Video: WWE SummerSlam 2026 Revealed as 2-Night Event in Minnesota for 1st Time Ever
Mike Chiari@@mikechiari
Featured Columnist IVMay 23, 2024
WWE announced Thursday that the first-ever two-night SummerSlam will be held in Minneapolis in 2026.
In a video posted on X, WWE head of creative Triple H noted that the show will take place at the Minnesota Vikings' U.S. Bank Stadium on Aug. 1 and 2, 2026:
Triple H @TripleHThe Biggest Event of the Summer is getting even bigger. The first-ever two-night <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SummerSlam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SummerSlam</a> comes to <a href="https://twitter.com/usbankstadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@usbankstadium</a> in Minneapolis, MN on August 1-2, 2026. <a href="https://t.co/6jk7uX2O6N">pic.twitter.com/6jk7uX2O6N</a>
WrestleMania has been a two-night event for the past five years, but extending a different premium live event to two days is new territory for WWE.
For a time, Minneapolis appeared to be the front-runner to land WrestleMania 41 in 2025, but WWE ultimately decided to hold its biggest show of the year at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
SummerSlam is arguably the second-biggest event on the WWE calendar, and stretching it to two nights for the first time in WWE history makes it a solid consolation prize for the state of Minnesota.
WWE staged SummerSlam in Minnesota one other time back in 1999, although that event was held at the Target Center, which holds between 18,000 and 20,000 people depending on the event.
In recent years, WWE has gone much bigger with SummerSlam, putting it in venues that used to be reserved only for WrestleMania in the past.
Since 2021, every SummerSlam has emanated from an NFL Stadium. SummerSlam 2021 was at Allegiant Stadium, 2022 was at the Tennessee Titans' Nissan Stadium, 2023 was at the Detroit Lions' Ford Field and 2024 will occur at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Aug. 3.
Expanding WrestleMania to two nights has proved to be a massive success for WWE, as WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia was the highest-grossing event in company history and saw a total of 145,298 people attend over two nights.
WWE is on a hot streak in terms of setting attendance and live gate records on a consistent basis, plus it has big-money television and streaming deals with Netflix, NBCUniversal and The CW set to activate next year.
Given the company's momentum and fan interest, continuing to make its existing events bigger and better could be a trend moving forward.
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