WWE recently announced that they have officially postponed their upcoming tour of Canada from its originally scheduled late January 2022 dates to new dates in September and October of 2022. The company also announced that all tickets purchased for the original dates will be honored at the newly rescheduled events.
Official press release (via PostWrestling.com)
The WWE Friday Night SmackDown live event scheduled for January 21, 2022 at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg has been rescheduled to Friday, September 30.
The WWE Supershow live event scheduled for January 22, 2022 at the Brandt Centre in Regina has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 1.
The WWE Supershow live event scheduled for January 23, 2022 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon has been rescheduled and will now be WWE Live on Sunday, October 2.
The WWE Monday Night Raw live event scheduled for January 24, 2022 at Rogers Place in Edmonton has been rescheduled to Monday, September 26.
Tickets are currently on-sale through Ticketmaster.ca and all originally purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates.
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE had recently informed those in Canada that they were working with for the tour that the official reason for the postponement was due to weather and logistics concerns. The main issue reportedly revolved around WWE having a house show event scheduled to take place in Edmonton on January 24th and them needing to bring all of their trucks and equipment for that show. WWE officials reportedly did not want to take the risk of being stuck in Canada for any lengthy period of time should a bad storm take place due to needing all of their trucks and equipment to be in place in St Louis, Missouri prior to their Royal Rumble 2022 event on January 29th.
WWE also recently announced new locations for their upcoming January shows that will no longer be taking place in Canada.
- January 21st – Friday Night SmackDown at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee
- January 22nd – WWE Live event at the Corbin Arena in Corbin, Kentucky
- January 23rd – WWE Live event at the Mountain Health Arena in Huntington, West Virginia
- January 24th – WWE RAW at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio
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