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71.174.204.54: /* Hulu on demand service */

{{Short description|American subscription streaming service}}
{{About|2=the separate Japanese video-on-demand service that was spun off in 2014|3=Hulu Japan|}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Hulu
| logo = Hulu Logo.svg
| logo_caption = Fourth variant of the Hulu logo used since 2018
| screenshot =
| caption =
| location_city = [[Los Angeles, California]]
| location_country = U.S.
| area_served = United States
| company_type = [[Subsidiary]]
| type = [[Over-the-top media service|OTT video streaming platform]]
| launched = {{Start date and age|2007|10|29}}
| parent = [[Disney Streaming]]
| owner = [[The Walt Disney Company]]
| url = {{URL|https://www.hulu.com/|hulu.com}}
| key_people = Joe Earley ([[President (corporate title)|President]])
| advertising = Yes
| registration = Required
| users = {{increase}} 49.7 million ({{As of|2023|12|30|lc=y|df=US}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2024/02/q1-fy24-earnings.pdf|title=THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY REPORTS FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS FOR FISCAL 2024|website=[[The Walt Disney Company]]|access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref>
| current_status = Active
}}

'''Hulu''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|uː|l|uː}}) is an American [[subscription]] [[streaming service]] owned by [[The Walt Disney Company]]. It was launched on October 29, 2007.

Hulu was initially established as a [[joint venture]] between [[News Corporation]] and [[NBCUniversal]], [[Providence Equity]], and later The Walt Disney Company, serving as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from their respective [[television broadcasting]]. In 2010, Hulu launched a subscription service, initially [[brand]]ed as "Hulu Plus", which featured full seasons of programs from the companies and other partners, and un-delayed access to new episodes.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Water-cutter |first=Angela |date=September 10, 2020 |title=Streaming Services Are Abusing the + Sign and It Must End |url=https://www.wired.com/story/no-more-plus-signs/ |url-status=live |magazine=Wired |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118113238/https://www.wired.com/story/no-more-plus-signs/ |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2021}}</ref> In 2017, the company launched Hulu with Live TV—an [[Over-the-top media service|over-the-top]] live TV service featuring [[broadcast programming]] channels.

In 2011, Hulu launched [[Hulu Japan|its services in Japan]], marking its first and only international expansion. However, in 2014, Hulu Japan was spun off and acquired by [[Nippon TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 28, 2014 |title=Nippon TV Acquires Hulu Service in Japan |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140227006802/en/Nippon-TV-Acquires-Hulu-Service-in-Japan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321181119/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140227006802/en/Nippon-TV-Acquires-Hulu-Service-in-Japan |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

A beta hub version of Hulu was launched on [[Disney+]] in the United States on December 6, 2023.<ref name="Weprin">{{Cite magazine |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Disney+ Launches Hulu Hub in Bid to Boost In-House Bundle |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/hulu-launches-disney-plus-combined-content-tile-1235712649/ |access-date=December 7, 2023 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> The hub shares similarities with the [[Star (Disney+)|Star hub]] that was previously launched on Disney+ in February 2021 outside the U.S. as an alternative to Hulu.

== Etymology ==
The name Hulu comes from two [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin Chinese]] phrases, ''húlu'' ([[wikt:葫芦|葫芦]]/[[wikt:葫蘆|葫蘆]]), "[[calabash]]; bottle gourd", and ''hùlù'' ([[wikt:互录|互录]]/[[wikt:互錄|互錄]]), "interactive recording".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kilar |first=Jason |date=May 13, 2008 |title=What's in a name? |url=http://blog.hulu.com/2008/05/13/meaning-of-hulu/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031160852/http://blog.hulu.com/2008/05/13/meaning-of-hulu/ |archive-date=October 31, 2018 |access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>

[[Jason Kilar]], who served as CEO of Hulu, said the name comes from a [[Chinese proverb]]:{{cquote|Hulu is Mandarin for gourd. And so when we were launching Hulu, we thought, "what a great name that is." And it had this great sort of symbolism of the holder of precious things, which is the holder of premium content. So that's why we named it Hulu.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 10, 2020 |title=Disney Plus blows past expectations for its first year with 73.7 million subscribers |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-jason-kilar.html?action=click&module=audio-series-bar&pgtype=Article&region=header&showTranscript=1 |url-status=live |access-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813123313/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-jason-kilar.html?action=click&module=audio-series-bar&pgtype=Article&region=header&showTranscript=1 |archive-date=August 13, 2021}}</ref>}}

== History ==
{{Anchor|Founding and establishment}}

=== Early years (2007–2010) ===
Individuals who were instrumental{{Vague|date=May 2020}} in the founding of Hulu include Bruce Campbell,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership – Discovery Communications, Inc. |url=https://corporate.discovery.com/our-company/leadership/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529041516/https://corporate.discovery.com/our-company/leadership/ |archive-date=May 29, 2016 |access-date=May 25, 2016 |website=corporate.discovery.com}}</ref> Peter Chernin,<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2013 |title=Peter Chernin Offers $500M for Hulu |url=https://www.thewrap.com/peter-chernin-offers-500m-hulu-84381/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020070543/http://www.thewrap.com/peter-chernin-offers-500m-hulu-84381/ |archive-date=October 20, 2016 |access-date=May 25, 2016 |website=TheWrap}}</ref> JB Perrette,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rose |first=Frank |date=September 22, 2008 |title=Free, Legal and Online: Why Hulu Is the New Way to Watch TV |url=https://www.wired.com/2008/09/mf-hulu/ |url-status=live |magazine=WIRED |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527061240/http://www.wired.com/2008/09/mf-hulu/ |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref> [[Mike Lang (film executive)|Mike Lang]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wauters |first=Robin |date=June 2011 |title=We Happy? Miramax Deal Brings Hundreds Of Movies To Hulu Plus (And To Hulu) |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/01/we-happy-miramax-deal-brings-hundreds-of-movies-to-hulu-hulu-plus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503174249/http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/01/we-happy-miramax-deal-brings-hundreds-of-movies-to-hulu-hulu-plus/ |archive-date=May 3, 2016 |access-date=May 25, 2016 |website=TechCrunch}}</ref> [[Beth Comstock]], George Kliavkoff, Darren Feher, and [[Jason Kilar]]. Hulu was announced in March 2007 with [[AOL]], [[NBCUniversal]] (then co-owned by [[General Electric]] and [[Vivendi]]), [[MSN]], [[Myspace]], and [[Yahoo!]] planned as "initial distribution partners". Jason Kilar was named Hulu CEO in late 2007.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=NBC Universal and News Corp. Announce Deal with Internet Leaders AOL, MSN, MySpace And Yahoo! to Create a Premium Online Video Site with Unprecedented Reach |date=March 22, 2007 |publisher=Business Wire |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20070322005690/en/NBC-Universal-News-Corp.-Announce-Deal-Internet |access-date=December 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101212907/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20070322005690/en/NBC-Universal-News-Corp.-Announce-Deal-Internet |archive-date=January 1, 2011}}</ref><ref name="foe">{{Cite news |last=Nat Worden |date=March 22, 2007 |title=Google's Still on Top |work=[[TheStreet.com]] |url=http://www.thestreet.com/s/googles-still-on-top/newsanalysis/technet/10346071.html |url-status=dead |access-date=August 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180547/http://www.thestreet.com/s/googles-still-on-top/newsanalysis/technet/10346071.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>

The name ''Hulu'' was chosen in late August 2007, when the website went live with an announcement only and no content. It invited users to leave their email addresses for the upcoming [[Software release life cycle|beta test]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nat Worden |date=August 29, 2007 |title=Google's New Foe: Hulu |work=[[TheStreet.com]] |url=http://www.thestreet.com/s/googles-new-foe-hulu/newsanalysis/mediaentertainment/10376991.html |url-status=dead |access-date=August 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904013423/http://www.thestreet.com/s/googles-new-foe-hulu/newsanalysis/mediaentertainment/10376991.html |archive-date=September 4, 2007}}</ref> In October 2007, Hulu began the private beta testing by invitation, and later allowed users to invite friends.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Hulu Debuts via Private Beta and on Distribution Partners AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo! |date=October 20, 2007 |publisher=Business Wire |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20071028005079/en/Hulu-Debuts-Private-Beta-Distribution-Partners-AOL |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222050812/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20071028005079/en/Hulu-Debuts-Private-Beta-Distribution-Partners-AOL |archive-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> Hulu launched for public access in the United States on March 12, 2008.<ref name="pr_launch">{{Cite press release |title=Hulu.com Opens to Public, Offers Free Streams of Hit TV Shows, Movies and Clips from More Than 50 Providers Including FOX, NBC Universal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Sony Pictures Television |date=March 12, 2008 |publisher=Business Wire |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080312005454/en/Hulu.com-Opens-Public-Offers-Free-Streams-Hit |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051815/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080312005454/en/Hulu.com-Opens-Public-Offers-Free-Streams-Hit |archive-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> The first product to launch was the HULU Syndication network, which was designed and developed by the NBC Universal team from New York, on October 29, 2007, led by Tom Sharma, followed by the Hulu.com destinations site.

Hulu began an advertising campaign during NBC's broadcast of [[Super Bowl XLIII]] with an initial ad starring [[Alec Baldwin]] titled "Alec in Huluwood".<ref name="TV Ads">{{Cite web |last= |title=Hulu TV Ads: Alec in Huluwood |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/58538/hulu-tv-ads-alec-in-huluwood |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508080115/http://www.hulu.com/watch/58538/hulu-tv-ads-alec-in-huluwood |archive-date=May 8, 2009 |access-date=May 10, 2009 |website=Hulu}}</ref> Advertisements have since aired featuring [[Eliza Dushku]], [[Seth MacFarlane]], [[Denis Leary]], and [[Will Arnett]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In July 2007, [[Providence Equity]], the owner of [[Newport Television]], became one of the earliest "outside" investors by purchasing a 10 percent stake in the company for US$100 million [[equity (finance)|equity investment]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brady |first=Shirley |date=August 29, 2006 |title=NBC and Fox Jump Through Hulu Hoop |work=Cable360.net |url=http://www.cable360.net/competition/web/25376.html |url-status=dead |access-date=August 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190524/http://www.cable360.net/competition/web/25376.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> before the company was known as "Hulu".<ref name="SoldStake">{{Cite news |last=Lawler |first=Ryan |date=May 12, 2012 |title=It's Done: Early Hulu Investor Providence Equity Partners Has Sold Its Stake For $200M |work=techcrunch.com |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/12/providence-equity-sells-its-stake-in-hulu/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013055831/http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/12/providence-equity-sells-its-stake-in-hulu/ |archive-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref> With its investment came a seat on the board of directors, where Providence was said to act as an "independent voice on the board".<ref name="SoldStake" /> In April 2009, [[The Walt Disney Company]] joined the Hulu consortium as a stakeholder, with plans to offer content from [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[ESPN]] and [[Disney Channel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 30, 2009 |title=Disney joins NBC and News Corp. with Hulu stake |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-disney-hulu-043009-2009apr30-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514233217/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-disney-hulu-043009-2009apr30-story.html |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=May 14, 2019 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=May 2, 2009 |title=Disney Takes Stake In Hulu Video Site |url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/disney-takes-stake-hulu-video-site-298847 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514233207/https://www.multichannel.com/news/disney-takes-stake-hulu-video-site-298847 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=May 14, 2019 |website=Multichannel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Caroline |title=Disney signs onto Hulu |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/disney-signs-onto-hulu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514233204/https://www.cnet.com/news/disney-signs-onto-hulu/ |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=May 14, 2019 |website=CNET}}</ref><ref name="Disney Brands" />

=== Multiple joint ventures (2010–2019) ===
Early in 2010, Hulu chief executive Jason Kilar said the service had made a profit in two quarters and that the company could top $100 million in revenue by summer 2010, more than its income for all of 2009. [[ComScore]] says monthly video streams reached 903 million in January 2010, over three times the figure for a year earlier,<ref name="Stelter">{{Cite news |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |last2=Stone |first2=Brad |date=April 5, 2010 |title=Hulu, the online-video hub, contemplates its future |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011517934_bthulufuture05.html?syndication=rss |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622021349/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011517934_bthulufuture05.html?syndication=rss |archive-date=June 22, 2011}}</ref> and second only to [[YouTube]].<ref name="Grotticelli">{{Cite news |last=Grotticelli |first=Michael |date=April 26, 2010 |title=Hulu plans subscription service |work=Broadcast Engineering |url=http://broadcastengineering.com/news/hulu-plans-subscripiton-service-0426/ |url-status=dead |access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704080501/http://broadcastengineering.com/news/hulu-plans-subscripiton-service-0426/ |archive-date=July 4, 2010}}</ref>

On August 16, 2010, a report revealed that Hulu was planning an [[initial public offering]] (IPO) which could value the company at more than $2 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. video viewing site Hulu plans an IPO: report |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100816/tc_nm/us_hulu_ipo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820123350/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100816/tc_nm/us_hulu_ipo |archive-date=August 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dealbook |date=August 16, 2010 |title=Hulu Is Said to Be Ready for an I.P.O |publisher=Dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com |url=http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/hulu-is-said-to-be-ready-for-an-i-p-o/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022161929/http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/hulu-is-said-to-be-ready-for-an-i-p-o/ |archive-date=October 22, 2010}}</ref>

On June 21, 2011, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that an "unsolicited offer" caused Hulu to begin "weighing whether to sell itself".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vascellaro |date=June 21, 2011 |title=Website Hulu Considers Sale |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303936704576400133483416612 |url-status=live |access-date=June 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328030500/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303936704576400133483416612 |archive-date=March 28, 2015}}</ref> However, on October 13, 2011, Hulu and its owners announced that they would not sell the company, as none of the bidders offered an amount that was satisfactory to its owners.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parr |first=Ben |date=October 13, 2011 |title=Hulu Is No Longer For Sale |url=http://mashable.com/2011/10/13/no-hulu-sale/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521112923/http://mashable.com/2011/10/13/no-hulu-sale/ |archive-date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=June 14, 2013 |website=[[Mashable]] |publisher=Mashable, Inc.}}</ref> In September of that year, the [[Hulu Japan|service]] launched in [[Japan]]; marking Hulu's first international expansion.<ref name="nippon" />

Hulu generated $420 million in revenue in 2011, $80 million short of the company's target.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Grove |first=Jennifer |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Hulu CEO Jason Kilar: Original programming is an important part of the agenda. |url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/01/31/hulu-jason-kilar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703055106/https://venturebeat.com/2012/01/31/hulu-jason-kilar/ |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |access-date=August 31, 2017 |website=VentureBeat}}</ref> The vacant CEO post was officially filled by former Fox Networks President Mike Hopkins on October 17, 2013.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Mike Hopkins Named CEO of Hulu |date=October 17, 2013 |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131017006396/en/Mike-Hopkins-Named-CEO-Hulu |access-date=October 17, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020060749/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131017006396/en/Mike-Hopkins-Named-CEO-Hulu |archive-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref>

In October 2012, Providence sold its 10 percent stake to "Hulu's media owners" and ceased participation in the board.<ref name="SoldStake" />

On February 27, 2014, [[Nippon Television Network Corporation]] acquired Hulu's [[Hulu Japan|Japanese business]]. The service would retain the "Hulu" brand and technology in Japan under a subsidiary of Nippon as part of a separate agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huluの日本市場向け事業を承継し定額制動画配信に参入～Huluの作品ラインアップも大幅強化～ |trans-title=Nippon TV to acquire the Japanese division of Hulu, alongside a major content revamp |url=https://www.ntv.co.jp/info/pressrelease/757.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902030305/https://www.ntv.co.jp/info/pressrelease/757.html |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |website=Nippon TV Corporate Site |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="nippon">{{Cite news |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=February 27, 2014 |title=Hulu Japan to Be Acquired by Nippon TV |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2014/biz/global/hulu-japan-to-be-acquired-by-nippon-tv-1201122915/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002191248/http://variety.com/2014/biz/global/hulu-japan-to-be-acquired-by-nippon-tv-1201122915/ |archive-date=October 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hopkins |first=Mike |date=February 27, 2014 |title=An International Update From Hulu in Japan |url=http://blog.hulu.com/2014/02/27/an-international-update-from-hulu-in-japan/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929110807/http://blog.hulu.com/2014/02/27/an-international-update-from-hulu-in-japan/ |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |access-date=October 1, 2016 |website=Hulu}}</ref>

On August 3, 2016, Time Warner (later [[WarnerMedia]], now [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]) acquired a 10 percent stake of Hulu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=August 3, 2016 |title=Time Warner Acquires 10% Stake in Hulu for $583 Million |url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/time-warner-hulu-investment-1201829514/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804195646/http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/time-warner-hulu-investment-1201829514/ |archive-date=August 4, 2016 |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref>

Hopkins exited and was named Sony Pictures TV Chairman.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 24, 2017 |title=Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins Exits To Become Sony Pictures TV Chairman |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/mike-hopkins-leaves-hulu-sony-pictures-tv-chairman-job-1202193796/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115064300/https://deadline.com/2017/10/mike-hopkins-leaves-hulu-sony-pictures-tv-chairman-job-1202193796/ |archive-date=January 15, 2022 |access-date=September 22, 2021 |website=Deadline}}</ref> Fox Networks Group COO Randy Freer was named CEO on October 24, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 24, 2017 |title=Hulu Names Randy Freer New CEO To Succeed Mike Hopkins |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/hulu-randy-freer-named-new-ceo-succeed-mike-hopkins-1202193844/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624025821/https://deadline.com/2017/10/hulu-randy-freer-named-new-ceo-succeed-mike-hopkins-1202193844/ |archive-date=June 24, 2019 |access-date=June 23, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

=== Disney majority ownership (2019–2023) ===
On March 20, 2019, Disney [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquired]] [[21st Century Fox]], giving it a 60% [[majority stake]] in Hulu.<ref name="Disney Brands" /> On April 15, 2019, WarnerMedia sold its 10% stake in Hulu back to the company for $1.43 billion,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Ari |date=April 15, 2019 |title=AT&T sells Hulu stake, valuing the video streaming company at $15 billion |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/att-sells-hulu-stake-valuing-company-at-15-billion.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415221531/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/att-sells-hulu-stake-valuing-company-at-15-billion.html |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |access-date=April 15, 2019 |website=www.cnbc.com}}</ref> leaving Disney with 67% and Comcast with 33%. Comcast, the only other shareholder, announced on May 14, 2019, that it had agreed to cede its control to Disney, and reached an agreement for Disney to purchase its 33% stake in the company as early as 2024.<ref name="DisneyIstakingfullcontrolofHulu">{{Cite news |last=Jarvey |first=Natalie |date=May 14, 2019 |title=Disney is taking full control of Hulu |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/14/media/disney-buys-comcast-hulu-ownership/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724181631/https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/14/media/disney-buys-comcast-hulu-ownership/index.html |archive-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Huluownership.jpg|alt=Ownership history of Hulu.|left|thumb|257x257px|Ownership history of Hulu]]
On May 14, 2019, Comcast relinquished its control in Hulu to Disney effective immediately. As a result, the streaming service became a division of [[Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution|Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International]] (DTCI) with Comcast effectively becoming a [[Partnership#Silent partners|silent partner]]. Under the agreement, Comcast's 33% stake can be sold to Disney at [[fair market value]] as early as 2024. The fair market value will be determined at that time, but Disney guaranteed a minimum valuation of the entire company at $27.5 billion (valuing the Comcast stake as worth at least $9.075 billion).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jarvey |first=Natalie |date=May 22, 2019 |title="Older, Broader, Edgier": What to Expect From Hulu Under Disney's Control |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/what-expect-hulu-under-disneys-control-1212776 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606023412/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/what-expect-hulu-under-disneys-control-1212776 |archive-date=June 6, 2019 |access-date=June 23, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Randy Freer would report to Disney executive [[Kevin A. Mayer|Kevin Mayer]].<ref name=":0" />

In the wake of the deal, Disney CEO [[Bob Iger]] explained that direct integration of Hulu with Disney's studios would allow increased investments in original content,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitten |first=Sarah |date=June 18, 2019 |title=Hulu CEO: Expect to see more original content now that Disney is in control |work=[[CNBC]] |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/18/hulu-ceo-expect-more-original-content-now-that-disney-is-in-control.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619235222/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/18/hulu-ceo-expect-more-original-content-now-that-disney-is-in-control.html |archive-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref> which would in turn allow it to "make the service even more compelling and a greater value for consumers".<ref name="Disney">{{Cite news |last1=Feiner |first1=Lauren |last2=Wang |first2=Christine |last3=Sherman |first3=Alex |date=May 14, 2019 |title=Disney to take full control over Hulu, Comcast has option to sell its stake in 5 years |work=[[CNBC]] |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/14/comcast-has-agreed-to-sell-its-stake-in-hulu-in-5-years.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514131620/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/14/comcast-has-agreed-to-sell-its-stake-in-hulu-in-5-years.html |archive-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=May 14, 2019 |title=Disney Assumes Full Control of Hulu in Deal With Comcast |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/disney-full-control-hulu-comcast-deal-1203214338/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514151620/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/disney-full-control-hulu-comcast-deal-1203214338/ |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=May 14, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Disney stated that its control of Hulu was the third major component of its direct-to-consumer strategy, complementing its sports streaming service [[ESPN+]], and its then-forthcoming [[Disney+]]. Hulu would be oriented towards "general" entertainment and content targeting mature audiences.<ref name="deadline-norrated">{{Cite web |last=Mike Fleming Jr. |date=February 8, 2018 |title=Disney Unveils Inaugural Streaming Service Launch Slate To Town; No R-Rated Fare |url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/disney-streaming-service-launch-slate-star-wars-marvel-1202281846/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226065353/http://deadline.com/2018/02/disney-streaming-service-launch-slate-star-wars-marvel-1202281846/ |archive-date=February 26, 2018 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> NBCUniversal will continue to license its content to the service through at least 2024, but it will have the option to begin transitioning its exclusivity deals with Hulu to non-exclusive terms beginning in 2020, and to end other content deals beginning in 2022.<ref name="Disney"/>

[[File:Kelly Campbell on AdWeek.jpg|thumb|upright|Kelly Campbell, chief marketing officer, later president of Hulu, speaks to ''[[Adweek|AdWeek]]'' in 2019.]]
On July 31, 2019, Disney reorganized Hulu's reporting structure, placing Hulu's Scripted Originals team under [[Disney General Entertainment Content]]. Under the new structure, Hulu's SVP of Original Scripted Content would report directly to the chairman of Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment.<ref name="HuluWDTV">{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Elaine |date=July 31, 2019 |title=Walt Disney Television Gains Oversight of Hulu's Scripted Originals Content Team |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/hulu-scripted-originals-disney-tv-erwich-1203287122/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731225045/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/hulu-scripted-originals-disney-tv-erwich-1203287122/ |archive-date=July 31, 2019 |access-date=July 31, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> As of November 2019, [[FX (TV channel)#FX Networks|FX]] and [[Fox Searchlight]] were assigned to supply Hulu with content.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=November 7, 2019 |title=FX to Produce Original Series for Hulu as Brands Become More Closely Intertwined |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/fx-hulu-disney-mrs-america-american-horror-story-1203397601/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409130820/https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/fx-hulu-disney-mrs-america-american-horror-story-1203397601/ |archive-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> In January 2020, Disney eliminated the role of Hulu CEO, with its top executives to report directly to DTCI and Walt Disney Television.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=January 31, 2020 |title=Hulu CEO Randy Freer Exits As Streamer Is Integrated Into Disney's Direct-to-Consumer & International Unit |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/hulu-ceo-randy-freer-exits-streamer-is-integrated-into-disneys-direct-to-consumer-international-1202848283/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205162715/https://deadline.com/2020/01/hulu-ceo-randy-freer-exits-streamer-is-integrated-into-disneys-direct-to-consumer-international-1202848283/ |archive-date=February 5, 2020 |access-date=January 31, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> On January 31, 2020, Freer resigned as CEO of Hulu and the position was eliminated; Hulu's top executives now report directly to DTCI and Walt Disney Television.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flint |first=Joe |date=January 31, 2020 |title=Hulu CEO Randy Freer to Exit as Part of Disney Restructuring |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hulu-ceo-randy-freer-to-exit-as-part-of-disney-restructuring-11580512202 |url-status=live |access-date=February 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202211741/https://www.wsj.com/articles/hulu-ceo-randy-freer-to-exit-as-part-of-disney-restructuring-11580512202 |archive-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref>

In June 2021, it was reported that Comcast had accused Disney of undermining Hulu's growth and value by not engaging in international expansion of the service, having instead added the [[Star (Disney+)|Star]] brand as an extension of Disney+ in selected markets.<ref name="HuluCon">{{Cite web |last=Toonkel |first=Jessica |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Disney's Cancellation of Hulu Overseas Push Triggers Feud with Comcast |url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/disneys-cancellation-of-hulu-overseas-push-triggers-feud-with-comcast |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131200559/https://www.theinformation.com/articles/disneys-cancellation-of-hulu-overseas-push-triggers-feud-with-comcast |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=June 12, 2021 |website=[[The Information (website)|The Information]]}}</ref> In August 2021, Disney CEO [[Bob Chapek]] suggested that Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+ could similarly be merged in the future, citing that the existing bundle offering of the services had a lower rate of [[Churn rate|churn]] than the individual services, but in the U.S. "there may also be certain constraints that we're under that could at least, from a short-term standpoint, limit our ability to do what long term we might feel was ideal, but frankly we don't know what's ideal yet."<ref name="HuluDisney">{{Cite web |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=August 13, 2021 |title=Does Disney+ Need to Absorb Hulu and ESPN+ to Rival Netflix? |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney-plus-bundle-hulu-espn-bob-chapek-1234997649/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128011736/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney-plus-bundle-hulu-espn-bob-chapek-1234997649/ |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |access-date=August 13, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

On September 7, 2021, Hulu announced that the prices of its main video on-demand and ad-free plans would increase by $1 each to $6.99 and $12.99 per-month beginning October 8.<ref name="HuluPrice">{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=J. Clara |date=September 7, 2021 |title=Hulu to Increase Price of Ad-Supported, Ad-Free Subscriptions in October |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/hulu-subscription-price-increase-1235008341/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114201919/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/hulu-subscription-price-increase-1235008341/ |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |access-date=September 7, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> In October 2021, Hulu president Kelly Campbell resigned, and was subsequently appointed the president of NBCUniversal's competing service [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=October 6, 2021 |title=NBCU Names Kelly Campbell Peacock President After She Exits Hulu |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/kelly-campbell-peacock-president-nbcu-1235082312/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410144135/https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/kelly-campbell-peacock-president-nbcu-1235082312/ |archive-date=April 10, 2022 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In its third-quarter earnings report, Comcast CFO Mike Cavanagh stated of Hulu that they were "happy to be along for that ride", and projected that "It'll be fine if we stay until the end because I expect the value to keep increasing."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=October 30, 2021 |title=Comcast Hints at Holding on to Hulu; Peacock Numbers Moving in 'Right Direction' |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/comcast-hulu-peacock-nbcuniversal-q3-earnings-1235099546/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305002245/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/comcast-hulu-peacock-nbcuniversal-q3-earnings-1235099546/ |archive-date=March 5, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

On November 22, 2021, Disney and WarnerMedia reached a deal to let select [[20th Century Studios]] and [[Searchlight Pictures]] films stream on Disney+, Hulu and HBO Max in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=November 22, 2021 |title=Disney, WarnerMedia Carve Up Fox Film Slate Streaming Rights Through End of 2022 (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/disney-warnermedia-fox-movies-streaming-2022-1235117329/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531221143/https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/disney-warnermedia-fox-movies-streaming-2022-1235117329/ |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |access-date=June 25, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> On the same day, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that Comcast was considering pulling some content from Hulu to boost their Peacock streaming service.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flint |first=Joe |date=November 22, 2021 |title=Comcast Weighs Pulling Some Content From Hulu in Effort to Boost Peacock |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/comcast-weighs-pulling-some-content-from-hulu-in-effort-to-boost-peacock-11637614368 |url-status=live |access-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210074400/https://www.wsj.com/articles/comcast-weighs-pulling-some-content-from-hulu-in-effort-to-boost-peacock-11637614368 |archive-date=February 10, 2022}}</ref> On March 4, 2022, it was reported that NBCUniversal will pull content from Hulu and move them to Peacock, beginning in September.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=March 4, 2022 |title=NBCUniversal Cuts Programming Flow To Hulu, Re-Routing 'Saturday Night Live' And Other Shows To Peacock |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/hulu-nbcuniversal-programming-peacock-snl-1234971236/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305002651/https://deadline.com/2022/03/hulu-nbcuniversal-programming-peacock-snl-1234971236/ |archive-date=March 5, 2022 |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In January 2022, Joe Earley became president of Hulu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Disney Reorgs Streaming Business, Names Joe Earley President of Hulu |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-streaming-joe-earley-hulu-1235157532/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429041535/https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-streaming-joe-earley-hulu-1235157532/ |archive-date=April 29, 2022 |access-date=June 25, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

In September 2022, Chapek indicated that Disney is considering merging Hulu into Disney+ because the model had been successful outside the United States without any content friction.<ref name="ConsideringMergeBloomberg">{{Cite web |last=Buckley |first=Thomas |date=September 14, 2022 |title=Disney CEO Chapek Considering Merging Company's Hulu and Disney+ Services |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-14/disney-is-considering-merging-its-hulu-and-disney-services |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925160744/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-14/disney-is-considering-merging-its-hulu-and-disney-services |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |access-date=September 16, 2022 |website=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> To accelerate the plan, he said that Disney would love to buy out Comcast's 33.3% stake in Hulu earlier than their previously agreed 2024 timeline. However, Comcast had not offered reasonable terms for an early buyout<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=J. Clara |date=September 13, 2022 |title=Bob Chapek Says Comcast Would Need to Offer "Reasonable Terms" for Disney to Buy Hulu Stake Earlier |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/bob-chapek-hulu-disney-1235220848/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915201238/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/bob-chapek-hulu-disney-1235220848/ |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |access-date=September 16, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> and had instead expressed interest in buying Hulu themselves if it were for sale.<ref name="ConsideringMergeBloomberg" />

On May 18, it was announced that Disney+ and Hulu will remove nearly 60 original films and series on May 26 in order to "cut costs." The news sparked some backlash, mostly towards the initial decision to remove ''[[Howard (film)|Howard]]'', the documentary on the life of lyricist [[Howard Ashman]], on the eve of [[Pride Month]] and the release of the [[The Little Mermaid (2023 film)|live-action adaptation]] of ''The Little Mermaid''. However, it was confirmed the next day that film will remain available on the service.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2023 |title='Howard' Documentary Will Remain On Disney+; List Of Disney Streaming Removals Still Being Finalized – Update |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/disney-backlash-removal-howard-documentary-little-mermaid-lgbtq-1235373329/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519173042/https://deadline.com/2023/05/disney-backlash-removal-howard-documentary-little-mermaid-lgbtq-1235373329/ |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |access-date=May 20, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Disney Removes Dozens Of Series From Disney+ & Hulu, Including 'Big Shot', 'Willow', 'Y' & 'Dollface' |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/disney-remove-series-streaming-disney-plus-hulu-big-shot-willow-y-dollface-turner-hooch-pistol-1235372512/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521163859/https://deadline.com/2023/05/disney-remove-series-streaming-disney-plus-hulu-big-shot-willow-y-dollface-turner-hooch-pistol-1235372512/ |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |access-date=May 20, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

On July 10, 2023, Hulu launched an adult animation and anime hub known as ''Animayhem'', featuring several different [[20th Television Animation]] programs, including ''[[American Dad]]'', ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', and ''[[King of the Hill]]'', among various others. Additionally, new seasons of ''[[Futurama]]'' and ''King of the Hill'' were commissioned for the service, while the company also showcased an "immersive" experience at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] to promote the occasion, titled ''Hulu Animayhem: Into the Second Dimension''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=July 10, 2023 |title=Hulu Launches Adult Animation, Anime Hub Animayhem (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/hulu-animayhem-adult-animation-anime-1235664184/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711000507/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/hulu-animayhem-adult-animation-anime-1235664184/ |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |access-date=July 11, 2023 |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> The hub is also launched on [[Disney+]] in International in the follow year.

=== Full Disney ownership (2023–present) ===
On September 6, 2023, Comcast CEO [[Brian L. Roberts]] announced that Hulu's equity fair value will be assessed as of September 30.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizzo |first=Lillian |date=September 6, 2023 |title=Comcast, Disney move up deadline to decide Hulu future ownership |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/comcast-disney-move-up-deadline-to-decide-hulu-future-ownership.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906223343/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/comcast-disney-move-up-deadline-to-decide-hulu-future-ownership.html |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |access-date=September 7, 2023 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>

On November 1, 2023, Disney announced its intent to acquire Comcast's stake in Hulu. The two companies previously agreed to a minimum floor price of $8.6 billion, which was paid for on December 1.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Disney's spending $8.6 billion to finally buy all of Hulu |url=https://www.avclub.com/disneys-spending-8-6-billion-to-finally-buy-all-of-hul-1850983099 |access-date=November 1, 2023 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Goldsmith | first=Jill|date=December 4, 2023 |title=Comcast Has Collected Big Disney Check For Hulu Stake And Expects, Hopes For More; Peacock At 30 Million Subscribers|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/comcast-disney-hulu-mike-cavanagh-1235650499/amp/ |access-date=December 4, 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en}}</ref> On December 6, 2023, Disney launched a content hub for Disney+, which contains Hulu content for Disney Bundle subscribers in the United States in beta.<ref name="Weprin"/>

== Content ==
=== Original content ===
{{Further|List of Hulu original programming|List of ended Hulu original programming|List of Hulu exclusive international distribution programming|List of Hulu original films}}
From January 17, 2011 to April 24, 2014, Hulu streamed its own in-house web series ''[[The Morning After (web series)|The Morning After]]'', a light-hearted pop-culture news show. It was produced by Hulu in conjunction with [[Jace Hall]]'s HDFilms and stars Brian Kimmet and [[Ginger Gonzaga]]. Producing the show was a first for the company, which in the past has been primarily a content distributor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liz Shannon Miller |date=January 18, 2011 |title=New Series The Morning After Nudges Hulu Into Production |url=http://gigaom.com/video/new-series-the-morning-after-nudges-hulu-into-production/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718145157/http://gigaom.com/video/new-series-the-morning-after-nudges-hulu-into-production/ |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |access-date=May 2, 2011 |publisher=GigaOM}}</ref>

On January 16, 2012, Hulu announced that it would be airing its first original script based program, titled ''[[Battleground (American TV series)|Battleground]]'', which premiered in February 2012. The program aired on Hulu's free web service rather than on the subscription-based [[Hulu Plus]]. ''Battleground'' is described as a documentary-style political drama.<ref>Rother, Larry, January 16, 2012, [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/hulu-announces-first-original-script-based-program/ "Hulu Announces First Original-Script-Based Program".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065859/https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/hulu-announces-first-original-script-based-program/ |date=October 29, 2017 }}</ref>

Later that same month, Hulu announced it would air ''The Fashion Fund'', a six-part reality series, and the winner of the show would receive $300,000 to start their career.<ref>Poggi Jeanine January 27, 2012. [http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/hulu-introduces-fashion-fund-original-reality-series/232384/ Hulu Adds Unscripted Series 'The Fashion Fund,' Accelerating Original Content Effort."] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120710210257/http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/hulu-introduces-fashion-fund-original-reality-series/232384/ |date=July 10, 2012 }}</ref>

To continue with its original programming movement, Hulu announced that there would be a total of seven original programs that were planned to air on its service: ''Battleground'', ''Day in the Life'', and ''Up to Speed'' were previously mentioned; and on April 19, Hulu added four more shows to its list: ''Don't Quit Your Daydream'', ''Flow'', ''The Awesomes'', and ''We Got Next''. Some of these programs began airing in 2012, while others premiered over the next few years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perez, Sarah |date=April 19, 2012 |title=Hulu Announces Four More Original Series |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/hulu-announces-four-more-original-series-will-feature-snl-vets-adrian-grenier-of-hbos-entourage-others/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029174512/https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/hulu-announces-four-more-original-series-will-feature-snl-vets-adrian-grenier-of-hbos-entourage-others/ |archive-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref>

On May 21, 2012, Hulu announced it would be bringing [[Kevin Smith]] to its lineup of original programming. Smith hosts a movie discussion show titled ''[[Spoilers (TV series)|Spoilers]]'', which began airing in mid-2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wasserman, Todd |date=May 21, 2012 |title=Hulu to Launch New Show With Kevin Smith Plus 9 Other Titles |work=Mashable |url=http://mashable.com/2012/05/21/hulu-new-shows-kevin-smith/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029174001/http://mashable.com/2012/05/21/hulu-new-shows-kevin-smith/ |archive-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref>

In March 2016, [[Lionsgate Premiere]] and Hulu jointly acquired distribution rights to the film ''[[Joshy]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Busch |first=Anita |date=March 1, 2016 |title=Lionsgate, Hulu Acquire Comedy 'Joshy' |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/lionsgate-hulu-joshy-1201712664/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302195219/http://deadline.com/2016/03/lionsgate-hulu-joshy-1201712664/ |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |access-date=March 2, 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> which was later released on August 12, 2016.<ref name="RELEASE">{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2016 |title=Joshy Sundance 2016 Film Review |url=https://thefilmstage.com/reviews/sundance-review-joshy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616225857/https://thefilmstage.com/reviews/sundance-review-joshy/ |archive-date=June 16, 2016 |access-date=May 16, 2016 |website=The Film Stage}}</ref>

On May 4, 2016, Hulu acquired ''[[The Beatles: Eight Days a Week]]'', as its first documentary acquisition, as part of a planned Hulu Documentary Films collection.<ref name="Kastrenakes">{{Cite news |last=Kastrenakes |first=Jacob |date=May 4, 2016 |title=Hulu is getting into documentaries, starting with Ron Howard's Beatles film |work=[[The Verge]] |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/4/11589950/hulu-documentaries-ron-howard-the-beatles-eight-days-a-week |url-status=live |access-date=May 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507104718/http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/4/11589950/hulu-documentaries-ron-howard-the-beatles-eight-days-a-week |archive-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref> The film premiered theatrically on September 15, before debuting on the streaming service on September 17.<ref name="Beatles Official">{{Cite web |title=Watch the Trailer for ''The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years'' |url=http://www.thebeatles.com/news/watch-trailer-beatles-eight-days-week-touring-years |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624042652/http://www.thebeatles.com/news/watch-trailer-beatles-eight-days-week-touring-years |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |access-date=June 20, 2016 |publisher=[[The Beatles]]}}</ref>

Since September 2022, selected International programs that released on [[Disney+]]'s [[Star (Disney+)|Star Hub]] and [[Disney+]] original International content that is over the rating limit (maximum TV-14 and PG-13) in United States market begins to release on Hulu.

=== Content partners ===
Following the start of its service, Hulu signed deals with several new content providers making additional material available to consumers. On April 30, 2009, [[The Walt Disney Company]] announced that it would join the venture, purchasing a 27 percent stake in Hulu.<ref name="abchulu">{{Cite news |last=Kramer, Staci D. |date=April 30, 2006 |title=It's Official: Disney Joins News Corp., NBCU In Hulu; Deal Includes Some Cable Nets |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043001853.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504054305/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043001853.html |archive-date=May 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Disney Brands">{{Cite web |last=Lakritz |first=Talia |date=January 28, 2020 |title=14 companies you didn't realize Disney owns |url=https://www.insider.com/companies-disney-owns |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311010738/https://www.insider.com/companies-disney-owns |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |access-date=September 22, 2021 |website=Insider}}</ref>

Starting August 15, 2011, viewers of content from Fox and related networks are required to authenticate paid cable or satellite service wherever Fox streams episodes, including on Hulu, to be able to watch them the morning after the first airing. Non-subscribers will see those episodes delayed a week before they are viewable.<ref>[[Brian Stelter]], ''[[The New York Times]]''. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/business/media/fox-to-limit-next-day-streaming-on-hulu.html Fox to Limit Next-Day Streaming on Hulu to Paying Cable Customers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531154143/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/business/media/fox-to-limit-next-day-streaming-on-hulu.html |date=2013-05-31 }}". July 26, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2011.</ref>

On October 28, 2011, Hulu announced that they had inked a five-year deal with [[The CW]], giving the streaming site access to next-day content from five of the six major networks.<ref>Wasserman, Todd, [[Mashable]] [http://mashable.com/2011/10/28/hulu-gossip-girl-cw/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030165419/http://mashable.com/2011/10/28/hulu-gossip-girl-cw/|date=October 30, 2011}}</ref> On September 18, 2013, Hulu announced a multi-year deal with the [[BBC]] that would deliver 2,000 episodes from 144 different titles in the first 12 months.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 18, 2013 |title=Hulu BBC Deal, A Positive Step After Some Cloudy Times |url=http://ceoworld.biz/2013/09/18/hulu-bbc-deal-a-positive-step-after-some-cloudy-times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928075905/http://ceoworld.biz/2013/09/18/hulu-bbc-deal-a-positive-step-after-some-cloudy-times |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |access-date=August 20, 2013 |website=CEOWORLD Magazine}}</ref>

In 2015, Hulu began offering content from [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] for an additional $8.99/month, which is cheaper than Showtime's own streaming service. On June 16, 2016, Hulu announced a deal with the Disney-ABC Television Group for the exclusive SVOD rights to past seasons of seven Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD series, and more than 20 Disney Channel original movies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 16, 2016 |title=Hulu Makes Big Kids Programming Push With New Disney Channel Deal |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/television/hulu-makes-big-kids-programming-push-new-disney-channel-deal-172048 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617144309/http://www.adweek.com/news/television/hulu-makes-big-kids-programming-push-new-disney-channel-deal-172048 |archive-date=June 17, 2016 |access-date=June 17, 2016 |website=[[Ad Week]]}}</ref>

The CW's agreement with Hulu ended September 18, 2016; in-season streaming of current CW programs moved to the network's own digital platforms, and Netflix began to carry past seasons of The CW's programs through 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2016 |title=It's Official: Netflix, The CW Reach New Streaming Pact |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/official-netflix-cw-reach-new-908442 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105203047/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/official-netflix-cw-reach-new-908442 |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=March 8, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> {{As of|2017|January}}, a limited amount of content from [[CBS]]'s library is available on-demand, mostly limited to shows that are no longer producing new episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS shows on Hulu |url=https://help.hulu.com/articles/22330147 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105084731/https://help.hulu.com/articles/22330147 |archive-date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=January 4, 2017 |website=help.hulu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS |url=http://www.hulu.com/companies/cbs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105080054/http://www.hulu.com/companies/cbs |archive-date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=January 4, 2017 |website=Hulu}}</ref> On January 4, 2017, it was reported that a deal was reached to bring live broadcasts of CBS and several affiliated channels to Hulu's upcoming live streaming service<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 4, 2017 |title=CBS signs deal to be on Hulu's live-streaming platform |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cbs-corp-hulu-deal-idUSKBN14O1Y1 |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104233511/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cbs-corp-hulu-deal-idUSKBN14O1Y1 |archive-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref> as well as to make more shows available on-demand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hulu adds CBS to its upcoming live TV service |date=January 4, 2017 |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/04/hulu-adds-cbs-to-its-upcoming-live-tv-service/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105061502/https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/04/hulu-adds-cbs-to-its-upcoming-live-tv-service/ |archive-date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=January 4, 2017 |publisher=[[Engadget]]}}</ref>

In April 2018, Hulu announced a partnership with [[Spotify]] that allows users to purchase both streaming services for a discounted price per month. This discount also includes an even larger discounted rate for university students.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Now you can get Spotify and Hulu together for just $12.99 each month |work=The Verge |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17222646/spotify-hulu-bundle-deal-now-available-pricing |url-status=live |access-date=April 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001334/https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17222646/spotify-hulu-bundle-deal-now-available-pricing |archive-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref>

Hulu distributes video on its own website and syndicates its hosting to other sites,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rebecca Dana and Emily Steel |date=March 11, 2008 |title=Can Hulu Find Its Mojo With Viewers? |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120519822483125987 |url-status=live |access-date=March 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109235949/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120519822483125987 |archive-date=January 9, 2016}}</ref> and allows users to embed Hulu clips on their websites.<ref name="pr_launch" /> In addition to NBC, ABC and Fox programs and movies, Hulu carries shows from networks: [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]], [[Big Ten Network]], [[Bravo (American TV channel)|Bravo]], [[E!]], [[Fox Sports 2]], [[FX (TV channel)|FX]], [[PBS]], [[NFL Network]], [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]], [[RT America]], [[Fox Sports 1]], [[SundanceTV]], [[Syfy]], [[USA Network]], [[NBCSN]], and online comedy sources such as [[Onion News Network]].<ref name="The Live Feed">{{Cite web |date=April 30, 2009 |title=ABC to offer shows on Hulu |url=http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/04/abc-to-offer-shows-on-hulu.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504084734/http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/04/abc-to-offer-shows-on-hulu.html |archive-date=May 4, 2009 |access-date=December 11, 2017 |publisher=The Live Feed}}</ref> Hulu retains between thirty and fifty percent of advertising revenue generated by the shows it distributes.<ref name="Stelter" />

In November 2009, Hulu also began to establish partnerships with record labels to host music videos and concert performances on the site, including [[EMI]] in November 2009,<ref name="emi-hulu">{{Cite news |last=Albanesius |first=Chloe |date=November 18, 2009 |title=Hulu, EMI Strike Deal for Music Videos, Concerts |publisher=PC Magazine |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2356071,00.asp |url-status=live |access-date=December 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121155534/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2356071,00.asp |archive-date=November 21, 2009}}</ref> and [[Warner Music Group]] in December 2009.<ref name="hulu-wmg">{{Cite news |last=Albanesius |first=Chloe |date=December 23, 2009 |title=Hulu, Warner Music Sign Deal for Music Content |publisher=PC Magazine |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357529,00.asp |url-status=live |access-date=December 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227044623/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357529,00.asp |archive-date=December 27, 2009}}</ref>

In early March 2010, [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]] announced that it was pulling two of the website's most popular shows, ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' and ''[[The Daily Show]]'', off Hulu.<ref name="nydn">''[[New York Daily News]]'' article: "[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2010/03/03/2010-03-03_comedy_central_pulls_daily_show_and_colbert_off_hulu.html Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report' off Hulu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306151209/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2010/03/03/2010-03-03_comedy_central_pulls_daily_show_and_colbert_off_hulu.html |date=2010-03-06 }}."</ref> The programs had been airing on Hulu since late 2008.<ref name="mcn" /> A spokesman for [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] noted that "in the current economic model, there is not that much in it for us to continue at this time. If they can get to the point where the monetization model is better, then we may go back."<ref name="mcn">Multichannel News article: "[http://www.multichannel.com/article/449861-Dauman_Vivendi_Could_Return_To_Hulu.php Dauman: Vivendi Could Return To Hulu]."</ref> In February 2011, both shows were made available for streaming on Hulu again. ''The Daily Show'' was again removed from Hulu in March 2017 in order to push viewers to watch the program on Viacom and Comedy Central's apps.

In 2012, [[Viz Media]], [[Aniplex of America]], and other distributors teamed up to create [[Neon Alley]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2012 |title=Viz Debuts Neon Alley |url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-10-02/viz-debuts-neon-alley |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308113408/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-10-02/viz-debuts-neon-alley |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> It had launched on October 2, 2012, as a 24/7 web channel, but in 2014 it had switched to Hulu-only. The site contained exclusive dub premieres with anime such as ''[[Accel World]]'', ''[[Blue Exorcist]]'', ''[[Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic]]'', ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' and the uncut version of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. It also had shows such as ''[[Naruto]]'' and ''[[Naruto: Shippuden]]'', ''[[Death Note]]'', ''[[Inuyasha]]'', ''[[Bakuman]]'', ''[[Ranma ½]]'', ''[[One Piece]]'', ''[[One Punch Man]]'', and ''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]''. It went defunct on May 4, 2016. However, Hulu still hosts over 300 anime from [[Funimation]], [[Aniplex of America]], [[Viz Media]], and [[Sentai Filmworks]], and selected anime began resume to release on Hulu following the deal between Disney and Sony Pictures since 2021.

In April 2017, Hulu signed a first-run license deal with [[Annapurna Pictures]]. Hulu also has output deals with [[IFC Films]] and [[Magnolia Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 6, 2017 |title=Hulu Inks Annapurna Pictures Pay-One TV Window Movie Output Deal |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/hulu-annapurna-pictures-movie-output-deal-1202024899 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401163733/https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/hulu-annapurna-pictures-movie-output-deal-1202024899/ |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>

New releases from 20th Century Studios will not immediately be available on either Disney+ or Hulu, as it has an existing output deal with [[HBO]] until 2022.<ref name="HBO Fox">{{Cite news |last=Joe Flint |date=August 15, 2012 |title=HBO and 20th Century Fox renew output deal |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-hbo20th-20120815,0,5442974.story |url-status=live |access-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818102433/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-hbo20th-20120815,0,5442974.story |archive-date=August 18, 2012}}</ref>

Hulu in May 2018 announced its first-ever license deal with [[DreamWorks Animation]], becoming the exclusive streaming home for future DWA movies feature films, as well as library films. DWA had streamed exclusively through Netflix since 2013.<ref name="Media Play News" /> Films will be available on the service in 2019, while original series will be available later in 2020.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

In October 2018, [[PocketWatch (company)|PocketWatch]] launched 90 22-minute episodes of repackaged content from their YouTube creator partners on Hulu and [[Amazon Prime Video]] and partnered with [[Paramount Pictures]] to license them to international distributors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=October 11, 2018 |title=Hulu, Amazon Stream Pocket.watch Kids Shows Featuring YouTube Stars (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/pocketwatch-hulu-amazon-youtube-kids-shows-1202976653/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927080257/https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/pocketwatch-hulu-amazon-youtube-kids-shows-1202976653/ |archive-date=September 27, 2019 |access-date=July 17, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

On December 4, 2018, Hulu confirmed an exclusive multi-year first-look SVOD deal with [[Funimation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2018 |title=Hulu Lands Funimation First-Look Deal for Japanese Anime Series (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/hulu-funimation-anime-japanese-series-1203079274/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307173836/https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/hulu-funimation-anime-japanese-series-1203079274/ |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>

In June 2019, Hulu and [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] signed an output deal with [[Lionsgate]], where Hulu and FX would respectably gain the streaming and TV rights to films released under the Lionsgate label in 2020 and 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=June 11, 2019 |title=Lionsgate Pacts With Hulu, FX for Two-Year Output Deal |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/lionsgate-hulu-fx-distribution-deal-1203240225/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901235955/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/lionsgate-hulu-fx-distribution-deal-1203240225/ |archive-date=September 1, 2019}}</ref>

In August 2019, Hulu agreed to control the streaming rights to upcoming films released by [[Bleecker Street (company)|Bleecker Street]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=August 5, 2019 |title=Hulu & Bleecker Street Partner On Exclusive SVOD Deal |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/hulu-bleecker-street-partner-on-exclusive-svod-deal-1202661486/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808133859/https://deadline.com/2019/08/hulu-bleecker-street-partner-on-exclusive-svod-deal-1202661486/ |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref>

On March 2, 2020, Hulu launched a dedicated "hub" for content from FX branded as "[[FX on Hulu]]", with the service becoming the exclusive streaming outlet for current and past series from the network. Beginning with ''[[Breeders (TV series)|Breeders]]'', new episodes of FX original series also become available on Hulu immediately after their television airing, and selected series will also premiere exclusively on the service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FX On Hulu: Check Out The Release Schedule For All Your Favorite New Shows |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fx-on-hulu-check-out-the-release-schedule-for-all-/1100-6472637/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222191901/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fx-on-hulu-check-out-the-release-schedule-for-all-/1100-6472637/ |archive-date=February 22, 2020 |access-date=February 22, 2020 |website=GameSpot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=November 7, 2019 |title=Hulu To Be Official FX Streaming Home Next Year, Bob Iger Says; Cate Blanchett's 'Mrs. America' & 3 Other Series Move Online |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/disney-fx-hulu-streaming-cate-blanchett-disney-earnings-1202780657/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408124705/https://deadline.com/2019/11/disney-fx-hulu-streaming-cate-blanchett-disney-earnings-1202780657/ |archive-date=April 8, 2020 |access-date=February 22, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=January 9, 2020 |title=John Landgraf Calls FX On Hulu "Transformative Opportunity" For Cabler As Digital Hub Sets March Launch Plans – TCA |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/john-landgraf-calls-fx-on-hulu-transformative-opportunity-for-cabler-tca-1202825633/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222191902/https://deadline.com/2020/01/john-landgraf-calls-fx-on-hulu-transformative-opportunity-for-cabler-tca-1202825633/ |archive-date=February 22, 2020 |access-date=February 22, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

On January 14, 2021, it was announced that following an exclusive 3-week [[IMAX]] engagement, [[Searchlight Pictures|Searchlight]]'s ''[[Nomadland]]'' would be released on Hulu alongside a regular limited theatrical and drive-in run in the United States on February 19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=January 14, 2021 |title='Nomadland' to Be Released on Hulu and in Theaters February 19 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/nomadland-theaters-hulu-february-19-1234609448/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115001313/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/nomadland-theaters-hulu-february-19-1234609448/ |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=January 16, 2021 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref>

On April 21, 2021, Disney reached a deal for television and streaming rights to [[Sony Pictures]] films from 2022 through 2026, which includes library rights for some of its franchises like ''[[Spider-Man in film|Spider-Man]]'', ''[[Jumanji (franchise)|Jumanji]]'' and ''[[Hotel Transylvania]]'' franchises, etc., and licensing anime under [[Funimation]] and [[Crunchyroll]] brands and anime released by [[Aniplex of America]], and post-pay-one window rights to new releases (after their exclusivity period with [[Netflix]] expires). This deal covers Disney+, Hulu, and Disney's television channels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Disney & Sony Reach Windows Deal That Can Sling 'Spider-Man' And Other Franchises To Disney+ For First Time |url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/disney-sony-streaming-spider-man-disney-plus-1234741215/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421230620/https://deadline.com/2021/04/disney-sony-streaming-spider-man-disney-plus-1234741215/ |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |access-date=April 21, 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> On May 17, 2021, it started [[Onyx Collective]] which is a content brand for creators.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=May 17, 2021 |title=Disney Sets Onyx Collective, Content Brand For Creators Of Color On Hulu, Led By Freeform Boss Tara Duncan |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/disney-onyx-collective-content-brand-for-creators-of-color-underrepresented-voices-hulu-tara-duncan-1234758071/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207002322/https://deadline.com/2021/05/disney-onyx-collective-content-brand-for-creators-of-color-underrepresented-voices-hulu-tara-duncan-1234758071/ |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

On August 31, 2021, Disney announced that it would fold the U.S. version of [[Hotstar]]—a niche streaming service targeting [[Indian Americans]]—in late-2022, with its [[List of Hotstar original programming|original entertainment content]] migrating to Hulu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=August 31, 2021 |title=Disney to Phase Out Hotstar U.S. Streaming Service, Fold Programming Into Hulu and ESPN Plus |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/disney-phase-out-hotstar-us-espn-hulu-bundle-1235050111/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903044017/https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/disney-phase-out-hotstar-us-espn-hulu-bundle-1235050111/ |archive-date=September 3, 2021 |access-date=September 3, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Since August 2021, [[Star India|Star India Networks]] programming has been available to Hulu subscribers.

=== Content providers ===
First and third-party content providers for Hulu. Asterisk (*) denotes third parties while cross (†) denotes former providers.

{{Div col|colwidth=21em}}
* [[1091 Pictures]]*
* [[20th Century Studios]]
* [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
** [[ABC News]]
* [[Disney+]] [[Star (Disney+)|Star Hub]]
* [[Disney Television Studios]]
** [[ABC Signature]]
** [[20th Television]]
** [[20th Television Animation]]
* [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]]
* [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]*
* [[FX Networks]]
** [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]
** [[FXX]]
* [[Hollywood Pictures]]
* [[Hotstar]]
* [[Lucasfilm]]
* [[Marvel Studios]]
* [[MarVista Entertainment]]*
* [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]*
* [[National Geographic (American TV channel)|National Geographic]]
* [[NBCUniversal]]*
** [[E!]]
** [[NBC]]
** [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]]
** [[Syfy]]
** [[Telemundo]]
** [[Universal Kids]]
** [[Universal Pictures]]
* [[Paramount Global]]*
** [[BET]]
** [[CBS]]
** [[Comedy Central]]
** [[MTV]]
** [[Paramount Network]]
** [[Paramount Pictures]]
** [[Nickelodeon]]
** [[Nicktoons (American TV channel)|Nicktoons]]
** [[Nick Jr. Channel]]
** [[TeenNick]]
** [[VH1]]
* [[PBS]]*
** [[PBS Kids]]
* [[Screen Media]]*
* [[Searchlight Pictures]]
* [[Star+]]
* [[Sony Pictures]]*
** [[Aniplex of America]]
** [[Columbia Pictures]]
** [[Crunchyroll, LLC]]
** [[TriStar Pictures]]
* [[Touchstone Pictures]]
* [[Walt Disney Pictures]]
* [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]*
** [[Adult Swim]]
** [[All3Media]]
** [[American Heroes Channel]]
** [[Animal Planet]]
** [[Asian Food Network]]
** [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]]
** [[Cartoon Network]]
** [[Cartoonito (American programming block)|Cartoonito]]
** [[Cinemax]]
** [[CNN]]
** [[Cooking Channel]]
** [[Destination America]]
** [[Discovery Channel]]
** [[Discovery Life]]
** [[Eurosport]]
** [[Food Network]]
** [[HBO]]
** [[HGTV]]
** [[HLN (TV network)|HLN]]
** [[Investigation Discovery]]
** [[Magnolia Network]]
** [[Oprah Winfrey Network]]
** [[Science Channel]]
** [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]]
** [[Travel Channel]]
{{Div col end}}

== Services ==
=== {{Anchor|Hulu Plus}} Hulu on demand service ===
Hulu's subscription service was launched in a [[software release life cycle]] on June 29, 2010,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=June 29, 2010 |title=Hulu Unveils Subscription Service For $9.99 a Month |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/hulu-unveils-subscription-service-for-9-99-a-month/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112160157/http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/hulu-unveils-subscription-service-for-9-99-a-month/ |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=November 12, 2014 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and officially launched on November 17, 2010, under the branding '''Hulu Plus'''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=November 27, 2010 |title=Hulu Drops Prices to Compete With Netflix |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/hulu-drops-prices-to-compete-with-netflix/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112161947/http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/hulu-drops-prices-to-compete-with-netflix/ |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=November 12, 2014 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The service remained advertising-supported, but it offers an expanded content library including full seasons, day-after access to current season content and more episodes of shows available. Hulu also launched Hulu Plus apps on other types of devices, including mobile, [[digital media player]]s, and [[video game console]]s. By the end of 2011, Hulu Plus had around 1.5 million subscribers.<ref>Nakashima, Ryan January 13, 2012. [http://www.newsday.com/business/hulu-plus-ends-year-with-1-5-million-subscribers-1.3448597 "Hulu Plus ends year with 1.5 million subscribers"].</ref>

On April 29, 2015, it was announced that the "Hulu Plus" branding would be discontinued, and that the service would be henceforth marketed as simply "Hulu" to place it in-line with its subscription-only competitors. By then, the service had grown to 9 million subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=June 16, 2015 |title=Hulu Makes Name Change Official, Ditches the Plus |url=https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/hulu-makes-name-change-official-ditches-the-plus-1201520583/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120073949/https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/hulu-makes-name-change-official-ditches-the-plus-1201520583/ |archive-date=November 20, 2019 |access-date=May 23, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Peterson, Tim |date=April 29, 2015 |title=Hulu Will Drop Hulu Plus Brand, Picks up 'Seinfeld' |work=Advertising Age |url=http://adage.com/article/media/hulu-drop-hulu-brand-picks-seinfeld/298305/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906123704/http://adage.com/article/media/hulu-drop-hulu-brand-picks-seinfeld/298305/ |archive-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>

The ''Wall Street Journal'' reported in July 2015 that Hulu was exploring an advertising-free subscription option for around $12 to $14 a month.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shields |first=Mark |date=July 16, 2015 |title=Hulu Explores Adding Ad-Free Option to Its Service |url=https://www.wsj.com/article_email/hulu-explores-adding-ad-free-option-to-its-service-1437103682-lMyQjAxMTI1MzE1NzIxMDc2Wj |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109235948/http://www.wsj.com/article_email/hulu-explores-adding-ad-free-option-to-its-service-1437103682-lMyQjAxMTI1MzE1NzIxMDc2Wj |archive-date=January 9, 2016 |access-date=March 7, 2017 |publisher=Wall Street Journal}}</ref> This was confirmed as going forward {{as of|2015|September|2|lc=y|df=US}}, with a "No Commercials" plan priced at $11.99, $4 more than the $7.99 monthly rate for a "Limited Commercials" subscription,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hulu – About |url=http://www.hulu.com/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406223353/http://www.hulu.com/about |archive-date=April 6, 2015 |access-date=April 8, 2015 |website=Hulu}}</ref> though a few highlighted network series (fewer than 10) would retain pre-roll and post-roll{{clarify|date=April 2020}} ad pods.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wallenstein |first=Andrew |date=September 2, 2015 |title=Hulu Adds (Mostly) Ad-Free Subscription Service |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/hulu-adds-mostly-ad-free-subscription-service-1201583375/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903042841/http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/hulu-adds-mostly-ad-free-subscription-service-1201583375/ |archive-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref> Starting in 2019, Hulu plans to begin displaying on-screen ads when the viewer pauses the show, although it is unclear whether this will apply to customers on the $11.99/month No Ads plan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ha |first=Anthony |date=January 31, 2019 |title=Hulu announces a new ad unit that appears when you pause |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/hulu-pause-ad/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509112251/https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/hulu-pause-ad/ |archive-date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=May 15, 2019 |website=[[TechCrunch]]}}</ref>

In May 2016, Hulu announced that it had reached 12 million subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=May 4, 2016 |title=Hulu closes in on 12 million subscribers; plans cable-like TV option |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/05/04/media/hulu-subscribers-cable-bundle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103234634/http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/04/media/hulu-subscribers-cable-bundle/ |archive-date=November 3, 2016 |access-date=November 1, 2016 |website=CNN Money}}</ref> In January 2018, Hulu announced that it had reached 17 million subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=January 9, 2018 |title=Hulu closes in on 12 million subscribers; plans cable-like TV option |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/9/16868864/hulu-17-million-subscribers-announced-2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207123153/https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/9/16868864/hulu-17-million-subscribers-announced-2018 |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |access-date=February 6, 2018 |website=theverge.com |publisher=Verge}}</ref>

On August 8, 2016, Hulu announced that it would discontinue its free video on-demand content, and syndicate it to [[Yahoo!]] on a new website known as [[Yahoo! Screen]]. This service featured recent episodes of ABC, Fox, and NBC series until its 2019 discontinuation. The Hulu website is now devoted exclusively to the subscription service.<ref name="wp-hulunofree">{{Cite news |last=Fung |first=Brian |title=This is the end of Hulu as we know it |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/08/08/hulu-is-getting-rid-of-what-made-it-famous/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809122415/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/08/08/hulu-is-getting-rid-of-what-made-it-famous/ |archive-date=August 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jarvey |first=Natalie |date=August 8, 2016 |title=Hulu to End Free TV Service |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hulu-end-free-tv-service-917917 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808222239/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hulu-end-free-tv-service-917917 |archive-date=August 8, 2016 |access-date=August 8, 2016 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brodkin |first=Jon |date=August 8, 2016 |title=Hulu will soon end its free streaming options |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/hulus-free-shows-move-to-yahoo-as-it-becomes-a-paid-only-service/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808160803/http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/hulus-free-shows-move-to-yahoo-as-it-becomes-a-paid-only-service/ |archive-date=August 8, 2016 |access-date=August 8, 2016 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref>

In May 2018, Hulu introduced [[5.1 surround sound]] on select devices for its original content.<ref>[https://help.hulu.com/en-us/sound-quality Audio quality on Hulu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125130949/https://help.hulu.com/en-us/sound-quality |date=January 25, 2019 }}. Hulu.</ref> In December 2016 Hulu began streaming content in [[4K resolution|4K]], also limited to its original content.<ref>[https://www.hulu.com/press/4k-ultra-hd-now-streaming-on-hulu/ 4K Ultra HD Now Streaming on Hulu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125073404/https://www.hulu.com/press/4k-ultra-hd-now-streaming-on-hulu/ |date=January 25, 2019 }}. Hulu Press Release. December 2, 2016.</ref> 4K video was quietly rolled back in 2018, and reintroduced in July 2019.<ref>[https://bgr.com/2019/07/12/hulu-4k-streaming-devices-original-shows/ Hulu finally brings back 4K streaming after killing it last year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712223035/https://bgr.com/2019/07/12/hulu-4k-streaming-devices-original-shows/ |date=July 12, 2019 }}. BGR. July 12, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.cordcutters.com/can-you-get-4k-hdr-video-hulu Can you get 4K HDR video on Hulu?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125020639/https://www.cordcutters.com/can-you-get-4k-hdr-video-hulu |date=January 25, 2019 }} Cord Cutters. October 4, 2018.</ref> Hulu added [[High-dynamic-range television|HDR]] for some of its original content in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gartenberg |first=Chaim |date=August 24, 2021 |title=Hulu is adding HDR for some of its original shows and movies |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/24/22639273/hulu-hdr-original-shows-movies-4k-picture-quality |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824172247/https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/24/22639273/hulu-hdr-original-shows-movies-4k-picture-quality |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref>

On January 23, 2019, Hulu announced a $2 price drop for the basic ad-supported plan to $5.99. The $5.99 monthly plan has previously been offered as a promotional offer since late 2017 where users that signed up (or reactivated accounts that had previously ended their service) during the offer period would keep the price for an entire year before paying the regular rate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Welch |first=Chris |date=January 23, 2019 |title=Hulu drops to just $5.99 per month after Netflix's price hikes |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/23/18193539/hulu-price-change-subscription-ads-live-tv-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123190645/https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/23/18193539/hulu-price-change-subscription-ads-live-tv-2019 |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |access-date=January 23, 2019 |website=The Verge}}</ref>

Since the launch of Disney+ in November 2019, the service has been available in the United States in a bundle with Hulu and ESPN+, priced at US$12.99 per-month for the ad-supported tier of Hulu, and US$18.99 for the ad-free tier of Hulu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Julia |date=August 6, 2019 |title=Disney announces $12.99 bundle for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20757626/disney-plus-espn-hulu-bundle-price-date-streaming-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806211748/https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20757626/disney-plus-espn-hulu-bundle-price-date-streaming-service |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=August 6, 2019 |website=The Verge}}</ref><ref>[https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/14/20964587/disney-plus-bundle-hulu-espn-ad-free-ads-how-to-get How to get the Disney+ bundle with ad-free Hulu and ESPN+] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627114952/https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/14/20964587/disney-plus-bundle-hulu-espn-ad-free-ads-how-to-get |date=June 27, 2020 }} – Barbara Krasnoff, The Verge, November 14, 2019</ref>

On September 7, 2021, Disney announced that Hulu would be getting a price increase on October 8, 2021. The ad-supported Hulu plan would increase from $5.99 to $6.99 a month, while the ad-free Hulu plan would increase from $11.99 to $12.99 a month. The Hulu live TV plan and the Disney bundle, which includes Disney+, Hulu with ads and ESPN+ for $13.99 a month, would not get a price increase at this time.<ref name="HuluPrice" />

=== Hulu + Live TV service ===
On May 4, 2016, Hulu announced that it planned to begin offering an [[Over-the-top media service|over-the-top]] "live programming from broadcast and cable brands" some time in 2017.<ref name="verge-hululivetv">{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2016 |title=Hulu confirms plan to stream live TV next year |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/4/11590306/hulu-confirms-live-tv-2017-plans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810115549/http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/4/11590306/hulu-confirms-live-tv-2017-plans |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=August 10, 2016 |website=The Verge |publisher=Vox Media}}</ref> On November 1, 2016, co-owners [[21st Century Fox]], including [[Fox Networks Group]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[Fox Sports]], [[Fox News Channel]], [[FX (TV channel)|FX Networks]], and [[National Geographic (American TV channel)|National Geographic]]) and [[The Walt Disney Company]], including [[Walt Disney Television|Disney–ABC Television Group]] and [[ESPN Inc.]] ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Disney Channel]], [[Disney Junior]], [[Disney XD]], [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]], [[ESPN]], [[ESPN2]], [[ESPNU]], [[SEC Network]], and [[ESPN3]]) agreed to supply their channels to the streaming service, joined by [[Warner Bros. Discovery]], including [[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]], [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]], [[Turner Classic Movies]], [[TruTV]], [[CNN]], [[HLN (TV network)|HLN]], [[CNN International]], [[Cartoon Network]], [[Adult Swim]], and [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]]) on August 3, 2016, which previously reached an agreement with Hulu.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lieberman |first=David |date=November 1, 2016 |title=Disney And Fox Agree To Provide Sports And Broadcast Channels To Hulu |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://deadline.com/2016/11/disney-fox-agree-provide-sports-other-channels-hulu-1201846186/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030818/http://deadline.com/2016/11/disney-fox-agree-provide-sports-other-channels-hulu-1201846186/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>

The service, originally marketed as "Hulu with Live TV," launched in [[Software testing]] on May 3, 2017, along with [[NBCUniversal]] ([[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]], [[Cozi TV]], [[NBC]], [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]], [[SYFY]], [[Universal Kids|Sprout]], and [[Telemundo]]), [[A+E Networks]] ([[A&E (TV network)|A&E]], [[History (American TV network)|History]], and [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]), [[CBS Corporation]] ([[CBS]], [[Pop (American TV channel)|Pop TV]], [[Smithsonian Channel]], and [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]), and [[Scripps Networks Interactive]] ([[Cooking Channel]], [[Food Network]], and [[HGTV]]). It was later renamed to "Hulu + Live TV." The service included live streams of more than 75 broadcast and cable-originated channels, including feeds of the five major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW – as well as cable channels owned by Hulu witch part of The Walt Disney Company, along with [[NFL Network]], [[Paramount Global]] with Showtime, A+E Networks, [[Comcast]]'s NBCUniversal, [[Fox Corporation]], [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] with [[HBO]], [[Cinemax]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=July 6, 2017 |title=Hulu Adds HBO In Time For 'Game Of Thrones' Season 7 Premiere |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/hulu-adds-hbo-game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-cinemax-streaming-1202124374/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801214241/https://deadline.com/2017/07/hulu-adds-hbo-game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-cinemax-streaming-1202124374/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> and Starz available as add-ons for an extra fee. Hulu representatives stated that it intends to negotiate carriage agreements with independently owned broadcasting groups to gain distribution rights to local stations from additional markets.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mike Snider |date=May 3, 2017 |title=You can now watch 50-plus channels of live TV on Hulu with $39.99 upgrade |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/05/03/net-video-streamer-hulu-gets-3999-live-tv-upgrade/101218510/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508210018/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/05/03/net-video-streamer-hulu-gets-3999-live-tv-upgrade/101218510/ |archive-date=May 8, 2017 |access-date=May 9, 2017 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jared Newman |date=May 3, 2017 |title=Hulu Live TV launches in beta: What you need to know |work=[[TechHive]] |url=http://www.techhive.com/article/3193912/streaming-services/hulu-live-tv-launches-in-beta-what-you-need-to-know.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509022030/http://www.techhive.com/article/3193912/streaming-services/hulu-live-tv-launches-in-beta-what-you-need-to-know.html |archive-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Todd Spangler">{{Cite web |last=Todd Spangler |date=May 3, 2017 |title=Hulu Live TV Service Launches With 50 Channels for $40 Monthly |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/hulu-live-tv-service-launch-channels-1202407778/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508083536/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/hulu-live-tv-service-launch-channels-1202407778/ |archive-date=May 8, 2017 |access-date=May 9, 2017 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

By May 2018, the service had reached 800,000 subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=May 30, 2018 |title=Hulu Pay-TV Bundle Hits 800K Subscribers |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/hulu-pay-tv-bundle-hits-800k-subscribers-1202400295/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801163846/https://deadline.com/2018/05/hulu-pay-tv-bundle-hits-800k-subscribers-1202400295/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=March 7, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

On November 29, 2018, Hulu + Live TV now adds Discovery Networks, prior to the merger with Warner Bros., now as Warner Bros. Discovery ([[Discovery Channel|Discovery]], [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]], [[Motor Trend (TV network)|MotorTrend]], [[Animal Planet]] and [[Investigation Discovery]]) for the prices on the bundles featuring the new channels will not change, Discovery will be joining Scripps Networks Interactive. While the $40 per month Hulu With Live TV core package will get the five aforementioned channels, more of Discovery brand channels will also be available through add-on packages. [[Destination America]], [[Discovery Family]], [[Science Channel]], [[Discovery Life]], and [[American Heroes Channel]] are in the Entertainment add-on for $7.99 per month. [[Discovery Channel]] and [[Discovery Familia]] have been added to the $4.99-per-month Spanish language package.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hulu Live TV adds a few channels from Discovery |url=https://www.engadget.com/2018-11-29-hulu-live-tv-discovery-channels.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228072249/https://www.engadget.com/2018-11-29-hulu-live-tv-discovery-channels.html |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |website=Engadget|date=November 30, 2018 }}</ref>

In the third quarter of 2019, Hulu overtook [[Sling TV]] as the top OTT pay television service in the United States, with 2.7 million subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=November 15, 2019 |title=Hulu Live TV Tops Sling TV as No. 1 Streaming Pay-TV Service, Analysts Estimate |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/hulu-live-tv-beats-sling-top-streaming-pay-tv-research-1203406138/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307122744/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/hulu-live-tv-beats-sling-top-streaming-pay-tv-research-1203406138/ |archive-date=March 7, 2020 |access-date=March 7, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

The service was initially priced at $39.99 per-month. In December 2019, the price had been increased to $54.99 per month (after having previously been raised to $44.99).<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 2019 |title=Hulu will raise price of live TV packages, but lower the cost of basic streaming |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-hulu-20190122-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220023503/https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-hulu-20190122-story.html |archive-date=December 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cosgrove |first=Elly |date=November 15, 2019 |title=Hulu is increasing the price of its Hulu + Live TV 22% starting Dec. 18 |work=[[CNBC]] |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/15/hulu-is-increasing-the-price-of-its-hulu-live-stream-starting-dec-18.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117050409/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/15/hulu-is-increasing-the-price-of-its-hulu-live-stream-starting-dec-18.html |archive-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref>

In November 2020, the rate for Hulu + Live TV increased to $64.99 per month. Along with the ad-free plan with Live TV included, which is now $70.99.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Hulu Hikes Prices of Live TV Packages by $10 per Month |url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/hulu-live-tv-price-increase-1234833102/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127212224/https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/hulu-live-tv-price-increase-1234833102/ |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |access-date=February 28, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

On January 19, 2021, [[Nexstar]]'s [[NewsNation]] launched on Hulu + Live TV.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=December 18, 2020 |title=Hulu And Top Station Group Nexstar Set Carriage Deal For ABC Affiliates, Cable Network WGN America |url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/hulu-nexstar-carriage-deal-abc-wgn-america-1234658914/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207135724/https://deadline.com/2020/12/hulu-nexstar-carriage-deal-abc-wgn-america-1234658914/ |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

On April 30, 2021, the service added nine ViacomCBS (now Paramount) networks ([[BET]], [[Comedy Central]], [[MTV]], [[Nickelodeon]], [[Paramount Network]], [[VH1]], [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]], [[Nick Jr. Channel]], and [[TV Land]]) to the base package, along with [[BET Her]], [[MTV2]], [[MTV Classic (American TV channel)|MTV Classic]], [[Nicktoons (American TV channel)|Nicktoons]] and [[TeenNick]] on the Entertainment add-on.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Tod |date=April 30, 2021 |title=Hulu Finally Adds ViacomCBS Networks to Live TV Service |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/hulu-viacomcbs-networks-live-tv-1234963887/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430153205/https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/hulu-viacomcbs-networks-live-tv-1234963887/ |archive-date=April 30, 2021 |access-date=April 30, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

On November 10, 2021, Disney stated that Hulu + Live TV had reached four million subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2021 |title=Hulu with Live TV Reaches 4M Subscribers in Q4 2021 |url=https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/hulu-with-live-tv-reaches-4m-subscribers-in-q4-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110220058/https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/hulu-with-live-tv-reaches-4m-subscribers-in-q4-2021/ |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=Cord Cutters News}}</ref>

On December 21, 2021, unlimited DVR, Disney+ and ESPN+ will be included with Hulu + Live TV moving forward, but the price of the service would be increased by $5.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Disney Adds Disney+ And ESPN+ To Hulu + Live TV, Raises Bundle's Monthly Price By $5 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/disney-hulu-live-tv-plus-espn-bundle-streaming-1234877153/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119223452/https://deadline.com/2021/11/disney-hulu-live-tv-plus-espn-bundle-streaming-1234877153/ |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |access-date=November 20, 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

On November 14, 2022, Hulu announced that it had added [[The Weather Channel]] and Comedy.TV on November 1 and [[Hallmark Channel]] and [[Hallmark Movies & Mysteries]] effective November 14. [[Hallmark Drama]] also became available in the Entertainment Add-On. Hulu also announced that on December 1, 2022, five Vevo music video channels would be launched, along with [[theGrio|theGrio Television Network]], JusticeCentral.TV, and The Weather Channel en Español.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 14, 2022 |title=Hulu Adds 14 New Channels To Live TV Line-up |url=https://press.hulu.com/news/2022/11/14/hulu-adds-14-new-channels-to-live-tv-line-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121130446/https://press.hulu.com/news/2022/11/14/hulu-adds-14-new-channels-to-live-tv-line-up/ |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=Hulu}}</ref>

== Viewership ==
Viewership numbers for the site are tracked by measurement firms such as [[Comscore]], [[Nielsen Media Research]], and [[Quantcast]]. In partnership with comScore, Hulu is the first digital company to receive multi-platform measurement at an individual level that includes co-viewing for living room devices.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The reliability of these metrics has been drawn into question, partly due to widely divergent estimates. For example, between May and June 2010, ComScore updated its scoring methodology and its estimates for Hulu. Hulus viewers would go from 43.5 million to 24 million in one month.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dawn C. Chmielewski |date=July 26, 2010 |title=Hulu's sharp decline in viewership underscores inconsistency in measuring size of online audience |newspaper=LA Times |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/26/business/la-fi-ct-hulu-20100721 |url-status=live |access-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311095132/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/26/business/la-fi-ct-hulu-20100721 |archive-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref> In a comScore digital trends report in 2010, comScore's Digital Year in Review report found that Hulu was watched twice as much as viewers who watched on the websites of the five major TV networks combined.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schonfeld |first=Erick |date=February 7, 2011 |title=ComScore: Hulu Is Watched Twice As Much As The 5 Major TV Networks Online Combined |publisher=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/07/comscore-hulu-tv-networks/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031532/https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/07/comscore-hulu-tv-networks/ |archive-date=December 12, 2017}}</ref>

Hulu in May 2018 announced it has surpassed 20 million subscribers in the United States.<ref name="Media Play News">{{Cite news |last=Gruenwedel |first=Erik |date=May 2, 2018 |title=Hulu Tops 20 Million Subs, Inks First Deal with DreamWorks Animation |work=Media Play News |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/hulu-tops-20-million-subs-inks-first-deal-with-dreamworks-animation/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503041617/https://www.mediaplaynews.com/hulu-tops-20-million-subs-inks-first-deal-with-dreamworks-animation/ |archive-date=May 3, 2018}}</ref> The tally, which puts the company about 36 million subscriptions behind Netflix, was disclosed at a media presentation at the newly named Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Hulu said it has grown total engagement by more than 60%, with 78% of viewing taking place in the living room on connected TVs.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

== Awards ==
Hulu original series [[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|''The Handmaid's Tale'']] won two awards at the [[33rd TCA Awards|33rd annual Television Critics Association Awards]] for [[TCA Award for Program of the Year|Program of the Year]] and [[TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama|Outstanding Achievement in Drama]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turchiano |first=Danielle |date=August 5, 2017 |title=TCA Award Winners: 'The Handmaid's Tale,' 'This Is Us,' 'Atlanta,' Carrie Coon Take Top Honors |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tca-awards-winners-carrie-coon-the-handmaids-tale-this-is-us-atlanta-1202516771/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004030647/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tca-awards-winners-carrie-coon-the-handmaids-tale-this-is-us-atlanta-1202516771/ |archive-date=October 4, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=August 5, 2017 |title='Handmaid's Tale' Wins Top Honor at 2017 TCA Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/handmaids-tale-wins-top-honor-at-2017-tca-awards-1027101/item/outstanding-achievement-drama-1027110 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911075757/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/handmaids-tale-wins-top-honor-at-2017-tca-awards-1027101/item/outstanding-achievement-drama-1027110 |archive-date=September 11, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> At the [[69th Primetime Emmy Awards|69th]] [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], Hulu earned a total of eight awards for the series and became the first streaming service to win [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=September 17, 2017 |title=Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale' Win Marks First Best Series Emmy For A Streaming Service |url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/the-handmaids-tale-wins-emmy-best-drama-series-hulu-streaming-service-1202171581/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002002658/http://deadline.com/2017/09/the-handmaids-tale-wins-emmy-best-drama-series-hulu-streaming-service-1202171581/ |archive-date=October 2, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=September 18, 2017 |title=And the top award goes to ... Hulu? |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/18/media/hulu-emmy-win/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005120828/http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/18/media/hulu-emmy-win/index.html |archive-date=October 5, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> ''The Handmaid's Tale'' also received Emmys for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing]], [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing]], [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)|Outstanding Cinematography]] and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)|Outstanding Production Design]]. [[Elisabeth Moss]] won the Emmy for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress]], and [[Ann Dowd]] the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chow |first=Andrew R. |date=September 17, 2017 |title=Emmys 2017 Winners List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/arts/television/emmy-winners-list.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106073636/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/arts/television/emmy-winners-list.html |archive-date=January 6, 2018 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 17, 2017 |title=The complete list of 2017 Emmy winners and nominees |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-emmys-nominees-winners-list-2017-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714020129/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-emmys-nominees-winners-list-2017-story.html |archive-date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> At the 75th Golden Globe Awards ''The Handmaid's Tale'' took home two awards, Best TV Drama and Best Actress in a Drama TV Series<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 2018 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2018/all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114092934/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2018/all |archive-date=January 14, 2018 |access-date=January 15, 2018 |website=www.goldenglobes.com}}</ref> (Elisabeth Moss).

