Halloween Havoc is a

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currently produced by

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for the company's

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. As the name implies, it is a

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-themed show held in October. It was originally produced as an annual

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(PPV) by

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(WCW) from 1989 until 2000. The first two events were held when WCW was still affiliated with the

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(NWA) before WCW split from the NWA in January 1991. The final five events under WCW (1996–2000) were held at the

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in the

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suburb of

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. WWE – at that time still known as the World Wrestling Federation – purchased the assets of WCW in March 2001. Nineteen years later, Halloween Havoc was revived as an annual event for WWE's NXT brand in 2020. In 2020 and 2021, it was held as a

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of the ''

'' program, but was made a

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event in 2022.

History

In 1989,

(WCW) of the

(NWA) scheduled a

-themed

(PPV) event for October 28, 1989, at the

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. The event was aptly named

Halloween Havoc Halloween Havoc is a professional wrestling event currently produced by WWE for the company's developmental brand, NXT. As the name implies, it is a Halloween-themed show held in October. It was originally produced as an annual pay-per-view ...

. A second Halloween Havoc was scheduled for the following year, thus establishing Halloween Havoc as an annual PPV for WCW. This second event was also the final Halloween Havoc produced by WCW under the NWA banner as WCW split from the NWA in January 1991. The 2000 event was the final Halloween Havoc produced by WCW, as in March 2001, WCW was acquired by the

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(WWF); the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002 ("WWE" became an

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in 2011). After 19 years since the acquisition of WCW, WWE revived Halloween Havoc for their

. Both the

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and

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events were held as

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of the ''

'' television program, which aired on the

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. The 2022 event, however, will be held as a

event, airing on

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in the United States and the

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in international markets. The 1994 and 1995 events were both held at the

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before becoming a main stay at the

in the

suburb of

from 1996 to 2000. Since the event's revival in 2020, it has been held at NXT's home venue, the

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. In 2014, all WCW PPVs, including Halloween Havoc, were made available on WWE's streaming service, the WWE Network. Since March 2021, they are also available on Peacock in the United States as the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock at that time.

Events

Notes

References

External links

Results at ProWrestlingHistory.com

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