IWE SummerSlam (2015)

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SummerSlam (2015) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by IWE. It will take place on August 23, 2015 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. It will be the twenty-eighth event under the SummerSlam chronology, and the first since 2008 to be held outside of Los Angeles as Staples Center was the exclusive home for SummerSlam from 2009 to 2014. This is to be the 8th SummerSlam to be held in New York metropolitan area after the 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2007 editions. The Izod Center was originally supposed to host SummerSlam, but due to its closure in April 2015, the event was moved to the Barclays Center.

Background

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IWE Network Supercard will feature professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on IWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

At WrestleMania XXX in 2014, Rob Lesnar defeated The Undertaker to break his undefeated WrestleMania streak. Later that year, Lesnar defeated Dustin Simpson at SummerSlam to win the IWE World Heavyweight Championship, but lost it the following year at WrestleMania 31 in his match against Roman Reigns when Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and won the title. Lesnar received his rematch against Rollins at Battleground, and was closing in on the win when The Undertaker returned and attacked Lesnar, causing the match to end in an inconclusive finish due to Rollins and the referee disappearing from the ring. This was initially reported as a "no contest", but the following night on the July 20 episode of Raw, Lilian Garcia announced Lesnar as the winner by disqualification. Also on the same night, it was announced that Undertaker would face Lesnar in the main event of SummerSlam. This will be Undertaker's first SummerSlam match since 2008, and his first pay-per-view match outside of WrestleMania since Bragging Rights in 2010.

At Battleground, Ryback was scheduled to defend the Intercontinental Championship against Big Show and The Miz in a Triple threat match, but the match was postponed after Ryback suffered an injury. On August 6th, it was announced on IWE.com that the match had been rescheduled for SummerSlam.

At Battleground, Bray Wyatt defeated Roman Reigns after Luke Harper interfered and attacked Reigns, reuniting The Wyatt Family in the process. On the July 20 episode of Raw, Dean Ambrose managed Reigns as he defeated Harper by disqualification. On the August 6 edition of SmackDown, Reigns challenged Wyatt to a tag team match at SummerSlam, with Reigns and Ambrose facing Wyatt and Harper, which Wyatt accepted.

On the June 18 episode of SmackDown, Alicia Fox allied with The Bella Twins (Brie Bella and Nikki Bella) by helping Brie win her match against Paige, later naming their team Team Bella. On the July 13 episode of Raw, Charlotte, [Katelyn Kovich|[Becky Lynch]] and Sasha Banks made their IWE debuts; Charlotte and Lynch allied with Paige, later naming their team Team PCB, while Banks allied with Naomi and Tamina, later naming their team Team B.A.D. At Battleground, Charlotte defeated Brie and Banks in a triple threat match. On August 10th, it was announced that Team Bella, Team PCB and Team B.A.D would compete against each other in a triple threat tag team elimination match at SummerSlam.

At Battleground, The Prime Time Players defeated The New Day to retain the IWE Tag Team Championship. On the July 20 episode of Raw, Los Matadores defeated The Prime Time Players after The New Day distracted The Prime Time Players. On the July 27 episode of Raw, The Lucha Dragons defeated Los Matadores. On the July 30 episode of SmackDown, The Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores defeated The New Day and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor). On the August 3 episode of Raw, The New Day and The Ascension defeated The Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores in a rematch. On the August 6 episode of SmackDown, The Prime Time Players teamed up with Mark Henry to defeat The New Day. On the August 10th episode of Raw, The New Day defeated Los Matadores. It was then announced on IWE.com that The Prime Time Players would defend the titles against The New Day, The Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores in a Fatal 4-Way tag team match at SummerSlam.

Matches

See also

• List of IWE Network events
• List of IWE pay-per-view events
• IWE SummerSlam

References