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WWE Adding Live Network Special Next Weekend

Posted: Jul 19th, '19, 05:42
by Bob-O
Source: pwinsider

WWE announced this afternoon that they will stream a live WWE Network special on Saturday 7/27 titled Slackville from Nashville, TN, headlined by Kofi Kingston defending the WWE Championship against Samoa Joe and Dolph Ziggler.

The official announcement reads:
SMACKVILLE to feature WWE Championship Triple Threat Match live on WWE Network July 27
WWE is proud to announce the SMACKVILLE special event, featuring a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship and streaming live from Nashville, Tenn. exclusively on the award-winning WWE Network on Saturday, July 27.

The explosive in-ring action will include a main event Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship in which Kofi Kingston will be challenged by Dolph Ziggler and Samoa Joe. In addition, newly crowned Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura will go head-to-head with former titleholder Finn Bálor in a rematch from WWE Extreme Rules. The evening will also feature a special musical performance by Elias.

Don’t miss SMACKVILLE, streaming live from Music City, U.S.A., on Saturday, July 27, at 9 ET/6 PT, exclusively on WWE Network.

Re: WWE Adding Live Network Special Next Weekend

Posted: Jul 19th, '19, 07:20
by Big Red Machine
Whoever suggested this name should have been fired on the spot.

Re: WWE Adding Live Network Special Next Weekend

Posted: Jul 19th, '19, 14:49
by Serujuunin
Big Red Machine wrote: Jul 19th, '19, 07:20 Whoever suggested this name should have been fired on the spot.
That’s exactly what I thought. I think this might even be as bad as Great Balls of Fire.

How hard can it really be to come up with one-off names for network specials?

Re: WWE Adding Live Network Special Next Weekend

Posted: Jul 19th, '19, 17:01
by Big Red Machine
Serujuunin wrote: Jul 19th, '19, 14:49
Big Red Machine wrote: Jul 19th, '19, 07:20 Whoever suggested this name should have been fired on the spot.
That’s exactly what I thought. I think this might even be as bad as Great Balls of Fire.

How hard can it really be to come up with one-off names for network specials?
Especially when you have a decent back-catalogue of them that you're not using.