At the [[22nd Critics' Choice Awards|2016 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards]], Hulu's first-released documentary, [[The Beatles: Eight Days a Week|''The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years'']] won the award for Best Music Documentary.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2017 |title=Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Featured on CBS Sunday Morning, Oct 29 |url=http://www.criticschoice.com/documentary-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008154909/http://www.criticschoice.com/documentary-awards/ |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Critics' Choice Movie Award|Critic's Choice]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2016 |title=Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: 'O.J.: Made In America' & '13th' Dominate |url=https://deadline.com/2016/11/critics-choice-documentary-awards-o-j-made-in-america-13th-1201848408/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106124126/http://deadline.com/2016/11/critics-choice-documentary-awards-o-j-made-in-america-13th-1201848408/ |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> The documentary also received [[Grammy Awards]] for [[Best Music Film]] at the [[2017 Grammy Awards]] and Best Documentary at the 16th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2017 |title=Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206205501/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html |archive-date=December 6, 2016 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 6, 2016 |title='The Beatles: Eight Days a Week' Producer Nigel Sinclair 'Honored' by Best Music Film Grammy Nomination |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/7603856/beatles-eight-days-a-week-producer-nigel-sinclair-grammys-2017-nomination |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104051948/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/7603856/beatles-eight-days-a-week-producer-nigel-sinclair-grammys-2017-nomination |archive-date=November 4, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> At the [[Creative Arts Emmy Awards]], the documentary earned two Emmys including [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)|Outstanding Sound Editing]] and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)|Outstanding Sound Mixing]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=September 17, 2017 |title=Hulu Carried to Emmys Glory by Eight Wins for 'Handmaid's Tale' |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/emmys-2017-hulu-handmaids-tale-1202557512/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003004312/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/emmys-2017-hulu-handmaids-tale-1202557512/ |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |date=September 9, 2017 |title=2017 Creative Arts Emmy winners include Carpool Karaoke, RuPaul's Drag Race, SNL |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/09/09/creative-arts-emmy-awards-2017-winners-list/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014151028/http://ew.com/tv/2017/09/09/creative-arts-emmy-awards-2017-winners-list/ |archive-date=October 14, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref>

At the [[68th Primetime Emmy Awards]], Hulu received its first Emmy Award nominations for its Original series, ''[[11.22.63]]'' and for [[Triumph the Insult Comic Dog|''Triumph's Election Special 2016'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=68th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-special-visual-effects-in-a-supporting-role |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001235315/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-special-visual-effects-in-a-supporting-role |archive-date=October 1, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Emmys]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Dave |date=July 14, 2016 |title=Complete list of 2016 Emmy nominations and winners |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-emmys-2016-nominees-winners-list-20160714-snap-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714190232/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-emmys-2016-nominees-winners-list-20160714-snap-story.html |archive-date=July 14, 2016 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In 2016, Hulu received its first [[Golden Globe Award]]s nomination for its original series [[Casual (TV series)|''Casual'']] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy|TV series, Comedy]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nededog |first=Jethro |date=December 10, 2015 |title=Hulu just got its first Golden Globes nomination and it's a huge blow to the major networks |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/golden-globes-hulus-first-nomination-for-casual-2015-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106064620/http://www.businessinsider.com/golden-globes-hulus-first-nomination-for-casual-2015-12 |archive-date=January 6, 2018 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Birnbaum |first=Debra |date=December 10, 2015 |title=Golden Globes: 'Casual' Comedy Series Nom Marks Hulu's Awards Arrival |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/golden-globes-hulu-casual-mike-hopkins-1201658366/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925205945/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/golden-globes-hulu-casual-mike-hopkins-1201658366/ |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

In 2020, Hulu original series ''[[The Bravest Knight]]'' won the [[GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids and Family Programming]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 5, 2020 |title=The Bravest Knight, Star Wars Doctor Aphra win 2020 GLAAD Media Awards |url=https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2020-glaad-media-award-winners/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217171828/https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2020-glaad-media-award-winners/// |archive-date=February 17, 2022}}</ref>

''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Hulu its 'Best Live Streaming Service' of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Live TV Streaming Services of 2022 |url=https://www.usnews.com/360-reviews/technology/streaming-services/best-live-streaming-tv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001123601/https://www.usnews.com/360-reviews/technology/streaming-services/best-live-streaming-tv |archive-date=October 1, 2022 |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hulu Review and Prices |url=https://www.usnews.com/360-reviews/technology/streaming-services/hulu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001123602/https://www.usnews.com/360-reviews/technology/streaming-services/hulu |archive-date=October 1, 2022 |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>

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Buddy cop

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'''Buddy cop''' is a film and television genre with plots involving two people of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals, sometimes learning from each other in the process. The two are normally either [[police officer]]s (''cops'') or [[secret agent]]s, but some films or TV series that are not about two officers may still be referred to as ''buddy cop films/TV series''. It is a subgenre of [[buddy film]]s. They can be either [[comedy film|comedies]] or [[action film|action]]-[[thriller film|thrillers]].

Frequently, although not always, the two heroes are of different ethnicity or cultures. However, regardless of ethnicity, the central difference is normally that one is "wilder" than the other: a hot-tempered [[iconoclasm|iconoclast]] is paired with a more even-tempered partner. Often the "wilder" partner is the younger of the two, with the even-tempered partner having more patience and experience. These films sometimes also contain a variation on the [[good cop/bad cop]] [[Motif (literature)|motif]], in which one partner is kinder and law-abiding, while the other is a streetwise, "old school" police officer who tends to break (or at least bend) the rules. Another frequent plot device of this genre is placing one of the partners in an unfamiliar setting (like a different city or foreign country) or role (like requiring police field work of a non-cop, rookie, or office-bound "desk jockey"). In these cases, they are usually guided by the other partner.

In his review of ''[[Rush Hour (1998 film)|Rush Hour]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] coined the term "Wunza Movie" to describe this subgenre, a pun on the phrase "One's a..." that could be used to describe the contrasts between the two characters in a typical film.<ref>{{cite web | author=Ebert, Roger| date= September 18, 1998| title=Rush Hour | work=rogerebert.com | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980918/REVIEWS/809180303/1023 | access-date=2006-06-25}}</ref>

The [[cliché]] was satirized in the film ''[[Last Action Hero]]''. While the movie in itself was a buddy cop film (i.e. pairing a fictional cop with a real world boy), the film's police department obligatorily assigned all cops a conflicting buddy to work with, even to the extreme of one officer being partnered with a cartoon cat.

A subgenre of the buddy cop film is the '''buddy cop-dog movie''', which teams a cop with a [[dog]], but uses the same element of unlikely partnership to create comedic hijinks. Examples include ''[[Turner & Hooch]]'', ''[[Top Dog (1995 film)|Top Dog]]'' and ''[[K-9 (film)|K-9]]''.

==History==
[[Akira Kurosawa]]'s 1949 Japanese film ''[[Stray Dog (film)|Stray Dog]]'', starring [[Toshiro Mifune]] and [[Takashi Shimura]], is considered a precursor to the buddy cop film genre.<ref>{{cite journal|title=FilmInt|journal=Film International|year=2006|volume=4|issue=1–6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y50qAQAAIAAJ|access-date=28 April 2012|page=163|publisher=[[Arts Council Norway|Kulturrådet]]|location=Sweden|quote=In addition to being a masterful precursor to the buddy cop movies and police procedurals popular today, Stray Dog is also a complex genre film that examines the plight of soldiers returning home to post-war Japan.}}</ref> Other early pioneers of the buddy cop film genre are the 1967 American film ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' and 1974's ''[[Freebie and the Bean]]''. The genre was later popularized by the 1982 film ''[[48 Hrs.]]'', starring [[Eddie Murphy]] and [[Nick Nolte]], then also the 1984 film ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' along with its 1987 sequel ''[[Beverly Hills Cop II]]'', all three are among the most successful buddy cop films. The genre was further popularized by the 1986 film ''[[Running Scared (1986 film)|Running Scared]]'' starring [[Gregory Hines]] and [[Billy Crystal]] and the 1987 film ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' starring [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Danny Glover]]. The genre was revisited multiple times by ''Lethal Weapon'' creator [[Shane Black]], who went on to write ''[[The Last Boy Scout]]'', ''[[Last Action Hero]]'', ''[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]'', and ''[[The Nice Guys]]'', all of which play off the mismatched-partners (if not always specifically cops) theme.

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Blaxploitation

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'''Blaxploitation''' is an [[Ethnic group|ethnic]] subgenre of the [[exploitation film]] that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s, after the demand of the [[Black Panther Party|Black Panthers]] for black artists to reclaim the power and rights to their image from the UCLA,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-21 |title=Say It Loud! The Black Cinema Revolution |url=https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/say-it-loud-the-black-cinema-revolution |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Harvard Film Archive |language=en}}</ref> and the new rating system within [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] allowed up and coming black film makers and actors to create black films for black audiences. The term, a [[portmanteau]] of the words "black" and "exploitation", was coined in August 1972 by Junius Griffin, the president of the Beverly Hills–Hollywood [[NAACP]] branch. He claimed the genre was "proliferating offenses" to the black community in its perpetuation of stereotypes often involved in crime.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Tre’vell|date=2018-06-08|title=A look back at the blaxploitation era through 2018 eyes|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-blaxploitation-superfly-20180608-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-05-22|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608212324/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-blaxploitation-superfly-20180608-story.html |archive-date=June 8, 2018 }}</ref> {{Clarification needed span|text=After the [[race film]]s of the 1940s and 1960s, the genre emerged as one of the first in which black characters and communities were protagonists, rather than sidekicks, [[Magical negro|supportive characters]], or victims of brutality.<ref name=Lyne2000>{{cite journal |last1=Lyne |first1=Bill |title=No Accident: From Black Power to Black Box Office |journal=African American Review |date=1 April 2000 |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=39–59 |url=https://cedar.wwu.edu/english_facpubs/4/ |jstor=2901183 |doi=10.2307/2901183 }}</ref>|date=November 2023}} The genre's inception coincides with the rethinking of [[race relations]] in the 1970s.

Blaxploitation films were originally aimed at an urban [[African-American]] audience but the genre's audience appeal soon broadened across racial and ethnic lines.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Getting Whitey|last=Denby|first=David|journal=The Atlantic Monthly|date=August 1972|pages=86–88}}</ref> [[U.S. film industry|Hollywood]] realized the potential profit of expanding the audiences of blaxploitation films.

''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' credited ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]'' and the less radical Hollywood-financed film ''[[Shaft (1971 film)|Shaft]]'' (both released in 1971) with the invention of the blaxploitation genre, although ''[[Cotton Comes to Harlem]]'' was released the prior year.<ref name="DariusJames">{{cite book |last=James |first=Darius |title=That's Blaxploitation!: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury) |year=1995 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0-312-13192-5 }}</ref> Blaxploitation films were also the first to feature [[soundtrack]]s of [[funk]] and [[soul music]].<ref name="Ebertreview">{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040611/REVIEWS/406110302 |title=Review of ''Baadasssss!'' |access-date=2007-01-04 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=2004-06-11 |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-date=February 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217102908/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20040611%2FREVIEWS%2F406110302 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==Description==
===General themes===
{{blockquote |quote = [S]upercharged, bad-talking, highly romanticized melodramas about Harlem superstuds, the pimps, the private eyes and the pushers who more or less singlehandedly make whitey's corrupt world safe for black pimping, black private-eyeing and black pushing.|source= [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'', 1976<ref name="canby19760425">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/25/archives/film-view-are-black-films-losing-their-blackness.html |title=Are Black Films Losing Their Blackness? |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=1976-04-25 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-02-25 |page=79 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>}}

Blaxploitation films set in the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] or [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] mainly take place in poor urban neighborhoods. Pejorative terms for white characters, such as "[[Cracker (term)|cracker]]" and "[[honky]]," are commonly used. Blaxploitation films set in the [[Southern United States|South]] often deal with [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] and [[miscegenation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/18/18_blax.html|title=Blaxploitation: A Sketch - Bright Lights Film Journal|date=March 1, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE2DD103FF93AA35755C0A9669C8B63 | work=The New York Times | first=Stephen | last=Holden | access-date=2010-04-26 | title=FILM REVIEW; From Blaxploitation Stereotype to Man on the Street | date=2000-06-09}}</ref> The genre's films are often bold in their statements and use violence, sex, drug trafficking and other shocking qualities to provoke the audience.<ref name=Lyne2000/> The films usually portray black protagonists overcoming "[[The Man]]" or emblems of the white majority that oppresses the black community.

Blaxploitation includes several subtypes, including crime (''[[Foxy Brown (film)|Foxy Brown]]''), action/martial arts (''[[Three the Hard Way (film)|Three the Hard Way]]''), westerns (''[[Boss Nigger]]''), horror (''[[Abby (film)|Abby]]'', ''[[Blacula]]''), prison (''[[Penitentiary (1979 film)|Penitentiary]]''), comedy (''[[Uptown Saturday Night]]''), nostalgia (''[[Five on the Black Hand Side]]''), coming-of-age (''[[Cooley High]]/[[Cornbread, Earl and Me]]''), and musical (''[[Sparkle (1976 film)|Sparkle]]'').

Following the example set by ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]'', many blaxploitation films feature [[funk]] and [[soul jazz]] soundtracks with heavy [[Bass guitar|bass]], funky beats and [[Wah-wah pedal|wah-wah]] guitars. These soundtracks are notable for complexity that was not common to the radio-friendly funk tracks of the 1970s. They also often feature a rich orchestration which included flutes and violins.<ref>{{cite web| title = Music Genre: Blaxploitation| website = Allmusic| url = {{AllMusic|class=explore|id=style/d11040|pure_url=yes}}| access-date = 2007-06-21}}</ref>

Blaxploittation was one of the first film categories to have female leads to play brave heroic action packed protagonist inside of their films. Actresses such as [[Pam Grier]] in [[Coffy]] and [[Gloria Hendry]] in [[Black Belt Jones]] open the door for actresses to become action stars inside of film which later on inspired many other films down the road such as [[Kill Bill: Volume 1|Kill Bill]] and [[Set It Off (film)|Set it Off]].

Following the popularity of these films in the 1970s, movies within other genres began to feature black characters with stereotypical blaxploitation characteristics, such as the [[Harlem]] underworld characters in the [[List of James Bond films|James Bond]] film ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'' (1973), [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]]'s character in ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'' (1973) and [[Fred Williamson]]'s character in ''[[The Inglorious Bastards]]'' (1978).

===Black Power===
[[File:Richard Roundtree 1973.JPG|thumb|left|upright|[[Richard Roundtree]] as [[John Shaft]]]]
[[Afeni Shakur]] claimed that every aspect of culture (including cinema) in the 1960s and 1970s was influenced by the [[Black Power movement]]. ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'' was one of the first films to incorporate black power [[ideology]] and permit black actors to be the stars of their own narratives, rather than being relegated to the typical roles available to them (such as the "[[Mammy archetype|mammy]]" figure and other low-status characters).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Boyd |first1=Herb |title=African-American images on television and film |journal=The Crisis |volume=103 |issue=2 |year=1996 |pages=22–24 }}</ref><ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taek_b3CM30|title=BaadAsssss Cinema Documentary 2002|last=eztha_zienne|date=June 29, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Films such as [[Shaft (1971 film)|''Shaft'']] brought the black experience to film in a new way, allowing black political and social issues that had been ignored in cinema to be explored. ''Shaft'' and its protagonist, John Shaft, brought [[African American culture]] to the mainstream world.<ref name="youtube.com"/> ''Sweetback'' and ''Shaft'' were both influenced by the black power movement, containing [[Marxist]] themes, solidarity and social consciousness alongside the genre-typical images of sex and violence.

Knowing that film could bring about social and cultural change, the Black Power movement seized the genre to highlight black socioeconomic struggles in the 1970s; many such films contained black heroes who were able to overcome the institutional oppression of African American culture and history.<ref name=Lyne2000/> Later films such as ''[[Super Fly (1972 film)|Super Fly]]'' softened the rhetoric of black power, encouraging resistance within the [[Capitalism|capitalist]] system rather than a radical transformation of society. ''Super Fly'' still embraced the [[Black nationalism|black nationalist]] movement in its argument that black and white authority cannot coexist easily.

===Stereotypes===
The genre's role in exploring and shaping [[race relations]] in the United States has been controversial. Some held that the blaxploitation trend was a token of black empowerment, but others accused the movies of perpetuating common [[Stereotypes of African Americans in the United States|white stereotypes about black people]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Despite its incendiary name, Blaxploitation was viewed by many as being a token of empowerment. |work= [[Seattle Times]]|url= http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20040219&slug=blaxploitation19|access-date=2016-09-26}}</ref> As a result, many called for the end of the genre. The [[NAACP]], [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]] and [[National Urban League]] joined to form the Coalition Against Blaxploitation. Their influence in the late 1970s contributed to the genre's demise. Literary critic [[Addison Gayle]] wrote in 1974, "The best example of this kind of nihilism / irresponsibility are the Black films; here is freedom pushed to its most ridiculous limits; here are writers and actors who claim that freedom for the artist entails exploitation of the very people to whom they owe their artistic existence."<ref>Addison Gayle, Black World, December 1974</ref>

Films such as ''Super Fly'' and ''The Mack'' received intense criticism not only for the stereotype of the protagonist (generalizing pimps as representative of all African-American men, in this case) but for portraying all black communities as hotbeds for drugs and crime.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Blaxploitation films such as ''[[Mandingo (film)|Mandingo]]'' (1975) provided mainstream Hollywood producers, in this case [[Dino De Laurentiis]], a cinematic way to depict plantation slavery with all of its brutal, historical and racial contradictions and controversies, including sex, miscegenation, rebellion. The story world also depicts the plantation as one of the main origins of boxing as a sport in the U.S.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a new wave of acclaimed black film makers, particularly [[Spike Lee]] (''[[Do the Right Thing]]''), [[John Singleton]] (''[[Boyz n the Hood]]''), and [[Hughes brothers|Allen and Albert Hughes]] (''[[Menace II Society]])'' focused on black urban life in their movies. These directors made use of blaxploitation elements while incorporating implicit criticism of the genre's glorification of stereotypical "criminal" behavior.

Alongside accusations of exploiting stereotypes, the NAACP also criticized the blaxploitation genre of exploiting the black community and culture of America, by creating films for a profit that those communities would never see, despite being the vastly misrepresented main focus of many blaxploitation film plots. Many film professionals still believe that there is no truly equal "Black Hollywood" as evidenced by the "[[87th Academy Awards#Criticism regarding lack of diversity|Oscars So White]]" scandal in 2015 that caused uproar when no black actors were nominated for "[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]" Oscar Awards.<ref name="youtube.com" />

===Slavesploitation===
[[File:Perry King and Brenda Sykes 1975.jpg|thumb|[[Brenda Sykes]] and [[Perry King]] on the set of ''[[Mandingo (film)|Mandingo]]'' (1975).]]
Slavesploitation, a subgenre of blaxploitation in literature and film, flourished briefly in the late 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIjADAAAQBAJ|title=Visualising Slavery: Art Across the African Diaspora|date=2016|publisher=[[Liverpool University Press]]|isbn=978-1-78138-267-7|editor-last=Bernier|editor-first=Celeste-Marie|location=Liverpool|pages=70|language=en|chapter=Strategic Remembering and Tactical Forgetfulness in Depicting the Plantation: A Personal Account|editor-last2=Durkin|editor-first2=Hannah}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ball|first=Erica L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NsLQCgAAQBAJ|title=Violence in American Popular Culture|date=2015-11-02|publisher=[[ABC-Clio]]|isbn=978-1-4408-3206-2|editor-last=Schmid|editor-first=David|volume=1|location=Santa Barbara, California|pages=36|language=en|chapter=The Politics of Pain: Representing the Violence of Slavery in American Popular Culture}}</ref> As its name suggests, the genre is characterized by sensationalistic depictions of slavery.

Abrams, arguing that [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Django Unchained]]'' (2012) finds its historical roots in the slavesploitation genre, observes that slavesploitation films are characterized by "crassly exploitative representations of oppressed slave protagonists".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abrams|first=Simon|date=2012-12-28|title=5 Spaghetti Westerns & 5 Slavesploitation Films That Paved the Way for 'Django Unchained'|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/12/5-spaghetti-westerns-5-slavesploitation-films-that-paved-the-way-for-django-unchained-249928/|access-date=2020-07-26|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en}}</ref>

One early antecedent of the genre is [[Slaves (film)|''Slaves'']] (1969), which Gaines notes was "not 'slavesploitation' in the vein of later films", but which nonetheless featured graphic depictions of beatings and sexual violence against slaves.<ref>{{Cite thesis|last=Gaines|first=Mikal J.|title=The Black Gothic Imagination: Horror, Subjectivity, and Spectatorship from the Civil Rights Era to the New Millennium|date=2005|degree=MA|publisher=[[College of William and Mary]]|oclc=986221383|page=239}}</ref> Novotny argues that ''Blacula'' (1972), although it does not depict slavery directly, is historically linked to the slavesploitation subgenre.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |first1=Novotny |last1=Lawrence |year=2007 |chapter='Deadlier than Dracula!': Blacula and the Horror Genre |pages=45–61 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7-SAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 |title=Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s |isbn=978-0-203-93222-3 |doi=10.4324/9780203932223}}</ref>

By far, the best-known and best-studied exemplar of slavesploitation is ''Mandingo'', a [[Mandingo (novel)|1957 novel]] which was adapted into a [[Mandingo (play)|1961 play]] and a 1975 film. Indeed, ''Mandingo'' was so well known that a contemporary reviewer of ''Die the Long Day'', a 1972 novel by [[Orlando Patterson]], called it an example of the "Mandingo genre".<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1972-06-26|title=Review of ''Die the Long Day'' by Orlando Patterson|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/orlando-patterson-3/die-the-long-day/|journal=[[Kirkus Reviews]]}} See also {{cite thesis|title=Auschwitz and the Plantation: Labor and Social Death in American Holocaust and Slavery Fiction|last=Christmas|first=Danielle|degree=PhD|url=https://indigo.uic.edu/articles/Auschwitz_and_the_Plantation_Labor_and_Social_Death_in_American_Holocaust_and_Slavery_Fiction/10800029/files/19311437.pdf|publisher=[[University of Illinois at Chicago]]|date=2014|page=59}}</ref> The film, panned on its release, has been subject to widely divergent critical assessments.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=The Historical Film in the Era of New Hollywood, 1967–1980|url=https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8630|publisher=[[Queen Mary University of London]]|date=2013|degree=PhD|language=en|first=Tom|last=Symmons|page=87}}</ref> [[Robin Wood (critic)|Robin Wood]], for instance, argued in 1998 that it is the "greatest film about race ever made in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]], certainly prior to Spike Lee and in some respects still".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wood|first=Robin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DI4wKg6W8JIC|title=Sexual Politics and Narrative Film: Hollywood and Beyond|date=1998|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|isbn=978-0-231-07605-0|location=New York|pages=265|language=en|author-link=Robin Wood (critic)}}</ref>

==Legacy==
===Influence===
Blaxploitation films have had an enormous and complicated influence on American cinema. Filmmaker and exploitation film fan [[Quentin Tarantino]], for example, has made numerous references to the blaxploitation genre in his films. An early blaxploitation tribute can be seen in the character of "Lite," played by [[Sy Richardson]], in ''[[Repo Man (film)|Repo Man]]'' (1984).{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Richardson later wrote ''[[Posse (1993 film)|Posse]]'' (1993), which is a kind of blaxploitation [[Western (genre)|Western]].

Some of the later, blaxploitation-influenced movies such as ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' (1997), ''[[Undercover Brother]]'' (2002), ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]'' (2002), ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1|Kill Bill Vol. 1]]'' (2003), and ''[[Django Unchained]]'' (2012) feature [[popular culture|pop culture]] nods to the genre. The parody ''Undercover Brother'', for example, stars [[Eddie Griffin]] as an [[afro]]-topped agent for a clandestine organization satirically known as the ''"B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D."''. Likewise, ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' co-stars [[Beyoncé|Beyoncé Knowles]] as the [[Tamara Dobson]]/[[Pam Grier]]-inspired heroine, [[Foxxy Cleopatra]]. In the 1977 parody film ''[[The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'', a mock trailer for ''Cleopatra Schwartz'' depicts another Grier-like action star married to a [[rabbi]]. In a famous scene in ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'', the protagonists discuss ''[[Get Christie Love!]]'', a mid-1970s blaxploitation television series. In the catalytic scene of ''[[True Romance]]'', the characters watch the movie ''[[The Mack]]''.

[[John Singleton]]'s ''[[Shaft (2000 film)|Shaft]]'' (2000), starring [[Samuel L. Jackson]], is a modern-day interpretation of a classic blaxploitation film. The 1997 film ''[[Hoodlum (film)|Hoodlum]]'' starring [[Laurence Fishburne]] portrays a fictional account of black mobster [[Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson]] and recasts gangster blaxploitation with a 1930s twist. In 2004, [[Mario Van Peebles]] released ''[[Baadasssss!]]'', about the making of his father Melvin's movie (with Mario playing Melvin). 2007's ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'', based on the true story of heroin dealer [[Frank Lucas (drug dealer)|Frank Lucas]], takes place in the early 1970s in Harlem and has many elements similar in style to blaxploitation films, specifically its prominent featuring of the song "[[Across 110th Street]]".

Blaxploitation films have profoundly impacted contemporary [[hip-hop culture]]. Several prominent [[hip hop music|hip hop]] artists, including [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Big Daddy Kane]], [[Ice-T]], [[Slick Rick]], and [[Too Short]], have adopted the no-nonsense [[pimp]] persona popularized first by ex-pimp [[Iceberg Slim]]'s 1967 book ''Pimp'' and subsequently by films such as ''[[Super Fly (1972 film)|Super Fly]]'', ''[[The Mack]]'', and ''[[Willie Dynamite]]''. In fact, many hip-hop artists have paid tribute to pimping within their lyrics (most notably [[50 Cent]]'s hit single "[[P.I.M.P.]]") and have openly embraced the pimp image in their [[music video]]s, which include entourages of scantily-clad women, flashy jewelry (known as "''[[bling]]''"), and luxury [[Cadillac Eldorado|Cadillacs]] (referred to as "[[pimpmobile]]s"). The most famous scene of ''The Mack'', featuring the "Annual [[Players Ball]]", has become an often-referenced [[popular culture|pop culture]] icon—most recently by ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'', where it was parodied as the "Playa Hater's Ball". The genre's overseas influence extends to artists such as Norway's hip-hop duo [[Madcon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ync5XfNNPo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/7ync5XfNNPo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Beggin' |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2007-11-22 |access-date=2013-08-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In [[Michael Chabon]]'s novel ''[[Telegraph Avenue (novel)|Telegraph Avenue]]'', set in 2004, two characters are former blaxploitation stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/08/22/158198740/exclusive-first-read-telegraph-avenue | title = Michael Chabon, Telegraph Avenue: Read an exclusive excerpt | publisher = National Public Radio | date = 2012-08-12 | access-date=2014-09-25}}</ref>

In 1980, opera director [[Peter Sellars]] (not to be confused with actor [[Peter Sellers]]) produced and directed a staging of [[Mozart]]'s opera ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' in the manner of a blaxploitation film, set in contemporary Spanish Harlem, with African-American singers portraying the anti-heroes as street-thugs, killing by gunshot rather than with a sword, using recreational drugs, and partying almost naked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-12-13/entertainment/ca-8541_1_peter-sellars-directs|title=TV REVIEW : Peter Sellars Has His Modern Way With Mozart : Opera:Conventional ideas of Baroque drama are blithely tossed aside as Figaro gets married in the Trump Tower.|first=MARTIN|last=BERNHEIMER|date=December 13, 1990|via=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It was later released on commercial video and can be seen on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMXU5pjhPTM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/vMXU5pjhPTM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Mozart: Don Giovanni - dir. Peter Sellars (Part 1 of 3) [English Subtitles]|last=Opera Nerd|date=January 20, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

A 2016 video game, ''[[Mafia III]]'', is set in the year 1968 and revolves around Lincoln Clay, a mixed-race African American orphan raised by [[African-American organized crime|"black mob"]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Takahashi|first1=Dean|title=How developers created the story behind Mafia III and its lead character Lincoln Clay|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/09/18/how-developers-created-the-story-behind-mafia-iii-and-its-lead-character-lincoln-clay/|website=VentureBeat|date=September 18, 2016|access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref> After the murder of his surrogate family at the hands of the [[American Mafia|Italian mafia]], Lincoln Clay seeks vengeance on those who took away the only thing that mattered to him.

===Cultural references===
The notoriety of the blaxploitation genre has led to many parodies.<ref>{{cite news|title= The Birth and Demise of the 'Blaxploitation' Genre |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2000-06-16|url= http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jun/16/entertainment/ca-41409|access-date=2011-01-29|first=Richard|last=Maynard}}</ref> The earliest attempts to mock the genre, [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s ''[[Coonskin (film)|Coonskin]]'' and [[Rudy Ray Moore]]'s ''[[Dolemite]]'', date back to the genre's heyday in 1975.

''Coonskin'' was intended to deconstruct racial stereotypes, from early [[minstrel show]] stereotypes to more recent stereotypes found in blaxploitation film itself. The work stimulated great controversy even before its release when the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] challenged it. Even though distribution was handed to a smaller distributor who advertised it as an exploitation film, it soon developed a cult following with black viewers.<ref name="DariusJames"/>

''Dolemite'', less serious in tone and produced as a spoof, centers around a sexually active black pimp played by Rudy Ray Moore, who based the film on his [[stand-up comedy]] act. A sequel, ''[[The Human Tornado]]'', followed.

Later spoofs parodying the blaxploitation genre include ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]'', ''[[Pootie Tang]]'', ''[[Undercover Brother]]'', ''[[Black Dynamite]]'', and ''[[The Hebrew Hammer]]'', which featured a Jewish protagonist and was jokingly referred to by its director as a "Jewsploitation" film.

[[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]]'s comedy ''[[Hollywood Shuffle]]'' features a young black actor who is tempted to take part in a white-produced blaxploitation film.

The satirical book ''[[Our Dumb Century]]'' features an article from the 1970s entitled "Congress Passes Anti-Blaxploitation Act: Pimps, Players Subject to Heavy Fines".

[[Fox Entertainment Group|FOX]]'s network television comedy, ''[[MADtv]]'', has frequently spoofed the [[Rudy Ray Moore]]-created franchise ''[[Dolemite]]'', with a series of sketches performed by comic actor [[Aries Spears]], in the role of "The Son of Dolemite". Other sketches include the characters "[[Funkenstein]]", "[[Dr. Funkenstein]]" and more recently [[Condoleezza Rice]] as a blaxploitation superhero. A recurring theme in these sketches is the inexperience of the cast and crew in the blaxploitation era, with emphasis on ridiculous scripting and shoddy acting, sets, costumes, and editing. The sketches are testaments to the poor production quality of the films, with obvious boom mike appearances and intentionally poor cuts and continuity.

Another of [[Fox Entertainment Group|FOX]]'s network television comedies, ''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'' starring [[Martin Lawrence]], frequently references the blaxploitation genre. In the Season Three episode "All The Players Came", when Martin organizes a "Player's Ball" charity event to save a local theater, several stars of the blaxploitation era, such as [[Rudy Ray Moore]], [[Antonio Fargas]], [[Dick Anthony Williams]] and [[Pam Grier]] all make cameo appearances. In one scene, Martin, in character as aging pimp "Jerome", refers to Pam Grier as "[[Sheba, Baby]]" in reference to her 1975 blaxploitation feature film of the same name.

In the movie ''[[Leprechaun in the Hood]]'', a character played by [[Ice-T]] pulls a baseball bat from his Afro. This scene alludes to a similar scene in ''[[Foxy Brown (1974 film)|Foxy Brown]]'', in which [[Pam Grier]] hides a small semi-automatic pistol in her Afro.

Adult Swim's ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' series has a recurring character called "Boxy Brown" - a play on Foxy Brown. An imaginary friend of [[Meatwad]], Boxy Brown is a cardboard box with a crudely drawn face with a French cut that dons an afro. Whenever Boxy speaks, '70s funk music, typical of blaxploitation films, plays in the background. The cardboard box also has a confrontational attitude and [[Jive (dialect)|dialect]] similar to many heroes of this film genre.

Some of the TVs found in the action video game ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]'' feature a Blaxploitation-themed parody of the original ''[[Max Payne (video game)|Max Payne]]'' game called ''Dick Justice'', after its main character. Dick behaves much like the original Max Payne (down to the "constipated" grimace and metaphorical speech) but wears an afro and mustache and speaks in [[African American Vernacular English|Ebonics]].

[[Duck King]], a fictional character created for the video game series ''[[Fatal Fury (series)|Fatal Fury]]'', is a prime example of foreign black stereotypes.

The sub-cult movie short ''[[Gayniggers from Outer Space]]'' is a blaxploitation-like science fiction oddity directed by Danish filmmaker, DJ, and singer [[Master Fatman|Morten Lindberg]].

Jefferson Twilight, a character in ''The Venture Bros.'', is a parody of the comic-book character Blade (a black, half human, half-vampire vampire hunter), as well as a blaxploitation reference. He has an afro, sideburns, and a mustache. He carries swords, dresses in stylish 1970s clothing, and says that he hunts "Blaculas". He looks and sounds like [[Samuel L. Jackson]].{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

A scene from the Season 9 episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "[[Simpson Tide]]", shows Homer Simpson watching ''Exploitation Theatre.'' A voice-over announces fake movie titles such as ''The Blunch Black of Blotre Blame.''

[[Martha Southgate]]'s 2005 novel ''[[Third Girl from the Left]]'' is set in Hollywood during the era of blaxploitation films and references many blaxploitation films and stars such as [[Pam Grier]] and [[Coffy]].

==Notable blaxploitation films==
{{Main|List of blaxploitation films}}

===1968===
*''[[Uptight (film)]]'' a 1968 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin. It was intended as an updated version of John Ford's 1935 film The Informer, based on the book of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty, but the setting was transposed from Dublin to Cleveland. The soundtrack was performed by Booker T. & the MG's. This movie follows the story of a Black nationalist organization in Cleveland (largely based in the Hough and Glenville neighborhoods) that becomes disillusioned with non-violence after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and prepares for urban guerilla warfare.

===1970===
* ''The Black Angels'' is about a black motorcycle gang and is part of the [[outlaw biker film]] genre.
*''[[They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!]]'' A sequel to ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'', it is a pre-''Shaft'' blaxploitation, and stylistically different from the original film.
* ''[[Carter's Army]]'' is a [[television film]] about a unit of black soldiers in World War II.
* ''[[Cotton Comes to Harlem]]'' (dir. [[Ossie Davis]]) is based on [[Cotton Comes to Harlem (novel)|a novel]] by [[Chester Himes]]. Features two black NYPD detectives, [[Coffin Ed Johnson]] ([[Raymond St. Jacques]]) and [[Gravedigger Jones]] ([[Godfrey Cambridge]]), on the hunt for a money-filled cotton bale stolen by a corrupt reverend named Deke O'Malley.

===1971===
* ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]'' is written, produced, scored, directed by and stars [[Melvin Van Peebles]]. The hero, named Sweetback because of his sexual powers, is an apolitical sex worker. His pimp, Beadle, makes a deal with a couple of police officers to let them take Sweetback into the station so it looks like the cops are picking up suspects. While Sweetback is in custody, the police arrest a young black militant and take him to a rural area to torture him. Sweetback steps in and beats the police unconscious. With the police chasing him, Sweetback comes to understand the power of the black community sticking together. He uses his ingenuity and survival skills to outwit the police and escape to Mexico.<ref>Tom Symmons (2014): 'The Birth of Black Consciousness on the Screen'?: The African American Historical Experience, Blaxploitation, and the Production and Reception of Sounder (1972), Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2014.933645</ref> Music by Earth Wind & Fire.
* ''[[Shaft (1971 film)|Shaft]]'' (dir. [[Gordon Parks]]) features [[Richard Roundtree]] as detective [[John Shaft]]. The soundtrack features contributions from [[Isaac Hayes]], whose recording of the titular song won several awards, including an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]. ''Shaft'' was deemed culturally relevant by the [[Library of Congress]], and it spawned two sequels, ''[[Shaft's Big Score]]'' (1972) and ''[[Shaft in Africa]]'' (1973), as well as a [[Shaft (TV film series)|short-lived TV series]] starring Roundtree.<ref>Andrew Dawson, "Challenging Lilywhite Hollywood: African Americans and the Demand for Racial Equality in the Motion Picture Industry, 1963–1974"The Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 45, No. 6, 2012</ref> The concept was revived in 2000 with an all-new [[Shaft (2000 film)|sequel]] starring [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as the nephew of the original John Shaft, with Roundtree reprising his role as the original Shaft. A direct sequel to the 2000 film was released in 2019, also titled ''[[Shaft (2019 film)|Shaft]]''.
* ''[[The Bus Is Coming]]'' is a 1971 American drama film about a young black soldier who returns home to Los Angeles from combat in Vietnam to find out that his brother had been killed by a gang of racist cops. He struggles between maintaining his beliefs surrounding liberalism and centrism, or being radicalized from his brother's death, and possibly joining the Black nationalist organization the Black Fist. This movie was directed by Wendell James Franklin and starred Mike B. Simms and, Burl Bullock.

===1972===
* ''[[Come Back, Charleston Blue]]'', starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques, loosely based on Chester Himes' novel The Heat's On. It is a sequel to the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem. All tracks written by [[Donny Hathaway]] except "Little Ghetto Boy"
* ''[[Hit Man (1972 film)|Hit Man]]'' (dir. [[George Armitage]]) is the story of an [[Oakland]] hit man, played by former [[NFL]] player [[Bernie Casey]], who comes to [[Los Angeles]] after his brother is murdered. He learns that his niece has been forced into pornography. She is eventually murdered. He sets out to murder everyone directly involved, from a porn star ([[Pam Grier]]), to a theater owner ([[Ed Cambridge]]), to a man he looked up to as a child ([[Rudy Challenger]]), and a mobster ([[Don Diamond]]).
* ''[[Super Fly (1972 film)|Super Fly]]'' (dir. [[Gordon Parks Jr.]]) features a soundtrack by [[Curtis Mayfield]]. ''Super Fly'' is one of the most controversial, profitable and popular classics of the genre.<ref>[[Ed Guerrero]], ''FRAMING BLACKNESS''. Temple U. Press. pp. 95–97.</ref>
* ''[[The Legend of Nigger Charley]]'' (dir. Martin Goldman) is written by, co-produced by and stars [[Fred Williamson]]. It was followed by the sequel ''[[The Soul of Nigger Charley]]'' (1973).
* ''[[Hammer (1972 film)|Hammer]]'' (dir. Bruce D. Clark) stars Fred Williamson as B.J. Hammer, a boxer who gets mixed up with a crooked manager who wants him to throw a fight for the Mafia.
* ''[[Across 110th Street]]'' (dir. [[Barry Shear]]) is a crime thriller about two detectives (played by [[Anthony Quinn]] and [[Yaphet Kotto]]) who try to catch a group of robbers who stole $300,000 from the Mob before the Mob catches up with them. The [[Across 110th Street (song)|title track]] by [[Bobby Womack]] reached #19 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|Billboard Black Singles Chart]].
* ''[[Black Mama, White Mama]]'' is a [[women in prison film]] partly inspired by ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' (1958) starring [[Pam Grier]] and [[Margaret Markov]] in the roles originated by [[Sidney Poitier]] and [[Tony Curtis]].
* ''[[Blacula]]'' is a take on ''[[Dracula]]'' which features an African prince (played by [[William H. Marshall]]) who is bitten and imprisoned by [[Count Dracula]]. Once freed from his coffin, he spreads terror in modern-day Los Angeles.
* ''[[Melinda (film)|Melinda]]'' (dir. Hugh Robertson) features music by Jerry Peters and Jerry Butler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3265/Melinda/|title=Melinda (1972) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies| access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Slaughter (1972 film)|Slaughter]]'' stars Jim Brown as an ex-Green Beret who seeks revenge against a crime syndicate for the murder of his parents. It spawned the sequel, ''[[Slaughter's Big Rip-Off]]'' (1973).
* ''[[Trouble Man (film)|Trouble Man]]'' stars [[Robert Hooks]] as "Mr. T.", a hard-edged private detective who tends to take justice into his own hands. Although the film itself was unsuccessful, it did enjoy a successful soundtrack written, produced and performed by [[Motown]] artist [[Marvin Gaye]].
* ''[[The Final Comedown]]'' (dir. Oscar Williams) features music by Grant Green and Wade Marcus, and stars Billy Dee Williams. The film is an examination of racism in the United States and depicts a shootout between a radical black nationalist group and the police, with the backstory leading up to the shootout told through flashbacks.
* ''[[Black Gunn]]'' is a 1972 American neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Herbert Jefferson Jr. and Luciana Paluzzi. The film is considered an entry blaxploitation sub-genre, but is unique to the genre in several different ways. The film is set in Los Angeles where a nighttime robbery of an illegal mafia bookmaking operation is carried out by the militant African-American organization BAG (Black Action Group). Though successful, several of the bookmakers and one of the burglars are killed. The mastermind behind the robbery, a Vietnam veteran named Scott, is the brother of a prominent nightclub owner, Gunn. Seeking safe haven, Scott hides out at his brother's mansion after a brief reunion.

===1973===
* ''[[Black Caesar (film)|Black Caesar]]'', Tommy Gibbs ([[Fred Williamson]]) is a street-smart hoodlum who has worked his way up to being the crime boss of Harlem. Music by [[James Brown]].
* ''[[Blackenstein]]'' is a parody of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' and features a black [[Frankenstein's monster]].
* ''[[Cleopatra Jones]]'' (1973) and its sequel, ''[[Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold]]'' (1975), star [[Tamara Dobson]] as a karate-chopping government agent, with the mutual support of the Black Nationalist B&S (Brothers & Sisters) House. The first film marks the beginning of a subgenre of blaxploitation films focusing on strong female leads taking an active role in shootouts and fights. Some of these films include ''[[Coffy]]'', ''[[Black Belt Jones]]'', ''[[Foxy Brown (film)|Foxy Brown]]'' and ''[[T.N.T. Jackson]]''.
* ''[[Coffy]]'', [[Pam Grier]] stars as Coffy, a nurse turned vigilante who takes revenge on all those who hooked her 11-year-old sister on heroin. ''Coffy'' marks Grier's biggest hit and was re-worked for ''Foxy Brown'', ''[[Friday Foster (film)|Friday Foster]]'' and ''[[Sheba Baby]]''.
* ''[[Detroit 9000]]'' is set in [[Detroit, MI]] and features street-smart white detective Danny Bassett ([[Alex Rocco]]) who teams with educated black detective Sgt. Jesse Williams (Hari Rhodes) to investigate the theft of $400,000 at a fund-raiser for Representative Aubrey Hale Clayton (Rudy Challenger). Championed by [[Quentin Tarantino]], it was released on video by [[Miramax]] in April 1999.
* ''[[Gordon's War]]'' stars [[Paul Winfield]] as a Vietnam vet who recruits ex-Army buddies to fight the Harlem drug dealers and pimps responsible for the heroin-fueled death of his wife.
* ''[[Hell Up in Harlem]]'' is the sequel to ''Black Caesar'' and stars [[Fred Williamson]] and [[Gloria Hendry]], with a soundtrack by Motown singer [[Edwin Starr]].
* ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'', a James Bond movie directed by [[Guy Hamilton]] and starring [[Roger Moore]]. Many of the villains and allies are based on stock blaxploitation characters.

* ''[[The Mack]]'' is a film starring Max Julien and [[Richard Pryor]].<ref>{{cite news|title= ReDiggin' the Scene |work=Los Angeles Times|date=1997-06-30|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-30/entertainment/ca-8308_1_blaxploitation-films|access-date=2011-01-30|first=Elaine|last=Dutka}}</ref> It was produced during the era of such Blaxploitations as ''Dolemite''. It is not considered by its makers a true blaxploitation picture. It is more a social commentary according to ''Mackin' Ain't Easy'', a documentary about the making of ''The Mack'', which can be found on the DVD edition of the film. The movie tells the story of the life of John Mickens ({{aka}} Goldie), a former drug dealer recently released from prison who becomes a big-time pimp. Standing in his way is another pimp: Pretty Tony. Two corrupt white cops, a local crime lord, and his own brother (a black nationalist), all try to force him out of the business. Set in [[Oakland, California]], it was the highest grossing blaxploitation of its time. Its soundtrack was recorded by Motown artist [[Willie Hutch]].
* ''[[Scream Blacula Scream]]'' is the sequel to ''Blacula''. William H. Marshall reprises his role as Blacula/Mamuwalde.
* ''[[The Spook Who Sat by the Door (film)|The Spook Who Sat By the Door]]'' is adapted from [[Sam Greenlee]]'s novel and directed by [[Ivan Dixon]] with music by [[Herbie Hancock]]. A token black [[CIA]] employee, who is secretly a [[black nationalist]], leaves his position to train a street gang in CIA tactics and guerilla warfare to become an army of "[[freedom fighter]]s". The film was reportedly pulled from distribution because of its politically controversial message and depictions of an American [[race war]]. Until its 2004 [[DVD]] release, it was hard to find, save for infrequent [[bootleg recording|bootleg]] [[VHS]] copies. In 2012, the film was included in the USA Library of Congress National Film Registry.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-226.html News from the Library of Congress: December 19, 2012 (REVISED December 20, 2012)] Retrieved: 29 December 2012</ref>
* ''[[Superfly TNT]]'' (dir. Ron O'Neil)
* ''[[That Man Bolt]]'', starring [[Fred Williamson]], is the first [[spy film]] in this genre, combining elements of [[James Bond]] with martial arts action in an international setting.
* ''[[Trick Baby]]'' is based on the book of the same name by ex-pimp [[Iceberg Slim]].
* ''[[Willie Dynamite]]'', [[Roscoe Orman]] (Gordon from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' fame) plays a pimp. As in many blaxploitation films, the lead character drives a customized Cadillac Eldorado Coupe (the same car was used in ''[[Magnum Force]]'').

===1974===
* ''[[Abby (film)|Abby]]'' is a version of ''[[The Exorcist]]'' and stars [[Carol Speed]] as a virtuous young woman possessed by a demon. Ms. Speed also sings the title song. [[William H. Marshall]] (of ''[[Blacula]]'' fame) conducts the exorcism of Abby on the floor of a [[discotheque]]. A hit in its time, it was later pulled from the theaters after Warner Bros. successfully sued AIP over copyright issues.
* ''[[Black Belt Jones]]'', [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]], who is better known for his role as "Mister Williams" in the [[Bruce Lee]] film ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'', is given a leading role. He plays Black Belt Jones, a federal agent/martial arts expert who takes on the mob as he avenges the murder of a karate school owner.
* ''[[Black Eye (film)|Black Eye]]'' is an action-mystery starring Fred Williamson as a private detective investigating murders connected with a drug ring.
* ''[[The Black Godfather]]'' stars [[Rod Perry (actor)|Rod Perry]] as a man rising to underworld power based on ''[[The Godfather]]''.
* ''[[The Black Six]]'' is about a black motorcycle gang seeking revenge. It combines blaxploitation and [[outlaw biker film]].
* ''[[Foxy Brown (film)|Foxy Brown]]'' is largely a remake of the hit film ''Coffy''. Pam Grier once again plays a nurse on a vendetta against a drug ring, who seeks help from the Black Panthers.<ref>{{cite news|title= Pam Grier looks back on blaxploitation: 'At the time some people were horrified' |work=Los Angeles Times|url= http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/06/04/pam-grier/|access-date=2011-01-29}}</ref> Originally written as a sequel to ''Coffy'', the film's working title was ''Burn, Coffy, Burn!''. The soundtrack was recorded by Willie Hutch.
* ''[[Claudine (film)]]'': Music by [[Curtis Mayfield]] and [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]. Cast/[[Diahann Carroll]].<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/diahann-carroll-died-pioneering-actress-julia-oscar-nominee-dead-age-84-cause-of-death-cancer-2019-10-04/ CBS News - Diahann Carroll, pioneering actress and Oscar nominee, has died at age 84] Retrieved 3 November 2021</ref>
* ''[[Get Christie Love!]]'' is a TV movie later released to some theaters. This police drama, starring an attractive young black woman ([[Teresa Graves]]) as an undercover cop, was later made into a short-lived TV series.
* ''[[Johnny Tough]]'' stars Dion Gossett and [[Renny Roker]].
* ''[[Space Is the Place]]'' is a psychedelically themed blaxploitation film featuring [[Sun Ra]] & His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra.
* ''[[Sugar Hill (1974 film)|Sugar Hill]]'' is set in Houston and features a female fashion photographer (played by [[Marki Bey]]) who wreaks revenge on the local crime Mafia that murdered her fiancé with the use of [[Voodoo doll|voodoo]] magic.
* ''[[Three the Hard Way (film)|Three the Hard Way]]'' features three black men ([[Fred Williamson]], [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]], and [[Jim Brown]]) who must stop a white supremacist plot to eliminate all blacks with a serum in the water supply. Directed by [[Gordon Parks Jr.]]
* ''[[Three Tough Guys]]'' stars Isaac Hayes and music by Isaac Hayes.
* ''[[TNT Jackson]]'' stars [[Jean Bell]] (one of the first black [[Playboy]] playmates) and is partly set in Hong Kong. It is notable for blending blaxploitation with the then-popular "chop-socky" martial arts genre.
* ''[[Together Brothers]]'' is set in [[Galveston, Texas]], where a street gang solves the murder of a Galveston, TX police officer (played by [[Ed Bernard]] who has been a mentor to the gang leader). This was the first blaxploitation film to feature a [[transgender]] character as the villain. Galveston, TX native [[Barry White]] composed the score. The soundtrack features music by the [[Love Unlimited Orchestra]].
* ''[[Truck Turner]]'' (dir. [[Jonathan Kaplan]]) stars Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto and [[Nichelle Nichols]]. A former football player turned bounty hunter is pitted against a powerful prostitution crime syndicate in Los Angeles. Music by Isaac Hayes.<ref>Unterberger, Richie. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/truck-turner-mw0000738805 Review: ''Truck Turner''] Allmusic Retrieved 2021-10-30</ref>

===1975===
* ''[[Sheba, Baby]]'', a female private eye (Pam Grier) tries to help her father save his loan business from a gang of thugs.
* ''[[The Black Gestapo]]'', Rod Perry plays General Ahmed, who has started an inner-city People's Army to try to relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts, Los Angeles. When the Mafia moves in, they establish a military-style squad.
* ''[[Boss Nigger]]'', along with his friend Amos ([[D'Urville Martin]]), Boss Nigger ([[Fred Williamson]]) takes over the vacated position of Sheriff in a small western town in this [[Western (genre)|Western]] blaxploitation film. Because of its controversial title, it was released in some markets as ''The Boss'', ''The Black Bounty Killer'' or ''The Black Bounty Hunter''.
* ''[[Coonskin (film)|Coonskin]]'' (dir. [[Ralph Bakshi]]) is a controversial animated/live-action film about Br'er Fox, Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Bear in a blaxploitation parody of [[Disney]]'s ''[[Song of the South]]''. It features the voice of [[Barry White]] as Br'er Bear.
* ''[[Darktown Strutters]]'' (dir. William Witney) is a farce produced by [[Roger Corman]]'s brother, [[Gene Corman|Gene]]. A [[Colonel Sanders]]-type figure with a chain of urban fried chicken restaurants is trying to wipe out the black race by making them impotent through his drugged fried chicken.
* ''[[Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde]]'' is the retelling of [[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde|the Jekyll and Hyde tale]], starring [[Bernie Casey]].
* ''[[Dolemite]]'' is also the name of its principal character, played by [[Rudy Ray Moore]], who co-wrote the script. Moore had developed the alter-ego as a stand-up comedian and released several comedy albums using this persona. The film was directed by [[D'Urville Martin]], who appears as the villain Willie Green. The film has attained cult status, earning it a following and making it more well-known than many of its counterparts. A sequel, ''[[The Human Tornado]]'', was released in 1976.
* ''[[Mandingo (film)|Mandingo]]'' is based on a series of lurid Civil War novels and focuses on the abuses of slavery and the sexual relations between slaves and slave owners. It features [[Richard Ward (actor)|Richard Ward]] and [[Ken Norton]]. It was followed by a sequel, ''[[Drum (1976 film)|Drum]]'' (1976) starring [[Pam Grier]].
* ''[[The Candy Tangerine Man]]'' opens with pageantry pimp Baron (John Daniels) driving his customized two-tone red and yellow Rolls-Royce around downtown L.A at night. His ladies have been coming up short lately and he wants to know why. It turns out that two L.A.P.D. cops - Dempsey and Gordon, who have been after Baron for some time now, have resorted to rousting his girls every chance they get. Indeed, in the next scene they have set Baron up with a cop in drag to entrap him with procurement of prostitutes.
* ''[[Lady Cocoa]]'' (dir. [[Matt Cimber]]) stars [[Lola Falana]].
* ''[[Let's Do It Again (1975 film)|Let's Do It Again]]'', Music: Composed by Curtis Mayfield.
* ''[[Welcome Home Brother Charles]]''. After being released from prison, a wrongfully imprisoned black man takes vengeance on those who previously crossed him by strangling them with his penis.

===1976===
* ''[[Black Shampoo]]'' is a take-off of the [[Warren Beatty]] hit ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]''.
* ''[[Ebony, Ivory & Jade]]'' (dir. [[Cirio Santiago]]) (also known as ''She Devils in Chains'', ''American Beauty Hostages'', ''Foxfire'', ''Foxforce''), features three female athletes who are kidnapped during an international track meet in Hong Kong and fight their way to freedom. This is another cross-genre blend of blaxploitation and martial arts action films.
* ''[[The Muthers]]'' is another Cirio Santiago combination of Filipino martial arts action and women-in-prison elements. Jeanne Bell and Jayne Kennedy rescue prisoners held at an evil coffee plantation.
* ''Passion Plantation'' (a.k.a. ''Black Emmanuel, White Emmanuel'') is a blend of the ''Mandingo'' and ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]],'' erotic films with interracial sex and savagery.
* ''[[Velvet Smooth]]'', Johnnie Hill is a female private detective hired to infiltrate the criminal underworld.
* ''[[The Human Tornado]]'' a.k.a. ''Dolemite II'', [[Rudy Ray Moore]] reprises his role as Dolemite in the sequel to the 1975 film ''[[Dolemite]]''.
* ''[[J. D.'s Revenge]]'', a cab driver is possessed by a dead gangster who seeks revenge for his murder over 30 years ago.

===1977===
* ''Black Fist'' features a street fighter who goes to work for a white gangster and a corrupt cop. The film is in the public domain. Cast members include [[Richard Lawson (actor)|Richard Lawson]] and [[Dabney Coleman]].
* ''[[Black Samurai]]'' (dir. Al Adamson) is based on a novel of the same name by Marc Olden, and stars [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]]. The script is credited to B. Readick, with additional story ideas from Marco Joachim.
* ''[[Bare Knuckles]]'' stars [[Robert Viharo]], [[Sherry Jackson]] and [[Gloria Hendry]]. The film is written and directed by Don Edmonds and follows L.A. bounty hunter Zachary Kane (Viharo) on the hunt for a masked serial killer.
* ''[[Petey Wheatstraw (film)|Petey Wheatstraw]]'' (a.k.a. ''Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-In-Law'') is written by [[Cliff Roquemore]] and stars popular blaxploitation genre comedian [[Rudy Ray Moore]] along with Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels, Ernest Mayhand and Ebony Wright. It is typical of Moore's other films of the era, ''[[Dolemite]]'' and ''[[The Human Tornado]]'', in that it features Moore's rhyming dialogue.

===1978===
* ''[[Death Dimension]]'' is a martial arts film directed by Al Adamson and starring [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]], Harold Sakata, George Lazenby, Terry Moore, and [[Aldo Ray]]. The film also goes by the names ''Death Dimensions'', ''Freeze Bomb'', ''Icy Death'', ''The Kill Factor'' and ''Black Eliminator''. A scientist, Professor Mason, invents a powerful freezing bomb for a gangster leader nicknamed "The Pig" (''Sakata'').

===1979===
* ''[[Disco Godfather]],'' also known as ''The Avenging Disco Godfather'', is an action film starring [[Rudy Ray Moore]] and [[Carol Speed]]. Moore's character, a retired cop, owns and operates a disco and tries to shut down the local [[Phencyclidine|angel dust]] dealer after his nephew becomes hooked on the drug.
* ''[[Penitentiary (1979 film)|Penitentiary]]'' (dir. Jamaa Franklin) follows the travails of Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone ([[Leon Isaac Kennedy]]) after his wrongful imprisonment. Set in a prison, the film exploits all of the tropes of the genre, including violence, sexuality and the eventual triumph of the lead character.

===Post-1970s Blaxploitation films===
*''[[The Last Dragon]]'' (1985) is a martial arts action film with blaxploitation elements.
*''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]'' (1988) is a comedic spoof of classic 1970s blaxploitation and features many of its stars: [[Jim Brown]], [[Bernie Casey]], [[Antonio Fargas]] and [[Isaac Hayes]].
*''[[Action Jackson (1988 film)|Action Jackson]]'' (1988) is a film where the protagonist Jericho Jackson ([[Carl Weathers]]), uses catchphrases to taunt his opponents. [[Craig T. Nelson]], [[Sharon Stone]] and [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]] also star.
* ''[[Tales from the Hood]]'' (1995, dir. [[Rusty Cundiff]]) is a Comedy horror anthology film with Urban themes.
* ''[[Original Gangstas]]'' (1996) brings together 1970s blaxploitation stars Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Fred Williamson and Jim Brown.
* ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' (1997, dir. [[Quentin Tarantino]]) stars [[Pam Grier]] and [[Samuel L. Jackson]] in an homage to the blaxploitation genre. Based on the [[Elmore Leonard]] novel ''Rum Punch'', Tarantino's title change, casting of Grier and 1970s-style poster art, are all references to Grier's 1974 film ''Foxy Brown''.
* ''[[Pootie Tang]]'' (2001) incorporates many blaxploitation elements comedically.
* ''The Return of Dolemite'' (2002), the third chapter to the ''Dolemite'' series, later retitled as ''The Dolemite Explosion'' for the DVD release.
* ''[[Undercover Brother]]'' (2002) stars [[Eddie Griffin]] as a blaxploitation-style secret agent.
* ''[[Full Clip]]'' (2004) is made in the [[graphic novel]] style.
* ''Hookers In Revolt'' (2008, dir. [[Sean Weathers]]). With its prevalence of pimps and prostitutes, it is an inventive throwback to early 1970s blaxploitation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shockingimages.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=1060 |title=Filmfanaddict.com review of the film |publisher=Shockingimages.com |access-date=2013-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815055352/http://www.shockingimages.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=1060 |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''[[Black Dynamite]]'' (2009) stars [[Michael Jai White]] and spoofs blaxploitation films.
* ''[[Proud Mary (film)|Proud Mary]]'' (2018) is an action thriller starring [[Taraji P. Henson]] and [[Danny Glover]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://screencrush.com/pam-grier-blaxploitation-movies-streaming/|title=Five Pam Grier Classics to Stream After 'Proud Mary'|website=ScreenCrush|date=January 12, 2018 }}</ref>
* ''[[Get Christie Love!#Reboot|Get Christie Love!]]'' (2018), a made-for-TV remake of the 1974 film starring [[Kylie Bunbury]] which, unlike the original, was never picked up for a TV series.
* ''[[Superfly (2018 film)|Superfly]]'' (2018) is a remake of the 1972 film, starring [[Trevor Jackson (actor)|Trevor Jackson]] and [[Jason Mitchell (actor)|Jason Mitchell]].
* ''[[Undercover Brother 2]]'' (2019), a sequel to the 2002 film starring [[Michael Jai White]].
* ''[[The Harder They Fall (2021 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'' (2021) is a [[Netflix]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] film starring [[Jonathan Majors]] and [[Idris Elba]].
* ''[[They Cloned Tyrone]]'' (2023) is [[Netflix]] Afrofuturistic neo-Blaxploitation film starring [[John Boyega]], [[Teyonah Parris]] and [[Jamie Foxx]]

===Other===
* ''[[Baadasssss!]]'' (2003), a [[Biographical film|biopic]] about the making of ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'', starring [[Mario Van Peebles]].
* ''[[Dolemite Is My Name]]'' (2019), a biopic about the making of ''Dolemite'', starring [[Eddie Murphy]] as [[Rudy Ray Moore]].

== See also ==
{{Portal|United States|Film}}
* [[Hood film]]
* [[Race film]]
* [[Race record]]
* [[List of blaxploitation films]]
* {{section link|List of topics related to Black and African people|Cinema and theater}}
* {{section link|Stereotypes of African Americans|Film and television}}
* [[Post–civil rights era in African-American history|Post-civil rights era African-American history]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* ''Blaxploitation'' ''Films'' by Mikel J. Koven, 2010, Kamera Books, {{ISBN|978-1-903047-58-3}}
* "The Rise and Fall of Blaxploitation" by Ed Guerrero, in ''The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film'', eds. Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, Art Simon, (New York, 2012): Vol 3, pp. 435–469, {{ISBN|978-1-4051-7984-3}}.
* ''What It Is ... What It Was!; The Black Film Explosion of the '70s in Words and Pictures'' by Andres Chavez, Denise Chavez, Gerald Martinez {{ISBN|0-7868-8377-4}}
* "The So Called Fall of Blaxploitation" by Ed Guerrero, ''The Velvet Light Trap'' #64 Fall 2009
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/spectrum.2.2.63 "Black Outlaws and the Struggle for Empowerment in Blaxploitation Cinema,"] by Joshua K. Wright, ''Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men,'' Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring 2014), pp. 63–86 (24 pages), [[Indiana University Press]] on [[JStor]].

==External links==
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* [https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2003/01/the-blaxploitation-era Harvard Magazine: The Blaxploitation Era]

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| platforms = [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| released = August 14, 2014
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| publisher = [[2K (company)|2K]]
| developer = [[Cat Daddy Games]]
| series = [[WWE 2K]]
| genre = [[Digital collectible card game]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| designer = Nick Mirkovich
| artist = Didzis Beitlers, Courtney Evans, Terry Lo, Dusty Peterson, Nachshon Rubel, Chris Soares, Eli Wolff
| producer = Simon Deal (Senior Producer), Nicki Beaudry, Roger Faso
| programmer = Rahil Momin (Senior Game Programmer), Aleksey Perfilev (Senior Game Programmer), Weston Mitchell, Dane Djala
}}
'''''WWE SuperCard''''' is a 2014 [[digital collectible card game]] featuring WWE Superstars for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]], and a mobile installment in the ''[[WWE 2K|WWE]]'' video game series, under the ''[[WWE 2K]]'' banner, developed by [[Cat Daddy Games]]<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161019005033/en/2K-Announces-WWE%C2%AE-SuperCard-%E2%80%93-Season-3|title = 2K Announces WWE® SuperCard – Season 3 in Development for iOS and Android Devices|date = 19 October 2016}}</ref> and published by [[2K (company)|2K]].

==Gameplay==
===Modes===
The game has several game modes: Wild (introduced in Season 3 as a name change for Exhibition), King of the Ring, Road to Glory, People's Champion Challenge (retired after Season 2), Ring Domination (introduced in Season 2), Money in the Bank (introduced in Season 2), Team Battleground (introduced in Season 3), Royal Rumble (introduced in Season 3), Ranked which had its name changed to "War" mode with the launch of Season 4 on November 15, 2017, Elimination Chamber (introduced in Season 4), Women's Royal Rumble (introduced in Season 4), Last Man Standing (introduced in Season 4), Over The Limit (introduced in Season 5; since retired), Giants Unleashed (introduced in Season 5), Team Roadblock (introduced in Season 6; since retired), Clash of Champions (introduced in Season 6) War Games (Introduced in Season 7) Code Breaker (Introduced in Season 7), Team Stomping Grounds (Introduced in Season 7), Survivor (Introduced in Season 8) and TLC (Introduced in Season 9)

====Wild Mode====
In a wild match, the player has to set up a group of four male superstars, two female superstars, and two support cards. The player gets to pick from any cards that are unlocked between seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The player gets to choose from three opponents, which are similar to the player's tier. The game provides the number of matches won and lost by the opponent. After selecting an opponent, the player begins a match against the opponent's deck. All games of Wild are set inside the [[WWE NXT|NXT]]<ref>[[NXT (WWE brand)]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=July 2019}} arena in season 4. In season 3, they would be held in a gym or a bar with WWE logos throughout the venue. Each Wild match features a variety of matches in which the player selects one or two cards with or without a support card suiting to the one or two stats to be compared in the match and that the match is for the male superstars, female superstars, or tag teams. In such a game, there are usually three matches, each carrying one point, which goes to the winning player. A match can end in a tie, in which case both players earn one point each, possibly leading to a tie between the players. In such a case, there is an extra match and its winner wins the whole match. Each win awards the player two picks whereas a loss provides only one pick and a perfect 3–0 victory provides an extra pick which makes a total of three picks.

====King of the Ring====
In King of the Ring (KOTR), matches are simulated. The player builds a deck of eight superstars, two female superstars, and two support cards, which determines the player's tier and rewards. Then the AI matches up the player with 14 other players/bots and the player's lineup plays simulated matches with each of the opponent player's squad three times (not consecutively) in a particular order, with each match lasting 10 minutes and a gap of 50 minutes between each match. Half of the players of the deck is active and loses stamina (8 per match) and the other inactive half gains stamina (40 per match). With the decrease in stamina, the stats of a card decrease as well, so the player might use energy cards obtained from the card picks to fill a card's energy bar (players can gather up to 40) and the player might also use one or more of the stat boosts to increase the particular stat(s) of each card in the active part of the deck by 15 percent (players can gather five of each boost) for the next match only. After playing 45 matches, the top eight players move onto the contenders bracket and the quarter finals, where there are two or three consecutive matches between two players of the top eight each in order to find the winner. Players each receive KOTR rewards as per the position 45 minutes after their last matches.

In season 2, KOTR was changed so that the deck consists of seven superstars, three divas, and two support cards. Then the AI matches up the player with 15 other players/bots and the player's lineup plays simulated matches with each of the opponent player's squad three times (not consecutively) in a particular order with each match lasting 10 minutes and a gap of 50 minutes between each match. The full deck is in play, unlike Season 1. The stamina system is the same as in Season 1, except the total number of Energy cards that can be accumulated increased to 25 from 10. After playing 45 matches the top eight players move onto the contenders bracket and the quarter finals, where there are two or three consecutive matches between two players of the top 8 each in order to find the winner. Players each receive KOTR rewards as per the position 45 minutes after their last matches.

In Season 4, KOTR changed again. KOTR in Season 4 splits a total of 32 players into 4 teams of 8 people each with 2 sets of 16 players starting in either a 205 Live or NXT bracket. In season 4 KOTR, there are no more qualifying matches and all players are instead put straight into a contender's bracket where all four groups are displayed. Every time the player and/or some of the player's group members win, the player is rewarded for moving onto the next stage in the bracket and moves up to either the Raw or SmackDown bracket depending on which bracket the player advanced from. Players who came from the 205 Live bracket move up to the SmackDown bracket, while those in the NXT bracket move to the Raw bracket. However, losing players would be knocked out of the bracket and KOTR would end. KOTR in Season 4 takes just over a full day to complete, compared to the two or more days it took to complete in seasons 1–3. Rewards are given according to the player's KOTR tier.

====People's Champion Challenge (discontinued)====
In a PCC, players chose one of the two sides available and played to add wins to the superstar's side they chose to earn points. PCC matches were just like Wild Mode matches, but here, the player got only three opponents to choose from with wins awarding points that could be earned by defeating the opponent chosen. Also, players could earn title matches through card picks earned from PCC matches, which, upon use, doubled the points that could be earned by winning against any of the three opponents, but these cards reset the board of cards available for picking once one such card is found. Players earned points to move up in the rankings and, at the end of the event, players were awarded cards on the basis of the winning side and the players' rankings. This mode has now been retired.

On May 21, 2020, ''WWE SuperCard'' added a similar event mode as People's Champion Challenge, named Clash of Champions ([[WWE Clash of Champions|titled after the pay-per-view of the same name]]), sharing previous features from People's Champion Challenge such as choosing two different sides, and elements from different events such as Last Man Standing and Giants Unleashed. Like most modes, Clash of Champions has a bout system with a free bout every 15 minutes.

====Road to Glory====
In Road to Glory, the player must construct a team of 16 superstars, 4 female superstars, and 2 support cards. Before playing, players choose their opponents like they would with People's Champion Challenge to earn points. This mode works just like exhibition but with more matches. The mode is split in four rounds where each player is given four random cards. Play works like Wild Mode. After four rounds, the player who wins the most matches is the winner. Depending on the results of the match, the player can earn 3 to 9 draft picks on the board with a rare card or higher or a title match card resetting the board. After earning a certain number of points, the player can earn a card starting with WrestleMania 36 and work their way up to earn a special card that can only be obtained from the event. Like some other modes (i.e. Royal Rumble), this mode uses a bout system in which players can play five matches in a row. The player can earn a free match every 15 minutes or pay for bouts with credits.

====Ring Domination====
This mode consists of a deck made of 10 Superstars and 2 Support cards (no female superstars). The mode is played on a 3x3 grid (9 tiles), and the aim is to own the most tiles at the end of bout. Players start with a hand of six cards (and two support cards) dealt randomly from their decks. Placing a card in a tile controls the tile for the player, and the opponent may use the cards' alignment to challenge for a tile. The challenge is a single match between the two cards based on randomly selected attributes, and the winner of the match controls the loser's tile. This goes on until all nine tiles are filled with cards. The player with the most tiles is the winner. This mode is contested player vs AI; the winner receives four picks, and the loser receives two. The picks go towards unveiling a special card. Once the card is fully revealed, the player receives that card. There is a special "Pick Doubler" boost that can be found that doubles the picks received from the next bout (win or lose). There are five free bout slots to start, and a new free bout is available every 15 minutes if a slot is open.

====Team People's Champion Challenge (discontinued)====

This is an extension of the normal PK. A team is to be created consisting of four or more members to be eligible in the team PCC. Then there is a pool created of cards from each member. Each hand contains two superstars, one female superstar and one support card. Enhancements may or may not be contributed. When a Team CC starts, Every player has to choose a side, and the team will play for the side which has been chosen the most. But as in PCC, the winning superstar is the reward, irrespective of the team's choice.

The matchlock is like exhibition but each player gets three opponents to choose from with the points that can be earned by defeating the opponent instead of their tiers to determine the opponent's deck's difficulty level. Each deck will be randomly selected from the previously made pool of cards. Also one can earn title matches through card picks earned from PIC matches which upon use, triple the points that can be earned by winning against any of the three opponents but these cards reset the set of cards available for picking once one such card is found. The player earns points to move the team up in the rankings and at the end of the event is awarded cards on the basis of the winning side and the team's ranking.

===Season 2===
Season 2 introduced tokens and multi-charge enhancements to the cards, as well as a new tier, SummerSlam, named for WWE's annual August pay-per-view event. Additionally, the cards will level up skills with a feature called Play Levels. After Season 2 was introduced, Season 1 cards were made ineligible to play against Season 2 cards, additionally, the Fusion Chamber is used to convert higher-levels Season 1 cards into Season 2 cards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wwesupercardgame.com/s2/|title=Introducing Season 2 of WWE SuperCard {{!}} WWE SuperCard|website=www.wwesupercardgame.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref>

===Season 3===

In season 3, several new modes were introduced. A Royal Rumble game mode is introduced, with players battling 15 cards against each other. New card tiers, Hardened, Elite and Ultimate, all with cards branded RAW, SmackDown! LIVE and NXT depending on the superstar and which brand they were on after the 2016 WWE brand split, and later, WrestleMania 33 and SummerSlam '17 and a ranked player vs. player mode were added.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wwe.com/article/wwe-supercard-season-3-announced|title=Get ready for WWE SuperCard Season 3!|work=WWE|access-date=2017-11-04|language=en}}</ref> An [[emoji]] feature, referred to as Attitudes, was added to the game as well.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/2k/article/wwe-supercard-season-three-attitudes-update-new-cards-ios-android|title=WWE SuperCard update adds Attitudes system, new cards|work=WWE|access-date=2017-11-04|language=en}}</ref>

=== Season 4 ===
New Events added to Season 4 include an all-female Elimination Chamber and Women's Royal Rumble events.<ref>[http://www.wwe.com/inside/2k/article/wwe-supercard-season-4-details-revealed s4 details]</ref> Live Player vs. Player modes have been merged into weekly leagues, where players can earn points and upgrades heading into the next week's league. New card tiers Beast, Monster, Titan, WrestleMania 34, Goliath, and SummerSlam '18, were made available as well.

Another new mode, Last Man Standing, launched on April 18, 2018, which now means players need to buy coins from the game to stand any chance of getting a card. The mode features increasingly challenging Arenas, and players compete to place on the leaderboard against others.<ref>[https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/wwe-supercard-update-last-man-standing/ Last man standing]</ref>

=== Season 5 ===
Season 5 has brought a completely new layout of the game, with the addition of being able to use multiple fusion chambers at once. In addition to this, three new tiers were added: Gothic, Neon and Shattered. In December, they announced the introduction of a new event, Over The Limit. It debuted on December 11, 2018 with an [[Elias (wrestler)|Elias]] event card. On April 3, 2019, WrestleMania 35 tier was added, and on June 12, 2019 the Cataclysm tier was added as well. In August 2019, the Summerslam 19 tier was added.

=== Season 6 ===

More than 250 new cards have been added to the game across seven new tiers: Nightmare, Primal, Vanguard, Royal Rumble, WrestleMania 36, Elemental and Summerslam '20 with an all-new leveling system for Season 6 cards. There's also an all-new Performance Center feature to help players train their cards up faster and helps players play matches in the performance centre. On January 22, 2020 Royal Rumble tier was added, and WrestleMania 36 tier was added on March 25, 2020. Two new event modes were added in May when Women's Giants Unleashed launched on May 7, 2020 alongside Clash of Champions, which was released on May 21, 2020. On June 10, 2020, Elemental tier was added. Also, on August 20, 2020, Summerslam '20 tier was added. It included the debut cards of Santos Escobar, Timothy Thatcher, and Scarlett.

=== Season 7 ===

Over 200 new cards have been added to the game with three tiers; Bio-Mechanical, Swarm, & Behemoth, launched on November 18, 2020. Brand new features such as Styles and Techniques were added to the game to give players an advantage when they play with the new addition to the game. A new currency was launched named "SuperCoins", replacing previous currency such as Team Battleground Points, Money in the Bank Contracts, and League Points. A new solo event mode was launched on December 3, 2020 named WarGames, named after NXT Takeover [[WarGames match]], where usually two teams compete against each other inside a cage. In the event, there are 3 three rounds, in which you must take control of 3 rings at once, with the winner scoring the most points and a bonus addition of 20 points. WarGames has similar elements to Giants Unleashed, where you climb your way through the milestone rewards to obtain the event card, and elements of Road to Glory where both event modes have a set of points you must acquire to obtain the event card. Like most event modes, WarGames has a bout system, with a free bout occurring every 15 minutes. On January 20, 2021, WWE SuperCard launched a new tier named Royal Rumble '21 ([[WWE Royal Rumble|titled after the pay-per-view of the same name]]) with over 150 new cards. Also, New Special Event Cards that have been released are special 3:16 Stone Cold Steve Austin Royal Rumble '21 Cards along with the coming of Royal Rumble '21 Fusion cards. Also, there has been a Legion Of Doom Leak in the Royal Rumble '21 Event Cards. On March 31, 2021, WWE SuperCard launched the WrestleMania 37 tier, along with a "dusting" feature that allows useless cards to be dusted to fill a points meter towards accessing a special draft board with 16 possible picks on a 4-x-4 draft board. Picks on the exclusive board are only at most 3 tiers below a player's Top 8 tier, with one card guaranteed as a pull of their tier, unless the player is WrestleMania 37-WrestleMania 37++, in which case the top cards which can be drawn are Royal Rumble '21. On May 6, 2021, a new event titled CodeBreaker (with similar elements to Last Man Standing, Giants Unleashed, and Clash of Champions) was established, with the first event card being [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]]. On June 9, 2021, WWE SuperCard launched the Forged tier, featuring over 70 cards. On August 11, 2021, WWE SuperCard released the SummerSlam '21 tier, with the first event card being [[Davey Boy Smith|The British Bulldog]].

=== Season 8 ===
On November 17, 2021, WWE SuperCard launched its eighth season with three new tiers named Mire, Maelstrom, and Valhalla, with the first event card of the season being [[Roman Reigns]]. With the new season's launch, followed the new game mode called Survivor ([[WWE Survivor Series|titled after the pay-per-view of the same name]]), a 10-man elimination tournament similar to the King of the Ring game mode, where a player must overcome 9 players to be declared the Survivor Champion. In the tournament, a player can only win up to 2 losses, as the third loss marks the elimination of a player. On January 26, 2022, WWE SuperCard released the Royal Rumble '22 tier, with the first event card being [[Bron Breakker]]. On March 10, 2022, WWE SuperCard released the Road to WrestleMania tier with Ricochet being the event card. On March 30, a new game mode was launched, known as 24/7 Champion Mode. Based on the [[WWE 24/7 Championship]], champions must be able to defend across all challengers, at any time. To become the champion, the player must successfully challenge for the championship. When players are the 24/7 Champion, they will be alerted by a referee icon at any given moment to warn the champion when a player is challenging for the player's championship. Losing the championship results from losing the title to another player or failing to defend the championship on time will lead to being stripped of the 24/7 Championship. Rewards are based on the successful title defenses a player has, the higher amount of victories, the better the rewards are. On June 1, 2022, WWE SuperCard launched the Ronin tier with over 170 cards available, alongside the first event card being [[Pete Dunne|Butch]]. On July 27, 2022, SummerSlam BCE tier was added. Also, on September 21, 2022, Arcane tier was added.

=== Season 9 ===
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On November 16, 2022, WWE SuperCard launched its ninth season with three new tiers named Pixel, Extinction and Octane. On January 18, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Royal Rumble '23 tier. On March 1, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Battle Pass with rewards you can earn from the Free Pass or Premium Pass at a price of £19.89. On March 29, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Wrestlemania 39 tier. On June 1, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Myth tier. On August 2, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the SummerSlam '23 tier. On September 27, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Pantheon tier.

=== Season 10 ===
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On November 15, 2023, WWE SuperCard launched its tenth season with four new tiers Tempest, Detention, Noir, and Crucible. WWE SuperCard introduced a new mode named Wild Campaign where you collect stars after every match you play and collect rewards. WWE SuperCard also introduced player levels that go from Level 1 to 30, the more you level up the better tier you will reach this will help you get better rewards from the draft board. On December 20, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Tundra tier. On January 10, 2024, WWE SuperCard released a [[CM Punk]] card for the first time. On January 24, 2024, WWE SuperCard released the Royal Rumble '24 tier.

== Tiers ==
In WWE SuperCard there are 73 tiers.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Tiers
|-
| Common S1
|-
| Uncommon S1
|-
| Rare S1
|-
| Super Rare S1
|-
| Ultra Rare S1
|-
| Epic S1
|-
| Legendary S1
|-
| Survivor S1
|-
| WrestleMania S1
|-
| Common S2
|-
| Uncommon S2
|-
| Rare S2
|-
| Super Rare S2
|-
| Ultra Rare S2
|-
| Epic S2
|-
| Legendary S2
|-
| Survivor S2
|-
| WrestleMania S2
|-
| SummerSlam
|-
| Hardened
|-
| Elite
|-
| Ultimate
|-
| WrestleMania 33
|-
| SummerSlam '17
|-
| Beast
|-
| Monster
|-
| Titan
|-
| WrestleMania 34
|-
| Goliath
|-
| SummerSlam '18
|-
| Gothic
|-
| Neon
|-
| Shattered
|-
| WrestleMania 35
|-
| Cataclysm
|-
| SummerSlam '19
|-
| Nightmare
|-
| Primal
|-
| Vanguard
|-
| Royal Rumble
|-
| WrestleMania 36
|-
| Elemental
|-
| SummerSlam '20
|-
| Bio-Mechanical
|-
| Swarm
|-
| Behemoth
|-
| Royal Rumble '21
|-
| WrestleMania 37
|-
| Forged
|-
| SummerSlam '21
|-
| Mire
|-
| Maelstrom
|-
| Valhalla
|-
| Royal Rumble '22
|-
| Road to WrestleMania
|-
| WrestleMania 38
|-
| Ronin
|-
| SummerSlam BCE
|-
| Arcane
|-
| Pixel
|-
| Extinction
|-
| Octane
|-
| Royal Rumble '23
|-
| WrestleMania 39
|-
| Myth
|-
| SummerSlam '23
|-
| Pantheon
|-
| Tempest
|-
| Detention
|-
| Noir
|-
| Crucible
|-
| Tundra
|-
| Royal Rumble '24
|}

== Reception ==
The game has a ''[[Metacritic]]'' score of 85 based on 7 critic reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/wwe-supercard/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad|title=WWE Supercard for iOS reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=2015-01-28}}</ref> As of May 2022, the game has been downloaded more than 26 million times.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Q4 Fiscal 2022 Conference Call|website =Take2Games|url=https://ir.take2games.com/static-files/764e4e40-ee2c-4f60-83ab-b05c98df0c6d|date=May 16, 2022}}</ref>

''[[TouchArcade]]'' wrote "For a new IP, ''WWE SuperCard'' manages to hang with the best of them. Even without purchasing cards left and right you can still enjoy yourself, which is great news for skeptics or WWE fans".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toucharcade.com/2014/09/22/wwe-supercard-review/|title=WWE SuperCard review: Playing Cards 3:6|author=Chris Carter|work=Touch Arcade|date=2014-09-22|access-date=2015-01-28}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of licensed wrestling video games]]
*[[List of fighting games]]
*[[NJPW Collection]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://wwesupercard.com/ Official website]
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WrestleMania XL

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{{short description|2024 WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event}}

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* [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]]
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|date = April 6–7, 2024
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|venue = [[Lincoln Financial Field]]
|city = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
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|wwennext = [[Backlash France]]
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'''WrestleMania XL''' is the upcoming 40th annual [[WrestleMania]] [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) and [[livestreaming]] [[List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards|event]] produced by [[WWE]]. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[WWE brand extension|brand divisions]]. The event is scheduled to be held as a two-night event, taking place on April 6 and 7, 2024, at [[Lincoln Financial Field]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].

This will be the second WrestleMania to be held in the city of Philadelphia and in the state of Pennsylvania, after [[WrestleMania XV]] in 1999. WrestleMania XL will also be the first WrestleMania after the company was sold to [[Endeavor (company)|Endeavor]], the parent company of [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC). The sale was finalized in September 2023, with WWE and UFC merging to become divisions of a new entity called [[TKO Group Holdings]], subsequently marking the first WrestleMania under TKO.

