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Colin Vassallo -[mailto:editor@...]-

How's everyone holding up? I still have another week to go here and should be returning to work next Friday. In the meantime, teleworking is currently working out better than I expected. Who would've thought!?


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WRESTLEMANIA TO TAKE PLACE OVER TWO NIGHTS AND MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

- In an unprecedented move, WWE announced that WrestleMania 36 will be set over two nights, to minimize to risk of the coronavirus spread as it hosts the show inside the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, and other multiple locations behind a closed set. WrestleMania will now take place on Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, with both shows starting at 7PM ET live on the WWE Network, and the show will be hosted by former New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski. WWE has not revealed yet where the other locations will be. WWE has never hosted WrestleMania over more than one night but did host WrestleMania 2 in three different locations across the United States. More details will be provided on Smackdown tomorrow.

WWE HOLDING MEDICAL SCREENINGS BEFORE PERFORMANCE CENTER ENTRY

- Having shows at the WWE Performance Center even though it's a closed set still requires a ton of people to be on location. There's a lot of behind-the-scenes people that participate in putting up a show like Raw, Smackdown, NXT, or even a big PPV like WrestleMania and social distancing can only go so much anyway even though you're not at full crew. So how is WWE protecting its staff from the coronavirus pandemic? One individual who would test positive would pretty much be catastrophic for the promotion and put all planned shows in jeopardy. In a statement issued to Sports Illustrated, WWE said that they are holding medical screenings before any employee enters the WWE Performance Center to make sure the PC remains clean and free of any virus. “In consultation with WWE Medical Director Dr. Maroon, WWE Associate Medical Director Dr. Dugas and ringside physician Dr. Westerfield, as a best practice and precautionary measure all WWE performers and staff are required to participate in medical screenings prior to entering WWE’s training center, which is now operating as a closed set,” WWE told SI. The story also adds that the company has established a series of protocols based on guidelines set by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to minimize risks and protect its performers and staff.

DANIEL BRYAN TO TAKE SIX WEEKS PATERNITY LEAVE AND THEN...

- Daniel Bryan will be taking six weeks of paternity leave when his wife Brie gives birth. Brie is expected to give birth to their second child sometime in August. On the latest episode of the Bella Twins podcast, Bryan said that there are not a lot of companies in the United States who would do that and put over WWE for allowing him to be with his newborn for a month and a half. Bryan also said that once his current WWE contract expires, he will be done as a full-time professional wrestler. His deal will run out "shortly" after he is back from the six-week paternity leave. The former WWE champion and leader of the Yes! movement added that while he still expects to wrestle, he will be more a father than a wrestler once baby number two comes around. Bryan did not indicate if he would be re-signing with WWE or looking for a different opportunity elsewhere.

WWE SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN RESCHEDULED

- The WWE non-televised live event at Madison Square Garden originally set for this Sunday, March 22, has been postponed to Saturday, June 27. All tickets which were purchased for the March 22 event will be honored for the new date. Ticketmaster.com had a ton of tickets left for this non-televised show and for an MSG show, this event was not selling particularly good even though there was supposed to be a DX reunion. There were several unfounded rumors that WWE would be holding WrestleMania on June 7 at Madison Square Garden in front of a live crowd instead of the WWE Performance Center but that ended up being just a rumor. The issue is that even these rescheduled dates are pretty much temporary right now as no one knows exactly when this pandemic will slow down, allowing sports events and other shows to resume as normal.

THE EXALTED ONE IS UNVEILED AS BRODIE LEE

- Brodie Lee, the artist formerly known as Luke Harper in WWE, has been unveiled as The Exalted One and the leader of The Dark Order, as AEW threw a nice swerve from having Matt Hardy as the leader. Lee's involvement came after Christopher Daniels, flanked by Frankie Kazarian, confronted Evil Uno and Stu Grayson, telling fans at home that The Dark Order was lying and there is no Exalted One. Daniels said that all they did was waste their time and now they're sick of them. But a video interrupted Daniels on the big screen and The Exalted One came out as the narration said that if he wants something, he'll just take it and Daniels is not the first one to underestimate him, but he will be the last one. Lee then unveiled himself in the video. "My name is Brodie Lee, and I'm The Exalted One," he said. With the lights out in the empty arena, Lee positioned himself in the ring next to Evil Uno and Grayson and when the lights were brought up, The Dark Order attacked SCU. The segment ended with all of The Dark Order posing. Harper was released from WWE in December of last year and his 90-day no-compete clause expired, enabling him to make his AEW debut. He has not appeared on television ever since the Crown Jewel pay-per-view on October 31. A month later, he trademarked his old independent wrestling name Brodie Lee. The Exalted One's arrival can be seen at .

MATT HARDY DEBUTS ON DYNAMITE

- Matt Hardy made his All Elite Wrestling debut last night on Dynamite, coming to the aide of The Elite who were one man down. With The Inner Circle winning the advantage for the Blood & Guts match, Jericho taunted The Elite and said that he'd like to ban all the "dip shit" fans from arenas moving forward as he doesn't want to hear anyone chanting for The Elite. As Jericho continued to hype up his faction and the numerical advantage they have from the top of the stage, the Vanguard 1 drone showed up and hovered over The Inner Circle. Matt Jackson then took the mic and said The Elite isn't outnumbered, it's not just four of them, in fact he made a phone call to a friend who owed him a favor. The camera then panned over to the stands where Broken Matt Hardy stood tall with his hands spread wide open as Jericho's facial expression changed to that of seeing a ghost. Hardy did the Delete hand signal as the show faded to black. Hardy will get in the ring for the first time for AEW next week in the Blood & Guts match, joining The Elite to take on The Inner Circle. You can see his debut at .

HARDY READY TO "CHANGE THE WORLD" WITH CODY AND AEW

- Matt Hardy's arrival in All Elite Wrestling has got the fans buzzing after his debut last night, aligning himself with The Elite against The Inner Circle. After Cody welcomed Matt in a message on Twitter, Hardy thanked Cody, saying he was very honored and proud to join All Elite Wrestling, "a company that takes great pride in listening & respecting their loyal audience." He also told Cody that he's excited to "change the world" with him. Meanwhile, fans are already spending their hard earned money on Matt's new AEW merchandise and in a few hours, his two new t-shirts quickly made the top selling list, beating out everything else at ShopAEW.com. Hardy's involvement with All Elite Wrestling had been expected for months after the former multi-time tag team title holder said that he would not be signing a new WWE deal.


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