WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced that it will bring a live event
to Shenzhen for the first time, as WWE Live China comes
to the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Arena on Sunday, September 17.
The event marks WWE’s return to China following last year’s
successful show at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.
Tickets for WWE LIVE China go on sale this Friday, June 16 at
10am Beijing-time and can be purchased at www.Damai.cn.
“WWE’s return to China demonstrates our continued commitment to
the market,” said Jay Li, Vice President & General Manager, WWE
Greater China. “Our WWE Superstars will deliver an action-packed
night of family-friendly entertainment that is certain to create
memories that will last a lifetime.”
Fans attending WWE LIVE China will be able to see their favorite
WWE Superstars, including John Cena®, AJ Styles™, Dolph Ziggler™,
Shinsuke Nakamura™, Kevin Owens™, The New Day™, Charlotte™, Becky
Lynch™, Natalya™, Sami Zayn™ and many more.*
WWE LIVE China is presented in partnership with Live Nation, the
global leader in live entertainment.
“Live Nation is proud to extend our relationship with WWE, a
renowned global entertainment brand,” said Dennis Argenzia,
Vice President, Asia Touring, Live Nation. “We are excited to bring
this action-packed and family-friendly WWE live show to
Shenzhen, China this September.”
WWE also announced Mission Hills China as official partner of
WWE LIVE China.
"Mission Hills, the largest golf club in the world, is excited
and proud to partner with WWE, a global entertainment company, to
bring WWE Live to China,” said Tenniel Chu, Vice Chairman of
Mission Hills Group. “Together we are bringing the excitement and
family-friendly entertainment of WWE LIVE to fans here in Shenzhen
for the very first time."
The past 12 months have been a period of significant activity
for WWE in China:
- Reached an exclusive multi-year
agreement with PPTV to live stream its flagship
shows Raw® and SmackDown® in Mandarin
- Signed eight Chinese athletes to
developmental contracts to train at the WWE Performance Center,
including the first-ever Chinese WWE Superstar Tian Bing
- Returned with its first live event in
three years with a show at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai
-
Distributed WrestleMania® live in China for the first
time ever via pay-per-view on PPTV Sports
- Showcased Tian Bing as he made
his WrestleMania debut in the Andre the Giant Memorial
Battle Royal
*Talent line-up subject to change.
About WWE
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media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment.
The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and
deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE
is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television
programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms.
WWE programming reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide in 20
languages. WWE Network, the first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium
network that includes all live pay-per-views, scheduled programming
and a massive video-on-demand library, is currently available in
more than 180 countries. The company is headquartered in Stamford,
Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City,
Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Tokyo.
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event of accidents or injuries occurring during our physically
demanding events including, without limitation, claims relating to
CTE; large public events as well as travel to and from such events;
our feature film business; our expansion into new or complementary
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About Mission Hills
Group
Mission Hills Group, owner and operator of Mission Hills in the
heart of the Pearl River Delta and the tropical island of Hainan,
is the pioneer in China’s hospitality, sports and leisure industry.
Founded in 1992, Mission Hills is recognised as the leading golf
brand in the world and is synonymous with leisure, wellness,
entertainment and luxury residences. Mission Hills has been the
major driving force behind China’s sports and leisure industry. The
world-class integrated leisure and wellness resort destinations
around China have hosted more than 100 international tournaments.
Mission Hills has also been accredited by the Guinness World
Records as the “World’s Largest Golf Club” and “World’s Largest
Mineral Springs and Spa Resort”.
Mission Hills’ properties sprawl over 40km2. They include 22
championship courses designed by renowned players and architects
from five continents, five-star resorts, award-winning spas and
volcanic mineral springs, international convention centres, golf
academies and Asia’s largest tennis facility. Mission Hills is also
the official training headquarters for China’s Tennis, Football and
Golf Associations.
The Group’s “golf and more” leisure philosophy has catalysed its
tourism-related business expansion into a leisure hub for
multi-generational families. Mission Hills Centreville Shenzhen and
Haikou are two HOPSCA (Hotels, Offices, Parks, Shopping, Culture
and Arts) mixed-use developments with a focus on "Retail-tainment”
and “Edu-tainment", providing integrated recreational, business,
education, entertainment, shopping, leisure and cultural
experiences.
The group has also extended its foray into the hospitality
industry by partnering with world-renowned hotel brands such as
Hard Rock, Renaissance and the Ritz-Carlton. This collaboration has
seen the opening of the Ritz-Carlton’s first Golf Resort in Haikou
as well as the impending launch of Hard Rock Hotel in Shenzhen –
the first Hard Rock Hotel in China. Other significant projects
include Movie Town in Haikou in partnership with China’s largest
film production company Huayi Brothers Media Corporate and
award-winning director, Feng Xiaogang and China’s first Wet’n’Wild
park in collaboration with Australia’s leading entertainment group
and largest theme park operator, Village Roadshow Limited. Slated
to open in May 2017, Wet‘n’Wild Haikou will feature the world’s
biggest and newest collection of thrilling slides and attractions
for the entire family. In March 2016, Mission Hills partnered with
the tennis superstar, former World No. 1 Boris Becker aiming to
develop the sport in China and unearth Chinese Grand Slam
champions.
In conjunction with Mission Hills, the six-time Grand Slam
champion created the world’s first Boris Becker Tennis Academy here
in China.
In February 2017, Mission Hills partnered with Futbol Club
Barcelona (FCB) to jointly open a major football academy in Haikou.
The FCBEscola in Haikou will be the first overseas FCB football
school directly managed by FCB. The FCBEscola in Haikou will be
staffed by FCB coaches and will follow the same training methods
used by the FCB youth teams. FCB and Mission Hills will also open
an interactive FCB Barcelona experience area in Mission Hills
Haikou. With the grand opening scheduled in 2017, the
7,000-square-meter FCB facility will offer visitors immersive and
interactive experiences to bring people closer to the Barça brand,
highlighting its stars and their stories, as well as the legendary
club’s history, philosophy and values. It also offers official FCB
merchandise and includes a food and beverage outlet.
For more information and latest updates, visit us at
www.missionhillschina.com or follow us on our social media pages
at:
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