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Halloween Havoc
Halloween Havoc is a professional wrestling List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events, event currently produced by WWE. Since 2020, it has been held annually for the company's WWE brand extension, developmental brand, NXT (WWE 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 (PPV) event by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1989 until 2000. The first two events were held when WCW was still affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) before WCW split from the NWA in January 1991. The final five events under WCW (1996–2000) were held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. WWE—at that time still known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)—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. The 2020, 2021, and 2023 editions were held as ...
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Halloween Havoc (1989)
The 1989 Halloween Havoc was the inaugural Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events, event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on October 28, 1989, at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the name implies, it was a Halloween-themed event. Eight matches were contested on the event. The Card (sports)#Main event, main event was a Thunderdome match pitting Ric Flair and Sting (wrestler), Sting against Terry Funk and The Great Muta. Flair and Sting won when Funk and Muta's Manager (professional wrestling), manager Gary Hart (wrestler), Gary Hart threw in the towel for his team. Production Background In 1989, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) scheduled a Halloween-themed pay-per-view event for October 28, 1989, at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pen ...
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Halloween Havoc (2000)
The 2000 Halloween Havoc was the 12th annual Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on October 29, 2000, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the final Halloween Havoc produced by WCW, as in March 2001, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) acquired WCW; the WWF was then renamed to WWE the following year. In 2020, 19 years after the acquisition of WCW, WWE revived Halloween Havoc as an annual event for their developmental territory, NXT. In 2014, all of WCW's Halloween Havoc PPVs became available on WWE's streaming service, the WWE Network. Production Background Halloween Havoc was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) since 1989. As the name implies, it was a Halloween-themed show held in October. The 2000 event was the 12th event in the Halloween Havoc chronology and it took place on October 29, 2 ...
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Halloween Havoc (1990)
The 1990 Halloween Havoc was the second annual Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on October 27, 1990, from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. This was also the final Halloween Havoc produced by WCW under the NWA, as in January 1991, WCW split from the NWA. On the original VHS release, only 6 of the 10 matches of the main broadcast were included as the fourth, fifth, sixth, and ninth matches of the show were not included. In 2014, all of WCW's Halloween Havoc PPVs became available on WWE's streaming service, the WWE Network; however, the WWE Network version of the 1990 Halloween Havoc is also edited and not the complete version as is usual for WCW's other PPVs on the Network from this period. Production Background On October 28, 1989, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) held a Halloween-themed pay- ...
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World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) List of National Wrestling Alliance territories, territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS (American TV channel), TBS). For all of its existence, WCW was one of the two top professional wrestling promotions in the United States alongside the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), at one point surpassing the latter in terms of popularity. After initial success through utilization of established wrestling stars of the 1980s, the company appointed Eric Bischoff to executive producer of television in 1993. Under Bischoff's leadership, the company enjoyed a period of mainstream success characterized by a shift to reality-based angle (professional wrestling), storylines, and ...
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Philadelphia Civic Center
The Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center, commonly known simply as the Philadelphia Civic Center, was a convention center complex located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It developed out of a series of buildings dedicated to expanding trade which began with the National Export Exhibition in 1899. The two most significant buildings in the complex were the original main exhibition hall built in 1899, which later housed the Philadelphia Commercial Museum, and the Municipal Auditorium, later called the Convention Hall, which was built in 1931 to the designs of architect Philip H. Johnson. The site was host to national political conventions in 1900, 1936, 1940 and 1948. Location The Convention Hall arena was located at 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, on the edge of the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, and just to the southwest of Franklin Field. It was built in 1930 and its highest capacity was approximately 12,000. The building was an Art Deco landmark, notable for ...
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NXT Halloween Havoc (2023)
The 2023 ''NXT:'' Halloween Havoc was a two-part professional wrestling television special produced by WWE. It was the fourth annual Halloween Havoc held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT, and the 16th Halloween Havoc event overall. The two-night event took place on October 24 and 31, 2023, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and aired as special episodes of '' NXT'' on the USA Network. SmackDown wrestlers Shotzi and Scarlett served as the hosts of the event, marking Shotzi's third time hosting the show, after 2020 and 2022. The 2023 edition returned the event to being a television special of ''NXT'', like the shows in 2020 and 2021, as the 2022 edition was broadcast via WWE's livestreaming platforms. The 2023 edition was also the only to be held as a two-night event, as the previous events were only one night each with it returning to one night in 2024. The 2024 edition also returned to livestreaming, thus the 2023 event was the final to air on the USA ...
