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Skilled wrestling followers had been shocked to listen to that WrestleMania 42 was now not going to happen in New Orleans subsequent 12 months.
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Initially reported by Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, The Higher New Orleans Sports activities Basis confirmed that WrestleMania would now not be coming to The Large Simple, contradicting a high-profile announcement by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in February 2025.
“The Higher New Orleans Sports activities Basis and New Orleans & Firm are working carefully with our buddies at TKO to increase our long-standing partnership,” the official assertion learn, “Which is able to embrace UFC 318 on July 19, 2025, Cash In The Financial institution in 2026, and WrestleMania – which is able to transfer from the at the moment scheduled 2026 timeframe to a future 12 months.”
This was later confirmed by Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select, who additionally confirmed that Cash within the Financial institution 2026 will probably be held in New Orleans as a substitute.
This has naturally prompted followers and consultants to invest the place precisely the Showcase of the Immortals would find yourself. Now, it seems there’s a affirmation.
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Based on a report from NOLA.com, WrestleMania 42 goes to remain in Las Vegas, in line with a supply who needs to stay unnamed.
“After the success of this 12 months’s occasion, the brand new management working WWE determined that they’d somewhat maintain subsequent 12 months’s occasion in Las Vegas and see what response they get from followers, in line with an trade official who wasn’t approved to be quoted by identify,” Anthony McCauley of NOLA.com reported.
“Vegas is the plan,” Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer said on social media. “Not locked however one would suppose pulling out of New Orleans means locked sufficient they’d inform New Orleans at the moment they had been out.”
Vegas is the plan. Not locked however one would suppose pulling out of New Orleans means locked sufficient they’d inform New Orleans at the moment they had been out.
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) May 22, 2025
This has but to be confirmed publicly by anybody related to WWE.
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WrestleMania 41 was a large success in Sin Metropolis, incomes record-breaking numbers in viewership, merchandise gross sales, sponsorship income, and social media engagement.
If this seems to be true, it will likely be the second time in WWE historical past that WrestleMania was held in the identical metropolis in consecutive years, with the primary being Atlantic Metropolis for WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V.
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