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Summerslam Weekend Schedule
It’s a huge weekend of wrestling centrally located in New York City, but with other big events in Las Vegas, the Chicago area, Philadelphia, Houston, Ontario, Canada, and more…
Sunday, August 21
– 10:00 a.m. EST: Chris Jericho (replacing Edge) & Christian are hosting a live podcast of “Talk is Jericho” at Carolines on Broadway. (Event Details)
– 3:00 p.m. EST: CHIKARA presents “No One’s First, And You’re Next” at the Wrestle Factory in Philadelphia.
- Team Big Deal (Hornswoggle) vs. The United Nations
- Princess Kimberlee vs. Heidi Lovelace
- Eddie Kingston vs. Jakob Hammermeier
- Team Hallowicked vs. Team Fire Ant
– 4:00 p.m. EST: Alpha-1 Wrestling presents the “King of Hearts” tournament in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- Ethan Page headlines
- Matt Riddle and Tracy Williams debut
- Josh Alexander in action
– 4:00 p.m. EST: SMASH Wrestling presents “Super Showdown IV” in Pickering, Ont., Canada at the Pickering Rec Center.
- Chavo Guerrero
- Mark Haskins vs. Tarik
- Pepper Parks & Cherry Bomb
– 6:00 p.m. EST: WWE Summerslam PPV from the Barclays Center.
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Monday, August 22
– 7:30 p.m. EST: WWE Raw post-Summerslam at the Barclays Center.
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Wednesday, August 17
– 2:00 p.m. EST: WWE tag team The Dudleys at Toys R Us in Staten Island, N.Y.
– 5:00 p.m. EST: WWE Smackdown roster member Eva Marie at Toys R Us Flatbush in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Thursday, August 18
– Summerslam Concert canceled at Barclays Center.
– 10:00 a.m. EST: WWE stars The Miz & Maryse at Toys R Us Bay Parkway in Brooklyn.
– 2:00 p.m. EST: WWE star Cesaro at Toys R Us Middle Village in Queens, N.Y.
– 4:00 p.m. CST: WWE star Seth Rollins at Wizard World Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
– 5:00 p.m. CST: WWE NXT star Bayley at Wizard World Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
Friday, August 19
– 10:00 a.m. EST: WWE star Titus O’Neil at Toys R Us Long Island City in Long Island, N.Y.
– 1:00 p.m. EST: WWE Summerslam Meet & Greet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
- Session 1 – A.J. Styles
- Session 2 – Kevin Owens
– 2:00 p.m. EST: WWE Raw star Finn Balor at Toys R Us Bronx in Bronx, N.Y.
– 2:00 p.m. EST: WWE Smackdown star Dolph Ziggler at the Cricket Wireless store in Brooklyn, N.Y.
– 2:00 p.m. CST: WWE Smackdown star Becky Lynch at Wizard World Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
– 3:00 p.m. CST: WWE star John Cena at Wizard World Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
– 3:30 p.m. EST: WWE Summerslam Meet & Greet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
- Session 3 – Enzo Amore & Big Cass
- Session 4 – New Day
– 4:00 p.m. CST: WWE World Hvt. champion Dean Ambrose at Wizard World Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
– 5:00 p.m. EST: House of Glory presents “High Intensity 5” in Jamaica, N.Y.
- Ethan Carter III
- Jeff Hardy
- Matt Hardy
- Drew Galloway
- Mickie James
– 5:45 p.m. EST: Pro Wrestling BAM features Nunzio in Brooklyn, N.Y. at St. Finbar Catholic Church Gym (where EVOLVE is running on Saturday).
– 7:00 p.m. EST: Jake Roberts’s “Unspoken Word Tour” hits Gramercy Theater in New York City. (Event & Ticket Info)
– 8:00 p.m. EST: Tier 1 Wrestling presents “Empire State of Mind” in Brooklyn, N.Y. at St. Finbar Catholic Church Gym (where EVOLVE is running on Saturday).
– 8:00 p.m. EST: WWNLive presents EVOLVE 66 in Joppa, Md. featuring Cody Rhodes’s in-ring return and indies debut following his WWE run. (Available on iPPV via WWNLive.com)
- EVOLVE Title match: Timothy Thatcher vs. Matt Riddle – No Holds Barred match
- Cody Rhodes vs. Zack Sabre, Jr.
