SummerSlam (2026)

The 2026 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: Minneapolis, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be the 39th annual SummerSlam and is scheduled to take place as a two-night event on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, 2026, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the first WWE stadium event held in Minneapolis and the second SummerSlam overall in the city, after the 1999 event, which took place at Target Center.

Production

Background

SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event traditionally held in August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". Out of the five, it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania.
Announced on May 23, 2024, the 39th SummerSlam is scheduled to be held across two nights on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, 2026, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the second SummerSlam to be held across two nights and the first WWE stadium event held in Minneapolis. This will subsequently be the second SummerSlam held in Minneapolis, after the 1999 event, which was held at the Target Center.

Broadcast outlets

In addition to airing on traditional PPV worldwide, SummerSlam will be available to livestream on ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, and the WWE Network in any remaining countries that have not yet transferred to Netflix due to pre-existing contracts. This marks the first SummerSlam to livestream on ESPN in the United States, as WWE's contract with Peacock to air main roster PPV and livestreaming events expired at the conclusion of Clash in Paris in August 2025.

Storylines

The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television programs, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.