New Orleans Revealed As WrestleMania 42 Location During 2/21 WWE SmackDown

The February 21, 2025 episode of WWE SmackDown went down at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. This was a big episode with a ton of big momentum toward the biggest show of the year, but next year’s show also received a focus.

WrestleMania 41 will go down in Las Vegas on April 19 and 20 this year. During this week’s WWE SmackDown, it was announced that WrestleMania 42 will take place at

The Rock started out by saying, “let’s get this sh*t on the road,” and then he said that he’s finally come back to New Orleans. He also said that “finally, WrestleMania is coming back to New Orleans.”

WrestleMania 42 will take place in the SuperDome, and that brought a huge reaction from the crowd. The dates will be April 11 and 12 of 2026. This also brought a “holy sh*t” chant from the crowd.

We will have to see how WWE books the show of shows next year, but New Orleans is already very excited about it. Keep checking back with us here at Ringside News for more.

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