WWE Super ShowDown (originally stylized as Super Show-Down) was a

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produced by

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, an American-based

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. It was broadcast

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and available only through

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(PPV) and WWE's

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service, the

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. The 2020 event was the last event held under the titular name, with the 2021 event ultimately getting postponed. Since then, there have not been any further events scheduled under the name. Established in 2018, each of the three iterations of the event only took place in countries outside the

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. The first event was held in

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and was WWE's first and only PPV event held in the country until the 2024

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event. The final two events were held in

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as part of a 10-year partnership in support of

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History

In June 2018, the American

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announced that it would be returning to

to hold a

(PPV) and

event, which would be the company's first PPV event produced in the country. The event was titled Super Show-Down and was held at

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on October 6, 2018. Although WWE had held tours in Australia, the company's last big event to be held in the country was the Global Warning Tour in 2002. Also in early 2018, WWE began a 10-year strategic multiplatform partnership with the General Sports Authority in support of

's social and economic reform program. The first PPV and WWE Network event under this partnership, the Greatest Royal Rumble, was held at the

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's King Abdullah International Stadium in

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on April 27, 2018. In 2019, WWE held Super ShowDown (stylized without a dash) as their third event under this partnership, and subsequently the second event in the Super ShowDown chronology. The event was held on June 7, 2019, also at the King Abdullah International Stadium. A second Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia was then held on February 27, 2020, at the Mohammed Abdu Arena on the Boulevard in

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, thus making the event a recurring event in the Saudi Arabian partnership. Due to the ongoing

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that began in mid-March 2020, an event was not held in 2021. COVID restrictions were lifted later that year, and WWE returned to Saudi Arabia with the Crown Jewel event in October. Super ShowDown was not included in WWE's initial PPV slate for 2022; the company's first PPV in Saudi Arabia for the year would ultimately be

in February, and their only other Saudi Arabian PPV for 2022 was announced as Crown Jewel in November.

Events

References

{{WWEPPV, , Super ShowDown Recurring events established in 2018 WWE pay-per-view events

History

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