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WWE New Year's Revolution

February 23, 2023

"New Year's Revolution" redirects here. For the Project Rocket album, see New Year's Revolution (album).

WWE New Year's Revolution was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 2005 and its name was a play on the Western tradition of New Year's resolutions, being held in early January each year the event was produced. It was held as a pay-per-view (PPV) event from 2005 to 2007. To coincide with WWE's brand extension, New Year's Revolution was held exclusively for wrestlers from the Raw brand for its three years as a PPV event. In 2008, New Year's Revolution was removed from the schedule when the company reduced the number of PPVs per year after the discontinuation of brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007. In January 2020, WWE revived the event's name for a series of WWE Live shows for Raw and SmackDown titled the New Year's Revolution Tour; this tour was not held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

WWE New Year's Revolution
WWE New Year's Revolution logo
Promotion(s)WWE
Brand(s)Raw (2005–2007, 2020)
SmackDown (2020)
First event2005
Last event2020
Signature match typesElimination Chamber match

The PPV event was notable for featuring the Elimination Chamber match during its first two years. Also notable was the 2006 event, which saw the very first Money in the Bank cash-in match. After John Cena had retained the WWE Championship in an Elimination Chamber match, Edge used his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Cena to win the championship.

History

New Year's Revolution was an annual January pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The name was a play on the Western tradition of New Year's resolutions. The first New Year's Revolution took place on January 9, 2005, and aired live on PPV from San Juan, Puerto Rico, which was the first and so far only pay-per-view event produced by WWE to be held in Puerto Rico.[1] The main event was an Elimination Chamber match, a special elimination-based professional wrestling match type that was promoted on rare occasions in WWE at that time with a total of six participants. The original Elimination Chamber structure was 16-feet-high and weighed 10-tons. It was composed of two miles of chain, steel grating, and plexiglass pods (two wrestlers started the match while the other four were contained in the pods with one each let into the match at random every five minutes).[2]

The 2006 event also featured an Elimination Chamber match as the main event, which also saw the very first Money in the Bank cash-in, where Mr. Money in the Bank Edge used the contract and defeated WWE Champion John Cena right after Cena had retained the title in the Elimination Chamber match.[3] The annual Elimination Chamber match was then moved to the December to Dismember PPV later that year,[4] thus the 2007 New Year's Revolution event did not feature the Elimination Chamber match.[5] The New Year's Revolution PPV was then canceled in 2008, after WWE reduced the number of PPVs per year after the discontinuation of brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007.[6]

In 2002, WWE held a draft that split its roster into two distinctive brands of wrestling, Raw and SmackDown, where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform.[7] New Year's Revolution was produced exclusively for wrestlers of the Raw brand all three years the PPV was held.[1][3][5] In April 2011, the promotion ceased using its full name with the "WWE" abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism.[8]

In January 2020, after 13 years since the 2007 PPV, WWE revived the New Year's Revolution name for a series of WWE Live shows called the New Year's Revolution Tour, which were held as supershows, featuring wrestlers from both Raw and SmackDown. The tour began on January 4 and was scheduled for a total of nine shows.[9] The tour was cut short as the ninth and final show, which was scheduled for March 15, had to be canceled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic just a few days beforehand.[10] The pandemic caused WWE to suspend its live touring schedule until July 2021, thus a New Year's Revolution Tour was not held that year.[11]

While not part of the New Year's Revolution chronology, WWE reintroduced a New Year's-themed event, which took place as the January 6, 2021, episode of NXT, entitled New Year's Evil, a name previously used by former rival World Championship Wrestling (WCW) for a 1999 episode of Nitro.[12] WWE also introduced a pay-per-view event called Day 1, which unlike New Year's Revolution, it was scheduled take place on New Year's Day itself in 2022.[13]

