Wrestlepalooza (2026)
WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event
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The 2026 Wrestlepalooza, also promoted as Wrestlepalooza: Perth, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It will be the sixth overall Wrestlepalooza event and the second under the WWE banner, as well as the first Wrestlepalooza to be held outside of North America. The event will take place on Saturday, December 12, 2026, at RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. This will be WWE's first main roster PPV and livestreaming event in December since 2020.
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brands | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | December 12, 2026 | ||
| City | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| Venue | RAC Arena | ||
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Production
Background
Wrestlepalooza was the name of a professional wrestling event produced by the former Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) that was held in 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2000—the 1998 iteration aired on pay-per-view (PPV) while the others were live events partially syndicated across television. In 2003, WWE acquired the assets of ECW from bankruptcy. Over 20 years later, WWE revived Wrestlepalooza as a PPV and livestreaming event in 2025.[1][2]
On August 27, 2026, WWE scheduled its second annual Wrestlepalooza event, and sixth overall, scheduled to be held on Saturday, December 12, at RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, marking the first main roster PPV and livestreaming event to be held in December since the final TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in 2020. The event will be part of a three-year partnership deal between WWE and Tourism Western Australia to have Perth host annual "WWE Weekend Takeovers" that include a PLE and Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown tapings from 2026 to 2028.[3][4]
In addition to airing on traditional PPV worldwide, it will be available to livestream on ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, and SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa.[5]
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 programs, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[6][7]