Tag: SummerSlam

WWE Expected To Announce Amway Center In Orlando As location Of SummerSlam, May Hold Other Events and TV Tapings At The Site, Virtual Fans

WWE is expected to announce the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida as the location for the SummerSlam pay-per-view on August 23. They’re also looking at the venue for other upcoming events and TV tapings.

It was reported on Thursday, via PWInsider, that WWE was considering the use of virtual fans for SummerSlam, something FOX has done for recent MLB broadcasts. Now @Wrestlevotes reports that WWE has a much bigger interactive experience planned for the Amway Center.

It was noted that WWE is about to begin a “new long term residency” at the Amway Center, indicating they have signed a lease with the venue, which has been “officially” closed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This residency includes a new interactive experience that will see fans appear live on the show via LED boards. The interactive experience will be hosted by WWE Superstars and Legends.

The interactive experience will be shown in the arena with more than 2,500 square foot of LED boards.

WWE should be announcing details on the interactive experience soon as it was noted that applications for people to appear on screen will open next week.

UPDATE

WWE production trucks have arrived at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.

Local reporter Jon Alba tweeted the following video of WWE loading their equipment into the building today.

WWE is set to tape upcoming pay-per-view and TV events from the Amway Center. You can click here to read our recent report on a very interesting new “interactive experience” WWE has planned for the venue, in which fans will be shown on large LED boards.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the return to live TV will begin with next Friday’s SummerSlam go-home edition of SmackDown on FOX. If everything goes smooth with SummerSlam Weekend, the idea is to host as much live TV as possible from the Amway Center for the forseeable future.

The idea is that WWE really wants to get out of the Performance Center as far as filming goes. They are putting part of the blame for the drop in TV ratings on not being live and the darkness of the Performance Center, according to The Observer.

The return to live programming outside of the Performance Center will mean an increase in production costs that the company has saved on while filming at their own facility. It will also mean talent and staff will be traveling twice as much, assuming they stay with live programming, and effectively ignoring the 14-day quarantine mandates set by states like Connecticut and New York.

The WWE NXT brand will not be impacted by the main roster move to the Amway Center as the current plan for the black & yellow brand is to remain at the NXT Arena on the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Announces SummerSlam Week 2020 Details And Tickets

WWE has officially announced that SummerSlam 2020 tickets will go on sale Friday, March 6 at 10am ET. Travel packages will go on sale Tuesday, February 18.

WWE SummerSlam 2020 will take place on Sunday, August 23 from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusettes.

WWE also confirmed today that the TD Garden will host SmackDown on August 21, the NXT “Takeover: Boston” event on August 22, and then RAW on August 24. Tickets for those shows will go on sale beginning Friday, April 17 at 10am ET.

Below is WWE’s full SummerSlam 2020 announcement released today:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESUMMERSLAM ® TICKETS AVAILABLE FRIDAY, MARCH 6

TRAVEL PACKAGES AVAILABLE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

STAMFORD, Conn., February 7, 2020 – WWE ® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that SummerSlam tickets will be available on Friday, March 6 at 10 AM ET. SummerSlam takes place Sunday, August 23, 2020 from TD Garden in Boston and streams live around the world on WWE Network.

Ticket prices range from $25-$500 and can be purchased via http://www.ticketmaster.com or in person at TD Garden Ticket Office. SummerSlam Week four-pack tickets will also be available.*

In addition, SummerSlam Travel Packages, which include tickets to SummerSlam Week events, hotel accommodations and exclusive WWE Superstar meet-and-greet experiences, will be available Tuesday, February 18 beginning at 12 noon ET at http://www.SummerSlamTravel.com.

TD Garden will also host three other spectacular WWE live events including Friday Night SmackDown ® on August 21, NXT ® TakeOver ® on Saturday, August 22 and Monday Night Raw ® on August 24. Individual tickets for those events will be available beginning Friday, April 17 at 10 AM ET.

SummerSlam Week also includes activities designed to give back to the local community including Be a STAR® bullying prevention rallies, hospital visits and Make-A-Wish events. Additional information on these events will be announced in the future at https://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam.

*All tickets are subject to service charges and facility fees.

Bray Wyatt Comments On New Theme, WWE Edits Out Wyatt’s Head Lantern

WWE re-posted Bray Wyatt’s SummerSlam entrance as The Fiend and edited out a part where he used a Wyatt head as the lantern holder. The original video featured an up-close shot of the head.

