New Leading Candidate Emerges to Host WrestleMania 44: Report
WrestleMania 44 is being considered for Nashville, Tennessee, according to a recent report, marking a potential first for the event in the state. The city has reportedly offered $3.5 million plus tax breaks to host the 2028 event. This comes after WWE confirmed WrestleMania 43 will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the first time the event will be held outside North America.
- ▪Nashville has bid $3.5 million plus tax breaks to host WrestleMania 44 in 2028.
- ▪WrestleMania 43 will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking the first time the event takes place outside North America.
- ▪Nashville was previously the frontrunner to host a WrestleMania before Saudi Arabia secured the deal for 2027.
- ▪New Orleans will host the Money in the Bank event this year but has been promised a future WrestleMania.
- ▪Indianapolis has also secured a deal with WWE to host multiple premium live events, including a future WrestleMania.
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By Tyler ErzbergerShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.WrestleMania 42 is over, and after back-to-back years in Las Vegas, the WWE is looking elsewhere to hold its biggest event in the coming years.In a recent interview with current company president Nick Khan, the head of the WWE said that while WrestleMania 41 and 42 were considered successes, they probably wouldn't hold their largest spectacle in the same city in consecutive years again.Khan and WWE have already announced that WrestleMania 43 will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.For the first time in the illustrious history of the event, WrestleMania will be held outside of North America.
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