Bash in Berlin
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| File:Bash in Berlin announcement poster.jpeg Promotional poster featuring Gunther, Bianca Belair, Cody Rhodes, Damian Priest, Liv Morgan, and Drew McIntyre | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | August 31, 2024 | ||
| City | Berlin, Germany | ||
| Venue | Uber Arena | ||
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WWE Bash in Berlin is an upcoming 2024 professional wrestling event produced by the American promotion WWE. It will take place on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany and will feature wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming, marking WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event to be held in Germany.
Production
Background
On October 25, 2023, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE announced that it would hold its first-ever pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event in Germany called Bash in Berlin. The event is scheduled for Saturday, August 31, 2024, at the Uber Arena (formerly Mercedes-Benz Arena) in Berlin, Germany and will feature wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will air on traditional PPV worldwide and will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets.[1] It was also announced that the August 30 episode of Friday Night SmackDown would air live from the same venue, which will be the first time for the program to broadcast from Germany. Tickets went on sale on November 30, 2023.[2]
Storylines
The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television programs, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[3][4]
At King and Queen of the Ring in May, Raw's Gunther defeated SmackDown's Randy Orton in the final of the King of the Ring tournament, which earned him a match for Raw's World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam in August. During the King of the Ring final, however, Orton's shoulder was not fully on the mat when the referee counted the pin.[5] After the show, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque noted the mistake and said the referee's decision was final but that there would likely be a rematch between the two.[6] At SummerSlam, Gunther won the World Heavyweight Championship,[7] and during his speech on the following Raw, he was interrupted by Orton, who noted that because of that mistake in the King of the Ring final, that ultimately allowed Gunther to become champion. He then said that he wanted his rematch at Bash in Berlin so he could take the World Heavyweight Championship from Gunther in his home country. Gunther accepted the challenge.[8]
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Gunther (c) vs. Randy Orton | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[9] | ||||
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References
- ^ "SmackDown & Bash in Berlin". WWE. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (November 20, 2023). "WWE SmackDown On August 30, 2024 To Take Place In Berlin". Fightful. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ^ Powell, Jason (May 25, 2024). "WWE King and Queen of the Ring results: Powell's live review of Cody Rhodes vs. Logan Paul for the WWE Title, Gunther vs. Randy Orton in the KOTR finals, Nia Jax vs. Lyra Valkyria in the QOTR finals". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ Lee, Joseph (May 25, 2024). "Triple H Comments On Controversial Finish To King of the Ring Finals". 411Mania. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Powell, Jason (August 3, 2024). "WWE SummerSlam results: Powell's review of Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa in a Bloodline Rules match for the WWE Championship, Damian Priest vs. Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- ^ Powell, Jason (August 5, 2024). "WWE Raw results (8/5): Powell's live review of Gunther's first appearance as World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre, Sheamus vs. Ludwig Kaiser". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ WWE.com Staff (August 5, 2024). "World Heavyweight Champion Gunther vs. Randy Orton". WWE. Retrieved August 5, 2024.