WrestleMania 39

WrestleMania is considered WWE's flagship event, having first been held in 1985. It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April.[1] It was the first of WWE's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four".[2] WrestleMania is ranked the sixth most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes,[3] and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.[4] It will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions—it has not yet been confirmed if wrestlers from NXT will be featured.

SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California was originally scheduled to host WrestleMania 37 on March 28, 2021.[5][6] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event had to be pushed back and relocated to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, as at the time, California had yet lifted COVID-19 restrictions to allow fans to attend events,[7] but Florida on the other hand had lifted those restrictions.[8] On January 16, 2021, along with the announcement of WrestleMania 37's new date and location, WWE revealed that SoFi Stadium would still host a WrestleMania, but it would instead be WrestleMania 39 on April 2, 2023—WrestleMania 38 was announced for AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. WrestleMania 39 will be the first since WrestleMania 21 to be held in Greater Los Angeles, and the seventh held in the state of California (after 2, VII, XII, 2000, 21, and 31).[9]

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[10][11] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[12]