The show, which took place in Indianapolis on Saturday, was the “most-watched and highest-grossing Fastlane” in company history. It was also the highest-grossing WWE event to ever take place in the city of Indianapolis.
This was the first Fastlane event since 2021. Viewership for the show was up 71 percent from that previous record. Fastlane 2021 was the first WWE pay-per-view to ever stream on Peacock.
“The sold-out show marked the largest gate ever for any Fastlane, up more than 31 percent versus the previous record set in Cleveland in 2016,” WWE wrote. “In addition, Fastlane sponsorship revenue was up 60 percent versus the previous record set in 2021.”
The main event of Saturday’s show saw Seth Rollins defeat Shinsuke Nakamura in a Last Man Standing match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. There was also a tag team match with John Cena & LA Knight defeating The Bloodline’s Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa.
WWE’s next premium live event is Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, November 4.
Seth Rollins is still the World Heavyweight Champion.
WWE Fastlane on Saturday ended with Seth Rollins barely hanging on to the World Heavyweight title in a Last Man Standing match that, thanks to his performance, was significantly better than their last match at WWE Payback back in September. Fastlane was a better show than Payback; it opened strongly and ended strongly. Not that anyone will remember this show a week from now, but it’s a defintely a thumbs-up show.
The main event started off slow, with Nakamura in control. Towards the end of his NJPW run, Nakamura had two modes – working his ass off or just kind of going with the vibes. A lot of his WWE run has been the latter, mainly working off of his immense charisma. He was fine here, but it was Rollins’ performance and selling towards the end that really made this match, easily the best match on the show.
Long-term, it seems inevitable that Damian Priest will cash in and defeat Seth Rollins. Announcers in fact questioned how long Rollins can go on this pace he’s going on, so something tells me the cash-in is sooner rather than later.
Fastlane only had four other matches and ended after a brisk three hours. WWE and AEW pay-per-views at this point are like night and day. Here’s the rundown:
The opening match had the unlikely team of Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles, besting The Judgment Day. This turned out to be a hot opener to kick off the show, by far the second best match overall. There was tons of interference towards the end, but it all told a story and the crowd was into it. Even better, it furthered the storyline with The Judgment Day by announcers pointing out everything started to falter once JD McDonagh’s interference backfired.
The LWO vs. Bobby Lashley/Street Profits match was all about Carlito making his return. People popped big for it. Carlito looked good for the one or two minutes he was in. Can’t call this a failure but the match itself was completely forgettable. Also boy howdy did WWE plug the hell out of Pizza Hut during this match. This show in fact felt like a huge commercial for Pizza Hut. Thanks Nick Khan!
Can you say that a match was good, but also kind of there at the same time? That was the women’s three-way on this show between IYO SKY, Asuka, and Charlotte Flair. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, but it also felt like every other three-way I’ve ever seen on WWE programming recently. There were no interesting ideas. Does every multi-person match need a tower of doom spot, or a spot where everyone falls to the floor after a big move? No, but you are going to see in a WWE match no matter what. The storyline of the match had IYO telling Bayley before the match not to interfere. So the end of the match had her do it anyway and it helped IYO retain the title. Everyone was happy after the match. Okay. It’s only a matter of time before Charlotte wins that title because THE RECORD MUST BE BROKEN, so do what you gotta do now I guess.
LA Knight got another big win, teaming with John Cena to defeat Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa. This was not particularly interesting for a long stretch of time. It’s easy to see that at this stage of his career, Cena is just kinda there in terms of in-ring. By the end it picked up so I wouldn’t say this was a bad match, but probably a good thing this didn’t headline. Uso losing probably isn’t a great sign for him in the Bloodline, but I am not sure where we’re going with this storyline at this point, either. LA Knight winning seems to make me think he’s next for Roman Reigns, probably at Crown Jewel.
And that’s it! With Roman Reigns making his return after nearly a two month absence on this coming Friday’s SmackDown, we’ll likely get a bigger idea of what the direction will be in the next month as we slowly approach Royal Rumble season (and thus, WrestleMania season).
