The Twin Cities may have missed out on Wrestlemania recently, but the WWE is coming back with another event: Summerslam.
Minnesota Sports and Events (MNSE) announced that Minneapolis will host WWE SummerSlam over two nights on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, 2026, at U.S. Bank Stadium.
“We are thrilled to welcome the WWE Universe to Minnesota for SummerSlam,” said Wendy Blackshaw, President and CEO of Minnesota Sports and Events. “We will make this summertime wrestling extravaganza accessible for fans of all ages. Through a variety of festivities and ancillary events in the Twin Cities and affordable tickets to the main events at U.S. Bank Stadium, this will be a SummerSlam for all.”
The 2026 edition of SummerSlam will mark the first time WWE will host a stadium event in the city. Previously, SummerSlam came to Minneapolis at Target Center in 1999. There will also be a number of fan and community events in the days leading up to and after SummerSlam.
“U.S. Bank Stadium is an absolutely world-class venue, situated in a city with rich wrestling history and an amazing fan base,” said Chris Legentil, WWE EVP, Talent Relations & Head of Communications. “We’re excited to bring two nights of SummerSlam to Minneapolis in 2026.”
WCCO Producer and and podcaster of AWA Unleashed, Chris Tubbs says although Minneapolis lost out on Wrestlemania 41, we got the next best thing.
"It's one of the four tent-pole events that WWE runs throughout the course of the year," Tubbs explains. "It's gonna be fun to have it. But at the end of the day, I feel like there is a little bit of disappointment because we're not getting the holy grail in WrestleMania."
Tubbs does say, if you've never been a major wrestling event, you're going to want to check this out.
"This is an event," he says. "This is so much different than it was back in 1999 at Target Center. "I'm excited for the fans of the Upper Midwest to really be able to see this firsthand."
Minneapolis had made a strong pitch for WWE's biggest event, WrestleMania, in April 2025 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
However, the city found out early this month that Las Vegas got the rights to Wrestlemania instead. Minnesota has never hosted WrestleMania.
You can get full presale and ticket information for SummerSlam here.
Of course, Minnesota has storied history with professional wrestling, going back to the days of the AWA which launched the careers of many superstar wrestlers including former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. And like Ventura, many of them ended up in the WWF, the forerunner of the WWE.