Reception

The 2005 event never reached Billboard.com's top ten list for Recreational Sports DVDs. The first week the event appeared on the Billboard chart, it ranked 19th.[14] The following week, the event ranked 17th, only to drop off the chart the next week.[15] The 2006 event ranked third on its first week in the chart's top ten list.[16] The following week, the DVD reached second on the list, and remained in the top ten for five weeks until the week of April 8, 2006, when the event dropped to 11th.[17][18] The 2007 event ranked second in its first week in the top ten.[19] The DVD remained in the top ten for four weeks until the week of March 31, 2007, when it ranked 11th.[20]

Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the 2005 event a three out of ten stars. The main event was rated a seven out of ten stars.[21] The 2006 event was given a rating of three out of ten stars also, with the main event being rated six out of ten stars.[22] The 2007 event was rated six out of ten stars, the highest for the PPV's three-year run. The main event for 2007 was given a six out of ten stars rating, the same as the previous year's main event.[23]

Events

Pay-per-view events (2005–2007)

As a pay-per-view event, only three New Year's Revolution PPVs were held, beginning in 2005 with the final in 2007. All three events were held exclusively for wrestlers from the Raw brand.

New Year's Revolution Tour (2020)

The New Year's Revolution Tour was originally scheduled to be a tour of nine WWE Live shows, however, the final show was canceled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ninth and final show had been scheduled to be held on March 15 at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, but Ohio governor Mike DeWine issued a ban of mass gatherings of over 100 people or more.[27][10] Below are the eight shows that got to be held for the 2020 tour. These house shows were held as supershows, featuring wrestlers from both Raw and SmackDown.[9]

# Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
1 January 4 Cape Girardeau, Missouri Show Me Center Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, and Big E vs. King Corbin and The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) [28]
2 January 5 Springfield, Missouri JQH Arena Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, and The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) vs. King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura, and The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) [29]
3 January 11 Dayton, Ohio Nutter Center Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin in a Loser Eats Dog Food match [30]
4 January 12 Corbin, Kentucky The Corbin Arena Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin in a Loser Eats Dog Food match [31]
5 February 8 Oakland, California Oakland Arena Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin [32]
6 February 9 Fresno, California Save Mart Center Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins [33]
7 February 15 Eugene, Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin [34]
8 February 16 Kennewick, Washington Toyota Center Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin [35]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c . World Wrestling Entertainment. January 9, 2005. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
  2. ^ . World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c "New Years Revolution 2006". World Wrestling Entertainment. January 8, 2006. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  4. ^ Tello, Craig (December 3, 2006). "Mission accomplished". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  5. ^ a b c . World Wrestling Entertainment. January 7, 2007. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  6. ^ . World Wrestling Entertainment. March 18, 2007. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
  7. ^ "WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands". World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. May 27, 2002. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
  8. ^ Sacco, Justine; Weitz, Michael (April 7, 2011). "The New WWE" (Press release). Connecticut: WWE. Retrieved November 25, 2021.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b Lambert, Jeremy (December 14, 2019). "WWE Brands Early 2020 Live Events As "New Year's Revolution Tour," Announces May 2020 European Tour". Fightful. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  10. ^ a b Rose, Bryan (March 12, 2020). "WWE WEEKEND HOUSE SHOWS IN OHIO, TORONTO CANCELED". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  11. ^ Otterson, Joe (May 21, 2021). "WWE to Return to Live Touring in July". Variety. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  12. ^ "NXT to present New Year's Evil on Wednesday, Jan. 6". WWE. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  13. ^ Currier, Joseph (August 24, 2021). "WWE REVEALS NAME OF NEW YEAR'S DAY PPV". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  14. ^ "WWE: New Year's Revolution 2005". Billboard.com. July 29, 2005.
  15. ^ "WWE: New Year's Revolution 2005". Billboard.com. August 5, 2005.
  16. ^ "WWE: New Year's Revolution 2006". Billboard.com. March 4, 2006.
  17. ^ "WWE: New Year's Revolution 2006". Billboard.com. March 11, 2006.
  18. ^ "WWE: New Year's Revolution 2006". Billboard.com. April 8, 2006.
  19. ^ "WWE: New Year's Revolution 2007". Billboard.com. March 3, 2007.
  20. ^ "WWE: New Year's Revolution 2007". Billboard.com. March 31, 2007.
  21. ^ a b Tylwalk, Nick (January 9, 2005). "No Revolution: Triple H prevails". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  22. ^ a b Sokol, Chris (January 8, 2006). "Edge surprise champ after Revolution". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  23. ^ a b Plummer, Dale (January 7, 2007). "Cena retains, Triple H injured at Revolution". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  24. ^ Martin, Adam (January 9, 2005). "New Year's Revolution (RAW) PPV Results". WrestleView. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
  25. ^ "New Year's Revolution (RAW) PPV Results". WrestleView. January 8, 2006. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  26. ^ Martin, Adam (January 7, 2007). "New Year's Revolution PPV Results". WrestleView. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  27. ^ Chick, John (March 11, 2020). "Ohio to ban mass gatherings including sporting events". theScore. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  28. ^ "WWE New Year's Revolution Supershow (January 4, 2020)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  29. ^ "WWE New Year's Revolution Supershow (January 5, 2020)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  30. ^ "WWE New Year's Revolution Supershow (January 11, 2020)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  31. ^ "WWE New Year's Revolution Supershow (January 12, 2020)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  32. ^ "WWE New Year's Revolution Supershow (February 8, 2020)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  33. ^ "WWE New Year's Revolution Supershow (February 9, 2020)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  34. ^ "WWE New Year's Revolution Supershow (February 15, 2020)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  35. ^ "WWE New Year's Revolution Supershow (February 16, 2020)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

