NXT Takeover Planned for Money in the Bank Weekend

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE is planning on holding an NXT Takeover event during Money in the Bank weekend.

The event will be held at the Allstate Arena in Chicago on June 16th the day before the MITB event. Traditionally, WWE only holds four Takeover events a year during the same weekend as their “big 4” pay-per-view events. With the Money an the Bank event now being a “dual brand” show, the company now has plans to add a fifth Takeover event next year.

Here is the pay-per-view schedule for 2018:

January 28th — Royal Rumble (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
February 25th — Elimination Chamber (Raw PPV in Las Vegas. Nevada)
March 11th — Fastlane (SmackDown PPV in Columbus, Ohio)
April 8th — WrestleMania 34 (New Orleans, Louisiana)
May 6th — Backlash (Raw PPV in Newark, New Jersey)
May 27th — Payback (SmackDown PPV in Baltimore, Maryland)
June 17th — Money in the Bank (Chicago, Illinois)
July 15th — Battleground (Raw PPV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
August 19th — SummerSlam (Brooklyn, New York)
September 16th — Extreme Rules (Raw PPV in San Antonio, Texas)
September 30th — Hell in a Cell (SmackDown PPV in Nashville, Tennessee)
October 21st — TLC (Raw PPV in Boston, Massachusetts)
November 18th — Survivor Series (Los Angeles, California)
December 16th — Clash of Champions (SmackDown PPV in San Jose, California)