WWE announced on Thursday that they will be returning to Australia next year, their first trip to the country since 2018.
The WWE previously held the Super Show-Down event at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, which was headlined by Triple H vs. The Undertaker.
They will hold its Elimination Chamber premium live event on Saturday, February 24, from the Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia.
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that it will be a very early morning show, likely starting “ about 6 a.m. Eastern and 3 a.m. Pacific on a Saturday morning.”
Meltzer added, “When UFC goes to Australia, they run the show early morning in Australia so it’s at 10 p.m. Eastern in the U.S., but WWE confirmed to us the show will air in prime time Australia time. Peacock these days doesn’t care as much about live viewers of the WWE PPV shows. The number they are most concerned with is viewership over the first 24 hours as opposed to live.”
The stadium holds up to 70,000 fans for concerts, while WWE could fit in around 55,000 fans with a stage. WWE is being brought in for the show and paid big money to do so with the idea of getting 50,000 fans in attendance.
