WWE has announced its annual “SummerSlam” will take place at Detroit’s Ford Field on Aug. 5.
The announcement marks the first return of “SummerSlam” to Michigan in 30 years and the first WWE event to take place at Ford Field since “WrestleMania” in 2007.
“Landing WWE ‘SummerSlam’ at Ford Field is a signature win for Detroit and continues the momentum of the Detroit Sports Commission in attracting major sporting events to the region,” said DSC executive director Dave Beachnau in a statement. “Metro Detroit enjoys a special place in WWE history and has produced many iconic moments. Thank you to the entire WWE family for entrusting us with this incredible opportunity, and we look forward to delivering a first-class experience.”
Tickets for the event will be available for purchase April 15 on Ticketmaster.com.
Also in today’s television news:
NEW HIRES
Two new multi-platform reporters are joining ABC News, according to an announcement today from Wendy Fisher, the network’s senior vice president of newsgathering. Jaclyn Lee will fill one of the positions from New York effective Feb. 7, while Melissa Adan will join the Los Angeles team later this week.
Prior to being hired at ABC News, Lee worked as a reporter and anchor at ABC-owned television station WPVI-TV as well as at WVEC-TV, a Virginia-based ABC affiliate. Lee’s previous coverage spans topics like the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 presidential election and the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes.
Adan spent over six years at NBCUniversal, most recently serving as a general assignment news reporter and anchor for NBC7 and Telemundo 20 since 2018. As a bilingual journalist, Adan has traveled across the globe to report on the Mexico-U.S. border crisis and the effects of wildfires on climate change — the latter of which earned her a regional Emmy.
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Multimedia journalist CB Cotton starts a new position today at Fox News…
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