WWE SummerSlam is increasing to 2 nights in 2026. The skilled wrestling juggernaut brings its traditional blockbuster occasion to the U.S. Financial institution Stadium in Minneapolis on Saturday, Aug. 1 and Sunday, Aug. 2.

The announcement made by WWE on Thursday marks a number of firsts. SummerSlam would be the first non-WrestleMania pay-per-view to happen over two nights, the primary WWE stadium occasion held in Minneapolis and WWE’s first large-scale occasion within the metropolis since 2019. Two-day occasions are a brand new development for the WWE, starting with WrestleMania 36 in 2020.

SummerSlam is taken into account one among WWE’s conventional “Large 4” occasions together with Royal Rumble, Survivor Sequence and WrestleMania. The established order has since modified to “Large 5” to incorporate the Cash within the Financial institution occasion. WWE has produced SummerSlam yearly since 1988, a card headlined by The Mega Powers tag workforce of Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage.

WWE has not introduced a date or location for SummerSlam in 2025; nevertheless, this 12 months’s occasion — dubbed SummerSlam: Cleveland — takes place on Aug. 3 at Cleveland Browns Stadium. No matches have been introduced for SummerSlam in 2024 or 2026, however United States champion Logan Paul is strongly suspected of performing for his hometown crowd this 12 months.