#4 – Los Angeles, California
Nearly 125,000 people have piled into the Staples Center for 6 RAW shows, 1 Smackdown show, and 2 PPV’s (HIAC and No Mercy) since 2015 with a notable 6 straight Summerslam shows prior to 2015. The city will play host to Survivor Series weekend in 2018. Brock Lesnar would defeat Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match in 2015 and Alberto Del Rio would return and take the US Championship from John Cena. Gallows & Anderson made their debut for WWE in April of 2016. Sasha Banks captured the RAW Women’s title from Charlotte in October of 2016. Big Show and Braun Strowman had a very impressive match in February of 2017 and Sasha Banks ran the gauntlet defeating Nia Jax in June later that year. Enzo Amore would win the Cruiserweight Championship in LA at No Mercy 2017 while Roman Reigns also defeated John Cena. Speaking of John Cena, he would make his return to Smackdown in February of this year, defeating AJ Styles in the main event. Los Angeles has always played host to key WWE events and will look to add to that this fall.
#3 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
137,000+ people have attended 2 Royal Rumbles, a Battleground PPV, 5 RAW shows, and 3 Smackdown shows since 2015. Roman Reigns would win the rumble in 2015 and then come close to winning again in 2018, being the last one eliminated by Shinsuke Nakamura. Roman would win the WWE World Heavyweight Title on Monday Night RAW in December 2015 from Sheamus. New Day defended the tag titles twice in one night on December 12th, 2016. The Punjabi Prison match returned in 2017 in which Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton. Asuka won the first ever women’s rumble in 2018. October 15th, 2018 will be the next scheduled date for Philadelphia as they host Monday Night RAW.
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