![]() Additionally, WWE increased SummerSlam's length to four hours, a length previously reserved only for WrestleMania. The Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey was originally supposed to host SummerSlam, but due to its closure in April 2015, the event was moved to the Barclays Center. The 2015 event was the 28th event in the SummerSlam chronology and was scheduled to be held on August 23, 2015, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It has since become considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer," it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series, referred to as the "Big Four". SummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event, produced every summer by WWE since 1988. The confusion allowed Undertaker to surprise Lesnar with a low blow before trapping him in the Hell's Gate submission hold, which caused Lesnar to pass out, giving Undertaker the win. ![]() In the main event, The Undertaker defeated Brock Lesnar in controversial fashion Lesnar put Undertaker in his Kimura lock and the timekeeper rang the bell after seeing the Undertaker tap out, but since the referee did not see Undertaker submit, the match continued. Ten matches were contested at the event, with no match on the pre-show. The event was the second night of what was billed as a "triple-header" at the Barclays Center, with NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn having taken place the previous night, and Raw the following night. This was also the last SummerSlam event to be held before the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016. It was also the first SummerSlam to be four hours in length, a length previously reserved only for WrestleMania. The Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey was originally supposed to host SummerSlam, but due to its closure in April 2015, the event was relocated. It was also the eighth SummerSlam to be held in the New York metropolitan area. It was the first SummerSlam since 2008 to be held outside of Los Angeles as its Staples Center was the exclusive home for SummerSlam from 2009 to 2014. It took place on August 23, 2015, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and was the first of four consecutive SummerSlam events to take place at the arena. The 2015 SummerSlam was the 28th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. Stay tuned to for more.įollow Marc on Twitter at Send any news, tips or corrections to us by clicking here.Promotional poster featuring Brock Lesnar and The Undertakerġ21,000 (excluding WWE Network views) The show was headlined by Dolph Ziggler winning the NXT Title from current champion Bron Breakker in a Triple Threat that also included Tommaso Ciampa. WWE then brought Roadblock back in 2022 as a special NXT TV episode, held on March 8 from the WWE Performance Center. It was headlined by Kevin Owens retaining the WWE Universal Title over current Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Roadblock: End of The Line was then held on December 18, 2016, from Pittsburgh, as a RAW brand event. The name was chosen as the event served as a “roadblock” to WrestleMania 32. The inaugural WWE Roadblock event aired as a WWE Network exclusive on March 12, 2016, from Toronto, and was headlined by current WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H retaining the WWE World Heavyweight Title over Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley). ![]() WWE noted that Superstars will have to get past this “roadblock” to make it to Stand & Deliver. This will be the final NXT special event before Stand & Deliver during WrestleMania 39 Weekend. WWE has announced that the special Roadblock edition of NXT TV will air live on the USA Network from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando on Tuesday, March 7.
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