The arena has hosted a number of WWE events including No Mercy 2005, , two editions of ( and ), Night of Champions 2015, , Survivor Series 2017, Elimination Chamber 2019, as well as various episodes of "Raw" and "SmackDown". Since August 2020, WWE had presented Raw and SmackDown's shows from a bio-secure bubble called the WWE ThunderDome due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With cases declining and vaccines available to most American citizens, WWE announced that they would be leaving the ThunderDome and returning to live touring, starting with a 25-city tour beginning with the July 16, 2021 episode of "SmackDown" in Houston, Texas.