Superstar Spectacle was WWE's first television special produced specifically for India as part of its broadcasting agreement with Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI); it featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brand divisions. It premiered on January 26, 2021—India's Republic Day—on SPNI channels, and was broadcast internationally as a streaming special on the WWE Network. As with all other WWE programming at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the special was taped behind closed doors in the United States with a virtual audience.