Month | Event |
---|---|
January | Royal Rumble |
February | Elimination Chamber |
Early April | WrestleMania |
May | Extreme Rules |
June | Payback |
July | Money in the Bank |
August | SummerSlam |
September | Night of Champions |
Early October | Over the Limit |
Late October | Hell in a Cell |
Late November | Survivor Series |
December | TLC |
Event | Year(s) |
---|---|
The Wrestling Classic | 1985 |
This Tuesday in Texas | 1991 |
In Your House | 1995–1999 |
Over the Edge | 1998–1999 |
Fully Loaded | 1998–2000 |
Invasion | 2001 |
King of the Ring | 1993–2002 |
Bad Blood | 1997, 2003–2004 |
December to Dismember | 2006 |
New Year's Revolution | 2005–2007 |
Unforgiven | 1998–2008 |
No Mercy | 1999–2008 |
Cyber Sunday/Taboo Tuesday | 2004–2008 |
One Night Stand | 2005–2008 |
The Great American Bash | 2004–2008 |
Backlash | 1999–2009 |
Judgment Day | 1998, 2000–2009 |
The Bash | 2009 |
Breaking Point | 2009 |
Fatal 4-Way | 2010 |
Bragging Rights | 2009-2010 |
Capitol Punishment | 2011 |
Vengeance | 2001-2007, 2011 |
No Way Out | 1998-2009, 2012 |
This article lists pay-per-view events promoted by WWE. WWE typically holds a pay-per-view event each month. WrestleMania is held in late March or early April; if it is held in April, then no pay-per-view is produced in March. With the exception of WrestleMania, each event is scheduled for three hours, although they sometimes run short of that time. Pay-per-view events are a significant part of the revenue stream for WWE.[1][2]
The first WWE, then known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), pay-per-view was November 1985's The Wrestling Classic, a tournament held at the Rosemont Horizon near Chicago.[3] The first WrestleMania event, in March of the same year, was available on pay-per-view in some markets.[4] [5] The first two WrestleManias were financial successes, and after WrestleMania III became a popular event in wrestling history, the WWF then decided to expand their pay-per-view offerings.
The first Survivor Series event occurred on November 29, 1987, scheduled to conflict with NWA's Starrcade. The WWF informed cable companies that if they chose to carry Starrcade, they would not be allowed to carry future WWF events [citation needed]. The vast majority of companies showed Survivor Series (only three opted to remain loyal to their contract with the NWA), and the resulting financial blow to Starrcade was in many ways the beginning of the end for Jim Crockett Promotions.[6] The debut of the Royal Rumble in January 1988 was actually shown on the USA Network, where it drew the highest rating to that time in the network's history. The event became a pay-per-view the following year.[7]
The first SummerSlam was held in Madison Square Garden in August 1988.[8] The Royal Rumble in January, WrestleMania in March or April, SummerSlam in August, and Survivor Series in November – were the only annual pay-per-view offerings until 1993, when the WWF started the King of the Ring in June. In May 1995, the WWF began offering pay-per-views in the months that did not already have one. Initially, the WWF used the In Your House brand, but beginning in 1996 began using other names to complement the In Your House name (such as Bad Blood and No Way Out), to avoid confusion. Until recently, World Wrestling Entertainment had a once-a-month pay-per-view schedule, which they had from the late 1990s until 2003 totaling twelve a year. In 2004 they offered a 13th pay-per-view, and in 2005 they offered 14 PPVs, 2006 had 17, and 2007 had 15. In 2008, New Year's Revolution was dropped from the lineup, bringing the number of pay-per-views back to 14. In 2010, WWE moved its Extreme Rules event from June to replace Backlash, leaving only one pay-per-view to be held in June and thus bringing back the yearly number of pay-per-views to 13. In 2012 Vengeance was dropped of the line up as the second event of October bringing the number down to 12 events in the year, one per month. The pay-per-view events in the United States are offered by In Demand, Dish Network or DirecTV. In Canada, WWE pay-per-views are shown on Viewers Choice, and can be seen in movie theatres in HD, through selected locations of the Cineplex Entertainment and Empire Theatres chains.
