List of WWE pay-per-view events

Date 		Event
January 		Royal Rumble
February		Elimination Chamber
April 		WrestleMania
May 		Backlash
June 		Hell in a Cell
July 		Money in the Bank
August 		SummerSlam
October 		Extreme Rules
November		Survivor Series
Each month, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) holds one or two annual pay-per-view events usually three hours long. Pay-per-view events are a big part of the revenue stream for WWE.
==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 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.
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.
==Active and upcoming events==
The following is a list of the current, active titles for events scheduled by WWE.
Date 	Event 	Venue 	City
November 4, 2023 	Crown Jewel 	Mohammed Abdu Arena 	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
November 25, 2023	Survivor Series 	Allstate Arena 	Rosemont, Illinois
January 27, 2024 	Royal Rumble 	Tropicana Field 	St. Petersburg, Florida
February 24, 2024	Elimination Chamber	Optus Stadium 	Perth, Australia
April 6 & 7, 2024	WrestleMania XL 	Lincoln Financial Field	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
===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 	SmackDown! 	2004-2006, 2017 	N/A
 	Bad Blood 	RAW 	2003-2004 	N/A
80px	Vengeance 	RAW 	2004-2006 	In 2003, Vengeance was a Smackdown! exclusive event
 	Unforgiven 	RAW 	2003-2006 	N/A
 	Cyber Sunday 	RAW 	2006-2008 	From 2004-2005, the event was promoted under the name Taboo Tuesday.
 	Armageddon 	SmackDown! 	2004-2006 	In 2003, Armageddon was a Raw exclusive event
 	No Way Out 	SmackDown! 	2002-2007 	Returned in 2012
 	Judgment Day 	SmackDown! 	2004-2006 	N/A
 	The Great American Bash	SmackDown! 	2004-2006 	N/A
 	No Mercy 	RAWSmackDown!	2003-2006, 2017(Raw)2016 (SmackDown)	N/A
 	December to Dismember 	ECW 	2006 	This was the only ECW exclusive pay-per-view.
==Former pay-per-view events==
Pay-per-view 	Year (s) Active 	Notes
The Wrestling Classic 	1985 	
This Tuesday in Texas 	1991 	
King of the Ring 	1993–2002 	
In Your House 	1995–1999 	
Bad Blood 	1997, 2003–2004 	
Over the Edge 	1998–1999 	Discontinued after the death of Owen Hart at the 1999 event.
Fully Loaded 	1998–2000 	Replaced by Invasion in 2001, and permanently discontinued when replaced by Vengeance in 2002.
Invasion 	2001 	
One Night Stand 	2005–2008 	
December To Dismember 	2006 	
New Year's Revolution 	2005–2007 	This pay-per-view was removed because WWE decided to reduce the number of pay-per-views per year.
Unforgiven 	1998–2008 	
Cyber Sunday/Taboo Tuesday	2004–2008 	
Judgment Day 	1998, 2000–2009 	
The Bash 	The Great American Bash (2004–2008),The Bash (2009)	
Breaking Point 	2009 	
Fatal 4-Way 	2010 	was set to make a return as a 2012 PPV but was scrapped by WWE.
Bragging Rights 	2009–2010 	was set to make a return as a 2012 PPV but was scrapped by WWE.
Capitol Punishment 	2011 	replaced by No Way Out in 2012.
Vengeance 	2001–2007, 2011 	replaced by Hell in a Cell in 2012.
Over The Limit 	2010–2012 	replaced by Battleground in 2013.
Backlash 	1999-2018 	replaced by Clash of Champions in 2019
==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
*List of TNA pay-per-view events
*List of ROH pay-per-view events
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