WWE: Pat McAfee To Appear at 4/10 WWE SmackDown Show, Three New Dates Added to WWE’s Summer 2026 European Tour, Backstage Update on WWE Planning to Lower Ticket Prices for Shows Through This Summer

Pat McAfee To Appear at April 10th WWE SmackDown Show

As noted before, this past Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in St. Louis, Missouri featured Pat McAfee making a surprise return to WWE and turning heel on Cody Rhodes. McAfee’s involvement in the Randy Orton and Rhodes’ storyline feud for the Undisputed WWE Championship was later revealed to have been an edict that came from TKO CEO Ari Emanuel. McAfee’s involvement was also believed to have been done to boost interest in the show and also for “corporate synergy” between WWE and ESPN.

Wednesday’s The Pat McAfee Show featured host Pat McAfee announcing that he will be making an appearance at this week’s WWE SmackDown show on April 10th at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

McAfee stated that he have “some things to say” on WWE’s upcoming show.

“Friday night, live from San Jose. I think I got some things to say. I think we will have a good time there on SmackDown.”

Current card for April 10th WWE SmackDown show:

• Pat McAfee to speak

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Three New Dates Added to WWE’s Summer 2026 European Tour

WWE announced three new shows for their upcoming summer European tour for this May and June.

These new shows are a house show event on May 28th in Liverpool, England, a house show event on June 20th in Cardiff, Wales, and a house show event on June 21st in Birmingham, England.

Official press release:

WWE announces three new dates on European Summer Tour

April 8, 2026 – WWE today announced three new dates on the upcoming WWE European Summer Tour which will see WWE Superstars visit Liverpool on Thursday, May 28, Cardiff on Saturday, June 20, and Birmingham on Sunday, June 21.

Fans can purchase tickets for the Liverpool and Cardiff events during an exclusive presale starting this Thursday, April 9, at 10am BST. Tickets for Liverpool and Cardiff will be available on general sale this Friday, April 10, at 10am BST by visiting www.wwe.com/events.

Tickets for the Birmingham event will be available during an exclusive presale starting Monday, April 20, at 10am BST. General sale will begin Tuesday, April 21, at 10am BST by visiting www.wwe.com/events.

Thursday, May 28
Liverpool, UK
WWE European Summer Tour     
M&S Bank Arena

Friday, May 29
Barcelona, Spain
Friday Night SmackDown
Olimpic Arena Badalona

Sunday, May 31
Turin, Italy
Clash in Italy
Inalpi Arena

Monday, June 1
Turin, Italy
Monday Night Raw
Inalpi Arena

Tuesday, June 2
Strasbourg, France   
WWE European Summer Tour   
Zénith de Strasbourg

Wednesday, June 3  
Lisbon, Portugal
WWE European Summer Tour
MEO Arena

Thursday, June 4
Madrid, Spain
WWE European Summer Tour
Palacio Vistalegre

Friday, June 5
Bologna, Italy
Friday Night SmackDown
Unipol Arena

Saturday, June 6
Rome, Italy
WWE European Summer Tour
Palazzo dello Sport

Sunday, June 7
Florence, Italy
WWE European Summer Tour
Nelson Mandela Forum

Monday, June 8
Paris, France
Monday Night Raw
Accor Arena

Saturday, June 20
Cardiff, UK
WWE European Summer Tour
Utilita Arena

Sunday, June 21
Birmingham, UK
WWE European Summer Tour
Utilita Arena

Monday, June 22
London, U.K.
Monday Night Raw
O2 Arena

Fans in attendance across the WWE European Summer Tour will see their favorite WWE Superstars in action, including World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer, WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill, United States Champion Sami Zayn, The Usos, GUNTHER, Drew McIntyre, Liv Morgan and many more*.

Tickets for all previously announced events, including Clash In Italy – the first ever WWE Premium Live Event to emanate from Italy – are available now by visiting www.wwe.com/events.

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Backstage Update on WWE Planning to Lower Ticket Prices for Shows Through This Summer

As noted before, WWE is currently looking to lower ticket prices for their shows through the summer in response to the growing negative backlash from their fans and ticket sales for this year’s WrestleMania 42 event moving much slower than expected.

Bryan Alvarez reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Live that his sources stated that WWE’s plans to lower ticket prices for their shows this summer will not be an across-the-board decrease and instead will be done on a case-by-case basis.

Alvarez reported that immediatly after CM Punk’s promo segment calling out TKO CEO Ari Emanuel asking for ticket prices to be lowered, WWE’s ticket prices for the lower bowl section for WrestleMania 42 dropped below $2,000 for the first time.

Alvarez also reported that those spoken to stated that not every show will have a price drop for tickets throughout the summer and instead will mostly be done for shows held in weaker markets and where ticket sales are moving slower than what WWE expects for sales and sell outs. For hot market locations, WWE reportedly is currently not expected to lower the prices for tickets due to those shows would easily be expected to sell out at the existing prices.