List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events
2016

List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events

Section Title: 2016
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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes

January 24	Royal Rumble	Amway Center	Orlando, FL	30-man Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

February 21	Fastlane	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland, OH	Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Brock Lesnar

March 12	Roadblock	Ricoh Coliseum	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Triple H vs. Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	Network exclusive

April 1	NXT TakeOver: Dallas	Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center	Dallas, TX	Finn Bálor vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship	Network exclusive

April 3	WrestleMania 32	AT&T Stadium	Arlington, TX	Triple H vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

May 1	Payback	Allstate Arena	Rosemont, IL	Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

May 22	Extreme Rules	Prudential Center	Newark, NJ	Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

June 8	NXT TakeOver: The End	Full Sail University	Winter Park, FL	Samoa Joe vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship	Network exclusive

June 19	Money in the Bank	T-Mobile Arena	Paradise, NV	Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

July 24	Battleground	Verizon Center	Washington, D.C.	Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Championship

August 20	NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, NY	Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the NXT Championship	Network exclusive

August 21	SummerSlam	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, NY	Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton

September 11	Backlash	Richmond Coliseum	Richmond, VA	Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles for the WWE World Championship

September 14	Cruiserweight Classic Finale	Full Sail University	Winter Park, FL	Gran Metalik vs. T.J. Perkins for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship	Network exclusive

September 25	Clash of Champions	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	Indianapolis, IN	Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship

October 9	No Mercy	Golden 1 Center	Sacramento, CA	Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt

October 30	Hell in a Cell	TD Garden	Boston, MA	Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Flair for the WWE Raw Women's Championship

November 19	NXT TakeOver: Toronto	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship	Network exclusive

November 20	Survivor Series	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar

December 4	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	American Airlines Center	Dallas, TX	AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Championship

December 18	Roadblock: End of the Line	PPG Paints Arena	Pittsburgh, PA	Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship

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Backlash (2016) was a wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network event.

final_sentence: Backlash (2016) was a wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network event.