Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has additional dedicated to his promise of delivering WrestleMania to the capital after holding talks with World Wrestling Entertainment chief content material officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque.
Earlier than his re-election in Might, Khan posted on social media that he needed to go “even further” in making London the “sporting capital of the world”.
That included solutions he would ship the Tremendous Bowl, the 2040 Olympics and WWE’s showpiece premium stay occasion, WrestleMania.
After his preliminary message on X, Levesque replied merely: “Let’s talk.”
These conversations started at Metropolis Corridor on Thursday afternoon as Levesque, a former WWE wrestler who was world champion on 14 events, sat down with Khan – who’s wanting so as to add to the latest sporting successes in London.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (centre) desires to carry WrestleMania to London
“I’m really excited to have begun conversations about bringing international WrestleMania to London,” Khan advised the PA information company.
“I do know there are a lot of followers in London and throughout the UK and Europe who’re determined to see WrestleMania stay.
“I think London is the sporting capital of the world. We’ve had great events this year, from Major League Baseball, American football, we’ve had Wimbledon, we’ve had Queens, we’ve had Diamond League athletics.
“We have had a Take a look at match at Lord’s, one other one arising at The Oval. We have the [Anthony] Joshua struggle going down at Wembley in September. So I am actually eager to get WrestleMania right here too.”
The earlier 40 incarnations of WrestleMania have all taken place in North America, with 38 in america and two in Canada.
Nonetheless, WWE has branched out in recent times and began to take its premium stay occasions – the title of its bigger, month-to-month exhibits – the world over.
Cardiff and Glasgow have hosted ‘Conflict on the Fort’ occasions whereas the ‘Money within the Financial institution’ present occurred on the O2 final yr.
Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and France have additionally staged exhibits, whereas Germany will host ‘Bash in Berlin’ in August.
