WWE is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut in the United States owned by TKO. The company has been producing events in Mexico since the beginning of the 21st century.
History In 2004, WWE made its first tour in Mexico with WWE RAW: Wrestlemania XX Revenge Tour at the Arena Monterrey in the city of the same name. The event, which was also the first house show of the Raw brand, took place on April 3 having as main event a match between Chris Benoit and Triple H, who were in a strong rivalry for the World Heavyweight Championship. After the great success of the Mexican fans, Raw returned in November of that same year.
On October 17, 2011, the Palacio de los Deportes would host a first live event for Raw. The event featured a tag team match between John Cena and Jim Ross against then WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio and Michael Cole. Attendance was 14,845. That same week on SmackDown brand, another event was held at the same venue, featuring a match between Sin Cara Azul and Sin Cara Negro; the attendance was 11,000.
WWE was scheduled to return to the country again in 2020, but the tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began in March of that year. After a two-year hiatus, the promotion returned to Mexico with two events in October 2022, which were both a success.
In 2025, WWE acquired Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. The company began to have its talent appearing in AAA programming.
Broadcast WWE programs began airing in Mexico in the late 1990s. MVS TV was the first channel to acquire the broadcast rights, airing WWF/E Raw (is War) from 1999 and WWE SmackDown from 2005 until the cessation of broadcasts for both brands in 2008. However, Raw would return to airing in mid-2009 on the renamed channel 52MX, which at that time also aired WWE Experience and pay-per-view events.
Televisa and TV Azteca, the two giants of Mexican television, began airing both Raw (via Canal 5) at 10:00pm and SmackDown (via Azteca 7) at 9:00pm respectively starting in 2008. Between 2013 and 2014, WWE would stop airing on open television for national audiences, focusing on pay television.
Starting in January 2025, it was announced that Netflix will broadcast WWE's weekly shows in the country, in addition to premium events (previously called PPV) and documentaries, as part of the agreement between the company and the platform. The company, through the ownership of AAA, aired WWE AAA on Fox.
Events in Mexico 2000s Date Event/Brand Venue City Final match Ref 3 April 2004 WWE Raw: WrestleMania XX Revenge Tour Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL Chris Benoit vs. Triple H 6 November 2004 WWE Raw House Show Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL Randy Orton and Chris Jericho vs. Triple H and Batista 19 January 2006 WWE SmackDown House Show Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton 20 January 2006 Auditorio Benito Juárez Guadalajara, JAL 21 January 2006 Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL The Undertaker vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield 20 September 2006 WWE Raw House Show Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City John Cena vs. Edge 21 September 2006 Auditorio Benito Juárez Guadalajara, JAL 22 September 2006 Plaza de Toros Tijuana, BCN Shawn Michaels, Triple H and Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Randy Orton, Edge and Chavo Guerrero Jr. 23 September 2006 Plaza Monumental Monterrey, NL John Cena vs. Edge 22 March 2007 WWE SmackDown & ECW House Show Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City Batista vs. Mr. Kennedy 23 March 2007 Batista vs. Mr. Kennedy vs. Montel Vontavious Porter 24 March 2007 Gimnasio Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Chihuahua City, CHH Batista vs. Mr. Kennedy 25 March 2007 Plaza de Toros Monterrey, NL Chris Benoit vs. Montel Vontavious Porter 4 July 2007 WWE Raw House Show - Tijuana, BCN John Cena, Bobby Lashley and Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Randy Orton, Booker T and Umaga 5 July 2007 - Mexicali, BCN John Cena vs. Randy Orton 6 July 2007 Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City 7 July 2007 John Cena, Bobby Lashley and Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Randy Orton, Booker T and Umaga 10 February 2008 WWE Smackdown & ECW House Show - Guadalajara, JAL Edge vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. 21 May 2008 WWE Raw House Show Plaza de Toros Monumental Monterrey, NL John Cena vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield 22 May 2008 Plaza de Toros Santa Maria Querétaro, QRO Triple H vs. Umaga 23 May 2008 Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City 24 May 2008 Triple H and Shawn Michaels vs. Umaga and Snitsky 16 October 2008 WWE SmackDown & ECW House Show Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL Triple H vs. The Big Show 17 October 2008 Triple H vs. Vladimir Kozlov 18 October 2008 Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City Triple H and The Undertaker vs. The Big Show and Vladimir Kozlov 19 October 2008 The Undertaker vs. The Big Show 18 February 2009 WWE SmackDown House Show Arena Vazquez Bruno Tijuana, BCN Triple H vs. Vladimir Kozlov 19 February 2009 Plaza de Toros La Luz León, GTO 20 February 2009 VFG Arena Guadalajara, JAL Triple H vs. The Big Show 27 May 2009 WWE Raw House Show Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL Batista and Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Randy Orton and The Big Show 28 May 2009 Batista and John Cena vs. Randy Orton and The Big Show 29 May 2009 Plaza de Toros Santa Maria Querétaro, QRO Batista and Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Randy Orton and The Big Show 30 May 2009 Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Randy Orton 25 September 2009 WWE Raw House Show Plaza de Toros La Luz León, GTO John Cena, Triple H and Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase Jr. and Cody Rhodes 26 September 2009 VFG Arena Guadalajara, JAL John Cena vs. Randy Orton 15 October 2009 WWE SmackDown & ECW House Show Plaza de Toros Monumental Monterrey, NL The Undertaker vs. CM Punk 16 October 2009 Estadio Hermanos Serdan Puebla, PUE Batista and The Undertaker vs. CM Punk and Kane 17 October 2009 Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City The Undertaker, Batista and Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. CM Punk, Kane and Chris Jericho 18 October 2009 The Undertaker vs. CM Punk
