The Rock returned to WWE programming on SmackDown with two purposes in mind. He announced Caesars Superdome in New Orleans will host WrestleMania 42, and he laid down quite an ultimatum before Cody Rhodes.
The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans will host WrestleMania 42 next year, WWE announced Friday night. The two-day event will be held April 11-12, 2026 at the stadium that just hosted the Super Bowl. The Superdome has hosted WrestleMania twice before;
The Rock announced his WWE return on social media on Thursday, February 20, 2025. “Bold and disruptive,” his post read. “Unpredictable and dangerous.” The episode of SmackDown will take place in New Orleans,
The Rock announced that WWE would be bringing WrestleMania 42 to New Orleans at the Superdome. He made the announcement on the February 21st episode of WWE SmackDown. Speaking at the post-show press conference,
The Rock announced that New Orleans' Caesars Superdome will be the host of WrestleMania 42. The Rock made the announcement in New Orleans' Smoothie King Center, which hosted SmackDown on Friday. This will mark the third time WWE held WrestleMania in New Orleans.
While it is anyone's guess what The Final Boss' SmackDown appearance could lead to, some details regarding his return to WWE programming are already making the rounds. Friday's SmackDown is being held in New Orleans,
Cody Rhodes enters the ring during WrestleMania last year. New Orleans has hosted the event twice previously, according to YahooSports. Photo: WWE/
Wrestlemania 42 is coming to New Orleans next year. Movie star and wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, in town to make an appearance on WWE's Smackdown underway at the Smoothie King Center, made the announcement before a roaring crowd Friday night.
WWE WrestleMania returns to the Superdome in 2026. On Friday's episode of WWE SmackDown, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson formally announced that WrestleMania 42 will take place in New Orleans on April 11 and April 12.
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.