SummerSlam (2025)
| SummerSlam | |||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | August 2025 | ||
| City | Essex, England | ||
| Venue | Big Bob's Bungalow | ||
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The 2025 SummerSlam, is the planned professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It will be the 38th annual SummerSlam. The event will air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and will feature wrestlers from the promotion’s Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It is scheduled to take place at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.
Production
Background
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]
Storylines
The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[6][7] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[8]
References
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- ^ News 3 Staff (August 22, 2021). "Las Vegas to host WWE's Money in the Bank in 2022". KSNV. Archived from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
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