wwe raw and wwe smackdown has been held at the arena numerous times. wwe held their three-hour event inside of the arena where raw hosted their 800th episode celebration on november 3, 2008. wwe returned to the arena once again for the december 21st edition of raw where former new york yankees and current tampa bay rays player johnny damon served as the guest host at the time he was a free agent. for the first time in three years, smackdown returned to amalie arena for the june 8, 2010 edition.