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Each month, World Wrestling Entertainment holds one or two annual Pay-per-view events. One event is usually three to four hours long and features six to twelve matches. Pay-per-view events are a big part of the revenue stream for WWE. It is a commonly held misconception that the first WWF pay-per-view was November 1985's '' The Wrestling Classic '', a tournament held at the Rosemont Horizon near Chicago , but the First ''WrestleMania'' event, in March of the same year, was available on pay-per-view in some markets. The first two WrestleManias were undeniable financial successes, and after ''WrestleMania III'' became perhaps the best known event in wrestling history, the WWF decided to expand their pay-per-view offerings. The first '' Survivor Series '' event was offered on November 26 , 1987 , scheduled directly against the NWA's '' StarrCade '', traditionally considered to be that promotion's biggest yearly event. The WWF informed cable companies that if they chose to carry StarrCade, they would not be allowed to carry future WWF events. The vast majority of companies showed ''Survivor Series'' (only three opted to remain loyal to their contract with the NWA), and the resulting financial blow to Starrcade was in many ways the beginning of the end for Jim Crockett Promotions . The debut of the '' Royal Rumble '' in January 1988 was actually shown on the USA Network , where it drew the highest rating to that time in the network's history. The event became a pay-per-view the following year. The first '' SummerSlam '' was held in Madison Square Garden in August 1988. These four events - the ''Royal Rumble'' in January, ''WrestleMania'' in March or April, ''SummerSlam'' in August, and ''Survivor Series'' in November - were the only pay-per-view offerings from the WWF until 1993, when rival World Championship Wrestling began to expand the number of their pay-per-view shows. Initially, the WWF used the '' In Your House '' brand, but beginning in 1997 began using other names to compliment the ''In Your House'' name (such as '' Badd Blood '' and '' No Way Out ''), to avoid confusion. By the end of 1999, the ''In Your House'' name was nonexistent. This trend escalated to the point that by 1996, both companies showed monthly events on pay-per-view. Until recently, World Wrestling Entertainment had a once-a-month pay-per-view schedule, which they had from the late '90s until 2003 totaling twelve a year. Beginning in 2003, the company began to schedule "brand-exclusive" pay-per-views, and as from 2005 offered an annual ECW show. WWE currently produces 15 shows yearly and typicaly charges $34.95 USD for each, except for WrestleMania, which is $49.95 USD. ANNUAL WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT PAY-PER-VIEW EVENTS Notes
UPCOMING PAY-PER-VIEW SCHEDULE
FORMER PAY-PER-VIEW EVENTS
NON-PAY-PER-VIEW SUPERCARDS
UK EXCLUSIVE WWF/WWE PAY-PER-VIEW EVENTS
REFERENCE SEE ALSO
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