WWE has announced a new addition to its premium live event schedule as this year’s Extreme Rules show will take place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Saturday, October 8.
This event wasn’t previously listed on the 2022 event schedule. It will be WWE’s first PPV event in the city at the venue since March 2020 when they held Elimination Chamber, which was WWE’s final big show before the company stopped touring because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tickets for the show will go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 15 at 10 a.m. Eastern time. Here is the updated PPV schedule for the company:
Saturday, July 2: Money in the Bank at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, July 30: SummerSlam at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday, September 3: Clash at the Castle at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales
Saturday, October 8: Extreme Rules at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 5: Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saturday, November 26: Survivor Series at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
Paul Heyman has offered his two cents in regard to WWE hosting the premium live event in the home city of ECW.
“And it’s not about any particular arena,” Heyman told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “I’m equally at home in the Wells Fargo Center as I would have been at The Spectrum as I was at WCW in the Civic Center and at ECW at a dilapidated bingo hall on the wrong side of the train tracks at Swanson and Ritner. It’s not about the four walls that host you, it’s about the audience that’s in there.
“It’s a litmus test. There’s an honesty from the Philadelphia sports fan that comes through, that permeates through the television set when you watch these events on television. There’s no BS from a Philadelphia crowd. If they like you, they will reward you and bestow on you an affirmation that is quite — no pun intended — extreme and if they don’t like you and don’t like what you’re presenting, their negative reaction is quite — no pun intended — extreme. You’re going to know where you stand when you perform in Philly.”
