Up to date 5/22/25 @ 5:30 PM ET
Anthony Mcauley of NOLA.com signifies that the highest management inside WWE has determined the corporate would reasonably maintain WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, once more returning to metropolis after internet hosting the big-two night time occasion this previous April.
Moreover it was famous that Walt Leger of New Orleans & Co. stated it was WWE’s resolution to drag out of New Orleans for 2026 and that they’ve been working with the corporate over for the previous few days on figuring out future dates for future occasions.
“After the success of this 12 months’s occasion, the brand new management working WWE determined that they’d reasonably maintain subsequent 12 months’s occasion in Las Vegas and see what response they get from followers, in keeping with an business official who wasn’t licensed to be quoted by identify.“
We’ll proceed to supply updates as they turn into accessible.
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Up to date 5/22/25 @ 4:35 PM ET
Fightful Choose has supplied particulars on the inner reactions to WrestleMania 42 not happening in New Orleans.
The report notes that the response has been a mixture of shock and indifference, as a number of WWE workers and skills had been stated to have been caught off guard, significantly on condition that the announcement for WrestleMania 41 got here unusually late final 12 months. With nonetheless no official phrase as to the place the brand new location shall be, it was added that some inside WWE advised Fightful that that is the newest in latest reminiscence that the corporate has gone with out revealing who the host metropolis shall be. It was additional famous that regardless of the shock by some inside WWE, there are those that are usually not overly involved with what has transpired.
One supply famous to Fightful Choose claims that WrestleMania 42 will as a substitute be heading abroad as a substitute.
We’ll proceed to supply updates as they turn into accessible.
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-Unique report 5/22/25 @ 2:46 PM ET-
Wrestlenomics is reporting they’ve acquired a press release from the Higher New Orleans Sports activities Basis, stating the large two-night occasion won’t happen within the metropolis subsequent 12 months. As an alternative, the town is getting the Cash within the Financial institution premium dwell occasion subsequent July.
In the course of the February 21 episode of WWE SmackDown on the Smoothie King Heart in New Orleans, introduced the town was getting WrestleMania 42 in 2026.
The assertion comes after the lately introduced UFC 318 card set for July 19, 2025 as a part of a broader “multi-event, multi-year settlement” which is being negotiated between native organizers and WWE and UFC’s guardian firm TKO Group Holdings.
“The Higher New Orleans Sports activities Basis and New Orleans & Firm are working carefully with our buddies at TKO to develop our long-standing partnership, which can embrace UFC 318 on July 19, 2025, Cash In The Financial institution in 2026, and WrestleMania – which can transfer from the presently scheduled 2026 timeframe to a future 12 months.”
As well as, The muse described the assertion as a joint message from each their group and WWE.
On the time of the report from Wrestlenomics, there is no such thing as a affirmation for the brand new location of WrestleMania 42. Moreover, the report additionally notes that WWE didn’t instantly reply to requests to substantiate their settlement with the assertion or present further remark.
It was additionally famous by Wrestlenomics that New Orleans & Firm, which is talked about within the assertion, is a advertising and marketing group that promotes the New Orleans tourism business and that the explanations for the change are unclear.
We’ll present extra particulars as they turn into accessible.
