March 18 (UPI) — WWE has announced that WrestleMania 36 will be airing from the company’s Performance Center in Orlando on April 5 with no live audience due to COVID-19.
WrestleMania is WWE’s biggest show of the year and is considered the Super Bowl of professional wrestling. The 36th edition was originally set to take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, hosting tens of thousands of fans. The show has been promoted with a pirate theme.
“In coordination with local partners and government officials, WrestleMania and all related events in Tampa Bay will not take place. However, WrestleMania will still stream live on Sunday, April 5 at 7 p.m. 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,” WWE said in a statement.
Tampa Bay was also set to host a number of WrestleMania-related events such as the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. It remains unclear if WWE will still air a Hall of Fame ceremony from the Performance Center.
WWE has used the Performance Center recently to produce episodes of it’s weekly television programs such as Raw and SmackDown without any fans due to COVID-19. This will be the first time ever WrestleMania has no live fans in attendance.
Marquee matches set for WrestleMania 36 include Universal Champion Goldberg defending his title against Roman Reigns, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending his title against Drew McIntyre, John Cena vs. The Fiend Bray Wyatt, Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending her title against Shayna Baszler, The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles and NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley defending her title against Charlotte Flair.
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“In coordination with local partners and government officials, WrestleMania and all related events in Tampa Bay will not take place. However, WrestleMania will still stream live on Sunday, April 5 at…
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Al Roker of NBC’s “Today” gave a weather forecast from his home after he was exposed to a co-worker with COVID-19.
Roker is self-isolating from home and informed viewers about the weather from his kitchen by using an iPad. Rooker was not joined by any of his NBC News co-workers and noted that he was able to sleep in as he didn’t have to drive to work.
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Al Roker brings the weather to TODAY live from his kitchen during self-isolation https://on.today.com/2TWCUh3
Al Roker brings the weather to TODAY live from his kitchen during self-isolation
Yes, Al was wearing pants while delivering the weather from his kitchen.
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The COVID-19 spread has also caused Elton John to postpone a number of tour dates in the U.S. and iHearRadio to postpone the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
The virus has halted production on Season 2 of Netflix’s “The Witcher” and Marvel’s slate of Disney+ shows such as “The Falcon and the Winter Solider,” “WandaVision” and “Loki.”
