{"id":120635,"date":"2021-06-05T20:43:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T01:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=120635"},"modified":"2021-06-05T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T01:43:12","slug":"wwe-announces-location-for-summerslam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/06\/05\/wwe-announces-location-for-summerslam\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces location for Summerslam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1002874080\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE will be bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/05\/28\/wwe-officially-announces-date-for-this-years-summerslam-21-other-summer-live-events\/\">Summerslam<\/a> to Sin City.<\/p>\n<p>The company announced today that Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas would play host to WWE&#8217;s biggest event of the summer. The show will take place on Saturday August 21. This marks the first time the event will be held in an NFL stadium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SummerSlam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SummerSlam<\/a> will take place from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllegiantStadm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AllegiantStadm<\/a> in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 21 at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT, marking the first time the annual event has been held at an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFL<\/a> stadium! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oqSsBKtSMV\">https:\/\/t.co\/oqSsBKtSMV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZyNSKDkG3a\">pic.twitter.com\/ZyNSKDkG3a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1401305694087884800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coming out of the pandemic, it was important to us to have a big event like <i>SummerSlam<\/i> in Las Vegas,&#8221; Nick Khan, WWE President &amp; Chief Revenue Officer said. &#8220;We expect to deliver a great night of sports entertainment for the people of the city and a boost in foot traffic for the casinos and local businesses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, no matches have been announced for the show.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/06\/04\/major-womens-championship-rematch-announced-for-hell-in-a-cell\/\">Major women\u2019s championship rematch announced for Hell in a Cell <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3679559591\"><div id=\"pwtor-446472696\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE will be bringing Summerslam to Sin City. The company announced today that Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas would play host to WWE&#8217;s biggest event of the summer. The show will take place on Saturday <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/06\/05\/wwe-announces-location-for-summerslam\/\" title=\"WWE announces location for Summerslam\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":29794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[142,71],"class_list":["post-120635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-summerslam","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/08\/Summerslamlogo_3x2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120636,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120635\/revisions\/120636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}