WrestleMania 43

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← Previous revision Revision as of 23:24, 22 April 2026 Line 36: Line 36: On September 11, 2025, WWE Chief Content Officer [[Paul "Triple H" Levesque]] posted on [[Twitter|X]] that a huge announcement would be made via WWE's [[YouTube]] channel the following day.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Triple H]]|user=TripleH|number=1966275578488828027|title=We'll be making a huge announcement on @WWE's YouTube channel. Friday at 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT. I told you we'd change the game. And we're just getting started.|date=September 11, 2025|access-date=September 12, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> That day at a press conference featuring Levesque and Alalshikh, as well as [[WWE Hall of Fame]]rs [[The Undertaker]] and [[Shawn Michaels]] and active WWE wrestlers [[Seth Rollins]], [[Logan Paul]], [[Bianca Belair]], [[Liv Morgan]], [[Stephanie Vaquer]], and [[Charlotte Flair]], WWE announced that WrestleMania 43 in 2027 would be the first WrestleMania to take place outside of [[North America]], as it would be held in [[Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]] as part of the 2026–2027 [[Riyadh Season]], with the event also promoted as WrestleMania Riyadh. The exact date and venue were not confirmed.<ref>{{cite video|title=FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: WrestleMania 43 is heading to Saudi Arabia in 2027|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPInrw5DKs4|author=[[WWE]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=September 12, 2025|access-date=September 12, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 11, 2025, WWE Chief Content Officer [[Paul "Triple H" Levesque]] posted on [[Twitter|X]] that a huge announcement would be made via WWE's [[YouTube]] channel the following day.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Triple H]]|user=TripleH|number=1966275578488828027|title=We'll be making a huge announcement on @WWE's YouTube channel. Friday at 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT. I told you we'd change the game. And we're just getting started.|date=September 11, 2025|access-date=September 12, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> That day at a press conference featuring Levesque and Alalshikh, as well as [[WWE Hall of Fame]]rs [[The Undertaker]] and [[Shawn Michaels]] and active WWE wrestlers [[Seth Rollins]], [[Logan Paul]], [[Bianca Belair]], [[Liv Morgan]], [[Stephanie Vaquer]], and [[Charlotte Flair]], WWE announced that WrestleMania 43 in 2027 would be the first WrestleMania to take place outside of [[North America]], as it would be held in [[Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]] as part of the 2026–2027 [[Riyadh Season]], with the event also promoted as WrestleMania Riyadh. The exact date and venue were not confirmed.<ref>{{cite video|title=FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: WrestleMania 43 is heading to Saudi Arabia in 2027|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPInrw5DKs4|author=[[WWE]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=September 12, 2025|access-date=September 12, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

WrestleMania 43 was originally planned to be held at the [[New Nissan Stadium]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], as in May 2023, [[Tennessee Titans]] president Burke Nihill claimed that WWE were committed to hosting the event in 2027 if the stadium was built in time,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10075110-wwe-wrestlemania-will-be-in-new-nashville-stadium-in-2027-titans-president-says|title=WWE WrestleMania Will Be in New Nashville Stadium in 2027, Titans President Says|date=May 5, 2023|last=Kasabian|first=Paul|work=[[Bleacher Report]]|access-date=April 22, 2026}}</ref> with an April 2026 report confirming this was the original plan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maffei |first1=Johnny |title=Wrestlemania heading to Middle East in 2027, Nashville date doesn't 'work out' |url=https://fox17.com/news/local/wrestlemania-heading-to-middle-east-in-2027-after-nashville-date-doesnt-work-out-wwe |access-date=April 22, 2026 |work=[[WZTV]] |date=April 21, 2026 |language=en}}</ref> WWE had also originally wanted to book WrestleMania 44 in 2028 for Saudi Arabia; however, according to wrestling journalist [[Dave Meltzer]] of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'', GEA Chairman Alalshikh pushed for WWE to hold WrestleMania 43 in the country to coincide with the [[Saudi Founding Day|300th anniversary]] of the founding of the [[First Saudi state]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/wwe/why-wwe-wrestlemania-43-will-reportedly-be-held-in-saudi-arabia|title=Why WWE WrestleMania 43 Will Reportedly Be Held In Saudi Arabia|date=September 11, 2025|first=Joe|last=Baiamonte|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref> WrestleMania 43 was originally planned to be held at the [[New Nissan Stadium]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], as in May 2023, [[Tennessee Titans]] president Burke Nihill claimed that WWE were committed to hosting the event in 2027 if the stadium was built in time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10075110-wwe-wrestlemania-will-be-in-new-nashville-stadium-in-2027-titans-president-says|title=WWE WrestleMania Will Be in New Nashville Stadium in 2027, Titans President Says|date=May 5, 2023|last=Kasabian|first=Paul|work=[[Bleacher Report]]|access-date=April 22, 2026}}</ref> An April 2026 report confirmed this was the original plan, with Nashville's tourism group stating they were looking at future years to host the event.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maffei |first1=Johnny |title=Wrestlemania heading to Middle East in 2027, Nashville date doesn't 'work out' |url=https://fox17.com/news/local/wrestlemania-heading-to-middle-east-in-2027-after-nashville-date-doesnt-work-out-wwe |access-date=April 22, 2026 |work=[[WZTV]] |date=April 21, 2026 |language=en}}</ref> WWE had also originally wanted to book WrestleMania 44 in 2028 for Saudi Arabia; however, according to wrestling journalist [[Dave Meltzer]] of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'', GEA Chairman Alalshikh pushed for WWE to hold WrestleMania 43 in the country to coincide with the [[Saudi Founding Day|300th anniversary]] of the founding of the [[First Saudi state]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/wwe/why-wwe-wrestlemania-43-will-reportedly-be-held-in-saudi-arabia|title=Why WWE WrestleMania 43 Will Reportedly Be Held In Saudi Arabia|date=September 11, 2025|first=Joe|last=Baiamonte|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=September 14, 2025}}</ref>

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