==Production==
===Background===
[[File:Le Lincoln Financial Field (cropped).jpg|thumb|The event will be held at the [[Lincoln Financial Field]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].]]
[[WrestleMania]] is [[WWE]]'s flagship [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) and [[livestreaming]] [[List of WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming supercards|event]], having first been held in [[WrestleMania I|1985]]. It was the company's first PPV produced and was also WWE's first major event available via livestreaming when the company launched the [[WWE Network]] in February 2014. It is the longest-running [[professional wrestling]] event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Benigno|first1=Anthony|last2=Clapp|first2=John|date=April 3, 2013|title=WrestleMania 29 press conference brings WWE to Radio City Music Hall|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/wrestlemania-press-conference-radio-city-music-hall|work=[[WWE]]|access-date=March 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407013602/https://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/wrestlemania-press-conference-radio-city-music-hall|archive-date=April 7, 2013|url-status=live|quote=... WWE's flagship event lights up MetLife Stadium ... WrestleMania}}</ref> Along with [[Royal Rumble]], [[SummerSlam]], [[Survivor Series]], and [[WWE Money in the Bank|Money in the Bank]], it is one of the company's five biggest events of the year, referred to as the "Big Five".<ref>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'' (p. 160)</ref><ref name="MITB-Big5">{{cite web|author=News 3 Staff|title=Las Vegas to host WWE's Money in the Bank in 2022|url=https://news3lv.com/news/local/las-vegas-to-host-wwes-money-in-the-bank-in-2022|website=[[KSNV]]|access-date=May 31, 2022|date=August 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823161938/https://news3lv.com/news/local/las-vegas-to-host-wwes-money-in-the-bank-in-2022|archive-date=August 23, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> WrestleMania is ranked the sixth-most valuable sports brand in the world by ''[[Forbes]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2019/10/16/the-forbes-fab-40-puma-debuts-on-2019-list-of-the-worlds-most-valuable-sports-brands/?sh=79efef21d356|title=The Forbes Fab 40: Puma Debuts On 2019 List Of The World's Most Valuable Sports Brands|first=Mike|last=Ozanian|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=October 16, 2019|date=October 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127120331/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2019/10/16/the-forbes-fab-40-puma-debuts-on-2019-list-of-the-worlds-most-valuable-sports-brands/?sh=79efef21d356|archive-date=January 27, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> and has been described as the [[Super Bowl]] of [[sports entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gelston|first=Dan|title=WrestleMania is Super Bowl of sports entertainment|url=https://apnews.com/article/f7ba8479c0434c7ba347a50c5a75c65e|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=April 4, 2013|access-date=March 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331101111/https://bigstory.ap.org/article/wrestlemania-super-bowl-sports-entertainment|archive-date=March 31, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Much like the Super Bowl, cities bid for the right to host the year's edition of WrestleMania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/markets-festivals/wrestlemania-sets-off-bidding-frenzy-1118016995/|title=WrestleMania sets off bidding frenzy|last=Graser|first=Marc|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 28, 2010|access-date=February 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426140048/https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118016995|archive-date=April 26, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> WrestleMania XL will feature wrestlers from the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[WWE brand extension|brand divisions]]. In addition to airing on traditional PPV, it will be available to livestream on [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets.<ref name="WM40announced">{{cite web|title=WWE Announces Dates And Location For WrestleMania 40|date=July 27, 2022|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/wwe-announces-dates-and-location-wrestlemania-40|first=Jeremy|last=Lambert|work=Fightful|access-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727142226/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/wwe-announces-dates-and-location-wrestlemania-40|archive-date=July 27, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 27, 2022, it was announced that [[Lincoln Financial Field]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] would host WrestleMania 40 on April 6 and 7, 2024.<ref name="WM40announced"/> The logo was revealed on October 8, 2022, during the [[Extreme Rules (2022)|Extreme Rules]] Kickoff pre-show at the nearby [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|Wells Fargo Center]]. Themed after the [[Liberty Bell]] and in the colors of the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], it incorporates [[Roman numerals]] for the first time since [[WrestleMania XXX]] in 2014, thus officially stylizing the title as WrestleMania XL.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kasabian|first=Paul|title=WWE WrestleMania 40 Logo Revealed; Event Will Be Held in Philadelphia|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10051720-wwe-wrestlemania-40-logo-revealed-event-will-be-held-in-philadelphia|date=October 8, 2022|access-date=October 9, 2022|work=[[Bleacher Report]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009015433/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10051720-wwe-wrestlemania-40-logo-revealed-event-will-be-held-in-philadelphia|archive-date=October 9, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WWE Unveils WrestleMania 40 Logo at Extreme Rules|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/wwe-unveils-wrestlemania-40-logo-at-extreme-rules/|last=Harris|first=Jeffrey|date=October 8, 2022|access-date=October 9, 2022|work=[[411Mania]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009025744/https://411mania.com/wrestling/wwe-unveils-wrestlemania-40-logo-at-extreme-rules/|archive-date=October 9, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Tickets for the event went on sale on August 18, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lambert|first=Jeremy|work=Fightful|date=July 21, 2023|title=WrestleMania 40 Tickets Available On Friday, August 18|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/wrestlemania-40-tickets-available-friday-august-18|access-date=July 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721175504/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/wrestlemania-40-tickets-available-friday-august-18|archive-date=July 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Over 90,000 tickets were sold on the first day for both nights combined, breaking WWE's record set by the prior year's WrestleMania.<ref>{{cite web|last=Currier|first=Joseph|date=August 18, 2023|title=WrestleMania 40 breaks WWE's all-time gate record|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wrestlemania-40-breaks-wwes-all-time-gate-record|access-date=August 18, 2023|website=[[Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819004513/https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wrestlemania-40-breaks-wwes-all-time-gate-record|archive-date=August 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

From January 2023, there had been speculation that WWE had been placed up for sale.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Alex|date=January 7, 2023|title=Vince McMahon is back at WWE to ensure a smooth sale process. Here's who might want to buy it|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/07/who-would-buy-wwe-as-mcmahon-returns-to-board-to-pursue-sale.html|access-date=January 10, 2023|work=[[CNBC]]|archive-date=January 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109222343/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/07/who-would-buy-wwe-as-mcmahon-returns-to-board-to-pursue-sale.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hours before [[WrestleMania 39]] Night 2 began, [[CNBC]] reported via multiple sources that a deal between WWE and [[Endeavor (company)|Endeavor]], the parent company of [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC) via [[Zuffa]], was imminent. The deal involved [[Acquisition of WWE by Endeavor|a merger]] of WWE with the UFC into a new publicly traded company, with Endeavor holding a 51% stake.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Alex|date=April 2, 2023|title=WWE near deal to be sold to UFC parent Endeavor, sources say|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/02/wwe-ufc-endeavor-deal.html|access-date=April 2, 2023|work=[[CNBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402205348/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/02/wwe-ufc-endeavor-deal.html|archive-date=April 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The sale was confirmed the next day on April 3, 2023,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/business/wwe-sale/index.html|title=WWE is combining with UFC to form a new company|date=April 3, 2023|last=Valinsky|first=Jordan|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=April 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403120150/https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/business/wwe-sale/index.html|archive-date=April 3, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and was finalized on September 12, with WWE merging with the UFC to become divisions of [[TKO Group Holdings]]. WrestleMania XL will in turn be the first WrestleMania held in which WWE was not owned and controlled by the [[McMahon family]], and subsequently the first WrestleMania under TKO.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230906574317/en/Endeavor-and-WWE®-Deal-to-Create-TKO-Group-Holdings-Expected-to-Close-September-12|title=Endeavor and WWE® Deal to Create TKO Group Holdings Expected to Close September 12|date=September 7, 2023|work=[[Business Wire]]|access-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907145710/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230906574317/en/Endeavor-and-WWE%C2%AE-Deal-to-Create-TKO-Group-Holdings-Expected-to-Close-September-12|archive-date=September 7, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other WrestleMania week events===
As part of the WrestleMania festivities during the week of the event, WWE will hold a number of events throughout the week. The night before WrestleMania XL on April 5, WWE will kick off WrestleMania Weekend with a [[List of WWE SmackDown special episodes|special]] "WrestleMania Edition" of ''[[Friday Night SmackDown]]''. Immediately after ''SmackDown'', the [[WWE Hall of Fame (2024)|2024 WWE Hall of Fame]] induction ceremony will commence. The day of WrestleMania Saturday, WWE's [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]] brand will hold its annual WrestleMania Week event, [[NXT Stand & Deliver (2024)|Stand & Deliver]]. WrestleMania Week will conclude with the ''[[Monday Night Raw]]'' after WrestleMania on April 8. All of these events will be held [[Live television|live]] at the nearby Wells Fargo Center.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1722362631422427192|title=Three huge events have been added to @WWE WrestleMania Week in Philadelphia! Friday Night Smackdown & 2024 WWE Hall of Fame Friday, April 5 NXT Stand & Deliver Saturday, April 6 Monday Night RAW Monday, April 8 All three events right here at Wells Fargo Center! Combo Tickets for all three events on-sale next Friday, November 17.|author=Wells Fargo Center|user=WellsFargoCtr|author-link=Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|date=November 8, 2023|access-date=November 12, 2023}}</ref>

===Storylines===
The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,<ref>{{cite web|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|url=https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|work=HowStuffWorks|publisher=[[Discovery Communications]]|access-date=March 5, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|archive-date=November 29, 2013|date=January 13, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Live & Televised Entertainment|url=https://corporate.wwe.com/company/events.jsp|work=[[WWE]]|access-date=March 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218142749/https://corporate.wwe.com/company/events.jsp|archive-date=February 18, 2009}}</ref> while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, ''Monday Night Raw'' and ''Friday Night SmackDown''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/wwe-smackdown-live-usa-1201782569/|title=WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (Exclusive)|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=May 25, 2016|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=May 25, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526113045/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/wwe-smackdown-live-usa-1201782569/|archive-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref>


==Matches==

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| match1 = [[Roman Reigns]] (c) (with [[Paul Heyman]]) vs. [[Cody Rhodes]]
| stip1 = [[Singles match (professional wrestling)|Singles match]] for the [[Undisputed WWE Universal Championship]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Lambert|first=Jeremy|title=Cody Rhodes Goes Back-To-Back, Wins 2024 Men's Royal Rumble|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/cody-rhodes-goes-back-back-wins-2024-men-s-royal-rumble|work=Fightful|date=January 27, 2024|access-date=January 27, 2024}}</ref>
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| match2 = [[Rhea Ripley]] or [[Iyo Sky]] (c) vs. [[Bayley (wrestler)|Bayley]]
| stip2 = [[Singles match (professional wrestling)|Singles match]] for the [[Women's World Championship (WWE)|Women's World Championship]] or [[WWE Women's Championship]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Defelice|first=Robert|title=Bayley Wins 2024 Women's Royal Rumble, Breaks Iron Woman Record In The Process|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/bayley-wins-2024-women-s-royal-rumble-breaks-iron-woman-record-process|work=Fightful|date=January 27, 2024|access-date=January 27, 2024}}</ref>
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania}}

{{2024 WWE Network events}}
{{WWEPPV|WrestleMania}}

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XDefiant

2023-04-19T15:19:48Z

71.174.204.54:

{{Short description|Upcoming video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = XDefiant
| image = XDefiant_Logo.png
| developer = [[Ubisoft San Francisco]]
| publisher = [[Ubisoft]]
| engine = [[Snowdrop (game engine)|Snowdrop]]
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[PlayStation 4]]|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Xbox One]]|[[Xbox Series X/S]]}}
| released = 
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Multiplayer]]
| director = {{Unbulleted list|Mark Rubin|Jason Schroeder}}
}}

'''''XDefiant''''' (formerly known as '''''Tom Clancy's XDefiant''''')
is a [[first-person shooter]] video game developed and published by [[Ubisoft]]. It features a variety of factions and classes, each with their own unique abilities and weapons. The game is set in a near-future version of the United States, where players engage in fast-paced, team-based multiplayer matches across a variety of maps and game modes. XDefiant is currently in development and is set to be released in the future on [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S]], and [[Windows]].
The setting of the game revolves around factions called "Defiant", Wolves (from ''[[Ghost Recon]]''), Echelon (from ''[[Splinter Cell]]''), and the Outcasts and Cleaners (from ''[[Tom Clancy's The Division|The Division]]'').<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Tom Clancy's XDefiant Brings Universes Together in a Competitive Shooter|url=https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/P0TCi0Q4ENHftn2QfKMTB/tom-clancys-xdefiant-brings-universes-together-in-a-competitive-shooter|access-date=2021-10-01|website=news.ubisoft.com|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728075959/https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/P0TCi0Q4ENHftn2QfKMTB/tom-clancys-xdefiant-brings-universes-together-in-a-competitive-shooter|url-status=live}}</ref> Factions from ''[[Far Cry]]'' and ''[[Watch Dogs]]'' are also planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/xdefiant-ubisoft-arcade-shooter-details-closed-beta-release-date-2612798/|title=XDefiant pits Ubisoft characters against each other in an arcade FPS|first=Edmond|last=Tran|work=GamesHub|date=April 14, 2023|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref> Defiants are customizable with traits, abilities, devices, weapons and items.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Oscar|title=Tom Clancy's XDefiant lets players play the bad guys from the Clancyverse|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tom-clancys-xdefiant-lets-players-play-the-bad-guys-from-the-clancyverse/|access-date=2021-10-01|website=CNET|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826164420/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tom-clancys-xdefiant-lets-players-play-the-bad-guys-from-the-clancyverse/|url-status=live}}</ref> It has 6-versus-6 linear game modes (such as “Domination” and “Escort”). The game has [[punk visual art]] elements.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet XDefiant, Ubisoft's Second Tom Clancy's Free-to-Play Shooter|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/xdefiant-tom-clancy-ubisoft-beta-game-trailer-release-date-pc-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-series-x-s-f2p-fps-2490637|access-date=2021-10-01|website=NDTV Gadgets 360|date=20 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Development==
The game was officially announced by Ubisoft in July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/22583452/ubisoft-tom-clancy-xdefiance-trailer-announcement-release-date|title=Ubisoft announces Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, a colorfully chaotic free-to-play FPS|first=Michael|last=McWhertor|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=July 19, 2021|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref> A closed Insider test of a pre-alpha version of ''XDefiant'' occurred in North America in 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=XDefiant Developer Update: Closed Test Results|url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/xdefiant/news/6jzt0xokNnsKxOoImVIO2e/xdefiant-developer-update-closed-test-results|access-date=2021-10-01|publisher=Ubisoft|language=en-gb|archive-date=2021-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001051534/https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/xdefiant/news/6jzt0xokNnsKxOoImVIO2e/xdefiant-developer-update-closed-test-results|url-status=live}}</ref> A second Insider test was held in February 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant/news/1sa73yWmg4XlybjsAgTTgb |date=14 February 2023 |title=Announcing Cross-Play Insider Session |publisher=Ubisoft}}</ref> A closed beta test began in April 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant/news/2EO8kG6NJ97sLjLwLiNWGI/closed-beta-announcement |date=6 April 2023 |title=Closed Beta Announcement |publisher=Ubisoft}}</ref> In March 2022, the game was rebranded as a part of the Ubisoft Originals brand, dropping the [[Tom Clancy's]] universe title, and is expected to feature characters from other Ubisoft franchises.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-drops-tom-clancys-name-from-xdefiant|title=Ubisoft drops Tom Clancy's name from XDefiant|first=Ishraq|last=Subhan|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref>

==Media==
On 17 April 2023, shortly after the launch of the games closed beta, ''XDefiant'' became one of the top games to be streamed on the Twitch streaming platform, gaining around 50k viewers and passing the combined popularity of ''Warzone 2'' and ''Modern Warfare 2''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saliedeen |first=Salmaan |date=2023-04-16 |title=New Competitive FPS Has Surpassed Call of Duty: Warzone on Twitch |url=https://gamerant.com/competitive-fps-xdefiant-surpassed-call-of-duty-warzone-twitch/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant}}

{{Tom Clancy games}}

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XDefiant

2023-04-19T15:17:36Z

71.174.204.54:

{{Short description|Upcoming video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = XDefiant
| image = XDefiant_Logo.png
| developer = [[Ubisoft San Francisco]]
| publisher = [[Ubisoft]]
| engine = [[Snowdrop (game engine)|Snowdrop]]
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[PlayStation 4]]|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Xbox One]]|[[Xbox Series X/S]]}}
| released = 
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Multiplayer]]
| director = {{Unbulleted list|Mark Rubin|Jason Schroeder}}
}}

'''''XDefiant''''' (formerly known as '''''Tom Clancy's XDefiant''''')
is a [[first-person shooter]] video game developed and published by [[Ubisoft]]. It features a variety of factions and classes, each with their own unique abilities and weapons. The game is set in a near-future version of the United States, where players engage in fast-paced, team-based multiplayer matches across a variety of maps and game modes. XDefiant is currently in development and is set to be released in the future on Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
The setting of the game revolves around factions called "Defiant", Wolves (from ''[[Ghost Recon]]''), Echelon (from ''[[Splinter Cell]]''), and the Outcasts and Cleaners (from ''[[Tom Clancy's The Division|The Division]]'').<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Tom Clancy's XDefiant Brings Universes Together in a Competitive Shooter|url=https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/P0TCi0Q4ENHftn2QfKMTB/tom-clancys-xdefiant-brings-universes-together-in-a-competitive-shooter|access-date=2021-10-01|website=news.ubisoft.com|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728075959/https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/P0TCi0Q4ENHftn2QfKMTB/tom-clancys-xdefiant-brings-universes-together-in-a-competitive-shooter|url-status=live}}</ref> Factions from ''[[Far Cry]]'' and ''[[Watch Dogs]]'' are also planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/xdefiant-ubisoft-arcade-shooter-details-closed-beta-release-date-2612798/|title=XDefiant pits Ubisoft characters against each other in an arcade FPS|first=Edmond|last=Tran|work=GamesHub|date=April 14, 2023|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref> Defiants are customizable with traits, abilities, devices, weapons and items.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Oscar|title=Tom Clancy's XDefiant lets players play the bad guys from the Clancyverse|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tom-clancys-xdefiant-lets-players-play-the-bad-guys-from-the-clancyverse/|access-date=2021-10-01|website=CNET|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826164420/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tom-clancys-xdefiant-lets-players-play-the-bad-guys-from-the-clancyverse/|url-status=live}}</ref> It has 6-versus-6 linear game modes (such as “Domination” and “Escort”). The game has [[punk visual art]] elements.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet XDefiant, Ubisoft's Second Tom Clancy's Free-to-Play Shooter|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/xdefiant-tom-clancy-ubisoft-beta-game-trailer-release-date-pc-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-series-x-s-f2p-fps-2490637|access-date=2021-10-01|website=NDTV Gadgets 360|date=20 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Development==
The game was officially announced by Ubisoft in July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/22583452/ubisoft-tom-clancy-xdefiance-trailer-announcement-release-date|title=Ubisoft announces Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, a colorfully chaotic free-to-play FPS|first=Michael|last=McWhertor|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=July 19, 2021|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref> A closed Insider test of a pre-alpha version of ''XDefiant'' occurred in North America in 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=XDefiant Developer Update: Closed Test Results|url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/xdefiant/news/6jzt0xokNnsKxOoImVIO2e/xdefiant-developer-update-closed-test-results|access-date=2021-10-01|publisher=Ubisoft|language=en-gb|archive-date=2021-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001051534/https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/xdefiant/news/6jzt0xokNnsKxOoImVIO2e/xdefiant-developer-update-closed-test-results|url-status=live}}</ref> A second Insider test was held in February 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant/news/1sa73yWmg4XlybjsAgTTgb |date=14 February 2023 |title=Announcing Cross-Play Insider Session |publisher=Ubisoft}}</ref> A closed beta test began in April 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant/news/2EO8kG6NJ97sLjLwLiNWGI/closed-beta-announcement |date=6 April 2023 |title=Closed Beta Announcement |publisher=Ubisoft}}</ref> In March 2022, the game was rebranded as a part of the Ubisoft Originals brand, dropping the [[Tom Clancy's]] universe title, and is expected to feature characters from other Ubisoft franchises.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-drops-tom-clancys-name-from-xdefiant|title=Ubisoft drops Tom Clancy's name from XDefiant|first=Ishraq|last=Subhan|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref>

==Media==
On 17 April 2023, shortly after the launch of the games closed beta, ''XDefiant'' became one of the top games to be streamed on the Twitch streaming platform, gaining around 50k viewers and passing the combined popularity of ''Warzone 2'' and ''Modern Warfare 2''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saliedeen |first=Salmaan |date=2023-04-16 |title=New Competitive FPS Has Surpassed Call of Duty: Warzone on Twitch |url=https://gamerant.com/competitive-fps-xdefiant-surpassed-call-of-duty-warzone-twitch/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant}}

{{Tom Clancy games}}

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XDefiant

2023-04-19T15:16:46Z

71.174.204.54:

{{Short description|Upcoming video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = XDefiant
| image = XDefiant_Logo.png
| developer = [[Ubisoft San Francisco]]
| publisher = [[Ubisoft]]
| engine = [[Snowdrop (game engine)|Snowdrop]]
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[PlayStation 4]]|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Xbox One]]|[[Xbox Series X/S]]}}
| released = 
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Multiplayer]]
| director = {{Unbulleted list|Mark Rubin|Jason Schroeder}}
}}

'''''XDefiant''''' (formerly known as '''''Tom Clancy's XDefiant''''')
is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Ubisoft. It features a variety of factions and classes, each with their own unique abilities and weapons. The game is set in a near-future version of the United States, where players engage in fast-paced, team-based multiplayer matches across a variety of maps and game modes. XDefiant is currently in development and is set to be released in the future on Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
The setting of the game revolves around factions called "Defiant", Wolves (from ''[[Ghost Recon]]''), Echelon (from ''[[Splinter Cell]]''), and the Outcasts and Cleaners (from ''[[Tom Clancy's The Division|The Division]]'').<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Tom Clancy's XDefiant Brings Universes Together in a Competitive Shooter|url=https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/P0TCi0Q4ENHftn2QfKMTB/tom-clancys-xdefiant-brings-universes-together-in-a-competitive-shooter|access-date=2021-10-01|website=news.ubisoft.com|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728075959/https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/P0TCi0Q4ENHftn2QfKMTB/tom-clancys-xdefiant-brings-universes-together-in-a-competitive-shooter|url-status=live}}</ref> Factions from ''[[Far Cry]]'' and ''[[Watch Dogs]]'' are also planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/xdefiant-ubisoft-arcade-shooter-details-closed-beta-release-date-2612798/|title=XDefiant pits Ubisoft characters against each other in an arcade FPS|first=Edmond|last=Tran|work=GamesHub|date=April 14, 2023|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref> Defiants are customizable with traits, abilities, devices, weapons and items.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Oscar|title=Tom Clancy's XDefiant lets players play the bad guys from the Clancyverse|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tom-clancys-xdefiant-lets-players-play-the-bad-guys-from-the-clancyverse/|access-date=2021-10-01|website=CNET|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826164420/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tom-clancys-xdefiant-lets-players-play-the-bad-guys-from-the-clancyverse/|url-status=live}}</ref> It has 6-versus-6 linear game modes (such as “Domination” and “Escort”). The game has [[punk visual art]] elements.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet XDefiant, Ubisoft's Second Tom Clancy's Free-to-Play Shooter|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/xdefiant-tom-clancy-ubisoft-beta-game-trailer-release-date-pc-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-series-x-s-f2p-fps-2490637|access-date=2021-10-01|website=NDTV Gadgets 360|date=20 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Development==
The game was officially announced by Ubisoft in July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/22583452/ubisoft-tom-clancy-xdefiance-trailer-announcement-release-date|title=Ubisoft announces Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, a colorfully chaotic free-to-play FPS|first=Michael|last=McWhertor|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=July 19, 2021|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref> A closed Insider test of a pre-alpha version of ''XDefiant'' occurred in North America in 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=XDefiant Developer Update: Closed Test Results|url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/xdefiant/news/6jzt0xokNnsKxOoImVIO2e/xdefiant-developer-update-closed-test-results|access-date=2021-10-01|publisher=Ubisoft|language=en-gb|archive-date=2021-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001051534/https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/xdefiant/news/6jzt0xokNnsKxOoImVIO2e/xdefiant-developer-update-closed-test-results|url-status=live}}</ref> A second Insider test was held in February 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant/news/1sa73yWmg4XlybjsAgTTgb |date=14 February 2023 |title=Announcing Cross-Play Insider Session |publisher=Ubisoft}}</ref> A closed beta test began in April 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant/news/2EO8kG6NJ97sLjLwLiNWGI/closed-beta-announcement |date=6 April 2023 |title=Closed Beta Announcement |publisher=Ubisoft}}</ref> In March 2022, the game was rebranded as a part of the Ubisoft Originals brand, dropping the [[Tom Clancy's]] universe title, and is expected to feature characters from other Ubisoft franchises.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-drops-tom-clancys-name-from-xdefiant|title=Ubisoft drops Tom Clancy's name from XDefiant|first=Ishraq|last=Subhan|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref>

==Media==
On 17 April 2023, shortly after the launch of the games closed beta, ''XDefiant'' became one of the top games to be streamed on the Twitch streaming platform, gaining around 50k viewers and passing the combined popularity of ''Warzone 2'' and ''Modern Warfare 2''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saliedeen |first=Salmaan |date=2023-04-16 |title=New Competitive FPS Has Surpassed Call of Duty: Warzone on Twitch |url=https://gamerant.com/competitive-fps-xdefiant-surpassed-call-of-duty-warzone-twitch/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant}}

{{Tom Clancy games}}

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Axiom (wrestler)

2023-04-05T17:32:55Z

71.174.204.54: Fixed error

{{short description|Spanish professional wrestler}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name = Axiom
|image = File:A-Kid.jpg
|caption = Axiom as A-Kid in 2019
|birthname =
|names = A-Kid Anonymous Kid '''Axiom''' El Niño Anónimo<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=34602|title= A-Kid Profile|website= wrestlingdata.com}}</ref> The Kung-Fu Kid<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/a-kid-13747.html|title=A-Kid: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)|website=www.profightdb.com}}</ref>
|height = 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
|weight = 154 lb (70 kg)
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|5|9}}
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| billed = Madrid, Spain
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'''Carlos Ruiz'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/20191206/472073006340/a-kid-de-un-pequeno-gimnasio-de-madrid-a-la-cima-de-la-lucha-libre-mundial.html|title=A-Kid, de un pequeño gimnasio de Madrid a la cima de la lucha libre mundial|date=December 6, 2019|website=La Vanguardia}}</ref> (born May 9, 1997) is a Spanish professional wrestler known under his ringname '''A-Kid.''' He is currently signed to [[WWE]], where he performs on [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]] as '''Axiom'''. He has also performed in [[NXT UK (WWE brand)|NXT UK]], where he was the inaugural [[NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/wwe/story/wwe-nxt-uk-oct-31-2019-103019|title=WWE NXT UK: Oct. 31, 2019|first1=WWE com|date=October 30, 2019|website=FOX Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prowrestling.com/wwe-nxt-uk-hypes-debut-of-a-kid/|title=WWE NXT UK Hypes Debut of A-Kid|date=October 17, 2019}}</ref> He has previously competed on the American and European independent circuits, notably for [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] (PWG), [[Progress Wrestling]], [[CHIKARA Pro|Chikara]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lastwordonprowrestling.com/2019/01/07/a-kid-and-carlos-romo-officialy-moving-to-the-uk/|title=A-Kid and Carlos Romo Officially Moving to the UK|first=Emmanuel|last=Rosado|date=January 8, 2019}}</ref> Defiant Wrestling<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wearedefiant.com/roster/a-kid|title=Defiant Wrestling - A-Kid|website=wearedefiant.com}}</ref> and White Wolf Wrestling (Triple W). In 2018, Ruiz became the first Spaniard and, at the age of 20, the youngest wrestler to ever compete in a singles match rated [[List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer|5 stars]] by [[Dave Meltzer]] of the [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]].

==Professional wrestling career==
===International promotions (2012–2019)===
In June 2016, it was announced A-Kid would participate with Rod Zayas and Adam Chase in Chikara's King of Trios, as House White Wolf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/62160-zayas--akid-y-adam-chase-de-la-triple-w-estaran-en-el-kot17-de-chikara|title=Zayas, A-Kid y Adam Chase de la Triple W estarán en el KOT17 de Chikara|date=June 25, 2017|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref> However, they would be defeated by House British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) in the first round.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/63887-resultados-de-chikara-king-of-trios-2017-primera-noche-1-de-septiembre|title=Resultados de Chikara King of Trios 2017: Primera noche (1 de septiembre)|date=September 2, 2017|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref> Next year, he participated in the Chikaras Rey de Voladores tournament,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/72171-adam-chase-y-akid--confirmados-para-el-torneo-chikara-rey-de-voladores-2018|title=Adam Chase y A-Kid, confirmados para el torneo CHIKARA Rey de Voladores 2018|date=June 29, 2018|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref> but was defeated in the finals by [[Darius Martin|Air Wolf]].<ref name="auto1"/> The following years, A-Kid and Adam Chase (later, Carlos Romo) wrestled in the British circuit as Team White Wolf, winning the Attack! Tag Team Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/70091-los-luchadores-espanoles-akid-y-adam-chase-ganan-los-campeonatos-en-parejas-de-attack|title=Los luchadores españoles A-Kid y Adam Chase ganan los campeonatos en parejas de ATTACK!|date=April 10, 2018|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref> They also faced each other in RevPro 7th Anniversary Show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/82827-akid-y-carlos-romo-se-enfrentaran-en-el-7o-aniversario-de-revolution-pro-wrestling|title=A-Kid se enfrentará a Carlos Romo en el 7o Aniversario de RevPro UK|date=August 7, 2019|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref>

===WWE (2019–present)===
A-Kid made his WWE debut alongside fellow wrestler Carlos Romo on April 20, 2019, where they were defeated by Gallus ([[Mark Coffey]] and [[Wolfgang (wrestler)|Wolfgang]]) during a set of ''[[NXT UK]]'' tapings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/80115-akid-y-carlos-romo-debutan-en-wwe-durante-las-grabaciones-de-nxt-uk|title=WWE: Los competidores españoles A-Kid y Carlos Romo disputan su primer encuentro en NXT UK|date=April 20, 2019|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref> On October 17, 2019, A-Kid was announced as having signed for the [[NXT UK (WWE brand)|NXT UK]] brand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/84550-wwe-anuncia-a-akid-como-parte-de-nxt-uk|title=WWE anuncia a A-Kid como parte de NXT UK|date=October 17, 2019|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref> He made his singles debut on October 31, 2019, defeating [[Kassius Ohno]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/84874-akid-derrota-a-kassius-ohno-en-su-debut-individual-en-nxt-uk|title=A-Kid derrota a Kassius Ohno en su debut individual en NXT UK|date=October 31, 2019|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref> On November 26, 2020, A-Kid became the first ever NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion by defeating Trent Seven at the finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=297195|title=WWE NXT UK #120 - TV-Show @ BT Sport Studios in London, England, UK|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=November 26, 2020|access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref> On the May 20, 2021 edition of NXT UK, A-Kid dropped the [[NXT UK Heritage Cup]] to [[Tyler Bate]]. On the October 14 episode of ''NXT UK'', A-Kid faced [[Ilja Dragunov]] for the [[NXT UK Championship]] but was defeated. In July 2022, Ruiz was repackaged as a superhero masked wrestler named '''Axiom'''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/110397-wwe-nxt-a-kid-presentado-como-axiom | title=A-Kid recibe un cambio de personaje en su regreso a WWE NXT | date=6 July 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/110589-wwe-nxt-axiom-debut-proxima-semana | title=A-Kid usará una máscara en su regreso a NXT como AXIOM | date=13 July 2022 }}</ref>

== Other media ==
A-Kid made his video game debut on ''[[WWE 2K22]]'' as a '''DLC''' alongside [[Gregory Helms|The Hurricane]], [[Wes Lee]], and [[Stacy Keibler]] known as the '''Stand Back Pack'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A-Kid |url=https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/roster/wwe2k22/a-kid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725221114/https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/roster/wwe2k22/a-kid |archive-date=July 25, 2022 |website=Thesmackdownhotel.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WWE 2K22 Video Shows Wes Lee DLC |date=4 June 2022 |url=https://gamerant.com/wwe-2k22-wes-lee-dlc-footage-reveal/amp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605204422/https://gamerant.com/wwe-2k22-wes-lee-dlc-footage-reveal/amp/ |archive-date=June 5, 2022 |website=Gamerant.com }}</ref>

== Championship and accomplishments ==
* '''[[ATTACK! Pro Wrestling ]]'''
** ATTACK! Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Adam Chase<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=2471|title=ATTACK! Tag Team Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=April 8, 2018|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
** Ranked him No. 118 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]]'' in 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2021.html|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2021|access-date=October 7, 2021|work=The Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref>
*'''[[Westside Xtreme Wrestling]]'''
**Ambition: Wildcard Edition (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/84349-el-luchador-espanol-akid-gana-el-torneo-ambition-de-wxw|title=El luchador español A-Kid gana el torneo Ambition de wXw|date=October 9, 2019|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=5907|title=Ambition: Wildcard Edition (2019)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=October 6, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
*'''White Wolf Wrestling'''
** Triple W Absolute Championship (3 times)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3803|title=Triple W Absolute Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=April 9, 2016|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
** Triple W Extreme Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3807|title=Triple W Extreme Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=November 4, 2017|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
** Triple W Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3804|title=Triple W Heavyweight Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=April 9, 2016|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
*'''[[WWE]]'''
** [[NXT UK Heritage Cup]] (1 time, inaugural)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=18852&page=11|title=Titles « A-Kid « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=4799|title=NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=November 26, 2020|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
**[[NXT UK Heritage Cup#Inaugural tournament|NXT UK Heritage Cup Inaugural Tournament 2020]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=6693&page=2|title=WWE NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship Tournament|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=November 26, 2020|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WWE superstar|A-Kid}}
* {{twitter|AKidWrestler|A-Kid -El Niño Anónimo-}}
* {{Professional wrestling profiles|cagematch=18852|wrestlingdata=34602|iwd=a-kid-13747.|name=A-Kid}}
* {{IMDb name|nm10847889|Nino Anonimo}}

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The Walking Dead: Dead City

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'''''The Walking Dead: Dead City''''' is an upcoming American [[post-apocalyptic]] [[Horror fiction|horror]] [[drama]] television series created by Eli Jorné, based on ''[[The Walking Dead (comic book)|The Walking Dead]]'' characters [[Maggie Greene|Maggie]] and [[Negan]]. It is the fourth spin-off and overall fifth series in [[The Walking Dead (franchise)|''The Walking Dead'' franchise]], sharing continuity with the other television series, and the first sequel to ''The Walking Dead'' TV series. Jorné serves as showrunner.

[[Lauren Cohan]] and [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] reprise their roles as Maggie and Negan from the original television series, along with [[Gaius Charles]], Jonathan Higginbotham, Mahina Napoleon, Trey Santiago-Hudson, and Charlie Solis also starring. Development of the series began in March 2022. The title of the series was revealed at the same time before being renamed later that August. Additional castings were revealed in October and November 2022. Filming began in New York City by July and concluded October 2022.

''The Walking Dead: Dead City'' is scheduled to premiere on June 18, 2023, and will consist of six episodes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-walking-dead-dead-city-release-date-cast-everything-to-know-amc/ |title=The Walking Dead: Dead City: Release Date, Cast, and Everything Else to Know |website=[[TV Guide]] |first=Lauren |last=Piester |date=March 14, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref><ref name="DeadCityJune">{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1276501-the-walking-dead-dead-city-premiere-date |title=The Walking Dead: Dead City Premiere Date & New Logo Revealed |website=ComingSoon.net |first=Tyler |last=Treese |date=March 25, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>

== Premise ==
The series follows [[Maggie Greene|Maggie]] and [[Negan]] traveling into a post-apocalyptic [[Manhattan]] cut off from the mainland in search of Maggie's kidnapped son, Hershel. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made [[New York City]] their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.

== Cast and characters ==
* [[Lauren Cohan]] as [[Maggie Greene]]: [[Glenn Rhee|Glenn]]'s widow and the former leader of the Hilltop.
* [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] as [[Negan]]: The reformed former leader of the Saviors.
* [[Gaius Charles]] as Perlie Armstrong: A devoted family man.<ref name="Charles"/>
* [[Željko Ivanek]] as "The Croat"<ref name="July2022Casting"/>
* Jonathan Higginbotham as Tommaso<ref name="July2022Casting"/>
* Mahina Napoleon as Ginny<ref name="July2022Casting"/>
* Trey Santiago-Hudson as Jano<ref name="FirstLookPhotos">{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/lists/the-walking-dead-dead-city-season-1-photos/maggie-attacks-negan/ |title=The Walking Dead: Dead City Sets Spring Premiere |website=[[TVLine]] |last=Mason |first=Charlie |date=October 8, 2022 |accessdate=November 11, 2022}}</ref>
* Charlie Solis as "The Bartender"<ref name="DeadCityDetails">{{cite web |url=https://parade.com/tv/dead-city-the-walking-dead-amc-spinoff |title='The Walking Dead' Isn't Dead! Everything to Know About Maggie and Negan's Spinoff 'Dead City' |website=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |last=Sager |first=Jessica |date=November 20, 2022 |accessdate=November 22, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Michael Anthony (actor)|Michael Anthony]] as Luther

Alex Borlo, [[David Chen]], Randy Gonzalez, [[Alex Huynh]], Aixa Kendrick, Karina Ortiz, Caleb Reese Paul, [[Eleanor Reissa]], and John Wu have been cast in undisclosed roles.<ref name="DeadCityDetails"/> Maggie's son Hershel Rhee will also appear, however it is unclear who will portray him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/walking-dead-city-maggie-negan-nyc-story-details/ |title=The Walking Dead: Dead City Reveals Why Maggie & Negan Go To New York |website=[[Screen Rant]] |first=Dan |last=Zinski |date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>

== Episodes ==
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Eli Jorné also wrote episodes 2, 4, and 6, while Keith Staskiewicz wrote episode 3 and Brenna Kouf wrote episode 5.<ref name="WGA" />

== Production ==
=== Development ===
In March 2022, AMC reported that they were developing a fourth spin-off of ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' titled ''Isle of the Dead'' revolving around [[Maggie Greene|Maggie]] and [[Negan]] with [[Lauren Cohan]] and [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] reprising their respective roles from the original series and Eli Jorné, a writer and co-executive producer on ''The Walking Dead'', attached as showrunner alongside Cohan and Morgan as executive producers.<ref name="IsleMain">{{Cite magazine |last=Ross |first=Dalton |date=March 7, 2022 |title=Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan to star in new 'Walking Dead' spin-off |url=https://ew.com/tv/walking-dead-lauren-cohan-jeffrey-dean-morgan-isle-of-the-dead-spin-off/ |access-date=March 8, 2022 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In late August, the series title was renamed to ''The Walking Dead: Dead City''.<ref name="DeadCityTitle">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/08/28/why-did-isle-of-the-dead-change-its-name-to-dead-city-for-the-maggie-negan-spin-off/?sh=5a4871b6474c |title=Why Did 'Isle Of The Dead' Change Its Name To 'Dead City' For The Maggie-Negan Spin-Off? |website=[[Forbes]] |last=Tassi |first=Paul |date=August 28, 2022 |accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>

=== Casting ===
In April 2022, [[Gaius Charles]] was cast as Perlie Armstrong.<ref name="Charles">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/isle-of-the-dead-gaius-charles-lauren-cohan-jeffrey-dean-morgan-the-walking-dead-spinoff-series-1235012056/ |title='Isle Of The Dead': Gaius Charles Joins Lauren Cohan & Jeffrey Dean Morgan In 'The Walking Dead' Spinoff |website=[[Deadline (website)|Deadline]] |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=April 28, 2022 |accessdate=November 16, 2022}}</ref> In July, [[Željko Ivanek]], Jonathan Higginbotham, and Mahina Napoleon were cast as "The Croat", Tommaso, and Ginny respectively.<ref name="July2022Casting">{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-walking-dead-spinoff-isle-of-the-dead-cast-ivanek-higginbotham-napoleon/ |title=Isle of the Dead Announces New Cast Members |website=Comicbook.com |last=Bonomolo |first=Cameron |date=July 26, 2022 |accessdate=August 13, 2022}}</ref>

=== Filming ===
[[Principal photography]] began on July 19 in [[New Jersey]] and wrapped on October 24, 2022.<ref name="FilmingStart">{{cite web |last=Contreras |first=Cydney |date=July 19, 2022 |title=Jeffrey Dean Morgan Shared a Major Update on The Walking Dead Spin-Off The Isle of the Dead |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1338525/jeffrey-dean-morgan-shared-a-major-update-on-the-walking-dead-spin-off-the-isle-of-the-dead |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=E! News}}</ref><ref name="FilmingWrap">{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/walking-dead-maggie-negan-spinoff-filming-wrap-morgan/ |title=Jeffrey Dean Morgan Seemingly Confirms TWD Spinoff Filming Wrap |last=Bythrow |first=Nick |website=[[ScreenRant]] |date=October 24, 2022 |accessdate=November 7, 2022}}</ref> Locations include the [[Meadowlands Arena]], [[Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve]], [[Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal|Port Newark]], [[National Newark Building]], [[Newark Symphony Hall]], [[Hoboken Terminal]], [[Liberty State Park]] and [[Shades of Death Road]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2023/03/another-walking-dead-spinoff-is-filming-in-nj-because-zombies-love-it-here.html |title=Another ‘Walking Dead’ spinoff is filming in N.J., because zombies love it here |website=NJ.com |first=Amy |last=Kuperinsky |date=March 16, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>

=== Marketing ===
In November 2022, an early look on the behind the scenes of the series was released by AMC.<ref name="BTSFootage">{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-walking-dead-dead-city-maggie-and-negan-spinoff-teaser-trailer-first-footage-amc/ |title=The Walking Dead: Dead City Reveals First Footage |website=ComicBook.com |last=Bonomolo |first=Cameron |date=November 1, 2022 |accessdate=November 21, 2022}}</ref>

== Release ==
''The Walking Dead: Dead City'' is scheduled to premiere on [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] on June 18, 2023.<ref name="DeadCityJune"/>

== References ==
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Eugene (wrestler)

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{{short description|American professional wrestler}}
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'''Nicholas David Dinsmore''' (born December 17, 1975), better known by his [[ring name]] '''Eugene''', is an American [[professional wrestler]].

Dinsmore's career began in 1996 in [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]], where he would become the [[OVW Heavyweight Champion]] a record eight times as well as the [[OVW Southern Tag Team Champion]] eleven times.
He debuted in the WWE in 2004 under the name Eugene Dinsmore, [[Eric Bischoff]]'s nephew, and an intellectually disabled wrestling savant. During his time in the company, he was involved in various storylines and competed against such wrestlers like Triple H and Kurt Angle. He also won the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] with [[William Regal]].

Dinsmore was eventually released in 2007, before returning to OVW, where he won the Heavyweight Championships two more times. He made a brief return to WWE in 2013, but he was released the next year. In 2015, he opened his own promotion, Midwest All Pro Wrestling.

==Professional wrestling career==

=== Early years (1996–2003) ===
Dinsmore debuted in 1996, and soon began wrestling in the [[United States Wrestling Association]] (USWA).

In [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW), he formed a successful tag team with [[Rob Conway]], called '''The Lords of The Ring'''.<ref name="OWoW Profile">{{cite web|title=Nick Dinsmore's Online World of Wrestling profile|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/n/nick-dinsmore.html|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2007-10-08}}</ref> The team had a record [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship#Title history|ten reigns]] as [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship|Southern Tag Team Champions]].<ref name="OWoW Profile"/> Dinsmore also held the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship]] a record [[OVW Heavyweight Championship#Title history|ten times]].<ref name="OWoW Profile"/> While still in OVW, Dinsmore also made some appearances as a [[Job (professional wrestling)|jobber]] in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF), first on an episode of [[Shotgun Saturday Night]] in 1999. He wrestled in the WWF as [[Doink the Clown]] on two later occasions, and as one half of [[Los Conquistadores (professional wrestling)|Los Conquistadores]] (with Rob Conway).<ref name="OWoW Profile"/>

Dinsmore also appeared in [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) from August 1998 to January 1999, mainly used as a jobber on WCW Saturday Night he also worked on two episodes of ''[[WCW Thunder|Thunder]]'' (losing to [[Ernest Miller]] and [[Chris Kanyon|Kanyon]]), and on two episodes of ''[[WCW Monday Nitro|Nitro]]'' (first teaming with [[Lenny Lane]] to lose a handicap match to [[Scott Steiner]], then losing a singles match to [[Bryan Clark|Wrath]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=125&page=4&year=1998&promotion=2 |title=Matches " Nick Dinsmore " Wrestlers Database " CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database |website=Cagematch.net |access-date=2017-03-23}}</ref>

===World Wrestling Entertainment (2004–2007)===
====Teaming with William Regal (2004–2005)====
On the April 5, 2004 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', Dinsmore made his [[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) debut as '''Eugene'''. WWE wrote Eugene as the [[intellectual disability|"special"]] and overly excited nephew of [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] General Manager [[Eric Bischoff]], who had savant-like wrestling ability from watching his favorites on television, Dinsmore has described his portrayal of Eugene as being inspired by a trainer's autistic child and [[Dustin Hoffman]]'s performance in the film ''[[Rain Man]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugene on creating his "special" character, The Rock, Kurt Angle, being an NXT trainer |website = [[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PALikCNGLQ0 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bischoff soon placed him under the care of the newly returned [[William Regal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/040405.html|title=RAW — April 5, 2004|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> Although Regal was originally dispirited at having to manage Eugene, he would grow fond of him and the two would quickly become firm friends. In May 2004, Eugene began a feud with [[Jonathan Coachman]], who attempted to banish him from WWE (only to be stopped by [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]). The feud culminated in Eugene's pay-per-view debut, when he defeated Coachman at [[Bad Blood (2004)|Bad Blood]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts|work="Wrestling's historical cards"|publisher=Kappa Publishing|year=2007|page=115}}</ref> Eugene then feuded with [[Triple H]],<ref name="OWoW Profile"/> which led to a match between the two at [[SummerSlam (2004)|SummerSlam]], which Eugene lost.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/news2004/1092624666.shtml|title=Full WWE SummerSlam (RAW/SmackDown) PPV Results — 8/15/04 — Toronto|work=WrestleView|date=August 15, 2004|first=Adam|last=Martin|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref> Two weeks later on ''Raw'', they fought a [[Hardcore match|no disqualification match]], which Eugene won after interference from [[Randy Orton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/040830.html|title=RAW — August 30, 2004|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> The next week, they had a [[steel cage match]], which Eugene lost and suffered a [[kayfabe]] dislocated shoulder, ending the feud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/results/raw/raw2004/1094527531.shtml|title=WWE RAW Results – 9/6/04 – Wichita Falls, Texas (Steel Cage gets used twice)|work=WrestleView|first=Adam|last=Martin|date=September 6, 2004|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref>

After taking a few weeks off to sell his injuries, he [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuded]] with his uncle, Eric Bischoff. This led to a match at the first-ever [[Taboo Tuesday (2004)|Taboo Tuesday]] pay-per-view on October 19. The fan-chosen (via voting at WWE's website) stipulation for the match was that the loser would have his head shaved. Eugene won this match (with help from [[Vince McMahon|Mr. McMahon]]) and subsequently shaved Bischoff's head.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Sokol|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2004/10/20/788799.html|title=Nothing Taboo at Tuesday PPV|access-date=July 25, 2008|date=October 20, 2004|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|work=Slam! Sports}}</ref>

With Regal, Eugene won his first and only championship in WWE, taking the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] from [[La Résistance (professional wrestling)|La Résistance]] on the November 15 episode of ''Raw''.<ref>{{cite web|title=RAW Results – November 15, 2004|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/041115.html|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2007-10-08}}</ref> Eugene suffered an injury at [[New Year's Revolution (2005)|New Year's Revolution]] on January 9, 2005, in a match with [[Christian Cage|Christian]] and [[Travis Tomko|Tyson Tomko]], after [[Botch (professional wrestling)|botching]] a [[dropkick]]. Although they won the match, he suffered a ruptured left [[patellar ligament]], which required surgery and sidelined him for six months. This also cost him the World Tag Team Championship, which Regal lost to La Résistance when forced to defend at a [[house show]] on January 16, teamed with Jonathan Coachman as a substitute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wwelive/_2005/|title=WWE Live Events — 2005|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|quote=La Resistance b William Regal & The Coach (sub for Eugene) to WIN the TAG TEAM titles!}}</ref> During recovery, Eugene made a surprise appearance at [[WrestleMania 21]], delivering a [[Promos (professional wrestling)|promo]] until being interrupted and attacked by [[Muhammad Hassan (wrestler)|Muhammad Hassan]] and [[Shawn Daivari|Daivari]]. He would be saved by returning [[Hulk Hogan]], after he attacked the villainous duo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwwew.net/ppv/wwf/march/xxi.htm|title=WrestleMania 21 Results|access-date=February 9, 2008|publisher=PWWEW.net}}</ref>

====Singles competition (2005–2006)====
Eugene returned to wrestling on the July 25, 2005 episode of ''Raw'', taking part in [[Kurt Angle]]'s regular "Kurt Angle Invitational" challenge. Eugene defeated Angle, winning his cherished [[Olympic gold medal]] (per match stipulation), and starting a feud between the two.<ref>{{cite web|title=RAW Results – July 25, 2005|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/050725.html|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2007-10-08}}</ref> The feud culminated at [[SummerSlam (2005)|SummerSlam]], where Angle defeated Eugene to regain his medal.<ref>{{cite news|author = PWI Staff|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts|work="Wrestling's historical cards"|publisher=Kappa Publishing|year=2007|page=118}}</ref> Eugene then briefly teamed with [[Yoshihiro Tajiri|Tajiri]] (who, incidentally, had also previously teamed with William Regal). The team lasted until Tajiri's release in December 2005.<ref name="OWoW Profile"/>

At [[Taboo Tuesday (2005)|Taboo Tuesday]], Rob Conway teamed with [[Travis Tomko|Tyson Tomko]] to face Eugene and a "WWE Legend", to be chosen by the fans. "Superfly" [[Jimmy Snuka]] was chosen over [[Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala]] and [[Jim Duggan|"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]], and pinned Conway with his Superfly Splash to win the match.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts|work="Wrestling's historical cards"|publisher=Kappa Publishing|year=2007|page=119}}</ref>

On November 18, 2005, WWE.com reported Dinsmore was rushed to the hospital the previous night, after passing out in a hotel lobby in [[Manchester]], and was suspended indefinitely. Days later, WWE.com stated Dinsmore admitted to taking prescription drugs, including [[Carisoprodol|somas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/eugene |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304001906/http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/eugene |archive-date=4 March 2009 |title=Nick 'Eugene' Dinsmore seeks help |publisher=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] |date=21 November 2005 |accessdate=1 February 2023}}</ref> This coincided with the announcement of WWE's [[WWE#Talent wellness program|new drug policy]] (established as a result of [[Eddie Guerrero]]'s death from heart failure, aggravated by his history of drug abuse).<ref name="OWoW Profile"/>

Eugene made his return to WWE in the [[Royal Rumble match]] at the [[Royal Rumble (2006)|namesake event]] on January 29, 2006, as the eighteenth entrant. He was eliminated by [[Chris Benoit]].<ref name="OWoW Profile"/> At [[WrestleMania 22]], Eugene competed in a preshow battle royal which was won by [[Viscera (wrestler)|Viscera]]. Eugene briefly feuded with [[Matt Striker]], after appearing in the "Matt Striker's Classroom" segment of [[Backlash (2006)|Backlash]] on April 30, 2006.<ref name="PWI2007pg121">{{cite news|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts|work="Wrestling's historical cards"|publisher=Kappa Publishing|year=2007|page=121}}</ref> Striker ultimately defeated Eugene to end the feud. After appearing at [[ECW One Night Stand (2006)|ECW One Night Stand]],<ref name="PWI2007pg121"/> Eugene formed a tag team with "Hacksaw" [[Jim Duggan]].<ref name="OWoW Profile"/> He challenged [[Umaga (wrestler)|Umaga]] to a match at [[Vengeance (2006)|Vengeance]] and lost, despite having Duggan, [[Doink the Clown]], and [[Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala]] in his corner.<ref name="PWI2007pg121"/> He defeated [[Vince McMahon]] and [[Shane McMahon]] in a handicap match on the July 10 ''Raw'', after interference from [[D-Generation X]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RAW Results – July 10, 2006|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/060710.html|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2007-10-08}}</ref> On the September 4 ''Raw'', Eugene and Duggan challenged World Tag Team Champions the [[Spirit Squad]] for the title, but were unsuccessful. The team split up on the November 6 ''Raw''. After losing a rematch to The Spirit Squad, Eugene attacked Duggan, turning [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RAW Results – November 6, 2006|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/061106.html|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2007-10-08}}</ref> However, the angle was soon dropped and, before the end of the year, Eugene became a face again. After this, he wrestled mainly on the ''Raw'' B-show, ''[[WWE Heat|Heat]]''.

====Brand switches and departure (2007)====
[[File:Eugene Dinsmore Superhero 111007.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Dinsmore in 2007]]
On the March 19, 2007 episode of ''Raw'', Eugene was forced into a match with Umaga, as a punishment for accidentally spilling a drink on [[Vince McMahon]]. After losing, McMahon shaved Eugene's head.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/03192007/|title=Reversals and razors|access-date=8 October 2007|author=Starr, Noah|date=2007-03-19|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}}</ref> Eugene wrestled on the June 2, 2007 ''[[Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIV]]'', where he debuted a new "[[Superman]]-esque" wrestling attire. He teamed with [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]] and [[Doink The Clown]] to defeat [[Kevin Fertig|Kevin Thorn]], [[Viscera (wrestler)|Viscera]], and Umaga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/snme/results/ |title=Poised to Stand |access-date=8 October 2007 |author=McAvennie, Mike |date=2007-06-01 |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717045524/http://www.wwe.com/shows/snme/results/ |archive-date=17 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On June 17, Eugene was drafted to the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown!]] brand as their final pick of the 2007 [[WWE Brand Extension#Supplemental Draft|Supplemental Draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/supplementaldraft07|title=2007 Supplemental Draft results|access-date=8 October 2007|author=Dee, Louis|date=2007-06-17|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}}</ref> On the June 29 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'', Eugene debuted for the brand, losing to [[The Great Khali]]. The following week, he was tricked into thinking [[Deuce 'n Domino]] were helping him win his match against [[Mark Henry]], which led to a quick defeat.

On the July 20 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Eugene participated in a battle royal for the vacant [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], and was eliminated by [[Dave Batista|Batista]] and [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]]. Eugene made his final WWE appearance on the August 31 edition of ''SmackDown!''. While shooting T-shirts into the crowd via T-shirt gun, he accidentally shot Mark Henry. Henry retaliated by squeezing him with a bearhug until he passed out. On September 1, 2007, Nick Dinsmore was released from his WWE contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/eugenereleased1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303231439/http://www.wwe.com:80/inside/news/eugenereleased1 |archive-date=3 March 2009 |title=Eugene released |publisher=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] |date=1 September 2007 |accessdate=1 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=LEO>{{cite web|url=http://leoweekly.com/news/learning-ropes|title=Learning the ropes|first=Anne|last=Marshall|work=[[Louisville Eccentric Observer]]|date=December 7, 2011|access-date=December 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108084627/http://leoweekly.com/news/learning-ropes|archive-date=January 8, 2012}}</ref>

===Juggalo Championship Wrestling (2007, 2011–2013)===
Dinsmore debuted in [[Juggalo Championship Wrestling]] (JCW) in October 2007, as '''U-Gene'''.<ref name="OWoW Profile"/> He returned in 2010, at the "Flashlight Wrestling: Legends & Loonies" event, and lost to Breyer Wellington. He became a full-time member of the roster the following year. He had a brief [[narrative thread|storyline]] in which he was infatuated with the wrestler Jailbird Man, inadvertently costing Jailbird his matches.<ref name="HardcoreHell">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1299876608|title=Indy News #3: CHIKARA, JCW and HETV details|author=Adam Martin|date=2011-03-11|publisher=Wrestleview.com|access-date=2011-04-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324124403/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1299876608|archive-date=2011-03-24}}</ref><ref name="MonstersIsland">{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=61614|title=JCW Monster's Island |publisher=Philip Kreikenbohm|access-date=2011-04-11}}</ref> U-Gene participated in JCW's first [[internet]] [[pay-per-view]], [[Hatchet Attacks (2011)|Hatchet Attacks]], where he defeated [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]].<ref name="HatchetAttacks">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1301278634|title=3/26 JCW iPPV Results (Raven, Eugene, Conway)|author=Steve Gerweck|date=2011-03-27|publisher=Wrestleview.com|access-date=2011-04-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513063652/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1301278634|archive-date=2011-05-13}}</ref> He formed a tag team with [[Zach Gowen]] at Up in Smoke, believing that he could be Gowen's second leg, but ended up costing his team the match by distracting the referee.<ref name="UpinSmoke">{{cite web|url=http://pwinsider.com/article/57294/live-ongoing-jcw-up-in-smoke-internet-ppv-coverage.html?p=1 |title=Complete JCW Up in Smoke Internet PPV Coverage: New JCW Champions Crowned, Sabu, Rhino, Zach Gowen and More|author=Mike Johnson|date=2011-04-20|publisher=PWInsider.com|access-date=2011-04-20}}</ref> On July 28, Gowen and U-Gene defeated the [[The Irish Airborne|Ring Rydas]] to win the [[JCW Tag Team Championship]].<ref name="JCWTag">{{cite web |url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/otherppvs/article_51746.shtml|title=Radican's JCW "F--- The Police" iPPV coverage 7/28: U-Gene & Zack Gowen, Rhino, Cabana, Sabu & Raven|last=Radican|first=Sean|date=2011-07-28|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=2011-07-29}}</ref> However, Gowen forfeited the championship after realizing that U-Gene cheated to win, causing U-Gene to attack him and disband the team.<ref name="JCWTag"/> U-Gene defeated Gowen at [[Bloodymania 5]], but the referee reversed the decision after realizing U-Gene cheated to win.

===Independent circuit (2007–2013)===
[[File:More Eugene.jpg|thumb|Dinsmore at the [[Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin]] Tour in 2009]]
In October 2007, Dinsmore became the head official in charge of Derby City Wrestling, the intermediate-level group affiliated with Ohio Valley Wrestling, after [[Adam Birch|Joey Matthews]] left the position. He made some appearances in Puerto Rico's [[World Wrestling Council]] (WWC), as Eugene.<ref name=LEO/> Dinsmore wrestled for WFX Wrestling in Canada, in a role similar to the one he played in WWE, under the names "U-Gene" and "U-gene Dinsmore". He formed a tag team with [[Luke Williams (wrestler)|Luke Williams]], better known as one half of [[The Bushwhackers]].{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} He wrestled for Ring of Honor (as Nick Dinsmore) in a ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'' taping, against "The Prodigy" [[Mike Bennett (wrestler)|Mike Bennett]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/roh-on-hdnet-preview-january-10th/ |title=Recent News |publisher=ROH Wrestling |access-date=2017-03-23}}</ref> In 2009, he was part of [[Hulk Hogan]]'s Australian tour, [[Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin]], where he wrestled as U-Gene.

Dinsmore made his Ring of Honor debut on December 9, 2010, at ROH Wrestling tapings, losing to Mike Bennett. In December 2011, Dinsmore took part in [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'s (TNA) [[India]] project, [[Ring Ka King]] as '''Dr. Nicholas Dinsmore'''.<ref name=RingKaKingEp1>{{cite web| url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2012/01/29/19309741.html|title=A first, positive look at TNA's Ring ka King|last=Kapur|first=Bob|date=2012-01-29|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|access-date=2012-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1323795229 |title=Names confirmed for TNA's India TV project |date=2011-12-13 |last=Martin |first=Adam |access-date=2011-12-20 |work=WrestleView |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103172526/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1323795229 |archive-date=2012-01-03 }}</ref> On July 27, Dinsmore, as "U-Gene", unsuccessfully challenged Freight Train for the 5 Dollar Wrestling championship in the main event of that promotion's internet PPV debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_63759.shtml |title=RADICAN'S $5 WRESTLING "A TRAIN WRECK iPPV REPORT 7/27 – live coverage of debut iPPV |website=PWTorch.com |date=2012-07-27 |access-date=2017-03-23}}</ref>

===Return to OVW (2008–2013)===
On February 20, 2008, Dinsmore returned to [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW) under his real name and defeated [[Jay Bradley]] to win his ninth [[OVW Heavyweight Championship|Heavyweight Championship]]. He lost the title to Anthony Barvado on July 25, 2008. On October 26, 2011, Dinsmore defeated Jason Wayne to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship for the tenth time, turning heel in the process.<ref name=OVW102611>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/22715-ovw-tv-taping-10-26-louisville-major-heel-turn-by-former-wwe-star|title=OVW TV taping 10–26 Louisville – Major heel turn by former WWE star|last=Van Drisse|first=Trent|date=2011-10-28|access-date=2011-10-28|work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]}}</ref> Dinsmore lost the title to Rudy Switchblade seven days later in an Eight Man Melee, including Wayne, Adam Revolver, Ted McNaler, James Thomas, Rocco Bellagio and [[Mike Mondo]].

===Returns to WWE (2009, 2013–2014)===
In July 2009, Dinsmore signed a contract to return to WWE.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1247532886.php|title=WWE signs former star to new deal|work=WrestleView|access-date=2009-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1247955598.php|title=More on Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore/WWE|work=WrestleView|access-date=2009-08-09}}</ref> On August 1, Dinsmore (as Eugene) defeated [[Richard Young (wrestler)|Ricky Ortiz]] at a [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]]/[[ECW (WWE brand)|ECW]] house show in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]]. On the August 10 ''Raw'', Eugene returned to television, losing a [[Professional wrestling match types#Object on a Pole match|Contract on a Pole match]] to The Calgary Kid, who afterwards removed his mask to reveal himself as [[The Miz]]. Four days later, Dinsmore was once again released from WWE, as a wrestler and a trainer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/eugenerelease |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817182619/http://www.wwe.com:80/inside/news/eugenerelease |archive-date=17 August 2009 |title=Eugene released |publisher=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] |date=14 August 2009 |accessdate=1 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/12648/The-Real-Reason-Eugene-Was-Fired-From-WWE/|title=The Real Reason Eugene Was Fired From WWE?|date=20 August 2009|website=WrestlingNewsSource|access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref> Dinsmore was re-hired by WWE on September 20, 2013, as trainer on [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]], and he lasted a year before he was released on October 2, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://411mania.com/wrestling/wwe-releases-nxt-trainer/ |title=WWE Releases NXT Trainer |publisher=411MANIA |date=2014-10-02 |access-date=2017-03-23}}</ref>

===Return to the independent circuit (2015–present)===
On January 10, 2015, Dinsmore returned to wrestling, this time with the British promotion [[International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom]]. He defeated Grado in his first match for the promotion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=123057 |title=IPW:UK Weekend Of Champions 2015 – Tag 1 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database |website=Cagematch.net |access-date=2017-03-23}}</ref> Dinsmore began running his own shows in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, under the banner of Midwest All Pro Wrestling. The first live event was held November 7, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Soucek|first1=Andrew|title=11/7 Midwest All Pro in Sioux Falls, S.D.: Eugene's first show, Hayes from Tough Enough, Baszler, more|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/index.php/2015/11/08/117-midwest-all-pro-in-sioux-falls-s-d-eugenes-first-show-hayes-from-tough-enough-baszler-more/|website=PWTorch.com|date=9 November 2015|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> In December 2021, Dinsmore announced his retirement tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/104327-eugene-anuncia-su-retiro|title = Eugene anuncia su retiro como luchador profesional|date = 17 December 2021}}</ref> He also sold Midwest All Pro Wrestling at the end of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=154548 |title=Best Wishes To The Legendary Bill Mercer, Eugene Update And More |publisher=PWInsider.com |date=2022-01-08 |accessdate=2022-05-13}}</ref>

==Professional wrestling style, persona and reception==
During his run with WWE, Dinsmore's character was "Eugene", an overly-excited and "special" person who could outwrestle anyone in the ring, based upon some people with [[intellectual disability]]. The idea of the gimmick came from then OVW trainer [[Rip Rogers]], who inspired it from his autistic son.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://thesportsrush.com/wwe-news-eugene-wwe-where-happened-to-the-former-wwe-superstar-and-where-is-he-now/ |title= Eugene WWE: What happened to the former WWE Superstar and where is he now? |newspaper= The SportsRush |date= July 7, 2020|last1= Blade |first1= Archie }}</ref>

The "Eugene" gimmick received mixed reviews. Although WWE believed the gimmick would be a positive role model for mentally disabled people.{{cn|date=July 2022}} However, the legacy of the gimmick has been criticised as being offensive towards people with intellectual disability.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/which-wwe-gimmick-worse-eugene-the-red-rooster |title= Which WWE gimmick was worse: Eugene or The Red Rooster? |publisher= [[Sportskeeda]] |date= December 21, 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 2009, Dinsmore became engaged to Stephanie Fischer, whom he married in November 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courier_journal/access/1688615441.html?FMT=ABS&date=Feb+22,+2009|title=Battling back: Former WWE wrestler wants another shot|access-date=2009-02-25|newspaper=[[The Courier-Journal]]|date=2009-02-22}}</ref>

==Championships and accomplishments==
* '''[[Canadian Wrestling's Elite]]'''
** 123Approved.ca Open Rules Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwecanada.ca|title=CWE – Canadian Wrestling's Elite – Home Page|publisher=Cwecanada.ca|access-date=2012-02-20}}</ref>
*'''Covey Promotions'''
**CP Tag Team Championships (1 time) – with Krazy T
* '''[[Heartland Wrestling Association]]'''
** [[HWA Heavyweight Championship]] ([[HWA Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/hwthwa.html |title=Solie's Title Histories: HWA – HEARTLAND WRESTLING ASSOCIATION |website=Solie.org |access-date=2017-03-23}}</ref>
* '''[[United States Wrestling Association]]'''
** [[USWA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[USWA World Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) – with [[Christopher Kindred|Flash Flanagan]]
* '''[[National Wrestling Alliance|Music City Wrestling]]'''
** [[NWA North American Tag Team Championship|MCW North American Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA North American Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) – with [[Rob Conway]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/mcwnattnwa.html |title=Solie's Title Histories: NWA – NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE |website=Solie.org |access-date=2017-03-23}}</ref>
* '''[[Ohio Valley Wrestling]]'''
** [[OVW Heavyweight Championship]] ([[OVW Heavyweight Championship#Title history|10 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ovwrestling.com/titles.html#1 |title=OVW Heavyweight Championship history |access-date=2009-07-05 |publisher=[[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531140430/http://www.ovwrestling.com/titles.html |archive-date=2009-05-31 }}</ref>
** [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship]] ([[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship#Title history|11 times, inaugural]]) – with Rob Conway (10) and [[Flash Flanagan]] (1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ovwrestling.com/titles.html#3 |title=OVW Southern Tag Team Championship history |access-date=2009-07-05 |publisher=[[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531140430/http://www.ovwrestling.com/titles.html |archive-date=2009-05-31 }}</ref>
* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
** PWI ranked him #'''21''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[PWI 500]] in 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi50004.htm |title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 – 2003 |access-date=2009-07-09 |publisher=Wrestling Information Archive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209025014/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi50004.htm |archive-date=2009-02-09 }}</ref>
*'''River City Championship Wrestling'''
**RCCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/RiverCityCW/photos/a.685791454838321.1073741827.685776658173134/1137132593037536/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/685776658173134/1137132593037536 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=We want to send a huge THANK YOU to all... – River City Championship Wrestling |publisher=[[Facebook]] |date=2016-09-03 |access-date=2017-03-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* '''Wisconsin Pro Wrestling'''
**WPW Gather On Broadway Championship (1 time)
* '''[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
** [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE)|1 time]]) – with [[William Regal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132121121 |title=WWE: Inside WWE > Title History > World Tag Team > 20041115 - Eugene & William Regal |access-date=2007-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051001090913/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132121121 |archive-date=2005-10-01 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/eugene.html SLAM! Sports profile]

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Total Request Live Tour

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{{Short description|2001 concert tour}}
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The '''Total Request Live Tour'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://qctimes.com/lifestyles/recreation/destiny-s-child-to-headline-mtv-trl-summer-tour/article_50d30d48-0c75-50ac-9017-108a0189499e.html |title=Destiny's Child to headline MTV TRL' summer tour |author= |date=May 3, 2001 |website=[[Quad-City Times]] |publisher=[[Lee Enterprises]] |access-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref> (also known as '''MTV's TRL Tour''') was a co-headlining tour featuring American groups, [[3LW]], [[Destiny's Child]], [[Dream (American group)|Dream]], [[St. Lunatics]] and American artists [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] and [[Nelly]]. [[Jessica Simpson]] joined the tour for select dates before venturing off to her own [[Irresistible (Jessica Simpson album)#DreamChaser Tour|solo tour]]. Her slot was later taken by [[City High]].

The tour ran during the summer of 2001, playing over 30 shows in the United States and Canada. Many dates were cancelled as an outcome of the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]]. This was the first and only edition of the tour.

==Background==
MTV first positioned a concert series, featuring various acts performing in major markets throughout the U.S.. The idea was to take big names popular on the network and up and coming acts exposure to an arena-sized audience. In 1999, [[TLC (group)|TLC]], [[Backstreet Boys]], [[Britney Spears]] were rumored to perform together on an MTV-sponsored tour. However, these plans were never confirmed or denied by MTV.

Destiny's Child served as the headlining act. Newcomers 3LW and Dream were featured alongside Jessica Simpson, Eve and Nelly with the St. Lunatics. Simpson's final show was on August 4, 2001. City High was brought in as a replacement on August 9, 2001.

The show followed the TRL format, and featured [[Solange Knowles]] as the host and [[Master of ceremonies|emcee]]. TRL host [[Carson Daly]] was also featured via video screens to introduce the show. In-between acts, music videos and paid advertisements would play on the video screens.

The tour initially was set for nearly 50 shows in the U.S. and Canada. After the 9/11 attacks, several dates were cancelled as a response to security risks for flying. Thus, the last show of the tour was in Denver, Colorado. A special show was planned to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks, and one of the cancelled shows in Honolulu was reversed.<ref name="honolulu">{{cite web |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/09/21/features/story4.html |title=Destiny's Child salvages concert |last1=Chun |first1=Gary C.W. |date=September 21, 2001 |website=[[Honolulu Star-Advertiser]] |publisher=[[Black Press|Black Press Group Ltd.]] |access-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref> The special show featured Forté and DisGuyz as opening acts and Destiny's Child as the sole headliner.

Due to strong sales, it was believed the tour would formulate into an annual event. A 2002 tour was penciled yet cancelled before any plans were made.

==Opening acts==
*3Gs {{small|(select dates)}}<ref name="openers">{{cite web |url=http://idobi.com/news/2001/07/3gs-and-lil-j-join-the-levis-1st-stage-on-the-mtv-trl-tour/ |title=3Gs And Lil J Join The Levi's 1st Stage On The MTV TRL Tour |last1=Fiasco |first1=Lance |date=July 21, 2001 |website=[[idobi Radio]] |access-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Jonathan McDaniel|Lil J]] {{small|(select dates)}}<ref name="openers"/>
*Forté {{small|(Honolulu)}}<ref name="honolulu"/>
*DisGuyz {{small|(Honolulu)}}<ref name="honolulu"/>

==Lineup==
*[[3LW]]
*[[Dream (American group)|Dream]]
*[[Jessica Simpson]] {{small|(July 18, 2001—August 4, 2001)}}
*[[City High]] {{small|(August 9, 2001—September 9, 2001)}}
*[[Eve (rapper)|Eve]]
*[[Nelly]] and the [[St. Lunatics]]
*[[Destiny's Child]]

==Set lists==
The following set lists are obtained from the July 18, 2001 concert at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York. It does not represent all concerts throughout the tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1445292/20010719/story.jhtml |title=Destiny's Child, Eve, Nelly Get The Kids Riled On 'TRL' Tour Opener |last1=Reid |first1=Shaheem |date=July 19, 2001 |website=MTV News |publisher=MTV Networks |access-date=January 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020621162927/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1445292/20010719/story.jhtml|archive-date=June 21, 2002}}</ref>
;3LW
#"Warning" {{small|(dance intro)}}
#"[[Playas Gon' Play]]"
#"[[No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)]]"
;Dream
#"[[This Is Me (Dream song)|This Is Me]]" {{small|(remix)}}
#"[[He Loves U Not]]"
;Jessica Simpson
#"Hot Like Fire"
#"[[I Think I'm in Love with You]]"
#"I Never"
#"[[I Wanna Love You Forever]]"
#"[[A Little Bit]]"
#"[[Irresistible (Jessica Simpson song)|Irresistible]]"
;City High
#"City High Anthem"
#"[[What Would You Do? (City High song)|What Would You Do?]]"
#"[[Caramel (City High song)|Caramel]]"
;Eve
#"What Y'all Want"
#"Love is Blind"
#"[[Let Me Blow Ya Mind]]"
#"[[Who's That Girl? (Eve song)|Who's That Girl?]]"
;Nelly and the St. Lunatics
#"Video Introduction"
#"[[Country Grammar (Hot Shit)]]"
#"[[Batter Up]]"
#"Midwest Swing"
#"[[Ride wit Me]]"
#"[[E.I. (song)|E.I.]]"
;Destiny's Child
#"[[Independent Women|Independent Women Part I]]"
#"[[No, No, No (Destiny's Child song)|No, No, No (Part 2)]]"
#"[[Bug a Boo]]"
#"[[Bills, Bills, Bills]]"
#"[[Emotion (Samantha Sang song)#"Destiny.27s Child version|Emotion]]"
#"The Story of Beauty" {{small|(Rowland solo)}}
#"[[O-o-h Child]]" {{small|(Williams solo)}}
#"[[Dangerously in Love 2|Dangerously in Love]]" {{small|(Knowles solo)}}
#"Thank You, Lord" / "You've Been So Good" / "Jesus Loves Me" / "Total Praise"
#"[[Bootylicious]]"
#"[[Say My Name]]"
#"Nasty Girl"
#"[[Proud Mary#"Tina Turner versions|Proud Mary]]"
#"[[Jumpin', Jumpin']]"
#"[[Survivor (Destiny's Child song)|Survivor]]"
#"Happy Face"

==Tour dates==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! width="150"| Date
! width="150"| City
! width="150"| Country
! width="275"| Venue

|- bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
| colspan=4| '''North America'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/billboard/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=855898 |title=Destiny's Child-Led TRL Tour Kicks Off July 18 |last1=Jeckell |first1=Barry A.|date=May 2, 2001 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen|VNU eMedia, Inc.]]|access-date=January 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010505025320/http://www.billboard.com/billboard/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=855898|archive-date=May 5, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mi2n.com/print.php3?id=22153 |title=Destiny's Child Houston In-Store & MTV/TRL Tour! |author= |date=May 5, 2001 |website=Music Industry News Network |publisher=MusicDish LLC |access-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|July 18, 2001
|[[Albany, New York|Albany]]
|rowspan="19"|United States
|[[Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)|Pepsi Arena]]
|-
|July 19, 2001
|[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
|[[ctnow.com Meadows Music Theatre]]
|-
|July 20, 2001
|[[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]]
|[[GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater]]
|-
|July 21, 2001
|[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]
|[[Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek|Alltel Pavilion]]
|-
|July 22, 2001
|[[Bristow, Virginia|Bristow]]
|[[Nissan Pavilion]]
|-
|July 24, 2001
|[[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]]
|[[Hersheypark Stadium]]
|-
|July 25, 2001
|[[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]
|[[HSBC Arena (Buffalo)|HSBC Arena]]
|-
|July 28, 2001
|[[Atlanta]]
|[[Philips Arena]]
|-
|July 29, 2001
|[[Maryland Heights, Missouri|Maryland Heights]]
|[[Riverport Amphitheatre]]
|-
|July 30, 2001
|[[Minneapolis]]
|[[Target Center]]
|-
|August 1, 2001
|[[Bonner Springs, Kansas|Bonner Springs]]
|[[Sandstone Amphitheater]]
|-
|August 2, 2001
|[[Oklahoma City]]
|[[MCC Arena]]
|-
|August 3, 2001
|[[Selma, Texas|Selma]]
|[[Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Selma, Texas)|Verizon Wireless Amphitheater]]
|-
|August 4, 2001
|[[Houston]]
|[[Compaq Center (Houston)|Compaq Center]]
|-
|August 5, 2001
|[[Dallas]]
|[[Smirnoff Music Centre]]
|-
|August 8, 2001
|[[Holmdel Township, New Jersey|Holmdel Township]]
|[[PNC Bank Arts Center]]
|-
|August 9, 2001
|[[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]]
|[[Tweeter Center at the Waterfront]]
|-
|August 10, 2001
|[[Mansfield, Massachusetts|Mansfield]]
|[[Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts]]
|-
|August 11, 2001
|[[Wantagh, New York|Wantagh]]
|[[Jones Beach Theater]]
|-
|August 13, 2001
|[[Toronto]]
|Canada
|[[Air Canada Centre]]
|-
|August 14, 2001
|[[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]
|rowspan="20"|United States
|[[Polaris Amphitheater]]
|-
|August 16, 2001
|[[Cincinnati]]
|[[Riverbend Music Center]]
|-
|August 17, 2001
|[[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]
|[[Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte|Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre]]
|-
|August 18, 2001
|[[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]
|[[Ice Palace (Tampa arena)|Ice Palace]]
|-
|August 19, 2001
|[[Sunrise, Florida|Sunrise]]
|[[National Car Rental Center]]
|-
|August 21, 2001
|[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]
|[[AmSouth Amphitheatre]]
|-
|August 22, 2001
|[[Cleveland]]
|[[Gund Arena]]
|-
|August 23, 2001
|[[Clarkston, Michigan|Clarkston]]
|[[DTE Energy Music Theatre]]
|-
|August 24, 2001
|[[Burgettstown, Pennsylvania|Burgettstown]]
|[[Post-Gazette Pavilion]]
|-
|August 25, 2001
|[[Noblesville, Indiana|Noblesville]]
|[[Verizon Wireless Music Center (Indiana)|Verizon Wireless Music Center]]
|-
|August 26, 2001
|[[Tinley Park, Illinois|Tinley Park]]
|[[Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (Tinley Park, Illinois)|Tweeter Center]]
|-
|August 30, 2001
|[[San Diego]]
|[[San Diego Sports Arena]]
|-
|August 31, 2001
|[[Las Vegas]]
|[[Mandalay Bay Events Center]]
|-
|September 1, 2001
|[[Concord, California|Concord]]
|[[Chronicle Pavilion]]
|-
|September 2, 2001
|[[Irvine, California|Irvine]]
|[[Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine|Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre]]
|-
|September 3, 2001
|[[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]
|[[Cricket Wireless Pavilion|Cricket Pavilion]]
|-
|September 8, 2001
|[[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]]
|[[ABQ Journal Pavilion]]
|-
|September 9, 2001
|[[Denver]]
|[[Pepsi Center]]
|-
|September 10, 2001
|[[Salt Lake City]]
|[[Utah State Fair]]
|-
|September 21, 2001
|[[Honolulu]]
|[[Blaisdell Arena]]
|-
|}

;Cancellations and rescheduled shows
{| cellpadding="2" style="border: 0px solid darkgray; font-size:80%" class="collapsible collapsed"
! width="150" | 
! width="250" | 
! width="300" | 
! width="600" | 
|- border="0"
|July 25, 2001
|Buffalo, New York
|Buffalo Niagara Convention Center
|Moved to the HSBC Arena
|-
|August 5, 2001
|Dallas, Texas
|[[Reunion Arena]]
|Moved to the Smirnoff Music Centre
|-
|August 15, 2001
|Nashville, Tennessee
|AmSouth Amphitheatre
|Rescheduled to August 21, 2001
|-
|August 19, 2001
|Miami, Florida
|[[American Airlines Arena]]
|Moved to the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida
|-
|August 22, 2001
|Noblesville, Indiana
|Verizon Wireless Music Center
|Rescheduled to August 25, 2001
|-
|August 25, 2001
|Cleveland, Ohio
|Gund Arena
|Rescheduled to August 22, 2001
|-
|August 29, 2001
|[[Lancaster, California]]
|[[Hangar (Lancaster, California)|Lancaster Municipal Stadium]]
|Cancelled
|-
|August 30, 2001
|[[Chula Vista, California]]
|[[Coors Amphitheatre (San Diego)|Coors Amphitheatre]]
|Moved to the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego
|-
|September 12, 2001
|[[Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada
|[[General Motors Place]]
|Cancelled following the [[September 11 attacks]]<ref name="cancelled">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448863/20010913/story.jhtml |title=Destiny's Child, Janet Jackson, Pantera, Others Cancel, Postpone Concerts |last1=Schumacher-Rasmussen |first1=Eric |last2=VanHorn |first2=Teri |last3=Moss |first3=Corey |date=September 13, 2001 |website=[[MTV News]] |publisher=[[Viacom Media Networks|MTV Networks]] |access-date=January 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021015021028/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448863/20010913/story.jhtml|archive-date=October 15, 2002}}</ref>
|-
|September 13, 2001
|[[Seattle]]
|[[KeyArena]]
|Cancelled following the September 11 attacks<ref name="cancelled"/>
|-
|September 14, 2001
|[[Portland, Oregon]]
|[[Rose Garden Arena]]
|Cancelled following the September 11 attacks<ref name="cancelled"/>
|-
|September 15, 2001
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|General Motors Place
|Rescheduled to September 12, 2001<ref name="cancelled"/>
|-
|September 15, 2001
|[[Mountain View, California]]
|[[Shoreline Amphitheatre]]
|Cancelled following the September 11 attacks<ref name="cancelled"/>
|-
|September 17, 2001
|[[Edmonton, Alberta]], Canada
|[[Skyreach Centre]]
|Cancelled following the September 11 attacks<ref name="cancelled"/>
|-
|September 19, 2001
|[[Anchorage, Alaska]]
|[[Sullivan Arena]]
|Cancelled following the September 11 attacks<ref name="cancelled"/>
|-
|September 23, 2001
|Honolulu, Hawaii
|Blaisdell Arena
|Cancelled<ref name="cancelled"/>
|-
|}

===Box office score data===
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! width="275"| Venue
! width="150"| City
! width="150"| Tickets sold / available
! width="150"| Gross revenue
|-
|Hersheypark Stadium
|Hershey
|15,000 / 29,100 (52%)
|$588,913<ref>{{cite journal |author= |title=Amusement Business Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18 |journal=Billboard |location=New York|volume=113|issue=32|page=18 |date=August 11, 2001 |access-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
|Irvine
|10,489 / 16,244 (65%)
|$324,744<ref name="bx1013">{{cite journal |author= |title=Amusement Business Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bhEEAAAAMBAJ&q=mtv%20trl%20tour&pg=PA18 |journal=Billboard |location=New York|volume=113|issue=41|page=18 |date=October 13, 2001 |access-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|Pepsi Center
|Denver
|8,604 / 18,072 (48%)
|$332,720<ref name="bx1013"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{3LW}}
{{Destiny's Child}}
{{Dream (American group)}}
{{Jessica Simpson}}

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Men on a Mission

2023-02-10T18:22:13Z

71.174.204.54: /* King Mabel and Sir Mo */Removed grammatically incorrect statement which didn't fit with the section

{{short description|Professional wrestling tag team}}
{{For|South Korean television program|Knowing Bros}}
{{Infobox Wrestling team
|article_name=Men on a Mission
|type= T
|image= Men on a Mission Royal Albert Hall.jpg
|caption= (Left to right) Mo, Mabel and Oscar as Men on a Mission
|members= [[Viscera (wrestler)|Mabel]] [[Mo (wrestler)|Mo]] Oscar
|billed= [[Harlem]], [[New York City|New York]], "Streets of the [[ghetto]]"

|names= Men on a Mission The Harlem Knights Harlem Thugs (dubbed in 1995)
|former_members=
|heights= {{height|ft=6|in=9}} – Mabel {{height|ft=6|in=1}} – Mo
|weights= 770lb (349.27kg)
|debut=March 1993
|disbanded=June 1996
|years_active=1993–1996
}}
'''Men on a Mission''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[tag team]] composed of [[Viscera (wrestler)|Mabel]] (Nelson Frazier) and [[Mo (wrestler)|Mo]] (Robert Horne), best known for its appearances in the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) from 1993 to 1996.