2010s Date Event/Brand Venue City Final match Ref 14 February 2010 WWE SmackDown & ECW House Show VFG Arena Guadalajara, JAL Rey Mysterio Jr vs. Batista 5 May 2010 WWE Raw House Show Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL John Cena and Randy Orton vs. Batista and Sheamus 6 May 2010 WWE Raw House Show Plaza de Toros Aguascalientes, AGS John Cena, Randy Orton and The Big Show vs. Batista, Sheamus and The Miz WWE SmackDown House Show Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City Jack Swagger vs. The Undertaker 7 May 2010 WWE Raw House Show Estadio Hermanos Serdan Puebla, PUE John Cena, Randy Orton and The Big Show vs. Batista, Sheamus and The Miz WWE SmackDown House Show Plaza de Toros Santa Maria Querétaro, QRO Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Jack Swagger 8 May 2010 Plaza de Toros La Luz León, GTO WWE Raw House Show Plaza de Toros Mexico City John Cena, Randy Orton and The Big Show vs. Batista, Sheamus and The Miz 9 May 2010 WWE SmackDown House Show Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Jack Swagger 7 October 2010 WWE SmackDown House Show Kane vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. 8 October 2010 Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City The Undertaker vs. Kane 9 October 2010 Rey Mysterio Jr. and The Undertaker vs. Alberto Del Rio and Kane 10 October 2010 VFG Arena Guadalajara, JAL 11 May 2011 WWE Raw House Show Multi-Purpose Center Hermosillo, SON John Cena vs. The Miz 12 May 2011 VFG Arena Guadalajara, JAL 13 May 2011 Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City 14 May 2011 Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL 12 October 2011 WWE Raw House Show John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio 13 October 2011 WWE SmackDown House Show Mark Henry vs. The Big Show WWE Raw House Show Estadio Kukulcan Mérida, YUC John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio 14 October 2011 Estadio Hermanos Serdán Puebla, PUE WWE SmackDown House Show Estadio 20 de Noviembre San Luis Potosí, SLP Mark Henry vs. The Big Show 15 October 2011 Estadio de Béisbol Beto Avila Veracruz, VER 15 October 2011 WWE Raw SuperShow Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City John Cena and Jim Ross vs. Alberto Del Rio and Michael Cole 16 October 2011 WWE SmackDown Alberto Del Rio vs. The Big Show 24 May 2012 WWE SmackDown House Show Multi-Purpose Center Hermosillo, SON Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Daniel Bryan 25 May 2012 Plaza de Toros Aguascalientes, AGS 26 May 2012 VFG Arena Guadalajara, JAL 16 October 2013 WWE Live (2013) Plaza de Toros Santa Maria Quéretaro, QRO CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel 17 October 2013 VFG Arena Guadalajara, JAL CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel and Paul Heyman 18 October 2013 Arena CDMX Mexico City 19 October 2013 Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel 18 October 2014 WWE Live (2014) Arena CDMX Mexico City John Cena vs. Seth Rollins 19 October 2014 Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL 16 October 2015 WWE Live (2015) Coliseo Yucatán Mérida, YUC Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt 17 October 2015 Arena CDMX Mexico City 18 October 2015 Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL 27 August 2016 WWE Live (2016) Acropolis Puebla, PUE Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins 28 August 2016 Domo de la Feria de Leon León, GTO 3 December 2016 Arena CDMX Mexico City Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens 4 December 2016 Arena Coliseo de Monterrey Monterrey, NL 1 December 2017 WWE Live (2017) Arena CDMX Mexico City AJ Styles vs. Jinder Mahal 2 December 2017 Coliseo Yucatán Mérida, YUC 1 December 2018 WWE Live (2018) Arena CDMX Mexico City AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe 30 November 2019 WWE Live (2019) Arena CDMX Mexico City "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
2020s Date Event/Brand Venue City Final match Rep 29 October 2022 WWE Live (2022) Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL Seth Rollins vs. Austin Theory vs. Matt Riddle 30 October 2022 Arena CDMX Mexico City 22 July 2023 WWE SuperShow (2023) Roman Reigns vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. 23 July 2023 Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL Seth Rollins vs. Dominik Mysterio 13 July 2024 WWE SuperShow Summer Tour (2024) Arena CDMX Mexico City Cody Rhodes vs. Santos Escobar 14 July 2024 Arena Monterrey Monterrey, NL 26 July 2025 WWE SuperShow Mexico (2025) Arena CDMX Mexico City Gunther vs. Penta11 September 2026WWE SmackDownArena CDMXMexico CityCM Punk vs. Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Championship14 September 2026WWE Raw in Mexico City specialArena CDMXMexico CityRoman Reigns (c) vs. Penta for the World Heavyweight Championship
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