WWRRROOAAARRR! In news that will surely warm the cockles of many a teen­aged boys heart, World Wrest­ling Enter­tain­ment (WWE) have announced they’re bring­ing the Smack­Down Road to Wres­tle­mania 22™ Tour (not sure if they’ve trade­marked the num­ber 22, or the pre­ced­ing words as well) to Wel­ling­ton’s West­pac Sta­di­um, next year on March 4.

West­pac Sta­di­um Mar­ket­ing Man­ager, Steven Thompson told NZPWI [NZ Pro Wrest­ling Inform­er] that the arrival of WWE in New Zea­l­and has been the res­ult of three years of patient nego­ti­ations. “We have wanted to host WWE ever since the suc­cess of the “Glob­al Warm­ing Tour” at the Mel­bourne Tel­stra Dome in 2002, said Steven.

“RRRROOOAARRR!” he added after­wards, point­ing out that spec­tat­ors would “PAY THE PRICE!” for admis­sion, and that the organ­isers would “SHOW NO MERCY!” in sta­ging a show fea­tur­ing fire­works, big screens, and all the WWE’s biggest stars, of whom no-one here at the Wel­ling­tonista could name one.

[hat-tip: Fear and Loath­ing in Wangave­gas]