Does Anyone Watch Wrestling? (WWE, AEW, TNA, NWA, etc)

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So, no crowds?

Afraid so, the PC only holds around 100 people anyway, the show is expected to go as scheduled with John Cena, Jeff Hardy and Paige all appearing.

They have also said that whilst they are committed to hosting WM at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, they are putting contingency plans in place.

they have cancelled a few live shows including one at Madison Square Garden in a couple of weeks, the XFL season is suspended too.
 
It feels very weird watching wrestling with absolutely no crowd.

Also, if WWE doesn’t do something with R-Truth on Monday they are stupid. These conditions seem prime for some of his hijinks.
 
WWE did confirm earlier that Raw will also be at the Performance Center with no crowd. For me this is one step closer to Wrestlemaina not going ahead.
 
Despite it being a ghost town, it was a good show. Hardy and Corbin was the highlight, welcome back Jeff :)
 
So it sounds like Tampa and WWE are both in the same boat as far as WrestleMania is concerned. It sounds like both sides have insurance policies in place that will pay out if the other party calls it off. I think Tampa is gonna have to make the move here.
 
Raw tonight will be at the PC with Stone Cold, Undertaker and Edge all appearing, NXT will also be from the PC on Wednesday.

I think they should postpone Wrestlemaina and have it in October....if they can.

Edit: BIG breaking news, Wrestlemania will take place at the Performance Center with only 'essential personnel', much like Smackdown last week and Raw tonight.
 
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At least they didn't cancel it.

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Since I don't watch RAW because of my church activities, I watch the hightlights on YouTube. Stone Cold's segments are always the best (when are they not?).
 
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So, new rumor: The originally scheduled show at Madison Square Gardem in late March might be moved to June 7th, Performance Center WrestleMania might be changed up and WM36 to move to MSG, coronavirus permitting. Of course, all hearsay at the moment.
 
Raw last night then, there was only one match the entire show with Mysterio beating Andrade with Asuka bizarrely on co-commentary and they showed the entire 2020 Men's Royal Rumble match from start to finish.

Apart from the weird stuff its was pretty good, the Undertaker-AJ Styles contract signing bit was good and Taker wore slightly different attire. Becky Lynch gave a good promo, the ending segment with Stone Cold was a lot of fun and I laughed when Austin said to the empty seats to give him a hell yeah! Saxton was a good sport for getting involved and he got himself legit kicked in the nuts whilst taking one of the stunners.

Finally if you want to watch Raw for one thing it has to be Edge's promo at the start of the show, it was absolutely brilliant....really intense and I was hanging on his every word, one of the best promo's your ever likely to see, and he drove 17 hours to the Performance Center to do it!

I'm not a fan of the decision to have WM at the Performance Center without a crowd, I think they should've postponed until later in the year and if they still cant do it in Tampa with the big crowd then have it at the PC, but that's just my take on it.

Edge v Randy Orton has finally been made for WM and its a last man standing match, Kevin Owens v Seth Rollins has also been made for the show.
 
I heard that Reigns is under careful observation with his leukemia (it's gone, but it may come back again and with the virus going around...)
 
As per WWE.com, WrestleMania is now across two nights for the first time ever (officially speaking, WrestleMania 35 technically counts if you consider the end-time of the main event). April 4th and 5th.
 
While I will say AEW having a few wrestlers serving as the crowd helps the atmosphere, I do have to question bringing them in solely to do that. Seems like adding an unnecessary risk to an already questionable choice.
 
I watched Wrestlelamia's recent video about the future plans for the shows. Apparently, they're going to be adding recorded crowd sounds to avoid the awkward quietness in promos :)
 
Otis has lost it! I'm okay with this :)

Also, after Goldberg threw the table and got up to Roman's face, you can hear their earpieces saying "be cool".

A little hiccup there. If the crowd was there, you wouldn't pick it up.
 
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Has anyone checked out part 1of the Chris Benoit Dark side of the ring documentary? Just finished it and It’s really good. If anyone plans on watching it bring some tissues as well because it gets quite emotional at times. Highly recommend checking this out.
 
ESPN just showed Wrestlemania 30 tonight. Nice of them to do that to get people pumped for 36.
 
WWE reportedly pre-taping some Wrestlemania matches on Wednesday.

I don't mind this as long as we don't know the results.
 
I've read reports that there is a chance Lesnar won't be able to be in Wrestlemania...

I mean, there is no question this year's show is going to be borderline unwatchable...but if there is no WWE Championship defense, then why even run the rest of the show???
 
I know that the situation they/we are in is far from ideal, but WWE are trying to make the best of it, and for that I give them a lot of credit.

And I know that WWE and its performers will put on the best show they can and entertain us...because that's what they do.
 
ESPN is going to show Wrestlemania 32 this weekend. Plus, WWE Network is free for everyone apparently.
 
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