Where to Watch WrestleMania 40 Kickoff Press Event - All You Need To Know

With the upcoming edition of WrestleMania scheduled to take place later this year in April, WWE fans have already started building hype around the high-profile event. Ahead of the much-talked-about competition, WWE will come up with a WrestleMania 40 Kickoff Press Event featuring some big names of the wrestling promotion. The WrestleMania 40 Kickoff Press Event is scheduled to take place on Friday, February 9 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. As per media reports, the WrestleMania 40 Kickoff Press Event will host The Rock, as well as the Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns and 2024 Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes. The highly anticipated WrestleMania 40 main event will also reportedly be announced at this event.

“STAMFORD, Conn., February 3, 2024 – WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), today announced that Dwayne “The Rock" Johnson and Roman Reigns will face off at an open-to-the-public fan and media event – WrestleMania XL Kickoff – live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas this Thursday, February 8 at 4 p.m. PT," read a statement shared by WWE.

“Doors open at 2:30 p.m. PT.This non-ticketed event, delivered by Pizza Hut, is free for all to attend. Fans and media will hear from both The Rock and Roman Reigns, as well as WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H" Levesque. Onsite interview opportunities for media will immediately follow the event with both participants, Cody Rhodes, Seth “Freakin" Rollins, Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley," the statement added.

The statement also went on to add that the event will be hosted by Monday Night Raw commentators Michael Cole and Pat McAfee. The event can be live-streamed on WWE social and digital channels as well as Peacock, as per the official release.

Multiple media outlets claimed that WWE had initially decided to plot Roman Reigns in a fight against Cody Rhodes. A clash between Seth Rollins and CM Punk was also speculated by many. But Punk’s injury is understood to have forced WWE to change their plans. It has been learnt that due to Punk’s injury, The Rock had proposed the idea to take on Reigns.

Royal Rumble winner Bayley will also be featuring at WrestleMania 40. She will be up against former Damage CTRL teammate Iyo Sky for the WWE Women’s Title at this year’s WrestleMania.