WWE has designated Tampa as the only city on its Holiday Live Tour to host both brands in a single evening, booking RAW and SmackDown together at Benchmark International Arena — the building the market knew as Amalie — on Monday, Dec. 28. The tour runs ten dates across ten consecutive nights over the holidays. Across nine of those stops, each city receives one of WWE's two touring brands. Tampa receives both.
The structure matters. RAW and SmackDown operate as separate touring products, each carrying its own roster and title picture. WWE's touring model parcels the brands to different markets on different nights — the Holiday Live Tour holds that format across nine of its ten stops. On the tenth, Dec. 28 in Tampa, both rosters converge at Benchmark International Arena for a single combined card.
The announced talent for that night draws from both brands. From RAW: Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, and Seth Rollins, joined by The Judgment Day. SmackDown contributes Gunther, LA Knight, Bron Breakker, and Oba Femi, with The Bloodline also listed. Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, and Trick Williams appear as well. Bell is at 6:30 p.m.
Benchmark International Arena — the building Tampa knew as Amalie — hosts the evening. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. Presale opens today, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m.; general on-sale follows Friday, Oct. 2, also at 10 a.m.
Tampa's status as the only doubleheader night on the Holiday Live Tour's ten-city run makes Dec. 28 the densest single card on the schedule. How quickly the presale window clears at Benchmark International Arena will be the first signal of demand for the combined-roster format.
