IWE SummerSlam (2020)

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SummerSlam (2020)
Promotional poster featuring "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt
Promotion	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	August 23, 2020
City	Orlando, Florida
Venue	Amway Center
Tagline(s)	You'll Never See It Coming
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous NXT TakeOver XXX	Next → Payback
SummerSlam chronology
← Previous 2019	Next → —

SummerSlam (2020) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view and IWE Network event produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It is scheduled to take place on August 23, 2020 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. It will be the thirty-third event under the SummerSlam chronology.

The event was originally scheduled to take place at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston mayor Marty Walsh announced the suspension of all large-scale gatherings and that no permit would be issued for an event that could draw a large crowd before September 7.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.1.1 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 1.2 Storylines 2 Matches 3 References 4 External links

Production

Background

SummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view, produced every August by IWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer," it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". It is considered IWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. 2020 will be the thirty-third event in the SummerSlam chronology and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, IWE has had to present the majority of its programming from the IWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida since mid-March with no fans in attendance, though in late May, the promotion began using Performance Center trainees to serve as the live audience, which was further expanded to friends and family members of the wrestlers in mid-June. SummerSlam, as well as the preceding night's NXT TakeOver event, were originally scheduled to take place in Boston, Massachusetts at the TD Garden. On May 8, the ongoing pandemic forced Boston mayor Marty Walsh to suspend all large-scale gatherings until September 7, effectively canceling WWE's planned events in the city. Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer reported that the promotion would be open to move SummerSlam to September if it meant having fans in attendance. However, an advertisement that aired during The Horror Show at Extreme Rules confirmed that SummerSlam would still be taking place on August 23, but with no reference to a city or venue. Although PWInsider had reported that the event would be held at the IWE Performance Center, the promotion put out an official statement on July 23 that the announcement of a new location would be forthcoming. IWE also stated that refunds would be issued at original point of purchase.

Storylines

The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

Matches

No.	Matches*	Stipulation
1	The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (c) vs. Andrade and Angel Garza (with Zelina Vega)	Tag team match for the IWE Raw Tag Team Championship
2	Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Kevin Orton	Singles match for the IWE Championship
3	Apollo Crews vs. MVP	Singles match for the IWE United States Championship Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin are banned from ringside.
4	Dominik Mysterio (with Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins (with Murphy)	Street Fight
5	Sasha Banks (c) (with Bayley) vs. Asuka	Singles match for the IWE Raw Women's Championship
6	Bayley (c) (with Sasha Banks) vs. Asuka	Singles match for the IWE SmackDown Women's Championship
7	Braun Strowman (c) vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt	Singles match for the IWE Universal Championship
8	Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville	Hair vs. Hair match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match-show *Card subject to change

References

External links

← 2018 • 2019 IWE Network events • 2021 →
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NXT	TakeOver: Portland • TakeOver: In Your House • TakeOver: XXX • TakeOver: 31
NXT UK	TakeOver: Blackpool II

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