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WWE announces slate of Raw & SmackDown dates for early 2025

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE has announced a new slate of show dates for early 2025.

On Friday, WWE announced 13 show locations for events taking place at the start of next year. Seven of the events are SmackDown episodes and six are Raw episodes. Here’s the full list of events:

  • Friday, January 3: SmackDown at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona
  • Friday, January 10: SmackDown at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon
  • Monday, January 13: Raw at SAP Center in San Jose, California
  • Friday, January 17: SmackDown at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California
  • Monday, January 20: Raw at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
  • Friday, January 24: SmackDown at Moody Center in Austin, Texas
  • Monday: January 27: Raw at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Monday, February 3: Raw at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Friday, February 7: SmackDown at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Monday: February 10: Raw at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Monday: February 17: Raw at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Friday, February 21: SmackDown at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Friday, March 7: SmackDown at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tickets for these shows are going on sale to the general public on Tuesday, November 12 at 10 a.m. local time. A pre-sale will start on November 11.

The events are part of WWE’s Road to WrestleMania 41 touring schedule.

WWE has still not confirmed the location for the Monday, January 6 episode of Raw, which will be the show’s Netflix premiere. The newly opened Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California is the rumored venue for that episode.

WWE president Nick Khan comments on future in-person events

Posted on by Bryan Rose

WWE president and chief revenue officer Nick Khan spoke to Variety on in-person crowds at WrestleMania and in the near future.

Khan spoke to Variety about crowds returning to WWE for the first time since last year. 

“If it could be done in a safe way, we had to get it done,” he told Variety. “And I think ultimately, thanks to the great work of all the folks here, we were able to get it done. If you recall, WrestleMania last year was two to three weeks into the pandemic. We had to cancel last minute and we did it from a studio. It was certainly a different experience. So we wanted to make sure that the fans and the people watching at home got the WWE experience that they’re used to on the biggest event that we have.”

Khan was elusive when it came to WWE’s future plans for more in-person events, though he did mention that when the time came, they would be back touring full time.

“Any plans? Yes,” he said. “Any plans we can share? Stay tuned. But just know that once we’re back on the road, we’re on the road full time. We’re not looking to do other one offs. Again, this was WrestleMania. And we felt it needed to be done for the fans. So look for news coming soon.”

In the article, WWE said that WrestleMania 37 saw 1.1 billion video views across their social and video media channels, which marked a 14% increase year-over-year. Their content on social media also reached a record 115 million engagements. It also said that the on-site merchandise sales were the highest per capita in the company’s history.