STAMFORD, Conn. - June 24, 2004 -Thirty-seven USOs across the United States will be hosting free Great American Bash events for the troops on Sunday as part of World Wrestling Entertainment’s SmackDown!™ brand Pay-Per-View, The Great American Bash. WWE also is offering the Pay-Per-View free to all military personnel and veterans to thank them for their service to America.

The Great American Bash will be broadcast from the Norfolk Scope Arena live on Pay-Per-View on Sunday, June 27, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Subway® is the Pay-Per-View sponsor.

USOs in California, Maryland, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia, and metropolitan Washington, D.C. are hosting events for the troops. Distribution partners include DirecTV and local cable systems that serve their local USOs, including Comcast, Charter Communications, Time Warner and Cox Cable.

Those unable to attend the USO events will still have a chance to watch The Great American Bash Pay-Per-View at no charge. Military personnel and veterans who order The Great American Bash Pay-Per-View will be reimbursed the retail price of $34.95 upon receipt of a copy of their cable or satellite television bill and proof of their military service. For more details, go to thegreatamericanbash.wwe.com

“WWE is proud to offer our nation’s Armed Forces the opportunity to receive SmackDown!’s The Great American Bash Pay-Per-View on June 27 absolutely free as a thank you to the brave men and women who serve our country,” said Dan Levi, WWE Vice President, Marketing. “WWE also wants to thank our cable and satellite affiliate partners for working with WWE and the USOs to arrange distribution of the Great American Bash Pay-Per-View free of charge to USO facilities. This was a great team effort, and we look forward to similar successes in the future.”

WWE has maintained a relationship with the USO for many years to support our troops here and overseas. Many WWE Superstars have visited military bases and hospitals. Last December, WWE visited Iraq to produce a special holiday WWE SmackDown! event in Baghdad that was broadcast to troops around the world the evening of Christmas Day. WWE receives requests daily from soldiers stationed all over the world.

Visit our military site at http://troops.wwe.com for photos and letters WWE has received from the troops. If there is information people would like to submit for this website, please send it to corpcomms@wwecorp.com.

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