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Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
WWE Judgment Day was aprofessional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced byWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), aprofessional wrestling promotion based inConnecticut . It was first held as the 25thIn Your House PPV in October 1998. The event was then brought back as its own PPV in May 2000, replacingOver the Edge , and subsequently became the annual May PPV until 2009. The2002 event was the company's first PPV held under the WWE name, following a renaming of the company from World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to WWE earlier that same month. Judgment Day was discontinued after its2009 event and was replaced byOver the Limit in 2010.
To coincide with thebrand extension , the event was made exclusive to theSmackDown brand from 2004 to 2006. FollowingWrestleMania 23 in April 2007, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued.
Judgment Day was first held as anIn Your House pay-per-view (PPV) event. In Your House was a series of monthly PPVs first produced by theWorld 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.Judgment Day: In Your House was the 25th In Your House event and took place on October 18, 1998, at theRosemont Horizon inRosemont, Illinois .[ 1] [ 2]
The In Your House branding was retired following February 1999'sSt. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House .[ 1] Owen Hart at 1999'sOver the Edge PPV, which was held in May,[ 1] Over the Edge PPV chronology was canceled and Judgment Day was reinstated as its own PPV the following year, being held on May 21, 2000, atFreedom Hall inLouisville, Kentucky . This second Judgment Day event established Judgment Day as the promotion's annual May PPV.[ 3] [ 4]
In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a result of a lawsuit from theWorld Wildlife Fund over the "WWF" initialism.[ 5] Judgment Day 2002 was in turn the very first PPV produced by the promotion to be held under the WWE name.[ 6]
In March 2002, the promotion held adraft that split itsroster into two distinctivebrands of wrestling,Raw andSmackDown! , where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform[ 7] ECW , was added in 2006.[ 8] [ 6] [ 9] Backlash 2007 .[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs,[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] Over the Limit in 2010.[ 17]
In 2022, WWE reused the name for a stable calledThe Judgment Day .[ 18]
# Event Date City Venue Main event Ref. 1 Judgment Day: In Your House October 18, 1998 Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon The Undertaker vs.Kane for the vacantWWF Championship withStone Cold Steve Austin as thespecial guest referee [ 1] [ 19] [ 2] [ 20] 2 Judgment Day (2000) May 21, 2000 Louisville, Kentucky Freedom Hall The Rock (c) vs.Triple H in a 60-minuteIron Man match for theWWF Championship withShawn Michaels as thespecial guest referee [ 3] [ 21] [ 4] [ 22] 3 Judgment Day (2001) May 20, 2001 Sacramento, California ARCO Arena Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs.The Undertaker in aNo Holds Barred match for theWWF Championship [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] 4 Judgment Day (2002) May 19, 2002 Nashville, Tennessee Gaylord Entertainment Center Hollywood Hulk Hogan (c) vs.The Undertaker for theUndisputed WWE Championship [ 6] [ 26] [ 27] 5 Judgment Day (2003) May 18, 2003 Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum Brock Lesnar (c) vs.Big Show in aStretcher match for theWWE Championship [ 9] [ 28] [ 29] 6 Judgment Day (2004) May 16, 2004 Los Angeles, California Staples Center Eddie Guerrero (c) vs.John "Bradshaw" Layfield for theWWE Championship [ 10] [ 30] 7 Judgment Day (2005) May 22, 2005 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center John Cena (c) vs.John "Bradshaw" Layfield in an"I quit" match for theWWE Championship [ 11] [ 31] [ 32] 8 Judgment Day (2006) May 21, 2006 Phoenix, Arizona US Airways Center Rey Mysterio (c) vs.John "Bradshaw" Layfield for theWorld Heavyweight Championship [ 12] [ 33] 9 Judgment Day (2007) May 20, 2007 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center John Cena (c) vs.The Great Khali for theWWE Championship [ 14] [ 34] [ 35] 10 Judgment Day (2008) May 18, 2008 Omaha, Nebraska Qwest Center Omaha Triple H (c) vs.Randy Orton in aSteel Cage match for theWWE Championship [ 15] [ 36] [ 37] [ 38] [ 39] 11 Judgment Day (2009) May 17, 2009 Rosemont, Illinois Allstate Arena Edge (c) vs.Jeff Hardy for theWorld Heavyweight Championship [ 16] [ 40] [ 41] [ 42] [ 43] (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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