November 3, 2026 – WWE and The Walt Disney Company today announced an expansion of their partnership with a special two-day takeover of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida, on December 14-15. Headlining two massive events – John Cena’s classic and a “Marvel Studios”Avengers: Apocalypse »-themed Worlds collide – the collaboration will bring together the companies’ renowned storytelling to create a historic crossover moment for Disney and WWE fans.
As announced yesterday on Monday Night Raw in front of a sold-out Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the very first edition of John Cena’s classic will feature the biggest names in WWE across Raw And Smack down against NXT’s brightest future Superstars on Monday, December 14. The event will culminate with the announcement of the best Superstar of the evening, as decided by the WWE Universe. The members of WWE Clubthe exclusive fan membership program recently launched by WWE, will vote in real time for their favorite Superstar performance and award the highest honor of the night. Fans can participate in the vote by registering at WWE Club at WWE.com/ClubWWE. John Cena’s classic will stream live on Netflix on December 14 as part of a special edition of Monday Night Raw.
Ahead of the highly anticipated theatrical release in the United States of “Avengers: Apocalypse » on December 18, WWE will produce a “Avengers: Apocalypse » edition of Worlds collide, featuring the biggest superstars from WWE, NXT and AAA on Tuesday, December 15.
In conjunction with the events, WWE and Fanatics will host WWE World, a two-day immersive fan event, located at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, giving fans access to exclusive merchandise and photo and autograph opportunities with WWE Superstars. In addition, WWE will produce and sell “Avengers: Apocalypse » co-branded merchandise, including title belts, on WWE World, WWEShop.com and in select Disney retail stores.
Two-day combo tickets will go on sale beginning Friday, November 13 at 10 a.m. ET via Ticketmaster.com. General pre-sale for combo tickets will begin on Thursday, November 12 at 10 a.m. ET. Fans can register now to be the first to receive general event information by visiting: https://www.wwe.com/CenaClassic.
Additional details about the event and fan experience will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Walt Disney Company and WWE launched their partnership in 2025 when the ESPN app became the exclusive national home of WWE Premium Live events for ESPN Unlimited subscribers.
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