Having a bunch of notable moments in a specific arena

[Jindrak Mark]

Not including territories who filmed every show in the same place.

Like in 2006 Batista had to vacate the World title in January, returned in July and regained the World title at Survivor Series in November all in the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. I don’t know if that was pure coincidence or if they specifically timed the return/title win for those specific dates knowing it was the same arena.

Also Philly, Roman Reigns began 2015 with the crowd booing the hell out of him winning the Royal Rumble then ended the year with the same Philly crowd cheering him on as he won the world title.

I’m sure you could use MSG for a lot of people.

John Cena has an insane history at the Allstate Arena in Chicago:

- Debuted in the building against Kurt Angle in 2002

- In the biggest victory of his career to date beat Undertaker in the Backlash WWE title tournament in April 2003

- Debuts the WWE title spinner belt the week after Wrestlemania 21

- Main evented his first Wrestlemania against Triple H in 2006

- The Wrestlemania 23 go-home Raw when he and Michaels lost to Batista and Undertaker and Michaels finally superkicked Cena after months of teasing

- Tangentially related but at No Mercy 2007 a new WWE champion is crowned for the first time in over a year after Cena was injured and stripped of the title a few days earlier (rumor has it the title reign was due to end here anyway in a last man standing match with Orton)

- The night after Summerslam 2008 he hurts his neck in a match with Legacy and is out for 3 months

- On the Wrestlemania 27 go-home Raw he has his first ever face to face encounter with The Rock and hits him with the AA

- MITB 2011 vs. CM Punk

- Extreme Rules 2012 vs. Brock Lesnar

- In September 2012 he’s attacked in the parking lot by CM Punk who is then driven away by the person revealed to be his new manager, Paul Heyman

- Great last man standing match with Bray Wyatt at Payback 2014

- Maybe the best US title open challenge match against Cesaro in July 2015

- Returns to Smackdown on the final show of 2016 and challenges AJ Styles for the WWE title which would culminate in his 16th title

[Cyno]

For recent history: the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL.

TNA held its first ever Chicago event here: Bound For Glory 2008.

TNA also held a taping of Impact here in 2013, the first time an episode of the show was taped outside Orlando.

Home of All In, the ROH supercard PPV featuring wrestlers from there, NJPW, AAA, CMLL, Impact, MLW, and NWA. It was the brainchild of Cody Rhodes and the Bucks and was sort of a "proof of concept" show that a non-WWE wrestling show could sell over 10k tickets. The success of the show contributed significantly to the creation of AEW.

Saw the crowning of the first AEW World Heavyweight Champion, Chris Jericho, when he beat Hangman Adam Page at All Out 2019.

And in All Out 2021:

Saw CM Punk's first match in over 7 years

Saw an absolutely brutal tag-team cage match between the Bucks and Lucha Bros. where Penta and Fenix beat them in a MOTY candidate.

Saw the surprise debuts of Ruby Soho, Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson within minutes of each other.

Minoru Suzuki made his AEW debut as a guest worker. And Kaze Ni Nare with him.

[protuberance]

The Anaheim Pond had three big WWF pay per views that were all pretty disappointing: Mania 12, Rumble 99, Mania 16

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Chris Jericho and Chicago have had quite the relationship with each other, though due to the cross company history, it is spread between several different venues.

• The infamous list of 1004 holds from his WCW run was read out in the United Center in Chicago
• He made his Countdown to the Millenium debut (and virtually all of his WWF/E Chicago moments) at Rosemont
• He became the first ever AEW World Champion at the Sears/Now Arena in Hoffman Estates
• He would later lose said world title at the Wintrust Arena in the southern end of the city of Chicago

Also, I would like to point out Kevin Owens and Las Vegas, which while not as plentiful as some wrestler/city combinations, it makes up for the fact that they are quite possibly Kevin's two most memorable non-wrestling moments in main roster WWE: The Festival of Friendship and when he headbutted Vince McMahon.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Weird one: Stone Cold and the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University

November 1999- Last Raw appearance before going out for neck surgery
April 2000- Linda McMahon announces he’ll be at Backlash
September 2000- Makes his first Raw appearance since the surgery

[genwrestling]

This is the thread I was interested the most when I first saw this:

Some of The Shield's notable moments all happened in Indianapolis, Indiana

- Their debut back in Survivor Series 2012
- Seth breaking up The Shield in June 2014
- Reuniting in October 2017

Also from the shows that happened in Indianapolis, IN:

- King Booker winning the World Heavyweight Championship (Great American Bash 2006)
- Kalisto winning the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at the main event (the same RAW in 2017 where The Shield reunited)
- Batista vs. John Cena, and Edge vs. The Undertaker at Hell in a Cell (SummerSlam 2008)

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

Something something Molly Holly’s Stairs