Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring Bad Blood and WrestleMania 42.
• WWE has moved the start time for Bad Blood 2024 from 8 PM EST to 6 PM EST to avoid direct competition with UFC 307, which is set to take place the same evening.
UFC 307’s main PPV card will begin at 10 PM EST on October 5, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
WWE Bad Blood 2024 will be held at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on the same date. Both WWE and UFC are owned by TKO Group Holdings.
The main event of UFC 307 is Alex Pereira defending his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against Khalil Rountree Jr. and the co-main event will feature Raquel Pennington defending her UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship against Julianna Peña.
No matches for Bad Blood are announced yet, but CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre in a Hell in a Cell match is rumored to be the main event.
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• Earlier this year, WWE held WrestleMania 40 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2025, WrestleMania 41 is set to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Regarding WrestleMania 42, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro claimed that the event will return to Philadelphia in 2026.
In a Q&A video posted on X, Shapiro was asked about upcoming events for America’s 250th Anniversary in 2026, and he included WrestleMania among them. He said:
“So get this, in Philly, we’ve got the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, we got the FIFA World Cup, we got WrestleMania, we got a little golf action, the PGA Championship and if you go over to Pittsburgh, we’ve got the NFL Draft and a lot more cool stuff happening all across Pennsylvania in the year 2026 for USA 250.”
In an update, Shapiro has removed his tweet. Manuel Bonder, Spokesman for Governor Shapiro, issued the following statement to Sean Ross Sapp:
“This statement was mistaken, and we apologize for the confusion amid all the incredible events Pennsylvania is excited to host in 2026. While WrestleMania won’t be here in ‘26, we look forward to continuing to work with WWE and wrestling fans all across our Commonwealth to bring more great events to PA in the future.”
