WWE® to Host Talent Tryouts Ahead of SummerSlam®
14 July 2022 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
More Than 50 College Athletes to
Participate, Tickets Go On Sale Friday, July 15
WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that it will host a multi-day
talent tryout, exclusively for current and recently graduated
college athletes, as part of SummerSlam Week in Nashville.
The three-day event, presented by Pure Life Water, begins
Wednesday, July 27, at the Wildhorse Saloon, a 60,000-square-foot
live music and event venue and staple of downtown Nashville. WWE
will host more than 50 male and female participants with collegiate
athletic backgrounds across football, basketball, track and field,
wrestling, volleyball, gymnastics, cheer and dance. Athletes will
partake in performance evaluations, individual and group promo
evaluations, in-ring technical sessions and sit-down interviews as
part of the tryout process. The invite-only event features several
athletes who attended 2022 NFL Rookie Mini Camps.
WWE hosted its first-ever talent tryout exclusively consisting
of former college athletes ahead of WrestleMania 38 in April. That
inaugural event led to WWE signing more than 20 athletes who will
start their developmental process at WWE’s Performance Center in
Orlando prior to SummerSlam.
On Friday, July 29, for the first time ever, WWE will host a
SummerSlam Tryout Viewing Experience event at the Wildhorse Saloon
which gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the WWE Tryout
process. Tickets start at $20 for general admission access and go
on sale on this Friday, July 15 at 1 p.m. ET via Ticketmaster. VIP
tickets are available for $100 and include a ring photograph with
WWE Superstars and Legends.
SummerSlam takes place Saturday, July 30 live from Nissan
Stadium in Nashville. Tickets are currently on sale via
Ticketmaster and premium experience packages are available via On
Location. SummerSlam will stream live exclusively on Peacock in the
United States and on WWE Network everywhere else.
Learn more about the path to becoming a WWE Superstar at
wwerecruit.com.
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