Florida	700^[10]
WWE (SmackDown brand)	Armageddon (2004)	December 12	Gwinnett Center	Duluth, Georgia	5,000^[11]
CMLL	Sin Piedad (2004)	December 17	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	N/A
ROH	Final Battle (2004)	December 26	Pennsylvania National Guard Armory	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	N/A

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Rey de Reyes	Jeff Jarrett	March 21

Ring of Honor

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
ROH Pure Wrestling Championship Tournament	A.J. Styles	February 2
ROH Pure Championship Tournament	Doug Williams	July 17

TNA

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won
NWA World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Tournament	Jeff Hardy	October 12
NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament	Kid Kash and Dallas	March 31
2004 TNA World X Cup Tournament	Team TNA	May 26
2004 TNA America's X Cup Tournament	Team TNA
Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Alex Shelley and Sean Waltman	August 16

TNA Year End Awards

Poll	Winner(s)
Tag Team of the Year	America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)
Babe of the Year	Traci Brooks
Finisher of the Year	The Canadian Destroyer
Who To Watch in 2005	Héctor Garza
Memorable Moment of the Year	Primetime walks the Six Sides of Steel at Turning Point
X Division Star of the Year	A.J. Styles
Match of the Year	Six Sides of Steel Match: Triple X vs. America's Most Wanted at Turning Point
Mr. TNA	A.J. Styles

WWE

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Royal Rumble	Chris Benoit	January 25	Last eliminated Big Show to win Chris Benoit won the Royal Rumble match as a SmackDown! wrestler, but switched to the Raw brand to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XX.

WWE Hall of Fame

Category	Inductee	Inducted by
Individual	Big John Studd	Big Show
	Don Muraco	Mick Foley
	Greg "The Hammer" Valentine	Jimmy Hart
	Harley Race	Ric Flair
	Jesse "The Body" Ventura	Tyrel Ventura
	Junkyard Dog	Ernie Ladd
	Sgt. Slaughter	Pat Patterson
	Superstar Billy Graham	Triple H
	Tito Santana	Shawn Michaels
	Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	Blackjack Lanza
Celebrity	Pete Rose	Kane

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	Chris Benoit
PWI Tag Team of the Year	America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)
PWI Match of the Year	Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XX)
PWI Feud of the Year	Triple H vs. Chris Benoit
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	John Cena
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Triple H
PWI Comeback of the Year	Edge
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Randy Orton
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Eddie Guerrero
PWI Rookie of the Year	Monty Brown
PWI Woman of the Year	Victoria
PWI Lifetime Achievement	Pat Patterson

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Inductee
The Undertaker
Bob Backlund
Masahiro Chono
Tarzán Lόpez
Kazushi Sakuraba
Último Dragón
Kurt Angle

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Kenta Kobashi
Most Outstanding	Chris Benoit
Best Box Office Draw	Kenta Kobashi
Feud of the Year	Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H
Tag Team of the Year	Kenta and Naomichi Marufuji
Most Improved	Randy Orton
Best on Interviews	Mick Foley

Title changes

NJPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Brock Lesnar
July 15	Vacant	N/A
July 17	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Circuit2006 Turbulence

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Cho-Ten (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
July 2	Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe	Circuit 2006 Turbulence
September 20	Vacant
September 28	Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)	Circuit 2006 Final: Next Progress

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Black Tiger
February 19	Tiger Mask IV	Acceleration
May 3	Koji Kanemoto	New Japan Cup 2006 Special
December 24	Minoru	Battle Xmas! Catch the Victory

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Hirooki Goto and Minoru
February 19	El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi	Circuit2006 Acceleration
July 8	Gedo and Jado	Circuit2006 Turbulence

WWE

– Raw

– SmackDown

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Triple H
March 14	Chris Benoit	WrestleMania XX	Triple threat match, also involving Shawn Michaels.
August 15	Randy Orton	SummerSlam
September 12	Triple H	Unforgiven
December 6	Vacated	Monday Night Raw	The championship was vacated after a double fall occurred in a triple threat match, also involving Chris Benoit and Edge.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Championship
Incoming champion – Brock Lesnar
February 15	Eddie Guerrero	No Way Out
June 27	John "Bradshaw" Layfield	The Great American Bash	Texas Bullrope match