External links

  • Official Website

February 23, 2023
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pandemic WWE New Year s RevolutionWWE New Year s Revolution logoPromotion s WWEBrand s Raw 2005 2007 2020 SmackDown 2020 First event2005Last event2020Signature match typesElimination Chamber matchThe PPV event was notable for featuring the Elimination Chamber match during its first two years Also notable was the 2006 event which saw the very first Money in the Bank cash in match After John Cena had retained the WWE Championship in an Elimination Chamber match Edge used his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Cena to win the championship Contents 1 History 2 Reception 3 Events 3 1 Pay per view events 2005 2007 3 2 New Year s Revolution Tour 2020 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditNew Year s Revolution was an annual January pay per view PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment WWE The name was a play on the Western tradition of New Year s resolutions The first New Year s Revolution took place on January 9 2005 and aired live on PPV from San Juan Puerto Rico which was the first and so far only pay per view event produced by WWE to be held in Puerto Rico 1 The main event was an Elimination Chamber match a special elimination based professional wrestling match type that was promoted on rare occasions in WWE at that time with a total of six participants The original Elimination Chamber structure was 16 feet high and weighed 10 tons It was composed of two miles of chain steel grating and plexiglass pods two wrestlers started the match while the other four were contained in the pods with one each let into the match at random every five minutes 2 The 2006 event also featured an Elimination Chamber match as the main event which also saw the very first Money in the Bank cash in where Mr Money in the Bank Edge used the contract and defeated WWE Champion John Cena right after Cena had retained the title in the Elimination Chamber match 3 The annual Elimination Chamber match was then moved to the December to Dismember PPV later that year 4 thus the 2007 New Year s Revolution event did not feature the Elimination Chamber match 5 The New Year s Revolution PPV was then canceled in 2008 after WWE reduced the number of PPVs per year after the discontinuation of brand exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007 6 In 2002 WWE held a draft that split its roster into two distinctive brands of wrestling Raw and SmackDown where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform 7 New Year s Revolution was produced exclusively for wrestlers of the Raw brand all three years the PPV was held 1 3 5 In April 2011 the promotion ceased using its full name with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism 8 In January 2020 after 13 years since the 2007 PPV WWE revived the New Year s Revolution name for a series of WWE Live shows called the New Year s Revolution Tour which were held as supershows featuring wrestlers from both Raw and SmackDown The tour began on January 4 and was scheduled for a total of nine shows 9 The tour was cut short as the ninth and final show which was scheduled for March 15 had to be canceled due to the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic just a few days beforehand 10 The pandemic caused WWE to suspend its live touring schedule until July 2021 thus a New Year s Revolution Tour was not held that year 11 While not part of the New Year s Revolution chronology WWE reintroduced a New Year s themed event which took place as the January 6 2021 episode of NXT entitled New Year s Evil a name previously used by former rival World Championship Wrestling WCW for a 1999 episode of Nitro 12 WWE also introduced a pay per