Wyatt debuted “The Fiend” at SummerSlam on Sunday night and defeated Finn Balor. This was one of the most-talked about happenings coming out of the pay-per-view, and received a “that was awesome!” chant from fans in the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Social media indicates mostly positive feedback to the entire presentation, from entrance to post-match exit.

WWE previously released Wyatt’s TitanTron entrance video on YouTube but deleted it after it was online for about an hour on Monday. They have not re-posted the video as of this writing.

“The Fiend” is also drawing big for WWE’s YouTube channel. As of this writing, the re-posted video of Wyatt’s SummerSlam entrance has 2.356 million viewers while a clip from the Wyatt vs. Balor match has 915,332 views.

To compare, a clip from Randy Orton vs. WWE Champion Kofi Kingston has 637,000 views while footage from Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins has 3.2 million views, Charlotte Flair vs. WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus has 337,000 views, and Dolph Ziggler vs. WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg has 1.7 million views.

Hardcore punk band Code Orange scored the new theme song for Wyatt. This “Let Me In” song was their remix/cover of Mark Crozer’s “Live In Fear” single. The band wrote on Twitter, “LET. HIM. IN. @WWEBrayWyatt proud to set the tone for THE FIEND from here on out. #HURT #HEAL”

Wyatt then gave the band props on Twitter, writing, “Big props to @codeorangetoth For successfully creating a soundtrack to the technicolor pit that is my mind. Damn it feels good to be a Gangsta #YowieWowie”

Code Orange previously played Aleister Black’s “Root of All Evil” entrance at the WWE NXT“Takeover: Brooklyn III” event in 2017, before Black’s win over Hideo Itami. Their “Bleeding In the Blur” single was used as the Takeover theme song that night, and the event opened with a live performance by the band.

https://twitter.com/codeorangetoth/status/1160733724163694592

WWE SummerSlam Results 8/11/19

(Kickoff) WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Drew Gulak vs. Oney Lorcan –

https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1160673428405288960

Winner: Drew Gulak

(Kickoff) Buddy Murphy vs. Apollo Crews –

Winner: Buddy Murphy by DQ –

Rowan attacked Murphy causing the DQ

Elias in the ring playing a song. Edge music hit. Edge nailed Elias with a spear.

(Kickoff) WWE Women’s Tag Team: (C) Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. The IIconics –

Winners: Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross

 

RAW Women’s Championship – Submission Match: (C) Becky Lynch vs. Natalya –

Winner: Becky Lynch

Dolph Ziggler vs. Goldberg –

Winner: Goldberg

After the match, Goldberg stands tall and has his arm raised as the music hits. Goldberg hits the corner to pose as fans chant his name. We go to replays. Goldberg marches up the ramp and turns around to bow for the fans. Ziggler, still on the mat, takes the mic and starts talking trash. Ziggler says that was like getting hit by a little baby and Goldberg doesn’t have the guts to fight him man to man. Goldberg marches back to the ring. Goldberg enters as Ziggler slowly gets up to his feet. Ziggler stumbles around and Goldberg delivers another Spear. The music starts back up as Goldberg looks down at Ziggler. Ziggler stumbles back to his feet as Goldberg leaves the ring again. We get another replay. Goldberg heads to the back as Ziggler calls for another mic. Ziggler says anybody can get lucky twice, calling Goldberg an idiot. Ziggler says he knew Goldberg didn’t have the balls to face him man to man, he never did and that’s why he was a laughing stock in this business, and Ziggler is the best. Ziggler says he will never be defeated, he will never stay down, he’s the best thing going today. Goldberg’s music hits again and here he comes back to the ring. Goldberg runs into the ring and smacks the mic out of Ziggler’s hand. Goldberg lifts Ziggler from the mat and slaps him around a bit. Goldberg leaves Ziggler barely standing and hits the ropes to deliver one final huge Spear to Ziggler. Goldberg makes his exit once again as the music hits.

Transcript from Wrestling Inc.

United States Championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Ricochet –

Winner: AJ Styles

SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Bayley vs. Ember Moon –

Winner: Bayley

Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens (If Owens loses, he’ll quit WWE) –

Shane announced Elias as a special guest enforcer.

Winner: Kevin Owens

Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus –

Winner: Charlotte Flair

WWE Championship: (C) Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton –

Double Count Out

After the match Kofi beat down Orton with a kendo stick and hit him with Trouble in Paradise

Finn Balor vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt –

Really cool and creepy entrance for Wyatt with a ne take on his old theme music and he had a lantern with Bray Wyatt’s head on it.

