NEWSWWE Network Unveils SummerSlam Week Programming
Oct. 10 2016, Updated 7:15 p.m. ET
WWE Network unveiled its SummerSlam Week programming line-up filled with a series of all-new episodes, specials and live events beginning this week, including the summer’s biggest spectacle, SummerSlam, on Sunday, August 21 at 7 p.m. ET.
SummerSlam Week will include brand new episodes of Legends with JBL! Plus, fans can also watch NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II and the week’s main attraction, SummerSlam, live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
New subscribers can get all of this programming as part of a free month trial by signing up at WWENetwork.com now. The schedule of SummerSlam Week programming on WWE Network is as follows:
Legends with JBL
Friday, August 19 at 9 p.m. ET
John “Bradshaw” Layfield interviews the Icon Sting in a rare interview that covers the Hall-of-Famer’s WCW career as well as his shocking retirement from WWE.
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II Pre-Show
Saturday, August 20 LIVE at 7:30 p.m. ET
A panel of experts look at the matches and moments fans can expect at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II.
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II
Saturday, August 20 LIVE at 8 p.m. ET
Samoa Joe defends the NXT Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura for the first time ever. Plus, the NXT Women’s Championship is on the line when Asuka defends against former champion, Bayley; Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa challenge NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival; and fans will see the much anticipated in-ring debut of Bobby Roode when he faces Andrade “Cien” Almas.
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SummerSlam Kickoff
Sunday, August 21 LIVE at 5 p.m. ET
Join Renee Young, Corey Graves, and WWE Hall of Famer Booker T as they share their thoughts and predictions for the evening’s matches at SummerSlam and discuss all the events that led up to WWE’s biggest event of the summer. Plus, the show will feature live matches from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.
SummerSlam
Sunday, August 21 LIVE at 7 p.m. ET
WWE turns up the heat for its biggest event of the summer. In a confrontation more than 15 years in the making, “The Viper” clashes with “The Beast” when Randy Orton goes one-on-one with Brock Lesnar. Plus, Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins for the right to be called the first WWE Universal Champion; Dean Ambrose defends the WWE World Championship against Dolph Ziggler; Sasha Banks defends her WWE Women’s Championship against Charlotte; and John Cena faces AJ Styles.
Holy Foley
Sunday, August 21 immediately following SummerSlam
Mick’s daughter Noelle has a secret and it’s a big one. While Mom, Colette, does her best to push Noelle to be a model, it seems Noelle has different ideas about how she sees her life playing out. When the family sits down to dinner, Noelle drops the bomb on her unsuspecting family and Mick is left wondering what else Noelle is hiding.
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