WWE held their first live event tour in New Zealand on March 4, 2006, at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

This was the WWE Smackdown Road to WrestleMania 22 Tour, which featured a main event triple threat match between Kurt Angle, Undertaker and Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship.

[4] WWE announced the Raw brand would once again return for a live event at Auckland's Spark Arena on August 8, 2020.

[14] WWE talent and management were impressed with the reactions and excitement by the audience, and also the large size of the stadium.

“Holy Cow, this is a coliseum, not an arena,” was one of the WWE wrestler's remarks when entering inside New Zealand's second-largest stadium.