2008

This is a list of various things that took place in 2008.
==Significant events==
January
* 27: The Royal Rumble is the first WWE pay-per-view event to be broadcast in high-definition format. Shortly beforehand, all of WWE's televised programs, including Monday Night RAW convert to HD format.
March
*23: Pro Wrestling Allstars is founded in Antwerp, Belgium.
*30: Ric Flair wrestles his final WWE match against Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania XXIV
April
*Stampede Wrestling, which had been revived by Bruce and Ross Hart in 1999, ceases operations once again.
July
*19: Carlos Colón retires
September
*19: Blue Panther loses his mask vs. Villano V
October
*25: Florida Pro Wrestling Association holds its final event FPWA Ring Of Horror 5 before ceasing operations in 2009.
November
*1: PowerSlam Productions is founded by Wes Adams.
==Births==
July
:*28 - Murphy Claire Levesque (Stephanie & Paul Levesque's daughter)
==Deaths==
January
*January – Arman Hussian
February
*6 – Babe Sharon 55 (Heart problems)
*6 – The Elephant Boy 76
*15 – Johnny Weaver 72 (Heart attack)
March
*6 – Don Curtis 80 (Massive stroke)
*16 – Gary Hart 66 (Heart disease)
*20 – Juan Manuel Rodriguez 46 (Liver disease)
*23 – Chase Tatum 34 (Drug overdose)
*28 – Ron Slinker 62 (Liver failure)
April
*April ? – Sarah Lee 76
*April ? – Yvon Robert junior 65
*April ? – Bill Savage
*April ? – Comando Loco
May
*9 - Judy Grable 82
*25 - Chief White Owl 72
August
*18 - Killer Kowalski 81 (Heart attack)
October
*26 – Special Delivery Jones 63 (Stroke)
December
*4 – Steve Bradley 32 (Heroin and painkillers)
==Debuts and Returns==
January
:*27 – John Cena returned to the Royal Rumble
May
:*12 – Jeff Hardy returned to RAW
==Events==
January
*5 – PWG All Star Weekend 6 (Night One)
*6 – PWG All Star Weekend 6 (Night Two)
*6 – CZW Maven Bentley Association Show: Wii Appreciate It!
*11 – ROH Proving Ground
*12 – CZW New Year's Resolutions
*12 – ROH Transform
*19 – ECWA Night Of Unusual Matches
*25 – ROH Breakout
*26 – ROH Without Remorse
*27 – PWG Pearl Habra
February
*9 – CZW 9 F'n Years
*16 – IGF Genome3 - Inoki Memorial 65
*22 – ROH Eye Of The Storm
*23 – ROH Sixth Anniversary Show
*24 – PWG ¡Dia De Los Dangerous!
*29 – CHIKARA King of Trios (Night One)
March
*1 – CHIKARA King of Trios (Night Two)
*2 – CHIKARA King of Trios (Night Three)
*7 – PWG Scared Straight
*8 – CZW Lights! Camera! CZW! Fuck Hollywood!
*14 – ROH Double Feature (Night One)
*15 – ROH Double Feature (Night Two)
*16 – AAA Rey de Reyes
*16 – ROH Take No Prisoners
*21 – PWG 1.21 Gigawatts
*28 – ROH Dragon Gate Challenge II
*29 – ROH Supercard Of Honor III
April
*5 – PWG It's A Gift... And A Curse
*12 – IGF Genome 4
*18 – ROH Tag Wars
*19 – CHIKARA Deuces Wild
*20 – CHIKARA Passion and Persistence
May
*17 – CHIKARA Cafe Culture
*17 – CZW Tournament Of Death VII
*17 – IWC Hell Hath No Fury 3
*17 – PWG Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (Night One)
*18 – CHIKARA Grit And Glory
*18 – PWG Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (Night Two)
*23 – CHIKARA Aniversarioma!
*24 – CHIKARA Aniversarioct!
*24 – IWS Freedom To Fight
*24 – XPW Cold Day In Hell
*31 – JAPW Full F'N Force
*31 – FIP Southern Stampede
June
*7 – NWA 60th Anniversary Show
*7 – IWC Summer Sizzler
*7 – IWA Mid-South Extreme Intentions
*8 – PWG It's It (What Is It?)