WWE’s chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque spoke to the media at a press conference following Saturday’s Fastlane pay-per-view.
Among the topics he discussed were Jade Cargill’s WWE debut, Edge’s WWE departure, the rise of LA Knight, the run that John Cena is on currently, plus business notes from Fastlane.
Among the highlights:
Triple H on when Jade Cargill can be expected to debut as a character —
“When she’s ready to blow the roof off of everything we do, right? There is one thing I am, it’s patient for stuff like this.”
“Her ability and her rise has been incredibly quick. This is a different system, this is a different level of everything. What doesn’t exist elsewhere, exists here. That opportunity for her to learn at a different level and get to a different place, that’s just the way it is.”
She’s ready for it all, she’s ready to dig in, she’s ready to work her ass off… But the thing you don’t want to do is you don’t want to put somebody in a position that they’re sort of ready for. You want to make sure they’re damn ready for it… No matter what happens, she’s gonna knock it out of the park. When is that? Not sure. Where is she gonna go? Not sure.”
“What a future.”
“I look forward to strapping the rocket on her.”
Triple H on Edge leaving WWE, signing with AEW —
“Time, right? The time was right for him, the time was right for us. I think he had an amazing career and an amazing sendoff here. I think he felt like he had done what there was to do, I think we sort of felt, ‘Yeah, I think you’re right,’ and I wish him the best.”
“I think he said it the other day, right? There’s no animosity here, there’s no hard feelings here. He’s doing what’s right for him and his family.”
“I’m happy for him. I’m very, very happy for him. I sent him that in a message, ‘I’m happy for [him] and proud of him, and happy for him.”
“If somebody feels like a different opportunity is better for them? Great, that’s wonderful. But the machine doesn’t stop for anyone.”
Triple H on the rise of LA Knight —
“Hard to imagine a year ago he was Max Dupri… We’re all pushing with him. We’re all pushing him up the hill too.”
Triple H on John Cena —
“I just want to say thank you to John. What he’s doing here, the run he’s doing, the moment that he’s givning people like LA Knight, that he’s giving people like Jimmy [Uso], Solo [Sikoa], there’s no experience like that in the world for them.”
“He doesn’t need to be here… You’re in different places in your life. To see John’s growth, but he always comes back to this. He doesn’t need to be here. He could be doing a lot of other things, maybe like resting or sleeping? I don’t know. He doesn’t seem to do either one of [those]. But he does it because he loves it.”
“He’s at an age, he’s doing a lot of other things. I would just say this to everybody out there: revel in it. I know I am. Because the appreciation level John should get is off the charts.”
“When he’s here, don’t criticize it, don’t overthink it, just enjoy it, because it won’t last forever.”
Triple H on WWE Fastlane business —
“Tonight is the highest-grossing event we’ve ever done in the city of Indianapolis. 14,529 loud, intense, crazy fans. We set gate records, we set sponsorship records here tonight.”
“We’re in one of the greatest runs in the history of this business right now.”
With Fastlane taking place in Indianapolis, Pat McAfee made a surprise appearance at the show.
McAfee appeared prior to the tag team match between John Cena & LA Knight and The Bloodline (Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa). McAfee cut a promo, introduced Cena, and then joined Michael Cole and Corey Graves on commentary.
Indianapolis is McAfee’s adopted hometown. He played for the Indianapolis Colts for the entirety of his NFL career.
McAfee also voiced the opening video for Fastlane.
McAfee traveled to Indianapolis after doing ESPN’s College GameDay earlier on Saturday. College GameDay was in Texas for the rivalry game between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners.
In September 2022, McAfee left his role as a full-time WWE commentator due to his College GameDay commitments. McAfee has remained part of WWE despite no longer doing weekly commentary.
McAfee also made a surprise appearance on WWE programming last month. He returned on SmackDown alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The former Intercontinental, United States, and Tag Team Champion returned to the company at Saturday’s Fastlane event as the LWO’s mystery partner in a six-man tag team match against Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits.
Rey Mysterio & Santos Escobar of the LWO began the trios match with a two-on-three disadvantage, but Carlito made a late entrance for the bout and picked up the win for his team with a backstabber on Montez Ford.
