WrestleMania 42 Will No Longer Be Held in New Orleans—Where Will It Be Held Instead?

To the shock of many wrestling followers, WrestleMania 42, which is scheduled for subsequent 12 months, will now not be held in New Orleans regardless of earlier bulletins made by WWE.

Instead, New Orleans will reportedly host a special premium stay occasion, Money within the Bank. It may also host a future WrestleMania as an alternative.

The affirmation was made by the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation.

“The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and New Orleans & Company are working closely with our friends at TKO to expand our long-standing partnership, which will include UFC 318 on July 19, 2025, Money in the Bank in 2026, and WrestleMania—which will move from the currently scheduled 2026 timeframe to a future year,” the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation stated in a press release, in line with Bleacher Report.

The preliminary announcement that WrestleMania 42 was heading to New Orleans was made in February by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Where Will WrestleMania 42 Be Relocated?

While WWE itself has but to verify the relocation of WrestleMania 42, quite a few speculations have sprouted all around the web.

It has been reported that WWE could choose to maintain WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, which was the place this 12 months’s WrestleMania was held.

Speculations that WWE could select to go world by bringing WrestleMania to the likes of London or Saudi Arabia have been going round social media. However, Las Vegas appears to be the most definitely candidate as of writing.