WWE Confirms Date And Location For WrestleMania 32

Stone Cold Steve Austin could be wrestling in front of 100,000 fans.

By Grahame Herbert /

WrestleMania 32 will be held at the Cowboys Stadium (AT & T Stadium) in Dallas, Texas. WWE confirmed the news after Monday's Raw from Dallas. The company also revealed the date for the show as Sunday April 3rd 2016. A press conference with Vince McMahon, John Cena and Hulk Hogan is scheduled for later on Tuesday. This news was long expected and it will have major implications for the WWE and WWE fans. The big talking point is the attendance capability, which hosts 80,000 fans for football games and is expandable to 105,000 when the pitch is converted to standing room. The likelihood is that WWE will use WrestleMania 32 to establish a new attendance record of 100,000 WWE fans. If demand is less than 100,000, the WWE could save face by setting up for as little as 70,000. However, the global appeal of WrestleMania will surely fill the full capacity. The company record attendance is currently 80,676 from WrestleMania 29. There's also the 93,173 attendance from WrestleMania 3, however that's widely considered to be an exaggeration. To get that many fans in attendance, WrestleMania 32 will need some major draws. That could mean the WWE reaches out to Texan wrestling legends like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker. Austin has always teased he could come back for one more match, and the proud Texan will surely see Mania 32 as a now or never opportunity. He's physically in decent shape and could work a safe match with a veteran like John Cena. Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio agreed that Austin would be the ideal headliner for the big Texas show. Whether or not he will be up for it, only time will tell. The sentiment will appeal to him, but he's also a shrewd businessman and will want the money to be right. If Brock Lesnar is worth $5 million a year, what would Steve Austin be worth? WWE will need to cut the right deal for their greatest ever box office star. The Undertaker is another strong candidate for wrestling on the show. Even if he doesn't wrestle this year at WrestleMania 31, the door is open for Taker working next year. He's from Texas and is almost certain to go into the Hall Of Fame the night before Mania 32. Jim Ross tweeted his reaction to the news, stating "If @WWE is using Cowboys Stadium for WM32, I'd do all I could to book 2 native Texans, Taker & Austin in 2 separate bouts. Going away party!"