After four straight years in Brooklyn, New York, WWE SummerSlam is heading to Toronto in 2019. The news was first reported by ET Canada and later confirmed by WWE.
Next year’s WWE SummerSlam will take place on Sunday, August 11th from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada. The venue will host 4 nights of WWE action as part of SummerSlam weekend.
The full schedule for WWE SummerSlam 2019 weekend includes:
- Saturday, August 10: NXT TakeOver
- Sunday, August 11: SummerSlam
- Monday, August 12: Monday Night Raw
- Tuesday, August 13: SmackDown Live
WWE will also host a number of activities in the city, including a SummerSlam Axxess fan festival at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
“We are thrilled to bring WWE’s biggest event of the summer back to Toronto,” said John Saboor, WWE executive vice-president, special events, in a statement. “We look forward to working with our partners at Tourism Toronto and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to build a blueprint that welcomes our global fan base to the great city of Toronto.”
Toronto hosted SummerSlam once before back in 2004.
