WWE Day 1 Premium Live Event Cancelled - Wrestling Inc.

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To paraphrase the set U2, each volition beryllium quiescent connected New Year's Day.

Wrestlenomics is reporting that WWE has canceled WWE Day 1, originally scheduled for January 1st, 2023 astatine the State Farms Arena successful Atlanta, GA. Originally slated to beryllium the 2nd ever Day 1 event, the cancellation present leaves WWE with nary Premium Live Events betwixt WWE Survivor Series connected November 26th and the Royal Rumble connected January 28th of adjacent year. According to Dave Meltzer, tickets had not been enactment connected sale.

Wrestlenomics was incapable to corroborate a crushed for the cancellation, but postulated that it could person thing to bash with keeping Peacock proprietor NBCUniversal happy. New Year's Day is the past scheduled regular play occurrence of NBC's Sunday presumption of the NFL. The Los Angeles Chargers volition beryllium battling the Los Angeles Rams connected that date. However the study besides notes that, if that is the case, past 3 antithetic Premium Live Events successful 2021 ran against Sunday Night Football games.

Last year's archetypal Day 1 event, besides held successful Atlanta's State Farms Arena successful what was touted arsenic the opening of a caller tradition, was notable arsenic WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns tested affirmative for COVID-19 connected the time of the event, starring to his main lawsuit rubric defence against Brock Lesnar being scrapped, and Lesnar being shoehorned into that night's WWE Championship match, wherever Lesnar defeated Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley and then-champion Big E to triumph his 6th WWE Championship. It was besides the archetypal large WWE lawsuit to usage the "Premium Live Event" branding that has since replaced "Pay Per View."

Neither WWE Media Relations nor representatives from State Farms Arena person commented connected the cancellation.