World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event series
Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
WWE Bad Blood
(originally stylized as
Badd Blood
) was a
professional wrestling
pay-per-view
(PPV) event produced by
World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE), a
Connecticut
-based
professional wrestling promotion
. The event was first held in October 1997 when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and that first event was held as the 18th
In Your House
PPV. After six years and after the promotion had been renamed to WWE, Bad Blood returned as its own PPV in June 2003, replacing
King of the Ring
. To coincide with the
brand extension
, the 2003 and 2004 Bad Blood events were both held exclusively for wrestlers of the
Raw
brand division. In 2005,
One Night Stand
replaced Bad Blood;
Vengeance
had also moved to June that year as
The Great American Bash
moved to July. The first Bad Blood is known for introducing the
Hell in a Cell match
, which was contested as the main event match all three years the pay-per-view was held. Bad Blood had been announced to be revived in 2017; however, these plans were scrapped in favor of an event titled
Great Balls of Fire
.
History
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Bad Blood was first held as an
In Your House
pay-per-view
(PPV) event. In Your House was a series of monthly PPVs first produced by the
World Wrestling Federation
(WWF, now WWE) in May 1995. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its major PPVs and were sold at a lower cost.
Badd Blood: In Your House
was the 18th In Your House event and took place on October 5, 1997, at the
Kiel Center
in
St. Louis, Missouri
.
[1]
The event was notable for introducing the
Hell in a Cell match
.
[2]
In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a result of a lawsuit from the
World Wildlife Fund
over the "WWF" initialism.
[3]
Also around this time, the promotion held a
draft
that split its
roster
into two distinctive
brands
of wrestling,
Raw
and
SmackDown!
, where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform.
[4]
In 2003, WWE reinstated Bad Blood as its own PPV (with the stylization being "Bad Blood" instead of the previous "Badd Blood") to replace the previously annual
King of the Ring
PPV; King of the Ring ceased being produced as a PPV, but the
titular tournament
continued to be produced periodically. To coincide with the brand extension, both the 2003 and 2004 Bad Blood events, which were both held in June, exclusively featured wrestlers from the Raw brand. Like the original event, the 2003 and 2004 events featured a Hell in a Cell match as the main event.
[5]
[6]
After the 2004 event, however, Bad Blood was discontinued and doubly replaced by
One Night Stand
and
Vengeance
;
[7]
[8]
the latter had also moved into the June slot as
The Great American Bash
moved into the July slot that Vengeance previously held.
[9]
In March 2017, WWE announced that it would be reviving Bad Blood to be held on July 9, 2017, from the
XL Center
in
Hartford, Connecticut
.
[10]
However, these plans were scrapped in favor of an event titled
Great Balls of Fire
.
[11]
Events
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See also
[
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References
[
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]
- ^
a
b
"WWF In Your House 18: Badd Blood ≪ Events Database ≪ CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database"
.
www.cagematch.net
. Retrieved
February 4,
2019
.
- ^
"WATCH: The first Hell In A Cell match - when Shawn Michaels fought The Undertaker in 1997"
.
Sky Sports
. Retrieved
February 4,
2019
.
- ^
"World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment"
.
World Wrestling Entertainment
. May 6, 2002. Archived from
the original
on January 19, 2009
. Retrieved
July 13,
2008
.
- ^
"WWE Entertainment To Make Raw and SmackDown Distinct Television Brands"
.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Corporate. 2002-05-27
. Retrieved
2008-07-13
.
- ^
a
b
"WWE Bad Blood 2003 ≪ Events Database ≪ CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database"
.
www.cagematch.net
. Retrieved
February 4,
2019
.
- ^
a
b
"WWE Bad Blood 2004 ≪ Events Database ≪ CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database"
.
www.cagematch.net
. Retrieved
February 4,
2019
.
- ^
"One Night Stand 2005"
. Pro Wrestling History
. Retrieved
November 24,
2007
.
- ^
"Vengeance (2005) Venue"
.
World Wrestling Entertainment
. Retrieved
July 18,
2009
.
- ^
"Great American Bash 2005"
.
World Wrestling Entertainment
. Retrieved
July 17,
2009
.
- ^
Johnson, Mike (March 21, 2017).
"WWE Reviving PPV after over a decade"
.
PWInsider
.
Archived
from the original on March 22, 2017
. Retrieved
March 22,
2017
.
- ^
Johnson, Mike (April 28, 2017).
"July WWE PPV in Dallas gets new title, Lesnar return set"
.
PWInsider
.
Archived
from the original on July 1, 2023
. Retrieved
April 28,
2017
.
External links
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Former
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- The Wrestling Classic
(1985)
- No Holds Barred
(1989)
- This Tuesday in Texas
(1991)
- One Night Only
(1997)
- Capital Carnage
(1998)
- Over the Edge
(1998?1999)
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(1998?2000)
- Invasion
(2001)
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(1999?2002)
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(2000?2003)
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(1997, 2003?2004)
- December to Dismember
(2006)
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(2005?2007)
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(2005?2008)
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(2017)
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(2017)
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- Greatest Royal Rumble
(2018)
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(2017?2018)
- Evolution
(2018)
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(2019)
- The Shield's Final Chapter
(2019)
- Stomping Grounds
(2019)
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(2019)
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(2019)
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(2017?2019)
- NXT UK TakeOver
(2019?2020)
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(2018?2020)
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(2016?2017, 2019?2020)
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(2009?2020)
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(2021)
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(2014?2021)
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(2017?2021)
- Day 1
(2022)
- In Your House
(1995?1999, 2020?2022)
- Hell in a Cell
(2009?2022)
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(2019?2020, 2022)
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(2009?2022)
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(2022)
- Night of Champions
(2008?2015, 2023)
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(2004?2009, 2023)
- Payback
(2013?2017, 2020, 2023)
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(2015?2019, 2021, 2023)
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