WWE has expanded its late-2026 television schedule with eight newly announced dates for Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown spanning November and December.

The announcement maps out a run of shows across eight markets, beginning with Raw in Greenville, South Carolina, on November 9 and continuing through Raw in Toledo, Ohio, on December 7. The schedule includes stops in Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Kansas, Arkansas and Michigan, giving WWE a defined route through the weeks leading into and immediately following Survivor Series.

One date stands out from the rest of the slate. On Monday, November 23, WWE will hold both Raw and a taped edition of SmackDown at the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. The combined production night is scheduled before Survivor Series, allowing the company to present its regular Monday broadcast while also recording that week’s Friday program in advance.

Tickets for every newly announced event will go on sale locally at 10:00 a.m. local time on September 11. Presale access begins one day earlier, on Thursday, September 10 at 10:00 a.m. local time in each respective market.

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WWE Raw and SmackDown dates announced for late 2026

  • Monday, November 9: Raw at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina
  • Friday, November 13: SmackDown at Amerant Bank Arena in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
  • Monday, November 16: Raw at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Friday, November 20: SmackDown at Ford Center Evansville in Evansville, Indiana
  • Monday, November 23: Raw and SmackDown taping at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas
  • Monday, November 30: Raw at Simmons Bank Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Friday, December 4: SmackDown at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Monday, December 7: Raw at Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio

Wichita set for a combined Raw and SmackDown production

The Wichita event is the most unusual entry on the newly released schedule. Rather than hosting only a live Monday Night Raw, Intrust Bank Arena will stage Raw and the following SmackDown on the same night. WWE has previously used this approach around major premium live event weekends, particularly when travel and production schedules make an advance television taping practical.

For fans attending in Wichita, the November 23 show will therefore include material intended for two separate weekly programs. Raw will occupy its usual Monday-night position, while SmackDown content will be taped for later broadcast. The arrangement also makes Wichita the only market in this group scheduled to host both flagship shows during the announced stretch.

The placement of the taping is notable because it comes immediately before Survivor Series. While no matches, segments or talent lineups were included with the schedule release, the November 23 stop will fall during an important point in WWE’s programming calendar. The taped SmackDown will provide the company with a chance to continue any Survivor Series-related stories while its roster and production operation prepare for the event.

Nothing in the announcement identifies which portions of the Wichita card will be presented as Raw or which will be recorded for SmackDown. Those details, along with any dark matches or additional live-event elements, have not been announced.

A regional route across two months

The newly confirmed dates begin in the Southeast. Greenville will host Raw on November 9 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, followed by SmackDown four days later at Amerant Bank Arena in Ft. Lauderdale. Raw then returns to North Carolina on November 16, with Raleigh’s Lenovo Center serving as the venue.

From there, WWE shifts to the Midwest for SmackDown in Evansville, Indiana, on November 20. The Ford Center Evansville event is followed by the Wichita double taping on November 23. That sequence puts three television production dates on the calendar in the span of eight days before Survivor Series preparations reach their final stage.

Raw resumes on November 30 from Simmons Bank Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas. The post-Survivor Series episode will be followed by SmackDown at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on December 4. WWE then closes this particular set of announcements with Raw at Huntington Center in Toledo on December 7.

The itinerary creates a mix of returning television markets and varied arena settings without locking the two brands into one region for an extended period. Greenville, Raleigh and Ft. Lauderdale anchor the early part of the run in the Southeast, while Evansville, Wichita, Grand Rapids and Toledo form a later Midwestern corridor. Little Rock provides the transition point between the Survivor Series period and the early December broadcasts.

What the schedule means for fans

Each announced date is a televised Raw or SmackDown stop, making the release especially relevant for fans seeking to attend WWE’s core weekly programming rather than a non-televised live event. Raw dates are scheduled for Mondays, while the standard SmackDown dates remain on Fridays. The only exception is the Wichita taping, where the SmackDown portion will be filmed on Monday, November 23.

Fans in the eight markets will have the same general on-sale timeline. Presales begin at 10:00 a.m. local time on September 10, followed by the public local on-sale at 10:00 a.m. local time on September 11. Because the on-sale time is tied to each market’s local clock, prospective attendees should check the relevant time zone and venue details rather than treating the listed hour as a single nationwide release.

WWE did not announce ticket pricing, seating configurations or specific presale methods as part of the schedule information. Individual venue pages and event ticketing information are expected to provide the local details once sales begin.

Late-year television schedule takes shape

The November and December dates provide a clearer look at WWE’s weekly television footprint around one of the company’s most significant annual periods. Survivor Series sits at the center of the stretch, with the November 23 Raw and SmackDown taping positioned directly beforehand and the November 30 Raw serving as the first listed episode after the event.

That timing means the announced shows will collectively carry programming from the build toward Survivor Series into the next chapter of WWE television in early December. WWE has not attached any match announcements or storyline details to the dates, but the calendar itself establishes where those episodes will originate.

For now, the confirmed run consists of eight event dates across roughly one month, including four standalone Raw broadcasts, three standalone SmackDown broadcasts and the Wichita night featuring both brands. The announcement gives fans in each listed city an early opportunity to plan for WWE’s late-2026 arena schedule, with presale access beginning September 10 and general ticket sales following September 11.

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