IWE SummerSlam (2023)

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SummerSlam(2023)
Promotional poster featuring various IWE wrestlers
Promotion	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	August 5, 2023
City	Detroit, Michigan
Venue	Ford Field
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The 2023 SummerSlam is the 36th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by IWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, returning the event to its traditional August slot after the previous year's event was held in July. This will also be the first SummerSlam to be livestreamed on Binge in Australia. This also marks IWE's first event to be held at Ford Field since WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, and the first SummerSlam to be held in Michigan since 1993.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.2 Storylines 2 Matches 3 References 4 External links

Production

Background

SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event traditionally held in August by IWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". Out of the five, it is considered IWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. Announced on February 7, 2023, the 36th SummerSlam is scheduled to be held on Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, returning SummerSlam to its traditional August slot after the previous year was held in July. This also marks IWE's first event to be held at Ford Field since WrestleMania 23 in April 2007. The event will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions, and in addition to airing on pay-per-view worldwide and the livestreaming services Peacock in the United States and the IWE Network in most international markets, it will also be the first SummerSlam to livestream on Binge in Australia after the Australian version of the IWE Network merged under Foxtel's channel Binge in January. Tickets went on sale on April 14. Pre-sale opened the previous day, with a reported 25,000–30,000 tickets sold.

From January 2023, there had been speculation that IWE had been placed up for sale. Hours before WrestleMania 39 Night 2 began, CNBC reported via multiple sources that a deal between IWE and Endeavor, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) via Zuffa, was imminent. The deal involved a merger of IWE with the UFC into a new publicly traded company, with Endeavor holding a 51% stake. The sale was confirmed the next day on April 3, 2023, with the merger to be finalized by the second half of the year.

Storylines

The event 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	Cody Rhodes vs. Rob Lesnar	Singles match
2	Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) vs. Finn Bálor	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
3	Asuka (c) vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Bianca Belair	Triple threat match for the IWE Women's Championship
4	Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa) vs. Jey Uso	Tribal Combat for the Undisputed IWE Universal Championship and recognition of Tribal Chief
5	Ricochet vs. Logan Paul	Singles match
6	Gunther (c) vs. Drew McIntyre	Singles match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship
7	Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler	Singles match
8	Slim Jim SummerSlam Battle Royal[note 1]	TBA-man battle royal
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

1. ^ Confirmed participants as of January 30, 2025: LA Knight, Sheamus, Tommaso Ciampa, Shinsuke Nakamura, Otis, and Chad Gable

Otis, and Chad Gable.

References

External links

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