The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans will host WrestleMania 42 next year, WWE announced Friday night. The two-day event will be held April 11-12, 2026 at the stadium that just hosted the Super Bowl. The Superdome has hosted WrestleMania twice before; WrestleMania 30 was held there in 2014 and WrestleMania returned to the stadium in 2018.

WrestleMania is returning to New Orleans in 2026. The Rock announced in his appearance on Friday’s SmackDown that the 42nd edition of WWE’s biggest annual event will be held in the Caesars

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - WrestleMania is returning to the Big Easy. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced Friday (Feb. 21) that its biggest annual event will take place at the Caesars Superdome on April 11 and 12, 2026. The last time New Orleans hosted WrestleMania was in 2018, when more than 70,000 fans packed the stadium.

Rhodes made his way out and met "The Final Boss" in the ring. The Rock said he and "The American Nightmare" have become good friends since their rivalry from WrestleMania 40. The Rock said that he needs Rhodes to understand that he runs the show at TKO and WWE.

Several fans and pundits have not supported The Rock's return, one of whom is Bully Ray, who insisted that The Rock isn't needed in WWE right now.

WWE WrestleMania returns to the Superdome in 2026. On Friday's episode of WWE SmackDown, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson formally announced that WrestleMania 42 will take place in New Orleans on April 11 and April 12.

On Friday's episode of SmackDown, the Final Boss gave the crowd what they wanted, telling them the largest event in wrestling was returning to their city.