WWE continues to put the “world” in the wrestling world for their “weekend takeover” of 2026, recently announced, of Perth, Australia.
TKO and the government of Western Australia shared a joint announcement concerning their prolonged partnership on Friday evening, which detailed the return of WWE and UFC to Perth. According to the press release, four additional UFC and WWE events will take place in Perth throughout 2026. During writing, WWE should organize an episode of “WWE Smackdown”, “WWE RAW” and a premium live event currently not disclosed.
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– Sean Ross SAPP of Fightful.com (@seanrossapp) March 1, 2025
According to Hon. Roger Cook MLA, Head of Government of Australia-Western, the collective presence of TKO through the UFC 284 and the elimination of Chamber 2024 introduced $ 50 million in the economy of Western Australia. Cook qualified the two TKO properties as “huge cards to shoot” with the potential to bring “thousands” of fans of Australia and the world to attend their favorite events live. Peter Dropkick, executive vice-president of the TKO events and operations of events, praised Perth as “the house of many UFC and WWE passionate fans” and expressed the excitement of TKO to work with the government of Western Australia to host more events in Perth. The 2024 elimination chamber was noted as an important factor in the renewed partnership of the Government of Western Australia with TKO.
More details concerning the presence of WWE in 2026 in Perth should be announced in the following months. The press release also included a link for impatient fans to register for presale notifications.
The latest WWE excursion to Australia saw the return hero Rhea Ripley defending the WWE women’s world championship against Nia Jax, and a special edition of the hometown of the Grayson Waller effect. International Travel seeks to become the standard for WWE superstars because WWE has also recently announced three events based in Saudi Arabia for 2026.
