WWE will be going head-to-head in the battle for viewers with UFC this July.
On July 2, WWE will host Money in the Bank, with Summerslam taking place on July 30, the first time the show has not happened in August.
On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed the impact of having two UFC events on the same night will have on WWE:
“It’s interesting because on July 2nd and July 30th there’s going to be a big UFC pay-per-view. The second, especially. It’s a big UFC against a stadium WWE, head-to-head, same city. [On the] 30th, they’re in different cities, but still a head-to-head pay-per-view.
It’s not like years ago when this would’ve been death to WWE. The same weekend used to hurt WWE badly, but the same night would’ve, I don’t want to say killed them, but it would’ve taken probably 15-20% off. Maybe more. Now, a WWE pay-per-view is not a money expenditure, so it’s not like you’re going, ‘I’ve already spent $40 on a pay-per-view on a Saturday night, do I do that again on a Sunday?’”
The only matches confirmed for Money in the Bank are the two titular ladder matches, but there is no word yet on who will compete.
