{"id":259750,"date":"2026-08-05T16:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259750\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:30:38","slug":"wwe-returning-to-allentown-for-summer-tour-stop-after-three-year-absence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259750\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE returning to Allentown for Summer Tour stop after three-year absence"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2014 WWE will return to the Lehigh Valley this summer, bringing its 2026 Summer Tour to the PPL Center<\/a> \u00a0to mark the company\u2019s first live event in Allentown in three years.<\/p>\n

Announcement of the Thursday, July 16, event was included in a broader slate of 10 new live events unveiled Thursday as part of WWE\u2019s 2026 touring schedule.<\/p>\n

The company said tickets for all dates will go on sale at 10 a.m. \u00a0Wednesday, May 20, with exclusive presales starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 19.<\/p>\n

Fans can buy tickets through WWE\u2019s official events page at WWE.com\/Events<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Undisputed champion among those set to appear<\/p>\n

The Allentown show is promoting a lineup of top stars and emerging talent, including current undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Oba Femi, United States Champion Trick Williams, Jade Cargill and WWE Women\u2019s Champion Rhea Ripley, among others.<\/p>\n

Also advertised are Gunther, the Usos, Jacob Fatu, Carmelo Hayes, Sami Zayn and more, with the show featuring a blend of WWE’s Raw and Smackdown talent.<\/p>\n

While match cards for live events typically remain subject to change, the advertised names signal a high-profile return for the brand to the region.<\/p>\n

WWE\u2019s upcoming stop carries added weight in a market that has shown consistent demand for wrestling events in recent years, and in a city that recently saw the return of World Xtreme Wrestling to Mountainville Memorial Hall<\/a>, the longtime base of the promotion founded by the late WWE Hall of Famer Afa Anoa\u02bbi Sr.<\/p>\n

Anoa\u02bbi Sr. once operated The Wild Samoan Training Center in Allentown \u2014 a proving ground for some of the industry’s biggest names. He also was the uncle of Roman Reigns (Joe Anoa\u02bbi), the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
The July 16 event also positions Allentown within a broader summer stretch of WWE touring that spans multiple regions across the United States, including \u201cSaturday Night\u2019s Main Event\u201d at New York City\u2019s Madison Square Garden on July 18.<\/p>\n

Additional details on matchups and event format are expected to be announced closer to the show date. Tickets are expected to move quickly once presales open next week.<\/p>\n

The 2026 WWE Summer Tour:<\/p>\n

Saturday, July 11 Las Cruces, New Mexico WWE Summer Tour Pan American Center<\/p>\n

Sunday, July 12 Albuquerque, New Mexico WWE Summer Tour The Pit<\/p>\n

Thursday, July 16 Allentown, Pennsylvania WWE Summer Tour PPL Center<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, July 25 Stockon, California WWE Summer Tour Adventist Health Arena<\/p>\n

Sunday, July 26 Bakersfield, California WWE Summer Tour Dignity Health Arena<\/p>\n

Thursday, July 30 Springfield, Illinois WWE Summer Tour Bank of Springfield Center<\/p>\n

Thursday, August 6 Fairfax, Virginia WWE Summer Tour EagleBank Arena<\/p>\n

Thursday, August 13 Manchester, New Hampshire WWE Summer Tour SNHU Arena<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 29 Savannah, Georgia WWE Summer Tour Enmarket Arena<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 30 Charleston, South Carolina WWE Summer Tour North Charleston Coliseum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2014 WWE will return to the Lehigh Valley this summer, bringing its 2026 Summer Tour to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-259750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}