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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | January 1, 2022 | ||
| City | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Venue | State Farm Arena | ||
| Attendance | 13,657[1] | ||
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The 2022 Day 1 was the inaugural Day 1 professional wrestling event produced by WWE, which was broadcast as a pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Saturday, January 1, 2022, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, and was the company's only PPV and livestreaming event to take place on New Year's Day. Its title alluded to its New Year's scheduling and was WWE's first PPV to have the New Year's theme since New Year's Revolution in 2007.
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.
The scheduling of Day 1 caused the cancelation of the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event, which was usually held in late December. Day 1 was also WWE's first event to be branded as a "Premium Live Event", a term the promotion introduced to refer to its events airing on PPV and WWE's livestreaming platforms. Another Day 1 PPV and livestreaming event was scheduled for 2023, but was canceled; however, WWE revived the Day 1 name for a television special episode of Monday Night Raw titled Raw: Day 1, which aired January 1, 2024.