==Career==

===Harlem Knights===
The team that would later be known as “Men on a Mission” started out by competing as a team in the [[Pro Wrestling Federation]] and the [[United States Wrestling Association]] where they wrestled as The Harlem Knights with Frazier being known as Nelson Knight and Horne as Bobby Knight, with the two being billed as brothers. In the PWF the team was managed by [[George South]]. The duo would return to the PWF in 1996 and won the PWF Tag Team Title.<ref name="Titles">{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2006|edition=4th|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>

While in the USWA the team feuded with [[Jerry Lawler]], [[Jeff Jarrett]] and other faces being pushed as the “Monster threat” due to their size.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/memphis/jarrett/1993.html#031593|title=Memphis Wrestling 1993|access-date=April 18, 2007|author=prowrestlinghistory.com}}</ref> Their work in the PWF and the USWA got them noticed by the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] and they were signed to a contract in 1993.

===Men on a Mission===
When Men on a Mission<ref>[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/oldinductions.html Men on a Mission: Rappin' fool trio that made life a living hell for anyone who had ears within a ten mile radius of WWF events.]</ref> began appearing on WWF television on June 14, 1993, their vicious heel gimmick had been repackaged as [[Face (professional wrestling)|faces]]. They wore bright clothes, had positive attitudes, and teamed with a rapping manager called “Oscar” (Greg Girard) and they were now known as “Mabel”, “Oscar”, and “Mo”, collectively “M.O.M.” or “Men On a Mission”. They had the image of three people who could be loved by the crowd, but who were also attempting to make positive changes in their neighborhood. This was accomplished through use of several vignettes showing them walking down streets in the [[ghetto]] but saying positive things and talking about how things could be made better.<ref name="WrestleCrap">{{cite book|author=[[R.D. Reynolds]] and Randy Baer|title=Wrestlecrap – the very worst of pro wrestling|publisher=ECW Press|year=2003|isbn=1-55022-584-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/wrestlecrapveryw00rdre}}</ref>
[[File:MOM win tag titles.jpg|thumb|Men on a Mission celebrating winning the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]].]]
The team met with moderate success and got [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Over|over]] with the crowd because of Mabel's unusual size, their in-ring personas, and Oscar's crowd pleasing raps. Their fun loving personalities were prominently displayed at the [[Survivor Series (1993)|1993 Survivor Series]], when they, along with [[The Bushwhackers]], dressed up as [[Doink the Clown]] and wrestled as "The Four Doinks" in a comedy match against [[Bam Bam Bigelow]], [[Mike Shaw|Bastion Booger]], and [[The Headshrinkers]]. The team even won the match in comedic fashion, with all four team members garnering the pin on Bigelow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/survivor.html#93|title=WWF Survivor Series Results (1993)|access-date=April 18, 2007|author=prowrestlinghistory.com}}</ref> Their next feud was against the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Champions]] [[The Quebecers]]. Men on a Mission won the titles on March 29, 1994 at a house show in [[London, England]].<ref name="Titles"/> Two days later, the Quebecers regained the titles in [[Sheffield, England]].<ref name="Titles"/> The title change was also reported on WWF television.

Men on a Mission were temporarily sidelined when Mo injured his leg in a singles match against [[Owen Hart]] on the May 1 episode of [[Wrestling Challenge]] (taped April 12 in Syracuse, NY). Mo would not return to competition until October;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/94.htm |title=1994 |website=thehistoryofwwe.com}}</ref> meanwhile Mabel, who was seen as the big star of the group, began wrestling more singles matches in an attempt to get over as a solo wrestler. He was also used to help get rising stars over, due to his size.

Men on a Mission returned to regular teaming in late 1994, and moved almost immediately back into the Tag Team Championship picture. The team was entered in an eight-team tournament for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]], which was vacant at the time due to champions [[Shawn Michaels]] and [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]] breaking up. The team was eliminated in the first round on December 17, 1994 by [[Chris Chavis|Tatanka]] and [[Bam Bam Bigelow]] (who went on to lose in the tournament final to [[Bob Holly|Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly]] and [[Sean Waltman|The 1–2–3 Kid]]). After that they continued to climb the ranks in the tag division, culminating in a match against the then champion [[The Smoking Gunns|Smoking Gunns]] on an episode of ''[[WWF Action Zone|Action Zone]]'' which aired in March 1995. The Gunns defeated Mabel and Mo, who responded by attacking them postmatch as a precursor to a villainous turn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/95.htm|title=WWF Show Results 1995|access-date=April 18, 2007|author=Graham Cawthon|quote=(February 22, 1995) WWF Tag Team Champions the Smoking Gunns defeated Men on a Mission (w/ Oscar); after the match, the challengers brutally attacked the Gunns}}</ref>

The next week on ''Action Zone'' Oscar offered an apology to The Gunns, and on the show after that Mabel and Mo decided to bring out the Gunns to shake their hands. After shaking their hands and raising the arms of the Gunns, Mabel and Mo then responded by clotheslining Billy and Bart Gunn to the mat. As Mabel repeatedly splashed Bart while Mo assaulted Billy, Oscar tried to intervene and pleaded with his charges to stop. Mo shoved Oscar to the mat and held him there while Mabel nailed him with a running leg drop, completing the heel turn as Mabel and Mo mocked the Gunns by parading around the ring wearing their cowboy hats and antagonized the fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/95.htm|title=WWF Show Results 1995|access-date=April 18, 2007|author=Graham Cawthon|quote=(February 22, 1995) after the match, MOM apologized for their earlier attack on the Smoking Gunns and invited the tag team champions out to shake their hands; instead, in April 1995 MOM once again attacked the Gunns as well as their own manager Oscar, with Mabel hitting a legdrop on Oscar}}</ref> With the turn, Mabel and Mo dropped the rapping and "trying to make a difference" characters and reverted to the ruthless heel characters that they portrayed before joining the WWF.

Originally, Oscar was to remain as the team's manager, but he objected to the idea of the heel turn and decided to leave the company. In an interview for Pro Wrestling Insider, Oscar explained that the reason why he signed on to be part of Men on a Mission was that he was a positive person and believed in the nature of the characters, and turning them heel was something he did not want to be part of. He retired from wrestling after the turn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwinsider.com/article/41503/oscar-reveals-why-he-was-kicked-out-of-men-on-a-mission-why-pn-news-failed-details-on-the-mom-reunion-and-more-in-his-first-ever-shoot-interview.html?p=1 |title=Oscar Reveals Why He Was Kicked Out Of Men On A Mission, Why P.N. News Failed, Details On The M.O.M. Reunion, And More In His First Ever Shoot Interview |publisher=PWInsider.com |date=2009-09-16 |accessdate=2022-05-13}}</ref>

===King Mabel and Sir Mo===
After a short feud with the Smokin’ Gunns, Mabel returned to singles competition and was immediately given the spot as the top villain in the company. He won the [[King of the Ring (1995)|1995 King of the Ring]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/kingring.html#95|title=WWF King of the Ring Results (1995)|access-date=April 18, 2007|author=prowrestlinghistory.com}}</ref> and began referring to himself as King Mabel, with Mo becoming Sir Mo and taking on more of a managerial role. Mabel was put into a feud with [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]], the reigning WWF Champion, with the two scheduled to wrestle at [[SummerSlam (1995)|Summerslam]]. However, the WWF's plans changed on the August 14, 1995 broadcast of ''Monday Night Raw''. That night, Men on a Mission were to face the Allied Powers in the main event. However, [[Lex Luger]] did not show and [[Davey Boy Smith|The British Bulldog]] asked Diesel to team with him. Bulldog then turned heel by attacking Diesel and assisting Men on a Mission in beating him down.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/95.htm|title=WWF Show Results 1995|access-date=April 18, 2007|author=Graham Cawthon|quote=(August 14, 1995) Diesel & Davey Boy Smith fought Men on a Mission to a no contest when Smith attacked Diesel from behind and helped in triple teaming him}}</ref> The entire situation was referred to on air as the "Royal Plan" and was to involve [[Jim Cornette]], who took the Bulldog as a client following the match. However, the feud between Mabel and Diesel was cut off following SummerSlam after Mabel injured the champion by performing a seated senton onto his lower back.

With the Bulldog now taking over Mabel's top villain spot, Mabel was placed in a feud with [[The Undertaker]].<ref name="onlineworldofwrestling.com">{{cite web| url = http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/big-daddy-v.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001004118/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/big-daddy-v.html| archive-date = 2007-10-01| title = Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> The feud ended just as quickly and once again, it was due to Mabel injuring his opponent as he broke several bones in Undertaker's face with a leg drop. In January 1996 they left the WWF after [[Royal Rumble 1996]].

===Post WWF and Return to WWF===
Shortly after leaving the WWF, Frazier and Horne (still wrestling as Mabel and Mo) moved to the [[United States Wrestling Association]]. They feuded with [[The Moondogs (professional wrestling)|The Moondogs]] and [[Doug Gilbert]] and [[Brian Christopher]]. Then they were both entered in a tournament for the Unified Heavyweight Championship. Mabel defeated Mo on March 4, 1996 and went on to lose in the tournament final to [[Jerry Lawler]].<ref name="onlineworldofwrestling.com"/> The team broke up in June 1996. They met each other once again on January 4, 1997 when Mabel won a Lumberjack match in USWA.

Frazier eventually returned to the WWF as Mabel in 1998 doing a run in on 1998 King of The Ring [[Ken Shamrock]] and getting beaten by Shamrock later that night. Frazier made an appearance in [[Extreme Championship Wrestling|ECW]] as a part of [[The Full Blooded Italians]] after a match between [[Tracy Smothers]] and [[Tommy Rogers (wrestler)|Tommy Rogers]] until [[Spike Dudley]] took him down with an acid drop. Frazier made his return at the 1999 Royal Rumble, taking on [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] and later that night jumped one of [[The Headbangers]] to enter the Royal Rumble match. [[Undertaker]] and his [[The Ministry of Darkness|Ministry of Darkness]] pulled him out of the match and threw him in the back of a hearse. This led to him being repackaged as Viscera, a member of the Ministry of Darkness. Frazier was released from his WWF contract in August 2000. In March 2003, Frazier, as "Nelson Knight", made a surprise appearance at a weekly [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|NWA: Total Nonstop Action]] pay-per-view at the side of [[Ron Killings]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tna/030326.html|title=NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV results – March 26, 2003|access-date=2007-07-03|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> A second appearance followed the next week,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tna/030402.html|title=NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV results – April 2, 2003|access-date=2007-07-03|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> but Frazier soon returned to the [[independent circuit]]. On September 21, 2004, Frazier returned again to the WWE as Viscera. In 2007, he was repackaged as "Big Daddy V" and began appearing on the [[ECW (WWE brand)|ECW]] brand. Frazier was released from his WWE contract on August 8, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/WWErelease0808|title=WWE releases six Superstars, referee Nick Patrick|date=2008-08-08|access-date=2008-08-09|publisher=WWE}}</ref> After wrestling for promotions such as the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] and the [[Insane Clown Posse]]'s [[Juggalo Championship Wrestling]], Frazier began wrestling for [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]], as '''Big Daddy Voodoo''', where he is a former [[All Asia Tag Team Championship|All Asia Tag Team Champion]] with [[Yoshikazu Taru|TARU]] and is part of the [[Voodoo Murders]] stable

Horne stayed in the independent promotions and wrestled as both Mo and Rob Harlem. He and Frazier both resurfaced in [[Memphis Wrestling]] for a show in 2003, during which Horne (as Mo) turned on Frazier (as Mabel), which led to a one-off match which Frazier won. Horne retired from wrestling in 2007, and Frazier died of a heart attack on February 18, 2014. Later that year Horne returned to wrestling and since then still wrestles in the independent promotions in the US and Canada. Also he runs SOAR Championship Wrestling with his wife Denise Jones in Dallas Texas.

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame]]'''
**Class of 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nepwhof.weebly.com/hall-of-famers.html |title=Hall of Famers |access-date=2010-06-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706232003/http://nepwhof.weebly.com/hall-of-famers.html |archive-date=2013-07-06 }}</ref> – Mabel, Mo and Oscar
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Federation]]'''
**PWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)
*'''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]]'''
**[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE)|1 time]])
**[[King of the Ring]] ([[King of the Ring (1995)|1995]]) (Mabel)
**[[Slammy Award]] (1 time)
***Best Entertainer ([[1994 Slammy Awards|1994]]) (Oscar)

*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards]]'''
**[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Worst Worked Match of the Year|Worst Worked Match of the Year]] (1993) with [[The Bushwhackers]] vs. [[The Headshrinkers]], [[Mike Shaw|Bastion Booger]], and [[Bam Bam Bigelow]] at [[Survivor Series (1993)|Survivor Series]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{World Tag Team Championship (WWE)}}

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LA Knight

2023-01-24T16:55:07Z

71.174.204.54: /* The Rising and early feuds (2015–2016) */

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{{short description|American professional wrestler|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name = LA Knight
|image = Eli Drake Nov17 crop.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Knight in November 2017
|birth_name = Shaun Ricker
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TheEliDrake/status/1061703950917746689|title=Shaun Rocker(@TheEliDrake) - Twitter|website=twitter.com}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Hagerstown, Maryland]], U.S.
|death_date =
|names = Deuce Dick Rick Dick Rick Leykis El Hijo de Trump Eli Drake '''LA Knight''' Max Dupri Shaun Ricker Slate Randall
|height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}<ref name=ImpactWrestling>{{cite web|url=http://impactwrestling.com/talent-roster/eli-drake/|title=Eli Drake|publisher=ImpactWrestling}}</ref>
|weight = {{convert|240|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name=ImpactWrestling/>
|billed = '''Los Angeles, California''' Hagerstown, Maryland
|trainer = Cody Hawk
|debut = February 15, 2003
|retired =
}}
'''Shaun Ricker''' (born November 1, 1982) is an American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is currently signed to [[WWE]], where he performs on the [[Smackdown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[WWE brand extension|brand]] under the ring name '''LA Knight'''. Ricker is known for his time in [[Impact Wrestling]] as '''Eli Drake'''. Ricker has also worked extensively on the U.S. independent wrestling circuit, and has been signed by prominent promotions like [[Championship Wrestling from Hollywood]] and the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA).

Ricker began his wrestling career in 2003 on the [[independent circuit]]. He later joined the then-NWA-affiliated [[Championship Wrestling from Hollywood]] in 2010. After leaving CWFH in 2013, Ricker signed a developmental contract with WWE and performed on its then-developmental territory of NXT as "Slate Randall" before being released in 2014. Ricker then signed with [[Impact Wrestling]] (then named Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) in 2015. Ricker found great success in Impact/TNA, holding the [[Impact World Championship|Impact Global Championship]], the [[TNA Television Championship|TNA King of the Mountain Championship]], and the [[Impact World Tag Team Championship]] (with [[Scott Steiner]]), once each. He also won Impact's [[Feast or Fired]] briefcase twice.

After leaving Impact in 2019, Ricker signed with the recently-rebooted NWA, and held the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship]] (with [[James Storm]]) once. Ricker left the NWA in 2021 to sign with WWE. His character name changed to LA Knight, and he was again assigned to NXT. Upon moving up to the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] brand in 2022, Ricker was repackaged as a [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] and adopted the character of a [[fashion designer]] named '''Max Dupri''', before reverting to his LA Knight persona, therefore resuming his in-ring performer role. He is considered one of the best [[Promo (professional wrestling)|talkers]] of the modern professional wrestling era.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sachdeva|first=Shiven|title=Interview: Eli Drake reveals how he feels about being compared to The Rock|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/interview-eli-drake-reveals-how-he-feels-about-being-compared-to-the-rock|work=Sportskeeda|date=April 18, 2018|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>

Outside of wrestling, Ricker appeared as a cast member on the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] reality series ''[[The Hero (2013 TV series)|The Hero]]'', hosted by [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]. He also appeared in an episode of ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]'' in 2015.

==Professional wrestling career==
=== Early career (2003–2010)===
Ricker began working regularly for the [[Heartland Wrestling Association]] (HWA) in 2003 under the [[ring name]] Deuce. On November 9, 2004, Deuce would win the [[HWA Television Championship]] and lost it on January 4, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=118|title=HWA Cruiserweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|website=cagematch.net}}</ref>

=== NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (2010–2013) ===
In December 2010, Ricker moved to work for the promotion [[Championship Wrestling from Hollywood|NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood]]. He rejoined forces with Brian Cage, reforming The Natural Selection tag team and won the [[CWFH Heritage Tag Team Championship|NWA Heritage Tag Team Championship]] on December 8, from The RockNES Monsters.<ref name=":0" /> After holding the titles for over 200 days and defending them against the likes of Young Hollywood and Rasche Brown and Slymm, the Natural Selection lost them to The Tribe due to the Brian Cage missing the event and becoming a two on one handicap match.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/cwfh/nwa-herit-t.html|title=NWA/CWFH Heritage Tag Team Title (California)|website=Wrestling-Titles.com}}</ref> Understandably upset after Cage's actions, Ricker would feud with him for several months, staying even on victories until late 2012 when Ricker defeated Cage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/id=2&nr=4409&view=&page=4&gimmick=&year=&promotion=966&region=&location=&arena=&showtype=&text=&constellationType=&worker=|title=Shaun Ricker CWFH History}}</ref>

[[File:Slate Randall.jpg|thumb|right|Ricker wrestling as Slate Randall in February 2014]]
After this win, Ricker earned a shot at [[Adam Pearce]]'s [[NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship]] which took place on December 4 and Ricker lost. Throughout 2012, Ricker would aim high, trying to earn himself a championship shot which included numerous battle royals and even made it to the finals of the Percy Pringle III Cup where the winner would earn a shot at any championship, any time, any place. Rickers feud with Cage would resurface in late 2012 and culminated in a casket match which Ricker won. With this massive win Ricker finally found singles success in by winning the 30-Man Red Carpet Rumble for the [[CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship]] in homage to his late friend and manager [[Paul Bearer|Percy Pringle]] on May 5, 2013 and successfully defended it that same night against [[Tyler Rust|Ryan Taylor]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1997|title=NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|website=cagematch.net}}</ref>

Ricker would lose the championship to [[Scorpio Sky]] in a loser leaves Hollywood match later that night, this match was scheduled to air on June 2, on tape delay, but was never aired due to the controversial finish.<ref name=":2" /> After the cameras went off Ricker got on the mic and thanked all of the fans for coming out. He said this would be the last time we would see him in a ring for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. All of the wrestlers came out from the back and gave Ricker a standing ovation. However, he made one more final appearance defeating Scorpio Sky's fellow Experience members Big Duke and Xtian Cole, making it his final television appearance.

===WWE (2013–2014)===
Ricker made his first [[WWE]] appearance in 2008 in a dark match on ''[[WWE ECW|ECW]]'', teaming with [[Gene Snitsky]] in a losing effort against [[Cryme Tyme]]. He also appeared in 2011 during a segment between [[CM Punk]] and [[Kevin Nash]] in the role of a security guard (the infamous text message promo).

In May 2013, the ''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' reported that Ricker, along with several other independent wrestlers, was undergoing the necessary medical testing required to be signed to WWE. He reported to the [[WWE Performance Center]]. Ricker, using the new ring name Slate Randall, defeated [[Yoshi Tatsu]] in a dark match during the October 2013 television tapings of ''[[WWE NXT|NXT]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=102553|title=WWE NXT #71 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=cagematch.net}}</ref> Following that win, he only competed as an enhancement talent for [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]], losing to names such as [[Mason Ryan]], [[Baron Corbin]], and [[Mojo Rawley]]. His final match was on May 2, 2014 at an [[NXT Live]] event.<ref name="cagematch.net">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=4409&page=4&s=100|title=Matches « Eli Drake « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=cagematch.net}}</ref> On August 1, 2014, he was released from his WWE contract.<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Mike|url=http://pwinsider.com/article/87292/five-wwe-releases.html|title=Five WWE releases|publisher=PWInsider|date=August 1, 2014|access-date=August 1, 2014}}</ref> Ricker would later say his release was due to not getting along with then-NXT head trainer [[Bill Demott]] (whom WWE would later fire after allegations of Demott's abusive behaviors toward several wrestlers became widely reported by wrestling news sites).

===Return to the independent circuit (2014–2019)===
After his release from WWE, Ricker returned to wrestling on the [[independent circuit]]. On September 5, at [[Full Impact Pro]]'s ''Fallout'', he (along with [[Mason Ryan]] and [[Michael Tarver]]) participated in a trios tournament, but they were defeated by the Full Impact Puerto Ricans ([[Lince Dorado]], Jay Cruz, and Jay Rios) in the semifinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/88071/fip-fallout-2014-ippv-report-which-team-would-survive-the-tournament-of-six-man-tag-teams.html?p=1|title=FIP FALLOUT 2014 iPPV REPORT: WHICH TEAM WOULD SURVIVE THE TOURNAMENT OF SIX MAN TAG TEAMS? - PWInsider.com|website=pwinsider.com}}</ref> On November 21, 2014, Ricker defeated [[Kenny King (wrestler)|Kenny King]] at FSW Luck of the Draw.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=120678|title=FSW Luck Of The Draw « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=cagematch.net}}</ref> He made his return to Championship Wrestling from Hollywood for two appearances before he signed to Impact Wrestling in early 2015.<ref name="cagematch.net"/>

In his first match following the Impact Wrestling controversy, Drake lost a fatal four way at Maverick Pro Wrestling's May 11, 2019 event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://socaluncensored.com/2019/05/11/maverick-pro-11-may-2019-results/|title=Maverick Pro - 11 May 2019 - Results|first=Steve|last=Bryant|date=May 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2nr=4409&page=4|title=Overview « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=cagematch.net}}</ref> On August 17, 2019, Drake made his debut for [[World Wrestling Council]] in [[Puerto Rico]] at [[WWC Aniversario]] wrestling [[Carlito (wrestler)|Carlito Colon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/fight-size-update-scott-dawson-tease-gangrel-wwe-pc-raw-commercial-breaks-more|title=Wrestling News, Scott Dawson Tease, Gangrel At WWE PC, Raw Commercial Breaks, More | Fightful Wrestling|website=fightful.com}}</ref>

===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling (2015–2019)===
====The Rising and early feuds (2015–2016)====
{{See also|The Rising (professional wrestling)|l1=The Rising}}
On February 16, 2015, Ricker participated in [[TNA One Night Only]]'s [[TNA One Night Only (2015)#Gut Check|TNA Gut Check]] tournament, defeating [[Crazzy Steve]] to qualify for the final match of the night, which was a five-way elimination match won by [[Tanga Loa|Tevita Fifita]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/553329-tna-gutcheck-taping-results|title=TNA Gutcheck One Night Only PPV Taping Results *Spoilers*|date=February 17, 2015|website=Wrestlezone}}</ref> On March 14, 2015, Ricker, under the name Eli Drake, participated in the ''[[Impact! (TV series)|Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings, joining [[Drew McIntyre|Drew Galloway]] and [[Tanga Loa|Micah]] to form The Rising and defeating [[The Beat Down Clan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=126263|title=IMPACT Wrestling #561 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|website=cagematch.net}}</ref> On the July 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', The Beat Down Clan defeated The Rising in a 4-on-3 handicap match, forcing The Rising to dissolve. On the July 15 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake turned [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] when he cost Galloway a match against the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|TNA World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Ethan Carter III]]. At [[No Surrender (2015)|No Surrender]] on August 5, Drake defeated Galloway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peeples |first=Jeremy |date=August 6, 2015 |title=TNA Impact August 5 TV results & recap: EC3 vs. Matt Hardy battle in a TLC match |url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/impact-wrestling/tna-impact-august-5-tv-results-recap-ec3-vs-matt-hardy-battle-tlc-match-155861 |access-date=October 15, 2022 |website=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]}}</ref> On the August 19 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake faced Galloway in a No Disqualification Match, which he lost.

On October 4, 2015, at [[Bound for Glory (2015)|Bound for Glory]], Drake competed in a twelve-man Bound For Gold Gauntlet match which was won by [[Tyrus (wrestler)|Tyrus]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/626597-tna-bound-for-glory-results-100415/2|title=TNA Bound For Glory Results (10/4) - New #1 Contender 'Bound For Gold', EY vs Angle, New World Champion! - Page 2 of 7|date=October 4, 2015|website=Wrestlezone}}</ref> Drake participated in the [[TNA World Title Series]] as a member of group Future 4, along with [[Jessie Godderz]], [[Tanga Loa|Micah]] and [[Crimson (wrestler)|Crimson]] advancing the round of 16 along with Godderz where he lost in the round of 16 to [[Mahabali Shera]], thus failing to advance to the quarterfinals and being eliminated from the tournament. On January 5, 2016, the first live edition of ''Impact Wrestling'' on [[Pop (U.S. TV network)|Pop]], Drake and [[Jessie Godderz]] started feuding with [[Kurt Angle]] and [[Drew McIntyre|Drew Galloway]], leading to a match at [[TNA One Night Only]] Live, which was won by [[The American Wolves|The Wolves]].

On January 26, 2016, Drake won the [[Feast or Fired]] match and the briefcase that contained a title shot for the future [[TNA King Of The Mountain Championship]]. On the February 9 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake was attacked by [[Grado (wrestler)|Grado]] who had been fired after his [[Feast or Fired]] briefcase contained the pink slip. Later that night Drake interrupted him backstage and told him "he better shut up about whatever he thinks he knows" and then attacked Grado again and had him escorted out of the building through the tunnel. Drake feuded with Grado once again who was masked as Odarg the Great feuding him backstage with Jessie Godderz and telling him he was going to be facing against him. This led the match on the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, which he lost, and led to the rematch at [[TNA Lockdown]] special episode of Impact Wrestling in the [[Six Sides of Steel]] match, in which he's unsuccessful due to interference from the returning [[Mahabali Shera]] who went on to team with Odarg the Great and pulling his mask off from his face. On the March 15 live edition of Impact Wrestling he received another rematch against Grado in a Ladder match, the career of Grado on the line, however he was defeated by Grado to end the feud.

====Fact of Life and Namer of Dummies (2016–2017)====
[[File:Eli Drake at Slammiversary XV.jpg|thumb|right|Drake in July 2017]]
On the May 31 episode of ''Impact on Pop'', Drake cashed in his [[Feast or Fired]] briefcase for his shot at the [[TNA King of the Mountain Championship]], defeating [[Thom Latimer|Bram]] who was just viciously attacked by [[Bobby Lashley|Lashley]], winning his first title in TNA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/tna-news/61037-spoilers-423-tna-impact-wrestling-taping-results-orlando-florida-air-pop-tv-beginning-may/|title=SPOILERS: 4/23 TNA Impact Wrestling taping results from Orlando, Florida to air on Pop TV beginning in May|first=Adam|last=Martin|date=April 24, 2016}}</ref> On June 12 at [[Slammiversary (2016)|Slammiversary]], Drake defeated Bram to retain the championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0612/612592/tna-slammiversary-bram-vs-eli-drake-tna-king-of-the-mountain/|title=TNA Slammiversary: Bram Vs. Eli Drake (TNA King Of The Mountain Title Match) - WrestlingInc.com|date=June 12, 2016 }}</ref> On the June 28 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake hosted a ''Fact of Life'' segment, inviting [[James Storm]] as his guest, where he proceeded to insult him; Storm eventually hit Drake with the [[Superkick|Last Call]], igniting a feud between the two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/723501-tna-impact-wrestling-results-062816/3|title=TNA Impact Wrestling Results (6/28) – 3-Way Main Event, X-Division Battle Royal, Matt Hardy Addresses Brother Nero – Page 3 of 7 – Wrestlezone|date=June 28, 2016}}</ref> The next week on the July 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake defended the King of the Mountain Championship against Storm, but intentionally disqualified himself to save the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0705/613301/tna-impact-results/|title=TNA Impact Wrestling Results(7/5): Jeff Hardy Vs Matt Hardy Final Deletion, Ultimate X - WrestlingInc.com|date=July 5, 2016 }}</ref> However, on the August 4 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake lost the King of the Mountain Championship to James Storm. Drake entered in the [[Impact Grand Championship]] tournament on the September 8 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', defeating [[Jessie Godderz]] in the first round. However, he was defeated by [[Aron Stevens|Aron Rex]] on the September 22 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' in the semi final. At [[Bound for Glory (2016)|Bound for Glory]] Drake won the Bound for Gold. On the October 6 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake started a feud against Ethan Carter III, after his ''Fact of Life'' segment. On the October 27 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Eli Drake and Aron Rex defeated [[Ethan Carter III]] and Jessie Godderz in a tag-team match. On the November 10 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake cashed in his Bound for Gold opportunity but failed to win the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] against [[Eddie Edwards (wrestler)|Eddie Edwards]]. On the November 24 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake faced EC3 in a title shot vs. voice match where if Ethan lost, he would lose his Heavyweight title shot and if Drake lost, he would not be able to talk for the rest of 2016. EC3 won the match by submission.

On the January 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Eli Drake had a confrontation against [[Hardy Boyz|The Broken Hardys]] during his returning ''Fact of Life'' segment, which led to a tag team match for their [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] at [[Impact One Night Only (2017)#One Night Only: Live!|One Night Only: Live!]], teaming with [[Tyrus (wrestler)|Tyrus]], which never happened. However, his association with Tyrus continued, Tyrus helping him to take the red case during the Race for the Case on the January 19 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. On the February 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake cashed in his Race for the Case briefcase for a match against Ethan Carter III, but was defeated. After the match, he and Tyrus attacked EC3, but they were assaulted by the [[Death Crew Council]]. On the February 9 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Eli Drake and Tyrus were defeated by The Death Crew Council in a handicap match. During the match, Drake abandoned Tyrus. A match was scheduled between Drake and Tyrus two weeks later, which ended in a victory of Tyrus by disqualification. After the match, Drake proposed more money to Tyrus for keeping him as a bodyguard, which Tyrus accepted. On the March 16 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake and Tyrus were defeated by Garza Jr. and [[Laredo Kid]]. During the match, Drake unintentionally hit Tyrus, causing the loss. On the April 13 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake and Tyrus, alongside Bram and [[Bobby Lashley|Lashley]] as Team [[Josh Mathews]] were defeated by Team [[Jeremy Borash]] ([[Alberto Del Rio|Alberto El Patron]], [[Chris Masters|Chris Adonis]], [[Nick Aldis|Magnus]] and [[Matt Morgan]]).

On the May 4 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake was defeated by Alberto El Patron and failed to be the number one contender for the [[GFW Global Championship (2014–2017)|GFW Global Championship]]. The following week, with the help of Tyrus and Chris Adonis, he attacked Impact Grand champion [[Moose (wrestler)|Moose]] after his match against [[Marshe Rockett]]. On the June 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake was defeated by Moose and failed to win the [[Impact Grand Championship]]. At [[Slammiversary XV|Slammiversary]], Drake and [[Chris Masters|Chris Adonis]] were defeated by Moose and [[DeAngelo Williams]].

====Impact Global Champion (2017–2018)====
[[File:Eli Drake BFG Global Champ 17.jpg|thumb|right|Drake as the [[Impact World Championship|Impact Global Champion]] at [[Bound for Glory (2017)|Bound for Glory]] in November 2017]]
On the August 24 episode of ''Impact!'', Drake won a 20-man gauntlet match, from the second entrant position, to win the vacant [[Impact World Championship|GFW Global Championship]] for the first time. This was Drake's first world title reign from a major wrestling promotion in his career. The title would be then renamed to the Impact Global Championship.<ref>{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Adam|title=SPOILERS: 8/17 GFW Impact TV taping results from Orlando, Florida|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/gfw-news/89195-gfw-impact-tv-taping-results-august-17/|work=WrestleView|access-date=August 17, 2017}}</ref> Drake would defend the title against [[Matt Sydal]] on ''Impact'' and against [[Cody Hall]] in Japan for [[Pro Wrestling Noah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1791|title=Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama vol.2|access-date=October 1, 2017|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001165123/http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1791|archive-date=October 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He would soon begin feuding with [[John Morrison (wrestler)|Johnny Impact]] for the title as Drake retained the title against Impact at [[Victory Road (2017)|Victory Road]] after repeated interference from Adonis and a low blow. This would lead to a rematch between Drake and Impact for the title at [[Bound for Glory (2017)|Bound for Glory]], where Drake retained again after the returning [[Alberto Del Rio|Alberto El Patron]] hit Impact with a steel chair. Drake would retain the title against Impact and El Patron in a Six Sides of Steel match at [[Genesis (2018)|Genesis]]. He lost the title on the February 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' against the returning [[Austin Aries]], ending his reign at 146 days. Drake got his rematch on the February 15 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', but failed to regain the title.

On the March 15 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' Drake won a briefcase during the Feast or Fired, which contained an opportunity for the [[Impact World Tag Team Championship]] match, which he didn't want as he no longer had a tag team partner. Then, he challenged Moose for his World Championship briefcase on the April 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', which he won, thanks to an intervention of [[Ohio Versus Everything]]. At [[Impact Wrestling Redemption|Redemption]], Drake and his tag team partner [[Scott Steiner]] defeated [[The Latin American Xchange]] to become the new Impact World Tag Team Champions. On the April 26 episode of ''Impact!'', Drake and Steiner defeated LAX in a rematch to retain the Tag Team Championship. Two weeks later, Drake cashed in his World Championship briefcase against [[Pentagón Jr.]], but failed to win the title. On the May 17 episode of ''Impact'', Drake and Steiner lost the titles against D&E ([[Joaquin Wilde|DJZ]] and [[Andrew Everett]]). After some tensions between the two partners, a match was scheduled at [[Impact Wrestling Under Pressure|Under Pressure]], which Drake won after a chair shot.

On the June 7 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', during his ''Fact of Life'' segment, Drake ranked Moose number one in his top five dummies in Impact. Moose confronted Drake later and challenged him for a match to determine the number one contender to the [[Impact World Championship]] at [[Slammiversary XVI]]. Drake accepted the challenge and attacked Moose. The following week at ''House of Hardcore'', Drake was defeated by Moose. On June 25, Eli Drake signed a new contract with Impact Wrestling. On the July 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake flirted with [[Grado (wrestler)|Grado]]'s girlfriend, [[Katarina Waters|Katarina]], during a backstage segment. This led to a match between Drake and Grado later that night, which was won by Drake. After the match, he tried again to flirt with Katarina, but Drake was stopped by [[Joe Hendry (wrestler)|Joe Hendry]]. The following week, Drake was defeated by Hendry. On the August 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake aligned himself with the Cult of Lee ([[Cameron Grimes|Trevor Lee]] and [[Caleb Konley]]) and defeated Hendry and Grado in a tag-team match. Two weeks later, Drake defeated Hendry in a singles match. Between June and October, Drake issued various open challenges. On the October 11 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake issued an open challenge at [[Bound for Glory (2018)|Bound for Glory]]. At the event, Drake defeated [[James Ellsworth (wrestler)|James Ellsworth]]. After the match, Drake asked for a new challenger, a "Hall of Fame material" which resulted in [[Abyss (wrestler)|Abyss]], newest [[Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame]] member, showing up and hitting him with a Chokeslam through a table.

==== Feuding with hardcore wrestlers and departure (2018–2019) ====
On the October 18 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake started a storyline where he sued Impact Wrestling management for "unsafe working environment" after the attack of Abyss at Bound for Glory. The following week, Drake bullied Impact Wrestling commentator [[Don Callis]] and took his place for the rest of the show. On the November 8 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake betrayed his lawyer [[Abyss (wrestler)|Joseph Park]] after a low-blow. Then the following week, Drake criticized the "hardcore wrestling", saying that he is the "Last of a Dying Breed", before being confronted by [[Tommy Dreamer]]. Two weeks later, Drake wrestled against Dreamer but walked away from the match, losing via count-out. However, the match was restarted by Impact Wrestling management, and become a No Disqualification match, which Drake won. On the January 3, 2019, episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Drake was confronted and attacked by Tommy Dreamer and [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]]. At [[Impact Wrestling Homecoming]], Drake defeated Abyss in a Monster's Ball match.

On the January 11 episode, Eli confronted [[Eddie Edwards (wrestler)|Eddie Edwards]], talking down about his hardcore style. However, Eli and Edwards defeated [[The Rascalz]] in a tag-team match on the February 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' after Eli hit his opponent with Kenny, Eddie's kendo stick. On the February 22 episode, Edwards defeated Eli with a roll-up. After the match, Eli says that he was proud of Edwards, because he defeated him with a "wrestling move". Two weeks later, Eli saved Edwards from the [[Desi Hit Squad]]. Then, they formed a tag-team, and defeated [[Fallah Bahh]] and [[Kevin Matthews (wrestler)|KM]], when Eddie allowed Drake to use Kenny for hitting KM and stealing the victory. On the April 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Eli and Edwards defeated [[The Latin American Xchange|LAX]] with the help of the [[Lucha Bros]]. Two weeks later, Eli and Edwards were defeated by the Lucha Bros and failed to win the [[Impact World Tag Team Championship]].

During this time, a match was booked between Drake and [[Tessa Blanchard]] at [[United We Stand (2019)|United We Stand]]. However, Drake didn't want to wrestle a competitive match against a woman, criticizing [[intergender wrestling]]. After those comments, as well as comments disparaging Impact's booking of him, he was fired via e-mail on April 7. Following that, Impact tried to lock Drake into a no-complete clause due to breach of contract.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://impactwrestling.com/eli-drake-relationship-terminated/|title=Eli Drake Relationship Terminated|date=April 7, 2019|website=impactwrestling.com|access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://411mania.com/wrestling/impact-wrestling-releases-eli-drake/|website=411MANIA|title=Details on Why Impact Wrestling Terminated Eli Drake}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/exclusives/exclusive-reasons-eli-drake-s-firing-impact-company-tryin|title=Exclusive: Reasons For Eli Drake's Firing From Impact, Company Trying To Prevent Him From Working Elsewhere|website=Fightful}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://411mania.com/wrestling/impact-may-pursue-legal-action-against-eli-drake/|website=411MANIA|title=Impact May Pursue Legal Action Against Eli Drake}}</ref> However, on June 4, Drake released a statement speaking positively about Impact, and announced he was now a free agent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://411mania.com/wrestling/eli-drake-declares-free-agency-status/|website=411MANIA|title=Eli Drake Declares Free Agency, Thanks Impact Wrestling for an 'Overall Great Experience'}}</ref>

===National Wrestling Alliance (2019–2021)===
On June 28, 2019, Drake appeared at the [[Ring of Honor]] event [[Best in the World (2019)|Best in the World]], being revealed as the mystery partner of [[Nick Aldis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/2019/6/28/19154314/ring-of-honor-best-in-the-world-live-results-cobb-taven-nick-aldis-mystery-partner|title=Ring of Honor Best in the World 2019 live results: Cobb vs. Taven, Nick Aldis mystery partner, more!|first=Sean|last=Rueter|date=June 28, 2019|website=Cageside Seats}}</ref> This revealed him as the newest person to sign an exclusive deal with the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/ring-honor/eli-drake-signs-nwa-appears-roh-best-world-286886|title=Eli Drake signs with NWA, appears at ROH Best in the World|date=June 28, 2019|website=WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results}}</ref> On January 24 at the [[NWA Hard Times]] event, Drake and his tag team partner [[James Storm]] won the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|NWA Tag Team Championship]]. Drake and Storm would drop the titles to [[Aron Stevens]] and JR Kratos at [[UWN Primetime Live]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/1166491-eli-drake-and-james-storm-win-nwa-tag-team-championships|title=Eli Drake And James Storm Win NWA Tag Team Championships|date=January 24, 2020|website=Wrestlezone|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref> On February 14, 2021, it was announced that Ricker had been quietly released from the NWA in late 2020 after only signing a new deal with the company a few months beforehand.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Mike|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/143969/wwe-signs-former-impact-world-champion.html?p=1|title=WWE SIGNS FORMER IMPACT WORLD CHAMPION|date=February 14, 2021|access-date=February 14, 2021|website=PW Insider}}</ref>

=== Return to WWE ===

==== NXT (2021–2022) ====
On February 14, 2021, it was reported that Ricker had re-signed with [[WWE]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Mike|title=WWE SIGNS FORMER IMPACT WORLD CHAMPION|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/143969/wwe-signs-former-impact-world-champion.html?p=1/|work=PWInsinder|date=February 14, 2021|access-date=February 14, 2021}}</ref> At [[NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day]], he debuted as a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]], where it was revealed his new [[ring name]] would be '''LA Knight'''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=Ryan|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/wwe-nxt-results-live-coverage-3321-wwe-women-s-tag-team-championship-match|title=WWE NXT Results for 3/3/21 WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match|quote="Bronson tosses Cameron back inside and goes up top before LA comes back and puts Cameron's hat in the ring to distract the referee. LA then sends Bronson off of the top before Cameron pins Bronson with The Cave In."|date=March 3, 2021|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=Fightful}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=Ryan|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/wwe-nxt-results-live-coverage-31721-dexter-lumis-vs-austin-theory-la-knight-debuts|title=WWE NXT Results for 3/17/21 Dexter Lumis vs Austin Theory, LA Knight Debuts|date=March 17, 2021|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=Fightful}}</ref><ref name="NXTVengeanceDay">{{cite web|last=Moore|first=John|title=NXT Takeover Vengeance Day results: Moore's live review of Finn Balor vs. Pete Dunne for the NXT Championship, Johnny Gargano vs. Kushida for the NXT North American Title, Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm vs. Mercedes Martinez for the NXT Women's Championship, Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/02/14/nxt-takeover-vengeance-day-results-moores-live-review-of-finn-balor-vs-pete-dunne-for-the-nxt-championship-johnny-gargano-vs-kushida-for-the-nxt-north-american-title-io-shirai-vs-toni-storm-vs/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=February 14, 2021|access-date=February 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Defelice|first=Robert|title=Eli Drake Signs With WWE, Will Be Known As LA Knight|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/eli-drake-signs-wwe-will-be-known-la-knight|work=Fightful|date=February 14, 2021|access-date=February 14, 2021}}</ref> On the first night of [[NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver|TakeOver: Stand & Deliver]] on April 7, Knight participated in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Rumble rules-based variations|Gauntlet Eliminator]] for a future [[NXT North American Championship]] match, but lost.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=Ryan|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/nxt-results-live-coverage-33121-north-american-title-gauntlet-eliminator-battle-royal|title=NXT Results for 3/31/21 North American Title Gauntlet Eliminator Battle Royal|date=March 31, 2021|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=Fightful}}</ref><ref name="TOS&DN1">{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=John|title=NXT Takeover Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of night one with Io Shirai vs. Raquel Gonzalez for the NXT Women's Championship, Walter vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT UK Championship, MSK vs. Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde for the vacant NXT Tag Titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/04/07/nxt-takeover-stand-deliver-results-moores-live-review-of-night-one-with-io-shirai-vs-raquel-gonzalez-for-the-nxt-womens-championship-walter-vs-tommaso-ciampa-for-the-nxt-uk-championship-msk/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=April 7, 2021|access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> Knight then aligned himself with [[Ted DiBiase]], and at [[NXT TakeOver: In Your House (2021)|TakeOver: In Your House]] on June 13, he defeated [[Cameron Grimes]] in a [[ladder match]] to win the re-introduced [[Million Dollar Championship]].<ref name="NXTInYourHouse2021">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=NXT Takeover In Your House results – Powell's live review of Karrion Kross vs. Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly vs. Pete Dunne vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT Title, Raquel Gonzalez vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women's Title, Bronson Reed and MSK vs. Legado Del Fantasma for the NXT North American and NXT Tag Titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/06/13/nxt-takeover-in-your-house-results-powells-live-review-of-karrion-kross-vs-adam-cole-vs-kyle-oreilly-vs-pete-dunne-vs-johnny-gargano-for-the-nxt-title-raquel-gonzalez-vs-ember-moon/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=June 13, 2021|access-date=June 13, 2021}}</ref> Knight later turned on DiBiase, attacking him during the title ceremony, before being driven off by Grimes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-15|title=LA Knight Attacks Ted DiBiase During Million Dollar Title Celebration|url=https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/1239895-la-knight-attacks-ted-dibiase-nxt|access-date=2021-06-16|website=Wrestlezone}}</ref> At [[NXT: The Great American Bash (2021)|The Great American Bash]] on July 6, Knight defeated Grimes and as per the stipulation of the rematch, Grimes became Knight's personal butler.<ref name="NXT07062021">{{cite web|last=Moore|first=John|title=7/6 NXT TV results: Moore's review of the Great American Bash edition with Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly, MSK vs. Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher for the NXT Tag Titles, Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell vs. Io Shirai and Zoey Stark for the NXT Women's Tag Titles, LA Knight vs. Cameron Grimes for the Million Dollar Title|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/07/06/7-6-nxt-tv-results-moores-review-of-the-great-american-bash-edition-with-adam-cole-vs-kyle-oreilly-msk-vs-tommaso-ciampa-and-timothy-thatcher-for-the-nxt-tag-titles-candice-lerae-and-indi-har/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=July 6, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2021}}</ref> On the August 10 episode of ''[[WWE NXT|NXT]]'', Knight agreed to defend the championship against Grimes at [[NXT TakeOver 36]] under the condition that if Knight won, DiBiase would replace Grimes as Knight's personal butler.<ref name="NXT08102021">{{cite web|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/08/10/8-10-nxt-tv-results-moores-review-of-adam-cole-and-kyle-oreilly-meet-face-to-face-dakota-kai-vs-sarray-odyssey-jones-vs-trey-baxter-in-an-nxt-breakout-tournament-semifinal-match-ilja-draguno/|title=8/10 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly meet face to face, Dakota Kai vs. Sarray, Odyssey Jones vs. Trey Baxter in an NXT Breakout Tournament semifinal match, Ilja Dragunov appears, Raquel Gonzalez first comments since being attacked by Kai|date=August 10, 2021|last=Moore|first=John|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=August 13, 2021}}</ref> At the event on August 22, Knight lost the title to Grimes following interference from DiBiase, ending his reign at 70 days.<ref name="NXT36">{{cite web|last=Moore|first=John|title=NXT Takeover 36 results: Moore's live review of Karrion Kross vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship, Raquel Gonzalez vs. Dakota Kai for the NXT Women's Title, Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly in a best of three falls match, Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov for the NXT UK Championship|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/08/22/nxt-takeover-36-results-moores-live-review-of-karrion-kross-vs-samoa-joe-for-the-nxt-championship-raquel-gonzalez-vs-dakota-kai-for-the-nxt-womens-title-adam-cole-vs-kyle-oreilly-in-a-best/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=August 22, 2021|access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref>

In October, Knight began a feud with [[Grayson Waller]]. On the November 23 episode of ''NXT'', a double turn took place; Waller turned heel by berating the fans, and Knight turned [[Face (professional wrestling)|face]] by displaying fighting spirit attitude, and before his match with [[Joe Gacy]], Knight was attacked by Waller.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moore|first=John|title=11/23 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Carmelo Hayes vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Pete Dunne for the NXT North American Title, Tommaso Ciampa vs. Grayson Waller in a non-title match, Mandy Rose vs. Cora Jade in a non-title match, Kayden Carter and Kacy Catanzaro vs. Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/11/23/11-23-nxt-2-0-results-moores-review-of-carmelo-hayes-vs-johnny-gargano-vs-pete-dunne-for-the-nxt-north-american-title-tommaso-ciampa-vs-grayson-waller-in-a-non-title-match-mandy-rose-vs-cora/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=November 23, 2021|access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref> At [[NXT WarGames (2021)|WarGames]] on December 5, Knight teamed with [[Johnny Gargano]], [[Pete Dunne]], and [[Tommaso Ciampa]] as Team Black & Gold, where they lost to Team 2.0 ([[Bron Breakker]], [[Carmelo Hayes]], Grayson Waller, and Tony D'Angelo) in a [[WarGames match]].<ref name="NXTWarGames2021">{{cite web|last=Moore|first=John|title=NXT WarGames results: Moore's live review of two WarGames matches, Roderick Strong vs. Joe Gacy for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel vs. Kyle O'Reilly and Von Wagner for the NXT Tag Titles, Cameron Grimes vs. Duke Hudson in a hair vs. hair match|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/12/05/nxt-wargames-results-moores-live-review-of-two-wargames-matches-roderick-strong-vs-joe-gacy-for-the-nxt-cruiserweight-championship-fabian-aichner-and-marcel-barthel-vs-kyle-oreilly-and-von-wa/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=December 5, 2021|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref> In March, Knight started a brief feud with [[Gunther (wrestler)|Gunther]] when the latter took offense at Knight getting an [[NXT Championship]] match by calling out [[Dolph Ziggler]]. The next week, Knight confronted Gunther after his match with [[Brendan Vink|Duke Hudson]] and challenged him to a match at [[NXT Stand & Deliver (2022)|NXT Stand & Deliver]] on April 2,<ref>{{Cite web|author=WWE.com Staff|title=LA Knight vs. Gunther|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/nxttakeover/la-knight-vs-gunther|work=WWE|date=March 22, 2022|access-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref> which he lost.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jason |date=2022-04-02 |title=NXT Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of Dolph Ziggler vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Title, Mandy Rose vs. Cora Jade vs. Io Shirai vs. Kay Lee Ray for the NXT Women's Title, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel vs. MSK vs. The Creed Brothers for the NXT Tag Titles, the NXT North American Title ladder match |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/04/02/nxt-stand-deliver-results-moores-live-review-of-dolph-ziggler-vs-bron-breakker-for-the-nxt-title-mandy-rose-vs-cora-jade-vs-io-shirai-vs-kay-lee-ray-for-the-nxt-womens-title-fabian-a/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Pro Wrestling Dot Net |language=en-US}}</ref> This turned out to be his final NXT appearance.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Marc Middleton|title=LA Knight Reportedly Done With WWE NXT|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/04/la-knight-reportedly-done-with-wwe-nxt/|work=Wrestling Inc|date=April 26, 2022|access-date=April 29, 2022}}</ref>

==== Main roster (2022–present) ====
Knight made his first main roster appearance on the January 24, 2022 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', participating in a backstage segment with The Dirty Dawgs ([[Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode]]).<ref name="Raw01242022">{{cite web|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/01/24/1-24-wwe-raw-results-powells-live-review-of-the-brock-lesnar-and-bobby-lashley-weigh-in-for-the-wwe-championship-match-at-the-royal-rumble-miz-throws-maryse-a-birthday-party-alpha-academy-and-rkb/|title=1/24 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of the Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley weigh-in for the WWE Championship match at the Royal Rumble, Miz throws Maryse a birthday party, Alpha Academy and RKBro compete in an academic challenge|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|last=Powell|first=Jason|date=January 24, 2022|access-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> In a dark segment before the April 15 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'', Knight appeared as a [[heel (professional wrestling)|villainous]] [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] by announcing his new stable, "Knight Model Management", and became the manager of [[Mace (wrestler)|Mace]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Rose |first=Bryan |date=April 19, 2022 |title=LA Knight manages Mace in WWE SmackDown dark match |url=https://www.f4wonline.com/.amp/news/wwe/la-knight-appears-in-dark-match-as-manager-prior-to-wwe-smackdown |website=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]] |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref> and [[Mansoor (wrestler)|Mansoor]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Rubio Ato |first=Antonio |date=April 23, 2022 |language=es |title=El nuevo stable de L.A. Knight en WWE presenta un nuevo miembro |url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/108162-el-nuevo-stable-de-la-knight-en-wwe-presenta-un-nuevo-miembro |website=Solo Wrestling |access-date=April 29, 2022}}</ref> The angle went to television on the May 20 episode of ''SmackDown'', when he made his televised debut on the [[Smackdown (WWE brand)|brand]] under the ring name '''Max Dupri'''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jason |date=2022-05-20 |title=5/20 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Barnett's review of Smackdown Tag Team Champions Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso vs. Raw Tag Team Champions "RK-Bro" Randy Orton and Riddle in a unification match, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn, Xavier Woods vs. Butch |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/05/20/5-20-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-barnetts-review-of-smackdown-tag-team-champions-jimmy-uso-and-jey-uso-vs-raw-tag-team-champions-rk-bro-randy-orton-and-riddle-in-a-unifica/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Pro Wrestling Dot Net |language=en-US}}</ref> He would announce Mace and Mansoor, under the tweaked names "ma.çé" and "mån.sôör", as Maximum Male Models.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rose |first=Bryan |date=July 1, 2022 |title=Max Dupri reveals Maximum Male Models on WWE SmackDown |url=https://www.f4wonline.com/.amp/news/wwe/max-dupri-reveals-maximum-male-models-on-wwe-smackdown |website=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]] |access-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref> He would then be joined by his storyline sister, Maxxine Dupri (formerly known as Sofia Cromwell from NXT).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jason |date=2022-07-22 |title=7/22 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of the first show following Vince McMahon's retirement, Stephanie McMahon's opening segment, Liv Morgan and Ronda Rousey meet face to face, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ludwig Kaiser, Maxxine debuts alongside Maximum Male Models |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/07/22/7-22-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-powells-review-of-the-first-show-following-vince-mcmahons-retirement-stephanie-mcmahons-opening-segment-liv-morgan-and-ronda-rousey-meet-face-to-face/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Pro Wrestling Dot Net |language=en-US}}</ref> Dupri ended his relationship with Maximum Male Models on the September 30 episode of ''SmackDown.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnett |first=Jake |date=2022-09-30 |title=9/30 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Barnett's review of Sami Zayn and Solo Sikoa vs. Madcap Moss and Ricochet, Bayley vs. Shotzi, Hit Row vs. Los Lotharios, the build to Extreme Rules continues |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/09/30/9-30-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-barnetts-review-of-sami-zayn-and-solo-sikoa-vs-madcap-moss-and-ricochet-bayley-vs-shotzi-hit-row-vs-los-lotharios-the-build-to-extreme-rules-conti/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Pro Wrestling Dot Net |language=en-US}}</ref> The following week, he beat down Mace and Mansoor and reverted to his LA Knight persona. After a brief feud with Ricochet, Knight became involved in a feud with [[Bray Wyatt]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jason |date=2022-10-07 |title=10/07 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of the season premiere, Gunther vs. Sheamus for the Intercontinental Championship, Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Logan Paul meet face to face, Solo Sikoa vs. Ricochet |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/10/07/10-07-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-powells-review-of-the-season-premiere-gunther-vs-sheamus-for-the-intercontinental-championship-undisputed-wwe-universal-champion-roman-reigns-and-logan-p/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Pro Wrestling Dot Net |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Other media==
In 2013, Ricker appeared on the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] reality television show ''[[The Hero (2013 TV series)|The Hero]]'', which was hosted by [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]].

In 2015, Ricker appeared in season 2/episode 17 of the U.S. sitcom ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]''. In the episode (entitled "Boyle-Linetti Wedding"), Ricker plays the nonspeaking role of Mario, a male bodybuilder who's getting married. Detective Terry Jeffords ([[Terry Crews]]) plays the minister.

In 2021, Ricker appeared in a CarShield ad as “The Overcharger”: a [[heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] wrestler dressed like an automotive repair technician, defiantly bragging about how no one can stop him from unfairly charging (used-vehicle-owning) customers for repair work. He is instantly struck down by [[Ric Flair]] (the ad campaign's star/[[pitchman]]).

As LA Knight, he appeared in ''[[WWE 2K22]]'' as [[downloadable content]] and Ricker provides the voice for "Paragon Jay Pierce" in the game's MyRise mode.

==Championships and accomplishments==
[[File:Eli Drake BFG 17 Global Champ crop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|LA Knight is a former [[Impact World Champion]]]]
* '''[[Championship Wrestling From Hollywood]]'''
** [[Hollywood Heritage Championship|CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship]] ([[Hollywood Heritage Championship#title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=870|title=CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=May 5, 2013|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
** [[CWFH Heritage Tag Team Championship|NWA Heritage Tag Team Championship]] ([[CWFH Heritage Tag Team Championship#title history|2 times]]) – with [[Brian Cage]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1249|title=NWA Heritage Tag Team Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=December 8, 2010|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
** Red Carpet Rumble (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=102423|title=Red Carpet Rumble (2013)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=May 5, 2013|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
* '''[[DDT Pro-Wrestling]]'''
** [[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship]] ([[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/ddt/ironman-hm.html|title=Ironman Heavymetalweight Title|access-date=August 12, 2016|publisher=Wrestling-Titles.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=4380|title=Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=July 10, 2016|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
* '''Future Stars of Wrestling'''
** FSW Heavyweight Championship (2 time)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=2541|title=FSW Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=2541|title=FSW Heavyweight Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=May 25, 2013|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
* '''[[Empire Wrestling Federation]]'''
** [[EWF Heavyweight Championship]] ([[EWF Heavyweight Championship#title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=504|title=EWF Heavyweight Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=September 2, 2011|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
** [[Empire Wrestling Federation#Great Goliath Battle Royal|Great Goliath Battle Royal (2011)]] – with Josh Dunbar<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=63712|title=Great Goliath Battle Royal (2011)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
* '''[[Heartland Wrestling Association]]'''
** [[HWA Television Championship]] ([[HWA Television Championship#title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=118|title=HWA Television Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=November 9, 2004|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
* '''Mach One Wrestling'''
** M1W Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brian Cage<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1249|title=M1W Tag Team Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=January 29, 2010|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
** M1W Tag Team Championship Tournament (2010) – with Brian Cage<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1582|title=M1W Tag Team Championship Tournament (2010)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=January 29, 2010|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
*'''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''
**[[NWA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of NWA World Tag Team Champions|1 time]]) – with [[James Storm]]<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=180|title=NWA World Tag Team Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=January 24, 2020|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
*'''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
** Ranked No. 32 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''[[PWI 500]]'' in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2018.html|title = Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2018 - the Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref>
*'''Pro Wrestling Revolution'''
** PWR Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1027|title=PWR Heavyweight Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=July 9, 2016|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
*'''[[Impact Wrestling|Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling]]'''
**[[Impact World Championship]] ([[List of Impact World Champions|1 time]])1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=557|title=Impact World Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Impact World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of Impact World Tag Team Champions|1 time]]) – with [[Scott Steiner]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/impact-wrestling/2018/4/22/17269212/scott-steiner-eli-drake-as-his-partner-wins-impact-tag-titles-2018-redemption|title=Scott Steiner wins Impact gold in 2018|first=Kyle|last=Decker|date=April 22, 2018|website=Cageside Seats}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=558|title=Impact World Tag Team Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=April 22, 2018|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
**[[TNA Television Championship|TNA King of the Mountain Championship]] ([[List of TNA Television Champions|1 time]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/701641-title-change-takes-place-at-tonights-impact-wrestling-tapings-spoilers|title=Title Change Takes Place at Tonight's TNA Impact Wrestling Tapings *Spoilers*|date=April 23, 2016|website=Wrestlezone}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1026|title=TNA King of the Mountain Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=April 23, 2016|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
**[[TNA Gauntlet for the Gold|Gauntlet for the Gold]] ([[TNA Gauntlet for the Gold#Most Gauntlet for the Gold victories|2016]], [[TNA Gauntlet for the Gold#Most Gauntlet for the Gold victories|2017]] – Heavyweight)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=159295|title=Gauntlet for the Gold (2016)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=October 2, 2016|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=182609|title=Gauntlet for the Gold (2017)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Race for the Case|Race for the Case (2017 – Red Case)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=168113|title=Race for the Case (2017 – Red Case)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=January 7, 2017|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Feast or Fired|Feast or Fired]] ([[Feast or Fired#2016|2016]] – [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Feast or Fired|King of the Mountain Championship contract]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=145955|title=Feast or Fired (2016)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=January 9, 2016|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
**Feast or Fired ([[Feast or Fired#2018|2018]] – [[Impact World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championship contract]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=195478|title=Feast or Fired (2018)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=January 13, 2018|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
*'''Ultimate Championship Wrestling'''
**UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3252|title=UCW Heavyweight Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=March 1, 2019|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
*'''[[WWE]]'''
**[[Million Dollar Championship]] ([[Million Dollar Championship#Reigns|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=4994|title=Million Dollar Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=June 13, 2021|access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>

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2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards

2023-01-11T16:47:18Z

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{{short description|2023 edition of the iHeartRadio Music Awards}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards
| image = 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards logo.png
| image_size = 250
| date = {{start date|2023|03|27}}
| location = [[Dolby Theatre]], [[Los Angeles]]
| country = United States
| host =
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| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| previous = [[2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards|2022]]
| main = {{nowrap|[[iHeartRadio Music Awards]]}}
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| website = [https://news.iheart.com/featured/iheartradio-music-awards/ news.iheart.com/awards]
}}
The '''2023 [[iHeartRadio Music Awards]]''' will be held at the [[Dolby Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles]] on March 27, 2023, and broadcast live on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List Of Nominees |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-01-10-2023-iheartradio-music-awards-see-the-full-list-of-nominees/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=iHeartRadio |language=en}}</ref>

==Nominees==
{|class=wikitable
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Song of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Artist of the Year
|-
| valign="top" |
* "[[About Damn Time]]" – [[Lizzo]]
* "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" – [[Taylor Swift]]
* "[[As It Was]]" – [[Harry Styles]]
* "[[Big Energy]]" – [[Latto]]
* "[[Enemy (Imagine Dragons and JID song)|Enemy]] (from the series ''[[Arcane (TV series)#Soundtrack|Arcane League of Legends]]'')" – [[Imagine Dragons]]
* "[[First Class (song)|First Class]]" – [[Jack Harlow]]
* "[[Ghost (Justin Bieber song)|Ghost]]" – [[Justin Bieber]]
* "[[Heat Waves]]" – [[Glass Animals]]
* "[[Industry Baby]]" – [[Lil Nas X]] & [[Jack Harlow]]
* "[[Woman (Doja Cat song)|Woman]]" – [[Doja Cat]]
| valign="top" |
* [[Beyoncé]]
* [[Doja Cat]]
* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
* [[Dua Lipa]]
* [[Harry Styles]]
* [[Jack Harlow]]
* [[Justin Bieber]]
* [[Lizzo]]
* [[Taylor Swift]]
* [[The Weeknd]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best Duo/Group of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best Collaboration
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[AJR (band)|AJR]]
* [[Black Eyed Peas]]
* [[Blackpink]]
* [[Silk Sonic]] ([[Bruno Mars]] & [[Anderson .Paak]])
* [[Glass Animals]]
* [[Imagine Dragons]]
* [[Måneskin]]
* [[OneRepublic]]
* [[Parmalee]]
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
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* "[[Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)]]" – [[Elle King]] & [[Miranda Lambert]]
* "[[Cold Heart (Pnau remix)|Cold Heart]]" – [[Elton John]] & [[Dua Lipa]]
* "[[Half of My Hometown]]" – [[Kelsea Ballerini]] featuring [[Kenny Chesney]]
* "[[I Like You (A Happier Song)]]" – [[Post Malone]] featuring [[Doja Cat]]
* "[[Industry Baby]]" – [[Lil Nas X]] & [[Jack Harlow]]
* "[[One Right Now]]" – [[Post Malone]] & [[The Weeknd]]
* "[[Sweetest Pie]]" – [[Megan Thee Stallion]] & [[Dua Lipa]]
* "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]" – [[Sam Smith]] & [[Kim Petras]]
* "[[Wait for U]]" – [[Future (rapper)|Future]] featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] & [[Tems]]
* "[[You Right]]" – [[Doja Cat]] featuring [[The Weeknd]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best New Pop Artist
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Country Song of the Year
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Gayle (singer)|Gayle]]
* [[Jax (singer)|Jax]]
* [[Nicky Youre]]
* [[Steve Lacy (singer)|Steve Lacy]]
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* "[[Buy Dirt]]" – [[Jordan Davis (singer)|Jordan Davis]] featuring [[Luke Bryan]]
* "[[Half of My Hometown]]" – [[Kelsea Ballerini]] featuring [[Kenny Chesney]]
* "She Had Me At Heads Carolina" – [[Cole Swindell]]
* "[[The Kind of Love We Make]]" – [[Luke Combs]]
* "[[Wasted on You (Morgan Wallen song)|Wasted On You]]" – [[Morgan Wallen]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Country Artist of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best New Country Artist
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Carrie Underwood]]
* [[Jason Aldean]]
* [[Kane Brown]]
* [[Luke Combs]]
* [[Morgan Wallen]]
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* [[Bailey Zimmerman]]
* [[Cody Johnson]]
* [[Elle King]]
* [[Elvie Shane]]
* [[Priscilla Block]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Afrobeats Artist of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Hip-Hop Song of the Year
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Burna Boy]]
* [[CKay]]
* [[Fireboy DML]]
* [[Tems]]
* [[Wizkid]]
| valign="top" |
* "[[F.N.F. (Let's Go)]]" – Hitkidd & [[GloRilla]]
* "[[First Class (song)|First Class]]" – [[Jack Harlow]]
* "[[Girls Want Girls]]" – [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] featuring [[Lil Baby]]
* "[[Super Gremlin]]" – [[Kodak Black]]
* "[[Wait for U]]" – [[Future (rapper)|Future]] featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] & [[Tems]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best New Hip-Hop Artist
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
* [[Future (rapper)|Future]]
* [[Kodak Black]]
* [[Lil Baby]]
* [[Moneybagg Yo]]
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* [[B-Lovee]]
* [[GloRilla]]
* [[Latto]]
* [[Nardo Wick]]
* [[SleazyWorld Go]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| R&B Song of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| R&B Artist of the Year
|-
| valign="top" |
* "[[Break My Soul]]" – [[Beyoncé]]
* "[[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Mind]]" – [[Tems]]
* "[[Hrs and Hrs]]" – [[Muni Long]]
* "[[I Hate U (SZA song)|I Hate U]]" – [[SZA]]
* "[[Smokin out the Window]]" – [[Silk Sonic]] ([[Bruno Mars]] & [[Anderson .Paak]])
| valign="top" |
* [[Blxst]]
* [[Silk Sonic]] ([[Bruno Mars]] & [[Anderson .Paak]])
* [[Muni Long]]
* [[SZA]]
* [[Yung Bleu]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best New R&B Artist
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Alternative Song of the Year
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Blxst]]
* [[Brent Faiyaz]]
* [[Muni Long]]
* [[Steve Lacy (singer)|Steve Lacy]]
* [[Tems]]
| valign="top" |
* "[[Black Summer (song)|Black Summer]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* "[[Edging (song)|Edging]]" – [[Blink-182]]
* "[[Enemy (Imagine Dragons and JID song)|Enemy]] (from the series ''[[Arcane (TV series)#Soundtrack|Arcane League of Legends]]'')" – [[Imagine Dragons]]
* "[[Heat Waves]]" – [[Glass Animals]]
* "[[Running Up That Hill|Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)]]" – [[Kate Bush]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Alternative Artist of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best New Artist (Alternative & Rock)
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Imagine Dragons]]
* [[Måneskin]]
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* [[Twenty One Pilots]]
* [[Weezer]]
| valign="top" |
* [[Nick Santino (musician)|Beach Weather]]
* [[BoyWithUke]]
* Giovannie and the Hired Guns
* [[Turnstile (band)|Turnstile]]
* [[Wet Leg]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Rock Song of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Rock Artist of the Year
|-
| valign="top" |
* "[[Black Summer (song)|Black Summer]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* "Patient Number 9" – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] featuring [[Jeff Beck]]
* "Planet Zero" – [[Shinedown]]
* "[[So Called Life]]" – [[Three Days Grace]]
* "[[Taking Me Back]]" – [[Jack White]]
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* [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
* [[Papa Roach]]
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* [[Shinedown]]
* [[Three Days Grace]]
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Dance Song of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Dance Artist of the Year
|-
| valign="top" |
* "Cold Heart" – Elton John & Dua Lipa
* "Escape" – KX5, Kaskade, Deadmau5 featuring Hayla
* "Heaven Takes You Home" – Swedish House Mafia & Connie Constance
* "Hot In It" – Tiësto & Charli XCX
* "I'm Good (Blue)" – David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
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* Anabel Englund
* Joel Corry
* SOFI TUKKER
* Swedish House Mafia
* Tiësto
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist of the Year
|-
| valign="top" |
* "El Incomprendido" – Farruko/ Víctor Cárdenas/ DJ Adoni
* "MAMIII" – Becky G & Karol G
* "Me Porto Bonito" – Bad Bunny featuring Chencho Corleone
* "Moscow Mule" – Bad Bunny
* "PROVENZA" – Karol G
| valign="top" |
* Bad Bunny
* Daddy Yankee
* Farruko
* Karol G
* Rauw Alejandro
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Regional Mexican Song of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Regional Mexican Artist of the Year
|-
| valign="top" |
* "Cada Quien" – Grupo Firme featuring Maluma
* "Cómo Te Olvido" – La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho
* "Si Te Pudiera Mentir" – Calibre 50
* "Ya Solo Eres Mi Ex" – La Adictiva
* "Ya Supérame" – Grupo Firme
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* Calibre 50
* Christian Nodal
* El Fantasma
* Grupo Firme
* La Adictiva
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best New Latin Artist
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best Lyrics
|-
| valign="top" |
* Blessd
* Kali Uchis
* Quevedo
* Ryan Castro
* Venesti
| valign="top" |
* "About Damn Time" – Lizzo
* "abcdefu" – GAYLE
* "Anti-Hero" – Taylor Swift
* "Buy Dirt" – Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan
* "Glimpse Of Us" – Joji
* "Lift Me Up" – Rihanna
* "N95" – Kendrick Lamar
* "pushin P" – Gunna featuring Future, Young Thug
* "Super Freaky Girl" – Nicki Minaj
* "Wasted On You" – Morgan Wallen
* "We Don’t Talk About Bruno" – Lin-Manuel Miranda performed by the Cast of Encanto
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| [[IHeartRadio Music Award for Best Music Video|Best Music Video]]
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Best Fan Army
|-
| valign="top" |
* "Anti-Hero" – Taylor Swift
* "As It Was" – Harry Styles
* "Calm Down" – Rema & Selena Gomez
* "Don’t Be Shy" – Tiësto & Karol G
* "DON’T YOU WORRY" – Black Eyed Peas, Shakira, David Guetta
* "Envovler" – Anitta
* "Left and Right" – Charlie Puth featuring Jung Kook of BTS
* "Pink Venom" – BLACKPINK
* "Tití Me Preguntó" – Bad Bunny
* "Yet To Come" – BTS
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* "Barbz" – Nicki Minaj
* "Beliebers" – Justin Bieber
* "BeyHive" – Beyoncé
* "Blinks" – BLACKPINK
* "BTSArmy" – BTS
* "Harries" – Harry Styles
* "Hotties" – Megan Thee Stallion
* "Louies" – Louis Tomlinson
* "RihannaNavy" – Rihanna
* "Rushers" – Big Time Rush
* "Selenators" – Selena Gomez
* "Swifties" – Taylor Swift
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Social Star Award
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Favorite Tour Photographer
|-
| valign="top" |
* Bailey Zimmerman
* Charli D’Amelio
* Em Beihold
* GAYLE
* GloRilla
* JVKE
* Lauren Spencer-Smith
* Yung Gravy
| valign="top" |
* Bad Bunny – SIEMPRERIC
* Demi Lovato – Angelo Kritikos
* Dua Lipa – Elizabeth Miranda
* Halsey – Yasi
* Harry Styles – Lloyd Wakefield
* Louis Tomlinson – Joshua Halling
* Luke Combs – David Bergman
* Machine Gun Kelly – Sam Cahill
* Olivia Rodrigo – DONSLENS
* Post Malone – Adam DeGross
* twenty one pilots - Ashley Osborn
* YUNGBLUD – Tom Pallant
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| TikTok Bop of the Year
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Favorite Documentary
|-
| valign="top" |
* "About Damn Time" – Lizzo
* "As It Was" – Harry Styles
* "Bad Habit" – Steve Lacy
* "Bejeweled" – Taylor Swift
* "Big Energy" – Latto
* "CUFF IT" – Beyoncé
* "Envolver" – Anitta
* "Just Wanna Rock" – Lil Uzi Vert
* "Made You Look" – Meghan Trainor
* "Super Freaky Girl" – Nicki Minaj
* "Unholy" – Sam Smith & Kim Petras
* "World’s Smallest Violin" – AJR
| valign="top" |
* "Halftime" – Jennifer Lopez
* "Life in Pink" – Machine Gun Kelly
* "Love, Lizzo" – Lizzo
* "Niall Horan's Homecoming: The Road to Mullingar with Lewis Capaldi" – Niall Horan + Lewis Capaldi
* "Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me" – Selena Gomez
* "Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl" – Shania Twain
* "Sheryl" – Sheryl Crow
* "Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby" – Lil Baby
|-
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Favorite Tour Style
! style=background:#EEDD85; width="50%"| Favorite Residency
|-
| valign="top" |
* Bad Bunny
* Carrie Underwood
* Dua Lipa
* Elton John
* Harry Styles
* Lady Gaga
* Lil Nas X
* Lizzo
* Machine Gun Kelly
* Olivia Rodrigo
* Rosalía
* The Weeknd
| valign="top" |
* An Evening with Silk Sonic" – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
* "Enigma + Jazz & Piano" – Lady Gaga
* "Let’s Go!" – Shania Twain
* "Love In Las Vegas" – John Legend
* "Love On Tour" – Harry Styles
* "Play" – Katy Perry
* "REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency" – Carrie Underwood
* "Usher: My Way - The Las Vegas Residency” ''-'' Usher
* "Weekends with Adele" – Adele
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! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD85;" width="50%" | Favorite Use of a Sample
|-
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* Beyoncé’s “SUMMER RENAISSANCE" – sampled Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom" – sampled 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P,” Rihanna’s “Pon de Replay,” and Biggie’s “Kick In The Door”
* Chlöe’s “Treat Me" – sampled Bubba Sparxxx & Ying Yang Twins’ “Ms. New Booty”
* David Guetta & Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)" – sampled Eiffel 65’s “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”
* DJ Khaled & Drake’s “Staying Alive" – sampled The Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive”
* Doja Cat’s “Vegas" – sampled Shonka Dukureh’s “Hound Dog”
* Jack Harlow’s “First Class" – sampled Fergie’s “Glamorous”
* Latto’s “Big Energy" – sampled Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy”
* Lizzo’s “Break Up Twice" – sampled Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
* Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl" – sampled Rick James’ “Super Freak”
* Taylor Swift’s “Question…?" – sampled Taylor Swift’s “Out Of The Woods”
* Yung Gravy’s “Betty (Get Money)" – sampled Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Borderlands 2
| image = Borderlands 2 cover art.png
| caption = Cover art featuring a Psycho Bandit
| developer = [[Gearbox Software]]
| publisher = [[2K Games]]
| director = Paul Hellquist
| producer = {{Unbulleted list|Sean Reardon|Matt Charles}}
| designer = John Hemingway
| programmer = Steven Jones
| artist = Jeramy Cooke
| writer = [[Anthony Burch]]
| composer = {{Unbulleted list|[[Jesper Kyd]]|[[Sascha Dikiciyan]]|[[Cris Velasco]]}}
| series = ''[[Borderlands (series)|Borderlands]]''
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 3]]
| platforms = {{ubl| [[Microsoft Windows]]| [[PlayStation 3]]| [[Xbox 360]] | [[macOS]]|[[PlayStation Vita]]|[[Linux]] |[[PlayStation 4]]| [[Xbox One]]| [[Android (operating system)|Android]]| [[Nintendo Switch]]}}
| released = {{Collapsible list|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;|title=September 18, 2012| '''Windows''', '''PlayStation 3''', '''Xbox 360'''{{Video game release|NA|September 18, 2012|AUS|September 20, 2012|EU|September 21, 2012}}'''macOS'''{{Video game release|WW|November 21, 2012}}'''PlayStation Vita'''{{Video game release|NA|May 13, 2014|AUS|May 28, 2014|EU|May 30, 2014}}'''Linux'''{{Video game release|WW|September 30, 2014}}'''PlayStation 4''', '''Xbox One'''{{Video game release|NA|March 24, 2015|WW|March 27, 2015}}'''Android'''{{Video game release|WW|July 20, 2016}}'''Nintendo Switch'''{{Video game release|WW|May 29, 2020}}}}
| genre = [[Action role-playing video game|Action role-playing]], [[first-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}

'''''Borderlands 2''''' is a 2012 [[first-person shooter]] video game developed by [[Gearbox Software]] and published by [[2K Games]]. Taking place five years following the events of ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]'' (2009), the game is again set on the planet of Pandora. The story follows a new group of Vault Hunters who must ally with the Crimson Raiders, a resistance group made up of civilian survivors and guerrilla fighters, to defeat the tyrannical [[Handsome Jack]] before he can unlock the power of a new Vault. The game features the ability to explore the in-game world and complete main missions and optional side quests, either in offline splitscreen, single-player or online cooperative gameplay. Like its predecessor, the game features a [[procedural generation|procedurally generated]] loot system which is capable of generating numerous combinations of weapons and other gear.

With the unexpected success of the first game, Gearbox was able to secure a budget of $30–35 million to develop the sequel. Like its predecessor, the game adopted the "concept art style", which features graphics inspired by both photorealistic imagery and comic-book-inspired visuals. The team attempted to address players' feedback from the first game, and recruited [[Anthony Burch]] who wrote the game's script which is seven times longer than that of the original game. Among the game's diverse cast of characters, Handsome Jack, the central antagonist, was created to be a charismatic "douche" that mirrors Burch's own personality. ''Borderlands 2'' was released for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] in September 2012, and it was [[porting|ported]] to [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Xbox One]] as part of ''[[Borderlands: The Handsome Collection|The Handsome Collection]]'' in March 2015.

The game received universal acclaim upon release. Critics generally praised the game's visuals, writing, gameplay, and online multiplayer, as well as its variety of guns, while criticising its mission design and content fillers. The handheld and the virtual reality versions of the game were regarded to be inferior to the console and PC versions. More than 20 million units were shipped upon release and the game became 2K's most successful release. It was nominated for multiple [[List of Game of the Year awards|year-end accolades]] by several gaming publications. Gearbox supported the game with four add-on campaigns, new characters and five content packs. The game was followed by ''[[Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel]]'' in October 2014, and ''[[Borderlands 3]]'' in September 2019.

