SummerSlam is going to be a long, long night for those working it and those watching on television as WWE announced that the pre-show this Saturday will run for a whopping three hours.
A start time of 4PM ET is being advertised for the Countdown to SummerSlam, which will air on WWE’s social media properties, Peacock, and WWE Network for free. It will be followed by the premium live event at 7PM ET.
The longer pre-show might have something to do with AEW’s Collision which was moved to 5PM ET to avoid going head-to-head with SummerSlam. Now, Collision will have the Countdown show head-to-head, with WWE’s broadcast having a one-hour head start.
Meanwhile, The Miz was selected as the host of this year’s show since it will be taking place from his hometown of Cleveland.
