WrestleCon Promoter Says He’s Talked With Conrad Thompson And Other Promoters About Running A Weekend In 2027

WrestleCon promoter speaks on WrestleMania weekend 2027.

In 2027, WWE will travel to Saudi Arabia for WrestleMania 43. In doing so, WrestleMania week will look a little different.

WrestleMania week is highlighted by WWE’s biggest show of the year, but the week leading up is built on independent wrestling events.

Speaking to John Pollock & Wai Ting of POST Wrestling, WrestleCon promoter Michael Bochicchio was asked if there were any plans for 2027.

“If WWE stays in Saudi Arabia, my goal is to find a location, maybe New Orleans, that we can make a community of what we do here. I don’t think it necessarily has to be on Mania weekend. It can just be a weekend where myself, all the other independent promoters, I talk to people like Conrad, who does Starrcast. I think everybody wants to do a weekend where it’s ours. It’s always been next to a WWE event. I think WWE appreciates what we do. What we do and all the other promoters during the weekend do brings thousands of people, tens of thousands of room nights, maybe millions of dollars coming into the city, and you know who gets credit for bringing this money in? WWE. Do you think they don’t want this extra money to be part of their weekend? They can go to the next city and go, ‘Look how much money we brought to this city.’ They built up this monster and it all contributes for the greater good,” he said.

Michael noted that he signed a contract with New Orleans venues after WWE announced WrestleMania 42 would be in New Orleans, before they moved the event back to Las Vegas for the second straight year.

Elsewhere during the interview, Michael discussed TNA pulling Leon Slater from his scheduled match against Ricochet. You can find his full comments here.

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