Nick Khan, Triple H & London mayor meet about potential of hosting WWE WrestleMania
Image: Daily Star
While thought of as a longshot when first brought up, the 2023 dream of John Cena to bring WWE WrestleMania to London may be closer to becoming a reality after all.
Several news outlets reported Thursday that London mayor Sadiq Khan had a surprise meeting Thursday afternoon at City Hall with WWE CEO Nick Khan and chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque about the possibility of bringing the annual two-night event to London for the first time ever.
The mayor has been public in his desire to bring major international sports events to London of which WrestleMania was included. He posted on X about that desire in April to which Levesque replied, “Let’s talk.”
He told the Daily Star that “it’s exciting to be working with the WWE team. The meeting was really productive, and talks will continue about how we could turn our ambition into a reality.”
The next WrestleMania is scheduled for Las Vegas with Indianapolis, Indiana, set to host the big event at an undetermined date.
“Sadiq Khan and his team are working hard on positioning London as a sport and entertainment capital of Europe and it has been great to hear more on his vision for how WWE can support them on that journey, ” Nick Khan said, adding “There is a lot that needs to be discussed further but we share the ambition of Mayor Khan in trying to bring a stand-out WWE premium live event to London.”
One of those items that needs to be “discussed further” is likely a site fee which has been a publicly-stated goal of TKO management on both investors calls and speaking events. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has also publicly stated their desire to host WrestleMania as their annual commit to WWE for two PLEs a year puts them in the driver’s seat.
The above Cena reference is to his 2023 appearance at Money in the Bank when he spoke about wanting to have WrestleMania in London.