History WhamEpisode / ProfessionalWrestling

* ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 40'': Cody Rhodes finishes the story and defeats Roman Reigns, putting an end to the latter's 1,316 reign.

* ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2020'': In the men's Royal Rumble match, the timer for the 21st entrant counts down and hits zero, the audience waits to hear who it will be. Then the theme starts: "''[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound You think you know me...]]''". That's right, for the first time since his retirement in 2011, Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} returns to pro wrestling.

* In the main event of the April 7th, 2021 episode of ''Dynamite'', Wrestling/JonMoxley [[EnemyMine teams up]] with Wrestling/{{the Young Bucks}} against Wrestling/KennyOmega, Wrestling/DocGallows, and Wrestling/KarlAnderson in a three-on-three match. But at the climax of the match, the Young Bucks betray Mox in a dramatic [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]] and decide to rejoin Kenny with Gallows and Anderson by their side--leading to the birth of [[Wrestling/TheElite "The Super-Elite"]]. With both the World Championship and World Tag-Team Championship titles under their belts, the Elite are left more powerful than ''ever'' been before, leaving most fans eagerly anticipating their downfall.

* The 2021 edition of ''All Out'' pay-per-view was this, seeing Wrestling/AdamCole debut just days after leaving WWE, seemingly looking to challenge Kenny Omega, only to reveal that he's actually joining the Elite. And if that isn't enough, just as Omega is about to gloat about his victory over [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]], Wrestling/BryanDanielson finally makes his AEW debut, arguably eclipsing Jon Moxley as the biggest star to defect from WWE to date. The pay-per-view itself also qualifies for the company out of {{kayfabe}}, as it is widely considered to be the best event AEW has ever put out.

* March 9th, 2022: In the first episode of ''Dynamite'' after ''Revolution 2022'', the Wrestling/InnerCircle is disbanded after Wrestling/ChrisJericho and [[Wrestling/JackSwagger Jake Hager]] betray Wrestling/SantanaAndOrtiz to form a new stable ("[[EgocentricTeamNaming The Jericho Appreciation Society]]") with [[Wrestling/ThreePoint0 2.0]] and Daniel Garcia, Wardlow completes his [[HeelFaceTurn face turn]] by officially announcing his resignation from Wrestling/ThePinnacle, [[Wrestling/TheRevival FTR]] fire Tully Blanchard as their manager, Wrestling/JonMoxley and Wrestling/BryanDanielson wrestle their first match as a newly formed tag-team under Wrestling/WilliamRegal's leadership, and Wrestling/MattHardy is betrayed and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown savagely beaten]] by the Hardy Family Office after being ousted as the group's leader by [[Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas Andrade El Idolo]]--only to be rescued by his brother Wrestling/JeffHardy, who makes his AEW debut. After all that, Scorpio Sky becoming the new TNT Champion was probably the ''least'' dramatic thing that happened that night.
* At ''Double or Nothing 2022'', Wardlow finally frees himself from Wrestling/{{MJF}}'s contract and officially joins the AEW roster (in {{Kayfabe}}, that is), a BrainwashedAndCrazy Julia Hart finally makes her long-awaited FaceHeelTurn and joins the Wrestling/HouseOfBlack as their fourth member, and Wrestling/CMPunk defeats [[Wrestling/AdamPage "Hangman" Adam Page]] in the night's climactic championship match--becoming the fifth AEW World Champion.
* ''AEW x [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]]: Forbidden Door'' marks the biggest collaboration between AEW and Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling to date, with both promotions putting on a joint event at an American venue for the first time in their history, and numerous NJPW stars (including Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada, Wrestling/JayWhite, and Wrestling/ZackSabreJr) wrestling their first AEW matches. On a smaller scale: Wrestling/{{Pac}} is crowned the very first AEW All-Atlantic Champion, Wrestling/{{FTR}} become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions (the first AEW tag team ever to capture the title), and '''''Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli''''' makes his AEW debut as the fifth member of the Blackpool Combat Club.
* ''All Out 2022'' was seen as a good, if underwhelming PPV. However, the media scrum that happened afterwards was the real highlight (though likely not for the reasons the company intended). During the scrum, newly crowned world champion Wrestling/CMPunk let out his dirty laundry about Wrestling/KennyOmega, Wrestling/TheYoungBucks, Wrestling/AdamPage, and Wrestling/ColtCabana among others. While Punk was always known for his BrutalHonesty, Wrestling/TheElite did not take kindly to his comments, which led to Matt, Nick, and Kenny confronting Punk, as it escalated into an actual brawl between the four that involved biting, chairs being thrown, and shoot punches. Despite all of them being big money makers and champions (Punk was world champion, The Elite were trios champions), Tony Khan had no choice but to strip them of their titles and suspend them all, as many realized the grass wasn't as green in Jacksonville as everyone thought. Omega and the Bucks would eventually be reinstated, though Punk's fate still remains unknown.

