NXT Vengeance Day 2023 Kickoff

Day 1 was a 2022 professional wrestling premium live event (PLE) produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the inaugural Day 1 and was WWE's first event to be branded as a "premium live event", a term the promotion introduced to refer to its events airing on pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE's livestreaming platforms. The event's title alluded to its New Year's Day scheduling as it took place on Saturday, January 1, 2022, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Brock Lesnar defeated Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley, and defending champion Big E in a fatal five-way match to win Raw's WWE Championship by pinning Big E. Lesnar was originally scheduled to face Roman Reigns for SmackDown's Universal Championship, but that match was canceled hours before the event due to Reigns testing positive for COVID-19. In other prominent matches, Edge defeated The Miz, Becky Lynch defeated Liv Morgan to retain the Raw Women's Championship, and in the opening bout, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and King Woods) to retain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. This was WWE's only PLE to take place on New Year's Day and was its first PPV to have the New Year's theme since New Year's Revolution in 2007. The scheduling of Day 1 also caused the cancellation of the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event, which was usually held in late December. Another Day 1 PLE was scheduled for 2023, but was canceled; however, WWE revived the Day 1 name in 2024 for a special episode of Monday Night Raw; the television special was titled Raw: Day 1 and aired on January 1, 2024.