The office of the Mayor of London told POST Wrestling on Tuesday that no specific negotiations are underway to bring WWE’s WrestleMania to the city in 2028, even as speculation about London as a potential host has persisted for almost three years, since John Cena pushed the idea before a London crowd in 2023.
“There are general discussions with WWE, but at present no specific discussions around bringing the 2028 WrestleMania to London,” Tom Degun of the Economic Desk with the Mayor of London’s Press Office wrote to POST Wrestling by email. While WrestleMania in 2028 isn’t being discussed, Degun told us earlier that Mayor Sadiq Khan is “determined to bring even more sports from around the world to London, including the biggest WWE events, and continues to discuss future opportunities.”
Nashville appears to be the city furthest along in actual talks with WWE for the 44th edition of WrestleMania, in 2028. The Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. confirmed to POST Wrestling two weeks ago, when we asked directly about 2028 WrestleMania, that the organization is “working on a future date with [WWE].”
A communications representative for the Nashville Mayor’s Office told us Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s office “is not directly involved” in the effort to bring WrestleMania to Nashville.
A rep for the Nashville Sports Council declined to comment for this story. An inquiry sent to the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. on Tuesday morning was not immediately responded to, and we will update our reporting if we hear back.
WWE President Nick Khan recently hyped staff at a company-wide TKO meeting, saying, “wait until you hear the announcement on where we’re going” in 2028 for WrestleMania.
Ireland has also become part of the conversation. Kilkenny councilor Maurice Shortall discussed the possibility of Ireland hosting a WrestleMania when speaking to the Irish Mirror last week. That report, however, described Shortall’s efforts at that point as a “suggestion” to the local government.
Cena memorably called for London to host a WrestleMania at Money in the Bank 2023, which took place in the city. Then, in 2024, London Mayor Sadiq Khan met with Nick Khan and Paul Levesque and openly discussed bringing WrestleMania to London.
WrestleMania in 2027 is set to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in cooperation with the government’s General Entertainment Authority. It will be the first WrestleMania outside of the United States or Canada.
