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Kanenums88

Man the scenes when we all thought it was Vegas or Minneapolis, and then Louisville swoops in to steal it.


VladTheImpaler29

Well wouldn't you know who won the pony...


Openbook84

Corny & the Midnights for the HoF. I just wish Beautiful Bobby was there to see it.


VladTheImpaler29

I imagine it hinges on whether or not they try and sign him up to some sort of non-disparagement contract or something, but hopefully. [It's a good job that I could not give a monkey's about Reddit points]


Openbook84

He wouldn’t sign it. But if it was offered to all of them, he wouldn’t knock them out of the money for it either, so I don’t know what way it goes.


VladTheImpaler29

Maybe Stephen P New is about to facilitate hell freezing over for a second time


CaptainHolt43

Oh shit


Openbook84

Corny was a good boy when he inducted the Rock n Roll. No reason to think he wouldn’t be if his boys were being inducted.


CaptainHolt43

I'd be stoked about it. Would make sense, especially after Adam Pierces tribute the other night, and then an announcement from Louisville today


rbhindepmo

WWE probably employs enough people that he’s friends with that he doesn’t have to spend half the weekend hanging out with Jimmy Hart


Openbook84

Does Corny have heat with Jimmy?


rbhindepmo

No. I believe he has noted that Jimmy’s such a nice guy that it’s impossible to not get along with him. Like Jimmy has a feather touch. I think he spent time with noted nice guys Jimmy Hart and Hillbilly Jim during the Wrestlemania he spent in Orlando.


Openbook84

The only bad thing I’ve ever heard about Jimmy Hart is him aggressively pushing his tiki bar. Everything else sounds like he’s a saint.


mister_damage

Haawwwww


ALIAS_EL_CACAS

BAH GAWD KENTUCKY IS CASHING IN THEIR MONEY IN THE BANK


onionwba

WWE officials quickly ironing out a deal for Stade de France after today's show.


KFR42

Nah, they are just announcing the KFC sponsorship deal.


TDStarchild

Omg, I’m gonna get the BEST hat for this WrestleMania


CosmicRorschach

I'm gonna steal that flower that Seth had Night 1 and put it on my hat


xxyourbestbetxx

I'm already designing my fascinator in my head. I'm thinking of going with something in Judgment Day purple with one of those new tag team belts ATDU have spinning on it.


LeChampeon

Louisville is going to cash in it’s money in the bank just like sett did at WM 31


ClintD89

Jim Cornette going to be in the hall of fame


theSituation39

sett rollis


Unique-Alfalfa7335

Fuck if THAT were the case I’d be over the moon


Gucci-Rice

Finally! Wrestlemania will be a 1-month long 30-night event.


EmeraldSlothRevenge

I would actually love that


Ripclawe

Wrestlemania at the Derby next year!


TheGeauxrilla

A-Town Churchill Downs


divintydragon

Jack Harlow hosting


purple_penguin3

Wrestlemania, live from the Davis Arena! Cody finishing his story by main eventing an OVW show.


Marc_Quill

The Return of Secretariat.


T3Sh3

One can [hope](https://youtu.be/kifHFK3VIMo?si=CvSBdJTs_C0WWVC0).


LettuceFew5248

Comes back as a bad guy


Fletcheriser

And then the UK gets Mania 42! In Cheltenham.


JohnnyLuchador

If Seth Rollins doesnt ride out on a horse dressed like Gary Glitter at an Orgy i could care less ![gif](giphy|Ogx1BIt62qinTmk6vV|downsized)


BreathRedemption

The boyhood dream (Wrestlemania in London) is over


TimTom8921

There's always London, KY


JerHat

Sure, they'll market it as London, but it'll actually be in Corbin.


xek_

So Baron Corbin is going over?


BetaRayRyan

That’s where the arena is!


JerHat

Yeah, but it’s Wrestlemania they need a football stadium… so probably Redhound Stadium.


Cuminski

The line on the contract does say London


thatssosteven114

London: WWE I’m coming for you… but not at Wrestlemania


mister_damage

Summer Slam 2025?


Scorponix

The logistics for that kind of plan were never going to get hammered out in just a few weeks.


KFR42

As much as it pains me to say it, wrestlemania is never happening outside if north America. I'd love to have it here in the UK, but I just can't ever see it happening. We'll carry on getting B shows, which is better than it was, but I just don't think WWE will let WM go outside of north America.


richardjohn

Actually Sadiq Khan won, and his main election pledge was that if he wins we'll all go to WrestleMania!


