| Invasion (2015) | ||
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| Promotional poster featuring Randy Orton. | ||
| Tagline: "The WWE invades the UK..." Theme: "London Calling" by The Clash | ||
| Information | ||
| Promotion | WWE | |
| Sponsor | Diet Mountain Dew | |
| Date | June 28, 2015 | |
| Venue | Wembley Stadium | |
| City | London, England | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Extreme Rules (2015) | Invasion (2015) | Unforgiven (2015) |
| Invasion (2015) chronology | ||
| Invasion (2014) | Invasion (2015) | Invasion (2016) |
Invasion (2015) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE The E-Fed, which will take place on June 28, 2015 at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. This is the fourth annual in WWE's production lineage for the Invasion event with it having been previously known as Over the Limit and Insurrextion. It is also the fourth straight to be held at London's Wembley Stadium. It will feature talent from the Smackdown brand.
Background[]
Invasion will feature professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed heels or faces as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
On the May 28, 2015 episode of Smackdown it was revealed that a Triple Threat match would take place on the June 5, 2015 special Friday Night episode of Smackdown between Dolph Ziggler, Travis Kooper and Ethan Carter III where the winner would go on to face Randy Orton at Invasion for the World Heavyweight Championship. On the June 5, 2015 episode of Smackdown Raw Superstars Wade Barrett and Magnus revealed that they had struck a deal with Mick Foley and after Barrett cost Corey Graves the WWE Hardcore Championship he was being given in return a shot at the WWE Tag Team Championship that were held by Fratelli d'Italia. That same night Trista defeated Ashley Massaro to become the #1 Contender for the WWE Divas Championship currently held by Emma and that the match would take place at Invasion, also Tyler Chandler challenged Kevin Owens to a match for the WWE United States Championship.
Matches[]
| No. | Matches | Stipulations | |
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| 1 | Randy Orton (c) vs. Ethan Carter III | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship | |
| 2 | Wade Barrett & Magnus (c) vs. Fratelli d'Italia | Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship | |
| 3 | Emma (c) vs. Trista | Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship | |
| 4 | Bray Wyatt & Kane vs. Abyss & Luther Reigns | Tag team match | |
| 5 | Ciaran O'Donnell vs. Finn Bálor | Match One of a Best of Five Series | |
| 6 | Ashley Massaro & Kelly Kelly (c) vs. Lita & Paige | Tag team match for the WWE Divas Tag Team Championship | |
| 7 | Mick Foley vs. Corey Graves | No Disqualifications match | |
| 8 | Kevin Owens (c) vs. James Storm | Singles match for the WWE United States Championship | |
P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show | |||