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WWE Network
WWE Network is a subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and digital television network owned by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, a division of TKO Group Holdings. The service relied on technology developed by MLB Advanced Media and BAMTech, prior to Endeavor Streaming assuming technical operations of the service in 2019. Although operating primarily as a standalone service, the distribution model of the WWE Network varies by market, where it can be available as an integrated service through licensing agreements with third-party providers, depending on the markets. The standalone service contains a premium and a free tier. WWE Network launched on February 24, 2014 in the United States, as a digital successor to the WWE Classics on Demand service. It launched in Canada in July of that year and expanded to the Asia–Pacific region and select European countries in August. The United Kingdom received the service in February 2015, and was ...
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Peacock (streaming Service)
Peacock is an American over-the-top subscription streaming service owned and operated by Comcast through its entertainment division NBCUniversal. Launched on July 15, 2020, the service primarily carries television shows and films from NBCUniversal brands and other third-party content providers, as well as original series, films, and specials. It is the main streaming outlet of the NBC Sports and Telemundo Deportes divisions, carrying simulcasts of specified events with NBC and Spanish sister network Telemundo, as well as sports broadcasts and supplemental coverage not carried on linear television. It also carries WWE professional wrestling content, including archive programming and live pay-per-view events. Peacock was initially offered in free, "Premium", and "Premium Plus" plans, with the free version offering a limited selection of content, and Premium Plus offering ad-free video on-demand content and streaming of NBC affiliates; since January 2023, the free tier i ...
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NXT Halloween Havoc (2022)
The 2022 NXT Halloween Havoc was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the third annual Halloween Havoc held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT and the 15th Halloween Havoc overall. The event took place on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and unlike the previous two years, which aired as television specials, the 2022 Halloween Havoc aired via WWE's livestreaming platforms. SmackDown wrestler Shotzi returned to co-host the event with NXT wrestler Quincy Elliott; Shotzi previously hosted the 2020 event when she was still on NXT. In a cross-promotion with the '' Chucky'' TV series, Chucky returned to participate in the Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal segments. There were six matches scheduled on the event's card, though eight actually took place as there were two dark matches that occurred before the live broadcast. In the main event, Bron Breakker defeated Ilja Dragunov and JD McDonagh in a triple threat match ...
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USA Network
USA Network (or simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It was launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels. It was relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980, and in the years since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWF/ WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming. USA increased its sports coverage significantly in 2022, after the shutdown of NBCSN, and now serves as the main cable component of NBC Sports. , USA Network is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network was launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused ...
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List Of WWE NXT Special Episodes
This is a list of ''WWE NXT'' special episodes, detailing all professional wrestling television special cards promoted on '' NXT'' by WWE. Special episodes 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 See also * List of WWE Raw special episodes * List of WWE SmackDown special episodes *List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events *Wednesday Night Wars The Wednesday Night War or Wednesday Night Wars refers to a period of mainstream televised American professional wrestling in which All Elite Wrestling (AEW)'s ''Dynamite'' debuted on TNT opposite WWE's '' NXT'' on USA Network in a competition for ... References External links * {{WWE Special episodes NXT special episodes ...
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NXT Halloween Havoc (2021)
The 2021 '' NXT'' Halloween Havoc was the second annual Halloween Havoc professional wrestling event produced by WWE, and 14th Halloween Havoc event overall. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired as a special episode of WWE's weekly television series '' NXT'', broadcast on the USA Network. It took place on October 26, 2021, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The television special was hosted by Chucky in a crosspromotion for the '' Chucky'' TV series, with NXT wrestlers Grayson Waller and LA Knight also serving as hosts. Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Tommaso Ciampa defeated Bron Breakker to retain the NXT Championship. This event is notable for the start of Toxic Attraction's reign of NXT. Mandy Rose defeated Raquel González to win the NXT Women's Championship, beginning her 413-day reign as champion, while the other members, Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne, won a Triple Thr ...
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