WWE Cyber Sunday
Cyber Sunday, also known as Taboo Tuesday, was a yearly professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2004 to 2008 It took place at the in October or November, before Survivor Series. Something special about these events was that they were interactive. Using the internet and text messages, fans could vote for the competing wrestlers, match types, and more.[1]
| WWE Cyber Sunday | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Other name(s) | Taboo Tuesday (2004–2005) |
| Promotion(s) | World Wrestling Entertainment |
| Brand(s) | Raw (2004–2008) SmackDown (2007–2008) ECW (2007–2008) |
| First event | Taboo Tuesday (2004) |
| Last event | Cyber Sunday (2008) |
| Event gimmick | Interactive pay-per-view |
In 2009 Cyber Sunday was replaced by WWE Bragging Rights.[2] The concept of fan voting came back for some episodes of Raw in 2012, and for NXT 2.0's one-year anniversary special in 2022.[3][4]
Dates and venues
| Raw-branded event |
| Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taboo Tuesday (2004) | October 19, 2004 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Bradley Center | Randy Orton vs. Ric Flair in a Steel Cage match | |||||
| Taboo Tuesday (2005) | November 1, 2005 | San Diego, California | iPayOne Center | John Cena (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship | |||||
| Cyber Sunday (2006) | November 5, 2006 | Cincinnati, Ohio | U.S. Bank Arena | King Booker (c) vs. WWE Champion John Cena vs. ECW World Champion Big Show in a "Champion of Champions" Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship | |||||
| Cyber Sunday (2007) | October 28, 2007 | Washington, D.C. | Verizon Center | Batista (c) vs. The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship (with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest referee) | |||||
| Cyber Sunday (2008) | October 26, 2008 | Phoenix, Arizona | US Airways Center | Chris Jericho (c) vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship (with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest referee) | |||||
- ↑ "World Wrestling Entertainment Introduces New Interactive Raw Branded Pay-Per-View To Air on Tuesday, October 19, 2004". World Wrestling Entertainment Corporation. October 5, 2004. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2008.
- ↑ "World Wrestling Entertainment Introduces New Interactive Raw Branded Pay-Per-View To Air on Tuesday, October 19, 2004". World Wrestling Entertainment Corporation. October 5, 2004. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2008.
- ↑ "Your Guide to Getting RAWactive!". WWE. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ↑ "WWE reveals fan-vote options for NXT anniversary show title matches". 7 September 2022.