* Wrestling/LuchaUnderground: "Eye for an Eye" ramps the personal dramas up to new heights as [[Wrestling/KarleePerez Catrina]] openly turns on Mil Muertes and aligns herself with Fénix, Wrestling/{{Chavo|GuerreroJr}} flees the temple altogether after the beating Mil gives him, Mascarita and Pimpinella are [[ShooOutTheClowns beaten so badly by the Crew]] that they're out of action [[PutOnABus for the immediate future]] and Big Ryck has come back to get his [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge]] on the Crew. It also kicks the greater overarching story arc into high gear as the mysterious [[Wrestling/AngelaFong Black Lotus]] finally finds what she's looking for, right before a bag is yanked over her head by an unknown assailant...

* 5/22/2004 - ''Generation Next'': Alex Shelley, Wrestling/AustinAries, Jack Evans, and Wrestling/RoderickStrong make their Wrestling/RingOfHonor debuts by trashing the fan ballots deciding the best wrestlers before destroying Special K, The Christopher Street Connection, The Ring Crew Express, John Walters, and Jimmy Rave. They also had enough in them to beat Special K in a trios match, and then the team of the Briscoes, Walters, and Rave in an eight-man tag later on.

* Uncensored 1997. The nWo win the main event match and what amounts to basically a perpetual "Money in the Bank"-type clause for '''all''' WCW titles. The REAL development, however, is Wrestling/{{Sting}} ending months of speculation on whose side is he on by kicking the nWo's collective asses, striking the first real blow against the renegade group.

* The 03/26/01 episodes of ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' and ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'', in which the last ''Nitro'' segment ever was a ''Raw'' simulcast. Nitro and Raw both opened with Vince [=McMahon=] gloating about his purchase of WCW. WCW was known to be in financial turmoil at the time and there were (mostly unsubstantiated) rumors that [=McMahon=] was working to purchase it, but the deal was only announced the weekend before the broadcast. The simulcast segment also culminated in a huge (kayfabe) swerve involving [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon Shane [=McMahon=]]], as if [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] buying out his bitter rival wasn't huge enough for one night. To say [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore nothing was the same]] in pro wrestling after this night would be a dreadful understatement.

* ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 13''. {{Face}} Wrestling/BretHart and {{Heel}} Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin make a FaceHeelDoubleTurn after the former starts brutally beating the latter. It marked the beginning of Austin's rise as a main event wrestler and the beginning of the last chapter of Hart's WWF career.

* ''Wrestling/WrestleMania X-Seven''. Only six days after the final broadcast of ''WCW Monday Nitro'', and in what is considered [[EndOfAnAge the end]] of Wrestling/AttitudeEra, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] for the WWF Championship after [[FaceHeelTurn revealing that he made an alliance with]] his longtime ArchEnemy, Mr. [=McMahon=]. CueTheFlyingPigs indeed.

* July 13, 2015. Three of the Four Horsewomen (Sasha Backs, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair) made their main roster debuts on RAW that day several months after a tag team match featuring the Bella Twins versus the team of Paige and Emma lasted all of 30 seconds, hence the #GiveDivasAChance hashtag that would trend on Twitter for three days and prompting the WWE to revamp the WWE Women's Division to focus more on athleticism and less on sex appeal.
* ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2018'': At the conclusion of the inaugural Women's Royal Rumble which was won by [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]], after months of rumors and speculation, Creator/RondaRousey makes her debut in WWE as a full-time wrestler.

* Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2023'': After nearly a decade, and just a few months off from publicly falling out with AEW, Wrestling/CMPunk ''finally'' returns to the WWE. The event also saw the return of mainstay and another legend Wrestling/RandyOrton after over a year off from back injury.