WWE did not announce the WrestleMania 43 date at Crown Jewel, and Dave Meltzer believes AEW is the reason.
The reveal had been widely expected. WrestleVotes pointed to Crown Jewel for the announcement, with the show likely to land on April 10 and 11, 2027. Nothing was said during the show.
Reviewing Crown Jewel on Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer said WWE is likely targeting those dates but is keeping them quiet in “political jockeying” with AEW. He said it is the same reason the Royal Rumble date came out only recently. With WrestleMania in Riyadh, he said, WWE has no tickets to sell, so there is little reason to confirm the date months ahead the way it normally would.
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The bigger factor, in Meltzer’s view, is Tony Khan. Everyone expects him to run a competing show head to head, and WWE would rather keep him guessing. Meltzer said WWE will eventually have to announce the date a couple of months out, but may not want to do it six months out.
WrestleMania 43 will be the first held outside North America, and WWE has already filled the stateside gap. It announced watch parties headlined by the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden, along with AAA and NXT shows, in New York that weekend. Khan has not confirmed an AEW show, but he has said publicly that one is possible, and WrestleVotes reported in July that some WWE officials expect AEW to run something stateside.
