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WWE is continuing to tweak their live events as following April’s WrestleMania 38, Sunday live shows will be branded with “Sunday Stunner.”

As of now, TicketMaster lists Sunday May 1st in Fairfax, Virginia, as the first show to be rebranded while two other Sunday post-Mania shows (Syracuse, New York, and Binghamton, New York) have yet to be changed.

This follows last week’s news that WWE will be using their Saturday Night’s Main Event name for two back-to-back Saturday live events in April in Alabama and Florida. It’s unknown whether that branding will be put into place for future Saturday shows as well.

WWE hasn’t formally announced the change and hasn’t responded to an inquiry for further information.

The company has reduced live events post-pandemic, running just on Saturdays and Sundays outside Monday Raw and Friday SmackDown shows. They ran 101 total shows in 2021 after returning to touring in July.

WWE announced the return of live shows starting with the 7/16 Smackdown tapings at the Toyota Center in Houston, with them running shows in 25 cities through Labor Day.

But the biggest potential news revolves around SummerSlam. While not confirmed, those within the company believe the show to be on 8/21 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. But with the Manny Pacquiao vs. Errol Spence Jr., fight already announced for 8/21 in Las Vegas, it would make SummerSlam the secondary event of the weekend. And nothing has been said officially.

Sports Business Journal, which has a close relationship with key WWE higher-ups, wrote that the show was targeted for the weekend of 8/22, and that it would take place at an NFL stadium, listing Las Vegas, Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, NRG Stadium in Houston, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ and Nissan Stadium in Nashville as the possibilities. The 8/21 date would seem to make no sense because it would put it head-to-head against Pacquiao vs. Spence, and the combination of unfamiliar night for WWE PPVs, which have been on Sundays for more than a decade, and the boxing competition would hurt viewership greatly.

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