WWE Brand Split News/Rumors/Discussion

[Mike Powers]

There not PPV's. They're "Special Events" now. Duh!

[Rob]

But it's less PPVs for each brand. Raw feuds may wait 2 months before going on PPV again.

[Gravedigger]

8 PPVs in 5 months is too many.

With the Network I love it... Extra events and it's still $9.99.

[Duckman]

With the Network I love it... Extra events and it's still $9.99.

For now dude, for now.  This has all the hall marks of a price hike due to more events coming.

[Black Death]

maybe it will force the raw writers to actually slow the hell down and let the stories develop ,  let hope

[Fnord]

As noted, a Reddit user recently leaked the image above listing the remaining WWE pay-per-views for the remainder of the year. It revealed WWE will be doing separate brand pay-per-views starting with WWE Backlash on September 11, 2016, which will be a SmackDown show. Survivor Series will join SummerSlam and presumably The Royal Rumble and WrestleMania to be co-branded shows.

PWInsider reported today that Sky Italy confirmed the line-up. As noted, Ticketmaster is now listing the Clash of Champions pay-per-view on September 25th, which will be a RAW event.

Once again, here is the pay-per-view line-up for the rest of 2016:

* WWE Battleground: July 24 in Washington D.C., 8pm EST start time, both brands

* WWE SummerSlam: August 21st in Brooklyn, 7pm EST start time, both brands

* WWE Backlash: September 11th in Richmond, 8pm EST start time, SmackDown event, WWE Network exclusive

* WWE Clash of the Champions: September 25th in Indianapolis, 8pm EST start time, RAW event

* WWE No Mercy: October 9th in Sacramento, 8pm EST start time, SmackDown event

* WWE Hell In a Cell: October 30th in Boston, 8pm EST start time, RAW event

* WWE Survivor Series: November 20th in Toronto, 7pm EST start time, both brands

* WWE TLC: December 4th in Dallas, 8pm EST start time, SmackDown event

* WWE Roadblock, December 18th in Pittsburgh, 8pm EST start time, RAW event