WWE Reveal Pay-Per-View Schedule For 2018
Number of shows drops by two, thank the Lord.
WWE have today revealed the itinerary for next year's set of Network PPV offerings, which sees the total number of shows dropping from a frankly unbearable 16 to just 14, with both May and September each hosting two events.
The list, courtesy of PWInsider, reveals one major change to the line-up, as the much-anticipated Money in the Bank PPV is set to be dual-branded next June. This alteration is more in line with the company's recent promotion of the briefcase scramble as a major show in the same vein as their traditional Big Four.
Devastatingly, the brilliantly titled Great Balls of Fire won't be returning for a second edition, probably due in part to the legal issues the company faced from an understandable livid Jerry Lee Lewis. It was a stupid name, but a surprisingly excellent PPV.
Also cut from the agenda is No Mercy, the September spot instead being taken by the Raw branded Extreme Rules just two weeks shy of SmackDown's Hell in a Cell. Elimination Chamber and Fastlane will both switch brands, as will the functionally identical Payback and Battleground.
The full schedule is as follows:
- 28 January, Philadelphia: Royal Rumble
- 25 February, Las Vegas: Elimination Chamber (RAW)
- 11 March, Columbus, OH: Fast Lane (SmackDown)
- 8 April, New Orleans: WrestleMania 34
- 6 May, Newark, NJ: Backlash (RAW)
- 27 May, Baltimore: Payback (SmackDown)
- 17 June, Chicago: Money In the Bank
- 15 July, Pittsburgh: Battleground (RAW)
- 19 August, Brooklyn: SummerSlam
- 16 September, San Antonio: Extreme Rules (RAW)
- 30 September, Nashville: Hell In a Cell (SmackDown)
- 21 October, Boston: TLC (RAW)
- 18 November, Los Angeles: Survivor Series
- 16 December, San Jose: Clash of Champions (SmackDown)