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WWE announces two new house show dates for August

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE continues to expand its house show schedule, this time adding two new dates to the company’s upcoming Canadian tour.

Earlier this month, WWE announced that it would be heading to Canada for three shows from August 20-24. It will now be a five-show tour with live events in Edmonton and Calgary taking place that weekend. Here is the full list of shows:

  • Thursday, August 20: House show at Canada Life Place in London, Ontario
  • Friday, August 21: SmackDown at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario
  • Saturday, August 22: House show at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta
  • Sunday, August 23: House show at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta
  • Monday, August 24: Raw at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario

Tickets for the two new events are going on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. MDT this Friday (May 29).

WWE house shows making a comeback —

In the post-pandemic era, WWE had largely phased out house shows aside from European tours and the Christmas-season Holiday Tour. But they are now starting to make a comeback. Along with these Canadian dates, WWE has announced 10 live events that will be held in the United States this July-August. The idea is that, with a younger roster, WWE is looking for wrestlers to gain more experience away from television.

Arenas are being contacted for later in 2025, so it looks like this change will continue into the fall/winter. The company is beginning an extensive European tour later this week and also has a trip to South America coming up in September.

Kevin Owens announces new WWE Canadian tour dates

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE is heading up to Canada for three shows this August.

Enlisting the help of the injured Kevin Owens to deliver the news, WWE announced this morning that it has added three Canadian dates to the company’s summer schedule. One of the events is a house show, while the others are SmackDown/Raw episodes.

Here are the full details:

  • Thursday, August 20: Summer tour live event at Canada Life Place in London, Ontario
  • Friday, August 21: SmackDown at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario
  • Monday, August 24: Raw at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario

Tickets for the events are going on sale to the general public this Friday (May 8) at 10 a.m. Eastern time. A pre-sale will begin on Thursday at that same time.

WWE had Owens post a social media video announcing these events. Owens underwent neck surgery in 2025 and has now been out of action for more than a year. There has been no definitive word on when he’ll be able to return to the ring.

In the video, Owens joked that he hasn’t been doing much while out of action and has just been walking around aimlessly. He ended with a message telling the fans how much he misses them.

“So go buy the tickets, go to the shows, have a blast,” Owens said. “I really miss you guys, and I mean that 100 percent. Take care.”

Owens turns 42 years old this Thursday. While out of action, he’s taken on a coaching role on the new season of WWE LFG that recently premiered on A&E.

WWE announces three new Canadian events, Raw to take place in Quebec City

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WWE has added three new Canadian live events to its summer schedule. 

The company announced on Friday that WWE Raw on August 21 will take place from Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec. WWE presented a house show from the venue last August, the first time they had been to the city since 2003. Centre Videotron opened in 2015 and can hold 18,000 for hockey and 20,000 for concerts. 

WWE also announced a house show on Saturday, August 19 from the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa. The company was last there in February for an episode of Raw headlined by Edge vs. Austin Theory. 

The following night on Sunday, August 20 WWE will run a show from Place Bell in Sami Zayn’s hometown of Laval, Quebec, which is just outside of Montreal. WWE presented a house show from the venue in March 2022 headlined by Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre. Zayn also wrestled Ricochet on the show. 

Tickets to all three shows go on sale Friday, May 12, at 10 a.m.

These events are added to a schedule that already included the 8/11 SmackDown in Calgary, 8/14 Raw in Winnipeg, and 8/18 SmackDown in Toronto.  

Upcoming WWE live events in Canadian cities:

  • Friday, August 11: SmackDown® – Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta  (Previously announced)
  • Monday, August 14: Raw – Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Previously announced)
  • Friday, August 18: SmackDown – Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario (Previously announced)
  • Saturday, August 19: WWE Supershow – Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario
  • Sunday, August 20: WWE Supershow – Place Bell in Laval, Quebec
  • Monday, August 21: Raw®– Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec

AEW will also be running several shows in Canada this summer. Beginning with Forbidden Door in Toronto on 6/25, Dynamite will be in Hamilton on 6/28, Edmonton on 7/5, a show on 7/8 (possibly Collision) from Regina, the 7/12 Dynamite from Saskatoon, and a house show from Calgary on 7/15 featuring the finals of the Owen Hart Cup.

WWE bringing Undertaker’s ‘1 deadMAN SHOW’ to Montreal

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WWE is bringing The Undertaker’s one-man show to Canada for the first time.

It was announced today that an “UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW” will take place at L’Olympia in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Thursday, February 16. That’s two days before Montreal’s Bell Centre hosts WWE Elimination Chamber 2023.

Tickets for the one-man show will go on sale next Tuesday (December 20) at 10 a.m. Eastern time.