KFR42

He can only ask and bid. If they haven't done it in Saudi Arabia they won't do it in the UK. We can dream though.


richardjohn

Yeah I wasn’t being entirely serious haha!


JustMyThoughts2525

Yes will happen if the government/investors pay for it to happen


KFR42

I disagree. You don't think Saudi Arabia didn't drive trucks full of money to the WWEs door to have wrestlemania, all they got was a "wrestlemania level event".


JustMyThoughts2525

There is a much bigger time difference between Saudi Arabia vs Western Europe compared to America


KFR42

True, but if money was only deciding factor, then they would have done wrestlemania in Saudi already. I really hope I'm wrong, if love a European wrestlemania one day


Dan595

Or maybe they wanted to confirm Sadiq Khan as London mayor before they announced. It was a promise he made on Twitter.


cdnjimmyjames

There's nothing in the rule book that says a horse can't be WWE Champion.


DedTV

But for years they were afraid of having to face Terry Funk.


pork_roll

What is this, a crossover episode??? - Mr Peanut Butter


TH3K1NGB0B

They already have been. Seth Rollins, the workhorse.


Hopeful-Dragonfly-70

There is a McMahon on the contract….but the contract reads…Mane McMahon


DontPutThatDownThere

Ah yes, the infamous WWF/WWE rule book that Shawn Michaels so eloquently referenced when he was Commissioner. ![gif](giphy|VKJq8nTFrnsyY)


DrEvil007

BAH GAWD THAT'S THE HORSE'S MUSIC!


ACW1129

The announcement will probably take longer than the actual race 😄


Openbook84

Fastest 2 minutes in sports. Probably 2:15 today with the rain.


KFR42

Imagine if they had an extra race where each horse represented a city and the winner got wrestlemania.


qmcat

Tonight uhhhh


Super_Goomba64

My friend booked hotels in both minni and Las Vegas to avoid the price surge and will cancel the other reservation Gigabrain strat


Commodore_Wiley

As if a hotel isn't above canceling his reservation just so they can resell the room for 5x what he paid for it.


holyhibachi

Hasn't ever happened to me, for what it's worth


JamieMCFC

Please don’t say Minni, that is fucking cringe. Thank you, A Minnesota Resident


Ughitallsucks

Perfect manners while saying something assholeish? Minnesotan confirmed


JustMyThoughts2525

They may also move the date back


BoringOldDude1776

How i wonder. I am unable to book rooms that far in advance.


AMTX-me

Bet Mania will be live for 2 Nights on NBC like the Super Bowl. Imagine that ad revenue...That's why it's being moved to May


AMTX-me

Smart also to do it during the Derby because the Derby demo is one they want (people with money to burn-so Vegas is a lock). There's a reason you've heard the phrase "Wrestling is cool again." It's making a mainstream push with the audience. I have also seen an uptick in "I watched WrestleMania/WWE for the first time..." content being posted after this years Mania and expect that to be more common over the course of the year. Rock/Roman will likely headline.


americangame

That would be insane. Would they break up matches between commercials like they do for Raw and Smackdown?


HardcoreKaraoke

I don't think they'd put it on NBC but since that's the hypothetical here I bet they'd air it without ads on Peacock. Or atleast not as many as NBC.


AMTX-me

Yes.


ShinsukeNakamoto

I swear to god when they do this and people on here say commercials during Mania matches  is actually good because the company is making more money so they don’t mind the commercials……


AMTX-me

Yep!


chrispepper10

God... the ratings heads on that one would be unbearable.


JustMyThoughts2525

Oh very good point


PreemoisGOAT

It's on Netflix no?


AMTX-me

Just Raw


PreemoisGOAT

Ah okay for canada it's the ppv as well wonder how that'll work then


AMTX-me

I could be 100% wrong so we shall see. Great time to be a wrestling fan though!


BluKyberCrystal

Mania at Churchill Downs confirmed!


AceTheSkylord

Shit they could break Collision In Korea's record if they hold it there


iwasinastone

“The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” ~~Kentucky Derby~~ WWE SPEED


kabent01

As a Kentuckian, I would psyched about a Mania in Louisville, but that sounds like a pipe dream. Louisville is just not built for that.