==Gameplay==
[[File:Borderlands_2_gameplay_screenshot.jpg|thumb|In this screenshot, Salvador is utilizing his "Gunzerker" Action Skill to dual-wield weapons|alt=|left]]
Similar to its predecessor, ''Borderlands 2'' is a [[first-person shooter]] with elements drawn from [[role-playing video game]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/09/26/threeview-borderlands-2/|title=Threeview: Borderlands 2 reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic|first=Dan|last=Shue|work=[[VentureBeat]]|date=September 26, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720000423/https://venturebeat.com/2012/09/26/threeview-borderlands-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> Four playable character classes are available in the base game, each with their own unique Action Skill: Axton, "the Commando", can summon a turret to provide offensive support.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/stories/maybe-you-don-t-care-but-i-have-dibs-on-axton-235134.phtml|title=Maybe you don't care, but I have dibs on Axton|first=Conrad|last=Zimmerman|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> Maya, "the Siren", can "phaselock" enemies by trapping them in a sphere of energy for a few seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/sorry-to-burst-your-bubble-but-i-ve-got-dibs-on-maya-235125.phtml|title=Sorry to burst your bubble, but I've got dibs on Maya|first=Tara|last=Long|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=September 17, 2019|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203223025/http://www.destructoid.com/sorry-to-burst-your-bubble-but-i-ve-got-dibs-on-maya-235125.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Zer0, "the Assassin", can temporarily become invisible and spawn a hologram decoy to distract enemies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/attention-borderlands-2-buyers-i-have-dibs-on-zer0-234754.phtml|title=Attention Borderlands 2 buyers: I have dibs on Zer0|first=Chris|last=Carter|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=September 17, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203004002/http://www.destructoid.com/attention-borderlands-2-buyers-i-have-dibs-on-zer0-234754.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Salvador, "the Gunzerker", can use his titular ability to temporarily dual-wield weapons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamezone.com/originals/borderlands-2-class-breakdown-salvador-the-gunzerker/|title=Borderlands 2 Class Breakdown: Salvador the Gunzerker|first=Alex|last=Rhodes|work=GameZone|date=October 10, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719231341/https://www.gamezone.com/originals/borderlands-2-class-breakdown-salvador-the-gunzerker/|url-status=live}}</ref> Action Skills have a [[cooldown]] time during which the player must wait before they can use the skill again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/06/e3-2012-borderlands-2-playing-the-assassin|title=E3 2012: Borderlands 2: Playing the Assassin|first=Charles|last=Onyett|work=[[IGN]]|date=July 14, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721140340/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/06/e3-2012-borderlands-2-playing-the-assassin|url-status=live}}</ref> Similarly to the original, completing the main story campaign unlocks "True Vault Hunter Mode", a [[New Game Plus]] which increases the difficulty of the game by making enemies stronger, improves the probability of finding rare and higher-quality items, and allows the player's character to reach level 50.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-13-why-gearbox-created-a-borderlands-2-boss-so-tough-its-nearly-invincible|title=Why Gearbox created a Borderlands 2 boss so tough it's nearly Invincible|first=Wesley|last=Yin-Poole|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=August 13, 2012|access-date=July 20, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720051131/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-13-why-gearbox-created-a-borderlands-2-boss-so-tough-its-nearly-invincible|url-status=live}}</ref>

Weapons can be bought from vendors, picked up from fallen enemies, and found inside containers.<ref name="manual"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/surviving-pandora-a-beginner-s-guide-to-borderlands-2-235189.phtml|title=Surviving Pandora: A beginner's guide to Borderlands 2|first=Alistair|last=Pinsof|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=September 19, 2019|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512105333/http://www.destructoid.com/surviving-pandora-a-beginner-s-guide-to-borderlands-2-235189.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The game features six weapon types—[[pistol]]s, [[submachine gun]]s, [[assault rifle]]s, [[shotgun]]s, [[sniper rifle]]s, and [[rocket launcher]]s—with a [[procedural generation|procedurally generated]] loot system capable of generating numerous variations of these and other gear.<ref name="EuroG weapons">{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-16-how-many-weapons-are-in-borderlands-2|title=How many weapons are in Borderlands 2?|first=Wesley|last=Yin-Poole|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=July 16, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=September 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926133052/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-16-how-many-weapons-are-in-borderlands-2|url-status=live}}</ref> The in-game manufacturers of the weapons provide them with distinct characteristics.<ref name="gun paddler"/> Each weapon also has different stats and properties, such as producing different damage and having varying accuracy, [[fire rate]], reload speed, and magazine size. A color-coded scale is used to indicate the rarity of the weapon or item.<ref name="manual"/> Some weapons are infused with additional elemental effects that deal extra damage to enemies.<ref name="kokaku tips">{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/before-you-start-tips-for-playing-borderlands-2-the-5944051|title=Before You Start... Tips For Playing Borderlands 2 The Best Way|first=Tina|last=Amini|work=[[Kotaku]]|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720134054/https://kotaku.com/before-you-start-tips-for-playing-borderlands-2-the-5944051|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, players can collect mods which would alter the stats of grenades and Action Skill,<ref name="manual"/> and Relics, which are rare items that can change any gameplay aspect.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/13/claptrap-is-a-douchebag-and-other-borderlands-2-musings|title=Claptrap is a Douchebag (and Other Borderlands 2 Musings)|first=Ryan|last=McCaffery|work=[[IGN]]|date=July 13, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721140313/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/13/claptrap-is-a-douchebag-and-other-borderlands-2-musings|url-status=live}}</ref> Players need to manage their inventory regularly as they cannot equip all the weapons they have collected.<ref name="manual"/>

The player is protected by a shield, which can automatically regenerate from damage. If the shield is destroyed, the player's [[health (gaming)|health]] would start to deplete. Insta-Health vials can be picked up to restore health.<ref name="manual"/> If they lose all their health, they enter a [[bleeding out|downed state]] and must either wait to be revived by another player or attempt to kill an enemy to achieve a "second wind". Otherwise, they will be [[respawn|regenerated back]] at the last "New-U" station that they passed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/7-tips-playing-borderlands-2-friends-flna1B6093027|title=7 tips for playing 'Borderlands 2' with friends|first=Winda|last=Benedetti|work=[[NBC News]]|date=September 26, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719231328/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/7-tips-playing-borderlands-2-friends-flna1B6093027|url-status=live}}</ref> As the player completes missions and kills enemies, they gain corresponding rewards such as [[experience point]]s (XP) and new weapons. Once they gain enough XPs, they level up, which unlocks new skill points to upgrade abilities.<ref name="manual"/> Each Vault Hunter can progress in three different [[skill tree]]s after unlocking the basic class-specific Action Skill.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/10/decisions-decisions-borderlands-2-skill-trees-in-full/|title=Decisions, Decisions: Borderlands 2 Skill Trees In Full|first=Andrew|last=Smee|journal=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]|date=September 10, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719231149/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/10/decisions-decisions-borderlands-2-skill-trees-in-full/|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, levelling up increases the maximum health capacity and unlocks new weapons, some of which cannot be used until the player reaches a certain level.<ref name="manual"/>

As the player explores and completes missions, new areas of the game world are unlocked. The game has a semi [[open world]] structure, as the world is divided into several sections which can be freely explored.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vg247.com/2012/06/12/this-is-one-borderlands-2-devs-wish-for-borderlands-3/|title=This is one Borderlands 2 dev's wish for Borderlands 3|first=Dave|last=Oshry|work=[[VG 247]]|date=June 12, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719145153/https://www.vg247.com/2012/06/12/this-is-one-borderlands-2-devs-wish-for-borderlands-3/|url-status=live}}</ref> In each area, different [[non-playable character]]s are encountered who provide side missions for the players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/borderlands-2-side-missions-guide/|title=Borderlands 2 side missions guide|first=Jeff|last=McAlistair|work=[[GamesRadar]]|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719142423/https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/borderlands-2-side-missions-guide/|url-status=live}}</ref> Players can spawn [[vehicle]]s in order to quickly traverse some areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamezone.com/originals/six-things-i-wish-borderlands-2-did-differently/|title=Six things I wish Borderlands 2 did differently|first=Mike|last=Splechta|work=GameZone|date=October 4, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719235500/https://www.gamezone.com/originals/six-things-i-wish-borderlands-2-did-differently/|url-status=live}}</ref> The in-game currency can be collected from loot drops, loot containers, completing missions, and selling unwanted equipment, and can be used to purchase items from vending machines. Players can also gather Eridium bars, a new currency for purchasing storage upgrades and other premium items.<ref name="manual"/> A major addition to the game is the "Badass Rank" system; completing various in-game challenges award points, which convert into tokens that can be redeemed to increase the base stats of the player's characters.<ref name="kokaku tips"/> When exploring the world, players can access certain New-U stations in order to [[fast travel]], and Quick-Change machines allow players to customize their avatar's look, clothing and name.<ref name="manual"/>

The game supports four-player [[Cooperative video game|cooperative multiplayer]], though the [[PlayStation Vita]] version only supports two players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/borderlands-2-vita-limited-to-two-player-online-multiplayer/1100-6419383/|title=Borderlands 2 Vita limited to two-player online multiplayer|first=Chris|last=Pereira|work=[[GameSpot]]|date=May 2, 2014|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719230336/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/borderlands-2-vita-limited-to-two-player-online-multiplayer/1100-6419383/|url-status=live}}</ref> As more players join a session, the game's difficulty increases along with the loot rewards. Players can trade items and cash, or can duel for the agreed-upon stakes.<ref name="manual">{{cite web|url=https://www.2k.com/manual/borderlands2/|title=Borderlands 2 Manual Site|publisher=[[2K Games]]|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720000436/https://www.2k.com/manual/borderlands2/|url-status=live}}</ref> The game also features [[split screen (video games)|split-screen]] multiplayer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/borderlands-2-preview-realism-dual-wielding-more-weapons-unfathomable-levels-of-excitement/|title=Borderlands 2 preview: Realism + dual-wielding + more weapons = unfathomable levels of excitement|first=Nathan|last=Irvine|work=[[GamesRadar]]|date=August 18, 2011|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719211628/https://www.gamesradar.com/borderlands-2-preview-realism-dual-wielding-more-weapons-unfathomable-levels-of-excitement/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
===Setting and characters===
[[File:Dameon Clarke 2015.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Dameon Clarke]] provided the voice for [[Handsome Jack]].]]
Five years have passed since the events of ''Borderlands'', when four Vault Hunters—Roland, Mordecai, Lilith, and Brick—were guided by a mysterious entity known as "The Guardian Angel" to the Vault, an ancient alien structure that was rumored to hold exotic technology and riches. On entering the Vault, they were instead confronted by an alien abomination known as "The Destroyer". After defeating The Destroyer, a valuable mineral called "Eridium" started flourishing through Pandora's crust. [[Handsome Jack]], president of the Hyperion Corporation, secures this new resource and makes use of it to attempt to "bring peace" to the planet. Now, Handsome Jack rules over the inhabitants of Pandora with an iron fist from his massive space station, Helios. Meanwhile, rumors spread of an even larger Vault, drawing a new group of Vault Hunters who search for it.

Like its predecessor, ''Borderlands 2'' features four playable characters: Axton the Commando, Maya the Siren, Salvador the Gunzerker, and {{not a typo|Zer0}} the Assassin. Two additional characters are available as [[downloadable content]] (DLC): Gaige the Mechromancer and Krieg the Psycho. The four player characters from the first game, Roland, Lilith, Brick, and Mordecai, return in the form of [[non-player character]]s (NPCs). Other NPCs originating from the first game (and its DLCs) include the Guardian Angel, [[Claptrap]], Scooter the mechanic, Dr. Zed, Marcus the arms merchant, Mad Moxxi, Crazy Earl, and the insane archaeologist Patricia Tannis; new NPCs include the cyborg hunter Sir Hammerlock, Scooter's sister Ellie, and explosives-obsessed girl Tiny Tina.

===Story===
The game opens with the Vault Hunters aboard a Hyperion train on Pandora. Their employer, Handsome Jack, suddenly sabotages the train and leaves the Vault Hunters for dead in a frozen wasteland. The Vault Hunters are found by the last remaining CL4P-TP ("Claptrap") unit. The Guardian Angel contacts the Vault Hunters and instructs them to accompany Claptrap to the city of Sanctuary, and to join the Crimson Raiders, an anti-Hyperion resistance movement, in order to defeat Handsome Jack.

Upon arriving at Sanctuary, the Vault Hunters are asked to rescue Roland, leader of the Crimson Raiders, who has been captured by a bounty hunter called the Firehawk. The Vault Hunters meet the Firehawk, who turns out to be Lilith, whose Siren powers have been enhanced by the new supply of Eridium. Lilith informs the Vault Hunters that Roland was actually captured by a group of bandits. After fighting through the bandits' territory, the Vault Hunters rescue Roland and return to Sanctuary.

Roland and Lilith learn that the Vault Key stolen from Tannis is being transported aboard a Hyperion train, and ask the Vault Hunters to retrieve it. The Vault Hunters derail the train, but instead of finding the Vault Key they encounter Wilhelm, a Hyperion cyborg and one of Handsome Jack's enforcers. The Vault Hunters kill Wilhelm and recover his power core, which Roland recommends be used as the power source for Sanctuary's shields. The power core turns out to be a trap; it allows the Guardian Angel, who is revealed to be working for Jack, to lower the city's shields, leaving it vulnerable to an orbital bombardment. Lilith saves Sanctuary, which was originally a large spacecraft, by activating its engines and teleporting it away.

Handsome Jack's plan is to open Pandora's second Vault and unleash the "Warrior", a powerful Eridian monster controlled by whoever releases it; as the Vault Key only charges itself every 200 years, he is using Eridium to forcefully charge it. Angel communicates with the group in Sanctuary, and divulges that the Vault Key is kept with her in a heavily guarded Hyperion facility. The Vault Hunters prepare an attack on the facility, enlisting former Vault Hunters Brick and Mordecai. Roland and the Vault Hunters assault the Hyperion compound and meet Angel, who is a Siren and Jack's daughter. She reveals Jack is using her to charge the Vault Key, and requests to be killed in order to stop her father. Against Jack's efforts to defend her, Roland, Lilith, and the Vault Hunters destroy Angel's life support, killing her. An enraged Jack kills Roland and captures Lilith, forcing her to obey him, as he had done to Angel. Before Jack can make Lilith kill the Vault Hunters, she teleports them back to Sanctuary. Jack then uses her to continue charging the Vault Key in Angel's place.

While Mordecai and Brick prepare an attack on the Vault, the Vault Hunters travel to the Hyperion Information Annex and obtain the Vault's location. After mounting an attack, the Vault Hunters find and defeat Jack, but fail to prevent him from opening the Vault and unleashing the Warrior. The Vault Hunters manage to kill it, and, depending on player choice, either execute Jack or let Lilith do it. As Lilith then attempts to destroy the Vault Key, she accidentally activates an information bank which contains a map of the galaxy, indicating the locations of several Vaults. Lilith remarks that "there ain't no rest for the wicked" before the screen cuts to black. During the credits, various scenes are shown of the Pandorans celebrating Handsome Jack's defeat and taking back their planet from the remaining Hyperion forces.

==Development==
Following the release of the first ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]'', developer [[Gearbox Software]] was simultaneously working on three distinct projects: finishing ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'', creating ''[[Aliens: Colonial Marines]]'', and working on a sequel to the original ''Borderlands''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2012/10/5/3460796/from-half-life-to-borderlands-gearbox-rides-the-rocket|title=From Half-Life to Borderlands: Gearbox Rides the Rocket|first=Russ|last=Pitts|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=October 5, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808232840/https://www.polygon.com/2012/10/5/3460796/from-half-life-to-borderlands-gearbox-rides-the-rocket|url-status=live}}</ref> The initial goal was to create a sequel similar in scale to the first game, but ''Borderlands''{{'}} unexpected success enabled the team to expand their budget during the development of ''Borderlands 2'', allowing them to expand their scope and create more content.<ref name="EuroG weapons"/> The development budget ultimately grew to $30–$35 million.<ref name="crazy town">{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2012/9/28/3425700/crazy-town-gearbox-on-making-borderlands-2|title=Crazy Town: Gearbox On Making Borderlands 2|first=Russ|last=Pitts|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=September 28, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010201003/https://www.polygon.com/2012/9/28/3425700/crazy-town-gearbox-on-making-borderlands-2|url-status=live}}</ref> Paul Hellquist served as the game's creative director, Jeramy Cooke as its art director, and [[Anthony Burch]] as its writer. [[Sascha Dikiciyan]], [[Cris Velasco]], and [[Jesper Kyd]] worked together to craft the game's original soundtracks, while Gearbox's Raison Varner provided additional music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/24/borderlands-2-original-soundtrack-details-revealed|title=Borderlands 2 Original Soundtrack Details Revealed|first=Marc|last=Nix|work=[[IGN]]|date=August 24, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720072758/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/24/borderlands-2-original-soundtrack-details-revealed|url-status=live}}</ref> The game's development was completed on August 20, 2012, with Gearbox confirming that it was being prepared for duplication and release.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2-has-gone-gold/|title=Borderlands 2 has gone gold|first=Tom|last=Senior|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=August 20, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151316/https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2-has-gone-gold/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Art and design===
[[File:Borderlands 2 Zer0 concept art.jpg|thumb|right|The game features an artstyle that was inspired by [[concept art]]. Zer0 the assassin (shown in the right) was one of the game's most outlandish designs.]]

Similar to the first game, ''Borderlands 2'' adopted the "concept art style", which features graphics inspired by both photorealistic imagery and comic-book-inspired visuals. This was difficult to replicate, because the first game was "artfully unfinished"—its artstyle had been switched at the last stage of development with some older visual designs present in the final product. To recreate the sense of "imperfection" and allow for innovation, the art team were given creative freedom while management avoided frequent requests for design revisions. Cooke was responsible for creating a loose "style guide" for the game, and the team accepted work which deviated from these standards. Team members were also encouraged to submit creations that "break boundaries". The design for Zer0, a faceless assassin, faced scrutiny from upper management for deviating too much from what was expected from ''Borderlands'', but Cooke refused to have the character redesigned as he felt that his design would be something new for the franchise.<ref name="crazy town"/> To add more color to the game, a diverse set of environments were modeled, from glaciers to grasslands, as opposed to the first game which is set entirely in a desert.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a373471/borderlands-2-interview-gearbox-software-on-gianter-sequel/|title='Borderlands 2' interview: Gearbox Software on "gianter" sequel|first=Ben|last=Lee|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=April 4, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719212350/https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a373471/borderlands-2-interview-gearbox-software-on-gianter-sequel/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="setting"/> With a more colorful world, the team believed that it would encourage players to explore each area. Through having more vibrant colors and creating various landmarks, the team also thought that it helped to make each area distinct.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/127125/Interview_Borderlands_2_Art_Director_Cooke_Brings_Color_To_The_Desert.php|title=Interview: Borderlands 2 Art Director Cooke Brings Color To The Desert Exclusive|first=Frank|last=Cifaldi|work=[[Gamasutra]]|date=September 20, 2011|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719231340/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/127125/Interview_Borderlands_2_Art_Director_Cooke_Brings_Color_To_The_Desert.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

One of the early objectives for Hellquist was to improve the original game's shortcomings while creating an experience that felt new.<ref name="crazy town"/> A September 2011 survey asked players what they wanted in the new game,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/stories/gearbox-looking-for-borderlands-feedback-for-sequel-210984.phtml|title=Gearbox looking for Borderlands feedback for seque|first=Nick|last=Chester|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=September 9, 2011|access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref> and DLCs for the first game were used to experiment and test what players might enjoy in the sequel. One of the early goals was to create a new set of characters, as the team felt that the original cast was too "limiting".<ref name="crazy town"/> The team also made various quality-of-life improvements, such as improving the [[user interface]] to make navigating the game's menus easier. Menu layout was refined and the team introduced additional environmental clues to better inform players how different areas are connected. Effort was also placed on making each area more "dense" and "alive".<ref name="GI cutscene">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/borderlands_2/b/ps3/archive/2012/03/08/gearbox-talks-borderlands-2-39-s-new-characters-multiplayer-tweaks-and-dubstep.aspx|title=Gearbox Talks Borderlands 2's New Characters, Multiplayer Tweaks, And Dubstep|first=Phil|last=Kollar|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|date=March 8, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719164037/https://www.gameinformer.com/games/borderlands_2/b/ps3/archive/2012/03/08/gearbox-talks-borderlands-2-39-s-new-characters-multiplayer-tweaks-and-dubstep.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> They also wanted to improve the game's cooperative multiplayer, from incorporating private trading of weapons between players to introducing a four-passenger vehicle so that a cooperative team could stick together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/04/05/borderlands-2-problems-solutions/|title=Borderlands 2: Four potential problems (and what the developers are doing about them)|first=Dan|last=Hsu|work=[[VentureBeat]]|date=April 5, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720014439/https://venturebeat.com/2012/04/05/borderlands-2-problems-solutions/|url-status=live}}</ref> A "shared loot" system was incorporated in order to facilitate a collaborative relationship between players.<ref name="loot future">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/04/borderlands-2-the-future-of-loot|title=Borderlands 2: The Future of Loot|first=Marc|last=Nix|work=[[IGN]]|date=October 4, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151535/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/04/borderlands-2-the-future-of-loot|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gearbox also wanted to make unique weapons. The first game utilizes [[procedural generation]] to generate different guns but the differences were not always distinguishable. To solve this problem, the team ensured that each gun manufacturer would have its own distinct gameplay and visual characteristics.<ref name="gun paddler">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/08/12/the-gun-peddlers-of-pandora.aspx|title=The Gun Peddlers Of Pandora|first=Dan|last=Ryckert|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|date=August 12, 2011|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712140127/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/08/12/the-gun-peddlers-of-pandora.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> To achieve this, each weapon manufacturer has a "trademark style" that would appeal to different players. For instance, the Maliwan brand features weapons inspired by [[sci-fi]] technology, while the Dahl brand was for players who preferred weapons that were more grounded in reality. The differences in the weapon manufacturers mean that players can easily identify the weapons they want to use.<ref name="crazy town"/> The Bandit brand was inspired by ''[[Mad Max]]'' and ''[[Death Race (franchise)|Death Race]]'' and featured a "very home-built look". The Torgue brand was influenced by [[engine block]]s and aircraft designs from the 1940s and the 1950s. In contrast, Tediore was the "throwaway brand", and the team took inspirations from disposable razors and lighters, and "cheap Go phone".<ref name="setting">{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/4/4/2924678/borderlands-2s-amazing-weapons-and-their-bizarre-inspirations|title=Borderlands 2's amazing weapons and their bizarre inspirations, from Apple to Austrian cars|first=Brian|last=Crecente|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=August 4, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712133658/https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/4/4/2924678/borderlands-2s-amazing-weapons-and-their-bizarre-inspirations|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Story and characters===
As many players complained about the forgettable story for the first game, Burch strived to make the narrative compelling and unique by subverting players' expectations and including a plotline so ridiculous that it cannot be found in any other [[AAA (video game industry)|triple-A games]]. Despite the script being seven times longer than the original's, the story was not too overbearing on players as the team believed that the essence of the game was about "finding progressively more ridiculous guns to blow up psychotic midgets" instead of the story. To achieve this, the team minimised the use of [[cutscene]]s and focused on environmental storytelling.<ref name="GI cutscene"/> While the game features a humorous tone, the story retains dark moments to keep players invested.<ref name="crazy town"/> One of the darker moments was Angel's death, which went through multiple revisions as the team tried to refine the tone. Roland's death in the later part of the game was also a deliberate decision as it makes the story more relevant and impactful.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/77199/borderlands-2-writer-seeting-up-sequel-why-death-matters|title=Borderlands 2 writer on setting up a sequel, and why death matters|first=Steve|last=Watts|work=[[Shacknews]]|date=January 2, 2013|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719211311/https://www.shacknews.com/article/77199/borderlands-2-writer-seeting-up-sequel-why-death-matters|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to Hellquist, a diverse cast of characters played a huge role in defining ''Borderlands''{{'}} identity.<ref name="loot future"/> The story is delivered via interactions between these characters rather than text, unlike the first game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/8/21/3257122/borderlands-2-and-the-lessons-in-storytelling|title='Borderlands 2' and the lessons in storytelling|first=Tracey|last=Lien|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=August 21, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151300/https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/8/21/3257122/borderlands-2-and-the-lessons-in-storytelling|url-status=live}}</ref> Burch's script introduced a large number of new characters, with Burch singling out Tiny Tina and Ellie as the best additions. The team crafted three to five side missions for these characters so that players could better understand their backstories and personalities. Returning characters, especially the playable Vault Hunters from the first game, became major characters in the game's main narrative, so that players get to learn more about them and see how they interact with each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/24/gearbox-why-borderlands-2s-story-wont-suck|title=Gearbox: Why Borderlands 2's Story Won't Suck|first=Mitch|last=Dyer|work=[[IGN]]|date=August 24, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151308/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/24/gearbox-why-borderlands-2s-story-wont-suck|url-status=live}}</ref> Series mainstay [[Claptrap]] returned in ''Borderlands 2''. He was initially envisioned to be "arrogant, insulting, profane", similar to his depiction in its [[web series]]. However, he was later rewritten so that "fans who hadn't seen the shorts wouldn't be shocked at Claptrap's sudden doucheitude in BL2".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/02/19/borderlands-2-claptrap-interview/|title=Borderlands 2: Does Claptrap dream of electric sheep? (interview)|first=Sebastian|last=Haley|work=[[VentureBeat]]|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=April 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420202055/https://venturebeat.com/2012/02/19/borderlands-2-claptrap-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> Burch, in hindsight, stated that one of his biggest regrets was the inclusion of silenced protagonists, since they felt "out-of-place" in a game that features a large cast of eccentric characters and an over-the-top world. However, when playtesters complained about this, it was already too late for Burch to introduce dialogue for the playable characters because mission scripting had already been finished. To remedy the problem, he added character-specific audio logs to the game, allowing the Vault Hunters to narrate their backstory to the players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-16-borderlands-2-writer-regrets-nearly-silent-protagonists|title=Borderlands 2 writer regrets nearly silent protagonists|first=Jeffery|last=Matulef|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=March 16, 2015|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151503/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-16-borderlands-2-writer-regrets-nearly-silent-protagonists|url-status=live}}</ref> Burch initially wrote [[banter]] dialogue between the Vault Hunters which would be triggered when the player left their controllers idle for a while, though this idea was scrapped.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/20/4540520/borderlands-2-devs-lament-lack-of-personality-in-playable-characters|title=Borderlands 2 devs talk lack of personality in playable characters|first=Jenna|last=Pitcher|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=July 20, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151539/https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/20/4540520/borderlands-2-devs-lament-lack-of-personality-in-playable-characters|url-status=live}}</ref>

To create players' agency and motivation, the team attempted to incorporate a concrete goal and a central villain into the story. [[Handsome Jack]] served the purpose and helped remind players that he is a constant threat, "the point of the game" and that one of the ultimate goals is to kill him. Jack was envisioned to be a charismatic "douche", mirroring Burch's own personality.<ref name="Jack">{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/stories/e3-borderlands-2-writer-anthony-burch-s-story-process-228921.phtml|title=E3: Borderlands 2 writer Anthony Burch's story process|first=Samit|last=Sarker|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=August 6, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref> He was a funny, likable antagonist who is "hard to outright hate but nonetheless deserves everything he has coming to him". Burch was inspired by classic villains including [[GLaDOS]] from ''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]'' and SHODAN from ''[[System Shock]]'', and stated that he would have been the protagonist if the story was told from a different perspective.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/can-borderlands-2-s-handsome-jack-be-the-next-glados--223461.phtml|title=Can Borderlands 2's Handsome Jack be the next GLaDOS|first=Jim|last=Sterling|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=August 3, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305143428/http://www.destructoid.com/can-borderlands-2-s-handsome-jack-be-the-next-glados--223461.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref> While Jack has a dismissive attitude in the early section, he becomes more aggressive after the death of his daughter Angel. This was to create a revenge arc to make him more memorable.<ref name="Jack"/> The game is set five years after the first game, in order to show how Jack, who rose to power following the events of the first game, influenced Pandora during this period.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134903/hard_edge_creativity_defining_.php?page=3|title=Hard Edge Creativity: Defining Borderlands 2|first=Christian|last=Nutt|work=[[Gamasutra]]|date=November 7, 2011|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720044029/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134903/hard_edge_creativity_defining_.php?page=3|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Marketing and release==
{{See also|Borderlands: The Handsome Collection}}
Following the unexpected success of the first ''Borderlands'', creative director [[Mikey Neumann]] stated that there was a chance of a follow-up being created.<ref name="Interview: Gearbox on Borderlands 2, Pitchford's Valve remarks and tons more">{{cite web|url=http://www.vg247.com/2009/11/11/interview-gearbox-on-borderlands-2-pitchfords-valve-remarks-and-tons-more/|work=[[VG 247]]|author=Patrick Garratt|title=Interview: Gearbox on Borderlands 2, Pitchford's Valve remarks and tons more|date=November 9, 2009|access-date=August 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810192749/http://www.vg247.com/2009/11/11/interview-gearbox-on-borderlands-2-pitchfords-valve-remarks-and-tons-more/|archive-date=August 10, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2011, the game was confirmed and titled ''Borderlands 2''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/03/borderlands-2-announced|title=Borderlands 2 Announced|first=Jim|last=Reilly|work=[[IGN]]|date=August 2, 2011|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117044236/https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/03/borderlands-2-announced|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was released on September 18, 2012, in North America and on September 21, 2012, internationally.<ref name="gamespot">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/borderlands-2-opens-up-september-18-6350812|title=Borderlands 2 opens up September 18|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|date=February 22, 2012|access-date=March 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308095149/http://www.gamespot.com/news/borderlands-2-opens-up-september-18-6350812|archive-date=March 8, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Players who pre-ordered the game gained access to the "Premier Club", which granted the players additional in-game items, weapons and access to the fifth character.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/05/17/borderlands-2-pre-order-amp-limited-editions-announced.aspx|title=Borderlands 2 Pre-Order & Limited Editions Announced|first=Matthew|last=Kato|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719214058/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/05/17/borderlands-2-pre-order-amp-limited-editions-announced.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Publisher [[2K Games]] and Gearbox Software marketed the game heavily prior to its official release. They released a [[16-bit]] [[demake]] of the original game on [[web browser]] in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-22-gearbox-unleashes-a-free-browser-based-borderlands-demake|title=Gearbox unleashes a free browser-based Borderlands demake|first=Jeffery|last=Matulef|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=August 22, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720025227/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-22-gearbox-unleashes-a-free-browser-based-borderlands-demake|url-status=live}}</ref> Another browser-based spin-off game, named ''Mount Jackmore'', was released for European players in September 2012. Players who completed the spin-off, which involves shooting at a mountain carved with Handsome Jack's face, would have a chance to win prizes such as pin badges, figurines and copies of the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9/16/3344568/borderlands-2-offers-limited-edition-loot-lockers-in-mount-jackmore|title='Borderlands 2' offers limited edition Loot Lockers in 'Mount Jackmore' game|first=Tracey|last=Lien|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=September 16, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151822/https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9/16/3344568/borderlands-2-offers-limited-edition-loot-lockers-in-mount-jackmore|url-status=live}}</ref> Gearbox also launched a scheme for players of the original game, who could unlock exclusive cosmetic items when they purchased ''Borderlands 2''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-07-borderlands-2-rewards-for-borderlands-1-players|title=Borderlands 2 rewards for Borderlands 1 players|first=Tom|last=Phillips|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=July 7, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719231340/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-07-borderlands-2-rewards-for-borderlands-1-players|url-status=live}}</ref> Gearbox revealed that they would be honoring a late fan of the game, cancer victim Michael John Mamaril, with the addition of an NPC named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/gearbox-to-honor-late-fan-as-an-npc-in-borderlands-2-215160.phtml|title=Gearbox to honor late fan as an NPC in Borderlands 2|publisher=[[Destructoid]]|first=Tony|last=Ponce|date=November 4, 2011|access-date=November 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923041351/http://www.destructoid.com/gearbox-to-honor-late-fan-as-an-npc-in-borderlands-2-215160.phtml|archive-date=September 23, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

The game was [[ported]] to various platforms. [[Aspyr Media]] published the game on November 20, 2012, for [[Macintosh|MacOS]] systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-09-borderlands-2-coming-to-mac-this-month|title=Borderlands 2 coming to Mac this month|first=Jeffery|last=Matulef|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=November 9, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151327/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-09-borderlands-2-coming-to-mac-this-month|url-status=live}}</ref> Gearbox partnered with [[Iron Galaxy Studios]] to release a [[PlayStation Vita]] version in May 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/borderlands_2/b/playstation_vita/archive/2014/05/16/borderlands-2-vita-review-game-informer.aspx|title=Borderlands 2 Review: A Good Game At Its Worst|first=Joe|last=Juba|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|date=May 16, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902060043/https://www.gameinformer.com/games/borderlands_2/b/playstation_vita/archive/2014/05/16/borderlands-2-vita-review-game-informer.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Vita's cross-save allows PlayStation 3 players to transfer their progress to the Vita.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-04-09-borderlands-2-for-playstation-vita-arrives-in-may|title=Borderlands 2 for PlayStation Vita arrives in May|first=Tom|last=Phillips|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=April 9, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930163556/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-04-09-borderlands-2-for-playstation-vita-arrives-in-may|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 20, 2015, Gearbox announced that it would release ''[[Borderlands: The Handsome Collection]]''—a port of ''Borderlands 2'' and ''[[Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!]]'' for [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Xbox One]], on March 24, 2015. Both games in ''The Handsome Collection'' feature remastered graphics, and are capable of running at [[1080p]] resolution at 60 [[frames per second]] when playing with one or two local players. The games are also capable of local split-screen multiplayer with up to four players.<ref name="gamesradar-handsomecollection">{{cite web|title=Borderlands: The Handsome Collection bundles previous two games for PS4 and Xbox One|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/borderlands-handsome-collection-bundles-previous-two-games-ps4-and-xbox-one/|website=GamesRadar|access-date=January 21, 2015|date=January 20, 2015|archive-date=January 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121051436/http://www.gamesradar.com/borderlands-handsome-collection-bundles-previous-two-games-ps4-and-xbox-one/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="gameinformer-claptrap">{{cite magazine|last1=Futter|first1=Mike|title=Borderlands: The Handsome Collection Lands On Xbox One, PS4 In March With A $400 Limited Edition|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/01/20/borderlands-the-handsome-collection-lands-on-xbox-one-ps4-in-march-with-a-400-limited-edition.aspx|magazine=Game Informer|access-date=January 21, 2015|date=January 20, 2015|archive-date=January 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120132605/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/01/20/borderlands-the-handsome-collection-lands-on-xbox-one-ps4-in-march-with-a-400-limited-edition.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[virtual reality]] version was released for the [[PlayStation VR]] on December 14, 2018. This version does not have any multiplayer, but instead features the "BAMF" (Bad Ass Mega Fun) system which allows players to temporarily slow game time in order to plan their attack, and new voice lines from the current voice of [[Claptrap]], Jim Foronda.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/09/borderlands-2-vr-announced-for-playstation-vr|title=Borderlands 2 VR Announced for PlayStation VR|first=Colin|last=Stevens|work=[[IGN]]|date=October 9, 2018|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151301/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/09/borderlands-2-vr-announced-for-playstation-vr|url-status=live}}</ref> The PC version of the VR port was released on October 24, 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2-vr-is-off-to-a-rough-start-on-pc/|title=Borderlands 2 VR is off to a rough start on PC|first=Dominic|last=Tarason|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=October 24, 2019|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=January 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122200420/https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2-vr-is-off-to-a-rough-start-on-pc/|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 26, 2020, Gearbox announced that it would release ''The Handsome Collection'', plus the original ''Borderlands'', for [[Nintendo Switch]] as ''Borderlands Legendary Collection'' on May 29, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/26/21195303/nintendo-switch-games-direct-bioshock-borderlands-burnout-paradise-remastered-star-wars-xcom|title=The Nintendo Switch is getting ports of BioShock, Borderlands, Burnout, and lots more|last=Gartenberg|first=Chaim|date=March 26, 2020|website=The Verge|language=en|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-date=March 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326174711/https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/26/21195303/nintendo-switch-games-direct-bioshock-borderlands-burnout-paradise-remastered-star-wars-xcom|url-status=live}}</ref> The team, however, did not port the game to the [[Wii U]] because the team "couldn't come up with an 'OMG' feature that makes use of the Wii U's uniqueness".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-26-gearbox-explains-why-borderlands-isnt-on-wii-u|title=Gearbox explains why Borderlands isn't on Wii U|first=Wesley|last=Yin-Poole|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=November 26, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720160907/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-26-gearbox-explains-why-borderlands-isnt-on-wii-u|url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 20, 2012, it was announced that a four-issue ''Borderlands'' comic would be released in November 2012 to tie in with ''Borderlands 2''. The miniseries was written by [[Mikey Neumann]] and published by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]. It tells the story of how the original four Vault Hunters came to be together at the beginning of ''Borderlands'', filling in their backstory and setting up the events of both games.<ref name="Borderlands 2 Comics to Debut in November">{{cite web|url=http://www.vg247.com/2012/08/21/borderlands-2-comics-to-debut-in-november|publisher=VG24/7|author=Brenna Hiller|title=Borderlands 2 Comics to Debut in November|date=August 21, 2012|access-date=September 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923234529/http://www.vg247.com/2012/08/21/borderlands-2-comics-to-debut-in-november/|archive-date=September 23, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Claptrap appears as an opponent in the crossover title ''[[Poker Night 2]]'', with players able to unlock new ''Borderlands 2'' content upon the completion of certain objectives.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/01/telltale-games-poker-night-2-announced |title=Telltale Games' Poker Night 2 announced - IGN |last1=Miller |first1=Greg |date=April 1, 2013 |publisher=IGN |access-date=April 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404112233/http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/01/telltale-games-poker-night-2-announced |archive-date=April 4, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> A new season of the [[web series]], also featuring Claptrap, was released in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012-11-06-borderlands-claptrap-returns-for-second-season-of-web-series.html|title=Borderlands' Claptrap returns for second season of web series|first=Sinana|last=Kuba|work=[[Joystiq]]|publisher=[[Engadget]]|date=November 6, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> In 2013, 2K partnered with merchandise maker [[National Entertainment Collectibles Association]] to create real-life masks based on Handsome Jack and Psycho Bandit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/6/24/4460668/neca-borderlands-2-masks-handsome-jack-psycho-bandit|title=NECA producing Borderlands 2 masks for Handsome Jack and Psycho Bandit|first=Samit|last=Sarker|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=June 24, 2020|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151513/https://www.polygon.com/2013/6/24/4460668/neca-borderlands-2-masks-handsome-jack-psycho-bandit|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gearbox hoped to continue engagement with the community following the game's release. It introduced the SHiFT rewards program. Codes are released on various social media sites and forums that can be redeemed in the ''Borderlands 2'' main menu for Golden Keys, which can be used to open the special Golden Chest that is located in the travel station in Sanctuary. When opened, the chest randomly produces rare equipment of the redeeming player's level. SHiFT codes can also be used to redeem special skins.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/shift-codes-borderlands-2/|title=SHiFT codes for Borderlands 2 that work in 2020|first=Wes|last=Fenlon|magazine=[[PC Gamer]]|date=May 25, 2020|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608202012/https://www.pcgamer.com/shift-codes-borderlands-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> A loot-hunt community event was launched in October 2013, in which players completed daily community goals to unlock special guns for a chance to win a $50,000 grand prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-05-borderlands-announces-USD100k-worth-of-prizes-in-in-game-loot-hunt|title=Borderlands announces $100K worth of prizes in in-game loot hunt|first=Jeffery|last=Matulef|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=October 5, 2016|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719214410/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-05-borderlands-announces-USD100k-worth-of-prizes-in-in-game-loot-hunt|url-status=live}}</ref> Gearbox also released two companion apps. The ''Official Map App'' displays the map layout and reveals the locations of various hidden chests,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://toucharcade.com/2012/10/17/the-official-borderlands-2-map-app-makes-finding-stuff-easier/|title=The Official Borderlands 2 Map App Makes Finding Stuff Easier|first=Brad|last=Nicholson|work=TouchArcade|date=October 17, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207135157/https://toucharcade.com/2012/10/17/the-official-borderlands-2-map-app-makes-finding-stuff-easier/|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''LootTheWorld'' gives players a [[QR code]] which can be scanned to unlock in-game loots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/12/borderlands-2-mobile-app-unlocks-in-game-loot-with-qr-codes|title=Borderlands 2 Mobile App Unlocks In-Game Loot With QR Codes|first=Chris|last=Pereira|date=December 13, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2020|work=[[IGN]]|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719214410/https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/12/borderlands-2-mobile-app-unlocks-in-game-loot-with-qr-codes|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Downloadable content===
Gearbox supported the game with [[downloadable content]] (DLC). The fifth character, Gaige the Mechromancer, was available for purchase on October 16, 2012. The character was designed for people who are unfamiliar with the shooter genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-03-borderlands-2-to-recieve-four-campaign-dlc-packs|title=Borderlands 2 Mechromancer DLC dated and priced|first=Jeffery|last=Matulef|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=September 3, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=September 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908215545/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-03-borderlands-2-to-recieve-four-campaign-dlc-packs|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 23, 2013, Gearbox announced two new downloadable content packs. The first pack, ''Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack'', raised the level cap from 50 to 61 and added new playthrough called the Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode.<ref name="Digital">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a468375/borderlands-2-reveals-psycho-krieg-as-sixth-character-class-video.html |title=Borderlands 2 reveals Psycho Krieg as sixth character class - Gaming News - Digital Spy |last1=Nichols |first1=Scott |date=March 25, 2013 |work=Digital Spy |access-date=March 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327035136/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a468375/borderlands-2-reveals-psycho-krieg-as-sixth-character-class-video.html |archive-date=March 27, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The second pack, the ''Psycho Pack'', contains a sixth playable character—a Psycho named Krieg. Psychos are psychotic bandit enemies fought during the main campaign. He is a primarily melee focused character with an action skill called "Buzz Axe Rampage", which boosts his melee damage and causes him to regain health whenever he kills an enemy. It was released on May 14, 2013, and is not included in the Season Pass.<ref name="Digital"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-14-man-on-fire-an-afternoon-with-borderlands-2s-new-psycho-class|title=Man on fire: an afternoon with Borderlands 2's new psycho class|first=Christian|last=Donlan|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=May 14, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001121348/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-14-man-on-fire-an-afternoon-with-borderlands-2s-new-psycho-class|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2: Digistruct Peak Challenge'' was released on September 3, 2013. The DLC increases the level cap from 61 to 72 and introduces the ''Digistruct Peak Challenge'', a new map where Patricia Tannis will let players fight high-level enemies to earn new loot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/a-first-look-at-new-borderlands-2-dlc-digistruct-peak-and-tk-bahas-bloody-harvest/|title=Exclusive: Upcoming 'Borderlands 2′ DLC powers you up and sends you hunting for heads|access-date=September 19, 2013|work=[[Digital Trends]]|date=August 26, 2013|archive-date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830205156/http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/a-first-look-at-new-borderlands-2-dlc-digistruct-peak-and-tk-bahas-bloody-harvest/|url-status=live}}</ref> The game's [[List of Game of the Year awards|Game of the Year]] edition and the [[season pass]] also bundled the base game with 4 add-on campaigns, which include the following:

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=4 | Add-on campaigns
|-
! style="width:23%;"| Name
! style="width:16%;"| Release date
! style="width:70%;"| Notes
|-
| ''Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty''
| October 16, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/454722397#!|title=Borderlands 2's First, Pirate-Packed Campaign DLC Is Out October 16|first=Tina|last=Amani|work=[[Kotaku]]|date=November 10, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref>
| The story focuses on Captain Scarlett, a sand pirate captain, who works with the Vault Hunters to search for Captain Blade's Lost Treasure of the Sands, whilst repeatedly informing them that she will eventually betray them. It also introduces new raid bosses and a new hovering vehicle, the Sandskiff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/borderlands-2-captain-scarlett-and-her-pirates-boo/1900-6398484/|title=Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty Review|first=Chris|last=Watters|work=[[GameSpot]]|date=October 13, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520154806/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/borderlands-2-captain-scarlett-and-her-pirates-boo/1900-6398484/|url-status=live}}</ref> It received generally positive reviews upon release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/borderlands-2-captain-scarlett-and-her-pirates-booty|title=Borderlands 2 Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227031952/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/borderlands-2-captain-scarlett-and-her-pirates-booty|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage''
| November 20, 2012<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/mr-torgues-campaign-of-carnage-dlc-borderlands-2/|title=Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage DLC released today|first=Omri|last=Petitte|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=November 20, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331224325/http://www.pcgamer.com/mr-torgues-campaign-of-carnage-dlc-borderlands-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| The campaign is centered around a new Vault discovered buried in the center of the "Badass Crater of Badassitude" that will only open "once the champion of Pandora feeds it the blood of the ultimate coward". To find this "champion", Mr. Torgue, CEO of the Torgue weapons manufacturer, sets up a tournament in which the Vault Hunters compete. The DLC also features vending machines which exclusively sell high-end Torgue weapons, and use a new currency called Torgue Tokens.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-23-borderlands-2-mr-torgues-campaign-of-carnage-review|title=Borderlands 2: Mr Torgue's Campaign of Carnage review|first=Simon|last=Parkin|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=November 23, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=October 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006192839/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-23-borderlands-2-mr-torgues-campaign-of-carnage-review|url-status=live}}</ref> It received generally positive reviews upon release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/borderlands-2-mr-torgues-campaign-of-carnage|title=Borderlands 2 Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329102449/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/borderlands-2-mr-torgues-campaign-of-carnage|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt''
| January 15, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012-12-20-sir-hammerlocks-big-game-hunt-dlc-sets-off-for-borderlands-2-ja.html|title=Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt DLC sets off for Borderlands 2 Jan. 15|first=David|last=Hinkle|work=[[Engadget]]|date=December 20, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref>
| The campaign chronicles Sir Hammerlock and the Vault Hunters undertaking a quest to find rare animals of Pandora and to battle with former Hyperion scientist Professor Nakayama, who is trying to create a clone of Handsome Jack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2013-01-22-sir-hammerlocks-big-game-hunt-dlc-review-dapper-downer.html|title=Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt DLC review: Dapper downer|first=David|last=Hinkle|work=[[Engadget]]|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> It was the least well-received DLC among the four add-on packs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/borderlands-2-sir-hammerlocks-big-game-hunt|title=Borderlands 2 Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712043754/https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/borderlands-2-sir-hammerlocks-big-game-hunt|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep''
| June 25, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/02/borderlands-2-tiny-tina-dlc-price-release-date-announced|title=Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina DLC Price, Release Date Announced|first=Andrew|last=Goldfarb|work=[[IGN]]|date=May 2, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205032328/https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/02/borderlands-2-tiny-tina-dlc-price-release-date-announced|url-status=live}}</ref>
| The campaign is set within the world of a fantasy-themed tabletop role-playing game known as Bunkers and Badasses, with Tiny Tina serving as a [[game master]], sometimes modifying the game world according to her whims. The campaign's frame story surrounds Tiny Tina's struggle to accept the death of Roland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/four-things-to-know-about-that-borderlands-2-tiny-tina-campaign-dlc/|title=Four Things To Know About That Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina Campaign DLC|first=Tina|last=Amani|work=[[Kotaku]]|date=May 29, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718144709/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/four-things-to-know-about-that-borderlands-2-tiny-tina-campaign-dlc/|url-status=live}}</ref> It received the highest ratings among the four add-on packs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/borderlands-2-tiny-tinas-assault-on-dragon-keep|title=Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=May 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521015228/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/borderlands-2-tiny-tinas-assault-on-dragon-keep|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Assault on Dragon Keep'' became the basis for the standalone game in the ''Borderlands'' series, ''[[Tiny Tina's Wonderlands]]'' released in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ign.com/articles/borderlands-tiny-tina-wonderlands-characters-weapons-loot-enemies-ign-expo-summer-of-gaming | title = Tiny Tina's Wonderlands: Weapons, Loot, Magic, Enemies and More Detailed | first = Joe | last = Skrebels | date = June 11, 2021 | access-date = June 11, 2021 | work = [[IGN]] }}</ref> This content was made into a standalone release ''Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-Shot Adventure'' and released on November 9, 2021, for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.polygon.com/22770978/borderlands-tiny-tinas-assault-on-dragon-keep-release-date-free-epic-games-store-dlc | title = Borderlands' Tiny Tina DLC gets stand-alone release to prep you for Wonderlands | first = Owen | last = Good | date = November 9, 2021 | access-date = November 9, 2021 | work = [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] }}</ref>
|}

Following the release of the four add-on campaigns, Gearbox announced plans to release the ''Headhunter'' series of DLCs. These packs generally cost less than the add-on campaigns and feature less content. Gearbox originally intended to make three ''Headhunter'' packs but ultimately created five.<ref name="BL2 HH1"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan=4 | ''Headhunter'' packs
|-
! style="width:23%;"| Name
! style="width:16%;"| Release date
! style="width:70%;"| Notes
|-
| ''TK Baha's Bloody Harvest''
| October 22, 2013<ref name="BL2 HH1"/>
| The pack brings back the character last seen in ''Borderlands''{{'}} ''Zombie Island of Dr. Ned'' DLC. Zombie T.K. Baha sends players to fight Jaques O'Lantern, a giant pumpkin boss who gives new character customizations as a reward for being beaten.<ref name="BL2 HH1">{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/10/16/4844114/borderlands-2-gets-tk-bahas-bloody-harvest-dlc-oct-22|title=Borderlands 2 gets TK Baha's Bloody Harvest DLC Oct. 22|first=Alexa|last=Ray Corriea|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=October 16, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227235551/http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/16/4844114/borderlands-2-gets-tk-bahas-bloody-harvest-dlc-oct-22|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler''
| November 26, 2013<ref name="BL2 HH2"/>
| The pack is a parody of The Hunger Games and Thanksgiving Day in which players have to compete in a tournament organised by Mr. Torgue and defeat a giant turkey monster.<ref name="BL2 HH2">{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/11/20/5125004/the-horrible-hunger-of-the-ravenous-wattle-gobbler-hits-borderlands-2|title=The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler hits Borderlands 2 Nov. 26|first=Jenna|last=Pitcher|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=November 20, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=May 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509045354/http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/20/5125004/the-horrible-hunger-of-the-ravenous-wattle-gobbler-hits-borderlands-2|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''How Marcus Saved Mercenary Day''
| December 17, 2013<ref name="BL2 HH3"/>
| In this pack, the vault hunters need to find Marcus's missing gun shipment train while saving the ex-bandit town of Gingerton from the evil snowman Tinder Snowflake.<ref name="BL2 HH3">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/11/borderlands-2-how-marcus-saved-mercenary-day-dlc-revealed|title=Borderlands 2: How Marcus Saved Mercenary Day DLC Revealed|first=Marc|last=Nix|work=[[IGN]]|date=December 11, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719222230/https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/11/borderlands-2-how-marcus-saved-mercenary-day-dlc-revealed|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Mad Moxxi and the Wedding Day Massacre''
| February 11, 2014<ref name="BL2 HH4"/>
| The story revolves around Mad Moxxi's plan to have two Goliaths, one from the Zafords and one from the Hodunks, to marry and end the feud between their families.<ref name="BL2 HH4">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/05/borderlands-2-valentines-day-dlc-announced|title=Borderlands 2 Valentine's Day DLC Announced|first=Andrew|last=Goldfarb|work=[[IGN]]|date=February 5, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622024527/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/05/borderlands-2-valentines-day-dlc-announced|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Sir Hammerlock vs. the Son of Crawmerax''
| April 15, 2014<ref name="BL2 HH5"/>
| In the DLC, Sir Hammerlock, Brick, Mordecai, and Lilith are on a vacation on Wam Bam Island when a large monster kidnaps Hammerlock. The DLC culminates in a battle against Crawmerax Jr., the son of the great crab worm from the original game's ''The Secret Armory of General Knoxx'' add-on, who is seeking vengeance on Roland, Lilith, Brick and Mordecai.<ref name="BL2 HH5">{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/2/13/5407976/borderlands-2-dlc-sir-hammerlock-versus-the-son-of-crawmerax-release-date|title=Borderlands 2 DLC Sir Hammerlock Versus the Son of Crawmerax hits April 15|first=Dave|last=Tach|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=February 13, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612233705/http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/13/5407976/borderlands-2-dlc-sir-hammerlock-versus-the-son-of-crawmerax-release-date|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

The game's last DLC, ''Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary'' was announced and released on June 9, 2019. The DLC was released for PC, and for ''The Handsome Collection'' version of the game on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. It was available as a free download for the first month after release.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2019-borderlands-3-gets-set-up-in-free-borderla/1100-6467470/|title=E3 2019: Borderlands 3 Gets Set Up In Free Borderlands 2 DLC Out Now|last=Watts|first=Steve|date=June 9, 2019|newspaper=Gamespot|access-date=June 11, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822100135/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2019-borderlands-3-gets-set-up-in-free-borderla/1100-6467470/|url-status=live}}</ref> The story of the DLC picks up after the events of ''Borderlands 2'' and acts as a bridge to the story of ''[[Borderlands 3]]'', setting up the transition to the new Sanctuary 3 base ship and bringing characters from 2014's ''[[Tales from the Borderlands]]'' into the bigger story.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.pcgamer.com/commander-lilith-and-the-fight-for-sanctuary-is-a-new-borderlands-2-dlc-and-you-can-get-it-free/ | title = Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary is a new Borderlands 2 DLC and you can get it free | first = Jody | last = MacGregor | date = June 8, 2019 | access-date = July 1, 2019 | work = [[PC Gamer]] | archive-date = July 1, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190701221917/https://www.pcgamer.com/commander-lilith-and-the-fight-for-sanctuary-is-a-new-borderlands-2-dlc-and-you-can-get-it-free/ | url-status = live }}</ref> In the DLC, after Helios station has crashed on the surface of Pandora, Lilith and the other Vault Hunters struggle with what they have learned from the Vault map, of potentially many more Vaults on other planets. As they try to figure out some way to make a space-worthy ship, Sanctuary is attacked by Dahl's Colonel Hector, who has created a powerful mutant army using a strange floral spore. The group abandons Sanctuary and takes shelter at a former bandit camp, now empty except for its leader, [[Tales from the Borderlands|Vaughn]], as Hector mutated his followers. The Vault Hunters work with Vaughn and other allies to take back Sanctuary and the Vault map from Hector.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://kotaku.com/borderlands-2-s-final-free-dlc-is-a-whole-lot-1835460878 | title = Borderlands 2's Final Free DLC Is A Whole Lot | first = Mike | last = Fahey | date = June 12, 2019 | access-date = July 1, 2019 | work = [[Kotaku]] | archive-date = July 1, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190701223007/https://kotaku.com/borderlands-2-s-final-free-dlc-is-a-whole-lot-1835460878 | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical reception===
{{video game reviews
| MC = PC: 89/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/borderlands-2 |title=Borderlands 2 for PC Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=September 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920065452/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/borderlands-2 |archive-date=September 20, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> PS3: 91/100<ref name=MCPS3>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/borderlands-2 |title=Borderlands 2 for PlayStation 3 Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=September 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920065625/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/borderlands-2 |archive-date=September 20, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> X360: 89/100<ref name=MCX360>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/borderlands-2 |title=Borderlands 2 for Xbox 360 Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=September 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920070105/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/borderlands-2 |archive-date=September 20, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> VITA: 64/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-vita/borderlands-2 |title=Borderlands 2 for PlayStation Vita Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617044235/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-vita/borderlands-2 |archive-date=June 17, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> VR: 72/100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/borderlands-2-vr|title=Borderlands 2 VR reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618080346/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/borderlands-2-vr|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Destruct = 8.5/10<ref name="DestructRev">{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/stories/review-borderlands-2-235087.phtml|title=Review: Borderlands 2|first=Alistair|last=Pinsof|work=[[Destructoid]]|date=September 17, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref>
| 1UP = B<ref name="1UP">{{cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/reviews/borderlands-2-review |title=Borderlands 2 Review: A Case of Armed and Dangerous Deja Vu |date=September 17, 2012 |first=Bob |last=Mackey |publisher=[[1Up.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004020807/http://www.1up.com/reviews/borderlands-2-review |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |access-date=December 2, 2012}}</ref>
| EuroG = 9/10<ref name="EuroGRev">{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-18-borderlands-2-review|title=Borderlands 2 review|first=Christian|last=Donlan|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=October 15, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423064629/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-18-borderlands-2-review|url-status=live}}</ref>
| GI = 9.75/10<ref name="GIRev">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/borderlands_2/b/xbox360/archive/2012/09/17/review.aspx|title=Borderlands 2 review: A genre-blending Triumph|first=Dan|last=Rykcert|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|date=September 17, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707221814/https://www.gameinformer.com/games/borderlands_2/b/xbox360/archive/2012/09/17/review.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
| GRadar = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="GRadarRev">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/borderlands-2-review/|title=Borderlands 2 Review|first=Sterling|last=McGarvey|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722065742/https://www.gamesradar.com/borderlands-2-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8.5/10<ref name="GSpotRev">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/borderlands-2-review/1900-6396915/|title=Borderlands 2 Review|first=Chris|last=Watters|work=[[GameSpot]]|date=September 30, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=September 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909075851/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/borderlands-2-review/1900-6396915/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| IGN = 9/10<ref name="IGNRev">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/14/borderlands-2-review|title=Borderlands 2 review|first=Anthony|last=Gallegos|work=[[IGN]]|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720013803/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/14/borderlands-2-review|url-status=live}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 90/100<ref name="PCGRev">{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2-review/|title=Borderlands 2 review|first=Tom|last=Francis|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727010313/https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Poly = 7.5/10<ref name="PolyRev">{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/1/24/3727684/borderlands-2-review-firing-range|title=Borderlands 2 Review: Firing Range|first=Arthur|last=Gies|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428111931/https://www.polygon.com/2013/1/24/3727684/borderlands-2-review-firing-range|url-status=live}}</ref>
| VB = 92/100<ref name="VBRev">{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/09/17/borderlands-2-nearly-perfects-the-blend-of-shooter-and-role-playing-game-review/2/|title=Borderlands 2 nearly perfects the blend of shooter and role-playing game (review)|date=September 17, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|first=Mike|last=Mniotti|work=[[VentureBeat]]|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720091404/https://venturebeat.com/2012/09/17/borderlands-2-nearly-perfects-the-blend-of-shooter-and-role-playing-game-review/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| XPlay = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="XPlay">{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/65685/borderlands-2/review/ |title=Borderlands 2 Review |date=September 17, 2012 |first=Adam |last=Rosenberg |publisher=[[G4tv]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119123741/http://www.g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/65685/borderlands-2/review/ |archive-date=November 19, 2014 |access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref>
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The game received generally positive reviews upon release, according to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]]. Many reviewers agreed that the game is a notable improvement over the original.<ref name="EuroGRev"/><ref name="GIRev"/><ref name="GSpotRev"/>

Allistair Pinsof, writing for ''[[Destructoid]]'', praised the gunplay and the variety of guns, which can change the gameplay experience as different weapons force players to approach combat differently. However, he was disappointed by the conservative mission design, especially for a game that features over-the-top characters.<ref name="DestructRev"/> Christian Donlan from ''[[Eurogamer]]'' liked how distinct the gun manufacturers are, and felt that they have successfully modified the pace of play. He also lauded the extensive customisation options, and the enemy variety.<ref name="EuroGRev"/> ''[[PC Gamer]]''{{'}}s Tom Francis agreed, adding that the enemy designs keep the combat interesting and engaging.<ref name="PCGRev"/> Chris Watters from [[GameSpot]] praised the gunplay, describing it as "solid" and "satisfying", though he was disappointed that combat seemed largely similar across the four classes. He also praised the world of Pandora for being a "vibrant, living place", as opposed to ''Borderlands''{{'}} desolate desert.<ref name="GSpotRev"/> Both Donland and Dan Ryckert from ''[[Game Informer]]'' appreciated the quality-of-life adjustments Gearbox implemented, with Ryckert saying that they made the game a "noticeably superior experience" when compared with the first game.<ref name="GIRev"/> Mike Minotti from ''[[VentureBeat]]'' described ''Borderlands 2'' as an excellent blend of [[first-person shooter|FPS]] and [[role-playing game|RPG]], and praised Gearbox for perfecting the [[looter shooter|looter-shooter]] genre. However, he criticised the game for reusing dungeons and the presence of some overpowered enemies.<ref name="VBRev"/> The game's driving component was considered to be a missed opportunity.<ref name="IGNRev"/><ref name="EuroGRev"/>

Pinsof praised the game's story and writing, calling it "the funniest, cleverest script to grace a game since ''[[Portal 2]]'' ". He applauded Gearbox for expanding the lore and the characters, and added that every character has their own "golden line of comedic dialogue". He also liked how the humor in the game elevated the main campaign and the side missions.<ref name="DestructRev"/> Ryckert also liked the humorous goals of the side missions, and stated that they have a lot of "entertainment value". He added that the sense of humor displayed in the game was one of the best in the industry.<ref name="GIRev"/> Anthony Gallegos from ''[[IGN]]'' called the story "predictable", but still regarded it as an improvement over the original. However, he enjoyed completing the side-quests due to their presentation, writing and action, despite their conventional design.<ref name="IGNRev"/> Minotti, however, felt that the game's heavy focus on humor undermined the game's more serious moments. Minotti praised the colorful cast of characters, singling out the humorous writing for [[Claptrap]], Tiny Tina, and Ellie.<ref name="VBRev"/> [[Handsome Jack]] also received a lot of praise. Ryckert called him "entertaining",<ref name="GIRev"/> while Pinsof added that he was "lovable".<ref name="DestructRev"/> Sterling McGarvey, writing for ''[[GamesRadar]]'', noted that the campaign is bloated with filler content, but the narrative remains compelling due to the presence of Jack as a strong central villain.<ref name="GRadarRev"/> ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]''{{'}}s Arthur Gies also added that the game had "[[MMORPG]] quest design of the worst kind", and felt that Gearbox intentionally lengthened the game by adding unnecessary fillers and content.<ref name="PolyRev"/> Both Francis and Arthur Gies from ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' noted their disappointment with the game's opening segment, with Francis saying that it "strips the game of everything that makes it good".<ref name="PolyRev"/><ref name="PCGRev"/>

The game's multiplayer received praise. Donlan and Ryckert liked how the abilities of the four classes complement each other.<ref name="EuroGRev"/><ref name="GIRev"/> Ryckert added that the cooperative multiplayer further elevated the experience.<ref name="GIRev"/> Minotti felt that the multiplayer was as fun as the original, and praised Gearbox for streamlining the process for other players to join a session.<ref name="VBRev"/> Watters believed playing with friends contributes to a more rewarding experience due to the presence of item trading, difficulty scaling and better loots.<ref name="GSpotRev"/> Pinsof critisied the multiplayer for being imbalanced because the shared loot system means veteran players would get low-tier loots when they played with new players.<ref name="DestructRev"/> McGarvey also noted that respawn stations are few and far between and that players need to backtrack a lot in order to reunite with their teammates after their player avatar dies.<ref name="GRadarRev"/>

The PlayStation Vita port received mixed reviews. While complimented for offering the entire game and additional content on a handheld console, the port was generally panned for its decreased graphics and sound quality, lag issues and inconsistent frame rates, and that it only offered two-player multiplayer rather than four. ''IGN'' gave the port a 5.4 out of 10, concluding that "its compromised visuals rob it of much of its bombastic charm, while its erratic performance and unreliable touch controls keep the gameplay from shining like it has in the past."<ref name="ign-b2vitareview">{{cite web|title=Borderlands 2 Vita Review|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/05/12/borderlands-2-vita-review|work=IGN|date=May 12, 2014 |access-date=May 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027115749/http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/05/12/borderlands-2-vita-review|archive-date=October 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="escapist-b2vitareview">{{cite web|title=Borderlands 2 PS Vita Review - Handsome Slack|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/editorials/reviews/11436-Borderlands-2-PS-Vita-Review-Handsome-Slack|work=The Escapist|date=May 12, 2014|access-date=May 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513050619/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/editorials/reviews/11436-Borderlands-2-PS-Vita-Review-Handsome-Slack|archive-date=May 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Steven Petite from ''[[IGN]]'', reviewing the PlayStation VR version, called it a "decent adaptation" and one of the "deepest shooter experiences" available on VR platforms. However, he lamented at the lack of multiplayer and expressed his dislike for the game's adoption of [[motion control]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/20/borderlands-2-vr-review|title=Borderlands 2 VR review|first=Steven|last=Petite|work=[[IGN]]|date=December 21, 2017|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527234150/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/20/borderlands-2-vr-review|url-status=live}}</ref> The PC release for the VR version was plagued with technical problems, and only 45% of the players gave the game positive reviews on [[Steam (service)|Steam]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2-vr-is-off-to-a-rough-start-on-pc/|title=Borderlands 2 VR is off to a rough start on PC|first=Dominic|last=Tarason|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=October 24, 2018|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=January 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122200420/https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2-vr-is-off-to-a-rough-start-on-pc/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sales===
''Borderlands 2'' is a major commercial success. It was the most pre-ordered game in 2K's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-11-how-gearbox-broke-the-bank-for-borderlands-2|title=How Gearbox broke the bank for Borderlands 2|first=Wesley|last=Yin-Poole|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720103238/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-11-how-gearbox-broke-the-bank-for-borderlands-2|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the best-selling retail game in the UK in its week of release, outselling competitors including ''[[F1 2012]]'' and ''[[Pro Evolution Soccer 2013]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/borderlands-2-loots-and-shoots-its-way-to-all-formats-chart-summit-8168052.html|title=Borderlands 2 Loots and Shoots Its Way To All Format Chart Summit|first=Michael|last=Plant|work=[[The Independent|Independent]]|date=September 24, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=December 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227123232/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/borderlands-2-loots-and-shoots-its-way-to-all-formats-chart-summit-8168052.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It secured the biggest launch for a game in the UK in 2012, surpassing the record previously held by ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' and quadrupled the first game's sales in the same period of time. More than 70% of the sales were generated from the Xbox 360 version.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/178158/Borderlands_2_is_now_the_biggest_UK_game_launch_of_2012.php|title=Borderlands 2 is now the biggest UK game launch of 2012|first=Mike|last=Rose|work=[[Gamasutra]]|date=September 24, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207155823/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/178158/Borderlands_2_is_now_the_biggest_UK_game_launch_of_2012.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In the US, it was the second best-selling retail game of the month, selling more than 1.82 million units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-12-borderlands-2-shifts-1-5-million-copies-in-september-in-us|title=Borderlands 2 shifts 1.82 million copies in September in US|first=Robert|last=Purchese|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=January 12, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151301/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-12-borderlands-2-shifts-1-5-million-copies-in-september-in-us|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/10/11/september-npds-borderlands-2-nearly-tops-best-seller-list-as-overall-sales-take-another-dive/|title=September NPD: Borderlands 2 nearly tops best-seller list as overall sales take another dive|first=Jeff|last=Grubb|work=[[VentureBeat]]|date=October 11, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111121952/http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/11/september-npds-borderlands-2-nearly-tops-best-seller-list-as-overall-sales-take-another-dive/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the seventh best-selling game in the UK and the tenth best-selling game in the US in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/npd-black-ops-ii-is-us-top-selling-game-of-2012/1100-6402271/|title=NPD: Black Ops II is US top-selling game of 2012|first=Eddie|last=Makuch|work=[[GameSpot]]|date=January 10, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707162628/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/npd-black-ops-ii-is-us-top-selling-game-of-2012/1100-6402271/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/100-best-selling-uk-games-2012/|title=The 100 best-selling UK games of 2012|first=Tom|last=Ivan|work=[[GamesRadar]]|date=January 15, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=September 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927222120/http://www.gamesradar.com/100-best-selling-uk-games-2012/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On November 1, 2012, [[Take-Two Interactive]] announced that they had shipped 5 million copies. The revenue and earnings for Take-Two in the second quarter surpassed the company's expectation, with the success of ''Borderlands 2'' being cited as one of the contributing factors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/31/borderlands-2-has-shipped-5-million-copies|title=Borderlands 2 Has Shipped 5 Million Copies|first=Marc|last=Nix|work=[[IGN]]|date=October 31, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151317/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/31/borderlands-2-has-shipped-5-million-copies|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2014, 2K Games announced that the game had sold more than 8.5 million copies, making it the most successful commercial release for the publisher.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/03/borderlands-2-now-highest-selling-2k-game-ever|title=Borderlands 2 Now Highest-Selling 2K Game Ever|first=Neal|last=Ronagahan|work=[[IGN]]|date=February 3, 2014|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720025706/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/03/borderlands-2-now-highest-selling-2k-game-ever|url-status=live}}</ref> It sold more than 12 million as of March 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/25/borderlands-2-sales-pass-the-12-million-mark|title=Borderlands 2 Sales Pass the 12 Million Mark|first=Luke|last=Karmali|work=[[IGN]]|date=March 25, 2015|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151526/https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/25/borderlands-2-sales-pass-the-12-million-mark|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Take-Two announced that the game had shipped more than 20 million units, and added that the game managed to maintain 1 million monthly users nearly eight years following its release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/more-than-1-million-people-still-play-2012s-border/1100-6466864/|title=More Than 1 Million People Still Play 2012's Borderlands 2 Every Month|first=Eddie|last=Makuch|work=[[GameSpot]]|date=May 14, 2019|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714103943/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/more-than-1-million-people-still-play-2012s-border/1100-6466864/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Controversies===
Controversy regarding [[sexism]] hit a month before the game's scheduled release after Gearbox designer John Hemingway told ''Eurogamer'' that the Mechromancer mode would feature "the girlfriend skill tree" for people who "suck at first-person shooters". CEO [[Randy Pitchford]] later clarified by saying that the name for the skill tree is "Best Friends Forever" and that Hemingway's description was only a "personal anecdote".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-13-borderlands-2-gearbox-reveals-the-mechromancers-girlfriend-mode |title=Borderlands 2: Gearbox reveals the Mechromancer's "girlfriend mode" |first=Wesley |last=Yin-Poole |work=[[Eurogamer]] |date=August 13, 2012 |access-date=September 17, 2012 |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918093853/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-13-borderlands-2-gearbox-reveals-the-mechromancers-girlfriend-mode |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon release, some fans critisied the character of [[Tiny Tina (character)|Tiny Tina]] for "conveying [[racism]]" since she is a white girl who uses [[African-American Vernacular English]]. Burch responded by saying that he may change her character in subsequent DLCs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2s-tiny-tina-accused-of-conveying-racism-writer-says-he-may-change-her-in-future/|title=Borderlands 2's Tiny Tina accused of conveying racism, writer says he may change her in future|first=Phil|last=Savage|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=February 4, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=May 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518075051/https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-2s-tiny-tina-accused-of-conveying-racism-writer-says-he-may-change-her-in-future/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gearbox's other project, ''[[Aliens: Colonial Marines]]'', developed in partnership with [[Sega]], was in development troubles during the production of ''Borderlands 2''. Insider sources claimed that following the success of the first ''Borderlands'', Gearbox allocated nearly all of its resources and manpower into developing the sequel and ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'' and neglected the development of ''Colonial Marines'', outsourcing its development to external developers. ''Colonial Marines'' was released in 2013 and received negative reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-25-several-staffers-on-aliens-colonial-marines-spill-the-beans-on-what-went-wrong-report|title=Several staffers on Aliens: Colonial Marines spill the beans on what went wrong - report|first=Jeffery|last=Matulef|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=January 26, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207033725/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-25-several-staffers-on-aliens-colonial-marines-spill-the-beans-on-what-went-wrong-report|url-status=live}}</ref>

Wade Callender, who worked at Gearbox as a lawyer from 2010 to 2018, sued Pitchford in January 2019 and alleged that he had taken $12 million [[royalties]] from Take-Two intending to fund the game's development for himself through his personal company, Pitchford Entertainment.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/ex-gearbox-lawyer-accuses-ceo-randy-pitchford-of-taking-secret-12-million-bonus/|title=Ex-Gearbox lawyer accuses CEO Randy Pitchford of taking 'secret' $12 million bonus|first=Vikki|last=Blake|magazine=[[MCVUK]]|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref> The lawsuit was [[dismissed without prejudice]] by the court on October 2 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gearbox-ceo-and-former-lawyer-end-messy-legal-battle/|title=Gearbox CEO and former lawyer end messy legal battle|first=Tom|last=Ivan|work=Video Games Chronicle|date=October 4, 2019|access-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Ref
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="8" | 2012
| rowspan="8" | [[Spike Video Game Awards|Spike Video Game Awards 2012]]
| Studio of the Year ([[Gearbox Software]])
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Spike TV Video Game Awards nominees announced|url=http://www.warpzoned.com/2012/11/2012-spike-tv-video-game-awards-nominees-announced/|publisher=Warp Zoned|date=November 16, 2012|access-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122002450/http://www.warpzoned.com/2012/11/2012-spike-tv-video-game-awards-nominees-announced/|archive-date=January 22, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best Xbox 360 Game
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Best PS3 Game
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Best Shooter
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Multi-player Game
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Performance by Human Male ([[Dameon Clarke]] as [[Handsome Jack]])
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best DLC (Mechnomancer Pack)
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Character of the Year ([[Claptrap]])
| {{Won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="21" | 2013
| [[40th Annie Awards]]
| Best Animated Video Game
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2013-feb-02-la-et-mn-40th-annie-award-nominations-winners-list-20130202-story.html|title=40th Annie Award nominees and winners list|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 2, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808194015/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2013-feb-02-la-et-mn-40th-annie-award-nominations-winners-list-20130202-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[D.I.C.E. Awards|16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards]]
| Game of the Year
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:centerl;" rowspan="5" | <ref>{{cite web |title=16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2013&idGame=1244 |website=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=April 8, 2020 |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707081958/https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2013&idGame=1244 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Action Game of the Year
| {{Won}}
|-
| Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Achievement in Character - Male or Female ([[Tiny Tina (character)|Tiny Tina]])
| {{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[9th British Academy Games Awards]]
| Game Design
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="BAFTAAwards">{{cite web|title=Games in 2013|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/games|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|access-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214034256/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/games|archive-date=February 14, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Action
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Artistic Achievement
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Online multiplayer
| {{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards
| Game of the Year
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="NAVGTRAwards">{{cite web|title=2012 Awards: Journey wins Game of the Year|url=http://navgtr.org/archives/1742/|publisher=National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers|date=March 24, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304090046/http://navgtr.org/archives/1742/|archive-date=March 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Animation
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Control Precision
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Lead Performance in a Comedy (David Eddings as Claptrap)
| {{won}}
|-
| Supporting Performance in a Comedy (Clarke as Handsome Jack)
| {{won}}
|-
| Writing in a Comedy
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Game Developers Choice Awards]]
| Best Visual Arts
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|<ref name="GDCAwards">{{cite web|last=Pitcher|first=Jenna|title=Journey sweeps the 13th annual Game Developers Choice Awards|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/27/4155388/journey-sweeps-the-13th-annual-game-developers-choice-awards|publisher=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=March 27, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129023102/http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/27/4155388/journey-sweeps-the-13th-annual-game-developers-choice-awards|archive-date=November 29, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Golden Joystick Awards]] 2013
| Game of the Year
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/golden-joystick-awards-2013-host-ed-byrne-explains-the-new-categories/|title=Golden Joystick Awards 2013: host Ed Byrne explains the new categories|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=September 20, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=February 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205195412/https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/golden-joystick-awards-2013-host-ed-byrne-explains-the-new-categories/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best Multiplayer
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Visual Design
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Spike Video Game Awards|VGX]]
| Best DLC (''Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep'')
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/11/18/5118770/spike-vgx-award-2013-nominees-announced|title=Spike VGX 2013 award nominees announced|first=Michael|last=McWhertor|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=November 18, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=November 18, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131118235722/http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/18/5118770/spike-vgx-award-2013-nominees-announced|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Prequel and sequel==
{{main|Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel|Borderlands 3}}
In April 2014, Gearbox announced that [[2K Australia]] was developing a game set in between the events of the first two ''Borderlands'' games, ''[[Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!]]''. Released on October 14, 2014, the game focuses on the rise of Handsome Jack, and features four of his henchmen—Athena (from ''The Secret Armory of General Knoxx'' DLC), Claptrap, Nisha (Lynchwood's sheriff from ''Borderlands 2''), and Wilhelm (a Hyperion cyborg who was a boss in ''Borderlands 2'')—as playable characters.<ref name="polygon-bl15interview">{{cite web|title=Why Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a last-gen game developed outside of Gearbox|url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/9/5593970/borderlands-the-pre-sequel-not-borderlands-3-interview|work=Polygon|date=April 9, 2014|access-date=April 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411191254/http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/9/5593970/borderlands-the-pre-sequel-not-borderlands-3-interview|archive-date=April 11, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="polygon-nobl3">{{cite web|title=Borderlands 3 isn't being made, but two new Gearbox IP are|url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/14/5411514/borderlands-3-homeworld-new-gearbox-software-games|work=Polygon|date=February 14, 2014|access-date=April 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403052023/http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/14/5411514/borderlands-3-homeworld-new-gearbox-software-games|archive-date=April 3, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McElroy|first=Griffin|title=Tales from the Borderlands stars two lying, greedy Pandorians|url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/8/5486126/tales-from-the-borderlands-stars-two-lying-greedy-pandorians|access-date=March 9, 2014|newspaper=Polygon|date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310001348/http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/8/5486126/tales-from-the-borderlands-stars-two-lying-greedy-pandorians|archive-date=March 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

At a panel during [[Penny Arcade Expo|PAX South]] in January 2015, Pitchford announced that the studio was preparing to begin work on a new ''Borderlands'' game—which he described as "the big one", and began to offer a number of new staff openings related to the game. The game would be developed specifically for the eighth-generation consoles [[Xbox One]] and [[PlayStation 4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-borderlands-being-made-specifically-for-next-g/1100-6425080/|title=New Borderlands Being Made "Specifically For Next-Gen"|website=GameSpot.com|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625031209/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-borderlands-being-made-specifically-for-next-g/1100-6425080/|archive-date=June 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Borderlands 3]]'' was released on September 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-the-first-gameplay-trailer-for-borderlands-3/|title=Watch the first gameplay trailer for Borderlands 3|first=Fraser|last=Brown|date=March 28, 2019|website=Pcgamer.com|access-date=April 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330145846/https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-the-first-gameplay-trailer-for-borderlands-3/|archive-date=March 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>{{clear}}

==References==
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SSX 3

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{{short description|2003 snowboarding video game by EA Canada}}
{{good article}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = SSX 3
| image = SSX 3 Coverart.png
| caption = North American Xbox cover art
| developer = [[EA Canada]]
| publisher = [[EA Sports BIG]]
| producer = Larry LaPierre<ref name="IGN LarryLaPierre">{{cite web|author=IGN staff|date=July 9, 2003|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/07/09/ssx-3-slopestyle-interview|title=SSX 3: Slopestyle Interview|website=[[IGN]]|publisher=Ziff Davis Media|access-date=March 1, 2015|postscript=. Updated May 20, 2012.}}</ref>
| programmer = Mike Rayner<ref name="XboxManual p18"/>
| artist = Geoff Coates, Henry LaBounta,<ref name="XboxManual p18">{{cite book|url=http://data.manualslib.com/pdf2/38/3793/379212-games_microsoft_xbox/ssx_3.pdf?a5071e701aa77ee8e46aea41be3cc0ab|title=SSX 3 Xbox Instruction Manual|year=2003|publisher=EA Sports Big|page=18|access-date=March 1, 2015}}</ref> Ian Lloyd<ref name="IGN IanLloyd">{{cite web|last=Lloyd|first=Ian|date=October 7, 2003|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/07/ssx3-character-customization|title=SSX 3: Character Customization|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis Media|access-date=March 1, 2015}}</ref>
| series = ''[[SSX]]''
| platforms = [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Gizmondo]]
| released = '''GameCube''', '''PlayStation{{nbsp}}2''', and '''Xbox''' {{vgrelease|NA|October 20, 2003|EU|October 31, 2003}}'''Game Boy Advance''' {{vgrelease|NA|November 11, 2003|EU|November 21, 2003}}'''Gizmondo''' {{vgrelease|EU|August 31, 2005|NA|October 22, 2005}}
| genre = [[Snowboarding video game|Snowboarding]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}
'''''SSX 3''''' is a [[snowboarding video game]] developed by [[EA Vancouver]] and published by [[Electronic Arts]] under the [[EA Sports BIG]] label. The game was originally released on October 20, 2003, for the [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]], and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]. It was later ported to the [[Game Boy Advance]] by Visual Impact on November 11, 2003, and to the [[Gizmondo]] by [[Exient Entertainment]] on August 31, 2005, as a launch title. It is the third installment in the ''[[SSX]]'' series.<ref name="Farlow 2017"/>

Set on a fictional [[mountain]], the [[single-player mode]] follows snowboarders competing in the SSX Championship. Players choose from a variety of characters and take part in various events in different locations, earning points and money by performing tricks, winning races, completing goals, and finding collectables. Money can be used to upgrade character attributes, buy new clothes and boards, and unlock music and extras. Multiple players can play against each other in [[local multiplayer]] modes, and an [[online multiplayer]] mode also allowed players to connect to games and play against each other online on the PS2 version of the game, but it has since been discontinued.<ref name="Farlow 2017"/>

Development of ''SSX 3'' initially began in 2001 following the release of ''[[SSX Tricky]]'', the previous title in the series. The development team was composed of people from various different employment backgrounds, including an [[Oscar (award)|Oscar]]-nominated visual effects designer who worked as one of the game's art directors. The game includes thirty different types of snow and general visual improvements over the previous game, such as enhanced models and shadows. It was initially confirmed through a trailer in ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last=Varanini|first=Giancarlo|date=April 21, 2003|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ssx-3-in-development/1100-6025411/|title=SSX 3 in development|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=October 29, 2014}}</ref> A soundtrack album, ''SSX 3 Soundtrack'', was released on September 30, 2003.<ref name="AllMusic Soundtrack">{{cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|date=September 30, 2003|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ssx-3-mw0000693278|title=SSX 3 – Original Soundtrack|website=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref>

''SSX 3'' was critically acclaimed, with reviewers praising the game's open world, trick system, presentation, and soundtrack. It was the first game in the ''SSX'' series to sell 1 million copies.<ref name=EAHistoryOfSSX/> ''[[IGN]]''{{'}}s Douglass C. Perry called it the best snowboarding game he had ever played,<ref name="IGN Xbox"/> and ''[[GameSpot]]''{{'}}s Greg Kasavin recommended it not only to veterans but also for novices of the series.<ref name="GameSpot PS2"/> ''SSX 3'' received the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' awards for Console Action Sports Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Licensed Soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2004&idGame=256|url-status=live|title=SSX 3|website=Interactive|publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510074613/https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2004&idGame=256|archive-date=May 10, 2012|date=March 4, 2004|access-date=April 17, 2022}}</ref> Its 2018 re-release for [[Xbox One]] was also a success and was critically acclaimed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Linneman|first=John|date=May 5, 2018|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2018-ssx-is-a-retro-masterpiece-and-its-brilliant-on-xbox-one|title=SSX 3 is a retro masterpiece – and it's even better on Xbox One|website=[[Eurogamer]]|access-date=April 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Coulson|first=John|date=January 25, 2020|url=https://www.thegamer.com/ssx-remaster-licensing-issues/|title=It's Tricky: Game's Producer Explains Why SSX Remaster Is Out Of His Hands|website=The Gamer|access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Williamson|first=James|date=August 7, 2020|url=https://screenrant.com/ssx-tricky-sequel-reboot-remaster-snowboarding-game-release/|title=Is There Another SSX (Or SSX Tricky) Game Coming Out?|website=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=April 25, 2021}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
''SSX 3'' is a snowboard [[racing game]] played from a [[third-person view]]. Players control one of various [[snowboarder]]s and compete in events set across individual courses in [[Summit|peaks]] on a [[mountain]]. Unlike previous games in the series, which contain unconnected courses, a freeride mode also allows players to [[Nonlinear gameplay|freely roam]] the [[open world]] consisting of all the courses in the game;<ref name="SSX3 Pg10">{{cite book|title=SSX 3 PlayStation 2 Instruction Manual|publisher=EA Sports Big|year=2003|page=10}}</ref> it is possible for the player to ride from the top of the mountain to the bottom without stopping or reloading each course.<ref name="IGN PS2"/> New areas are progressively unlocked throughout the game.<ref name="SSX3 Pg9">{{cite book|title=SSX 3 PlayStation 2 Instruction Manual|publisher=EA Sports Big|year=2003|page=9}}</ref>

Players can gain points by performing tricks,<ref name="SSX3 Pg6">{{cite book|title=SSX 3 PlayStation 2 Instruction Manual|publisher=EA Sports Big|year=2003|page=6}}</ref> such as grabs, grinds, flips, and spins.<ref name="SSX3 Pg7-8">{{cite book|title=SSX 3 PlayStation 2 Instruction Manual|publisher=EA Sports Big|year=2003|pages=7–8}}</ref> A feature returning from previous games in the ''[[SSX]]'' series is the adrenaline meter, which gains adrenaline when the player executes tricks. It can be used to provide a speed boost or, once it becomes full, perform advanced tricks called übers,<ref name="SSX3 Pg7">{{cite book|title=SSX 3 PlayStation 2 Instruction Manual|publisher=EA Sports Big|year=2003|page=7}}</ref> which grant more points than regular tricks. Performing übers increases the level of the adrenaline meter, which leads to progressively more advanced super über tricks and faster adrenaline boosts.<ref name="SSX3 Pg8-9">{{cite book|title=SSX 3 PlayStation 2 Instruction Manual|publisher=EA Sports Big|year=2003|pages=8–9}}</ref> Performing multiple tricks of different kinds creates a combo, doubling the points acquired from tricks, while repeating the same trick causes the number of points it earns to drop.<ref name="SSX3 Pg6"/> Landing tricks poorly or hitting an object in mid air will cause the snowboarder to wipe out, falling over. The player has the ability to recover their snowboarder more quickly by tapping a button, or alternatively reset the snowboarder back to the course if they get stuck in an area.<ref name="SSX3 Pg4">{{cite book|title=SSX 3 PlayStation 2 Instruction Manual|publisher=EA Sports Big|year=2003|page=4}}</ref> Both wiping out and resetting result in a loss of adrenaline and the ability to perform übers until the adrenaline meter is filled again.<ref name="SSX3 Pg7"/>

Players complete peak goals—set objectives—to progress through the single-player mode and unlock all three peaks of the mountain. Peak goals are achieved by completing events, earning money or completing big challenges and finding collectables, both during freeride mode, which can be accessed outside of events. The player only has to complete one of these goals to progress to the next peak.<ref name="SSX3 Pg10"/> Completing each peak goal unlocks a trophy for the player.<ref name="SSX3 Pg11"/>

[[File:SSX 3 Race gameplay.png|thumb|left|A screenshot from a race event in ''SSX 3'' showing the [[HUD (video gaming)|HUD]], including the adrenaline meter on the right]]
Each course in the game has a designated event that players can compete in. Events fall under two categories: race and freestyle. Coming first in an event provides the player a gold medal, coming second provides the player a silver medal, and coming third provides the player a bronze medal. It is also possible to obtain a platinum medal by beating certain times or getting a high enough score. The race event objective is to get to the end of the course as quickly as possible. Players race against other snowboarder [[NPCs]] on the same course.<ref name="SSX3 Pg11">{{cite book|title=SSX 3 PlayStation 2 Instruction Manual|publisher=EA Sports Big|year=2003|page=11}}</ref>

Races contain multiple routes and shortcuts, which can give the player an advantage over opponents. Players can also use [[melee]] combat to knock other snowboarders over, slowing them down and providing the player with adrenaline. Race events have three heats,<ref name="SSX3 Pg10"/> and the player must come third place or above in each heat to progress. Once all race events are completed on a peak, the player's snowboarder is challenged to a backcountry race by their rival snowboarder. Winning unlocks a peak race, where the player aims to beat their rival's best time from the peak to the bottom of the mountain; both races have only one heat. Completing the races unlocks the next peak.<ref name="SSX3 Pg11"/>

The freestyle events include [[slopestyle]], [[big air]], and [[super pipe]]. Their objectives are to get as many points as possible. Slopestyle courses are similar to race courses, as players must ride through a downhill track with multiple paths. While the goal of slopestyle courses is for the player to gain points by performing tricks, big air courses are short, with one or two ramps that are designed to allow the player to perform large jumps and multiple tricks in a small amount of time, and super pipe courses contain [[half-pipe]]s that the player can repeatedly perform tricks on. Freestyle events are structured similarly to race events; each have three heats, and the player is invited to backcountry jams and peak jams, where points are scored through performing tricks.<ref name="SSX3 Pg10"/> Completing the freestyle events unlocks the next peak.<ref name="SSX3 Pg11"/>

