Wrestlemania 2020 - Spoilers, rumours, etc

The NBA has been suspended until further notice after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for Covid.

If this thing is bringing the NBA to a halt I can't see how Mania, or even Raw and Smackdown, go ahead.

JamieHP wrote:

I have 2 tickets, all flights suspended, was a trip of a lifetime, honestly gutted.

Ireland isn't included in the ban

Ironicname wrote: »

Ireland isn't included in the ban

Yeah I seen that there, but I just think I’m better writing this one off.

Anyway what’s our card predictions for mania 37??

JamieHP wrote: »

Yeah I seen that there, but I just think I’m better writing this one off.

Anyway what’s our card predictions for mania 37??

I was to be flying to Florida the week of Wrestlemania and was going to Takeover (although not bothering with WM itself).

I have family there and the situation on the ground is not dissimilar to here. She sent me pics and vids of stores she was at yesterday where there's nothing on the shelves because everyone is stockpiling. Her kids school is closed too.

My point is that yes you - and I - can fly to Florida. But there is no point. No chance Wrestlemania is going ahead and no chance you'd have a good holiday. It is actually bad luck Trump hasn't suspended flights from Ireland (yet) as it means we will lose out on the cost of flights!

Monokne wrote: »

I was to be flying to Florida the week of Wrestlemania and was going to Takeover (although not bothering with WM itself).

I have family there and the situation on the ground is not dissimilar to here. She sent me pics and vids of stores she was at yesterday where there's nothing on the shelves because everyone is stockpiling. Her kids school is closed too.

My point is that yes you - and I - can fly to Florida. But there is no point. No chance Wrestlemania is going ahead and no chance you'd have a good holiday. It is actually bad luck Trump hasn't suspended flights from Ireland (yet) as it means we will lose out on the cost of flights!

Yeah I’d be in a similar situation to you, I was meant to go over with my little brother to do the parks in Orlando too but chances are they’re going to shut up shop too. Raging but there’s nothing we can do. Unfortunately.

PTH2009 wrote: »

Pity for all the overseas fans who meant to be heading over there

If I was going I'd try and do all the main events (Takeover, WM, Raw etc.) But you would have be saving for a few years at least

I have done a few Mania's already. With the cost of the ticket and length of the show, it's a bit of a chore at times. Honestly, once you have done one Mania live, you don't really need to go again.

If they were to drastically reduce the length of the show or spread it over two nights I would go again.

The Raw & Takeover are worth it though.

ThePott wrote: »

Yeah, echoing what people are saying here.
Meant to be going to Mania but the reality is I won't be going.
The travel ban doesn't include Ireland for now but I imagine that will change. Universal and Disney are closed and set to re-open in late March but who knows. Florida has an old population, I think it would be very reckless for Mania to go ahead at all.
Apparently the reason it hasn't been cancelled is that WWE are waiting for Tampa to call it off so they are eligible to collect insurance.

I'm a bit bummed but been preparing myself for the possibility over the last few weeks. Probably gonna be a good bit out of pocket but unfortunately that's life. Even if it were to go ahead at this point, I can't imagine travelling would be a good idea or that it would make for a very enjoyable trip.

https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1238172342360080386

WWE and the city of Tampa playing chicken with each other over Coronavirus decisions is a bunch of ridiculous horse**** and should be treated as such.

And that's strictly from a public health POV, not factoring in the repurcussions for fans & indie promoters from pressing pause.

Surely the Board of Directors could over rule Vince and just force his hand and call it off/postpone it? The idiocy of it all really.

Well Trump's banned flights from Ireland and UK now as well.

Yep it’s all insurance driven trying to limit the losses it’ll be cancelled in the next week one way or the other

J. Marston wrote: »

I think this is gonna break even the WWE's extremely resilient "the show must go on" mentality. I can see Raw and Smackdown going off the air for a while.

What's happening is like something from a movie.

Well I posted it in the smackdown thread but bayley posted a thing on instagram which had a bell time of 10:35am EST which is 2:35pm our time so I think they may be taping stuff to put out for a while.

sirmanga wrote: »

It's hard to believe that any of this is actually real. This is truly a life changing event for the entire planet. It still feels like I'm in a dream.

Anyway, with regards to Mania, I've seen some people list some valid reasons as to why Vince needs to make an announcement on cancelling Mania, but one I definitely don't agree with is how the cancellation will impact the numerous indie promoters and performers who are involved in events in Tampa over the Mania weekend.
I'm sorry, but why the hell should those people factor into Vince's decision? They are all leeching off his company.

Some reading material for you...
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkevx7/a-wrestlemania-coronavirus-shutdown-would-be-a-catastrophe-for-indie-wrestling-wwe


Wrestlemania goes ahead, everyone wins, it get cancelled, well the article above lays it out.

You're not that much of a heartless SOB that you'd take pleasure in Indie companies going bust?

As much as it is a shame that so many indies would be irreparably damaged if Wrestlemania was cancelled, the horse has left the barn already.

Flights from Europe are banned for one. So now you're catering just to Americans to travel to the shows. Which would likely already hurt the likes of Progress and in general the people coming from abroad to take in all the wrestling.

Then you have Government Orders prohibiting gatherings. That's to say nothing of the fact that wrestlers who were meant to fly in can no longer do so.

WWE get a lot of hate for their attacking of the Indies, but this one isn't on them. Vince is not the bad guy here, there's bigger factors that are gonna lead to these shows being cancelled with public health being the primary concern. I'm sure for him, a lot of prominent independent wrestling promotions possibly biting the dust is a happy coincidence but it's not his fault it's happening nor is it his responsibility to try to prevent them from going down.

Sure how many of the indie shows need to be cancelled as well? Not saying they draw huge numbers but would may be big enough to fall into the social gatherings limits.
Then isn't the Supercard show supposed to be on as well that weekend?