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]