WWE Swaps Cardiff For Glasgow
A premium live WWE event will head to Scotland for the first time when Glasgow hosts Clash at the Castle in June, a year after it made £21.8m for the Welsh economy.
The event is set to take place at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on 15th June, after WWE’s flagship weekly TV show SmackDown is broadcast from the 14,000-seat arena the day before.
Clash at the Castle will also be broadcast live to a global audience.
Last year, over 60,000 grapple fans attended the WWE’s Clash at the Castle at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium with research showing that the event generated more cash than even a Six Nations fixture played in the Welsh capital.
The Welsh government has stated, ‘Cardiff hosted 62,000 fans and this event announced for the in the OVO Hydro will host around 12,000.
‘The 2022 event in Wales was a huge success and we would remain open to discussions about a WWE event of that scale returning to Wales in the future.’
On the event’s move to Scotland, WWE President, Nick Khan, said, “We are excited to bring both Friday Night SmackDown and Clash at the Castle to our amazing fans in Scotland at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow this June.
“The world will see that this is one of the UK’s best venues and Scottish crowds are some of the loudest, craziest and most passionate on the planet.”
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