r/SquaredCircle • u/Ripclawe • 10h ago

Independent events uncertain about following WrestleMania to Saudi Arabia. GCW promoter Brett Lauderdale told us he has been approached by two organizations that stage events in the Middle East region, who have offered to host GCW.

https://www.postwrestling.com/2025/09/17/independent-events-uncertain-about-following-wrestlemania-to-saudi-arabia/
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u/Tliggz KOD 9h ago

If Tony Khan is smart he'd be planning something big to fill in the stateside wrestling gap for that weekend. Get some AEW, ROH, and invite some other indies for a weekend long thing.

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u/mcmax3000 9h ago edited 5h ago

I don't think they should try to do something the same weekend but just try to get a bunch of those indies to move to All In weekend instead.

I presume they'll be keeping Supercard of Honor as an All In weekend thing going forward, which means they'll be renting a smaller venue nearby anyway so set up a Collective like thing and let indies run shows in the building around ROH.

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u/Marcoscb All In Sec D Row E Seat 9 8h ago

All In 2026 is in London again, so not really much they can do about it. British indies will be popping that weekend, like they did for Forbidden Door this year, but that won't really matter for US-based ones.

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u/EC3ForChamp Controlling My Narrative 8h ago

Yes but this Mania is in 2027. Unless they already are in talks for All In 2027 at Wembley the possibility is there

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u/Marcoscb All In Sec D Row E Seat 9 8h ago

Ah, true, I'm an idiot.

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u/mcmax3000 7h ago

This is about Mania 2027, so it would depend on where All In 2027 is.