Beyond Wrestling has announced the event schedule for Wrestival 2026, confirming a three-day independent wrestling gathering at the White Eagle in Worcester, Massachusetts. The festival begins on Thursday, December 31, and continues through Friday, January 1, and Saturday, January 2.

Every Wrestival event is set to air on IWTV, giving fans who cannot attend in Worcester the chance to follow the full weekend from home. The announced lineup includes six promotions and presentation banners spread across the New Year’s Eve holiday period.

Wrestival’s return also keeps the White Eagle at the center of Beyond Wrestling’s activity. The venue is already familiar to independent wrestling audiences as the home of weekly Wrestling Open events, and it will host a considerably expanded slate for the year-end festival.

Wrestival 2026 Schedule

The announced schedule opens on Thursday, December 31, with two shows:

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  • Blitzkrieg Pro
  • Wrestling Open/Beyond Wrestling

The action resumes on Friday, January 1, with another doubleheader:

  • Blood Sweat Tears Wrestling
  • CZW

The festival concludes on Saturday, January 2, with its final pair of events:

  • Rickey Shane Page Presents
  • Pro Wrestling Junkie

Events are expected to take place at 4 PM ET and 8 PM ET on each of the three dates. The announcement establishes six total shows across the three-day schedule, although individual match cards and the order of the afternoon and evening events have not been detailed.

A New Year’s Tradition Returns to Worcester

The Wrestival format gives multiple promotions an opportunity to present their own identities within one shared weekend and venue. Rather than framing the holiday as a single supershow, the schedule is built around separate events, each carrying the name and creative presence of its respective promotion or presenter.

That structure makes the lineup notable for the range of companies involved. Blitzkrieg Pro and Wrestling Open/Beyond Wrestling will launch the festival, while Blood Sweat Tears Wrestling and CZW are positioned for New Year’s Day. The final day then turns to Rickey Shane Page Presents and Pro Wrestling Junkie.

For Beyond Wrestling, Wrestival provides a major extension of its regular Worcester presence. Wrestling Open has made the White Eagle a reliable stop on the independent scene, with weekly cards creating continuity at the building. Wrestival takes that established setting and turns it into a destination for a concentrated run of programming during one of the busiest holiday stretches of the calendar.

The White Eagle’s role is especially important because the venue will not simply host one Beyond Wrestling event. It will serve as the shared home for the entire Wrestival slate, allowing fans in attendance to experience multiple brands without changing locations over the course of the weekend.

Six Shows Scheduled Across Three Days

The announced 4 PM ET and 8 PM ET start times point to a two-show daily structure. If that timing remains in place, attendees will have the option of making a full day of each date, while viewers on IWTV will have six distinct broadcasts to follow from Thursday through Saturday.

Thursday’s combination of Blitzkrieg Pro and Wrestling Open/Beyond Wrestling starts the weekend with brands that are closely connected to the broader New England independent wrestling landscape. The Wrestling Open/Beyond Wrestling portion also gives the host promotion a place on the lineup from the outset of the festival.

Friday’s schedule moves into a different pairing with Blood Sweat Tears Wrestling and CZW. The placement on January 1 makes New Year’s Day a full event day rather than a break between the opening and closing portions of Wrestival.

Saturday closes the event with Rickey Shane Page Presents and Pro Wrestling Junkie. The inclusion of a Rickey Shane Page-branded presentation adds a distinct final-day identity, while Pro Wrestling Junkie rounds out the announced participating group.

At this stage, the schedule announcement is focused on the participating brands, dates, location, broadcast availability, and anticipated bell times. Wrestlers, matches, championships, and additional card details have not been announced as part of the initial Wrestival schedule.

Wrestling Revolver and WWR+ No Longer Listed

The Wrestival announcement also confirmed that Wrestling Revolver and WWR+ will no longer be participating in this year’s festivities. No further explanation for their absence was included with the schedule information.

The change is significant because Wrestival is designed as a multi-brand weekend, and every participating promotion helps shape the overall identity of the event. With Wrestling Revolver and WWR+ no longer on the bill, the 2026 lineup will instead be built around Blitzkrieg Pro, Wrestling Open/Beyond Wrestling, Blood Sweat Tears Wrestling, CZW, Rickey Shane Page Presents, and Pro Wrestling Junkie.

There has been no indication that the announced six-event format will be expanded or that replacement promotions will be added. For now, those six names comprise the full published schedule for the White Eagle weekend.

IWTV Will Carry the Full Weekend

All Wrestival shows will air on IWTV. That streaming plan gives the festival a unified viewing home despite the fact that the cards are being presented by several different promotions and banners.

For viewers, a single platform for the entire schedule means the three-day event can be followed as one continuous festival or as individual shows of interest. It also gives each participating group exposure within a broader holiday wrestling lineup, with six broadcasts scheduled in rapid succession.

The live-streaming arrangement is central to the Wrestival concept. An event of this size has value for the Worcester crowd, but the ability to air every show also allows the weekend to reach fans outside Massachusetts. As match announcements arrive, the IWTV coverage will be the destination for fans looking to watch the results unfold over New Year’s Eve and the opening days of 2027.

What Comes Next for Wrestival

The schedule announcement provides the framework for Wrestival 2026, but the event’s cards remain the next major question. With six shows planned, there will be substantial room for individual promotions to reveal their own matches, talent lineups, and possible special attractions in the weeks ahead.

The Thursday, December 31 opening date gives Wrestival a holiday-event atmosphere from its first bell. Friday, January 1 continues the momentum immediately, and Saturday, January 2 supplies a final day that can bring the weekend to a close after three consecutive dates at the White Eagle.

Fans planning to attend should note the reported two-session timing: 4 PM ET and 8 PM ET. Since the participating promotions have not yet been assigned publicly to a specific afternoon or evening slot in the schedule announcement, that remains a detail to watch as further event information is released.

For now, Wrestival 2026 is set: six events, three days, one venue, and full coverage on IWTV. Beyond Wrestling’s New Year’s weekend gathering will bring Blitzkrieg Pro, Wrestling Open/Beyond Wrestling, Blood Sweat Tears Wrestling, CZW, Rickey Shane Page Presents, and Pro Wrestling Junkie to Worcester, while Wrestling Revolver and WWR+ will not be part of this year’s festival.

More Wrestival details are expected as the event draws closer, including the lineups that will determine how each promotion approaches one of independent wrestling’s most concentrated weekends of the holiday season.

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