2000 in professional wrestling

2000 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 2000.

Births

 * February 11 – Ryuki Honda
 * February 25 – Daniel Benoit, son of Nancy and Chris Benoit (d. 2007)
 * May 17 – Misa Matsui
 * May 31 – Gable Stevenson
 * September 27 – Titus Alexander

Debuts

 * Uncertain debut date
 * Chris Sabin
 * Jack Evans (wrestler)
 * Roderick Strong
 * Nattie Neidhart
 * Tank Toland
 * Shelly Martinez
 * Eric Angle
 * Chie Terashita (All Japan Women's)


 * February – Kenny Omega
 * March 15 - Leon
 * March 19 – Trish Stratus
 * April 14 - Tomohiko Hashimoto
 * April 24 – David Arquette
 * May 7 – Kevin Steen and Ralphus (WCW)
 * May 20
 * Jay Briscoe
 * Mark Briscoe
 * July – Lance Archer
 * August – Alberto Del Rio
 * September 7 – Yoshihito Sasaki
 * September 30 - Mika Nishio (All Japan Women's)
 * October 7 – The Great Khali
 * October 20 – Matt Sydal
 * November 11 – Austin Aries
 * November 12 - Tadanobu Fujisawa
 * November 19 – Yasu Urano
 * December 3 – Yuu Yamagata
 * December 26 - Scotty Mac

Retirements

 * Bret Hart (1978 –2000 )
 * Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (1960–2000)
 * Bobby Walker (1989–2000)
 * Nicole Bass (1998–2000)
 * Fishman (1969–2000)
 * Angel of Death (1986–2000)
 * Biff Wellington (1986–2000)
 * Randy Savage (1973–2000) (Returned for one match in 2004)
 * Miss Elizabeth (1985–1992, 1996–2000)
 * Gerald Brisco (1967–1985, 1998-June 2000)
 * Pat Patterson (1959–1985, 1998-June 2000)
 * Paul Orndorff (1976–2000) (returned for a match in 2017)

Deaths



 * January 7 – Gary Albright, 36
 * January 22 – Al Costello, 80
 * January 24 – Bobby Duncum Jr., 34
 * February 12 – Ray Hrstich, 79
 * April 19 – Masakazu Fukuda, 27
 * April 25 - Assassin #1, 72
 * May 4 – Sugi Sito, 73
 * May 13 – Jumbo Tsuruta, 49
 * July 27 – Gordon Solie, 71
 * July 28 – Jaime Cardriche, 32
 * August 19 – Tony Parisi, 59
 * August 22 – Toru Tanaka, 70
 * August 25 – Chris Duffy, 35
 * August 25 – Ramón Torres (wrestler), 68
 * October 3 – Klondike Bill, 68
 * October 17 – Leo Nomellini, 76
 * October 23 – Yokozuna, 34
 * November 22:
 * Yoshihiro Momota, 54
 * Doug Hepburn, 74
 * December 16 – Blue Demon, 78