WWE ‘special announcement’ set for Friday
WWE is making a “special announcement” on Friday that many believe will be the official reveal of WrestleMania 43 heading to Saudi Arabia.
Revealed via the company’s YouTube channel and by Triple H on X Thursday night, the description reads:
“Tune in LIVE for a special announcement at 3:00pm ET | 12:00pm PT featuring Triple H, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Seth Rollins, Logan Paul, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Stephanie Vaquer and Charlotte Flair!”
“I told you we’d change the game. And we’re just getting started,” Triple H wrote in his post on X.
While SmackDown is being held in Norfolk, Virginia, Friday, WWE is holding Worlds Collide in Las Vegas directly after the show. The announcement is expected to take place in Las Vegas according to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp.
It will be a big weekend in Sin City for TKO with Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford boxing match that is being put on by TKO and is sponsored by Riyadh Season.
On Wednesday, it was revealed that the 2027 edition of WrestleMania would be held in Saudi Arabia with our Bryan Alvarez reporting that the deal is believe to be in the $100 million range for the entire weekend of shows (Raw and SmackDown as well). Dave Meltzer shared what he had heard as well.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.