 

Winner: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt

Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman vs. Seth Rollins –

Winner and new Universal Champion: Seth Rollins

WWE SummerSlam 8/11/19

August 11, 2019 at 7:00 PM ET (Preshow at 5:00 PM ET) – Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman vs. Seth Rollins

WWE Championship: (C) Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton

RAW Women’s Championship – Submission Match: (C) Becky Lynch vs. Natalya

Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens (If Owens loses, he’ll quit WWE)

SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Bayley vs. Ember Moon

United States Championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Ricochet

Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus

Dolph Ziggler vs. Goldberg

Finn Balor vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt

(Kickoff) WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Drew Gulak vs. Oney Lorcan

(Kickoff) Buddy Murphy vs. Apollo Crews

(Kickoff) WWE Women’s Tag Team: (C) Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. The IIconics

Trish Stratus Says Her SummerSlam Match This Sunday Will Be Her Final Match

WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus says her final wrestling match will take place this weekend when she goes one-on-one with Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam.

Stratus made the announcement on Wednesday via Twitter, writing:

https://twitter.com/trishstratuscom/status/1159204901085466624

The 43-year-old has only wrestled sporadically since 2006. At WrestleMania 27 she teamed with Snooki and John Morrison in a match against Dolph Ziggler and LayCool. She was also part of the first Women’s Royal Rumble last year and wrestled in a match the following night on Raw.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Goldberg vs. Dolph Ziggler Set For SummerSlam

Goldberg made an appearance last night on RAW during a MizTV interview segment after it was explained that the contract Dolph Ziggler signed wasn’t for a match against The Miz as previously announced or against Shawn Michaels who was on hand for the segment.

Goldberg signed the contract and said to Ziggler – “Your’e Next.”

Just as the show was coming to a close …  Shawn Michaels hit Ziggler with some Sweet Chin Music.

Trish Stratus Accepts Charlotte Flair’s SummerSlam Challenge

It’s official! Trish Stratus vs. Charlotte Flair at WWE SummerSlam.

Stratus was a guest on “The King’s Court” this week during SmackDown Live in Memphis and the interview with Jerry Lawler was interrupted by Flair.

Charlotte then bragged about being “The Queen of All Eras” and challenged Trish to a match.

When Stratus didn’t immediately respond, Flair angrily stated: “I expected more out of the 7-time Women’s Champion! But I know what it is … the WWE has evolved and we’re no longer models shaking their assets, we are women changing the industry. Trailblazers like me. I expected more fire out of you.”

Trish retorted by shouting out some former WWE women stars like Lita, Ivory and Beth Phoenix, then said “to be the woman, you have to beat the woman,” and accepted the challenge.

Trish Stratus To Appear Tomorrow On SmackDown Live

WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus has been announced for a segment on SmackDown Live.

SmackDown Live emanates from Memphis next week and Jerry Lawler announced he’ll be interviewing Trish Stratus in his hometown.

https://twitter.com/JerryLawler/status/1155162992423706624

Multiple sources have confirmed that current SummerSlam plans have Trish Stratus wrestling Charlotte Flair, which takes place in Trish’s hometown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 11th.

WWE Hall Of Famer Trish Stratus To Wrestle At SummerSlam?

WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus is currently in talks to wrestle a singles match at the WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view, according to Pro Wrestling Sheet.

There’s no word yet on who Stratus will be wrestling, but it looks like she could be going up against Charlotte Flair. Tonight’s SmackDown featured Flair ranting about being left off the SummerSlam card. Flair demanded to be put on the card, and said she will prove why she’s the greatest female Superstar of all-time. She also said her opponent will be better than Ember Moon, a reference to Moon vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley at SummerSlam.

Flair also took to Twitter after SmackDown and wrote, “Queen of all of ERAS of Women’s Wrestling #SummerSlam”

SummerSlam takes place on August 11 from Trish’s hometown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Scotiabank Arena.

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1153843865255677954

https://twitter.com/MsCharlotteWWE/status/1153846755848413185

UPDATE:

In an update, John Pollock reports that multiple sources have confirmed Stratus vs. Flair as the current plan for SummerSlam.

There’s no word yet on when Stratus will return to WWE TV to promote the match. This will be her first match since October 2018, when she teamed with WWE Hall of Famer Lita to defeat Mickie James and Alicia Fox at Evolution, then worked a ten-woman tag team match on RAW the next night.

Source: Wrestling Inc.