WWE ran two yearly pay-per-views which were exclusive to the UK up to 2003, but after the brand extension occurred they were removed in favor of international tours, with a TV taping included. Currently, WWE has the WrestleMania Revenge tour, after WrestleMania, at the beginning of the year and the Survivor Series tour, at the end of the year, in the UK. Each includes a Raw and SmackDown taping. In Australia, WWE's pay-per-views are shown on Main Event. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, some pay-per-views are shown on Sky Sports 3 and others on Sky Sports Box Office. Starting with the 2008 Royal Rumble, all WWE pay-per-views are broadcast in North America in High-definition, with similar HD broadcasts starting in the United Kingdom and Ireland from WrestleMania XXIV.
Beginning with WrestleMania XXVIII, untelevised dark matches were replaced with preshow matches that were shown on WWE.com, YouTube, and WWE's Facebook page.
List of Pay-Per-Views edit
1985 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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March 31, 1985 | WrestleMania | Madison Square Garden | New York, New York | "Easy Lover" by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins |
November 7, 1985 | The Wrestling Classic | Rosemont Horizon | Rosemont, Illinois | — |
1986 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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March 31, 1986 | WrestleMania 2 | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Rosemont Horizon Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
Uniondale, New York Rosemont, Illinois Los Angeles, California |
— |
November 7, 1986 | The Big Event | Exhibition Stadium | Toronto, Ontario | — |
1987 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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March 29, 1987 | WrestleMania III | Pontiac Silverdome | Pontiac, Michigan | "Who's Zoomin' Who?" by Aretha Franklin |
November 26, 1987 | Survivor Series | Richfield Coliseum | Richfield, Ohio | — |
1988 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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March 27, 1988 | WrestleMania IV | Trump Plaza | Atlantic City, New Jersey | — |
August 29, 1988 | SummerSlam | Madison Square Garden | New York, New York | — |
November 24, 1988 | Survivor Series | Richfield Coliseum | Richfield, Ohio | — |
1989 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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January 15, 1989 | Royal Rumble | The Summit | Houston, Texas | — |
April 2, 1989 | WrestleMania V | Trump Plaza | Atlantic City, New Jersey | — |
August 28, 1989 | SummerSlam | Meadowlands Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | — |
November 23, 1989 | Survivor Series | Rosemont Horizon | Rosemont, Illinois | — |
1990 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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January 21, 1990 | Royal Rumble | Orlando Arena | Orlando, Florida | — |
April 1, 1990 | WrestleMania VI | SkyDome | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | — |
August 27, 1990 | SummerSlam | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | — |
November 22, 1990 | Survivor Series | Hartford Civic Center | Hartford, Connecticut | — |
1991 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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January 19, 1991 | Royal Rumble | Miami Arena | Miami, Florida | — |
March 24, 1991 | WrestleMania VII | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | Los Angeles, California | — |
August 26, 1991 | SummerSlam | Madison Square Garden | New York, New York | — |
November 27, 1991 | Survivor Series | Joe Louis Arena | Detroit, Michigan | — |
December 3, 1991 | This Tuesday in Texas | Freeman Coliseum | San Antonio, Texas | — |
1992 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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January 19, 1992 | Royal Rumble | Knickerbocker Arena | Albany, New York | — |
April 5, 1992 | WrestleMania VIII | Hoosier Dome | Indianapolis, Indiana | — |
August 29, 1992 | SummerSlam | Wembley Stadium | London, England | — |
November 25, 1992 | Survivor Series | Richfield Coliseum | Richfield, Ohio | — |
1993 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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January 24, 1993 | Royal Rumble | ARCO Arena | Sacramento, California | — |
April 4, 1993 | WrestleMania IX | Caesars Palace | Las Vegas, Nevada | — |
June 13, 1993 | King of the Ring | Nutter Center | Dayton, Ohio | — |
August 30, 1993 | SummerSlam | The Palace of Auburn Hills | Auburn Hills, Michigan | — |
November 24, 1993 | Survivor Series | Boston Garden | Boston, Massachusetts | — |
1994 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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January 22, 1994 | Royal Rumble | Providence Civic Center | Providence, Rhode Island | — |
