During Saturday Night’s Main Event from Madison Square Garden this past weekend, WWE began to unveil its WrestleMania 43 plans for fans who can’t or won’t pay for the trip to Riyadh, where Saudi Arabia paid TKO to hold 2027’s Showcase of the Immortals.
As they were in the Big Apple for SNME and Fanatics Feat, the reveal started with WWE’s plans for New York City. Those will be centered at MSG’s Infosys Theater, the roughly 5,000 seat venue that’s had many names, and shares a building with the World’s
Most Famous Arena. They include the return of NXT Stand & Deliver to WrestleMania weekend after one night of ‘Mania 43 wraps up on the other side of the globe, and a new AAA event called Eternal Glory following the other.
That announcement spurred speculation about what AEW would do while WWE puts on its biggest show of the year in the KSA, as Tony Khan vowed to counterprogram WrestleMania 43 given where its being held.
But AEW may want to hold off on any announcements of their own just yet. In the presser for Saturday’s announcement sent out today (July 20), WWE makes it clear there will be more watch parties announced in the weeks and months to come (emphasis ours):
WWE has announced NXT Stand & Deliver, NXT’s marquee annual event, and AAA Eternal Glory will take place at Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York during WrestleMania 43 Weekend in April 2027, creating a city-wide moment for fans to celebrate the global two-night event.
Prior to Stand & Deliver and Eternal Glory, WWE will host official WrestleMania 43 watch parties at Infosys Theater, transforming the versatile venue into an immersive live viewing experience for the WWE Universe, complete with giant LED screens, brand activations, merchandise and more. Additional details regarding official WrestleMania 43 watch parties in cities around the country, including major commercial venues and select COSM locations, will be announced soon.
Complementing the weekend events, WWE and Fanatics will partner to deliver interactive fan experiences and exclusive WrestleMania 43 retail activations to New York.
Additional ticket, event and fan experience details will be announced in the coming months. Fans can register now to be the first to receive general event information by visiting wwe.com/WM43Weekend.
In September 2025, WWE, in partnership with The General Entertainment Authority (GEA), on behalf of HE Turki Alalshikh, announced that Riyadh Season will host WrestleMania 43 in 2027 in Riyadh, marking the first time that the cultural phenomenon will be staged outside of North America.
The big obstacle to any AEW announcement isn’s so much these watch parties, however. The promotion has dealt with WWE counterprogramming for years, it won’t be deterred from running pretty much any big city by a few thousand at an afternoon watch party. TK needs to know the same thing many of us are wondering… which April weekend will WrestleMania 43 land on?
We’ll find out before too much longer. People need time to plan trips to Saudi Arabia. In the meantime, let us know in the comments below what you think of WWE’s plan for American audiences, and how AEW should handle the weekend.
