A big name will be in town for WWE SummerSlam weekend in August.
PW Insider reports that The Undertaker will be in Detroit for WWE’s biggest party of the summer on the weekend of Aug. 4. However, his role remains unclear, as he is not planning to host one of his 1 deadMAN shows.
WWE is holding a tryout camp in Detroit and is likely to film material for the WWE Network, PW Insider adds. The Undertaker previously said he discussed the idea of working with future WWE talents at the Performance Center, so it’s possible he is there to help at the tryouts. It would make sense to bring cameras to film if he’s there, to make the tryouts a bigger spectacle and for potential use on the WWE Network in a documentary or other storytelling form.
If not, SummerSlam is WWE’s second biggest weekend of the year. With the scale of this premium live event, The Undertaker can appear in a mid-show segment alongside a talent like John Cena did with Grayson Waller. Earlier this year, in a similar instance, The Undertaker made an appearance, his last one on WWE programming, on Raw XXX with Bray Wyatt and LA Knight.
Don’t expect The Undertaker to wrestle at SummerSlam either since hanging up his boots at WrestleMania 36 after a Boneyard match against AJ Styles. He made frequent appearances on SummerSlam from 1992-2015, and his last appearance was a victory over Brock Lesnar in their post-WrestleMania 30 feud, when the Beast Incarnate ended the Dead Man’s undefeated streak.
WWE will benefit greatly from Undertaker’s presence at SummerSlam weekend, whether he helps young talent or works on the show in some capacity. As one of the company’s greatest talents of all time, any appearance from him is special. Let’s see if he shows up at Ford Field.