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List of WWE television specials

This is a list of televised professional wrestling special events from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Throughout its broadcast history, the promotion has aired special events that have different themes. Some of them are yearly events such as the WWE draft and the Slammy Awards. Others include tributes to various professional wrestlers who have recently died or retired from actively performing.

Past Events

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1984

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The Brawl to End It All July 23 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York Consisted of Wendi Richter vs. The Fabulous Moolah (c) for the WWF World Women's Championship [1]

1985

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The War to Settle the Score February 18 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York Consisted of Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Roddy Piper for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship [2]
Saturday Night's Main Event May 10
(aired May 11) 		Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York [3][4]
Saturday Night's Main Event II October 3
(aired October 5) 		Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey [5]
Saturday Night's Main Event III October 31
(aired November 2) 		Hersheypark Arena Hershey, Pennsylvania [6]

1986

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Saturday Night's Main Event IV December 19, 1985
(aired January 4) 		USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida [7]
Saturday Night's Main Event V February 15
(aired March 1) 		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Arizona [8]
Saturday Night's Main Event VI May 1
(aired May 3) 		Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island [9]
Saturday Night's Main Event VII September 13
(aired October 4) 		Richfield Coliseum Richfield, Ohio [10]
Saturday Night's Main Event VIII November 15
(aired November 29) 		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California [11]

1987

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Saturday Night's Main Event IX December 14, 1986
(aired January 3) 		Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut [12]
Saturday Night's Main Event X February 21
(aired March 14) 		Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan [13]
Saturday Night's Main Event XI April 28
(aired May 2) 		Edmund P. Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana [14]
Saturday Night's Main Event XII September 23
(aired October 3) 		Hersheypark Arena Hershey, Pennsylvania [15]
Saturday Night's Main Event XIII November 11
(aired November 28) 		Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, Washington [16]

1988

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Saturday Night's Main Event XIV December 7, 1987
(aired January 2) 		Capital Centre Landover, Maryland [17]
Royal Rumble January 24 Copps Coliseum Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [18]
The Main Event February 5 Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana [19][20]
Saturday Night's Main Event XIV March 7
(aired March 12) 		Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee [21]
Saturday Night's Main Event XVI April 22
(aired April 30) 		Springfield Civic Center Springfield, Massachusetts [22]
Saturday Night's Main Event XVII October 25
(aired October 29) 		Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland [23]
Saturday Night's Main Event XVIII November 16
(aired November 26) 		ARCO Arena Sacramento, California [24]

1989

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Saturday Night's Main Event XIX December 7, 1988
(aired January 7) 		USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida [25]
The Main Event II February 3 Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin [25]
Saturday Night's Main Event XX February 16
(aired March 11) 		Hersheypark Arena Hershey, Pennsylvania [26]
Saturday Night's Main Event XXI April 25
(aired May 27) 		Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa [27]
Saturday Night's Main Event XXII July 18
(aired July 29) 		Worcester Centrum Worcester, Massachusetts [28]
Saturday Night's Main Event XXIII September 21
(aired October 14) 		Worcester Centrum Worcester, Massachusetts [29]
WWF on Sky One October 10 London Docklands Arena London, England, UK [30]
Saturday Night's Main Event XXIV October 31
(aired November 25) 		Sunflower State Expocentre Topeka, Kansas [31]
Survivor Series Showdown November 1
(aired November 12) 		Kansas Coliseum Park City, Kansas [32]

1990

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Saturday Night's Main Event XXV January 3
(aired January 27) 		UTC Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee [33]
The Ultimate Challenge March 7
(aired March 25) 		Cow Palace Daly City, California
Wrestling Summit April 13 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan Co-produced with All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Saturday Night's Main Event XXVI April 23
(aired April 28) 		Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas [34]
Saturday Night's Main Event XXVII July 16
(aired July 28) 		Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska [35]
SummerSlam Fever August 15
(aired August 19) 		Utica Memorial Auditorium Utica, New York
Saturday Night's Main Event XXVII September 18
(aired October 13) 		Toledo Sports Arena Toledo, Ohio [36]
The Main Event IV October 30
(aired November 23) 		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana [37][38]
Survivor Series Showdown October 29
(aired November 18) 		Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana [39]

1991

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The Main Event V January 28
(aired February 1) 		Macon Coliseum Macon, Georgia [40][41]
WrestleFest Tokyo March 30 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan Co-produced with Super World of Sports
Saturday Night's Main Event XXIX April 15
(aired April 27) 		Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska [42]
UK Rampage April 24 London Docklands Arena London, England, UK [43]
SummerSlam Spectacular July 29
(aired August 18) 		Centrum in Worcester Worcester, Massachusetts [44]
Battle Royal at the Albert Hall October 10 Royal Albert Hall London, England, UK [45]
Survivor Series Showdown November 11
(aired November 24) 		Utica Memorial Auditorium Utica, New York [46]
SuperWrestle December 12 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan Co-produced with Super World of Sports

1992

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Saturday Night's Main Event XXX January 27
(aired February 8) 		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas [47]
SummerSlam Spectacular August 11
(aired August 23) 		Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee [48]
Revolution Ignition September 15 Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Co-produced with Wrestle and Romance
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI October 27
(aired November 14) 		Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana [49]
Survivor Series Showdown October 26
(aired November 22) 		Prairie Capital Convention Center Springfield, Illinois [50]

