About WWE Live Event Results
You can follow the latest WWE Live Event results and news here with us. WWE Live or Live Events, more commonly known as a house show, is usually an un-televised event put on by the company. However, on some occasions, footage is recorded for documentaries or other types of content on the WWE Network.
House shows are usually quite similar to dark matches with the only differences being that dark matches are untelevised matches that take place at tapings for television shows. Essentially, they are really WWE Live.
WWE Live Events are usually booked to ensure that the babyface comes away with the victory to "send the crowd home happy." However, the heels will come out on top if they're holding a title or are positioned far more prominently than their opponent.
WWE Live uses these events to cash in on the exposure that its product receives on television and to gauge the fan reaction to matches, characters and gimmicks that are on the cusp of being introduced on WWE Raw or WWE SmackDown.
A WWE Live show can even be used to promote a televised event or pay-per-view in a local market. WWE Superstars who are scheduled to work together at an upcoming pay-per-view will often be paired at Live Events so that they can get familiar with each other and practice parts of the match that they will have at a televised show.
Since it's untelevised house shows may not have the same production value or pyrotechnics of their televised counterparts. In the past, WWE Live Events merely consisted of a ring, the crowd and the necessary amount of lighting.
However, in 2011, WWE invested in production equipment and procured 3 LED-lit entrance stages — one for SmackDown Live, one for Raw and the other a backup. These stages consisted of a ramp and a video display.
The company also eventually began playing entrance music and promo videos using the multi-media equipment of the arenas where WWE Live shows were held.
While it is a rarity today, most major wrestling promotions used to book their major matches and title changes to take place at house shows until the late 80s. This was because the lack of modern technology at the time combined with the high costs of production made it harder to produce television shows, which were filmed in smaller studios or arenas.
During this time, television shows usually featured promos, jobber squashes and angles that were meant to promote feuds which would be settled with matches at house shows. Sometimes, these more significant matches aired on TV but the show usually went off the air as it built to a finish, encouraging fans to buy tickets and watch the conclusion of the bout.
However, this changed in the late 1990s after WWE's Monday Night Raw and WCW's Monday Nitro revolutionised wrestling television with the Monday Night Wars. This lead to all major angles being filmed on television with the payoffs being given away on pay-per-view.
Since WWE only advances its storylines on televisions, major developments and title changes are seldom scheduled for live events. If there is a title change during one of these shows, it usually changes back during the same event or another house show before the next Raw or SmackDown Live.
The most recent strap to change hands at a WWE Live Event was the United States Championship which AJ Styles won from Kevin Owens at Madison Square Garden on July 08, 2017. On December 03, 2016, Shinsuke Nakamura defeated former Impact Wrestling standout Samoa Joe to regain the NXT Championship in Osaka, Japan.
The WWE Championship switching holders at a live event is an even rarer occurrence, and this has only happened twice since 1990. The two winners Kevin Nash and Bret Hart, two Hall of Famers, who captured their maiden WWE titles at house shows in New York City and Saskatoon respectively.
Interestingly, in January of 1992, Bret Hart lost the Intercontinental Championship to the Mountie — who would drop the belt to "Rowdy" Roddy Piper two days later — at a house show in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The Hitman's greatest rival, Shawn Michaels, also won his second Intercontinental from former tag team partner Mary Janetty at a house show in Albany, New York, thanks to an assist from Kevin Nash, who was then performing as Diesel.
Several controversies have also erupted at WWE Live Events. The most notable being the infamous "curtain call" incident where Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, who were leaving WWE for WCW, hugged Triple H and Shawn Michaels in the middle of the ring before the four wrestlers turned to face the crowd with their arms raised. This was seen as a major faux pas by WWE management.
It is also worth noting that house shows were the single largest driver of revenue for these promotions until the advent of pay-per-view and lucrative television rights deals. In 2018, the biggest revenue generators for WWE, a very stable and profitable company by any standard, are its television properties around the world which are approximately worth $200 million annually.