Outside of events, players can take part in big challenges.<ref name="SSX3 Pg10"/> The objectives of the challenges include jumping through hoops and collecting items, among others. Collectable crystals items can also be found on every course, and can be collected in any event and in freeride. Obtaining enough crystals and completing enough big challenges on a peak unlocks the next peak.<ref name="SSX3 Pg10"/> In addition to peak goals, ''SSX 3'' contains smaller challenges called career highlights. Similar to big challenges, objectives can vary, and include holding a handplant for five seconds or doing a certain number of übers in one event. In freeride, players can travel to any courses they have unlocked and can also go to stations; these areas contain lodges, which allow the player to save their game, edit music playlists, buy attributes to improve their snowboarder, purchase new übers, and buy or equip gear and boards to change the aesthetics of the snowboarder. Money can also be used to buy extras, such as videos, cheat characters, and game art.<ref name="SSX3 Pg10"/> Money can be earned in game by performing tricks, completing big challenges and events, or collecting crystals. Earning enough money on a peak will unlock the next peak.<ref name="SSX3 Pg10"/> In station areas, game narrator [[DJ Atomika]] talks to the player via EA Radio Big, a fictional radio station. He gives the player information about events and weather, as well as other miscellaneous information. While the player is on a course, the soundtrack of the game is played through EA Radio Big. Depending on how well the player is performing, the music becomes quieter and louder. The player can change what music is allowed to play at lodges.<ref name="SSX3 Pg10"/>

The [[PlayStation 2]] version of ''SSX 3'' had an [[online multiplayer]] mode that allowed two players to race against each other over the internet. The service required an EA account to use. Players could join lobbies, where they could challenge players to races, view player statistics such as the global rank of a player, and chat with players using supported USB [[headset (audio)|headsets]] and keyboards.<ref name="Eurogamer PS2"/><ref name="SSX3 Pg13"/> Players could send messages and add up to forty friends, called buddies, using EA Messenger, an in-game [[instant messaging]] service.<ref name="SSX3 Pg13">{{cite book|title=SSX 3 PlayStation 2 Instruction Manual|publisher=EA Sports Big|year=2003|page=13}}</ref> The online service has since been discontinued.<ref name="Farlow 2017">{{cite web|last=Farlow|first=Sean|date=January 2, 2017|url=https://gazettereview.com/2016/05/happened-ssx-snowboarding-games/|title=What Happened To SSX Games – Previous Releases and Future|website=Gazette Review|access-date=April 17, 2022|quote=The series returned in 2003, with SSX 3. The game arrived with some changes, including the location. Instead of taking place in tracks around the world, the game was now all about racing and performing tricks on one mountain. SSX 3 could also be played online, a feature which was removed three years later as the game developer decided to shut down the servers.}}</ref>

== Development ==
''SSX 3'' was developed by [[EA Vancouver]] and published by [[Electronic Arts]] under the [[EA Sports Big]] label. Its development began after the release of ''[[SSX Tricky]]'', the previous title in the series, in 2001.<ref name="IGNSSX3 Preview"/> During the development of ''[[SSX (2000 video game)|SSX]]'' and ''SSX Tricky'', there were plans for both games to allow the player to explore a mountain, but this was never implemented, and was instead made the focus for ''SSX 3''.<ref name="SSX3 GameSpotQ&A">{{cite web|author=GameSpot staff|date=June 24, 2003|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ssx-3-qanda/1100-6030553/|title=SSX 3 Q&A|website=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=March 2, 2015}}</ref> EA Canada stated that ''SSX 3'' was designed so "just about anyone can pick up and play".<ref name="GamespotSSX3 Impressions">{{cite web|last=Park|first=Andrew|date=May 15, 2003|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ssx-3-impressions/1100-6028331/|title=SSX 3 Impressions|website=GameSpot|access-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> Larry LaPierre, the producer of the game, stated that the developers wanted "to give people the first ever full mountain experience" and allow players to choose what they wanted to do on the mountain.<ref name="IGN LarryLaPierre"/> The game was initially confirmed through a trailer in the 2003 game ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]'' with the working title ''SSX 3'',<ref name="IGNSSX3 Preview">{{cite web|author=IGN staff|date=April 28, 2003|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/28/ssx-3-10|title=SSX 3 (Preview)|website=IGN|access-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> which later became the official title. The game was available to play by journalists before release at the July 2003 Camp EA event,<ref name="EurogamerSSX3 Preview">{{cite web|last=Reed|first=Kristan|date=July 18, 2003|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/p_ssx3|title=SSX 3 (Preview)|website=[[Eurogamer]]|access-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> and earlier in May at [[E3 2003]].<ref name="IGN SSX3 E3">{{cite web|last=Hwang|first=Kaiser|date=May 15, 2003|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/15/e3-2003-ssx-3-impressions-2|title=E3 2003: SSX 3 Impressions|website=IGN|access-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> The [[Gizmondo]] version was also available to play by journalists at [[E3 2005]].<ref name="SSX3 GizmondoE3">{{cite web|last=Palley|first=Stephen|date=May 25, 2005|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ssx-e3-2005-hands-on-report/1100-6126548/|title=SSX E3 2005 Hands-On Report|website=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=March 2, 2015}}</ref>

The open ended nature of the game was influenced by ''[[Battlefield 1942]]'' and ''NBA Street Vol. 2'', both [[EA]] titles, as the developers of ''SSX 3'' enjoyed features in both games that allow players to choose the way they want to play.<ref name="IGNSSX3 Preview"/> Developers were also inspired by their own personal experiences with snowboarding at [[Island Lake Lodge]].<ref name="SSX3 GameSpotQ&A"/> EA Canada hired people from various different work backgrounds to develop the game,<ref name="SSX3 Postmortem">{{cite web|author=GameSpot staff|date=December 8, 2003|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ssx-3-postmortem/1100-6085212/|title=SSX 3 Postmortem|website=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=March 2, 2015}}</ref> including the [[Academy Award]]-nominated visual effects designer Henry LaBounta, who worked as one of the game's three art directors.<ref name="XboxManual p18"/><ref name="IGN SSX 3 E3 2">{{cite web|last=Hwang|first=Kaiser|date=May 8, 2003|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/08/e3-2003-ssx-3|title=E3 2003: SSX 3|website=IGN|access-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref><ref name="GamesIndustry Zynga">{{cite web|last=Brightman|first=James|date=April 23, 2014|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-04-23-zynga-upgrades-exec-team-as-pincus-steps-down-from-operational-role|title=Zynga upgrades exec team as Pincus steps down from operational role|website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]]|publisher=Gamer Network|access-date=March 2, 2015}}</ref> The game contains thirty different types of snow, ranging in consistency,<ref name="IGN SSX3 E3"/> and rendered using various shading techniques and more realistic lighting effects than ''SSX Tricky''.<ref name="IGNSSX3 Preview"/> Improvements to graphics over the previous game in the series also include better models and shadows, as well as more reflections in the in-game snow.<ref name="IGNSSX3 Preview"/><ref name="IGN SSX 3 E3 2"/> ''SSX 3'' is the first game in the ''SSX'' series and one of the first games in general to be [[THX]] certified.<ref name="GameSpot THX">{{cite web|last=Moseley|first=Bob|date=September 30, 2003|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-teams-with-thx/1100-6076207/|title=EA teams with THX|website=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=February 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Gamasutra THX">{{cite web|last=Moledina|first=Jamil|date=September 30, 2003|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/93113/THX_Launches_Videogame_Certification_Program.php|title=THX Launches Videogame Certification Program|website=[[Gamasutra]]|publisher=UBM Tech|access-date=March 2, 2015}}</ref>

==Reception==
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|EuroG_XBOX = 9/10<ref name="Eurogamer Xbox">{{cite web|last=Bramwell|first=Tom|date=October 27, 2003|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_ssx3_x|title=SSX 3 (Xbox)|website=Eurogamer|access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref>
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|GSpot_NGC = 9/10<ref name="GameSpot GCXB">{{cite web|last=Kasavin|first=Greg|date=November 21, 2003|url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ssx-3-review/1900-6077065/|title=SSX 3 Review (GC, Xbox)|website=GameSpot|access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>
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|GSpy_NGC = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="GameSpy GameCube">{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Bryn|date=October 21, 2003|url=http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/ssx-3/6310p1.html|title=GameSpy: SSX 3 (GCN)|website=GameSpy|publisher=IGN Entertainment|access-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref>
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|GSpy_XBOX = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Bryn|date=October 21, 2003|url= http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/october03/ssx3xbox/|title=SSX 3 (Xbox)|website=GameSpy|publisher=IGN Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041213162002/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/october03/ssx3xbox/|archive-date=December 13, 2004|url-status=dead|access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
|GameZone_GBA = 5/10<ref name="GameZoneGBA">{{cite web|last=Bedigian|first=Louis|date=December 6, 2003|url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/ssx_3_gba_review|title=SSX 3 – GBA – Review|website=GameZone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125213316/http://gameboy.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r21977.htm|archive-date=January 25, 2009|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
|GameZone_NGC = 9/10<ref name="GameZoneGC">{{cite web|last=McElfish|first=Carlos|date=November 11, 2003|url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/ssx_3_gc_review|title=SSX 3 – GC – Review|website=GameZone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104032703/http://gamecube.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r21977.htm|archive-date=November 4, 2008|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
|GameZone_PS2 = 9.4/10<ref name="GameZonePS2">{{cite web|last=Bedigian|first=Louis|date=November 5, 2003|url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/ssx_3_ps2_review|title=SSX 3 – PS2 – Review|website=GameZone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226231319/http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r21977.htm|archive-date=December 26, 2007|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
|GameZone_XBOX = 9.7/10<ref name="GameZoneXbox">{{cite web|last=Surette|first=Tim|date=November 10, 2003|url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/ssx_3_xb_review|title=SSX 3 – XB – Review|website=GameZone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524005632/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r21977.htm|archive-date=May 24, 2009|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
|IGN_GBA = 4.5/10<ref name="IGN GBA">{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Craig|date=November 25, 2003|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/25/ssx-3|title=SSX 3 (GBA)|website=IGN|access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
|IGN_NGC = 9.3/10<ref name="IGN GC">{{cite web|last=Perry|first=Douglass C.|date=October 17, 2003|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/18/ssx-3-2|title=SSX 3 (GCN)|website=IGN|access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
|IGN_PS2 = 9.5/10<ref name="IGN PS2">{{cite web|last=Perry|first=Douglass C.|date=October 17, 2003|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/17/ssx-3-5|title=SSX 3 (PS2)|website=IGN|access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
|IGN_XBOX = 9.4/10<ref name="IGN Xbox">{{cite web|last=Perry|first=Douglass|date=October 17, 2003|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/18/ssx-3-4|title=SSX 3 (Xbox)|website=IGN|access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
|NP_GBA = 3.1/5<ref>{{cite magazine|title=SSX 3 (GBA)|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|volume=176|date=February 2004|page=154}}</ref>
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|MC_GBA = 63/100<ref name="MC GBA">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/ssx-3|title=SSX 3 for Game Boy Advance Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref>
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|MC_XBOX = 92/100<ref name="MC Xbox">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/ssx-3|title=SSX 3 for Xbox Reviews|website=Metacritic|access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref>
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''SSX 3'' received critical acclaim upon its release. [[Metacritic]] calculated an average score of 93 out of 100 for the [[PlayStation 2]] (PS2) version based on 41 reviews,<ref name="MC PS2"/> and 92 out of 100 for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] and [[GameCube]] (GC) versions, both based on 27 reviews.<ref name="MC GC"/><ref name="MC Xbox"/> All scores indicate universal acclaim. It is EA Sports Big's second-highest rated game on Metacritic before the first title in the ''[[SSX]]'' series.<ref name=EASportsBigMetacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/company/ea-sports-big?filter-options=games&num_items=30&sort_options=metascore|title=EA Sports Big's Profile|website=Metacritic|access-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> On aggregate website [[GameRankings]], the game holds 92% for PS2 and GC based on 60 reviews and 38 reviews, respectively,<ref name="GR PS2">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/914646-ssx-3/index.html|title=SSX 3 for PlayStation 2|website=GameRankings|access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref><ref name="GR GC">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/914728-ssx-3/index.html|title=SSX 3 for GameCube|website=GameRankings|access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref> and 90% for Xbox based on 41 reviews.<ref name="GR Xbox">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/914647-ssx-3/index.html|title=SSX 3 for Xbox|website=GameRankings|access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref> Reviewers liked the addition of an open world, the presentation, and trick system,<ref name="GameSpot PS2"/><ref name="Eurogamer Xbox"/> while finding issues with the difficulty of the controls and customization options.<ref name="IGN PS2"/><ref name="Game-Revolution"/><ref name="GameSpy GameCube"/> Douglass C. Perry of ''[[IGN]]'' stated that it "expands upon ''Tricky'' in every way",<ref name="IGN Xbox"/> while ''[[GameSpot]]''{{'}}s Greg Kasavin wrote that it "delivers a rush like few racing games or action sports games have ever achieved".<ref name="GameSpot PS2"/>

Reviewers particularly praised ''SSX 3''{{'}}s technical advancements, with ''[[Game-Revolution]]''{{'}}s Ben Silverman calling the game's snow effects unrivaled, while also recognising its "consistently high" frame rate.<ref name="Game-Revolution"/> ''[[Eurogamer]]''{{'}}s Tom Bramwell directed his praise at the game's draw distances, seamless animation and colourful environments,<ref name="Eurogamer Xbox"/> and [[GameSpy]]'s Bryn Williams commended the game's lighting and particle effects.<ref name="GameSpy GameCube"/> Reviewers also recognised ''SSX 3''{{'}}s open world as innovative,<ref name="Game-Revolution"/> with Williams finding that the loading times allow players to ride across long distances "without having to wait a single second for the environments to load into memory".<ref name="GameSpy GameCube"/> With a score of 9.4 out of 10, Louis Bedigian of ''GameZone'' called the PS2 version "extremely fun. The gameplay is as good as snowboarding games come."<ref name="GameZonePS2"/> Carlos McElfish, Bedigian's colleague, was a bit less positive of the GC version but did not rate it below a score of 9.0 out of 10, saying: "The lack of fantastical obstacles and other ''Tricky''-exclusive elements is admittedly missed, but the inclusion of so many other excellent improvements makes you quickly forget that this ain't ''Tricky''."<ref name="GameZoneGC"/> Tim Surette, also of ''GameZone'', gave the Xbox version a score of 9.7 out of 10, which is a higher score than the other console versions, and called it "one of the tightest games out there... there's nothing that stands out as a negative, and everything else is a glaring positive. The abundance of 'stuff to do' keeps the gameplay fresh and makes 100% completion a task for the gods."<ref name="GameZoneXbox"/> In a slightly less positive review with a score of 70 out of 100, the reviewer for ''[[GamesTM]]'' stated that "given the constraints of the sport", the game does a great job of staying as open as possible.<ref name="MC PS2"/>

The trick system was well received. Bramwell called the new super-über tricks "astonishingly cool" and stated that he was pleased that the game introduced "a much more clear-cut combo system".<ref name="Eurogamer Xbox"/> Perry said that the addition of board presses "make playing ''SSX 3'' an entirely new game", adding that performing tricks is "a pleasure on the PS2 and Xbox", but criticised the GC's controls, citing that "the controller just doesn't provide enough buttons to do" the game justice.<ref name="IGN PS2"/> Kasavin also said that the PS2 pad was "especially well suited for the game".<ref name="GameSpot PS2"/> ''SSX 3''{{'}}s sound and voice acting were widely praised, with Silverman commending the "varied soundtrack and great effects", stating that they make the game "sound terrific".<ref name="Game-Revolution"/> Perry commented that ''SSX 3'' is "a legitimate THX endorsed game, ensuring high-quality sound clarity".<ref name="IGN PS2"/> Williams thought highly of the voice acting, calling it "clear, simple, and not annoying in the slightest". He also considered the DJ commentary to be slick and unobtrusive.<ref name="GameSpy GameCube"/> Kasavin praised the soundtrack, calling it "one of the highlights of the experience", and gave recognition to the way it layers in with the racing, saying that "it contributes heavily to the intensity and excitement of playing ''SSX 3''".<ref name="GameSpot PS2"/>

Non-video game publications sang the praises of the game. Noah Robischon of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the PS2 version an A and said that all of the smooth music, "along with the 'Uber' and 'Super Uber' combo tricks, will have you stumbling away from the console at 4 a.m., your fingers aching and your voice hoarse."<ref name="EW"/> ''[[Playboy]]'' gave the GC, PS2, and Xbox versions a score of 100% and said: "While other snowboarding games run out of steam mid-shred, the ''SSX'' series continues to gain momentum."<ref name="Playboy"/> The [[Game Boy Advance]] (GBA) version of ''SSX 3'' was more poorly received, gaining a score of 63 out of 100 based on 14 reviews on Metacritic, indicating mixed or average reviews.<ref name="MC GBA"/> On GameRankings, the GBA version received a score of 57% based on 12 reviews.<ref name="GR GBA">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/915449-ssx-3/index.html|title=SSX 3 for Game Boy Advance|website=[[GameRankings]]|access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref> A review by ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' called the game slow and sluggish, and its controls unresponsive.<ref name="MC GBA"/> Craig Harris of ''IGN'' said that the graphics engine has difficulty "keeping up with all that the designers throw at it".<ref name="IGN GBA"/> In a more positive review, Frank Provo of ''GameSpot'' wrote that it "duplicates many of the same features found in the console versions", stating that the game's 3D graphics engine is "unrivaled by anything else currently available for the system".<ref name="GameSpot GBA"/> Bedigian of ''GameZone'' said that this version was "not even close to the exciting console versions".<ref name="GameZoneGBA"/>

''SSX 3'' won the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]]' Console Action Sports Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Licensed Soundtrack awards.<ref>{{cite web|last=Casamassina|first=Matt|date=March 5, 2004|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/05/dice-2004-the-awards|title=DICE 2004: The Awards|website=IGN|access-date=April 17, 2022|postscript=. Updated June 18, 2012.}}</ref> By July 2006, its PS2 version had sold 750,000 copies and earned $28 million in the United States. It was the first game in the ''SSX'' series to sell 1 million copies.<ref name=EAHistoryOfSSX>{{cite web|last=Silvers|first=Andrea|date=March 5, 2012|url=http://www.ea.com/news/history-of-ssx|title=History of SSX|website=EA News|publisher=Electronic Arts|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' ranked it as the 83rd highest-selling game launched for the PS2, Xbox, or GC between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined sales of the ''SSX'' series reached 3 million units in the United States by July 2006.<ref name=nextgensales>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028115051/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1|title=The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century|last1=Campbell|first1=Colin|last2=Keiser|first2=Joe|date=July 29, 2006|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|archive-date=October 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''SSX 3''{{'}}s PS2 version also received a Gold sales award from the [[ELSPA]],<ref name=goldelspa>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319031650/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3943|url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3943|title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Gold|publisher=[[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]]|archive-date=March 19, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.<ref name=gamasutrasales>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063107/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php|title=ELSPA: ''Wii Fit'', ''Mario Kart'' Reach Diamond Status In UK|last=Caoili|first=Eric|date=November 26, 2008|website=[[Gamasutra]]|archive-date=September 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Shawn|year=2003|url=https://archive.org/details/Tekken3PrimasOfficialStrategyGuide1998|title=Prima's Official Strategy Guide: SSX 3|location=New York|publisher=Random House|isbn=0-7615-4352-X|lccn=2003110272}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ccbhP6O14 ''SSX 3'': Behind the Scenes] at [[YouTube]]

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Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series) series 16

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{{Infobox television season
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| bgcolour = #FE6F7B
| image = Celebrity Big Brother 16 eye logo.jpeg
| caption = Series sixteen logo
| module1 = {{Infobox reality competition season
| presenter = [[Emma Willis]]
| num_days = 29
| num_housemates = 14
| winner = [[James Hill (TV personality)|James Hill]]
| runner_up = [[Austin Armacost]]
| companion_show = ''{{nowrap|[[List of Big Brother (UK) shows#Big Brother's Bit On The Side|Big Brother's Bit On The Side]]}}''
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| country = United Kingdom
| num_episodes = 29
| network = [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]
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| last_aired = {{End date|2015|09|24|df=y}}
}}
'''''Celebrity Big Brother 16''''', also known as '''''Celebrity Big Brother: UK vs USA''''', was the sixteenth series of the [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[reality television]] series ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother]]'', hosted by [[Emma Willis]] and narrated by [[Marcus Bentley]]. The series launched on 27 August 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/celebrity-big-brother/news/a662424/this-celebrity-big-brother-teaser-will-have-you-hyped-for-the-uk-vs-usa-showdown.html|title=This Celebrity Big Brother teaser will have you hyped for the UK vs USA showdown|access-date=12 August 2015|last=Harp|first=Justin|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=7 August 2015}}</ref> on [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], and ended after 29 days on 24 September 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb16/news/0909/channel-5-confirms-celebrity-big-brother-summer-2015-uk-vs-usa-final-will-air-thursday-24th-september|title=Celeb BB UK vs. USA final dated for 24th September|author=bbspy|work=bbspy.co.uk}}</ref> It is the ninth celebrity series and the fourteenth series of ''[[Big Brother (British TV series)|Big Brother]]'' overall to air on Channel 5. It was the only celebrity series to credit Denis O'Connor as creative director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s149/big-brother/news/a643499/big-brother-has-just-got-a-new-boss-and-hes-got-big-ideas.html|title=Big Brother has just got a new boss and he's got "big ideas"|date=22 April 2015|access-date=22 April 2015|last=Wightman|first=Catriona|website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>

[[James Hill (TV personality)|James Hill]] was named as the winner on 24 September.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/james-hill-wins-celebrity-big-6510877|title=James Hill wins Celebrity Big Brother 2015 beating Austin Armacost into second place as the header|date=24 September 2015|work=Daily Mirror|access-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>

Austin Armacost returned to the house for ''[[Celebrity Big Brother 19]]'' as an All-Star, representing this series. He was second to be evicted.

==Production==

===Live streaming===
On 14 August 2015, it was revealed that Channel 5 had partially reinstated live streaming from the House. For the first time since 2013, live streaming would air every weekday between midnight and 1am on [[5*]]. 30 minutes of live streaming will also air on Channel 5 after the live eviction show on Friday, meaning 90 minutes of live streaming will air every Friday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigbrother247.co.uk/day-13-c5-schedule-weekday-live-feed-for-celebrity-big-brother/|title=C5 schedule weekday live feed for Celebrity Big Brother|access-date=14 August 2015|website=Big Brother 24/7}}</ref>

===Best bits series===
On 20 August 2015 it was revealed that a special six-part best bits series would be airing every Saturday night on 5*. The series will look back at some of the best moments from ''Celebrity Big Brother'' history and will feature a range of special guests. Each episode would have its own topic, the first being "Heroes vs Villains", with the second being "Flirty Friendships and more". The series began on 29 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigbrother247.co.uk/day-8-heroes-and-villains-best-bits-special-to-air-on-5/|title=Heroes and Villains' best bits special to air on 5*|access-date=20 August 2015|website=Big Brother 24/7}}</ref>

===''Bit on the Side''===
Channel 5 confirmed on 31 July 2015 that ''Big Brother's Bit on the Side'' would be airing seven nights a week for the first time since 2014. The weekday episodes will air on Channel 5, with the weekend episodes airing on 5*.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigbrother247.co.uk/pre-cbb-c5-airs-first-celebrity-big-brother-teaser-trailer/|title=C5 airs first Celebrity Big Brother teaser trailer|access-date=31 July 2015|website=Big Brother 24/7}}</ref>

===Teasers===
The first five-second teaser for ''Celebrity Big Brother'' aired on 31 July 2015 confirming the theme UK v USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigbrother247.co.uk/pre-cbb-bit-on-the-side-to-air-seven-days-a-week-for-cbb/|title=Bit on the Side to air seven days a week for CBB|access-date=31 July 2015|website=Big Brother 24/7}}</ref> Channel 5 later revealed the full length advert on 7 August 2015. The advert featured hosts Emma Willis and [[Rylan Clark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigbrother247.co.uk/pre-cbb-channel-5-debut-main-cbb-uk-vs-usa-trailer/|title=Channel 5 debut main CBB: UK vs USA trailer|access-date=7 August 2015|website=Big Brother 24/7}}</ref>

===Sponsorship===
[[Lucozade]] returns to sponsor ''Celebrity Big Brother'' after previously sponsoring ''Big Brother 16'' earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/lucozade-sponsor-big-brother-celebrity-big-brother/1346862|title=Lucozade to sponsor Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother|publisher=campaignlive.co.uk}}</ref>

===House===
The house was redecorated following the [[Big Brother 16 (UK)|sixteenth civilian series]]. The house was decorated with British and American iconography to suit the UK v USA theme.<ref name="theme">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/celebrity-big-brother/news/a661071/celebrity-big-brother-confirms-the-uk-vs-usa-theme-and-its-all-kicking-off-next-month.html|title=Celebrity Big Brother confirms the UK vs USA theme - and it's all kicking off next month|date=31 July 2015|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=31 July 2015}}</ref> House pictures were officially revealed on 23 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb16/news/0823/new-celebrity-big-brother-summer-2015-uk-vs-usa-house-unveiled-houses-parliament-statue-liberty-image-gallery|title=Celebrity Big Brother UK vs. USA house revealed – pictures - Celebrity Big Brother 2015 UK vs. USA Channel 5 News - bbspy|author=bbspy|publisher=bbspy.co.uk}}</ref>

==Housemates==
{{more citations needed section|date=September 2015}}
On Day 1, twelve Housemates entered the House. On Day 2, a further two Housemates entered.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/celebrity-big-brother-2015-lineup-chloe-jasmine-jenna-jameson-gail-porter-10475838.html|title=Celebrity Big Brother 2015 contestants: This year's line-up revealed|date=27 August 2015|work=The Independent|access-date=28 August 2015}}</ref>
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|-
!scope="col" | Celebrity
!scope="col" | Age on entry
!scope="col" | Notability
!scope="col" | Day entered
!scope="col" | Day exited
!scope="col" | Status
|-
!scope="row" | [[James Hill (TV personality)|James Hill]]
| align="center" | 28
| Reality TV star
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 29
| {{sort|01|{{won|Winner}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Austin Armacost]]
| align="center" | 27
| Reality TV star
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 29
| {{sort|02|{{Runner-up}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Natasha Hamilton]]
| align="center" | 33
| Singer
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 29
| {{sort|03|{{CFinalist|3rd Place}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Bobby Davro]]
| align="center" | 56
| Comedian
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 29
| {{sort|04|{{CFinalist|4th Place}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Stevi Ritchie]]{{efn|group=HousematesS16|name=SteviChloe|Stevi and Chloe-Jasmine entered the House together on Day 1 and were treated as a single Housemate under the collective name "Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine" for the duration of the series.}}
| align="center" | 34
| rowspan="2"| Singers and Reality TV stars
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 1
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 29
| rowspan="2" {{sort|05|{{CFinalist|5th Place}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Chloe Jasmine|Chloe-Jasmine Whichello]]{{efn|group=HousematesS16|name=SteviChloe}}
| align="center" | 24
|-
!scope="row" | [[Sherrie Hewson]]
| align="center" | 64
| Actress
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 29
| {{sort|06|{{CFinalist|6th Place}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Janice Dickinson]]
| align="center" | 60
| Model
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 27
| {{sort|07|{{eliminated|Evicted}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Jenna Jameson]]
| align="center" | 41
| Porn star
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 27
| {{sort|08|{{eliminated|Evicted}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Farrah Abraham]]
| align="center" | 24
| Reality TV star
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 23
| {{sort|09|{{eliminated|Evicted}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Gail Porter]]
| align="center" | 44
| TV presenter
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 20
| {{sort|10|{{eliminated|Evicted}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Fatman Scoop]]
| align="center" | 44
| Rapper
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 20
| {{sort|11|{{eliminated|Evicted}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Chris Ellison (actor)|Chris Ellison]]
| align="center" | 68
| Actor
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 13
| {{sort|12|{{eliminated|Evicted}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Daniel Baldwin]]
| align="center" | 54
| Actor
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 9
| {{sort|13|{{eliminated|Evicted}}}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Tila Tequila]]
| align="center" | 33
| Internet personality and reality TV star
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2
| {{sort|14|{{CRemoved|Ejected}}}}
|}
{{notelist|group=HousematesS16}}

===Austin Armacost===
'''[[Austin Armacost]]''' is an American reality television personality, who is best known for his role in ''[[The A-List: New York]]'', as well as dating fashion designer [[Marc Jacobs]]. He entered the House on Day 1. He left the House on Day 29 as the runner-up. He later returned to compete in ''[[Celebrity Big Brother 19]]'' as an "All star" housemate.

===Bobby Davro===
'''[[Bobby Davro]]''' is an English actor and comedian best known for his work as an impressionist. He made his television debut in 1981, but it wasn't until 1983 that he made his television breakthrough at ''[[Live from Her Majesty's]]'', followed by appearances on the television show, ''Who Do You Do?''. He entered the House on Day 2, competing against [[#Janice Dickinson|Janice Dickinson]] in order to win the title of "Prime Minister". He finished in fourth place on Day 29.

===Chris Ellison===
'''[[Chris Ellison (actor)|Ellison]]''' is an English actor. He is best known for his role as DCI [[Frank Burnside]] in the popular ITV police series ''[[The Bill]]'' and short-lived spin-off series ''[[Burnside (TV series)|Burnside]]''. He entered the House on Day 1 representing Team UK. On Day 13 he became the second Housemate to be evicted.

===Daniel Baldwin===
'''[[Daniel Baldwin]]''' is an American actor, film director and film producer. He is the second eldest of the four [[Baldwin brothers]], all of whom are actors (one of whom [[Stephen Baldwin]], appeared in ''[[Celebrity Big Brother 7]]'') as well as part of the [[Baldwin family]]. Baldwin is known for his role as Detective Beau Felton in the popular NBC TV series ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''. He entered the House on Day 1 representing Team USA, but became the first Housemate to be evicted on Day 9.<ref name="bbspy">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb16/news/0904/who-was-evicted-from-celebrity-big-brother-summer-2015-uk-vs-usa-daniel-baldwin-first-out|title=Celebrity Big Brother UK vs. USA: Daniel Baldwin first evicted|author=bbspy|work=bbspy.co.uk}}</ref>

===Farrah Abraham===
'''[[Farrah Abraham]]''' is an American television personality. She came to prominence after being cast in the reality television series ''[[16 and Pregnant]]'', which documented the pregnancies and first months of motherhood for several young women. She then became part of the spin-off series, ''[[Teen Mom]]'' until it was axed in 2012. The show was revived for the fifth season in 2015 as ''Teen Mom: Original Girls''. She entered the House on Day 1. On Day 16 she was fake evicted along with Jenna and moved into Big Brother's Luxury Suite where they spied on the other Housemates until their return on Day 18. Unbeknownst to them, the other Housemates were in on the secret. She became the fifth Housemate to be evicted following an eviction showdown on Day 23.

===Gail Porter===
'''[[Gail Porter]]''' is a Scottish television presenter and personality, and former model. In the 1990s she became known for photos in men's magazines such as ''[[FHM]]'', including one nude which was projected on to the Houses of Parliament. She moved into television, becoming a presenter. Her career was affected by [[alopecia]], which in her case resulted in a total loss of her hair. She entered the House on Day 1. On Day 20 she became the fourth Housemate to be evicted.

===James Hill===
'''[[James Hill (TV personality)|James Hill]]''' is an English reality television personality, who rose to fame following his appearance during the [[The Apprentice (UK series ten)|tenth series]] of ''[[The Apprentice (UK)|The Apprentice]]''. He entered the House on Day 1. On Day 29 he was announced as the winner of the series.

===Janice Dickinson===
'''[[Janice Dickinson]]''' is an American model, photographer, author and [[talent agent]]. Initially notable as a model, she has been described by herself and others as the first [[supermodel]]. She entered the House on Day 2, competing against [[#Bobby Davro|Bobby Davro]] in order to win the title of "President". Janice became the seventh Housemate to be evicted on Day 27.

===Jenna Jameson===
'''[[Jenna Jameson]]''' is an American [[entrepreneur]], [[webcam model]] and former [[pornographic film actress]], who has been called the world's most famous adult-entertainment performer and "The Queen of Porn". She entered the House on Day 1. On Day 16 she was fake evicted along with Farrah and moved into Big Brother's Luxury Suite where they spied on the other Housemates until their return on Day 18. Unbeknownst to them, the other Housemates were in on the secret. She became the sixth Housemate to be evicted on Day 27.

===Natasha Hamilton===
'''[[Natasha Hamilton]]''' is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and occasional stage actress. She is a member of girl group [[Atomic Kitten]]. She entered the House on Day 1. She finished in third place on Day 29.

===Scoop===
'''[[Fatman Scoop|Isaac Freeman III]]''', better known by his stage name '''Fatman Scoop''' (or simply '''Scoop'''), is an American [[hype man]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]] promoter and radio personality famed for his on-stage rough, raw, loud voice. He is known for the song "[[Be Faithful]]" which went to number one in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] in late 2003 and top 5 in [[Australia]]. He entered the House on Day 1. On Day 10, Scoop was voted as President of the House. He became the third Housemate to be evicted from the House on Day 20.

===Sherrie Hewson===
'''[[Sherrie Hewson|Sherrie Hutchinson]]''' is an English actress, presenter, broadcaster, television personality and novelist. She is best known for her roles in ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]'', ''[[Emmerdale]]'' and ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]''. Since 2003, she has also been a regular panellist on lunchtime chat show ''[[Loose Women]]''. She entered the House on Day 1. She finished in sixth place on Day 29.

===Stevi Ritchie & Chloe-Jasmine Whichello===
'''[[Stevi Ritchie]]''' and '''[[Chloe Jasmine|Chloe-Jasmine Whichello]]''', the latter of whom is better known by her stage name '''Chloe Jasmine''', are a couple who appeared (separately) in the [[The X Factor (British series 11)|eleventh series]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''. They entered the House on Day 1 competing as one Housemate. They finished in fifth place on Day 29.

===Tila Tequila===
'''[[Tila Tequila|Thien Nguyen]]''', better known by her [[stage name]]s '''Tila Tequila''', '''Miss Tila''' (or simply '''Tila'''), is an American model, [[reality television|television personality]], singer, songwriter, actress, writer and blogger. She entered the House on Day 1 as an American contestant. However, she was ejected on her second day in the House after it was discovered that she had posted items on social media proclaiming her support for [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Nazism]] and [[White supremacy|white supremacism]], along with photos of herself in [[Nazi]] outfits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb16/news/0828/channel-5-confirms-tila-tequila-removed-celebrity-big-brother-summer-2015-amid-nazi-hitler-scandal-position-house-untenable|title=Tila Tequila ejected from Celeb BB amid Nazi scandal|author=bbspy|publisher=bbspy.co.uk}}</ref>

==House guests==

===Paul Burrell===
On Day 6, [[Paul Burrell]], a former [[British Royal Household]] servant, [[footman]] and [[butler]], entered the House to accommodate the "Big Brother Royal Family" task.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb16/news/0901/paul-burrell-joining-celebrity-big-brother-2015-uk-usa-special-guest-royal-family-task-british-monarchs-american-servants|title=Paul Burrell joining Celeb BB for Royal Family task|author=bbspy|publisher=bbspy.co.uk}}</ref> He left the House on Day 9.

===Jennie Bond===
On Day 7, [[Jennie Bond]], a British journalist and television presenter, briefly entered the House as part of the "Big Brother Royal Family" task where she interviewed Lord James and Lady Natasha. Both were unaware that the American servants were watching from the potato-peeling tower.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigbrother.channel5.com/day-7-watch-sabotaged-royal-interview|title=Day 7: Watch the sabotaged royal interview|publisher=Channel 5}}</ref>

===Emma Willis===
On Day 23, presenter [[Emma Willis]] briefly entered the House as part of an eviction showdown leading to Farrah's departure. Willis then immediately left the House to prepare for her interview.

===Eamonn Holmes===
On Day 27, [[Eamonn Holmes]] briefly entered the House as part of the "Battle of the Nations" task, in which he would ask questions to the Housemates about the public's perception of them. He later returned that day as a guest on ''[[Big Brother's Bit on the Side]]'', which was presented from inside the House.

==Summary==

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 96%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"
|-
! rowspan=2 style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 1'''
| '''Entrances''' ||
*Sherrie, Scoop, Natasha, Austin, Gail, Chris, Jenna, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine, Farrah, James, Tila and Daniel entered the house.
|-
| '''Tasks''' ||
*Housemates were split into two teams consisting of the UK Housemates (Gail, Natasha, Chris, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine, James and Sherrie) and the USA Housemates (Austin, Farrah, Jenna, Scoop, Tila and Daniel). One by one, each Housemate from both teams would take turns to try and aim for the six Housemate targets from their opposing teams, whilst firing footballs out of a glitter [[cannon]]. The UK team ultimately won the task with three out of six targets hit, and were awarded with a special party. However, they had to select three USA Housemates who wouldn't be invited to the party and would instead spend time in the tower until further notice. They chose Daniel, Scoop and Farrah.
|-
! rowspan=3 style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 2'''
| '''Entrances''' ||
*Bobby and Janice entered the house.
|-
| '''Tasks''' ||
*Bobby and Janice were selected as team captains for the UK and USA respectively, and competed against each other in a series of challenges in order to become "Prime Minister" or "President" of the House. These challenges included answering questions which related to British and American culture, correctly spelling famous [[colloquialisms]], drinking liquefied substances and putting as many clothing items on in one minute. At the end of the task, Bobby was announced as the winner, thus becoming "Prime Minister" of the House.
|-
| '''Exits''' ||
*Tila was ejected from the House, following awareness of social media comments that she made prior to entering the house, where she expressed her support for [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Nazism]] and [[White supremacy|white supremacism]].
|-
! style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 3'''
| '''Tasks''' ||
*'''Dizzy Dash:''' The Housemates, in their respective teams, were spun around in a cart whilst being asked a question about one of their fellow Housemates. When the cart stopped spinning, they had to run down a small track and cross the finish line, with the first Housemate to cross the finish line being able to answer the question to win a point for their team.
|-
! style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 4'''
| '''Punishments''' ||
*Janice was given a formal warning for appearing to spit at Austin.
|-
! style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 5'''
| '''Exits''' ||
*Janice left the House temporarily to receive emergency medical attention after having an allergic reaction to a wasp sting.
|-
! rowspan="3" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 6'''
| '''Nominations''' ||
*Housemates nominated for the first time. Chris, Daniel, Farrah, Janice, Jenna, and Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine received the most nominations and faced the public vote.
|-
| '''Tasks''' ||
*'''Big Brother's Royal Family:''' For the Housemates' first shopping task, the House was transformed into a Royal Palace with the UK Housemates becoming the monarchy, and the USA Housemates being their servants. The servants were joined by House guest [[Paul Burrell]], who assigned roles for the servants and, throughout the course of the week, will teach them how to reach Royal standards in order to help them pass the task.
|-
| '''Entrances''' ||
*[[Paul Burrell]] entered the House to participate in this week's shopping task.
|-
! style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 7'''
|'''Tasks''' ||
*Housemates continued with their first shopping task. It was revealed to the American Housemates that the real goal of the task was to disgrace the royal family and expose them in situations where they lack etiquette and decorum. Today, the American Housemates were instructed to write up questions for a royal interview with Natasha and James. Later that day, Big Brother tasked the servants with taking photos of the Royal Family in compromising shots.
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 8'''
| '''Tasks''' ||
*Housemates continued with their first shopping tasks. The American Housemates were tasked with choosing two of their own (Austin and Farrah) to sit in on afternoon tea with four members of the Royal Family (Chloe-Jasmine, Gail, James, and Natasha). Austin and Farrah had the task of making the members of the Royal Family angry, ruining afternoon tea. Later that day, it was revealed to the British Housemates the true nature of the shopping task. Big Brother then informed all Housemates that they had passed the task and would be rewarded with a luxury shopping budget for the week.
|-
| '''Punishments''' ||
*Farrah was given a formal warning for using offensive language during the last part of the shopping task.
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 9'''
| '''Tasks''' ||
*'''The Newlywed Game:''' Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine were tasked with answering questions about each other in the same style as [[The Newlywed Game]]. Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine answered enough questions correctly and passed the task. For passing the task, they were rewarded with a romantic picnic later that day.
|-
| '''Exits''' ||
*Paul left the House.
*Daniel was evicted from the house, receiving the fewest votes to save.
|-
! rowspan="4" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 10'''
| '''Tasks''' ||
* '''And the Weiner is...:''' Team UK and Team USA competed in a giant hot dog making competition. Housemates were to dress up as hotdogs and slid into a hotdog bun. Bobby and Janice would then measure how close each person was to the centre of the target. The team with the lowest collective distance would win the task. Team USA won the task and were then given the power to vote for a President of the House. They chose Scoop.
|-
| '''Twists''' ||
*Due to Team USA winning the task earlier in the day, they were all granted immunity from the next eviction and were the only Housemates able to nominate. Also, as President of the House, Scoop was forced to nominate one of the UK Housemates with a killer nomination. He chose Chris, meaning Chris automatically faced the next public vote.
|-
| '''Nominations''' ||
*Team USA were the only housemates to nominate this week. They all had to agree on three of the UK housemates to nominate. They nominated Bobby, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine and Gail. As President, Scoop was able to give a killer nomination. He nominated Chris, meaning Bobby, Chris, Gail and Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine faced the public vote.
|-
| '''Punishments''' ||
*As punishment for Chloe-Jasmine, James, and Janice discussing nominations, the hot water in the House was turned off until further notice.
|-
! rowspan="1" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 13'''
| '''Exits''' ||
*Chris was evicted from the house, receiving the fewest votes to save.
|-
! rowspan="1" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 13'''
| '''Nominations''' ||
*The housemates all nominated for the second time. Bobby, Farrah, Gail, Jenna and Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine received the most nominations and faced the public vote.
|-
! rowspan="3" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 18'''
| '''Exits''' ||
*Farrah and Jenna were fake evicted and sent to the Luxury Suite.
|-
| '''Twists''' ||
*As residents of the Luxury Suite, Farrah and Jenna were immune from nominations, and were in control of who will face the public vote. However, unbeknownst to them, whoever they believed they nominated for eviction, will actually be immune from the public vote. The housemates in the main house were made aware of this and tried to get nominated in order to be immune from the next eviction.
|-
| '''Nominations''' ||
*Farrah and Jenna nominated Austin, Bobby, James, Natasha and Sherrie for eviction. They instead became immune, meaning Gail, Janice, Scoop and Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine faced the public vote.
|-
! rowspan="1" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 20'''
| '''Exits''' ||
*Scoop and Gail were evicted from the house, respectively, receiving the fewest votes to save.
|-
! rowspan="1" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 23'''
| '''Exits''' ||
*[[Emma Willis]] entered the House as part of an eviction showdown. As all nine remaining Housemates faced the public vote, the four with the most votes to save; Austin, James, Natasha and Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine were asked to randomly stand behind another podium which unknown to them had a hidden number on them. This would be the order in which they would save their fellow Housemates. Natasha went first and saved Sherrie, followed by James who saved Janice, then Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine who saved Bobby. This then left Austin with the decisive vote. He chose to save Jenna meaning Farrah was evicted.
|-
! rowspan="1" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 25'''
| '''Nominations''' ||
*The housemates all nominated for the third and final time. Austin, Bobby, Janice and Jenna received the most nominations and faced the public vote.
|-
! rowspan="1" style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 27'''
| '''Exits''' ||
*Jenna and Janice were evicted from the house, respectively, receiving the fewest votes to save.
|-
! style="width: 6%;" | '''Day 29'''
| '''Exits''' ||
*Sherrie left the house in sixth place, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine left the house in fifth place, Bobby left the house in fourth place and Natasha left the house in third place. It was revealed that James was the winner, leaving Austin as the runner-up.
|}

==Nominations table==
'''Key:'''
:{{Color box|#2323F5|border=darkgray}} Team UK
:{{Color box|#F41F1F|border=darkgray}} Team USA
{| class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align:center; width:100%; font-size:85%; line-height:15px;"
! style="width:12%" colspan="2"|
! style="width:12%"|Day 6
! style="width:12%"|Day 11
! style="width:12%"|Day 13
! style="width:12%"|Day 18
! style="width:12%"|Day 20
! style="width:12%"|Day 25
! style="width:12%" colspan="2"|Day 29 Final
! style="width:1%"|Nominations received
|-
! style="background:#000" colspan="11"|
|-
! style="background:#2323F5"|
! James
| Janice, Farrah || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || {{nowrap|Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine,}} Farrah || style="background:#FBF373"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No nominations'' || Jenna, Austin || style="background:#73FB76" colspan="2"|'''Winner''' (Day 29) || style="background:#73FB76"|3
|-
! style="background:#F41F1F"|
! Austin
| Farrah, Janice || style="background:#FBF373"|Bobby, {{nowrap|Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine,}} Gail || Farrah, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine || style="background:#FBF373"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No nominations'' || Janice, Bobby || style="background:#D1E8EF" colspan="2"|'''Runner-up''' (Day 29) || style="background:#D1E8EF"|6
|-
! style="background:#2323F5"|
! Natasha
| Farrah, Janice || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || Farrah, Jenna || style="background:#FBF373"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No nominations'' || Jenna, Austin || style="background:#ffffdd" colspan="2"|'''Third Place''' (Day 29) || style="background:#ffffdd"|2
|-
! style="background:#2323F5"|
! Bobby
| Jenna, Farrah || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || Farrah, Gail || style="background:#FBF373"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No nominations'' || Janice, Austin || style="background:#ffffdd" colspan="2"|'''Fourth Place''' (Day 29) || style="background:#ffffdd"|8
|-
! style="background:#2323F5"|
! {{nowrap|Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine}}
| Farrah, Daniel || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || Farrah, Austin || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No nominations'' || Jenna, Austin || style="background:#ffffdd" colspan="2"|'''Fifth Place''' (Day 29) || style="background:#ffffdd"|9
|-
! style="background:#2323F5"|
! Sherrie
| Jenna, Farrah || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || Farrah, Jenna || style="background:#FBF373"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No nominations'' || Janice, Bobby || style="background:#ffffdd" colspan="2"|'''Sixth Place''' (Day 29) || style="background:#ffffdd"|3
|-
! style="background:#F41F1F"|
! Janice
| Farrah, Daniel || style="background:#FBF373"|Bobby, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine, Gail || Gail, Scoop || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No nominations'' || Jenna, Bobby || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="2"|''Evicted'' (Day 27) || style="background:#FA8072"|8
|-
! style="background:#F41F1F"|
! Jenna
| {{nowrap|Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine,}} Chris || style="background:#FBF373"|Bobby, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine, Gail || Bobby, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine || style="background:#87CEFA"|Austin, Natasha, Bobby, James, Sherrie || style="background:#CCC"|''No nominations'' || Janice, Bobby || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="2"|''Evicted'' (Day 27) || style="background:#FA8072"|9
|-
! style="background:#F41F1F"|
! Farrah
| James, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine || style="background:#FBF373"|Bobby, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine, Gail || Natasha, James||style="background:#87CEFA"|Austin, Natasha, Bobby, James, Sherrie || style="background:#CCC"|''No nominations'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="3"|''Evicted'' (Day 23) || style="background:#FA8072"|14
|-
! style="background:#2323F5"|
! Gail
| Farrah, Daniel || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine, Bobby || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="4"|''Evicted'' (Day 20) || style="background:#FA8072"|3
|-
! style="background:#F41F1F"|
! Scoop
| Sherrie, Chris || style="background:#CFC"|'''Chris,''' Bobby, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine, Gail || Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine, Sherrie || style="background:#CCC"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="4"|''Evicted'' (Day 20) || style="background:#FA8072"|1
|-
! style="background:#2323F5"|
! Chris
| Jenna, Daniel || style="background:#959FFD"|''Not eligible'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="6"|''Evicted'' (Day 13) || style="background:#FA8072"|3
|-
! style="background:#F41F1F"|
! Daniel
| Janice, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="7"|''Evicted'' (Day 9) || style="background:#FA8072"|4
|-
! style="background:#F41F1F"|
! Tila
| style="background:#FFE08B" colspan="8"|''Ejected'' (Day 2) || style="background:#FFE08B"|N/A
|-
! style="background:#000" colspan="11"|
|-
! colspan="2"|Notes
| ''none'' || ''[[#endnote 1|1]]'' || ''[[#endnote 2|2]]'' || ''[[#endnote 3|3]]'' || ''[[#endnote 4|4]]'' || ''[[#endnote 5|5]]'' || colspan="2"|''[[#endnote 6|6]]'' || style="background:#ccc" rowspan="8"|
|-
! colspan="2"|Against public vote
| Chris, Daniel, Farrah, Janice, Jenna, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine || Bobby, Chris, Gail, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine || Bobby, Farrah, Gail, Jenna, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine || Gail, Janice, Scoop, {{nowrap|Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine}} || Austin, Bobby, Farrah, James, Janice, Jenna, Natasha, Sherrie, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine|| Austin, Bobby, Janice, Jenna || colspan="2"|Austin, Bobby, James, Natasha, Sherrie, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine
|-
! colspan="2"|Ejected
| style="background:#FFE08B"|'''Tila''' || colspan="7"|''none''
|-
! rowspan="5" colspan="2"|Evicted
| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="5"|'''Daniel''' Fewest votes to save
| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="5"|'''Chris''' Fewest votes to save
| style="background:#FFC0CB" rowspan="3"|'''Farrah''' Most votes to fake evict
| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="3"|'''Scoop''' Fewest votes to save
| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="5"|'''Farrah''' Austin's choice (out of 2) to evict
| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="3"|'''Jenna''' Fewest votes to save
| style="background:#ffffdd"|'''Sherrie''' Fewest votes (out of 6)
| style="background:#ffffdd" rowspan="2"| '''Natasha''' {{nowrap|Fewest votes}} (out of 3)
|-
| style="background:#ffffdd" rowspan=2|'''{{nowrap|Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine}}''' Fewest votes (out of 5)
|-
| style="background:#D1E8EF" rowspan="2"|'''Austin''' Fewest votes (out of 2)
|-
| style="background:#FFC0CB" rowspan="2"|'''Jenna''' Most votes to fake evict
| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"|'''Gail''' Fewest votes to save
| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"|'''Janice''' Fewest votes to save
| style="background:#ffffdd"|'''Bobby''' Fewest votes (out of 4)
|-
| style="background:#73FB76" colspan="2"|'''James''' Most votes to win
|}

===Notes===
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*{{note|1|Note 1}}: As Team USA won a task on Day 10, they were granted the right to nominate as Scoop became President of the House. In addition, as Team USA won, Team UK will not be allowed to nominate and will be the only ones able to be nominated. Later that day, President Scoop was forced to make a killer nomination against one Housemate, meaning they would automatically face the public vote. On Day 11, Team USA then collectively decided three more Housemates who would also face the public vote with Chris. They chose Bobby, Gail, and Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine.
*{{note|2|Note 2}}: This week, the Housemates nominated face-to-face. However, in a twist, the public were voting to fake evict rather than to save, with the two Housemates receiving the most votes fake evicted and moved into a secret Luxury Suite. In a further twist, the other Housemates will be made aware of this, unbeknownst to the residents of the Suite.
*{{note|3|Note 3}}: As residents of the Luxury Suite, Farrah and Jenna are immune from nominations, and will be in control of who will face the public vote. However, unbeknownst to them, whoever they believe to have nominated for eviction will be immune from the public vote. The Housemates in the main house will be made aware of this and will have to try to get nominated in order to be immune from the next eviction, and whoever is not chosen will face the public vote.
*{{note|4|Note 4}}: This week all Housemates automatically faced the public vote. The four Housemates with the most votes will be saved, while the five remaining Housemates will be subject to an eviction twist. The four saved housemates (Austin, James, Natasha and Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine) had to pick one of the five remaining housemates (Bobby, Farrah, Janice, Jenna and Sherrie) to save from eviction. Natasha saved Sherrie, James saved Janice, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine saved Bobby and ultimately Austin chose to evict Farrah thus saving Jenna from eviction.
*{{note|5|Note 5}}: In addition to finding out who was nominated on Day 25, Housemates were also shown who nominated them.
*{{note|6|Note 6}}: For the final two days, the public were voting to win rather than to save. James won with 45.16% of the final vote, whilst Austin was runner-up with 33.83%. Natasha was third with 12.57%, Bobby was fourth with 5.09%, Stevi & Chloe-Jasmine were fifth with 1.82% and Sherrie finished sixth with 1.54%, however none of these figures take into account the vote freezes between each position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb16/news/0924/channel-5-reveals-voting-percentages-for-celebrity-big-brother-summer-2015-final-james-hill-won-with-45-percent|title=C5 releases Celeb BB UK vs. USA final voting results|author=bbspy|work=bbspy.co.uk}}</ref>}}

==Ratings==
Official ratings are taken from [[Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|BARB]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width: 70%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17%;"|
! scope=col colspan=5| Official viewers (millions)
|-
! colspan="2"| Week 1
! Week 2
! Week 3
! Week 4
|-
! Saturday
| style="background:#ccc;" rowspan="5" | ||1.37 || 1.4 || 1.43 || 1.28
|-
! Sunday
|1.54 || 1.6 || 1.81 || 1.53
|-
! Monday
|1.89 || 1.83 || 2.11 || 1.57
|-
! Tuesday
|style="background:#87CEFA;" |1.89 || style="background:#87CEFA;" | 1.65 || style="background:#87CEFA;" | 1.84 || style="background:#87CEFA;" | 1.93
|-
! Wednesday
|1.68 || 1.72 || 1.85 || 1.55
|-
! Thursday
| style="background:#87CEFA;" | 2.57 || 1.86 || 1.93 || 1.87 || style="background:#87CEFA;" | 1.95
|-
! Friday
| style="background:#87CEFA;" | 1.88 || style="background:#87CEFA;" | 1.89 || style="background:#87CEFA;" | 1.7 || style="background:#87CEFA;" | 1.68 || style="background:#ccc;" |
|- style="background:#FADADD;" |
! Weekly average
| colspan="2"| 1.84 || 1.69 || 1.8 || 1.65
|- style="background:#EEDC82;" |
! Running average
| colspan="2"| 1.84 || 1.78 || 1.78 || 1.76
|- style="background:#ADDFAD;" |
! Series average
| colspan="5" | 1.76
|-
| colspan=6|''[[Azure (color)#Light sky blue|blue-coloured]] boxes denote live shows.''
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://bigbrother.channel5.com Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512131509/http://bigbrother.channel5.com/ |date=12 May 2015 }}
* {{IMDb title|id=0257295|title=Big Brother}}
{{Big Brother UK}}

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{{About|the American public affairs program|the Australian program|Meet the Press (Australian TV program)}}
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| alt_name = Meet the Press with Chuck Todd
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| creator = [[Martha Rountree]]<ref name="60th"/><ref name="shemadeit"/> [[Lawrence Spivak]]<ref name="60th"/>
| director = Rob Melick<ref name="About Meet the Press">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcumv.com/programming/nbc-news/meet-press/credits |title=Meet the Press - Credits |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |access-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref>
| presenter = [[Chuck Todd]] {{small|(for past moderators, [[#Moderators|see section]])}}
| narrated = [[Fred Facey]] [[Bert Pence]] [[Dennis Haysbert]]
| theme_music_composer = [[John Williams]]
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| language = English
| num_seasons = 70
| num_episodes = 3,600+
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| executive_producer = John Reiss
| editor =
| location = NBC News Washington Bureau, [[Capitol Hill]], [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="jan2021newstudios" />
| camera = [[Multi-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
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'''''Meet the Press''''' is a weekly American television [[Sunday morning talk shows|news/interview program]] broadcast on [[NBC]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Press: Cast & Details|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/meet-press/cast/203044|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=December 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Meet The Press|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203034332/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2004|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=December 30, 2008}}</ref> It is the [[List of longest-running television shows by category|longest-running]] program on American television, though the current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode on November 6, 1947.<ref name="musebc">{{cite web|title=Meet the Press: U.S. Public Affairs/Interview |url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/meetthepres/meetthepress.htm |publisher=Museum of Broadcast Communications |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925203233/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/meetthepres/meetthepress.htm |archive-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref> ''Meet the Press'' specializes in interviews with leaders in Washington, D.C., across the country, and around the world on issues of [[politics]], [[economics]], [[foreign policy]], and other [[public policy|public affairs]], along with panel discussions that provide opinions and analysis. In January 2021, production moved to NBC's bureau on [[Capitol Hill]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="jan2021newstudios">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=NBCU Debuts New Washington Bureau And Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/nbc-news-washington-bureau-meet-the-press-1234679611/ |website=Deadline |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=FiftyYears>
{{cite book
| first1 = Rick
| last1 = Ball
|title=Meet the Press: Fifty Years of History in the Making
|publisher= McGraw Hill
|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/meet-press/cast/203044
|pages = 12 (Farley), 14-15 (Chambers), 15-17 (Bentley), 51-53 (Castro), 67-68 (JFK) 92 (MLK), 167 (satellite)
|date= 1998
|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref>

The longevity of ''Meet the Press'' is attributable in part to the fact that the program debuted during what was only the second official "network television season" for American television. It was the first [[live television]] [[network news]] program on which a sitting [[president of the United States]] appeared; this occurred on its broadcast on November 9, 1975, which featured [[Gerald Ford]]. The program has been hosted by 12 different [[Discussion moderator|moderators]], beginning with creator [[Martha Rountree]]. The show's moderator since 2014 is [[Chuck Todd]], who also serves as political director for [[NBC News]].<ref name="nbcnews1">{{cite web|title=Chuck Todd Takes Helm of 'Meet the Press'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chuck-todd-takes-helm-meet-press-n180916 |work=NBC News|access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref>

Currently, the hour-long program airs in most markets on Sundays at 9:00 a.m. live in the [[Eastern Time Zone]] and on [[broadcast delay|tape delay]] elsewhere. ''Meet the Press'' is also occasionally pre-empted due to network coverage of sports events held outside the U.S. The program is also rebroadcast on Mondays at 4:00 a.m. Eastern Time on [[MSNBC]], whose audio feed is also [[simulcast]] on [[Sirius/XM Satellite Radio]]. The program is also [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] by [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] to various radio stations around the United States, as well as on [[WCSP-FM|C-SPAN Radio]] as part of its replays of the Sunday morning talk shows.

==Format==
The program's format consists of an extended one-on-one interview with the host, and is sometimes followed by a roundtable discussion or one-on-two interview with figures in adversarial positions, either Congressional members from opposite sides of the aisle or political commentators. A half-hour program for the first 45 years of its history, the show was expanded to 60 minutes starting with the broadcast on September 20, 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=Memorable Tim Russert moments|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11076.html|author=David Paul Kuhn|publisher=[[Politico (newspaper)|Politico]]|date=2008-06-13|access-date=2008-06-14}}</ref>

The program also features in-depth examinations of facts behind political and general news stories (particularly as part of a segment called the "Data Download", introduced after Chuck Todd assumed duties as moderator, which is conducted on a [[touchscreen]] within the main set).

==History==
[[File:meetthepress110975.jpg|right|thumb|''Meet the Press'' set, November 1975. On this broadcast, a sitting American president ([[Gerald Ford]]) was, for the first time, a guest on a live television network news program.]]
''Meet the Press'' began on [[radio]] on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]] in 1945 as ''American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press'',<ref>{{cite web|title=60 Years Ago in News History: America Meets the Press|url=http://www.newseum.org/news/news.aspx?item=jn_MTP071114&style=f|publisher=[[Newseum]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117170923/http://www.newseum.org/news/news.aspx?item=jn_MTP071114&style=f |archive-date=November 17, 2008 }}</ref> a program to promote ''[[The American Mercury]]'', a magazine that [[Lawrence Spivak]] purchased in 1935.<ref name="NYT Sale 1935">{{cite news |date=January 23, 1935 |title=American Mercury Sold to L. E. Spivak |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C00E4D8103FE53ABC4B51DFB766838E629EDE&legacy=true |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2017-08-02 }}</ref> Before the program aired, Spivak asked journalist [[Martha Rountree]], who had worked in radio and had been employed by Spivak as a roving editor for the magazine, to critique the plans for the new radio show. Based on her advice, Rountree created a new radio program that she called ''The American Mercury'', on October 5, 1945.<ref name="shemadeit">{{cite web|title=Martha Rountree: Radio/Television Producer, Writer, Host |url=http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=150 |work=shemadeit.org |publisher=[[The Paley Center for Media|Paley Center for Media]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032421/http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=150 |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>

On November 6, 1947,<ref>{{cite web |last=Jay |first=Robert |title=WNBT Schedule, Week of November 2nd, 1947 |url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2017/11/wnbt-schedule-week-november-2nd-1947/ |website=TV Obscurities |date=7 November 2017 |publisher=Robert Jay |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> while still on the Mutual Broadcasting System, the television rights to the program were purchased by [[General Foods]], which began to air the show on the [[NBC]] television network with the title shortened to simply ''Meet the Press''; the radio version also adopted the new name. Although some sources credit Spivak with the program's creation,<ref name="60th"/><ref name="musebc"/> Rountree developed the idea on her own, and Spivak joined as co-producer and business partner in the enterprise after the show had already debuted.<ref name="shemadeit"/>

{{more citations needed|section, in the next two paragraphs,|date=September 2014}}
''Meet the Press'' was originally presented as a 30-minute [[press conference]] with a single guest and a panel of questioners. Its first guest was [[James Farley]], who served as [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]], [[Democratic National Committee]] chairman and campaign manager to [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] under the first two terms of the [[New Deal]] Administration. Creator Rountree served as its first host, the program's only female moderator to date.<ref name="shemadeit"/> She stepped down on November 1, 1953, and was succeeded by [[Ned Brooks]], who remained as moderator until his retirement on December 26, 1965.<ref name="shemadeit"/> Spivak became the moderator on January 1, 1966, moving up from his role as a permanent panelist. He retired on November 9, 1975, on a special one-hour edition that featured a sitting president as guest for the first time, in this case [[Gerald Ford]]. The next week, [[Bill Monroe (journalist)|Bill Monroe]], previously a weekly panelist like Spivak had been years before, took over as moderator and stayed until June 2, 1984.

For the next seven and a half years, the program then went through a series of hosts as it struggled in the ratings against [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[This Week (ABC TV series)|This Week with David Brinkley]]''. [[Roger Mudd]] and [[Marvin Kalb]], as co-moderators, followed Monroe for a year, followed by [[Chris Wallace]] (who would later go on to a much longer run as host of the rival program ''[[Fox News Sunday]]'') from 1987 to 1988. [[Garrick Utley]], then hosting ''[[Weekend Today]]'', concurrently hosted ''Meet the Press'' from 1989 through December 1, 1991. All this occurred despite the increasing ratings of NBC News' other programs (and those of the network generally) during that period. The program originally aired at noon Eastern Time every Sunday, acting as an awkward [[lead-in]] program to the then-half-hour ''[[The NFL on NBC pregame show|NFL Live]]'' pre-game show in the fall and early winter, before moving to a 9:00 a.m. slot by the early 1990s when ''Meet the Press'' expanded to an hour.

===Under Russert===
[[File:Tv nbc meet the press with tim russert logo.jpg|thumb|right|''Meet the Press'' logo used from September 10, 1995, to June 8, 2008.]]
[[File:US Navy 060305-F-0193C-009 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps, Gen. Peter Pace, responds to a question asked by host Tim Russert during an interview on NBC's Meet the Press.jpg|thumb|Russert interviews [[General (United States)|General]] [[Peter Pace]] in 2006.]]
Network officials, concerned for the show's future, turned to [[Tim Russert]], the network's bureau chief in Washington, D.C. He took over as moderator of ''Meet the Press'' on December 8, 1991, and remained with the program until his death on June 13, 2008, becoming the longest-serving moderator in the program's history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fast facts about the longest-running program in TV history |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21872087/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121225114/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21872087/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-11-21|work=MSNBC.com}}</ref>

Under Russert, the program was expanded to one hour and became less of a televised press conference, focusing more on Russert's questions and comments; Russert also engaged in longer in-depth interviews and hosted panels of experts to discuss the topics featured in that week's broadcast. Russert signed off each edition by saying, "That's all for today. We'll be back next week. If it's Sunday, it's ''Meet the Press''."

During the [[National Football League|professional football]] season, Russert, a native of [[Buffalo, New York]], and an avid fan of the [[Buffalo Bills]],<ref>{{cite news|title=In the Hot Seat |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37798-2004May18.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 23, 2004|access-date=May 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tim Russert's Commencement Address – CUA Office of Public Affairs |url=http://publicaffairs.cua.edu/speeches/russert97.htm}}</ref> sometimes added, "Go Bills!," and occasionally would ask panelists, "How 'bout those [[Buffalo Sabres|Sabres]]?" if Buffalo's [[National Hockey League|NHL]] hockey team was doing well. Spoofs of the show featured in a recurring sketch on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' often reflected his impromptu additions in support of the two professional sports franchises. By 2006, ''Meet the Press'' was the highest-rated program among the [[Sunday morning talk show]]s.<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news|title=Tim Russert hits ratings milestone|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-04-24-russert_x.htm|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 24, 2006}}</ref>

On June 13, 2008, Russert died of a sudden [[coronary thrombosis]] (caused by a cholesterol plaque rupture).<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58 |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-13-russert-obit_N.htm|author=Jill Lawrence|website=USA Today|date=June 14, 2008|access-date=December 14, 2008}}</ref> Former ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'' anchor [[Tom Brokaw]] hosted a special edition of ''Meet the Press'' dedicated to the life of Russert on June 15, 2008, in which Russert's chair was left empty as a tribute.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC remembers Russert on first 'Meet the Press' since his death | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/15/russert.sunday/index.html?eref=rss_us | website=[[CNN]].com/US|date=June 15, 2008|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref>

====Guest moderators====
*[[Andrea Mitchell]] (August 15, 2004)<ref>{{cite web|title=Transcript for August 15 – Meet the Press |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/5714209|work=NBC News|date=August 15, 2004}}</ref>

===After Russert===
Mark Whitaker was named by NBC News as the division's Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief and was given "executive oversight" of ''Meet the Press''.

====Interim Brokaw era====
''NBC Nightly News'' anchor [[Brian Williams]] acted as moderator of the first show following the tribute to Russert on June 15, 2008, with the same guests and subject matter that Russert was planning for when he died.<ref>{{cite web|title=June 22: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), political roundtable |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/25313596|work=NBC News|date=June 22, 2008}}</ref>

Following Russert's death, Tom Brokaw was named the interim moderator through the [[United States general elections, 2008|2008 general elections]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NBC's Tom Brokaw to moderate 'Meet the Press' through election|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/25313649|work=NBC News|access-date=June 22, 2008}}</ref> Brokaw followed Russert's tradition by signing off with "We'll be back next Sunday because if it's Sunday, it's ''Meet the Press''" (a sign-off that continues to be used by his successors as moderator). In September of that year, the show was presented with limited commercial interruption.

On August 10, 2008, [[David Gregory (journalist)|David Gregory]] moderated the panel discussion during the second half-hour of the broadcast, while Brokaw anchored the first half-hour from the site of the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. The following week on August 17, 2008, he moderated the entire broadcast. On December 1, 2008, it was also reported that the December 7 broadcast would be Brokaw's last, with Gregory becoming the new permanent host the following Sunday.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gregory to host 'Meet the Press' |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16119.html|author=Mike Allen|work=Politico|date=December 1, 2008}}</ref>

===Under Gregory===
David Gregory began his tenure as moderator on December 14, 2008. Four days after Gregory's first regular broadcast, on December 18, 2008, NBC News political director [[Chuck Todd]] was named contributing editor of ''Meet the Press''. Throughout Gregory's tenure as moderator, ''Meet the Press'' experienced significant [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]] declines. In the final three months of 2013, the program placed third among the Sunday morning talk shows in total viewership, behind [[CBS]]'s ''[[Face the Nation]]'' and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[This Week (ABC TV series)|This Week]]'', for the first time since 1992. It also experienced the lowest ratings in the show's entire history among the key 25-to-54 age viewing [[demographic]] during this period.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC's 'Meet The Press' hits historic lows in the final quarter of 2013|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/01/nbcs-meet-the-press-ratings-hit-historic-lows-in-q-180647.html|publisher=[[Politico]]|access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> NBC management became uncertain as to the future direction of the program.<ref>{{cite news|title=C staff irked as NBC News eyes cuts|url=https://nypost.com/2013/12/21/dc-staff-irked-as-nbc-news-boss-turness-eyes-cuts/|author=Claire Atkinson|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=December 21, 2013|access-date=December 23, 2013}}</ref>

A new set was introduced on May 2, 2010, featuring video screens and library-style bookshelves; Gregory would preview the guests to be featured during each week's broadcast using a large video screen. Different, modified intro music was also introduced, with the ''Meet the Press'' theme music in a shorter "modernized [style]...the beginning repeated with drum beats" (see "[[#High-definition broadcasting|High-definition broadcasting]]" below for additional information).<ref>{{cite web|title=Gregory to host 'Meet the Press'|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16119.html|author=Mike Allen |work=[[Politico]]|date=December 2, 2008|access-date=December 30, 2008}}</ref>

===Under Todd===
[[File:Meet the Press.png|thumb|right|''Meet the Press'' logo used from May 2, 2010 (introduced under former moderator David Gregory) to November 5, 2017.]]
[[File:Chris Murphy on Meet the Press.jpg|thumb|Senator [[Chris Murphy]] on ''Meet the Press'']]
[[File:President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Chuck Todd, new host of NBC's "Meet The Press" in the Cabinet Room of the White House.jpg|thumb|U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] participates in an interview with Todd in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 6, 2014.]]
In response to declining viewership, rumors surfaced in August 2014 that Gregory would be replaced as the program's moderator. NBC News President [[Deborah Turness]] apparently had held discussions with [[Jon Stewart]] (then-host of [[Comedy Central]]'s [[news comedy]] program ''[[The Daily Show]]'') to replace Gregory,<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Wanted to Hire Jon Stewart to Host ''Meet the Press''|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/jon-stewart-might-have-been-meet-the-press-host.html|author=Gabriel Sherman|website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] Daily Intelligencer |date=October 8, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> which Stewart later confirmed in a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview, saying, "My guess is they were casting as wide and as weird a net as they could. I'm sure part of them was thinking, 'Why don't we just make it a [[variety show]]?{{'"}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jon Stewart on 'Meet The Press' Offer: 'They Were Casting a Wide and Weird Net'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/jon-stewart-on-meet-the-press-offer-they-were-casting-a-wide-and-weird-net-20141030|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|author=Andy Greene |date=October 30, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref>

On August 14, 2014, Turness announced that Chuck Todd, NBC's chief [[White House correspondent]], would take over the role of moderator on September 7, 2014.<ref name="nbcnews1"/> Because of Todd's Dodger fanhood, a Los Angeles Dodger poster became part of the physical format.

====''Meet the Press Now''====
On September 28, 2015, [[MSNBC]] premiered '''''MTP Daily''''', a weekday spin-off also hosted by Todd. It formally replaced ''[[The Ed Show]]'' as MSNBC's early-evening program after a transitional period following its cancellation. MSNBC explained that the program is meant to "bring the insight and power of ''Meet the Press'' to our air every day of the week".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/chuck-todd-mtp-daily-debut-483k-viewers-ratings-1201555235/ |title=Chuck Todd's 'MTP Daily' Debut Clocks 483K Viewers|last=de Moraes|first=Lisa|date=September 29, 2015 |work=Deadline |access-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615212418/http://deadline.com/2015/09/chuck-todd-mtp-daily-debut-483k-viewers-ratings-1201555235/ |archive-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref> By 2022, the show was airing in the 1 PM Eastern slot, and in May it was announced that the show would be moving from MSNBC to the free streaming platform [[NBC News NOW]], and rechristened '''''Meet the Press Now''''', starting June 6. The show also returned to an early evening slot of 4PM Eastern.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Chuck Todd's 'Meet The Press Daily' To Move From MSNBC To Streaming Platform NBC News Now |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/chuck-todd-meet-the-press-daily-nbc-news-now-1235017991/ |website=Deadline |access-date=May 6, 2022 |date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>

====Disinformation overtaking media====
In a December 2019 interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Todd discussed how [[disinformation]] overtook the media during the Trump administration.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wade|first=Peter|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-disinformation-spreads-according-to-chuck-todd-interview-929912/|title=How Disinformation Spreads, According to Chuck Todd|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=20 December 2019}}</ref> However, PressThink, a project of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at [[New York University]], took Todd to task for failing to address the issue as it unfolded,<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosen|first=Jay|url=http://pressthink.org/2019/12/the-christmas-eve-confessions-of-chuck-todd/|title=The Christmas Eve Confessions of Chuck Todd|publisher=PressThink|date=26 December 2019}}</ref> in a very detailed discussion of Todd's remarks.

===High-definition broadcasting===
The set utilized from March 17, 1996, to April 25, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Press reflects on set change|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/meet-the-press/36899514 |publisher=NBCNews.com|access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> had been designed as an experimental set for [[high-definition television|high-definition broadcasting]]; several editions of the program (including the first broadcast of a regular series on a major television network in HD) had aired in the format in the 1990s over experimental HD station [[WHD-TV]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Robert L|last1=Hilliard|first2=Michael C|last2=Keith|title=The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting|publisher=[[Focal Press]]|date=February 18, 2010|isbn=978-0240812366|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fcr7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA299|access-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref> Despite this, the program continued to be transmitted in [[NTSC]] over the NBC network itself. On May 2, 2010, ''Meet the Press'' became the last NBC News program to convert to high definition, and unveiled a new set consisting of large video screens mostly used to display Washington scenery, satellite interview subjects and moderator and subject talking points, along with graphics produced for the format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday, May 2: 'Meet the Press' to broadcast in HD, debut a new set |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/36418425|work=NBC News|date=May 2, 2010}}</ref>

In January 2021, production of the program moved from [[WRC-TV]] facilities in [[Tenleytown]] to a ground floor studio in NBC's new Washington D.C. bureau on [[Capitol Hill]].<ref name="jan2021newstudios" /> The move included a new set.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Michael P. |title=New 'Meet the Press' studio pays tribute to heart of democracy, free exchange of ideas |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/01/25/meet-the-press-studio-n1/ |website=NewscastStudio |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=25 January 2021}}</ref>

==Moderators== 
The following is the list of moderators for ''Meet the Press'':<ref name="60th">{{cite web
|title=60th anniversary background information
|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21872087/
|work=[[msnbc.com]]
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121225114/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21872087/
|archive-date=2007-11-21
}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Moderator
! Date
|-
| [[Martha Rountree]]
| 1947–1953
|-
| [[Ned Brooks]]
| 1953–1965
|-
| [[Lawrence Spivak]]
| 1966–1975
|-
| [[Bill Monroe (journalist)|Bill Monroe]]
| 1975–1984
|-
| [[Roger Mudd]] and [[Marvin Kalb]] (co-moderators)
| 1984–1985
|-
| [[Marvin Kalb]]
| 1985–1987
|-
| [[Chris Wallace]]
| 1987–1988
|-
| [[Garrick Utley]]
| 1989–1991
|-
| [[Tim Russert]]
| 1991–2008
|-
| [[Tom Brokaw]]
| 2008
|-
| [[David Gregory (journalist)|David Gregory]]
| 2008–2014
|-
| [[Chuck Todd]]
| 2014–present
|-
|}

==Notable guests and events==
[[File:Whittaker_Chambers.jpg|thumb|right|[[Whittaker Chambers]]'s very first answer on the August 27, 1948, episode helped move ''Meet the Press'' from radio to television]]
* First guest: [[James A. Farley]], the former [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] of the United States and former Democratic National Committee Chair.<ref name=FiftyYears/>
* [[Whittaker Chambers]] states [[Alger Hiss]] was a communist on the radio broadcast on August 27, 1948, which leads to libel suit from Hiss, the [[Pumpkin Papers]], and [[United States Department of Justice|Justice]]'s indictment of Hiss by December 1948.<ref name=FiftyYears/>
* First female guest: [[Elizabeth Bentley]], a courier for a Communist spy ring, on September 12, 1948.<ref name=FiftyYears/>
* An interview with [[Fidel Castro]] aired April 19, 1959.<ref name=FiftyYears/><ref name= Harris-44>{{cite book |editor-last1=Harris |editor-first1=Jay S.|title=TV Guide: The First 25 Years | year=1978 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn= 0671230654 |page=44}}</ref>
* An interview with [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], about the civil rights movement in the United States.<ref name=FiftyYears/>
* Every U.S. president since [[John F. Kennedy]] has appeared on ''Meet the Press'', although not necessarily during their presidency. [[Jimmy Carter]] used his appearance on January 20, 1980, to announce the United States' [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]]. [[Ronald Reagan]] appeared seven times before being elected president, but did not appear during his presidency. [[Bill Clinton]] was the guest for the 50th anniversary broadcast on November 9, 1997. The interview with [[George W. Bush]] was conducted in the [[Oval Office]] at the [[White House]] on February 8, 2004. The interview was held with then President-elect [[Barack Obama]] on December 7, 2008. [[Donald Trump]] has appeared on the program a number of times, most recently in June 2019.<ref name=FiftyYears/>
* The first live [[communications satellite]] television interview occurred on ''Meet the Press'' on September 19, 1965, with the British Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]].<ref name=FiftyYears/>

==Distribution==
In addition to its broadcasts on NBC, ''Meet the Press'' also airs on various other [[NBCUniversal]]-owned channels domestically and internationally, including MSNBC, [[CNBC]] in the United States and Canada, [[CNBC Europe]] in [[Europe]] and [[CNBC Asia]] in [[Asia]]. It is also broadcast in Australia on the [[Seven Network]] and in the Philippines on [[9TV]].

''Meet the Press'' is also available as an audio or video [[podcast]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Free audio and video downloaded to your PC or portable player |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8132577/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050714031627/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8132577/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-14 |work=[[msnbc.com]]}}</ref> and is [[simulcast]] on radio stations by [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] (which also handles distribution of all other NBC-produced radio programming, including [[NBC News Radio]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Press |url=http://www.dial-global.com/index.php/programming/talk-radio/weekend-talk/meet-the-press |work=Dial Global |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315094745/http://www.dial-global.com/index.php/programming/talk-radio/weekend-talk/meet-the-press |archive-date=March 15, 2012 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[The Mission (theme music)]]

==References and footnotes==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press}}
* {{IMDb title|0149490|Meet the Press}}

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Bo Dallas

2022-12-17T07:18:27Z

71.174.204.54: /* The Miztourage and The B-Team (2017–2021) */Same reason as earlier, not confirmed yet

{{short description|American professional wrestler}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name = Bo Dallas
|image = Bo Dallas may 2017 01.jpg
|image_size =
|alt =
|caption = Dallas in May 2017
|birth_name = Taylor Michael Rotunda<ref name="PWDN">{{cite web|title=WWE Raw in Uniondale (correspondents needed), Dot Net Audio, Raw dark main event, Alberto El Patron, Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas, Alex Shelley, D'Angelo Dinero|url=http://prowrestling.net/printer.php?42372|publisher=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|5|25}}<ref name="PWDN"/>
|birth_place = [[Brooksville, Florida]], U.S.
|family = [[Mike Rotunda]] (father) [[Bray Wyatt]] (brother) [[Barry Windham]] (uncle) [[Kendall Windham]] (uncle) [[Blackjack Mulligan]] (grandfather)
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Sarah Bäckman]]|27 June 2014|2019|end=div}}
|names = Bo Dallas<ref name="DallasNXT"/> Bo Rotunda<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com:80/profiles/t/taylor-rotunda.html|title=Taylor Rotunda profile|access-date=May 18, 2012|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810110546/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com:80/profiles/t/taylor-rotunda.html|archive-date=August 10, 2009}}</ref> Bo Rotundo<ref name="OWOW"/> Mr. Florida<ref name="OWOW"/> Mr. NXT<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KoaHLkumDI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/-KoaHLkumDI| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|title=Sami Zayn vs. Mr. NXT: WWE NXT, June 12,2014|via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Tank Mulligan<ref name="OWOW"/> Tank Rotunda<ref name="OWOW"/> Tank Rotundo<ref name="OWOW"/> Taylor Rotunda<ref name="OWOW"/> Bo Washington<ref name="OWOW"/>
 Uncle Sam<ref name="OWOW"/>
|height = 6 ft 1 in<ref name="WWEBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/bo-dallas|title=Bo Dallas|publisher=[[WWE]]|access-date=February 11, 2013}}</ref>
|weight = 234 lb<ref name="WWEBio"/>
|billed = Brooksville, Florida<ref name="WWEBio"/>
|trainer = [[Florida Championship Wrestling]]<ref name="OWOW"/>
|debut = 2008<ref name="tampabay"/>
|retired =
}}
'''Taylor Michael Rotunda''' (born May 25, 1990)<ref name="PWDN"/> is an American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his tenure in [[WWE]], where he performed under the [[ring name]] '''Bo Dallas'''.<ref name="WWEBio"/> Rotunda is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather [[Blackjack Mulligan]], his father [[Mike Rotunda]] and uncles [[Barry Windham|Barry]] and [[Kendall Windham]] were all professional wrestlers, while his brother [[Windham Rotunda|Windham]] still is.<ref name="Murphy"/>

While in WWE's [[Farm team#Professional wrestling|developmental territories]] [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] (FCW) and [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]], he was a three-time [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion]], a two-time [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship|FCW Florida Tag Team Champion]] with his brother, and a [[List of NXT Champions|one-time]] [[NXT Championship|NXT Champion]]. He was promoted to WWE's main roster in 2014, where he won the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship]] (with [[Curtis Axel]] as part of The B-Team) and the [[WWE 24/7 Championship]] once.

