WWE Reportedly Eyeing Minneapolis As WrestleMania 41 Host City

WWE fans overseas may have to wait a while to get a WrestleMania, despite John Cena’s quest to bring pro wrestling’s flagship event to London.

At last month’s Money in the Bank event, Cena sent fans into a frenzy when he made it clear that he was attempting to bring a future WrestleMania across the pond, but it might be a few years before that actually happens. According to a report from Fightful Select (h/t Ringside News), Minneapolis a leading candidate to host WrestleMania 41 in 2025: “Minneapolis has been heavily discussed within the company as a possible and even likely location…U.S. Bank Stadium would be the location.”

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and there have long been rumblings that WrestleMania 41 is Minneapolis-bound.

Patrick Kessler of KFAN Sports Radio had reported in April that Minneapolis was a finalist for WWE’s premier two-night extravaganza, and Fightful Select adds that “WWE told us that they view U.S. Bank Stadium as a world class venue, and have heard that they’re getting more aggressive in getting non-Vikings related events in the huge stadium..

Now, WWE may achieve its goal of bringing WrestleMania to the Twin City, and Minneapolis—no doubt—will be happy to have them after nearly blowing its chance not long ago.

Hosting a WWE pay-per-view, after all, is a big deal, with major cities across the world now bidding to have the opportunity to land a premium WWE live event. WWE’s biggest events, of course, have continued to obliterate numerous records, ranging from viewership to ticket sales, while WrestleMania 39 shattered WWE’s live gate record a whopping three months before the pay-per-view, with an astounding 161,000 fans attending the two-night event.

In addition, WrestleMania 38 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington generated a staggering $206.5 million in economic impact for the city and surrounding area. In other words, WrestleMania tends to be a massive financial success, which is why it’s grown into one of the most coveted events in sports.

While WrestleMania isn’t quite the Super Bowl in terms of impact, it remains a must-see extravaganza that has become far more than just a pro wrestling event. With the likes of Logan Paul, Bad Bunny and WWE-turned-Hollywood star Cena among the high-profile names to perform at recent WrestleManias, it’s no wonder that cities in and beyond the US have made hosting the event a high priority.

Other major cities linked to a potential future WrestleMania are Las Vegas, which hosted Money in the Bank in July 2022, and Nashville, which hosted nearly 50,000 fans for SummerSlam the following month. While that’s good news for wrestling fans in those cities, it may spell doom for fans in England, which has never hosted a WrestleMania and just hosted its first WWE pay-per-view in nearly two decades.

Next year’s WrestleMania emanates from Philadelphia and is expected to host more than 80,000 fans for each night of the two-night event. The frontrunner to main event that show? Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes in a rematch of this year’s WrestleMania 39 main event, one of the most highly anticipated championship bouts in recent memory.

It’s far too soon to tell what might headline WrestleMania 41, but most signs are pointing toward that bout—whatever it may be—taking place in Minneapolis.