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SummerSlam is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It will take place on July 30, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It will be the 35th event under the SummerSlam chronology and the first SummerSlam to not be held during the month of August.

Production

Background

SummerSlam is a pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event previously held annually in August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer," 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. Out of the five, it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. The 2022 event will the 35th event in the SummerSlam chronology and will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands. It will be the very first SummerSlam to not be held during the month of August. Instead, it was scheduled to take place on July 30, 2022, at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

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, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

References

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External links

• SummerSlam Official Website

• SummerSlam
• 2022 WWE Network events
• 2022 WWE pay-per-view events
• Professional wrestling in Tennessee
• Events in Nashville, Tennessee
• Events in Tennessee
• July 2022 events in the United States
• Scheduled professional wrestling shows