2025 pay-per-view and livestreaming event
WWE Clash in Paris is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American company WWE. It will be the third Clash event, truncated from the previous "Clash at the Castle" name used in 2022 and . The event will take place on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at the Paris La Défense Arena in La Défense, Nanterre, France, marking WWE's second PPV and livestreaming event held in France after Backlash France in May 2024, and the first in the Paris metropolitan area. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
Production.
Background.
Clash is a recurring professional wrestling event produced by the American company WWE since 2022, held in European countries. The original 2022 event was titled Clash at the Castle and was held in Cardiff, Wales, with the held in 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland. Following the critical and commercial success of Backlash France, which was the company's first pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event held in France, WWE President Nick Khan announced at a January 16, 2025, event in Las Vegas, Nevada that the company would be returning to France for another PPV and livestreaming event sometime later that year. This was officially confirmed on January 29 when WWE announced through their YouTube channel and website that they would return to France on August 31, 2025, for the third Clash event titled Clash in Paris, which will be held in La Défense, Nanterre at the Paris La Défense Arena, marking the company's first event in the Paris metropolitan area. The September 1 episode of "Monday Night Raw" will emanate from the same venue. Clash in Paris will be held for wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands and will air via PPV worldwide and the livestreaming services Peacock in the United States and Netflix in most international markets.
Storylines.
The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, "Monday Night Raw" and "Friday Night SmackDown".
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