Major WWE UK PPV Set For This September

After 30 years, WWE looks set to announce a major UK PPV for later this year.

by Andrew Pollard
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As we first reported last September, it looks as if WWE is lining up a major UK PPV for this coming September.

The ever reliable @WrestleVotes is reporting that WWE is planning to run a PPV from Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Saturday 3 September.

When we broke this story in September, we were told WWE was planning to do a UK stadium show PPV in September 2022, in addition to a fan event that weekend and a Raw taping on the Monday following the premium live event.

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At the time, our source had informed us WWE was looking at venues that could house up to 90,000 fans if possible, which realistically narrowed the conversation down to the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Manchester United's Old Trafford home, and the 'new' Wembley Stadium which opened in 2007.

In terms of the capacity of the Principality Stadium, it holds just short of 74,000 people for rugby and football matches, with a 78,000 capacity for boxing.

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This year marks 30 years since WWE last ran a major PPV in the UK, with that being the famed SummerSlam '92 event where Davey Boy Smith toppled Bret Hart in the main event to become the new Intercontinental Champion. That edition of SummerSlam took place on 29 August '92, meaning that the 3 September 2022 date would be nicely in line with the 30-year anniversary of one of the most beloved SummerSlam shows ever put on by the company.

For those wondering, this UK show would not be a SummerSlam event, for this year's SummerSlam is already booked in for the early date of 30 July, taking place from Nashville, Tennessee's Nissan Stadium.

Drew McIntyre has regularly talked about how one of his biggest mission objectives is for the UK to have another "significant" PPV, with him even citing 2022 as the year to do such a show. On the topic of the Scottish Warrior, there has also been plentiful rumours of him possibly facing Tyson Fury in a Battle of Britain affair at some point in the future - with some speculating that a UK PPV could be used to house that match-up.

Expect more on all of this as this story continues to develop.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.