WWE has mapped out a busy end-of-year road schedule, announcing 10 dates for its 2026 Holiday Live Tour across the United States. The annual run will begin in Rockford, Illinois, on December 3 before returning with a packed stretch of events from December 26 through December 30.
The tour includes a major post-Christmas stop at Madison Square Garden in New York City, one of WWE’s most historic venues. That December 26 date will not be the company’s only event that night, however, as WWE will also present a Holiday Live Tour card in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Multiple events are similarly scheduled for December 27, 29, and 30, underscoring the scale of WWE’s holiday touring operation.
Tickets for every announced event are scheduled to go on sale Friday, October 2, at 10 a.m. local time through Ticketmaster. An exclusive individual-event presale is set to begin one day earlier, on October 1, also through Ticketmaster.
WWE Holiday Live Tour dates
The newly announced WWE holiday schedule is as follows:
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- Thursday, December 3: Rockford, Illinois — BMO Center — WWE Holiday Live Tour
- Saturday, December 26: New York City, New York — Madison Square Garden — WWE Holiday Live Tour
- Saturday, December 26: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania — Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza — WWE Holiday Live Tour
- Sunday, December 27: Syracuse, New York — Onecenter War Memorial — WWE Holiday Live Tour
- Sunday, December 27: Hampton, Virginia — Hampton Coliseum — WWE Holiday Live Tour
- Monday, December 28: Tampa, Florida — Benchmark International Arena — RAW/SmackDown
- Tuesday, December 29: Detroit, Michigan — Little Caesars Arena — WWE Holiday Live Tour
- Tuesday, December 29: Nashville, Tennessee — Bridgestone Arena — WWE Holiday Live Tour
- Wednesday, December 30: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — PPG Paints Arena — WWE Holiday Live Tour
- Wednesday, December 30: Columbus, Georgia — Columbus Civic Center — WWE Holiday Live Tour
Madison Square Garden headlines a multi-city holiday push
The Madison Square Garden event is the most prominent venue on the announced slate. WWE and the arena have a lengthy shared history, with the New York building serving as the site of numerous landmark cards and memorable moments across the company’s decades in professional wrestling.
Its placement on December 26 continues WWE’s longstanding practice of running major live events in the period immediately following Christmas. The post-holiday schedule has traditionally given fans in several markets an opportunity to attend WWE shows during a time when families are together and many people are away from regular work or school routines.
WWE will be active in two Northeastern markets on that Saturday, as Wilkes-Barre’s Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza hosts a concurrent Holiday Live Tour event. The company will remain in the region on December 27 with the Syracuse date at the Onecenter War Memorial, while another touring group is set for Hampton Coliseum in Virginia that same day.
The simultaneous dates make clear that the Holiday Live Tour will be a broad live-event initiative rather than a single traveling production. WWE has announced the locations and ticket details, but the announcement does not identify specific talent lineups or matches for any of the Holiday Live Tour cards.
Tampa date listed as RAW/SmackDown
December 28 stands apart from the other newly announced dates. WWE has listed its Tampa event at Benchmark International Arena as RAW/SmackDown, rather than under the Holiday Live Tour banner.
That designation indicates a combined RAW and SmackDown presentation in Tampa amid the holiday run. No further details regarding the format, matches, participating Superstars, or broadcast plans were included with the schedule announcement. As with the rest of the tour, fans seeking to attend can access ticket information when the presale and general on-sale windows open.
The Tampa stop falls between the December 27 doubleheader and another pair of simultaneous Holiday Live Tour dates on December 29. On that Tuesday, WWE is scheduled to run Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The final listed date of the tour is December 30, with events planned for PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh and Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia.
A concentrated final week of December
Aside from the December 3 Rockford kickoff, the schedule is heavily concentrated over the final five days of December. WWE will hold at least one event on each day from December 26 through December 30, including four days in which two separate shows are booked for the same date.
That arrangement gives the promotion a presence in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast, and South during the holiday period. New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, Michigan, Tennessee, and Georgia are all represented in the announcement, providing a wide geographic footprint over a short period.
The Rockford event at BMO Center arrives more than three weeks before the remainder of the listed Holiday Live Tour dates. It is the only December date currently scheduled before Christmas. The split schedule allows WWE to open its holiday-branded live-event season in Illinois before shifting into its intensive post-Christmas touring block.
For fans, the important distinction is that the majority of the announced stops are labeled WWE Holiday Live Tour events, while the Tampa date is specifically identified as RAW/SmackDown. The announcement does not outline whether individual cards will feature brand-specific rosters, crossover appearances, championship matches, or other special attractions. Those details may be addressed closer to each event.
Ticket sale information
Individual tickets for all 10 dates will become available in an exclusive presale beginning October 1. The general public on-sale follows on Friday, October 2, with sales beginning at 10 a.m. in each event’s local time zone.
Because the on-sale time is local, fans planning to attend should account for the time associated with their selected market rather than treating the sale as a single nationwide release time. New York, Wilkes-Barre, Syracuse, Hampton, Tampa, Detroit, Nashville, Pittsburgh, and Columbus will operate on Eastern Time, while Rockford is in the Central Time zone.
WWE’s annual holiday touring period has regularly been an important part of its live-event calendar, particularly for markets that may not be hosting a weekly television event or premium live event during that stretch. The newly announced 2026 dates continue that approach, combining major arenas such as Madison Square Garden, Little Caesars Arena, Bridgestone Arena, and PPG Paints Arena with additional regional stops.
With the December schedule now in place, the immediate focus turns to ticket availability on October 1 and October 2. WWE has confirmed the dates, cities, venues, and tour designations, while match cards and talent announcements remain unconfirmed for the Holiday Live Tour events.
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