March 20, 1994 | WrestleMania X | Madison Square Garden | New York, New York | — |
June 19, 1994 | King of the Ring | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore, Maryland | — |
August 29, 1994 | SummerSlam | United Center | Chicago, Illinois | — |
November 23, 1994 | Survivor Series | Freeman Coliseum | San Antonio, Texas | — |
1995 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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January 22, 1995 | Royal Rumble | USF Sun Dome | Tampa, Florida | — |
April 2, 1995 | WrestleMania XI | Hartford Civic Center | Hartford, Connecticut | — |
May 14, 1995 | In Your House 1 | Onondaga War Memorial | Syracuse, New York | — |
June 25, 1995 | King of the Ring | CoreStates Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | — |
July 23, 1995 | In Your House 2 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | Nashville, Tennessee | — |
August 27, 1995 | SummerSlam | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | — |
September 24, 1995 | In Your House 3 | Saginaw Civic Center | Saginaw, Michigan | — |
October 22, 1995 | In Your House 4 | Winnipeg Arena | Winnipeg, Manitoba | — |
November 19, 1995 | Survivor Series | USAir Arena | Landover, Maryland | — |
December 17, 1995 | In Your House 5 | Hersheypark Arena | Hershey, Pennsylvania | — |
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2010 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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January 31, 2010 | Royal Rumble | Phillips Arena | Atlanta, GA | |
February 21, 2010 | Elimination Chamber | Scottrade Center | St. Louis, MO | |
March 28, 2010 | WrestleMania XXVI | University of Phoenix Stadium | Glendale, AZ | |
April 25, 2010 | Extreme Rules | 1st Mariner Arena | Baltimore, MD | |
May 23, 2010 | Over the Limit | Joe Louis Arena | Detroit, MI | |
June 20, 2010 | Fatal 4-Way | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale, NY | |
July 18, 2010 | Money in the Bank | Sprint Center | Kansas City, MO | |
August 15, 2010 | SummerSlam | Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA | |
September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Allstate Arena | Rosemont, IL | |
October 3, 2010 | Hell in a Cell | American Airlines Center | Dallas, TX | |
October 24, 2010 | Bragging Rights | Target Center | Minneapolis, MN | |
November 21, 2010 | Survivor Series | American Airlines Arena | Miami, FL | |
December 19, 2010 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Toyota Center | Houston, TX |
2011 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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2012 edit
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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2013 edit
2014 edit
Starting with WrestleMania XXX, all events will be available through the WWE Network, as well as traditional pay-per-view providers.
Date | Name | Venue | City | Theme Song(s) |
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January 26, 2014 | Royal Rumble | Consol Energy Center | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | "We Own It (Fast & Furious)" by 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa |
February 23, 2014 | Elimination Chamber | Target Center | Minneapolis, Minnesota | "Doomsday" by Nero |
April 6, 2014 | WrestleMania XXX | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | New Orleans, Louisiana | "Celebrate" by Kid Rock |
May 4, 2014 | Extreme Rules | IZOD Center | East Rutherford, New Jersey | — |
June 1, 2014 | Payback | Allstate Arena | Rosemont, Illinois | — |
June 29, 2014 | TBA | TBA | TBA | — |
July 20, 2014 | Money in the Bank | TBA | TBA | — |
August 17, 2014 | SummerSlam | TBA | TBA | — |
September 21, 2014 | Night of Champions | TBA | TBA | — |
October 26, 2014 | Hell in a Cell | TBA | TBA | — |
November 23, 2014 | Survivor Series | TBA | TBA | — |
December 14, 2014 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | TBA | TBA | — |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "WWE Corporate 2003 Quarter 1 Issues". WWE. 2003-08-13. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ "WWE Corporate 2003 Quarter 2". WWE. 2003-11-17. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ "Survivor Series 1989 Venue history". WWE. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ William Taaffe (1985-04-29). "How Wrestling Got Tv In Its Clutches - 04.29.85 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ^ Gregory Belanger (1985-03-30). "Wrestling and rock on a roll in N.O. -03.30.85 - The Times-Picayune - A-19".
- ^ Cohen, Eric. "wwe Merchandise". About.com.
- ^ "Royal Rumble History". Bella. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ "Summerslam Venue 1988 Venue History". WWE. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
External links edit
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