WWE in Mexico
Created by	Vince McMahon
Promotions	WWE
Brands	Raw SmackDown

WWE is an Americanprofessional wrestling promotion based inStamford,Connecticut in the United States owned byTKO. The company has been producing events in Mexico since the beginning of the 21st century.

In 2004, WWE made its first tour in Mexico withWWE RAW: Wrestlemania XX Revenge Tour at theArena Monterrey in thecity of the same name. The event, which was also the first house show of theRaw brand, took place on April 3 having as main event a match betweenChris Benoit andTriple H, who were in a strong rivalry for theWorld Heavyweight Championship. After the great success of the Mexican fans, Raw returned in November of that same year.^[1]

On October 17, 2011, thePalacio de los Deportes would host a first live event forRaw.^[2] The event featured a tag team match betweenJohn Cena andJim Ross against thenWWE ChampionAlberto Del Rio andMichael Cole. Attendance was 14,845. That same week onSmackDown brand, another event was held at the same venue, featuring a match betweenSin Cara Azul andSin Cara Negro; the attendance was 11,000.^[3][4]

WWE was scheduled to return to the country again in 2020, but the tour was postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic that began in March of that year. After a two-year hiatus, the promotion returned to Mexico with two events in October 2022, which were both a success.

WWE programs began airing in Mexico in the late 1990s.MVS TV was the first channel to acquire the broadcast rights, airingWWF/E Raw (is War) from 1999 andWWE SmackDown from 2005 until the cessation of broadcasts for both brands in 2008. However, Raw would return to airing in mid-2009 on the renamed channel 52MX, which at that time also airedWWE Experience andpay-per-view events.

Televisa andTV Azteca, the two giants of Mexican television, began airing bothRaw (viaCanal 5) at 10:00pm andSmackDown (viaAzteca 7) at 9:00pm respectively starting in 2008. Between 2013 and 2014, WWE would stop airing on open television for national audiences, focusing on pay television.

Starting in January 2025, it was announced thatNetflix will broadcast WWE's weekly shows in the country, in addition to premium events (previously called PPV) and documentaries, as part of the agreement between the company and the platform.

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