WWE Live Event Results - Orlando
December 27th, 2021
Stipulations | Fights | Results |
Singles Match | Kofi Kingston vs. Sami Zayn | Kofi Kingston def. Sami Zayn |
Tag Team Match | Cesaro & Ricochet vs.Viking Raiders and Los Lotharios | Cesaro & Ricochet def. Viking Raiders and Los Lotharios |
Singles Match | Ridge Holland vs. Mansoor | Ridge Holland def. Mansoor |
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match | The Usos (c) vs. Sheamus & Drew McIntyre | The Usos (c) def. Sheamus & Drew McIntyre |
Singles Match | Xia Li vs. Shotzi Blackheart | Xia Li def. Shotzi Blackheart |
SmackDown Women's Championship Match | Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Toni Storm | Charlotte Flair (c) def. Sasha Banks and Toni Storm |
Street Fight | Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus | Drew McIntyre def. Sheamus |
WWE Live Event Results - Tampa
December 26th, 2021
Stipulations | Fights | Results |
Singles Match | Kofi Kingston vs. Sami Zayn | Kofi Kingston def. Sami Zayn |
Singles Match | Xia Li vs. Shotzi Blackheart | Xia Li def. Shotzi Blackheart |
Singles Match | Ridge Holland vs. Mansoor | Ridge Holland def. Mansoor |
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match | The Usos (c) vs. Sheamus & Drew McIntyre | SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match: The Usos (c) def. Sheamus & Drew McIntyre |
Tag Team Match | Cesaro & Ricochet vs.The Viking Raiders and Los Lotharios (Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo) | Cesaro & Ricochet def.The Viking Raiders and Los Lotharios (Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo) |
Singles Match | Happy Corbin vs. Rick Boogs | Happy Corbin def. Rick Boogs |
SmackDown Women's Championship Match | Charlotte Flair (c) def. Sasha Banks | SmackDown Women's Championship Match: Charlotte Flair (c) def. Sasha Banks |
Street Fight | Drew McIntyre def. Sheamus | Street Fight: Drew McIntyre def. Sheamus |
WWE Live Event Results - Square Garden
December 26th, 2021
Stipulations | Fights | Results |
Singles Match | Finn Balor vs. T-Bar | Finn Balor def. T-Bar |
Tag Team Match | Otis and Chad Gable (Alpha Academy) vs. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode | Otis and Chad Gable (Alpha Academy) def. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode |
NXT Championship match | Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Pete Dunne | NXT Championship match: Tommaso Ciampa (c) def. Pete Dunne |
Singles Match | Natalya vs. Nikki A.S.H. | Natalya def. Nikki A.S.H. |
Singles Match | Rhea Ripley vs. Natalya | Rhea Ripley def. Natalya |
RAW Tag Team Championship match | RK-Bro (c) vs. The Mysterios | RAW Tag Team Championship match: RK-Bro (c) def. The Mysterios and The Street Profits in a steel cage bout |
United States Championship match: | Damian Priest (c) vs. The Miz | United States Championship match: Damian Priest (c) def. The Miz |
Singles Match | AJ Styles vs. Omos by DQ | AJ Styles def. Omos by DQ |
steel cage match | Edge vs. Kevin Owens | Edge def. Kevin Owens in a steel cage match |
WWE Live Event Results - Grand Rapids, MI
December 12th, 2021
Stipulations | Fights | Results |
WWE RAW Women's Title Match | Becky Lynch (C) vs. Bianca Belair and Liv Morgan | Becky Lynch (C) def Bianca Belair and Liv Morgan |
Singles Match | Finn Balor vs. Austin Theory | Finn Balor def. Austin Theory |
WWE Women's Tag Team Title Match | Queen Zelina & Carmella (C) vs. Rhea Ripley & Nikki A.S.H. | Queen Zelina & Carmella (C) def. Rhea Ripley & Nikki A.S.H. |
Singles Match | Drew McIntyre vs. Madcap Moss w/ Happy Corbin | Drew McIntyre def. Madcap Moss w/ Happy Corbin |
Singles Match | Angelo Dawkins vs. AJ Styles w/ Omos via DQ | Angelo Dawkins def. AJ Styles w/ Omos via DQ |
Smackdown Women's Title Match | Charlotte Flair (C) vs. Sasha Banks | Charlotte Flair (C) def. Sasha Banks |
WWE Championship Match | Big E (C) vs. Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins | Big E (C) def. Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins |
WWE Live Event Results - Edinburg, TX
December 4th, 2021
Stipulations | Fights | Results |
Tag Team Match | RK-Bro & Damian Priest vs. Dolph Ziggler, Robert Roode, & The Miz | RK-Bro & Damian Priest def. Dolph Ziggler, Robert Roode, & The Miz |
Singles Match | Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor | Seth Rollins def. Finn Balor |
WWE SmackDown Women's Championship | Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks | Charlotte Flair def. Sasha Banks |
Singles Match | Happy Corbin (w/ Madcap Moss) vs. Rick Boogs (w/ Shinsuke Nakamura) | Happy Corbin (w/ Madcap Moss) def. Rick Boogs (w/ Shinsuke Nakamura) |
Tag Team Match | Rey & Dominik Mysterio vs. Chad Gable & Otis | Rey & Dominik Mysterio def. Chad Gable & Otis |
WWE RAW Women's Championship | Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair | Becky Lynch def. Bianca Belair |
Tag Team Match | Drew McIntyre, Jeff Hardy, & King Woods vs. Roman Reigns & The Usos | Drew McIntyre, Jeff Hardy, & King Woods def. Roman Reigns & The Usos |
Last Updated: December 28th, 2021