WWE posted a link to new Carlito merchandise, typically a sign that of a contractual agreement.
Carlito is HERE! Head to #WWEShop and get this NEW tee! #WWE
PWInsider and Fightful are among outlets who have reported that Carlito has been signed to the company for some months and was awaiting creative plans for a debut.
Prior to Fastlane, Carlito’s last WWE appearance came at Backlash in May in Puerto Rico where he Savio Vega, and the LWO helped Bad Bunny secure a victory over Damian Priest.
Carlito was also a surprise entrant in the 2021 Royal Rumble, and worked a tag match on the ensuing Raw. The 44 year-old’s original main roster WWE run lasted from 2004 to 2010.
Jade Cargill made her first appearance as a member of the WWE roster at Saturday’s Fastlane event.
Cargill, a free agent acquisition from AEW, made her debut in a backstage segment at the conclusion of the Fastlane pre-show on Saturday.
The former TBS Champion was shown arriving in a chauffeured SUV, exiting the vehicle, then shaking hands with WWE’s chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque as the two walked in the backstage area of the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
It was believed that Cargill’s main roster debut was imminent, with reports going back several weeks that “high priority, main roster” creative plans were being worked on for the former AEW star.
WWE announced Cargill’s signing to a multi-year deal with the company on September 26, with Cargill doing a mainstream media tour with outlets such as ESPN following her acquisition. Her signing was the first high-profile acquisition by WWE after it was acquired by Endeavor and merged with UFC as part of the TKO Group Holdings.
Cargill lost to Kris Statlander in her final AEW match which aired on the September 15 edition of Rampage in a TBS title rematch. Cargill held a 60-2 record in AEW competition, winning her first 60 matches in the company before dropping her last two to Statlander.
Video of Cargill’s debut segment is embedded below.
The unlikely duo of Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso are now tag team champions.
The Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles changed hands with Rhodes & Uso defeating Finn Balor & Damian Priest at Fastlane. A miscommunication between Priest and JD McDonagh led to Judgment Day losing the match.
McDonagh attempted to hit Rhodes with Priest’s Money in the Bank briefcase, but Rhodes moved out of the way and McDonagh accidentally struck Priest in the knee. Rhodes laid McDonagh out, then capitalized on the situation by giving Priest a Cross Rhodes onto the announce table.
Uso gave Balor a superkick and held him in position so Rhodes could hit a Cody Cutter. Rhodes followed that up with a Cross Rhodes before pinning Balor to win the match.
This is the first championship Rhodes has held since returning to WWE. For Jey, it’s the only title reign he’s ever had with someone other than his twin brother Jimmy.
McDonagh, who is friends with Balor, has been trying to get a spot in The Judgment Day in recent months. Priest hasn’t wanted McDonagh to join the group.
An Undisputed WWE Tag Team title match has been added to Saturday’s Fastlane event.
Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso will team together to challenge current champions Finn Balor and Damian Priest. The match was announced at the start of Monday’s Raw, when Rhea Ripley returned and mentioned that Rhodes & Uso were coming for the titles.
Rhodes at WWE Payback last month announced that Uso had jumped to Raw as part of a talent trade between Raw and SmackDown. Balor had attempted to recruit Uso as part of Judgment Day, but Uso rejected the offer. As a result, the Judgment Day have now been targeting Uso as well as Rhodes.
Here is the updated lineup for Saturday’s Fastlane:
Last man standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Seth Rollins defends against Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Women’s Championship: IYO SKY defends against Asuka and Charlotte Flair
Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles: The Judgment Day defend against Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso
John Cena & LA Knight vs. Solo Sikoa & Jimmy Uso
Rey Mysterio & The LWO vs. Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits
LA Knight is all set to team with John Cena at WWE Fastlane.
The end of SmackDown saw Knight make the save for Cena, who was being assaulted two-on-one by Solo Sioka and Jimmy Uso. After laying out both Sioka and Uso, Knight signed the contract to team with Cena at Fastlane on October 7.
