A brand new WWE pay-per-view is on the calendar. WWE Wrestlepalooza takes place Sept. 20 in Indianapolis with John Cena headlining, the corporate introduced on Wednesday.
WWE Wrestlepalooza can be held at Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the positioning of this yr’s Royal Rumble. The occasion will air on ESPN platforms within the U.S., marking the beginning of the 2 corporations’ new PPV deal. No matches have been introduced, however WWE confirmed a number of big-name stars will seem on the cardboard.
Cena will headline the pay-per-view as one of many ultimate matches of his retirement tour. Although unconfirmed, expectations are that he’ll wrestle Brock Lesnar after Lesnar attacked him in a surprising SummerSlam return. Undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes, world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins, ladies’s intercontinental champion Becky Lynch, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre will carry out at Wrestlepalooza, in accordance with WWE’s press launch.
Wrestlepalooza will run instantly reverse All Elite Wrestling’s marquee PPV, AEW All Out. Launching a brand new PPV on the identical day as All Out continues WWE’s current sample of operating occasions reverse the No. 2 U.S. wrestling promotion.
Wrestlepalooza borrows its title from defunct promotion Excessive Championship Wrestling. ECW ran Wrestlepalooza 4 instances between 1995 and 2000. The cult wrestling promotion folded in 2001 earlier than WWE acquired its belongings in 2003.