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Randy Orton
July 11	Edge	Vengeance
September 6	Vacated	Monday Night Raw	Vacated due to injury.
September 12	Chris Jericho	Unforgiven	Defeated Christian in a ladder match for the vacant title.
October 19	Shelton Benjamin	Taboo Tuesday	Due to the stipulation of the event, fans could vote for who would face Chris Jericho for the title; Benjamin had the most votes.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE United States Championship
Incoming champion – Big Show
March 14	John Cena	WrestleMania XX
July 6	Vacated	SmackDown!	John Cena was stripped of the title after attacking SmackDown! General Manager Kurt Angle. Aired on tape delay on July 8.
July 27	Booker T	SmackDown!	Eight-way elimination match for the vacant title, also involving John Cena, René Duprée, Kenzo Suzuki, Rob Van Dam, Billy Gunn, Charlie Haas, and Luther Reigns. Aired on tape delay on July 29.
October 3	John Cena	No Mercy	Fifth match of a Best of Five series.
October 5	Carlito Caribbean Cool	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on October 7.
November 16	John Cena	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on November 18.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Molly Holly
February 23	Victoria	Monday Night Raw	Fatal four-way elimination match, also involving Jazz and Lita. Victoria pinned Lita to win the championship.
June 13	Trish Stratus	Bad Blood	Fatal four-way match, also involving Lita and Gail Kim. Stratus pinned Lita to win the championship.
December 6	Lita	Monday Night Raw

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Evolution (Batista and Ric Flair)
February 16	Booker T and Rob Van Dam	Monday Night Raw
March 22	Evolution (Batista and Ric Flair)	Monday Night Raw
April 19	Chris Benoit and Edge	Monday Night Raw
May 31	La Résistance (Robért Conway and Sylvain Grenier)	Monday Night Raw
October 19	Chris Benoit and Edge	Taboo Tuesday	Benoit and Edge were voted into this match as a result of neither winning the World Heavyweight Championship voting. Benoit won the title himself after Edge abandoned him midway through the match.
November 1	La Résistance (Robért Conway and Sylvain Grenier)	Monday Night Raw
November 15	Eugene and William Regal	Monday Night Raw	Three-way elimination match, also involving Rhyno and Tajiri.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Basham Brothers (Doug and Danny Basham)
February 3	Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on February 5.
April 20	Charlie Haas and Rico	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on April 22.
June 15	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on June 17.
July 6	Billy Kidman and Paul London	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on July 8.
September 7	Kenzo Suzuki and René Duprée	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on September 9.
December 7	Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on December 9.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Rey Mysterio
February 15	Chavo Guerrero	No Way Out
May 4	Jacqueline	SmackDown!	Only woman under the WWE banner to win the title. Aired on tape delay on May 6.
May 16	Chavo Guerrero	Judgment Day	Guerrero won the title with one hand tied behind his back, though his father Chavo Classic untied it during the match.
May 18	Chavo Classic	SmackDown!	Triple threat match, also involving Spike Dudley. Aired on tape delay on May 20.
June 15	Rey Mysterio	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on June 17.
July 27	Spike Dudley	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on July 29.
December 12	Funaki	Armageddon

Debuts

Uncertain debut date

Christy Hemme

March 27 - Adrian Neville
June - Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley
August 29 - Kazuchika Okada
November 18 - Michelle McCool

Retirements

The Fabulous Moolah (1949–2004)
Timothy Well (1987–2004)
Carmella DeCesare (2004)
Shaniqua (2002–2004)
Terri Runnels (1990 – March 2004)
Sable (1996 – August 10, 2004)

Deaths

January 24 – Jack Tunney, 69
March 6 – Ray Fernandez, 47
June 1 – James Dudley, 94
September 22 – Big Boss Man, 41
September 26 – Marianna Komlos, 35

References

^ "Royal Rumble 2004 Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
^ Google Books: WWE 50 – Kevin Sullivan – Google Books
^ "Backlash 2004 results". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "The Great American Bash 2004 results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
^ "Vengeance 2004 Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved February 2, 2008.
^ "SummerSlam 2004 results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
^ "Unforgiven 2004 Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
^ "Victory Road 2004 at Pro Wrestling History.com". Pro Wrestling History.com. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
^ "Survivor Series 2004". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
^ "Turning Point at Pro Wrestling History.com". Pro Wrestling History.com. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
^ "Armageddon 2004". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved April 22, 2008.

