Wrestlemania to England?

[The Rick Jericho]

You don't really do these things WIDE open on air unless it's happening.

Which one would they realistically get?

41?
42?
43?

[MolotovMocktail]

I’m saying 42, if 41 is going to Minneapolis and 43 to Nashville as rumored.

The biggest obstacle has always been the time difference. We obviously got an earlier start here, but even with 2 nights, Mania is a longer show. Would they have to start even earlier? Would NXT get a crack of dawn start time for the West Coast?

[chronocross]

Yeah I'm thinking it's in the works otherwise they wouldn't mention it on TV.

The days of doing UK-only PPVs that were glorified house shows are long gone so this could be a reality.

After going to Mania this year, I'd love to go to London to see Wrestlemania.

[Killah Ray]

After seeing what AEW did with Wembly, wouldn’t be surprised if the E was salivating at what they could do for two nights there…

[4real]

That had to be one of the biggest pops I’ve ever heard. Just damn.

[johncasey]

Don't WWE want site fees, will London pay for it or is it a case of wanting to beat AEW

[The Rick Jericho]

Hang on a second.

Anyone think they could do 2 different cities for Night 1 and Night 2?

Would they go back to the Wrestlemania 2 model for one show only?

This way, more cities get more Wrestlemania's?

[Fake Jesus]

It's kinda funny that they were beaten to the punch on Wembley. The only way they can categorically top AEW's attendance is with some bizarre minimal stage setup

[Killah Ray]

Jul 1, 2023 16:35:04 GMT -5 Fake Jesus said:

It's kinda funny that they were beaten to the punch on Wembley. The only way they can categorically top AEW's attendance is with some bizarre minimal stage setup

With the crazy ass prices they charge, they’d at least dwarf their gate record.

[johncasey]

Jul 1, 2023 16:35:04 GMT -5 Fake Jesus said:

It's kinda funny that they were beaten to the punch on Wembley. The only way they can categorically top AEW's attendance is with some bizarre minimal stage setup

The thing is, they could have done Summerslam at Wembley in 2022 as it was the 30 years since Summerslam 92.

[Fake Jesus]

Jul 1, 2023 16:38:32 GMT -5 Killah Ray said:

Jul 1, 2023 16:35:04 GMT -5 Fake Jesus said:

It's kinda funny that they were beaten to the punch on Wembley. The only way they can categorically top AEW's attendance is with some bizarre minimal stage setup

With the crazy ass prices they charge, they’d at least dwarf their gate record.

No, they'll just have no one show up. Clash at the Castle was one thing, it also came (a month) before the government blew up the economy. Maybe that's straying too close to politics, but it's also factually relevant. The sort of people who might go to this are not doing well.

[johncasey]

If WWE are willing to take Wrestlemania globally, wouldn't The Saudi's want a piece of it?

[Killah Ray]

Jul 1, 2023 16:41:54 GMT -5 Fake Jesus said:

Jul 1, 2023 16:38:32 GMT -5 Killah Ray said:

With the crazy ass prices they charge, they’d at least dwarf their gate record.

No, they'll just have no one show up. Clash at the Castle was one thing, it also came (a month) before the government blew up the economy. Maybe that's straying too close to politics, but it's also factually relevant. The sort of people who might go to this are not doing well.

All In is almost a year after the aftermath and did pretty well really quick. Hell didn’t Money in the Bank sell out pretty quickly as well? Also this is probably at least 3 years away so who the hell knows what the global economy will look like at that point.

[eJm]

Jul 1, 2023 16:27:53 GMT -5 Killah Ray said:

After seeing what AEW did with Wembly, wouldn’t be surprised if the E was salivating at what they could do for two nights there…

I mean, yeah, basically. Like, not even in a "WWE is shook" way (even though that honestly really factors in and I really don't think they did a PPV in the UK in July just out of the goodness of their hearts) but I genuinely do think they didn't expect AEW to sell as many tickets in that short space of time in a stadium that big. So in their minds, if they can pull that off, there's no reason WWE couldn't.

42-43 seems like the most logical time to do it, too, considering the others that have been bidding or already won bidding for WrestleMania.

[eJm]

Jul 1, 2023 16:48:34 GMT -5 Killah Ray said:

Jul 1, 2023 16:41:54 GMT -5 Fake Jesus said:

No, they'll just have no one show up. Clash at the Castle was one thing, it also came (a month) before the government blew up the economy. Maybe that's straying too close to politics, but it's also factually relevant. The sort of people who might go to this are not doing well.

All In is almost a year after the aftermath and did pretty well really quick. Hell didn’t Money in the Bank sell out pretty quickly as well? Also this is probably at least 3 years away so who the hell knows what the global economy will look like at that point.

It didn't quite sell out at the time but they definitely flew a lot more when they started doing Smackdown/MITB combo packs.

[Fake Jesus]

Jul 1, 2023 16:48:34 GMT -5 Killah Ray said:

Jul 1, 2023 16:41:54 GMT -5 Fake Jesus said:

No, they'll just have no one show up. Clash at the Castle was one thing, it also came (a month) before the government blew up the economy. Maybe that's straying too close to politics, but it's also factually relevant. The sort of people who might go to this are not doing well.

All In is almost a year after the aftermath and did pretty well really quick. Hell didn’t Money in the Bank sell out pretty quickly as well? Also this is probably at least 3 years away so who the hell knows what the global economy will look like at that point.

All In is much cheaper than WM and MITB is in a small arena. Key fact though is both those shows are in the summer where people have lower energy bills and both sold before the advent of the ongoing inflation crisis - just saying that conditions for WM are quite difficult and will probably continue to be.

[Kalmia]

Could they do Wembley in April? Events that don't use the pitch (so stuff other than both kinds of football) are typically restricted to June to September. They're definitely not going to get the other big London stadiums during the football season because they're all football stadiums first.

[Legion]

I still think they missed a trick not doing Summerslam for the anniversary rather than Clash at the Castle.

But a Wrestlemania would be huge.

[eJm]

Jul 1, 2023 17:28:11 GMT -5 Kalmia said:

Could they do Wembley in April? Events that don't use the pitch (so stuff other than both kinds of football) are typically restricted to June to September. They're definitely not going to get the other big London stadiums during the football season because they're all football stadiums first.

I could be wrong but it’s mostly used for cup finals and play-off finals around that time so they could?

The other option could be Cardiff again.

[Kalmia]

Jul 1, 2023 17:30:22 GMT -5 eJm said:

Jul 1, 2023 17:28:11 GMT -5 Kalmia said:

Could they do Wembley in April? Events that don't use the pitch (so stuff other than both kinds of football) are typically restricted to June to September. They're definitely not going to get the other big London stadiums during the football season because they're all football stadiums first.

I could be wrong but it’s mostly used for cup finals and play-off finals around that time so they could?

The other option could be Cardiff again.

I just looked at the Wembley website and the concerts for the last couple of years only started in June. The only events listed earlier are football. The playoffs and the FA Cup are the most important regular events Wembley holds, sports wise.