WWE announced during last night’s Friday Night SmackDown that the company will hold a pay-per-view event on New Year’s Day for the first time ever.
The pay-per-view will feature Superstars from both Raw and SmackDown.
The yet to be named event will air live on Saturday, January 1, 2022 at 8:00pm ET from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, and will stream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network everywhere else.
Tickets go on sale Friday, August 27 at 10:00 am ET through Ticketmaster.
During last night’s show on FOX Bianca Belair successfully retained the WWE SmackDown Women’s Title over Carmella, which took place at the Rolling Loud Rap Festival in Miami Gardens, FL. After the match, Belair went on stage and introduced Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young, who joined the fans from a video call.
WWE posted the segment with the announcement to Twitter, and made the announcement also their website – both of which you can check out below:
Right after her win at #RollingLoud, @BiancaBelairWWE introduced @ATLHawks All-Star @TheTraeYoung to make an epic announcement…
WWE will host its first-ever New Year's Day pay-per-view event on Saturday, January 1 in Atlanta! pic.twitter.com/Ix22DQBldO
— WWE (@WWE) July 24, 2021
WWE kicks off 2022 in Atlanta
STAMFORD, Conn., July 23, 2021 – WWE will kick off the new year at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Saturday, January 1, 2022, marking the first time in history that a WWE pay-per-view event will be held on New Year’s Day. The event will stream live on the night of New Year’s Day at 8 pm ET exclusively on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else.
“I don’t know about you but I think New Year’s Trae would be a great name for the event, and I can’t think of a better way to bring in 2022 than with the WWE Universe,” said Atlanta Hawks All-Star Point Guard Trae Young, who exclusively announced the New Year’s Day event during tonight’s Friday Night SmackDown.
“State Farm Arena is a phenomenal venue with a long history of hosting world-class events,” said Scott Zanghellini, WWE Senior Vice President, Revenue Strategy & Development. “We’re excited to deliver this pay-per-view to the people of Atlanta and the many that travel to the city to celebrate New Year’s.”
Tickets for the New Year’s Day pay-per-view event go on sale Friday, August 27 at 10 AM via Ticketmaster.com. The event will feature Superstars Superstars from both SmackDown and Raw including WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, WWE Champion Bobby Lashley, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, Raw Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H, WWE Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews, Raw Tag Team Champions AJ Styles and Omos, SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos, United States Champion Sheamus, Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina, Drew McIntyre, Charlotte Flair, Randy Orton, Riddle, Sasha Banks, Seth Rollins, Alexa Bliss and many more.