On Friday, WWE COO Triple H announced that NXT will be invading the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night, August 22nd during SummerSlam weekend.
While the initial tweet did not mention if the show will be aired live on the WWE Network, WWE.com has confirmed that this will in fact be a live Network special.
“The Superstars and Divas of Tomorrow have set the wrestling world on fire with the NXT TakeOver live specials on WWE Network, which have all emanated from Full Sail University in Florida — until now.
As announced by WWE COO Triple H, on Saturday, Aug. 22, NXT will invade the Barclays Center on the eve of The Biggest Party of The Summer for the seventh NXT live special.”
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