Two WWE Specials Announced For Memorial Day Weekend

WWE has confirmed the date for the next Saturday Night’s Main Event show along with a number of other shows taking place in May 2025.

Recent reports indicated that plans were in place for the next WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event NBC special to take place in Tampa, Florida on May 24.

WWE has now officially announced that Saturday Night’s Main Event and NXT Battleground will take place on Memorial Day weekend, on May 24 and 25 respectively at the Yuengling Center.

Furthermore, the following Monday will see Raw emanate from the same arena, with the May 27 NXT episode also airing from the Yuengling Center.

WWE shared the following announcement:

“March 7, 2025 – WWE in partnership with the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and Vinik Sports Group, today announced a Memorial Day weekend takeover of the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida, with four consecutive events beginning Saturday, May 24.

“WWE will bring Saturday Night’s Main Event (Saturday, May 24), Battleground (Sunday, May 25), Monday Night Raw (Monday, May 26) and NXT (Tuesday, May 27) to the iconic Yuengling Center – once home to the Royal Rumble in 1995 and WWE Thunderdome – giving fans the opportunity to experience non-stop WWE action throughout the holiday weekend.

“Further, the takeover will see John Cena appear on NBC’s Saturday Night’s Main Event in primetime, marking his first appearance in Tampa since he entered the ring on Friday Night SmackDown at Amalie Arena in December 2022.”

Yuengling Center has a seating capacity of 10,411 and is located on the University of South Florida campus.

It was previously known as the USF Sun Dome and housed the WWE ThunderDome between April and July 2021.

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