WWE: WrestleMania 41 Host Update, Cody Rhodes on His End Work in AEW Being “Too Meta”, Mexico Tour

Update on Minnesota as Potential Host of WrestleMania 41

As noted before, Minneapolis, Minnesota is currently one of the finalists to be the official host for WWE’s WrestleMania 41 event in 2025.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that WWE officials have held recent heavy internal talks regarding Minneapolis being the potential host for WrestleMania 41.

In regards to the potential location for WrestleMania 41, it was reported that WWE officials are currently considering the U.S. Bank Stadium and its over 73,000 seating capacity as the official host venue for the event. It was reported that WWE officials had considered the idea of Target Field as the potentiaal host but weather and baseball season-related issues caused those plans to be dropped.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that WWE officials currently view the U.S. Bank Stadium as a world class venue and are aware of venue officials becoming more aggressive in securing non-football related events for their venue.

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Cody Rhodes Comments on His Work at End of His AEW Run Becoming “Too Meta”

A recent episode of the NotSam Wrestling podcast featured Cody Rhodes as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Rhodes’ thoughts on the polarizing crowds he received in AEW and why his work near the end of his time in AEW did not work out the way he wanted.

“At AEW, I think trying to do what I was doing there at the end was just a bit too meta.

‘Hey, the thing we want is for you to turn heel,’ so for me to do that, to turn heel, is by saying verbally out loud I’m not going to do it, which is being a heel.

It didn’t work in a sense and it did because I had a really fun match with Ethan Page where the crowd was just going nuts and I loved the polarized crowds, the split crowds.

I loved the polarized, split crowds because obviously, I’m part of the Cena-era of our industry, so I loved it. But it might have just been over the heads of people.”

Rhodes also gave his thoughts on why WWE fans responded very positively to his return to the company last year.

“I think it’s because they knew what you were seeing was real. There’s always that gray matter and that suspension of disbelief but I think they knew, ‘Oh, his return is more than just an individual returning. This is somebody who’s been away for, I think, six or seven years at the time. This is somebody whose song is almost a rallying cry against WWE almost, and here it is playing out loud.’

A lot of what you’ll see in the [documentary] is you can be the most talented, you cannot be talented at all these things but betting on yourself, I think maybe, maybe that’s what they saw. ‘Yeah, he was this guy and helped create a promotion and yes, they did this, and yes, they smashed the throne and all this but he also bet on himself and look where it led us. It us to a beautiful segment at a beautiful show.'”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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WWE Touts Success of Recent Tour of Mexico

WWE recently announced that this past weekend’s tour of Mexico broke several records in company history.

Among the records broken included the highest attendance and highest live gate for WWE events in Mexico in the past twelve years.

It was also announced that their July 22nd live event in Mexico City broke the all-time record for highest attendance and highest live gate in Arena Ciudad de Mexico venue history. It was also announced that this event also broke the record for highest ever live merchandise sales for a WWE event in Mexico City.

Official press release:

WWE delivers record-breaking live events in Mexico

WWE today announced that back-to-back WWE SuperShow events held at the Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City on Saturday, July 22, and the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey on Sunday, July 23, broke records for WWE’s highest attendance and highest grossing live events in Mexico for 12 years.

The event in Mexico City also broke venue records, becoming the highest attendance and highest grossing event ever held at the Arena Ciudad de México, in addition to setting a record for highest-ever WWE merchandise sales in Mexico City.

More than 25,000 spectators across both nights witnessed Superstars including Roman Reigns, Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley, Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey, Seth “Freakin” Rollins, Dominik Mysterio, Charlotte Flair and Santos Escobar.