#6 – Houston, Texas
Houston has played host to 4 RAW & Smackdown shows since 2015 as well as 2 PPV’s (Night of Champions and Survivor Series). 88,800 fans have packed the Toyota Center in these events highlighted by Seth Rollins defeating Sting in 2015 at Night of Champions. Kevin Owens became the 2nd Universal Champion in Houston with the assistance of Triple H in 2016 after a Finn Balor injury forced him to vacate the title. Survivor Series 2017 featured a variety of Inter-brand match-ups with Team RAW sweeping Team Smackdown. The very next night Roman Reigns won the Intercontinental Championship from The Miz. In June 2018, The B Team won a battle royal tag match that would propel them to where they are today as RAW Tag Team Champions. As of now there are no future dates for Houston.
#5 – Dallas, Texas
Just up the road from Houston is Dallas which comes in at #5. There have been 4 RAW shows, 2 Smackdown shows, and 2 PPV’s (TLC, Great Balls of Fire) that have featured over 98,500 fans. WrestleMania was also here in 2016. 2015 started with a bang for Dallas as Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, and the nWo all made special appearances. Sting made his RAW debut on the same night. Things were just as energetic in October 2015 when Stone Cold kicked off the show introducing Undertaker prior to his HIAC match with Brock Lesnar. RAW in April of 2016 was the night after WrestleMania where numerous NXT stars debuted and AJ Styles became #1 contender. Alexa Bliss captured the Smackdown Women’s Title at TLC in 2016 beginning what has turned out to be an amazing career. There were no title changes in what was the only ever Great Balls of Fire PPV in 2017. Monday Night RAW will return to Dallas on September 17th.
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