*10 – AJPW Muto Festival Card
*11 – IWA East Coast Snow In The Summertime
*21 – IWA Mid-South Queen Of The Death Matches
*21 – NOAH European Navigation
*21 – CZW No Pun Intended
*27 – PWA Tag Team Explosion
*27 – ROH Battle For Supremacy
*28 – ROH Vendetta II
August
*30 – PWG All Star Weekend 7 Night 1
*31 – PWG All Star Weekend 7 Night 2
September
*19 – CMLL 75th Anniversary Show
November
*24 – IGF Genome 7 (Japan)
==Pay-Per-View events==
January
:*6 – TNA Final Resolution
:*18 – ROH Undeniable
:*27 – WWE Royal Rumble
February
:*10 – TNA Against All Odds
:*17 – WWE No Way Out
March
:*7 – ROH Rising Above
:*9 – TNA Destination X
:*30 – WrestleMania XXIV
April
:*13 – TNA Lockdown
:*27 – WWE Backlash
May
:*11 – TNA Sacrifice
:*18 – WWE Judgement Day
:*30 – ROH Take No Prisoners
June
:*1 – WWE One Night Stand
:*8 – TNA Slammiversary
:*14 – AAA TripleMania XVI
:*29 – WWE Night of Champions
July
:*13 – TNA Victory Road
:*20 – WWE The Great American Bash
August
:*1 –ROH Respect Is Earned II
:*10 – TNA Hard Justice
:*17 – WWE SummerSlam
September
:*7 - WWE Unforgiven
October
:*5 - WWE No Mercy
:*26 - WWE Cyber Sunday
November
:*23 - WWE Survivor Series
December
:*14 - WWE Armageddon
==Title changes==
January
:*6 – Thunder and Lightning defeated Chris Joel and Noriega for the WWC World Tag Team Championship
:*21 – Johnny Devine defeated Jay Lethal for the TNA X-Division Championship
:*22 – Chavo Guerrero, Jr. defeated CM Punk for the ECW Championship
February
:*9 – Drake Younger defeated Brain Damage for the CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship
:*10 – Phoenix Star and Zokre defeated Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson for the NWA World Tag Team Championship
:*16 – Roderick Strong defeated Erick Stevens for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship
March
:*2 – Takeshi Morishima defeated Mitsuharu Misawa for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
:*30 – Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. for the ECW Championship
:*30 – The Undertaker defeated Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship
April
:*12 – The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) defeated No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards and Rocky Romero) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
:*13 – Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
:*27 – Halloween and Extreme Tiger defeated Joe Lider and Crazy Boy for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
:*27 – Triple H defeated Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
:*27 – Matt Hardy defeated Montel Vontavious Porter for the WWE United States Championship
May
:*10 – Chuck Taylor defeated Sabian for the CZW Junior Heavyweight Championship
June
:*15 – Fire Ant defeated Helios for the CHIKARA Young Lions Cup
:*25 – The Ultimate Warrior defeated Orlando Jordan for the NWE World Heavyweight Championship; he immediately vacated the title afterward.
:*29 – Mark Henry defeated Kane for the ECW Championship
July
:*19 – Erick Stevens defeated Roderick Strong for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship
:*20 – Shelton Benjamin defeated Matt Hardy for the WWE United States Championship
August
:*23 – Go Shiozaki defeated Erick Stevens for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship
September
:*6 – Kensuke Sasaki defeated Takeshi Morishima for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
:*19 – Kevin Steen and El Generico defeated The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
:*21 – Player Uno and Player Dos defeated Delirious and Hallowicked for the CHIKARA Campeonatos de Parejas
:*21 – Low-Ki defeated Tiger Mask IV for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
:*23 – Pierrothito defeated Mascarita Dorada for the vacant Mexican National Lightweight Championship
:*28 – Naomichi Marufuji defeated Ryuji Hijikata for the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
October
:*4 – The Skull Krushers (Rasche Brown and Keith Walker) defeated Phoenix Star and Zokre for the NWA World Tag Team Championship
:*11 – Danny Havoc defeated Drake Younger for the CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship
:*12 – Sting defeated Samoa Joe for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
:*13 – KENTA defeated Bryan Danielson for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
:*25 – Blue Demon Jr. defeated Adam Pearce for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
November
:*10 – William Regal defeated Santino Marella for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
:*15 – The F.B.I. (Little Guido and Tracy Smothers) defeated The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) for the JAPW Tag Team Championship
:*23 – Edge defeated Triple H for the WWE Championship
:*23 – John Cena defeated Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship
December
:*14 – Jeff Hardy defeated Edge for the WWE Championship
:*20 – Tyler Black defeated Go Shiozaki for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship
:*20 – Erick Stevens and Roderick Strong defeated Jason Blade and Kenny King for the FIP Tag Team Championship
:*22 – Último Guerrero defeated Dos Caras, Jr. for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
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