What We Know About WrestleMania In Saudi, how it ties to WrestlePalooza

WrestleMania 43 in 2027 is headed to Saudi Arabia, according to Saudi Arabian adviser Turki Alalshikh.

In a snapchat video, Alalshikh stated, “WrestleMania has been announced, for the first time outside of America, WrestleMania in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2027.”

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Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp immediately reached out to WWE in an official capacity, though they had yet to respond.

One WWE higher up said "where there's smoke, there's fire," without outright confirming it. They claimed that Triple H's comments about inspiring change this week may have prefaced an incoming announcement.

PWinsider reported that there was a press release that went out and was pulled. This led to a lot of media reaching out saying they hadn't received such a thing, but based on what we were told, it was a press release in Arabic and did not go out to English speaking media.

Those that we've spoken to familiar with the situation expect three events in Saudi next year, with Royal Rumble, and then May and November shows that we've reported. We're not sure if this has affected that.

Saudi officials have made their desire to have a WrestleMania in the country clear since virtually the start of their relationship. Earlier this year Fightful was told that there had been wheels in motion to have a WrestleMania in Saudi, with the possibility of "Super WrestleMania" or other kinds of branding.

The belief internally was that the company looking to establish WrestlePalooza branding immediately as an important deal was also a way to help spread out major global events and land more site fees and create events that locations were willing to bid on.

Those that we spoke to claim there is an announcement planned for this week that was scheduled for Friday in Las Vegas. This would make since with TKO promoting Terence Crawford vs. Canelo Alvarez in Vegas, sponsored by Riyadh Season.