WWE have announced an upcoming pay per view due to take place on New Year’s Day. The currently untitled event is scheduled to take place at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta Georgia on January 1st 2022. This will be the first time that the company have held a pay per view on the first day of the year.
The announcement was made on the July 23rd edition of SmackDown. The blue brand was broadcast in two locations for this episode. The main portion was in Cleveland Ohio, but as part of a dual broadcast, two matches took place at The Rolling Loud festival in Miami Florida. Bianca Belair, who competed at the festival, introduced Trae Young to the Miami crowd. The Atlanta Hawks star made the announcement via video:
In a press release from WWE, the following has been announced about the event:
WWE will kick off the new year at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Saturday, January 1, 2022, marking the first time in history that a WWE pay-per-view event will be held on New Year’s Day. The event will stream live on the night of New Year’s Day at 8 pm ET exclusively on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else.
“I don’t know about you but I think New Year’s Trae would be a great name for the event, and I can’t think of a better way to bring in 2022 than with the WWE Universe,” said Atlanta Hawks All-Star Point Guard Trae Young, who exclusively announced the New Year’s Day event during tonight’s Friday Night SmackDown.
“State Farm Arena is a phenomenal venue with a long history of hosting world-class events,” said Scott Zanghellini, WWE Senior Vice President, Revenue Strategy & Development. “We’re excited to deliver this pay-per-view to the people of Atlanta and the many that travel to the city to celebrate New Year’s.”
Tickets for the New Year’s Day pay-per-view event go on sale Friday, August 27 at 10 AM via Ticketmaster.com. The event will feature Superstars Superstars from both SmackDown and Raw including WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, WWE Champion Bobby Lashley, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, Raw Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H, WWE Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews, Raw Tag Team Champions AJ Styles and Omos, SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos, United States Champion Sheamus, Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina, Drew McIntyre, Charlotte Flair, Randy Orton, Riddle, Sasha Banks, Seth Rollins, Alexa Bliss and many more.
Source: WWE
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