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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.

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 WrestleManias 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 WCW), 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 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 1998, 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 totaling twelve a year. Beginning in 2003, the company began to schedule "brand-exclusive" pay-per-views, and as from 2005 offered an annual ECW show, with an additional show as of 2006. WWE currently produces 16 shows yearly and now charges $39.95 USD for each, except for WrestleMania, which is $49.95 USD. The pay-per-view events in the United States can be bought through iN DEMAND, Dish Network or DirecTV.

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 USA does. The other events are seen on Sky Sports 1 free of charge.

[edit] Annual World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view events

Month Event Brand
January New Year's Revolution RAW
Royal Rumble All
February No Way Out SmackDown!
March/April WrestleMania All
April/May Backlash RAW
May Judgment Day SmackDown!
June One Night Stand ECW
Vengeance RAW
July The Great American Bash SmackDown!
August SummerSlam All
September Unforgiven RAW
October No Mercy SmackDown!
October/November Cyber Sunday RAW
November Survivor Series All
December December to Dismember ECW
Armageddon SmackDown!

[edit] Notes

  • These pay-per-view events could switch from either brand to the opposite brand, for example, Vengeance 2003 was a SmackDown event and Armageddon 2003 was a RAW event but Vengeance 2004 was a Raw exclusive event and Armageddon 2004 was a SmackDown! exclusive event.
  • Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series are joint productions of RAW, SmackDown!, and ECW. These events could also change dates making them occur in a different month.
  • The month of March is usually reserved for the flagship pay-per-view WrestleMania although sometimes WrestleMania is broadcast early in the month of April.

[edit] Upcoming pay-per-view schedule

Date Event Venue and City
November 26, 2006 Survivor Series Wachovia Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 3, 2006 December to Dismember James Brown Arena Augusta, Georgia
December 17, 2006 Armageddon Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
January 7, 2007 New Year's Revolution Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
January 28, 2007 Royal Rumble AT&T Center San Antonio, Texas
February 18, 2007 No Way Out Staples Center Los Angeles, California
April 1, 2007 WrestleMania 23 Ford Field Detroit, Michigan
April 29, 2007 Backlash Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia
May 20, 2007 Judgment Day HP Pavilion San Jose, California
June 10, 2007 One Night Stand Hammerstein Ballroom Manhattan, New York
June 24, 2007 Vengeance Toyota Center Houston, Texas
July 22, 2007 The Great American Bash TBA TBA
August 26, 2007 SummerSlam TBA New York, New York
September 16, 2007 Unforgiven Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October 7, 2007 No Mercy TBA TBA
November 4, 2007 Cyber Sunday TBA TBA
November 25, 2007 Survivor Series Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec
December 16, 2007 Armageddon TBA TBA

[edit] Non-pay-per-view supercards

[edit] Former pay-per-view events

[edit] Former international events

United Kingdom supercards
United Kingdom pay-per-views
Australia pay-per-views[citation needed]

[edit] References

    [edit] See also

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