1993

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March to WrestleMania IX March 7
(aired March 28) 		Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium Fayetteville, North Carolina [51]
UK Rampage April 11 Sheffield Arena Sheffield, England [52]
SummerSlam Spectacular August 16
(aired August 22) 		Mid-Hudson Civic Center Poughkeepsie, New York [53]
Survivor Series Showdown November 8
November 10
(aired November 21) 		Farrell Hall
Fernwood Resort 		Delhi, New York
Bushkill, Pennsylvania 		[54][55]

1994

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1995

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Raw Bowl December 18
(aired January 1) 		Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware

1996

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WWF at the Sun City SuperBowl September 14 Sun City SuperBowl Sun City, South Africa

1997

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Thursday Raw Thursday February 13 Lowell Memorial Auditorium Lowell, Massachusetts
Friday Night's Main Event August 23
(aired August 29) 		Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois 2 week replacement for Raw during USA Network's coverage of the US Open tennis tournament
August 23
(aired September 5)

1998

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1999

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Halftime Heat January 26
(aired January 31) 		Tucson Convention Center Tucson, Arizona Aired as counterprogramming for the Super Bowl XXXIII half time show [56]
Raw Saturday Night February 8
(aired February 13) 		SkyDome Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2000

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2001

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SmackDown Xtreme January 30
(aired February 1) 		Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio

2002

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WWF in Yokohama March 1 Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Raw Roulette October 7 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
Super Tuesday November 5
(aired November 12) 		Verizon Wireless Arena Manchester, New Hampshire [57]

2003

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Raw Roulette November 24 E Center West Valley City, Utah

2004

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Tribute To The Troops December 18
(aired December 23) 		Camp Speicher Tikrit, Iraq Aired as a special episode of SmackDown

2005

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Raw Homecoming October 3 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas [58]
Tribute to the Troops December 9
(aired December 19) 		Bagram Air Base Bagram, Afghanistan Aired as a special episode of Raw

2006

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Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII March 18 Cobo Arena Detroit, Michigan [59]
WWE vs. ECW Head-to-Head June 7 Nutter Center Dayton, Ohio
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIII July 15 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas [60]
Tribute to the Troops December 7
(aired December 25) 		Camp Victory Baghdad, Iraq Aired as a special episode of Raw [61]

2007

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Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIV May 28
(aired June 2) 		Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada [62]
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXV August 13
(aired August 18) 		Madison Square Garden New York City, New York [63]
Tribute to the Troops December 7
(aired December 24) 		Camp Victory Baghdad, Iraq Aired as a special episode of Raw

2008

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Raw Roulette January 7 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
King of the Ring April 21 BI-LO Center Greenville, South Carolina Aired as a special episode of Raw
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXV July 28
(aired August 2) 		Verizon Center Washington, D.C. [64]

2009

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2010

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2011

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2012

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The Great American Bash July 3 American Bank Center Corpus Christi, Texas

2013

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2014

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2015

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The Beast in the East July 4 Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Simulcast on the WWE Network and J Sports

2016

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2017

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2018

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Raw 25 January 22 Brooklyn, New York
New York City, New York 		Barclays Center
Manhattan Center 		Celebrated the 25th anniversary of Monday Night Raw [65]

2019

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2020

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NXT The Great American Bash July 1 Full Sail University Winter Park, Florida
July 1
(aired July 8)
NXT Super Tuesday August 26
(aired September 1)
September 8
NXT Takeoff to TakeOver September 23 WWE Performance Center Orlando, Florida
NXT Halloween Havoc October 28

2021

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NXT: New Year's Evil January 6 WWE Performance Center Orlando, Florida
Superstar Spectacle January 22
(aired January 26) 		Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida Simulcast on the WWE Network, Sony Max, Sony Ten 1, and Sony Ten 3
NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver April 7 WWE Performance Center Orlando, Florida Simulcast on the WWE Network and USA Network
NXT The Great American Bash July 6 WWE Performance Center Orlando, Florida
NXT Halloween Havoc October 26 WWE Performance Center Orlando, Florida

2022

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2023

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RAW is XXX January 23 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tribute to the Troops December 8 Amica Mutual Pavilion Providence, Rhode Island

2024

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Raw: Day 1 January 1 Pechanga Arena San Diego, California
NXT New Year's Evil January 2 WWE Performance Center Orlando, Florida
New Year's Revolution January 5 Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NXT Roadblock March 5 WWE Performance Center Orlando, Florida
NXT Spring Breakin' April 23 WWE Performance Center Orlando, Florida
April 24
NXT The Great American Bash July 30 WWE Performance Center Orlando, Florida
August 6
NXT 2300 November 6 2300 Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII December 14 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, New York Simulcast on NBC and Peacock
Main Event: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens

Upcoming

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2024

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Raw's farewell to the USA Network December 30 Toyota Center Houston, Texas

2025

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Raw's Netflix Premiere January 6 Intuit Dome Inglewood, California
NXT New Year's Evil January 7 Shrine Expo Hall Los Angeles, California [66][67]
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVIII January 25 Frost Bank Center San Antonio, Texas Simulcast on NBC and Peacock [68]

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