WrestleMania 42 (also promoted as WrestleMania Vegas) is an upcoming 2026 professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be the 42nd annual WrestleMania and is scheduled as a two-night event on Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19, 2026, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. The show will feature wrestlers from WWE’s Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
Originally set for April 11–12 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, WrestleMania 42 was relocated to the Las Vegas Valley and delayed by one week after the massive financial success of WrestleMania 41 in 2025. Las Vegas submitted a stronger bid to host the event again, making this the third WrestleMania in the Las Vegas area (following WrestleMania IX in 1993) and the second consecutive year at the same venue—the first time in history that WrestleMania has been held at the same stadium in back-to-back years.
Retired WWE superstar John Cena is set to host the event.
Broadcast details
In addition to traditional pay-per-view distribution worldwide, WrestleMania 42 will be available to livestream on the ESPN streaming service in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Abema in Japan.
This marks the first WrestleMania to stream on the ESPN app in the U.S., following ESPN’s acquisition of WWE’s main roster streaming rights beginning with Wrestlepalooza in September 2025 after the Peacock deal expired. The first hour of each night will also be simulcast live on ESPN’s linear channels—ESPN2 on Night 1 and ESPN on Night 2—making it the first WWE pay-per-view to air live on ESPN television. It will also be the first WrestleMania not available on the WWE Network, which permanently shut down on April 1, 2026, in the final countries where it remained active.
During the February 27, 2026 episode of Friday Night SmackDown, WWE announced the ESPN simulcast, confirming this historic broadcast expansion.
Match card highlights
WrestleMania 42 features a stacked two-night card loaded with championship matches and dream encounters.
Night 1 (Saturday, April 18) includes:
- Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton (accompanied by Pat McAfee)
- Women’s World Championship: Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Liv Morgan
- Women’s Intercontinental Championship: AJ Lee (c) vs. Becky Lynch
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way: Nia Jax & Lash Legend (c) vs. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria vs. The Bella Twins (Nikki & Brie Bella)
- Seth Rollins vs. Gunther
- Unsanctioned Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Jacob Fatu (airing in the first hour on ESPN2)
- Six-man tag team match: LA Knight, Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso vs. Logan Paul, Austin Theory & IShowSpeed
Night 2 (Sunday, April 19) will deliver even more title action, including the World Heavyweight Championship and a multi-man ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship, plus additional marquee bouts still being finalized in the final days leading up to the event.
WrestleMania weekend events
As part of the full WrestleMania 42 festivities in Las Vegas, WWE has scheduled several additional events throughout the weekend:
- Friday, April 17: WrestleMania Weekend kicks off with a special “WrestleMania Edition” of Friday Night SmackDown featuring the annual André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Immediately afterward, the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place.
- Saturday, April 19: Following WrestleMania Night 1, fans can attend the comedy event Kill Tony: WrestleMania, hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe.
- Monday, April 20: The weekend wraps up with the post-WrestleMania episode of Monday Night Raw.
SmackDown and Raw will be held live at the nearby T-Mobile Arena, while the Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at Dolby Live at Park MGM. WWE is also partnering with independent promotion Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW) to co-present a WWE ID Showcase event at the HyperX Arena on the Las Vegas Strip.
In partnership with Fanatics Events, WWE will host the third annual WWE World at WrestleMania, a five-day fan convention running Thursday, April 16, through Monday, April 20, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event will feature interview panels with WWE Superstars, live podcast recordings, meet-and-greet sessions, and a massive merchandise store filled with memorabilia celebrating WrestleMania’s 42-year history.
