Report: WWE to hold stadium show in Australia early next year

WWE is reportedly bringing a stadium show to Australia early next year.

The West Australian reported on Saturday that WWE is “just days away” from announcing that it will be holding an event at Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia in early 2024. According to the report, the show will stream live around the world. It’s expected to take place prior to WrestleMania 40.

WWE and the local government have been in negotiations regarding the Perth event. In March of this year, Dave Meltzer wrote about those negotiations:

The state government of Western Australia is negotiating with WWE to run a major stadium show. This would be similar to when the city of Melbourne made a deal with WWE twice to run stadium shows, one of which was a PPV show. The likely city would be Perth, which recently hosted a UFC show and many of the UFC shows outside the U.S. are basically local governments bringing in UFC for tourism or other reasons.

WWE presented a pay-per-view from Melbourne, Australia in 2018. That Super Show-Down event was headlined by a match between Triple H and The Undertaker.

Optus Stadium has a capacity of more than 60,000 seats.

The West Australian’s report says top WWE talent will fly into Perth within days to be part of the formal announcement.