List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events
Date Event Venue Location Final match
January 9 New Year 's Revolution Coliseo de Puerto Rico Hato Rey Norte , San Juan , Puerto Rico Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton vs . Edge for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship
January 30 Royal Rumble Save Mart Center Fresno , California 30-man Royal Rumble match
February 20 No Way Out Mellon Arena Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania John Bradshaw Layfield ( c ) vs. Big Show for the WWE Championship
April 3 WrestleMania 21 Staples Center Los Angeles , California Triple H ( c ) vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship
May 1 Backlash Verizon Wireless Arena Manchester , New Hampshire Batista ( c ) vs . Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
May 22 Judgment Day Target Center Minneapolis , Minnesota John Cena ( c ) vs. John Bradshaw Layfield for the WWE Championship
June 12 ECW One Night Stand Hammerstein Ballroom New York , New York The Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley ) vs. Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman
June 26 Vengeance Thomas & Mack Center Paradise , Nevada Batista ( c ) vs . Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
July 24 The Great American Bash HSBC Arena Buffalo , New York Batista ( c ) vs. John Bradshaw Layfield for the World Heavyweight Championship
August 21 SummerSlam MCI Center Washington , D.C Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels
September 18 Unforgiven Ford Center Oklahoma City , Oklahoma John Cena ( c ) vs. Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship
October 9 No Mercy Toyota Center Houston , Texas Batista ( c ) vs. Eddie Guerrero for the World Heavyweight Championship
November 1 Taboo Tuesday iPayOne Center San Diego , California John Cena ( c ) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship
November 27 Survivor Series Joe Louis Arena Detroit , Michigan Team SmackDown ! ( Batista , Randy Orton , Rey Mysterio , John Bradshaw Layfield and Bobby Lashley ) vs . Team Raw ( Shawn Michaels , Kane , Big Show , Carlito and Chris Masters )
December 18 Armageddon Dunkin ' Donuts Center Providence , Rhode Island The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton
Past events -- 2000s
Raw-branded event SmackDown-branded event
This is a list of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events, detailing all professional wrestling cards promoted on pay-per-view (PPV) and the WWE Network by WWE. WWE has been broadcasting PPV events since the 1980s, when its classic Big Four events (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series) were first established. The company's PPV lineup expanded to a monthly basis in the mid-1990s before expanding even further in the early-2000s. Aside from its standard monthly schedule, WWE produced additional international PPVs between 1997 and 2003. These events were not available in the United States and coincided with overseas tours in the United Kingdom. Following WWE's original brand extension in 2002, the company promoted two touring rosters representing its Raw and SmackDown television programs. The traditional Big Four continued to showcase the entire roster, while the remaining PPV events alternated between Raw and SmackDown cards. A special ECW PPV in 2005 led to the creation of an ECW brand in 2006, which also received its own dedicated PPV events. In March 2007, WWE announced that all subsequent PPV events would feature performers from all brands. In 2008, all WWE PPV events began broadcasting in high-definition. The company's PPV business began to drastically change with the launch of the WWE Network on February 24, 2014. While most of the WWE events still air in many parts of the world on traditional PPV channels, WWE's focus has shifted away from delivering their events on PPV channels.