2017 in professional wrestling

2017 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

These promotions held notable events in 2017.

Raw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship.

Raw also had a championship for their cruiserweight wrestlers.

The award winners were announced on NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27, 2018.

Kazuchika Okada , held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship throughout 2017, breaking the record for the longest reign in the title's history on October 22

Naomichi Marufuji , three time and 2017 winner of the Global Tag League .

Randy Orton won his second Royal Rumble , the first being in 2009

Brock Lesnar , who became the first man to have won both the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship when he won the latter at WrestleMania 33

2017 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestler of the Year , AJ Styles

2017 Hall of Fame inductee, Kurt Angle

Hanan

Sid Eudy

Big Van Vader

Mark Henry

Jimmy Snuka

George Steele

Ivan Koloff

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (front)