WrestleMania 36 will proceed without an audience - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 03-16-2020, 11:34 PM

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ty/5064788002/

"In coordination with local partners and government officials, WrestleMania and all related events in Tampa Bay will not take place," WWE said in a statement. "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."

WWE's crowd-free Smackdown Live! was like watching a "stage play and you’re the only one in the audience"

"Wrestling, obviously, is scripted and choreographed, but the seams show a bit more when there isn’t a captive, roaring audience suspending its disbelief along with you," says Randall Colburn of last week's Friday Night Smackdown, which was moved from Detroit to WWE's performance center in Orlando. "The sheer awkwardness of the taunts and grunts and the hollow thundering of the mat, all of echoing into a void, is both eerie and lonely. It’s like watching a stage play and you’re the only one in the audience." Colburn adds: "We say all this with love, of course. And, to be honest, as much as the constant hum and raucous cheers of an audience are integral to wrestling’s appeal, it’s nice to not deal with the 'what' chants that have plagued live shows since the late ‘90s. But, if we had to choose—and the wrestlers likely feel similar—we’ll take the live audience any day."

Hawkee · 03-17-2020, 02:16 AM

Wrestlemania is an important part of WWE history and fans would be disappointed if they cancelled it but as they say in show biz "The show must go on" I think if WWE would've cancelled this year's Wrestlemania it would've hurt WWE and it's fans a lot. But I do hope to see if Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch will win the Women's Wrestlemania match because I just started liking the WWE Women's Division ever since I got the WWE Superstars celebrity dolls last year and just like to watch WWE wrestling from time to time
Bestie

TMC · 03-18-2020, 10:35 PM

WrestleMania 36 will be a two-night event for the first time

This year's no-audience pay-per-view event will air in two parts, starting Saturday, April 4 and wrapping up on its original night on Sunday, April 5.

03-16-2020, 11:34 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,199	WrestleMania 36 will proceed without an audience https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ty/5064788002/ "In coordination with local partners and government officials, WrestleMania and all related events in Tampa Bay will not take place," WWE said in a statement. "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." WWE's crowd-free Smackdown Live! was like watching a "stage play and you’re the only one in the audience" "Wrestling, obviously, is scripted and choreographed, but the seams show a bit more when there isn’t a captive, roaring audience suspending its disbelief along with you," says Randall Colburn of last week's Friday Night Smackdown, which was moved from Detroit to WWE's performance center in Orlando. "The sheer awkwardness of the taunts and grunts and the hollow thundering of the mat, all of echoing into a void, is both eerie and lonely. It’s like watching a stage play and you’re the only one in the audience." Colburn adds: "We say all this with love, of course. And, to be honest, as much as the constant hum and raucous cheers of an audience are integral to wrestling’s appeal, it’s nice to not deal with the 'what' chants that have plagued live shows since the late ‘90s. But, if we had to choose—and the wrestlers likely feel similar—we’ll take the live audience any day."

03-17-2020, 02:16 AM	#2
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,862	Wrestlemania is an important part of WWE history and fans would be disappointed if they cancelled it but as they say in show biz "The show must go on" I think if WWE would've cancelled this year's Wrestlemania it would've hurt WWE and it's fans a lot. But I do hope to see if Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch will win the Women's Wrestlemania match because I just started liking the WWE Women's Division ever since I got the WWE Superstars celebrity dolls last year and just like to watch WWE wrestling from time to time Bestie
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03-18-2020, 10:35 PM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,199	WrestleMania 36 will be a two-night event for the first time This year's no-audience pay-per-view event will air in two parts, starting Saturday, April 4 and wrapping up on its original night on Sunday, April 5.