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London not in ‘specific discussions’ for WWE WrestleMania 44

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At least at the moment, London, England is not in active discussions to host WWE WrestleMania 44.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has expressed his desire to bring WrestleMania to the city and even met with Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Nick Khan a couple of years back. It doesn’t sound like there has been much movement on the possibility, though, with a spokesperson for the mayor’s office telling Post Wrestling that there are no “specific discussions” as of now regarding London hosting WrestleMania in 2028.

“There are general discussions with WWE, but at present no specific discussions around bringing the 2028 WrestleMania to London,” said Tom Degun of the Mayor of London’s Press Team. Degun noted that the mayor remains committed to bringing worldwide sports attractions like WWE’s biggest events to London and continues to discuss future opportunities for that to happen.

Potential future WrestleMania host cities —

WWE has yet to confirm where WrestleMania will be heading in 2028 after WrestleMania 43 is held in Saudi Arabia in 2027. The city of Nashville, Tennessee has interest in hosting the 2028 event and is reportedly already involved in the bidding process. When getting WrestleMania, any host city would likely have to provide a site fee and other tax breaks.

WrestleMania was held in Las Vegas in both 2025 and 2026. Indianapolis and New Orleans are owed future WrestleManias per agreements the cities have with WWE. There has recently been talk that Ireland is hoping to host its first WrestleMania, though that is considered more of a long-term project.

Mayor believes London could help WWE bring WrestleMania to new heights

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan believes his city could help bring WrestleMania to new heights.

Bringing WrestleMania to London is a goal that Khan remains committed to. Whether that will happen at any point in the near future remains to be seen, but the London mayor met with WWE executives Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Nick Khan last summer to discuss the possibility. This week, he again called on WWE to have London host WrestleMania.

“I’d love for WrestleMania to come to London,” Khan told CNBC while speaking at the SXSW London 2025 conference. “Triple H if you’re watching, we want WrestleMania to come to London.”

As of now, WrestleMania has never been held outside of North America. Bringing the event overseas would present logistical challenges, but Levesque has said WWE is open to making it work.

Sadiq Khan told CNBC that he believes a huge international city like London could help WWE expand WrestleMania into something even bigger than it already is.

“If WrestleMania came to London, my message to the team there is that we wouldn’t just have a great weekend, we’d have a festival, of you know, legends in WrestleMania coming to London, current stars, but also future stars as well,” he said. “It will open a completely new market for them as well.

“I think the potential has not been reached in terms of WrestleMania. We are the sporting capital in my view, of the world. And if WrestleMania wants to expand, the obvious place to come is London.”

While a deal for London to host WrestleMania has not been made at this point, WWE is close to finalizing Las Vegas as the location for WrestleMania 42 in 2026. It will be the second straight year Vegas has hosted WrestleMania.

Indianapolis and New Orleans are confirmed as future WrestleMania host cities but do not have dates attached yet. New Orleans was originally supposed to host WrestleMania 42 before WWE made the decision to move the show to Vegas.

London mayor ‘remains committed’ to hosting WWE WrestleMania

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan is still hoping to bring WrestleMania to his city.

In his 2024 re-election campaign, Khan mentioned WrestleMania among the major sporting events he wants London to host. There has been no deal struck yet between WWE and the city, but the mayor had a meeting with Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Nick Khan last summer about the possibility.

The mayor’s office published a report today touting that six events (the UEFA Champions League Final, NFL and MLB regular season games, the London E-Prix race, and London Athletics Meet) brought £230 million in direct economic impact to London in 2024. Looking ahead, the report said Sadiq Khan remains committed to making London the first city outside of the United States or Canada to host WrestleMania:

Building on London’s success, the Mayor has talked up his ambition to bring more of the biggest sporting events in the world to London. Sadiq has expressed his support for a bid for the Olympics and Paralympics to return to London in 2040, while he remains committed to making London WrestleMania’s first international destination. The Mayor is also in positive discussions with the NBA to bring games back to the capital, which is supported by the work of his Basketball Taskforce, while the 2029 World Athletics Championships is another target.

Levesque recently said that, while bringing WrestleMania overseas would be difficult logistically, WWE is up for the challenge.

Las Vegas was the host city for WrestleMania 41, and New Orleans is getting WrestleMania 42 in 2026. It’s also known that Indianapolis will host WrestleMania at some point as part of a deal between WWE and Indiana Sports Corp.

John Cena makes surprise appearance at WWE Money in the Bank

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With WWE in London for Money in the Bank, one of the company’s biggest legends stopped by for a surprise appearance.

John Cena showed up at Saturday’s pay-per-view and gave a speech praising the United Kingdom crowd. The speech led to Cena campaigning for WWE to hold WrestleMania in London. Cena said the decision isn’t up to him, but he told the crowd to cheer as loud as possible so that the decision-makers could hear what WrestleMania in London would sound like.

“In my mind, there is not a more exciting audience than the audience in the United Kingdom. So I’m here to try to bring WrestleMania to London,” Cena told the crowd. “I’m here right now not for one more match — I’m here because I know when they play those trumpets, people watch and people listen. And right now I want to give something to an audience I love. I want to give them a chance to tell the world, to tell the people who make decisions, what we already know. Take a moment right now. Let them see. Let them feel. Let them hear what WrestleMania is going to sound like in London.”

Cena was then interrupted by Grayson Waller, who wanted WrestleMania to come to Australia instead. Waller said he could get Cena a spot on the show by having him on The Grayson Waller Effect.

Waller brought up Cena’s losses to Austin Theory, Roman Reigns, and The Fiend over the last few years. Waller said he could help Cena save his career by having him on The Grayson Waller Effect in Australia.

When Cena declined, Waller ambushed him. Waller had the advantage until Cena laid him out with an Attitude Adjustment.

This was Cena’s first appearance for WWE since losing to Theory at WrestleMania 39 this April.

WrestleMania 40 is taking place in Philadelphia in 2024. Locations for other future WrestleManias haven’t been confirmed, but it’s expected that Nashville will host WrestleMania 43 in 2027.