WWE cancels WrestleMania 42 in New Orleans after announcing it as host city in February
After announcing New Orleans as the host city for WrestleMania 42 earlier this year, WWE has removed the event from the Big Easy.
According to a statement from the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, the promotion is rescheduling a WrestleMania in New Orleans for a later, unspecified year. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced New Orleans’ Caesar’s Superdome as the venue for 2026 in February during a segment on WWE Friday Night SmackDown at Smoothie King Center.
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New Orleans & Company head Walt Leger also noted that WWE hopes to bring other pay-per-view events to the city. Instead of WrestleMania, they will bring the Money in the Bank — which usually takes place in June or July — to New Orleans.
“We’ve worked with them for the last several days to try to identify some future dates and future events to bring to the city,” Leger said.
In a joint statement with New Orleans & Company, the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation said they are in talks with TKO “to expand our long-standing partnership through a multi-event, multi-year agreement which will include UFC 318 on July 19, 2025 [and] Money In The Bank in 2026.”
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A new venue for WrestleMania 42 has yet to be announced, as fans on social media are calling for WWE to move it to Wembley Stadium in London. WWE’s premier event took place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas this year and garnered 117,380 fans in attendance across both nights.
New Orleans hosted WrestleMania 34 in 2018 and had 78,240 fans. According to the Enigma Research Corporation, the pay-per-view had a $175 million impact on The Crescent City with three-quarters of the fans in attendance coming from outside New Orleans.
