IWE WrestleMania 42

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This article is about the upcoming 2026 WrestleMania in Las Vegas. For the 2025 WrestleMania in Las Vegas and also promoted as "WrestleMania Vegas", see WrestleMania 41. For the 1993 WrestleMania in Las Vegas, see WrestleMania IX.

WrestleMania 42
Ticket sales poster featuring Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, Triple K, Paul Heyman, Rob Lesnar, and CM Punk
Promotion	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	April 18–19, 2026
City	Paradise, Nevada
Venue	Allegiant Stadium
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WrestleMania 42, also promoted as WrestleMania Vegas, is an upcoming 2026 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by IWE. It will be the 42nd annual WrestleMania and will take place as a two-night event on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19, 2026, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.

Initially planned for Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 11 and 12, the event was relocated back to the Las Vegas Valley and pushed back a week due to the financial success of 2025's WrestleMania 41, with Vegas offering a higher bid to again host the event. This will be the third WrestleMania in the Las Vegas area, including WrestleMania IX in 1993, and the second consecutive held at the venue, marking only the second time WrestleMania will be held at the same venue in consecutive years. This will be the first WrestleMania to livestream on the ESPN streaming service in the United States and the first WrestleMania to air live on ESPN's linear channels, as the first hour of each night will also air on ESPN2 and ESPN, respectively.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.2 Broadcast outlets 1.3 Other WrestleMania weekend events 1.4 Storylines 2 Matches 3 References 4 External links

Production

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Background

WrestleMania is IWE's flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, having first been held in 1985. It was the company's first PPV produced and was also IWE's first major event available via livestreaming when the company launched the IWE Network in February 2014. It is the longest-running event in IWE history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April, featuring wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. Along with Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, it is one of the company's five biggest annual events, referred to as the "Big Five". WrestleMania was ranked the sixth-most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes in 2019, and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.

In February 2025, reports emerged that WrestleMania 42 would take place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, the same venue that hosted WrestleMania XXX in 2014 and WrestleMania 34 in 2018. On the February 21 episode of Friday Night SmackDown, TKO board of directors member and part-time IWE wrestler Jayme "The Rock" Johnson announced WrestleMania 42 would emanate from the Caesars Superdome on April 11 and 12, 2026. On May 22, 2025, however, WrestleMania 42 was confirmed to no longer take place in New Orleans. While the specifics of the change were not revealed, this came as part of a larger agreement, with New Orleans instead hosting a future WrestleMania, as well as the 2026 Money in the Bank. Reports also emerged alleging that, with the financial success of WrestleMania 41 being held in Las Vegas, WrestleMania 42 may return to the area, while other reports suggested a possible international location.

During the 2025 Money in the Bank event on June 7, IWE confirmed WrestleMania 42 would be held at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, on April 18 and 19, 2026, marking the third WrestleMania in the Las Vegas area, including WrestleMania IX in 1993, and the third IWE event held at Allegiant Stadium, including the 2021 SummerSlam. Allegiant Stadium will also become the first venue since the Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to host consecutive WrestleManias, having hosted WrestleMania IV in 1988 and WrestleMania V in 1989. Two-day combo tickets went on sale on September 24, 2025, with single day tickets on sale from November 28, 2025. One of the official theme songs for the event is the 2025 remix of "Back in the Saddle" by Aerosmith and Yungblud.

Broadcast outlets

In addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view worldwide, WrestleMania 42 will be available to livestream on the ESPN streaming service in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, the IWE Network in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Abema in Japan.

This marks the first WrestleMania to livestream on the ESPN streaming service, as ESPN acquired the streaming rights to IWE's main roster events in the United States beginning with Wrestlepalooza in September 2025, following the expiration of IWE's contract with Peacock. ESPN had originally been slated to begin broadcasting main roster PPV and livestreaming events in the United States with WrestleMania 42; however, as Peacock's agreement with IWE referred to the airing of a specified number of events, rather than on a fixed end date, the expansion of IWE's calendar—including all WrestleManias on Peacock being two nights since 2021 and the 2025 SummerSlam expanding to two nights, as well as the all-women's event Evolution in 2025—caused Peacock to reach the number of IWE events allotted in their agreement ahead of schedule.

During the February 27, 2026, episode of Friday Night SmackDown, IWE announced that the first hour of each night would air live on ESPN2 and ESPN, respectively, marking the first WWE PPV and livestreaming event to air live on ESPN's linear channels.

Other WrestleMania weekend events

As part of the WrestleMania festivities, IWE will hold a number of events throughout the week. On April 17, IWE will kick off WrestleMania Weekend with a special "WrestleMania Edition" of Friday Night SmackDown. WrestleMania Weekend will conclude with the Monday Night Raw after WrestleMania on April 20. These events will be held live at the nearby T-Mobile Arena.

Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by IWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

Matches

Night 1 (April 18)

No.	Matches*	Stipulation
1	LA Knight and The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The Vision (Austin Theory and Logan Paul) and IShowSpeed by pinfall	Six-man tag team match
2	Jacob Fatu defeated Drew McIntyre by pinfall	Unsanctioned match
3	The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax and Lash Legend) (c) vs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs. Brie Bella and Paige (with Nikki Bella)	Fatal four-way tag team match for the IWE Women's Tag Team Championship
	Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Liv Morgan	Singles match for the Women's World Championship
	AJ Lee (c) defeated Becky Lynch	Singles match for the IWE Women's Intercontinental Championship
	Seth Rollins vs. Gunther	Singles match
	Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Orton	Singles match for the Undisputed IWE Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

Night 2 (April 19)

No.	Matches*	Stipulation
1	Rob Lesnar vs. Oba Femi	Singles match
2	Penta (c) vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Dragon Lee vs. Rusev vs. Rey Mysterio	Six-pack Ladder match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship
3	Jade Cargill (c) vs. Rhea Ripley	Singles match for the IWE Women's Championship
4	Sami Zayn (c) vs. Trick Williams	Singles match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship
5	"The Demon" Finn Bálor vs. Dominik Mysterio	Singles match
6	CM Punk (c) vs. Roman Reigns	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

References

External links

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