view event called Day 1 which unlike New Year s Revolution it was scheduled take place on New Year s Day itself in 2022 13 Reception EditThe 2005 event never reached Billboard com s top ten list for Recreational Sports DVDs The first week the event appeared on the Billboard chart it ranked 19th 14 The following week the event ranked 17th only to drop off the chart the next week 15 The 2006 event ranked third on its first week in the chart s top ten list 16 The following week the DVD reached second on the list and remained in the top ten for five weeks until the week of April 8 2006 when the event dropped to 11th 17 18 The 2007 event ranked second in its first week in the top ten 19 The DVD remained in the top ten for four weeks until the week of March 31 2007 when it ranked 11th 20 Canadian Online Explorer s professional wrestling section rated the 2005 event a three out of ten stars The main event was rated a seven out of ten stars 21 The 2006 event was given a rating of three out of ten stars also with the main event being rated six out of ten stars 22 The 2007 event was rated six out of ten stars the highest for the PPV s three year run The main event for 2007 was given a six out of ten stars rating the same as the previous year s main event 23 Events EditPay per view events 2005 2007 Edit As a pay per view event only three New Year s Revolution PPVs were held beginning in 2005 with the final in 2007 All three events were held exclusively for wrestlers from the Raw brand Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref 1 New Year s Revolution 2005 January 9 2005 San Juan Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum Triple H vs Batista vs Randy Orton vs Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit vs Edge in an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee 1 21 24 2 New Year s Revolution 2006 January 8 2006 Albany New York Pepsi Arena John Cena c vs Edge for the WWE Championship in Edge s Money in the Bank cash in match 3 22 25 3 New Year s Revolution 2007 January 7 2007 Kansas City Missouri Kemper Arena John Cena c vs Umaga for the WWE Championship 5 23 26 New Year s Revolution Tour 2020 Edit The New Year s Revolution Tour was originally scheduled to be a tour of nine WWE Live shows however the final show was canceled due to the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic The ninth and final show had been scheduled to be held on March 15 at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown Ohio but Ohio governor Mike DeWine issued a ban of mass gatherings of over 100 people or more 27 10 Below are the eight shows that got to be held for the 2020 tour These house shows were held as supershows featuring wrestlers from both Raw and SmackDown 9 Date City Venue Main Event Ref 1 January 4 Cape Girardeau Missouri Show Me Center Roman Reigns Braun Strowman and Big E vs King Corbin and The Revival Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder 28 2 January 5 Springfield Missouri JQH Arena Roman Reigns Braun Strowman and The New Day Big E and Kofi Kingston vs King Corbin Shinsuke Nakamura and The Revival Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder 29 3 January 11 Dayton Ohio Nutter Center Roman Reigns vs King Corbin in a Loser Eats Dog Food match 30 4 January 12 Corbin Kentucky The Corbin Arena Roman Reigns vs King Corbin in a Loser Eats Dog Food match 31 5 February 8 Oakland California Oakland Arena Roman Reigns vs King Corbin 32 6 February 9 Fresno California Save Mart Center Drew McIntyre vs Seth Rollins 33 7 February 15 Eugene Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Roman Reigns vs King Corbin 34 8 February 16 Kennewick Washington Toyota Center Roman Reigns vs King Corbin 35 See also EditList of WWE pay per view events WWE Elimination