Worlds Collide (2026)
WWE and AAA event
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The 2026 Worlds Collide, also promoted as Worlds Collide: Chicago, is an upcoming professional wrestling livestreaming event and supercard co-produced by the American promotion WWE and its Mexican sister promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). It will be the sixth Worlds Collide under the WWE banner and the third between both promotions. It will take place on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, and will stream live on WWE and AAA's YouTube channels. The event will feature wrestlers from WWE's Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brand divisions and from AAA.
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| Promotion(s) | WWE Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown NXT | ||
| Date | September 26, 2026 | ||
| City | Rosemont, Illinois | ||
| Venue | Allstate Arena | ||
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Production
Background
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Worlds Collide is a series of professional wrestling shows that began on January 26, 2019, when the American promotion WWE held an interbrand tournament featuring wrestlers from NXT and the now-defunct NXT UK and 205 Live brands;[1][2][3] WWE later held Worlds Collide events in 2020 and 2022.[4][5] On June 7, 2025, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, United States, WWE held a fourth Worlds Collide event in collaboration with the Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA).[6] WWE had previously announced its intention to acquire AAA; the deal was finalized on August 1.[7]
On July 16, 2026, WWE announced a series of events from late September to early October, including Worlds Collide. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 26, at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The event will be held on the same day and in the same suburb of Chicago as All Elite Wrestling's All Out, which is scheduled to take place at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.[8] Chicago-native and WWE SmackDown wrestler CM Punk was confirmed to appear at the event.[9]
Storylines
The event will include professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by writers of the participating promotions, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television programs, Raw, SmackDown, NXT, as well as at other WWE and AAA events.[10][11][12]