Down Under Showdown: A History of WWE Events in Australia

WWE is one of the biggest professional wrestling promotions, which is primarily based in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It started as a regional promotion, however evolved into a global promotion over the years. They promoted their company overseas with world tours and events across the globe.

WWE has been hosting its first overseas pay-per-view of 2024, Elimination Chamber in Australia. So here we take a look at the past WWE Events in Australia.

WWE Australia Tour 1985 & 1986

WWE’s first tour to Australia was in 1985, where WWE hosted three live events in Melbourne, Perth and Newcastle. In 1986, the company revisited and held two live events in Brisbane & Melbourne.

WWE Global Warning Tour: Melbourne 2002

After 16 years, the Stamford-based company hosted the Global Warning Tour in 2002 at Colonial Stadium in Melbourne. It was a house tour which had pay-per-view potential matches, where The Rock vs Triple H vs Brock Lesnar for the WWE Undisputed Championship main evented the show.

Following the success of the show, tour of WWE in Australia came on a regular basis from 2003 to 2019 for live house shows, but got disbanded in 2020 & 2021 following COVID-19 pandemic protocols.

WWE NXT 2016

In December 2016, WWE’s developmental brand NXT toured Australia for the very first time in the Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne. The event was taped for the January 4, 2017 episode, where Shinsuke Nakamura retained his NXT Championship against Samoa Joe in the main event.

WWE Super Show-Down 2018

In 2018, WWE hosted the Super Show-Down pay-per-view in Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was the first pay-per-view of the company in Australia, which drew 70,000+ people. Triple H vs Undertaker main evented the show, however the show was a great disaster in terms of booking, which received negative comments in the bookings.

Elimination Chamber 2024

WWE is scheduled to host the 2024 Elimination Chamber pay-per-view on February 24, 2024 at Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia. This is the second pay-per-view of WWE in Australia, and it is expected to be one of the biggest stadium events before WrestleMania 40. Two Elimination Chamber matches, two championship matches has been announced for the show and a segment is announced for the show.

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