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WWE and Disney Team Up for 'Avengers: Doomsday'-Themed Worlds Collide
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In Short: WWE and Disney are collaborating on a two-day event at Walt Disney World featuring a 'Avengers: Doomsday'-themed Worlds Collide and the John Cena Classic.
WWE and Disney are expanding their partnership with a two-day event at Walt Disney World, featuring a 'Avengers: Doomsday'-themed Worlds Collide and the John Cena Classic.
The event, set for December 14-15, will take place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
The following day, Worlds Collide will receive its Marvel makeover, with WWE bringing together talent from its main roster, NXT, and Mexican wrestling promotion AAA for an event themed around 'Avengers: Doomsday'.
Marvel fans can purchase 'Avengers: Doomsday' title belts at the WWE World fan event, through WWE Shop, and at select Disney retail stores.
The 'Avengers: Doomsday' edition of Worlds Collide will take place just three days before the movie's December 18 theatrical release.
General presale for combo tickets will begin on November 12 at 10am ET.
WWE and Disney's partnership began in 2025 when the ESPN App became the exclusive domestic home of WWE Premium Live Events for ESPN Unlimited subscribers.
The worlds of professional wrestling and superhero movies have long had crossovers, with wrestlers like John Cena, Dwayne Johnson, and Dave Bautista making the leap to Hollywood.
The event will bring together the companies' renowned storytelling to create a landmark crossover moment for Disney and WWE fans.
The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex has hosted major sporting events, including the Special Olympics USA, the 2020 NBA bubble season, the Invictus Games, and Pro Bowl skills competitions.
Background
Avengers: Doomsday is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the sequel to Avengers: Endgame (2019) and the 39th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
What's confirmed
- An “Avengers: Doomsday”-themed edition of Worlds Collide comes to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Dec.
- Marvel fans can also purchase “Avengers: Doomsday” title belts at the WWE World fan event, through WWE Shop and at select Disney retail stores.
- Following John Cena’s announcement that the John Cena Classic will take place at Disney World, WWE and Disney have announced an expanded partnership that includes an Avengers: Doomsday-themed Worlds Collide event.
- Headlined by two massive events – The John Cena Classic and a Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Doomsday”-themed Worlds Collide – the collaboration will bring together the companies’ renowned storytelling to create a landmark crossover moment for Disney and WWE fans alike.
- November 3, 2026 – WWE and The Walt Disney Company today announced an expansion of their partnership with a special two-day takeover of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 14-15.
What's still developing
- WWE is stepping into the ring at Walt Disney World, and Doctor Doom is on the marquee.
- WWE struck a streaming deal with Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia in 2022.
- See our “Avengers: Doomsday” food and drink promotion roundup for what’s been announced and where to find it.
- Today we learned WWE is taking over that Disney-owned venue for two days in December, and the second day will feature even more corporate synergy between TKO and Disney.
- The worlds of professional wrestling and superhero movies have always had plenty of crossover, from larger-than-life characters and ridiculous feats of strength to spectacular rivalries that can seemingly only be settled by somebody getting thrown through a table and while John Cena, Dwayne Johnson, and Dave Bautista have all made the leap from the squared circle to Hollywood, this time, Hollywood is coming to WWE.
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- This deal moves the relationship off the screen and into Disney’s parks, retail and film business, something SEScoops reported in September that WWE had been exploring with Disney, including Orlando venues and fan festivals.
- With Avengers: Doomsday arriving in theaters on December 18, 2026, brands are lining up to join the Marvel Studios hype, and you can now find Doom on coffee cans, donut boxes, popcorn bags and more.