A show-long storyline saw Uso and Sikoa wreak havoc backstage in an effort to prevent others from teaming with Cena next weekend. The show last week had Cena originally planning to team with Styles, only for Styles to be laid out backstage by Sikoa and Uso, sending him out of the arena in an ambulance.
Also added to Fastlane is IYO SKY defending the WWE Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair and Asuka in a three-way match. Flair declared her intentions to challenge SKY prior to defeating Bayley on Friday’s show. After the win, Damage CTRL was set to target Charlotte when Asuka came out for the save. Bayley then accepted a three-way on behalf of SKY for Fastlane.
Rey Mysterio and the LWO will also challenge Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits. After Mysterio defeated Santos Escobar to retain the WWE United States title on Friday, the two were about to shake hands when The Street Profits and Bobby Lashley came out and assaulted the two, along with Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro when they attempted to make the save. Mysterio then issued the challenge to Lashley and The Street Profits backstage in the trainer’s room.
Here is the updated lineup for next Sunday’s Fastlane:
Last man standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Seth Rollins defends against Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Women’s Championship: IYO SKY defends against Asuka and Charlotte Flair
John Cena & LA Knight vs. Solo Sikoa & Jimmy Uso
Rey Mysterio & The LWO vs. Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits
Seth Rollins has agreed to a to a Last Man Standing match at Fastlane against Shinsuke Nakamura.
On Raw Monday, Nakamura officially named the time and place for his World Heavyweight title match: Fastlane on October 7. Nakamura told Rollins that this would be a match so brutal that Rollins would never be able to walk again or even look at his daughter. Rollins accepted the challenge, setting the stage for their rematch.
Despite winning their match at Payback earlier this month, Rollins has been seeking to fight Nakamura again after Nakamura assaulted him following his victory. At one point, Rollins offered to defend the title on WWE Raw. However, Nakamura rejected the match offer, saying he’d face Rollins on his terms. In the weeks since, Nakamura has appeared in vignettes and has attacked Rollins from behind, avoiding Rollins face-to-face.
Here is the updated lineup for next month’s Payback:
Last man standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Seth Rollins defends against Shinsuke Nakamura
John Cena has a tag match at Fastlane, but doesn’t have a partner.
By the end of Friday’s SmackDown, John Cena had signed a contract pitting himself against Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso. AJ Styles had originally agreed to team with Cena. However, Sikoa and Uso attacked Styles backstage prior to the contract signing, sending him out in an ambulance after Sikoa splashed Styles off a platform. Cena confronted both Sikoa and Uso in the ring after Styles’ assault, but was laid out by both men to end the show.
Cena opened SmackDown saying he wanted to wrestle, with Styles coming out saying if The Bloodline wanted some, they could get some. It eventually turned into a show-long storyline where official Adam Pearce looked to sign the tag match. Paul Heyman agreed to the match as long as it wouldn’t take place on Friday’s show. Uso said they’d sign the contract in the ring. Heyman didn’t seem pleased by Uso’s move, saying decisions like that needed approval from the Tribal Chief.
Since making his return earlier this month, Cena has gotten directly involved with The Bloodline, telling Uso at one point that the wrong brother had left SmackDown.
