Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River connecting the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer, adventurer, and nobleman Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.

In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777 and ranked as the 18th most populous city in the United States. The name Detroit sometimes refers to the Metro Detroit area with a population of 4,296,250 for the six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area, the United States' eleventh-largest, and a population of 5,218,852 for the nine-county Combined Statistical Area as of the 2010 Census Bureau estimates. The Detroit–Windsor area, a critical commercial link straddling the Canada–U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000.

ArenasEdit

• Cobo Arena
• Compuware Sports Arena
• Ford Field
• Joe Louis Arena
• Michigan State Fairgrounds & Expo Center

EventsEdit

• WWF House Show - January 12, 1985.
• WWF House SHow - February 1, 1985.
• Saturday Night's Main Event X - February 21, 1987.
• The Main Event III - February 23, 1990.
• Survivor Series 1991 - November 27, 1991.
• Halloween Havoc 1994 - October 23, 1994.
• Halloween Havoc 1995 - October 29, 1995.
• RAW - June 23, 1997.
• Nitro - June 8, 1998.
• RAW - September 28, 1998.
• Heat - April 11, 1999.
• RAW - April 12, 1999.
• Survivor Series 1999 - November 14, 1999.
• Smackdown - February 3, 2000.
• Heat - February 6, 2000.
• Smackdown - May 18, 2000.
• Heat - May 21, 2000.
• RAW - October 16, 2000.
• Smackdown - March 29, 2001.
• Smackdown - August 30, 2001.
• RAW - March 11, 2002.
• Vengeance 2002 - July 21, 2002.
• RAW - October 28, 2002.
• Heat - November 3, 2002.
• Smackdown - August 21, 2003.
• RAW - March 22, 2004.
• Smackdown - August 12, 2004.
• Velocity - August 14, 2004.
• ROH Showdown in Motown - November 4, 2005.
• Survivor Series 2005 - November 27, 2005.
• Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII - March 18, 2006.
• ROH Dragon Gate Challenge - March 30, 2006.
• ECW - July 25, 2006.
• Smackdown - July 28, 2006.
• ROH Motor City Madness 2006 - October 7, 2006.
• Bound for Glory II - October 22, 2006.
• ROH Supercard of Honor II - March 31, 2007.
• WrestleMania 23 - April 1, 2007.
• ROH Motor City Madness 2007 - September 14, 2007.
• Smackdown - October 12, 2007.
• RAW - May 12, 2008.
• Heat - May 18, 2008.
• Royal Rumble 2009 - January 25, 2009.
• Slammiversary VII - June 21, 2009.
• RAW - August 31, 2009.
• WWE Over The Limit 2010 - May 23, 2010.
• NXT - September 14, 2010.
• Superstars - September 16, 2010.
• Smackdown - September 17, 2010.
• RAW - January 24, 2011.
• RAW - April 23, 2012.
• Superstars - April 26, 2012.

PromotionsEdit

• Juggalo Championship Wrestling

WrestlersEdit

• Alex Shelley
• Bruiser Brody
• Chris Sabin
• Eric Bischoff
• Excalibur
• George Steele
• Kevin Nash
• Lexi Moon
• Sabu
• William Welch

External LinksEdit

• Detroit on Wikipedia