Chamber Elimination ChamberReferences Edit a b c New Year s Revolution 2005 Results World Wrestling Entertainment January 9 2005 Archived from the original on December 3 2007 Retrieved July 26 2008 The Elimination Chamber s history of destruction World Wrestling Entertainment Archived from the original on March 27 2008 Retrieved July 26 2008 a b c New Years Revolution 2006 World Wrestling Entertainment January 8 2006 Retrieved July 29 2008 Tello Craig December 3 2006 Mission accomplished World Wrestling Entertainment Retrieved July 29 2008 a b c New Years Revolution 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment January 7 2007 Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved July 29 2008 WWE Pay Per Views To Follow WrestleMania Formula World Wrestling Entertainment March 18 2007 Archived from the original on March 19 2007 Retrieved November 25 2007 WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate May 27 2002 Retrieved July 13 2008 Sacco Justine Weitz Michael April 7 2011 The New WWE Press release Connecticut WWE Retrieved November 25 2021 a href Template Cite press release html title Template Cite press release cite press release a CS1 maint url status link a b Lambert Jeremy December 14 2019 WWE Brands Early 2020 Live Events As New Year s Revolution Tour Announces May 2020 European Tour Fightful Retrieved December 8 2021 a b Rose Bryan March 12 2020 WWE WEEKEND HOUSE SHOWS IN OHIO TORONTO CANCELED Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online Retrieved December 8 2021 Otterson Joe May 21 2021 WWE to Return to Live Touring in July Variety Retrieved May 23 2021 NXT to present New Year s Evil on Wednesday Jan 6 WWE Retrieved December 18 2020 Currier Joseph August 24 2021 WWE REVEALS NAME OF NEW YEAR S DAY PPV Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online Retrieved October 14 2021 WWE New Year s Revolution 2005 Billboard com July 29 2005 WWE New Year s Revolution 2005 Billboard com August 5 2005 WWE New Year s Revolution 2006 Billboard com March 4 2006 WWE New Year s Revolution 2006 Billboard com March 11 2006 WWE New Year s Revolution 2006 Billboard com April 8 2006 WWE New Year s Revolution 2007 Billboard com March 3 2007 WWE New Year s Revolution 2007 Billboard com March 31 2007 a b Tylwalk Nick January 9 2005 No Revolution Triple H prevails Canadian Online Explorer Retrieved September 12 2008 a b Sokol Chris January 8 2006 Edge surprise champ after Revolution Canadian Online Explorer Retrieved September 12 2008 a b Plummer Dale January 7 2007 Cena retains Triple H injured at Revolution Canadian Online Explorer Retrieved September 12 2008 Martin Adam January 9 2005 New Year s Revolution RAW PPV Results WrestleView Retrieved July 26 2008 New Year s Revolution RAW PPV Results WrestleView January 8 2006 Retrieved September 12 2008 Martin Adam January 7 2007 New Year s Revolution PPV Results WrestleView Retrieved September 12 2008 Chick John March 11 2020 Ohio to ban mass gatherings including sporting events theScore Retrieved March 12 2020 WWE New Year s Revolution Supershow January 4 2020 Cagematch net Retrieved December 11 2021 WWE New Year s Revolution Supershow January 5 2020 Cagematch net Retrieved December 11 2021 WWE New Year s Revolution Supershow January 11 2020 Cagematch net Retrieved December 11 2021 WWE New Year s Revolution Supershow January 12 2020 Cagematch net Retrieved December 11 2021 WWE New Year s Revolution Supershow February 8 2020 Cagematch net Retrieved December 11 2021 WWE New Year s Revolution Supershow February 9 2020 Cagematch net Retrieved December 11 2021 WWE New Year s Revolution Supershow February 15 2020 Cagematch net Retrieved December 11 2021 WWE New Year s Revolution 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