The Bloodline saga comes very close to a first in the history of pro wrestling on television
A look at the Trial of Roman Reigns, the Reigns vs. Usos feud, and the storyline that has caused WWE business to grow
A preview of all the big matches of the weekend in three different countries, none of which are the U.S., with TripleMania, G-1, Miyahara vs. Nakajima and Collision
Updated news on SummerSlam and Great American Bash and business notes on both shows
The new AEW rules memo, what is and isn’t new and the reality of what this means to talent
Full coverage of UFC 290 with two of the best fights of the year, a unique television situation and two title bouts
Looking at the 2023 Wrestler of the Year award and the top candidates
Francis Ngannou vs. Tyson Fury, the questions about the show and why the hope for it to be a success is the evolution of understanding fighting being low
The most detailed look at the ratings of every major pro wrestling and MMA show of the past week, the analysis, competition, segment numbers and comparisons with one year ago
Lots of injury talks regarding major stars
Key husband and wife jumping promotions
Mercedes Mone rivalry planned
Update on major sports rights negotiations in the next few years
The death of Michael Halac, the former Bruiser Mastino and Mantaur
Wrestling magazine pioneer writer Ed Garea, The Phantom of the Ring, passes away
Notes on the new women’s promotion
RevPro Epic Encounters rundown
Battle of the two best 18-year-old wrestlers in the world announced for next month
Ticket sales for tons of big shows
Kenny Omega talks the Tiger driver spot
International TV ratings
Lots of new major UFC fights
Looking at the vacant UFC light heavyweight title situation
World champion in UFC talks about how two years ago he supplemented his income driving for Uber Eats
More major show dates fr WWE
Backstage issue at WWE
A look at all the major TV shows and WWE weekend show coverage
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Friday Update
We did a very lively show today with Larry Dallas and Garrett Gonzales talking TripleMania, Lucha Libre, All In, Kenny Omega and tons of other subjects. Bryan and I will be back Sunday to talk about perhaps the biggest single 24 hour period of potentially great matches in recent memory which will be from 1 a.m. Pacific to 1 a.m. Pacific late Friday to late Saturday.
Smackdown tonight in Raleigh has more on the Bloodline story plus Asuka vs. Bianca Belair for the women’s title and the first round of a tournament with the winner getting a shot at Austin Theory’s U.S. title. I expect Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso as the SummerSlam main event becomes official tonight. They had 11,400 tickets out as of this morning so this will be close to sold out.
Rampage at 10 p.m. Eastern tonight on TNT
Dustin Rhodes & Keith Lee vs. Angelo Parker & Matt Menard
Taya Valkyrie vs. Izzy McQueen
Lance Archer vs. Trent Baretta
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mentallo
Athena vs. Willow Nightingale in the Owen Hart Cup
The crazy Saturday of big matches is in the new issue of the Observer that dropped today.
Ric Flair’s new energy drink “Woooo! Energy” has now been released.
WrestleTix has noted that the WWE’s upcoming Raw in Ontario, CA on 9/25 is already almost sold out and the next London house show is also almost sold out.
We’re looking for reports on these weekend shows
Smackdown tonight in Raleigh, NC (dark matches only)
GCW tonight in New York
AEW in Calgary (only the ROH tapings and dark matches)
WWE house show tomorrow in Fairfax, VA
WWE Sunday in Salisbury, MD
We’re looking for results, finishes, highlights and other notes on the shows to [email protected]
The GCW show in New York tonight is sold out with Utami Hayashishita vs, LuFisto, Blake Christian vs. Mao, Komander vs. Gringo Loco vs. Arez and Matt Cardona & Steph De Lander vs. Effy & Allie Katch.
First day ticket sales for Fastlane on 10/7 in Indianapolis today topped 6,200. (thanks to WrestleTix)
WWE announced 7/22 at Arena Ciudad in Mexico City has Roman Reigns vs. Rey Mysterio for the WWE Universal title, Cody Rhodes vs. Damian Priest and Seth Rollins vs. Dominik Mysterio for the World title. 7/23 at Arena Monterrey is Rhodes vs. Priest, Rollins vs. Dominik and Asuka vs. Bianca Belair vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch for the WWE women’s title.
We’ll be doing weekend polls on day one and two of G-1, Impact in Windsor, ONT and TripleMania, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst matches to [email protected]
The Cavinder Twins teased another WWE appearance while at the Espy Awards on Wednesday. Hanna Cavinder told USA Today Sports, “We have another event we’re going to soon, so we’re super excited about it. Yeah, stay tuned.”