== Early life ==
Rotunda attended [[Hernando High School (Florida)|Hernando High School]], and graduated in 2008.<ref name="tampabay">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808023316/http://www.tampabay.com/sports/community/article1054504.ece|archive-date=August 8, 2010|url=http://www.tampabay.com/sports/community/article1054504.ece|title=Brooksville's Rotunda brothers follow dad Mike into professional wrestling|date=November 26, 2009|last=LaRiviere|first=Derek J.|access-date=June 2, 2010|work=Tampa Bay Sports}}</ref> During his final two years of high school, he qualified for the state wrestling championships.<ref name="tampabay"/> He also played [[American football|football]] as a [[defensive tackle]].<ref name="Murphy">{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2007/09/14/Sports/_He_s_got_the_look_.shtml|title='He's got the look'|date=September 14, 2007|last=Murphy|first=David|access-date=August 30, 2009|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]}}</ref> Originally, he was offered a football scholarship at [[Webber International University]] in [[Babson Park, Florida]], but when the offer fell through, he decided to become a wrestler instead. Rotunda always had a naturally large build and bulky physique, he was already 5’10 and 210 lbs at the age of 15 which is why he chose to compete in sports like football and wrestling which include a lot of physical strength and power. <ref name="tampabay"/><ref name="Bernhardt">{{cite web |url=http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2009/jun/12/ready-rumble/ |title=Hernando High alumni ready to hit the ring |date=June 12, 2009 | last=Bernhardt | first=Chris Jr. |access-date=August 30, 2009 |work=[[Hernando Today]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815053749/http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2009/jun/12/ready-rumble/ |archive-date=August 15, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

== Professional wrestling career ==

=== World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2008–2021)===

==== Florida Championship Wrestling (2008–2012) ====
In 2008, Rotunda signed a developmental contract with [[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) and was assigned to [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] (FCW), where he debuted on November 15, 2008, by defeating Kaleb O'Neal.<ref name="tampabay"/> On December 16, Rotunda, wrestling under his real name, teamed with [[Brian Cage|Kris Logan]] to defeat [[Ryback]] and Jon Cutler in a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types|tag team match]].<ref name="OWOW"/> Throughout early 2009, Rotunda continued wrestling in tag team matches, and changed his name to Tank Rotunda in February.<ref name="FCW09">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/fcw/_2009/|title=Florida Championship Wrestling (2009)|access-date=March 2, 2011|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> In June, he began wrestling as Bo Rotunda and later Bo Rotundo, and the following month he began teaming with his brother, [[Bray Wyatt|Duke Rotundo]].<ref name="FCW09"/> At the [[FCW (TV series)|FCW television]] tapings on June 23, The Rotundo Brothers defeated The Dude Busters ([[Caylen Croft]] and [[Trent Barreta|Trent Barretta]]) to become the number one contenders to the [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]].<ref name="FCW09"/> That same night, they defeated [[Justin Gabriel|Justin Angel]] and [[Brian Cage|Kris Logan]] for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship.<ref name="tampabay"/><ref name="FCW09"/> They went on to successfully defend the championship against Dylan Klein and [[Lance Hoyt|Vance Archer]] and the team of [[Curt Hawkins]] and [[Heath Slater]].<ref name="FCW09"/> At the FCW television tapings on November 19, the Rotundos lost the championship to The Dude Busters (Hawkins and Croft).<ref name="FCW09"/> In early 2010, the Rotundos began [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuding]] with [[The Usos]] (Jimmy and Jules), and their [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]], [[Tamina Snuka|Sarona Snuka]].<ref name="FCW10">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/fcw/_2010/|title=Florida Championship Wrestling (2010)|access-date=March 6, 2011|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> In April, they moved into a feud with [[Jackson Andrews]] and Curt Hawkins, which began when Rotunda faced Andrews in a singles match and won by [[Professional wrestling#Disqualification|disqualification]] when Hawkins interfered.<ref name="FCW10"/>

[[File:BoDallas2010.png|thumb|right|upright|Rotundo during a match in March 2010 at an FCW show]]
Rotunda was then absent from FCW due to injury, making his return in June.<ref name="FCW10"/> He moved into singles competition, defeating wrestlers including [[Ethan Carter III|Derrick Bateman]], Hawkins, [[Tyler Reks]], and [[Tyrus (wrestler)|Brodus Clay]].<ref name="FCW10"/> In August, [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion]] [[Mason Ryan]] issued an open challenge, which Rotundo accepted. He lost the subsequent championship match by [[Professional wrestling#Submission|submission]].<ref name="FCW10"/> On February 3, 2011, Rotundo defeated Ryan to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship for the first time, but lost the championship to [[Lucky Cannon]] immediately afterward.<ref name="champions">{{cite web |url=http://www.fcwwrestling.info/champions.html |title=Champions Roll Call |access-date=March 17, 2012 |publisher=[[Florida Championship Wrestling]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208110516/http://fcwwrestling.info/champions.html |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcwwrestling.info/superstarmonth.html |title=Superstar of the Week: Lucky Cannon |access-date=February 14, 2011 |publisher=[[Florida Championship Wrestling]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106080154/http://www.fcwwrestling.info/superstarmonth.html |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> He regained the championship from Cannon three months later, on May 19.<ref name="champions"/> In July and August, Rotundo appeared in multiple [[dark match|untelevised matches]] before ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1311654374|title=Spoilers: WWE Superstars for July 28|date=July 26, 2011|last=Tedesco|first=Mike|access-date=December 8, 2011|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/21772-smackdown-spoilers-from-bakersfield|title=Smackdown spoilers from Bakersfield|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|date=August 17, 2011|access-date=August 17, 2011|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1314165772|title=SPOILERS: WWE Superstars for August 25|date=August 24, 2011|last=Tedesco|first=Mike|access-date=December 8, 2011|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref> On September 1, Rotundo [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Vacated|vacated]] the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship due to injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcwwrestling.info/superstarmonth.html |title=Superstars of the Week: Leo Kruger |access-date=December 28, 2011 |publisher=[[Florida Championship Wrestling]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106080154/http://www.fcwwrestling.info/superstarmonth.html |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> Later that month, it was reported that Rotundo had suffered a lacerated kidney, and was expected to be absent for several months to recuperate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1315676003|title=Report: Rotundo out of action for several months|date=September 10, 2011|last=Martin|first=Adam|access-date=December 8, 2011|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref>

Rotundo returned at the tapings of the January 29, 2012, episode of FCW television, declaring his intentions to reclaim the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1327964364|title=FCW Results – 1/29/12|date=January 30, 2012|last=Namako|first=Jason|access-date=February 7, 2012|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref> On February 2, Rotundo and his brother, renamed Husky Harris, defeated [[Brad Maddox]] and Eli Cottonwood to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship for the second time.<ref name="champions"/><ref name=FCWTag26>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/24060-two-title-changes-at-tonights-fcw-tapings|title=Two title changes at tonight's FCW tapings|date=February 2, 2012|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|access-date=February 4, 2012|work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]}}</ref> The brothers held the championship until March 15, when they lost it to [[Corey Graves]] and [[Jake Carter (wrestler)|Jake Carter]].<ref name="champions"/> In May 2012, Rotundo made several appearances at WWE [[house show]]s, defeating [[Drew McIntyre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1336326001|title=5/5 WWE Results: Asheville, North Carolina|date=May 6, 2012|last=Gerweck|first=Steve|access-date=May 7, 2012|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1336358123|title=5/6 WWE Results: Charleston, South Carolina|date=May 6, 2012|last=Gerweck|first=Steve|access-date=May 7, 2012|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref> At an FCW live event on June 16 Rotundo defeated [[Viktor (wrestler)|Rick Victor]] to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship for the third time, right after Victor had just defeated [[Seth Rollins]] for the title.<ref name=FCW2>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2012/0620/553692/|title=FCW Heavyweight Title Changes Hands Twice, Recent WWE Attendance and More|date=June 20, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2012}} {{unreliable source?|failed=y|date=April 2015}}</ref> He re lost the title to Victor at another FCW live event on July 13, 2012.<ref name=FCW3>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ViktorRiseWWE/status/223979451493515265|title=Fact, 3 years ago I was security in Punta Gorda for @CMPunk. Tonight I left the same building as 2 time FCW heavyweight champion!|date=July 13, 2012}}</ref>

==== NXT (2012–2014) ====
In 2012, WWE [[Rebranding|rebranded]] FCW as [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]], Rotunda made his [[WWE NXT|NXT television]] debut in the June 20 episode of ''NXT'', portraying a happy-go-lucky and resilient character under the ring name Bo Dallas, where he defeated Rick Victor.<ref name="DallasNXT">{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 6/20 – Week 1 of new season: Kidd vs. McGillicutty main event, Ross & Regal on commentary|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_62864.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name="FCWtoNXT">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/27030-wwe-news-fcw-name-being-phased-out|title= WWE News: FCW name being phased out|access-date=August 14, 2012|magazine=Wrestling Observer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chiverton|first=George|title=NXT weekly ranking & evaluation 6/20 – New NXT Week 1: Early impressions from new cast of FCW talent|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/The_Specialists_34/article_62859.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> In August, Dallas competed in a tournament for the newly established [[NXT Championship]]; he was eliminated by [[Jinder Mahal]] in the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT results 8/8 – Week 8: Gold Rush tournament continues, Hero, Paige, Gabriel vs. McGillicutty, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_64301.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref> On the November 7 episode of ''NXT'', Dallas competed in a number one contenders fatal four-way elimination match against Mahal, Drew McIntyre, and [[Justin Gabriel]]; despite eliminating McIntyre and Gabriel, Dallas succumbed to Mahal.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 11/7 – Week 20: Four-Way #1 contender match, Brodie Lee debuts, Vickie's bounty, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_66593.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=January 12, 2013}}</ref>

On January 26, 2013, at WWE's [[Royal Rumble]] Fanfest, Dallas participated in an eight-man NXT tournament for a place in the [[Royal Rumble (2013)|Royal Rumble match]]; he defeated [[Luke Harper]], [[Konnor (wrestler)|Conor O'Brian]], and [[Adam Rose|Leo Kruger]] to win the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=Ryan |title=WWE NXT: 8-man tournament Royal Rumble match results |url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/2013/wwe-nxts-bo-dallas-earned-a-spot-in-the-royal-rumble-match-26087055 |publisher=[[WWE]] |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128114719/http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/2013/wwe-nxts-bo-dallas-earned-a-spot-in-the-royal-rumble-match-26087055 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> The next day, Dallas entered the Rumble match at number 16, where he lasted over 20 minutes and eliminated the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWE Intercontinental Champion]], [[Wade Barrett]], who returned to the ring and eliminated Dallas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=Caldwell's WWE Royal Rumble PPV results 1/27: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of Punk vs. Rock, 30-man Rumble|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wweppvs/article_68181.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> This provoked a brief feud, with Barrett challenging Dallas to a non-title match the next night on ''Raw'', in which Dallas earned an upset victory.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=Caldwell's WWE Raw results 1/28: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw – Huge Return ends Raw, Rock's first night as WWE champ, Raw Roulette, Heyman-McMahon|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwerawreport/article_68224.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> On the February 11 episode of ''Raw'', Dallas appeared, attacking Barrett before Barrett's match against [[Kofi Kingston]]. Dallas later challenged Barrett for the Intercontinental Championship in a losing effort.<ref name="Namako">{{cite web|last=Namako|first=Jason|title=WWE NXT Results – 4/25/13 (Clash of Champions edition)|date=April 28, 2013|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-news/41191-wwe-nxt-results-4-25-13-clash-of-champions-edition|access-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref>

[[File:BO-Lieve.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Dallas in April 2014]]
Simultaneously with his feud with Barrett, Dallas entered the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament alongside [[Curtis Axel|Michael McGillicutty]]. The pair defeated [[Primo and Epico|Primo & Epico]] to advance to the semi-finals, but lost to [[the Wyatt Family]] ([[Luke Harper]] [[Luke Harper and Erick Rowan|and]] [[Erick Rowan]]) due to [[Bray Wyatt]]'s interference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_68301.shtml|title=James's WWE NXT Results 1/30: Tournament continues, Bo Dallas in main event, returns of Bateman, A-Ry & Mason Ryan|date=January 31, 2013|last=James|first=Justin|access-date=June 1, 2013|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 2/6 – Week 32: Tag Tournament continues, Bo Dallas's main-roster debut carries over, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_68503.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> In an NXT Championship number one contender's three-way match against Conor O'Brian and Corey Graves, Dallas was prevented from winning by Wyatt, due to Dallas's earlier refusal to join The Wyatt Family.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT results 3/6: Main Event #1 contender match to NXT Title, Shield delivers a message, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_69151.shtml|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 11, 2013}}</ref> This resulted in a match between Dallas and Wyatt, which Dallas won.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_69298.shtml|title=James's WWE NXT report 3/13 – Week 37: Champ vs. Champ, Brother vs. Brother, plus Hero vs. Bateman; Overall Reax|last=James|first=Justin|access-date=July 9, 2013|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> Starting in late April 2013, the NXT audience began to turn against Dallas (despite Dallas not changing his character) and started booing him.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pilkington|first=Chris|title=WWE NXT results recap: Jumping Geordie Adrian Neville flies high in Antonio Cesaro clash with shock result|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/wwe-nxt-results-recap-adrian-1861583|work=[[The Daily Mirror|The Mirror]]|date=April 30, 2013|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chiverton|first=George|title=Chiverton's NXT scouting report: Latest Rankings & Evaluation of top WWE prospects, plus insight on potential new WWE signees Callihan & Del Sol|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/The_Specialists_34/article_70493.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref> NXT Tag Team Champion [[Neville (wrestler)|Adrian Neville]] chose Dallas to replace his injured partner, [[Joel Redman|Oliver Grey]], but on May 8, they lost the title to The Wyatt Family.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 4/3 – Week 40: Big E. defends NXT Title, final hype for Regal-Ohno, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_69800.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 5/8 Week 45: Wyatt Family captures Tag Titles, Ohno turning face?, Sandow in action, Paige vs. Summer Rae feud continues, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_70553.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=June 2, 2013}}</ref> Soon after, Dallas's character began showing subtle [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villainous]] traits of being [[wiktionary:disingenuous#Adjective|disingenuous]].<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 5/15 & 5/22: El Generico debuts, O'Brian beats two NXT releases in same match, Bray Wyatt debuts mask, Natalya vs. Rae, more developments|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_70618.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=May29June5>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT results 5/29 & 6/5: Wyatts defend Tag Titles, NXT Women's Title introduced, #1 contender battle royal, Parade of released NXT wrestlers in matches|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_71102.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT results 6/19: Wyatts vs. Ohno & Graves & Neville six-man tag, Summer Rae wins tourney match, El Generico, Xavier Woods, more|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_71408.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 26, 2013}}</ref>

On the May 29 episode of ''NXT'', Dallas won a [[battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] to become the number one contender to the NXT Championship.<ref name=May29June5/> On the June 12 ''NXT'' (taped on May 23), Dallas defeated [[Big E (wrestler)|Big E Langston]] to win the title.<ref name="NXTtitle">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_70822.shtml|title=WWE News: Spoiler on the NXT Title|date=May 24, 2013|last=Caldwell|first=James|access-date=May 25, 2013|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 6/12: Bo Dallas captures NXT Title from Big E., outstanding Generico vs. Cesaro match, Women's Title tournament continues, Wyatts|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_71245.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=June 18, 2013}}</ref> He successfully defended the championship against [[Cesaro (wrestler)|Antonio Cesaro]] and Leo Kruger during mid-2013.<ref name=DefeatCesaro>{{cite web|last=Pilkington|first=Chris|title=NXT results recap: Bo Dallas retains NXT title in hard-hitting encounter with Antonio Cesaro|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/nxt-results-recap-bo-dallas-2063736|work=[[The Daily Mirror|The Mirror]]|date=July 18, 2013|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name="pwinsider.com">{{cite web|last=Trionfo|first=Richard|title=WWE NXT report; United States title on the line; NXT title on the line; dance supremacy in NXT on the line; Tyler Breeze is Tyler Breeze; and more|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/79480/wwe-nxt-report-united-states-title-on-the-line-nxt-title-on-the-line-dance-supremacy-in-nxt-on-the-line-tyler-breeze-is-tyler-breeze-and-more.html?p=1|access-date=August 9, 2013|publisher=PWInsider}}</ref> By then, the NXT audience's [[heat (professional wrestling)#X-Pac heat|dislike]] of Dallas had grown to the point of the crowd literally turning their backs on him while cheering all his opponents, regardless of who he faced, thus turning him [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] in the process.<ref name=DefeatCesaro/><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 6/26 – Week 52: Ohno & Graves, Big E. squash, Women's tourney continues, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_71559.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WWE NXT results – 6/27/13 (#1 contenders match)|date=July 3, 2013|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-news/42394-wwe-nxt-results-6-27-13-1-contenders-match|publisher=WrestleView|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> In September, Dallas held an open challenge to determine his next title contender but banned [[Sami Zayn]] from competing,<ref name=130925NXT>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_73578.shtml|title=James's WWE NXT report 9/25 – Week 65: Triple H makes "big announcement," Ohno/Hero returns, Zayn/Generico in action, Overall Reax|last=James|first=Justin|date=September 27, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2013|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> so Zayn masqueraded as the masked El Local and defeated Dallas to earn his title shot.<ref name=131002NXT>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=80669|title=WWE NXT report: tag title match; the Bo Dallas challenge; and dancing|last=Trionfo|first=Richard|date=October 2, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2013|publisher=PWInsider}}</ref> The match occurred on the October 16 episode of ''NXT'', and Dallas retained his title by sending Zayn into an exposed turnbuckle.<ref name=131016NXT>{{cite web|last=Trionfo|first=Richard|title=WWE NXT report: Zayn versus Dallas; tag title rematch; divas tag action; Breeze versus Parker|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=80948|date=October 17, 2013|access-date=October 18, 2013|publisher=PWInsider}}</ref> Dallas then faced Adrian Neville in December and lost by countout to retain his title.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 12/4 – Week 75: Bo Dallas vs. Neville NXT Title match, Kidd in action, Paige vs. Natalya full-length Divas match, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_74941.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref>

In a rematch at [[NXT Arrival]] in February 2014, Dallas lost the title to Neville, and failed to regain it in a rematch on ''NXT'' on March 27. The following month, Dallas attempted to "Occupy NXT", but the crowd turned their backs on him, and he was forced into a match against Justin Gabriel, which he won.<ref>{{cite web|title=James's WWE NXT report 4/10 – Week 93: Bo Dallas breaks down, Mojo gets hyped, Neville-Brodus feud continues, more|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_77658.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref> Beginning to throw tantrums after failing to get his own way, he was put in a match against Big E on May 22. Dallas subsequently lost the match and was forced to leave NXT as a result. In June, he attempted to return to NXT by appearing as the masked character "Mr. NXT", but was exposed by Zayn and forced to leave.

==== Bolieve (2014–2016) ====
[[File:Bo Dallas Victory Lap.JPG|thumb|right|Dallas celebrated his victory in 2014]]
On the April 7 episode of ''Raw'', WWE started airing motivational-style introductory vignettes for Dallas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=Raw news: Bryan's first night as champ, Taker update, Cesaro joins Heyman, Warrior returns, RVD returns, Paige debuts & wins Divas Title, other NXT intros, more|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_77549.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> On the May 23 episode of ''SmackDown'', Dallas made his official main roster debut by defeating [[Sin Cara]]. This was the start of a winning streak, which reached a third victory with the defeat of [[Xavier Woods]] on the May 30 episode of ''SmackDown''. Dallas made his first pay-per-view appearance at [[Payback (2014)|Payback]], where he was scheduled to face [[Kofi Kingston]]. The match never happened due to interference from [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]]. Dallas would defeat Kingston the following night on ''Raw'' for his fourth victory. Dallas continued his streak with wins over [[Santino Marella]], Xavier Woods, [[Ron Killings|R-Truth]], [[Fandango (wrestler)|Fandango]] and [[Titus O'Neil]]. Dallas attacked [[Mascarita Dorada|El Torito]] after his eleventh victory over [[Primo Colón|Diego]] on the July 4 episode of ''SmackDown''. He would go on to defeat El Torito for his twelfth victory<ref>7 July 2014 on Raw 1102</ref> and then defeated both Diego and Torito in a handicap match as his thirteenth and fourteenth victories.<ref>8 July 2014 on Smackdown 777</ref> WWE released a video of Bo highlighting the "14-Bo" streak he acknowledged.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlywXct4hq4 A look at Bo Dallas's winning streak] 11 July 2014 on WWE's official YouTube channel</ref> He continued his streak against [[The Great Khali]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGE1Qb0Wg4Q&t=1m24s JBL "he's fifteen and Bo" Lawler: "I bo-lieve he's 15 and 0"] 14 July 2014 at Raw 1103</ref> [[Damien Sandow]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye5iut4g3Do| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/Ye5iut4g3Do| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|title=Bo Dallas vs. Damien Sandow: Raw, July 21, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Dolph Ziggler]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F6j82Eue9Q&t=1m40s Dolph Ziggler vs. Bo Dallas: SmackDown, July 25, 2014] JBL: "seventeen and Bo, Michael, look at this"</ref> At [[Battleground (2014)|Battleground]], Dallas participated in the 19-man battle royal for the vacant [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]]; he managed to eliminate Sin Cara and Titus O'Neil before being the 16th person eliminated by [[Dolph Ziggler]]. Dallas's undefeated streak was ended by R-Truth<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXeoYSc55J8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/ZXeoYSc55J8| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|title=R-Truth vs. Bo Dallas: Raw, July 28, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> on the July 28 episode of ''Raw'', prompting a small feud between the two.

In late August, Dallas began tormenting [[Jack Swagger]] about his loss to [[Rusev (wrestler)|Rusev]] at [[SummerSlam (2014)|SummerSlam]] after Swagger's matches.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tedesco|first=Mike|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-wrestling-results/wwe-raw-results/50401-wwe-raw-results-8-25-14-live-results-from-anaheim|title=WWE RAW Results – 8/25/14 (John Cena returns to action)|publisher=WrestleView|date=August 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Trionfo|first=Richard|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=87970&p=2|title=WWE Raw report: growing up Bella; The Highlight Reel; a new American hero; and more|publisher=PWInsider|date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> Dallas began feuding with [[Mark Henry]] after defeating him on the September 29 episode of ''Raw'', tormenting him like he did Swagger following Henry's losses to Rusev at [[Night of Champions (2014)|Night of Champions]]. On the October 7 episode of ''Main Event'', Dallas unsuccessfully challenged Dolph Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwemainevent/2014-10-07/results|title=WWE Main Event results, Oct. 7, 2014: Ziggler puts an end to Dallas' hot streak|work=WWE|date=October 7, 2014|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> Dallas then scored three wins over Henry in both singles and tag team matches, before being quickly defeated by Henry in a match on the [[Hell in a Cell (2014)|Hell in a Cell]] pre-show, ending their feud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/hellinacell/2014/mark-henry-vs-bo-dallas-26756144|title=Mark Henry vs. Bo Dallas|author=Silberkleit, Jared|date=October 26, 2014|access-date=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

After a four-month absence due to a foot injury, Dallas made his televised return on the [[WrestleMania 31]] pre-show in March 2015, competing in the [[André the Giant Memorial Trophy|André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal]], where he was eliminated by [[Kenta Kobayashi|Hideo Itami]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=92699&p=2|title=WWE WrestleMnia 31 Kick Off show report: tag title match, Andre the Giant memorial battle royal, Lita in the social media lounge, and more|author=Trionfo, Richard|publisher=PWInsider|date=March 29, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref> The next night on Raw, Dallas came out and interrupted [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]], telling him to Bo-lieve before receiving a [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Inverted DDT|Scorpion Death drop]]. On the May 18 episode of ''Raw'', Dallas reignited his rivalry with [[Neville (wrestler)|Neville]], attacking him before and after his match with [[Wade Barrett|King Barrett]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwerawreport/article_85078.shtml|title=Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 5/18: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - Payback PPV fall-out, two title matches, packed show includes major Lana-Rusev developments and NXT champ debuting, more|author=Caldwell, James|website=Pro Wrestling Torch|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=May 21, 2015}}</ref> At [[Elimination Chamber (2015)|Elimination Chamber]], Dallas faced Neville in a losing effort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wweppvs/article_85340.shtml|title=CAaldwell's WWE E. Chamber PPV Report 5/31: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of WWE Title match, Cena vs. Owens, two Elimination Chamber matches, more|author=Caldwell, James|website=Pro Wrestling Torch|date=May 31, 2015|access-date=May 31, 2015}}</ref> On the August 24 episode of Raw, Dallas interrupted [[Brock Lesnar]] and brought up Lesnar's loss to [[The Undertaker]] at [[SummerSlam (2015)|SummerSlam]], before Lesnar attacked him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2015/08/wwe-monday-night-raw-results-599895/|title=WWE Monday Night RAW Results: Sting And The Dudleys Return, Brock Lesnar, New Wyatt Family Member|date=August 24, 2015|website=Wrestling Inc.}}</ref>
On the [[Survivor Series (2015)|Survivor Series]] pre-show, Dallas competed in a five-on-five traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match where Dallas, The Cosmic Wasteland ([[Cody Rhodes|Stardust]], [[Konnor (wrestler)|Konnor]] [[The Ascension (professional wrestling)|and]] [[Viktor (wrestler)|Viktor]]) and [[The Miz]] lost to [[Goldust]], [[The Dudley Boyz]] ([[Bubba Ray Dudley]] and [[D-Von Dudley]], Neville and Titus O'Neil.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Caldwell|first1=James|title=11/22 SURVIVOR SERIES RESULTS – Caldwell's Complete PPV Report|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2015/11/22/1122-survivor-series-live-results-caldwells-ongoing-report/|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=November 22, 2015}}</ref> At [[WWE Tribute to the Troops results#2015|Tribute to the Troops]], Bo Dallas, dressed as [[Uncle Sam]], lost to Mark Henry.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/411s-wwe-tribute-to-the-troops-report-12-23-15/|title=411's WWE Tribute to the Troops Report 12.23.15|work=411MANIA|access-date=2015-12-23|language=en}}</ref>

==== The Social Outcasts (2016–2017) ====
[[File:The Social Outcasts April 2016.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Social Outcasts in April 2016]]
On the January 4, 2016 episode of ''Raw'', Dallas, along with [[Heath Slater]], [[Curtis Axel]] and [[Adam Rose]], debuted as a new stable and went on to assist Slater in defeating [[Dolph Ziggler]], calling themselves "Social Outcasts".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2016-01-04/wwe-raw-results-28503480/page-7|title=WWE Raw results, Jan. 4, 2016: Roman Reigns thwarts Mr. McMahon and the Royal Rumble Match takes shape|work=WWE}}</ref> They would remain as a stable for seven months, including all of them competing in the [[André the Giant]] [[André the Giant Memorial Trophy|Memorial Battle Royal]] at [[WrestleMania 32]], which was won by [[Baron Corbin]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Passero|first1=Mitch|title=Baron Corbin won the 3rd annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/32/andre-giant-memorial-battle-royal-results|publisher=WWE|access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> In May, The Social Outcasts began filming ''[[The Marine 5: Battleground]]'', taking them out of action.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-studios-announces-the-marine-5-battleground|date=May 27, 2016 |website=WhatCulture.com|title=WWE Studios Announces The Marine 5: Battleground}}</ref>

On July 19 at the [[2016 WWE draft]], Dallas was drafted to [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] in the 10th round (50th overall).<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 WWE Draft results: WWE officially ushers in New Era|url=http://www.wwe.com/2016-wwe-draft-results|publisher=WWE|access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> Dallas then returned on the September 5 episode of ''Raw'', carrying a sign saying "Bo-lieve in Bo", speaking in rhymes and displaying a more vicious style as he defeated a local competitor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-raw-results/66655-wwe-raw-results-9516-live-kansas-city-kevin-owens-universal-championship-proper-celebration/|title=WWE RAW Results – 9/5/16 (Live from Kansas City, Kevin Owens Universal Championship proper celebration)|work=WrestleView|first=Mike|last=Tedesco|date=September 6, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> Dallas would continue defeating local competitors the following weeks. On the October 10 episode of ''Raw'', Bo Dallas teamed with Curtis Axel in a losing effort to Sami Zayn and Neville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usanetwork.com/wwe/episode-guide/2016-episode-1220-raw-recap-october-10-2016|title=WWE Raw: October 10, 2016|work=[[USA Network]]|date=October 10, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> The following week on ''Raw'', Dallas defeated Neville with Axel in his corner, and after the match, attacked Axel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pwmania.com/wwe-raw-results-october-17-2016|title=WWE RAW Results - October 17, 2016|date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> The following week, Dallas defeated Axel by pinning him while grabbing Axel's tights.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.pwmania.com/full-wwe-raw-results-october-24-2016|title=WWE Raw Results — October 24, 2016|work=PWMania|first=Andrew|last=Ravens|date=October 24, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> On April 2, 2017, at [[WrestleMania 33]], Dallas was part of the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, from which he was eliminated by the eventual winner [[Mojo Rawley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/04/02/powells-wrestlemania-33-kickoff-show-live-review-neville-vs-austin-aries-wwe-cruiserweight-championship-andre-giant-memorial-battle-royal/|title=Powell's WrestleMania 33 Kickoff Show live review: Neville vs. Austin Aries for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal|last=Powell|first=Jason|date=April 2, 2017|access-date=April 3, 2017|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net}}</ref>

==== The Miztourage and The B-Team (2017–2021) ====
{{Main article|The B-Team}}
[[File:Miztourage WM34.jpg|thumb|left|Dallas (left) with [[The Miz]] and [[Curtis Axel]] at [[WrestleMania 34]]]]
On the June 19 episode of ''Raw'', Intercontinental Champion The Miz approached Dallas and Curtis Axel, offering to make them "the stars [they] deserve to be" if they become his entourage, and later that night, Dallas and Axel appeared in bear costumes during a in ring segment between Miz and his wife [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]], attacking [[Dean Ambrose]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2017/06/wwe-monday-night-raw-match-results-spoilers-june-19th/|title=WWE 'Monday Night Raw' Match Results & Spoilers June 19th|last=Brendan|first=Marrow|date=June 19, 2017|access-date=June 20, 2017|work=Heavy}}</ref> Dallas and Axel, now dubbed [[The B-Team|The Miztourage]], began helping Miz in his matches and occasionally teamed him with him, including winning efforts against Dean Ambrose, [[Heath Slater]] and [[Rhyno]] on June 26 episode of ''Raw''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2017/06/wwe-monday-night-raw-match-results-spoilers-june-26th/|title=WWE 'Monday Night Raw' Match Results & Spoilers June 26th|last=Brendan|first=Marrow|date=June 26, 2017|access-date=June 27, 2017|work=Heavy}}</ref> and [[Jason Jordan]] and [[The Hardy Boyz]] ([[Jeff Hardy]] and [[Matt Hardy]]) at [[SummerSlam (2017)|SummerSlam]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Miz & The Miztourage def. The Hardy Boyz & Jason Jordan|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/2017/the-hardy-boyz-jason-jordan-the-miz-the-miztourage-results|work=WWE|date=August 20, 2017|access-date=August 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=08/20 Powell's WWE SummerSlam Kickoff Show coverage: New Day vs. The Usos for the Smackdown Tag Titles, Akira Tozwa vs. Neville for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, and Jason Jordan vs. Miz, Bo Dallas, and Curtis Axel|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/08/20/0820-powells-wwe-summerslam-kickoff-show-coverage-new-day-vs-usos-smackdown-tag-titles-akira-tozawa-vs-neville-wwe-cruiserweight-championship-matt-hardy-jeff-hardy/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=August 20, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2017}}</ref> At [[No Mercy (2017)|No Mercy]], they also helped Miz to defeat Jason Jordan to retain his title.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Benigno|first1=Anthony|title=Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Jason Jordan|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nomercy/2017/the-miz-jason-jordan-results|work=WWE|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/11/20/kellers-wwe-raw-report-1120-survivor-series-fallout-samoa-joe-vs-finn-balor/|title=KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 11/20: Survivor Series fallout, Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor, Reigns in Miz TV, a big name returns|date=November 20, 2017|last=Keller|first=Wade|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> At [[WrestleMania 34]] on April 8, 2018, Dallas participated in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but he failed to win.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=Powell's WrestleMania 34 Kickoff Show live review: WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, Cedric Alexander vs. Mustfa Ali for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/04/08/powells-wrestlemania-34-kickoff-show-live-review-wrestlemania-womens-battle-royal-cedric-alexander-vs-mustfa-ali-for-the-wwe-cruiserweight-championship-andre-the-giant-memorial-battle-royal/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=April 8, 2018|access-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409013225/https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/04/08/powells-wrestlemania-34-kickoff-show-live-review-wrestlemania-womens-battle-royal-cedric-alexander-vs-mustfa-ali-for-the-wwe-cruiserweight-championship-andre-the-giant-memorial-battle-royal/|archive-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> As part of the [[2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up|Superstar Shake-Up]], Miz was moved to the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] brand, while Dallas and Axel remained on Raw.<ref>{{cite web|title=Get live results from the two-night WWE Superstar Shake-up|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article/wwe-superstar-shake-up-results-2018|publisher=WWE|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> On the April 16 episode of ''Raw'', during a tag team match, Dallas and Axel turned on Miz, ending their alliance.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WWE Raw Live TV Review: The Superstar Shakeup Night One, Sasha Banks vs. Bayley, Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt vs. The Revival for a shot at the vacant Raw Tag Titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/04/16/wwe-raw-live-tv-review-the-superstar-shakeup-night-one-sasha-banks-vs-bayley-matt-hardy-and-bray-wyatt-vs-the-revival-for-a-shot-at-the-vacant-raw-tag-titles/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref>

On the May 14 episode of ''Raw'', the duo adopted the new team name "The B-Team" and defeated Breezango ([[Tyler Breeze]] and [[Fandango (wrestler)|Fandango]]), their first win as a team since August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-raw-results/104462-rollins-intercontinental-title-mitb-qualifiers/|title=WWE RAW Results - 5/14/18 (Rollins defending Intercontinental Title, MITB qualifiers)|first=Mike|last=Tedesco|date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> On the June 4 episode of ''Raw,'' The B-Team won a tag team battle royal to determine the number one contenders for the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|Raw Tag Team Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2018-06-04/article/the-b-team-won-tag-team-battle-royal|title=The B-Team won a Tag Team Battle Royal to earn the right to challenge "Woken" Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the Raw Tag Team Championships|website=[[WWE|WWE.com]]|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref> At [[Extreme Rules (2018)|Extreme Rules]], The B-Team defeated [[Bray Wyatt]] and Matt Hardy to win the Raw Tag Team Championship.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=Powell's WWE Extreme Rules live review: Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles vs. Rusev vs. for the WWE Championship, Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins in a 30-minute Iron Man match for the IC Title, Bludgeon Brothers vs. Team Hell No for the Smackdown Tag Titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/07/15/powells-wwe-extreme-rules-live-review-roman-reigns-vs-bobby-lashley-aj-styles-vs-rusev-vs-for-the-wwe-championship-dolph-ziggler-vs-seth-rollins-in-a-30-minute-iron-man-match-for-the-ic-title/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=July 15, 2018|access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref> On the July 23 episode of ''Raw'', they successfully retained their title against Wyatt and Hardy.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=7/23 Powell's WWE Raw Live TV Review: Bobby Lashley vs. Roman Reigns to determine Brock Lesnar's challenger for the WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, and Triple H's big announcement, The B-Team vs. Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the Raw Tag Titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/07/23/7-23-powells-wwe-raw-live-tv-review-bobby-lashley-vs-roman-reigns-to-determine-brock-lesnars-challenger-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-at-summerslam-stephanie-mcmahons-big-announcement-t/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=July 23, 2018|access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> In the following weeks, The B-Team transitioned into [[Face (professional wrestling)|face]]s and adopted a new entrance theme and mannerisms, this would be Dallas' first time as a face since 2013. At [[SummerSlam (2018)|SummerSlam]] on August 19, The B-Team successfully retained their title against [[The Revival (professional wrestling)|The Revival]] ([[Dash Wilder]] and [[Scott Dawson (wrestler)|Scott Dawson]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2791103-the-b-team-beat-the-revival-retain-tag-team-title-at-wwe-summerslam-2018|title=The B-Team Beat The Revival, Retain Tag Team Title at WWE SummerSlam 2018|last=Chiari|first=Mike|work=[[Bleacher Report]]|date=August 19, 2018|access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> On the September 3 episode of ''Raw'', The B-Team lost the championships to Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre, ending their reign at 50 days.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benigno |first1=Anthony |title=Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre def. The B-Team to become the new Raw Tag Team Champions|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2018-09-03/article/dolph-ziggler-drew-mcintyre-win-raw-tag-team-titles |work=WWE|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref> The following week on ''Raw'', they received a rematch for the titles, but they were unsuccessful.

At [[Survivor Series (2018)|Survivor Series]], The B-Team made up part of Team Raw as they took on Team SmackDown in a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Elimination tag team matches|10-on-10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match]], and Team Raw would go on to lose the match.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wortman|first1=James|title=The Usos survive as Team SmackDown def. Team Raw in a 10-on-10 Tag Team Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match (Kickoff Match)|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2018/10-on-10-tag-team-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results|work=WWE|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> At [[WrestleMania 35]] on April 7, 2019, Dallas competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal but failed to win the match.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WrestleMania 35 Kickoff Show results: Powell's live review of the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, WWE Women's Battle Royal, Buddy Murphy vs. Tony Nese for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/04/07/wrestlemania-35-kickoff-show-results-powells-live-review-of-the-andre-the-giant-memorial-battle-royal-wwe-womens-battle-royal-buddy-murphy-vs-tony-nese-for-the-wwe-cruiserweight-championship/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=April 7, 2019|access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref> As part of the [[2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up|Superstar Shake-up]], both Dallas and Axel were moved to the SmackDown brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/b-team-officially-join-wwe-smackdown-latest-roster-changes-282386|title=B-TEAM OFFICIALLY JOIN WWE SMACKDOWN IN LATEST ROSTER CHANGES|date=April 25, 2019|last=Rose|first=Bryan|work=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> On the April 30 episode of ''SmackDown Live'', The B-Team formed a brief alliance with [[Shane McMahon]], thus turning heel once again. On the September 3 episode of ''SmackDown'', Dallas became the [[WWE 24/7 Championship|WWE 24/7 Champion]] by pinning [[Drake Maverick]] on the backstage area thanks to the help of Axel, only to lose it to Maverick again some minutes later.<ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=9/3 WWE Smackdown Live Results: Powell's review of Ali vs. Elias and Chad Gable vs. Andrade in quarterfinal King of the Ring tournament matches|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/09/03/9-3-wwe-smackdown-live-results-powells-review-of-ali-vs-elias-and-chad-gable-vs-andrade-in-quarterfinal-king-of-the-ring-tournament-matches/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=September 3, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref> Dallas' final televised match was at [[Crown Jewel (2019)|Crown Jewel]] in October, where he and Axel failed to win the [[tag team turmoil match]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Crown Jewel results: Powell's live review of Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez for the WWE Championship, Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt in a Falls Count Anywhere match for the WWE Universal Championship, Braun Strowman vs. Tyson Fury, Lacey Evans vs. Natalya|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/10/31/wwe-crown-jewel-results-powells-live-review-of-brock-lesnar-vs-cain-velasquez-for-the-wwe-championship-seth-rollins-vs-bray-wyatt-in-a-falls-count-anywhere-match-for-the-wwe-universal-championsh/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=October 31, 2019 |access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref> On the November 15 episode of ''SmackDown'', Dallas and Axel were attacked by [[Braun Strowman]], this would Dallas' final appearance in WWE.<ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=11/15 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of Big E and Kofi Kingston vs. The Revival for the Smackdown Tag Titles, Daniel Bryan on Miz TV, Bayley vs. Nikki Cross, Mustafa Ali and Shorty G put their Team Smackdown spots on the line vs. Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/11/15/11-15-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-powells-review-of-big-e-and-kofi-kingston-vs-the-revival-for-the-smackdown-tag-titles-daniel-bryan-on-miz-tv-bayley-vs-nikki-cross-mustafa-ali-and-shor/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=November 15, 2019|accessdate=December 7, 2019}}</ref>

In December, Rotunda asked WWE for time off, which was granted. He also suffered a neck injury which prevented him from working in the ring. On April 30, 2020, his tag team partner Curtis Axel was released by WWE.<ref>{{cite web|title=Curtis Axel released|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/curtis-axel-released|work=WWE|date=April 30, 2020|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> Rotunda was released almost one year later, on April 15, 2021, after over a year of absence, ending his 13-year tenure with the company. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-15|title=Samoa Joe, Billie Kay, Mickie James and other Superstars released
|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/billie-kay-mickie-james-samoa-joe-superstars-released|access-date=2021-04-15|website=wwe.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Other media ==
Rotunda, as Bo Dallas, made his [[video game]] debut as a playable character in ''[[WWE 2K15]]'', and has since appeared in ''[[WWE 2K16]]'', ''[[WWE 2K17]]'', ''[[WWE 2K18]]'', ''[[WWE 2K19]]'', [[WWE 2K20]] and [[WWE 2K Battlegrounds]]. He also appears in the mobile game ''[[WWE SuperCard]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/bo-dallas/3005-30274/|title=Bo Dallas (Character)|work=Giant Bomb|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref>

==Legal issues==
On February 19, 2012, Rotunda was arrested for [[driving under the influence]] in [[Tampa, Florida]], with blood-alcohol levels of 0.166 and 0.178 according to two [[breathalyser]] tests, above the legal limit of 0.08.<ref name="HCSO">{{cite web|url=http://www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/PublicInquiry/ArrestInquiry/ViewArrest?id=12008138&k1=8cebd51144b454f&k2=MTA3OTc5ODEwNQ%3d%3d|title=Arrest Report|access-date=February 20, 2012|publisher=[[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (Florida)|Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]]}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/feb/19/pro-wrestler-rotunda-charged-with-drunken-driving-ar-360523/|title=Pro wrestler Rotunda charged with drunken driving|date=February 19, 2012|access-date=February 20, 2012|work=[[The Tampa Tribune]]}}</ref> He was released later that day on a $500 bond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_58286.shtml|title=WWE developmental wrestler arrested on DUI charge|date=February 19, 2012|last=Caldwell|first=James|access-date=February 20, 2012|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>

In August 2016, Rotunda was arrested for [[public intoxication]] in [[Dallas, Texas]] after being ejected from a flight from [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]] to [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebiglead.com/2016/08/29/bo-dallas-arrest-wwe-drunk-airport/|title=WWE's Bo Dallas Arrested For Being Drunk At Dallas Airport|date=August 29, 2016}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Rotunda's father is wrestler [[Mike Rotunda]] and his grandfather was wrestler [[Blackjack Mulligan]], the latter being a member of the [[WWE Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2631116-robert-blackjack-mulligan-windham-wwe-hall-of-famer-dies-at-age-73|title = Robert 'Blackjack Mulligan' Windham, WWE Hall of Famer, Dies at Age 73|website = [[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref> His uncle [[Barry Windham]] and his brother [[Windham Rotunda]] (who performs as Bray Wyatt) are both wrestlers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1049828-wwe-should-other-members-of-the-four-horsemen-go-into-the-hall-of-fame|title=WWE: Should Other Members of the Four Horsemen Go into the Hall of Fame?|website=[[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref>

Rotunda was married to Swedish arm wrestling champion [[Sarah Bäckman]] from 2014 until their divorce in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/0628/577492/bo-dallas-marries-former-nxt-diva/|title=Bo Dallas Marries Recently Released NXT Diva|website=Wrestlinginc.com|date=28 June 2014|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xsportnews.com/armwrestling/sarah-backman-married-taylor-rotunda/|title=Sarah Bäckman married Taylor Rotunda |website=Xsportnews.com|date=June 29, 2014|access-date=July 17, 2022}}</ref> In February 2021, it was revealed that he was in a relationship with fellow wrestler Gionna Daddio, better known by the ring name [[Liv Morgan]], with the two living on a farm and starting a real estate business to prepare for life after professional wrestling.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/bo-dallas-reportedly-preparing-for-life-after-wrestling|last=Lee|first=Joseph|title=Bo Dallas Reportedly Preparing For Life After Wrestling|quote="Dallas and Liv Morgan have a farm that they live at together, and have started a family real estate business. The two have been studying to prepare for a life after wrestling."|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=411 Mania}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 2017
| ''[[The Marine 5: Battleground]]''
| Alonzo
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|}

== Championships and accomplishments ==
* '''[[Florida Championship Wrestling]]'''
** [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship]] ([[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship#Title history|3 times]])<ref name="champions"/>
** [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]] ([[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship#Title history|2 times]]) – with [[Bray Wyatt|Duke Rotundo/Husky Harris]]<ref name="tampabay"/><ref name=FCWTag26/>
* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
** Ranked No. 73 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]]'' in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2014.html|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014|access-date=December 2, 2014|work=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]|publisher=Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref>
*'''[[WWE]]'''
**[[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of WWE Raw Tag Team Champions|1 time]]) – with [[Curtis Axel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/raw-tag-team-championship|title=Raw Tag Team Championship|work=WWE|access-date=January 5, 2019}}</ref>
** [[WWE 24/7 Championship]] ([[List of WWE 24/7 Champions|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/24-7-championship|title=WWE 24/7 Championship|work=WWE|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>
**[[NXT Championship]] ([[List of NXT Champions|1 time]])<ref name="NXTChampion">{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 8/29 – Week 11: First NXT champion crowned in big-match setting|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_64831.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref>
**[[List of WWE tournaments#Royal Rumble Entry Tournament|Royal Rumble Entry Tournament]] (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=2515|title=Royal Rumble Entry NXT Tournament « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm}}</ref>

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Bo Dallas

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71.174.204.54: /* The Miztourage and The B-Team (2017–Haunting Return) */Not confirmed yet, waiting on official sources

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{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}}
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|image = Bo Dallas may 2017 01.jpg
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|caption = Dallas in May 2017
|birth_name = Taylor Michael Rotunda<ref name="PWDN">{{cite web|title=WWE Raw in Uniondale (correspondents needed), Dot Net Audio, Raw dark main event, Alberto El Patron, Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas, Alex Shelley, D'Angelo Dinero|url=http://prowrestling.net/printer.php?42372|publisher=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|5|25}}<ref name="PWDN"/>
|birth_place = [[Brooksville, Florida]], U.S.
|family = [[Mike Rotunda]] (father) [[Bray Wyatt]] (brother) [[Barry Windham]] (uncle) [[Kendall Windham]] (uncle) [[Blackjack Mulligan]] (grandfather)
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Sarah Bäckman]]|27 June 2014|2019|end=div}}
|names = Bo Dallas<ref name="DallasNXT"/> Bo Rotunda<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com:80/profiles/t/taylor-rotunda.html|title=Taylor Rotunda profile|access-date=May 18, 2012|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810110546/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com:80/profiles/t/taylor-rotunda.html|archive-date=August 10, 2009}}</ref> Bo Rotundo<ref name="OWOW"/> Mr. Florida<ref name="OWOW"/> Mr. NXT<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KoaHLkumDI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/-KoaHLkumDI| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|title=Sami Zayn vs. Mr. NXT: WWE NXT, June 12,2014|via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Tank Mulligan<ref name="OWOW"/> Tank Rotunda<ref name="OWOW"/> Tank Rotundo<ref name="OWOW"/> Taylor Rotunda<ref name="OWOW"/> Bo Washington<ref name="OWOW"/>
 Uncle Sam<ref name="OWOW"/>
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'''Taylor Michael Rotunda''' (born May 25, 1990)<ref name="PWDN"/> is an American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his tenure in [[WWE]], where he performed under the [[ring name]] '''Bo Dallas'''.<ref name="WWEBio"/> Rotunda is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather [[Blackjack Mulligan]], his father [[Mike Rotunda]] and uncles [[Barry Windham|Barry]] and [[Kendall Windham]] were all professional wrestlers, while his brother [[Windham Rotunda|Windham]] still is.<ref name="Murphy"/>

While in WWE's [[Farm team#Professional wrestling|developmental territories]] [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] (FCW) and [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]], he was a three-time [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion]], a two-time [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship|FCW Florida Tag Team Champion]] with his brother, and a [[List of NXT Champions|one-time]] [[NXT Championship|NXT Champion]]. He was promoted to WWE's main roster in 2014, where he won the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship]] (with [[Curtis Axel]] as part of The B-Team) and the [[WWE 24/7 Championship]] once.

== Early life ==
Rotunda attended [[Hernando High School (Florida)|Hernando High School]], and graduated in 2008.<ref name="tampabay">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808023316/http://www.tampabay.com/sports/community/article1054504.ece|archive-date=August 8, 2010|url=http://www.tampabay.com/sports/community/article1054504.ece|title=Brooksville's Rotunda brothers follow dad Mike into professional wrestling|date=November 26, 2009|last=LaRiviere|first=Derek J.|access-date=June 2, 2010|work=Tampa Bay Sports}}</ref> During his final two years of high school, he qualified for the state wrestling championships.<ref name="tampabay"/> He also played [[American football|football]] as a [[defensive tackle]].<ref name="Murphy">{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2007/09/14/Sports/_He_s_got_the_look_.shtml|title='He's got the look'|date=September 14, 2007|last=Murphy|first=David|access-date=August 30, 2009|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]}}</ref> Originally, he was offered a football scholarship at [[Webber International University]] in [[Babson Park, Florida]], but when the offer fell through, he decided to become a wrestler instead. Rotunda always had a naturally large build and bulky physique, he was already 5’10 and 210 lbs at the age of 15 which is why he chose to compete in sports like football and wrestling which include a lot of physical strength and power. <ref name="tampabay"/><ref name="Bernhardt">{{cite web |url=http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2009/jun/12/ready-rumble/ |title=Hernando High alumni ready to hit the ring |date=June 12, 2009 | last=Bernhardt | first=Chris Jr. |access-date=August 30, 2009 |work=[[Hernando Today]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815053749/http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2009/jun/12/ready-rumble/ |archive-date=August 15, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

== Professional wrestling career ==

=== World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2008–2021)===

==== Florida Championship Wrestling (2008–2012) ====
In 2008, Rotunda signed a developmental contract with [[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) and was assigned to [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] (FCW), where he debuted on November 15, 2008, by defeating Kaleb O'Neal.<ref name="tampabay"/> On December 16, Rotunda, wrestling under his real name, teamed with [[Brian Cage|Kris Logan]] to defeat [[Ryback]] and Jon Cutler in a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types|tag team match]].<ref name="OWOW"/> Throughout early 2009, Rotunda continued wrestling in tag team matches, and changed his name to Tank Rotunda in February.<ref name="FCW09">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/fcw/_2009/|title=Florida Championship Wrestling (2009)|access-date=March 2, 2011|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> In June, he began wrestling as Bo Rotunda and later Bo Rotundo, and the following month he began teaming with his brother, [[Bray Wyatt|Duke Rotundo]].<ref name="FCW09"/> At the [[FCW (TV series)|FCW television]] tapings on June 23, The Rotundo Brothers defeated The Dude Busters ([[Caylen Croft]] and [[Trent Barreta|Trent Barretta]]) to become the number one contenders to the [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]].<ref name="FCW09"/> That same night, they defeated [[Justin Gabriel|Justin Angel]] and [[Brian Cage|Kris Logan]] for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship.<ref name="tampabay"/><ref name="FCW09"/> They went on to successfully defend the championship against Dylan Klein and [[Lance Hoyt|Vance Archer]] and the team of [[Curt Hawkins]] and [[Heath Slater]].<ref name="FCW09"/> At the FCW television tapings on November 19, the Rotundos lost the championship to The Dude Busters (Hawkins and Croft).<ref name="FCW09"/> In early 2010, the Rotundos began [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuding]] with [[The Usos]] (Jimmy and Jules), and their [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]], [[Tamina Snuka|Sarona Snuka]].<ref name="FCW10">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/fcw/_2010/|title=Florida Championship Wrestling (2010)|access-date=March 6, 2011|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> In April, they moved into a feud with [[Jackson Andrews]] and Curt Hawkins, which began when Rotunda faced Andrews in a singles match and won by [[Professional wrestling#Disqualification|disqualification]] when Hawkins interfered.<ref name="FCW10"/>

[[File:BoDallas2010.png|thumb|right|upright|Rotundo during a match in March 2010 at an FCW show]]
Rotunda was then absent from FCW due to injury, making his return in June.<ref name="FCW10"/> He moved into singles competition, defeating wrestlers including [[Ethan Carter III|Derrick Bateman]], Hawkins, [[Tyler Reks]], and [[Tyrus (wrestler)|Brodus Clay]].<ref name="FCW10"/> In August, [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion]] [[Mason Ryan]] issued an open challenge, which Rotundo accepted. He lost the subsequent championship match by [[Professional wrestling#Submission|submission]].<ref name="FCW10"/> On February 3, 2011, Rotundo defeated Ryan to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship for the first time, but lost the championship to [[Lucky Cannon]] immediately afterward.<ref name="champions">{{cite web |url=http://www.fcwwrestling.info/champions.html |title=Champions Roll Call |access-date=March 17, 2012 |publisher=[[Florida Championship Wrestling]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208110516/http://fcwwrestling.info/champions.html |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcwwrestling.info/superstarmonth.html |title=Superstar of the Week: Lucky Cannon |access-date=February 14, 2011 |publisher=[[Florida Championship Wrestling]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106080154/http://www.fcwwrestling.info/superstarmonth.html |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> He regained the championship from Cannon three months later, on May 19.<ref name="champions"/> In July and August, Rotundo appeared in multiple [[dark match|untelevised matches]] before ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1311654374|title=Spoilers: WWE Superstars for July 28|date=July 26, 2011|last=Tedesco|first=Mike|access-date=December 8, 2011|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/21772-smackdown-spoilers-from-bakersfield|title=Smackdown spoilers from Bakersfield|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|date=August 17, 2011|access-date=August 17, 2011|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1314165772|title=SPOILERS: WWE Superstars for August 25|date=August 24, 2011|last=Tedesco|first=Mike|access-date=December 8, 2011|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref> On September 1, Rotundo [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Vacated|vacated]] the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship due to injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcwwrestling.info/superstarmonth.html |title=Superstars of the Week: Leo Kruger |access-date=December 28, 2011 |publisher=[[Florida Championship Wrestling]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106080154/http://www.fcwwrestling.info/superstarmonth.html |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> Later that month, it was reported that Rotundo had suffered a lacerated kidney, and was expected to be absent for several months to recuperate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1315676003|title=Report: Rotundo out of action for several months|date=September 10, 2011|last=Martin|first=Adam|access-date=December 8, 2011|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref>

Rotundo returned at the tapings of the January 29, 2012, episode of FCW television, declaring his intentions to reclaim the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1327964364|title=FCW Results – 1/29/12|date=January 30, 2012|last=Namako|first=Jason|access-date=February 7, 2012|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref> On February 2, Rotundo and his brother, renamed Husky Harris, defeated [[Brad Maddox]] and Eli Cottonwood to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship for the second time.<ref name="champions"/><ref name=FCWTag26>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/24060-two-title-changes-at-tonights-fcw-tapings|title=Two title changes at tonight's FCW tapings|date=February 2, 2012|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|access-date=February 4, 2012|work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]}}</ref> The brothers held the championship until March 15, when they lost it to [[Corey Graves]] and [[Jake Carter (wrestler)|Jake Carter]].<ref name="champions"/> In May 2012, Rotundo made several appearances at WWE [[house show]]s, defeating [[Drew McIntyre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1336326001|title=5/5 WWE Results: Asheville, North Carolina|date=May 6, 2012|last=Gerweck|first=Steve|access-date=May 7, 2012|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1336358123|title=5/6 WWE Results: Charleston, South Carolina|date=May 6, 2012|last=Gerweck|first=Steve|access-date=May 7, 2012|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref> At an FCW live event on June 16 Rotundo defeated [[Viktor (wrestler)|Rick Victor]] to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship for the third time, right after Victor had just defeated [[Seth Rollins]] for the title.<ref name=FCW2>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2012/0620/553692/|title=FCW Heavyweight Title Changes Hands Twice, Recent WWE Attendance and More|date=June 20, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2012}} {{unreliable source?|failed=y|date=April 2015}}</ref> He re lost the title to Victor at another FCW live event on July 13, 2012.<ref name=FCW3>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ViktorRiseWWE/status/223979451493515265|title=Fact, 3 years ago I was security in Punta Gorda for @CMPunk. Tonight I left the same building as 2 time FCW heavyweight champion!|date=July 13, 2012}}</ref>

==== NXT (2012–2014) ====
In 2012, WWE [[Rebranding|rebranded]] FCW as [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]], Rotunda made his [[WWE NXT|NXT television]] debut in the June 20 episode of ''NXT'', portraying a happy-go-lucky and resilient character under the ring name Bo Dallas, where he defeated Rick Victor.<ref name="DallasNXT">{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 6/20 – Week 1 of new season: Kidd vs. McGillicutty main event, Ross & Regal on commentary|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_62864.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name="FCWtoNXT">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/27030-wwe-news-fcw-name-being-phased-out|title= WWE News: FCW name being phased out|access-date=August 14, 2012|magazine=Wrestling Observer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chiverton|first=George|title=NXT weekly ranking & evaluation 6/20 – New NXT Week 1: Early impressions from new cast of FCW talent|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/The_Specialists_34/article_62859.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> In August, Dallas competed in a tournament for the newly established [[NXT Championship]]; he was eliminated by [[Jinder Mahal]] in the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT results 8/8 – Week 8: Gold Rush tournament continues, Hero, Paige, Gabriel vs. McGillicutty, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_64301.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref> On the November 7 episode of ''NXT'', Dallas competed in a number one contenders fatal four-way elimination match against Mahal, Drew McIntyre, and [[Justin Gabriel]]; despite eliminating McIntyre and Gabriel, Dallas succumbed to Mahal.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 11/7 – Week 20: Four-Way #1 contender match, Brodie Lee debuts, Vickie's bounty, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_66593.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=January 12, 2013}}</ref>

On January 26, 2013, at WWE's [[Royal Rumble]] Fanfest, Dallas participated in an eight-man NXT tournament for a place in the [[Royal Rumble (2013)|Royal Rumble match]]; he defeated [[Luke Harper]], [[Konnor (wrestler)|Conor O'Brian]], and [[Adam Rose|Leo Kruger]] to win the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=Ryan |title=WWE NXT: 8-man tournament Royal Rumble match results |url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/2013/wwe-nxts-bo-dallas-earned-a-spot-in-the-royal-rumble-match-26087055 |publisher=[[WWE]] |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128114719/http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/2013/wwe-nxts-bo-dallas-earned-a-spot-in-the-royal-rumble-match-26087055 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> The next day, Dallas entered the Rumble match at number 16, where he lasted over 20 minutes and eliminated the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWE Intercontinental Champion]], [[Wade Barrett]], who returned to the ring and eliminated Dallas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=Caldwell's WWE Royal Rumble PPV results 1/27: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of Punk vs. Rock, 30-man Rumble|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wweppvs/article_68181.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> This provoked a brief feud, with Barrett challenging Dallas to a non-title match the next night on ''Raw'', in which Dallas earned an upset victory.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=Caldwell's WWE Raw results 1/28: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw – Huge Return ends Raw, Rock's first night as WWE champ, Raw Roulette, Heyman-McMahon|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwerawreport/article_68224.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> On the February 11 episode of ''Raw'', Dallas appeared, attacking Barrett before Barrett's match against [[Kofi Kingston]]. Dallas later challenged Barrett for the Intercontinental Championship in a losing effort.<ref name="Namako">{{cite web|last=Namako|first=Jason|title=WWE NXT Results – 4/25/13 (Clash of Champions edition)|date=April 28, 2013|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-news/41191-wwe-nxt-results-4-25-13-clash-of-champions-edition|access-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref>

[[File:BO-Lieve.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Dallas in April 2014]]
Simultaneously with his feud with Barrett, Dallas entered the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament alongside [[Curtis Axel|Michael McGillicutty]]. The pair defeated [[Primo and Epico|Primo & Epico]] to advance to the semi-finals, but lost to [[the Wyatt Family]] ([[Luke Harper]] [[Luke Harper and Erick Rowan|and]] [[Erick Rowan]]) due to [[Bray Wyatt]]'s interference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_68301.shtml|title=James's WWE NXT Results 1/30: Tournament continues, Bo Dallas in main event, returns of Bateman, A-Ry & Mason Ryan|date=January 31, 2013|last=James|first=Justin|access-date=June 1, 2013|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 2/6 – Week 32: Tag Tournament continues, Bo Dallas's main-roster debut carries over, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_68503.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> In an NXT Championship number one contender's three-way match against Conor O'Brian and Corey Graves, Dallas was prevented from winning by Wyatt, due to Dallas's earlier refusal to join The Wyatt Family.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT results 3/6: Main Event #1 contender match to NXT Title, Shield delivers a message, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_69151.shtml|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 11, 2013}}</ref> This resulted in a match between Dallas and Wyatt, which Dallas won.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_69298.shtml|title=James's WWE NXT report 3/13 – Week 37: Champ vs. Champ, Brother vs. Brother, plus Hero vs. Bateman; Overall Reax|last=James|first=Justin|access-date=July 9, 2013|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> Starting in late April 2013, the NXT audience began to turn against Dallas (despite Dallas not changing his character) and started booing him.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pilkington|first=Chris|title=WWE NXT results recap: Jumping Geordie Adrian Neville flies high in Antonio Cesaro clash with shock result|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/wwe-nxt-results-recap-adrian-1861583|work=[[The Daily Mirror|The Mirror]]|date=April 30, 2013|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chiverton|first=George|title=Chiverton's NXT scouting report: Latest Rankings & Evaluation of top WWE prospects, plus insight on potential new WWE signees Callihan & Del Sol|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/The_Specialists_34/article_70493.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref> NXT Tag Team Champion [[Neville (wrestler)|Adrian Neville]] chose Dallas to replace his injured partner, [[Joel Redman|Oliver Grey]], but on May 8, they lost the title to The Wyatt Family.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 4/3 – Week 40: Big E. defends NXT Title, final hype for Regal-Ohno, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_69800.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 5/8 Week 45: Wyatt Family captures Tag Titles, Ohno turning face?, Sandow in action, Paige vs. Summer Rae feud continues, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_70553.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=June 2, 2013}}</ref> Soon after, Dallas's character began showing subtle [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villainous]] traits of being [[wiktionary:disingenuous#Adjective|disingenuous]].<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 5/15 & 5/22: El Generico debuts, O'Brian beats two NXT releases in same match, Bray Wyatt debuts mask, Natalya vs. Rae, more developments|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_70618.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=May29June5>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT results 5/29 & 6/5: Wyatts defend Tag Titles, NXT Women's Title introduced, #1 contender battle royal, Parade of released NXT wrestlers in matches|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_71102.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT results 6/19: Wyatts vs. Ohno & Graves & Neville six-man tag, Summer Rae wins tourney match, El Generico, Xavier Woods, more|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_71408.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 26, 2013}}</ref>

On the May 29 episode of ''NXT'', Dallas won a [[battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] to become the number one contender to the NXT Championship.<ref name=May29June5/> On the June 12 ''NXT'' (taped on May 23), Dallas defeated [[Big E (wrestler)|Big E Langston]] to win the title.<ref name="NXTtitle">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_70822.shtml|title=WWE News: Spoiler on the NXT Title|date=May 24, 2013|last=Caldwell|first=James|access-date=May 25, 2013|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 6/12: Bo Dallas captures NXT Title from Big E., outstanding Generico vs. Cesaro match, Women's Title tournament continues, Wyatts|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_71245.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=June 18, 2013}}</ref> He successfully defended the championship against [[Cesaro (wrestler)|Antonio Cesaro]] and Leo Kruger during mid-2013.<ref name=DefeatCesaro>{{cite web|last=Pilkington|first=Chris|title=NXT results recap: Bo Dallas retains NXT title in hard-hitting encounter with Antonio Cesaro|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/nxt-results-recap-bo-dallas-2063736|work=[[The Daily Mirror|The Mirror]]|date=July 18, 2013|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name="pwinsider.com">{{cite web|last=Trionfo|first=Richard|title=WWE NXT report; United States title on the line; NXT title on the line; dance supremacy in NXT on the line; Tyler Breeze is Tyler Breeze; and more|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/79480/wwe-nxt-report-united-states-title-on-the-line-nxt-title-on-the-line-dance-supremacy-in-nxt-on-the-line-tyler-breeze-is-tyler-breeze-and-more.html?p=1|access-date=August 9, 2013|publisher=PWInsider}}</ref> By then, the NXT audience's [[heat (professional wrestling)#X-Pac heat|dislike]] of Dallas had grown to the point of the crowd literally turning their backs on him while cheering all his opponents, regardless of who he faced, thus turning him [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] in the process.<ref name=DefeatCesaro/><ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 6/26 – Week 52: Ohno & Graves, Big E. squash, Women's tourney continues, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_71559.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WWE NXT results – 6/27/13 (#1 contenders match)|date=July 3, 2013|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-news/42394-wwe-nxt-results-6-27-13-1-contenders-match|publisher=WrestleView|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> In September, Dallas held an open challenge to determine his next title contender but banned [[Sami Zayn]] from competing,<ref name=130925NXT>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_73578.shtml|title=James's WWE NXT report 9/25 – Week 65: Triple H makes "big announcement," Ohno/Hero returns, Zayn/Generico in action, Overall Reax|last=James|first=Justin|date=September 27, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2013|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> so Zayn masqueraded as the masked El Local and defeated Dallas to earn his title shot.<ref name=131002NXT>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=80669|title=WWE NXT report: tag title match; the Bo Dallas challenge; and dancing|last=Trionfo|first=Richard|date=October 2, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2013|publisher=PWInsider}}</ref> The match occurred on the October 16 episode of ''NXT'', and Dallas retained his title by sending Zayn into an exposed turnbuckle.<ref name=131016NXT>{{cite web|last=Trionfo|first=Richard|title=WWE NXT report: Zayn versus Dallas; tag title rematch; divas tag action; Breeze versus Parker|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=80948|date=October 17, 2013|access-date=October 18, 2013|publisher=PWInsider}}</ref> Dallas then faced Adrian Neville in December and lost by countout to retain his title.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT report 12/4 – Week 75: Bo Dallas vs. Neville NXT Title match, Kidd in action, Paige vs. Natalya full-length Divas match, Overall Reax|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_74941.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref>

In a rematch at [[NXT Arrival]] in February 2014, Dallas lost the title to Neville, and failed to regain it in a rematch on ''NXT'' on March 27. The following month, Dallas attempted to "Occupy NXT", but the crowd turned their backs on him, and he was forced into a match against Justin Gabriel, which he won.<ref>{{cite web|title=James's WWE NXT report 4/10 – Week 93: Bo Dallas breaks down, Mojo gets hyped, Neville-Brodus feud continues, more|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_77658.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref> Beginning to throw tantrums after failing to get his own way, he was put in a match against Big E on May 22. Dallas subsequently lost the match and was forced to leave NXT as a result. In June, he attempted to return to NXT by appearing as the masked character "Mr. NXT", but was exposed by Zayn and forced to leave.

==== Bolieve (2014–2016) ====
[[File:Bo Dallas Victory Lap.JPG|thumb|right|Dallas celebrated his victory in 2014]]
On the April 7 episode of ''Raw'', WWE started airing motivational-style introductory vignettes for Dallas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=Raw news: Bryan's first night as champ, Taker update, Cesaro joins Heyman, Warrior returns, RVD returns, Paige debuts & wins Divas Title, other NXT intros, more|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_77549.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> On the May 23 episode of ''SmackDown'', Dallas made his official main roster debut by defeating [[Sin Cara]]. This was the start of a winning streak, which reached a third victory with the defeat of [[Xavier Woods]] on the May 30 episode of ''SmackDown''. Dallas made his first pay-per-view appearance at [[Payback (2014)|Payback]], where he was scheduled to face [[Kofi Kingston]]. The match never happened due to interference from [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]]. Dallas would defeat Kingston the following night on ''Raw'' for his fourth victory. Dallas continued his streak with wins over [[Santino Marella]], Xavier Woods, [[Ron Killings|R-Truth]], [[Fandango (wrestler)|Fandango]] and [[Titus O'Neil]]. Dallas attacked [[Mascarita Dorada|El Torito]] after his eleventh victory over [[Primo Colón|Diego]] on the July 4 episode of ''SmackDown''. He would go on to defeat El Torito for his twelfth victory<ref>7 July 2014 on Raw 1102</ref> and then defeated both Diego and Torito in a handicap match as his thirteenth and fourteenth victories.<ref>8 July 2014 on Smackdown 777</ref> WWE released a video of Bo highlighting the "14-Bo" streak he acknowledged.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlywXct4hq4 A look at Bo Dallas's winning streak] 11 July 2014 on WWE's official YouTube channel</ref> He continued his streak against [[The Great Khali]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGE1Qb0Wg4Q&t=1m24s JBL "he's fifteen and Bo" Lawler: "I bo-lieve he's 15 and 0"] 14 July 2014 at Raw 1103</ref> [[Damien Sandow]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye5iut4g3Do| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/Ye5iut4g3Do| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|title=Bo Dallas vs. Damien Sandow: Raw, July 21, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Dolph Ziggler]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F6j82Eue9Q&t=1m40s Dolph Ziggler vs. Bo Dallas: SmackDown, July 25, 2014] JBL: "seventeen and Bo, Michael, look at this"</ref> At [[Battleground (2014)|Battleground]], Dallas participated in the 19-man battle royal for the vacant [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]]; he managed to eliminate Sin Cara and Titus O'Neil before being the 16th person eliminated by [[Dolph Ziggler]]. Dallas's undefeated streak was ended by R-Truth<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXeoYSc55J8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/ZXeoYSc55J8| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|title=R-Truth vs. Bo Dallas: Raw, July 28, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> on the July 28 episode of ''Raw'', prompting a small feud between the two.

In late August, Dallas began tormenting [[Jack Swagger]] about his loss to [[Rusev (wrestler)|Rusev]] at [[SummerSlam (2014)|SummerSlam]] after Swagger's matches.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tedesco|first=Mike|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-wrestling-results/wwe-raw-results/50401-wwe-raw-results-8-25-14-live-results-from-anaheim|title=WWE RAW Results – 8/25/14 (John Cena returns to action)|publisher=WrestleView|date=August 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Trionfo|first=Richard|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=87970&p=2|title=WWE Raw report: growing up Bella; The Highlight Reel; a new American hero; and more|publisher=PWInsider|date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> Dallas began feuding with [[Mark Henry]] after defeating him on the September 29 episode of ''Raw'', tormenting him like he did Swagger following Henry's losses to Rusev at [[Night of Champions (2014)|Night of Champions]]. On the October 7 episode of ''Main Event'', Dallas unsuccessfully challenged Dolph Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwemainevent/2014-10-07/results|title=WWE Main Event results, Oct. 7, 2014: Ziggler puts an end to Dallas' hot streak|work=WWE|date=October 7, 2014|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> Dallas then scored three wins over Henry in both singles and tag team matches, before being quickly defeated by Henry in a match on the [[Hell in a Cell (2014)|Hell in a Cell]] pre-show, ending their feud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/hellinacell/2014/mark-henry-vs-bo-dallas-26756144|title=Mark Henry vs. Bo Dallas|author=Silberkleit, Jared|date=October 26, 2014|access-date=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

After a four-month absence due to a foot injury, Dallas made his televised return on the [[WrestleMania 31]] pre-show in March 2015, competing in the [[André the Giant Memorial Trophy|André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal]], where he was eliminated by [[Kenta Kobayashi|Hideo Itami]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=92699&p=2|title=WWE WrestleMnia 31 Kick Off show report: tag title match, Andre the Giant memorial battle royal, Lita in the social media lounge, and more|author=Trionfo, Richard|publisher=PWInsider|date=March 29, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref> The next night on Raw, Dallas came out and interrupted [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]], telling him to Bo-lieve before receiving a [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Inverted DDT|Scorpion Death drop]]. On the May 18 episode of ''Raw'', Dallas reignited his rivalry with [[Neville (wrestler)|Neville]], attacking him before and after his match with [[Wade Barrett|King Barrett]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwerawreport/article_85078.shtml|title=Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 5/18: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - Payback PPV fall-out, two title matches, packed show includes major Lana-Rusev developments and NXT champ debuting, more|author=Caldwell, James|website=Pro Wrestling Torch|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=May 21, 2015}}</ref> At [[Elimination Chamber (2015)|Elimination Chamber]], Dallas faced Neville in a losing effort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wweppvs/article_85340.shtml|title=CAaldwell's WWE E. Chamber PPV Report 5/31: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of WWE Title match, Cena vs. Owens, two Elimination Chamber matches, more|author=Caldwell, James|website=Pro Wrestling Torch|date=May 31, 2015|access-date=May 31, 2015}}</ref> On the August 24 episode of Raw, Dallas interrupted [[Brock Lesnar]] and brought up Lesnar's loss to [[The Undertaker]] at [[SummerSlam (2015)|SummerSlam]], before Lesnar attacked him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2015/08/wwe-monday-night-raw-results-599895/|title=WWE Monday Night RAW Results: Sting And The Dudleys Return, Brock Lesnar, New Wyatt Family Member|date=August 24, 2015|website=Wrestling Inc.}}</ref>
On the [[Survivor Series (2015)|Survivor Series]] pre-show, Dallas competed in a five-on-five traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match where Dallas, The Cosmic Wasteland ([[Cody Rhodes|Stardust]], [[Konnor (wrestler)|Konnor]] [[The Ascension (professional wrestling)|and]] [[Viktor (wrestler)|Viktor]]) and [[The Miz]] lost to [[Goldust]], [[The Dudley Boyz]] ([[Bubba Ray Dudley]] and [[D-Von Dudley]], Neville and Titus O'Neil.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Caldwell|first1=James|title=11/22 SURVIVOR SERIES RESULTS – Caldwell's Complete PPV Report|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2015/11/22/1122-survivor-series-live-results-caldwells-ongoing-report/|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=November 22, 2015}}</ref> At [[WWE Tribute to the Troops results#2015|Tribute to the Troops]], Bo Dallas, dressed as [[Uncle Sam]], lost to Mark Henry.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/411s-wwe-tribute-to-the-troops-report-12-23-15/|title=411's WWE Tribute to the Troops Report 12.23.15|work=411MANIA|access-date=2015-12-23|language=en}}</ref>

==== The Social Outcasts (2016–2017) ====
[[File:The Social Outcasts April 2016.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Social Outcasts in April 2016]]
On the January 4, 2016 episode of ''Raw'', Dallas, along with [[Heath Slater]], [[Curtis Axel]] and [[Adam Rose]], debuted as a new stable and went on to assist Slater in defeating [[Dolph Ziggler]], calling themselves "Social Outcasts".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2016-01-04/wwe-raw-results-28503480/page-7|title=WWE Raw results, Jan. 4, 2016: Roman Reigns thwarts Mr. McMahon and the Royal Rumble Match takes shape|work=WWE}}</ref> They would remain as a stable for seven months, including all of them competing in the [[André the Giant]] [[André the Giant Memorial Trophy|Memorial Battle Royal]] at [[WrestleMania 32]], which was won by [[Baron Corbin]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Passero|first1=Mitch|title=Baron Corbin won the 3rd annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/32/andre-giant-memorial-battle-royal-results|publisher=WWE|access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> In May, The Social Outcasts began filming ''[[The Marine 5: Battleground]]'', taking them out of action.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-studios-announces-the-marine-5-battleground|date=May 27, 2016 |website=WhatCulture.com|title=WWE Studios Announces The Marine 5: Battleground}}</ref>

On July 19 at the [[2016 WWE draft]], Dallas was drafted to [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] in the 10th round (50th overall).<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 WWE Draft results: WWE officially ushers in New Era|url=http://www.wwe.com/2016-wwe-draft-results|publisher=WWE|access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> Dallas then returned on the September 5 episode of ''Raw'', carrying a sign saying "Bo-lieve in Bo", speaking in rhymes and displaying a more vicious style as he defeated a local competitor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-raw-results/66655-wwe-raw-results-9516-live-kansas-city-kevin-owens-universal-championship-proper-celebration/|title=WWE RAW Results – 9/5/16 (Live from Kansas City, Kevin Owens Universal Championship proper celebration)|work=WrestleView|first=Mike|last=Tedesco|date=September 6, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> Dallas would continue defeating local competitors the following weeks. On the October 10 episode of ''Raw'', Bo Dallas teamed with Curtis Axel in a losing effort to Sami Zayn and Neville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usanetwork.com/wwe/episode-guide/2016-episode-1220-raw-recap-october-10-2016|title=WWE Raw: October 10, 2016|work=[[USA Network]]|date=October 10, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> The following week on ''Raw'', Dallas defeated Neville with Axel in his corner, and after the match, attacked Axel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pwmania.com/wwe-raw-results-october-17-2016|title=WWE RAW Results - October 17, 2016|date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> The following week, Dallas defeated Axel by pinning him while grabbing Axel's tights.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.pwmania.com/full-wwe-raw-results-october-24-2016|title=WWE Raw Results — October 24, 2016|work=PWMania|first=Andrew|last=Ravens|date=October 24, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> On April 2, 2017, at [[WrestleMania 33]], Dallas was part of the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, from which he was eliminated by the eventual winner [[Mojo Rawley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/04/02/powells-wrestlemania-33-kickoff-show-live-review-neville-vs-austin-aries-wwe-cruiserweight-championship-andre-giant-memorial-battle-royal/|title=Powell's WrestleMania 33 Kickoff Show live review: Neville vs. Austin Aries for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal|last=Powell|first=Jason|date=April 2, 2017|access-date=April 3, 2017|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net}}</ref>

==== The Miztourage and The B-Team (2017–Haunting Return) ====
{{Main article|The B-Team}}
[[File:Miztourage WM34.jpg|thumb|left|Dallas (left) with [[The Miz]] and [[Curtis Axel]] at [[WrestleMania 34]]]]
On the June 19 episode of ''Raw'', Intercontinental Champion The Miz approached Dallas and Curtis Axel, offering to make them "the stars [they] deserve to be" if they become his entourage, and later that night, Dallas and Axel appeared in bear costumes during a in ring segment between Miz and his wife [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]], attacking [[Dean Ambrose]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2017/06/wwe-monday-night-raw-match-results-spoilers-june-19th/|title=WWE 'Monday Night Raw' Match Results & Spoilers June 19th|last=Brendan|first=Marrow|date=June 19, 2017|access-date=June 20, 2017|work=Heavy}}</ref> Dallas and Axel, now dubbed [[The B-Team|The Miztourage]], began helping Miz in his matches and occasionally teamed him with him, including winning efforts against Dean Ambrose, [[Heath Slater]] and [[Rhyno]] on June 26 episode of ''Raw''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2017/06/wwe-monday-night-raw-match-results-spoilers-june-26th/|title=WWE 'Monday Night Raw' Match Results & Spoilers June 26th|last=Brendan|first=Marrow|date=June 26, 2017|access-date=June 27, 2017|work=Heavy}}</ref> and [[Jason Jordan]] and [[The Hardy Boyz]] ([[Jeff Hardy]] and [[Matt Hardy]]) at [[SummerSlam (2017)|SummerSlam]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Miz & The Miztourage def. The Hardy Boyz & Jason Jordan|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/2017/the-hardy-boyz-jason-jordan-the-miz-the-miztourage-results|work=WWE|date=August 20, 2017|access-date=August 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=08/20 Powell's WWE SummerSlam Kickoff Show coverage: New Day vs. The Usos for the Smackdown Tag Titles, Akira Tozwa vs. Neville for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, and Jason Jordan vs. Miz, Bo Dallas, and Curtis Axel|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2017/08/20/0820-powells-wwe-summerslam-kickoff-show-coverage-new-day-vs-usos-smackdown-tag-titles-akira-tozawa-vs-neville-wwe-cruiserweight-championship-matt-hardy-jeff-hardy/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=August 20, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2017}}</ref> At [[No Mercy (2017)|No Mercy]], they also helped Miz to defeat Jason Jordan to retain his title.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Benigno|first1=Anthony|title=Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Jason Jordan|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nomercy/2017/the-miz-jason-jordan-results|work=WWE|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/11/20/kellers-wwe-raw-report-1120-survivor-series-fallout-samoa-joe-vs-finn-balor/|title=KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 11/20: Survivor Series fallout, Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor, Reigns in Miz TV, a big name returns|date=November 20, 2017|last=Keller|first=Wade|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> At [[WrestleMania 34]] on April 8, 2018, Dallas participated in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but he failed to win.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=Powell's WrestleMania 34 Kickoff Show live review: WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, Cedric Alexander vs. Mustfa Ali for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/04/08/powells-wrestlemania-34-kickoff-show-live-review-wrestlemania-womens-battle-royal-cedric-alexander-vs-mustfa-ali-for-the-wwe-cruiserweight-championship-andre-the-giant-memorial-battle-royal/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=April 8, 2018|access-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409013225/https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/04/08/powells-wrestlemania-34-kickoff-show-live-review-wrestlemania-womens-battle-royal-cedric-alexander-vs-mustfa-ali-for-the-wwe-cruiserweight-championship-andre-the-giant-memorial-battle-royal/|archive-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> As part of the [[2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up|Superstar Shake-Up]], Miz was moved to the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] brand, while Dallas and Axel remained on Raw.<ref>{{cite web|title=Get live results from the two-night WWE Superstar Shake-up|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article/wwe-superstar-shake-up-results-2018|publisher=WWE|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> On the April 16 episode of ''Raw'', during a tag team match, Dallas and Axel turned on Miz, ending their alliance.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WWE Raw Live TV Review: The Superstar Shakeup Night One, Sasha Banks vs. Bayley, Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt vs. The Revival for a shot at the vacant Raw Tag Titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/04/16/wwe-raw-live-tv-review-the-superstar-shakeup-night-one-sasha-banks-vs-bayley-matt-hardy-and-bray-wyatt-vs-the-revival-for-a-shot-at-the-vacant-raw-tag-titles/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref>

On the May 14 episode of ''Raw'', the duo adopted the new team name "The B-Team" and defeated Breezango ([[Tyler Breeze]] and [[Fandango (wrestler)|Fandango]]), their first win as a team since August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-raw-results/104462-rollins-intercontinental-title-mitb-qualifiers/|title=WWE RAW Results - 5/14/18 (Rollins defending Intercontinental Title, MITB qualifiers)|first=Mike|last=Tedesco|date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> On the June 4 episode of ''Raw,'' The B-Team won a tag team battle royal to determine the number one contenders for the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|Raw Tag Team Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2018-06-04/article/the-b-team-won-tag-team-battle-royal|title=The B-Team won a Tag Team Battle Royal to earn the right to challenge "Woken" Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the Raw Tag Team Championships|website=[[WWE|WWE.com]]|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref> At [[Extreme Rules (2018)|Extreme Rules]], The B-Team defeated [[Bray Wyatt]] and Matt Hardy to win the Raw Tag Team Championship.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=Powell's WWE Extreme Rules live review: Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles vs. Rusev vs. for the WWE Championship, Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins in a 30-minute Iron Man match for the IC Title, Bludgeon Brothers vs. Team Hell No for the Smackdown Tag Titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/07/15/powells-wwe-extreme-rules-live-review-roman-reigns-vs-bobby-lashley-aj-styles-vs-rusev-vs-for-the-wwe-championship-dolph-ziggler-vs-seth-rollins-in-a-30-minute-iron-man-match-for-the-ic-title/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=July 15, 2018|access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref> On the July 23 episode of ''Raw'', they successfully retained their title against Wyatt and Hardy.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=7/23 Powell's WWE Raw Live TV Review: Bobby Lashley vs. Roman Reigns to determine Brock Lesnar's challenger for the WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, and Triple H's big announcement, The B-Team vs. Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the Raw Tag Titles|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/07/23/7-23-powells-wwe-raw-live-tv-review-bobby-lashley-vs-roman-reigns-to-determine-brock-lesnars-challenger-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-at-summerslam-stephanie-mcmahons-big-announcement-t/|work=Pro Wreslting Dot Net|date=July 23, 2018|access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> In the following weeks, The B-Team transitioned into [[Face (professional wrestling)|face]]s and adopted a new entrance theme and mannerisms, this would be Dallas' first time as a face since 2013. At [[SummerSlam (2018)|SummerSlam]] on August 19, The B-Team successfully retained their title against [[The Revival (professional wrestling)|The Revival]] ([[Dash Wilder]] and [[Scott Dawson (wrestler)|Scott Dawson]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2791103-the-b-team-beat-the-revival-retain-tag-team-title-at-wwe-summerslam-2018|title=The B-Team Beat The Revival, Retain Tag Team Title at WWE SummerSlam 2018|last=Chiari|first=Mike|work=[[Bleacher Report]]|date=August 19, 2018|access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> On the September 3 episode of ''Raw'', The B-Team lost the championships to Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre, ending their reign at 50 days.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benigno |first1=Anthony |title=Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre def. The B-Team to become the new Raw Tag Team Champions|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2018-09-03/article/dolph-ziggler-drew-mcintyre-win-raw-tag-team-titles |work=WWE|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref> The following week on ''Raw'', they received a rematch for the titles, but they were unsuccessful.

