For the first time since 2008, WWE made the decision to host SummerSlam somewhere other than Los Angeles. From 2009-2014, one of the biggest annual Pay-Per-Views on the calendar had emanated from the Staples Center. It was clear that things needed freshening up just a tad, and New York was the perfect location. The live crowd inside the Barclays Center were red hot pretty much from start to finish. From the time the first strains of Randy Orton's entrance music played, right up until Brock Lesnar last disappeared back through the curtain, people seemed excited to be at SummerSlam. That energy only helped make the event seem a lot bigger, not to mention more exciting for people watching at home. New York has always been considered home territory for the company, and WWE certainly seemed comfortable in Brooklyn. The crowd on hand at SummerSlam is exactly what the promotion occasionally misses, and they definitely weren't getting such a response in LA. Shifting things to New York was a terrific decision.
