GuerrillaMonsoon Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 -- According to a report by the Twitter user @fightoracle, who has mixed results as a source, WrestleMania 36 from the WWE Performance Center won't go down as currently planned. The report adds that the reason WWE made this announcement is for insurance purposes as one of the clauses in their policy is that in the event of pandemic or other similar crisis, the company needs to show that they have tried to mitigate damages - in this case, find an alternate venue or production site. The announcement of the move to the PC is said to be a way to satisfy that requirement. -- The report adds that the belief internally is that the city of Orlando will then move to shut down WrestleMania at the PC and WWE would subsequently then get paid out by their insurer. The company would then look to move WrestleMania to a later date and June 7 at Madison Square Garden was noted in the report as a target date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 2 NIGHT WRESTLEMANIA!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) So the one thing that the WWE could have done to really fuck with the indies and run WM in multiple days and they decide to do it when there are no indies running and an empty arena? The fuck? Although the one benefit is that two 4 hour empty arena shows are more tolerate than one 8 hour empty arena show One theory going around is that they have to run 2 nights because of the limit in number of people allowed. I guess I can see that. I mean last year's had to have at least 30 wrestlers. Assuming you have the battle royal matches (which I doubt now) then easily 80. Assuming the limit is around 50 to 100 then I can see it Edited March 18, 2020 by hammerva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Two?!? Thank you Vince McMahon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 This has to be Vince saying, "Dammit! Why won't they shut me down?! Hah, I'll show them. I'll make WrestleMania TWO NIGHTS! They'll have to shut us down now!" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, hammerva said: So the one thing that the WWE could have done to really fuck with the indies and run WM in multiple days and they decide to do it when there are no indies running and an empty arena? The fuck? Although the one benefit is that two 4 hour empty arena shows are more tolerate than one 8 hour empty arena show It wasn't going to be 8 hours to begin with. It was only going to be 8 matches so it would have been probably around 3 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I think Vince could give away free gold and some folks would say he was just doing it to devalue the market. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 When someone on the roster gets the corona virus, will they stop the program then? Because with all of the traveling and everything else they are doing, odds are it's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I can't wait for all the bitching about what matches on Night 1 should have been on Night 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I'm a little surprised night 1 won't be on Fox. Seems like a easy way to draw in viewers in with nothing else on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Per Dave .... Mania 2 all over again WrestleMania will be from multiple locations, not just PC. More later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RIPPA Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 This is me just speculating but I’m wondering if they are looking to run in a few spots close to collections of where wrestlers live to cut down on travel The PC obviously covers Orlando MSG would cover the NY/CT folks And then you could do Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 In looking back at Mania 2 I just had two thoughts: A) The card was terrible. Only the Bulldogs winning the titles was anything resembling a good match. B) I'd legit forgotten that Dory had ever been in WWF. ( @RIPPA will rue the next time I'm upset about something stupid done by the Dolphins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: In looking back at Mania 2 I just had two thoughts: B) I'd legit forgotten that Dory had ever been in WWF. You mean Hoss Funk? (vince’s dislike of Juniors on exhibit) Edited March 19, 2020 by odessasteps 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 39 minutes ago, RIPPA said: This is me just speculating but I’m wondering if they are looking to run in a few spots close to collections of where wrestlers live to cut down on travel The PC obviously covers Orlando MSG would cover the NY/CT folks And then you could do Texas That and a loophole to get around restrictions on how many people can gather at a certain place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Splitting WM between 3 locations seems incredibly stupid and hardheaded, even for Vince, instead of just postponing the fucking thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 If it was prerecorded and post produced, due to talent being scattered across the country, it makes some sense. live from multiple locations, less so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 If we take the explanation Dave had the other night at face value, that Vince doesn't want to postpone due to having no idea how long it'll be before it can be done right, splitting it makes sense on some levels. It does reduce the number of people at each location, which puts it more in line with CDC recommendations. It's sadly hilarious that I and several others are finally getting the two day WrestleMania we'd been requesting for years. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Craig H said: It wasn't going to be 8 hours to begin with. It was only going to be 8 matches so it would have been probably around 3 hours. Well, 8 matches announced, but the internal card they'd allegedly had and kept changing was 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 So what happens to people who buy it on old school PPV, instead of the WWE Network? Does it cost double now, because it's two shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I’ve said in the past that WrestleMania should be two nights. But this? Oy vey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 Someone's not thrilled about being left off the poster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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