The Kia Center, formerly the Amway Center, is a sports and entertainment venue in Orlando, Florida, located in the Downtown area. It is part of Downtown Orlando Master Plan 3: a plan that also involves improvements to the Citrus Bowl and a new performing arts center. The arena is home to the Orlando Magic of the NBA, the Orlando Predators of the National Arena League, and the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL. The venue hosted the 2012 NBA All-Star Game. It also was the home of the Orlando Titans of the National Lacrosse League for the 2010 season before the team folded the next year.
On August 17, 2020, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced that the Amway Center would be the site of their weekly Raw and SmackDown live broadcasts as well as pay-per-view events during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic beginning with the August 21 episode of SmackDown. Due to local restrictions, all events were held behind closed doors with only essential personnel in attendance. WWE installed screens in the seating areas, allowing fans to attend the events virtually. The set, billed as the WWE ThunderDome, also included lighting and pyrotechnic effects.
WWE subsequently announced their residence at the Amway Center will conclude with the December 7 episode of Raw to allow for the Orlando Magic to use the venue for the 2020-2021 NBA season. WWE also announced that the ThunderDome would move to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida starting with the December 11 episode of SmackDown.
On December 20, 2023, it was announced that the South Korean car manufacturer Kia had signed a naming rights deal with the arena, resulting in the name being changed to the Kia Center.
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- RAW - November 22, 2010
- NXT - May 3, 2011
- Superstars - May 5, 2011
- SmackDown - May 6, 2011
- NXT - April 4, 2012
- Superstars - April 5, 2012
- SmackDown - April 6, 2012
- RAW - October 28, 2013
- Superstars - November 1, 2013
- Main Event - July 22, 2014
- SmackDown - July 25, 2014
- RAW - February 16, 2015
- Superstars - February 19, 2015
- Royal Rumble - January 24, 2016
- NXT TakeOver: Orlando - April 1, 2017
- RAW - April 3, 2017
- SmackDown - April 4, 2017
- 205 Live - April 4, 2017
- Main Event - April 5, 2017
- NXT - April 5, 2017
- SmackDown - January 2, 2018
- 205 Live - January 2, 2018
- SmackDown - August 7, 2018
- 205 Live - August 7, 2018
- RAW - January 7, 2019
- Main Event - January 9, 2019
- SmackDown - August 21, 2020
- 205 Live - August 21, 2020
- SummerSlam - August 23, 2020
- RAW - August 24, 2020
- Main Event - August 26, 2020
- SmackDown - August 28, 2020
- 205 Live - August 28, 2020
- Payback - August 30, 2020
- RAW - August 31, 2020
- Main Event - September 2, 2020
- SmackDown - September 4, 2020
- 205 Live - September 4, 2020
- RAW - September 7, 2020
- Main Event - September 9, 2020
- SmackDown - September 11, 2020
- 205 Live - September 11, 2020
- RAW - September 14, 2020
- Main Event - September 16, 2020
- SmackDown - September 18, 2020
- 205 Live - September 18, 2020
- RAW - September 21, 2020
- Main Event - September 23, 2020
- SmackDown - September 25, 2020
- 205 Live - September 25, 2020
- Clash of Champions - September 27, 2020
- RAW - September 28, 2020
- Main Event - September 30, 2020
- SmackDown - October 2, 2020
- RAW - October 5, 2020
- Main Event - October 7, 2020
- SmackDown - October 9, 2020
- RAW - October 12, 2020
- Main Event - October 14, 2020
- SmackDown - October 16, 2020
- RAW - October 19, 2020
- Main Event - October 21, 2020
- SmackDown - October 23, 2020
- Hell in a Cell - October 25, 2020
- RAW - October 26, 2020
- Main Event - October 28, 2020
- SmackDown - October 30, 2020
- RAW - November 2, 2020
- Main Event - November 4, 2020
- SmackDown - November 6, 2020
- RAW - November 9, 2020
- Main Event - November 11, 2020
- SmackDown - November 13, 2020
- RAW - November 16, 2020
- Main Event - November 18, 2020
- SmackDown - November 20, 2020
- Survivor Series - November 22, 2020
- RAW - November 23, 2020
- Main Event - November 25, 2020
- SmackDown - November 27, 2020
- RAW - November 30, 2020
- Main Event - December 2, 2020
- SmackDown - December 4, 2020
- Tribute to the Troops - December 6, 2020
- RAW - December 7, 2020
- Main Event - December 9, 2020
- RAW - August 9, 2021
- Main Event - August 12, 2021
- SmackDown - July 15, 2022
- RAW - February 6, 2023
- Main Event - February 9, 2023
- SmackDown - July 21, 2023
- SmackDown - August 16, 2024
- Speed - August 28, 2024