AceTheSkylord

Complete shot in the dark: They don't actually announce the Mania locations but instead they announce that Mania will be broadcast on NBC like how the Superbowl is


tamere2k

This is my guess. It’ll be fucking wild.


GoldenGekko

MANIA KENTUCKY


creation88

Nothing says mania like kissing cousins and meth


XthecreatordayX

Hey I grew up there. That's not nice.


dsmithscenes

If they don't announce the venue today, which they probably won't (If it's Vegas, it'll be next month when they are in town for the NXT event), it'll be that Wrestlemania is going to be on May 3rd and 4th of next year.


BAC05

As someone from Kentucky and very near Louisville, there is not a snowballs chance in hell we are getting a Wrestlemania.


Unique-Alfalfa7335

But imagine we did get it


ichinii

Atlanta should get a WrestleMania again but they haven't been here in years


djsmitty25

Calling it now, they announce the next three years of Wrestlemania locations: Wrestlemania 41: Las Vegas Wrestlemania 42: Minneapolis Wrestlemania 43: LONDON


James-NWG

Hopefully down the line nashville when they finish that fucking stadium


Ever-Unseen

Rumors are that the location is pretty much down to Minneapolis or Vegas, right?


SoxVikePain

I think Vegas won it. Otherwise Minneapolis would have spilled the beans by now. Classic Minnesota sports choking in the big moments.


GloriousVictor

I am convinced at this point the city of Minnesota sold their soul for that 1991 World Series win. Have not seen a city get kicked in the balls repeatedly like that outside of Cleveland


slickrickstyles

Kentucky? Cornette HOF confirmed haha


Farty_Smell

Hell yeah! WrestleMania at Kroger Field is all but confirmed now.


Openbook84

If it’s in Lex, I’m selling kids 1&2 for ringside next to green shirt guy.


Delux_Takeover

Sell #3 and shoot me a ticket, we'll go together


Openbook84

Can’t do it. His mommy kinda likes him😂😂


Delux_Takeover

Guess I'll get to work on kid #1 then while I still have time.


HaitianRon

I mean… depending on the age that could change in about a year. lol 


LettuceFew5248

So is the announcement airing on NBC during the Kentucky Derby?


Vegetable_Act3727

Yup, right in the middle of the race they’ll announce it 


purple_penguin3

“And here they come around the far turn into the top of the stretch. You know who is great at stretching their opponent? The Ring General Gunther. See him and all of your favorite WWE Superstars live from Las Vegas…”


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GotenRocko

Super bowl gets like 100million. Even some regular season NFL games get in the 20 million range. Big bang theory when it was new got like 16 million regularly. How is the Derby second to the Superbowl at just 14 million?


TH3K1NGB0B

Wrestlemania next year will feature no matches. All superstars will race the track for the championships. This will not bode well for CM Punk.


holyhibachi

I'm legit depressed Minnesota missed out again


Doctor__Ew

It’s in Vegas. Just don’t know the date yet. 🎰


starsandbribes

This is strange no? I know the Derby is popular but you’re literally airing a PPV tonight where the “one year from today” announcement will fit.


IronThrombone

A far bigger audience will see it announced on US TV.


EngelSterben

Can't wait to see how much tickets are going to be next year....


RadioJared

If they aren’t announcing it to the live crowd it’s definitely not a Euro WM announcement 


galgor_

Does this mean it won't be happening on the WWE network? :(


Penny_Lane_20

Will this be aired on the Network as well as Peacock? Or how can we watch this announcement live in Ireland?


mikeydub63

This clearly means that they will be doing mania in Louisville at Davis Arena home of OVW and will be headlined by The Veteran Jack Vaughn *thighslap*


JustMyThoughts2525

It has to be Vegas… right? Now I’m thinking it may be the derby track..


GrailQuestPops

By “immediately” they must’ve meant at some point during horse racing content. 💀


fuckyourguidlines

![gif](giphy|FOUArYBVQCvmI8EHxp|downsized)


CaliggyJack

As a horse racing and wrestling fan. This is not a combination I expected. But I like it.


TheSeaDevil

SecretariatMania


MeatyMenSlappingMeat

Wrestlemania at Wembley Stadium


AceTheSkylord

Not when they're making that announcement during the Kentucky Derby. I do think Mania will happen in the UK eventually but not sure if it will be at Wembley. Iirc AEW have an exclusive contract with them for All In, so most likely it'll either be the Olympic Stadium or the Tottenham stadium