WWE has expanded its December tour of Australia and New Zealand. On 12 October 2026 the company added Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland to the route. The tour now runs to six events in nine days, from 9 to 17 December, with two separate lineups and three broadcasts in a row in Perth.
New cities
Until this announcement, Perth was the only Australian stop on the tour. Melbourne will now open it, with the Australia Live Tour coming to Rod Laver Arena on 9 December. Australian Open viewers will know the venue as the home of the tennis finals in January. The final date, 17 December, goes to Auckland, where the New Zealand Live Tour heads to Spark Arena.
Brisbane hasn’t hosted WWE in seven years. Auckland’s wait has been even longer at ten years. Both cities get non-televised live events, but with cards built around main roster stars.
Three broadcasts in Perth
RAC Arena hosts the busiest part of the schedule. SmackDown kicks things off there on 11 December, followed by Wrestlepalooza: Perth on 12 December and Raw on 14 December. WWE revived the Wrestlepalooza name in 2025, and taking a show under that banner to Australia looks like a clear nod to the local market.
Broadcast times are still up in the air. In December, Perth is 13 hours ahead of New York, while Raw and SmackDown are built around US prime time. WWE hasn’t said how it plans to make the two work together. It has brought a major event to the city before, when Elimination Chamber was held at Optus Stadium in February 2024. Back then, though, it was all done in one night.
On 15 December the Australia Live Tour reaches Brisbane Entertainment Centre. It’s the last Australian show before the tour flies to New Zealand.
A week around the arenas
For fans following the tour, six dates in four cities make for a trip planned almost like a holiday. The tour is in Perth from 11 to 14 December, with a free day between SmackDown and Raw. Trips like this have an economy of their own, from flights and hotels to merch and bars near the arena. Some people fill the spare evenings with online pokies. Wild Tokyo Casino at https://wildtokyo-au.casino/ focuses on pokies and card games, where a round can fit into the few minutes between dinner and a late broadcast. Perth, for its part, ends up with visitors who stay in town for four days straight.
Who is coming
The lineups are split between the shows. The names announced for Melbourne are CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Sami Zayn, Trick Williams, Chelsea Green, Charlotte Flair, GUNTHER and Jade Cargill.
Brisbane and Auckland get a different list: Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch, Oba Femi, The Vision, The Bloodline, Liv Morgan, LA Knight and Je’Von Evans. No name appears on both lists in the announcement, so anyone going to both shows will most likely see two different groups of wrestlers.
WWE also notes that lineups are subject to change. That’s a standard caveat in wrestling, where injuries and storyline twists happen all the time in the two months leading up to a show.
Tickets
The presale opened at 1pm local time on 14 October, and general sale starts at 2pm on 15 October. WWE didn’t list prices in the announcement.
Demand is likely to be strong. Brisbane and Auckland have been left off the route for years, and Perth has already filled a stadium for Elimination Chamber.
What’s next
The cards will be firmed up between now and December. Perth raises the most questions. WWE usually builds the Wrestlepalooza card across episodes of Raw and SmackDown, but here both shows fall either side of it at the same venue. Brisbane and Auckland have it easier. After such a long break, the fact that WWE is back will be enough for the crowds.
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