2014 in professional wrestling

2014 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

List of notable promotions
These promotions held notable events in 2014.

Notable events

 * January 27 – CM Punk walked out of that night's WWE Raw taping, ending his run with the company.
 * February 24 – WWE launched the WWE Network in the United States, an over-the-top streaming service and digital television network, hosting thousands of hours of in-ring shows and all pay-per-views (PPV) from WWE and various promotions they have acquired over the years, such as Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling, as well as airing current WWE PPVs, NXT events, and other original productions. It had a staggered launch throughout the rest of the world.
 * December 1 – New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) launched NJPW World, a worldwide streaming site for the promotion's events, including airing current events live as well as hosting events from the promotion's archives, dating back to 1972.

Debuts

 * Uncertain debut date
 * Lacey Evans


 * January 1 – Dragon lee
 * January 5 – El Desperado
 * January 12 – Yuna Manase
 * January 18 – Maggot
 * January 28 – Rika Tatsumi
 * April 12 – Carmelo Hayes
 * April 18 – Mandy Leon
 * April 20 – Yua Hayashi
 * April 29 – Shunma Katsumata
 * May 17 – Tom Lawlor
 * May 31 – Chelsea Green/Laurel Van Ness
 * June 13
 * Aigle Blanc
 * Tessa Blanchard
 * June 21 – Jimmy Lloyd
 * July – Kyle Fletcher
 * July 6 – Hazuki
 * July 12 – Kevin Ku
 * July 26 – Hyan
 * August 6
 * Kota Sekifuda
 * Toshiyuki Sakuda
 * September 5 – Chad Gable
 * September 18 – Dana Brooke
 * October 3 – Velveteen Dream
 * October 18
 * Kota Umeda
 * Kouki Iwasaki
 * October 29 – Hiroe Nagahama
 * November 24 – Michiko Miyagi
 * November 28 – Dai Suzuki
 * November 29
 * Kazusada Higuchi
 * Ryota Nakatsu
 * December 13 – Charli Evans
 * December 19 – Braun Strowman

Retirements

 * Kaitlyn (August 29, 2010 – January 8, 2014) (first retirement, returned in 2018 on Mae Young Classic)
 * Jillian Hall (1998 – January 21, 2014)
 * Bonnie Maxon (2000 – January 24, 2014)
 * CM Punk (1999–January 2014; returned in 2021)
 * Kensuke Sasaki (February 16, 1986 – February 13, 2014)
 * El Dandy (1981–2014)
 * Axl Rotten (1987–2014)
 * Chuck Palumbo (1998–2014)
 * Sgt. Slaughter (1972-March 29, 2014)
 * Beulah McGillicutty (1995–2014)
 * Christian Cage (1995–2014) (first retirement, returned to WWE in June 2020)
 * Drake Wuertz (August 31, 2001 – April 27, 2014)
 * Sarah Bäckman (2012–2014)
 * Jose Gonzalez (1966–2014)
 * Adrian Street (1957 – June 14, 2014)
 * Natsuki Taiyo (January 3, 2004 –	June 1, 2014)
 * Batista (October 30, 1999 – June 2, 2014) (first retirement, briefly returned in 2019)
 * Aksana (September 2009 – June 10, 2014)
 * Vickie Guerrero (July 14, 2005 – June 23, 2014)
 * Petey Williams (January 23, 2002 – July 5, 2014)
 * Santino Marella (August 17, 2003 – July 6, 2014)
 * Matt Bloom (1997 – August 7, 2014) (moved to a trainer)
 * Shinya Ishikawa (March 11, 2008 – August 13, 2014)
 * Sachie Abe (1996 – August 14, 2014)
 * Ronnie Garvin (1962-September 20, 2014)
 * El Sicodélico (1968-November 16, 2014)
 * Barry Buchanan (1995 – November 22, 2014)
 * Corey Graves (March 22, 2000 – December 11, 2014) (moved to color commentator)
 * Adam Pearce (May 16, 1996 – December 21, 2014)
 * Miho Wakizawa (July 28, 1996 – December 23, 2014)

Deaths

 * January 6 – Don Chuy, 72
 * January 14 – Mae Young, 90
 * January 20 – George Scott, 84
 * February 18 – Viscera, 43
 * March 5 – Billy Robinson, 75
 * March 15 – Lorenzo Parente, 78
 * March 17 – Al Oeming, 88
 * April 8 – The Ultimate Warrior, 54
 * April 25 – Connor Michalek, 8
 * April 27 – Lee Marshall, 64
 * May 11 - Mark Frear, 44
 * July 2 or 3 - Dave Legeno, 50
 * August 6 – Ken Lucas, 72
 * August 21 – Maximum Capacity, 46
 * September 8 – Sean O'Haire, 43
 * September 20 - Ricki Starr, 83
 * September 23 – Don Manoukian, 80
 * October 12 – Cowboy Bob Kelly, 78
 * October 20 – Ox Baker, 80
 * October 21 – Johnny Lee Clary, 55
 * October 28 – Koichiro Kimura, 44
 * October 30 – Bob Geigel, 90
 * December 6 – Jimmy Del Ray, 52