2010 in professional wrestling

2010 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 2010.

WWE

 * – Raw
 * – SmackDown
 * – ECW

Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, and a women's championship, while the male tag team championship was shared across all the brands. ECW only had a world championship.

1 Both titles were independently active, but were collectively defended on any brand as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship.

Debuts

 * Uncertain debut date
 * Reby Sky


 * February 19 – Parrow
 * February 20 – Zelina Vega/Rosita
 * March 14 – Kazuki Hirata
 * March 21 – Sawako Shimono
 * March 26 – Jessie Godderz
 * April 29 – Sayaka Obihiro
 * May 3 – Hiragi Kurumi
 * May 15 – Fuma
 * June 11 – Musashi
 * July 18 – Moon Mizuki
 * August 8 – Mercedes Mone
 * August 19 – Roman Reigns
 * September – Taya Valkyrie
 * September 2 – Alex Lee
 * September 7 – Kaitlyn
 * November 21 – Mika Iida
 * November 25 – Dralístico
 * December – Shaul Guerrero
 * December 11 – Sammy Guevara
 * December 12 – Ruby Soho (wrestler)
 * December 23 - masu-me
 * December 25 – Mochi Miyagi

Retirements

 * The Iron Sheik (1972–April 24, 2010)
 * Chavo Guerrero Sr. (1970–2010)
 * Ron Simmons (1986–2010)
 * DJ Gabriel (2004 – 2010)
 * Kamala (1978 – 2010)
 * Kristal Marshall (December 2, 2005 – February 2010)
 * Shawn Michaels (October 10, 1984 – March 28, 2010) (had a one-off match at Crown Jewel in 2018)
 * Ray Gordy / Jesse Dalton / Slam Master J (2000 – April 23, 2010)
 * Scott Hall (1984-June 2010, return to wrestle one match in 2016)
 * Ricky Steamboat (1976-June 18, 2010, returned to wrestle one match in 2022)
 * Abdullah the Butcher (1958 – October 9, 2010)
 * Lacey Von Erich (September 15, 2007 – November 11, 2010)
 * Mae Young (August 20, 1939 – November 15, 2010)
 * Caylen Croft (2001 – November 19, 2010)
 * Ashley Vance (June 22, 2010 – December 28, 2010)
 * Kazumi Shimouma (September 16, 2007 – December 26, 2010)
 * Tanny Mouse (October 7, 1994 – December 31, 2010)

Deaths

 * January 8 – Tony Halme, 47
 * February 1 – Jack Brisco, 68
 * March 4 - Angelo Poffo, 84
 * March 8 - Jerry Valiant, 68
 * March 11 - Sandy Scott, 75
 * March 14 - Corsica Joe, 90
 * March 20 – Mikel Scicluna, 80
 * March 29 - Tom Burton, 48
 * April 2 – Chris Kanyon, 40
 * April 14 - Gene Kiniski, 81
 * April 21 – Mr. Hito, 67
 * May 3:
 * Kinji Shibuya, 88
 * El Supremo (wrestler), 67
 * May 24 - Andre Baker (wrestler), 45
 * May 24 - Rusher Kimura, 68
 * June 12 – Grizzly Smith, 77
 * June 12 - Trent Acid, 29
 * June 24 - Toni Adams, 45
 * July 2 - Steve Stanlee, 90
 * August 13 – Lance Cade, 29
 * August 19 - Ted Allen (wrestler), 54
 * August 20 - Skandor Akbar, 75
 * August 27 - Anton Geesink, 76
 * August 27 - Tony Borne, 84
 * August 28 - Kotetsu Yamamoto, 68
 * August 30 – J. C. Bailey, 27
 * September 10 – Mike Shaw, 53
 * September 11 - La Fiera, 49
 * September 22 – Giant González, 44
 * October 6 - Gran Naniwa, 33
 * October 23 - Michael Porter, 59
 * October 30 - Édouard Carpentier, 84
 * November 8 - Joe Higuchi, 81
 * November 25 - Kantaro Hoshino, 67
 * December 3 - Skip Young, 59
 * December 4 - King Curtis Iaukea, 73
 * December 15 - Hans Mortier, 85
 * December 18 - Donn Lewin, 84