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WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV Set for May 23 in Fort Wayne
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV will take place on May 23, 2026 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The event streams live at 8 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock in the U.S. and on WWE's YouTube channel internationally. No matches have been announced.
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WWE will present Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV on Saturday, May 23, 2026 from the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. m. m. m. PT. It marks the promotion's first televised event in Fort Wayne since 2014. The two-week gap after Backlash provides time for creative adjustments before the next Saturday Night's Main Event at Madison Square Garden on July 18.
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat arena. The venue last hosted WWE programming more than a decade ago. Its mid-sized capacity aligns with the throwback aesthetic planned for the broadcast, which includes red, white and blue ring ropes, referees in formal attire and the original "Obsession" theme by Animotion.
In the United States the event streams exclusively on Peacock.
A Peacock Premium subscription is required for live access and the on-demand replay. Internationally the broadcast airs free on WWE's official YouTube channel in most markets. This distribution model follows the approach used for recent Saturday Night's Main Event editions.
The August 2025 agreement moved the series from NBC's linear television schedule to Peacock as part of a broader streaming shift that also relocated premium live events to ESPN.
No matches have been announced for Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV. WWE typically finalizes the card after Backlash concludes. Post-Backlash episodes of Raw and SmackDown are expected to establish two to three bouts. The format for recent Saturday Night's Main Event events has included one championship match, one grudge bout and one or two singles matches.
