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WWE Worlds Collide broadcast plan, and predictions

Live coverage and related reports for WWE Worlds Collide broadcast plan, and predictions.

AI Story Summary

What happened?

WWE scheduled a Worlds Collide show with Lucha Libre AAA for Sept. 26 in the Chicago area on the same night as AEW’s PPV. The card came together slowly and tickets listed CM Punk for the Chicago show. WWE made the event a Club WWE exclusive for non-attendees and said it will not be available live outside the Allstate Arena until it is uploaded to YouTube next Wednesday.

Key Takeaways

  • Worlds Collide runs the same night and region as AEW’s PPV, creating a direct scheduling conflict.
  • WWE built the card slowly and promoted CM Punk on the Chicago ticketing.
  • The event is being treated as a Club WWE exclusive for off-site viewers.
  • WWE will upload the show to YouTube next Wednesday rather than stream it live broadly.
  • Coverage plans anticipated a head-to-head approach with AEW but availability is limited initially.

AI Timeline

AEW PPV announced

AEW scheduled a pay-per-view in greater Chicago for Sept. 26.

WWE schedules Worlds Collide

WWE announced a Worlds Collide event with Lucha Libre AAA the same night, in suburban Chicago.

Tickets go on sale

WWE listed Chicago’s CM Punk on the ticketing when seats were offered.

Speculation on access

Early reports and signs suggested the show might be exclusive to WWE’s Club WWE program.

Broadcast plan set

WWE confirmed the event would be a Club WWE exclusive and not made broadly available live outside the arena.

YouTube upload scheduled

WWE will upload the show to YouTube next Wednesday, approximately one hour before AEW Dynamite goes live.

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Sources Covering This Story

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Timeline

Sep 26, 4:00 PM

WWE Worlds Collide broadcast plan, and predictions

Cageside Seats • WWE

AEW has a PPV in greater Chicago tonight (Sat., Sept. 26), and after that was announced, WWE decided to hold a World Collide event with its Lucha Libre AAA brand the same night, 45 minutes away in another Illinois suburb of Second City. They were slow to announce a card, although they started Chicago’s CM Punk as soon as tickets went on sale. Matches came together before a broadcast plan, and speculation was largely focused on this edition of Worlds Collide being an exclusive for WWE’s new subscription rewards program, Club WWE. That’s now what they went with, but as signs indicated… … the show won’t be available live outside of Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, at least not until next Wednesday when it gets uploaded to YouTube an hour before AEW Dynamite goes live on HBO Max and TBS. We were ready to cover Worlds Collide live and head-to-head with All Out the way we’ve covered previous AEW event days that WWE fills with out-of-town alternatives, however. And that meant a roundtable of predi

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