2006 in professional wrestling

2006 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 2006.

WWE

 * – Raw
 * – SmackDown!
 * - ECW

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

Debuts

 * January 3 - Arisa Nakajima
 * January 6 – Mike Bailey
 * February 24 – Kofi Kingston
 * March 4 – Tomomitsu Matsunaga
 * April 7 – Vladimir Kozlov
 * May 26 – Hiro Tonai
 * May 27 – Tetsuya Naito
 * May 29 - Riho
 * June 4 - SEINA
 * June 13 – Kelly Kelly
 * June 16 - Cody Rhodes
 * June 18 – Yusuke Kubo
 * July 1 – Victoria Crawford
 * July 9 - Hiren and Tyrannosaurus Okuda
 * July 16 – Hanako Nakamori
 * July 17 – Kaji Tomato
 * August 8 – Gota Ihashi
 * August 16 – Layla El
 * August 24 – Maryse
 * November
 * Rosa Mendes
 * Brooke/Miss Tessmacher
 * December 24 - Asuka Oki

Retirements

 * Ivory (1986–2006)
 * Lex Luger (1985-2006)
 * Mo (1991–2006) (first retirement, returned in 2014)
 * Marc Mero (1990-2006)
 * Mikey Batts (June 20, 2003 - June 14, 2006)
 * Sean O'Haire (June 26, 2000 – June 28, 2006)
 * Stacy Keibler (1999 – July 2006)
 * Jackie Fargo (1950-September 16, 2006)
 * Luther Reigns (1997 -September 16, 2006)
 * Trish Stratus (March 19, 2000 – September 17, 2006) (brief return in 2011, 2018, Evolution and 2019)
 * Lita (1999 – November 26, 2006) (occasional wrestler)

Births

 * December 28:
 * Hina
 * Rina

Deaths

 * January 15 - Ricky Romero, 74
 * January 16 – El Texano, 47
 * January 28 – Black Cat, 51
 * January 28 – Emory Hale, 36
 * February 11 - Jackie Pallo, 80
 * February 16 - Johnny Grunge, 39
 * March 14 - Marie Lograsso, 42/43
 * April 2 - Víctor Quiñones, 46
 * April 27 - Kay Noble, 65
 * May 2 - Sam Steamboat, 71
 * May 26 - Grigory Verichev, 49
 * May 27 – Apache Bull Ramos, 68
 * June 7 – Earthquake, 42
 * June 23 - Luke Graham, 66
 * June 25 - Harry Elliott, 101
 * July 16 – Bob Orton, 76
 * September 15 - Ricky Gibson, 53
 * October 5 – Antonio Peña, 55
 * October 15 - Joey Maggs, 39
 * October 26 - Kintarō Ōki, 77
 * October 28 - Trevor Berbick, 52
 * October 31 - Huracán Ramírez, 80
 * November 3 - Sputnik Monroe, 77
 * November 13 - Tiger Conway Sr., 74
 * December 16 – Don Jardine, 66