WWE SummerSlam 2018 Location Announced; Special Shinsuke Nakamura Theme Across NYC

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SummerSlam’s 2018 Location

Including next Sunday’s pay per view, WWE SummerSlam has been in New York City (NYC) for three consecutive years. For the 2018 edition of SummerSlam, it was unknown if the WWE would remain in NYC or shift west once again to Los Angeles. LA hosted the “Biggest Party of the Summer” for six consecutive years, between 2009 and 2014. On late Sunday night, the WWE revealed SummerSlam will remain in NYC, specifically Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Monday Night RAW, and SmackDown Live will also emanate from the Barclays Center in 2018.

“Rising Sun” in NYC

At this year’s SummerSlam, Shinsuke Nakamura will participate in his first SummerSlam match against WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. It won’t be Nakamura’s first time in the venue, though, as he won his first NXT Championship at the Barclays Center. On the night he won the NXT title, violinist Lee England Jr. performed a special rendition of Nakamura’s “The Rising Sun” theme. Ahead of next Sunday’s SummerSlam, WWE released new videos of England Jr. and composers CFO$ performing another unique rendition of Nakamura’s theme across New York City, such as Times Square, Central Park, Washington Square Park, and the Barclays Center.

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