Forget about saints — WWE’s WrestleMania will come marching in to New Orleans in 2026! When The Rock announced he’d be making a last-second appearance on the February 21 episode of SmackDown on USA Network, fans expected something big — and the Great One didn’t disappoint!

WrestleMania, an event that can rival the Super Bowl for tourism, is returning to Louisiana in 2026 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. WWE announced the event via superstar Dwayne "The Rock ...

"Finally, WrestleMania is coming back to New Orleans," Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, a 10-time WWE champion and TKO board member, said in a news release on Monday. "Next year, 2026, WrestleMania 42 ...

In addition to the two-night stadium event in 2026, WWE will bring Raw, SmackDown, NXT Stand & Deliver, WWE World and the 2026 Hall of Fame ceremony to New Orleans as well as a variety of community outreach events.

WWE will be bringing WrestleMania 42 to New Orleans, Louisiana in 2026, and AEW star Jeff Jarrett has given his thoughts about the recent announcement.

The opening hours of the new year were hard on the Crescent City when a homegrown radicalized Islamic terrorist struck at the soft underbelly of New Orleans as Shamsud Din-Jabbar went on a murderous rampage in the French Quarter until he was thankfully taken out by police and thus saving the lives of many more

New Orleans has hosted WWE's WrestleMania twice before.Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, tourism officials, are celebrating its return.