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This is a list of various things that took place in 2022.

Significant events[]

January

March

  • 25 - Triple H retires as an in ring wrestler.

April

July

  • 22 - WWE announced Triple H would return as EVP of Talent Relations. Hours later, Vince McMahon announced his retirement as Chairman and CEO.
  • 25 - WWE announced Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan would serve as Co-CEOs, Stephanie would serve as Chairwoman and Triple H would assume all responsibilities related to WWE's creative previously held by Vince McMahon.

August

  • 18 - WWE announced that NXT UK would go on hiatus in September before the planned launch of NXT Europe.


Deaths[]

January

  • 4 - Bill Fryman (86)
  • 8 - Jake Slater, Stan Lavdas
  • 7 - Matilda The Hun (73), Osamu Inoue
  • 11 - Antonio Posa (84)
  • 14 - Tom Mix
  • 24 - Ken Raper
  • 25 - Piraña
  • 27 - Adam Evans (35), Roy Schiessl

February

March

April

May

  • 4 - Gengis Khan
  • 9 - Doug Grant
  • 13 - Apolo Chino
  • 17 - Juventud Rebelde
  • 25 - Big Pappa (45), Tommy Seabolt (62)
  • 29 - Tarzan Goto (58)

June

July

August

  • 1 - Invincible
  • 4 - Erick Snake (37)
  • 8 - Mike Masters (68)
  • 9 - Gene LeBell (89)
  • 14 - Kalimaco
  • 15 - Guerrero Espacial
  • 20 - Bert Royal (90)
  • 22 - Ray Wilson
  • 26 - Goro Tsurumi (73)
  • 27 - Maremoto
  • 28 - Bill Ash (76)
  • 29 - Súper Loco, Lasser (66)
  • Lepra

September

October

November

December

Debuts and Returns[]

May

Events[]

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February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Pay-Per-View Events[]

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Retirements[]

March

Title changes[]

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

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