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WWE SummerSlam is ready to take over Ford Field in Detroit. Long thought-about one in every of WWE’s largest annual occasions, SummerSlam returns to the state of Michigan for the primary time in 30 years.
WWE introduced the date and site for the 2023 SummerSlam on Tuesday. SummerSlam is one in every of WWE’s traditional massive 4 occasions, alongside the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania and Survivor Series. The information marks not solely Michigan’s first SummerSlam in three a long time but additionally the corporate’s first go to to Ford Field since WrestleMania 23 was held in 2007.
1993 SummerSlam was headlined by Lex Luger vs. Yokozuna for the WWF championship. The occasion — held in entrance of a reported 23, 954 followers — additionally featured legends like Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon and The Undertaker. WrestleMania 23 was headlined by John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE championship, featured The Undertaker vs. Batista and infamously noticed Donald Trump shave Vince McMahon bald in a match dubbed “Battle of the Billionaires.”
It’s unclear which superstars will headline this 12 months’s occasion because the highway to WrestleMania rolls on with the Elimination Chamber in February earlier than heading to Hollywood for the most important occasion of the 12 months in April.
