LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan continues to push WWE to bring WrestleMania to the British capital.
British WWE fans have been wanting professional wrestling’s biggest show to come to the UK for decades.
And Khan, 54, is working rigorously to bring Mania outside of North America for the first time in the show’s 40-plus-year history.
The UK has some of the most hardcore WWE fans around the world and London has hosted a series of major premium live events, including Money in the Bank in 2023 and SummerSlam in 1992.
The mayor wants to make the pro wrestling enthusiasts’ dream a reality and has held talks with WWE chief content officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque, who previously suggested he is open to the prospect.
And he made one more major call to Triple H urging him to bring the Show of Shows across the pond to the “sporting capital”.
London has hosted a number of major sporting events throughout the years, including the Champions League final, Wimbledon, NFL matches and of course the 2012 Olympics.
Khan told CNBC: “I’d love for WrestleMania to come to London.
“Triple H if you’re watching, we want WrestleMania to come to London.
“If WrestleMania came to London, my message to the team there is that we wouldn’t just have a great weekend, we’d have a festival, of you know, legends in WrestleMania coming to London, current stars, but also future stars as a well.
“It will open a completely new market for them as well.
“I think the potential has not been reached in terms of WrestleMania.
“We are the sporting capital, in my view, of the world. And if WrestleMania wants to expand, the obvious place to come is London.”
