Nick Khan gives update on WWE's plans for international PLEs

While speaking at the World Congress of Sports convention on Wednesday, WWE President Nick Khan gave an update on the company's plans for future premium live event locations.

Khan said WWE's big five PLEs (WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank) will be held in either the United States or Canada. The goal is for other PLEs to be held in international locations.

“We sat down together a few years ago and decided, so the big five premium live events ... should be in the United States or Canada,” Khan said. “All of the other events, the goal is to have them from international locations.”

In the coming months, WWE has Backlash (May 4 in France), King & Queen of the Ring (May 25 in Saudi Arabia), Clash at the Castle (June 15 in Scotland), and Bash in Berlin (August 31 in Germany) being held overseas.

Toronto is hosting Money in the Bank on July 6. SummerSlam will take place from Cleveland on August 3.

Khan discussed the importance of the international PLEs: "There's a halo effect on those big deals. Merchandise sales, relevancy goes up, and who knows -- is the next Yao Ming of that country watching [WWE] and wanting to do it in 10 years."

Also at the convention, Khan noted that WWE isn't ready to announce the location for WrestleMania 41 yet.