Following The Undertaker’s WWE Hall of Fame induction, Undertaker one-man shows began taking place in conjunction with WWE pay-per-view weekends this July. The one-man show features The Undertaker “in an intimate setting, sharing never-before-heard stories from his Hall of Fame career and taking questions from the WWE Universe in attendance.”

Elimination Chamber 2023 will be the first WWE PPV to be held in Canada since SummerSlam 2019 took place in Toronto. It’s the first time Montreal has hosted a WWE PPV since Breaking Point 2009.

Montreal to host WWE Elimination Chamber 2023

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WWE is bringing the Elimination Chamber to Montreal in 2023.

It was announced today that next year’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Saturday, February 18, 2023. The Bell Centre will also host SmackDown the night before the PPV.

Combo tickets for Elimination Chamber and SmackDown will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, November 18. Individual tickets are set to go on sale on Friday, December 2 at 10 a.m. Eastern.

WWE has opened a mailing list for ticket pre-sale information.

This will be the first WWE PPV to be held in Montreal since Breaking Point 2009. It’s the first PPV to take place in Canada since SummerSlam 2019, which was held in Toronto.

Elimination Chamber 2022 also took place outside of the United States. That PPV was held in Jeddah as one of WWE’s two Saudi Arabia events for this year.

As has become an annual tradition, Elimination Chamber will help set the stage for WrestleMania 39.

WWE postpones Toronto house show to March 2022

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE’s return to Canada won’t be happening until 2022.

It was announced today that WWE’s house show that was scheduled to be held at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada this Wednesday has been postponed. The event would have been the first WWE show to take place in Canada since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The WWE live event scheduled for December 29, 2021 at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto has been rescheduled to Sunday, March 27, 2022,” Coca-Cola Coliseum announced. “Tickets are currently on sale through Ticketmaster.ca and all originally purchased tickets will be honoured for the rescheduled date.”

WWE’s two house shows that were going to take place in Canada this month have now both been rescheduled. WWE’s house show that was going to be held at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada this Thursday was postponed last week. It’s now set for Sunday, March 6, 2022.

The Toronto show was set to be held at 50 percent capacity prior to being postponed. Trish Stratus had been announced as the host of the house show.

Earlier this month, WWE’s four-show tour of Canada that was scheduled for January was moved to September-October 2022. The tour will include two house shows, a Raw episode, and a SmackDown episode.

WWE postpones Quebec, Canada house show to 2022

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE’s return to Quebec, Canada has been postponed following an increase in COVID-19 restrictions.

WWE was set to hold a house show at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada on Thursday, December 30, but it was confirmed today that the event has been postponed. The show has been rescheduled to Sunday, March 6, 2022.

Earlier this week, Quebec ordered a closure of bars, taverns, casinos, cinemas, and concert halls due to rising COVID-19 cases because of the emergence of the omicron variant. Prior to that increase in restrictions, the show would have needed to be held at 50 percent capacity.

Kevin Michie of Sportsnet reported today that WWE’s house show at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Wednesday, December 29 is still scheduled to take place. Michie wrote that the show is set to be held at 50 percent capacity but will be postponed if those restrictions tighten or change. Trish Stratus will be the host of the Toronto house show.

A four-show tour of Canada was previously scheduled for January 2022, but WWE made the decision earlier this month to postpone it until September/October. That tour will feature a Raw episode, a SmackDown episode, and two house shows.

WWE postpones January tour of Canada

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE has postponed its tour of Canada that was scheduled to take place in January 2022.

The four-show tour was set to include an episode of SmackDown, an episode of Raw, and two house shows. WWE issued a statement today announcing that the events have been rescheduled to later in the year:

The WWE Friday Night SmackDown live event scheduled for January 21, 2022 at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg has been rescheduled to Friday, September 30.

The WWE Supershow live event scheduled for January 22, 2022 at the Brandt Centre in Regina has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 1.

The WWE Supershow live event scheduled for January 23, 2022 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon has been rescheduled and will now be WWE Live on Sunday, October 2.

The WWE Monday Night Raw live event scheduled for January 24, 2022 at Rogers Place in Edmonton has been rescheduled to Monday, September 26.

Tickets are currently on sale through Ticketmaster.ca and all originally purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates.

The reason for the shows being postponed wasn’t announced. Dave Meltzer notes that the Winnipeg and Edmonton events had good advances, so the postponement isn’t due to poor ticket sales.

The Friday, January 21 episode of SmackDown will now be held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The Monday, January 24 episode of Raw will take place at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.

WWE will have a house show in Corbin, Kentucky on Saturday, January 22 and a house show in Huntington, West Virginia on Sunday, January 23.

WWE still has house shows listed on their schedule for Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Wednesday, December 29 and Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada on Thursday, December 30. The shows would be the first time WWE has been to Canada since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trish Stratus has been announced as the host of the Toronto house show.