This is a list of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events, detailing all

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cards promoted on

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(PPV) and the

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. Due to the American version of the WWE Network merging under

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, and with the WWE Network still available in international markets, as well as less focus being given to traditional PPV channels, in 2022, the company began using the term "Premium Live Event" to refer to their events airing on PPV and the

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services. WWE has been broadcasting PPV events since the 1980s, when its classic "Big Four" events (

Royal Rumble The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events, event, produced annually since 1988 by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. It is named afte ...

WrestleMania WrestleMania is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event held annually between mid-March and mid-April by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Since premiering in 1985, 37 editions followed, mos ...

SummerSlam SummerSlam is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, produced annually since 1988 by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's secon ...

, and

Survivor Series Survivor Series is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, produced annually since 1987 by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Held in November generally the week of Thanksgiving, it is the se ...

) were first established. The company's PPV lineup expanded to a monthly basis in the mid-1990s before expanding even further in the mid-2000s. In addition, WWE produced international PPVs not available in the United States between 1997 and 2003. In 2022, the company began recognizing Money in the Bank as one of their five biggest events of the year, thus making it a "Big Five" event along with the classic "Big Four";

King of the Ring King of the Ring was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. The PPV event was held annually in June and was established in 1993 when the promotion ...

was also considered a "Big Five" event from 1993 until 2002, after which, it was discontinued as a PPV. Following WWE's original brand extension in 2002, the company promoted two touring rosters representing its

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and

SmackDown ''WWE SmackDown'', also known as ''Friday Night SmackDown'' or simply ''SmackDown'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that as of currently airs live every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. Fox Deportes sim ...

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

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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 online streaming service, the WWE Network, on February 24, 2014. WWE's focus shifted away from delivering their events solely on PPV channels, with their main focus on delivering all of the events on the WWE Network, including some exclusive events, such as

NXT Arrival NXT Arrival (stylized as NXT ArRIVAL) was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental territory, NXT. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and t ...

. Beginning with the 2021 edition of Fastlane, WWE PPVs began airing on

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's streaming service, Peacock, in the United States, following a merger of the American WWE Network under Peacock in March that year. The standalone version of the American WWE Network shutdown on April 4; the rest of the world maintains the separate WWE Network service. After the second brand extension in July 2016, brand-exclusive PPVs returned with the "Big Four" as the only PPVs to feature both Raw and SmackDown brands. Brand exclusive PPVs ended after

WrestleMania 34 WrestleMania 34 was the 34th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on April 8, 2 ...

. Beginning with TakeOver 31 in October 2020,

NXT TakeOver NXT TakeOver was a series of periodic professional wrestling events produced by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The events were produced exclusively for the promotion's NXT brand division and aired live on pay-per- ...

events started airing on traditional PPV in addition to livestreaming. In late 2021, WWE discontinued their NXT TakeOver events. In addition to Peacock's WWE Network channel, WWE PPVs are still made available on traditional PPV outlets in the United States. In Canada, WWE PPVs are available through

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, or SaskTel PPV, and are shown in select locations of the

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chain. In Australia, WWE's pay-per-views are shown on

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. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, all PPVs were shown on Sky Sports Box Office until 2019, when

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took over rights to WWE content. In India and South Asia, a single broadcaster (currently

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) generally holds the rights to all WWE programming, with PPVs broadcast for no additional charge. Currently, WWE PPV events are typically 3 hours in length, with some events running longer or shorter. The NXT TakeOver events typically ran between 2 and 3 hours. WWE also airs a pre-show before most PPV events known as the ''Kickoff'' show which includes interviews, match previews and a panel of experts previewing the upcoming line-up (there used to be matches that took place but these have been phased out since early 2022). WWE occasionally airs a post-show after some events known as ''Fallout''. Each post-show includes interviews and a panel of experts analyzing the event. WWE previously held ''Raw Talk'' post-shows for Raw branded events and ''Talking Smack'' for SmackDown branded events; both still air, but only after the weekly television programs, with the latter airing the next day after ''SmackDown''s broadcast.

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was launched on February 24, 2014. Every pay-per-view event from this point forward aired on both traditional PPV outlets and the WWE Network. However, beginning with

, several additional events began airing exclusively on the Network. The Network exclusives are noted.

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Upcoming event schedule

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Number of events by year

Overall total — 483 ''(8 more confirmed)''

Most pay-per-view matches

These ten wrestlers have the most PPV matches as of ''Survivor Series: WarGames''. *Only the actual pay-per-view matches are counted, no pre-show or dark matches.

Themed events

Many WWE events are thematic, centered on particular types of matches, or have an annually recurring main event. Most themed events (sans the "Big Five" pay-per-view events) are roughly treated like filler themed events to carry the audience until the next event dating back to the days when the

In Your House In Your House (known as NXT TakeOver: In Your House in 2020 and 2021 and then NXT In Your House beginning in 2022) is a professional wrestling series of events created by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The events o ...

system was used.Matt O'Brien
POLL: DOES WWE DO TOO MANY GIMMICK PPV EVENTS?
– WrestleView.com, May 17, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2013.

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