UFC will run from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow on ESPN and ESPN+
Ashlee Evans-Smith (135.5) vs. Allin Perez (135.5)
Alex Munoz (155.5) vs. Carl Deaton (156)
Tyson Nam (126) vs. Azat Maksum (126)
Eva Elder (156) vs. Genaro Valdez (156)
Austin Lingo (145.5) vs. Melquiazael Costa (146)
Viktoriya Dudakova (116) vs. Istela Nunes (115.5)
Tucker Lutz (146) vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan (145.5)
Nazim Sadykhov (156) vs. Terrance McKinney7y (156)
Norma Dumont (145.5) vs. Chelsea Chandler (145.5)
Albert Duraev (185) vs. Jun Yong Park (186)
Ottman Azaitar (156) vs. Francisco Prado (156)
Jack Della Maddalena (171) vs. Bassil Hafez (171)
Holly Holm (135.5) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva (136)
G-1 starts at 4 am ET tomorrow morning from Sapporo:
YOSHI-HASHI vs. El Phantasmo
Chase Owens vs. Gabriel Kidd
KENTA vs. Tanga Loa
Ren Narita vs. Shota Umino
Kazuchika Okada vs. Great O’Khan
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Yota Tsuji
Will Ospreay vs. Taichi
Sanada vs. Hikuleo
Koji Miyamoto just published a new book called Inoki History Vol. 1 that came out last month. Volume 2 comes out in August and Volume three comes out in October.
OTHER NOTES
Combate Global has a Sunday show starting at 9 p.m. Eastern and 6 p.m. Pacific on Paramount + in English and Univision in Spanish. The show is billed as Mexico vs. USA with a featherweight main event of Roberto Romero (6-2-1) vs. Justin Vazquez (10-2).
Pro Wrestling Eve on Sunday at the Yard Theater in Hackney Wick in London has Alex Windsor vs.. Nightshade, Rhio vs. Regina Rosendahl and Session Moth Martina vs. Skye Smitson. They are also running 8/26 at the Yard Theater with the first Choco Pro from Japan show ever in the U.K.
KSW has a show tomorrow from the Polsat Plus Arena in Gdynia, Poland with Phil De Fries (23-6) defending the heavyweight title against Szymon Bajor (24-9). The show is available on www.KSWTV.com
The city of Windsor, ONT declared yesterday as Impact Wrestling day
Slammiversary odds from BetOnline
Alex Shelley -120
Nick Aldis -120
Trinity -500
Deonna Purrazzo +300
Chris Sabin -1000
Lio Rush +500
Joe Hendry -140
Kenny King +110
Chris Bey & Ace Austin -400
Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster +400
Moose & Brian Myers +550
Rich Swann & Sami Callihan +600
Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly -250
The Coven +175
Mike Bailey +150
Angels +250
Jonathan Gresham +250
Kushida +250
Kevin Knight +650
Eddie Edwards -140
Frankie Kazarian +100
Wrestlecon is doing a Destination Detroit event on 8/4 and 8/5 with Sting, Bret Hart, Lex Luger, Ron Simmons, Ted DiBiase, Honky Tonk Man, Nailz, Sgt. Slaughter, IRS, Boogeyman, Zach Gowen and Brandi Rhodes.
Lash Leroux makes his GCW debut on 9/1 in Chicago. Also on that show will be Nick Gage, El Hijo del Vikingo, Maki Itoh, Rina Yamashita and Blake Christian.
WWE is bringing a pay-per-view event to Indiana this October.
During Tuesday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show, it was revealed that Fastlane 2023 will be held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday, October 7. The show is set to stream live on Peacock/WWE Network.
Seth Rollins was supposed to be on The Pat McAfee Show to announce the news, but Paul Heyman ended up appearing instead. Rollins is defending his World Heavyweight Championship against Bron Breakker on NXT tonight.
Fastlane is returning for the first time since 2021. It will be the first time a WWE PPV has been held in Indianapolis since Clash of Champions 2016.
Before this year’s edition of the event, Fastlane was a PPV that took place on the road to WrestleMania.
McAfee and The Pat McAfee Show are based out of Indianapolis.
WWE’s PPV schedule for the remainder of 2023 is now starting to take shape. Last week, it was announced that Pittsburgh will host Payback 2023 on Saturday, September 2. That event is taking place during Labor Day weekend.
Here’s a look at the updated WWE PPV calendar:
Saturday, July 1: Money in the Bank at O2 Arena in London, England
Saturday, August 5: SummerSlam at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan
Saturday, September 2: Payback at PPG Paints Arena In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 7: Fastlane at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana
