Last event Armageddon (2008) | First event Armageddon (1999) | |
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Promotion(s) World Wrestling FederationWorld Wrestling Entertainment Brand(s) Raw (2002–2003; 2007–2008); SmackDown (2002; 2004–2008); ECW (2007–2008) | ||
Armageddon was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every December (with the exception of 2001, where the event was temporarily replaced with Vengeance) by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 1999, with its inaugural event taking place on December 12, 1999 at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida. To coincide with the brand extension, the event was made exclusive to the SmackDown brand in 2004 (with the exception of 2003, when the event was made exclusive to the Raw brand). In 2007, following WrestleMania 23, all PPV events became tri-branded. The final event was held in 2008, with TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs replacing Armageddon in 2009.
History
Armageddon was a pay-per-view (PPV) event consisting of a main event and undercard of championship matches and other various matches. The first Armageddon event took place on December 12, 1999 at the National Car Rental Center and aired live on PPV. The event was replaced by Vengeance in 2001 due to the September 11 attacks; WWE felt that the name of the event would offend victims of the attacks.
In 2002, WWF changed its name to WWE due to a court order and held a Draft Lottery to split its roster into two distinctive brands of wrestling, Raw and SmackDown, to which ECW was added in 2006. After the split, matches only consisted of wrestlers from their distinctive brands. The first Armageddon event to be produced under the WWE banner and with roster limitations was Armageddon (2002). The following year, WWE announced that PPV events, excluding the "Big Four (WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and the Royal Rumble), would be made exclusive to one of the brands; Armageddon was first made exclusive to the Raw brand in 2003, but then remained exclusive to the SmackDown brand for the years 2004 to 2006). After that, events were again open to all three brands of WWE.