At [[Survivor Series (2018)|Survivor Series]], The B-Team made up part of Team Raw as they took on Team SmackDown in a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Elimination tag team matches|10-on-10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match]], and Team Raw would go on to lose the match.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wortman|first1=James|title=The Usos survive as Team SmackDown def. Team Raw in a 10-on-10 Tag Team Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match (Kickoff Match)|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2018/10-on-10-tag-team-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results|work=WWE|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> At [[WrestleMania 35]] on April 7, 2019, Dallas competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal but failed to win the match.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Jason|title=WrestleMania 35 Kickoff Show results: Powell's live review of the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, WWE Women's Battle Royal, Buddy Murphy vs. Tony Nese for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/04/07/wrestlemania-35-kickoff-show-results-powells-live-review-of-the-andre-the-giant-memorial-battle-royal-wwe-womens-battle-royal-buddy-murphy-vs-tony-nese-for-the-wwe-cruiserweight-championship/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=April 7, 2019|access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref> As part of the [[2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up|Superstar Shake-up]], both Dallas and Axel were moved to the SmackDown brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/b-team-officially-join-wwe-smackdown-latest-roster-changes-282386|title=B-TEAM OFFICIALLY JOIN WWE SMACKDOWN IN LATEST ROSTER CHANGES|date=April 25, 2019|last=Rose|first=Bryan|work=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> On the April 30 episode of ''SmackDown Live'', The B-Team formed a brief alliance with [[Shane McMahon]], thus turning heel once again. On the September 3 episode of ''SmackDown'', Dallas became the [[WWE 24/7 Championship|WWE 24/7 Champion]] by pinning [[Drake Maverick]] on the backstage area thanks to the help of Axel, only to lose it to Maverick again some minutes later.<ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=9/3 WWE Smackdown Live Results: Powell's review of Ali vs. Elias and Chad Gable vs. Andrade in quarterfinal King of the Ring tournament matches|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/09/03/9-3-wwe-smackdown-live-results-powells-review-of-ali-vs-elias-and-chad-gable-vs-andrade-in-quarterfinal-king-of-the-ring-tournament-matches/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=September 3, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref> Dallas' final televised match was at [[Crown Jewel (2019)|Crown Jewel]] in October, where he and Axel failed to win the [[tag team turmoil match]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Crown Jewel results: Powell's live review of Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez for the WWE Championship, Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt in a Falls Count Anywhere match for the WWE Universal Championship, Braun Strowman vs. Tyson Fury, Lacey Evans vs. Natalya|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/10/31/wwe-crown-jewel-results-powells-live-review-of-brock-lesnar-vs-cain-velasquez-for-the-wwe-championship-seth-rollins-vs-bray-wyatt-in-a-falls-count-anywhere-match-for-the-wwe-universal-championsh/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=October 31, 2019 |access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref> On the November 15 episode of ''SmackDown'', Dallas and Axel were attacked by [[Braun Strowman]], this would Dallas' final appearance in WWE.<ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=11/15 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of Big E and Kofi Kingston vs. The Revival for the Smackdown Tag Titles, Daniel Bryan on Miz TV, Bayley vs. Nikki Cross, Mustafa Ali and Shorty G put their Team Smackdown spots on the line vs. Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/11/15/11-15-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-results-powells-review-of-big-e-and-kofi-kingston-vs-the-revival-for-the-smackdown-tag-titles-daniel-bryan-on-miz-tv-bayley-vs-nikki-cross-mustafa-ali-and-shor/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=November 15, 2019|accessdate=December 7, 2019}}</ref>

In December, Rotunda asked WWE for time off, which was granted. He also suffered a neck injury which prevented him from working in the ring. On April 30, 2020, his tag team partner Curtis Axel was released by WWE.<ref>{{cite web|title=Curtis Axel released|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/curtis-axel-released|work=WWE|date=April 30, 2020|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> Rotunda was released almost one year later, on April 15, 2021, after over a year of absence, ending his 13-year tenure with the company. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-15|title=Samoa Joe, Billie Kay, Mickie James and other Superstars released
|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/billie-kay-mickie-james-samoa-joe-superstars-released|access-date=2021-04-15|website=wwe.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Other media ==
Rotunda, as Bo Dallas, made his [[video game]] debut as a playable character in ''[[WWE 2K15]]'', and has since appeared in ''[[WWE 2K16]]'', ''[[WWE 2K17]]'', ''[[WWE 2K18]]'', ''[[WWE 2K19]]'', [[WWE 2K20]] and [[WWE 2K Battlegrounds]]. He also appears in the mobile game ''[[WWE SuperCard]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/bo-dallas/3005-30274/|title=Bo Dallas (Character)|work=Giant Bomb|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref>

==Legal issues==
On February 19, 2012, Rotunda was arrested for [[driving under the influence]] in [[Tampa, Florida]], with blood-alcohol levels of 0.166 and 0.178 according to two [[breathalyser]] tests, above the legal limit of 0.08.<ref name="HCSO">{{cite web|url=http://www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/PublicInquiry/ArrestInquiry/ViewArrest?id=12008138&k1=8cebd51144b454f&k2=MTA3OTc5ODEwNQ%3d%3d|title=Arrest Report|access-date=February 20, 2012|publisher=[[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (Florida)|Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]]}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/feb/19/pro-wrestler-rotunda-charged-with-drunken-driving-ar-360523/|title=Pro wrestler Rotunda charged with drunken driving|date=February 19, 2012|access-date=February 20, 2012|work=[[The Tampa Tribune]]}}</ref> He was released later that day on a $500 bond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_58286.shtml|title=WWE developmental wrestler arrested on DUI charge|date=February 19, 2012|last=Caldwell|first=James|access-date=February 20, 2012|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>

In August 2016, Rotunda was arrested for [[public intoxication]] in [[Dallas, Texas]] after being ejected from a flight from [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]] to [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebiglead.com/2016/08/29/bo-dallas-arrest-wwe-drunk-airport/|title=WWE's Bo Dallas Arrested For Being Drunk At Dallas Airport|date=August 29, 2016}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Rotunda's father is wrestler [[Mike Rotunda]] and his grandfather was wrestler [[Blackjack Mulligan]], the latter being a member of the [[WWE Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2631116-robert-blackjack-mulligan-windham-wwe-hall-of-famer-dies-at-age-73|title = Robert 'Blackjack Mulligan' Windham, WWE Hall of Famer, Dies at Age 73|website = [[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref> His uncle [[Barry Windham]] and his brother [[Windham Rotunda]] (who performs as Bray Wyatt) are both wrestlers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1049828-wwe-should-other-members-of-the-four-horsemen-go-into-the-hall-of-fame|title=WWE: Should Other Members of the Four Horsemen Go into the Hall of Fame?|website=[[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref>

Rotunda was married to Swedish arm wrestling champion [[Sarah Bäckman]] from 2014 until their divorce in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/0628/577492/bo-dallas-marries-former-nxt-diva/|title=Bo Dallas Marries Recently Released NXT Diva|website=Wrestlinginc.com|date=28 June 2014|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xsportnews.com/armwrestling/sarah-backman-married-taylor-rotunda/|title=Sarah Bäckman married Taylor Rotunda |website=Xsportnews.com|date=June 29, 2014|access-date=July 17, 2022}}</ref> In February 2021, it was revealed that he was in a relationship with fellow wrestler Gionna Daddio, better known by the ring name [[Liv Morgan]], with the two living on a farm and starting a real estate business to prepare for life after professional wrestling.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/bo-dallas-reportedly-preparing-for-life-after-wrestling|last=Lee|first=Joseph|title=Bo Dallas Reportedly Preparing For Life After Wrestling|quote="Dallas and Liv Morgan have a farm that they live at together, and have started a family real estate business. The two have been studying to prepare for a life after wrestling."|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=411 Mania}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Marine 5: Battleground]]''
| Alonzo
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|}

== Championships and accomplishments ==
* '''[[Florida Championship Wrestling]]'''
** [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship]] ([[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship#Title history|3 times]])<ref name="champions"/>
** [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]] ([[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship#Title history|2 times]]) – with [[Bray Wyatt|Duke Rotundo/Husky Harris]]<ref name="tampabay"/><ref name=FCWTag26/>
* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
** Ranked No. 73 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]]'' in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2014.html|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014|access-date=December 2, 2014|work=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]|publisher=Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref>
*'''[[WWE]]'''
**[[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of WWE Raw Tag Team Champions|1 time]]) – with [[Curtis Axel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/raw-tag-team-championship|title=Raw Tag Team Championship|work=WWE|access-date=January 5, 2019}}</ref>
** [[WWE 24/7 Championship]] ([[List of WWE 24/7 Champions|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/24-7-championship|title=WWE 24/7 Championship|work=WWE|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>
**[[NXT Championship]] ([[List of NXT Champions|1 time]])<ref name="NXTChampion">{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 8/29 – Week 11: First NXT champion crowned in big-match setting|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_64831.shtml|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref>
**[[List of WWE tournaments#Royal Rumble Entry Tournament|Royal Rumble Entry Tournament]] (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=2515|title=Royal Rumble Entry NXT Tournament « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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{{Short description|Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada}}
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{{Infobox venue
| name = Zappos Theater
| former names = {{Plainlist|
* Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts {{small|(1976–2006)}}
* Theatre for the Performing Arts {{small|(2006–07)}}
* Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts {{small|(2007–12)}}
* PH Live {{small|(2012–13)}}
* The AXIS {{small|(2013–18)}}
}}
| image = Theater at the Performing Arts.png
| image_size = 250px
| caption = {{small|Interior of the theatre seen from the stage (c. 2009)}}
| address = 3667 [[Las Vegas Boulevard|S Las Vegas Blvd]] [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada|NV]] 89109-4331
| location = [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]]
| owner = [[Caesars Entertainment (2020)|Caesars Entertainment]]
| operator = [[Live Nation (events promoter)|Live Nation]]
| capacity = {{Plainlist|
* 7,000
* 4,600 {{small|(concert residencies)}}
}}
| broke_ground = {{Start date|1972}}
| opened = {{Start date|1976|07|02}}
| renovated = {{hlist|2000|2012–13}}
| expanded =
| closed = 1998–2000
| demolished =
| yearsactive =
| cost =$4 million (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|4000000|1972}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| tenants =
|website={{URL|https://www.caesars.com/planet-hollywood/shows/zappos-theater|Venue Website}}
|embedded=
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The '''Zappos Theater''', originally known as '''Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts''', is a mid-sized [[auditorium]] located at [[Planet Hollywood Las Vegas]] on the [[Las Vegas Strip]]. The venue hosts a variety of events, including charity benefits, concerts and award shows. It is used frequently for the [[beauty pageant]]s [[Miss Universe]], [[Miss USA]] and [[Miss Teen USA]]. From 2013 to 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-in-las-vegas-5-best-and-5-saddest-moments-246695/|title=Britney in Vegas: 5 Best & 5 Saddest Moments|last=Ganz|first=Caryn|date=December 28, 2013|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=July 10, 2019}}</ref> the auditorium was the home to [[Britney Spears]]'s concert residency ''[[Britney: Piece of Me|Piece of Me]]'' and [[Justin Timberlake]]'s annual concert to benefit the [[Shriners Hospitals for Children]]. In 2011, it was voted as one of the "Best Concert Halls & Theaters In Las Vegas".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-concert-halls-theaters-in-las-vegas/ |title=Best Concert Halls & Theaters In Las Vegas|date=February 18, 2011 |work=CBS Las Vegas |publisher=CBS Local Media |access-date=October 8, 2012|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1349731741FFIPZAWJZF?url=http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-concert-halls-theaters-in-las-vegas/ |archive-date=October 8, 2012}}</ref>

==History==
While this location was known as the Aladdin Hotel, the owners decided to create a performing arts center to replace the mildly used [[golf course]]. Planning began in 1969, with concepts showing the venue as a separate building. In 1972, the hotel was sold to Sam Diamond, Peter Wevve, Sorkis Wevve and Richard Daly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/hotels/history/h-aladdin.html |title=History of the Aladdin|year=2012 |work=A2Z Las Vegas |access-date=8 October 2012|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1349732350FNWENHIKKH?url=http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/hotels/history/h-aladdin.html |archive-date=October 8, 2012}}</ref> The center opened on July 2, 1976 (America's bicentennial weekend), with [[Neil Diamond]], who was paid $750,000 for five sold-out shows. During the 1970s and 1980s, the auditorium became a staple on the Strip for many rock and roll acts.<ref name="Patterson, Spencer">{{cite web |url=http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/apr/26/you-had-to-be-there/ |title=You had to be there|author=Patterson, Spencer |date=April 26, 2007 |work=[[Las Vegas Weekly]] |access-date=October 8, 2012|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1349731655WTVASFRFMY?url=http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/apr/26/you-had-to-be-there/ |archive-date=October 8, 2012}}</ref> During the hotel's financial troubles in the 1990s, the center became its main revenue stream. In 1998, the venue closed while the original Aladdin Hotel was imploded. During the renovation, the center's original structure was removed, incorporating the venue into the casino area of the hotel. In 2000, the venue reopened with a performance by [[Enrique Iglesias]], with a capacity decrease to 7,000.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Surroundings|author=Weatherford, Mike|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|date=August 11, 2000}}</ref> Due to the additions of the [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]] and [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]], the venue was used infrequently by music acts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2009/jun/30/moment-planet-hollywood-theatre-performing-arts-sl/ |title=Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts is a sleeping beauty|author=Katsilometes, John |date=June 30, 2009 |work=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=October 8, 2012|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1349731955NEFBIMIPJN?url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2009/jun/30/moment-planet-hollywood-theatre-performing-arts-sl/ |archive-date=October 8, 2012}}</ref> In 2004, the venue made international news when spectators walked out of a [[Linda Ronstadt]] concert while expressing support for filmmaker [[Michael Moore]].<ref>{{cite news |first= Jerry |last=Fink |title= Aladdin expels Ronstadt after political remarks |url= http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2004/jul/19/aladdin-expels-ronstadt-after-political-remarks|work=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |date=July 19, 2004|access-date=October 21, 2008|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1349733135FFDHHKZLBP?url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2004/jul/19/aladdin-expels-ronstadt-after-political-remarks/ |archive-date=October 8, 2012}}</ref> In 2010, the center saw a resurgence in use, hosting at least 15 concerts annually.

The theater was the host of the Miss Universe [[Miss Universe 1991|1991]], [[Miss Universe 1996|1996]], [[Miss Universe 2012|2012]], [[Miss Universe 2015|2015]] and [[Miss Universe 2017|2017]] pageants, several [[Miss USA]] pageants and several [[Miss America]] pageants.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=News 3 Las Vegas|url=http://www.kvbc.com/Global/category.asp?C=7884&nav=menu107_8|date=2007-12-13|title=Miss USA coming to Las Vegas}}</ref> On June 28, 2012, the auditorium was renamed to the "PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino". On December 19, 2013, the venue was renamed "The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5840363/live-nation-named-exclusive-booker-of-planet-hollywoods-axis-in-las-vegas |title=Live Nation Named Exclusive Booker of Planet Hollywood's AXIS in Las Vegas, Theater for Britney Spears' Residency |last1=Peters |first1=Mitchell |date=December 19, 2013 |website=Billboard |access-date=December 28, 2013}}</ref> It was also announced that American entertainment company [[Live Nation Entertainment]] would take over operations and management of the venue from BASE Entertainment.<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=Caesars Entertainment Announces Partnership with Live Nation Entertainment; Reveals New Name and Major Transformation for Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Theater|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/caesars-entertainment-announces-partnership-with-live-nation-entertainment-reveals-new-name-and-major-transformation-for-planet-hollywood-resort--casino-theater-236615891.html |location=Las Vegas|publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |date=December 19, 2013 |access-date=December 28, 2013}}</ref>

The AXIS theatre has been home to headlining [[Concert residency|concert residencies]] such as [[Shriners Hospitals for Children Open|Justin Timberlake & Friends]], [[Paris By Night]] and [[Britney: Piece of Me]], [[Jennifer Lopez: All I Have]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caesars.com/planet-hollywood/shows|title=Las Vegas Shows & Entertainment – Planet Hollywood|website=www.caesars.com|language=en|access-date=April 10, 2017}}</ref> [[Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life]] and [[The Xperience|Christina Aguilera: The Xperience]]

The venue's name was changed to Zappos Theater in February 2018, as part of a five-year marketing deal with online shoe retailer [[Zappos]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Zappos Theater replaces Axis at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|first=John|last=Katsilometes|date=February 25, 2018|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/zappos-theater-replaces-axis-at-planet-hollywood-in-las-vegas/|access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref>

== Noted events ==
*[[Miss Universe]] {{small|(1991, 1996, 2012, 2015, 2017)}}
*[[Miss America]] {{small|(2006–13)}}
*[[Shriners Hospitals for Children Open|Justin Timberlake & Friends]] {{small|(2007–12)}}
*[[Miss USA]] {{small|(2008–13)}}
*[[Paris By Night]] {{small|(2009–present)}}
*[[The Game Awards]] {{small|(2014)}}
*[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]] {{small|(April 2019)}}
===Residencies===
*[[Britney Spears]]: [[Britney: Piece of Me|Piece of Me]] {{small|(2013–17)}}
*[[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]: [[Time of Our Lives (residency)|Time of Our Lives]] {{small|(2015–19)}}
*[[Jennifer Lopez]]: [[Jennifer Lopez: All I Have|All I Have]] {{small|(2016–18)}}
*[[Lionel Richie]]: All the Hits {{small|(2016–18)}}
*[[Backstreet Boys]]: [[Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life|Larger Than Life]] {{small|(2017–19)}}
*[[Gwen Stefani]] - [[Gwen Stefani – Just a Girl|Just a Girl]] {{small|(2018–21)}}
*[[Def Leppard]] Hits Vegas: The Sin City Residency {{small|(2019)}}
*[[Florida Georgia Line]]: [[Can't Say I Ain't Country Tour|Live From Vegas]] {{small|(2019)}}
*[[Christina Aguilera]]: [[The Xperience]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christina Aguilera: The Xperience, will open at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Friday, May 31, 2019 |url=https://www.caesars.com/meetings/press/christinaaguileraresidency |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=www.caesars.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Radke |first=Brock |date=2019-05-31 |title=Best Bets: Shin Lim, Christina Aguilera, Anita Baker and more for your Las Vegas weekend - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/may/31/best-bets-shin-lim-christina-aguilera-anita-baker/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=lasvegassun.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-29 |title=Christina Aguilera set for Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/christina-aguilera-set-for-las-vegas-residency-at-planet-hollywood-1584516/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Christina Aguilera reveals details of Las Vegas residency |url=https://news.yahoo.com/christina-aguilera-reveals-details-las-vegas-residency-094028253.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=news.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}</ref>''' {{small|(2019-20)}}
*[[Shania Twain]] - [[Let's Go! (residency)|Let's Go!]] {{small|(2019–22)}}
*[[Kelly Clarkson]]: Invincible <ref name="Residency Billboard">{{cite web |last1=Sheckells |first1=Melinda |title=Kelly Clarkson Sets 2020 ''Invincible'' Residency at Las Vegas' Zappos Theater: Exclusive |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8541970/kelly-clarkson-2020-invincible-shows-las-vegas-zappos-theater |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]] |access-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101132704/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8541970/kelly-clarkson-2020-invincible-shows-las-vegas-zappos-theater |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |location=United States |date=November 1, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{small|{{strikethrough|(2020)}} Postponed due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}} <ref>{{cite web |title=Invincible |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pzzVNloZo/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B_pzzVNloZo |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=limited|website=Instagram |access-date=2 June 2021 |date=May 1, 2020 |quote=We’ve had to make the very difficult decision of postponing my Las Vegas residency, Invincible, until 2021. I want everyone to be safe, healthy, & ready to party next year! For the latest information and to receive presale access when new dates are announced - sign up for my mailing list. Swipe up in my stories to join! I can’t wait to see y'all. #invincible}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]: Get Ready Vegas {{small|{{strikethrough|(2020)}} due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
*[[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] “Sin City Nights” {{small|(2021-)}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
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Neversoft

2022-09-28T17:04:47Z

71.174.204.54:

{{short description|American video game developer}}
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| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| fate = Merged with and into [[Infinity Ward]]
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'''Neversoft Entertainment, Inc.''' was an American [[video game developer]] based in [[Woodland Hills, California]]. The studio was founded by Joel Jewett, [[Mick West]] and Chris Ward in July 1994 and was acquired by [[Activision]] in October 1999. Initially, the studio worked with [[Playmates Toys]], where they worked on the game ''[[Skeleton Warriors (video game)|Skeleton Warriors]]'', which was based on a [[Skeleton Warriors|animated television series of the same name]]. Throughout 1996, the studio grew, and worked on projects with [[Crystal Dynamics]] and [[Sony Computer Entertainment]], but due to internal conflicts, they were cancelled.

After a meeting with Activision in 1998, the publisher agreed to enter into a deal with the studio to create ''[[Apocalypse (video game)|Apocalypse]]'', which used the [[game engine]] created by Neversoft for one of the cancelled Sony projects. During the game's development, Activision asked the studio to work on a prototype for a [[skateboarding]] game, and after an impressed reaction from Activision to the prototype, the publisher released the game as ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater]]'' in 1999 to critical acclaim and acquired Neversoft at the end of that year. Neversoft developed a [[Spider-Man (2000 video game)|''Spider-Man'' game]] for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] the following year, along with six ''Tony Hawk's'' games over the next several years.

In 2004, the company split into two teams to work on two games at once, the upcoming ''Tony Hawk's'' and a new [[intellectual property]], the western [[action-adventure game]] ''[[Gun (video game)|Gun]]''. After Activision's acquisition of ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' in 2006, Neversoft continued the franchise, working on ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'', which was released in 2007 to similar acclaim to previous games in the franchise. With the game's success, Neversoft focused on developing new ''Guitar Hero'' games, passing development of new ''Tony Hawk's'' to [[Robomodo]]. The last game in the franchise by Neversoft was ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]'' in 2010, which received mixed reviews and sold poorly. Due to this, Activision reduced Neversoft to a support studio for future ''[[Call of Duty]]'' games.

Starting in 2011, the studio worked in collaboration with numerous Activision studios on ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' and ''[[Call of Duty: Ghosts]]'', and following the release of the latter, Neversoft was merged with [[Infinity Ward]] on May 3, 2014, and was made defunct on July 10, 2014. The last game the studio worked on was ''[[Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare]]'', developed with [[Sledgehammer Games]] and released later that year.

==History==
Neversoft was founded in July 1994 by three employees of Malibu Interactive (previously Acme Interactive), a division of [[Malibu Comics]] based in [[Westlake Village, California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/neversoft-entertainment/3010-1442/ |title=Neversoft Entertainment (Company) |publisher=[[Giant Bomb]] |access-date=8 October 2013}}</ref> At that time, the primary platforms were the [[Video game console|home gaming consoles]], the [[Sega Genesis|Genesis/Mega Drive]] and the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. Games for these systems could be developed by small teams, anywhere from two to ten developers. As a result, it was much easier than at present to set up a [[game development company]], and several groups of people had already left Malibu to strike out on their own. Joel Jewett, a native of [[Montana]] and a [[Certified Public Accountant|CPA]], was at the time head of development at the rapidly shrinking Malibu Interactive. He teamed up with Mick West, a [[game programmer]], who had just completed working on ''[[BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat]]'' for the Genesis, and Chris Ward, a [[video game artist]].

In July 1994, Neversoft was formed. They initially found work for Playmates Interactive, a then-division of [[Playmates Toys]] who were about to release a line of toys called [[Skeleton Warriors#Merchandise|Skeleton Warriors]] and wanted a video game to go along with the toys and the cartoon series. Neversoft began work on the game design and moved into offices in [[Woodland Hills, California]]. Neversoft worked on the Genesis version for five months. Over that time they hired another artist and a level designer. In December 1994, Playmates cancelled the game. They were not unhappy with the progress, but had decided that they needed to develop the game for the [[Sega Saturn]]. 1995 was spent developing ''[[Skeleton Warriors (video game)|Skeleton Warriors]]'' for the Sega Saturn. Over the course of 1995, Neversoft grew rapidly by hiring three programmers, five artists, a level designer, a tester and an office administrator. ''Skeleton Warriors'' was finished in time for the 1995 holiday season and Neversoft began looking for other work while they ported ''Skeleton Warriors'' to the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] in 1996.

Neversoft continued to expand during 1996, expanding to over twenty employees. They worked for six months on a game based on ''[[Ghost Rider]]'' for [[Crystal Dynamics]], which was cancelled due to financial problems with the publisher. With some excess capacity Neversoft started to develop a game of their own design, initially called ''Big Guns''. The technology developed there was used in their next project, a conversion of the PC game ''[[MDK (video game)|MDK]]''. Towards the end of 1996, Neversoft sold the idea for ''Big Guns'' to [[Sony Computer Entertainment]] and they began development. 1997 was a tumultuous year for Neversoft. The ''MDK'' conversion took far longer than expected, and the ''Big Guns'' game (renamed ''Exodus'') went through numerous design changes at the behest of Sony and was cancelled in November 1997. The company shrunk back to just twelve employees. Neversoft spent the next few months shopping around their technology, meeting with numerous companies and looking for work.

[[File:1998 Neversoft 960.jpg|300px|thumb|right|1998 employees of Neversoft]]

In January 1998, just as Neversoft was about to run out of money, they had a meeting with [[Activision]], who were looking for someone to re-develop ''[[Apocalypse (video game)|Apocalypse]]'', a failed internal project. The technology developed for ''Big Guns'' turned out to be ideal for the project, Activision was impressed and Neversoft began work on ''Apocalypse''. In May 1998, ''Apocalypse'' was going very well, and Activision signed up Neversoft to develop a prototype for a [[skateboarding]] game. This proceeded slowly as they could not spare many people from ''Apocalypse''. The initial prototypes resembled the arcade game ''[[Top Skater]]''. ''Apocalypse'' wrapped up in October 1998 and development began in earnest on ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater]]'' for the PlayStation and [[Nintendo 64]]. By the end of 1998, the game development was in full swing and Neversoft comprised 16 people: six programmers, five artists, three level designers, one producer and Joel, the company's president.

From 1999 to 2007, Neversoft developed nine ''[[Tony Hawk's (series)|Tony Hawk's Pro Skater]]'' games and increased their employees to over 150.

In 2005, Neversoft developed a Western [[Action-adventure game|action-adventure]] [[open world]] game entitled ''[[Gun (video game)|Gun]]'', alongside [[Beenox]] and [[Rebellion Developments]].

In 2006, Activision acquired the [[Guitar Hero|''Guitar Hero'' series]] from Harmonix Music Systems, as well as [[RedOctane]], and chose Neversoft as the developer. Neversoft developed several games in the franchise, breaking several records with ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''. The games following ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]'' would be developed by [[Vicarious Visions]], developers of the [[Wii]] ports and ''[[Guitar Hero: Van Halen]]''.<ref>[http://www.bingegamer.net/2010/rumor-layoffs-loss-of-guitar-hero-at-neversoft Layoffs, Loss of ‘Guitar Hero’ at Neversoft]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216142213/http://www.bingegamer.net/2010/rumor-layoffs-loss-of-guitar-hero-at-neversoft |date=February 16, 2010 }}</ref> In light of this, 50 employees were laid off on February 11, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=McWhertor|first=Michael|title=Activision Takes Axe To Guitar Hero's Neversoft, Shuts Down Luxoflux|url=http://kotaku.com/5469858/activision-takes-axe-to-guitar-heros-neversoft-shuts-down-luxoflux|publisher=Kotaku}}</ref> In May 2014 it was reported that Neversoft had been merged with ''[[Call of Duty]]'' creators [[Infinity Ward]] to create what was internally referred to as a "super-studio".<ref>{{cite web|last=Klepek|first=Patrick|title=Infinity Ward, Neversoft Merging into Single Super Studio|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/infinity-ward-neversoft-merging-into-single-super-studio/1100-4909/|publisher=Giant Bomb}}</ref>

Neversoft was officially made defunct on July 10, 2014, 20 years to the day of its founding, with the remaining employees attending a burning of a sculpture of the skewered eyeball from their logo that has been part of their offices before.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-11-tony-hawk-studio-neversoft-bids-farewell-burns-eyeball-effigy | title = Tony Hawk studio Neversoft bids farewell, burns eyeball effigy | first = Tom | last = Phillips | date = July 10, 2014 | access-date = July 11, 2014 | publisher = [[Eurogamer]] }}</ref>

==Release history==
''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'' (''THPS'') was released on the PlayStation in August 1999. Development of a sequel began immediately after its release. ''[[Spider-Man (2000 video game)|Spider-Man]]'' was also developed for Activision in 2000. Like ''THPS'', the technology for this game was based on the ''Apocalypse'' engine, which was in turn based on the ''Big Guns'' engine. Neversoft was now developing two major games in parallel, and expanded into two large teams. Activision acquired Neversoft in the summer of 1999 in a stock swap deal. The founders of Neversoft and several key employees signed four-year employment agreements.

''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2'' and ''Spider-Man'' were both released in 2000. Neversoft began work on ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3]]'' specifically for the [[PlayStation 2]]. After both teams finished their projects they were merged into one large team. ''THPS3'' was developed using the [[RenderWare]] game engine. ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3]]'' was released in 2001, followed by ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4]]'' in 2002. In 2003 Neversoft reworked the game with a more story-oriented approach in ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]'', followed by a sequel in ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]'' in 2004. In 2005 Neversoft again split into two teams to begin work on the internally developed ''[[Gun (video game)|Gun]]'' and the seventh version of the [[Tony Hawk's (series)|''Tony Hawk<nowiki>'</nowiki>s'' series]] — ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''.

''[[Tony Hawk's Project 8]]'' was developed and released in 2006. This was the first title under Neversoft that was developed as a next-gen title for the [[Xbox 360]] and the [[PlayStation 3]]. ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]'' was released in 2007. It is the second title for the PlayStation 3 and third for Xbox 360 in the ''Tony Hawk<nowiki>'</nowiki>s'' series. It was the last ''Tony Hawk'' game to be developed by Neversoft; the franchise moved to [[Robomodo]].<ref name="robo_mondo">[http://www.robomodo.com/ Robomodo.com]</ref>

After Activision acquired [[RedOctane]] and the [[Guitar Hero|''Guitar Hero'' series]], [[Harmonix]] developed their last ''Guitar Hero'' game, ''[[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]'', before they were acquired by [[MTV]]. Neversoft became the developer for the ''Guitar Hero'' series beginning with ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'' for the [[Xbox 360]] and [[PlayStation 3]] consoles, using their in-house game engine made from scratch instead of Harmonix's engine. Several [[Guitar Hero|''Guitar Hero'' series]] games have been developed by Neversoft since 2007, including ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]'' (incorporating drums and vocals alongside guitar), ''[[Guitar Hero: Metallica]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]'', ''[[Band Hero]]'' and ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]''.

==Games developed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Game !! Platform(s)
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Skeleton Warriors (video game)|Skeleton Warriors]]'' || [[Sega Saturn]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
|-
| 1997 || ''[[MDK (video game)|MDK]]''{{efn|Original game developed for PC by [[Shiny Entertainment]]; Neversoft developed the PlayStation [[Port (video gaming)|port]].}} || rowspan="5"| PlayStation
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Apocalypse (video game)|Apocalypse]]''
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (video game)|Tony Hawk's Pro Skater]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000 || ''[[Spider-Man (2000 video game)|Spider-Man]]''
|-
| ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2]]''
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3]]'' || rowspan="4" | [[PlayStation 2]], [[GameCube]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4]]''
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2005 || ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]'' || rowspan="2" | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, [[Xbox 360]]
|-
| ''[[Gun (video game)|Gun]]''
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Tony Hawk's Project 8]]'' || rowspan="9"| [[PlayStation 3]], Xbox 360
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007 || ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
|-
| ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008 ||''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]''
|-
| ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2009 || ''[[Guitar Hero: Metallica]]''
|-
| ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
|-
| ''[[Band Hero]]''
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]''
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''{{efn|Developed with [[Infinity Ward]] and [[Sledgehammer Games]];<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2011-11-08-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-review-firing-down-the-sights.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANbuRaCL-oFh8IPBA7HJqa9PakYeGm5ChxbLuRdjMmsHDS7uskQvKSX0Pgm9VYTz-Euagf4mIoX8Z1_3FRtzFTuVbyD_kMkfEeaqwDuXSxk_LOVciBHUC9f14pYqxthZaib8DesTFzmRmhIkVIqPbwNNkYz6N_9hibA4D-fptjHm Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review (Engadget)]</ref> Neversoft developed the Chaos Mode for Survival Mode and helped Infinity Ward with the single player campaign; [[Raven Software]] developed the multiplayer component, single-player elements, downloadable content, and the game's user interface; [[Treyarch]] ported the Wii version and helped Raven Software with its multiplayer mode.}}
| [[Microsoft Windows]], PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, [[Wii]]
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Call of Duty: Ghosts]]''{{efn|Developed with [[Infinity Ward]]; Neversoft developed the game's Extinction mode;<ref name="Extinction">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKSLpMdSMHc |title=Call Of Duty Ghosts Extinction Tips And Tricks From Neversoft |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618213806/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKSLpMdSMHc |archive-date=June 18, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKSLpMdSMHc |title=Call Of Duty Ghosts Extinction Tips And Tricks From Neversoft |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref> the Wii U version of the game was developed by [[Treyarch]]; [[Raven Software]] developed the game's multiplayer mode<ref name="Multiplayer">{{cite web |last=Conklin |first=Aaron K. |date=October 31, 2013 |url=http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=41308 |title=Raven Software revolutionizes multiplayer gaming with Call of Duty: Ghosts |publisher=The Daily Page |access-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref> with support from [[Certain Affinity]].<ref name="MP">{{cite web |url=http://www.certainaffinity.com/games/call-of-duty-ghosts/ |title=Certain Affinity about their development on Call of Duty: Ghosts on their official website |publisher=Certain Affinity |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214090123/http://www.certainaffinity.com/games/call-of-duty-ghosts |archive-date=February 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>}}|| Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, [[Wii U]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Xbox One]]
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare]]''{{efn|Developed with [[Sledgehammer Games]]; Neversoft provided development support for the game.}}
| Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
|}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://www.mobygames.com/company/neversoft-entertainment-inc ''Neversoft's'' profile] at [[MobyGames]]

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Salem Ilese

2022-09-26T21:25:47Z

71.174.204.54: /* Career */

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

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'''Salem Ilese''', also known as Salem Davern, is an American singer and songwriter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=salem ilese biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/salem+ilese/+wiki |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Last.fm |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Ilese was born in [[Mill Valley, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=10K Projects {{!}} Artist {{!}} Salem Ilese|url=https://www.10kprojects.com/artists/salem-ilese|access-date=2022-01-09|website=www.10kprojects.com}}</ref> Her songwriting career started at the age of 10 when she began classes with [[Bonnie Hayes]] (songwriter for [[Bonnie Raitt]] and [[Cher]]) in San Francisco. Salem met YouTuber/Songwriter Nicholas "Nikkis" Thomas in the 11th grade when they were assigned pen pals. She also attended [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Leight|first1=Elias|date=2020-09-10|title='Mad at Disney': How an Angry Fan Made a Massive TikTok Hit|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/salem-ilese-mad-at-disney-1056874/|access-date=2022-01-09|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-05|title=Salem Ilese and Berklee's Bonnie Hayes on Viral TikTok Hit 'Mad at Disney'|url=https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/salem-ilese-and-berklees-bonnie-hayes-on-viral-tiktok-hit-mad-at-disney/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Berklee Online Take Note|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
Her single, "[[Mad at Disney]]", was awarded gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA and after that she changed her stage name to Salem instead of Salem ilese]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gold & Platinum|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=salem+ilese#search_section|access-date=2021-11-22|website=RIAA|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Get To Know: Salem Ilese {{!}} MTV UK|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtv-push/news/get-to-know-salem-ilese|access-date=2021-09-15|website=www.mtv.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> The song peaked at number 67 on the [[Billboard Global 200]] in 2020,<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=15 September 2020|title=Billboard Global 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2020-10-30/|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US|access-date=2021-11-22}}</ref> and appeared on the [[Rolling Stone charts|Rolling Stone Top 100 Popular Songs]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Top 100 Popular Songs Rolling Stone Music Charts|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2020-09-18/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US|access-date=2021-11-22}}</ref> Additionally, Ilese co-wrote [[Jamie Miller (singer)|Jamie Miller]]'s "Here's Your Perfect", [[Bella Poarch]]'s "[[Build a Bitch]]," [[Tomorrow X Together]]'s "Anti-Romantic", and the viral TikTok trend “PS5” with TXT and [[Alan Walker]]. Ilese's lyrics like to challenge points of view that may be controversial to some, such as sexism, as found in "Build a Bitch".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=2021-08-12|title=Her Breakout Hit Skewered Disney. Build-A-Bear and Barbie Are Next|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/salem-ilese-songwriting-bella-poarch-tomorrow-x-together-1206795/|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref> Her EP "(L)only Child" was released with a food truck in May 2021.

== Songwriting credits ==
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|+ {{Sronly|Songwriting credits}}
! Year !! Artist !! Track
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| 2018
| rowspan="12" | Salem Ilese
| "Awake"
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| rowspan="12" | 2019
| "Impatient (Fish Fox Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient (Konstellation Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient (David Bakhash Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient (Spoove Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient (Jordan Ray Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient"
|-
| "Numbers Game"
|-
| "Roshambo"
|-
| "Time Machine"
|-
| "757"
|-
| "Bad Word"
|-
| Gattuso
| "Love Is Not Enough" (featuring Salem Ilese)
|-
| rowspan="8" | 2020
| rowspan="5" | Salem Ilese
| "It Gets Better"
|-
| "Roses to His Ex"
|-
| "Marry Christmas"
|-
| "Coke & Mentos"
|-
| "Mad at Disney"
|-
| Myrne
| "Splinter" (with Salem Ilese)
|-
| TIMMS
| "Itsy Bitsy"
|-
| Lev || "When I Hurt You"
|-
| rowspan="18" | 2021
| rowspan="7" | Salem Ilese
| "Ben & Jerry"
|-
| "(L)only Child"
|-
| "Good, Not Great"
|-
| "Romeo & Juliet"
|-
| "Dinosaurs"
|-
| "Forgiveness"
|-
| "About a Breakup"
|-
| [[Surfaces (band)|Surfaces]]
| "Come with Me" (featuring Salem Ilese)
|-
| [[Alan Walker (music producer)|Alan Walker]]
| "Fake a Smile" (featuring Salem Ilese)
|-
| LLusion
| "Yoga" (featuring Salem Ilese)
|-
| [[Mia Rodriguez]]
| "Million Dollar Bitch"
|-
| MASN
| "Don't Talk"
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Imanbek]]
| "Dancing on Dangerous"
|-
| "Married to Your Melody"
|-
| [[Jamie Miller (singer)|Jamie Miller]]
| "Here's Your Perfect"
|-
| [[Tomorrow X Together|TXT]]
| "Anti-Romantic"
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Bella Poarch]]
| "[[Build a Bitch]]"
|-
| "Inferno"
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2022
| rowspan="3" | Salem Ilese<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salem Ilese Is Turning Brand Names Into Playful Pop Songs |url=https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/salem-ilese-ps5-new-music-unsponsored-content-interview |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Elite Daily |language=en}}</ref>
| "Jake from State Farm"
|-
| "PS5" (with TXT & Alan Walker)
|-
| "Crypto Boy"
|-
|[[Taeyeon]]
|"Toddler"
|-
|[[Pussy Riot]]
|"Princess Charming"
|-
| [[Demi Lovato]]
| ''[[Holy Fvck]]'' ("Holy Fvck" and "City of Angels")
|-
| [[Bella Poarch]]
| ''Dolls'' ("Villain" and "Living Hell")
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilese, Salem}}
[[Category:American women singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:21st-century American women singers]]
[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Mill Valley, California]]
[[Category:Berklee College of Music alumni]]

Salem Ilese

2022-09-26T21:25:34Z

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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

{{COI|date=December 2021}}
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'''Salem Ilese''', also known as Salem Davern, is an American singer and songwriter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=salem ilese biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/salem+ilese/+wiki |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Last.fm |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Ilese was born in [[Mill Valley, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=10K Projects {{!}} Artist {{!}} Salem Ilese|url=https://www.10kprojects.com/artists/salem-ilese|access-date=2022-01-09|website=www.10kprojects.com}}</ref> Her songwriting career started at the age of 10 when she began classes with [[Bonnie Hayes]] (songwriter for [[Bonnie Raitt]] and [[Cher]]) in San Francisco. Salem met YouTuber/Songwriter Nicholas "Nikkis" Thomas in the 11th grade when they were assigned pen pals. She also attended [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Leight|first1=Elias|date=2020-09-10|title='Mad at Disney': How an Angry Fan Made a Massive TikTok Hit|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/salem-ilese-mad-at-disney-1056874/|access-date=2022-01-09|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-05|title=Salem Ilese and Berklee's Bonnie Hayes on Viral TikTok Hit 'Mad at Disney'|url=https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/salem-ilese-and-berklees-bonnie-hayes-on-viral-tiktok-hit-mad-at-disney/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Berklee Online Take Note|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
Her single, "[[Mad at Disney]]", was awarded gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA and after that she changed her stage name to Salem instead of Salem ilese]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gold & Platinum|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=salem+ilese#search_section|access-date=2021-11-22|website=RIAA|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Get To Know: Salem Ilese {{!}} MTV UK|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtv-push/news/get-to-know-salem-ilese|access-date=2021-09-15|website=www.mtv.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> The song peaked at number 67 on the [[Billboard Global 200]] in 2020,<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=15 September 2020|title=Billboard Global 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2020-10-30/|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US|access-date=2021-11-22}}</ref> and appeared on the [[Rolling Stone charts|Rolling Stone Top 100 Popular Songs]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Top 100 Popular Songs Rolling Stone Music Charts|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2020-09-18/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US|access-date=2021-11-22}}</ref> Additionally, Ilese co-wrote [[Jamie Miller (singer)|Jamie Miller]]'s "Here's Your Perfect", [[Bella Poarch]]'s "[[Build a Bitch]]," [[Tomorrow X Together]]'s "Anti-Romantic", and the viral TikTok trend “PS5” with [[Tomorrow X Together]] and [[Alan Walker]]. Ilese's lyrics like to challenge points of view that may be controversial to some, such as sexism, as found in "Build a Bitch".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=2021-08-12|title=Her Breakout Hit Skewered Disney. Build-A-Bear and Barbie Are Next|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/salem-ilese-songwriting-bella-poarch-tomorrow-x-together-1206795/|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref> Her EP "(L)only Child" was released with a food truck in May 2021.

== Songwriting credits ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ {{Sronly|Songwriting credits}}
! Year !! Artist !! Track
|-
| 2018
| rowspan="12" | Salem Ilese
| "Awake"
|-
| rowspan="12" | 2019
| "Impatient (Fish Fox Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient (Konstellation Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient (David Bakhash Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient (Spoove Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient (Jordan Ray Remix)"
|-
| "Impatient"
|-
| "Numbers Game"
|-
| "Roshambo"
|-
| "Time Machine"
|-
| "757"
|-
| "Bad Word"
|-
| Gattuso
| "Love Is Not Enough" (featuring Salem Ilese)
|-
| rowspan="8" | 2020
| rowspan="5" | Salem Ilese
| "It Gets Better"
|-
| "Roses to His Ex"
|-
| "Marry Christmas"
|-
| "Coke & Mentos"
|-
| "Mad at Disney"
|-
| Myrne
| "Splinter" (with Salem Ilese)
|-
| TIMMS
| "Itsy Bitsy"
|-
| Lev || "When I Hurt You"
|-
| rowspan="18" | 2021
| rowspan="7" | Salem Ilese
| "Ben & Jerry"
|-
| "(L)only Child"
|-
| "Good, Not Great"
|-
| "Romeo & Juliet"
|-
| "Dinosaurs"
|-
| "Forgiveness"
|-
| "About a Breakup"
|-
| [[Surfaces (band)|Surfaces]]
| "Come with Me" (featuring Salem Ilese)
|-
| [[Alan Walker (music producer)|Alan Walker]]
| "Fake a Smile" (featuring Salem Ilese)
|-
| LLusion
| "Yoga" (featuring Salem Ilese)
|-
| [[Mia Rodriguez]]
| "Million Dollar Bitch"
|-
| MASN
| "Don't Talk"
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Imanbek]]
| "Dancing on Dangerous"
|-
| "Married to Your Melody"
|-
| [[Jamie Miller (singer)|Jamie Miller]]
| "Here's Your Perfect"
|-
| [[Tomorrow X Together|TXT]]
| "Anti-Romantic"
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Bella Poarch]]
| "[[Build a Bitch]]"
|-
| "Inferno"
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2022
| rowspan="3" | Salem Ilese<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salem Ilese Is Turning Brand Names Into Playful Pop Songs |url=https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/salem-ilese-ps5-new-music-unsponsored-content-interview |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Elite Daily |language=en}}</ref>
| "Jake from State Farm"
|-
| "PS5" (with TXT & Alan Walker)
|-
| "Crypto Boy"
|-
|[[Taeyeon]]
|"Toddler"
|-
|[[Pussy Riot]]
|"Princess Charming"
|-
| [[Demi Lovato]]
| ''[[Holy Fvck]]'' ("Holy Fvck" and "City of Angels")
|-
| [[Bella Poarch]]
| ''Dolls'' ("Villain" and "Living Hell")
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilese, Salem}}
[[Category:American women singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:21st-century American women singers]]
[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Mill Valley, California]]
[[Category:Berklee College of Music alumni]]

MLB at Field of Dreams

2022-09-23T05:30:01Z

71.174.204.54: /* Broadcasting */Wrong person cited

{{short description|Special Major League Baseball event}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox recurring event
| logo = MLB at Field of Dreams.svg
| venue = [[Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa)|Field of Dreams]]
| location = [[Dyersville, Iowa]]
| first = 2021
| organized = [[Major League Baseball]]
| sponsor = [[GEICO]]
}}
'''MLB at Field of Dreams''' is a recurring [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) regular-season game played in a ballpark adjacent to [[Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa)|Field of Dreams]] in [[Dyersville, Iowa]], a site popularized by the 1989 baseball film ''[[Field of Dreams]]''. The first edition of the game was played on August 12, 2021, with the [[Chicago White Sox]] defeating the [[New York Yankees]], 9–8. The most recent edition of the game was played August 11, 2022, with the [[Chicago Cubs]] defeating the [[Cincinnati Reds]], 4–2. Both games were held on the second Thursday of August.

==Background==
{{Location map|Iowa
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|label = Dyersville
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|position = left<--position of text relative to the dot on the map-->
|caption = Location of the ballpark in Iowa
|alt = Map showing location of Dyersville in Iowa
|lat_deg = 42 |lat_min = 28 |lat_dir = N
|lon_deg = 91 |lon_min = 7 |lon_dir = W
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The first edition of the game was planned for August 13, 2020, with the [[Chicago White Sox]] facing the [[New York Yankees]].<ref name=article/> However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in North America|COVID-19 pandemic]], MLB implemented a shortened 2020 season that limited games played to each team's division and the opposite league's geographically equal division to reduce travel. Hence, on July 1, MLB announced that the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] would replace the Yankees for the game.<ref name="STL">{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2020/7/1/21310346/white-sox-cardinals-field-of-dreams-game-mlb-iowa|title=Cardinals will be White Sox' opponent in Field of Dreams game|date=July 1, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020|last=Van Schouwen|first=Daryl}}</ref> After several St. Louis players and coaches tested positive for COVID-19 in late July, MLB postponed several Cardinals games, eventually leading the league to announce on August 3 that the MLB at Field of Dreams game would be postponed to the 2021 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=MLB postpones Cards-White Sox Field of Dreams game to 2021|url=https://www.foxsports.com/midwest/story/mlb-postpones-st-louis-cardinals-chicago-white-sox-field-of-dreams-game-to-2021-080320|website=[[FoxSports.com]]|date=August 3, 2020|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref> In November 2020, MLB announced the 2021 game date and that the contest would feature the originally planned participants, the White Sox and Yankees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Field of Dreams game set for Aug. 12, 2021|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-at-field-of-dreams-game-date |last=Harrigan|first=Thomas |date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=November 24, 2020 |website=MLB.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Ballpark==
[[File:MLB at Field of Dreams (aerial view).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the MLB ballpark while under construction in 2020 (at left) and the original 1989 movie set field (at right)]]

The game is hosted in [[Dyersville, Iowa]], near the filming location of the [[Field of Dreams|titular 1989 baseball movie]]. The field constructed for the movie, which has been operated as a tourist destination since 1989, could not be brought to MLB game standards without permanently altering major features of the property and destroying its movie authenticity, so it was decided to build a separate playing facility at a distance of approximately {{cvt|500|ft}} in the cornfields. The new field is in the property of the Ameskamp family, who used to own the left and center field of the 1988 Field of Dreams (the rest was owned by the Lansing family) before selling it to the Lansing family in 2007.

The design of the ballpark pays homage to the White Sox' home from 1910 to 1990, [[Comiskey Park]], including the shape of the outfield and the [[bullpen]]s beyond the center field fence. Windows were included in the design of the right field wall to show the cornfields beyond the ballpark and to provide views of the movie set.<ref name=faq>{{cite news|last=Castrovince|first=Anthony|title=Field of Dreams FAQ: Tickets and other details|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/field-of-dreams-game-tickets-and-faqs|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=August 8, 2019|access-date=February 22, 2020}}</ref><ref name="article">{{cite web|last=Castrovince|first=Anthony|title=Yanks, White Sox to play at 'Field of Dreams'|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-white-sox-game-at-field-of-dream-site|website=[[MLB.com]] |date=August 8, 2019|access-date=February 22, 2020}}</ref>

Following postponement of the originally scheduled game, the field remained [[fallow]] during the 2020 season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reichard|first=Kevin|date=August 10, 2020|title=With game postponed, Field of Dreams lies fallow|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2020/08/10/with-game-postponed-field-of-dreams-lies-fallow/|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=Ballpark Digest|language=en-US}}</ref> During the 2021 season, many of the temporary structures that were intended for MLB at Field of Dreams were moved to [[Sahlen Field]] in [[Buffalo, New York]], to allow that [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] ballpark to accommodate the [[Toronto Blue Jays]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Mike |title=What has to be done to get Sahlen Field ready for MLB, Blue Jays |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/what-has-to-be-done-to-get-sahlen-field-ready-for-mlb-blue-jays/article_86a0b440-cdf7-11ea-aa8a-6bec5a218c23.html |work=The Buffalo News |date=July 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-transformed-sahlen-field-temporary-home/ |title=How Blue Jays transformed Sahlen Field into their temporary home|last=Zwelling|first=Arden |date=August 10, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020|website=sportsnet.ca|language=en}}</ref> In late June 2021, a news report by [[KTIV]] of [[Sioux City, Iowa]], showed that the baseball field and lights were in place for MLB at Field of Dreams, but seating had not yet been erected.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ktiv.com/2021/06/28/field-of-dreams-mlb-game-to-feature-beyond-the-game-in-dyersville/ |title=Field of Dreams MLB game to feature Beyond The Game in Dyersville |website=[[KTIV]] |date=June 28, 2021 |access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref>

==Games==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Date
! colspan="2"| Winning team
! colspan="2"| Losing team
! Attendance
! Ref.
|-
| 2021
| August 12
| [[2021 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || 9
| [[2021 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || 8
| align=center|7,832
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2021/B08120CHA2021.htm |title=Chicago White Sox 9, New York Yankees 8 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=August 12, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| August 11
| [[2022 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]] || 4
| [[2022 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]] || 2
| align=center|7,823
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs-reds/2022/08/11/663023#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=663023 | title=Cubs 4, Reds 2 (Final Score) on MLB Gameday | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref>

|}


===2021 game===
On August 9, it was revealed that [[Iowa]] native [[Pat Hoberg]] would be the home plate umpire for the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/08/09/urbandale-iowa-native-pat-hoberg-field-of-dreams-umpire-new-york-yankees-chicago-white-sox/5536613001/|title=Field of Dreams umpire, an Iowa native, might play catch with his dad when he gets there|website=desmoinesregister.com|publisher=[[Des Moines Register]]|first=Tommy|last=Birch|date=August 9, 2021|access-date=August 11, 2021}}</ref> The White Sox and Yankees both wore throwback uniforms resembling those worn during the [[1919 Major League Baseball season]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Adler|first=David|title=Field of Dreams unis go back in time|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/field-of-dreams-game-uniforms|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=August 11, 2021|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Field of Dreams Game: Grading the White Sox and Yankees throwback uniforms |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/field-of-dreams-game-grading-the-white-sox-and-yankees-throwback-uniforms-mlb-181043603.html |website=sports.yahoo.com |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref> Prior to the game, a pregame ceremony was conducted, during which [[Kevin Costner]] led players from both teams onto the field from the corn, in tribute to an iconic scene which occurs in the film while [[Maddie Poppe]] sang the national anthem.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baer |first1=Jack |title=The intro to MLB's Field of Dreams Game was a masterclass in nostalgia |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-field-of-dreams-game-intro-kevin-costner-yankees-white-sox-235400533.html |website=sports.yahoo.com |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref> Bench coach [[Miguel Cairo]] managed the White Sox as manager [[Tony La Russa]] was unavailable due to a family funeral.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/tony-la-russa-to-miss-field-of-dreams-game |title=La Russa to miss Field of Dreams Game |first=Scott |last=Merkin |website=MLB.com |date=August 11, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref> This was the first MLB game played in the state of Iowa.<ref name=article/> The game was called by [[Joe Buck]] (play by play), [[John Smoltz]] (analyst), [[Ken Rosenthal]] (field reporter), and [[Tom Verducci]] (field reporter) on [[Major League Baseball on Fox|FOX]].

====Recap====
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The early game was defined by strikeouts, with four from [[Lance Lynn]] and three from [[Andrew Heaney]] through the first two innings. The first scoring was a home run over the left field fence by [[José Abreu (first baseman)|José Abreu]] in the bottom of the first inning, the first ever major league home run hit in the state of Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Southard |first1=Dargan |title=Field of Dreams recap: White Sox win on Tim Anderson's thrilling walk-off home run |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/08/12/mlb-field-of-dreams-game-live-coverage-new-york-yankees-chicago-white-sox-dyersville-iowa/5536602001/ |website=Des Moines Register}}</ref> From the third inning on, the game was described as a slugfest with home runs by [[Aaron Judge]] in the top of the third, [[Eloy Jiménez]] in the bottom of the third, [[Seby Zavala]] in the bottom of the fourth, and [[Brett Gardner]] in the top of the sixth.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Kyle |title=Yankees rally late, then blow slugfest to White Sox in Field of Dreams game |url=https://fingerlakes1.com/2021/08/12/yankees-rally-late-then-blow-slugfest-to-white-sox-in-field-of-dreams-game/ |website=Fingerlakes1.com |date=13 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Randy |title=Yankees rally late, then blow slugfest to White Sox in Field of Dreams Game {{!}} Rapid reaction |url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2021/08/yankees-rally-late-then-blow-slugfest-to-white-sox-in-field-of-dreams-game-rapid-reaction.html |website=nj.com |access-date=13 August 2021 |language=en |date=13 August 2021}}</ref> In the game, there was eight total home runs hit into the cornfield. Heading into the ninth inning, the White Sox led 7–4. The Yankees then rallied ahead with a pair of two-out, two-run home runs by Aaron Judge, his second of the night, and [[Giancarlo Stanton]], both off of [[Liam Hendriks]], to put them ahead of the White Sox by one run. After a ground out by pinch hitter [[Danny Mendick]] and a walk to [[Seby Zavala]], the game ended with a [[Walk-off home run|walk-off]] two-run homer hit by [[Tim Anderson (baseball)|Tim Anderson]] off of [[Zack Britton]], giving the White Sox the 9–8 win. The homer was the 15th walk-off home run against the Yankees in White Sox history; the first was hit by [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]] on July 20, 1919,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1919/B07200CHA1919.htm |title=Chicago White Sox 2, New York Yankees 1 |date=July 20, 1919 |website=[[Retrosheet]]}}</ref> a fictional version of whom features heavily in the ''Field of Dreams'' film.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2021/08/13/white-sox-yankees-field-of-dreams-tim-anderson-home-run-video |title=You Will Definitely Believe Who Hit the First Walk-Off Home Run for the White Sox Against the Yankees |first=Dan |last=Gartland |website=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=August 13, 2021 |accessdate=August 9, 2022}}</ref>

====Line score====
{{linescore
| Date = August 12, 2021
| Time = 6:15 p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| Location = [[Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa)|Field of Dreams]]
| Other =
| Road = [[New York Yankees]]
| RoadAbr = NYY
| R1=0|R2=0|R3=3|R4=0|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=4|RR=8|RH=8|RE=0
| Home = '''[[Chicago White Sox]]'''
| HomeAbr = CWS
| H1=1|H2=0|H3=4|H4=2|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=2|HR=9|HH=8|HE=1

| WP = [[Liam Hendriks]] (7–2)
| LP = [[Zack Britton]] (0–1)
| SV =
| RoadHR = [[Aaron Judge]] 2 (25), [[Brett Gardner]] (5), [[Giancarlo Stanton]] (18)
| HomeHR = [[José Abreu (first baseman)|José Abreu]] (23), [[Eloy Jiménez]] (6), [[Seby Zavala]] (4), [[Tim Anderson (baseball)|Tim Anderson]] (13)
| Attendance = 7,832   '''Time:''' 3:29
| Notes =
| BoxURL = https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-white-sox/2021/08/12/632924#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=632924
}}

====Reception====
Fans and media personalities alike responded positively to the presentation of the game, which drew the highest ratings for a regular-season telecast on [[Fox Sports]] at 5.9 million viewers since a [[Yankees–Red Sox rivalry|Yankees–Red Sox contest]] on October 1, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marner |first1=Aaron |title='Like it was painted by God': Iowa and a sunset steal the show during MLB's Field of Dreams game |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/2021/08/12/mlb-field-of-dreams-game-iowa-new-york-yankees-chicago-white-sox-fans-react-twitter-baseball/8113484002/ |website=Des Moines Register |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Jabari |title='Field of Dreams' baseball game was a ratings win for Fox with 5.9 million viewers |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/13/field-of-dreams-mlb-baseball-game-draws-5point9-million-viewers-for-fox.html |website=CNBC |date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref> [[Len Kasper]], who called the game on radio for the White Sox, commented that "I’m not really sure MLB could have done an event better than the Field of Dreams Game. Yes, the game was bonkers and the finish was [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] worthy, but the entire thing—the scenery, the park, the weather, the people involved, the vibe—it was just perfect. Unforgettable experience.”<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosvoglou |first1=Chris |title=MLB World Reacts To "Field Of Dreams" Game Between White Sox, Yankees |url=https://thespun.com/more/mlb/mlb-world-reacts-to-field-of-dreams-game-between-white-sox-yankees |website=The Spun |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>

===2022 game===
[[File:KC-135_and_F-16_over_the_Field_of_Dreams.jpg|thumb|right|[[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] flying over the field before the 2022 game]]
Shortly before the 2021 game, [[Commissioner of Baseball]] [[Rob Manfred]] confirmed that there would be another game at the Field of Dreams during 2022, likely during August, but did not identify which teams would be playing.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Birch |first1=Tommy |title=MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says MLB will play another 'Field of Dreams' game in 2022 |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/08/12/mlb-field-of-dreams-game-iowa-2022-commissioner-rob-manfred/8116815002/ |website=Des Moines Register |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref> MLB later announced that the [[Cincinnati Reds]] would play the [[Chicago Cubs]] at the site on August 11, 2022, with Cincinnati as the designated home team in the game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs to play at Field of Dreams site in 2022 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32057529/cincinnati-reds-chicago-cubs-play-field-dreams-site-2022 |website=ESPN.com |date=August 20, 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref> Retro-style uniforms for the teams were revealed on August 8, with the Reds' uniforms matching what the team wore in the [[1919 World Series]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/08/chicago-cubs-cincinnati-reds-uniforms-2022-field-of-dreams-game |title=See the old-timey Cubs and Reds uniforms they'll wear for the 2022 Field of Dreams game |first=Blake |last=Schuster |website=[[USA Today]] |date=August 8, 2022 |accessdate=August 9, 2022}}</ref> Pre-game ceremonies began with [[Ken Griffey Sr.]] and [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] playing catch, followed by the Cubs and Reds walking in from the cornfield beyond centerfield along with multiple members of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]]—[[Johnny Bench]], [[Andre Dawson]], [[Ferguson Jenkins]], [[Barry Larkin]], [[Ryne Sandberg]], and [[Billy Williams]]—and a [[ceremonial first pitch]] from Jenkins to Bench.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/ken-griffey-father-son-catch-field-of-dreams-game |title=Griffeys set the tone in Iowa: 'Dad, wanna have a catch?' |first=Mark |last=Sheldon |website=MLB.com |date=August 11, 2022 |accessdate=August 12, 2022}}</ref> The national anthem was sung by country singer [[Jessie James Decker]]. [[John Smoltz]] (analyst), [[Ken Rosenthal]] (field reporter), and [[Tom Verducci]] (field reporter) return to call the game with [[Joe Davis (sportscaster)|Joe Davis]] (play by play) calling now as the lead announcer for [[Major League Baseball on Fox|MLB on FOX]].

==== Recap ====
[[Drew Smyly]] recorded the pitching victory for the Cubs, lasting five innings with nine strikeouts and four hits allowed. The Reds only mustered two runs, in the bottom of the seventh inning, all while having two runners on base in three separate innings and with a total of eight runners [[left on base]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cubs vs. Reds - Box Score - August 11, 2022 - ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401355898 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Cincinnati second baseman [[Jonathan India]] left the contest after the third inning, due to a contusion on his left leg from being [[hit by pitch|hit by a pitch]] in the first inning; his injury later required an emergency helicopter flight to an [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]] hospital.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jonathan-india-airlifted-to-hospital-after-field-of-dreams-game |title=India recounts harrowing airlift after Field of Dreams HBP |first=Mark |last=Sheldon |website=MLB.com |date=August 13, 2022 |accessdate=August 13, 2022}}</ref> Chicago catcher [[Willson Contreras]] rolled his ankle rounding second base in the third inning, but remained in the game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2022 |title='Just perfect': Cubs, Reds soak in Iowa scenics |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34386618/chicago-cubs-cincinnati-reds-soak-experience-field-dreams-game-iowa |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

====Line score====
{{linescore
| Date = August 11, 2022
| Time = 7:15 p.m. [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]]
| Location = [[Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa)|Field of Dreams]]
| Other = {{convert|77|F|C}}, clear
| Road = '''[[Chicago Cubs]]'''
| RoadAbr = CHI
| R1=3|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=4|RH=10|RE=0
| Home = [[Cincinnati Reds]]
| HomeAbr = CIN
| H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=2|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=7|HE=1

| WP = [[Drew Smyly]] (5–6)
| LP = [[Nick Lodolo]] (3–3)
| SV = [[Rowan Wick]] (7)
| RoadHR = 
| HomeHR = 
| Attendance = 7,823   '''Time:''' 3:21
| Notes =
| BoxURL = https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs-reds/2022/08/11/663023#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=663023
}}

===MiLB at Field of Dreams===
On April 21, 2022, [[Minor League Baseball]] (MiLB) announced the inaugural MiLB at Field of Dreams game, a [[High-A]] contest in Dyersville between teams of the [[Midwest League]].<ref name=milb2022/> On August 9, the [[Quad Cities River Bandits]] hosted and defeated the [[Cedar Rapids Kernels]], 7–2.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/gameday/kernels-vs-river-bandits/2022/08/09/671803#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=671803 |title=Kernels at River Bandits |website=MiLB.com |date=August 9, 2022 |accessdate=August 9, 2022}}</ref> The teams used historical franchise names for the contest, [[Davenport Blue Sox]] and [[Cedar Rapids Bunnies]], respectively.<ref name=milb2022>{{Cite web | url=https://www.milb.com/news/quad-cities-river-bandits-to-host-cedar-rapids-kernels-at-field-of-dreams | title=River Bandits to host Kernels at 'Field of Dreams' |publisher=Minor League Baseball |website=milb.com |date=April 21, 2022}}</ref>

==Future==
MLB will not host a game at the ballpark in 2023 due to construction around the site.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title='Just perfect': Cubs, Reds soak in Iowa scenics |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34386618/chicago-cubs-cincinnati-reds-soak-experience-field-dreams-game-iowa |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Future plans include converting the site into a youth baseball and softball complex that one day would also have a hotel.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2022/08/10/mlb-wont-return-field-dreams-game-2023-frank-thomas-says/10290613002/|title=MLB won't return to Field of Dreams in 2023 due to construction, owner Frank Thomas says|last=Birch|first=Tommy|publisher=Des Moines Register|date=August 10, 2022|access-date=August 11, 2022|language=en}}</ref> Iowa Governor [[Kim Reynolds]] confirmed that there will be another round of public funding to build a permanent stadium at the site.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10045133-mlb-wont-host-field-of-dreams-game-in-iowa-during-2023-regular-season|title=MLB Won't Host 'Field of Dreams' Game in Iowa During 2023 Regular Season|last=Sam|first=Doric|website=Bleacher Report|date=August 11, 2022|access-date=August 11, 2022|language=en}}</ref> Former MLB player [[Frank Thomas (designated hitter)|Frank Thomas]], who is part of the group that owns the property, did not rule out the possibility of future MLB games at the site after 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/field-of-dreams-iowa-complex-will-not-have-2023-mlb-game-1234847686/|title='Field Of Dreams' Iowa Complex Won't Have A 2023 MLB Game|last=Haring|first=Bruce|website=Deadline.com|date=August 10, 2022|access-date=August 11, 2022|language=en}}</ref>

==Broadcasting==
Since its inception, the game has been broadcast by [[Major League Baseball on Fox|Fox]] as part of their ''[[Thursday Night Baseball]]'' telecasts

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! Network
! Play-by-play
! Analyst
! Field Reporter
! Ref.
|-
| 2021
|rowspan=2|Fox
|[[Joe Buck]]
|rowspan=2|[[John Smoltz]]
|rowspan=2|[[Ken Rosenthal]] [[Tom Verducci]]
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/5/22611346/fox-sports-broadcast-field-of-dreams-game-white-sox-yankees-dyersville-iowa-matt-gangl-judy-boyd | title=How Fox will broadcast Field of Dreams game between White Sox, Yankees | website=[[Chicago Sun Times]] }}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[Joe Davis (sportscaster)|Joe Davis]]
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/blog/2022/08/09/fox-sports-energized-for-its-return-to-iowa-and-mlb-at-field-of-dreams | title=FOX SPORTS ENERGIZED FOR ITS RETURN TO IOWA AND MLB AT FIELD OF DREAMS | website=[[Fox Sports.com]] }}</ref>
|}

==See also==
*[[List of neutral site regular season Major League Baseball games played in the United States and Canada]]
*[[NHL Winter Classic]]

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First Class (song)

2022-09-01T05:18:32Z

71.174.204.54: /* Live performances */

{{For|other songs of the same name|First class (disambiguation){{!}}First class}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox song
| name = First Class
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Jack Harlow]]
| album = [[Come Home the Kids Miss You]]
| released = {{start date|2022|04|08|mf=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop-rap]]
| length = 2:53
| label = * [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
* Generation Now
| writer = * [[Jack Harlow|Jackman Harlow]]
* Jasper Harris
* Douglas Ford
* [[Rogét Chahayed]]
* José Velazquez
* Micaiah Raheem
* Nickie Jon Pabón
* Ryan Vojtesak
* [[Stacy Ferguson]]
* [[Polow da Don|Jamal Jones]]
* [[will.i.am|Will Adams]]
* [[Blac Elvis|Elvis Williams]]
* [[Ludacris|Christopher Bridges]]
| producer = * Chahayed
* Harlow
* Harris
* Charlie Handsome
| prev_title = [[Nail Tech]]
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = [[Dua Lipa (song)|Dua Lipa]]
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|yQBImEeXNZ4|"First Class"}}}}
}}
"'''First Class'''" is a song by American rapper [[Jack Harlow]], released through [[Atlantic Records]] and Generation Now as the second single from Harlow's second album ''[[Come Home the Kids Miss You]]'' on April 8, 2022.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/jack-harlow-first-class-listen-1235056579/|title=Jack Harlow Lives in the Lap of Luxury in New Single, 'First Class': Listen|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Bowenbank|first=Starr|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref> The song was produced by [[Rogét Chahayed]], BabeTruth, Charlie Handsome, Jasper Harris and Nickie Jon Pabón, and heavily samples the 2007 [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] song "[[Glamorous (Fergie song)|Glamorous]]", which features [[Ludacris]] and was produced by [[Polow da Don]]. The song went viral on [[TikTok]] before its release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jack-harlows-new-single-first-class-goes-viral-on-tiktok-ahead-of-release-3199429|title=Jack Harlow's new single 'First Class' goes viral on TikTok ahead of release|work=[[NME]]|last=Richards|first=Will|date=April 6, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref>

"First Class" debuted at number one on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], becoming Harlow's second song (and first solo song) to top the chart, after his collaboration with [[Lil Nas X]] on "[[Industry Baby]]" in 2021. It was also his first to debut atop the chart. The song also entered atop the charts in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, peaked at number two in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, South Africa, Switzerland and the UK, and within the top ten in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

==Background==
Harlow posted a snippet of the track on social media on April 1, 2022, captioning it in part "How bout this one next?"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jack-harlow-announces-new-single-first-class-is-coming-this-week-3197942|title=Jack Harlow announces new single 'First Class' is coming this week|work=[[NME]]|last=Lavin|first=Will|date=April 4, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref> The snippet went viral on [[TikTok]], with users responding to the song's "summery vibes",<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jack-harlow-first-class-song-1334558/|title=Jack Harlow Makes Everything 'First Class' in New Song|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Legaspi|first=Althea|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref> with the clips featuring the song gaining a total of 28.8 million views before its official release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/04/08/jack-harlow-glamorous/|title=Long before TikTok, Jack Harlow's Glamorous was a GTA classic|website=HITC|last=Leung|first=Yasmine|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref>

==Composition==
The song sees Harlow rapping about his "journey to success" and also "spelling out what's in store for his traveling companion" over a soft piano melody, which leads into Harlow interpolating the chorus of [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]'s 2006 song "[[Glamorous (Fergie song)|Glamorous]]".<ref name="NME">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-jack-harlows-fergie-sampling-new-single-first-class-3200995|title=Listen to Jack Harlow's Fergie-sampling new single 'First Class'|work=[[NME]]|last=Qureshi|first=Arusa|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref><ref name="RS"/> The track also contains a reference to ''[[Euphoria (American TV series)|Euphoria]]'' actor [[Angus Cloud]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/04/08/jack-harlow-first-class|title=Jack Harlow's Fergie-sampling "First Class" is here|work=[[The Fader]]|last=Renshaw|first=David|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref>

==Music video==
The video clip was made available along with the release of ''[[Come Home the Kids Miss You]]'', at midnight on May 6, 2022. Parts of the video are in black and white and it features a cameo appearance from Brazilian singer [[Anitta (singer)|Anitta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portalpopline.com.br/first-class-anitta-aparece-no-novo-clipe-de-jack-harlow/|title=First Class: Anitta aparece no novo clipe de Jack Harlow|work=POPline|last=Nunes|first=Caian|language=pt|date=May 6, 2022|access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>

==Live performances==
On May 15, Harlow performed "First Class" at the [[2022 Billboard Music Awards]]. On June 26, Harlow performed "First Class" at the [[BET Awards 2022|2022 BET Awards]] alongside [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]], who released a freestyle to the song's instrumental a month earlier.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brandy-joins-jack-harlows-surprise-bet-awards-performance-1374619/|title=Brandy Takes Jack Harlow's 'First Class' to New Heights With Surprise BET Awards Performance|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref> On August 28, Harlow performed "First Class" at the [[2022 MTV Video Music Awards]], with [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] joining him to perform [[Glamorous (Fergie song)|"Glamorous"]], which Harlow sampled for "First Class".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/fergie-glamorous-appearance-mtv-vmas-jack-harlow-first-class-performance-video-1235101869/|title=Fergie Makes ‘Glamorous’ Surprise Appearance At VMAs Joining Jack Harlow’s ‘First Class’ Performance|magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=September 1, 2022}}</ref>

==Commercial performance==
"First Class" debuted at number one on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], becoming the year's first hip hop song to reach the top. It earned the biggest streaming week of 2022 so far, and the biggest opening week since [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]'s "[[Way 2 Sexy]]" featuring [[Future (rapper)|Future]] and [[Young Thug]] in September 2021.<ref name="billboard"/> The song spent three non-consecutive weeks at number one and reached number one on the [[Radio Songs (chart)|Radio Songs]] chart, becoming his first leader there.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |date=2022-05-23 |title=Jack Harlow's 'First Class' Holds at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Kendrick Lamar, Morgan Wallen Debut in Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/hot-100-jack-harlow-first-class-kendrick-lamar-morgan-wallen-1235074293/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

"First Class" debuted atop the Australian [[ARIA Singles Chart]], becoming Harlow's first number one in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/jack-harlow-first-class-debuts-at-1-on-the-aria-singles-charts|title=Jack Harlow 'First Class' debuts at #1 on the ARIA Singles Charts|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=15 April 2022|access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref> It also debuted at number one in New Zealand,<ref name="NZ"/> making it Harlow's first solo number one and second overall chart-topping song after the [[Lil Nas X]] collaboration "[[Industry Baby]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jack+Harlow|title=Discography Jack Harlow|website=charts.nz|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> "First Class" also debuted at number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref name="CAN"/> making it Harlow's first number-one song on the chart. The song debuted and peaked at number two in Austria,<ref name="AUT"/> Germany,<ref name="GER"/> Ireland,<ref name="IRE"/> Lithuania,<ref name="LIT"/> South Africa and the UK,<ref name="SA"/><ref name="UK"/> and also debuted within the top ten in Denmark,<ref name="DEN"/> Finland,<ref name="FIN"/> the Netherlands,<ref name="NLD"/> Norway,<ref name="NOR"/> Sweden and Switzerland.<ref name="SWE"/><ref name="SWI"/>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "First Class"
! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=April 15, 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Austria|2|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=April 19, 2022|refname=AUT}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|32|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=May 16, 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|36|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| Canada ([[Canadian Hot 100]])<ref name="CAN">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2022-04-23/|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Week of April 23, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Canada [[Canada CHR/Top 40|CHR/Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-chr-top-40/2022-06-04/|url-access=subscription|title=Canada CHR/Top 40: Week of June 18, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 15, 2022}}</ref>
| 3
|-
! scope="row"| Canada [[Canada Hot AC|Hot AC]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-hot-ac/2022-06-18/|url-access=subscription|title=Canada Hot AC: Week of June 18, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref>
| 38
|-
! scope="row"| [[Croatia Songs|Croatia]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/croatia-songs-hotw/2022-04-23|title=Croatia Songs: Week of April 23, 2022|magazine=Billboard|date=April 19, 2022|access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>
| 14
|-
{{single chart|Czechdigital|14|year=2022|week=17|rowheader=true|access-date=May 2, 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| Denmark ([[Tracklisten]])<ref name="DEN">{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=15&y=2022&list=t40|title=Track Top-40 Uge 15, 2022|publisher=[[Hitlisten]]|access-date=April 20, 2022}}</ref>
| 6
|-
{{single chart|Finland|6|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=April 17, 2022|refname=FIN}}
|-
! scope="row"| France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=18?&annee=2022&categorie=Top%20Singles|title=Top Singles (Week 18, 2022)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref>
| 47
|-
{{single chart|Germany|2|songid=2267794|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=April 15, 2022|refname=GER}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Billboard Global 200|Global 200]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billbard]]'')<ref>{{cite tweet|user=billboardcharts|number=1516125644962344970|title=The #Global200 top 10 (chart dated April 23, 2022)|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| Greece International ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|title=Official IFPI Charts - Digital Singles Chart (International) - Week: 15/2022|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|access-date=April 25, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220425121536/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2
|-
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|24|year=2022|week=21|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Hungarystream|15|year=2022|week=15|rowheader=true|access-date=April 21, 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| Iceland ([[Music of Iceland|Plötutíðindi]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Lög|trans-title=The Music – Songs|language=is|publisher=[[Music of Iceland|Plötutíðindi]]|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418130647/https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|archive-date=April 18, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| India ([[IMI International Top 20 Singles|IMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imicharts.com/|title=IMI International Top 20 Singles for week ending 11th April 2022 Week 17 of 52|publisher=[[IFPI]]|access-date=May 7, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220502141615/https://imicharts.com/|archive-date=May 2, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 15
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{{single chart|Ireland4|2|date=20220415|rowheader=true|access-date=April 15, 2022|refname=IRE}}
|-
! scope="row"| Italy ([[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/3/2022/19|title=Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 19|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=it|access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref>
| 48
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! scope="row"| Lebanon ([[The Official Lebanese Top 20|OLT20]])<ref name="lbn">{{cite web |title=The Official Lebanese Top 20 - Jack Harlow Chart History |url=http://olt20.com/Artists/Lebanese_Top_20/Jack_Harlow#fragment-2 |publisher=[[The Official Lebanese Top 20]] |access-date=June 15, 2022}}</ref>
| 8
|-
! scope="row"| Lithuania ([[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]])<ref name="LIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s15/|title=2022 15-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|language=lt|date=April 15, 2022|access-date=April 15, 2022}}</ref>
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| Luxembourg (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/luxembourg-songs-hotw/2022-04-23/|title=Luxembourg Songs: Week of April 23, 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref>
| 2
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! scope="row" | Malaysia ([[Recording Industry Association of Malaysia|RIM]])<ref name=ms>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/RecordingIndustryMalaysia/posts/5706006226093367|title=Top 20 Most Streamed International Singles In Malaysia Week 18 (29/04/2022-05/05/2022)|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Malaysia|RIM]]|date=May 14, 2022|access-date=May 14, 2022|via=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>
| 12
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! scope="row" | Mexico ([[Mexico Ingles Airplay|''Billboard'' Ingles Airplay]])<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/mexico-ingles/2022-05-21/|title=Mexico Ingles Airplay|date=May 21, 2022|access-date=May 20, 2022|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
| 1
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{{single chart|Dutch100|9|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=April 23, 2022|refname=NLD}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=April 16, 2022|refname=NZ}}
|-
! scope="row"| Norway ([[VG-lista]])<ref name="NOR">{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2022-w16/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single 2022-16|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|access-date=April 22, 2022}}</ref>
| 7
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{{single chart|Portugal|11|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=May 3, 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Philippines Songs|Philippines]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/philippines-songs-hotw/2022-04-23/|title= Philippines Songs: Week of April 23, 2022|magazine=Billboard|date=April 23, 2022|access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref>
| 24
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! scope="row"| Romania (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/romania-songs-hotw/2022-04-23/|title=Romania Songs: Week of April 23, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=April 23, 2022|access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>
| 18
|-
! scope="row"| Singapore ([[Recording Industry Association Singapore|RIAS]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/|title=RIAS Top Charts Week 15|publisher=Recording Industry Association Singapore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419105447/https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/|archive-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>
| 7
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{{single chart|Slovakia|58|year=2022|week=32|rowheader=true|access-date=August 15, 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| Slovakia ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|Singles Digitál Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?hitp=D|title=ČNS IFPI|publisher=IFPI ČR|id=Note: Select SK SINGLES DIGITAL TOP 100 and insert 202217 into search.|access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref>
| 4
|-
! scope="row"| South Africa ([[Recording Industry of South Africa|RISA]])<ref name="SA">{{cite web|url=https://theofficialsacharts.co.za/charts/local-international-streaming-chart-top-100-week-15-2022/|title=Local & International Streaming Chart Top 100 Week 15-2022|website=[[The Official South African Charts]]|publisher=[[Recording Industry of South Africa]]|access-date=April 21, 2022}}</ref>
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref name="SWE">{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2022&dspp=15|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 15|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=April 15, 2022}}</ref>
| 8
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{{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Jack Harlow|song=First Class|rowheader=true|access-date=April 24, 2022|refname=SWI}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|2|date=20220415|rowheader=true|access-date=April 15, 2022|refname=UK}}
|-
{{single chart|UKrandb|1|date=20220415|rowheader=true|access-date=April 16, 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/jack-harlow-first-class-number-one-debut-billboard-hot-100-1235060319/|title=Jack Harlow Flies 'First Class' to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Adult Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-pop-songs/2022-07-30/|title=Adult Pop Airplay: Week of July 30, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 26, 2022}}</ref>
| 17
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! scope="row"| US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/2022-04-23/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Week of April 23, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Mainstream Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/2022-06-18/|title=Pop Airplay: Week of June 18, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 14, 2022}}</ref>
| 2
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! scope="row"| US [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rhythmic-40/2022-05-21/|title=Rhythmic Airplay: Week of May 21, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref>
| 1
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! scope="row"| Vietnam ([[Billboard Vietnam Hot 100|Vietnam Hot 100]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Billboard Vietnam Hot 100, CHART DATE 2022-05-05|url=https://billboardvn.vn/billboard-vietnam-hot-100/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505142444/https://billboardvn.vn/billboard-vietnam-hot-100/|archive-date=5 May 2022|access-date=5 May 2022|website=Billboard Việt Nam|language=vi}}</ref>
| 62
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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "First Class"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|certyear=2022|access-date=August 1, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Jack Harlow|title=First Class|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2022|certyear=2022|access-date=July 3, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Jack Harlow|title=First Class|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2022|certyear=2022|access-date=August 31, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Jack Harlow|title=First Class|type=single|award=Gold|id=11431|relyear=2022|certyear=2022|access-date=June 28, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Jack Harlow|title=First Class|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2022|certyear=2022|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|type=single|artist=Jack Harlow|title=First Class|relyear=2022|certyear=2022|id=5346|access-date=June 18, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Jack Harlow|title=First Class|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2022|certyear=2022|id=file_2022-07-11-08-56-28.pdf|access-date=July 13, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Jack Harlow|title=First Class|relyear=2022|certyear=2022|id=18077-5318-1|access-date=June 26, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release history and formats for "First Class"
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| Various
| April 8, 2022
| {{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}}
| {{hlist|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|Generation Now}}
| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row"| Italy
| April 11, 2022
| [[Contemporary hit radio]]
| [[Warner Music Group|Warner]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiodate.it/radio-date/jack-harlow-first-class-233399-11-04-2022-radiodate/|title=Jack Harlow 'First Class'|website=radiodate.it|last=Mompellio|first=Gabriel|date=April 11, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| Various
| April 29, 2022
| [[CD single]]
| Atlantic
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Harlow |first=Jack |title=First Class |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y28G8D1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425000926/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y28G8D1 |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Jack Harlow}}

[[Category:2022 singles]]
[[Category:2022 songs]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Jack Harlow songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Songs written by Fergie (singer)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jack Harlow]]
[[Category:Songs written by Rogét Chahayed]]