More 2-Night WWE PLEs Coming: Royal Rumble, Survivor Series Discussed (WWE News)
WWE and TKO tout SummerSlam 2025 as a success, and a sign of things to come.
Yahoo! Sports (via WrestleZone) are reporting that WWE plans to book more 2-night PLEs in the future after touting this past weekend's SummerSlam 2025 weekended as a success. Andrew Baydala of Yahoo! posted on X that "the discussion of hosting more 2-night events has intensified within WWE/TKO" following festivities across Saturday and Sunday in New Jersey's MetLife Stadium.
It's believed that plans are being put in place to make both Survivor Series 2026 and Royal Rumble 2027 multi-night affairs. However, Baydala reports that even Money In The Bank "is in the mix" for this format shakeup next year. Internally, WWE are glowing after SummerSlam, but it's interesting to learn that the 'B' tier MITB concept is being considered for an entire weekend too.
On one hand, it does make sense: WWE promotes both men's and women's Money In The Bank ladder matches, so they'd be able to spread those across 2 nights and maximise interest. However, where does it stop? Does Elimination Chamber, for example, become a 2-night PLE eventually? That wasn't mentioned in Baydala's write-up, but it's worth pondering for the future.
Clearly both Survivor Series 2025 and Royal Rumble 2026 (which is set to take place over in Saudi Arabia) would come too soon for this change. WWE will already have some things in place for both of those tentpole events, so it'd be difficult to juggle things around and add more dates at this stage.
SummerSlam 2026 was announced during the 2025 version. It'll take place across 1-2 August next year and beam live from Minneapolis, Minnesota's U.S. Bank Stadium.
Opinion: SummerSlam 2025 Topped WrestleMania 41
There was a lot of talk ahead of time about WWE's decision to turn SummerSlam into a WrestleMania-esque 2-night weekender, but it paid off. On the whole, SummerSlam 2025 was arguably even an improvement on what happened in Las Vegas this past April. The bigger moments hit harder, and the top matches were generally similar in terms of quality or even better than what came before.
John Cena's rematch with Cody Rhodes is a prime example. Both visibly struggled to fill time at 'Mania 41, but they were determined to put things right in New Jersey on Sunday night. Splice in a controversial (and unpredictable) return for one Brock Lesnar, a Seth Rollins MITB cash-in on Saturday that ripped the World Heavyweight Title from CM Punk etc, and the PLE must be considered successful.
Is WrestleMania losing its lustre? Probably not, but the 'Showcase Of The Immortals' might have to share more house room with other events if they go multi-night. SummerSlam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and even MITB all look like matching the epic feel 'Mania once exclusively called its own.
Don't put it past Triple H and his team to come up with ways to keep WrestleMania bespoke though. The recognise the value of that marketing monster.
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