{"id":119664,"date":"2023-08-01T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T01:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=119664"},"modified":"2023-08-01T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T01:00:04","slug":"wwe-india-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/08\/01\/wwe-india-return\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Announces September Return To India With WWE Superstar Spectacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE is set to return to India after a press release confirmed that Hydeabad&#8217;s Gachibowli Indoor Stadium will host WWE Super Spectacle on September 8, 2023. This marks the Stamford-based company&#8217;s fifth tour to India and the first since December 2017. WWE had its first-ever India tour back in 1996 with <strong>Bret<\/strong>\u00a0Hart retaining his WWF Championship over <strong>Tatanka<\/strong> at a packed Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai. Since then, the company visited India in 2002, 2016, and 2017 with <strong>Jinder Mahal<\/strong> main eventing the 2017 show against <strong>Triple<\/strong> <strong>H<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: WWE returns to India this September with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWESuperstarSpectacle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWESuperstarSpectacle<\/a> in Hyderabad, and tickets are available this Friday, August 4 at 12 PM IST!<\/p>\n<p>Full details \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n5lF1q2UK3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/n5lF1q2UK3<\/a><br \/>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Preregistration \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ikqI8jk0Mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/ikqI8jk0Mo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LQ9HLNf6fW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/LQ9HLNf6fW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1686262989375062017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>WWE Return to India Announced<\/h2>\n<p>Here are the details from the press release:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;STAMFORD, Conn., August 1, 2023 \u2013 WWE today announced its long-awaited return to India with WWE Superstar Spectacle at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium (Gachibowli Indoor Stadium), Hyderabad, India, on Friday, September 8, 2023. This will mark the first live event to take place in India since 2017 and the first-ever WWE live event to be held in Hyderabad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Tickets for WWE Superstar Spectacle at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium (Gachibowli Indoor Stadium) will be available from 12:00 PM IST this Friday, August 4, 2023, at www.bookmyshow.com. Fans interested in joining an early presale from 12:00 PM IST this Thursday, August 3, can register now via the BookMyShow app and website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WWE fans in attendance can look forward to seeing their favorite WWE Superstars in action including World Heavyweight Champion Seth \u201cFreakin\u201d Rollins, Women\u2019s World Champion Rhea Ripley, Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn &amp; Kevin Owens, Intercontinental Champion \u201cThe Ring General\u201d GUNTHER, Jinder Mahal, Veer, Sanga, Drew McIntyre, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Matt Riddle, Ludwig Kaiser, and many more*.<\/em><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As per the press release, most of the superstars coming on the India tour will be from the Raw brand. <strong>Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Indus Sher,<\/strong> comprised of <strong>Veer<\/strong> and <strong>Sanga, <\/strong>and Jinder Mahal will be on the tour among others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE is set to return to India after a press release confirmed that Hydeabad&#8217;s Gachibowli Indoor Stadium will host WWE Super Spectacle on September 8, 2023. This marks the Stamford-based company&#8217;s fifth tour to India and the first since December 2017. 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