- replaces Rhodes vs. Johnny Gargano
- WWE CW Showcase: Drew Gulak vs. Tony Nese
- WWE CW Showcase: T.J. Perkins vs. Cedric Alexander
- EVOLVE tag champion DUSTIN (Chuck Taylor) vs. Ethan Page
- Tracy Williams & Fred Yehi vs. Jigsaw & Peter Kaasa
- Marty Scurll (scratched)
– 8:00 p.m. CST: AAW presents a loaded card, “Showdown,” on Bourbon Street in Merrionette Park, Illinois (Chicago area).
- John Morrison vs. Sami Callihan
- A.R. Fox vs. Jack Evans
- Chris Hero vs. Shigehiro Irie
- Ricochet vs. Dezmond Xavier
- Eddie Kingston & Homicide vs. The Hooligans
- Team Tremendous vs. Andrew Everett & Trevor Lee
- Team Heidi Lovelace vs. The Killer Cult
– 9:00 p.m. EST / 6:00 p.m. PST: Ring of Honor’s “Death Before Dishonor” event is live on PPV from Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas.
Saturday, August 20
– 10:00 a.m. EST: WWE star Becky Lynch at Toys R Us Rego Park in Rego Park, N.Y.
– 10:00 a.m. EST: WWE Summerslam Meet & Greet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
- Session 5 – Charlotte
- Session 6 – Randy Orton
– 11:00 a.m. CST: WWE stars The Bella Twins at Wizard World Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
– 12:00 p.m. – WWE Raw tag team Enzo & Big Cass at Gamestop on Broadway in New York City.
– 12:30 p.m. EST: WWE Summerslam Meet & Greet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
- Session 7 – WWE World Hvt. champion Dean Ambrose
- Session 8 – Women’s champion Sasha Banks
– 3:00 p.m. EST: WWE Summerslam Meet & Greet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
- Session 9 – Roman Reigns
- Session 10 – Seth Rollins
– 3:00 p.m. EST: WWNLive presents EVOLVE 67 from Brooklyn, N.Y. at St. Finbar Catholic Church Gym before WWE’s NXT Takeover event at the Barclays Center. (Available on iPPV via WWNLive.com)
- EVOLVE Title match: Thatcher (if still champ) vs. Drew Gulak
- Cody Rhodes vs. Chris Hero
- ECIII & EVOLVE tag champions Drew Galloway & Dustin (Chuck Taylor) vs. T.J. Perkins & Tracy Williams & Fred Yehi in a six-man tag match
- WWE CW Showcase: Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Cedric Alexander
- Tommy End vs. Matt Riddle
- Tony Nese vs. Peter Kaasa
– 7:30 p.m. EST: WWE’s “NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II” event is live at the Barclays Center and on WWE Network.
- NXT Title match: Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
- NXT Tag Title match: The Revival vs. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa
- NXT Women’s Title match: Asuka vs. Bayley
- Austin Aries vs. No Way Jose
- Bobby Roode vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas
- NXT TV debut of Ember Moon
– 6:00 p.m. EST: Empire State Wrestling presents “Meltdown” at St. Johnsburg Fire Hall in N. Tonawanda, N.Y.
- Raven headlines
- Heidi Lovelaces
- Gregory Iron
– 6:30 p.m. EST: Big Show and Alicia Fox at Artichoke Basille’s in Brooklyn for a pizza-eating contest. (Details HERE)
– 7:00 p.m. EST: Global Force Wrestling tours Hazleton, Pa. for “Takeover” at Holy Family Academy.
- Jeff & Karen Jarrett
- GFW Hvt. champion Magnus
- GFW Nex-Gen champion Sonjay Dutt
- Chris Masters
- Hornswoggle
– 7:00 p.m. CST: ROW presents “Summer of Champions III” at World Gym Arena in Houston.
- Kurt Angle headlines
- Booker T scheduled to appear at his promotion’s big summer show
– 9:00 p.m. EST / 6:00 p.m. PST: Ring of Honor tapes the post-Death Before Dishonor TV at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas.
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