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Three WWE Collections, One Launch Week
Three WWE collections launched on Complex around WrestleMania 42: Fanatics × Complex × WWE Evergreen Drop 5, YUNGBLUD × WWE, and XO × WWE. They shared one launch week and Complex’s channels, but each had to stay its own collection. I ran the Complex commerce side.
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- Complex digital strategy and launch execution, site merchandising, storefront production, assortment presentation, sequencing, QA, launch monitoring, and cross-functional coordination
April 16–20, 2026
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One week, three collections
WrestleMania 42 ran April 18–19, 2026, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Around it, Complex launched three separate WWE collections: Fanatics × Complex × WWE Evergreen Drop 5, YUNGBLUD × WWE, and XO × WWE.
They were not one collection with extra SKUs. Each kept its own name, assortment, and presentation, and the three launched as one coordinated Complex program.
One calendar, one email
The launch plan put the whole week on one calendar: seeding, an announcement, the launch, the event, and a sustain push after it. It also planned a single April 16 email with a separate section for each collection.
Everything planned for Complex’s own channels ran.
April 16 — YUNGBLUD and XO go live
On April 16, YUNGBLUD × WWE and XO × WWE went on sale. The YUNGBLUD collection was two pieces, a long-sleeve and a short-sleeve tee. XO × WWE was a 19-piece capsule that included an XO version of a WWE title belt and a bomber jacket.
On April 20, the day after WrestleMania ended, Complex was selling the Evergreen collection of WWE-inspired streetwear alongside the YUNGBLUD and XO drops.
YUNGBLUD’s crossover
YUNGBLUD’s 2025 remix of Aerosmith’s “Back in the Saddle” was one of WrestleMania 42’s two theme songs. The YUNGBLUD × WWE collection was on sale two days before the event began.
That made it a particularly strong crossover: the same artist was part of WrestleMania’s music and had a collection people could buy that week.
Running the Complex side
On Complex, I sequenced the three launches, merchandised each collection as its own assortment, and watched the storefront through launch and the days after.
The program performed great.