Foreign Tours
Shows from North American promotions have been held in Australia as early as 1985 when WWE toured through Melbourne, Perth, Newcastle and through Melbourne and Brisbane again in 1986. That was the last Australia saw of a live North American product until WCW did a Nitro and Thunder taping in Melbourne, a Nitro taping in Brisbane and a Thunder taping and a house show in Sydney in 2000.
The next time WWE came to Australia was for the WWE Global Warning Tour in 2002. The tour drew 56,700 attendance at Colonial Stadium for what was the first WWE event in Australia in 16 years. WWE has visited Australia regularly since Global Warning by touring at least once a year since 2003, with the latest show by the Raw brand in July 2011 visiting Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne.
Australia also hosted shows presented by World Wrestling All-Stars and various smaller shows have featured overseas talent, but nothing of note.
In 2000, I-Generation Superstars of Wrestling held a Pay Per View in Sydney headlined "Rodman Down Under" where Dennis Rodman would lose to Curt Hennig with the i-Generation Championship being contested.
| 1985 Tour | WWF Australian Tour | Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth House Shows. |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 Tour | World Championship Wrestling | WCW: Nitro & Thunder TV Tapings |
| 2000 Tour | I-Generation Superstars of Wrestling | Rodman Down Under Pay Per View |
| 2001 - 2003 Tour | World Wrestling All-Stars | Series of Pay Per View events such as Inception and Eruption. |
| 2002 Tour | WWE Global Warning Tour (Melbourne) | Taped event later released on DVD and VHS. |
| 2003 Tour | WWE Ruthless Aggression Tour/Passport to SmackDown (Perth) | Raw Superstars/Smackdown Superstars (Perth) |
| 2004 Tour | WWE Return of the Deadman Tour | Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane House Shows. |
| 2005 Tour | WWE WrestleMania Revenge Tour/Survivor Series Tour | Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Newcastle, Adelaide & Brisbane House Shows |
| 2006 Tour | WWE Summerslam Tour | Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney & Brisbane House Shows. |
| 2007 Tour | WWE Survivor Series Tour | Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane House Shows. |
| 2008 Tour | WWE SmackDown & ECW Tour | Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide & Brisbane House Shows. |
| 2009 Tour | WWE Raw & ECW Tour | Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide & Brisbane House Shows. |
| 2009 Tour | Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin | Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, & Brisbane shows. |
| 2010 Tour | WWE Smackdown Tour | Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide & Brisbane House Shows. |
| 2011 Tour | WWE Raw Tour | Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide & Brisbane House Shows. |
| 2012 Tour | WWE Raw Tour | Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane House Shows. |
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