List of WWE pay-per-view events

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Current pay-per-view events

Month	Event
January	Royal Rumble
February	No Way Out
Late March/Early April	WrestleMania
April	Backlash
May	Judgment Day
June	One Night Stand
	Night of Champions
July	The Bash
August	SummerSlam
September	Breaking Point
October	Hell in a Cell (PPV)
	Bragging Rights
November	Survivor Series
December	TLC:Tables, Ladders & Chairs (PPV)

Each month, World Wrestling Entertainment holds one or two annual pay-per-view events. One event is usually three hours long and features six to twelve matches. Pay-per-view events are a big part of the revenue stream for WWE.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Brand extension 2 Upcoming pay-per-view schedule 3 Former pay-per-view events 3.1 International pay-per-views 4 References 5 See also

History

It is a commonly held misconception that the first WWF pay-per-view was November 1985's The Wrestling Classic, a tournament held at the Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, but the first WrestleMania event, in March of the same year, was available on pay-per-view in some markets. The first two WrestleMania’s were undeniable financial successes, and after WrestleMania III became perhaps the best known event in wrestling history, the WWF decided to expand their pay-per-view offerings.

The first Survivor Series event was offered on November 29 1987, scheduled directly against NWA's Starrcade, traditionally considered to be that promotion's biggest yearly event. The WWF informed cable companies that if they chose to carry Starrcade, they would not be allowed to carry future WWF events. 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.

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.

The first SummerSlam was held in Madison Square Garden in August 1988. These four events - 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 (other than the King of the Ring) from the WWF until 1995, after rival World Championship Wrestling had expanded the number of their pay-per-view shows. Initially, the WWF used the In Your House brand, but beginning in 1996 began using other names to compliment the In Your House name (such as Badd Blood and No Way Out), to avoid confusion. By the end of February of 1999, the In Your House name was nonexistent.

This trend escalated to the point that by 1996, both companies showed monthly events on pay-per-view. Until recently, World Wrestling Entertainment had a once-a-month pay-per-view schedule, which they had from the late '90s until 2003 totalling twelve a year. WWE currently produces 16 shows yearly and now charges $39.95 USD for each, except for WrestleMania, which is USD $49.95. The pay-per-view events in the United States can be bought through iN DEMAND, Dish Network or DirecTV.

The WWE ran twice yearly pay-per-views which were exclusive to the UK up to 2003, but after the brand extension occurred they were scrapped in favour of tours, with a TV taping included, so now the 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, SmackDown!, and an ECW taping.

In Australia, WWE's pay-per-views are shown on Main Event. In the United Kingdom, only usually around 8 of them charged for and are shown on Sky Box Office. These are all charged at £14.95 GBP and has no extra charge for WrestleMania like in the USA. The other events are seen on the subscription channel Sky Sports 1.

Brand extension

In June 2003, WWE announced to further their brand extension and make their pay-per-views exclusive to a particular brand (RAW, SmackDown!, and later, ECW). The only exceptions to this were the established Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series events which remained joint productions, and WrestleMania being the only event with wrestlers from different brands competing against each other. This allowed WWE to eventually add more pay-per-view events to their offerings, such as Cyber Sunday and The Great American Bash (itself a revival of an old NWA and WCW event). From late 2005, the restrictions were relaxed and interbrand matches in brand-exclusive events were becoming more frequent. In March 2007, it was announced that the idea of brand-exclusive events was scrapped and would now feature matches from all three brands. The brand-exclusive events were:

Pay-per-view	Brand	Years	Note
New Year's Revolution	RAW	2005-2007	N/A
Backlash	RAW	2004-2006	N/A
Bad Blood	RAW	2003-2004	N/A
Vengeance[1]	SmackDown!	2003	N/A
	RAW	2004-2006	N/A
Unforgiven	RAW	2003-2006	N/A
Cyber Sunday	RAW	2004-2006	From 2004-2005, the event was promoted under the name Taboo Tuesday.
Armageddon	RAW	2003	N/A
	SmackDown!	2004-2006	N/A
No Way Out	SmackDown!	2002-2007	N/A
Judgment Day	SmackDown!	2004-2006	N/A
The Great American Bash	SmackDown!	2004-2006	N/A
No Mercy	SmackDown!	2003-2006	N/A
December to Dismember	ECW	2006	Was the only ECW exclusive pay-per-view.

Upcoming pay-per-view schedule

Date	Event	Venue and City	City
October 4, 2009	Hell in a Cell (PPV)	Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey
October 25, 2009	Bragging Rights	Mellion Arena	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
November 22, 2009	Survivor Series 2009	Verizon Center	Washington, D.C.
December 13, 2009	TLC:Tables, Ladders & Chairs (PPV)	TBA	TBA
Janruary 31, 2010	Royal Rumble 2010	TBA	TBA
February 21, 2010	No Way Out 2010	TBA	TBA
March 28, 2010	WrestleMania XXVI	TBA	TBA

Former pay-per-view events

Pay-per-view	Year(s) Active	Note
The Wrestling Classic	1985	N/A
This Tuesday in Texas	1991	N/A
King of the Ring	1993-2002	N/A
In Your House	1995-1999	N/A
Badd Blood	1997, 2003-2004	N/A
Fully Loaded	1998-2000	N/A
Over the Edge	1998-1999	Name retired after Owen Hart fell to his death at the 1999 event.
InVasion	2001	N/A
Taboo Tuesday	2004-2005	Now Cyber Sunday.
December to Dismember 2006	2006	N/A
New Year's Revolution	2005-2007	N/A
ECW One Night Stand	2005-2006	Now WWE One Night Stand.
Vengeance	2001-2007	Now WWE Night of Champions.

International pay-per-views

Pay-per-view	Year(s) Active	Note
One Night Only	1997	N/A
Capital Carnage	1998	N/A
No Mercy (UK)	1999	Despite being held in the UK, another PPV called "No Mercy" was held the same year in the U.S.
Rebellion	1999-2002	N/A
Global Warning	2002	N/A
Insurrextion	2000-2003	N/A

References

See also

• Saturday Night's Main Event (non-pay-per-view supercard)
• The Main Event (non-pay-per-view supercard)
• World Wrestling Entertainment/Event history
• List of WCW pay-per-view events
• List of ECW pay-per-view events

World Wrestling Entertainment
History
Black Saturday • Monday Night Wars • Montreal Screwjob • The Invasion • Brand Extension • WWE Video Library
Programming
RAW • SmackDown! • ECW Current programming • Former Programming • Pay-per-views
Developmental territories
Florida Championship Wrestling
Former and defunct developmental territories
Deep South Wrestling • Heartland Wrestling Association • International Wrestling Association • Memphis Championship Wrestling • Ohio Valley Wrestling
Subsidiaries
WWE Films • WWE Niagara Falls • WWE Records • WWE Video Games • WWE Home Video • WWE Books
Defunct subsidiaries
Coliseum Video • The World
Other wrestling organizations acquired
World Championship Wrestling (history) • Extreme Championship Wrestling
Talent
Current roster • WWE Divas • Alumni • Hall of Fame (inductees) • Diva Search • Tough Enough • WWE Draft

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