Our own Dave Meltzer addressed the issue on Sunday.
"Brandon Thurston reported Day 1 has been canceled. There were conflicts with major football games in Atlanta on 12/31 and 1/1. We'd been told a few weeks ago it could be moved but Thurston reported no PPVs between Survivor Series and Rumble. WWE hasn't confirmed," Meltzer
wrote.
"Tickets had not been put on sale yet. They were scheduled to be put on sale 9/23. We had asked WWE about that this past week and gotten no answer."
It was reported in the October 3 edition of the
Wrestling Observer Newsletter that changes to the Day 1 pay-per-view could be forthcoming.
“A decision will be made this week regarding the date of the Day 1 PPV show. Right now the show is scheduled for 1/1 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. There is talk that it could be changed and the announcement would be made next week if that’s the case, although we were told that either way it would remain at the building. Also as of right now, Lesnar is scheduled on that show which is the next U.S. show that he’s being listed for," Meltzer wrote.
The New Year's Day pay-per-view is believed to have been a Nick Khan project with the idea being it would become an annual event.