[1] "Royal Rumble 2004 Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 1, 2008.

[Google_Books-2] Google Books: WWE 50 – Kevin Sullivan – Google Books

[3] "Backlash 2004 results". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "The Great American Bash 2004 results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved July 15, 2008.

[5] "Vengeance 2004 Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved February 2, 2008.

[6] "SummerSlam 2004 results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-02-15.

[PWHU-7] "Unforgiven 2004 Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-01-17.

[PWHVR-8] "Victory Road 2004 at Pro Wrestling History.com". Pro Wrestling History.com. Retrieved 2008-11-20.

[9] "Survivor Series 2004". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-04-03.

[10] "Turning Point at Pro Wrestling History.com". Pro Wrestling History.com. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

[11] "Armageddon 2004". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved April 22, 2008.

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+| colspan="5" |[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]
+|-
+| colspan="5" |'''{{center|Incoming champion – [[Brock Lesnar]]}}'''
+|-
+!width=14%|Date
+!width=14%|Winner
+!width=14%|Event/Show
+!width=58%|Note(s)
+|-
+|July 15
+|Vacant
+|N/A
+|align=left|
+|-
+|July 17
+|[[Hiroshi Tanahashi]]
+|Circuit2006 Turbulence
+|align=left|
+|}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
+|-
+| colspan="5" |{{center|[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]}}
+|-
+| colspan="5" |'''Incoming champions – [[Cho-Ten]] {{small|([[Hiroyoshi Tenzan]] and [[Masahiro Chono]])}}'''
+|-
+!width=14%|Date
+!width=14%|Winner
+!width=14%|Event/Show
+!width=58%|Note(s)
+|-
+|July 2
+|[[Shiro Koshinaka]] and [[Togi Makabe]]
+|Circuit 2006 Turbulence
+| align="left" |
+|-
+|September 20
+|Vacant
+|
+| align="left" |
+|-
+|September 28
+|Wild Child<br>{{small|([[Manabu Nakanishi]] and [[Takao Omori]])}}
+|Circuit 2006 Final: Next Progress
+| align="left" |
+|}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
+|-
+| colspan="5" |{{center|[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]}}
+|-
+| colspan="5" |'''Incoming champion – [[Rocky Romero|Black Tiger]]'''
+|-
+!width=14%|Date
+!width=14%|Winner
+!width=14%|Event/Show
+!width=58%|Note(s)
+|-
+|February 19
+|[[Tiger Mask IV]]
+|Acceleration
+|align=left|
+|-
+|May 3
+|[[Koji Kanemoto]]
+|New Japan Cup 2006 Special
+|align=left|
+|-
+|December 24
+|[[Minoru Tanaka (wrestler)|Minoru]]
+|Battle Xmas! Catch the Victory
+|align=left|
+|}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
+|-
+| colspan="5" |{{center|[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]]}}
+|-
+| colspan="5" |'''Incoming champions – [[Hirooki Goto]] and [[Minoru Tanaka (wrestler)|Minoru]]'''
+|-
+!width=14%|Date
+!width=14%|Winner
+!width=14%|Event/Show
+!width=58%|Note(s)
+|-
+|February 19
+|[[El Samurai]] and [[Ryusuke Taguchi]]
+|Circuit2006 Acceleration
+| align="left" |
+|-
+|July 8
+|[[Gedo (wrestler)|Gedo]] and [[Jado]]
+|Circuit2006 Turbulence
+| align="left" |
+|}
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Calendar of notable live events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

Ring of Honor

TNA

TNA Year End Awards

WWE

WWE Hall of Fame

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Title changes

NJPW

WWE

Debuts

Retirements

Deaths

See also

References