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The stage for WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas has been revealed. The WrestleMania stage reveal has been a fixture of WWE's programming ahead of the biggest show of the year. Unique set staging for WrestleMania is part of the allure of the brand and over the years, WWE has produced some of the most iconic and memorable stages in the history of live entertainment. On Friday afternoon, the WrestleMania 42 stage was revealed in a post on social media by Chris Denker.

The WWE reportedly had security staffing issues at the Park MGM hotel in Las Vegas on Thursday. It's officially WrestleMania weekend. Pro wrestling fans are taking over Las Vegas and it reportedly shocked the Vegas system on Thursday night. WWE's home base for the weekend is the Park MGM Hotel and Casino on the famous Las Vegas Strip, which will host the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday, and also play host to a variety of WrestleMania afterparty events.

Joe Hendry is going to be the new face of a special WWE fan competition. Joe Hendry | The CW Network Say his name and he appears. Joe Hendry is no longer the NXT Champion, but he is going to be the face of a brand new fan competition in WWE. Hendry and the brand new WWE auto insurance sponsor, The General Insurance, will be looking to find the fan of the year in WWE.

Which matches rank at the top? What is the most must-see match on the WWE WrestleMania 42 card? The biggest show of the year takes place on Saturday and Sunday, with WWE bringing WrestleMania back to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for a second straight year. There has been plenty to talk about on the road to WrestleMania 42, even if not all of it has been positive from online WWE fans. As for the WrestleMania 42 card itself?

Raw and SmackDown superstars will be under one roof before WrestleMania 42. Cody Rhodes will be on SmackDown | WWE It's the go-home edition of WWE SmackDown at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas ahead of WrestleMania 42. WWE has promoted that both Raw and SmackDown superstars are set to be under the same roof on this particular episode, and the two top superstars on the blue brand should be the talk of the show after some recent controversy.

Rey Mysterio will makes his official WWE in-ring return at WrestleMania 42. Rey Mysterio will make his in-ring return to WWE at WrestleMania 42 this weekend in Las Vegas. Mysterio was added to the multi-person Ladder Match for the WWE Men's Intercontinental Championship. The match also includes Penta, JD McDonagh, Je'Von Evans, Dragon Lee, and Rusev. Mysterio has been out of action for most of 2026 after he injured his arm in a match against Austin Theory on an episode of WWE Raw in February.

Will The Rattlesnake appear at WrestleMania? Stone Cold Steve Austin | IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire Last year for WrestleMania, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was one-half of the first match to ever be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. That match was Austin vs. Bret Hart from WrestleMania 13. Austin was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Friday night before WrestleMania, but then surprised the WWE Universe with an actual in-ring appearance at night two of WrestleMania 41 inside Allegiant Stadium.

Jey Uso took a visit to Cam'ron's "It Is What It Is" talk show and the visit didn't end the way either man hoped it would. Jey Uso is done with people underestimating him and undermining his accomplishments in pro wrestling. Jey Uso is set to tag with his twin brother Jimmy Uso and LA Knight against streaming sensation iShowSpeed and current WWE Tag Team champions Logan Paul and Austin Theory of The Vision.

After a new AEW World Champion was crowned on Dynamite Spring Break Thru, could we see a new Women's World Champion on Collision? After defeating Jamie Hayter at Dynasty, Thekla will defend the AEW Women's World Championship against Hayter's Brawling Birds teammate, Alex Windsor. | All Elite Wrestling The aftermath from AEW Dynasty continues on a special Thursday edition of AEW Collision Spring Break Thru.

CM Punk has a list of wrestlers who are potential dream matches for him, but one name stands out and it's a surprising one. In just three days, CM Punk will lace up his wrestling boots and fight Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas. As Punk is readying himself for the match, like many stars across WWE, he's doing the media rounds to hype WrestleMania and sell some tickets to the biggest WWE event of the year.