The WWE is not playing around when it comes to reppin' in the midwest. On Monday, TKO Group Holdings, the parent company for both the WWE and UFC, announced what they dubbed as a "first-of-its-kind partnership" with the state of Indiana. Starting with the Royal Rumble on February 1, 2024, Lucas Oil Stadium will host three of the Big 4 PLEs, including SummerSlam and Wrestlemania.
The announcement indicated that both SummerSlam and Wrestlemania will be of the two-day variety, which means the earliest the former of the two can't be until 2027. Currently Wrestlemania is the only two-day event but SummerSlam is moving to that format starting in 2026 in Minneapolis.
In addition to the PLEs, Raw, SmackDown and NXT will all take place in the state along with other WWE Live Events. These will take place in Fort Wayne and Evansville as well as in Indy.
“We are excited to bring this groundbreaking partnership to Indianapolis and our state,” said Patrick Talty, President of Indiana Sports Corp. “For over four decades, our city’s sports strategy has brought in millions of visitors and priceless hours of international brand-building media coverage. This partnership with WWE continues to push that strategy forward in new and exciting ways. We look forward to welcoming the WWE Universe to our community and state and showing them all that Indy has to offer.”
“Indianapolis is a fantastic city for major events and we’re excited to invite the WWE Universe to Lucas Oil Stadium for Royal Rumble in 2025, and a future SummerSlam and WrestleMania,” said Chris Legentil, WWE EVP, Talent Relations & Head of Communications at WWE. “Patrick and the team at Indiana Sports Corp have done a phenomenal job bolstering local economics and tourism, and we’re proud to partner with them to shine a light on the great state of Indiana.”
