2004 in professional wrestling

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

List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 2004.

WWE

 * – Raw
 * – SmackDown

Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, and a tag team championship for male wrestlers. SmackDown also had a title for their cruiserweight wrestlers. There was only one women's championship and it was exclusive to Raw.

Debuts

 * Uncertain debut date
 * Christy Hemme
 * Davey Richards
 * Maria Kanellis
 * Mecha Wolf 450
 * Carmella DeCesare


 * January 3 - Natsuki Taiyo
 * January 5 - Katsuhiko Nakajima
 * March 7 - Kenta Kosugi
 * March 13 - Orange Cassidy
 * March 27 – Pac (wrestler)
 * April 20 - Zack Sabre Jr.
 * June – Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley
 * June 6 - Shinobu
 * June 13 - Michael Dante
 * June 16 - Asuka and Cherry
 * July 1 - Kota Ibushi
 * July 4 - Q. T. Marshall
 * July 26 - Yujiro Takahashi
 * August 8 – Matt Jackson
 * August 8 – Nick Jackson
 * August 21 - Seth Rollins
 * August 21 - Joaquin Wilde
 * August 29 – Kazuchika Okada
 * October 13 – Choun Shiryu
 * November 3 - Shoichi Uchida
 * November 7 - Daisuke Masaoka
 * November 15 – Candice Michelle
 * November 18 – Michelle McCool
 * December 4 – Guts Ishijima

Retirements

 * Randy Savage (1973–December 5, 2004)
 * Ángel Acevedo (1973-2004, returned for one match in 2017)
 * Timothy Well (1987–2004)
 * Dances With Dudley (1992-2004)
 * Carmella DeCesare (October-November 2004)
 * Shaniqua (2002–February 2004)
 * Ron Simmons (1986-March 2004) (returned to wrestling in 2006 and retired in 2012)
 * John Tenta (1987-2004)
 * Terri Runnels (1990 – April 2004)
 * Sable (1996 – August 10, 2004)
 * The Fabulous Moolah (1949–September 21, 2004)

Births

 * August 11 – Hanan
 * September 27 – Leon Slater
 * December 3 – Kizuna Tanaka
 * December 8 – Billie Starkz

Deaths

 * January 24 – Jack Tunney, 69
 * January 27 - Hard Boiled Haggerty, 78
 * March 6 – Hercules, 47
 * March 11 - Michael Okpala, 64
 * May 6 - Pepper Gomez, 77
 * May 18 - Sambo Asako, 40
 * June 1 – James Dudley, 94
 * August 25 - Dave Levin, 91
 * September 12 - Dr. Wagner, 68
 * September 18 - Jim Barnett, 90
 * September 22 – Big Boss Man, 41
 * September 26 – Marianna Komlos, 35