List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards
This is a list of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards, detailing all professional wrestling cards promoted by the American promotion available on traditional PPV outlets, and livestreaming services such as the WWE Network, Peacock, Netflix, ESPN, and YouTube.
Since 2022, to emphasize the availability of these events via digital platforms such as WWE Network and other streaming services that hold rights to its content, WWE began to refer to all PPV and livestreaming events as "Premium Live Events".
History
The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has been broadcasting pay-per-view events since the mid 1980s, when its classic "Big Four" events were first established between 1985 and 1989—with the company's very first PPV being WrestleMania in 1985. The company's PPV lineup expanded to a monthly basis in 1995 following the introduction of the In Your House series of pay-per views before expanding even further in the mid-2000s during the first WWE brand extension. 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 was considered a "Big Five" event from 1993 until 2002, after which, it was discontinued as a PPV until 2024.Following WWE's original brand extension in 2002, the company promoted two touring rosters, Raw and SmackDown, representing its television programs, Raw and SmackDown, with the two United Kingdom PPVs held that year being the first ones to be brand exclusive. Following Judgment Day in 2003, brand-exclusive PPVs were expanded to all WWE PPVs, except the traditional "Big Four", which continued to showcase the entire roster, while the remaining PPVs alternated between Raw and SmackDown. A special Extreme Championship Wrestling reunion 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 non-"big-four" PPV events following WrestleMania 23 would feature performers from all brands, which ended brand-exclusive PPVs. 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 livestreaming all of the events on the WWE Network, including some exclusive events, such as NXT TakeOver. After the second brand extension in July 2016, brand-exclusive events returned with the "Big Four" again as the only ones to feature both the Raw and SmackDown brands. Brand-exclusive events would once again come to an end, this time after WrestleMania 34 in April 2018 with the events again featuring wrestlers from all brands.
Beginning with NXT TakeOver 31 in October 2020, the TakeOver events started airing on traditional PPV in addition to livestreaming. In late 2021, WWE discontinued the TakeOver series, but has continued to promote major NXT events periodically; however, beginning with the 2022 calendar year, WWE ceased broadcasting NXT's major events on PPV with them subsequently only available via livestreaming.
The 2021 edition of Fastlane would be the beginning of WWE phasing out the standalone WWE Network, with the company partnering with other platforms to distribute its content. Beginning with that edition of Fastlane in the United States, events began airing on NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock, following a merger of the American WWE Network under Peacock in March that year. The standalone version of the American WWE Network shut down on April 4. Over the next couple of years, other countries would see their own version of the WWE Network merge under other services. In Indonesia, the WWE Network merged under Disney+ Hotstar in January 2022, followed by a merger under Disney+ in the Philippines in November that year, while in Australia, it merged under Binge in January 2023 and then Abema in Japan that September. With this increased emphasis of digital platforms over traditional PPV outlets, WWE began to refer to all PPV and livestreaming events as "Premium Live Events", starting with the Day 1 event on January 1, 2022.
In January 2025, the majority of the countries that still had the WWE Network merged under Netflix, with only a small number of countries maintaining the WWE Network due to pre-existing contracts. Beginning with Wrestlepalooza in September 2025, ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service assumed the streaming rights for main roster events in the United States as part of a five-year deal following WWE's contract with Peacock. Also as part of the deal, select events also air on ESPN's linear channels. This changeover to ESPN was originally to begin with WrestleMania 42 in April 2026, but in August 2025, it was announced the deal had been moved up. Peacock maintains NXT's livestreaming events until at least March 2026, while exclusively airing the Saturday Night's Main Event specials as well as select other content until at least 2029; outside the US, SNME streams on YouTube. In January 2026, more countries merged under Netflix, with only Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland remaining on the standalone WWE Network for an indeterminate period of time, while Sub-Saharan Africa and Japan remain on SuperSport and Abema, respectively.
In addition to ESPN, WWE's events are still made available on traditional PPV outlets in the United States. In Canada, WWE's PPVs are available through Vu!, Shaw PPV, or SaskTel PPV, and was formerly shown in select locations of the Cineplex Entertainment chain. In Australia, PPVs are shown on Main Event. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, all PPVs were shown on Sky Sports Box Office until 2019, when BT Sport took over rights to WWE content. In India and South Asia, a single broadcaster generally holds the rights to all WWE programming, with PPVs broadcast for no additional charge.
Currently, WWE's events for the Raw and SmackDown brands are generally held on Saturdays and are typically 3 hours in length, with some events running longer or shorter. NXT's events are typically on Sundays and last between 2 and 3 hours. Prior to 2022, all events were generally held on a Sunday. The change was attributed to WWE president Nick Khan who felt that "big sports events were better on Saturday nights". WWE also airs a pre-show before most events which includes interviews, match previews, and a panel of experts analyzing the upcoming line-up. They were originally simply called WWE Pre-Show, but beginning with Payback 2013, they were rebranded as WWE Kickoff before being rebranded again to WWE Countdown to beginning with NXT Stand & Deliver in 2024. The pre-shows also used to host some matches but these were phased out in early 2022, although some pre-shows still occasionally have matches. WWE also airs a post-show media press conference following some events, including NXT events. Previously, they would air a post-show for some events, known as Fallout. Each Fallout included interviews and a panel of experts analyzing the event. WWE also previously held post-show editions of Raw Talk for Raw-branded events and Talking Smack for SmackDown-branded events.
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| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Attendance | Final match | Notes |
| January 20 | Royal Rumble | Philips Arena | Atlanta, Georgia | 16,106 | 30-man Royal Rumble match | |
| February 17 | No Way Out | Bradley Center | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 15,291 | Chris Jericho vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin for the Undisputed WWF Championship | |
| March 17 | WrestleMania X8 | SkyDome | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 68,237 | Chris Jericho vs. Triple H for the Undisputed WWF Championship | |
| April 21 | Backlash | Kemper Arena | Kansas City, Missouri | 12,489 | Triple H vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan for the Undisputed WWF Championship | |
| May 4 | Insurrextion | Wembley Arena | London, England | 9,308 | Triple H vs. The Undertaker | Aired exclusively in the United Kingdom |
| May 19 | Judgment Day | Gaylord Entertainment Center | Nashville, Tennessee | 14,521 | Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs. The Undertaker for the WWE Undisputed Championship | |
| June 23 | King of the Ring | Nationwide Arena | Columbus, Ohio | 14,198 | The Undertaker vs. Triple H for the WWE Undisputed Championship | |
| July 21 | Vengeance | Joe Louis Arena | Detroit, Michigan | 12,000 | The Undertaker vs. The Rock vs. Kurt Angle in a triple threat match for the WWE Undisputed Championship | |
| August 25 | SummerSlam | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale, New York | 14,797 | The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Undisputed Championship | |
| Unforgiven | Staples Center | Los Angeles, California | 16,000 | Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker for the WWE Championship | ||
| October 20 | No Mercy | Alltel Arena | North Little Rock, Arkansas | 10,000 | Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship | |
| October 26 | Rebellion | Manchester Evening News Arena | Manchester, England | 13,416 | Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman vs. Edge in a 2-on-1 handicap match for the WWE Championship | Aired exclusively in the United Kingdom |
| November 17 | Survivor Series | Madison Square Garden | New York City, New York | 17,930 | Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Kane vs. Booker T vs. Chris Jericho in a six-man Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship | |
| December 15 | Armageddon | Office Depot Center | Sunrise, Florida | 9,000 | Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H in a Three Stages of Hell match for the World Heavyweight Championship |