{"id":216688,"date":"2026-05-18T23:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=216688"},"modified":"2026-05-18T23:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:18:00","slug":"tko-president-mark-shapiro-admits-running-wrestlemania-in-las-vegas-may-have-been-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/05\/18\/tko-president-mark-shapiro-admits-running-wrestlemania-in-las-vegas-may-have-been-a-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"TKO President Mark Shapiro admits running WrestleMania in Las Vegas may have been a mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-187806012\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>TKO President Mark Shaprio has admitted that it might have been a mistake for WWE to run WrestleMania in Las Vegas in back-to-back years instead of going to New Orleans as was originally scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe it\u2019s a mistake I made because Vegas was so huge last year and such a winner for our fans and the product that I said to Nick Khan, \u2018We\u2019ve gotta go back to Vegas next year,'&#8221; said Shapiro in an<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/tko-president-and-media-titan-mark-shapiro-on-wwe-ufc-and-the-fight-at-the-white-house-123421788.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZjR3b25saW5lLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMzBTOjY61nR7qs3HPrbfTdo9Wsu_Z5JHo4Grj-LhdWydmgs3-ltrdjOfeb_SsjhM_zV1rMH-yS1rqFd-k0phpUeye8A37ZOd-dICim34neqBq6RH9p9-DnyNc-4Qmv6KKSIKioMpYiva_DRbT4L_DG64CQ2kW7N5OjgANn0nu-k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> interview<\/a> with Brian Sozzi of Yahoo Finance that was recored prior to WrestleMania. &#8220;We have to move New Orleans down the road and we got to come back to Vegas.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the Wade Keller Podcast weekly Tuesday Flagship: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/new-flagship-keller-wells-analyze-latest-nxt-call-ups-evil-in-nxt-cena-s-ridiculous-concept-new-japan-s-new-pushed-stars-nxt-feuds--71985398\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cwade Keller\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NEW FLAGSHIP: Keller &amp; Wells analyze latest NXT call-ups, Evil in NXT, Cena's ridiculous concept, New Japan's new pushed stars, NXT feuds\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=71985398&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The move to comeback to Las Vegas led to poor ticket sales for WrestleMania 42, which became part of WWE storylines heading into the show where the company offered discounts on WrestleMania tickets during Smackdown to get them to move ahead of the event.\u00a0 Despite that. 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