WWE’s SummerSlam Kickoff event is happeningtoday (Sun., July 19) live at 1:30 p.m. Eastern from Fanatics Fest in New York City.
These pre-premium live event pep rallys were called “press conferences” at one point, but because they weren’t actually press conferences — which they don’t hold anywhere any more — they’re now Kickoffs. The pre-show program that used to be a Kickoff is now a “Countdown”. Those names have stuck as we head into another year of WWE’s TKO Era, so hopefully you’re starting to get
used to them.
Not much in the way of details about who will be at today’s Kickoff; which if like last year will be the first of two they hold (one at Fanatics Fest, and one at the site city, this year Minneapolis). We have been told that Michael Cole is bringing us “exclusive interviews with key Superstars as they gear up for The Biggest Event of the Summer”, and Saturday Night’s Main Event was in town last night, so they’ll have lots of folks to choose from. Plus, Chief Creative Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque often shows up.
Join us at 1:30 p.m. ET and we’ll see who shows up together. Just click play on the video embedded at the top of this post.
