SummerSlam (2023)

The 2023 SummerSlam is the upcoming 36th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. 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 was held in July. This will also be the first SummerSlam to be livestreamed on Binge in Australia. This also marks WWE'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 the 1993 event.

SummerSlam
Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateAugust 5, 2023
CityDetroit, Michigan
VenueFord Field
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Production

Background
The event is set to be held at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan

SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event traditionally held in August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer",[1] 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".[2][3] Out of the five, it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania.[4][5] Announced on February 7, 2023, the 36th SummerSlam is scheduled to be held on Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan,[6] returning SummerSlam to its traditional August slot after the previous year was held in July.[7][8] This also marks WWE's first event to be held at Ford Field since WrestleMania 23 in April 2007.[9] 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 WWE Network in most international markets,[6] it will also be the first SummerSlam to livestream on Binge in Australia after the Australian version of the WWE Network merged under Foxtel's channel Binge in January.[10] Tickets went on sale on April 14. Pre-sale opened the previous day, with a reported 25,000–30,000 tickets sold.[11]

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 WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[12][13] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[14]

References
  1. Dee, Louie (May 17, 2006). "Let the Party Begin". WWE.com. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  2. Hamilton, Ian. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition. p. 160.
  3. News 3 Staff (August 22, 2021). "Las Vegas to host WWE's Money in the Bank in 2022". KSNV. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  4. Paddock, Matty (August 21, 2017). "WWE SummerSlam results: Brock Lesnar and Jinder Mahal survive as Finn Balor defeats Bray Wyatt". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  5. Crosby, Jack; Silverstein, Adam (August 19, 2018). "WWE SummerSlam 2018 matches, card, start time, location, 2018 date, PPV rumors". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  6. Lambert, Jeremy (February 7, 2023). "WWE SumerSlam 2023 To Take Place On August 5 At Ford Field". Fightful. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  7. WWE.com Staff (October 25, 2021). "WWE unveils 2022 pay-per-view schedule". WWE. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  8. Gray, Nick (October 25, 2021). "WWE SummerSlam headed to Nissan Stadium in 2022". The Tennessean. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  9. "WrestleMania gets bigger and brighter". WWE. February 15, 2007. Archived from the original on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
  10. Sim, Josh (September 28, 2022). "WWE Network lands on exclusively Foxtel's Binge streaming service in Australia". SportsPro. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  11. Lee, Joseph (April 14, 2023). "Updated Ticket Sale Numbers For Upcoming WWE Events, Including Summerslam". 411Mania. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  12. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  13. "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  14. Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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