| WWE Cyber Sunday | |
|---|---|
 WWE Cyber Sunday logo | |
| Promotions | World Wrestling Entertainment |
| Brands | Raw (2004–2008) SmackDown (2007–2008) ECW (2007–2008) NXT (2022) |
| Other names | Taboo Tuesday (2004–2005) |
| First event | Taboo Tuesday (2004) |
| Last event | Cyber Sunday (2008) |
| Eventgimmick | Interactive pay-per-view in which fans vote on certain aspects of the matches |
WWE Cyber Sunday (originally known asWWE Taboo Tuesday) was an annualprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event produced byWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), aprofessional wrestling promotion based inConnecticut. Established in 2004, the event was originally called Taboo Tuesday as it was held on Tuesdays. In 2006, the event was moved to the more traditional Sunday night for PPVs and was renamed Cyber Sunday. The theme of the event was the ability for fans to vote on certain aspects of every match, using their personal computers andtext messaging via mobile phones. The voting typically began in the middle of an episode ofRaw a few weeks beforehand and ended during the pay-per-view, often moments before the match was slated to begin. Because of this, the event was billed as an "interactive pay-per-view."
During the event's first two years as Taboo Tuesday, it was held exclusively for wrestlers from theRawbrand. The 2006 event, which was the first held as Cyber Sunday, was also Raw-exclusive. FollowingWrestleMania 23 in 2007, however, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued, thus the events in 2007 and 2008 featured the Raw,SmackDown, andECW brands. The event was discontinued and replaced byBragging Rights in 2009. The event was revived as anNXT television special in 2022, but not branded as Taboo Tuesday.
In 2004,World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) established a newpay-per-view (PPV) event titled Taboo Tuesday. Theinaugural event was held on October 19 that year, and as its name implies, it was held on a Tuesday. It was the first regularly scheduled pay-per-view held by the company on a Tuesday since 1991'sThis Tuesday in Texas, the first regularly scheduled non-Sunday pay-per-view since the1994 Survivor Series, and the first non-Sunday pay-per-view of any kind sinceIn Your House 8: Beware of Dog 2 in 1996.[1][2]
To coincide with thebrand extension, in which the promotion divided its roster into brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform, the inaugural event was held exclusively for theRaw brand. Taboo Tuesday returned in2005, but was pushed back to early November and was also Raw-exclusive.[3] In 2006, which was again Raw-exclusive and held in November, the show was moved to a more traditional Sunday night slot—alleviating problems with the taping schedule ofSmackDown!, usually held on Tuesdays. As a result, the event was renamedCyber Sunday.[4] FollowingWrestleMania 23 in April 2007, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs, thus the2007 and2008 events, which were both held in October, featured wrestlers from the Raw,SmackDown, andECW brands.[5][6][7] In 2009, the event's pay-per-view slot was replaced by Annihilation then later renamedBragging Rights.[8][9]
Almost a decade after the discontinuation of the PPV, elements of this event were incorporated intoNXT'stelevision program for itsNXT 2.0 one-year anniversary special but the event is not called Taboo Tuesday.[10]
The most distinctive feature of the event was the ability for fans to vote on certain aspects of every match, using their personal computers andtext messaging via mobile phones. The voting typically began in the middle of an episode ofRaw a few weeks beforehand and ended during the pay-per-view, often moments before the match was slated to begin. Because of this, the event was billed as an "interactive pay-per-view."[2] For the first four events, voting was made online through WWE.com, with the official tagline for the PPV being "Log On. Take Over."[11][3][4][6] In 2008, however, this was replaced by votes through text messaging, but this was only available to United States mobile carriers. However, the match betweenThe Undertaker andBig Show was made universal, as fans were allowed to vote for the match stipulation on WWE.com.[7] After Cyber Sunday was discontinued, the fan interaction aspects of the pay-per-view were incorporated intoRaw asWWEActive (originallyRawActive) for someRaw episodes, which was eventually dropped altogether.[12]
| Raw-branded event |
| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taboo Tuesday (2004) | October 19, 2004 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Bradley Center | Randy Orton vs.Ric Flair in aSteel Cage match | [11] | |||
| 2 | Taboo Tuesday (2005) | November 1, 2005 | San Diego, California | iPayOne Center | John Cena (c) vs.Kurt Angle vs.Shawn Michaels in atriple threat match for theWWE Championship | [3] | |||
| 3 | Cyber Sunday (2006) | November 5, 2006 | Cincinnati, Ohio | U.S. Bank Arena | King Booker (c) vs.WWE ChampionJohn Cena vs.ECW World ChampionBig Show in a "Champion of Champions"triple threat match for theWorld Heavyweight Championship | [4] | |||
| 4 | Cyber Sunday (2007) | October 28, 2007 | Washington, D.C. | Verizon Center | Batista (c) vs.The Undertaker for theWorld Heavyweight Championship withStone Cold Steve Austin as thespecial guest referee | [6] | |||
| 5 | Cyber Sunday (2008) | October 26, 2008 | Phoenix, Arizona | US Airways Center | Chris Jericho (c) vs.Batista for theWorld Heavyweight Championship withStone Cold Steve Austin as thespecial guest referee | [7] | |||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||||||
Find out when the first-ever WWE Bragging Rights airs Sunday, Oct. 25 live on pay-per view.