WWE ‘to run SummerSlam at Orlando’s Amway Center’ without fans with details over NXT Takeover XXX up-in-air
WWE SUMMERSLAM will take place at the Amway Center in Orlando, according to reports.
The staging of the event has been up in the air in recent weeks, following confirmation last month that it would not be taking place at its originally scheduled venue.
SummerSlam had been pencilled in for the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, before the coronavirus pandemic put paid to those plans.
Confirming the news at the time, the WWE released a statement reading: “In coordination with our local partners, government officials and TD Garden, WWE’s SummerSlam and related events will no longer take place in Boston.
“Refunds are available at the original point of purchase.
“We are grateful to the city of Boston for their longstanding partnership and look forward to holding WWE events at TD Garden in the future.
“SummerSlam will stream live on Sunday, August 23, at 7 p.m. ET on WWE Network, and information regarding a new location for the event is forthcoming.”
Rumours circulated that it could instead be moved to the WWE Performance Center, also in Orlando, where many other events have been put on by the promotion in recent months.
But according to E Wrestling News, the WWE now want to stage the event behind closed doors across the city at the Amway Center on August 23.
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Production trucks will arrive at the venue tomorrow, with testing set to take place before equipment is set up over the weekend.
It is as yet unknown if either the WWE NXT Takeover XXX event or the post-SummerSlam RAW/SmackDown meet will also go ahead at the Amway Center.
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The venue is appealing to bosses as it allows for more visual effects such as pyro, in order to put on as entertaining a show as possible for fans at home.
Orlando, despite being a coronavirus hotspot, has become the epicentre of sport in the US in 2020.
As well as professional wrestling, the city has also hosted the “MLS is back” soccer tournament – as well as the ongoing conclusion to the 2019-20 NBA season at Disney World.