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WWE and Indianapolis will jointly bring three major events to Lucas Oil Stadium

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WBRC) – World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the city of Indianapolis announced a partnership Monday that will bring three of the company’s biggest events to Lucas Oil Stadium.

The home of the Indianapolis Colts will host the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania and SummerSlam, starting with the 2025 Royal Rumble on February 1.

“Indianapolis is a fantastic city for major events and we are excited to invite the WWE Universe to Lucas Oil Stadium for Royal Rumble in 2025, and a future SummerSlam and WrestleMania,” said Chris Legentil, WWE EVP, Talent Relations & Head of Communications at WWE.



In Monday’s announcement, WWE said the partnership will bring Raw, SmackDown, NXT and WWE Live Events to arenas in Indiana.

“We are excited to bring this groundbreaking partnership to Indianapolis and our state,” said Patrick Talty, president of Indiana Sports Corp. “For more than four decades, our city’s sports strategy has delivered millions of visitors and invaluable hours of international brand building media coverage. This partnership with WWE continues to advance that strategy in new and exciting ways. We look forward to welcoming the WWE Universe to our community and state and showing them all that Indy has to offer.”

“Patrick and the team at Indiana Sports Corp have done a phenomenal job strengthening the local economy and tourism, and we are proud to partner with them to shine a light on the great state of Indiana,” said Legentil.

WWE has not announced which years WrestleMania and SummerSlam will come to Indianapolis.

WrestleMania 41 will take place on April 19 and 20 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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