WWE Day 1 2022 (2022)
January 1, 2022Release Date
WWE Day 1 2022 (2022)
January 1, 2022Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
John Cena
John Cena (voice: credit only)
Mike Mizanin
The Miz
Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar
Ettore Ewen
Big E
Maria Menounos
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Franklin Lashley
'The All Mighty' Bobby Lashley
Kevin Steen
Kevin Owens
Kevin Dunn
Director
Kevin Dunn
Director
Bob Uecker
Self - Teleprompter (voice)
Colby Lopez
Seth 'Freakin'' Rollins
Joshua Fatu
Jey Uso
Rebecca Quin
Becky Lynch
Gionna Daddio
Liv Morgan
Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman
Randy Orton
Randy Orton
Hassan Hamin Assad
MVP
Adam Copeland
Edge
Maryse Mizanin
Maryse
Elizabeth Copeland
Beth Phoenix
Jonathan Fatu Jr.
Jimmy Uso
Austin Watson
King Woods
Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah
Sir Kofi Kingston
Andrew Galloway
Drew McIntyre
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
WWE Day 1 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Saturday, January 1, 2022, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, and was the company's only pay-per-view and livestreaming event to take place on New Year's Day. Its title alluded to its New Year's scheduling and was WWE's first pay-per-view to have the New Year's theme since New Year's Revolution in 2007.
Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Brock Lesnar defeated Bobby Lashley, Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins, and defending champion Big E in a fatal five-way match to win Raw's WWE Championship by pinning Big E. Lesnar was originally scheduled to face Roman Reigns for SmackDown's Universal Championship, but that match was canceled hours before the event due to Reigns testing positive for COVID-19. In other prominent matches, Edge defeated The Miz, Becky Lynch defeated Liv Morgan to retain the Raw Women's Championship, and in the opening bout, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and King Woods) to retain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
The scheduling of Day 1 caused the cancelation of the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event, which was usually held in late December. Day 1 was also WWE's first event to be branded as a "Premium Live Event", a term the company introduced to refer to their events airing on pay-per-view and WWE's livestreaming platforms. It would also be a one-off event by WWE, as another event was scheduled for 2023, but was canceled.