Variety Looks At New WWE Show, WWE Mentioned During Olympics, SummerSlam Pre-Show
- Variety has an article up today looking at the new WWE weekly half-hour show, WWE Saturday Morning Slam, which will debut on Saturday, August 25 at 10 a.m. The article noted that WWE is looking to recoup lost licensing fees and advertising dollars after WWE Superstars ended its run on WGN, and NXT ended its run on Syfy. You can check out the article by clicking here.
- Christian is featured in the "Superstar Spotlight" on the home page of WWE.com. You can check out Captain Charisma's profile on the site, videos and more at this link.
- During the gold medal boxing match between China and Thailand at the Olympics, one of the commentators said during the fight, "this has turned into a WWE-type match."
- WWE has posted the video stream for the SummerSlam pre-show on YouTube at this link. The pre-show will air 30 minutes before the pay-per-view portion of the broadcast begins.
Spencer Seymour contributed to this article.