WWE: Day 1 2023 Update, Triple H COVID-19 Update, NXT Deadline Confirmed for Dec. 10, More News

Oct 22, 2022

WWE Day 1 2023 Event Status Update

As noted before, WWE recently cancelled their plans to hold their next Day 1 event in 2023 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The reason for the cancellation is currently believed to be due to scheduling-related issues with the venue for the event’s planned date of January 1, 2023.

The State Farm Arena recently updated their events schedule confirming that WWE cancelled their planned Day 1 event and will now be holding a house show event on December 27th at their venue.

This was the same date that WWE was originally scheduled to hold a house show event in Detroit, Michigan which was recently cancelled and moved to a new date.

Triple H COVID-19 & Health Status Update

As noted before, WWE Chief Content Officer and Head of Creative Paul “Triple H” Levesque tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. As a result of his positive testing, Levesque was unable to perform his backstage duties running this past Monday’s RAW and entered WWE’s COVID-19 protocol making his status for WWE’s upcoming shows be in doubt.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Levesque still remains in WWE’s COVID-19 protocol and was not seen in attendance backstage during Friday’s SmackDown show in Toledo, Ohio. Those spoken to stated that Levesque has been feeling fine and is going through the proper steps to be able to exit WWE’s protocol. WWE officials reportedly are currently hopeful that he will be able to resume his normal duties next week.

Johnson reported that similar to this past Monday’s RAW show, Levesque was in contact with WWE’s creative team and producers to ensure everything met his vision and plans for Friday’s SmackDown show.

WWE Confirms Next NXT Event Called NXT Deadline & December 10th Date

As noted before, WWE is currently working on plans to hold their next NXT event this December and very likely on the same date as Ring of Honor’s Final Battle 2022 of December 10th.

Shawn Michaels held a media call on Friday to promote tonight’s NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 event. One of the topics discussed included Michaels confirming that the next NXT brand event will be called NXT Deadline and will take place on December 10th.

WWE News & Notes

The pre-show panel for tonight’s NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 event was recently revealed to be McKenzie Mitchell, Sam Roberts, and Busted Open Radio’s Dave LaGreca.

WWE recently announced that WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels is currently helping train Logan Paul for his upcoming match against Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at next month’s Crown jewel 2022 event.

As noted before, VICE TV is currently planning to air a new wrestling-based documentary based on Vince McMahon titled The Nine Live of Vince McMahon. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that while VICE officials still have plans to air this documentary, it is currently not scheduled to air in the upcoming weeks based on the network’s current programming schedule.

As noted before, WWE currently has plans to debut a new group led by Bray Wyatt called the Wyatt 6. Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources stated that WWE officials recently held talks regarding the idea of former ROH talent Dutch and former ROH and Impact Wrestling talent Vincent being members of this new group.

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show featured the airing of a new Bray Wyatt-themed QR code. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that this code is for a page on WWE’s official website that reveals a psych evaluation form and a client ID that is actually a phone number which leads to a creepy message from Wyatt stating that he did not lose control.