Wrestlemania 36 Will Go On With No Audience

[Mr KLC]

Will be at their performance center like Raw and Smackdown are doing.

[Mr KLC]

The coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered life for billions of people throughout the world, with large events and gatherings shut down, restrictions put in place on entertainment as well as dining and travel bans. WWE has already felt the impact of these changes moving its weekly Raw and SmackDown events to the Performance Center in Orlando, and now WrestleMania -- the company's biggest show of the entire year -- will follow suit.

Monday afternoon, shortly before the first relocated Raw airs live from the Performance Center, WWE announced the relocation of WrestleMania 36 to its training ground in Orlando.

"In coordination with local partners and government officials, WrestleMania and all related events in Tampa Bay will not take place," the WWE statement read. "However, WrestleMania will still stream live on Sunday, April 5 at 7 pm ET on WWE Network and be available on pay-per-view. Only essential personnel will be on the closed set at WWE's training facility in Orlando, Florida to produce WrestleMania."

The event, which was to be held at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, April 5 in Tampa, has been in jeopardy since the virus began to quickly spread throughout the United States. While Tampa city officials originally left the ball in WWE's court as to the future of the event, recent reports indicated a new pressure from those same officials for WWE to cancel the event, following in the footsteps of other sporting and entertainment options.

WrestleMania 36 was expected to bring in more than 70,000 fans to Raymond James Stadium at a time when the CDC had recommended any gathering of more than 50 people be canceled, and President Donald Trump as recently as Monday has advised limiting gatherings to 10 or fewer.

Like their recent Raw and SmackDown efforts, WrestleMania will take place without a crowd in attendance, a significant change from the massive atmosphere that usually accompanies the promotion's biggest event of the year. The event is headlined by Brock Lesnar defending his WWE championship against Drew McIntyre, WWE universal champion Goldberg putting the title up against Roman Reigns, John Cena vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt and many more high-profile matches.

[slayer14]

Going to be so odd with no fans

[JMobile]

Lol, how weird...

[Mr KLC]

[carolinakid]

this seem very selfless when everything else is shut down to me.

[slayer14]

Wrestling cant continue like this

[Mr KLC]

this seem very selfless when everything else is shut down to me.

I'm hoping this will serve as an example to get other leagues to see that they could at least compete with no audiences until they feel comfortable bringing the fans in.

[Bcatswin]

Raw just came on right now, its tough to turn on for more than 5 mins. Also tonight is the return of Stone Cold, who's he gonna drink his beers with. Also return of the Undertaker.

[carolinakid]

wow what is this senior night for raw..............

[carolinakid]

i wonder how many undertakers has there been, i seen one back stage here about 12 yrs ago and i swear he could hardly move.........it funny watching the guys go over the moves with each other back stage before they go out....even the announcers rehearst over and over their lines back stage..

[Bcatswin]

i wonder how many undertakers has there been, i seen one back stage here about 12 yrs ago and i swear he could hardly move.........it funny watching the guys go over the moves with each other back stage before they go out....he the announcers rehearst over and over their lines back stage..

I just said the same thing, i saw a documentary a few years ago guy couldnt move. All pilled up

[Bcatswin]

Now showing a replay of this years Royal Rumble lol.

[Hman]

So it will be just like the skits they practice, right?

[Bcatswin]

So it will be just like the skits they practice, right?

Yes its so funny to watch, these wrasslers gotta feel like jackasses

[milwaukee mike]

at least someone is showing some athletic competition

ratings for smackdown were better than the live shows, because even in front of 0 fans it's the only game in town

it's been pretty entertaining other than the replay of the elimination chamber tag team championship match which took up almost 1/2 of smackdown

[pavyracer]

Will it be scripted or will it be improvized?

[Enkhbat]

Without any fans in attendance, who is gonna throw beer to Stone Cold?

[Bcatswin]

He just chugged by himself, lol someone tossed em. He said give me a big hell yeah! Then they fanned the camera out to all the empty seats.

[Brock Landers]

Cancelled

[stake1]

Cancelled

Fake news. Thanks though “broke” I cashed alot of money on you. Took the Under 55 for your IQ

[pologq]

undertaker is still the same taker. he just gets slower and slower but WWE puts him over even more than ever.

his walk down the aisle to the ring takes like 3 minutes now.